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"People tend to use there cars so much, they basically can't live or get through the day with out their car. We use the car to go every where rather it's to the grocery store , work or just to go hang out with friends and family! Just traveling in general. Well imagine if we limited the usage of cars in our community! I strongly believe that doing this would have many advantages to our community for many reasons like it will make people less stressful all the time, there would be less accidents and it would definitly be better for the environment.

OMG I ran out of gas or OH my i have to take my car to the shop to get it fixed is usually the two main things you hear people stay when the word ""car"" comes up. Having a car comes with alot of stress because it of expenses and having to take of its every need and usually when someone is stressed they are not the best person you wanna have a conversation with. I think that if we limit the usage of cars a lot of people in the community will be alot happier. According to the article

""Car-free Cities""

by

Elisabeth Rosenthal in source 2 a lady name Heidrun Walter says "" When i had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way."" and i think that is a perfect example of limited car usauage can make a person happier.

In addition, I feel that if that if we limit the car usage in our community it will make this community a much safer environment. We hear and see about many car accidents in our country and community and cars can be very very dangerous. People often get injuried and/or die in car recks to. So limitting the car usage in the communitry will keep people more safe and most importantly alive . Kids will be able to run aroumd the neighborhood and play with their friends and also cross the street safely without the disruption of a car coming and stopping them from what they are doing  because they do not wants to get hurt from the car coming because they do not know who is driving the car.

Last but not least limiting the use of car usage in the community because it would definitly be better for the environment. In science class we often talk about how cars polute the air and just mess up the waehter in the car and me my self i can also feel the car changing the more i see cars more cars in the streets. I think that it makes the days hotter and i also think that it makes the winters come around earlier and it makes it alot more colder. I live in the Sunshine florida and in the south. So all year round its usually hot extremly hot but has i realize more people are driving around the winers seem ALOT more cold then it usually is and the cold last for longer periods of time.

In conclusion, I belive that if we limit the car usuage in our community it will make it a better place for many reasons. Like it will make people less stressful and  be happier, there will be less accidents on the road and it will also help the environment a lot.                        ",3
"Imagine being a top scientist at NASA and Viking 1 spacecraft ""spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face."" A lot of people thought of alien life possibility, but others thought it to be just a natural landform. What would your thoughts be about the image? The face of Mars is a natural landform. There's similar landforms on Earth, high pixel photos taken, and not enough reliable information to support the alien life theory.

To begin, there are similar landforms on Earth to the one on Mars. As stated in the text, ""what the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa- landforms common around the American West."" Also stated in the text is Garvin giving his opinion, ""it reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.""

Another issue with the alien life theory is the fact that NASA has high quality cameras. Quoting the text, ""each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo."" In the result of having high quality pictures you could see small details clearly. As stated in the article Garvin said, "" 'so, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!' "" Concluding that statement nothing other than the landform that had resembled a face was seen on Mars.

Finally, there wasn't enough evidence to support the claim of alien life on Mars. The first pictures were blurry and had haze or cloud coverage. This theory was more popular on the online world than in the science world. As stated in the text, ""the 'Face on Mars' has since become a pop icon. It has starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows-even haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years!"" This proves that this might be just for publicity and attention. There has been many conspiracy theorists.

Ultimately, the face on Mars is just a natural landform. There's similar landforms on Earth, high pixel photos taken, and not enough reliable information to support the alien life theory.       ",3
"The face of Mars could not be created by aliens. It is a land form created by the conditions of mars and looks like a face only by coincidence. Mesa's are common in this area of Mars and there are many others like this one just without the same shadows which makes the appearance of a human's face.

Out of so many different land forms in Cydonia why should this be any different. In the second paragrapgh of the article, it stated that the Cydonia region is known for its buttes and mesas. The face of Mars is just another mesa no different that any other one except for its unique shadows. It is strange to see a formation on an supposedly uninhabited planet that depicts a ""human"" face. Espescially when no human has ever set foot on the planet of Mars before. But at the same time, that is all the more reason to believe that this is nothing more that a weird coincidence since no person has ever been there.

To conspiracy theorists dismay, this strange landform is nothing more than martian butte or mesa and a weird coincidence. It is an interesting formation that stumped and puzzled scientests all over the world. But we now know the formation is not anything that will reveal alien lifeforms or alien activity.        ",3
"Many people belive that the face on Mars was created by an alien or aliens. We have evidance that proves it was not.

In 1997 (MGS) arrived on the Red Planet and stayed there for eighteen long yeas. On April 5,1998 (MGS) got a picture of Cydonia, while thousands of web surfers were waiting for the picture to apper on the JPL web site. The picture reavealed a natural landform. Also that there was no alien moniment after all.

Nevertheless, on April 8, 2001—a cloudless summer day in Cydonia—Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look. “We had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view,” said Garvin. “Malin’s team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera’s absolute maximum resolution.” Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo.

“As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size,” I added. “So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!”

What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa—landforms common around the American West. These are some facts on how we know that Cydonia the face on Mars was not created by aliens, and is just a normal land structure.",3
"Driverless Cars are coming soon or later? People have argued that there are positive and negative things about this crazy invention. I see alot of negative things about this invention that is suppose to come into the world by technology. If the car would fail at a point

you could be injured, injured bad or death can occur, people have less experince driving and people will be more lazy then what they already are, and someone could even fall asleep because they arent incontrol of the car the car is incontrol of you and something bad could happen if your in danger and the car doesnt alert you like its suppose to or what if it doesnt?

What if the car fails at letting you know you are in danger and something bad happens is it your fault or the cars fault? If the car fails at telling you this you could be hurt, hurt badly or you could put your life at risk and you could die if your in seroius trouble. You cant depend on nobody or nothing but yourself. I feel like this could put your life at risk. Most people would like to drive the car not the car drive them. Technology could break down at any time you just never know when that time is. It may not work at its best like they say it will, at some point and time it will or could fail

People would have less experince as drivers do today and people would be more lazy. What if your in danger and your incontrol of the car now what if that person has lack of experince and they wont know what to do. They will be in danger and could really hurt themselfs or others. They could crash into another car or crash into smething. This invention is sounding very dangerous not just too me but many others. People are already lazy enough and they would be even more lazy with this invention. Technology is taking control over our world and this would be a big one. Some car accidents are going to happen in the world but i feel like most people are alert and focus already on the road and their surroundings.

If you arent incontrol of the car you could possibly fall asleep at the wheel and what if you need to take over? Then what? Something serious could happen and you could put you and others at risk. Most people want to be incontrol of the car and not have the car be incontrol of them. This invention is very dangerous and i dont feel like it would help our world today. If this invention isnt made i feel it will cause no stress and not alot of worries about the negativities that could happen.

Technology is taking over our lifes very quickly and thats not how it should be. I hope this dangerous invention doesnt come soon or later in our lifes we need to be resposible of being incontrol of the car at all times. This could cause lack of responsibility in many of peoples lifes. This invention is very dangerous. I hope many others see alot of negatives i see in this invention that might happen in the world I would like to see and many other would like to see more people come together and argue that this is dangerous and shouldnt happen in our world. We shouldnt want to be control by technology. Bad things could happen to you, mine, and others lifes.       ",4
"Hellow, my name is Luke Bomberger and I would like too share with you the experience I had as being a Seagoing Cowboy. Do you like helping people,visiting sites,and caring for animals? Then this might be that right job for you. When a first heard about it I was interested in becoming one of many Seagoing cowboys. As a Seagoing Cowboy you have a lot of responsibilates. One responsibilate is you will be a member of the UNRRA. You will also get to visit a lot of contries on you way there and you will get to see there land marks. Then as a Seagoing Cowboy you will also have to take care of the animal that you wil be shipping overseas to there destination.

At first it sound wierd to be called a Seagoing Cowboy but if you like site seeing and going to places you have never been before then this job is just right for you. When I went I sall the Acropolis in Greece and I also rode on a Gondola in Venice,Italy throgh the street water. If these place sound good imagen all the places you could visit if you become a Seagoing Cowboy.

In addition to going to places you have never been before you also get the chance of helping people that's homes are in ruins due to World War 2. There is and organization called the United Nation Relief and Rehabilitation Administration which is also known as (UNRRA). This organization helps contries recover animals,food suplies and more. 44 nation join together to help these contries in need. So if you want to help these contries than becoming a Seagoing Cowboy is the right jod for you.

Also if you like animal this is the right place for you to be. Me and my friend help animal by getting young cows or mules shipped overseas. One day we had to boared 355 horses and enough food to feed then all to get there. We helped by returning them to a place that they can live in that is not in ruins. In addition to visiting place you will also be able to take care of animal as you ship them overseas.

Now that you now that Seagoing Cowboys Visit marvoluse places and in addition they also help the UNRRA and help take care of them and relocate animals by shipping them overseas. I hope that however is reading this,and if you get the chance,will sign up to become a Seagoing Cowboy. I also hope that if you do become a Seaging Cowboy that you injoy your experience, I now that I sure did.    ",4
"Do you want to be a seagoing cowboy? I was once, and I think that the experience is very fun-filled and educational. You will meet many different types of people on your journey. Does it sound fun? Well, here are some reasons that you should decide to become a seagoing cowboy.

First off, you will find that there is always something to do on board the ship, I found that there are many things to do so you can pass time. I played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed on return trips after the animals were unloaded. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games were some of the activities that we did.

Also, when you are off the ship and you need something to do, you can explore the surrounding area. On my trips, I toured an excavated castle, saw the Acopolis in Greece, took a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, and marveled at the Panama Canal on my way to China. There are many things to see and do anywhere you are.

Lasty, you always know that the things that you do help many people in many ways. I always loved seeing the smiling faces of the people that I gave my time and energy into helping them. The people that we helped were survivors of World War II. Their belongings were destroyed, and most of their countries were left in ruins. We gave them food supplies, animals, and more.

So, do you want to be a seagoing cowboy now? If you do, thats great! The experience lets you remember that what you did changed peoples lives forever. If I had the chance to become a seagoing cowboy again, I would take it. This made me more aware of what life was like for other people.        ",3
"Claim: This story is really about how many people studying about Mona Lisa and how the way her mood is.

Evidence: Lots of people try to figure out her history on her emotions. Someone uses a 3d computer and he figures out that she has 6 other emotions of herself.

Intro: Some people try to study her history from back in the day because of why she dosent smile that often and why is she always angry.

Body: Some people perform an impressive calculation on her feelings by the look of her face.

Conclusion: The whole story is about why people wonder why Mona Lisa never smiles that often. People uses lots of technology to try to figure out the way her mood was before she had 6 different emotions someone calls the person who knows lots of history about the story. Then they figure out that she did finaly smile during a painting class. By the look of her face the first time that someone notist lots of people were impressed it raised your eyebrows when you where surprised. Her smile really did change some back story about her first mood.   ",1
"I agree with this new technology that can read students emotional expressions. Many students today especially high scholors are more emmune to depression. With this new technology being able to recognize students emotions can be useful. It should be used the same when students get their vision and hearing checked. Every student in the school should be checked by the technology to read their emotional expressions. Someone might be going though deep depression on the inside but seem to be fine on the outside to where they dont show their depression. My oldest sister was depressed but didnt show it, we could have lost her to suicide. I wouldnt want anyone else to go through what my family did if they can just get help by the new technology.

This new technology is to tell the six basic emotions and which emotions the person is feeling more. Sadness and being angry are the two emotions that should be focused on more. Somone who cant express their emotions can take this test and end up getting help from others who can help this person in makinging them feel loved and cared for. It could also help in school when students are confused or bored with the lesson. This technology can read the students emotions and help the teachers help their student comprehend what is being taught. In the article it states,"" A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored."" Having this at school could be very useful to students in many ways.

Reading this article made me think about my facial expressions and how advanced we are getting in technology. People today show their emotions by using facial expressions. In the article it states,"" The facial expressions for each emotion are universal, even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression."" Us human preform whats called ""calculation"" it's when we can tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look are their face. This article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile,"" now made me have a different perspective on others and my emotional expressions. After reading this I do support the technology that can read students and other humans emotional expressions. ",3
"In this article, the author is trying to find a way to study Venus and avoid all risks of danger. The author wants to know hwo to get to Venus without any difficulties. Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distnace too.

Why is it so challenging to study Venus? According to the article, the author says that, ""Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us"". The article also says that, ""Even more challengning are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere"". That is why the author thinks or knows that is intense to study Venus.

What are some options to study Venus? In the article, it says that NASA has one particulary comepelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray.

Peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limted insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective.

More importantly in the article is that researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks.

Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to out knowledge of Venus. According to the article, NASA is working on other approahes to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions.       ",3
"I am writing this paragraph about a argumentive essay and to say that the face that was found on Mars was not a alien it's a natural born landform.

The face that was found on Mars was not a alien, I think that because it had the shape on a human face and a human face does not look anything like a alien face, they are two different types of faces.

The reason is on May 24, 2001 when the face was spotted it even says "" When it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face"", it does not say anything about it looking like a alien face.

Then, the NASA opened up the image for everyone to see this caption had a huge rock resemble they said, "" which resembles a human head formed by shadows giving a illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth"". This little sentence that was stated when they took a good look at the picture pretty much states that they is a possiblity that it could be a alien head but a very low chance, so most likely this head is a human head (90%). This little sitiuation attracted a nice amout of attension to Mars.

Also, on April 5, 1998 Michael Malin and his camera got 10 good pictures of the face the pictures were better than the vikings pictures so now they can really look into the picture. Then the pictures that were taken a lot of people were waiting on them, and finally they first appered on a JPL web site, the picture that first appered on JPL's web site revealed a natural landform. They said, "" There was no alien monument after all "", so that means that the head was into a human head and it was not a alien head. So they were planning a date to take more pictures just so they can look at it and make sure that there evidence is not wrong and they said everything right.

In Conclusion, I wrote this argumentative essay to explain how the head that was found on Mars is a human head not a alien head. It so happend to be that it was a human head and it had thne natural landform to even show that it was a human head. After all it takes alot of research to get things done and have them done the right way in science, but it was a human head.",3
"I don't like the idea of driveless cars. I feel like if a human can do it we should. Especially when it comes to things like that. like the idea of robots, would you really want something cleaning for you and taking care of older folks and children. I do think they are a good idea for the blind and people not going to far. Like since i live in Indiana, they would be a good idea for people in Indianapolis to get from the mall to like a resturant or something. Nothing major or far like driving from Indiana to California, not a good idea. I just don't trust things like that.

Driveless cars are sort of a good idea. they're are many pros and cons about the whole thing. I feel like they are dangerous because they could malfuncting and blow up or something. Or they will drive right into a buliding at full speed or something. No car is really safe in general, but letting a robot like thing drive your car is kinda a crazy idea. Another con is that they can't really drive by itself, it still needs you to hold the steering wheel and take control when around accident ot people working on roads. I feel like if they want to have driving cars they should just bulid a car that can drive people instead of a car that half does it. Another con is that they are basically illlegal in most states except a couple. Would we have to visit somewhere else to expericence what crazy technology the world has for us now. I also think they are a bad idea because driving are probably going to be directly on their phone, no hand on the steering wheel or anything. And like it says, when the car needs you to take over it will tell you to take over. But i feel like people will just ignore it and get into accidents they could have prevented.

Pros are that you can half drive. You wouldn't have to really pay attention to anything around you and you could just relax while driving. ",3
""" The Challenge of Exploring Venus ""

You've heard of astronauts visiting the moon and range rovers roaming Mars, but have you ever heard of people or even range rovers exploring Venus? No living or non-living thing has ever experienced Venus in any type of way due to its harsh conditions! For this reason, the author thinks that we should find a way to go onto Venus, and find out any information about it. Venus may be hiding many amazing things but, we'll never know unless we find a way to get there.

The author believes that although it is difficult to go on Venus, it will be worth it in the end. It is possible that many centuries ago, Venus was very similar to Earth. Scientists believe that long ago, there was even water on Venus. Today, there are many similar features like mountains, valleys, and craters just like Earth.

In conclusion, I agree with the author. I believe that it will be worth it going to Venus. MAybe one day we will be able to find out the amazing things Venus carries.",1
"Are driverless cars really what our world needs? In my personal opinion i don't think we should waste our money on driverless cars. There are many reasons that this is not a safe idea and it should not take place. Do you want a ""robot"" having your life in its hands?

The type of driverless cars that have been put to test will end up costing us alot of money that we don't have to waste. Also technology has failed us numeroumous of times and putting our life in its hands is not such a good idea. No matter how much money we spend on this technology to keep us safe there is a possibilty it will fail us. Just like if you were to go buy the new iphone, peopl e say it is the best working phone on the market but they tend to break on you, burn out, and all these other things no matter how new it is. If you can't trust a phone with such little duties why would you want a computer operated car doing so? These driverlesss cars still need humans to be fully active and responsive. If this is the case then humans should just continue driving themselves. I understand that some peopl ebelive this will reduce the number of accidents that happen but a computer is just as obligated to make mistakes just like humans and maybe more. Sometimes computers do this thing where thye juist shut down on you no warnings or anything and what if this was to happen on a highway with this new driverless cars people are wanting to invent? There is no way to really hold anyone responsible for an accident in such manner. The driver has little control over what happens and the manufacturers will not want to take responsibilty because they want to keep their money in their pockets. I feel as if we could be spending our time on better and more important things. My question is why fix something that isn't broken?

In my honest opinion driverless cars are not needed and are trully a waste of our well hard worked for money. There are other things int hie world right now that could use the time and money we are going to waste on such project. The cars we have now are getting the job we need done. If people don't want to drive that is why we have busses, taxis, ubers, and trains for. Getting driverless cars will put people out of a job because companies wouldn't have to pay a car to do its job and this will put more people on our streets. To be honest it might even casue more problems is other areas like murder, robbery, and ect. We have to take a look at all aspects of this decision we are making as a nation. Look at it as if it was you loosing a job or put yourself in a situation where you driverless car causes you or a loved one a life beacuse computers are not as reliable as people may belive. Driverless cars are a bad idea and we should think long term about devloping these cars and puting them on our roads.",3
"The Facial action coding system is a good move to a higher level of schools. The Facial action coding system is going to make students emotion more valuable. The Facial action coding system well make the teachers know how their students feel about the class which is the most important thing to know. Are they bored, happy, disgusted, or angry.

Why is it important to the teachers to know how their students feel about the class? It's important because mostly the way a student feel about a class is what going to make him/her pass or fail that class. If the teachers knew their students feelings they well have a chance to change their students feeling. That's what well make all the teachers ""the best teacher.""

In conclusion the Facial action coding system is a good move to a higher level of schools. The Facial action coding system is going to be very helpful for teachers too. Finaly I think that the Facial action coding system is going to be one of the most valuable things in schools.",2
"In a world where driverless cars are becoming more and more of a reality, the worse the option of driverless cars seem. The cars are not driverless, but more like driver assisted. Laws would have to be put in place or drastically changed to allow these cars on the road. Finding out who the problem of the accident when one happens would be a catastropy for the police and insurance agencies. Accidents caused by distractions would be wide spread.

In this entire article the fact that the ""self driving"" cars are not self driving is very present. There are some cars that need the passenger of the car to pay attention to the road more than others. This attentiveness that is required defeats the purpose of driverless cars. Some cars required more interaction than others. The BMW ""Traffic Jam Assistant"" requires the driver to constantly hold on to the steering wheel. In the acticle it even states that the cars cannot get themselves through sticky situation such as work zones or accidents. Other cars such as the Google car that use radar and sensors to replicate the car's surroundings are reliable on how the driver drove, and might be prone to malfunction causing accidents to happen.

Once the boredom of not driving your car for the full time takes you away from the road you can become distracted. One BMW car even offers a built-in entertainment system that would distract the driver. Everyone has seem what happens when drivers become distracted now with the effects of texting and driving, imagine what would happen if the driver totally didn't have their eyes on the road. Whenever that replication fails or the driver gets distracted, the car would crash, and there would be a huge legal mess. Police officers and insurance agencies would be deamed the task of trying to find whose fault the accident is. Laws would be put in place after months if not years of debates on how these laws should work, and who to blame. This would take the attention away from more important topics that may need fixed sooner than later.

The ""self driving"" car debate is a prime example of ""don't fix it if it isn't broke"". As evident in this article the cons heavily out-weigh the few pros that can be observed. The social and economic change on our world would be one that could impact everyone for the negative, as stocks would fall, tax dollars would be wasted, and car prices would majorly increase. ""Self-driving"" cars should be left as they are seem in the past, a figure of our imagination, that would only be in place in utopian societies.",4
"It was may 24,2001 I was working at NASA driving the viking 1 spacecraft over mars when all of a suden I see a face on the planet, was so shocked i couldnt believe it so i snaped 123 pictures of it to see if it was real and every picture turnd out the same so i ran down the hall to get my friend and when he saw the picture he just as shocked as i was.

and after starring at the picture for 36 minutes he says ''ALIENS MADE IT'' and i said no well we dont know wat it was i believe it was just a natural landform he says no it was aliens so i say lets take another picture,so my team and i used our viking 1s absolute maximum resolution camra and so snaped 1 more photo of the face and sent it to our scientest and 2 weeks pass and the scientest say its an natrual landform coused by a lava dome that bursted and caused the rockes to form a human like face and there was no alien like monument anywhere",2
"The argunment in A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves was to make people to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys. The person name luke was the person trying to make people join and participate in the seagoing cowboys.

The text states that luke was always trying to help people with thing like rideing a boat to pacific ocean twice to help people affected by the world war two. It was 1945 , when the world war two was over. The text states that they were going to help recover countries food supplies,animals,and more. Thats why luke couldnt say no too his friend Don Reist and the story says that he knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime. Thats why UNRRA hired "" Seagoing Cowboys""

for they can take care of the states that were in world war 2. In order to do that he need help so luke did was he tried too convince others to participate in with the seagoing cowboys. So luke and don sign up for helping other countries. The people begin to help them. That means that everthing went into plan. When luke was about to fall he caught himself brfore fall his heart was racing. They did what they needed to do.

In conclussion, luke said it was a unblievable opportunity that why everything went ok. He had alot of things to do in this passage.   ",2
"How is there a face on Mars? Was it created by natural landfroms or was it created by aliens? Well according to information in the passage, it says that the Face was created by natural landforms. In paragraph 7,

On April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing... a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all. Nevertheless, on April 8, 2001-a cloudless summer day in Cydonia- Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look. ""We had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field view,"" said Garvin. When we took that second look, that's when we knew that the Face was created by natural landforms.

To explain to the scientists that believed the Face was an alien artifact, you are incorrect. The Face was created by natural landforms. As the scientists who believed that the Face was created by natural landforms, we did our research and proved the scientists who believed that the Face was an alien artifact wrong. To state my claim that the Face was created by natural landforms, is that the picture actually shows that the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West. Therefore shows that the Face was created by natural landforms.",2
"Limiting car usages will cause a drop in the amount of pollution there is.  In source 2: Paris bans driving due to smog, on mondays, motorist with an even numbered license plate will have to leave their car home or have a 22 euro fine. The odd numbered plates would be the next day and so on.  Using this way of driving, it reduced the number of congestion in the capital city of France by 60 percent.

Some places in Germany are catching on and making a comunity free of cars.  Residents of VAUBAN, Germany like the way this community is set up. ""When I had a car I was always tense.  I'm much happier this way,"" said Heidrun Walter.  All they hear is the swish of bicycles and the talk of children drowns out the occasioal distant motor.  Many places around this world is adopting this act.

In BOGOTA, Colombia a program started for a car-free-day.  Only buses and taxis are allowed to be driven.  ""It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,"" said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife.  People who didn't participate suffered a 25 dollar fine.  Bogota made 118 miles of bike paths since the car-free-day.

By driving cars everywhere we are polluting mother earth.  We all need to get together and stop driving so much and this will help protect our Earth.    ",2
"The future is much closer than we think. Imagine being able to drive a car without actually driving it. Many different manufacturers have been looking for ways to make this possible. Driverless cars would be good for reducing gas usage, making driving easier, and bringing the things scientist do to a whole new level. Caring about our Earth is just one very close step we need to take.

Driverless cars would be good for reducing gas usage all around the world. In many places, people spend a large percent of their income on paying for gas alone. By introducing driverless cars, people wouldn't really need to have their own cars. So they wouldn't need to pay for the gas. In recent years, global warming has become a big topic of discussion; by eliminating almost half of the gas usage this creates much safer air that isn't warming up the atmosphere. Something like this could be the first tiny step in avoiding global warming from actually happening. Ideas like this are what will make smarter cars a very good option to turn to in the near future.

Looking towards more personal matters, driverless cars would also make driving much easier for many people. Many people suffer from things that could make it hard for them to drive. Some may not be able to see at night, or just be bad at driving. The driverless car would take care of everything for you. Only requiring the human to drive on roads of serious construction or car accidents. It would also prevent you from being lost. If the car already knows where to drive there's a very small chance you'll end up at the wrong place or lost. These cars could also be used on very long car trips. Once something like this gets approved and all of the bugs are gone, you could use this to travel long places in a car. Say Californina to New York, only needing to take over when there's construction. The more advanced these cars become the more likely people will start to accept them.

Science is getting more and more important over the years, and this could be a good way to get people more on board with science. Something like this in science has never been done before, and couldn't be done. Founder of Google Car project, Sebastian Thurn, said ""There was no way, before 2000, to make something interesting..."" This is very new to science and it's something that could encourage many people questioning what they want to do, to maybe try to be apart of science. Education is so important nowadays and this could encourage someone that maybe this project is for them. This could bring many jobs to upcoming scientists and people who become attracted to science after an idea like this could be possible. While also providing jobs for people who need to make the cars. Smarter cars are great for bringing science to a new level, which is what we should do.

Smarter cars would be a great idea for our future. They would be good for reducing gas, making driving easier, and taking science to a whole new level. This could reduce global problems, personal problems, and create new jobs for people getting interseted in science. Caring about the Earth and actually doing something for the Earth are very different. If you're someone who wants to take care of the Earth, this is an amzaing idea I think you should really consider. ",5
"Have you ever wanted to see other things in space like our ""sister plant"" Venus? In this article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author was supportinhg his ideas of why we should go and explore Venus our ""sister plant."" The author explaied why he thought exploring Venus was a good idea and why we should keep looking into it. In this article the author does support his ideas in exploring Venus. Scientists are finding new ways to vist and test Venus surface, scientist are talking about what Venus has to offer, and Venus is so much like Earth.

First, Scientists are trying to find new ways of testing and even visting Venus. There have been a couple of approaches on studying Venus. NASA has been working on this ""simplified electronics"" that are made up of ""silicon carbide."" NASA even tested it in a ""chamber simulating the chaod of Venus's surface"" (the challenge of exploring venus 7). The simplified electrons had lasted up to three weeks in the simulation.

Secondly, Venus is just like Earth. A very long time ago venuse was covered largely with oceans and some scientist think that Venus was able to support diffrent various of life forms, and still today Venus has some features that are ""analogous"" to those on earth.

In concluison Venuse needs to be explored becasue it has some of the charticsts that Earth has and it will help us expand more and have us venture out further more in or solar sytem and more.",2
"Venus is a dangerous but why should that stop us. Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most earth- like planet in our solar system. Long ago. Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. This means that we might of had something similar like our earth today (Para 4). This is why we have to explore Venus and see what new things we can learn about it.

We can figure new things out about Venus if we try. Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct a thorough misson to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risk. Or maybe we should think of them as challenges (Para 6). This means we have to take risk to know Venus more. We have to try and be willing to do what it takes to get information about Venus.

By doing what we need to do to know Venus more will be hard. Our travels on earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation (Para 8). This means yes it will be scary but we gotta push ouselfes to know more about Venus in the future. This is why Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers and I believe that we can do it and take the extra step to study Venus at its fullest.                                      ",3
"In the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"", the many risks and rewards of going to Venus are disscused. Venus is the most Earth-like Planet in our solar system and many scientists believe it might have supported life in its past. The author supports their claim that travelling to Venus would be a worthy pursuit very poorly by providing more negatives of Venus-travel than positives.

This poor support of the argument can be seen from second paragraph. The author describes how the unmanned missions to Venus have only been able to survive for a few hours. It is also stated that ""not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus for three decades."" No positive effect or example was used leading to the idea that if even unmanned spacecrafts cannot survive than manned spacecrafts certanly cannot survive. This is an example of how the author does not support the claim well.

In paragraph three, the atmosphere of Venus is explained. Phrases such as ""far more extreme thatn anything humans encounter on Earth,"" and ""such environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals"" do not help support the idea that exploring Venus would be a worthy pursuit. If nonliving metals would be liquefied, who knows what would happen to flesh and bone.

In paragraph four and five, positives of Venus travel are finally given. Very quickly after this however the author goes back to the negatives of travel to Venus. One of the only ways of survival on Venus would be using blimp-like vehicles. In paragraph six this way of travel on Venus is exposed becuase ""most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere."" This would mean that photographs and videos could not be taken becuase of the lack of light. Also since humans cannot be on Venus's surface, no rocks or samples could be taken. This would make Venus-travel not worth all the risk.

In the very last line of the article, the author wrote, ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."" Risky and dangerous tasks should not be pursued just so that the immagination can be fulfilled but so that humans can gain meaningful insight on life and the universe.

In conclusion, the author does a poor job at explaining how studying Venus is a worthy pursuit. More negatives about this travel and study are given than positives. This means the author did not support his suggestion well.",5
"When new technology comes out it can always be a positive thing. That its better to have something than not to have it. having a computer that can determine if we are sad, happy, bored, etc. is pretty crazy. without this technology we probably wouldnt be able to determine that the Mona Lisa is prodomitly happy. That a computer can do something that humans do everyday when we look at someone.

That having the ability of computers that can read students faces, in my opinion is valuable and can be used in many ways.

There are many ways that the computer can be used, if someone were to put the computer in a everyday public school classroom. They can detect and figure out what learning style kids like. this can be implimented and put to use in classrooms around the world and help get kids more into school and want to try to get an education. This can make school more fun and more intresting for kids today. differetn classrooms can have different styles and you have a variety of kids per classroom and test to see what style the kids like. when the results come back teachers and staff can go over them and the more majority of kids that like a certian teaching style can be the style that is implimeanted in the schools today This is all done by seeing what facial emotions are used by the kids.

Another way that the ability of reading students emotions can help, is to have the ability detect how students are feeling and even when they are trying to hide how they are feeling. When you are a teenager you have lots of crazy and mixed feelings. Sometimes a student might go into a deep depression and his or her friends might not be able to detect the the fact of what they are feeling and they might do something to themselves that might not be a good thing. If you use this device and cna detect how they are feeling you could stop that student from harming his or her self from doing this. This can save lots of lives and stop death rates all around the world and help that student to get help and stop this from happening. This is all done from a technology that can read facial emotions and can be very useful and even save ones life.

Having this technology can be nice, but sometimes it cant always be right. If we use this technology it doesnt always mean that it can be helpful or can detect what really kids are thinking. Sometimes you can put on a brave face and show the world what really inside thats not what you are thinking. The computer migh pick up the brave face you are showing and say that you are happy but really you are having a bad day and you really arent happy. When you use this technology for schools and the computer detects the faces wrong then you have spent all of this money to have the computers detect how the faces of the kids are showing and the results really arent true then you have just wasted lots of time and that is not necessary to have. We dont really know what people are feeling. Mona lisa may not be 83 percent happy and 9 percent disgusted, etc. She may be 10 percent happy and 90 percent digusted, etc. there no good way to determine what she was really feeling at that time and in that picture.

Having the technology to read students emotional expressions can be helpful, but it determines how you use it and how you correct the results are. But having this technology isnt a bad thing. Its a way to determine what people are thinking without asking the person or being in that persons head. But with having technology that is able to read students faces and emotional expressions can be used and if used carefuly can help schools and other people today.    ",4
"There are many advantages of limiting car usage. The ways they are limited are not driving your car everywhere you go, not having your car at all and just ride the bus or bike.

In Source 1: In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars many people live n Freiburg near France dose not have a cars the reason being in paragraph two its states ""Vaubsan's street are completely ""car-free"" except the main throughtfare, where the tram to downtwon Freiburg runs, and a few streets on edge of the community."" This quote indicates thats people from Freiburg did not have a cars or they didn't use them.

Some may say that having a cars free day is a good thing according to Source 3: Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota. In that source in paragragh twenty four Carlos Arturo Plaza made a great point which reads ""It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution."" This shows limiting car usage you can lower air pollution which helping the enviroment.

Also in Source 2: Paris bans driving dur to smog in paragraph ten. Which states ""After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city."" Which shows limting car usage can lower air pollion, which was shown in Source 3.

To Conclude, Limiting car usage can be tought from someone who drives there car all the time. But if people really see what there doing when they limit there car usage they would be helping the enviroment. In all of the sources made valid points on the advatages of limiting car use.                              ",3
"Luke believe's people should join the seagoing cowboy's program and so do i. And you should because if you do you help people. You get to see great places like china. You get to see alot of great things like the acropolis in greece. And you even get to see Europe

I know all this because the text says. But being a seagoing cowboy was much more than an adventure for luke bomberger. It opened up the world to him. ""i'm grateful for the oppurtunity he says. It made me more aware of people of other countries and their need's.

Another reason is the text says. It took about two weeks to cross the atlantic ocean from the eastern coast of the united states. And a month to get to china. It also says Besides helping people. I had the benifet of seeing europe.

The text also says But seeing Acropolis in greece was special he says. It also says Luke turned 18 before ariving in greece. It also says so was taking a gondola ride in venice italy. A city with streets of water those are a few of the things to do. And it also states To help these countries recover their food suplies animals and more 44 nation's joined together.

That is why people should join the seagoing cowboy's program. You get to help people in the darkest times. Like after war when they have almost no food. You get to go to beatiful places and see beatiful things. Like china the Acropolis in greece Italy Europe. This is why people should join the seagoing cowboys program.",2
"To the fellow citizens using cars, its very easy to go somewhere with a ride because you dont have to walk, But if i were you i wouldve choosen to walk because it very good for you because its like if you were doing exersice. A lot of people perfere to drve a car because there probably too lazy or something lol, th reason they like driving because its the fastest thing to go somewere quick, but you know its that big advantage about a car but the thing that sucks about a car you have to put gas in it, and thats oretty expensive for some people but thtas why some rich people are the only ones to be able to put gas in it.

Sometimes its kinda bad driving because the percentage of transportation is getting too high, also theres a whole bunch of drivers that are starting to find according to reuters so that caused to tthe people cars had their cars impounded for their own reaction due to the fine    ",1
"The electoral college may seem like its a good idea to keep thngs going,but I think America should get rid of it. Alote of people say its unfair. Mostly because of the winner-take-all system. If you were to vote for a presedent, you are in favor, everyone would like thier vote to be counted,right? and it is,but is it really counted towards the presedent we want to get voted for elections?

According to this article, you dont really vote for the presedent you want, what you are really voting on is a state of elector, and if he gets elected he is the one who really gets to vote for the precedent. And that is unfair, I think we should change it to popular vote. We should change it to polular vote because the elecoral college is really unfair to Americas citizens. Also alote of people argue about the winner takes all system because candidates dont spend time in states the know they have no chance of winning. Also it is unfair, outdated, and irrational.

Like I said it is unfair, outdated, and irrational,with all these things I dont think many people would like that .So I think we should change it to popular vote, i think it would be easyier and it would be more fair,and that is what our citizens want. And that is what we should give them. After all its thier vote that counts, so lets let them decide if we should keep it the same with the electoral college or change it to some way better like by popular vote.

so according to all this information I think we should change our way of voting and flip everything around to something fair and effective. We need somthing that would make our vote count. somthing that would be fair to all of our citizens. after all its what we choose then thats what we ned to be happening. only you can prevent unfairness.    ",2
"Can a computer read your emotions? I am against of having technology to read childrens emotions. One thing is to observer what kind of emotinos are. Learning about how computers can till what emotion the person has. The work eithics that the people into making a comptuer like this.

Obsever the emotion behide the person or printing. New software has the power to recognize your emotions. Everyone does the same expression. Can you gmake a face and have you partner guess what emotion you are. As an ad pops up the comupter can read you raction towards the ad if it made you happy or sad, it will change the ad to a different one.

The learning around the computer. That even need to know emotional commmuniction. That school computers can tell if the child is bored or confused on work. The computer can tell the Mona Lisa that she was happy, disgusted, fearful, and angry. The computer can recogize alone 16 emotions.

The work eithics of the people that created the comutper to see what emotions we have. Dr. Huang and his partners are developing a even better for humans and computers to communicate. A 3-D computer does 44 majot muscles to see what you are feeling. People are making a comupter to recognatioin to track the emotions on a person face.

Does a computer read your emotions and yes it does because it is wired. The computer has came a long way and now it is reading emotions. This is how I am against technology reading childrens emotion. The teachers should be watching them and seeing the emotions themselfs. Kids should be able to rise their hand and ask someone for help if they are confused. ",2
"I Think you should join the program if you like cowboys and the sea. it will fit you perfectlyyou can tell Luke really wanted to be a SeaGoing Cowboy because when his friend asked do you want to come with me he could'nt say no. And you know he likes it because when he cracked his ribs he just got right back to work in a few days. And if you do Seaging before you go to the army you have a better chance of being in the army.

If you become a seagoing Cowboys you can have a little bit of fun like playing Baseball,Volleyball,Boxing,and Table-tennis. Also if you become a seagoing Cowboy you will go on alot of aventures. And If you become a Seagoing Cowboy you can tell your family all about the Great Adventure you had and you whould know alot about the sea and cows ect,.And if you jion the Seagoing Cowboys you whould how how you should be greatful about your stuff because people in diffent Countries dont have alot of stuff and the food you have.

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"A new technology called the Facial Action Coding System is described by the author of the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"". This system enables computers to identify six of the human emotions. This technology should be used to read the emotional expresiions of students in a classroom, because it is a very valuable technology.

Firstly, we should have this technology because it would help explain how people would be feeling on a certain subject, lifestyle or in everyday life. ""Eckman has classified six basic emotions-happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear and sadness."" Since Dr. Eckman has programmed these emotions we can better understand how someone is feeling without having to ask him; each emotion inflicts a facial muscle movement which is recognised and is catagorized as an emotion.

In addiotion, we should have these identifiers because it could help students learn better. ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored... then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" This software could help someone who is easily distracted. This technology could find a way to help with this person, and the coding system could produce a lesson that this person can listen to and understand it because it was made for them.

Also, the Facial Action Coding System can help teachers and staff. Some students do not show what they are feeling. If this technology can figure out facial expressions then the teachers will know who is having a bad day, the teacher could then talk to this person privately and see how they are doing. ""According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotuions, but also may even help produce them."" Since studies show that if a student smiles they could have a better day. The teacher could recognise that someone is feeeling down so they could say a funny joke and sprout an emotion into a particualr student.

In the final analysis, we should have the Facial Action Coding System in school because it will help students feel better and learn better. If a student does not want to go to school then they probably do not want to learn either. If this system can make someone's day then students would want to come to school, and teachers would then have students who want to learn. ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" is a great article and the technology that is included in the article may be the next big thing. The first step for the coding system is to use the technology to read the emotional expression of student in classrooms. This technology can help a student throughout their school work. It can also help the teachers to teach more passionatly to students who want to learn and are not forced to come to school, but come voluntarily.",5
"This new technology is going to be very valuable. As in paragraph 6 the auther tells of when kids are in a class that are not understanding or comperhending the material. The computer can tell the teacher if the student is having a difficult time understanding. The teacher inturn can give help to the student as its needed.

As this day and age of the technology countines the teachers are not going to be able to realie on the students to ask questions. This is where the program will come into play. For the students that keep trying the questons and dont ask questions or the students that just sit there and are mad about something and there not working. The teacher can look on there computer and realize etheir they dont know what there doing or if their getting mad from keep trying the problems and not getting them correct. So in this case they can hopefully stop the issue before it gets out of hand or give the student help when nessacary. When you look at your freind or teacher that you now there facial experestions. You can often tell if something is wrong. This new program will take this idea that we use and turn it into a way for teachers to help students in the class room setting. There is also no way to cheat this program as it takes a 3-D model of your facial muscles and with this said. There's a sertain type of look you give when you nervous so the teacher can ask whats wrong.

This is a great program for the teachers all around. For them to be able to tell if you need help without asking. And not have to worry about people not understanding and leaving the class not comperhanded anything. Your lab parter may understand alot but you understand a little so in this case the teacher can ask your lab partner to tell you what is happing. ",2
"My position on driverless cars is that they should not be apart of our future because of the negative aspects they bring. With these cars there may be a couple of positive things such as being more flexible then buses, but the negative side wins. In order for us to have driverless cars we are going to have to spend some serious money. As well as spendng all this money we don't even know if these cars are safe enough. Finally, is a driverless car if a human still has to be able to take control?

First of all, none of the tax payers are going to want to pay for these smart roads like talked about in the article. In the late 1950s they tested a car to run on a special test track, and although it worked it had a lot of expencive moving parts. Another question we have to answer is are these cars safe? Google says their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash, yet it still has trouble pulling in and out of driveways. That's not the only thing either they also has a diffuclt time dealing with complicated traffic issues.

Finally, why would you want a driverless car if you still have to driver the care? They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but the human needs to stay alert the whole in-case the road ahead needs the human to navigate through work zones and around accidents. Although it lets you know when they need you to take the wheel, it watches make sure you sre always paying attention. And when the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver. In the case of the driver wouldn't they just get bored waiting on their turn to drive the car.

People can keep designing cars that are ""driverless"" but until they can do everything a human can do they aren't driverless. They would also have to get states to make it legal to test computer-driven cars, let alone be able to sell them to people in their states. The laws would have to change in order to cover liability in case of an accident. Like stated in the article if the technology fails and someone is injured then who's fault is it the driver or the manufacturer?",3
"Why would somebody think that aliens are real? There has been no proven fact that aliens are actually real. Many people believe that they are out there somewhere, and if they were out there, then how come we have not seen them. That's right, because there are no such thing.

This face has to be an artifact. There is no way that the picture would not have caught some kind of shack or alien signs. There are a lot of conspiracy theory's out there. Some people claim to see bigfoot but we have no proven fact that he is real. For all we know, bigfoot could be a man dressed in a costume when people claim to see him.

The scientists figured out that is was just another Martian mesa that was common around Cydonia. When NASA unveiled this to the public, everyone went

way to far. The people started to make movies, books, magazines, radio talk shows, and even haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years! The ""Face on Mars"" has certainly made people believe that there are actual aliens, but then again where is the evidence?

I mean it would not hurt NASA any if there was evidence of aliens, it would only make them gain not lose anything. There are landforms similar to the face that form in Idaho. The landforms are very common around the American west. The NASA ship even had a better camera and it still did not catch any life on Mars.

If there was any life on other planets, i'm sure we would have known about it by now. Like I keep saying, there is no bona fide evidence that we have on aliens. We don't even have evidence of the crack that leades to new find's in the bottom of the ocean. What makes people think that there is such things as aliens? If you believe in aliens than you should believe in all the other myths as well. The alien theory is just an average conspiracy theory.   ",3
"Cars. Are they really needed? For long trips most likely yes but, there are many advandages to limiting car usage. It is a way to get out and exercise and get healthy, and also it does not produce as much pollution in the air.

Limiting your car usage is a good way to get outside and do some phycial activity. Instead of, getting into your car and staring it up and wasting gas money to go to the drug store to buy something small or anything. You can get up and walk, bike, skate or even roller blade! "" Heidrun Walter of Vauban, a media trainer says ""When I had a car, I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,"" As she walked verdant streets where the swish of bikes and the chatter of wandering children drown out the occasional distant motor."" Also, in the story it stated while there have been efforts to make cities cleaner, and better for walking in Vauban, they place stores and, I think malls a walk away. Insead of a highway away. I think talking the extra mile is better than paying for another mile.

Another reason why not using your car so much is a good thing is that it doesnt produce as much pollution as it once did, or it is doing now. ""Passenger cars are more responsible for 12 percent of greenshouse gas emmisions in Europe and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States."" Also after a couple days of a record pollution, Paris enforced a driving ban to clear the air from smog in the city. The stuffed up smog went down 60 percent after five days. Later on the smog moved on to China, which is probably the most polluted city in the world."" Its is said that Paris has more smog than other European capitals. It states that Paris had 147 microrganisms of particulate matter (pm) per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussels.

In conclusion, There are many advantanges and disadvantages to not using your car so much or limiting your car usage. You can get going outside, walk, hike, bike ect. and get a good workout. Or you can choose to help save our planet and not continue polluting the world for everyone.                    ",3
"The Electoral College is a process by which we vote for electors- not actually the president themself. When you vote for the electors, they decide who will be the president. We, as voters, have a right to be able to vote for whomever we choose; not someone to choose for us. We should change the Electoral College to election by popular vote because it gives the people a say in who runs our country, an easier way to elect persons into office, and no one state has more of a say.

Many poeple believe that we are voting for the president when we vote for our electors, but in reality, we are voting for them to vote. We, as the people of the United States of America, have always had the right to freedom (freedom of speech, religion, ect.)- so why don't we have the freedom to directly choose our president? In the source, 'The Indefensible Electoral Coolege: Why even the best-laid defences of the system are wrong', it states ""...voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president."" This means that we do not vote directly, only for someone else to decide our fate. Written in the text fo the first source, 'What Is the Electoral College?', it reads ""...when you vote for your canidate you are actually voting for your canidate's elecotrs."" With this method, we are never getting results directly, only becoming the middle-man when we should be front and center.

Most think that if we have electors we won't have as much trouble getting a person in office. In the eleventh paragraph, in 'Source 2: The Indefensible Electoral Coolege: Why even the best-laid defences of the system are wrong', under 'What's wrong with the electoral college', its speaks of a ""disaster factor"". The ""disaster factor"" is when we vote for electors and they defy the will of the people; as this had almost happened with segregationists, nearly making the popular vote for Kennedy not go to Kennedy. As well as the fact that we could easily of had a tie in the electoral vote. As it says in the second source, the matter would fall into the hands of the House of Representatives ""...the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president."" This means each state has one vote, meaning the will of the people wouldn't have much say in the election.

People in a state all have the same electors, made by a popular vote, practically taking away the people's voice. If things were to change to popular vote we would all have a say in each election. In the Electoral College way of voting, it is ""...unfair to voters. Because of the winner-takes-all system in each state."" Along with the fact that in the Electoral College way, the amount of electors is based on population, making the people of a small state insignifigant. ""During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the canidates at all..."" If all small states stay this way, they may never be able to have a say in any big decision made by the public.

In conclusion, we, as the people of the United States of America, need to inderstand that the road we are headed down with the Electoral College, is not a good road. We need to stand up and allow everyone to be able to have a say in elections. With the popular vote every citizen will have they're own say in what gets made of our beautiful country. We, the people, need to make the change from Electoral College voting to popular vote becauseit gives people a say in who runs our country, an eaier way to elect someone into office, and no one state has more of a say than another.    ",4
"In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile,"" the author describes the new facial recognision technology called the Facial Action Coding System(FACS). This system claims to read emotion expressions. I think that the FACS could help sience in understanding the emotions and muscle relationship and think it is a valuble thing in classrooms.

Some possitive thing about the new technology are adaptation and improvment. With this new technology we can use it to adapt different things like ads and school lessons. Ads can sometimes completely take out the interest on the viewers for the video and can be sometimes unpridictable. This has happend numerous times in classrooms when a teacher wants to show a documentary that is all ready slighty borring and an ad showing an exciting new superheroes movie comes up So now you have the entire class talking about it and not paying any atention to the documentary about Charles Darwin and what he did. Having these distracting ads adapt to what the audience is feeling could help bring down the amount of times this happens. The FACS could also help in computer lesson planing. If the FACS would be installed in a computer the computer would be able to realise that a student is no longer paying attencion becouse of boredom. So system can then improve what the lesson has by chnging the order around to give the student a more personalised lesson thus having the student learn easier.

There are some bad feedback as well. If the FACS system succeds in improving the academic scores of the students the school administration might deside that the teacher are no longer needed to teach the student, the students could just study in there cmputers. Another way the FACS could not be so good is that it is likely to be very expencive and there is ways a possibility it can malfunction and give unwanted changes in lessons and other sections in which it would be used.

In conclusion I think that the FACS could be of great help in the world if it could be 100% reliable. This system could benifit the every day use if used corectly and I think that the FACS could help sience in understanding the emotions and muscle relationship. I think it is a valuble thing in classrooms. ",3
"Driverless cars will change the future. Google cofounder, Sergey Brin, would agree. ""He believes such cars would fundamentally change the world."" With such new and brilliant technology, drivers will be able to sit back and watch as the car drives them. Some new cars have cameras and multiple different types of sensors. This gives drivers a full car body view of what is going on around the car. This technology will bring a new sense of safeness to passengers.

In 2009, Google had already started inventing and testing a car that was able to drive independently ""under specific conditions."" It has been said that this and other models of the car were able to drive over half a million miles without getting into a car accident. However, these cars are not yet completely driver-free. Certain situations such as pulling in and out of a driveway, and dealing with complicated road traffic require human assistance. The Toyota Prius was modified by Google, and on the car, sensors and cameras were implanted. The ""dubbed LIDAR"" ""uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings."" This allows drivers to get a 360 view of what is around them, and the feel of being more safe will be implemented.

In 2013, ""Traffic Jam Assistant,"" produced by BMW, was able to withstand speeds of 25 mph and below, but required human touch on the steereing wheel. No cars have yet proved to be completely driver-free, however, development is still continuing. Companies are hoping to bring in ""heads-up displays,"" which allow the driver to be ""entertained,"" but still maintain their attention to the road. This also keeps drivers from looking down to send a text message (and taking their attention away from the road).

Driving laws will have to be modified if driverless cars do follow through with production. Lawmakers, however, believe that ""safety is best achieved with alert drivers."" Safety is not always achieved with a human behind the wheel. The use of drugs, alcohol, or even tiredness pose a threat to other vehicles. If safety were to be achieved with a human, all humans must be alert, awake, and sober. Traffic laws are currently being written with the idea that humans are behind the wheel, and are in control. If driverless cars were to come into play, the person at fault would have to determined if an accident were to occur. It would either be the manufacturer or the person in the car.

In conclusion, driverless cars will presumably result in less deaths and injuries because accidents would predictably occur less often. The use of all the new technology being developed will help not only the driver, or passenger in a sense, but also everyone around them. Technology cannot drink, smoke, or get tired, so these new cars should be pretty reliable.         ",4
"The article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" makes me claim that this technology should be used to read students emitonal expressions to help them with their learning. In the begiining of the article it talks about how the new software can detect emotions of others. At first it sounded weird to have your face scanned to see what your emition is. But it later makes sense later on why you should have face scanned to see your emtotion.

Later in the article it talks about how the facial reconition can help you through out your life. For example paragraph 6 sentence 4 for says ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"" Dr. Huang predicts. ""Then it could moditfy the lesson ,like an effective human instructor."" So when I read that it makes more sense to do that becuse not all teachers will not know if a student will understand a question or lesson. Or some students are scared to say they dont understand a question or lesson because they might be scared to speak up. But with a facial scanner no student will not need to be scared to ask if they don't understand a question. Plus not all student's learn the same way, so if a student doesn't understand something becuase the way its being taught the Facial Action Code System can scan their face and find another way to help slove the problem.

In conclusion I find Facial Action Coding System as a postive impact for students. Its the latest tech so its not an old system. The scanner can tell if a student doesn't understand a problem. And find another problem to help them. Also knows your emoitions on how you feel about certian things or if you need help on something.",3
"Driverless cars gives the world an oppurtunity that offers a great convience. In my aspect, I would never drive a driverless car because it is unecessary in this world. Although, the aspect of accidents in cars would drop by a major level, the fun of driving a car would all be gone. Even though the car would have a ""manual mode"", where the driver has to drive a car through the work zone and around accidents, it would not be as enertaining as to drive on the highway at high speeds. Additionally, if driverless cars were an idea that was put to use, many people would lose their jobs, because a lot of the jobs that people have are to make sure that the highway is safe. If driverless cars were there, there would be no need for those people, because the roads would be safe.

The whole point of driverless cars is so that the human inside the vehicle does not have to do any work while in the car to drive it. If the car still needs a human to watch over it and navigate it through the work zones and accidents, there is not really a point in the cars. Like said in paragraph 7, ""They can streer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills.."", there should not really be that ""human skills"" part of the sentence, because in the pharse ""driverless cars"", it says so itself that the car is driverless, and if a driver is still required then the cars are not really driverless.

There is also the question of if someone is injured, who is at the fault- the driver of the manfacturer. This question was presented in paragraph 9, and does not have an answer at the time. I think this is a very vaild point that the article is making because it could be either's fault. Although, considering the fact that people still buy cars these days, and if someone is hurt, it is usually the driver's fault. I would think that there is somekind of waiver of some sort that says, if you buy this product, you are using it at your own risk. Although this again, just supports the argument of driveless cars are not necessary in this world.

Considering the content from the article, I think that driverless cars still require a lot of work, but hopefully manufacturers can perfect them. They need to reinvent driving in a fun way, like said in paragraph 8 by Dr. Werner Huber. He said that ""We have to interpret the driving fun in a new way"". The true challenge to driverless cars, lies in this. I would support driverless cars if they can truly accomplish driverless cars in a fun and new way.",4
"I think that driveless cars would be a nice thing to have. But you know depending on technology all the time isnt always a good thing. Driveless cars also sound like a bad idea because what if there is a problem with technology that day then there would be a problem with cars. Also if something went wrong who would take the blame and or responsibility for the damage and the reckless driving. There for i am against these driverless cars.

Driveless cars sounds like one of the best things on earth. But did you know it could also be one of the worst. Yes who wouldnt love to go place without worrying about driving and not spend alot of money on taxis. Just think about it you can just kick back and relax while the car is driving down the road with no worries at all. Well what if there was something that went wrong and you didnt know what to do because your off in your own little world. Youre lost and clueless you losing your mind and then you wreck! After that your upset and hurt wondering what should i have down right then and there. Next thing you know your in a hospital with half of your bones broken and your neck is brusied so bad you cant turn it,and all your thinking is about what could you have done. Your also thinking about sueing and just never using that car again. But is it really all your falut, were you paying attention at all. Maybe that car gave you a warning and you couldnt feel the vibrate because your music was to loud or because your car hit a bump. It could have been anything it couldnt have been a glitch in the system and it didnt trigger at all. And all you wanna do is sue, well you have to take some responsibility. There for you wanna take google to court and sue them for your hospital bills and a new car.

This is why i dont think we should have driveless cars they may stop some things from happening but not everything. Technology needs help to otherwise we wouldnt be here they could do everything there selfs. ",3
"Have you ever looked at someone and you wasnt sure what thier emotion was?

i think what Nick did was amazing making a facial coding system to tell what thier feeling. This article is very valuble i believe because this is something serious yo me you could say your happy but you really won't be but with the system anybody could know your real and true feelings.

i get why some people dont tell their real feelings because they might not want them to see them down. i can gret that but at the same time you could get help anything can happen to you while your down and it could be really helpful or maybe go to a consoulor to talk to or anything.

if people would just try it out they might enojy and like it but i know most of them well not enjoy or like it at all.

it well also tell all your emotions for explain in the artclle it said ""she's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearfu; , and 2 percent angry""

then Nick tells us how it works "" the process begins with a computer constructs a 3-d computer model of the face all 44 major muscles in a model must move likle human muscles.""     ",2
"The invention of driverless cars could be a really good thing, but could also cause harm.

These cars can allow us to be safer in most situations, but there are a few where drivers need to be able to take control of the wheel.

Could this invention also help with the enviornment and the costs that people spent on there car or could it make cars more expensive.

Driverless cars can help drivers, passengers, and pedestrians to be more safer than with cars that can only be opperated by a driver.

With the use of cell phones, drivers who use them are more at risk of getting into an accident. Driverless cars can help with this problem. Most people, when they hear about car accidents related to cell phones, think of teen drivers.

This isn't always the case.

Many adults text and drive.

With driverless cars teens and adults can use their phones with out having to worry about getting into an accident.

Although, the driver still has to pay attention to the road it makes it safer.

These cars would create less accidents in these situations or in a medical situation.

If a driver blacks out while driving this could cause a serious accident harming the lifes of themself and others or if the driver has been out drinking at night, these cars provide a safe way of transpertation.

When a car accident occurs, the driver who caused the accident can get into a lot of legal trouble.

With driverless cars the driver won't be the one to blame if someone happen to die in the accident, but the responsibility has to be given to someone.

This means that the company that made the car would be responsible for the accident, which could changer their mind on driverless cars.

The cost of gas can be a major problem.

Google cofounder, Sergey Brin, invisions driverless transportation to use half the fuel we use now.

This would help for the cost in fuel for people who are having a difficult time paying for gas or in could cause the price of gas to go up.

There is one thing we know though.

With these cars using half the gas, our enviornment is becoming a healtheir place.

There will be less polution from the cars in the air, which can benifit our health. Going back to the cost these cars will have you spending, could this car be more expencive then the cars we pay for now.

These cars use rotating sensors, video cameras, automotive radar sensors, GPS receivers, and inertial motion sensors.

All these devices can add to the price of the car cuasing driverless cars to be more expensive.

Will people by these cars if the cost more or will they just sit.

Driverless cars are a good idea to help with our safty.

They could help protect many lifes.

The developers of the driverless car should give it a try and see how it works in real life situations.

No matter what type of car, the driver still should be paying attention to the road to keep themselves and others safe.   ",3
"Throughout the years, technology has improved greatly. It has gone from big bulky phones, to small compact phones, from giant room-sized computers, to computers that fit on your lap. So, why can it not go from cars the rely on people, to cars that literally drive themselves. The idea is really not that far out and it would help improve a lot of things. Cars that drive themselves would improve how convient cars are, how safe cars are, and technology in general.

If cars were to be able to drive themselves, the world would be such a convient place to live. Just imagine getting in a car, turning it on, and just letting it drive itself through all the twists and turns the road may trow at it. A person would still have to pay attention while on the road, but it for sure would take some stress off the driver. Think about a car at a stoplight, the light is red and suddenly it turns green so the car takes off, at the last second a car runs the light that just turned red. In today's time, the car that ran the red light would drill into the car that had the green light, but if cars drove themselves, people would not have to worry about other people speeding and even if there was almost a wreck, if the car drives itself, it could apply the breaks before anything happened. This would intern take stress off of some drivers and allow them to relax while on the road. Some people say that a car that drives itself would make the world even lazier than it already is. This statement may be somewhat true, but no completely true because the driver would still have to pay some attention to the road. However; this is not the only thing driveless cars would help.

If cars could drive themselves, the world would be a much safer place. There would no longer be worry of people speeding or doing something else stupid that endangers someone else. If cars could drive themselves, people would no longer have to worry about drunk drives or people texting as much because the driver would no longer be in complete control of the car. This would not take all the worry out of course because the driver still has to pay attention, but it would help greatly. People may say that having driveless cars would make the roads more dangerous because less people pay attention, but once again this is not comepletely true. One thing this passage states is that even though the cars drive themselves, they still make sure the driver is paying attention to the road by using cameras. Safety is very important these days, but it is not the only thing that driveless cars would help with.

If people could make a car that could drive itself, where do the possiblities end. A driveless car would only open more pathways open up. If people in today's day and age have the intelligence to design a car that could drive itself what else could people do. They could find a cure for many diseases or even design a bike that could drive itself. The possiblities are endless.

People have made great strides over the years towards making a car that drives itself. There would be many benefits to this if it were to be done. It would improve how convient cars are, it would help improve safety for people, and it would help technology in general take a step forward. No matter how many negative things people come up with for drivless cars, there is always a positive thing that out weighs it. Please, lets take the danger out of driving.",4
"The Seagoing Cowboys program is a good idea because you are able to explore many new places, you are able to help people, and you can serve your service as a Seagoing Cowboy if you are drafted to the military. From the amazing experience Luke had you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program.

It is an amazing opportunity to help people and to explore new places it also served as work if you were drafted to go to the military. Luke could help people because it was World War II in Europe and many countries were left in ruins so he had to help recover their food supplies, animals, and more. Luke also got to explore new places while being in the program he got to go to Europe and China he got to tour an excavated castle in Crete and see the Panama Canal on his way to China. When Luke was drafted but he didn't have to go to war because he served his service as a Seagoing Cowboy. This evidence proves that Being a Seagoing Cowboy is a great opportunity. Although, there are many dangers to the sea during this job such as slipping and possibly falling out of the ship. However, there are many more good things than bad thisng during this job it is hard but you get to help others whle putting yourself in danger.

Based on the evidence in the passage and what Luke's experience was like the Seagoing Cowboys program is an very good opportunity. It allows you to help others in need, it also lets you serve your service in the military if your are drafted, and during it you may also get to explore several new places you have never been.",3
"The Electoral College is a great wide spread idea that we should keep using for generations to come. Using this method to choose a president is highly sohphisicated and orginized, which helps important desitions.  Also following the fact that the founding fathers established this as a compromise between both sides of the arguement.  Not only does this presidential election choose just some president, but a president that you would agree with his/her terms.

Every vote counts, in this matter.  Your vote helps the chooseing of not only the president but the vice president, whom also has a important role in the Electoral College.  This election is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday during November.  On that day you would vote for the state's electors, which helps this certain process of chooseing a president.  After the presidential election, the govener will prepare a certificate called ""Certificate of Ascertainment"" listing all canidates that ran  for president and respective electors.  The certificate also has  other important duties  such as, declaring the winning presidential canidates. They will then be sent to the congress and the National Archives, which is where the offical records of the  presidential election is held.

Not every person  agrees with these terms of an electoral college, but they are not wrong.  Voters can  not  always control who they are electing for, voters would become confused in  the long-term process, and seeming to be confused could jackup the canidate your voteing for.  There could also be the problem of accidently sending two slates of electors to  the Congress, but luckly last time that happened in 1960, the problem was resolved before chaos was  released. Lastly the elecotoral college can be unfair to a majority of voters. Although it may seem bad,  it could be the Hypocrites saying few lies that traveled fast around.

Another five reasons that help justify the electoral college are certainty of outcome, everyone's president, swing states, big states, and finally avoding run-off elections. having certainty exceeds share of popular votes. To have a president that a majority of people can agree on helps the risk of disagreeement. Swing states are more likely to have thoughtful voters. Big states helps restore balance in political issuses. Most importantly elctoral colleges helps avoid unknown problems of elections.

For these resons we should keep the Elctoral College stable as it is for future purposes.

It will help the United States stay on track with political issuses and other nessesities.    ",3
"The Face on Mars is a very interesting landmark. Some people believe that aliens created this mask while NASA believes the Face is just a natural landform. There are very important reasons why the Face is just an ordinary landform and this essay will list them all. I will try to convince a person why the Face is a natural landform.

First of all, the Face can't possibly be made by aliens because pictures show that it is just a natural landform and not an alien monument. This was very disappointing to some but it was the truth. Evidence of the pictures still didn't satisfy some believers. They still believed that the alien monument was the Face and that there are aliens in the world. So again, a camera went up on the MGS to look through the clouds. Once again, the pictures revealed it was not an alien monument. Still, people continued to believe that the alien markings were hidden by the haze. Many people wanted to believe that the monument was from aliens but really it was just an ordinary landform.

Strong alien believers took to thinking that NASA was hiding something from everyone. This doesn't make any sense because why would NASA put the picture of the Face out for everyone to see when they wanted to hide aliens from being alive. Also, aliens would be a great discovery to NASA and would help the institution. Everyone would want proof of the aliens and NASA would make millions of dollars if they got pictures of these ""aliens"". This again was proven false and showed that the ""alien monument"" was really just a natural landform that formed over years of rocks and dust.

Everyone was stuck on the idea that aliens were real and that's why the Face is there. But in reality no one has any evidence of aliens even being alive. Now people think that the Face is proof, but again they are wrong. For a third time, Mars Global Surveyor took some pictures of the landmark on a cloudless day. It was a very clear picture that couldn't hide anything at all. They searched the whole perimeter and there wasn't any small shacks, airplanes, or pyramids hiding to prove the opinion of aliens being alive. Thus, it finally showed the majority of alien believers that the Face was an actual landmark that wasn't built by aliens. They actually found that it resembled Middle Butte which is a similar height to the Face.

There is too much evidence to still believe that aliens have created the Face. There is no proof that aliens have built this landform and that, in actuality, aliens are even a real, living thing. Even though there is an enormous amount of evidence there are still some people who live for aliens. The Face, as a natural landform, has so much reasoning that there is no way around it. This incredible natural structure is, in fact, not built by aliens.      ",4
"Autonomous cares have been dreamt of for several generations now. Theyve gone through multiple changes and theories but we've just now found one solution that may be the key to the next generations of cars. In 2009 tech company Google revealed that it was working on a self driven car. However, despite this being in the works for over 9 years it still has its faults so some are sceptical about its rise to being the new standard. I however see differently.

Many people believe that these autonomous cars are highly dangerous to the public. This is not true, The self riven car from Google has only witnessed one crash in its lifespan. That crash was caused by another driver. Given this information it is true that car should have been able to have a counter menouver to this. So if everyone were to be using a car like this on the otherhand there would be no need for these types of menouvers to take place.

Now, others will think the cars to be completely impractical in todays society, but this is in fact false. The autonomous vehichles will only consume roughly half the fuel we do today, meaning we will cut back on our dependence for fossil fules such as gasoline. Since they dont require a driver in most situatiuons it will allow the driver to multitask while in the car which will be a great benefit given todays busy world. Better still is that they come equiped with high grade sensors to sense oncoming dangers and can move or speed up if it needs to without having the attention of the person inside it.

So am i for the autonomous cars? i absolutely am. With the cut of fossil fuels and the safety thats provided when in one who would want them to stop? They will make everyday life more simplistic and much more safe.",4
"Have you ever wondered if there was life on Mars? well Mars is a planet that is very cloudy. Its atmospere is made of mostly cloud. Many people believed that there was life on Mars.NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft spotted a shadowy likeness of a human face. The Face is more of a natural land form; it is located 41 degrees north(it is winter),camera had to peer through wispy clouds, and was possibly caused by a butte

The Face is located 41 degrees north martian latitude during the winter.This was a cloudy time of year on the Red Planet. This is showing that the dust could've been moved around to create this shadowy likeness. This could prove that there was no type of form of life on Mars.

The camera on board the MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face. Aa a thumb rule, you could discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size. This could mean that the camera overlooked the rock formation. Meaning it could have created an illusion or some thing of that sort. if the camera created a type of illusion than that could mean that the there is no form of life on Mars.",2
"My opinion on driverless cars is that they would be cool and very neat. The downfall is what if this car the car malfuctions? What if the car if now whats its cracked up to be?

I would say for the driveless cars is a job idea. I say this because it will cause less accidents based off of people letting going of the wheel. Or simply becuase of people not paying attention to the road. This way people would have the lead way to tlk and text while on the road for long periods of time. Also the road would know the road so you could just lay back and relax.

Lastly, the downfall of this is the first driveless car could be very expensive, so not many people are going to have a first. In the end, others companies will learn how make the car and better and better. The future is holding in this invention.",2
"Nick D'Alto's article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" describes the capabilities of new software called the Facial Action Coding System, and provides a few examples of its possible uses. In the text, the author states that the technology, which evaluates the movement of facial muscles to determine emotion, could be beneficial in places such as a classroom settting. Using software such as the Facial Action Coding System could be valuable in a classroom setting as it could improve the quality of learning for students.

The new emotion-reading technology could help in the classroom as it could make sure students stayed engaged in the lesson. Often in school, students become bored easily, due to lack of attention long attention spans, uninteresting lessons, or boring teachers. This technology could help eliminate bordom. In the article, Dr. Huang states that ""a classroom computer could recognize when a student... [is] bored"" which would be beneficial, as it ""could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" This means that this technology could tell if students are bored, and could alert the teacher. If teachers knew when their students were loosing focus and becoming uninterested in the lesson, they could change it to bring students back on focus, which would improve the productivity and use of time in the classroom because teachers would not be wasting time teaching students who are uninterested, and therefore, likely not listening. By eliminating this bordom factor, teachers would be more effective with their teaching time, and students would recieve a better quality of learning.

The technology could also help improve the quality of students' learning because it can make sure students are not confused. Often, when teachers ask if everyone understands the material, students who do not understand, will be too emabrassed to ask for help, or the teachers, with such a large class, will not notice if one or only a few students are falling behind. Furthermore, in the article, Dr. Huang states that ""'most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication"" meaning that most communication is picked up in other ways, such as visually. Unfortunately, often in a classroom setting, teachers must face away from their students when writing on a white board at the front of the classroom, or in similar situations, which means that without the visual connection, much of the communication between students and teachers is lost. The new technolgoy could help with this problem, as it could identify students' emotions even when a teacher's back is turned, and thus could alert teachers and help them improve their lessons to fit their students' needs. It could also help evaluate emotions that teachers do not notice, such as if a student is confused, they may try to hide it. This new technology could identify these emotions and help the teacher make sure all of their students understand the material, which would lead to an improved quality of teaching and learning.

The quality of learning in a classroom setting could be improved by teachers knowing the emotions of their students, which would make new technology such as the Facial Action Coding System, valuable in a classroom setting. This technololgy would be beneficial because it could identify whether students are confused or bored, which would make class time more productive and interesting, as well as make sure all students understood the material. This would improve their quality of learning, and make school more meaningful.",5
"One of the brightest points of light in the night sky is the ""Evening Star' which is also a close planet to us called Venus. Venus might seem harmless and pretty from a distance but when you get close it can be really dangerous. The conditions of Venus are hazardous to us. In fact we have had past missions that were never recorded becuase not a single mission succeded. However, NASA is trying to come up with technology that can survive these conditions so we can study Venus.

The closest planet to Earth in density, size, and sometimes distance also is, in fact, Venus. It was even once may have been known as the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Venus and Earth has come similar features such as rocky sediment, valleys, mountains, and craters. However, Venus isn't all that pretty. There are some really big dangers when coming in contact with this planet. Venus has almost a 97 percent carbon dioxide blanket that covers the planet. The fluffy clouds are really just sulfuric acid in the atmosphere on Venus. The temperature on Venus is an average of 800 degrees Farenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience here on Earth. Because of these harsh conditions the several missions to Venus were remain unknown because no spacecraft was able to survuve the landing for more than a few hours leading to us not being able to collect samples of the materials on Venus's surface.

Despite the harsh conditions and the unsuccessful missions, we could still be able to study Venus. A possible solution to the conditions is to have the scientists float above the surface on the planet. Another way, is to have a vehicle instead of a person hover over the surface. NASA is working on new approaches to study Venus. They make devices such as electronics made of silicon carbide and test it in a chamber that resembles the same conditions as Venus. When comparing systems that use mechanical parts than modern electronics, the mechanical parts an be made to where they are more resistant to the forces on Venus such as pressure and heat.

Instead of looking at all the flaws in studying Venus, there are still some major components that can lead us to studying it. Even though Venus has harsh conditions that humans are not able to survive on, there are still technological avdvances that could lead us to exploring or living on the planet. Most scientists are curious of new things even if they can not physically study it in which the, ""Human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors."" such as Venus. The conditions of Venus will not stop scientists or researchers from trying to gather more and more information of Venus. The study of Venus could be an oppertunity to a whole new world. There are ways and technological ways that will allow humans to live on Venus but it just has not been discovered yet.

Venus is a harmful planet with dangerous conditions. However, with developing technology we figure out ways to study the planet. Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit because one day our population could be living on it. Even though there are dangers, there is no way in studying more about Venus if we never try to come up with ways to safely research it. Venus could be our next planet. To find out if it is then more research and risks will need to come into affect.      ",4
"I think the Facial Action Coding System is pretty good, but I think it has a few problem.

The Mona Lisa is a hard painting, because every people have a different opinion about it. For example some people say she is sad, angry, but some people say she is happy. This Facial Action Coding System can help us. It says Mona Lisa is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful and 2 percent angry. This program can read by muscles so it can help us if we have painting and we need analys that. It has classifield six basic emotions which are happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear and sadness. If we raise our eyebrows then we are surprised. This system can mixed emotions as in da Vinci's masterpiece. It says we can probably tell how our friend is feeling by the look on her/his face, but it is not always true. I think everybody had experience when she/he was smiling but she/he was sad inside. And I think this program can not read this if we are similing but we are sad inside. It says the computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor. It could be good if the students bored or confused but a computer never being a human. In the real smile, the zygomatic major lift the corners of your mouth and it was instruction #1. Meanwhile, muscles called orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus make crow's-feet around eyes. It was instructions #2. But in a false smile, the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle, the risorius. Faces do not lie. The emotionals very important in our life. If our friend is sad but if we are positive and we are smiling than maybe he/she will smile.

This technology is pretty good. It has a lot of examples how it is working and it is good if we need to use this program in class. For example analysing painting. But I don not think it always could be analysing human emotionals.",2
"Twenty-five years ago, a strange image was projected onto the monitors of mission controllers while the Viking 1 was taking photos of possible landing places for its sister ship, Viking 2. What looked like an alien's face had appeared! Mission controllers back at NASA must have been surprised to see this, but scientists were quick to say that it was just another Martian mesa, common around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows to make it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh.

As soon as the pictures were released, there were mixed reactions. Some agreed with the scientists and their research saying that the rock formation was just a common mesa, but some were skeptical. Conspiracy theorists believed that this rock was actually an artifact, saying that NASA was hiding extra infromation about this formation and comparing it to a common mesa.

The 1976 Viking 1 photograph does make it resemble a face, but later pictures denote this evidence. In 1998, the shadows are still visible, but there is no concrete proof that this is an alien artifact. The 2001 photo (taken with a camera of a greater resolution than the 1976 and 1998 photos) further proves my point. In the 2001 photo, you can faintly see the shadows of the face, but they are almost nonexistent.

In conclusion, scientists research proves that this is merely a rock formation. The 1976 photo could only prove that the formation exists, and the shadows could be because of bad quality cameras or just a luck of how the lighting was when the photo was taken. The later photos are more accurate because of our increase in technology, therefore being our number one source for finding out the truth. Aliens do not exist, as far as we know, and scientists continue to prove that theory with updated technology.",3
"The author of ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents and supports this idea by stating in paragraph 8, ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."" This statement supports my claim by explaining how the author believes no one should let the fear of the dangers that may arise stop them from exploring the world and beyond. Instead the author believes people should go after whatever they want to find. Paragraph 8 also states, ""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors."" This evidence explains how the author feels that there will be scary and intimidating obstacles that will arise on the journey of exploring the planet with the hottest surface tempurature in our solar system, but the author believes the curiosity of humans leads us to danger. The author also believes that danger shouldn't stop anyone who is curious from exploring. This article may talk about serious dangers, but also gives ideas for humans to study Venus without being put it any danger. The author states in paragraph 5, ""NASA’s possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape."" This solution may prevent any harm to humans who want to study this planet and learn more about it. This solution gives people a chance to stay curious, and not think about the dangers. Only think about the journey and mystery that lies ahead. ",4
"Has someone ever told you that the face on Mars was real, but you knew it wasn't. The face on Mars is a natural landform called a mesa, but people mistake for a face because of the shadows it formed. The face on Mars is a natural landform because research with space crafts and the study pictures over time.

The face on Mars is a natural landform because of research with spacecrafts. Research with space crafts has shown that the face on Mars is just a landform. Many people thought the face was an alien artifact when it appeared in many books, a Hollywood film, magazines, radio talk shows, and even in haunted grocery store checkout lines. People still may not believe it, but there is more to say.

The face on Mars is just a mesa because of pictures shown overtime. The pictures between 1976 through 2001 show the face fading away. They show the face was nothing other than a moutain like landform. The pictures were taken with high-tech gear that they had back then. They were taken when Spacecraft Viking 1 was looking for another spacecraft, Viking 2. It was Snapping pictures and it got the face. Later, NASA found out it was just a mesa.

In conclusion, people still may believe that the face on Mars was real, but studies show that it was just a landform. The face on Mars is just a landform because of research with spacecrafts and and the study of the pictures over time. My final thoughts of this is that the face was cool until I saw that it was just a mesa. It was cool to learn about this, but it was just a goofy looking mountain.",2
"I think we should study venus even if there is some dangers to it. we should study venus because we can learn alots of things about the plant that we have not learned yet.

In the aricle it says venus used to be earth like this means their was oceans and someone had to be living their. Which means it still has some of those things and that means humen might be able to sarive there. venus is the second plant from the sun which this means it's very hot in the aricle it said it 800 degres 90 times greater then earth.this means humens can't deal with this type of heat. and the groud would be very hot a car can't just drive on the tires would mealt they would need to make special type of viecle.and for that to happen they need to study the plant closely and figure what they should do.

you might ask if it has all of thase things humen can'y surive in why would we even condsire visting

to venus. it's still earth like stuff like moutains and valleys. this means humens can probbaly vist there and for that to humen they need to do expermints like puting ""chember simulating the chaos of venus surface and have lasted for three weeks in such coditions"".which means they would need to make new techology becasue old ones would not work.

In conclusion we should study venus more and we should not me scared of the dangers of it who know we might find something that could be useful for our lifes maybe one we can go there. but we should never stop being curiois about the plant.      ",3
"Imagine you stuck on a math problem, you did not get a word the teacher just said. Dr. Huang has created new software that helps identify how you feeling. If you confused, your computer can read your emotions and try to break down the problem. It would be able to explain step by step on how to do it. This would be of great help for the students.

Prof. Thomas Huang, of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Amsterdam, was able to create a new computer software that can recognize emotions. This process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like a human muscles. Movement of one or more muscles is called an "" action unit."" Dr. Paul Eckman, creator of FACS ( Facial Action Coding System), has classified six basic emotions happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. He was able to associated each characteristic movements of the facial muscles. Since facial expression for each emotion are universal, by weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions. Each expression is compared against a neutral face. This would help a lot students in their classes because if you have a computer that can read emotions and is able to identify if you are confused it would be able to break the problem down step by step like that you would not have to wait on the teacher who is helping two other students. The classes would be able to go faster because the teacher would not have to stop every 10 minutes to re-explained the same the problem like 20 times. A computer would be able to recognized if you getting bored and be able to modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor. Or maybe you just browsing on the web and an ad appears on your screen and you smile at it , a similir ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different.

Prof. Thomas Huang lastest innovation could be of alot of help for student and teachers. Teachers would not have to stress about re-explaining the same chapter like 20 times. Student would not get behind during class because the computer would be able to identify their emotion. Be able to break it down step by step if they get confused. Or just make the subject more interesting if they bored. Dr. Huang and his colleagues are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate     ",3
"Have you ever seen the face on Mars? Well, if you have, do you think it's a real face, or that aliens made it, or that it's just a natural landform like the ones we have here? The answer is, that it's just a natural landform. This face that we see on Mars is just a landform that was created over time. Just like the natural landforms created here on Earth. Things like the Rocky Mountains, or as it says in the passage, the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.

This face on the surface of Mars had unusual shadows casting down on it, making the face look like an old Egyptian Pharaoh. Many people though didn't believe NASA, so on April 5, 1998, Michael Malin and his MOC team took a picture of this mysterious face that was ten times sharper than all the previous pictures ever taken. When the photo was uploaded to the internet, thousands of people were disappointed when they found out that this was just a natural landform, not something alien made.

In conclusion, in the year of 1976, a face was spotted on the planet of Mars. This face was said to be the creation of aliens who were living on the planet. Many people were disappointed when they found out the truth. That this mysterious face was just a natural landform created over time. Even after NASA confirmed that this was just one ordinary landform, people still weren't convinced. So, on April 5,1998, an MOC team went out to Mars, and took pictures that were ten times sharper than all the originals. Thes pictures proved that this was just an ordinary landform that was formed over time. This ""face"" is actually the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa her on earth found in the American West. Chief scientist for the NASA's Mars Exploration Program, Jim Garvin, says that the face found on the surface of Mars is actually about the same size as the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.   ",2
"Cars have become a part of everyday life over the years. We depend on them for transportation from one place to the next. Have you ever thought about what it would be like to live without a car? Well, globally, changes are being made. There have been car bans and even a community that completely quit using cars. There are advantages of limiting car usage.

Limiting car usage can lead to a less stressful life. The residents of Vauban, Germany, have taken a huge step. They have given up their cars. As stated in the article ""In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars"", 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars. A statement from a local resident, also found in the article ""In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars"", says, ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way"". The limit on car usage has allowed the residents to go back to a simpler life. A life where everyday noises such as children playing and bicycle wheels rolling along the pavement can be heard.

Limiting car usage impacts the environment greatly in a positive way. The article titled ""The End of Car Culture"" states, ""...transportation is the second largest source of America's emmisions, just behind power plants"". Cars are a leading cause of air pollution around the world. For example, the smog in Paris, France, had gotten so bad that they had to put a temporary partial ban on driving. Due to this rule, congestion was down 60 percent. Cutting back on the usage of cars would have an incredicle impact on global air pollution. A simple step in the right direction can change the environment is a positive way.

Being happier and decreasing air pollution are only two advantages of limiting car usage. There is a lot that can come from taking cars out of our daily routines. It may be hard to adjust at first but the impact it would have on the earth would be worth it. Taking responsibility and care of our earth is a change that needs to happen. It is a possible and reasonable solution to our pollution problem.    ",4
"I think this is a natural landform. I believe this because there is more evidence to support this idea. So in these next two-three paragraphs I am going to tell you why.

The first fact that clarify's that the face is just a landform comes in the last paragraph in the article. In this paragraph it clearly states that the picture actually shows a Martian equivlant of a butte or mesa - landforms that are common around the American West. ""It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,"" says Garvin.

Another paragraph that supports the evidence is clear and correct is in paragaph eleven. ""As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size,"" he added. ""So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!"" This supports me evidence from the paragraph above by telling how much you could see in these pictures.

In these last few paragraphs I have given you evidence from the article that support that the Face is a natural landform. So I hope I persuaded you to believe that the Face is a natural Landform. ",2
"Luke bomberger had an interesting story to tell about his adventures on board the SS Charles W. Wooster. He saw many beautiful places and met many interesting people, as such he would recommend the program to somebody. In the following paraghraphs I will present luke's arguement and hopefully convince you to join ""The Sea Going Cowboys.

Luke starts his story as a young boy [fresh out of high school] working at a grocery store and a bank, when his friend Don Reist invited him to work on a cattle boat with him. He accepted and went off on the cattle boat bound for europe. Luke seems to have had fun working with the 335 horses on their first trip to europe and before arriving in Greece, luke turned 18. As such he was drafted.

Luke was told just to continue working on the boat for his servince so he spent another two years working on the boat. He says that he helped alot of people in China and Europe but he also got the benifit of seeing wonderful sights and places; like the Panama Canal and Acropolis or Venice. He says that aside from his adventures he learned of how lucky he is to have things like food and a job when people in the countries he visited were much less fortunate.

Enough about all this seriousness, let's talk about the fun activities on the ship. Luke said that the men on-board played all kinds of games like Base-ball and volleyball in empty holds when the animals were gone. The men also enjoy games like boxing fencing and best of all, reading; the men also had tournaments for table tennis.

So, in short you get paid for working a third of the time, exploring foreign countries the second third of the time and playing games the last third of the time. There's no other way to describe it other than ""Best job ever."" ",2
its it just erosion in the planit there might of ben a metior strike in those places and it just looks like it is a face or it might of ben wator from millions of years a go that eroded the face of the planit and made it look like it had a face but i think it was water or a meator stirike on the planit and not alieans if it was alieans they would not be sending people to that planit beacause they would kill them oand why would alieans want a place that has no water and noother living things on the planit its is a daed planit there is nothing on it be sides dirt wand gasses and maybe just maybe some plants or trees baried in the dirt of the planit and alieans would of made a bass on the planit and we have found nothing of that sorts and they would of never told uss a bout that planit in the first place if there was alieans,1
"Commonly known as Earth's twin, Venus has many similarities to Earth but also many differences. For around 30 years, no spacecraft has been on the surface of Venus or even near the planet. Many conditions such as the atmosphere, the surface temperature, and the atmospheric pressure all contribute to why it seems that humans might never be able to live there. Along with weather such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and common lightning strikes, it seems to dangerous to be a safe place for humans to live. The dangers of this planet may hurt the case presented that Venus could be a possible place to live if we need to evacuate Earth.

Years ago, scientists believe that Venus was quite like Earth is today. It had many oceans and could support many forms of life, even though today Venus seems as if it is a dark, cold, and a dreadful planet. Though, today it still has some land forms that resemble Earth, such as valleys, mountains, and craters. It seems if there was ever a way to live there, it could resemble a home that we currently have on Earth.

Due to space travel being a good length of time, Venus is the closest planet we could escape to from Earth. There have been many spacecrafts that have been destined for Venus but have never got there, also they were no humans aboard. Once we can have a human sent to Venus it opens many doors for humans to inhabit Venus. NASA has a inticive idea for sending humans to study Venus, but it would be from a far, because of the weather, temperature and pressure from the atmosphere. But flying 30 miles in the air may not seem great conditions to live. It is shown that even though the living conditions might not be as great conditions as the ones we have on Earth, mankind would still be living and studying a planet from afar.

The author seems to show the dangers of space travel especially space travel to Venus. It seems to many people that we may never get a human near Venus. A spacecraft hasn't been able to survive a couple of hours into orbit, much less a manned spacecraft. The dangers of space may outweigh the dangers of staying on Earth. But any advancement of science will require risks, nothing can be achieved if there are no risks taken. Taking a chance and risking everything has to happen for the possibility of people living on Venus.

The health of our planet is deterorating, and it may be soon that we may not have a planet to live on, the exploration of planets especially Venus may be crucial for the survival of mankind. People are intimidated of the risks that come with explore outerspace, but we have to take risks in order to get a reward. Advancement of science and technology is crucial to the survival of humans and this Earth, hopefully we will never need to use Venus as a evacuation planet. As the author said in paragraph 8, ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation"".",4
"I thank that you soulde join the SeagoingCowboy's because you get to see stuf that you wold never a magin . You get to help poeple out free animals . You also get to meet new poeple thuow out our day .

I can name some thing's that you do you can play boxing , voleyball games , table-tennis and evin beasball !

I did this for nine trip's

on the Seagoing cowboy's and let me tell you it was one of the happey thing that I did in my whoel life . A nother thing is ithat it was opportunity of a lifetime ! So if I was you I wold join the Seagoing Cowboy's so dont forget that it is a one and lifetime opportunity .

But that not

all you get to see Europe, China and some time you get to see Greece , italy , city with strets of water that sound's pretey cool to me ! You keep biuse keeping up with all the animals . You claren the pin's feed, water them ever day

.

That what you do win you are a Seagoing Cowboy

. So that why you need to join the Seagoing Cowboy . So hople you will join the Seagoing Cowboy's",2
"The Face was dicovered on May 24, 2001. It was discovered by NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft. ""NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling the planet, snapping photos of possible landing sites for its sister ship Viking 2, when it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face."" But the Face is just a natural landform discovered on Mars by NASA.

On April 5, 1998, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team took a picture of the face. It was discovered that there was no alien monument. On paragraph seven, the text states, ""snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos....There was no alien monument after all."" This proves that they found out the Face was not an alien monument.

But many people were still not satisfied so, on April 8, 2001, Mars Global Surveyor went to Mars for a second look. On paragraph ten, the text states, ""Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution."" On paragraph twelve, the text states, ""What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa--landforms common around the American West."" So, the Face that they found on Mars was just a natural landform after all.

Using evidences from the texts, we learned that the Face was discovered on May 24, 2001. We learned that many people believed it to be an alien monument, but it was not. The Face got looked a second time, on April 8, 2001, but with the camera's absolute ""maximum resolution."" In the end, they found out that the Face was just a natural landform and not an alien monument.           ",1
"Using details from the article, i can write an essay evaluating how well the author supports the idea, that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents by, while yes there are many risks to exploring Venus and other planets but in the long run it could help out. The reason it could help out is if we found a planet near ours like venus that in some way shape or form could be inhabited by humans it could give society and its people more places to go so we dont have as many over populated areas. an other big reason we could benefit from figuring out if venus can be inhabited is if that planet has usefull resources we can stop using as many GMO'S as we do in our foods.

A place that has the biggest issue of having overpopulation and has to resort to using GMO'S in there foods is japan. some places in japan the overpopulation is so bad that it has created a very large increase in the amount of polution that is in the air, Its so bad in some areas that in the morning you can see the polution while just walking which has made it so the kids/adults of japan have to wear some sort of mask to not get sick/ get poisened by the air. If we do end up figuring out that venus and some other planets in our solar system can be inhabited we can decrease this issue by sending some of those people to Venus. It's not only in japan that this issue of overpopuation is occuring, you can see it occuring more and more in the USA with all the refugees and people from other parts of the world coming to live in the USA.

The reason i am making these claims and the information i am using to support my reasoning is, in the text it stated that. "" Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth. Today, Venus still has some of the features that are analogous to those of Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features suck as valleys, mountains, and craters. If scientist can conform that Venus was once inhabited by some sort of life form, they can possibly figure what type of life form this was and maybe figure out why they are no longer there. If they can figure out why that certain life form left or died off we can possibly reverse what had happened. which will lead us to being able to inhabite another planet and could reduce the amount of over population and further problems here on earth by splitting up our population. It could also help the human race live longer and help so that the human race does not die off. In the long run i do think that figuring out if the planet Venus can be inhabited, i also think that from my information and the information that the author gave you to can see the reason why this discovery is so crusual to our society and race.        ",4
"The program Seagoing Cowboys ,is amazing even though u might of heard of it or not im going to try my best to make u want to be part of it. I say this because for example the program lets u go around the world,like in the story the said that Luke had travewled nine diffrent times. Isnt that great that could be you,of course if u would like to join.

There are lots of things that u could do there,like get to meet knew people and some might even become very close to you. I am sure that if you, came to the program you would love it. You would have fun,free food,and a good place to sleep. Now some might lo0ve animals , and if u dont thats fine but im sure you would start to. they are kind,loving,and gental. This program might get u in shapeand fit,you will be caring and lifting things and im sure that will burn off some fat.

Also if u come to the program,u would learn how to obay,clean,and be respectful. Im sure that a young mans mother would be happy to know that,they are cleaning, and obaying laws,and showing respecfulness. Oh and befor i forget, they also will be able to cook multipal meals for his family.

The lastly they will be cowboys,and thats a great thing to help out with the animals. The young men will be helping around with horses,and cows. I am sure that the young man, will enjoy the view of the world that hes traviling.

I hope that you are convinced and made up your mind to let the young men come to this program. I am sure that youll enjoy it, till next time .",3
"First,Professor. Thomas Huang of the beckman Institute for advanced Science at the University of Illinois working with

Professor. Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam. Dr. Huang and his colleague are developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate which the proces begin when a computer constructs a 3-D computer Model of the Human face that contains all 44 major muscles in the model that must move like Human.

Second,The Facial Expressions of some individuals often show varying degrees of expression and the new emotion-recognition software tracks facial movements in a real face or in the painted face if Mona Lisa. Each expression of a Human is being compared against a neutral face (showing no emotion). In fact us Humans perform the same impressive ""calculation"" everyday.

Third,Mona Lisa's Demonstration really intended to bring a smile on your face, For example: if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen a similar ad will follow but if your frown the next ad will be different,which makes the classroom computer recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored then it could modify the lesson like an effective human instructor and with the same technology it can be used to make computer-animated faces more expressive for video games or video surgery.

Last,Our Muscles called Orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus make crow's feet around your eyes, in a false smile the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle, the risorious. But, to an expert faces don't lie; the muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a smiling politician or celebrity isn't being truthful.

In Conclusion, The Theory of Emotion is about moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions,but it also may help produce them, And empathy may happen at some point of time when we unconsciously imitate another person's facial expressions.",1
"I think this facial action codig system would be really helpfull to people who work on computers or students. comptuer work is boring and lame so i would want it to send me somethjing that makes me laugh or smile.

I think the facial acting coding system will be a good idea on life on this plane. t it could help out our students like it said in paragraph 6 it said the computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then the computer could modify the lesson like an effective human instuctor. or when you get on anybody it could see your emotion and give you something that woukld help with it. it could make video games better and in paragraph 6 it says that

""most human communication is nonverbal including emotional communication so computers need to understand that to"".

Then again some people would think that its weird to have a computer watching your face 24/7. ,aybe it could turn into a robot and take over the world. we would never know but if they did come out with the facial action coding system it would be kinda cool to have videos and stuff to cheer you up if your sad if your in a good mood could send you something to make you laugh. Even if your just doing homework and it could tell that your upset or confused or just bugged out by the problem it could help you without even asking fo9r help it would help you out right away i think thats coool cause alot of kids need help on stuff like that and for teachers they cant help alot of students with work. So before the teacher even gets to them the computer could be helping them alreadfy its like a teaher thats already there and lord knows every student wants that extra help to pass.      ",3
"The Electoral College is point less. If the govenment wanted us to vote on the president then why have a college that does that for us? The Electoral College needs to be abolished, so that the peolpe of the U.S.A can vote on the president for real. People want a derect vote not just to sit and watched the peoson that they voted for not get elected becuase of a College that has all the ""power"".

It makes no sence that we vote for people that vote for us. If I wanted to do it like that i would move to Canada. insted of letting people having the right to vote they get to watch someone vote for them. In the early Amrican history we needed it but now we do not. You see now we have TVs and smart phones. We are feed information every second of our lives. The news is on every street corner. People in the Electoral cCollege sometimes go rouge and vote for the other party. Back in the 1960's Kennedy almost was not elected because of one state that state Louisiana.

You could argue that it takes time out of the election or that it helps Amricans. Our country prides it self on one thing freedom. Then we dont have the right to vote derectly on the peorson we want. So how in the world does that help us? People make up lies and stats all the tiime to get where they want but the never do good. Let me put it this way would you like someone taking care of your faimly whale your away driving your car, kissing your wife making the dissions then when you get back you act like it does not happen? No you would probable freak out yeah. You spend years makeing these system and trying to let the people be what they want but systums like these do not help on any level.

People in every state vote. Somemore than others. They vote for there party most of the time but when you have people that make big name dission fot the people it takes the power a way from us. I watched a very moving movie last night about a man who survided his contry by being a soldier and his comrads gave there lives for this freedom. They want this country to have all the rights for all the people. Not just Ellectors. It affectall of us people get cheated and scandaled out of money from politics all the time this one way that they do it.

States like California have 55 representitives they could throw the vote them selves just by sending all of one party group. that could ruin a vote and a election. We need to stop the Ellctoral college form making more mistakes. We need to have derect voting.    ",3
the author is right in this passage because in paragraph 8 nassa is trying to shut down all the towers and the author about this story he wishes nassa could go away but that will be inpossonle these differences from nassa are in speed mars and other times to venus because venus is sometimes around the corner cloud drapped world each previous mission is unmanned and for a good reason cause nassa can handle there men unmanned they all survied the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why venus spaceship hasnt touched down in almost 3 decades. So nassa is concerned about venus spaceship. A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus. if our sister planet is so inhospitable why are scientists even discussing futher visits to its surface there wasting there time for all the importanty of nassa....the surfce was rockey and couldnt be walled on because of that reason or drove on there was mountains and craters furthermore. the nationL aeronautics and space administration (NASA) has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study venus.,1
"Reading emotions is done on a day to day bases in the minds of people. That is how we can tell is our friends are upset or happy about something. The author of ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"", Nick D'Alto, talks about new technology called the Facial Action Coding System (FACS), which enables computers to identify human emotions. The use of this technology in a classroom to read the emotional expressions of students would be valuable so the teacher can see how well they have to students attention and what they can do to change things if they need to. If teachers had the ability to use the FACS, they would be able to see how many students enjoy the class and that they are focused on the class. Also they would be able to see how many kids aren't happy to be in class and no paying attention. The FACS can read the emotions happiness, surpise, anger, disgust, fear, and saddness. A teacher wants to have all the attention of their students but, it doesn't always happen, teachers knowing when students start to fade out of the topic can help them change how they are teacher to help the student want to learn and stay on task. All around students need to learn and teachers need to teach, it would be very useful to have teachers be able to access the FACS to be able to teach to the best of their abilities so that the students car and will learn. Reading others emotions easily would make everyone's lives easier beacause they know how they really feel about something. So, people can change what they are doing to help other people want to do things. ",2
"Driverless cars will be a great innovation in the automobile insustry, because driverless cars will be safer, more convenient, and possibly more fuel efficient.

Driverless cars would make the world a lot safer, when dealing with automobiles. People die everyday in car accidents. With driverless cars, at first, of course, there will be complications regarding the sensing and accident prevention. After so long, with yearly upgrades and constant innovation, driverless cars' software should excel to the point of perfection, without any accident occurance. In paragraph 5, the test states, ""Sensors are nothing new, of course. in the 1980s, automakers used speed sensors at the wheels in the creation of antilock brakes. Within 10 years, those sensors had become more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers. The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone. Further improvements in sensors and computer hardware and software to make driving safer are also leading to cars that can handle more and more driving tasks on their own."" This example shows that sensoring software ability is increasing, and as time goes by technologists learn more and more. Over time sensors will get better and better to the point where driverless cars are 100% safe.

Driverless cars are more convenient than cars with drivers. Cars with drivers require full attention from the driver. There are many cases, involving possibly injury, or even just fatigue, where a driver is forced into a position of either finding alternate transportation, or driving under dangerous circumstances. If a driver owns a driverless car, or has the accessability to a driverless ""taxi"", then whether fatigue, injured, or intoxicated, the driver, or now passenger, can safely be transported to their destination, without the result of an accident. Many people against the idea of driverless cars would claim that a driver must still be alert with a driverless car. This statement would be true, as of now, but if driverless cars are introduced now, within the next ten years, driverless cars will be so dominantly present, drivers would never have to touch the wheel. If every car on a street is computer controlled, the computer systems could recognize another attempting to leave a parking lot and simply leave the car space to do so. Through more innovations, obstacles like those stated in paragraph 7, would be easily manuvered.

Driverless cars are more fuel efficient than cars with drivers. Many times today, people drive their cars with a ""heavy foot."" Acceleration uses gas in a car that could be saved with coasting. If are car is ran by a computer, acceleration and coasting time would be monitored, and done the most efficiently possible. In paragraph 1, the text states, ""The cars [Google cofounder Sergey Brin] forsees would use half the fuel of today's taxis..."" This example shows that, driverless taxis and cars are far more fuel efficient. If a driverless car owner uses only half the fuel of a driver required car owner, then the driverless car owner is saving a tremendously more amount of money on fuel.

Driverless cars will be a great innovation in the automobile insustry, because driverless cars will be safer, more convenient, and possibly more fuel efficient. ",5
"I think we should use the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) on students and in classrooms because, if we were to use this in classrooms we could pick and choose whoever was feeling confused on the topic you are learning about. It could also help adults and students really understand their emotions, it could even help pic out the people that have depression or that is stressed out, we could help them if we only knew what their emotions are.

If we was to bring this into our school and classrooms we would be more likely to suceed because we would know who would really need help and who is getting the topic, some kids in school are to scared or frightened to speak up if they arent getting it because they think it makes them look dumb, but if we was able to use the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) we could simpley find out through their emotions and facial expressions. What it does is it goes off your musclular stucture in your face to tell you, how you are feeling.

On the topic about depression and saddness, it could also help with that if we was to pick out the people that are sad and even depressed we would be more likely to get them help before they start to cause self harm or harm to others or even the worst possible outcome committing suicide. Not only that but it could tell you any kind of feeling; happy, sad, angry, confused, fearful, and even disgusted. As shown in the text they tested this on the famous picture made by Leonardo da Vinci,Mona Lisa, and it showed up four differnet feeling that was going on in a simple photo! She was eighty-three percent happy, nine percent digusted, six percent fearful, and two percent angry.

There are many reasons why this should and should not be aloud in schools and classrooms but I and other people think it would help people alot more to understand the students, teachers, and the staff. It could really help us in many ways, why arent we using this already?",3
"Boom! Tire blows. Only if the driverless car, supposly a smart car, senn the road construction ahead it could of prevented the accident. Then the sensors for the cars I know will take weeks to put all of them in to properly work. Also how is it suppose to be a smart car when you still have to hold the wheel at all times. Although it might have some positives about the car, it still has a numerous number of negitives such as: if the driverless car goes to fast do you get a ticket and have to pay or what is the consequences.

First and foremost, the sensors on the smart cars. It must take a fortune to buy and apply every single little sensor thats need daily on the rode. Plus it must take alot of people to do that and you have to pay them a lot as well so that means you're going to spend so much money that you're going to try and sell it for a huge price of change that no one has to spend. Or the timing, it probably take one/fourth of the time it take to make that robot car.

Moreover, you have to keep your hands on the wheel at all times. What if you're taking a rode trip and you want to get some rest, you can't because your handle has to be positioned on the wheel at all times. Also if you have a important meating and you are trying to finish up your presentation,you can't. Eventhough it might do some incredible things but it aslo can mouth-function and leave you stranded.

Equally important, what about the laws for the car. Most importantly i want to know who gets the ticket and pays for it if the car gets pulled over if going to fast is it you or the manufacturing company. Then it could overide and take far away from where you need to be because the smart car is really like a colassal mobile computer. If it over heats and blows who get blamed for someones death.

Overall, I disaggre and also disapprove this vehicle. As a driver and owner of a smart car i would rather have it Barren like the ones we drive daily thats less worries. Also cheaper to get fixed and worked on then getting my car reprogramed and a whole new pc system in it.",3
"Do you know what the challenge of Exploring Venus is? Well venus is the second planet from our sun. Venus distance but safe vantage point of Earth has very challenging place to examine more closely. They also often called Venus as the Earth's Twin. Let's see what The Challenge of Exploring Venus is all about.

First of all,

Earth, Venus , Mars are like neighbor that orbits the sun at different speeds. The differences in speed that we are closer to Mars than other times to Venus. Venus is sometimes right around the corner in space terms. Humans has numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud -draped world. Since no spacecraft survived the landing for more tha a few hours.

Secondly, The thick atmosphere is almost 97% of carbon dioxide that blankets Venus. The more challenging are the clouds of highly sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. The planet's temps are average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than our own planet. The conditions on Earth are far more extreme than anything humans encounter.

Thirdly,

NASA has one particularly compelling ideas to send humans to study Venus. NASA's solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus allow scientist to float above the fray. Researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Many researchers are working on innovations that allows our machines to last long enough to knowledge Venus. NASA is working on other approaches to study Venus.

In a conclusion, Do you know what the challenge of Exploring Venus is? Well, Earth, Venus , Mars are like neighbor that orbits the sun at different speeds. The thick atmosphere is almost 97% of carbon dioxide that blankets Venus. NASA has one particularly compelling ideas to send humans to study Venus. So however, I just exploring about Venus so I think I past the challenge.         ",1
"Driverless Cars Are Coming

As everything in our society based on science and technology, cars are also developing from human control to driverless. The article on the left introduces how big companies (for instance, Google, BMW, etc.) are trying to make driverless cars come into our daily life and how the law will change if we have driverless cars commonly. Once driverless cars come into our life, people will argue that is it good to develop driverless cars or is it bad?

In my opinion, I have a positive aspects of driverless cars. The first and the most direct reason is because driverless cars can make our daily life much more convenient than before. We don't need to worry about which road are we driving on or any places we haven't been before. The car will drive for us, it will have plan for which road or direction we'll be.

The second reason is the driverless cars are safer than people driving by themselves. Sometimes people cannot drive safely when they are tired or get drunk. That can make a huge accident. But the driverless cars can help us to drive, ""The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone"". (passage 5) By using the sensor in the car, we don't need to worry about safety anymore. The sensor can control the car and give us a much safer trip than ever before.

The third reason is driverless cars can reduce the quantity of accidents. When people are using the driverless cars, they ""must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires. This necessitates the car being ready to quickly get the driver's attention whenever a probelm occurs"". (passage 7) Although it is driverless car, drivers still need to pay attention.

Convenience, safety, reduction of accidents... These are the reasons we choose to use the driverless cars. There is a huge number of people who still have negative aspects of the driverless cars. Technologies need to impprove, we can improve our phones, our computers, but why not cars? The driverless cars the symbol of the improvement to technologies and driverless cars can bring us a lot of benefits. Our life can get more convenient and safer than before.",4
"The future is coming, whether one likes it or not. An extreme way the future is coming at us full speed ahead is driverless cars. Some people think it would be revolutionary in the best of ways, and open the doors to many other oppurtunities. Others disagree and say it is impractical and dangerous to the lives of everyday pedestrians.

Driverless cars have been tested many times. If a company is able to successfully manufacture such a car, there is always one setback: it is too expensive to be practical. This is the case with engineers at Berkeley. They created a car using magnets of opposing polarity; however, these cars recquired the update of already existing roads, which is entirely too expensive and would take years. Driverless cars are simply too expensive to be a common machine in everyday life.

The thought of driverless cars has obviously been seriously considered many times; however, it all comes down to the final outcome. If, hypothetically, the cars were successfully manufactured and the roads were somehow adjusted to fit the needs of such cars and were financially within the budget, the idea of driverless cars is still extremely dangerous. The safety of surrounding drivers and pedestrians is put at risk. No car can be completely diverless. This is because if there is a blind pedestrian walking across the street or construction going on, the car will still need driving assistance. Without it, a completely driverless car could vry well cause even more accidents than there are already. If the lives of innocent civilians are at stake, is a car that drives itself really worth it?

Continuously, if perhaps an automatic car were to hit someone and severely injur or potentially kill someone, the blame could be put onto the owner of the car. No matter how hard the owner tries to tell the court of his driverless car's accident, the person is still to blame. This could have never happened if the driver was actually driving the vehicle. This could cause many problems in the future.

All in all, the use of driverless cars should never be allowed in everyday life. Not only is it subtantially too expensive to be practical, but also dangerous and could lead to unfair and unnecassary lawsuits. The factors and outcomes are not worth the ability to not have to drive.",4
"Dear State Senator,being apart of the voting process is extremely important.It's important,because you are helping by popular vote for the president of the United States.Electoral College helps you get a better understanding of the voting process and the effect that everyone's vote has.However,the Electoral colleges are not a really big help when it comes down to the country.Here is provided information about why they should change election by popular vote.

First to start the discussion,Electoral Colleges were estblished by the founding fathers in the constitution as a compromise between election of the president by vote in congress and election of the president by popular vote.The Electoral College is not just a place it's an important process.This college is made of electors.They have meetings where they vote for the president and vice president.The college is consisted of 538 electors.At least 270 electoral votes are required to elect the president.Each candidate that is interested in becoming president in your state has to have his or her own flock of electores.The electors are chosen by the political party ran by the candidate.This college basically provides you with a idea of why it is important to vote. The country's fate rests in the hands of many.

Next,The Electoral college system only allows voters to vote for the slate electors. The president of the United States votes is more important then the slate electors.The president of the United States is the one responsible for the Country.Most people refer to the most common argument between the electoral college as the disater factor.Like for instance if someone wanted to vote for a specific person you would have to vote for a different amount of slate electors also depending where you lived as well.

Continuing,the Electoral college is really regarded as an anachronism aslo known as a non-democratic method of selecting a president. Many people believe that,that should be overruled by declaring the candidate who recieves more popular votes is the winner.Each party selects a slates of electors that is trusted to vote for the nominee that was picked slate electors.Even though the Electoral has a lack of conservative reasons, there are five reasons that people think that should be retained. The first reason is the certainy of outcome,second Everyone's President,third Swing states,fourth Big States,and lastly Avoiding run-off Elections.These 5 things are reasons why people feel that these colleges should stay.

The conclusion, the president of the United states is chosen by our votes.We have the power to make this country strong,but we also have the power to make this country a train wreck.Voting is really important this can determine the fate of the country.

Sincerly,PROPER_NAME                                                                                                                   ",3
"Driverless cars are an advanced technology but they arent the safest car. They might be a good upgrade but it can also harm. They are not proven to be 100 percent safe and may cause crashes. Also while technology is a very helpfull thing it is not the safest and is not always a good thing to rely on. Lastely, not many people will be able to afford this car. This is why i believe that driverless cars are not a good idea.

While the driverless cars are being developed to be safe and able to rely on it is still not proven to be 100 percent safe. Not all cars infact not a single car is proven to be 100 percent safe. They can all cause damage or injure people but the driverless car will not be any safer with a person not having control of the car. You cant rely on yourself to know that you are driving safe and know where you are headed. The driver is not in control therefore it can cause a great damage and crash other cars. It can cause people to get injured or even killed. So this is just one reason why i believe they are not safe.

Secondly, technology has helped us advance many things we believed could never be posible but while it is helpful it is not a good thing to rely on. Nothing is ever perfect and when it comes to technology there are always problems. For this driverless car that has all diffrent kinds of updates and technology it can do something wrong and the whole system breaks down. With GPS being used it can get you lost and people will rely on the driverless car to know where it is going but it has happened before to where people get lost because they were following their GPS and something went wrong and they get lost. With one wrong letter or number the address you type cant get mixed up with a diffrent address and you will not know where you are at. the driverless car is full of technology and its already be proven many times that technology isint perfect and can have issues that in this driverless car can cause damage.

Lastly, many people wont be able to afford it. With all its technology and updates it will cost a lot. Only a few people wil be able to have them and see what they are like. So its not like they are making this care so people everywhere could have it. It is only for people who can afford it and well want it. So with that said i dont believe it is a good thing for it to be made.

In conclusion, the driverless car isint proven to be very safe and can harm or cause damage. While technology is a great thing it is not good to rely on it as much. They will also be to expensive for people to buy and only a couple of people will be able to purchase the driverless car. These are some reasons why i believe that driverless cars arent a very good idea.          ",4
"I think that yes if there was driverless cars that not just a couple people should have them everyone should. If there was someone that did not have one of these cars they would be at a higher risk of someone wrecking. The laws on speed limits would definetly change. There would be a bunch more laws besides thatone that would change as well. People would act different one the road knowing who is responsible.

I mean if your driving one of these smart cars and someone else dosn't have one and they wrecked into you it would not be good. There would be a big debate about this and who would be to blam. The companies would have too much money so you could not sue them. Your attention would imidietly turn on the driver of the other car the company would have your back then. Those people should not have to deal with it if that is the case the company should.

It would be nice for everyone to have one of these because drunk driving issues would go down. wrecks would be less common if the mechanics work on the cars they provide. Companies think to much of money so that would be the only problem. I mean sure they wold not make as much money as they would like to but people would be a lot more safe then they are. The money they make should go to the coverage of peoples cars.

Another problem I would have with this is would you be able to get to your job on time? If you have a certain speed limit and or if yor car stops working what are y going to do. I think that if you get this car everything should have to be covered by the compaies you buy it from. Some states are already trying to ok all of this through way higher powers than they should. They should have a system on the car that explains why your late.

One of my last concerns is if the future generations would still know how to drive. I mean if they don't know how the car works than what is the point of it. I think that anyone who gets one of these cars should have to take driving courses one a year for a week. They can take them any day they choose as long as it adds up to a week out of the year. The car is not the only problem think about the roads next.",2
"Imagen being in a regular classroom. Imagen yourself not understing the topic. Imagen not being able to tell the teacher you don't get it because you're afraid to be made fun of. This is what the Facial Action Coding System prevents student from experiencingwhen taught a new topic. This helps student by having the system already knowing they don't understand to topic they had just learned. Although Facial Action Coding System watches your face is wierd, it'll help out teachers and students because it'll help our classroom be more understanding, helpful, and communicate better.

The Facial Action Coding System can help classrooms be more understanding.

In the article, it states, ""In fact, we humans perform this same impressive ""calculation"" everyday. For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feelling simply by the look on her face (paragraph 5)."" It also states,""For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears in you screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be differnet (paragraph 6)."" These quotes show that classrooms can be more understanding with this system. Because if you frown, the teacher will be notified and will ask if you understand yet or need help. And this system will help teachers to more ""calculated"" of what their class needs more work on. And understand the topic they have learned.

The Facial Action Coding System can help classrooms be helpful. In the article it states,"" A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"" Dr. Huang predicts. ""Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor (paragraph 6) ."" This means that this system can be helpful by providing information to the teacher. And so the teacher can have an effective teaching plan to help out the class in learning the topic better. So they don't get lost and confused on the topic.

The Facial Action Coding System can help classrooms communicate better. In the article it said,""The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive- for video games or video surgery. ""Most humans communication in nonverbal, including emotional communication,"" notes Dr. Huang. ""So computers need to undersatnd that, too(paragraph 6)."" This all means that this sysytem will help us communicate better. And because most of human communication happens nonverbally. It won't be too diffcult to do. This system will help the students and the teacher to communicate with each other effectivly without saying a word.

In concluion, better communication, more helpful, and more understanding are some of the pros of having the Facial Action Coding System in the classroom. Although having the Facial Action Coding System watch your face is pretty weird. Other than that, it's pretty cool that it can help the student(s) and the teacher. The students get a chance to work together to help the teacher understand them better. This system helps them communicate better overall. And helps the teacher to create a better and effective teaching plan overall, too. This Facial Action Coding System helps the student and the teacher to understand, comunicate and help each other. ",4
"The advantages of using limited car usage is that on cold nights and warm days the warmer layer or air trap car emissions. ""The smog rivaled Bejing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in he world. Diesel fuel was blamed, since France has a tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline. Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals. After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city.

United States has been one of the world's prime car cultures. Its the birthplace of the Model T;home of Detroit where Wilson Pickett immortalized ""Mustang Sally"". Has America passed peak driving? In source 4 it says in recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by. But America's love affair with its vehicles seems to be cooling. When adjusted for population growth, the  number of miles driven in the United States peaked in 2005 and dropped steadily thereafter, acocording to an analysis by Doug Short of Advisor Perspectives, an investment research company.

Part of the explanation certainly lies in the recession, because cash-strapped Americans could not afford new cars, and the unemployed weren't going to work anyway. The next few years would be telling. Transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions,just behind power plants. Ford and Mercedes are already rebranding themselves ""mobility"" companies with a broader product range beyond the personal vechicle. People who stopped car commuting as a result of the recession may find less reason to resume the habit. A car is just means of getting from A to B when BART doesnt' work.    ",1
"The author does a very good job of proving his point about the challanges of exploring Venus. He makes a few valid points and is very descriptive. I think he did a good job overall explaning his point.

He starts off by talking about how Venus is a very similar planet to ours. He says hat the two planets are so similar that people call Venus the ""sister planet to Earth"". He also makes the point that Venus may have held life at some point. He states that ""Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth"".

His next topic was about how we have already sent space crafts over to Venus. All of them, however, were unmanned. They were all unmanned because the pressure and heat of the planet would instantly kill the occupants inside the ship. Even without anyone in the ships, the spaceships were still crushed by the pressure of the planet. He states that ""no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours"". He then goes on to say that this is probably why no spaceships have touched the planet fr three decades.

He goes on to talk about how NASA has been trying to come up with ideas on how to inhabit the planet with life. they came up with a few good ideas but the one that stood out to him the most was a bit interesting. He says that NASA wanted to try and get a blimp like spaceshi to float 30 miles above Venus' surface. at ths spot it isnt too hot or too dangerous and is almost perfect for life. the heat, however, would still be a whopping 170 degrees fahrenheit and we would be stuck in a thick cloud in CO2. He also states that even if we lived there, we wouldnt be able to photograph or video the surface to study it.

Overall he made a lot of valid points. I think that he made his point very clear and proved that attempting to explore Venus would be a challange. With its harsh conditions and unbearable heat, there would be no fun in exploring the planet.",3
"In my opinion I think that it is a good idea formanufacturers to develop smarter cars for the future. Creating smarter cars helps reduce accidents due to the improvements that would be added to the cars. They also allow driving to be more earsier for everyone. Lastly, new and develeoped cars make driving more interesting and fun.

Creating smarter cars helps reduce accidents due to the improvements that would be added to the newly developed cars. Google has had cars that could drive by themselves for more than half a million milles and without crashing.

In the article it said, ""The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone"", which indicates that the cars are being specially made to help out drivers be able to drive better and safer. These improvements would help a lot drivers such as adding cameras to the cars so they can monitor the drivers and make sure they are paying attention. There are many reckless drivers that do not pay attention to the road and use their phones, these improvements would help save lives. If the cars would be able to: steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, the car would be able to drive safer than a person who is constanatly on their phonethat could cause a accident. Also GM developed driver's seats that vibrate when a vehicle is in danger of backing into an object.

If we allow manufacturers to develop better cars they would make driving so easier. These cars are able to handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph. These cars are made to not only help the driver but it aslo makes sure that the driver is paying attetnion so they know when to take over. These cars are made to the point where they are almost driverless. They are capable of steering, accelerating, and they are also able to brake themselves. These developed cars make driving easier because they notify the driver when there are work zones or accidents. I understand they are not capable to driving thru these occurances but since they notify the driver it helps them plan out a different route that could save them time.

Lastly, the development of

cars would make driving more interesting and fun. Many people imagine the future with flying cars and very high tech cars. We should take advantage that technology is allowing these dreams to come alive. It would be very interesting to see cars that are able tio drive themselves without human use. Some developers, such as the Google cofounder Sergey Brin, are envisioning the future with better transportation. Sergey forsees that there would be cars that would use less fuel and offer far more flexiblity than a bus. I would find it very astonishing to see a car like that. Being able to sit in the driver seat and just let your car drive on its own would be amazing to experience. You could be eating or talk on the phone without any concern because your car is driving as safely as it can. It would be very cool to be able to experience all these technological developments.

In conclusion, I think its a great idea to let manufacturers devlop these cars. These cars would help out on reducing accidents. It would also allow driving to be more safe because you have a smart develpoment that allows th ecar to drive on its own. Lastly, these cars would be such an amazing experience for the future. We have to let technology and manufacturers with new ideas do its thing if we actually want to see all of our envisions in the future. The future would be so much better, easier, and more fun if we allow the develpoment of these cars.    ",4
"What is a normal day to you?  Waking up, brushing your teeth, eating, then getting into car to go to work, right?  That last object in that list, getting into your car, puts a strain on the environment, commonly known as pollution.  Although the amount of strain that an individual may put on the environment is miniscule, the combined output of all cars in a city may be enough to damage your lungs!  In Beijing, China, people wear masks outside to prevent inhalation of the dense smog surrounding the city.  This has led to the development of the ""smart planning"" movement, in which city planners build dense suburbs in which cars are unneeded.  Shops are a walk away, and your neighbor lives five minutes from your home.  You may be asking ""Why do I care about this?  I don't have heavy smog in my city.""  Well when car use starts to increase in your city, that will affect both your health, and your happiness.

First off, limiting car usage will make you happier.  ""How will this make me happy?""  Think about this, you go through your usual morning routine, and you only have five minutes to get to work.  That's perfectly fine because, good news, your job is a three minute walk from your house!  This drastically reduces stress as said in this quote from ""In German Suburb, Life Goes on Without Cars."" by Elisabeth Rosenthal.  ""'When I had a car I was always tense.  I'm much happier this way,' said Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two, as she walked verdant streets where the swish of bicycles and the chatter of wandering children drown out the occasional distant motor.""

Secondly, the smog from cities with high car usage is becoming unbearable.  ""Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals...[Last] week Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter (PM) per cubic meter compared to 114 in Brussels and 79.7 in London, Reuters found.""  In Paris, after a few days of ""near-record pollution,"" enforced a partial, temporary driving ban.  ""On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31).  The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following da y.""  The congestion levels of Paris were down by an astonishing sixty percent after five days of the smog.  Imagine that, in five days smog levels reduced by sixty percent.  Imagine what the whole world could do if everyone pitched in to this trend.  ""[Automobiles], experts say, is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emmisions from tailpipes....Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emmisions in Europe...and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States.""

Lastly, a reduction of car use can vastly improve the economy.  In Bogota, Colombia, the local government have begun to enforce a ""Day Without Cars"" in an effort to curb rising pollution levels.  This has been happening for three years, and has increased profits for small shops and eateries in the area.  Because of the large number of walkers and bikers, shops were able to make a larger profit with walk-ins that just happened to pass by the store.  This is what caused more stores to open up, thus  boosting the local economy.  Even businessmen are enjoying these days as stated by Carlos Arturo Plaza.  ""It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution.""

To end this off, cars use can be greatly reduced.  It is a matter of willpower, which everyone has, but some are too  lazy to tap into it.  The reduction of car use will have long term effects on both you and the globe.  By minimizing the time you spend in a car, you are increasing your happiness, decreasing pollution, and helping boost the economy!  If you think cars are a necessity in today's shrinking world, think again.  New York is a perfect example in which rush hour traffic makes it impossible to get to work on time by car.  Even in new small suburbs, cars are becoming a thing of the past.  Tomorrow, instead of driving to work or to the store, try walking.  You just might enjoy it.    ",4
"Have you seen the ""Face on Mars""? If so, do you believe it is natural or created by alien activity? Many people believe the face is evidence of alien life however this is probably not the case. The Mars Global Surveyor ,a mapping spacecraft, has passed over the area few times. However the few times it has passed over there has been no evidence of any form of alien civilization. This led us to believe it is just a natural landform.

This all began when NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was orbiting Mars. Viking 1 was snapping photos of possible landing sites for his sibling Viking 2. In the midst of doing so Viking 1 spotted what looked like a human face. This was extraordinary because it was on planet Mars! When the images were leaked it led the public to believe that this is evidence of life outside of Earth's atmosphere.

This might not be the case however. NASA believes that the face is just a natural landform similiar to a butte or mesa on that of Earth. There was a lot more evidence pointing towards the side of NASA but that didn't put peoples hopes down. Some of the public hoped and believed this was in some shape or form, evidence of extraterrestriel life.

The pictures of the ""Face on Mars"" that NASA had were actually kind of foggy. They were foggy because the Mars Global Surveyor had to get the photos through clouds. This then led people to believe that NASA was hiding something in the fog. They thought they were hiding the evidence of life. NASA, however wanted to show them this was not the case.

NASA then ,a few years later, passed over the face on a cloudless summer day in Cydonia, and rolled the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view. NASA eventually captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution. This photo cleared up a lot of confusion.

As NASA studied the photograph, they came to realize that the Face was in fact caused by natural means. They then leaked the image to the public and cleared up confusion there too. However, there will always be that group of nay sayers. This group still wanted to believe that the ""Face on Mars"" was evidence of alien life. They still might believe that to this day.

The ""Face on Mars"" has caused a lot of confusion and mystery in the world. Many believed it was natural from the beginning and others not so much. Some have even grown to believe it was natural other than caused by aliens. Of course there are people still on both sides and as of right now we will never completely know the truth. We will know the truth when we go to Mars. Until then everyone will hold their peace and glorify at the mysterious ""Face on Mars"".",4
"We all had dreams about having flying cars and driveless cars, but now we can almost say our dreams are becoming a reality. Automakers are working on manufacturing driveless cars. Driveless cars will eventually help us all in the future, when they are developed. If someone is drunk driving the car will for the most part drive itself with the help of sensors. If someone has fallen asleep in the car and something bad happens the car will alert the driver. First the automakers thought of making smarter roads, but with out the option of smarter roads, the manufacturers then thought about smarter cars. They did not know exactly how smart the cars would have to be but they knew for sure that they would need a lot of sensors to start out with.

To help support the claim that driveless cars will be helpful in the future is the fact that they will have many sensors. The new driveless cars will have a position sensor on the left rear wheel. This helps the car stay in between the lines while driving. The next senor will be a rotationg sensor on the roof so the car knows where other cars are around it and when to stop at red lights, stop signs, yield signs, etc. It will also have four automotive radar sensors and an intertial motion sensor, to detect the movement of other cars. The car will still have a speed and brake sensor also to know how fast it is going and when to stop. The driveless car will have a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, so the car knows how far and if there is a car behind them. Lastly the car will have a GPS recevier so the car knows where it is going. All of these sensors are installed to keep the driver safe and improve on how the vehicle can drive on its own.

The car is also very easy to take control of. For the things the sensors can not sense the car will alert the driver when they need to take control. The human in the car should always remain alert for when these problems may occur but if they can not the car will send the driver an alert. The new driveless cars will have seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger. If the driver has fallen asleep then the vibration of the car should be firm enough to wake them up. Now while the driver is just waking up they do not really know what is going on, so the driveless car will also announce that there is a problem and the driver should take control. By the car announce when there is a problem is very helpful because if one of the sensors were to go out then that would be a problem and the car will announce it and the human will take over.

Even though the car will be very helpful there are some problems that could occur. The only way to know for sure that someone will be safe while driving is to have a human in control at all times. Driving laws are focused on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and the lawmakers know that safety is best achieved when the driver is fully alert. That is why the driveless car will have many sensors for when they sense a problem occuring on the road or occuring within the car. When the sensors do sense a problem occuring the car with alert the driver and let them know that they need to take control by vibrating the seat and announcing the problem. Though many people think driveless cars are not safe, automakers are continuing to work and test the cars until we can know for sure that they are completely safe for all drivers.      ",5
"Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth.

Therefore, scientist seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks.

Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value.

Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts, but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation.

A vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditios by staying up and out of their way.

At thirty plus miles above the surface, temperature would still be toasty at around 170 degrees, but the iar pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth.

Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit.

The value of returning to Venus seems indisputable.

Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various form of life.

Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on earth.

Astronomers fascinated by venus because it may well once have been the most Earth like planet in our solar system.

Venusiam geology and weather presents additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent ligtning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.

Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even to Mercury is closer to our sun.    ",1
"Why do we need Driverless cars? Some belive that by having driverless cars that we will save more gas than an adverage taxi. I beleive that we shouldnt have driverless cars. By having driverless cars the world will become lazy and will take less responsiblity for their actions. Driverless cars arent fully driverless. With all this technology and labor, this product is very expensive.

In the passage, paragraph 2 it states ""Google cars arent turly driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents."" This saying that driverless car arent what they say they are. The purpose of a driverless car is for the driver to not have to manually drive at any circumstances. Although the passage does state in paragraph 7, ""in fact, none of the cars developed so far are completly driverless. They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves but all are disigned to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills,"" This being said why produce driverless cars if they arent going to be fully driverless.

In paragraph 7 it states ""The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel."" Stating that their needs to be a driver in the car to make sure the car is safe when driving through work zones. Also, what happens if the car is on the highway with the speed limit of 65 mph and the car can only drive at 25 mph driverless; what would be the purpose of this car for people who travel by vehical? As told in paragraph 9, ""Even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?"" Who will be at fault, the driverless car should be ""driverless"" and if technology fails causeing an injury to a person the manufacturer should be at fault for not making sure the car is fully driverless like ones paid for.

""These smart-road systems worked surprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical."" Proving that driverless cars are to expensive to produce. Where would the citizens purchase a driverless car, more likely who would buy a driverless car with the economy these days. Most people in the middle class dont make enough money to buy a new car as it is; to expect them to buy a car that is driverless which most likely has the cost of double the cars now, is impractical. The technology used to manufactor the sensors and maps for the cars to follow is too expensive, the money being used to produce driverless cars could be used on students and college or for a cure of cancer not on useless driverless cars.

With all these points being said, I believe that driverless cars should continue to be developed. With all the money being spent on a car thats supposably ""driverless"" could be spent on research for cures. Driverless cars can only drive up to 25 mph with human hands on the sterring wheel meaning that the car is an in-town type of car; meaning travelers wont find use in this car. These cars arent fully driverless, The point of a driverless car is to not have a human drive at all. ""If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault? the manufacturer is at fault.   ",5
"The article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" is simply about Venus and why we should explore it, even though it has many dangers. The author definetley has good evidence to support his or her claim, but I do believe that he or she strays from the main idea of the question throughout the article.

The author does not support this idea enough. As I read throughout the story, I only noticed about one paragragh that was actually explainging why we should explore Venus. According to the prompt, the author is being evaluated on how well he or she supports that claim. I did not see enough support through the whole story. When the author did support the idea though he or she had very good evidence. According to the the article the reason we should explore Venus is because it is the closest planet like ours. I think that the author should go more in depth and explain how and why that is, so that he or she can really pull us in.

Next is that even though the author didn't show a lot of support in why we should explore Venus, he or she did have good evidence on how we would. Most of the story was the author explaining different ways of how we could possibly explore Venus safely. For example, the author explained how NASA has been working on other approaches to study Venus. Like, special electronics made of silicon carbide that have been tested in Venus like conditions and the electronic lasted for three weeks. If the author has good support like this, he or she should most importantly discuss more of why Venus should be explored to spike our interest more in knowing how to do so.

To conclude, the author doesn't support the claim of studying Venus enough. He or she should include more details as of why we would want to study Venus. The author has great support and detail, they just need more evidence to back up those ways of studying the planet. I believe people would have great interest in studying Venus if the author just explained why we should a little bit more.           ",4
"The ''face'' is just a natural landform, formed by dirt or sand in the ground.

If it was to be created by aliens, there would have been signs of alien life by now, but there isn't. To top off the reason that the ''face'' is a natural landform formed by dirt or sand or some unknown substance, there is also other weird-shaped looking objects in the ground next to the ''face''. No alien life has been found yet, so with that being said, there shouldn't even be a possibility that aliens created it.

If aliens created the ''face'', there should be footprints or handprints near the ''face'' leading to a possible location showing what may have made it. The ''face'' looks like something buried inside the ground to me, more than something inprinted in the ground. The ''face'' may have just been an illusion.

In my opinion, I think the ''face'' may have been created by wind or the movement of the camera causing wind to blow and create this false-claimed ''face''. The ''face'' has later been viewed in new high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA's Mars Global Survey spacecraft has revealed that the ''face'' on Mars is a mesa. ",2
"Have you ever wanted to become a hero? Have you wanted to help people through tough times? Well I know the job just for you! A Seagoing Cowboy. My name is Luke and I was a seagoing cowboy. One day my friend invited me to go to Europe on a cattle boat. I knew I couldn't resist the opportunity. It was 1945 and World War II was all over Europe leaving cities in ruins. Luckily, many nations came together to help support Europe. The UNRRA hired ""Seagoing Cowboys"" to take care of horses, young cows, and mules that were being shipped overseas. My friend and I both signed up.

We joined the group because we knew it would be an experience of a lifetime. We also wanted to help people and animals in need. It felt so good to be able to be called a hero. You also get to see many countries and their landmarks. They give you freetime to go and explore the city or town. You learn so much from the cultures and the different people who live there. Although it takes a lot of time, it is definitly worth the trip. You are so proud of yourself for helping people and animals. There is a lot of work involved and you have to be willing to do it. In the end though, it pays off.

Becoming a Seagoing Cowboy opened up a whole new world for me. It was definitly an adventure that I will never forget. It made me more aware of people and their needs. My family hosted a number of people from all over the world. It brought a new light into our eyes. We now know that not all people have what we have. We learned that we need to stay humble no matter how much we have. So go ahead, see what new adventure is waiting for you as a Seagoing Cowboy.      ",3
"Through out the day emotions can change quickly just by looking at something or talking to someone. People emotions are an everyday thing,and software is be creating to were the technology can read a person a emotion. Not a lot of people like to describe how they feel, and no one can really understand how they feel if they show no emotion. Now wait what if the computer can still decet emotion without needing to take a survey or as questions, just by using muscle recantion.The use of technology to read emotional expressions of students in the classroom is valuable because the technology is more effiecnt and can detect a slight muscle in the face, also can tell if the emotion is a lie,and lastly the technology can later help schools figure out what a studnet would rather like to read or how the would to learn it by using emtotion decter.

The technology is valuable because it can detect the slightest muslce in the face. Studies say that if a person makes a slight change in the face the computer can read the face and show how the student feels about the lesson him or her are learning. Also the technology is useful to figure that the muscle that is being used to give off the emotion can later help other understand the person better and knows what will satsify them or not. In paragraph five it says,""in fact, we humans pefrom this same impressive ""calculation"" every day. For instance, you can probably tell how friend is feeling by simpliy looking at on her face.""

Another reason is that the technology is effienct and does work properly. The technology can dectect if the emtion is trying to be created rather than true.In the text paragraph eight it says,""but in a false smile,the mouth is streched sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle,the risorius. This saying that in are we use differnet mucles to make different faces. Just slightly is the face is changed then the technology can detect wether or not if the face is false or true.

Lastly,it would be valuable for students in the classroom because can dectect how the student fills about a certain lesson or objective. The technology the can tell the teacher how the student is feeling during the assignment or passage being read. Then give them other options to were they can feel more engertic about the lesson.In pargraph six it says,""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson, like an effective instructor.This evidence helps explain how that a computer can change how a student will about school and make it more attentive and to follow along more instead being bored and confused.

In conclusin,technology is valuable to help read and understand students emotions. The technology would read the muscles to help getting understanding of how the studnets feels. Then can tell if the emotion is being created and not a true emotion. Lastly, could help to teachers get understanding of what the studnet would prefer rather than just giving them boring and confused passages the studnet does not understand. That's how technology could further work and help schools with a better learning effecient.    ",4
"The Facial Action Coding System enables computer to identify human emotions in the article "" Making Mona Lisa Smile"" it is shown that this high tech software can recognize how you are feeling for example if you smile a scanner will send the data to the computer and the main thing that the computer has to know is the mucles you are using because you could actually be mad,sad,disgust,fear,and surprise all at once so this high tech computer sees if you are using zygomatic major then you are smiling but if the person is frowning then that means that they are sad.

The Mona Lisa one of the most known peice of art from the Renaissance area made by Leonardo Da Vinci's is said to be the only painting at that time that seems to be a woman smiing but that is false. The Mona Lisa was actually showing more then just a smile she was showing three more different emotion besides happyness. The reason that is because when they took a picture of her and put her face in 3D humans face it showed that she was disgusted,fearful,and angry. So this computer can be also useful to see what people from the past felt during those time to see if they had any emotions or did they not. In my conclusion emotion can be easy to find threw high tech software but we as human can see the person emotions to but the only differents is that we see the main picture and not the littlest one's.",1
"The ""Face On Mars"" is getting talked about a lot lately. Many people have different opinions about the face. If you aren't familiar with the ""face on mars"" then you're probably wondering why there is an argument going around. You're probably wondering this exact question: ""Why is there a big argument about ""The Face On Mars?"" The folllowing details and information will be informing you exactly why scientists and theorists are having different opinions about the peculiar face.

Some scientists are saying that the face up on the moon was not created by aliens because of all the research they have done with and about it. One example that tells you why it isnt an alien artifact is the shadows. The only way the messa (face on the moon) was able to have facial features was because of the shadows that was cascading down upon it. The shadows gave an illusion of eyes, a nose, and also a mouth.

Another example, would be the pictures that the scientists have taken. The first picture that was taken was taken on a cloudy day. The picture was to blurry to be able to make out any details. In 1998, Michael Malin and his MOC team took another picture that was ten times sharper than the first. One of the cameras they had contributed greatly to the search, since that camera was so sharp they would have easily been able to find any markings from extraterrestrial beings.

Also another detail helping the scientists was the weather. The weather took a massive part in this study. Since it wasn't a clear day at all and there were ""wispy clouds"", like in paragragh eight, the MOC team could not get a clear picture. When the team comes back to take yet another picture it is a clear day and with that clear day they are able to pick out any details from the ""artifact"" if there are any to pick out.

A final example, is how they compared the face to a formation on Earth. The scientists compared the face to the Snake River Plain of Idaho because of how similar they are. They are similar in a way because of the isolated messa, height, and landforms.

Theorists are saying the exact oppsoite from the researchers. Here is an example fo why they thought it was a true artifact. A few scientists themselves thought that is wasn't just a landform but something more. Since the scientists believed many people instantly believed too. They didn't think about the research that was done, but they chose to believe the few scientists.

An example that would support the idea of them believing, is that there were many movies made about the face. Many people believe everything they hear and what they see on T.V.

A final example is, how the skeptics thought it was created. ""If the aliens didn't create it then how did it form?"" That question was most likely going through their mind, trying to figure out if they should believe science and research or they should believe movies and others.

Yes, i understand how skeptics actually believe that the face was made by aliens because they dont know how it was created. They don't know who created it either. Scientists are proving that it was weather that created the formation and maybe even astroides. Theorists may also thinking that the haze prevented the scientists from seeing the alien's markings. If weather and haze prevented that then why didn't the scienists see the markings on the next photo that they took. That photo was even ten times shaprer.

The examples I have lsited help inform you why there is an argument going on about the face. Science clears and explains a lot more phenonmon than opinions and belifes do.    ",4
"The unmasking face on Mars is some odd landform on that planet. As Viking 1 landed it was waiting for it's sister to land, Viking 1 was wondring around and taking photos of where Viking

2 would land. Then Viking 1 found a face on the ground.

Some people think it's an alien artifact. Some people also think it's just how the land was formed which I think is correct and I will tell you why.

People think it was aliens because there is no human life force in Mars. Some people think that aliens did it because

people thought there was alien markings. But The face was naturally created on Mars.

Some people said that it reminds them about the American west.

On the Snake River Plain of Idaho. It was delcared that there was no alien monument after all.

When the picture of the face was taken people were excited to see it. Web surfers were ready to see it. In 2001 the picture was in better quality. The image spanded 1.56 meters

and it was better than the one in 1976 with the 43 meter span. So in conclusion

the face on Mars was not created by aliens it was naturally created by the landform.",2
"There are many advantages in limiting the amount of car usage. Many people seem to believe that if you do not drive everywhere, you can preserve the land and it is proven to reduce stress. Another advantage would be that the government wouldn't have to spend as much money on highways and other transport. There is a lot less congestion, and polution without the use of cars. These are all good examples of how ruducing the use of cars could be very good for the environment.

To expand on the theory that a car-free cities are a lot better for the environment, we can say they preserve lands and cause stress levels to be reduced. In the first article, ""In German Suburb, Life Goes on Without Cars"", Heidrun Walter is quoted explaioning that he is ""much happier"" without a car in his life. He also states that when he did have a car, he was ""alway tense"". This seems to show stress levels going down, but that is only one example. In addition to stress levels, land preservation was also brought up. It is stated that without cars, roads and suburbs would be nicer and better for walking. Without cars, cities are also considered denser. Researchers are trying to conduct an experiment with a no car city and see how different and ""better"" life would be, to get more facts about it.

Next, this car-free world could help save the government money. Studies shouw that in recent years, eighty percent of appropriations have gone to fixing and preserving highways for cars to continue driving on them safely. In additon to that eighty percent, twenty percent was provided for all the other ways for transportation, for example, buses. Without cars, we would be saving the government eighty percent of their money, holding on to the idea that areas would be kept in good shape without cars driving on them! Thats crazy!

Lastly, polution is a HUGE factor in this idea. Without cars, we would have a lot less polution and smog. In France, they have a few car-free cities and they states that without cars, sixty percent of smog levels went down in only 5 days! Fuel is blaimed for a lot of polution dailey and without cars, we could have a cleaner air and city in only a few days!

In conclusion, car-free cities could be a very good idea for some cities. We can make the air better, having less smog, spend less money, and have nicer land. These are only a few of the advantages to having a carless city. Even the limition of cars could help the environment in all these ways, you don't have to cut them out completely!    ",4
"Electoral Voters

Citizens of the U.S. have been voting for their presidents ever since George Washington was elected. They vote because they want their voices and opinions to be heard. So they can provide ways to make their lives better. But the truth of the matter is, we don't make the decisions. The Electoral College does. They should change the election to go by popular vote of the United States. Reason being is because what's the point of voting if they won't listen and they only hand pick a few people out of the millions of others. But keeping the College would make it easier to have votes counted.

Initially, the point of voting is to be heard and to have things your way for once, but if it's falling on deaf ears, then why bother? For example, in 'The Indefensible Electoral College' writer Bradford Plumer states that, ""Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a state of electors, who in turn elect the president."" Okay lets say someone wanted to vote for the Republican, and they vote for one of the electors who pledge themselves to the Republican. We can't rely on a person's word. What if they change their mind and vote for the other? How can natural citizens know to put their faith into a random stanger. Clearly, the voter does not get a say in the matter.

Furthermore, the millions of people who vote are reduced to a small amout of people. ""The Electoral College consists of five hundred thirty eight electors,"" and ""Two hundred seventy is needed to decide who's president."" - The Office of the Federal Register. So states like New York and Nebraska only have three to six people voting since they are small. While on the other hand, California, Texas, and Florida have about thirty to sixty. And with the civilians living there, it's still not enough. Honestly, it wouldn't even matter if they voted.

On the other hand, the smaller amount of people, the quicker the U.S can get a president. In paragraph 4 of 'In defense of the electoral college' it's replied that, ""A tie is possible... but it is highly unlikely."" The presidential vote in 2012 may have not been a landslide ,but at least it wasn't a tie. The small amount made it a lot easier to count the votes. And the majority of voters still got who they wanted ,so it wasn't all terrible. The electoral college hasn't all been bad.

The Electoral College has more cons than it has pros. A citizen's voice must be heard and that won't happen if only few people are heard. But votes can be counted faster if there's only a tiny amount.    ",4
"""Venus, something called the Evening Star"" is one of the brightest points is the night sky,"" from this article woudl they make you vistit Venus even though it's extremely dangerous. In the article "" The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author express hsi feeling toward the topic should we vistit Venus, and the author answered yes. I will be explaining why I believe we should vistit Mars and why i agree with the author so much.

My first point I want to bring up is that Venus is often called Earth's ""twin"", since it has identical density and size compared to Earth. Also fun facts are that siencitists has also shared that Venus has supported life long ago and this is proven by the planet having volcanoes, craters, and weather patterns. These reasons can also help us live on Venus.

And now are some reasons why we shouldn't vistit Venus. Number one is that it has the hottest surface tempurature in the entire solar system this would be difficult to live on. Antoher reason would be that the atmosphere is 97% carbon dioxide this would be a major issus becuase human need oxygen to live and with little oxygen in the atmosphere this would just simply kill us. And my final reason it that weather would be an issuse becuase of high pessure and heat of the atmosphere, erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and lgihting which strike land; none of these would be great to live on Venus.

In conculion what I believe is that we should explore Venus because of it simlarites to Earth and that we could possible live here and expand human life.    ",3
"Driverless cares are the future. They are going to be great! With driverless cars we have to worry less about our safety and everyone else's safety.

Safety is always key, and these cars are safe. In this articule it states, ""In reality, Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009. Their cars have riven more than half a million miles without a crash"" (Paragraph 2). These, driverless cars, have been proven to be safe. There are many people who have not had wrecks before, so yeah, those people are safe drivers. But, there are also people who have had one or multiple wrecks, and all of them may not be there fault but they still have been in a wreck. The driverless cars Google has been testing have not had a wreck yet! The though of driverless cars taking over the world and us not having to worry about losing anyone to a car wreck ever again is amazing.

Another good attribute about driverless cars is that they follow the rules. The cars do not speed, or run red lights, or not stop at stopsigns, they follow the rules. Some of those rules are also leading cause of wrecks; people who are driving out of control way over the speeding limit, or someone running a red light in a rush and they pull out in front of someone and cause and accident, also if they just do not think they have to stop at a stop sign and someone going the other way does not have to stop or they already did stop and it was their turn to go. Also, the number one and two things that get most people in wrecks, texting and drinking. People do not have to worry about a driverless care texting someone back or on the phone looking at social media. Driverless cares do not get distracted. People also will not see a driverless car in a bar getting drunk. It just will not happen. The driverless cars will not be pulled over for being intoxicated or swerving because they will not be intoxicated and will be driving safely.

Now some people are going to argue and say, ""These really aren't driverless cars, you still have to drive them."" Yes, they are true, as of now. But people should be fine with having to take the wheel sometimes. The text states, ""Google cars aren't truly driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents"" (Paragraph 2). and it also says, ""...none of the cars developed so far are completely driverless. They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents"" (Paragraph 7). So they are correct when they say they are not truly driverless. But for now that is the technology we have we should accept it, and who would not want to feel as if they were in control during situations such as a wreck, or a work zone. And it we all ended up having driverless cares we would not have to worry about us having to take over the car through a wreck zone because these cars do not wreck.

The one downside is that the next generation of kids will never get to really learn how to drive. That's most peoples favorite thing to do when they get to the age to drive. They all want to go out to their car and take it for a spin. The next generation will not have to learn with driverless cars. Now, since they do not know any better because they will not see their parents driving, they may not miss it as much, but they will be missing out on a privelage it has been for many generations of people all across the world. But on the other side as parents, we will be glad to know that we will not ever have to worry about our kids being in a wreck or dying in a wreck, and we will always know they will safely make it to where they are going.

The future is coming and everyone needs to be ready! Driverless cars are a great things to come to this planet and everyone should be excited. Safety has always been something everyone in this whole world wants, and with driverless cars, we get that.",5
"In today's world there are many new ideas and thoughts people come up with to try and help the world be a better place. Most of these ideas dont get very far but one that really could make a differance has caused whole countries to take action. The whole idea of having or not having cars can be very controverscial. It gives people the idea of following this idea and trying it out.

Multipule countries have already tested this care-free question and it has come to be beneficial and very interesting for the cities. Of course there is the ups and downs to this idea but overall it has caused more and more cities to go out and try it. Banning the use of cars has helped not only people being lazy but also the enviornment. Cars produce strong chemicals that infect the air and create harm to the enviornment. Europe is on of the most polluted cities than anywhere else in the world. A main part of this pollution comes from the chemicals that comes out of cars. When people in Paris stopped using their cars; the air cleared. This just goes to prove that cars are truly bad for the enviornment.

The world has seen a great decrease in the number of drivers in the past decade. This means that with less drivers, less cars being driven. Especially in the United States the amount of drivers has decreased in numbers. People are coming up with new ways to get around that are a lot more efficiant. Michael Sivak who is a professor at the University of Michigan has found that the number of drivers between the ages of 16 and 39 have dropped largely.

Another positive outcome if this idea is the saving of time and money being spent on roads and other things that are used for driving. Of course walking or riding your bike to work may not sound very easy and but in the long run, it is. Of course, you may have to change your daily routine but it will help a bigger cause.

In counclusion; the world needs a change and the answer is sitting in front of our faces. In order to make this world a better place we need to stop the excessive use of vehichles and start using more efficiant ways of transportation. There will always be those that disagree but we should be more focused on a safer world than a few angry people.    ",3
"By limiting car uses, many great advantages arise. A few of these are the reduction of smog and air pollution, more money saved, and a healthier lifestyle.

Places such as Paris and Bogota, Columbia have noticed the unhealthy amount of smog in the air so they decided to do something about it and the result was exactly what they were hoping for. In Paris, days went by with near record pullution levels which made them decide to do a partial driving ban to reduce the smog. Their intentions were to have even number starting license plates leave their cars at home the first day while the following day, odd numbered plates were to do the same thing. After the first day, the smog had reduced so much that they lifted the ban before the second day. In Bagota, it has been their third year in a row banning cars for a day (with the exception of buses and taxis.) The smog and air pollution reducion in these two places alone is massive! Not to mention the amound of money they have saved.

In America, it seems that we are finally starting to cool our love affair with our vehicles. People are realizing how expensive it is to be a car owner. Source 4 shows how much the number of miles driven per person has decreased by nearly 9 percent which is equal to to where the country was in January of 1995. This realization started from when Americans could not afford new cars and the unemployed did not need them to go to work anyway. Though now that the economy has risen, we still are sticking to this money saving way. Even teenagers who are elligable for licenses and live in places where it could come in handy are not making it a priority. Instead, they are basing their summer jobs and social life around where they can walk or car-pool with friends. Saving money is great, but keeping our bodies strong and healthy is even better.

Because of Bogota's Day Without Cars, millions of Columbians hiked, biked, skated, or took busses to work during this time. During this day when the transportation is not just sitting lazy in a car, the city's parks and sports centers seemed to have become the new hot spot. People spent the whole day exercising and getting their blood pumping instead of sitting in their car or doing othing. By limiting car usage, we almost have no other choice than to be active! Our bodies will thank us for it later.

By limiting car usage, there are many advantages. Advantages such as reduction of smog and air pollution, more money saved, and a healthier lifestyle make it almost impossible to not want to join the bandwagon of reduced car use.     ",4
"""New high resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA's Mars Global Survey spacecraft reveal the face on Mars for what it really is: A mesa."" the author says in ""Unmasking the Face on Mars."" NASA has taken more than just one photo of the face over a period of 25 years.

Taking a closer look at the photos of the Face on Mars, chief scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Priogram, Garvin says, ""What the picture actually shows is the martian equivalent of a butte or mesa- landforms common around the American West."" Garvin makes this statement after he discerns the picture in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size. ""It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,"" he added.

""Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution."" Garvin says. ""So, if there were objects in this picture such as airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!""

""The face on mars has since become a pop icon. It has starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, and radio talk shows."" the author says in paragraph 5 of the artice. The face has gone public, showing pictures to web surfers. ""Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL website, revealing... a natural landform."" says paragraph 7. ""There was no alien monument after all.""

High-resolution images and 3D altimery from NASA's MGS spacecraft gives us evidence that the Face on Mars is in fact, not created by aliens. There has been multiple sitings of the face by NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft. The pictures that came back to NASA were analized and they were found the face to be a natural landform. ",2
"Humanity believes this land structure is a face left by aliens, we will never know.

We have to find out and learn.

People have questions about this ""face"" on the moon, what does this mean, what next, how did this happen.

That will remain a mystery.

We have seen strange objects in the sky, strange ""ships"" and UFO's and what not.

But we have never had any proof that aliens exist.

we have never seen one, captured one or anything.

But we also have never seen them in space.

These mysterious objects on the moon are just a coincedince.

Until we have proof that we have captured, seen, or caught on camera a extraterestrial thing we cannot say this object was made by aliens.

This land structure could be a manmade structure and we would never know it.

We would never know if othe people made a trip to the moon.

Till we have proof this was not a human manmade structure, it will be a mystery till it is prooved.

There ar thousands of craters, dents and all kinds of odd looking things on the moon, what makes you think this could be made by someone or something.

It will remain a mystery till we know who or what did it.",1
"What do you think this discovery is that appears to be a face in the crust of one of Earth's neighboring planets Mars. Scientist at NASA have proven with evidence that the supposable Face on Mars is not alien made. The Face that has appeared on Mars is not a sign of life on Mars, but really is just the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa, that are a common landform on Earth.

NASA has conducted three missions to the red planet just to inspect the giant landform and each time they have came back with the same result. Thirty-nine years ago the Face was discovered and was realized to be just a Meas. Twenty-one years later NASA launches it's second mission to inspect the Face once more. Michael Malin and is Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original. The results of this mission were the same as the very first, the face is a natural landform. Just after that in 2001 NASA used a high quality camera with maximum resolution. Just to reveal that the Face was what they had suspected all along, the landform they had concluded on thirty nine years ago.

The area where the Face was discovered,Cydonia, is actually known for having landforms that are similar to the one that some believe to be of alien realtion. There could be mutiple of these landforms that look like a huge face, but they just haven't been discovered yet. These landforms are most definetly a mesa because they are the exact same heighth and width of the mesas that are found here on Earth.

Even if this hoax that people say that the Face is a sign of life that used to be on Mars was true NASA would definetly release it to the public. The reason being is because this would be a huge benefit to the space program. The findings of Martian life would be amazing to hear and would bring much more funding to the exploration of the planet, but this isn't the case.

In conclusion after three NASA space missions, three similar pictures, and the smartest people together they all reach the conclusion that the Face on Mars is just a natural landform. What more evidence could you need, millions of dollars have been spent just to try to convince the public that the face was obviously not any kind of sign that there is life on Mars. The theory is very illogical that the Face on Mars is something of alien or Martian decent, when its just something that you can see here on Earth in the American West. ",5
"Driverless cars are coming! my opinion on the driverless cars is i agree with them. I think that it would be a good idea for them to make them work rather than us drivering around the car could be driving instead of us. I think that it is a good idea because some peopole do not evne know how to drive and what if they have an emergeny. They wont be able to drive no where because they dont know how to drive but if they had the car to drive them around we wouldnt have this problem with them.

Thier could be less crashes if they do have a car that drives by it self i thinik that it would be a great idea for doing this. Acoording to the article it says that cars have been driven more han half a million miles with out a crash but so far Google cars are not truly driverless they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with compliacted traffic issues such as nagivating through roadwork or accidents. Thier are differnet types of cars and companys that have a different way of doinjg stuff. Like General Motors created a concept car that could run on a special test track. If they was a car just like this i think that thir would be more people out in the streets driveing around and go out more than it useed to be but things could be different if they wouldnt let it be.

We would porbably have more popluation than it used to be because of how much it would change the fact that people could go out with more even though they dont have to walk anywere now. i agree with this because of how accurate it is to be walking around and be in a car and not risk our lifes being worried of gettin ran over or in a different accident. ",2
"Do you want driverless cars? Well, they are coming. Driverless cars have been on their way since 2009. These cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash, but they aren't compeletly driverless.

Driverless cars are the way of the future. Top manufacturers such as Google, BMW, GM, and Telsa have found interest in driverless cars and are pursuing making this a reality for everyone. They and I believe that driverless cars will be the safer alternative. However because of driving laws in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars. A few states have led the country in allowing limited use of semi-autonomous cars these states include: California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia.

Driverless cars are on the way, and are becoming more and more of a reality everyday. Technology advances and manufacturers push to make they're dream a reality for all of us. Driverless cars will make for a safer and cleaner community as they will use less gas that means there will be less polution caused from vehilces in the air. So, are you ready to let go of the wheel and let the car drive you?",2
"When it comes to driverless cars there are many good points and bad points. For example when a driver is running late for work and dosen't have time to get dressed, his car could take over and give them the time that they needs to do so. Also if a driver is incapable of driving the car can do so untill the time where the driver can take over. There also a few draw backs from the driverless cars. first is the fact that computers break and in this case could lead to serious injury if not death.

Also at this point the cars themselves are not completely driverless, they still require some human interaction in cases like parking, accedents, and construction. Then there is the fact that with less skill needed to be had in driving it could lead to less responseable drivers. Also if a driver is texting while driving the driver wouldn't be able to see the notification that they need to take over. Next is the fact that when a driver and or the car injures someone else whos fault is it the driver or the people who made it. That of whitch could lead to some problems later down the line. Finnaly the problem with upgrades and updates how do they plan to send out the updated requirements for road safty.

there are some facts that are still good for the driverless cars. First is the fact that all drivers get distracted at times and, with the driverless cars this could lead to geting rid of most of those human errors. Next is the fact that this could lead to more reliable public transportation. Allowing more stops to be made at the same time but, at different locations. Also alot of the safty features allow for better friver safty withthe anti-lock breaks and the motion sencers that pick up alot of what humans can't find for themselves.

That is the pros and the cons of driverless cars. First is the fact that less skill is needed to drive and could to less responsable drivers. Then was the fact that computers break and glitch. After that was the safty features that come with the driverless cars to keep the drivers safe. Finially was the safty of drivers when they get distracted.",3
"The Face on Mar couldn't been made by aliens. The monument was another natural formation. It is stated in the fourth passage, that it is giving an illusion to the shadows and making it look like it has eyes, nose, and a mouth."" Evidence say in the fifth passage say that NASA would wather hide, and say that conspiracy theorists.

The monument has properties tht make it look like is has a natural human face. The shadows give it a 3D effect to look like a person from Earth. to eally see that it is not a face you will need to focuse on the picture, to not let the shadow make you think it is a face. The face is only a illusion of the mind, some people say the face looks like a Egyptian Pharaoh.

NASA thinks that if there were a alien civilization on Mars that it would be a popularity increase for the big red planet. People that still think that their was life on Mars defend by saying that it would help the budget for themselves. The Face on Mars became popular and started to get on talk show, radios, and magazines. Soon NASA wanted to let the conspircy take place and leave the Face alone.

The Face of Mars could have been made by alien because of the unexplainable things on Earth itself. In the last passage it states that i could have been made bye aliens. Compared to all of the things on Earth. It could be a possiblity of aliens making the Face on Mars. For example, in the last passage it says that Garvins say, ""That it slike the lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on a Mars.""

In conclusion, the Face on Mars was not created by aliens, and there for the case of the Face on Mars was a natural monument after all. It compared to West America for all of the weird thing that they have. ",3
"The author supports the idea that studying Venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers by, in paragraph 3 and 4. The explanation of the evidence from the artical that supports my calim would be in paragraph 5.

I will also be able to tell you how well the author supports his idea. Which is by, out of all the other paragraphs, he is actually writing all the main ideas and supporting his claim and idea in this whole artical. Also in paragraph 5 it says, ""The national aeronautics and space administration (NASA) has one particulary compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus"". Also in paragraph 3 it says, ""A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus"". Plus, in paragraph 4 it states that (or askes that), ""If our sister planet is so in hospitable, why are scientist even discussing further visits to its surface?"". In paragraph 1 it states that, ""Venus, sometimes called the ""Evening Venus,"" is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple to evem an amature stragazer to spot'. Noe in paragraphn 2 it says that, ""Often reffered to as earth's ""twin,"" Venus is the closest planet to earth in term of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too."" So now in paragraph 6, it states that ""However, peering at venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safley far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rending standards forms of photography amd videography ineffective."" Plus, in paragraph 7 it states that, ""NASA is working on other aprroaches to studing Venus."" And the last paragraph which is paragraph 8 states that, ""Striving to meet the challenge presented by venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating eneavors.""                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               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"In the passage ""Driverless Cars Are Coming,"" the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. A positive aspect of driverless cars is Google cars have driven a million miles without a crash. The passage states, ""Google cars aren't truly driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues."" According to the passage, a negative aspect for driverless cars is ""Theses samrt-road systems worked suprisingly well, but they require massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical,"" so they would be expensive to upgrade.

My position on driverless cars is they would be more of a positive affect in the world. In passage states, ""He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system."" Brin believes that the future's public transportation systems will all be driverless. Brin also believes such cars would fundamentally change the world. The passages states, ""Television and movies have long been fascinated with cars that could drive themselves.""

To make the cars smarter, they need to have newer systems put into the car. The text states, ""they needed a whole lot of senors."" Google modified a Toyota Prius with position-estimating senors on the rear wheel. They also put a senor on the roof. Google had placed cameras and the rearview mirror. They placed four automotive radar sensors in the car along with a GPS reciever, and an inertial motion senor.

The passage ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"" states, ""Senors are nothing new, of course."" Automakers have been using senors for cars since the 1980s. They put them on the wheels for the creation of antilock brakes. The text states, ""Within 10 years, those senors had become more advanced to detect and respond to the dangerof out-of-control skids or rollovers."" The information from the brakes caused the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine.

The negative aspect of driverless drivers is why would anyone want a driverless car when that car still needs a driver? Huber states, ""We have to interpret the driving fun in a new way."" So some of the manufacturers hope to do that by bringing in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays. The radar is a device on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars. All-in-all to make a drverless car, it would be really expensive.",3
"Scientist know that the face is created by something else, but someone thinks aliens created it. I don't think aliens can do that. Many things could be the cause of the face on Mars, but I'm sure it's not aliens. Scientist have not proven that aliens are even real yet. If aliens were real scientist would know about it, and they might try to capture one. The face would of been causes by wind, the spacecraft, or it could of been a natural landform.

The face on Mars could have been caused by the wind. When planets rotate it could have cause some wind, and the wind could start to form piles of dirt. The dirt could have been moved into the shape of a face. The shadows give it an illusion of eye, nose, and mouth. The face didn't have any footprints around it so aliens couldn't done it. On Earth the wind blows, and pollen from one flower goes to another. Dirt on Mars could of blew to one area, and it could form a face.

Spacecrafts flying around Mars could have cause the face to appear. The air that is blowing out of the spacecraft could of blown the dirt into piles. Piles of dirts can form since the scapecraft is big. When the scapecraft takes off it could form the face because when air is blown out it leaves a mark. A spacecraft couldn't have left a mark by the face. The fuel on the spacecraft could of left a mark after blasting off Mars.

The face on Mars could be there naturally. It is the third planet from the sun. If there's any volcanoes; lava can explode out of it. Aliens wouldn't come out, and randomly make a face to scare people. The face on Mars must be natural because I don't believe that aliens are real. If aliens are real we probably would have seen one by now. Aliens can't be alive; if they were alive they would have to find food sometime.

However, the face could be have been maded by aliens. I'm stil shocked that people think they're real. I've never seen one before. aliens could be able to fly, and they don't have to touch the ground. The could pick up the dirt, and place it where ever they want to form the face. Inconclusion I still don't believe in aliens, but something had to happen to Mars. It could of been a natural landform or it could of been a spacecraft flying around Mars. They world may never know how the face was created, but I'm positive that aliens didn't create it.",4
"The claim for my draft will be about i agree on it. A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Using video imagery the new emotion- recognition software tracks these facial movements-in a real face or in the painting face of Mona Lisa. In fact, we humans perform this same impressive ""calculation"" every day.

For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. Meanwhile, muscles called orbicularis orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus make crows-feet around your eyes. My evidence is in the text. We have thing mostly like this because we have videos, phones ,and other things it would be different if they would bring this to market but there would be tons of compention. Sum it up we have cameras we have stuff that helps up with every day life i just dont think that we really need a computer or whatever it is to tell us how were feeling because over time we will just find out on our own.

But there are benifits like if u had a picture of a historic figure like the ""Mona Lisa"" it would be interresting to see how she was that day was she sad or mad,depressed,lonely. All these things have a effect on us but do we really want a computer to tell us how were feeling",1
"Cars are a thing not many people can drive. You dont have a license so you take the bus or get a cab. Who would ever thought in our life time we would be able to create a car that can drive its self. At first sounds like a good idea , all you would need to do is call for a car and it takes you where ever you wanna go right ? As a beginner driver i have no problem with someone driving me around but what happens when the car or technolgy the car is made out of messes up ? Thats always going to be a issue most will always consider talking about next time they have an idea on the car. There are many things that go into creating these cars like money , who is smart enough to do it , who builds it , and what software goes into it. In the coming future will start to invest in these types of ideas that will shape our future.

Google cofounder Sergey Brin has been trying to figure out a way to build upon this idea that we can create a car without anybody that will come pick you up. Movies and Television have depicted what it would be like if our world had a system like that. If this is a big topic why hasnt our gonverment or anybody tried to invest in the idea of a driverless car. Well theres many things we have to consider. Who would be elgible , how much would it cost etc. In the back of my mind i would think would happen if this wass actually a thing and somebody was in the car and it ran off the road or something even worse would happen. What would happen to cab drivers would they lose their jobs ? So there are many factors that go into creating new things. In Paragraph 8 the first sentence reads "" Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver ? "" that question can be answered in a sence we would still need to be in the car but would we be controling the car or would we sit back and relax? Theres no problem with that but what happens when there is a car acciendent or a traffic stop infront of you will your car alert you on whats happing ? Will you need to take control of whats happing , basically how ssmart is your car ? In the near future i look forward to seeing the first car that can pick up a human and take them where ever they wanna go with out any problems.

This whole article is a wake up call. What will happen to all the other cars in the world ? Will everyone have to use this system. The public will react in a way that this a bad idea and that it should be scapped but we humans are not big on change. This will help out people who cant afford cars or need help getting home from anywhere they are . I hope that someone actually invest in the project google is trying to do and not reject it . This might cause a lot of people to lose there jobs but might create some at that. Technolgy is good for or race might help us learn more about what we are and what are our limitations. There are negatives but there are postives that outweigh everything that will happen in the future. ",3
"Venus is a planet deemed to be the Earth's twin due to their relations in density and size. This has led to NASA sending unmanned drones to Venus due to this intrest in how similar Earth can be to the "" Evening Star."" These facts have led to people such as the author of the article "" The Challange of Exploring Venus,"" to give his thoughts about meeting the challange that the exploration of Venus provides. Using details from the article it is conmfirmable that the author did well while supporting this idea.

At the beginning of the article I was provided many facts about Venus which told me that the author was highly enthusiastic about the planet itself. In his fourth paragraph he began to talk about how Venus had features very similar to Earth such as valleys, mountains, and craters. This tells me that there is still a high amount of interest in the planet despite its amospheric pressure being able to crush a submarine that ventures into the deepest parts of our oceans. By providing these facts despite the obvious danger he provides any reader a sense of adventure and willigness to go beyond what we know is possible, and venture into what we thought was impossible.

In his sixth paragraph the author goes on to state that peering down at Venus can only provide so much information due to a researcher not being able to take any kind of sample from a safe distance. This is all said to support the idea that Venus is a worth pursuit despite the danger presented, along with his final statement that researches are working on innovations that would allow for contributions to our knowledge of Venus. This is the author telling us that though an exploration of Venus wouldn't bring us conclusive evidence or findings currently, that these efforts would allow us to rise above the challanges presented currently. This willingness to expand our knowledge is accountable to how he is supporting his belief so effortlessly.

Before suggesting that a solution can be created the author did speak of a modern solution to our problem. The problem being that we have not been able to explore venus thoughroughly even though we have sent unmanned drones before. This problem is cause by the average heat being over eight-hundred degrees Farenheit and melting the drones metal. Despite this the author provides the idea of flying at a certain altitude that could allow us to avoid the ground conditions and rest a ship thirty miles or more above the prementioned conditions.

He also brings up the fact that the solar power would be plentiful and the radiation woudln't exceed the levels reached on Earth.

In conclusion, the authors willingess to concieve solutions is a clear sign that he has supported his idea very well. He has done so well that even I, the reader, even believe his ideas that we should explore Venus itself. Anyone can spout their ideas or opinions and turn them into a persuasive article. Despite this, it takes more than that to create an article sucha as this that can fuffill its intended purpose and show how much an author cares along with how well he can make an audiecne recieve his idealology.",5
"dear state senator, im writting this letter to you so you consider changing to election by popular vote for the prsident of the united states instead of electoral college. i belive like branford plumer, that the electoral college is very wrong not only because under the electoral college system, voters dont vote for the president but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. but also because it is very unfair to voters, candidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the ""swing"" states. the electoral college is outdated, unfair, and irrational and its time for a change.

nevertheless the electoral colleges dispute over its outcome is possible, it also nrequires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal, its winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes does induce the candidates, the electoral college also restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states lose by virtue of the mal-appotionment of the senate decreed on the constition, and it avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate recieves a majority of the votes cast.

the electoral college method of selecting the president is and will turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state. according to the gallup poll in 2000, 60 precent of voters would prefer a direct election the electoral college is losing the little defenders it has and due to the spurious arguments the electoral college should be abolished.    ",2
"Have you ever thought about why there are so many deaths in the world? Most leading deaths are from vehicles and the driver behind the wheel, wether they are texting, talking on the phone, or under the influence. I believe it is a great thing to live in a city where car usage is very limited.

Living in a world where everyone has to walk or ride a bike to go from place to place also means that everyone gets their daily exercise. Today, in society people are usually sitting in a car, others they ride a bike or take a walk. While doing these activities you have to worry about anything hitting you, for this instance a car. What I am trying to say here is less people die as less people drive.

Another reason to limit car usage is weather patterns. You never know what the weather is going to be like, therefore you will never know what you might run into. There have been some cases for pile-ups from smog. smog is a mixture of smoke and fog, making it impossible to see. Diesel fuel doesnt help the case for smog either. The diesel helps the smog by polluting the air around the area.

In Bogota Colombia, a program that is set set to spread to other countries. This program is called ""Car-free day"", millions of Colombians hike, bike, skate, or take buses to work during this day. This day also brings avoidment to traffic jams. Some citizens say it is a good way to lower air pollution. Less car usage is helping to clean the air. This generation needs to understand that if we want a clean future for ouselves and our families.

President Obama has a goal to curb the United States' greenhouse gas emissions. Recent studies shows that Americans are buying fewer cars and getting fewer licenses as the years progress. It is said that the number of miles driven in the U.S. peaked in 2005 and dropped steadily thereafter. Doug Short of Advisor Perspectives, an investment research company says ""as of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly nine percent blow the peak and equal to where the country was in January of 1995"". Some people have cars and the rarely use them, living in big cities where taking a bus or riding a bike would not be necessary if having a car.

Some other things why limiting car usage is a good thing is gas prices, they are so overated now. Gas used to be .97 cent per 9/10 a gallon. Now, you cant find a gas station anywhere without the ranging prices of $2.45-$3.75. That price is ridiculous, who wants to pay $37 for 10 gallions of gas? I sure dont, that is another reason why some people find it easier to ride a bike. They save money! Yes, I understand that the economy is bad. Bad to the point where i do not feel like going anywhere anymore? Things are changing in this world and it needs to continue.              ",3
"I believe that making a decision to develop or even introduce the idea of having computers read our emotions is wrong and creepy, what would be the point? no one likes ads so having your computer read your face just to bring up more? it makes no sense when you can get pop up ads that can relate to rcent searches. to me it would be a waste of time and a waste of money and energy.

To me this would not be valuable. this coding sysytem to read emotions to me would be completely useless, think of having to take out every computer in every school just to add a feature to know if your smiling or frowning. makes no sense when we already have phones that have face ID/ face recognition that can do that for us. when the article started using examples of different muscles in the face, that was confusing and seemed pointless to know, if this is an accuarate system or app, they should just make it and let us find out for ourselves.

I think using anything that has to do with our face when it comes to technology is unlocking our devices for privacy, i rather know my device is safe from my own face then a password on a keyboard that can be readily accessed if wrotten down. think about adding this mentioned feature of the system reading your emotions. you have a computer tell you what your own personal emotions are but how accurate can this be, if it says you are feeling a certain way and you feel something completely different, then is this considered fale advertising?

Is this going to be an app or an entire software system? if you can easily access your windows or chrome web browser store and get a free download or even pay for it, will it be an app? because i guarantee no one will pay a high amount of money just so they can have a computer read you your own emotions, its

pointless and would have no effect besides unlocking your system or device.

What if someone passes by and it grabs a part of THEIR face, what if the things around you grab ahold of the system and it produces false information? i understand maybe if it shows anger or boredom it can remind you to keep working but what if students have concentration problems really bad and cant focus like everyyone elseand the program still doesnt help, do we just keep those kids lost? this program seems like an insane waste of time just to have feedback on how they THINK you feel. just because my lips or eyes are in a certain position doesnt mean im feeling that way, i could be in the best mood ever and move my muscles into a shape and would the results be same? would they be real to what i actually feel? or will it come back as im happy and faking it? i think svcientists should invest their money, time, and effort into something that would actually help us instead of something that has no vbalue and is pointless to classrooms, the workplace, or in general.      ",4
"Imagine a world where there is no traffic or loud motor from cars passing by. Think of all the benefits that would come with less or even no cars on the road. Well in the city of VAUBAN, Germany they have almost completely knock out all the cars in the city. The city has car-free streets allowing more flow of commuters on bikes and walking. 70 percent of the families have no car with 57 percent that sold their car just to move there. Heidrun Walter feels much less tense now then when she owned a car. However some may ask ""How do you get all you produce or go shopping?"". Well VAUBAN is one step ahead because all the stores are within walking distance, rather then travling down highways crowded with daily commuters, and there are some public transport still make there way around town, such as the city's tram. One major problem with cars is the emmisions they let out. Now in cities like VAUBAN where there would be at most two cars on the same road, it's more of a minor porblem. But in cities like New York, where the streets are crowded with cars, it begins to cause many problems. The emmisons are known as greenhouse gas and can often choke a cities population. Now in a city like Paris how would people limit smog, and car emmisions. They chose to limit the cars, causing the separation of commuters driving days by license plate numbers being even or odd. They enforce this limit with a fine of 22 euro. Of course this took a little getting use to since it came so suddenly causing four thousand driver to be fined and 27  had their cars impounded simply becase they didn't like the fine. Now most people were probaly not to happy to be getting fined, however the statistic showed that the limit was working and traffic that was down 60 percent. However it wasn't completely the commuter fault, since france had a tax policy for gasoline many people prefered to use diesel which was about 67 percent of the vehicles. Even though most of the traffic was down by 60 percent, Paris still has more pm then most erupean capital such as Brussel's 114. In BOGOTA,Colombia they took the idea of a car free city with a different approach. Instead of outright, banning cars or placing limits on days certain people can dirve, they instead banned all cars for a day excluding buses and taxis. However instead of outrage by the public many of the colombians just walked, biked or took some form of public transport. Since the begining of the project in the mid 90s over 110 miles of bike paths have been cvonstructed within the city. Another benefit is the uprise in sports and park areas, restaurants and shopping districts, since people have more time to see things they like or want. Now most of this eassy is about orther cities in different contries, but what about us, the USA. Obama has revealed his plans to lower the greenhouse gas emissions. But it seems the people have already thought ahead as statistic show less cars licenses and driving  over the years. Some say it was due to to the recsession since many people were to poor to afford a car or just didnt need one since the didin't work. Mr. Sivak's reasearch has proved that getyting a car is no lopnger a proirity but instead something you get if you have moeny. He states. Mine 19 and 21 have not bother to get a driver's license, even though they both live in places where it would come in handy."" Even statistic show the between 2001 and 2009 young driver population has dropped 23 percent. The cars we use today are slowly edging their way out of our daily lives, and with the help of some laws, limits or outright bans cars will soon become a thing of the past.    ",4
"Whats the Facial Coding System you asked ? What does it do ? how does it help ? there are many questions for this new software that was invented by Dr. huang. The FACS is a software that dectect the feelings that a person have at that moment from their muscles. Many people have more questions to ask about the FACS that will be answered later in the story.

""Shes 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry"". How did they find that out it starts off when the comuter creates a 3D model of the face and its speaks about what is going on throught that persons head. The software can identify mixed emotions cause each expression is compared against a nuetral face which is showing no emotion. Do you think that the FACS could be used in a classroom ? is it a good idea? I honeslty feel like it would be a waste of time because i dont see how determining feelings have anything to really do with school. I feel like its losing money when there are things that the kids could use on the laptop and computers that will further their education in being better in a subject.

We are all humans all of us make the same facial expressions not much of our expressions change from one another. By us just looking at a close friend we know when theres a problem when they happy, mad and sad so why would we need a system for it to tell us that. "" most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication"" says Dr. Hang so if we could have emotional communication can the comuters have the same thing. Communication is always key but having to use a system to detect a persons feelings when they could just tell us. The FACS in school I just dont see where does it fit in with education.

If FACS was to be in schools what would it be teaching children? will they find it interesting. the things that are taught in school are taght for a reason and a software that just shows emotions I dont see anything that the kids will be learning from that. I feel like if FACS on a school computer or laptop on a software it should be more of a activity than something they are just learning. I think the kids would enjoy for it to be a activity for high school it would be a big difference because people have careers and finding out emotions and what people are thinking would be a great idea to use FACS as a software.

""humans perform the same impressive calculation everyday"" although we do have the same expressions when we do things but a person dont even know when their showing an emotion when doing it. only your close ones would really know how you would feel about something but moral of the story i feel FACS would be great for high school for those who would like to have a career that involves more with knowing a persons feelings. But other than that I do not think it would be very valuable.   ",3
"Have you ever wondered what it would be like to cross the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean? Have you ever wondered what dangers could happen while at sea? Have you ever thought about how the work done as a child can benefit how you are as an adult? Well, if any of these questions has even came to your mind than this essay is perfect for you.

Crossing the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans would take a long time but I would say that it is worth it. Luke Bomberger traveled across the Atlantic six-teen times and he crossed the Pacific twice. You should join the Seagoing Cowboys program so that you can travel across the oceans too. While onboard a Seagoing Cowboys' ship you can have baseball and volleyball games, you can have ping-pong tournaments (also known as table tennis), fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and playing all sorts of fun games to pass through the days onboard your ship. There are so many advantages to joining the Seagoing Cowboys but if you aren't sure if it will be safe then I will write about the little disadvantages of coming onboard.

So, your wondering about the disadvantages of joining the Seagoing Cowboys? Well, one day Luke Bomberger was working at his job as a night watchman and he had to check on the animals on board every hour. One night Luke slipped on a latter and he cracked his ribs. Luke started sliding toward the edge of the ship where a small strop of metal kept him from flying overboard. So if you think almost plumaging into the deep, dark sea is a disadvantage then there you go. Just because something dangerous ""could"" happen doesn't mean that it should hold you back from doing something that you could enjoy though. If you never try out something than you will never know if you will like it or not, so I suggest joining the Seagoing Cowboys.

Kids are always wondering why they have to do so much work. The reason is so that the work that they do as a child will benefit them while they are older. Luke Bomberger had worked on his aunt Katie's farm as a little boy and it had prepared Luke for hard work to be done at sea. You need to be able to work hard if you are going to join the Seagoing Cowboys than you need to ""work hard at work worth doing"" (quoted from Teddy Rosavelt).

If you like adventure than the Seagoing Cowboys program is perfect for you. Remember that this program isn't just about fun but it is also about working hard. There may be danger while at sea but it's a low chance that the danger will affect you. So join the Seagoing Cowboys and have the time of your life!",3
"The Facial Action Coding System can tell how someone is feeling by looking at there face or a painting of them. It showed how Mona Lisa was feeling just by looking ar her picture. Now that is pretty cool if you ask me.

I think this technolgy in the classes room would work out so weel for students. Having a coputer that can tell when you are upset or happy or even bored is pretty cool. They talk about how it would sense when someone is bored and the computer would be able to chage whatever its going to someone or interesting for the student. That would help keep students focused on what there doing in a fun and cool way.

It would be an amazing idea to have a computer like that. i think this because fit he coputer can know hwen you bred and be able to fix that it would be great. More and more studensts would want to pay attenion. The computer would make it into something cool and insteresting for the student. That if could stop students from losing focus.

I mean come on we have all been there when you really dont want to pay attention to somthing that doesnt spark your insterst. Students would guess there way out of the work because it would be do boring for them. They wouldnt try which ends up bad for everyone but mostly students.

There are some tihns that could become a probelm though. Like the computers cant hold up all that imfornation on to one small computer. Also schools would have to pay about of money just to give them out to the students. And it would cause about more money to make it the conputers. Some parents may even think there child is being watched and that it might not be safe. There are so man thing that will have to thouhgt of and talked about . That maybe it is best just to keep things the way they are.

One last reason why i think it would be a good idea to have these in school is because teachers will beable to understand there students a little more. getting to know how they are feeling about things. When a teahcer finds out there student isnt doing there best they can do a better job and make suree they are doing everthing they can to help.

Althought this is a very great technology there are many bumps thy will need to look at. And right now may not be the best time but way down in the futue i hope someone can make it happen. I think it will work really well with students and help them much better. If they do make them out for everyone. I will be first in line to get one!",3
"In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,""the author suggests that studying planet Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangerous it presents. Since Venus is the closet planet to Earth in terms of density and size, the distance are similar too. This planet has different speeds. Though, humans have sent many spacecrafts to this dangerous land. Each mission was unmanned sicne no spacecraft ever survived the landing for a few hours.

Some dangerous this planet planet presents are, the atmosphere is thick and is almost 97 percent of carbon dioxide. The clouds are highly corrosive sulfuric acid in the atmosphere and the conditions are more extreme than human encounter in Earth. ""Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solor system, even though Mercury is closeer to our Sun""(Paragraph 3). It has so much heat and pressure and the weather presents additional dangerous which are, erupting volcanoes,powerful earthquakes, and excesive amount of lighting strikes.

This dangerous can really affect humans and humans won't really be able to survive in that planet. Scientists believe Venus was once covered largely wiht oceans and could of supported forms of life. Since scientists are now able to knwo more about technology and ivent new spacecrafts. We now have new information of the Planet Venus. Now, we know it's surface is rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters.

In conclusion, I think the more we learn the more we can be able to experience more things and have more knwoledge. Technology has been playin a big part of this situations and expriences. The more technology advances the more we will be able to exprience more. ",2
"Many people dream of buying a new car by the time the reach the age of sixteen once they finally obtain their liscense. However, in recent years, a large population of people have stopped feeling the need for private transportation and have sold their cars and trucks or moved to areas where things such as public transportation, biking, and walking are cheaper and more efficient alternaives. Choosing not to own a passenger car can lead to less emissions, save space, and improve the quality of life for citizens in a city.

Transportation is the second largest contributor to greenhouse gases, behind only power generation. ""Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emmisions in Europe . . . and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States."" (Source 1) Limiting the use of private transportation will bring about cleaner skies, greatly reduce the amount and effects of acid rain, and impede upon the progression of the destruction of our ozone layer in the atmosphere that helps to protect us from the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation. If more and more people in not only developed but also developing countries choose to become car- and truck-free, ""where emissions from an increasing number of private cars owned by the burgeoning middle class are choking cities,"" (Source 1) our Earth will become a much cleaner and healthier place for young and old alike.

There have been many previous efforts to make cities denser and more walking- and biking-friendly, but most of these advances have been limited by or even been put to a stop because of the need for an excessive amount of large roads and space for parking for the huge amount of private passenger cars found in cities and suburbs today. Reducing the amount of cars on the road can free up space for more important things such as housing, shops, financial districts, and even parks or other recreational areas that can be more inviting to citizens rather than the loud hustle and bustle of high-density roadways. ""'All of our development since World War II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change,' said David Goldberg, and official of Transportation for America, a fast-growing coalition of hundreds of groups in the United States . . . who are promoting new communities that are less dependent on cars."" (Source 1) Removing the problem of private transportation from city planning and development can greatly increase the quality and efficiency of our city's layouts.

Many people consider New York City to be the ""city that never sleeps,"" because of the loud and constant noise of outside motors revving and angry drivers honking their car horns. New York City, along with many other large cities, face this problem which has been growing since the late 1940's. With the rise of reduced dependency on private means of transportation, places such as the more populated areas of New York may finally be able to take a nap. ""BOGOTA, Colombia- . . . millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams."" (Source 3) Noise isn't the only quality of life improvement that citizens of large cities can experience with a drop of the amount of cars on streets and boulevards. Levels of smog, a mixture of smoke a fog caused by excessive amounts of greenhouse gases being pumped into the air, would also start to fall down to a point where they would barely be noticable. ""After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city . . . Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog . . . The fog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to rescind the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday."" (Source 2)

Limiting car use can be extremely beneficial if executed correctly. These benefits include a cleaner city, more efficient uses of space, and an increase in the desirability of larger cities and towns. Overall, a reduction to the amount of private vehicles on the road would be a great improvement for a multitude or reasons.    ",5
"I agree with the author because it its one of our closest planet and it is most earth- like planet in our solar system. the autor says venus long ago was most likely covered largely with oceans and could of supported various forms of life. if we ceould visit venus we could probably find fossils from there.

NASA is making a silicon carbide that could last for up to three weeks in such conditions that meaans eventually we will be able to visit venus and learn about how the planet turned into gas and NASA is trying to make parts that would be more resistant to venus as it states in the passage."" we are creating a system of mechanical parts tht could be more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces.""

in conclusion i do not the think the author wants to visit venus because it is way to hot to even try to land there if we did land there you would melt it says in paragraph 3 that the enviorment would crush a Submarine that is accustomed to dive in the deepest parts of our oceans. venus has erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequrnt lighting strikes to any thing trying to land on its surface.",2
"Limiting on car usage has its advantages. Here are three reasons why i say limiting car usage has its advantages. Limiting on car usage has its advantages because you spend less money, less traffic and less car accidents. Dont you think that limiting on car has its advantages to?

To begin, Limiting on car usage has its advantages because you spend less money. When you spend twenty dollars a week or more on gas money for your car thats wasting money when you could just buy a bus pass for ten dollars and that will take u where u need to go for a week or more. Right there you just save ten dollars. what would you rather do spend twenty dollar a week on gas to get where you need to go or spend ten dollars a week on a bus pass which would also get u to where you need to go? Also you spend less money by limiting usage of cars by saving money on tickets. Now a days police pull you over any little thing wrong with your car and your tickets are just going to keep pileing up then if you dont pay them or send them to court you licenses will be suspended. When you just could avoid all of that.

Middle, Limiting on car usage has its advantages because less traffic. I know that in the passage, ""Source 3: Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota"" it said,""BOGOTA, colombia- In a program that's set to spread to other countires, millions of colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams"" but if more people are walking instead of taking cars there would be less traffic.

End, Limiting on car usage has its advantages because less car accidents. the more cars on the road the higher chance to get into a car accident. I know that you still could get in a car accident with a pedestrians but mostly car on car accidents happen. the less cars on the road the less accidents.

Conclusion, Limiting on car usage has its advantages. my three reasons were you spend less money, less traffic and less car accidents. That was how i explain why limiting on car usage has is advantages.    ",3
"In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents .Why wouldn't it be worthy to study about Venus when its the closest planet to Earth & Venus was probably just like Earth.

Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because who wouldn't want to learn more about other planets like Venus, the cloeset planet to Earth, we have new techology to be able to study more about whats out there than Earth, Moon, or the Sun. In the texts says ""Venus was probabaly covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth."" Venus and other planets are a worthy pursuit to be able to study because if we soon learn way more about Venus, there could be life on Venus, ""The planet has a surface of rocky sediment that includes familiar features such as vallys, moutains, and craters."" Venus and Earth both have rocky sediment or moutains and craters, Erath & Venus could be the same, despiting the dangers there is.

Although, in the text says "" NASA has one particulary compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus."" Sending humans from Earth to study is worthy because we can now tell if there is still water and a living place for humans. Even though the temperatures are dangerous for us humans to be living in 170 degress fahrenheit ""the air pressure would be close to sea level on earth. Solar power woulf be plentiful, the radiation would not exceed Earth levels, Not easy condition's, but survivable for humans."" states the author, we shouldn't be leaving any chances to not study more on Venus, if there could possibly life there. Or myabe there can't be life on venus because of the dangers there is for us humans, we should still learn and find out more on how could there be life on Venus.

In ""The Chanllenge of Exploring Venus,"" the aurthor suggestd that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents,and i agree because it is worthy to find out new things outside of Earth and other planets that can have life on, such as Venus, it's a good idea to study and learn more about the planets orbiting around us.",4
"Using this of techology to read the emotional expression of the student in classroom is something valuable. Imagine any type of techology in a classroom being able to tell how you feel that day. Using this types of techology can read your facial expression and tell you how your feeling.

This can actuallyThe way a computer can determine how you feel is by

"" The process begins when the computer constucts a 3-D computer model to the face; all major muscles is called an action unit."" This heps the computer by your facial expression to know how your feeling and uses a 3-D model to your face only. 'Your orbicularis oris {aound your mouth} tightens your lips to show you are mad."" Your lips is also a way the computer can tell how your feeling.

The way peple coummicate is by "" Most humans communcation is a nonverbal, including emotional communcation,"" notes Dr. Huang. Thos means you don't need words for someone to be able to see how you are feeling. "" In a false smile, the mouth is strected sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle, the risorius. Mostly likely a computer is able to analyze you when you are making a fake smile that that's what that means.

This was a sussceful experience because ""acording to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your faical muscles not only expresses emotions, but alsomany even help poduce them"" It meant that the Facial feedback was able to determine more than just emotions. It can also cause to emotions to people. "" Putting on happy face actually works.""

I believe a lot of people will agree to use this form of techology to know their students are feeling. This seems to be a very great idea more futher out in the future. The techology use to know a faical expression can also tell us 6 different types of emotions like happiness, surprised, anger, fear, and sadness. I believe every teacher would like to know how each and every student if feeling and if they are going through something at that moment.",3
"First,If i was a scientist at NASA talking to others about them truly believing the Face wasn't created by aliens. I would tell them aliens are not real in the world we live in today. I would also tell them that if aliens was real they would not be able to create Faces. I would also ask them what made you believe aliens create the Face. I would wait for everyone to respone to my question.

Second,I would tell them that i truly dont think that aliens can create things like that in any way possible. I would also try to persuade them to believe what i believe such as aliens are not real at all. I would be trying to figure what they are saying .I would then ask what facts do they have to prove that aliens can create faces. Conclusion,I would have facts to prove my point such as it's a human head and it has a nose,mouth,eyes so their is no way possible an alien could of made the Face.  ",1
"Venus is a planet that is in our soloar system. Its our second planet from the sun.Yes there's are a lot of dangers but we been wanting to be closer to it we want to get to know it better. Venus is so to called evening star but why is that they say that its the brightest light in the evening at night. venus is sometimes referred to Earth's twin because venus is so close to the Earth, meaning in density and size and with distance. As you might already know Earth, Venus, and Mars are our

our neighbor to the orbit sun but with different speeds. We sometimes closer to Mar or Venus it depentes. Alot of people have tried to go visit Venus but couldn't make it. or they unmanned because they knew it was dangours. There's are a thick atmosphere of almost 97% of carbon dioxide blankets in Venus. What made it challenging were the clouds of highly corrosive. on the planet surface, the temperatures are the average of 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the atmosheric pressure is 90 times greater than

whta we live in. If you thinnk of that its really hot it can burn down anything in less than a min or seconds. Venus is the hottest temperature of any other planet that we have even if Mercury is closer to the sun. The sun is extreming hot. Astrono are fascinated by Venus because it has been the most Earth like planet in the solar system. Venus had or have features liek earth bbut not so many like we do. Like we have oceans they have that too. our planet has a surface of rocky sedimet and familiar features like i said, oceans, valleys, mountains, craters all that. NASA been trying so hard and they have a plan to sent humans to study Venus.

They arethinking of buliding a so what called a blimp-like vehicle that was a hovering of 30 or so mile above the roiliing Venusian lanscape. They want to sent to study Venus but in a safe easy way. With there plan that they got gwant to make sure because temperatures,

so they want it to be thirty miles above the surface so they don't have to touch it. yes they would be 170 degrees fahhrenheit but the pressure would be closer to the sea level on earth. No they might not be so easy conditions but they are survivale for humans. so thats the callange of exploring Venus. ",3
"The article ""A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves"" talks about a boy named Luck who recently graduated high school. Luck worked two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a bank, when Don Reist Luck's friend invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat Luck could never said no, because he knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime.

To help the European cuntires recover from World War 2,the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration hired ""Seagoing Cowboys"" to transport the horses,young cows,and mules Luck and Don signed up.

Luck and Don received their ordes to repot to New Orleans, they arrived August 14,the day the Pacific War ended. They were headed for Greece with a cargo of 335 horses plus enough hay and oats to feed them.

Luck had just turned eighteen before they arriving in Greece. By the time he was discharged in '47

Luke had made nine trips. To past the time on return trips they would play baseball, volleyball,table-tennis tournaments,fencing boxing ,reading whitting and games also helped to pass the time.

In concluion, Luck had the most amazing two years of his life.",1
"The Earth and Venus have somewhat in common which is allowing NASA want to do what they are trying to study for. Venus is the closest planet to the sun. Which will bring some problems to the project. But it won't stop NASA from trying to do what they are soon going to acconplish.

The author did a good job explaining and supporting his idea. Venus is alot like the Earth and it can also have some living things. ""Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans.""

Their is a possiblitity that Venus will have some living things. And to find out about all this it takes risk. And thats what NASA is trying to do but carfully and slowly.

To conclude the autor did a good job explaining his point and also supporting his idea. Sooner or later NASA or someone else will go to Venus. And the truth will be told. ",2
"If you read the 1st sentence in the 1st paragraph. You can see it said this picture was taking in 1976 then you see a picture from 2001. The 1976 picture is blury so it look like it a face. But in the second picture it more clear and little zoomed up and you can see cracksand mountian/hills in the ground and does not look anything like a human face. Is it ture?

NASA had released the picture to the public. They had made hollywood movies and book and had went on talk show talkiong about the face saying are there really aliens out there . For over good 25 years alot of people thought there really life on red planet. So NASA really wish there was life on Mars so they invented better camreas and ships to send back to Mars see if there was really life on Mars.

In 1998 they had the on borad MGS taken a few pictures and had look like there was pymarids on mars. Cause of the shadows that the landform was making. 41 degrees north and that winter in april for Mars so there alot of clouds. But nasa had prepared took look one last time they said was super hard and alot of work. Because it like fax machine in narrow 2.5km wide strips. they said it just does not pass over face very often.

""Neverthless on april 8, 2001 it was a cloudy summer day on cydonia Mars Global Surveryor drew just enough for second look they"" said. In paragrapgh ten they had rolled the spacecraft 25 degrees to the center of the face. With camera the maximum resolution. Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters compared to 43 meters pixel from the 1976 vikings photo.

It is a bust the Egyptian-style-pymarids or small shacks. It was a Butte or Mesa landforms. It was shadows or caverns in the landforms. It would of been cool if there ws alien life on there so we copuld learn more about the galaxy. But mabey one day we will find some type of alien artifact out there.     ",2
"The system of Electoral College is being always used in Presidental elections every first Thursday in November, hapenning in a space of fours years each electio. According with the text: ''What Is the Ellectoral College?'', the Office of the Federal Register explain that on this system, there's a ''selection of electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress'', this group has 538 electors.

The biggest problem with this system is that you do not vote directly to your president, you are voting for a candidate's electors. The real decision is not made by the people of the society themselves, but made by a group of people who whave the freedom to choose the candidate that they feel pleased with. Another point is that some of this electors don't even vote for their paty's candidates.

If it doesn't look like a big deal, first it's important no analyze the profile of the electors, the ones who decide the future of our country and the authorty of our nation. Do they have something special? Something that differenciate them for the other voters? Actually no! There's no criterion, according with Bradford Plumer in '' The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong'', the selection of the electors ''depends on the state. Sometimes state conventions, sometimes the state party's central comitee, sometimes the presidental candidates themselves''.

The last point is that the few electors can't represent the will of a whole state, in ''The Indefensible Electoral College'', shows that just 55 representatives from California, represent 35 million voters, it's impossible to attend the rights of each one of these people.

After all, we need to realize that it's a unfair system for regular voters, for the population in general that has the expection of changing something, but actually are being controled for a group. Sometimes, a candidate won the popular vote but lost the presidency during the electors decision. Democracy should look at the opinion of everybody else right? But in this case what is happening goes against the definition of democracy.    ",3
"This new technology could be used to figure out anyones true expression. In the article, the author eplains how a computer could tell that Mona Lisa has different moods. This new technology is valuable because it could help further learning, introduce new technology, and make a interesting subject.

First of all, the article explains that Mona Lisa is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. It's crazy how a computer can configure that. If this is brought into classrooms, this could be a gamebreaker. This is a plus for kids that may not have access to computers at home, to give them technology at school. In paragraph 4, Dr. Huang says people show different degrees of expressions. He says a computer uses video imagery can track facial movement.

Next, this new process may bring in new technology and promote computer use. In paragraph 2 and 3, the article states that you can calculate an expression similar to math homework. This wil not only promote the use of technology, but it may get kids to do their homework. If this interests children enough to get them to do their homework, it could promote new classes for them to take.

Moving on to the next topic, creating new topics. If kids really like to examine peoples expressions, not only will it be amazing but it could create a whole new field of learning. Similar to a crime investigator, they could literally investigate someone's face to see what their expression is. In paragraph 5, the article digs deeper into the investigation. It explains that you can tell if a friend is happy or sad, by looking at their facial expression. If this was taken to a new level, we could have profesionals on our hands, just by making a class for it.

To conclude the topic, reading a facial expression by using a computer, or just by looking deeper into somones face, could take you far. It could promote further learning and create different classes. You could also introduce technology to kids who may not have the ability. It will not only make new beginings, but it could follow up with new ends by creating new subjects.         ",4
"Seagoing Cowboys Program is a program, where you take care of horses, calfs (young cows), and mules, that were shipped over sea. If you are a Seagoing Cowboy you have to travel to a lot of unquine countries around the world. Luke Bomberger was a Seagoing Cowboy and, by the time it was 1947 he made nine trips. Luke's second trip was that he had to serve as a night watchman, who checks on the animals every hour.

We know now that, not everyone would like to be a Seagoing Cowboy, but while you are traveling, there are many new countries you could explore and learn about. It does take a long time to get to other countries, it would take about two weeks because they have to travel in boat, if your going by sea. It would be a tedious amount of time to get to place to place and nobody likes a tedious task. Luke had to make sure that he didn't forget to feed the animals because,you have to feed them two or three times a day. They had to get loads of bales of hay and bags of oats from other ships that transfer the food to him, and you would have to clean the stalls. Some don't about joining this program is that, when you are traveling you, may get stuck in some storms and really hurtful storms too.

Although, there is a lot of traveling, it maybe worth the work because, you got to see new countrires and new landscapes. Luke Bombgerger worked hard and he loved seeing all the new cities and countries, but struggles traveling. There is many up and downs about joining the program, literally, because not everyone likes traveling, but a lot of people do. Now we have airplanes so, if you travel it will be easier for you to get to other countries. In the end, it is going to be easier for you to travel, now that we have airplanes, but you should join Seagoing Cowboys.",2
"I do not think cattle boating is a good idea.It is very dangerous,and you don't even have to think about why it is.Remember when Luke slid down the ladder,starting to sliding off the boat,but a metal peice caught his pants,and he made it alive with broken ribs?Thats dangerous dont you think?Thats not it eighther<because you sse im justgetting started.What if the metal peice wasn't there,or the metal peice was aiming for his eye or worse?Cattle boating is also dangerous because you can get stranded.For example,what if a giant storm came, and it caused the ship to go off course and you end up in the middle of no where?Also do you remember when Luke said he gets to see a lot of amazing places,well what if you became stranded on the worse places a human can never be?Now what if your food slid off the boat?Or a giant creature attacked the ship.Your life would be over.This is why I think cattle boating is dangerous.Instead of thinking twice about going,you need to think a million times about going,or dont go at all.Thats what I suggest.",2
He joined the programe for many reasons to help familys out with yard work and things like that when the husbands and fathes were at war. Also he helped with grocery stores and lots of bisnesses and he helped countrys recover food. He said it was an opertunity of a lift time to do this. He helped a lady at a farm all by her self. He went on a ship to go other places and help and on board he found some time to be him and just have fun. On lukes second trip he served watch men. He was to check on all of the animals and it was rainy out and he sliped and fell down very wet steps he almost slid out of the boat but a lucky peace of meatal beam was there and he stop right before he went out of an open side of the boat. but this put him on medical leave so he couldent work so I bet he was a little upset that he couldent help on the boat or where ever they stoped to help on land. He had fun with table tennis tournements fencing boxing reaidin and whittling the games he played helped pass time on the bout and just relaxe for a wile and have some fun. He said being a seagoing was much more than an adventure for luke boberger. He is greatful for this oppertunity he says and made it more aware to people in other countrys that that had food and nice people to give it to them.,1
"The artical asked me if i could imagine a time when you no longer have to drive your car but rather that it drives it's self. I can imagine a car that drives it self, I can imagine a green sky and blue grass, I can imagine just about anything. What is really posible and how far is too far? When I ask my self the same question I say yes I can Imagine it but am not sure of it's fact. I wonder about how the car can navitgate at night, who is responsible if a collision occurs, and how much privacy is lost when driving one of these self driving cars.

The car that can drive its self sounds right out of a cartoon or some kind of science fiction book and it makes me conserned about how relivent it would acualy be on the streets in the real world. How can I feel safe in a car traveling at high speeds on a dark night with winding roads, and the chance of a wondering animal or person to cross the path of the self driving car? In my eyes our technology needs to drasticaly improve before self driving at night is thing that these cars do.

I the car crashes for any reason who is reponsible for the damage of life that may had been taken? Their will need to be a fully functioning self driving car no assistance needed, so good the the probibility of a crash is small as getting struck by lightning. Until this thing is thuroughly fool proof they should'nt be able one public road, street, ave, or any other driving path. They say the confusion could posibialy be stopped by putting a camera in the car showing who was in control of the vehical at the moment of the crash but hoe much of the story would that tell?

For me the idea of being watched by cameras through out the car is enough to lose my attention completely. I feel very stongly about personal privacy and would not want to be watched by complete strangers every time I am in my car. These cameras may be helpfull if they are only on at emergincies to help with understanding what has happened, but would'nt like the feeling of being watched on my everyday comute.

In all im pretty pesimistic about the self driving cars and a little curious to see if im totaly wrong or was I on to something and that these things are not the way to go. In the catigory of tough situations such as night time, collisions, and privacy improvement is necicary for the self driving cars to become a reality. I am looking forward to seeing how the self driving cars do and hope that the bugs get worked out so that self driving cars are a reality and it's not something I just imagine is real and well.",4
"The author support the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger by including fact and he explain in every detail. He explain that Venus is the closet planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closet in distance too. First, he say a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus, on the planet's surface, temperatures avererage over 800 degrees and pressure is 90 time greater than what we experience on our own planets. Second, Venus is hottest surface temperature of any in our solar system, these condition are far more extreme than anything huamns encounter on Earth; such as environment would crush even a sunmarine accustomed to dive deep part of oceans and would liquefy many metals, also venus was once convered with oceans. Third, the author say that NASA has one particular idea for sending human to study Venus, and he compared with a 'blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or something miles above roiling Venusuian landscape'. He also included the World War ll technology called mechanical computer, and it doesn not required electronics. Finally, Venus is the hottest planet and it is beyond high pressure and heat. Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it many well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. the authors example in every detail and why it is dangerous it presents. He explain that Venus is the hottest planet and it have very high temperature. Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely.",2
"I am against the development of driverless cars. I am against these cars because they are not completely independent, they could cause accidents, and they will develop conflicts between the manufacturer and the driver. These cars could cause a dramatic change in the driving society.

I am against these cars because they are not completely independent. ""They still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues."" This means that the driverless cars are not compatable to fully being able to drive alone. The driver in the car would have to be alert when a situation has approached. If there was an incident where the driver was not paying attention or the signals would have not went off , the driver would have never known to take over, which would cause serious incidents. The driverless cars should be able to be commited to the road fully.

Although the Driveless Cars are tested, they could still cause accidents. Accidents could occur if the driver is not aware of the car being in need of help with specific traffic issues. Also, anything could go wrong with technology. These cars lack human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents. These situations could cause an even more devastating effect.

Furthermore, these cars will cause conflicts with the law between manufacturers and drivers. Laws would have to be changed in order to fit with the development of these driveless cars. If a situation occurs and the driver is hurt, whose fault is it? If the car is driving, will it be the manufacturer? Or, if the driver is in control and there is an accident, how would anyone have known? These cars should be more reliable.

In conclusion, I am against the development of driveless cars. I am against these cars because they are not completely independent, they could cause accidents, and they will develop conflicts between the manufacturer and the driver. These cars could cause a dramatic change in the driving society.",4
"Limiting car usage is advantage. Many my think its not a advantage because its an easy way to get around. It may be the easiest way to get around but take the time out to think about the bad it cause. You wont be able to live some places because the wont have enough parking spaces. Where are you going to park? The diesel fuel you use to keep the car going pollute the air. Then we would have alot of bad air floatring around. Its also a problem to the traffic. Why not carpool, ride a bus, train, or bike? there are many different transportations in the world why just use one all the time?

You see, cars may be the easiest way to get around but let's study some of the bad. One reason limiting cars is an advantage is because if you don't have a car 9 times out of 10 it would be easier for you to stay anywhere. Some homing areas doesn't have enough land to make an parking lot. So if you see somewhere you would like to live without an parking lot who would probably have to find somewhere esle to live. You can slove that by just getting rid of your car. I understand that getting rid of your car would probably be the hardest thing you have ever done but look at the bright side. You would be living in the place you want to be living in.

Not only would it be easy to find somewhere to stay but also you wont have to worry about polluting the air with diesel fuel. Its crazy how you spend 3 dollars for an gallon of gas just to pollute the air. You would be better off just spending 3 dollars to catch an city bus or train. Yes they also pollute the air but if you ask me not as bad as cars. I say that that because if you think about it you see more cars than any city bus or train. why not just catch an bus or train to help our in en    ",2
"The facial action coding system enables computer to identify human emotions, but is it a good idea to use in a classroom setting? Is the technology even accurate? Not every emotion calculated by the machine is accurate, some people may have a great poker face, also as a human being we want our privacy just like the kids. Using these machines violates the privacy of the students that want to be left alone.

The Facial Action Coding System may not be as accurate as they say it is. In the Mona Lisa, she is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fear, and 2 percent angry. This might be accurate, but the author tells the reader that technology gave the Mona Lisa its reading are based on, ""some new computer software that can recognize emotions. The software is the latest innovation..."" (paraghraph 1).

This may not be true, what if she is actually 90 percent mad and 10 percent happy. New technology always has it's flaw no matter how many people did the research. The word new needs to be emphasized, because it might be wrong. You also can't base your findings on what the machine says. The article also says that, ""each expression is compared against a nuetral face (showing no emotion)."" (paragraph 4) Every child has a different face, you have to account to many variables when using this technology. Since all children are different, their neutral face is different also, therefore you cannot base a piece of technology on one single face.

In school not every kid wants to be part of something, not all children may want the teachers attention, and not all children want to be happy all the time. Schools need to take account to the kids that might not want to be bothered by the teacher. Some just want to go to school with a blank face and get through the day and get out.

The machines will lack the privacy that kids need. Everyone wants their privacy, and having technology that scan childrens faces isn't exactle private. Schools should be a place where kids can feel safe going. By implementing that technology, you are taking a part of their privacy away, thus the child might not feel safe anymore.

The facial Action Coding System should not be used in a school setting because it is a new technology that may not even be accurate in its reading, and it takes away the privacy of the kids that it is being used on. ",4
"In this essay of the Electoral College it is questioning to see if the Electoral College realy works. In my point of view I think that it does because it gives certain reasons to show it does and if it didnt work the would've changed it a long time ago so it shows you that it work and thats why its still around until this day. The Electoral College is a process , not a place. The founding fathers establised it in the consitution as a compromise between election of the president by a vote in Congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens.

One of the reasons i think that the Electoral College actually works is because The Electoral College works is because it process consists of the selection of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by congress. The Electoral College helps pick the president and vice president and if didnt have that then it wouldve been total chaos because with The Electoral College it is way easier and faster and is a better process , The Electoral College consists of many electors and electoral votes this is really important because under the 23rd Amendment of the Constitution, the District of Columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the Electoral College. For This Reason, in the discussion the word state also refers to the District of Columbia.                                                                    ",1
"The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers by explaining and going in depth about how hard, challenging, and doubts the studying of Venus is going to be, but that how in the end it will all be worth it at the end of the day. The author expresses to us that after all this reaserch that we (the people on Earth) will be able to expaind one day to different places. He also goes through the entire artical talking about all the challenges of exploring the planet Venus, But in that last parograph explains why it is important we (the people on Earth) should keep going and ""Striving"" to gain knowleg and expaind our travels.

Despite all the ""challenges"" and ""dangers"" of exploring the planet Venus the author believes in still going and in doing the reaserch... Why? you might ask yourself. In parograph 8 the author states, ""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors."" This tells us that if we strive to pass this challenge then we will hve so much benifit and gain so much more then all of those challenges and problems in the end, and we will be able to travel on Earth and beyond.

So, the author supports the idea of studying Venus even though there are many dangers it presents, the benifits out way the concenqenses. The author explains this in a way that is very different where through out almosed the entire articale he talks about all the challenges it would be to explore more about Venus, but just in the last parograph is when he talks about us (the people onn Earth) striving to overcome the chalenges and the value, and the things that will be gained from not limiting our travels on Earth and beyond. he puts this articale together very well because in that last parograph the author does a really good jod of explaining why we should still explore Venus even after all he just said about all the different challenges they have and will still have to face with Venus.     ",3
"Dear state senator of Florida,

I'm sending you this letter for one purpose only, to convince you with strong defensive facts the electoral college is unfair, outdated, irrational and should be replaced with the popular vote. Let's begin with the simple fact that we, the common people of the United States of America, land of the free, don't even have the right to directly vote for a human being that is to be running our country for the next 4 years, possibly 8. Instead, we are voting for electors in the same political party as the candidate we wish for? Actually no, we don't even obtain that right because as stated in source 1 electors sometimes aren't even chosen by politcal party considering ""state laws vary on how electors are selected and what their responsibilities are...""

In source 2 it states that an elector can be anyone not holding a public office. The elector chosen is a complete stranger to more than half of the population of the state yet we are expected to trust that this person will live up to his or her word that he/she will vote for the president we want to be running this country when we have absolutely no control over their actions election day. Trust isn't easily given especially when there are no laws given that the elector must only vote from the candidate majorly favored in that particular state. So lets see the elector that we vote for, which in some cases people even get confused and vote for the elector of  opposing team, can walk in election day, decieve all the people from his/her state and walk out with absolutely no penalty.

In source 3 it later states that ""voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay attenten to the campaign knowing that they are going to decide the election"" but what about the swing states? Because the winner-take-all system candidates don't even go to those states knowing that they'll most likely lose. Does that seem fair to you? That basically means that winner candidate could be the same man/woman that couldn't careless if their votes were on them or not.

Furthermore, in source 3 it explains how the electoral vote is the only way to ensure a certain outcome but as said in source 2, a tie may seem unlikely but highly possible. So let's say there is a tie, the winning decision then passes down to the House of Representatives. Here the state delegations cast one vote for the candidate they wish for but in the light of truth it is impossible for one representative of millions of people to be able to reflect on what the people want. So now what? Not only is plan A, the electors, totally bogus but plan B,which is the house representatives, completely takes our right to chose the citizen we want to represent the United States.

I hope you read my letter and come to realization that the electoral college is basically just a dirty method that's taking the rights of the common people. If it keeps on there will be one election year where more than half the population will open their eyes to fact that they don't even have a say in who they want to be running this country and simply not vote, then where will that lead us? Dictatorship? Rebellion? Popular vote is the way to go. It for one allows citizens to be apart of descision making in who should be president which later on abolishes the whole dispute over ""swing states"" and ""toss-up states"" because candidates will have to work twice as hard to earn their seat in the big house. Candidates will have to visit each state, anwser necessary questions from the citizen, compaign harder and at the end of the day a hard-working candidate will become a  hard-working president who will lead our country to prosperity.

Sincerely, a concerned citizen            ",5
"""Hello everyone and welcome to Cloud Nine News. Today we are going to talk about a spectacular program called The Seagoing Cowboys. I'm Alex your host and this is Lucy co-host!""

"" Hey laidies and gentlemen! But I'm not the only new person today give it up for Luke. A very experienced Seagoing Cowboy."" The last of Lucy's sentence was hushed by the croud cheering and clapping.

"" Thank you everyone but it's not me that you need to cheer for it's the Seagoing Cowboys. I'm here to tell you about what they did for me. The oppertunity was astonishing for a small town boy like me I remember saying on my first day, the cattle-boat trips were an unbeleiveable opertunity for a small town boy like me. It's true too I mean it was a great thing for me. I thank my old friend Don Reist for my going."" The croud cheered.

"" Besides the benifit of helping people I got to explore many different places. I got to go to Europe. I got to go to China. I even got a tour of an excavated castle. Not only the oppertunity was great but being able to travel was amazing.""

"" The crew was awsome. When all of the cattle or whatever animals we had were off. We played baseball and volleyball where the animals were. Then we did table-tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games to pass the time.""

"" Wow! Maybe i should join and be the first Seagoing Cowgirl..."" Lucy decided to but in.

"" That'd be really neat,"" Luke praised the idea. "" I think I'll tell captain about that.""

"" Okay now any questions?"" Alex sounded desperate to get off the cowgirl idea.

"" You with the red shirt!"" Lucy called excidedly.

"" How long were you in the program?""

"" I don't remember how long but I know that I went out to sea 9 times!"" Luke answered.

"" You in the blue shirt with the neat sign!""

"" It's not a question it's a comment. I'm going to join the program!"" After the boy said that murmers spread across the room most saying ""Me too"".

"" Well there you have it the reasons and answers to questions about the Seagoing Cowboys Program see you tomarrow night with a laundry cleaning women..?""

"" Bye Luke!"" Lucy called before the show ended.",2
"There are many advantages that can come from limiting your car usage. Some people say when they had a car they were always tense , Now with out a car they say that they are much happier this way. In paris, if motorists with even numbered license plates left home with their cars they'd be fined with 22 Euros ($31 USD). Almost 4,000 drivers were fined for leaving home with their cars , And 27 people had their cars impounded for the way they reacted to the fine. Cold nights and warm days cause the warm layer of air to trap car emissions.

In Bogota, Columbia cars have been banned for three years only buses and taxis are permitted to drive, The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. They had to pay $25 fines if they were to violate the rule. People say ""Its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution"". Parks and sports centers also have spread throughout the city and uneven sidewalks have been replaced with broad, smooth sidewalks. Restrictions have dramatically cut traffic.    ",2
"The desire for mobility has always been a driving force behind human innovation. Though they are a far cry from the boats and wagons of early human history, driverless cars provide a natural progression of the techology humans use to assist in movement. Not only does the creation of driverless cars foster the innovative human spirit, but when in use, driverless cars also increase the ease of driving on the person behind the wheel, as well as helping improve safety on the roads, causing driverless cars to be a positive development in the eternal human quest for freedom of movement.

Driving can be a task that is in turns difficult, as the driver attempts to maneuver through complex traffic patterns or around work zones, and dull, as the driver zooms through long stretches of open highway. Driverless cars aim to assist with both. Although the general manifacutring consensus is that driverless cars are by no means driverless - in most cases they must still have a human driver - the technology in the cars can assist the driver and make driving an easier task (Driverless, 7). In most cases, driverless cars are able to automatically ""steer, accelerate, and brake themselves"", taking the mundane out of driving (7). However, the driver is still necessary during times where the car is unable to fully process the situation, such as in work zones, and around accidents, still giving the driver a role in the operation of the car (7). Although these situations can be more strenuous, driverless cars, like most newer cars, have other ablilities such as anti-lock brakes and other sensors, which help detect problems with the way the driver is moving the car, and help prevent driver-related catastrophies (5). These improvements not only make driving safer, they put less stress on the driver, as the driver need not worry about making small mistakes and causing major problems when they know the car is watching out for them, leading to a more relaxed driver.

Driveless cars, in improving the traditional driving experience, also improve the safety of driving. Driverless cars have sensors which allow them to monitor when the car and driver may be in danger, and react to situations like ""out of control skids or rollovers"" (5). These precuations which the car takes allows for a ""far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone"", causing less accidents in autonomous vehicles versus driver reliant vehicles. Furthermore, driverless cars remove driver impulsivity from the equation. With driverless cars, things such as road rage and traffic voilations would be a thing of the past, preventing many accidents and making for safer roads.

Driverless cars are an imperative in modern society, as they improve the driving experience, as well as improving safety on the roadways. Human society is reliant on constant motion, communication, and contact, and driverless cars help foster these relationships between people, not only by allowing people to move from place to place more quickly, but also by improving psychological health, with decreased stress from driving, and by preventing injuries and deaths due to road accidents. Considering the myriad of beneifts that they offer, the development and use of driverless cars in essential for communities to move forward into the future.",5
"The Facial Action Coding System (FACS) is a recent advancement in technology that can read emotions from facial expressions. Many people speculate where it could be used, from marketing to video games. Some might wonder whether it could be used in classrooms, which is a definitive ""No."" FACS is not valuable to read student's emotional expressions because the classroom shouldn't include emotion, it has better uses elsewhere, and is invasive of privacy.

Emotion shouldn't dictate the lesson in schools. In the passage, Mr. D'Alto quotes, "" 'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,' Dr. Huang predicts. 'Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.' "" (6). Everyone has walked into class one day, seen the lesson and then silently grumbled to themselves. This type of emotion shouldn't change what the lesson is or how it is taught. The goal of teaching techniques is to effectively teach the broadest audience. This type of system would switch up the lesson for the few people who get confused easily, but then it hurts the majority's learning experience. This is why the classroom shouldn't include emotion.

Systems such as FACS have better economical value elsewhere. In the passage, Mr. D'Alto says, ""For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different."" (6). This is one example of other industries that could utilize this type of technology. In the classroom, there is no economical value of being able to read the students emotions. Mr. D'Alto goes on to say, ""The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive- for video games or video surgery."" These are other industries that would love FACS-like technology. It's a better investment to use FACS elsewhere other than the classroom.

Privacy is held dear by many. FACS can be invasive of this. Some students may wish to save their grief for a counselor, therapy, or simply a designated time to cry. FACS completely disrespects this fact and exposes an individual to everyone else. In the passage, D'Alto quotes, "" 'Most human communication is nonverbal, uncluding emotional communication,"" notes Dr. Huang. 'So computers need to understand that, too.' "" (6). This quote implies that computers are not yet able to comprehend whether or not the individual wishes to be ""scanned"", for a lack of a better term. This can be invasive. Until technology reaches a point until this changes, FACS should stay out of the classroom where students may not wish to have their emotions expressed involuntarily.

In conclusion, FACS is not only worthless, but harmful to the learning quality of students. This is because it has better uses elsewhere, is a breach of privacy and includes emotion into the classroom. FACS is, and may never be suitable for a classroom environment.",5
"Technology has come a long way from one hundred years ago. As it adavces more and more things can be used to help benefit in any of situations such as in classroom settings. The article by Nick D' Alto ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" by Nick D' Alto tells how the Facial Action Coding System can help in any situation as it can even read students' emotional expressions in a classroom.

The article informs people the technology uses the major 44 muscles in the face. When the face moves it can detect which muscles are put into use and identify them with one the six basic expressions- happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. These basic expressions off diversity more than just the basic happy and sad, and also account for most emotions. To make sure this is even more effective the given expression is put againts a neurtral face for a comparison. By giving a neutral face and an expression it gives a independent and depent variable. This would ensure a correct basis rather than just giving the face with an expression. It would also be able to tell if a student were enjoying a lesson or not. It help the teacher too see what topics they could make more interesting.

Some people might ask how can it detect emotions accureslty if somone fakes an emotion, but facial muscles do not lie. For example the frontalis pars lateralis muscle indicated suprise though a raised brow. A raised brow would indicate to the teacher that a student had mostly likely just learned something new. If several students had this expression the teacher could decide to keep incoorperating it in the lesson. The zygomatic major is the main indicator of a fake or real smile. For a real smile the mouth is lifted at the corners whereas in a fake smile the mouth stretches sideways. This would show if a topic was enjoyed by a students or disliked. It could also tell which topics students prefered more than other.

""Making Mona Lisa Smile"", an article by Nick D' Alto, tells how the new technology, Facial Action Coding System, can read expressions of a student. Once technology advances even more it would be able to help out in an array of settings, and even be able to detect more accurate, specific emotions.                  ",3
"The use of the Facial Action Coding System is valuable to students in a classroom.The system can be really beneficial. For example, in paragraph six it says, "" A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, Dr. Huang predicts."" Most people may suggest that the system might be false or that there is no way to read emotions with tehnology but there is a way. In paragraph three it states that the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face, using all 44 major muscles in the face.

There is different technology used to ensure that the outcome emotion is correct. For example, video imagery tracks the facial movements and each expression is compared to a neutral face. In paragraph three it says Psychologists, Dr. Paul Eckman, creator of FACS, has classified six basic emotions: happiness,surprise,anger,disgust, fear, and sadness. It can be helpful when trying to see if students are actually learning or are just staring at the words, not retaining anything. Dr. Huang predicts that if the system can recognize if you are bored or confused then it will be able to modify lessons to make the student interested again. Therefore, making a better leaning experience for the students.

In conclusion the FACS is beneficial and valuable to students in classrooms. By using video imagery the system can track the facial expressions could determine whether a student is confused or bored. ",2
"Is the Face on Mars a mesa or is it made by alien life? Well, the answer to that world-wide question is that it is a mesa. In other words, a natural landform that has been there or been made over time by the planets rotation. I strongly believe that the Face on planet Mars is just a natural landform, because we have almost like it on Earth, there are no signs of alien life in the pictures or scientific research, and the pictures taken, show that there are shadows that create a facial look in the natural landform.

First off, we have a natural landform located in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. The one on Mars is almost equivalent to the one here on our planet. In paragraph 12, it states, "" That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars."" This is plainly saying that the one on planet Mars could just be a lava dome of some sort just like the one here on Earth.

Also, there are no signs of alien life through the pictures taken from the cameras. How could this alien life we talk about create this Face, when there is no evidence of this alien life? The pictures were taken mutiple times in different years to make sure of this. They had people questioning, so they did further research. For example in paragraph number eight, ""...peer through wispy clouds to see the Face. Perhaps, said skeptics, alien markings were hidden by daze."" The skeptics that wanted the benifits of actually finding alien life wanted actual proof that it is merily only a mesa. They ende up being proved that it is only a mesa.

To also say, the photographs that were studied have been intereprted. They have been interepreted to the point that they can pin-point certain material. They proved that by when they said that is merily shadows that the mesa has, from depth, that create the face like look. For example in paragraph number three, it states ""The captain noted a 'huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth.'"" The images were showing that there were some dips in this mesa that created it to look as if it were an actual face.

There are people who say,"" Just because the cameras say that there is no life on Mars, doesn't mean that there is no life."" To prove that wrong, it states in paragraph number 11, ""As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size."" Also later on in the paragraph, ""...if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian pyramids... you could see what they were."" Meaning if there was any 3-d image, it would have been picked up and been able to ananlyze. The Face is obviously a natural landform that has been there from the beginnging. Also, people used to say and still say "" look at the man on the moon."" There is no man on the moon, there is a mesa that was shaped that looks like a Face. The Face n Mars is just another incident of what happend with the moon.

In conclusion, the Face on Mars is just a natural landform like the one here on earth and the one that appears on the face of the moon. I strongly hold my belief that the Face on planet Mars is just a natural landform because there is almost an exact replica here on earth, there are no sientific signs of life, and the pictures that were taken, that have been analized, show that shadows create the face. Will there one day be life somewhere else besides Earth. I will never know, but as of right now and the scientific records that are based on this essay, this Face that people say might be made by aliens is not logical. This Face on Mars is a mesa. Once you can find scientific data that proves there is life on earth, than everything said for years ca be proven wrong. But as of right now, no.",5
"Driverless cars wouldn't properly replace public transportation. There are too many factors to think about. Would they eliminate jobs or be safe for all ages to drive?

I dont believe a driverless taxi system will eliminate the need for people to own their own cars. In this article they dont state if there will be employees riding in the drivers seat or if the public

will be alone in these cars. If they intend to remove the use of taxi drivers that would cause hundreds of people to become unemployed. If the public rides alone in these self driving cars would they enter their destination into the car and pay the machine? The steering wheels on the cars would need some kind of lock on them so the driver doesnt bump into the wheel and drive off of the road. Would these cars be available to everyone or would they be limited to people with a drivers licence. I believe that if they do manufacter self driving cars they shouldnt be used for public transportation. Instead they should have them for personal use.

Driverless cars would be far too complicated to use instead of taxis. They would eliminate taxi drivers jobs and if the technology where to fail whos fault would it be the public driving the cars, the taxi service, or the manufactures?             ",2
"Dear Senator,

I would like to take this time into explaining why having the Electoral College is not a good idea in determining who would become our president. Why should anyone be voting if in the article it states

""

It's offical: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational.""

If the Electoral College is irrational and outdated, then why do we keep using? Popular voting can be a better idea then using the Eleortial College, with the popluar voting we can the president that makes the United

States a better place to be living in. For the past century there has been war and terroist in the U.S, and the cause to all the violence is because when Senators are suppose to represent our state they say what in their favor. IF we focus on what the people want we will have a better chance of stopping all the battle. People that are serving the armed forces can come home to their children and family, the local news will not talk abou the next war and the disagreement that this country has aganist another.

If we begin to use popluar vote we can begin to have more and more people voting. Many citzens do not vote because they think that their votes do not count or aren't counted. With popular vote they can be sure that they will be counted and that the votes are for the people not for the Senator. As we get older, this country will not ben the same as before or how it was in the 1800's, we are goinmg to start changing the things that we think are best for this country, we do not want to start the same wars we did centuries ago. Improving it would mean to take risk and if we have to change Electoral College to popular vote, then so be it and let's change it.

I suggest for now on instead of using Electoral College we start using popular votings. If there is ever a case where the votes come out teied then we instead on using Electoral College, this would of be if there were to ever be a tired in the voting session. If this country is all in choices of the people and for the people why can we start to use popular vote instead.     ",2
"Driverless cars are the cars of the future. Humans are getting lazier and lazier and we need technology to fulfill our needs. Driverless cars are the perfect solution to our laziness. They are safer and more reliable than regular cars. Regular cars pose a threat to our safety. Regular cars have to be driven by drivers who aren't always paying attention to their surroundings.

Driverless cars may sometimes need to be driven by a user in certain situations. In the event of road work or an accident, the driver must take over the wheel and steer around the hazard. Companies are working on new technology so that cars become completley driverless. Companies are trying to put car-entertainment systems in vehicles so the driver is entertained.

In a few years, there will be driverless cars. There is no doubt about that. It is just a metter of when, and how they will come about. I am all for driverless cars. They are the future of automobiles.",2
"In the artical ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author is explaining the dangers of the exploration Venus. The exploration of Venus is unsurvivable by humans because of the the surface tempatures of 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure that is 90 times greater than Earth's. Scientist are researching technology that can help machines survive the conditions. Therefore, the author of this artical supports the idea of exploring Venus very well by including scientific research and evidence presented from experiments conducted.

The author states a question to get the reader thinking. ""What are the options for making sure such a mission is both safe and scientifically productive."" The reader is now intrugied to find out what the options are now for this great exploration. The autor then explains the options in this statement, ""Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus."" which is then supported by the author stating in another paragraph, ""NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks."" This statement shows that the author has evidence to back up his research. All of this research is leading up to the ""big idea"" which is presented by the author when stating,"" NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus is to float above the fray."" this statement is then supported by the author explaning the idea, ""Imagine a blimp-like vechicle hovering 30 or so miles abve the rolling Venusian landscape."". The author then goes into futher detail of why one cannot withstand the conditions of Venus by stating, ""a vechicle hovering over Venus would advoid the unfriendly ground coditions by staying up and out of thier way. At thirty plus miles above the surface, tempatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit."" These conditions would be uncomfortable for humans but are survivale for them. The author shows that all of his evidence is supported not only by his opinon but also by scinentific facts and evidence.

In conclusion, the author supports the idea very well. Not only by including information about how unhospitable Venus is but by adding the scintific research and evidence founded by the scientist, One can not only learn but can also form an opinon for themselves about the exploration of Venus from this artical. Therefore, this artical is well written by the author and he supports his theroy by using supporting facts. ",3
"there are many types of transportation but I'm sure all of us can agree cars are the most used type. evey home has one or two cars at least in their driveway. Imagine a world where there are no cars though. everyone takes public transportation or walks to where they need to be. Vauban, Germany is trying soemthing like this.

In source one: ""In german Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars."" the writer Elizabeth Rosenthal states that they got rid of street parking, driveway and home garages are forbiden. The streets a re completely car-free except the main thoroughfare. Now, seventy percent of families do not own cars anymore and fifty-sevem percent sold a car to move there. People consider this ""smart planning"" i would too actually there are manty other cities who are trying to be ""car-free."" Most people like it and are enjoying it. They believe it could be a very good important serious change.

In the second source: ""Paris bans driving due to smog""  it not only helps pollution but also lives. if someone is driving with smog on their windows its just an accident waiting to happen because you can't see the cars or people around you. It also, get ready its a big one saves coffe! Don't drink it just smell.    ",2
"People all over the world like to try new things. Everyday we are all faced with new and different challenges. Being in a car that drives itself would be trying something new and extraordinary. Why not drive in a car that drives itself?

Why not? This question is one of the greatest questions you can ask. A car that drives itself what more could you ask for. This would open new doors and ideas. On long car rides you would not have to drive. You could look at the scenery or enjoy your time with your family. A car that drives itself would be the next step into something amazing. Over time the cars will become safer and more reliable. This would mean you could go faster in the car. Your running late for work and it takes fifteen minutes to get there, well not anymore. The car would be like a car in Nascar you could get to your destination in an instant. A car that could drive itself would benefit a lot of people in this world.

In the reading it said that the driveless car would use half the fuel of a taxi car. You would not have to waste your money on gas every week. That would help most people out, even for new drivers that have to pay for gas. This also means that there will be less pollution and it will help people breathe easier. When the automatic cars become more reliable and faster and you are late to pick up your kids the car would get you there fast with no problem. Automatic taxi services will be in great need across the country because now people do not have to buy a car. People will have their own taxi car that will pick them up at their house and take them to work. These taxi cars would never be late since they are smart, so you would never again have to worry about being late. you also would not have to take your own car or wait for someone to come pick you up. People would love the experience of just having their own taxi service that would come to pick them up. They would feel more important and become happier.

How many wrecks happen each year? I was in a wreck this year. Another car hitting you, I thought, would never happen to me. I started driving a couple weeks later. That experience made me a safer driver. Still, there are people that get injured and killed every week because of careless drivers. This automatic car would reduce the amount of fatal accidents. Just thinking that you would be one-hundred percent safe in a car would be a great feeling. If you are an adult you could let your kids go into these car by themselves if you wanted to and you would know that they will be safe and will never be in a wreck.

Cars that drive themselves. This would be a great new experience. In 60 years I could tell my grandchildren that I was in the generation that could finally drive in self-driving cars. These cars would benefit the whole world in a positive way. Together we can make the world better and safer by having smarter cars. It is a new a way of living, a better way of living. Humans, Since ancient times, have always wanted to advance in technology. This new car will take us to places we have never gone before. Let us move on and go into a world of self-driving cars and see where it will take us.",4
"I am for the development of these cars because they can change how so many things can be done today in society. The cars could be able to take packages or important items or documents for miles. The driverless cars can be escorts or help people that don't know how to drive get around much faster than they usually do.

The cars can help get an accurate position in parallel parking so people don't get harmed or damage other vehicles in the process. There can still be some downside to the whole process though,the cars could have a misfunction and go out in the middle of traffic or wreck into another car or pedestrian on the sidewalk. The could stop functioning while delivering something and the receiver will never get what they're supposed to.

Many people would agree and disagree on this concept,but most of them wouldn't experience it for themsleves so they wouldn't know what its capable of. People could stll be in the vehicle while they aren't controlling it,so while that happens,they can be texting,eating,talking,or possibly sleeping. The idea of driverless cars could be horrifying or magnificent if the way you think of it makes it. People will have their own opinions but once they experience it their opinions could change at a moments notice.",2
"In this essay I will be talking about the article ""Unmasking the Face on Mars."" The face was not created by aliens it is a natural landform. I have a lot of evidence for my claim.

They all prove that it is a natural landform.

The Face on Mars is just a natural landform.

It was not created by aliens.

Here is some evidence. ""Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing . . . a natural landform."" Another piece of evidence is it was describes as a “huge rock formation . . . which resembles a human head . . . formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth.”

Last but not least I have one more piece of evidence ""We just don't pass over the Face very often."" They thought is was made by aliens because they usually don't see this face. Now that they know it is a natural landform they will always see it.

In conclusion we can prove that the Face in Mars is just a natural landform.

At the beginning everyone thought that aliens made this. ""It has been shown in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows—even haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years!"" All of this evidence proves that it was just a natural landform no one ever noticed. ",2
"The face on mars is just a natural landform. Only facts of it show that its just a mesa. And yet conspiracy theorist think that NASA is still covering up alien life.

The natural landform on mars is located in the Cydonia region of mars is proven to be a mesa by NASA scientist. The first picture of the face made everyone believe it was a face due to unusual shadows. another picture of it made it clear that it was a mesa like on Earth.

Conspiracy theorist belive that the face is evidence of alien civillation that nasa would rather hide. The ""Face on Mars"" became a pop icon. The Face starred in a hollywood film and apeared in other media wich may of led to people beliving that the Face was from aliens. In 2001 many people where disapointed when NASA uploaded new photos of the Face proving that it was a mesa or butte.

Every photo was different but with each new photo the Face was still proven to be a mesa much to everyones disapointment. Not everyone should make acusations without the facts. ",2
"Driverless car`s In my opinion are a pretty smart idea for the people who lke to be on there phone while driving and risk theres and others life . Or a person who drinking and can get home safely cause he dont have to drive because the smart car will drive for him to get home. The smart car`s can lower the rate of deaths because of drunk drivers and people who text and drive . The smart car can also help with drives who slowly fall asleep at the wheel so they can take it easy but not fall asleep while driving because if the smart car is driving, but the human driver still has to be alert at all times because they may come across a road that takes human skill driving to go through like work site`s, accident`s,etc . In a negative way they can be a bad idea because what if there is a mechanical malfunction with the car itself like a problem that the owner of the car couldnt fix by hand because it had to be done by machines or experts then you wouldnt have a car for the time being . A driverless car still has to have human supervision because basically the human drivier still has to watch the road and watch for pedestrians , animals , and other objects or things going into the road . The smart car has positive and negative things towards it we dont know for sure if we should bring them into the world until the technology becomes even to where they can fix the negative things about them  ",3
"Since the 1950's everyone's dream was to have a nice car but it is coming to a point in time where the car culture is coming to an end. You might be thinking that this is horrible and how will i get places without a car. No, it's not horrible at all, it's actually very beneficial in other ways. It can help people become free, less dependent, and it reduces the amount of greenhouse gases tremendously.

The first reason that limiting car use is a good thing is because it can help people become free and less dependent. It has caused people to not always be in a hurry and made them less stressed. In Bogota, Colombia they had a car-free day where people hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to work. People felt so free and they felt they were doing a good deed so some got rid of their cars for good. Cars are becoming less popular in the world as we speak. For example from 2005 to 2013 the number of miles driven in the U.S. has reduced by 9%, which is equal to where the country was in 1995. Another example is that a study last year found that driving by young people decreased by 23% between 2001 and 2009. Also shopping centers are moving to places where they can be walked to rather than on a way off highway somewhere. ""What intrigues me is that rates of car ownership per household and per person has started to come down two to three years before the downturn,"" says Micheal Sivak who studies this trend at the University of Michigan.

The next reason is that increasing the use of cars will help the environment greatly. Passenger cars are responsible for 12% of greenhouse gases in Europe and 50% in the U.S. All of our development since World War 2 has been centered around cars and it hasn't helped the environment any. For example, in Paris they were going to have two no car days to reduce the smog. The first day they said that no one with and even numbered license plate were allowed to drive and odd would be the next. After the first day was over the smog was reduced by so much that they didnt't even have to use the next day. This is just a small number of people. Imagine if everyone would participate even just for small periods of time.

In conclusion, now that you have learned that life without out cars can make you feel free, less dependent, and have the environment. Have you changed your opinion?  ""giving up cars is a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,"" said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two-sear bicycle with his wife.             ",4
"Have you heard of the photo taken in 2001 that revealed a strange, unusual, ""Face on Mars?"" In 1976, NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling Mars in search for a landing spot for its sister ship. During the look for a site, the spacecraft noticed something that resembled a human face. This discovery brought up a huge debate between other NASA scientist and conspiracy theorists. The people thought that the Face was a confirmation of life on Mars, but we scientist can ensure you that the Face is just a natural landform. The picture captured of the Face on Mars is just a natural landform because Marian mesas are common around where it was spotted, Mars Global Suveyor confirmed there was no alien monument, and high-resolution images from NASA revealed that the Face is just a mesa.

The Face on Mars was discovered on a red planet called Cydonia. When Jet Propulsion Lab seen the photographs captured by the NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft, they figured that it was just another Martain mesa. Jet Propulsion Lab came to the conclusion that it was just a mesa because in the text it states, ""Scientist figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia..."" From this the reader can infer that mesas are often found on this planet. Not only did Jet Proplusion Lab believe it was just a natural landform, Mars Global Suveyor also believed it was created naturally.

On April 5, 1998, Mars Global Suveyor confirmed there was no alien monument after all. The spacecraft flew over Cydonia and also captured a picture of the pop icon, the Face on Mars,. The Mars Global Surveyor took a photograph, but ten times sharper than the original photograph from NASA's Viking photos. This picture sure proved that there were no alien monuments. However, people believed it was too cludy to see clearly. Therefore, a high-resolution image from more recent technology offically confirmed that the Face is just a mesa.

Mission controllers from Mars Global Surveyor prepared to take another look at the Face on Mars. On April 8, 2001, the spacecraft flew over Cydonia again and captured a photo as clear as day. Jim Garvin, chief scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, said,"" Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution."" This photograph showed that the Face on Mars is equivalent to landforms found around the American West.

In conclusion, the picture captured of the Face on Mars is just a natural landform because Marian mesas are common around where it was spotted, Mars Global Suveyor confirmed there was no alien monument, and high-resolution images from NASA revealed that the Face is just a mesa. I believe that this was an amazing discovery and gave us, NASA scientist, a challenge to go out and find evidence to prove conspiracy theorists's accustuations. ",5
"So all of this has been going on for awhile now on the news with all the gossip and rummors being spread its lead you to beleive there is life on mars. The question is is there really life on mars. The images shown from 1976 could eassily convince someone there is life on mars being that a single human has not ever been to mars before.

This dosn't necasarily mean anything though. Then they took an other picture of the so called face on mars in 1998 it came in clearer now becouse we had created new technolgy that lets us take better pictures. Then finally as techonolgy as we know it has become greater it takes better pictures now so in 2001 N.A.S.A took an other photo of the mysterios face. It turns out its not even a face it was just a land form.

With the new technology there was no dobt it was just a landform ""so, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks,you could see what they are!"" As stated in paragraph 11. It is just a landform like land forms we have on our planet we have the grand canyon for instance it just so happens mars has some landforms of its own and it just happens to be a landform clasified as a mesa landform common in part of the american west. So dont let hollywood get to you with there myths and spooky tales the real evidence prooves its just a land form.

It is fun though to dream of it as a sing there is other life beyond us but for right now it is just a landform on mars. If your still not conviced let me explain more the reason that we had not came across the landform as soon as we had discovered mars is becouse we don't cover that area that often but it is shurley not aliens. Look at the time capsale at the beginning of the arcticle from 1976 to 2001 it clarifies more so you can see the image better it just is a peice of land perhaps the image that was taken was just clouds casting a shadow that made it apear as a face. I hope i have cleared any thoughts you have had other wise about this so now yo know it is just a simple lanform that was once dreamed as a face.",3
"There could be many explanations for this mystircal face, although, the face could have just been created by the planet when formed, or it could have been made by something unexplainable. How do you think the face was formed?

The face is more than likely just another natural land form, just like here on earth, we have natural land forms that look like living animals or plants. The likely hood of the face being unatural is very slim. Being that the face had not changed for 25 years, it could mean that this is just a land form that has existed since the planets beginning.

The face is similar to a natural land form here on Earth, in the Snake River Plane of Idaho. The face shows that it is possible for it to be anything, it could be alien made, but it is highly unlikely. There has not really been any true evidence that aliens exist.

Skeptics may believe that the face could be more proof that aliens exist in outer space. Which could very well be, but there is still no strong evidence that it is true, we could be the only living planet in space.

Concluding the face is extremely likely to be just a natural formation that the planet had when it was developing. There is also no completely proof that it is alien proof, and making a face on a planet would not be the best way to comunicate with humans.",3
"Dear Senator, I think as a citizen that we should keep the Electoral College going. The Electoral College is keeping us in the right track. There are many reasons is to why we should keep the Electoral College up and running. My personal opinion is that if we don't keep the way it is going, things will become wrong. I have many concerns that i'm going to be sharing with you. Hopefully you will understand.

First, Electoral College has 538 people in the congress working to count the votes that people make. The most votes a President can get up too for winning is 270 Electoral votes. Us citixen's help choose the state's elector when we vote for the President because. When we vote for the candidate were are voting for the candidate's elector. I feel this is fair because if we just had people by popular vote it would be a crazy mess. We wouldn't really look at the qualities each President has or whom ever we may be voting for. Voting is a very serious thing and letting it be done by popular would be making the wrong choice. The Electoral College is voting for President of the United States and, the candidate of who will be Vice President with him.

Second, December is when we find out which electoral will be running our state. Goes for each and individual state. The ""Certificate of Ascertainmet"" list all of our candidates running. Then they will announce it on the year of election in December. This makes things go on a simple flow. Like i said if we just have a popular voting going around it doesn't make it fair for the Candidates running. We vote for the Slate of electors who then go an vote for President. I think this is right because some people don't understand political things and make the wrong choice of President. If we have people who are in the government and know how to be a good congress we should trust them to make the United States a well place to be. No one is ever going to have which ever Elector they want. Some people may just vote for one of the candidates because their bestfriend voted for him or her.

Third reason is, If we have people that have more knowlodge then us then, we can have a good President. If we just based it off what we might know and not know. We could be putting are self as American Citizen's in a bad place. If there was to be a tie then we still have someone with more knowlodge then us to back us up. The House of Representatives where they will vote for President. This is usually on rare occasions, but if it were to happen we would have no worries. Some people vote to just vote and don't really know what there voting for or what that person might do for us. Some people may vote because of what race, what they look like, anything really. I think if we keep the Electoral College it will keep us good.

What i'm really trying to explain is that. The President should be choosen correctly and wisely. Some people aren't very educated in politics and, we don't want just votes beacause we can vote. We want the votes to mean i know this person, i know he or she can do the job. I know this person is capable of being our President. In the end i honestly feel the Electoral College will work for now any to many years that will past.

Sinceraly  Taylor                                    ",3
"the author article about studying venus is good. My opnion is that we should study Venus because that can be a good thing for us because if something goies wrong here maybe we can use Venus so we can go live over there. Its good that we should study it so they can see that needs to be done and we need to survive if we ever have to leave earth. I read in the article that is dangerous because they are lava and earthquakes and venus has the hottest surface temperature in any planet . i rad it on paragraph 3 line 10 "" venus has the hottest surface termaperatures of any planet in out solar system"". i read about the volcanos and eraquakes on paragraph 3 line 13 "" erupting volcanos, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes"".

they refer venus like "" the earths twin"" if they call me like that is for a reason maybe it can really be like the earth a place where humans can live there without a problem. Venus has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus> Its on paragraph 3 line 1 "" A thick atmosphere of amost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus"". the clouds are highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus atmosphere. Its on paragraph 3 line 3. So its really dangerous but if they want to study it its for a reason maybe there is things they are can do to fix it so it can be a good place where humans can live,

We should study Venus is a perfect oppurtunity for us to study new planets and see what we can do to have another safe planet. Its gonna be dangerous but i believe that we have the right tools and the right equiment to go over there and we have really good machines so they can work in there .    ",2
"In the age of technology, we are constantly searching for better ways to communiucate to computers. It seems as though they are just blocks of plastic, wiring, and metal that have no empathy, brains, or hearts. But what if computers could understand human emotion? The computer could know what we are feeling and give us results to match that mood. This is becoming a reality for society today, as a new software, the Facial Action Coding System has promising results for understanding and catergorizing human emotions. This technology could be used in the classroom, where it would provide a better learning environment for students if the computer could understand the students and know if they were bored or tired, and would adjust its program accordingly.

The Facial Action Coding System was created by Prof. Thomas Huang of the University of Illnois and Prof. Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam. The FACS first costructs a 3-D model of the face with all 44 face muscles. Movement of one or muscles is called an action unit. Dr. Paul Eckman, another creator of FACS, has ""classified six basic emotions: happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness, and then associated them with charactersitic movements of the facial muscles."" The FACS was tested on the Mona Lisa, and detected her as ""83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry."" A computer being able to understand human emotion would be groundbreaking, as ""most human communication is nonverbal, including, emotional communication."" We as humans have a variety of expressions, from huge ones to very subtle changes in mood. Computers need to understand these, along with the subtle facial movements that go with them. A extensive calculation is needed in order to acheive this goal. We humans perform this 'calculation' every day, as we can tell how a friend is feeling by the look on their face by taking their facial cues into consideration of their emotion. A comptuter that could a similar thing as such would know when you're happy or sad, and then react accordingly. If you were to smile at a Web ad, it would send a similar one. But if you frowned, the next one would be different. ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"" Dr Hunag predicts. ""Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" This would allow for a better learning environment and teaching skills for students.

The use of this technology would be outstanding and unbelievably helpful in the classroom. It could accurately identify a student's emotions and change the lesson plan to meet their own academic needs. This technology not only can identify emotions, but can help humans to react to them. With more expressive characters in video games and movies, humans can identify and repilcate such emotions, as we have empathy. Empathy may happen because we unconciously imitate another person's facial expressions, and computers with the FACS software could allow for that and much more to occur. Technology as we know it today could be changed forever. If computers do acquire the FACS software, then it would be able to identify human emotions and adjust accordingly.",3
"My position on diverles cars is that im all for it. They seem like a very cool and interresting thing to have. Some cars can drive up to half a million miles without a crash. They also can alert people to take over when puing out of drive ways or dealing with traffic issues.

The diverles cars also give us time to do things. They give us time to do our makeup or call someone. If you did that before you whould get ina car crash. The car basicly detects everything in its way. The car whouldnt always be driving its self u whould need to come in once in awhile.

They have many companies who are making driverles cars. The companies beleive that its not the smart car .They belive the roads need to be smarter in general. The roads chould give the car signals from the front of the car. The car read positive and negitive polarity as messages in binary code .They thought the roads wernt going to work but they did.

Finally,they concluded that these smart cars chould work really wel for peole one day. The only thing is that u whould have to watch the road just to make sure everything is going okay. Without the idea of smart roads you whouldnt have smart cars .The cars basicly are smart cars because of the smart roads. The car has many senors in and outside oif the car to help it drive by its self. The car also lets you know if there are any problems or if it needs help.",2
"In the following essay I'm going to talk about how this new technology called Facial Action Coding System or FACS help us to identify human emotions. I think that the use of this new technology will be completely valuable to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom. Will the use of this new technology be helpful to the teacher? Will this techonolgy be use just inside of classrooms?

In different situations know how a person feels is important, not just because the person will probably need help but to understand the emotion the person is feeling. I believe that this kind of new technology will be more than helpful inside of the classrooms at schools because the technology can tell the teacher wether the students are learning or not; Can also tell the teacher if he needs to improve himself to make the class even interesting instead of bored. I think this kind of technology has to be used not just inside of schools but can also be used at important places like the goverment or the police departments not just to solve issues but to collaborate with them for the good of everyone.

In conclusion, this new technology is a big step for the humanity. This new technology can improve the learning method by knowing the facial expressions and make it even better. Just imagine all the good things this technology can do for us. Its amazing the multiple things that are being developed and the use of the Facial Action Coding System is one of those things.",2
"New technology is being made every single day. wheteher its by computers, or making new video game consoles. technology is always advancing and will continue to advance as the years go on. One new software in particular that has people questioning whether or not it is something made for good use is the ability to tell someones emotions from a computer screen. Some people might say that it is a good thing to have this type of software. Others might think that it is a waste of time. is this new technology worth something for the human race, or is it something that can cause problems with the human society.

I believe that this type of technology is valuable to students and everyday people to help better understand what someone is feeling. people are not always truthful with there feelings. They might say that they are feeling fine when in realality, they are feeling something different. It could be that they feel unwanted in this world, upset, tired, angry, confused, and yes even they can feel happy. If someone asked you how you were feeling, would you tell them the truth? If you were feeling down and sad and you were sad because you feel like you are not getting any attention, would you tell someone how you are feeling?

In today's world, they're so many people who feel like if they told someone how they really feel, that it could possibly upset them for any reason. For some people they share there emotions almost to much. This new software to determine and see how you actually feel, could be the first step into someones mind. I say step into someones mind because we as a society do not know how everyone is feeling. with this new software, it begins with a 3-D computer model of your face. it uses all 44 major mucles so it can move like an actual human beings face would. the movement of one or mores mucsles is called an action unit. from then on you can determine how one is feeling just by a simple computer analytic.

This new software is so valuable to kids and teens espically because they do not always tell you how you they are feeling. they can be upset, depressed, and sad but at the same time, you would have no idea because they would tell you that they are fine. I believe that without this type of software being used, we could never figure out what goes on in someones mind when they are upet and alone. this software could potentially save someones life one day. If someone is suicidle, this machine could determine why they are depressed before they try and do somehting stupid. I believe that this software can change the face of this country. It could bring people closer together.",4
"Kids across America probably know someone who looks or acts like they are depressed, but when they ask what is wrong they usually say they are fine or nothing is wrong and they will try to continue their day. Having a Facial Action Coding System inside of schools would benefit many schools and people. If schools had this and staff heard about a kid who is not looking mentally well they can have the kid go through the system and if anything is wrong they could give the kid the help he or she needs.

The child will not be able to slide past the system with a fake smile either because in paragraph 7 the FACS can detect the difference between a forced smile and a genuine smile making it harder for you to slip passed the system. The FACS does not always have to be used to see if a child feels bad and needs help. In paragraph 6 Dr. Haung says that if a child was on a computer the computer could recognize if the student was confused or bored. This could benefit kids greatly because sometimes kids are afraid to ask questions in front of the class, but if this was set up to where the teachers were alerted when a kid was confused the teacher could just walk over to the child and ask what they were confused about and asses the problem right where the kid is sitting.

In conclusion having the FACS in schools would benefit kids and teachers greatly because they could see how their students are feeling and if they are confused in anyway, and they could see what the problem is and how they could fix it whenever they need to.    ",2
"In this article, the author is telling it's readers that traveling to Venus can be risky.

In the article it says ''Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system''. Venus was once covered with oceans and could have had life. Venus still has some features that are similar to Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment, and has similar features such as, valleys, mountains , and craters.

Venus now has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide. The average surface temperature is over 800 degrees in Venus. The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than Earth. Even though Mercury is closer to the sun, Venus is still hotter because of the atmosphere. These conditions are far more extreme than any weather on Earth. Even with these harsh conditions, scientists still want to visit this planet because of human curiosity.

NASA is working on approaches to study Venus. NASA is sending humans to study Venus, so we can have for knowlege of our sister planet.

Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus. NASA is using devices that we used in the past here on Earth for studying Venus. Human curiosity is leading us to find more knowledge of our sister planet.   ",2
"The ""face"" on Mars was first found it was in 1976, at first it was said that the face was made from an alien or aliens once there. NASA belives it was just a ""huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth."" NASA finaly unveiled the image for everyone to see a dew days later, thinking it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars. It certainly did.

Although few scienctist believed the face was an alien artifact, photagraphing Cydonia became a priority for NASA when Mars Blobal Suveyor (MGS) arrived at the Red Planet in Spet. 1997, eighteen long years after the Viking mission ended. ""We felt this was important to taxpayers,"" explained Jim Garvin, chief scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program. ""We photographed the face as soon as we could get a good shot at it.""

On April 5, 1998 Mars Gobal Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time. Micheal Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera tea, snapped a picture ten ties sharoer than the original Viking photos. Thousands of anxiuos web surfers were waiting when a the image first apeared on a JPL web site, revealing... a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all.

The Face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April '98- a cloudy time of year in the Red Planet. The camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face. Mission controllers prepared to look again. ""It's not easy to target Cydonia."" says Garvin. ""In fact it's hard work."" On April 8, 2001 a cloudless summer day in Cydonia MGS drew close enough for a second look. Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maxium resolution. ""As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size, so if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptain-style pyramids or even smaller shacks, you could see what they were!"" What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West.

From the informtion given here it's proven that the ""Face on Mars"" was not created or signs of an alien or aliens on Mars. The ""face"" was just a natural landform just like here in Earth.",2
"New codeing software that can read facial expression and then determin emotion. How will this be used and to what can it be applied to in schools to help teachers. How will this help teacher plane activites in the classroom. How much would it cost for a school to get and to use.

Teachers and how will emotion reading software help them in the classroom and what would it have to be on for it to work. I think that it whould help teachers in many ways one of the main thing I see it being used for is to help teachers to see what there student are haveing troulble with and then the teacher can help students that are haveing trouble with certain things helping students learn better.

teacher will be able to plan around the students needs it a class. If the student under stand how to do something the teacher can move on past it that lession or if certain student need more help so they can focase more on those certain student and give them the help that they need and move on after they under stand. Helping teacher plan there classroom day on the need of the students.

When the software bug free will be cheap to schools to use in the class rooms? The software is not a cheap thing so will all schools be able to use it and if it is will the computers be able to use it? I think it will help teacher alot with planing thigs in there classrooms and help student but i dont think that it will be to costly for all schools to have it and have the right tecnology to run the software.",3
"Do you think the face on Mars is a natural landform? According to many scientists and conspiracy theorists, the face on Mars is a natural landform. Nasa spoke out about the face on Mars. Also, Michael Marlin and Garvin shared their opinions on the face. The face on Mars is a natural landform because of what the picture revealed,showed, and had captioned.

The face on Mars had a caption from Nasa. After the discovery of the picture, Nasa unveiled the image for all people to see. The picture had a caption noting a huge rock formation. The formation resembles a human face. It has a human head, formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, a noes, and mouth.

The face on Mars had revealed somthing. Michel Malin and his Mars orbiter camera (MOC) team snapped a sharp picture. The picture was ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site. The website revealed a natural land form (meaning there was no alien momument).

The face on Mars showed somthing to Garvin. The picture actually shows the martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American west. It reminds him most of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. The Snake River Plain is a lava dome. It takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the face on Mars.

The face on Mars resembles a natural landform. There is alot of evidence to support this claim. Such as Michel Marlin's,Nasa's, and Garvin's evidence. The face on Mars is a natural landform because of what the picture revealed,showed, and had captioned. Do you believe the face is a natural landform?",3
"In "" The Challenges of Exsploring Venus"" how the author suggest that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents is by comparing venus to earth by saying "" Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth.

What i think the author is trying to say is that Venus is very much like earth."" even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's athmosphere."" Why i think this is a detail that supports the claim is becouse in paragraph 3 the author list all of the negitives about Venus of how the temeture is exstreamly hot and how thick the atmosphere is and how the the clouds are filled with highly corrosive acid. despite all of these things about Venus it is still interesting exslpore and to learn about.

In conclusion our travels on earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but shoud be exspaned to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation.",2
"What if cars were never invented? What if cars were so much money no one will be able to buy them? Limiting the usage of cars can help the economy and help the environment in many ways. Places like Germany, Paris, and Bogota have banned the usage of cars. They say that since they have did that congestion in the cities have gone down. Polluted cities aren't as crowded as they use to since they have banned the usage of cars.

Vauban, Germany is one of the places that has banned the usage of cars. You can still own a car but there are only two places to park your car, large garages at the end of a development or buy a psace along with a home. In article one it stated that,  ""More than 70 percent of Vauban's familis do not own cars, and 57 percent sold their car to move here,"" People siad that having a car was tense and kind of too much pressure when in a crowded city. In 2006 Vauban had become an example of  a growing trend in Europe. Vauban home to 5,500 residents within a square mile, they have been the most advanced experiment in low car usage. Stores are placed on the walk away or on a main street, rather than in malls or on a distant highway.

Paris have a near-record pollution so they enfroced a partial drivning ban the clear some of the air in the global city. Motorists with even and odd-numbered license plates were ordered to leave thier cars at home or they suffer and fine of 22-euros. Around 4,000 drivers were fined and twenty-sevn people had thier cars impounded because of their reaction to the fine. Congestion was down nearly 60 percent in the capital of France after five days after the enforement of the driving fine. SInce Paris has generally more smog than other European capitals diesel fueal was blamed for it. Diesel fuel makes up 67 percent of vehicles in France. Delivery companies complained about the lost of revenue for cars. In aritcle two it siad, ""Public transportation was free of charge from Friday to Monday,"" the smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to recind the ban for odd-numbered car plates on Tuesday.

Bogota, Columbia have banned usage of cars for three years straight. Cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the day. Thier goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. Anybody that violated that suffered a fine of $25 dollars. Aritcle 3 buisnessman Carlos Arturo Plaza said ""It;s a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,"" meaning that cutting down car usage with lower the greenhouse gases in the air and clear it up. Dyas without cars is a part of a improvement capaign that began in Bogota in the mid-1990s, it has been the construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths, the most of any Latin American city. Parks and sport centers and have bulid throughout the city. Pitted sidewalks have been replaced with smooth sidewalks, rush-hour restirctions have cut traffic dramatically, new resturants and upscale shopping ditstricts have cropped up. Bannig cars in Bogota has been the best thing that has ever happened to the city.

In 2013, President Obama had ambitious goals to curb the United States's greenhouse gas emissions. Recent studies have shown that many Americans are buying fewer cars and driving less and getting fewer licenses as the years go by. In article 4 it said that ""as of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was in January 1995,"" part of that is because many Americans could not afford new cars, and the unemployed weren't going to work anyway. Demographic shifts in the driving population have made the trend of banning car accelerate.

In conclusion, banning cars will a successful rate on not just the United States but the world. Maybe people should actually look and promote the idea to see if it will help our economy and or environment. Without cars polluted cities will be able to breath fresh air and won't have to worry about payign for gas. Banning cars could be the best thing that will happen to the world.                          ",2
"Driverless Cars sounds like the future and it should be the future. Driverless cars will be great for everyone. Think about your grandma's and grandpa's that are out driving in there vehicles and you scared for their health becuase of their age and it is harder and more difficult for them to react to hard turns on the roads and it's harder for them to react while escapeing an accident if it occurs also. But haveing driverless cars those things won;t happen , technology has always improved and will kepp imrpoving. Driverless are cars , when they get approved will be safer on the roads and people will have less stress on driving cars without crashing.

Driverless cars will also cause alot more job aswell , becuase they are going to be more jobs open to people who will want a position on working on the new technology of driverless cars. Driverless cars will change the world just as the Google cofounder Sergey Brin has said. A future with nobody worrying on car accidents anymore will have be facinating and understanding that the driverless cars wwill be one of the best inventions the world has had yet. Car crashes are vital to our society , leaving places and having people tell you, ""be safe"" is just a sign that there needs to be a change, and the change is to let technology take care of some of our own problems.

Driverless cars sounds like the future and will be the future so it will be wise to let this happen and not argue the fact that driveless cars will help out population because we will have less deaths due to car crashes, we will have no stess over driving places without getting into accident and also won't have to worry about your elders getting into an accident either. Being safe on the road has always been a problem so lettng the driverless cars drive ourselves around to get to places will be a whole lot safe and will be great for you and me.",3
"Can you imagine a time in the future when your driving a driverless car with your family or just you. When all of a sudden it malfunctions leaving you and your family critically injured or even worse dead.

Engineers have been working on perfecting driverless cars for many years. If we do get a completely driverless car, how much is that going to cost? Are they going to have to update the roads to keep up with the cars? Will everbody be able to afford this or just the rich? Were would all this money come from to pay for these roads, tax payers money. Putting all your trust and safety into technology and sensors to drive on their own, when anything can happen its not always 100% which could leave you or anyone else injured or dead.

The cars have these necessitates to alert the driver when its their turn to drive on situations required, but "" wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive?"" specially if that person is drunk or high and had no idea what was going on. Their relying on the car to get home while they have no sense in the world, but if the car tells them to start driving and they don't its just a accident waiting to happen. I believe these driverless cars give these reckless people to be even more reckless.

So can you really put all your trust or even imagine a future with driverless cars knowing its not 100% guarantee or knowing that reckless people could be behind the wheel and is endangering you and your family. The road to autonomous car can stop , we don't need a car that can do everything we do by making assumptions.             ",3
"The Facial Action Coding System has a good use for modern day. Plenty of students have troublesome days. The new system can stop a outbreak waiting to happen. You can use F.A.C.S. to detect stress in a student.This can stop the outrageous acts in today's modern life.

Students go to school to put in hard work everyday. They also have things to take care of once their out of school. Some situations that students encounter puts stress on them. The F.A.C.S. can help out students detect problems going on in their lives. It can even detect when someone is faking their facial expression. That's the unique thing about the F.A.C.S..

The F.A.C.S. can stop the kidnapping's that happen. Some kids are taking against their own will everyday. You may see people that are held captive but are just afraid of speaking out. The F.A.C.S can save their day by reveiling how they really feel. Which would then lead up to a investigation. I am for the F.A.C.S. because it can benefit in so many ways.

Using F.A.C.S. can save the world as we know it today. So many people have disaggreements because they don't know how to express their feelings.The new Facial Action Coding System can help out todays issues sufficiently. Helping someone relieve all their stress is just music to my ears. Just expressing how you feel can settle alot of today's differences.",3
"Limiting car usage in america would be a great idea! For one  it would make some of the pollution go away and for two our government can find ways for more buildings with walking space instead of parking spaces. This way we can have stores in walking distance instead of driving distance and we will be safe by doing so.

By limiting our car usage we can save the planet from the pollution and saving people as well. In the article '' In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars'' it says that '' cars are responsible for for 50 persent in some car-intensive areas in the United States''. Thats alot!. If we were to limit car usage we could make that number 50 dissapear. It would be alot better for the planet .

When people drive cars they dont know the damage they are doing. when we drive cars it causes pollution to exit our car and enter the air. Thats why it would be safer tolimit our car usage. in the article '' In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars'' it says that '' In this new approach, stores are placed a walk away, on a main street rather thanin malls along some distant highway''. this is saying that if we limit our car usage  we can walk to the stores rather than waste your time driving to them. I do agree with them.

Important people like Mr. president Obama are encouraging us to ''chill out'' on car usage.  In the article ''the end of car culture '' it states that recent studies suggest that americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer license as each year goes by. This is  showing that  people do care about their enviornment and want to help. They also support the idea of walking . That goes to show that people are wanting to do something about this pollution. Well lets face it America can use the Exersize!    ",3
"There is not a good reason to put these Coding Systems into classrooms. The coding systems probably cost a lot of money and it would distract the students from focusing in the classroom. These Coding Systems aren't educational, they're used for the fun and enjoyment. So what's the point of puting these in classrooms? The Coding Systems won't teach them anything, it will just distract them.

The only way they could be beneficial is to study the muscles that're in your face. But studying this topic would only last for not even a month. They would be used once a year. So why have them when you'll only use them once a year?

There is something that can be used that is simpler and not as expensive to study this. There are still textbooks and certain handouts teachers can use to teach the students. That is how teachers are teaching now and students are already getting good grades so there isn't really a point of getting these Coding Systems. ",2
"I think the FACS (Facial Action Coding System) should be used in classrooms because it would help to see the emotions of kids. Like see if they need help or if they aren't feeling good. Mostly things like that. You could also use it to see if kids are lying or not when they get in trouble and have to go to the principle or when they get in trouble at home.

Mona Lisa: 83% happy, 9% disgusted , 6% fearful, and 3% angry! When Mona Lisa was painted in 1503 we had no clue how she was really feeling. But with the FACS it is now easy to see how she was feeling. That is a good thing because it could help us in the future with life or death situations.

When we ask questions like ""Can we actually 'calculate' emotions like we calculate math problems? or ""How can a simple computer recognize the subtle facial movements we humans have to use and show how we feel? shows that we humans need this type of cool technology in the future to make things easier than what they are nowadays!",2
"During the story the author explains why it is dnagerous to try and explore Venus. The author tells us that Venus it like our twin sister (Earth) by saying the we are almost simliar in nearly everthing, like density and size and that we are closer in distance to this planet. Then the author names our planetary neighbors, (Earth,Venus, and Mars) and how they orbit the sun diferently. The differences mean the we could closer to Mars one day and closer to Venus the next day. There are many dangers on Venus including that their thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide covers the planet of Venus. Also the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in their atmosphere. On the planet's surface temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and o top of all that the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what happens on planet Earth. The conditions on Venus are to extreme for humans to enconter. Venus is so dangerous that a submarine could be crushed in minutes. Even though Venus is not the closest planet to the Sun it is extremely hot and it even has the hottest temperatures on a planet then any other planet in our solar system. On Venus it could have erupting volcanos,powerful earthquakes, frequent lightning strikes. We have tried to land a non human space shuttle on Venus but it tends to be damage or destoryed before even landing on the planet thats why Venus is really dangerous. ",1
"In many cases there is two sides to an arguement. When there is two sides to an arguement it could go either way. In this case the arguement is about the electoral college. What is the electoral college,it is the the process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the consitution as a compromise between election of president by a vote in congress and election of presidentby popular vote of qualilfied citizens.(stated in paragraph 1) I believe strongly that we should keep the electoral college, beacuse it keeps people from directly voting for a presdient,keeps everything even and mostlikely fair. Most people think that we should get rid of the electoral college,its clearly a state of opinion.

When you really sit down and think about how most people vote in the Northeast and South they are not the thoughtful voters. (said in paragraph 19 line 2 paragraph 4) Take obama for an example, he was the first black presidental canidate and most of the darker skined group of people got excited because for the first time in history a black man could be president,many blacks thought that voting for the black president would mean that they would better respersatition in office,so many blacks and some whites voted for obama to win. Not really paying much attention to what or who they were voting for. Which you could probably figure out that obama won they had the bigger vote. If we are able to keep the electoal college it would mean that wouldnt happen agian because it could go through the electorals they would choose who is best. Dont get me wrong people actually voted for obama anyways ,because of what he  stood for but most didn't.

In reality most people think that the voting is unfair, like what happened with Presidnet Kennedy. Kennedy was the stronger, better canidate to be president. I believe that the electors chose right, it may not have been who the people wanted. He was way better then Nixon could ever be. That may have made the people very mad,which led to the assination of President Kennedy. Kenndey changed the country and to this day in my mind, known as one of the best presdidents we ever had. Thanks to the electoral system we had Kennedy elected instead of Nixon,could you just imagine how the country would be today. If Kennedy didnt win,or if Nixon was president just one little thing could change everything. Everything happens for a reason and having the electoral college helps. I know that Nixon has the popular vote but kennedy needed to win for the better of our country,its my state of opinion.

Most people think that having the electoral college is bad,why? because they believe that the people should be able to vote directly. I understand how and why they believe that. When you think about votin directly it would insure the people that whoever they are voting for they would be sure to get thier votes and for sure get the president that they wished to be president. I could truley undertsand why and this would work out, but i still strongly believe that this could be the cause to many problems.

In conclusion,I beleive that we shoudl keep the electoral college becaue he keeps the people for choosing a president direlcetly. If they make a bad chose someone,who knows is the better canidate that they could over rule the peoples vote. So it would all fair in most turns and would possibably helping the country,and many people believe otherwise its truely a state of opinion. You choose who chooses the president.    ",3
"Limiting usage of cars is actually a very good idea. There are many different reasons why it's a good thing to do. You won't waste as much money on gas anymore, or car payments. You won't waste time trying to find a parking space outside of Wal-Mart, while also trying to not run over pedestrians that refuse to move out of the way.

""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way."" - Heidrun Walter. Yes having a vehicle can be very stressful, and many people just choose not to have them. Others would disagree with those people by saying ""they get me where I need to go faster."" Which is true as well, so there are pros and cons to not having, and having a vehicle. Cars are one of the maine reasons for pollution though.

You also have to worry about getting into recks. If you get hit think of all the money it will take to fix your car. Or worse! What will happen if your car is totaled, and there's no way you can get it fixed. You will have to spend loads of money to get a new car. Now you have to make all those payments ALL over again. It will just become so stressful.

""What most intrigues me is that rates of car ownership per household and per person started to come down two to three years before the downturn, I think that means something more fundamental is going on."" - Michael Sivak. The rate of people owning cars is going down slightly more every year. Many people choose not to own cars because of there high prices. Some also choose not to own them because of the ridiculous gas prices also. Others choose differently and that's okay, because we all are allowed to have our own choice.    ",3
"Did you know that 25 years from May 24,2001 a weird shaped face was spotted on Mars.Some say that it was alien life, but I beieve that it was just a misunderstanding.I believe this because weird landforms shape on the face of Earth, there are weather effects on Mars to cause this erosion,and the picture they took in 1976 had clouds and fog in the way so there was a blurr and you could not even tell what the mysterious figure.

Anything can pop up out of any type of weathering.There is weather on Mars and the weather there could have made an annoynomous figure that obviously looked like a face. There are many explanitions for what happened such as the picture being tooken of of content.

The picture was tooken not on land, but in the air over clouds and fog. So it could have really been somehing diffeerent under the fog and clouds.

In conclusion,The landform was nothing but a landform that was coveredin clouds and fog that was tooken out of content.",2
"In this essay I will convince you that the Face on Mars is just a natural landform. Some of the evidence that I have that the Face is jusr a natural landform is that i was nearly 2 miles long that would take ""aliens"" quiet a while to create, another form of evidence that I have is that the Vikings missions were done for eighteen years before anyone when back to try and get another picture, and in the text it gives you an example of a nautural landform on Earth the looks a lot like the Face.

In this paragraph I am going to support my claim in the openig paragraph. The first claim that I am going to support is the one about the Face being nearly 2 miles long. If this where to be a creation by aliens don't you think that we would have seen the aliens while they were creating the Face. Also if there were aliens on Mars NASA probably would have descovered them long beofr they had tome to create the Face.

The next claim that I am going to support is the claim about it being eighteen years before another space craft was sent to camture the Face in a picture. Don't you think that NASA would have sent another spacecraft within that month or even year if they thought that the Face was an alien creation. If the Face was an alien creation NASA probably would have sent another space craft sooner because if they found out that there is life forms on Mars that could get them money.

My third and final cliam that I am going to support is that in the text they provide the reader with an example of a landform on Earth that the Face looks like. The landform that the text provides the reader with is ""Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.""

That example tells you that aleins couln't have created the Face because they don't know what the landform on Earth looks like.

So in conclusion to my above claims there is no scientific evedence that aliens could have created the Face. A restateof the reasons behind why the Face was not created by aliens are that the Face was nearly 2 miles long and it would have taken aliens a lot of time to create in which NASA could have discovered them, the next resone being it was eighteen years before they sent anyone to get another picture, if NASA really believed it was created by aliens they would have sent someone sooner, the final reason is that there is a landform on Earth that looks a lot like the Face. ",3
"The sister planet to Earth, and occansionally the planet closest to humans in general, Venus. Most planetary scienist have all thought about what it would take to send a human up into outer space and set for on one of the roughest terrains in all of the solar system. The author of, ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"", knows that though exploring the dangerous planet is astronomical to think about, more people should start learning that it's a worthy pursuit. The author thinks it's worthy, because Venus is very similar to Earth is many different ways, it's the planet closes to us, the rough conditions are just small roadblocks in the eyes of an infinite space, and he also says that if people can't make it to a planet so close to Earth there's no hope to explore any of the other planets. The author supports his idea well, because of how many alternative solutions he has to the problems he's faced with.

Firstly, he starts out with the statement that Earth and Venus are some of the two most similar planets. They're similar because of the shape and size, which line up nearly perfectly with Earth's. The density is close together, and it has similar face and structural features, like moutains and revenes. The artical states that, ""Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters."" The similarity between these two neighboring planets makes it all the more worthwhile to see when NASA finally reveals what is there.

Secondly the author says that, though the conditions are more difficult than anything they've ever experienced before, scientists are making new and improved machinery every day. So far, no shuttle has been able to stay on the planet for too long, but the sooner there's advancements made towards putting more things on Venus, the better off they will be. The newer technology tends to be more fragile with it's highly advanced computer parts, ut if the new doesn' work there's always a chance to go back to the old. Matic computers would work better in harsh conditions than a MacBook Pro, which requires charging and optimal temperatures. The article says that, ""...simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos on Venus's surface and have lasted three weeks in such conditions. Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers."" Bringing back or creating new ideas is the key to getting near, or on, the destructive planet without losing lives or money.

Finally, the author takes into thorough consideration that the temperatures and brutal lack of livable substance on the planet, but he realizes that it's more important that we find a way to observe and explore it. If science can't find a way to make it to Venus, the close, neighboring, sister planet, it may be impossible for them to make it to any other place in the galaxy. Rough terrain in everywhere in the solar system, and it can go from one extreme to another and scientist need to know how to navigate that.

In conclusion, the author of the passage, ""the Challenge of Exploring Venus"", supports his idea to do whatever it takes to explore the planet Venus well. He has many different points on what would work best, and how to do it in the most efficient way possible. From the simple similarities of Earth and Venus, to the core reason everyone should want to space travel in the first place. He supports his claims well, because of the good solutions he has to the issues that arise. ",5
"Since 1976 people have been in awe of the mysterious ""Face on Mars"". It has been discussed in films, books, magazines, and talk shows. Some people even believe that it was formed by martians thousands of years ago as a monument, but recently scientists have disproved this theory almost entirely.

One of the reasons this theory is faulty is that the face was just a butte similar to one that can we see here on Earth. We have designed telescopes to discover if this was true or not and we found out that yes, it is just a natural landform on Mars. The shadows happend to be in the right place when the telescope had passed over the butte which caused it to seem as if it was a face. Concpiracy theorists could say that the martians merely just tampered with the sun or Mars so that the shadows would align every so often, but this is just speculation. This leads me to my next point.

The topic of martians has been a big one since the mid-1900s. We have dicovered many things about Mars since then and no evidence has pointed toward there being life on the planet. Scientists have although, discovered flowing water near the polar caps on Mars's surface. But even if there is enough water, lifeforms can not merely live off of it alone. Organisms need nutritious food to survive. Plants could not even live there because of the soil's lack of sufficient nutrients and it's harmful toxins it has. Besides, Mars is so far away from the sun that the plants would take almost twice as long to grow. Without the ability to have any food, the martians -if there were any (which I have already discussed)- would have died in the beginning of thier lifetime. Now you could say that they could be cannibals. This is just simply not right because if they were, they would have all died off before they could begin to work on the monument on Mars or even discover the technology to build it.

This battle of whether the ""Face on Mars"" was made by martians or not could go on forever even if we discover more about it. Who knows, the theorist could come up with some evidence later. But in the end, theorists are just theorist after all. They are just speculating even if the whole world knows what is fact. ",3
"I am going for driverless cars, I honestly think that this pretty cool. Having cars that can drive themselfs is a really good idea. In this passage the author gave a lot of good reasons why they should have and keep making driverless cars. For one people don't have to drive and some people hate driving. Another thing is that this type of car drove more than half a million miles with out a crash. One last thing is that it's just safer and I'll explain why

For a fact I know so many people who hate driving or driving for a long period of time. For example my whole family it says here ""woudn't drivers get bored?"" most likely not and if they do if you want to drive you can. ""Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over.' So that being said if you want to drive you can it turns right off. If you get bored then start driving.

Another reason why I am going for driverless cars is that it has drove so many miles without crashing. Which is really cool, because today we have so many accident and they don't even drive that far and people are driving. If this car can go 500,000 miles without crashing just think about how less the crash percentage will go down. This car is just so much easier to handle and drive that's my opinion.

One more reason is that it's just safer honestly. I'm going to tell you why, you know that so many people text and drive right? Well if you have to read an important text your not the one who is driving are you no so there for it's just so much safer. You shouldn't have your phone in the first place but just in case. Also if you are on your phone and your not paying attention there are signals in the car if there is danger the seats vibrate or the windows flash so you will know. That's what I like about these cars there always one step ahead of you.

Now that you have read this I hope you agree with me or get my point about these cars. These are just a few reasons why I am for it. I'm not saying you have to agree but I really hope you do. These cars are safer and way easier so drive and to handle. Just think about it, do you like this type of car. If you do it says they will try to have them by 2020 so go ahead and buy one.             ",4
"In movie's robots are shown to have less emotion then a brick. However what if we could change that and make them not only capable of expressing emotion, but also reading it! That is why I am for this idea, this is easily the next step to creating a robot that acts like a human! The sheer amount of other possible uses are nearly endless!

Tired of watching and seeing the same add you don't like? This can fix the problem! the platform running the video (for example, youtube) could find out how much you liked the add before and after, using this information, they can write an algorithem to see what ads you like and don't like and see. Running a school filled with computers? Have the lesson teach itself by keeping the student entertained! As said by dr. Huang ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor"".

Hospitals could use emotion to check how a patient is feeling. if they're sad the camera will tell them. are they in pain? the camera can tell them. The knowledge of emotion just by seeing the patient's face in a camera reduces the need for nurses and allows a hospitel to hold more patients. maybe in the far future, we could have medical assistants, like baymax from big hero six, who could act as an automated doctor or nurse. need an example? in december of 2017 the flu broke out killing more then 500 people, if hospitals would've had more room, it could saved 80% of the people who died from the flu that year.

The sheer amount of uses are too vast! Ads could finnally maintain revelancy. Teachers could be replaced by good programmers, hospitals could save more lives than ever! I feel that the downsides, if any, Are complete obsolete when compared to the upside. I think we all should focus on the study of emotion and learn how much it can help. ",3
"How would you feel if their was a computer watching you as do your work? Do you think that would be weird and maybe even uncomfortable? Well, that is what would be happening if their were computers that read your expressions. In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" Dr. Huang and Dr Eckman have developed a system that does so. The use of this technoogly to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable.

First of all, the article states that ""Eckman has six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger disgust fear and sadness..."". If a computer was to detect any of these emotions from a student while he or she is working there wouldn't be an easy way of knowing whether the student is struggling or if the student is doing just fine. This quote from ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" shows how FACS (the Facial Action Coding System) won't necessarily be valuable to students when they are in their classrooms working.

Secondly, from

""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" states ""Your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile"". The computers students use at home could be the same as the computers they do there work on during class. By saying this there is a possibility that FACS won't even work for styudents when there at school doing work. The quote used above shows that you cant count on FACS to be available for the use of students in class.

Lastly, from the article ""According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them"". If a student had FACS on there computer and they were doing there work in class and they smile because another student did something nice for them, and FACS detected them smiling and then modified their work that could be a bad thing. It could be a bad thing if the student was doing their work and they actually didnt understand what they were doing and now that FACS detected them smiling they are now doing harder work which is a detriment to the student. This quote shows that having FACS on a students computer while they are working in class could be bad.

In conclusion, having the FACS technolgy on a students computer while they are working at school in their classroom is not valuable. The article does not give any examples or ocurrances of the technology to read a students emotions of having any good outcomes. The use of FACS could incorectly detect wether a student is having trouble or not, it only detects basic emotions, and it may not even be available to the use of students depending on the type of computer they use in their classroom.",4
"The Electoral College has changed between what it is and what it does. The electoral college is a organization that pick people to become president. The electoral college consists of 538 people that are allowed to choose the president and have there rights. Out of the 538 electors, 270 elcetors are required to vote. Each person that runs for president in your state has their own group of electors and they all come together with one answer.

They are chosen by the candidates in the political party and after that they are given their responsibilities. When that's over, the governor prepares a certificate of ascertainment and send them to the congress and national archives for the offical record of the presidental election. The electoral college is wrong in many ways. Regular voters vote for the presidents but they are also voting for the high standard elector groups with around 34 electors in it.

Being asked to change the electoral college, my respons would be yes becuase it is unfair to us and to the winner take all system in each state. The electoral college is outdated, and irrational.

If voters came together and had meetings about how they feel towards choosing presidents it would be alot easier because some people vote just to vote, but others actually care and want their votes to be seen. They are better known as the most thoughtful voters, on average and thats how they will/can receive the most information and attention for the candidates and they should be the ones to decide the elections. Their votes are strong and may actually help the parties have better agreements on who they would pick for president.                    ",2
"The Electoral College has been in the Constitution since out founding fathers established it.  It was an agreement between election of the President by a vote in congress and election of President by a popular vote of citizens.

As we all know the Electoral College is a process which is the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and counting of the electoral votes by Congress.  There are two political parties. Democrats and Republicans. Electors are usually chosen by the person running for office's political party, but each state has their different views on how they are selected and what their responsibilities are.  When the time comes, usually every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, presidential elections are held. This is the day citizens go out to their local polls and help their electors vote for President. It's not the citizens themselves who vote for the President, when citizens vote they're actually voting for their canidates electors.  The process of the Electoral College has been carried on since it was first put into the Constitiution. So, why change it now?

The Electoral College consists of over 538 electors and a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President.  The citizens vote sometime in November in polls and wait for the election of the new President. As stated before, the citizens vote does not elect the president, it helps the electors choose. However, that doesn't mean that the citizens don't have a purpopse in voting. Popular vote is part of an election as well. It is rare that the Electoral College is higher in numbers that its popular votes. This is sometimes because states award electoral votes on a winner-takes-all rubric.

This process requires a canidate to have trans-regional appeal, meaning there aren't favorites. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president.  This also means the presidential canidate will not gain any electoral votes by increasing his popularity in states they know they'll win in. This is a highly unlikely result that will outcome as a successful president. If this were to occur, voters in other states would feel discouraged and feel as if their votes do not count. This is why the Electoral College has this as a requirement.

In most toss-up states, voters are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign and deciding or knowing who that they will decide to be president. They are most likely thoughtful voters and are perferred to be the ones to decide the election. In big states, the Electoral College adjusts the weight in the political balance that these states lose by population. In additon, large states get more attention of canidates in a campaign that the smaller states do.

These are just few of many resons why the Electoral college should stay as is. If they were to change the Electoral College, what would they do to elect a president? It would be chaotic and the people may rebel. In conclusion, keeping the Electoral College as it is should be the only process to elect a president.    ",4
"Self driving cars was once thought of as nearly impossible, so was smart watches, virtual gaming, etc. The idea of cars that limit the drivers responsibilty of controlling the wheel is very interesting and fascinating because not only can it be a fun way to drive it could potientally, if done right, be a lot safer for the roads we drive on today.

There is no doubt that this tactic would make driving more excitng but there are questions to have to be answered and tooken care of in order for this idea to be as succesful as it can. Some of these questions include, ""How much would these cars cost not only to sell but to be produced?"" or ""How will the cars function in diffrent types of weather?"" things in which we as consumers need to know upon purchasing. The article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming."" also introduces the idea that many potential lawsuits could happen if the driver gets into an accident by saying ""...new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the

case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault--the driver or the manufacturer?"" (9). So laws will have to be found and companies may have to pay more money to produce but in the near future we should see driverless cars and be used to seeing them like smartphones or smartwatches.

After all, the advancement of technology has given us a lot of things in the past that are used in peoples every day lives today, so maybe Driverless cars are the next big thing? Only time and the continued advancement of technology can tell but we have to start now to make what seems impossible a reality in the near future.",3
"Have you ever wanted to become a UNRRA?In the text,""A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves"" A boy named Luke Bomberger didn't know what awaited him in his future. In this essay I will tell you the resones why you should join the UNRRA and why you shouldn't.

In the story Luke joins the UNRRA and I think that people should join. The first part is why you should join is because you are helping people that lost everything that they owned. The secound part is that you can go around the world with friends. The text states,""The cattle-boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy."" The text also states,""Besides helping people,I had the side benifit of seeing Europe and China."".

In the story Luke joins the UNRRA and I think that people shouldn't join. The first part is that you are away from your home and families for a long time. The secound part is that you can get into a ship wreck sailing everywhere or you could get injured. The text states,""One rainy night,after making his hourly report to the captain,he slid down a slippery ladder on his backside."" The text also states,""But he couldn't work for a couple of days because of cracked ribs.""

That concludes the story""A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves"". In this essay I explained to you the resones people should and shouldn't join the UNRRA.There are always good things and bad things about the UNRRA.And I hope that you could join the UNRRA someday.",2
"Why do we vote? we vote because it lets us have a say so in who is above us. The electoral college doesnt let us do that. We vote but it does no use. By you having the Electoral College, means our votes are worthless because youre going to do what you want anyways. Electors choose who they want to run the country not us. You need to change the electoral college too popular votes for next election for 1. because its fair and its a say so from everyone not just a group of people. 2. you know theirs no cheating. and 3. Everyones vote counts.

Changing the elctoral college to popular votes is a good idea because its a fair game. Everyone gets their vote in, everyones word counts, theirs no cheating. Any canidate running can cheat and ""pay"" the electors without anyone knowing. They may think they know whats best but do they really? Letting it be a popular vote wont only make it a fair game but will include everyones vote as important as anyone elses.

Voting is an important part of this country. Thats why you have to wait till youre 18. otherwise they'd let you vote at any age. voteing lets you have a say so. but if you vote and it doesnt go towards anything and the electors choose anyways then why do we vote period? Having popular votes means everyones vote counts. big time.

Thats why you need to change the Electoral College to Popular voteing. Please take this into consideration. We need to have a voice of our own not others.    ",3
"Who is at fault when the technology fails and someone is injured? When there are positive aspects and negative aspects of dirverless cars, one should think about who will take responsibilities. Driving driverless cars could be seen as advantage to some but could also be seen as disadvantage for some.

I believe that driving driverless car is more dangerous than today's car. The cars could have postive aspects such as the speed and the fuels uses. The cars could have negative aspects too. In paragraph 7, the article stated that the GM has developed driver's seats that vibrate when the vihicle is in danger of backing into an object. If we can make an example, people could have not notice the vibrate if they don't sit at the dirver seat.They could be resting at the back of the car while the car is driving it self. On the same paragraph, it also said that Manufacturers are also considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road. I think installing cameras inside someone's car is unneccessary because everyone has privacy that they want to protect.

Driving driverless could be advantage for many people. The cars would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus. That is something that would be able to change the world. The car can handle dirivng functions at speeds up to 25 mph. Sensors being advanced could be advantage to this driverless car. The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power fromt he engine. That could help the human driver to control when they are managing it alone.

Driving driverless could be dangerous as the founder of the Google Car project stated. The car would not need driver but drivers still need to control it. Now, that is not something that could be called as driverless car. Paragraph 7 stated ""special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel."" The car can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to alert the driver when the road ahead requires human skills. Then, this means the people who drive must remain aleart all the time. This had lead to questions on people's safety.

Ultimately, there could be postiive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Many people may have felt more relief because they do not have to worry about speeding up more than they used to. In other way, there may be people who opposed to this idea. They may felt like there are more dangers in it. I believe that safety is a big concern when it comes to driving. The questions that is still lingering is that who will take responsibiites when accident happens.            ",4
"In the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"", the author believes that studying the planet Venus would be a rewarding endeavor. The author presents his claim and supports it very well through the knowledge he already has about the planet, the knowledge that the exploration of Venus might uncover, and persuasion through relating to his readers. This allows for the author to very clearly and precisely get his point across to those who might read the article. It also creates a strong way for the author to connect to his readers.

When the author uses the knowledge that he already has about Venus, he is trying to convey that what information we have on Venus is already important. In Paragraph 4, the author presents the idea that Venus ""may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system"". When the author introduces this concept, he also describes the surface of Venus to be ""rocky"" and ""includes similar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters,"". Becuase the author presents the idea that Venus might have been like Earth and then goes on to describe this, he strongly supports his claim of how rewarding studying Venus could be. He is also trying to spark an interest in his readers regarding the study of Venus.

In Paragraph 6, the author suggests that researchers need to get closer to the ground.

When he says ""researchers cannot take samples...from a distance"", he is urging scientists to find ways to get closer to Venus's surface. To support this he also presents that scientists ""cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else"" without getting closer. He uses the curiousity of man to lure them into what he wants them to. This proves to be strong support for his main claim. This also leads right into the persuasion aspect of his support.

The author uses persuasion throughout the article, but in Paragraph 8 it is used excessively. Near the end of the paragraph, he introduces the idea that ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts..."". When he uses ""should not"" in that sentence, he is adding a strong opinion to his conclusion. In doing so, his opinion also contributes to the persuasion factor. This allows for him to call out to the reader individually and emotionally affect them. Using persuasion made way for the author to support his claim very well and influence the reader to think the same way as him.

Overall, the author has a very well thought-out way of supporting his claim that studying Venus would be a worthy persuit, despite the dangers. The author hits the brick wall head on by first presenting the knowledge he already has. This allows for the readers to have a little bit of foreground to play on. Then, he introduces the knowledge that could be gained by studying the planet, giving the readers a clear-cut example of how studying Venus might present important information. Finally, he includes persuasion, making it possible to influence the readers one by one. In conclusion, the author supports the claim, studying Venus is a worthy persuit despite the dangers it presents, very well.",5
"The author is all for studying Venus despite the dangers that might come along with studing Venus. Here in the passage he uses valid reasons why he feels studying Venus would be a good idea. First the author states how Earth like Venus is. The author proceeds to tell us how scientist have found a way around Venus's hostile conditions .Finally he states how going to Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel.

In paragraph four the author states how long ago Venus might have been very Earth like and compatable for human life form. He goes on to explain how Venus might have been coverd in largely with oceans. He also states how today Venus shows Earth like features such as rocky sediment, valleys , mountains, and even craters!

Futher more the author pulls the reader in when saying ""imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape."" Here the author is stating that hovering over over Venus will avoid the unfreadly ground conditions.

Finally the author suggest how going to Venus can be our nearest option. in paragraph two the author protest that "" Venus is the clostest to Earth in distance and size."" and also says how Venus is ""around the corner...in space terms."" Which in conclustion means it is the easiest to travel to at times.

In conclustion to this all, the author gives us several reaons why he belives we should make a trip to the ""Evening Star.""Given these reasons do you belive we will be making the trip soon?",3
"Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. this planet is called the ""Evening Star"" because this planet shines so bright in the night sky making it simple to spot. But dont let the name mislead you, but venus is a very difficult place to examine up close. Its referred to as Earth’s “twin,” Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too. And Humans have sent numurous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world.

Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a fewhours.

The issue explains not a single spacecraft has touched down on Venus in more than three decades, and Numerous factors contribute to Venus’s reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study,despite its proximity to us. Venus atmosphere is thick and is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. It's even more difficult like the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus’s atmosphere.Temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet.This challening planet environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals.The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus.

Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus. But, Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans.      ",2
"The reason Luke joined the Seagoing Cowboys was so he could help rebuild people's home so they wpouldnt have to move to different countries. The purpose of the Seagoing Cowboys was to bring livestock and food for the livestock so they could live and eat so they wouldn't to stay without shelter.

food so they brought and the reason luke knew how to do all that hard work was because he helped out a bunch on his aunt's farm with cattle and horses and on Lukes second trip he was a watchman at night so no one would steal i would think.

Then later on that night he ended up breaking some ribs because he crashed into the metal strip on the side of the ship so he wouldnt fall in the ocean. Whenever he got free time with the other cowboys the played baseball and volleyball then they'd go back to work . and then he figured out what being a Seagoing Cowboy mean't to secure people's needs and and helps citizens.",2
"Helping other people is a good way to be close to a alot of people.

In this story, Luke Bomberger is a Seagoing Cowboy.

He learns that in the Seagoing Cowboys program made a big difference to him because he has been helping people and also having fun at the same time.

He is convensing people because he said that he was greatfull for such an amazing time to be a Seagoing Cowboy helping people and even getting to play games. I think that Luke is helping people to be a Seagoing Cowboy because the awareness stayed with him and many people who join can have the same feeling as Luke.

Being a Seagoing Cowboy can help anyone around the whole community.

Luke told his family about the Seagoing Cowboys and now that his family knows his family can go and tell other people about the program. In the seagoing Cowboys there are many things you can do sucha s sports and otheres. People and kids as they grow up they can plays sports and have fun while they work.

I think that being a Seagoing Cowboy is a good way of doing something and helping people at the same time. Being a Seagoing Cowboy must be hard.             ",2
"People may think they know what the future of cars may hold but no one really knows all the possiblities. Driverless cars are one of the features everyone is talking about in the future of cars. It may sound very cool, but it could cause more accidents than there are now.

People don't really know what it takes to make a driverless car, there has to be a sensor basically for all arround the car just to see if there is a car arround or near, and if just one sensor malfunctions it could cause an accident. A driverless car also takes a lot of programing to make sure everything works proberly, like making sure the roads are programed into the system and having all the speed limits of every road the person may go on are in the system. With all of the suff it takes to make a driverless car in consideration and how much everything would cost would be a rediculously high price for a dirverless car and the average driver.

If the price of a driverless car was rediculously hight then the average person wouldn't be able to afforde the car and he car would only be sold the the people with more money, which isn't the majority of people so my opion on driverless cars is that they should not make them.

The thought of having a driverless car would be very cool; But... they would be very dangerous in the first couble of years in the making and could cause multiple accidnets. Also the cost of the cars would be only for the people with more wealth. which wouldn't be very good for the companies that want to make alot of business.

The future of cars is a very cool thing to think about, but no one really knows what the future holds in the making of cars.",3
"Contrary to popular belief, the Face on Mars is not a face, but a natural landform on the surface of Mars. Now, this may be hard to agree with, but the Face is actualy a structure similar to a butte or a mesa, a semi-flat landform common in the American west. It should also be noted that the area around Cydonia (a region on Mars on which the Face is located on,) is extremely cloudy around the time the pictures were taken by the Viking 1 in 1976. Also, Cydonia has many other mesa-like structures that are quite common in the area. The manner in which the Face was formed is unknown, but many scientists belive that shadows formed from outcrops in the area created the illusion of the eyes, the nose, and the mouth on the structure, giving it it's facelike apperence. There were three diffrent gruops of photographs taken of this structure. The first was taken by the aformentioned Viking 1, in 1976. The second was taken on April First, 1998, by The Mars Global Surveyer. The last one was taken in April of 2001, again by the Mars Global Surveyer. If this was a face, would'nt all three pictures be the same, insted of the last two being clear eveidence that the Face isen't a face at all, but rather a naturaly forming landmass? So, in conclusion, there is a scientific explanation to just why and how this strange and peculuar structure came to be. Even though this unusual sight looks just like a face, it's just a rock structure on the face of a red planet we call mars, not an ancient Martian temple.",3
"My name is Luke Bomberger and I honestly believe you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. In the program you can stay on until you are at least 18 years of age. Joining the sea cowboys is a way to go on many journeys through out your lifetime. It is a way to learn different types of animals and, since I used to work on a farm I can help you feed the animals if you need any help. Even though im above 18 I still want to stay on the program with all of the new followers but, I did have to be drafted in 1947.

When I was traveling across the sea I got to see Europe, China, the Acropolis in Greece, Venice, Italy, Crete, and Panama Canal on my way to China. I had very rough times at night watchmen, one time I was going to go and feed the animals and I fell down the slippery stairs, it didn't hurt to bad but I did feel alot of pain. We also had a fun time on board playing baseball and volleyball. After all of the animals had been feed and put to bed we also played table-tennis, boxing, fencing, reading, and whitling. As the time went by it is always ttime to go to bed because when we were playing the games time had been flying.

Joining the Seagoing Cowboys was a great decision. After I had quit my two half-time jobs, banking and working at a grocery store my friend Don had asked if I wanted to join the Seagoing Cowboys. It was as fun as it gets having a friend aboard that I was able to talk to. Joining the Seagoing Cowboys was a great opportunity to help me see everyone elses needs in other countries. So if you ever want to talk stop by my house where I have very many vistors each and evrey year.             ",3
"In the article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming,"" there are positive and negative aspects of the driverless cars. The driverless cars would use half the gas that the majority of taxis use today. As stated in paragraph 1, ""The cars he foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus."" These cars do have the potential to change the world we know today. The positives are powerful enough to rule out the negatives that come with the driverless cars.

A driverless car would need a lot of sensors and sensors are things that are not so new in the world we live in today. Although they may not be so new, they have become more advanced as the years have passed. These sensors can alert the car when to apply breaks on the wheels and stop acceleration of the engine. This would give a driverless care far better control than a human driver could do by oneslef. As stated in paragraph 5, ""Within 10 years, those sensors had beome more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers."" Sensors are a big part of making driverless cars have more control than a human would.

Although the pros outweigh the cons, there are some concerns when it comes to these driverless cars. In most states it is illegal to even test computer-driven cars. Manufactures are trying to prove that driverless cars can be safe and once they have proven this, they will allow these driverless cars. As stated in paragrph 9, ""Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault - the driver or the manufacturer?"" This is simply stating that if there were to be an accident with a driverless car who would be to blame? Would it be the one who made the driverless car or the person behind the wheel? In a case similar to this, like stated before, manufactures are trying to make them far more reliable and safe to use.

There is a car that is being developed by BMW called ""Traffic Jam Assistant,"" the car can handle driving functions. Functions such as speeds up tp 25 miles per hour and special sensors on the wheel to make sure to whoever is in the drivers seat keeps ahold of the wheel. The majority of the cars made so far are not completely driverless persay. Drivers can streer, go faster, and slow down by pressing on breaks. These cars are made to alert the driver if on the road ahead of them they would need human skills. They have developed a driver seat that vibrates when the car is in danger of backing into something. These types of things would keep the driver alert to when the car would need their assistance. The manufactures would also add more things to keep the so called, ""driver"" to pay attention. As stated in paragraph 7, ""Manufacturers are also considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remainig focused on the road. While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver."" This is stating that the driver must always be watching the road. The camera that would be installed would be a safety feature, so if the driver isn't paying any attention, the car would alert the driver to.

When it comes to driverless cars there are some worries about them, but they are being tested and going to become reliable cars. The main key is that these cars are safe to use and are made with reasons like this. As stated in paragraph 8, ""Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over- something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone. In this way, the in-car system is actually a safety feature, and safety is a big concern."" Driverless cars could more than likely be a positive outcome in our future and soon to be driverless.          ",4
"Beep Beep! I've been waiting here for hours! Is what most people are saying nowadays. So many people rely on vehicles for transportation. This means that we can get places faster sure. But that also means there is alot of disadvantges to this as well. I'm going to talk about the advantages of limiting car usage.  A few points i want to talk about are the reasons why it's better to limit car usage. Why it's better for us to not have cars if we have a job near by. The gas will keep getting higher and higher.

The first thing i'm going to talk about is the advantages of limiting you're car use. Every one knows that we rely on our vehicles to get us from place to place. In big cities there are alot of people so that means there is more traffic which backs everything up for hours at a time. This is called a smog. If we all would take a day off from our cars once a week it would make a big difference. It would also help out on the pollution as well.

Another thing i would like to talk about is that we should think about getting rid of our cars if we live in a community. If everything you need is within walking distance why would you need one? People in Germany are doing that today and are doing very well. One person said ""When i had a car i was always tense, I'm much happier now."" The United States are thinking about doing that and they are calling it ""smart planning"".

The next thing i would like to talk about is the gas will keep getting higher and higher and the air will keep getting more polluted. ""Americans are buying fewer cars , driving less, and getting fewer licenses."" So we are making the first step torwards that. A recent study shows that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009. Bill Ford, chairman of the Ford Motor Company said  he wants to create cities in which "" pedestrian, bicycle, private cars,  commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time , conserve resources , lower emissions and improve safety"". So we are working torwards this but i am sure it will take some time. I know some people will not want to give up there vehicles but the government can just fine them if they drive their cars on days that are prohibited.

So all in all i think we should go through with limiting the usage of vehicles. If we can't do anything at least make more vehicles that are eco friendly to the invironment. I think we should limit car use. Get rid of most of our cars if we live in a community. And that the gas will keep risisng higher and higher do to how many of us need it.    ",3
"Cars are a big influence in our worlds society, everyone wants to be able to drive and many people do drive. But as good as driving seems there are also many negative things that occur when driving a car. But the affects of limited driving can potentially have a positive impact on our lives and our enviorment.

In our world a large number of people drive cars to get to work, school and many other places. Due to people driving, there have been serveral negative effects to our planet. Due to people driving from place to place there are very high polution levels in our atmosphere, from the exhuast that the car lives off. For example, in Europe cars are responsible for twelve percent of greenhouse gas emissions and in the United States it is fifty percent of green house gas emissions. This can potentially damage our enviorment and hurt our planet. But not all of this has to be negative. Many countries have been setting up days or even banding cars in general to decrease levels or pollution and promot limited car use is a positive thing. This is an attempt to help clean up our enviorment. On the positive side if we were to stop using passenger cars for transporation our enviorment would be alot cleaner more suitable to live in. If we stop driving and even owning cars it could potentially have an impact on our personal lifes and make us more relaxed and feel happier. For example a women by the name of Heidrun Walter said ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way"". Many countries are currently making a serious effort to stop the use of cars in all. Some countries have completely wiped out the usage of cars and have gone to riding bikes, walking, and even taking the bus. These efforts can only have a positive effect on our enviorment. If every country tries to enforce the fact that cars are damaging our enviorment then potentially the pollution levels and the smog levels will begin to decrease and maybe even depleat.

Passenger cars in the world is a bigger issue then everyone thinks. But if everyone pitches in to the idea that no cars equals a better society then I believe that Passenger cars will soon be gone for good. Passanger cars in the world are coming to an end and our enviorment is going to be healthier than ever.                         ",3
"Driverless cars are the wave of the future. Some people may be skeptical of this futuristic idea, and it may seem abstract to some minds, but we need to put away our fears of change and embrace the innovation and technology that is continuing to drive us through the 21st century. We will be seeing driverless cars in the very near future and it's important to hop on the bandwagon in order to help progress our generation. The devlopment of driverless cars is important for the convenience of everyday life, progession of technology, and increased safety while driving.

Driverless cars will bring so much ease and convenience. No longer will we have to worry about finishing work and having to eat a quick breakfast while driving, or having to manage children in a car while simultaneously paying attention to the road. ""Further improvements in sensors and computer hardware and software to make driving safer are also leading to cars that can handle more and more driving tasks on their own."" The advantage of not having to constantly be paying attention to the road could significantly help the driver by allowing them to focus more on what's going on in the car, and less on what's going on around it. While some people may be less afraid of their own car driving than potential mishaps of cars around them, smarter cars also have functions that ""quickly get the driver's attention whenever a problem occurs."" This would allow people to go about their business, but help us to be aware of what's going on around us when it's necessary, overall making driving more efficient and convenient.

Another positive aspect of autonomous cars is the overall progression of technology. ""In the 1980's, automakers used speed sensors at the wheels in the creation of antilock brakes"" and not too long before that cars themselves were developed. With the current rate of innovation and invention and cars being able to ""steer, accelerate, and brake themselves"" already, there's no doubt that eventually we will have cars able to drive 100 percent by themselves. These types of groundbreaking ideas coming to reality, pave the way for other such inventions and tehcnology to surface. There is no reason to stop the development of driverless cars because it would only be slowing the development of the human race.

Humans are an easily distractable species and the emergence of smarter cars would not only be more convenient and groundbreaking, but also ensure more safety of drivers while on the road. Sensors are what make driverless cars able to drive on their own, and they ""allow far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone."" This is a huge advantage to our safety because a quick glance away from the road could mean missing something fatal and sensors are able to alert you the second something goes awry. This is done by use of ""heads-up displays"" and ""such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over-something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone."" Cell phones and more importantly texting while driving is one of the main causes of deaths while driving and to allow people to be occupied while driving could mean the difference between life and death. The displays shown when something is wrong on the road also ensure nothing is being missed by the eyes of a driver. All in all safety of passengers is the largest issue car manufacturers deal with when designing a car, whether people drive it or it's driving itself, and the responsibilty that these driverless cars are able to take on is monumental, and we should continue to let it grow to further ensure the safety of people everwhere.

As I see it, the positives of the devlopment of driverless cars much outweigh the negatives. They bring convenience, technology, and safety into a world that thrives on all of those things. We don't want to sit back and stop history from happening, but be the ones who help to drive it forward. Driverless cars are the thing of the future and embracing their devlopment will only better our lives.",5
"I do not think that driverless cars are a good idea. I think that it is unsafe, it's too expensive for most people to afford, and there would be a lot of legal issues as well.

First, drverless cars would be unsafe because a lot of things could go wrong. The car could glitch when you are not watching the road and not notify you when to pay attention and that could result in an accident. It says in the passafe ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"" that the car can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves but is not designed not be able to navagate through situations that need human skils. This means that the human driver must remain alert and the car must be able to quickly get the drivers attention when a problem occurs. But if the car could not get the drivers attention quick enough then that could be a problem.

Second, driverless cars would be very expensive and most people would never be able to afford them. Although it does not state how much the car would actually cost the car does have these thing called

""automotive radar sensors."" According to Sebastian Thrun, founder of Google Car project ""radar was a device on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars."" With all of these fancy features that these smart cars have could rerally make that price go way up.

Finally, the driverless car companies would face a lot of legal action. Lawmakers know that driving safety is best achieved with alert drivers. As a result, in most states it is illegal to even test computer driven cars. Which means that it would take a lot of convincing by the car companies to make these cars legal. Even if the traffic laws changes new laws would still be needed in order to cover liability in case of an accident.

In conclusion, I think that these cars a re a bad idea. Too many things could go wrong and people could get hurt. There is nothing wrong with how we drive cars nowadays so why change it is my thought process.          ",4
"Dear Senator of Florida,

I belive the electoral college should be abolished as a process over all. The electoral college should be abolished because it does not benefit the U.S. in anyway and has caused multiple problems in elections over the past years. The electoral college should not be a part of the U.S. Constitution and it only causes issues while elections are present therefore we as a country should elect by popular vote.

The electoral college should be abloshied because it has caused multiple problems over the past years during elections and could continue to cause problems. The electoral college process consists of selecting electors, as you know, but those electors do not always vote for their partie's candidates like they should. This process causes the popular vote to not always guarantee pesidency to a certain candidate even if they have the popular vote. In 2000 Al Gore had won the popular vote but lost presidency because of the electoral college. Not only did one inncident occur but multiple occur because of the electoral college. As stated in paragraph 11 of Bradford Plumer's article, in 1960 segregationists in Louisiana's legislature almost succeeded in replacing Democratic electors with new electors who opposed John F. Kennedy so if Kennedy got the popular vote he wouldnt have got the presidency. Like Bradford Plumer clearly stated ""the electoral college is unfair outdated and irrational."" The electoral college should be abolished so that problems can be eliminated and elections are fair.

The electoral college should not only be abolished, or destroyed, because it causes problems but also because it does not benefit the United States in any way. The outdated, unfair system just hurts the U.S. government and the country as a whole, it does not benefit our government or citizens in anyway what so ever. Under the electoral college system voters are voting for a slate of electors who don't always vote for their own party candidate rather than voting for the candidate they want to govern our country. 60% of voters would prefer direct election and popular vote anyway so why not throw out the old worn down process that dosent work and replace it with something the people of this country actually want, popular vote. Some people might say we should keep the electoral college because each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee so nothing can happen but according to history things can happen such as in the 2000 election. Why keep a process that the majority of the citizens of this country don't want and a process that just causes issues.

The electoral college is a thing of the past, a has been that almost no one wants around. Popular vote elections would be more fair and will not have mistakes during elections like the huge mistakes the electoral college system has proven to display. The citizens of America want the electoral college gone and popular vote elections should be what the government is aiming for so we do not have mistakes in our elections and so the U.S. can benefit from actually having a working election process.                    ",5
"Have you ever thought of limiting your car usage or just stop driving period? Well you might. Today the average joe driving to work filling the air with pollution, but tommorw he could be riding a bike or any type of public transportation. Limiting your car usage is very important, you could save the world and it's pretty efficient.

To begin, the earth is filled with pollution, but scientist have been trying to find a solution and I think we just found it. In ""German suburb, life goes on without cars"" Elisabeth Rosenthal writes about a small upscale community called Vauban, Germany where the residents are suburban pioneers. What made them pioneers was that they had given up their cars. Places like Vauban are becoming a trend in Europe, the U.S, and elsewhere to seperate subrban life from auto use as a component of a movement stated in the text as ""Smart Planning."" Also in Paris a law was passed, banning all cars for a couple days as presented in ""Paris bans driving due to smog"" Rober Duffer states that ""Congestion was down 60 percent...after five-days of intesifying smog."" This idea to solve the worlds pollution problem is working.

Furthermore, this idea is also efficient. The idea need you to reduce your car usage and revert to other methods of travel, like bikes, skateboards, and public transportation. For example in ""Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota"" Andrew Selsky writes ""millions of Columbians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day...leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams."" this event has going on for a while it's creating a revolution. This event has ""seen the construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths."" What about America? Well recent studies suggest thet Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less, and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by as stated in another Elisabeth Rosenthal article ""The end of car culture"". Also the article says ""If the pattern persists...it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment. Only the future will tell where this solution is headed.

In conclusion to, the fact that an idea like this has been around for years and the amount of progress it has is amazing. The polution and green house problems are going out the window and were to blame for it.    ",3
"There will be many different opinions over weather or not we should use this technology in class rooms. The Facial Action Coding System has positive and negative sides. It could be enjoable. There is also a chance that it could just be a complete and utter fail. Though, are the benifits of students worth the negative aspects of this new technology?

If this new system were applied to our schools, students would be more likely to enjoy what they are participating in. The students would have been matched to their own personal work while still accomplishing what they need to be able to pass. Maybe students would not dread school as much as they do now. Instead of losing interest in their studies, students could enjoy learning. If students began learning on their own because they enjoyed it so much, maybe they would also take up their own studies. Could you imagine how advanced our future would be if people were actually passionate about learning?

On the other hand, some people would see the Facial Action Coding System as an invasion of privacy. They would think that what little personal life they had left was being stripped from them. Or maybe we could even be being watched all the time and not just when we are aware of it. People are already so paranoid about everything. So why not just throw in always being observed like government projects.

Some people would say this fancy new system is just to expensive. Maybe even a waste of money that could be used for something more necessary and useful. People would debate an argue over what is best and the arguing would be a waste of time all on it's own. Everyone has their own opinion. Everyone wants to be heard.

It may just be easier to save the money. Though you will never know what you are missing out on until you try. So, why not try to apply this program to the schools. It could be a huge success. We could have a completly new and updated experience of life. If mankind has gotten this far without it, could you imagine where we would be with it? ",4
"Electoral College,are you against it or not? I would perfer that we keep this ""despised method"" for choosing our president.

A dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College is possible but it's less likely than a dispute over the popular vote. For example, in 2012 Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney. The electoral college requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. This is a desierable result because a candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful prsident. The residents of the other regions are likely to feel disenfranchised-to feel that their votes don't count,that the new president will have no regard for their interests, that he really isn't their president.

The winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates to focus their campaign efforts on the toss-up states. Voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay attention to the campaign, knowing that they are going to decide the election. the Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution. A large state gets more attention form presidential candidates in a campaign than a small state does.

The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast. There is no pressure for the run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast. It can be argued that the Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state.                 ",3
"in the article ""driverless cars are coming"" the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars and that means im against the development of these cars because there are so many negative aspects and not a lot of positive aspects which mean that the driverless car is not that safe. some of the positive aspects of driverless cars are: 1. googles cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash. 2. within 10 years, those sensors had become more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers. 3. the information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowinging far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone. some of the negative aspects of driverless cars are: 1. these smart-roads systems worked surprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to exisiting roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical. 2. the sensors werent there, the computers werent there, and the mapping wasnt there. radar was a device on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars. 3. presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. as a result, in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars. this is why im against the development of driverless cars because they arent that safe unless they have a human driver in the driverless cars at all times. the driverless cars would use half the fuel of todays taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus but the cars would still need a human driver to have control at all times. the driverless cars still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents, but so far, google cars arent truly driverless. without the option of smarter roads, manufacturers turned to smarter cars- but how much smarter did the cars need to be? for starters, they needed a whole lot of sensors. googles modified toyota prius uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a gps receiver, and an inertial montion sensor. the most important bit of technology in this system is the spinning sensor on the roof. the combination of all this input is necessart for the driverless car to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel. further improvements in sensors and computer hardware and software to make driving safer are also leading to cars that can handle more and more driving tasks on their own. it costs a lot of money to make driverless cars actually driverless.. they have to spend two hundred million dollars on a radar that is on top of a hill. the car can handle driving funstions at speeds up to 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel. in fact, none of the cars developed so far are completely driverless. they can steer, accelerate, and brake themselver, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents. this means the human driver must remain alert and be ready yo take over when the situation requires.",1
"Every day the evolution of technology further changes the way mankind operates. From the wheel to the automobile, and from the automobile to the airplane, and needless to say it will not be stopping there. ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" by Nick D'Alto is an article about a groundbreaking new innovation which could vastly impact civilization in ways that have yet to be thought of. This new technology -- the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) -- will allow both mankind and computers to identify human emotions, which will be beneficial in many areas, but most of all in the classroom. Sometimes it can be difficult for teachers to be aware of when students are unable to focus on the task at hand. Something like the FAC System will enable teachers or computers to be aware of when students are losing focus, and to either change focus or to get the student back on task. Using this technology to read student's emtional expressions would be extremely valuable for the student's ability to learn.

D'Alto talks about how the FAC System is capable of detecting emotions based on the positioning of muscles. This makes it possible for teachers, computer, and honestly anyone to know what someone could be thinking. ""'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,' Dr. Huang predicts. 'Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor'"" (Paragraph 6). This ability to modify the lesson to keep the student learning throughout the full period of classtime would dramatically increase the amount of knowledge the student took in over the course of the class. Instead of losing focus after an hour -- or even just 15 minutes -- this technology could scan the faces of students to detect whether they have lost focus and become bored, are feeling frustrated and unable to understand, or even hopelessly lost. The Facial Action Coding System would turn this boredom into concentration, this frustration into comprehension, and this confusion into clarity. Instead of losing class time or missing the lessons because of a lack of comprehension or focus then the lesson can be adapted or the student can be brought back on task, greatly expanding the capacity in which they can further their knowledge.

The ability to read emotions would be undeniably beneficial for the knowledge students gain. Instead of wasting time unfocused or lost they can be put back on task or have the lesson changed up to make it more engaging or just easier to follow. Students will spend more time learning and less time trying to understand what they missed while the lesson moves on. This technology -- the Facial Action Coding System -- will no doubt be extremely beneficial in the learning environment.",4
"The future is coming in fast. Driverless cars are what everybody has been waiting for. Sense 2009, cars have been created where they can drive by themselves under very specific conditions. They are the next big thing, but are they safe? Driverless cars are still being worked on, they are not very accurate, and the manufactures are only assuming that the problems ahead will be solved.

Driverless cars are constantly being worked on. They will never stop being worked on. In all cases, humans are actually still needed while sitting in a driverless car. ""This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires."" This quote simply means that while sitting in a ""driverless"" car, humans are still required to pay full attention and take over when needed. Driverless cars should be true to their title. They shouldn't be called ""Driverless cars"" if humans still have to drive it. Also, this means that the cars are going to be constantly worked on because they will always have a new techonological problem that they are going to need to fix in order for the car to fully be able to drive itself.

Driverless cars are not accurate at all. People are still in need of some answers. ""If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault - the driver, or the manufacturer?"" This shouldn't even be a question that the people would need answers to. Now, if driverless cars are going to be the next huge world-changer, than the manufacturues are somehow going to need to make the cars seemless. They are going to need better sensers, cameras, better navigation. They are always going to need to be better. Also, driverless cars should be something that a human can just hop right into, and relax while driving to work or to the grocery store. It shouldn't be something that humans have to be alert and scared while driving because they know that at any time, something could go wrong. If questions like this are being asked, the company just simply isn't accurate enough.

Manufactures are working on driverless cars all of the time. Does this mean that they have exactly what they need to make the cars flawless? ""Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems will be solved."" This quote simply means that the makers of the cars are still uncertain about whether or not they are going to be everything that everyone has been dreaming of. They don't even know if the problems that lie ahead will be solved! How could people trust their lives in the hands of such an uncertain and inaccurate company?

In conclusion, yes, a seemingly perfect driverless car would be totally awesome to have. It would be awesome to just relax and have the driverless car take you to go on a vacation or to work. The chances that people are willing to take is up to them. Driverless cars are still being worked on, they just aren't accurate enough, and the makers of these cars are still uncertain about them. Driverless cars just aren't ready and may not ever be ready to hand off to someone who intrusts their lives to the manufacturer or to the car. Questions are still unanswered, and they may not ever be answered; Therefore, driverless cars are not the best choice for our future.             ",4
"I say that the ""Face"" on Mars is just a natural landform because first of all aliens do not live, and second of all why would an alien create a human face.

I think that is an alien created this human ""face,"" the alienwould have created a face of an alien because probably aliens have never seen a human before.

I do believe that at first you would probably think that an alien created this but after many scientists researching and exploring the ""face"" they clearly stated ""this face reminds us most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plan of Idaho.""

Just like Earth is a plant Mars is also a planet,, and just like Earth has natural landformation many other plants have natural landformation not just Earth.

In the articule it states ""the rock formation even has eyes, nose, and a mouth,"" I personaly do not think that an alien could create something with such details.

Not just in Mars, scientists and explorers have found many natural landformation.

After all that Micheal Malin and his Mars Orbiter studied they finally found out that the ""face"" was just a natural landformation.

All the scientists and people who believed it was an alien still wanted to research more beacuse they didn't believe that it was a landformation, this is based on what I have heard.

Again what this image acutually shows is the Martian of a butte or mesa landforms common around the Ameriacan West.

In the article it also states that the ""Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho is a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as thye Face on Mars.""",3
"The use of this technology is pointless, why do people need to know someones emotions. How will knowing if a student is happy help teachers know if a student is understanding the lesson. How can schools properly use this kind of information. Will the imfomation of a student's emotions help schools in the future.

How will know a students emotion help teachers better educate their students?

Knowing someone is bored in class can't really help in knowing what the student needs to better themselves. Like stated in the passage,""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored."" Although knowing if a student is confused on something does somewhat help in knowing what a student needs to work on, it isn't specific on what certain thing it is.

How can schools properly use this kind of imformation? Knowing a student is happy or sad can't really help in telling people if they are understaning the lesson.Someone could be happy because the class is almost ending but still not understand a single thing that was just taught or visversa. Another great example would be when a student is preparing for Istep or a final, the student may be understanding the lesson but them worrying about fail won't help anyone.

Will this imformation help schools in the future? This type of technology might actually be useful in the future when thing are a bit more advance. Schools will probably know how to properly use this kind of information for the students well being. By them maybe more emotion codes will be added or modified. But one can not tell the future so who knows.

In conclusion,at the moment this techology seems useless and a waste of time and money, but one never know it might actually be very useful in the coming years. If this type of technology will be used in school the producer of it should show staff how to properly use it so that the imformation can be used. Perhaps knowing if someone is feeling do can help schools provent horrible incidents to happen. The use of this technology is useless at the moment, why do people need to know ones emotions to better them in education.        ",3
"I love us humans, and our little species-wide neural shortcuts. One example of a ""shortcut"" is face recognitioon. Our brains tell us what is human by looking at the face. The brain does have some flaws in this, though, because we tend to see faces where there isn't one. One of the most notable examples is the face on Mars. There is no way the ""face"" on the red planet was made by aliens, because as previously stated, the brain sees faces where there aren't any, the ""face"" is a common occurane on Mars, a mesa, and any alien proof would be seen in recent pictures. All of the evidence points towards the obvious conclusion, and the most likely scenario is probably correct, as Occam's Razor points out.

To begin, the brain tries to recognize faces, and it is really good at it. It says, ""Yep, that's a face!"" and that's because humans are social creatures. We need to recognize others that will be able to support us and stay together, because in ancient times, that, along with our ability to think and reason, was what we had going for us. As one source that I forget the name of stated, ""Pretty much the only thing we can outsprint by bodylengths per second is vegetables."" We could make tools and weapons to support ourselves, but to be effective, we had to team up. And that is why we see a ""man in the moon"". We see the face by craters. This is just the same thing, our brains being awesome at seeing faces, but not at recognizing the lack of a body to go with them.

Also, the ""face"" is a common occurance on Mars, a mesa. It is just a landform. This is shown by the NASA saying ""What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa - landforms common around the American West."" The ""face"" is just a landform. The most recent picture shows the mesa in much more detail, and the face starts to fade away as the resolution increases.

As stated before, the picture resolution increases with each attempt at an image, and still no alien civilization! The article states ""Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo."" If there was above-ground alien civilization, we would have seen it by these pictures. The logical conclusion for the illogical is ""What if they are underground?"" and this is a valid point until you look at it more closely. To ""sculpt"" this landform, the aliens would have to dig out surrounding land, and that is hard, not impossible, but hard to do. And as stated before, use Occam's Razor. Also, they would most likely have to have some way to see humans, because the chances of aliens on a different planet in a different environment evolving similar faces to ours seems a little far-fetched. They would have some sort of visible, surface-bound satillite dish or something similar to recieve the signal.

Some might argue, ""Well, NASA is just covering up life on Mars."" and to that arguement, I say ""Good job! You are so close to logic!"" because while NASA could cover up the truth, they wouldn't do so. It would be good for business to discover some ""sentient alien life"" because the NASA budget would skyrocket! Everyone would want to know ""What they look like? Do they have a language?"" et cetera. Also, if they wanted to cover it up, no matter how much it would improve NASA, they have to release images publicly. If they managed to do some fancy photoshopping and release the images, there are people skilled enough to undo those photoshops and also, photoshopping leaves some computer traces around on an image, and there are plenty of free online sites that will spot those traces and show anyone where and how those touch-ups were made.

The most obvious conclusion is probably the right one, and all evidence points towards just a natural landform. The brain's ability to detect faces, the frequency of those landforms, and the ability to see alien civilization, if any exists, in more recent pictures proves the point of those who follow logic though the tinfoil-hat warriors try to say otherwise. Wait, is that a face in my soup?!",5
"Facial action coding system

Facial coding symstems cant find out what every body feeling are because people can fake them. It states in the text ""we could find out what someone feeling are just by looking at the in there face expression"". It aslo state in the text ""we human can perform this same cauculation everyday"". Sceince trying to prove people emotions but us humans can figure that out our self. The facil code can only tell how you feeling by smiling and making faces humans can tell faster if a person is fake smiing or real smiling then what the computer can. Facial code can only detect some feeling like happy, suprised, angry, digusted, fear, and sadness. Think about it sceince is great and improving but so are humans we geting smarter. Imagine this you need a computer to find out some one else emotions. Humans can figure this out our self. Facial coding can only find out certian emotions not all we can find out more emotions then what a computer can, and we know more emotions then what the computer can read. If the facial code work think about how expensive this computer cost we will have to pay to figure out people emotions when we see them and look at them everyday. With computer it states in the text ""most human communication is nonverbal including emotional communication so computer need to under stand that too notes Dr Haung"". It also states you can probably tell how a freind is simply by looking her in the face. With that imformation we dont really need facial coding system to tell how we feeling. Imagine if these computers worked If it did people would be using but not everybody could afford to get those computers. Humans are smart who ever thought of facial coding sytem need more facts, because people can tell how you feel in a matter of seconds when they look at you. Facial code can be a waste of time and money you can just figure it out your self without a computer. Think about this aslo humans can found out more felling then a computer. A person can just tell you a computer cant you have to make faces and a machines have to read them when you can just tell a person how you feel.",3
"I would say that the Facial Action Coding System is a big jump. Humans have several emotions! There isn't just happy, sad, angry, surprised, fearful; there's tons more. Confusion, shocked, discrete, mesmerized, broken, depressed. Depression is a far leap from sad. Confusion is something most people commonly have. What if this computer doesn't have all of the emotions. Half of the emoji's you see on IPhones and Androids are the feelings we have, that's why we use them so frequently. I would believe that reading emotions could turn out to be a magnificent thing, but in other ways I feel it could make things worse. I would definitely agree with the ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor. What would our teachers do then? There would be no reason to have a job as a teacher if a computer is teaching the students to learn their lessons. I do NOT agree with how our world is coming to be. There's too much technology around. Do you think children can handle times without phones? They'd be outside more, communicating more. Now we've got Facial Action Coding Systems around, to read someone's emotion! What if someone doesn't want their emotions seen, so many kids hide their emotions so that they don't have to talk about how they feel. I feel ashamed of the United States of America. I'm growing up in a cruel undeciteful world of criminals, thieves, politicians who believe they rule my life, laws that are unreasonable, tecnology that could in all reality mess up the world in more cases? I do not support the Facial Action Coding System. I believe that if this was true and around myself and others. I would never use a phone or computer again. There are ways for people to hack these things, can you imagine? If a computer is constantly watching you every second that it can to feel and help your emotions, could you think about who else might be watching? If you look at it in that point of you, this world is decieving and awful. What if you allow a computer to watch your emotions and then a few days later, you find out someone is watching you. A week later, you're laying on your kitchen flood with a gun shot wound, all because you let a computer read your emotions. ""Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements--in a real face or in the painted face Mona Lisa. I would believe that our world is unsafe, someone constantly watching you and your emotions, what a thing we've come up with. They should stop partaking in activities that could get someone seriously injured or killed for that matter. If you have a Facial Action Coding System, what will you do when you've got your laptop out and it's open because you're listening to that new ACDC song that just released and there's men staring at you get dressed because they hacked the system? They find out where you life, your profiles on facebook and snapchat, then what? They find where you live, who you're related to, friends, children, and you get raped or captured and kidnapped. I think these people need to realize that the cons of the Facial Action Coding System, outweigh the pros.   ",3
"We need to keep the Electoral College , it has been used by the founding fathers back then and still should be used to this day. The Electoral college is a compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. It also helps by the process of selection of the electors , were the vote for president and vice president. The Electoral College can keep five hundred and thirty eight electors with two hundred and seventy electoral votes to require the president. For each state has his or her own group of electors chosen by the candidate's political party.

The presidential election is held every four years on a tuesday after the first monday in november. What most states do is have a ""winner-take-all"" system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate. Then win the election is over the governor prepares a ""Certificate of Ascertainment""with every candidate who ran for president names on it. That means who ever won it represents your state for when you try running for president. The certificate is sent to the congress and the National Archives as part of the official records of the presidential election.

For some reason a lot of presidents wanted to get rid of the electoral college such as Richard Nixon , Jimmy Carter ,and Bob Dole. Apparently people would rather have wanted a direct election to the kind we have now. When you use the Electoral College your not just voting for a president your voting for a slate also. Which could also lead to the disaster factor , when everyone has an arguement against the electoral college. Usually the only problem would have to  be a tie in the electoral vote , in case the election would be thrown to the House of representatives were they vote on the president.

The Electoral College is unfair to voters because of the winner-takes-all system in each state. Candidates don't spend enough time in states they know they probably don't have a chance at winning so they focus only on the tight race in the ""swing"" states. Even though it is unfair it is widely regarded it just tells whoever person got more votes. Did you know when you vote for a president you are actually voting for a slate for electors. So you dont have to always blame the Electoral College its you who is putting the vote into it.

In conclusion, the Electoral College is a process not a place that takes in the number of votes for a presidential election. Our founding fathers established it in the constitution as a compromise between election of the president. Ever state has thier own Electoral College , and it tells which candidate has won so they can represent are state in the presidential election. It also helps process by keeping votes in for our vice president and our president of the United States. That is why we have the Electoral College , now tell me do you think we should always use the Electoral college.    ",3
"Venus is a worthy pursuit depite the dangers because in the article

¨The challange of exloring venus¨ that says that many reaseachers are working on inovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of venus ans it wont be dangerous. i believe that the people who are trying to go to venus or sent something to venus should do it because you never know what other kids of things are out there and if we dont try news things we wont discover new stuff .

one reason we should try to go is only becuase of the insight to be gained on the planet itself but also because humans curisoity will likely lead us into many eqaully intimdating endeavors and if they have doubt that their nort going to make well the new inovations that wont hurt us and it will now longer be dangerous .",2
"Driving cars can be a danger to humans, but also a threat to the Earth. The usage of cars has plummented since recent topics of smog, and safety. Using a car to get from point A to point B is getting out of hand and unnecissary. Limiting car usage can help save money, it can also help prevent smog or other pollution, and can make humans live a healthier life style. By limiting car usage, you are changing your life style for the better.

Less car usage can play a major role in the way you live your life. One big part of your life it could change is financial issues. Without a car you wouldnt have to spend thousands of dollars on an overpriced vehical. Also you could save money from not having to buy overly priced gas, or having to fix any car issues, such as an oil leak. In the passage,

Paris bans driving due to smog , the author states,"" Almost 4,000 drivers were fined, according to Reuters."" Without all of your money going down the drain, you could spend your money in a more helpful way. With the money that you don't have to spend with car trouble, someone could by a gym membership, or they could go and renovate their house the way that they have always wanted. Without spending loads of money on a car, gas, and car problems, you could spend your money on more important things such as paying of loans.

Less car usage could also help the envirnment dramtically. Because of the ussage of cars the envinment has been hugely effected. Since the envirnment has been greatly affected, so has the people. Smog has been becoming a result of the pollution that cars cause. In the passage,

Paris bans driving due to smog, they state,""Delivery companies complained of lost revenue, while excepltions were made for plug-in cars."" Not only is pollution affecting the envirnment, but it is also affecting the way that we live our lives, and the way that we make our livings. Without the use of cars income will increse rather than decrease. Also the smog is creating a hazard to everyone who has to work, or go to school. Without the use of cars there will be no more smog, or hazardess envinments to worry about.

Besides money, and pollution, there are other important reasons why less car usage would be ideal. A main point of less car usage would be for health. The world has grown to be lazy, and as a result obesity is becoming a huge issue. Walking to work, or to school can not only help the envirnment, but also help your immune system, and weight loss. Instead of walking, another great form of exercise that will help the envirnment is riding your bike. Using these tips there will be less obesity, and less pollution, and grrenhouse gas in the world.

Even though that driving has decreased 23% in the last 8 years, it is our duty to insure that the world will once again be a safe envirnment for everyone to live in. To insure a safe envirnment, the usage of cars must decrease. If the usage of cars does not decrease our money will. Money won't be the only problem though, obesity, and also smog will increase. To help save the Earth humans must cut back on using their cars. The results will be life changing.     ",4
"The technology to read students emotions isn't a very useful thing. Not everyone wants you to know how they feel when it comes to their emotions. This could be useful to determine pictures and see how they were feeling at the time of the picture. Most people wouldn't want others to know how they feel somedys.

FACS which is a way to identify human emotion can become used in the wrong way. Some people could use it on others who don't want other people knowing how they feel. Some people just want to keep their emotions to themselves so that others can't see or know them. This could become a privacy issue when it comes to how people use this device. They could use it on people that don't want them to know what they're feeling. This device could become useful to see how people felt in movies, books, or even paintings. I don't think that humans should use it on other humans unless they had permission to do so. When people hear about this device they may think that it isn't worth it, but it could be useful when it comes to things that happened long ago. Seeing other peoples emotions can be harmful to them unless they allowed you to do so. A lot of people want to hide their emotions and keep them to themselves. Emotions are something that can be shared or they can be kept away inside somebody. They can tell people or they can hide it, either way its up to them. This is why this device isn't helpful to the world. Again it may be helpful with things back then but seeing peoples emotions right now, it isn't something that is very useful to the world today. Todays society wouldn't like this product very much because if they wanna know a persons emotions all they have to do is ask. They don't need a fancy device to tell them how that person is feeling. Besides some people dont want you to know hoe they feel one day or maybe at all. Peoples emotions can be kept to themselves and shouldn't be told to someone with a device instead they could just ask.

So this device isn't helpful to the world today. In today's society people dont want others knowing their emotions. If they want to know they can ask and if that person wants to tell them then they will. This device is an invasion on peoples privacy because not everyone wants you to know their feelings. This device wouldnt be used by very many people in the world today.    ",3
"I think that Facial Action Coding System could help us humans in the future.A claim I have for my reason that I think it woukd help is that the software can identify certain emotions we can't.It would also be use full to teachers because they could figure out or try to help a students that's feeling down or depressed.

Without the technology teachers wouldn't even know what is going on and it could affect the students work and the rest of their life.It even says in paragraph 6 that the machine could ""Paint facial muscles precicsly enough to convey specific emotions"".That could help with lessons taught by teachers to make the learning enviorment better for the kids.They would be willing to try to learn more and pay better attention to the lseeon if they can interact.The schools would see a great improvement in test scores and all around.It could also help the teachers just not with helping the kids but themselves as well.If the kids are doing well they would proabaly get in increase and salary.This would be good for children all over the world and would be a great value to kids.That is why I think kids everywhere should get a device.",2
"My personal opinion on driverless cars is that they should not be the new transporation in the world. As they had said in the passage, there are many good things and many bad things about driverless cars. Yes, they may not cost as much on gas but they still need a human's attention. For the most part, they are automatic but they cannot assure you a human's safety one-hundred percent. I understand that there are many things in the world that seem like the safest place to be, but nothing and no one can assure your safety one-hundred percent.

Personally my thought is that people are starting to become lazy with all of the new technology that has been invented. What the world has right now is more than what a human really needs. Yes, we can get to destinations faster and more efficientally but why can we not focus on people in other parts of the world that really need help. We could start to focus on ways to get cleaner water to people in Africa or preserve animals habitats so there isn't any more endangered species.

The human race has become very selfish in the past twenty years or so. We seem to only care about improving things for ourselves. Driverless cars are not the future, saving the planet and the people around us is. Driverless cars may fundamentally change the world but think about it in the next one-hundred years.

Until we find a way to completely assure someone's safety, driverless cars should not make any appearance in any type of media.",2
"Should we keep the Electorial College the way it is or change it to election by popular vote? Statistcs show that over 60 percent of voters vould prefer a direct election, rather than the kind we have now. Even with that being said, the electorial college still has its ''defenders''.

The Electorial college is made up of 538 electors, a majority of the 270 electorial votes is required to be elected to be President. Each state is allowes allotment of electors. One for each member in the house of representatives, with two each for Senators. Each canidata running for President is allowed their own group of electors, which are normally chosen by the candidate's political party. With that being said, state laws vary on how the electors are picked and what each of their responsibilitys are. Each Presidential election is held every four years, on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

What is so wrong with the electorial college that 60 percent of voters would prefer to have a direct election? Well, under the electorial college system voters do not vote for the president, but vote instead for a slate of electors. Say you wanted to vote for a president who is Demographic, you would then vote for a slate of 34 demographic electors that pledged to that president. The electors are not allowed to be someone who is holding public office. With this being said, the voters cannot always control who their electors vote for.

In the ELectorial Colleges' deffence, its avoids the problem of elections where neither of the candidate's recieve a majority of the vote. It is very possible that the winner of the electorial vote may not wint the national popular vote, even though it happens very rarely it happened in 2000. Gore had more popular votes than Bush, but still fewer electorial votes, that was the first time since 1888. n

The thought of having to vote for the President of the United States, you actually get to pick who you want it to be. That would mean not only changing the constitution and having to come up with more rules and responsibilities, but allowing one to vote directly for who they want to become President. Wouldn't that be easier? Instead of having to come up with a electorial college and dealing with all of the risks, allowing citizens to pick for themselfs. I agree with the though of abolishing the electorial college, and so do 60 perecnt of voters. When a citizen votes on the electorial college itself, they have the chance of the college not pivking the President they would like to vote for.

With all of that being said, and the facts given right to you, it up to you to decide what you think is better for the United States. Either way, we still have to vote on a President every four years... with or without a Electorial College.                                                       ",3
"Do you ever wonder if the face on mars is just a landform? I've thought about it and I have read this story called ""Unmasking The Face on Mars"" this story really showed me that the face on mars is just a landform. First, it was just a shadow that caught NASA's eye. Second, it was shown has a huge rock formation. Finally, they thought it was a alien markings.

When NASA first saw this they thought it looked like a face. A few days after that it says in the caption ""...the illusion of eyes nose, and mouth."" (3) But as it say it is a illision which means it plays tricks on your mind to make you think that's what you saw. This ""face"" appeared on the Viking 1 spacecraft.

Next the illision of the face was really just a rock formation. Qouted from the passage it says ""huge rock formation... which resembles a human head..."" (3) This proves that it's just a rock in the shape of a human's face/ head. It also says in that same passage ""It would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars."" Therefor this shows this it really was just a illision and that people really just wanted attention for mars.

Finally, the main thought of as a alien momument. This was proved wrong by the Mars Global Surveyor when it flew over Cydonia snappining a picture. These pictures were ten times sharper than the Viking 1 photos shot twenty five years ago. In the passage it states that ""the MOC team snapped a picture and it was 10x sharper than the first taken by the Viking 1 photos.""(7) This states that the Viking photos weren't good enough because it didn't show as much. After these pictures were taken they were then posted on the JPL web site that revealed it was just a natural landform.

After all of this you can conclude that the 'Face of Mars"" is just a landform. I've given you facts and statistics showing that this is true. Therefore with this proof it is a landform not a face or a alien monument after all. ",4
"The author is right that Venus is a worthy persuit including the dangers that it

causes. The author want to examine it more closely but it will have some challenges and time. In the article it say that,""Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades."" meaning that Venus is difficult to be on. The planet also got clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid. This meaning that the clouds are dangerous. The temperature average is over 800 degree fahrenheit and it is hard for a human to live on. Also the atomsperic pressure is 90 times greater than what we live on our own planet. The conditions that Venus have is greater than Earth. Venus have weathers like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting. Is hard to survive in Venus.

Venus once was the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Which is why scientitst want to even travel furture into Venus surface. In the past, Venus was covered with mostly oceans and could've form life. Venus is still like Earth. Some of the similar things are valleys, mountains, and craters. Venus is sometimes the option for a planetary visit since other planets don't got the conditions like Venus. NASA has a idea to send humans to study Venus which will take time. NASA came up with the jet airplanes. Which it can hovered through Venus and avoid it unfriendly conditions. Even though the degree Fahranheit would still be high, the air pressure will be close to sea level on Earth.

In the last sentence of paragraph 5, the author say,""Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans."" as in meaning that humans could survive Venus.

The author point is trying to prove that studying Venus isn't easy. In paragraph 6 is talking about how Venus have many challenges and researchers just can't study it. 1 exmaples is that, the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions. Another one is photos and videos aren't effective. Last one is, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else. The researchers and scientists are trying to find another way to understand Venus and need to get up close. Researchers are also working on machines that can last long enogh to know more about the planet. The author put paragraph 6 in to show how difficult it is to study Venus.

The author point of writing this article was to prove how risky it is. The author say,""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors."" which means humans will stlll find a way to look into Venus because of how curious we are. The author have proven their point by showing evidence throughout the whole article about how Venus is hard to study. The author also say that technology from modern day could help but also can't help for extreme conditions. His or her idea of studying into Venus is worthy but risky was proven. ",4
"Yes, I think this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because it can capture any emotion you make and I think that it really helpful to those who cannot read people expression. So I agree with it.

First it can capture your emotion. What I mean by that is when you make an expression on the software, it can capture your emotion and can describe what emotion you are feeling. By some if you feeling sad or happy it can just show you what you feeling so it can be helpful to some.

Secound it can help those who has a hard time reading expression. To some people it really hard for them to read a person expression. Not because they don't know how but because the other people don't show emotion or they just can't read a person expression. So if they have the human facial Action on them it can help them to read the other emotion more.

Third if you the kind of people who have a hard time showing emotion, then this is just for you. The reason is because it can help you to expression your self more. In the paragraph it said that it can captures more then six emotion so if you want to know how to expression different kind of emotion but just can't then you can use the Human facial and pratice until you get better at it and just maybe you make became better at it and then you won't need to use the Human facial anymore.

So overall, I agree with it because one, it can show you your emotion. Two, it can help you read people expression better and can you improve. And three, you can have fun with it.",3
"The outhor

support the idea

that studyiong Venus is a worthy persuit despite the danger by saying that Venus is the Earth's twin and that Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too. He also says that Earth, Venus, and Mars are our planetary neighbors and they orbit the Sun at different speeds. The author describes the differences

between them and the number of spacecrafts that the humans have sent and why none of them havent touched the planet, Venus.

Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with Oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. Furthermore, recall that a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel.

More importanttly, researchers cannot take sample of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Therefore, scientists seekink to conduct a throrough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and persolan despite the risks. Or maybe we should think of them as challenge.

Many researchers are working on inovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus. Both planets, Earth and Venus had good similarities like the Oceans and the valleys. I think thats why the researchers want to keep studying and make new machines that can support Venus conditons. That would be good in case that a desaster or something really bad happens on Earth, we would have somewhere to go and we will be ready for it.                            ",3
"No body wants to walk every where, and never make it on time somewhere or walk so far just to get groceries. It's better for citizens to have a car to run erences and do what they got to do to get some where. The only thing citizens should avoide is ""accidends"" because then you won't no car to get any where, But it's always good to have a walk somewhere to get moving and get energy and not be lazy. I mostly preffer citizens should use there car to do things they need to do before going home so they don't have to keep going in and out the house wasting gas, and just wasting your time to relax after Work , School , and Ect.. Cars need a lot of taking care of too because if you have'nt check your car yet just in case if anything is wrong with it your car could randomly break down. Cars are very useful to get where you need to go faster and also  maybe safer.

Their's pros and cons having to use a car,the pros are that they get you places faster and most important ""Emergency"" it's good to have a car to get to the hospital and go to a friend or family that would need your help. Cars are good to get to work on time to get money to previde for your Family,Pay bills,Groceries and Ect..The Cons is that motors can ruin the air pollution. Theirs citizens out there that can be a recless driver ad could hit another car,people of side walks, and run into someting. I thinks citizens should at least once in a while use a bike, Skate, or take a public transformation, to move more get out the house. Most other countries don't even use cars to get places they use bikes,carges with the horses taking you,skate,or walk they do that because they feel they don't need cars to get places it get them out and do something,Why you think other counties have lots of activies,prades,places so close togther to make thing healthier and better for the people.

At the end I feel like we should go out more and use less car activity and do more thing to get out and move around. Citizens wants to feel safer start useing bicycles,public transformation, or walk, it's better to be safe then sorry. Also maybe less accidences and more better air to breath and feel safe. Also less drunk driving and anything that could ruin you driving because you could be in danger and could put theres in danger too.                    ",2
"""Vauban's streets are completely 'car-free'--except the main thoroughfare, where the tram to downtown Freiburg runs, and a few streets on one edge of the community."" WHAT? I would never want to give up my car for anything. Yes maybe there are some advantages to living in a virtually car free zone but there are some downfalls as well.

Many kids play sports and neeed a car to get the to their practice or game because the walk is just to far. I drive to Clearwater, Fl every week to get to practice and I know i would not be able to walk that far with all my equipment in time. My life, as of many others, revolve around cars and count on them to get them to where they need to go. It's crazy to me how it says that ""70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars..."" I guess it is possible to live without a car.

Yet it is a good thing that more communities and cities are starting to do this to try and help the environment. Cars produce so much green house gases and that's why the environment is having such a hard time right now. All the gases that we produce such as cars, just get thrown up into the solar system and destroy our solar system. One woman that lives in this community stated ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way."" It proves that you don't need your own personalo vehicle as it just causes stress. If it's working for these people, it will begin to work for more communities that are changing to be like this and possibly, all communities will be like this.

Imagine your life without a car. See the good things about it and the bad things. That's why I was so shocked to read this article since they just gave up cars. It wouldn't hurt to try it.    ",2
"Have you ever thought of being a Seagoing Cowboy. Well you should Luke was once asked do you want to go to Europe on a cattle boat he could not waste the oppurtunity of a lifetime.

Some reasons you should join this is because you will have a lot of fun. Especially if you love animals maybe you are a farmer and you love animals just join the Seagoing Cowboys. Or maybe you just want to have a little adventure a Seagoing Cowboy would be a great idea. Some people may say it is to dangerous and bla bla bla. It does not matter what other people think what matters is your opinion if you want to be a Seagoing Cowboy go for it. Do not waste the oppurtuniy of your lifetime. If you want to go on an adventure Seagoing Cowboy is perfect because Luke once went and they visited China it took a long time but they still went and Luke said it was great.

Some details that Luck gave in the article were pretty amazing. You could actually imagine it in yor head. The way he described everything. So you should not waste an oppurtunity of a lifetime it is advetures,fun,you get to vist a lot of places. If you love animals you get to be with animals. It may take a long time to get to the destination the ship is going but you could take something along to do or play with the animals. You just have to feed them and clean them or else they are going to get all stinky and unhealthy and the ship will smell bad. Some other details that can support Lukes claim is that in the article it said that the cowboys play baseball and volleyball when the animals are unloaded they play in the empty holds where the animals were. They would also play Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling. In the aricle Luke also said that Seagoing is more than an adventure.

To conclude, this is why you should take the oppurtunity of a lifetime and be a Seagoing Cowboy. If you like animals there is animals if you like adventures there is adventure. There is something there for every boy to enjoy and have a good time. While there you may want to open up your brain and think of the things you have done in life and think if this was one of the things you ever imagined doing.        ",2
"The developement of driverless cars is a good thing. Everyone should want to invest in a driverless car. Driverless cars would ""fundamentally change the world.""Driverless cars would help with assisting the driver and make is easier to funtion a car. These cars would be less expenceive to run and have driven more than half a million miles without a crash.

First, driverless cars help with assisting the driver, making it easier to operate. ""They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents."" The cars are not truly driverless so the driver may take over when he or she is feeling unsafe about a situation. Driverless cars will be a positive thing for drivers who are just learning how to drive the car will do most of the work for then. It will be less pressure on the driver. Driverless cars will also decrease teen accidents and crazy drivers.

Second, driveless cars are less expencive then a regular car. Driverless cars uses half the fuel of today's taxis. Less fuel is great for the enviornment. Gas prices can get pretty high. More people will be able to aford to drive these cars and get to their destination with out having to worry about the cost of gas.

Finaly, safety is a big concern when dealing with driverless cars.""This necessitates the car being able to quickly get the driver's attention whenever a problems occurs. Gm has developed driver's seat that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object. The Google car simply annonces when the driver should prepare to take over"".

In conclusion, the development of driverless cars is a great idea. They help with assisting the driver, they are less expensive, and are safe to drive.   ",4
"Driverless cars seem to be a good idea and also a bad idea. Driverless cars seem nice, innovative and great for lazy or inept people, but what enviormental, economic, efficency,and safety concerns come into play with these driverless cars?

Driverless cars need an abundant amount of sensors to reach maximum efficency. This sounds like a massive amout of capital is needed inorder to produce these cars. If it costs alot of money to produce the driverless cars, then they're going to be sold for alot of money. Not everyone will be able to afford these cars, and half of the people that can afford these driverless cars have someone chauffer them around and don't drive themselves. Why spend all of this money to produce these cars if people aren't really going to be able to buy them?

Driverless cars don't seem all that efficent either. They can only travel up to 25 mph. Yes this can be modified, but by how much, to the full speed of an average car? And will these cars actually reach the point where they will be completely driverless, or is this development another wateful expense of taxes? If the Driverless cars require still require a driver, why produce the car?

Safety and liability concerns affect the choice of driverless cars greately. If the driverless cars do get developed to the point where they are fully automated without a driver neccessary, then driving laws have to be altered. If someone happens to get into a car accident while in a driverless car is the car company held accountable for car malfunction, or is the driver held accountable? How can one for sure be able to trust that these cars are absolutely one-hundred percent safe? If laws lean towards the favor of the driver not being held accountable, which seems like the more than likely way it will happen, then the driverless car company will face alot of charges against them in the event of a car accident. An environmental safety concern is will the cars be more prone to emitting harmful substances into the air than normal cars, or will they be more environmental friendly than normal cars?

However, driverless cars do sound like a good idea for those who have to travel long distances and don't want to stop along the way, or don't feel like driving. Even for the elderly who may have to make a quick errand, but can't drive for preacutionary reasons. The driverless cars sound like they will reduce the amount of car accidents significantly which is always a good thing.

If these concerns and stipulations are taken into careful consideraton and applied then I would support the development of driverless cars. If they're not then no I wouldn't support the development of driverless cars.   ",4
"In this article they are talking about emotional are getting describe by computers. They are able to know when you're happy, sad, anger, disqust, fear and sadness. They can tell your emotion by your movements of the facial muscles you rises your eyebrows when you're surprised; your ordbicularis oris around your mouth tighten your lips to show anger. One thing that technology is doing that i think is super cool because they are using technology to read students. I think its a great idea because maybe the students doesnt understand the computer and it can explain its self and i also thinks its a good ideal beacause what if the students was bored and it could make it more fun for the students. i think this would be pretty cool because if the students is having a bad day the computer would cheer them up and put a smile on their faces.

This is a great ideal because say if the students is coming confused or bored it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor. the same technolody can make computer - animated faces more expressive for video games or video surgery. Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication, notes some comuper need to understand that, too

It's also a good ideal for instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by looking on her his or her face. of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy worried ect. Haveing a computer that understand how they feel will make them feel better and at least they know their is something that understand how they feel.

Even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression (like not smiling as broadly) .Using video imagery, the new emotion recognition software tracks these facial movement in a real face or in the painted face by weighting the different unit, the software can even identify mixed emotion this should that some kids might not like the computer even though it's understand how they feel.

conculsion It's mostly trying to let the students know that they understand how they feel sometimes and they know the students not gonna talk to their friends or teacher about it so they want to bring computer even though you can't talk to them but they want the students to know that the computer understand and try to cheer them up.                                                ",3
"Revealing the Face

Have you ever heard of the ""Face on Mars""? Well I have. I'm actually a scientist that works for NASA. As a scientist we are constantly getting information from people about their thoughts on the Face on Mars. We get many suggestions, such as the face being created by aliens. Well as a scientist I'm here to tell you it was not created by aliens.

This face on Mars was not created by aliens, but was created by nature itself. The Face on Mars is a natural landform. I know this because as a scientist of NASA we believe this face is just a huge rock formation. This rock resembles a human head. The human head formed by shadows, giving the illusion of eyes, a nose, and lastly a mouth. Many authors that have researched on this topic believe it will attract more attention to planet Mars.

The Face on Mars has became a very big deal. It has played a role in movies, showed up in magazine articles, and has been a topic on radio talk shows. Many people have come to conclusion that NASA would rather hid information about this such thing. But NASA just wishes that there was an ancient civilization on Mars.

Many people still believe that this artifact came for aliens, but few scientist and have come to believe this is true. NASA takes pictures of the Face on Mars but many aren't satisfied by the quality of the pictures. As a scientist at NASA it is very challenging to capture a good photo because this face is located 41 degrees north martian latitude. This means that the camera has to peer through many wispy clouds to catch the face.

We scientist at NASA have come to conclusion that this Face on Mars isn't created by aliens because of those reasons. Although many others may disagree and believe NASA is hiding information on this artifact. As a scientist that works for NASA, we will continue to look more into this specific topic and hopefully be able to know for a fact that this is created by landform and not aliens.   ",4
"Do you believe that a Facial Action Coding System or FACS is a good things and is accurate? Well I believe that this FACS could be a good thing and is accurate. I believe this because it is based on the computer being able to detect your emotions by your facial muscles. The computer will be able to know when a child is confused on the lesson, the computer will be able to see a person reaction to an ad if it is a good reaction then the computer will put more up like that or change it if you were not pleased, and this FACS will be able to make video games more realistic. This sounds like amazing opportunity to improve the way we do things in every day life.

For starters, I believe FACS can be a great improvement in evey day life because of the computer being able to change the wording or assignment based on the childs facial expression. ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored..then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" This will help improve test scores because the computer was able to modify the lesson so the student can understand. This can also help determine if a stundent will pass or fail the class because majority of the time students fail a class because of test they were not able to pass.

In addition, FACS could also be a good thing because it will help improve video games. I know what most of you may be thinking why would we want to improve video games so our kids or student could waste their time on the game instead of doing their homework or going to sleep early. This is not why it will be a good thing to improve a video game but it will be a good thing because it can help make a video or video game, surgery video, or be more realistic for games that have to deal with surgeries. ""The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive- for video games or video surgery,"" This could help improve the knowledge of a medical student or a high school student taking anatomy.

Finally, For those of you that hate and like certain ads your in luck. With FACS you are able to see ads that please you rather then the one that makes you just want to break the computer screen. With the new FACS software you can change the ads with the two most simplest facial expression, such as you smile then the next ad you will see is something similar to the pervious ad. If you hate and ad your frown can change the ad to an ad completely different. "" For example, if you smile when a web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different."" this is a good thing because people would not mind ads as much and it might produce sales based on if the person like the product in the ad.

In conclusion, Do you believe me now when i say t that the FACS software is a great improvement. I believe this because the computer will be able to change the lesson if the student is confused, it could change the ads based on two emotions, and making video games or surgery videos more realistic. I hope i persauded you to believe that FACS is a good thing for our everyday life.             ",4
"Do you agree or disagree having technology read to students emotional expressions?

Imagine being able to detect exactly how other people are feeling, even when they are trying to hide their emotions. New software has been developed that improves accurancy in perceiving the emotions of others. This new software, the Facial Action Coding

System, has promising applications for a variety of industries.

I personality will like to have technology to read my emotional expressions . it would be fun to have that in school .

It shows just how much this computer can do. Imagine a computer that knows when your're happy or sad. ''The same technology can make computer- animated faces more expressive - for video games or video surgery'' said Dr,Huang.

Dr. Huang and his colleague experts are developing better ways for humans and computer to communicate. The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like a human muscules. It haves Six basic emotions - happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness- and then associasted each with characterisctic movments of the facial muscles.

This is how it works It's all about those muscular action units. They even indicate the difference between a genuine smlie and a forced one. In the real smile, the zygomatic major (muscles taht begin at your cheek bones) lift the corner of your mouth. (That's our instruction #1.) Muscles are called orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus make crow's-feet around your eyes.(That's instruction #2.)

I agree that students should have this Facial Action Coding System in schools. Not only well it help by reading emotions but it may also help for students that want to be actors and people that like doing art and like painting faces. Dr. Huang and his colleague are very smart for making

The Facial Action Coding System for school.                    ",3
"In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"", the author claims that studying Venus is worth the possible risks and dangers, because as science evolves technology and experiments should evolve too. Venus, also called Earths's ""twin"", could be a planet that was actually visited by humans and make the innovation of technology even greater.

The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite dangers, because Venus could have been at one point our most Earth-like planet and may eventually become a planet that is able to sustain life. Venus had at one point contained similar characteristics like that of Earth, and could possibly be an opportunity for sending a human to another planet which could advance technology enough to sustain life there. The author states, ""Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth...Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit"". The fact that Venus could have possibly sustained life in the past means that there is a slight window of opportunity for it to sustain humans and be ""our nearest option for a planetary visit"" again.

Although Venus has harsh condtitions such as a surface of 800 degrees Fahrenheit, an atmospheric pressure that is 90 times greater than Earth, erupting volcanoes, extreme earthquakes and a large amount of lightning strikes, it would still be beneficial to experiment and gain insight on the planet itself and to help innovate technology. The author believes that there will be a benefit to studying Venus because of the positive future it presents for science, ""Strivng to meet the challenges presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors"". Experimenting on Venus can lead to experiments on bigger things like other planets, more complex questions about life or ""intimidating endeavors"".

In conclusion, If humans can get to the point where they can land safely onto Venus and make it to where life can be sustained, it would open a door to new projects and a better understanding of our solar system while at the same time presenting courage to start new ideas and go through with them.    ",4
"Driverless cars is something that we have all saw, wether is be in a movie or had been referenced in a song or televison show. Cars that can operate by thereselfs is something every one would want to be alive to see happen, right? Who wouldnt want to relax a little while driving, and it be safe while doing it? The future would turn ito the present and driverless cars would became a well known thing and would be normal to see on the street.

""...such cars would fundamentally change the world."" says Google cofounder, Sergey Brin, and I totally agree. The world is becoming more technology advanced, and scientist are discovering new things everyday. Years ago, if someone had said that everyone in america, or nearly everyone, would be carrying a celluar device around that could tell us almost anything, and could send instant messages to another person, even if its half way across the world, they would flip out. I wonder what they would have thought about cars that drive themselves? If we have the technology and resources to do this, why not? Driving would be a lot more fun, and more safe too.

Car manufacturers always look at driver saftey when designing a new model, or brand of car.Although this is a key aspect, humans are prone to have error. We dont have vision to look at our surroundings all at the same time, although We sure try. Humans are prone to unprevented error, but with the help from technonlogy, having driverless cars can be a whole heck safer. ""Google's modified Toyota Prius uses position- estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receivers and an intertial motion sensor."" Thats a whole lot of detections all around the vehicle, even in the blind spots that we humans cant quite 100 percent see. The car would even alert you if it senses danger or a problem where it would need your assistence. In addition, It's even better for the world.

The car ""...would use half of the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus."" The world we live in today takes such things as, gas, as underappreciated. Gas isnt cheap nor renewable. Once we use all the gas, there's no more left. We have a limited supply and its hurting the earth more than you think. The world needs to cut back on such luxuaries and the smart cars would help. Half the price, half the gas per car than an average car. They offer more eco-friendliness than any other. therfore, smart cars that drive themselves, or with assistance ,should be something all states allow.

In conclusion, smart cars should be something in the near future. New technology gives us the opputunity to do things we never dreamed of. These cars would fundamentally change the world as we know it. Safer cars equals safer people which equal more lives saved. The world would also be a better place for everyone seeing as the cars are cutting down on gas than a regular vehicle. Smart cars are in the near future.",4
"Although there are many negative aspects of driverless cars, there are also a lot of postive aspects. Driverless cars still have the ability to alert the driver to take over when pulling in or out of driveways. It also alerts the driver when dealing with traffice issues, such as navigating through road construction or even through accidents.

In the article it states that ""In 2013, BMW announced the developement of 'Traffic Jam Assistance."" The BMW can handle driving funstions at speeds up to 25 mph. Special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel. The article syas, ""In fact, none of the cars developed so far are completely driverless."" The driverless cars can still steer, accelerate, and brake themselves. All of them are designed to notify the driver when the raod ahead requires human skills. Although the car may be driverless the human driver has to remain alert and ready to take over when the situation requires. Some car manufacturers, such as GM have developed driver's seats that vibrate when the car is in danger of backing into an object. Other cars, such as the Google car have made it so that the car announces when the driver should be prepared to take over. Other car manufacturers have considered putting flashing lights on the windshield and having other heads-up displays. They have also considered using cameras to watch that the driver is remanining focused on the road. Manufacturers hope to make driving fun in a new way by bringinning in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays. These displays are able to be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take control. The in-car system is actually a safety feature, and safety has and is a big concern worldwide.

In conclusion having driverless cars can be safer and more efficient. These cars can help alert the driver to take control of the vehicle before an accident happens. Driverless cars can help keep teens and adults from getting seriously injured in an accident.        ",2
"No robot has ever survived and no human has ever landed here. Its Venus. The Earths twin planet. a mission that plenty want to do but is too dngerous and risky for us right now. But scientists and NASA are working on getting to Venus, but why?

Like i said Venus is Earths twin. Venus, at some points, is the closest planet to earth. The only exception is Mars becasue all 3 travel around the sun at different times. Venus is our closest and most reliable planetary visit. Its conditions dozens of miles above the surface are rough, but liveable. With temperatures at that height at 170 degrees Fahrenheit, Venus is the closest things we can find to Earth. Meaning at one point Venus was probably just like earth with large oceans and mountains. If Venus was just like Earth back then, there is a chance that there was forms of life on this planet. This make scientist want to go and get sample of the gas and rocks on Venus and try to see if there was life on other planets except Earth.

With Venus surface 90 times hotter than earths 800 degrees, right now it almost seems impossible. Every robot theyve sent to land on Venus has not lasted 2 weeks. This dosent stop NASA from researching and still giving effort to land on Venus. One day, scietnists believe a Venus visit will be marked down in the books.        ",2
"Do you think driverless cars are better than regular cars ?

If you ask me i think regular cars are better. I also think driverless cars are dangerous. Im going to give you few details why i think regular car are better and driverless cars are dangerous.

My first reason i think regular cars are better is because when driving a regular car you have to pay attention. If your car drive by itself you can lose focus and forget where you was trying to go. Its say in paragraph nine that in five different states its illegal to test computer driven cars. My last reason i like regular cars because it keeps people active.

I think driverless cars are dangerous because it has way more technolgy. If driving and you car glitch and brake on it on it may cause accident. Another reason i think its dangerous is because with all that technolgy it can cause a easy fire.

Those are my reasons i think regular cars are better, and driverless cars useless if you still have to put gas in it. Now write me a essay on if you think driverless cars are better then regular cars.",2
"Imange going to Venus on winter time because you are tire of the cold and the snow too much, scientest recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit. Venus is the closest planet to Earth, well sometimes because Venus orbit the sun at different speeds. These differences in speed mean that we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus.

First, Scientists recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit. Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. After hearing this any one would be interesing on going to Venus? Well Venus a very dangers planet, On the planet's surface, temperatues average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans.

Next, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particulalrly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. NASA's possible solution is allow scientists to float above the surface of Venus. The Temperature would still be a little bit hot at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, and the air pressure would be at or close of sea level. Vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans.

Last, In Paragraph 3 it says ""A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere."" These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth. Why are scientisit talking about going to Venus for a visit if Venus is inhospitable? One of the reasons si the Venus has a lot of similar things as the Earth. Venus has erupting volcanes, pwerful earthquakes, and frenquent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.

In conclusion, the author suggest that studying Venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents beacuse image one day the Earth gets a temperature of 800 degrees, most of the people would not have any idea how to survive. Good thing NASA has the idea of having vehicle float.         ",3
"This technology of reading into students emotional expressions for the classroom can be beneficial because it gives a more in depth look into how a student is feeling during a specific lesson rather than them saying they understand the lesson when they do not. This new technology may make it easier for classrooms because some kids dont like to speak up when they dont understand something and that does not help the student or teacher. So this new technology will keep the teacher up to date on how there students or feeling about the lessons.

Some students assume it is easier to just not say anything at all when they dont understand something. Students dont want to be a hassle for the teachers to have to go back and go over a lesson so they end up not saying anyhting on there confusion. Also students just do not want to be the only classmate to speak up. Dr. Huang says "" A clasroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored."" This can help the teacher in order to realize what they can do to make the lesson more fun like helping the students engage more. Also this can just help the teacher know what they can go over in order to make the students understand certain lessons more.

This technology can help more so with the teacher because it is there job to help students when they do not understand something and to make the classroom learning process easier. Dr. Huang predicts that ""Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" This would really help teachers alot in the sense that they dont have to worry about if anybody is behind in there class because everyone will be at there own pace on different levels of the lesson.

Using technology to read students emotional expressions during class will be very beneficial to the teacher and students. This will help the classroom flow smoother because the teacher will not have to worry about who is caught up and there understanding, if the computer can figure out where the student starts getting confused or bored. Then mabey eventually the computer will be able to modify the lesson for peoples learning pace and understandment.   ",4
"In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile,"" the author (Nick D'Alto) describes how a new technology known as the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) enables computers to identify human emotions. In a classroom setting, this technology would prove itself to be vital and crucial. For example, if a student is becoming bored or confused, then the lesson would modify itself to fit the student's interests. I believe that the use of this technology in a classroom is valuable.

There are many benefits to having the FACS in any class setting. For example, if a group of students became tired and uninterested, the FACS would identify this and change the lesson to change the student's emotions. If James were to suddenly become uninterested in the lesson, then the computer system would modify the lesson. Then, James would become interested in the lesson again. FACS can monitor the facial expressions of him to identify specific emotions. He might be 70% disgusted, 20% happy, and 10% angry. After the system modifys the lesson to the interest of James, then he might become 70% happy and 30% disgusted.

The science behind the FACS is simple. In Paragraph 3, the process of the FACS is explained. The process starts when the computer makes a 3-D model of any face; the model include all 44 major muscles. The six basic emotions can be associated: happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, and sadness. If a teacher were to have difficulty in identifying a specific emotion in a student, then the computer system could aid the teacher.

If a student were to become angry at a fellow learner, then the NACS could identify this and the teacher can intervene before any aggression can occur. If a student was feeling sad, but had trouble showing emotions, then the computer could analyze the facial expressions to calculate the specific emotions.

In Paragraph 4, an idea is that the software can even identify mixed emotions. Like in Leonardo da Vinci's work, the ""Mona Lisa,"" the mixed expressions can be calculated. Even if an individual were to hide their emotions, the Facial Action Coding System is still able to figure the emotions. This can prove helpful in identifying if a student needs aid, because their mixed emotions can be figured out. Teachers would have to worry less about figuring out how a student feels.

In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile,"" the author describes how a new technology called the FACS enables computers to identify human expressions and emotions. The classroom setting would be dramatically improved, because the interests of students would be incorporated into the lessons. Teachers would have to put less worry into figuring out expressions. Students can be interested in school, because of the FACS. This new technology is crucial and valuable in educating students, and it should be used in all schools if possible.       ",4
"Driverless cars should continued to be developed and improved. The driverless car has such a bright future. Think of a world were there would be no car crashes or long lines of traffic due to an accident. The driveless car could do that for the world. If the driverless car is continued to be improved, who knows one day it may not need a driver at all. Even if it never gets to that point theere are still many positives to this car. There would be a large decrease in the number of accidents due to the fact that people wouldn't have to text and drive or be on their phones at all while drive. This car could change the way of driving as we know it.

The technology of this car could improve to where there would be no need for a driver at all. In this case, the world of driving would be dramatically different from the one today. They amount of accidents would probably be cut down to almost zero and the amount of lives saved from this would amazing. This would happen due to the fact that human error would be taken out of the driving world. There would be no accidents due to drinking, not paying attention, or cell phone use. The amount of time waiting in long lines of traffic would be none existant because there wouldn't be any accidents to hold up traffic in the first place. Even if for some reason there was traffic you could just pass the time by taking a nap or something of that nature because you would need to contistly pay attention to what is going on. The world with completely driverless car would improve the daily lives of the people.

Nevertheless, even if this technology never reaches this point completely the driveless car is still a step in the right direction. The driverless car that isn't completely driverless can still decrease the amounts accidents just not to almost zero. This driverless car can still cut down the accidents do to not paying attention and cell phone use. Since this driverless car cuts down the amount of accidents there will be less chances for traffic but in some cases traffic will occur.

This driverless car still improves the daily lives of people just not to the same exstint as the completely driverless car.

The driverless car is a step in the right direction. Weather it be the driverless car or completely driverless car, they have to start somewhere. As technology improves so will these cars and one day they maybe able to drive themselves completely but to be able to get to that point that need to continue to develope this idea so that it can get to its full potiental. The future for this car is very bright and could change the world as we know it.",4
"The new technology created by Dr. Eckman is called the Facial Action Coding System. This is a fantastic device that can detect your exact emotions by creating a 3-D model of your face and analyze your muscle movements in your face to produce your emotions. This would be extremely useful in a classroom because the computer would show the teacher what the students are feeling and if the computer needs to change what is being discussed or not.

In a classroom, there are always a variety of expressions, mad, happy, upset, confused etc. Everyone is thinking something different about what they are learning. The text states that by using the Facial Action Coding System the teacher of the class could reference their ""computer and be able to know if they need to explain the material more clearly, discuss something more interesting, or continue with what is being taught at the moment."" This would allow the students to be more satifised with their school work and make them enjoy the material they are learning and comprehend it well.

On the other hand, sometimes people want their emotions to be private and do not want other people to know what they are thinking. The Facial Action Coding System is not something you have to have as a teacher. It is not required among the population, it is simply something you would want to have in a classroom. If the majority of the students want their emotions to be read for teaching purposes than the classroom should have the technology. If the majority does not want the device, they do not have to have it in the classroom and can go through their school days as usual. But, with this computer device all of the students would end up being satisfied because they are being taught what interests them and they would enjoy it.

Having the Facial Action Coding System in the classroom would detect the ""nonverbal communication"" throughout the classroom. It would process what the students opinion is on the discussion and turn it into their overall emotion. ""The Facial Action Coding System can physically change the lesson into something the students are interested in discussing."" The students would be more interested in the topic also causing them to be more involved and comprehend the material better. If the students understand the material well they will perform better on tests in the future which is good feedback towards teachers and Dr. Eckman for creating this valuable device for the world.",4
"Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and since it is now 2016 it was about 40 years ago that a face was found on the planet. Some people think it was made by aliens and other people are logical and say it is a natral land form. I think it is just a land form because you can duscern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size, we havent found anything else, and it look like some of the landforms here on earth.

First of all, in paragraph 11 it says that as a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image up to 3 times its size. This helps prove it wasnt made by aliens because they cal close in on the picture and they didnt find anything else around it like other sculptures or houses or anything. therefore, it was either really old or just a land form.

Also, we haven't found anything else on the planet. If aliens made that dont you think they would have made other things and if they did wouldnt they also be there. It is not likely the face is an artifact because there should be more and if it was made by aliens and they had more it is unlikely that they made them and only that one is still there.

It does look a lot like what the agyptians made so if there were aliens they would probably be capable of doing that but it also looks like some of the landforms we have here on earth. Garvin even says in paragraph 12 ""It reminds me most of middle butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. hat's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated masa about the same height as the face on mars.""

In conclution, It is just a natural landform that happens to look like a face. We havent found anything else on the planet and the ppicture doesnt have anything in it like a home. Also it looks like some of the landforms here on earth, we have some natural things that look wierd so why cant mars? The face was not made by aliens. ",3
"Dear State Senator,

We all know that the presidental election process is very important to our nation.  Many believe that using Electoral College is not a democratic pedigree, and that using the popular vote method is better.  I believe that we you keep the Electoral College in electing our nation's president.  There's a less likely chance that there will be a dispute, and we'll avoid run-off elections, with Electoral College.  During a presidental election, it is possible to have a dispute over who should be our next president.  The Electoral College helps reduce that issue.

In addition, the Electoral College voting method is better than voting by popular vote.  With Electoral College, we're less likely to have a dispute.  A lot think that a dispute over an Electoral College could not happen.  According to ""In defense of the Electoral College: Five Reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President"", a dispute is possible.  A dispute happened in 2000, but it's less likely than a dispute over popular vote.  The reason is that the winning candidate's share of the Electoral College rarely exceeds his share of the popular vote.  The third source gave an example of the Obama and Romney election.  Obama recieved 61.7 percent and Romney recieved 51.3 percent of the electoral vote.  Making a certain outcome of the election, and not resulting in a dispute.  Also, with Electoral College we avoid a run-off election.

To continue, the electoral college avoids a ruin-off election.  It avoids the problem where no candidate recieves a majority of the votes cast.  The third source stated above, gave an example using the Nixon and Clinton election.  They both had only 43 percent plurality of the popular votes, while winning a majority in the Electoral College.  When no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast, it complicates the presidental election.  The Electoral College reduces any complication involving that.

Although the Electoral College is the method in which we select our president, it may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state.  Democrats in Texas, or Republicans in California, have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign, knowing their vote would have no effect.  But, no voter's vote swings a national election.  Which means about one-half of the Americans eligible to vote, did not.  People that vote are people who want to express their political preference, rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election.  The Electoral College method is the choice to pick.

I believe that the Electoral College is the method we should continue using when electing our nation's president.  We're less likely to have a dispute, and we would avoid a run-off election, with the Electoral College.  This method has been working and should continue to work for our nation.

Sincerely,

PROPER_NAME  ",4
"The author does not support his/her idea to study Venus very well. The author presents mostly negative effects on humans researching Venus. He or she should have showed more facts for their side then for the negative side of visiting Venus for research. There are many dangers with sending humans to research Venus and the author states this.

The author states in paragraph 3 ""A thick atmosphere of almost 97% carbon dioxide blankets Venum. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere."" The author goes on to talk about how NASA had the idea to send a hovering vehicle over to Venus to explore but if the clouds are corrosive how do we know how far they go. The temperature at Venus is also dangerous conditions for humans.

The author states that NASA had ideas to study using the vehile or simplified electronics. In paragraph 7 it states ""some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions."" If we send electronics over there to get pictures and calculations how would we put it on the surface and take it off of the surface. The author needs more details about this idea before stating it as a good idea. The author thinks that the hovering 30 or so miles above Venus is not a good idea because the scientist can't get samples to study Venus's atmosphere. The author states ""Therefore, scientists seeking to conduch a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks."" The author isn't to worried about the humans getting sent up there and thinks they should do it in dangerous conditions.

The author states facts on previous missions but these do not support his/her idea. Previous missions to Venus were unmanned. The author also states in paragraph 2 ""Each previous mission was unmanned, and for a good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours."" If spacecraft didn't survive it how would humans.

The author needs more facts supporting his/her idea instead of against their idea. This article should be more like a argumentable essay with stating facts from both sides. The author makes this article more of a persuasive for the opposite of what they want. They need to get more facts and ideas for not only their side but for both sides. I think that this article was more opinionated rather than using facts to support the articIe.I also think the author did well with stating facts opposing his/her side but did not give me enough information to support their idea. ",4
"At first he worked at a to part time job a banking and grocery store and then his freind invited him to be on a cattle boat luke could not say no to him.

The reason he joined was because his friend offerd he the job and he new it would be worth a life time of fun so he joined. Why because he wanted to have a new and fun job. And to help devistated countriesthat need help getting food and water and livestock. When he was walking around the boat to check on the animals he climbed a slipper ladder and losed his grip and started sliding towards the side of the boat. But their was a peice of metal that grabed his coat and stoped luke from going over board.

So he joined it was right after World War II and many counteries were left devistated and alot of countries needed food, water and livestockand then fortyfour nations joined together to help countries in need and the. Contries were caled the (United Nations Relief and Rehabitation Administration) Also nown as the UNRRA.

He said that he broke two ribs so he could not work the next day but after that he said it was a fun job. To have when they unloaded the animals the get to play volleyball, table-tennis, baseball, fencing and boxing. On the long journey back to america.

In Augast he recieved oders to report to New Orleans, he said we araived in August fourteenth, the day the Pacific war ended. they got their seamen's papers and boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster, headed for Greece- with a cargo of 335 horses plus enought hay and oats to feed them.                         ",1
"Yes, many people do think that the ""Face on Mars"" was a monument created by aliens, possibly creating a sign of some sort. However, this is not true. What you think is the ""face"" is actually a natural landform. This natural landform may appear to look like a face, but why?

The landform looks like a face becuase of the shadows that hit the landform in certain areas. ""... this... had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh (2)."" It makes it look somewhat like a face. ""...a huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth (3)."" Another reason why the landform looks like a face is becuase our eyes, that play tricks on us, may make it seem real that it is a face. Such as illusion that make it appear that the landform looks like a face that is staring up at the camera on Mars. Many poeple, however will still ask for more evidence that the landform is not alien artifact.

""...Mars Oribiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the origional... photos... when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing... a natural landform. There was no monument at all (7)."" ""What the picture actually shows in the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa- landforms common around the American West... That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars (12)."" So the landforms that you are seeing are actually common along the American West. They don't just pop up out of nowhere. They have been seen before. It's not like it is a first thing that scientists are just discovering.

This evidence proves that there is no alien monument on Mars, it may appear to look like it. But scientists have proved that it is only a natural landform, created naturally, on Mars. Not an alien monument that was created as a sign by aliens on Mars.",3
"I would like our election to be cast on popular vote. It would make more sense for us to be able to elect our president by what everyone thinks and not the electoral college because many things can go wrong. The votes in electoral college don't make sense big states have more votes then the little ones so the candidates focus on big states and the other ones are left out because they have two or three votes. Thats why I think we need a different system or just cast it on popular vote.

Just like the 2000's election Bush won that by getting the bigger states when Gore should've won it because he had more popular votes. The electoral college makes no sense and should be taken down. Many people disagree with the electoral college and know its a big scam for the presidents to win by losing. Thats why it should be casted on popular so its fair for people and not on the size of your state.

The electoral college is an outdated, unfair system on voting. It shouldn't be about the state but what all of the country thinks. Popular vote is the best way to caculate who should be president and who not to be. Our nation would be better off with a new system because the electoral college is getting outdated and isn't a good way to vote for who leads our country. We need a new system because in several places they never seen a candidate or ad to vote in 2000 campaign. Those states didn't see anything because of their electoral votes are small compared to those of the bigger states.

Also you can tie the votes in electoral votes and then we'd have to worry about the vote our House of Representatives would give us. That could be a disaster for us to worry about. Just like Nixon and Clinton had 43 percent of popular vote but winning in the electoral college. Its not fair for most people and it doesn't make sense how he can win but still be losing at the same time. I wouldn't vote until this system is changed because it is completly unfair.

The electoral college is an unfair system that no one wants anymore. We can change our ways of voting so it'll be more fair and it matters on our country's thoughts not our states. Popular vote seems more reasonable and a better way for us to find a good leader. Thats why i think it should be casted on popular vote instead of the electoral college and the United States of America would be better off with what our whole country thinks instead of our size because we represent freedom and need to prove it.    ",4
"Some people think that this face had been created by an alien, but it's just a natural landform that was made there. No one made it. If probably just formed there during a bad time at some point. If it were created by aliens it would be very nice because we now know that aliens could be realistic or non realistic, but NASA can't prove that aliens made it. NASA'S probably still trying to figure it out. This piece is only a natural landform from Mars. Don't believe that aliens made it or think it's a sign of anything important. I know this is true because of the research I found out.

If you carefully read the article you see that NASA says they think an alien might have made it. They said ""might"", so they don't really know if it was created by an alien. Plus, alien's aren't real, NASA just wants you or try and convince you to believe that they think an alien made that Face on Mars. You also notice that it has took them 3 or more years to figure it out in the pictures with the Faces on Mars. People could really tell by then that it isn't an alien that made the faces. It should'nt take that long to try and find evidence of an alien, it's just propostorous.

Now, you can try and see that these faces that some people think are aliens, aren't real. I gave some of the world a good description of how I know it is just an natural landform on Mars, and not an alien. If you citizens still want to believe that it was produced by an alien, then so be it. I can't change your opinion, and I can't force you to believe me. My opinion to this Face on Mars, to me is that it is just a natural landform piece on Mars. If NASA'S department ends up going back up to Mars and they find an alien, then they were right, but if they were also to go back in future reverance and didn't find anything that changed since 2001 then I told you so that aliens aren't real, and that it is just an NATURAL LANDFORM PIECE.",2
"I think the Facial Coding System is valuable in a classroom. I think this because It can help out a lot. When a student doesn't want to explain thier emotions or don't know how to share emotions this system can be helpful and valuable. And I mean it is pretty cool that a facial system can calculate anyones emotions. And this FACS sounds totally unharmless.

In the article it explains how this system works. I will be wrtiting about how it works and get examples from the article. In the article it says that an action unit can calculate movement of one or more msucles and can detect the emotion. Dr. Paul, the creater of FACS states that he has calssified 6 different emotions which are happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness all with the FACS. Examples of how the FACS can detect your emotion is in your face movements for example, as said in the story when your frontalis pars lateralis muscle raises your eyebrow when you are surprised; your orbicularis oris tightens your lips when you are angry. It is fantastic how this can know the emotion you are feeling.

I think FACS can actually be valuable in classrooms. A teacher can detect weither a student is happy,sad,angry, or surprised. It can be very useful for students that when they want to talk to thier teachers but don't know how to explain themelves this can help. FACS can help out in many more ways, useful ways. So my statement is this technology to read the emotion expressions of students in a classroom is valuable and I also think students would enjoy trying it out.",2
"The author explains how venus is the closest planet to earth by explaining the similar things venus has and that earth does. venus is a very complicated planet to try to study because of its tempeature the average rate goes up to 800 degrees and also has a thick atmosphere and has alot of pressure. venus is also known as the hottest planet out of all the others.

the author also says its a challenge for humans because humans havent encountered those types of enviorments but they are willing to learn more about it because its the only like earth planet there is known to be around and humans are anxious to know more about it.

Researchers cannot take anything such as rocks,gas and other samples but scientst are working on a machine that can last longer on venus so they could get more information threy also made modified electronics and tested it is if it where in venus surface.

astronomers say that we shouldnt give up on trying harder and harder to meet the very edgers of venus and get our imagination and innovations out there      ",2
"Today we already have so many technical advances, and technology is in everyday lives. This technical advance is one of the best one's in our day and age. Schools and so many buisness incooperate technology in our lessons and tests and just everday task, that technology is taking over. I think that the FACS would be a great idea to have within schools because it would be a great benefit to those students that may have harder times learning. I believe this new technology could make a difference for the greater good.

If the FACS machine was incooperated into todays schools, it would be one of the greatest accomplishments. Students who struggle, like IED students, could maybe enjoy their everyday lessons. In the writing it says that the FACS machine would be able to recognize that a student is becoming confused or bored. When this occurs, the FACS machine would be able to change the lesson and make it a better fit for the person to understand.

This technology wouldn't only help the needed students, it could help the students that maybe have a little patience problem staying focused at the task at hand. It also may help the kids feel more enjoyed to come to school because they can learn at their on rate and pace. If the FACS were to help student like this, schools may have higher percentages with test and other important task they fulfill.

I think this machine would help the teachers connect more with their students as well. If certain teachers let their students work with technology like this, this would help the teachers learn how every student is different and how they learn. It would also help the teacher learn how to teach better and more suitable to make sure their students succeed and understand things in real life.

The FACS could also help create confidence and self-esteem in certain people who think lower of themselves and who feel alone. If the FACS can understand your emotions, it could maybe help you feel better about yourself by maybe helping you link up to somebody else who has similar emotions so you could have somebody to maybe talk to.

One reason I would think not to have the FACS machine in schools, is that it may be distracting to some students. Also, it may feel intrusive to some students because they may not want their emotions told. And for the easily distracted kids, it could hurt their grades and cause their focus to be on something else like how that the FACS machine can do the ads by determining emotions on them, they might get distrated by this.

In all seriousness though, I do think that the FACS machine would be a great enhancement within the schools. I think this because even with the few cons and repurcussions it may have, I think that the pros outweigh the negativities. I think the FACS machine will be more beneficial then destructive.       ",3
"Am I against or for the driverless cars?

I in my opinion am against having driverless cars. I have decided this because I love to drive, I injoy driving and going in and out of plces.

The reason why I have chosen this is because havind driverless cars could be a big terrible deal. For example , the car has a mind of its own but what if some day it has a glich and you are inside the car, the glich will seel the doors and windows. When you know the whay to go, turning right at a stop but the glich or mistake it makes the auto go to the left.

I injoy driving, I would not like to be lazy and not learn the street names or where my destination. The driverless cars learn everything for you, how are you going to invite a friend from outside who does not have a drierless car. You cannot help your friend get to the destination if you do not know the streets or dirrection to go to.

I for sure am against the driverless cars.

Are you against having the drverless cars or do you agree for them?",2
"Computers are one of the best inventions ever made by humans because they have enabled everybody around the world to connect to the Internet. The Internet fuels most peoples lives because of the sheer amount of accessible information about anything and everything. However, should we let computers start making their own decisions? Thomas Huang is the creator of a computer software that allows computesr to read human emotions using 3-D modeling and analyzing muscle movements in the face. At first glance, this appears to be an interesting concept, but there could be several downsides to this type of invention such as overall practicality, implementation in today's society, and even safety and security issues.

First of all, is a software that can read our emotions actually useful? There is potential for this type of software to be used on people for occasions such as a interrogation where the suspect could be lying and the software could detect a quivering lip. On the other hand, this type of software is most likely not going to make it into the homes of the people which presents a business problem. Their solution is to introduce the software into schools to be used for enhancing the learning experience. Dr Huang describes how computers in the classroom could ""recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored...then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instuctor"" resulting in a better learning environment for the student. The issue is, not every student needs this, and many will prbably disagree with having this software implemented in their school. So, this type of computer software has few areas that it will probably be used causing it to be less practical than it originally seems.

Secondly, how will FACS (Facial Action Coding System) be implemented into a society that is normally unwilling to new changes regarding their technology? People want improvements, but they don't want change. For example, when an application has an update most people update it without giving it a second thought because the newer it is the more likely it will be ""better"" than the previous version. But, when a new phone comes out with plenty of changes people are skeptical and wait for their friend to buy it before they consider purchasing one themselves. So, as a result, people will most likely be skeptical of a software that is able to read emotions because it is something new and no one has any experiences with it yet. This causes FACS to seem like a software that won't be implemented or at least widespread for a long time.

Lastly, will the common person feel like their privacy is being invaded with this new software? For FACS to work the user must have a camera or some kind of scanning device that is able to detect individual muscles. A highly accurate scanning device in the common home will most definitely scare some people out of having this type of software. For example, some people believe that they are already watched through their smartphone camera even though they don't have any form of evidence of such actions taking place. A natural fear of invasion of privacy is part of human nature and cannot be changed. In paragrpah seven D'Alto, the author, mentions that FACS can detect a fake and a real smile which only solidifies the softwares scanning precision. What if someone was talking with their boss using their computer and they lied to protect their job? Although this kind of action should result in that person being punished or fired FACS could use the camera on the computer to see that they were lying and report it to the person's boss or company. Now, this situation is impractical and hopefully it never happens, but the idea that FACS has the ability to use a camera in the home to do whatever they want is scary and will drive people away from using it.

In conclusion, FACS will probably be used for specific tasks only, but it is interesting to ponder the potential for similar softwares in the future. The main problem that Dr. Huang will face is trying to show the people the trustworthiness of the product. If there is too much skepticism from the people it simply won't be found around the world and rather only in more secluded places such as labs or research facilities for testing purposes. In the future, other softwares will be created and maybe they will have the potential to impact the world in influential, innovative, and successful ways.                              ",6
"Have you ever woundered if a computer can read your emotions. Well the Facial Action Coding System can sacn your face and calculate your emotions by reading the mucle movement in your face. The world could benafet from this tecnologey imagen the posabilitys.

The facial action coding system or the FACS would be helpfull in school because it can tell when u ar upset or bored and change the lesson to fix the child with the problem. Like as an examble say Jimmy is falling asleep in clas the FACS could see that and ajust the lesson to be more exciting so Jimmy wouln't fall asleep more, or say Salley is sad the FACS can see that and tell the teacher and the teacher can help Salley.

in conculsion the FACS or the Faicial Action Coding System would bennafet the world opening new door in reading peoples emotions. just imagen the posabilitys like being able to tell your best freind is sad when shes puts on a smile to hide from the world and being abel to talk with her and make her feel better about herself.",2
"Dear state senator,

I think that every person who wants to go for president should go to electoral school, just so when ever the person runs for president they don't win because they are well known and popular vs the other person who is not well known. Also if they do go to election school they could learn how to run for pesident and learn how to write speeches, and also teach them that some of the 50 states in the united states have to have his/her vote.

The out come of a person running for president that went to electoral school their electoral vote will be above average for one year and if they do good as president then the outcome for next year will maybe bet higher or lower. When ever a US citizen votes they are also voting for the electors canidates. and when you do vote that person who is running for president that helps his/her's group get elected. Every president has to have a Vice president.    ",1
"Driverless cars a becoming a part of the not too distant future. Experts have said that they are still developing this technology and they are not completely driverless. I feel that they may never be completly driverless. They just don't have the right technology to make this idea work. I believe that this is a bad idea because it is not safe, it's pointless, and there would be no relaxation.

The driverless cars may seem like a good idea to others, but the manufactures cannot be sure that the car won't have serious problems when driving itself. I would not want to be in a car that could drive itself on an interstate and then suddenly stop working and cause a severe car crash. I understand that they are atill developing this technology and that they are still testing these vehicles, but I also think they should keep them away from public roads until they develop the technology they need. These cars are not quite ready to have passengers. They may one day be the great thing everyone imagined, but we are not there yet.

Not only are these cars unsafe but they are really pointless. If you bought a driverless car thinking you would never have to drive or at least think that the car would drive itself most of the time, you would be mistaken. There is no point calling a car driverless if it isn't. The price of these cars would most likely be extremely high. You would be sadly disappointed if you spent alot of money for a car that says it can drive itself when really you do still have to drive in certain situations.

Most people would think that they could let the car take control and that the passenger could just sit back and relax. Unfortunately, you can't. The car still requires you to be aware of your surroundings and have at least one hand on the wheel. You may ask how can they tell if you are following these rules. The answer to that question is that they would have a camera that would be able to detect if you are paying attention or not. They would also have sensory triggers in your steering wheel that lets them know if you have your hands on the wheel. If you were driving for a long time and you wanted a break for a little while then the car could take over, but you aren't really getting a break because you still have to pay attention in case something were to happen.

Driverless cars may one day be a gigantic break through for industry and technology. Until that day comes when they can completely drive themselves withought needing a passengers assistance, there really is no point in buying them. The saftey, pointlessness, and lack of relaxation makes these cars unprepared for passengers and being out on the open road. They still lack many aspects that must be met before they are ready for use.      ",3
"I believe that we should study and explore Venus further. I agree with the author about this because I'm interested in ourter space and planets. I'm not just saying this because of my interest, but also because if it's so similar to Eath than let's study it more. They referr Venus as Earth's twin so let's see what makes it it's twin. The passage adds than the atmosphere is different in Venus and we would need to be preapred for that.

Going and exploring Venus is a risk but sometimes we just have to go in and take that risk. Life is all about taking risks and going for it. We never know what new studies we could find in Venus. Personally I would like to know how Venus has similar feature like Earth but has a totally different atmosphere. It also has earthquackes, volcanoes, and lighting strikes just liek Earth.

I like the idea NASA had that we should send humans to study Venus. For this to happen we would need to have them float above the surface. We wouldn't know if it's safe for them to land on Venus's surface jus yet. The conditions would be the extreme temperature and more. But these conditions are survivable for humans.

After reading this passage, we could go study Venus a bit more. They talked about the conditions it would have and, what would we need to do so it can happen. It's possible for this to happen so we might as well go. It's a challenge but not an impossible one. It would be cool to see if sciencist find more discoveries about Venus   ",3
"Have you ever wondered how students may learn better. Well what if I told you it is Facial Action Coding System? Does'nt it sound complex and difficult? This technology is able to read human facial expressions and determain if a person is mad sad angry or happy. This type of technology would be so benificial in student school life and this is how.

What if your son or daughter is having trouble in school because the words that are on a passage that is being read on the computer is to complex for them. Would'nt you want the teaacher to give them a simplified edition of the passage. If FACS was used on this computer the program could sense that the student is confused and it will automaticly switch it to a simple edition.

Bullying is becoming a big problem in the world at schools. What if a student is being bullied and they do not want to show there emotions. This technology could find out there true emotions in a attempt to help the student overcome their problem.

What if a student stole something of another kid and you want to find out if he really did it then you can use this program to figure out by the students facial expressions. This could make it so much easier to solve issues in the day to day world to solve crimes in school or conflicts.

These are all great resons on why the FACS program should be used in schools. This would be very benificial for students, teachers, and even the parents of the student.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ",3
"""You can live in your car, but you can't drive your house."" This is a quote my teacher used to tell me as advise for the future. This was a way of saving money if you had to choose between paying rent or paying your car bills if you were in this situation. However, what he did not realize is its more useful to use less of your car.

Using less of your car improves the enviroment. Using less will reduce the pollution in the air that we breathe in. When we reduce our car use we reduce the amount of resources like fossil fuels and nonreuseable resources. When we use cars and create pollution we also create a smog, but when we stop using cars we can clear the smog. In paris, they banned car use for a certain amount of time and it reduced the amount of smog. In fact, in the article

Paris Bans Driving Due to Smog , it says ""The smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to rescind the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday.""

Another thing that reduces is your payments for your car. How can you pay for a car if you don't have one? The answer is you don't. Without a car you don't have to pay car payments or repair payments. You also don't have to worry about getting fines or looking for parking spaces. In the article

In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars , it reads ""Car ownership is allowed, but there are only two places to park- large garages at the edge of the develpment, where a car-owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home.""

If you are not already worried with you car payments, you would be worried about your children's safety. Accidents happen all the time from cars. And if you're not in an accident you could be the one with a car breakdown on your way to work. Now you may say, I need a car because I have to drive to work or drop my kids at school. Than here is a solution, in the article

The End of Car Culture it says, ""Likewise the rise in cellphones and car-pooling apps has fascilitated more flexible commuting arrangements, including the evolution of shared van services for getting to work.""

My teacher's quote about paying for cars is more useful than paying rent is incorrect. Using less of your car is an advantage to improving the environment, spending less money, and increasing safety in the world.    ",4
"Aliens had nothing to do with the face on Mars, even though there may be slight evidence. The face on mars was just a natural invention, that came from piled up rocks, dust, shadows, and old storms, in my opinion it is just a crazy sight of nature.

There were excited and anxious web searchers waiting to see the image that first appeared on a JPL web site. The web searchers only found that it was a natural landform, and there was no alien monument at all.

If there were any other objects in sight for this face to have been created by aliens they would have been captured because you can discern things in a digital image three times bigger than a pixel size. For example, if there was anything like small shacks, or even airplanes they would have seen them, so therefore, aliens couldnt have made this face. ",2
"I stand with the makeing of these cars and the possiblities that come with in our society. The cars would be able to open new doors to health benefits, lowering crash ratios, and much more. The driverless car would be a great achievement in human curisosity and invention. These cars would better many different levels of society if made and used propely.

Drverless can be an innovation within our cumminties and cites. These cars could protect more lives and lower the amount of human recklessness that could be done at the wheel of a regular driven car. If made fully driverless, the amount of intoxicated accidents, killing and pull overs by the police would be lowered substancially. These smart cars could detect when their driver is not keeping a minimal amount of focus on the road and alert them to any dangers that could obstruct their path or cause harm. Only increasing the level of safety and efficencess that it would be used for.

The support of the driverless car ,though at the moment is not completely driverless, could keep many citizens safe and out of harm. The public eye sees these cars of dangerous because they do not wish to relinqiush their right of control over to the car and also they do not know what would replace the fun of driving in its stead. The makers have a few ideas on how to make the trip fun, but still lawmakers are trying to decide whether to trust that these cars are really that safe and how big their laws would ned to change for traffic, and the last big question who will take the blame for a crash that may happen. The safety issues are slowly being proven to the lawmakers on that it may be a better option then regular cars, but the other previously said descions have yet to be acted upon, except for its questioning.

I do believe driverless cars if thought through and corrected for mistakes can become a valuable asset to modern day community. These cars could lead to a increase in driving, and traveling for families and could also lead to the question of what can we do with this technology now? I feel that these questions are a very good thing in the advanceing technology of this age and that the still developing cars should not be frowned upon, but seen as a step forward into atoumating our country.",3
"Have you every heard of the ""Face on Mars?"" Some people even think that the face was an alien. NASA (the people who found the ""face"" on Mars) could say otherwise. NASA has many diffrent ways that this is not an alien. The three are that no alien monuments anywhere, that NASA spent countless time trying to make sure that they were wrong, and that the shadows and the lighting make it look like a face.

The first reason why it is not an alien is because they looked for an alien monument and didn't find one. This either means that NASA took all that time and did not find one, or there is not alien monument which means that this being an alien is slim. Not having a monument means that the ""aliens"" didn't have a home or a place to worship. NASA even had a camera ten times sharper than what they found the face with,""MIchael Malin and his MArs Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper that the original Viking photos""(7). This goes to show that the monument and the aliens do not exist.

The second reason is that they tried countless times trying to find more. They spent many years trying to find answers but they never found them. The only answer they got was that the alien they were hopping for wasn't present or was present. On April 8, 2001, that was thier last try. They had amazing pizels but still got nothing, ""Marlin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution"" (10.)

Finally, the shadows made it look like it was a face. Even though it looked like a face, we never know if a shadow hit it good enough that it made it look like that. NASA states that ""only this one had unusual shadows to make it look like an egyptian Pharaoh,"" (2.) This states that unusual shadowing made the mesa look unusual. The later years, the mesa looks less and less like a face.

This shows that the ""Face on Mars"" looks more and more like a shadow. Many years have been put into this ""Face on Mars."" Yet there is not that much they found. NASA would have got a lot of money if they found it. Yet they turned it down because they knew that it was not an alien like they would have hopped.               ",4
"The Face On Mars

Do you think the face on mars was created by aliens? I dont, and im going to tell you why the ""Face on Mars"" was not created by aliens. Theres not enough evidence to prove that aliens exist. Conspiracy theorists just want something to obsess about!

The ""Face on Mars"" was not created by aliens.

A few days after the face appeared, NASA unveiled the image for all to see. It also had a caption saying ""Huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giveing it the illusion of eyes, a nose, and a mouth."" The authors said it was a good way to engage the public and attract attension to Mars.They also stated that it looked like the head of an Egyptian Pharoh.

Since they unveiled the image, the ""Face on Mars"" has become a pop icon. It's even been stared in a Holywood film, it's appeared in books, in magazines, on radio talk shows, and in

haunted grocery store cheakout lines for a while! Some people even think the Face is evidence of life on Mars, they say its evidence that NASA woulike to be kept a secret, said conspiracy theorists. All while people who defence the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars. A few scientists even thought it was an alien artifact. Capturing photos of Cydonia had become a priority for NASA when the MGS arrived at the Red Planet in September, 1997, eighteen long years after the Viking missions had ended!

Jim Garvin, cheif scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program stated ""We felt this was important to taxpayers. We photographed the Face as soon as we could get a good shot at it."" On April 8, 2001, a cloudless day in Cydonia, MGS drew close enough for a seond look. ""We had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the feild of view,"" said Garvin, ""Malin's team captured an extordinary photo useing the camera's abseloute maximum resolution."" What they captured was a rock formation.

So, as i have concluded, the ""Face on Mars"" was a rock formation with shadows makeing the illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth (as i stated earlier). So basically, the Face was an illusion of a face, but in reality, it was just a gigantic rock formation with shadows, but i could see how conspiracy theorists would get the idea of aliens. ",2
"Driverless cars would be good for people. I think this for many good reasons. One is because some people get tired behind the wheel sometimes. Two it would stop drunk driving. And three its giving people a break. I gave the reasons why i think its a good idea, now im gonna explain my point.

My first point is

that some people get tired behind the wheel. A tired person behind the wheel is not good. They could end up falling asleep, and them falling asleep could cause a crash. Nobody wants to be in a crash. It says in the second pargarph, ""their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash"".... Thats more then enough time for people to get to their destintation without falling asleep. Thats just the first reason.

We have lots of drunk drivers in the world. With driverless cars drunk drivers wouldnt have to drive. And with them not driving no one would get hurt and the wont in up in jail. Im not saying that its good for them to be getting in a car drunk im saying that they wouldnt have to drive. They wouldnt have to cause crashes cause their intoxicated. We would have less DUIs in the world with this car.

Last its giving lots of people a break. I know most people dont like to drive and they wont a break. Its helping them. You will till have to set in driver sit to pay attention but its still giving them a break. So over all i just thinks its a good idea.

With this you would keep tired people from behind wheel, drunk people from behind wheel, and you giving people a break. So its a good idea to me. Just my opinion. ",3
"changing the election to popular vote would I think benefit us and this country. Whats the point on voting for the president if the electoral college is going to do it and will pick the final decision. the electoral college cinsits of 538 electors and a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president, but what about us who vote. I feel like there is no point in voting if the whole election is based off the electoral college. This electoral college is unfair to voters because of the winner take all system that runs in each state. candidates dont spend there time in the states they have no chance in winning in, they only spend there time in the states they think they can win in. For example in 2000 17 states didnt even see the candidates at all! Some people in these 17 states didnt see one ad at all. Its not like us voters can control who there electors vote for because some voters get confused about the electors and sometimes can vote for the wrong candidate. Its not fair to us if we dont matter in this vote at all, especially when the people running dont send an ad out to every state and dont visit every state. The election is held every four years and we help choose our states elecotors when you vote for president because when we vote for the cadidate we actually vote for the candidates electors so it doesnt really make an impact on votes and i think that we should vote for the cadidates themselves  not there electors. So i think changing the votes to popular vote would benefit us all even if we dont get an ad or see anythin in our state even if the cadidates think they dont have achance in winning they should still participate.    ",3
"The challlenge of exploring Venus begins with the fact that the surface tempature is aout 800 degrees fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is

about 90 times greater then on Earth. The spacecrafts typically dont last longer then a few hours under the harsh conditions which caused the missions to be unnammed. Venus has a thick atmopshere of almost 97 percent cardon dioxide and evem more challenging the clouds have highly corrosive sulfuric acid i n the atmosphere. Venus is the most Earth like planet, long ago the planet was probably covered in oceand and could have supported may forms of life, Venus still has some fetures that are simulier to Earth, the planet has surface of rocky sediment and includes familliar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters.Venus is a planet worth studying because of its simularities to Earth and compare the two and try to figure out how Venus got the way it is today. If we could send a spacecraft that can survive the harsh conditions of Venus long enough we could possibly try to find evidence of life that could have lived there a very long time ago.",1
"On Mars this ''Face"" is not actually a face at all. It is a natural landform on the surface of Mars. May 24,2001 they made a discovery of a human face with the NASA's Viking 1 spaceship. It was neraly two miles from end to end. Scientists have discoved that it was just another Martian mesa it was close to be around the Cydonia. But this one had shadows that made it kinda look like a Pharaoh from Egypt. NASA only put on the newspaper""huge rock formation.....which resembles a human head.....formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes,nose,and mouth."" They put that on there to get the people worked up and make them worried and excitied. If it was ailens like they believed, dont you think that they wouldnt of stoped the search?

They said it was good for the people and the taxpayers. I dont think that would of stopped them. I think that sciencetist found out that it was just a landform and didnt want to tell people about it. So they stoped the Viking Mission search and told the news that it was for the taxpayers. \

Apil 5,1998 was when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia. The team snapped picture. They were shaper pictures than before, people were waiting day and night for this one picture of them. When they got out it proved that it was just a landform. Even then people like you, still didnt believe them. So the people came up with that "" The Face on Mars is located at 41 degress north martian latitude where it was winter in April 1998.It is a cloudy time of year on the Red Planet. The camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face.Pehaps, said skeptics aliens marking were hidden by haze."" Why would people say this? The camera they used was ten times shaper than before on the Viking Mission. Even if it was cloudly they still would of gotten closer and got a clear image of that is looked like. And they did but you people still wont believe them.

So since they didnt believe them the people got want they wanted,another picture.So on April 8,2001 a cloudless summer day on Cydonia. Mars Global Surveyor got close enough to take another shot of the ""Face."" They pixels are 1.56 meters while 43 meters per pixel in the Viking Photo of 1976. ""So has a rule of Thumb, you can discern things in digial image 3 times bigger than the sixel size. If there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egypian-style-pyramids or even small shacks,you could see what they were.""

The picture they took is actuall shows in the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa. Which are landforms common around the American West. They said it reminds them of the Middle Butte in the Snake River of Idaho. And that is a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars.",4
"Is living in venus important despite all the dangers? Well I think yes because just like mars you could maybe get life on venus If It was less toxic. I think scientsis are trying to make life on venus because it's possible.

My claim is that you could get life on venus because it's not to dangerous. On paragraph 2 he says ""These dfifferences in speed mean that sometimes we're closer to mars and other times to venus"". In paragraph 4 astronomers were saying ""Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life just like Earth"". This evidence proves that if scientsis try, maybe we can get life on venus.

To conclude all of this I was basically trying to say that venus actually isn't that bad of an planet like saturn or mecury because it's either too hot or too cold in those planets. But in venus it's kind of right in the middle. So probably by 2025 there could be a chance of living in venus.   ",2
"in the artical the autoer shows how they would like to see venus get explored dispite the harsh condisons and odd wether. the autoer gives many resons why they would like to see venus such as how it is earths twin, flying over it with a blimp or jet of some kind, as well as a mecanical computer.

so the authoer states that venus is eraths twin this would a huge milestone and would be amazing. one of many resons would be to use it for the study of earth and our sun.

the next way would be a bilmp or jet of some kind that would fly over venus at an altutude that is safe for use. this is however a bad way to get there for the astronuts would be there for a short time becuse of fuel cost and coservaton. as well as there would be no real way to test the surfuse of venus from there ass you could not get to the surfuce.

and the last way to get there is by sneding a mecalical computer this would give use amazing resalts. but a the cost of developing a computer that the last time these were largly used was in the 1940's wolud be a fotune and they left that out for they relly whant to go.

the from the artical how the auther relliy wants to go to venus so they gave us the resons how it is earths twin, flying over it with a blimp or jet of some kind, as well as a mecanical computer. so in conclusen the auther relly whant to go to venus",2
"Join. You should join or participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. This is an opportunity of a lifetime, so you can join. ""I'm grateful for the opportunity, it made me more aware of the people of other countries and their needs."" said Luke Bomberger and ""My life changed soon after my high school graduation.""

The adventure starts on a cattle boat. ""This is an unbelievable opportunity for small-town boys."" said Luke. ""We help countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more."" It will take time to get to places where people might need help, like two weeks to around a month, or even more. If you can last that long on a boat then give this a try. I got to tour unique places like; an excavated castle in Crete and the Panama Canal on my way towards China. Besides helping people, I got to see and experience being in; the Acropolis in Greece, and going on a gondola ride in Venice, Italy. When the animals were unloaded, especially on return trips we would play baseball and volleyball games, where the animals used to be. ""Table-tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and other games were played to help pass the time on board.""

Now that you what happens and what we do, you should join our program. This is an opportunity of your lifetime. ""I'm grateful for the opportunity, it made me more aware of the people of other countries and their needs."" said Luke Bomberger and ""My life changed soon after my high school graduation."" It is your choice, to be a cowboy or not.",2
"The author of this article demonstrates and tells us a variety of factors that contribute to the fact that although Venus has several dangers surrounding it, the idea of studying Venus is worth the persuit well. Throughout the passage the author tells us the pros and the cons Venus has, but he somehow continues to try to persuade the reader that if more research and studying is done, it will all be worth it in the long run. Not only does he tried to persuade us, the reader, with his writing, but he also includes several facts proven nationwide by professional companies and sources.

The author solely begins to reference NASA and how they play a role in advancing the knowledge of Venus throughout the course of studies. He uses evidence such as, ""Venus would allow scientist to float above the fray. Just as our jet panes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground condtions by staying up and out of their way."" The text also states,"" Temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans."" The author includes this to give the reader a reasonable idea of what one of the largest space companies has come up with to begin to send humans to Venus. Furthering his persuasion, he continues to include details in the text about some of the innovations many researchers are working on that could contribute to expanding our knowledge of Venus.

Following the details of NASA and their idea to visit Venus, the author includes evidence about some of the many innovations researchers are working on, along with how NASA is contributing to help better these innovations. The author does a very good job at describing some of the innovations created, and how they will help contribute meaningfully to our discoveries of Venus. The text states,"" Some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the choas of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions."" The text also states,"" Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computer. Systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces."" Although the author does a very well job at trying to persuade the reader that studying for Venus is a worthy pursuit, I completely oppose his idea and what he is trying to do.

My claim of this article is that all the research of Venus and trying to pursuit the idea that it will all be worth it is false. It will not be worth it, and I can support my answer with several different ideas from the text. First, the text states, "" No spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours."" This is a major reason because if something like a spacecraft made out of hard metal, with a weight of a couple tons can not survive for more than a few hours, imagine what could happen with the human body. Secondly, Venus provides a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets and contains clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid which if the human body is exposed to, can deteriate and die at an instant. Lastly, on Venus's surface, the temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what us humans currently experience on Earth. These conditions also have the capability to liquefy many metals. With these kind of statistics from the planet Venus, there is no realistic survival chance for any human body, which is why I completely oppose what the author in this article is trying to do.

The author of this article supported his claim that studying Venus is a worthy persuit despite the dangers. Although he properly demonstrated why he supports furthering studies, I oppose his idea as I read the statistics from Venus and why furthering investigation of this planet would be in reality pointless. This concludes his reasoning behind wanting to continue studies, along with why I chose to oppose his idea of Venus.      ",5
"Everybody may be have different opinion for everything,including the emotional expressions. When we at happy time to see that could be a smile photo. When we at med time to see that could be a angry photo and so on. We can not actually know what is the real expression from this painting. But computer can help us to recognize the subtle facial movements.

One reason is''Dr. Huang relies on the work of psychologists,such as Dr. Paul Eckman, creator of FACS (Facial Action Coding System).Eckman has classified six bisic emotions--happiness,surprise,anger,disgust,fear,and sadness--and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles.''There have six bisic emotions on computer can help us to recognize the subtle facial movements. Another reason is ''A classroom computer recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,'' Dr. Huang predicts. So that evidenced computer can recognize the emotional expressions of the students in the classroom is valuable.

By the way,people recognize the emotional expressions depented on themself at what time to see the expressions,but computers can ''calculater''that for sure. In my opinion, computer can help us to recognize the emotional expressions.      ",1
"Facial Action Coding System I think is a good idea because if someone is trying to figure out how you are feeling and you don't tell them they can look on the computer and tell what your emotions are. In the passage it tells that the computer is 3-D and has 44 major muscle. This tell us that if a friend is feeling a way you can tell and you would actually know itts true and not false. In paragraph one it explains to me that there are six basic emotions and they are happiness, surprise , anger ,and ect. For example your frontalis muscle above your eye raises your eyebrows when you are surprise. Some people wouldnt think that this is possible but I think its something good.

When a student is looking at the computer they can pick up all emotions like if you have mixed emotions or just one. Someimes teachers want to know how they students are feeling but just don't want to walk up to the and just ask. This computer I think was a wonderful thing that someone can make. If I ever had this computer it would be very useful to me because want to know how others feel.

Some people who try to just look at someone and tell how they are feelings is not always helpful they might think its one thing but its another. Most people are not just good by going off someone's look but this computer can help out alot you don't need to try and guess what that person is feeling. Evan when some artist are trying to draw a ppersons emotion they don't always know either they would also need the computer . Dr. Huang says in te story that Da Vinci has and comuter when he draw so that he could get the specific factial expression.

If I was to get one of these computes i would like to use it on everyone around me because I love to see people happy and if they are not I would like to make there day. If I am taking a test and I get confused I know that the computers see that and the teacher would know and try to help me out a little. Using these can help everyone out in so many differen ways.

Eveyone should have one of these or get an computer lie this one. If you really need to know about smeone you just would look on it to see what it is. This would be good when a school have a play and the people that are watching them need or want to figure out how the characters feel.   ",3
"The article here talks about a new technology, one that is very advanced and complex. It is a facial recognizing program that can tell what emotions you are feeling just by looking at your face. It can recognize when someone is feeling sad, angry, disgusted, surprised, happy, or fearful just by looking at the facial muscles. This type of technology has great potential in medicine, education, and service industries.

The reason this technology has great potential is that it can further advance how we help people and when to help them. Imagine if there was a facial recognition computer in every classroom. The computer could recognize when a student has trouble with a topic or when they need something else to focus on. ""Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" stated Dr. Huang. He says ""Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication,"". There are a lot of students in every classroom, so it is near impossible for a teacher to pick up all the nonverbal cues that students give off. That is where the computer comes in and can pick up those cues, making every student a priority at the school. Not to say that this techonology would not be expensive to purchase for every school, but when you look at the value it could possibly bring to the education system, the cost may be well worth it.

This new software and technology is a great idea and has a lot of potential to be prominent in the upcoming years. The technology is here, now we need the funding to capitalize on the opportunity that we have been given. This could drastically change our schools and bring more educated workers into the workforce. That is why the new software has lots of value and would be a good investment in the near future. ",3
"""The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.""(1) This process where a selection of electors meet and vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes in Congress is a way of election that has been in the roots of this great and prosperous country since its begining. Is this way of electing really all that fair? Does it let the entire population get a fair say in who thay want to run the country? While some people may argue that this system allows the people on the commity of electors that actually want to have their fair say in who becomes president, but first you need to think about; they whole american population barely has any say at all in the election and we change this tradadition.

It is time for a change, becuase when a United States citizen votes, they actually arent even voting for president at all. They are mearly voting for a commity of electors to elect the next president for them. Also, is the the commity of electors that actaully wins the elections, and not the popular vote. This is why they call this commity of electors the swing vote because you could win the poplular vote by 78.9 percent and still lose the election because you lost the commity of electors votes. This senerio has happened a few times in our history. For instance in 2000 canidate Al Gore won there popluar vote but lost the presidencey thanks to the commity of electons from the electoral college. Some people may argue that this is a long tradtion in our country and must be kept. Yes this is true, but there are some very crusial factors against this.

I understand that this election process was put forth but our founding father and some people do not want to just throw it away. While I understand this; however, there are flaws in this process that must not be over looked. It does not include and take into count the whole population and it can lead some canadits to lose even when the whole country voted for them. So we need to do something about this process of election. We must find a new way that included and takes into count the population of the United States. Not just a commity of electors.

The Elector College has been is the building blocks of this country since its begining, but becuase of some of it's flaws it must be changed. This process does not include the entire count of the votes by american citizens. It is like our thoughts and ideas of who should be president do not even matter in the votting process. The Electoral College may be a deep tradition in our country since its begining, it must be changed if our great nation is going to be able to prosper and grow.    ",4
"Dear State Senator,

After learning that the Electoral College is a process, and not a place, I've started thinking. What were the founding fathers thinking when they said that people can vote collectively onto the president when we actually vote for the state electors. People who change their vote onto the president they aren't being representing on again.

Say I wanna vote for Barack Obama but I actually vote for a Elector that is represented by Barack Obama. The elector votes not for Barack Obama but his opposing competition, and now our president, isnt the one I voted for.

In the Electoral College ther are so many loop hole we dont even see. We aren't even voting for the person we want. We are just voting for a person in the house who votes who they feel is the better president. Better yet, the can just represent kennedy and just vote the competing side if he really wants.

To make things worse, the good representatives dont have a chance depending on the state you represent in. so all the republican representatives can go over to the democratic side and vote for their president of choice because they have taken over the voting. Totally taking over the right to vote for president freely as a nation sorta thing.

More or less our vote does matter. In 2012 the popular vote was very close in Florida; even so Obama won the vote and got 29 electoral votes. If he represented Wyoming instead of Florida he would have got only 3 electoral votes because of the Democratic and Repubilic electors.

Larger states get the more attention tho, and when the president represents the larger state that votes toward his kind of Republic or Democrat field it is more likely that he will win of popular vote. If we dont vote for him his state representative electors wont get the chance to vote for the presdent or vice president we want, and then we wont be able to vote collectivly as a nation.

Now to the more and most important part of this letter. I implore you to change the rule so that the people as a whole can vote for their elected president, not for a elector of the president. I feel that when the founding fathers spoke of ""people of america with the right to vote"", we will get to vote without cheats and without backdoors in the law. So as a citizen of the united states, I wish that you will do the right thing for the people of the nation of freedom and give us a choice. Give us a chance to vote for OUR president and take down the electoral collage process.

Love, PROPER_NAME aka student            ",3
"This will be about my opinions and what I think on the matter of driverless cars.

I will explain why I think like I do too.

I think you will agree with me.

I think driverless cars would be good and nice.

Some computers can detect danger faster than the human eye can catch, or the human mind to comprehend.

For example if a small animal runs in front of your car you may hit it due to you driving so fast, and the sudden relization that an animal just ran out in front of your car.

Another plus of driverless cars are you are less likely to get injured due to the computer inside your car.

For example, say you are driving and you are extremely tired from a long days work.

If you fall aslepp at the wheel, the car will stop due to your hands no longer on the wheel of the car, resulting in a safe stop.

This is my opinion on why driverless cars would be safer. There are many dangers as well, but I belive the pros outweigh the cons in this situation.

I hope the reader of this will belive the same way after reading what I just typed.       ",2
"Everywhere we go, we always see different types of cars from different compaines. Some car uses different type of gas that would coast more or less money on what they own.  Reading these four soures, all these country are trying to help there pollution and envoriment by cutting out days that they can use their cars.

In Germany street parking,driveways and home garages are forbidden to the new disctict. People who have cars are only allowed to park into two places, such as the park and large garages at the edge. Owners has to buy spaces for $40,000, along with a home. Only 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold there car to move into.""When i had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way"" said Heidrum Walter. There have been efforts in the two past decades to make cities denser, and better for them to walk but now people are taking the suburbs. Now stores has apporach for people to walk there by the walking distance instead of going to the malls along some higways. Autombiles are the linchpin of suburbs where middle class familes from Chicago to Shanghai tends to make their homes. While there have been efforts in the past two decades to make cities denser, and better for walking to places.

Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air for global city. On every Mondays motorists with even and odds numbered license plates were order to leave thier cars at home or suffer $31 of fine. Diesl fuel was blamed, since France has a tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline. The congestion was doen 60 percent in the capital of France, after five days of investgion. Cold nights and even warm days the weather caused the layer of air to trap car emission. Comanies complained lost revenue while exceptions for plug in cars, such as Hybrids. The same thing happens on the Tuesday for the odds number, depending on the lisnces plate. In Bogota Colombia people hike, bike, and even skate to the places they needed to be at Carlos Arturo said ''It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution''. The days without cars is a part of an improvement campaign.

If you can tell giving the enviorment a brake by not taking cars to random places and help save our commuties and envorment can be a huge change. Instead of driving why not bike or skate to the place you wanted to be at. To inprove this condiction people should read all these good ideas to think twice before something bad happens to our enviorment .                                    ",2
"Do you believe aliens are on mars? I am a scientist from NASA and I am here to tell you that there are no alien life forms on mars. Recently we have discovered a landform on mars that has the appearance of a human face. Many believe the face is ancient alien artifacts, and some believe it is a landform known as a Mesa or a Butte. This article will explain why this ""Face"" is not an alien artifact.

About 25 years ago a spacecraft oribting mars called the viking 1 was searching for landing spots for its sister ship called the viking 2. In 1976 Viking 1 took a picture of something that had the appearnace of a face, NASA could not explain it at first. After some research that mission controllers came to the conclusion that is was another martian mesa, they were common in the region of Cydonia on planet mars. A few days later NASA decided to unveil the image for all to see. The face on mars became a huge hit in pop culture it was featured in movies, books, magazines, and even on radio talk shows. Many people begain to think the face was evidence of aliens on mars and were confused because NASA would want to hid ethe evidence of aliens on mars. ""Some people think the face is bona fide evidence of life on mars."" Although few scientist believed the face was an alien artifact, Photographing Cydonia became a tp priority. NASA took pictures of the face every chance they had. In 1988 Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time and took good pictures of the face. When the photo was seen it was proof of no alien life it was just a landform on mars. Many were not satisfied and wanted more proof so in 2001 the Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough to take more detailed pictures. When the scientist got the picture it shows a martian butte or mesa and the scientist compared it with the Middle Butte in the snake river plain of idaho in the american west. When it comes down to it there is no alien life on the planet of mars and the face is nothing but a landform with the appearance of a face. I hope this article has helped you decide if you think it is alien or a landform. ",2
"People should join the Seagoing Cowboys.

Reasons for what i`m saying. The reason people should join the Seagoing Cowboys is so you can help the people in the middle of world war II because they have no shelter, food, or animals and their families

Another reason is that people should join the Seagoing Cowboys is so you can have a different view to other people and have a different pase to life. Also you can meet different people that you can make friends with and talk to other people about their life and why they joined the Seagoing Cowboys. You could also play games like baseball, and volleyball. You could also play table-tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and game like those while on the seas.

Last reason that you should join the Seagoing Cowboys is so you can have views that you would probally never see. You can also see other cultures and views you wouldnt see on a plane.

Everyone needs to help out one another. They could make new friends that they would have never made before.",2
"The face was not created by aliens because there is still no proof that aliens or any living thing that lives on mars NASA are still looking for life on mars so how can the face be made by mars. It was formed by shadows giving the illusion of a human head, eyes, nose and mouth. There was no alien monument after all. The face was just made up with clouds and dust particles from Mars. What the picture actaully show is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa landforms common aroung the American West.

The picture saying that the aliens created the face is just clouds forming a face on a stormy day on Mars beacuse our eyes can be illusion of what we see. The face was made up of dust and clouds which formed a face. tThe picture that was taken in 1976 looks like a face but doesnt have all thee features as the picture that was taken in 1998. The pictue that was taken in 1998 looks very simlar like a face u can see eyes, mouth, a nose. The picture that was taken in 2001 doesnt look like a face anymore looks like dryed up dirt.

The first picture starts to look like a face but isnt all done yet. The second picture u can see that it clearly has face features. The thrd picture looks like during the tme of the 1998 picture and 2001 picture (last one) that it doesnt look like a face no more it doesnt have the features of a face that we saw back in 1998.",2
"Mars is a planet in our solar system. Have you ever wondered if there was life on it? I have. Mars is a long way from our home on Earth. About 25 years ago NASA found a landform that looks like a face. NASA has researched this landform ever since they found it. Some people belive that the fae has to do with some typwe of alien or live activity on Mars. I'm here to tell you differet.

Life on Mars. Does that sound like a logical explination to this ""Face""? If there were life on earth, wouldnt NASA have found it by now? You have to have water, food, oxygen, to live. There has been no proof of any of those things. Say there were aliens living on earth. Would that make a difference in how we lived? My opinion it would. There would be different things, different looking people maybe. You can not live without water or oxygen. Oxygen is not on Mars or in outer space. There has also been no proof of water on Mars either.

The article says that for almost 25 years, NASA has been looking for proof on what this thing is. If Someone were to say that aliens lived among us, would you believe them? I know I wouldn't. Aliens are things created to scare us. Maybe there are such things are Aliens., maybe there aren't. We will possibly never know the truth. ",2
"Lots of people in the world use vehicles in their daily lives but do they know what they are responsible for twelve percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and fifty percent in some car intensive areas in the United States. Thats one of the reasons why limiting car usage would be so great for us. Another great advantage we would have by limiting car usage would be lowering stress and lowering air polution as well,""said Carlos Arturo Plaza."" Also limiting car usage would make cities denser, and better for walking, those are the advantages of limiting car usage.

First off, limiting car usage would reduce greenhouse gases. Our cars are responsible for twelve percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and fifty percent in car areas in the United States. That is an unbelievable percentage of greenhouse gases in Europe and an unreal percentage here in the United States. Lowering that percent would be great and alot of people would be thankful, and that would be an advantage of limiting car usage around the world.

Another advantage of limiting car usage would be lowering stress and at the same time lowering pollution. If you limit car usage and just stop driving a car, grab your bike and go for a nice bike ride, it would be a good thing if you are stressed out, it will take your mind off of things and allow you to ease the stress and just relax, and while your not even thinking about it, you wouldn't be polluting the air because your on a bicycle. That is another great advantage towards limiting car usage.

Also limiting car usage would make cities denser, and allow more walking room for people to walk around instead of having to dodge vehicles. If we limit car usage, we could probably build and make more parks where people could walk and exercise, but if we have alot of vehicles driving around, how could we do that. So therefore, limiting car usage would allow us to do that and there's another advantage of vehicles being limited.

Now do you understand how limiting car usage has its advantages? Here i'll let you know again. One it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by alot. Two it can even lower stress as well as when your not even thinking about it, lowering pollution. Not driving a car and lets just say you go for a nice bike ride, that will lower your stress, it takes your mind off of things and allows you to relax, and at the same time your lowering pollution. And finally, it will makes cities denser and allow more walking room for people. Those are the advantages of limiting car usage.         ",4
"Limiting car-usage would mean eliminating pollution to the air that we need to breathe. Without the millions or cars we have the in world, the air we need to breathe would be way cleaner. Eliminating cars would give people the opportunity to walk and get the excerise that they probably need.  Which is more important, your car or your health? The pollution to the air is put there by the cars we drive everyday. If we limit the usage of cars, the world would probably be a cleaner place than it is now.

Take Paris, France for an example. They banned the driving of cars because the car had almost a ""near-record pollution"". What if we, the people of the United States, drove our cars so much that there was smog everywhere and the government had no choice but to ban driving priviledges from everyone? No one would like that. But it doesn't have to come down to that. We can change that, today! If the people in Paris refused to leave their cars at home, they were fined 22-euros ($31), and if they reacted a certain way, their cars were impounded. Imagine if that was you. What if you had to pay $31 because you didn't want to leave your car at home and have your car impounded if you got an attitude about it? How would you feel? Most of us don't like to ride the bus, but what if we had no choice?

In Bogota, Colombia, they have the ""Day Without Cars"" event, where only buses and taxis were allowed to use to roadways. THe ""Day Without Cars"" event has been going on since the mid-1990s, and it's part of an improvemenet campaign. If every cities in the entire world had a ""Day Without Cars"" event, that would generate a change to everyone at one time. Just imagine, one a year, to go a day without driving your car. The world would be a much cleaner and safer place without cars. People die everyday because of car accidents. We could change that with just one event each year.

In America, people are buying fewer cars, driving less, and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by, according to Elisabeth Rosenthal. Rosenthal also says that ""America''s love affair for its vehicles seems to be cooling."", meaning that we are starting to realize what our precious cars are doing the the environment. In April of 2013, the number of miles each person drives was almost as low as it was back in January of 1995. Imagine if you were to live back in 1700s. There were no cars, people had to walk were they need to go. Yes, it took forever to get there, but it was the only transporation that they had. If we keep going at the rate that we're going with these cars, there won't be any good air left to keep us alive.                         ",3
"The author explanes how venus is most like earth and could potentaly help us. They tell us that venus may have once had life like earth and they could learn from it. They tell us that it is also the closest in size and closest compared to the rest of the planets. Venus may be able to help us some day we would just have to find a way to study it better. They may have an awnser.

Venus is they Earths sister planet compred to the ret of the planets, and no im not just saying that because it is blue. Venus may have had life once. Sientest are trying to find more and more ways to study this planet because we may be able to learn from it. This planet is the closest to us, for most of are orbit at least. Venus has always been an eye catcher because of how bright it is, this is were it gets is nickname the ""Evening Star"" but dont let that fool you it is still a planet.

There is one problem with are sister planet though. She is hot! The avrege temp ther is 800degrees or over. This has proven to be an isue because humans are not used to this kind of weather. Send robots you say, well we have tryrd that to but 800 is just the avrege. We have sent robots and probes and they will melt. When mettle gets that hot it will just melt away and then that is just a waist of money. Thats just if you can make it past the storm that strikes everything that makes it past the atmetheric clouds.We have found a solution, for now at least. Think of a blimp,now think of one for space. They want to take a ""space-blimp"" there and hover a long ways up. The higher you go the colder it is.

Venus is a place we may not get boots or wheals on the ground for a while. With the heat and the storm. For now we will have to setle with sky picturs. There will be a day somone figure out a way to get there. we may even go back in time to the onld ww ll computers, who knows. Some day somone will figure it out, its just a matter of time. Just look at everything we have done in the last hundred years.",3
"I'll be talking about why it is valuable in a classroom full of students, and how it could help so many students. There are so many was he try to figure out what a person is feeling just by look when we don't want to invade but still be there. Many students sit in a classroom and don't have a clue what another person is feeling or if they should be there for them it would help them be a better person. Schools will gain so much from this new technology , and this is what i'll be addressing im this essay.

The first thing I'd like to address is the helping students to students it would be a great way to make everyone feel welcome when they're nervous. A lot of schools tend to tell students who struggle with something to talk to someone at school likes friends, teachers, and parents sometimes you can't do that with this friends would talk to you about it. This technology would help prevent so many things wrong with schools.

My main reason thinking this technology would be great is all the ways it could help teachers in the classroom for the students. One of the many ways I see this working is working on a new subject , and after working on it a teacher would see or ask how the students feel as they scan everyone's face to see how okay everyone is on the subject. In the passage it states that we could reveal so much about the science of emotions, and what better way to do that then to at school where kids, teens, amd soon to be adults are full of emotions one day to the next. Putting on a happy face according to the passage makes you feel slightly happy , and students will one hundred percent put on a happy face when they're getting a face scan just because it seems so natural to smile at pictures making the student happier.

As kids in school get older they will be getting to the age where soon they'll be able to vote it would be helpful to see how students feel about voting. Seeing which politician gets more approval helps see what needs to change in governments, and in politicians. Like stated in paragraph 8 in then passage muscles can detemine if a politician is lying or just trying to win votes compared to people who are actaually trying to make a difference. This technology help future law in forcement tell if a person is guilty or innocent, and that would be incredible for students to learn how to use this technology. For the future of any government I think this would be a great idea so how our growing youth how to use.

In conclusion having this would be great for helping students learn more about why we act a certain way when we feel an emotion. This would be great for teachers who need to know if students need more time working on a topic. Last but not least it would help students understand a lot more about our politicians , and how they say certain things for the vote. ",4
"Do Google cars truly work? Can humans completely trust a machine to do all of the work for them with their lives on the line? Although Google cars are really interesting and intelligent, these cars cannot be trusted. These cars can only help a person drive and alert them when the task is too hard for the car. All drivers must remain alert throughout the ride, and not everyone can stay alert. Also, what happens if the car ends up in an accident? Someone will have to pay for the price, which can cause immense conflict. Therefore, Google cars should not be produced and sold to customers, for it will cause conflict and danger for everyone.

In paragraph seven, the author states that ""none of the cars developed so far are completely driverless."" This statement means that the cars cannot drive completely by themselves and will need a person to be alert in case the road ""requires human skills."" Although the seat vibrates to get the driver's attention, it is possible that some will not be able to react quick enough, which may cause a severe car accident.

Because of this problem, people must stay alert just in case they go though a road that requires human skills. The author states that ""the Google car simply announces when the driver should be prepared to take over."" This may seem like a simple issue, but it isn't; people who drive for a long period of time will get bored if they drive the Google car. In paragraph eight, the author questions this by asking, ""wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive?"" If people get bored of waiting for their turn, then they will do something to get rid of their boredom, hence leading to a terrible accident.

When someone runs into a car accident, most people would blame the driver. In paragraph eight of the excerpt, it says, ""If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault---the driver of the manufacturer?"" Logically, both of them are at fault; the driver should have been paying attention, and the manufacturer should have known the consequences of selling the car. However, this will most likely unsatisfy the people. Everyone will get into a huge argument which will lead to an enormous conflict.

Google cars are an amazing invention, but it has some flaws; even if ""Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time,"" people should not trust the car. What about the other 10 percent? The 10 percent shows that it is possible that the car will get into accident, and that accident could lead to thousands of people dead. These accidents will most likely happen because people were not alert during the times they should have been. Can one trust these cars to take them anywhere with their lives on the line, or should they risk the 10 percent and hope for the best?    ",5
"Luke was just about 18, one of his friends asked him if he wanted to go on a trip with him and the Seagoing Cowboys. Luke said ""Yes"". At that moment when he said yes his life was going to change.

When Luke was abord the ship, takeing animals to Europe they had various jobs they had to do, and time flew by and later arived at their destionation. Luke saw some amazing things like the Panama Canal, and the Venice, Italy, he also saw the Acropolis in Greece. If you were to join the Seagoing cowboys than you could see that to. Also Lukes time that he would had served in the military was spent with the Seagoing Cowboys. Luke mad nine trips, the most of any Seagoing Cowboy.

If you aint interested yet than thats your loss, but if you were to join up with the sea going cowboys than you could sea all those things. Also you could get some great memories with joining up with the Seagoing Cowboys. Lukes storie is a great exsample of what can happen if you can do the right thing for outher people and could make you a better person.

If you want to join than go to any area where they have aplications and sing up and your suvase will start. Also if you want to know were your first shiping is you?l get informed as soon as they get back on your aplication.    ",2
"Even though we have found face marks on mars doen't mean there is life form on mars. I mean that there have been images on earth the same exact way on mars. The image could have happen from the planet doing something or how the ground was form.

The only reason it could have been formed was from the weather on planet because we have not found alien life form on mars or any other planet. It could mean that mars is just like earth because it has some wierd unational design in the crust or on the surface. In the article ""Unmasking The Face on Mars they said that what they have found is that the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-Landforms common around the American West.""

The scientist have already study and sone test and even scamed the whole planet for alien life form and there was non because they didn't make it.

I am not saying that I don't believe in aliens,I am just saying that aliens did not form this face into the surface of mars. I saying is that the landform shaped it self into a shape of a face. I still believe that there is aliens out there but I have yet to find them. Once again Aliens did not make this object on mars.

Even though scientist have found face marks on mars doesn't mean aliens made it. That land could have done something to make it. The only reason I say that because it hapens on earth too. It happens in the American West and it is very common for it. Scientist have not found alien form on Mars. I am sure we will still keep looking at mars to find other forms like it and we will keep looking for alians too. Even though you see picture of different forms on mars or other planet don't freak out or say it is aliens,just go look for facts and eviedence first and talk to some scientist and have them look at it. The face was not formed by alians.",3
"In the article Driverless Cars Are Coming, the author has a ton of good points for driverless cars such as driverless cars insure more safty on the road. He also made a good point about the negative aspects of driverless cars. What if the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault, the driver or the manufacturer. I am going to make an arguement for the development of these cars, and at the end lets see how you feel about these cars.

The reasons I think that Driverless cars are good for the road are the following. My first reason is that I think that driverless cars will be very safe and will only benefit the driver in the car. My reason for that is driving regularly is very dangerous because of the fact that a lot people driving on the road distract themselves from the road. Like texting and driving, or bending down, and picking up the mccdonalds french fry you just dropped on the floor. With the driverless car you can do that and not be in danger of getting hurt. Actually some manufactures hope to interpret the driving fun in a new way, by bringing in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays.

My sesond point is what if people say ""what if the car system fails"". Well in the driverless cars you can still take controll of the wheel whenever you please, and the system will stop. You will sometimes be required to take over the car in certain situations like, navagating through work zones and around accidents. Manufacturers have actually created a seat in cars that vibrate to notify when they need to take over. My last reason is that driverless cars overall ensure more saftey because, they brake and have better reaction times then people.

In fact Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020. That to me is crazy by the time im twenty i might be able to ride in a driverless car. That is why I agree that we should hope for the development of these cars.  ",3
"Have you ever wondered how to appeal to everyone in a classrom as a teacher? There is a new type of technology where a computer can alter a lesson on individual laptops to appeal to peoples emotions. This technology would be a great thing to have in schools so students would not get so bored watching something they dont want to watch.

Students have a ton of emotions that run through their heads everyday and most of them have mood swings. This technology can tell a teacher if a students is having a terrible day. This could help teachers out to fix their lesson plans for that day to appeal to their students emotions to make them more happier to be there learning. Although it will take a lot of money to incorporate thhat new technology into every classroom it still would be a very helpful tool to use.

This technology is an exceptional piece to use to help out teachers in a big way so they could appeal to their students way easier. Because teachers want what is best for their students and it would help them a lot more if they had this new technology. Having this technology could get kids to learn more and have fun doing it because the teacher's lesson plan is appealing towards the students.    ",3
"I agree with the statement saying that we should use this technology of emotional expressions because it could help people with knowing what is gong on with the person's personal life. Even though kids would not like it it should be brought to use because there can't be anymore drepression into kids life.

First reason why I think we should use technology like this is because it says that, ""even though individuals often shwo varying degrees of expression like not smiling as broadly."" This means that if we start using this type of technology we can figure out if a person is good or bad. Another reason why we should use this technology is because it says, ""Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait taht conveys happy, worried, etc."" This could mean that even if you might know what they feel you could most possilbe be wrong because if they look happy that does not mean they are actually happy they could be sad in the inside of their body. Then finally my last reason is they used the Mona Lisa smile as a demonstration. Then it said, ""The Mona Lisa demonstartion is really intended to bring a smile to your face... Imagine a computer that knows when you're happy or sad."" This means this technology can detect if you are actually happy or sad.

In conclusion, I agree with this kind of technology because it can help people understanding other people's feelings. It could also demonstration how fast time is going by technology. Also, what technology can do nowadays.   ",2
"Throughout the article author, Nick D'Alto, meets Dr. Huang who has created a way to recognize someones real emotions through technonlgy and a computer system that could help people read emotions of students in a class room. The new software that has been developed and is being used on humans is the Facial Action Coding System. The first subject was the Mona Lisa painting, to us it is just a portrait with a woman in it smiling, but to Dr. Huang he uses a coding system to find out that she was 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2% angry (D'Alto 1). This was all figured out by a computer, now imagine being able to read a whole class room full of students real emotions with just one click of a button.

If teachers and other students knew how a whole class room of students were actually feeling deep down inside everyone could probably end up having a good day everyday. Most people like to keep their emotions privite, because living in this world today anyone can put a smile on their face and pretend they are okay. Not everyone is really ever always okay. Which us humans are aware of because we can tell how someone is feeling just by the looks on their face. Yet humans are not experts so to us, ""The facial expressions for each emotion are universal."" (D'Alto 4). No one ever truly knows how one another is feeling, but this Facial coding system can help fix that. Evidence states in paragraph 8, ""To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a ""smiling"" politician or celbrity isn't being truthful."" With this new technology humans can physically no longer lie about how they are feeling. While joining this experiment it is said by, ""the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotions, moving your facial muscles not only express emotions, but also may even help produce them."" So if a class room of students just joined this experiment it could actually make them much more happier.

Concluding, that this tecnological emotional experiment being used on a classroom full of students could help everyone have a good day every day. Everwhere around the world humans can put a smile on their face and predend they are okay, but with this new coding system it could truly help prevent that. If a student in the class room was pretending to be okay, and then stood infront of the computure to be coded it would pick up the real emotions on the face just by obseving a mouth being streached sideways using the zygomatic major and risorius revealing the student isn't actually happy. With the help of Science and Dr. Huang it could reveal so much more about the real emotions in someone elses life that no one ever knew about. ",3
"In the artical ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author is trying to convince the reader that studying Venus is woth pursuing dispite the dangers in may cause and shows us. Sending people to a planet we know is dangerous is not a good idea if we dont have the technological advancements that we think we may need to protect the people going to Venus. The history of this planet is important to know about because it is very similar to Earth and not is one of the hottest planets in our solar sysem.

The author states that in the past Venus is thought to be a lot like Earth. Scientists think that Venus was ""covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth."" Since Venus is thought to be the planet most like Earth scientist want to discovey what happened to in that made in inhospitable and why it happened to this planet. They have shown that Venus still has a lot of similar features that are very closely related to Earths. The author says scientists would like to get more information by landing people and spacecraft on the surface of Venus but the spacecraft has been proven to last only a couple hours on Venus. This is why ""not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more that three decades.""

Although the spacecraft cant last very long on Venus it isn't NASA's fault says the author. Venus has a ""thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide""

It also has clouds that contain sulfuric acid which are ""highly corrosive"" and causes serious damage to the spacecraft and in unsafe when coming through the atmosphere of Venus. Since Venus is so closely related to Earth it still does have earthquakes, stormes, volcanic eruptions and many more things that could make the mission even harder for them. The author knows that if or when the spacecraft gets though the atmosphere of Venus the planet has a surface temperature of about 800 degrees Farenheit and that is nowhere close to what we have here on Earth.

NASA is working on creating a ""blimp-like vehical hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape."" This would be a more sustainable temerature of about 170 degrees Farenheit and would rest easy at about sea level on Earth. This would allow the astronauts to view the surface of Venus without being severly harmed. NASA is still looking in on other ways to make the trip to Venus mush safer and effecent for them. NASA may not even send people up to explore the planet it may send up a robot that can sustain the harsh terain that Venus presents. The author explains that this still could not be the way they should do this. He compairs it to putting a cellphone in acid or heat and doesn't think it is a smart idea.

The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers is presents. The artical was mainly focused on the dangers in and didnt really show that Venus was worth studying and mainly showed why it was too dangerous to study. The author explains that the history of this planet does tell us a lot and since it is one of the most closey related planets to us we should learn more about it, but a lot of dangers come with that and we need to be willing to face them. We need to work on our technological advancement to make sure the mission is safe.   ",4
"Dear Mr. Senator,

I would like to make a request. Please abandon the idea of the electoral collage. thats a childs game. It is not fair game. The electoral collage sends a certain number of electors to represent a state. Why not let an individual person represent his or her self? it is obsurd that in Wyoming, a state of 500,000 voters, only get 55 represenntitives. It is with great agrivation that i ask you to make this change.

Furthermore, I would like to state that the electoral collage is outdated and irrational. There is no need for this great mess. The oposition states that the electoral collage is a nessesity for organization. I personally beg to differ. I feel that voting for presidents would be more organized if we counted each individual vote from each individual person. I no longer want to vote for a slate of representitives when it comes time to vote for another president.

In addition, did you know that there were four presidents that had the mentality to abolish the electoral collage? These presidents, as stated in The Indefensible electoral Collage: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong, by Bradford Plumer, were Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and Bob Dole. As well as the U.S. chamber of commerce and the AFL-CIO. they were all in favor of abolishing this horrid electoral collage! AL Gore lost the presidency because of the electoral collage. He had 60% popularity vote.

Furthermore, I am ashamed to say that each state has its own amount of representitives. We should have a universal number of representitives for each state because it is unfair that a president can lose a presidential election because a state that had an increaced amount of representitives ran against them. I ask you to please vote against the electoral collage for the following three reasons:

The representitives dont amount to the number of individuals that voted.

The electoral collage is outdated and irrational

Each state has an individual amount of representitives.

In conclution, I ask you to please hear the peoples pleas and abolish this garbage we call the electoral collage. I thank you for taking the time to read this letter and hear what the people have to say about this matter.

A Citizen of Florida,

PROPER_NAME            ",3
"Imagine someone that is so familiar with a friend or loved one that they can tell what emotion they're feeling without having to say anything at all. Better yet, imagine if something was this smart. In the article, ""Making Mona Lisa Smile,"" the author, Nick D'Alto, tells the readers about a new technology created to read the emotional cues from a human to further the communicable relationship between computers and humans alike. This technology, created by Professor Thomas Huang, ""calculates"" the emotions displayed on the face of the user of the computer, and was said to encourage learning and help the boredom and other emotions often felt by humans when learning. Later on in the article, D'Alto writes about how helpful this superior technology would be in the classroom and other learning environments, compared to the average computer used in schools all around the world. The technology described in the article, ""Making Mona Lisa Smile,"" that reads the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable to learners all over the world and should be used in modern-day schools.

The advanced technology recently created to read the emotions of the user, and impact the way they learn in the classroom is helpful and valuable. This is shown throughout the article by describing how the technology works and how it can be used to locate the emotions on the users' face. ""Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software can track these facial movements- in a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa,"" (Paragraph 4). This quote describes to the reader the advancements of this technology, and just how unique the technology is in its intelligence. ""Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc... His [Dr. Huang] new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code,"" (Paragraph 5). This quote is helpful in giving the reader more information about how advanced this technology is, and how superior it is to even the skill of humans. Together, these quotes show that the technology would ultimately be more valuable in the classroom for the use of students.

One may even ask, ""How would this technology helps students?"" The answer to that very question lies in the article, ""Making Mona Lisa Smile."" This special software is very important to students because it could very well increase their chances of success in the classroom. ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,' Dr. Huang predicts. 'Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor,"" (Paragraph 6). This quote gives the reader more information about how helpful this computer software could be in a learning environment, by being able to keep the learner's attention on the knowledge they are consuming. Another quote, from paragraph 6, ""For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad will follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different."" This quote explains more examples of the skills of the computer technology, and gives the reader an idea about how students can use these basic, yet complicated tools to their advantage in the classroom.

This great technology can be so helpful to students, teachers, and employees in almost all kinds of learning environments by being able to give each and every person the best kind of learning session that they need. The technoloical devices at schools in this day and age just seem inferior to the kind of learning one can get via this advanced software created by Dr. Huang. ""Your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile,"" (Paragraph 7). This quote shows evidence in the comparison between regular technology and the unique technology that is created for the use of learning in a classroom. Another quote from the article, ""To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscles clues are sometimes used to spot when a ""smiling"" politician or celebrity isn't being truthful,"" (Paragraph 8), tells the readers that there are signs of false emotions and real emotions. These signs are easily caught by the technology software, and used to make learning easy and fun in the classroom, which can be extremely beneficial in the long run for school systems and teachers.

Technology these days can be used for both good or bad things, and often, technology is used for both. But a technology that is so helpful for learning and other school things is good, and needs to be used in order to improve a learning environment. The technology software that can read human emotion, and from there, improve the knowledge a student consumes is so very important and valuable. That's why this superior and advanced technology is valuable to students and school systems all over the world. ",5
"From Luke's point of view participating in a Seagoing Cowboys program would be lots of fun because it said in the article it said it was a once in a lifetime expirence. Also you would have to be careful because if you have a night job and it is raining you would have to make sure you dont break anything when you go up the stairs. Also in the boat you would travel to alot of countries. There are many things you could volunteer for the Seagoing Cowboys program. It might be fun i mean you would help animals. Also you would have to be paitent because it takes awhile to get place to place. It said in the article it took two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean. You also help people with thier needs. It will maybe open your eyes alittle so you can see that you should be grateful for what you have. On board you can play baseball,volleyball,and table tennis and many more things so you won't be bored out of your misery.

So as you can see it will be a fun expierience unless you get hurt or something but other than that it surely will. Luke's claim was probalay to particapate and enjoy it. Also Luke should thank Don Reist because Don is the one who mentioned this opportunity. Also this program was for the helpfulness of World War 2 so the people could get thier food supplies and all that stuff.",3
"The Face on Mars has caused a lot of controversy over the years, since it was discovered and caught on camera in 1976. Some people think that it was created by aliens and others think it is just a natural landform. I think that it is just a natural landform for many reasons.

I believe that the Face is a natural landform because in the 12th paragraph of the article ""Unmasking the Face on Mars,"" Jim Garvin says, ""It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain in Idaho. That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars."" The Face on Mars is actually very similar to many landforms in the American West. Now, you might say that the Face on Mars was built by aliens. But, like I said before, it is similar to many landforms we have to the west of us here in Indiana. Did we, the people, build the Grand Canyon? No, no we did not. Just because a landform looks a lot like a face, does not mean that it was built by the people living there.

In case I have not yet convinced you, I have a statement and a question for you. The Face was said to look like an Egyptian so, how could the ""aliens"" know what the ancient Egyptians look like if they were not there when the Egyptians were prospering? The truth is, they could not know what they looked like because they were not there.

If we were to go back to the 1976 image and compare it to the 2001 image, what would be the difference? If you were to look at the article to the left, you could tell that the image taken in 2001 has better quality and you can see the Face more clearly. Looking back at the images side-by-side, it looks as if the 1976 has shadows cast on it and the 2001 image does not have the same shadows as the first image taken of the Face. In the last picture taken of the face, it looks less like a face because of the big role the shadows play on the first image.

Overall, I think that there are more facts pointing towards the Face on Mars being a natural landform instead of an actual face. Thanks to technology, we can infer that there might actually be a Face on Mars, but I highly doubt that it was actually a real face carved with alien hands. From what I see in the last image, it looks less like a face and more like a landform. What do you see?",4
"In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.

In the story the author supports his/her idea by saying ""On the planets surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet."" This helps support the claim because the author is talking about the dangerous heat that people would experience on Venus.

The author also supports the claim by stating in paragraph two that

""Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us."" This also supports the authors claim becuase he/she is saying that Venus is a challenging planet to study.

In the text the author also states ""While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely."" This supports the claim because the author is saying that you cannot examine Venus more closely because it is challenging and dangerous.

These claims help evaulate how well the author supported his claim because they explain why Venus is dangerous and challenging to go explore. They also help evaulate how well the author did by giving good examples on why the author said what they said.   ",3
"Limiting car usage will be very important in the near future and can be very deadly for the enviroment if not we do not conserve and reduce car use. Using a car is expensive for everybody because think of if you get into an accident and it was your fault you have to then pay for your car and the opposing persons car. It can also be a health hazar where if you live in a big city with lots of running cars then it can be dangerous to be breathing in all those chemicals and you might end up getting a diseas or condition like maybe cancer of the lungs or bronchitis.

To begin with, the expenses of a car can be very high and very low, depending on where you stand on it. but if you ever get into an accident and its your fault and you have to payoff the other person and also pay for your car to be fix (if it hasnt been totaled). Payment of cars can kill you though maybe you wont have enough to pay your electricity bill for your apartment or you cant pay for an oil change so your car is useless now and you are still paying to have it look pretty even though you cant even pay for the oil to be changed.

To continue, think that you`re living in a big city like new york or chicago or philidelphia. Now think of every single car in that city. Alot right? well every single one of those cars do the same thing they just are used to get to point A to point B. well think of all the gas that car is pooring into the streets by just sitting at a red light. now can you see about another couple hundred thousand doing that at the same time? its pretty bad right? all that gas and chemicals hits the streets first then you can smell it from your 4th story apartment and then its stuck in there for hours. think about how bad that is for your lungs and all your senses. Im no doctor but id say that its pretty horrible and maybe even cancerous. just think about that before you dont limit usage on your car!

For a conclusion, id like you to remember that cars are not just transportation but also chemical exhausters that have the effect to kill any man or women of any age. So maybe just maybe if you limited car usage you might be saving a life and also not spending to much money on your car and more on bills to be saving your own life cause water and electricity bills are some of the most expensive bills out there.

Liting car usage is important and we all need to be like the town of Vauban in germany.    ",3
"Dear Senator,

I favoring of keeping the Electoral College because it aviods run-off elections and the certainy of outcome .If it aviods run-off elections then no canidate can get the most votes in a vote cast. According to the article “Does the Electoral College work ”source three states, “Nixon in 1968 and cliton in 1992 both had only a 43 percent plurity or the popular votes, while winning a majority in the Electoral College(301 and 307 electoral votes respectively)”.The electoral college is important because it can do certainty of the outcome . It's important that it has it so that it's less likely than a dispute over the popular vote. According to the article “Does the Electoral College work”source three states,“In the 2012 election,for example Obama recieved 61.7 percent of the elcetoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and romney”.I also what to keep the Electoral College so that nothing goes wrong if it gets changed. For example, if one thing in the electoral college is gone, then the whole thing may be affected by it. Also if theres no Electoral College then they wouldn't be any electors to select from and no counting of the electoral votes by congress. In conclusion to,I favor in keeping the Electoral College instead of changing it to election by popular vote for the president of the United States.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ",2
"The author of ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" believes that studying Venus is something that should be done even though it can be very dangerous. The author gives multiple reasons to why we should explore the planet, or learn more about it. However, some people think the dangers of Venus outweigh the benefits of pursuing research on it. The author supports the idea of studying Venus even though it can be very dangerous. He provides many details, and facts as to why it's a good idea.

First off, the author tells what Venus is like. He states that Venus is often referred to as Earth's ""twin"". This is because Venus and Earth are close in size, density, and at some points in orbit are the closest planets in the solar system. It is also believed that at one point, Venus was a lot like Earth is now. ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" states, ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our soloar system."". The article goes on to say Venus most likely had large oceans that supported life, and the planet has things like craters, valleys, and mountains that we also have here on Earth. The author including these details helps get the point across that Venus is a lot like Earth, and with the little research been done already, we've found so much. This helps readers understand that the longer Venus is studied, the more we will learn about it.

Next, the author gives possible ways to study Venus safely, and effciently. The author states, ""NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray."". Stating ways that Venus can be studied with people not being put in danger helps get the authors point across. The article also touches on how floating above the surface could keep those studying the planet safe. Temperatures would still be high, but nothing the spacecraft couldn't handle, the air pressure would be like how it is on Earth at sea level, soloar power would be bountiful, and radiation would be no higher than the levels on Earth. The text then states, ""Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans."". Although this would not be an easy job, it is possible to study Venus safely. The details used in this paragraph help convey the authors point that studying Venus can be done safely and that it should continue to happen.

Last, the author gives more ways Venus can be studied safely using different technology. While talking about different approaches to studying Venus the author states, ""...simplified electronics...have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks..."". This quote also helps the reader understand that studying Venus can be done in a safe and harmless way. Using this new technology could help research on Venus advance, and keep those doing the research out of harm's way. The author then goes on to talk about a different technology that was used in World War 2 that can also be used as a new method to study Venus. These are called mechanical computers, and they use gears and levers rather than the electronics that actual computers use. The mechanical computers are made of mechanical parts which are stronger, so they shouldn't be damaged as easily. These are just a few of the ways technology can help safely advance the study of Venus.

In conclusion, it is important Venus is continued to be studied and researched. The author of ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" does a great job of conveying to his audience why studying Venus is important even though it is dangerous. In the last paragraph, the author says, ""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value..."". Studying Venus can help advance many things, and our knowledge of other planets could grow from this as well. There have been many safe ways found to study Venus, so it should be done. The author also states that, ""Our travels on Earth should not be limited by dangers and doubts..."". This quote also shows that the author believes the study of Venus should continue even though it can be dangerous. If we didn't study things just because they're dangerous, then we would have nothing dicovered. The author of this article believes the study of Venus should continue, and does very well at conveying that by telling the audience Earth and Venus are a lot alike, gives new, safer ways to study Venus, and gives examples of technology that could also make the study of Venus a lot safer and easier.",6
"Driverless Cars

Driverless cars are good to the community but there are a few flaws on why they shouldnt be used. Driverless cars shouldnt be used because, say something goes wrong with your driverless car and your injured their going to blame the manufacturer. Another reason why there shouldnt be driverless cars is that the driverless car still needs a driver so its really not driverless.

The fact that the manufacturer can be blaimed for an accident injury from a driverless car is important because they could get sued by the injured person and that could lead to other things. This is also important because you never know whats going to happen because your not driving the car so anything possible could happen to you.

Driverless cars shouldnt be used or called driverless due to you still have to drive so your still the driver. Your still the driver because the car alerts you when you need to take control of the car. This is bad because what if your not ready to take control while riding in your driverless car you could crash.

Even though these cars may sound good because you think you may not have to drive, dont buy them your still typically driving and may crash if you take breaks and let the car control.",3
"Exploring the planet Venus is a task for the whole NASA team period. There would be some flaws that would go with it and some advantages that would go with it as well. I mean thats really anything you do in life there's gonna be some flaws and advantage.

Now i will tell you about how well the author supprorted the idea. The reason why he supports and tells it so phenominal is because evemn though it could be risky and result in bad things. At the same time it could be benefitial for not only the planet but us humans. It could provide us life and better home if Earth just lets go on us.

Here on some good ideas on why and how Venus is benefital to explore new feautures to look at. Possibly new life no saying that we would neccessairly bond with them but take it one step at a time. Maybe we could fix the envriroment and make it suitful for everybody to breath and adapt to.

With every adavantage there has to be flaws to the situation. Venus's enviroment is probably one very hot and two hard to breathe since its not that far away from the Sun. Forms of light cnat even penetrate there so its gonna be hard to adapt to the atmosphere for sure. Its kind of bad to the point where you cant even take samples of rocks or anything there.

Through all this stuff about Venus makes me wonder will the planet ever be suitable to live on or will we just parish with earth as the rapture happens. Hopefully it'll be suitable to live on and take care of our future children an kids and their kids and their kids.          ",3
"Studying venus is a amazing purduit because no human could not live in venus or go up to venus because its far away from earth and we haven't made a spaceship that could reach all the way up in venus because it could never make it. Another stuff you can be finding for venus is the clouds that are highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus. And on the planet;s surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure in 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet.

These facts that you can research are very true because you could go up there and find out all theses stuff and these facts support my claim because you can research cool stuff about Venus and that other people didn't know about and thats how it supports my claim.

And thisw concludes all the stuff in my essay if Venus is a worthy pursuit to study about Yes i think it is because you could be learning more than others about Venus.",1
"There is a lot of discussion whether or not to keep the Electoral College. The electoral college is the process in which we vote for our next president. It was established in the Constitution by our founding fathers, which was a really long time ago. So why do we still use the Electoral College? The Electoral College is completely outdated. We need to get rid of the Electoral College now!

Why are we still using the Electoral College to vote? It's extremely confusing. What if you vote for the wrong elector? That sometimes happens which is unfair to voters. We should be able to just directly vote for the president we want. If we could just vote for the president we want, not the electors, it would be so much simplier. Why confuse the citizens of the U.S. when you could just make things easier for us? The Electoral College is a way to confusing process to vote for our president. It's time to update the way we vote.

People think they're voting for the president, but really, they're just voting for electors. That is completely unfair. Why not just vote for the president of your choice? The citizens cannot always control who the electors vote for. How unfair would that be if the elector you chose, decided to vote for the president you didn't want? Also, the electors can be just anyone. They can be anyone not holding public office. Depending on what state you're in, either the state conventions, the states party central committee or even the presidential candidates can pick the electors. Why even bother going through all that trouble when you could just vote for the president you want? It's way more easier.

There are so many things that could go wrong when using the Electoral College process to vote. What if there is a tie in the electoral votes? Then who does the state choose? That would throw everyone off guard. Why have to even worry about that when you could just vote the president of your choice? It's ridiculous that we still use the Electoral College to vote. Also, we could choose the wrong elector when voting and that would really make people mad.

The Electoral College is outdated, confusing, and just way to complicated. Why go through the trouble of having to make sure you vote for the right elector, when you could just vote for the president of your choice. It's completely irrational how we still use the Electoral College to vote. You're not voting for the president you want, but for electors to choose the president. You can't always control who the electors vote for. There are a handful of things that could go wrong. We just need to get rid of the Electoral College once and for all.    ",4
"Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver? Driverless cars would creat problems in public transportation, have too many malfunctions, and need different traffic laws. They are trying to come up with new ways to get people to buy the driverless cars by making it fun. Driving is not suppose to be fun, driving is suppose to be safe.

To begin, driverless cars are being designed to be used as a transporation system. Today all forms of public transportation are driven by people. Those people are entrusted with the safety of their passengers. Having driverless cars as a form of public transportation would be unreliable and use more gas, because more people would need rides. Google cofounder Sergey Brin imagines less people buying cars and using the driverless publc transportation. This would put pedestrians in vehicals without a trusted driver. This is one reason why driverless cars are not beneficial.

Next, the driverless cars have had so many malfunctions. So far, driverless cars can only handle speeds up to 25 miles per hour, which is not even fast enough to driver in neighborhoods. The can steer, brake, and accelerate themselves, but need human skills for navigating. This means that the human driver must be completely alert at all times. Today, there are so many distractions already behind the wheel. These distractions, such as texting, would only increase if the car was doing most of the work. And while the driverless cars have many types of sensors, there is no guaruntee that they would pay attention fast enough to stop an accident.

Finally, driverless cars will need new traffic laws. Presently, traffic laws are written in the assupmtion that human drivers and in control at all times. Having the car in control would cause problems as to who was at fault. If the driverless car to malfunction, would it still be the owners fault? New laws would have to be made to cover liability and insurance for damage. Also new laws about getting licenses. All drivers education classes would have to be different and people that already have licenses would need to learn how to operate the new driverless cars.

In conclusion, driverless cars are not the answer. There are too many things that could go wrong even if the person in the vehical was 100 percent alert.    ",4
"Do you think it would be easier for technology to do the work for the teachers and identifying their face expressions during lessons? Some think it would be better ways for humans and computers to communicate. This could be a big step for the future.

In my attention getter or introduction, Dr. Huang predicts, ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming comfused or bored, then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor"" This shows that someone somewhere can be inventing something like this to help students in the future and can also upgrade technology into a better cause.

Facial Action Coding System also knows as FACS has been invented by Dr. Paul Eckmen, ""The process begins with the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles"" (D'Alto paragraph 6). This just shows the way it works and how it has to be human muscle movements, Eckman has also classified six basic emotions which are happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness.

Overall, the value of technology should be for a better cause and can help many people in different ways such as students by looking at their facial expressions on a teacher's lessons if they don't understand the topic. This is another way it can change to computers and humans to communitcate.",2
"This idea dosnt seem like a very good one because of the fact that some people dont really want other people to know how they feel emotionaly. It's a way of invating there privacey. If someone would want to do it that would work but most probably dont want people to know how they feel. If it was you and you are very upset or down would you want people too see how upset you are. Probably not because thats your privacey. It's like opening someones diary. It can be rude and difficult to deal with because when people ask questions on why your so down it can get anoying.

It depends on who you are, if you would do the test then thats great, but if you didnt want to then you dont have to its a very understandable aproch. There are some pros and cons of this. For example, a pro about this is, you could see how you feel and then think about what it says. If it doesn't really match what your feeing then the computer doesn't really work that well. Another example of this idea is that if its in a class room and the teacher basicly makes you take the test without your say so then that means you have to deal with the embaressment from the fellow class mates. It seems like a big deal because of the fact that it would be cool to see how people feel but, it would beeven better to see how sme people in paintings feel. Like Mona Lissa, how did they have known how she fett if it wasn't for this device.

If we did this with all of the paintings we come acrossed it would be amazing. Some teachers that are in art class are very confused and lost when it comes to pintings and pictrues. So when they do an assignment for the kids they go off of what they think the person in the painting feels. It can be very difficult for people to interpret what someone is feeling when they look at the painting or picture so why not use if for thoes things and not actual people, unless you valentier. It does seem fun and all but it would be best to use it on a day you were like reeally happy and excited. Some people would really enjoy having that, but it seems very costly. If you used it on people you would have to do alot of steps to get the correct results.

It would be good to use for all paintings pictires and people. You would just have to use them wiseley and carefully. It is all a very good idean but sometimes it can also be a very bad idea. Think about the kids at school who dont want to be known as the one that sad or upset. They want to be known as them nothing more or less. Using them for paintings would be such a great idea for projects too. Just somehting for people to do and then they can explain how it works and what there thought of it is. ",3
"There are many advantages to limiting car usage.  A few of these examples are that it is better for the environment because it reduces greenhouse gasses and causes less polution and smog.  Another advantage is car traveling is becoming less nessasary because of citys like New York and new and improved telecommuting methods.  Also, car usage is becoming less popular, this is because of ""no car days"" and people just not bothering to get a car or a license.

To begin with, when you limit car usage, it is better for the environment because off all the greenhouse gas reduction caused by not using as many cars and other gas producing vehicles as much.  For example, in source 1, by Elisabeth Rosenthal, it states that "" And that, experts say, is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes....passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe...and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States"".  50 percent is a large number to be taken up by cars alone, if we can reduce car reduction, we can reduce greenhouse gasses.  Another example of why car reduction is an advantage is because of the pollution and smog areas.  You can clearly see this being stated in source 2, by Robert Duffer, ""[The smog] rivaled Bejing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world.""  If Bejing, were to do what Paris did, they too could reduce smog and pollution by car reduction.  Also, in Bogota, Columbia, they have no car days, to limit the amount of smog.  However, limiting car usage to better the environment is not the only reason of why it is an advantage.

Secondly, one other advantage of car reduction is because it is becoming less nessasary to own a car.  For example, as stated in source 4, by Elisabeth Rosenthal, New York, is starting several programs to use cars less, including car-sharing, skyrocket bridge, tunnel tolls, and bike sharing programs.  In that source, it also says that when someone stops using a car, for whatever reason, they find it unnesasary to continue using cars, mostly because some citys are becoming more centralized again, and it's becoming easier to walk to stores.  However, thats not the only reason that it's being less nessasary to own a car. Another reason is because of improved telecommuting methods.  In source 4, Mimi sheller is quoted while talking about how people don't feel the need to drive to see their friend, instead they use their phone or computer to communicate.  Another reason for limiting car usage is because it is becoming less popular.

Thirdly, a lot of citys are starting to have car free days, this is shown in source 3, by Andrew Selsky.  In cities like Bogota, Cali, and Valledupar, all in Columbia, they have ""Day without cars"" this is one example of cars becoming less popular because, even though it was raining, tons of people still participated.  Another example is in source 4, by Elisabeth Rosenthal, she says that her children, both of age to get a license and living where one might want a license, still have not gotten there license because they do not think it is nessasary, and they simply stay where they can walk, or ride bikes, or take the bus, or the subway.  Mr. Sivak has shown that the number of 16 to 39 year olds that have a license has significantly reduced.

In conclusion, there are many advantages to limiting car usage including it is better for the environment, it is becoming less nessasary, and it is also becoming less popular.    ",3
"The Challenge of Exploring Venus as the author suggested to study is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it can happen. The reason Humens should explore the Unknown Venus is becuase it was the closest planet to Earth terms of density and size. Venus is dangers for a humen to explore but not an unman spacecraft to go near the surface. Venus is tricky and challanging to explore becuase of the high temeratures that average 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the Atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than Earth. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. Even though Mercury is the closet to our sun.

On the depths of the surface of Venus there is alot going on, as in erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightign strikes. Scientists are already discussing how to visit the Venus surface which means they also want to explore and study Venus. Venus once have been like Earth-like planet in our solar system. It has some land features if rocky sediment, Valleys, mountains, and craters. Venus is sometimes our nearest option for a planetary visit, given the long time frames of space travel. The Value of returning to venus seems unlikly.

NASA is creating a blimp-like vehicle to hover 30 or more miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. The almost easy task for the vehicle would use solar power becuase the sun would be above it all the time. Even in high altitude the climate is still pretty hot that is around 170 degree Fahrenheit. The downfall to being so high up above 30 or more miles is not much research will go on becuase the limited view we well get. More importantly is that scientist can't get samples of rocks, gases, and anything else since the spacecraft will be high up.

Scientist is now looking at old technology called mechanical computers. The ""old Technology"" uses gear and levers but not electronics at all. Modern computers are more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions. mechanical parts are more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces then a computer. What I think is that Venus is worth the pursuit despite the danger it can bring. Venus does have value to be explored because who doesn't love a challenge? I sure do love a challenge.   ",4
"I would not think having the Facial Action Coding System in a classroom is valuable. The fact that not alot of people want others to know how they feel . Especally teens these days. Teenagers hide alot of emotions for multiple reason. Simply because it can lead to alot of questioning about their life. Not everyone would want people to know what goes on in their life that makes them depressed or sad.

Eckman classified 6 basic emotions - happiness, suprise , anger, disgust, fear and sadness. Why would anyone want anyone else to know if they'er sad or disgusted? What if you was talking to some one and they had an awful smell . Then , the Facial Action Coding System just show how disgusted you are. That would not only hurt the other person's feelings but make you feel mean.

Dr. Huang noted ""Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication,"" ""So computer need to understand that , too"" . Most human are nonverbal because they chose not to be. Not every one just want to sit not and talk about their feelings. Also, Dr. Huang noted , ""So computers need to understand that , too. Understand what? How might a computer understand? Computers are not humans , they should not have the need to understand anything from a human. That how people these days get so attached to technology. Technology is simply taking over the world and people minds set.

So therefore , i would not think having a the Fscicsl Action Coding Systen in a classroom is valuable.   ",3
"Venus is a planet that is in our solar system they called the Evening Star is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, venus ir eatrh twin venus is closest planet to earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too. venus´s reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximimity to us. A thick atmosphere of almosst 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus. this mining that venus humends can not brid becouse of the carbon dioxide blankets and the temperature average over 800 degress

fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. NASA has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study venus. NASA possible solution to the hostile condition on the surface of

venus would allow scientists to float above

the fray. the NASA are making tinks to know more about venus and what venus have more on his panet. NASA work approaches to studying venus. for example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of venus´s surface and hve lasted for three weeks in such conditions. another project si looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers. striving to meet the challenge presented by venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gaind on the planet itself, but also becouse human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. our travels on earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. but this how is venus and how the NASA and other peolpe are finding what is venus what is in venus and if humends can life in ther is so much thinkg that we need to know about what is out said of the earth and what can do to us. but is good to know more abut other planets that we do not know.",1
"In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile,"" the authors describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. It begins by the computer constructing a 3-D computer model of the face. If more than one muscle moves, then it is called an ""action unit."" I think this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in the classroom is valuable.

There are times that in the classroom, students do not want to do their work and the teacher does not know how are they feeling about the work she is giving. That is when the teachers can find out what the students are feeling. The teacher can also use this program for assignments for the students.

The program is also useful for researching projects or assignments. Maybe the teacher wants the students to see if a picture of a certain person is happy or mad. The program is helpful because when you try it on yourself when you are mad or sad, it might actually make you day better.     ",2
"Do you like to go on adventures? Do you like helping others? Then come sign up to become a seagoing cowboy! If you dissagree to sign up, here are some reasons why. I'm sure I'll convince you!

One of my reasons why you should join is because you are able to help others around the world. World War II ended in 1945, and peoples houses were destroyed from the war. This is a perfect time to help out and help build more houses. The people would be in joy and delightment for how you helped and you'll feel proud of what you accomplished. How about another reason why you should sign up?

Another reason to sign up is because you can travel around the world. If you like to explore, this would be the perfect time to join. You will travel to places like Europe,Greece,and China, which looks amazing by the way. These aren't the only reasons to sign up, but these are a couple of my favorite reasons why you should join. All of this brings me to my conclusion.

In conclusion, you should sign up because, One, you get a chance to help around the world, and two, because you can travel and see alot of places that you've never seen. It's alot of fun and great for the world. I hope you join!",3
"Do you know you love farm animals ? Do you really love the open sea ? Have you ever tried them both together ? Do you want to try them together ? Well now you can sgin up today in the seagoing coyboys . You get to help the animals you love,and get time on the sea and you get to see all the sites.

If you want to travle and you love animals and the sea a seagoing coyboy would be a great job for you ! If Luke can do it so

can you . It might be a riskie job sometimes but it might be great if you

like it things like that. You can have the time of your life on some of the trips. If you like going to unique trips like Europe and China this would be a great job for you.

You might have the time of your life when you do not even know it . Great oppunites like this do not just fall from the sky. This may be a once and a life time oppunite do not take it for granted because you might not see this again. If you are lucky you be on the next boat to Europe or China. Hopefully you will make the right choice and join the seagoing cowboy's program.

This job may be for you it also might destory you so you might want to see if you get sea sick or if you can not stand the smell of animal dong or you do not like leaving town you might not want to take the job then. If you are ok with the smell of animal dong and do not get sea sick and you love leaving town this might be a great job for you.        ",3
"Why would scientist want to travel to one of the most hostile planets in the solar system? The author of ""The Challenge of Exporing Venus"" explains by listing the reasons why we should, listing the challenges, and saying possible solutions to those challenges.

So, why should we explore one of the solar systems most hostile planet? Well, the author explains that, at times, Venus is the closest planet to Earth. It is considered to be Earth's twin, because both planets have similar density and size. It also could have been the most Earth-like planet in the solar system. It has similar features geography such as valleys, mountains, and craters; scientists believe that, long ago, Venus was covered in huge oceans and could possibly support life.

This planet, that used to support life, is now hostile. The author tells the reader that the atmosphere of Venus is 97 percent carbon dioxide, has sulfiric acid, and has an atmospheric pressure 90 times greater than Earth's. The surface also has it's problems. The surface averages over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. There are also erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning striking the surface.

The best solution for these problems is a blimp-like vehicle. This vehicle would orbit 30 miles above Venus. It would avoid all of the surface's challenges. It would be cooler at about 170 degrees Fahrenheit. The atmospheric pressure would be equal to Earth's sea level. This blimp would be solar powered and could possibly have simplified electronics made of silicone carbide. The author adds that simplified electronis will not be the only technology onboard, there is a chance that mechanical computers could make a comeback, as they are more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces.

The challenges scientists face have solutions, and the solutions can help scientists make new discoveries of a planet that remains unexplored. The author has explained why we should explore Venus, despite how dangerous the mission would be. They give the reader reasons why we should, such as possible life forms, and the author has more pros than cons. They also says solutions to the cons that scientists face.",3
"Have you ever wanted to just kick back and relax while your car does all of the driving? Have you ever thought about how dangerous that could be? I believe that semi or fully autonomous cars are a danger to the world. The cars are not not truly autonomous, nobody can really tell where responsibility lies when the computer is in control, and the technology that powers the cars may fail.

No car on the road today is completely computer controlled. The cars we have today run off of a computer, until it hits conditions it can not handle, requireing the driver to take over. In 2013, BMW made a vehicle that could run the car on its own, but the driver still had to hold on to the wheel. Many other cars have become semi autonomous, but require the driver to take over when there are different conditions, such as roadwork or there is an accident. Some of these semi auatonomous cars alert the driver when they need to take over, either by an indicator, physical vibration, or simply by announcing that the driver needs to take over. What if the driver falls asleep and the car fails to wake the driver to take control of the car? How safe is the car then?

Another problem with the reliablitly of these cars is the technology inside of them. The Google car for example, has sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a camera on the rearvier mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS reciever, and an inertial motion sensor. The car runs off of all of these sensors, and needs every single one of them to run properly. But what happens if one of these sensors reade untrue values because they have malfunctioned or got covered up by something. Technology can only go so far into our lives before we are putting human life at risk. All it takes is one failure, one moment where a sensor isn't working correctly , and a persons life could be over. The sensors also cost money. This would make many of these cars almost unbuyable to the general public because of the cost of parts and matenience.

With all of that said, who is responsible if the car is in an accident or it kills somebody? Does the manufactorer who made the car get blamed, or does the driver who purchased it take responsibility? I personally belive that these cars are an assumed risk and that if the car is in an accident, that both the driver and the manufacterer are to blame. I believe that the driver could have attempted to do something to change the cars path, but it is more so the manuacturers fault becasue their car failed to stay in its own lane and out of the way of other traffic. The blame also depends on who was inc ontrol at the time of the accident, if the driver had control of the car, it is his or her fault. But if the computer was running the car, then it is the manufacturers fault.

These cars are not truly on autopilot, the technology is not completely reliable, and who is to blame for an accident? These points are all good reasons as to why these cars are a hazard to human life and should not be on our roads. So before you get right behind the idea of an autonomous car, think ""do i trust my life and others lives to a machine?""      ",5
"The Facial Action Coding System to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. For example the author states ''A classroom computer could recognize when a studeny is becoming confused or bored,''Dr Huang predicts.''Then it could modify the lesson,like an effective human instructor''(Making Mona Lisan smile).

This new system is also really smart in detecting oneself emotions for example,the author also states that''But in a false smile,the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle,the risorius. To an expert,faces don't lie;these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a ''smiling''politician or celebrity isn't being truthful''(Making Mona lisa Smile).

This is important because this new technology system can help a lot with kids education.

Sometimes kids are afraid of asking their teachers for help because they feel embarrased but with this new technology system it will actually make students feel not afraid or embarrased.

Students are actually going to get help without having to ask a teacher because the Facial Action Coding System will be able to recognize if a student is confused or bored and then it's going to come in with help.

Also this new system can help teachers know how students are feeling towards a subject and how they are doing on a certain subject. The new system will make it easier for teachers and will also save them a huge time rather than asking or doing tests to show results on how well they know the lesson.

This matters because I personally think this new system will make a huge difference because I'm one of those kikds that feel afraid or embarred to ask a teacher for help.

This will help alot with students education by helping them with what they need help and by making them feel more secure.  ",3
"Have you ever wondered the emotional expressions of students? Me too, which is why the Facial Action Coding System can help solve this problem. It compares everything to a ""neutral"" face, so you can see if you're one hundred percent happy, one hundred percent sad, etc. Each emotion will be distributed in the results of the test. Dr. Paul Eckman being the creator.

It can be used as an emotion indicator on students in a classroom. Dr. Paul Eckman has classified the tool to only six basic emotions, which he says,""Happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness—and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles."" For example, he noticed that when people raised their eyebrows they became ""surprised."" Or if you tighten your lips, you show ""anger."" He sees signs of emotion with each expression the face makes.

Video imagery is even being used to spot emotions in pictures or paintings. The pictures being able to describe the faces of the children. Dr. Huang states that,""The facial expressions for each emotion are universal."" So even though many kids have different emotional faces, each student is making the same expression. The software can even see mixed emotions, just like in ""Mona Lisa.""

We make the same calculations every day. For example, if you were a teacher looking at your students, you could most likely tell how someone was feeling by the look on their face. Dr. Huang says,""Artists such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions."" So da Vinci used an altered version of this way back when, but was mostly mental capabilities. The value of reading the students emotions, could become very helpful in seeing if a student is having trouble in class or with friends.

Muscle differences can even indicate a false emotion! The author says,""the zygomatic major (muscles that begin at your cheek bones) lift the corners of your mouth, and in a false smile the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle, the risorius."" So if you catch one of your students smiling sideways at you, then you know they're treating you to a fake smile. Faces don't lie... if you notice a student false smiling then you may find that they are lying. Try not to use false smiles because you might get caught.

This technology is useful to sensing the emotions of the students in a classroom. If someone is having trouble with classwork, then this could help to determine the problem and find a fix. The video imagery is useful in finding emotion in old pictures from the past. Also, being able to check if someone is using a fake smile is quite handy in terms of the truth. All in all, the Facial Action Coding System is a handy tool that helps sense the students emotions.           ",3
"""After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city.""(source 2). Cars have been a great help to people but now their boarding the line of help and hurt. The advantages of limiting car usage almost never end. There's always a way for you to limit your use of your car. It's great for the plant. Also it brings ease to you. Then last is that it brings people together.

To began with is that it's great for there plant. For example in Bogota, Colombia every year for three years they would have a car free day. That is when everyone would leave their cars at home and use a bike or some alternative transportation to get to were they have to be. If you choose to do the opposite then you would be fined a $25 fee for using your car. The goal was to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. This also happens in Paris, were they banned cars because of smog. Even if the fee was $31 dollar Almost 4,ooo drivers were fined.

In addition to that is that it brings ease to you. Stated in the first source, ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way."" Heidrun Walter said that. When you don't have to think about any car problem you worry less. Even now there has been a decline in the percentage of 16- to 39-year-old's getting a licenses. It's not a priority anymore. With cars comes worries, and people today don't want any worries.

Last but not last is that it brings people together. Usual when we are driving in our cars we hardly look to see who's driving next to us. But if you take out the cars you can really see wants around you. Meet people while you ride your bicycles. You would see the world in a different way.

In conclusion, limiting cars would benefit you in so many way. One like bringing you closer to the people around you. Also without as many cars it would help the plant. Last it would bring ease to you. Overall the less the cars the better everyone and everything should feel.            ",3
"The electoral college,they decide what we vote on based on what they think our state would choose for president. To me the country has it all wrong, I think we as US citizens should let our votes decide on who should be president. Even though things may get done quicker I think everyones voice should be heard. People like Bob Dole Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon have tried to get rid of the electoral college. Plus the electoral college cost Al Gore his presidency would've also liked to have their voices heard in the 2000 election. and im pretty sure people would agree with me the 60% of the population of voters would like their voice to be heard.

The electoral college has a weird way of how they run and choose. Like the example in ""whats wrong with the electoral college"" it saiys that ""if someone lived in Texas and they wanted to vote for John Kerry you'd vote for a slate of 34 democratic electors pledged to John Kerry and then John Kerry would have 34 electoral votes.""  If it were based on popular vote the points would be split to the person based on the number of votes they got.

Even though other situations like in 2012 when obama won the election he recived a 61% of the electoral college's votes while the popular votes he recived was 51% a 10% difference, even though he still would've won it would've been more fair to let the popular votes decide. Some say its best to have a bias voter choose because they wont choose someone based on what everyone else's opinion is, like how the south favored romney over obama but to me that could be bad beacause what if who we choose actually has good ideas the college wouldve just go for the other guy.

The ""winner-take-all"" method happens in swing states like Florida,us and other states have a big part on who we choose to run our country we usually pay attention to all the debates and campaings because we think our leader should know what he's doing swing states and big states are places a presidential campaign would take place the like to ensure they get their votes where it counts to guarentee a lead. the electoral college doesnt go to good for people who dont agree to their sides view like ""republicans in California or democrats in Texas"" their voices arent heard the popular votes might've gotten some points to save their canidate.

in conclusion the electoral college is blocking the right to vote for who we want and have their voices heard even if that person were a republican in California. the popular vote should have some say on who will run the country.        ",3
"Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because it may have once been like Earth by supporting various forms of life. Venus seems like an interesting planet to study because it is the closet to Earth and the Sun.

There has been numerous of spacecraft sent to land on Venus but the spacecraft only seem to last a few hours. With this being said, no spacecraft has been sent to land on Venus over 3 decades. This gives the inspiration for scientists to want to build some type of technology that can survive going to Venus or sending people. Paragraph 3 states that Venus is over 800 degrees fahrenheit and it's atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on Earth. This is challenging because building some type of technology that won't be destroyed by the heat will take time to build. Plus sending people to study Venus despite the risks.

NASA's solution for scientists to go to Venus is a vehicle hovering over Venus to avoid the unfriendly grounds. This means they would be staying up in the air where it would be 170 degrees fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to the sea level of Earth. Scientists would be able to get a good look at Venus from 30 plus miles off the ground. Paragraph 5 in the article mentions that this would not be easy conditions, but it would be survivable for humans. Not to mention, if scientists want to take samples of rocks, gas, etc. It would be a challenge for them because they would have to get up close and personal despite the risks.

All in all, Venus is challenging for NASA and scientists who really want to study it. If the right machine is invented that can stand landing on Venus, this challenge would be easier. ",3
"Venus aka the evening star is one of the most stunning and complex plant we have in solors system. The reaeon why it is stunning and complex is because of how closely the density and size and also occasionally closest to the sun and in distance too, Earth, venus, and mars which make a challenging place to even examine more closely.

The reason why venus is such a dangersous place to pursuit studying up closer is becacuse of hot it is. The atomsphere is about 97% thick making cardon dioxide cover down on venus with strong persureof 90 times greater than what humans experience as it reads on paragraph 3. Another reason why its a challenge are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus's atomosphere which is a type of rain that is acid which is very harmful. But the overall temperatures is a average of 800 degrees fahrenheit. The terrians or surface of venus are like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking on its land which is supported by the author on paragraph 3

But it is it posslbe for us to study the up close the unbarably hotest of venus and fully understand the plant true mysteris, and the answer to that question is a 50% 50% yes and no. The reason why it is because arcodaring to NASA and the author on paragraph 5 they state that since 1940s during WWII NASA have been working on studyings and projects. Like looking back at old technology called ""Mechanical computers"" and these deveices help and play a role for 1st roll of envisioned. But mainly the ""Mechanical computers"" are upgrade to more modern computers that enormously powerful, flexible, and quick but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme condititons like venus supported by paragraph 7.

But overall these are the reason why is hard and complex to studying venus in a up close postion.    ",3
"In the article the author tells that even though there is alot of dangerous challenges in exploring venus and that he is willing to face them challenges. In paragraph 2 the author starts out saying how venus is earth's twin and that venus is the closest planet to us in terms of density and size. In the body paragrpah i am going to talk about the challenges author states in the story about venus, NASA's asspects on venus and how we can deal with these problems.

In this paragrpah i am going to talk about the challenges author states in the story about venus,

NASA's asspects on venus and how we can deal with these problems. Some challenges the author says that venus is thowing at us is that venus has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide that is covering the planet. In paragraph the the author also states that venus is on average 800 degrees Fahrenheit, that is hotter than mars and mars is the closest planet to the sun. The author also states that the atmosherpic pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on earth. If the earth had that muh atmospheric pressure than there would be no one left on this planet because that is so much pressure that it can crush a submarine. Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes to land on its surface. Next, i am going to talk about how NASA asspects on venus. Some thing that NASA is saying is that there only possible solution for how hot it is and how much pressure is in the air is that with these hostile conditions that venus shoudl allow scientists to float above the fray. Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 miles above the rolling Venusain landspace, with that venus would avoid the unfriendly group conditions by staying up and out of the way. The temperatures over the ground would still be 170 degrees fahrenheit, but the pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. These conditons are not easy, but thye are surviable for human's. Finnally i am gonna talk about how we can solve the high pressure and high temperature. The first way we can solve these conditions are if we started having people go and live on venus and took some other living organisms with them. The second way we could solve it is if we found away to connect venus to earth and that would take away all ot the problems.

I would have to agree more with NASA's ideas on how to solve the problems venus is dealing with. i agree with the author it is just i don't think his idea's will wokr as well. One day i think we will be able to live on Venus and have it connected to Earth. In this essay i told you about about the challenges author states in the story about venus, NASA's asspects on venus and how we can deal with these problems. ",2
"Luke is a cow boy from the farm and he has two jobs. He works at the bank and the grocery store. When his old friend , Don Reist, invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat he could not say no. It was an oppertunity of a life time he left. He was helping other animals each and every animal that was hurt in every war that was going on.

Luke recived orders from to go to New Orleans. he did as he was told so he went to New Orleans and helped to take care of th animals as he was told.

Thier was many reasons why he joined but when he was eight teen he was alowed to join the army. When he told abuot his jurney here they said '' you just keep doing your service in helping out animals. '' It was a big honar for him to help animals he went all over the world to help animals.

He new that this was the best dission he ever made in his whole life. One reason he joined is that he was helping animals and felt like he was a hero to the animals like saving people after big events. He was proud of helping animals and loved to be with them till they get back home safe and soud.

Luke was always on an ocean and he went all over the world helping animals. He was always doing something with animals till he slipped and broke his ribs but he would always helping animals even if he was hurt.

Another reason you should join is an adventure waiting fo you. It will open the world to you like it opened the world for Luke and he was grateful for that. You will learn the needs for other countries and it will stick to you. ",2
"Technology is improving everyday to make our lives better. Our society wants to improve on many things to make our lives productive. One of the main things they are currently working on is driverless cars. The google has been working on their driverless car. That project has been going on for 7years, and they have not been able to progress much. Driverless cars are waste of money, ineffcient to humans, and will cause controversy in the future.

The idea of driverless car originally was desgined as a car without human involved on the road. Now the techicians are claiming that we need humans to control the car otherwise this idea of driverless car would not work. ""They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills."" That would be very aggriviating having to drive whenever the computer can´t.""This necessitate the car being ready to quickly get the driver´s attention whenver a problem occures."" that sounds very inconvenient. The passage is saying that we shoould always be alert of any mistakes that the computer makes. Humans might as well as just drive with our hands and feet. The car needs to be completly human control free, otherwise this technology will be very inefficient.

This idea of driverless cars isn´t just inefficient, it will cost money. This process of testing their prototype seems very costly. The author mentioned that one of the sensors costs about two hundred million dollars. Google needs to realize that not everyone has two hundred million dollars in their pocket. This isn´t the only sensor that the car has either. Other sensors on the cars seems very costly as well, because these specific types of technology was not around a long time. The prototype itself seems very costly, and they are not still completly driverless. A person still has to be alert so that it does not do anything dangerous. Trying to create more prototypes and ideas costs money too. If we are not progressing much, why do we need to waste so much money on something that may not even be efficient in the future? Driverless cars are wasting money on something they will not go anywhere in the future.

Somehow, in the far future, we do end up having this driverless car. It will be completely efficient and convenient to use. Now the society has to make new laws that apply to this driverless car. ""If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault, the driver or the manufacturer?"" We have to think about these kind of things and decide the best option. Our society already has many controversial laws, like gay rights or gun rights. The government does not need any more controversial laws to deal with, our society is already messy enough. Driverless car will be very controversial when they are introduced to our society, it is not worth the time and money to manufactur cars that will cause controversy.

Driverless car idea was interesting at first, but if we look into negative side of it, it does not sound very intriguing at all. This idea is wasting money in general, and it seems so far very inefficient to our human lives, and it will cause alot of controversy later in the future if we do have driverless cars. Driverless cars are waste of money, ineffcient, and will be controversial.                 ",4
"In the newer ages, people were worried about how they would get from A to B. They would have the curiousity of what others were driving, as of Mr. Sav ik in the article

The End of Car Culture said when he was around twenty years of age. Most relied on cars because it was quicker or easier to have their own. They always thought about the disadvantages of not having a car but not the advantages. Helping the environment, saving money, and safety of others are all advantages of limiting car usage which citizens fail to realize.

To start off, limiting car usage helps the environment and helps keep it clean. In Europe passenger cars are responsible for twelve percent of greenhouse gas emissions. Experts say that the the main cause of the greenhouse not being able to reduce gas emmisons is because of the tailpipes of cars driven around.

For example, Beijing,China is one of the most polluted cities in the world. Paris,France even banned cars for five days because the air pollution was so thick. They fined people for thirty-one dollars if they refused to leave their vehicle at home. Everyone wants to live as long as they can and to have a clean environment,so why not give up your car for a few days to help ciontribute.

Furthermore, everyone ould love to have a little more money in their pockets instead of putting it in their gas tank. Limiting car usage is the way to go if you want to save money. In Vauban,Germany you are allowed to have a car but it would cost you an arm and a leg just to have one. For car ownership there, you would have to buy a parking space for forty thousand dollars and a home.

As a result to having to pay that ridiculous amount of money for one parking space seventy percent of Vauban families do not own cars at all. Over fifty percent of the citizens sold their car before they moved there. Having that extra amount of money helps a lot.

Therefore, the safety for others is also an advantage of limiting car usage. If most of all the people are either walking or biking their way to their destination, no one would have to worry about getting hit by a car or getting into a car accident.

In German Suburb,Life Goes On Without Cars , Heidrun Walter explained how when she did have a car she would always tense up while drivng. Now that she doesn't have to worry about driving she is much happier with walking or riding her bike.

In conclusion, Helping the environment, saving money, and safety of others are just some of the advantages of limiting car usage. Their not only advantages but benefits to you as well. As said in the forth article, the percentage of people getting their licenses has dropped. The miles of driven by one person in 2013 was nine percent below the peak in January 1995. Slowly but surly the trend of not using a car is not blooming in the European countries but in the US as well.    ",4
"Do you really think aliens exist? It is belived by some that on mars aliens shaped a type of face on the planet. Others belive it is just a natural land form with a funny shape that looks like a face. If you are one of those people who think aliens shaped it you will think differnt by the time your done reading the essay.

Something very mystereous happened in mars 25 years ago. NASA discovered a landform in mars that looked like a very large face. When NASA looked closer in they decided it looked like a pharoh, which is like an old egyptian god. Ever since NASA revealed the mysterious face has become a big pop icon, has starred in movies and multiple talk shows. There has been only very few scientists who belived the face was made by aliens. NASA was very interested in the face so they started taking closer and closer looks. NASA used more powerful lenses which let you get a better look at it. NASA finnaly figured out it was a natural land form. They even went back more than one time to check and everything still proved it was just a natural landform.

What do you think, Is it an alien or is it a natural land form? Facts have proven that it is a natural land form. But all people will never agree if it is an ailen who made it or not. Hopefully this essay proves to you that this face is just a natural land form, but the world might never know.",2
"What would it be like to own a driverless car? Well as I sit here and ask myself that, I think of all the possible outcomes there could be. Yes, it would be nice to have a car that would do the driving for you, but humans will have to drive at some point. I feel as if this car could be resulted in both good and bad ways.

There are many reasons this car is a great idea. Say a wife and husband go out for a romantic date and leave their child at home with a babysitter. While they were gone, the child started running a fever and began to puke. The babysitter calls the parents but gets no answer. There is no medicine at the house and the nearest hospital is four blocks away. The girl babysitting does not yet have her license, so she asks herself what to do? She thinks about how long it would take to walk all the way there, then grabs the child and runs outside. Once she gets outside she puts the child in the car and straps him in. An even tho she does not have a license she gets in the driver seat, and starts up the car. She puts the car in gear and it beigns to drive itself to the hospital. Once they arrive at the hospital, the babysitter takes the child into the hospital and checks in while the car parks itself.

There are many great things that could come from this car. There is also a few things to worry about though. If the car is driving itself for the most part, then all the human is going to do is sit there. Therefore their driving skills may decrease. If the car drives itself all the time, then no one will remember how to drive correctly. What if something was to happen to the car and it would malfunction while driving down the road. What if the people in the car get seriously hurt? Those are things that will have to be worked out before the car could be released. But overall I feel like the driveless car would be a great idea. ",3
"Dear State Senator, We should forget about the system of electorial college to vote for a president. It just isn't fair, reason why is beacause you are electing people to vote for the person who is trying to be president of the U.S although that doesnt mean that you both are voting for the same person that's trying to be president of the U.S. The electorial college system is corrupted and needs to stop being used to elect a president.

To begin, In the source 2 they state the following ""60% of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now."" Reasons why is because the electorial college is unfair it can make the person who had most of the votes lose because of the people who voted for the person to vote for a president choose the other runner up and make the person with the most votes actually lose. This is why people wish to have a direct election so they wont have to worry about their vote not going to the other runner up president.

Secondly, The reason why the electorial college is wrong is because we dont have our own voice; but the slate of electors do which can be pretty much anybody. For example in the article ""What's wrong with the electorial college"" they state (If you lived in Texas, for instance, and wanted to vote for John Kerry, you'd vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors that pledged to Kerry) these elctors can be anyone and still doesn't have to be voting for him though.

Although, If the people can rebalence the electorial college system then it can be somewhat a good thing. I can see how it can be somewhat balenced already; stated in the first source ""the whole electorial college has a total of 538 electors. The president you wish to elect has to have a majority of 270 electorial votes in order to win."" That means they need to have 270 more votes than the other president too.

Finally, so should the electorial college be abolished? unless people can find ways to limit the loosing president to come back with electoral votes, then yes this system should be banned.

Sincerly,

PROPER_NAME    ",3
"The author is right exploning Venus is dangers.

Exploring Venus is dangers because it so hot for humans. ""on the planet surface temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit,"" and thats to hot for humas to survive.

Heat is not the only promble on Venus. ""and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times great than what we experience on our own planet. these conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth."" that means the pressure is to strong for humans to say alive for even one minute.

""such an envioment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepes parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals."" that show that humans are not able to build a machine that can survive on Venus. which means we still got a long way to go for humans to live on Venus.

Mercury Being the closer to the sum don't mean it's the hotest planet. ""Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system even though mercury is the closer to the to the sun.

"" Beyong high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present addition impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning striker to probes seeking to land on its surface."" Venus's weather is is dangerus for human kind.

""Venus has value, not only because of the insght to be gained on the planet itself, but also because humans curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors."" they saying that even if it's dangerus it won't stop humans for exploring new plceses.                   ",3
"The author of ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" did well at supporting his idea of studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents by discussing about how Venus is a challenging and risky planet to study but however, despite all the dangers and risks. It could potentially lead to better things. The author first discussed and mentioned facts about how Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, and it is also of the closet planet to Earth in terms of density and size. Then, he moved on with scientists and support his idea with details. According to the text "" If our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface?"" He then, went further and talked about how Venus can be our nearest option for a planetory visit and back up his statement by saying that NASA is having an idea for sending humans to study Venus. ""Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vechile hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of the way"". In summary, the author did a fine job at supporting his statement with details and evidence which makes it reliable and interesting for the reader to read. ",3
"Having a car that will drive on its own is cool and all, but when you think about it it could be very dangerous. People in todays society are very lazy. All most people do now in days is sit at home, sleep, eat, or watch televison. So I dont think having a driverless car is such a good idea.

See people today get used to things quick without really noticing that they are used to it. For example television, its a great invention but people over use it. Some people make television their top priority. People even use television as an excuse. It stops them from making interactions with the real world, because people have grown to be lazy.

Another example is a cellphone. Everywhere you go everyone has a type of cellphone, wether it's a smartphone or a flip phone. People are so drawn to their phones especially teenagers. Everyone is on some type of social media sight, wheter it's facebook, instagram, snapchat, etc. Again everyone is making technology their top priority.

Having a car that can drive itself isn't really a good idea. We as humans get lazy over just little things, so imagine having a driverless car. What if someone in the driverless car falls asleep? In the passage it says this ""driverless car"" isn't so accurate. Meaning it can't drive itself completely. The driver still has to be alret of whats going on. So knowing us as humans and how we are why would anyone want to make a driverless car.

I honestly believe this car will be dangerous. SOmeone could fall asleep from getting too comfortable, again us being humans and getting used to things, causing the driver to possibly get into a car accident not only risking themselves but other pedestrians.

I am not in anyway shape or form trying to say technology is bad, but if it isnt used correctly it can be a dangerous thing. I beleive only people who are responsible and mature and know right from wrong are the ones who caan handle this type of technology. These ""driverless cars"" are not for everybody. ",3
"Acording to the artical an advantage of limiting car usage is less usage of diesel gasoline, Because Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. Diesel fuel was blamed for the reasoning of the ban to clear air since france tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline. Diesels make up 67 percent of vehicles in France, Compared to a 53.3 percent average of diesel engines in the rest of Western Europe, according to Reuters.

Also another advantage of limiting car usage that the article talked about was that there has been a large drop in the percentage of 16 - 39 years olds getting there license. We dont want anyone on the road that has not been approved to be a safe driver or even approved to be able to drive. Also just think about how the precentage is just going to keep dropping over the years.

The artical also stated other advantages like, that being telecommuted allows people to feel more connected without driving, And included a citizin of BOGOTA, Colombia oppinion who stated ""It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution"".    ",2
"Today, we depend on cars for transportation. We never consider walking or taking a bus until we realize it's our only option. As teenagers we use cars as a gateway to independence and freedom. Little do we know that there are many advantages to the limiting of car usage. Advantages to these limitations are it's better for the environmemnt, it provides a safer city, and it helps financially.

Creating a better environment starts with the decisions we make. When we decide to take our cars for a 2 mile trip, that could be walked, we are polluting the air in our city. For example, source 2 explains that the air in Paris became highly polluted due to the overuse of automobiles. ""Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city"". One day motorists with even-numbered plates would leave their cars home and the following day people with odd-numbered plates would do the same. This decreased the amount of congestion by sixty percent within five days. Source 1 states that cars are responsible for twelve percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and up to fifty percent in the United States. Source 3 states that in Bogota, Colombia, after their Day Without Cars, parks and sports centers flourished throughout the city and uneven sidewalks were repaved to make them more smooth and broad. The avoidance of car usage can improve our environment dramatically.

Safety is a very important factor in our lives. Often times our safety is put at risk when we are in a car and we don't realize it. Without the use of cars, we wouldn't have to worry about car accidents, traffic jams, etc.    ",2
"The seagoing cowboys is a program that helps animals at sea be healthy and cared for. I will give you some reasons why you should join the program.

I think this is a good idea because animals that arent taken care of well might get sick and mabey even die. Another reason why you should join the program is because they take care of horses, young cows , and mules that are being shiped to europe because world war two was happening and many countries need needed supplies. The seagoing cowboys also took care of 335 horses while there was another war was happening Luke said ""we arrived Agust 1945"", ""the day the pacific war ended"".

The seagoing cowboys is a good way to keep animals safe on boats, even if it is hard work and it takes weeks and months to reach your destination so be ready. If you plan on joining the program be sure to pack right and if things get tough rember it is for a good cause and that cause is to keep animals safe at sea, and it just might be an adventure of an life time.",2
"Hi I am Luke and I was in a job on a boat called a cattle boat. I was on the boat for about two years and it was amzing. The job is all about getting cattle acores the oceans to other countres because of World War II.

The Nazies done a lot of work to destroy theso countery and they need food and supplys to get back on their feet and they make a great counrty once again. This job in opioun is the best because we get to go to other countris and give them supplys for them to get back on their feet to once great again. I did this for two years straight and had a blast and we even got so much free time that I got to take a tour around a caltle on our way to chine and I had a blast also got see Greece and other amzaing conutries. I also I got a trip to italy and got to ride the strits of their beatful town. So this was a good trip for me a small-town city boy. On the way home we got to play sports like baseball, vollyball, table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing reading whittling, and games to pass the time for the two years. But I do got to warn you about the danger about this job when I had the late night shift I had to check the animals every hour and one hour I fell back in if that railing was not their I would of been lost at sea and I would of dron out their if it was not for that railing.

So this jobeis good ofr some people if they wanted to see the world and to sail around the world and have a adventure and exting two years about cattle boating but keep in mind it is very dangers to cattle boatign so that is some reason to cattle boating and so I hope you would like this job.      ",2
"We should go to Venus even with its dangers. We humans could find out so many things if we do. There might be animal life or even oceans with life in it. We could learn what the ground texture is like. Even learn abiut the gases that are on the planet.

If we find life on Venus it would prove that their are other life out there. There could be life under the ground but we wouldn't know that cause we cant even get to the surface of the plant. If there is life on the plant we could learn how they world by watching. Maybe even with pictures. With oceans we could find if there are organisms in it. It would prove that there is a different kind of life on the planet.

With learning about the ground we could see what minarals it holds. If its the same kind we have on earth or if there are ones we dont even know of. If we could grow plants in the soil or if there are plants growing in it. If we go under the ground there could be worm like creatures or even caves. Who knows how big the caves could be or what could be in it.

Now with getting to Venus. We would need a ship or rover that could with stand the pressure of the plant. One that could maybe could go under ground and have something stick out from the ground every once in awhile. Maybe even one that could stay in the water of the plant. If we can build a ship that can with stand all of Venuses wearher. Than we could study it freely.

This is why i think we should go to Venus. Or make a ship to Venus. With Venus we could learn many things. Find minarals we dont have on earth. Maybe even find more simalaerities between are planets. ",3
"Cars polut the environment so a couple governments banned them. the bennifits of banning cars are actually better than some one would think. An advantage to banning cars is less polution, less clutter in the street and a happier life.

Less polution is great especially with all of the machines running now adays. polution causes holes to from in the atmosphere, the atmosphere is what hoilds in the air we breath. The atmosphere also plays a much larger role in our way of life. Ever heard of the word global warmming? Well itws because the earths outside temerature is hotter then what it should be, because there are holes in the ozone layer. The ozone layer is like insulation in your house it keep cold air in on hot summer days. most polution comes from cars alone just because they are used so much byt everyone.

Having less clutter in the streets is always a good thing. Having less cars will lead to less accidentrs and less fatalities. People will not worry as much and it'll cause less stress. with having less cluttered streets that means more people will be walking by stores and resteruants, which leads to more buisness for store owners.

living a happy life in very important. I believe that if your not happy then your not living right. Banning cars reducess stress and stress mAKES PEOPLE UN HAPPY AND NOT LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST.    ",3
"The Electoral College gives certain states, based on their popularity, a number of how many of what I guess can be called ""points"" that will go to to the candidate that gets the most votes for themself out of that state. Now whether that is a good idea or not is completely based on your own opion which you can decide. But I disagree with the Electoral College, even though it did take me a while of thinking I came to the conclusion that an all out popular vote is more effecient when it comes to voting for a president than the electoral college, and there is three main reasons that swung me to side with popular vote,

First of all, when you get right down to it the Electoral College just doesnt give perfect accuracy on who does actually get the exact most votes. Some people cant completely grasp this fact but imagine that there is Florida, Alaska, and Montana. The first candidate, which we shall call John and the second, Bill, are going for these three states. John beats Bill on Florida 5,000 to 4,999 and John gets all 29 electoral votes because of that, tough luck for Bill. Luckily for Bill he sweeps over John in Alaska 100 to 0 and Monatana 100 - 0 and gets 3 points from each state which gives him 6 points total. So now by popular vote Bill would win with 5,199 votes against John's 5,000. But since Bill only has 6 Electoral points because he still lost Florida, which was the state John won and got a whopping 29 points from, Bill will lose his campaign to John 29-6 because thats what the amazing ""wonders"" of the Electoral College are. Which beasically sums up how in 2000 Al Gore lost to Bill Gates even that Al Gore had more overall votes.

The Electoral College also makes candidates have to strategically plan out their campaign so they can focus on big states and swing states only. If a candidate knows he will not win a certain state he wont even focus on it because it would be pointless, even if he changes maybe a couple thousand voters' minds, it wont get him a single point if he loses that state 5000 - 15000 whereas with popular vote changing the mind of people so that you get yourself from having 10% of California's overall votes for you to 30% means more votes than literally all of Alaska's eligible voting population. So that drives candidates away from states they wont win and they go to states known as ""swing states"" that dont have a specific party that they vote for every election, and they will attempt to win these states votes the most because those points will make the biggest difference.

The final thing I'd like to touch on is that the Electoral College system takes so many peoples idea and erases it. We want our vote to mean something throughout the whole campaign, but it doesnt matter if you are one the few democrat supporters in an overall republican dominated state because when your state loses 5000 to 150, poof! There goes your vote floating off into oblivion because it doesnt matter now, your one vote doesnt stand a chance against 50 going against it according to the Electoral College. We want our vote to count for the candidate himself not be part of some majorly flawed point system that someone thought would help somehow when picking the right candidate to become the head honcho sitting in charge of The White House, Our Country, and be the overall leader of our military forces too. So we need our vote to be heard and for it to actually count, even if 5000 more people disagree with 2500 in the same state, those 2500 votes should actually count towards something instead of being overrun and erased by the 5000 which will earn some candidate a couple of points for their campaign.

Now after all this not only has my own opinion strongly changed in favor of popular vote but I hope yours has too. Electoral College just doesnt provide that actual perfect accuracy of who wins that popular does, it forces presidents to only visit and campaign in certain states that they have a chance of winning, and it takes citizens votes and throws them down the drain if more people in the same state vote differently. It just makes you sit and wonder whos idea it was to accept this system.    ",5
"Self-driving cars are a thing that you here about in movies like 'Back to the future' or 'Irobot' never something that happenes in the real world. Although since 2009 Google has been developing a car that could possibly drive it's self. These cars can be endless it can span from help keep you safe while you drive, or making smarter streets or smarter cars.

Some states believe that the self-driving cars could be a very dangerous thing, but would it really be if Google makes it so that you would still need to be very alert when you are driving this car need to keep you're hands on the wheel to avoid traffic collsions other unperdicpiable outcome and the car takes care of blinkers, lights, telling you before you hit something etc.

Smarter streets are more of thought process than a put into to play process because of money factors. Smart streets would be an amazing development. Sensoring the rodes to correspond with the cars.

Smarter cans is something more affordable have a driving car would be very usefull if you're running late for a job you could be getting read while you are the self-driving car.

Millions and millions of people can gain form self driving cars in the long run.    ",2
"Our world is changing. People try to improve things we use most in daily life. Cars is a highly used mode of transportation and Sergey Brin is on a quest to improve daily use of cars. Many positives and negatives can be found in the use of driverless cars. I find that if something is not good, make it better. If people find many flaws in driverless cars, then I see a need to improve it. I think the idea of a driverless car should be futher developed until the positives clearly outweigh the negatives.

I think that driverless cars could be very valuble in the future. The driverless car comes with many benefits. One of the major upsides of a driverless car is hypothetically safer than a car with a human driver. Human drivers are subject to drunk driving, sleeping while driving, and overall human errors. In a world of all cars being driverless cars, commute from destination to destination would be more efficient. The estimated time from place to place would be more exact as cars would be traveling the quickest route consistently. People would also be traveling legally at the right speed. As it says in paragraph one, gas expenses would also go down. When the car knows where it is going, there is no route to get lost on, therefore less distance traveled, less money spent on gas. People can also pay a lot of money towards fines and other crash related expenses. Ideally, driverless cars would eliminate the penalty of speeding and would hopefully eliminate the expenses of a crash. However, the idea of a driverless car is still in the making.

Driverless cars can also come with various disadvantages. One of the most obvious downsides of a driverless car is price. The price of a driverless car would be insane. In paragraph four and five, the passage mentions the various sensors needed in order to mimic the ability of a human driver. It also says, ""Sensors are nothing new, of course."" However, cars with these sensors in them are known to cost more than most cars. Not to mention the act of adding many more sensors which would continue to the raise the price of this vehicle. Another downside this passage brings up is the idea of liability. In a perfect world, we would like to imgaine a perfect car that would never get in accidents or collisions. However, we know that accidents are possible due to pedestrians, bikers, natural reasons and more. So liability comes into play when an accident is on hand. Depending on the situation, who is to blame? There is yet to be laws made in order to determing this question, but the idea of driverless cars remain the same.

Driverless cars need to be improved, investigated, and developed more before they are determined to be logical modes of transportation for our world today. I think the idea of a driverless car makes sense, but much more research needs to resolve these negative downsides. In order for the driverless car to product the people want, the price would have to be reasonable and the saftey of the passengers would need to be ensured. I think driverless cars should be further developed before they are put into the world of today.",4
"Would one like to be a Seagoing Cowboy? Well it's a bad idea to be a Seagoing Cowboy. Well first, one has to be on sea for a couple weeks. Then one also has to responsibe for taking care of animals. And lastly, one needs to be careful on a cattle boat. Being a Seagoing Cowboy is a bad, dangerous, and horrible idea.

First, a Seagoing Cowboy has to travel all around the world. Does one really wants to be sea sick? Well a Seagoing Cowboy needs to be on a cattle boat for maybe about two weeks or maybe more across the ocean. And one needs to worry about the dangers of the sea. Lastly, one needs to take night shifts for a couple reasons. What about the rest they need of being so busy? In conclusion, being a Seagoing Cowboy is about dealing with the sea. So, not only the sea is a bad idea for a job, but also taking care of the animals.

A Seagoing Cowboy is not only traveling, but also taking care of the animals. First, a Seagoing Cowboy has to take night shifts just for taking care of the creatures. One needs to check on all the animals every hour as well. Furthermore, one needs to feed them every two or three times a day. Who's going to clean the ship after the animals eat? Next, one needs to give them water as well as a plants, animals, and Seagoing Cowboys needs water. So, does one really want to be dealing with the animals and the care they need? Not only being a Sea Cowboy is a terrible idea, but also taking care of themselves and the boat.

Sometimes a Sea Cowboy can be tough, but they also need to be careful of what they're doing. Did one hear of how Luke hurt himself? Well he had a report from his captain and slid down a slippery ladder. Why was it so slippery? Well he was on a boat with water surrounding it! And if one slipped and can't swim, and went in the water...well that one person will be at the bottom of the dark Atlantic sea. But Luke cracked his ribs just from sliding down on a slippery lader on his backside. One also needs be careful of whats ahead of them. The dangers of the sea, the water, and other people who are going to want to stop a Seagoing Cowboy from saving a country. So why be a Seagoing Cowboy?

In conclusion, a Seagoing Cowboy will need to take care of themselves of being injured or sea sick, animals, and what a Seagoing Cowboy will have ahead of them. So DON'T be a Seagoing Cowboy who might be at a great risk. Next, don't be at th bottom of the sea. Another, reason for being a Seagoing Cowboy is because one doesn't want to be frustrated of taking care of couple of animals. And please don't be on a cattle boat if one doesn't want to clean what animals/peoples left overs. These are the reasons why being a Seagoing Cowboy is a terrible, horrible, bad idea.        ",3
"In the intense debate concerning the validity of the Electoral College process, it is difficult to choose a position. The Electoral College is a long-standing tradition created by the founding fathers in the early days of the United States. However, the reasons behind the adoption of the Electoral system are not as valid today as they were centuries before. Electoral College was proposed by the founding fathers due to the fact that the average American citizen in the beginning of our nation was a simple farmer, who was not educated enough to make an informed decision in a vote. Nowadays, things are different. General education of the public is very advanced, and there are various easily acessable forms of media from which to learn about the policies and positions of the presidential canidates. After all, the president's job is to care for and protect the people of America, not the politicians. Therefore, shouldn't the people, not the politicians, elect the president?

Even those who support the Electoral College must admit it is a confusing system. When a citizen votes for a presidential canidate, that vote really goes to a slate of electors who were selected by means that vary between states and are pleged to that particular canidate, and those electors then vote for the president. As pointed out in Bradford Plumer's

The Indefensible Electoral College , voters can't control who their electors vote for. Aditionally, ""voters sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong canidate"" (also Bradford's

The Indefensible Electoral College

). And Bradford makes a good point; in the past, ""'faithless' electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's canidate"".

There is also the fact that canidates for the presidency often focus on ""swing states"", states whose majority is not decided between political parties and whose votes have a large impact on the election. This is due to the winner-take-all method of the Electoral College. In a state that is mostly Republican, a Democratic presidential canidate may not put much into the local campain, knowing that since most voters are against them they would probably lose the state and gain nothing, because all the electoral votes of a state go to the canidate who won the majority of voters in that state. Thus, presidential campains are focused in the swing states, giving little attention to the others. However, if the presidential election were decided by popular vote, campain efforts would be spread evenly across the United States since every voter everywhere counted in the final election.

The method of electing a president by popular vote is a fair and well-balanced one, giving the minority parties in non-swing states a say in the presidency. Also, it was  discovered that ""according to a Gallup poll in 2000...over 60 pecent of voters would prefer a direct election"" (Bradford Plumer,

The Indefensible Electoral College

). It was even admitted by pro-Electoral College Richard A. Posner in his

Defense of the Electoral College that ""A tie in the national electoral vote is possible"" due to the even number of total votes. Posner also states that ""no voter's vote swings a national election"". However, if everyone believed that, no-one would vote at all. Then there could be no election, Electoral College method or otherwise. Therefore, the individual voter does count, and so do all the minority political parties who's electoral slates do not get to vote for the president due to the Electoral College. Popular vote is the only reasonalble system for electing a president who will do their best for the American people. ""Of the people, for the people"". So let the all the people Vote.    ",5
"Venus is the second planet from the sun. It is the closest planet to Earth of density and size. Venus is the brightrst points of light in the night sky for many can see it. Since Venus is sometims near Earth people have sent many spacecraft to land on it.

Each times they sent a spacecraft it was not successful because the surface is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, clouds of highly corrosive sulfic acid, and atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater. Even though Venus is so inhospitable astronmers are fascinated by it because it's once believe to been Earth-like long ago. In the text it said, "" The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particulary compeling idea for sending humans to study Venus."" They make the spacecraft hovering over Venus so it avoid the bad ground condition. It will be thirty- plus miles above the surface but it will still will be very hot around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but pressure is close sea level of Earth. People are striving to meet the challenge to show Venus has value, not because to gain insight on the planet. ",2
"The author belives thats Venus is a planet worth of studying. Althought it is very impossible to study this planet from the surface level. Venus has a surface temperature of 800 degrees fahrenheit,and the atomspheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. Venus has one of the most hottest surface temperature in the whole solar system. This could explain why it is so hard to have drones on the planets surface.

Venusian geology and weather also present additional challenges like erupting valcanos, powerful earthquakes, and frequenrt lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface. Researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. This most likely caused by the sevear atmospheric temperature or the surface landscape. Reasearchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus. Nasa is working on making machanical computuer so our drones take more damage.

Striving to meet the challenges presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on planet itself, but alson because human curiostity will likely lead us into many equllay intimidating endours. This show that Venus a diffacult planet to get information from, has value to be studied. It shows that our reasearcher have a challenge to take on hand. It also shows

we can get new ideas on how to explore this planet. So in conclusion the planet of Venus is worth of the study.   ",3
"Look Technology is great and all but it cant be used for everything somethings machines dont understand like us.

For instance you could be like faking being depressed for a joke and then switch to being have in less than a second. And I dont believe that machines are capable of understanding our own communication.

Only because we have so many different ways that we communicate to one another.

""And how can a computer recognize the subtle facial movements we humans use to express how we feel?""

That quote from the story almost explains why that would be a big problem for the computers.

But trust me computers would be very valuable in classrooms on the positive side but on the negative side it just gives another thing to go wrong in a classroom.

I mean don't we already have enough technology in classrooms to helps us out and distract us.

Plus what if the scaner just decided to start malfunctioning and get the wrong facial scans then you could be feeling one way, but the computer could say another.

And who says that a computer tells you how you feel only you and you only knows how you really feel.

""The facial expressions for each emotion are universal.""

What this quote does to theargument is it sort of shows that it would be extremely hard for the computer to know how each and every single persons own facial movements.

And a computer probably cant tell you how your feeling even though you might not even know yourself how you feel.

""For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on his or her face.""

This quote from the story also shows that humans can figure out faster that a computer how someone is feeling even if they are have mixed feelings.

But we also have the ablility over a computer to be able to communicate to one another about our own emotions.

The bottom line is that you cant program every single human emotion into on single computer no a million computers.

Becasue not everyone is always feeling one emotion inside at all times.

We humans feel mutiple emotions at all times.

For instance you get and a on a test that you really might have need to pass and you start to cry but they arent tears of sadness they are tears of joy.

And a computer will see the tears and say that this perons is sad when really that person is so overwhelmed by happiness that they cried tears of joy.",3
"Let me explain to my fellow citizens about the advantages of limiting car usage. The reason I say this because In German Suburb, Life goes on without cars. Paris bans due to smog. And Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota.

In German they dont really care for cars "" Street parking, dirveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new districton the outskirt of Freiburg, near the french and Swiss borders."" there roads and sidewalks are mainly free they dont to many cars in German. The only people that was really allowed to have cars were car owners, but but there were ony 2 places to park ""Large garages at the edge of the development that casted $40,000 along with a home."" Some people felt like they were always tense when they had a car, they like not having a car so they wouldn't have to pay for the high gas they need for their gas tank. They felt like walking was way better, it was an exercise and it was more calming then being stuck in traffic.

Paris bans driving because to many people are getting smoggeled.""After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city."" If they were caught driving they would be getting a fine a really big fine. ""Almost 4,000 drivers were fined, according to Reuters, 27 people had their cars impounded for their reaction to the fines."" People wasnt taking their car previliges being taking to well they felt like they needed their cars to get to point A to point Z. But they understood why they could drive their cars they knew it was for their own safty ""Well atleast some knew it was.""

Inconclusion now My fellow citizens Know how people felt about the advantages of limiting car usage.    ",2
"Should we keep the Electoral college, or take it away for popularity vote? Well, the Electoral College is a process which they cannot hold office, but can help the presidents votes. A popularity vote is which we the citizens of the United States vote on who we would like the president to be. The Electoral Collge helps vote for the president of the United States because there is a certainty of the outcome, and the Electoral College are like presidents too. I support the idea of which keeping the Electoral College for the help in the presidential run.

Keeping the Electoral College is vital to the presidents because there is a certainty of the outcome. Richard A. Posner states: ""The reason is that the winning candidate's share of the Electoral College invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote."" This means that the Electoral College votes count more than the popularity votes for the upcoming president. For example, Richard A. Posner states that ""Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney..."" This means that the Electoral College votes are way more acounted for then the popular votes.

Aren't Electoral Colleges like presidents too? They help the presidents votes and help them make decisions also. Doesn't that sound like a president to you? The article states ""The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal."" says Richard A. Posner. This means that Electoral Colleges no region has enough electoral votes to elect a president. The president electes Electoral Colleges to be in there favor.

There is a high chance that Electoral College's help presidents in many ways. Such as, the Electoral Colleges are like presidents too, and there is a certainty of the outcome. Lets face it the soon to be presidents need the Electoral Colleges.                                                                                       ",2
"There are numerous stories and poems that convey the message that technology will control people one day. In many of these stories, the ending is always bad because of the technology. Currently, people are very caught up in technology such as phones and computers and their lives revolve around these things. Driverless cars will add to these technologies that control who we are and add to the many things that take away from us being human. I believe that driverless cars should not be created.

Technology does not have the intellect and cannot make decisions like humans do. There are so many driving situations that require human skill and decision-making that driverless cars may never be able to do like ""navigating through work zones and arround accidents."" This means that a driver will still be needed and what is the point of driverless cars that require a driver? People will become more used to not paying attention to the road that they may not pay attention to when the car is trying to get their attention.

People that support driverless cars may say it gives people time to enjoy entertainment or do work while the car drives by itself, but I believe that driving can be enjoyable too. How often do people get to enjoy their surroundings and nature? Driving can be a time where someone relaxes and reflects on their day. Driving is also a very important skill that helps people's decision making skills and their reflexes. Getting rid of these skills only hurts us.

These driverless cars may prevent many accidents caused by humans, but technology will always malfunction at times, which may cause even more accidents. When this problem occurs, there will be many controversies over who is at fault, which may cause even more problems. Humans will make mistakes, but technology will also always make mistakes that may not be as fixable.

I believe that technology should not control who we are as humans. Driverless cars may be very helpful, but in the end, it can only hurt us. We are given the ability to make our own choices so why can't we use that ability?",4
"Being able to have a car that drives itself would be cool, right? Well, maybe not as cool as you think. Having a car that drives itself comes with many complications. These complications may include lack of safety, lack of total automatic driving, and lack of laws needed to operate a smart car.

The smart car is a nice invention, but with the lack of safety it isn't very smart to drive. The systems within the smart car may fail and cause the operator to be injured. Having the systems fail is the worst thing that could happen while driving a smart car. It may cause an accident if the smart car is not at it best quality. This lack of safety really worries me as a driver myself.

While the smart car appears to be able to drive without a driver, it can't. The smart car can operate on its own but it requires the operator to be fully alerted at all times because the car cant drive itself through certain situations. These include accidents and work zones, which would require the driver to take the wheel and drive through these situations. The driver would become bored while not driving and may even fall asleep do to the lack of action. It just seems way to dangerous to trust an ""automatic"", driverless car that isn't fully automatic nor driverless with my life.

Many states now don't even allow many smart cars to be driven. In order for these cars to be able to be on the streets many laws would need to be made or changed. Without laws just for these smart cars people would drive reckless. If no laws are put in place who will be held responsible for the failing of the systems in a smart car? "" New laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident "". Laws are needed to drve these cars no matter the argument to keep us and those around us safe.

Do smart cars still seem cool? I'll leave that answer up to you, but take everything i have said into consideration. Smart cars may be the future, but the way they are now is too dangerous. There are too many complications including lack of safety, lack of automatic driving, and lack of laws needed to operate a smart car. So, is a smart car really smart?     ",4
"Dear senator in the sources ""What is the Electoral College?"" by the Office of the Federal Register, ""The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best laid defences of the system are wrong"" by Bradford Plumer  and also ""In Defense of the Electoral College: five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the president"" by Richard A. Posner, the authors of the article discuss the pros and cons to having an electoral college. The citizens of the United States would be more pleased if the electoral college stayed as opposed to it being ebolished.

To begin, having a electoral college will be better for the nation and people.

for example, the article ""In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing a president"" the article states ""A dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is very possible- it happened in 2000- but its less likely than a dispute over the popular vote."" this claim provides a true statement on reasons why we should keep the electoral college. This statement means that disputes are less likely with their method and their is a certainty of an outcome.

Although keeping the electoral college is a valid idea, there are some problems associated with keeping the electoral college as well. Of course, there are difficulties with in the curcumstsance where we keep the Electoral Collage opposed to disspose of it. the article ""The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong"" by Bradford Plumer, Plumer made several claims opposing of the electoralcollege, such claims include ""At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters"" and opinons like ""Its official: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irration"". While Plumer did put his point across as to how the system is unfair we must take into consideration how it is more reasonable and appropriate, in ""in defense of the electoral college: five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the president"" the article states that ""The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have transregional appeal"" which is fair and less stressful.

in summary, the best option would to keep the way things are rather than changing things up and and creating a more stressful, unorganized system. Although Plumer made accurate claims as to some of the faults in the system, there was far more proof in keeping the electoral college and keeping things the same.                                                    ",3
"What I think bout this is that really, it can either goes both ways but manily the technology would work more because of the different types of machine that are working to figure things out, like for example it could tell you weather or not if you are nervous or not, if you are lying or not. The techmology now days are so much helpful to figure certain stuff out like what the weather goona be like throught out the week or just stuff like that. Now on the other hand you can figure stuff out on your on because you can feel certain stuff that is wrong with ya like, for Example you can wake up and just know today is not my day...I mean come on now like you just know if someone talks to you the wrong way you are gonna pop off or if someone looks at you the wrong way you are gonna flip out about it and start going off. You can know or not if you are not feeling it today because really its a mind set thing...You have to process you mind to certain and be like you know this is not the right thing to do you just know it. So like I said it can go both ways .I hope you enjoy this ",1
"The FACS (Facial Action Coding System) program can be used to detect human emotion through complex algorithms on a advanced computer. Since this program cant work on the average PC, Dr. Huang wrote down some simple instructions that encode different emotions. These instrutions are not as advanced as the FACS program but they are simple enough for the average PC. This can dectect your muscular action units to detect all your current emotions. It can also detect fake emotions as if you were trying to fake a smile or frown just by looking at the major mucles on your face.

Dr. huang would like to use this program for kids in schools. He says the program would help detect when a student is becoming confused or bored of a lesson. When this happens the FACS program will modify the lesson such as an effective human instructor would. This in my opinion could change the learning process for many people and create a new learning system across the world. But this could also take many jobs away ruining the carrer of a teacher. This whole program could end horribly making teachers go on a strike. But no special computer is needed as in the article states that this program could run on a school computer.

All together this program could change schools for the students, and effect the jobs of teachers/professor. This program was made to detect human emotions but can be used as an advanced learning process. The things that this program can do are impressive but Dr. Huang aslo says that humans can also detect emotions. But a teacher can't teach every student in their ways needed, teachers teach the whole class using the technique. Overall this program should be tested in a few schools before going active to each school.   ",3
"Dear state senator,

The Electoral College should be changed to election by popular vote. I say this because, as successful as the Electoral College has been, it has many flaws. In the first sentence of the eleventh paragraph, the article mentions something called the disaster factor. This is an alarming possiblity. State legislatures are, in a way, responsible for choosing electors who may ignore the will of the people.

During 1960, in the Louisiana legislature, people titled Segregationists almost succeeded in removing the Democratic electors and replacing them with new electors. These new electors were supposed to oppose John F. Kennedy so that any popular votes for Kennedy would not have really gone to him. If those Segregationists had succeeded in their plan, John F. Kennedy would not have won the popular vote. That was indeed a close call, and it could happen yet again in the near future without fail. On another similar topic, ""faithless"" electors have, from time to time, denied the option to vote for their party's candidate. Instead of voting for the candidate of their own party, they cast a vote for whomever they wish.

Also occuring in 1960, a state sent two slates of electors to Congress. Vice President Richard Nixon validated only his opponent's electors. Thankfully, he was presiding over the Senate at the time. He made sure to validate the slate of his choosing ""without establishing a precedent."", as stated in paragraph eleven, sentence 9. Hopefully, this will not occur again anytime soon.

The most worrying occurance would be a tie. However, if a tie were to happen in an electoral vote, the election would be thrown towards the House of Representatives. There, the state delegations vote on the president. In 1976, a tie would have happened if 5,559 voters from Ohio and 3,687 voters from Hawaii had voted the other way. This is bad because the election is only a few voters away from a distaster. In conclusion, the Electoral College is not only unfair, but outdated and irrational. It should be shifted from the way it is now to total amount of popular votes for the president of the United States.    ",4
"A lot of things have been changing with technology. Things have started to get way more advanced in the technology field. People have been coming up with all sorts of things, for instance they have robots, very advanced cellphones, among other things. Now they are trying to make a car that can drive itself? That's a little extreme.

What's going to be left for humans to do on their own? Not a lot by the sounds of some of the things they are coming out with. These cars should not be allowed, they should be illegal, or not even have been made to begin with. What would happen if something were to go wrong with the car while someone was in it? These cars sound way too dangerous. The article states that ""Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash"". That doesnt really prove anything, something could happen with the car. Even if the car tells the driver to take over the wheel if something were to happen, what if it didn't? These cars are too dangerous and technology has taken over way too much, and it's getting way out of hand. Humans need to be left something to do. Teenagers get so excited when they finaly turn 16 and are able to drive, why let a car like this take that excitement from the teens? These cars are not a good idea.

A driverless taxi system would ruin a lot for some people. Think of taxi drivers, what would they do if they got ripped from a job that they have been doing most of their life? These cars are a dangerous and unnecessary invention to bring into this world. Humans are already lazy, now they wont have to drive? Driving is fun, and useful in this world, we can do it on our own. We dont need a driverless taxi system. Technology is already as advanced as it needs to be. ",3
"I believe that having facial recognition technology in a classroom would be beneficial to everyone involved. It would allow for the students to be put back on track if they are distracted or bored. It would also aide the teachers by giving them feedback that they might've never recieved before. Lastly, as a domino effect, it would help the entire world because we would be making the education system for our future a lot better.

Firstly, if we had facial recognition technology in the classrooms, it would allow for our students to recieve a better education. For example, a student is in class one day and a teacher is giving a lecture that they are just not interested in or don't quite understand so that student's mind begins to wander because they are bored. With the facial recognition, that student would be detected as distracted, bored, or even confused so the teacher can make adjustments to the learning space and/or the way that the material is being taught. This technology would help the students who would normally be confused and too shy to say anything, recieve help and better understand what they are having issues with.

Secondly, this facial recognition technology would be very helpful to teachers who would work with it. They would be getting direct feedback from the class without them even having to say anything. If the class is confused, the teacher can work around the confusion and readjust. This would ensure that students achieve the most information possible and would, therefore, make our teachers and the education system a lot better.

Lastly, I believe that the entire world could benefit from this technological advancement. Our world is changing and adavancing technologically very quickly and we have to be able to keep up. As the world gets smarter, we must get smarter with it. Better technology in the classroom means better learning which means even better, smarter pupils. Any technological advancement that makes our future doctors, surgeons, lawyers, etc. smarter then, I believe, must be put into use right away. We would be securing our future as a nation.

To conclude, the implementing of better technology in any form would be very good. Everyone would benefit from this technology in the education system. That is why I believe that it would be very valuable to implement the technology talked about in this essay in the classroom.      ",4
"I do not believe the development of the driverless car is a good idea. The creating process would be too expensive. Most of the ""driverless"" cars today still need a person to operate at certain points.

In the 1950's General Motors made a test track and concept car. They placed electrical cables that sent radio signals to a reciever on the front of the car. Engineers at Berkely did something similar but with magnets. And although it worked it would need major updatese to existing roads that is way to expensive to be done. Driverless cars may seem like a good and safe alternative but they're too expensive.

Google has had cars that can drive themself since 2009, but these cars can only operate under certain conditions. And there still needs to be a driver for pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues. So ""driverless"" cars still technically need a driver to preform certain tasks.

BMW made the ""Traffic Jam Assistant"" that can drive up to 25 mph, but it still needs a driver to have their hands on the wheels at all time. None of the cars that have been developed so far are completely driverless. Some cars can steer, accelerate, and brake themeselves but still alert the driver when human skills are needed.

""Driverless"" cars are too impractical to be developed. They are too expensive, and most of the time still require a human driver to assist.",3
"The author do it a very good job, because, its very elaborate

Firts, the thougth of computers existing in those days may sound shocking, but these devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not requiere electronics at all, and then maybe this issue explains why not single spaceship has touched down on Venus's in more thn three decades, numerous factors contribute, to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us.

However, peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited inshigt on ground conditions becuse most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, renderig standard forms of photography and videography ineffective, more importantly researchers are maybe we should think of them as challenges, many researchers are working on innovations that would allow allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of venus.

my conclusion is this essay is very specific, because we need learn, about The Challenge of Exploring Venus.",1
"Hello I heard you were thinking about join the Seagoing Cowboys! Thats great,I'm going to make it so you definitly want to join! It has so many opportunities, such as : seeing the world , meeting and interacting with new people, and helping people around the world ! These are some of the most exciting and important things this program has to offer.

First off we will be talking about seeing or traveling the world! Woulden't you just love to travel and see the world ? Well if you join the Seagoing Cowboys you can! You can visit famous landmarks in your spare time while docked at the countrie your visting ! You can see all the different oceans and seas while traveling by boat !

Next we will be talking about meeting and interacting with people in differnt countries . As you are traveling the world you can meet and make friends with all differnt people all walks of life . Making new friends in differnt countries can hold all differnt kinds of adventuers by its self ! You can listen to there experiances and storys they have from their experiece living in the countrie their from .

Lastly we will be talking about helping people around the world ! The only reason there are Seagoing Cowboys are because we need to help peolpe get certain supplys , such as food. If you dont want to travel the world or meet and make new friends at least say you'll do it to help people. The most satisfaction you can get out of this is that you helped people survive through rough times.

In conclushion there are so many reasons to join the Seagoing Cowboys! Meeting new friends , seeing the world , and having the satisfacion that you helped some through rough times . I hope I convinced you that joining the Seagoing Cowboys is worth your time . Goodbye and have a nice day!",3
"Dear Senator

The electoral college is not a fair way for citizens to vote in the untied states. the popular vote system would work at so much more better for citizen. It would give them more of a say in the vote and more people would vote

First reason I think popular vote is better than electoral college is because it gives citizen more of a say in what goes on in the voting process. the reason for this if the popular vote was the system they used you will be voting on a actual president. not voting for someone to pick your president for you. so this clearly shows that voting using the popular voting syste gives people more of a say in the voting process. yes it might be unfair to smaller states who have less people but still.

Second reason i picked this thing was because well more people would vote. the reason more peole would vote is because they will feel theyhave more of a say in things. for instance if someone told you you can have more freedom or none you will pick freedom. so clearly this shows that more people would vote if they we used the popular vote system instead of the other one. yes the other one still lets you vote but not for a president

So in conclusion popular vote is way better than regular voting because you have more freedom anf you vote for a actual president    ",3
"We all heard about Venus, the planet without almost oxygen with earthquakes, erupting volcanoes and temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit but what if scientist project the futur into this planet ? Through this article, the author uses evidences appealing to reason and concession to make us realize why we should care about studying this planet so that people must give a chance to Venus.

Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms density and size but has a really different climate. As it is evoked by the author:

( 3) ""A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus’s atmosphere. On the planet’s surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit....Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface."" The author uses of concession tell us what is the actual climate of Venus. He tell us the truth, he support the fact that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit but he also recognize that there's a danger present continuously. And because he support the idea of studying Venus, he proposes ways to study the planet and find a solution at a reasonable distance.

Venus is an inhospitable planet that can almost be considered as an impossible dwelling for humans. But for the author, that can't keep scientist to do their job (studying Venus) : (5) ""NASA’s possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth."" Through this evidence, appealing to reasonning, the author talk about the NASA's possible solution to raise his credibility. But also, to convince the audience that we can only find a solution by studying the planet.

In conclusion, despite of Venus hostility put in advance by the concession, the author makes the audience realize that there's a solution but that we can find it only if we study the planet. He make us find out that challenge and curiosity is part of human life. But also that danger and fear should not stop us from discovering new things. After all, we are Humans.",4
"The ""Face of Mars"" was a huge discovery for the scientists at NASA. Not because of the discovery of Cydonia's face, but rather the attention and funding NASA recieved due to peoples' anticipation of aliens on Mars. The face has been confirmed, by NASA, to not be an alien structure; however, conspiracy theorists and people in denial think what NASA says is a lie.

It is a fact that the Face of Cydonia is only a unique natural landmass (Paragraph 1) The search for the truth of Cydonia started in 1976 when NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling Mars and was snapping pictures for where its sister ship, Viking 2, could land. the Face of Cydonia was spotted when the Viking 1 circled the region of Cydonia. The face resembled a shadowy likeness of a human face. (Paragraph 2) After the image was surveyed by the mission controllers in the Jet Propulsion Lab, there was an assumed uproar of excitement; however, after all the excitement, Scientists figured it out. It was another Martian Mesa that had a unique resemblense of an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh.

With all this information, people should've been convinced but some still weren't. Scientists over at NASA have come out with the original 1976 image of Cydonia's face. Later on more information had come out and on April 5, 1998, the Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia and snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original and it gave even more evidence of the face being a butte. People who weren't convinced, or conspiracy theorists, still believe the Face of Cydonia is pure evedience of Aliens even after the second picture.

The Face of Cydonia, factually, is a landmass. For all you people who still don't believe that, you have all the evidence to counter your claims. For example, in paragraph (5), it states that some people like you believe the face of Mars is ""Bona fide"" evidence of life. you believe that the U.S Government, with NASA, would rather hide any evidence to support the claim of aliens. to counter your claims, NASA used your tax dollars by funding a third expedition to Cydonia. In paragraph (10), it states that on April 8, 2001, NASA took the Mars Global Surveyor close enough for a second look. They found Cydonia's Face and snapped a picture ten times better, in resoulution, than the last one and they gathered even more evidence supporting their claim. Lastly, you conspiracy theorists say NASA is hiding eveidence, yet they gave everyone the images from 1976, 1998, and 2001, with the dates they were taken; even with, the resoulution, camera name, and the pixel size.

In conclusion, all of you conspiracy theorists' counter-arguements have no evidence to back them up; however, NASA has all the evidence of the Face of Cydonia, being a Martian landmass. NASA also has given everyone the eveidence they even gathered. The Face of Cydonia was an exciting discovery, but people who were too excited, were angry with the truth; as a result, conspiracy theorists and defenders of the NASA budget came out in an uproar of denial.              ",5
"Did you know that 75% of people believe that aliens exist? I don't think aliens exist because if they did space scientist would have reported it back in 2001 instead of waiting to tell us now. I also don't believe that there we're an alien face on planet Mar's, and that aliens exist.

I think if aliens did exist it would have been discovered

along time back when they seen it in 1998 and its 2016.And if aliens existed we would've had so many horror events going on out of space.

And i really don't believe that there we're an alien face on planet mars. if there we're a alien face on the planet mars how come they didn't say any thing just then when they we're making mars or either pluto an dorf planet?

So that's why i belive that there were not any faces on mars i think that was just something for them to say about the space planets, and that aliens doesn't exist. I'm sorry if every one else thinks that but if u ask some one who doesnt study space i think that they'll tell you they dont think aliens exist.",1
"Thick, foggy air is the future for this planet if we continue on this polluting path. Although, pollution is unavoidable in the industrial time we all live in. There are still ways people may help to limit the amount of pollution. With this information,the people of the earth need to limit their use of cars. For benefiting reasons such as, decreasing the deadly pollution, the lessening of stress, and economically saving.

Initialy, Pollution is increasing drastically and limiting car use will help decrease it. The usual effects of pollution from a car is the exhaust it lets out. Also, the factories that manufacture these cars are letting off smoke which in result pollutes the air people breath. In source 1 paragraph 5, it explains that passenger cars are responsible for twelve percent of greenhouse gas emissions in europe and up to fifty percent in some surbuban countries such as the United States. Therefore, the result of cars exhaust is hurting the enviroment and is one of the main causes of greenhouse gases. Source 2 paragraph 15, also states the cold nights and warm nights caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions. Explaining the air families and children breath is basically coming form a car's exhaust. Overall, pollution is a catastrophe and affects evryone dramatically.

Additionally, the stress of the average person can and will be lowered if the use of cars decrease. Stress can be cause by many things, but one of those things is the use of cars. Limiting the use of cars will really help any person relax. source 1 paragraph 3, Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two, states she has been less tense and is much happier. Futher more without the use of a car this mother feels relaxed which enables her to be the mothe she wants to me. Source 3 paragraph 20 explains that leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams. Knowing how stressful a traffic jam can be, limiting the use of a car will avoid that stress. To conclude, the strees releif of limiting the use of a car will impact evryone in a very beneficial way.

Lastly, there is an economic benefit to limiting the use of a car. A car cost alot to maintain and with all these expenses, its hard to find money to spend on ones self. Source 4, paragraph 32 explains the car use decreasing in america was caused by recession. The cash strapped americans had a hard time finding the money to spend on cars, which explains cars are a very expenxive product. Overall, the ecnomic impact will be beneficial to everyone because of the money saved to be used for different amenities.

To sum up, the limiting use of cars wont only help relieve stres or save money, but also help decrease pollution. Everyone would then be able to live a life knowing their childrens future will be bright. Instead of full with smog and smoke.                                       ",5
"Venus is a planet in our Solar System, Venus gets often referred as the Earth's ""Twin"" due to the density, size and occasionally the closets in distance too. we will never realize or really understand the stuggles and experiments people have to go through just to visit Venus ."" Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades.""

Its not any bodys fault that nothing good has come from Venus, Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Imagine also a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Jet airplanes travel and fly over many storms. NASA is working on more apporaches to study Venus and learn more , the good and the bad. They have enormously powerful computers that works with mechanical ,pressure, heat and other forces.

""vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way."" temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit so humans would feel nice and tostey but its also not easy conditions, but survivable for humans. The Challenges of Exploring Venus can be very scary but also very worth it.",1
"The ways emontions work is the way we are feeling at that exact moment. We may feel sad, depreesed, angry, happy, excited, or just fantastic. Emotions is how we express ourselves. Emotions can do with a lot of things love, care, affection ect. Emotions is just how people coupe with things like depression & things like that.

""FACS"" Is ""Facial Action Coding System"" It can tell how people emotions are & how they are feeling at that moment. The system can just look at you & tell you how you are feeling but by percentages. It can 10% sad 85% depressed & 5% hungry thats how their scanners work

Their technology is like te best in the world klike very hi-tech in this matter for thm to see how you are feeling is very amazing & can do magineficent things in this world

Once you learn everything you can about their facial scanners you can turn that frown upside down        ",1
"In the aticle ""Making Mona Lisa Smile,"" the author talkes about how this new technology made can detect the emotions a human face is making. The technology can also detect famous faces painted like the mona lisa to detect if she was actually smiling or not. The technology seems great and all but would it be usefull in classroom enviornment?

The technology is still new and being devoloped more and more. The inventors that created it think it would be useful in the classroom to tell when a kid is confused or bored. I for one wouldnt want a camera watching me all class to tell if I am bored or confused. I would rather go and ask a teacher a question if I was confused, instead of being asked if I was confused since the technology might not detect facial features correctly.

In the sventh paragraph the author states, "" Your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile."", If a regular PC at home wouldnt not be able to hand this software how would a school be able to afford such high tech software for all of its classrooms. The school could in turn spend money on things that matter more instead of trying to detect facial expressions of students.

In conclusion, I think this software has its ways to go to become ready to come into schools, once in becomes less expenisve and it can run on regular school computer. I find this technology intruiging but I do not find it right for a school enviornment. I do however find it interesting to use to find out when people are lying or use it to detect facial features of people that are maybe in trouble but can't say it in a kidnapping type of situation.",3
"If there were Driverless cars that drove among you would you fell safe? How about Driverless taxis? It would not be safe if a bunch of driverless taxis driving through the cities with pedestrians and cars in their way. What if they crashed? Who's fault would it be? Would it be the drivers even if they were not the ones who were driving or would it be the manafacture's fault for making a vechicle that isn't safe. There is still many questions to be answered before these driverless cars can even touch the road.

What would happen to all the other taxi companies that hired actual people to come and pick people up. If those people arn't needed and they are just more money out of the companies pockets then they are going to get fired or even worse, the companies are going to go bankrupt. Thousands of people will lose jobs and they won't be able to take care of their families. Would it be worth losing so many jobs just because it sounds cool and it can drive itself.

What if the driverless cars are misused? People could learn how it works and fuctions and use that for their advantage. They could find some way to hijack it and take over the car or worse and hijack someones taxi while some is in it. People could steal stuff from it or tear it up. People could put something in it that could harm the next person that comes in it. Someone could hack in to it and control it without even being near it. If the driverless taxis released to the streets then it would make a new type of hackers and make new types of criminal. New laws would have to be made because of the one type of car.

How much would it cost? Could people afford such a futeristic car? Could people still use them if the just got out of a bar or a hub and was drunk? How many people would be able to be in a car at once? It would also probably bankrupt bus companies and other travel companies becuase even if it was more expensive people would still rather be in a driverless taxi then a normal way to travel. How would it refuel? Would you have to go to a gas station yourself and spend even more money or would it do it itself for free but still waste your time? What would people do while the are just sitting there doing nothing?

It would not be safe to let driverless taxis rome the streets were normal people go. Nor would it be logical because of the damage it would do to the economy because of the taxi manafactures and other travel companies going bankrupt. There is too many questions to be answered before letting driverless taxis become legal. There are to many reasons that this could possibly go wrong or get out of hand. It would also be to harmful and dangerous for people.    ",4
"I think people should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program because the program is doing a good dead helping outhers in need when they most need it. Anouther good side of participating in this program is that you will see cool things go cool places like it said in the story you could go to China,over Seas,Greece,and Eroup. It would be fun and be for a good cause. To help people in need and to help many family's who lost there homes through war of there country and outhers. There would be danger going over seas chanses of falling over bord,cought in a storm, or even sea animal's. But it is all for a good cause to save outher peoples lives.

I know i would risk my life if im saving outhers because thats the kind of person I am. Luke did it so why not you,if you decide to join be brave,stand tall,and never be to scard to try! Luke is brave enough to do it and so are you. You know what people say you cant learn anything untill you try so why not you could do somthing incredible for this world and the people in it. Everyone can make a differance no matter who you are all you have to do is try. If you wont to take action this is a good opertunity!",2
"There are many controversial ideas about what was seen in the picture on Cydonia. Some belive it was from alien life form some do not. I do not believe that the ""Face"" was created by aliens. I say this because we have pictures proving so, landforms are known to form in odd ways, and we have double checked and there were no signs of alien life forms.

The ""Face"" was not created by aliens because we have pictures proving so. In the article ""Unmasking The Face Of Mars"" they said that when they first saw a picture of this mysterious face is was the year 1976. A lot of changes were being made that year, it was the peak of technology for Americans and we were bound to go on in our experiments. it states in the article that "" And so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original vikings photo."" And in return it was a natural landform. But people were still not satisfied. They claimed that the picture was taken at a cloudy time of year for the Red Planet so they tried again as stated in the passage, "" Nevertheless on April 8, 2001 a cloudless summer day in Cydonia Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look"" and the results were as followed, "" Marlins team captured an extroardinary photo using the cameras absolute maximum resolution"" the results still came back as a lanform.

I do not believe that the "" Face "" was created by aliens because landfroms are known to form in odd ways. For example in the article it states that "" What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or messa-landforms common around the american west."" They claimed this after taking the picture April 8, 2001. The picture simply shows ""a huge rock formation...which resembles a human head...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose,and mouth."" as said in the article. How many times when we were all children did we think we saw someone when it was just a shadow? plenty of times and in this instance it is exactly the same.

And lastly I do not believe that the ""Face"" on Mars was created by alien life form because we have double checked and checked again and we did not find signs of any form of life on Mars. It said in the article that they took a picture in 1976, then they were astonished so they checked again in 1998, and then when people were still not satisfied they checked agin in 2001. It sates in the article that ""Each pixel in 2001 image spans 1.56 meters compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo""

and not only that but, "" As a rule of thumb you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size, he added so if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or egyptian style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!"" this goes to show that there were no life forms ever there and that the face is simply landforms and shadows and that aliens did not have anything to do with this sittuation at all.

However though, it states in the article that "" The face of Mars has since become a pop icon. It has starred in a hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines,radio talk shows- even haunted grocery store checkou tlines for 25 years! some people think that the face is a bona fide evidence of life on mars"" It is not uncommon or odd that peopkle would want to belive that there is another life forms besides what we already know, some would go as far to say that "" evidence that NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists."" as stated in the article. But the most shocking thing is when it says that "" defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars."" I don't see why anybody working with NASA would ever doubt the system if they are a aprt of it, but then again NASA most likely does not just give out important information to everybody who steps foot into there office claiming to work there. And it wouldn't surprise me actually if the budget defenders of NASA did wish that there was actualy life forms because NASA is having to dump more and more money because people like the ""conspiracy theorists"" can't just have faith and believe what NASA tells them even though they had evidence to back them up.

To all of this is still say that I do not believe that the ""Face"" was created by aliens . I say this because we have pictures and images proving so, landforms are know to grow in all sorts of shapes and sizes, and because we have double checked and checked and there were no signs of alien life or any form of life at all up on Mars. I think that the information that i have presented you with would go to show and prove my theory right. ",6
"In this story the author is trying to claim that venus is worthy of to explore even tho venus is dangerous and it very close to earth venus is the second planet from the sun its safe enough .

venus is 800 degrees fahrenheit its the hottest surface temputure of any planet in our solar system venus is largely coverd with oceans and rocky sediment it includes familiar .

feature that venus can sometimes be an option venus is slowly hovering safely far abover the planet .

venus has value not only beacuse its insight to be gained on the planet by itself humans will be curious enough to go check out venus our earth should not be limted beacuse venus can be dangerius annd have doubts but we should expand and to meet imagination and innovation the author thinks that we should explore venus beacuse we could find something great .

venus is a great planet to explore we just have to be curious enough to explore it .and if you want to explore venus make sure u brings lots of water and food and bring something to cool you down. Nasa is working on the dangerous of venus so we have to read more about it.",2
"Hey you there, would you like to be a Seagoing Cowboy? Well let me tell you a little something , becoming a Seagoing Cowboy is exciting and really helpful to those peaple in need. Can you help frowns upside down?

Some things that you might do if you join , like Luke Bomberger is,""To take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas."" Not much but wait till it turns into an adventure.

Something eles that you might do is , while your on board , you can see a lot of intersting thing that you never knew about. Like different countries,small towns,or little islands. Like when Luke was on his way to China,he excavated castle in Creete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China . If you deside becoming a Seagoing Cowboy, you might do all these exciting things too.

At the begging of the story,it stated,""To help these countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more , 44 nations joined together to form UNRRA.""

Which that all started the Seagoing Cowboys.

As you can see this ""UNRRA"" helped people with so many things and part of that group was the Seagoing Cowboys.

So once again, would you like to become a Seagoing Cowboy? Please make up your mind and if you do, I'm telling you, you are going to have a life time opportunity.

So if your not joining , your going to miss out on an adventure. Sorry. Thank you and have wonderful day.        ",3
"Zroom! Cars have been developing for hundreds of years all over the world. They have become very dangerous to the environment and there are many advantages to limiting the use of them.

There is only so much space on earth and alot of it is taken up by parking. No matter where you go there will always be parking spots on the fertile ground that we need to preserve. Garages, street parking, and driveways not only house vehicles but they also take up valuable space! By limiting the use of cars we can cut back on the land wasted to house them.

Another important advantage to limiting car use is that it will save you money! Everyday we hear about a new car that just came on the market but the price only keeps on increasing. No one wants a cheap car that they are embaresseed to be seen in and many pay vigorously for new upgrades. The biggest expense is gas, which you will have to pay for almost everyday as the price keeps rising.

Finally, car usage is extremely bad for the environment. Paris is in days of near-record pollution and its become so bad that they had to enforce a partial driving ban to clear the air. Every time you start your car smog comes out of your exhaust polluting the air. After awhile it falls back to the ground and sticks so when it rains the roads become very slick which is a major hazard.

In conclusion, we should all limit the use of cars. Although its ok to use them in moderation; they are still space consuming, expensive, and bad for the environment.                                    ",4
"I thinkl that you should keep electoral college because qualified citizens chose it obvisliy. But besides that reason you should have it's a easy compromise to vote. It helps you choose your state's electors when you vote for president because you are actullay voting for your candidates electors. Under the system of electoral college voters vote not for presdint ,but for a slate of electors instead. It could help us undersatnd voting for our electors if you keep electoral voting. Even though some say that this was the 2000 fisaco was the biggest election crisis in a century. The system could of had worse. I think it helps with voting more than anything else instead of the online voting for the slate electors.

Some also so it should be abloished and that it's unfair and very irrantional, it has helped more than do any damage to any other type of voting like that tabs we once used to vote for everything. We should keep it because of its certanity of outcome because it helps when there is a tie on voting. ""Swing States"" are anthor reason because of the winner takes all method we sawin 2012's election to focus their campaign efforts on the  toss up states ,it help us out because at the end of paragraph 20 it says the most thoughful voters should be the ones to decide the election with electoral college.  It does also big states electoral college restores some of the weigth in the political balance that large states lose by virtue.

It does also help with run-off elections it helps avoid the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast. It says that it may turn off voters for a candidate who has no hopes of carrrying their state. Those are my reasons why you shouldn't  get rid of electoral voting hopfully you will condsier it.            ",3
"In the article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming,"" the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars, and even though he had really good and valid reasonings for the positives, I still wouldn't think that driverless cars would be a good idea. Why, because anything could happen when a car is just being completely controlled by technology. Anything can have malfunctions, wether it's proved to have them or not.

For example, in the 7th paragraph, it states: ""None of the cars developed so far are completely driverless."" Meaning you would still have to have a human taking percautions at all times. Another thing I don't like, is how the cars alert the driver when it comes to traffic complications, because in paragraph 7 it also states: ""They can't navigate their way out of traffic jams, roadworks or accidents."" What if the car goes into a freak out mode and ends up having a mind of its own, because it won't know what to do, and starts driving automatically? Also, what if you get into a horrible car accident injuring yourself and many other people? Who would be put to blame here if the car is completely driverless?

These problems and questions I have with the ""driverless cars"" need to be taken very seriously into consideration.

Inconclusion, I will always prefer a human driving a car, because that to me is a lot more safer for the public, and a lot more safer knowing I am in control of my car.",2
"the aurtor gives a strong reson why we should study venus dispite the dangers if venius. by giving the resons why studing venus will give us a more knowladge of how the world works, and how it will helps us with scientific advancements that are made for the need of using towads studing venus and with thoese advancements will help us learn more about earth itself. As he states in his writing that NASA

is using electronics made from silicon carbide in a chamber simulatng the chaos of venus's surface and he talked about the envision of a computer that made calculations by useing gears and leavels and do not use electronics at all.

so do to the tech they would develope do to needing to help them study venus's surface. would infact help us advance in science as well as technology. which gives us more of an understandment of how the world works.",2
"Less cars are getting sold on a yearly basis, which is trimendously changing everything in the world. Countries have started noticing when the polution rate spiked up, causing people to make a change. Stated in the fist article ""Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of green house gas emissions in Europe""(Elisabeth Rosenthal). This is saying that in just Europe alone cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.

The people did not react as you would expect. After noticing the statistics of the rise of problems cars make, they where actually exited for the change ""As a result, 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here.""When i had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way,""(Heidrum Walter). What is being mentioned in this statement is that hardly and of the people that live in Vauban do not own a car and they are happy about it. Now because of situation like this people are going for a more healthier alternitive like walking and biking to there destination.

In some places it is now starting to become a law like in Paris ""motorist wih even-numberd license plates were orderd to leav their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day"" (Robert Duffer). In the begining that law did not go well with most drivers. About 4,000 drivers were fined and 27 people had their car impounded for their reaction to the fine. In Bogota it was the third straight year cars have been banned, only allowing buses and taxis and the violators will face a $25 fine. But although some residents do not mind ""It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air polution"" (Carlos Arturo).

Now auto mobil companies are looking at the stats and seeing that every year their sales are lowering because of the changes going on. Now fewer people are starting to care about getting their licence to drive. The world is changing for he better.    ",3
"I believe that reading the expresion of someone is a very important thing. And the technology that is being used for it is amazing and very useful. in the artical it says that ""They even indicate the difference between a genuine smaile and a forced one."" That is a very useful thing to be able to do when it comes to knowing if the person is really okay or if they are not telling the truth. The technology they are making escpecially inventions like this will one day change the future.

""She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent happy."" To be able to read a persons emotions like that and basically know how they feel and what they are thinking is revolutionary. This technology can build off into so much more. This could lead into so many jobs especially law inforcement. Becasue this could tell the cop annything they wanted to know just buy having the computer read the suspects face and know if they are telling the truth or not.

Another thing the author says in the artical that leads me to belive this is a wonderful inventions is. ""The facial expressions for each emotion are uneversal."" this statment basically says that they know your truth feelings and emotions and you cant hide it. Because the expressions are the same for everyone. another amazing part about this invention is its ability not only to read the persons face and emotions. The computer can read the emotions on a picture or in a painting.

For example they used the Mona Lisa ""It's the subject of Leonardo da Vinci's Renaissance painting."" This opens up even more doors into what this invention can be used for. If it can read off a picture or a painting then they can use it to find out so many other things in history on other paintings or photos. This invention is amazing and truly a revolutionary peace of equipment.

So i conclude that this invention is a great tool for many things and it will be used for many great things to come. This will change the way some people work and how they do there everyday tasks. This can branch off into so much more then just reading someones face. It really will revolutionize and change a path for the future if they build off of this invention in the right way. ",3
"Ever tried to walk a block to the store to get some things or walk to a friends house just cause it was so close? Many people don't nowadays because their are motored vechicles available for you if youre over 15 with a license or permit. We have to start reducing our car usage. Their are always many alternatives that can not only be relaxing and stressless but better for our enviroment. Some good alternates to driving would be to walk, bike, ride the bus, subway, train, or jog.

There are many advantages to reducing the usage of cars but one of the biggest may be that we are harming our enviroment, half of the air population in the United States comes from vechicles. We can't keep continuing to ruining our future generation's home. If we use cars and increase our car usage the effects of this are left for our kids and grandkids to clean up after.

Another reason to                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ",2
"Do you think we should put facial action coding system in our classroo? I think using technology to read the emotions expressions in a classroom is a good thing because it tells you where your students are bord in class, see if they are mad in class, and tell someone is tired in the classromm.

See if the someone is bord in class is a good thing because you can make the subject or class more fun. That will make the student pay more attention in class because they won't be messing or not paying attention in class any more. In paragraph 6 it says ""A classrom computer could recoginze when a student is becoming confused or bored."" What they meant by that is the computer would put a different lesson than instead making the student do the lesson being bord or confussed. That will help a lot of students because they are gonna learn more and get good grades.

The facial action coding system could tell a person if they are tired because the computer can tell by their muscles. It will tell the teacher wich student is tired so they teacher can do something about it. It will help out a lot of the teachers from telling who's falling asleep.",2
"Within the past decade, humans have watched in awe as technology has improved exponentially, and learned to take on tasks once thought only humans could accomplish. Technology has been taught to communicate, entertain, solve problems, along with many other functions, and now it may be able to teach as well. Though we have made use of every technological advancement in the past, this may be one that we should not capitalize on. Before taking this enourmous step in technological advancement, humans must consider the flaws within this newly developed system, and whether we are ready to replace teachers with computers.

Though this new system is an astonishing feat in technology, people muct recognize the flaws within this system as well. As described in paragraph 6, a students facial expression has the power to change a lesson. If this is true, could a student not simply fake an emotion to get out of assignments or slack off by acting confused. The article claims that the software can pick up on fake smiles, but can it detect false expressions for other emotions as well? Another flaw within this system is the emotions the technology is capable of percieving, paragraph 6 disscusses the modification of a lesson based on boredom or confusion detected by the computer, however, neither of these two feelings are listed in the 6 emotions that the software is capable of detecting (paragraph 3). These two major flaws within the software lead to only one conclusion, the technology is simply not advanced enough to take on the role of a teacher.

Humans must also consider this issue from an ethical standpoint, are we ready to take away the role of teachers and replace them with software? Though machines have already taken away menial jobs, such as factory work, teaching is a career which requires a four year college degree and a license. Countless people aspire to become teachers, are we ready to take that away? Even if teachers were to work hand in hand with this technology there would still be flaws. Having a computer read the emotions of a student rather than a teacher would sever immportant student teacher ties, and cheat that student of the oppurtunity of a mentor relasionship. Because people are already capable of reading emotions, it would be foolish to replace that for a less precise piece of equipment. Because of the immportant role of teachers in the lives of students, the push for emotion detecting software in the classroom should be stopped.

Because of the major systematic flaws, and the ethical dilemas accompaniing this issue, it is clear that at least for the time being, the efforts to integrate emotion detecting software into the the cassroom should be put on hold. Though this is an astonishing advancement in technology, there is much to consider before pursuing this movement.",5
"Many students get confused and bored during class. It may be the lesson, but it could also be the teacher and how the teacher is explaining the lesson. With Facial Action Coding System, computers will be able to detect when a student is slowly becoming confused or bored. The software is the latest innovation from Prof. Thomas Huang, of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinoise, working in collaboratio with Prof. Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam. Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate. ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"" Dr. Huang predicts. There are a million reasons to use the Facial Action Coding system and class is one of them.

In class, there are many different types of students. Some students might understand a lesson very easily and quickly. Although, there are plenty other types of students. One type of student that there is is the student that might have trouble comprehending a lesson. There are also students that have trouble paying attention to the teacher or lesson. Another type of student is the one that gets bored easily. When a student is bored, it may be hard for he or she to completely comprehend the lesson that is being taught at the moment.

The program ""Facial Action Coding System"", enables the computers to identify human emotions. The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face. This software then allows the teachers to know when the student does not understand, or what part of the lesson is the student confused on. This program can help by letting the teacher know when the student is struggling to understand what is being taught so then the teacher can make a few adjustments to the lesson.

In school, there are students that can get bored easily. The program, ""Facial Action Coding System"", can also detect when a student is getting bored. Students who are bored may have a more difficult time listening or understanding the lesson. If there is a part in the lesson where the student is beginning to feel bored the computer will be able to tell. Now that the teacher knows that the student (or students) are bored, he or she can be able to go back to the lesson and try to make it more enjoyable.

Even with all these benefits, there are also some flaws to the idea of having this program on the computers. Having Facial Action Coding System can be expensive to have. There are a lot of computers in a few schools. Having many computers can lead to having to spend a lot of money in order to have this program in the computer. Some schools will not be able to afford the Facial Action Coding System.

Another flaw to this idea is how students act. Some students will be able to take this program seriously, other students may be childish about it. The students that are childish about it can end up making fake facial reactions. The students will make bored or confused facial expressions to give the teacher a hard time with the lesson. There are also the students that are always bored. No matter what the teacher does to improve the lesson, the student will always be bored. Although, that is not always the case with students. Another problem that students may come across is the teacher. The teacher may not want to change or improve the lesson for the students because he or she believes it should stay like that.

Through all those negatives, there are still positives to this program. The Facial Action Coding System program can help out students that are struggling. Not every student is the same, and not every student may need the same help other students do. Facial Action Coding System can be very help if people use it correctly.    ",5
"Have you ever thought of how future cars may look like? With technolongy rapidly increasing each year, in the next couple of years cars might be the ones doing all the driving without the need of people controlling it. In other words, in the future there could be the invention of driverless cars. Now, do you think this would be a good idea or not so much? Well, in the article, Driverless Cars Are Coming, the author points out a few postitive and negative features.

Since a few years ago Google modifies a Toyota car into a smarter car. A couple of these upgrades involoved the wheels to include a sensor and a Dubbed LIDAR, which allowed the driver to be constantly notifies of the car/s surrounding. This it's self is very useful. It caused the number of accidents to decrease due to the driver being constantly notified. Of course these are all examples of postiive features of a car, but do not make the car completely driverless.

Another major feature was a development called, ""Traffic Jam Assistant'. This new develpoment did not quite make the car completely driverless either. Although it did involve the driver not to control the car as much. This feature had the ability to get the driver where they needed to be as long as there was'nt any need for human skills. Even if there was'nt any need of human skills, one still had to be aware of the road. Mainly this feature made driving easier but not completely driverless.

Towards the end of the article the author points out a couple negative aspects. The author mentions that safety is best assured when the driver is in control of the car at all times. So, in reality having a driverless car would not be the best or safest idea. That is because, if complete driverless cars would come to invention the car would be completely running through technology. Technology is not always assured. The technologu that makes the car safely drive on its own may fail which will lead to an accident without the alert of the driver.

Overall, in my opinion I do not think driverless cars would be a good idea. I think it would lead the number of accidents per year increase rather than decreasing or staying stable. I do think having those new developments of technology are helpful into making the driver more caution though. These new developments still require the driver to be fully aware of the road and their surroundings. Unlike driverless cars, they would seem to allow the drivers to ""relax"". This would cause drivers not to have a quick response in case of an accident where the technololgy of the car fails or for any apparent reason. Driverless cars do sound fun and nice at first, but once you take your thoughts into more deepth I do think you would be second thinking your thoughts. Not only will this development cause one to put themselves in danger, but also other cars along the road wth them.",4
"Although many people are for driverless cars, I am against them.

Even though there are several benefits to driverless cars, driverless cars can be a huge problem and danger to people, not just driving or riding in the car, but pedestrians outside of the car as well.

I think driverless cars should not be allowed for several reasons.

Some of these reasons are that drivers could get more distracted, new laws would have to be made, and if an accident were to occur, the question that comes up is who should be blamed: the owner of the car, the driver of the car, or the car manufacturerer?

Driverless cars could prevent accidents, but they could cause them just as much.

Driverless cars should not be allowed for several reasons.

One of these reasons is that it could lead to more accidents than a regular car.

This is because if someone was tired when he or she was coming back home, they could potentially fall asleep because they are not driving.

If this happens, the driverless car will not be able to get the attention of the driver to take over.

Another reason why I think driverless cars should be banned is because when the driverless car is driving, the driver could get distracted by passengers or by their phones, causing them to not pay attention to the road because they are texting or playing a game or, even worse, not be able to listen to the driverless car when it is telling the driver to take over due to the passengers having a conversation with each other or the driver.

Also, like the text said, I think that if driverless cars were to be allowed, it would cause several other issues, like the making of new laws.

I also agree with another point that the text rose.

If someone were to get in an accident with a self driving car, who would be to blame: the driver or the manufacturer?

In conclusion, I think that driverless cars are just too dangerous to make leagal.

Driverless cars would be the cause of hundreds of car accidents that takek place on the streets everyday, with no one to point the finger at.

Driverless cars are not just an issue and danger to the driver, but also the passengers inside the car and pedestrians on the street.

There are several other dangers as well.

With driverless cars, the driver may get bored of not driving and accidentally fall asleep, and will not be able to wake up when the car tells the driver to take over.  ",3
"Driverless cars would be nice you can still drive if you wanted to, and over a few years the car developers would of done enoff work on the cars that the car would have very few problems or maybe none, we cars now that beake when you dont and save money by not running on unrenewaboul gas and oil, people that wern't physicly possibale for them to drive becouse of a handycap or can now drive becouse driverless cars made it possible the can lows and go's based of the car in front, Driverless cars sound and could be vrey safe and can help keep lots of people out of harms way the car alert that notifes the driver when to get back in controle and some driverless cars made by google speak back to the driver the futche is coming and its happing now tech is taking over and its time for cars to start upgrading. over all i think driverless cars would be cool when i get a car i would get one but i would like my first car better cuz im mor of a manule car driver and injoy driving and not just sit in the car and wait tell i get some where or make a detour.",2
"Dear Senator,

I wrote this letter to tell you we should keep the electoral college process. I know you must get hundredths of letters everyday about this,but it is a very important topic to discuss. We did it this way every since the founding fathers created it. Most people wouldnt understand that,but this is a process on witch are nation grow up on learning. Its kind of amazing that we still remeber this way,and still continue to use it. This is just one of the reasons that have yet to come.

Also,wouldnt it be diffucult to just change the system out of thin air,think about it. You also have to think about the people who disagree with changing the system. People can stop voting if they dont like the system. If nobody votes,then are country cant move fourth into the future,and if that happens the USA mint have a civil war. From a diffrent stand point it mint not be a bad thing to get a new system. This is just another reason why we shouldnt change the system of voting.

The system we have now works,so what will be the point of changing something if it is not broken. The system we have now makes sure not one man has more power than the next man or woman. Think about the improving we have done to the current system,before blacks even couldnt vote into they improved the system. Back then their were alot of errors and stuff wrong with the process into they started improving. Now,why would you want to throw all that hard work away. This is just another why another why we shouldnt get rid of the current voting system.

We even made amedements to help enchance the system,without these amedments the power will be uneven. For instance if they didnt make a amedement to stop slavery then,blacks wouldnt even be able to vote. How bout they didnt make a amendment to give girls the right to vote then the power will still be shifted. You also cant forget how many people fought to make the power equal. If the power is shifted in the tighest a civil war can break out,and ruin what we worked so hard to protect. This was the last reason why we shouldnt chang the system.

All in all my letter was about how we shouldnt change the current system we have now. If we do all that hard work will go to waste. We spent so many years perfecting the system. Many people have fought to keep power in check bewteen people. If we made a new system it mint be worse then the system we have. That is why we shouldnt change the system.

sincerly,

PROPER_NAME   ",3
"Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit. Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit because it is speculated to have been the most similar to Earth, studying it can be done at reasonable expectations, and combatting the difficulty of studying Venus will have great benefits to our knowledge on the planet itself and space exploration.

It has long been a conspiracy yet to be proven as to if Venus is one of our known sister planets that are the most similar to Earth today. Space explorers long ago predicted that Venus was likely covered with large oceans and had the potential to possibly support multiple forms of life. Without an indepth study of Venus at a close and personal view, nothing can be predetermed factually. In paragraph four the author explains that ""it [Venus] may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system."" This shows that the possibility is there but without extra measures taken to pursue an indepth study, the question remains unanswered as to if Venus is a sister planet of Earth.

While an upclose, indepth view of Venus is not predictable due to the harsh environment, NASA has found potential ways to make exploration dueable to an extent. In paragraph five, the author states that: ""NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions of the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray."" This helps widen the idea that exploration of Venus can be done and met at a reasonable expectation and limit safe for explorers. The author proceeds to state that while the conditions are not particularly easy they are ""survivable for humans."" This helps detail and push for the idea of the exploration of Venus because it is and has been discovered that the study can be done safely.

The overall study of Venus can prove to be extremely beneficial to our knowledge on the planet alone, and our knowledge on space exploration at most. In paragraph eight, it is stated that ""striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value."" In which it does, combatting the challenge of Venus proves to be tough, but if done, it can mean more to the exploration of other planets that are tougher than Venus alone. Further in paragraph eight, it is said that ""travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."" Once we begin to limit our exploration and discoveries due to the dangers and doubts, we take away from our progression of knowing what is out of our way. With the study of Venus we can extend our doings to meet every innovation and curiosity about our solar system all together.

Studying Venus is worth the pursuit despite the dangers it presents. With the study of Venus we can determine if Venus is a sister planet of our planet today, and if the planet was once inhabitable for organisms and humans. Studying Venus is also worth the pursuit because the study can be done, and if the study is done, it will benefit us far more than the study of any other planet has yet to. The study of Venus will bring our knowledge and our future immense benefits in all aspects.    ",6
"In our society, technology is advancing significantly by the day. What was once a letter that took 10-day trip overseas to its appropriate destination is now just a simple text message that reaches a person within seconds. The automobile is an innovation that has also advanced dramatically, enough to the point where almost every person who can afford to have one does because of its necessity when transportation becomes a factor. The idea of a car becoming ""driverless"" is simply another boost in the technology available to cars today, as discussed in ""Driverless Cars are Coming."" Due to its many benefits, driverless cars are a positive additon to our society.

Driverless cars offer a multitude of benefits for any passengers that might use them for transportation. For one, the necessity to have to buy or pay off a car would essentially cease to exist. If computer-operated vehicles were capable of driving in all areas, then what would the need for having your own car be? Even if the car wasn't ""fully automated"" and the driver would have to take over at some point, the less work you have to do, the more time you have to work on something else. The article addresses this topic ""Some manufacturers hope to do that by bringing in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays."" The biggest asset that the consumer gains from a driverless car is time, while still being transported in a safe and reliable vehicle. This reinforces the advantages available to consumers who use a driverless car.

Speaking of safety, there is not a vehicle more safe than one that is more or less ""automatic."" With autmoated cars, drivers will be able to transport themselves without having to add the extra element of driving into a day that might be stressful. However, not all cars are fully capable to driving themselves yet without driver assistance. The good news? This innovation still grants a tremendous amount of safety to the driver in charge. The features previously cited as being used as tiem fillers can also be quickly changed to inform the driver that they need to take over: ""Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over."" An advantage to this approach is that if all communication and distractions from within the car is shut down, then the driver has no choice but to focus on the road, another argument for the push of driverless cars.

The last topic at hand with these types of vehicles skims along the lines of controversial. Liability is a very integral part of the car industry, accidents will always be an issue, as cited by the article: ""If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?"" Would smarter cars help this problem? First off, it's important to acknowledge that accidents happen on the open road every day, with the primary cause being mistakes that drivers make. Therefore, manual vechicles are not necessairily dangerous, but are not as reliable as an automatic vehicle. Think about other practical additions that help consumers, such as a lifeguard on a beach. If they weren't there, would we be as safe? Probably not. Therefore, if the addition of driverless cars ensures that a safer option is available, then it only makes sense that the advantage should be taken.

In conclusion, driverless cars have brought about many new benefits in our society. From their ease of access to consumers to the top level of safety features that are sure to be made available in them, they will clearly become the top option of vehicle to use in our society once enough of them are made. This technological innovation is capable of doing many wonders in the automotive industry.",5
"This Face on Mars is not created by alien, it's just natural landform. If it's created by alien where are the alien? We have no prove, but i believe that this Face is just natural landform. We took a picture 3 times still there is no prove that alien created this Face. Do you even believe that there are alien out in the planet? Maybe but some people does, there might be an alien, but there is no way they are going to created that Face on Mars. If there is an aliens they wouldn't leave trace like that on Mars. We have been seeing this face form 1976 to 2001 still there is no prove. All we know is there is a Face on Mars. We doesn't know who created this face or where is came up form. Its just natural landform. NASA has been looking for it and take a lot of picture but there is not prove of who or what created. Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute macimum resolution. 2001n image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo. We look that close its there prove ? No! If you think this Face on Mars is created by aliens why did you stop looking information about it? There is no prove of an aliens created this Face. So its just natural landform, it created it self.",2
"the challenge of exploring venus is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. however, this nickname, is misleading since venus is actually a planet. In a solar system, venus is the second planet from our sun.

they call venus like the earth twin..

Venus is the closest to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too. Earth, venus, and mars,our other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds. While venus is simple to see from the distant but safe ventage pointof Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely.

MY ESSAY.

The callenge of exploring venus is one of the biggest points of light in the night sky, these differences is speed mean that sometimes we are closer to mars and others times to venus. Because venus is sometimes right aroundthe corner in space terms humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud draped world A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent dioxide blankets venus. Also notable, venus has the hottest surface temperature af any planet in our solar system, even though mercury is closer to our sun. astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have been the most Earth like planet in our solar system. long ago, venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. Today, venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such ass valleys, mountains, and craters. Imagine a blimp like behicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling venusian landscape. However, peering at venus from a ship orbiying or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions bacuse most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendiring standard forms of photography and videography ineffective. A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent dioxide blankets venus. ",1
"The Face on Mars was a mysterious topic for several years. The Face was believed to be an alien monument. However, through research, NASA was able to confirm that the Face is in fact not an alien monument, but instead a natural landform on the surface of mars.

This famous picture has gotten a lot of attention in the media. What some people may not realize is that the photograph was taken through clouds. The text states, ""The camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face."" Some believed alien markings were hidden by the haze, but perhaps the haze was instead covering up detail in the landform that would show that it is not a face, nor an alien monument, but instead just a natural landform. NASA also happened to have technology that could clear up this picture. The technology used to explain this photograph was described by stating, ""You can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size...so, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!"" This shows that NASA has the technology needed to explain this image. After using this technology, the image was revealed. The text claims that the photograph shows the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa. It is also said in the passage that these are common lanforms in the American West. It is clear that this landform is nothing unusual or out of the ordinary, and it certainly is no alien monument.

In conclusion, after research, it was releaved that this unknown formation located in Cydonia on Mars had no connection to aliens and instead was a natural land formation, similar to some landforms on Earth.",3
"In the 21st millions of people rely on cars as a way of transportation. Whether it be a way to get to work, parents dropping there kids off at practice, or a teen going to high school. Since millions of people drive daily it can have a costly effect on our enviroment and atmostphere.

Vauban, Germany is the very first suburban community that generally forbids street parking, driveways, and home garages. By this community having a completly ""car-free"" zone they are contributing in preventing more pollution. If there was a thousand communitys with car restrictions like these it would impact the enviroment at an astanishing rate. Humans have been centered around cars since WWII imagine the amount of pollution we have created on the earth.

Paris is another city that has banned driving due to smog. They have issued a partial ban to clear the largly populated city of intensifying smog. By making the partial ban it has redused the amount of smog by 6o% and rivaled the most polluted city Beijing. Limiting car usages isn't as hard you think and for people to contribute it gets others involved.

In conclusion driving cool cars is what every man wants to do but it can have terrible effects on the earth.    ",3
"The Seagoing Cowboys program is a great way to explore the world and have a great time. Joining this program makes you a hero. You help cattle that are shipped overseas. This is an opportunity of a lifetime to explore different countries and meet new people. You have an opportunity to travel across the Atlantic and Pacific ocean. You also get to go to different countrys that you have never seen before. If you are up for a challenge and you want to change the world, join the Seagoing Cowboys program.

Tons of people have join this program and it has changed their lives. For example, Luke Bomberger and his friend Don Reist joined this program right after World War ll was over. They joined because they wanted to make a difference and help people that were in need. They had a lifetime experience. They got to travel across the Alantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people that were affected by World War ll.

This progam brings fun into life as well as challenge. In this progam you get to have tons of fun. There are sports you can play in the empty holds that the animals. These games are played when you return on trips after the animlas have been unloaded. They also have tournaments like table-tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, whitling, and other games that heled pass time. In the empty holds they would have big baseball and volleyball games.

This job is fun but you also nhave to look at the dangerous side. Luke Bomberger, on his second trip, served as a night watchman. His job was to check on all the animas every hour. One rainy night, after making his hourly report to the captain, he slid down a slippery ladder on his backside. His heart raced as he shot feet first toward an opening on the side of the ship. A small strip of metal along the edge stopped his slide. This program is very dangerous but very fun at the same time. You have to be aware on this job but still have fun at the same time.

This job is a lifetime opportunity that you would not want to pass up. It helps change the world by helping the animals that are in need. It also helps the people in different countries that need someone to help them with their life. This job as dagerous setting but is also really challegeing and fun at the same time. Luke Bomberger said ""It opened the world up to me. I'm grateful for the opportunity and it made me aware of people of other countries and their needs."" That awareness stayed with him, leading his family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years. This program is a great way to interact with other people. Are you up for a challenge?           ",4
"The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthwhile pursuit despite the dangers it presents because ''...may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system''.

If that's the case, we should most definitely try to explore Venus. It would be hard but possible because NASA has ''compelling ideas for sending humans to study Venus''. Their idea was to ''allow scientists to float above the fray''. Meaning they would be about 30 miles or so in the air avoiding Venus's harsh ground conditions. Since their about 30 miles above the surface, the temperatures would be a cozy 170 degrees Fahrenheit, the air pressure would close to that of sea levels on Earth and radiation would not exceed Earth's levels. This isn't easy conditions for humans but it's survivable.

However, hovering over Venus from a ship above the planet is safe but it can't get us certain information that we'll need like samples of gas, rocks, or anything else. But the good news is, NASA is working on other alternatives to study Venus. An example of this would be, ''...simplified electronics made of silicon carbide that have been tested in a chamber simulating the choas of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks...'', Another example would be, mechanical computers. Mechanical computers are devices that make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics what so ever. Though modern computers are powerful, they tend to be weak when it comes to extreme physical conditions. ''By comparison,systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces''.

In conclusion, We will eventually get to Venus and when we do, we will not only gain insight on the planet, but we will also get to see what human curiosity can lead us to. Our travels in space should not be limited by doubts and dangers because without doubt and danger how will we expand our horizons and learn? ",3
"Dear Senator,

I think that you should help change the way we vote. In my opinion, its complete nonsense that this ""Electoral College"" process is used. If there are citizens who want a good president, and the Congress wants different, it's pretty obvious that the citizens are going to be beyond disappointed that someone different was chosen.

First off, I suggest that some states stop using the ""winner-takes-all"" system. I think that process is outrageous. Do you really think this process is choosing the right person to run our country? Just because the Congress likes this system, doesn't mean we, the people of the United States, preferably enjoy it.

Next, I believe that we should be able to choose our electors, because some people in the government make mistakes. Sometimes people are wrong about other people. Each state only casts one vote, so we better make the best out of it, right?

Also, there is a few reasons why this process is good. One reason why is because if there wasn't this secure system, it would probably be total chaos. Another reason is that this system helps choose which president will do the better for the United States.

Overall I think that this a bad process, and I think they should change this.            ",3
"The Face on Mars is just an Martian mesa which usually form weird shapes on the surface from time to time. It loks like an alien artificat because of the shadow effect and the way the sand moved it. It is just an natural landform that was just shaped like a pharaoh.

On paragraph 7 states on ""April 5, 1998, When the Global Surveyor flew over the Cydonia for the first time, the team took 10 pictures sharper than the original Viking photos"". They later revealed on their JPL web site it was just a natural landform. This point was argued over conspiracy theorist though because it was a cloudy day on Mars. On paragraph 10 they took it again on April 8,2001, where it was not cloudy. They took another picture on the Global Surveyor at maximum resolution. On paragraph 11 Jim Gavin, the chief scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, came out and said this picure

proved that Mars has no life on the planet. He said "" So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were.

On paragraph 12 they say they are a butte or mesa which is landforms common around the American West. They even give an example one saying it reminds him of the ""Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho"". As you can see from the evidence I've given you it is a common mistake to mistake a common landform for an alien creation. I hope this helps you learn and help you in future cases when you mistale something on a planet for a alien artifact or alien creation when it is just a natural creation.",3
"Driverless car's isn't safe baceuse there are to may things that can go wrong.

Or someone could get badly injured or even die from a drivless car.

And in the article it also says what car is really the safest."" The only safe car has human control at all times.""And if there was an accident with one of these car going wrong it would be extremly hard to find who's fault it really is. It also says in the articel that

""If the technology fails and someone getting injured,who is at fault the driver or the manufacture.""That is why in most places in the United States baned people from testing these cars.""In most states it is illegal even to test computer driven cars."" So really these cars is a big accident waiting to happen And the only person peopel can blame is the driver for buying the driver less car.

That is why I would not buy or drive one of these cars because there unsafe and dangorious to the public.",2
"Dear State Senator,

I favor on changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. It is time for change to our voting system. When you vote for a presidential candidate you're actually voting for a slate of electors. five reasons for retaining the electoral college is, the certainty of the outcome, anyones president, swing states, huge states, and avoidment of run-off elections. The first reason is, in  2012's election, Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vot when romney only got 51.3 percent. the peoples popular vote wanted romney to win. I beleive it isnt fair that the electoral vote has the final say, there is more of the U.S citizens than the electoral college. The second reason is, the electoral college requires a presidential candidate to have trnasreginal appeal. residents of other regions are likely to feel disenfranchised- to feel that their votes do not count, that the new president will have no regard for their interests, that he really isnt thir president. The third reason is, swing states. voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay attention to the campaign, so the most thoughtful voters should be the ones who decides the election. The fourth reason is big states get more attention from from presidential candidates in a campaign than a smaller state which isnt fair or equal. the electoral college favorites of of bigger states. the fifth and last reason is that the electoral college avoids the problemof elections. The electoral college method of selecting the president, may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope for carrying there state. voters in the U.S presidential election are people who are exspressing a political preferance rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election.    ",2
"The author supports and gives us many details how it is really important to know facts about Venus despite the dangers of it. In paragraph 2 the author states that ""not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus for more than three decades"",Numerous facts contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study,despite it's proximity to us"". This lets us know that the author wants to know more facts about Venus and why Venus is the way it is no matter how dangerous it may be. In paragraph 4 the author says""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system"" ,The author wants to know what is so fascinating about Venus and wants to staudy the rocks and particles that are on Venus and why so many people wanted to travel there. The surface of Venus has a rocky sediment and includes similar features such as mountains,and craters(paragraph 4).The author wants to gather machines to test things in Venus. Venu can not exceed Earth levels it is not easy for humas to survive but the author still wants to go to Venus for his dedication to learn more about that planet. Most of all the author supports his claim that Venus is worthy despite the dangers because he states that ""Veus has value,not only because of the insight to be agined on the planet itself,but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors"".""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts and should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation""(paragraph 8). When the author stated that sentence it let us know that it doesn't matter what dangers their are as long as we put our mind to it anything will work ,follow your imagination and dreams no matter the dangers or consequences. The author let us know why it was so important for him to study Venus because the author was following his heart and he let us know that things shouldn't be stopped just because of the dangers of them.",3
"Being a Seagoing Cowboy is verry fun. Here are some reasons why you should become one they get to go to alot of places around the world, not only do they work but they played too and, they get to work with animals.

First, they can go alot of places around the world. ""Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acroplpolis in Greese was special,"" the text says this in line 5. I can infer that he had alot of great experances when he served and so would you. ""Luke also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marvled at the Panama Canal on his way to china,"" this also says this in line 5 in the story. Next, they have a little fun too.

second, not only do they work but, they play too. in line 8 it says ""The Cowboys played baseball and volleyball games in the emty holes where the horses had been housed."" I can infer that the men and women grew a close bond science they where in there for so long. "" Luke also found time to have fun on board,"" I found this scientce 1 in our story. Last, they get to work with animals.

Last, they get to work with animals . ""They had to be fed and watered two or three times a day,"" this is said in line 6 of A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves. I can infer that Luke liked animals. ""his job was to check on the animals every hour,"" This infomartion was found in line 7.

In conclution you should be a Seagoing Cowboy because they get to go alot of places around the world, they get to play and, thry work with animals. Will you concider becomeing a Seagoing Cowboy?",3
"Dear Senator,

I believe that people like Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and Bob Dole were all right in saying the electoral college should be abolished. I have two simple reasons for this. One being that it is not a 100% way to elect a entire nations leader for four years. The other reason being that 60% of people don't even want it.

First off, the process of the elcetoral college isn't always accurate. For example, in 2000, Al Gore ran for office against George W. Bush. During this election, Al Gore won the votes of the people, but lost in electoral votes, giving the presidency to George. Since we all know how his presidency turned out, we wonder how Gore would've handled things. Voters cannot always control who their electors vote for, which means if an elector is chosen to vote for Billy Joe, he might just decide, when it becomes time, to vote for Jimmy Washington. This would leave voters of that candidate upset, so maybe they too will understand this flawed system. Another reason we need to abolish the electoral college is something we like to call the disaster factor. This is nothing compared to what happened in 2000; the system allows for much worse. Consider that a states legislature is technically responsible for picking said states electors. Also consider that said elector could always defy the will of the people. In 1960, the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing democratic electors with new ones who would oppose John F. Kennedy. In the same vein, electors without faith, have occasionally refused to vote for their party's canidate and cast their vote for whomever they please. Ask yourself Senator, if this were to happen again, would you do what is right and try to dispose of this system? I hope so.

In reference to my second point, do you realize that (According to a Gallup poll) 60% of our people don't even want this system. The way I see it, if i asked three people if I should buy a new car or a used car, and two out of the three say I should buy a used one, I'm not going to go buy a new car despite them. This is the same with the electoral college. We shouldn't be forcing this corrupt way of decididng this nations leader for the next four years, down their throat. This nation is based on beliefs that include the peoples right to have a say in how this nation is goverened. It's so simple, a majority of the people are against the electoral college, so it needs to go. If you, like 60% of the United States agree with my points and views on the electoral college, then you need to do what you can with your authority, to put a stop to it.

All in all, I have strong beliefs, like most Americans, that the electoral college is a corrupt way of giving this great nation to somebody who people think don't deserve it. Based on my emphasis of these two reasons that this failing system needs to go, I think you , Senator, need to put all your power into the downfall of it.    ",4
"In 1976, the Viking 1 took a photo of what seemed to be a face on mars. It looked like it had eyes, a mouth, and a nose, but really, it didn't have those features. It was a just natural landform. It was not created by aliens.

It is, in fact, a mesa, or butte, like on earth. It is a platform of naturally formed rock on the surface of mars. The shadows on the mesa make it look kind of like a face, when it is actually just a natural formation. The picture showed the differet cracks and dips in the formaton that made the shadows on the mesa. In America, there are lots of different mesas, such as the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.

It may look like a face on Mars, but that is ecaue of the Viking 1 didn't have the most accurate cameras. The pictures were taken more than 35 years ago. They didn't have cameras as advanced as we do. The Viking 1 took those pictures in 1976. Each pixel spanned 43 meters. That is not a very defined picture. In 2001, the Mars Global Surveyor took some pictures of the ""face"" with a more advanced camera at its highest resolution. Each pixel only spanned 1.56 meters. That means that its a very accurate picture. It showed how the ""face"" was actually a mesa.

There are always possibilities of alien life having to do with the formation, but that is a very very slim chance. Conspiracy theorists are not necessarily profesionals. NASA scientists can easily see how the face is just a formation. They would probably be really glad if the formation was made by extraterrestrials, but they know that it wasn't made by aliens.

In conclusion, the ""face on Mars"" is just a land formation called a mesa. Scientists have taken more recent pictures with the Mars Global Surveyor to prove that it is a land formation. There is a possibility it was created by aliens, but it is illogical and not likely. NASA's scientists know that it is really just a mesa.",4
"There is many wys a diverless car could be good and bad.

I willl be viewing how it can be good, bad, and my thoughts about driverless cars.

There is a big change that might happen about cars driving themselves to get us and take us to placeswe need to be.

Theres many ways a driverless car can support the driver.

One way it can support the driver is if the driver is very tired, the driver can sleep as the car takes them to where they need to go.

That helps the dangers of falling asleep behind the wheel.

Another way it helps the driver is if the driver is injured and cant drive.

It will help them by getting them to where they need to go with no pain.

There is good and supporting ways a driverless car can be useful.

There is many ways a driverless car can be bad.

One of the ways it can be bad is if we have driverless cars soon the young kids wont need to learn to drive, untill you have to drive the car because somthing goes wrong.

So the problem is what happens when a person behind the wheel doesnt have a license?

Does it danger the other drivers aswell?

Another point is what if the car wrecks, how do we know whos fault it is? The driver or the driverless car?

I think that our world shouldn'thave driverless cars.

I say that because I think it will put our lives at a greater rish than they are now operating a car.

What will hapen if we get hurt while the driverless car is in control?

Theres way too many questions about this type of change that makes me not agree with it.

I can see some ways it can support people but I see those people as lazy.

How will the car know where to pick you up from?

I understand how auto breaks and alerts help us but i just don't see driverless cars becoming a thing.

I have shared the good, bad, and my thought about driverless cars.

There is many ways it supports and many ways it doesn't.

How much change will happen?

Do you think driverless car will help or hurt our world?",2
"In German life goes on without a car and for some of us that wouldnt be too easy. Just think how much money they save for not paying for gas,car payments and parking places,plus if you dont have a car its always good to ride a bike or walk somewhere. And 75% sold there car just to move here. Its easier for citys to walk and drive around somewhere. Its easy now to get where you need to go if you walk because they made stores close by so you can walk to them.

Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. If you had a even or odd license plate one day you werent aloud to drive that day you had to wait. But some people did not follow this rule about 4,000 drivers were fined. Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France after having some of the people not drive and after five days of intensifying smog. Cold night and warm days caused the warmer layer of air to trap in car emissions. What they are doing is really good because this could help people not drive as much.

Bogota,Colombia people hiked,biked,skated or took buses to work during a car free day. It was the third straight year cars have been banned. Only buses and taxis were allowed for work and transportation. Even when it had rained they didnt care they still kept walking. Parks,Sport centers and shopping stores have gotten alot better because of the people walking. For a very first time Colombian cities ,Cali and Valledupar joined this event too.1990's is when they started a day without cars in Bogota.

Trying to make less people drive now a days. President Obama's goals is to curb the united states greenhouse gas,it says americans are buying fewer cars ,fewer licenses and driving each year. The kids now a days dont really care about driving too much or care to even get a license. Driving by young people decreased 23 percent bewtween 2001 and 2009. The number of people driving now has gone down from the miles on the cars. Mercedes and Ford are already rebranding themselves 'mobility' companies with a broader product range beyond the personal vehicle.            ",1
"When you're voting for a president to govern our country, your vote should count just as much as anyone else's. The political way of voting right now, is by using electoral college. You cast your vote thinking that your voting for a president when actually your voting for that candiadates electors. Electoral college is unfair, irrational, and could have some really serious consequences.

Electoral college is not fair at all to the people voting. When you vote for president, most of the time you think that your voting for the person that you think will really help to improve this country. With electoral college, you might as well just vote directly for the electors. If all your vote is doing is going to the electors, then presidential candidates shouldn't even advertise themselves because in the end your not voting for them, your voting for the electoral college for that candidate.

The presidental candidates don't go to all the states when runing. They simply go to the states that they know will support them and the states that will most likely vote against them. What about all the other states that arent neccesarly with or against the candidate? They don't ever see any advertisments for the candidates, the person in the presidental race doesnt go to see them, and so when they vote they are basically blindsited by the name on the ballet. It's completly irrational to only go to the states that love you or hate you.

The best argument against the electoral college is something called the disaster factor. To make a long story short, basically it's that the state legislatures pick the electors, and those electors could always defy the rights and will of the people. For example, you could vote for a presidental candidate, but his/her electors cast their vote for the opposing candidate. That's taking away your right to vote for the person that you want to win.

When voting, your vote should go to the person that you chose. Not who the electoral college for that person called. Electoral collages have so many flaws in the system. It's unfair to the people voting, not all the states get as much exposure to the candidate as others, and the system could totally collapse on itself if the electors dont vote for the person that you voted for. That is why popular voting is the best way to elect a political figure. Your vote is going to the person you choose, not to the person someone else chooses for you.            ",4
"Dear State Senetor,

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he elecoral collage should stay the same because it worked this long right and it will keep working as long as everythis is fair. The country is based on our votes and that is how it should be because we are part of this country and we make it a free country. This is how our founding fathers stated this country and thats how it need to be our country has the best presedent that we could have in this type of situation because he is a colored man and there is nothing wrong with that. If we did not have an electoral collage it would be harded to keep things in line such as how the voting works and how it should be decided that we have the best presedent we can get at that time for our country. As an example we have been fighting on Iran and alfaganastan for a long time and presedent oboma did the best he could with the best that he had to make sure that we were still a free country and the we were safe from terrorism. The electoral collage was a good iead and still is so thst way we do always have a good presedent or for anything that this country need to vote on it always keeps thing in order and fair to this country so there for it is what this country need in order to make the best we can with the best we got.    ",1
"Using this technology that could read emotional expressions of students is very valuable. Imagine someone acting to be really happy with a big smile in their face, and then actually being upset about something. The article had a lot of possitive points about this technology.

A lot of people would say no to this technology because they are getting checked by a computer. Some are also very excited to see if the computer would actually say how they are feeling and their imotions they are feeling. It can calculate how you feel just by constructing your face and seeing how all 44 mucles of your face are.

Dr. Huang says ""the facial expressions for each emotion are universal, even though individuals often show varying degrees of expresion."" He is trying to say that even when people try to change the way their face acts. The computer may still know how your actual emotions are. These new technology is so amazing because it can even be on your own PC.

Scientst have used these technology to in many things. They have used it specially in the famous art work of Leonardo da Vinci's, Mona Lisa. They have found out how she was actually feeling when she was being drawn. These new technology can actually calculate every emotion. Even if it is in the past.

All these amazing things about this technology should be valuable in classroom. The students would be able to study new things about how this actually works. How it can make everyone feel better about it. The students actually doing this things with these technology would actually make them a bit happier. This is why this technology that reads expressions should be valuable in a classroom. ",3
"Dear Senator, recently there has been much debate about whether the Electoral College should be retained or not. After reading the artices, it is very clear to me that the Electoral College has worked efficiently for many years and, therefore, should be kept as a way of voting for our country's president.

First of all, even though a dispute over the outcome of an Electoral college is quite possible, it is much less likely than a dispute over the popular vote. Imagine if an argument broke out about the outcome of popular voting. There would be absolute chaos and too many different opinions. Even though many voters would argue that they prefer direct voting, the product of that would only overcomplicate the system and make things run less smoothly.

Secondly, the Electoral College should be kept because it restores the weight in the political balance that the bigger states lose by the virtues of the mal-apportionment of the Senate that was decreed in the supreme law of our country, the constitution. It also makes a tie highly unlikely.

Lastly, the system of the Electoral College helps to avoid the problem of run-off elections. There is a lot of pressure for elections in which no candidate gets a majority of the votes cast. If it were not for the Electoral College, that pressure would greatly complicate the presidential election process. The Electoral College reduces the risk of a run-off election and produces an obvious winner. According to article three, since almost all states award the  electoral votes on a winner-takes-all basis, even the smallest plurality in a single state can create a landslide electoral-vote victory in that state. Each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for tht party's nominee, and that trust is hardly ever betrayed. Some people argue that the Electoral College is unfair because because it is possible that the winner of the electoral vote may not win the national popular vote. Although that is true and it is possible, it is also incredibly rare. It happened once in 2000 in the election betweeen Bush and Gore, but that was the first time since 1888.

All in all, I believe the Electoral College has proven to be consistently successful in the history of our country. After all, it has given us great presidents and, hopefully, it will continue to do so in the future elections to come.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ",3
"Go Anyway?

In the article ""Challenges Of Exploring Venus"" ,the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit.He thinks that despite the dangers the planet is worth studying and going to.But did the author present the informantion well?

The author brings up many reasons that going to and studying Venus is reasonable .One being ""If our sister planet is so inhospitable,why are scientist even discussing furthur visits to it's surface""(paragraph 4).The author feels like the planet is some what safe and reason like to go to because scientist still want to visit it.Though that is not the case because, if you go there you can burn to death and many other cases.

Another reason the author considers going to Venus is because of austronomer talk.The article states that,""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well oncehave been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system""(paragraph 4).Just because Venus maybe somewhat earth like nothing has ever survived there or has even been there in three decades,says paragraph 2.The author isn't putting out good enough reasons or even safety tips that Venus is a planet human kind should visit.He also should've used more facts as to why the planety should be visited,but was Venus once like earth?

The author also seems to keep explaining how Venus was once like earth in (paragraph 4). He says ""Today venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth"".But how can he be sure if he keeps on saying ""long ago"" and ""astronomers"".He isn't full of facts as of now and no one really knows what Venus is like because ,no human has yet to visit.Not once did he say it's aproven fact about anything or show evidence as to what he was putting out.

Overall the authors arguement to suggest ""Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents"",was a fail.He used past tense so many times through the article and didn't have factual evidence.                   ",4
"Dr. Huang

says, ""The facial expressions for each are unviersal"". This technology will improve on how student will do in their class. The emotional expressions is valuble for students, becasue it already been tested, can determined fake emtions, and can help modify lessons.

Also, this technology has been tested on actors. The author states, ""According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them"". This shows that Facial Action Coding System can work on anyone.

The Facial Action Coding System can determine fake emotions. The author states, ""But in a false smile, the mouth is strerched sidways"". The computer can exam the students face, and determine their real emotions. Students would not have to worry what emotion they have on thier face.

This technology will help improve the students acdemically. Dr. Huang says, ""The facial expressions for each emotion are unviersal"". For example a student looks confused it could take them forever or maybe never to finish the lesson, but the Facial Action coding system could change that. It could modify the lesson to help the student understand more and finish the lesson more quickly.

This technology is very valuble to have in a classroom. The students will be able to get more help and will not be confused as much anymore. They would not have to worry about the computer determing the wrong emotion. All schools should get the Facial Action Coding System.       ",3
"Dear Mr. Senator,

The way the voting is now in the United States needs to be changed. It should change from Electoral College to popular vote. The voting system is an all or nothing system which means lots of peoples votes would not count for the president they want. If the voting system changes the president would actually be picked by the people and not by a group of people who won the popular vote.

The electoral college is unfair to many people because their vote goes to waste if the other slate of electors won. In Source 2 it says ""On the off-chance that those electors win the statewide election, they would go to Congress and... would get... electoral votes."" That is saying that part of the votes would not count because the other group won and not the one they wanted to win. So then the president will get a certain number of electoral votes based on the population of that state. Some people feel like their votes are not needed as much because if the majority of that state chose the other candidate.

The electoral college is a good idea, but people can betray the trust of others. In Source 3 it says ""...each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee..."" That means the voters have the ability to vote for the other candidate. If someone decides to vote for the other candidate then some peoples votes will have been for nothing. If we had the popular vote voting system then everyones vote would go to the specific candidate, and people would not have to hope the person they slate they pick has everyone pick the candidate they were trusted to vote for.

In the end the voting system of the United States is built on trust. If we have the popular vote voting system everyones vote would go to the candidate that wanted it to go to and not have their vote be wasted on a slate that may or may not win. With the popular voting system the president would win on popular vote and not electoral vote; therefore, the president could not cheat his way to power by targeting big states.    ",3
"Why should people who be qualified be only able to vote? Voting should be for everyone, not such as anyone like as in Gang related people or people who are in prison but you get the point. This '' Electoral College '' experiment that they already have been going on is just something that they can use to get more time to think out what their next move is. They way certaint people, like me, see things like if the One out of the other person who is running for President and his votes come back with such little insufficient votes like 87% to 89.5% the should continue the vote and the show must continue! Even though the ''Electoral College'' seems like just a waste of time, does it even work?

Electoral College doesn't really prove anything because some people won votes and lost the presidency,thanks to electoral college. Due to the elctoral college system, voters vote not for the president but just for the slate of electors, who then turn elect the president.    ",1
"When cars where made by humans they put this device that is to have the car be more alarmed to the driver and everyone else that is in the car, but there are still some cars that are very old and don't have the same menufactors that are placed in the old cars that are like 1800s and 1900s. I think that the old cars should be put into some car meuseum or somthing to remind us how the very first engine car ever work without having a carage that has to have a horse to use as wheels even though that was a very very very very very very long time before even engine cars even excisted in time.

i think that we've impoved on the safety of everyone that is driving and that are still learning to drive and trying our hardest to keep people safe from harm but useally that doesn't happen, we would have some difficulties with the cars that we are using today still needs some work to be done with them. I think it's a good idea to put more control on the car and less for the driver that has to drive the car. The only reason why we build cars and buses and trains and etc is to make us get to things like a if your running late for something and you need to get there really fast you could take your car and get there as fast as you can so your not offically late and not get fired and have to lose your job cause you were late for work.

That's why we have cars to rely on and not our feet the whole time but most times if we dont want to use our car we can always walk there thats somewhere close and not far to walk like the gas station or the park or anything or if your just to dang ""LAZY"" to even walk that far then you would use a car or if you dont own a car you always use the bus to go where you want to go. It's not that hard to spend a little money on a bus toll to get to where you want to go and really it's not that hard at all but if it's for something really important then ""GO BUY A CAR"" i mean yeah cars are exspenive to even afford one but really if you save money then wouldn't have no problem at all on buying a car that has to fit your needs and get to places that you need to go.",1
"Although the idea of driverless cars might sound life-changing, I see very little aspects on how this could positivly affect our world. Therfore, I do not support the idea of driverless cars. Driverless cars would take away jobs. They could possibly also take away ""milestones"" in our lives. It seems to me like this idea came from pure laziness.

Firstly, driverless cars will take away a huge milestone in upcoming generation lives. Remember when you first learned to ride a bike? Now think about the time when you first sat behind a car's steering wheel. This milestone that I am talking about is learning how to drive a car. Future generations will have no need to complete this with the idea of driverless cars. The permit test and drivers test may not exsist in the future with driverless cars around!

Secondly, driverless will be responsible for the disappearance of road police officers. Today, we see these men and women monitoring the road and keeping everyone safe. We will not need them anymore, because of driverless cars, no matter what, driverless cars would most likely obey all speed limits posted. You may be thinking,

""well won't it be a safer environment if driverless cars obey the speed limits?

Yes, you are correct. But what if a glitch occured in this technology generated car, and it decided not to follow it's regular ""code."" This would be a huge issue on the manufacture's part.

Lastly, the idea of driverless cars put into action frightens me. Think of how lazy we would all become. Technology is already immensely over-taking our world, and driverless cars are solving not one issue. Yes, being chauffered around could be relaxing once in awhile. But what happened to earning the things you worked for? To me, driverless cars are the start of us, humans, being handed everything on a silver platter.

In conclusion, I do not support the idea of driverless cars. Why not? Driverless cars will take away milestones, they will take away jobs, and they will make us lazy. What's next? No need to walk around anymore? Will we have everything at the push of a button? Who knows, it is up to us to start voicing our opinions to decide what happens with these ideas.           ",4
"It would be nice to have driveless cars in our world, however, there are multiple things that could go wrong. Their sensors could make mistakes, other technology in the car could fail, and . All of these leading to an accident that could cause an injury to the driver.

One example is the sensors of the car. A sensor could not be working well and sense something else that is not intended to sense. If the sensors don't alert the driver, the car could crash, causing the driver an injury. Also, the sensors that are used for the braking of the car could not work. This would result in the car not stopping and crashing. Basicallly, these cars pretty much rely on sensors, if something were to go wrong the sensors, the car wouldn't be able to function well.

Another technology in the car could fail, not just the sensors. The wheels can be and example. The wheels turn left and right depending on what the sensors say. If the wheel could not turn well because it didn't read what the sensor said, it could cause an accident.

It's not just the wheel that could fail, the spinning sensor on the roof can also fail. According to the article, this piece of technology uses laser beams to form a 3D model of the car's surroundings. This sensor could fail in several ways. One of the several ways is that it could not sense an object, meaning it would not know it was there. In this case, the car would keep driving itself and end crashing.

To summarize, if any piece of technology were to fail, it would most likely result in an accident, and of course, causing an injury to the driver. Driveless cars would be nice, yet again, having cars that require drivers is just fine.       ",3
"Dear Senator,

We should change to the election of popular vote. I believe we should do this because, it'd be more fair to the person who got the most votes. If one canidate gets the most votes, but doesn't become president, is extremely confusing, and down right unfair. If you're having the whole United States vote for who we want to be president, but have the electors choose who's president is pointless, it just shows that you don't care what our opinion is for our leader. If the voters have to waste their time to vote for someone who probably be elected is, like I said before, pointless.

Let's say you were running for president, and you got the most votes, but the electors, their almighty wisdom, voted for someone who got the least amount of votes, would you think it's fair for that person to become president? I don't think so. I think you would be able to be president because the people who voted for you would rather have you as president than the others who ran against you. You would've been the best choice to those who voted for you.

Therefore I think we should change to the most popular votes for electing the president. I appreciate you taking the time to read this letter. have a wonderful day.    ",2
"The use of this new technology will be very helpful for many things. It will allow people such as police to tell how a certain suspect is feeling so that you may realise if they are lying or being deceitful. It will be able to determine how you feel when you are in certain situations as well as when in the eigth paragraph it states that the clues the technology will use can spot when a politician or celebrity isn't being truthful about their current situation. This new technology will also be able to revolutionize security by having you make a face to unlock a certain door or area.

In my opinion this technology can be the foundations for creating fully functional AI(Artificial Intelligence). If it is used in a restaraunt where it servers people or is a waiter, it will be able to detect if a customer is unhappy and can offer them something so that they can cheer up, or in areas such as military, it will be able to detect a war criminals face to show if a certain interogation is being efficient or not. In fields such as a medical field, it can detect if a patient is truly in pain or lying in an attempt to get a certain medication, or if a patient is feeling pain during a surgery while they are unconcious. There have been thousands of reports of people undergoing a surgey where they are supposed to be unconcious but the medicine used doesn't fully work and it paralyzes them for the remainder of the surgery, this could be used to see smaller muscle movents that the human eye wouldn't be able to recognize. The use of this new technology would be able to revolutionize our current standing and position with the creation of fully functional artificial intelligence.

To conclude the use of this new technology can be used in all fields, commercial, military or medical. This is truly the next step into having AI that can be used for multi-purpose across many fields. We are just a few years to a few decades of research away from having the technology to have a AI just roaming around a town to check on certain people or to watch and make sure a area is safe and if it needs to mark down a certain suspect by memorizing the subject or person face for it to be analyzed in a crime lab.",4
"How do you feel about driverless cars? Sergey Brin, Google cofounder, is working on a profect called ""The Google Car Project"". I personally think that with google cars a lot can go wrong. I believe that becuase it is easier to have car accidents, easy for the equipment to malfunction, and who would you sue if you were wrecked by a Google Car?

First, with Google Cars people aren't controlling what is happening. Although there usually is a person in the car of a smart driving car, a lot of the time that driver is probably not paying attention to the road. Most smart driving cars have built in techneques that make it so that the person in the car has to at least have their hands on the wheel. For example, ""In 2013, BMW announced the development of ""Traffic Jam Assistant."" The car can handle driving functions at speeds of up to 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel.""

Second, with Google Cars it would be easier for a wreck if the car malfuntioned. It would be easier for the car to malfuntion becuase, for example, say you were in a Google Car and you got a warning that your break fluid was low, you wouldn't know becuase you weren't paying attention to your car. Also, they have made a sensor that goes on the roof of your car so that the car can see all around your car. If that sensor malfuntions, the car wouldn't be able to see where it was going and you could wreck. For example, ""The most important bit of technolofy in this system is the spinning sensor on the roof. Dubbed LIDAR, it uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings.""

Lastly, who would you sue if you were in a wreck and you or the car that hit you was a smart car? Would you sue the person driving, or the car manufacturer? Or say you were driving a smart car and you broke the law, drivers fault or manufacturer? These are very important questions. For example, ""Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?

How do you feel about driverless cars? Sergey Brin, Google cofounder, is workng on a project called ""The Google Car Project"". I personally think that with Google Cars a lot can go wrong. I believe that because it's easier to have car accidents, easy for the equipment to malfuntion, and who would you sue if you were wrecked by a Google Car?",4
"Using technology to read someones emotions is not valuable. Computers dont understand people like people understand people. Having technology in the classroom wouldn't teach anyone anything about how to read emotions. The technology can't read peoples emotions like we can. We know the emotions better than the technology people want to use.

If the technology can use math as a way to read emotions than we could do it too. People dont want to use math to read emotions, they want to use their instinct. Humans know human emotions better than anything else. If someone is around that technology who is sad and wants to hide that saddness, then the tech will read that and will tell everyone.

I strongly disagree with technology being made to read emotions. I also strongly disagree with putting that tech in schools where people dont want others to know they are sad. In conclusion we should not create the technology to read a humans emotions.   ",2
"Dear Senator,

I firmly believe that we should keep the Electoral College.  Many people say that it is ""outdated, irrational, and unfair"" but that is an opion.  Their are meany rational reasons about why the Electoral College is benificaial rather then destructive.  Out of these many reasons i am able to narrow it down to 2 reasons about why the Electoral College should be kept.  These reasons are Everyones President, and Swing States.

In Richard A. Posners' aritcle about keeping the Electoral College he talks about the President that is elected being everyones this President.  ""The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have a trans-reginal appeal.  No region (South, Northeast, etc.) has enough electoral votes to elect a president.""  This is not also a great example but it is a great counterclaim to Bradford Plumers article.  In PLumers article he states that, ""candiadtes dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the the tight races in the ""swing"" states.  The Electoral College assures that the President isnt just wanted in one area that is wanted all around the country.  Electoral Colleges assure that the President is wanted in many differt parts of the United States.

""The electoral college invariably produces a clear winner,"" says Posner in his article.  A way of producing a clear winner is by having swing states.  Some people argue about the Electoral College turning off potential voters, (Democrats in Texas) but this may actually determine the election.  If those other party people dont vote who knows mabey if they had voted their party might have been luckly.  Statistics prove that when certaint parties win contriversial states thats because some people from 1 party didnt vote.  No voting especailly in swing states can make your party, or your wanted candiadate loose the election.  Every year some of the swing states change so everyone should vote especially those in the swing states to insure your party or your candidate win.

The Electoral College is something that this country needs for our benifit.  It helps us Americas get a President that will benifit us all not just those in certaint areas.  Although some peopel dont think that the Electoral College is helping there are twice as many people who believe that just a popularity vote is a bad idea.  Having swing states, and having a way that finds ""everyones"" president are just few of the many exaples about why we need the Electoral College.

Thanks,

Jasper    ",4
"I think how America has been using the electoral college all wrong. How would people without cars get around without the electorla college? Many people rely on the electoral college to get to and from work, some people use it to get their kids from school, and homeless people gotta sleep somewhere. The electoral college is something that all of us have relied on the electoral college at least once. I think if the big J in the sky were still here he'd use the electoral college too. That's probably where he'd preform all his miracles and such. I think Jesus would ride and preform his miracles here because what better place is there to preform miracles? A place where mostly poor people go to get to and fro? Sounds like where the messiah would spend his time.

I also think the electoral college is a corrupt system that merely provides the illusion to Americans that we have some actual power in our government, and it shows the real underbelly of the capitalist pig system that is America. We are Anonymous. We are Legion. Viva la reveultion. Illuminati is real.    ",1
"Have you heard of the Face on Mars? It is said to be two miles from top to bottom. What do you think formed this? Aliens? An acient civilzation? Out of all of the possible answers, I say it is just a natural landform with shadows that causes it to have a nose, eyes, and mouth.

Paragraph ten and eleven of ""Unmasking the Face on Mars"" states, ""Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo."" As rule of thumb, you can discern in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size,"" he added. ""So if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!"""" This leads me to belive that there is nothing but that natural landform on the Face of Mars. With these images it says you can see the tiniest thing as a shack, so I am positive that we would see any evidence that aliens were there.

The landform actually shows the Martian eqivalent to buttle or mesa----landforms common around the American West. This face on the surface of Mars resembles many of those on the Earth, which we know were not created by aliens. """"It reminds me most of the Middle Buttle in the Snake River Plain in Idaho,"" says Gravin. ""That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars."""" These lines in paragraph twelve show that there is another landfrom, on Earth, that has formed out of natural causes such as lava. The Face on Mars could just simlpy be lava that has caused the surface to rise.

Many conspiracy therorists say that it could be aliens and NASA is just trying to hide the evidence form the people. Yet in paragrpah five it states, ""Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars."" This shows that if this was caused by aliens, that it would be benifical to NASA. Few scientists believed that the Face was an alien artifact, but there was no actual proof that it was. There were only pictures that clearly showed that there were no signs of aliens.

Although this Face on Mars is a big deal, I believe that it is just a natural landform. Images that have been taken show no sign of aliens or ancient civilizations. There are also many landfroms on Earth just like this Face on Mars. Last but not least, the theory that NASA is keeping information from us is not true because the Face actually being aliens or an acient civilization would only benifit them. All of these reasons is why I belive that the Face on Mars is just a natural landform. ",4
"""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"", suggests that we study Venus despite the dangers. The article gives good examples such as oceans, familiar features, conditions of what it would be like, and how they are going to go about this journey.

Before the reasons of why we should keep studying, there is some stuff on Venus on why people say that they shouldn't keeping doing research. The conditions are more extreme than anything people have experianced before. Venus is also the hottest surface teamperature of any other planet in the solar system.

Even thought there are risks astronomers are surprised by the fact that Venus could've been the most Earth-like planet in the solar system. Venus is the second planet from the sun it was probably covered with large amounts of ocean and could've supported various forms of life. It even has a surface of rocky sediments that includes familiar features to Earth such as valleys, mountains, and craters.

The articles talks about how the temperatures can be dangrously hot even at 30 plus miles above the surface. It states, ""Solar poer would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earths levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans."" This is saying that it would be hard to adapt to the enviroment but it is possible. This might mean there would never be seasons. It would alsways feel like summer.

Another thing that is being looked at is old technology called mechanical computers. This was important during World War II. These devices can make calculations by using just gears and levers. There is not required electronics. Modern computers are too powerful and delicate when it comes to the physical conditions.

The article says that human curiosity will most likely lead us to equally intimidating endeavors to push them to do more tests and reserach. There are many people in this world that travel and would want to go beyond the limits. They shouldn't be limited by the dangers and doubts. For these reasons it is worthy to continue these studies despite the dangers. ",4
"You may have thought the Face was created by aliens. It could be a possibility, but think of the research and observations of the scientists. You can't just predict something and think of a conclusion. You must go through a process of research and examinations. The scientists researched and examined the Face and was just another Martian mesa that was around Cydonia.

First of all, the image did have characteristics of a face. The text stated ""a few days later NASA unveiled the image for all to see. The caption noted a ""huge rock formation..which resembles a human head....formed by shawdos giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth. The authors reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars."" The Face could simply have been the shadow of something or the lighting that caused it to look that way. ""Although few scientists believed the Face was an alien artifact, photographing Cydonia became a priority for NASA when Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) arrived at the Red Planet in September 1997, eighteen long years after the Viking missions ended."" The photograph from the Viking could have been a worse quality than now.

Secondly, the photograph that was captured in 1998 is more reliable and more efficient than the other one. This picture has a more clear view and is better to observe. ""And so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Micheal Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camer (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousand of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing....a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all."" The landform could have been created from erosion or weathering or even different types of weather or climate. In fact, maybe a closer view could have looked a different shape.

Furthermore, there was another shot taken in 2001. With an even better camera quality, which showed different types of shapes or objects, other than a face. In the text it said ""On April 8, 2001, a cloudless summer day in Cydonia, Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look.""

Garvin stated ""We had to roll the spacecrafts 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view. Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution."" Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo."" The pixels having a better quality made the observation even better. The camera could even make the objects 3 times bigger. ""As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size, he added. So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!"" They were trying to say that if it was created by aliens they could have been able to tell because of its texture or shape.

In conclusion, the Face was not created by aliens, it is just a natural landform. The Viking photo made it look like it was created by an alien because of its structure and the way it was formed and shaped and it was only because of the quality of the picture that made it seem like it was. With the more recent pictures and 10 times better quality made the scientists come to a conclusion that it was just a structure. ""What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa- landforms common around the American West."" Garvin stated ""It remind me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about that same height as the Face on Mars.""           ",4
"Driverless cars are a good thing for the future.

They can kind of help drive when someone is tired and can prevent accidents.

They help take people's lives out of danger.

I think the development of these cars is a good thing for the world.

To start off, the fuel needed for these cars is half of the fuel amount we use right now on regular cars, stated in the first paragraph.

That is saying that the amount you are paying now for gas would be cut in half.

There are sensors in these smart cars that have been placed everywhere around the cars.

In places such as the mirror, the wheels and on the roof.

These sensors may not be new, but they have developed into something amazing that helps protect.

The driverless cars have many functions that can help protect people in many different ways and situations.

Some of those functions include, antilock brakes and driver assisting.

They have come a long way in developin this driverless car.

Theses cars can now steer themselves, accelerate, and brake by themsleves.

This is a huge step in car technology.

There are some things that the cars may need done to make it perfect, but it is still one step closer to making our lives a little easier.

These cars will have in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays.

These displays will be turned off when instantly when the driver needs to take over.

The in-car system is a saftey feature in the car.

The driverless cars are the next step going into the future.

They have many great features such as steering themselves, sensors that detect things and handling driving functions.

The driverless cars can change the future for the good and can also help make the roads a little more safer.         ",3
"The idea of a world where no one would buy a car because no one would need one sounds silly, but it could very well be the way of the future. New things are developing each day and more people are jumping on board with the world of technology. The idea of a driverless car forming a public transportation system is one of the biggest ideas in the technology industry. Being able to create a system of transportation that would elimate the use of other cars is a big step in society and the world we live in today.

There are many ups and downs to this idea of a driverless car. On the positive side of this idea there would be less pollution in the air and people who have disabilities could get to and from places more easily. But, with these good things also come some negative aspects. The cost of transportation would probably go up, even though the car is driverless there would still probably be a fee to the transportation just like a taxi service. Even though the car would have been tested to make sure it can drive with out wrecking there would still be the fear the car would wreck for the passengers aboard the car so it probably wouldnt be that great of an expierence. Also, the teenagers of the world would be giving up the freedom they have waited there whole life to be able to do, if the world souly depended on the driverless car and no one would buy cars anymore teenagers would not have to oppertunity to drive like they have always wanted.

Even with the new technology of this driverless car there would still be people who would not be on board with it. What about those people? Would they still be able to buy themselves a new car? Or would manufacturers stop selling them altogether and just start making different models of the driverless car. For now in our world it is better to stick with technology we have and wait to introduce a newer and unfamilar form of technology.",3
"In my perspective, I beleive that when viewing someone's facial, or human emotions it should be visual. I do not agree with the form of technology. By viewing someon's emotions it forms a sense of character which is good with person to person to person with associating with one another. According to the article, it talks about how the process with technology starts at a 3-D computer of the face which is then known to have 44 muscles which then shows the movement of the face to detect the human's emotions. The article continally explains that the facial expressions are what are known to detect the emotions through technology. This ll today is showing you what all a computer can actually do. According to the article they agree on using the technology from what the computer can actually do. In my perspective I think my opinion is the opposite. Your emotions should be detected by another human;s point of view, not by technology. ",2
"Driverless cars would be useful and should continue to be developed because they would be potentially safer, more efficient, and help drivers by making driving a less intensive and dangerous activity.

Driverless cars would be safer then current cars. One way this woud be true is because many driverless (and current with-driver cars) have features that allow them to sense danger in traffic. For example, as stated in paragraph 7, it is shown that BMW is developing a car that can steer, accelerate, and brake. Even though the cars are not completely driverless, further development of the cars could possibly fix these issues. Driverless cars may also be able to find each other via GPS to avoid collisions.

Driverless cars could be possibly more efficient than current cars. For example, a driverless car with a GPS could possibly find the quickest and most fuel-efficient route to a destination. Another thing driverless cars may be able to do more efficiently is determine the best way to save gas or prevent wear and tear to the car on a case by case basis. For example, a car with a smart computer may be able to decide whether it is more fuel efficient to turn off the engine or leave it running, depending on the amount of time it will be left idle. To combat wear and tear, a driverless car may be able to accurately determine the best distance and amount of time to brake to keep the damage to tires and brakes as low as possible.

Driverless cars could make driving less dangerous and intensive for drivers. Currently, drivers must keep their eyes on the road and have full awareness of everything going on around them to drive safely. A driverless car with safety features similar to the ones described in paragraphs 7 and 8 would allow the driver to not worry as much about what is going on around them. This may allow them to do other work or concentrate on something else, like children in the car.

Driverless cars would generally be a good thing to continue researching and developing, as they would make driving safer, more efficient, and less intensive for drivers.",4
"Google has had cars that can drive independently under specific conditions since 2009. Google cofounder Sergey Brin envisions a future with a public transportation system, where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. I believe this would be efficient use of driverless cars and it would be a large improvement to our transportation system today. ""Driverless"" cars still need drivers, or managers, to control the car, which would provide more jobs in large cities. Driverless cars would be able to use half of the fuel of todays taxis while offering far more flexibility with carpooling.

In 2013, BMW announced the development of ""Traffic Jam Assistant."" The car can handles driving functions at speeds of up to 25 mph, while touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel in case of complex driving issues or a collision or near-collision. None of the cars developed today are completely driverless. They can do basic driving functions such as steering, accelerating, amd braking themselves, but are designed to notify the driver when he/she should take the wheel. This means the human driver must remain alert in case he/she should have to take over.

We could have large ammounts of cars in cities like this. It would provide jobs for the managers of the cars, while ammounting to less accidents on the road. All the smart cars could interact and communicate to each other to alert managers to accidents or taffic problems ahead. This technology could also be used to prevent more collisions.

Google has had cars that can drive independently under specific conditions since 2009. Google cofounder Sergey Brin envisions a future with a public transportation system, where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. I believe this would be efficient use of driverless cars and it would be a large improvement to our transportation system today. ""Driverless"" cars still need drivers, or managers, to control the car, which would provide more jobs in large cities. Driverless cars would be able to use half of the fuel of todays taxis while offering far more flexibility with carpooling. ",3
"Vauban, Germany is the place to be it has an upscale community and has a few soccer moms nice huh? Street parking in Vauban, Germany is forbidden in what they call an experimental new district near Freiburg and Swiss Borders.

To begin with, In Vauban, Germany most families don't own cars but 57 are sold when new families and other people move there. Cars or automobiles as the german like to call it are linchpin of suburbs which mean they're affordable. Most middle class families tend to stay around the Shanghai area. Studies show that 12 percent of gas emissons are because of passenger cars. Also up to 50 percent are cars in intensive area.

Next, Paris on the otherhand is typically more smog then other euro capitals. Paris once had 147 of particulate matter per cubic meter compared to brussels in London, Reuters.

Last, Delivery Companies often argue that they lost to much revenue, later in the week they made plug in cars and hybrids carrying over 3m passengers.

In Conclusion, The so called smog cleared enough throughout the week it cleared out good enough to where they could have a ruling French party in Paris to dicuss the ban for out-numbered plates on Tuesday. Vauban often don't own cars but Heidrun says he's so happier with having a car he had always felt tense.    ",1
"In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents to humans that even get near the planet. Even with the dangers that are poised against those who would go near Venus, there is still intrigue in the planet from our simple human nature, the opporatunity of studing an Earth like planet besides our own, and the fact that Venus is so close to Earth.

The main reason of studying the planet Venus is capitalized by the article and the author in this quote ""Often referred to as Earth's ""twin,"" Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too."" The Author also simply puts in the article that humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on Venus all unmanned.

Another reason for the intrigue in studing Venus is our simple human nature. In another quote by the author and in the article ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus beceause it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system."" the author gives us a reason and it's a reason that makes logical sense. The landscape of Venus is also described in the article as Earth like.

The author suggested studying Venus would be a wirthy pursuit despite the dangers. I say they actually supported their idea thoroughly in the end. There also seems to be no error in the logic of the author either.         ",2
"In today's world there is a lot of amazing technology. Technology has come a long way than what it used to be. The technology that we use today is way better and hytech than what it has ever been before.

In this article there was a lot of talk on how computer here and their can do Facial Action Coding System. The Facial Action Coding System was created by Dr. Paul Eckman. The FACS (Facial Action Coding System) is designed to pick up every movement in a humans face and can determine different emotions with those sudden movements. There are six basic emotions, happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. Each and everyone of those emotions are determined by ones muscle movement in the face. I think the FACS is a very valuable piece of technology that can be used in the classroom for many different purposes. Some of the purposes are learning and just to have fun and mess around with each other to see what your emotions are and how you can change those emotions. The most important purpose for this new piece of technology is the learning purpose behind it. It can be used to learn many different things in a humans body and can learn the different muscles in ones face and how they differ from one to another. The article states that the facial expressions for each emotion are universal, which means that different emotions can go to a different muscle movement in the face.

I think personally that this new peice of technology called FACS (Facial Action Coding System) is a very valuable thing for the classroom. It has many different learning objectives behind it and can be used for other activities besides learning purposes. Yes, also the technology that is around us today is amazing and is amazing what it can do. ",2
"Do you believe that NASA is with holding information about an alien species? Many people in fact do. However, their arguments are severely flawed. There are thousands and thousands of naturally made landforms on planet Earth, and we can only logically assume there are even more naturally made landforms in space. The landform that is debatebly the most 'likely to be made by aliens' is the Face from Mars. Contrary to what the alien theorists may say, the Face is only another naturally made landform since in high quality pictures it appears quite normal, there are no strange markings or anything around it, and its appearance is only an illusion.

NASA and its team has tried many and many times to get clear pictures of the Face. Nowadays, its getting some of the best pictures that's ever been taken. Jim Garven quotes, “We photographed the Face as soon as we could get a good shot at it.” ""..on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos,"" furthermore says the article. The pictures showcase the Face as normal and just like any other naturally made landform.

Another thing about the Face that will throw off any conspiracy theorist's opinions is that there are no 'alien monuments' or 'carvings' or 'writings' or anything else around the landform. ""Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing . . . a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all,"" quotes the article. That wouldn't satisfy the theorists so they thought of something else. Which is, ""Perhaps, said skeptics, alien markings were hidden by haze."" Try as NASA might, they didn't find anything that could possibly be apart of anything alien. They took more pictures of the Face, especially on days where it would be clear, yet they found nothing of the sort.

Now, one of the biggest things about the Face is that its own 'face' is an illusion constructed by shadows. NASA even described it as so. When they released one of their first pictures of the landform, ""The caption noted a 'huge rock formation . . . which resembles a human head . . . formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth.'"" Illusions are everywhere, and this particular illusion of a face happens to be quite popular. Their picture of the Face attracted much attention from the public because of the allure of a face on Mars. As their pictures became more high quality, it became clear how the formation looked and how those shadows made it look the way it did.

Others may still say now, that the pictures that NASA takes might very well be positioned badly or incorrectly in a way that does not reveal anything crucial to alien life. NASA listened to them though, ""few scientists believed the Face was an alien artifact."" Mission controllers made their way to look at the landform once again. A direct quote from Garvin about the situation is, ""It’s not easy to target Cydonia. In fact, it's hard work."" He and everyone else went out of their way to take the perfect picture on a ""cloudless summer day"". “We had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view. Malin’s team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera’s absolute maximum resolution,"" says Garvin once again. “As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size,” he added. “So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!” NASA did their best and better at looking at and around the Face in order to see if they missed anything as important as signs of alien life. They returned with no proof of anything at all as the theorist's would've liked.

To summarize, the Face is a naturally made landform ontop of planet Mars. First of all, in high definition and quality photographs the landform looks normal and not that strange. Secondly, contrary to what alien believers and theorists may have liked to believe there are no 'markings' or etc. around it whatsoever. Lastly, the eyes and nose and mouth that happen to 'appear' on the landform are only an illusion made by shadows, as stated by NASA itself. Earth has just as many natural landforms and even more possibly than Mars. With a trick of the light or seeing it as a particular angle, we could even interpret our own landforms as something that was made by our own hands even if it clearly wasn't. The Face is a clear example of overthinking and reaching for an answer that was already there, it is a naturally made landform. ",6
"The development of these cars would be a good idea. They have not had any crashes while using their cards. Their cars have many good things in their cars that would help the world to discover thiefs and killers. They have not create any harm or dangerous things.

Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash. Which is good because they were being safe and the materials created in their cars also helped them. They are being so safe that when you were to pull in and our of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, they would take over for you because of safety.

Their cars have position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver and and inertial motion sensor. These things help you keep track of your destination and how far you drove. These also help you to mimic the skill of a human at the weel. The sensors detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers. The sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on the wheels and reduce power from the engine, making far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone. So when you were driving in this car and were to have an accident, you could easily be safe because of the sensors.

The development of these cars should be allowed. These cars can help you get to your destination faster with safety and help you control the vehicle. It will improve your skills for driving.      ",2
"Not A Face

The Face on Mars is just a natural landform, although some people believe that the Face is bona fide edvidence of life on mars I can insure you its not. I can give three good reasons why I am insisting that this sculpture is just a rock. First of all we had a better camera when we went back to investigate. Second of all we double cheaked our reasch. And third of all both results proved that it indeed was just a landform, much like Americas.

In 1998 we send a special team called the MOC to investigate the Face. The MOC team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original photos back in 1976. These photos came back stating that it was a natural land form. But not everyone was satisfied. At that time the MOC had took the photo it was winter in April '98 on the planet- a cloudy time of the year on mars. The camera might have been fogged.

Two prove ower statement in 2001 we sent the MOC to take a second photo of the Face this time during the planets summer and with an even better camera. This newer camera had higher definition than the other two. When results came back they, again, stated a natural land mark.

As you can see not only did we cheak once but twice both supporting NASA'S claim that ""the Face of Mars"" was just a rock after all.",3
"Dear Senator,

There have been multiple arguments on wether or not the Electoral College should be used for electing the President. Electing a President by the Electoral College is a better idea than electing a president through popular vote. Representatives know what is right for their country while most of American citizens would not make the right decisions, and sometimes do not even make any decisions at all.

First off, citizens themselves elect their own state representatives for the House of Representatives. They vote for them for many reasons. The representatives are well educated. The people vote for the representatives, and in return, they expect and trust the representatives to make the right decisions for them. Electing a new president is a pretty big deal and should be taken care of in the hands of the trusted representatives. According to Richard A. Posner's article

Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the P

resident, that trust is rarely betrayed .

As stated in reason 3 of this article,

""

[...]the most thoughtful voters should be the ones to decide the election."" The Representatives are the most thoughtful voters. This is what the representatives do. It is their job. They dedicate most of their life to representing the people who elected them and making decisions on their behalf. They should be the ones doing the decision making.

Now if this were not to be this case and popular vote was the priority source of votes in electing a President, then the voting results would be completely biased. There would be a chance that majority of the votes put into the ballot were decided without true thought. People could easily vote on something important just by randomly electing just like closing your eyes and choosing a marble out of a marble jar. They could also vote for the canidate who their best friend voted for and not even think about their own opinion or why they even decided to choose that person in the first place. Another thing that affects the voting charts is the lack of participation. 15% of Americans do not vote. Every American citizen has the right to vote. It is their civil duty to vote during an election, and yet, 15% of them still choose not to.

What is better: A country run by people making uneducated decisions on major things or having the thoughtful people be the ones who decide on the course of this country?  Unless America increases the quality of education and spreads the word on the amount of importance that it is to vote, important tasks such as electing a President should be kept in the hands of the educated Representatives of the Electoral College. Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

An American Citizen    ",4
"The Face on Mars may look like a alien artifact, but in reality, it is just another natural landform. NASA's Viking 1 found a ""human face"" twenty-five years ago on Mars. It was said to be nearly two miles from end to end. Most scientists just thought it was another common Martian mesa. A few days later, NASA put out the image for the world to see. The authors said it was a huge rock formation that resembled a human head. They also mentioned that the shadows gave the illusion of eyes, a nose, and a mouth. It was believed to be just another rock.

Since the story, the ""Face on Mars"" starred in films, books, magazines, and radio talk shows. Many people thought the Face is evidence of life on Mars, but would soon realize it was just a rock formation. Even a few scientists actually believed that the Face was an alien artifact. After these rumors, photographing Mars became a priority. On April 5, 1998, the Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia and snapped ten pictures. Many anxious people waited for an image to appear on a JPL web site. The image did not reveal a alien monument, but a natual landform.

On April 8, 2001, the Mars Global Surveyor was taken out for another look at the Face. The picture shows a buttle or mesa; which are landforms common around the American West. Although the Face was believed to be some type of alien artifact, after three times of exploring, it was still proven to be just another natural landform. ",2
"In my personal opinion driverless cars are not the best idea scientists have ever discovered. I feel like driverless cars would be a very dangerous way for people to get from place to place. I also feel like there would be more bad aspects then good on this subject. On the other hand, they would be very useful and convenient.

In my opinion I think that driveless cars could be a very dangerous invention if they were not tested enough in varius ways. For example, what if there was a situation were someone was driving down that road and their car misfunctions or something electronically happens within the engine. Not only would the driver be in danger, but all the other cars around the smart car could be too. In paragraph four, the option of smart roads was discussed. I think it would be safer to try inventing roads that help the car before inventing a car and expecting it to do all the work by itself.

The bad things by far outweigh the good things when that idea of smart cars get brought up. Smart cars need a lot of electronical materials to not need a driver anymore. That is a huge risk anyone would be taking when stepping foot into a smart car. At any moment in time the electronical systems could crash or if the smart car was to need internet and something happens to the web. Another aspect of this discussion would be the law. If you, being the driver of a smart car, got into an accident and it was not your fault, you are not going to want to pay for the damage. Many laws would have to be changed in order for ordinary people to be able to drive smart cars on the roads. It a huge discussion of weighing the bad things and good things with the subject of smart cars.

On the other hand, smart cars would be very convient. In paragraph two they discuss that in today's day in age we have all the technology to allow smart cars to be manufactored. All different types of products are being manufactored with new technology everyday. Why not manufactor a smart car? Buying a smart car would be great for older people that can not get out and drive by themselves, but it still wouldn't help very much. This is my reasoning on that, the elderly person still might have to drive a little bit if something was to happpen and they run into a construction site or accidents. It may even be more dangerous for the older person to have to switch back and forth from the car being driven for them to them having to operate the vehicle.

Again, in my opinion I think smart cars are a bad invention unless scientists were to invent road systems that matched up specificely to a car. There is to many risks to be taking at this point in time in the progression of smart cars. Possibily in the future when scientists discover more about them they might be better and more reliable. ",4
"Venus reffered to as Earths ""twin"" is very much so persuitable dispite the dangers because Venus could possibly become a planet that people could live on, and much worth studying and further life.

In paragraph four it says that ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most earth like planet in our solar system."" In parapragh four it also says venus was probabaly covered with large oceans and could have supported forms of life just like earth. Today the planet still has features that are similar to earth like rocky sediments, valleys, mountains, and craters. Seeing as how the astronomers have thought of there being life various forms of life on that planet, why not have reason to think people could make a way on venus as well and explore Venus?

In paragraph five they state ways to explore Venus without reaching the surface just yet. A blimp like vehicle hovering over 30 miles above Venuses surface. The vehicle hovering would avoid the not so kindly conditions of Venus. The temperature would be 170 degrees farhenhit, the pressure of air would e close to sea level of Earth. Solar power would be pleniful and radiation shouldn't exceed Earth's levels, so much worthy of studying the planet Venus and looking into further life on the planet. The conditions wouldn't be easy but it could be survivable.                ",3
"It was a stormy night, the wind shook and almost tipped this dang ship to the bottom of the sea. ""Captain we need to go back to shore, if we don't we'll all die!"" My captain said nothing, and then without hesetaition he screamed"" This is NOTHING, got it men I've expiranced worse so die or be dead."" All the men start screaming, in the backround I could hear the cows and people grabing on to them to save there lives."" Captain I see something, it looks like a watermelon?"" Then a quick swoop and he grabbed the telescope and saw a tree.""We're SAVED.""

We actully arrived at France. ""A man walked up to me and said you here to bring cows?"" My freind Don all ready got some cows of the ship, people started gathering around and they were exited because they had hope. I asked the captain if I could make an anouncement. ""Why, yes you've been such a good man I let you, but only this time."" He had a dread look. I walked up to the podem and said and quote this,""People, we are short of some cowboys for our program and we'd like some voluntiers, if anyone of you are grateful enough please join."" No one raised there hand, I could see mothers sushing their child. I gave up and backed down.

My friend Don came up to me and said."" It's okay we really don't need any more people, besides we'll have less food for us."" He knew I had a sad look so he just walked away. After I woke up I went to the kitchen to get my breakfeast and no one was there, so I yelled out. Anyone home!?"" Then I went on the regerstration room I saw hundreds of people waiting to sign up, we didn't even have any more ships to carry that much. I asked Don how did you do this, he just said. ""Hope.""                  ",1
"Have you ever wanted to take care of animals? Well, I did. Hi, my name is Luke Bomberger. One day my friend Don Reist invited me to go to Europe with him and of course I didn't say no because I knew this was a once in a lifetime opportunity. So I went with him and that same year 1944 I decided along with my friend to sign up to be a Seagoing Cowboy. Being a Seagoing Cowboy consists of going overseas while taking care of horses, young cows, and mules.

This job may not sound very fun but let me tell you it is. For example, when I turned 18 we were sent to aboard the SS Charles W.Wooster with a cargo of 335 horses plus enough hay and oats to feed them. This might seem like a lot but trust me seeing the Acropolis in Greece was something special. I also had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. These were some of the most fun and extroardinary part of our trips.

There were some fun parts but also dangerous parts. One time while it was raining it was my turn to check on the animals and make sure they were safe but I slipped and almost flew off board. The good thing was that a strip of metal caught me. I was relieved to still be alive but I couldn't work for a couple of days because I had some cracked ribs.

Even though I had to work hard and do some risking stuff. I had a great time. It was quite an adventure that I wouldn't change for anything. Just think you could have an amazing experience like me or maybe even better, but what is certain is that you will have quite an extroadinary adventure.          ",3
"Dear State Senator,

Today I would like to point out why we should keep with the program Electoral College. ""

In the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qulified citizens ,"" as stated in the articel

What is the Electoral College? by The Office of Federal Register . Which makes the Electoral a great part of doing the highst or popular vote of President. Not only that but""

each candidate running for President in your state has his or her own group of electors.

"" which helps them amd still be equal enough to the other runing President. In the article

The Indefensible Electoral Colloege: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong it says in the bottem of the fist paragraph ""

This year voters can expect another close election in which popular vote winner could again lose the presidency. And yet, the electoral college still has its defenders.

"" which is saying that most Americans prefre to have this electoral college for popular votes.

Reading in the article

In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President they point out the ""

when you vote for a presidential candidate you're actually voting for a slate of electors....but each part selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the part's nominee (and that trust is rarely betrayed)

"" to repeat that trust is rarely betrayed so that means the Electoral College is something you can count on. ""

The Electoral college restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states (by population) lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution...

"" balancing the large states will help more knowing that Electoral College is to do the job. The Electoral College help avoid run off- elections in the same article it explains an example of what will happen if Electoral College is no there. ""

Nixon in 1968 and Clinton in 1992 both had only 43 percent plurality of the popular votes, while winning a majority in the Electoral College...there is pressure for run-off elections when no canidate wins a majority of the votes cast; that pressure, which would greatly complicate the presidential election process, is recued by the Electoral College,...

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Keeping the system Electoral College is a great system that needs to stay. State Senator it would be caotic if the system didnt exist. Keeping the system have and still will solve some of outr voting problems.    ",2
"Can you imagine a place where you no longer have to drive and computers do it for you? As of now, that is not possible but who is to say that cannot be achieved. Driverless cars a thing for the future. Cars that no longer require a driver would be such a pivotal achievement for transportation. But, do we really need a computer to drive for us? Do we really want our safety to be held by computers? The answer is no. My position on driveless cars is that they are far-fetched and not practical. They aren't practical because they aren't truly driverless, they don't fit within current laws, and they really aren't safer. I wouldn't want me safety in the hands of a machine. Driverless cars are a cool concept, but really aren't practical.

Driverless cars are not practical because they aren't really driverless. You would still have to sit in the driver seat and pay attention to the road. You still need to be alert and be prepared to take over at any given point. So what's the point of driverless cars? As the article says, ""Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver?"", the answer is you wouldn't. If the technology of the car isn't ground-breaking and you still would have to drive, there is no reason to have a driverless car. Driverless cars still needing drivers is one reason that they are not practical.

Driverless cars aren't really fitting with the current driving laws. Most laws emphasizes the safety of drivers, passengers, and pedestrians. Laws are based on a human driver controlling the vechicle at all times. What would you do if a computer is in control of your car? With the current laws, a very serious questions arises. If you were to get into a wreck, who would be liable? The ""driver"" or the manufacturer of the car? As of the laws right now, driverless cars aren't really fit for a person to own one. There is too many questions of safety and the liability of the cars and cars around. That is why driverless cars don't fit in with the current laws and aren't really practical at this day and age.

People that are in support of the driverless cars claim that computer hardware and software make driving safer than having a real human driver. These technologies steer, accelerate, and brake themselves. Driverless cars are safer is not necessarily safer, as they still need real humans to take over in times of need. Also, as time progresses technology has a tendency to lag behind. This can cause major hardware and software malfunctions that can actually make these types of cars more dangerous. Driverless cars aren't really safer because they still need an alert driver and that fact that technology can fail.

Driverless cars are a thing for the future if they can be fully developed and made truly driverless. What is the point of driverless cars that still need drivers? What about the fact that these types of cars don't fit within current traffic laws? Are they really safer? The answers point away from driverless cars. They require drivers, they don't fit within laws, and they aren't actually safer. These reasons point to why driverless cars aren't practical and they are not a thing for the current day and age.    ",4
"Driverless cars would be a positive advancement in our modern society because they'll be safe, cheap, and helpful for people.

These high-tech cars, once fully developed, could be much safer than current buses or taxis. Driverless cars would be completly covered in sensors, as stated in chapter 4, ""Google's modified Toyota Prius uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor."" using Google's mostly-driverless car as an example. These sensors provide a, ""constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings."" which could be programmed to be much more aware than human eyes. Sensors have been around for a while, and could provide lots of safety once fully developed.

The driverless cars would also be cheaper and more earth-friendly in the long run. In chapter 1, it says, ""The car he (Sergey Brin) foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis..."" which is a big statement. In North America gas prices are constantly fluctuating but are generally considered to be quite high. These cars, using half the gas of current taxis, will be a good deal versus current gas prices. If these cars do become the majority of transportation, some people will also stop buying their own cars, which is a huge investment. Plus, using less gas will lead to a healthier enviornment. Driverless cars will eliminate the hefty gas-usage and large money investments.

Finally, driverless cars will be helpful in their convienience for people. Many people get into car crashes because they aren't paying full attention to the road- they try to do other things while driving. In a driverless car, multitaskers would no longer have to strain focus between their own task and driving, they would be able to focus only on what they wanted to do. Anyone who couldn't pay full attention to the road- due to work needs, an ailment, anything, wouldn't have to worry about the risk of driving without their full attention. The driverless cars would be highly convienient for people.

Driverless cars, though they have a long way to go, would be a good investment for the future. They offer safety in new forms with sensors, are cheaper because of the use of less gas, and will be convienient and helpful to humans. ",4
"There are a variety of perspectives and opinions related to the Face on Mars. Many say that it's simply a lava dome, or that it could just be a strange rock molded in such a way where it may appear to be a face. However one of the most popular arguments is that the Face on Mars was created by aliens. Although this is a very well-known opinion, it is false.

This is not the first time that such a conspiracy has been made in different cases, therefore something like this isn't as frazzling to the experts. On May 24, 2001 when sight of the Face on Mars was first made the scientists at NASA simply thought it to be another Martian Messa which was not the first sight of it making this something not taken to drastic measures. They thought of many different possibilities to why this was formed in a way that reminded us of an Egyptian Pharaoh such as the possibility of the camera's angle, the shadows covering it. Basically we thought of everything minus the chance that it may have been the works of such ""aliens"".

Aliens have been the illogical reasoning to many things we find on the various assortments of planets so hearing that this recent discovery was blamed on aliens isn't very shocking. We spent a few days deciding whether or not to show the images captured to the public, but in the end we decided to do so. The Face on Mars instantly became a well-known subject all over the world things such as movies, magazines, and even radio and tv talk shows all spoke of the mysterious Face on Mars. Many considered this discovery as the new pop icon. During this there were many conspiracy theorists who began to state that the Face on Mars was the work of aliens. However that's the thing, there are no statistical facts simply a load of different conspiracies made from people who strongly believe in such things! Considering there is lack of proof on even the stance that aliens are real the ""case"" was never thoroughly thought through.

There can be various reasonings and opinions about the Face on Mars and though they may be very amusing or interesting to hear, the reality of it is really that it is simply an isolated lava dome. This isn't the first time that natural landforms have represented such things as faces or even common artifacts. There is still research going on about what's casuing these strange formations, but you can be sure that it's not the work of aliens.",3
"Have you ever wanted to travel overseas to visit places while at the same time helping others and having fun? That can happen you just have to join the Seagoing Cowboys program. At this program you can help others by taking care of the animals on a cattle boat that you ride from place to place. You also get to visit the unique places at the location your heading. Finally when its time for the return trip you get to have loads of fun by playing all sorts of fun games on the cattle boat.

Like I said before you get to help people which makes yourself feel really proud. You help them by bringing them animals so they can recover from the war. After helping people you get to see all the unique places at the place you visit. For example I once got to visit the Acropolis in Greece which was pretty special. Finally its time to return but the return trip isn't sad its exciting, because you get to play all sorts of games from tennis tournaments to whittling.

I personally enjoyed being a Seagoing Cowboy so you should join. Remember all the fun you will have on the return trip! Also remember that you are helping people so you should feel proud of yourself. Finally don't forget to visit all the fun and unique sites at the places you visit. I hope you participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program.",2
"They call venus the ""Evening Star"" which sounds like a beautiful name for a planet but it's actually one of the most dangerous and hardest planet to discover that's closet to earth because of how the wheather over there could change in a constant flash and the temperture could go up to 800 degrees, NASA has been trying for over 3 decades to study Venus because NASA has been sending ships and shuttles to the planet but it would always be destroyed, and the author supports in studying Venus because the author could see that NASA could make a break through and get a ship to Venus and they have been trying for over 3 decades and he also supports that studying Venus is good because he wrote a article of what NASA has been doing and let people know facts about Venus.

Venus is earths next door planet neighbor which is cool but it's one planet that has almost has the same resliance shape and density wise and Venus is a planet

that has ""almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets"" that cover the whole planet basically and ""Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere"" and which it means that this is why NASA is having trouble reaching out to venus sending out a ship to go explore but it cannot survive the conditions and the constant pressure of Venus is 90 times greater than our planet and the planet could even go over 800 degrees Fahhrenheit which no human could survive that heat.

NASA has been having trouble trying to explore Venus not because of the distance but because of the conditions of Venus are over the charts no human or machine could survive for hours because they would either get burned of the 800 degrees of th planet or of the pressure that is 90 times of earths pressure but NASA has been trying to study Venus now for quite some time for over 3 decades now which is a long time but NASA has not given up because they have been batting to study because of the conditions Venus has and why does NASA want to study these hard condtions? maybe so us humans could be prepared for any crazy conditon weather or any climax that comes to earth or to help migrate to a new planet and see if us humans can go out and live in a whole new planet I would say NASA is doing a great job not giving up and still trying to figure out ways how to staudy the planet and get access to the inside and have ships explore the planet.

The author very well supports the idea of studying venus for many reasons like migrating to a new planet, new resources for earth, closest planet to earth, and because of the outstanding conditions Venus has and the author supports

NASA very much giving facts and detailed facts about how long NASA has been trying to study and explore Venus for quite some time and the author wrote a article about ""The Challenges of Exploring Venus"" stating facts and giving you his opinion about exploring Venus can do.

So this article has many facts about Venus becuase of the author very well supporting the idea of why we should still study Venus no matter the condition and which I also want to give a little bit of my opinion that I also agree with the author that we should still try to go study and explore the planet Venus and help support Venus.",4
"Technology has made amazing advancments throughout the years.There's this new talk about driverless cars and from my point of view I can say that it's a good idea but it could be a bad one.

According to the passage Google has been testing on trying to perfect a car to drive by itself but needs some improvement.I can say that this is a good idea no only does it give the drive free time to do things its also safer.Smart cars notify you when your in danger so that you can know when you have to take over the car and drive yourself.This however has its faults.The reason I say this is because why would the cars be named drivereless cars if you still need a driver to take over when its time.According to the passage by 2020 Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that drive by themselves.The technology we have can get us there but how we use the technology is what is going to get us to that point.

Next I say that this is a good idea because it relieves stress off off poeple who can't drive themselves.It enables elderly people and people with amputated limbs to get around and get to the places they need to go.With the technology we have and the constant demand of improvement it won't be a short time until we actually have a driverless car.Also it helps people if there is an emergency in their car they can just turn around and pay attention to that emergency instead of waiting until they get somewhere to do it.If the emergency isn't that bad then in that case its ok but if it needs imediate attention then why not have a car that can drive for you and you can get to whoever needs your help right at that moment.

However, I say that it is bad because someone can fall asleep behind the wheel and can cause an accident if the car is unaware that someone is still in the car.But in all reality with the sensor technology we have today and its constantly improving there isn't a reason that the cars sensors shouldn't pick up that a human is still inside the car.Also accroding to the passage people are thinking that entertainment and information systems would solve that problem. ""We have to interpret the driving fun in a new way.""Dr. Werner Huber, a BMW project manager driver said.This quote shows us that we are not the only ones thinking, ""Well what if I get bored and fall asleep behind the wheel.""

In conclusion I believe that driverless cars are a good thing to think about and could be a possibility in the near future.However, there are some faults and that is why people are working to fix those faults so that our world can be a better place.One more thing that the driverless car offers us is less gas usage which means the non renewable source if oil will stick around for a longer period of time.One more thing that the driverless car downfalls us at is even though we can have a driverless car it still requires alot of work.With the technology we have anything is possible.We the people,by the poeple, for the people.We as Americans can help make the driverless car dream come alive.         ",4
"Driveless cars, doesn't that sound like a splendid idea? I mean, think about it, a car that will drive itself and take you basically anywhere you please to go. Now, I know you may be thinking, ""but don't we still have to do other things in order for this to work out and better technology?"" The thing is we've had the tech for it since the 1980's and have been developing it ever since. So, are you all about the driveless car as I am?

Driveless cars are more and more of a thing now a days and it's progressing, more car companies want to invest in it as well. The thing about them is that they still need more time to be able to perfect it or at least maintainable for drivers to have. They're putting in new technology so it can be able to drive smoothly and carefully 100% of the time and so all you have to do is look at the road and take over whenever you need to. In the article ""Driveless Cars Are Coming"", he mentions that now the car can drive itself and be good over 90%. 90% is a lot if you think about it, 90% of the time the car is driving smoothly and carefully and everything. You don't have to worry about a thing, it has all the sensors and everything to detect and near by cars or accidents so you can take over to drive around or avoid holes or something.

But there are some downsides to having driveless cars. For example, there could be a malifunction with the cars system or there could be a system over ride. You never know what could happen is any of these things were to accure, so you also have to be safe about autodrive, as I like to call it. If there were an accident to ever accure or happen there would be problems on who to pin the blame on, either the driver or the manufacture. They wouldn't be certain because it can either be driving itself or the human could've done the error. But, they're still working on improving it and making it more persist and steady.

In conclusion, are you with the whole, driveless cars yet, because I am Mainly because I like the idea of being able to be driven around and how they can take us to our destination without having to do anything besides look at the road. Even so, it isn't that hard of a task to take over and drive for a couple of minutes if a contruction is going on or an accident happens.",3
"I am a scientist member of NASA. I am here to tell you that the Face on the region called Cydonia was not made by aliens, and that it is just a natural landform. With new high-resolution images and 3Daltimetry from NASA's Mars global Survey spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: A mesa.

Because of NASA's budget we wish that there was an ancient civilization on Mars, but there is not. On April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. The photo revealed a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all. This so called Face on Mars is just a huge rock formation that resembles a human head formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes,nose, and mouth.

On April 8, 2001-a cloudless summer day in Cydonia-Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look, and capture an extraordianary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution. Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo. As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size. So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were. What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West.

The Face looks similar to the Middle Butte in the Snake River PLain of Idaho. A lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars. So as you can see, the Face on Mars is nothing more than a large rock formation, and is not a face at all.   ",3
"Nowdays technology is almost the base for everything; for medicine, for entertaniment, for research and everyday technology is developing faster and faster.

Since technology has become something for must people, a very essensial tool in order to live, they have decide to create even more things from it to make their lives easier; which this leading them to depend on technology in aspects of their lives like work, doctor, school, amusement, etc.

But what would happen is technology shuts down one day or even a month? People who depend on technology will be forlorn.

In relation to the arcticle and the question about technology shuting down, if we use this technolgy called Facial Action Coding System in students to read emotional expressions of students in a classroom, we can have advantage when it comes to understanding and helping the students. But when it comes for technology shuting down then what? Teacher of superiors are not going to be able anymore to guide students by themselves. They would depend on the program to detect how can they act in order to help the classroom.

This program can be useful but in even more important aspects as reasearch is. For example, that they tell us about how miguel angel created Mona Lisa, with this program they could analyze Mona Lisa's expressions behind the painting.

We humnas are smart enough to read someone facial expressions and analyze them. The need to crate a program and to waste money that can be used in more important investigations, is not really something required for society in order to develop.

Maybe detecting people's emotions can help the government or they would be the only ones to get a benefit from it, so they can control easily the citizens.

Overall, the creation of technologic programs like this is really not helping schools but research, and the less we depend on technology in order to survive, everyone would be more conected to earth and would use more the riches a country has, rather than creating more tech grabage.",3
"The Challenge of Exploring Venus, why is it hard for us to explore. Venus is challenging becasue the surface of its planet has 97 pecent of carbon dixoide and the temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit and also has volcanos, powerful earthquakes, and freqent lighting strikes. Venus is like Earth's twin beacuse back in the day Venus had large oceans and could have supported various forms of life. Thats why it's hard for us to get on that planet and study it further more. The three important themes in this passage is that why are scientists discussing futher more vists to this planet, why is it challenging for us to get on that planet, and how Earth and Venus are alike or twins.

One important theme in the passage is that why are scientists discussing futher more vists to this planet. ""Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth and Today the planet has familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters.(author,4)"" The scientists believe that Venus can have life on that planet and possible live there. It did have what we have today like oceans, mountains, and valleys. This is important beacause one day we could

have planetay visit there.

One important event in the passage is that why is it challenging for us to get on that planet. ""The planet's atmosphere of almost 97 percent is carbon dixoide blankets Venus and also the temperature average is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit.(author,3)"" This planet is bad to visit because it has like eruting volcanos, powerful earthquakes, and frerquant lighting strikes. This is important beacuse the planet is going to be a challenging planet to get on.

One important theme in the passage is how are Earth and Venus alike or twins. "" Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too.(author,2)"" Venus could of had life on that planet beacuse it it had oceans and other stuff like our planet. This is important beacuse it is almost like our planet.

How are Earth and Venus alike or twins, why is it challenging for us to get on that planet, and why are scientists discussing futher more visits to this planet, this is the three important themes in the passage.           ",3
"How would you like to be walking on the sidewalk and see nothing but automatic, driverless cars. This is fesuable and according to scientists may be the case by 2020. Scientist have long been working on cars that drive themselfs. However fascinating this idea may sound the negative apsects of this far outway the positives.

For example, the cost of the new ""smartcars"" or roads will be almost unbarealble for the average middle class family.The cars will have to have a bunch of sensors from a rotating roof sensor, to camera a sensor that watches you as the car drives. As the text states "" smart road sytems worked surprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply to expensive to be practical."" However the cost of the new cars is not the only setback.

Why not spend time and money on researching something more important ? Having a fully autonomous car may be nice but isnt a neccesity. Why not cure cancer or the common cold ? Alot of cure research facilities lack the fundng and staff that they need to succesfully find a cure. However if more effort and funding was put towards them instead of

autonomous cars it would help substaintially.

Lastly, what would happen if the car malfuntions and the driver wasn't able to control it ? The car could travel of the road and hit innocent bystanders. It could also hit other cars and cause an expensive, dangerous and, perhaps unviodable crash.Automonous cars could be vary dangerous and In this case having a car that drives itself Isn't such a good idea.

The idea of automonous cars arent bad but their just to impractical . Auotomonous cars are vary expensive. They also contain alot loads of underlying safety hazards. An these are the reasons that i believe that the Negatives of automonous carsb strongly outwieght

the positives.",3
"For decades, humanity has been using cars as the daily mode of transportation. New innovations are starting to question whether the original car should be replaced by a smart car that could drive itself. However, these cars have multiple flaws that only confirms that it is not yet time for a re-invented car.

The greatest flaw of driverless cars is that they are not fully driverless. These cars, many of which can drive themselves up to ninety percent of the time, require drivers to stay at the wheel. Traffic issues and and irregular roadwork problems are always unique and require drivers to take over and fix the situation. Some cars even alert the driver to take over when pulling out of driveways or fulfilling other everyday situations.

When the cars are not completley driverless, new law issues emerge. As of now the majority of states deem selfdriving cars are not as safe as normal cars and prohibit any use of them whatsoever. Even if selfdriving cars were accepted, states would have to decide if the technology were to fail whether the driver or the manufacturer should be blamed.

Lastly, driving is a great experience reguardless of new technology. Many people enjoy having the time in the car to reflect while driving. If drivers were not forced to look at the roads they would most likely look at in car entertainment systems in hopes of recreating a fun driving experience. This would only take away from the feeling conveyed when traveling.

Driverless cars are not ready to be released to the public. They are still flawed in various ways because of how they still require a driver in order to drive with common situations. The tradition of driving should be, as it always has been, an experience shared by all people.         ",3
"My position is that driverless cars are a ggod idea if the human can take control at anytime. The cars seem like a good idea bacuse for one they can't get intoxicated and kil other people. The cars are also a good idea becuase technolgy is more efficient than any human is,but a human can take control at anytime which is important. In conclusion the technology will be more efficient and safe in the long term.

There are issues with technology that can imopact society in such a drastic way. Some issues include malfunctions in the car and it's sensors. For example in 2013 BMW came out with a self propelled car that coud handle driving functions up to 25 mph. It is very important that upkeep and testing are done with these cars. Testing will ensure driver's safety which is the biggest concern. The upkeep on a car should rely on the driver. For example,if someone gets in an accident because their tail light was out,the fault is placed on the driver. The same concept should be applied in the maintence of this technology.

Driverless cars arent actually diver free .These new cars should be equipped with a human to take over when necesary. If there is not an alert person watching the streets the passengers take a risk of accidents .These cars are a good idea based on the idea that a person can blink their eyes and in the wrong scenerio get in a car accident. The effenciency of the technogy plays a big role in the safety and so does an aware driver. In conclusion,I beleive that driverless cars are a good idea if aware people,upkeep on vehicles ,and reliable technology are all in place.",3
"This technology could be valuable in many areas of the world. This technology shows emotions and feelings that humans can't tell about other people. It could be used as if someone got in trouble and they needed to know their emotions to understand how the person is feeling.

This new technology could be useful in many places, one of them being police work. They could use that to find out how some suspects or victims feel. They could use it to see if the suspect is lying by if his face shows worry, fear, surprise, anger or discust. All of those feelings and emothions could be helpful and valuable to figure out a case.

In a classroom, it would be a lot less useful. It would be cool tool to show students and things like that. They could learn how to use it and understnad how it was put together in science class. It would be good for them to try new technologies so they can learn what scientists are doing in the world. They can enjoy learning and trying about something cool and interesting. Although it wouldnt be that valuable in a classroom. It would be somewhat valuable so the students can learn how it works and try it out, but it also wouldnt be valuable because it would be used for learning, which is good, but it is meant for showing emotion and feelings and the students would only be playing with it. It would be good for everyone to get a chance to use it and learn about it for like a week, but it wouldnt be valuable to have it there yearly round.",3
"Have you ever felt the need to communicate with a computer

Personally I think it is valuable to have ""The Facial Action Coding System,""in our computers in classrooms.

although many may disagree but we all have our own opinions. The reason being for my opinion is that if a computer in a classroom can tell if im sad it'll probably change my mood by the time I leave that class. Like the passage said if the computers in the classroom can tell if your sad it'll give u a different ad from the one youll get if your happy or smiling. Also , lets say a student is sitting at the computer bored maybe the ad that pops up may change that for them. Many students now a days dont do their work or what their supposed to do because of boredom. I think having computers understand a persons emotions, mood, facial expressions and etc. is pretty cool. You dont know what goes on out of school, to cause that persons emotions. If a person and computer can comunicate I feel like itll help out in so many ways. Especially, for the shy ones or the ones who are always upset. People like that dont want to talk to anyone or explaine how they feel and holding everything in just effcts , both physically and mentally. ",2
"I believe that the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable, because students would try to hide their emotions. Students would probably be going through some tough times in their life, and they need some help but they are to scared to say it to an adult. The teacher might no be interesting to them. Teachers want to know on how to get all the students attention in class and do their work. This technology will be useful for teachers to be more interesting, seeing what makes the students happy, and helping a problem in their life that needs to be fix.

Let's say Alex is a student and is having a hard time at home because of their parents arguing every single time, being scared that they might one day not be together. The Facial Action Coding System will help an adult figure out what's making his emotion change and becoming sad. It will get an adult attention to talk to his parents and fix thing out. It can make you be even happier in the article it says "" If you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow"". It can help you if your depress in the article it says "" But if you frown, the next ad will be different"".

In conclusion The Facial Action Coding System is useful to reading the emotional expression of students, or photos of someone that lived long ago and figuring out how they lived, and seeing what emotions they were having in the old days. It helps seeing how the people were treated during those days we wern't alive, and adding new history.",3
"Theres so many roads in the world but traffic still exists. Ever think about the amount of cars in your neighborhood?, dont you think thats probaly the reason why? In the Sources 1,2,3 , and 4 all imphasizes on how having a limit of car usage can be an great advantage to society. I believe that the limiting of car usage is an great advantage. This is true because Limiting care usage lowers pollution, Decreases traffic.

With that being said , Limiting car use lowers air pollution. I agree with this because the less cars driven leads to less burning fuel. According to the passage by Robert Duffer paragraph 10 states that ""After days of near-record pollution, paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city.""Due to the high population in Paris and numerous amount of the owning a vehicle causes massive car pollution. Having massive car pollution can be dangerous, this inherits sickness, stress and diseases. Refering to the source ""Car-free Day is spinning into a big hit in Bogata,Columbia"" Mayor Of Bogota (Antanas Mockus) stated that ""It's a good oppurtunity to take away stress and lower air pollution"" As he rode a two seater bike with his wife. The Mayor in this content speaks the absolute truth. As you walk to your destination in the nice warm air you relive stress and diseases that were causing you to be sick before. Those are the reasons why i think limiting car usage lowers the pollution.

Additionally, Limitiing car usage decreases traffic. This is true because if there is 5 people going to the same place you are and all of you guys drive in that one car or bus that reduces the traffic. Micheal Sivak In Source 4 ( The end of car Culture) elaborates on that by saying ""What most intrgues me is that rates of car ownership per household and per person started to come down two to three years before downturn, I Think that means something more fundamental is going on.""What Mr. Sivak means by this is that everyone should only have a certain amount of car per household and person Which will also lower the traffic. Traffic in paris is very long but due to the car-free act traffic was reduces. from reading source 2 by Robert Duffer ,it states ""Congestion was down 60 % in the capital of france (Paris), after five days of intensifying smong."" Just in five days of no driving the air is already unpolluted imageded if you drived five days all day. Those are the reasons why i think that Limiting car usage is an advantage.

To Conclude,I believe that the limiting of car usage is an great advantage. This is true because Limiting care usage lowers pollution, Decreases traffic.    ",4
"Some claim that a picture of a natural landmark and a shadow is really a sign of alien lifeform or a civilization. Nasa a billion dollar company dissagrees and has proof that this is indeed a landmark with a shadow and not any sort of alien life. That has not stopped some conspiracy theorists from saying that this is a cover up.

Nasa as we all know is a company that is paid to fly unmanned and sometimes manned aircraft into the sky and most excitingly space. That is a positive thing for us humans who have no idea why we are here and how are we here. People don't like to know or believe the truth and sometimes make up lies or takes something the wrong way and make everyone from the news to the everyday household hear about something that didn't even turn out to be true. That is the same case here, Nasa released a photo of a mountain during a time of day that would have shadows, and Nasa being a public and government company is forced by law to release photos to the people. Which leads to more proof if Nasa took more photos that showed aliens or other inteligent lifeforms they would have to release it they can't just magicly hit erase.

Conspiracy theorist still do not believe Nasa so they demand more photos and still Nasa has even more proof that this ""face'' is indeed a montain with shadows stratigicly placed to look like a human face. Theorist say that everything Nasa does is either faked or fixed to look like something it is not. In this case it went viral and many people still believe it was aliens that went there and did that but Nasa declines and this time Nasa has a little more proof.

Nasa would've got money to send a human or a robot to Cydonia if it were a human lifeform or an alien, and we all know the team that worked on it would've got some pretty heavy paychecks just by working on the case, just imagine that checks the team would make if it were a civilivation. But Nasa will not be sending over humans or a robot for a couple reasons, the best reason is that the already know that this is just a mountain, not a civiliation.

In conclusion Nasa knows this is a mountain and not a lifeform of any kind.

Nasa also knows that lifeforms like ours can not survive on the surface of any planet without an atmousphere like mars. So even if a lifeform can survive without oxygen unlike us that the proof of that area says otherwise.   ",4
"I think we should keep the electoral collage beacause it has worked this long for us so we know its gonna work so why not keeep it going. It keeps a steady stream when it comes time to vote because aslong as someone had 270 votes you know thats who will get picked. so why try changing that and have a whole new system put in and then not know what to do when it comes time to vote. And what if the new system dosent work, what if the new way of the voting process messes with the tallys and they come out wrong and no one will get picked, unlike the other way when u know everything will come out right and u know that we will have a president. I think its fair that they have it set at 270 for voting that way everyone havs a chance to vote instead of it being so low that only a few people get to vote before they shut it down because they have reached there number of tallys that they need.  So if they change the number of tallys that a president needs to become president that will be stupid and people will act out on it because they wont think its right, and because the people who didnt vote will not like the fact that they didnt get to put there vote f in before they stoped the voting and because they meet the number that they needed. Its a vote why do they need to title it as a the vote of a president or a popular vote of a president. Why not just vote for there just electors instead of saying vote for your candidate when really you are just voting for the electors. If you are voting for a certin thing there is no reason that u have to re-word it just to vote, if you are voting for something do it the right way instead of changing stuff and making it seem one way when really its the other way. Why should the electoral get just as much as the winning presindent? They are not doing as much as the president  and who is helping him out.. so they should not get the same reword.    ",1
"The author supports this idea very well, becuase he has dine lots of research. Trying to visit planet Venus can be very dangerous becuase of what it has on and around the planet. ""Humans have sent many spaceships to Venus but no spacecraft had survived the land for more than a few hours"", said the author. The only reason that we can not stay on the planet is because, one there is a thick atmosphere of alomst 97 percent carbon dioxid. Two becuase in order to get on to the planet you would have to go through clouds and clouds on Venus are not like clouds on Earth. But on Venus they are highly corrosive sulfuric acid. Three on the planets surface the tempertures reach over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Four the atmostpheric pressure is 90 times greater that what we have on Earth. And these conditions are far more extreme than ANYTHING on Earth. With that kind of atmostpheric pressure it woukd crush a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest part of the ocean, and it would liquefy many metals. Venus has the hottest surface than any planet in the Solar System, even though Mercury is closer to the sun. Venus is just like Earth, there are some features on Venus that Earth has. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment, and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountians, and craters. NASA has one particulary compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. But with the technolgy that Earth has today i think that we could send something to Venus to do research. To see if were to be able to send someone there and take samples. But striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has vlaue, not only because of insight to be gained on the planet itself but also because human curiosity will likely lead us to many eauality intimidating endeavors. ",2
"""The Challenge Of Exploring Venus"" Is an article talking about venus it talks about how is difficlut exploring venus is and no one has been to venus in decades. On averge the tempature is over 800 degres Fahrenheit these conditions are far more extreme then what a human has encounter. they are comparing to a submarine

if it went down in the ocean the submarine would instantly be crushed by the metal and the pressure of the water. Venus is very fascinating, venus once may been like mostly earth plant long ago.

Venus was probably covered largely with oceans so this means that is can be various formed of life just like earth but Venus still has some features that are analogous to those like Earth. The planet has a texture almost as if its pure moutains,valles and craters this means that there can be life in Venus.

Venus forms a ship orbiting this means that it can provide only limted in sight on the ground beacuse most forms lights cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere. Researchers cannot take samples of rocks, gas or anything else from there. Therefore scientists are seeking to conduct there missin to undrestand more about venus and how its like in there. In conclusion venus does has a value the reson because of its value also beacuse the human curiosity will likely lead us into many equal oppertunites this can become a big inpact on us if we try to go to Venus and explore the plant are knowledge can be expanded to learn many things about Venus.    ",2
"No, we should not have diverless cars. One reason we should not have them because they are dangerous. Someone could die from a malfunction and they would loose their life because of the company. My next reason we should not have them because they cost too much. We are barley affording to pay teachers let alone have money to pay for reaserch and materials. My final reason is because they are just pointless. Without drivers that would put so many people out of a job.

My first reason is because they are dangerous. Anything can go wrong and end up killing innocent people. Technology has malfunctions everyday and sometimes we dont know why. No person or people should loose their lives because people are too lazy to drive their own vehicals.

My next reason is because they cost too much. Here in Richmond, Indiana we are barley affording to pay for schooling and teachers let alone driverless cars. Driverless cars should be the least of our worries at the moment. Instead of focusing on driverless cars, we should focus on how to lower the cost of an education. Education should be our number one priority.

My final reason is because they are pointless and would put many people out of a job. With driverless cars, taxi drivers, bus drivers, and many others would be out of a job. The passage says "" Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore?"" That statement proves that many jobs will be lost because people are getting too lazy and too pre occupied to drive on their own.

In conlusion i do not think that driverless cars are a good idea. Our poverty rate will go up, and children and familys will starve. Where will we get the money to pay for the reaserch? We would have to take away even more jobs just to pay for the reaserch. We should not have driverless cars because they are dangerous, they cost too much, and they will put many poeple out of a job that they actually need.             ",3
"A face on mars sounds kind of creepy right? How much do we really even know about it? Many scientists believe aliens created it. Others like me believe it is just a natural landform.

If it was to have been created by aliens it would have been more detailed. The Face on Mars isnt very rare as you think. The face is equivalent of a butte or mesa like the one in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. The whole thing is just a conspiracy to increase

NASA budgets. The NASA took a picture that if there was any sort of airplanes, pyramids or small shacks they would have been seen, but none were found leaving no proof that any alien civilization reated it.

Do you still believe there is any sort of connection with aliens? I dont believe so because we would have discovered them by now. NASA has given enough information to prove it is just a natural landform like any other on Earth.",2
"Im going to tell you if the facial action coding system is a good or bad idea. First the process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Movement of one or more muscles is called an “action unit. Then Dr. Huang relies on the work of psychologists, such as Dr. Paul Eckman, creator of FACS (Facial Action Coding System). Eckman has classified six basic emotions— happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness— and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles.

“The facial expressions for each emotion are universal,” observes Dr. Huang, “even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression” (like not smiling as broadly). Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements— in a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa. By weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions (as in da Vinci’s masterpiece). Each expression is compared against a neutral face (showing no emotion).

In fact, we humans perform this same impressive “calculation” every day. For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc.

Yet Dr. Huang observes that artists such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions. His new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code.

The Mona Lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face, while it shows just how much this computer can do. Imagine a computer that knows when you’re happy or sad. For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different. “A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,” Dr. Huang predicts. “Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.” The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive— for video games or video surgery. “Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication,” notes Dr. Huang. “So computers need to understand that, too.”

In conclusion the technology to read peoples facial expressions is a great idea because the computer could help students out if they dont understand the work just by reading there faces.   ",1
"In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because in this passage the author says, ""Astronomers are facsinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system."" This shows that the author supports this idea because he finds it interesting that Venus could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth.

Another reason why the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents would be that in the last passage it states, ""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained onthe planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."" This paragraph states that we shouldn't only limit ourselves to just the Earth, but we should travel beyond that. The author also states that we shouldn't limit ourselves because of dangers and doubts but it should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation.

In conclusion in ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because the author finds it interesting and because the author also believes that we shouldn't limit ourselves just because of dangers and doubts. But instead the author believes that we should expand our imagination and innovation.",3
"Using this technology to read emotional expressions on students in a classrooom is not valuabe, because students and pretty much every human has a right to and does require their own personal space.

Personal space is something that might be broken by trying to aquire students feelings and emotions through a laptop. Hypothetically speaking , when your friend is upset you can see this emotion clear as day, and if you ask them what's wrong and you don't get a response, you may ask around to see if anyone knows, but hopefully you'd never try and put their face into a computer and try to read their emotions.

Another value to the everyday human that would be broken is privacy. The Mona Lisa might have been able to be read because it was a painting of what a young lady was feeling like eons ago, so it couldn't tell you if it wanted to be read or not, but a human being should have the right to express their emotions out loud or keep it to themselves, depending on how they feel about. Using a computer to tell their emotions just totally breaks all the rules to privacy, especially when it's being performed by a teacher or other students, which in hand would also waste time in the classroom.

I say time would be wasted in the classroom, because the paragraph states that in order for the computer to know how you're feeling, it first has to make a 3-D model of your face, and then it has to do its calculations on forty-four of your facial muscles. This generally is not a one, two, three done process. This process takes time to scan everything needed and then produce results, which means instead of using your time in class to learn and prepare for standardized tests, you're worried and focusing on scaning someones emotions which can change within the next hour.

All together I believe that gettinf technology to read emotions in classrooms would be a waste of time and money, and most importantly a violation against human rights. If you want to help your friend who's upset in school, then try to talk to them or give them space, but besides that, lets give the fancy emotional technology to the doctors and people in that field of work and keep school school.       ",3
"Venus ia indeed a very powerful planet that can cause harm to the human race. ""A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet."" (paragraph 3) Yes, there are a lot of dangers and the human race can be hurt, but what happens when the earth runs out of supllies to support the human race? Where will we ge then?

It is important to explore all of the other options we have when it comes to places for the human race to go when we run out of supplies and options. Yes, Venus has a lot of risk but when it comes to saving the human race I think it's a risk worth taking. There are a couple things that the Earth and Venus have in common. ""Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters."" There are postive things about Venus as well. Every option is going to have it's negitives and it's postivies.

Some of our explores think they might have a solution for humans to live on Venus. ""NASA's possible soltins to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Imagine a blimp- like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. JUst as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions bu staying up and out of their way."" ( paragraph 5) There are a lot of dangers when is comes to living on Venus but we might have solutions for them. When is comes to the human race and having a plan B, I think this is something to consider.

Yes, there are quite a few risk when it comes to moving the human race to live on Venus. But NASA thinks that they have a way around that. There a couple things that Earth and Venus even have in common when it comes to the geographical aspects of the planets. Yes, living on Venus comes with changes and yes, it would be a big change. I think it's a risk worth taking. ",4
"Google's driverless cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash. With something this innovative and exciting there are going to be people who question the safety. There are always going to be those people who try to find every thing that can go wrong, it may seem unfair but it is necessary for our safety. Driverless cars are the future.

Safety? Everyone wants to know how safe they are and how reliable they are. Many people have developed semi-driverless cars. In fact Google ""has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditons since 2009"". The key words are ""specific conditions"". No one has developed a car that is fully driverless. That may be a good thing. Cars are machines, machines malfunction.

Google has modified a Toyota Prius to be semi-driverless equipped with ""position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor"". It seems very prepared for whatever could happen.

The cars that have been developed still need a driver. What's the point of having a driverless car, when you still need a driver? Some people who don't fully trust the concept, like me, need some control. That's why some manufacturers are ""bringing in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays"" to alert the driver when he/she needs to take over. Many manufacturers have developed an alert system, GM ""has developed driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object"". Some others include a simple announcement and flashing lights.

The law has also made it hard to develope these driverless cars. What would happen if someone was to wreck in a driverless car? Would it be the driver's fault or the car's? No one has worked out the details yet. Most states don't even let you test driverless cars. The ""traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driverin control at all times"". Once they prove that the cars are more ""reliably safe"" the other states will join in testing driverless cars.

It won't happen for awhile but driverless cars are our future. They have developed the necessary things to keep us safe and keep the car aware. There are still some kinks to work out, like the law. But many car manufacturers like Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan have planned to release semi or fully driverless cars in the future. ",4
"When people hear about banning or limiting car use they would think that's crazy. Why would the govenment ban car use? Why would anyone vote for cars use to be banned or limited? Most people ask these questions because they don't know how they would get to work or go to the store. But there are many ways to get from one place to another.

One reason to limit or ban car use is because of greenhouse gases.""Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States.""(In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars, paragraph 5) Most peple that live in heavily populated areas know what smog is and how bad it gets. Greenhouse gases are really bad fot the environment and for us. Paris is one of the cities with this problem. ""[Last] week Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter (PM) per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussel and 79.7 in London...""(Paris bans driving due to smog, paragraph 17)

Another reason to limit car use is because too many people are driving and it causes stress.""""It's a good opportunity to take away stressand lower air pollution,"" said businessman Carlos... as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife.""(Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Botogta, paragraph 24) In colombia millions hiked, biked skated or took buses to work during car free day leaving streets with no traffic jams. """"When i had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,""... media trainer and mother of two..""

When people can't use cars they dont want to walk all the way to a store that maybe 5 or more miles away. But accordint to In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars, "" In this new approach, stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway.""(paragraph 6) In Paris, on the days people couldn't use cars, ""Public transit was free of charge from Friday to Monday..."" if the public transportation was free then on the days we don't use cars the same could apply here.

The main reason for limiting car use is toreduce the amout of greenhouse gases. It's not that bad of an idea if you think about it. Cars wouldn't be banned forever just on certain days or untill the smog lightenes up. If Paris and Colombia and Cali and Valledupar are doing it we should too. Let's make the world a cleaner place because we only have one.    ",3
"The future is a very strange place.This article talks about having driverless cars in the future.Also, this artilce reads about the advantages and disadvantages of these ""driverless' cars.for instance these cars shall save you from buy a new car when your old one breaks down.

A driverless car seems like something nice to have, which it is. Having a driverless car can bring lots of easieness into your life. These smartcars can detect when theses dangers ahead. In these cars there are sensors that have become way more advanced over the years, these sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on the wheels to reduce power.Its allowing the human a better resonse and more control than a human could manange. They may be ""driverless"" cars, but there still needs to be a human inside to stay alert so they can be ready to take control when a problem occurs. Also, if the driver is not paying attetion the car will immidately notify the driver,The seats will vibrate if theres danger ahead. Athough there are laws saying that a human driver must be engaged at all times. In most states, it is illgeal to test computer driven cars.            ",2
"The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents because they have tried to explore Venus for many years and they can't succed because only they can stay there for a couple of hours before they can't be out on venus anymore however they do have a nickname for Venus it is called the ""Evening Star"" and why they named it that because it is one of the brightest point of light in the night sky but they said that nickname was misleading because Venus was a actual planet in our solar sytem and Venus was simple to see from a distance but it is a safe vantage point from it said that it was proven a very challenging palce to examine more closely but they often reffered Venus as earths twin because Venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size and it is occasionally the closest in distance too. But striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself , but also because human curiosity it will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. And our travels on earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. But the reason why Venus is not good to explore because almost 97% of carbon dioxide blankets is covered all over Venus and on the planets surface it is about 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet.",1
"Dear state senetor i am writing this letter to state my point of veiw on the Electoral Collage. First of all i would like to say that is to the people. Because the poplar vote dosent allways win it is in the hands of the Electoral Collage. so our vote is pretty much just a suggestion for them. In a article i read there was a short paragraph about what was wrong with the Electoral Collage wich was by Brandford Plumer. It talks about how under the Electoral Collage voters vote for electors but not the president.

Even though there is a great advantage there is also a great disatvantage to the system. I think that the electoral collage is vary unfair to voters as would most people if they knew they where voting for voters to vote for the president. May i state that it is vary outdated like lots of old things in amarica they are forggoten or we move on, but this is still a problem that needs solving. On that note i hope you take this letter into consideration and think about how this could help us in the future.    ",2
"Driverless cars are the future of the roads. They provide an easier way to get to and from different locations, and can help prevent deadly and dangerous accidents. With driverless vehicles, they would prevent wasting excess gas due to them being programmed to be economically efficient. It would also provide a less stressful enviroment for the passengers allowing them to not worry about getting lost due to the gps in the computer driven cars.

Driverless cars will help preserve the enviroment by not using excess gas. ""The cars he foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus."" A future with driverless public transportation would make the lives of people easier. Having driverless cars become a full on public-transport taxi systerm would help prevent the amount of non enviromentally friendly vehicles driven on a daily basis. Driverless cars with the use of sensors would prevent many car accidents and traffic situations if programmed correctly. ""Futher improvements in sensors and computer hardware and software to make driving safer are also leading to cars that can handle more and more driving tasks on their own."" There will be fewer traffic problems if driverless cars took over. There are companys working on improving how driverless cars handle traffic situations. ""In 2013, BMW announced the development of 'Traffic Jam Assistant.' The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel."" Although driverless cars are not one hundred percent self driven, it is still good to allow the driver to take over when they want to or need to. WIth the addition to alerts and warnings telling the driver if the car needs to be manually controlled, it allows for a even safer enviroment. Once these ""smart"" cars have been proven safer, many states may soon open up to the use of the driverless car. ""As a result, in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars. Caliornia, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia have lead the country in allowing limited us of semi-autonomous cars; manufactures believe that more states will follow as soon as the cars are proven more reliably safe.""

In conclusion driverless cars are the future of automobiles. The driverless cars provide a economic and enviromentally friendly aspect to the road. They will allow better traffic conditions and prevent more accidents. There will have to be certain laws that come into effect concerning driverless cars, but overall they would provide a safer, healthier enviroment for everyone. Once they have been proven as more reliably safe, driverless cars will begin to brighten the worlds future by bringing these positive aspects onto the road on a daily basis.",4
"Knowing, Transportation is, well was a key factor to a normal Surburban everyday life. Transportation has decreased with the state of limiting car usage. Limiting this issuse, The advantages are what hepled the community and many more today. Rosenthal states""Car-free"" has become the new thing, They have given up there cars.

Vauban, Germany, .There communties and The outake on limtimg car usage has been a affect on them. Buying a car and finding a way to park it can come with a price tag of 40,000. They have decicded that they can use that to make their homes. Start moving to new communities. ""We promoting new communties that are less dependent on cars"". Less spending money on transportation more speading money on this that ar emore imporatnt. Cars aren't the only thing that can get you to point A to point B.

While Cities are decreasing car use. People are starting to find the way to walk. Walking is more better for your health and yourself. Heidrun Walter, a mother of two has quit using cars and reverted her way to walking. Walter states ""When i had a car i was always tense. i'm much happier thi way"". Walter is a proven fact that having no car is good .The ways you could use walking, such as ""Stores are place a walk away, on main street, rather trhan in malls long some distant highway"". The distance you could do for writing is much shorter than what you can do for cars. There are advantages of limting car usage.

Hvaing a house and Hvaing a Eco house has so many diffreneces. Automobiles in the suburbs has had a drasctically reduction on greenhouse gas and emissions. This is meaning that the having to us the same amout of reaction biut using a different way and more less than having to use alot . ""12% of greenhouse gas emissions and up to 50% have decreasing in the areas .

Some may say transporation is a major advantage on the things you do and the work on life. The ways you think may be the only way Has different routes of the issue Transportaion can have many ways And the advantages can help the communities and the way to help there life easier.    ",3
"Is Venus a worthy pursuit despite the danger, I say no because Venus is over 800 degrees fahrenheit and the pressure is 90 thimes greater than what we had to experience on planet Earth.

First the text states ¨ These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth, such an enviorment wuld crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals.¨(Paragraph 3) The quote is saying is event though our planet can mealt things Venus can mealt is a lot faster than Earth can.

Then the test also states ¨Venus has the hottest surface temperatures of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun. Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and freguent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.¨(Paragraph 3) The test is saying even though Mercury is the closet planet to the sun Venus has the highest preasure and heat and Benusin geology and weather presents additional impendiments like valcanos, earthquakes, and freguent lighting so it? hard for scienetist to land rockests on Venus.

So when you asked me if Venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers My anwser will still my no because there are still thing on Venus we don know about. And even though scientist are trying to take new egimpment up tho Venus it still going to be tough to still figure out what still up their in Venous.   ",2
"How do feel about driverless cars? I don't really like the idea, but it's for the future and anything is possible. For me driverless cars has it's pros and cons. Driverless cars can be useful, but they can be deadly to other people who doesn't have the car or even be deadly to the driver. If the driverless cars will have sensors and the driver will have to have fast reaction times to help the car if needed. To me safety is more important then anything.

Driverless cars are for the future, but anything is possible for the future. There are many possible things that could happen. The car could be a succesful invention. Then again it could be a failure. Nobody wants to be in harms way right? In the passage it says "" Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020"" to me I think it will take more than four years to invent these cars and mass produce them.

To me driverless cars has many pros and many cons. For instance the passage says that "" New laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident"" then, the passage goes on and says "" If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?"" What if one of the sensors become defaulted? Wouldn't that be a manufacturing problem?

Driverless cars can be useful, but could be harmful to the surroundings if the technology malfunctions. What would you do if you was driving a driverless car and it maulfunctions and crashes into the car next to you and you find out the people in the other car are dead? Would you feel quilty or would you not? Driverless cars can be the future, but I think the inventioina and concept of the car shoukd be taken more serious. To me the maufacturers are just looking to make money.

To me as a person i take safety very serious. I think the safety concept of the vehicles should be one of the more serious things the manufacturers should look at if produced. They should only give a certain amount of driverless cars out incase the technology fails. There won't be much chaos if the technology malfunctions.

Driverless cars are the future for the world. I don't really like the concept, but it's the future and anything is possible. Driverless cars have many pros and cons. The cars can be useful, but then they could be harmful to it's surrounding safety wise. If the driverless cars will have sensors then what's the use for the person to have to be cautious at all times for? Like i've said before I take safety very serious and I hope the maunufacturers take it more serious for the future of the ""autonomous car.""",2
"Hello everyone I am Luke the Seagoing Cowboy. Today. I think it will be a great opportunity for you too by joining the Seagoing Cowboys program. And here let me tell you why.

I started with a help of my friend because I had no choice. He introduced me after the world war II where people still live in the ruins and are starving. It was a good thing for me back then because I had no hope. And that is how it started.

When i joined the program it was hard definaty it a job after all my main purpose was to go of to the seas to another country and help poeple in needs. Through that I was able to go to alot of places, but moving wasent a easy job. I had time when I broke my ribs and could not even work for our crew and that is not all the tides in the oceans are strong very strong and if you were the night watcher too bad. I turned 18 when i was in way to Greece. I was able to be darte d for military service and they said to countine my military service. I also admit but it was a great oppertunity for me. There is also a fun side. When all the cattles were gone our crew was able to stay and play games like vollyball tabletennis,boardgames and lot more it is definatly worth it do ing hard work for all that. You could also tour the citys I visited the Acropolis,the Gondola ride in Venice,excavaded castle in Crete,Panama Canal an the way to China. So now lets go to the actuall reasons why you should join the program:

1. You can tour big places while you are there. That is one of the big reasons I joined the program 2. You can really be aware of waht is going on. I saw th ruins and it was really bad horrible all houses colasped...

3. You can help people in need and are starving for food even though they did not do any thing wrong. I felt really pitty for them beacase the war has not started because of them and they are starvng well for no reason.

I really think that you guys should join the program,ofcourse there are though times, but seeing people get satisfied by my work and visting places for free it is definatly worth at least trying out for this program. This program changed my life it might change yours too.   ",3
"There are many things that the world can benefit from by having driverless and smart cars. Deaths caused by car accidents, reckless, and drunk drivers would not be as high as they are now if we had driverless and smart cars. The amount of gas usage would not be as high as it is, becuase most people would not even need it. People would not have the stress of worrying about crashing into others cars or things. A car being a smart car, knowing when things are getting dangerous, and knowing not to crash into things would be also very beneficial for beginners and drivers who are paranoid about driving. Driverless and smart cars could really change the way the world works when it comes to cars.

I think driverless cars would be safer for the world. When people die by car it is usually because of the reckless and drunk drivers behind the wheel. Now sometimes you can not control the way a person drives and also acccidents happen. With smart and driverless cars you have less things to worry about when it comes to things like accidents. I feel as if driverless cars would really help contribute to the stopping of all the unnecessary deaths cause by reckless and drunk drivers.

In 2013 BMW developed a car that was called a

"" Traffic Jam Assistant "". That car could handle functions at speeds up to 25 mph. It could accelerate, steer, and brake for itself. Even though the car did all of those things, it still notified the person behing the wheel when they needed to pay attention to the road ahead. I feel as if a car that is able to do that is wonderful and very beneficial to drivers and pedestrians. Being that people have already started developing these types of cars, I think that they should go on with making them better and safer for the world to have.

Driverless and smart cars are things that just shows how well we have advanced with technology. Driverless and smart cars should continue to be developed and made even better in differnt ways. Why not take advantage of new techonology, and use it in a good way. Driverless and smart cars are bound to be great in years to come.",2
"Some people choose to say that the Face was created by aliens, but I am here to tell you that it definetly is not an alien structure, simply a natural landform. In 1976 I must say, it certainley did resemble a man made face. Though now that we have a clearer picture from 2001 it is very obviously just a natural landform. It resembles landforms similiar to the ones around the Amercian West. It is really just the Martian equivilent to those particular landfoms. The two are so similar in formation and shape.

The most recent picture is so clear and high definition that even if it werre some kind of shack or Egyptian pyramid, you would know it for a fact. The picture taken in 1998 was on a slightly cloudy day, so I understand the doubt from some of you. Though we did take another picture, and it was on a very clear summer day, and it is mothing but a simple lava dome, that has taken the form of an isolated mesa about the same height os the Face on Mars.

It was very hard work just to try and get that picture, and I would like to assure you that it is definetly no ""Martian Made"" structure. We got very close on a very clear day, and you can definelty see that those were just shadows, and nothing short of a dissapointment. What you don't understand is, that it would benifit us if it was a Martian's craft. It would give the tax payers evidence and reason to support us and give us their money to support the cause. SO therefore I rest my case tht clearly we are not lying because it would benifit us if there were Aliens crafting these thing, but the simple fact is, there isn't.",3
"The Electoral Collge is a process where electors vote for President and Vice President, and count the number of electoral votes by Congress. Many people are debating whether or not keep the Electoral College or change it to a election by popular vote for the president of the United States. Although the Electoral College has been taking place for many years now, it can be a disaster factor. I believe that the Electoral College should be abolished and changed to a election by popular vote for the president of the United States because it will make the election fair, the chance of there being a tie is much less, and it will be rather rational as oposed to the Electoral College.

The Electoral College is not fair and it is irrational. Voters don't vote directly to the president they want. According to Source 1: ""What is the Electoral College?"" voters actually voting for their candidate's electors. Majority of the states have a ""winner- take- all"" system in which electors are awarded to the winning candidate. Voters don't get to chose who exactly they want, it's based upon which elector they chose that really determines who will win the presidential election. The voters can't always control what the elector they chose does with what thy're decision was on who they wanted to win the election, and they just as well get confused and sometimes possibly make the wrong choice. Changing it to election by popular vote for the president of the United States is fair for anyone who votes. There is less chance of getting confused and less chance of picking the wrong elector. Even though others may argue that each party selects trusted electors to vote for the patry's nominees, it's still not fair to those who get confused and end up picking the wrong elector which leads to wrong vote towards the presidential election.

The chances of it turning out to be a tie aren't low. Accoring to Source 2: ""The Indefensible Electoral Colleg: Why even the best laid defenses of the system are wrong"", a tie has happened before. States have sent two states of electors to Congress. Although it happened long ago, it doesn't mean that it won't occur anytime again. Abolishing the Electoral College can give a less chance for that to occur. Since staes have the ""winner- take- all"" system, the candidates don't even spend time or focus on the states that thye know they have no chance in winning in. According to source 2, there were seventeen states who didn't even get to see the election at all, and some votes didn't even get to see the ad of the campaign.

The presidential election will become rational to many people. There may be cons to abolishing the Electoral College but there are more pros to it rather than cons. It would make the presidential election fair and easier for the voters voting for the candidates. People may argue that it's best to keep the Electoral College because some states may not have enough people voting for the candidates so it wouldn't be possible to directly vote for the president of the United States but there are more states who do have the chance to chose and make a direct decision rather than picking an elector who may or may not go agaisnt the party that had picked them and then they can end up chosing who they, the electors want instead of what the voter really wanted and intended. Many people may be able to agree that it is best to abolish the Electoral College instead of keeping it. The electors are picked mostly based upon the state.

Abolishing the Electoral College is the fair, rational, and beneficial thing to do. Keeping the Electoral College won't benefit the presidential election in any way possible. It's better to keep the election fair than otherwise. Voters should be able to know exaclty who they're picking without any confusion or without accidently picking the wrong person. People shouldn't need to be confused about who they're picking and they shouldn't have to posibly worry at the fact that the elector they voted for might defy the will of the voters and they would pick who they, the voters feel like picking rather than picking who the voters vote was actually intended for in the first place. There are risks to basically putting the voters vote in someone elses hands and the voters vote can easily be changed by one of the electors that the party had picked because they trusted that person. If the presidential election was about who you can pick directly, then it would be much easier and the voters will know that the presidential election was fair and nothing was done to change who they voted for in the beginning.                    ",5
"Venus is considered as Earth's twin, so why not explore it and have information about it, right? Allowing the people on Earth to be educated about space life is incredible and would probably do so much for us. The author of ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" supports his idea very well by educating us of the idea that Venus may of had life on it at one time, explaining to us that we need to chase our imaginations and telling the idea that Venus is basically the sister of Earth!

Life on Venus. That may of been the case a long time ago according to many astronomers. The article states, ""Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth."" If Venus once had the ability to support life, it might have that ability again! If we take the risks and time to explore Venus, we might not just have to choose what country or state to live in. We could possibly choose what planet!

Being a day dreamer or someone who thinks often could give you a whole new world. What if we literally had a whole new world though? According to the passage, ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."" To imagine the population on Earth becoming smaller because of people going to live on Venus is amazing and wild.

Venus is the closest planet to Earth, referring to size and density. The author mentioned ""Astronomers are facinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system."" If that is the case, then we should explore it to make it the TWIN of Earth.

Life on Mars was very well thought of, but now Venus has come into the equation. The author of this passage makes his thoughts very clear that Venus is a risk that would be well taken by, implying life may have already been on Venus, Imagination can get the best of us and we should let it sometimes, and Venus is identical to Earth, so we should at least try.",3
"In this ariticle the authour provides details on why Venus is worthy to be research eventhough it provide a great risk. The authour talks in details about how Venus is very alike to earth in

the sense of density and size. How it was it could have been the most similar planet to Earth in our solar system. And that many research are triying to make machines that would stand the exttreme temperatuers of Venus.

Researcher discoberd

how Venus is very similiar to Earth. The author states "" Often referred to as Earth's ""twin"", Venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size, and occassionally distance too.""(paragraph 2).The statement that the autghar made makes a good point because if Venus is the closest planet to been earth like than researching it would help us discover new thing. We can get resorces that we use in earth in this planet. Also the author states"" Long ago, Venus was probably covered with oceans and could have supported forms of life, just like Earth.

The author talks in detail how reserchers are already trying to make machines that could sustain the pressure and the heat that Venus produces. The author states "" Many reserchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contrinutes meaningfully to our knowlege of Venus."" The author claim also that "" Nasa is working on other approches to studying Venus.

At the end of the day the author have very good details in his claim. How persuing to research Venus can be beneficial. That Venus is very similar to Earth and been similar to Earth can help us understand Venus better. That reserching Venus we could fine rescorses that we may need in the Future because on Earth we are running out of resorces.

Venus could have been at one point very alike to Earth so we can fine resorces we need in Venus.                         ",3
"I think that it would be a good idea to make driverless cars. I am going to tell you a few reasons why I think it would be a good idea. It would be ""Sensing the World."" It has its own way of drving. It could assist you in many ways. These are the three reasons now in the next three paragraphs I am going to give you a few deatils on each one.

The first reason is sensing the world. Google modified Toytoa Prius uses postioin-estimating senors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor, a video mounterd near the rear view mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS reciever, and an intertial motor sensor. These sensors make it much easier to drive by itself. If it can do it by itself then it won't meed the human to do it for it. The most important bit of technology would be the spinning sensor on the roof. It shows you a 3-D model if the vehicles surroundings. The combination of all of these accessories would show how the car could be driverless.

The second reasoning is it has its own way of driving. The car could handle driving up to 25 mph, but certain driving functions makes sure that the driver keeps their hands on the wheel. They can steer, accelerate, and brake by themselves they notify when the driver needs to put their hands back on the wheel.

The last reasoning is it could assist you in many ways. There is a car lest the driver know when they need to take over the driving when they are in certain areas, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents. The human driver must stay alert at all times. The car has a vibrating seat that lets the driver know if they are about to back into something. The manufatuers are thinking about putting cameras in the car to watch the drivers and make sure they are focused on the road.

Those are my reasoning on why I think the Driverless cars would be a good idea. My three ideas were ""Sensing the

World"", it has its own way of driving, and it could assist you in many ways. My ideas were pretty solid. It would be cool to have driveless cars, but it would take a lot of time and money to make that happen.   ",3
"The worthly of studying Venus pursuit despite the danger it presents. studing the Venus comes in a whole bunch of pros and cons.

One of the good things are they get to explore what they have always wanted. They get to fingure out a awhole other life on a different planet. And because if you do study it and really get to go, then youll be maybe the first few people to go in a long time."" Humans nimerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world.Each pervious mission was unmanned, and for good reasons, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours."" So if more people learn about Venus and want to go up to Venus then we would have more people surviving it and having more spaceships touching Venus and maybe a life

up their.

That is why i think more people should study the planet Venus even though it might have some ups and downs, but at the end of the day more people would want to get involved with the space things and we would have more people traveling up their learning all sorts or new things and bringing it back to the earth.",2
"Many people today don't have cars. More people like to walk or ride a bikes. In Vauban, Germany 57% sold their car to move here. Out of the 57% a feww eople just loves being without a car. In Paris they enforced a parial driving ban to clear up the air of the city. In other places the city in Dogota, Colombia had a car free day. Residents of this upscale community ar sunurban pioneers, going where few soccer moms or commuting executives hvae given up their cars.

The problem with this world is pollution. If more people rode their bikes, skateboards, or evene walked to whereever they are going it wouldn't be as harsh on the planet. if people stopped driving cars around we probably have more people living longer today. But we don't, so i think no one will stop driving cars and kill this beautiful planet. Durning the ""car-free"" day in Source 2, it tells how if you are caught driving you will be fine. Almost 4,000 drivers were fined. People just doesn't care now a days about what we can cause in the future. Beijing, China is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world. In a program thats set to spread to other countries, millions of Colomians hiked, biked, skated or took the bus to work durning a car-free day, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily dovoid of traffic jam. It was the thrid straight year cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the day without cars in the capital city of 7 million. The goal is to promote smog. Violators faced $25 fines. The turnout was large, despite gray clouds the dumped occasional rain shower on Bogota. Street parking, Driveways and home gargages are genarlly forbidden in this experimental new district on the sidewalks are not allowed and no running on the grass.

President Obama's ambitous goals to curb the U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, unveiled last week, will get a fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in American behavior. Recent studies suggest the Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by. That has left reseachers pondering a fundamental question. Has America passed peak driving? As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9% below the peak and equal to where the country was in january 1995. If the pattern persists and many sociologists believe that it will have benefical implications for carbon emissions. Many teens just are that into the whole driving thing that they rather sit in a room all day and play their games with other poeple on line. I know many of kids that go home and right when they get in the house they are all ready on the game. Its just carzy how someone can just sit down all day and play and play and play on a game that isn't really that fun.

As a result in the car world. Cars are hurting the earth and we need to stop it. we need to stop driving everywhere and start walking. besides, most Americans need exisues. So come on America, get off the couch and lets start moving.    ",3
"When you think about a presidential election you think about getting the chance to make a difference in the country and make a big descison that may affect your life as well as everyone in the country. The electoral college should be abolish and mad to where the elections are fair. It should be change because it doesn't allow people to vote for the candidate that is running for president. The electoral college not only allows people to take away a popluar votebut they can also give to whomever they choose to give it to. But it can cause a very big problem just like it did in 1960 when the segregationist tried to get new electors who would oppose Jonh F. Kennedy.

Because of the winner take all system these candidates don't even go and vist some states beacuse they know they wouldn't have a chance of winning. This can also lead to some states not having the chance to ever see or meet the candidate just like in 2000 campaign seventeen states didn't have a chance of seeing the candidates at all. If you wanted to vote for a candidate you wouldn't have a chance to vote because you would have to vote for electors pledged to that candidate. Most of everyone in the counrty would have to vote whomever the electors are who are pledged to that canddidate which isn't fair. So the electoral college should be changed to where everyone can vote for any candidate they want because it's not only fair but rational and agreeable.        ",2
"The Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Do we really need that to identify our emotions, feelings or making us smile?

In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" the author describes how a new technology identifies peoples emotions. We don't need the technology to read our emotional expression. ""Imagine being able to detect exactly how other people are feeling, even when they are trying to hide their emotions."" We all try to hide our emotions, but there are people that could help us. Like friends or family they might make you smile when you're feeling down.

Everyone has feelings and we sometimes express it to people we get along. The Facial Action Coding Sysytem is not going to make us smile everyday, we all go through something in life. ""For example, it you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different."" People are not going to express their feelings on every ad that tells you how you feel. These technology of calculating your emotions are not going to be helpful.

It's frusterating when a lot of people tell you to smile and that it looks pretty on you, when you don't want to smile. They don't know what we are going through in life. ""In the real smile, the zygomatic major lift the corners or your mouth. But in a false smile, the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle."" Everyone fakes a smile somtimes for any reasons.

In conclusion, the technology that calculates your emotions are not going to work. Maybe Mona Lisa had so many emotions that poeple used that technology to fake her facial expression. There are people that can't even smile from all the pain they have in mind. So why do we need a technology to tell us our emotions when we know how we feel?   ",3
"Was life better when we didnt have cars? There are many advantages to giving up our little priveledge to ride around; If we as a community were to give up having cars we would have less pollution, reduce greenhouse gas emmision and our communities would improve rapidly. We need to give up cars to form a better more safe environment for our families.

First off, an advantage to limiting car usage would be less pollution in our areas. ""Cold nights and warms days caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emmision""(Duffer 15). ""In source 2 ""Paris bans drving due to smog"" it also shows that becuase of the enourmous amount of smog from cars they had to ban driving. After just 5 days of no car usage, the amount of pollution was down 60 percent. We as a people have to realize how drastic that change is. All we have to do to help the environment and nature grow more efficiently is to not use our cars as often.

Another advantage to lessoning our use in automobiles is the reduction of green house gas emmision. ""...Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emmisions in Europe...""(Rosenthal 5). There our many programs and agencys trying to reduce greenhouse affects; such as the one above, by banning the use of cars; one being the Environmental Protection Agency. President Obama is also trying to curb the United States greenhouse gas emmisions as shown in source 4 ""the End of Car Culture."" David Goldberg, an official of the Transportaion of America says ""All of our development since World War 11 has been centered on the car...""(Rosenthal 7). We as a people are so induldged with cars and how efficent they may be in some aspects we dont realize the harm its doing to our communities.

Lastly an advantage to the limitations of car usage, is our communities improving rapidly. An example of this is The day without cars improvement campaign in Colombia, shown in source 3. During this day people that  lived in those areas would have to ride a bike, hike, take a bus or walk to work or scool. Becuase of this there was no traffic jams and parks and sports centers bloomed. Also, becuase so many were envovled in this, the sidewalks and streets were improved and new restaurants and shopping centers were developing.

In all, The effects of limiting car usage would cause less pollution, lesson the amount of greenhouse gas emmision and cause our communities to improve rapidly. Fellow citizens we could change the way we live for the better. limiting the use of cars would have a drastic change and help our communites blossom.         ",3
"The use of this technoligy to read emotional expressions of students in class rooms is valuable. the paragragh talks about professer Thomas Haung institute for Advanced Science the University of illinoins. He callaborated with Professer Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam. Where they both develop better ways for humans and computer to communicate.

I believe so with the process they use that includes 3-D computer models of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like humans. They can can use this to identify the emotoins of a character i a video game, movie, and painting. Dr. Paul Eckman the creater of FACS classifies the six basic emotions such as happy, suprised, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness and assoctiate ech with the movements of the facial muscles. The Using video imagery the new emotion-recognition sofware identify mixed emotions each is comperd against neutral face. the home pc we use cannot handle the complex algorithms used to decode mona lisa smile.

My conclusion to this essay is I believed this new brand of tech is valuable. the facts shown indecate it is possible to identify the emotions in her smile. ",1
"Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers? The author of the ''The Challenge for Exploring Venus''

supporting his idea very detail and well by descriping and comparing with others planet and how challenging it is.

First,he talked about how the Venus looks interesting and challenging, in the text its state that, ""Venus is simple to see from the distance but safe vantage point on Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely"", also said its not an easy condition but survivable for human and also Venus is the closest planet to earth. But even though he said that he also state how, is state '' NASA is working and finding the best machanical and computer for to last longer in Venus and helpful to use.

Second, the author also state which is very well to support his idea it said, '' A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more Challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venuss atmosphere''. which means that the Venus temperature and atmospheric is grater compare to our planet. He even state '' beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes to probes seeking to land on its suface"".

And

at the third, the author questioning to support his suggestion; ''why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface?'' also he answer '' Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system''.

The statement prove that,he support his idea with details and well. The challenge must be not easy but as he said there's some people who is finding the solution and how to get better to prevent our world.             ",3
"Automated vehicles are nice and all, but when it comes donw to it, ahuman should be responsible for his or her own actions on the road. The use of automated automotives just seems to be a liitle too risky to use on roads within the next few years. Automated automobiles might sound like a good idea in theory, but technology fails all of the time and I would not be surprised whatsoever if lawsuits sprung up in the near future, due to accidents caused by so-called ""smart"" cars. There are currently no laws regarding smart cars, smart cars are unreliable, and smart cars would not offer the same experience as a normal vehicle would.

One would assume that driverless cars are 100% safe. That is a very false statement, as drivers may still take control of the wheel. Who is to say that a driver would not just grab the wheel, drive off of the side of the road, and attempt to sue a car manufacturer for a faulty product? There are little to no laws regarding self-automated vehicles in most states. New sets of laws and other rules would have to be put in place in order to maintain peace between civilians and car manufacturers. Paragraph #9 states that new laws would have to be made in order to assure liability to a specific party if one got in a crash due to the smart cars. It seems highly impractical, and it also seems like a waste of precious time and money.

Smart cars may sound very safe and enjoyable in theory, but all technology has the capability to fail at any given moment. Imagine a world where driverless cars are simply rolling along down the streets, and perhaps one combusts here, or another veers off of the road there. Paragraph #7 talks about how some cars are only partially automated, and that is honestly the best way to handle the situation. A driver should still be responsible and should be able to make his/her own decisions on what to do on the road. There are dangers in this as well, because some people are not bright enough to use and understand the technology to its full advantage, and could cause problems in the process of maintaining the vehicle. If a vehicle has multiple sensors scattered around its body, those sensors can be tampered with and can malifunction; whether it be intentional, or a simple mistake, accidents do occur on the road.

There is no experience in the world like driving a car. Kids look forward to it their whole lives! Girls will get cars on their 16th or 17th birthday and SURPRISE! YOU DO NOT ACTUALLY GET TO DRIVE IT! A computer will do it for you! To me, that does not sound appealing or very fun in the slightest sense. Imagine sitting at the sterring wheel and dozing off, due to the fact that you have not had to touch the sterring wheel in miles. Dozing off at the wheel could be a fatal experience. Making drivers operate a vehicle is much safer than allowing a computer to do so, because it should be the choice of the driver as to what happens on the road. In paragraph #8, a psychologist states that automated vehicles could cause drivers at the wheel to get bored. Boredom leads to weariness, which will eventually lead to sleep, which in turn could result in a fatal accident to the driver, a passenger, or pedestrians/cyclist. If someone did not want to drive or take responibilty for it, they could have someone else drive, they could ride a train, or fly in an airplane! It just seems so unrealistic and kind of ridiculous that someone would actually want to be driven by a machine. If a person owns a car, they should be responsible for managing it and whatever occurs on the open road.

There is no practical use for smart cars in a modern day society. Perhaps in the future, when technology is more advanced and when the people of the world are even more brain dead than they currently are, we could have smart cars driving people freely throughout the streets. Smart cars will never live up to the security and safety measures of vehicles operated by a human driver. Smart cars are a lot more trouble than they seem to be worth. Smart cars would require new laws, maintenace and regular repair (so a malifunction may not occur), and trust in a machine that could fail at any given moment. Smart cars will only make the human mind much more lazy, and we will continue to degress as a society if we allow smart cars to become our preferred mode of transportation.",5
"Based on this article, this new technology is to read how a person is feeling.this new machine seems like an good idea why because you get to see how people really are on the inside. but at the same time that can be a violate of people's privacy.some peope don't like sharing their emotional feeling for a reason. in the article it states mona lisa was""83% happy, 9% disgusted

, 6% fearful, 2% angry. with that being she might've didnt want people to know she was angry. In this case i don think it should be use on students. If they don't want to share they don't have too.

But it is a pretty good new technology it would have better use in a diffferent case.Being able to have a computer that can tell you if your happy or sad its one of the greatest things to be invented. A person facial expression tells alot about that person. You can have the biggest smile on your face but on the inside you can be pouring your eyes out. It's all based on emotiotions and how you're feeling.

With all this being said and evidence comig from the text this machine is to read emotions, and tell weather or not your hapy,sad,fustrated etc...",2
"I know that it is a very debatable question, but the Face wasn't made by aliens but simply just a natural landform. If you don't believe me then I can give you a few facts that should justify my answer. And no, these are not just opinions they are indeed facts.

The first clue as to why the Face is just a natural landform is that in April 5, 1998 the Mars Global Surveyor flew over Mars with Micheal Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera. In line seven it states that after the photos were taken and posted online fore people to see, all the pictures revealed was a natural landform with no alien markings what so ever.

Another reason is that on April 8, 2001 NASA had once again sent their mars Global Surveyor up into space to get an even closer look at the face on account so many people didn't believe that it was just a natural landform. The camera that they used to take the pictures with made each pixel in the photos span from 1.56 meters, as said in line ten. Even after they had taken the photos again witha more advanced camera, the images only showed what resembled a butte or mesa, stated in line 12, and once again no evidence of alien markings.

Those are the two reasons as to why the Face is only a natural landform and not an alien monument. NASA has taken pictures of it two times already and even with a more uprgraded camera they still didn't find evidence that aliens ever created it.          ",3
"With  the  article  i  have  read  it  tells  me  many  interesting  information  and  facts  also oppinion and  it  also  tells  me  the  mesege  the  writer  is  trying  to  send  me  about  car-free  cities.

For  example  in  source  1 "" In  German  surburb,  life  goes  on  without  cars ""  it  talks  about  how  there  is  a  place  over  there  that  you  can  not  have  cars  it  is  in  VAUBAN , Germany .

in  that  article  it  tells  me  how  many  people  that  live  there  today  have  had  to  sell  their  cars  just  to  live  in  that  residents  community  and  if  you  do  own  a  car  you  have  to  pay  $40,000 ,  along  with  the  home  your  buying  in  that  residential  area  it  is  completely  car-free  except  for  the  main  thoroughfare,  where,  the  trm  to  downtown  freiburg  runs  and  a  few  streets  on  one  edge  of  the  community.  and  some  of  the  oppinion  from  the  people  who  live  there  are  really  positive  for  example  mrs. Heidrun Walter  said  ""When  i  had  a  car  i  was  always  tense. i'm  much  happier  this  way.""  Many  experts  say  is  a  huge  impediment  to  current  effort  to  drastically  reduce  greenhouse  gas  are  responsible for  12  pecent  of  greenhouse  emissions  in  Europe ....  and  up  to  50  percent  in  some  car-intensive  areas  in  the  united  states.

Another example why  some  cities  are  making  car-free  places  for  example  paris  has  band  driving  due  to  smogs.  even  numbered  license  plates  were  ordered  to  leave  their  cars at  home  or  suffer  a  22-euro  fine  $31  american  dollars  paris  typically  has  more  smog  than  other  European  capitals.  Another  intresting  source  is  source  3:  car-free  day  is  spinning  into  a  big  hit  in  bogota. Bogota , Colombia  in  a  program  thats  set  to  spread  to  other  countries  millions  of  colombians  hiked, biked, skated or  took  buses  to  work  during  a  car-free  day  leaving  the  streets  of  this  capital  city  eerily  devoid  of  traffic  jams.  this  program  has  been  on  for  three straight  years  cars  have  been  banned  with  only buses  and  taxis  permitted for  the  day  without  cars  in  that  capital  city  of  7  million  their  goal  is  to  promote  alternative  transportation  and  reduce  smog.  violators faced  $25  fines.

some  of  the  peoples  oppinios  of  this  is  ""it  is  a  good  opportunity  to  take  away  stress and lower  air  pollution""  said  businessman  carlos  arturo  plaza  and  for  the  first  time  in  three  years  two  other  cities  of  colombia  joined  the  move  like  cali  and  valledupar.

these  articles  have  really  gave  me  alot  of  information  i reallly  didnt  know about  car-free  day  or  places  and  tehy  are  pretty  interesting  and  i  really  feel that the  writer  has giving  me  the  messege  he  wanted  to show  when  he  made  this  article  with  so  many  good  information  and  evidence  from  different  places  of  the  world  and  honestly  my  personal  oppinion  on  this  is that  i  really  think  it  is  god  that some  places have  that  because  it  shows  how  they  care  for  thier  community  and  i  think  they should  fdo thhat  in america  but  they did  by changing  the  type  of  car  that  dosent  use  gas  but  it  would be  really  good  if  we  could  get  the  car-free day  in  america  because  thatt would  help  our  air  our  community  and our  bodies  it  would  make  them  healthier.                        ",2
"For decades humans have been fascinated by the idea of cars that do not require any human assisstance to drive. In recent years, this Science- Fiction movie staple has become les of a dream and more of a reality. Many companies are producing and testing drivelerless cars, but are they really safe? Driverless cars are unsafe because they require human attention, and because technology is unreliable. They are also impractical, and therefore, will never become a household staple.

The term ""driverless""

is not really the best word to describe these cars, because they do require an alert human driver, with their eyes on the road, and may even require the human driver to take over in certain situations, such as backing out of a driveway, or thorugh a contruction zone. This begs the question,"" What is the point?"" Why would we go through the trouble of creating these self-driving cars, if they are not completely self- driving? The truth is that no technology can replace human insticts in situations such as road-construction or traffic jams. However, if people are able to drive these cars, many wil most likely not pay attention to their surroundings. To solve this issue, many companies have invented creative ways to get the driver's attention when they need to take over. However, the only way for these cars to be completely safe is for the driver to remain alert and watching the road at all times. If a driver is already watching the road, they may as well just drive themselves!

In addition to this, there is the issue of whether these cars can truly be trusted. There are many issues with technology in our day to day lives. If a person's TV or cell phone stops working while they are using it, it is not a disasterous issue, but if their car stops accelerating and steering in the middle of the road, there may be monumental consequences! Technology can never be relied on completely, because there will always be issues and problems that may arise. Simply put, there is a reason that these cars are outlawed in almost every state!

Safety issues aside, there is also a practicality issue with these cars. Is this really something that people will use in their everyday lives? Will these cars be a practical item for common people? As discussed earlier, the driver has to keep constant attention on the road for these cars to be safe. These cars simply are not practical. For example, the BMW ""Traffic Jam Assisstant"" can only reach speeds of 25 miles per hour, and requires the driver to keep hold of the wheel. These cars also use a lot of sensors. Would they be practical and effecient to manufacture? Chances are, many people would not even be able to afford these vehicles, becuase the prices would be astonomical. These cars are not practical for everyday use by the average person. They are more fitting as a toy for a celebrity or millionaire. The self-driving car will not become a household staple for the everyday family.

Self-driving cars shoud not continue to be developed. These vehicles are unsafe and impractical. They require constant human attention and the liability issues are muddy, at best. For these reasons, self-driving cars should not continue to be developed, and will never become a common item in the United States.    ",5
"The face on Mars has become a serious topic in this article,why because it has been discovered that there is a face on Mars created by aliens!

This face on Mars was not created by aliens,it`s just a natural landform that made scientists and other people believe that it was an alien`s face which it could have been an alien`s face but it wasn`t. Our question is how can an alien survive without air? Does it need air to survive? It`s a mesa not a creation of aliens. The MOC team snapped a picture ten times sharper and that`s how it was discovered that it wasn`t a alien`s face on Mars it was a natural landform or just a huge rock formation on Mars.

This article expresses how scientists and other people believed that an alien could have made this face on Mars when it could have been an alien perhaps but it wasn`t it was just either a natural landform or a huge rock formation on Mars. Also,scientists believed that the face was an alien artifact which it wasn`t.",2
"Everyone knows that traveling outer space can be risky. Some many even say it is danergous. Others may say that we can come up with better technology to improve safety when traveling other planets in outer space. In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author gives their support to the idea of exploring the planet Venus.

Traveling Venus would be dangerous in many ways. For one, it is the second planet closes to the sun so it would be extremely hot. Next, the air pressure would be quite hard for humans to handle as well. In the passage it states, ""On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet."" This clearly gives enough information to say that these conditions are more extreme than what any human can handle.

A way we could be able to visit Venus is if we had better technology. NASA has had quite a few ideas for sending humans to Venus. In the text it says, ""a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way."" By using this sort of vehicle humans would be able to make the trip survivable.

The author of this passage seems to be very open and supportive of the idea of studying and visting Venus. In the paragraph 8 the author claims, ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imaginations and innovations."" From this authors statement we can infer that they are on board with the idea of the travels to Venus and that we should not like dangers or doubts hold us back from being able to study this planet. Although it may be challenging we must not let that stop us.

Although there may be many conflicting dangers and concerns with space travel, it is possible. As the author said, we should not let doubt stop us from discovering a great planet. We can come up with the technology to some day visit this planet. With the correct technology anything can be possible. ",3
"The new technology theses people are wotking on is an outstanding acheivment and will help to improve our education. This technology could be very useful in other situations that require the information this technology can give. Technology of this type is something that could change the way we do certain things in life.

Facial Action Coding System can be very useful in our education system today. In this age we have a good education system but can be improved in so many ways. The FACS can see what we feel by looking atr our faces, so that would allow the student to have a different lesson whether it be more or less difficult to allow him/her to learn at a much better pace than previously. The article states that the FACS can set up a new lesson for the student who is either bored or stressed, this only proves my point further that it would be of great value for our education system today.

The FACS system can be introduced to many lines of work other than our education system. In confrences with people with problems in their live a certain word can trigger an emotion, the FACS system would be able to tell his/her emotion and properly calm him/her down. The FACS system is and amazing feat and even become a great asset to interrogation such as whether or not using fear on a person actually works or if the interrigated person is lying about their emotion.

FACS is a wonderful technological invention that could change many things in our day to day life. This system can help jobs become easier and could very well reduce the amount of suicides by helping people get the help they need. The FACS can make our life so much better and could be effective on therapy and other jobs in that line of work.

Overall the FACS system is revolutionary and we should adopt it into our lives. With the FACS system our lives could change for the better and allow a new dawn to begin. Once the FACS system is in our lives it can be updated on the way we hide our emotions and keep up with the different tactics of concealment and deception to allow a more perfect system made out of the origional. FACS is truly and outstanding acheivment that must be used in our lives.",4
"Dear senator

I would like to ask you to please change voting regulations from the Electoral College to popular vote. The Popular vote would work much better because voters are not really voting for a presedent we are voing for a slate of electors.

The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. An example of this is in 2000, Gore and Bush were canidates, and when the votes were counted Gore have more popular votes but less electoral votes then Bush, this was the forst time that happend sence the election of 1888. Another example of the electoral college regulations being unfair is in 2012 when Obama recived 61.7 percent of the electoral vote as opose to only 51.3 percent cast for him and Romney. And a nationwide tie with electoral votes is possable because of the number of votes is 538, its an even number although it is highly unlikely.

The winner-take-all method of awarding all electoral votes to 1 specific canadate is unfair aswell because as we have seen in 2012 the canadates focus mainly on serton states because all states are worth a diffrent amount of electoral votes. Such as California being worth 55 votes and Washinton state being priced at 12 votes or New Mexico being at a total cost of 5 votes.

In the end the electoral vote is unfair. I just wish that you would change the voiting regulations from bring and electoral vote to being a popular vote.    ",3
"If you were going cross country on interstates the whole time, why not let your car do the driving for you? Driverless car are great when you do not have city traffic, but it also could be dangerous when something fails in the car. The Google car has driven more than half a million miles without crashing, but it is also not completely driverless. Dirverless cars are the future; this is what the future needs.

Many say that driverless technology is not safe. Some also think that becuse they technology is likely to fail, whoes faut will it be if someone is injured. Many states have limited use of semi-autonomous car. In 2013, BMW develpoed ""Traffic Jam Assistance."" The car can handle speeds up to 25 mph, but it make the driver hold the wheel. The steer, accelerate, and brake do it themselves, but working through accidents and work zones require human skill. None of the car that are built today have complete driverless technology. Tesla has projeted torelease a 2016 car that is capable of being on autopilot 90 percent of the time. Which means, we are that much closer to developing a full time automatic cars.

Would the drive or the manufacture get blamed if the technology in the car fails? Even if new laws are passed it still woud not resovle the issues with the driverlss cars. Many car that are on the driverless systems, are not really driver less because thay still will need the human skill to guild it around work zones and accidents. Driverless cars are the future of technology.",2
"Luke said he grew up on an farm with his aunt so he wanted to help the animals. After World War 2 Luke wanted to help the countries recover by bringing food supplies and animals. Luke loved animals because when he was younger he had lived on a farm. So when he heard UNRRA is hirring Seagoing Cowboys to take care of Horses,Cows,and Mules he and his friend Don signed up. This to Luke this was an opportunity of a life time.

Luke got on an boat called SS Charles W. Wooster and there were 335 Horses plus hay and oats to feed the Horses. When Luke was 18 he could be drafted to be in the military but when they heard he was on a cattle boat trip they told Luke to stay. In 1947 Luke made nine trips the most out of any Seagoing Cowboy. Luke said ""Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropoils in Greece was special,""he says.

If you get to go on this trip you would be busy but you would have so much fun. Also if you like caring for people and animals you would be perfect for this journey. Another reason is if you like travling on a boat and don't get sea sick you should try being a Seagoing Cowboy or girl. Not only that but you could become famous just for helping people. Then again you should always help people. Luke went would you?                 ",2
"I must say that, in my opinion The Face on Mars is indeed NOT created by aliens. It is simply illogical. And, to prove my point, I have conjured a few reasons as to why this ""Face on Mars"" is a natural landform.

Firstly, the picture taken in 2001 is solid proof, as well as the 1998 picture. Both seem to resemble a simple mesa, a natural landform quite common on Mars. The 1998 photograph was slightly blurry, so three years later Michael Malin and his crew returned to the Red Planet, to the Cydonia region. Mr. Malin set the Mars Global Surveyor camera to maximum resolution, and snapped an excellent picture from above the Face. And, going even further, I will point out that each pixel in the 2001 photograph spans1.56 meters, as the Viking I's 1976 photo spans 43 meters per pixel. As you can see, this is a significant difference and must not be overlooked.

Also, I will point out that, in 1976, we at NASA were still relatively new to venturing beyond Earth's orbit. The Apollo 11 mission was just seven years old! To attach a high-powered camera to a space shuttle was very challenging at the time. I still hold to my belief that, during the 1976 mission, it was either the fault of the Viking I for holding a bad angle for the camera and causing blurriness, or the camera's fault for simply not being powerful enough. The 1976 photo spans just 43 meters per pixel, which at the time was a very high resolution, but now is considered very low. All in all, the Viking I photo of the Face on Mars is forty years old and must not be taken as seriously as it once was.

My final claim that the Face on Mars is a mesa lies in the fact that, if the Face really was an alien monument, NASA would not keep their lips tight about it. It would make global headlines, and shock the world. I find it highly unrealistic that NASA would even have been able to determine what the Face was forty years ago, much less hiding a discovery of extra-terrestrial life that could make a huge profit for the space program. And, had NASA really claimed that the Face was an object built by otherworldly life, surely someone would let the cat out of the bag. Not to mention that, if the vast majority of NASA believed it was an alien monument, do you really think that they would wait eighteen years to investigate the subject again? On top of all of this, it's simply illogical that aliens would create such a thing. As far as we all know, the supposed ""aliens"" on Mars have never come in contact with a human, much less seen one. That only leaves possible explanation; aliens created a monument that of which coincedentally resembles a human head. An absolute coincedence.

Are you ready to accept the truth about the Face on Mars? I have listed valid, credible arguments including the high resolution of the 2001 photo, and the weak resolution of the 1976 photo. I also questioned the logic of extra-terrestrial life, and the logic that NASA would have used to cope with the discovery of aliens. Thank you for your time and effort in reading this essay.",5
"To the Senator of Florida,

""The founding fathers established... the Constitution"" to make sure that there was a way to vote for one elector to portray the role of President of the United States of America. However, this action has resulted in electors to lose even though they won the popular vote, the age of the electoral college, and there are numerous possibilities of ties. In the United States there are hundreds of millions of people who want to keep the United States a democracy, but the United States may change their stand point.

Popular votes are collected from the people of the United States. With stating this, ""over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now."" This is because voters will be able to have only their votes taken into consideration. For example, the President of the United States is the offical who sends people to places like Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran to fight for our country. These people vote for the elector they want to send them over seas instead of the politicians in the electoral college system voting for who they want to be the president. There are only 538 electors to vote for the elector they desire and that is still more important than the millions of people that vote. ""We are endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"" is a part of the Declaration of Independence and the right of liberty involves our right as people to vote.

The electoral college has be are for hundreds of years, but with the age of the system comes problems. In modern times, we have to make slight changes to our government so the United States does not get held back from when the Constitution was first created. Things are meant to change and so is the electoral college because over time thins changes to better and more efficient things. ""The American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century."" This evidence exclaims that there was a problem with the electoral college 15 years ago, which means that it can happen again.

Furthermore, the electoral college already has problems and there can be more with the possibilities of a tie. It states, ""perhaps most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote.,"" this is not a democratic thing because democracy has to do with the vote of people, not the vote of the legislature. Also, in source 2, it exclaims that ""the election is only a few swing voters away from catastrophe."" This is a dangerous situations because if a tie occurs the popular vote still won't be taken into consideration as much as the electoral votes.

To conclude, the electoral college system should be abolished because it does not benefit the citizens of the United States. The elecotral college takes away the popular vote of the people, is way too old to still be around, and there are possibilities of a tie. I don't want my President to be voted in based on the votes of the legislature. The electoral college should be abolished!

Sincerely,

PROPER_NAME

A concerned citizen                    ",4
"In the story, ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author give us great information about how worthy it is to study Venus. He also lets us know about the dangers there is by the study.

In the text it states, ""A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus... On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than we experience on our planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth."" This shows that Venus has conditions that humans could not survive in, thus making it dangerous and almost impossible for humans to study if we can not step foot in it. For example, in the article it is said that, "" Earth previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours."" This quote proves that so far the study of Venus has gave humans dangers.

The study of Venus is something worthy for astronomers do to the fact that it is the planet that has most similarities to Earth. ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in the solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth."" A reason it could be important to study Venus is, Venus could be our futute if we are able to make it survivable for humans.

The author does a well job explaining why it is a good reason to study Venus by giving us information about the planet. The author also tells the audience how NASA and astronomers are working in knowing even more than we already do about the planet. The article also explains the reasons there is danger to the study by giving us specific numbers as I said previously.    ",3
"Driverless cars is a cool invention. Everyone wishes they can have a driverless car. The cars could be very dangerous also. Drivers still have to be aware because you never know what can happen. The cars are also dangerous because it is not truly driverless, it may not alert you sometimes, and and can cause you accidents in a constrution area.

Driverless cars aren't truly driveless. They can cause bad accidents because of that. The driver should always stay alerted while in the car because anything can happen. In the text it informs us that ""Google driverless cars have driven more than a half a million miles without a crash."" I'm sure the drivers were still alerted so they wouldn't crash.

The driverless may not alert you sometimes. You never know when something can go wrong with the car that can mess up the alert system. In the text it say ""they can steer, accelerate , and brakes themselves,"" that can be a bad thing because if the car had a problem it could use one of those in the wrong situation like accelerating in a workzone area or braking on the expressway.

It can also cause you to have accidents in a constrution work area. Driverless cars aren't perfect so it can mess up at anytime. It basically have a mind of it own so you should always be alert. You can easily have an accident because you'll be fascinated by the driverless car that you wouldn't be alerted. in the text it says"" it has complicated traffic issues such as navagating through roadwork or accidents.

Driverless cars aren't truly safe. You should always be alerted because you'll never know what'll happen. It can cause serious accidents and you can get seriously injured, not just you other people too. It has a mind of its own and human drivers shouldn't a hundred percent trust a driverless car.",3
"The author thinks that studying Venus is a worthy but risky pursuit because there are as many precautions as there are benifits. For example, the author states in paragraph 5, ""Not easy conditions, but surviable for humans."" Venus is one of the most earth like planets in our solar system. There are many people researching and finding new things about Venus and our solar system.

Venus has a very thick atmosphere. There is only about 3 percent oxygen and about 97 percent carbon dioxide. This is a huge hazard considering earth has near the exact opposite. getting to close to this planet can be very dangerous because the average tempeture on the surface is about 800 degrees Fahrenheit.

NASA is continuing to grow and develop new technology to study Venus and other planets as well. In conclusion the author wants the reader to undertand that venus has very harsh conditions but if we use the right gear and materials we can succeed on stuying this planet.                  ",2
"Dear Mr. Senator,

The Electoral College has served us for more than a century in determining our nation's new president. ""The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress,"" states the article ""What Is the Electoral College?"" written by the Office of the Federal Register. This means that we do not vote directly vote for our new president, but instead vote for electors that vote for a candidate running for office. Though many individuals are in favor of keeping the Electoral College, if kept, it will continue to cause problems in our nation. Our presidential campaign will be much better if we change to election by popular vote for the president of the United States.

To begin with, the Electoral College is the cause for many issues in our nation's presidential campaign. First of all, voters sometimes cannot even control whom their electors vote for. Ergo, one may vote for an elector of our favorite candidate's party, however, we don't know if that elector will go back on his word and vote for another cadidate. The article ""The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong"" written by Bradford Plumer states, ""The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor. The American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the sytem allows for much worse. Consider that state legislators are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people"". This means that the people never know if their electors are going to go back on their word and vote for another candidate. Aside from that, their is the worrying aspect of a tie occurring. If that were to happen, then the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives. The article The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong"" written by Bradford Plumer states, ""In 1968, a shift of just 41, 971 votes would have deadlocked the election; In 1976, a tie would have occurred if a mere 5,559 votes in Ohio and 3,687 votes in Hawaii had voted the other way"". This says that if those people had just voted for the opposite person, then there would have been a tie between the two candidates. Yes, those numbers seem large, but in comparison to the number of voters that there were in those years, they're a small fraction of them. This shows how close elections are with the Electoral College.

Aside from causing issues in the United States, the Electoral College is extremely unfair to voters. The article, ""What Is the Electoral College?"" written by the Office of the Federal Register states, ""Most states have a 'winner-take-all' system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate"". That is not fair to other voters who don't vote for the popular candidate in their state; they don't receive any electors. Additionally, most candidates only advertise and visit ""swing"" states. ""Swing"" states are the states that usually determine the outcome of the election. ""The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong"" written by Bradford Plumer says, ""During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad"". It's unjustifiable that simply because you have fewer electors in your state, you don't get to watch your candidates campaign. As previously mentioned, each state has a different number of electoral votes. It all depends on the population. For example, Texas, with a huge population has 38 electors, while Maine only has 4. The article, ""The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid out defenses of the system are wrong"" states, ""Beacuse each state casts only one vote, the single representative from Wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, would have as much say as the 55 representatives from California, who represent 35 million voters"". Why do some states have more representatives than others just because of their population? It's not fair to the smaller states. It is true that the bigger states have more people in them, needing more representation, however, the smaller states have as much to say as the big ones. '

To conclude, the Electoral College has caused many disastorous factors in our presidential campaigns. It has caused the wrong president to be elected, and it doesn't give our citizens much of a voice in the election. However, changing the system to popular vote for the president will give people a louder voice in this nation and it will show them that the government cares about their opinion. As the article, ""The Indefesible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid out defenses are wrong"" written by Bradford Plumer states, ""It's officual: The Electoral College is unfaor, outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. And the arguents against direct elections are spurious at best. It's hard to say this, but Bob Dole was right: Abolish the electoral college!""    ",5
"The author for ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,""writes about his studies for Venus and how dangerous it can be. But the author suggests that we should study Venus and its dangers. In this article, it explains how NASA has tried multiple times to visit Venus but the space craft could not handle it. The author makes you feel more encouraged to study this because it wants you to try and discover more features of Venus by having you study more about it.

In the article, the authors uses multiple facts about the dangers of Venus. Such as in paragraph 1,it says, "" It has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely."" It's good for students to really learn how dangerous Venus can really be. Learning how Venus is alike to Earth and how imbearably hot it can be can say a lot about where its title came from. Knowing how temperatures can be up to 300 degrees on Venus can encourage you to study it more by thinking how and why is it like that in Venus.

The tiltle is called ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" for a reason. The word challenge is used in paragraph 8,""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value."" The author really imphasises the word dangers in his article. By expressing the dangers of the degrees and how space crafters could not land on Venus. Now learning that people have the desire to try and visit Venus, they will have to study and learn different ws to land depite its dangers. The word, ""Challenge"" encourages people. It makes people want to do it more. By the author putting in the words such as challenging and dangerous, it just makes to readers want to study about it more. Despite how hard it can be.

This article is worthy pursuit despite all dangers because it motivates you to learn more about it. Juat like in paragraph 8 it says,""Should be expanded to meet the very edge of imagination and innovation."" The more people can learn about it, the more scientist can get better information. The dangers details encourage the reader. In paragraph 5, NASA explains the work that they have tried to put in by making a space crafter and landing it on Venus. But that has not been possible in decades.

""The Challenge of Explaing Venus,"" really does its work to encourage the readers the study Venus. It tells about the dangers of it, how scientist have studied it, and how scientist are trying to come up with different space crafters to work on landing on Venus. The author supports this idea by using words to persuade you to learn more about Venus.         ",3
"Limiting car usage would be great for both you and the environment. If we didn't use cars as much, we would get more exercise, save more money, and limit the amount of air pollution we produce. We would start to notice changes for the better in our health, our budgeting, and the condition of the environment. I have gathered evidence from a few different sources to back up these claims. ""In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars"", ""Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Botogta"", and ""The End of Car Culture"" all go into detail about the benefits that did happen or could happen while we limit car usage.

One advantage of limiting car usage is the increase in exercise it will give you. Did you know that 70% of America is overweight? An advantage to walking or biking places that driving doesn't have is that walking or biking will get you active. It will help you burn calories and it will give you the self-confidence of being in good shape. Sure, it might be hot out when you walk or bike places, but this problem can be solved by simply dressing appropriotely for the activity. Wear something that you know you'll be comfortable getting excercise in. One business man riding a two seat bicycle with his wife (instead of driving), said, ""It's a good way to take away stress and lower air pollution"", (Source 3). Walking or riding your bike to get places rather than driving to them will give you more time to think. If you think too much on the road, something dangerous is bound to happen. Walking to places is a great alternative to driving not only for your body but for your mind, and this, to me, is a strong advantage of limiting car usage.

Another advantage to limiting car usage is you will start to save money. Gas bills start to add up, especially considering the constant inclination of prices. Not only gas, though, but other costly needs such as getting your car's oil changed or tires replaced can also turn out to be expensive. Cost plays a huge role in whether or not teens and young adults will get a car when legally eligable. ""There has been a large drop in the percentage of 16- to 39-year-olds getting a license"", (Source 4). A large amount of teens just now getting their licenses are unemployed, making the car expenses impossible for them to pay on their own, making them rely on usually a parent or relative. Money has always had a significant effect on how people transport from one place to another. Limiting driving all together would save you gas and repair money, and saving money could never be a bad thing.

Finally, a significant advantage of not driving as much is that it would limit the amount of air pollution on this earth. ""...a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Europe"", (Source 1). Though we may not notice it, air pollution is constantly contaminating the earth. Air pollution is extremely harmful to inhale, almost like how smoking is extremely bad for your lungs. Reducing the amount of driving that we do would reduce the amount of air pollution we produce with it. Walking or biking does not pollute the earth the way driving can.

Advantages of limiting car usage are not only good for the environment but are good for us both physically, mentally, and financially. If everyone started to limit the amount of time they spend driving per day, just imagine the change we might start to see in the community. We could start by walking to the grocery store or our friends' houses instead of driving, and then maybe bring on a long-term change, such as walking to school if it's close enough, or walking to the bus stop so you can ride the bus with other kids instead of driving your own car, creating more air pollution. There are other advantages to limiting car usage, but these are the top three advantages we will begin to notice if we act soon enough.    ",5
"Dear State Senator,

I believe the way this country was founded should remain the same. From laws, to printed documents of government and even electing our president. We should keep the Electoral college to vote for president. We should keep it the way it is for many reasons, this country was started that way, you vote in either democratic or republican party, and there are larger states then others with more people. There would be a whole lot of confusion if it was based on election by popular vote.

This country was built by the Founding Fathers with a purpose, to be free, have rights, but built with certian laws and ways that are done by government. This country was founded with the system of Electoral College when voting for president. The story states ""The Founding Fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens."" That statement means all the laws and ways of government that we have today for electing presidents was made by the founding fathers for a reason.

Many people have certian beliefs and some aren't found in Democratic or Republican party for certain people. Some Republicans may believe in a certian way that some Democrats do not, and even the other way around. Because of the Electoral College, we can vote for a specific party that we agree more with their beliefs. We go through the slate electors that we agree more with and then vote for President.

Popular voting would be difficult in another way because, there are larger states that the majority of people may believe in one way then another state that is tiny that believe in a whole other way. With states like California and Texasthat are huge states compared to Rhode Island and New Jersey that are tiny, the popular votes wouldn't be fair if the larger states believe in a differents way that the smaller states. It would be less difficult to just keep the Electoral College.

Although both systems may have a confusing side, we were made as a country in certian ways of government. This country was started with the Electoral College. You vote through a slate with either Democratic or Republican party. Lastly, there are larger states then others so popular voting would be unfair. So I think we should keep Electoral College when voting for the President of the United States.         ",3
"I would like to see this type of car out on the streets. The reason why I agree with my statement is because it would make that driver have a better challenge of controling the car. It will let the driver sit back while the car drives and for the driver to stay alert at the same time.

First, the reason why I said that it will give the driver a better challenge of controlling the car. The driver might be preocupided at the same time driving, so this might help the driver to not have to pay attenction on the road. Also, if the driver is running late for their work, the car can help them, instead of the driver getting a car accitedent.

Secondly, driving a driverless car might be more fun rather than the old fashion way. For the car system for the driverless, the system will shut down when the driver takes back in control. Also, this might help drivers that are learning to drive, this might help them how to control their driving skills.

Thirdly, the driver will have to stay alert while the car i driving for safety reasons. Like the car won't know how to get by through heavy traffic jams. Or through roadblocks, this are the major set backs of the driverless cars. So the car will still need the skills of the human driver to get past them.

In conclusion, the reason why I agree to this is because it will give the driver a bit of a challenge. It would give the driver to sit back while the car drives itself. These are the resorces that the driver is now give .Also, it will give the driver the sense to stay alert while the car drives.",3
"I think driverless cars would be a very cool thing to have. Also its outside the box not every car can be driverless but some can. Just look a lamborghini or ferrari they dont have as much technology as some of the newer middle class cars do.

But your paying $500,000 for some thing that doesnt have as many features as a prius or a smart car. But also driverless cars arent really driveless if some has to take the wheel and go around some things that means the cars not really driveless

I would rather drive my car than let a computer beacuse technology will always have problems and errors and if that happens gonig down a highway at say 70mph and your car has a problem and you aren't ready for it you may end up in the hospital. Driverless cars will happen one day but not anytime soon cause some states say they arent even legal to drive a computer operated car.",1
"Many scientists working for NASA, as well as myself, have found, and taken pictures of a natural landform on Mars that resembles a face. We have discovered a very unique landform. Some people, like you, believe that the face is some form of an alien monument. I do not believe that this is a claim that can be supported, nor is it a true claim, but I can see where your ideas come from.

The scientists I work with, along with myself, believe that this is definantly just a natural landform on Mars. When the pictures first came from the Viking 1 spacecraft, we were suprised, but that didn´t last long. We realized that this is just another Martian mesa. We realized that the only reason why this landform looked like an Egyptian Pharaoh was because of the unusual shadowing. Taking another picture of the face was necessary to us when MGS arrived at Mars in 1997. When the MGS flew over the face it took another picture that was much better than those that the Viking 1 took. This picture really proved to us that this was just a natural landform. Since that day was cloudy, some people didn´t believe that the picture was sufficient. In 2001, we got yet another picture that proved to us that this was just another natural landform. With the technology and the camera used to take the picture, if there were small shacks near ""the Face"" or unusual markings on ""the Face"" we would have been able to see them. There was no actual markings or Egyptian-style pyramids near or on the face, so we decided it is just a natural landform similar to Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.

When we first found this face I could see where you were coming from about thinking it is an alien monument. You may think that it could be something they worship, or it just represents something like our statues do. You may also think that NASA scientists, like me, just don´t want to share about the fact that there might be alien life-forms, but I think that if we knew anything about that we would want to share and profit off of it. Also this is not an alien monument because if we thought that it was, we would want to explore it more and get it out to the public, but we´re not. This should probably give you and your fellow believers about it being an alien monument a clue that it really is just a landform.

So, in conclusion, this natural landform that looks like a face is simply just a natural landform similar to what we have on Earth. Aliens did not create this to resemble a face, it is just a result of shadowing on the landform. ",5
"The driverless car is not a good idea to put in motion. There could be alot of controversy over this advancement for cars. Importantly, they can put people out of jobs, can only do specific jobs and can be very costly.

There are alot of flaws in this advancement of technology. Some people think advancement in technology is always a good thing, but in some situations are not. As the technologly advances it puts more people out of jobs, replacing them. Just like the driverless driver would do to taxi drivers, chauffeurs, or etc. If the human driver is lucky they might get minium wage for contrling the car when it needs ""a human driver to take over.""

Furthermore, the driverless car can only do some things; they still need the assistance of a human. What is the human supposed to do while boredly waiting for their turn to take over the wheel? They supposed to remain alert at any given time, but its supposed to be an driverless car, which means it shouldn't need a human what so ever. What if the car connot get the driver's attention in time before crashing into something or somebody else's car?

Lastly, who fault is it if the driverless car does crash? The driverless car has sensors on it, but to get them check to see if they aren't faulty or replacing them may be very expensive. Putting someone's life in a techincal car could be risky and the lawsuits for a crash can have a high in range. They would cost way more than just to have a human driver do the job easily.

In conclusion, the driverless car should not be put in effect, they can people out of jobs, they can only do specific things and they can be very costly. ",3
"My fellow citizens, allow me to make an urgent announcement. Stop with the constant use of cars. It's damaging not only us, but the environment. We live in aworld where cars are now becoming a major trend, and we're driving them more and more. If we keep drawing that pattern, we won't have a stable world to live in.

I'm not saying to completely stop using your vehicles, although we might see a larger change than expected, what I'm saying is to manage your car usage wisely. Every time we pick up the keys, start our engine and take off to the nearest grocery store, we add a larger threat to the environment. In 'Paris Bans Driving Due To Smog' by Robert Duffer, it informs of the enforcement France is taking to clean up it's polluted cities. Duffer shows us how ""the smog"" that invades the city became a rival to Beijing, China, which is known as the most polluted cities in the world. Imagine going outside to see the beautiful sun, and instead open the door to cars delivering blinding ""smog."" We can't allow ourselves to become the most polluted cities, and the first step is to manage ourselves with our cars.

There's some of us who suffer from stress and anxiety. There's some of us who look at our community and are probably never wanting to go outside again. That is not a community to live in. We deserve to feel relieved, relaxed, and renewed from time to time. In 'Car-Free Day Is Spinning Into a Big Hit in Bogota' by Andrew Selsky, it demonstrates a perfect example. Selsky writes about a ""Car-Free"" day in Bogota, Columbia, and a man shares his side of this event. Carlos Arturo Plaza tells us, ""It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air polluton."" Selsky writes in paragraph 28 the benefits of this event. He writes, ""Parks and sport centers bloomed... Dramatically cut traffic... New restaurants and shopping districts developed."" Look what we can accomplish from not using our cars as much.

We're in a time where money is the top priority in our lives. All those gas prices, and the car insurance car owners must pay is ridiculous. Sometimes people can't even sleep at night due to all the thinking of ""how will I pay this?"", or ""how will I pay that?"" It later becomes a constant battle. This is when technology comes in handy. Now with the common ""Facebook"" and other social media, we're able to connect more and more. It's sad to see people waste their money going to a friends house for probably an hour or so, when they can just talk virtually. Elisabeth Rosenthal, writer of 'The End of Car Culture,' most likely will agree with me. Rosenthal inputs Mimi Sheller's say in all this. Sheller is a sociology professor at Drexel University, and she cites important factors on paragraph 35. ""Internet makes telecommuting possible and allows people to feel more connected without driving to meet friends."" Why drive and pay for gas when you can get on the web? You'll be glad you did.

Now, many will be able to disagree with me saying that, ""we need cars to drive long distances,"" or, ""I rather pay and have my own privacy then be with twenty people I don't know on a bus."" That's fine. I'm not saying to wipe out the fact that you have a car, all I'm saying is to use it wisely. Drive long distances, not short ones that can take you ten minutes to walk. ""What about the people who work in car companies?"" Well, if we all followed what Bogota is doing and develop shopping districts and renewal companies, I'm sure there will be many jobs available. No matter the pay, you'll still have no worry about your automobile bills, which will help you save a huge amount of money. We need to save ourselves from driving and polluting the earth, or else we won't have a great life to live. Blinding smog will cover the sky, and many won't be able to enjoy the rich outside there once was. All we will see are streets instead of parks. We need to stop ourselves from driving too much in order to live to the fullest.    ",6
"Dear state senator,

I dont think it is very fair that you tell people there vote counts but what a lot of people dont know is that it doesn't. Instead it consists of 538 electoral voters who use the majority rule to elect the president. There are millions of voters who are just wasting there time on election day voting on who they think should be president. Did you know over 60 percent of voters prefer a direct election over a electoral college. 60 percent!

That's majority rule right there and you still havn't done anything about it. When people vote they are voting for the president not for a slate of electors. Not only is that false advertising but it's wrong. Vote for president Obama the signs say but do they really mean it? I guess not.

Just think if you were a voter and you thought it counted. i think you should change from the electoral college to the popular vote. Look what the electoral college has made for presidents over the past century. George Bush went to war with irag and Afghanistan making us far into dept. Then they voted for Obama who is taking over 20 TRILLION DOLLARS from China, and how does he expect to pay them back?

Very simple, he is just gonna brush it off like nothing is happening and wait for re-election and pass the dept off to the new president. So, if popular vote was now going on i think the public would be better at deciding whether or not one person deserves to be president more then the other. Ill let you decide.

Sincerely,

PROPER_NAME.    ",2
"The Facial Action Coding System (FACS)is a recent innovation in facial recognition software. It can deciper what a perosn may be feeling by analysing muscle movements and facial structure. While the technological impact of FACS is revolutionary, can a sytem like it be used in schools to give insight into the emotions of a student? The value of FACS in schools has the ptoential to become great, but as of now, FACS still has many challenges to face in order for it to become a practical and valuable part of the education sytem.

Currently, FACS can only recognize ""...six basic emotions-happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness..."". While this abilty is a great acheviment, FACS would have to be able to read many more expressions, such as confusion, boredom, or understanding to become useful in a classroom enviornment.

If implemented in its current state, FACS might look at each student's face and would be able to pinpoint only the happy or suprised students, but typically, the happy students are not be the ones who need help. Without the capabilities to recognize more emotions, FACS would serve little purpose in this setting.

The artical also states that "" Your at home PC can't handle the algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile."" Many school comtuters are out of date and wouldn't be able to run FACS either. So, in order to correctly use it, a school would have to spend large amounts of money to purchase machines with the computing power to run FACS, an investment that may not pay off for years. This expense would only be made greater by the cost of the software itself.

So, while the Facial Action Coding Sytem has the ability to become an integral part of the education sytem, with its current capabilities, it would seem that FACS is not yet ready to assume the role of a valuable tool in classrooms arcross the country.      ",4
"Are driverless cars really that necessary? Driverless cars, in my oppion are not going to make the world better. I think that they will just make life more challenging, and will cause more problems. What is the difference between a driverless car and a normal car? Are they really driverless? Do they garrentee you saftey?

Who wants a car that is supposed to be driverless but still needs a driver? I don't think I would. A driverless car is just like a normal car that you have to control. You still have to be alert and watch the roads just as you would in a regular car. There really is no difference between a driverless car and a normal car, except one is a little more upgraded.

These new driverless cars do not garentee that you will be safe at all

times.The lawmakers say that safety is best achieved with an alert human driver. You are safer in a vehicle if you are driving rather than a robot driving. Testing computer-driven cars is illegal in most states. It is illegal because the people believe that driverless cars are not safe and will cause more accidents, and injuries.

Driverless cars are not really driverless. If they are driverless then why do the drivers have to stay alert at all times. Google has created a car that can drive in specific conditons. Google cars have driven more that half a million miles without crashes, but they are not completley driverless. Their cars can only handle certain things, and when the car can not accomplish the task it hands the task to the human, who should be ready to take over at any time.

I belive that driverless cars are not really driverless, they are not safe, and they are very similar to a normal car. So don't waste your time and money on buying a driverless car. They are not what you thought they would be.        ",3
"When looking at the Face over the years, you can clearly tell that it's a landform. From 1976 to 2001 the Face has lost almost all features to make it look like a face. For example, in 1976 you could clearly see a nose and eyes. By 1998 you could hardly make out the form of the nose and there was a crack where a mouth would have been bplaced. Finally, by 2001 you could hardly see any of its features. In the following paragraphs I will discuss detalis and characteristics into further detail.

When I took a first looked at the Face, in the photo from 1976, I saw a clear face with a nose, eyes, and the feature of a pharoh.

By 1998 I could no longer see the eyes and nose look caved in. I did however see the form of a mouth that I didn't see before. A martian couldn't make a face out of the ground because nobody knows for sure that they're real. No one has ever seen a martian so how do we know that they're even there? Land however could completely make this. If you look at Earth and the mountains that have been formed, not by man but by the land, you know that there's no way martian's could've built this.

Also, nobody has proof that this isn't just shadows reflecting onto the ground. There might not even be a landform there but the shadows are forming an allusion that makes it look like a land mass. In paragraph 9, Garvin says, ""We don't just pass over the Face very often."" When Garvin says this, it makes me believe more that it's just a shadow because they don't see it very often. The sun might have to be placed just right to cast the shadows onto that specific spot. Lastly, how would martians know what an ancient pharoh looked like?

Now I'm going to sides with the martian's. If martians were in fact a real living thing, why couldn't they build something to look like a face? I'm sure that they would have hands, fingers, feet, and toes just like humans. If this Face was martian made, maybe they were trying to send a signal to someone like, ""Hey, we really are here and we need your help!"" They could've known that there were space rovers going around their planet from somewhere else. There's no telling who built the Face.

There's no telling how the Face got there or why. The most realistic and logical explanation is that the land formed it. There are many conspiraces out there as to how and why the Face is on Mars. I choose to believe that they had a ""Mars Quake"" and the face just appeared. But in reality nobody knows how it was formed.",3
"Why do we need driverless cars? They're not worth it, they might seem cool and everything but it could be dangerous. The car might malfunction and crash, it might make the driver get distracted, ect. There are many things that could go wrong so I am against the driverless car.

The reason I am against it is because of three main reasons. To start with the car is not yet ready to be tested in our generation yet, we can barely handle a normal car without crashing, and lastly is the car 100% sure it can handle evrything? The reason I say the car isnt ready for our generation is because the teenagers from this era are always distracted with their smart phones and maybe a cute girl passes by and they try to get a glimpse but the fact is the teenagers of today can't be trusted with a normal car. How are they going to handle a car thats driverless i say itll be more of a trouble because it will have more features in the car like the use of bluetooth and youtube that could be a problem. They'll want to look something up or try to change the song and they'll turn away from the street for one second and next thing you know they crash. Our generation of teenagers just isnt ready for that advanced technology yet so i propose we restrict the cars to only adults even tho thats another argument as well but they're atleast aware of what they're getting themselves into.

The other things are accidents, its not only the driver who is to blame sometimes its the car and the manufacturer who are to blame. yeah, maybe the driver took his eye off the road for a second and didn't see the other car but what if the driver never took his eyes off the road and saw the car and tried to stop but couldn't because the car wasn't responding. Then it would be the companies fault for not assuring that their cars are ready and safe enough. So what if the driverless car sin't safe enough too. They say that the car is ready but there have been many situations where the company assures you its safe and weeks later there are news about the car malfunctioning because the company forgot to check something that could happen with all the driverless cars they might malfunction and kill or injure someone. so I would rather wait utnil everythung is safe and sucure and that the company can assure us a 99.99% assurance that it will work.

To conclude my argument is the car ready for any situation or anything at all? like is it safe enough to have a baby in it can it even have a baby in it. Can it handle weather, can it handle accidents ahead? there are many things that can occur and we don't know if the car is ready. Plus the repairs for it would be expensive I don't think anyone would want to pay a lot for that car too much money. Do they meet with the safety standards, are they approved by all the states? There are just so many things that I could say to go against the driverless car i can't finish today but this is a little of what i think about the driverless car.",4
"""Its a good thing for computers to be able to tell human emotion?"" Well Dr. Huang thinks it is a good idea. Now I dont know if it is just me but with all the robots taking over the world thing in movies but i dont think it is such a good idea. Dr. Huang has came up with a computer that can read human emotion's.

Now Dr. Huang's computer syestem can tell six human emotion's and let me tell u somthing human's only have six emotion's those emotions are (happiness, surprised, angery, disgusted, fear, and sadness). the computer can recognize the subtle facial movments we human's have to express hoe we feel.

Computers use this thing called CALCUATE EMOTION'S it those are your thinking part of your emotions like as simpole as solving a math problem and doing your work or thinking ahead.

so how i feel about this hole thong is that is a bad idea and that we should not have even come up with it but that is just me.

p. s. dont say I told you so when the hole computer taking over the world is happening dont say I didn't worn you!       ",1
"The author suggest that studying Venus is a worthly pursuit despite the dangers. They think this because Venous could have been like earth a long time ago. The text states that, "" The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes famillar features such as valleys, mountians, and craters.

They have been keen on the idea of sending humans to study venus. The issues is that the planets too hot. They started to think about the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow them to float above the fray. All thought the temprature would be around 170 degrees Fahrenheit the air pressure would be at earths sea level. Another plus would be the solar power would be plentiful. depite this it wouldnt' be easy conitions but liveable for humans.

NASA has been working on an appraoch to study the planet. they have made electronics out of silicon carbide. It has been tested in a csmber simulating the chaos of venus. They are striving to beat the challenges presented by venus. But the planet has vaules not only but also has insight to be gained on the planet itself. Humans will began to grew curiouser and curiouser but we can only do this if we go around the intimidating endeavor.

It should not be limited by danger nor doubt.",3
"Driverless cars in my opinion wouldn't with the people I know in my community. This is because it would take away from the the experience of being behind the wheel of a vehical. Yes driverless cars might be safer but why should they be forced to lose something that is enjoyedable to most individuals. If states just worked as hard on enforcing and finding new ways on keeping the roads safe we could avoid the dangers of human driven cars and they could still have their experience.

Personally, I could see driverless cars as a great oppurtunity to look into because it can keep the roads safe and the person behind the wheel can do whatever they would like. Therefore they should be ready to take over at anytime. I also like this idea because the passage stated that driverless cars would take half the fuel of today's taxis. There are many positives to this but I question how well the car would be able to keep the driver awake. The passage said that the car would be watching the driver to make sure they're aware but I'm afraid that some people may fall asleep not be easily awaken. Another concern I would be afraid to get into a car that relies on so much more technology. Any of the sensors cameras could mess up or even the warning displays could go wrong. This would be a big issue for me. With those concerns i also have plenty of positives with this new idea.

The passage says that they'll have to interpret the driving fun in a new way. I think that is a wonderful thought and could possibly keep someone aware if they're into the process of being in a driverless car. Most people today love to text and multitask in the car and that can be a problem in cars which are driven only by humans. But in this case of a intergrated process would give them that option of being on devices and doing other activities becuase it would help them stay awake and could be able to take over quickly. If they find a way to make it fun and find a way to make it a enjoyable experince i think most people will be into the safer and more effiecent taxi. Overall I think this is a great idea and could possiblly be the key to keeping people safe on the roads.                  ",3
"The author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit, o matter the dangers it faces to do so. The author well states the topic he/she would be talking about. The author mentioned that since it is not as similar as Earth, in terms of weather/climate changes. That we should discover the closest planet to us apart from Mars. He/she included some positive and possible solutions such as, airplane flying over storms, solar power would be plentiful, air pressure at sea level, radiation would not exceed Earth levels, etc. The author knows what they are talking about and wants to prove that Venus is worth to get studied for.

The author mentioned that some of our Earth problems could be solved by Venus due to its conditions, and how Venus is not so bad compared to our planet Earth. In the article, the author states that ""Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hoveting over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way."" This shows how Venus is not all bad of a planet to even think to live in it. Shows how there is solutions to most of the negatives it has, and how we could somehow, somewhat be living in as he descriptively explains the reader and making them imagine what it would be like to live in Venus, someday. Therefore, the author efficiently dodge the many of the negatives Venus has by mentioning some of the things that NASA is doing and some of the positives it could bring that we have in our world today.

To conclude, the author states and mentions how Venus is worth to get studied for by mentioning the many positives it could include to live in. Mentions how a vehicle such as a car could fly in Venus, and at the same time avoid terrain obstacles, which is a problem we have to deal with today. How airplanes could fly over storms, which is another problem we have today and how flights have to cancel their flights due to bad weather. One postive aspect about Venus was that solar power could be more efficent there then in our planet Earth, since on some parts of the world, solar energy is just a dream to be in. So therefore, the author efficiently states his point, provides evidence and reasoning on to why we should further the investigations on studying Venus.          ",3
"I am for driveless cars becuase than you have more time to make sure you child is safe,have have less wercks in the future,and you and your friends can go for a long joy ride. I support driveless cars becuase its more safer than some other cars around the globe.

Everyore wants to get their childern safe to one place to another right. Well now you can with driveless cars. Driveless cars get in to another place without having to drive your car at all. This car also senses things hat might harm or damage your car when ou are not even watching the road. Driveless cars also stops and have good milage rates on them. Getting your kids somewhere can be hard,but if you have a driveless car you have hands on with your kids inside of your car to make sure they get their safe. This car also have a chair that vibrate and let you know that ther is incoming traffic an the car stops by its self. So if you want your child to have a safe ride to andd from home go out and get a driveless car.

Another thing about driveless car is that it will cause less wrecks in the future. Sometimes when you turn on the news you see people dying in car wrecks. This is why you need this car. Not only will you avoid losing your life,you will also have a good record of your profile. People loving driving around just to have a good time and to see what's new,but some peopple is scared they might be at the wrong place at the wrong time. You don't need to worry about if you might not make it somewhere safe becuase driveless car is on it. Don't wait till someone else gets hur in your family,go buy this car Now.

The last thing about driveless car is that you an your friends can go for a really long joy ride about almost any where ini the world without driving. Your friends don't need to bring extra stuff just to make sure their life is not at risk of beign lost when they are with you. If your going away and don't feel like driving all the way to get someone or pick them up,than driveless is what you need. This car lets you rest while it does all the work for you to help make your life fun and even easier. For example,your friends is planning a joy ride party arcoss town,you guys can play or do whatever you want inside of the car knowin your life is in good hands with this car.

Drivless car can save so many lives and make your life easier an take all of your stress away just like that. No more worrying about staying home becuase your body hurts and you can't drive drive. Drivelsees ar will take you anywhere and keep you going and make your surrouning earier on you and your loved ones.             ",3
"In this world everything is built up around people with mixed emotions,so the thought of being able to see how someone is emotions is an amazing thing.

The reasoing for this is that it can lead to the explanation of why people do certain things in life, such as killing, other things.This also good because of you will ik whether to talk to a person and you can know how they are feeling.

All of this is can determine different this refer to to the world but think of a world of achieving happiness. The reason why this this could happen is because of the fact people do like others to notices that they are sad or are feeling down. So they might try and find something which makes them happy so that they could change there emotion. And if its known that a person not happy they would try everything they could do change that.   ",2
"Venus, sometimes called the ""Evening star"" it is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky that is amazing. Well Venus is actually a planet.

Venus is called the ""Evening star"" is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. In our solar system Venus is the second planet from our sun. While Venus is simple from the distant but safe vantage point of earth it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closley. Often referred to as Earth""twin"" Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size and occcasionally the closest in distance too. Earth, Venus, and Marsour other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds. These differences in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times in Venus. Maybe this is issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than threendecades. Numerous factors contribute to Vensu reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us.

In conclusion this is why it is worthly to study about Venus. Itis very cool and interstead to learn about. You could learn so much about Venus its really cool. Now i wanna learn more about Venus. It is worthly to learn about Venus.",1
"Would you feel safe knowing that you were putting your life into a computer's ""hands""? There are many positive and negative examples on driverless cars. I have looked at the negative effects and I have chosen to be agaisnt the idea of driverless cars. I have chosen this mainly for safety reasons.

One reason that I am against the development of driverless cars is the safety concern. In paragraph nine it explains how these driverless cars are currently unsafe to drive in certain road conditions. These conditions may include pulling in and out of locations, dealing with complicated trafic issues, and navigating through roadwork and accidents. As a result, in almost all states it is illegal to even test driverless cars. There are currently only three states in the country that have ""limited"" use of semi-autonomous cars, California, Nevada, and Florida. The car manufacterers say in the soon future more states will add to this list as soon as the cars are proved reliable and safe. With that said even if they become legal in more states, new laws will need to be added in order to cover liabilty if there would so happen to be an accident. Another concern of mine is, what if this driverless car were to malfunction? Let us say I was in the passenger seat of my driverless car. What if I were to fall asleep?

You've heard the story, now it is your turn to decide. Should you feel safe without the car under your control and in the ""hands"" of a computer?             ",3
"We are living in a world that day by day is rapidly changing right before our eyes, whether its the fastest new car, the more advance cell phone, or even just a simple new invention that will assist our lives into making it easier. That's really all its about is trying to make our live less of a hassle, but is always taking the easy way out the best and most convienient way? Cars have been around for quite some time now, and the do a great deal for our society, however there are many advantages of limiting car usuage.

In an article titled

The End of Car curlture

By Elisabeth Rosenthal she mentions that recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by. Although the current poplations interest in cars is decreasing, the developement since WWII has been focused on cars. Motor run vehicles play a huge role in peoples lives today helping them get from point A to point B in a lesser amount of time then walking or even riding a bike. However cars are not always the answer, if a destination is less that five minutes away it isn't imossible to walk/ride a bike, when you take the oppurtunity of not driving in a vehicle you are doing two things saving the environment because there will be no gasoline burning and you will be giving your body the exercise it needs.

Many cities including Bogota, Columbia are already trying to start the trend of a alternative transportation. In a document titled

Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota

By Andrew Selsky they explain how every year for the past three year Bogota hosts a day without car but only buses and taxis used as vehicle transportation, motive was to reduce smog in the area therefore violaters would face a $25.00 fine. ""It's a good oppurtunity to take away stress and lower air pollution"" said a business man with the name of Carlos Arturo Plaza, as time has gone on other cities including Cali and Valleduar have participated in the event.

Everyday the air becomes more and more polluted with with the usage of cars, so why not kill two birds with one stone, save the planet and save ourselves. Next time you are going somewhere take a moment to think would i be better off walking or riding my bike, if not use your vehicle. It isn't a bad thing to use a car because they do greatly benifit us, but when you have the option use a bicycle or walk to your destination instead.    ",3
"Driverless Cars Should be developed . Its a great way to save money because there is no need to buy a car or to waist money on fuel. In fact Goodle has has cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009, this has really helped promote the idea about driverless cars.

There are many perks that driverless cars pertain, for example it has driven for more than a half million miles without problems reported. Also if a person wants to take control they have to oppurtunity to do so. They still alert the driver to take over when pulling in or out driveways.

In conclusion I agree about the fact that Driverless cars should prohibited because it saves money and you can still take control. To insure safety Manufactures are also using cameras to watch the dric=vers are remaining focused non the road. While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver .This is my reasoning of why I think ""Driverless Cars""should be developed. .",2
"I claim that the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because of the many reasons in the text he tells us. He says that it is very simple to see from a safe distance, but harder when you get closer to it, he also presents the idea that each mission was unmanned and for a good reason, and lastly Venus has a very thick atmosphere of a poisonious gas. These are all reasons he supports the idea that it is fun to study, but also dangerous. I will get more in depth with these reasons.

The first reason that the author supports this idea is when he says this statement in paragraph one, ""While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely."" This shows that the author is trying to support the idea because he is saying Venus is easy to see from Earth, and a far distance, but when our space programs have tried to get closer, it has presented more problems that make it very difficult to examine more closely, which shows the author says Venus is worth studying, but dangerous.

The second reason the author supports the idea is in paragraph two. He says ""Each mission was unmanned, and for a good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours."" This shows when the author says ""For a good reason"" that he is trying to say he supports the idea of us trying to study more about Venus, but is glad we are approaching it at a safe distance, and unmanned. This is another reason he is telling us that it is good to study, but dangerous.

The last reason the author supports this idea is in paragraph three when he states, ""Even more challenging are the clouds of the highly corrrosive sulfric acid in Venus's atmosphere."" This shows that he is stating some of the facts that it is highly dangerous to go on Venus, by saying the words ""Even more challenging"" which presents he agrees with the idea that Venus is worthy to pursue studying, despite the dangers.

In conclusion, the reasons the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents is because of the highly dangerous atmosphere, the spaceships that never survive landings on Venus for more than a few hours, and safe to see from a good vantage point but challenging when you get closer, all suggest that the author supports this idea. These are all reason as to how well the author does on being able to agree with this topic.                    ",3
"the Earth's twin

In this esay we star evaluating how well the author of the book ""the challenge of exploring venus supports his ideas about Venus and what are the similary between Venus and the Earth and all the diference .

First of all the author star explaing what is Venus , Venus is one ofthe bightest points of light in the night sky also venus is the second planet in the solar system, venus is calle the Earth's twin because Venus is the closet planet to the Earth in terms of density and size and occasionally the Earth and Venus are closest in distance too and sometimes we are closert to mars .

Secondly the author say what are the reputation of Venus ,Venu's reputation as a challenging planet for human to study because the atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide and the apacecraft survived the landing for more than a few houres also the clouds of higly corrosive sulfuric acid in venu's atmosphere , the plane's furface temperatures average over 800 degrees and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times grater than what we experince on our own planet and Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any other planet in our solar system,these conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth

Lastly the author trie to tell how venus is a good planet to study because long ago venus was covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life just like Earth also the planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys , mountains and crates also Venus geology and weather present additional impediments like eruptiones, power earthquakes and freqeunt lightning strike to probes seeking to land onits surface , but the author contnue , whit the idea of

Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a plnetry visit.

In conclucion Venus are in some poins so sililar to the Earth bust sometimes are the complety opposite of the Earth and the author have very good informacion to supports his ideas of study and vist the

Earth's twin .       ",3
"This might be a good way to help stop school shootings. You can identify which studnet needs help and can go and talk to that student . Being able to read emotions can be helpful but it may also be distracting. For example"" the student appering unintrested and or bored and it automanically changes to a video game"" ? Some student are special needs or may be thinking about something happing at home or maybe what's for lunch ? , and the next thing they see is their work has been erased and or changed and they can do nothing about it and send them into a panick attack and can not focus on anything except trying to calm down. Im both with and against this .

We have a right to privacy unless there is a reason for worry. This could possibly assist students who have a undetected disorder or possibly prevent school shootings . We should have a personal right not to reveal are emotions if we do not want to , but i think if there is a cause for worry on certain students than maybe we could try it.",2
"In 2009, Google cofounder Sergey Brin was a part of a team that develop what we know as the worlds first ""driverless"" car. Given, this car had to be under specialized conditions in order to function, and needed human guidance when it encountered difficult situations, it still was a huge step in the field of autonomously driving cars. Some people think these feats of technology could be revolutionary, whereas people like myself, believe they belong in science fiction. The question is, are autonomously driven cars a feasible thing in today's society?

My argument is complicated, but I do believe that these vehicles will hold no place in our society. The only way these cars could be precise enough and safe enough is if they were the only cars on the road, which is a very unrealistic thing to expect. Besides safety and precision, these cars would absolutely shatter our culture, and what we know as the American Dream. The American Dream being, buying a fixer-upper with your father, and working on it form age eight until age sixteen when you can actually drive it. Not even to mention the sheer amount of jobs that this would kill, and stomp the glass that is our economy into smaller and smaller pieces.

From a devil's advocate perspective, the idea of these cars are actually quite neat to me. What convinces me these are not the right direction for us to be headed in is the fact that they will be run by computers. Trust me, I do not hate computers by any means, I actually have a passion for them, but the idea of having my life in a computers hands scares me. If you have ever done any computer programming or software development, there is often a phrase that is thrown around and it is, ""The computer will do exactly what you tell it to do."" Meaning it knows no more than what you teach it. When humans drive, they have a healthy fear of speed and the dangers it brings. They also know that there mistakes could cost other people's lives, and it instills a certain level of fear inside you when you're behind the wheel, knowing that it would be there fault if there happened to be a crash. Computers do not care if they crash, or kill someone, or go to fast, unless we teach them to; which, would take an unrealistic amount of time to do.

That brings me to my final point, the legality of the things. They simply could not make it in today's society. Someone random could easily hack in, change destination, swerve off the road, etc. Even if a crash was truly the computer's fault, who would be responsible? Google? The Owner? Drivers shouldn't be allowed on the roads unless they can testify in court. Humans can testify, but computers cannot.

In summary, the idea of autonomously driving cars are neat, but in reality they are just that, a neat novelty. This feat of technology is unrealisticly unsafe, and not a feasible thing for today's society. The effects it will have on our culture, economy, legal system, and most importantly safety, makes these autonomous cars not only unrealistic, but a waste of time and resources to research.",4
"Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. One advantage people would have of limiting car usage is keep people from getting tickets out there on the road. On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffers a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day. (Excerpt from ""Paris bans driving due to smog""/ Robert Duffer, from the

Chicago Tribune

)

.

Almost 4,000 drivers were fined, accorfding to Reuters.. [Twenty-seven] people had their cars impounded for their reaction to the fine. Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog... [The smog] rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world. (Excerpt from ""Paris bans driving due to smog""/ Robert Duffer, from

Chicago Tribune

)

.

Fellow citizens will have the advantage of limiting car usage because it will save you plenty of money, on gas, car note, car insurance, and etc. Diesel fuel was blamed,since France has ... [a] tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline. Diesels make up 67 percent of vehicles in France., compared to 53.3 percent average of diesel engines in the rest of Western Europe, according ro Reuters. (Excerpt from ""Paris bans driving due to smog""/ Robert Duffer, from the

Chicago Tribune

)

.

President Obama's ambitious goals to curb the United States' greenhouse gas emissiond, unveiled last week, will get a fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in American behavior: recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by. (Excerpt from ""The End of Car Culture""/ Elizabeth Rosenthal, from the

New York Times)

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A study last year found driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009.... Whether members of the millennial generation will start buying more cars once they have kids to take to soccer practice and school plays remains an open question. But such projections have important business implications, even if car buyers are merely older or buying fewer cars in a lifetime rather than rejecting car culture outright. (Excerpt from ""The End of Car Culture""/ Elizabeth Rosenthal, from

New York Times).    ",2
"dear senator i think you should just keep it the same because then people will get confused. If you change to election by popular vote people will just be confused. according to artcile 1 elctoral college consist of 538 electors. and a majority of 270 elcortal votes is required to elect the president. According to 23rd admendment of the consititution the district of columba is allocated 3 elctors. each canidate running for president in your state has his or her own group of elctors. they can be either deicranditate or republic.

According to the second artlice under the elctoral college system, voters tates vote for one person thevote not for the president. in second passage it says the single best agrument against the elctoral college is what we might call disator factor. in artilce 2 it say at most basic level , the elctoral college is unfair to voters. so with that being said i think i would be against colloege elctoral because it is unfair. why would u agree with a thing that is not fair. the elctoral college is unfair, outdated,and irrational. so thats why i would not choise elctoral vote. in the 3 section it shows the number pf votes given to eah state. not ever state gets same number of votes as others some only have couple of votes. to me i thi nk each state shoukld have same amount of vote so its fair .because if all big so then it would be unfair.    ",1
"Are Diverless Really Diverless?

Did you ever have a machine ruin your food before? Has a meachine ever giving you the wrong amount of change back at the grocery store? Well, that is what it would be like to have driverless cars. Cars driving themselfs sounds really effecient, but is it really? I don't think that the driverless cars would be very safe. The car still needs assistance, the car can't have good judgement, and it is limited on things it can handle.

This machine is limited on what it can do by itself. It will only be able to handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph. It can only steer, accelerate, and brake themselves. If anything else goes wrong the machine will notify the human. The driver will have to remain alert, like they are actually driving, and wait for the ""driverless"" car to notify them.

Can we even call it a driverless car, if it is constantly notifying us, ""to take the wheel""

so to speak.

The car can't have good judgement, simply because it is a machine. Sadly, that is what driving is, making good choices off of your judgement. That is why the car needs to notify you for your help to guide the machine. The driver has to make the choices, and navigate through tricky obstacles. These cars won't be able to navigate through tricky obstacles. It can not make life or death decisions, even with the abundant amount of sensors and cameras it has incorperated in it.

Since the car still needs a diver in it, it has notifiers to get the attention of the driver. If the driver isn't alert, and the notifiers don't work, that person might die. So, even if we make laws for these cars the death rate will go up. People will die because this car isn't actually ""driverless."" This is why there is a minority of states that will allow diverless cars.

Tipically, diverless cars sound effecient, but it will do more bad than good. It isn't necessary. It's a luxury. The machine is limited to what it can do by itself. The car can't make good life or death decisions for you. It will be that machine that ruins your food, or the machine that gives you the wrong amount of change back and it could cost you your life.",4
"In a cowboy who road waves Luke Bomberger just finished highschool and is managing two jobs for himself to get money for some reason and then his friend offers him to ot to Europe with him and know world war two has ended in Europe and many counries were left in ruins and the 44 nations joined together to make the UNRRA(united nation srelief and rehabillitation administration) and the UNRRA hired the seagoing coyboys

to ship cattle over to countries in need Don and Luke sighed up.They recieved there orders to report to New Orleans by August 14 the day the pacific war ended and then they got there semans papers and boared the SS Charles W.Wooster and they headed toward Greece with cargo of 335 horses plus hay and oats to feed them on the way there. Luke tuned 18 and was know old enough to join the military when my draft board came

was on the cattle boat trip and they said i would just keep doing that for my service by the time i was discharged i had gone on 9 trips already in two years i had gone on 9 trips the trips were unbelieveable all the

sights thta i came across it was crazy at wha i saw

the men who i was with we also played games when we were coming back to america wed play tennis,boxing,fencing,baseball, volleyball and many other types of sports aswell.But being a seagoing cowboy had much more to it it opened my eyes to a vast world and it made me more aware of other peopl and countries and there needs .And that

awareness stuck with him and he hosted a number international students and exchange vistors for many years.",1
"Do you think that the FACE was created by aliens ? Well i think the face is just a land form but thats how i feel about it , I don't believe that aliens are real . On the other hand you might think they are real and i don't blame you because when i was little i thought they was real to ... by all of the movies i was watching about aliens taking over ect .

Although , few scientists believed the face was an alien artifact photographing . So they photographed the face as soon as they could get a good shot at it . On April 8, 2001 a cloudless summer day in cydonia Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look . When they had did they a pixel in the 2001 image spams 1.56 meters , they image was not a face anymore it was really Martain equivalent of a butte or masa . It reminds me of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,"" says Garvin. ""

Finally, now you see that there were no aliens on mars and they aliens are not real . It was just the Martian equivalent of butte or mesa landforms . so now with all this information i just gave you, you should believe me now .      ",2
"Being in a car is how we transport ourselves to and from places. Now what would you do if you had to give up your car. Yes, some people didnt mind giving up their cars but not everyone would be ok with this. We have gotten so used to driving cars that i don't know what some people would do if they had to give up their means of transportation. Its also another factored that what if someone had to drive a long ways, it would take them even longer to get where they're going. Its a very serious topic when you think of how much time one person spends in a car.

Well Paris has enforced a driving ban to help clear the air of pollution. ""On mondays motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day."" Many people, in Paris, were fined for driving on the wrong day. Paris wanted to do something about the smog that was surrounding their beautiful city, so they figured if there wasnt as many cars polluting the air then the smog would go away. It actually helped having cars stop driving on certain days because the smog actually cleared.

""Recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less, and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by."" American has always had a thing for cars but lately that seems to be a false statement. In the more populated citys, people are using more bikes and less cars. Its easier to get around a city where there are thousands of people on the streets alone. Internet maybe a huge reason why theres less dringing because it feels like your more connected with your friends and family without actually having to go anywhere. The need for cars in the U.S. has gone down dramadically.

Ever been to a place where there are no cars aloud. Well in Vauban, Germany there is a place where if you want to go there you have to give up your car. ""Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden is this experimental new district on the outskirts of Freiburg."" People are happier without the stress of a car says Heidrun Walter. This is a place for clean air and no pollution from the car fumes. As of right now, this experiment seems to be running quite nicely.

In all actuality, how many people dont realize how long they spend of their life in a car? If one day all cars in the world were banned, how would everyone recate? Some people may want to give up their cars, some people may not want to give up their cars. There are many sides to people giving up their cars. Some people are truly happy and some are not. It may not be that bad, i mean how did people manige before cars were even invented. In one acrtical, it say there is a place where no cars are aloud but it also says that that place is an experimental project. In the end cars are just no as popular as they used to be. is that a good or bad thing, you decide.                 ",3
"Everyone knows the conspiricies of the little green men from Mars but what if I told you that that all might be true. In 1976 a disturbing photo was taken of what seemed to be a face on Mars' surface. But in September of 1997 a new surveyor arrived on the red planet and so in 1998 the Mars Global Surveyor took pictures of the ever famous face on mars that were ten times sharper than the previous pictures. The pictures show that the famous face on Mars was just a common Martian mesa.

The face on Mars is a myth, Some say that the pictures from 1998 were not clear because there was a haze that the camera was shooting through but on April 8, 2001 the surveyor came close enough for a second shot so on that clear day pictures were taken finally confirming that the face on Mars was infact, not a face at all,""What the picture shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West."" This landform is common around Cydonia, a region of Mars.

The face on Mars though an amusing and interesting idea is just another Martian rock formation. The idea of life on Mars is not completely impossible but this is not a viable sign of it.",3
"The Facial Action Coding System could be the latest and greatest new advancement in schools all over the country. Although there are some downsides and possible ""invasion of privacy"" claims against using it at schools or on children, I believe that the benefits outweigh the cons.

The article quotes a scientist, Dr. Huang, who is studying this technology, ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored... Then could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" This quote leads me to my first point: The Facial Action Coding System would help children learn and stay focused in class. All students, including me, have all had times that they've had to sit through very boring classes or lessons, possibly even causing them to fall asleep at some point. This technology would alert the teacher when students become so bored that they are literally falling asleep, and possibly allow the teacher to change course of the lesson. Otherwise, students aren't learning what they need to be learning and teachers don't know what their students think about their style of teaching.

My second reason for preaching this code is that it may be able to help depressed kids, or kids that are thinking about doing something terrible (i.e. killing themselves or others). The number one reason for suicide is depression, but nobody can treat depression unless they know when someone has it. Most depressed kids will not tell anyone how they are feeling or will only tell their closest friends. This is the main reason nobody can help them. With this technology, parents, teachers, and doctors could all look at the students emotions at different times of the day, and possibly determine whether or not their kid is truly happy, or is only acting happy. The same goes for kids who may have some sort of anger issue. If someone is looking at this software and notices that one kid is angery every time he looks at a certain classmate, the person using the software might be able to talk to the kid, or at least keep a closer eye on him/her.

Some opposers of the FACS software may say, ""this is an invasion of privacy,"" or ""Sometimes its best for people not to know how someone else is feeling about them."" Although, yes, in certain scenarios it is best not to know how people feel about you, for teachers I believe it would be very valuble to the education of youth by being able to shape a lesson around what the kids actually enjoy learning, or at least keep them interested. Also, is it really an invasion of privacy? I don't think so. Facial expressions are shown to everybody already, just by looking at them, so even without this technology someone with the right skills and education could read their face just the same.

The Facial Action Coding System would improve schools across the world by making lessons better for children. Children would stay more focused in school, whether because they are actually interested or whether they just don't want the teacher to see they are bored, it still has the same effect. The software also has the ability to save lives by diagnosing or at least finding leads on depression, and also by spotting a bad kid before he can do anything terrible. The FACS is a valuble asset to schools all over the world, and once made available and cheap, should be everywhere.",4
"The Electoral College is not a very sufficient way of electing a president in democracy. The way it is run is faulty. If someone gets one more vote than there apponet they get all of the votes from that state? now what kind of sense does that make? doesnt make very much sense to me Mr. Senator.

In a democracy the people should get to elecct their leader. I know that the Electoral College is usually gives the same results as the popular vote but its not always 100% accurate. There is honestly no reason to have the Electoral College. The founding fathers put it in place but that was 200 years ago and I have no idea what they were thinking.

In my state, Florida in 2012 there was a very close election but Obama won by a very small margin and recieved all 29 votes from our state. That is some major bologna Mr. Senator. This is the United States of America and the canidate should recieve every vote he gets. The same thing happened in the 2000 election as well. it's not a reasonable sytem Mr. Senator.

The Electoral College has got to go. It is a faulty and injust way of electing a president here in the U.S.A. I love this country more than your average guy, it's the greatest place on Earth and i truly believe that. I also believe that we need to get rid of the Electoral College because it is absolute trash.    ",3
"Fellow Citizens, there are many reasons why limiting car usgage has outstanding oppritunities and advantages.

For an example, If there aren't people out there spending their hard earned money that they worked for, for an expensive car that they are just going to use to get to someplace faster when they could just stop being lazy for once and walk or run, ride bikes, hike, or take a bus, instead of spending money after money to fill a car up to just waste gas, and to fill it up again. Running, riding bikes, hiking, etc. gives you a chance to experience reality. Being outside gives people a chance to see the earths real beauty, and to smell the fresh air. Limiting car usage helps people stay in shape and keeps them healthy if their not just sitting in a car for half a hour when they could be running or walking.

Residents in Vauban, Germany are permitted car ownership, but there are only two places to park : large garages at the edge of the development, where a car-owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home. About 70 percent of Vauban's families do not iwn cars, an about 57 percent sold a car to move there. Having a car makes peoples tense, and being in a place where there isnt alot of car usgae makes people much happier. People who live in places where cars arent used as oftn as other states, those towns place stores in walking distance, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway.

An amazing advantage that people can can from limiting the usage of cars is less drunk drivers, or even none. If there's less drunk drivers, there's less car crashes and less deaths. Everyone understands that you have to be 21 or older in most states to drink alcoholic beverages. The big adavntage out of this is, if older people were to get drunk, they would be forced to call a cab, or even walk home. Their not putting noone else's life in danger, and this would lower the crashes and death fatalities per year.

As as many cars that there is in the world, all the use of them would probably pollute the world. Paris enforce a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city after days of the near-record pollution.

Limiting car usage gives you the oppritunity to be with your family and friends and spend more time with them then you normally would having a car. You can walk and talk with them on the way to work, you can stop by the park and have some fun on your way to the grocery store. The best part about this is, you dont have to worry about the roads being busy. You ca walk, run, hike, and bike without having to hear the noisy streets, the honking, the screeching, etc.

What's the point in having a car that your just going to be wasting money on, when running, walking or riding a bike is free and even cheaper and safer than driving a car. What are you gonna do when your car breaks down? Are you gonna keep spending your money on when it keeps breaking? Why do that when you have two perfectly good and healthy legs and you can run or walk somewhere?

Just take a moment to think about the fines every single person breathing in the world has received? Alot of money wasted on something idiotic huh? just imagine if every state, continents, islands, and places we dont know about all stopped using cars, or even just limited the car usage. We'd be saving a whole ton of money, we'd basically all be middle classes.

This whole situation is a win-win, You get to be with your family 24/7, Running, walking, biking, hiking etc. is all an amazing way to keep people healthy. People dont have to worry about drunk drivers, or car crashes, or car fatalities. People can finally stop spending their hard earned money that they're just going keep spending and wasting on gasoline or to fix your car when its having problems and it breaks. Families can save the money that they would normally be spending on gasoline and start saving for a trip to take their family on to spend more time with them, or to take a trip for yourself.

There are plently more reasons and outstanding advantages that limiting car usage gives you, but these are some of the very best! Just remember, The only good advantages a car can give you is getting you somewhere faster, and keeping you comfortable and safe. But they are also the most danagerous, and expensive things out there. They can take your life or someone elses in an instant, and they can put you in debt quicker than you know! Limitng car usage is for you!    ",4
"The author supports this idea well because they explain that earth is the closest planet relative to Earth and they explain that it would be survivable for humans. The author also explains that many researchers are working on their ideas for machines that would last on venus.

""Often referred to as Earth's 'twin,' Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too."" The author explains. Venus is Earth's twin.

""At thirty-plus miles miles above the surface, temeratures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air presure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable to humans."" The excerpt states. Venus would be survivable but dangerous to humans.

""Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus."" The excerpt explains. Researchers are trying to make it easier for humans to explore Venus.

In this article the author explained that Venus is our twin planet, Venus is survivable to humans, and reseachers are working on making machines more useful to exploring our twin planet, Venus. ",2
"The ways we know that the face is just a natural land form and not something created by Aliens is because we have done real research on the Landform. Not only that but when we took the pictures we used our camera’s absolute maximum resolution so it would be as clear as possible. Plus the evidence has changed. Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo. So we know that the planet is changing and thats how we know that the landform isn't created by Aliens. Plus we have a Surveyor which is a mapping spacecraft that normally looks straight down and scans the planet like a fax machine in narrow 2.5 km-wide strips. The number one way we know it is a land form and not something created by Aliens is because “As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size,” he added. “So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!”. Also we have pictures from 1976, 1998, and 2001 that shows its change and that it's a landform. ",2
"Driverless cars can be a great thing, but they can also be harm your safety and peoples safety. I believe that driverless cars are something that is made for the future and it should stay that way. I don't think that we need driverless cars because the regular cars we have are fine. Todays technology isn't that great to make driverless cars.

It's ok to have a driverless car for long road trips because they could protect you more and react faster on a high way then on a everyday street that gets drove on everyday. I think the GM's idea on having the seat vibrate when backing up into a object is a great idea.

Antilock breaks would be a horrible thing to put on a car because if your driving down a street and its raining real hard then out of no where your antilock breaks come on and you stop on a busy road that would be scary and its dangerous not just for you, but for everyone that would be involeved in that predicument.

However, they explain how great driverless cars are and how they will help many people when it comes to driving, but anything could happen once you get behind the wheel and actually drive it and test it out. I don't think anyone would want a car that could steer for them that's more dangerous then having antilocks.

In all, driverless cars are cars that should be made for the future. The world today doesn't need anything like that no time soon a regular motor car is doing perfectly fine. Driverless cars will be great for the future, but right now its not a good idea to make them the technology that we have today wouldn't be enough to make the car as accurate as the people who believes that the car would be perfect if they where made right now.                 ",3
"Driverless cars are one of the many beginnings to the future. Self driving cars are cars that do not require a driver in order to operate, just like in the name, they drive themselves. General Motors (GM), has produced many self driving cars, resulting in faster and safer travel. Google has also been a benefactor to the driverless cars. Some people contradict self driving cars; they can be beneficial, or they can be useless.

Driverless cars could potentially be a big part of our economy in the future. One benefit of the cars is the time saving. When driving in a self operated car, you have time to do things you wouldn't typically be able to do if you were driving the car. These cars would additionally reduce wrecks. Sending a text and being drunk behind the wheel are the number one causes of car crashes. If there were self operative cars, those causes and effects wouldn't be correct because it doesn't phase the car.

Producing more driverless cars would also reduce the amount of pollution and e-waste in the economy. The article states, ""The cars he foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis..."". With this, it will not only benefit the community, it will additionally benefit the economy. The cars also have, ""Antilock brakes and driver assistance."" so that if for any unknown reason, the car gets close to something not in its designated area, it will initially stop. There are plenty of reasons why Driverless cars would be helpful to the human race.

Although the cars have many reliable qualities, nothing is perfect. If the cars come acrossed a wreck or construction, the car will indicate that something is coming up with:a flashing light, a vibration, or some sort of sound. In this case, you would always have to still be aware of your surroundings, limiting what you do in the riding time. Also, the question was raised, ""What if a child runs out in front of the car?"" If the car isn't programmed for detours and wrecks, how would it detect a child?

Despite the minor safety hazards of driverless cars, they are reliable and are not time consuming. Although it would be a big change going from normal cars to self driving cars, if you started at small cities and worked your way out, they could potentially be a big part of history.",4
"in my opinion the auther dosint relly oprovide good evidence as to why we should study venus. All he says in the text is that astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our sola system.but but it feels like provides more info on to why we should'nt. In the text the aother states that. On the venus's surface tepertures average

over 800 degrees fahrenhit. it continues to say that atmospheric pressure iis 90 times greater than what we experience here on our own planet. this is showing that it might not be a good idea to explor this planet. but the aother themselfes admit to this in the next part ware the aother states. ''these cinditions are far to extreme than anything humans enciunter on earth. This is from the text weare the aouther them selves admit that the conditions are to extreme. this shows that the outher really didnt soppert his clasim vary well. even though i think it was a good article ifeel that the aouther should have provided more evidence to better support the claim.         ",1
"The author has great passion for this topic but has not accomplished on supporting the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danges. The author has many points on how others are trying to solve the problems on how to explore Venus but does not explain why the risk is worthy of exicuting. ""Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risk."" This quote states that scientist need to take a risk but does not give a reason why the risk is neccesary. This is not the only way the author did not accomplish on supporting the idea.

The author explains the history of Venus and its properties but that does not help support the idea. ""Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth."" This quote explains how the risk of exploring and studying Venus was lower ""long ago"" but does not explain or supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit. This is not the only way the author does not support the idea successfully.

As a question can be the upbringing or curosity and reasoning, the author seems to not give a response to the question on supporting the idea. ""The value of returning to Venuse seems indisputable, but what are the options of making such a mission both safe and scientifically productive?"" The athour questions possible options on how to get both saftey and productivity, but does not question the risks and possible dangers of exploring Venus. As the passage continues the author only explains the options and possible ways on exicuting the idea but does not include the risks that the options hold.

As the passage is very informative and holds great information, the author supports very poorly the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. The author explains solutions that are a possobility but does not include the risks of the idea. The author also informs the audience about the history of Venus but boes not help on supporting the idea of studying Venus. The author unfortuntly, poorly supported the idea that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers.",4
"The article titled ""Making Mona Lisa Smile,"" describes a new technology known as the Facial Action Coding System (or FACS). This system is able to recognize human emotions. This new technology was developed by proffessor Nicu Sebe, proffessor Thomas Huang and Dr. Paul Eckman. Together, they created this revolutionary software and hope to see it's advancement, not only in the field of science, but in every day life. One of these examples include the classroom, where the ability to read student's emotions would be valuable.

In order to detect human fellings, the system first, builds a digital 3-D model of the human face. This model includes the 44 major muscles used by human's to convey emotion. Each expression is compared to a neutral model so that the computer can detect differences and the movement of certain muscles. The article reads, ""Movement of one or more muscles is called an 'action unit.'"" (paragraph 3) Then, these action units are matched with the action units of the six basic emotions programmed into the system: happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. FACS is then able to detect a face's emotion. Paragraph 4 states, ""By weighting the different [action] units, the software can even identify mixed emotions..."" (paragraph 4) The intensive proccess by which FACS works, allows a computer to associate human emotion at an extremely deep level.

The FACS software has many implications in everyday life. Paragraph 6 of the article elaborates on a few of these uses saying, ""...if you smile when a Web ad appears on your [computer] screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different... The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive- for video games or video surgery."" (paragraph 6) One of the more important uses of the program is at school. While students are at a computer, FACS could detect if the student was becoming bored or confused and could then change or modify the lesson to make it more engaging, therefore providing a positive learning experience for all students. The article says, ""Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication..."" (paragraph 6) While human's may have a harder time detecting these deeper degrees of expression, a computer would have no problem. Having a technology that can detect this would help improve the world, especially in the classroom setting.

The technology known as the Facial Action Coding System, described in the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"", is revolutiuonary.

By comparing the movement of muscels on the human face, the system is able to detect a specific emotion. This system in turn, would have a major impact on everyday life and have major value in a classroom. Hopefully, with the FACS software and other developing new technology, people's learning experiences will be greatly improved upon so that students are provided with an approach to learning that works best for them.",4
"The author supports this idea because the article gave out specific reasons to why studying Venus is a worthy to pursuit. The article gave out facts about Venus in one of the paragraphs. Another reason is that what would happen to Venus in the future.

Lastly, sending humans to Venus and scientists studying how long they could last.

Here are some reasons why they should suggest that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our sun. High pressure and heat, Venusian geology and the weather present additional impedimets like erupting volcanoes, and powerful earthquakes, like here on Earth. On Earth we present those here on our everyday life. On Venus the planet's surface temperature the average is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The atomspheric pressure is 90 times greater that we have experienced on Earth.

In the past

Venus was probably covered largely with ocean water and might have or could supported various forms of life. Venus still has some feature that are analogous to Earth. Venus sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, so that means we can go there for a proportional time. Going to Venus seems to indisputable. A crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel.

Sending humans to Venus is really risky because jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus could avoid the ground conditions by staying up into outer space. Thirty-plus miles about the surface, temperature would still be hot at around 170 degrees. They're are not easy conditions, but the survivable for humans. Researchers cannot take samples of rocks, gas, or anything else because of the distance. Scientists seeking to conduct a through missions to understand what Venus would get up close and personal despite the risks. Researchers are going to work on innovations that would allow there machines to go long enough to contribute meaningfully.

After all, these are the reasons why I think its good idea to suggest that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers of it's presents. I think after I got the information form the article. I think they can make machines that can last long for us to travel to Venus. Another reason is that we can make it, and it is possible for us to get gas and rocks from Venus.",2
"The Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. I think the Facial Action Coding System technology that allows computers to read emotions could be valuable to students in a classroom.

One of the ways this technology could be valuable is because it would help students who are confused or bored, like Dr. Huang predicts,""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored."" That would be valuable because students are sometimes afraid to ask for help so the computer could either inform the teacher or provide extra information to the student that needs it.

Another way that technology in a classroom could be valueable to students is because it could give teachers feedback on how their students are liking the assignment. If the students become bored or confused, Dr. Huang predicted, ""Then it could modify the assignment, like an effective human instructor."" So that would give the teacher feedback of how their students are liking the assignment. Then they could modify the assignment to be more enjoyable or less confusing for the students if needed.

The Facial Action Coding System that enables computers to identify human emotions could be valuable to a classroom for many reasons. It could help students that are confused on an assignment by reading the student's face to see if they are confused. It could also give teachers feedback on how their students are enjoying the assignment. If the students aren't enjoying the assigment or are confused the computers could inform the teacher. The teacher then could modify the assignment to make it less confusing and more enjoyable for the students. Those are some of the reasons why that type of technology could be valuable to students in a classroom. ",3
"I think the development of these cars would be a good idea,

Firstly, the cars would use half of the fuel so

It would be better for the environment .Also, It would produce less pollution.People who care about the nature would buy these cars, helping the process to get rid of the pollution.

Secondly, the information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone.

Although,none of the cars developed so far are completely driverless so It means that if we keep developing these technology we can reach the point of cars driving without a human being.Also, these cars remains alert to the human driver to be ready to take over when the situation requires, so people can manage the situation.

Thirdly,It's safer in all the aspects.Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times.

The way that Driverless cars use the technology is increible, If the

Driverless cars can do this now, who knows what they will do.

Finally, I think Driverless cars would make the world so much easier

for the drivers and also, for all the people who life in our planet because there would be less accidents ans less pollution.   ",4
"Cars are a basic need for people today we use them to go from point A to point B in the fastest way posible. But one must ask themselves ""do i really need the car?"", ""would i be better off without one?"", how do you tell people that what they have depended on for movement could be hurting them. I believe that cars should have a limited usage in cities because cars affect our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas, they cause smog to form around cities, and cause us to move through life at the fastest pase posible. A limited car usage would change the way we see the world its beauty, its adventersm, and we would be able to save the world from our distruction.

There is a community in Germany called Vauban where people have given up their cars. 70% of Vauban's families do not own cars, 57% sold their cars just to move to Vauban, ""When I had a car I was always tense, I'm much hapier this way,"" media trainer and mother of two Heidrun Walter says in the artical ""In German Subuerb, Life Goes On Without Cars,"". Also the artical states that passenger cars are responsible for 12% of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, and responsible for up to 50% in the United States. Vauban houses up to 5,500 resident within a rectangular square mile, which makes it posibly the most advanced experiment in low-car suburban life, stores are placed just a short walk away so that no car is needed.

Smog; a thick layer of black fog that hurts your lungs and can even kill you. Paris had to ban driving due to smog , cars with even numbered license plates would not be allowed to drive one day and the following day cars with odd numbered license plates would not be allowed to drive. 4,000 drivers were fined according to Reuters and 27 people had their cars impounded due to their reaction to the fine. This statement from the artical ""Paris bans driving due to smog,"" show that cars are responsible for a gas that can kill people, and that people dont respond well to being told what to do. In one week the ban was lifted because the smog had cleared enough but not all the way, just a week of limited car usage cleared the skys imagin what a year of it would do.

Cars have us going the fastest we can and people have started to live that way through life. In Bogota they have a day free of cars every years like its a holiday. People left their keys on the counter and insted hiked, biked, skated and took the bus. Even in the rain people didnt use their cars, "" The rain hasnt stopped people from participating,"" says Bogata Mayor Antanas Mockus. Businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza says "" Its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,"". The quotes from the artical "" Car free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota,"" show that with out cars people feel realeved of stress and are able to have a good time.

In conclusion limited car usage would help us presurve the world and create a enviroment that could help people aswell. Cars are one of the most used products in the world people might not want to give up their cars but eventually might have to. Smog and greenhouse gas are caused by car overuseage and hurt the enviroment and people. Limited car usage is posably the only answer to helping the world live longer aside from buying a hybrid car.    ",4
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close to sa level. Not easy conditones but survivable for humans beause most forms of photography and or maybe longb enoght to contibute meannindfutully to our knowledge of venus. For example some simplified electronics ,made of silicon catbedi have been tested in a chamber the chaos is looking role in the calculations envidopnted and played use machanical pars can be made and pther forces .

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"When we vote for our next president, do you have a voice? When you vote, you pick an ""ellectoral college"" to do the real vote. Our founding fathers decided to establish it, It's a weird system to follow though. No matter who has the popular vote, over fifty percent of the votes, will not win because of this system. I believe the people should truely decide on who becomes president, not a system.

When we vote, were just picking someone to vote for us again. If thats true then whats the point of voting? Over 60 percent of voters now would perfer a direct election because the ones who get over fifty percent of the ""peoples"" votes seem to lose just because of this system. John F. Kennedy won from a popular vote but if the electoral system was applied then, if that happend all the great things he did would be gone. The electoral college is outdated and irrational and needs to be changed.

Even if we argue about the system it'll probably never change, the unfairness. Lots of people decide not to vote because of this. People are realizing that votes aren't what they seem they are anymore, people in California and Texas stopped voting because they believed their vote had no effect which is close to the truth. More and more people are not voting, the main reason is this system.

If you think the electoral college is fair, think again. People might say ""oh, it's made because people who vote aren't educated enough to decide"". Are they calling the voters stupid? The only people who care to vote are the ones who mosy liekly did the research on the person before voting to make sure that person is making the right decision for our future. Oh, wait votes won't matter because the electoral college is doing it for us. The people's votes are just fake ones and dont really matter so why vote?

Does the popular vote matter? Why do we still vote? The electoral college does all the work, no matter what we do. We could have over half the votes on one president and have the other one win instead. The system we have to vote is flawed and should be removed so ""we the people"" can decide who to be president. We should decide on who leads out country to success.                                            ",3
"Growing up in a constantly changing environment, students have had to learn to adapt to the world around them. In school, students are taught to be open and ready to learn, while still facing the ups and downs in the journey of childhood to adulthood. Students make close bonds with their friends and even a few choice teachers. Students choose to whom they share their emotions with and at what time they wish to do so. Emplimenting a computer system in schools that is capable of reading a students emotions is inappropriate, lazy, and dangerous.

This technology is incredible. It's capable of easily figuring out what someone feels right when they're feeling it. Empathy is an intimate ability one experiences with another. Most people have the ability to sense others emotions, ""For instance, you can probably telll how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face."" There is a prominent understanding in the natural world regarding emotions. Sometimes not every one wants to be figured out and displayed to their peers. In school, students are faced with one major task: to learn. Teachers are faced with the task of teaching. A teacher's job is to engage students and the students job is to stay engaged with the teacher. Emplementing facial reading teachnology is innappropriate and dangerous to the privacy of students, and it threatens the basic principles school systems were founded upon. Teachers and students have major jobs to do at schools and this technology might distracted from the main goals of schooling. Students want to be cared about and valued but not by everyone or at any time a computer chooses. Students may feel uncomforatble if teachers ask how they're feeling. A student has friends and family to confide in, and may not want everyone to know the personal and private issues they are going through. If students emotions are displayed to their peers and teachers, they might feel awkward opening up, because they aren't comfortable around them.

Furthermore, this technology could be used in the wrong situations. The article stated that a smart school computer could tell when students are getting bored or confused and change the lesson, ""' A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,' Dr. Huang predicts. Then is could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.'"" This example puts teachers in an awkward position. Letting a smart, facial reading technology teach students would mean the teachers aren't teaching. Giving power to technology is complacent, instead of working with people to improve learning habits or teaching methods, adults would be taking the easy way out. This technology had the purpose of connecting humans in focus but instead it will further divide them. Students don't want to be analyzed by computer systems; they want to be cared about by other humans. If the goal is to focus on students emotions, adults should take some time out of the day to talk face to face, instead of sticking the child in front of a computer monitor.

Some might argue that these computers might be a useful tool for counselors in schools. This is a valid argument, but this also compromises the position of school counselors. Their job is to connect and work with students. When introducing a computer system, students may realize they are just another task to be completed in the work place. Every year, students are analyzed to see where they place on the national benchmark for their education, they take standardized tests to see how much they know, they do hearing tests and eye tests, but a computer has yet to analyze them to see how happy they might be. If computers are introduced to read emotions, students may feel like they are just a number or rank of emotions. If students go to their counselors, they want to be talked to and connected with. Bringing in a computer can divide the connection from child to adult. The child may feel alienated and refuse to converse with the adult. This computer may seem like a helpful tool, but it destroys the importance of human connection.

The age of computers is inescapable, but it doesn't have to be. Instead of computer analyzed emotional connection, people should put their phones down and ask each other how they are. Not every person wants their emotions analyzed, especially in schools. Students bonds with teachers are simply student to teacher; a child must trust an adult before they talk about their feelings. Computer facial technology might be helpful, but not in schools. This technology falls flat in the category of connection. Don't take the easy way out, instead of analyzing emotions with a computer, ask someone how they are. If a student looks upset, sit down and talk with them. Show someone they are valuable and deserve one on one human interaction.",6
"I would just like to start off by saying that the reason why the author thinks that we should keep studing Venus no matter the dangers is because his words ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation"".

Other reasons we should study Venus is because there is so much more that people today do not know and I personallly feel like as long as we are here on Earth we should be currious about why only our plannet is the only plannet that has humans on it or at least they say. In the article they said ""Venus may well once been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system "". We as people should be and should want to be more nosey.

Not only do we people want study Venus but Venus wants us to study it. It is one of the easiest stars to see in the night sky. As the article says ""Venus, sometimes called the ""Evening Star"", is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot"".

I also would like to add that it would not be a bad idea to study Venus more bc we already have many facts about this planet so it is not like you would be starting completly from scratch. Some of the facts that we already know that was given to us from the article is ""A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus"", ""temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit"", and ""Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system"".

Lastly I would just like to say that I hope from reading this essay I was able to draw you in and hopefully make you more currious and questionable about Venus like would'nt you want to know what is out there or at least what used to be out there or even better what could possiabley going to happen out there. ",2
"The author did a great job to explain ""The challenge of Exploring Venus"" They said its dngerous because of the sulfuric acid and the carbon dioxide clouds. According to the article it is impossible to land a space craft, because it won't survive. ""A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blanks venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's Atmosphere. my thesis statement was it is challangeing until you start.

The reason i said that was that NASA knew it was going to be interesting and difficult to explore becuase of how the atmosphere is built. They kept giving example of how diffecult it would be to send a rover to Venus. ""but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions. Just imagine exposing a cell phone or tablet to acid or heat capable or melting tin"" There just saying its gonna be harder than whet it looks like.

in conclusion it is going to be a tidious, challenging and interesting work to get a rover to Venus. In the article it said it was gonna be dangerous but they should keep exploring.",1
"Dear State Senator,

My name is PROPER_NAME and I am in favor of changing to election by a popular vote for the president of the United States. I believe that the people should have more of a say in who runs our nation and I also believe that we might be a better nation if we were the ones who decided who ran it.

The Electoral College does not let the people of the nation speak, 538 electors speak for the billions in the United States of America. Also, if the electors vote and the results come out to be a tie, the election now has to be put into the hands of the House of Representatives. Being as there is only one vote from each state allowed the results will probably not reflect the choices and wishes of the people.

The Electoral College is an old compromise the was made by the founding fathers, but some changes have to be made to fit the modern times and ways. With the way society is built now changes to some of the political aspects of the country have to be made.

Although the Electoral College has its pros, such as its setup for if a tie is made, there are more cons in the situation. So with that I am asking that you think about the people and try to change some of the ways of the United States political system.

Sincerely,

PROPER_NAME                                             ",3
"The author suggest that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents. It might be a danger to people but, that cannot stop people from going and discovering it. As we are on this Earth, we much not be scare to take challanges, we must go foward.

As we are on this Earth, we must take action to explore many things. as the Earth is still mostly undiscover, human must go foward and take challanges to explore as much as we can. The author says on paragraph 8, "" Striving to meet the challange presented by Venus has value, not only becasue of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on Earth and beyound should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."" This shows that human muct not have a limit to taking in danger of finding out many other unexplore things, and it would be amazing if human fianlly be able to reach Venus and be the first one. It would be a dream.

In addition, reaching Venus will not be a problem if we keep imagining and kepping our curiosity. Taking challanges and finding new things, even if its just a little bit, is better than finding nothing and giving up. We need to be able to explore the Earth while we are still here. ",1
"Gas prices. Car notes. Parking fines. These are all expensive things you have to pay for when you consider owning a car. Most family get rid of their cars because of having to pay these high prices in order to keep their cars.

There are a couple of car free cities;for example German Suburbs is car free because of expensive fees they would have to pay just to have a space to park in,.""but there are only two places to park-large garages at the edge of the development,where a car-owner buys a space,for $40,000,along with a home.""These families would have to spend $40,000 along just to park their car in a large garage,it makes it easy for them to make the decision not to own a car because prices are so high. Having to buy a parking space for that much and still having to buy a home along with the $40,000 can cause a lot of stress on family providers because they have to basically spend all their money on one high priced item;a CAR!

You can become much happier without a car knowing that you don't have to spend all your money on this one item that could break down on you at anything,""As a result,70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here."". For example, this mother of two is much happier without owning a car,""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way.""The mother of two became much happier because she no longer had to pay these high fines,fees,gas prices,and car notes that others had to pay for. It was other was to get around that you didn't have to bother coming out of pocket for such as,""Public transit was free of charge from Friday to Monday. This was a big help to limiting car usage.

Studies show that the percentage of driving has dropped tremendously from 2005 to 2013. Most of the reason for the driving percentage dropping was gas prices;It began to get to high,President Obama tried to do something about it as much as he could.""President Obama's ambitious goals to curb the United States' greenhouse gas emissions,unveiled.""Fewer cars were seen on the roads driving,""recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars,driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by.""It caused people to not drive their cars and take public transortation or not go anywhere at all. It got to the point where""cash-strapped Americans could not afford new cars.""

Some of the advantages to limiting car usage are just what us as Americans want/need to hear because its really expensive. It's not just about buying a car and running it off of air;your car takes gas,car notes,needs servicing every once in a while it's not easy owning a car. Studies show how much the driving percentaged dropped keeps dropping because of high expensive prices that we have to pay to own a car.         ",3
"My opinion is that we should study venus. Yes, it might be dangerous but if you would want to find out more about venus then that's the option. ""Researches cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance."" We wouldn't be able to see it far away. We would need to see it close up so we would be able to study and explore it.

Venus has something we want to learn about, not specifically that but about it. It has so many things that we want to see and study. ""Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite it's proximity to us."" Venus is the hottest even if it's not the closest to the sun. ""Venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too.""

Studying venus would be much better. We would know more about venus and it is. We would know what it has and what don't it have. ""Astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have been the most earth like planet in our solar system."" Some of venus features are unknown but some are analogous to those on earth. ""NASA's possible solution to the hositle conditions on the surface of venus would allow scientists to float above the fray.""

""Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky."" Venus is the second planet from our sun. We are curious what venus has and study it. It has so many things that earth dosen't. It's a whole different planet. ""NASA is working on other approaches to studying venus.""

It might be dangerous but one day we will get to go to venus. NASA is trying there hardest to get a person to venus but we need more materials and money for that. Almost 3 decades we haven't went to venus. It's a challenge to study and get back. NASA will complete this challenge. ",2
"In The Challenge of Exploring Venus the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit, despite the dangers it has.

Now some may think the author is crazy.

Some may thinks the author is correct.

Well I'm going to find out for sure.

There is a claim that supports is idea.

The evidence is that ""Numerous factores contribute to Venus's Reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us.

Meaning that venus can have humans beings on it.

Now that is worthy to pursue, but can also be very dangerous. Due to the scorging hot temperatures there.

I know this because in the article it states that ""On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit.""

Which means that this is a risk. But if its worth finding life, are making a new earth then it's worth it.

In Conclusion I believe that author is not crazy, but has a crazy drive to find a new living planet.

Also that Exploring Venus is a worthy pursuit. It is helpful to NASA and to know or have knowledge of it there another planet we can live on.

The author I feel is correct.",2
"As you are at school taking a long test and a long look at a computer and start to fall asleep, would it be smart for the test to change with pictures and bubbles of help, to say that you are not intrested in what you are doing. As we know that it may be fun, would it be right? knowing this would be a very bad technology to have.

Dr. Huang made a technology that can read facial expresstions. it could tell you if you are 94 precent angry and 6 percent happy.

In the Mona Lisa smile it showed she was 82 percent happy, and some other kind of emotions. what if mona did put a smile on her face, because thats how she was thinking, on the outside she looks very happy, but on the inside she can feel other emotions. In paragraph 9 line 4 and 5 says ""puting on a happy face, actually works."" what if you only had to smile just a litle bit to get a result out of the new techology. Not really being happy or sad that day you felt another way.

Lets say you were sad one day and going to get a panting done, when you showed up you looked happy but on the inside you still were still sad. on the outside they can see or show any emotion, when you get throght the walls of pain created by yourslef you are the only one who really knows what is wrong with you. The second paragraph said ""Can we really calculate emotions like math homework...and can a computer reconize the subtle facial movements we humans use to express how we feel"". meaning can technology really tell how a person is feeling. or can it tell the right feeling we are having.

In paragraph three it talks about how there are six basic emotions. What if a person did have surpised face but what if that was a thinking face. Or a confussed face. As Dr. Huang states the computer can tell when you are having a bad time with the work or how to do it, and the computer changes. knowing that wont be a problem for the children taking the test, but what if you were talking a test and this just happened. Would your test not count or would it be okay. As another person can read another persons face and think it is bad or good. what if the computer thinks the person is doing something with there face and the person is not showing any emotion but there face. As people we make the mistake to think something is wrong with another, but every thing it fine. Will this technology make the same?

I'm concluding that we should not have this technology until it can really be sure based on the real emotions a person has. Having something like this may be a bit to eraly to say that this is something we need in our classroomes, and homes. What if it backfires on the children and many more? We do not need this in our schools.                  ",4
"In this artical the author discribes how computers are able to reconize human emtions. In my opinion I think that using tecnology that read peoples emotions in classrooms is invaluable becasue it takes away your privetsey away. I think that because in the aritical it show that the teacher can tell if you are unmotivated or bored and the teacher can change the way that the assinment is worded to make it more interesting.

So if that ever happed I bet someone would just put tapeor some other object to cover the camera so the it can not tell what the peron is doing. Their is always a way to stop some thing on the internet. Also in the artical it tell us that we are going to able to communicate with our computers and I think that that is very wierd, and if we did that I would take away our communication skill with other people even more than it is now.

Having that tecnology would be benifical in other thing instead of a classroom like for the police for interigating other people, in court to see if other people are lying. So the tecnology does have some benifits but I disagree it being used in a classroom for the teacher to see what you are doing. That is the reason that I disagree with having tecnology that reads human emotions in classrooms.   ",2
"Dear Senate,

It is only fair to the people of America to change to election by popular vote for the President of the United States. The process of the Electoral vote seems to leave out votes and make them seem less improtant, and that right there is discriminating the peoples right. Millions of people in each state vote for a president but then out of all those votes only 34 electoral votes would consist, and that's if your electors win the statewide election. If not then your canidate already loses votes from your whole state.

Although, they're are some reasons for retaining the Electoral College. A canidate would need trans-reginal appeal not just the appeal of one region. Or found in ""In the Defense of the Electoral College:Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the Presdident""  Posner states ""The Electoral college restores some of the weight of the politicial balance that large states lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution"". Last, pressure from run-off elections when a candidate doesn't win majority vote is subsided by the Electoral College.

However, the College Electoral process has more cons then pros.  With the electoral college system voters vote for the slate of electors not president. Millions of votes casted in each state are practically forgotten about after one of the electors win the statewide election. How is it that millions of votes only count as 34 electoral votes? Peoples opinons do matter and each one of them need to be heard. The winner-take-all system is just not fair to voters and needs to change.

Furthermore, the elector college sytem is shady and sketchy. ""Acording to a Gallop poll in 20didate"". can party's00, taken shorty after Al Gore- thanks to quirks of the electoral college- won the popular vote but lost presidency"" stated in . Also "" 'faithful' electors have occastionally refused to vote for their

In the end, our rights are being disrespected by this electoral college system. Each voter has their own opinion that should be heard and counted in a nationwide popular vote. Also the electors can't fully be trusted incidents have happened that show unfaithfulness to the sytem and rules.    ",3
"Venus today is bizarre to many scientist. It's green appearence and similarity to Earth is why Venus is a must-visit planet to scientist today. Scientist claim it used to have life, habitable for humans and animals, Which it is said to have had water long ago. Proof of it being is because of it having formed structures that we know water would. It has very familiar features with Earth, those being; valleys, mountains, and craters.

The author supports this idea well because of Venus's bizarre terrain and very similar features with Earth. The author includes details such as it's form, relation, and body structure. It is the planet closely similar to our Earth in size and density having the author suggest that their may have been life on the planet of Venus. The author is very interested in Venus because of it's landscape and structure; similar to Earth, it could be a planet that once before held life.

Even though the terrain and atmosphere of Venus is extremely inhospitable, scientist are trying to make a way upon the planet. Idea's like mechanical machines are trying to be used, which a mechanical machine that was tested, has lived on for three weeks in the simulation of Venus's extreme heat. Today, NASA is working on other approaches to Venus as mechanical computers have potential to be used in this giant project of getting a close good look or view of Venus.",3
"In this argument I'm going to tell you why the face on Mars, is acually a landform.

On the red planet called Cydonia A.K.A Mars. Twenty five years ago NASA Viking 1 spacecraft was circling around Mars snapping photos of landing sites when they came across a landfrom that looked like a human face. When scientist saw the picture they thought it was just another martian mesa, that is common around in Mars, but it had unusual shadows that made it look like a Egyptian Pharaoh. A few days later NASA showed the image for all to see. The caption was ""huge rock formation...which resembles a human head...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes,nose, and mouth."" They thought it would be a good way to attract attention, but some people think the face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars. Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an acient civilization in Mars, although few scientist believed the face was an alien artifact. The first image appered on a web site, revealing... a natural landform it was actually a martian equivalent of a butte or mesa landform common around the american west

That was my argument I hope you will take my side that the face was not created by aliens and it was mearly a landform.",2
"The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom would be somehow valuable, it depends who is getting a benefit from it and how the person who is being reading its expressions would feel, but in my personal opinion, I do not find it any value in a classroom.

I can imagine this system in my classroom, I would not behave freely and I think my classmates would be too. When we are in the classroom, we. some us, are there to learn and I admit that sometimes I do not understand not even a bit of the teaching lesson, and this system would benefit us because the teacher will know if we need to be more claryfied when this technology tell him how we feel about the subject, but what if we do not have our mind in the classroom and we would like some privacy, of course we will not have it, and everyone will know our deepest feelings. All of us deserve privacy, and not for only our own good. If we have some doubts and we need help, we would ask the teacher. Some of us do not do it, and might it be for a reason or we just have another source of information, we like to be independent.

If would have to argue where this system would be more valuable, I will not say some where. Everyone is free to express or not express themselves. I think that any reasonable or not reasonable person will agree with me. The use of this technology is valuable depending its purpose, and I find some advantages; when we need help and we do not know how to ask for it, and disvantages; if we are not sure if we really want it, and it is our own job to resolve our problems. There is always pros and cons.

When in school, college; learning, we are still developing skills, and to reach them we have to work for ourselves, we have to be independent and find our pathways. And with this,

I conclude that the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not necessary, not valuable.",3
"Dear Mr. Senator,

The electoral college is a terrible way to vote for the president. It's not fair to the people and there's always the chance of the disaster factor!

First off, the electoral college is unfair to the people. It's like your actual vote doesn't matter, because in reality your just voting for another voter. For example when a president wins the popular vote, it doesn't matter! So the peoples real opinion means nothing. Because the only thing that counts is actually who wins over the electoral college. So who knows how many people there are who voted for the president that lost the electoral college's votes but won the popular how outraged they must be! In article 2 they have a really good point ""It's official: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational.""(p14) Which basically means that to the people the electoral college doesnt make much sense, and there vote doesn't exactly even count. This is only one reason that the electoral college needs to be thrown out!

Second of all, the electoral college always has the chance of the disaster factor. When the states voter doesn't vote for who his is supposed to! Or when the state replaces the voter with someone who will do just that. In article 2 they  have a great example ""Back in 1960 segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy. (So that a popular vote for Kennedy would not have actually gone to Kennedy.)""(p11) So the disaster factor is always a potential threat which is why the electoral college should be abolished!

To conclude, the  electoral college needs to be abolished because there is always the chance of the disaster factor, and it's unfair to the people it's like their vote doesn't even matter!                     ",3
"This painting is was made a long time ago. Many people found this painting weird because, back then there wasn't a lot of people happy, also poor. So when you see this picture this girl is happy and looks like she has nice cloths on. People took this picutre into inspiration. And brought a lot to the picture.

In my perceptative I like this idea but then I don't. It is pretty nice that we have a software that can be able to do something like this. it is pretty cool to tell people that we need a picture of you or someone and we will see how happy you are, how mad you are, etc. But I'm really not for it that much. There can be more things we can do instead of doing this. But doing this picture was preety cool.

In paragrpah 5 it states that people can tell how your friend is feeling simply by the look on their face. I totally agree with it. If this is your best friend and they are the same to you when you see each other you should smile. But when they don't and still look down then you know there is a problem. Friends are there for each other.

One thing that I argue about this is on paragrpah 6. When you are happy then when a ad pops up then it should be happy. Same way if you were mad then a mad or something down ad will pop up. I don't really agree to this because when people see ads they dont really pay attention to ads. When they see an ad they look at the close button for it and they close it. But if there is an advertisment they of coarse people will have to watch it until the ad is over. I don't like the idea that computers should have computer appresions on what we do.

This article is very good. I like this but of coarse there are some down falls to everything. I like how they did this software on ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" becuase this picture inspired other people. But the computer expressions isn't a good idea. They aren't doing this for a good cause. When people have a chance to skip an ad or an advertisment they will. ",2
"Technology in recent years has gone through many incredible advancements .In the past few years it has been making things that seemed impossible a reality. Things such as self driving automobiles. These wonders of technological beauty have the abilty to control and operate themselves without a driver. This is a truly marvelous feat that shows how far we as a society have come however this driverless cars should be seen as a mere fun idea. Driverless cars should not be used in our society as the will cause far to many proplems just so we can be lazy behind the wheel.

Making a driverless car is no simple feat it requires numours things to operate effectivly. One item that these cars require are senors and lots of them. Senors are used so that way the car can tell what is going on in

traffic. However what happens if one of these systems fail at one point on the road. That right a tragic accident will occur that could lead to the loss of lifes for no reason just because a stupid glitch occured.The senors may be tested to make sure they dont malfuntion, but so is everything in this era and yet gliches and mistakes still happen in all of our everyday technology.Our phones which are simple compared to a driverless car still have proplems all the time, and they have been tested and improved upon for far longer.

These driverless cars arent even truly driverless. Humans are still required to be behind the wheel to handle certain situations such as construction or road blocks.So whats the point of having one of these cars if at any point you can be thrust onto the wheel unprepared for what might be on the road at that given point.This fact truly ruins the convience of owning one of these cars as they fail to do their key function which is to operate on their own. These cars are also still only considered safe at 25mph which drastically reduces their overall usefullness to the consumer if they need to go anywhere at a reasonable pace.

Driverless cars also are not practical in todays time. Imagne how many new types of tech stores would have to be opened to keep the senors on these cars running properley. How many times a year would someone have to get these senors checked? More importantly how much would it cost to fix one of these cars? The awswer is that we dont no as these cars are untried and untested. These Cars also couldnt fit into our soceity where barley anybody will have the money to afford to keep one of these new cars.

Simply put driverless cars are intesting and facinating to watch. They are true marvels of the 21st century and show how far as a civilazation we have come. Thes smart cars truly are driving us into a new age of wonder and increbile ideas however the day when these cars are used in everyday life still lies far over the horizon.Driverless cars should not be implecated into our society because they are to impractical, expensive, and dangerous.",4
"Could you imagine what it would be like if we limited the usage of cars? We could save money on gas, who doesn't love saving money?! More money in our pockets means buying more items that are useful to us. And muse about how much pollution would decrease! We could all breathe in sublime air, clean air! Instead of huge car garages and parking lots we could save a lot of room, and use that room to build cheap houses for people in need.

Gas prices are hefty these days. They used to be a whopping 5 cents! Now they are around 2.90$ almost three dollars! Could you even imagine how much money you would save a month? If you pay for 5 gallons of gas everyweek you would be saving around 60$ a month! You could go out, buy extra groceries, have fun with it! I remember back in 2014 gasoline prices waged to 5$ in some counties. Me and my father had to walk to our favorite stores, but it turns out that we very well like the sun beating on our skin, so we usually walk, and we rarely use our car unless we travel far distances.

Pollution will always be a big problem on Earth. We may not have cars, but we still have ships, and guess what? They can cause pollution, too! It would be so much better (and healthier!) if we all could breathe fresh air. If pollution were are main problem, ""plug in cars, and hybrids would be an exception"", as quoted in

Paris bans driving due to smog.

Whew, I'm sweating thinking about how much excersize you could get if there were a limited usage of our cars! Everyone uses their phones, and sits on the couch all day long. How boring! You could go outside with your friends, walk to the mall, or walk to a store. Most of our daily life would be revolved around if we could move our feet. I walk to and from school, and I enjoy it, although the nasty gasoline smell and strange puff of smoke that comes out of the car -- I do not, and Heidrun Walter is with me. In

In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars , Walter states, ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way (after she sold her car).""

Being car-free wouldn't be so bad after all! Thanks to technology, we can breathe cleaner air because of hybrids and plug-in cars. Pollution is deadly, I know no one wants to die this way, especially if it can be solved. Car-free? No problems.    ",4
"The author supports this idea by giving reasons on why he thinks that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit.

He also gives resons on what the dangers of studying Venus will effect and why they would be dangerous.

In the article, it states that ""It has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely"".

Another dangerous thing about studying Venus are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere.

Thes conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on earth.

This explains that studying Venus can be very dangerous in a lot of different ways.

The author supports the difficulties and dangers of studying or traveling to Venus by stating that nobody has ever accomplished this for over three decades ago.

In other words, Venus is a very challenging planet for humans to study .

I know this because in the article, it states that ""Each previous mission was unmanned, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours"".

This statement explains the fact on why not a single spaceship has touched down on venus for a very long time.

In addition, the author supports the suggestion that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit by exlaining that Venus has many features in it that are like features on earth.

In the article it states that long ago, Venus was probably covered with oceans and could've supported various forms of life.

Venus is the planet that is most closely to being like earth, which is why many people are fascinated by Venus and are eager to study and explore that planet so badly.

The reason on why people are eager to study Venus is because planets other than the earth, don'thave anything on it.

The only thing those planets probably have is dirt and an empty space throughout the whole planet, but what those planets don't have is bulidings or people or anything living on those planets.

However, Venus is a planet that may have had living features on it.

Which makes that planet very interesting to study.

Astronomers want to figure out the reason why Venus is the planet that is most closely related to the earth.

They want to have a soultion to this question and the only way to figure it out is by studying or travling to Venus.

Which can be a very worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.

In conclusion, in my opinion I think the author did a very good job supporting his idea on Venus being a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.

He supported his idea by including reasonings and explanations.

Also, he used examples and facts that supported his idea as to why he suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.

Another way he helped support his idea was by using pros and cons on his idea.  ",3
"Driverless cars have both a postive and negative side. It can help people or it can harm them. Those who invented driverless cars had a vision on making it easier for people, but are they really making it easier? My position on driverless cars is neutral. I think it can benefit us but also take us down.

Many people may be confused on what driverless cars means, in my point of view they're cars that drive you to your destination without you having to do anything but getting in the car. Google confounder Sergey Brin's definition is different. Driverless cars to him are those who still need human assistance. Paragraph 7 states ""They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills..."". The Google car tells the driver when it's time to take over.

In paragraph 2 it says ""Their cars have driven up to half a million miles without a crash..."" it may be safe but also dangerous if you don't know how to control it. Humans can take over if needed to and the way these cars are invented they need a lot of sensor for it to work, but sensors aren't anything new. In paragraph 7 it says "" While the driver watches the road, the car watches

the driver."" saying the driver stills need to be on alert if anything is needed. The car and the driver are basically friends helping each other make it to the destination safely.

The thing to question is if an accident occured with a driverless car who's fault would it be? The drivers or the manufacturer? The manufacturer wouldn't want any problems and neither would the individual. They even quetioned who's fault it would be in paragraph 9 because they don't know the answer.If it affects the individual and they are the ones that got hurt it wouldn't even cross my mind to get one of these cas. My reason would be because I would have to pay them for something the car didn't do. It may be safe according to them,but to me if an accident happened and the accused me then I relied on the car to much thinking it was that safe trusting everything said about these cars.

Yes, it may seem nice to have them and think my family will be safe with a car driving better than me driving it. If anyone got hurt while you drive yes you feel awful but it's sometimes best for you to drive than to trust a car that may not work properly. Laws will change if these cars start to be sold. These people may have dreams, they may benefit us but we aren't always sure. Always stay on alert and make sure you know how to work it. My opinion is still neutral because of the facts they've said but also because I know of the dangers it may cause.

Jaqueline",3
"Dear State Senator ,

In the ruels of voteing there should be change. When voting citesens's votes should matter, but they dont. Whats the point of even voting when your vote doesnt help who you want to be president win. Why should people in office get to have the say? Its not fair for those pople to chose everyones prersednt . Everyone in the United Dtates should have the say of who runs them for four years. No one wants someone who they don't even like calling the shots. Also when we don't get to choose the the people that do choose make it go in there favor and not ours.

This country is all of ours and sould not have all the disions made by only a few people. Everyones vote should matter. If thers 50,000,000 for runer 1 anf 60,000,000 for runer 2 then runer 2 should win. Majority rules, and when everyone is toght that since the day theey were born then we need to live by that way. I'm not saying iif over half of the US says the everyone has to atleast have one dog in there house hold we should have to do ! I'm talking about the big things like presidesy.

maybe if we got to chose our president then more rules will be followed. Whe we get to choose our presedent then we will respect him. When you respect someone then you follow what tthey have to say and dont give them crap for it. when someone you dont like is presedent why should you repect them? we sll know you wouldnt and that you would go aginst almost everything they say even if they actully do say somerting you agree about your still not going to respect them be cause tou dont like them.

Sometimes everyone can be stoborn. And when certin people dont get whet they want then they can do bad things. If someone wanted obama buit we got ramny when evryone voted for obama then people are going to be very mad becuse its wrong that we didnt get the presendnt that we wanted. riets could stgart and armys could form just because its not fair how the president is choosen.

In the ruels of voteing there should be change.                               ",3
"Dear Senator: I'am writing you this letter to inform you that I argue in favor of keeping the Electoral College. Why? Because this progress is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be [overruled] by declaring the candidate who receives the most popular votes the winner. A dispute over the out come of an Electoral College vote is possible, it happened in 2000. All of this reasons are practical reasons, not liberal or conservative reasons. The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal.

The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast. It can be argued that the Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state. In Electoral College the electors are the one who elect the president not the people and my opinion is that its a good idea because not everyone has the same opinion. When you vote for a presidential candidate you're actually voting for a slate of electors.

The meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by congress. This process consists of 538 electors. The amount of 270 electoral votes is requiered to elect the President. The district of Columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of The Electoral College. Each candidate that is running for President in your state has his or her own group of electors. It is necessary to have this groups so you can be the president.

Well Senator I hope you like this letter and feel sure why you have to keep the Electoral College. I know you would keep it because you are a good Senator and you want the best for everyone in the state. Remember that this is very important for the people who think that you should keep this very important process that has grow in all state of the United States of America.                       ",2
"cars are everywhere these days, and they are commonplace among us. getting from point a to point b almost always involves using a car. but there is a different method of transportation emerging and that is public transportation. there are many benefits to public transportation including reducing emissions, having less cars on the road, and improving cities. this one far-fetched idea is now coming into the spotlight.

in cities like chicago and new york, the skies are dark and gloomy and pollution is in the air. the main contributing source come from emissions from cars. limiting the usage of cars would help to clear the skies and stop some pollution from filling the air. the quality of life would then be much better in these cities. ""after days of near record pollution, paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city."" paris needed to ban cars because the smog and pollution in the city was getting out of hand. if there were fewer cars in the city, this type of problem would never be an issue here or around the world.

traffic is always a big issue on the roads around the united states and the world. limiting car usage would ease the traffic and make roads a lot safer. when the car ban was in place in paris ""congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of france, after five-days of intensifying smog."" when less cars were out on the road, accidents would be greatly reduced and city highways like the ones in chicago, illinois would be much more manageable. there would be more money to work on roads since the traffic is reduced and the roads would also stay in prestine condition for longer amounts of time. events like car-free day have already had big impacts in other parts of the world and the impact would be even greater in larger countries such as the united states. ""it's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution."" having less cars on the road would benefit our society in more ways than one.

quite a few years ago, ideas such as public transportation becoming mainstream seemed pretty far-fetched. well today, those ideas can help buisnessses and whole towns limit car usage. when cars are used less frequently, the areas that have more frequent usage will be cared for even more. new sidewalks, restaurants, and shopping will emerge throughout cities and be a huge advantage. caring for roads have little benefit and putting money into public areas will help out cities tremendously. ""parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks. new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up."" using public transportation instaid of cars will greatly improve cities.

cars have been around for a long time and have served us for many years. now, reducing or getting rid of them seems like a viable option because emissions will be reduced, there will be less cars on the road, and cities would be improved. this task of getting rid of cars may seem hard to do but the infastructure for it is already in place. public transportation is already in larger cities such as new york and chicago and it can easily be installed in smaller towns and communities. the advantages such as less pollution and more greatly outweigh the minor inconvienences. smart planning is the best option to encompass all of these ideas. "" it seperates suburban life from auto use, as a component of a movement called smart planning."" smart planning is not only the wisest opportunities and advantages of limiting car usage for now, it is also meant to help future generations have a safer and cleaner world to live in.    ",4
"This passage is talking about cars an how it's polluted. Then how we ""diving ban to clear the air of the global city.""(10)How many cars are on the roads?

""Almost 4,000 divers were fined, according to the Reuters. Twenty-seven people had their cars impounded for their reaction to the fine.""(12) ""That's easier to imagine than a car-free Champs-Elysees.""(13) ""congestion was down 60% in the capital of France,after five-days of intensifying somg. Rivaled Beijing,china,which is kown as one of the most polluted cities in the world.""(14)

The gasoline that was blamed was diesel fuel.""Since France has tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline. Diesels make up 67% of vechicles in France. Compared to a 53.3% averagof diesel engines in the rest of Westen Europe,according to Reuters.""(16)

""Car-free dayis spinning into a big hit in Bogota.""source(3)Millions of Colombians hiked,biked,skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday,leaving the streets of this of capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams.""(20) To me that's a good idea. With only buses and taxis permiited for the Day Without Cars in this capital city of 7 million. This goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. Violattors faced $25 fines.

The End of Car Culture. Out of  all that I care about what's going on in the world. We all should this is a place we live,breath,eat,sleep nad play on. Do the right thing try to make a differentes in the world around you.""With all these changes,people who stopped car commuting as a result of the recession may find less reason to resume the habit.""(36)

Finally I think sould happen peolpe should stop polluting the air that we need to breath. Because it's harmful to atomhisphare. If that gose we all will go with it. Everyone should do something nice for are mother earth. Witout  her we all wouldn't be here today. How much do you care about her?     ",1
"A 3-D computer is a model of the face all 44 muscles and its called an ""action unit"". The Dr. Huang relies to work on of psycholoists and Dr. Paul Eckam, the creater of FACS (Facial Action Coding System). Dr. Eckman classified six basic emotions suprise, anger, happiness, fear, and sadness. Then he made associated each with charatcteristic movements of the facical muscles.

Dr. Huang smiling broadly "" even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression"". Huang using video imagery, new emotion-recognition software tracks these movements in a real face or the painted picture of Mona Lisa. The weighting the diffeent units in the software can be even identify mixed emotions. Even each expression can be compared against the neutral face.

The humans perform the same impressive ""calualtion"" every single day. if we can probably tell our friend how they're feeling because by the way look on there faces. But most of us would have trouble describing each facial.",1
"Some countryes do not have the right for vote for who they whant to be president, and the candidate who gets to be the president takes the freedom and security of any person who oppose to him.

It is not fair that something like that could star to thake place in the United States. This country is for the ones that are looking for freedom to have the right to argue their way of thinkind and express, in a good way.

We have the right to know the candidate's potential, knowledge, way of thinking, how he will governate the United States, hir goal for this country, his expectatives, and if he is able to be a leader. Because if we do not have the right to vote, our way of thinking and our rights is not important. The country depends on the persons who live in there, too. There has to be an agreeement  between the citizens, because there has to be a leader who can be able to defend the country and citizens.

The Electoral Collage does not has a democratic method of selectiong a president, and if there is a tie in electoral vote, the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives , where state delegations vote on the president and the Senate would choose the vide-president.

The Electoral Collage is unfair to voters, outdated, and irrational. The disaster factor was the biggest election crisis, and considerinf that the state legislatures are are responsable for picking the electors.

The Electoral Collage method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for candidate who has no hope of carrying their state.

The people needs that the president can have the potential to carry the state.            ",2
"Dear Mr./Mrs. senator

I beleive that you should consider voting against the electoral college. Now you may ask why, but, I assure you that the electoral college is a way for corrupt presidential candidates to win the office and make this great nation a horrible place. To back up my reasoning here are 3 reasons as to why you should consider voting against the electoral college. Segregationists replacing voters of one canidate for another, the election could become a catastrophe if a tie were to happen, there is a chance of a ""disaster factor"" happening.

In 1960 segregationists in Louisiana nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose J.F.K. (Source 2, Bradford Plumer, The indefensible electoral college: why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong, P. 11, line 44) Imagine if the corrupters had been able to corrupt the election, we might have had a fiasco bigger than the 2000 presidential fiasco. If we were to continue to turn our backs on the matter we would soon be run by fatasses who spent all their time gaming and would claim they know exactly how the sytem works, opposed to a real man who spent all his time rising from the bottom up and knows the system by heart. Who do you think would win if those 2 people were to run for President? Not the one who should.

Some people claim an electoral tie is impossible, but, in 1968 a shift of just 41,971 votes would have deadlocked the election, if that doesn't seem so bad lets take a look  at how many people are in the United States alone. In 1976 a tie would have occured if a mere 5,559 voters from Ohio and 3,687 from Hawaii had voted the other way. (Plumer, P. 12, line 80) The election is really only a few swing voters away from catastrophe, and possibly, the worst government shutdown these United States have ever seen. So, if 41,971 voters from 1968 didn't seem like alot, then lets look at the 9,246 voters from 1976, ties are seemingly getting closer and closer, what will happen when it is too late?

There is  always the off chance of a ""disaster factor"" occuring, like the one in the 2000 Al Gore VS. Bush Presidential election. Imagine if that were to happen again, only, this time, we put a blood thirsty, war hungry, nuclear savage into office. Imagine the Iraq and Afghanistan wars from 2000-present and then imagine them being fought on our own soil, imagine, instead of little Iragi children fighting against an invading force, your children fighting against an invading force, and that is just one of the minor things that could happen. Imagine if we put a man in office who thought the way to answer everything was through nuclear war, imagine what would happen to the United States. These are just a few examples of what could happen if another ""disaster factor"" were to happen again.

These are the 3 reasons as to why i beleive you should consider voting against using the electoral college. Imagine if We the People actually got to vote OUR favorite president into office on OUR own terms instead of some idiots a political party throws together, imagine how much better off we would be than we are now.    ",4
"With the information the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" covers, this advancement in technology seems extremely unnecessary and could potentially have negative effects even with the good intentions behind it. As far as what is explained in this article the only benefit to this technology is that computers will know what you are feeling, and the question that needs to be asked is; do we really want them to? Secondly, there was no mention of how much this kind of technology costs or if it would even be plausible for it to be in a classroom setting. Lastly, why is it be necessary for a computer to overtake yet another aspect of a teacher's job of human interaction and communication. Technology being able to read emotional expressions in the classroom sounds wildly ludicrous in terms of use, cost, and personal connections

Although all seems harmless on the forefront of this idea, the side effects could turn very sour very quick. Nick D' Alto says ""Imagine a computer that knows when you're happy or sad."" The author of this article talks of how it will improve ad placements by whether you smile or frown, however I know for a fact social medias, especially Facebook, are already basing information on preferable ads by just what material you look at. Why is it necessary for a program to constantly scan our face just to see if we like something or not? This gives the computer so much power of constantly knowing what your exact emotions are on everything. It is just so unnecessary that it causes one to question why in the world would we risk giving computers that kind of power. Also, is it appropiate to constantly scan childrens' faces as they are trying to learn? Would there be a security system in place or parental agreement necessary that would allow the permission of constant invasion of privacy in the name of education? There are many ethical questions and unknown future outlooks that one would not want to subject children to that sort of test of safety and security.

However if this technology was to be used in a classroom, the next question is of course the cost of such a new computer process. All computers would have to have facial recognition in their system and although there is no mention of cost in the article one can imagine that this new technology is not cheap. Is it realistic to expect that schools will pay great amounts of tax payers dollars just so that we can invade the privacy of our children to figure out if they are bored? It seems much more financially sound to not steal the jobs of millions of teachers and let them get to know their students, opposed to scanning their face.

Teachers are necessary in the classroom not only to impart knowledge but also to make those personal connections that tell them how to best teach their kids. Every student is different, learns a different way and reacts differently to every aspect of the classroom. The article says a computer will be able to detect if a student is bored, but teachers have that ability already, minus the cost and invasion of privacy. Teachers are in the classroom so that they can make those personal connections with each student and ensure that they are doing everything they can to provide the best education possible. If a computer detects boredom it will just try another lesson without knowing what is best for the student. So the question that needs to be asked is why would this sort of technology be useful in the classroom?

In conclusion technology that scans your face to read your emotions has too many ethical questions, financial problems, and no personal connections for this computer process to be acceptable in the classroom. Although this advancement is impressive, the classroom setting is most definitely not the right place for this type of computer process.",6
"In the excerpt, ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" The author does not support their idea that Venus is a worthy pursuit, despite the dangers it presents, all to well, they start off by listing several details that correspond with the exploration of the planet. Such as details of the physical state of the planet in correlation to Earth, but then list the dangers of Venus itself, plans that are backed by science to give human life a CHANCE, but not ideal living conditions on the planet.

To begin, The author starts off supporting their idea of Venus being worthy of exploring by writing about how Venus is somewhat similar to Earth, in the physical aspects, they state the Venus is often referred to ""Earth's Twin, Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size."" They describe how long ago Venus was, ""Covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth,"" but they do not mention or go into detail as to what happened to the lakes, as a reader I'm curious as to what happened to the planet, and why it is the way it is today. The author also incorporates a description of the landscape on Venus, they write, ""The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as Valleys, Mountains, and Craters,"" the description of the landscape sounds interesting because it is being described sort of like the Grand Canyon, because of the mountains, valleys, and other physical aspects.

Furthermore, the author begins to dive into to the several dangers that go with exploring Venus, they describe the atmosphere as, ""Almost 97 percent carbon dioxide."" In my opinion a world with an atmosphere of 97 percent carbon dioxide does not sound like the most fun thing. Also being described by the author are the clouds that coat the planet and are filled with, ""Highly corrosive sulfuric acid,"" to me as a reader this sounds more like a death wish rather than a ""worthy pursuit.""

More dangers that the author lists, is the temperature and the atmospheric pressure. ""Temperatures average over 800 degrees Farenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times higher than what we experience on our own planet. these conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such an enviroment would crush even a submarineaccustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans, and liquefy many metals."" Those few sentences do not support the claim and idea made by the author that it would be a worthy pursuit. along with blazing temperatures and crushing pressure come with, ""erupting bolcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightening strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.""

Next, the author continues their ideas with a plan made by NASA, where scientists would ""explore"" by living in a blimp-like structure that hovers about 30 miles above the planets surface. Even 30 miles above the ""temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Farenheit, but the air pressure would be close the that of sea leavel on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions but, survivable for humans."" Being in the blimp hovering above the planet would be pointless due to the atmosphere being so dense that most forms of light cannot penetrate it. also stated by the author is, ""More importantly, reasearchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance."" However, the author states that NASA is working on taking different approaches to studying the planet by using, ""Technology called mechanical computers....these devices played an important role in the 1940s during World War II.""

Lastly, the author does not support his/her ideas of ,""Venus being worth of pursuit despite the dangers it presents,"" the author does list several benefits and interesting facts of exploring the planet, but unfortunatly in my opinion the dangers greatly outweigh the risks in physically being on the planet. Now if they conveyed exploring the planet from a far, and with robots and not actual people then I would be all for it. ",6
"Dear mr senator i'm writing you today to ask for changing electoral college votes to popular vote. Becasuse elcltoral votes we not really voting for the person we want and winner-take-all system doesn't work.

on electon day  you may not be voting for the candidate you think your voting for. I think thats not right, not knowing who we are really voting for. Like it says in the article Does the elctoral college work?, states that ""when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for candidates electors"". like seriously who are these ""

electors

"" decicated and loyal to vote for the candidate we thought we were voting for. we should get a staraightforward vote to the president only, we dont need someone chooseing for us. also there's always others saying its eaiser, it'll be better i understand and see where they coming from but the american people the real voters want a voice. also the winner-take-all system is just like not fair. like it says in the article, ""During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didnt see the candidates at all, including rhode island and south carolina and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didnt get to see a single campaign ad"". how are voters supposed to vote an cant even see who or why to vote for the candidate. also a situation could arise the state could almost be half an half and a candidate has slighty more votes than the other the whole electoral votes goes to him/she, the others who voted are left dumbfounded like where did my votes go, thats not fair to the american people.

Mr. senator im asking you today just to please put this in considerationg cause electoral votes are not letting us vote for the candidate we want and the winner-take-all system doesn't work.                    ",3
"The world has come so far in tachnology since the 1980s.People have made phones, tv, and so much more nad have improved it ever since.Imagine a world that doesn't really use cars anymore. There would be a world that have driverless cars instead of regular cars. The driverless cars should become more popular in the future because of safety, they're enjoybale, and it benefits people.

Some people might say that what might they do in the mean while that the car is driving. Well there is a solution, people could play games and fun with their children. Another argument that people might argue about is that the driverless cars arent as safe as if people are driving. They are becasue the driverless cars aren't fully driverless. They require people to pull out of a drive way and drive around work zones.

There are so many reasons why driverless cars should become more popular in the future. One reason is that it could be safer than when humans acually drive. For an example, many humans get injured when they are in a car crash. They could get drunk or they could be texting. By using driverless cars it could reduce that amount by so much.

Another reason why driverless cars should become popular in the future is because it could become more enjoyable. When the car is driving on its own, people could have some fun by playing something with their children and interact with them. Today, parents don't really interact with their children because their children are on their phone and spend so much time on it that they don't even pay attetion to their surroundings. If there is driverless cars, parents could interact with their children more often.

The last reason why driverless cars should become more popular in the future is because it could benefit people. It could benefit them because they wouldn't have to worry about crashings as much as if people were driving. There would also be less deaths so people wouldn't have to be stressed out as much if they lost their loved ones. They would also be more phocused on their job if they din;t lose their loved one. If people were more phocused on their job their boss might give them a raise so the person would feel happy.

In the end, the driverless cars should become more popular in the future because of safety,they're enjoybale, and it benefits people. The world would become a much better place without car crashes and people wouldn't really have to worry about that as much. People might say that they aren't as safe but they are.",4
"Many people have come to beleive that the ¨face¨ on Mars was made by aliens. That, however, is wrong. The ¨face¨ on Mars is acctually just a mesa. People will say,¨That´s what the governement wants you to think.¨ Thoses people are obviously ignoring all the logic and facts that say the ¨face¨ is just a normal landform.

First, the so called ¨face¨ is just an illusion. It says so in the article. ¨...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes,nose, and mouth,¨ is what the article said. So the face is just a trick of the eye. Those sneaky scienetists.

NASA thought this illusion would bring Mars some attention. Which it did. That´s my next point. NASA relased this ¨face¨ picture so it would give some attention to NASA and Mars. If this face was made by aliens, I don´t think that the government would relase that information. Just a thought.

Finally, this land from is similar to those in the Western part of the US. That right there proves everything. Earth was all volcanos at one point. So naturally, it´s going to leave behind some unsual landfroms. Those unsual landfroms look exactly like the one on Mars. It can´t be aliens when something like that could form naturally.

In conclusion, the face wan´t made my aliens, and people need to accept that. This face was all made by shadows, and a simple trick of the eye. Sorry to cursh your dreams of meeting an alien. The only ones you´ll meet will be from another country, not another planet. ",4
"No, i do not agree with America creating ""driverless"" cars . Depending on a machine to navigate the roads and sucessfully take you to your destination is an accident waiting to happen litterally. Who would be at fault if a wreck were to accure? Would you really be able to have piece of mind while letting your car do the driving?

First, you have to think about who would really be at fault if an accident happened. In the article it states that ""if technology fails and someone is injured who is at fault - the driver or the manufacturer?"" Well it would be challenging to understand that fully, because if something were to happen with one or more sensors malfunctioning, than how can you blame the driver in that case? The maufaturing companies would have to run numerous tests and double check to insure that all of the sensors and gadgets on the vehicle are in working order and stay that way so they deliver a safe product on their part. At the time of the wreck, you will have to take into concideration what each driver was doing, and the steps leading up to the event to come to a conclution of who fault it is.

Secondly, the cars arent 100% driverless, you still have to take over the wheel when need be. When in these cars, the driver has to give his/her full attention at all times, so you might as well be in an ordinary vehicle. A quote from the text states ""their cars have driven more than a million miles without a crash but sofar, Google's cars arent trully driverless; they alert the drivers to take over the when pulling in and out of drive ways or dealing with complicated issues, such as navagating through road work or accidents."" Having to take over when their is a contruction zone or driveways etc, is not the deffinition of a full driverless car to me.

lastly, the cars have fancy sensors and other tools and whatnot , but these cars still call for human skills. Driverless cars are intelligent but may not be able manage a situation if you were to look down at your phone quickly or something else along the lines of that. The information states that ""they can steer, accelerate and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road requires human skills. You have to stay focused on the road and guide the car if needed in a situation. if you want to not stay locked on the road and do another thing while in the car, these vehicles are not for you.

In conclusion, i do not approve of these inventions until it is proved that they are 100% safe and until you dont have to pay attention to driving the whole time. Driverless cars still need the skill of a human behind the wheel, they arent fully driverless and something may not work in proper order, and also you have to think about who would be at fault if a wreck happened. These are all things we need to take into concideration before going out and purchasing one of these new vehicles.                                                                                                 ",5
"People are always interested in looking in the future. Now, driverless cars are becoming more interesting to people. Yes , they do have negative aspects, but they are a great idea. This will help deduct nearly half of the usage of fuel we use today, a bigger help on the public transportation buisness, and is a new fun way for drivng, so people will be interested in buying these cars.

Today, we use so much amout of fuel. This is bad because one day the supply will run out. These smart cars are a great way to help save fuel and save money. In the article it says, "" the cars he foresees would use half of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus"". With a regular car you would continously pay for gas, but with the smart car, its great on gas.

With the help of these driverless cars, public transportation will be so much better. The article states, "" a future with a pulic transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system"". With the help of these transportation systems, people could save money by not having to buy a car or having to waiste money on gas. Also, they are more flexible than just riding the bus. It can take you directly where needed and back to where you came from. This would be a great help.

Though these cars are expensive to make, its a fun way to drive and safe. This means people will be interested in getting a car that drives its self. This is not only giving the buisness money so they can make more vehicles, but its making a drivers life a little more easier. It says "" we have to interpret the driving fun in a new way. some manufactueres hope to do that by bringing in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays"" This allows the person to be entertained which will satisfy them with their car, but it will notify you when you need to take over the driving.

The smart car brings both benefits and negative aspects but there are many great ideas and things these cars may bring. They help with public transportion, the usage of fuel, and the car makes the people interested in buying it which helps bring money into the economy and buisnesess. These cars will ""fundamentally change the world"" as said in the article. It is a great idea and people are looking forward to better models of a self driving car.                               ",4
"The author of this greatly fasinating artcle is informing the reader of the wildly amazing benefits of trying to explore our neighboring planet Venus but at a very dangerouse and intimidatingly servere cost such as, acidic gas, unpredictable weather patterns, bone crushing gravity and blazing temperatures but in contrast gives reasons for traveling there such as the planet being a new home and a way of escape to us earthlings .

The very first servere danger, the author explains is in paragraph three as they get into the specifis of the sulfuric atmosphere as stated "" Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere"" this line shows that this dangerously corrosive gas creates a huge problem for the space program NASA.

The next neighboring issue is also the extreme blazes of heat that come from the planet Venus itself show in paragraph three "" On the planets surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit"". The author also states that Venus temperature would ""liquefy many metals"" this peice of information reinforces the many dangers of space travel towards Venus as even an unmanned space craft will be torn to shreds and scorched like tissue paper.

The author also lightens the mood by stating in paragraph four "" recall that venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel"". This new knowlegde gives the reader a new look on Venus as in the future it can be considered a new home.

In final conclusion this authors amazing article has given information on the dangerouse downsides to the exploration of Venus while imploying some hopeful upsides to.",3
"The develepment of driverless cars is a very unique and intresting topic. The driverlass cars would come with many pros,and cons. From making a living off of them to the cities and counties using them to benifit the citizens.

My belief among with many others is that as a country we do not need anymore reasons for us Americans to be lazy. Although I believe that there would be astonishing benifits with the Firefighters/Parametics using this equipment,there should also be limitations. ""There cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash."" This show that there is obivisly some reliability behind these machines. The should be used for the elderly,wonded vetrans,and emergency response teams. Although they should not be used for just a lazy or overweight person that wants to take the easy way out. In my personal opinion,and assuming it is for the use of a healthy person they should not be allowed. The furthest it should go for the average person is as the car had its own little auto-pilot for long rides and so on.

I would like to further research thses cars before I can give an educated opinion, but from what i have learned from this artice is that I am aginst Driverless cars. It will cause more trouble then helpfullness.      ",3
"The article of ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" is that for along time every spaceship that would try to explore Venus would not survive all of the landing everytime it goes to the planet. And the planet is right next door to Earth up in space, and every other planet are always going around the Sun in different speed and direction at different times. The reason why every spaceship didn't land on the planet is because the whole planet don't have any gravity form like Earth does. The author supports this idea about the studie of Venus is a worthy pursuits the despite of the dangers is that the aurthor has been studying all of the plantes for along period of time. All of the temperature on the planet is different but it can be also dangers because you wouldn't know how to survive on the planet without speciel stuff that you would need to live. This explanation of the evidencefrom the article supports my claim is that you have to have almost everything that you need for the whole trip to that planet, and there is a lot of tricky turns and paths that you have to know what you are looking for.",1
"PROPER_NAME

January 21, 2015

Dear Senator,

Im PROPER_NAME, writing you to ask if you could change the Electoral Collage, I'm sure I'm beside hundres asking for the same. Instead of voting for our slate of electors, we perfer to vote for the president himself. I have reasons, I will be glad to sure them with you.

In my opinion, I believe the Electoral collage is not fair. The bigger states get alot more electoral vote, So it's obvious if the president wins all the bigger states their going to win. The way I see it, is that the little states don't matter, or they aren't as important, since they got little electoral votes. For example, If I was running for president my main goal would be to win all the bigger states first, like; California, Texas, Florida. With them three states I already have 122 electrol votes, Thats when I'll start focusing on getting my other 148 votes by winning the little states over.

My other reason why myself, and hundres would rather vote for the president himself be, because of the mistakes of voting for the wrong canidate. Remember in 1960, Hawwii sent two slates of electors to Condress? What will happen?If you think about it anything and everything could go wrong!

Lastly,Voting for the president himself would be easier, You along with others in your range would not have to worry about the electoral votes. Not only that it may also be less stressful, and crazier. Voters like my parents would not get confuse for voting the wrong elector, and giving her vote to the wrong canidate.

In conclusion, I honestly think not having the electroal votes would be best for our voters. I'm sure the candidates would enjoy us the voters making the mistake and voting for the wrong elector, since at the end of the day the Canidate is the one getting the vote, that wasn't meant for him. Instead of voting for our electors, why won't we vote straight to our president?

Sinceraly,

PROPER_NAME  ",3
"I think that driverless cars would be useless, the reason that I think this is because ""Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver? Wouldn’t drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive?"" Most people( mostly teenagers) like to go joyriding with there friends or just drive around town to blow off some steam.

Another reason that I believe that driverless cars are a bad idea is because what is the user of the car falls asleep and doesnt awaken whenever the car alerts them that they need to take over in a potentially dangoures situation. ""In fact, none of the cars developed so far are completely driverless. They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents.

This means the driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when there is a possibly dangours situation. These necessitates of the the car being ready to quickly get the driver’s attention whenever a problem occurs.""

Another reason is that these vehicals could be extermly costly for the consumer's. All the technology that will be needed to be placed into this car will be costly not only for the company but will also be for the customers. There are also many problems with these cars considering that we do not have all the tech needed for them, Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved.

In conclusion I believe that driverless cars should not be mass produced.    ",3
"Dear State Senator,

My name is PROPER_NAME and i am an American Citizen. I already know about The Electoral College and its process. I know it has 538 electors and 270 of the electoral votes are needed to elect president. Along with that, I know that our founding fathers developed it in the constitution and their chosen by the candidate's political party. But i do not know why so much people bash The Electoral College when its a good thing. Based on my research, The Electoral College should stay and should be used everytime in an election for President.

To Start off, most people think of The Electoral College as a non-democratic method of selecting a president based on Source 3: by Richard A. Posner. Its is a non-democratic method because its the electors who elect the president not the people. Based on Richard however, ""each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee and that trust is rarely betrayed"". Its possible to win the electoral vote but not the national popular vote. It happened in 2000, with Gore when he was running. But that was the first time since 1888.

There are some flaws of The Electoral College however. According to Source 2: written by Bradford Plumer, voters vote for electors who elect the President not the people. No one really knows the elctors and they cant be seen holding public office. It depends on the state to pick the electors and voters cannot always control whom their electors vote for. In addition, as Bradford said ""voters sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidates"". These disadvantages may want to make people disapprove of The Electoral College disregarding its advantages.

There are five really good reasons for keeping the Electoral College. Based on Source 3 the first is ""certainty of outcome"". This basically means if the winning candidate's share of the Electoral votes is high most likely his popular votes will be too. The next reason is that its everyone's president. Like Romney he only focused on benefiting the one region and the Electoral College had no favor in that and as a result he got no gains from them. The third reason is ""swing state"" like Richard calls it. The ""toss up states"" are the ones who really decide the election. Voters in those states pay more attention to the campaign since they are the ones who will decide the outcome. The last two reasons are the big states and avoiding run-off elections. A large state gets more attention from Presidential candidates in a campaign then a small state does. The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candiates receives a majority of the votes cast.

These five reasons make the electoral College what it is now. Most voters dont watch the Presidential campaign's and chose whoever. The Electoral College is fulled with educated people who actually take the time and watch and study the campaign's so their vote is the vote that makes a difference. Despite the Electoral College's lack of democratic pedigree its still should stay.          ",4
"In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" the article talks about technology scanning a persons face and reading an emotion. I think it is a good idea and could approve movies,video games and even pictures on the internet. In this case I agree that this is valuable because if you are taking a computer class and doing a project that has to do with a 3d model. You could use the scanner to make your face exactly as it looks and make a 3d model with your face and expression. The system will also indicate muscles throughout your face.

I think the Facial Action Coding System could help with school projects and other daily objectives. The Facial Action Coding System is a system that improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of others. The system can even scan the emotions of pictures. This could scan a picture and see what the person was feeling at the time. The system can sense happiness,surprise,anger,disgust,fear and sadness.

Overall I think the Facial Action Coding System will improve the use of technology and will be a system that is used a lot. Teachers could teach the kids how to use the system and they could have fun scanning different faces and learn about the system and its features. One downside is that your home PC cannot handle complex algorithms used to decode a certain photo. The system might also

not be able to detect every facial expression because of hair or their traits.",3
"Twenty five years ago when NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was orbiting mars looking for possible landings sights for Viking 2 it spotted a ""face"" on mars in a region of the Red Planet called Cydonia. NASA revealed the images of this ""face"" thinking that it would be a good way to attract attention to mars. It worked too, maybe not in the way NASA had hoped though. This ""face"" caused many people to belive that it was proof that there is or was life on Mars.

NASA explains this ""face"" formation on Mars as a “huge rock formation . . . which resembles a human head . . . formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth.” Many skeptics believe that this ""face"" is proof of life forms on Mars and that NASA is just trying to cover it up. Although if this was proof of life forms on Mars then that would greatly benefit NASA so why would they try and cover it up? Well the answer is they wouldnt. If there was any proof that there was life forms on Mars then NASA would benefit greatly and they would most likely reveal that to the public as well, not hide it.

So what is this ""Face of mars"" that has had so many people questioning NASA and skepticizing over whether or not there is life on Mars? Well, the latest picture was an MGS image from 2001. This image shows the ""Face"" for what it actually is, which is a mesa. As it says in the article Unmasking the Face on Mars ""What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa—landforms common around the American West."" “That’s a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars.”

This lattest image has been able to show us what the rock land form on Mars actually is. Which is just a mesa. Slowly since the image from the NASA Viking 1 in 1976 we have been getting better and better quality images. With these better quality images we are able to see that this rock land form on Mars doesnt even really look like a face. Slowly the pictures have gotten less hazy and we have been able to better see the ""face.""

When you look back on that first image, the one from the Viking 1space ship in 1976 its easy to say that the land from on Mars looks like a face. Because it does look like a face in that first bad quality image, but now that we have new technology with better photo taking abilities it is easy to see that what we once may have thought looked like a face. Is just a mesa on Mars. Not proof that there is aliens, or other life forms on Mars. Just a Mesa, that in all reality doesnt actually look all that much like a face.    ",5
"I am personally against the idea of driverless cars. Some people are already dangerous behind the wheel as it is. I don't think a computer would do any better behind the wheel. Dirverless cars can be very dangerous and I think people would be better off not being lazy and driving themselves where ever they needed to go.

One reason that I am against driverless cars is that they are not 100% driverless. There are still issues that the car can't handle on it's own and will require the driver to take over. Driverless cars can be very dangerous because if the car would ever require the driver, and it fails to alert the driver in time, there could be fatal consequences. Drunk drivers could also try to take advantage of the fact that the car would be driverless and have the car drive itself. But if he driver were to be too drunk to take over, it could casue a very bad accident.

Another reason that I am against driverless cars is that they would be compter dependent and would run on it's own. And every skilled programmer or hacker would know that you would be able to hack the computer driven car to do what ever they wanted it to. Hackers can already hack a lot of vehicles as it is, they can send codes to a smart vehicle to unlock and even start the car without owning or having the key to the car. There are way too many dangerous things that could possibly happen with that to list. Hackers could change the course of the vehicle to any given location, they could make the car crash itslef, and they could make the car failt to alert the driver and every one would blame either the driver or the car.

One final reason that I am against driverless cars is that people today are already lazy enough as it is. We don't need computers taking over our lives. People are becoming more and more dependent on technology causing them to be lazier. One example that has already been made is in the Movie Wall-E where everyone was in floating chairs that were controlled so no one would ever have to walk again, making them even lazier and very obese.

I am really against driverless cars and I think that they would do way more harm than good no matter how much time, effort, and improvements they have made on it. I think we are better off just driving ourselves where ever we needed to go and that we should be less dependent on technology istead of being completley dependent on it.   ",4
"Luke Bomberger wanted his dream to become a slaier around the world he didnt know what happened when his friend don Reist invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat, could'nt say no,

I ague that you guys will love to on the trip its looks fun, but its even more fun once you see around the world but of couse we arn't going all around the world, but you still see some pretty great stuff.

Ok i ague that that if some of you say oh this is just lame your all rong there you will have a really big cook out on the boat and somthing of are treat that we will give to you once your on but dont gust eat right away that will take all the fun out of it.

You will see our fliers on a chamercila at your house i really think that you should sign up for the cruzz.

This cruzz is for someone that really needs a brake from your home or just want to get out.

All of you people that live out there you be blown away of how good this trip is and how beautifull it really is on the ocean.

I was pritty happy once i got to go on this trip it was amazing the beds were so soft and fluffy.

I think all of you people out there will love this cruzz so much your head will spin around and around how awsome this trip is to you and me because I was really blown away when they asked me to go on this trip.

This might be like a scame to all of you after World War 2 just happened, buit its not.

You can see Europe and China if you have never seen that place if it stinkes a little that might be the animals that just got deliverd of some where, we will try our best to make it smell really nice for you all cause i don't think that any of you want to smell poop and other things simular to that smell.

We have really good bathrooms so you can clean youself right up if you fell icky we just got a new bath tube and other shower parts to go with it so you want grossed out.

Also we got some new beds for larger familyes and we have smaller for not as big as familyes as the other ones.

We got new beds littler and bigger bed's more space a supplies of food and water, rot beer, beer, and milk to drink we ahve homemade rot beer to.

Yes so that is if you want to come down and take a trip and come on down we be wating for you.",2
"Driverless cars would be the coolest thing ever! People would not have to drive tired and risk getting into an accident. People could sleep while there car takes them to work or school. The risk is putting your life on the line to have a car drive you around not knowing if it will get you there in one piece or not. I personally think driverless cars are a good concept but at the same time I think it is risky.

Driverless cars could be good and be bad at the same time. They are good for the fact that you wouldn't have to drive. Think about that, just hop in your car press start and tell it where you want to go. Then you get to lay back and enjoy the ride. It will be a good thing for people who drink because then you wouldn't have to worry about people drinking and driving because techiniqually they are just drinking not driving. You also wouldn't have to worry about bad drivers or even illegal drivers. Driverless cars could be a very good thing to mankind but also it could end up being the worst thing we have done to ourselves.

Driverless cars could be a terrible thing to the human race. People will start to become very lazy. People are already lazy enough we don't need cars that drive themselves. Peole will start to just sleep in the car and not pay attention to where it is taking them. They will forget how to drive so if they ever need to they will not know how. Also how can you trust a computer controlled car to drive you and your family around? It is risky to have it take you places because you don't know if it will just go crazy and drive your family into oncoming traffic or not. It is a risk most people would want to take but I am not completely sure if I am one.

Driverless cars are a great idea and could possibly be the best thing that will happen to the world. It could also be the worst thing that will ever happen to us. We don't really know if they will be reliable enough to keep us safe or if they will even be able to get us where we need to go. I am in the middle on this topic because I am not sure if I would be happy to see driverless cars be a thing or if I would be nervous. Driverless cars could be either be a great thing to mankind or they could be a terrible thing, we will just have to wait and see where the future takes us.   ",3
"Driverless cars, although fascinating and revolutionary, are not a good idea. There are many flaws about the current driverless cars that are on the road today. Humans need to operate it in order to navigate through complicated circumstances, smart roads to help solve that problem are very expensive and non-practical, and there are many legal troubles stirred up by these vehicles. These problems are simply not worth the idea of a smart car. In my opinion, driverless cars should stay off the road.

There are many flaws that come with driverless cars. One of these flaws is the fact that the skills of a human operator are required to navigate these ""driverless cars"" through complicated situations, such as road construction or driving around an accident. In the passage ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"", the author states in paragraph two, ""...Google cars aren't truly driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways, or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents."" If a human operator has to take over the ""driverless"" car periodically, there is no point in even having a car that can drive through simple traffic with ease. One solution to the fact that a human operator must take over when facing roadwork is the idea of smart roads. Smart roads would use a cable to send radio signals to a receiver on the front of a car. The trouble is, replacing ordinary roads with these smart roads would be ""simply too expensive to be practical,"" the narrator states in paragraph three. Legal troubles involving driverless cars are a whole different issue. In paragraph nine, the author explains, ""Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault--the driver or the manufacturer?"" Driverless cars are bound to malfunction at one point or another. New laws would have to be established in order to properly provide justice in the case of someone's injury or death. This problem is too tedious and not nearly worth the idea of a driverless car.

There are too many reasons to go against the idea of a driverless car. Human driving skills will be required and used anyway, smart roads are very expensive and non-practical, and there are many legal troubles involving smart cars. Perhaps in twenty or so years when these problems can be efficiently solved, smart cars will be a good idea. But in this day and age, with these problems, driverless cars are not worth it. Smart cars should stay off the road.   ",3
"In this artical the author suggests that studing venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author supports this idea by providing some information about Venus and how similer and different it is compared to Earth. In paragraph one, the author states how Venus is the second planet from our sun. Then in paragraph two, the author tells us that Venus is often referred to as Earth’s “twin."" The author also states how Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density, size, and distance. Since Venus is right around the corner, humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world.

In paragraph two, it states that each previous mission was unmanned, and for a good reason, because no space craft survived the landing for more than a few hours. The author then stated, that maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has landed on Venus for more than three decades. Venus has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide that blankets it. The more challenging thing is that Venus has clouds that are highly corrosive sul",2
"The author supports his idea by adding tons of pro-Venus exploration details throughout the passage. Multiple reasons where given such as comparing Venus to Earth, looking back at the two planets history, and also shared natural events. All are things that push us to keep observing Venus even with difficult conditions.

In the fourth paragraph of the article, the author talks about how Venus may have once been covered in majestic oceans, and most likely able to support numerous forms of life. The author uses this to explain why astronomers are so intrigued by Venus. Even if Venus is inhospitable right now NASA would still like to explore the surface grab samples and bring them back to be tested.

Paragraph two elaborates mostly on comparing the planets Stating, ""Often referred to as Earth's ""twin"" Venus is the closest planent to Earth in terms of density and size."" Connections and inferences can be made from this statement on how Earth and Venus might be similar. While in the 8th paragraph the author claims, ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. Meaning technology should grow enough to keep us hungry for exploring Venus.

In conclusion The author wants us to keep trying to explore venus no matter the dangerous obstacle. He shows this by adding plenty of positive and interesting facts about the relationship between Earth and Venus.",3
"Mostly everyone is aware of the so called ""global warming"" and air pollution issues we have going on around the world. Both of those are mainly caused by motor vehicles that we use on a dialey basis. Lately places around the world, like Paris and China, have been trying their very best to limit the percentages of these and the pollutant in the air by banning cars for one or more days and having citizens rely on taxis, buses, walking, bikes, etc.

Because of this, scientists have already began to prove that the percentage of air pollutant has gone down, not drastically but there is at least 9% less, which is still improvment. Less air pollutant also means healthier citizens, which is what these countries are mainly aiming for in this experiment which they call ""smart planning"".  They began this study in cities to make them less denser and better for walking, now they have move their plan over to the suburbs.

In Paris they banned all vehicles with even number plates for the day and vehicles with odd numbered plates the next. Violators were fined a 22-euro($31) ticket. In Vaubban, Germany they have asked people the gove up cars and the roads a ""car-free"" zone, excpet for the tram and a few of the streets on the edge of the community. They also had large garages down at the egde of the community which were sold for $40,000 along with a house.

Studies have also shown that along with physical health, citizens ahve been happier and more ""stress-free"" when it comes to not driving. one mom in Vauban said it was nice the hear the swish of bicycles and chatter of children instead of the occasional distant motor. America was a step ahead of all these other coummunities though. Their number or cars and liscense that have been given a year has a decreased effincently and is almost the same as it was in 1995.            ",2
"Do you know what is Electoral College? Electoral College is the process of election of the President by a vote in Congress. Each candidate running for President in your state has his or her own group of electors. The presidential election is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Most states have a 'winner-take-all"" system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate. A Certificate of Ascertainment declares the winning presidential candidate in your state and shows which electors will represent yor state. Smetimes could not be the best choice for our country. I strongly disagree that keeping the Electoral College because it is unfair to voters and it can cause problems in your state.

To begin with, I strongly believe state senator should change the election by popular vote for the president of the United States because Electoral College is unfair to voters. From the text says ""candidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning.""Meaning the winner take all system, which is unfair. During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including the states Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets.

Secondly, I strongly believe state senator should change the election by popular vote for the president of the United States because it can cause problems in your state. Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors. Statisics show that Congress would get 34 electoral votes but they aren't really voting for the president. For Instance, the single representative from Wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, would have as much as the 55 representatives from California, who represent 35 million voters. That many voters vote on one party for president and another for Congress.

I strongly disagree, that state senator should change the election by popular vote because electoral college is a better way to vote. The Electoral College is widely regardes a non democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the candidate who recieves the most popular votes the winner. Each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee and that trust is rarely betrayed. For example, In 2000, when Gore had more popular votes than Bush yet fewer electoral votes.

The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans regional appeal. The winner takes all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates.

In Conclusion, the Electoral College is a process of election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. I strongly believe that state senator should change the election by popular vote for the prsident of United States because electoral college is unfair to voters and it can cause problems in your state.    ",3
"These sources focus on the advantages of limiting car usage. The usage of cars has been decreasing as the years go by, not only in the United States, but in other countries as well. The residents of certain countries are beginning to use walking or taking a train or a city bus as a means of transportation instead of using their cars, that is if they own one.

The advantages of limiting car usage are endless. One advantage is that it relieves a big amount of stress on people. According to source one, having a car is a big responsibility, sometimes one that certain people are not able to handle. ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,"" said Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two. Not having a car or avoiding having to use a car is becoming easier for people. For people that live in suburban areas, public transportation is going to have a higher demand. This is because there is an attempt to make suburbs more compact and more accessible to public transportation, with less space for parking. In this new approach, stores are going to be placed a walk away, or on a main street, rather than having them all together in malls along a distant highway. Not only will it make it easier for people to access stores or other necessities, but the money that the public transportation will receive will go to the city, giving them more to use on important things the community needs. Furthermore, it is evident that limiting car usage relieves a big amount of stress on people.

Another advantage of limiting car usage is that it brings people and countries together for a cause. Limiting the use of cars is spreading worldwide and there are many people that agree with this concept. According to the third source, in Bogota, Colombia, a program has been started that is set to lower the rate of care usage and increase the usage of public transprortation. Millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to work during a car-free day, leaving the streets of this capital city empty and unoccupied. The interactions between the community are inevitable with so much people walking and being all in one place at one time. Furthermore, the act of a car-free day is also spreading to other countries. Municipal authorities from other countries came to Bogota to see the event and were extremely enthusiastic. ""These people are generating a revolutionary change, and this is crossing borders,"" said Enrique Riera, the mayor of Asunción, Paraguay. With this act spreading and moving across borders into other countries, the use of cars will soon begin to decrease even more than it already has. This will help to lower the pollution as well as other economic problems caused by cars.

These sources focus on the advantages of limiting car usage. The usage of cars has been decreasing as the years go by, not only in the United States, but in other countries as well. The residents of certain countries are beginning to use walking or taking a train or a city bus as a means of transportation instead of using their cars, that is if they own one. With the information provided, how can one refuse to join the movement to limit car usage?             ",4
"Have you ever thought of giving up your cars? i didnt thing you did. I can see why you would'nt want to. So i am going to try to apeal to your other sense and show the the beauty and advantages to a limited car comunity.

With out cars vrooming and zooming all about you can actualy expirence nature like it used to be little rucus and mutch less danger. With out all of the loud sounds or engins working you can go for a soothing walk and clear your mind. Not only that you can do things with out worring about things like ""hmm am i gooing to get hit by a car today?"" have you ever worried about someone driving and gotten scaired because you have no idea how they are or if they made it home ok? If some one is walking you can be like ok little can go wrong from there to here so you wory less.

Cars are one of the leading causes of polution and smog in the world. In Paris the smog got so bad cars with even numbered plates could only drive certian days and viceversa  with the odd numbered plates. Not only is it a good idea to stop because of of the green house gases but it is also good to stop becould it would stop trafic. 67% of all cars in france are desil so they were blamed for the smog over the gasoline. So in this case i say just go green for a while and ride bikes or hoof it to were you need to go.

The driving persentage in america is going down by its self so in america the progress is showing weather its on perpous or not. With the driving persentage going down there is less crashes of cours because of the less drivers. with the driving persentage going dow i is also leading to a better less damaging way of transportation suchas car pooling or public transportation there is also one of my more perfered ones biking it always works to get you from point A to point B and it is polution free unless you fart of course. sense i mentioned the point A to point B there are alturnative ways to get there like a bike a skate board a human powered scooter or the free one walking.

If we would adopt the life style of less travling by cars we would have closer thing to us like stors and traveling roots stors would be in walking distance but this means places like the suburbs are going to be more compact and alot less parking space. With adopting this life style we ar'nt agreeing on getting rid of all cars just to get rid of cars when they are irrelavent the cars would be parkes in a big parking garage on the edge of the town the cars would be used for long distance traveling. People would also get more exresize and that could help bring ""

obeace

"" america to a healthey more fit america like in the past.

Many things can be gained from limiting car usage afew are its is way more peaceful with out all the rucus and stress of driving and polution and smog levels would be brought down as well as less deaths from crashes and one big advantage is it is more efficent housing and traviling roots. now you have some thing to think about.    ",3
"To begin with, the Electoral College should be kept. It's a important process to be able to select the electors and the meeting of the electors where they vote for the President and Vice President. One's of the many reason they should keep the Electoral College is because the voters want to express their political preference. Also, it helps choose your state's electors when you vote. Lastly, voters won't get confused about the electors when they vote for the candidate with this process, they wont.

Starting of with, some people might argue that one vote won't affect the voting and that it does not express your political preference. However, in source three by Richard A. Posner paragraph twenty three states ""Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference."" People who vote in elections are people who want a change to be made. They give their vote for the strongest and most confident candidate. They don't get mistaken in whom they've voted for.

To continue, Every given time there is a presidential election which is our responsibility to vote in and help choose our state electors. In source one by the Office of the Federal Register says ""You help choose your state's electores when you vote for President"" When we decide who our vote goes to we usually help choose our states electores when we vote for President and when we vote for our candidate we are also voting for our candidate's electors which most people will agrue is the right way to go.

Last but not least, many people would argue that voters get confused and vote for the wrong candidate. In source two by Bradfor Plumer says ""...voters sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate."" However, it has been proven that mostly everyone does choose for the right candidate! They choose the candidate they see the post potential and confidence in and the one that is going to make the changes they want and need.

To conclude, Electoral College should be kept. Multiple people will agree to this as well. This isin't just a place its a process that people agree to do! This makes us able to elect the most confident candidate that is going to make a powerful change. There are many reason the Electoral College should be kept. Startin of with, the voters and how they want to express their political prefence. Also, it helps us choose our state's electors when we vote. Lastly, voters won't get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate with this process. This is a long process but at the end of the day is worth it.    ",4
"I am in favor of changing the process in which America votes for its president;currently the when you cast your vote you are acctually voting for your candidate's electors whos votes do not become valid until [they] the electors are voted for by the [you] the people. A few problems with this process is expressed in an artical titled ""

The Indefensible Electoral Colledge""

. With useing this process citizens sometimes do not have control over who their electors vote for, also voters may get confused and vote for the wrong candidate.

I can understand why other people may think my claim is wrong, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and should also be entitled to their own vote aswell which is why instead of voteing for someone who will vote for our president [

we

] the people should directly vote for our candidates. In the same article""

The Indfensible Electoral Colledge""

It states ""Back in 1960, segergationists in the louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replaceing the democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy"". They did this as an attemp to take the popular vote from kennedy. This just shows how much freedom the electors have with your vote.                                    ",2
"The author thinks that it is a good idea for us humans to study our earth and to see why we can;t love on those planets.

The author thinks that studying venvus is worth studying because you get to know a lot about why you can't live up there and how dangours it can be just to live up there. ""Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar syatem.""(paragraph 3). The reason why the author thinks that we should study our planets is becuase maybe one day us humans will be able to live up there. But then again we wont be able to beause of how hot it is up there and also how much gracvity is up there. this is an example of why we can't live up there

""thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degress fahrenheit."" (paragragh 5)

I would say that the author has a good reason why people should study theplanet venus abdut at the same time I don't think that it is safe enogh becuase of all the risks that you would be taking and because of how hot it is up there. Like we are not used to those types of tempertures.",2
"Driverless cars can be a dangerous development and should not be made.

Sergy envisions a future with public-transportation replacing personal vehicles,this can spark conflicts or dissatisfaction because we hold our personal possesions close and would not rely on public-transportation,

Electronic cars can be vulnerable to hacking even in googles hands,without manual piloting a driverless car be a serious hazard on roads. if the LIDAR malfunctions the car is blinded and will most asurudely crash into its surroundings unless the person takes manual control.

It mentions in paragraph 6 that they intend to make cars more and more independant,and that sensors will be the cars main feature to see. this again can be hazardous if those sensors are disrupted or hacked. in pargraph 7 it mentions that the car can steer, accelerate, and brake on its own,a car doing that at the wrong moment can cause a major crash or serious injury to the driver,and flashing lights on the windshields can be distracting if the car is in manual use.

Lawmakers know safety is best achieved with an alert driver,so traffic laws have made smart cars illegal even to test computer-driven cars in California, Nevada, and the District of Columbia.

Driverless cars should not be used because they are vulnerable to hacking, glitching, and disruption and can be a road hazzard in any situation, so you should not support automated cars and further develop driver dependant cars.",2
"Imagine a classroom specifically tailored to each individual student and their emotion. The students there enjoy coming to school. If they are bored, the lesson changes to regain their interest. If they are confused, the lesson uses a different method of explaining to help them better understand what is being taught. The article, ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" describes a new emotion-recognition software that could do just that. The use of technology to read emotion is valuable and should be used classrooms.

The technology that is used currently in schools could be bettered using this new software. Throughout the United States, many schools are looking for solutions to better their classrooms. Emotion-recognition could be the answer. Most schools already have devices in place such as lap-tops, iPads, and classroom computers. With technology already in schools, why not strive to make it better? The only step that would need to be taken is putting these softwares in place.

Students could have more enjoyment and better understanding in schools with emotion detecting softwares. Those who find it hard to pay attention could recieve lessons that are constantly changing. Students that are having a difficult time with a particular portion or subject could recieve help. Even those who are commonly bored in school could be given more challanging lessons to keep their interest up, simply through emotion-recognition.

With happier kids and more personalized instruction, student's success in school could increase. If children had a more positive experience in school, they could enjoy learning more. If students enjoyed learning more, they might have more motivation to do well in school. Also, each individual student would be given instruction tailored to them, so no student would be left behind or have less oportunity to succeed than others.

Overall, the use of emotion detecting technology is valuable and should be used in classrooms. Technology is already being used in schools, so all that would have to be done is putting the new software in place. Increases in student enjoyment while at school could greatly effect the levels of student success, leading to a smarter generation of motivated and positive individuals. If a change that is not difficult to make, could have such a great impact, why is it not in place already?",4
"Imagine being stuck in traffic again for the fifth time this week. You glance at the time and you see that you're running late for work again. Cars can cause alot of problems like for example, people get into many car crashes that kill many innocent children or bystanders, the traffic jams always take hours to clear up, and the exhaust in the tail pipe is polluting the air. There are many advantages to limiting car usage. The advantages are there will be more people on bikes and walking to place to place, less traffic, and less pollution in the air.

Although cars may come in handy they can be a real pain to have. Like for insatance paying car insurance every month, paying for gas, and paying for your car if anything breakes and needs a new part If the car usage was limited there will be more people on bikes and walking. This is good for the residents because they are spending less money and they are getting excersise from this. In Vauban, Germany the residents there have given up their cars. 70% of Vauban's families do not own cars (Rosenthal, 3). There only transportation there is a tram that runs though Freiburg (Rosenthal, 2). This helps residents there get to place to place eaiser.

Also with the car limitations there will be a whole lot less traffic on the roads. For example in Paris, France they made even numbered license plates residents leave their cars at home, then the next day odd numbered license plate residents (Duffer, 11). Even though they tried to ban the cars there were 40,000 drivers fined due to driving their cars (Duffer, 12). Also when this rule was put into place there was less traffic in the capital of France. The traffic went down by 60% (Duffer, 14).

Most importantly there will be less pollution in the air. Residents in cars dont really know how much pollution is put into the air when they drive. The exhaust from the tail pipe of a car is causing a huge defect in this earth's greenhouse effect. In france the pollution was so bad there was smog in the air from all the cars (Duffer, 14). The smog in France was as bad as the world's most polluted cities in the world, Beijing, China (Duffer, 14). Also in Bogota, Colombia there was really bad smog, but after the car limitation there was a huge decrease in the smog (Selsky, 21).

In conclusion, there are many advantages in car limitation. The advantages are there will be more people on bikes and walking to place to place, less traffic, and less pollution in the air. With less cars this will help our earth big time because the greenhouse effect will stop getting car exhaust pumped through there. Also we may fine alternate ways to replace gas and oil to make this world healthier.    ",4
"Lets begin with so far there is no such thing as aliens or any extra terestrial life for that matter. Also ""The Face on Mars"" is just a natural land form.

As stated in the article "" The Face on mars "" was first discovered in 1976 in thr Cydonia region of the planet. It was discovered while the Viking 1 spacecraft was going around the planet taking pictures. Trying to find a landing space for it's sister ship Viking 2. Although releasing the photo to the public brought attetion to mars it also lead people to belive that there could be life or was life on mars.

Although few scientist believed that "" The Face on Mars"" could be a alien artifact 18 years later they returned to the red planet because "" Jim garvin explaind that thwy felt it was important to taxpayers."" Finally on April 5, 1998 The ""MGS"" flew over Cydonia for the firt time. Michael Manlin and his camera crue took a picture ""ten times better"" than the photo that was taken by the Viking. A lot of people were curious and nervous waiting on the release of the photo. Some were disappointed when it was released because ""it revealed a natural landform.""

They were disappointed because ""The Face on mars is located at "" 41 degrees north martian latitude."" They werent satisfied with thiss because at this latitude it was winter in april of 1998. Which is a cloudy time of year for mars. People were claimimg that perhaps because the camera had to oeer through thr clouds the alien markings were hidden by the haze.

Jim Garvin, chief scientist for NASA’s Mars Exploration Program said that ""its not easy to target Cydonia infact its hard work."" Then on April 8, 2001. The ""MGS""

was passing over Cydonia and drew close enogh for a picture and they took the picture from the direct center of the face. Also the picture that was taken was better quality than the two before it and was taken on a ""cloudless summer day.""

In conclusion if ""The Face on Mars"" would have been an acient alien arifact you would have been able to tell. So it is just a natural land form. Although it is similar to the lava dome is in the snake river plain of Idaho.                              ",4
"Fifty years ago, a car was the American dream. Every household in the country needed a bright, shiny vehicle in their driveway. Times have changed since then, with new increases in technology, a global consumption crisis, and a bigger population than ever. In the past half-decade a new breed of vehicles has dominated the agenda of some car manufacturers and interested parties. The self-driving car has made its way into the hopes of the next generation of drivers. Cutting edge companies like Google, Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Audi have already taken leaps and bounds to the self-driving car, or autonomous vehicle. But is this technology safe for the general public? Though autonomous vechicle's are still very new and experimental they are the future of driving.

Every year thousands of people are killed by driver related accidents. This

includes drunk driving, text-while-driving, and other distractions. After all drivers are people too and everybody makes mistakes. But what if it did not have to be like that? Computers are far more reliable than humans and never get fatigued or tired after long hours on the road. These same computers are the brain of new self-driving cars and they fail exponentially less than people do. A common critique of self-driving cars is the trust of computers but statistics show that they should have nothing to be worried about.

Many times when people hear about self-driving cars they think of vehicles that have no passengers, and while Google does possess such technology that approach is not the use. The cars can also operate with the driver instead of dominating all driving. This is already shown in Tesla's Model S and Model X which have semi-autonomous driving, able to steer, accelerate, and even park, this is also shown in the passage. BMW's i3 and i8 can also assist drivers with driving, not nessesarily dominating the driver. Driverless cars do not have to mean that only the computers are in control. which was a main focus of BMW as mentioned in the passage.

While driverless cars are still way in the works, their benefits are undenyable with new semi-driverless cars on the road everyday and more lenient state regulations the future of driverless cars are bright            ",4
"My name is Luke I had joined the UNRRA program in 1945. In article "" A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves "" talks about the participation in the Seagoing Cowboys program .

In the passage they talk about me and my adventures although breaking my ribs wasn't so plesant . In this passage

I will tell you what I think IF more people would have joined the UNRRA program.

I think that joining the UNRRA( the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation

Administration) would be fun and exciting because you would be able to vist many countries , and you would be able to learn and see many new things every trip you made . That is one of the many reasons Don and I joined the program .

UNRRA about hiring ""Seagoing Cowboys"" to take care of young horses , young cows , and mules that were shipped overseas. UNRRA was formed to help Eroupe and many countries that were left in ruins by World War ll,to help these countries recover their food supplies , animals, and more .

In August 1945, I had recived orders to report to New Orleans. The day I arived was the day the Pacific war had ended.

I got seaman's papers and boarded the SS Charles W.Wooster, heading to Greece with cargo of 335 horses im addition enough hay and oats to feed them . My birthday had passed before arriving to Greece I had turned 18 which meant I could be drafted to military service . By the time I it was 1947 I had made nine trips the most of any Seagoing Cowboy.

I got to see many new and cool things on my trips . In the passage it tells what I got to see on my trips in the passage it tells "" Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing

Europe and china . but seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special, he says . So was taking the a gondola ride in

Venice, Italy , a streets of water."" I also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama

Canal on my way to China.

I had so much fun and it was an exsperience of a lifetime besides the picking after the animals and breaking a few bones ,but it was all worth it, and I bet so many people would enjoy it as well as I did . That is why I think that morepeople should join th UNRRA .",3
"Can you imange a future where you could have a driverless car? I am for driverless. I am for it becuase it could cause less accidents, can

communicate with family easier while in the car.

I am for the development of driveless cars becasue it could cause less accident and less people dying from car accidents. One reason it could cause less accidents is because if someone is texting and driving and not paying attention to road they could run it to the back of a car, and a driverless car could press on the brakes quicker than a human. Another reason is that the driverless car would be a computer-driven car and the computer could detected a problem before a human could.that is one reason why I am for driverless cars.

I am also for driverless cars because you could communicate with family easier. One reason is when you have family in town you could talk to them about how they have been and how they are and you could look at them while talk and not have to worry about the road. You could also call or texted family while the car is driving with a driverless car and not have to worry about the road.

I am for diverless cars. So the reason I am for driverless cars is because they could cause less accidents, and you could talk to family easier while in the car. So do you see driverless cars in the future?",2
"The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy despite the dangers it presents because Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys,mountains, and craters. Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit on all those facts that we could learn despite on the dangers it make take to get there. The value of returning to Venus seems indisputable, but what are the options for making such a mission both safe and scientifically productive. There might be a lot of challenges to get to venus but it might be worth it on how we are going to get a lot of information from this expedition. Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Altough it make take 3 decades to get to Venus NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus . The challenge of exploring venus might be one of the greatest explorations there ever was , despite all the challenges .",2
"The Challenge of Exploring Venus is about NASA wanting to figure out a way to get to venus without getting hurt or damaged or at least being able to send a space craft ,but none of the space crafts have survived so the have to keep on thingking of ways to get to venus not because something is wrong ,but because the are facinated by the so called ""earths twin"" or ""evening star"". Venus however is not a planet where you can just go to, the temperatures are so hot they melt most of the space crafts and the pressure so high that a submarine would be crushed. NASA wants to try to allow scientist to float above the fray hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling venusian land to try and get a close up to the planet without getting hurt.

The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy persuit despite the dangers by telling me and all of the people reading this text that long ago their might have been a time where "" Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth. Today, venus still has some of those features that are analogus to those on earth"" just like on earth Venus also has valleys and mountains. The author also thinks its a good idea to keep studying venus because "" The value of returning to Venus seems indisputable, but what are the options for making such a mission both safe and scientificaly productive""?

The author thinks it important to get to Venus but also want to be safe about it. In paragraph 8 the author states ""striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likley lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation"". In this paragraph the author is telling us that exploring things is important in life in order to se what else is out there exploring different things can also be useful depending on whats found out there.

In the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" I think the author supports the idea that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangesrs by giving us so many examples as to why it might be a good idea to work through the dangers and work our way towards finding a safe way to get to Venus.  ",4
"Autonimous cars are a reality. Corporations such as Google, General Motors, and enigineers at Berkley have all created, to a certain extent, autonimous vehicles. A few more companies including Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan have announced their plans to have autonimous vehicles by 2020. But are autonimous vehicles really the best? Who would be responsible for crashes? Will they be as safe as regullar vehicles? Will they be able to be hacked? Even though the autonimous car is possible is it really safe?

First, how would autonimous vehicles respond to a wreck? It is clearly stated in paragraph 7 ""but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills"". So what happens in the event of a crash? One car wrecks and it causes a huge domino effect. One car after another, pile up because they do not know how to deal with the situation.

Second, in the event of a wreck who is responsible? The owner of the vehicle or the manufacturer? While the vehicle does belong to the owner and he did know about potential problems, the manufacturer should be able to deliver a completely safe vehicle to a customer.

That brings me to another issue. No one can confrim 100% that an autonimous vehicle will not wreck. There wil alway be human error in the manufactoring process. Now you might say; but they will be assembled by robots, so there wont be any human error. Well: who assembled the robots, who programmed them? Humans did, thus introducing human error into the problem.

Another thing to be worried about is terrorism. Will these cars be able to be hacked? A terrorist could hack into an autonimous vehicle and use for whatever he desires. He could drive a bomb anywhere he wants. No place would be safe or out of rech of a terrorist.

As you can see there are many propposed problems with autonimous cars. Wrecks, responsibility, human error, and terrorism are just a few of them. The truth is that there will always be some sort of problem with autonimous cars. Glitches and human error willl make sure of that. The idea of a fully autonimous car is fascinating, but are they really the best for america?",4
"I think you should join Seagoing Cowboys. I joined when I was almost eighteen, and it was a great experience for me. I am sure it would be for you, too. There are several reasons you should join.

First, it helps many countries, such as China and Greece. This program was formed in 1945, right after WWll. This means that many countries are in need of food, animals, and supplies. We just take care of the animals on the way to Europe. Then, we give them to different countries so they have a source of food and animals.

Secondly, it lets you see many countries. It helps you to experience things you otherwise wouldn't. You can see new things, try new foods, and meet new people. You can also tour and see new places. I saw the Acropolis in Greece, rode a gondola through the canals of Venice, toured a castle in Crete, and saw the Panama Canal. This was a great opportunity for me to broaden my horizons, and it could be for you, too.

Finally, it helps you learn new skills. This job teaches you responsibility, because you have to feed and take care of so many animals. On my first trip, there were more than 300 horses! You have to feed and water each one several times daily. Plus, you have to clean thier stalls and groom them. And that is just the horses! There would also be cattle, livestock, and other animals. You also have to learn how to communicate with people properly. If you are on a boat for two weeks to a month, you can't mess around or fight.

All in all, joining Seagoing Cowboys is a great idea. It is a great opportunity to help other countries, see new things, and learn new skills. I urge you to consider joining this program and having a great experience.",4
"I do not have a drives license nor do I have a learners permit. If I did have any of the two I would be against the fact about a self driving car.

I do think that it is a good idea, but it prohibits new learners from driving the correct way. It may be very expensive to purchase this kind of technology. I am also uncomfortable with the car having cameras everywhere including inside of it. It might make the driver feel strange knowing that they are being watched and the car is invading their privacy. Another reason why I do not like it is hackers could hack the system and cause someone to crash into something and cause the passengers to get seriously injured. Also their could be a time where the car malfuntions and crashes. I think that if this driverless car idea does not work out he way that Google planned it to be then they would lose lots of money. People all over the world may or may not like considering the fact that it is new to the world and it is not normal to have someting drive for them.

I think that this self-driving car is a bad idea becuas it myay be dangerous to people all over the world. ",2
"Yes, I do think that we should use the Facial Action Coding in classroom. The reason why I say yes is because students do get bored and frustrated when doing notes or homework and even inclass work. The Facial Action Coding would allow the teachers to really see how or what there students emotions when it comes to doing there work, the teacher can change things up to making the class fun when they are doing note or work. Also the teacher can understand what's going on with his or her students in the classroom to see if they are struggling or if they get on how to do the work. I think math teachers would really would like to have this because, they would be able to tell if the students are lying to them on if they get it or if they don't get it. So the teacher would be able to help the students more that are struggling with the work. Also other classes than just math the teachers would be able to use it for helping there students in class that are actually not getting on how to do the work or if they do or don't understand the note. Like in a history class alot of time it can be very confusing and the students don't understand on how to do the teacher would be able to know if they really get it or they are just lying straight to there faces. The teachers would also know if they are having a good or a bad day, if they student is having a bad day they could some how cheer them up to make them happier in there class or the rest of the day.",2
"We are all human beings. We all have some different opinions and some same opinions. The interesting debate was about the Face on Mars. I am here to tell you that the Face is just a natural landform.

I have reasons to why the Face is just a natural landform. First, aliens are not scientificly proven to be real. Therefore, the Face could not have been an alien artifact. Second, the face appear that a person is inside the moon trying to come out and that is impossible for someone to be inside the moon. Finally, no one could have been to Mars and created that Face because it would be stated on the Internet on who created it.

There are numberous of evidence of why the Face is just a natural landform. First, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture that is ten times sharper than the original Viking photos revealing it as a natural landoform. In addition, the camera that Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo of using the camer's absolute maximum resolution. Futhermore, each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compare to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo. Finally, the picture that Malin's team capture showed that it is Martina's equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West.

Others say that the Face on Mars was not a Martian's equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms. Some people believed that it was from an alien artiface. Others like conspiracy theorists said the evidence that NASA would rather hide.

There are reason why the Face on Mars was just a natural landform. This eassy helps you to rethink your thoughts of what it really is. There are logoical supports and evidence. The Mars is an interesting place for a planet.",2
"Ever wonder how the world would be without cars?  Some advantages would be, cutdown on smog, less traffic jams, and much less car incipients. The world would positively be changed. Paris has already taken action to fight against the crisis of these negative effects on the city.

Parking is one problem about going somewhere like the beach and you cant be close to the beach because someone is already there. VAUBAN, Germany-Residents of his upscale community are suburban pioneers, going where few soccer moms oc commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up their cars, according to Elisabeth Rosenthal, source 1, paragraph 1. Therefore, car accidents may happen at a higher chance, due to the overload of cars on the road. Cars are best used for far traveling and can go much faster and carry more of a load when going on a 200 mile trip, I would not want to have a bike.

According to source 2, Robert Duffer, claims in paragraph 1, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. They put a 22-euro or $31 fine on anyone that did not leave their cars at home, according to paragraph 2. During that fine, 4,000 drivers were fined. Reducing car use can make the air or sky clear without smog, Diesel fuel was to blame. Paris has typically more smog than other European capitals, because Diesel makes up 67 percent of vehicles in france.

Remember those time comsuming traffic jams that cause you to be late for just about anyhting? Moreover, limiting car usage can stop all those incidents and can clear up all of the roadways. Bikes, trams, city buses, can change the world of pollution. Delivery companies complained of lost revenue, while exceptions were made for plug-in-cars, hybrids, and cars carrying three or more passengers, according to source 2. The bikes through the city can be more friendly and also give opportunity for getting to know your neighbors in your neighborhood.

Reducing the car use will definetly benefit lots of people. What do you think the world would be like without cars? Would the deletion of cars set us apart from shipping? The people that enjoy traveling, they would have to switch to a hybrid or gas friendly car in order to save the environment and money.    ",3
"The author supports studying Venus despite the danger it brings in many ways. Venus is the closest planet to earth that us humans could posibilty go and explore. But, there are many enviroumental issues in Venus that we could not with stand. So an alternative was given to us. We could go far above the surface of Venus but we still would'nt get the full discription of Venus.

Venus is just like earth is some ways, but we would never be able to go there due to the conditions Venus has. If a human went to Venus even taking every safty percauton there ever was they would still die. "" A thick atomshpere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atomshpere. On the planet's surface, tempatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what er expirence on our own planet. These conditions are far extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such an enviroument would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many meatals"". But maybe there is a different way we could ""explore"" Venus.

An alternative was given to us by NASA most likely the only way humans would ever be able to encounter Venus is any way. Going above Venus's surface where the conditions would be bareable and looking at Venus from that perspetive. "" NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as our jet air planes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 Degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would no exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivavle for humans"". This idea seems to be the only way to ever be able ot see Venus.

If humans did successfully did go to Venus we may could discover amazing things that we would of never could even to begin to think existed ever. Venus is a mystery to humans and we want to know what that mystery is. Going to Venus would expand our knowelage we know about planets in our solar system today. We could possiblty discover many new species, rocks, life, and many other extranorady things. "" Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us to many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. Saying that going to Venus would be a huge pro for humans. Finding new discoveries could possibly change the world.

Venus is an extranorty place that humans have no idea about. Going to venus would improve the world today in many ways. Exploring other planets and what we could possibly find would end all the curiosity and being new inventions for the world today. The author for sure supported the idea about going to Venus and studying it despite the dangers its presents. The author provided many details and explaination to prove he supported this idea. ",4
"A technology called the Facial Action Coding System is a software that allows computers to be able to recognize human emotions. Being able to detect how someone is feeling quite accurately. The use of this technology could be very valuable for students during class. Identifying how a student is feeling about a topic, seeing if they're being truthful to questions, and to be able to see how a student is actually feeling emotional wise.

First, this system would allow teachers to be able to see how well they're students feel towards a topic. ""'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored'"" ""'Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.'"" The detection from the software would help out teachers to understand, which students are lost or which students don't have any interest in learning. Which allows the teachers to either change up the lesson or find another instructor to teach the student.

Secondly, it would allow teachers to be able to see if a student is being truthful or not. ""In the real smile, the zygomatic major lift the corners of your mouth."" ""But in a false smile, the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major and a differnt muscle, the risorius. To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a ""smiling"" politician or celebrity isn't being truthful."" This would give teachers the oppurtunity to see if specific students are lying about understanding a topic and if they actually did their homework or not. If a student were to lie about understanding a topic, the teacher could help them out. Also some students get away with lying about homework or other things. So this would allow teachers to either give more time to a student or give them their rightful score.

Lastly, teachers would be able to see how their students are actually feeling emotionally. ""Imagine being able to detect exactly how other people are feeling, even when they are trying to hide their emotions."" ""New software has been developed that improves accuracy in percieving the emotions of others."" Although students feelings should be kept private, trying to help out a student isn't harmful. Many students hide about how they're feeling or lie about it. So being able to detect how a student is actually feeling can allow the teacher to seek care or show sympathy.

In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding system would be quite valuable for students in a classroom. It would benefit teachers by allowing them to see how their students are feeling about the class, if they're lying about understanding something or something else, and how their students are actually feeling. ",4
"The universe is a weird place. It is filled with places no one fully understands. Exploring those places that people do not fully understand is important. The author support the idea of studying Venus well.

The author gives good reasons by talking about what we could gain. In the text the author writes, ""not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors"". This sentence from the article helps support the claim by telling us we would gain insight in the planet. The sentence also helps support the claim by telling us the exploration of Veus would also make us more curious about space which will help with exploring other planets.

The author gives us information that we have already learned about Venus. In the text the author writes, ""Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth"". This sentence from the article helps support the claim by telling us information to help support why we should explore. The sentence also helps support the claim by telling that the planet could have been like earth a long time ago which shows it might be habitable if we can learn to control the dangers.

The positives outweigh the negatives. In the the text the author writes, ""If our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface"". This sentence helps support the claim by saying if Venus is so bad why are we trying to find ways to explore it. The sentence also helps support the claim by showing that there is a reason to explore Venus.

The idea of studying Venus was well supported by the author. Exploring those places that people do not fully understand is important. It is filled with places no one fully understands. The universe is a weird place.",4
"Not driving cars sounds like a crazy idea; How will soccer moms get their kids to soccer practice; How will commuting executives get to their offices? Although driving a car is an easier way of getting around, the amount of pollution a car throws out into the atmosphere just isn't worth it. When people stop driving cars, they start to drastically reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions that's being sent out through a car's tailpipes, reduces traffic congestion, and is satisfying a lot of people world wide.

Europe alone is responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, following the United States' 50 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, in some car-intensive areas. Paris, the capital of France that champions the use of diesel fuels typically has more smog than other European capitals, having 147 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter compared to 114 in Brussels and 79.7 in London. Although the bans on cars may receive complaints for delivery companies, there are exceptions such as; Plug-in cars, hybrids, and cars carrying three or more people.

As a result of Paris's partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city, almost 4,000 drivers were fined, and some even had their cars impounded. This partial ban led 60% decrease in traffic congestion. In Bogota, Colombia, millions of Colombians hiked,biked,skated, or took buses to work during a car-free day, leaving the streets of the capital city devoid of traffic jams. Rush-hour restrictions in Bogota have also dramatically cut traffic; and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have sprung up.

The reactions towards the idea of limiting car usage has been taken with great satisfaction and support. In the city of Bogota,Colombia, a city of 7 million people, millions of colombians participated in a car-free day by either skating,biking, or even hiking to work. Althought it rained, Mayor Antanas Mockus of Bogota explains, ""The rain hasn't stopped people from participating"". Mayor Antanas's quote just shows what people are willing to do, rather than taking the easier, and lazier way of simply taking their cars to work; In a sense, it shows dedication to the event. Even a high-society man like Carlos Arturo Plaza, a business man from Bogota describes this event as a, ""Good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution"". This idea; the idea of limiting the usage of cars can be excersized by any class of society, be it poor, middle class, upper class, even rich, can participate, anyone can participate.

In the end, the advantages of limiting car usage includes, reducing the amount of greenhouse gases, reducing traffic congestion, and satisfaction.                                    ",3
"In this essay I will be writing an argumentative essay over ""The Face on Mars"" theory. This is a very argumentative subject that can have two sides to itt based on the factual evidence in the passage.""The Face on Mars"" was consider to have been made by alien lifeform. ""The Face on Mars"" is 2 miles long and is a major pop icon.

I think ""The Face on Mars"" is just a huge rock formation that was formed by the planet's weathering and erosion from nearby rocks. Since this planet has a rain season and has a very windy winter, it could've been made by weathering and erosion. Another thing that makes me believe that the face is just a rock is because the dark eyes, nose, and mouth look like shadows from the camera and the sun. One last thing about the face is that if alien lifeform made this why woud they make it 2 miles wide? This has just been one side of the argument, I will write the rest.

I think that this face is made by alien lifeform because it really looks a face. This face could've possibly been a temple or worshiping place for these lifeforms long ago. It could've been a tomb for their leader or king that might've died. If these aliens were going to make a rock this big and that wide it would be for someone or something to catch it's eye. So aliens could've made this or they might not have.

I think that ultimately this is just a coincidence because if aliens are real or were real we would have got aa picture of one or saw some remains of one. And the rock is probably just a mesa or a big landform that was made by weathering and erosion. The face of the rock is most likely just shadows from the camera angle and the sun. And another thing, when the camera passed over the mesa, it was a cloudy and rainy day, making the camera lens wet.

I think that the rock is a mesa. The proof is in the article and it would have been noticed in the pictures if there was aliens living on Mars. So the non-alien side wins this argument over this one. The rock is not a face it is a normal rock.          ",3
"The Face On Mars

Have you ever seen something crazy on something, maybe a face or something that you seen before? Have you thought about how that face or something else has gotten there? Well, for a start it defintley wasn't aliens! Just like the face on mars, people belive that the face was created by aliens! But that isn't true, the face on mars is just and only a natural landform that some how was created on earth.

For my first reason on why the face on Mars is just a natural landform is because NASA later revelied that the face was not made of aliens, but by shadows. A few days after that image was found, NASA needed to take a look and figure out what made this incredible and scientififc picture so unique, and why and how it was formed. Later on, they have came up with an good explaination about this unique image. NASA said this,""huge rock formation...which resembles a human head...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth."" Scientifically, the face was made from a natural cause, so it makes it a very different natural landform.

Now, for my second reason on why this was not made by aliens, but just a natural landform is that there is no scientific research showing that aliens do exist and created this face. Now I do know that some people say that they have seen aliens, but scientists dont think that is one hundred percent true because they don't have any evidence suggesting that aliens are real. Many people to belive in them, but how do we know that they are actually real without any scientific knowledge? But now after NASA did some research, they found out that even though we don't have information about them, aliens did not create that face, it was only a natural landform.

For my third and final reason, why the face was not created by aliens and is only a natural landform , is because in the last paragraph,paragraph twelve, they talk about how the the picture actually shows that it is the Martian equvialent of a butte or mesa. Since the landform shows a butte or mesa, that means that the image was a major landform that came from the American West. Garvin says, ""It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho."" He also said,"" That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars."" So, this is not only a natural landform, but a major natural landform.

I do agree a little bit about aliens creating the face. Maybesomewhere in space, there are aliens that created something else or not. One day maybe we can find something out in space that has something to do with aliens, but today is just isn't the day to do that. But overall, i would have to agree that aliens did not create this, but this is only a natural landform created by something other than aliens.

As you can see, this creative landform was most defintley not created from aliens, but just a nice natural landform. Scientists now figured out that this ""Face on Mars"" is from shadows and not from aliens. This landform is actually a butte or a mesa which is very intersting to have found out. Many people did belive that the ""Face on Mars"" was created by aliens, but scientists haven't found out if there are aliens or not, so we shouldn't jump into conclusion. But overall, this face was defintely a landform and not created by aliens!!",5
"""THE IDEA"" Venus

Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it Presents.

Venus is our next Planet howerer it has prove a very challenge place to examine more closely. The author supports this idea by all of the information given in the article. Everytings the author saying in The Challenge of Exploring Venus are not easy but they are survivable for humans.

venus is a planet it's pretty close to Earth and Humans want to study about it, to know stuff about it but at the same time is a danger but people can't let's the danger stop them. Like NASA did she's working on other approaches to studying Venus, we knows that is a danger but don't forget the danger can change into a good thing, imagine how beautiful it is for people living in venus.

The idea of sending humans to study Venus is not a bad idea but is a very challenging idea.

The author did a pretty good job in the article, i am really enjoy it.",2
"I think that the ability for computer to be able to read and calculate human emotions is a step towords the future and is a good thing. I beleve this will help us as humans in unlocking coads in old paintings to better understand them. I also beleve that this new tecnology will help prevent suicide.

For example in the atricle it talks about how they can unlock the Mona Lisa's smile and calculat her emotions. This is one way that the new tecnology will help us better undersand just who the Mona Lisa was. for years the Mona lisa has remaned a mistery to all of mand kind along with many other paintings. This is why I beleve that this new since of tecnology will expand our mind as far as history,knologe and also it will help us better understand ourselfs as humans and why we think and feel the way we do. This new form of tecnology I beleve is the step towerds a new begining.               ",2
"My name is Luke Bomberger and I am a member of the UNRRA or Sea Cowboys. This program is the experience of a lifetime. You should join the Sea Cowboys because you get to see many famous places like Greece, China, and Europe. Another reason you should join is because you can have fun on the ships by playing games with your fellow cowboys.

If you join the Sea Cowboys then you can go to many places like Venice, The Panama Canal, the Acropolis, and castles. This can be good for your reseme, or getting into a college. This also can give you experiance if you host an exchange student.

Another bonus to joining the Sea Cowboys is that it is a lot of fun. On the ships you can play cards, whittle, and reading. On return trips though the holds for the animals are empty so you can have boxing, fencing, table tennis, volleyball, and baseball games.

Some people however may say it is to dangerous at sea but I believe the benifits outway their doubt.

These are reasons I think people should join the Sea Cowboys program. It is fun, and it gives you a chance to visit foreign places. So remember these reasons next time you want to sign up or a long term job.",3
"Cars have been the main focus of developement for many years now. Engineers attempt to create sufficient cars every time a new model is planned. Many citizens of the United States are slightly aware of the environmental damage that is caused by the cars, yet still do no think twice when it comes to driving anywhere. Many countries around the world have set fines and laws against using cars and have seemed to produce a positive outcome. These countries offer many different alternatives to using cars, creating a well developed society.

While cars are a huge advantage to modern day society, they take a big toll on our environment. According to Elisabeth Rosenthal, from the

New York Times

Company, cars are the ""second largest source of America's emission"" proving how much we rely on cars (source 4 paragraph 34).She also writes about numbers terrifying to the future generations. United States is responsible for 50 percent greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes while Europe is only responsible for 12(source 1 paragraph 5). 50 percent is proof that Americans are too reliable on transportation sources like streets, main roads, and highways. Paris was able to clear the air from pollution. According to Robert Duffer from the

Chicago Tribune ,after enforcing a driving ban, the air cleared after an almost record setting pollution fog (source 2 paragraph 10). Places in Asia like Beijing, China are just filled with smog in the air. The citizens walk around with masks because of the heavy pollution. That is physically dangerous for not only the adults, but the children of the communities. There has to be some alternatives to using cars in excess. Almost anything can be an advantage but when it is used too much, it will always be dangerous.

Even though cars are important to commerce within society, many alternatives can be taken to help lower the usage of cars. In places like the capital of Columbia, they have found a way to travel places and limit the car use. Andrew Selsky, from the

Seattle Times , speaks of this matter. He claims that there has been ""construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths"" in the city of Bogota (source 3 paragraph 27). Not only does this allow the citizens to be environmentally friendly, but it gives them a chance to exercise, which leads to better health. It is noticable the the healthier people tend to be more lifting than the sluggish, corpulent citizens. In Barcelona, Spain, being a vehicle owner is simple undesired. Other means of transportation like walking or bycycling have been the desired means of getting places. Even Bill Ford, the chairman of Ford Motor Company, admits to the impractical use of cars in excess. There are some many different ways the we can reduce the use of Cars in the American nation.

With the ability of using bikes to arrive at destinations, many places have seen the improvements in reduced traffic jams. What Americans hate the most are traffic jams. Think about those times when 10 minutes have slipped away in the morning and you are running late then there is a traffic jam. Millions in Columbia participated in hiking or biking and it left the street nearly empty (source 3 paragraph 20). The citizens were smart enough to recognize when they need a car. When going to work that is only 5 miles away, they take the extra time to reduce the usage of the streets. France experienced the same result, reducing traffic congestion by 60 percent, and then lowering the smog that had covered them (source 2 paragraph 14). This leaves the street safer for drivers and pedestrians. It also reduces the heavy noise from motored vehicles.

Many nations have improved their societies by reducing the use of cars. In result, the air pollution is reduced, the health benefits improve, and the traffic congestion is heavily reduced. Not only can reducing our relience on cars benefit our genertaion, but it can benefit the generations to come.    ",5
"Do you believe that there were living animals on planet Mars? In this propmt I will tell you why I believe the ""Face on Mars"" is a natural landform.

Some people would like to belive that there were once human like creatures living on the Red Planet. Also known as Mars. They believe that the ""Face on Mars"" was created by aliens. As stated in paragraph 1 it says Viking 1 has spotted a shadowy likeness of a human face as it was looking for possible landing sites for VIking 2. That does't truly mean that there were aliens living there. Many people may say they have expierenced aliens. But have they really?

I believe that the ""Face on Mars"" is just a simple natural landform. In paragraph 8 it states that it is a very cloudy time in the month of April for the Red Planet. If no one belives that then possibly they could check again. It is very difficlut to scan a planet. More than difficlut, it is a job that will take a certain amount of time, but it is sometimes worth it. I don't believe that aliens are real. I also don't belive that Mars is a Planet that is to be liveable on. In paragraph 1 it says the ""Face on Mars"" was an ""enormouse head that was nearly two miles for end to end.""

This is why I believe that the ""Face on Mars"" is a natural landform. There are many other reasons why I think this, but the ones that I have stated are more likely to be understaning to one another. ",3
"Dear Senator,

I am a student writing to you that we should be changing the Electoral College, to the election by popular vote. If you change the voting system to the elcetion by popular vote, then people are able to vote for who they want to vote, rather than having someone for president as a mistake during the voting. I believe that people should have the right to vote based on the president, not the slate of electors. Also because of the ""disaster factor,"" and because of the ""winner-take-all"" system.

First off, you should change the system to the election by popular vote, because people should be able to vote based on the president and not the slate of electors. It is not fair that the people who pick the electors are people from the states convention, party's central committee or the candidates themselves. The voters should be allowed to controll who their electors vote for. Since they are part of the country, they should have a say in the country too. We should not be confused about the voting for the ""wrong"" electors, but be able to know what we are doing.

Secondly, may I recall the ""disaster factor,"" the biggest crisis the century? The Louisiana legislature back in the 1960's, they had some trouble in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors. In fact, they almost did not succeed in doing this. The state's legislatures are probably the ones who are responsible for this incident, because of picking the electors themselves. By keeping the Electorial college, you could probably make the same mistakes again.

Lastly, another reason why we should change the voting system to the election by popular vote is, because of the ""winner-take-all"" system. Candidates runing for president know they have no chance in winning, if they spend their time in the wrong states. So instead they spend all their time in states are probably going to vote for them.

All in all, we should not be keeping the Electorial college, because its unfair to voters who don't know the real reason why they voted for a candidate, people also do not want to make the mistakes they made in the past, and the ""winner-take-all"" system is just irrational.                    ",4
"Imagine a computer that knows when you're happy or sad, even when you are trying to hide your emotions. New software has been developed that can tell the emotions of others. This new software, the Facial Action Coding System, is now awiting to be used by variety of industries.

However, using these complex algorithms used to decode emotions into classrooms would be extrodnary. Imagine a classroom computer that could recoginize when a student is becoming bored or confused. Dr. Huang predicts. ""Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.""

You can't

probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. In the article it said ""Using video imagery, the new emotio-recognition software tracks these facial movements.""

Studies shows that ""in a false smile, the mouth is streched sideways.""

The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. This will futher modify the way a lesson is being teached, and will increase the students ability to learn.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ",2
"What do I think about the Facial Action Coding System? I think the Facial Action Coding System is a great step in upgrading our tecnology but I just don't think I could see myself ever using it. I don't think it is necessary to have because some people might not want others to know how their feeling that day. In the passage it is saying that you are able to detect exactly how other people are feeling, even when they are trying to hide it, which I think is invasion of someone else's privacy. I just think that someone else's emotions and how they are feeling is for them to know and them only. I think that this innovtion could hurt many people because if someone had a family member pass away and this computer is saying they are 99 percent sad and if someone were to ask them they could get angry or put them in a worse mood than before. I also think this new innovation could work out in our prison systems to help us understand if a murder really does feel remorse for the family or if they are saying it to get the less severe punishment. I also think it would work great in couple theropy or even any group theropy to see if them talking to a counceler is helping them or making it worse.

The Facial Action Coding System could be used as a new and improved lie detector test but only through emotions as said by the author of this passage, ""to an expert, faces dont lie."" I also think the Facial Action Coding System could work out really great in a classroom because I know from personal experience that when something is hard or challenging then you wish for the assignment to get easier and with the Facial Action Coding System you could do that without a teacher even being there.Another reason I dont think it would be the best idea is because staring at a computer screen all day everyday would eventually hurt your eyes or maybe even worse. That is why I think the Facial Action Coding System could be good and could be bad for the people.",3
"To whom it may concern,

I am writting this letter on behaf of my feelings on changing the election by popular vote.

The single best argument against the electoral collage is what might be what we (the american people) might call the disastor factor, We should consdier ourselves lucky that in the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a centry; the system can allow much worse. Back in 1960, segregationists in the Lousiana legislature nearly succeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy. (So that a popular vote for kennedy would not have actually gone to Kennedy)

""Faithless"" electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's canidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please. Perhaps most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote, In that case, the election would be thrown to the House of Representives. Where state deleations vote on the president, and the senate would choose the vice-president. At the most basic level, he electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner-take-all system in each state.

Canidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winnning, focusing only on the tight races in the ""swing"" states. During the 2000 campain, seventeen sates didnt see the canidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didnt get to see a campain ad. If anyone has a good argument for putting the fate of the presidency in the hands of a few swing voters in Ohio, they have yet to make it... Originally the founding fathers estabished the electoral college in the Constitutuin as a compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress but i believe that the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational! Some of the best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality

Best regards,

PROPER_NAME                                                   ",1
"Have you ever wanted to be a Seagoing Cowboy?

What is that you ask; a Seagoing Cowboy is a person that hepls countries that have been demolished from wars.

The Seagoing Cowboys give the countries food supplies, animals, and much more!

If you decide you would like to become a Seagoing Cowboy, you will get to see astonashing sights in many different places of our fantastic world.

You can be a watchman or simply just take care of the animals.

On the ship you will never grow lonesome because there are many other people on the ship as well.

They play games such as baseball, volleyball, table-tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and these games will make time go as quick as a blink of an eye.

This may sound like a jack-around job, but it's not.

You may NOT boondoggle your work, be tenacious to your fellow co-workers, or take a break when you are not told to do so. The only exeptiontion is using the bathroom.

You might encounter some surreal moments, but don't worry it happens to the best of us.

You will be payed, but your pay determains on how hard you work.

If you get sea sick this is probably not the best job for you because we do a great amount of traveling on the water.

If you can get over your sea sickness, then you will be able to see tons of amazing sights.

Back to the working part; the animals you will be around will be horses, young cows, and mules.

If you have experience with hard work then this is the perfect job for you.

The job may seem difficult at first, but your fellow co-workers will be there for you.

You will be fed breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Since you will be working so hard during the day, there will be a refriderator on the bottom floor that you are welcome to at any point during the day.

There will be a break time at approxamatley twelve-thirty, where we all get together, play cards, and eat lunch.

After lunch we will continue our work until seven-thirty; thats when we will have dinner.

You will be awaken at four o'clock a. m. every morning and be fed breakfast.

After breakfast we will go clean the cattle stalls on the second floor.

If you think this isn't the job for you please tell other people in your neighborhood, nearby restraunts, convent stores, or if you want your kids to have a job they will be watched carefully.

The teens must be over eightteen years of age.

This is a great program, and we hope we have a ginormaous amount of people abording this ship is two weeks.

If the job doesn't work out for you please give me a one-week notice that you will be deciding to leave.

We will not be mad; just glad you decided to give it a try. I thank you ahead of time if you are joing our program. Please, DON'T DELAY!        ",3
"Consequently driverless cars have been making a spalsh in popular culture recently. With them being emphazised in several blockbuster movies, and popular television shows. However I don't support the development of driverless cars, and I think its gonna end up causing more trouble and waste of our tax money. Starting with that so many companies are trying to make driverless cars, but none have succeded without a human in the car on actual roads not on special test tracks. This century in my belief is heading way to far into the technology world, making everything technology based. One of these days technology is gonna be smarter than us humans, and take over .

First of all, in the passage in paragraph three it says that, ""many futurists believed the key to developing self-driving cars someday wasn't so much smarter cars as smarter roads"". So if they do develop driverless cars, they will need to be additionnaly money spent on remolding the roads we already have to accomdate to these new driverless cars. That was even stated later in the paragraph where it says that, ""These smart-road systems worked surprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply to expensive to be pratical"". Plus with the millions going into developing these driverless cars, this development is simply too pricey. Along with that the money going towards these developments will be from us, taxpayers, and the government. When this money can simply go into our education or the poor, something thats good for the people instead of a project that we really don't need.

Futhermore progress towards driverless cars, has been that the car can handle driving functions at speeds up to twenty-five mph, but special touch sensors make sure a human driver still keeps hold of the wheel. So far that is still a long way till driverless cars, since so far none of the cars developed have been completely driverless. Although who wants a driverless car that still needs a human driver ? Like for example in paragraph seven it says that, ""In 2013, BMW announced the development of 'Traffic Jam Assistant'... they can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notfiy the driver when the rpad ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents"". Whats the use of spening a fortune on a driverless cars, when we humans can just drive the car ourselves ?

Finally when and if driverless cars do became a reality, they will need to be additionally laws and rules put in place to accomdate the new development. Also with that driving books may be slight more complex, driving schools will be teaching whole different units insetad of learning to drive, it'll be more of what to do if something happens to the driverless car. Futhermore a line from paragraph rasies questions where it says that, ""even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident"". Whose fault would it be if there was a accident within a driverless car, the driver or the manufacturer ? That is exactly why Im against the development of this, because it just complicates things.

Utlimately driverless cars do appear cool and hip in the popular culture these days, but thats not reality; and im not sure reality is ready for this project. Not only is this development of driverless cars time investing, but also expensize too! Also the ones that have been developed so far, still have a long way to go before they are completey driverless. In addition to, safety concerns arises with this development like what if there was to be an accident or wreck. Lastly we don't need driverless cars, when we have humans who can drive the car itself, just like we have been doing for the past generations. Have you ever heard of the saying, 'stop creating the wheel' ? Meaning we already have a wheel, so why try to keep creating another one, just like we already got drivers, humans. We don't need computer operated cars to do the driving for us!",4
"Just A Natural Landform

The Face has been to be called many things but its pretty clear that it is just a natural landform. If it was really made by aliens would't there be proof of actual aliens? Yeah there should be but there is no proof of aliens, so that is just more proof that the face is just a natural landform. There are many rocky parts on Mars and the face is just one of them people are over thinging it when all it is a pices of land.

Twentry- five years ago NASA's Viking 1 discovered a shadowy figuer that looked like a human face. The thing that set off the people the most was the shadowness that formed a illuison of a face. Then when the face was released to the world everyone though that it had something to do with aliens. Peolpe started to but the face in movies, magazines, make it in a book,and people would talk about it on the radio.

Very few scientist think that it was a alien which i dont think it is a alien. Then NASA sent Mars Global Surveyor to retreve more photos of the face. The pictures they retreved clearly showed that theface was just a natural landform. Think about it the pictures that were taking back in 1976 the technology wasn't great and then when they retook photos in 1998 they were so much clearer. The technology obviously inhasted over that long period of time.

But people were still not convinced so they went to take another look in 2001 and the picture was even better. People want to think aliens are real but they aren't and this so called face is has nothing to do with them. If NASA were to take more photoes of it today there would be no one who thinks its a alien. Today's technology doen't even compare to the technology they had when they took the last pictures of the face, but people are going to believe what they want.

All the facts clearly state that the face is just a natural landform. In the beginning when the face was first discovered people though it was a hard fact about aliens ,but technology got better and we could see it better to tell that it was just land. it is really clear to me that all it is a natural landform.   ",4
"Some people think that aliens created the Face on Mars. Do you belive that to? I think that The Face on Mars is a natural landform here is why. "" The caption wrote huge rock formation"" which would most likely mean a natural landform from what N.A.S.A. stated when they unveiled the photo of the rock formation. Also has not found any evidence of life on Mars to this day.

N.A.S.A. had also said ""That if there were objects in this picture like airplanes, on the ground or Egyptian-style pyraminds or even small shacks, you could see what they were."" Also in the pictures that are in the article ther are no signs of any homes or camps or signs of life.

This also proves the theory that it is a landform ""what the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West which would mean that this is somthing similar to what we have seen on earth before. The Jet Propulsion Lab said "" Scientist figured it was just another Martian mesa.

Also if this was something created by aliens or an ancient civilization wouldn't it be deteroryating over time. From the rearch that NASA has done it seems that it has not changed at all over the past 25 years. So do you belive that aliens created The Face on Mars? I don't but mabye you do.",3
"Many people think the face on mars was created by a alien becuase it was all over Hollywood, in grocery stores, books and magaziens, and on the radio. But it really wasnt creater by aliens.

It was in Hollywood films, in grocery stores, on the radio,also in books and magiziens. You cant believe every thing you watch in movies or online. Two thirds of Hollywoods movies are based on things they know that people wpuld watch. People can put anything in a newspaper or say it on the radio and people would think it was the truth. But you will need research and evidence to make sure what you watch or hear is true. You can also go to the gricey store and hang up any type of posters and make someone believe that what that poster say is the truth.

The face on mars was really a natuarl rock that was shaped like a face. it was discovered on April 5, 1998 when they took better photos. But a few scentists were convinced that it was an alien artifact. Its just like how we have natural landfroms, Mars have a natrual face on it. Its located 41 degrees north martian latitude.  ",2
"I am against the driveless cars. I am against them for the following rerasons:

The car can be very dangerous becuase it makes people think that they dont have to pay attention or wont have to do anything becuase the car may be doing everything for them. It is almost like texting and driving some people will take advantage of this car and not pay attention to the road. In the passage they dont mention how much this car would cost; probably a forune. Just making the car would cost a fortune. How could they get anyone to buy this car if some people would just stick with their regular car instead of paying a ridiculous amount of money?

In the passage it also states that the car only takes up to 90 percent of the control. The driver is still required to watch the road and be aware of their surroundings. It also says in the passage that the car only does so much like accelerate, brake, steer, and censor. However the driver has to get through traffic, go through drive ways, and park. Some states have made it illegal to even test the cars becuase they know some of the end results wont turnout good with todays society. People drive reckless even without the improved car; What makes you think giving more lead way will make more people responsible? It could also not always be on the person. What if the car stops working, has a glitch, or gets damaged then what? who's at fualt, Who goes to blame man or car?

i think the car will just cuase more careless problems society doesnt really need that can be avoided. It just makes everyone lazy about things. People will start to fully rely on this car and there will be plenty more laws being broken. Stop trying to make things so easy to the point where we dont barely have to do anything anymore except depend on some machine to come and do for us. Why not make something productive that will benifit the people not cuase more issues.That is why i am against driveless cars.",3
"This article show us many emotions that each person have, and how our face expressed emotions by any situation. Also explain the most common emotions that each person used more, they are happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear and sadness. One example of this article is the art of Leonardo da Vinci's ""Mona Lisa"" that explain the Mona Lisa have many emotions this is comproved by a software that show the Mona Lisa has some differents emotions. Scientifics of the University os Illinois. They are working in collaboration with another scientifics and anothers Universitys about if we can calculate emotions and all this process begin about muscles. Movement of body and movement of all the muscles this means that we are sad or happy or actually fear we can note or show to someone else. IN this article the example the how we can calculate our emotions is about the face's muscles if you are suprised the most common movement is raises your eyebrows or a smile when you are happy or also tightens your lips when you are angry. We have a lot of expresions that helps us how we feel or how exprese our emotions. This is important because we should know each person it is different and show how many people expresed their emotions by differents ways. ",1
"The Electoral College is a system which was established to elect the president of the United States of America. In this system, each state receives a group of electors. The number of electors each state is awarded is based on the representation a state has in Congress. The total number of electors per state equals the number of people a state has in the House of Representative plus the two senators a state has. In a state, the electors pledge to vote for the candidate who wins the popular vote. This system is simply unneeded in modern times and is unneccesarily complicated. The Electoral College must be abolished.

To commence, the Electoral College should be eradicated because it is simply unreliable. The result of a direct election would be more transparent and would make the citizens of this country certain the election was democratic and just. The issue lies in the fact that voters are technically only voting for electors to cast a vote for a candidate, and not for a candidate themselves. These electors pledge to vote in favor of the candidate who rightly wins the popular vote in a state, but some attempt to be defiant. For instance, according to Bradford Plumer's article, ""Back in 1960, segregationists in the Lousiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy"" (11). If the Lousiana legislature was successful in their attempt to be defiant, electoral votes would not go to Kennedy despite him winning the popular vote in that state. Another way in which the Electoral College is unreliable is that it allows for a tied vote. There are 538 electoral votes in the system currently in use, meaning it is possible for two candidates to receive 269 votes each. This may seem unlikely, but it is more likely to occur than some might think. For instance, as according to Plumer's aforementioned article, an electoral tie would have occured in 1968 if only 41,971 more votes were for the losing candidate. Additionally, in the 1976 election, if 5,559 voters in the swing state of Ohio, and 3,687 voters in Hawaii had simply voted in favor of the candidate with the minority of the votes, a tie would have occured. In order to resolve a tie, the House of Representatives casts votes to decide the winner of the election. At this point, the impact of each representative is skewed so representatives of states with lower population can more easily decide the state's vote. This happens because each state only votes once, so the few representatives of a small state such as Nebraska can decide who to vote for rather easily, while in California, 55 representatives with different views must colloborate to cast a single vote. With so much unreliability, why is the outdated system of the Electoral College still in use?

Furthermore, the Electoral College must be abolished because it does not properly refelct the views of the nation. Citizens' wishes will not always be equivalent to what the electors vote for. This occurs partly because of the winner-take-all system. In this system, the winner of the popular vote in an individual state wins all of the electoral votes a state has. According to the Office of the Federal Register, all but two states use this system. These two states are Nebraska and Maine. As a result of the winner-take-all system, it is possible that a presidential candidate loses the overall popular vote, but wins more electoral votes and thus wins the election. This occurance happened in the infamous 2000 election, when Al Gore won the popular vote but lost to George W. Bush by a mere five electoral votes. If the public indicated they wanted Al Gore as president, why should Bush have won due to this unfair system? It simply doesn't make sense. The winner-take-all system also results in political campaigns to focus their efforts in only certain regions. Some states very predictably vote either for the Republican candidate or for the Democratic candidate. Take Texas, for instance, which has traditionally always voted red. A Democratic candidate knows he should not focus his campaign in Texas, because he realizes his best efforts won't allow him to win the popular vote there and thus win the electoral votes. Because of the tendencies of certain states, many electoral votes are practically predetermined. The states which do not typically only vote in favor of one side are labelled ""swing states"". With the way the Electoral College works, the few states which are a toss-up carry the most weight. Presidential candidates will usually spend most of their time in these swing states, and very little time in others. For example, in the 2000 election, seventeen states were not visited by either candidate. Supporters of the Electoral College view the disproportional focus of campaigns as a positive. According to Richard A. Posner's article in favor of this corrupt system, ""The Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constituion..."" (21). While it might seem reasonable for larger states to have a larger impact than smaller states, it simply isn't a fair way to go about having an election. Voters should each have the same impact, and they would have exactly that in a direct election. Presently, voters in Florida, for instance, have more impact on the election than a voter in Wyoming. Supporters also claim the focus on swing states is beneficial because residents of swing states should be more politically informed due to their state's importance in the election. This notion is simply a fabrication in order to make the Electoral College seem as if it causes America to be more informed, because there would be no need for residents of specific states to pay closer attention to candidates than residents of others if a direct election were to take place. The Electoral College does not properly reflect the desire of the nation's population, and thus should be replaced.

In retrospect, the Electoral College must be abolished. It is an inherently unfair system and it does not reflect the views of American voters.                              ",6
"""All of our development since world war II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change"". People love cars but also love money some love money more than cars people could save a lot of money on gas if they didn't have a car or cut low on they're mileage and use another type of transportation.""when I had a car I was always tense, I'm much happier this way"" said heidrun walter a media trainer and mother of two. in the united states, the environmental protection agency is promoting ""car reduced"" communities. If more people tried the ""car reduced"" program the air we breathe would be much better then it is right now.

More places are trying to reduce car rates which I highly doubt but it never hurts to try. Even paris bans driving; paris bans driving because they want to cleant the air of the global city. ""even-numbered license plates were ordered to leace their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31)"".  Also Diesel fuel was blamed for the smog in France because 67% of the vehicles in France is made for Diesel. The smog cleared enough on monday but there's no saying that the smog is not going to come back... the plan to ban even and odd numbers plate licenses was a great idea for people of French they should do that every couple months so they could avoid the Smog. In Bogota, Colombia people are also having car-free day which is outstading for the community and for the the people in Bogota, Colombia.""it was the third straight year cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the day wtihout cars in this capital city of 7 million"". the goal of banning cars is to promote alternative transportation and redcue smog. the more we use alternative transportation is more money the goverment and the people that doing they're jobs as alternate drivers.""It's a good oppurtinity totake away stress and lower air pollution"", said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife. Also the event was doing so well that two other Colombian cities joined such as Cali, and Valledupar.

""What most intrigues me is that rates of car ownership per household and per person started to come down two to three years befoe the downturn"" said Micheal sivak who studied the trend and who is aresearc proffesor at the university of Michigan's transportation research Institute. the downturn must be now because as I see now almost everybody has a car these days old cars,recent cars, brand new cars, and all types of cars. "" i think that means something more fundamental is going on"". if the pattern persists and many sociologists believe it will have beneficial implicants for carbon emissions and the environment, since transportation is the second lagest source of America's emissions. Also more car companies are trying to make cars that are eco friendly like hybrid,Tesla, and the volt. the volt is an electric car that does not any gas run.               ",2
"The Face that is on Mars, is just a natural landform. I am here to prove that it is just a natural landform. All of my reasons will come from the passage named ""Unmasking the Face on Mars.""

I know that the Face on Mars is just a natural landform because, in the passage it is stated that when the spacecraft Viking 1 was circling it was snapping photos when it spotted a shawdowy figure like a human face on a region on the planet named Cydonia. After that though, scientisits figured out it was just another Martian mesa common around Cydonia. Next, on April 5, 1998, Mars Global Surveyor Camera snapped pictures better than the ones that Viking took. Thousands of peole waited for when the image would first appear on a JPL web site. The website revealed that it was just a natural landform after all. Finally, in the very last paragraph it said, what the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa. They are similar to landforms common around the American West. A scientist named Jim Garvin said ""it reminds him of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho."" Gavin also stated ""that's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa around the same height as the Face on Mars.

So therefore, all of the reasons stated above prove that the Face on Mars is just a natural landform. It formed a long time ago and that is something to figure out in the future.",2
"Some people might like the idea of driverless cars but I am against it. I think having a driveless car can cause damage to a person, there is a possibilit of something going wrong / the automobile malfuntioning.

In paragraph one it states that "" the car will offer more flexibility than a bus. Some people might prefer the bus rather than a car because they don't have to deal with the responsibilities. Even though the car might have a human mind that doesn't change the fact that damage can occur.

Lastly, In paragraph 7 it states ""that the car can steer, accelerate, and brake itself but humans have to be notified when the road has something that needs the human mind. It also says how when on the road the driver has to stay alert, but there is most likely a possiblity of the driver losing focus.

This can cause great damage to the car and the human itself.",1
"The technology that is being used to show what you are actully feeling in the picture is not a such bad idea but it's also not something everyone would like to use. Many people might just not want to let know what is behind that ""Fake Smile"" people just dont really want theire own expression to hurt other peoples feelings. This is the way i can think one one example, say you take a picture with a celebrity thats maybe tired or realy mad but still has to take a photot with you and make a fake smile. You wouldnt even know until you get home and check on the image to see whats behind that act and whats behind the image,thats wheb you get upset and find out about the trusth because maybe its the not the moment that you wanted to capture in for that photot with a person you admire. Another example, we now know or think we know what Lisa was feeling behind that image but nobody will eventually end up knowing the actual truth behind that. Anatomy is a great thing to know about because you are learning nealry evey single thing about the body such as the mucles and the organs and all the small things nody would have even known of before. Eventually technology could get so better as these generations change, people now know better ways of acting and making themselfs feel a way they might not want to feel but yet can lie to others. Not all cameras on a computer might be able to detect much from a face. What would be the point of doing all this research and finding ways to know whats behind an image. What are people now doing about the photo now that they ""Know"" what Mona Lisa was feeling. Will ther be changes and speeches about what behind photos now? We also have to think about what other benefits could be pulled out from doing all of this new technology.

If I were to onehundred percent agree to this then i would say that it would be amazing, to figure out what aperson is feeling because maybe you want to find out the truth about something for a serious work case. I just think that there are two ways someone could go in with this. So i would say that its a good thing and a bad thing for this new technology to come to an end or to a better start. ",3
"In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" by Nick D'Alto, he defines how the new Facial Action Coding System allows technology to this day determine emotions of humans. The author uses the famous painting of the Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci as an example of emotion(s) the computer can detect. However, the new technology is a valuable advantage because it can express all emotions one could feel that could create a positive impact for greater educational opportunites in the future.

The 3-D model of the Facial Action Coding System is described to have a human-like appearance with joints like the human muscle. ""The facial expressions for each emotion are universal, even though individulas often show varying degrees of expression""(Huang). The future of technology is rapidly changing and adapting to become smarter and more like a human mind set. Like humans, the computer can detect if someone may be feeling one way through facial expressions. For example, ""We humans perform this same impressive 'caculation' everyday. For instance, you could probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face."" Logically, if a close friend claim to say they might feel one way but you might feel they aren't expressing themselves like that. ""Yet Dr. Huang observes that artists such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions...Perhaps Dr. Huang's emotion algorithms are a different sort of 'Da Vinci Code'!"" From the evidence of Da Vinci's studies of human anatomy, the ""code"" could be used on the FACS to determine a facial expression. ""To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a 'smiling' politician or celebrity isn't being truthful.""

The use of FACS can be a valuable source in the future to involve computers in communication. ""Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication,"" notes dr. Huang. 'So computers need to understand that too."" From a scientific and professional point of view, Dr. Huang indicates that computers should be involved with emotions. It is valuable to say that technology to read emotional expressions of students in classrooms is indeed an advantage that can greatly impact their learning envoirnments. ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"" Dr. Huang predicts. 'Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" From this quote, it is foreshadowing that future education is likely to be involved of more computer activity. The medical and political field could receive a positive impact from this as well. ""The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive- for video games or video surgery.""

Overall, the technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is indeed a valuable statement and can be used in further educational, political, and medical positive opportunites.   ",3
"Dear State Senator, I am writing to you because I feel that we should abolish the Electoral College. The Electoral College swipes away the meaningness to choosing a president. A nation does not need to rely on a slate of voters to make desicions for us, as an independent induvidual I know that this country should follow the moral laws of which it was founded upon.

With a system like the Electoral College in place, voting becomes pointless. People vote because they feel like part of something bigger, having a slate of electors decide for you takes away the self pride that comes from voting. As mentioned in source number one

What Is the Electoral College?

in the 2000 election the president that won popular vote (Al Gore) lost the election because the Electoral College had the majoraty voting for George W. Bush. The Electoral College takes away the individuals voice.

The College does however provide a reliable service. For instance if there were to be a tie in popular votes, the College's vote would balace it. Still, the downsides of the Electoral College outweigh the benifits. As said in source number two ""We need to abolish the electoral college"".    ",3
"Today im goin to tell you about why you shoud join the seagoing cowboys. One reson is you get to go place. the secon reson is the it a avantr. The thrid reson is it well be fun.

One reson you should join is you get to go place. Like in the article Luke get to go to the panmala conal, Europe and China.there one reson you should join the seagoing cowboys.

The secon reson is it trelreting. Luce

was on pontrel one night and the, catin slip becuse of the rain and broke a rib. Also you at sea so it make it even more exsiting.that the secon reson you should go join the seagoing cow boys.

the third reson is it funny. It fun becues after after droping of the hores

you and your crow can play gane in the pins where the horses was cep .there the the third reson why you shoould join the seagoing cowboys.

This is why i think you should join the seagoing cowboys. ",2
"The most accurate way to read another ones feelings is by doing it yourself, because technology is not the most accurate way to read or feel what somone else is thinking or feeling about. Feelings can not be calculated by using technology all the time, therefore technology will never be a good way to read someones feelings or emotions. If technology is being used like it is today then there will be a point in time where humans a ruled by technology.

Technology is a good use for many things but allowing technology to read our emotions and minds is not a good source of use. If we allow technology to grow and develope by observing human behavior then isn't it possible that technology can eventually become smarter than the human mind and be able to manipulate the human kind? If this were to happen then humans can be replaced in many job fields.

In the article it states ("" Technology can read human facial expressions, if so then there would be a lot of revealed information about how many people feel about science, math,reading,history, and even their own job"").",2
"The Great Opportunities of Seagoing Cowboys

""He knew it was the opportunity of a lifetime"". The Seagoing Cowboys program lets us help countries in need of food, animals, and much more. People should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program because of the traveling, the experince, and the opportunity to help others in need.

First of all, Seagoing Cowboys get to travel around the maginficent world. Some might say that it is not worth it because they might get hurt, however,they travel overseas, letting them see the marvels of the oceans.We can also tour an excavated castle in Crete and see all wonderful places at the Panama Canal on their way to pleading countries. In my opinion, joining has its benifets. You can awe at many beautiful places, and might be inspired.

Secondly, the experience would be wonderful. Some will argue and say that you might not even have an experinece at all, but in my belief, anybody can have an experinece during your time at the program. We sail all over the gigantic world and help hundreds of pleading people. You can take a gondola ride in Veinice, Italy, and see the Acropolis in Greece, which was very special. I believe that the experience gives us a lifetime of memories after our journies.

Finally, being a Seagoing Cowboy gives us the opportunity to help people in need. Some might say that you can get badly injured while trying to help others, but it is vital to say that it is more important helping people in need. It is the oppertunity of a lifeime. The cattle boat trips were unbeliveable opportunities for a small town boy.We get to help contries recover their food supplies, animals, and more. Join the Seagoing Cowboys because we get to save hundreds of people, which leaves a good feeling in us for helping others.

In conclusion, others should join the Seagoing Cowboys program because of the traveling, the experince, and the opportunity to save others in need. Being a Seagoing Cowboy is much more than an adventure, it opened the world to us. If you want to help others, please consider joining the Seagoing Cowboys program.   ",4
"My postition on driverless cars is that i am totally not for the idea of it. . In the article it did say that theere are some difficulties.

Although there will need to be a driver still behind the wheel at all times the car will still drive itself most of the time, only needing assistance during road construction or traffic blocks, things in that catagory. Knowing in today's society people will not be paying attention when it comes to this, they'll most likey be payin more attention to their electronic devices.

The furture is all about having new technology and basically making everyones lifes easier cause everyone is getting extremely lazy. Like Hoverboards or driverless cars this is not okay. The movie Wall-ee for exaple everyone gets so caught up in technology and being lazy that they loose sight of what is actually important. Whose to say that these cars won't malfunction and possibly kill the driver and maybe everybody else inside the vechicle. Whose to say that these cars won't cause more death since teens will think they won't have to worry about driving and have their eyes and hands glued to their phones. Whose to say that these cars won't speed up the process of global warming?

People today think that technology is more important than family, playing outside, communicating with people face to face, or even saying hello to a complete stranger. Everyone is addicted to eletronics, they want what's new and more advanced. They want technology to be their first priority. So far in 2016 we have hoverboards that malfunction, cause fire, injure people in crital ways, and are on recall, whose to day these driverless cars will be any different.

In my opinion i belive they just want to make life easier but they're turning people less human. They think technology is more important when it's actaully killing the earth.

There are so many cars that are being recalled for not installing something or just not safe proofing it first. What will make these ""driverless cars"" any different? In the article it tells how they still need assistance at work sites and traffic jams, braking or backing out of driveways but what if the driver thinks they don't need to do anything and they don't brake and crash? Will they fix the cars to have automatic breaking. Pretty much every car brand wants to make driverless cars, depending on which one you choose will they all be similar and safe to drive? Will fraffic be easier and safer if drivers aren't driving? Will drunk drivers not cause deaths to themselves or pedestrians? Will texting or car karoke not become a life and death situation between the driverless cars and the not needed drivers?

In conclusion they should not make driverless cars, if cars today aren't that safe whose is to say that these cars will be safer? Nobody can know the furture to nobody knows if good or bad is to come from these cars. Will the owner of the vehicile or the manufactorer have to pay or take responsiblity if there is an accident? Will they both have to pay ? Would you let your technology addicted teenager drive this vechicle? This is just another way to get people to be even lazier and pay more attention to their technology, and who knows if it'll cause more injuries or deaths like the new hoverboards. ",4
"Using FACS to read the emotional state of students in a classroom is a bad idea. I think this because this technology has better uses and if a teacher can't tell if a student is bored or confused, they shouldn't be a teacher.

Beginning with, this technology has better uses. Reading a students facial expression seems like such a waste of so much potential. This technology could be out there in courtrooms detecting if someone is practicing perjury or something similar. This could be in interrogation rooms but not our personal devices.

Continuing with, if a teacher can't tell if a student is bored or confused, they shouldn't be a teacher. It is a teachers duty to know if a child is actually learning and if they don't know then they failed at their jobs. Teachers are who make us and if they can't tell that we aren't learning in a way that is beneficial to us, they don't deserve to be a teacher.

In conclusion, I think this because this technology has better uses and if a teacher can't tell if a student is bored or confused, they shouldn't be a teacher.",2
"Venus is a planet that is similiar, in certain ways, to earth. Earth and Venus both orbit the sun and Venus can be spotted from Earth. In this story, The author supports the idea of Venus exploration with great ideas and facts to support his claims. The authour says how visiting Venus could be both good and bad for humans and gives great reasoning on both point of views. The author never gives their opinion on the subject, but instead gives the reader reasons for both sides of the arguement.

In paragraph 3, the author says how Venus has a very dangerous atmosphere and supports that by saying that the clouds in the atmosphere are full of highly corrosive sulfuric acid. He says how the planets average temperature is over 800 degrees fahrenheit. The authour uses those facts to support the claim that those conditions are far more extreme than any human can withstand. In paragraph 4, he then goes on to say that long ago, Venus could have possibly been the closest thing to earth, being covered with oceans, valleys, and craters, possibly being able to support various life forms. He explains NASA? idea of a bimp like vehicle hovering 30 miles above the planets atmosphere for closer exploration, although the temperatures would still be very harsh.

The author ends off the writing by aying that humans must meet the challenges of Venus in order to conquer space exploration. Human curiosity could possibly come back araund and hurt us in the end, but we must know whats out there in case our planet is no longer inhabitable. He closes the story by saying that our travels on earth and beyond should not be limited, but we should exceed them in order to be great.",3
"The new technology to read students emotional expressions is a very helpful idea.Now we will be able to know when someone is losing intrust, or becoming bored.The process begins when the computer contrusts a 3-D computer model of the face. The Facial Axtion Coding System enables coputers to identify human emotions.

WOW!

We can actually ""calulate"" emotions-like biology homework. The process begins when the computer constucts a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles.It would be able to idenitfy six

basic emtions- happiness, suorise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness.

In the class room your not always happy,but maybe if sombody or somthing knew that you wasn't

happy it could change that. The new technology should be put in class room to help the unhappy student be happy or at least try to make them happy. I say this because when you not happy then you don't really feel like doing any school work.So maybe the new technology can help change you or your attitude.

To a Human facies don't lie, for instance you can probaly tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on there face.Alot of us would have diffrent feelings but are face show diffrent.

The reason why the the Facial Action Coding System would be bad idea for school is the cost. Where will the school get the money from for them to get this high technology from. Who will be the paying for them. If somthing was to brake on the Facial Action Coding System it would cost a arm and a leg to get it fixed just because the high technolgoy used to make it.

We need these in the class room! if we had the new technology in the class room we love it ,because when you get bored the technology would recoernized that and will swicth to something else.If you are still un happy the technology will know and will keep switch to it see a change in emoition.If you are still un happy the technology could even put up a smiling face to make you smile, because sometimes all you need is a good smile.

I think the new technolgy is a good resource for the classroom and can really help and improve the education in the class room.",3
"In "" The Challenge Of Exploring Venus"" the author suggests that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers its presents. And today i will evaluate how well the author supports his idea.

The author has supported evidence for his idea, and alot of it. The author tells us about how not a single spaceship has touched down on venus in more than three decades . Those that have did not surivive the landing for more than a few hours. The author also talks about the envoriment on venus. telling us about all the dangerous air and how hot it is. And includes erupting volcanos, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes.

he also supports the claim that it is worth while to study by talk about how it was once just like earth. the author tells us, and i quote: "" long ago,Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life,just like earth. Today, venus still has some features that are analogous to those on earth"".

So there you have it. The author does a good job supporting making his claim and backing it up.",2
"Driverless cars will bring great benefits to the human race. They can provide a level of safety that many people are unable to provide, and they can allow for new freedoms and options for those on the road. They can take people to the hospital if someone is injured, and they can also bring a person to his/her home, if needed. The possibility of driverless cars is slowly becoming a reality, thanks to the work done by various companies. Google has already created a modified car capable of maky of these things, and other auto makers have followed in Google's footsteps. Automated cars will be helpful in the future due to the safety brought by the introduction of promising technology, and the steady progress in the fields of robotics and cars.

The technology used in driverless cars is very advanced, able to process information and respond in the time comparable to a human. They can respond generally better to dangerous situations than that of the human mind as well. ""Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009. Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash""(2). These cars are trustworthy in a safety sense, and they know when it is neccessary to give control back to the driver.""In fact, none of the cars developed so far are completely driverless. They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead repuires human skills""(7). This means that not all control is relinquished to the car. Truthfully, most of these driverless cars actually build from a driver assistance system, where the car helps the person drive rather that drive for the person. Automated cars can soon be possible for all of humanity.

Humanity has already come a long way from the past, when people would dream of robotic cars. Car companies have developed technologies that can make those dreams a reality. ""'There was no way, before 2000, to make something interesting. The sensors weren't there, the computers weren't there, and the mapping wasn't there. Radar was a device on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars.'"" Nowadays, cars are now able to have their own radar systems. Google modified a car to have a motion sensor, GPS, and four radar sensors. In the future, many automotive companies plan to have their own driverless cars. Tesla plans to have a car by 2016. Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan will push to have automated cars by 2020. Progress is already happening in the car industry.

Driverless cars are a possibility for humanity. In the past, people would dream of being able to sit in a automated car. Today, the world's first robotic cars are being produced. There are those who oppose the idea of having a robot drive, but there are results that speak for the effectiveness of driverless cars. In the future, there will be many more automated cars, and there will also be many less deaths and injuries on the roads.",5
"Driverless cars may be safer than cars completely controlled by humans, but it would be boring and would put various people out of a job. Driverless cars made by Google have, according to the information in the passge, driven more than 500,000 miles without a crash. But they still aren't completely driverless, leaving us humans to take care of complicated navigation that would make more risk of crashes. Driverless cars would take the fun of driving away from everyone who enjoys it. As well as take away a certain freedom that driving cars gives from the people who want it.

First off, some people may be bad drivers, but that does not mean that we as people are incapable of driving safe enough to not injure ourselves or others on the road. Driverless cars would illeminate the risk of crashes by people, according to the passage. But what if the car were to have a glitch in the system and the 'driverless taxis' all of a sudden needed a driver but they don't even have a wheel for a human to take control of? More crashes and companies getting sued. The risk for a car accident is not very high in general, give or take a few factors based on a persons sleep or wether or not they are under the influence of a substance. Driverless cars are still at risk for crashes, just like human-controlled cars.

Many people, like myself, have fun driving around with friends and having the freedom to do that with a car that I can control. If I were put inside a driverless car with my friends, I wouldn't be able to see how beautiful the world was outside as I was driving. I would be too distracted by my friends and the lack of responsibility to be focused to noticed what a beautiful world we live in. Also, the freedom that having a drivers license gives is just an amazing feeling that should not be taken away just by some 'technological advances.'

On the aspect of jobs, delivery men/women would be unemployed because the world would not need them to drive supplies around the country for stores or construction because we would have could that can drive themselves as well as the resources to the desired destination without hassle or a human in the front seat, or even the vehichle as a whole.

Finally, driverless cars are not needed in our world. Deaths and accidents will still happen if we develop driverless cars due to malfunctions, creativity and a sense of freedom will be taken away from us as citizens, and various people would be out of a job because they will not be needed to deliver resources to any store or company any longer.",3
"It's come to my attention that more and more people everyday seem to believe that the Face is created by aliens. Unfortunatley,as cool as it would be, it was not. The face is simply just a natural landform with shadows casting down on it making it look as if it has a face. Everyone has just been seeing this information in magazines and on T.V. and believeing it is true,but they never seem to believe the truth that it is not a Face created by aliens. This is common for this planet to create natural landforms as well.

Most people just believe it is created by aliens because they hear information from thier friends or they see it on T.V. or see it in magazines. The truth is most of these things do not even have enough evidence to prove what they are saying. They just believe it is true because it is intresting. They do not even have the proof that aliens exist,and as cool as it may seem, it is just not true. I know some people will come to their senses and realize what they are saying when they say that they believe aliens exist and people just look at them like they are stupid.

We have no other evidence as well that aliens exist,which means we pretty much have to believe that it is a natural landfrom,which it is. I know most people will stick to thier belief that aliens are real and that they created the Face,but they are not real and they didn't. I know I may make some people upset by stating the facts but Im just telling the truth. Having no other evidence leads us to believe it is just a normal natural landform with shadows. I do not blame those of you that believe it was created by aliens,it sounds cool right? But Im sorry to be the bear of bad news, but it is also the truth.

These landforms are common on this planet as well.

It is not unusual for these landforms to occur. It is just the certain shape that sees to have cought everyone's attention. The shape itself is not what created the Face but in fact it was just the shadows that made it look as if it had,had the shape and form of a face as we humans have. This natural landform is known as a mesa,which you may have heard of before. The point is,these types of things happening on this planet is very common.

I believe myself that it is just a natural landform beacuse I know that we do not have enough evidence to prove that it was anything else. I also believe it is just a natural landform/mesa because I know these things are common on this planet. So don't just going around telling people aliens exist before you get the actual facts. If there were further eveidence leading to make us believe there were aliens it would be fine. We just don't have that extra information or evidence. I hope I finally lead some of you to believe the truth that the Face is just a natural landform.",4
"As a scentist who works at NASA, I claims that this Face is a natural lanform made by the Mars land. I claims that this Face is a natural landform becuase first, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the orginal Viking photos. So, after taking the picture, with the best camera that exist at that time, scientist proved that the Face was a landform after all.

Secound, since the people did not believe that it's a landform. They took another picture again and Garvin says,"" It reminds me he picmost of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho."" Which is just a landform on Earth. Before they took it, te picture that 1976 people took was just so blurr that they don't seem to know what it was and thought that it look like a face because of the shadow that makes the eyes, mouth, and head.

Third, the only reason that the people think it's created by an aliens is because at that time, they didn't have a better camera than we do right now. So, when the better camera took the picture, it shows that the Face was a butte or a mesa, which is a landforms common around the American West.

Someone who disagree with me says that it was an alien marking and that it

was hidden by the haze. But, here is why they are wrong. First, there is no such thing as alien. Second, 10 years of orbiting Mars, we still haven't seen alien or other life forms that came back for the "" mark.""

Conclution, I cliam that the Face is just a landform. Altough I think the Face was pretty saspesus. ",3
"Have you ever thought what it would be like not having to pay for gas everyday? Many residents in Vauban, Germany feel that going without a car was the best desicision they have ever made . The reason why they feel that way is because of this quote ""large garages at the edge of the development, where a car-owner buys a space, for $40,000, Along with a home."" This quote is basically saying that many residents in Germany would be spending over millions of dollars for a house and most of the money would be on one parking space that they necessarily dont need. To all you fellow citizens out there thinking if i should limit my car usage or just keeping driving in a car paying for gas everyday. From my poin of view I dont everybody needs a car. Some people just buy cars just to sdhow not knowing the reasons for having a car. Car use up alot of gas and cars pollute the air really badly. ""After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city."" This quote is basically showing that many cars in Paris have been polluting the air making it hard for others to survive .    ",2
"Dear state senator,

I personally believe that we should stick to and continue the idea of the Electoral College. For one, there are trusted electors in the Electoral College that are trusted to vote for the right candidate. Secondly, there isn't much that can go wrong in the Electoral College. Last but not least, by electing a president of the United States through popular vote, the right person may not be elected to be president for our country.

To start off, there are trusted electors in the Electoral College that are trusted by the parties to make the right vote for president. The Electoral College is a system that was created by the founding fathers created in the Constitution. When voters go off to the polls most have the thought in their mind that they are voting for their next president when they really are not. In the Electoral College there are 538 electors, which ever candidate gets the majority of 270 electoral votes wins the election. In source 3, the passage states ""When you vote for a presidentisl candidate you're actually voting for a slate of electors"". The electors that are in the Electoral College are selected by a certain party and the party trust that the person will vote for that certain party's candidate. With this process, the candidate that ends up getting elected is more likely the right candidate for the president spot.

Secondly, when using the Electoral College there ins't too many things that can go wrong. Most people that choose to go against the Electoral College would say that ""with the Electoral College its not really our choice when we vote because in the end the electors from the party vote for the president"". In source 2, the passage states ""Perhaps most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote."" If a tie with the electoral votes is to ever take place, the House of Representatives would handle the election and state delegations would have the final vote for president. Also, if a tie does take place then the Senate would vote for the vice-president.

Last but not least, if we switch to the popular vote election process then the right president candidate may not always be elected. This point can go against both sides. The side that supports the Electoral College may say ""the people may vote for a certain candidate because of his color or race"". The side that supports the popular vote system may say ""when we go out to vote it doesn't count towards anything because of the electors in the Electoral College. So why are we even going out to the polls to vote?"" Also, with the Electoral College there will not be any run-off elections. In source 3, the passage states ""The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast"".

In conclusion, I believe we should keep the Electoral College system going so we can have a more fluent election process. For one, there are trusted electors in the Electoral College that the parties trust to make the right vote. Secondly, when using the Electoral College there isn't too many things that can go wrong with the election process. Last but not least, if we switch to the popular vote election process them the right president candidate may not always be elected. Senator I hope that we can continue the Electoral College election process            ",4
"The way in which the author had describe Venus was to get the feeling of knowing how it would look like and how it works. Venus has so much for it to become like earth. It does and it is really hot because it is the 2nd planet from the sun. Venus has parts in which there is very bad storms from how close it is from the fun and not have life there. NASA are trying to find out more about what is really going there.They will soon be able for people to go there someday and also explore Venus. When NASA people go up there, they aren't able to bring anything back like rocks,gas,etc. There is still many risk being taken for this kind of situation because of how bad it is. Venus Many be soon another earch where you can able to visit. NASA has been studing Venus for a long time close when World War ll was going on and computers have once came out. I do think that now that there is more technology they will keep advancing more to the point in which they can soon have people going threw Venus and having to stay there. I this such a great idea that they are not being able to do more and having that chance of going to Venus and making it like Earth. The more that people get to study about Venus the more it would be possible for them to go there and help out with NASA. NASA still has a ways to go annd many resources they would need to make Venus a once of a good of a place. Yet there will be so much heat in Venus and many people won't be able to survive that so they would take the risk, since it is close to the sun.I do think that someday it will be possible for Venus to become another home like Earth but there is still so much to fix around Venus. If there was ever live there , there will have everything flying around like cars that would fly much higher then a airplane/ jet. Everythign will of couse not be the same but I do think that evrythign will trunout how it is suppose to because they mostly every equipment that they would need to stay alive there in Venus. This is why it would a challenge for anyone to visit Venus right now. ",2
"People should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program for three reasons. The reasons for thinking this are: you would be able to help people in need, visit unique places, and care for animals.

The first reason for participating in the Seagoing Cowboys program is that you would get to help people in need. The UNRRA is there to help recover food supplies, animals, and more. The Seagoing Cowboys were hired to take care of animals sent over seas for the people in need. Participating in the Seagoing Cowboys gives you the oppurtunity to help people start a new better life after distruction.

The second reason for participating in the Seagoing Cowboys is that you get to visit unique places. Luke states ""Besides helping people, I had the side benifit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special. So was taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water."" Luke got to go to those unique places. He also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China the article states. If you participate in the Seagoing Cowboy program you might get the chance to visit some unique places.

The third and final reason you should join the Seagoing cowboy program is that you would get to care for the horses, young cows, and mules that are being shipped overseas. You would be kept busy while you were on your way to your destonation. You would have to feed and water the animals two or three times a day. You would also have to get the bags of hay and bags of oats from the lower holds of the ship. If you like animals and to take care of animals you would enjoy this.

In conclusion, participating in the Seagoing Cowboy program would let you help people, take care of animals, and visit unique places.                     ",4
"I am for smart cars because, they have upgraded on safer driving. People can drive all day and not get into accidents. The process that scienists have now are wonderful. There have been over 100,000 cars wrecks in this world because, people are not smart drivers.

Finally making a differents on safe traffic for people to be on the road. People had to worry about being sewed for a car wreck. A long time ago people never had no cars but only horses and boats to travel. Scientists have alot of smart idea of techalnogly. Now they are making cars that you can call or text anybody without using no cell phone.

Scientists also created that only way if you could listen to the radio if your seat belt buckled in for safety. The real age for people to start should at age of 18 because, most of teenagers are careless drivers. Nearly 45.7 percent car accidents with teenagers. Now if they start at 18 at list they'll be more mature for driving.

25 percent for accidents is because of drinking and driving. 35 percent is by falling asleep while still driving. 15 percent is by texting and driving. 25 percent is speeding to fast on the road cause accidents.

The reason why I am for smart driving because, people are making on driving more safer on the road instead getting into a accident. People should agreed of which if we should have smarter cars or not. May let the people deside if it is right smart at being safe.",2
"Have you ever seen a movie about aliens? Those green, bug looking creatures with big eyes and laser guns. Now, have you ever heard of the ""Face on Mars?"" If you have, then this is going to explain to you why the Face is a natural landform and not some monument created by aliens.

When NASA first saw the ""Face on Mars"" they claimed they spotted what the text states, ""the shadowy likeness of a human face."" The image was found when they were snapping photos of possible landing sights for Viking 2, one of NASA's spacecrafts circling the region of the Red Planet called Cydonia. The passage later states, ""But the sensation was short lived. Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia."" The scientits even said it was just a landform. They stated that it has,""unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh."" The scientists are not saying it's a alien monument either. They are just saying people could petray it that way.

A few days after this discoery NASA unveiled the image. When they unveiled it there was a capiton under it reading, ""huge rock formation."" NASA said the formation resembles a head and was formed by shadows giving the illusion of the facial features. This just made the Face a publicity stunt for most people. This might be when most would believe that it is some sort of a alien monument. But then NASA passed over the Face again and this time took a phots much greater then the last.

On April 5, 1988, the Mars Global Surveyor flew over the ""Face on Mars."" They snapped picutres ten times sharper then before. The text states, ""Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site."" Thouands waited for the photo and what the photos unveiled were the truth. The photos revelead a natural landform, not any alien monument. Some people still believed that the structure was still an alien monument. But NASA learned that not all will believe.

All this evidence is just showing you that it is a natural landform. They have coordinates of this landform. They have amazing pictures just showing you that this is real. Even scientists examining the photos and showing exactly how what it is. What is it you must ask? It's a landform. NASA knew not all would believe but it made no sense to them. They supply so much evidence but still some just don't believe. The ""Face on Mars"" resembles a human head but shadows give it the illusion of a face.

In conclusion, the 'Face on Mars' is nothing more then a natural landform. We have photo proof of the Face along with scientists examining it and telling all who do not believe what it is. The Face is a natural landform. I have given you all the evidence. I have showed you that it's a natural landform. The only question is, do you believe it is?",3
"Electoral college should be banned. Many people say that over 60% of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. This year voters can expect another close elction in which the popular vote winner could again lose the presidency. So let me give you some facs about why electoral college should be banned.

Furthermore,Another reason why electoral college should be banned is because under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. If you live in Texas, for instance, and wanted to vote for John Kerry, you'd vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to kery.

For Instance,Another reason why electoral college should be banned is because legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people back in 1960,.Perhaps most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. In that case, the election be thrown to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president.

In Conclusion,I think electoral college should be banned because its unfair to voters because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing on the tight races in the ""swing"" states. So this is why electoral college should be banned.                                                                                                                                                                                                              ",3
"We are coming to a time in history where our knowledge of technology is at an all time high. We have new phones, computers, ipods, and a bunch of different devices that we use in our everyday lives that we depend on every single day. As technology advances we see many new inventions and usful things come into our lives. Some of these things can cause a harm to the people in different ways, but some are things that will change the way we look at life, one invention that will change all of peoples lives forever, in the good way, is the driverless car. These cars will change how we as a people go about our every day lives and how we handle ourselves.

There are quite a few major benifits to the driverless car, for instance, the cars will be able to cut down on the amount of injurys and even deaths for texting and driving. Instead of having to try and drive while answering a text message people will be able to look down and talk on the phone while the car in driving itself. Another way this car will benifit us is how effective it will be at cutting down pollution. The driverless cars will cut the gas used in half in major areas where taxi's are one of the main sources of transportation. This will help the entire planet by cutting down the hurt on the ozone layer.

This car has other benifits as well. Such as it's constantly updating 3-D sensors that make the car aware of what is around it. This improves safety and the reliablity of the cars giving the person in the car more confidence in what it is doing. The cars also contain a feature that would alert the person in the car if there was something coming up that the car may not be able to handle on its own. This improves safety and majorly brings down the amount of crashes.

However, these cars are not perfect by any means. They are sitll a work in progess meaning they will have some difficulties, or things that would hold them back. One of those things being that even thought the cars dont have a driver needed most the time, they will still need the drivers to take over in some situations. These include times when they are approaching a car accident or road work. They will have to be driven by the driver to get around it. They also have a confusing part to them. If they do in fact get into an accident whose fault would it be? The human who owns the car or the manufacturer? This could cause for some long and dramatic legal cases no body wants to deal with.

The advancment in technology in recent years has led to many ground greating discoveries. With the way we are headed we may be in store for a world full of technology. Will driverless cars be a factor in the future? If they can perfect it and get them up and running, then yes they can.",4
"Is this technology in a classroom valuable? Would this be useful in a classroom? Does this effect the students?

This technology in a classroom is very valuable. In the article to author says "" Eckman has classified six basic emotions--happiness,suprise,anger,digust,and sadness..."". Technology like this is rare in a classroom so it would be valuable and also helpful for the students and also teachers in some type of way. A reason for it to helps students because in the article it says ""... coulde recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"" this mean it can help student on what they are cpnfused on so its helpful for the teachers an students.

I feel like this technology would be useful in so many ways. Imagine you being a teacher with over 25+ students, there is no way you can get to everyone fast in a hurry. With the technology being there it can also be its job to help the students understand what they are taught not only by the teacher. This technology takes lots of stress off of teachers backs by helping with students,but not also tht if a student is embarrassed to ask for hep the technology knows their feelings so it could notify the teacher about that. This technology would make a big change in schools.

This would effect the studets in a couple of ways. First, it effects them by giving them a better learning environment because your basically giving your communication to a computer. Second, this can effect student in some what a bad way. Some students get happy for new things and for this being cool and new it can effect them from learning and they would get easily distracted. This could be a good thing or bad things but would help the our learning environment.",3
"As technology advances, humans find themselves wondering whether it is helpful or if it hinders humanity. According to Prof. Thomas Huang of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois, computer software is now able to detect emotions in facial expressions. Although the software could help notify teachers when the students feel confused, this software could also make students feel insecure and violated. The Facial Action Coding System should not be used in the classroom.

Dr. Huang believes that his new software could inhance the classroom setting. It would ""recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson,"" (paragraph 6). However, it is healthy for students to have human interactions with a teacher. Also, having the initiative to speak up if they do not understand something is part of becoming independent. School prepares kids for life beyond high school by giving them the freedom to speak up and to make their own decisions. Placing a Facial Action Coding System in the class would not help solve the need for students to learn how to live independently.

In paragraph two Dr. Huang states, ""Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication. So computers need to understand that, too."" I strongly disagree with this statement. Being able to express ourselves and being able to interpret things in different ways, is in our human nature. If we, as a race, should expect to rely on a computer to detect our emotions, humans would become robotic. The beauty of human nature is being able to see through peoples' emotions and forming different connections. Taking away any room for interpretating peoples' feelings would also take away the mystery and joy in life.

Just as nobody can read thoughts, our feelings should also be kept private. By adding a computer system that detects emotions in every classroom, students would not have the privacy they deserve. They would never learn how to live independently and this system would not prepare the students for life beyond school. Finally, the need for human interaction is constant. Humans need to be able to communicate face-to-face and have the freedom to interpret things differently. This open communication is what creates bonds and friendships between people. Without it, humans would not be able to enjoy life.",4
"Did you know that there has been an ongoing debate between Nasa and the society? The debate is about whether or not the imprint on mars's platform that appears to be a face, was created by a natural cause or by an alien. I had done some scientific study on the situation myself, being that I am a scientist and I believe that the imprint was indeed made naturally.

some eveidence to back up my claim would be that in paragraph 12 of the article i used as a part of my scientific study is that what the picture actually shows is the martian equivalent of a butte or mesa. This reminds another scientist named garvin, of the middle butte in idaho. A middle butte is a lava dome that takes form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the face on mars. This is proof that the imprint was made naturally and not by an alien because lava domes are made naturally which is what the face on mars is.

In conclusion, my opinion is that the face on mars was made naturally on the platform. I have done research on this very subject and i am positive that my hypothesis is right.                ",2
"Have you ever wondered what another person was thinking or feeling? With the help of the technology called the Facial Action Coding System, you can identify human emotions! There are several reasons why this system is valuable.

One way the F.A.C.S is valuable to a classroom is you can do more things in science contributed to emotions and human qualities. Even if you tried to fake your emotions in the classroom you couldn't. When you first start the process of detecting your emotions, it has to make a 3-D model of your face, and make sure all the mucles move like human muscles. According to the text, ""Eckman has classified six basic emotions-happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness."" These special skills can not only help you read people, but also F.A.C.S. teaches you about a whole new life to underatnd people, and they way they feel. Mnay different people will take this system and use it in so many different ways, and try so many new things with it. I personally think that this will be very valuable to normal people like us and, everyday scientists, and especially throughout the school coprorations.

This system is very valuable to the school system, because it doesn't just let you try new things but it can also keep you up to date on how people are doing and feeling. Imagine what kind of experiments you could do with a system like this! ",3
"Dear State Senator,

Everyone has their very own opinions on whether or not the Electoral College should be abolished. Well, with evidence from past elections, it is pretty clear that the Electoral College rule should be abandoned. Let alone is the Electoral College unfair in many ways, but also, it is unneeded.

First and foremost, the Electoral College should left in the wind because it is unfair. Our society and todays people have different opinions and different standards in life, then the people in 1776. For example, in those times, the states we have now were not all how they were then: 1. there was a much smaller population, 2. not all the states we have now were America's states then, and 3. peoples beliefs were different. In ""Source 2: The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong,"" states ""under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a state of electors, who in turn elect the president."" (Pgph. 10) This is saying that the citizens votes are not being counted for, voting directly to the presidential election, but to the states Electoral College. Obviously, the people want their votes to mean something, and not to just let the others vote for them. ""During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didnt even see the candidates at all,"" This clearly shows that getting rid of the Electoral College would be best.

Secondly, the Electoral College is unneeded for voting. The citizens cast a vote in the poll, so that the president they want will when. So, how does having an Electoral College make the peoples votes needed. Let alone, the citizens make their own decisions. If this country is a democracy, it means the people are apart of the choices of the government to, but with the Electoral College, the state casts in only a small vote from each state. ""Because each state casts only one vote, the single representative from Wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, would have as much say as the 55 representatives from California, who represent 35 million voters."" (Pgph. 12) The Electoral College is simply unneed.

Lastly, everyone has their own opinions on whether or not we should get rid of the electoral college. It is very simple, the Electoral College should be demolished, due to being unfair, and unneeded.    ",4
"Doesnt matter if you take a car , bus, bike, trian or whatever kind of transportation you take to get somewhere as long as your getting there. Therefore if it is so many safer ways to get to where you need to go why would you use the unsafe one? There are a few advantages to limiting car usage. Limiting car usage benifits you by taking strees off of you and make you happier,having less traffic in your way, and it reducue bad air.

Heidrun Walter said in passage one ""when i had a car i was always so tense. Im much happier this way. Everyone likes things that make them happy. in passage three a businessman name Carlos said ' It's a good opportunity to take away stress."" Therefore less car usage is a very good advantage to your life. Many people want to be less stressed , they can always try riding a bike , i garantuee some of  there stress will be taken away.

when your going somewhere and your stuck and traffic does it furstrate you?

Anthor advantage of limiting car usage is how much  less traffic you will be in. In passage two it states that in france when they put a ban on car driving congestion was down 60 percent. Also in passage three they talked about the Colombia car-free day. they said that the car free day left the streets eerily devoid of traffic jams. Limit car usage limit traffic !

Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in europe and up to 50 percent in some car intensive areas in the united states (Article1).To live long we have to decrease the pollution that causes the air to become bad. in article three you find out that less car usage reduces smog which also makes the air bad. This is a big advantage of limiting car usage.

some people may say that cars get you where you have to go quick fast and in a hurry but what if there is traffic?  Limiting car usage reduces stress, traffic and pollution. those are all advantages of limiting car usage. now think about and start limiting !                                    ",3
"A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves

Luke Bomberger wanted people to join the Seagoing Cowboys program

because you help young cows, and mule that were shopped overseas. So Luke and his friend Dan signed up for the Seagoing Cowboys program.

Luke and his friend Dan got their orders received so they can report to New Orleans. So after that they boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster they were headed to Greece. They had 335 horses and alot of hay and ats to feed them on the way to Greece. Luke and his friend Dan wanted to join the Seagoing Cowboys program because they could help all the animals that were shipped overseas and that were hurt. So Luke and Dan helped all of the animals and got the better. Luke was happy because he also got to see the Acropolis in

Greece and he also got to take a gondola ride in Venice.

When luke ws almost arriving in Greece he turned 18 which meant he could be drafted in the military services. When Luke's draft board learned that he was on a cattle-boat trip they said why don't you just keep doing that for his service.When Luke was part of the cattle-boat trip it was an unbelievable opportunity for someone like him. He said ""besides helping people he got to see Europe and China. The exciting part was that he got to go to Greece and see the Acropolis and go on the gondola ride in Venice.

Luke got a job as a night watchman. His job was to check on the animals at night time. When he had the job as a night watchmen he slid down the slippery slide on his backside and cracked some of his ribs so he couldn't do his job for a couple of days. Luke said ""it made him more aware of

people of other countries and their needs.",3
"This article has some good points and some bad points why they want to have driverless cars. The author has a lot of good points, but in my opinion they are not good enough for me to believe that these cars should be allowed on the roads.

In the article ""Driverless cars are coming,"" I feel as if these cars should not be developed due to the fact that the cars cant not completely control themselves in road blocks or certain situations where the cars nedd the driver to take over, which makes them no longer ""driverless"" cars. These cars have not been approved for complete reliable saftey. automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved. but then again will they be one-hundered percent sure it will be solved. there are enough accicents alone right now so why have a car drive for us that has unsolved problems. it just does not make sense.

So no, I believe these cars should not be allowed to be on the streets. There is to many risks, and there are a lot of little kids that play in the roads that could easly get hit by one of these cars and then who are the parents to blame the driver or the car. It is just to much to handle.",2
"Our Town Does Not Need Cars

Green house pollutants from motor vehicles has been a major issue in America. Many discerning towns have made strides to stop the car exaust epidemic. I believe that our town should join the pollution free bandwagon.

Initially, living without a car will result in a happier planet. As stated in Source 1 line 5

""Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emission in Europe . . . and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States."" Our town needs to join the fight against pollutants. if we don't stop these greenhouse emissions Earth will be a disgusting wasteland of smog. As stated in source 2 "" Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city."" If we dont do something quick, Our home will reach this point.

To continue, life without a car would equal less stress. Imagine not being having to pay for gas, financing, insurance, and maintenence! As stated in Source 1 line 3 ""When i had a car I was always tense. im much happier this way, said Heidrun Walter."" Imagine our neighborhoods without the noise of motors. I believe life would be alot better.

To sum up, our suburbs would be increasingly better without cars. Life would be simpler. And our planet would be healthier. Getting rid of cars is a win-win situation. So please limit your car usage in our town.         ",3
"Suburban cities are buzzing with traffic; every person is trying to get some place as fast as possible. Whether it is a business meeting or their child's soccer practice, a car is the preferred transportation method. But there is a new initiative across the globe that is growing in popularity: the idea of living without cars. Several urban cities have participated in efforts to reduce the traffic in their home, because of the numerous harmful effects it has on the people and the earth. Three cities have subtracted cars out of their daily routine and reaped the benefits. The United States has also procured benefits because of the decline in car usage. In Vauban, Germany: citizens live without cars, in Paris, France: driving restrictions were placed to help control the pollution, and in Bogota, Colombia: an annual ""Day Without Cars"" is put into effect. These efforts have proven to have multiple advantages. The articles, ""In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars"" and ""The End of Car Culture"" by Elizabeth Rosenthal, The United States and Vauban's unique situation is discussed. Robert Duffer explains Paris' predicament in his piece, ""Paris Bans Driving Due to Smog."" the final source is from Andrew Selsky, ""Car Free Day is a Big Hit in Bogota."" Limiting and abolishing the use of personal automobiles is helpful to the environment, the city, and the people.

When Paris, France is mentioned, people think of the Eiffel tower looming over their head. In reality, what is really dancing over their hair is smog. The classic city has experienced record high polution rates in the previous times. The government has decided to do something about their predicament. Duffer explains the measures they took, ""On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day."" The efforts that the French made to prevent pollution proved to be extremely successful. Because of the strange weather conditions, the smog had become trapped in a layer of air, causing their smog count to rival Beijing's, the most polluted city in the world. Paris adjusted to the bans by making all public transportation free and making certain exceptions for hybrid cars and cars carrying three or more people, Duffer explained. Although some deliery companies were not happy with the restrictions on their driving, the smog drastically cleared enough for the city to abolish the ban and all numbered plates were allowed to drive after only a week of the ban.

In a new and revolutionary city, cars have actually been banned from the premises. Vauban lies in Germany, near the French and Swiss borders. Aside from main thoroughfare, the streets are primarily car free. And the locals think that it pays off, ""'When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way', said Heidrun Walter."" The motives behind this are due to the harmful greenhouse gas emission from so many cars. Rosenthal cites the statistic that, ""Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas in Europe.. and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States."" With car-less cities like Vauban, the greenhouse gas emissions are close to nothing. Citizens walk, bike, or pile on the bus. This method helps protect the environment and have people enjoy their daily lives a bit more. In Rosenthal's other article, about Car Culture, she explains how the car industry is declining anyway, and how the United States could be headed for no-car societies as well. ""Car ownership per household and per person has started to come down in the past two to three years."" The abolishment of car usage helpe protect the environment and reduce the greenhouse gas emissions.

In Bogota, Colombia, a new kind of celebration has been put into effect. The ""Day Without Cars"" is an annual day in the capital of Colombia where the use of cars is not permitted. Substitute activities include: biking, hiking, taking buses, and skating. Selsky wirtes that the goal was to encourage the citizens to use public transportation and reduce the pollution that clotted up the airways in the people. The only mode of transportation allowed was buses and taxis. There were twenty five dollar fines handed out to those who violated the rules. Selsky explains, ""The day without cars is part of an improvemewnt campaign that began in Bogota in the mid-1990s. It has seen the construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths, the most of any Latin American city."" These bicycle paths have helped to promote the non-polluting modes of getting around Bogota. The day has proven to be a success for not only Bogota, but other Colombian cities as well. On the third anniversary, Cali and Valledupar participated in the event as well. The capital city of Colombia has seen drastic changes in the condition of its city. Seltzky claims that recreational parks have popped up and the sidewalks have improved to put them in a better condition. Rush hour regulations have even been put into effect that have dramatically reduced the bumper to bumper traffic in the city.

Bogota, Paris, Vauban, and the United States have all proved that eliminating the usage of cars is beneficial to many aspects of the world. Each city has adapted it's own way that attests to the assets of not using cars.    ",3
"This essay will include the reasons why people need to challenge exploring Venus. The text states that it will be good to meet the very edges of imagination and invoation to find out if Venus is really real. The author also says that people should be brave to explore on pass the earth and be more open to it.

Venus would be dangerous to explore, because of it 97% carbon dioxcide. They say that the tempperatures average above 800 degrees on Venus. The pressure is 90 times greater tha what we experience on our planet earth. NASA states that they want to send our human kind to study the planet Venus.

There will be like 30 blimp-like vehicles hovering around the planet Venus. The tempertureswill still be toasty at around 170 degrees fahernheit. NASA is working on other approches right now to explore Venus. These are some of the ways that they are going to try and learn moe about Venus and other planets.            ",2
"Theres two diffrent type of ways to vote for election. There is electoral college or voted by popularity of people. I beleive citizens should vote for there president so they can have a right on who to vote on. Electoral college is a only voted by congress according to Richard Nioxn,Jimmy Carter and Bob Dole the U.S. chamber of commerce and the AFL-CIO all agreed on Abolishing the eletoral college.

2. Eelectoral college is voted not for the president its voted for the slate for example if you lived in texas for insurance and wanted to vote for Jhon Kerry you have voted for a slate. Richard A. Posner Electoral college is widely regarded as non democratic method for selecting a president. From this method u can avoid run off elections or Big states. I beleive that this method is not the best. In conclusion citizens should have there rights to vote on who they want to be president.

3. citizens voting on who they want to be president is more rights for us. There is some negative for letting people vote for who they want president like citizens voting on a horrible president or have run offs were not that many people vote. I beleive this is a more efficent way to get votes from citizens. In conclusioun over 60 percent prefer a direct election to the kind we have no 4. I belevie that citizens voting for who they want is better than electoral college over 60 percent people vote for citizens having there own rights. At most basic levels the electoral colleges are unfair because many candidates dont take there time. In conclusion voting for your president is better.    ",2
"Many peeple own a car and later one more will but the car usage is limited. Some familys just want two or three cars or the insucre dont want the same people having to many cars on their name because it can caused a problem. A car owner iwll buy a space for $40,000 just for it car or cars

In the world like 70% of the families dont own a car at least not even one. And at least 57% sold a car to move somewhere because they need the money. In paris 4,000 drivers where fined with a 22-euro fine($31) because they had old lisnce plates and they had thier car impount because of the way they reacted to the fine. In the U.S.A had a uniqiu car culture because it buiold the model-t car in detriot

But in April 2005 had low milages meaning not many people used cas that much or didnt own that much cars but in April 2013 the number of miles was increased by 9% and that nine percent is getting bigger and bigger because we are now having teenagers owning their lelinces and they will want a car for them selfs. So this will take the 9% even higher each year       ",1
"Being apart of the UNRRA is fun for those who join because,""besides helping people i had the side benifit of seeing Europe and China."" also it takes about two weeks to cross the atlantic ocean from the eastern coast. Also, it takes a month to get to China. that gives him you alot of time to sight see.

On the way to the destination you will have alot of responcibilities like the animals had to be fed and watered two or three times a day. Bales of hay and bags of oats were given to the animals every day. Yes it has alot of responsibilities. However,when they are on there way back to the place they got shipped of from they had a lot of time to play around since they where done like,""The cowboys played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds that the animals been housed . table tennis tournaments , fencing, boxing, reading ,wittling,and games also helped pass the time.""

If you join the UNRRA you chould have the experience of a lifetime,because it was a opportunity of a lifetime for luke just as it could be for you. Luke was the first person to make nine trips,you might be the second. However,that is only if you decide to join the UNRRA. It will be fun for you if you join the Sea going Cowboys. Also while you are on the boat you get to see alot of the world,so you better go join up before they run out of space.",3
"I am more on the against side of technology, I feel technology is already bad enough to society. I feel this tecnology is just as bad as texting because its not acurate. In a text message you cant see the person so you never know what tone a person is texting you in. I feel this is a waste of time because we already have video call and facetime and these apps are more acurate than the Facial Action Coding System.

In this passage it states that by moving your muscles may not show your true emotion or face expresions, it just goes by how your muscles move in your face. This makes so much sene because we are all as humans have different musles, for example if a baby were to make a face expression and you mocked the baby your facial expression wouldn't exact turn out to be the same, which means your emotion could also be diferent when really it could possibly be the same emotion. In section 4 it states that humans have different ways to express themselves through different emotion, but then says these muscles can detect that, but if your not showing thee correct facial expression then the technology still wouldn't know your emotions.

In my opinion, theres enough technology in this world. Technology isnt always accurate either which could either be a good thing or bad. I feel we wouldn't even use this the facial coding system because society is so hooked on apps and facetime that they wouldnt even understand why they would need this app. Technology is overcoing society and is turning out to be a bad thing, these's barely any communication anymore or braceness when it comes to speaking out in front of people. The Factial Action Coding System is worthless. ",3
"Dear Senator,

People have different opinions on the Electoral College. Some feel that it should be changed, and the president should be elected by popular vote. To explain what the Electoral College is, the Office of the Federal Register writes

What is the Electoral College?.

Bradford Plumer writes

The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong, to explain the problems with the Electoral College, and lastly, Richard A. Posner writes

In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President to explain why we should keep the Electoral College. It has been made clear that we should not change the Electoral College.

It is true that the Electoral College may be confusing (Plumer), but it has worked for all these years, thus we should just leave it the way it is.

To start, The Electoral College was established by the founding fathers as a compromise between election of the president by vote in congress, and it also considers the popular vote of qualified citizens (Office of the Federal Register). The founding fathers wanted us to use this system. They knew it would succeed.

Next, Plumer writes, ""It's official: The electoral college is unfair..."" This is not true because the number of electorals each state gets is always decided by the number of members that state has in the House of Representatives, plus two for the senators (Office of the Federal Register).

Additionally, Richard A. Posner says that ""There are five reasons for retaining the Electoral College despite its lack of democratic pedigree; all are pratical reasons, not liberal or conservative reasons. He then goes on and says, ""A dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible...but it's less likely than a dispute over the popular vote."" In the Electoral College system, their will always be a certainty of outcome. Plumer goes against that and writes, ""Perhaps most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote."" This cannot happen.  Posner also writes that ""The electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have transregional appeal."" The north, for example, does not have enough electoral votes to elect a president (Posner). The president is everyone's president.

Also, The Electoral College considers swing states and big states. Plumer writes ""At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters"". This is not true because of the idea of swing states and big states.  Swing States, also known as toss-up states, are the states that pretty much decide the election. They could go either way (Posner). ""The Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states (by population) lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senete decreed in the Constitution. "" This means that the larger the state (in population, not size), the more their overall vote weighs.

Lastly, by using the Electoral College, we are avoiding Run-Off Elections. A run off election is when no candidate recieves a majority (Posner).

In conclusion, you and I both know the Electoral College has some flaws, but overall, it makes sense to keep it the way it is.

Yours truly,

Emily.                                                                                                                         ",4
"Astronauts risk their life by exploring the different planets in our solar system. In the article ''The Challenge of Exploring Venus'' talks about how dangerous it could be to exoplor it. Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because it was once the most Earth-like planet in our solar system, Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for planetary visit, and NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus.

Venus may be inhospitable now, but it was once the most Earth-like planets in our solar system. In the article it discusses how Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. It states that, ''The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features [like] valleys, mountains, and craters.'' Meaning it has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. Venus is also the second planet from our sun.

Earth, Venus, and Mars orbit the sun at different speeds, which could lead to planetary visits. ''The differences in speed mean that sometimes we ae closer to Mars and other times Venus.'' Humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud draped world. Each previous mission was unmanned, and no spacecraft survuved the landing for more than a few hours. Venus has proven to be a very challanging place to examine more closely.

There are inhancements that NASA are trying to improve for differnt approaches to studying Venus. The author exclaims, ''A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus.''

An example of what NASA is trying to do is to create simplified electronics made of silicone carbide that have been tested to in a chamber that stimulates Venus's surface; this electronic has survived three weeks in such conditon. What's even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. So imagine exposing a cell phone to acid or heat capable of melting tin.       ",3
"I think that the Electoral College is a bad way of picking a president, because as Americans , we have the freedom of speech and that should include voting as well. the Electoral College system works and for some states it ""fits the shoe,"" for example California, they have 55 representatives .

The Electoral College allows the electoral votes to be given out by the voters and the population in that state may never actually honestly choose who they want in office . in other cases itthe presidential canidates have  more intrest in the bigger states such as Florida. that could boost in the jobs, and advanteges in the bigger states.

In defense of the Electoral College , it can be a faster way to elect a new president , it also allows people to lose intrest since their votes don't effect much in the long run. the votes of the people should effect who should be in office because with what I know about the Electoral College, it could break a country. It takes away freedom of speech. But helps the canidate(s) from your state , which can possibly help your state in the long run .

The popular votes allows you to choose who you want to be in office and if the person you voted for lost , at least you had your vote. You can easily have had you vote given to someone and they could have had cheated you out .

If the Electoral College is kept going then there should be some changes to how it is done. For example , the small states have less say in what happens compaired to the bigger states like California and Florida . It should balance out so that it can be fair but also equaled out.                            ",3
"Today I am discussing the topic about the ""Face"".

I am discussing this topic with someone who thinks that it was created by aliens.

So today I am going to talk to him about it, and give him facts that it was indeed not greated by aliens.

That it is just a common landform that is on Mars.

One reason is that NASA would say if it was there.

We would tell people if it was really created by aliens.

We would tell people because, it would be very benifitial for NASA.

I mean NASA's budget wishes there was an ancient civilization on Mars.

I there was why would we hide it. It would be one of the most greatest discoveries in NASA's history.

We could then really look into building a civilitation on Mars because, we would know that it has been done before.

We would want the world to know that NASA has found what once has been a civilization on Mars.

I not going to lie to you, it also would bring in alot of money for us.

Just like in the past it was a pop icon. It starred in a Hollywood film, appered in books, magazines, and radio talk shows.

We would want that all to happen again, so why wouldn't we tell.

Another reason is that we how such advanced tecnology now we would be able to see if there was an ancient civilization.

One example is the pictures that was taken of the ""Face"".

The camera that took the pictures spans 1.56 meters. So in the picture you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size.

The point is if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground, or Egyptian-style pyramids, or even small shacks, you would be able to tell what they were.

My last reason is that you can compare the ""Face"" to common landforms on Earth.

It can be compared to something equivalent of a butte or mesa.

A butte or mesa are common landforms around the American West.

It can be compared to the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.

That is a lava dome that takes form of an isolated mese, which is what probably happened on Mars, because they are about the same height.

So now you know my reasons why I think that the ""Face"" was not created by aliens.

Those reasons again are: NASA would tell becuase it would be benifitial to us, we have the tecnology to tell if something was there, and it can be compared to similar things on Earth.

NASA would want all of this to happen so why would we keep it all a secret?                                   ",3
"The author supports his idea by pointing out the risks and challenges the scientists,researchers and astronomos could have by going to Venus and trying to get just a little sample of rock,or something else they see it cold be intersting to study and investigate more about it like what it is?,what can be used for?,is it dangerous for humanity?.The idea of going to Venus it's not gonna be esay but if they do it,this can be a good chance for humanity to learn new things they thought they never could think about or even see. Many scientist consider Venus as a planet like Earth in terms of density and size.

In the article says ""If or sister planet is so inhospitable,why are scientist even discussing further visists to it's surface? Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well one have been the Earth-like planet in our solar system"",if Venus is like Earth it can be a chance for us to visit a new planet. In the process of preparing everything they need to make that travel ,scientist may have fail in what they were working on. Trying to know more about other planets in particular Venus can also be a good thing like what if in some years Earth is no longer sustainbility for the humans and we need another place to live Venus might be a good option,since scientist have take time and get to know more about how are the conditons in Venus and set how humans can survive it can be great.

In conclusion the use of events that had happen the author could support his opinion about the subject. Having curiosity to know more things and to search more deeo into it's good people can take their imagination beyond they thought it's impossible,traveling to outer space and see what things are there can be awesome.            ",2
"I  belive that my state senator should remove the electoral colleges. To change the election by popular vote for the president of the United States. For the fact that voters vote not for the president but for a slate of electors. Who can always defy the will of the people. It should also be removed because its simply unfair to the voters. There votes may or may not be counted or may vote for the wrong person or oppsite party. Also the problem comes up that the candidates do no go to there state thus never seeing them.

To began with I belive we should remove the Electoral Colleges. For the reson that voter are not voteing but for a slate of electors. Who then elect the president, for example ""if you lived in Texas, for instance, and wanted to vote for John Kerry. You'd vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry.""(qoute form source 2) Those 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry may not win the statewide election. The voters also are not always able to control who there electors vote for. ""Legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people."" (qoute form source 2). So there a chance they may change there mind and the president they wished to win may not win because the legislatures do not have to vote in there favor. In some case seventeen states didn't even see the candidates at all. Some states including Rhode Island and South Carolina, ""and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad."" Also another reason why we should remove the Electoral Colleges is for the reason that voters may become confuse and vote for the wrong person.

Futhermore we should remove the Electors Colleges, because its unfair to the voters. For example the winner takes all system in each state. Candidates don't spend times in the states they know they have no chance winning. ""It can be argued that the Electoral college method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state."" (qoute from source 3). But then what happens to the people in that wants to vote for them but can't because there votes go toward a slate of electors that votes for the other party. They focus on the swing states mostly. For Instance a Presidential race that happen were the electoral votes caused a certain party to win was. In 2000 U.S. presidential race, Al Hore received more in dividual votes than George W. Bush nationwide, but Bush won the election, receiving 271 electoral votes to Gore's 266. The electoral votes need to be removed because it causes problems in elections which makes any side able to win even though they don't have more individual votes. Another example is ""Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast on him."" (qoute from sorce 3) .  Study shows that 60% of voters would prefer a direct election rather then what they have now.

On the other hand having the electoral votes may not be such a bad thing. The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast. The Electoral College also restore some of the weight in the political balance that large states. If you elect a good representive that you belive, and trust that will vote to your liking. Someone that would not turn his back on the will of the people then it would not be that bad. The process they go throught maybe difficult and hard to understand. So it could be a good thing they take the hard work off our backs and do it for us to save us the time and hardwork. The Electoral Colleges requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal rather then a single region appeal.

To conclude I belive that my state senator should remove the electoral colleges. To change the election by popular vote for the president of the United States. For the fact that voters vote not for the president but for a slate of electors. Who can always defy the will of the people. It should also be removed because its simply unfair to the voters. There votes may or may not be counted or may vote for the wrong person or oppsite party. The Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational.    ",5
"""So Mr. Ashwalt now that you've read the article what do you think.""Mr. Ashwalt answering, ""Well i think it pretty self explaitory it talks about Mars and that how he face on it from 1976 it has changed gradually in 2001."" ""Ah yes the atritcle also says that it had been twenty five years of change"" I exlcaimed. Mr. Ashwalt questioned "" Yes but i want to question how the rock formation happened to make a face in the ground."" I anwsered ""Oh yes good question it says here that it must have been degree of surprise among mission controllers on paragraph two of the article.

"" Mr. Ashwalt asked ""Yes and how come it has grabed the attention of many people about Mars having a face on it?"" I anwsered ""Another good question that i don't know the anwser to but my guess would be that, people have a interest on what happenes on something new."" ""Also Mr. Ashwalt what did you think when you first saw the picture?"" Mr. Ashwalt anwsered ""Oh I thought that it was partially real but it could have been fake but i kept reading and saw that it looked like a face because of the ilussions of the shadows by the sunlight reflecting."" ""Yes your right Mr. Ashwalt and where did you find that in the article?"" MrAshwalt anwsered "" I found it on paragraph three of the article.""

""Good to know.""

""I think I have a question for you."" I answered "" Yes sir? ""Would you think that aliens have made this when you first saw it?"" I anwsered ""Not really because in the article on paragraph three that it was an illusion made by shadows."" I questioned also would you think that. that's why it attracted so many people because people maybe thought it was created by aliens?"" Mr. Ashwalt anwsered ""I supose so but it's what other people think not me.""         ",1
"The Mona Lisa is a subject painting by Leonardo Da Vinci who tried to show the perfect emotion of her, Mona Lisa's face 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful and 2 percent angry, How could we know that in a neutral face? Is not magic, is just technology.

Now exist a new system that can recognize the emotions, thsi new innovation from Prof. Thomas Huang of the Beckham Institute with collaboration prof. Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam, they are experts at developing better ways for Humans and computers to communicate, this actually is not like math homework when we can calculate.

The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face. Then, Dr Huang relies on the work of psychologists, such as Dr Pail Eckman creator of FACS (Facial Action Coding System). This man classified six basic emotions HAPPINNES, SURPRISE, ANGER, DISGUST, FEAR and SADNESS, and he associated each characteristic movement of the facial muscles.

In fact,we humans perform this same impressive ""calculation"" every day, so, you can probablly tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face.

The Mona Lisa demostration is really extented to bring a smile to your face, while it shows just how much this computer can do, however the same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive- for video games or video surgery. For now this is the answer for the questions of the beginnig, this is the new technology can do today, What will can do next?",1
"In my opinion i think we should change voting to popular vote. The reason why is because the governmennt sometimes performs certain actions that they think is good for the people when at the end of it its really not its just for the government to get more money. So when it comes to the president of the United States of America I think we should change it to popular vote.

Because the electoral college might mess up dicisions and its a really bad thing to mess up the dicision of who is the president of our country. In the past we have had many bad presidents bacause of mess ups in electoral colleges or uneven amounts of electoral voters. Also bradford plumer staes that in last election 60% of voters prefered a direct election and not an electoral college vote. Also votes would be settled much easier because there would a one in a million chance of getting votes tied and the people would have it there way.

If we were to keep the electoral college there will countinue to have untrustworthy presidents or irisponsible presidents like obama,george bush jr, or ronald reagen. The downside to having popular vote would be that if a candidate were to convice the American people to follow his commands like Adolf Hitler did and lead them blindly then that would be a major problem. But the constitution has rights and amendments that doesnt allow for those types of incidents to occur.

Therefore those are my reasons for wanting to change the system of electoral voting to be changed to popular voteing.    ",2
"The Facial Action Coding System technology is a new thing to detect how people are feeling using the computer. The Facial Action Coding System is valuable in a classroom because it teaches students how to use new technology. Using this system shows the students what all jobs are avalible in the technology field too.

Using technology like this can help improve the way students use computers and help them get jobs. in the future. Most new jobs rely on some sort of technology or require you to know how to use it. With this new tech people might have a job lined up that they did not know about.

This technology can also be good for detecting if someone is feeling bad or is depressed. They can use this as a form of helping people out if no one can tell they are sad. For instence in paragraph three ""Eckman had classified six basic emotions happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness."". If they can use this to treat people who are not happy it can solve a bunch of problems in the future.

Since they can use this technology to see peoples real emotions they can tell students' emotional expressions. If they are sad they can do something to make them happy again and get better grades. I think this type of technology will become something greater than it already is.",3
"Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? I cannot see this happening. I cannot see this happening because of three reasons: technology sometimes fail, machines are built to help humans, and technology is unreliable. I believe that driverless cars should not be invented.

First, I will be explaining my first reason on why I say that driverless cars should not be invented. In the great tragedy of the Challenger, the technology of that space shuttle failed and it was not an driverless machine. Also, the driverless cars have not been proven to be able to handle certain situations while driving which can cause another tragedy.

Next, I am going to explain my second reason on my thesis. Machines are bulit to help humans, for example without the invention of the assembly line would have made the possiblity of modern day cars to be impossible. Also, the invention of automobiles and airplanes were invented to get from one place to another in a quicker fashion than walking or biking.

Finally, I am going to explain to you my final reason. Technolgy is unreliable, computers freeze and shut down on their own all the time. There are various examples of technolgy being unreliable. These cars could shut off in the middle of the highway which could causes many deaths or injuries, or even go off the road and crash causing personal injuries.

In conclusion, I believe that driverless cars should not be invented. I say this because of the three reasons i provided you with. I believe that it would be an safety hazard, and it will cause conflict between the cars manufacturer and the cars owner. ",3
"The Electoral College, to begin with, is the electoral voting of the President and Vice President. In the articles ""The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong"" by Bradford Plumer and ""In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President"" by Richard A. Posner, both articles argue on the subject of if the Electoral College should be kept or if the election should be changed to popular vote.

Although it is true, according to the article by Richard A. Posner, that larger states get the majority of attention when it comes to votes, it is still possible that regardless that the legislatures choose the electors, the electors may ""defy the will of the people"", according to the article by Bradford Plumer. It is stated that electors have declined the voting of their party's candidate and went on to ""vote for whomever they please. . . .""

Furthermore, in the article by Bradford Plumer, Plumer states, ""the electoral college is unfair to voters."" In other words, the popular vote basically gets no say in who they are choosing for presidential candidate, only who gets to choose the candidate. Even as stated in the opposing article by Richard A. Posner, Posner states, ""the electoral will not win the national popular vote."" This is stating that basically the popular vote is powerless in voting for a presidential candidate.

Moreover, Posner explains in his article, ""The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast."" However this has happened before where there has been more of a ""tie,"" Plumer backs this up quoting that ""In that case, the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president."" In short, if the Electoral College fails, they have Mommy and Daddy to back them up. In this case, the simpler route would be to have the election dependent upon popular vote.

In conclusion, it would appear as the electoral college is ""unfair, outdated, and irrational."" This goes to prove the electoral college has no place in deciding our votes for us.    ",4
"Driverless cars would be expensive with all of those sensors? Also not every one is going to have a diverless car so if a accident happens will the person with the car that has a driver have the fault for it? Driverless cars are maybe coming but will every one allow it to happen.

I think how cars right now are fine they make it easier for us while on the road with safty and other things. Sensors are expensive period but a lot of sensors on one car, Cars now are expensive enough already. How much will they cost while being driverless.

Also cars are fast and slow, what kind of cares will be driverless. Will there be driverless racecars and semi trucks with heavy loads be next on the list?

Now talking about people with and without driverless cars. Let's say two cars are on the same road heading toards each other on a sharp turn. One care has a driver and one has no driver. The driverless car hits the car with the driver. So will the driver of the non driverless car be at fault for the accident. And gets all the bills. Or will the person or manufacture of the driverless car get the fault as the article says. If the manufacture is at fault the company would have to recall all of models of that car after a certin amount of accidents with those models of vehicles.

When driverless cars come we have to be prepared for it, everyone will. The Drivers, Manufacturers, Law makers, and other drivers without the driverless cars. So do you think driverless cars should come in to play?",2
"In my opinion i think that driverless cars are a waste of time and they are also a waste of money and besides that half the people in america make minimum wage and would never even be able to afford one because they would be really expensive because they would have alot of technology so that they would be able to drive without a driver

One of the main problems with these driverless caars is that what if you were to get into a car wreck while havin the auto-pilot on and alot of damage is done to the other persons ar who would take the blame for it the driver or the company that made the car,there would have to be alot of new laws made going towards the driverless car like what happens if the gets into a wreck when its on auto-pilot

Another thing is how would the cars be able to know when they were at a red light or a stop sighn or in a constructin zone and how would the cars know how to talk to eachother and tell other cars around them thatr they are about to turn or something or when they are about to come to a stop there would have to be alot of sensors on the car and there you go again wating more money on something that is pointless but thats just my opinion",2
"How you ever been in a traffic jam? Where you find yourself late for work and overly stressed and tensed. This leads many people in thinking of a life without cars, of a place where loud honking and angry people aren't the norm. Well in places like Vauban, Germany peole have decide to smear the lines of the ideal suburban community by banning cars in the district.

The term ""car free"" zone never got more realistic then the streets of Vauban, where more than 70 percent of people have given up the tradition of owning a car. According to ""In German suburbs, life goes on without cars"" many people see this new way of life extermly effective. ""When I had a car I was always tensed"", states Heidrun Walters. Heidrun is a local from Vauban who found herself happier walking around then being behind a vehicle. Residents in Vauban believe that bicycling and walking are more effective for themselves and the enviroment. This leaves the question on how cars are able to be used in a district like Vauban; where ther are no garages, street parking, or driveways. Even though there are few car owners in the district you can buy a car space for 40,000.

Although Vauban bans cars for the sheer annoyance ot them, other places like Paris have a more enviromental issue with cars. In Paris, the amount of smog has became so outrages officials have given ciztens in the parisian streets a temporary ban to help clear the air of pollution. Many drivers felt that this ban was unfair and discouraging, so up to 4,000 ciztens were fined for using there car. Since Ftrance is a Diesel fuel community, researchs are blaming the diesel for the smog problems. Even though the difference for the use of diesel more than gas can be the problem, who to say that the smog will stay gone?

Some countries have taken to this new trend of no cars and make a day out of it. Such as Bogata, Colombia has speard the idea throughout South America- causing milions to travel by walking and using bicycles. The main idea of this program is to promote alternate transportation and reduce fog, says the article ""Car free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogato"". The turnout for this day was so large two other Colombian cities joined in. ""It's a good opptunity to take away stress and lower pollution"", said local businessman Carlos Arturo who joined and rode a two seated bicycle with his wife. The ethusiastic outcome made on lookers from other countries stare with awe.

America, who's ciztens are known for driving expensive cars has begun to broaden it's fews on the ideal Utopia. According to ""The End of Car Culture"", many Americans have been buying less and less cars as  the years progress.  Some of this new rrefinery stems from the recession, when many people couldn't afford a brand new car. Sociologist believe America is taking a permnant shift in it's cultural stand point. Along with pop cultures help, reseachers believe that it allows people to be more connected without driving to meeting their friends. This only futher shows that the worlds outlook on life has opened to new and intresting ways.

Whether it's giving up cars all together, or having a national day dedicated. People all around the world have began to look at new and improved way of living. Some countries are even becoming inspired by others who have found that a more car conservative life can be better, and places like Paris have seen that without cars their enviroment could be a lot more cleaner and effective.                        ",2
"In the passage the author supports the idea of studying venus even though how dangerous it can be. He gives good reasons to pursuit the space journey to venus, He talks about how we can possibly make the trip happen. an lastly he talks about the cons of going to venus.

In the passage the author talks about some good reasons to go to venus, for example it has some simular features that are like earths like rocky sediment, valleys and mountains an even crater. He also mentions that venus could of been even more simular to eath a very long time ago with oceans and lots of open eater areas.

The author also talks about how we can make trip happen with a blimp like device. He mentions that NASA has a idea for sending humans to study. They could possible do that by floating a blimp in venus's amosphere studying the planets surfaces and structure. Saying it would be like how we fly jets over storms to pass them easier.

For the last reason the author supported this idea well is that he had good facts for the other side of the arguement. For example he used facts like the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. Also that no space ship has landed on venus in 3 decades. and for last he states that venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system.

In conlusion the author of the story "" The Challenge of exploring"" supports the idea of going to venus very good by statign many facts. He states facts about both sides of the arguement which is very good for supporting his opion.         ",3
"Hi I'm Luke. If you have read my story good. If you havent you should you can fonf it at your local book stor. Now that you and I know this we can get starter on how you chould participate in Seagoing Cowboys. Now folow along with me.

In paragraph 1 I stated that my frenbs invited me to go to Europe on a cattle boat and I said yes of cores. I woulb sujest you invest in that right now. Dont tell me no! Ok let me trie to convinse you at lest. Well of you know I will relat to my story. Make sure you keep up.

First of all in my day their was a lot of war that just ended like states in paragraph 2. But as you know that did not stop me from going on this oportunity of a life time I it wont stop you. Bake to the story Seagoing Cowboys toke care of horses, young cows, and mules. Taking care of thies animals is hered but fun to I am sure you would like is. On to paragrasph 3 though 5.

You know how and wen they reseaaves their orders to go to Oreans. Oh lit me tell you the traveling is my beat part. You get to get away from the family. The vew is wonderful it almosts takes away the smel of fish. The way they travel the aninals is dificalt. But it works.

You will unber stand is I start hopping around because onistly some of this is easy to comprehend. In parigraph 6 though 9 it talks about how tong it takes. On the water it may seem long but it is not. Once you get on land or water it may feal weared but you wil get yse to it. It also talks about how long it takes on land to. I bont recal missing home because oh all the fun.

Well I know you wont to go cattel boating now. Hold-up I know you are lieng . Don't you go and lie to me know. Thank you for telling me the trueth know. Well I hop you have as much fun as I did. But I bont have to hope I know you will and you do to. By!",2
"I think that in a world with cars that drive for you would be a lot better. Because you wouldn't have to study so much for your drivers test or to get your permit. Because it takes awhile to get all the signs correct and the test it self correct. It says that there are cars that have been driven more than half a million miles without a crash. And every year and day there is car crashes somewhere.

It says that google cars aren't truly driverless, they still alert the driver to take over pulling in and out of driverways or dealing with complicated traffic issues. For me that would be so much easier because to be honest I am too scared to get my own car and to be able to drive on my own, there are so many signs that you need to know, and you need to know how the road works.

Having a car that is able to do almost everything for me is better than me doing it on my own, it's also less stress on studying all of the signs. The only bad part about this is, it would be hard for me to even trust a car that does basically everything on its own. So like it has a mind of its own.

I personally wouldn't get bored waiting on my turn to drive because it wouldn't really be a problem for me at all. Maybe you can listen to music while your in the car that way it can help you not be so bored. And take you where you want to go without falling asleep.

I also think there would be a lot more people getting their drivers license because driverless cars pretty much do it all for you , that means less car crashes. ",3
"It might be valuable, because it would be easy to see if a student is bored or confused. That might help around the class a bit, especially if a student lies if they know a certain subject everyone just learned, but that certain student either didn't pay attention because they were bored, or they were just confused about the subject. With this technology, you can help them out and maybe it would be efficient.

In the article it says, ""You can use the technology to see if a student is bored or confused."" Since that was said, I think it would be a good idea to use that in a classroom. Like I said in my claim, a student might be lying, so using this technology might help out you and your student.

In conclusion,the technology is helpful and can probably help out other people too, not just students. People can lie about their mood and can feel down, but if you use this technology, you might see that something is wrong with the person because of how they feel, and you might be able to help them out. This technology is helping the world become a better world.",2
"The Facial Action Coding System was created to help know what your feelings are and even help students in the classroom to them learn easier. This sytem has six basic emotions that it will be able to recognize from your facial expression. While some may think that this may not be a helpful system, this could help many others with their studies in school and others just in general to know what they may like or how they are feeling.

This system may not be totally reliable in the beginning of the process but by the time the bugs have been delt with and the researchers have maade sure that the system is precessing to the best of its ability this could potentially become the most helpful system in helping others in school and even outside of their schooling work. ""'A class room computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,' Dr. Huang predicts."" Many may think that this machine could cause problems with teaching but the upside is that this would be able to detect what the student may be strugglung with that the teacher may not know how to handle what they may not be getting.

Every student in school struggles with something that they may have been taught from English, science, to math all of these have at least one student that may have a harder time learning how to solve problems, write essay's, and even make certain reactions happen in science but with this system students may learn faster or at least it would help them learn in a way that they could understand. ""'Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.'"" If this could help students in school with what they are learning and help them understand it better image what could be done with this with a more advanced system.

The better reseachers can make the system the more it will be able to do. This could help disabled people with learning or even make them happier. If the Facial Action Code System can help students in school with understanding certain elements of what is being taught, this could ultimently help disabled kids and even teachers to know the best way to handle what the kids understand and what they don't. The teacher may doing what they can to help diabled children and even adults but these people work slower that normal people do and with this teacher can find out the best way that disabled children or adults can learn.

The Facial Action Coding System may not be valuable to some but this can be extremely valuable to other in schools and maybe even at work. This system can help many people understand what is being taught or even help diability children that may learn a faster way and the teachers may not know that. Many people no matter what they are doing this can help them with problems at school, work, and just in general to understand or make learning easier.",4
"Driverless cars sounds like a good idea, but if you really think about it, is it really? A car that can drive itself could come with many other problems. Personaly I don't think its that good of an idea. In the following paragraphs I will be explaining why I am not for driverless cars.

Basically driverless cars are controlled automatically by like a computer. Think about all the times you've had an issue with things messing up with your computer or cellphone. If smartphones have technical problems some times, what makes you think a smartcar won't? Imagine driving on a busy street or a highway and something going wrong with the car and you not being able to control it. Someone could end up seriously hurt, or dead.

In the article it says how the car would still need the drivers assistance in situations such as navigating through work zones or around accidents. I feel like because this car is designed to steer, accelerate, and brake for themselves the driver would be less aware while on the road and if for any reason needed to take charge of the wheel they wouldn't do it fast enough because they are not being as focused on the road as they would be with a normal car you drive yourself.

Also, if these cars were to start being more used there would have to be more laws made in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. They would have to see who would be held responsible, the driver or the manufacturer and that just makes everything more difficult. There would have to be a lot of work put into these cars being able to be used.

I don't think technology is advanced enough for a driverless car to be completely safe. Cars controlled by a person aren't even completely safe, a car controlled by a computer definitely isn't. The technology could fail and people could end up severly hurt. There could be many problems for the drivers and manufactures of these cars. Maybe one day in the future there could be driverless cars but I don't think right now is the time.                                ",3
"Why do we want to have driverless cars? There are still things that the driverless cars cannot do themselves. Are they safe? Are driverless cars good for the people? In this arguement These are some of the quesions I'm going to answer in my opinion.

In the future could cars actually drive themselves? That is a question we cannot answer at this time. Right now cars can drive themselves, but not in every situation. In paragraph 2 of the artical it states "" Google cars aren't truley driverless; they still alert the driver to take over..."" The ""driverless"" cars are not so driverless. They alert you when pulling in and out of driveways, when complicated trafic issues occur, and when there is roadwork. The car will alert you in any situation where human abilities are needed. In some cars they have sensors that can sense when to stop, or if there is something the driver did not see to stop for. In paragraph 4 it states ""... uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rear view window...."" They have the sensors for all different things while the car is in motion. But how does that help the car be driverless?

In some cases the ""driverless"" cars are safe, but remember the car is controlled by a computer. It can still shut down and crash. In paragraph 2 it states ""... cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash..."" What happends when the car reaches one million miles? Would is shut down and crash? We don't know that because the text in the artical doesn't state that. Would someone want to have a car that could drive itself, but the human still had to be aware of the road? What if the car is on the highway and alters the human, but the human is sleeping? What if the human wasn't paying any attention to the road? That is a safety hazard. In paragraph 7 it states ""... the human driver must remian alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires."" What person is going to pay attention to the road if the car can drive itself? Paragraph 2 also states ""... 2013, BMW ... development of ""Trafic Jam Assistant""... car can handle up to the speeds up to 25 mph."" What person can't drive at 25 mph? Why would these cars be any safer than a regular car?

Why would anyone want ""driverless"" cars if they really can't drive by themselves? Would any human want to wait their turn to drive their car at 25 mph? Would the human driving the car got into an accident and they were not the one driving? New laws would have to be made for those situations. New roads would have to be worked on so that the new ""driverless"" cars could work. Woud anyone go through all of this trouble just so that we could wait our turn to drive our own cars? I don't think anyone would want that. So why do we need driverless cars? Just to be lazy, or to just drive at low speeds? I don't think that I would want to be lazy and drive at 25 mhp for my car to be ""driverless."" Would you?",4
"I promise you, this landform on Mars called ""The Face"", is just a natural landform. The only picture that really looks like a face is the picture NASA took in 1976, now we have better technology to show the landform better. A few reasons why we now know that it is just a natural landform are: scientists figured out that is was just another Martian mesa and NASA took another picture in 2001 where it shows the landform in high definition. To learn more about these things, keep reading.

My first reason is soon after the 1976 picture was taken ""scientists figured out it was just another Martian mesa, common around Cydonia."" Now I know what you are going to say, ""What made the landform look like a face?"" The reason the landform looks like a face is because this mesa has ""...unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptiam Pharoah."" After this got out, most people who still believed that it is a landform created by aliens said that it was taken on a cloudy day in Mars and ""...perhaps alien markings were hidden by haze.""

My last reason is that when they went back to see the face later on a cloudless day in 2001, the picture revealed that the landform was just a butte or a mesa common around the American West. ""'It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,' says Garvin."" After this picture was released most alien believers, believed NASA.

In conclusion, I hope you realize that this Face is just a mesa and not a alien form, although it is okay if you do. I am not here to change you opinion. NASA has spent years and years studying this landform. People should not always listen to conspiracy theories, they are not always right. Through all of this proof they have, I sure believe them that this is not an alien created landform, it is just a mesa or butte.",4
"The auther supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers very well. He gives very good point and tells us why we should study Venus given the dangers that come with. He says, ""On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater then what we experience on our own planet."" This quote is is talking about the dangers that might come. He is showing us that Venus is not like earth and will be hard to study.

In paragraph 3, the auther says, ""Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun. In this sentence he is giving another danger to look at. The auther says that it is too hot and is a challange that they have to face.

The reason that he gives us of why it is imortant to study Venus despite of all the dangers is that there might have been life in Venus. In paragraph 4, The auther states, ""Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life."" This is imortant because we don't know if there was life on Venus. The auther supported the idea that studying Venus is a worth pursuit desite the dangers it presents.",1
"Safetey is first, that is one thing that everyone want sespecilly in cars. Many people don't get that the idea of industries or companies making these smart cars is to help the enviorment by reducing the fuel use. Reducing fuel makes the enviorment more clean. There would be less cars and many of those cars are going to save the enviorment. I'am with the making of smart cars because the safety the car is going to have, saves money, and the smart car can save the enviorment.

Car safety is one of the most impartante things. When a person buys a car safety is one of the things that people want more. The smart car has advianced technology that can indicate that a probleam is going to happen. Sensores are being involved with this smart cars, sensors can help do something that you can not do because you are doing something else. Sensors can help you to decress the chances that someone has. The smart car would have more protection to stellers or accidnts acure, these cars heve camras that can help incase of an accidents. And last smart cars would have a computer that has all the rules of driving that would allow it not to speed or do a wrong turn and even more.

Many people have jobs far away from their homes. People want cars that can waste less oil for more miles. Smart cars reduce helf of what a normal car does. If fuel is wasted less then many products will reduce their price and many people would have to waste less money. People would save money and would have smart cars instede of normal cars. The economy would grow and people would be less poor then they are.

The enviorment is getting to bad from the worlds global warminng that is incressung thanks to all the pollution humans do. Smart cars have the capabillity to use oil. There would be less oil wells in the whole world. Oceans would be less contimanated then they are know., ocean animals would die less. Many small towns or places would have less water probleams then they do know.

Smart cars would do a big change in the world thanks to the oil reduce of the cars. The world would have a better way of life. I agree with smart cars because these cars would make a diffrence for everbody and for the world.  ",3
"I am against this topic. I am against this topic, because I think it will distract the students. I say this, because they will be trying to change their emotiones to get diffrent things. I think it violates their privacy and other things. Now days it tis not hard to hack into a computor and take pictures of the person on the other side.

This FACS thing will probaly encourage the person to hack into a computor and change the pop ups or the emotions based of the other persons emotions. It could lead to people making the computor say special things to make a person happy about themselves, but it could lead to them talking the other person to meet them outside school. What is your thoughts?

I am strongly against this topic, because if I was a parent I would not want my kid using this product. I say this, because there are a lot of creepy, crazy, and a stalker. It could be used to lead the child to do a surtain thing. The pop ups chould lead the child to see or do bad things. The pop up could be changed by a hacker if they want. They could tell them to do drugs or drink under age. This is all bad for a kid. I would never want my kid to do any of that if I was a parent. I would never want my kid if they were old enough to drive and get drawn into drinking by a pop up ad and then kill someone, because they where drinking and driving.

Another reason I am against this is for the teachers side of things. Say you where a teacher and had FACS on the computor and all your students where changing their emotions to get diffrent pop ups. There your students are destracted and are not listening to your lecture or lesson for the day. Then you have to stop class and get onto the students. Then you may have a kid tell his mom or dad you yelled and told the class to stop goofing around. With their emotions. Then they call the school and you then have to go to a meeting about what happened. Then you will have to try not to get into trouble by the state or you head leader. This could cause a lot of disruptions in the class and they will not get the education that they are there for. I am not saying that there is not already a lot of destractions alreadyby phones, talking, and chromebooks. It is not going to be as bad as emotion based pop ups.

For the muscle and painting part of the passage. I think it had no relavents to the main idea of emotion based pop ups. Back then when the Mona Lisa was painted they didn't have computors or advanced technology. It could of been stated a little bit diffrent. Like"" Mona Lisa never rarly smiled, but now as technology advanced and we now know that muscles change our facial emotions.""

It then could help the scientific side of the FACS. Like now we know that your muscles help you change facial emotions. This then could help us then have more emotion based pop ups. This may sound like I am for they FACS, but I not for it. It is a vilation of privacy. What if the kid is having very bad thought like death or harm. Which is a very bad thing in teens today. This could lead to those bad pop ups again.

All in all I thing this FACS should be outlawed in the U.S. and other countrys. I thing it could be used in a bad way. If I was a parent I would never ever let my kid use this FACS. I thing it coul sway my kids thinging and ideas. Also it would affect why they are at school. I sent them to school for an education, so they can get a could job. If I was a parent I would never want to see my kid on the crime life.

What are your thoughts? I am a strong against this topic.",4
"""Unmasking the Face on Mars"". NASA took a photo of Mars and what they found would change the world. NASA on 1976 took a photo of Mars, nothing odd right except this odd looking thing that looked like a face. Many scientist thought it was just a land mass that happen to look like a face but the people around the world though of it as an aliens doing.

This idea is wrong in many levels for instant years later they took another photo and it shows that is was nothing but a butte or mesa, but this still did not stop people thinking other wise. What more do they want, we showed them prove and photos that it was just a normal land mass nothing more. The people weren't statisfied though they thought it was just a cover up, yet NASA would be better off if there was , so why would they hide it if they would be better with it.

The idea that the face on Mars was aliens is nothing but nonsense. We really should be doing other things than trying to prove this as true. Does this say that their is not any other beings in the universe no, but this is just a normal land mass found on Mars nothing more nothing less, Or MABEY this is what they want us to think, nahh. ",2
"I would tell the person that the ,famous face, on Mars, is a natural land form and not created by aliens.

In 2001, the Mars Global Surveyor took pictures of Cydonia, where the face was located, and the pictures show that the face was actually a butte ,or a mesa.

The face actually became popular in the mid 70's and had many conspiracies behind it. When the first picture released to the public, it quickly gained traction with fans. The picture was taking by Viking 1, when it was snapping photos for it sister ship Viking 2. After releasing the picture to the public, it became extradonarily popular, the face was starring in movies, books,magazines, and even radio talk shows. Then rumors started to spread that NASA

was hiding the fact that there was life on Mars.

In September 1997,NASA's number one priority was to photographing Cydonia, where the face is located, when the Mars Global Surveyor arrived at Mars. So on April 5, 1998 the Mars Global Surveyor took a picture of Cydonia. When the pictured appeared online at a JPL website, thousands of people were dissapointed that it was a natural landform and not some type of a alien monument. But there was still some belivers out there and said that Cydonia is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude,on April 98', which is a cloudy time of the year

for Mars. They also said that perhaps the alien markings were hidden by a haze.

Three years has went by and the Mars Global Surveyor finally drew close to Cydonia. It was a cloudless summer day,so therefore it couldn't be an excuse for a haze or clouds to be blocking the alien markings. After NASA had set up the Mars Global Surveyor in a spot to get the face in a pefect position, they caught a photo usuing the camera's absolute resolution. The picture caught Mars equivalent of a butte or a mesa.

In conclusion, the face was a natural landform,that resembled that of a human face. Also, the face was a big pop icon and gave people the idea that there was some type of lifeform in ,the Red Planet, Mars.   ",3
"The face found on Mars is just a natural landform. It is considered a natural landform because there is no proof that aliens made it. We also have yet to find any type of life form on Mars. They have investigated this face since 1976 to 2001.

There is no real evidence or proof that an alien made that face on Mars. It was first noticed in 1976. It could have been there way before then. Its a natural landform because as the planets move around the sun that could make the land make any type of shape that no one has any control over. There is also no proof that aliens are real either so it could really be from anything.

When NASA first spotted this face, they didn't have the best cameras back then. Once it got to the media everyone was coming up with there own theories about how the face got there. NASA caption noted it as a ""huge rock formation which resembles a human head formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth."" Thhe public took it out of hand and said it was created by aliens and didn't have any real evidence.

On April 5, 1998 when they flew over the planet for the first time and got a sharper picture of the face, the picture revealed that it was a natural landform. There was no evidence or proof that an alien made it.

In conclusion, the face found on Mars is just a natural landform formed by shadows and gives off illusions. It was most likely formed because of the planets spinning on the axis around the sun. The sun and other weathers, such as rain and snow can cause the land to form into anything from erosion or deposition.    ",3
"We have been fascinated on driverless cars since the late 1950s.There is both pros and cons when it comes to the aspects of driverless cars. Sergey the google cofunder envisions a futeer with a public transportation sysytem theat would use half the fuel of a taxi .The car would even have more flexability than a bus .driverless cars could fundamerntally change the world. But there are roadblocks that lies ahead for driverless cars

The companies that are making driverless cars for example, General Motors created a special test track that has electrical cables in them that send radio signals to the front end to the car. The road systems worked really well surprisingly but was to exspensive to build .So google modified the toyota prius with sensors on the wheel ,the roof , and a gps receiver.and a internal motion sensor the car had ther skill of a human driver behind the wheel.

Even though, the car could basically drives itself it could not handle such things like work zones and around accidents.the car simply notifys the driver to take over but how would the driver remain focoused on the raod? Why would annyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver? . The aspects of

automation is really challenging because wouldnt drivers get bored waiting for there turn to drive?

Safety is aslo a very big concern such as keeping drivers,passengers and pedestrians safe. We know safety is best when the driver is alert and in control at all times so how would that happen if they arent driving most of the time?There are not even any liability laws yet so if the technology fails who would be acccountable the driver or the manufactuar? In some states it is illegal to even test computer driven cars . so is it as safe as we thought it woul be?

The devlopment of the driverless stretches ahead of us. we grow closer to finding the answers that we need to figure out if the autonomous is truly right for us .Even though,its some good points that need to be figured out about the driverless car.But it wouldnt be truly right until we get them all figured out.until then we get closer to that destination every day.",4
"Luke Bomberger had no idea his life would change so soon after his high school graduation. Until his friend Don Reist invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat. Luke couldn't say know. He knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime.

Then the UNRRA hired ''Seagoing Cowboys''to take care of the horses,young cows,and mules that were shipped overseas. Luke then says''besides helping people,I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special.

Later on it opened up the world to him .""I'm grateful for the opportunity,""he says.""It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs.""And that awareness stayed with him,leading his family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many yaers.

Luke has a lot of experiences and know how places in China and Europe but Luke's favorite of all was seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special and if you were to join you might see those places to and probobly make and meet new and old friends.                                        ",2
"I think the driverless car is becoming a little to not interesting becasue it clearly says that the car still alerts the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues and they said that the car can only navigate it's self on clear road.

The driverless Cars is basically reffering to the story because people who dont got arms or legs im pretty sure they would want to drive with having to backup in and out of the drive way and not having to worry about being alerted to start driving because a so called smart car cant navigate it self through traffic you might as well drive a regular car and thats like us on a clear road and we just put our stuff on cruise control.

I really do not think this car is safe at any kind of way but i see where they are coming from but it just makes no sense to have car that cant do certain stuff to get through and i also think if its smart enough to switch lanes and stuff by its self than i think it should be smart enough

to get through traffic accidents and it definetely should be able to pull into a simple drive through and even if they was to sell the car it would cost to much only the rich could buy it.

I like the idea i really do but i wont be driving it anytime soon you never know whats going to happened to them self controlled cars espiecally if it runs off of electronic signs and stuff like that but maybe im wrong and it may turn out the greatest car ever invented in the world and eventuslly make millions of dollars but thats jusgt my opinion and my solution of the strory.

Whats the point of having a driveless car when you have to be in it while driving that absolutely makes no apart since at all.",2
"Do you think driverless cars is safer than non-driverless cars? Some people think that driverless cars ae better and others don't,but I know that driverless cars are better. There are a huge amout of reasons why driverless cars are better but I am going to name a few.

One reason driverless cars are better is because the smart cars will have the new technology. Paragraph 4 states, ""Google's modified Toyota Pruis uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel,a rotating sensor on the roof,a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror,four automotive radar sensors,a GPS receiver,and an inertial motion sensor. The most important bit of technology in this system is the spinning sensor on the roof. Dubbed LIDAR,it uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings.""All of the new technology allows the driverless are to copy the skill of a human at the wheel. The non-driverless cars doesn't really have all of this newer technology.

Another reason driverless cars are safer because within 10 years the sensors will become more complex and advanced. The sensors on the car will be able find and respond to the dangerous situations,such as rollovers or skids. Accoring to paragraph 5,""Within 10 years,those sensors had become more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers. The information for the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine,allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone.""More improvements to the sensors and computer hardware not only make driving safer but it could make the car handle more driving task by itself.

Driveless cars do has its fault too. You can't even test out a driverless car or computer driven car in most states,according to the passage. In California,Nevada,Florida. and the District of Columbia have led the country in allowing limited use of semi-autonomous cars,as stated in paragraph 9. the government still need to make new traffic laws for the driverless cars too. For example,if the driverless car is crashing by itself and someone gets injured who is responsible for the injuries.

In conclusion,driverless cars is the better and safer car because they will have sensors on them and the new technology. With the driverless cars the driver can just relax and let the driverless car do the work. The driverless car will be way more advanced than any other non-driverless car.",4
"I will have to say no because you can't use technology to see someone emotional. what if you try to see if someone is happy but it come up with an erorr on your computer. like ib the text said that some comupter can't do it. so i say why can't some comupter can do it.

so what i think is that technology can't tell show how we feel. how we feel can't be calculat by technology. in some people may say that it is not right to think that technology can so how we feel. sometime technology can like stop working what are we going to do now that it's not working know more. what i think is that this is not smart todo because what if technology chage what they are feeling like lying to them like that are really happy but it change to say that they are sad but they are not.

so tell me this what do you think we should do keep on leting technology teel us how we feel or go deep down in your heart in tell yourself how you really feel. but i don't thing that the people that say yes we should let technolgy tell us what we should feel. they are never goingto give up on leting technology tell them how they are going to feel.",2
"Senator i argue that the state shouald change the system to change the election by popular vote. The people say its unfaire the way the vote for president.

But on the outher hand in peragraph ten it states that the electoral college voters vote dont go to the president,but they go to state electorsm, who in turn elect the president. this may seem fair but its unfair to voters. Becase of the winner-takes-all system and in each state candidates don' spend time to know who they are electing.

First of all not only are candidates wanting to vote for the person thay want to they dont have a chance popular vote wont win.

but on the outher hand elctoral vote seem to work out for some candidates. Voters in presidentialelections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think that single vote may decide an election.

i belive that bob dole was right to abolish the electoral college it makes it fair to the candidates.                          ",2
"Unmasking the Face on Mars

The ""face"" on mars has been a very common or popular story, when 25 years ago viking 1 spacecraft snapped a photo of what looked like a two mile long ""face"" that seemed to be staring back at the camera. Many were suprised and shocked at the sight and many conspiracy theorist belived it was a alien artifact but scientist found and believed it was an martian mesa common enough around Cydonia. It takes the shape of a face but also unusual shadows made it out to look like an egyptian pharoh when mesa's were more commonly found proving the ""face"" theory uncredible.

At NASA we feel like the ""face"" found on mars is just a natural land mark or a mesa. At NASA we think it is a lava that takes form as an isolated mesa. Although it looks like a face and some theories say it is bona fide evidence of life on mars, we have factual evidence to believe it is a mesa like in the snake river plain in Idaho and also commonly found on Cydonia around where the ""face"" was.

Yes, the landmark resebles a face and shadows make out a eyes, nose and mouth shape to also contribute to the illusion that it could be thought of as proof of aliens or alien civilizations on mars but, there is really no for sure credible evidence that could explain and prove it is an 100% acual bona fide face. It is more likely and more proven to be a simple mesa such as some of the mesa landmarks on earth. Along with the people who feel it is an alien artifact some scientist also believed it was indeed an alien artifact also but sadly it is not altough at NASA we wish we could uncover an Alien civilization on Mars.

In conclusion, this ""face"" is nothing more than a Martian equivilent of a mesa or butte. Although the popular suspition and popularity of it being a ""face on Mars"" it is nothing more than a landform that is also common around the American West. Not only that but, Skeptics and authors felt it would be a good way to attract attention to Mars which could lead to the truth being streched without physicl evidence to back up their theories.",3
"if our sister planet is so inhospitable why are scientists

even discussing futher visits of it surface.Astronomers are facinated by venus because it may well once have benn the most probaly covered largely with ocean and clound could supporte various forms of life just like earth.today Venus still has some a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys mountains and craters furthermore recall that venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit a crucial consideration given the long time frames os space travel the value of returning to venus seems indisputable but what are the options of waching such a missions both and scientifically productive.

The national aeronaustic and space administration NASA has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus NASA of possible solution to the hostile condition on the surfaceof Venus would allow scientist to float above the roiling venusian landscape.Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditionsby staying up and out of their way.thirthy plus miles above the surface temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degress fahrenheit

but the air pressure would be plentiful and radiation would not exceed earth levels not easy condicion but survivable for humans

however peering at venus from a ship orbiuting or hovering safely far above planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light canoot penetrate the dense atmosphere rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective more importantly researchers cannot take samples of rock gas or anthing ele from a distance therebefore

Venus wold need to get up close and challenges many reseachers are working oon innovation that would allow our machines to last long anoungh to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of venus

stiving to meet the challenge presented by venus has value not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself bul also because human curiosyti...   ",3
"I think you should join the Seagoing Cowboys because, You get to see and visit many cool or weird places that many people may never get to see in their life. You have a lot of free time after you clean the stalls, feed, water and groom the animals. With a lot of free time on your hands you have a lot of time to play games such as, Volleyball, Baseball and other games. A cool thing I have learned about being a Seagoing Cowboy is like me, If you turn 18 while on The Seagoing Cowboy progam, and you're able to be drafted, if you do manage to get picked, being on the Seagoing Cowboys Program counts as Military service.

When you join the Seagoing Cowboys you help people in need. You help people in need of food, and suplies to survive. Being a Seagoing Cowboy opens the world up to you and makes you relise that there all many people all over the world that need help. The UNRRA signed people who didn't have very good jobs or good pay and made them Seagoing Cowboys to help others trying to recover from wars and other disators.

While being a Seagoing Cowboy I had to check on the animals every hour to three hours. Cleaning stalls and feeding all the animals takes up a long period of time. You had to get down loads of bales of hay and oats which ment you had ot be strong. You also need to be careful around the ship and being on the ship, you could get hurt by one of the animals or something could happen to you like what happend to me, I fell down a slippery ladder and got caught by a metal peice hanging on the boat, I did crack a few ribs but I didn't fall into the ocean.

It takes long periods of time to go from country to country or from state to state, or even to the other side of the world to help someone in need, so you need a lot of paitcene for those long periods of time being a Seagoing Cowboy. Caring for the animals while going to diffrenet places kept me very busy, whilst still having planty of free time while abord the SS Charles W. Wooster. It takes bravory and gut to be a Seagoing Cowboy, being on the ocean for very long periods of time, not being able to see your family, not having the greatest of food and resorces, all to help other countrys, or states in need.   ",4
"Dear State Senator,

Perhaps you may know about the 'electoral college'. In my point of view, I would keep the electoral college because it's better and the process has been the same in decades. So why change it?

The Electoral College is better because it's more fair. In the story, What Is the Electoral College?, it tells how the voting for president and vice president works."" one for each memeber in the house of representatives plus for your senators"" Meaning the state votings plus the the number of members in the Congressional delegation. Also in the the story, What Is the Electoral College?, it states "" Each candidate running for President in your state his or her own group electors""...... ""but state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are"".

In other words, canadiates that are running for President have their own people to elect them but the state laws say that candidates are suppose to be elected by their responsibilities. Even though other say "" the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational"" I think it is fair for how they process the Electoral College because it let's the candidate that you or that your state is voting have the opportunity to make some changes in the world.

Sincerely,

PROPER_NAME.    ",2
"Everyone knows what landforms look like. So why when everyone sees an object on Mars they automatically assume it is a face. It is just a natural landform on a different planet then everyone else. Just like if some random person lived on the moon which is not possible, and they see a face looking object, does not mean it is a face. It could just be crater holes. Craters are a reasonable and convincing explaniation. A crater could have hit Mars without anyone knowing. Convincing someone that the Face is just a natural landform is very hard because NASA has got everyone thinking different.

If everyone is thinking what NASA is saying how is anyone suppose to figure out what it really is? Everybody need to convince each other that it is just a landform. Who would believe that anyone is living on Mars. After all, there is not any oxygen there, so how would any humans survive? Very few "" Scientist believed the Face was an alien artifact."" Even scientists do not believe that it is any type of living thing on Mars. If scientists do not believe why should anyone else. After all, they are the ones studying the planets and atmosphere for us.

When scientists study our planets they also study our moon. Our moon has a bunch of craters. Which means they study craters too. Scientists know craters well enough to know that they can hit anywhere at anytime. Craters can make any type of shape or size even if you do take a quick picture of it. Pictures could be mistaken. It could make things bigger, or even look like some other things. Like if you took a picture of the "" Face"" "" What the picture actually shows is the Martain equivalent of butte or mesa--landforms common around the American West."" It even looks like landforms. Just like the ones here on Earth in the West. Once they cleared up the picture taking in 2001 they saw that it looked liked landforms here. So it is very likely that it could have just been a mistake. If the scientist do not believe that it is, or if it looks like landforms.

All the information in the article and in this essay shows some good points. Landforms could form anywhere. One could have just struck Mars one day. Or the camera could have just taken a mistaken picture. Either way scientists do not think it is any sign of a living breathing thing. No oxygen is on Mars so we would die instantly. Earth can not load some oxygen and there are not trees in Mars which means no oxygen. No life, no humans, no aliens.    ",4
"We all know about the ""Face on Mars"". The question that comes to mind is; is the face real? Or is it just some sort of natural occurance? Some people out there think that it was created by beings that lived on Mars. Others believe that the face is a natural occurance.

The ""Face"" is just a landform. How do we know this? Take a long look at the picture taken of it in 1976, seems alittle blurry to tell what it is. Then take a look at the picture taken of it in 1998, as you can see, it's NOT a face. Still not convinced? Look at the picture taken in 2001, the camera used had a

high-resolution lense. Go ahead and sneak a peak. It's no face.

In fact, the ""Face on Mars"" just looks like a LANDFORM in the 2001 picture. Clearly, it's not a face. Some scientists believe that it is fact an alien artifact, but not everyone aggrees with their opinion on it. Yes, there could be life on Mars, but it's a slim chance. There's barely any water there, but what water is there is frozen, suggesting that life may have existed there in the past.

The ""Face on Mars"" has been argued over for the last twenty-five years! People, please! Twenty-five years is long enough! In addition to that, some of the people who believe that aliens created the ""face"", believe that NASA is hiding it from the public! NASA would actually BENIFIT from finding evidence of life on another planet.

Yes, the landform has some shadows that resemble eyes, a nose, and mouth. People, please just think for a moment. Why would an alien race create a face-like structure on the surface of Mars? What would the purpose of it be? How would it benifit them in building it? Why would they ONLY build a face structure? Why not build a body for it? Face it people, it's a natural landform. ",3
"People should join the seagoing cowboys because, it might be more than a adventure for you. Joining the seagoing cowboys might help you under stand the animals more better. You cold help animals like horses, young cows, and mules.

The bad thing is that you are gone from home for a while. Sometimes you could get hert when you are at the seagoing cowboys because, it is vary rainy at times. You couuld brake your ribs by checking on the animals in the rain.

The good thing is that you can have fun helping the animals. It can lead your family to have alot of vistors. You could even have fun on the boat to by unloading the animals. You might even help outher cuntrys for their needs.

The going cowboys is an long job because, you have to crose Alantic Ocean. You could vist countrys that you never visted before. On the boats you would have to cary the food for the animals.

Sometimes you would play baseball, and volleyball where the animals where hosted. You would play games to pass the time like fencing, boxing, reading and whitting. If you joined going cowboys there is alot of interesting things to do.",2
when someone driveless on cars so people can't buy them so they won't get money to pay for the cars so it can like when somebody is like looking at them driving cars. So it effeat them by trying to get cars so when ethey see that they can't get them cars are drivingless to other people they can get to pay for the cars for when tghe cars. Get people to buy them it's going to be hard for them to get one that they want for their self so when people get their cars they always want they can alll ways pay for them if they have to get one if they want if you look at somebody with a car you would say i want that car to but if they don't have no more you can't do nothing to get the car you want in your life for cars it's going to be hard for them to come up with something they want to do for them so when it come to cars you can't get your mine off of it till you get the car you want.,1
"My name is Kavontae Anderson & i am against these driverless cars. The cars are controlled by technology and basically robots. If you have a driverless car they are going to be focused on one thing, and thats getting you to where you hvae to go. That is not the only thing a good driver should be focused on. When you drive, not only do you have to focus on where you're going, you should focus on the other cars around you because you don't know what kind of drivers are out there. The fancy cars may drive by there self and have cameras but will that stop them from getting into an accident? A car can swerve over so quick and the cameras may not even notice.

Whenever they allow driverless cars in most states, its going to create aot of work for the goverment. You have to create new laws, and you would have to qualify for those laws. The best way to keep it is like we have now. We now have cars that may stop and park on their own, and personally that seems to be enough for me. Why would someone want to spend money on a robot car that just drives on its own? The only things thats doing is just making people wanna text while their car is being operated by something they don't even understand. The first reason people will most likely be in danger is the fact that they are going to feel like they don't have to do anything but just sit there. Whenever you have to just watch the rode it can get boring and you might wanna watch a movie on your phone but if you look down you might get a warning to take contol and something happens before you can even look up. Then whose fault will that be? Thats only going to get the car companies sued because the people who bought the cars are gonna be injured and want to blame the car company for warning them too late.

Cars that require drivers are better, they offer more and if you drive somewhere you can go the way you want to unlike the driverless cars, they might take you a longer way than what you want. If you drive by your self YOU can take any short cut that you want. GM has created cars that have seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger. Some people may get scared easily and a vibrating seat when the car is silent and their mind is on something else can create a panic attack, then what happens? The car and the driver can be at risk all because the seat scared them. I think that if you want to have a driverless car you should just call a taxi so you can sit in the back and have someone else drive for you. If they create driverless taxis that will cause alot of people to lose their job and that will make the crimerate to go up because they might find another job and it's gonna make them angry and wanna take their frustration out on other people.

When someone buys a driverless car they might have to take a class on that to teach them how to work with the cars operating system and thats doing too much. The point that i am gettin at is that if you need a liscense to drive and they come out with these driverless cars that a waste of your learning skills and people shouldn't even have to go through that if they are going to make you get a driverless car thats so pointless because you should have to have rquirements to operate one, and if they don't have any then i am going to stick with my arguement because self driving is more traditional and that's the way it should be.                             ",4
"I feel that the driverless cars are a great idea. It shows how much we are developing and what we can do, and also make the roads much safer. There are alot of positive aspects of the driverless cars. This could lead to many other great things!

The passage says,""Sensors cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine.'' This is a positive aspect because this will help people not get into wrecks. Alot of people and their children would be safer because of these sensors. The sensors and computer hardware are leading to more cars that can do other task by theirselves.

The driverless car has multiple sensors. The sensors will tell you if its getting to close to something. That would make it harder for people to get into wrecks. The car uses laser beams to form a 3-D model of the cars surroundings, so the car knows when to stop when it comes to close to an object.

Driverless cars have touch sensors to make sure the human has their hands on the wheel at all times. This is a very positive aspect, because if the car malfunctions then the human can take over right away and still be safe. The cars alos notify the driver when it requires the human driver's skills. This makes it even harder to get into a wreck.

There are alot of positive aspects of the driverless cars. All of the aspects are very positive and safe. Imagine not having to worry about everyone else on the roads and feeling completley comfortable in your own driverless car. These cars will make the world more developed and make our everyday lives safer. ",2
"Dear State Senator,

Many people go back and forth whether or not to keep the Electoral College or switching to popular vote to decide on who our President of the United States will be. The Electoral College just isn't a fair way in deciding who the President will be. Just because that canident won the Electoral College and not the most popular vote out of the whole country, does not mean that should be President.

The picture provided in source 3 shows a map of the ""breakdown of the number of electoral votes given to each state."" Throughout the map you can clearly see that each state does not have the same number of electoral votes as all the rest. When people go out to elect the President they have to understand that they might not be in control of that vote honestly counting. We basically aren't choosing the President we want. We are choosing the electors for that President who will be voting for you and the state. It's sad to see that even if a President does win the popular vote out of the whole country that they still, may not become President because of the Electroal College. It even says in source 2 paragraph 9 ""over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now."" If more people are against the Electoral College then there must be a change.

Along with people feeling as if their vote doesn't matter, there could be a ""disaster factor."" A disaster factor is when you vote for the candidates electors that then go and vote for the President of the opposite that you wanted. Yes is happens ""rarely"" but it still has happened. It says in source 2 ""back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors withnew electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy."" They were going to do this so that the popular vote whould not be counted for Kennedy. People have to keep in mind that if we vote for who we want as the President we are voting for electors that at any point in the election can change their mind and not vote for who you originally voted for. If electors do, do this then we have no control over it. It's like we've been told that our opinion doesn't matter or count in our country that is supposed to be free, we also have rights that prove our voice is allowed to be heard.

On the other hand like stated in source 3 people may argued that ""each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee"" but then it goes further on to say ""it is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote."" That statement proves that it is unfair and not right not just to the candidate but to the people who overall voted for them. It also says in source 3 that ""no region (Soth Northeast, etc.) has enough electoral votes to elect a president."" But it sure does play a big role in deciding whether or not the President you want to win, will win or not. Also because of states being more popular than other states the Electoral College might as well say that those states are better than others, which is not true.

Overall, the Electoral College voting method should be changed to popular vote. It will make people feel like their vote actually matters and by having a popular vote the voting throughout the whole country would be more accurate than the Electral College way. With the amount of electoral votes given to each state it isn't fair to say that each state is even. Also with the chance of a disaster factor happening, people would feel more comfortable with knowing once their vote is in it will stay that way and not be changed by something that they can't control, especially by someone else. Our voting method must change and change quick.

Sincerely,

PROPER_NAME    ",5
"In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"", the author has a very optimisstic look on the chances of touching ground and exploring Venus someday. The author includes the risk that humans would be taking by touching ground on Venus and why humans can not withstand the conditions of the surface of the planet. But, the author counteracts the risks with new ideas of technology that we can use and some alternative ways to get closer to Venus. The article is told in a professional type way by stating the pros and cons of why we haven't been on Venus yet. But, the article also gives evidence of why humans shouldn't let the cons hold humans back from someday making it to Venus's surface safely.

In paragraph 2, the author begins by creating the illusion that Venus is quite simply, ""...right around the corner..."". He also states that ""...Venus is the closet planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closet in distance too."" These two statements alone start the paragraph off with the sense that Venus is a ""simple"" planet we could explore and that is easier to access distance wise. The author then goes on to tell us in paragraph 3 the dangers of Venus and the reason why humans haven't explored this ""simple"" plant yet. He then transitions back into an optimisstic tone by curiously explaining the past on Venus and comparing Venus to our home planet of Earth. For example, in paragraph 4, he states that ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system."" This gives a sense of familiarity to the reader, that Venus is more Earth like than not. The author then goes on with the same optimisstic tone as the previous paragraph and tells us of new ideas being thought of to explore Venus. He informs the reader of the new idea of possibly floating a certain distance above Venus, but then counteracts with why that method still wouldn't be enough to get what scientists want to learn about Venus. The author then also informs the reader of new technology and even old technology from the 1800's that can withstand the conditons, being considered. He also explains how modern technology cannot withstand the conditions of Venus, such as a cell phone or regular computer.

The author then ends with the same optimisstic thinking stating that ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."" This gives the reader a sense of curiosity and hopeful thinking by portraying that Venus's obstacles aren't impossible to overcome. The author used this in a way of giving the reader hope that one day, we may be able to finally touch down on Venus. Not only land safely on Venus, but be able to explore it throughly if we keep trying and coming up with new, safe ideas. Maybe not any time soon, but progress is progress and we have to keep trying and thinking in order to achieve our goal of exploring Venus.    ",4
"I always did love taking care of animals and doing other stuff as a crew of the Seagoing Cowboys.

I am here because many people argue whether be a Seagoing Cowboys is something you should do. I believe that being a Seagoing Cowboy is worth the risk all just so you could help people and just have fun.

Helping people in need is really what matters in lfe. Its really in every human job there is. A dentist helps your teeth keep clean, a teacher helps you learn, and a mechanic helps you fix your car. Almost every human job out there is all about helping people. In my case I got to help people in need after World War II . I was in a group called UNRRA, which was a group who helped pople in animals and food supplies. I feel good now that I know I got to serve countries that were left in ruins. I am sure mighty proud that I became a Segoing Cowboy. It helped me realize that not only I need help but other people are also in need of help.

I also had lots and lots of fun while I was a Seagoing Cowboy. In case you ever got bored, there was no problem playing games. There were so many to choose from. There was baseball, volleyball, table tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling. I was so entertained. When we played games the time flew by as if it were a cheetah on the clock. There was usually no way you could have got bored with all the choices you had as entertainment. This is another reason why you should join Seagoing Cowboys.

I will warn there will be risks in doing this though. I know it sounds kind of dangerous, but I believe that it is worth it, and I would know. I once was night watchman, I had to check that every thing was going smoothly. Everything was going okay untill I slipped on a ladder and fell on my backside. I was heading for a entrance at the side of the boat, but a small strip of metal stopped my slide. I could have flown straight into the Atlantic Ocean. I also had broken ribs so I coulndn't work. Even though this happened I am still very grateful that I am alive and still helping people in need. I feel good putting my life at risk for millions of people in need.

I know that there is risk but it is worth it. You get to have fun and have a good feeling in your heart, all for just helping people in need. I am grateful for the oppurtunity, and it made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs. I do believe that being a Seagoing Cowboy is worth it. Who knows maybe you'll become the next one.                             ",4
"The Face on Mars was not created by aliens. NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft spotted a shadowy likeness of a face. Scientists figured it was another Martian mesa.

MGS flew over Cydonia for the first time on April 5, 1998. Michael Malin and his MOC captured a photo ten times sharper than the orginial photo. The image appeared on a JPL website which revealed it was just a natural landform. That meaning there was no alien monument. The pictre shows the Martian equivalent to a butte or mesa which are landforms common around the American West. It reminds Garvin of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.

It is a lava dome which takes place of an isolated mesa, the lava dome is about the same height of the Face on Mars

In conclusion the Face on Mars was not created by aliens or any other life form. It was a natural occurance on the surface and the shadows from the sunlight created spots on the ""Face"" to look like an egyptian pharoah. Therefore the Face on Mars was not created by aliens. ",2
"Dear Senator,

I think we should keep the Electoral College because it gives the people opportunities to vote for electors and presidents. If we vote for popular votes then that doesnt mean people truly know what president they want to run their country. When we vote we are actually choosing our electors when we vote for president because when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidate's electors. Some people think that the Electoral College was unfair back-then but what about now. Over seventeen sates did not see the candidates at all,Including Rhode Island and South Carolina. When you vote for a presidental candidate you're actually voting for a slate of electors. There are five reasons for retaining the Electoral College. One reason is certainty of outcome,Two Everyone's President, Three Swing States, Four Big States, and yet but not least Five Avoid Run-Off Elections. These are all practical reasons, not liberal or conservative reasons. It is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote. The Electoral College requires a presidental candidate to have trans-regional appeal. Voters are likely to be the most thoughtful voters, on average and for the further reason that they will have received the most information and attention from the candidates, and the most thoughtful voters should be the ones to decide the election. Now in my case that is wrong because wether you vote or not everyone person should have the right to see what the president is doing to their country. So, other things being equal, a large state gets more attention from presidental candidates in a campaign than a small state does. There is pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast; that pressure, which would greatly complicate the presidental election process, is reduced by the Electoral College, which invariably produces a clear winner. It can be argued that the Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state-democrats in Texas, for example,or Republicans in California. Each party selects a slate os electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee and that trust is rarely betrayed. The Electoral College is widely regarded as an person or thing in the past that cannot fit in the present. A non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the candidate who receives the most popular votes the winner.                                                                                                                            ",2
"Driverless cars should continue their development. Having driverless cars could be a major improvment on the world. The amount of crashes that occur each year could decrease, because of the reckless driving that occurs and the amount of money we give to fuel taxes will also decrease tremendously. these smart cars will lessen the dangers on the road.

Making these driverless cars will not be cheap investment. All the technology and test practices to make this car 100% driverless will take time and will cost money. But all the time and money put into this project will be worth in in the end. This car will have far better responces and control than a human could ever accomplish by themselves. As the technology becomes better over the years soon the cars will become completely driverless and will be able to detect all the dangers and hazards happening around the vehicle. Human drivers can't detect every single hazard on the road, it is just to overwhelming.

Driverless cars are the new future of cars. They are able to provide a safe enviroment for the passengers inside of the vehicle. They will lessen the amount of fuel money we put into our cars each day and protect people from dangerous drivers and road conditions. Driverless cars shoud most defintely continue their development.     ",2
"In 1976, NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft captured a picture that looked like the resemblence of a human face. NASA showed the picture to the public and it definitely drew attention to Mars. Some conspiracy theorists believe that the Face Viking 1 found is evidence of life on Mars, but NASA later came out and said that the face was actually just a landform, a mesa. I believe that the Face is a natural landform because, a clearer picture confirms this, it is similar to landforms of the American West, and NASA wouldn't hide that life was found on Mars becuase it would benefit them.

The Face was not created by aliens, becuase a clearer picture taken in 2001 shows it's just a landform. In the article it states, ""New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA's Mars Global Survey spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: A mesa."" NASA used their best equipment to make sure they would be accurate when discovering what the Face really was. Also, in the article it states, ""And so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos."" Sometimes when you see something at first it looks like something odd, but when you take a closer look it turns out to be something ordinary; that's what happened in this situation.

Another reason, why the Face wasn't created by aliens, is becuase it's just like any other landform. In the article it states, ""What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West. 'It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,' says Garvin."" Like I said previously, the Face turned out to be a landform, and the landform itself isn't something specatacular, it's just an ordinary landform. It is something that is common, that just formed like the mountains and plateaus in North America today.

Finally, a formation created by aliens would benefit NASA, so why would they try to hide that. If it was made by aliens and there really was life on Mars, wouldn't NASA be excited and telling the public about it, since it would promote their company? The answer is yes, they would, which is why I believe they are telling the truth that it is just a butte or mesa. The article states, ""Some poeple think that NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists. Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilation on Mars."" This proves my point that NASA would be be thrilled and want to tell everyone about life on Mars, if there really was.

In conclusion, I think the Face found on Mars was just simply a natural landform. There is more evidence that proves this than there is that proves it was made by aliens. Taking a closer look at it you can clearly tell it is just a landfrom, it is similar to landforms of the American West, and proof of life on Mars would benefit NASA, so they wouldn't hide that information. This shows why I believe the Face found on Mars is just a landform, and was not created by aliens.",5
"The author thinks that Venus is a worthy pursuit to discover and explore. It would be a worthy goal for humans to evolve and grow as a species and to understand that we're able to understand how to universe works. The author does claim that the study of Venus is important and that we should take the time to study and understand it better.

The first thing the author mentions about this is in paragraph four. In this paragraph the author talks about how astronomers are fascinated by Venus. He says, ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well have once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system"". This quote shows that the author suggest that Venus could be a good thing to explore to understand the solar system better and understand how Earth conditions could form on other planets. This was the first part of the text the author showed his support towards studying Venus. The next point he supports his idea is in paragraph eight. In this paragraph the author explains that striving to get a challange what humans do. They work through chalanges to evolve as a species. This is seen when the author says, ""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gainedon the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors"". This quote from the author is to show that he supports exploring Venus because it could provide humans with new knowledge that we prevoiusly didn't have and that new knowledge could help us overcome challenges in the future like new spacetravel and solar colonization attempts.

All of these things the author provides allow humans to discover ideas and inventions they have yet to discover. And expand the mindset to a more univerisal understanding way. The author wants hmuanity to take this experience because we may have to deal with something like it again. When getting to a space age humans will need to know more about the space they're trying to colonize.

The author has supported hs claim on Venus being a worthy challange for humans to occupy their minds and abilities. Trying to overcome this challange will provide us with new information that could help in the future of the race and of furthur understanding of the universe. Would help us learn to colonize the stars and to understand how different types of planets are formed, allowing use to understand the universe we live in better than we currently do.",3
"I think other people sould try help other cause they dont't have anything like ue so it unfair that they have nothing but we have all kind of things like food water after the wars some dont have home to stay in i think that we sould work together to help the homeless and the one who lost there house by war.

We sould have all the same stuff and thing as everyone else cause it ulike them to have food,water,etc,and more but we do so if they are differnet we are all the same and they sould be able to get things to it not fair that they all sould be happy as we are cause we are all human together we help each other like Luke and Don did to help that were in war and lost all there homes and their food and water.

So i think that we sould come together and help give food and other thing to the poor so they won't feel left out on all thing that are going on in America. they probly think that we are just having fun and they suffer though all kinds of thing like no real cholthes or shoes nothing and we have it all they probly are reallt skinny they can't wear anything but old cloth.

we sould put up a fundraiser and use the money to get them some new thing and work together and rebulid up their houses again os they will be safe and warm inside a home . sometime i feel like we are just need a break from all this technology and go back to books and learn things that are in our brains then when you learn how to care for other then you can go back to the way you are and e happy as will they if you are much about them.

Don and I think that they sould join a help suvice and help people who had war and lost everything they had to earn so we came and traveled every plac you can think of that had war and gave them food,water,and a home to stay at.                                                        ",1
"The author explaines how he sees it as a challenge a goal to reach, in paragraph 8, states ""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimdating endeavors."" It shows how he beileves that he could reach this goal, he's convinced that it is a worthy challenge to meet.

According to paragraph 2, no spacecraft survived the landing for over a couple hours, ""Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours."" The author issues the problem that in three decades not one spacecraft has landed on Venus, numeros issues, also Venus reputation as a unpossible mission for human study. According to the text, ""Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for human to study, despite its proximity to us."" This proves the point of why in three decades not one spacecraft hasn't landed, because it's dangerous to be around there, there's a high chance that your running into death for a study that nobody really sure about, stating that there could be a chance. That it could be somewhat like earth.

Astronomers are trying to get to Venus, because they beileve that Venus was once like earth like the factors that earth have, they beileve that Venus also have it. According to paragraph 4, "" Astronmers are fascinated

by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system."" That shows how there into studying more into Venus and going try to complete the mission that nobody has done to go to venus and study it and see if there's life in Venus. Factors that relate Earth with Venus is all the features it haves. According to the facts in the passage it states. ""The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleyes, mountains, and craters."" Author states that Venus could be are options to vist. ""Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a panetary vist, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel.

The author decribes how the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has an idea or creation to make the vist to Venus happened. NASA's solution or idea is to send humans to study Venus. They manage that goal with there plan that they think that could work. Such as decribed in paragraph 5 it says. ""NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling venusian landscape."" It explains how they plan to send humans to Venus and study Venus. That there plan to reach that challenge that hasn't been done.

Many researchers have the idea to work on there machines to last longer enough to be put in Venus and to really to study it from close enough. "" Many researchers are working on inovation that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus."" This statement shows that the plan they have to travel human and going around it isnt enough or not good enough to get the good studies in the planet, to see the true facts. NASA has been working on electrioncs that could be used in the planet perhaps from projects and expermeints. Putting them into test in a environment like if it was venus. ""NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions."" This shows how they think there could be life in Venus and perhaps step on that planet like if it was Earth.

This shows how NASA, science really want to meet this challenge and making it a goal to accomplish. There convinced that Venus is somewhat like Earth. Perhaps no one has been there for the risk for human to be there. There working on to make it happened with reasearch science. New ideas that they put to test. ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by danger and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."" This is what the author strongly describes with back up information and details. ",4
"i think it's pretty much safe for stop driving cars or give them away,and it making people looking bad in sense to .given your cars away will reduicing accidents more people will feeling safe when they walking in the streets and more parents will let their kids playing in the streets without asitated and the air will be good and everyone breath very well and more people will stop getting ticket from police.

taking some one 's cars away will hurt some people 's feeling and this idea sound good to me because some teenagers keep making some fast cars and racing in the streets and there  is some time most of them got their self killed or burning a life in the car if they can especially take those cars away it will be more safeand tey will stop dying in cars accident.

''as a result ,70 percent of vauban's families do not own cars,and 57 percent sold car to move to move here''i think those the talk about in this paragraph are acting smart,if all of those have been following those others example  sold their and take the money you could probably feeling better or let them take it away from you won't feel good.

''paris bans driving due to smog''that is the most dangerous part in driving cars when it smog in the air ,people have 55 percent chance to got yourself killing or cars crash. this idea was the greatest idea ever.                                                          ",2
"In the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it may present. The author then goes on to tell us all of his facts that back up his claim. I believe the author makes a very good point.

In paragraph 4 the author tells us even though Venus's surface had conditions five times more extreme than what we see on Earth, long ago it was covered with large oceans, rocky sediment and craters. If Venus's conditions used to be so similar to Earth then could it possibly have supported life?

In paragraph 7 the author goes to tell us that scientists over at NASA have some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating Venus like conditions.

If we can somehow develop the technology to last in Venus like conditions wouldn't it be worth it to see what mysteries it holds. We have the technology at our fingertips, all we have to do is put in the time and effort to get to Venus.         ",2
"The advantages of limiting car usage is that it reduces green house gases and it can lower pollution percentages. Instead of always using a car to make a short trip why not just ride a bike or even walk that can greatly increase cardiovascualr health and save money. If using a vehicle to go somewhere try not to use diesel it can leave greenhose gases and pollute the envirment more than regular fuel.

While using a vehicle saves time it is costly if you are traveling a long distance try car pooling to save fuel,money and the world. And there is always public transportation which is not a favorite but it is better than wasting your own fuel that should be saved in case of an emergency. Riding a car also causes great risk for injury or death which is not a something you would want happen to you or a family member. Drunk driving is one of the leading killers of children and adults.

In some countries such as France and Columbia they have car free days were you are not allowed to use your vehicle or you will be fined. Which is a very fair law considering if your country has high pollution rates or just too many cars on the road at once. If that became a law in the United States there would be widespread controversey but if the government provides transportation then it would make it better and you would be reducing pollution percentages.

Overall riding a vehicle saves time but it is not cost efficent becuase you are spending money. Every time you fill it up and polluting the world when you drive around to every once in a while use a bike. Or carpool to save time and money whcih is always a plus if your a soccer mom. And you have to travel long distances at a time .    ",3
"BANG! Imagine youself in a car, driving at a fast rate, and used as a test monkey. The author that wrote the story ""Driveless Cars Are Coming"" is very persuasive, and I agree with him throughout it all. He gave very interesting facts on how some states are saying it's illegal that companies test computer driven cars.

I also think that them states thats saying its illegal is crazy, because their basically saying they rather have people drive and test them out. In paragraph 9, they don't know if anything will go wrong with the manufature. They could end up dead up dead for all they know. The author really gives detail when he wrote this. It is a possibillity that we'll have driveless cars they way where going.

In Paragraph 2, the author tells us about how in all these movies we have with flying cars and what they can do with these cars on television can end up happening in real life. I agree with that also, because with the technology we have now, is just crazy. We going crazy with the technology. So imagine if they put all that technology into cars, we'll be having flying cars right now. We already have cars that can park on they on.

Me agreeing with the author, i couldnt have said it better than what he said because he gave so much detail and research about the cars we have now. he even stated that google has had cars that could drive independently under specific condition since 2009. SOO! Just think about it, we all the way in 2016 technology got better and they started investiong more technology into these cars. I even have an exampl, THe BMW I8 thats the most futuristic car youll ever see right now. That car has everything. so much money and technology was invested into the car, critics say once you get it its like stepping into the future.

Another thing the author gave readers that was really good, is when they first started making computer driven cars. which was in the 1950's, that let us know when they first realized they should start making smart cars or cars that can go on thier own. In the passage, the author gives us hints on where to look just incase it falls in that category. He gave fact's in each category about whats going on or whats being built. So yeah, I agree with the author one-hundred percent because he gave a wonderful agrument and it was very persuasive to me and i couldnt have said it better.      ",2
"Yes, i think that using this technology could be very useful for almost all grade levels in schools.

I get bored, zone out, and even just stop caring about a lesson in school, simply because i am just bored.

If this new software does what it said it can do and will do in the article then this is a huge technelogical advancment for our education and learning.

All kids learn in different ways and have different ways that they see things.

If the new software can personolize the learning of every student then schools wouldnt have problems with kids because they want to learn, grades and test scores would go up, and less trouble would be happening in a school.

If Dr. Huang and his colleagues can develop this emotion software and emotion science even more then the world could have a bright future ahead.

A lot of smarter generations are coming through.

But it would have to be mastered first because everyone has a different face and everyone reacts differently.

So i feel like it would be quite a task to get every single emotion down to see how a particular person is feeling.   ",2
"This story about driverless cars, shows why or why not we will end up having them in the future. It lets us readers and individuals have an opionion for if we feel comftorable about this action taking the world to a whole new level or not. There are very good points and reasons taking up on both sides of this arguement.

A few reasons why this shouldnt happen on the road has better points than what we would think. When we hear about driverless cars, we get excited because that means less for us. But we dont worry about ther consequenses it will cause. These cars still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, suach as navagating through the roadwork accidents.

They want to make new roads which would cause years of traffic.

Some goods about it when it gets all figured out is that wreck percentages may be minimized and it could take you somewhere youd need to be like the hospital or something important that you arent capable of driving to. Also sensors would be more advanced then what they are in regular cars.

Now, these are some facts and solutions to this arguement. whether driveless cars should be brought to consideration in the future or if they shouldnt. ",1
"The reason why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program is because if you do join you get to explore the world and help people while doing that. The best part is that you get to work with and help animals such as horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas. So if you like to help and have fun then this program is for you!

Also you get to go across the ocean on a ship and get to receive orders from people to go to places to help and stuff. It could take up to two weeks to get to your destination. Or even a month depending on where you are going for example if you start at the eastern coast of the United States and went all the way to china it could take up to a month!

This program is a great opportunity if you want an awesome adventure and a great time in general. So just remember the name Seagoing Cowboys if you want to join. ",2
"Almost everywhere where there is a human population, there is a major usage of cars. Cars and other vechiles are used one a day to day basis and are one of the reason most people have jobs. But what if cars could get better, cheaper, and usable for all including the disabled. This is the the future of cars; the driverless car.

In the modern world, people that are poor tend to stuggle to get a job. One of the reason this happens is because they don't have a way of getting to work on time. Sure buses and subways are the best public way of travel but they tend to take a while to arrive at your stop. not to mention the crowd of the people who also need to be on the transport. Whith driverless cars, there is a way people with small income can go to places with wait and owning a car. Google cofounder Sergey brin says that a public-transport taxi system could become reality and would use half the amount of fuel today's taxis use. Meaning the price for fair would also decrease and be easier for the wallet.

Driverless taxis will not only help the poor but also the disabled too. People who are bind or have other handicaps that would stop them from getting from place to place alone could now be able to move around freely in the driverless taxis. The cars could also have a customer service opition so if anyone needs help, they can have a person help them.

Since the cars would have a 3-D modle the surroundings, by using LIDAR, the passenger wouldn't have to worry about driving or being in danger. This would also improve the life of the police and other rescue agencies that need to speed through traffic by stopping all cars in the area or slowing them down. The whole city would be safer since most people would be using the driverless cars instead of regular ones.

In the future, the people will be safer, spend less money, and live better if driverless become reality. So far though, all attemps are not successful since a driver is still needed to do things the car can't, like navigating through work sites or accidents. But with given time and research, the idea of the driverless car will become a great improvement to the lives of many people. ",4
"Everyone has at less had one car in there life time no matter how yes it was or how old or ragidy it was it was a car that was poluting our air and giving off greenhouse gas. Now I would now what i whould do with out my car but then again there are some berifits or advantages you would have if you didnt own a car.

We  can start off on now much money you would save if you did have a car. Think about gas is about what $2.99 now right? Or lets just say your driving minding your own bessnious and some edeit rams in the back of your new Nisson 2015 car and oh lord i dont think you want to talk about how high you insurents would go up. People in Vaudan and in most of France don't even have cars 70 percent to be exact. Now its not like a law that they can't have veicals just alot of people choose not to have one. How ever if you do own a car you will have pertty much no where to put it. Street parking,driveways and home garages are actally forbidden in some areas. If you still really really want your car you have only two places to put it. One in a large parking garage at the edge of the development or two you can buy a space for $40,000 along with a home. If you never had a car you wouldn't have to spend all that money on gas,insurents,getting your car repaired/fixed,and a parking spot. That's why 57 percent of people sold there car when they moved to Vauba.

The biggest advantage you would have if you didnt own a car is that you will be giving back to mother earth. Cars are responsible for 12 perect of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and 50 percent in some car intensive areas in the United States. Cars can also be more stress then there worth having. ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,"" said Heidrun Walter. What do you think scards you the most when your dive? Getting in a car crash and seriousaly injuring yourself or worse die on inpacked right? Why don't you save the stress and the fear. Just give up you car. I know what your think what if i work far away etc? Just take the bus or better yet ride a bike to where ever you need to go or walk get some exercise and brake a little sweat. Or just take one day that we all not us own cars to just see how life would be. That's how BOGOTA got started in Colombia. They have been going it for 3 straight years. There are 7 million cizins people walked,hiked,and even skated. The only vehicals that where permitted where buses and taxis and if it rained it didn't stop them participating. Why can't we do that just for one day? If everyone just took one day that using cars I think i would make a big change.

There are many advantages we all would have if we all didn't have a car but I know it will take time for all of us to make that disitoin but hopful its soom before its to late for us and for the world.    ",4
"My fellow people and adventurers, this expierence is a once in a lifetime chance! It is extremely fun, and you get to meet so many new people! You can see sights you have never seen before! You travel the world, not only helping others, but going on a journey you will never forget! I honestly think you will enjoy it! The feeling of hepling people and exploring the world all together is a dazzling expierence! Cultures of all kinds will be introduced to you, some of the seven wonders of the world you will get to see! The feeling of the waves beneath you, as you sail the seven seas! Join me, and all your fellow friends, family, and adventerers, on a once in a lifetime expierence for yourself! Trust me it is fun!

As you sail aboard a ship, the creatures of the sea will swim by, and they almost seem to greet you! Sure, the horses need to be taken care of, but you grow a bond to loving them, and all the animals! It is a bit of a messy job, but it is worth it! I know, maybe some of you are worried about the possible dangers, but I assure you, there are none! All of us on board are here to help! There is nothing to fear!

So come along! We are waiting for you down at the docks! Join us, it is a great expierence! We're always open to have new crewmates to lend a helping hand! I am sure that you will enjoy your trip!",2
"Cars, the pride and joy of many people. They may look nice and go fast, but they hurt the environment more than most people would know. If Americans in certain places used public transit or walked, air pollution would go down by 50% in those areas. It would be better for the environment, and for the human body's health to reduce the amount they drive in their personal car.

To begin, cars are the second most cause of air pollution in the United States behind power plants. Since the end of World War II the U.S.A has been idolizing cars, and they have been focusing on the production of these cars. In Vauban, Germany there is a ratio of 3 to 10 people who own cars. Only 30% of the population owns a car, which is saving the air from quite a bit of pollution. Another event that will help lower pollution would be banning driving cars for a day or two. In Paris, there was so much smog that it was compared and even rivaled Beijing, China; which is one of the most polluted cities in the world. The people who drove their cars on this day would be fined $31 American dollars. The public transit was free of charge because it was being promoted to use, as it helps the air become less polluted. This event also happened in three Colombian cities, Bogota, Cali, and Valledupar. The ban on the cars made many people seem to be happier, and more energetic. This ban has been happening for three years now in Bogota, and other Latin American cities are now seeing the importance of it. The use of bicycles, the public transit, or even walking helps reduce air pollution in your city.

In addition to not using personal cars, walking from jobs or to the mall has seemed to make many people in these driving bans less stressful and much happier. From government officials to the commonfolk of the street, all of the Colombians in Bogota look much happier. Even rain hasn't stopped them from biking to work. One woman in Vauban, Heidrun Walter, said, ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way."" She does not own a car and lives a happy life. She even sold her car to move here, along with 57% of other families who live in the town. Not only does the relaxation of not driving make you less stressful, it also makes you get more excersize. Since 70% of Vauban's families do not own cars, we can assume that they are one of the healthiest cities in Germany or even the world. If all cities in Europe were nearly identical to Vauban then they would have only 3% greenhouse gas emissions from cars, but they would also have a much lower rate of obesity. Even in some parts of the United States, car emissions would go down by 50% which would, in turn, cause obesity to go down by a gigantic number as well. The use of bicycles and your feet would greatly reduce obesity along with increasing happiness.

Although some people may argue that people who don't own personal cars will use public transit instead and societies without personal cars will not have a decreased obesity. This may be true, but if people use public transit then they are helping the environment even more than themselves. They would still have to walk to and from the bus stops. Which will decrease obesity although it may not be in as big of numbers as we would like.

In conclusion the absence of personal automobiles would greatly reduce the air pollution in most major cities. Beijing could become it's once beautiful city, and Paris wouldn't have to ban driving because of thickened smog. The United States would also never have problems with smog, and we would also reduce air pollution by 50%. Communities like Vauban and Bogota are prime examples of people who do not need cars to survive. They are stress free, and much happier than most car driven societies. Personal cars do much more harm, than good. This is why we do not need to rely on the use of personal cars.    ",5
"I think that the use of this technology in a classroom would be very hepful. In the article the author suggests that it would be helpful to a class. The computer could see what the teacher can not.

In the article the author said that the technology could see if a student is confused. Sometimes if a student is confused they are to afraid to say anything. As a student, I know from experience that kids can be really shy when it comes to asking a teacher a question. With this technology teachers would know if a student is confused and can talk to them without everyone else making them so nervous about it.

A teacher can also help if the computer saw that something was upseting someone. Maybe this technology could help with the bullying that happens in schools by showing that a student is upset or depressed. The teachers or cousiler can talk to the student about whats upseting them.

So yes, I think that this technolgy would be valuable in a classroom. I think that the technology could help with a lot of problems in schools. It would be helpful in a lot of places and with a lot of problems.        ",3
"Dear State Senator ,

I recommand you to keep the Electoral College because , The Electoral College consists of 538 electors ,The Electoral College process consists of selection of the electors ,And each canidate running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors .

To begin with , i think the state senator should keep the Electoral College because it a fantastic college . Majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President .The District of Columbia Is Allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the Electoral College. The Electoral College is a process , not a place. The Electoral College is widely regared as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the candidate who recieves the most popular votes the winter .

The Electoral College process consists of selection of the electors , the meeting of the electors where they vote for presisdent and Vice president , and the counting of the electoral votes by congress .The presidential election is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday In November. Most states have a winner-take-all system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate. The Certificate of Ascertainment also declares the winning presidential candidate in your state and shows which electors will represent your state at the meeting of the electors in December of the election year .

Last but not least , Let me remind you that each candidate running for president in you state has his or her own group of electors .There Usually selected by the candidates political party , but state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are. Your states certificates of Ascertainments are sent tot he Congress and the National Archives as part of the offcial records of the presidential election . After the presidential election , your governor prepares a ' Certificate of Ascertainment' listing all of the candidates who ranfor president in your state along with the names of their respective  electors .    ",2
"Venus, sometimes called the evening star. Also referred as Earth's twin. Visiting Vanus is a challenge for humans to study. The cloud-draped world would be instering to see. Calling it earths twin can make be an over statement. Venus seems like the opposite of earth.

Even though Earth's twin Venus is the closest planet in terms to density and size. The closest in distance too. Venus ha a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets. Making it more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive acid in venus's atmosphere. Which these condition can be every dangerous for humans. Environment would crush a submarine.

Can be every hot actually the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solor system. Thirty milies plus above the surface, temperature would still be toasty at around 170 degrees.

Desite all the challenges Venus has, the information is every interesting. Venus may have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. The planet Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. Venus has some features that are same to Earth today.

So going to Venus could be worth going to because of the things it had. Also it was just like Earth so who knows one day Earth could end up just like Venus in the furture. Visiting Venus could help humans better understand the furture Earth.      ",3
"The devlopment of driverless cars should not be continued due to, conflicts with traffic laws, the failure and price of the technology required and the ambiguoity of who is at fault in times of accidents.

Traffic laws are designed to secure the safety of all drivers on the rode, but said laws can become irrelevant if the driver does not have complete control of his or her vehicle. The text states, ""Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers."" This piece of text evidence exemplifies how lawmakers pass driving laws with the mindset the driver is alert while on the road; however driverless cars do not require the driver to be alert, which could result in accidents in the future. The text also states, ""...traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. As a result in most states it is illegal to even test computer driven cars."" From this example we have insight on how lawmakers make laws: with the assumption that all cars have a human driver. If the human driver is taken out of the equation, then the safety of others on the road simply cannot be guaranteed with a car operating on its own.

Technology works to our benefit at times, but it is not flawless. The text Sebastian Thrun says, ""...Radar was a device on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars. It wasn't something you could bay at Radio Shack."" In other words Trun is telling about the price of such techonology and it was not an item average people could just buy. The text also states, ""...uses position estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor.... LIDAR, it uses laser beams to form constantly updatint 3-D model of the car's surroundings."" From this example we receive insight on the intricate technology involved in making a such a car run. Most people would argue that the technology is tested and proven safe; however, the fact lingers that technology can fail at unpredictable times. The price of the technology required to run the driverless car, as well as the possible failure in technology will remain an obstacle.

When accidents happen, in most cases the driver at fault can be determined; this becomes ambigious with driverless cars. The text states, ""[With driverless cars] new laws will be needed to cover liability in the case of an accident."" This example shows how new laws would need to be passed to determine who is held accountable at times of accidents. The text also states, ""If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?"" This example shows how it can be unclear in times of accidents if who is to blame for accidents, and in extreme cases even the manufacturers could even be blamed. Drvierless cars would raise a new issue of requiring new traffic laws and the ambigiouity of who is responsible when accidents occur.

The development of driverless cars should not be continued due to, conflicts with current traffic laws, the failure and sheer price of the technology required to run the vehhicle, and the ambigiouity of who is liable at times of accidents.",4
"The objective of the article the author wrote was to explain why Venus is a worthy pursuit even though there are dangers to it. The article itself mostly described the dangers of exploring Venus but did not give us many reasons of why we should do it. The author did not support the idea that studying Venus is worth the pursuit despite the dangers it presents that well.

Even though the author said that studying Venus can be an opportunity to challenge our limits and can ""lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors"", they gave us more negative reasons than positive reasons about Venus and why it would be a good idea to explore it more. The first big negative statement about Venus and attempting to explore it was when the author said ""no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours"". The author did not give the reader any possible solution or even an idea on how we might be able to fix that.

Another negative statement about Venus and why it is a difficult planet to explore is when they mentioned ""temperatures average over 800 degrees Farenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet"". These factors are just about impossible to survive in for even more than a few minutes probably. The author did not mention any possible solution of what scientists might be able to think up. He didn't even state a positive reason why Venus is still a worthy pursuit.

A final negative statement about exploring Venus is when he said that ""our jet airplanes could travel at a higher altitude to fly over storms"" and that ""temperatures would still be hot at thirty-plus miles above the surface"", but then gave the readers more problems with flying high over the surface of Venus in the next paragraph. The author told us that ""far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere"". Because of this, any pictures or videography would be useless. The author told the readers that ""researchers are are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus"", but he did not give us any example to prove to us that researchers were actually doing that.

This article attempted to argue that even though Venus was a worthy pursuit even though there were many challenges to it, but it did not argue why very well. It could think of more negative features of Venus and gave us more reasons of why pursuing that planet would be risky than stating why it was a good idea. The author did a poor job trying to convince its readers that exploring Venus is worth the risk and challenges.",4
"Curiosity is in the nature of humans and curiosity has gotten us to many places. If Chrisopher colombus did not travel to India, the british would have not found North America. Likewise in space exploration, we must be curious about the planet Venus. Venus is a planet that is very similar to Earth in many forms. The reason for studying space exploration is explained in the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"". Although the Venus' conditions are very absurd, but the doors that it can open are well worth the hardwork needed to explore the planet. That is why the author explains that Venus is a planet that is worth exploring due to exploring Venus is able to open more pathways to other types of space exploration and the planet has very close relations with Earth.

The author explains that it is true that in order to take step into the future, we must start space exploration. And the only way to do this is to start with a planet close to us. The author tells us that sometimes ""we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus"". If we are so close to Venus what is stopping us from exploring it?

There are an abundance of things that stop us form exploring Venus. But the author must first talk about the similarities and differences between Earth and Venus. Earth and Venus are suprisingly very similar in many ways. Due to this fact, Venus can help show us what may happen to Earth in the future. Earth and Venus have very similar ""density and size"". But they are different in that the atmosphere is ""thick"" with ""97 percent carbon dioxide"" and the temperatures of the planet ""average 800 degrees farenheit"". The planet also contains ""highly corrosive sulfuric acid"" and an atmospheric pressure ""90 times greater"" that Earth. This is highly alarming that a planet so close to Earth can also be so different. This sparks a curiosity in the brains of many space passionate people.

In culmination, the start of advanced space exploration starts with Venus. It is impossible to be unable to travel to Venus and expect to travel to other places in space. The author wants people to understand that exploring Venus is not pointless, but instead it can answer the many questions we have about our planet. Exploring venus is a challenge that people need to overcome. That is why the exploration of Venus starts a great leap in space exploration.",3
"The Face could not have been made by aliens. If NASA found aliens, they would probably publicize it, mainly to shut the conspiracy theorists up. ""Oh, NASA killed JFK because he knew that theywere going to fake the moon landing."" OTHER_PII, I am going to hit you with this ridiculously oversized algebra book if you don't shut up. 1. JFK was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald, a Communist, and 2. NASA wouldn't fake something that big.We might be Americans, but that's stretching it. Now, the Face is a natural formation that the article said ""is a lava dome in the form of a mesa."" The Face might look like an ancient Egyptian pharoh, but there are billions of galaxies in this universe. If each galaxy has 1 planet with similar conditions to that of Earth, and they all had life forms on them that are presumeably far more advanced than that of humans, the sky above us wouldn't really be visible, as spaceships would be flying around it all the time. NASA has tried communicating with aliens. They have failed because aliens don't exist. Therefore, aliens and moon Nazis do not exist and cannot create statues or anything else as they are fake. The face is a natural made Martian landmark, and Martian is just a term used to refer to something that is related to Mars. As you can see,the Face is just another rock on Mars.",2
"After reading ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" by Nick D'Alto, it is a smart decision to say that it is valuable to use the Facial Action Coding System to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom. I support this claim for a few reasons. The reasons I support using this enhanced technology in a classroom environment is because it could help students become less confused about the concept they are learning, it could be used in a school counselor's office to help students identify their emotions and what they're feeling, and lastly, it can keep students focused and ready to learn in the classroom.

It would be valuable to use the Facial Action Coding System in the classroom for students because this technology could possibly help students become less confused about the concept they are learning. Throughout the world, many students are in pretty challenging classes, and most of the time, they are smart. Some of the things in these classes however, are not always easy. Many students struggle with the concepts they learn and are often confused. With this new face reading and emotion detecting technology, the scanner will be able to detect the students facial structure and what they show will predict these emotions. Imagine a student learning something and he/she gets confused. This happens all the time, and most students show a face that shows they do not understand what's going on. This face may look something like a furrowed brow or a side smirk with the mouth. Whatever it may be, the student is confused, and needs help. The Facial Action Coding System will be able to detect this, and the teacher will see the results, then will be able to clear up the student's confusion over the concept. Problem solved! This especially would help with students that are not as outgoing as others and are reserved in class and are not comfortable to ask for help in front of the whole class.

Another reason that the Facial Action Coding System would be valuable for students in a classroom is because in places like a counselor's office, it would help the student to identify their own emotions. A lot of students, especially after something has happened in their life that has impacted them in a negative way, need to talk to someone. Their emotions need to be expressed, and this new technology would help students identify these emotions. Picture a student walking into a counselor's office that is having a rough day. The student sits down and explains that he/she is having trouble identifying what they are feeling, or they don't know how to feel about what has happened. The counselor would talk to the student, then for extra assistance, use the Facial Action Coding System. The system would then give the emotions for how the student is feeling, so now the student will know, and maybe feel better. If not, at least the emotions are now recognized/identified.

Lastly, this Facial Recognition will be able to tell if a student in class is bored. It can also tell how many of the other students are bored. This can tell the teacher that maybe how they are teaching the material is not the most beneficial way to the students. In many cases, the students are bored with what they are learning, so they may put their head down or even have a bland look on their face. When students are bored, they tend to give up and not pay attention at all, and they are not motivated to learn anything. Therefore, they do not comprehend the material like they need to. This can help teachers know that they need to change up their lesson plan to keep the students occupied and attentive with the material, so they understand it better. This will then have the potential to raise grades and be more successful with the classes they are taking.

In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding System would be a valuable source to use with students in a classroom for these reasons I have previously mentioned. This new technology would be very beneficial in an environment at a school. It has proved the emotions of the Mona Lisa painting, which many people are confused about, so it clearly has a lot of potential! This will allow students to learn in the most beneficial way possible, and will cause them to be more successful in the classroom, and in the future.",4
"Do you enjoy traveling? Do you want to travel the universe?

Scientist have been working on finding ways to travel to other planets near us and then maybe one day travel farther.

Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit because, it is one of the closest planets in travel, its weather conditions and its geograhy is the closest fro any other planets.

In our solar system there are 8 planets and the nearest ones to us on Earth are Venus and Mars.

Because they all orbit the Sun at different speeds it would be possible to land a spacecraft on Venus or Mars.

Well, Scientist have done just that, they have landed rovers on both Mars and Venus.

At Mars the rovers were safe and not in any hasrh conditions.

On the other had at Venus the wether conditons are so bad that the rover survied for more than a few hours(The Challenge of Venus).

Even though scinetist have landed some robots it is not safe for people to go.

Thats way we need to keep studying Venus to find a safe way onto the ground for people.

Also, Venus can sometimes be the nearest option for a planetary visit which is helpful considering how long the time frames are when traveling in space(The Chanllenge of Venus).

Everyone wants to at least find a new something to explore.

Even though it is the closest planet the weather conditions are sill very unsafe.

With a 97% carbon dioxide blanket that covers Venus and the temperature being over 800 degrees Fahrenheit(The Challenge of Venus).

With all the hot temperatrues and the unsafe air it would be intresting is scientist found a way to sirvive.

Also, because of the high pressure and heat Venus' weather presents its own challenge with erupting valcanos, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes(the Challenge of Venus).

Every explorer didn't know what was behind their gaze until they went and looked.

Sceintists will find a way to make it possible someday.

Furthermore another reason to study Venus, is it has very simular geograhpic features that show it was probaly covered with water from the amout of valleys and mountains(the Challenge of Venus).

After water drys up it leaves behind evidence, for example look at the Great Canyon.

It is evdient of water forming it.

Also, Scintist can tell it was probably covered with oceans and life forms was the amout of carters(The Challenge of Venus).

Craters make a good habit for animals that need shelter and when a medorite hit the ground all of the chemical in it goes into the ground and helps the envronment.

Like nitrogen, for example, is a chemical that helps plants grow and is found in the ground.

So, in conclusion, as a group we need to keep up supporting scintist with their plans for the future and traveling throgh space. Who knows it might happen in our lifetime or in the next.

The important thing is not to let anything keep us down.

Let's keep moving forward and upward. ",2
"Luke Bombherger is a cowboy who rode his waves in a seagoing cowboys program, Luke joined the seagoing cowboy program because someone invited Luke to come on a cattle boat ride with them. Luke knew that the cattle boat ride was an opporitunity of a lifetime. The UNRRA hired Luke to help with the world war two.

Luke had made nine trips that was more trips than any other seagoing cowboy has made. The seagoing cowboys had just left on August 14, but then they arrived to Greece and Luke was 18. Luke was 18 when they arrived to Greece but then they got their seaman's papers and boarded the SS Charles

W. Wooster, and they headed for Greece ahnd when they got to Greece it was the August 14 and Luke was 18. The cattle boat trip was such a unbeleiveable opportunity for a small town boy. Luke joined the seagoing cowboy's and was excepted to the seagoing cowboy's because help wanted to help during World War two and it was such a big opportunity for Luke he wnted to get it.",1
"I am against the driverless cars,beacuse most of our people will be without a job if they enforce these cars.The people that drives the buses where would they work how are they going to make a living for themselves and their family.What about the people that drives the taxis that we now have,if they enforce these cars what will thses people do to make a living.How would children get back and forth to school everyday.We have school buses that we dont have to pay for.

Technology is not always reliable,for instance what if the driverless car goes out or messes up then there will be an accident and someone will be injured maybe even death.Accidents happens now and we have people driving cars but like i said technology is not always reliable.they even said it in paragraph 9""If the technology fails and someone is enjured,who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer(the creater or maker of this car).Who will they blame if this car creates a problem such as an accident.I think that they will blame the driver of the car becuse they were behind the wheel.

They are probably going to say that the driver should have been paying attetion.To me an driverless car means the driver dosent has to anything but fill the tank up with gas if the car contains gas.They say the car notifys you when its needs human assistence,but what if it doesnt say anything then that will be an accident.The BMW is good enough there really hasnt been any accidents

with the BMW's i think that thats the closes we nee dto get to an automoblie.TECHNOLOGY IS NOT ALWAYS RELYABLE.    ",3
"I am all for these driverless cars. There are a few exceptions but for the most part i feel that they could bring a sense of relaxation and stress relief for drivers on roads. As a consumer i fell that is what feels more comfortable while traveling. As it says in the article, the driverless cars need assistance from the person driving it at all times. We could put forth funding and technology for this program and in a few years, we may just have driverless cars that could take you anywhere.

I see that if there was to be a wreck involving one of these cars it could easily be blamed on the manufacturer. But reported as today there have been no accidents involving these cars. These cars are getting safer and safer as we speak. Although there are people assisting these cars they pretty much drive the most part for themselves.

As we put more research and effort with funding into these cars we could have a flawless car that is safe and ecofriendly. The driverless car may become the new trend here in the next few years. There could be zero room for mistakes and therefor making this driverless car the safest way to travel. ",2
"In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" The is different attemps and making people smile. A human body feels what it feels and I do not think you can read somones mind. In my believe I think that the technology is good enough to be able to tell a humans emotions.

In the world today there are so many different people out there, some suffer from bipolar deprestion and some just hate the world. To get technology to be able to read someones mind and tell me wheather or not they are happy, sad, mad what ever ther cause is I just dont believe it. Like the story saying In the first paragraph in the first sentence, ""She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disguted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry."" I think that all this would be is a couple number put together to equal your 100 percent emoions.

This is why I disagure with the technology, because If a human can not tell you exacly what emotios they are feeling then how can technology.     ",2
"Imagine being driven automatically by a car to your destination? Amazing isn't it? This is why the ideal of developing fully driverless cars shouold be pushed more. These are just a few reasons on why we should work on developing this type of technology.

To begin with, wasn't this always the american dream? Generations before ours always imagined that new things like this would be developed, but they didn't have the technology. As it states in paragraph 6 we now have the ability and technolgy to do so. Why shouldn't the technology be put to better use.

Secondly, It would make things so much easier. The development of these cars could,

""change the world,"" as said in pargraph 1. There would be less wrecks, transportation would be faster, and there would be way less pollution. Sounds wonderful right, some people might think otherwise.

On the other hand, people might be worried about safety hazards like system malfunctions and or crashes from misreadings. Well, that's just another reaason to start development on these vehicles now. The faster peopole start developing these cars the faster the problems can be fixed. As it says in paragraph 10, ""Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved.""

In conclusion, the development of these cars isn't all bad. Just look at all the good the production of these vehicles could do. I hope that people finally understand that the idea of developing fully driverless cars should be pushed more.      ",3
"Would like to go out into the sea and have alot of fun? I think i would! Here are a couple of reasons why, first off you could visit new places. Also you could see new things. Lastly you could get use to the water.

It was in 1945, World war 2 was over in eroupe and many counttries were left in ruins. So what i mean about visting new places is that, you could pretty much go anywhere, well as long as there was water. What i really meant was you can go to china florida all of those nice water filled places. Lastly they are just very nice and a besautiful place to stay.

Now you could see new things. Maybe things you have seen in pictures, or magazines, or something on your mobile device, that you would like to see in real life, like if you go to the china you could see ""The Great Wall of China."" Just those kinds of things makes it exciting to go new places and see new things. So i hope your ready for this next paragragh.

You would have to get used to the water! I know, i know it doesnt sound that bad, until one night you eat some bad shrimp and there is a storm a brewing up in the sky, the boat starts to rock in the wind, then you feel it coming, up, up, and out of your throat comes the vomit, over to the side of the boat you run. Hey i told you, you would have to be prepared for this paragraph, now didnt i warn you. Now back to what i was saying. You would have to get used to the water. There is a lot of things that could go wrong. You throwing up, you sliding off the edge. You would just have to get used to thed currency and record when the waves come by so you know when another one is coming. Like if a wave came at 2:00pm, then another one come at 2:30pm you excpect another one to come at 3:00pm.

Those were all of my reasons why i think you should go be a seagoing cowboy.",3
"Reisdents of VAUBAN that are car owners are allowed to park in two places in a large garage. alos at the edge of the development, where a car-owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home. some of the citizens where not to happy about the plan of having no car almost 4,000 drivers were fined, according to reuters 27 people had their cars impounded for their reaction to the fine.

At the Mobile World conress last year in Barcelona, Spain, Bill Ford, executive chir man of the Ford Motor Company, laid out a bsiness plan for a world in which personal vehicle ownership is impractical or undesirable. he proposed partnering with the telecommunications inustry to create cities in which pedestian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportaion traffic are woven into a cconneted network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety.

Levittown and Scarsdale, Newy York suburbs with spread-out homes and private garages, were the dream towns of thw 1950s and still exert a strong appeal. But some new suburbs may well look more Vauban-like, not only in developed countries but also in the developing world, where emissions from an increasing number of private cars owned by the burgeoning middle class are choking cities.                                                                    ",1
"Why are there no driverless cars on the roads when it is the 21st century? What kind of future will mankind have if we do not have self-driving cars in the 21st cantury? Now, imagine a world where cars drive themselves. Imagine if you did not have to imagine that. Driverless cars can be a reality. Right now driverless cars are not entirely driverless but manufacturers are working hard to make these cars safer and easier to use. If we had driverless cars on the roads, we could get more work done, there would be less accidents, and we would not have trouble driving to our desired location.

An average person in America spends much of their life in a car. People have places to go and work to do. People are so eager to get things done faster that they will break the law to be on their phone and drive. If they have to spend half their time driving to locations, they will achieve less than they actually can. What if humans could get their work done as they are driving? They will no longer have to think of their phone as a distraction from driving and get things done. That is the power of driverless cars. If a person has a 45 minute drive, they can get 45 minutes worth of work done during the drive. Instead of wasting 45 minutes of their life driving, they can do something useful that will affect their life in a positive direction.

Accidents are caused by the driver's mistakes. People are emotional creatures. They get stressed, angry, and sad so very easily. It is hard to focus on driving when all those emotions are in a person's head. A driverless car do not have emotions. It can focus all the time. It's main job is to keep the driver safe at all times. If the car malfunctions, the driver can take over, but a car cannot take over if the driver malfunctions unless it is a driverless car. The car also has many safety features that warns the driver. GM manufacturers have developed a vibrating driver's seat. The chair will vibrate anytime the car is about to run in to an object.

20 years ago, there were no such things as a GPS or a phone that could tell a person how to get to their destination. Even now their are people out there who do not know how to use electronics to their advantage. For example, grand parents do not easily learn how to use their phones to their advantage. They might get lost easily, but if they drove driverless cars that would not be a problem because the car would drive itself. Before, manufacturers were having trouble making a driverless car because they did not have the right materials. Radar for example used to cost two hundred million dollars. Now it's something you can easily buy at Radio Shack.

There are many negatives to a driverless car but the postives outweigh the negatives. People are still doubting that a driverless car is not safe but that is why manufacturers are working to fix that problem before they put them on the roads.",4
"This facial recognition technology would prove very useful in a classroom atmosphere. As it states in the article, if this software is implanted into the computers that children use in school, it can tell when the student is becoming tired or bored. Then the computer program could change the lessons to something different that may keep the students more attentive.

The teacher or professor of a classroom may not be able to monitor each individual student. Therefore, if the Facial Action Coding System was programmed into each student's computer, the professor or teacher would not have to worry about the students. It would keep them more alert and eager to learn.

Another reason why this program should be used is for students with special needs. Such as children with ADHD, Dyslexia, ADD along with many others. It could confrom to each child's individual needs. It would take a lot of strain off of both the teachers and the students alike.

I also belive the Facial Action Coding System could benefit in the future too. The dropout rate would go down along with the truancy rate. If children are more interested in school, they will come more often and try harder. Odds are that if they're happy with the way they are learning, they will continue to come to school throughout graduation. Therefore, increasing the total graduation rate.

As stated in the article, the computer program could modify the computer itself like an active human instructer. Most human communication is conveyed nonverbally. Especially including the use of emotional communication. Your voice could say one thing while you're really feeling something completely different. That would help tremendously in the educational world.

In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding Sytem should definately be in the educational system. It should be used on all online or computerized learning programs. It will benefit both the students and the teachers. Especially by altering the lessons to the highest advantage for each student. ",4
"I believe that the use of facial Action Coding System technology is useful because it assisits the students and the teachers so that the students better understand the subject and that the teachers have less work explaining to the students how to do the work.

In the article Ive read that this technology is actually quite complex, considering that this technology can read SIX basic facial expressions meaning that it can tell whether a student is happy, sad, fearful etc. I believe that if this technology is improved and developed to a point where every country in the world uses it, it can one of the most useful piece of technology mankind has ever created.

Ive explained why i think this technology is useful for students across the world and how useful it is also for teachers. Considering that they dont have to explain the work to the students. Hopefuly i can use this tech one day also.",2
"Have you ever wanted a much more cooler and not so boring teacher? The

use of the facial action coding system to read the emotional expressions of

students is very valuable because it can helo teachers understand how a

student is feeling and possibly what causes them to feel the way they are. Having

FACS can also help because if a student comes to class because of a bad day

the teacher can try to comfort them. If a student is bored this system will also help because maybe then a teacher will switch the topic and/or try to make it more fun for us students.

My second reason why FACS is also a valuable system is it may also help, or save marriages and relationships because if one of someone's partners isn't being expressive they can easily find out how he/she feel and find a way to solve it. The system might alos help bring more family and friends together as one and help each member communicate more better instead of arguing, being distant, or keeping quiet about something or someone.

My third reaon why FACS is a helpful system is human society won't have to walk around in public with a fake smile on their face, or try to be somone they're not. Human society may be more understandable of other people's feelings and think about what's on the inside of a person rather then what is showing on the outside.

In conclusion the Facial Action Coding System is a valuable system because it's very helpful when it comes to emotions, and it will help others who have trouble expressing themselves, or someone, or something. This system may help people have a better understanding of others, and why they might be acting a certain way.    ",3
"Dear state senator,

Everyone has their own opinion on whether or not you should keep the Electoral College or if you should change the election to popular votes for the president of the United States. My opinion is that you should change the election to the popular votes.

To begin with, The Electoral College is a process. In the article ""Does the Electoral College work?"" it states that ""the founding fathers established it in the constitution as a compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens."" The Electoral College process consists of picking the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for the president and the vice president and then the counting of the electoral votes by congress.

Next, The Electoral College has a few things wrong with it. In 2000, Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the presidency to George W. Bush because Bush recieved 271 electoral votes to Gore's 266 electoral votes. Over 60 percent of voters would perfer a direct election to the kind we have now. When voting you don't even get to vote for the president. You vote for a slate of electors. It would be nice to actually be able to vote for who you want to be president. The Electoral College is unfair, outdated and irrational.

Also, If you were to change to the popular vote, it would be fair. Everyone would get to put in their opinion on who should be the president of the United States. I think that if everyone was to be able to individually vote for their president, there would be less chaos and arguements about the election and also the new president. But, it is possible that the winner of the electoral vote won't win the national popular vote. But, it is very rare. Some people don't bother voting because of the fact that their vote will have no effect. They have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign than they would have if the president were picked by popular vote.

In conclusions, I think that changing to the popular vote instead of keeping the Electoral College would be the best thing for the united states. Everyones vote will count, it would be fair, and more people would pay attention to the elections and vote. Like Bob Dole said, ""Abolish the Electoral College!""

Sincerly, a concerned student.     ",3
"The author did a good job at using details to back up his claim.Every time the author well make a reasoning the author well back it up by using details.So the author also back up his reasoning with a detail.So this is a reason why the author did a good job at backing up his claim.

This is a reason why the author did a good job at supporting his claim by saying the Venus temperatures can go up to 800 degrees and also the Venus pressure is 90 times great than we had expericne on Earth.In the text it says ""On the planet's surface,temperatures average over 800 degrees Farhrenheit,and the atmospheric perssure is 90 times greater than what we had experience on our own planet.""This says that the Venus temperatures are life theating and also that the pressure on Venus is 90 times greater than what we had experience on Earth.So this says that the author gives a reasoning and a detail about his claim.

So the author did a good job on backing up his reasoning.Also giving out a good evidence.So this is why the author did a good job at using details to backup his claim.",2
"Some people truly belive that aliens are responsible for the face on mars. The face on mars is a landform that looks like a face. PLenty of peole argue about wether this face was made by aliens or not. In the article ""Face on Mars"" the author gives great detail it was not made by aliens.

Some reasons people know about this landform and believe it was created by aliens. NASA took great photos of the landform. In addition they wanted these photos to bring attiention to mars. Thats exactly what the photos did. Now the face on mars has a very popular landform. ""It has starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows even haunted grocery store chekout lines for twenty-five years.""

There is no credible proof or theroes that this artifact was created by aliens. However Thrier are plenty of great scientist that believe and agree with NASA When it comes to this landform not being created by aliens.

Out of all these years NASA has been working in outer space no proof of aliens have been discovered. In addition if NASA realy

had an idea about there being aliens and wanted to hide it, they would have never released the photos.

There are some people who say the aliens are hidden. The reason some peole say this is because they believe the pictures weren't clear enough. So NASA decided to look again. Further more NASA wouldn't hide anything anyway because if there were aliens it would benefit nasa. So

on April 8, 2001 a summer day with no clouds NASA had to roll the space craft 25 degrees to center the face in field of view they took a photo at maximum resolution.There were no other things like shacks, pyramids, or air planes. What the picture does show is a landform very common around the midwest. Thats why plenty of people believe it is a natural landform.

In the article ""Face on Mars"" there are plenty of facts that show you aliens did not create the land form. People will still argue wether it was created by aliens or not. However logic shows it is a natural land form.",3
"Venus,sometimes called the ""Evening star,"" is one of the brighest points of light in the night sky. however the nickname is misleading since venus is actually a planet.

Venus has proved itself to be a very challenging place to examine. Despite the challenges we have to take risks to examine the planet Venus because Venus is referred to as Earth's ""twin"", Earth is the closest planet to Venus in density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too. Earth,Venus and mars orbit the sun at different speeds. Venus has the the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mecury is closer to our sun. Astronomers are facinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system.Sometimes Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for planetry visit, a crucial considration given the long time frames of space travel. Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of venus.

Working hard to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value because human curiosity will lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors.Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation.                ",1
"Many citizens in the United States vote for whom they believe will acheive the goals and standards of serving as the U.S President. People think the process of voting is simple, but is it really? In the U.S, there is the Electoral College, which is'nt such a good thing for some people. That is why I'm in favor of changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States because voters can't control whom their electors vote for and the people in the U.S have a say of what goes on in their country, including the election of the president.

The Electoral College process allows citizens to vote for an elector in their state whom they believe will choose their prefered president. If the elector of their choice wins the statewide election with 87 votes, the elector votes for their prefered president along with the 87 votes. As stated in source 2 ""Can voters control whom their electors vote for? Not always."" When the elector votes for their prefered president, all the votes used on that elector counts for the president. Instead of going through this whole process, would'nt it be less of a struggle to just have citizens vote for the president of their choice and win by popular votes? Also stated in source 2 ""Do voters sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate? Sometimes."" This shows how the Electoral College is difficult to understand for some people. The Unites States consists of many people who come from other counrties and speak other languages. This makes it even more complicated for some to understand even if the process is translated, and just by eliminating this process, it could make Presidential elections less complicated.

The U.S is different from any other place in the world. It is a free counrty! The citizens have a say in what happens in their counrty. The people make the decisions, the people vote for what they want and the people should be able to elect a president they believe will give them that! According to source 3 ""... it is the electors who elect the president, not the people."" Why can't the people be the electors? If the people in the United States don't have the freedom to vote for a president of their choice, what say do they really have? Electing a president is like raising money for charity, the president does all the work but all they money that is raised goes to charity (the people). The people want someone who will help raise the money for them, not screw over their charity. Just like when signing up for a job the boss needs to see your resume, is like the people needing to see what the president can do to help their country. The citizens should be the ones making the decisions with help from the president that they believe could help with such decisions, not from electors who believe so.

Electing a president is very important to the country. Electing the president that people think could help support the U.S is also very important but very difficult as well. People should be able to easily vote for their prefered president with no difficulty, which happens to be caused by the Electoral College. By aborting this process, voters could control who they vote for and have a say in their country by voting for their prefered president. Having citizens tricked into voting for an elector is not the way to elect a president. Should'nt people in the Unites States have a say in who their president should be without being tricked?                                                                                                                       ",5
"The Electoral College is something that should be kept for our government voting system. When people vote for the president and are not really voting for their president they want, they should be able to directly vote for the person they want to win. With the Electoral College in place, you are not able to do so. Their should be two forms of voting.

When the poll is taking place, people should place their votes and have those be shipped off to the Electoral College and have the votes be taken there. But, their should be another copy for the votes to be casted directly to the election. This will help when someone wins electoral vote and loses national popular vote and the other way around. It can still happen to where someone wins elecotoral votes and wins national popular vote. With this method, their will be fewer debate over who should truly be the president they choose.

If any of these options are off of the table, then their should be a law that their should be no winner-takes-all majority voting. When 49% of the state want one president to win and 51% want the other, that should be equally distributed across the presidential election. When there is that little of a gap in between votes, that is the reason why people win national popular vote over electoral votes right there. People should obviously get the president that they want their country to be watched over by, but there should be a little change in how that president comes to be.

To be president, you need to catch the peoples eye and try to do great things for your country. People who vote for you, obviously want you to be there president and have you take care of them. When you win the electoral college votes, but lose the national popular votes, that means you have lost the election. This is another reason why the winner-takes-all majority vote for the electoral college should be taken off of the table.    ",2
"My position on driverless cars are that its a good idea. I think its good idea beccause it will cut down on fuel, not as many deaths because the people won't be driving it, it will be more comfortable and flexable. Driverless cars are a good idea to stay safe and get to somewhere more efficient, better than a taxi.

To have driverless cars mean that they could cut down on fuel. In the text it says that one of their cars used half of what taxi cars use right now. They will not have to deal with deaths because the driver is not driving. In the passage it shows that the car ddrove half of a million miles and did not crash once. Many of accidents today are because of people that are drunk driving, but because of the driverless cars there wont be as manny deaths as there is right now.

Other ideas are that people are not comfortable in the car. They could finally be comfortable in the car because they dont have to drive. Just think of this you can sleep in the car and no accidents could happen. You could get to places farther in a more efficient time.

Therefore, I think having driverless cars are a good thing to look forward in the future. You could have no more pollution and no more crashes and deaths. So look at the bright side of driverless cars instead of the bad sides. Driverless cars are a good thing to think about having in the future.   ",3
"Can computers read our emotions? Ths simple answer is yes they can a new technology has been invented that lets computers read our human emotions. I for one think that this new technology is very valuable to us and can be used in many diffrent ways

I belive in the classroom will be the most effective. Students who are my age or even younger are good at two things being bored, and hiding how we really feel. Thats why I belive this would be perfect to be used in the classroom because in the text it says that the facial expression software will be able to read if the student is bored or confused with the lesson, which would help that student get the help they need to pass the course cause the teacher would know how that student feels towards the subject. Now others may disagree with me and state that its useless to read expressions via computer but I belive that there totaly wrong because so many people hide their emotions towars things and people they dont like, and if you ask me nobody likes school unless you like learning or a nerd but the point is that everyone hides there emotions in the classroom and in everyday life and its a big part that seperates us from eachother and the things we want to pursue. The expression teller I belive will break down thoes barriers that weve set up hiding are emotions and possibly even open oppurtnities to subjects in math, reading,and science that we just might like and not even have known it because were to busy hiding our emotins towards how we feel about school that we dont like anything that does with school.

All in all I feel that these facial expression readers can go a long way in the classroom and even in everyday life making the world a more brighter place to live. Also in helping kids who are tired of the boring lectures and confusing lessons with the stressful homework. ",3
"Did you know that venus is a planet? Venus is the secondest planet from the sun. Their are three things that the author suggest that studing venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. They are Venus vison from earth, Venus's atmosphere, and scientists discussing further visits to its surface. So it's going to talk about Venus is a worth pursuit.

First, is venus vision from earth. Scientist are having trouble seeing or examing more closely to venus. Venus and earth are mostly like the same that's why people call it Earth's ""twin"". It hard for a spacecraft to survied on the planet just for few hour, because human's are so curious about the world. But scientist are concern why people has not went to venus for a long time. One example from the test is "" Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecrafty survided the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us."" on paragraph two.

Secondly, is Venus atmosphere. What Venus are facing is there's clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. Venus temperature's are very high than ours. But people also say Venus geology and weather present impediment. One from the article is ""Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather prensent additional impediments like erupting volcaneos, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface."" in paragraph three.

Finally, Scientist discussing further visits to its surface. Astronomers were epressed how Venus use to look like beck then. Like people say that Earth and Venus are twin's is becasue long ago Venus had it oceans and could supported life. But now Venus has changes over the year. People want to vist Venus, but their are some concerns about going into Venus. For an example in paragraph four say's ""The Value of returning to Venus seems Indisputable but what are the options for making such a mission both safe and scientifically productive."".

So yeah those the three answers that supports that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it has. They are Venus vison from Earth. They both lokk different. Secondly is Venus atmosphere. The temperature's are different from earth. Finally Scientist having a difficult time going to Venus. Due from atrononomers going into space long time ago.      ",3
"This teachnology is the new technology that can read whether the person is happy, sad,angry or fear. It said when you open up a computer and something pop up that make you smile the technology will give you more of that. Although, this teacnology is useful i think to some students it might be valuable because if they study about art they might think is useful and valuable to them. On the other hand some students might think is not valuable because they are not intersted in this techology and they might feel unsafe around it.

This technology Is useful in a way because it detect how other people are feeling,even when they are hideing their emotions. Facial Action Coding System can be helpful to the FBI because it calculat emotions and when they have a case where they dont know who is the cimial they can use this technology to help them out. Eventhough they person might not look like they will be the cimial but if they try to use this technology it might help them figure it out faster. In the article is said ""Most human communication is nonverbal,including emotional communication. So computer need to understand too."" Although, computer is the techology in our everyday lives it such be able to read our emotion. This teachology will work for the students who are going to study in the art file.

Facial Action Coding System could go through your private system which some students would not wan't that to happen. If it could read your emotions it could read through you system and how you think and feel. Some students will think is invase of private area. Some students will feel unsafe around this technology because they feel like it know how to read your mind and how are you thinking. Students ahould feel safe when they are in school and around the technology in school.

Therefored, this technology should only be in a art classrooom or to the students who want to use it. It will help some students but in another hand some students will feel unsafe around it. Although, this techology is useful and valuble it should only be allow to the students who want to use it. If all over the school use this technology the school might get intouble too because what if the students dont want to use it and also their parents dont like it; the school could get sue for that. So therefore this techology should only be allow to the students who want to use.",3
"In the article ""Driveless Cars Are Coming,"" the author tells both the positive and negative aspects of driveless cars. If I had a choice weather or not I wanted to get the car I would say yes. This is because it brings something new to the world, it proves your with a lot of safey sensors, and it shows that some things you see in the movies can come true.

The ways this would be bringing something new to the world would be because all cars would be able to drive on autopilot 90% of the time, it would keep more people safe and all the different sensors will keep people focused on the road. This could make some laws we have today change. The young teens would have a bit more freedom to drive. This smart car could really change the world.

The biggest benefit regurding safey would be all the different sensors that come along with the new smart car. In the text it states that on the toyota prius they use sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video carmera mounted near the rearview mirror, and so on. There's many I could include but the idea is that it keeps you safe.   ",2
"Limiting the amount of driving allowed and having car-free cities can have several benefits by reducing the amount of air pollution and traffic jams. Some disadvantages of having car-free cities are time management and paying fines to drive. Greenhouse gasses can be reduced by limiting driving in cities and having car free cities. About 50 percent of greenhouse gasses are from passenger cars in some cities in the United States and 12 percent in Europe. There were about 80 micrograms of particulate per cubic meter in London and 114 in Brussels. Paris has the most air pollution with 147 micrograms per cubic meter.

Paris has 67 percent of its vehicles run on diesel fuel, which is blamed for most of the air pollution. The rest of Western Europe has an average of 53.3 percent of vehcicles fueled by diesel. Car emissions are traped from the warm air caused by cold nights and warm days. A partial ban was created in Paris for driving to reducce the amount of pollution. Drivers with even number license plates could drive on certain days and odd number plates would drive on other days. After only five days the air pollution was down by 60 percent. In Bogota there are car free days and 118 miles of bicycle paths were constructed and the amount of traffic jams during rush hour were down by almost half.

Limiting driving will lower the amount of traffic and it made several people happier. Most public transportation was free on weekends. When driving was not allowed, people would be walking and riding bikes. Most people in car free cities enjoyed the sound of children instead of hearing the sound of motors all of the time. Public transportation was allowed every day and it reduced the amount of traffic with having fewer cars on the streets and roads.

When driving on days then it's not allowed the drivers have to pay fines. In Paris drivers with even number license plates would drive on certain days andodd numbers drive on the other days. If someone is driving on the wrong day there is a fine of 22 euors or 31 dollars for each day that they drive when they can't. In bogota there is a 25 dollar fine for driving on car free days. Time management is another problem when someone can't drive their car. Going to work would take longer when walking, riding a bike or using the public transportation.

having car free cities and limitin driving can be good for reducing the amount of air pollution and the amount of traffic out on the roads. Some people feel happier when they live in a car free city because they feel like they have less stress but some people dont like paying fines when they are driving their car on certain days.               ",2
"Luke Bomberger used to be an average teenager working two part-time jobs. Then his friend, Don Reist, came and asked him if he wanted to be a 'Seagoing Cowboy', or one who helps bring livestock to war victims in Europe. Luke then took this as an opportunity of a lifetime and couldn't resist.

The Seagoing Cowboys are a group of people who take care of livestock that were being shipped overseas to help the many that were devastated by the war in Europe. This livestock included young cows, horses, and mules. Shortly after Don and Luke found out about the Seagoing Cowboys, they then both signed up. LIttle did Luke and Don know, this job had a lot of risks.

The Seagoing Cowboys were a great part of an even greater orginization, the UNRRA, or the United Nations Relief and Rehibilitation Adminisrtation. This orginization was made up of 44 nations. This orginization also helped relieve and rehibilltate the devastated families of Europe. Luke knew what he was doing was a great cause, but did he know that going across the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans was a very risky thing. Luke could have had second thoughts about the risks that he was taking, but he wasn't doing it for himself, he was doing it for the people that needed his help.        ",1
"The author of this passage talks about exploring Venus, we all know its not a safe thing to do, the author knows that as well. It has been more than three decades since a spacecraft has landed on Venus, so this author wants to change that and land a spacecraft on Venus as soon as possibe.

On a personal note, I strongly believe that if I were to get a piece of paper and make a poll saying, ""Do you think landing on venus is a good idea? Yes or No"". I wouldn't be suprised if more people voted ""No"" than ""Yes"". You really have to look at it safety wise. You're putting yourself in danger by landing on the cloudiest planet in our solar system. You're landing on an 800 degree Fahrenheit planet. I get it, three decades is a long time and they want to change that and fly a person, or multiple people to Venus. But for safety purposes, i'd rather wait it out for another few decades.

In conclusion I think that they support this idea very well. The author gives a lot of information about Venus and the risks of going there.                                                                                                     ",1
"Studying Venus is a worthy persuit alhtough it presents some dangers. Studying Venus and sending a spacecraft or even people would further our knoledg on the planet, it could help us further our technology aswell, and it is Earth's ""twin"".

We could learn so many new htings about the planet. Things that cant be seen because of Venus's thick atmosphere. We already know that the Earth and Venus have many things in common like mountains and vallys and craters, but if there were to be a mission on Venus where a space craft lands or an actual human is sent ont he ission we could discover how Venus came to have those mountains and valleys and craters.

With furthering our knoledge about the planet we could also further our knoledge in our technology. There has not been any spacecraft that has been named that has gone on a mission to Venus becuase they never last more than a few hours. We could betterthat technology so that the spacecrafts can last a lot longer to where ventually we can send people. We can have a simulated enviorment of Venus and test different materials to see which works best and improve it as we go. The improvements in technology could help us in future missions aswell.

Venus in known to have things in common with Earth which is another reason why Studyig Venus is a worthy pursuit. It is the planet that resebles Earth in its geography and it would be worth knowing how Venus got that. We can also discover new ways in which it is our planet's ""twin"".

We should take to challenge and study Venus. It may take years and it is dangerous but it is a worthy pursuit. We are aware of the dangers and difficulty of studying Venus; it is just the matter of accepting the challenge or not.",3
"Many people have there own opinion on something and a experience to it. I feel like Venus sounds like a good planet to live in but it'll be impossible for humans to get up there into the sky and into Vensus. Many researchers say it is okay for us humans to live in Mars sometime in the future but again would be impossible for some of us to get up there and would cost lots of money. Some say if we decide to move to mars we can't return to earth and would have to build our own house in Mars and make our food to survive.

It sounds very challenging for us humans to explore Vensus because of so many storms they get there and because of how hot it is out there for us to be in. They get almost the most earthquakes and these quakes cause them to get biggers circle holes and thats why when you look at picture of a planet you'll most see circle holes on them and rocky parts on them also because of the quakes. NASA has a study and plan solution for sending humans to Vensus and study and to explore Vensus will be very possible for them to do because of the dangerous tempertures and storms. These aren't easy conditions to live in. Many say when humans return to earth from space they are sick depending on ehich planet or what they did up in space to get sick and injured. This is why there should only be humans that know what they're doing and not humans that don't know what they're doing and life-threatening there self.

Mercury is the closet to the sun and has dangerous high tempertures that cause life-threatening and cause injurings and why is Earth the second closet to the sun and not have dangerous tempertures like Mercury and Vensus. Its because of climate change in our planet is good or sometimes can get worst if not getting enough attention to it can cause tempertures to rise above high tempertures like reaching 100 degrees and higher then usual and some cold parts can get very dangerous wind chills and cold tempertures.

Exploring Vensus is possible but would take a lot of work and research to see if humans are ever allowed to ever visit Vensus. Only devices have been sent up to Vensus and researchers are using these devices to see all the parts of Vensus to get more information on how it'll feel to be up there and if it is safe to do so. Scientists have discovered that Vensus get more quakes, volocanoes, and stormy weather conditions more than the Earth and US does.",3
"Even through driveless cars are coming people maybe quick to think like what if the car get into a accident? or what if something bad happens?I do feel that people today may take advantage of the fact they dont have to put they foot on the gas.Any crazy person would find they self putting they full trust into technology like that,like falling asleep while the car is still moving. Now I would tell you why a google car is a good car and many ways.

First

I will start off by saying a car that can drive on its own is a great car that anybody can come up with. Then when you think about it it takes alot for a person to modified Toyota prius uses position estimating sensors on the left rear wheel a rotating sensor on the roof,a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror four automotive rador senors and more. A google car also have cameras to while you watching the road the car is watching youso it say in paragragh 7 last sentence. It aslo have a seat vibration when the car feel it need its extra help when there is traffic problems or road damage.The car aslo have a brake that brakes on its own when the car feel that its to close to a another car or any object. As it say in paragragh 4 last sentence it say the combination of all this input is necessary for the driverless car to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel.When they ask why would anyone want a drivless car that still needs a driver? I feel if that was the case to where you really was that lazy you should really think about riding in a cab. I really dont see what the problem is when there are people that are driving cars

getting into accidents and you think that a automatic car wouldnt do good while the driver is sitting

in the seat doing anyting but watching the road.

Finally,I say that people want so much from a car. They get to speaking crazy stuff like we all do know that we are talking about technology and not a real human brain car.The only thing I could say is that I feel a car like that wouldnt last because all it take is for a senors or something to go out and that car can go out of control. Thats why I say its a good car something to try out but never put your trust into technology never put your life on the line like that because you will never know what could happen.",3
"from ""the challenge of exploring venus"" the author belives thier are great benifits of venus. In paragraph 2 it says ""often referred to as earths twin, venus os the closest plant to earth in terms of denstiy and size, and occasionally the closest in distances too."". venus its almost alike to earth. The aurthor belives it to be. Yes venus is are ""sister planet"" but what about the dangers of going to venus?

Venus has a thick atmosphere of alomst 97% carbon dioxide, even in paragraph 3 it says ""Even more challening are the clouds of highly corrocsive sulfuric acid in venus atmosphere"". How are we to visit venus when we cant even breath on the surface. the conditions are far more alarming then any human incounter.

Yet again still think we should go to venus but why? In paragraph 4 is says ""astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have been the most earth_-like plant in our solar system.""

Even withe the dangers of venus one day we will find a way to land on venus. Venus maybe are new home.",2
"In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" There are many statements showing the reader that It is very dangerous on Venus and that it would be extremely difficult to land on the planet and succesfully stay safe while explore Venus. Not only are there negatives in the text about Exploring Venus, but there are also points on why it is a good idea to explore the planet.

One point that was provided by the text was that Venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size, and sometimes distance too. This information might catch scientists attention as we are looking for more planets to live on. However the harsh weather on Venus might stop us from daydreaming about that idea. It was said that Venus has the hottest surface temperature and that Venusian geology and weather provide erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequest lightning strikes. Specifically to probes seeking to land on its surface.

As said before, Venus may very well have been a planet just like earth a while back. possibly covered in large amounts of water and home to life. In the text it was stated that Venus could our nearest option for a planetary visit, but, once again, Venus provides many reasons for us to stay put on earth. We have sent multiple spacecrafts to venus and none have survived. Very few of these spacecrafts didn't

even last more than a few hours. Not only that but Venus has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide.

The author provided good points to spark a thought in the readers mind that we should put more effort and time into exploring Venus, but the counter evidence sort of blows it out of the park. It could depend on how the reader sees the world. If they are optimistic then they might find hope for exploring Venus. If not optimisic and relys on the risks and evidence shown to prove it is a bad idea, they might not. However the author provided tons of facts that would inform and educate the reader on this topic.",3
"In this article we have seen that technology has been coming along quiet a bit. I didn't even know that since 2009 driverless cars have been around. Whether we realize it or not they're developing in our society more than we could've ever imagined. Have you ever watched a television show or movie where the car can drive itself? I know what your thinking wow that would be so cool, a self operating car. Believe it or not Google has done that already.

The risk of having cars that operate themselves will result in alot more car crashes for teenagers, and that will result in insurance being increasing for the parents. Everyday there are over 1,000 crashes that involve teenagers being reckless drivers. In the article the author states"" Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash, but so far, Google cars aren't truly driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents."" The key word from that statement is alert. Teenages already are not alert the way it is, and now we want to give them the opprotunity to be even more reckless. In today's generation we have the distractions of cellphones, friends, and mostly technology. Most teenages drive with there cellphones and over 2,000 per day get in a car crash because the use of technology behind the wheel.

I personally am against it myself, even though I'm a teenager and think that would be cool. I still have the maturity to realize that being behind the wheel of an automobile is a privelege, and its a big responsibilty. When your behind the wheel of the moving vehicle you need to be an alert driver. Part of being an alert driver is having you hands on the wheels at all times, because at any moment the car could get out of control and the next thing you know you're in a ditch. I think its so fascinating how much technology has come over the years, but today's generation gets overwhelmed with all of the technology that is thrown at us. I would've never imagined Google came up with a Google Car project and to think they've been around sense 2009 is crazy.   ",3
"The author really does support the idea of studying Venus that way they will find new things they didn't knew about Venus. Also, he supports that idea because they have being searching things about Venus and making the NASA to make them study about it. It can be the time to know everything and making changes. The reason why I think he supports the idea of studying is because he mention things that he was learining but doesn't know the answer to it. He said that they always go in differents speeds it means we get close to Mars and sometimes they one who is closer is

Venus. For example in the text it says

""Venus is the second planet from he our sun"". It mean it can be a change people live there because in venus their is 97% of carbon dioxide it also can mean they can send people to visit or live their. The second reason is that "" Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planerary visit"". It means he does support this because he just says positves things that they have in learining information and that they also want to buy humans to go to venus and see how it be to be leaving their or how is it . They are really serious about studying that planet.

In conclution I think he does support studying Venus because he want to know about Venus or maybe it can be a planet like Earth because is close the the sun. Also, they had said that NASA

was working on so they can let them study Venus and know things they didn't know about Venus .",2
"Have you ever made a shadow puppet with your hand. It is pretty cool when you get some that are pretty complicated you can also do this with rocks. So let us get back on track,

the "" FACE"" on mars is a formationof rock wether it be by martin creatures or by nature. I am going to beon the side it was a natural formation. i will support my claim with these three reasons; rock formations, life on mars, and publicity.

My first reason is rock formations. For example there is a vast amount of mesas and or buttes on mars and on earth. This example shows that rock formations can appear almost any where. My second supporting idea is that an astroid could have hit in that rock patch like in Arizona . This example shows that astroids could have played a part in the rock's formation. My third reason is that the rock formaion could have been a natural thing like mountains for example. This example shows that nature can do some weird things. In conclusion the ''face'' on mars could actually be a rock formation on the planet.

My second reason is that it is an illution.For example you can change the sun light amount on the ''face'' and it will look nothing like a face. This example shows that the rock formation could be an optical illution. My second statement is that mabye just maybe be an photoshop thing. This example shows that a lot of things may not be what they seem.",2
"Cars have been around for many years and generations. People rely on cars for transportation. However, theres places where car usage is being limited because of the pollution it causes to the environment and help create a better environment for the people.

For for starters, one reason car usage is being limited is because of how much pollution it brings to the environment. According to article 2 paragraph 17, Paris usually has the most smog than any other European capital. The smog cleared enough for the French party to remove the ban of odd-numbered plates on Tuesday. This means cars have been a great cause of the smog in the city. In Bogota Colombia, thers a car-free day in act. According to article 3 paragraph 21, the goal of the day was to promote other transportation and to reduce smog. This shows that people aren't considerate when it comes to the environment and don't realize the pollution they're causing. Therefore limiting car usage is beneficial.

Another advantage to limiting car usage is that it can help create a healthier environment. According to article 2, people would participate in Day Without Cars regardless of weather. ""The rain hasn't stopped people from participating."" explained Bogota Mayor Antanas. The campaign brought constructs of 118 miles of bicycle paths. Parks and sport centers also grew. This demostrates that people are determine to make the environment they live in into a better place to live. Aritcle 4 states that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses each year. This shows America is probably leaving driving for better alternatives for the environment and their lives. And limitation to car usage was a big key to this behaviour change.

Although driving has been abused for years, places are beginning to limit the usage of cars. Some of the reasons cars are being ban are due to the pollution is causes and it helps create a better environment for the city and people lives. Would limitations of car usage ever completely get rid of cars as a transportation.    ",4
"Which is better to have in the future a driverless car or a driver car? Well I think that a driverless car is better for the future than a driver car. There are multiple reasons as to why I believe this ,such as the fact that a diverless car is more flexable with public transportation than a driver car like a bus. Although a driver car has its perks like being able to park and re-route through traffic and accidents. However does a driverless car have pros and cons?

Yes a diverless car has it's pros and cons like if the Dubbed LIDAR (roof senser) went out than the car would not be able to mimic the skill of a human driver. Some of the pros to being in a driverless car are it can detect danger before the driver and has multiple safety proticals to make sure that anyone in the car won't get hurt. Driveless cars also have the ablity to speed up to 25mph in a traffic jam, although in a way a driverless car still depends on a human driver for alertness.

So would it be good to build cars like these for the future? I say yes. I would support making a driverless car because it can really help people in life. It also makes driving much safer and easier. ",2
"Many people believe in the Electoral college, but I think it's time for a change. The electoral college isn't completely fair to the people. It isn't fair because the elected person that will vote for you could always change the vote so he may vote for whom they like. Instead of electing somone to vote for you and your state, you should be able to vote individually.

The popular vote is more fair than the Electoral vote because each person's vote will go toward the canidate of their choice knowing that their vote will count as much as everyone elses. This will most likely result in more people voting and a smaller chance of a tie. Just because someone is representing their voters, doesn't mean that everyone will be happy with the electoral voter's decision. People who are for the Electoral college claim that it invariably produces a clear winner. This is partially true but is not completely true. It might produce a clear winner, but it is not a fair vote. If America is about rights, fairness, and freedom then why do we let other people vote for us?

The electoral overthrows the popular vote, so why should we let 500 people decide who beomes President for millions of people? We shouldn't. The Electoral college is out of date and if anything it needs to be updated so it is more just and fair for everyone. Even in source three it clearly states that the people do not vote for the President- the electors do. So when you vote, you're not even voting for a President. You're voting for an elector. Those for the Electoral college also say that the turst between an elector and state is rarely broken, but why take a chance on someone betraying you when you can just vote for yourself?    ",3
"Dear State Senator,

I am writing this letter to you today to talk to you about Electoral College and election by popular vote. I feel very strongly on this topic as it is something I  know I  will come in contact with when i have the right to vote in the near future.

As we look back to the very day the Constitution was written, it has been a comprise that between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizen that fifve hundred and thirty eight electorshave a meeting for they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress, as stated by the Office of the Federal Register.

I strongly feel that we should change from Electoral College to election by popular vote. The reason I am saying this is because, it allows voters to equally vote for their rightful choice of president in that they feel best about having rule over the country.

Why is populary voting a better choice may many ask, popular voting is a better choice because it allows voters to have fair chance of having their choice of President, become Presidnt.

In the eyes of some, one in particular being Richard A. Posner, Electoral College may be good for a few reasons, those reasons being, Certainty of Outcome, Everyone's President, Swing States, Big States, and avoid Run-Off Elections but, in the eyes of others, it may seem ""Unfair, outdated and irrational."" Says Bradford Plumer.

In some cases, Electoral College may be an easier way to go for, the desired President to get elected but, not exactly the fairest way either. I believe that everyone should have a fair chance at voting and waiting for the out come equally with everyone and thats why I believe be we should change to election by popular vote.

Thank you.                                                    ",2
"All scientists at NASA know that the ""The Face"" is a natural landform known as a mesa. But some people think that Nasa is lying to the public about it being a natural landform. I'm here today to argue that Nasa is indeed not lying.

My first reason for knowing that NASA is not lying is that a drone was up in space taking pictures of it close enough to show the world tha it was just a natural landform. Viking 1 is the name of the spacecraft that took this photo and some mission controllers were suprised to see a face popu up on their screen. The chief scientist for NASA'S Mars exploration program said ""We photographed the Face as soon as we could get a good shot at it .""

They also got more icture to deduce that it was actually instead of a face it was a natural landform. Thats my first reason for knowing that NASA is not lying.

My second reason for knowing NASA is not lying is because the landform is called a mesa. Mesa's are more commonly found in the American West. So by thinking hardly about this it comes to mind could people that dont believe, could possibly being saying that this mesa isnt a mesa but something NASA is trying to cover up? But then the question comes to be WHY would Nasa be trying to hide some of this information from the public? Well it comes down to the simple fact they arent trying to hide anything from the public about the face they are giving us the true information and some people just dont thig thats the real actual truth.

My thrid reason for knowing that Nasa is not lying they made the pictures into digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size so if anything was on the surface such as a shack you could tell what it was. They do that so if they see anything that is a undertiminable object you can clerly tell what it is. The pixels arent as good as they could be today but they had a pretty lea view of what it is. they have the best cutting edge technology and are way more advanced than the open world is today so its highly unlikely that their system wasnt processing right. thats the end of my thrid reason.

So some people believe that the face is actually just a natural landform but some people such as conspiracy theorists dont. I say that the conspiracy theorists have a point on why Nasa could be lying to the public. They probably think this because of the goverment owning and controls Nasa that Nasa is lying to us like the goverment could be because of their secret projects. The reason the goverment doesnt tell s about some of their plans is because its to keep the United States of America safe from the har of foreign countries. Those were the reasons conspiracy theorists think like they do.

All that information can signify that Nasa is not lying to us. Though some people may think they are because they are apart of the goverment .But i think that Nasa is doing a great job and woudnt lie to the press. If they lied to the press they would be utting the U.S goverment a bad public view.",4
"The new technology called the Facial Action Coding System is very valuable. This new technology will be very useful in a classroom full of students that one teacher may not be able to handle all on their own. The Facial Action Coding System will help deal with many problems by reading a students face. This may help deal with situations a teacher can not figure out on their own. This software may be able to tell the teacher when the student is confused, upset, or even when the student is bored and needs a more interactive subject or way of learning.

When a student is confused, they may not ask for help to a teacher. The child may be too shy or nervous to ask for a simple example or explanation. This software program will be helpful because it will be able to read the students confused face and tell a teacher that the student needs help. In the short story in paragraph six it states, ""most communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication."" This explains how not all people will use words to explain what they are feeling. These students may never speak up for themselves or have the courage to ask a question without the program being here to help deal with the childs needs.

The Facial Action Coding System will not only help with students life in the classroom, but it may also help with a students feelings deeper within. The software will be able to pick out the students who are very upset, and need to talk about their emotions to another person. If a student has a sad face in class, the program may be able to identify what is wrong with the child, and it could notify this information to a teacher or a well trusted adult. In paragraph five of this story it states, ""most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc."" By having this computer software, it could help out with a students mental emotional feelings as well.

This program will also be very helpful in providing a fun learning environment for the students. In the middle of paragraph six it explains how a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming bored. It also states that if you smile when a website advertisement pops up on the computer screen it will show more advertisements like that one. If a person frowns when this pops up, it willl show a different, more appealing advertisement. This can be very useful in a classroom. It may make the students more interested in learning. The students might even be more excited to learn now, because the computer will know that the students happy facial experssions mean they are enjoying the type of way the program is teaching them.

The new Facial Action Coding System will be extremeley helpful in a classroom. The students will have a more positive learning environment with this software. The new technology will not only be able to help with a students mental emotions, but it will help them be in a happier state of learning. This new system be more helpful for the students and for the teachers. The Facial Action Coding System is exactly what a school should be using for a overall better work place.",5
That technology would not help in schools because the fact that students are sometimes not happy with how computer ads put up. Teacher can also see how their students are feeling on the computer but one flaw about this is that what if it didn't work. The technology would have to have many updates to get the system right and make the experiance better. Someone can hack that computer and can be watching you or the government might be trying to watch us. How much is schools going to be paying for these compter? Maybe around a million dollars in buying and fixing it. Most schools don't have good internet or they have bad students that might break these computers and the school or stduent would have to pay for it. The computers schools have now barely even work now so why buy a computer that most likely not going to work no better than the computers they already have. Why take away a ad and putting a new ad is going to make a student happy? What if they dont like ads at all? what is the point of the putting a computer that can read people emotions by scanning their face and the students are not going get any happier they are going be excited about at first and then get bored with it. Computers are not good for kids at a young age they will get addicted to being on a computer won't go outside and then they are going to gain weight and then be fat. ,2
"I think people should join the Seagoing Cowboys. You get to do so many amazing things. I have a lot of fun doing it myself and I think everyone else can too! I have had great new adventures in this program. I think people should join the Seagoing Cowboys because it helps out others (including animals), you get to go new places with new people, and because it is a great opportunity.

My first reason on why people should join the Seagoing Cowboys is because it can help out people in need.""UNRRA hired ""Seagoing Cowboys"" to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas."" That is one example that the program lets us help, not only just the people but also the animals too. I also found ""They got their seaman's papers and boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster, headed for Greece- with a cargo of 335 horses plus enough hay and oats to feed them."" That is one reason why people should join this program.

Another reason people should join this program is because you get to go new places in the world, for example I went to Greece! ""Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China."" Also another piece of evidence is ""So was taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy; a city with streets of water."" This is another example of why new people should join the Seagoing Cowboys.

An example is because it is a great opportunity for people. You get to do so many new things with new people. "" But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for Luke Bomberger."" Being a Seagoing Cowboy is an eye opening experience for me. I also found in the text is states

""It opened the world to him. ""I'm grateful for the opportunity,"" he says."" This program is a great experience and adventure. I know I couldn't pass down the opportunity once it was handed to me. The article says ""Luke couldn't say no. He knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime.""

These are just a couple reasons why I think people should join the Seagoing Cowboys. It can help others and animals. It is a great time you will have with people and with all the new places you can see and explore. I had fun with this program and I think a lot of otherr people can too. So once again this is why I think people should join the Seagoing Cowboys.",4
"In the article about driverless cars, it talks about how driverless cars can help people. But can they? Driverless cars can be very dangerous in some ways. People can fall asleep just as easily as driving a normal car. They fall asleep in these driverless cars because they think ""Oh it's in control, I can snooze for a bit."" When no, you can't. You have to be alert at all times. In paragraphs 7-10 it talks about how authorities and the law are getting involved with these driverless cars ideas. If the law doesn't approve of the driverless cars ideas it's beacuse they are aware of the people and children walking across the streets or crossing roads. If the driver in the driverless car isn't paying attention to the pedestrians, the car might not stop in time for the driver to take control.

Driverless cars do have benefits though. It does help alert the driver with any dangers up ahead or construction up ahead and has the driver take the wheel. But like what is said before, there are still some issues. Driverless cars cannot navigate on its own, you have to steer and be in control at all times if you want to get somewhere. The car isn't Knight Rider. We still have to pay attention to the car and its surroundings and one day, it might be too late, and you crash because you couldn't get ahold of the wheel because the car wouldn't shift it to you. In paragraphs 4-6 it talks about sensors in the cars, which is a good thing, but they could malfunction and then you're messed up from then on. The sensors help to alert the driver with anything that is out of its control. But it still can't navigate and that isn't very helpful, now is it? These are reasons the cars can be dangerous.

So in conclusion, driverless cars aren't all that great. They still have faults and could easily malfunction and then you don't have any control over the car anymore. These cars are not safe for anyone, and a drunk driver could easily take advantage of that. No car is going to be perfect, it'll still have dents and scratches in the long run and just like any other, it willeventually crash. Drivers need to be aware of these cons instead of focussing on the pros. Because no car will be perfect nor will it fully develop to drive on its own. It's not a living thing, its a machine for transport. Try focussing on what could go bad, before you get behind that driverless car and find out in the long run. Are ""Driverless cars"" really driverless? Think about it before you buy one.",4
"venus a star from eath is one of the brightest pionts of light in the night sky, because is making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot because the earth is going to get killed.

because some people think the earth is flat but not other planets because is there choice if it true or not like venus is the second smallest planet in the universe. pg.2

the national aeronautics and space adminstration (NASA) has one particularly compelling idea to do the nasa to go to outher space and go to venus to learn more about it. because other people wants to learn about venus and mars because mars is kinda closes to the sun so it really hot in mars in venus is kinda like earth like is kinda cold sometimes and the afternoons there are really hot in venus and the regular earth is winter then spring then summer then fall then yea and keeps going and going but venus is the most important star in the planet and earth.

and some people dont know in planets like mars and venus and all kind of planets but they are still learning about the universe and the stars.",1
"""I have a dream"" that one day driverless cars will outnumber the amount of drivers on the roads (Martin Luther King Jr.). Most accidents caused today are by human error, not by the car. Many people do not focus, nor do they always have the right capabilities to be drving in the first place. Having driverless cars can create a safer environment and better road conditions for many.

The amount of people that get hit or run over becasue of lack of attention from the driver is not even numberable. Many people text and drive when it is unneccesary which causes more accidents than needed; however, with a driverless car, that is not the case. With the technology of the driverless cars today, they ""[use] laser beams to form a constatnly updated 3-D model of the car's surroundings"" (Driverless Cars Are Coming, Paragraph 4). This increases the safety not only for the driver but unaware pedestrians as well.

Sleepiness is an unknown feeling for driverless cars. Since there is no person driving, sleep or rest is not needed. The advantage of this is that someone who may work late or are simply just exhausted from a hard days work will not have to risk his/her life on the road. Falling asleep at the wheel can cause not only an accident for one's self, but it can also cause an accident for many other drivers as well. However, if the driver is in control at the time, driverless cars may have ""cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road"" (Driverless Cars Are Coming, Paragraoh 7). All precautions will be taken so no one gets injured.

Now, not only can driverless cars increase safey, but they can also decrease tiredness and stress. No one truly loves driving for many hours at once. It ends up becoming boring, and eventually one would get tired of staring at the road all day. However, with driverless cars, there would be no more worry on planning out whos turn it is to drive next. Inventors are even trying to come up with fun ""in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays"" (Driverless Cars Are Coming, Paragraph 8). Road trips could be more enjoyable than ever before.

In conclusion, driverless cars can relieve stress and tiredness, reduce accidents, and can possibly keep one entertained for hours. Even though there are times that the driver must be on his/her guard, the driverless car mostly does all the work letting the driver stay at ease and relax. There is a long way to go before any big advancements in this type of technology can be made, but it is possible, and it can change the world forever. ",4
"The ""Face on Mars"" is a landform seen in photographs of the surface of Mars. Some people believe that this landform is proof that alien life exists and that this landform was created by said aliens. However, there is plenty of information to disprove this. This information is found in the article, ""Unmasking the Face on Mars.""

The article, ""Unmasking the Face on Mars,"" states, ""Some people think that the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars- evidence that NASA would rather hide, say some conspiracy theorists. Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars."" This statement suggests that NASA would have no reason to hide evidence of alien life, as this would benefit NASA greatly. If NASA had discovered evidence of alien life, NASA would have presented it as such.

Later on, photographs were taken of the landform once again. However, the camera had to ""peer through whispy clouds to see the Face."" Because of this, some skeptics believed that alien markings were hidden by the haze, which is shown in the quote, ""Perhaps, said skeptics, alien markings were hidden by the haze."" In response to this, another picture was taken on a cloudless day, showing that the Face was nothing more than a natural land form.

This landform is similar to some of the landforms on Earth, as shown by the quote, ""What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa- landforms common around the American West."" Another quote to prove that the Face is similar to formations on Earth is, ""It reminds me most of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho...That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars."" This suggests that the Face could have been formed much in the same way as the Earth formation mentioned in the quote.

The fact that, in the photographs of the fornation, there is no evidence to prove alien life is also a factor to consider. A quote by Garvin shows why this is an important peice of information to consider. ""As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size...So, if there were any objets in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!"" This proves that because no evidence of alien life can be seen in the pictures, means that there is none. In these pictures, claims Garvin, you could discern objects easily and tell what they are. If so, NASA can easily confirm that this land formation is natural and that there is no evidence of alien life.

Thus, the Face on Mars is a natural land formation. If it was evidence of alien life, NASA would have presented the information as such. NASA would have then pursued the lead that proved alien life exsisted by attempting to find this alien life or more evidence to prove that alien life exsisted. NASA would have beneiftted greatly if the Face had been created by alien life forms. This formation is also very similar to some land formations found on Earth. If such formations are found natrually on Earth, could they not also be found naturally on other planets? This land formation on Mars is natrual, as similar land formations are found naturally on Earth and NASA finding proof of alien life would have benefitted them greatly. If these things are true, then the Face on Mars is a land form that occurred naturally, and we, the people of Earth, have yet to find evidence that alien life exsists in our univserse. ",5
"Can you imagine sleeping in your car while your car drives you to work? This is certainly becoming more and more possible as technology advances. I'm all for the devolpment of self driving cars. As we advance as humans everything around us is advancing, new and better phones,smart house systems. Its alot safer than a human with temptation to speed, there will be less car accidents. This technology also will help people under the influnce getting home.

Driver less cars are the future of road safety. the article states that they have very high tech sensors and makes the car super smart. It gives the car human like senses. If this technology ever fails then the car can still be driven by a human so it has a backup. Also the ability to perform other actions while the car drives you. There will be so many less car accidents related to texting and driving. It can also give us the ability to catch up on

a show on your drive to work or even get some extra sleep. the possiblitites are endless.

Overall self driving cars are a smart revolutionary act towards cars. The possiblities are endless. Hopefully in the future we can have a car that will compeletly drive itself. The future is bright.",3
"Dear Senator,

I believe that we should keep Electoral Colleges but massive changes to the system.  These changes would help prevent ties, avoid a large number of ""swing"" state, and also make elections easier.  For one to prevent ties, that is a hard thing to prevent cosidering we have no control over who someone votes for but it can be solved. If, in case of a tie, we due a tie braker as you will.  There will be a revotation process with 499 voters, these voters are picked at random in the city data base.  ""...for example, Obama recieved 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him.""

Number 2 is to solve swing states, again this is something it is hard to prevent but can be solved.  There needs to be an equal number over information distributed among the states and so forth.  For the conclusion of making elections easier, we need to make the more convenient. It takes a long time to vote for you and could be faster.  Although the electoral system is slightly flawed we still need to keep the ""peoples"" president, and there are not manyn other ways to do this than to due the system we have now.  The only major problem is the the system is out of date.    ",2
"Have you ever been through a tough time? A death in the family, a bad athletic performance in your last sporting event, maybe you and your spouse just ended a lengthy relationship. Hard times, and the feelings that come with them should not be spread out for your peers to see. I disagree with the Facial Action Coding System. Kids and young adults should be able to hide their emotions becuase not everyone deserves to know how they feel.

Everyone has different feelings. Some negative, some posotive. If you are in class and your mom calls informing you that a loved one has been seriously injured and they are in critical condition, the feelings you have at that moment belong to you and only you. If you are in class and the coding system says that you are feeling 90 percent sad and 10 percent fearful, your classmates are ging to attack you with questions that could possibly worsen your mental state.

I understand that the system could increase test scores and grade averages, but the one thing that means the most is your security. Teachers' lives would be much easier due to the fact that they know which students need help and which students are soaking up the lesson well. There is just one problem. People (especially the youth) are insocure. Privacy is very important in this world and I believe the Facial Action Coding System would snatch that away from us.

All in all, there are pros and cons when discussing the coding system. More cons than pros in my opinion. The idea of feelings being released for everyone to see is too risky. If we unleash the beast into schools around the world, things could flip upside down.",3
"Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite its danger of making it a challenge because there are great qualites about this planet that makes it different . One way Venus is analogous to earth is because it has a rocky surface,valleys,and mountains. A interesting fact about Venus that the passage states is that ""its one of the brightest points of light in the night sky."" Venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density of size and occasionally in distance too. The article states that "" A ship hovering over venus can allow very limited insight on ground conditions because of certain forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere."" but when scientists figure out a way to create a machine that will work in those conditions it willl be worth the wait.

Venus is reffered to as earths twin. A big differnce between earth and Venus is that Venus is over 800 degrees and no one would last in that condtion of heat. Venus has the hottest surface even though mercury is closer to earth. There are many more things scientists can find out,if they keep studying Venus even though it is a challenge because of the high temperature. In conclusion even though Venus is a challenge to study it is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because of howmany differences it has from earth.",3
"Would you ever want to live on an planet that only stays hot every day. That is the second planet that lives closer to the sun. Sometimes called the ""Evening Star,"" is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. Then this story should grabe your intrest. Studying Venus is an worthy pursit despite the dangers.

The heat at Venus is a real life problem. ""On the planet’s surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet(3)."" For example, this can cause masive heat strokes if a human arives at Venus because our bodys would not be able to handeal it. ""Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun(3)."" For example, you would not know how to suvive if you would to go here.

Why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface. ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system(4)."" For example, how would they know that its the most Earths like planet with out giving an interview with other people.""Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel(4)."" If scientists would of made space travel then more people would come back to earth sick and hungry because of the heat temperature.

How is NASA going to be an impact in this study of Venuse. ""NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus(7)."" For example, this can be a huge impact over a lot of people lives because what if this can be a dangers planet and some of the scientists had messed up on their research then whats going to happen next. ""NASA’s possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray(5)."" For example, this would be back because if you are floating above Venus you would not feel the heat.

Studying Venus is an worthy pursit despite the dangers.""On the planet’s surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet(3)."" ""Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun(3)."" ""NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus(7).""",3
"The face on Mars is 100% just a natural formation of rocks and sand/dust. Pictures show this, everytime NASA does take a picture of it there are the same results. Plus if it was alien why would NASA publish the pictures. If this was proof of aliens it would put people into freak out mode.

The first thing is that giant rock formations aren't uncommon in the cydonia section of Mars. In fact there are a whole bunch of different kinds of rocks just like the face, only that those are normal looking. They don't look like faces. The article even says that the picture actually shows the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West. Even Garvin says ''It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,'' then he keeps going to say ''That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars.''

The second thing is close up images. Over the years NASA has been taking pictures of this formation. Each time they take a picture of face, the face starts to look more and more like a rock formation. NASA even publicly posted pictures on the web, and all diferent kinds of media to show what the formation looks like. So, NASA must of been pretty confident in what they were saying the picture was. Plus NASA is made of the top of the line professionlas. They aren't made up of people who dropped out of highschool. They are made up of people who have graduated from some of the most advanced and instutionalized colleges.

My third thing is if it was alien, why would NASA publicly show the pictures. In the article, it makes NASA look like they were trying to get people to get away from the alien idea. By the sound of it, I would take a guess and say if it was alien, NASA would do everything in their power to keep the images from getting out into the public. Another thing is that at one point people were saying that the picture taken on April 5, 1998, was not liable because of the fact that 98 was a cloudy time of year on the Red Planet. So, NASA on April 8, 2001, took another photo in the year 2001 and 2001 was not a cloudy year for the Red Planet .The photo even further backed up the fact that the formation on Mars is just another giant rock, not some alien face or artifact.

So in the end why would this be an alien face or aritfact. NASA has publicly proven that it is just a formation of rocks and dust/sand. Plus if NASA didn't wan't us to know about aliens or anything of the sort, why would they publicly anounce and show pictures of the Face of Mars. That is why the Face of Mars is not related to anything alien at all and is just another formation in the cydonia sector of Mars.  ",4
"Introducing this new technology that allows us to see when students are telling the truth on how they feel about an assignment would be very beneficial. With this technology we could see how students respond to certain types of activities and what they find interesting or boring. When a teacher ask a student feels about a particular lesson or assignment they might lie and say the enjoyed it or they found it interesting because that is what he or she thinks the teacher wants to hear. If this technology were introduced into classroom envrioments students would actually recieve education in a way they would find interesting and productive.

Students can often become bored or loose focus in a classroom envrioment if what is being presented to them is not fun or interesting. With this new technology teachers can truly find out what their students enjoy the most. One of the leading creators, Dr. Huang states that ""'A clasroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored'"". With acess to these types of programs students wouldn't get bored or confused. The author of this article, Nick D'Alto states that ""She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry"". If we can tell the facial expressions of a painting from hundreds of years ago, imagine the endless possibilities we could do on livng students. With the acuracy and many beneifts of this tecnology clasrooms would become not only more interesting and maybe even fun but they would be more productive than ever before.

Overall the Facial Action Coding System would be a very useful tool for both students and teachers. With students becoming bored and confused less classroom productivity would increase and even the students grade would increase. Without testing these technologies in actual classroom enviroments we will never know the true impact this technology could have on our learning experience.                                                    ",3
"In my opinion I believe change the election to popular vote because it is better for the citizens and all of the people. And doing the popular votes is better to do because it gives everyone a chance to vote for who they want to support for their president.

The Electoral College may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying there state, knowing their vote will have no effect at all, they will tend to have less incentive to pay attention to the campaihn than they would have if the president were picked by popular vote. The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president. So thats not far to every state.

The Electoral College is mostly regared as an anachronism a non-democratic method of selecting a president that out to be overuled by declaring the cadidate who receives the most popular votes is the winner. The electoral College is totally unfair to the people who want to vote for president and outdated. The best arguments based on reality. Onlu 270 people have to voke to elect the president and thats crazy because they could all gang up and be told to chose only one person and thats unfair to the other person running for president. The best argument against the electoral college is what we call the disaster factor. American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century the system really calls for much worse.

The electoal college is unfair to voters, because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates dont spend time in states they know have a chance of winning. Just during the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in the 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaigm ad. When you think you are voting for a president candiate you are actully voting for a slate of electors, so you end up getting betrayed by the system            ",2
"Do you think people should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program? People should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program beacaue of these three reasons because they would get to go on many adventures, also because they would get to meet new people, and also they would get to experience new places.

They should join the program because they would get to go on many adventures. The text states it was a great adventure for luke.

also if they join the program they would get to meet new people. The text stats ""it made me more aware of people other countries"". The text also states that lead him to keep meeting new people.

Last if they join the program they would get to experience new place. the text states that they had to go to china. The text also states that they had to ride on the Atlantic Ocea.

And that is why I think more people should join the program. beacause of those three reasons.",2
"Do you guys think that venus is dangers? Well for our part venus need to get up close and personal despite the risk or maybe they should think of them as challenges. Astronmers are fascinated by venus because it may once have been the most earth-like planet in our solar system. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus's atmosphere. Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of earth, it had proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. Venus would need to get uo close and personal despite the risk and maybe should think of them as challenges.

Astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have been the most earth-like planet in the solar system because people from long time had to covered the oceans to support carious forms of life to them just how earth is from us today. Also because the value of the returning of the venus seem to be a little difficult but there was other option to make a mission to be safe and productive to both of them for the astronomers to be by venus and know the planets in the solar system.

Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosvie sulfuric acid in venus's atmosphere because they think that the challenging for venus might not be working for them but now they do work because the conditions are now more extreme then any human encounter out there and all of the environment can crush of a submarine. But then venus has the hottest surface temperature to any of the planet in the solar system that their is even when mercury is close to the sun venus can still be hot for the system being beside another planet.

Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. Venus can be the closest planet to earth even in terms of size and density. Also each of the previous mission can have an unmanned and for a reason no sacecraft has been survived for the time of landing for more than hours or even minutes. Venus had more than three decades, but venus reputation for a challenge planet is for humans to work on and study for and to despite the proximity to it.

This is what I think the author suggests to the study of venus because venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risk and maybe should think of them for a challenge, because astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may once have been the most earth-like planet in the solar system, even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus's atmosphere, and venus is simple to see from the distant but can be safe vantage point in earth and has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely to it. ",3
"I believe that driverless cars are and are going to be a great piece of technology development.

Driverless cars could give us a life changing future.

Driverless cars may sound questionable to some people but, I believe they could be safer than our vehicles today.

Google, BMW, GM, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan have been working on creating safe, driverless vehicles for the last 10-15 years.

How far they have come in just this short amount of time amazed many people.

How far they are still planning to come will blow some people away.

Sensors alone have come a long way in just the past 10 years.

They are built to detect danger and respond to danger in possible accidents.

What the sensors can detect is far better than the response and control of a human driver

(ParaG 5).

The car is not totally driverless. I find this to be a plus for driverless cars.

Because technology is not always reliable, humans do need to assist with some of the things that technology can't be reliable for.

Just in 2013 BMW announced the ""Traffic Jam Assistant.""

Then it could drive up to 25 mph.

Only going 25 mph, the car requires the driver to hold onto the wheel.

All the vehicles are designed to warn or notify the driver when it needs humans skills.

Companies are coming up with many ways to inform the human that assistance is needed.

Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009.

Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash (ParaG. 2).

Human drivers today have crashes daily.

No matter what, everytime someone gets in a car they are putting their life in danger. I believe that with the new technolgy advances in driverless cars, the number of car crashes would decrease tremendously.

Overall I believe that the advances for driverless vehicles have come so far in their development in just a short number of years. I think that driverless vehicles will be a safer and more efficient way of driving for our future.

They will be saving lifes daily, and saving money in the long run.                                          ",3
"What you are about to read is going to give you insight on the advantages and disadvantages there are when talking about limiting car usage. In the next few paragraphs and sentences I am going to state true facts about the advantages and disadvantages of limiting your forms of transportaion. I will also talk about not just the individual advantages and disadvantages, but I will also talk about how it could help or hurt, a community. Now strap down, let's click on those seat belts, and go for a ride, all puns intended.

I think it would probably be best if we started this paper off by talking about the disadvantages right off the bat. Now, the first one that I think everyone thought of right away would be that of, how could places like the United States of America, a country that is thousands of miles wide, convert to what is being proposed in these articles? Where I live now is on the ocean, so on the outskirts of our city, LOCATION_NAME, to be exact. If our county, LOCATION_NAME, was to change to this ideal, then we would have to bike about 3 miles just to get to the bridge to get across the river back to main land. Another example would eb that where I used to live, LOCATION_NAME, there was a lot of land seperating my old house and the main drag of my town. In the summer, it wouldn't be that big of a deal to just take a bike and gon on a bike ride, but when it came around to it being winter I would probably want to take a car that had 4x4 wheel drive, if you catch my drift. I think that the disadvantages are painfully obvious when it comes to this system, but I could definetley see it working in large citites not unlike Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and so on.

Now that we've finally gotten the disadvantages out of the way, we can talk about how this would help communitites all across the world become safer and cleaner. In the first article I read a quote that I thought was perfect for the advantages paragraph.

""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happer this way,""

(Paragraph 2, Lines 4-5) This really got my attention right from the get go because It made me think about our daily lives and how I feel when I'm behind the wheel. Im always stressed Im going to wreck my car! The other thing that caught my eye was when I read about the Columbian city of Bogota. In Bogota, they banned all motor vehicles except buses and taxis for a day. A businessman was quoted as saying

""It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,""

It seems that when the idea of outlawing all motor vehicles and having only bikes and your feet for transportation, people are a lot happier.

In conclusion, I would love to see less cars on the roads, and see more people switch to greener alternatives such as bikes, skateboards, feet, etc. I think it would also take care of the issue of obesity and pollution. The only thing that I find hard to believe is that we would just disband the use of cars all together. I think that we have built so many roads all over the place that finding another use for them would be hard. All in all however, I think this is a great idea. To have communities closer together which would form stronger community bonds and it would allow us to drastically reduce the amount of pollution we create each year.                    ",3
"Many people believe technology is becoming too advanced for our own good. Maybe they were right, technology is advancing at a rapid rate and can also invade one's privacy. In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" the author describes a new technology that enables computers to identify human emotions such as happy, sad, disgust, surprised, and a few other basic emotions. There is debate whether this software should become avaible in classrooms for students and if it is valuable. It is not very valuable, it is an invasion of privacy to use this software to read a students' emotional responses to their work.

Schools around the world are becoming more and more advanced everyday. Students, freshman through seniors, at Floyd Central High School along with hundreds of tother high schools have ipads that students carry around and use in their everyday classes. If they were to have this new software it would not change very many things. ""For example, if you smile when a web as appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if your frown, the next ad will be different."" What does web ads have to do with a student's education? This only shows that students will be recorded at all times through their ipads and/or computers while they do their school work. This is a huge invasion of privacy to students everywhere who might have to use this new emotional expression software.

The article states, "" ""A classroom computer could regonize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"" Dr Huang predicts.""Then it could modify the lesson, like the effective human instructor."" "" Though it sounds like a step towards the right direction in technology, students will be just as bored doing random classwork on a computer without emotion software watching their every move through a camera. Also, at least 60% of students do better with a teacher in front of them to help rather than learning things online. If this software acts as a effective human instructor, students will still grow confused because as the article states that ""...you could probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face."". A student will most likely do better just having a teacher because of the facial expressions or body language a teacher gives while teaching can help them better retain the information given rather than a screen teaching it to them, and if a teacher is doing a lecture in front of a class there is no need for a student to have out a laptop computer or an ipad unless it is called for that class and the teacher would be able to answer questions, not the computer.

The Facial Action Coding System software should not be used in the classroom. It is not of value to a student's education, it would be a waste of money and time to install it onto student ipads or computers. It is a complete invasion of privacy to today's youth to be constantly looked at through a little camera just to see if they are confused or not when they could just simply raise their hand and ask a teacher. Though it has many benefits, it has more pros than cons. The article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" is supposed to convince the audience reading it that Facial Action Coding System software should be put in schools, reading it would make one feel the opposite.      ",5
""" The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" is an article about Venus. The article gives us infromation about venus and the conditions of it as well.

It also includes infromation from NASA (The National Aeronautics and Space Administartion).

Even though after reading the passage, Venus sounds like a huge death trap, the author still suggetsts that Venus is a planet worth investing in and gathering informationon. However, the author doesn't include enough deatil about why Venus should be explored and researched. In this essay, I will use evidence and or informtion to suggest that the author does a poor job with naming reasons why Venus should be looked at.

To begin, the author states that Venus would be a challenge to study. "" While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely."" This statement suggests that Venus could result in seroius injuries if one was to make its way over to the planet. Also stated in the article, ""no spacecraft has survived the landing for more than a few hours,"" meaning that death would occur more often than not at all. Also, the environment of Venus indicates that there would be trouble if someone actually managed to survived the landing.

Erupting volcanoes, earthquakes, and lightning strikes as well as a temperature of 800 degrees fahrenheit provides us with enough information that humans wouldn't be able to stand the extreme conditions.

In conclusion the author did a poor job. The author did a poor job with explaining how worthy the pursuit of Venus would be to explore. The author offers more reason as to why Venus should be left untouched. Venus is really challenging planet to explore. The conditions are far too extreme for any human. And the percentage on losing your life is high. Think about it, is Venus really worth it?   ",3
"Dear state senator,

Changing the vote from voting for a slate of electors to popular vote would be reasonable. I think that having to vote for a slate of electors is pretty hard knowing that you're basically just voting for people that's with one president or another president. Popular vote is a good idea because you can get a bit more accuracy from the votes.

Electorial college has 34 electors who ""Can be anyone not holding office"" also voters can get confused about who they're voting for. ""Perhaps the most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electorial vote."" If there was a tie, it would have to be ""thrown to the House Of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president."" We really dont want the House Of Representatives solving a tie for us. Unlike the popular vote where there is re-counts, the electorial college has none of that. If its a tie it gets passed on to another group.

Popular votes are more ideal because you actually have a chance of the person you voted for actually becoming president. If there's a tie, re-counts are established. Popular votes also don't have ""disaster factors"". This also has a less chance of a dispute erupting like it did in 2000 with the electorial vote. With popular vote, you are guaranteed that you know who you're voting for and you don't have the possible chance that you've just voted for the guy you highly dislike. Popular votes had also won the election for President Barack Obama. Where if it were electorial college, it would have taken a long time for the winner of the vote is announced.    ",3
"dear state senitor I humbaly suggest that you don't turn from electoral college cause there are many people who depend on that college as a electoral support.

You may think that we dont need the electoral college but we do need the college because we also vote there and if  we dont then we do other important stuff there.

so instead of making a extreme dicision like this then you should think about the people and not let a hasty decision have a disaster on this good state because we could have horable president or govenor so please think about what you do or it will end nicly or horrably desatrouse.

so inconclusion changing the college to a popular vote could be a bad thing to do and hope you make a good decision that will mend the wrong and premote the right and have a nice day and make a good decision.    ",1
i think that we should use technology to read students emotional expressions because now we don't really see what a student might be feeling so thats why we have technology and with the high techology advances we have now we can try to atleast see what a student might be feeling like or atleast try to figure out what he is feeling or how he or she might be feeling. and it all works out because now researchers have computers that construct a 3-D model of our faces and all 44 major muscles in the model move like human muscles. even though most people dont show that they are happy or upset most of the time they might be and thats why the researchers perform an impressive calculation each day. also i think using technology is the best idea because what else can we use to read someones facial expressions besides the fact that we can recognize some but not all facial expressions. ,2
"Dear Senator,

Most people hear the word ""Electoral College"" and think that it is a place.. But they're wrong, it is a process. The Electoral College is widely regarded as a thing that seems to belong to the past and not to fit in the present. The advocates whom are conflicting with others are saying that the Electoral College method isn't democratic in modern day society, which is correct. The Electoral College is a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens which was founded by the founding fathers.

The Electoral College has 538 electors, but to elect the President, 270 electoral votes are needed. One for each member in the House of Representives plus two for your Senators is what your state's entitled allotment of electors must equal and the number of members in its Congressional delegation. In the Constitution under the 23rd Amendment, D.C is given 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the Electoral College. ""State"" can also be used instead of using the District of Columbia. Each canidate running for President in each state has his or her own group of electors. The political party is who the electors are generally chosen by but they elect them by giving them different responsibilities. Every four years is when the presidential election is held. I believe that the senator should stick with The Electoral College to vote for the President of the U.S.

When the presidential election is all finished with, the governor prepares something called ""Certificate of Ascertainment"" which lists all of the canidates who ran for office in that particular state. The electoral college system voters vote not only for the president but for what we call the slate electors who eventually elect the president. Not always can voters control whom thier electors vote for and sometimes voters can get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong canidate. Some people may call the Electoral College outdated, irrational and maybe unfair but I think it's a way to keep everything organized and it won't cause to much chaos, unless you disagree with it.

Slate of electors are trusted to vote for the President however, he or she is usually picked by the number of how many votes your electors put in for you.

Basically, everyone thinks that The Electoral College is just a big waste of time and outdated. But it's a process which elects slate of electors then those who are apart of that will vote for the president. In my opinion, I think it's a better way to handle things than to just ask everybody to cast their votes for just one person. Everyone can just work together and everything will probably work out just fine if each voter agrees on one thing!                                                       ",2
"I am for driverless cars because they're more safe, they're more advanced and there has been no accidents reported according to the data. I would personal buy a driverless car for all of the reason listed above.

Driverless cars are more safe because they alert you when you are about to hit something by vibrating the drivers seat .They also brake on there own when you are to close to a car or an object. They have sensors that sense when a stop light has changed colors. They also can steer themselves and hold accelerateion. Also the self driverless cars are good because alot of people are texting, eating, and putting make-up on while driving and this would decrease accidents having to do with distraction.

Driverless car are more advanced. The driverless cars has been around since the 1950's just not as advanced as they are today. They are more advanced in technology because they have updated sensors, cameras and GPS receiver. The driverlees cars are becoming more advanced every day because people are finding out new technology almost evey day. That's why driverless cars are more advanced.

Driverless cars has been around since about 1950's and no accidents has been reported for those owning a driverless car. Driverless have been tested and are a great way to help us.

Driverless cars have alot of positives. Also driverless cars helps saves alot of live. so think of the next time you want to put a little make-up on because you're running late or texting somebody because you haven't seen them in a while, just think could this driverless car save my life.",3
"The author who wrote ""The challenge of Exploring Venus"" strongly supports the idea of humans studying Venus. Venus is one of the most deadliest planets in ur solar system, but that does'nt stop scientist from wanting to know more about the large gas giant. Scientist are stil fascinated witht his planet and want to travel to Venus. They've sent ships that have failed, and still keep trying. The author effectively shows that Venus worthy planet to study by using facts to show how it will benefit earth.

Most people who hear about scientist exploring Venus think, ""Why should we explore an inhabitable planet?"". According to the author Venus could possibly have been like Earth thousands of years ago. Paragraph four states, ""Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans ans could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth."" This proves that the planet had sustained life a long time ago. Venus also shows signs that valleys and mountains could have been there in its sediment. The gas giant is closer to us in distance, humans could easily travel to Venus if the planets harsh conditions can change.

Now that we know life can possibly be sustained there in the future, how do humans get there? Venus's suface and atmosphere is extremely hot and dangerous to humans. NASA has been testing a few ideas such as mechanical technology and simplified computers to help explore Venus. Paragraph seven states, "" some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chambers simulating the chaos of Venus's surface."" .With this tech humans could possibly be on the surface of Venus without having to fear the dangerous conditions. When this technology gets more advanced scientist will be able to explore Venus with ease.

Venus is a very challenging plant to study and travel to. The author gives credible facts to explain how it could benefit humans. With traces of water and animal life humans could possibly live on Venus. Scientist have been making advances in creating better technology to explore the planet so it can be sustainable in the future. With the information and technology Venus might be in our grasp one day.           ",4
"The use of cars around the world are having an impact on the envoirnment today.  Being able to limit the use of cars would be benifical to your wellbeing and the enviornment.

In Vauban, Germany there is a suburb that doesn't have any cars. People are allowed to own cars but there are only two places to park, which are the two large garages at the edge of the development. Also the owner must pay $40,000 for a space, along with a home. The majority of the residents do not own cars and say they are happier this way. This community is an example that is trending throughout Europe, and is trying to kick start a movement called ""smart planning"". ""Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States""(Rosenthal 5). The air is becoming very polluted and there are efforts being made to try and fix the issue.

In Paris, there was a day of near-record pollution. They decided to enforce a law banning certain cars on certain days to try and help clear the air. On Modays, people with even-numbered licence plates had to leave there cars at home or pay a fine of 22-euro or $31. About 4,000 people were fined that day. The congestion was down 60% in paris as well, and the smo cleared up enough monday for the French to decide on the banning of odd-numbered plates on Tuesday also.

Aslo in Bogota, Colombia there is a day without cars. There goal is to promotes alternative transportation and reduce the amount of smog. Anyone who violated this law was fined $25. "" It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,"" said buisinessman  Carlos Arturo Plaza(selsky 24). This trend is spreading, with other Colombian cites joining the event.

The end of car culture is among us in the United States. Studies have shown that people are buying fewer cars, driving less, and getting fewer licences as the years go by. The number of miles driven in the United states peaked in 2005 and is steadily dropping . As of April 2013, that number has dropped by about 9% and is equal to where the United states was in January 1995. The new generation are not finding drivin or even etting a licence a priorty anymore. They plan there work and social life by were they can walk or use a alternative  transportation. Bills are being made to help with the amount of pollution made by cars and are trying to gie the people more opportunities to use alternative transportations.

The amount of pollution created by cars are effecting our envoirnment. As shown in the example of paris, that by limiting the amount of cars o the road you can prevent some of the air pollution increasing the quaility of the air. Also not having to worry about driving has decreased stress in some cases. Overall limiting car usage would be beneficial to your wellbeing and the enviornment.    ",3
"Reading Faces

Imagine you are sitting in history class, and all of a sudden you start to fall asleep. You start to nod off because you are learning boring old history, when all of a sudden the lesson changes its tone to be more interesting. In return you do not fall asleep, and you learn plenty of new information. This technology is called Facial Action Coding System, and it should be used in the classroom. If this technology is used it will lead to less boredom, more engagment, and a general improvment in the school's atmosphere.

Firstly, this technology can be used to make school less boring. With this technology installed it would be able to detect when you are bored, and be able to change the lesson in order to make it less boring. This can lead to more learning being accomplished, because teachers would not have to spend time reteaching a subject. History is not boring, and if a computer could make history appealing to students then it should be practiced. People who oppose this technology may say that it is not advanced enough to detect human emotions. In rebuttle, ""The software is the latest innovation from Prof. Thomas Huang, of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois, working in collaboration with Prof. Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam. Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate."" (D'Alto)

Secondly, this technology can be used to increase the student's engagement in the school. If a student is excited to learn new information, then they are engaged. If students are activily engaged with their learning they will do better in school. With students preforming better in school it could lead to an improvement in life, and to the advancement of the human race. American schools are also lagging behind thier counterparts, and this increase in engagment would benifit the American Educational System.

Thirdly, this technology can be used to improve the general environment of the school. Everybody goes through rough patches in their life, and sometimes students want to talk to administrators. Even if a student talks to an adult, they do not always tell the truth. With Facial Action Coding System they will be able to tell if you a telling the truth. For example ""Meanwhile, muscles called oribicularis oculi pars palpabraeus make crow's-feet around your eyes. But in a false smile, the mouth is streched sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle, the risorius."" (D'Alto) This would enable the teachers to know what is going on, and be able to help you best.

In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding System should be used in the classroom. The technology would lead to less boredom in school, more engagment in school, and an improvment in the school's atmosphere. All of these factors would not only improve schools in America, but schools throughout the world. Our world is constantly becoming more based on technology, and the children of the world are our future. Should we not teach them in the best way possible? ",5
"The idea of having new and evolved veichles might scare some people.

Having driveless cars has positive and negative sides to it.

Drriveless cars are cars that drive themselves and dont need a human being to be behind the wheel.

The idea for having invented driverless cars is so that different types of peple can multi task while they are in the car. Many people get destracted and need to become awear of what is happening in their sourroundings.

While different people think that driverless cars are a bad thing there are some positives to the idea. Some of the positives are that you wouldnt have to worry about texting and driving or drinking and driving. You would get home safe and you wouldnt even have to touch the stearing wheel.

Another positive is that it has sensors so that if your about to backup into and object it gives you a signal to inform you that you need to watch out, and the same with when your driving and you get really close to getting in an accident.

One last positive thing is that if you you are tired or are in a condition in which you can not drive back to a certain place, he driverless car can take you there.

There are negatives of having driverless cars aswell. not all driverless cars can and will do the exact same thing. Some of the negatives of having driverless cars is that not all of the cars will be the same.

Another reason is that they might not be capable to do its job.

Another reason is that many people may not like the idea of driverless cars because they are so used to the idea of regular cars and they like to be in control of where they are going and how they are driving.

One last reason as to why driverless cars are a negative thing is because the might be too expensive that not many people are willling to spend so much money.

There are also positives and negatives about regular cars.

Some people might be used to driving regular cars and dont want to change that. But because of all of the technology that has been changing over the years if at one point driverless cars do not become something that everyone has some people might think that we are behind on our technological advances

I personaly think that both types of cars are great if you want a driverless car then why shouldnt you be allowd to have one but if you dont want a driverless car and you like regular cars because of the fact that you can control where you are going and how you are driving then that should be fine too. we just need to make sure that everyone n the rode wether you have a driverless car or a regular one are safe                   ",3
"Having a driverless car can come with it's pros and cons, just like everything else. The positive side of having 'driverless cars' you wont have to drive the car yourself. The nagative side of having driverless cars are possibly getting into a car crash, and getting a driverless car could cost much more money than just geting a regular car.

Well, let's start with the pros of having a driverless car. One of the pros are that you won't have to drive the car yourself. I'm pretty sure that people with their licenses or with their permants, probably get tired of driving and it probably gets boring also. Now we have the cons of driverless cars. Cons of driverless cars are that people can possibly get into a car crash, and driverless cars probably cost much more money than regular cars. If anyone with a driverless car, were to get into a car crash, who fault would it be? The person in the drivers seat ot the company's? Nobody would know. Now with the money situation, i'm not sure if it would cost way much more money than a regular car or not but if it does lots of people may not be able to afford it.

In conclusion, I feel as if having a driverless car would not the best of ideas. I hope that now whoever would want to buy a driveless car indentifies the pros and cons of having a driveless car, and makes the decision that they feel is the best decision for them.            ",2
"Driverless cars were a thing of the future, but now they are a thing of reality. There is a population against driverless cars. Driverless cars are good for the whole population.

With driverless cars, the the person occupying the driver-seat could relax while tired. Decreasing the amount of accidents caused by falling asleep at the wheel. Stated in paragraph 1 of the article, Google cofounder Sergey Brin has envisioned these cars will use half of the fuel of a taxi. With using less fuel it will cause less pollution. Say there is a man named Dan who takes the bus everyday to work; he has caught some kind of disease. This could be prevented with the driverless car. Say Dan drives himself to work everymorning in his Jeep. One day, Dan stays up until 6 in the morning to finish his work; he has to be to work by 8 AM. Dan rushes in the morning; he starts speeding. Dan closes his eyes for a second because he is exhausted. He hits a child walking to school. The pain of the child's parents and the gulit of Dan could have been prevented with the driverless car.

However, it is to be believed that this car would malfunction is some way shape or form. Road work is always occuring. How will the car get through that? Some person on the road does not know how to drive. How will you avoid that? Some kind of thing that could potentially be unavoidable arises. How are you going to deal with that?

I assure the buyer no worries. In paragraph 7 it explains how the car is designed to let the driver-seat occupant take control of the car if the situation is needed of a person instead of a robot. The car is designed with sensors and cameras. If roadwork is ahead the car with notify the driver to take action. Same for any other situation. The driver can take control at anytime if needed.

The driverless car is a good thing for the population right now. It gives more of a chance for driver's to bond with passengers. It is also a safety feature we need on roads. Remember, you do not want to be like Dan. Getting diseases, hitting pedestrians, and what not.      ",3
"Driverless cars are in theory is a good idea, but when put to the test with real humans inside of them they are far too dangerours and not practical. With no one driving the car, only relying on senors, there is way too many possiblities to injury wether it is the riders or pedestrians. The smart cars would be too expensive for the average american and just not realistic.

In the article, Driverless Cars Are Coming it states that ""Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009"" What are the specific conditions? Certainly not in a hard rain or heavy snowfall. In real life situations no one watching the road is a huge risk, anything could happen that a senor could not detect. People should not trust a senor to carry their family to their destination, wether it is ten mintues away or an hour.

Who would be at fault if in an accident a driverless car hit another cart that did have a driver in it? With a driverless car the driver would get bored, doze off or spend time on his/her cell phone. With a distracted driver the likelihood of an accident increases dramaticly. The driver presuming that no accidetns will occur would look away from the road, but when a car B pulls out unexpectidly infront of it whose fault would it be? The manufacturer? The driver in the driverless car? Or the driver in car B?

Puting ones' self or ones' family in that kinda of danger is really testing their luck. Smart cars that can drive themselves would be extremly expensive. Brands like Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan are already in the hundrend-thousand dollar range. A car like is is not practical to the everyday person.

Those who ride in driverless car are put in more danger than those who ride along with a driver. Driverless cars are likely to cause more accident, especially because the car is not seeing what is going on infront of it. The car will not be able to notice black ice, a heavily trafficed area, road construction or know exactly when to use the brake if an accident were to occur infront of it. These types of cars are way too expensive, not realistic and not as safe as they seem to be.            ",3
"In the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the authors support to his knowledge of Venus is very informative. In the article the author provides information about the planet to inform the reader that even though it may be hard and risky that it'd be outstanding to be able to put humans on the planet, but because of it's ""thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide"" or blazin temperatures no space craft or human are able to last on the planet without getting crushed or burned to crisps. Venus atmosperic pressure is 90 times greater than what us humans and living things experience on earth making it impossible for someone to last on the planet, with all of its cons many would rather admire from a view but some would rather get closer.

The evidence from the article that would make you want to avoid venus as much as it may seem nice and plesent the information provided would make you not want to put a foot on the ground of Venus. In the article it states that the planets weather consists of ""erupting volcanos, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning stikes to probes seeking to land on it's surface"" not hospitable for any space craft nor human life.

Astronomers believe venus to have been ""covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth."" According the the knowledge of the article ""the planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters"" stateting that Venus and Earth are and where once similar at a point in time. NASA believed to be coming up with multiple ways for humans to set foot on the planet without any complications, at the moment NASA's only way of getting near the planet with stable temperatures and pressure is by having a ""blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape.""

In conclusion the author puts into words that visiting Venus by foot seems impossible but by the rate of the technology and people willing to help with making it happen setting foot on Venus will be sooner than many believe. In the future humans will finally reach the land of Venus but in the mean time many more features about the planet are yet to be seen and uncovered. The space craft can only provide so much information from a distance that with better technology a space craft may be able to get closer to the planet for more indetailed information. As far as that is it's closer than you'd think and the author's information and details of the planet in the article are very ear listening for any reader looking for information of the planet.",3
"Changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States is a better choice becuase the people arent actually voting for the president, the are voting for a slate of electors. this unfair because the people aren't picking who they want. People should be able to vote for who they want for president.

Changing to election by popular vote for the president is a better choice and it is fair. I know this because in source 2 it says "" Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors who in turn elect the president"". That example shows that the electoral college is unfair because the people arent actaully voting. Also it doesnt matter if the one presient gets more votes from the people, what matters is how many electoral votes they get. The electoral college system is not letting the people of America vote for who they want for president.

Changing the election by popular for the the president of the United States would make everything simple and better. Some people think they are voting for the better president who would make the country better but in reality they aren't. The votes of the people dont matter in the electoral system they are only voting for electors. The electoral college system is unfair and not right.

In conclusion, removing the electoral college is better and voting for president by popular votes is fair and better. The people will get who they elected for to make America better and a happier place for people. Also the people will be satisfied.                                      ",3
"Venus, our sister planet is difficult for scientists to study and learn new things. Due to some circumstances, scientists are trying to make machines to survive the ugly weather. Scientists want to study this planet so some point we can live in the planet so we can survive. Many think we should find another and some say yes study this planet. Venus should be a worthy pursuit.

Venus would be worthy to study because if our planet earth fails we can move there.

Due to the hot and the ugly weather scientists cant do anything about it. They can only make machines that are possibly to survive the weather. Scientists can make history if they find a way to study Venus. If studying Venus comes out succsesful then we can study other planets that we couldn't study before. Some people will say its pointless to study a planet that we cant even send a drone or some type of tool there to study. If scientists can get a few samples of Venus surface then scientists can make a tool that can help a drone move around the surface. The pursuit of Venus will be in every scientists mind.

Venus is a planet that we will learn more about. Scientists will one day make a tool to send up to Venus and study the planet. If they learn about Venus a lot of people's fantasy will come true or not. Scientists will have a goal done by studying Venus and its crazy life. Venus and some other planets will be worthy to study for if the Earth will come to an end.  ",2
"If i was to be voted for president i would like to be voted by Electoral College because , electoral college is not voted for the presidents it is voted for the electors , who in turn elect the president . In conclusion , each candidate running for president in your state has thier own group of electors. There are somethings wrong with the electoral college like , american people dont consider themselves lucky with any election that happens. Americans are not grateful cause they might not have wanted the same president or wanted different electors. If you wanted to be president and you had good electors people all over the world would vote for you just because the electors you got. Americans vote for you to get the electors , i believe that is not good for our state because the electors of the president can switch the statements of one another. The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The electoral is Abolish !

in 1968 , a shift of 41,971 votes would have deadlocked the election. In 1976, there would be a tie of 5,559 voters in Ohio and 3,687 voter in Hawaii . At the most basic level the electoral college is unfair ! The electoral is Abolish !                    ",2
"Intro-

This new facial software could be the next step to communicate with people without the use of words. Created by Prof. Thomas Huang and collaberated with Prof. Nicu Sebe, they have inventited a computer software that can reconongnise what a human's emotion's are (Par. 1). The new software would scan the 44 major muscles of the person, it can detect wether the person is lieing about what they are feeling or not (Par. 3). This facial software would change the way we see people, as it shows what people really are feeling.

Body-

The software created by Prof. Huang and Sebe is reliable on computers. It would scan the face and construct a 3D model of the students face with all 44 major facial mucles and would have to have a phychologist, such as Dr. Paul Eckman to judge the appereance of the face to see if it shows the 6 emotions such as happiness, sadness, anger, fear, disgust and surprise (Par.3). This could help tell the emotions of students or if they are telling the truth on how they feel. Any student is bound to be emotional, the scanning system would be able to tell which emotion is being told because certain muscles would be activated in the face (Par. 8). These uses seem very standard but are they useful?

With only being able to scan faces, there really is not much use to this. People can already judge other people's facial expressions by noticing key differences to how someone smiles, if they are faking it or not (Par. 7). There are already lie detector tests that can prove if someone is telling the truth or not, which seems like the most cheap option. Though it doess have many uses, it can properly tell someones facial features with emotions. Better than most people can judge, a computer will be able to show what a specific person is feeling. Since humans are universal, most scanning will be accurate at telling people's emotions (Par. 4). Of course the purpose of this facial scaning can be anything us humans can already do for eachother, but the software has full knowlege of what we are feeling.

Conclusion-

The software can change our view on how we see eachother. All uses for this softtware are amazing but with even our own selves mostly capable of judging others and being accurate, it makes this software useless. We humans can already tell what we are feeling, we know ourselves better than any computer. Even phycologists have to properly tell what the emotions are and they are human not software (Par.3). This could be benifical but there are already lie detector tests that can be more accurate as it even measures pulse, which can differ with emotion. There are more downsides than upsides, but who is to say that this software wont improve in the future?",4
"Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. This is valuable because a computer program could know how you are feeling, adjust your viewing program to make you happier with the program, and make you happier.

A computer program could know how you are feeling based on your facial expression. In the passage it states that, ""It's all about those muscular action units. They can even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one."" This shows that a computer program can tell how you are feeling even when you may try to hide it or force a smile.

The Facial Action Coding System could also adjust your program to make you happier with your program. For example, ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,""Dr. Huang predicts. ""Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" This shows that FACS is able to make the lesson into something you can enjoy. This can Improve grades and overall attitudes in classrooms.

The program can make you happier overall and allow you to succeed in school. It states in the passage, ""According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions but also may even help produce them."" This shows that smiling can help you become happier. The program is made to allow you to feel certain emotions and adjusts the program based on your feelings. For example, if you are getting bored with the work that the program is providing it can alter the work to what you can feel more comfortable with.

FACS is valuable because a computer program can know how you feel, adjust your program to meet your needs, and make you happier. If we had this program this would allow more students to feel better about our learning, leading us to learn more. Also allow us to enjoy viewing ads, movies, TV, etc.",4
"There is no doubt that our future that beholds us is headed into big changes with technology. We have already morphed into a society where technology is such a big hand on how we live now. Driverless cars are coming and they are coming for the better.

Driverless cars could help us in many aspects. Some being as simple as less crashes and others being as big as how to prevent those crashes. Under specific conditions, Google has had cars that could drive independently since 2009. Although not being truly driverless, their cars have driven more then half a million miles without a crash. Googles modified car uses lots of position-estimating sensors that can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine. This would allow far better control than a human driver could manage alone.

In conclusion, i am in support for driverless cars. Not only do they have a bright spot for the future but even at this point in time they could help us change the world for the better.",2
"I see why you think that aliens could have formed it. In 1976 it looks like a face and we all were surprised about it, but we needed more evidence. The picture quality was not the best so we went back out there in April 5, 1998 and we snapped another picture of the so called ""face"".

The camera that we used was ten times sharper picture than the first picture that we took. We looked at the picture that we took and there was no alien monument after all, but the picture still wasn't that well of quality. Not everyone was satisfied.

On April 8, 2001,a cloudless summer day in Cydonia, we decided to take another picture but with better quality. We had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the face so we could clearly see it. We captured a photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution. Each pixle spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 photo. It was clear that it was just a land form and no signs of alien form.                                                                                          ",1
"Think of how many car crashes a day steal loved ones away from us. Think of all the mothers and fathers, sons and duaghters, and friends that are gone as the result of someone's careless mistake. The resaons behind most crashes is plain old human error. Well, what if we removed human error from the equation? If we take the driver away from the wheel and put them in the passesnger side, imagine how drastically the rate of crashes would decrease.

In todays modern world of advanced technology, we already have cars that can nearly drive themsleves. As the artical points out, there are cars that can drive themselves except when complecations arise such as traffic jams and roadblocks. Google's Toyota Prius has multiple sensors that moniter the area around the car and allows the car to funtcion as if there was a driver behind the wheel. Sensors can also allow the car to brake faster than a human could in emergencies and reduce the power of the engine.

The laws reguarding computer driven cars are all concerned about saftey, as they should be. Although, if a company, such as googlel, could create a perfect driverless car, shouldn't those laws be changed instead to any driverless car must be thouroughly tested and cleared by an organization or group not apart of the company itself to make sure there are no problems whatsoever. Also, in the event of any accedent caused by the car, the blame should undesputibly fall onto the company. The risk of crash would be outweighed by the benefits of driverless cars, though. Even in the event of an unlikely crash, there would still be fewer crashes than ever before.

Another benefit driverless cars offer is the time saved. How many of us have been late to work, a meeting, or school bescause of traffic? Traffic is genereally cause by wrecks or roadwork. While roadwork cannot really be avoided, with driverless cars, there would be nearly no wrecks at all. Then no one would need to sit in a mile long traffic jam as someone else gets their promotion at work becasue they are not there. Also, no one would miss their turn or get stopped for running a red light and have to wait to get their ticket. As the saying goes, time is money.

Even thoug a toatlly driverless car has not been invented, we are very close. Along with the extra safety that comes with humans no longer driving, time wil be saved, along with money. Las wouold aslo be changed so that the passengers in the car would not be to fualt in the instence of an unlikley crash. With driverless cars on the rise, we have a safer, more adnaced future ahead of us.   ",4
"Should we learn more about the planet Venus? NASA people are studying about Veus. This article named ""The challenge of exploring venus"" tells more about the planet Venus. Learning about the planet would increase our knowledge.

Venus is an interisting planet that could effect the world around us. Paragraph 1 says,""Venus, sometimes called the ""Evening Star"", is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky.""This shows how this article is giving us background information about Venus. Venus is an important planet. This planet is not only important,also this planet is important to the people that works for NASA.

NASA, astronomers, scientist, and other people has the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. This would cause thye increase of using technology and changing the future. Paragraph 7 says,""some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface."" This means that the electronics were being tested for the study of Venus. Paragraph 7 also says,""Modern computers are enormously powerful,flexible, and quick.""This article tells us how these electronics would be needed to study Venus and how it could be in dangers.

Others may say that there is no point on studying Venus,but studying Venus is a way to change our future. Paragraph 6 says,""peering at Venus form a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground."" This means that this studying could be safe depending on the conditions. Paragraph 6 also says,""Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks."" This means that it is worthy to pursuit Venus no matter the causes.

Our knowledge of our planet should not value our worth on making studies on Venus. There is way more into Venus that could make us change our future. NASA could maintain changes for a better place on our planet and Venus.  ",3
"My name is Luke Bomberger and I strongly encourage you to join a group I was a part of for 3 years called the ""Seagoing Cowboys"". I think you should join because you can have opportunitues you may never have again, like helping people who were left in ruins revive their towns, food supplies, animals, and you have a extraordinary experience because you get to go places you may have never had the chance to go. It is a great program to be apart of.

One main thing you do in this program is help countries who according to the article in paragraph 2 "" were left in the ruins."" One thing you do is revive their food supply. Some ways we did that are brought them food in the cargo ships we were on. We loaded all sorts of different food on the ship, along with other things they needed an made our way across the Atlantic Ocean. Another thing we coudl do is bring seeds with us to plant over there. This is a big help because then we would have more room for other things they needed just as bad. The seeds would be planted and grown to have fresh fruits and vegetables. We also brought young animals to raise and butcher for meat.

Another way we helped the people and countries who suffered during World War II was bring animals over to replace the ones that were maybe killed when they fought or that were killed for food. Some of the animals we brought were, horses and young cows, and of course the food forthe animals to eat. The cows were brought over for many reasons, one reason was simply to raise and butcher for food. Another reason was so they could help people carry heavy things differnet places. They were big helps. Horses were brought over for transportation and to use to pull big loads. If farmers also wanted to use them for farming reason they could.

While I was in this group I went a lot of places that otherwise I would have never got to go. While we were over seas I got to tour an empty castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal. I also got to see famous landmarks such as the Acropolis in Greece. During our ways to and from we seen Europe and China. I took a gondola ride in Venice, Italy a city with streets of water. I got chances that I would have never got if it wasn't for this program.

One last thing that makes me happy that this program exists is that I would have probably never know what it was like to cross an ocean on a boat without this program. I also met new people and seen things that me seeing never crossed my mind. I had fun while I was in this Program. I loved being called a Seagoing Cowboy.

Do you think you want to be a Seagoing Cowboy? Does it sound like something that you want to be apart of? You can have the opportunity to go places you might have never got to go, help countries that would other wise never get help and most of all you could be improving the lives of others. Look into it you may never know if you like it if you never try.",4
"People believe that this natural landform that looks like a face on mars was done by aliens. Well it wasn't. If it was aliens we would tell you because it would be a benefit for us. People on earth see natural landforms that look like certian things all the time. Not to mention it looked like such a face because the shadows that it casted made it more detailed.

If it was aliens it would benefit us. Like the text states, ""Some people think the face is bona fide evidence of life on mars."" But its not. The text comes back afeterwards and says ""Defenders of the NASA budget wish there was ancient civilization on mars."" If it was an ancient alien statue we would say it and back it up, because it would have a highly strong benefit towards NASA because we could get donations for it. Along with more popularity.

Not only would it benefit us, but it looks like natural landforms all across the world. The text even states, """"It reminds me most ofMiddle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho."""" Not only that but it mentions, """"that's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same hieght as the face on mars.""""

Why not ask questions about landforms that look detailed or look like aliens may have done it on earth?

The main reason the face looked the way that it did was because of the shadows that it casted. The text tells us, ""Shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose and mouth."" The text also tells us, ""Because of its face like structure it become a great attraction. Starring in films, books, magazines and other articles."" If it weren't for the shaddows then what was the point.

What if NASA is lying? What if none of this is true? WHY SHOULD PEOPLE BELIEVE US? People should believe NASA because again this all would benefit NASA. The text even states, ""Defenders of the NASA budget wish there was ancient civilization on mars."" Not to mention, if it was a sign of human life it would show a dramatic increase of popularity.

So no it isn't an alien statue, or a sign of ancient alien civilization. If it was we would tell you so we could have a benefit or major profit. On Earth we have natural landforms all around that look like actual things made by aliens. Why not question them about those natural landforms? Not only that, the only real reason it looked like a face was because the shadows it casted made it look like it had a mouth, eyes, nose, and other facial features. And we're not lying because it would benefit us. ",4
"Driverless cars are actually a good and bad idea. There good because its almost like cruise control just more advanced but also bad because what if the human driver falls asleep and doesn't hear the car say take over or that they're about to hit something. They're good pros and cons. But I believe the cons took over its very risky until the driverless cars can do everything like a human. Or the driverless cars could have a malfunction and blow up or the human wouldn't be able to stop. Personally I believe it better just to continue with the humans driving the car. My third reason why im agaist the driverless cars is if they just don't want to drive there are many other options.

My first reason on why im agaist the driverless cars is the pros and cons. The cons have way more effect than the pros. The pros are good because we'll make history and but its also very dangerous. You have to pay attention not only to the good but to the bad.

Second is because the cars could malfunction at any given time. It just safer to continue making the cars like we do today in the year 2016.

Third argument is if they want to just be droven around there are many other options. There are taxis,buses, personal drivers, subways, and trains. So I wouold perfer they do something that's safe then something that cool.

This is why im against the driverless cars.    ",3
"The techonology to read people emotions of their faces is a good idea. If the technogoly was used in a classroom on a student to see if they were confused or bored, but what if the techonolgy didnt always work. A student could havea look on his or her face and the computer could read the wrong emotion of them. There is always that chance it could not work. Sometimes people can´t always tell is someone is smiling or not, maybe that could happen to the computer.

It might be usless in the classroom on students because Dr. huang said you cant wlays tell the full trait of happy. The computer might not be able to tell the whole trait of any emotion. It could tell you a emotion about your face maybe that you are feeling and could be completeing wrong. Some people might just have a blank experrsion on the face and have no emotion, or maybe they have a little emotion that the computer can´t see. There are 44 muscles in the model that must move like human muscles. Dr huang says this could modify lessons if the student is confused, but what if the machiene makes the lesson even more confsuing that what it really was.

The idea to read other people emotions is a good idea. It wouldnt be sucha good idea in the classroom with students. It would probably read the emotions wrong and try to help woth the lesson and make it more confusing. Therefore the computer that can read people emotion(FACS) should stay out of the classroom.",3
"Who says that driverless cars will make our future better? The ones who want to destroy it. I am against driverless cars for three reasons,

it could result to global warming,it will cost alot of money, and could be hazardous to the safety of all organisms. This is my belief because I feel that these cars will make the world fall apart even faster.

First, driverless cars can result to global warming. To be able to build these cars, the humans will build multiple factories to make the parts. They will release new unknown toxins into the air, that can possibly be untreatable. Also, they will take up alot of new land, and destroy forests, and our oxygen supply.

Second, it will cost alot of money. Money is crucial in this world. It would cost millions, close to billions, to try to find parts that would be needed to construct the vehicles.Then to go out and try to hire people to make these cars. Also, if these vehicles are actually made, it will cost all of the people who would die to have these cars, pay thousands.

Finally, the safety of all organisms. Who's to say that these vehicles wont malfunction? It is already forbidden in Calinfornia, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia, to test drive these cars due to the fact that, it is unknown whether it is safe or not. If someone gets into a wreck in this supposedly safe vehicle, which will be the one to blame? The manufacturer, or the driver? If this backfires, there will be lawsuits, fighting, and violence.

In conclusion, all signs really do point to the opinion that the driverless car is a bad idea. It's believed to make our even more dark and dangerous then it could possibly be. Driverless cars could be our worlds undoing. It could cause global warming and flood our earth. It could cost a lot of money making millions of people go bankrupt, and lastly it could be deadly to all life on the planet.         ",4
"Dear State Senator,

I think we should keep the Electoral College. It's been with us for a very long time, passed down from our founding fathers. They establish the Electoral College in the Constitution for a reason. There is no need for us to get rid of it. It's been helping us choose the right president for this country for decades. Sure the popular vote is important too but I think the Electoral College is more helpful and here is why.

The electoral votes know more about who and what they are voting for. Because they pay more attention to the campaign than the people. It also helps with close or an even amount of the popular votes so it could break the tie even though it is unlikely we can always have the Electoral College to decide. Sometimes when people vote they don't even know who to vote for and could just check the box they see a name for. They don't know what the elective could do for the future of America. Some also vote for certain electives because someone told them too or because someone else voted for that elective. Some candidates go and try to win increase his or her plurality and presuade the people of certian states that they know they'll win to become president instead of trying to get all the states too vote for him or her. Which won't be that sucessful of a president as stated in paragraph 19. Candidates focus their campaign on the toss-up states because they know what they are voting for. Which adwards electoral votes to the candidate. Popular votes helps by letting the candidate get more electoral votes because of the winner take all basis as said in paragraph 18.

That is why I think we should keep the Electoral College. It helps out with a lot of things. It has helped us for many years and have gave us great presidents for America. It makes the method of choosing a president easier too. Hopefully the Electoral College will stay with America for a long time.                                                                                            ",3
"the venus is one of the worthy brightest points of light in the night sky ,vanus isn the second

planet from our sun. while venus is simple to see safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely.It is also closest planet to the earth in term of density and size, and occasionally the closest in the distance too.Earth,Venus, and the Mars, our other planetray neighnor, orbit is the sun at different speeds. Thes speed mean that sometimes we are closer to mars and other times to Venus,on the planet´s surface temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we eaxperience on our own planet.Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have

supported various froms of life just like Earth. At thirty plus miles above the surface temperatures would be at around 170 degrees fahrenheit, which the solar power would be plentiful and radiation would not exceed Earth levels.",1
"Would you like to join a program where you can explore and see different places? If so, you should join the "" Seagoing Cowboys"" program. You should join this program becasue you can go to new and different places, you can help save people, and it will make you into a better person.

To begin with, you can go to new and different places. Some people may argue that going new places doesnt really do anything its not very special. However, you can explore different places and it's really fun and adventurous. The

author states,"" Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affecteed by the world."" The author also states,"" But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for Luke Bomberger. It opened up the world to him. ""i'm grateful for the opportunity,"" he says."" This proves going different places is fun.

Additionally, you can help save people. Some people may argue that doing something for a person just wastes your time. However, doing something for someone you can probaly help save their lives. The author states,"" To help these countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more, 44 nations joined togehter to form UNRRA. UNRRA hired ""Seagoing Boys"" to take care of the horses, young cows and mules that were shipped overseas."" The author also states,"" By the time he was discharged in 1947, Luke had made nine trips- the most of any Seagoing Cowboy."" This proves helping save people makes you a better person and makes you start doing helpful things.

Additionally, you can become a better person. Some people may argue that they want to stay the same person because being someone else is not the real you. However, becoming someone different can help others in a time they need you the most. The author states,"" Helping out on his aunt Katie's farm as a boy had prepared Luke for hard work, but not for the dangers at sea.""

The author also states,"" And that awareness stayed with him, leading his family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years."" This proves that being a good and caring person is very awesome.

Joining the ""Seagoing Cowboys"" program would be awesome because you can go to new and different places, help save people, and you can become a better person. If you had the chance, would you join ""Seagoing Cowboys""?         ",4
"The Seagoing Cowboys is a wonderful program that helps countries that are left in ruins from wars.

Nations gathered to form the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration to take care of mules, young cows, and horses that are shipped over seas. Not only are you helping other countries if you join, but you also get to see marvelous places such as Italy, Crete, and China. The Seagoing Cowboys is a program where you can learn many character traits and a place where you help your world.

When I signed up for UNRRA,

I knew it was a once in a life time experience and that I just couldn't past that chance up.

After I turned 18, I could be drafted in military service. So when my draft board learned that I was on a cattle-boat trip, they let me keep on doing that.

When I was discharged, I had made nine trips-the most any other Seagoing Cowboy had done. In my time, the cattle-boat trips were an unbelieveable experience, and other than helping people, I got to tour many places.

Even on board I had a jolly time.

On return trips, the cowboys and I played baseball, table-tennis, and volleyball in the empty animal holds.

If physical activity isn't your thing, you could have still have read, whittled, and played small games. The Seagoing Cowboys aren't just about exploring places and playing games though. The UNRRA opened up the world to me, as it made me more aware of people in other countries and their needs.

My awareness has stayed with me as I have lead my family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years.

Yes, I do realize that joining UNRRA can be a risky thing. Even myself had gotten into an accident before, I'm even still happy to be alive.

One day I fell down a slippery ladder on my back, but then a tiny strip of metal kept me from flying into the dark and mysterious Atlantic. With that, I couldn't work for a few days because of my broken ribs. You might be scared to join because of your own safety, and I respect that. However, so many other positive things have came from my experience in the UNRRA to out number that one incident.

In conclusion, I believe you should join the Seagoing Cowboys for many reasons. Not only are you getting adventure into your life, but you're also helping others. I believe the UNRRA made me a better person, as it opened up a whole new point of view for me to the world, the world's people, and their needs. So next time someone metions the Seagoing Cowboys, get a little more interested. And when you go and sign up, tell the people Luke Bomberger sent you.        ",4
"Dear Senator,

Thank you for taking the time to read my letter. I would like to bring something to your attention that has been on my mind recently. I think the electoral college is important in picking our presidents and i think that it needs to stay apart of our voting process. The Electoral college is in our history and the founding fathers didnt put it there to just be removed. The Electoral College needs to stay apart of our voting process beause we always have the certainty of outcomes, Everyones presidents, and it avoids run off elections.

With an Electoral College we' ll always have the certainty of outcomes because the winning canidate's share of electoral college invaribly exceeds his share of the popular vote. Also its highly unlikely for a tie in the electoral college unlike in popularity.

In the Electoral College everyones president. This is such a big part because the electoral college requires a presidental candidate to have trans-regional appeal. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president. A candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president.

The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast. There is pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast; that pressure, which would greatly complicate the presidental election process, is reduced by the electoral college.

In conclusion, the electoral college is a great thing for the united states and states. its very much what our founding fathers intendid it to be and it should never be take away. Its neccessary and needed in voting for presidents.    ",3
"Talking about exploring Venus can lead us to new experinces and new innovatios. but, there are also risk being taken. Venus is brightest planet next to us. nearly everyone can tell when its Venus or when is a star. Venus is a very small planet however; it has a very large amout of air pressure and a very large amount of carbon dioxied. not just that it also contains extreme heat temperatures.

Author states that is a very high risk discovering Venus, the author says ""tempertures woulld still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit."" ""air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth."" Now according to the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" is says that a NASA is going to have to send a person and in a type of ship that would flot above the Venus. however; Venus has a blanket type layer on its atmosphere which would only limit the researchers. ""Researchs cannot take samples of rock, gas or anything from a distance. therefore, scientists seeking to conduct a thorouh mission to understand Venus would need a up close and personal despite the risk."" What this piece of evidence is saying is that from a far view nothing can be really done, this would require a upclose and more personal experice.

A mission that would require those types of standards would maybe cause a lot of damage to a human being. Venus is mostly composed of carbon dioxied, 95%, and is air pressure is extreme, 90x, let not talk about Venus temperatures, 800 degrees. The passage also says ""Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to laste long enought to contrivutr meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus"" NASA clams that they are other people in their enviorment that are looking for new ways to get a upclose of Venus. In paragraph 7 says that NASA will be using ""simplified electronics made of silicon and carbid"" they claim that has been tested in chamber that acts like Venus choas.

All of this reaseach can lead us to new experinces and new discoveries, however; this is really high risk that NASA is taking. Venus can do stuff unexpected and maybe lead this into major disaster. NASA also states that they have other people using old technology to go to Venus and explore. WWII is he type of technology that they are using to explore on to the bright planet. The thing that those other computers have or technology is that they are bigger and stronger ""systems that use mechanical parts can be made resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces."" ",3
"I am against driverless vehicles. I belive it's dangerous for unaware people to be in a driverless vehicle. The ""driverless"" vehicles today are not completly driverless.

Driving on an open road is a great experience but that gets taken away when the driver is replaced by a computer. Many people in the modern world rely on technology to do everyday tasks. Driverless vehicles are not reliable. Many things go wrong with technology in today's world because computer scientists are still testing and working out the kinks. Roads would become cramped with these vehicles. It's basically the equivalent to texting and driving. People would have to be so focused on what and how the technology in there car is working, they would be unaware. What if a sensor on the vehicle went out? It would mess up everything. That one sensor would not be able to sense if a car was in the other lane. Then when the car would try to get in the other lane, the car would hit another car.

If driverless cars were to be used in thee future, they would need many improvements. Even then, I don't think I would be in favor of these vehicles. They are simply to dangerous.",2
"Dear state senator,

The electoral collage system has worked for many years however, citizens are starting to see through it. The system has lost control and citizens do not have control over their own country. It is unfair to voters, outdated, and the disaster factor is a perfect example going against it. Popular vote should be used in our modern society for a fair and clean vote, almost all citizens could agree on that.

The electoral collage voting system is an uncanny way for citizens to express how they want our countries future to go. They are voting for electors, not actual canidates. It isn't a straight forward vote- electors are the ones actually voting for canidates instead of the citizens. Since this is happening electors actually do not have to vote for who they're representing- Alas making the system very unfair and a cheat to people who live in our country. There is a winner-take-all system, which suggests that whoever is not elected is basically forgotten about amongst the people. They get nothing in return for all of their hard work, money, and time put into the election. Likewise, this system should not be used due to citizens being cheated out.

The electoral collage system of voting is outdated and old. The founding fathers created this system-making it a historical way to vote, but not the best way. Citizens through out the country are looking for popular vote, choosing it over electoral collage. The system may have work at an earlier date, but more and more people are coming into the world and they are looking for a bright future- knowing who theyre voting for is a start.

The 2000 disaster is a great example for us to switch to popular voting. As i said, electors technically do not have to vote for who they represent. So they went against the will of citizens. They made the choice to vote themselves. Basically, the electors control the entire vote and are the most important people in it-even though the citizens are supposed to control the vote. With that said, i'm sure you can see my concerns. Electors do not have to follow what the citizens are telling them.

The electoral collage voting system should be discarded and we should adopt popular vote. All citizens would agree on this choice. Including that electoral vote is unfair to citizens, outdated, and the disaster factor happened we should most definitely consider adopting a popular vote system and make our vots fair to citizens.

sincerely, Fletcher High school student                    ",4
"Venus is one of three planets that orbit the sun at different times and speeds. Venus has a temperature of 800 degrees ferenheit and the atmospheric pressure is about 90 greater than what we get on Earth. These are the reasons why Venus is worthy despite of all the dangers. From the text "" The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" states that "" Solar power would be plentiful and radiation would not exceed Earth's leves. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans"" (Paragraph 5). So even with the high radiation levels humans can still survive on Venus. In the text it also states "" Some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in the chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and lasted for three weeks in such conditions"" (paragraph 7). To summarize why studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite of how dangerous it is scientist have found and made devices that could help pick up and look for sediments on Venus due to hot it is when standing on it. ",2
"Dear State Senator,

How do you feel about the Electoral College? Do you think that we should still keep the Electoral College or should it be changed by election of popular vote for the president of the United States? From my side I think that we should keep the Electoral College. There are my reasons that conviced me to say this because we have use it for many years now. How is it that you can vote without the Electoral College?

The first reason why I think we should keep the Electoral College is be cause it is not a place, it is a process. So how can this hurt other people to not want this if you can't find it? This process is a very smart thing that the founding fathers established because it is fare to everyone. It is fare because it is a voting decision that the electors elected as President and Vice President. To me making an election is the best way to make a decision so that everyone wont be angry at each other.

The Electoral College is a voting system. Voting is the one of the best ways to pick out things that everyone has a different opinion. For example, evey four years there is an elective going on for who can become president of The United States Of America. This system will allow everyone in the United States to vote who should be the next president. The same thing goes for the governments of each state and county.

When we use the Electoral College it helps us figure out the differents of each election. For example, when a president or government is being elected we can figure out who is grtting more electives. We can see how many people are voting and how many electives did each person received. With that being said we can easily tell which person won the elective and who didn't. We can also see the percentage of votes and how many states voted for each person.

These are my reasons why I said that the Electoral College should stay with us. It is a good way to vote, it helps us see how many people voted, and it is vary fare with everyone in The United States. Its has helped us vote for governments and presidents for many years and hopfuly it will still keep on running. This is why voting is the best way to make things equal with everyone because it is done by electing. Why would we want to take something away like the Electoral College when it was established by our own Founding Fathers?              ",2
"Many people have been fascinating over whether or not the Face is a natural landform or some alien marking. NASA has been trying to uncover the mystery for more than 20+ years, however, because there is not solid evidence on whether or not aliens exist this 'marking' would be classified as a natural landform.

The Face is classified a natural landform for many reasons. What evidence do we have that proves aliens are real? We have TV shows and theories on the internet but that does not prove the fact that aliens may or may not exist. TV shows and the internet posts are based of opinionated desicions. Also, with the era we are living in technology has advanced greatly. Which is a major benefit. Cameras are a big thing for NASA, it is photographic evidence. In 1976 Vikings used a 43 meters per pixel photograph (This made the photo blurry), in 2001 NASA memebers used a 1.56 meter span which greatly increased the resolution.

Not only has technology been a major benifit, weather is a key factor when the pictures were taken. When the picture was taken by the Vikings it was a cloudy time of the year for the Red Planet. After a few years of examining whether or not the Face was an alien artifact scientists decided to check for themselves and when another photograph was taken the image appeared clear and revealing.

However, the Face artifact was not proven yet to be a natural landform, therefore it could be symbolized as an alien artifact. From research, not one person has attempted to dig up or around this alien artifact to prove that it is nothing more than a natural landform. With that, there have been MANY alien sightings, not just by everyday citizens but by professionals too! Also, not only do scientists lie about the truth (most of the time), NASA could be lying about whether or not this is an alien marking or a natural landform.

Although it is true there are few scientists who do cover up the truth about the world around us, why would a scientists, let alone a national government agency want to hide an amazing artifact that could teach us so much? They wouldn't because that would be a huge loss of money. With the theory there are many ""sighting"" of aliens has 1 person ever come into face-to-face contact with an alien? No, there are only pictures of what proves to be an alien lifeform. Creating an image on an alien can be used with photoshop or other editing tools.

While it is true people can use photoshop to create an image NASA wouldn't lie about an alien artifact. With TV shows, YouTube videos and many pictures there has been enough evidence presented to PROVE aliens exist and that an alien could be leaving behind an marking to tell humanity about something.

With this concluding essay, there has been enough evidence to prove that NASA and scientists have no reason to lie about whether or not this Face is claimed to be a landform or an alien artifact. Therefore, the Face has been claimed and proven a natural landform because there is no solid evidence of an Alien leaving strange markings behind.",4
"The author did a very great job supporting his ideas it helps me understand the risks it can cause exploring Venus.The evidence that support my claim in the article is that the author stated many reasons and facts about Venus these are what the author said.

The author stated on paragraph 3, that ""Venus has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide which blankets Venus"",which in other words state that it's cover up or is protected by 97 percent of carbon dioxide.

It's also sated that its 800 degrees fahrenheit and atmosphere pressure is 90 times greater than what we experiance on our planet.

It also sated that

the condition aren't meant for human,and its also the has the

hottest surface temprature of any system which meams like has high preassure and heat,These are all stated on parangraph 3.

The author stated on paragraph 5, that ""Atmosphere say venus well was have been the most earth-like planet in our solar system"" i think the reason it staed taht was do to the fact that it has same features that are anologous to those on earth,its predictions shows that it can be true do to the fact that its close to earth and sun and also it has same features.

The author gave so many supporting details and it also stated on paragrah 6,that they cannot take samples pictues from far distance,inorder to get good sample pictures to support their thoughts and ideas about Venus they need to get up close,and personal despite risks,which means its risky to get close and get sample pictures to support their ideas and thoughts.

In conclusion the author did a very great job stating the facts and ideas for the reader to understand.it gave the reader strong supporting ideas and facts of what others have said about venus inorder for the reader tounderstand the article.                                 ",3
"I believe that it would be a cool thing to have in a classroom. It would entertain kids after they are done with work and it would give you an idea of who is happy more often.

First of all, the technology would be able to tell what percent happy, disgusted, fearful, and angry someone is. The technology might even be able to turn your day around. If you make a funny face into the experiment do you think it might turn your day around just a little? As stated in the article, ""putting on a happy face really works!"" The things this experiment can do may give children an idea of what they want to do when they are older. If a child is interested in the software then he or she may pursue that as their occupation when they are older so they can make things for younger kids like the ones who did for them.

There are so many positive reasons I would enjoy them being in classrooms. The negatives are slim and just for that they should be slowly moved into schools.           ",2
"Venus is one of the two closest planets to earth. Scientists would very much like to travel to Venus and even poissibly take samples from there, but there are a lot of dangers. Despite all the dangers Venus is still very much like Earth, and even though Venus would be very challenging to travel to it is still very much possible.

Venus was most likely the planet to be very much like Earth a very long time ago, but even today Venus has some features that are the same as Earth's. For example, in paragraph 4, the text states,""Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment an includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters."" Venus may not completely be like Earth, but it has vey similar features. Scientist already know about some of these features, but there are probably a lot more similarities between the two planets.

Traveling to Venus would be very challenging and even possibly life risking, but scientists are sure there is a way. NASA's idea is to hover over the fray with a blimp like vehicle, but there are still risks. In paragraph 5, the author says,"" At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth."" The temperature in the blimp like vehicle would still be very uncomfortable for the passenegers, but the last sentence in paragraph 5 says, "" Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans""

Traveling to Venus would be an amazing thing for the people in NASA. There are many different risks, but so much would come ouf of traveling there. Having risks should not stop scientist from being able to experiment with different planets, especially one so close to home. As it says at the end of paragraph 8,""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation.""",3
"Driverless cars are cars that can opperate and drive on roads wihtought a human accelerating, decelerating, and steering the car. Personally I am both for, and against driverless cars. Just like everything in this world, there are positives and negatives to them. Driverless cars can make it easier on people in their everyday life, but they could also be dangerous to pedestrians or others around the driverless cars. I will now tell you my opinion on driverless cars giving facts to support why I think so.

Starting with the postives, driverless cars can make life easier for everyday drivers. It could potentially reduce the percentage of texting and driving becuase the human is not really the one driving, and operating the vehical needing to give their full attention to the road. When the car is driving it's self, it is more aware of what's around it because it can see and sense the whole car without any blind spots, but this is not including work zones or other special road conditions of course. Also, it may be able to reduce speeding tickets and reckless driving.

Although there are many benefits to driverless cars, are they really safe? There actually isn't one car in the world today that is completely driverless. All of them need some type of human assistance, if it means backing out of the drive way, getting through a road constuction, or making it through a tricky road. We all know technology is advancing everyday by the second, but with that being said technology fails all the time. There could be a glitch with the system, or it could just completely crash and we would be relying on the car to continue to drive its self. Doesn't sound very safe in my opinion.

With smarter cars comes smarter roads? Some companies such as General Motors has led themselves to belive if you update roads, putting some type of magnet, or metal device in them to sensor to the cars, they will have no problem driving on roads. Although, that sounds brilliant would it really work? General motors made a smart track, embedding electrical cables to radio signal negative and positive energy to the front end of the car. It was very succesful, but not every road is as smooth runnng as the track was.

Say a company figured out how to create a driverless car, and humans weren't really needed to opperate it, only if something was going wrong, would the laws change? I belive every person who is going to be driving one would need a special license, and they would need to go to a class to learn proper techniques of what to do, and how to react if the car started loosing control and something was going wrong. There is also big contraversy on who would be at fault if the car did have technical issuses and ended up injuring or killing somebody, the cra manufacturer or the individual behind the wheel. Althoug, theres are positives that are really cool, and exciting about driverless cars, they are dangerous and would change so much about the law, and driving on roads. I personally don't see driverless cars becoming a thing on the roads any time soon.    ",4
"I believe that the use of techonology to read student emotional expression is valuable. It be awesome to read somebody's emotions thorugh a machine. it would tell you alot about what a person is feeling and thats important to know. their are many excellent and well reasoned examples of why this technology is valuable.

My one reason i believe this is valuable technology is if somebody was feeling depressed and was not willing to open up to anybody that individual could do self harm to himself. If they know how that individual was feeling maybe they would have helped he/she. in the passage it says "" a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused and bored"". Then Dr. Huang says"" then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor. This technology could become really usful for many different situations. Thats one of the reasons of why this makes this machine so valuable.

The creator of FACS[ [Facial Action Coding System] Dr. Paul Eckman has ""classified six basic emotions"". The machine can read happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. this type of technology can aid and solve world wide problem. For example what if an individual person or more were having issues with a certain subject at school but dont know how to ask for help. The Computer would make "" 3-D computer model of the face"" and they can anaylze what they might be feeling about the subject. then thats when the help comes.

Another example is reading different emotions is some how very important. It can be used against people who have commited crime. An example is if a person who murdered somebody and nobody knew if he was being honest or not, the machine can read his emotions and has a better chance to tell if the person is lying or not. It can be used for celebritys and politician as said in the article. This can identify many human being feelings and it doesnt take to much time.

In conclusion their are still many reasons why i believe this technology is valuable. This type of technology would be nice to have around and would be really usful. It would prevent many accidents and help solve probelms. Techonology like this cant go to waste and should be used to our adavntage. this is my reason why i think this technology is valuable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               ",3
"There are many ways to limiting car usage it would be better for the enviorment put more cash in ur poket for useing less gas and it would be much safer for your if it gona have a cerfiu.

there is goods things about having a car like getting to places faster. If you dont have one you have to walk which means exersicse so youd be in better shape then in all the car riders. youd also have more money because with no car you dont have to buy no 40,000 parking spot or waste money on gass ever week and a half . youd e saving the enviorment by not realysing toxic fumes in to our atmosphere which creates global warning which mealts the ice in our poles and your basicly killing pinguens. dont be a pinguen killer.

i think if they were to put a cerfui on driving out at night time less bad stuff would happen let me explain my self. If i somthing were to happen to me like getting kid naped  and i dont retuen home by 3;30 yor gona knoe somthing is wrong and maybe it might even save my life.

then our goverment could make money by giving us tickets but hopefully its not a lot because ufortuanetly not every one has a little cash in there pockets like some of us do.

If in case it past the curfui and u need to get home you could just walk home or have the cops take you home beause all cops are free taxis. If you didnt know. its aslo totaly free. cops arnt just here to give you tickets.                                                                                                            ",2
"In this article we will be talking about how and why this landform on mars was not created by aliens on mars. We will be talking about how it is just and oddly shaped landform naturaly created,why people think it was created by alien life on mares and how it could've been made on mars.

This oddly shaped landform on mars is just an odd mountain of the rusty soil on mars that happens to resemble a face of egyptian pharaoh that looks like the monuments that we find in western america to day. The face on mars resembles a face because of shadows frome other large landforms nearby or could be just a verry odd landform that looks like a face of some sort.

People think the landform of a face might of been created by aliens from the planet mars. How do we know that it is created by aliens how do we even know of life on the planet mars. The planet mars is supposed to be a very rusty dusty planet and is very cold at night and decently warm in day. If this was created by aliens we would need proof or sightings of the aliens that have created this for it to be considered true.

This myterious landform may have been created by heavy winds of dust to form and odd face on the side of top of some hill or mountain on mars. It could just be shadows from other big landmarks nearby this one that has cast its shadow over this one that could resemble a face. Or if there is alien life on mars then there might be just a small possibility of this have been created by aliens just to get our attention to visit there planet and if that is the case then we shall have to explore it to see and come to a conclusion of how the mysteirous landform was created to begin with than we might agree to that aliens created it.

I think that this landform on mars was just created by heavy winds and shadows from other bigger mountains nearby this one and happend to cast it shadow over this one to resemble a face on this one that is what it think. In this article we talked about how oddly shaped the landform was we talked about why people think it is made by aliens on planet mars and how the landform was possibly created .",4
"Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be part in the Seagoing Cowboys program? Well here are some things to show you how fun it would be to be part of it!

These are the reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program, You would be able to travel around the world all the time and explore the places you would want to go to.

If you like taking care of animals then that would be the perfect place for you to join because you get to feed and care for animals all the time and clean up after them, you also get to look out for the animals at night to make sure they're okay.

Another reason you should join is because you get to help people in need from war without doing so many things. You can experience the problems in the world and help solve them.

But overall, at the end you can have all sorts of fun with the other workers and animals because you can play many games in the places where they kept the animals and play games like baseball, boxing, reading etc.

These where the reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program!   ",2
"Indefensible of The Electoral College

The Electoral College is widely hated through out the United States. Its said to be non-democratic way of selecting a persident. Each party selects a group of electors trusted to vote for their party. Mistakes happend in the past, like in 2000 when its happened to Ale Gore. Gore had a more sufficiant amount of popular votes than electoral, but Bush had more electoral, therfore Bush won and people that that was wrong or should say unfair.

There are some reasons to take away The Electoral College considering what people say or think, it need to be stopped.

A major issue of the Electoral College is that its unfair to some voters. During the campaing in 2000 seventeen states didnt see candidates at all. The winner-take-all awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate. The winner-take-all system in each state the candidates dont spend any time in states they know the probably know they have no chance of winning.

In the Electoral College system, voters have something called the disaster factor. Whuch is mainly the problem in 2000, saying to have been the biggest election crisis in a century. In some occasions some electors have said no to voting for their party's candidate and cast a vote on who they please.

There may be good reasons to keep the electoral college system like the certainty of outcome like it happened with Obama and Romney.

The electoral college is not fair. After the Ale Gore situation in 2000, over more that 60 percent of people would rather have a direct vote than the electoral college system. Lots of people would with Bob Dole to abloish the electoral college.    ",3
"Would you want to be able to know how your peer is feeling without even having to ask them ? It would be a great movement but would it make teenage life harder than it already is ? The Facial Action Coding System(FACS) is valuable for students in a classroom . Reason being is school is the only place students can run to too hide their feelings. If we are able to see how a student is feeeling we can help with any problems , bring classmates together, and have happeir students.

Knowing how your student is feeling as a teacher can be hard because you just cant soak into the childs brain. With the FACS nwo you can , you able to detect hwo that person is feeling . this can help a lot with when a student is feeling sick and it scared tor talk . In the article it says, ""The facila expressions for each expression are universal"", this means it can detect most comman emotion faces . Most human would likr the idea because its almost like your a mind reader with a little computer help .

The FACS would also be valuable for students in a classroom because it would bring classmates together . By know howing their peer is feeling many kids would try to figure out whats wrong with that child. They would definetly enjoy this creaction . "" For instance, you can probaly tell how a friends is feeling simply by the look on her face"". thats how most children think they are reading their freinds mind but technology has expanding it in a more valuable way . Classes are dying to have this creation as of today after reading the article.

Many other students may think that FACS is a bad idea simply because this is showing your personal feelings and some might be insecure of allowing that happen. Parents might get involved and say that they don't want their child going to a certain schools because of FACS . What the parents and some children are missing is the FACS can bring happeir students . I know this because in the article it says "" A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becomign confused or bored"", and that is a very neccesary detective system . Reason being is because the shy students will never raise their hand and tell the teacher that they don't understand; being shy make it harder for the child to learn. Just being able to identify that about a child can make thier school days happier .

In conclusion to the FACS , the syemtem is very well put together and is very valuable to have in classrooms . Being able to read emotion of a person is similar to being able to read the mid of a person . Meanwhile you have your people who dissagree but, soon as they experience it they will fall in love . ""The Mona Lisa is really intened to bring a smile to your face, while it shows just how much this computer can do.""

, as said thats just what it will do . If we are able to see students emotion it will bring classmates together , help swith students problem and bring happeir students to school each day . ",4
"The advantages of limiting car usage is less accidents,different types of transportation(lots of traffic),less chemicals in the atmosphere,less fines,tickets,etc. You'll have to worry about,There are lots of different types of transportation that can keep you from driving.

First of all,if there was less car usage there would be less car accidents going on in the world. Over 1000 people die from car accidents. Drunk driving,speeding,texting and driving,etc. That is the number one reason why limiting car usage is important. Lifes wouldn't be endanger of loosing their lifes and putting other peoples life endanger.

Second of all,""CHEMICALS!"" There are alot of chemicals from different types of cars flowing throught the air. Making people sick ,killing things,causing people to go to the hospital,diiferent types of types of things go on when chemicals are polluted into the air. Coming from trucks,cars,trucks,different types of vehicles produces types of chemicals out of their cars.

Next,""FINES,TICKETS,ETC.!"" Everybody hates getting tickets and fines,having to go to court. They have to go to court by certain days pay the tickets off by this day nobody likes that at all. You wouldn't have to pay for parking.

To the conclusion,there are lots of different types of transportation. Buses,taxi's,plane's,train's. There are lots of different things you can get on when you need to go go somewhere. Some are free,and some are not you have to pay to get where you wanna go. Depending on where your going and at what time. So you wouldn't have to drive anywhere.                    ",2
"Have you ever heard of the Seagoing Cowboys program?

The Seagoing Cowboys program is a thing alot of people should do. We help out with alot of stuff such as animals, and problems that where hard to solve after World War 2. You could also see amazing sights. I'm going to tell you all about the Seagoing Cowboys program.

In 1945 we had to help with horses in New Orleans. We had to make sure they had enough hay and oats to be fed with. Although there was 335 horses to feed we still helped out. For instance we crossed the alantic ocean for 2 weeks, just to get to China to help out. First,We fed them, bales of hay and bags of oats had to be pulled up from the lower parts of the ship. Then all the stalls had to be cleaned.

If you joined this program you would get to see amazing sights. Its a once in a lifetime chance to travel to China, Europe, Venice,and Italy. I got to explore the castel in Crete and marvel at the Panama Canal on my way to China. There is so many sights to be marveled at or explored. You should try this out.

There is so much more than helping animals and seeing amazing monuments and sights. You would also get to help people. There are lots of people out there who dont have much food or any shelter. World War 2 is the cause of this harm to people. First of all, helping people could give you a good reputation. Secondly, its nice to help people who are poor and don't have shelter or food. Lastly, I think it is a good thing to do for those people.

People fought in World War 2 and now its your turn to step up and lend a helping hand. This program is possibly the most helpfullest program in the U.S.A.                    ",3
"Dear Senator,

I think that we should change to election by popular votes for president. Why have citizens vote when you're going to decide president by electoral votes? The person running with the most votes should win. Let the citizens decide who they want as president.

The 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century. Which is why people went against the electoral college. It could be worse, nobody wants that. They might be worrying about a tie in the electoral vote.

The election is only a few swing voters away from a catastrophe. The electoral college is unfair to voters. I don't think the electoral college votes are neccessary to decide a president. I am pretty sure ,any people agree.

Many people that were presidence got lucky because of the electoral votes. There are many people that ran for president but lost because of the electoral votes when they shouldn't have lost. Nobody wants a close tie to see who the president is. Electoral college just ruins the point of our rights to vote.

We, as citizens, shouldn't have electoral college to decide who our president is. We should be able to vote and decide the president. The candidates running should win by the most votes. I'm against electoral college.    ",2
"After reading the ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"" I began to have mixed feelings about self driving cars. As a child I always dreamed about having a car that could drive itself. Just because thats all I saw in movies while I grew up. That gave me an Idea of how cool it would be having a self driving car. Now that I've read about the negative aspects of self driving cars, I have a whole different point of view about it. Let me tell you about it.

Though it would be fascinating to own or see a car that could drive it self; you have to think of the bad out comes of it too.There are many quotes they say

things like "" don't let a machine do a mans work"". Those who made quotes like that must had a good reason for it. Having a car that drives itself is like letting a computer control you around on the roads, the bad thing about that is if anything bad was to happen you are responsible for what happens.

Even though Google has made cars that are able to controll themselves ever since 2009, without a crash they aren't truely driving themselves. Those cars alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents. That shows how much little machine can do without a humans control. For example, if a person was to own a car that drives itself and got in a car accident they would be the one paying the big bills not the car nor the company that made the car.

Those are reasons why I believe self driving cars should be aloud on the roads. I also learned that just because something looks ""cool"" or ""fascinating in a movie its not always great or safe to have. Not saying car companies should stop trying to build cars that drive themselves, but they should be trying to figure out a way to prevent accidents.      ",3
"From what I've read, I believe that the Face is a natural landform. There are three reasons that I think this, and I'll explain them all in this essay.

My first reason for believing the Face is a natural landform is that if NASA knew anything about aliens or artifacts, then they would probably tell us. In paragraph 5, the author states, ""defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars."" It's their job, and they would get paid more if they discovered something about aliens.

My next reason is that even if the first photo taken of the Face looked like an alien artifact, the second photo proved that wrong by having a much higher quality.. According to the author in paragraph 11, ""if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were,"" which proves that the Face isn't an alien structure or artifact.

My last reason is that the Face is a mesa, just like the kind we have on Earth. In paragraph 12, the text states, ""What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa--landforms common around the American West,"" showing how the Face is just a normal landform with strange shadows.

In conclusion, there are probably many other arguments that prove that the Face is just a natural landform, but the reasons above are the most convincing ones I found in this article.",3
"As the world begins to grow and expand, many people have found that living without cars can be more beneficial. Cities and suburbs around the world, have found that reducing car usage has a grest number of advantages. This is reducing pollution, and is reducing stress. The world is shifting into a new way of life, not involving cars.

Cars release a large amout of greenhouse gases into the atmospere every single day, and this is harming the environment. Experts explain that, ""efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes"" (Rosenthal), have been taking place in suburban communities in Germany. This has resulted with a, ""12% of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50% in car-intensive areas in the United States"" (Rosenthal). Also, Paris has seen near-record amounts of pollution and smog in the city, so the global city has limited motorists' driving on two days of the week, Monday and Tuesday. The climate in Paris, ""[causes] the warm layer of air to trap car emissions"" (Duffer), thoughout the atmospere in the city, but the limitation on motorists at the beginning of the week has allowed the smog to clear up.

Helping the environment is not the only benefit of reducing car usage, yet it can also relieve stress in your eveeryday life. There is no need to stress out over traffic, finding somewhere to park, or even paying the expences that come with owning a car. In Germany, most residents don't own cars, and Heidrun Walter explained that she is, ""much happier this way"" (Rosenthal), because she doesnt have to worry about traffic. She has enjoyed a healthier life style that is stress free, by walking or biking to the places she needs to be. In Colombia, there is a day that citizens will not use cars, once a year. Businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza agrees that, ""it's a good opportunity to take away stress"" (Selsky). There is no need to worry about rush hour, or other traffic.

Others don't see the advantages of reducing car usage. Delivery companies complain about the loss in revenue, yet they aren't thinking about the benefits. They can save their employees from stressing out, or even help the environment. Reducing car usage would be a huge cultural shift, that has many advantages.    ",3
"In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" technology is used to read the emotional expressions of people called the Facial Action Coding System, I think that it is a very useful thing because with this you have so many advantages like being able to tell if a student likes a lesson or is bored with it.

When using Facial Action Coding System their are many good reasons to use it for example paragraph 6 says ""if you smile when a web ad appears on your screen, a similiar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next add will be different. also classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, and could modify the lesson for the student. FACS works by whatching 44 major muscles in your face to see how they move to determine your expression.

Although this is a great tool to use when trying to teach students it is probably very expensive to have it installed into computers for students nationwide. Also some poeple may not like the fact that they are a computer is able to read their emotions and may reject this tool. For some students it may not even help them and would rather talk to a teacher for help rather than use a computer.

Even though there are some down sides to using Facial Action Coding System it is still a very good tool to use in the classroom or anywhere needed. FACS can classify six basic emotions happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness just by seeing the the movements of your facial muscles.

I think that using this tool is a great way to improve several things and by looking at my examples I have shown that using technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is a very valuable tool.",3
"Howdy Folks! Cowboys riding the waves who would have thought of that? Seagoing Cowboys have a complicated job but it pays off in the end to know that you have help people

Joining the Seagoing Cowboy program is only a few yeha's away. I joined the Seagoing Cowboy Program and I will never regret it. If you join you help people regroup their lives. Also, Seagoing Cowboys delivers supplies to countries in need of food, water, animals, and more. If you also love sight seeing this program is for you.

Seagoing Cowboy programs help milloins of people all over the world. Seagoing Cowboys never turn poeple in need down. Sort of how shortly after high school I could not turn down the thought of helping poeple. In the real world helping people is inventable. There are other ways to metiforically help but this way is major.

See when you help people it feels good. Forst, you get to help people in need and fell a sort of magic inside of you. Secondly, you get to see beautiful sights. Third, you get to have a blast. If you fit the requirements to be a Seagoing Cowboy, being a Seagoing Cowboy is for you.   ",2
"Studying the planet Venus is worth studying but its worth despite the dangers of it because Venus is second closes planet to Earth. People often called Venus as 'Earth's twin"" because of there terms of size. Scientists believe that planet Venus probably is coverered with large about of oceans and could support any form of life. Another reason why we should discuffer is that in Paragraph 4 it talks about how is that Venus have some features like for exsaple Venus has a surface of rocky sediment has valleys, mountains, and craters. The planet Venus can be our somewhat be our nearest option for planetary vist.

The reason that its hard for scientists to study Venus is that no spacecraft could survivr in a landing formore then a few hours. Another reason why its defficult to land in paragraph 3 it says ""On the plants surface temeratures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric is over 90 times greather than what we experience on our won planet."" This gives a exsample of how dangerous and hard it could be to study Venous. NASA had an idea for sending humans to study Venus, and that idea is creating a possible solution to the histile conditions on the surface of Venus. That would allow people to float above the fray.

Finally i believe that studying the planet Venus is worth studing for but its worth despite of the danger of it because we can probably discuffer life or any lifing thing in Venus. We possably find some resourses that Venus have that could help us or change thing.",3
"In the 1950's the General Motors created the special test track to use an eleteric cable that sends radio signals from the back of the car to the front of the car to tell people if they are in danger or if they need to taka over of the car! Also in the 1980's automakers used speed sensors at the wheels of the car so that they can use auto brakes. With in 10 years those sensors had become more advance with the Auto driving Cars and help respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers that may happen in a crash.

These smart-road systems worked very well and used massive upgrades to existing roads, that was simply to expencive. The smarter road option turned smarter cars. For starters they needed alot of sensors all around the car to help it protect the passengers inside of the vehical.

Driving Assisting is alot of help for people that are driving the Auto driving car! They have antilock breaks to help stop a crash waiting to happen. They also have a traffic jam assistant that funtions the speen up to 25 mph. Special sensors are behind the wheel so that the wheel makes sure that the driver keeps ahold of the wheel. The car can stear and use the break itself, and it can also warn the passinger when it wants the driver to take over the wheel. The car makes them take over the wheel because the car doesnt know how to get through work zones or around accidents. The way it helps people is the Auto brakes and the Traffic Jam Assistint, also the seats in the car vibrate the vehicle is in danger when trying to back up.

The laws focus on keeping drivers safe and the passangers safe while riding in this vehical. They also want to keep pedestrians safe when they are walking across the road or on the side walk! Most states these Auto Driving Cars are illigal like in California, Navada, and Flordia. The law acually agrees that these cars are safer even from all the stupid people whp drive on the roads.

I think that these Auto driving car would be alot safer! It will help people who like to text while driving and it will help people get in less recks in the future. I think that google making this Auto Driving Car was a fantastic Idea and i think alot of people will injoy them!             ",3
"If I was a scientist working at NASA and discussing the face with someone thinks it was created by aliens. The reason why I think aliens did there was a spacecraft was cicling the planet, snapping photos of possible landing sites for it sister shop. In the story it says ""Caption noted a huge rocks formation""

which resembles a human head fromed by shadows giving the illusion eyes, nose, and mouth. Another reasons why I think that it is alien because in 1967 it start to appear.Then in 1998 it form again.Next In 2001 it look like a noise and eyes and mouth.

Face on mars has become a pop icon. It also say in the passage some people think that the face is a fide evidence of life on Mars.I would rather hide and conspiracy theorists.Some scienttists also believed the face was an alien aritfact.When Mars global survyor arrived at the red planet.On Mars golbal surveyor flew over cydonia for the first time.

We had to use wispy clouds to see the face.Alien marking were hidden by haze.Scientists figured it was just another martian measa common enough around.Mission contriller prepared to look again.Alien can be hiding when we get earn it.

It wasn't so easy to take a pictures back then. The first picture narrow to 2.5 km. The next picture was pass over 1.56.The third picture was far as 43 per meter. ",1
"Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because Venus orbits the sun and we can see it sometimes. When a spacecraft lands on the planet it is only there for a few hours before it goes poof. No Humans can stay on the planet because of what is wrong with that planet. The planet itself is ""170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth"". Venus is the kind of planet no human wants to live on because of it's hot tempertures and their is no oxygen there either. Three decades ago spacecraft landed on Venus to see if humans could live there well we can't because their is no oxygen or anything else. In my opioion we should never live on Venus because their is no oxygen and very hot tempertures and this planet is not ready for humans and neither is Mars. ",2
"I have to say driverless cars would be pretty amazing if they were to come in a couples years but lets be honest do you really think they'll be a good thing for the people in this world.

I honestly dont think we should have driverless cars, what would happen to the tickets we get for speeding or doing something wrong what are you going to do? Blame it on the car for speeding who would take responsiblty for that or, what about the bad people in this world what if they get a hold of the car they can proabaly turn it againist us for bad or, what if your on your phone and you and you think the car is driving for you but its time for you to take control of the car and your not paying atttention that can cause alot of car recks or accidence that can probably kill people. If we have cars that can already drive by there selves, no up coming teenagers are not going to know how to drive which can cause alot of car crashes too if you gotta turn back control of the car and you can't drive obveiously thats a cause for a desater. I dont think ths would make the world a better place honest let just stick to regular cars you can control yourself and always got full admission to.",2
"Venus is known as the second planet from our sun, it's sometimes called the ""Evening Star"" despite it wasn't a star at all. It was also referred as Earth's ""twin,"" since Venus is the closest with density and size in terms of Earth's. But, we really don't know alot about Venus. Now why is that we don't sent any rovers, satelites, ANYTHING to get some few informations about Venus for the last three decades?

Because anything that touched the surface of Venus surrvived less than three hours. Which gathered the reputation as the as the challenging planet to study.

What is the challenges of studying Venus? Well, first of all, The atmospere of Venus has a THICK layer of carbon dioxide the covers 98% of the planet, in which makes Everything a much hoter place,but, to top it of with the atmosphere problem, the clouds in there have highly corrosive sulfuric acid. If we some how passes through the atmosphere, than we'll face ANOTHER problem with the ground. Since Venus is the second planet from our sun and with all those carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the surface ground temperature is over 800 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. In which with the surface and the atmosphere, it could basically melt many types of metal with no problem. Another Problem is that the atmosphereic preassure is 90x greater than our Earth, with that much preassure could easily crushed a submarine that is built to surrvive the deeper end of the ocean. From what we gather small information from our space craft, the geology of venus pretty much have erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes.

Despite all of the troubles and challenges that Venus caused, many of the scientists, astronomers, and including the author themself think that it's worth all of the trouble to get s much information as possible to get to know more of Venus. But WHY is it worth studying it? Well, Astronomers are fascinated and interested in the past of Venus as many of them has theorized that might've used to be a lot like Earth from long time ago, with Venus used to oceans that support life like ours. Another reasons why it's worth the trouble and money to study it is that Venus could be our next Planetery visit as our nearest option.

To me, I'd thought that it wouldn't be worth all the trouble to study more of this when we can study other planets like mars that support life better than Venus since it's surface and atmosphere wasn't as crazy as Venus'.",3
"In the article,""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"", the author suggests that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. In certain cases the author is right about his idea, but in other cases it might get to risky for humans. Venus is the closest planet to earth, but is serverly hot. ""While Venus is to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely"". The closer humans get to Venus, the less likely they are to survive. People may say it, ""is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot"", even with his being a true statement, Venus is still a very hot and dangerous planet to visit.

Some humans may disagree and agree with the authors idea, they may agree because Venus is a planet to explore not to just see photos. Humans say also disagree with the authors idea because it is dangerous and there has never benn a spaceship actually make it to Venus. ""Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades"". If you think it about it though the authors idea is a well thought out idea. Even though there are factors that would lead to danger, bu they also lead to satifactory like, ""Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system"". Even though Venus is very hot, there are ways to keep human safe to at least get to slightly see it or expierence it without it getting too dangerous.

Other than it being hot on the planet Venus, there are very fasinating things on Venus. Forexample, ""The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters."" These are beautiful minerals to experience that you don't see on Earth. On the other hand, ""More importantly, reasearchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distnace."" Instead of listening to that, scientist are like the author they believe it is right to study Venus despite the risks, so scientist went to get up close and personal despite th risks to see the rocks and other things.

An exciting thing that NASA is working on is, working on other approaches to studying Venus. ""For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions."" They are also looking into old technology, machanical computers. Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions. Just imagine exposing a cell phone or tablet to acid or heat capable of melting tin. Don't let all that fool you though, because some systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant pressure, heat, and other forces.

With all of this information adn facts about how studying Venus is worthy pursuit sepite the dangers it presents, the author is stating a good idea. Reasons so that being is there are fasinating minerals, being able to expierence it just a little bit over Venus, and NASA's idea of going back to old technology to help study Venus a different way. ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."" Letting humans make the decision to go to Venus is their choice, but it may be worth the dangers to be able to expierence a new planet.   ",4
"All over the world, major cities are trying to reduce their use of cars. From Germany, to France, to Columbia, and coming back to the US, people are limiting car use to reduce pollution, or live better, or even to save money. In some places, there is one day every year that doesn't allow cars. In other places, there are whole communities that dont allow cars year round.

In Germany, there is a community in named Vauban that doesnt allow cars unless you have the money to pay for a parking spot that is on the outskirts of town. The revolutionizing community makes peopl epay $40, 000 dollars just for one parking spot. This wonderful new place has reduced the amount of greenhouse gas produced in the last few years drastically, with 70% of the population not owning a car. This has encouraged many other countries to start somehting just like it.

The city of love may not be so lovely if it's so smoggy you can barely see. Paris was gaining so much air pollution from the amount of gas that was released from driving hta tthey put a ban on driving. This ban consisted of a few new rules to help prevent the smog from overpowering the beauty of the city. On Mondays, even numbered license plates were not allowed to use theie car for anything. This same rule applied to the odd numbered license plates on Tuesdays. This helped limit the amount of driving, in return limiting the amount of smog. Smog is created when the area has cold night weather and warm day weather, causing the air to trap car emission. Diesel can be a big contributer to this and is the main gas type in France. France favors diesel because of their taxing system, but it seems they don't care too much about their environment.

What would happen if every country had a day with no cars? The city of Bogota, Columbia has had a Day without cars once a year for quite a few years. Just recently, other Colubian cities have joined in and even Paraguay's captial has participated. What this day is supposed to do is promote the use of other types of transportation, for example; walking or biking. It also reduces smog and the amount of air pollution, in retalliation, improving the city. In Bogota, there is a $25 fine for those who do not participate in thsi environtmentally helpful day.

Although the amount of driving in the US has decreased since 2005, there is more we can do to help the situation. The average number of miles driven did peak in 2005 and drop from there, in return, dropping other statistics as well. As of April of 2013, the number of driven miles has dropped 9% below the peak, being the same as in January of 1995, says  Doug Short of Advisor Perspectives. The roads have even become safer  due to the amount of young drivers dropping 23% between the years of 2001-2009. Even if the number of miles hadn't peaked, there still wouldn't be as many drivers on the road because of the recession. Americans couldn't afford to but cars due to the amount of money lost during that horrible time.

All through the world, people are trying to slowly save their environment by reducung car use. From one day to a whole year, everything helps to save our world. The German community of Vauban has made it nearly impossible to own a car. Paris, at one point, had to put restrictions on their driving. Columbia has an annual day of no cars. The US is working on lowering thier use of cars and dropping their average miles to help clear the air surrounding them. Even if it is walking from point A to point B, it helps the community and lowers air pollution.    ",4
"I have read ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"" and I am against driverless cars. In the article it states that a person should always be on alert for when the car wants them to take over. Well, what happends when you can not take over the car when it malfuctions? The answer im looking is you crash and may get hurt or even die.

I am not saying that driverless cars are wrong and are going to hurt everyone. I am just stating the fact they dont seem to be realisticly safe for the public. Meaning, I dont think the community should be in contact of something that they cannot control. The article made a valid point when it asked who is to be blamed if the technology fails and someone is injured. How could we ever blame the driver when the manufacturer made it impossable for them to control?

In my own personal opinon I beleve in good a old fashion man and wheel. I dont beleve that technology should take that privilage from those who havent even gotten to experince it. Driving take a lot of responsabilaty and alertness, which is helpful in our everyday lives. Its a sign of maturaty into adulthood for young teens. I also believe its just another reason to be lazy. I mean how hard is it to hold on to the wheel to get to the place that your needed? If your late who gets blamed? I wouldnt say the car, maybe trafic.

In conclusion, I dont believe in magical driverless cars. They just dont seem to be safe and In my heart I dont think anyone should use them. We just havent got the technology to work out all the nooks and crannys that it takes to make the car successful. Driverless cars are not coming, atleast not for me.",3
"The electoral college is not really a college. The electoral college consist of 538 electors but the majority of 270 electoral vote is required to elect the president. Each person running for persident in our state has his or her own  group of electors, but are they even relivent to elections. Why should we have a electoral college? tyhe answer to that is no theres no piont in having a electoral college.

Accoording to ""Source 2: the indefensble electoral college..."" by Bradford Plumer ""The single best argument against the electoral collage is what we might call the disaster factor."" state legislatures are technically responsible for pivcking electors, and those electors could always defy the will of the people. Plumer stated "" back in 1960 segergationist in the louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the democratic electors whith new electors who oppose John F. Kennedy.(So that a popular vote kennedy would not have actually gone to kennedy.)"" segergationist are liberal or conservative: political phlosophies commonly seen as opposite each other. The electoral college has had mant problems of things happening reliying on the presidental elections.

Perhaps most worying in the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote Plumer said ""In that case, the election would would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president.(The Senate would chose the vice-president.) because each stat casts only on vote, the single representing 500,000 voters, would have as much say as the 55 representative from California, who represent 35 million voters.""which is much more simpler that have a electoral college expecially when they have had many problems in the past with it.

The most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. In source 2 its states ""bececause of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the 'swing' states. alot opf people dont even get to see the ads .

The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. we as the people should be able to get ride of it. It should no loger be in use we should abolish the electoral college.    ",3
"Have you ever voted? do you thing you need to vote to be a good american citizen? if yes why do you think that? In my opinion i think there is a very good reason we should have an Electoral College. My reason for that is that the Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for president and vice president, and the counting of the electoral votes by congress. This is why i believe the Electoral College should continue just this little piece of information is all about organization, and organization alows us to get things done faster.

In paragraph 10 in the article ""Does the Electoral College Work?"" the author says ""IF you lived in texas, for instance, and wanted to vote for [John] Kerry, you'd vote for a slate of 34 democratic electors pleged to Kerry."" The author absolutely makes no point because you still are basicly puting in a vote for the president but just not directly. The Electoral College  is the way America organizes the voting system.

Alot of people are like theres no reason for the Electoral College to exist that theres no use when theres a mojority rule. Ask yourself this what if theres a tie we cant have two presidents at one time it would be an abomination. The Electoral College will basicaly be the tie breaker. They would be vote to break the tie them selves.    ",2
"Vroom,vroom cars go by there are cars every where people like there cars some people go to work in them others just like to ride in them. But do you think cars are good for the enviroment do you think we should have them every where we go or just for important things like work. Well people are trying to solve that problem by inventing new cars like ''the eletric car'' or ''the solar power car'' but people dont have the money to buy those things. Or should we just not have cars for a day just like in BOGATA,Colombia where they did not use there car for a day and people around the city were walking and rideing bikes to work. i think there should be a day where America should not use cars and then we could see how people react to how they think of that and say if they liked it or not. Because people in America are buying less cars and are driving less and i think we should keep it that way.

People in VAUBAN,Germany residents of a community are not useing cars and people like the idea there ''they think that its safer and they are less stressed'' you could have a car but it will cost u a fortune $40,000 just to get a car and a apartment with a garage to put the car in. But ''some people sold there cars just to live in that community'' but are happy there in the community there lives 5,500 residents within a rectangular square mile. so wat i think we should do is use are car less and save the enviroment from pollution and start doing what contrys like VAUBAN,Germany or paris, and BOGATA,Colombia are doing makeing this world a better place.    ",2
"In 1976, a mesa was discovered on Mars that resembled a face, calling it the ""Face

on Mars,"" or just the ""Face."" The face was located in a region on Mars called Cydonia. The Face is just a mesa on Mars. A few scientists believed the Face was an alien artifact, and some conspiracy theorists believe the Face was evidence of life on Mars that NASA would rather hide. The article says, ""And so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Sruveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking Photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing ... a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all."" This quate proves with the image that the Face on Mars isn't a face, it's a natural landform. The text also says, ""Nevertheless, on April 8, 2001-a cloudless summer day in Cydonia-Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look."" ""'As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a image 3 times bigger than the pixel size,' he added. 'So if there were any objects in the picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!'"" These quotes are telling how good the picture is so if there were any alien structures, we would be able to see them. The article also states, ""What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West."" What this quote is saying is the face was confirmed to be a Martian mesa, not an alien artifact or proof of life on Mars.",3
"Is it good to be curious or not? The author evaluates that Venus is a worthy pursuit and dangerous. NASA wants to send humans to study Venus so they can benefit from it. Venus have many dangerous elements that can kill a human while entering the atmosphere. NASA creates machines to be able to withstand Venus to study it closer.

The author evaluates that Venus is worthy pursuit. In paragraph 8 it says ""Striving to meet the challenge present by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors."" NASA wants to study Venus so they can learn more about the materials there that can help build the future and scientific data. The author evaluates that Venus is worthy pursuit because it can help gain insight on the planet itself and human curiosity. Despite being worthy pursuit Venus is also dangerous.

The author evaluates that Venus is dangerous. In paragraph 3 it says ""On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet."" Going in Venus's atmosphere is enough to kill a human so NASA is working on other approaches to get close and study Venus. NASA is getting ready to get closer to the dangers of Venus and uncover its mysteries.

The author evaluates that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit and dangerous. The author shows that studying Venus has value and gain insight to the planet itself. The author also shows what obstacled humanity needs to break through to be able to explore Venus more. Curiosity lead to many peoples death but it also leads to the advancement of humanity. Due to the article, the Earth may become Venus where it's unhabitable by humans but studying Venus might give humanity an advantage if it happens.",3
"I have read a article called ""A Cowboy Who Rode The Waves "" it is about a boy named Luke became a Seagoing Cowboy.

Luke was a town boy and some one convinced him to join. Now it is your turn to become a seagoing cowboy/ girl . They travel far away, there are big cattle ships.

They have to help people who need it, they can be called heros but in a different term. When they travel it take them a long time to get to there.

Luke said hisself ""I'm grateful for the opporunity"" . It helps him aware of the people in the other countries and their needs.

Second, you can also lead your family to host a number of insternational students and exchanhe vititors for many years. Luke never stayed borad there was always something to do from Table-tennis tournaments, fencing,boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helped pass the time. The cowboys also played baseball, volleyball games in the emepy holds where the animals had been housed. They became UNRRA when they were hiring Luke and Don sighed up now they are seagoing cowboys and they are hepling people who need it.",2
"In the passage ""The Challenge Of Exploring Venus"" the author supports the idea of exploring venus despite the dangers there can be. The author describes exploring venus as having value. This means something that is worth alot important to find useful. Venus can be another earth and maybe that way people can find many resources in venus.

First, the author despite the dangers that venus can be the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater then earth atmospheric pressure. Not one spaceship has survived the landing no more than a couple hours. Even though the dangers this can be the author still says theres alot of value in venus. Scientist cannot take samples of rocks or stuff that venus has stuctures nothing do to the pressure and unsafety it is to land on the surface.

Next, the author says on paragraph 8 that ""our travels on earth and beyond should not be limited by dangerd and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation"". In this saying the author is saying thsat no matter what dangers are they shouldnt matter should not stop from earth expanded and growing shouldnt stop them from exploring venus. The author want to know more about venus despite every kind of danger and its a challenging planet to study.

Finally, after reading and discussing what the author suggests venus is worthy but therer are many dangers to exploring venus. dangers of landing,also dangers of the atomspheric pressure, the dangers of other creatures being there. Throught all of it the author will still agree that its valuable and shouldnt keep no one from studying it more.",3
"It would be in our advantage to use cars less,simply because there not good for the enviroment.

If we as human beings keep relying on cars as much as we do the world will be in bad shape

US as people have to treat the earth better because this is our home ,this is were we have to live and many generations after us have live .

The number of miles driven per person in america has definetly decreased over the years, the recession had a lot to do with that. With that being saidmany measures the decrease in driving preceded the downturn and appears to be persisting now that recovery is underway. The rates of car ownership in america has also decresed. Maybe that means something more fundamental is going on.

By us using cars as much as we do pullution starts to happen. One of the biggest pollutes cars cause is smog.

smog is like fog but it contains gases and if we keep relying on cars as much as we do the world wont be a safe place for us to live. Smog got so bad in france that they had to stop people from drivng.

Maybe we should be more like vauban,germany and have less cars, '' when i had a car i was always tense, but im much happier without a car '' says heidrun walter . Vauban completed in 2006,is a growing trend in europe,the united states and elsewhere to seperate suburban life from auto use, as a compnent of a movement called '' smart planning ''

One if president obamas goals is to curve greenhouse gas emmissions, and i support that fully. studys sho that americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licences as earch year goes by. This makes me question wether or not america hass passed peak driving. if this behavior persists the socioligists believe that we will have beneficial  implications for carbon emmisions and the enviroment,sense transportation is the second largest source of americas emmisions.    ",3
"In this essay i will disscuss my position on driverless cars, then i will talk about why i support or dont support driverless cars, and lastly wrap up everything in my conclusion.

My posistion on driverless cars is that i don't think they will be safe,

I say this because in the article it say's that they are not all driveless you still have to be alert when you are in the car. And i believe that there will be more

car crashes because of first people not following the rules. Then secondly computers and electrionics all have defects and there's no promise that the car won't not mess up so if it does,there no way to say or make sure the people riding in the cars will be safe. Then lastly like i said cars have defalts i don't believe they will ever be able to make a car or even computers with out the defects.So if the make driverless cars i feel there will always be a higher chance of a crash or something happening beacause it is mostly if not all electronic.

InConculsion i believe that even though it sounds good that driverless cars will not be safe. Because of people not following the rules, and then the car could have defects and make that person, or even others get into a crash.",2
DEAR Senator my name is luis and I think you should  change the election by popular vote for the presiden of the united states because then the people would choose who they like better and it would  easyer to vote . the reason why you shouldent agree with the electoral  college system  is that voters do not vote for the president .but for the slate of electors who in turn elect the president. so the electors can be anyone not holding public office. the state picks on the electors and sometimes state conventions and state partys central committe and the presidental candidates themselves. so  what i am saying is that if change to popular vote  it willshare the candidate share of the electoral college and invariably eceeds his share of the popular vote. there are five reasons for retaining the electoral college despite its lack of democratic pedigree and all are paractical reasons are not liberal or conservative reasons.         ,1
"I think using this technology to read other kids emotions isn't a good idea, because some kids like to keep things to themselves. Some are shy and don't want to get noticed. Others just simply don't like people. Yes it could help tell someone if thier confused or bored like that article said, but we all don't share the same emotions. Maybe one at home but in public or allowing someone else to see it won't work for everyone. Yes it could help students in class or in a test, but if teachers and everyone else are going that far to just to tell soneones emotions, then in all honeslty they aren't doing their jobs right. Sometimes telling someones emotions is very hard, but if you are the teacher and you're giving out a lesson and you can't tell if somone is confused by it. Then what can you tell? or even maybe showing another emotion. Like sad, mad, depressed, sick, we've all seen those emotions every single day. We've all been through it too. So to me it's very stupid to make someone go through that just to see what they feel. I strongly disagree with this, and would'nt do it, I say no one should do it. For fun , yeah but in all seriousness it's very controlling and a watse, just tell someones emotion? really. Eeything is already based on machines, now our emotions.",3
"The Face on Mars

Have you ever seen the face on Mars? If so do you think it was a natural landform or alien made? So let's assume you think it is made by aliens and i think it wasnt. I think it wasnt because there have been things like this on earth but obviously not as big of a dent on earth. I personally think it was a natural thing like when clouds look like faces or random objects. People dont say clouds like that are made by aliens.

The reason I think it isnt alien made is because there are things on Earth comparable to the face on Mars. We don't think those are alien made. We also see clouds everday that look like faces or random objects so therefore there isnt a diffrence between the two. The only difference being clouds are in the sky and the face on Mars is on Mars.

Another thing you could also compare is the face on Mars to it the easter island heads. They are gigantic statues that kinda look like the face on Mars. A lot of people also say that those are alien made but other people could also argue they arent because they have an opinion. Most likely they will express there opinion too but it is a matter of opinion and no facts because there isnt way to tell if the face on Mars was made by aliens or not.

You could belive that it was or not but evidence from paragraph 7 stating that on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfures were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web stie, revealing... a natural landform. There ended up being no monument after all. So that is my reason to believe that it was a natural landform.",3
"source 1

The upscale community are suburban pionners, they have a limit of car driving, there is only two places to park a car if you're the owner, one of them is in a large garage that the owner buys for $40,000, along with the home.

Many percent of the families do not own cars, and other families sold their cars because it was to tense to own one and to expensive, a lot of the families are happier walking and ridding bicyles, but the parents most be very careful with the children.

Vauban its a growing trend in Europe and the Unites states.

David Goldberg, an important official of transportation in america said that since the World War II alot of the economy was centred in cars, when there is many families that can't afford the money for a car, and all the bills that the law ask for it, and he thinks that needed to change.

source 2

Paris enforced a partial driving time to clear the air of the city, Mondays people with cars or any kind of motor were ordered to not drive, or pay a $31.00 bill, abaut 4000 drivers were fine and agree with that.

60 percent of the capital of france congestion was down after 5 days of intensifying, rivaling Beijing China, that is one of the most polluted cities in the world, Paris has the most smog in Europe, after Brussels and London.

source 3

Bogota, Colombia, millions of people took buses, walked, biked, skated, etc... during a car free day. Its the 3rd time cars have been baned in this city of 7 million people, violators faced a $25.00 bill; the goal of this event is to promote transportation and reduce smog, not eveen the rain stoped poeple from bogota.

its a good way to take away stress and pollution, this event was huge, eveen people from other countries came.

source 4

President Obama have goals to curb the United States greenhouse gas, americans are buying fewer cars, but getting fewer licenses, as each year go by.

The number of miles driven in the United States peaked in 2005, according to an analysis by Doug short of advisor.

people between 16 to 39 year olds have been getting license, people between 19 to 21 year olds have not bothered to get drivers license.    ",1
"The author supported claims on why Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents, by saying there is a great chance that venus was like earth long ago like lightyears back. The author also supports his claim by saying there are ways NASA and other astronomers are creating reovolutionary ideas of a compatible vehicle that will allow humans to go to Venus. The author even stated that "" More importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance"", which could means when we every get close to get sample could be a incredible achivement.

The author support on studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents, is by claiming venus could possibly have been like earth with oceans. The passage states that ""Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth.""The passage also states that ""Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth.""Knowing these details it can provide a reason why we should go to Venus to learn about if there was forms of life or bodies of water long ago.

Another claim the author made to support why studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents, is by saying that NASA and other Astronomers are creating reovolutionary ideas of a compatible vehicle that will allow humans to go to Venus. The of author states in the passage saying ""Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape.""The author also states that ""Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels.""This proves that there are ways that NASA and other astronomers are creating reovolutionary ideas of a compatible vehicle that will allow humans to go to Venus.

The last part of the author passage that I will go over is the best support believe on why studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents, is to get samples and materials. My deduction is there are undiscovered materials or substances in Venus that are not on earth and can be useful sources in fhe future. The author states ""researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance.""This can prove that there can still be undiscovered materials or sunstances we do not know about.

In conclusion, the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents, is because there is a great chance that Venus was like earth long ago like lightyears back. Another claim the author made was stating there are ways NASA and other Astronomers are creating reovolutionary ideas of a compatible vehicle that will allow humans to go to Venus. Last claim was my favorite which was the chance of undiscovered materials or substances in Venus.",3
"Dear readers, im here to tell you about the face on Mars. We were traveling up to Mars to get some cool pictures and we noticed that in one of the pictures was a misterious face!

As soon as we saw it everyone directly assummed it was created by aliens. ""NASA unveiled the image for all to see. The caption noted ""huge rock formation... which rembles a human head. fprmed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth."" The authors reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars."" (3)

""The ""Face on Mars"" has since become a pop icon."" (5) When I first saw it i had no idea what the face was, i thought maybe it was just me that saw it or something. I would have never guessed that it would become so big to us.

My friend Fred thinks that aliens did it, aliens arent real... are they? i mean ow could such a puniy creater make such a fuse over a interesting face. Aliens are not real!!

When Fred was rantting about how it had to be an alien and nothing else could have made thoose faces i was thinking that he might have gone crazy. I mean it could have been alines but most likly not.",2
"Can a facial action code system accurately detects human emotions? Making Mona Lisa Smile is written by Nick D'Alto,and it points out the fact how computers can tell how emotions by calculation. A technology known as the facial action coding system enables computers to indentify human emotions. Some of the advantages of the computers is that it can observe, calculate and identify the human muscles.

One way the computers can identify how emotions is by observing the 44 major muscles bone in human. Creating a 3-D model of the face the computers has been able to observe this muscles and where they are located in the body and their movement, in paragraph one the text states that ""

the process begins when the computers constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. without observation of this mucles movement in the body the computer wouldn't be able to indentify the muscles that actually produce this emotions. Therefore they also need to calculate like humans.

in anothert different way the computers have been able to calculate this bones that makes this emotions in the body through the producers. The producers observes the way human tell emotions by calculation, on paragraph five the text states that "" in fact we humans perform this same impressive ""calculation"" everyday. for instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling by simply looking on her face. Calculation is one important thing the computers need to do for better result without them calculating like humans they would probably give us wrong result, and they can do this by observation of the bones shape. whereby can tell emotions.

Way other way computers would provide specific answer like angry, happy... is by knowing the parts of the body to identify the positions of the bone. Emotions as we know can be told by looking at the face at an individual face, on paragraph 7 it says ""while looking at the mirror: raise your lips at the cornersof your mouth, then squint your eyes slightly, to produce wrinkling (""cow's-feet) at the corner of your eyes, holding that, raise the outer parts of your cheeks up. toward your eyes"" basically the computer has to identify parts of your body to detects the bones which can produce excellent result.

In conclusion, we can now see that computers can actually detect exactly and maybe more accurately than human's. struggling everyday to find out if he or she has actually forgiving you about yesterday would be more easy than ever. Through calculation and observation we see the ability and capacity of how this technology can make our life easier, teacher wouldn't have to confirm if students understand the topic if they act like they do.                        ",3
"Do you know what pollution is? Have you ever taken a trip by car? Well, cars emit a significant and substantial amount of pollution into the atmosphere. Such pollution will result in a damaged atmosphere. Therefore, it is important to decrease car usage, because there are several advantages that will arise from limiting car usage.

To begin with, limiting car usage will decrease the amount of pollution in the atomsphere which will result in cleaner air and healthier cities. In ""Paris bans driving due to smog,"" Robert Duffer writes, ""After days of near-record pollution, paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city."" Overusing cars in the metropolis had caused the air to become extremely and dangerously polluted. The pollution had resulted in smog, a mixture of fog and pollution from cars that is very harmful. The partial driving ban that was enacted in Paris had positive effects in the city, because after one week of the partial driving ban, the smog had cleared and the ban was rescinded for certain cars. While the ban in Paris was a way to handle the destructive pollution from cars in the city, there are only a handful of regulations that are in place towards making cities less polluted. For example, in India the air is polluted to the point where one can see the pollution that resulted from smoke from cars. In the car-intensive areas of the United States, passenger cars are responsible from up to 50 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. It is imperative that more regulations are enacted in the most dangerous and polluted cities. Cleaner air can only be achieved by limiting car usage around the world, especially in the most car-intensive and polluted parts of the world.

The reconstruction of the ozone layer will result from limiting car usage around the world. Burning fossil fuels and cars emitting greenhouse gases have damaged the atmosphere in a colossal way. Greenhouse gases have been exponentially breaking down our atmosphere. As cars are continuously overused in many parts of the world, the danger of radiation increases as well. The connection between the destruction of the atmosphere and increases of greenhouse gases of the atmosphere will continue to be increasing until several actions are taken to prevent such disasters. In ""In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars,"" some cities and towns have also gone as far as having suburbs where there are barely any cars in the streets. In such cities, the air is cleaner, people are healthier and there is air pollution as well as noise pollution. Unless we make more efforts to limit car usage around the world, the planet will be plagued by a poor atmosphere, irradiated locations and unhealthy people.

Finally, while cars are being overused around the world, there are a handful of efforts being done to protect our planet from pollution. People must be informed of the consequences of too much car usage. Even though there are just a handful of regulations decreasing air pollution, people must continue to limit car usage in order to receive positive effects.    ",4
"The face on mars is a landformation. People would argue it isnt but keep in mind that isnt the case with this. With people argueing that it isnt they think aliens did it but that may not have happend. The face of Mars has to be a landformation.

The face on mars is a landformation because natural occurances happen. This could have happend fromm a meteor strike or the winds in Mars. Not to mention if the clouds in mars are constant then finding this twice on over a 20 year period should still be the same fro slow winds and mild weater.

Many people belive aliens were the cause of the face. Well thats nearly impossible if you consider the aliens were made in mars. Life forms take upon millions of years to grow and need about 60 degree weather on average and mars has below freezing average. Plus if theree were life on Mars, there should be green on Mars because of plants. People also think its aliens because of the lattitude changed. Well this is because the camera that had to take this picture had to be on a cloudy storm probaly causeing some small problems but nothing minor.

At the end I think the face is a landformation and that life could not of done this. It solid evidence. I mean stuff on earth happens like that all the time and people dont care, it is like how you see a bunny on the moon but in reality they are just cooled down oceans of lava. So the face on Mars in my opinion is a landformation.",3
"The develoment of driverless cars should not happen. Most cars that are driverless are not truly diverless, they cannot handle many of the tasks, and they still require a person to be ready to take over when needed.

Most developed driverless cars are not truly driverless. According to the article they still need the driver to be alert. The article says, ""they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues."" This proves that driverless cars are not driverless at all. They still need the driver to be alert at all times. The article also points out that all the cars that have been made are not completly driverless. The article says,"" In fact none of the cars developed so far are completely driverless."" Most driverless cars can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves but, they still need a driver.

Driverless cars are not really much safer. These cars cannot handle many of the road tasks on there own. They cannot navigate through roadwork or accidents. The google car can drive independently but under specific tasks. There are senors that can make driverless cars much safer but they require the driver to have hands on the wheel at all times. The article also says, "" traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times.""

Because of this in most states it is illegal to test these type of cars.

Even if driverless cars are being developed the still need a driver behind the wheel. All cars that have been developed still need a driver to be ready and alert to take over the car when the car cannot handle a specific task. The article states that the human driver must remain alert and be ready to quickly get the driver's attention whenever a problem occurs.

Further development of driverless cars should not happen. Most of the are not really driverless, they are not that safe, and they will always need a driver to be alert at all times. A truly driverless cars will need more improvements and will take more time to develop.",3
"In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author includes many benefits and dangers that come with exploring Venus. Venus is known for its uninhabitable atmosphere and environment, but scientists believe that long ago Venus was the planet most similar to Earth. In this article, the author believes that humans should go beyond the limits of dangers and supports his or her idea well with inspiring points that motivate anyone to look past the boundaries. The author lists the extreme dangers of Venus, and then answers why scientists are so set on exploring it.

The author first regards the dangers of Venus. The author explains the problem to finish with a promising solution. The author gives dreadful facts that prove the planet is extremely inhospitable for any human and even some space crafts. The author states, ""These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals,"" The author does not say this to frighten anyone but to blunty state what the NASA scientists are up against.

Further into the article, the author answers the important question ""why?"" Why would anyone want to put themselves at these risks? Why is Venus worth all of the trouble? The answer is, ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system."" The author wants people to realize that Venus has the potential to be almost identical to Earth, but the author also includes that scientists cannot be certain without further exploration. The potential of Venus being another part of our world is certainly going to excite many astronaunts and explorers to go make it certain.

Venus has the potential to hold an exciting new world, but the dangers astronaunts and scientists must face are lethal. The author paints a new possibility in this article by describing the potential Venus could hold. This article clearly shows how the author informs about the dangers of Venus but then answers why the scientists are to eager to get to know this planets. With the way the author gives inspiring points about exploring this planet, anyone can look past the dangers and see a new world.  ",4
"It's that time of year again. The election of the president of the United States! But does our vote really matter? I mean the Electoral College does all the voting anyway. So should we change the Electoral College to popular vote for the president or, keeping it the way it should be senator?

To commence, the Electoral College is pretty much the way the president is elected.

There are currently 538 electors in the Electoral College (Source 1). And in order to win the presidency you need to have at least 270 electoral votes. But why is it like that? In the 2000 U.S. election Al Gore had more popular votes than George W. Bush did nationwide. But he lost the election because Bush had 271 electoral votes compared to Gore's 266 (Source 2). The Electoral College is widely known for being unfair but, there is a reason for that. Number 1 is the Certainty of Outcome. It's less likely to dispute over the popular vote than it is than the electoral vote. The reason is because of the winning candidate's share of the Electoral College invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote. (Source 3).

On the other hand, some Americans have five reasons to keep our horrendous way to elect our president. A Certainty of outcome. It is stated in Source 3 that it is less likely to have a dispute of electoral votes than popular votes. And it's because of the winning candidate's share of popular votes. Everyone's President. It's stated that the Electoral College requires to a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. The South and Northeast region don't have enough electoral votes to elect a president. So Romney had no incentive of campaining in the South. Swing states. The winner-take-all method is popular in each state in the U.S. Giving the winning candidate to win the presidency. The ""toss-up"" states are more likely to pay more attention to the campaign. 4 Big states. Larger states are more likey to have more electoral votes than smaller states. In contrast, Florida and Wyoming. Florida has 29 and Wyoming with only a mere 3 electoral votes. Avoid run-off elections. The electoral college avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast.

Hence, senator there is no need to change the Electoral College to popular votes. Although, many Americans despise the way it works. It still manages to elect a president in an unfair way.            ",3
"1. In ""The challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author talks about the facts of Venus such as temperature, air pressure, and the atmosphere of the planet. The author also discusses the history of what humans have done such as sending probes to the planet. He encourages others travels not to be limited by dangers and doubts. In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author supports the idea of studying Venus is a worhty pursiut despite the dangers in a very good way by the facts, saying what you will to do to survive, and encouraging to study the planet.

2. The author talks about the facts and history of Venus. He talks about how hot the planet will get and the air pressure. the states that even though the surface can average 800 degrees Fahrenheit but at 30 plus miles above the surface it gets around 170 degrees. This means that humans could be able to study Venus from that level since it's survivable. The author talked about what humans have sent to the sister planet such as probes that didn't last long.    ",2
"I think we should keep the electoral college because it at least gives people a say on weather or not the person they vote for gets elected or not, people always say that you can't complain if you don't vote, so I'm sure people wouldn't want to not be able to vote. I'll explain in more detail my reasonings in the next couple of paragraphs.

The first reason for keeping electoral colleges is because people want a say on who's president. America was made to give people freedom, so people being able to pick the pesident is a big part of our freedom, and taking that away leaves us with not as much say in big desions such as a presidental election. The people that would probably complain the most is older people because they are use to being able to vote, and taking that away would get them angry I'm sure, and the people complain louder than they do praise.

Another reason why they shouldn't take away electoral colleges is because of the amount of complant they would get from everyone if they do decide to take electoral college away. It might even make some people turn against their country, but that only goes for the people who are really into politics and voting and things of that nature. People say you can't complain if you don't vote, but if they take that perivlage away, I'm sure you'll be hearing even more complaining than if people have the right to vote, but even so, this up and coming generation isn't really into voting anyways, but it should be avalable regardless.

Those are basically the two big reasons why voting should be avalable to everyone, and not just left up to sentators and stuff. People want a say on who's running their country and because there will be tons of complaining if voting is taken away from them. So, think before you make a drastic desison like that.    ",2
"Giant human face discovered on Mars! NASA phototgraphed an image of a landform on Mars specifically a region called Cydonia that showed the feature of a human face. Some think that Face was created by aliens. Although scentific evidence proves that the Face is a natural land form.

When the Face first got phototgraphed NASA ""unveiled the image for all to see."" in an attempt to get people to be more interested in mars. ""Some people think that the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars- evidence that NASA would rahter hide, say conspiracy theorist."" Yet the article goes on th say ""Few scientis belebed that Face was an alien artifact..."" This means that many scientiss knew that the Face was a landform form the very beginning but only used it to get money for NASA to research more about Mars. Not only this but the weather was not an ideal time for the image to be taken.

When the image was taken it was at a certain time, year, and season. "" this on had unusual shadows..."" means that the sun was not hitting it deredctly to elliminate any shawdows that were there. ""But not everyone was satisfied. The Face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north...where it was winter in April'98-a cloudy time of the year on the Red Plant."" This proves that the weather does have an effect on the image. Not only that but the image taken at this time was cloudy and reveladed a natural landform. The article goes on to say ""a cloudless summmer day in Cydonia- Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look...Malin's tean captured an extrodinary photo using the carmera's absolute maximum resoluiton."" Meaning that the image was as clear as it could be and there were no clouds to make the image blurry. ""What the pictue actually shows is the Martian equvialent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West."" This proves that landforms like these were also seen on Earth and alien did not make it. Plus landforms like it had been seen on Earth

Further more, this is not the first time a natural landform has been seen on Mars. In the passage it is stated ""Scienetist figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one has unusual shadows that made it look like a Egyptian Pharaoh."" This means that in the location where the Face was discovered landforms were common and nothing more than natural.

An image of a face was photographed on Cydonia. NASA proved that the Face is only a natural landform on Mars and with enough eveidence to support it. The giant ""human"" face is just another natural landform and most definatly wasn't created by aliens on Mars.                   ",3
"I think you should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program because it will feel great to help animals in need. From my experience of being a Seagoing Cowboys felt amazing because I was able to go to Greece and had a cargo filled with 335 horses plus hay and oats to feed them. I had to feed and water them three times a day. Even though it takes a long time to get from place to place, keeping the animals healthy made me feel happy for me and everbody who participated. That's why I think you should participate in this program.

First, If you become a Seagoing Cowboy it could be fun from time to time. When we were still on a cattle-boat trip, I was able to see Europe and China on the way. Another thing that was fun was that one time me and the crew played volleyball and baseball games where the animals had been housed. Other times we would have table-tennis, fecing, and boxing tournaments to help pass the time. So that may be a thing to enjoy while you are a Seagoing Cowboy.

Next, When you are a Seagoing Cowboy it may open up the world to you like it did to me. From my experience, it made me more aware of people and their needs. So after the long adventure, I had lead my family to host a number of international students and echange visitors for many years. This program had mad me become a better person so, I can help people and their needs. I hope you will do the same too.

Then, when you are a Seagoing Cowboy sometimes it can be intersting but, other times it can be painful. One time when I was being a watchman, I had to watch the animals every hour to make sure they didn't wake up. When I went to make my hourly report to the captain, I had slipped on my backside when I went down a slippery ladder. That day I was lucky to be alive because a small strip of metal stopped me from going into the dark Altantic but I couldn't work due to my cracked ribs. I hope when you become a Seagoing Cowboy, you would not make the same mistake that I did.

Finally, from this huge experience of my life, I had enjoyed it for the most part. From the beginning, I started out as a a simple man then become a Seagoing Cowboy. This is why I highly encouraged you to become a Seaboy Cowboy becuase of all the experiences and fun you can have if you join. Sometimes you can have good times and sometimes you can have bad times, but the impotant part is that you are helping out every country in need. Also you are making a difference in the world and in your personality.    ",3
"Venus is the hottest planet in our solar sytem. It could also be one of the most dangerous planets too. In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author thinks its a good idea to strive furter into exploring Venus even with the dangers the planet contains.

One of the reasons the author beleives we should keep finding new things about Venus is because it was though to be similar to Earth. Venus and Earth are even called ""twins"" because they are thought to be so alike. Venus was thought to once be covered in oceans that could have possibly supported life at a point in time. Venus also contains similar things to Earth like valleys, mountains, and craters. The only way we could figure more things out about Venus would be if we cept sending thigs such as rovers to research it and possibly humans one day.

Another reason the author thinks we should find more information about Venus is because Venus is one of the closest planets to Earth in our solar system aside from Mars. Venus or Mars would be the next step in our space exploration. If we do send rovers or people to Venus one day, we would need things that could withstand the heat and other chaos that happens on the surface of Venus. The author states that NASA has came up with an idea that contained a blimp-like vehicle that would hover about 30 miles above the surface of Venus that would carry scientists and would allow them to study the surface. The temperatures inside the blimp would be about 170 dagrees Fahrenhet and air pressure that would be close to sea level on Earth. The conditions would be rough, but humans can withstand it.

Though Venus is dangerous, that doesnt mean it's not possible for humans or rovers to explore its surface one day. Humans are driven by curiosity that leads us into similar places. If we can make it to the Moon, we can most likely one day make it to Venus and back. If humans were to one day even land on Venus, it would be a giant achivement for the human race.",4
"These cars have a good effect as well as a bad. The smarter cars focus on keeping the drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe. You may be asking yourself, ""is it really a safer option?"" Yes it is. These cars require little to no human control, They have all kinds of sensors, and are well tested before sold.

These cars requiring little human control is a good thing. All the human has to do is watch the road. Most accidents are caused because someone brakes to fast or speeds and hits another car. With the smart cars the human won't be in control of any of that. The car will drive 25 mph avoiding speeding tickets and accidents. The driver will be prepared to take over any time the car does not succeed.

It cant get safer than senors. These cars have a video camera mounted near the review mirror, four automotive radar senors, a gps reciever, and an inertial motion sensor; It can sense every human motion. The senors make sure the driver keeps both hands on the wheel. The seat will vibrate if the car is in danger of backing into an object. The car can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves. They are still improving sensors to make driving safer and leading to cars that can handle more and more driving tasks on their own.

The cars are not just thrown in stores to be sold, they are well tested. In some states you are not even aloud to test them. They will not release any cars without making sure your safty isn't at stake. They are working on liability laws in case of an accident. If someone happens to get hurt because of technology fail, it will be covered.

These cars are very safe. There really isn't any way to get into an accident because of all the senors. You also dont have to worry about getting a speeding ticket. If anything serious was about to happen the car will alert the driver to take over. These cars require little to no human control, they have all kinds of sensors, and are well tested before sold. What could be safer than that?      ",4
"Today we as a state take avantages of limiting  car usege.

cars in the us is a part of most people  everyday life.

In vauban  Gurmany residents of this upscale community people has  given up their cars. Street parking, driveways and hom garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district on the outskirts of freiburb near the franch and swiss  borders.

Alot of people from Germany  gave up thier cars so they can move.

As  a result in gurmany  70percent of vauban' families do not own cars.

Also 57 percent sold a car to move. The other percent sold their  car  to servive.

And also peple dont own cars becaus they cant aford a car.

Automobiles are the  linchpin of  suburbs where middle-class families from chicago to shanghai tend to make  their  homes.

Do you know 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe?

Well it do and also up to 50 percent in some  car-intensive areas in the united states. From research there has been efforts in the past two decades to make cities  denser and better for walking.

Now they are taking the concept  to the suburbs  vauban home to 5500 residents within a rectangular quare mile.

All of there development since world war 2 has been centered on the car.

David goldberg an official of groups in the united states that is promoting new communities that are less development on cars. How much you drive isas importan as whether you have a hybird. But in the united states the enveironmental potection angency is promoting.            ",1
"Driverless cares are coming. It's true, though it almost seems something out of science fiction. Today, we have cars that can drive themselves with the aid of humans. This means that there is still a driver, though they won't be doing much except sitting and watching the road. They must watch the road as they may need to take control of the car if there is an accident, construction, or if a road is closed off for another reason. This is a far cry from what we think driverless cars to be. Of course, the technology is there, it's just a very basic state of it. Most of what is there, the basics, is still very complex.

In my own opinion, yes, driverless cars are the way of the future. However, there is still use of a driver within the driverless car. So maybe not calling them driverless cars as a start, perhaps independent cars or auto cars. Having a driver still within the car can help, it may be that some places aren't mapped on the maps within the car. This may mean that the driver will have to take over, placing the safety of others into the hands of the driver. The thing with the driverless cars is that if there is an accident, whether it be man-made or machine error, whose fault is it? This is a big question, with many different answers. The truth is, there isn't laws in place for this, as there are no true driverless cars on the roads. We could pin the blame on the driver, for not taking control at the right moment to prevent a disaster. The same could be said for the manufacturer, for creating a faulty program within the car.

Today, the problem with cars is simple. They are dangerous. There isn't a bigger risk today than getting in a car and driving. Hundreds of people die or are injured in a car accident today and most of them are due to humans. A driverless car could reduce the amount of accidents and deaths on the roads. There still is need of people being at the wheel of the vehicle, but with less human interaction of the vehicles operation, the less likely it is to result in failure on the drivers part. There is also a possibility of it helping drunk drivers. If someone gets into the vehicle, they could tell the car their destination, and be on their way. This could result in less accidents and less deaths with vehicles involved. However, on the flip side of things, this may not help. If a third party company creates a faulty program for the vehicles for a big company, the blame will be pinned on the big company for outsourcing. This results in more strict laws on driverless cars and could result in there being less appeal to the idea of a driverless, or semi-driverless, car. We're still a few years from having driverless cars, and even more from having completely driverless cars.

My opinion is that self driving cars could help our society. We could gain so much from this, most of it being less accidents and deaths from something that is so important to many of our lives today. Taking the risk of getting in a car with someone who is new, elderly, or drunk is huge. Today, that risk is garunteed with consequences. Most of them are bad, with either injuries or death some big ones. Tomorrow, that risk could decrease with semi-driverless cars or completely driverless cars. The possibilities are endless with a car that rarely, if ever, requires human interaction on the road.",5
"Some people say that being a Seagoing Cowboy would be a dull job.

What is a Seagoing Cowboy you ask, well it is a person who delivers cattle to people in need.

It was World War 2 and people around the world needed help with ways to get food.

I felt like I could do something for them, so I decided to be a Seagoing Cowboy.

If you feel that way then I encourage you to join the Sea Cowboys.

There were many reasons why joining the Seagoing Cowboys is a cool thing and here is one.

For the experinces!

I was a small town boy and had not got to see a lot of the big world that we live in.

The sign up sheet said we would not only help the people in need we would also get to see some of the amazing sights in that country.

That was no lie!

On my journeys I saw the Acropolis in Greece, the Panama Canal, and a recently excavated castle in Crete.

I also got to ride in a gondola in Venice, Italy.

Another thing that not many people could say is that you crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific twice.

Another reason why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys is that you have a chance to serve your country without killing another person.

On my first trip as a Seagoing Cowboy, I turned 18. That is when you are old enough to be drafted to the army.

When the draft board found out I was being a Seagoing Cowboy, they told me to do that as my service.

If you don't like the thought of shooting people, then maybe you could be a Seagoing Cowboy. You would help people get food, not have to shoot anybody, and serve your country.

Now you know some reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys.

I hope to see you aboard soon.",3
"The author in the passage ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" is talking about how he enjoys learning new things about Venus even though they never stepped foot on it, he enjoys the risk.

The author claims that studying Venus is a worthy persuit despite the dangers because it is so much like earth, they call Venus ""Earth's Twin"" and the ""Evening Star"". The author talks about how Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, but it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. ""Astronomers are fasinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system"".Since Venus is so close to earth its easier to see what is going on there. As the author said in the passage ""Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additonal impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface"", The author also says Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth.

The author is talking about how NASA has an idea to send humans to study Venus. The only way they could get any close to Venus's surface is if they ""float above the fray"". ""a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out their way"". In other words means if they don't get anywhere near Venus ground nothing would happen to them. The author stated that anywhere near 30 or more miles above surface temperatures would still be very hot up to 170 degrees fehrenheit. ""Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans"".

Its is so hot in Venus that taking pictures is very difficult because the light cannot take the horrible hot atmosphere. The author is also talking about how researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything, from a distance. Probably since its not in the same atmosphere it could change or disappear if its not kept in the heat. The author is talking about how they are making up new technology that will survive for a long time in Venus so they could learn new things and discover other things about Venus.

In conclusion, the author said that humans shouldn't be intimidated because of the dangers on Venus and other planets, that should push them to want to try new things and discover more than they thought.                                    ",3
"I am now going to tell you what i think about technology reading emotional expressions of students in a classroom here ar the three things I'll be talking about, first what i think about this idea, secondly do i like this idea and thirdly if this will be valuable for teachers in the future. First i personally think that this idea is great because people can know what facal expression a persons has just by a simple computer and i think that's very cool ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"" Dr. Hung predicts. ""Then it could modify the lesson, like and effective human instructor"". Secondly i really like this idea because a computer can structure a 3-D model of your face and move your cheek bones to make you smile, squint your eyes, and show teeth also when your angry move your eyebrows, close your lips things like that ""Eckman has classified six basic emotions happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness- and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscle. For example above your eyes, raise your eyebrows when you're surprised, around your mouth tightens your lips to show anger"". Finally this can be very valuable for teachers in the future because teachers can use that computer that reads emotional expressions on his/ her students to see their facial expression and tell what they are feeling this could help the teacher by making her class less boring, doing more avtivities, explaining more the lesson so students can understand and be less confused ""you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, ect"". This shows that technology is coming more advanced each year and it will be improving also technology can help in alot of things that could be very benificial for some people and other things like construction, health, school and information. ",3
"The latest technology called the FACS or Facial Action Coding System detects the emotional state of kids or adults. This technology is a leading way to help students out in a classroom or a work environment. This technology is supposedly able to help find the emotions of a human and how they feel by recognizing their facial features and muscles.

This new technology FACS, known as the Facial Action Coding System reads the facial features and the way humans use their muscles in their faces to recognize their emotional state, whether they be happy, sad etc. This new technology would not benefit our society today for the reason that we have careers and jobs in understanding humans emotional state, the time, money and effort spent in learning this would all be replaced by a robot or new technology, this causes jobs to be lost and people that spent their lives and money learning this career are out of a job because of a technology. FACS is good in a way to survey an area of people but not a necessity to the world today.

Although reading a students emotional state in a classroom is a good benefit and way to figure out whether or not that student needs more help or is the reason he/she are a disturbance in class or failing in a classroom. I believe it is a good thing to have at a school because kids today hide their emotions, and avoid socialization because of their emotional state, and if we have that today in our classrooms we could help kids grades rise, fights lessen, and even could stop bullying with knowing that a kid is in fear, why is he/she in fear? or a kid is sad? etc. These things help us understand what to do in order to keep the school safe and student happy in the classroom.

If the FACS is able to read students emotions and detect if that human is sad, happy etc. then yes this technology would be a great resource in the classroom or school today because of so many things happening over the world teachers and their staff should be able to use this technology to undestand their students emotions in order to help them in a classroom and figure out how to help them in academics for a better future. The article in this passage talks about how the FACS can even adress emotional views from a picture that dated back to the era when Da Vinci was painting, and this even could give us what emotion the Mona Lisa out out and how Da Vinci used facial features to depict emotion in his paintings, this could bring out the views of people back in the 1800s or even earlier.

Though I am not for this technology for the fact that we do not need a machine or computer telling us what state of emotion were in, it could be a great use in the school board today with all the violence and cyber communication that happens. The only good reason to bring this computer or technology into the public is in our classrooms to keep the students in a good school environment so that they can succeed and continue with grades that meet the highest standards so that they can have an education to look upon when they apply for a job, for that is the only reason this could even be worth the money.

Overall the technology or FACS, is a good learning tool for our school board and classrooms today, but only for the student body this could work tremendous and help our society. If there was a way to create a facial recognition system that could help our society and our criminals today and understand how they think then there is a chance that this could go farther in our world. Overall this new technology is not a good source or worth the money to put out to the public, I say this because as our world gets older and our generation furthers themselves, it is too easy to see the emotional state of human beings, we do not need a computer to say it understands better than the human body that gets study everyday.",4
"Would driverless car make our life easier? Would driveless car eleminate accidents. Google had invented the driverless car that is not conpletely driveless. In some cases, human still has to control the vehicle such as going around accident. Driverless car are improving more and more and by 2020 some car companies are trying to have cars that can drive themselves. Driverless car are not nacessary because they are not driverless completely, most states do not allow computer driven car to be tested, and new law may need to pass to recover liability in the accident case.

Why would you want to drive the driveless car that still require human skill? Driverless cars are not completely driveless. Driverless cars can steer, brake, and accelerate themself but when the driver has to navugate through work zones and around accidents, it require human skill, so human driver need to be alert and ready to take over the stituation if required. If driverless car may require driver, it is still better to just drive a normal car because even if you drive a driveless car, you must be alert to ready to take control over the car if nacessary.

Computer cars are not allowed in most states. Presently traffic laws are written for the human drivers. The traffic laws are written with the assumption that only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. If it is illegal to drive computer driven car, it is not helpful to buy a driverless car because you may not drive the car that you bought, so it would not be nacessary for you.

New law may need in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. In a case where driverless couldn't take control, human may has to control. If accident has happened, would it be a human error or techonology error. The techonology is not completely safe because driverless cars are not completely driverless.

Driverless car are not necessary for us. Driverless care still nee human to handle in some cases, so the techonology is not completely safe. It is not legle for computer driven cars to be tested in most states because the law assume human driver should be in control to be safe while traveling. New law may need to pass for the case of accident if the accident is human fault or techonology falt. Driverless would not make our life a lot more safer, so we do not need driverless car.        ",4
"Imagine you are a teacher, you are in the classroom with your students and you just keep wondering what are they feeling, what are they thinking.

With the FACS (Facial Action Coding System) you can.

With the Facial Action Coding System you could know how your students feel about projects, assignments, and assignments on computers and laptops.

With this you can have their face scanned to find out their emotions and know how they feel about the things you are doing in class.

The FACS can even scan people faces from pictures. The FACS was created by Dr. Paul Eckman.

Dr. Paul Eckman coded the Facial Action Coding System with six basic emotions, happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness.

The FACS was used to scan the Mona Lisa and it was said that she was eighty-three percent happy, nine percent distgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. The FACS uses a 3-D computer model of the face which has all 44 major muscles in the model. People observe these muscles to be able to tell whether or not somone is being truthful or isn't being truthful. These muscle clues are used to spot when a ""smiling"" politician or celebrity isn't being truthful.

The FACS would be very valuable to students in the classroom mainly because if a student were getting bored or unamused on an online assignment then there could be a program that will change the lesson up and go about teaching it a different way that is more interesting, fun, and how the students will like it.",2
"The author suggest that studyng venus is a studying venus is a worthy persuit despite the dangers it presentes, Thay found venus is the closets planet to earth in term of density and size ,venus is something right around the corner. and also '' venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system'' that mean venus havae differents weather,climate. venus planet is so inhospitable, like no body can live there.

has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study venus, venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way.

the radiation would not exceed earth levels. that was to hurd for them but survible for humans. ''rendering standard forms of phography and videography ineffective''.that show many rearchers are working to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of venus.

The nasa is working on other approaches to studying venus,the chaos of venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions.''but tend be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions'' that show they neede be carefully in the extreme physical condition.By comparison systems that can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces,

The earth and leyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but they will should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation, like generation about something importants for example venus was probably covered largely with oceans.      ",2
"Have you ever wanted to join the Seagoing Cowboys program? Well if you said yes this essay is for you. In this essay you will be hearing about the best reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program.I know it sounds weird but it is a lot of fun. If you said no at the end I will guarantee you would want to join.

Here are some reasons why you should join this program. If you like to travel the world you can go many places this would be the best place for you. My name is Luke Bomberger and I have been to places like on a gondola ride in Venice, Italy the Panama Canal and the excavated castle in Crete. You can even find some fun things to do on board such as table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games can also help pass the time. We even played baseball and volleyball in the empty holds where animals had been housed.

It was so much more than an adventure. It opened up a whole new world for me. It made me more aware of people of other countries. That awareness lead me to lead my family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years. When my friend Don Reist asked me to go on a cattle boat I knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime. I guess I was right it was an opportunity of a lifetime. I actually didn't I was going to become a Seagoing Cowboy. Yet it happened and I am greatful for it happening too.

In conclusion, being a Seagoing Cowboy is a lot funner than you think. These are just some of the wondenrful things about being a Seagoing Cowboy. There is much more to it. As I said earlier I wasn't expecting to become a Seagoing Cowboy,but it happened. Yet most of all you make a lot of new friends. So if you said no at the beggining have you changed your mind.    ",4
"The Challenge of Exploring Venus is most important to the Earth that is close to the planet where people in. Sometime the challenge of the planet is for humans to study, apprently it's proximity to us. The author support the idea that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers becuase sometime Venus is right around the corner and human will sent some spacecraft to land. Not only studying Venus will pursuit other life, but some scientist are looking forward to work with the Venus to undertanst more of the challenge that they will know more about.

The first reason why venus will pursuit despite the danger it present is that venus are also a planet becuase the reader know that it's the second planet that from our sun. It could be a bad idea that '' Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface "". This is way studying are needed to be used with protection at any case that involved danger.

The second most reason important about the challenge of Venus in this planet as an enviornment would crush can be made as "" these conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth "". Because of this solar system like Venus impact the hottes surface temperature of the planet. The challenging of Venus consider many researchers into working with the machines that probably would allow them to constribute it's to be knows as knowledge.

Most third reason that will be know is that scientics are more knowable to learn more about Venus than other people because they are more to understand better. More likely, "" Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation "" just as we know about how it should not be limited, most people woun't know what to do unless they know what will be next in their challenge. It somehow need to be survivable for humans as well into going forward on something that is challenge.

In conclusion, the challenge of Venus is really important to most of the people because venus is like the second planet that need to be look out for and this the reason it dangerous to explore. All it take was to have a scientics that are impresive to know where it actually is. ",4
"""The Seagoing Cowboys program have been looking for others to join."" I spoke with power as I said that. People who want to have been scarce lately. I stood with confidenece announcing that we need more people. ""This can be a wonderful change for those who want to help, and you would get to see many intresting and unique places."" I looked at the group of people listening,and they were not convinced.

The assembly was over. The meeting of people who might join had been not quite intrested. I shook my head. I needed something to show that would make them want to go. Our next trip will be near Greece. I had already talked to my boss, and we will get to visit the Acropolis. I thought about that could be the way to show how great our team is. I continued to think that if we bring the others along they might want to join. I smiled after my boss was on board with the idea. We would finally get people intrested.

The day we set aboard hundreds of people joined. The first day we established what we did. For example like bringing animals, food, water,and other supplies. I mentioned how we have taken hourses and have had to take care of them. Anyone with animal intrest gleamed as they wanted to join already. I continued to explain that we feed and take care of the animals. Not long after we had people who wanted to join as soon as they could.

As the days continued, I talked about how we get to see many places while traveling. I told them about going on a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, and seeing the Panama Canal on my way to China. The others marvaled at the adventure, but I didn't stop there. I told them about me getting to tour a castle in Crete. As before, others we amazed and they too wanted to join quickly.

Lastly, for those who were not intested in traveling or animals I disscussed the times we had fun aboard. I talked about how we all played baseball and volleyball in where the animals had been housed. How we played table tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing whittling,games, and reading. How it was an adventure. It got everyone talking and more than I had hoped wanted to join. I got excited, and I was ready to teach the others.

I thanked everyone. I told them that to me it was more than just an adventure. To me it showed me how I get to help people in need. That it has me aware of other countries and their needs. It just makes me happy that I get to help them be helped. All people on the boat cheered and congratulated me. I smiled. I was ready for another journey aboard.",3
"Hello, my name is Capri. I will be arguing against the use of Driverless cars. In the passage it talks alot about how the new smart cars/ driverless cars have been here since 2009. I think that it is a smart and useful invention. But I really dont think we are quite ready for it right now, especially since it comes with a few flaws. Our normal cars are even getting call backs so

imagine what what would happen if you weren't fully in control of our vehicles. It says in the passage that it isnt fully driverless which to me signifies that we shouldnt be using something that isnt living up to the invention purpose.

Its going to be electrical so what if there is a bug or virus in the system that cant handle driving or wont let us drive at all. This could result in

serious accident or injury. Yes I think that this is a brilliant invention I just think that it shouldnt be displayed or used until we are 110% that is comepletely safe and ready to be driven.

For example what if I, Capri, was married to John and we had a son. we could be driving in a driverless car and it could flash for one of us to take over and steer, but the vehicle is malfunctioning and not letting us drive. We crash, have to pay fees, insurance ect... What if they saw us as we were the cause of the accident but it all was because of a faulty system that wasnt ready to be used.

So i say no we should not use driverless cars, it is hazardous, just like a regular car. We should be inventing something that is safer than a car not equal or less safe.",2
"It is so amazing out her. I am sailing on the Atlantic Ocean. I have been on this sea for the nineth time. I thought all of my atemtes were fun but my last vouage was the best.

On my second atempted I serced as watchman. I think it is so awesome because I am going to be 18 years old when we reach Greece so I could help in the war! UNRRA hired "" Seagoing Cowboys"" to take care of the horses, young cows,and mules that were shipped overseas. Don and I even signed up so that is going to be even better.

We got the seamans papers and boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster, headed for Greece-with acargo of 335 horses plus enough hay and oats to feed all the horses. I felt really besy all the nine voyages I took out there to Greece. My job was to check on the animals every hour.

I really do hope that you want to go too becuase it was the best thing I ever did and I think I should go again this year and next year. I was so glad that Don and me signed up for helping the other ""Seagoing Cowboys""

with all of the animals. I hope I can write another story next year.",2
"Most driving laws focus on keeping divers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, but could the development of driverless cars have an affect on poeples actions while in the car? Haveing a car that is in need of little human interaction could give the driver an exuse to drive drunk. The cars system could fail and create a problem instead of preventing one. Finally how are the privers waiting for their turn to take over going to maintain focus.

Will having these self driving cars give more people the idea that it is ok to drive under the influence? In this atical, it is stated that a human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation reguires human skills. A driver that is not in a state were they can make a snapy disicion. Tjis could lead to the failer of taking, this could end up making a huge inpact on the lives of other people aound them.

How can we be sure that the car will fail to serve its perpose? The second detail to catch my eye was the question asked in the article ""If the technology fails ans someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?"" With any vehicle there is always a chance of a mecanichle failure. In a smart car there are many peices of technology that are important to insure everyones safety. Even with the chance of a driverless car being completed there are potentialy more chances of one peice of this technology malfunctioning and creating a problem.

Finaly how will we keep the drivers focus on the road? This article quotes the words spoken by Dr. Werner Huber, a BMW project manager driver. Werner speaks of the challanges of psychological aspects of automation and how we will have to interpret the driving fun in a new way. People falling asleep might become a big problem, the action of paying attention when the work is done for you, may not be a simple task.

The idea of a driverless car is a dangerous idea to be playing around with. Haveing a car that is in need of little human interaction might cuase the thought that drunk driving would be safe. The cars system could fail and not allow the driver to take over. The driverless car could cuase a huge problem with maintaining focus, this could mean someone failing to take over when needed. In conclusion when all of the work is done for a driver, it could lead to problems that might have been otherwise prevented.",3
"Yes, there is a Face on Mars and some people say The Face was created by aliens, but that statement is not true aliens did not created The Face. In fact it is just a natural landform. This landform was actually a lava dome that just got shaped funny when the lava got hard enough to stay the same for the rest of time, unless something happened really bad on Mars. We can state the fact that aliens did not build The Face because we have used the best camera and seen that there is no evindence that aliens build The Face. It is just like something we would see on earth it just happened naturally like how the Grand Canyon got on earth no human or alien built the Grand Canyon. It is just a natural thing that had happened just like The Face on Mars. In the picture that

NASA took has been zoomed into and the zoom would have picked up anything that was on the ground and there was not anything that showed that aliens or anything had build The Face there was absolutly nothing around the face that the aliens could have even used to build The Face out of. Therefore The Face was in fact not build by aliens. The Face is just a natural appering thing on Mars and there is no sign of anyone or anything building The Face on Mars excepcially not aliens. ",3
"It is reasonable that the mask shown up on Mars' surface is not an alien. In order for a creature to live somewhere it has to be the right environment. As the artice ""Unmasking the Face on Mars"" said the creature or ""alien mask "" was very large. Planet Mars is not nearly big enough to have creatures with the head size of a whole mile to fit. Just think your body is much more bigger than your head. A head that steratches two miles ear to ear in a very large head, just imagine how large the body would be!

Over time land can begin to crak or break. Something could have been going on inside Mars' crust ,for instece here on Earth we have earthquakes, that could have happened on Mars. It has been said that it is common for figures to start to appear from a region in Mars called Cydonia. Not all of the figures have the apperace of a human face but dont you think if it were an alien it woukd have looked very differant than a human? It has been scintifictly proven that aleins don't exsist.

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to apperar on Mars' surface is normal as it was stated in the article ""Unmasking the Face on Mars"". Therefore I do not know what makes people think an alien has just magicaly apperared on the face of Mars. For thousandes of years scientist have invented ways to look at planets, take pictures of them, even get a little sample of the planet. With that being said scientist have checked Mars inside and out up and down and after many years of reaserch and testing they have still never spotted a alien. If the figure would be an alien Mars would'nt

be fit to provide a home for a whole community of them the planet would be much to small.",2
"I was in for a great jurney when my friend asked me to be apart of the Seagoing Cowboys. I could not say no, I knew this would be an oppportunity of a life time.

In world war ll the crew had to go to Eurupe. The UNRRA hiered the Seagoing Cowboys to work for them. We took care of horses, cows, and mules that were shipped over seas.

In August 1945, we recived ordres to report to New Orleans. We arived on the 14 of August. I turned 18 before ariving to Greece. I was discharged in 1947. I was now traveilng the high seas, I had to feed all the animals and clan all of their stalls. On my sencond trip I seved as a night watchman. I had to check on the animals every hour. When I made my report to the captin he slid down slippery ladder on his backside, a strip of of metal stoped hime from sliding, but he could not work because he cracked his ribs.

This was an amaizing experince for me and it may be for you if you are into what I was, so I encurege anyone to experince what I experinced. I am greatful for the opportunity that I had. You should be too.",2
"Understanding the exact emotion of a human being is a giant leap for the science community, and I say that we should use this technology in classrooms. The relationship between students and teachers is strong, but how does a teacher know that a student is paying attention or just lying to try and end the discussion sooner? Student faces are hard to understand by just simply looking at them, some could look bored but are actually paying attention or the opposite could be happening. Using such technology could improve the understanding of student reactions, such as helping the teacher know when to modify the lesson for the student to better understand, and it could even improve the learning of future doctors and surgeons taking medical classes.

Lessons in certain classes can be very difficult for every student to understand. Some are fast learners and catch on before others, others might need the lesson to slow down just to get a grasp on what is really being taught. Using the Facial Action Coding System could really improve the understanding in teachers of who really gets the lesson and can continue and who doesn't understand and just really needs more help. As mentioned in paragraph 6 by Dr. Huang, ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored... Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" Schools around the world are using technology more and more every day, so installing such a system to help understand confusion and boredom could be very useful for schools everywhere.

Doctors and surgeons need to know as much as they can gather from the human body, in which they learn all they know in classrooms. Having this system in classrooms could inprove the future of the medical field, starting by understanding which muscles control a body part and how the body reacts. Students taking these classes can use the program to learn how the face modifies itself to show emotions, from joy to sadness. As mentioned in paragraph 5, even artists such as da Vinci used anatomy to create art by studying how the face moves and shows emotion. Using this program can help doctors expan their knowledge of human anatomy rise to the next level.

Everyday, people use their emotions to express how they feel,and using that in the classroom can really improve relationships between the peers. Explained in paragraph 5 once again, humans use calculations to figure out how a friend is feeling, but we can't tell the exact muscle causing that emotion. Using such a system can improve relationships between friends and help people have a better understanding of how a person really feels.

Human emotions are difficult to understand all over the globe, but using this program in simple places such as the classroom can improve the atmosphere and make learning topics a breeze. Teachers could better understand how a student is reacting to a lesson and modify their teaching methods so everyone can understand. Students trying to get a medical degree can use the program to understand which muscles are used without having to disect a person or take years to learn something that can be found out in mere minutes. Understanding others can improve the world of emotions, even if it just starts in a classroom.",5
"You should join a Seagoing Cowboys program. It is very fun to see some things for free with us. Young man, would you want to join the Seagoing Cowboys program? No! Why? It doesn't seem fun. Well you should join my friend Luke, he loves this job. No! Well I'll tell you it is fun

This is a fun thing that a young boy could see practically something every day. Well it doesn't seem cool. A kid did this every day once his friend asked him, it was a chance of a lifetime and he took it. Chance of a lifetime. Will I get to see the Great Wall of China? Maybe. Great, I'm in!

See folks chances of a lifetime rarely happen so join today. It is cool sites just ask my friend Luke. Luke sum this thing up. Well when I was a city boy and I was invited on a trip of a lifetime and it was fun. I reconmend you join now.",2
"When I think of driverless cars I think of cars driving down the road with no one in them, but I also think of how many problems could go wrong with these cars. People could get hurt in a car accident because of something the driverless cars do. I am against the driverless cars for these reasons; They are unsafe, unreliable, and so many things could go wrong with them. If the driver that is suppose to be in the driverless car falls asleep and the car alarm doesn't go off when in need of help it could crash and the individual in the driverless car could die from the crash. I feel the car is unreliable for that reasoning.

These cars are unsafe because if the car was to get out of control and the individual of the car couldn't control it because it was to hard to control it could hit a kid or a adult. So many things could go wrong with these driverless cars. It could be that the individuals that are suppose to take over did something wrong but if they didn't have to take over in the first place then there would be less accidents. In conclusion I feel like the driverless cars are going to be a waste of time and money because they are going to result in more deaths and traumas. More car accidents are going to be reported every year and the individuals of the driverless cars are going to be held responsible because it would be there fault when really it was the driverless car that got out of control. Google Cofounder ""Sergey Brin"" says ""Such cars would fundamentally chage the world."" I believe that the only way these cars are going to chage the world is cause more deaths and injuries in the world and it's going to be the faults of the cars and the individuals inside the driverless cars are going to get charged with the charges because they are suppose to be the ""drivers"" of these so called driverless cars . If they are so driverless the why do they have to have individuals take over whenever they are in need of help? I believe the way things are going now are just fine. You don't see humans calling for help when there is a wreck or roadwork so why should so called smarter driverless cars need the help of humans if they are suppose to be taking our places on the road?",3
"The Facial Action Coding System is a new form of technology that enables computers to identify human emotions. Will the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable? No. "" FACS"" will not be valuable to read the emotional expressions of students. A theory and technology such as emotions and the emotional state of someone should be based off of science instead of being based off opinion. Take a minute and compare this new piece of technology to a quiz given on the internet to see what celebrity I would be. Moral of the story if the person can fake it, they can make it. Someone can make believable facial expressions all day does not mean they are happy, sad, or any other emotion based on what they look like. A student may come in looking grumpy does not mean they are grumpy, maybe just maybe have you ever thought. "" WOW, that just might be their natural facial expression."" To end with, unless this technology is enhanced and backed up with science instead of opinion I do not think it will be very dependable in determing the emotional expressions of students. ",2
"There are many advantages of limiting car usage. Like conserving resources when we dont drive cars. It also lowers emission and imprves safety as said in Source 4: The End of Car Culture. When you stop using cars pollution will decrease. And when the pollution decreases the earth will be healthier. Being able to drive at 16 doesnt help the advanages but between 2001 and 2009 23% of young teens stopped driving. Some advantages are its helps the enviroment, keeps people safe, and also gets pople to exercise.

The first advantage is that it helps the enviroment. Cars pollute the air a lot and if we limit the usage of cars then the air will slowly become more clean. Also the cars cause smog. With the use of cars stpping the smog will clear. As stated in Source 1: The End of Car Culture, the United States has long been one of the worlds prime cultures. But as people started to drift away from their cars, the US peaked in 2005 and is still steadily dropping. When here is cold nights and warm days the warmer layer of air traps te car emissions.

The second reason with limiting car usage is a good idea is because it keeps everyone safe. The pollution is bad for peoples health. Also a lot of people actuall get hit by cars so limting the use will cause less injuries. You wont always be looking out for the pedestrians. Also kids are the ones who get hit by cars most because you cant see the so no cars means less children getting hurt. Another good thing that will come out of limiting car usage is that we will se less gas and then we will have more natrual resources. Passener cars are responsible for 12% of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and up to 50% in car-intensive areas in the US as stated in Sourc 1: In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars.

The final reason why limiting car usage is because it gets people to exercise. A lot of people are couch patatoes, especially in America, and dont do anything so having limitations with their car will have to make them move a little. All people like to do is use their phone or eat or watch Netflix on their free time but having no car will make them do more physical things. Having no car wll make people ride bikes from poin A to point B r even walk. Have fast food places n very corner doesnt help either because it makes peope get in their car to drive what could have been a five minute walk. When ave you ever seen a person walk to get food? Never.

Inconclusion, there are many advantages in limiting car usage like it elps the enviroment, kes people safe, and makes eople exercise. People are safe. The enviroment is slowly getting better. People are starting to exercise whether they like it or not. In some countries if yu own a car you have o pay $40,000 to have a parking space, along with what you aid for the house.    ",3
"Voting. Voting is a pretty big deal that only comes around so many years. And with voting the citizens of the U.S. have a voice. And also the voting method in which the president is elected by popular votes is just fine and it should be the only way people vote for their president. No one else should vote for them. The people have the right to choose who ever they want. And no one has the right to vote for any other person but them. The popular is just fine because first of all the popular vote for president method is more fair than the electoral college voting method. Secondly, the popular vote for president is less complicated, where as the electoral college can cause complications and problems.

To start off, the popular vote for president is more fair than the electoral college. First, there really is no way of cheating in the popular vote method because people vote once for whom ever they want to be president out of the people elected and then the president is chosen that way. The popular votes method is more fair because candidates spend a little time in every if not majority of the states, depending on how much time they have. But as stated in the article written by Bradford Plumer in the electoral college voting method ""candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the ""swing"" states."" That is not fair every state should be able to see the candidates who are going to be serving the country and see what they are like and how they can help the country. And this has happened before where the candidates didn't even bother showing up in some of the states. One example would be as stated in the article By Bradford Plumer ""during the 2000 campaign, seventeeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad."" Now how on earth can people vote for their new president if they have absoloutley no idea of what the president is capable of doing to help or even hurt the country.

Next, the popular vote for president is less complicated, unlike the electoral college where complications, problems, and just a big mess could happen. With the popular vote it is pretty straight forward and simple. The people vote for whom ever they want to be their next president and serve the country, the votes get counted up and whoever has the most votes gets to be the new president. But with the electoral college if a tie had occured as stated in the article written by Bradford Plumer ""the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president.(The Senate would choose the vice-president.) Because each state casts only one vote, the single from Wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, would have as much say as the 55 representatives from California, who represent 35 million voters."" Now that sure seems to be complicated. Just one vote represents 500,000 or 35 million voters. The popular vote method is a lot more simple it doesn't require all of these steps. With the popular vote everyone votes and the majority of the votes is the winner, as simple as that. It doesn't require going to the representatives who vote for themselves and a whole bunch of other people as well.

In conclusion, the popular vote method is better because it is more fair. It gives people a voice to choose for whom ever they want not what anybody else wants. Also, the popular vote method is a whole lot less complicated than the electoral college. Where if there is a tie the representatives vote for themselves and are also representing thousands of other people who may or may not want that specific candidate to be president. So voting is no joke it is serious and it shouldn't be taken as a joke either. Every person should have a voice they should be able  to vote for who ever they desire. No one else should be able to vote for them, not even the representatives. Voting is no joke.                                                                               ",5
"Well this face isnt from aliens because if it was then it would have showen up out of the blew but it didnt because it took time to make. It took time for it to appear and not seconds. This amazing land form was a great thing to see but aliens did not create such beauty. Some people do not even think aliens are real but in my oppinion it was just a landform. It is a coinsadence that this land formed a human face but there is evidence that this is just a landfom.

In the artical it states that the eyes, nose and mouth are just rocks that make shadows. The sun was pointed at a certin angel to make it have this shadow type eyes, mouth and nose. The camera that they used for this picture was not in good quality, witched caused this to take a picture of this human like face because it wasnt pointed directly above this figure. Each pixle in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters dcompared to the 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo. So the first photo that the people see was not a good picture of it at all.

In my oppinion i do not think that this was created by aliens. I think that this was just an amaizing thing that the landform on Mars can create this wounderful face of a human. Some people might think otherwise but there is profe from the text that shows that this is not something that the aliens have made. I mean it might look liks something that aliens could have made, but i dont think that they could have made something that magnifasent. We dont understand how the land form is on Mars. They could make craters that could make other things. Who knows what this land form could and will create. ",2
"As a teacher imagine being able to have more students engaged with a class lesson that they enjoy, this can very well be the future at some point in time with new technology such as the Facial Action Coding System.

The FACS can percieve the emotions of others and send feedback as to which emotions they are feeling which is valuable information within a classroom setting.

In paragraph 6 it states that ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,""

""Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.""

This is valuable information as it allows the teacher or instructor to modfiy the lesson so that it corresponds with the students emotion which in return allow for more students to be engaged with a class lesson.

This new technology also allows for the instructor to be able to empathize with a student that may be feeling sad or distrought.

In paragraph 9 it states that ""moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may produce them."" this means that the instructor can use the feedback to put on a ""happy face"" to empathize with the students more which means that if you're smiling anyone around you is more likely to smile and empathize aswell.

These are multiple reasons as to why I believe that the Facial Action Coding System in a classroom setting is valuable, not only to the teacher's success, but the students' aswell.",3
"The development of driverless cars is a good thing. Reasons why driverless cars will be better than cars fully driven by humans include gas usage would be lower and accident would occur less often due to sensors and built in entertainment devices turning off unlike cell phones.

The first reason why driverless cars would be better than human driven cars is gas usage, in paragraph one it says Google cofounder Sergey Brin foresees a car that would use half the fuel of today's taxies and offer far more flexibility than a bus. Lower gas usage means the world would be able to keep using the same fuel resources for longer before we have to start looking for alternatives to power cars.

The second reason why driverless cars would be better than human driven cars is saftey. In paragraph 4 it says ""The sensors in driverless cars create a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings"" this means that the car will be able to sensor things and avoid them that the driver might not be able to see or react to as fast as a computer. In paragraph 8 it says ""entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays. Such displays can turn off instantly when the driver needs to take over something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone. In this way, the in-car system is actually a safety feature, and safety is a big concern""

the displays that would keep drivers entertained while waiting to drive could be instantly shut-off and then put the driver in charge a person using a cell phone isnt shut off and is a constant danger while driving.

In conclusion driverless cars are a good idea because they will be safer on the road and less expensive in the long run as they shouldnt crash as often or use as much fuel as cars driven by humans do now.",3
"In the passage ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author recommends that studying Venus is worthy pursit, but it presents dangers. Venus is the most Earth-like planet in our solar system which means it's almost like Earth due to the density,size,and close in distance. Who wouldn't want to study and discover a planet that is like Earth, but the affects to it can be bad.

The author supports the idea of studying Venus by giving information about how the planet Earth's twin due to the similarties stated in paragraph one and huamns have sent spacecrafts to land in Venus. In paragraph 2 it states ""Each previous mission was unmanned,and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours."" This means it's hard for humans to study because it can be dangerous. In paragraph 3 of the passage it says 97 percent is carbon dioxide, harder are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfric acid in atmosphere, surface tempertature is more than 800 degress Fahrenheit, and 90 times greater of the atmospheric pressure in than Earth. This shows how Venus is way more extreme and humans wouldn't handle it. NASA have worked on solutions to makimg a mission safe and scientifically productive. Floating above the fray would allow scientist to study Venus the author used an example of a blimp-like vehicle. With that idea they would avoid ground conditions that are not good and having distance from the surface temperature would be less and air pressure which would be save for humans to survive. From the condition of Venus as stated in paragraph 6 they cannot photograph or videograph, or take any objects like gas and rocks because of personal despite the risks. The last support the author gives is NASA is working on technology so it can last long through the process of studying. One example is using modern computers ""computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick. Mechanical parts can be more useable to pressure,heat, and other conditions.

Studying Venus would let know a lot of things that we don't already know and the value. Despite all the challenges there could be death and it could be a waste of material, but it will let many equally endeavors and the curiosityb of knowing Venus. It would be a great way to learn and find out about the planet.",3
"A Beautiful Time

The sea is a beautiful blue place. Who doesn't like the sea? In a story about a cowboy who road the waves he well, rode the waves, Luke was a seagoing cowboy. If I had a chance I would be a seagoing cowgirl. The job involves great animals, lots of unique places, and it is very fun.

First, it has great animals. On the trip

Luke had at least 335 horses to feed, who doesn't love horses? The animals also keep you busy if your bored and they give you company. For animals it isn't that bad that they only have to be checked on every hour. I believe that animals are good company and entertainers.

Next, you can see lots of unique places. On your trip, you get to see Europe and China. You also get to run into The Panama Canal and get a good view of the scenery. The best part you get to take a gondola ride in Venice,Italy. This shows that not only you get animals you get lots of unique plaves to go to.

Last, you get to have lots of fun. When the holds that hold the animals are empty you get to play baseball and volleyball in them. You can also have tournments of table-tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, and more. You can also have tournments on reading, and whittling you also get to play games to pass time.

To conclude, a seagoing cowboy involves great animals, unique places, and lots of fun. So work as a seagoing cowboy or cowgirl because no matter what, you will always have a great and beautiful time.",3
"Self driven cars or driverless cars if you please. An ambition many have be looking forward to for decades. The technology is closing in on us and inch by inch we move towards these machines. But, are they worth it? Yes! Self driven vehicles are the future of driving, they can offer much more reliability than humans every could.

Many adults partake in drugs, let's use alcohol for example. This drug is perfectly legal however, it is not legal to drive while under the influence of alcohol. It is also illegal to be on public property while intoxicated. This includes the sidewalk, parks, even the street infront of a person's own home. So how do you get home! Alot of men and women under the influence of alcohol decide they can drive themselves home. ""Yes, it's against the law but, I've been driving for years and nobody will even notice."" People do notice, especially when they are ran over by an intoxicated driver. Another method of getting home is by taxi or uber. With a taxi or uber there is a drivertaking you to the designated location of your choosing. One problem with this is it costs money. The more serious problems are that a person doesn't know who is about to pick him up in a taxi or uber car. The driver could rob, rab, and/or kill him. Or the opposite. The taxi driver doesn't know what kind of person is getting into the vehicle and has no clue what they are capable of, especially when they are drunk. While both of these solutions of getting home bring quite horrible possible outcomes the driverless car does not. In a driverless car one can hop in, zoom home, hop out, and walk into their home without breaking the law, injuring someone,or being injured themself.

An additional bonus provided by the self driven car is efficiency and green thumb. A massive threat posed to Earth is the admission of harmful toxins into the air. Gasoline is considered one of these toxins. When a human drives they excellerate and decellerate in unportionate mannaers. The more you excell and decell the more fuel one omits into the atmosphere. Add-ons such as cruise control have been added to many cars to avoid omitting so much gas but humans still make sudden stops and speed right backe up from 6mph to the speed limit of 45mph. With the self driven car sensors will be aware of its surroundings and if one driverless car needs to make a stp it will slow down in advance to avoid collison then accelerate at the best given speed to omit the least amount of gasoline into the air as possible. Thus, keeping the passangers of the vehicles as well as the Earth.

Their are neccesities humans put upon themselves that a robotic machine never would. Humans have the need to sleep, the need to blink, the need to eat and humans place false neccesities upon themselves such as doing make-up to

look pretty, texting a friend on the cell phone, and other social media concerns. What this does is cause distraction for a driver. When a driver is texting on their phone and gets an itch in their eye and cannot stop blinking, that driver is not fully focused on the road, the vehicle, other vehicles surrounding him, and pedestrians. This creats a dangerous enviornment for any structure living or non-living near this vehilce. Humans tend to not sleep as often as they should which leaves a person to be tired on their way driving to work as well as driving home form work. Boom! Bang! Crash! What just happened? A person fell asleep at the wheel and possibly injured or killed themself as well as any bystanders. There is no concern with these neccesities humans have and palce on themselves when it comes to a driverless vehicle. The vehicle controls all movements getting a person to their destination as safe as possible. A driverless car doesn't fall asleep at the whell, it doesn't need sleep! A driverless car doesn't need to eat, just fill it up with gas and it's ready to go! A driverless car most definetly doesn't feel the need to interact on social media, so no worries there.

The self driven car is a dream that will oneday be fulfilled! There is no stopping this inveitable. Just understand, that the benefits that will come from these machines are heaven sent. Safety, reliabillity, and pretty darn cool! Be prepared for the driverless cars because the driverless cars are prepared for you.                                                                                                              ",5
"Have you ever wonder how Venus looks like and wonder what's inside of that planet? Well in the article called, "" The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" explained some of the ideas how Venus looks like from the insde. Currently, scientists are studying about Venus by exploring the venus with scientists's meterials, such as electronic silicon. Electronic silicon is a device that can reach to Venus and explore the Venus as the scienctists controlled. In the article, it explained how worthy to explore the Venus for humans benefit. But, it also stated how dangerous is the Venus.

Venus is worthy to study and it is beneficial for humans who lived in the Earth. According to the article "" The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" it clearly explained how it is worthy and useful for the sage of humans future. In the passage, it said, Venus is the nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel. The passage also included, Venus is very similer to the Earth we live in right now. The

features in Venus are the same features that we have on Earth. Accroding to scientists who study Venus, there are some possibility to live in Venus incase our Earth is destroyed. But, as there are some reasons that we can live on Venus, there are also very dangerous reasons.

It is very dangerous to live in Venus if we can possibly live in Venus. The reasons why it is dangerous is because no other humans ever live in Venus before. Also, the articel included a lot of dangerous things that can not be prevent by scientits. For example, Venus is 800 degree Fahrenheit and it is impossible for humans to live in 800 degree Farhrenheit. Even from above thirty-plus miles, it is still 170 degree Fahrenheit but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. (Pagraph 5).

In the end, it is truely worthy to explore Venus for the sange of humen future, and hope. It will be really greatful if there is other planet humans can live other than Earth. Overall, for all of the reasons from above, Venus is worthy to explore and as the smae time it is very dangerous. I paragraph 5 in the articel, the author included a line. It said, "" Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans."" So, it is worthy to explore Venus eventhough it is challenging. It might be hope someday.",3
"Venus sometimes called ""Evening Star,"" Venus is the brightest point of light

in the night sky. Venus is the second planet in the solar system and it is nearby Earth and Mars and they were the planetary neighbor. Humans have sent in Venus to discover

the planet Venus. Since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Numerous factor contributes to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for human to study. Venus has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent of carbon dioxide. Even more challenging clouds of highly corrosivesulfuric acid in Venus, On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degree and the atmospheric pressure is 90. This planet Venus is a challenging place to go for the astronouts.

Long ago Venus was probably covered with oceans and it could have various form of life, just like Earth.The planet has a surface of rocky sediment including familiar feature like valley, mountains and craters. The value of returning seems indisputable. The NASA has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to studu the Venus. NASA has probably a solution of how can they float above the fray. NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus.Electronis made of silicon carbide have been tested in chamber simulating the chaos of venus's surface.

This is not easy conditions, but survival for humans. Sriving to meet the chllenge presented by Venus has a value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the plane itself. Humans explore and discover the Venus to share what's inside the Venus even it is challenging and it is dangerous just to share their knowledge to us.",2
"Would you like to have help at school with out even having to ask for it. A resorce that could read emotions would and is voluable in school today so kids can get the best out of learning. Technology is getting so good that it can now read emotions. In the artical ""Making Mona Lisa Smile.'' Nick D'Alto talks about how computer solfware can help people with problems just by sencing there face emotions. Technology that is able to, identify mixed emotions, scietificly proven and tested to work, and helps in school, Should be put in all schools.

First off, technology that can identify mixed emotions is a great tool in school and every ware. For exampel it could help stop peolpe in court rooms or when you are talking to a offeser. It can tell what persont of feelings you have. It said that the Mona Lisa ""... 83 percent happy, 9 percent, disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry."" (Pg.1)

This would help with identifying mixed emotions.

Secondly, It has been scientificly proven to work because Thomas Huang,and Nicu Sebe both from high colloges working on ways that humans and computers can communicate. They stared of with a ""cumputer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles.""(Pg 3) They created ""FACS"" this classifies six basic emotions. ""...happiness, surprise, anger disgust, fear, and sadness..."" (Pg. 3) These are all emotions that students have and that could us help from a computer that cares.

Lastly, it would help with school. Kids could see a problem on the computer and give a confused look at it and it could pop up a screan with a help page or it could inform the teacher that you are haveing truble. Nick D'Alto stated "" for example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different."" This would help at school so there could be less bad ad to pop up. This will help kids stay safe. If you have a problem and the computer could read your face it could modify that problem.

This would be a fantastic improvment in schools. It would help kid learn better and it could give teachers a break. It could even help istep graders. Computers in schools and all over the world should have face software because it knows unknow emotions, sceintest Thomas Huang and Nicu are proving it works, and it will help make kids life easyer in school.   ",4
"The article ""Making mona Lisa Smile"" I learned about a new type of software that can recognize a persons emotions. this process is based on all 44 differnt muscles in our faces. The software scans your face and sees what muscles are moving and how, based on the emotion you are feeling. This is a huge step in technology and I feel could be both very instrumental and not for our future use of computers at the same time. We use computers constantly nowadays, we are always on them, and we do need them to grasp certain concepts, like emotions better, but I feel this new software might be invasive to a lot of people.

My opionion on this technology is that it is amazing and very useful. one point brought up in the passage was using the software for students to see how they are grasping a lesson. It would be very helpful for my laptop to know when I was frustrated and be able to help me, or better explain my lesson to me. I also see its use in videogames, having better computer-animated faces could be very useful and cool in a videogame. I also believe that this software can be used in videogames to see when youre struggleing with or enjoying differnt parts of the game.

This software is very invasive though. im not very keen on the idea of my computer watching me and scaning my face constantly. I think the idea of using the facial recognition to see which kinds of web ads I'd like to see is too much. I know most people are already bothered by the fact that our cameras on our phones and computers are already recording us, but the idea that they are scanning our faces and seeng our emotions will make many people uncomfortable.

Another reason to not use this technology is that it is one step closer to making artificial inteligence comonplace, which I personaly don't thinkl we should do. We can not control our technology if it gets out of hand, and giving our computers all the information we can about emotions, how to create them ,and recognizing them is a bad idea.

In conclusion, I think using this software in small amounts could be very useful. though stated in the article, could be challenging to use on our everyday computers and phones because they can not handle the complex algorithms used. This new advancement is definitely a step foreward with education and how we learn, but may be a step backward with privacy. I feel thast many students will appriciate the technology and welcome it. Only time can tell how this becomes a part of our lives. I do hope it will be a miniscule one. ",4
"The Face on Mars is a mystery of how it was created. Know one knows how it was made, if it was created by aliens or just a natural landform. People may think that since it is in space it has to do with aliens in some possible way. Scientist Jim Garvin discovered a landform similar to the Face on Mars. The Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. It is a lava dome that takes the shape of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars. They also have discovered that the surveyor has labeled it a natural landform. The Face on Mars is catergorized as a mesa which is around the American West. Could the Face on Mars be a natural landform?

The similar land form in Idaho has the same height as the Face on Mars. The pictures that they have captured shows the martian equivalent of a butte or mesa. If this was a alien type of act the MGS would have seen the alien's shelters, airplanes, and pyramids. The Face on Mars is not a alien' s sculpture. NASA's surveyor had labeled the face as a natural landform. The surveyor catergorized it as a natural landform because it didn't pick up any traces of alien activity. Also, if NASA wasn't forsure about their discovery they woudn't have posted it on websites or annonced it to the world. They said that they would have rathered kept this information classified. Why would you put a false statement on the internet, expecially if it involved aliens, because then the world would be going crazy. They would be preparing for them to attack and abduct people.

I could understand why some people could believe that aliens made up this rock like object. One of the most obvious reasons is that it is space. On the day when they wanted to take another picture it was very cloudy and you couldn't see the face, which some believe that aliens had hid the face by a haze. But, we haven't had any discoveries or theroies of there being aliens in this galaxy.

In conclusion, the Face on Mars is a natural landform that was not created by aliens.              ",4
"Driverless cars are the future of transportation and should continue to be developed. In the article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming,"" the author offers several positive aspects of driverless cars.

Driverless cars allow the driver to bring in-car entertainment that use the heads-up display. This display dissappeares when the driver is need, making it a safety feature (Paragraph 8). This feature along with other technology keep the vehicle safe. The driverless cars use high-tech equipment such as sensors, cameras, a gps receiver, and lasers to allow safety for the passengers inside while the car drives itself. Some driverless cars can drive up to 90 percent of the time on their own, only needing the driver to take control in heavy traffic and heavy construction. Cars will be able to drive themselves at a higher percent of the time as technology advances. Several automotive companies, such as Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that fully drive themselves by the year 2020 (paragraph 10). These driverless cars would use half the fuel of todays cars and offer far more flexibility for public transportation than a bus.

Due to these reasons one can determine that driverless cars are the future of transportation and should continue to be developed and researched by automotive companies. These driverless cars would fundamentally change the world. ",2
"In ""The Challenge of Exporing Venus,"" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because Venus is sometimes called the "" Evening Star"" this is in paragraph 1 the first sentence. Sometimes referred as Earth's ""twin,"" Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too. Earth, Venus, and Mars, our other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds. These differences in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus because Venus is sometimes right around the the corner-in space terms-humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world. A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxixde blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the cloudds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venu's atmosphere. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and cloud have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit. this is why the author suggests that studying the ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.",1
"Every vote makes a difference. Every single vote plays a role in electing a president, whether it be directly, or indirectly. The Electoral College has caused a lot of controversy with that thought. ""The Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational."" (Plumer 14) Where are the facts behind the argument against it? We all hear people complaining and saying these things, but they have no facts as to why abolishing the Electoral College would be beneficial. The Electoral College is working in the peoples' favor and i believe we should keep it.

There are so many uneducated voters. People that vote for the presidential candidate at the top of the list because they have no clue who any of the people are anyway. If the president was selected by just popular votes who knows what the nation would be like. Every vote counts. Yes, this is true even with Electoral College it just a process to make sure that the votes being sent in are educated and well thought out; not chosen out of laziness. Do we want the people who vote just to say they voted to have a huge say in who runs our country? I sure don't. I'd rather have a trusted group of people who are very well educated take our votes into huge consideration and seal the deal. ""But each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nomonee (and that trust is rarely betrayed)..."" (Posner 16). Richard A. Posner goes on to tell us how many times the trust has been betrayed... the most recent being in the election year 2000 and then the only other time the electoral vote did not reflect the popular vote was 1888. There's no reason to change a system that isn't broken.

Obviously the system has its flaws, but nothing is perfect. Sure the Electoral College messed up twice, but that isn't some mass amount that was detrimental to our nation. ""The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens."" (Office of the Federal Register 1) It's a compromise that has worked for so long; there's not enough valid reasons to change it.

The Electoral College gives the right amount of representation to different sized states. ""The Popular vote was very close in Florida; nevertheless Obama, who won that vote, got 29 electoral votes."" (Posner 21) The majority of the state was in favor of Obams's ideas so 29 Electoral votes would work in their states favor, instead of having an almost tie vote which would make a smaller difference in the outcome. The Electoral College votes are like each states individual votes for the candidate that would make the majority of that one state happy, or that would benefit that one state. So yes, the popular vote may not always win, but the outcome of the presidential election is based on which person was the favorite of the majority of each individual state.

All in all, the Electoral College works for this nation. It worked for our founding fathers and it's still working for us, no matter what people want to argue. If ""60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now."" (Plumer 9) then the majority of our country should be able to come up with a valid argument against it.    ",5
"The Electoral college is a proccess that was established in the constitution by the founding fathers as a compromise between the votes in congress and popular vote of certified citizens that leads to how they select the president.

The Electoral college has electors who actually vote for the president  and these votes are counted by congress. The Electoral college holds 538 electors , but it is required the at least 270 electors must vote in order to elect a president.

where the people do have a chance to vote and their vote is seen as a popular vote , but it seems like the electors votes count more than the peoples.

The electoral college has been a way of electing our president for years , but there is one question . Do the peoples votes really matter?

In the electoral college there has been cases where the people voted for a president but yet the electors chose otherwise , so are they really representing our votes or are they just getting Americans to believe that their votes actually count?

Under the Electoral college system voters don't really vote for the president.

Voters are actually voting for the slate electors who in turn elect the president.

For example if you lived in Texas and wanted to vote for John Kerry you'd vote for the slate of the amount of democratic electors that are pledged to Kerry.

If they won the statewide election ,then they would go to congress and kerry would get the electoral votes from the amount of slate that Texas has.

The electoral college is not fair to the voters. This reason is because of their winner takes all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in the states they feel they have no chance of winning. They only focus on the

""swing"" states , the states they feel they have a chance in or feel they have to win over. During the 2000 campaign , seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all and the largest media didn't get to see a single  campaign ad. Candidates only visit states they feel are important to them which is considered unfair to the voters who actually vote for them.

The electoral college method  may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state. The fact that they feel their vote has no effect, they pay less attention to the campaign than they would have if the president were picked by popular vote. The people's votes should matter because it is our country these choies  affect. The electoral college method is discouraging some of the voters to vote. Lets get rid of the electoral college and let the people's vote actuaully matter.                                     ",3
"Driverless cars seem to be extremely close to releasing to the public. Many companies have been working on driverless cars for years. These cars have great potential to change the world of transportation. The cars have positive and negative aspects, but I believe that driverless cars will be a positive effect on the world.

Driverless cars could change the transportation. It would make it easier to go place to place. Driverless cars could prevent accidents from occurring in everyday traffic. These cars would be much safer than a car with a reckless driver. Millions of car accidents happen every year, but driverless cars could potentially prevent most of these accidents. With a driverless car, the passengers are safer because the car is programmed to work well. If there was an emergency, someone could take the wheel and have control of the car.

Driverless cars have great potential for public transportation. Driverless cars could act like a taxi or bus system. This system of driverless cars would safe people money by not owning their own car. It would be safer to have many of these cars. Millions are killed in drunk driving accidents, and these cars would give potential drunk drivers an alternative way to get home safely. These cars could be used in a public transportation system to help people travel in their every day lives.

Driverless cars are approaching quickly, and there must be decisions made on their involvement of people's lives. These cars would be safer than reckless drivers on the road. These cars have a potiental of changing public transportation, and they would make it more convenient and safer for others. Although there are some negatives to driverless cars, the amount of positive aspects outweigh the negative aspects. Driverless cars should be developed and reach the public.",3
"Today I am going to argue if there should be a facial action coding in a sudents classroom. In my opinion there shouldn't be a facial action coding because they may seem happy but they might not actually be happy. There are many things wrong with this idea. Maybe your having a bad day but still pretend to be happy and then go to the machine says your happy when your really not. How do they know what a happy, sad, angry face looks like anyways. Everyone has a different way of expressing theirselves. Some people may look say but be happy look happy but be mad but there are many ways you can feel but not look like that emotion. Students also may not like it because some kids like to keep their emotions to themselves. They say it can read all the muscles in the facce but how will they know you are not faking it at all. a lot of machines can malfunction in multiple ways good or bad mostly bad. What happens if it's reading your face and it acidenally blows up what are you supposed to do? They say if you make yourself smile you will soon actually be happy I don't think that is the case. If you smile yeah you look happy but are you actually happy on the inside I don't think so. Overall in my opinion students should not use the Facial Action Coding system because you can't let a machine tell you how you feel because only you know how you feel on the inside or outside. ",3
"In this paragraph the author suggest that stuyding venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers, i am agree with author. Do you know what is Venus? so, Venus is the second planet from our sun. In

paragraph 3 the author said that Venus is hottest surface

tempertaure of any planet in our solar system.we know that dangerious for us but Venus has some benifet too.In paragraph

3 it's showed that a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus.In paragraph 4 author say that long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on the Earth. The

planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains,and craters. Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit.

so, i think venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.",2
"The advantage of limiting your car use are extremly helpful mainly to are envoriment. Some countries are now banging people from using there vehicals to get the smog levels down. There goal is to promote alternative transportation and ruduce smog.

""It's a good oppotunity to take away stress and lower air pollution"" said businessman Carlos Arturo as he road a two-seat bicycle with his wife. In Bogota, Colombia there is a day where everyone has a car-free day. It also releaves on the traffic jams and also reduces the amount of accidents. On that day vioators faced $25 fines, might be a little extreme but its a good way to get the people thinking of new and smarter ways to travel. If in a city of 7 million everyone can join in, why cant states and countries try this?

If we had car-free days maybe once every month or twice a month that would help keep are envirorment heathy and clean. Parks and sports centers would also greatly bloom, more people would want to get out and enjoy life more. Less harm to are earth will make sure it last longer and they way are kids kids can be able to see what a wonderful planet we have.

I feel that less cars should be used, more walking and bike riding less gas more money in are pockets.

The less we stress areself by having to worry about global warming and the more we can worry about injoying life will be better. When we use less and save less that helps the goverment the people the envorment. EVERYONE! Just one time a day we used a bike instead of a car that cuts are pollution in half.    ",3
"In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"", the author does not support his idea of how worthy it is studying Venus very well, even though he makes some good points that would convince some people that it is worth the time, he also states some dangerous conditions that would be way to extreme for most people, especially people who have never been to space before.

The three biggest factors that would make most people not even thing about visiting Venus is the temperature, the gravity pressure, and the natural disasters it has to offer. The first factor would be the temperature you would feel on Venus. Our body temperature is 87.5 degrees, the author states that the average temperature on Venus is over 800 degrees. Even with the space suit, our bodies could never stand that much heat, combined with the reality of being on a different planet would be to much for a person. The second factor that would make Venus not worth the time is the pressure that gravity has on the surface. In our planet, we can handle it because we are used to it, but the gravity pressure on Venus is 90 times greater than the pressure that we experience. That would be way to much force being pushed down on a human being especially, if they don't weigh that much. The final reason supporting the fact that the author does not give enough evidence to go to Venus are the natural disasters. Since Venus

looks most like Earth out of all the other planets, it experiences the same natural disasters we experience which includes: ""erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes"". If the spaceships that the people sent up there didn't survive then we wouldn't survive. The author, and also the rest of us are lucky that the ships that didn't survive had no people in them. These resons make it clear that the author idea of Venus being a ""worthy pursuit"" is false.

So why is this important, this is important becuase in the future, they might actually consider sending people up to Mars and risk putting their lives at stake. Until they are able to send ship up there with no people in them and have a success, then Venus should not be explored.  ",3
"The idea of studing Venus has always driven humas curiosity. Well wanting to explore Venus is easier said then done Venus

exploration is very tricky but very meaningful to NASA.

NASA has discoverd the Venus has Earth like featers such as Valleys, mountains and craters. But it is very hard to get much infomation due to the "" Blanket of carbon dioxide in Venus"" also ""no singel spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades "" meaning that it's time to explore again .

Researched shows that Venus was once ""venus was onced coverd largely with oceans "" and with that information Venus could have supported wild life . Nasa is now working on a better drone to explore Venus . The ones before were very delicate and couldnt surpass the heat ,pressure ,and force that Venus provided .

With these olterations Nasa will be able to collect way more information on our sister planet.Despite the danger and money humans shuld explore Venus and other planets in the solar system to gain more information .",2
"The scientist of NASA think it is worthy to explore venus because there are things on venus that you can't find on earth like you can on venus. The scientist think it is a good plant to search and see what matreials there are on venus and how it is just too dangrous to go there by human it is possibale to have robots to do all the exploring despite the really bad heat and radiation coming of from the planet.

In other

details no only is it wrothy it is also dangrous because you can die from the over powering heat and gasses that my come off of venus. the Atmosphere is just to thick because it is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blanks of sulfuric acid in the plants atmosphere. The tempature is a wopping 800 Degrees fahernheit and the atompheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experiance in earth .

NASA wants to send a man made vehicle to hover over venus so that way no humans risking there lifes just to see what lies beneath all of the thick clouds on the plant venus. one of the proplems are not geting close to the surface of venus ",2
"How can a computer recognize the subtle facial movements we humans use to express how we fell by the emotions,Dr. Paul Eckman, creat a program of FACS(facial action coding system.)Eckman has classified six basic emotion happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness, in a real face or in the painted of Mona Lisa the different units of software can even indentify mixed emotions as in da Vinci's masterpiece, each expression is compared against a natural face showing no emotions. The Mona Lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face, woh can this computres can do that? Imagine a computer that knows when you're happy or sad. In fact, these are the intructions for a face that looks happy. It's all about some differnt masso in your face. They even indicate the differnce between a genuine smile and a forced smile. In the real smile, the zygomatic major muscles that begin at your cheek bones can lift the corners of your mouth. that's instruction #1. Meanwhile muscles called orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus make crow's feet around your ayes. That's instruction #2. By the way, did making a happy face in this expriment also make you feel slightly happy.",1
"Dear State Senator,

I'm

NOT

in favor of keeping the Electoral College. I wouldn't like to keep the Electoral Collage because under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president.We are used to voting for the president and along with that president we would also have the counting of electoral votes, it's wrong. For example, If you lived in Texas, and wanted to vote for John Kerry, you'd vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry. Who are the electors? They can be anyone not holding public office. Who pick the electors in the first place? It depends on the state. Sometimes state coventions, sometimes the state party's central committee, sometimes the presidential candidates themeselves.

All i know that it isnt fair. All of are hard work voting shouldn't go towards them. It should go towards the person we are voting for. Isn't thats why we voted for them? So we can see them suceed. Making us feel like we suceeded because we made them feel welcome and worthy. Can voters control whom their electors vote for? Not always, and that's the problem. Do voters sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate? Sometimes. And that's why

THIS

needs to stop. At them most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend thime in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the ""swing"" states. During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad. If anyone has a good argument for putting the fate of the presidency in the hands of a few swing voters in Ohio, they have yet to make it.

In conclusion, It's official: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The best argument in faor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. And the arguments against direct elections are spurious at best. Bob Dole is right: Abolish the electoral college!

I hope you take sometime to think this over.

- PROPER_NAME.    ",3
"Using the same technology configured using the Facial Action Coding System into school technology would be a valuable tool in the classroom because the often hidden signals or vibes students show can often give teachers mixed feelings about the effectiveness of their lessons or how student are being treated emotionally by others, but this is still something that we must not make this something that interfears or plays with the personal feelings of the students. It would be a valuable addition to any classroom for its in-depth look into how the information is reaching the students, how they are reacting, and what the teacher can do differently to get the most out of thier lesson plans.

Especially in the mornings and end of the day, students' laziness, tiredness, or anticipation to get home can often disturb with how teachers percieve how their lesson plans are effecting the child. With the same Facial Action Coding System in our own school computers, online activities and assignments can track the emotional responses of the students while they work such as their attentiveness. Since this technology is, ""compared against a neutral face"", teachers will be able to witness firsthand their student's reactions. Oftentimes, early morning weariness or late school day excitement can fool the teacher's perception of the situation, but with the analyzing of the six basic emotions using ""video imagery"" of the, ""characteristic movements of the facial muscles"", this technology would be able to offer to give an accurate conclusion to the student's reactions to each lesson.

Another commonly addressed situation is when students become ""confused or board"" with an assignment; both of these natural reactions show that the challenge level is not suited to the student's level. Teachers often want to offer help to the confused and challenge or entice board students, but these emotions are often not shown to the human eye. Especially with confused students, they hide this sense of confusion from the teacher to avoid embarassment. However, with this new technology, students who need more attention can be noticed. With the software's facial recogntion using minor muscle movements, it can make a conclusion without the student fully showing the emotion. With this in depth look, teachers are able to provide tutoring for those who need extra explaination and modify of their lessons for individuals who are not finding interest or challenge in the current lesson. With this technology, teachers will be able to realize how challenged each student needs to be even when they put up a ficade.

Another way that this teachnology can offer help to the students is with the daunting and huge school problem of bullying and depression before it leads to events much more serious. Since this technology picks up on feelings such as fear or saddness, these indications could be the first warning signs of when a student is taking their first steps into one of these two situations. Such as with the example of politicians and celebrities, even fake smiles are attributes will be able to be seen through. This is a serious problem in our day and age, so if these signs are reported reguarly and continuously, this may be the closest a student comes to calling for help. With this information not being able to be tricked through false emotions, students can recieve the mental and emotional help or stability they need.

Despite this great new innovation as well as all of the new data teachers can gather on their methods of teaching, we must ensure that this technology does not dive into the personal emotions students want to keep to themselves. Because many schools are now having take-home Chromebooks or Ipads, the school board needs to make sure that the students have thier own emotional security when at home. Teachers need to be careful and be reminded that there is a boundery between checking up with these emotional resonces for lesson planning and interfearing with the student's personal life. Otherwise, stuents will feel insecure both in and out of school because their core emotions such as a recent breakup might be revealed.

Facial Action Coding Systems for schools would allow teachers and students to more understand each side's perspective, so the students can be helped to the fullest extent they can be taught. This simple idea is building off of the simple idea of everyday empathy into the perspective of our school technology. This new technology would come with a pricetag, but being able to more effectively teach in the classroom would be well worth the money. Human emotions can be a difficult factor to implicate seen with examples such as the varying emotions with The Mona Lisa, but this technology will allow us to revolutionize our schools into an education build by the reactions of students and the lesson modifications of teachers.   ",5
"dear, Senator

Electoral college would be better to use to elect a preseident then a popular vote because its just logical. This was the way the founding fathers had made america so we should keep it that way. Also why would you change something that has is'nt broken. To choose a popular voting would be to outragious to even consider changing for the united states.

when the fathers of our country made the united states they made the electoral college for a reason. they wouldn't make it so that we would fail aas a nation. They made this method to make it easier on us in the future but also make it effective. from the beggining of the u. s. we havent had much of problems in electing a presidet because of how effective and easy it is to follow trough with the way we elect now.

If the electoral college hsa been working for this many years then why would we risk losing it over a way that might not even work. Yeah it might sound like a great idea to use a popular vote, but some of the greatest idea fail and if we fail with this idea it would ruin the whole country. There would be crime blowing up everywhere you look, riots, robbery, fights, gang wars, ect.... Never fix anything that isnt broke.

In conclusion dont change the way we elect a president. this way was made by the founding fathers that created the united states and it hasn't failed yet. Also if it's not broken dont fix it. electoral voting is way better then popular voting for many reasons.

sicerly. Drake    ",3
"The author of ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"", uses many scientific facts, data, and explanations to support their idea of exploring Venus. In the passage, many examples are given of why scientists would want to explore the possibilities of the contents of Venus despite all the dangers. The text gives some support like declaring it the most Earth-like planet, the possibility of supporting life forms, and multiple explorations to Venus that have been successful.

Venus' relation to Earth is significant because it is the closest example of another planet like Earth. The author claims that Venus is even called Earth's twin and that not only is it like Earth in its density and size, but also in the distance between the two planets. Even though the planet is very similar to Earth there are challenges to get accurate data on the planet because of the many spacecrafts that were unable to withstand the harshness of the planet. As technology advanced, the author claims that more and more missions to Venus occured, and even around the time of World War II there was a spacecraft that survived in Venus conditions for about three weeks. Venus' conditions are very harmful to the life on Earth but there may have been a possibility that life could sustain on the planet. The author describes Venus as a planet mostly covered in large oceans that could have suppported life growing there. All of these examples that the author has given supports his idea of the need to explore Venus tremedously and gives very convincing evidence and data that supports his idea.

Although Venus is a very harsh planet and there may not be any possibility of life, it would still be worth it to explore this planet and how it works. The author explains in detail what Venus is like and supports his ideas with scientific facts and data. There is a possibility that life could sustain on Venus but that is unknown unless the option is explored.      ",3
"Everyone has their good times and their bad showing many mixed emotions. People will show emotions, and sometimes they wont. There are so many emotions; bored, happy, sad, angry, confused, scared, and your telling me that this ""Facial Action Coding System"" can detect them all? Putting ""technology to read the emotional expressions of a student"" is a big NO. Even at times we don't know how we feel, how can a computer tell us what we feel.

These computers being able to identify human emotions is scary if you think about it. Over the pass ten years the interenet has become a real popular thing. People use it to socialize and play game, but what happens when someone loses in a game or doesnt agree with what someone else is saying. We have a reaction thats not exspected. People can be very agressive verbaly through the interent. Because of the interent there have been more suisides now then there has ever been. Knowing how you feel could increase the risk of suside and/or thoughts of suiside considering over half of the worlds population has depression. (which can lead to suiside)

Even if this ""Facial Action Coding System"" can detect our feelings what actions are going to be taken. Even though ""Alto"" did say ""A classroom computer could recongnize when a student is becoming bored, Dr. Huang predicts. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.""

They didn't give any imformation on how they are going to do that. It sounds like when they say ""like an effective human instuctor"" they are refering to a robot which has no expresion in its voice. That would make someone not pay attention even more the voice would be very boring causing the student to doze off even more.

Sometimes Schools are more poor then other and have no way of paying for computers. This softwear ""Facial Action Coding System"" could cost money they never adressed cost in the article. This would also be something that the teacher and students would have to adapt to as well. Where just now getting laptops and Ipads into schools to ""better push education."" I read a study over E-Learning vs Paper. They took a group of students of the same grade level, and split them into two groups. Gave them both the same exact passage with the same exact questions, but one was all on the computer while the other one is on paper. When the results came back from both groups more kids on paper did better. Not only do kids learn better using paper we save money from having to buy computers that may have been broken or damaged.

People need to experince all of these different kinds of emotions to be able to handle these experinces. Without these experinces when something where to happen we wouldnt be able to handle it. If we continue with using ""Facial Action Coding System""

Suiside rates could go up. Using this in classroom could also make students get less infomration by not being able to focus on what's being tought to them.

Not everyone lives in the riches places would this program be able to be funded to schools or pay through the goverment.

This is somthing that we should not go on forward with because doing so may make us suffer the effects of the future causing the people of our future to be looked down upon.      ",5
"In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author says that Venus is important to study. However, the author mostly talks of how we could explore Venus rather than tell us why its important to, but never addresses why its important.

In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author mainly talks of how we would be able to explore Venus but, never really explains why it's more important than another planet that we can actually explore such as mars. On Venus the atmosphere is mainly made up of carbon dioxide a compund that is highly poisonious to humans. Without oxygen present the explorers would have to carry oxygen tanks around that only last for a short amount of time. This means we would have to use rovers to explore the surface until we find a way to be able have more oxygen to be able to explore longer. Another problem that rises to the occasion is the unbearable heat, storms, and natural disastors happening constantly on Venus. With all these problems a rover wouldn't be able to last more than a few hours. Meaning this ""important study"" is not only a waste of valuable time but money that can be used on projects that would be more completable such as putting a person or group on mars.

The author states that despite all the dangers present it's still a worthy presuit. Lets say in 20 years we found a way around all of that and landed a rover on Venus that was capable of lasting a month. The rover goes around takes samples of rocks but sees nothing that was really astonashing, now imagine those rock samples match some of those on earth. Thats great we found a link to the past, but thats nothing to go crazy over we still have other problems such as putting humans on there that are able to bear the uninhabitale conditons and bringing machines and technology over to do more studies that will show why it was important to get to Venus.

Overall, the author doesn't explain why it's important they just state it. All the problems brought up were unable to be addressed and it just sounds like a bigger waste of time and money as the author goes on, because we do not know whats out there. There could be noting and there could be something we just dont know. The author doesn't state any evidence as of why its important therefore the author doesn't support there idea.",5
"Dear, State Senoator I believe keeping the electoral college is best on what we know and whats fair. There are many reasons on why we should change by popular votes but keeping the electoral vote is also best on things that can be better for the united states.

""Voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign-to really listen to the competing candidates-knowing that they are going to decide the election. They are likely to be the most thoughtful voters, on average....."" This qoute explains how the most loyal and is trust worthy voter that they focus on who is best to be our president and to let them choose who should are president be and to able to recieve the most information and attention from the candidates.

""Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a politcal prefrence rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election......""in this qoute they explain how the people who vote get to express a political prefrence than a person who just votes just to see if they can make a diffrence in just one vote .The reason larger states get more attention than small states is because the population is higher in the large states and the more people there is have diffrent opinions.

This is why we should keep electoral college votes instead of changing it by popular votes            ",3
"Driverless cars would not be a good idea for our society to convert to. A car without a driver would be more dangerous. It would also not be as mentally stimulating as actually driving is. It would lead to laziness. There would also be more accidents.

Driverless cars would be detrimental to our society. Cars without dirvers would not be safe and would lead to more accidents. Without an actual thinking human behind the wheel, anything could go worong. There could be a system malfunction that could result in the deaths of many people. Driverless cars would also not be as mentally healthy as driving a real car is. Driverless cars would not be mentally stimulating at all. Sure, the car may be able to provide entertainment for the driver, but that is nothing compared to the mental benefit of driving. Driving requires you to think about your actions, whereas simply being entertained does not. Not driving your own car would also lead to more laziness. If humans stop having the energy to just drive their own car, then what comes next? We stop walking and breathing on our own too? Driverless cars would just push us closer to doing nothing for ourselves and relying on technology completely.

Driverless cars are something that our society needs to avoid. They would cause many more injuries and accidents than our current cars do. They would not be mentally healthy. They would urge our society to become even more dependent on technology than we already are. Overall, driverless cars would just be detrimental.   ",3
"Senator, I think we should keep the Electoral College because, of certainty of outcome, everyone's president, and swing states.

An argument over the outcome of an EC vote is possible, for example, in the 2012 election, Obama recieved 61.7% of the electoral vote when only 51.3% popular votes cast for him and Romney. Almost all states award electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis, even a slight plurality in a state creates a landslide electoral-vote victory in that state. A tie in the nationwide electoral vote is possible due to the total number of votes-538-is an even number.

The EC requires a presidential candidate  to have trans-regional appeal. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president. A solid regional favorite, such as Romney was in the South, has no incentive to campaign heavily in those states, for he gains no electoral votes by increasing his plurality in states that he knows he will win. This is a wanted result because a candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president.

The winner-take-all method of awarding electoral vote induces the candidates to focus their campaign efforts on the toss-up states. Voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign knowing that they are going to decide the election.            ",3
"The face is just a rock formation that looks like a face due to the shadows which gives it eyes, nose and a mouth. the formation is normal and it is located in cydonia and it reminds alot of people of a mesa.

Many conspiracy theorists say that this is something thaat nasa should not have put out for all to see. they say that in the picture that was sent out was too foggy and that it was hiding things in the fog.

When this face first appeared on there monitors, they were surprised, but allitle bit after that they decided that it was just another mesa, which was common in the place that they found it at, which would be in Cydonia. they said that it just had unusual shadows that gave it the looks of a persons face.

They knew that it was just a martian mese, so they decided to let everyone else see this amazng picture, hoping that they could gather the attention of the public. it did do that which was great but then they wanted to know more. so then when NASA launched another mission for mars they decided to take another picture of the face, which this time it was alot clearer for the people to see that it was just another martian mesa.

People still weren't happy with those pictures, the people didn't know how hard it is to get it in the right place for another picture, but NASA was willing to get another picture for the people to finally prove that it wasn't an alien artifact. they took the picture with the camera's maximum resolution, so that the people could see everything in the picture clearly. although some people might not be satisfied, many people are. ",3
"Imagine when cars will be nothing but the future. This is actually kind of easy to imagine, but also very mind-blowing to what the future may hold, no? Well, driverless cars are future and it can only get better. They are a big advancement helpfully to our world, and I am definitely for the development they will bring to us and the world.

First of all, driverless cars would become just like a public-transport taxi system, only better. These cars can better improve how we drive, more economically. The smart cars now only ""use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus"". This will help the environment greatly, because with all the pollution from old cars and diesel semi-trucks, our air quality will not be so good if we do not do something to make it better. These driverless cars will help the environment, and it will not add to the problems we have now. With the cars only getting better, the future driverless cars will only advance more as car manufacturers figure out ways to make travel easier.

Secondly, the driverless car would include combinations of input to help the actual driving going on on the road. These inputs are needed to help ""mimic the skill of a human at the wheel"". What is the point in a driverless car if it has a driver? There are already cars in our world that can park by themselves and have rear cameras to help with views, but not entirely a car that can do every bit a human can do. The tyes of inputs and sensors the driverless car would have are: position sensors on wheels, sensors on the roof, a video camera for rearview mirrors, a GPS reciever, and a laser that can constantly show us a 3-D mdoel of the car's surroundings. Without all of these features, the car wouldn't be able to actually drive on its own. These sensors will help the driver, (who won't actually be driving) and the car do what it has to do to detect every movement around it.

Lastly, these driverless cars are a big safety improvement to our world. Safety in cars is huge in our world today because we use travel more on big, open roads and highways. Many accidents happen on the road, and when accidents happen, it can be costly and harmful to the driver, their car, and their income. While one is in the car, we always want to make sure we get to our destination without any problems. Car accidents do not happen very often to people, but it is also not entirely rare. The features of the driverless car will ensure safety while driving at all times. Many people still text and drive, which is a big concern while on the road for you and for others also driving. When you have a driverless car, you can do what you need to do, and that includes sending a text. You will have a less risk of getting into an accident. Although the ""non-driving driver"" will not have to actually put their hands on the wheel because the car does all the work, the driver still has to be focused on the road. The driver must stay attentive to his or her surroudings because if there are road hazards, the driver must come into play and actually take the wheel until the road is free of hazardous conditions. The driverless car will watch you and you will remain watching the road. It is like a team effort, even though the human only comes into play when they are needed.

In all, I am all for driverless cars and its development that comes with it. The cars will be more economical and useful to our public-transport system, the features and sensors that come with it will help the cars drive more smoothly and efficiently, and these cars will better help the world's safety crisis while in a car. Driverless cars are the future, and we are driving ourselves slowly, but surely, onto the road to a better time.",5
"""it's official: The Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational.""

(source 2 para. 14) But is it really? The Electoral College is why are nation is what it is. If we didn't have The Electoral College many of our great Presidents might not have been presidents. it's even under the 23rd amendment of the Constitution.

To begin with, their is a much less percentage of dispute between The Electoral College then their would be over the popular vote. for example, in 2012 election Obama recieved 61.7 percent of the electoral vote and Romney recieved 51.3 percent of the popular vote. just imagine how differently our country would be if we had Romney as our president right now.

Also the Electoral college requires a presidential candidate to have transregional appeal, which means that no region has enough electoral votes to elect a President. in paragraph 22 it states the Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balence that large states (population) lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the senate decreed in the Constitution.

Even though the Electoral College is amazing and revolutionised The United States, ""under the Electoral College system, voters vote not for the President, but for a slate of selectors, who in turn could elect the President."" (paragragh 10) so if you wanted to vote for Kerry you would have to vote for a slate of 34 democratic electors pledged to kerry.

in conclusion, The Electoral College is a revolutionary thing that was created by the founding fathers and put into the constitution as the 23rd amendment. it is a easy process that has made the United States what it is today. some of our very own Presidents have won because of the Electoral college.                    ",3
"The author supports the idea that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers since no spacecraft survived the landing of more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explans why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. Numerous factors contribute to venus's reputation as a challenging plant for humans to study,despite its proximity to us.

One reason the author says this is because the atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus's atomosphere. On the plant's surface temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet.

Another reason the author says this is because Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system,even though mercury is closer to our sun. Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.

The third and final reason the author says this is because even though Venus has its horrible and dangers things on it there are also good reason why we should study it Astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like plant in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various form of life, just like Earth. Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth.

In conclusion Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. our travels on Earth and beyond shoudn't be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation.  ",3
"over the years cars have become a necessity in first world countries, they are used every day and alot of people wouldnt even have a job if it was not for cars. although these new innovations in technology are overly useful they sould not be used in excess because they could damage our evironment, save people money, and even make people stressed.

Cars are one of the main pollutants in the earth. as a mater of fact the first world countries are trying to convince the less developed countries to use less cars because of all the damage they have already caused. accroding to source 2 ""after days of poluttion paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city"" here you can clearely see how much of an impact cars have on the evironment. what is also interesting is that just after five days the smog cleared enough for the ""french party to recind the ban for odd numbered plated"" although it isnt a good thing that the french did not keep this law, it is astonishing to see how just limiting cars has such a good effect on the environment another reason why people shouldnt use cars so often is because they are very expensive to maintain. many americans spend a large portion of their income filling their cars gas thank. surprizingly accoring to source 4 americans are no longer bying as much cars due to the recession. this just proves the point that cars generate so much expense that most every day americans cant even afford one. if people drove there cars less there would be a significant increase in the amount of money they gain each month.    ",3
"Wouldn't it be remarkable if in the future, computers could read you facial expression and tell exactly how you feel? In the article, ""Making Mona Lisa Smile,"" We now know it's possible, and thanks to the latest innovation in the technology world to Proffesor Thomas Hauang it could be sooner than we think. This new software, known as the Facial Action Coding System, is able to read your emotional expressions which is shown to be very promising to the educational system. Reading the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is vauble becasue it could regonize if a student is bored or confused, it could also modify the lesson in order for the student to learn better.

First, this technology could be used to tell if student are confused, bored, happy etc. Shown in the article in the 6th paragraph the author states, ""'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,' Dr. Huand predicts."" And prefaces by stating, ""If you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be diffrent."" If applied in the educational sence this could mean that the computer could see the students is confused and be able to spend more time trying to help that student comprehend the material. The computer could also modify the lesson.

Additionally, If that doesn't work then it could always modify the lesson in a way the student could get a better meaning of it. In the article the author states, ""Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" The computer is able modify the lesson so the student. maybe even the whole class, could be sable to get a better under standing of the subject at hand. Also the author states, ""Most human communication is nonverbal""

Using this sort of software in schools would do wonders not only for the edicational system but bussniess, the entertanment industry, and even the medical industry. It's fantastic to live in one of the most innovative and technologicly advanced periods of our time and because of things like this, the future only seems brighter. ",4
"In 1976 a NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was going around Mars looking and taking pictures of places where Viking 2 could land. It spotted a shadow that looked like a human face. It was a huge head about 2 miles from one end to the other end. The face looked like an Egyptian Pharaoh. Some scientists figured out it was just a mesa but people started thinking it could be proof that aliens were real. They then started making movies of the face and magazines and stuff like that because they believed aliens had created the face.

NASA already knew it was just a common mesa. NASA and the scientists already knew it was a mesa but it looked like an Egyptian Pharaoh. As soon as they showed the public the picture people started believing that it could be evidence that aliens created that and are living. Hollywood started making movies, books, and a lot of other stuff. Scientists wanted to be sure that it was just a mesa, so NASA then sent another spacecraft. They took another picture and saw that it looked nothing like the first picture. They had to send another spacecraft in 2001 just to make sure it wasn't a mistake and to see which one was correct. The picture looked different too but looked so much better so NASA and scientists told the public it was a mesa.

The face in Mars was just a natural landform. The same thing basically happens around Western America. A guy, Garvin, said that the face reminds him of Middle Butte in Idaho. He said, ""That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height at the face on Mars."" The first picture they took in 1976 of the face really looks like not a natural landform. As the cameras got more better, in 1998, the face kind of still had the face shape but it looked more flat. The picture in 2001 just made the face look just like a natural landform. The 2001 picture, which is the latest one, shows no proof of living things in mars. The face looked like an Egyptian Pharaoh in the first picture they took. The latest picture, in 2001, the face looked like a butte or mesa. The face was just a natural landform like the landforms that happen in Western America. If it was proof that there is living things in Mars, it would be beneficial for both tax payers and NASA. Hopefully they'll go again soon and take pictures to confirm if it was a natural landform or it's really proof that there is living things in mars, but I don't think they're going to go again because a lot of people now believe it was just a natural landform.

At last, the face was just a natural landform and was not made by aliens. The face did really look like it was created because that's what the people in ancient times bascically did but it was just a landform. The picture first picture was really cool not going to lie and I thought it was created by a living thing but when I saw the recent pictures it just started to look like a natural landform. Maybe they'll find more evidence and confirm if it was just a natural landform or if it was created by aliens, who knows.       ",4
"One reason to join the UNRRA(the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) is that you will experience adventures and visit many unique places. Like China, Europe, New Orleans, Acropolis,Greece, Venice, Italy, and an excavated castle in Crete, and marvel at the Panama Canal in China. Luke Bomberger and his friend Don Reist had seen many of these places and many more.

In August 1945, they received their orders to report to New Orleans. ""We arrived August 14,"" Luke says, ""the day the Pacific war ended."" They got their seaman's papers and boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster, headed for Greece---with a cargo of 335 horses plus enough hay and oats to feed them.

Luke turned 18 before arriving in Greece, which meant he could be drafted for military service. ""When my draft board learned that I was on a cattle---boat trip, they told me to just keep doing that for my service.""By the time he was discharged in 1947, Luke had made nine trips---the most of any Seagoing Cowboy.                   ",2
"It state in the 4th and 5th paragraph "" Long ago,Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could suported forms of life,venus still has features that are analogus."" ""NASA has compelling ideas for sending humans to study Venus.The evidence from the article support that the claim have not been proved that ""Study Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers"" because see the NASA having idea for you to study the the venus but nowhere in the passage that it say it is danger if you study Venus.

The article did not support the claim of studying Venus is a worthy despite the danger.NASA have ideas to have human study,Vens probablycover the ocean and its ust imagination and innovation.

In paragraph 5 NASA has compelling ideas for sending humans to study Venus.In paragraph 5 the author having the human to study the Venus from the NASA because of the danger worthy of Venus.In 4 paragraph it state ""Long ago,Venus was probably covered largly with Oceans and Could Support forms of life.The support detail in this way,just say that it probably be covered with the ocean so, it still support that the article do not support the claim.In the last paragraph(paragraph 8) ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innvation now, this evidence haven't support the claim because ""Studying Venus is worthly pursuit despite the dangers"" is the imagintions and a false claim that the claim in the story doesn't show that it is danger to study Venus.Study the danger is not good to do or read about if it doesn't have backup support that is is danger to your life or to the world but the aricle did not support the claim nor support evidence of that claim that ""Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers.""",2
"My name is Bob Greene. I am a scientist at Nasa and I am explaining the ""Face of Mars"" to a man who thinks that this is a sign of an alien artifact. The man continues to argue with me and say that aliens are real and this alien artifact looks like a human face. I have to keep telling him that this is just a natural landform which is called a butte or mesa. This certain mesa looks like a face only because it shows most of the characteristics that a human has such as; the illusion of eyes, a nose, and a mouth which are all just formed by shadows. The man asked how does NASA know that this rock formation that you ""supposedly"" think, is a mesa? He just thinks that it's a sign of aliens. I tell him that Nasa was able to figure it out because a mesa is a a big rock formation that just has a flat top and thats what the face looked like if you see it up close. He still did not believe me. I told him we will find out and we did.

On April 8, 2001, our team NASA (including me), got a clear picture of this ""face"". The Mars Global Surveyor went just close enough for a look at the Face which was the perfect cloudless day. NASA was able to get a picture many times more clearer than the 1976 Viking photo.

Many people who thought that the ""face"" was an alien artifact were waiting to see Nasa release how the picture looks like. Nasa finally revealed that the picture was a... mesa! Many people were dissappointed but some thought that it was just a conspiracy from NASA to keep aliens hidden from people on the outside. I once again saw the man who I argued with years before about the ""face"". I then told him that his thoughts were wrong but he told me that NASA just wants to keep aliens a secret. Oh boy, here we go again. So finally NASA officially said that this was just a illusion of a face that people had.",3
"Driverless cars are a definite possability for the future, However there are many issues that need to be addressed before driverless cars go national. Having a fully driverless car is not possible as of right now. As of right now, the closest to a driverless car is, a car that requires hands on the stering wheel by the driver. These cars can stear, accelerate,and brake themselves, but every one of these cars are designed to notify the driver when the road requires a human driver. These cars can not drive through construction sites and the scence of accidents by themselves. So this requires drivers to always be alert when in a driverless cars. Threre are many issues that need to be addressed before driverless cars can be released to the public.

One issue that needs to be addressed before driverless cars are national, is what will the car do when it arrives where there is constrution in the road. Will the car know if it has to take a detour or will it try to continue on the orginal path that it knows. This can cause an issue because if a road is closed due to constrution, the car may not be able to find another way around and could cause damage to the passengers, the car, and any constrution workers on site. BMW has created a ""Traffic Jam Assisant"" car that can drive by itself to spends up to 25mph. This car however requires that the driver's hands be on the wheel at all time. Before driverless cars are a thing this issue needs to be addressed.

Another issue that needs to be addressed is what will happen if this car crashes. Who is to blame? The driver, or the car manufactuer? These cars would need some way of letting the authorites know if the crash was due to driver error or manufacture error. If this issue is not addressed there could possibly many lawsuits out for the driver responsible of the car or the manufacture. As of right now. Only three states and the Diatrict of Colimbia allow semi-autonomous cars. In other states these cars are illegal. Before these cars are able to be driven publicly, there is a need for new traffic laws to be put into place. These cars are liability risk, and this issue needs to be addressed before they should be allowed on the public roads.

Driverless cars are defiently a thing of the future. They are possible as some are already created and driving, however not one of these cars is one hundred percent driverless. BMW ""Traffic Jam Assistant"" requires a drivers hand on the wheel at all times. There are many issues that need to be addressed before these cars should be allowed on public roads. There need to be laws put into place for these cars, because as of right now these cars a libablity risk. There are only three states plus the District of Columbia that allow thses cars to be driven and tested. More states will legalize these cars once they are proven to be reliably safe. In order to have these cars avaliable to the public, authoriteies would have to be able to tell who was responsible for a crash. If there is a crash with one of these cars, would it be the drivers fault or the manufacture. This is a big issue that needs to be addressed, because if we are not able to tell who or what caused these driverless cars to crash, there could be many law suits of the driver sueing the manufacturer. Or a victim from a crash sueing the driver or manufacturer. Before driverless cars are avaliable to the public this issues needs to be addressd so it gives authority to knpw if the driver is to blame of the manufacturer. All in all driverless cars is something that this generation is capable of doing, however these cars are not hundred percent driverless yet. One hundred percent driverless cars will probably something that comes in the next generation not this one. Manufactures such as Tesla are projecting to have a driverless car by 2016. However this car will be able to drive on autopilot for about 90 percent of the time not 100 percent. Other car companies are planning on having these cars by 2020. But before any driverless cars are put on public roads some issuess not to be addressed to keep driver safe, manufactures safe and the public safe.",4
"Everybody in the world has emotions and displays them in different ways. One common way people display emotions are through their facial expressions. However, it is not always easy for people to read others' emotions. In the article, Making Mona Lisa Smile,"" the author talks about a new computer software called the FACS (Facial Action Coding System) that was used to read the famous Mona Lisa's emotions. In the article, the author mentions this software being used in a classroom setting to read students' emotions to tell if they are confused or bored to modify the lesson like an actual teacher. The use of this software in a classroom would be extremely beneficial for students who struggle staying focused or are not interested in learning at all.

A student sits in class doing a computer lesson. However, this student is unable to sit still in their seat for a fraction of a second because of how bored they have become with the lesson. If the FACS was in use, the student would have a much easier time being engaged in their learning. If classes were to use facial recognition software for lessons, when students become frustrated or confused, the lesson will be able to adjust to the students' needs instead of having the students become frustrated with their teachers. Dr. Huang predicts if this kind of software was used in a class, the lessons would be able to modify ""like an effective human instructor."" The FACS would be extremely beneficial to students and teachers alike! However, some people would not agree with the claim that facial recognition software should be used in a classroom.

Someone might believe that the use of the FACS would not be helpful for students in a classroom setting. They may believe that the software is an unnecessary use of resources because they might not believe the software is effective because it may be unable to detect emotions in an effective way. In the article, it states that the Mona Lisa was ""83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry."" They may believe that if the software detects mixed emotions, it would not be useful.

However, this claim is wrong in every sense of the word. The computer software is accurate enough to tell a real smile from a fake smile through the muscles that are being moved in the face. The software uses a 3-D computer model of the face and compare the expression of a user's face to a neutral face. ""All 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles,"" so there is no way it cannot be accurate!

The use of the Facial Action Coding System for computer lessons would be an extremely beneficial addition to the classroom setting. It would make teaching and learning a lot more easier for teachers and students alike. School administrations should take serious consideration when deciding whether or not to integrate this software into teaching.",4
"Luke joined the Seagoing Cowboys program to help countries that were that were left to ruin. People should join the program to help countries like give them animals plants and food to eat or sleep. Joining this program will help many countries that are left in ruins or getting destroyed by helping them get some food.

I you join the program you will go places that you've never been to like go to Greece like how Luke went to Greece and had exciment going over there. Many people think this program is useless beacuse they think it a waste of thier time,but it's not sense you're helping others in need. The program is a way to help the people in need while going Barack to get animals you can have fun like read,playing volley ball,tennis and many other activities. Luke joined to help others and he didn't quit and kept on helping even when he turned 18. This program is a good program sense you're helping others in many other countries that were left to ruin maybe you should join today.

To conclude joining this program is good sense you help others. You could be like Luke and help others in this program and go many places. Join today to be like him and help otherss in need.",2
"I personally think that the author supports this idea rather well, he has mentioned many dangerous things that occur on Venus and why no spacecrafts has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. To back up my thoughts I will include where I've found this information in the article and which paragraphs they are found in.

In paragraph 2 it talks about the spacecrafts. It states, ""Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours"". So this right here is explaining why no spacecraft has even tried to land on Venus in over three decades.

In paragraph 3 it states, ""On the planet's surface temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. So if a human would land on Venus it would be more than dangerous, it would be deadly, or unlivable.",2
"Luke Bomberger had an opportunity of a lifetime after his high school graduation, his friend asked him if he would like to join the ""Seagoing Cowboys"". Luke could not say no so, although it maybe dangerous, I am sure that there are alot of reason why. Here are some of the reasons why you should join the ""Seagoing Cowboys"".

The first and main reason why you should join is because, it would bring wonderful sightseeing opportunities and you would get to visit many new places that you wouldn't get to visit otherwise. Luke got to travel all over Europe, in my opinion almost everywhere in Europe is beautiful and has wonderful landscape so, I would probably go just for that reason. The next reason why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program is, besides all of the hard work you also have freetime to do many fun activities such as baseball, volleyball, table-tenis, fencing, boxing, whittling, and reading to pass the time. In my opinion besides the labor involved, in a way it would almost be like sailing on a cruise ship. Finally, the final and by far most important reason why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys is because, it opens up your eyes to the world and the needs of others. Being a part of this program opened up Luke's eyes so much that for many years after, his family hosted quite a few exchange visitors and international students for some time after his incredible experience.

Those were just a few of the many reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys. If you love adventure and want to serve your country and other countries to then join today. It will truely be an unforgetable experience that I promise you'll never forget.",3
"In my opinion I think that this ""Face on Mars"" is a landform. For one, we have never seen an alien or have any trace of aliens. I think that we think it has something to do with aliens because it is in a face shape like us. But honestly, huge rocks or huge meterorites could have caused it to look like that. Also there hasn't been any sight of life on Mars because of the conditions. If humans couldn't live on Mars, then how could aliens?

Huge rocks and huge meters crash into the planets and moon all the time. I honestly think that it is the rocks or something in space that caused this. I don't think that there is any sight or any posssible way that there could be life or aliens on this planet.

When they went to go see again and go check out the ""Face on Mars"" they didn't see anything, there was no alien monument. They also talk about how it is very hard to be able to see the ""Face on Mars"" I think that if there was a possiblity that it could be a bout aliens and this ""Face on Mars"" appeared because of aliens then there wouldn't onlly be one face. I think that if there were tons of face looking landforms then maybe there could've been life on mars for aliens. Since there were no other faces that could've been another alien, I don't think that there is a way that this has anything to do with aliens.

It also states in the passge that you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size. He states that if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids that you would be able to see them.

If you could make things larger and see farther into the picture than I think there would've been more to find. There wasn't any other sign of aliens found in the picture. I think aliens for sure having nothing to do with this, but at the same time they could have.

I think if scientists really were able to go and see this i think they should study the face more often to see if there is any evidence of any other alien or any other landform that has to do with them. My personal opinion is that it has nothing to do with aliens.   ",3
"Driverless cars are coming. The futuristic design is extrodinary. Using a computer and satelite to navigate its surroundings. This computer has multiple sensors around the car for different things. For one thing, I am for the cars of the future.

Reason one is because they can navigate traffic jams so you don't even have to worry bout them. One bad this though is they arent completely driverless because the drive has to remain aware in case of road work or an accident where the AI of the car would not be able to compute this at the given time.

Reason two is the functionality of it. It will save our air and reduce the consumption of gas used by taxis. Public transportation will be a thing of the past if these cars are used.

In conclusion, driverless cars would be a great benefit to everyone. The envvironment would benefit the most because of the fuel reduction and the air would be a little bit cleaner. There would be less accidents due to texting and driving. All in all, driverless cars are great and the laws need to see that.",2
"Real or Fake Feelings

""Imagine being able to detect exactly how other people are feeling, even when they are trying to hide their emotions"" (D'Alto). The article by Nick D'Alto,

""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" is about a new software, the Facial Action Coding System which can recognize emotions based on muscle movements. Some people think this technology can be useful for many industries, however it can have negative effects on some. The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classrom is not valuable.

Students may have personal issues and it is not necessary for classroom's to know the emotions an individual is going through. As the article explains how muscle movements connect with how someone feels, it states, ""Eckman has classified six basic emotions---happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness..."" (D'Alto). This demonstrates that the technology can only dectect a few emotions. The technology may get confused and it could determine an incorrrect emotion. The Facial Action Coding System does not offer enough emotions and could therefore make a mistake. In a classroom, students do not need a computer to inform the emotions they feel. Instead, students should learn to communicate how they feel with words. Not every emotion should be shared. They may have a problem at home or could be getting bullied. The emotions shown from the technology will just make the case worse. It is not valuable to use technology to understand emotions of others. When the article explains how every emotion is universal, it states, ""Each expression is compared against a neutral face (showing no emotion)"" (D'Alto). This statement is not valid because it is not possible to have no emotion. Every thought, question, word, and sentence has emotion. This means the Facial Action Coding System does not have accurate results.

A classroom should not have a piece of technology that has no purpose. Teachers should ask for feedback and have students express their emotion whichout a device. Technology should not take over feelings. A computer problem could take away jobs of teachers. The Software will only make things worse in the classroom, which proves it is not useful.

The use of the Facial Action Coding System is not vaulable in a classroom because the technology does not provide accurate emotions of students, does not teach students life skills, and it makes the situation worse. Students should focus on communicating with each other and not developing ways for humans and computers to communicate.    ",4
"Dear Senate,

I think we should change the election by popular vote, because with the electoral college not everyone is getting to vote like they should be doing. The Electoral College selects the electors, so the canadates are gonna choose the electors that have things in common with them so they win the election. Voters vote for a slate of electors, they dont get to vote for President.

The Electoral College is unfair because the winner-take-all system makes it so candidates don't spend time in the states they know their not gonna win. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors and you need at least 270 votes to elect the President. The Electoral College process is so much more complicated and long than popular vote, so why do we still use the Electoral College? We shouldn't.

Im not the only one that thinks this way. Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, and so many more people think that we should abolish the Electoral College. And soon its gonna get to out of hand and then were not gonna have a President. Their gonna make it so the Electoral College votes for everything! Abolish it!            ",2
"Throughout history, mankind has depended on hands-on work for critical purposes.

However, technology has evolved as a tool to assist us to do labor more efficiently and quickly.

It is an important decision whether or not to support driverless cars because it can affect the conflicts due to this choice.

Human error has been a common factor for automobile accidents across the nation, which has claimed many lives.

Driverless cars can be another tool for the human population that could save lives.

To begin with, manufacturers have tinkered on this project for many years by several strategies such as General Motors and their concept car that ran on a unique test track.

It began in the 1950s, using binary code to alert the car system.

Unfortunately, upgrades in that period of time were too expensive to be used widespread.

This began the alternative option of smarter cars, rather than intellegent roads to assist drivers.

Likewise, the government is obstinant on testing for every single liability smarter cars can be held for.

It is above all priorities for the smarter cars to ensure complete saftey from dangerous hazard conditions on the road.

To prevent such conditions, developers considered the use of driverless cars to assist drivers instead of total control at all times.

Furthermore, scientists and engineers have added ideas from each other, enabling cars to even sensor dangerous obstacles.

For example, the BMW ""Traffic Jam Assistant,"" is one of the many cars that can preform driverless to a certain extent, allowing for a human driver to access the controls if necessary.

This evidence concludes that driverless cars are potential as a wonderful tool to help in the saftey of others in a vehicle.

Driverless cars could be the next common technology among the human population like computers or phones.

From this, humanity will continue evolving and strive through conflicts similar to this subject.

However, another choice for us, individually is whether or not to accept change.               ",2
"Not many notice how electoral college is important even it has some flaws. This voting system is a great way to determine the final results to see who becomes the president.

Besides having an electoral college we have a popular vote and it always turns out to be the president with less votes, as it states in the passage ""it is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote."" The electoral college consists of 538 electors, and from that 538 votes 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president, but appearentley people belive that electoral college is unfair. In the passage it states ""At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters because of the winner-take-all system in each state,"" many can tell from reading this that many people are hating the electoral college idea.

Electoral college may be unfair but it does chooes the president even if they add a popular vote which would out rule the electoral college. In this case if we were to of had popular vote instead of electoral college than it would be even more difficult than electoral college. When ever using popular vote to determine the president than the process for it isnt long; this system is unfair too because of the people choosing the president because of the words and lies it says. What we need is to have electoral college to determine if the candidate is fit to be the president by not saying lies but from saying things that will actually improve the lives of others.

Why cant people just vote normally, why is there even an electoral college, why do they make us vote even if there's gonna be an electoral collegeor popular vote which is gonna decide for us. So many questions that have to be asked and answered; theres not many people that understand what the electoral college is for, but people also understand is how unfair it is to the people that vote.""The American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for much worse."" So appearentley there was a crisis including the electoral college, but we still kept this system even if the crisis barely happened in 2000.    ",2
"Many people think that the face are created by aliens. Myself thinking i dont think aliens are real. This face from Mars in 1976 is natural form from Earth. We're still researching on the real idea of what is may have came from in the pass years. Also, many says it may be a reflected or shadow from something. Other scientist conclude that it may be just rocks in a hug formation which resembles a human head formed by shadows or dust giving illusion of eyes, nose ,and mouth. They called it ""The Face on Mars."" Most of the commuication of it started in a Hollywood film. Appeared in books ,magazines, radio talk shows , even hauted grocery store checkoutlines for 25 years. I think theres just a rock with holes in the it , looking like a human face but no one will never know til someone takes the trip to find out. By many think it was aliens creating it, people just assummed that idea. Other scientist still today wonder what it really is or how was it really created. There may have been a ancient civilization on Mars years ago. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting for research to post a better and good viewer of the Face on Mars. Im thinking , by revealing alot of research, taking pictures and not approving that the face isnt changed by the amount of days and years, that it may just be a natural landform and that theres no aliens monument after all. There will still be other thinking and having their own opinions about the Face on Mars. Everyone wont just be satisfied with one fact or option about the face. Still many and most scientist are till snapping camera shots of the face and posting them on the web. More and more people and scientist will have diiferent thoughts about it and the world will never know what is going and what is it really until someone actually observed face to face. In my opinion, I think by wasting time doing research on something so little that have been lasting for years, no one never had the time to really go observe the reality about the face. Doing this research and conclude things will never tell the people answers about what the face. ",2
"Venus, sometimes called the ""Evening Star,"" is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too.Earth, Venus, and Mars, our other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds. Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours.

A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. On the planet's surface, tempertues average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressire is 90 times greater then what we experience on our own planet.

Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Marcury is closer to our sun. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus.",1
"There has been a large argument about the ""Face on Mars"". This ""Face on Mars"" is located in a region called Cydonia, where martian mesas are commmon. It has gain a lot of attention from conspiracy theorist that belive there is life on Mars, and they belive an alien life form has created the face. While scientist are positive, that this is a natural landform like you see on Earth. However, conspiracy theorists ignore what the scientists say.

If aliens had created a monument that looked like humans, how would they know what we look like in the first place? We have not seen or proven that there is life on Mars, and if they knew what we looked like, wouldn't we know what they look like? Many conpsiracy theriosts argue that NASA wants to keep aliens a secret, but NASA would love to find an ancient civilization on Mars. If they could find an ancient civilization that could be a break through in science and biology.

When they took another picture in April 1998, the picture was taken with clouds in the sky, making it impossible to see the small things. The theriosts argue that they couldn't see anything, so on April 8, 2001 they took another picture. It was a cloudless day in the Cydonia region. They took aother picture of the phenomeun in full resolution, and that picture proves that the face is just a mesa or butte. The landform was even common in the United States.

Many conspiracy theorists was wishing for this to be a momunment from an anicent civilization, but the facts are agaist it. In the high resolution picture you can see the crevices in the land that make up the lanform. With the ditches and holes in the land, it causes shadows that reemble the eyes, nose, and mouth of a human. NASA would be happy to find an ancient civilization on Mars, but they look to the information first.    ",3
"Driverless cars should not be able to be developed and used. They aren't safe because you do not know when they'll mess up. Also because if the technology fails, and a serious car crash happens there is nobody to blame. I know that driverless cars are improving, but there are just some obstacles that they aren't good enough for, like driving fast on the highway and switching lanes when needed. Also because driverless cars still haven't developed to where they can detour around things like work zones and car crashes.

If driverless cars were to be allowed on the roads of the united staes it would not be good at all. This is because, in the United States, there are already too many cases where people are getting jailed for killing someone because of drunk driving, or driving under the influence. So if driverless cars were allowed on the streets people who are breaking the law, and driving under the influence will not be able to take over control of the car when a situation pops up where they are needed to manually drive. So therefore if a crash happens and someone got hurt who is there to blame, the manufactuers or the person in the drivers seat.

Another reason that driverless cars shouldn't be able to hit the streets is because these cars are not able to perform things that humans can do. For example, when a human is driving down the street they look ahead for things they have to watch out for like, potholes, speedbumps, roadkill, and glass. These cars will not be able to do things like this because they are built to a specific system to where they just know where they are going, and how to stop and stuff. So therefore they will just run over these things. If they just run over things like glass, and potholes objects like the tires on the car may be damged. If the tires get damgaed that means they'll have to be replaced. And replacing the tires on a driverless car may be really expensive.

So my point is that accepting driverless cars in the united states is not a good idea. Simply because they're too many things that may happen to the car. And also there are too many risks that may apply when having this car on the road.           ",3
"The development of a human contolled car is not the reason for the cars not being far more advanced, but the safety of the drivers and passengers. The cars would make everyday life more simple and less stressful, but the cars would have to be more and more carfully programed and very well tested, to ensure they don't cause harm to the driver and its self. If everybody drove in an driverless car there would be less recks and seafer conditions; but it would be very expensive.

The materials and costs would sky rocket, gas companies and bio-fuel makers would be very unhappy becasue they would lose there jobs. The roads would also be very risky to work with. traffic jams and heavy pedestrian activity would have to be very important; The sensors would have to be top of the line and have a very sensitive trigger for response.

In recent years the cars have been more and more technologically advanced. Radar and mapping have become much more adapt and are being updated much more frequently.

There are many conserns people may have, but the cars have come a very long way and are becoming even more capable each day. They may not be the best idea right now but in the next decade or so will be obsolute .",2
"Do u agree ""The electoral college is a process, not a place, the founding fathers established it in the constution as a compromise..."" [source 1 what is the electoral college.] keeping the electoral college is much easier to maintain, it has worked for all these years why change now.

The first reason we shoud not change the way we have done it is because its easier to maintain there is a system of ways to keep it running smothly , an example of how its runnyimg smothly ""...the electoral college avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast...there is no pressure pressure for off run elections when no canidate wins a majority of the votes cast...that pressure ,which whould gratly complicacate the presidential election process, is reduced by the electoral college , which invariably produces a clear winner..."".[in source 3:in defences of the electoral college]

The second reason is how it has worked nicely for all of these years why change now. it says in source 1 what is electoral college that "" ... the founding fathers had established it in the consitution as a compromisre between elections of the president by vote"" this states that it has been around for years and still today in 2014 is still going strong why would u want to risk something that is going so well. another example comes from [source 1:what is the electoral college] ""under the 23 amendment of the constitution ,the distrect of columbia is allocated 3 electors like a state for purpusoses of the electoral college."" this proves it has ben around since the consitution was mad.

On the other hand the only down side is that each slate electors trusted to vote for the partys nominee that trust is barley bettrayed,but it has happened before in""... 2000 when gore had more popular votes then bush yet fewer electoral votes, but that was the first time since 1888.."". [sourse 3:in defence of the electoral collage]

This all concludes that the way we have are voting system is grate, we should make some improvements on it but we shouldnt change it to election by people there are ups and downs to both but we shouldnt risk it. well ur mind should be changed by now?    ",3
"The Seagoing Cowboys program is a once-in-a-lifetime trip that will change your life, just like it did mine. It was a spontaneous change of my life! I had a great time knowing that all the work I was doing was saving lives and helping others, and it made me look at things at a whole different perspective. I still learned more about livestock, even though I am a small-town farm-boy. I learned that life isn't perfect for everyone, and that I was taking my living conditions for granted. These things have made me a better person.

It moved me to see all of these people living in ruins. Tatthered clothing, rubble everywhere, mass graves, dead/injured livestock, and people were starving to death. The Seagoing Cowboys got over to Europe (and Asia) and reversed a lot of this. It came to my attention that we, Americans, are taking our lives for granted. This was a relatively easy realization to make, as things are in ruins.

I am more sensitive to problems people have and now know that I'm an animal-person. I now look at things through a more ""maybe it's worse"" perspective. This has made me a better friend, better man, and more well-liked. I have made no regrets since my return. I think that once you see someone living in these conditions, you reach out to everyone a little more.

If I could, I would do it again! If you try this, you will leave knowing you made a difference. The people who save lives doing this are heroic. They were brave enough to go to Europe/Asia and make a difference. I highly recommend you to take part in this program. Wars don't happen very often, after all!            ",4
"Hello my name is luke and im am in the Seagoing cowboys program. My friend Don Reist invited me to go to Europe on a cattle boat. I work two part time jobs in a grocery store. It was 1945, World War 2 ended in Europe, and many countries were left in ruins.

This was and opportunity for me to be drafted in the military service.

I couldn't tell my friend no. So I went with him. The cattle-trip were an unbelieveable opportunity for a small -town boy.

Also, 44 nations joined together to form UNRRA(the United Relief and Rehabilitation). I had the side benefit of seeing

Europe and China. Seeing the Acropolis in Greece.

It took about to weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the united states and a month to get to china.

I was busy caring for the animals during the crossing. My job was to check on the animals every hour. I also found time to have fun on board. We played baseball and volleyball .

In conclusion, i learned that after i graduated high-school life got harder, but i cant let that get in my head. I will face lifes challenges and will overcome them. The trip wasn't about what did, it's about what you learded and its about the adventeur.",1
"The author of ""The challenge of exploring space"" does a excellent job supporting the arugument that Venus should be further explored. They did this by using research done by NASA, scientific projects, and even presenting challenge to the reader or audience.

In pararaph 5 the author intoroduces an idea that NASA has made special products to explore the face of Venus. The author says "" imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiing venusian landscape. Just as our jet airplanes travel at a high altitude to fly over many storms, a vehice hovering over venus woud avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way."" This evidence helps convey the idea that the face of venus shoud further be explored because space experts have been working on it.

Similarly, in paragaph 7 the author intorduces a new idea that NASA has also been working on. Electronics that can survive the harsh enviornment of Venus. The author states ""For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions."" This is another piece of evidence the author used well to support their agument that Venus shoud be further explored because we have the ability.

Lastly the author proves her argument rigt because he/she presents a challange at the end of the article that makes you want to take action. The author says, ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imaginaton and innvoation."" This is the last sentence of the article and the writer did a very nice job using it as a challenge to face and a call-to-action. This sentence will make reasearchers accept the challenge, which will prover her argument correct.

Overall, the author did an excellent job of presenting the argument and being able to support it with different types of evidence and even a challenge. The method he/she used was very effetive and proved a point very well.      ",4
"Dear Senator,

According to an excerpt titled ""What is the Electoral College?"" by the Office of the Federal Register, the Electoral College is a process established by the founding fathers in the Constitution ""as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.""(Source 1.1) This process consists of a selection of 538 electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress with a majority of 270 needed to be elected president. (Source 1.2-3)

The system of Electoral College is one of much controversy as to what to do with it. Keep it or toss it? 'Tis the question. According to an excerpt of The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong by Bradford Plumer, a Gallup poll taken in 2000, says that over 60% of voters would prefer a direct election to the one we have now. Apparently, the electoral college has failed us throughout the years because of the unfairness it can sometimes have. One example being presidential candidate, Al Gore, who was cheated out of his postion by the electoral college. The electoral college has caused ""close election(s) in which the popular vote winner can again lose the presidency"". (Source 2.9)

On the contrary, In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President, an excerpt by Richard A. Posner, has a point when it says that when the people vote for the President they're actually voting for a slate of electors, thus each party votes for the electors who are trusted to vote for the right nominee. It says that very rarely has this trust been betrayed, only happening in 2000, when Gore was hijacked of his position, and centuries earlier in 1888. (Source 3.15-16)

So to keep or toss the Electoral College? 'Tis the question indeed, but the Electoral College has been proven to operate well enough for everyone for the past few centuries since the Constitution was made and the presidents were elected. It was said to fail us in the future but through 44 presidents it has only failed us a few times. Maybe we don't need to see the Electoral College in a black and white, keep it or toss it fashion but think to shape it so the system works better and in favor of the people with fewer kinks.

Please take this into your humbled consideration dear Senator,

PROPER_NAME   ",2
"Having technology that allows the ability to know a persons feelings could help this world have less crime,less suicide,and know a persons true feelings.Its something doctors could use in hospitals to know more about there patients. If this technology is acurate it could change the world.

Being able to calculate a persons emotions isnt something everyone thinks about on a daily bases,But having a computer that reads all 44 major muscles of your face and being able to calculate someones feelings could do a lot of good. being able to know when someone is feeling bored in class or tired could make the teacher do an activity that requieres movement to wake them up. students wouldnt be able to go home by acting sick anymore either making schools not have as many absences.grades would improve because students wouldnt be bored since the teacher could change the learing method they are using.

There are millions of people who suffer from depretion and a lot of them put a fake smile on their face. People dont know how they really feel specially since they dont talk about their depresion. If doctors had a computer to know when someone is fake smiling because they are hidding their depression, they could do something to prevent that person from taking their own life. you cant always know how someone is feeling but having check ups to calculate if they are depressed could be a start. So many suicides could be stoped by this technology.

This could benifit hospitals by allowing them to take a better look at patients feelings to know if the patient is lying about feeling better just to go home.With doctors being able to know there patients true feelings they can decide when it might be a right time to give them bad news or to know when it will be best to take them into surgery. They wouldnt be able ti smile and say they feel good anymore because the computer would know its a fake smile in the article it says"" imagin being able to detect exactly how other people are feeling,even when they are trying to hide their emotions.""

This computer would bring good to the students and all the other people it could help. It should be used to help students that way the school would know if they are depressed,bored,or tired. grades would improve and students would like going to school more and learning.",3
"You should definately participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. The Seagoing Cowboys travel to many different countries around the world. There are so many places to visit. It is a great opportunity for people from small towns who don't get out of the house a lot to have a great adventure!

If you enjoy helping others, this is the perfect program for you! The Seagoing Cowboys help many countries who need help recovering their food and animals.

If you get really bored easily, this is another reason that this is a great program. You are always busy between caring for the animals and helping others!

Yes there may be some dangers over sea, but you have to be ready for everything. You also must be prepared to work extra hard!

Of course there is some time to have fun! The cowboys can play baseball or volleyball in empty rooms, or they can have ping-pong tournaments. There is also a lot of opportunities to make new friends!

If you want adventure and fun, and you enjoy caring for animals and helping others, then join the Seagoing Cowboys today!     ",3
"In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"", the author talks about a new type of technology that can detect human emotions. This new technology is called the Facial Action Coding System, or FACS for short. The scientists who created this new technology believe it would be very useful if integrated into different aspects of peoples lives. Ones of their most prominent suggestions being in classroom computers.

Using the new technology of FACS in schools would be very useful. It could sense when a student is having a difficult time with an assignment, or is confused about the lesson being taught. This way it could change the teaching method to one the student understands more. Then it would use that method more often, and the student would be able to learn more. "" ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"" Dr. Huang predicts. ""Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" "". It could also sense when the student isn't quite interested in the lesson. So the FACS technology could change it to one that captivates the students attention more.

In sum, using this new technology that can detect emotions in the classroom would be very useful. It would be able to modify a students learning method based on their productivity. This would allow then to understand what they are being taught better.",3
"Transportation is a must in today's society, and car usage plays a big role in the subject. Limiting car usage has many advantages. Reduced usage of cars can help the enviroment in various ways. Less car usage can help citizens be less dependent on cars, and can be a great stress reliever for others.

The enviroment is a big part of the lives of people and needs to be taken care of. Cars are known for polluting the air and damaging the enviroment. One of the problems about the air pollution involves greenhouse gas emissions. In the article (""In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars"" by Elisabeth Rosenthal), Paragraph 5 states ""Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States"". Limiting car usage can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Smog is another issue due to car usage. Paris is a known city for smog. In the article (""Paris bans driving due to smog"" by Robert Duffer), it says ""Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals... [Last] week Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter (PM) per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussels and 79.7 in London, Reuters found."", meaning that smog is a big problem in the enviroment. Air pollution can be reduced with limited car usage and can help the enviroment in which we live in. Being independent can be one of the many benefits of limited car usage.

Relying on car usage can put people at a disadvantage. Limiting car usage can help citizens become less reliant on automobiles. Paragraph 20 states ""BOGOTA,Colombia-In a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams."" (Source 3, Andrew Selsky). There are many differents ways of using transportation without having to rely on car usage. Jobs and businesses can be accessible through many alternative choices of transportation. Source 4, by Elisabeth Rosenthal, states ""He and I have similar obsercations about our children. Mine (19 and 21) have not bothered to get a driver's license, even though they both live in places where one could come in handy. They are interested, but it's not a priority. they organize their summer jobs and social life around where they can walk of take public transportation or car-pool with friends."" (paragraph 39). Different Transportaion routes, or options, gives a wider variety of getting somewhere. Limited car usage can help citizens be more independent with transportation. Limited Car usage can be a way of relieving stress.

Citizens believe that limited car usage gives them the advantage of relieving stress. ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,"" (Source 1, Paragraph 3). Reduced car usage can cause a fellow citizen to feel happier. Paragraph 35 of Source 4 says ""The Internet makes telecommuting possible and allows people to feel more connected without driving to meet friends."" Citizens feel more connected with friends without the neccessity of car usage. Less Driving impacts the lives of citizens in a postive way.

Limited car usage can only be seen as an advantage, it brings out many positive things. Reduced Car usage is Enviroment friendly and reduces air pollution. Less driving is a better way of being independent and stress-free. The world can be a better place with limited use of automobiles.    ",4
"My position on driverless cars I want them to be made. I'm gonna create an argument for the deleopment of these driver;ess cars.

People imagine all the time about what gonna happen in the future. Will we see floating cars or hoverboards. People wounder everyday what will the future be like well this is what we are trying todo. Make your dreams and woundering about the future come to relife.

Google cofounder Sergey Brin wants to change the future. He envision a future were a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars. Like all the movies and video games have been long fascinated with cars that could drive themselves.

Back in the 1950's, General Motors created a concept car thatcould run on a special test track. Smart roads the special test track where the track was embedded with an electrical cable that sent radio signals to a reciever on the front end of the car. Now tell me this wasn't that cool or not who knew people was thinking about driverless cars long before we had the technoligy todo it but it was all just a concept car. Soon or later without the option of smarter roads the maufacturers had to turned to a smarter cars. But the big question here is how much smarter did the cars need to be?

People are scared to change once they see something new they back away from it. States are banning cars that are computer-driven. I'm here to prove that smart cars are safe to drive. Smart cars are safier than we human's are. When our human race drive we have a chance to get in a car wreck. When we do we put our trust in the car to protect us from getting hurt but what if the car it self can prevent from even the wreck from happening. Smart car could detect and stop a lot faster than humans can it would stop the car before we have the time to react.

Not to say humans are dumb but the smart cars are equal or even smarter than we are. Study shows that when people about to get in a wreck that most of the time when they try to hit the brake they end up hitting the gas peddle not the brake but if you had the smart car. It would stop right there and then before you get in a car wreck. Today we have electric cars yeah they save us on gas but the car can only have so much electric. In a different country people design a road where it charges a car while you still driving it now how cool is that. Law need to stop getting in that way or else we won't beable to grow.

That why we should have smart cars they can save lives. Yeah things can go wrong but even one make mistakes but what you do with them what truely amazing. If someone get in a wreck it'll be the person fault because the car warns you soemthing about to happen. Even in today cars if you get in the wreck

its not the company fault it's yours. it's not the cars fault you didn't pay attention.

My conclusion to my argument is that we should be aloud to test build and drive smart cars may even one day save your life. You may not always like it but it's someone dream to make the future a better place. Like keeping this country safe is your's.",4
"Joining the Seagoing Cowboys program is a great place to help with horses, young cows, and mules. You can travel the world and see places like China, Europe, Greece, and Italy. They have unique

You also can have fun being on a ship. You can plat baseball and volleyball games in the emty holds where the animals were. You also can play table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, and whittling. The games helped pass the time when you're on the ship.

You also get to help people that are in need in other countries. You could help the countries recover their food supply, animals, and more. It could be fun caring for an animal like it was your own pet.

In conclusion, being a Seagoing Cowboy would be a fun job to do. It will help you experience a once in a lifetime thing. You could be able to go to remarkable places in the world. It also could teach you how to learn responsibility. The adventure will be unbelievable. I would be exciting to be a Seagoing Cowboy.",2
"I think that the author should further his study because of the things that they already predicted used to be on Venus and the things that are now there. They've said that Venus is a sister planet to Earth, so I think that it strongly is possible that there was life and lots of other thing on Venus. If there wasn't life there then they could've had the chance of having life there if Earth were to end.

In the passage it says ""The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters"". Venus having things like that are the exact reason that Venus should be explored. Getting to Venus might be a tough thing though. This passage also states that ""no spacecraft the landing for more than a few hours."" So getting to Venus will be one dangeroud yet good trips to take.

While traveling to Venus could be very risky and dangerous imagine the experience you'll get. Traveling to Venus wouldn't be like going to Italy, it's a better chance to see something new. Scientist are actually speaking about visits to the planet in the future, because Venus is closer to the sun it'll be really hot there, so hopefully scientist can figure that out. That could possibly be a huge part of why no spacecraft has yet to land there.

So that people can go and explore Venus, NASA is working on new ways to go and study Venus. They're looking into old technology from World War ll. NASA says that our modern computers are a lot more delicate than computers from back in those times. So basically a mixture of the old technology from the 40's and modern day technology could possibly help us travel to Venus.

I do think that traveling to Venus would be a could be something new for us, we have lots of things to work on of course before setting off to Venus. If there are mountains and valley's and all other things like that, I think that's it's worth giving a shot.",3
"Do you think there are aliens? Well I don't. This unmasking the face on mars is not a alien thing because strange things always happen on earth and different planets. This could just be are pollution is spreding not just in the air but even in space. Or Mars could just be doing what earth does every amount of years earth changes in like the land-scap mars land-scap could just be changing.

On Earth we have weird stuff happen a lot like symbols in corn feilds, some people think they see flying space ships some people are just crazy aliens don't exist. We don't have any proof that aliens exist like just because some cows go missing or found dead doesn't mean they didn't just leave or a wild animal didn't kill them. I don't know how to explaine the corn feilds but the ""flying space ship"" is just a jet or plane nothing big and if people say other people have been kinapped by aliens or saw some aliens they would be lying because aliens don't exist.

Earth today has so many pollution problems rigth now it's just not funny but are pollution could somehow start to spread to other planets because we have air pollution. Air pollution can spread pretty easy so when we like have rocket and go to a different planet we may bring different substances to that planet it's not use to. Or just how we went to the moon the pollution we brougth to the moon could have spreaded all over the galxay.

So we all know how the Earth changes once every speacial year or years but were use to that cause we know it's going to happen. So now there is a new change but not to planet Earth but to Mars it's weird but it's just a planet. Like are it may have some new changes may not this doesn't mean it has to do with aliens. We have traveld or seen with are cameraas in space so many planets but never one trace of aliens or any life form so that means aliens aren't real.

So in conclusion with all the evidence we got from prior knowleged and reading this article there are no other life form on anyother planet just Earth. Also aliens don't exist all the weird things that happen in the world or on different planets all happen because humans do something wrong to the earth. We sometimes get granted the most beautiful things ever or it hits us with earth quakes or hurricans and punishes us so do good to the earth not bad.",2
"In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile,"" a technology called Facial Action Coding System allows computers to identify human emotions. The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because knowing the emotions of students can help others in the classroom to react to that emotion appropriately depending on what the program identifies. This would allow people in a classroom to communicate more effectively, know when something may be wrong and should change, and display empathy towards one another. Being able to know how someone feels helps to complement those emotions. If a classmate was feeling happy, sad, angry, or any other emotion, and it was known it would be much easier to know how to approach them than it would be without the knowledge showing why this infromation could be valuable.

Knowing how another person feels makes it less difficult to communicate with them and communication is important in a classroom. In the text the author talked about how the program could tell when a person is not truly conveying emotions.

The text says,""To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscles clues are sometimes used to spot when a 'smiling' politician or celebrity isn't being truthful.""

This information is useful to a classroom because it shows the true emotions or feelings of someone. If a student in a classroom said ""I understand"", but did not truely mean it a teacher could use this information to know that more teaching may have to be done for students to fully understand the topic being taught.

Another example from the text says,""facial expressions for each emotion are universal,' observes Dr. Huang, 'even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression' (like not smiling as broadly)."" This quote from the text explains that there are many different ways to express emotion and because of this it may be harder for everyone to fully understand how someone feels based on facial expression. That is why this technology could be valuable so that everyone is fully understood and proper treatment can be given to complement emotions.

Things should change in a classroom when students feel unconnected to what is going on, but it is not easy for everyone to know just when students may feel out of place. A quote from the text says,""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,' Dr. Huang predicts. 'Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" Here in the text the article talks about the technology being able to tell when a student is bored and confused, and then being able to modify a lesson effectively.

With this technology students would gain a full understanding of a topic without needing to ask because of facial expressions. This would be very effective in a classroom as it makes sure that everyone gets to learn the way that they need to.

The text also says,""Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication,' notes Dr Huang. 'So computers need to understand that, too."" This quote explains that not all communication is verbal and most is actually nonverbal.

This means that listening may not always be enough and it is important to see and feel how others feel proving why this technology can help a classroom.

By reading faces the technology can help convey one's feelings to another to help gain a full understanding.

By understanding how someone else feels it makes it easier to understand them.

The article says,""Empathy (feeling someone else's emotional state) may happen because we unconsciously imitate another person's facial expressions.""

This quote talks about empathy and how it is important in knowing how to treat people. Using this in a classroom could helpl classmates and teachers get along better.

The use of facial recognition technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because knowing the emotions of students can help others in the classroom to react to that emotion appropriately depending on what the program identifies.

This helps people in a classroom to communicate more effectively, know when something may be wrong and should change, and display empathy towards one another.

It is important in a classroom to know eachothers feelings and can be valuable.",4
"What would you think if a computer could read your emotions? The Facial Action Coding System is supposed to be on your computer and read your emotions. Professors at the University of Amsterdam and the University of Illinois are trying to work with the system to help their students. If you would use this system in a classroom it would be effective because it could recognize when you have mixed feeling about something or someone, when you are confused about something in class, and when you have empathy for someone else.

The system could help in class when someone has mixed emotions about someone or something. The article stated,""'even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression.'"" In class, kids show different emotions all the time. The system would help when they were confused about a subject.

If a student is confused about a subject, then they won't be productive in class. The article also stated that ""'the facial expressions for each emotion are universal.'"" Every human has several different emotions, but one emotion could represent more than one. The students could have mixed emotions about it. The system could help figure out how the student is feeling about something. The system not only helps with the mixed emotions aspect, but also the part where you don't quite understand something.

Students in classes will get confused or bored while in class. This use of technology will be valuable by realizing it and wanting to help. Dr. Huang predicted that ""'a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored.'""This system on the computer could help teachers and students realize when you aren't quite understanding a topic. The computer could then have a modified version of the lesson for the student to help get them to understand. Dr. Huang said,""' Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.'"" The computer could help fill in as a teacher to help the confused student. If the student is taking a class online, then the computer could realize the emotion of the student and help out. This use of technology is not only going to be valuable for when the student doesn't understand something, but also when a person shows empathy.

Most people show empathy towards one another, and this technology could help show when someone is showing empathy. The article stated that "" you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face."" When your friend shows how they feel, you can be effected by it too. The system could help realize if you are not your usual self because you may have empathy for someone else. your emotions could get you distacted from your school work, and then you might struggle in that class. The article aslo stated that "" faces don't lie: these muslce clues are sometimes used to spot when a 'smiling' politician or celebrity isn't being truthful."" The computer will be able to tell when you have a false emotion on your face. If you aren't being honest with your emotions, then the emotions the computer realizes could effect how you work in class.

Having a system to help read when you have mixed emotions, are confused, or have empathy is why the Facial Action Coding System can help students in the classroom. The way student feel and act can effect the way students do in their school work. The Facial Action Coding System would be valuable for students in school. ",5
"I argue that smart cars will turn out to be a bad idea. The owners of the car must have control of the car at all times. For example, The owner cal fall asleep behind the wheel. That can cause an accident. Will the cars alert the driver if he or she is fall asleep from a long day of work? Or if a family taking a family vacition and the driver gets tired, will it alert him or her then? Having a smart car isn't the best idea at this moment.

Making a smart car takes a lot of work to do. In the artical it said something about it has to be driven on smarts roads. Im pretty sure smart roads are going to cost a lot of money to have that done. The world now would have so many people mad at them for building such a not to bad idea as a smart car whith smart roads.

instead of investing all that money into smart cars, try using it to do good for the people in need. Forx example, build houses: buy food for the homeless, clothing, Better houses for many other people. Do something positive with the money. Now im not saying this won't ever happen, because there can be a strong possibility it would. When the time do come we will see how good the smart car really is.

Lets face it smart cars aren't just ready to be put out in this world right at this moment. The smart cars have a lot to work on before thry can be release. They also have to find a price at which they are going to be able to sale.

The inventers are going to really work on the safe issues and what will happen if someone falls asleep behind the car. No one is going to want someone driving them around all the time. The world would be a lazy place if this happens. However people nagg on how they are tired of driving, that will be a good time for the smart cars to come along a help us out.            ",3
"Many people rely on their cars that they do not think about limiting car usage. However liming car usage can have a positive effect. Less car usage can mean less pollution, more humjan interaction, and can save people money. Maybe people should look into the idea of car usage limitations.

When you go to a big city like Paris, France or Beijing, China you can look up and see the smog caused by pollution. Pollution can be caused by things other than cars, like factories or paper mills, however car pollution is a big contributer. When car usage is limited for just one weekend the pollution and smog can decrease by incredible numbers. It may seem like pollution is here to stay, but just by half of the population reducing car usage we can make heavy smog a thing of the past.

Limited car usage can also cause more human interactions. People using public transportation or walking on the sidewalk can lead to people talking and making new friends. When waiting for the bus or subway you could start a conversation with someone new. That person could become you new bestfriend or your future husband. Maybe they could just be someone you talk to on the way to work each morning. The samething can happen when walking on the sidewalk to your favorite cafe. You could accedently run into them and start a conversation. Maybe you happen to like the same shows or restaurant. Being in your own car alone can cut you off from the world, which is why car pooling can also be good. The four people in the car are all using one car instead of four different cars, so they talk more. This causes more human interactions with everyone in a car together.

Car pooling can not only cause human interaction, but can also save money. You do not use your car everyday meaning you do not use as much gas. Gas is very expensive and not paying for it as often can save hundrends of dollars. Each person that is carpooling can switch who does it when so that not one person is paying for all of the gas and driving all the time. This makes everyone save money, which can be spent at businesses making the econemy rise.

Limiting car usage may not seem like such a big deal with only little effect, but it can make a huge difference. Limited car usage can cause less polution, more human interaction, and can save people money. This might make you rethink how much you use your car and if you should limit your usage.    ",4
"The technology used in the story is valuable while it reads facial structure, it can evenpin point what exspetion Mona lisa has. They can figure out what she has by the computers information.

First, the calculations that this computer has made is reflecting on her facial features. Paragraph 1 says, ""She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent discusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. Tis shows how the computer calculates to her facial features depending on muscle in the face. In paragraph 3 it states,"" The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer modle of the face, all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles.

Second, the desciption of this software take out different inits of emotions by you face structure, In paragraph 4 it states, "" The new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements, in a real face or in painting face of Mona lisa. By weighing in different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions"".This shows how the device works and what is exactly calculates.

Finally, the many ways the computer claculates your facial structure depends on how you feel. In paragraph 6 it states,""The Mona Lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face, while it shows just how much this computer can do"". This shows how the demonstration of Mona Lisa makes a person feel happy and how they choose to mrket their product. Pragraph 6 also states,"" The same technology can make compuer animated faces more expressive"". This shows how they could furtther their computer development.

This computer is valuable and helps people figure out how people are feeling. The computer will be a good peice of equipment on the market is it is able to be used by proffessions and teachers.",3
"in germany people dont have cars like they do in america. in germans people have to have a big place to park there car like a large garage. but i it costs 40,000 dollars to buy the garage. so 70 percent of germany doesnt have a car.

on monday motorists are told to leave there car at home or there is a 31 dollar fine. almost 4,000 drivers where fined one day.27 people had there car impounded because of ther reaction to the fine. cars have been baned for 3 years. only buses and taxies are permited for the day. there goal is to promote alternative transport. violators faced a 25 dollar fine.

parks and sprots cneters have bloomed since they have scut traffic. presdient obama has ambitious goals to curb america. studdies show that fewer americans are buying cars and getting less licenses as  the years go by.

in america as of april 2013 the number of miles driven was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was in january 1995.

new yorks new bike sharing program and its skyrocketing  bridge and tunnel tolls reflect the new priortiy.    ",1
"Through the past century, mechanization on a global scale has indubitably innovated the world in efficency and economic progress. In particular, however, the key invention of the car has solely shown the benefits of such techonological progress. For a few innovators, the mere invention of cars did not seem convincing enough, hence the creation of driverless automobiles has been in design to furtherly increase efficiency and safety. Although the benefits of adopting driverless cars in society seem convincing in progressing society, ultimately, the implementation of driverless cars will only entail disaster.

A strong factor contributing to the cons of driverless cars is the undeniable usage of human skills throughout the road even with using driverless cars. Although the term ""driverless car"" may seem like a straight-forward terminology, it is in reality not. Currently, there is no such development of a car that completely remains independent of the car passenger. On paragraph 7 it notes, ""None of the cars developed so far are completey driverless."" Morever, due to the fact that driverless cars cannot function completely by themselves, this requires that human passengers still have to be attentive at all times.

As continued on paragraph 7 it states, "" They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills."" In summation, this means the human driver must continue to remain alert and be ready to take over the wheel if the driverless car cannot deal with a specific situation. Despite that driverless cars can permform tasks independently, it is only to a limited extent. Therefore, this still requires the full attention and driving skill set of the car driver. If this still requires the full attention and driving skills of the car driver, the invention of the carless driver, in reality, has no useful benefits. The driver therefore, still has risks of getting into car accidents because they still need to rely on their driving abilities, rendering the invention of driverless cars ineffective.

The most important factor of all in contributing against the promotion of driverless cars however, is the idea of fault. On paragraph 9, a controversial question is brought up, asking ""If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?"" If a driverless car were to get into an accident and if someone were to be injured as a result, who's fault would it ultimately be? This serious and controversial argument as a result, creates a prodigious amount of conflict, particularly between drivers and manufacturers. Because driverless cars are most of the time, indepent of the car drivers, an accident caused by this invention will guaranteed cause a difficulty in finding who is truly at fault. On one hand, it could have been the driver himself for not paying attention to the road and altering the mechanics of the driverless car. However on the other hand, it could have been a completely honest mistake, where the driverless car itself commited an automated mistake that did not associate with the actions of the car driver.

Driverless cars in conclusion, make it difficult to assert the blame on whos truly at fault in a driverless car accident, therefore making it extremely more difficult in handling and resolving this situation.

Without driverless cars, there will only be one to blame and therefore, more problems will be resolved.

Lastly, the existence of traffic laws and working zones on the roads is prominent in abasing the efficency of driverless cars. On paragraph 9 it says, ""Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times."" In other terms, common aspects of the road, such as traffic laws and working zones, are designed so that only human drivers can handle those situations, thus making driverless cars useless. In these terms, this means that alert drivers will perform much more reliably than an automated car because the road and traffic laws are set up so that the only safe car is a car where a human driver is in control at all times. Because driverless cars are incapable of handling such pivotal features of the modern road system, they must still rely on their human drivers, contradicting their own title of ""driverless"" cars. In conclusion, because the driving laws of the road are mainly designed so that safety will be best achieved with alert human drivers, the implementation of driverless cars in modern society is utterly useless.

Due to the manifestations of human action-based driving laws, continued necessity for human driving skills, and no exact blame for fault in a driverless car accident, the addition of driverless cars into society will only bring increased harm and debatable increased efficiency.

The addition of fully driverless cars is currently only fantasy, and should remain this way eternally.                         ",5
"Ever wonder what someone is feeling? Are they mad? Are they sad? There have been many cases in which I could not tell how someone was feeling. But new technology has been created to predict a subjects emotion state based on muscle position. Acording to this creation, the Mona Lisa is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. Does this creation (the Facial Coding System) work? Could it be benifitial? I believe using this technology to read students' emotional expressions could be very benifitial because it could read peoples emotion status, it could detect threats, and it could be used to force information

I believe it is benifitial because it can read emotional states. For example, students in a classroom. Say one student could be happy and another could be tired, but theres that one student who is frightened and needs help and wont ask for it. With this new software the teacher could recognize the students failure to understand and help. In the article it says, ""if you smile when a webcam appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different."" This text evidence suggests that the software can calculate ""dislike"" and ""like"" emotions and correct them if needed.

I believe it is benifitial because it could detect possible threats. For example, fight in a classroom. In the classroom keeping student under control is a big must in a public school, but with the new software it can pick up any form of anger and will notify the teacher right away. Students are prone to violence because they do not know right from wrong and it can be very dangerous without proper control. In the text it says, ""The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles."" What this means is that the new software could calculate a precise 3-D image and determine someone's emotional state.

I believe its is benifitial because it can be used to forcefully remove information. For example, student who cheat in class. During test it can be hard sometime to catch student who cheats, and when you confront them they refuse and say they didn't. With the new technology and software it can detect any fear or another emotions to prove if they cheated or not. In the text is says, "" 'The facial expressions for each emotion are universal,' observes Dr. Huang, 'even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression' (like not smiling as broadly)."" This means that even though each smile, frown, or other muscle movement is universal and can be detected by the software.

In conclusion, the software can be very useful. Time will continue to grow our technology and soon we wont have to worry about guessing peoples emotions. So students can be unpredictable when it comes to behaving and learning, but with the new software it can predict almost about anything about the student. I believe using this technology to read students' emotional expressions could be very benifitial because it could read peoples emotion status, it could detect threats, and it could be used to force information.",4
"Venus is a sometimes called a ""Evening Star"" accroding to the author since it's one of the brightest points of light in the night sky like the stars in the sky when they shine bright through out the clouds in the sky, but the nickname is misleading becuase Venus is actually a planet.Venus is actualy the second planet from our sun, as the sun is safe to see from distance for example during the solar eclipse it is safe not to look at it as well as Venus to be seen from distance but safe vantage point of Earth.Venus is a very challenging place to examine from close distance, but with the correct utencils, suplies, and technology it could be possible right? Venus is often referred to Earth's twin since Venus is occasionally the closest in distance to Earth.Mars is another planet that is also known as to be another neighbor, which orbits the sun at diffrent speed.What the diffrences in speed you may ask? Well it means that sometimes when we are closer to Mars and other times Venus.

Venus is a challenging place to examine up close, but as the author says Venus is worthy to pursuit despite the dangers it presents meaning that there is beauty to be found upon us we must discover.Venus sometimes is found to be right around the corner, in space terms humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on the cloud-draped world.No spacecraft has survived in the landing for more than a few hours in each previous mission that was unmanned, and for good reasons.In more than three decades not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus which explains why.Venus's reputation is the challenging planet for us humans to study.Now though there are forms in which we have a posibility to discover it's amazing features

thanks to NASA known as The National Aeronautics and Space Administration.The tempetures are of average of over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater that what we've exprienced on our own planet.

Scientists are currently discussing furthur visits to its surface.Astronomers are impressed by how its Earth-like planet in our solor system which motivates them more to wanting to go and discovering new things that has never been found out of.In thier initial thoughts is that Venus was long ago probably covered largely with the oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like our Earth.Venus has various of similiar features to our Earth like valleys, mountains,and craters.Venus is basically the nearest option for planetary visit.There are options that could make the mission both safe and scientifically productive.According to NASA they have had one particularly an idea for sending humans t ostudy Venus.NASA's condition could make it a possibole soulution for the surface of Venus which would allow scientists to float above the fray.Technology has become a big importance becuase with technology can help us in many forms and NASA has come up with an idea that could make it possible for humans to go and travel.It is a blim-like vehicle that would hover 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape just like the jet airplanes that travel higher altitude that can fly over many storms.With this vehicle it can avoid the unfriendly grouhnd conditions by staying off of it.Another thing is the solar power which would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels.

In overall there are ways in which we can go discover Venus in a safety form and we'll find information.Technology is a big thing becuase NASA always finds ways in which to build special tehcnology so its safe for the humans to go explore safely adn they can enjoy in the subject they enjoy which would be the spacecraft.Although spacecraft has its dangers and risks it is also a beautiful thing to be into becuase ot the beauty you discover.NASA is still working on other approaches to studying Venus and so they can do that NASA is simplifying electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested by them in chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and it lasted for three weeks.Mechanical computers were old technology used back then which were first envisioned in the 1800's and played an important role during the World War II which is shocking to think they had that type of technology back then but useful.With the humans curiosity it will most likely lead us into many intimidating endeavors in which we will travel and discover alot more.Imagination and innovation will meet our expaned edges to meet furthur on in discoveries we will discover and spread and let the people know the hidden beauty hiding behind closed doors.",4
"Cars are going to be gone in the near future. There have been talks and actions taken place to assure we limit our car usage. We as the

United States seem to have pasted our use for cars as independent owners. We have also started several different programs or actions around the world to assure we stop pollution with the use of cars. Another way we have stop the use of car is car free days in some parts of the world. Also cars are believe to be stressful to human beings.

In some parts of the world mainly Bogota, Colombia they have start to reduce the use of cars to avoid pollution and promote the use of other types of transportation. As it is stated in source 3

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Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota by Selsky "" The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. Violators faced $25 fines.""  This quote goes to show how we are starting to try to limit the usage of vehicles in this world. Also stated in source 2

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Paris bans driving due to smog by Duffer ""Paris enforced a partial diving ban to clean the air of the global city. On Monday motorists wit even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day."" this shows that Paris even supports the limiting car usages by humans.

Therefore us as the United States we have shown that even we are behind in our glory days of driving cars. As stated in source 4

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The End of Car Culture by Rosenthal "" recent studies suggest that Americans as buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by."" So with that have been said we need to understand we drive no matter what but slow but surely we will stop driving in general. Due to the fact of that we do need to decrease our carbon release a pond the world. As it also states from article 4

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""If the pattern persists-and many sociologists believe it will- it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind the power plant."" This quote shows how it will affect us and also how it will benefit us as well.

Although driving feels amazing it gives you tons of stress to an individual. Not only that but it also makes you sometimes want to hurt someone. As well as feeling upset and sometimes wanting to cry due to a lack of funds to pay for gas as well as the worry of other drivers on the road. As stated in source 1

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In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars by Rosenthal a man states ""when I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,"" said Heidrun Walter. This goes to show us how we are affected by riving and even a little time away from the wheel can benefit us greatly. Another point on driving is stressful a man states in source 3

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Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota he  states It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution."" said Carlos Arturo Plaza. This goes and show a lot of people are in support of this act or idea.

In conclusion limiting car use will benefit us in many ways but barely affect us at all. The main idea is to limit car usage and we can do that by the law that forces us stop car use in general. Another way we can accomplish this is by being an average teen in the United States.  An added bonus is that we have loads of stress by driving. The limiting the use of driving is a way we should use to benefit us as human and to be more joyful.         ",2
"So alot of people think that ""The Face on Mars"" is an alien type of structure. People say this kind of things becuase they have no proof that it's a formation just like earth have formations.

Im here to tell you people that thats a type of formation that happens. Like Garvin said its a type of landform that happens in the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. Im gonna tell you why i agree. Us as a NASA team we work hard to solve what it was such as reasearch, scientists working, and our team that snapped the picture. All of us tried to figure out what it was yes we might of thought that it was some type of alien structure but like i said working hard got us where we needed to be. After what we needed to figure out we realized that it wasn't some alien structure using the ""Rule of Thumb"" we saw the picture 3 times bigger. After we saw that image we atoumatically realized that it was a simple formation same as what happens to earth. Example like what happen to Colorado. It use to have a river but after years the water started to evaperate and it started forming big giant rocks. Thats why i don't thing that its some kind of alien structure. ",2
"To many, it is a necessity. To others, its a waste of money. Cars have been a growing industry ever since the Model-T, but over the last few years automobiles may soon start to look like a thing of the past. There have been many efforts to reduce car use because it is better for the enviorment, creates a more social atmosphere, and the best of all it is cheaper.

Could you imagine major streets, cities, and highways almost deserted of those four wheeled gas guzzlers? Well annualy in Bogota, Columbia citizens participate, or for many ""celebrate"" no car day. Other forms of transportation such as skating, biking, or walking are very common as violaters of no car day face twenty five dollar fines. Many enjoy the holiday like Carlos Plaza, who rode his two-seat bike to work with his wife. It is a day to be socializing with others, not locked up in your vehicle but to get out and enjoy the fresh air before it is all polluted and blown out the exhaust. The day alone has caused a blooming of parks, and restraunts throughout the city. With less drivers out on the road, this day is traffic free and extremely safe as well. This is not only a common trend in Colombia, but is beginning to be seen in the United States as well. Teens have begun using their summer-life to being in carpools or riding the bus to not only get around enviormentally, but to also meet and be with freinds and develop a more social community. This can be seen through carpooling apps and cell phones to arrange other forms of transportation.

Over the years there has been a push to use more eco-friendly cars such as hybrids, or electric cars. But what about not driving a car at all? Many have made this change in Vauban, Germany where residents of this upper-class community have gone motor free, and given up cars. This suburban area alone is a  huge effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, similar to citizens in paris who have lost their driving privledges due to the extreme ammount of smog in their city. By banning odd numbered plates from driving on monday, and even numbered plates from driving on tuesday, pedestrians hopped on trams and bicycles to commute the rest of their day. Each time you firie up your engine, carbon monoxide and other pollutious gas is released into the atmosphere, causing a widening hole in the ozone layer affecting Global Warming. In this two-day restriction, smog was significantly reduced throughout the city.

Many gimmance and frown as they fill up their gas tank, knowing they just spent forty dollars on gasoline, and will be right back at the same pump next week. Money makes the world go around, and spending less on cars, highways and other expenses could brighten anyones day. It is absolutely free to get to work on a bicycle, and New Yorks bike sharing program has significantly jumped inthe last few years as many would rather use manpower than horsepower to travel. Not just bikes but other services are cheaper as well like taking the bus, the few dollars for a bus pass or a train ticket is much less than a new toyota. The infamous no car day in Colombia has influenced money to be spent on wide, and smooth sidewalks for bikers instead of million dollar highways. Due to the recession, many are not buying cars or getting their license simply because they dont have the resources to afford one. Some believe the idea of a personal car is impractical says Bill Ford of Ford Motor Company. Bill believes it is best to use the comercial network of transportation for its lower cost, eco friendly, and a safer enviorment on the road.

Since the beginning of man all forms of transportation have been used, but are cars starting to become a thing of the past? On paper, the idea of not owning personal cars looks great. The enviorment would improve significantly, daily interactions with comuting to work develops a more social enviroment, and is of course cost reductive. So every once in a while don't be afraid to pedal the old Shwinn or hop on the Greyhound, it just might be better than you think.                    ",5
"Dear Senator,

The Electoral College has worked for many years but is becoming unfair to the average, everyday citizen.  I've recently analyzed the following articles: ""What is the Electoral College?"" by the Office of the Federal Register, ""The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even best-laid defences are wrong"" by Bradford Plumner, and ""In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the president"" by Richard A. Posner. The United States of America should change to a popular vote for president to benefit the nation as a whole.

If we use the popular vote system, the nation as a overall unit will have some benefits in return. In, ""The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses are wrong,"" by Bradford Plumner, it argues, ""voters vote not for a president, but for a slate of electors"". This statement is very much true. Citizens may think they vote for president, only to realize that he or she is chosen for them. The worst part of all, most don't know who the electors are. To strengthen, in, ""What is the Electoral College"", by the Office of the Federal Register, it claims, ""the meeting of the electors where they vote for president"". If this comes to be true, why even let citizens vote? Under this system, thier votes don't contribute to the presidential election. The presidential election should be by popular vote of the people.

However, the Electoral College does have it's benefits. In, ""In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the president"" by Richard A. Posner, it indicates, ""no voter's vote swings a national election"". This will allow the electors of each state to decide which president if better for the particular state. One voter's vote could choose the wrong president that harms the nation and doesn't help it.

It is clear to see that both sides have their own pros and cons, but the nation should use the system of popular vote. This allows the people of each state to choose which president benefits them.

Sincerely,

PROPER_NAME.    ",3
"Are driverless cars preparing us for good, or are they setting us up for failure? In my opinion driverless carsarent driverless cars. But they are a big part in our car building safety programs.

Lets think, if we didnt have driverless cars were we would we learn the safety of our vehicles in situations such as accidents, car fires and things in that category. I know every show that I have seen, that has to do with driverless cars has proved a big point, and I have learned something I needed to about car safety. But completly driverless cars are a problem. we cant have a car without at least one human looking over it to make sure it stops doing something that it doesnt need to at a reliable time. All the driverless cars we have today in age are fine, they work by technology and men but neither one by it's self. Driverless cars are a team thing between technology and men, we have to work togther for it all to work properly. Yea there will be mistakes in driverless car situations but remeber no one is perfect, we have to learn somewhere. we know there expensive, and they are risky but its really worth it.      ",2
"Peaple should join this program because you will learn about what the passage is about and write what you think its about. So,Luke was a cowboy that rode over seas. He rode the Pacific Ocean 18 times. No one's ever rode the Pacific 18 times. He started ride the seas in August,1945. When he was heading for greece he was 18 years old.

So,I think he rode the Pacific 18 because that was how old he was turning. But it wasn't that he wanted to ride the seas he rode the seas because World War II in Europe so, I think Europe was is homeland. Luke had found many countries in some ruins. The countries were running out of food supplies so,since Luke was generous he gave them the food supplies they needed even animals. How nice was that of Luke. Luke wanted to help them more so he told them to get in the ship.

Luke was incredible he made nine trips. It took Luke to cross the Pacific two weeks. So,If you times the two weeks it took him to cross and eighteen times he crossed is thirty-six weeks to cross the eighteen times. The ate and drank water but they had to be fed twice a day or three times a day. They played basketball and volleyball. Where the animals were housed there was more games to play like table-tennis but only tournaments,fencing,boxing,reading,wittling,and other games. Being a seagoing cowboy was harder than having a adventure but thats Luke opinion.

Other peaple will have different opinions like adventures are better than being a seagoing cowboy,hating doing both,or not noing what a seagoin cowboy or a adventures does.",1
"Twenty five years ago a shadowy likness of a human face was found when circling the planet for a land site. This shadowy figure that was spotted was just a landform formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth. But others say the ""Face on Mars"" was an alien artifact. This ""Face on Mars"" has certainly recieved attention from viewers saying its an alien artifact, or its just a landform.

Scientists figured out that this ""Face on Mars"" was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, but only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh. On April 5, 1998, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera snapped a picture ten times sharper that the original Viking photos. The results also turned out to be a natural landform. But not everyone still believes that.

This ""Face on Mars"" was having pictures taken of it in April (winter on Mars). The camera on board had to peer through wispy clouds to see the face. ""Alien markings were hidden by haze,"" said the Skeptics. People that still believed that this was an ancient artifact would not stop trying to prove it to the people who believed it was a landform.

""Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the cameras absoulte maximum resolution,"" said Gavin. ""So if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!"" In conclusion to that statement, this ""Face of Mars"" is just a landform that has extreme fades of illusion, nothing more, and nothing less.        ",3
"Driverless cars would not be a smart step forward for us as Americans. Considering the fact the car can not fully function on its own it would be very difficult to deal with. If the car has to ask the driver to take over everytime it can't handle a certain situation, then make one that can and then we can advance into the new era of driverless cars.

The fact that Dr. Werner, a BMW project manager driver, says people would get bored behind the weel of a car controlling itself proves that people would lose focus and that may cause fatalities. When they lose focus because the car is in control and look at their phone, the car may ask them to take over on the drop of a dime, and the driver may panick. Especially if there is an oncoming car and the driverless car can not react fast enough, because it only takes a split second.

Another point I would like to make is when big name companies such as Google market anything they sell simply because of who makes it. If there is a flaw in a cars system then they would be risking a lot of peoples lives, in terms of who buys them. In paragraph eight, it reads that "" Upgrading to existing roads would be too expensive to be practical."" and that means if there is a flaw under the hood, they would lose a lot of money from a bunch or attackers, manufacturers, and their own industry crumbling.

All in all, I believe that it would not be a good way to advance in technology if we're practically selling prototypes. People would be buying driverless cars that aren't state of the art because either it was too pricy or the car itself can not handle the surprises driving may consist of and it would be a major fail on a lot of people's behalf. If we had cars that could fully function safely and accurately on the street, then we could maybe experiment on making the future present. But for now, let us work ot the kinks of the products that affiliate with people's everyday lives or even their lives period.",4
"Driverless cars, who would think of such a thing? In the article they give you many pro's and con's on these cars. I think that driverless cars are not safe. I'm against the driverless cars. These cars are not safe and unfair. These cars are unsafe and unfair because they can lose control, if you get in and accident its your fault, and you can bascially fall alseep at the wheel or do other things.

Losing control with these cars can be very dangerous. The car its self has a mind of its own. It's programed to drive without your help. Without your help this car can go off the road for no reason and lose control. Cars now go off the road just by people trying to miss things in the road. I can only image what the car will do by itself. In the article it said that if there happens to be an accident then it will be your fault or the companies. This most of the time means it's your fault.

Getting in an accident in these cars is most likely your fault when it comes down to it. It's mostly likely your fault because you're the one that wasn't paying attention to the road when ""driving"". Then again it wasn't you that was driving the car it was the car driving itself. The car is your responsibility there for it's your fault. I myself wouldn't want a car that can happen to go off the road and it be my fault not the company. All the contracts you sign for this car, in the fine print it says it's your responsibility.

Lastly you can fall asleep at the wheel. You can do things that distract you from driving or watching the road so, the car doesn't go off the road. This reason ties back to if you were to get in an accident. If you fall asleep at the wheel how are you going to know when it's your turn to drive? How are you going to know what's going on? Yes, the article says that you will be warned when it comes to that stuff but, what if you're not. Not all the time things go as thet're suppose too. I would be very scared to have a car like this. Many people will fall asleep at the wheel waiting on their turn to drive the car.

In conclusion I'm against this car. I dont think they are safe or fair. This car may lose control, get in an accident(and being your fault), and people will fall asleep at the wheel(or do other things). I myself would buy this car. In my opinion I think no one else should buy this car either. ",4
"Imagine how would it be to use thsi technology in school. This tecnonology should be use for students to see their emotions. This technology would help teachers understand students more. Knowing how students feel would make teachers work easier.

This technology should be use for students to see their emotions . This will help teachers to see how they can help them. This technology would help teachers understand students more. They would know how they are feeling and why.

Understanding student emotions would make teachers work more easier because they would know exactly how students feel at that time. Teachers and students could also have a better relationship knowing how they both feel. you also learn more when you happy.

In conclusion this technology should be use. It will help teachers understand students more. This would be a good idea because teachers are not going to just think that their student is happy or sad. They would know exaclty how the student feels. students would be happy with the person that invented this.",3
"Technology today is becoming more and more advance throughout the centuries. Scientists are developing new equipment and methods to improve the daily lives of humans. However are these new technological advancements really effecively improve the lives of humans? There is no dought that technology has improved the work and efficiancy of humans; howeve ther ae some tasks that can never replace a human and heir ability to understand each other. A new technology called the Facial Action Coding System has been developed to enale computers to identify human emotions. Scientis want to put the technology into use in the classroom in order more efficiantly econgize the emotions o students and better help them in the classroom. This may sound like a good idea on paper however, using this technology to read students' emotional expressions is a bad idea because no computer can understand the empotions of an human better than a human and everyone is different and unique.

Human emotion is a complex pocedure and the emotional expression alone cannot identify the true feelings of a human. Only the understanding and sypmathy of a fellow human can read and understand a human's emotion outside the expression itself. As the author continues to describe the echnoloy behind the Facial Action Coding System he begins to explain an everyday occurance where human are able to identiy their fello man's facial expreesion. The author continues to say that even though humans are able to efficianltly know and uderstand the emotion of other humans they are less likely to decibe said emotion. This passage claims that although humans are able to identify the emotions of other umans they are not as effeciant and calculated that computer technlogy. Humans more than anything have a gift to understand each other with the slightest expression. If a student is strggling an compuer may miss not understand the degree of destress the student is in. Computers are unable to show the same amount to sympathy and unerstanding of a human. If a student is struggling it is more effective for ehe instructure o hlp the sdnt.

Every facial expression does not mean the same thing for everybody. Every man is diffeent and a comtuter should not lable a person's emotion through facal expressions alone. The author decribes the technology behind the Facial Action Coding System and its knowleg of muscle tructure to identify emotional expressions. In the passage Dr. Huang, one o the developers of the Facial Action Coding System said "" the facial expressions for each emotion is universal...even though individuals often show varing degrees of expression"" (D'Alto 4). This quote implis that every human is capable of showing the same facial expression to express to describe the same emotion, saying it is ""universal"". Althout to a certain extaint human emotional expressions are widely identified as very simular, there is no definate expression to a definate emotions. Computes requre calculate and measunments to succesfully idenify a human's emotion. It is very easy to convincly fake an emotional expression and facial expreeions don't always corospond with it's respectd emotion. Everone expresses themselves in a different way and not everythig is definate.

In conclusion using technology to read students' emotional expressions is a bad idea because no computer can understand the empotions of an human better than a human and everyone is different and unique.",3
"Greenhouse gases, smog, pollution, and traffic jams. What do all of these have in common? They all come from vehicles. In many countries, they're changing that. Countries such as Colombia, France, Germany, and even America are limiting car usage. The affects of these countries going nearly car-free are quite helpful and convienient. Some of the advantages of this are that citizens get more exercise, less polution as well as less gasoline used, and traffic jams are prevented.

Exercise, being one of the factors that's lacking when people drive everywhere, can be changed just by simply choosing to walk, run, bike, skate, etc. instead. That's just what many people are doing. Vauban, Germany has a new approach for transportation. Rather than driving to stores along highways that are quite distant from neighborhoods, stores are placed closer on a main street that's within walking distance. Also in Colombia, ""Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city""(Andrew Selsky, paragraph 28).

Pollution is one of the biggest problems on Earth thanks to cars. In Paris, a partial driving ban was enforced so that every other day either even or odd-numbered license plates would not be permitted to leave home with their cars. While in Bogota, Colombia, for a few years there's been a day without them completely. Other than buses and taxis of course. This annual day ""has seen the construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths""(Andrew Selsky), which helps with the exercise factor as well as lessoning the pollution and traffic jams due to driving. Americans have also been saving money by not even buying a car to begin with. The number of people with liscenses and cars has definetly dropped over the years.

From getting more exercise to reducing pollution, going without a car definetly has it's advantages. Thanks to bills, bans, and laws, the dependency of the car has gone down as well. So, will Earth one day be car-free?    ",3
"Many people in the world have always wondered if any other planet is able to sustain life, but no scientist really knows that for sure. The scientists and researchers in this article, are trying to evaluate and see if Venus has the ability to sustain life or any organism. The author of this article uses various descriptions and pieces of evidence that they know of, to try to find ways that Venus is a lot more than we think it is. The author included past attempts, the location of the planet and geographical features, and by simply adding information that most people did not know about Venus.

To begin, the author uses many examples of past experiements and attempts made by astronomers and NASA administators to convince the reader that Venus should still continue to be explored despite the past failed attempts. In the article, it states, ""each previous mission was unmanned, and for a good reason, no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours,"" and it also says, ""maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decaded...Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us."" These two quotes show that the failed attempts and facts about past attempts, they still give the author hope that they will continue to keep trying to fully explore Venus, entirely. In addition to the past experiments, the author also includes things that they do know about Venus to convince that Venus is very worthy of studying. In this article, he includes, ''often referrred to as Earth's 'twin,' Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms density and size,"" while also saying, ""astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well one have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system."" The author most likely uses this quote to show how similar Venus is to Earth, and to hint that if Venus is so similar to Earth we should definitely continue to keep studying Venus and to hopefully make a discovery. The author includes, ""long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth... furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for planetary visit."" This quote shows that the author is comparing Venus to Earth because of the many similarities that they share.

To finallize, the author supports the idea of studying and/or traveling to Venus to learn more about it and to see what all the planet holds. He uses examples of past attempts of discovery, facts about Venus in general, and also features that this unexplored planet holds. He is very interested in what he feels could be a great discovery and an amazing experience to gain a lot of unknown information. Even though the discovery may be dangerous, the author still gives examples and evidence to show why he thinks this mysterious planet is a worthy pursuit. ",4
"Luke is a town boy who likes to help people with diffrent things

He has a two part time job at the grocery store and one at the bank with his friend don. Don asked luke if he wanted to go to europe on a cattle boat luke said yes right away he was so exited

It was 1945 world war 11 jjust finished in europe there towers knocked over and broken glass everywhere luke and don disdeiced to join the unrra(the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation) luke and don traveled everywhere to help people find a home,food,and water. It was august 1945 luke and don went to new orleans and got their seaman's papers and boarded the ss charles w. And went to greece with horses. On their way to greece luke turned 18 which met he could be drafted for the millitary service by the time he was discharged in 1947 luke had already gone to nine trips then any seagoing cowboy the trips were unbelievable then after they went to europe they got to go to china it was amazing for such a small town boy but being a seagoing boy was much more than a adventure he will never forget and the people he visited he was so aware of the people and other cuntries that needed help he will do anything to help people through the years.",1
"Do you want to go on a little adventure and save some animals? Well then you should join Seagoing Cowboys program.

You get to save some animals and while your doing that, you can see some things you haven't seen before and be on a adventure.

After the return trips we play baseball and volleyball in the empty holds where the animals have been housed. We also have table-

tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing,reading, and whittling. Here it from me, Luke Bomberger. I had no idea that my life would change when I joined the Seagoing Cowboys program. You know, being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for me. It opened up a world for me. I'm grateful for the opportunity that I got. It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs.

That's why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. I'm sure it will change your life just like it did to mine. ",2
"Venus has many dangeres thing that could kill people and the auther explaings how it is still worth explaring it. It is really hot and has almost no air that we can breath. NASA is trying to figer a way that they can study venus without getting hurt.

He says that Venus could have been just like earth with life living on it. It has simmiler rock formashen, valleys, mountains, and craters such as earth does from where water used to be. It now has vary dangres atmosphere it is like 800 degrees and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times grater then it is on are planet. Venus almost has a 97 percent caedon dixide blankets, it has the hottes surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. Venus has geology and wather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes.

NASA is working on possible solution to the hostile conditions of venus and they would allow scientists to float above the fray. It would be a blimp like vehicle hovering 30 or so milews above venuses landscapeing. It would be it by hovering over venus it would avoid all the unfriendly ground counditions, by staying up and out of their way. At 30 puls miles away it should be around 170 degrees fahrenheit and the air pressure would be close to that of a sea level on earth. Soler power would be good and the radiation would not exceed earth levels.

Even if we were able to have a ship hover over the planet we would be able to see much becouse most froms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere. It is rendering standerdforms of photography and videography, reachers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. NASA is working on other approaches to study venus like some electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested. Other way is looking at technology from the past like the mechanical computers, they were frist envisioned in the 1800s, it played an important role in the 1940s throw ww2. They calculation by using gears and levers and do not required electronics unlike modern computers that enormously poweful, flexible , and quick, but is more delicate when it come to extreme physical conditions.

Venus is a very dangers planet but is it alos a really intersing planet that can have really hight timpers and bad storms and earthquakes. NASA is hopefully going to find a way to inter the planet one day if they have to use silicon cardbide or older computers they will one day be able to explor Venus and see what it has in store for them.",3
"In the year 1945, World war 2 has ended, With a long lasting war comes celibration, Joy, and freedom that has hid from the people for year's comes to spread joy accross the world. However there are sad things that come too, ruins. With war comes death, dispare, loss of hope, and ruins of what used to be a happy place to some people. The is a man named luke and a very large group of people are there to help.

Luke is a person who was influenced by a friend to join the so caled sea ""cowboys"" who help the broken countrys that were riped apart by war. However he went to many different places like eroupe and china and with that you get to see new places. After the animals dispatch from the boat, that will give the workers of the boat time to relax for a while because they will need to get ready to leave again. that mean's the workers have time to do whatever they want.

When the workers leave the animals to leave to thier new home they most likley have time to do somthing. Also if they are giding the animals by big towns you can most likley see the famous land marks or butifule sights on the way. to Luke it was a great experience.

The docs for a ship must have been near town's so the feel of being in a new place to you is a wierd but good feeling. Seing new places, historical land marks, new people, differnt costoms is wierd and different, but it is what is called home to alot of people. To be on a boat and sailng seas is a dream come true to luke, a one in a life time chance. It must have been a hard and dangerous journy is fun, but saying it was the best thing that ever hapend to you is somthing big, and even still saying that when you alomost die is still somthing.

So in all going around the world, sialing the sea, and helping people is a good feeling and to luke is the best feeling. Luke made the most trips as a sea cowboy. So his adventures were great and long but amazing.",2
"In the Challenge of the Exploring Venus, the auther suggests that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers I think he I right, but i think that the dangers are to much to risk. In the story the auther calls venus the ''Evening Star'' and said that it was one of the brightest points in the the sky,but it also said ''while venus is simple to see from a good distance, but safe vantage point from eath.'' I think what that means is that, you can't get close to venus because it's too dangerus.

Some of the ways that venus is too dangerus to go to is because we know what will happy if we go. We sent things up befor and each previous mission was unmanned but for good reason, since not one spacecraft survied the landing for more then maybe a few hours. Thats when we saw the issue and stoped sending up sacescrafts. Not one spaceship has touched down on venus in more that three decades.

A thick atmospehere of 97% carbon dioxide covers venus, also to add to that theres even more difficulit clouds of highly corrosive sulfric acid on venus. On the the planet the conditions arfe far more extreme then anything humans encoouter on earth or anywhere so far. The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we have on earth. besides high presurs and unbareable heats, the weather is bad too. Erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquackes, and very frequent lighting strikes.

In the end, our travels on earth and farther should'nt be limitted but at the same time we are facesed with dangers and things we sould strive to do better in but we should do our best to look at the word without getting to close to danger.",2
"I believe that we, the people, should elect our presidens by popular vote. Altough all 48 presidents have been elected by Electoral College, I think its time for some change.

In the second source, ""The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong"" by Bradford Plumber, he states that voters vote not for the president but for a slate of eletors. These electors are just simply pledged to whom the voters vote for. The people have no control who their electors really vote for.

Now others like in our third source, ""In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President"" written by  Richard A. Posner, believe that when we vote for that slate of electors, we can ""trust"" that they will vote for the president the people voted for. In my opinon, I urge you to ask yourself. Can you really trust these electors? How do we know they will vote for the president the people really want? How do we know they won't ignore our votes? How can we trust these electors? Just like what Bradford Plumber said, ""Consider that state legislatures are technically resposible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people.""

To some, the electoral college is unfair because of the winner-take-all system in each state. Candidates usually only go to ""swing"" states. ""Swing"" sates are states with tight races. This, if fact, is not fair at all because some states don't even get to see the candidates. In our second source, it clearly states that in he 2000 campaigne, 17 states didn't see the candidates at all.

In the third source, it states, ""....Voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaigne... They are likely to be the most thoughtful voters..."". I completely disagee with this because what mathematial, tangible, or hard core evidense is there to physically prove that the people in toss-up sates are more thoughful that the people who aren't. I think that candidates should go to states that have more people that are the opposite party.

So with this said, I think Electoral College should be no more and we should elect our presidents by popular vote. Thank you and have a wonderful day.    ",4
"The great new feature's of the face is really impossible liek it is not but it is cause it could be a person's face on there or a alein's head or even just a mask but on the other hand it could all be fake and someone that is or was an astrouant could of tricked up and stuff but know one will know enless you go find out.

Witch my other idea is that domeone put there face in there and made it stay like that but it could of also had made lots of storms up there turning it into a face then might go away soon. This 3D image is kind of interesting if it is ir nit real

. There mus have been a degree of suprise amongg mission controllers back at the jet propulsion lab when the face shows up againso it could take forever who know but i really think thats nothing or no big deal but it could.

some belived that it was and aleins face but some didnt. not everybody was shocked or anything. I guess it was 41 degrees north matian latitude when it is winter on april 98 cloudy most of the time around the red planet.      ",1
"The Many Reasons To Be A Seagoing Cowboy

Hellow my name is Luke and im going to tell you the many reasons to be a ¨Seagoing Cowboy¨.First, of all it allows you to go to many countrys that you may not get to afford to go to,and you get to tour if you have spare time to see many historical features like battle grounds. You may even get to see festivals and help thousands of people at the same time. If you have time after you did all the chores for the day you may be able to play games like baseball,volleyball,table-tennis tournaments and boxing but their is not just that theirs lots more to do.

Next, you may find time to go danceing or discover may cultures. You can eat new foods learn new games and spend well earned money on clothing and furniture. If your on your way home maybe you can fish or go sight seeing. If you get lucky you may be able to see the watery streets of Italy or Greece. To me the ¨Seagoing cowboys¨ program helped me see a lot I didnt know existed. These are the many reasons I went and loved the ¨Seagoing Cowboys¨ program.      ",2
"Driverless cars can very well be benifical to our future,but those driverless cars could cause problems with consumers and the companies selling the cars.

The technology needed for making a fully driverless car is not quite in our reach, but in the near future we might have all the technology that can propel us into having driverless car. In the article it says that the cars we have now are not completely driverless and can only assist the driver. That means that drivers still have to be paying attention and take over when the car meets road work or any unexpected thing that might pop up.

If cars went driverless the driver would get bored and not pay attention to the road. Which could lead into the car having an accident. The car would have to have an added feature to it to keep the drivers attention while they are being drove by the car.

The driverless cars would have an impact on the road laws as well as people of non-driverless cars. The article says Road laws would have to be changed to cover the liability of an accident. If the road laws have to be changed due to driverless cars what would the drivers of non-driverless cars do. The driver would have to adapt to new road laws focused toward cars that drive themselves.

The technology could flat out be a bust and not co- operate with the driver or at all. The article states if the technolegy fails then the companies who made those cars would be to blame. Which could be a bankruping end to a company.

The truly autonomous car strecthes on ahead of us, but we grow closer each day is a statement from the passage that car companies should stop talking about. Driverless cars seem a to big much time and money for something that could glitch and end someones life. Driving assistance is more what should be focused towards that way the driver is in control yet is being watched closely by the car.

The driverless car can be seen as the next big benificial thing; but it could cause problem with many people and companies.",3
"The innovations in the field of facial recognition and analysis have expanded beyond just identifying someone based on a picture. Now, computers with the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) can identify human emotions from facial expressions. This innovation would be a valuable asset if used in a classroom environment due to it making it easier on teachers and helping student actually understand and learn the material.

One reason this technology would be valuable in the classroom is the aid it would provide to teachers. FACS can recognize when students are confused or bored by analyzing their facial expressions and each ""action unit,"" which is movement of one or more facial muscles. No teacher can always recognize when a student is zoned out or confused, which is why employing FACS to do it for the teachers would be extremely valuable. One of the primary developers of the technology, Dr. Huang, says, ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored."" By recognizing boredom or confusion and notifying the teacher, FACS helps teachers be able to recognize when their lesson is not being effectively heard by their students. FACS also changes the lesson plan when it recognizes that a student is bored or confused, which helps the teacher keep the class engaged and allows them to participate more. Thus, FACS would be valuable in the classroom due to the help it would give teachers by enhancing their lesson.

Another reason FACS would be valuable in the classroom is that it would tremendously help students actually understand what they are learning. Students do not always understand what they are being taught, and even though they might not understand they often do not ask questions to clarify. This means that students are basically just being talked at, with it all just going above their heads. However, when FACS recognizes that a student doesn't understand or is bored it ""... could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor,"" says Dr. Huang. This means that when a student needs help understanding something the computer will cater to each student until it senses that they understand the lesson. This could drastically improve participation and engagement in the classroom by ensuring that each student understands. Thus, FACS would be valuable in the classroom due to it helping students learn more effectively.

Through its ability to help both teachers and students, FACS would be a valuable asset in the classroom. Sitting in classrooms around the world right now are students who do not understand what they are being taught. This could be changed forever with the implementation of FACS in the classroom, with a smaller percentage of students failing classes and a higher level of understanding being a direct result from the implementation of FACS.                ",5
"Have you ever wanted to be a sea cowboy? If so let me tell you a little about it. Being a sea cowboy can be a lot of fun but also a lot of hard work.

Being a sea cowboy is alot of fun.

I mean if you love animals especally horses than this is the job for you. You get to be with horses and feed them. Horses are vert nice and big cuddly animals. If you are an animal lover especally a horse lover and a cattle lover than you should enroll. If you lived on a farm or worked in one and found it somewhat fun taking care of horses than this is the job for you .

If you enroll you can also be all around the world like the first time I went I went to Europe and even China after some time. If you like traviling than this is the job for you. If you like being on a boat than this is the perfect job foe you. If you like being on a boat and love animals especially horses and sea animals than this is a good place for you becuse you might even get to see some dolphins and other sea animals. And if you get bored of looking at the water or searching for sea animals don't worry you still have horses and cows.

Once you unload the animals you can still stay active even if you dont have to clean the stalls or bruch them. For instance on my way back i got to play volleyball and baseball. We would play games and everything.

This is NOT a boring job. For instance you get to be in the outdoors or indoors, you get to be with animal, and you also can be looking out in the sea.

This even counts as a military service like for me it also did. After i enrolled they told me that I could stay there and it would count as my service.

So like i said before this is NOT a boring job, you get to be with animals, it is very fun, you get to be all around the world, you can stay active even after you unload the animals, you get to play games, and it counts as your military service. So if you find your self liking this job than you should enroll.                             ",4
"The author supports his idea coreectly because. In the article he talks about how dangerous venus could be. In paragraph 2 the author says,"" Humans have sent spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world. The bad part is that nun of the spacecraft surrvied the landing because of how hot venus is.Venus tmepertaure is 800 degree is really hot for someone to make it to venus.

The author also says that venus atomshpere sulfuric has a acid that can kill a person. Venus only has 9 percent carbon dioxide blankets which means there is not alot of air up there. Venus is more hotter then Mercury even tho Mercury is closet to the sun venus will be more hotter. Nasa is trying to come up with something to study more abot Venus because its really dangerous.

Something else the author says is that the jet of the airplanes travel a altitude to fly over many storms. Which there trying to replace that beacuse of what has been happening with the spacecraft. Nasa wants to use a vechicle hovering which will prevent them from a unfriendly ground Condition.Useing the vechicle hover would be kindve helpful for nasa to travel. the temperature would drop to 170 which would be a litlle helpful.

This would i have found about what the author has said. Venus a really dangerous planet that no one has vist. Nasa is still working On makeing a way to make it to venus.               ",2
"While there are benifits for facial scanning to understand ones true intentions, does not justify the scuitiny thats subject to follow. Some students get in touble for yawning during a class. Imagine a teacher realizing half of their class has an above 70% rating of disgust in thir class. What would that do psycologically. Giviing the ability to understand what people truly feel provides complications for human relationships in the future.

The ability to know what everyones thinking is a blessing and a curse. Yes it would be nice to be able to read every situation and adapt so one becomes near perfect. But thats not what its about. As a society based around lies, some small and innocent and some huge and incrimanating, the loss of that ability to hide our true feelings so that we save anothers from being hurt. Say the technology comes out for phones and Sallys neice came in wanting to know what Sally thinks about when looking at her. The results could be catostropic, they can tear relationships up in an instant. All because of not being able to tell that white lie, ""Oh your hair looks good Rachel"", ""Yeah I dlove to hang out with you!"" , ""No i dont find you annoying"". In an age that is supposed to be social with the inventions of smart phones and apps like instagram where one can talk to someone 2000 miles away in seconds,, has hurt us more than helped.

The connection face to face has slipped through the cracks. People are scared to talk to others in person or on the phone. How would giving that person the ability to find out what people really thought of her effect her? All for what? Humanity needs help connecting with one another, we crave relationship with others. And this fancy mood ring will only hurt our chances at getting along and prospering as a society. ",4
"According to the text had said seagoing cowboys program allowed him to exprience adventurs and visit may many unique places. Luke had no idiea his life would change soon after his high school graduation. He would work two part jobs like the grocery store and the bank. His friend don will invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat. He knew the oppertunity of a lifetime. It was 1945 world war 2 was over in Eruope. To help these countrys recover their food suppleys,animles,and more. UNRRA hired ""seagoing cowboys""to take care of the horses,younge cows,and mules that were shipped overseas. Luke and don signed up.

Luke turnd 18 before ariving to Greece,which meant he could be draft in the military service. Luke had made nine trips. Luck traved the high seas. It took two weeks to cross the alantic ocean. The eastern coast of the united states to china. caring for the animals. They had to feed and wated two or three times a day. Stalls had to be cleaned. Helping out anut Katie's farm as a oy had to prepared. Luke had hard work. His was to cheek on all the animalsevery hour. After makeing an hourly report to the caption. He slied down the sleery ladder on his back.

Luke also found time to have fun an the bored;The cowboys played baceball and vollyeball games in the emtpty holds where the animles had been housed. Talbe tennies tournaments,fencing,and more. Bing a seagoing cowboys was much than an adventure for Luke. Luke is grateful for the opportunity. that is my writeing is about Luke becoming a seagoing cowboys.",1
In the story the challange of exploring venus the author says that we should keep studying venus or even if there are alot of risks well right now nasa has been sending robots and alot of other stuff to venus to take picture so they can see how the planet looks like which helps them decide if the planet is even safe or humans if it is safe to live on and the dangers are real and the cost of all this does take in this the risk is that maybe the thing they bulit does not end of working you wasted money right there and in the the story a spacecraft has come back umharmed and it only takes the spacecrafts only a few hours to reach venus nasa only does this becuase no human can last that long in space for humans it would take years to reach there and the for nasa the risk is high no wonder they do not not risk it ad they would have to pack so much food and who knows if they will last and studyig venus is not easy beucase the spacecraft has to go around the whole planet takeing lot of pictures and those pictures go start back to nasa where thhey check out the planet to see if humans could liv on that planet and that risk is very high the weather in venus is waymore diffrent then the weather here on earth and the weather there is 90 times greater then it is on earth and there is high presure heat there no human could stand that and then people ask if the planet is so inhospitable well they say venus used to be just like the earth but now not really but they could be a possibe way it could and the space travel there is less then mars and any other planet but who knows when a human is actually go to venus it will take some years to see if we actually go there but nasa is working on other ways to to study venus they can use computer and alot of other stfuff which will help them study more and technolhy will help and by the time you know it we will be sending to venus and they will be going but who evens know if we will the risks are high lives we wil be on the line the dangers are rea but it will the onlly way we will know about venus but there is also a strivring challenge and venus does have value and the nasa team will get there someday and then we will go and explore the whole solar system.,2
"Isn't it strange that cars are one of the most used transporting verhicles around? Well, of course besides busses, trains, airplanes, and all that. Almost everyone has a car, or adleast knows someone who does. Unfortunatley, in German Suburbs life goes on without cars. The Vauban's streets are completely ""car-free"" so the article says. They say car owner ship is allowed but there are only two places to park, large garages but that would take up to $40,000. Also, along with a home. 70% of people in the Vaubans family believe that life is better with out cars, of course they do not own cars. 57% sold a car to move here. In 2006 there was a growing trend in Europe, The United States, and else where to seperate suburban life from auto use. They call this ""Smart Planning"" Passanger cars are responsible for 12 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, and up to 50 percent in car-intensive areas in the United States.

Vauban. Home to 5,500 people within a rectaugular square mile, may be the most experimented place with low-car suburban life. Levittown and Scarsdale, New York suburbs spread-out homes and private places (such as garages, homes, etc) They were the dream towns of 1950s and still and exert a stong appeal. But some new suburbs look like the Vaubans. Not only in developed countries but also in the developing world. The United States, the Enviornmental Protection Agency is promoting ""car reduced"" communties. Meaning the lack of usage with cars. In previous bills, 80 percent or appropriations have by law gone to highways and only 20 percent go towards other transport. On Monday, motorists were ordered to leave there cars ar home or suffer a fine of $31. Amost 4,000 drivers were fined according to reuters. 27 people had their cars impounded for their reaction to the fine. Down 60 percent Congestion in the capital of France, after five days of intensifying smog. Dieasel fuel was blamed. They make up 67 percent of vehicles in France compared to 53.3 percent average of diesel engines in Western Europe.

The days without cars started in Bogota in the mid-1990s. President Obama's goals to curb the United States greenhouse gas emissions unvieled last week. The United States peaked in 2005 and dropped steadily after. As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to the countrys rate in January 1995. Americans can not afford new cars and the unemployed wern't going to work anyway. The next few years will be telling.    ",1
"Cars. Cars have been around since they became famous in the 1900s, when Henry Ford created and built the first Model-T. Cars have played a major role in our every day lives since then. But now, people are starting to question if limiting car usage would be a good thing. To me, limiting the use of cars might be a good thing to do.

In like matter of this, article, ""In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars,"" by Elizabeth Rosenthal states, how automobiles are the linchpin of suburbs, where middle class families from either Shanghai or Chicago tend to make their homes. Experts say how this is a huge impediment to current efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes. Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe...and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States. Cars are the main reason for the greenhouse gas emissions because of a lot of people driving them around all the time getting where they need to go. Article, ""Paris bans driving due to smog,"" by Robert Duffer says, how Paris, after days of near-record pollution, enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. It also says, how on Monday, motorist with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or be fined a 22-euro fine ($31). The same order would be applied to odd-numbered plates the following day. Cars are the reason for polluting entire cities like Paris. This shows how bad cars can be because, of all the pollution that they can cause to an entire city.

Likewise, in the article, ""Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota,"" by Andrew Selsky says, how programs that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Columbians hiked, biked, skated, or took the bus to work during a car-free day, leaving streets of this capital city eerily deviod of traffic jams. It was the third straight year cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the Day Without Cars in the capital city of 7 million. People like the idea of having car-free days because, it allows them to lesson the pollution that cars put out of their exaust from people driving all the time. The article also tells how parks and sports centers have bustled throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic; and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up. Having no cars has been good for the country of Columbia because, it has aloud them to repair things that have needed repairs for a long time, traffic jams have gone down, and restaurants and shopping districts have popped up, all due to the fact of having less cars around.

In conclusion, the use of less cars and having car-free days, have had a big impact on the environment of cities because, it is cutting down the air pollution that the cars have majorly polluted, it has aloud countries like Columbia to repair sidewalks, and cut down traffic jams. Limiting the use of cars would be a good thing for America. So we should limit the use of cars by maybe riding a bike, or maybe walking somewhere that isn't that far from you and doesn't need the use of a car to get you there. To me, limiting the use of cars might be a good thing to do. So, who's with me?    ",4
"The Creation of the Thing

""Hold on! Can we actually ""calculate"" emotions-- like math homework?"" do you think that using a computer to deturmane our feelings is right? To me thats cool, maybe even unbelievable. Is the use of computers,emotions,and muscles the key to feelings.

Many people can't seem to find what feeling mona lisa is showing, sometimes you cant see what emotion your friend is having. Two professors have decided to invent a software which it can detect the feeling of a person or a painting. stated in paragraph 1, "" the software is the lastest innovation from prof. Thomas Huang, of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois, working in collaboration with Prof. Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam. Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate."" This shows that the professors are trying to invent and new and improve way to figure out emotions within the human and paintings. They are creating a software for the computers. Also stated in paragraph 3, "" The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscle."" Not only can the computer detect the feelings, it also makes a 3-D form of the human face or a 3-D image of the painting.

Everyone has emotions but some you just cant tell how they are feeling, well now you might not have to worry about that i do believe that this software is going to be very valuable to the students, in very many ways. its going to help them with observing the way the looks and creses in the face is. Stated i paragraph 3, "" Eckman has classified six basic emotions-- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness."" There are many emotions but these are the most common. Also stated in paragrapgh 4, "" In a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa. By weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emmotions."" No matter what the person is feeling. if they feel sad, worried and happy all at once the software can still detect the emotions of this human or painting.

You know that it takes so many muscles just to frown, so why not smile it takes why less muscles. just by muscles you can tell the way someone is feeling. when someone is happy they get wrinkles by their eyes. Stated in paragraph 7, "" In the real smile, the zygomatic major (muscles that begin at your cheek bones) lift the coners of your mouth."" with just useing a couple of muscles it can add a whole different facial expression. Like if you sqint your eyebrows and then also smile and also close your eyes a little bit I know that i wouldn't be able to tell weather they were happy or angry. just by changing on muscle movement it can change the facial expression. Also stated in paragraph 8, "" But in a false smile, the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle, the risorius."" not only is this cool but its differentuse one other different muscle and people can tell that your smile isnt really and happy smile.

This software is a great idea to help many people just understand the emotion of others with the knowledge of computers, emotions, and muscles they will be able to know how anyone is feeling just by the three main reasons.",3
"In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit depsite the dangers it presents. The author uses strong details to support this claim throughout the article. Facts and statistics by NASA and other reliable sources are used to back the claims. The author stands by the opinion that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.

The author claims that the idea of inhabiting Venus is worthy due to its similarity to Earth. Paragraph 4 states, ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth"" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus). If Venus could've supported human life long ago, it is likely the planet still can. The scientific facts throughout this statement support the author's claim by having a reliable source of information, supporting the idea. Paragraph 4 reads, ""Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters"" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus). Venus already has Earth-like landscapes and other similar formations. This supports the author's idea of exploring Venus because it is so similar to Earth, the chances of survival are higher than any other planet.

Although Venus is analogous to Earth, there are slight differences of the two planets. Earth has average low and high temperatures, while the temperatures of Venus are more extreme. Paragraph 5 reads, ""At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiaton would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans"" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus). As stated, the conditions would not be easy for humans, but survivable at the least. This supports the author's claim because this proves human life could be achieveable overall. This means there is a worthy reason to explore Venus; to discover another habitable planet. Along with successful life on Venus, our modern technology could also survive the planet. Paragraph 5 states, ""Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground codnitions by staying up and out of their way"" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus). Moreover, if airplanes are already in existence, new aircrafts would need to be slightly adjusted to suit the conditions of Venus. The author's claim is supported in this quote because this is another reason Venus is worth exploring. The technology needed is already almost perfect for the planet, therefore not a problem NASA would have to approach.

Some issues still remain for the exploration, however NASA has already started preparing solutions. The heated state of the planet may be an issue, but NASA is studying a resolution. Paragraph 7 reads, ""For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions"" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus). This new technology created could lead to a long-lasting basis for human life, yet another reason exploring Venus is a brilliant idea. Modern technology is too fragile for the harsh heat of the planet, but with some older computers, that as well could survive on Venus. Paragraph 7 reads, ""The thought of (mechanical) computers existing in those days may sound shocking, but these devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all. Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions"" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus). This is yet another piece of technology on Earth and prepared for Venus. The author's claim is supported in this statement because it is a simple solution to technology on Venus. There are very few rebuttals that overcome the postive effects of pursuing Venus.

With all the easy fixes, solutions and prep planned for Venus, the author's claim is overwhelmingly supported. The author proved Venus is certainly a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The positive outcomes outweigh the negatives in almost every aspect of this idea. There are multiple reasons presented in ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" that prove attempting to explore Venus has a more successful outlook than not. Throughout the article, the facts and claims highly support the author's claim of Venus being a worthy planet to pursue.",5
"Car free cities, in German suburb life goes on without cars. The residents of the community have given up their cars.  Street parkings and driveways are forbidden in the new district near the French and swiss borders. the streets are completely empty except for the main thoroughfare and a few streets on the edge of the community. In addition, 70% of vaubans families do not own cars, and 57% sold a car to move there. A growing trend going around they say they want to seperate them from auto use, a saying called ""smart planning"". the efforts that they put in that some people build their own houses to reduce greenhouse  gas emissions from tailpipes. In Europe they are responsible for 12% of greenhouse gas emissions, and up to 50% in some car intensive areas in the United states.

In conclusion, there have been effortsain the past two decades to make the cities more dense, and better for walking. Home to 5,500 residents within a square mile, this may be the most advanced experiment in low-car suburban life. above all this, stores are placed on about a walk away, on a main street rather then along some distant highway. According to them how much you drive is as important as weather you have a hybrid. Suburbs will spread out the homes were thwe dream towns of the 1950s and still exert a strong appeal. in the developing world where they will increase number of private cars ownd by the middle class. In the United states, the enviromental protection agency is promoting car reduced communities, and legistlators are starting to act cautiously. many experts expect public transport serving suburbs to play a much larger role.

Above all of this paris bans driving due to smog. days after near record pollution they enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. motorists with even numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or get charged with a 31$ fine. the same thing would apply tot he odd numbers the following day. about almost 4,000 drivers were fined, according to the reuters, and 27 people had their cars impounded for their reaction to the fine. it was down by 605 in the capital of France, after a five days of horrible smog, it rivaled that Beijing, china, which was known as one of the most polluted cities in the world. The cold air and warm days would cause the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions. Deisels make up to 67% of vehicles in france, campared to 53.3% rest of Western Europe, according to reuters. Paris has more smog then any other European capitals. paris had 147 per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussels and 79.7 in london, reuters found.

Delivery companies complained of lost revenue, while eceptions were made for plug-in cars, hybrids, and cars carrying three or more passengers. In a program thats set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked skated or took buses to work during a car free day. It was the third year cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the day without cars in this capital of 7 million. the goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. violaters faced 25$ fines. It is a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution they said. The day without cars is an improvment campaign that begins in the bogota in the mid 1990s. it has seen the construction of 118 miles of bycicle paths the most of any latin American city.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           ",1
"People are planning to make driverless cars thanks to thee technology we now have. However, how are you going to teach your children how to drive when these cars come out? How are they going to get their license if they don't know how to drive? Lets not forget that technology can also malfunction at any time.

People have been talking about creating driverless cars and have those be the cars of the future. Right now there are many teenagers learning how to drive. They want to be able to pass the test to get their permit/license. If the cars were to come in now, there would be no point in teaching them how to drive if the cars do it for them. There is a small point while driving where the driver actually has to drive themselves, but that would be hardly ever depending on the situation.

Money is also another situation on our hands. These cars aren't just made of scrap. They need the high-end technology that the car would need in order for the dream to be accomplished. That technology comes with a price. It stated in the story that there was a device named Radar that was placed on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars itself. That's more than buying a single car that is set and ready for you to buy yourself.

The technology used might be high-end, but it also isn't perfect. There can be a malfunction at any time with the sensors and everything that's mentioned in the text. Technology isn't always a reliable source for everyone. There can always be a glitch, and everything blows over. What would happen if the car were to malfunction, and that was to cause an accident? That definitely wouldn't be a good thing.

These are a few reasons as to describe my position as against driverless cars. People wouldn't be able to learn how to properly drive a car, money doesn't grow from trees in order to help create these cars, and technology isn't our best source when anything can happen to it. Although it may seem cool to have those cars come in the future, not everything is as it seems.",3
"In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. I agree with the author that scientists should study Venus. I will be giving three reasons that supoort why they should study more about Venus.

My first reason that supports my claim is that it's a good idea for scientits to study more about Venus because in the text it says, ""often referred to as Earth's ""twin,"" Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too."" because they say that Venus is like Earth's ""twin"" it would be nice to get to know more about Venus and how they are alike, what things that have the same and different.

But I also think it's a bad idea to send people to Venus and study more about it. It's a diffuclt task since the text says, "" on the plant's surface, temperatures avergae over 800 degrees Fahrenheit."" Venus has the hottest surface temperature, so it would be hard for people to even stand that. In the text it also says that it's been more than three decades since a spaceship has landed on Venus. Since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours.

On the other hand, I still think it would be a good idea to keep studying more about Venus. But to keep people safe, they should invent things that they can use so they can land on Venus without any danger. For example if NASA's wants to send people they should find ways where they can walk in Venus but keep the people safe. Since the text says, "" researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance."" because of their saftey. However researchers are finding ways to innovations that would allow their machines to last long enough to contribute.

In my conclusion, I think it's a good idea to study more about Venus since it's next to Earth. And so they can study more about it and find ways to make it stay for us humans to be there, if anything happens in the future. We can always go to Venus to live but only if they find ways were we can stay alive there.          ",4
"I believe driverless cars are a good start for a more modern future. Although I don't believe they are such a great idea for us. It could be great to have a car that drives you around but will you really enjoy the fact of not being able to drive anymore? Teenager dream of the day they get their permit just do they are aloud to begin to learn how to drive. That way they don't have to depend on others for rides to school, work, or other activities. I know this because I am a teenager myself and I dream of the day that I will be able to get my drivers license and be able to drive my friends to the movies or to the mall. So what about drivers license will those not be required to be in a driverless car or will you need a special permit to be able to own a driverless car?

In the case of an accident and someone is injured who will be at fault the driver or the manufacturer? I do believe this will cause alot of conflict between the manufacturer and the individual because if an accident occurs how will anyone know what cause the accident. This could become a million dollar problem. Plus you can never really trust a piece of machinery because sometimes something just goes wrong and taking the fault for something that you did do could become very annoying and frustrating. Its like getting in trouble for something that your sibling did and your sibling is just standing by laughing at you because you got in trouble and they didn't.

I believe that having driveless cars become a new thing in our world is a bad Idea not only are the expensive but the roads will have to be smart to. Updating all the road in the world that is also very expensive. Although it is expected in 2020 to have a completely driverless car, alot of traffic laws will have to change but what about the people who don't have a driverless car will the same rules be applied to them? I personally don't see myself in a driverless car unless my best friend is a rich millionaire. May be instead of driverless cars we can have self conducted trains, subways, buses, or other forms of transportation. Why don't we make our bikes and motorcycles driverless too. What fun will we have when everything is done for us. At first it all these things could be fun to have but later we could feel completly useless.        ",4
"Venus may have some extreme conditions but they are survivable for humans. You will have to travel 30 plus miles above the surface, it is a very earth like planet, and they are finding new ways and technology to help study Venus to possibly explore there.

Venus may have extreme temperatures but there is a way to get past that. We would have to travel 30 plus miles above the surface. In the text it says, ""...a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the hair pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth."" This shows that it would be easy to live there we would just have to adapt to something different.

Secondly Venus may be different from Earth but it is very survivable. In the text it states, ""Solar power would be pleniful, and radiation would not exceed Earths levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans."" This shows that we would be able to take some of the technology that we have here and it would work there. Despite the conditions humans will still be able to live there.

Lastly we are going to used old technology that might help us explore Venus and get to know more about it and see how safe it is it live there. We would be finding technology form 1940s WWII. In the text it says, ""...looking baxk at an old technology called mechanical computers. These devices were first envisioned in the 1800s and played an important role in the 1940s during World War II"" This shows that we can find technology to help with the exploration of Venus. This could lead to new discoveries and humans exploring the planet.

In conclusion Venus may have some extreme conditions but they are survivable for humans. You will have to travel 30 plus miles above the surface, it is a very earth like planet, and they are finding new ways and technology to help study Venus to possibly explore there. Venus is survivable for humans soon we will be there. ",3
"I am with the people who are for using tecnology to read students emotional expressions. I am sure that this tecnolgy will help out everyone in different ways.

If teachers are not able to tell what is going on with a studant it make a teacher just get mad but the proplem with that is that thaey dont't know what that kid is going thought. In many different ways people are not all the same and some times school empolyees don't understand that. This technology works in many=y diffrent ways but it starts off when the computer constructs a 3-D computer modle of the face. The movement in one or more muscle is called an ""action unit""

In paragrah 6 the auother gives example's for what this technology could be in a classroom In the this paragrah it siad "" A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored"" and this examople really shows how teachers can really benifit from have technology to help and tell what a student is felling and when they do teachers can try to help out and not just be mad at student for being confused. A student can really benifit from this as well,If a student feels confused there not going to want to make it seem that why. They will just keep flowing along and make it seem that they understand everything and when it comes to test time they will just fail and it's easy to understand that they don't want to seem like fools in frot of the class,but if we had the technology that we really asked for teachers will just know that a student will need help and stop the class to help the students a littel more.

Overall we need technology to help some student that have proplems learing in a school inverment and be able to puch them to new limits. Just thick about this technology will change the way we learn in school's ang just make everything much more easy thanks to a man called Thomas Huang who mad this type of technology.",3
"Luke is about eighteen years old. He is a Seagoing Cowboy. This is someone who takes care of young cattle, horses, and mules that were shipped overseas. Luke had made NINE of these trips, thats the most a Seagoing Cowboy ever has!

**** 9:45 a. m.****

""Hi, I'm Luke I am a Seagoing Cowboy!!!!""said Luke to the other towns people.

The people begin to walk away from the crowd with people yelling and shouting to Luke how boring he is and quiet. Luke felt bad because of this so he started to talk again.

""People listen up, I am here to make a statement. That would be why I called everyone here today.""

Someone shouts from the crowd. ""Get on with it little boy this taking up some of our presious time!!!!""

""I would like to persaude all the young boys AND girls to become a Seagoing Cowboy, if you would like to be a Seagoing Cowboy please raise your hand and I promise you, you will have a GREAT TIME!!!!! You will get to pet animals and visit castles and other great things like that so does anyone want to raise their hand now, Oh and you will get paid!!!!!""

About all the boys and girls raised their hand. The parents and or gardians because they were either poor or greedy. And wanted and/or needed the money. Many of those children joined but Luke wasn't quite done.

**** two weeks later****

He desided to take those children on one of his tours that he got to go on. The trip to the castle!!!!

""Okay guys here we are you can take off those blindfolds I gave you!"" They listened to him and took off the blindfolds they were given. And there it was the one thing they had all been waiting for, the castle!!!!!

Once Luke and the children got home they talked about the payments per week they will get five dollar bills. This excited all the children. They were so, so, so happy to here that news.

When the childre grew old they no longer went overseas. Even though the loved their jobs, they just had to retire.  ",1
"The use Facial Action Coding System or FACS could be extremely valuable in the classroom. The amount of time students are confused on a subject or do not understand what the teacher is saying because they are moving to fast could drop tremendously if teachers could read how the student's are feeling. The teacher could know that the whole class is bored with a lesson and modify that lesson later to make it much more interesting. Knowing how the student's feel could change the classroom for the better.

Throughout any student's school career there is a moment when they are confused by a subject and was forced to retreive additional help in fear of a bad grade on their upcoming test. Some students would be too shy to stop the teacher to elaborate or could not visit the teacher after class due to time constraints and forced to look up youtubes videos hours on end in order get a grasp on a subject. If the teacher knew that multiple students felt this way in their class, they could change their lesson plan to make things much more understandable for the students just as Dr. Haung predicts. The Facial Action Coding System could bridge that disconnect between teacher and student.

Not only could a teacher make a subject easier to comprehend, they can also make it much more enjoyable. This technology can help a teacher know if their students are bored or not. If the teacher knows this they can make a lesson much more interesting, getting the students engaged, which leaves less heads sleeping desks. This could lead to students having more of a passion towards subjects such as math or chemistry because they are having fun with those topics. Some time if someone doe not find a subject interesting they won't try hard in that class unlike someone who does like that subject.

Knowing student's emotions through this technology could change the experience of school as a whole. If teachers were to follow the readings from FACS students would be able to comprehend and enjoy a variety of subject matters, there could be much less sleeping bodies in class, and the engagement level in classrooms could skyrocket.Just only if FACS and schools cooperated to make the education system better as a whole and makes things a better experience for the student.",4
"I think theat limiting car usage in some cities and towns can be a good thing. It can be helpful because with less cars on the road that means less trafic on the roads. It is also helpul because if your need to get somewhere, now you can walk, run, or bike ride there.

Limiting cars on the road can help public transportation get to their destination faster because there is less trafic. With less cars on the road in helps the Planet by comsuming fuel. By driving your car around the citie, it causes pollution to be in the air, the same air we breathe. According to the article, in some cities like Paris and Bejing, they baned driving your own car due to the pollution it releases in the the atmosphere. If you are caught driving your own car out in pulic you can get finned and even towed away.

In addition to limiting car usage, it can benefit you getting some exercise. To get to places, you would either have to ride a bike or walk there. It can help you loose weight or to get your cardio vascular system going and ready for the day. Even if your destination is far away, you would have to walk to the bus stop, even just a short little walk everyday for many days can help your fitness, and can keep you healthy.

In conclusion, Limiting usage of cars is helpful to the environment and also to your fitness, keeping cars off the road for public transportation the get to destionations quicker.    ",3
"I agree with the author wanting to explore more Venus. Venus is often referred as Earth's ""twin,"" and its the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size. If a spacecraft landed and survived for more than a several hours we might get enough informtion to answer that question almost every scientists asks ""can there be life on another planet."" Even though Venus being almost 97 percent carbon dioxide, temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit. The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our planet. Even though Venus has a horrible environment astronomers are fascinated by it, because it may well once have been the most earth like planet in our solar system. Venus still having like Earth features like, it having a rocky sufrace acting like valleys, mountains, and craters. Futhermore, Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit. It's a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) came up with an idea of humans being able to study Venus in a safe way. Scientists being able to hover over the planet, but that can go so far in giving us information about the planet. The good thing about that is that it's survivable for humans in the ""not so easy conditions"" of Venus. The curiosity of humans will most likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on earth and beyond shouldn't be limited by the dangers and doubts, but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation.

These are some of the reasons to back up why I agree with the author wanting to explore more Venus. ",3
"You all should join the Seagoing Cowboys group because in paragraph nine it says that being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for Luke, it opened up the world to him. Paragraph nine also states that Luke said ""It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs."" If you were to join the Seagoing Cowboys you would be sure to highly to enjoy it! Here are a few reasons about why you might reconsider your thoughts.

Luke was just an ordinary boy who was working two jobs. In paragraph one it states that Luke's friend Don Reist invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat. Paragraph one also stated that Luke couldn't pass up the offer becasue it was an opportunity of a lifetime. In paragraph two it states that Luke and Don signed up to be apart of the Seagoing Cowboys. Because of Luke and Don signing up for the Seagoing Cowboys they got many opportunities to cross the seas.

Another reason why some of you should join the Seagoing Cowboys is because you could be a small-town boy or girl like Luke in paragraph five, and expirience many amazing opportunities if you just take the chance and say yes. If youn think that all you will do is stay on a boat and go somewhere and then leave, then get back on the boat and do the same thing you are wrong. In paragraph five Luke states ""Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China."" To a lot of people that is really cool because a lot of people woud love to vist China and Europe and have a great time.

Last but not least, you should join the Seagoing Cowboys because you would be surrounded with a ton of great people. In paragraph eight it states that Luke found time to have fun on board. It also states that the cowboys played baseball and volleyball games so it will be sure that you will have fun! But only if you join the Seagoing Cowboys because if you don't you will miss out on a lot of fun things other than just work. Joining the Seagoing Cowboys is something you don't want to miss out on so you better come and sign up now!

That is why I think you should join the Seagoing Cowboys because it is a very big opportunity of a lifetime, something some people wouldn't want to miss out on. The Seagoing Cowboys want you to join and they don't want you to think thatb you are just doing work they want you to also have fun! ",3
"Besides being totally awesome, driverless cars could be extremely beneficial to the people in general. The many sensors on these vehicles help to to ensure the safety of the passengers as well as the human driver. People new to driving, elder drivers, and maybe even drivers udner influence would have an enormous amount of pressure allieved, therefore preventing the many deaths caused by vehicular accidents. Sensors like that of the modified Toyota prius; the rotating sensor dubbed "" LIDAR"", the position estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, the GPS reciever, and other valuable equipment to secure the name of safety towards the vehicle. The death toll caused by reckless driving could be critically lowered because of the advancement and use of this technology. Now there is the argument of what if the tech fails, or if there is a special situation with the road. Heads up displays and other alerting software should be able to alert you if the vehicle needs human accompaniment to ensure that you still remain in control in these crucial incidents. That being said, it is still advised that the driver remain alert at all times while on the road, preventing the need of these alert systems being used heavily. The psycological changes this type of car can bring are unprecedented, because the people in general don't have access to these cars in the first place, because of safety concerns.

Laws that pretain to driving were made to ensure the safety of the people in ",2
"The author supports his idea by giving many examples towards the text. He provied enough support towards his idea. The idea of studying Venus is worthy despite the dangers. With the information provied we can determind that the author gave enough reasons. For example ""These conditions are far more extreme than anything human encounter on Earth.""(para.3.) What its trying to tell us is that Venus is a planet in which in life is nothing close to ours. The planet is buring hot due to the fact it's closer to the sun. Explaining that life in Venus isn't possible human.

Scientists take a big role, they are the ones that plan everything. The amount of time and effort placed into their work determines if we get to travel to Venus. For example ""scientists seeking to conduct a through mission to understand Venus would need to get uo close and personal despit the risks.""(para.6.) Getting up close and looking at the real thing there... standing in front of you, unsure on what to to do. Everything around you looking brand new, thats what the scientists want,, To be able to look at the Venus in person, the authour supports this claim by supporting deatil.

After reading the passage I am able to infer the main idea, which was the author supporting his idea of Venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers. The infernace I was able to capture,""human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally imtimidating endeavors.""(para.8.) This paragraph gives us the idea of us humans. We could be told one millions times not to do somehting, but at the of the day we all end uo doing it like it or not. ",2
"Even though it was 25 years ago does not mean it was created by aliens. After they found it few days later NSA said ""It's a huge rock formation.. which resembles a human head..formed by shadows gving illusion of eyes ,nose,and mouth."" If your not a sceincetist it sounds more realistic. Right? Next I'm going to tell more facts that it was not an alien that create the human face on mars.

When globa surveyor came in Sept. 1997 they photographed the face as soon as they could get a good shot of the face. Micheal Malin went to mars he took hs team and a camera that too ten times sharper than the orignal camera they took it with before. When they uploaded the picture all NSA found was landforms . Their is no such thing as aliens mountment. Some people were not impressed with this answer and cause it was located differntly in the winter time and alein maring might of been hidden by the haze. The MGS team even went out there again with a cloudless summer day and was 25 degrees in the center of the face and even used a different camera again and made it bigger and sharper. If there was any mountments or traces of aliens or space crafts you could obivously see it, but they did not find anything like that. NSA did find a lava dome that takes form of an isolated messa about the same height as the face on mars.

There is not any life on mars after all not even aliens. It as just a natural landform that freaked some people to thinking their are aliens. But you can not agrue with a sceintifc fact thats been proven over and over again with differnt season and diiferent angles. The answer they kept getting back was a naturel landform. ",3
"Many people have come to believe that there is a ''face'' on Mars.

In May 2001, a spacecraft from NASA spotted something on Mars that they thought looked like a face, but it really isn't. I agree it does look relatively like a face, but I am here to tell you the truth about what that face really is.

What the picture actually shows is the martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West. Jim Garvin said ""It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho."" If you don't know what that is, its a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the face on Mars.

On April 5, 1998 when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Clydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos.(which were not very clear) Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting for NASA to share the picture. As they posted the picture online, it revealed that it was clearly not a face created by aliens, it was just a landform that looked like a face.

But after NASA showed the whole world that there was no face on Mars, not everyone was satisfied. They even said that the face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude. And that it was winter in April '98- a cloudy time of year on Mars. They also said that since it was such a cloudy time on Mars that the camera made a mistake because it had to peer through wispy clouds to see the face. Some skeptics even said that perhaps alien markings were hidden by the cloudy haze.

I can assure you that those rumors may seem logical, but they are not real at all.

Our cameras did not make any mistakes and Mars ""face"" is just a landform. If you ever hear from anyone that Mars has a face you can tell them that it isn't real and that there are no such thing as aliens on mars nor will there ever be.",3
"The Seagoing Cowboys program. The program where you get to have adventures of visiting amazing places and helping others. Luke particapated in the Seagoing Cowboys program and he had blast in the program. Thats why he wants others to participate in the program so they can have great time with their friends or themselves. In Luke's adventure he visited New Orleans, Greece, Europe, China, Venice, Italy, and even a excavated castle in Crete and marvled at the Panama Canal on his way to china. Also you have to help others by feeding caring animals two or three times a day but it is all worth it. But sometimes you have to be careful in the one of the trips because you might get in a accident. Luke got a injury from slipping down on a slippery ladder and landed on his backside on rainy day. You can also do some fun activities on board. In Luke's adventure the cowboys played baseball, volleyball games, table tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, and even reading. So thats why i think others should participate in the program so they can have an amazing adventure.",2
"Dear Senator,

The Presidential election is one of America's proudest accomplishments. It sets the United States apart from other countries and brings great pride to the people. As the United States grows older and wiser, it learns more than what the original Founding Fathers knew. One of their (the Founding Fathers) great contributions to this country is the Electorial Congress. This process is still being used today. Based on the positive and negative aspectsof this system, the Electorial Congress should remain the way Americans elect government leaders.

The major goal of elections is to choose a leader in a mythotical and smooth way. The Electorial Congress brings a ""landslide electorial-vote victory in that state."" (source 3, paragraph 18) This gives the public a reasurrence that their state was strong and sure about the decission. This comfort might not come if the elections were popular-vote based only. Also, ""the Electorial College requires a presidential to have trans-regional appeal. No region has enough electorial votes to elect a president"" (source 3, paragraph 19) It's important to have a system that doesn't allow one region to dominate over the others. Had this been the case, the balance among the people would be completely thrown off.

Of course, there are drawbacks to this system. There are a good number of people who believe this is not a democratical way of having their voices be heard. (source 3, paragrph 15) Along with that, close calls such as ties have shown to strain the current voting system. (source 2, paragraph 11) However, these are rare cases and when they presented themselves, the leadeers of the country were able to fix the issue in a way that appeased most. This current process does give some states power to tip the scales while others are locked in on their canadates before the voting begins. (source 2 paragrph 13) But the results over the past years have shown no party has an unfair advantage over the others. America has had both many democrats and republicans in office.

Based off of the current solutions to the Electorial Congress, for the time-being, remaining the same would be in the best interest of the nation. It is acknowleged that the people are voting for a slate of electors and not the actual canadate. But the voters who know United States elections are about ""expressing their political prefernces"" (source 3, paragraph 23) are accomidated nicely and reassured of the current process. The peoples' opinions are well represented in the use of this system and until it poses an unsolvable, catastriphical problem, there is no need to abolish it.    ",4
"I do think that we should have a Facial Action Coding System for everyone. You could use it for so many things. Sometimes you could be in a situation for someone and you wnat to know how they are actually feeling. This would also be a very helpful tool cause you wouldn't have to use it on just paintings you could use it on humans too! You could also probably use it on yourself.

It would be so much easier to tell how people are feeling with this. Sometimes people get annoyed at others so this can tell you to either leave them alone or stop what you are doing. You could use other emotions as well like if someone is feeling down you could do something to make them happy. If you where doing an essay on renaissance paintings this could help with that. To me some renissance painting look like they are showing no emotion at all. Then with this tool you could know how they afre feeling more and you can understand the painting more.

This is such a good tool. I hope that they can let the world experiene it. I know it would be helpful for some of the people that I know including myself. ",2
"I think that the Facial Action Coding System is a good software improvement because people don't always tell whats going on with their life, even if sombody ask them what is wrong with them, they just don't want to talk about it.

This new software will make things more easier for people who try to determine wether the person is happy, mad, disgusted, sad or disappointment. But it also will make other people uncomfortable, those who have problems or they just don't want to talk about it, they might feel ashamed, furios or emberrass and will cause low selfsteem in their lives. In the picture in the right about Mona Lisa, according to the Facial Action Coding System she is 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful and 2% angry, maybe she never talk about how she felt when the picture was took and people just say she was happy and she wasn't happy at all . in conclusion, these new technology will make people understand more how other feels and people will be able to understand and konw more about that person's life and why they feel like that, and just making things up that are not true.       ",2
"Is the face on Mars an alien artifact of just a natural landform? So far we have no real proof that aliens even exist. Also in 1998 the JPL website revealed that it was just a natural landform and not made by aliens. Also NASA would be just as excited to reveal that another life form has been found, that wouldn't be a kept secret.

So far we have no real proof that aliens exist. If there were aliens wouldn't we know by now? There are lots of alien conspiracies but nothing that proves aliens exist. UFO spottings are just the same. You may think theres an alien in there but whos to say its not just a flying frisbee. And the crop circles how do you know the farmer doesn't just like to have a nice looking crop.

Lots of people believe in aliens but what are they basing these beliefs from, one blurry picture? We can say there may be evidence of aliens but no proof.

When the next Mars Global Surveyor flew over we got an even better picture. Lots of people were anxious to find out what the story behind this face was. Later theJPL website revealed something that shocked, relieved, saddened, and angered the people. The website had said that there was no alien artifact just a natural land form. How after all of that can you still think there are aliens? Well some people still believe. There are all kinds of things people think that show us there are aliens. But just about every one of them is some kind of misunderstanding.

If we had found aliens we would be eager to share our discovery not try to hide it. People say that NASA is just trying to make us think there are no aliens. The truth is we wish we had found them. It would have been much more exciting to find aliens than some sort of natural landform. Some people think that this is evidence that we are trying to hide our discoveries. I really do wish that we had found aliens. Talk about a pay raise! But, there is still no strong evidence of aliens.

I think by now it is safe to say that aliens don't exist. So far we just have no real proof of aliens. Not to mention that JPL already confirmed that the face was just a natural landform. Also theres that part about how we would benifit even more for finding aliens. People can still have their conspiracies but that can't change the facts. THERE ARE NO ALIENS! ",4
"In the story the author gives us reasonable decisions on why we should go to Venus. It forms like earth and its clled the Earth? twin sister. The author provides a lot of information. One of them states ¨

may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago,Venus was probably covered laregley with oceans and coul have supported various forms of life¨ this cold very well be a lot like earth. There are sea level just like earth and there ¨ familiar features such as valleys ,mountains,and craters.¨These areall the same thing that Earth has,It also says that this Venus could have very well had ocean covering all of it.

The atricle states that they are going on missions and gettin machines to go and figure out why Venus is so much more life-like Earth. The nNAtional Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is trying to do visits with humans to see if they can live there Becuase it states that ¨ iNot easy conditions, but it is survivable for humans¨which very well means that we can live there for a long period of time. They are doing so ich reasearch on this planet becuase they are worried of Earth very well not being here one day.

This could go both wasy this could very well be a successful mission or it could be a very dangerous and unsure mission. That are traking research and countinuing finding more ways to make sure that humans will not have any problems while living in Venus. When they have everything solved they will send humans and see how their bodies will react to the way Venus makes them. Never know this ight be the next great discovery that NASA wil make happen and save all of us.    ",2
"Limiting car usage has a lot of advantages in everyday life. Cars are the one destroying the planet. When the cars' smoke gets to the atmosphere, the atmosphere gets destroyed by it. If we destroy the atmosphere then what or who is going to take care of our planet from the powerful sunlight. Also limiting cars may also save you a lot of money. Think about all the money we spend on gas for cars, we can do a lot better for the world with all that money.

Now I'm going to talk about some evidence in the article that makes limiting car usage better for life. In source 1 ""In German Suburb, Life Goes Without Cars"", Heidrum Walter, a citizen from Vauban said that she lives happier without cars because when she had a car she was always tense (paragraph 3). Now in sourse 2 the article says that cold nights and warm days caused the warmer of air to trap car emissions(paragraph 15), and that is really bad. Also in source 2 again the last paragraph says that the smog cleared when they banned the usage of cars.

In source 3 paragraph 24 Carlos Arturo a businessman from Bogota, Colombia said when Bogota's streets were car-free that it was a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution. At last, source 4 says that now that there is less driving, safety in the cities have improved.

So I say that we must limit car usage because of all the things i mensioned in the previous paragraphs. The city will be safer, the planet will be safer and everything will be better.            ",2
"In this artical the auther explains why exploring Venus is a good idea by stating that it is the closest to earth in size,dencity,and mass aswell as being the cosest in distance. He aso states that it could help us get better at sace travel.

In paragrah one he is talking about how Venus is closely similar to Earth in size shae an mass by saying ""Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of Density and size, and occasinally the closest in distance too.""

He also states in paragrah five that NASA is working on a methid to buuild on Venus by having large floting blimps that fly over the death and missery of the planets serfice.

exploring Benus could also bring about new methids of taraforming to make a planets serfice hospidible.

Exploring Venus could also bring about new ways to space travle and new technology.

In paragraph seven the auther mentions mechanical computers that dont relay on electricity and small and insitive chips but insted rely on gears and clock works.

So all in all exploring venus is a goodish idea if we can figure out how to actualy , one make it there and two figure out how to sistain a perminant bace.

there is plenty of good evidence in this artical about space exploration and the such and why i think Venus is an exoplanet (a planet that culd or has sistain life)",2
"Driverless cars are not neccisarly and reasonable because they are very dangerous. Driverless cars is something that is only going to be used because they want to make more money and have it to keep updated with the new generation and how we work. Many would and dont support this because mainly they see it as more issues coming and something that's going to cause a problem later on. Although, the car is going to have some postive things like notifying the driver when they are about to hit something or even like how ahead of the road it may be construction going on so they have to turn around it's not enough good reasons to fully persuade others why we should allow this. How would we feel if everytime we got into our car it toke the most control and had charge of everything?.

Eventhough, a lot of people may support this and think ""yes we should do it!"" is because they are looking at it or have been pursuaded that its going to fix all problems. The new

law

that was made was

no talking and driving

on the phone or texting and driving so people made a car where you could have a speaker phone when someone call you so it would be easier. The more problems that is known is more ideas

people have so they create a new car or a new material. People may look at it like simplier ways for them driving but not too many look into it and notice that it doesn't always help the problem because most of the time it just created more issues that we have to solve and get rid of

.

The good

things about "" Driverless Cars""

is it's something new and better. We

are looking at it as a second hand to help out and tell me when something is wrong. They are percieving it as a car that is looking out and knows best because it's looking out at all angles and directions. The good things about it is yes, we are not able to see everything around us or even hear everything so if a car tells us something we do not know or didn't realize then great ! it helps. The car will have a GPS which is a bonus because not everyone knows their directions to all places if we get lost then what not too many people we know that would help us or even know the place we are trying to go.

The Main reason why ""Driverless Cars"" should not be approved and used is because it's not 100% trustworthy. They may see it as and percieve it as something better and helpful but they are wrong. If, they already got states where they made it illegal to even test computer- driven cars then thats a reason right there. Therefore, if ""Driverless Cars"" is something thats so good and help people they should have everyone on their side about it. It's too much going on that they have placed in the car having all that could make more damage.It will distract the driver by everything they are trying to do on top of worrying about what the car have to say about their

surroundings, directions, and more.

It's more painful and dangerous having many things going on in the car then just having a regular car. Some people may even see this as as the driver being lazy because if they are being told then that means they will be less alert and less focus on what's happening because they will say well i have my car that's going to tell me everything i need to know. Some will get too comfortable with this and when they don't have it anymore they will be lost. Mainly, because there is always new drivers they don't need new technology to tell them everything because they need to learn by themselves.          ",4
"From Luke's experieance he know's that he is lucky to life in america. And that other people in other countires don't get a chance to live a good life. So Luke let people from other places stay at his home so they could go to a good school. And that awarness stayed with him for the rest of his days. Like he said it was an opportunity of a life time.

Luke had just graduated from high school and was working 2 part time jobs. One at the bank. One at the grocery. Untill one day his friend Don Reist came along and asked him to be a ""Seagoing Cowboy"" with him. He knew this was the oppertunity of a life time. So obivisly he went.

In August 1995, World War ll was over in Europe, many countries were gone. So luke and the other Seagoing Cowboys were sent there with food, animals, and more. Luke and his friend were shiped over seas to help as part of the UNRRA. He was shocked to see all the countries ruined. There was nothing left!

After all of that he was shiped to China with lots of suplies. One his way he got to see ols castles. He also traveled down the Panama Canal. The aniamls keep Luke very busy. They needed to be feed 3 times a day. They played lots of ball games to pass the time. Like volleyball and table tennis.

Being a

Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure to Bomberger. On all over his nine missions he learned that he was very lucky. LIke he said,""It made me more aware of people of other countries and thier needs."" And the awareness stayed with him, he became a host for international students and exchage visitors for many years. That oppertunity chaged Luke Bomberger's live forever! We are very lucky to live in the USA becuase we have many more oppertunities the anyone else does.      ",1
"In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" we are talking about how Professor Thomas Huang just came out with the Facial Action Coding System. It is supposed to be able to detect exactly how other people are feeling. Even if they are trying to hide their emotions it can still know how people are feeling. It is the latest innovation at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of

Illinois. He was working in collaboration with Professor Nicu Seve of the University of Amsterdam.

I am all for the value of using this technology to read students' emotional expressions. All it does is beginnig with the computer construction a 3-D computer model of the face. All 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Then Dr. Huang relies on the work of psychologists, such as Dr. Paul Eckman, who is the creator of the Facial Action Coding System. He has classified six basic emotions. Happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. He then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles. When you raise your eyebrows you are surprised and when you tighten your lips you show anger. This will really help us show how different people are feeling. If they are doing something for school such as a lesson on a computer and the way it is being done is making them bored or tired then it will be able to tell us and it can change the way the lesson is being taught so that they will become more interested. If you raise your lips to the corners of your mouth, then squint your eyes slightly to produce wrinkling at the corners of your eyes, holding that raise the outer parts of your cheeks up toward your eyes. The emotion that you are doing is that your face looks happy. If we have this then we will be able to feel someone else's emotioinal state because wer unconsciously imitate another person's facial expressions.

In conclusion Dr. Huang made the Facial Action Coding System. It can help us tell how others are feeling and tell if they are trying to hide their emotions. It can help us when we get bored when we are on our computers doing things for school. It can help make things more interesting so that we don't fall asleep or stop doing what we need to do. It can also help us feel someone else's emotional state because we unconscioiusly imitate another person's facial expressions.",2
"In today's world, students are filled with many emotions, some too difficult for even parents to decode. The rollercoaster of feelings that a teenager endures in a day is confusing and complex. But with newly found technology, it may be easier now for the emotions of students' to be understood and assisted, if needed. The revolutionary Facial Action Coding System allows computers to scan and analyze the feelings of a human, alive or painted, and is a very valuable tool to comprehend student's emotional expressions. This highly advanced technology is able to serve a multitiude of purposes that will foster an improved learning environment for students.

Because of this new and itelligent technology, doctors and others are able to read emotions of people in a way never previously possible. This brilliant computer ""constructs a 3-D computer model of the face"" (3). including all major muscles. With the ability to do so, this computer scans and creates a human face and, based on the position of the muscles, is able to determine the distribution of emotions felt at that moment by a person. Tested with the Mona Lisa, this model ""can even identify mixed emotions (as in da Vinci's masterpiece). Each expression is compared against a neutral face"" (4). By comparing the chosen face against an emotionless one, this advanced techonology allows the ability to use muscle positions to analyze the feelings of a person. The ingenuity of the computers provide the resources and ability to decode complex human emotions and, in turn, will be able to be utilized in methods that will add to the betterment of society.

The Facial Action Coding System will foster a more positive learning environment for students by adapting their online experience to their emotions. If implemented in daily computers, this technology will revolutionize the environemnt and usage of the Internet. Because this technology can map emotions, ""if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different"" (6). With the implementation of this technology, students will be able to influence which advertisements and pages appear on their screen. This will reduce their impatience on the computer, and actually stay focused on the task at hand, rather than getting frustrated and walking away. With the ability to control the pages on their computer screen, students will feel empowered and influential, giving them confidence and increasing their work ethic. With an increased work ethic, students will remain productive and efficient with their time and materials. The content of the student's lesson can also be adapted based on their emotional behavior. Dr Huang, the innovator of this technology, describes that at school, ""'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored...Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor"" (6). By allowing the computer to customize the lesson, students will stay more engaged, as the content they are learning is one that they enjoy. Students will find pleasure in learning the subjects that interest them while also learning about other less-interesting subjects in a more captivating manner. The innovative technology serves to better a student's learning environment, keeping them engaged and interested in the content. Schools will notice increased success rates and knowledgable students. By providing students with the chance to customize the method in which they learn, school will be more enjoyable and students will stay committed to their education. The emotion-analyzing software gives students this chance and will greatly impact the way they learn and the committment to their education.

The highly inteliigent Facial Action Coding System a valuable asset for students in a classroom, as it fosters an enjoyable and captivating learning environment that will shape the students' commitment to school. This advanced software analyzes the movement of a human's facial muscles, comparing it to an emotionless one, and determines the percent distribution their feelings. This innovative software provides students with the ability to customize the pages and lessons on the computer, giving them control over their method of learning. Students with this ability will feel captivated by their learning, as they are in control and can decide how they learn. The development of a desire to learn is crucial for school-aged children so that in the future, they will continue on to further educate themselves and expand their knowledge. This facial

-analysis technology provides schools with the ability to create a captivating learning environment for students that will motivate them to stay committed to their education and reach their goals. While this new technology provides a bounty of benefits to many, assisting students in the achievement of their hopes and dreams holds the most value. ",6
"In recent years, the fascination of driverless cars has boomed. Movies and television have depicted a world in which driverless cars are the future. This imagination is now becoming a reality. Recently companies, such as Google, have been making driverless cars. While having a driverless car would be something extraordinary, these cars should not be produced and sold on the market to the consumer. A driverless car could be even more reckless than an irresponsible human driver.

Driverless cars should not be produced because of the saftey hazard they can possibly create. All of the cars deemed ""driverless"" that have been produced are, in reality, not actually driversless. While these cars do have different features that allow them to drive, a driver must still be present. Also, these driverless cars are not fully equipped with the skills necessary to navigate on a road. The article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"" says, ""They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents."" In a driverless car, the passanger must still remain alert and ready to take control if issues were to arise. Cars such as these could possibly malfunction even more than a regular one. A car in which a human is not in control posses threats such as the car not judging the distance between itself and others cars correctly and crashing, or the car continuingly accelerating due to a glitch in the system freezing the ability to break. On top of the safety hazards these cars make, new traffic laws for these cars would have to be made because it is illegal in most states to even test computer operated cars. The cars would have to be proven reliable and safe.

In conclusion these driverless cars should not be made. They should not be produced due to the many hazards that can happen. Besides, who would buy a driverless car just to end up having to drive it anyway in the end? Getting a driverless car would just be a waste of money. A car that has safety features that assist and enhance a driver would be a good idea. But as for a car that totally drives itself, it's safe to say that they wont be on the market anytime soon.",4
"A world without an ozone. People walking place to place. No electricity. There is no fossil fuel. These are some potential, yet dramatic, long run effects of the growing car usage since the early 1950's. Limiting this could cause a better environment, more nonrenuable energy, and safer environments.

This new idea of limited car usage could improve our environment. The ozone layer is being depleted and many believe it is due to the fossil fuels being burned by cars, trains, planes, and many other types of things. If everyone did not use their car for just a few days a month, then imagine how great the atmosphere would turn out. Some people such as Heidrun Walter, a new member of a ""carless"" community says that, he is much happier this way.

As many of you may know, the nonrenuable energy source, also known as fossil fuels, is slowly but surely running out. Like stated before, if we were to just not use vehicles a few days out of every month, then these recouces may slowly start to build back up. We definetly would not be using as much. There is a town in Germany that does not allow car parking on the street and the usage of a vehicle is very limited. It is said that there is only the occasional distant motor sound. Imagine how much money they spend on gas. That was sarcasm.

Finally, we all know how worried everyone is about getting in a car accident, or being hit by a car, or getting 'T-boned."" Imagine being able to walk knowing in peace that there would be no accidents. Children would be able to roam the streets. The town wouldn't be as spaced out because things have to be within walking distance. IT would all be apart of something called ""smart planning.""

It would be wonderful not having to worry about danger or ozone being depleted. Knowing that a energy souce would always be around would be nice too. Everyone could agree that this is a glorious idea and the turn of a new leaf, the start of a new world. A more safe and stable world. So keep them in the garage and grab that bike you bought three years ago. Start peddling.     ",3
"People have been saying there are aliens around for a long time.They take little things and say there some type of sign from these other creatures.So when they said it was a face on mars of course they think it came from aliens.But it could be just another mesa that looks like a face.

The face on mars is just a illusion of shadows.It makes you see eyes the nose and even a mouth.It looks like a Egyptain Pharaoh but its really just a trick on the eyes.For example when your in a dark room and you see shapes on the wall or your looking at clouds in the sky and you see faces.Its all just an illusion.

We have seen thing like this before too but on earth.Mesa is a common landform in west American.The one on Mars is common to the Middle Butte in Snake River Plain of Idaho.Its the same height as the one on Mars.There both just natural landforms.

When the face on Mars got its picture taken there was no alien monument just a natural landform.Then when she got in taken again it was a lot better and they made the pictures bigger.If there was anything other then rocks and shawdows we would have seen it.

The face is just like any other mesa but its on a different plant.If alien are real they could have made other thing but this was just nautural that made the face on Mars.",2
"The author does not support the idea that studyng Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because he or she provides no explanation of facts stated and creates conflicting ideas that cast a grim shadow on travel to Venus.

First, the author doesn't support the idea effectively because he or she presents facts without explaining the significance or importance of them.

While describing why scientists consider visits to venus, the author states ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in out solar system...The value of returning to Venus seems indisputable""(4).

By presenting that scientists want to visit Venus then almost immediately jumping to the weak conclusion that the ""value of returning to Venus seems indisputable"", the author fails to explain why the scientists want to visit Venus and why those reasons are important or significant.

Without an explanation of facts, writers leave the reader to create conclusions in their own minds, possibly without a complete understanding, weakening the authors support of his or her own claim or idea.

Second, the author doesn't support the idea effectively because he or she creates the picture in the reader's mind that successful and worthwhile travel to Venus is nearly impossible and certainly not attainable with today's technology.

While writing on what would be necessary for travel and observation of Venus, the author states ""a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions...[and be] survivable for humans.

However, peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions...[Also,] standard forms of photography...[would be] innefective...Therefore, sciendtists seeking to...understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks""(5).

By stating that ""a vehicle hovering over Venus"" would be safe for humans and then directly stating that it would not be enough and that scientists who want useful information would have to ""get up close and personal despite the risks"", the author states conflicting ideas.

In addition, earlier in the passage the author states ""On the planet's surgace, temperatures average over 800 degrees""(3).

This creates another serious flaw in the author's idea, because the conditions stated are not even close to survivable.

Combining the evidence presented by the author would point to the conclusion that astronomers would need to be using vehicles and photography equipment that currently don't exist and, even with unavailable technology, they must be willing to die to travel to Venus for study.

This creates the idea in the reader's head that studying Venus is impossible, which greatly weakens the author's claim.

All in all, impossibilities, conflicting ideas, and a lack of explanation of evidence crontribute to a weak argument in favor of the idea that studing Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.",5
"In "" The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author suggests that studying Venus is a wothy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Exploring the solar system is one of the most fascinating things to explore. Finding places that will inhabit life other than just earth is something that presents some challenges. Is putting life in danger worth exploring Venus? The author supports his idea by naming the consequences, telling us how we could benefit from exploring Venus, and giving scientific reasearch.

The human mind is filled with curiosity. The idea of living on another planted is exciting to some, but to others it seems too dangerous for exploration. The author states, in paragraph two, ""No spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours."" If a spcecraft cannot survive more than a few hours on Venus, then how can I human live of Venus? The author also states, in paragraph three, ""Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. On the planets surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet."" These details from the text show just how dangerous it could be to explore Venus at a closer look. The author does present all of the dangers of exploring Venus. Is curiosity worth putting lives in danger?

The author gives some supporting evidence as to how we could benefit from exploring Venus. The author states, in paragraph eight, ""Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors."" Our questions about Venus would be answered by getting a closer look. The author also states, In paragraphs six and seven, ""Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus. NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions."" Scientists are creating new and improved technology and spacecraft that we are benefitting from. The safety of traveling to Venus is being improved. The research that will be done on Venus will help us to grow more knowledgeable bout the solar system and the planets around us. Learning more about a planet that could inhabit life is beneficial to us.

We need to get a closer look at Venus to aid our scientific research. The author states, in pragraph six, ""More importantly, researchers cannot take sample of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks."" We will never know if we can live on Venus unless scientific studies are done.

Exploring Venus will be dangerous even if we can improve our technology and spacecraft. Our curiosity is what will drive us to explore beyond our fears. The author gave reliable reasons and research as to why Venus is a worthy pursuit despite all its dangers. We should exoplore what is close to us. After all, ""Venus is the second planet from our sun."" (paragraph one).         ",4
"Dear Senator,

The debate regarding the necessity of the Electoral College and it's validity has aroused some tension among the citizens of America, and the government as well. This process is not only used to decide the President of our nation, but to ensure the equality of the voting. By establishing our county as a democracy, we made a promise to maintain a systematic balance between the government and it's people. Without the existence of the Electoral College, where would this balace be? The Electoral College is the basis upon which our country is built, and is vital to uphold the balance and equality between government and people.

The Electoral College has many benefits towards the nation that many people are unaware of. For example, in order to do well, a candidate must have connections nation-wide. In source 3, line 19, it states ""The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal."" This means that no candidate is guaranteed a win if they only appeal to one area or region. This creates an overall balance throughout the nation, and makes sure only a portion of the country doesn't have all the power. Also, this allows the people to have a clear understanding of who they're voting for, and what this means.

Equality is key, and without this equality, where would our nation be? By continuing the use of the Electoral College, we have decided to be the best we can be. It says in Source 1, line 1 ""The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and the election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens."" This provides valid information to support the necessary balance of people and government.

The Electoral College also produces a winner inarguably qualified due to the amount of votes received. This is clearly described in Source 3, line 22, ""The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast."" Due to the use of this process, the election of a President can be efficient and simple. The President can now be

Some may argue that this process does not clearly represent the people or their votes. This is because some may vote for a ""slate of electors"" as opposed to the president. However, this belief can be decidedly rejected due to the lack of valid evidence to support the claim. How are voters expected to vote fairly if they are not given the support to do so?

Overall, it can be declared that the Electoral College plays a vital role in maintaining the internal balance of our nation that the citizens inhabiting it are so reliant on. Choosing to reject this process would be deciding to injure our nation, its future, and its people.    ",5
"The author had some detailed ideas that weren't explained really good. In the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author explained many reasons why would should explore venus such as,Venus was probably coverd largely with oceans. The author was giving nonfact statements to support his claim of why we should explore venus. Another statement the author statment said venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visits which is not a fact. The ideas the author that wasn't supported very well where that venus is almost like earth,The technology we need to survive on venus and why we should explore venus.

In the article the author states that earth and venus are much alike. All the author say in the article is ""Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size.""The author don't explain anything else on how venus is much like earth except that its has valley's and canyons. The author just explain the differences in speed and how no aircraft has landed on the planet in three decades. The author also tell us Venus reputation as a challenging planet which doesn't give a good reason to explore Venus.

The author aslo explained the technology we needed on venus,cause of the planet hot surface. The author explained that the surface was over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the atmospheric is pressure is 90 times greater than earth. NASA's soution to to the problem the author state is that scientists to float above a tray, then the author going on saying imagine a blimp like vehicle hovering of 30 miles or so that was not supported. One thing the author did support is that electronics made od slicon carbide have be tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus surface. The author wasn't giving supported deatail's about the technology to survive on Venus.

The author wasn't giving reasons why should go to Venus. The author was talking about the hard condition to live on Venus, like heat and the storms etc. Also the author was making me feel like I dont want to go to Venus cause of how long the technology lasted on venus. In my opinion Venus is not save for us to explore right now but in future we might.

In conclusion the author didn't explain very good of why should explore venus and he made it seem like can",4
"I belive that the technology can be some what invaled because you cant excatly tell how a person thinks or feels because they could be sad on the inside but show a nuteral face on the outside or, they could be crying but while crying but crying tears of joy .How could a computer tell you the way that someone feels if they could feel a totaly diffrent way. A way a person looks on the outside may not be the way that they are feeling on the inside a computer is not a person it doesnt have emotions so how excatly could it telll what the emotions of another person or how they are feeling at the time . I dont belive that many people can tell the diffrence of a fake smile or a real smile so let alone how can a computer tell the diffrence between a fake or real smile because people think im happy alot. I usally fake my smile because i am sad on the inside but i look happy on the outside. With me saying that just by looking at a person can be deciving because you never know how the person excatly feels or what is going on in there head so therefore i belive that the facs can not tell a persons emotions.",2
"When I joined the Seagoing Cowboys program I realized thing i hadn't before like how much people from other places needed help. Or that it could be so much fun.

I think you should also join the Seagoing Cowboys program also. You'll get to see China, Greece, Italy, and many other place like that. Not only that but also help people. You also could make the traveling fun like when all the animals have been unloaded you could play baseball, and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed. And to pass time you could have table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling and games.

In conclusion you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. Because it could open up a whole new world for you. You could find things about yourself you never knew about. You could make new friends and have a lot of fun. You could visit places you never been or always wanted to go. You also will find out about people from other countries and their needs.",2
"Being a Seagoing Cowboy is much more than just taking care of the animals and cleaning the stalls for the animals.

Doing this, it could open up your eyes to a new world and explore new places.

Luke though it was an opportunity of a lifetime.

“The cattle-boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy,” he says. “Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special,” he says. “So was taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water.”

The fact that Luke thought helping all of those people in need, shows you that he wanted to help them.

But, not only was he taking care of the people and helping them, he was also helping the animals. I think he also liked taking care of the animals himself.

When people think of a Cowboy, they see someone wearing cowboy boots and riding a horse.

They also see a farm with a whole bunch of animals.

If someone is a cowboy, they normally like animals and taking care of them.

Like also liked the trips coming back. They played baseball and volleyball games in the empty stalls where animals had been. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and other games that also helped pass the time.

You also got to visit unique places.

Luke got to go to Greece, China, and even toured an excavated castle in Crete.

He also marveled at the Panama Canal, during his trip to China.

Since Luke didn't just go once, he must have enjoyed going on the trips and helping people.

In conclusion, being a Seagoing Cowboy can open up a new world to you. Not only does it let you visit new and unique places, you get to help animals and people that are in need of it.

It sure was like that to luke.",3
"Dear State Senator,

I believe that we should change the electoral college to election to popular vote for the president of the United States. The electoral college is in no way fit to be the basis of how we choose the president of the United States. This country was based of of popular soverignty and we should keep it the way that it always has been with all the decison makeing done be the people.

The electoral college is an overwhemingly unfair system to voters. The canidents will not spend any of their time in states they know will not win because of the winner take all system in each state. they only focus on the tight races and some of the states dont even get to see the campaign ads. Some of the states did not even see the candidates at all. The electoral college is essentially one of the most unfair things in the prospect that the candidates dont spend time in the states that they dont think will win and the states that they know wont win are not even privillaged enough to see the campaign ads.

In addition to being unfair the electoral college can cause serious damage. The electoral college have the power to go against the will of the people. Back in the '60s segregationists in the Louisiana legislature were almost successful in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would not vote for John F. Kennedy. Also during that time some electors would occasionally vote for whomever they please and not vote for their party's candidate. If the electoral college were to ever go into a tie it would be given to the House of Representatives. During this time the the states representatives will be cating thier votes on behalf of thier state. The problem with that is that those representatives are voting on behalf of thier entire state and that means they are voting for who they want and acting like that it is something the entire state wants.

There are five ""offical"" benifits of having the electoral college. The benifits are certainty of outcome, everyone's president, swing states, big states, and you avoid run-off election. All of these things are in fact true but what if you are willing to risk all of that just to be able to be the one who has a say in who becomes president. I know that they kind of do but in reality that does not really mean much if there is someone who is going to completly disregard my vote and do whatever he feels like doing. I know that all of those five benifits are important but isnt my right to have a say in whose president important as well?

Senator, the reason for my letter is that I want to have a say in who the president is going to be and the electoral college resticts that. I believe that the president of the United States should be elected by popular vote because this is America and in America we do what the people want and the people want change. We want the electoral college out and popular vote in.

Sincerely,

A concerned citizen    ",5
"I'm going to talk about the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"". By this unknown author who wrote this. My name is PROPER_NAME and this will be an essay so bare with me. It will be long and show how the author supports the idea. Without a further due, lets jump right into this essay.

The author talks how the idea of people can adpat to the conditions of Venus and settle there like our home planet Earth. There are some problems that he think are challenges. The planet is 90 times the amount of pressure we have on Earth. Most of the air is carbon dioxide blankets that covers 97 percent of the planet's thick atmosphere. The temperature is around about to 800 degrees on the planet.

Venus that has the hottest surface temperature that would melt anything on contact including people. Also, it would crush you or anything else like a piece of paper. There is also bad weathering that cause problems. Like for example: erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes.

On the postive side, we can make a vehicle that will let us float above the fray. Use solar energy to power the vehicle to float. We can avoid the unfriendly conditions on the ground. The degress will be around toasty at around 170 degrees. The pressure will be around sea level on Earth. The radiation would not exceed Earth levels.

This why I think the authors idea is good. It can help us show how humans are progressing through the years of tech advancements. This world will become someday extinct and we will somehow surivive. NASA will always find a way to expand. Thank you for reading this essay and I hope you enjoy.",2
"Venus also sometimes called ""the evening star"" is consider one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. Venus is considered a ""twin"" to Earth because it is the second planet from sun and becuse it is the closest to Earth in size and density and also the closest in distance.

Venus also neighbors other planets an example is in paragraph 2 ""Earth, Venus, and Mars, our other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds. These diferences in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to mars and other times to Venus. because Venus is sometimes right around the corner-in space terms-humans have sent numerous spacecrafts to land on this cloud-draped world.""

Venus has surface temperatures that are up to ""800 degrees Fahrenheit"" and the atmosphere is ""90%"" stronger than what we experience on earth. Venus also makes up ""97% of carbon dioxide"" so we would not be able to breath with also the planet being to hot to step on. they have also had unmanned missions on Venus for example in paragraph 2 ""Each previous mission was unmanned, and for a good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours."" NASA is also working on some other approaches to study Venus for example in paragraph 7 ""some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamer simulating the chaos of Venus's surface aand have lasted for three weeks in such conditions.""

NASA has also planned to take a look at technology called mechanical computers, how they were developed? An example would be in paragraph 7 ""These devices were first envisioned in 1800's and played an important role in the 1940's during World War 2."" NASA is hoping in the future to make a sucessful test launch to Venus.",1
"My opinion, driverless cars are a good idea. There are less accidents using the driverless cars. The car will alert you reguardless if you're paying attention or not. It will vibrate your seat. Drivers are either on their phones, messing with the radio, or talking to the passengers. That's not a good thing. It will be if you have a driverless car, because like I said, you will be alerted. You won't be able to speed or get mad and frusterated because the other drivers or not going the speed limit. I know a lot of people that like to drive being on their phone or something. When they do that, they start to run off the street or onto the other lane. You don't want to panic when that happens. When you panic, you wreck. So, it will be a great idea to have a driverless car. It keeps everyone happy and safe. ",2
"I think that there shouldn't be any driverless cars. There are a couple of reasons why i think that there shouldnt be any driverless cars. One way is that all people need to know what to do when driving, also needs to know all the signs and what they mean. Also i think people need to focus on what is going on infront of them. Yes, it's a smart idea but there also could be somethings wrong with it.

Theres many reasons why it's a bad idea and some good things that come out of it. What if something goes wrong with the car and malfunctions. The car can put a lot the owners at risk. Some good reasons for the driverless car is, some people wnats to drink like coffee and doesnt have enough time and also might want to eat breakfast, but if they are in a hurry to get to work the driverless car is there to drive itself for you to have time to eat. It really is a smart idea. If safety is a big concern they need to think about every possible outcome there is for the safety of the owner.

Here are some reasons why the driverless car could be a good and bad idea. In my opinion i still think it's a bad idea, but some people might think otherwise. Some people might need that type of car to work with their scheldrules. It even says in paragraph 9, ""If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault, the driver or the manufacturer?"" My opinion for that is i think it will be the manufacturer that is at fault, because they want people to buy this car and when people do things could go wrong. All people are different. That's my opinion, so what's yours?                  ",3
"Although many people see various advantages in creating and having driverless cars, I do not agree with, or support the production of these vehicles. There are many reasons why I don't agree with, or support the production of these vehicles. Who in their right mind would ever want to be sitting in an operating vehicle with no driver behind the wheel? Safety is always first, no matter what the circumstance. Many people would beg to differ, but in my mind, this idea just doesn't make any sense to me.

The article states that ""people have to interpret the driving fun in a new way."" In my opion, I don't see how we, as the people of our country, ""have"" to do anything. While Dr. Werner Huber stated this, there is a new question that comes to my mind. Why should we, again as the people of our country"", consider on having any kind of ""fun"" with the production of these vehicles. I think, if anything, we should consider being extremely careful with our thinking process when it comes to the production of these vehicles.

To me, when I think of a ""driverless car"", the thoughts that come to my mind right away, aren't exactly safe thoughts. I believe very firmly that, even if the production of these vehicles actually occurs, we should all take into consideration the many different safety hazzards that would potentially come with the production of these vehicles. If I had kids that were of legal to drive, I sure as heck would never let them even get in a car that didn't have a human being behind the wheel. I think that the idea of ""driverless cars"", is one that needs to be rethought. In my head, if the idea is logical, then the idea will surely work.

Overall, I don't agree with the idea of producing ""driverless cars"". As the text states, most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe. In my opinion, I would like to keep it that way. In order for our future to grow in the automotive industry, we need to be coming up with better ideas than this. Although many people would say that this idea is ""fun"", I am not for it.             ",3
"Ever wanted to go live on a diffrent planet Scientist feel as though Venus conditons are good enough for people to soon be occupiants on the planet,but according to the passage they have alongway to go in way of technology and traportation and the controlloing of the harsh conditions

In the beginning,the author states that "" These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on earth"". The passage also states that ""Astronomers are fasinated by venus because it may well once have been the most earth-like planet in our solar system"". It is evident that the author is trying to suggest that studying venus is a worthy persuit despite the dsangers it presents because scientists and NASA want to try to find a way on the planet without touching it dangerous ground. NASA has come of with an ""idea"" as such as having hovering cars or a ""blimp-like' vehicle hovering over venus for closer obsevations. And many scientists have said if they could could get the temputure to around 170 degress fahrenheit the it would be survivble for humans.

In addition f the author feel as though the scientists should not continue to do these expiriments or the test visits because of all the dangers and the safety risks of trying to get inform on Venus. According to the passage, the temputure can get to a high of 800 Degrees or More!, and the atmosphere has a 97% blankets of cabon dioxide covering it. Also, the"" atmosperic pressure is about 90times greater than what we expirence on Earth"". The passage states, ""These conditions are far more extreme than what we are used to"".

The article also decribes Venus as ""closet to the sun"" which is another good reason why not to keep exploring because the harshness of the weathe and the harsh stoms and weather that venus expirence.

In Conclusion, Scientists and NASA and other organizations who are trying to come into contact or reach venus should not bceause of weather conditions and condtions that arent meant for humans. Not only are the condtions bad but the atmosphre is,Including the 97% Carbon dioxide blackets covering Venus. Also the passage states that,""NASA is still work on a new and more efficent way to reach venus such as a ""electronis made of silicon caride chamber"". And another plan is to rewind bac k in time to use a stategie called ""mechanicle computers"" used In the 1800s. It is evident that scientists should not exlore venus anymore because of its harsh conditions and bad weather and the poisionous air and harsh storms that occur on Venus.

""Would you like to vist Venus one day with these harsh conditons?""",3
"A driverless car is a have to have item! Think about all the benefits the car could offer. Imagine not having to constantly steer the wheel to a destenation 3,000 miles away! Consider the saftey and cost that the car offers too.

Cars arent cheap, not even in todays world. Especially a car that monuvers its self throughout the streets! Ask yourself if the price is worth the actual car. A car that has all these extra accessories clearly needs more checkups to see if the car is running in the best shape it can. Companies such as BMW, Mercedes Benz, the google car, are all very pricey. These cars are often used by people in the upper class percentile. A car introduced by one of these companies are more than likely going to be at a high price!

Creating a car with cameras, sensors, etc all these extra objects will have an imapct on the company because they have to pay the workers there too whom will now have to be trained how to apply these extra wires, objects, etc. Price is something you should take into consideration.

Companies have to be aware of the problems the car may face. What if a part gets damaged or stops working for any reason! Will it be the companies fault or the person? The saftey of this car has to be garanteed to make sure the person is well satisfied! The cameras might be a consideration to this car because if there is ever an accidant , the camera will always be aware of whats happening to see what failed or if the person was not paying attention. That way the company wont have to deal with people trying to sue or any laws. I feel like as if saftey is everything because you are putting your trust in the manufactures! What if something goes wrong and its not the persons fault? This may all have a very big impact on all of us. Especially new drivers who are young.

Imagine the awesome benefits! Long road trips with the people you love! If all goes right the car can break for you and or warn you, etc. Driverless cars could be a dream come true to people who simple do not have time to be on the rode or for medical reasons they can rush themselves to the hospital! A lot of great things coming in the near future.

In conclusion, you should always be aware of whats around you and whats happening! Especially about topic like this. You might find yourself in a car like this one day or someone you may know. Saftey and price should be taken into consideration and think about all the benefits that contribute to the car! ",4
"For all these years there has always been an advancement in technology. Google cofounder Sergey has always been around technology. Google cars aren't truly driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues. I honestly think driverless cars are a good thing. These days there are people who text and drive and do not keep there eyes on the road, and one day they are going to regret texting and driving. These driverless cars is an extra safety hazard for these people, and if somehow or someway they still end up texting and driving and they hit someone, i honestly think they should go to prison. Cars are not toys they are dangerous, and so are those people who are behind those wheels. I think all the cameras and the sensors in the toyota prius is amazing. One day it might save someone's life. Today people are all about privacy so they might not like that camera, but they don't realize that it's not going to be used against them it's there to save their life one day. The toyota prius is like a moving computer, there is so much technology in it, it's unbelievable. Automakers that make these driverless vehicles are bringing home the big bucks. Driverless cars are so expensive because of the technology that they have in them. Today I personally think that people wont buy the driverless cars because they might not like all the sensors or the cameras. There was a metaphor that someone came up with ""Look Twice Save a Life."" I have no idea who came up with that saying, but it is one of the greatest sayings i have ever heard when it comes to driving. Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved. Telsa has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90% of the time. That is crazy! I couldn't imagine what cars would be like in 20 years. Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020. That is in 2020, could you imagine what cars would be like in 2040. So if you were to ask me how i felt about driverless cars. I would smile and say ""they are the best thing ever invented."" They alert drivers when they need to take over and they made a track to run test on these driverless cars. When they ran test at this track for the driverless cars the track was embedded with an electrical cable that sent radio signals to a receiver on the front end of the car. Engineers at Berkeley tried something similar, but they used magnets with alternating polarity. The car read the positive and negative polarity as messages in binary code. These smart-road systems worked surprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical. I think all this technology that they have to offer us is amazing, and I think if we didn't have it I think there would be more crashes. Which leads to more people dieing. So how I feel about driverless cars I love them!",4
"One of the planets in the solar system, Venus is one of most brightest points of light in the night sky. Sometimes it can be called the ""Evening Star"". Venus can be simple to see from the distant, but it can be challenging to examine more closely. The author who wrote this article about ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"", is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. There are reasons that Venus can be worthy but dangerous at the same time.

The planet Venus can be dangerous because, it can cause natural disasters in our environment. In paragraph 3, it states that ""Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface. Another reason why Venus can be dangerous because, it has alot of heat. In the text it says, "" Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system"".

Not only is our planet Venus can be dangerous, it can be very worthy too. In paragraph 5, it states that ""The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus"".

In the text it states that, "" peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditons because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography inneffective"". So that his how the author supports his idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit, despite the dangers.          ",3
"Have you ever wondered what are the advantages of limiting car usage? Here are a few advantages that have actually helped in the real world, Less Smog, More stores in walking distance.

The first advantage was less smog. In Paris there was typically more smog than other European capitals. On mondays people were ordered to leave their cars at home or get fined a 22 euro fine ($31). It says in source 2 ""Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital, after five days of intensifying smog."" That quote right there shows that with people using their cars less there wouldnt be as much traffic as there was in the past and it has lessened the polution that was in the air. It says ""Exceptions were made for plug-in cars,hybrids,and cars carrying three or more passengers"", This was probably more enviormental friendly because those cars dont really use diesel fuel as apposed to the regular cars. As a result of all of that the smog cleared enough monday for the ruling french party to rescind the ban for tuesday.

The second advantageof limiting car usage is it makes peoples lives a little more easier. For example, Now there is less space for parking and more space for stores to be placed a walk away, On a main street, rather then in malls along a distant highway.

In conclusion the advantages of limiting your car usage helped reduce smog, and make peoples life easier by reducing green house gasses and creating less space for parking and making more space for stores to be placed a walk away, on a main street rather than in malls along a distant highway.    ",2
"Im writing to say that I think we should keep the Electoral College. i think its fair and that everyone should be used to it by now because we have been doing it for a long time. Everyone knows that when you are voting for your candidate you are actully vintg for your candidate's electors. Even though people think the ""Winner-take-all"" system is not fair i think it keeps everything in line. There are reasons why this system was created to prevent major problems from happening.

I think that it does not matter if Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, and the AFL-CIO all want to Abolish the electoral college. Sure over 60 percent of votes would prefer a direct electionto the type of elction that we have now  but I think it will just cause problmes. We would have to make new rules to when it comes to voting which could take a long time because we would have to have he approval of many people. Then everyone would have to learn these rules and the age to vote could be possibly changed. For everone to get used to these rules could cause many fights and arguements between peopl. The chances of a cadidat of winning could change alot.

Popular vote can increase the chances of there being a tie, causing a disater. Everyone should trust the electors. It is possible that the winner of the elctoral vote will not win th national popularf vote. even though that has happened rarely. Although it did happen once in the year 2000, when Gore had more popular votes than Bush yet fewer electoral votes, but that was since 1888. With popular vote it is not certain what can happen.

For example the electione of 2012 Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney. Therefore  the electoral votes should not be abolished, popular votes will only cause problems.    ",3
"In the article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming,"" the author speaks about how the future of transport can change.

The possibility of sometime in the near future of transportation with no driver.

Such invention seems like something we can have in decades, yet many car companies and even Google have variations of a driverless car.

Many people will be having a hard time when the decision of whether or not it is safe comes about considering the amount of people and their decisions.

In this short essay i plan to inform the reader of my views and opinions of this driverless car.

An invention such as a driverless car could change many things drastically, all of which could effect our daily lives.

I believe that this invention can bring the unemployment rate in the world even higher, considering the amount of jobs there are revolving around driving.

Cab drivers would be out of jobs considering the car would be driven by itself.

Even traffic police could potentially be taken out of play with this invention because there would be no need for them anyway.

Many things must be thought of when attempting to change the way people work every day.

Not only can the unemployment rate drastically rise, but can such a machine be trusted when it comes to street safety?

Many things can potentially go wrong with this car, even the finest machines can malfunction even though the article states that Google's driverless car has exceeded half a million miles without a crash.

Would crossing the street put every pedestrian in danger?

If so who can be to blame if not the manufacturer of the car?

These things must be put into consideration when something so dangerous gets put into the hands of technology.

I am not saying that people driving is safe either, driving can be a very dangerous action if said driver has not been trained properly.

The driverless car is a sensational and very idealistic invention, one can not just assume an invention as big can be put into play in the upcoming future.

Multiple laws would need to be passed, people who have been driving for years not knowing what to do if something goes wrong.

This car can be both good and bad, and I believe in the future cars will not have drivers but not so soon.

I believe that this cannot or will not be able to be made within the next twenty years.

I hope that when the time comes to decide whether this will happen, every voter has been informed of the dangers as well as the benefits.",3
"Some people belive that the so called ""face"" on mars was created by life on mars. This is not the case. The face on Mars is a naturally occuring land form called a mesa. It was not created by aliens, and there is no consiracy to hide alien lifeforms on mars. There is no evidence that NASA has found that even suggests that this face was created by aliens.

A mesa is a naturally occuring rock formation, that is found on Mars and Earth. This ""face"" on mars only looks like a face because humans tend to see faces wherever we look, humans are obviously extremely social, which is why our brain is designed to recognize faces.

Many conspiracy theorists believe that NASA is hiding life on Mars from the rest of the world. These people would be very wrong. If NASA found life on Mars, then they would get millions of people's attention. NASA's budget would increase drasticly, which means that their workers would get paid more. There is no good reason that NASA would hide life on Mars from the rest of the world.

So, NASA is not hiding life on Mars from us, and they are not trying to trick us into thinking that the ""face"" on mars is just a mesa, because it actually is. NASA hiding life would be illogical, because if they found life on Mars, they would make a lot of money, and we all know that the people at NASA aren't illogical people.",3
"I think we should use this technology because it say in the article that ""a classroom computer cand recognize when a student when a student is becoming confused or bored"". This technology could make the lesson easier, some people don't like to ask for help from teachers for certain reasons, with this new technology you won't have to and it will make life so much easier.

They use video imagery the software tracks the facial movements. The painted face of mona lisa by tweaking diffrent units the computer can identify mixed emotions. every expression is compared against a face, The demonstration could bring a smile to your face, for example. If you smile when a AD appears on your screen the computer will bring up another AD that is similar to the AD your looking at right now. But if you frown the next AD won't be the same. According to the facial feedback using your facial mucsles doesn't only express human emotion they also help produce them.",2
"In this passage you have heard about the Seagoing Cowboys and what they are and what they do. If you had to choose what would you choose do you think that is was right for Luke to convince others to participate in th Seagoing Cowboys program.

First, for some people some might think that Luke can convince other to join and I am on their side because if he is't able to convince people that how was he able to convince his friend to go with him. He could have just gone by himself and been selfish but he didn't want to be alone and wanted to be nice to his friend and asked him to come because he new that would have beeen the right thing to do. Luke was just trying be kind and nice ""He knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime."" Luke and his friend Don new that after all that time they didn't have to work two part jobs.

On the other hand, some might think that he shouldn't have to convince others to do that if he has to convince them than they really don't want to go. To some it might not have been a lifetime dream for some people or it might not have been a once in a lifetime opportunity. People are different and some are selfish so some might have thought that he really wasn't serious. So for some people they don't think that she should convince peopele to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program.

To wrap this all up, what I think Luke's point of view on convincing others to participate in thye Seagoing

Cowboys program that he should convince other so go and help because it is the right thing to do. Some think that he shouldn't convince people to go. But at the end of the day everybody is different and everybody think differently so what every you think it is up to you.,",3
"State senator,

I hear there is a process called the Electoral college where election of the president is counted by vote in congress. I understand the process that people vote for the electors and not the president straight off. Once you have vote for which electors you want, the electors will vote for the president and vice president, known as the electoral votes by congress. Realizing from whats happened in the past i see that most people dont like this process. Analyzing the process once more after knowing people dont favor this process, their reasons are reasonable.

I have come to conclusion that i favor of changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. keeping the Electoral College process will give difficulties to people around the states. There has been some mistakes before, voters have gotten confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate. Why not just have it simple? People have refused to vote for their party's candidate and vote for whomever they please.

Changing to election by popular vote wont be a problem, the electoral collage is already unfair to voters. Candidates dont spend time on states they think or know they have no chance in winning because of the Winner-take-all system. Its already been official so why not change it? A fair amount of people already know the Electoral collge is unfair and irrational. Isn't is easier already to just vote for the president itself and pick by popularity. The voting is for the president anyway then why put in a whole lot of nonsense and bring in state electors.

Over all, i just feel like voting by popularity will be much easier and pleasing to people. Yes ive had the thought that it might take a bit longer because obviously you're going to need to count all the votings of millions to billions of people, but its less complicated. The electoral process have had bad experiences so why not try something new and yet a better way of voting? It wont hurt right. The pros and cons do come in the way of both, there are cons in the popularity process but knowing that people dont like the electoral and most already vote for who they please theres only one thing to do. Change to election by popular vote for the presidnat of the United states and make is official.    ",3
"Think about when you were just about to turn 16 you were so exited. You would finally be abel to drive and have freedom. Well if we make cars that drive them selfs that could be gone and many other great things. I think this is a bad idea. Having cars that drive them selfs could be dangerous too it says in the passage that they are driver assisted and that a person still has to be in the car just in case they need to take over. Well if i get tried and im not driving and I fall asleep what happens whe the car needs mecto drive ? ""Manufactures are also consedering using cameras to watch that the drivers are remaining focused on the road."" Well ok but what about my privacy? Think about when you were young and would go to a secret spot with your boyfreind or girlfreind, what if that camrea recored that or someone hacked into the camrea and watched. If a crash happens how would ypu determine if it was the cars fault or yours? There is so many more problems with having cars that drive themselfs. I dont think we should have cars that drive them selfs too much fun is lost and new challenges with laws will occer. ",2
"I find the ideas behind the electoral college extremely ridiculous, and my claim is completely justifiable and backed up. Why vote for some one if youre actaully only voting for a board of people who could possibly not vote for the canidate of your choice. There also always a chance of your canidate winning popular vote and still losing to electoral. There is also the idiotic winner take all system that most states have in place. This ""winner take all"" system means that if a canidate recieves a majourity of the states votes, they get all of the votes for that state.

I find it irrational because if you're going vote for a board of members who may or may not vote for the person in which you are rooting for, why even vote ? While this possability is extremly low, There is still always a chance it may happen.

The way the voting system is set up your canidate can win popular vote by 20% more than their opponent and still lose by a 5% lower score in electoral vote. There have been cases in which this happened as well. (i. e. Al Gore, Richard Nixon)

My final point against the Electoral College is the winner take all system states use when it comes to voting. This sytem makes it so that as long as there is a majourity in a state, the person that has that majourity has all the votes for the state.

Some counterclaims that state that we should keep the electoral college enacted state that there will always be swing states. This means that instead of going to lots of states they go to the few states that they know could be pulled to either president.

Over all I find the current system of voting a total disgrace to our glorious country. Its ubfair, unjust and a complete mess. I believe that we should act imediately upon this system and shut it dwon as soon as possible.    ",3
"The second planet of our solar system is Venus and the reasoning why scientist are studying despite dangers Venus presents. Venus being the sisters with Mercury and Earth it has exceed it's extreme into knowing it's a diffcult site to explore.

The study of Venus is worthy becuase it has astronomer's fascinated about it's past life, people striving to meet their challenges,and NASA's studies on simplified electrons.

Astronomers are fascinated with Venus over it's ""earth-like"" features. In paragraph 4 it states, ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth."" This explain that Venus was an ""earth-like"" planet with the same features like Earth.

NASA is striving to study Venus as so many people and meet their challenge. In paragraph 8 it states, "" Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors."" This explains that many people such as NASA are trying to meet their goal into exploring about Venus.

NASA is working on approaches of studies that'll get them in depth with Venus and it's natural features. In paragraph 7 it states, ""NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus’s surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions."" This is explaining that NASA is working on big projects so they can get better information about Venus.

The study of Venus is worthy becuase it has astronomer are fascinated about it's past, striving to meet the challenges,and studies with simplified electrons.

This is explaining why the study of Venus is worthy despite the dangers it provokes.This is and important type information because it's informing us that astronomers like NASA are trying to explore Venus.            ",3
"Cars have been the # 1 way to get around for decades. almost everyone has one and they make going places amazingly convieniant. There have been many advances and upgrades since the first one was created in the early 1900's. Since then cars are faster, stronger, safer, and they even made electrical cars that are better for the enviorment.

My position on driverless cars is that they are great for many reasons. They are safer, if some drunk person decides to be reckless and drive, the car will drive for him, and I know the car does require the skills of a human in some types of traffic but that is way safer than a drunk that drives the whole time. These cars will also save us alot of gas money, prevent an endless amount of accidents, and even make the planet healthier.

So for these reasons I am a full supporter and believer that driverless cars are the future of this world. They are safer, more efficiant, and alot better for us.    ",1
"I think that you guys should all become a Seagoiing Cowboy with me so than we can adventure the world and ride the waves together.

This will make it a lot easier to do the job as a Seagoing Cowboy. We will be able to ride the waves together. And have more time to play around and have fun because the job will get done faster then if I am by myself.

Also I think you should join the program because we can experience the world together and learn new things about being a Seagoing Cowby and new ways to make the job go by faster and so we can have more fun. Then after we find out more ways to do the jobwe can explore the ocean on our way to our destination. There is kinda some flaws because it will almost always smell pretty bad and some days it will take a long time to get the job done. But on the other hand it will be full of fun adventures a long the way with a lot of fun times coming right our way.

These are all the reasons why I think all of you should become a Seagoing Cowboy. It is also for boys and girls so anyone can come and work with me because the more the better and faster the job will be done.",2
"Have you ever thought what venus could actually do and what it contains good or bad effects? Well acccording to the article there is various reasons why it can be worthy despite the dangers it presents. Venus is sometimes refered to as the evening star it is one of the brightess points of light in the dark sky. It is also the second planet from our sun. In the article it says that "" venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth"". It is still good to study it though so you can know more information about it

Altough venus may seem to be good it can present different types of dangers. In paragraph three the first sentence it says that ""a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus"". This isnt good it makes the conditions bad and this is something that the humans never encountered before on earth. This could have bad results such as an enviorment would crush even a submarine accustimed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans nad it says it could also liquefy many metals.

Learning and knowing about venus is important so you not only you know about it but what it also contains the pros and cons. Knowing the value of it and what it conatins is important.

In conclusion, is why these reasons is important to know about Venus.You can know about whats happening and if something occurs you now know why. Venus has its own value and ""human curiosity will likley lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors.    ",2
"Wow! Us humans now live in day where something can read our emtions, that is pretty cool. Having the ""Facial Action Coding System"" would be very nice to have in a classroom. That would make it easier for the staff of the school to know what students like.

The man that made this ""Facial Action Coding System"" was, Prof. Thomas Huang. Thomas Huang was working with Prof. Nicu Sebe. Prof. Thomas Huang and Prof. Nicu Sebe are trying to get a way for humans and computers to communicate. What Prof. Nicu Sebe and Prof. Thomas are doing can help students in school.

Now how it works is pretty cool. In the article it says, ""The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face."" This would help teachers read what emtion a student is giving during class.

How will this effect students and teachers. How would this help the teachers? The computer will scan the students face see if they are focusing in class or not. In the article says that the computer can read ""action unit"" which is, ""Movement of one or more muscles."" Telling if the student is focusing in class.

This idea of a computer reading someones face isn't that bad. It would help out students in the future.        ",3
"How do you feel about driverless cars? What do you think theyll be like for you in the future? Are they better than cars that have to be personally operated by the human? Well, they named a few good and a few bad things that would come with the driverless car. They told how you will still have to keep focus on the road in the driverless car because it will need to be hand driven when it comes to work roads and accidents that have happened or even traffic jams. THe good things they said about it would probably be, that it is sensored so you dont hit nothing or it tells you when something is wrong and where your far is at and how its driving itself.

The things that are good about the driverless car would be, it could drive itself, you could relax and chill while its taking you where you need to go. Also, its good because it has all these sensors in the car that it can tell when to brake, or when to slow down. This could be a good thing kind of , when it is driving itself you should always be prepared to take over. But it said in the article "" While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver."" So if they ever got into a car accident they could probably go back and look at the cameras too see what the driver was doing and how they crashed.

The things that are bad could be that whenever the car wants to go down the company could shut your engine off at any tme and at any place. Whether its still driverless or not you still have to pay attention so you might as well just stick with the divers car. the other bad thing could be your car can decide when to brake and that could be at any point and you could brake at the wrong time and someone could hit you. One bad thing that could also be good is the sensors , sometimes they could go out and your car could start messing up.

In my opinion i think driver cars are better because there is so much that could go wrong with the driverless car. Like the car going out and the sensors messing up and you just break down and you wouldnt know how else to fix it, because it has so much technology. But with driver cars you can know when there is a porblem, you know when and where you need to fix things under the hood or on the car in general. The driver cars are better i hink because the person in the car should always have their eyes on the road. If we have driverless cars what was the point in the drivers licence and permit if the cars will drive us? you know ?

With a drivers car where you have a person driving 24/7 you know how to operate the car. You know how to change the oil or how to change the breaks so they dont go out and you get in a wreck. I mean yeah you could do something wrong with the car and it mess up but im sure if you're working on a car you have done it before. But drivers cars you dont have to worry about the engine reducing power on you, you just fill the car with gas and your good. But driver ccars you gotta worry about the car breaking down etc.

But there are always to fix your broken down car unlike you can with driverless cars.

So if i had to choose any car whther it was drivers or dirverless, I think i would go with the drivers car. Because , for the fact i know i could trust the car and i could have the car checked to see if its good for running and driving unlike you could with the driverless car. The driverless car could be good for so long then something bad could happen and you not know what was wrong with it. So if i had to get a car of my choice between drivers and driverless i would most definitely choose drivers. ",3
"In the passage, the author says, ""...Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sedimentand includes familar features, such as valleys, mountains, and craters. Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a cruical consideration given the long time frames of space travel.""

So, for that being stated, that is why the author thinks the planet, Venus, is still worthy of visiting and discovering. The author also states that it's nearly impossible to go there. He said that we could be able to get there, but not able to touch ground because of the heat Venus holds. We wouldn't be able to touch or take samples of anything because it would be too hot.

The author states that NASA is working on new ways and ideas on how to approach Venus. He said that NASA has made something similar to Venus's heat and that they made something that would, maybe could, protect it from all that power of heat.

Lastly, He restates by adding in his conclusion, that Venus has value and is worth discovering more. He says that we will more than likely to discover more of what Venus has to offer because of the curiosity that we humans have and that nothing, not even the fear and douts we have will stop us from exploring and figuring out new things. He sates that we shouldn't be limited to travel because of the doubts and fear we have. The author states that we need to take a little risk to explore.      ",3
"In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author suggests that even though studying Venus has it's dangers scientists should study Venus and here is what the author said.

Astroniomers are fascinated by Venus because it may ahve been the most Earth-like planet on our solar system. Scientists think that long ago Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and it could have been supported with various forms of life, just like Earth.Today, Venus still has some features that are the same like Earth. Venus has a rocky sediment surface and it includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters, others, recall taht Venus can sometime be our nearest option for a planetary visit. NASA thinks that scientists could go to Venus if they don't step on Venus because the planets tempeature is 800 Fahrenheit they can be on the ship hovering 30 miles up from the planet. The dangers of visisting Venus are high but human curiousity can beat all of the bad thoughts of visiting the planet.""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. This is why Venus is worth studying despite the dangers.",2
"Aliens making a face on Mars, yeah I don't think so. You believe that an alien created a face on Mars to show that something really does live in space. Well you hear all the time that on Earth people find certain landforms or even a persons body to look like something other than what it actually should.But how was it created? Nature? Aliens?

In the passage it states that ""Although few scientists believed the Face was an alien artifact, photographing Cydonia became a priority for NASA when Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) arrrived at the Red Planet in Sept. 1997, eighteen long years after the Viking mission ended."" So to my unserstanding I believe that from the information given there is no sign that the Face was created by aliens.

Further more there is more evidence given by Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera that him and his team ""snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos."" ""Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing... a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all."" After this it all means that no substantial alien creations were happening,or ever did happen.

In conclusion, by the evidence that has been given and from my prespective the ""Face"" is just a natural landform. The pictures shown give an excellent representation that over the years cameras have different pictures qualities, and also that the Face could grow or form differently after a long period of time. Being a scientist here at NASA and being given this information we have found and from others, our claim is more effective than someone believing that it was created by aliens.   ",3
"You're walking into a classroom seeing different faces, different attitudes, and different emotions. Do you think you'll be able to tell the emotion of each student? What if you were sitting in a classroom? Do you believe a computer or any technology that's able to read you and your classmates emotional expresionsis valuabe? If you do, then I disagree.

I believe the use of technology that's able to read the emotional expressions of students isn't valuable.First, I believe this because the software is able to show only six emotions. In the article, it states, ""Eckman has classified six basic emotions - happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness,"" This shows that emotions like empty or basic won't be shown. If these emotions aren't shown, then what would the system show for an empty-feeling person.

Next, I believe this system isn't valuable because some people can have deceiving faces. In the article, the author, D'Alto says, ""...and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles."" This shows that the system is using people's facial expression to tell their emotion. A student can have a bored look on their face, but be very interested in what's going on at the same time. Therefore, the system will believe the student is bored, even though the student is far from it.

Finally, I believe this system isn't valuable because no mater what emotion a person is feeling, some people just have a natural neutral face. In the fourth paragraph it says, ""Each expression is comapred against a neutral face."" This shows that when a person has a neutral face they're only showing no emotion. Even though a person shows no emotion, deep down inside they might be happy or sad without anyone knowing.

This is why I believe the Facial Action Coding Sysytem is not valuable at all. The system is only able to show basic emotions. The system can't detect deceiving faces. This system clarifies the neutral face as no emotion. I hope you agree.",4
"Im against this driveless car thing. Why would u want to have that kinda car to have but you reallycant drive it unless it tells u can. I see they point of when are coming from but personal i would have to say no.

The reason i saw no is becasue i like to drive and i have some reason why i think it not good. First reason is because what happen when ur in the car and when its driving it self down the road you may what to take a nap and your by yourself. Then whe nthe car is driving and it makes a mishap then your in trouble because its your car and you have to pay for it to get fix. The second reason is that when you think for awhile because in the passage it says "" Toyata prisu uses posisiton-estimatingon th eleft rear wheel, a roating sensoron the roof, a vidoe camera mountes near the rearview mirrior, four automative radar sensprs, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor."" Just because it has all those thing dosent mean it good to have a driverless car. What happens if one of those thing break down and next thing you know you dont have a sensors on the left rear wheel then what happen you crash. The thrid reason is because when are in the car to my personal reaction i want to be safe and want to be on the wheel and not have to car be pushing my gas pedel. What happens and the car gose to fast or to slow and since you have no control of what the car dose then it stil your fault to be in a crash with another car or in the ditch. When im in a car i like to be the one on the gas pedel and to be able to, control my car and not have it go automacly. It says in the passage "" in 2013, BMW announced the development of Traffic jam Assistant."" The car can handle driving functional at speeds up to 25 mph, but special touch sesors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel."" I also say "" They cansteer, accelerate and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the raod ahead requires human skills, such as navitgating through work zones and around accidents. This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires. his necessitates the car beign ready to quickly get the driver's attention whenever a promble occurs."" Hoe would the driver be noticefy that there was a promble hhow can the car do that if thye wold tell me why then i would understand and maybe be on there side.

That what i have to say about this driverless car i am not likeing the idea so when have to be ready to have a car be on the crash you will be in the promble to be able to get the money on how they would pay there car. So there one im not on there side at all.",3
"Venus, sometimes called the ""evening star""is one of the bightest points of light in the night sky.

But, the nickname is misleading because Venus is actually a planet.

Venus is a challenge place to examine closely.

Venus is a worthly pursuit despite the dangers it presents because Venus could potential have life forms, can be the nearest option for a planetary visit, and people can gain others things from it not only information.

Venus could be the nearest option for a planetary visit if something happened to Earth.

The article ""The challenge of Exploring Venus"" it states,""recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long frames of space travel""(4).

This shows that if reseachers find a way to visit Venus without trouble, it can change the world.

This ties in with the thesis by doing this could be dangers,but it can open the world by new ways.

Also this shows that if something could have happened to Earth, people could go to Venus.

People can gain other things from going to Venus not only information.

The article states, ""striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself""(8).

This shows that we could gain other things not only just the planet itself.

This also shows that the dangers of getting this information is going to be hard, but in the long run it will be worth it.

Venus could have life forms and feature if we don't go and discover it.

The article ""The challenge of Exploring Venus"" states, ""could have supported various forms of life""(4).

This shows that Venus could have support life if we explore it and find out.

This ties in with the thesis by even if the dangers are big it will be worth it if Venus could support life. This also shows that if Venus has life forms we could potential could make it in the long run.

Venus could have potential of having life forms, can be a closest option for a planetary visit, people can gain information these all are a worthly pursuit despite the dangers it presents.

Venus is a challenging path but it shows promising stuff.

If the risk factors are great, we will find a way to get there.",2
"People say that driverless cars are the future of driving. If we build these cars people can just sit and relax, and not have to worry about traffic, car crashes, or even just steering the wheel. They however do not know how much money, and or workit takes to have driverless cars of the future My personal opinion about the cars is, I think it will take too much and money and work to have self-driving cars.

Scientist are building new, revolutionary things everyday, so why haven't they found a way to make everyone a driverless car? Well, that is driverless cars arent really driverless; the cars still need a driver. Of corse of the cars have highly advanced sensors in every nook and craney, but in certain situations the car would have to let the driver take over. What is the point of having a driverless car, when the driver has to pay attention at all times to make sure the car can drive in the situation they are in!

Even if the self-driven car provided to be some new technology for everyone to oogle at; eventually it would get boring, they wouldnt be worth the money, and people would stop buying them. Until the time comes when a car of the future is built that can revolutionize the way people look at self diving cars; i will stand by my thought, that self-driving cars, that need a driver are obsoleit.",2
"Is this technology that is able to read students' emotional expressions valuable?

I think the value of using this technology to read the students' emotions is really important. It is important because you can determain if students show some sort of depression in there life and you can be able to help them prevent suicide. "" A classroom computer could recongize when a student is becoming confused or bored."" This would help the teacher be able to help students out or try to teach them in a different way so it doesn't seem so bored or confusing.

This new technology can help in so many different ways. Us oursleves may or may not see how another person is feeling, we might think they are feeling happy but deep inside they can be sad. That's where the new technology part comes in, it is able to see what a person is truly feeling like for an exmaple the Mona Lisa painitng. "" She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry."" This was all determined by the Facial Action Coding system.

Like I said in the beginning ""Is this technology that is able to read students' emotional expereinces valuable?"" I know it is and hopefully you'll understand what I'm trying to say. ",3
"Imagine you feeling that nice breeze,while your on a ship as an Seagoing Cowboy. Being a Seagoin Cowboy is a very fun experience. Why you should be a Seagoing Cowboy is for these reasons you can visit other places, helps experience hard work, and can be fun.

First, You should be a Seagoing Cowboy because you can visit places you never been to. In the text, The author states,"" Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China."" The text also states,""The cattle-boat trips were unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy,"" he says."" This shows that visiting places can be fun and relaxing time.

Second, learning something new and hard working can help you. In the text, the author said,""Bales of hay and bags of oats had to be pulled up from the lower holds of the ship."" The text also states, the author said,"" Helping out on his aunt Katie's farm as a boy had prepared Luke

for hard work, but not for dangerous at sea."" This shows that mistakes can help you later on in the feature.

Last, if your ever bored you can always have fun on board. In the text, the author said,"" The cowboys played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed."" The text also states, The author said,""Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, games also helped pass the time."" This shows that Seagoing Cowboys love playing sports.

Now again if you want to be a Seagoing Cowboy is for these reasons you can visit new places, can experinces hrd work, and have fun. If you wan tto be a Seagoing Cowboy all you have to do is join in and you can do all the stuuf that Luke did.",4
"A study last year found that driving by young people have decreaseed over the years. Less people are getting there licensies and people are driving less miles everyday. Young people are starting to care less about cars. They are strating to use different types of transportation such as public transportation or even walking. There are advantages of limiting car usage like the reduction of green house gas emissions and smog and the less stress put on peoples lives.

Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gass emissions in Europe. This is a huge percent due top cars. If there were less cars then the emissions of greenhouse gases would go down which is a big advantage. In Europe they are trying to reduce the greenhouse gas emissons by reducing the use of cars. The emissons from an increasing number of private cars are choking the cities. With limiting the car usage the cities would not be as polluted. Like Eurpoe Paris bans driving due to the smog. This happened after days of near-record pollution. An another advantage of limiting car pollution is that congestion went down 60 precent making peoples lungs healthier. Cars also make cities such as China filled with intensifying smog. Cars are making the particulate matter go up by a huge percent. For limiting the use of cars and using other tranposrtation this will limit the use of smog. Without the use of cars was a great opportunity to lower air pollution which was President Obamas goals. Limiting the usage of cars will also help people deal with stress.

Cars cause alot of stress for people. Weather the car is broken down or you just got into an accident. They are very dangerous for people who dont follow the rules in them.    ",3
"In my own opinion I think that it is a bad idea to explore the habitat and enviroment of venus because the conditions just seem to unbareable but the author do make some good points on why we should explore it a little more. One reason the author wants to pursuit exploring venus is becasue it's the second planet from the sun and really close to earth its often referred to as Earth ""twin"". Long ago like hundreds or even millions of years ago venus have beeen the most earth like planet in our solar system. Venus have many and multiple things that are similar to earth for instance venus have rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys mountains and craters. I think the author have a good reason to keep studying venus it is earth like with all the similar features besided from the high carbon dioxide and extreme storms and weather temperatures.

Humans have sent numerouse spacecraft to land on venus but none have survived for more than a few hours. Every since then not a single spacecraft have touched down on venus since more than three decades. Venus have a thick atmosphere of almost ninety-seven percent carbon dioxide. Venus temperatures is really extreme the temperature average eight hundred degrees on a regular. The pressure and atmosphere is ninety times greater then earth's atmosphere.

Venus has the hottest temperature of any planet in our solar system even though mercury is closest to the sun. This reason being is because of the weather conditions venus have erupting like valcanoes powerful earthquakes and frequent lighting strikes that hits the surface. These conditions are far extreme then anything on earth. The conditions on venus could crush a submarine accustomed for diving to the deepest parts of our ocean. But still NASA is trying to figure out a way to send scientist to venus so they can study the palnet more.

Scientist say that venus could have been covered in with largely oceans and had life forms on its planet similar to earth. they say this because venus still have some features that are analogous to thoes on earth. They say that sometimes venus can be our nearest option for a planetary visit. Scientist is making a blimp like craft so that can float thirty miles above venus to study it better. Scientist wants to find out how much venus is like earth and trying to see if it csn somehow be habital in them extreme conditions.

The only problem with everything thats going is that being above and studing the planet give you limited insight on the ground to see whats going on. More importantly researchers cannot researchsample of rock, gas or anything else from that distance in the air. NASA is making electronic",3
"Raither than using technology to guess on students emotions I feel that teachers should ask and be there for a student. Looking at a peace of art work and seeing that a child is unhappy is easy to spot. Teachers have a hard time conecting with their studens because they dont know how to comunacate with them. How can we say that this Technology will do a better job then the teachers that we have now.

Technology on the other hand is only guessing on if a student is upset or angry or even happy. Although the technology could see if a child is board or confused. That is a huge pluss espesly if that means the lession can be changes to make the children understand what they are learing. Every student learns a diffrent way. Not everyone will understand at the same pase or be able to comunacate that they are strugling to understand something.

By using this technology learning can be a hole new and exciting thing for a lot of students. If this technology works then a lot of stand off students can be more intuned on lessons they need to understand and know. ",2
"The reason he wants to join the program is that he wants to help people. Another reason is that his friend is going too! He is also going because he gets to see China, Uurope, and Europe. But the main reaon he is going is t help people and animals that are shipped overseas.

To support Luke's claim, in the text it states that, ""To help these countries recover their food supplys, animals, and more, 44 nations joined together to form UNRRA (the United Nations Relif and Rehabilitation Administration). UNRRA hired Seagoing Cowboys to take care of horses, yound cows, and mules that were shipped overseas.""

To conclude my essay, here is some infromation about Luke and Don's journy! For fun they played: volleyball,baseball, table-tennis tournaments,fencing,boxing,reading,whittling, and games. They also played them to help pass the time. The trip also made Luke ""aware of people of other countries and their needs. For Don's expirince it was almost the same!",2
"In The Challenge of Exploring Venus the author really support the idea of Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents in paragraph 1, it started out as Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. Each previous mission was unmanned because not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more three decades. Venus is also a challenge planet for human to go study. The clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus atmosphere ,Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solor system. Many reseachers are working on innovations that would allow their machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus. NASA is also working on other approches to studying Venus. They look back into old technology called mechanical computer which first envisioned in 1800s and it played an very important role in World War II, calculations by using gears and lever and do not require electronics at all. Striving to meet the challenge of Venus only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself,but also became human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally endeavors.",2
"Venus is one of the closest planets to earth, infact its known as our sister planet and sometimes even reffered to as Earth's ""twin."" Though the planet is so close, its hasn't been the easiest to get to or explore. Exploring Venus might be a big challenge, but scientists part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) aren't ready to give up yet. Numerous failed attempts have not affected them or their work. It might be because of their fascination of the planet or because the exploration of this planet will greatly increase their knowledge of what the planet once was. Throughout the passage the readers can see how the author agrees and supports the idea of exploring Venus.

In paragraph 8 the author states, ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by the dangers and doubts, but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."" When the author says this he is supporting the idea that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because he is saying that we should not let the challenge and trouble of venus stop us from trying to explore it. The author also supports this claim in paragraph 4 when he says, ""Astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have been te most Earth-like planet in our solar system,"" he then follows the sentence up with examples of characteristics both planets share like valleys, mountrains, and craters. The author does this to show that if we were able toe explore it we would add more to the research and information we already know about the planet.       ",3
"In this article the author presents both poisitive and negative aspects of driverless car, i am against the develpoment of these cars because if these cars get legalized the driver will feel free to keep there eyes off the road, they will not take as much responsibily, drivers could fall asleep and cause an accident, it is a very expensive project that could benefit the world in much better ways, there will no be no personal place while being in side of those cars, and because teenagers will want to be the first ons who wold like to use them without even having experiences in normal cars which could cause many accidents since teenagers arent responsible enough to be driving one of those cars.

Many car accidents are already happining in this world because of texting while driving, alcohol, and unresposible people driving . If these cars get legalized not only will they make a driver think they are free to get there eyes off the road but they will make them believe no accidents could happen since the cars should of been tested and passed before coming out. In any time when the drivers gets a call or message and is driving on a driverless car they will think its not a big deal if they get there eyes off the road and text. Leaving all the reponisibilty to the car by its own. Many things could happen in a second. another car could come and crash, but since the driver trusts too much on their car they wont even notice there is something dangerous just infront of their eyes.

Coming up with these cars is a lot of money,On paragraph three the author stated, "" These smart-road systems worked surprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to exsisting roads, somthing that was simply too expensive to be practical. "" The author must of added this to make the reader realize that coming up with these cars requires a lot of money. So if cars are already an invention and many people use them without being driverless why doesnt the government spend the money in something more useful such as kids in Africa, or adding school to countries that cant afford building an education center. On paragraph fourthe

author also stated, "" Google's modified Toyota Prius uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror , four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver , and an inertial motion sensor. "" Those are many things that those cars would use ! more money that could be used in more benefital ways.

Another reason of why i am against the development of these cars is because once you step inside those cars you will no longer have personal space, everything you do or say will now be not only heared or seen by whoever is in the car with you but also by whoever is the one in charge of looking at you through the camera. On paragraph 7 the author stated, "" Manufacturers are also considering using camera to watch that reminders are remaining focused on the road. While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver."" That is letting the reader know that it is a possibilty that cameras will be located in these cars.

Even the people who are developing these cars know that drivers have to be watched over , so why are they putting peoples life in risk?

The fact that more accidents could happen because of these cars, the lack of resposiblty these cars will cause, money waisted on other things instead of things that could benefit this world, and no longer having personal space on our own cars are some of my reasons of why i am againt the development of these cars.                 ",4
"The advantages of limiting car usage result in a healthier environment for you and your children, exercise by walking or riding a bike, and saving money on parking and gas.

Limiting car usage would be beneficial for the environment because the gas wouldn't polute the air. Green house gas emissions from tailpipes polute the air that everyone is breathing. If the car usage was limited, then the air would start to become fresh again. Stated in the passage, ""Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States."" This exerpt from the passage ""Car-Free Cities"" explains that Europe's percentage is too high and they need to drop it fast or the percentage will grow and the greenhouse gas emissions will increase.

Limiting car usage isn't a big move like most people are making it out to be. Walking to pick up your child from school isn't such a bad thing! It gives you bonding time to spend with them outdoors. You can walk or ride a bike to the park to play. Especially if it is less than 1 mile! Walking is a great way to exercise and its free! FREE!  This component of ""smart planning"" could work if eveyone helped by reducing car use.

Having a car is expensive! You have to pay for gas, which is expensive, and you have to pay to park your car! If you live in the area where you want to go, walk! But if you're going to the grocery store, obviously you would take your car if you're getting a lot at the store. You have to pay to park in the parking garage and that is $40,000 with a house. The passage ""Car-Free Cities,"" states that ""70% of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57% sold a car to move here."" In that town, everything is pretty close to each other so you don't have to drive anywhere. If you needed to go visit a family member in a different city, the the train! It's fun, free, and calming.

As you can see, you don't need to drive a car. Yes, you can drive a car, but why would you? You have buses, and trains, and other ways of transportation. This way, you don't have to pay for gas to go to the park. Not using your car is healthy for the environment and it's great exercise. It's a good way to get outdoors and have a nice walk. So please, just try using your car a little bit less everyday and soon enough, you will rarely use it, the air will be fresh, and you'll be taking some nice strolls in the park with your family.    ",4
"In modern society, cars are obviously popular. They are one of the most used means of transportation, and driving can be exciting for some people. Now because cars are so popular today, many wrecks occur consistently. Rather it be because of the person who was driving the car's fault, or another car accidently or purposely hitting the other car, this is why I am against driveless cars. So many wrecks happen already with an actual person driving the vehicle, imagine no one driving the car. The level of safety would not be exceeded, and would rise the statistics of deaths in cars.

First, an issue with driveless cars is not only do we need the technology to make the car driveless, we also have to change our surroundings. ""Originally, many futurists believed the key to developing self-driving cars someday wasn't so much smarter cars as smarter roads."" The passage explains that some roads will need to be changed for driveless cars to work effectively. These ""smarter roads"" would need electricle cables to send signals to the car, magnets for alternating polarity and binary codes. Now no one is saying this can not be done because it has been accomplished before, but there will be an expensive price that comes with it. If these prices are not dealt with, no smarter roads and definitley no smarter cars.

Although today, driveless cars technically exist, they are not 100% reliable. ""The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel."" This places a lot of responsibility for the driver and those seated in the car. Due to the car not being completely driveless, one will have to pay attention to the road, accidents, and where they are heading. If the driver located in the car is not paying attention this can cause car wrecks and even death. To add more safety to the car, the manufactures have created signals. The signals let the driver know when there is danger ahead. But if the driver misses these signals, they are again at risk and their safety becomes their responsibility.

Another problem that arises with driveless cars is the relatonship between the manufacturers and the driver or those in the car. Accidents happen often, and if an accident were to happen it is hard to choose who would be at fault. Would it be the manufacturer who is supposed to create their inventions to perfection for an individuals safety? Or would it be the drivers fault because if something were to happen, they should be aware at all times? ""As a result, in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars."" It is very difficult to answer these questions, therefore safety regulations have been admitted in certain states including California, Nevada, Florida and the District of Columbia.

In conclusion, driveless cars have a long way to go before they can be considered safe. Deaths are skyrocketing as it is with humans driving cars and we certainly are not ready for a car to drive itself. Until we have the proper technology that will work at all costs, driveless cars are useless and better left untouched.         ",5
"I believe that this would be very valuable in classrooms because using this in more classrooms would be more active and enthusiastic. This would be very benificial to every classroom becuase the technology would make kids more engaged with the class and if the technology really can help then why stop it. The reason this would be good is because it states i paragraph 6 that ""A class room computer could reconize when a student is becoming confused or bored"", Dr huang predicts. ""Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" This could possibly make kids want to contineau to college and so forth and even allow more oppertunities for later learning technology.

This technology would be helpful to teachers because they wouldnt have to try as hard to keep everybody focused and mind driven. This could help because in paragraph 6 sentence 7 that ""the same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive- for video games or video surgery. This would help drastically for video surgery because the computer would sence that your nervous and not ready to do the video surgery. I believe this is a good way to test a medical student because you would be able to see if they are nervous or totally calm with wha they are doing.

This could go beyond school and help even help painters get that perfect face but maybe they dont know what emotions they want to portray in the picture. This would help painters because they could see what kind of emotion the person they are trying to draw has and could possibly show them what percent of emotion they have in there face. This would be benificial because not only for painters and such but even for the public such as public news paper because sometimes there is unthought out things such as emotional times for good or for worse.

There is just one problem that could come up in the future of having this technology. In paragraph 1 sentence 1 it states out ""She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful and 2 percent angry."" Technology could not be this percise and acurate to say the EXACT number of ehat emotion your feeling. Some people just have a mean look on there face, and some have a face of always happy. Ather than that there probably wouldnt be any other problems because technology would be getting better by the year.

In conclusion i truly believe that this could take schools and other buisnesses a long way with the technology that is being told to us today. Other than the unexact percent number this will be will be a base emotion cauculation for schools, painters, and maybe for the public.    ",4
"Joining the Seagoing Cowboys program is the best thing to join. The program has been around since 1945 after World War ll was over in Europe. At this time many countries were left to pieces. To help these countries 44 nations joined together to from the UNRRA. UNRRA then hired the Seagoing Cowboys program to help them out. In my essay, I will say some reasons why joinging the Seagoing Cowboys program is a great idea.

The Seagoing Cowboys program is fun and you get to meet new people and try new things.The program gives you the chance to see many different parts of the world. Without signing up to join the program you probably would never this chance again. Also, you get to have a lot of fun with new people you meet along the way. Another benifit that the program offers is you get to see many other cultures and you get to try new foods. This program offers many great things.

The Seagoing Cowboys program offers great opportunities to many people. You get the opportunity to take care of many different animals, which is always a joy. You get to help people in need which is a special thing you get to do. There are many other benifits to being in the Seagoing Cowboys program, but here are just a few that are the most exicting.

I know that some people think that feeding animals on a boat all the time is not fun. However, in your free time you get to tour many places where you visit to sight see. One time I got to go to Greece and saw a beautiful Acropolis. So this option lets you not be bored because you are feeding animals while on a boat.

The Seagoing Cowboys program is a great program to join. You have fun while helping others and yet still enjoying what you are doing. Overall the program offers many great opportunities and is a lot of fun.           ",4
"Venus is worth searching and studying because it might have been the most earth like planet in the solar system. Long ago, venus was probable covered with large oceans and could have supported various forms of life just like earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. Furthermore, recall that venus can sometimes be our nearest optioon for planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel. The value of returning to venus seems indisputable, but what are the options for making such a mission safe and scientiffically productive.

I think that venus should be explored because then there could possibly be new life there and we can have a new planet that possibly people could go to but it wouldnt be possible for many more years. It would be dangerous exploring venus because it is really hot there. NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of venus would allow scientist to float above the fray usuing a blimp like vehicle that is about 30 miles above venus. The tempature would still be like 170 degrees but air pressure would be close to that of sea level on earth. Solar power would be plentiful and radiation would not exceed earths levels. Not easy conditions but it would be survivable for humans.",2
"Although driverless cars are useful and could make it easier for drivers to navigate a car, I am against driverless cars. I am against driverless cars because it will take a lot a sensors and technology to develope the things manufacturers need to build the car to drive on it's own. The car also don't have to ability to detect roadwork or accidents. In most states in the country it is illegal to even test computer-driven cars.

The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone. What if a sensor fail? Then that's were the human come in and take control of the situation. If a sensor fail and there is no driver then the car can go uncontolably across the road causing many accidents. When in most case, if there was a human driving the car there wouldn't be as many failures and the car and everyone in and surrounding it will be safe.

In fact, none of the cars developed so far are competely driverless. They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents. This mean that the human driver must stay alert and be ready to take control of the required situation. I believe that if the car can't navigate around wrok zones and accidents that the car should only be driven by a human that can detect all dangers that are coming it's way. For example, if the sensor can't navigate the car around an accident that already accured than how can it provent the car from being involved in a accident.

Most drving laws focus on keeping driver, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers. That is why most states made it illegal to even test computer-driven cars because they know it isn't safe and require lots of inprovements. Even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liablity in the case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is respondsible? The driver or the manufacturer?

Driverless cars is not something I would like to have in my future because there is a lot of inprovements that need to be worked out before they meet the safety requirements of the taffic laws. They would be a great help to those who are learning to drive, but they are still dangerous. Humans aren't perfect, but they are more reliable in driving a car than sensors, so I am against driverless cars.",4
"I think the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because it helps us to define how exactly you are feeling. According to the passage it says ""In a real face or in the painted face of Mona Liza. The software can identify mixed emotions"". This technology was made by Prof. Thomas Huang, ""an expert at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate"" as said in the passage.

In my opinion i think Prof. Thomas Huang did a great job on making this project for humans and computers to communicate. Lets say if your happy, you smile to the computer this ad will pop-up and they will add another one to keep you smiling and if the next ad frowns you they will do their best to keep you smiling. The project is called Facial Action Coding System, which can detected your expression Human vs technology.

The computer detected

The Mona Liza expression, she intended to bring a smile to your face.

In conclusion these are my reasons why i think the use of this technology (FACS) to read the emotional expression of students in classroom is valuable.",2
"In my opinion, I would have to say having driverless cars would be a terrific idea. Human error is a way bigger cause of accidents than mechanical failures.

Driverless cars would help prevent a myriad of these accidents that happen around the world.

Drinking and driving is one of the leading causes of death related accidents. These driverless cars wouldn't be affected by an impaired driver. They would be able to get people who are under the influence home safely with a huge reduction in the possibility of that person harming themselves, or anyone else on the streets.

Accidents caused by falling asleep, talking on the phone, texting, and even simply just not paying full attention could all be reduced tremendously with the briliant technological ideas manufacturers are coming up with today. Driverless cars would almost wipe accidents caused by these ways. As stated in the article, ""Manufacturers are also considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road."" If they were to put a device like this in their new cars, they could alert a wondering driver that they need to pay attention and that they are in possible danger.

These intelligent cars would cause a huge breakthrough in driver safety. They have the possible impact of turning the common car crash into something rare and not of its time. I believe driverless cars are a fantastic idea and would help save a great deal of lives around the world.",3
"In countries all throughout the world, there are many reasons why limited (private) car usage would be very beneficial. Overall, it would benefit individual families by limiting costs spent on gas and even the huge payment of buying a car. Also, it would hugely cut back on the harmful gas emissions from the cars of individuals who choose to privately drive everywhere. Lastly, many countries have

As previously stated, limiting car usage would reduce the cost of buying cars and paying for the gas to use those cars. You can spend as much as $50 on gas a day, and because gas is a nonrenewable resource, the demand for it will only increase over time, as will its cost. Additionally, the economies of many countries such as the United States are not at their best, therefore making it difficult for many families to come up with the money to even buy a car. The $40,000 you spend on buying a car when there are alternative options such as walking, biking, or taking the bus could be spent on more important things like healthcare, insurance, food, and entertainment. According to Source 4, ""recent studies suggest aht Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by."" Obviously people would not be making these changes if it wasn't proving to be beneficial to them.

Secondly, cars are a huge source of air pollution to our planet. If we don't limit our car usage, who knows what will happen to our ozone layer and ecosystem. According to Source 2, countries like Paris have already noticed this and are taking the initiative to prevent further pollution. ""After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day."" Within days Paris had already observed a difference in their air quality and a sharp decrease in smog. ""Congestion was down 60% in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog . . ."".    ",3
"Venus is the brightest planet seen from Earth, the second planet from the sun, and one of the most dangerous planets for space scientists to explore. At just around ""800 degrees Fahrenheit"" the planet is rich with carbon dioxide, corrosive fulfuric acid clouds, and atmospheric pressure (3). These conditions alone should be solid reasons as to why the planet should not be touched, but despite this scientists continue to look towards it for research. Some of the supporting reasons as to why Venus should be explored are actually quite intriguing and can provide good support for reasoning exploration. Although the conditions of the planet can be horrednous the fact that the planet gives us Earth like pasts to study, vehicles are being made in order to combat the hazzardous areas, and technologies are making studying more possible, the planet may be worth investigating after all.

The fact that Venus was once like Earth is just one good reason as to why the planet is worth being studied. Even scientists believe that the planet was previously embodied with oceans that could have ""supported various forms of life"" (4). These long lost oceans are not the only Earth like feature that this planet has; according to paragraph four Venus has ""valleys, mountains, and craters"" that also match Earth's description (4). These features of the planet are fascinating and can help scientists uncover more of Venus' past which makes it a great planet to examine.

Venus has many earth like features worth studying but the different ways in which Venus can be visited is also a great reason to continue the research being done on the planet. NASA has been studying the use of vehicles that may be used to study the planet in the near future. They describe it as a ""blimp-like vehicle"" that hovers over the surface for about ""30 or so miles"" (5). This mechanism allows the blimp to stay out of reach from the horrendous temperatures and atmosphere of Venus. It also gives the blimp a way to maintain a sufficient amount of ""solar power"" (5). This blimp is one of many great upcoming studies on what kinds of options we have for reaching such a dangerous planet.

Futuristic vehicles are not the only positive part of upcoming Venus exploration, for technology in itself is continuing to evolve and provide ways to research the planet. For example, in paragraph 7, it shows how one electronic made out of ""silicon carbide"" was able to last ""three weeks"" under a simulation of Venus' harsh planet conditions. Another type of technology mentioned in paragraph 7 is from the past; they are called mechanical computers. These machines are ""more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces,"" which is exactly what type of climate Venus harnesses. Both of these types of technologies provide a great way to look at examining Venus and why the pursuit of the planet is, and can be, worth it.

Even though Venus may be a dangerous planet to explore, its earth like terrain, specially designed vehicles made to withstand

harsh conditions, and advancing technology made for research

are some of the main reasons why the planet is worth studying. In the future technology may be able to resist harsh conditions and vehicles may be able to reach closer to the surface without being damaged. The terrain may even be looked at more closely to uncover some of the secrets of Venus' past. Before all of these changes can be made they must be looked at, judged, and accepted as reasons to overlook the dangers of the planet and to expand on our knowledge with the exploration of planets.",4
"Do you really think aliens are real and made that Face of Mars? In my opinion I believe that this is just natural landform. In the article it states that few scientist believe that was made by a alien. Another reason I think it is just a natural landform is because this is natural in the Amearican west. My last reason I think that it is a natural landform because scientist believed it was just another Martian Mesa.

My first reason why my opinion is it is a landform because it states in paragraph six that few scientist believe that is was aliens. Also in paragraph seven it states it was a natural landform and there was no alien movement after all. This is one of the biggest reasons why I support my opinion that this is a landform.

My next reason why my opinion is it is a landform is this has happened many other places in America. In paragrqaph twelve it states that landforms common around the American west. ""It remindes me most of Middle Butte in the snake river Plain of Idaho,"" says Garvin. ""Thats a lava dome that takes the form of an isolatwed mesa about the same height as the Face of Mars."" The American west has plenty of things like the Face of Mars.

My last reason why my opinion is that is a landform is scientist believe that it was another Martian Mesa. In paragraph two it states that ""Scientists figured it was just another mesa, Common enough around Cydonia, Only this one had unusual shadows

that made it look like an Egyptian Pharoah."" This was my last reason why I believe that is was just a landform.

I strongly believe that the Face of Mars is a landform. There are many reason Why i support my opinion. Come on let's be honest, do you really believe aliens would bulid a face on mars.   ",3
"In the artical "" Making Mona Lisa Smile,"" tells about a techonlogy called the Facial Action Coding System, which is a system that tells peoples emotions from a degital screen. When knowing this technology can read faces, may it be possible to read amung students' emotion in a classroom?

Facial Action Coding System is a ""3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like a human mucles"". It has to move all of it's muscles in the 3-D computer to determind a facaial a human is making while using the facial gagit. We come across basic emotions like sad,anger, happy, and more that this gagit says can can pick up when scaning peoples faces, through the Facial Action Coding Systems. It even says in phargraph 3 ""Eckman has cassified six basic emotions--- happiness, suprise, angry, disgust, fear, and sadness--- and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles"".

When Knowing that, i dont think the mushcine could tell the students' emotion in a classroom. I only say that because, the Facial Action System can always make a slight mistake on judging how someone in that classroom feels. Just think, yes people can see others faces and make thier thoughts on what the person maybe feels, but also sometimes their judgment is wrong. I know the acticle tells me, and the other readers ""Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facaial trait that conveys happy, worried, ect Yet Huang observes that artists such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facaial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions"" (in pharagrah 5). I still say it doesn't matter about the studies someone has done to, or on something, technology can make simple mistakes just like humans.

In parapraph two, you can even see the author asking the readers, ""Can we actually ""cauclulate"" emotions---like mathe homwork""? Then goes on with saying, ""And how can a computer recognize the subtle facial movements we humans use to express how we feel"". When saying that it just shows that the author, and probly others that have read this acticle isn't sure about this facial computer tool, looks can always be desiving so it hard to even trust technologys judging something simples as someones facial expression.

Some people just may think the Facial Action Coding System is a very great idea, and some may not think so. It's just to hard to get a good answer on whomevers feeling it's the right technology to use. This technology could, or couldn't help others determind someones facials in a classroom.                         ",3
"Yes they should change to a election by popular vote. They should change to this because then they will know the actual amount of votes. And because they can see how many people want that person to become president instead of the electors because what if one of the electors changes their mind and goes for another person. Then that person can't revote and they are stuck voting for the person they do not want. And if it is changed it may cause problems politically.

The reason why people would most likely not want to change it because they might like voting for an elector and because they might think it is much easier and wont take as long to choose the president. Also the Louisiana legislature might replace the electors with new electors who would vote for John F. Kennedy. And that would be unfair because the popular vote would not really be for John F. Kennedy. Also there could be a tie in the electoral vote instead of a winner sometimes. Then the House of Representatives would have to vote if that did happen.

The electoral college is proven to be unfair to voters because of the winner takes all system. And so the dont spend time in the states because they know they have no chance in winning. And the state might pick a elector that they do not like by accident and mess up their vote. And the electors can only be people not holding public office. They might also choose a certain president because of his or her race.

And the thing is that the people do not choose the president the electors elect the president. Sometimes but it hardly ever happens, the elector chosen would change their vote to the other president. It depends on the state on who would most likely become president because the more people the bigger the vote will be. Also the electoral college method might turn of certain voters. And sometimes no candidate wins the majority vote and this causes pressure and makes it complicated to elect the president.    ",2
"Over the years technology has developed in both helpful, and unhelpful ways. The use of the Facial Action Coding System (FACS), could have a massive, but positive, impact on the way students learn. The use of this technology could be extremely valuable.

The author, Nick D' Alto, expresses how people use different facial muscles to show different emotions. The software of this program can depict weither or not a smile is genuine. The different muscles used to produce a real smile, are different than when a person puts on a fake smile (paragraph 7 and 8).

A teacher can spend a whole class period trying to decide if his/ her students, actually understand. Everyone uses the same muscles for a confused expression, it just depends on how the expression is worn. If the FACS were to be installed onto their learning devices, it could depict a confused student faster and alert the teacher. It gets students the help they need, more efficiently.

In paragraph four, D' Alto tells how Dr. Huang observed, ""facial expressions are universal."" As mentioned before, everyone may look similar when feeling a certain way. It just depends on how much they show the emotion. Yes, your friend could look upset, or behave a certain way, and you'd know instantly. What if it was a stranger? Could you decode how they feel, as easily as for your friend?

Although it can be argued, that it's easy to point out an unhappy person, it actually isn't. That person can wear any expression they want, no matter how fake it is. Use of facial detecting software could help better point out those people. Using this technology in classrooms could be extremely effective, and valuable. It could improve the way students learn, as well as improve grades. The Facial Action Coding System is the technology students, and people in general, could benefit from in their everyday lives.",3
"Dear Sentator,

My associates and I, have thought long and hard that we should have the Electoral College removed. Why? The Electoral college is unfair, outdated, and boring. We feel as if we should spice things up and be able to decide and presidents wit a majority vote rule. I know what your saying, "" The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no cnandidate recieves a majority of the votes cast."" With that I want to include that, if a state were to have it's own vote within the state and turn that into a vote then use that as a majority rule everything would be much easier. For Instance, in florida if lets say 72% vote President Obama, then that would be a vote for obama from florida and with the other 49 states doing the same thing then we have a easy way of using the majority rule.

Bob Dole was right we should abolish the electoral college. Why should we vote for someone who half the time picks the president you dont want. There are many reasons why we should ban the electoral college we dont nessesarily have use the majority rules method, but any other idea besides the electoral college i would go with any day. Why? Would you want to keep the electoral college? Why? Do you think this is helping america, its not really doing us harm, but why?

I see you might argue that the electoral college is widely regarded an an anachronism, a non-democratic method of diciding on a president. Is needs to be overruled by another method or even the majority rule. Considering you tried to i assume balance powers by making us vote for electors, who actually they get to vote for the president. You also might say their are five reasons you might want to keep the elctoral college. The certainty of outcome, everyone's president, swing states, big states, avoid run-off elections.

And with all that said. I want just want you to think of other possibilities to use to replace Electoral College. I assur you that if the it is removed and you use the majority rule something similar you can decide a president much faster.    ",4
"Have you ever wanted to travel different countries? Do you love animals & helping people? Join the Seagoing Cowboys! If you are intrested in joining please keep reading this & find out what we Seagoing Cowboys do on the cattle boat.

The Seagoing Cowboys are participants who are helping countries who went to war. We are helping them by giving them food supplies , animals , & much more. While we are on the cattle boat we have to do jobs. My job is to feed the animals three or two times a day , and pull bales of hay and bags of oats from the lower holds of the ship. You could do that too. You would be able to be around the animals you love! When we arrive to the country that is in need of help ,we drop off the animals and the food supplies. When that is done we might have time to explore the country for a little while then we leave for another country. Once every country is done we go back home. On the way there all the animals and food supplies are gone so we have time to play baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals have been housed. Boxing, table-tennis tournaments, fencing , reading, whittling and games also helped time pass on the cattle boat. Being on this boat is such an adventure. It's something to do if you have nothing else to do.

This trip is so great! You would absolutely love it if you love to help people , travel , and play sports and games. We Seagoing Cowboys would love more people to come and help out. Please come join us. Thanks for your support if you decide to come and help!        ",3
"You should really join the Seagoing Cowboys because they have lots of fun even though it might seem scary to be on a boat with horses then yes but it is actually pretty safe. Luke may have broke a few ribs and other stuff but he had fun and if you live on a farm then you would be good for it because you have to clean out stalls and feed them and put out bals of hay for them to munch on. You could be on the next boat to be a Seagoing Cowboy of Cowgirl. You may have to do night patroll but it don't matter as long as youhave fun. Maybe even bring a friend so you don't feel so lonely if you don't know anyone.

If you don't like boats then don't do it if you like boats and horses then your the one to apply and we will send you a ticket to get on the boat and be on your way. If you want to see the world or some parts of it then sign up and come join us because we go everywhere you can imagine like China, New Zealand, and Crete. These are just a few of the places that we go to so the horses can get where they need to be. We will go way across the world just to deliver horses.

Luke had no friends when he came other than the friend that asked him to go with him to be a Seagoing Cowboy. Luke made many new friends on the boat. He made 9 (nine) trips all together from that whole career that he had with that job. He had fun and learned new things about boats and horses.

He thought it was going to be a chance of a life time but he changed his mind it being completely amazing better than what he thought it would be for someone like him. His journeys were amazing and he loved it and his family was very proud of him and his friend. He said he is grateful for the opportunity. He also said it made him more aware of people of other countries and there needs. The awareness stayed with him and it lead his family to host many of international students and exchange visiters and students for many years.

This is Lukes story and this is why you should join. ",3
"In the picture that you were showen looks like a face on Mars that many people believe was created by Aliens, Scientist call the face ""Face of Mars"". ""Face of Mars"" has been a pop icon, it has starred in many films, books, radio shows, and even haunted grocery store checkout lines for over 25 years!

Many people believe this ""face"" has been created by aliens because of how far it it and how barley visible it is, would this prove that there is Human life on Mars? many people believe that their is human life on mars but some people are skeptics. I truly believe that this is just a natural landform. Some believe, like scientists figure it was rock forming and had unusual shadows that made it look like an illusion with a human head, eyes, nose, and a mouth. Authors have reasoned it is a good way to get attention to mars, which has worked. There are three different photos from seperate years that show a face but you can clearly see the face has slowly dissapeared by 1998, by 2001 the face looks like it has faded slowly. Nasa scientists were starting to dissagree at some point but that is okay, people have there own way of beliveing stuff. Most scientists on Nasa believe it has been natural rock formation over the years, they seem to be pretty positive. most scientists like to keep information to their selves instead of saying infromation to conspiracy theorists which can give false information.

Natural Landforms are common around the American West, it makes more sense to prove that it is just natural rock landform coming together forming rock and the shadow illusion of a face, as scientists predict. As many more years come around there might be more information about the ""Face of Mars"". ",3
"The face on mars has been a topic for argument since its discovery in 1976. You might say that it is far to realistic to not have been created by intellegent life, but if there were any kind of alien carvings to sugest that, we would've seen it using the MGS image. We mush firmly conclude that the face was not created by any kind of inteligent extraterrestrial life form.

NASA released the photos originally to drum uo buzz aroung their programs. It worked most definitely, but the attention created sceptices. This led to NASA going out of their way to get a better shot of it, hopeing that this will silence the doubters, However this was a grueling task. Eventually though they found pretty substantial evedence that it was just a rock formation.

The face was initially discovered May 24, 2001 and ever since conspiracy theorists have run wild with the idea that it was made by aliens. The theory states that it was creatd by intelegent life, but NASA has been trying to cover it up and hide its true nature. As stated before this has no foundation because if Intelegent life was found on Mars if would only benifit NASA by drumming up a lot of money for research. Meaning the theory is unlikely.

Using advanced immaging they took pictures of the area that concluded the face was just a oddly shaped rock. However, it is a peculiar shape,but Middle Butte in Utah stands tall in a nearly barren landscape and that has been proven scientifc fact.

The face became something to rave about. It was such an important part in our pop culture that it even stared in a movie. The face will always facinate us. It is remerkable just how much the formation resembles a human face. Perhaps there will always be sceptics, but almost everything can be questioned. That is what is so great about humanity.

The face was not created by intelegent life. Even though that would be amazing. It is just a annother Martian mesa. The truth behind something like this might even be more miraculous than the fiction. Just think about how a planet can create something so beautiful without craftsmen and artisans for help. We may not know about aliens yet, but they certainly did not create this landform. But who is to say their isnt one that was created by aliens, the universe is a big place: anything is possible.",4
"What would happen if someone was in a driverless car and it got into an accident and the person got hurt? If the person was driving they may have been able to prevent the accident and avoided getting hurt. Because of these possible accidents and mistakes that the driverless cars could make it is not a good idea to have them. Yes, there are times when they would come in handy. Say someone woke up late and did not have time to get ready. If there were driverless cars that person could get ready while the car was driving itself. Although times like these may come in handy it is still not a good idea to have them around.

In the reading it says that sometimes the car gets into situations when it does not know what to do, such as traffic and construction zones. If this were to happen the person would need to take control of the car and go along as if it was not even a driverless car. This seems to defeat the whole purpose of having a driverless car. So why have them when in reality it is not completely a driverless car.

There will never be a time when we can fully rely on the safety of a driverless car. Yes, they may know the rules of the road, but they do not know what to do in all situations. Because people cannot fully rely on these cars, it will cause them to worry, and will constantly be looking at the road and what is going on becuase they do not know if the car will know what to do. This situation also defeats the purpose of having a driverless car because it will be like they are driving, but with more anxiety.

Due to all of these reasons for possible crashes and causing stress and anxiety to the passengers it is not a good idea to have driverless cars around. Even though at times they might come in handy, there is always a downside that goes along with that. In this case there are just to many downsides to make it worth the time of fixing and improving the driverless cars to run properly.",3
"Have you wanted to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program before? Well, you should join the program because you can see different parts all over the world, it can be one in a lifetime expericence for you. You can help other people who are in danger or in the need of your help.

First, you should join the program because it can be alot of fun for you. You can meet new friends and you can have a job. One of the jobs could be a night watch man. You can go out at night and see if anyone or anything has escaped from the boat. You get to travel on a huge boat, too. Now that is a double bonus for you.

Secondly, you should go because you can help other people. Somewhere, other people who need your help. Helping other people can be good for you.

I mean like you can change into a really nice percon or a whole new person. God will be very proud of you if you help other people, he loves that! Pretend you were needing help and someone helped you, you could be that person, too.

Finally, You get to travel all around the world. You can explore new places and have fun doing it. You get to travel on a huge boat called the SS Charles W. Wooster. It's a really noce boat to travel on. You can to new places all around the world and you can take pictures or even right it down in a journal.

You should join the Seagoing Cowboys program because you can have a blast of a time, you can help other people who need your help, and you can also travel around the world. Luke Bomberger joined the program and had a great time, you can too. Come join the Seagoing Cowboys program, it can change your life!   ",3
"Yes, I think that it will be an okay idea to put this technology in the use to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom. I said yeah because there's a lot of students in one classrom and all of them have different types of expressions. So at times we dont know how someone is feeling. For an examle are they feeling happy,sad,excited,mad,depressed and etc. That's where this new technology comes in handy. If a teacher puts this amazing piece of technology to work. Now they can understand how their students are feeling or what type of expression or mood they are currently in. I've seen a lot of people that dont even talk in school/classroom and sometimes that puts you to wonder. Why are they like that? Are they alright? Is something wrong? Those 3 questions can't be asked no more if this technology goes into schools. Now the teachers will understand how they feel and know that they need some time alone or they need to talk about something. For an example teachers are always in saying do we need to talk? Is everything fine and the students sometimes say yes or they don't even say nothing and the teachers know that's not the truth. They would understand more about their students. This is a phrase that they said in th article on paragraph 7. ""Does your expression in the mirror suggest an emotion"". That right there is not enough for me the mirror can show an expression but might mean another expression. For an example again you can look at yourself in the mirror and look happy but you know that your not. This technology here can change the future and we can look further in the future starting with is invention and come up with better things following it. The article aslo said "" Can your lab partner recognize which one"" which the answer here is no they can't know how you feel like but this here. This technology will let you know exactly how they feel. It will be the next life changer. So that's why my answer for this question is yes they should but this technology in use in schools and it will help students and teachers know how one another is feeing. ",2
"Dear, state senator i strongly feel that we should elect our presedent of the United states by popular vote in the artical it says that in 2000 when Gore had more poplular votes than Bush. Yet fewer electoial votes and still lost the campain. also in the artical it says that one person was agreeing that the electoral college is unfair, out dated and also irrational. i feel more people would agree with me because popular vote is probably the easiest way to elect a president although it has its bad thing like it can possibly be a tie and then it'll take much longer to elect a president. then you will have to go to congress. In the artical it says that one person was saying that the electorial college was unfair and also says that seventeen states didnt get to see the canidates. And twenty five didnt even get to see a campain ad. In my oppinion this was pointless for the voters to vote because if one canidate gets more votes than the other he automaticly gets it all, plus in the text, it says that some of the canidates dont go to the small places because they go to where they know there is more people so that they will get a easy win and if they win they get it all. so does that mean that other voters who lived in the other small states voted with out knowing who they voted for? therefor, that is why i agree that they should count popular votes because this way itll be fair for everyone and they could know who there voting for and everyones vote will count.    ",3
"Many people, including nasa, believe that "" the Face"" is just a natural landform. Yes, it is odd for a landform to look like a face on a planet thet doesn't have rain fot it to erode like that. It is a very agruable topic because there is really no proof of life on Mars.

First off, the Face on mars is simply a natural landform. For all we know the face could've been there for a while but we never saw it before becasue Mars could've rotated around to that side. Also that was the first ship that NASA sent to Mars to take pictures, therefore it could be older than we think.

Secondly, the only reason it ""has"" eyes, a nose and a mouth is because of shadows and clouds. The way the light is shining upon the Face it is casting a shadow to make it appear as if it really had facial structures. It was also a cloudy time of year on Mars when the pictures were taken.

Next, Most people can agree that it is very odd for something to look like a face that isn't man-made. NASA isn't 100 percent sure that there is/ is not life on Mars. Therefore we can not make a correct statement that the Face is man-made or not.

Then, you have to take in consideration that NASA waited 18 years to go back and get more pictures. If you look closely at the pictures, the Face changed in those 18 years. It faded away naturally over the years. You can see that because you can't really see the facial structures that good anymore. If there was life on Mars they would've repaired it. If you look at the picture from 1998 at the angle the picture was taken at, it looks as if it is a mountain.

Finally, It is most likely a natural landform because it faded away never repaired. The clouds and shadows upon the Face make it appear as if it was built. There is no proof that there is or is not life on Mars. For all we know there could be aliens on Mars but NASA is not for sure that there is because they have never stepped foot on Mars. NASA has only had a rover to take pictures. Only pictures is all that NASA has.",3
"Why is the planet Venus called Venus though? This story explains how the solar system is used. I think challenge of exploring Venus is a great story explaining how it's a safe envoirment, and the solar is very powerfull.

The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy puruit despite the dangers is in paragraphs one, three,and five. In paragraph one it saids "" While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to exmine more closely "" saying that the author explains how Venus is a worthy danger. In paragraph three it states that "" Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experince on our own planet."" this talks about how danger is a priority now dealing with the temperatures. It also saids "" Venus has th hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun."" This was talking about how the author explains the facts of our solar system. In paragraph five it states "" Solar power would be plentiful and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans."" This was talking about Solar power concern and how the author supports the idea of the whole Venus solar system.

In conculsion i think the author supports the idea of studying Venus is worthy and how it's very important to our solar system. ",2
"One beleives,that limiting car usage can have a positive effect and we can gain

Advantages to this. Source 1 ""In German Suburb, life goes on with out cars"" (Rosenthal) and source 2 ""Paris bans driving due to somg"" (Duffer) what both these sources have in common is the fact that both authors talk about the advantages of L

i miting car usage. In Source 1 ""German suburb,life goes on with out cars. ""Vauban, Germany have given up their cars As a Result, 70

Percent of vauban's Families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here""

In this incident, Families do not own cars or have sold a car to move to Vauban Because most of the families and mothers dont feel as tense and feel happier it also help reduce air pollution.

""Automobiles are the linchpin of suburbs where middle-class families from chicago to shanghai tend to make thier homes"" Here Cars are the linchpin of suburbs where experts say, It is a huge impediement to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas. In source 2 ""Paris Bans driving due to smog  ""After days of near-record pollution, paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. In this incident, Paris enforced a Ban on cars so it can clear up the polluted air with somg in the city. ""On Monday motorists with even-numberd license plates were orderd to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine (31$) the same would go for odd numberd plates. Here, Cars owners would be fined If they were found driving and not leaving thier cars at home in effort to reduce the Air pollution smog of the city. In essence I feel that If we continue this in diffrent countries our Air pollution Rates can go down in percentage and we woulden't need to worry about It anymore don't you?    ",2
"The Face in Cydonia on Mars is merely a natural landform because if NASA has proof that The Face was created by aliens, the evidence would surely be shared with the world. Also, the Face is similar to several types of landforms on the Earth, and NASA has photographic evidence that the Face was not formed by aliens.

As mentioned in paragraph 5 of ""Unmasking the Face on Mars,"" the Face has ""become a pop icon."" Because the Face has ""appeared in books, magazines, (and) radio talk shows,"" people have become brainwashed into believing that the Face on the planet Mars was created by alien forces. People claim that NASA is hiding the evidence revealing that the Face is actually made by aliens. However, ""defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars."" Not only would the proof of aliens bring in an abundance of excitement for Mars, but it would also gain NASA a great deal more of revenue. NASA

is not hiding any form of evidence towards alien-life on Mars, and the Face may not have anything special about it besides the fact that it looks ""like an Egyptian Pharaoh.""

The Face on Mars is extremely similar to several landforms found on the Earth. As explained in paragraph 12, the Face is similar in design to ""a butte or mesa,"" which are ""landforms common around the American West."" Jim Garvin, chief scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, notes that the Face reminds him of ""'the Snake River Plain of Idaho.'"" In the Snake River Plain, there is a ""'lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face.'"" This is evidence to support that the Face is no different from any other natural landform, and that people have no reason for speculation against that idea. Another big reason to believe this claim is because professional scientists have pictures for evidence against aliens.

Scientists at NASA have photographic evidence against the claim that the Face is alien-made. People who claim that the Face was created by aliens will state that the photograph taken in April of 1998 was not enough proof of the Face being a natural landform. As stated in paragraph 8, the photographers ""had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face"" because ""it was winter."" This means that any proof of aliens could have easily been hidden by the haze covering Mars. So, in April 2001, a better picture was captured. In paragraph 10, it is mentioned that this time the photograph was taken on ""a cloudless summer day in Cydonia"" and that the evidence showed up with ""absolute maximum resolution."" This picture, in its high quality, proved that the Face truly was nothing more than a natural landform on Mars.

If NASA had any proof that aliens had caused the Face to appear, the evidence would surely be shared. The Face is close in size and design to a landform in Idaho, and NASA has photographic evidence that there are no signs of aliens anywher near Cydonia. Because of these reasons, one can clearly see that the Face on Mars is a natural landform. ",5
"I think the states should have a vote on what the people want, either popular vote or electoral college. Popular vote would be the way to go for me because if it is electoral college you as a citizen arent actually voting you are picking certain people to vote for you. By popular vote it means you get to have your say, or one of your powers for being a citizen.

Electoral College is for the people that depend one higher level people to make the right decision for them instead of doing it themselfes. If you are a small state you dont have that much people going in for what your states want, like Rhode Island for example they only get around eleven through fourteen electoral votes for them. For a big state Like California they get fifthy-five electoral votes. Big difference right? Since the state of Florida a big we get twenty nine votes, Not that much right. Now if we do the popular vote way it only depends on how many people vote, if Rhode Island has 200,000 that vote they have a lot more say in the presidental election. What would you take?

Now since presidents only go to states they know they will win in, so if your state is small the better way to go is electoral since it doesnt matter. The state of Florida does matter because we are big so both presidents will try to win us over. In the end I think it would be a good idea if the state has a poll on which one will they choose, but it all depends on the state and the people.

We would all think that the state want to hear our opinion, but some arent like that. Now if a tie breaks out, which is slim, now that isnt in the hands of the people but the hands of the people in the House of Representives. The chance of having a tie is unusual but it can and will happen some time soon. If that happens the HOR must try to be far and not only pick in there bias but for the better for the community.

As the state of Florida it would be a better solution of we go to the Popular vote method, because we are a large state and we would have a lot of votes the election    ",2
"Hi, my name is Luke Bomberger and I'm a Seagoing Cowboy. My experiences have been great. I've visited many places, met new people, and got to see and learn about new things. It's great and I really recomend it to you. You should give it a shot and see how things go.

I got to see the Acropolis in Greece! They were made to honor the Greek gods and are on a big hill, above the whole city. It was wonderful. Although, the gongola ride in Venice, Italy was probably my favorite. It was like a mini cruise in the city streets!

I loved helping out with the animals on the ship. The slippery ladder scared me, but it was totally worth it. Don't break your ribs on the way down like I did. Ouch.

We got to play sports on our free time, which made it even better. There were many things to choose from, such as: baseball, volleyball, table-tennis, fencing, and boxing. We also read, which helped us pass time.

Again, I recomend this job for you. I am greatful for this opportunity. You will enjoy it if you like adventures. Oh, the places you'll see. The things you will do. They're great. So give it a try and tell me how it works out. Thanks! ",3
"The study of Venus

The author talks about how the value of retuning to vanes is important and worth it. The author say's vanes is the twin of of our solar systame. Venus is the closeist to see from the earth scood planet from the point in life earth . The author talks about that venus is the clostes to the plant to earth in the terms of density and size and occasionaly the clostest distance too. In the texts the author talks about approaches to studinng venuse examples, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaso of venuse surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions. In the text it say's however peering at venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safety far above of the planet can provide only limited insights on the ground conditions becuase most forms of light can not penetrate the dese atmospher. Its's worth it to study and learen about venus beacuse you can see up close and learen about the forms of lights and the desenics atmosphere and standerd forms of photography and videography ineffective but there are risks like in anything you study or do in life there are risk's. In the texts it also says striving to meet the challege present by venuse has values, not only beacuse of of the insights to be gained on the planet, or on it' self, but also beacuse humans curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors . One thing shows you that studing venus is worth it is that you travel and you will meet the vary edges of imagination and innovation, travels on earth and beyone should not be limited by danger and doubts .                                                                                                     ",2
"The use of this technology (Facial Act Coding System) to read the emotional expressions of students is valueable. It can bring more joy when browsing through the internet, using for educational purposes, or even for video games or video surgery.

Using the software (FACS) to detect a persons expression during a session of internet use could help you feel better instead of having a negative feeling. ""For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow."" Using your expressions, the software could help you have a more enjoyable time. ""But if you frown, the next ad will be different"". This technology would help in how you view the internet.

Using the facial recognition software would not only help with the Web, it would also help out many students that have a tough time learning lessons. ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored."" Using the help of the software would be useful in helping the student become less bored or making it easier for the student to understand. ""Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor"". Being able to recognize how a student is feeling would help out the student by switching up how the lesson is taught; making it easier or more fun for the student.

Finally, the Facial Action Coding System would help in making video games or video surgery. ""Most human communication is nonverbal"". Using the technology to improve video gaming would create a beter experience.

This is why being for the Facial Act Codding System would help improve the lives of people in many ways and forms. It would make browsing the internet more fun, having a better understanding of the lesson for the students, to even having more realistic video games.",3
"Scientists have studied and implored the idea of understanding the solar system, specifically the Milky Way.

In investigating the solar system, Venus shows promises of exploration.

Though Venus itself is denser and hotter than Earth, both planets are one in the same.

The author of the passage utilizes this in explaining as to why investing into the research of this particular planet in the Milky Way is worth it.

The author does this by comparing Venus to Earth within Venus's geometric structures as well as its weather patterns.

Venus can be said to be Earth's twin.

Known as the second planet from the sun, Venus was once like how our planet is today based on scientists' knowledge.

According to the passage the planet,""...(W)as probably covered largely with oceans..."".

Earth contains 70% of water and has life on it and with this quote describing that Venus had water at one point in time, it too might have supported life forms which is what the author is attempting to explain in his writings.

Like Earth, Venus obtains the same landformations.

Another detail provided from the article states,""...surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters"" indicating not only that this planet once held water but, also sustains land structures identicle to Earth's.

In the final section of paragraph 3 it enscribes,""...(G)eology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerfull earthquakes, and...lighting strikes..."".

Along with the planets identicle features to Earth's, It also features weather patterns and conditions that are compatible too.

Combining all of this information, Venus can be idealized as Earth.

The author gets to the point by comparing the various landforms, weather, and natural disasters of the two space rocks.

Researching Venus could not only mean furthering the understanding of this particular planet but, also Earth too.

Lastly, continuing the study on Venus is so vital that by doing so, man could possibly land another planet. ",3
"Anyone and everyone has emotions. There are many different ways a person can feel and how they could express those feelings. But now, there's actually a way a person can ""calculate"" someone else's emotions. Prof. Thomas Huang, in collaboration with Prof. Nicu Sebe, are now developing ways for humans to communicate with computers. To be more exact, they're looking for students to try out this new software. There are many reasons why they should try out this new and exciting innovation in technology.

The most important reason why they should use this software in schools is to see how the student is feeling at school. School is a very interesting and complex place. It can effect students in many different ways for the good or the bad. That is why this software is so important. In paragraph 6, it states, ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored."" As we all know, school can be very boring. This very reason is why an abundance of students aren't doing good in there classes. Administrators could use this information about the students to adjust there learning programs to make the lessons more interesting for the students. The computer can even go beyond classroom problems to mental health issues. School shootings have been a major problem recently and if a computer can detect a student's unhappiness, the school could stop the problem before it even happens.

All in all, this new computer software could help boost student's grades, make learning more interesting, and could even help save lives. ",3
"The author provides good and bad reasons you should and should not have a driverless car.Here are some pretty good reasons to have a driverless car. The important technology in this system is the spinning sensor on the roof that makes a laser beam to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the cars surronding which lets you see exactly everything before a wreck or an accident.

The driverless car can steer, accelerate, and can beable to use the brakes themselves.The driverless car can alert the driver whenever it needs human skills such as navigating through work zones and aroung accidents. This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situations requires.

Here are some bad reasons why driverless cars should not be used.The fact that laws are being made in most states that driverless cars are not aloud is one like states will not allow it until the cars are more proved more reliably and safe.Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. What if the technology fails and somone gets injured, who would be in the blame the driver or the manufaturer?      ",3
"Driverless cars may be in out near future. I personally think that driverless cars will be a neat addition to the worlds automobiles, but may also be bad due to of safety issues.

Fully automated acrs may be a cool idea depending on hopw manufactures persue these ideas. Immagine needing to go on a long trip and not having to stay awake for the whole drive, then immedately crashing when you get to your destination. immagine being able to sleep while you travel the world in the comfort of your own car. Imagine not having to focus on the rad at all and be able to take part in conversations and games while driving on the road. this could be our future, but may not be a a very safe one.

In the story it says,""Presently, Traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in controll at all times."" I agree with this statement because what would happen if an automated car ""looses connection""or ""dies while on the road"" resulting in a collision causting people their lives? who would be at fault? You? the Manufacturer? things like this have to be discused before you can even think about seeing a fully automated car in any future. Regulations need to be set so we can pass laws that allow SAFE automated cars in all of the world.

Automated cars will be a neat idea to bring to life, but it might be a little bit further into the future than you might think, but it may be the next big step in public transportaton. All we need to do is to figure out what to do if something happens while on the road.",3
"Using this new form of technology called the Facial Action Coding System ,which is being used to identify human emotions, could be a good contibution to society. But, in my opinion technology that is used to read our emotional expressions would not be that valuable because there are not a lot of things we could use it for and we are capable of expressing ans sensing our feelings on our own.

If we were going to start using this technology, what exactly would we use it for?

There are not many actual reasons that we would need it. In the article they bring up how this technology could be used to tell if a politician or celebrity was lying or telling the truth. Which could be important because we would not want to be supporting someone who lies to everyone to get them to be on their side about something. Other than that this technolgy does not actually hold a lot of value.

Also, I do not think that we need technology to help tell us how we feel. We are all capable of knowing how we feel. If something makes us happy then we will smile and if something made us sad then we might cry. So, having something to tell us how we feel is kind of a waste of time and money which could be used on more important things that we need as a society.

In conclusion, this new technology called the Facial Action Coding System used to identify our human emotion does not hold any value. It may have a good contribution to some people who are not able to sense or express their feelings. But I do not think it is important enough to be used on a daily basis for certain people. ",3
"I am against the development of driverless cars for many reasons. Personally I feel as though people are starting to get more and more lazy these days with the help of technology. I believe it would be much more safe for someone to manually drive a car, rather than put your trust into a computer. There is a wide range of possibilities that could go wrong with driverless cars out on the roads.

My first reason is that the car could malfunction. Whoever programmed the car could have messed up and gave the car a defect. Then someone would buy that defected car and most likely get into a crash. Someone could be on a highway while the car system fails, crashing into a semi truck. Theres a possibility that the car could completely shut off, leaving you stranded in the middle of nowhere. Also GPS these days isn't very reliable, the car could take you completely off route trying to follow GPS.

My second reason is that someone could hack your cars system. Somebody that strongly dislikes you could get in your car and ruin its system. Even worse, people would start paying a hacker to destroy car systems. While you're out on the road relaxing in your driverless car, a hacker could take control of your car giving it directions. That means while your stuck in your car, someone is in control of your life deciding if they want to crash your car.

My third reason is that it's not very safe. I don't think putting all of your trust into a vehicle is a very smart idea. The sensor on the car could go out with your knowledge, causing it to crash. There could be road construction that the car is not aware of, potentially driving straight into the construction site. Your city might have certain driving regulatons that the car won't know about, which could give you a ticket from a cop.

My fourth reason is that you could be put at a higher risk of getting in a car accident. What if a little boy is getting his ball in the road? The car might not see him with the sensors, causing the car to drive right into the boy. You could be texting on your phone and then out of no where a car is comming right towards you. It's too late to gain control of the car because you were so busy texting, resulting in a car crash. Maybe you're tired so you take a nap while your car is on its way to the casino. Your car could crash at any moment, because you're not awake and not paying attention to the road.

In conclusion, there are multiple reasons why a driverless car wouldn't be safe. whether it's due to a malfunction, hacker, or even safety issues driverless cars are not safe. I hope after reading this you realize there are way more cons than pros with driverless cars. It's better to do things right by yourself, rather than putting your trust into technology.",4
"I don't think that they should make the cars, because like they said in the article who's going to want to wait their turn? It would be different if the cars actually drove by themselfs through traffic, but they don't so I don't think they should be made. Some people like driving so the people making the cars would be taking away something that other people like to do. I don't think that it would be very safe, because what if the car got in to a crash and the car just kept going. I think that we should just stick to the cars we have to drive. This world doesn't need anymore technology. It's changing and it's not changing in a good way. People will become lazy and not want to drive anywhere. I just don't want this world to be lazy. The cars dont have to be that fancy if you have something to drive thats awsome, but we dont really need them to drive themself's. It's a stupid idea and I don't think that it should happen ever in life. Cars that drive themselfs are going to be very expensive and everybody's gonna want one, but some people can't have them because they dont have money like that. Somepeople would try to steal them or hurt people just to get one. I think that these cars are going to start alot more crime. So no, i dont think that the driverless cars should be made it's a bad idea. I just dont want this world to get any worse than it already is. That's why I think that driverless cars shouldn't be made.  ",2
"In the passage given, the author states that Venus would be a great place for studying, although it takes many risks to get more information based on it. The risks can be very deadly, but may give new information. There is so much more than NASA and even the world would like to know about Venus also known as the ""Evening Star"".

There is many ways as to why Venus would be great for studying. Venus is very simple to see from distant and is also known as Earth's twin. Venus is known as the earth's twin because it is closest to the planet in terms of density and size. There is much more information about Venus that needs to be found but may take risks. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system which can be very deadly if someone were to go look for evidence. For Venus being very hot, it can cause certain electronics to catch on fire due to the high temperatures. Not only the heat, but the atmospheric pressure is very high.

NASA is now finding ways to find further evidence on Venus and get evidence based on the information they have heard. They're finding ways to look at Venus in a closer distance such as using mechanical computers that were used in the 1940s. These mechanical computers made a huge impact during World War ll and they believe that this may help with discovering more on Venus.              ",2
"The Author is sugesting us to learn about ""The Challenge of Explorinf Venus"" Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the threats it present. To challenge this planet we would have to studie about Venus. Hot sister planet,Hot planet, or is it possible to live in Venus could it work.

First, The Author sugesting us to learn about Venus in the solar system. Venus is our second planet in the solor system, and the hot in the surface and twins. Here why ""Often referred to as Earth's ""Twin,"" is the closest planet to Earth in terms f density and size, and occasionally the closest in the distance too."" so there you have it.

Next, The author wants us to know about the challenging of Venus surfaces, Atmosphere, and life. Here one i fact that ""the atmosphere is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blanket Venus."". Venus surface temperature would be like 800 degrees and it can do more times great than what we can experience. I don't think that venus has life on the surface because their hot land can be a problem once go rough it may burn you with acid so dangerous

Then, The author want us to know if it possible to colonize Venus as new home. Well, NASA has been visits to Venus like 2 times. people may say that it is dangerous to go to Venus with the man on the planet because the athmosphere can cause limits. I don't think they should colonize Venus There is no water, no life ,

it's just full of rocky, winds, hot.

Finally, The author want wheather people should learn or visit to Venus to see if we can visit, We should not colonized because who knows what could happen. They should keep studying more about Venus and learn from the others planets they should colonize for the future.",4
"Do you ever think that exploring a planet far from home is worth it? Astronauts take on the challenege to travel to Venus and to explore the mysteries of the planet. The author supports the idea of taking the challenge to Venus by stating that the planet is worth studying for regardless of what dangers pursue them.

Most astronauts from NASA are fascinated about the idea of the exploration of Venus. In article it says,"" Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it way well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth."" In addition, it also says,"" Some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions."" There are a lot of astronauts in NASA that are willing to take on the challenge to Venus and NASA has already been simulatiing prototypes to withstand the conditions similar to Venus. The planet is not just fascinating. it's also really dangerous for astronauts to travel there.

Exploring Venus is really dangerous that no one will be able to survive with such harsh conditions the astronauts have to face. In the text it says, "" Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet."" In addition, the article also states, ""Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun."" The conditions on that planet Venus are much worse than on Eath, the planet contains such heat that it is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit.

For conclusion, there are a lot of dangers and obstacles that the astronauts need to prepare for if the astronauts want to accomplish the challeneg to explore Venus. The author supports the idea of taking the challenge to Venus by stating that the planet is worth studying for regardless of what dangerspursue them.",4
"Source 1: In german suburb, Life goes on with out cars.

Well the advantages of limiting car usage is that you can walk to stores that are closer near by, without the need to turn on your car. Mostly the primary car limiting factor is for not to pay for gasoline  and gasoline  taxes. In the United States the Eviromental Protection Agency is promoting ""car reduced"" comunnitiues to limit cars all around the world. The goverment expects buses and taxis to play a much better role on giving trasportation to citizens that cannot afford a car. The goverment says that 80% of the bills payment by them is going to fix highways and that only 20% of the other bills they use it for transport.

Source 2: Paris bans driving due to smog

Paris enforces a driving ban to clear the air of the global city. Motorist with numbered licensed plates were ordered to leave their cars at there house or pay a fine of 31$. For this enforces over 4,000 drivers were fined. More than 20 peoplae got theit cars impounded for their reaction to the fine of paris. Diesel fuel company was blamed since France has a tax policy that favors diesel  over gasoline. Diesel fuel company makes up 67% of vehicles in France. For this kind of behavior Delivery companies complained for loss of buisness.

Source 3: Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in bogota

Bogota and colombia set out as a program to spread out the car-free day leaving the sreets of this capital city clear of no traffic jams. The goal for this countries is to promote traspotantion and reduce the smog. The violators for these rules are going to be charged with 25% fine. Uneven  sidewalks have been replaced by broad (smooth sidewalks), Rush our restrictions have dramatically cut traffic and new restaurants and upsacle  shopping districs  have croped up.

Source 4: The end of the car culture president obama ambitious goals is to curb the united states green house gas emmisions. Some recrent studies suggest that americans ar buyinga few more cars than usual, Driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by.                                                                                                                             ",1
"Do you like to go to different places? Or if you like animals. And if you like to help others. I know the best thing for you. And that is to join the Seagoing Cowboys program.

You might be thinking what is the Seagoing Cowboys program. Well since World War ll is over in Europe many countries were left in ruins. And to help these countries get better we need to bring them food, supplies, and animals. That is why we need you. There are benefits in helping. First of all you get to travel around the world and go to places like Europe, China, Greece, and Italy. If you don't really like that well you can just help people and help their country get better. And if you still don't like that you can hang around with animals untill we give them to other countries.

If you like to go to different places. Hanging around with animals. Or just helping others. This is the perfect thing for you. And that thing is the Seagoing Cowboys program. Join the Seagoing cowboys now.         ",2
"In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy persuit despite the danger it presents because of how much stuff they accomplished. They don't want to just give up on the stuff they worked really hard and accomplsied on. It's thier lives work. Would you want to give up on something you have worked really hard on?

One of the reason, they are not givng up is because they think there was once life on that planet. In paragraph 4, it stats that ""long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth."" There could still be another planet that's livable. It also stats that ""Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters."" Even today as we speak Venus has features jsut like Earth does.

Another reason, they are not giving up is because of how hard NASA is working to study that planet and to send someone up. In paragraph 5 it stats that ""The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus."" As for that they want to study hard and want more information about the planet. They also want to see if the ""hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray."" They want to study the atmosphere that's in the planet.

Third reason, they are not giving up is because NASA is working on other stuff to studying Venus. In paragraph 7 it stats that ""some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus’s surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions."" As for that they wasting millions of dollers for machines that they can bring out in outerspace. They are starting to use old technologies. It stats that ""Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers. These devices were first envisioned in the 1800s and played an important role in the 1940s during World War II."" They are assuming since those old technology helped in the war it might as well help them.

In conclusion, we shouldn just respect the people who are trying to find new species. We should just appreciate what they are doing for us and see the brightside in people. As said in paragraph 8 ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."" Let our imagination run wild as we seek it to be. There is always hope in other ppanets too.",4
"The author of ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"", most likely suggests that Venus is worthy of studying, because of the comparisons he or she makes in paragraph four. The author goes on in paragraphs 5-7, by discussing various ways that scientists are trying, or have tried studying Venus from space. In the first couple paragraphs they explain the different dangers that come with space missions to explore Venus.

The author of this text refers to Venus in paragraph two as ""Earth's 'twin'"".

He begins to elaberate more by given facts about how the two planets are alike. ""Venus is the closet planet to Earth in terms of density and size"", the author says. Venus is sometimes the closet planet to Earth, thus being the reason why humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on, as the author calls it, a ""cloud-draped world"". Every mission to Venus, hasn't in the lamest terms, been successful. The spacecrafts sent there have only lasted for a couple of hours, and this is why every mission has been unmanned.

There are numerous factors that contribute to humans having many chanlleges to to study a planets with a reputation like Venus. As the author explains, ""a thick atmosphere of almost 97 carbon dioxide blankets Venus"". In paragraph three of the text the author goes more in depth about the harshness of Venus's atmosphere. Temperatures on Venus average about 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure exceeds those 90 times greater than what we experience here on Earth. These types of conditions could crush a submerine made to travel to the deepest parts of our oceans. Depite just the atmospheric conditions Venus has an array of erupting volcanoes and powerful earthquakes, to name a few, that occur on its surface.

Paragraph four is where the author begins to make more comparisons between Earth and its dangerous sister planet Venus. The author explains or hypothsizes that Venus was once like Earth. They belive Venus at one time had oceans, and could support many forms life, like Earth. Venus has many analogous features similar our planet. Venus has valleys, moutains, and craters. The author also says that returning to Venus is almost indisputable, and how could they make it safer and efficent for scientists.

In the next couple paragraphs the authors goes over the possible NASA and it's scientists are trying to make travel to Venus better. They believe that if man would go on a mission to Venus they would have to travel almost 30 miles above the firery planet. At that distance tempertures would still be above 150 degrss Fahrenheit, but the pressure would have gone down the that of sea levels on Earth. Later in paragraphs 6-8 the author trys to give details on the different ways these scientists are trying to devlop metals and other materials that could last longer than just a couple of hours. The author, in the last paragraph says that the exploration of Venus has much value, not being of the planet itself, but because human curiosty will likely lead humans into many eaqually intimidating endeavors. ",4
"Reading a students face so that robots can choose whether to change the lesson up and make it subtible for their emotions shouldn't be done. The people should learn to be taught like they always have been. It has worked well enough and we dont need robots doing jobs for us we should do it our self and leave robots to science clubs. If we start here we may find more replacements for more jobs to make us even lazier which then will drop our ability to do somethings. We shouldn't have everything go our way anyways somethings arent meant to be fully pleasurable to all people.

However, this science might be used to make better video graphics for more entertainment such as television, computer science, and video games. We could use this recourse to help create better safety object, or use to make more help for the disable to maybe fix a human. If we can manipulate the face, we could try to manipulate the body. Better movies could be made and maybe even cut down production cost and time. In that aspect it would be helpful to our society,

Perhaps it may even be able to detect lies in a person for the law enforcement to find out if someones lieing. With this we could stop wrongly prisoning someone and get the right culpret put away. These all of course are just suggestions not saying any of it could be done. The claim in paragraph 7 suggest that the machine can detect what exact muscles in your face are moving. Which helps may claim on saying it can help a disabled person. It would all be done for the greater good of helping in a medical emergency.

The medical use of this machine could most likely go on and on for a while. There are of course other use of this machine. But, using this machine for the use of helping people enjoy everything they do in life should not be one of them, it's not right. School is ment to be a learning session not a thrilling session. In paragraph 3 it explains how the machine can detect and make a 3-D model of the face. Putting that to the use of robots to make things and also do small task could be helpful.

The way all this works may all seem as one large enigma for some. But, if we incorporate this to our lives maybe we could make ourselves just a little bit smarter. Make our life just a little bit easier and hopefully improve the normal way a human acts. All we have to do is kindle the small spark of the beginning of this.Computer science may help our everyday life within the near future, its all just hoping it works.",4
"In this article "" Making Mona Lisa Smile"", this article tells us about how many emotions we have and how to identify them. In futuristic terms their has been a new software created to identify human emotion by just scanning facial expressions. The software is called FACD ( Facial Action Coding System) and from the paragraph it seems that it has various promising applications and for different industries. In my own opinion, I do believe that this technology is very valuable in so many different ways.

The reason why I suppport the claim of this technology being valuable is because, we can detect when something is wrong with a child or anyone for that matter. As it states in paragraph 1 "" She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry"".

This software has a remarkable way of just identifying your emotions and putting it into percentages.

So say if a child is depressed this software can give us the information we need to see what we can do to help a child, teen, or even an adult fight depression. This software can help us identify with mental sicknesses.

In paragraph 5 it summarizes how we can identify our friends expressions by the look they have on their face. Later on in that paragraph it tells us a doctor named Huang observes the remarkable artist Da Vinci and how he used human anatomy to help paint Mona Lisa's face. Even Da Vinci had a code to use to determine the emotions of people. The point is if we use this type of technology we can help a lot of peole around the world to identify with them, to have empathy, and mostly to help them.

Another reason why having this software as a valuable assist is because, if we unlock the science of emotion who knows what type of treatments we can do to help people who face anxeity, ddepression, suicidal thoughts, etc. Their are so many possiblities to just an expression. We can figure out what's wrong with them?, why are they this way?, and maybe we can figure how long they've been that way ? This tool doesn't just need to be used in schools, this tool can be used in the hospitals, therapists offices, etc. I just believe we use this technology we can change the world and make it will little bit better.

In Conclusion, This technology helps us in many different ways. Like for example how many emotions we're feeling and rate them from greatest to least We could discover new emotions we've never even heard . Also we could give people therapy if they have anger issues, we can treat people who doesn't even know what's wrong. This technology can do many things and solve many issues emotionally. Like I said I do believe that this technology can be pretty valuable and discover many emotions.         ",3
"Do you think technology can read your emotion? In my opinion I believe technology can't read your emotion. First of all, emotion has to do with what you're thinking about, a face can lie, and a drawing doesn't always mean it's happy when there is dark around it.

First of all, when you try to see someone's emotion you don't really pay attention to their face you pay attention to how they act and how they talk. Someone can be hyper and talkative some days and the next they can be smiling but not hyper or talking to anybody. Kids come to school and put on a happy face when actually they don't want to be there. It's the same with everything else.

Secondly, a face can lie. Everyone has something they're thinking about but nobody knows exactly what they're thinking about. Everyone hides their emotion a certain time in life; therefore, you can easily smile but it doesn't mean you're happy.

Lastly, in the story the author talks about how they can also use the new technology they made to know the emotion of drawings like Mona Lisa. When you look at the picture of Mona Lisa you see her smiling but the picture has to color and the smile does not look like a real smile, it looks like a fake smile. Also, in the picture of Mona Lisa the background is of a lonely lake or pond which is also without color. Color shows alot of emotion depending on the colors you use, like dark colors determine sadness and bright colors determine happiness but red is in between and usually determines hate; someone being angry.

In conclusion, technology can not read emotions. Emotion has to do with what is going on in your mind, facial expressions can easily lie, and emotion in drawings determine the colors of the the art.   ",3
"The picture of what you call ""a face"" is a rock. It just looks like a face from a birds eye view. The rock just happends to look like a face but if you where there you would just see a rock with some holes. In the text it states ""

it's a huge rock which resembles a human head formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes , nose , and mouth."" In the text it said ILLUSION you know the same thing the do in magic tricks.

They make you think something is happing but its really not. Just like this ""face"". The shadows make it look like a face with some eyes a mouth and nose. But as you can see that is clearly not hte case.

The text also states that "" as a rule of thumb, you can discern things in digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size."" Which mean that if there where any thing that showed any living organisum living there we would see it.

Since we have not found any proof of living thing on mars yet i would say its safe to say there are no living thing on mars.    ",3
"Exploring Venus

What are the dangers of visiting Venus.Venus, is sometimes called the ""Evening Star,"" is one of the brightest of light in the night sky. It's nickname is sometimes misleading since

Venus is simple to see from earth.But don't let that trick you for, it's one of the most challenging place to examine more closely.

Venus is ofter referred as Earth's ""twin,"" it's the closest planet to the Earths in terms of size and density, and it is closest in distance from us. No spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. The issue is not a single spaceship has touched down of Venus in more than three decades. And numerous factors contribute to Venus reputation for beinh challenging to land due the the condition. And the article states that the temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. And the atmospheric preasure is 90 times greater than what any person has experience on our own planet. And Venus is the closest planet to us. For if not Venus wasn't there well be living through those conditions but, maybe little bit diffirent. And even though Mercury is closer to our sun. Venus has the hottest surface temperature. And even though is the most challenging place to visit scientists are discussing ways to visit the surface. And in the article states that

NASA found some possible solutions to get on Venus even with there conditions on the surface. Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian land scape. The article also states.

But even though the conditions may seem impossible. But, that's a challenge. Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus. Also NASA is working on other ways to approach to studying Venus. The article stated. Also ""Venus has value, not only beaucase of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likley lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors,"" Striving to meet the challenges presented stated.",1
"Have you ever thought about changing your life, going to China and Europe, or wnating to join a program and find out how it works? I will describe details why I wnat you to be in the Seagoing Cowboys program. I will include how it may change your life and the amazing sights I've seen, to try and persude you to join us in the program.

Firstly, I think that you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program because of how it will change your life. Before the program I was just a kid, graduated from high school, and working two part-time jobs. I worked at a grocery store and a bank when my friend, Don Reist stopped by to invite me to go to Europe in a cattle boat. I could not say no and I accepted the offer. That decision changed my life a lot.

In addition, I think that you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program beause of all of the amazing sights you will see. Besides helping people, I got to see parts of Europe and China. I got to see the Acropolis in Greece, which was very special. I also got to take a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, where the streets are water. I also got to tour an excavated castle in Crete and I marveld at the Panama canal on my way to China.

Lastly, I think you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program beacuse of how it works and how it helps people. You were probably thinking ""How does this program work?"" I have an answer for that question. When I was young and I got the opportunity to go to Europe with Don, I signed up for the Seagoing Cowboys program. This program is where you take care of horses, young cows, and mules that have been shipped over sea. When World

War II ended in Europe, many countries were left in ruins. To help these countries recover their food supplies, animals, and much more, forty-four countries came together and formed the UNRRA ( the United Nation Relief and Rehabilitaion Adminitration). The UNRRA hired ""Seagoing Cowboys"" to take care of the animals.

In conclusion, you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program for many reasons. You will help ruined countries, see amazing sights, and go on an adventure of your own across the sea. This program will change your life and hopefully you will understand now why this is such a good and helpful program. I hope you will consider going into this program, and remember that if you do you will be helping thousands and thousands of people in different countries. ",4
"The electoral college is a part of the constitution, it's has been used to decide who will be our president froever as long as the constitution has been on paper. Why get rid of it? Is it because we live in a world where everything is new and improved? Or because it geneuinly does'nt work? Electoral colleges are widely regaurded as an anachronism, and non-democratic method of selecting a president. So why do we need to cange the way we do things.

What if something tlike the disaster factor happened again and someone voted for someone that wasnt in their party. Or if an election came to a tie what would happen then the election would be thrown to the house of representitives, where the state delegations vote on the president, because each state casts only one vote ,the single representitive from wyoming, represents 500,000 voters. but the electoral college avoide run-off elections meaning no canidate recieves a majority of the votes cast. Another good thing about electoral college-    ",1
"The idea of driverless cars is exremely crazy, and doesn't make any sense. Creating a 100% hands free car is just another way to make America more lazy than we already are. Completely driverless cars are too big of a leap considering all the accidents that still occur with the drivers hand are on the wheel, and manufacturers still want to create a car that mimics the skill of a human? What if a malfunction occurs while the car is in motion? What if someone gets injured? These things must be considered if safety is a big concern.

The most important thing when driving is keeping your eyes on the road at all times. However, manufacturers are planning on inserting in-car entertainment which is more than likely going to result in the drivers taking their eyes of the road. What about the flashing lights on the windshield? That sounds like a great idea! No seriously, how dangerous is that? If they're too into the in-car entertainment they may not even see the flashing lights. Or the worst case senario the driver could be sleep, bored from having to wait their turn to drive or just sitting there in general. Safety is the most important, not making driving easier.",3
"I could see how someone could think that theres some kind of aliens living on Mars and thats what created this human face looking thing. there are more reasonable explantions, then the aliens. This rock formation is actually very comman in mars.

This is a natural formation that happens on Mars. it is very similiar to a formation we have on earth. It was very difficult to figure this out, but thanks to the the new technology we have today we can have better images, and a better understanding of what this is. We have gotten very good answers and clear evidence, even with the difficulties to finding this formation.

It is a more solid, and proven answer to this rock formation. most theories people have created ,dont have good backup infromation in thier statements. In conclusion there are many good reason to why someone could say that alien could of done this, but with the proper equipment we can find out the more reliable answer to this kind of situations.                   ",2
"Hello, my name is Luke and I am a former ""Seagoing Cowboy.""

What is a ""Seagoing Cowboy"", you ask?

It is a member of United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA.)

Our job is to keep an eye on the cows and horses that go overseas.

If you ever get a chance to become a Seagoing Cowboy, trust me, you will NOT want to miss it.

One of the reasons I enjoyed being a member of UNRRA so much is that it gave me a chance to build friendships and communities with other countries.

I think that is a very important thing to have because without that bond, you might beome enemies and go to war.

Another thing that I enjoyed was just life as a Seagoing Cowbiy in general!

For starters, I LOVE farm animals so I had no problem with watching a bunch of cows and horses all day.

Not to mention that the scenery is absoloutly gorgous!

I got to see plenty of astounding sights such as the Panama Canal and the Acropolis in Greece.

In conclusion, being a member of UNRRA is and oppertunity you don't want to miss.

You get to spend time with animals, see epic scenery, and most importantly, build a bond with other communites.

I had so much fun as a Seagoing Cowboy, and I know ypu will too.",3
"Have you ever wondered what it's like to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program? If your not in it, you should do it! There are so many reasons to join the program. Don and I sighed up, and you should too.

I got to help animals while everyone else dosent have the time for it. Seagoing Cowboys took care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped over seas. f you have any exsperence what careing for animals, you'll be great at this! I used to work at my aunt Katie's farm as a boy, so that prepared me for this.

I got to see beautiful sights when I was a Seagoing Cowboy. You travel ALOT when you do what I did. If you ever wanted to travel the world and see sights that not many people get to to see, then you ought to join.

Even though there is a lot of work to do, and worrying about the dangers of being a seagoing Cowboy, you get to have fun with the other cowboys. They play baseball and volleyball games in empty holds where animals had been housed. And to pass the time, we play table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and played games.

To sum up my thoughts, if you become a Seagoing Cowboy, you get to help alot of people, animals, and countries to recover from World War II, and you get to do what you love to do and have fun doing it. So thoughs were my reasons why you should be a Seagoing Cowboy.                                ",3
"I PROPER_NAME think that the electoral college should be Abolished . How would you feel if you were running for President and only 1 party got to pick the winner ? That just seems unfair and Unorganized to me . For someone to have to go through an entie process just to pick President , is way more far then what it could be . I dont thnk its okay for State Legislatures to have a say-so in who should be President should be because for them to try to pick it for themself with out the help of ""The People"" which is who really matters.

""The People"" should have just as much an say-so in who the President and Vise president should be .Well they do but i dont think the State Partie should have anything to do with the votes. For 1 the collage or process its' self is Unnessary jst for someone to cast a vote , when they could really check who they want to vote for on a peice of paper or something . Sure that would take alot of time just to count but i think thats far more organized than for everyone to go through a process on a computer or something . According to the text the Electral College process consists of the selection of the electors .... Thats too much voting going on for no reason . Everyone is entilted to their own opinion and it should be heard , because every little vote counts. I remember when i was in Elementary school nd when election time came around they took the students in the library to vote ; even though we were not old enough to vote i can garentee the votes that we casted made a difference even if it was just by 1 vote . But as i think abut it , the president is not just for the benifit of the Congress and the State Legslatures , He/She is for the benifit of EVERYONE . i think that the State Parties wants to have a say-so in the votes just so they can feel important .                    ",3
"I think the driverless car is a waste of time because of time because you do not even get a insure that your safe when you get in the car. In the text it states in most states it illegal to test compuer made cars. What driver would want to be in a csr thats not even tested to see if it does not shut down on commands or to notify if you are in danger of getting hit or close to backing up on a car.

The car can not even drive on its own around construction sites or around heavy traffic jams that what type of car people would buy without question. If the car can not move around or hit the brakes when your in serious danger than why even get it. Its jus a waste or your money and time and you can not inusre your safety.

The biggest thing that about the cars is you do not even know if you can sue the company for car failure. What if it just stop working and you hit someone than its going to be on you not the other person. The law might say it was on you for buying a car that was not tested but it was their design and if it could not be tested why are they on the street.

I believe the only the car good for giving your leg a rest from the peddle but that what we have cruise control for. The car is junk and have no need for people daily life and should not be out for a drive. alot of people will get hurt or worse for a untested car thats legal on the street. ",3
"Have you ever actually wondered if aliens exist? i bet you have well,everyone has there own definition on a alien. But who really is to say they arent from here on out ill telll you why i think aliens created such a face.

first there were alien markings. from what i know about aliens there very smart. if aliens are smart why not blame it on them. and even in paragraph 8 i qoute it sais ""alien markings were hidden by a haze"" why wouldnt an alien make a face if they have nearly as much intelligence then yes. id have to say the aliens mine as well have done it.

second in the photo from 1998 the photo is very clear it is a face but in the photo from 2001 it is cracked and doesnt nearly look the same maybe a alien could have drew that or really anything not that i have evidence but im just saying if it looks like that. that looks like the creation of a non human. but who really knows.

but you also have to think this a is a nother planet so why wouldnt it be a aliens creation.

so through all ive said what i mean is through a humans creation we are very intelligent, and if aliens are anything like us id say they would have a great chance of creating that. this is another planet so i mean if they did and they lived thier then i mean thats were they live thats there house thier art. over the years the face got different if started to fade. maybe if it was aliens they were trying to tell us something.

but id also like to know your opinion.

aliens or just something there to intrest.            ",1
"Hey are you the adventure type of boy? Do you want to go out and see the world and try new things. Well now theres a way you can join ""The Seagoing Cowboys"". This offers you an exiting trip to different places around the world like China, Rome, Europe, and much much more.

If you join this now you know it will be an oppertunity of a lifetime. So if some of you folks want to come up and take a cruise to different places around the world then do it. Alright so the war is over if you want to just get away from it all and relax for a couple of months then come the Seagoing Cowboys programs.

If you turn 18 (drafting age) you could just do your time on the cruise so you dont really have to go to battle.

If you visit Venice, Italy you can take a gondola ride in the city of, Streets of Water. If you like ancient history you can take a trip to Greece to see the Acropolis. You can also see the castles in Crete. You can sight see your way through the Panama Canal on your way to China.

There will be amazing views that your family can enjoy If you go to China you can discover there peaceful ways through their food and their nature. Or you can look at the tropical beach and see that amazing view. So theres many things you can do in this program you just have to let youself go and try new things, I think you or your family will love it.

Theres many places you can go, places to see, places you can enjoy. Theres nothing that can stop you to relax and have fun. Remember if theres anywhere you want to go, just join The Seagoing Cowboys Program, I think you'll love it! ",3
"Paragraph 2 implies that, ""The Electoral College processs consist of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the eclectoral votes by Congress."" Because of that I pesonally think that we should not keep the Electoral College, because people want to choose who they want to be preseident they don't want to rely on someone else to choose for them, that may even end up betraying them,and also when you vote you think you are actually voting for a presidential candidate but you're actually voting for a state of electors, the whole point on voting is to choose who you want. I think it's unfair to everyone just like

Source 2: The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong said in paragraph 14

""It's official: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational, and also in

Source 3: In defense of the Electoral College: Five despised method of choosing the President in paragraph 15-16 said ""The advocates of this position are correct in arguing that the Electoral College methid is not democratic in a modern sense...it is the electors who elect the president, not the people. When you vote for a presidential candidate you're actually voting for a slate of electors, But each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee (and that trust is rarely betrayed)...[; however,] it i sentirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote.

Paragraph 10 simply says that under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president.

Why waste your time and money planning for something knowing that you have no chance at winning. I agree with what

Source 2: The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong said in paragraph 13

""At most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. Because fo the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates dont' spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning.""    ",3
"At first, the idea of not using a car may seem like an extreme inconvience that comes with endless problems. However after looking into the matter there are many hidden advantages. One can lessen emmissions, and help create a less polluted enviornment for themselves. One may also be able to save money by simply taking alternate types of transportation.

By using a car less, one can help decrease the amount of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. Paragraph five by Elisabeth Rosenthal, states that up to fifty percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States are due to passenger cars. While these numbers may seem daunting, some cities have reduced their pollution in simple ways. For example, Paris experienced record breaking air pollution caused by emissions. This drove leaders to put in place a ban on certain cars driving during specific days of the week. Not only did the smog clear within one day, but sixty percent of car traffic was down too. If Paris'es problem was fixed by making a simple switch, then less polluted cities could easily decrease their emissions aswell.

One can also save money by avioding cars. Not only are cars expensive in the first place, but as explained by Rosenthal in paragraph twenty nine, the bridge and tunnel tolls are rising. Bikes on the other hand, are a great alternative because they are inexpensive and they have free paths. One may argue that it is impossible to get the public to ditch their cars for human powered machinces, but in Bogota, colombia, this is already happening. For one day each year cars are banned, and only certaing types of vehicles are allowed. Selsky explains in paragraph twenty that millions participated, even on rainy days. Here one can see that this alternative transportation idea is not a couple of people, but a widespread movement.

Overall, lessening ones usage of cars has many benefits. Not only can one help ensure cleaner air, but they can save money while their at it. By making small changes in ones everyday life, huge impacts can be made on the community.    ",4
"Depending on where you live, cars are extremely important prop to a daily life. It gets you to point A to point B, whenever, wherever. In most people's opinion, we rely on the use of a car too much. We could easily walk to the place we are trying to get to without it costing money for gas or polluting the air. The decrease in car usage is a good change on the people and the planet.

People in Bogota, Colombia have noticed a problem with our usage of cars and is trying to make a difference. They have a ""Car-free day"" where you can't use automobiles, and if you do, you have to suffer the consiquence of a fine. ""The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog."" it says in paragraph 21, Source 3. If one little day of not driving can mke such a difference in the atmosphere, imagine what would happen if we spent everyday like that! The change would be mindblowing! According to Source 2, half of greenhouse gas emissions are responsible for the smog in the United States, 12 percent in Europe.

I know what you're thinking, a life without cars??? Seems impossible but people in Vauban, Germany do it every single day. Many people are completely content with this lifestyle. When I had a car, I was always tense. I was much happier this way."" Said Heidrun Walter, a citizen of Germany. People have the potion to own a car much it costs more than here in AMerican and from Source 1, it seems to be a bigger hassle. Elisabeth Rosenthal, the author of Source 4, has two children, one 19 and the other one 21, they have to intention of getting a license. She explains how it's not that big of a prioity to them, the walk wherever they need to get. People seem happier about not having a car, less stress with traffic, no road range, and everything inbetween.

With less lisences becomes less accidents. Source 4 tells us that the difference between the amount of drivers in 2001 and the drivers in 2009 has decreased by 23 percent. That is something we need to work on in America because the amount of deaths by car accidents are increasing this decade than last decade. This can be prevented by not driving and if you are, drive safely.

With the decrease of car use, we can make sure that atmosphere is cleaner, more money is saved, less stress, and less deaths will be increasing.    ",3
"Dear Marco Rubio and etc., I think that we should not keep the Electoral College and change to election by popular vote for the sake of the people. With the Electoral College, your voice isn't really heard. Votes should be counted individually and America will get the president that they really want.

For starters, there was a situation back in 2000 where Al Gore won the popular vote but didn't become president. That my friend, is unfair. The Electoral College doesn't really prove who actually won. Although, the incident happens back in 1880, I don't think it should happen again. Most of America wouldn't really think of the president as the president. I must admit, the Electoral College is a quick way to send in the votes on election day but it isn't efficient.

Like stated in paragraph 10, voters don't vote for the president, but for the state of electors. The electors are basically anyone who isn't holding office. State conventions, state party's central and presidential candidates can pick the electors. Votes can't always control whom their electors vote for which why you should get rid of the Electoral College. Plus it's a dumb name.

Another reason why is because the people of this country will be pissed if another Gore vs Bush situation happens again. Electors are really in control, therefor if they dislike who's running against their political party they have a shot at voting for whomever they want. That's unjust, and frankly unfair. Especially if a huge state is at risk.

One counterclaim might be that the Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate recieves the majority of votes cast.

I don't want to vote and wonder if my voice will be heard. I want it to be guarunteed because that's what the United States is all about. It's all about us being able to choose the president. The Electoral College is unjust and is a waste of time. If you guys decide decide on letting us elect the president by popular vote, more young adults will start voting and we'll know out voices are heard.    ",4
"Dear State Senator,

For years, the presidential election has been running with an Electoral College, one in which the public does not vote for their choice canidate directly, but instead for a slate of electors to have a final deciding vote. Although the system could have worked like a breeze when first originated-- a point to be reckoned with, since I do not see how the system ever correctly displayed the citizens of America-- the Electoral College method has proven itself to be un-deomcratic, unfair, and an unjustly irrational system.

Simply stated, the Electoral College does not allow an accurate representation of voter's beliefs, taking their votes and twisting, manipulating them into a deciding vote from electors. The popular vote can be seen as an input/output machine, the people's own votes going in the contraption, and once inside, the input is stretched and exagerated to output a ""neater"" electoral vote out of 538. While some argue that the Electoral College vote is usually rather close to the popular vote, it just isn't the same as when the Constution loosely states America as a  'for the people, by the people' nation.

Several times throughout history, the Electoral college has swayed the presidential election in a completely different route than what the outcome of the popular vote would have been. The perfect example, constantly brought up in arguments against the Electoral college, is the 2000 election with main canidates of Republican George Bush and Democrat Al Gore. Through the popular vote, it is clearly seen that a majority of voters chose Al Gore to be their president. Through the process of the electoral college and manipulation of votes, though, the Presidental canidate ended with George Bush winning the election with a 271 electoral votes versus a 266 pointed toward Gore, thus creating an entirely different viewpoint of the people.

The idea of an Electoral College is also what has swung possible voters out of voting rooms, the voting method's 'winner takes all' outlook overriding. With the set up of the Electoral college, popular voters decievingly decide for a slate of electors instead of a President. For example, if a majority of Florida electors voted for Bush, the entirety of Florida's 29 votes are down for Bush, even though not all electors really did vote that way. Those citizens in states who do not fit with what large majority of voters believe are discouraged in voting for their own canidate knowning that, no matter what, it's almost certain their state will end up giving its votes to the canidate they oppose. This can lead voters to not voting at all, creating an even less accurate election while the country pushes citizens to vote, frowning down on them if they do not.

Besides major points, there are many smaller faults wiithin the Electoral college. In example, there is always the possibility of a slate voting for a canidate that differs from the one they have pratically promised to vote for. The fate of our country is put into the hands of the 538 members of the electoral college, opposed to the vastly greater full population of American citizens. Also, with the 538 Electoral College members being an even number, although rare, it is more likely for there to be a tie than if the popular vote was used in deciding the presidential canidate.

A pro Electoral college argument is that the citzens in swing states-- states that are likely to go either way in an election instead of an almost certian outcome-- are more likely to pay attention to ad campaigns knowing that their state is most likely what will decide the winner of the election. Advocates say that they are, on average, most likely to be the most thoughtful voters, and that the most thoughtful voters should be the ones to decide our nations outcome. This outlook is littered with flaws, first starting off with the fact that swing states get more media coverage than the rest of the nation. These voters are valued more than others and are given more information to have an informed vote. Besides the fact that it is proposterous to value the vote of one citizen over another, this isn't fair to members of other states who recieve virtually no coverage due to canidates feeling like the state's vote has been secured since day one. The nation as a whole should recieve all the facts together with equal coverage, so that each and every voter can become a thoughtful one, and not only those located in swing states.

All in all, the decision to abolish the Electoral College is a backed up one, the facts and details there to support, meanwhile advocates for the practically ancient method don't have many solid counters to prove their point.

I hope you take this letter and it's claims into consideration.

Thank you for your time,

Floridian citizen PROPER_NAME    ",6
"When people hear the title ""Unmasking the face on Mars"" they think look their is a face or structure on mars that the aliens built. But what it's really soposed to be is or equivalent to is a butte or mesa. So if you think that for a split second think agian cause your wrong.

To start of this discusion of the so called ""face"" on mars I would like to tell you is that it is not at all a face. What it is just a landform that has formed to look so simular to a face or moument of the martians. But mars is like earth it forms things just like it so what it really is is just a couple of rocks and thier shadows to form a face like thing.

On the other hand is how do we know this. Well ever since the discovery scientist have been researching and taking more pictures and looking at it a whole lot closer. What we came up with is that like I said before a landform on mars but some say where wrong.

Another reason that bothers me is how people think its a conspiracy theory. many, many, many people think ""oh its just nothing but the martians"" but no this is just a mesa but since people say that stuff we had to prove them wrong. So what NASA did was they built a big camera to take pictures of it to prove it was a big rock which it was a huge budget problem for them but they still did it.

People may argue by saying so if it is something simular to earth then that means martians were here to and then they got bord of the place they so they left and went somewhere else. then they built this big face of maybe a king or emporer or something and they are hiding from us. But there not its just a rock. what I am trying to say is that the ""face"" is just a mesa and nothing else but a mesa so if someone says its a face just say its a mesa. ",3
"Exploring Venus is very dangerous considering the harsh conditions you would face when entering it's territory. The author supports the idea that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents in this article. The author says the planet it much like Earth. ""The Callenge of Exploring Venus"" gives plenty reasons that could result in safe ways to explore this planet resulting in a big enough reason to further reasearching the planet.

Venus is alike Earth in many ways. The author states that, ""...it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system."" Venus had oceans, rocky sediment, valleys, mountains, and craters. Researching this planet and getting information on this planet in very important because it will lead to many other things to explore in the future.

If scientists are going to get hands on studying, there has to be a safe way to conduct a trip to the planet. There are many ways that NASA could get humans there safely. The author says a possible soulution would be getting a float to hover over Venus to observe the atmosphere and get photgraphs and videos. Because the extreme conditions of high heat an pressure have to be counted in on this, the float would make the conditions survivable.

The author also adds that getting mechanical computers could also help in researching Venus. ""These decvices were first envisioned in the 1800s and played an important role in the 1940s during World War II."" The device that the author is talking about could help because they are flexible to pressure, heat, and other forces that would be placed when on Venus.

The author adding evidence that shows there could be ways to get around the conditions means that there is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers the planet presents. In paragraph 8, the text says, ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts bust should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."" The author says that eventhough there are dangers, humankind should still fulfill their curiosity in this topic.    ",3
"I believe that we should be able to have the popular vote, so we can be able to choose who we want as our leader and for the reasons that we want them to lead our country. When we vote we accpect that whoever got the popular vote should be our president we dont want the Electoral College to change and over power our voting. We want our right to vote to actually mean something and for us to make some decisions in our country and who should be the leader.

When we where given the right to vote and given some power to our popular vote we we were accpecting to be able to use that right to help descide what is best for our country. as it says in the article,

""You help choose your state's electors when you vote for president..."". What that means to me is that when we vote for our president we are just helping our electors have a better point in our sperspective. So when we vote we aren't really getting what we want we are just helping the electoral college get what they want. We should be the ones who are getting what we want we are the ones out there struggling and fighting for what we want. The Electoral College doesn't care about what we want and how we feel about the situation. If we were givven the right to be ablle to vote we accpect for that to happen so there really isn't any point in voting because we still have a chance in having our popular vote getting over ruled. That isn't fare to us to be given a right and it not being any power in our favor. This is the same reason why everyone doesn't vote is because they feel that there vote won't matter do to the Electoral College.

More importantly we have our right of freedom of speech from the Bill Of Rights. Also the Electoral College has 538 electors and they only need a majority of 270 electoral votes to elect our president. So that means the they get the popular vote as well as we do but the only difference is that they have more power than we do which isn't part of our rights. So that being said they dont care what we say either way its going to end up in a popular vote the will just have the final vote and that means they get what they want. Also as the article states in the second section that,

"" according to a Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore-thanks to the quirks of the electoral college-won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of votors would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now."". That right there is saying that he won the votors popular vote bout because of the Electoral College he lost the presidency. So he won the part of the election but due to the people with more power he lost which is wrong and shouldnt be allowed. As I was saying the people that actually get effected by the election and the president should have the upper hand in power. Another quote from section three,

""The Electoral College is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled..."". There is another reason that the the Electoral College should be excluded from the election of the president.

In conclusion as the citizens of the United States of America should have the say in who is our leader and how the election is decided. The Electoral College should be overruled by the citizens and have there power taken away from them. We the people that want the right president for our country should have the power. As our right to vote should be enforced and respected. Also we all should come together as a country and fight for what we believe is right and for what we deserve as a nation.       ",3
"In this essay I will either be arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable or if its not valuable. I personally think that the ""Facial Action Coding System""

would be benifical for the teachers and other students in the room.

In paragraph one it states that ""Mona Lisa is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry."" the Facial Action Coding System figured out these percentages from the Mona Lisa painting. Computers do know your emotions while looking at ads just like it says in paragraph 6, ""If you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar d might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different."" I think that if a computer can detect what your emotions are that it could possibly be doing bigger things. If you know what your students emotions were you could either change what you are teaching to make it better, or to keep doing what you are doing if their emotion is mostly happy.

This is my essay on if the use of using the Facial Action Coding System would be valuable in a classrom.          ",2
"I think there should be driverless cars in the development and hope there is a legitiment product for one. For one it may be safer than actual drivers driving a car. It can save alot of natural resources for gas.

The big concern for the whole article is that if the automated car can be safe and I can tell you that the manufacturer's are working on it. According to the text: ""some manufacturers hope to do that by bringing in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays. Sush displayscan be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over-something not available to drivers to text aith a cell hpone."" So it can prevent texting like in today's problems of texting and driving. Another feature is the many notifications the automated car has to notify the driver for precautions. As for the sensors of the car, the many sensors greatly affects the safety of the driver.. Improvement on response time

than an adverage driver can manage with the brakes in individual tires.

For the natural resources of gas, The article states that "" ...would use half the fuel of today's taxis..."" Thats a plus for the idea of resources in general, the more we conserve the more we can use them in the future.

Thats why I believe there should be automated cars. Safer driving, and less resources being used.                           ",3
"The challenge of Exploring Venus is that Venus sometimes called the Evening Star because is the one of the brightest points of the light in the night sky. Venus is the second planet from our sun. Sometimes people called the Earth twins because Venus is the cloest planet to Earth term of density and size. Between Venus and Mars is the sun because there sun goes in different speed. Venus can be a challenging because of the clouds and of the highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venu's atmosphere.

This shows that Venu's has a thick atmosphere of almos 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Venu's temperatures average is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what thet experiene on our own planet. The other thing is that Ven's has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our system. Beyond the high pressure and the heat Venusian geology and weather present additional impediment like erupting volcanoes, pwerful earthquakes.

Venus can be a chanllenging because in Venus it has powerful earthquakes and also erupting volcanoes it's dangerous to be there because the temperature has the hottest surface of any other planets. Venus can be sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel. NASA has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus.

However Venus can be ship obriting or hovering safly far above the planet can provide only limited insight on the ground conditions because of the most forms of the light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective. People cannot take samples of rock or gas or anything else from a distance. They are challenging many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to there knowledge if Venus.

Now NASA is working on other approaches to study Venus. They are simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venu's surface and have lasted for three weeks i such conditions. There other project is called the mechanical computers. These devices were the first envisioned in the 1800s and played an important role in the 1940w during World War ll. All modern computers are enormously powerful flexible and quick, but they are tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions.

Venu's has been the challenge it has been a value, but not only becuase of the insight to be gained, but also that human curiosity will likely lead them into many equally intimidating endeavors. There travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited because by the dangers and doubts. It's really dangerous to be in Venu's because you never know what will happen in that planet.     ",2
"Venus also known as the Earth's ""twin"" is similar to Earth in many ways which is why it also has benefits despite the dangers they may encounter.

The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursit despite the dangers by how the author shows that it is similar to Earth and by how it has improved over the last few years.

One way that Venus is worth studying despite the dangers is how Venus and Earth are similar.

In paragraph four it shows the like qualities the two planets has. For example the text says, ""..Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth"". This shows the similar features that both planet has. Another example is how that they both has simlar geological features. Towards the end of paragraph four it states, ""... The planet has surface of rocky sediment and includes familair features such as valleys, mountains, and craters"". The author is showing examples on how both planets are similar to each other.

Another way is how Venus has improved over the last few years by how it's getting some technology and how some of the features had changed. The text says in paragraph five ""... Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Imagine a bimp -like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as our jet airplaines travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way"".

The author is showing that it will be some improvement on this planet which is why it is worth visiting. Also in paragraph six, towards the ending that researches are working on a way to improve our knowlege on Venus.

Overall, despite the risks and dangers this planet might have, it is still worth studying. The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursit despite the dangers by how the author shows that it is similar to Earth and by how it has improved over the last few years. ",3
"In Making Mona Lisa Smile, the author describes a new way technology could identify human emotions. This new technology is called the Facial Action Coding System, it can tell what emotions people have by scanning their faces. In this article he states that this could be applied to classrooms. I do not think this is a good idea in the sense that they are spying on kids and adjusting to how they feel.

One of the main reasons I do not think this is a good idea is because it would not make any sense. You would spend a bunch of money on something that would not really help kids out that much. We have programs for kids like that who are slower at learning than others. When he says that kids are going to get bored and it will change the lesson, but he does not know that kids are going to get bored of school no matter what.

I think that it would be wrong to have this in classrooms because they would be in-effective. I think that it would be in-effective because they would not care about it in the first place, or they would wait for something they know and could use to their advantage. Some kids would wait for it to change if they do not know the answer or do not know the lesson, so they would be able to get it done.

One thing that this could be used for is it to help out countries to figure out what other nation leaders and enimies are thinking, or how they are feeling. It is a nice program but I think it will not work for in-school applications. I think it would get in the way of kids learning. The system is actually pretty cool but I do not think that it should be used in education.",3
"In the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" Venus somestimes called the ""Evening Star"" is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, Making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot.While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely.

The reason the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers is The atmosphere is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus atmosphere. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth.

Another reason studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers Such an environment would crush a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of the oceans and would liquefy many metals. Also notable, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun. Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.

The final reason the idea that studying Venus is a worthy persuit despite the dangers temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans

In the article "" The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" Venus, sometimes called the ""Evening Star,"" is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely.                         ",3
"The fae on mars is just another landform. I think this becasue there are land forms that form exactly like it on earth, and why would the government let us see pictures of it if it was an artifact from some alien civilization.

The face on mars is just a messa. ""What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West."" So infact it is not an artifact of a alien civilization because there are landforms just like it on earth from domes of lava that take the shape of an isolated mesa.

If this was an actuallly conspirasy than why is it not being hidden from us. ""Although few scitests believed the Face was an alien artifact, photographing Cydonia became a priority for NASA when Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) arrived at the REad Planet in September 1997, eighteen long years after the Viking missions ended."" They did not take more pictures becasue they believed that there was some kind of alien artifact, they took mare pictures because the pictures they had from before were eighteen years old. So things on mars could have changed during those eighteen years.

After all of the proving that it was not an alien artifact there were still some skeptics. ""The camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face. Perhaps, said skeptics, alien marking were hidden by haze."" Then NASA took more pictures on a clear sunny day and used a really high pixalization to show people that if there were peryamids on mars they would be able to see them in the picture.

This just shows to prove that the face on mars is just in fact a landformation and not an alien artifact. NASA has proved many times again and again that this mestry face is not mare that just a mesa that formed on mars. Skeptics will keep tring to prove NASA wrong but there is not another logical explainization than the Face just being a landform on mars.",4
"Think about walking into your second period class and you have a test. This is a test that you have to pass but you have no clue what the test is going to be over. You sit down and your heart starts pounding so fast that you feel sick to your stomach. You're so scared to take this test because your not sure if you're going to pass it or not. ""You make begin"", your teacher says. Reading a few questions in your head and you dont know any of the answers. Have you ever thought about technology being able to help you? Should technology be able to read students emontional expressions?

The Facial Action Coding System is a 3D computer model of the face. It uses your facial muscles to determand how your feeling. For example if you are feeling anger the computer would know because your orbicularis oris tightens your lips to show the anger. This device would be able to be showed by a real face or even a painting like the Mona Lisa. This computer can even show mixed emotions.

Technology is a valuable resource for students. The new technology called the ""Facial Actions Coding System"" would be great for students. This is something that will be able to read your face and let people know if your bored, tired, happy, sad, and it even shows your fears. If your stuggling on a test or an assignment it will give you help and walk you through some of the problems. This would help many students understand the concept and test scores would be so much higher.

According to the article people are able to tell if you are having a bad day. People can not tell what is wrong with you just because you look sad or upset. Vinci studied human anatomy to help paint facial muscles that can convey certain emotions. If you look at the painting of Mona Lisa you would be able to tell from her facial strututres of what type of mood she is trying to show. When looking at the Mona Lisa , it really intended to make you smile and in a happy mood.

How would you want to feel when taking a test and understanding the concept better? Wouldnt you want to be able to have higher test scores and better grades? Do you think that the Facial Action Coding System is a valuable resource for students?

The FACS would benfit alot of students in the world. Do you think that technology should be able to read students emotions?           ",3
"In the article talk about Driver cars, and can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars? Sergey Brin envisions a future with a public transportation like cars form a public-transport taxi system. He believes such car would change the world. In 2009 has specific conditions. There cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash. I think so than use cars in the actually is very important, can you move in other places or country with a car, but has a probability of to have an accident in the way.

In paragraph 3 talk over General Motors created a concept car thah could run on a special test track. Is created in 1950 with an electrical cable and Engineers at Berkeley. During the years Google's modified Toyata and uses position-estimating sensors, a video camera, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver and many things more. In paragraph 5 talk about sensors are nothing new, In the 1980s, automarkers used speed sensors for crearion brakes. In alll information than have the cars during 10 years the sensors are advanced, and have power individual engine.

Sebastian Thrun, founder of the Google car project, believes that the technology before 2000 and cost two hundred million dollars. He buys at Radio Shack. In the paragraph 7 talk abuot than in 2013, the BMW announced the development of ""Traffic Jam Assistan."" In this year the changes are many like the Google announced new laws or like driver, The physical aspects of automation are really a challenge for Dr Werner Huber of the BMW project manager. Automarkers are continuing their work and has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent like Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan they have a project in 2020 in to have new shapes in the cars, or to give functions for the community during the years, because is very importan to know over many things in the actually and have a good grow in the destination every day with people than make a good job in the community.   ",1
"Limiting car usage can be beneficial in many ways. For example, the air would be a lot less poluted if we reduced the amount of cars being used. In a German suburb that rarely ever uses cars, people report that it is less stressful to not own a car.

The advantages of limiting car usage is not only beneficial to people but also to the planet. If people were to limit their car suage, the amount of polution and smog in the air would be reduced and not be such an issue (Paris bans driving due to smog, P19).

Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five days of intensifying smog (Paris bans drving due to smog, P14).

""After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial drving ban to clear the air of the glabal city."" (Paris bans driving due to smog, P10). Regardless of the partial driving ban, almost 4,000 drivers were fined. This shows that some people do not really care about all the pollution they are bringing the Earth. Which gives people more reason not to limit car usage. If people are not going to try limiting down  the usage, other poeple will follow that and not do so either. So limiting car usage is really important for the planet and for us.

The less cars we use the less smog there will be in the air.

Trying to limit car usage is not a new thing, the day without car is part of an improvement campaing that began in Bogota, Colombia in the mid 1990s (Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota, P27). In Colombia, the rain did not stop the people from participating in the car-free day, and it had an effect in two other cities, Cali and Valledupar, which joined in the car-free day for the first time (Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota, P25). So the car free day is rapidly making its way into cities, so that it can help limit the amount of cars being used.

Limiting car usage is very benefitial because it will also help keeping young people safe.

Researcher have found that drving between young people has decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009 (The end of car culture, P41). ""What most intrigues me is that rates of car ownership per household and per person started to come down two to three years before the downturn"" (The end of car culture, P33). ""If the pattern persisits... it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment, since transportaion is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind power plants."" (The end of culture, P34). If the usage of cars is reduced, people could be a lot happier than the are now. Since 2001, resarchers believe that young people do not make getting their licenses a priority anymore, which does improve the fact that people are getting a step closer to helping reduce the amount carbon in the air. If people could organize their schedual around being able to walk or take public transportation to the location they need to be at, there would be no need to use cars, to an extent of course. Not everyone can there their schedual to do that, but the more people that contribute to it the better.

""When i had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way"" says Heidrun Walter (Car free cities, P3). Limiting the amount of car usage will not only help to reduce the amount of carbon in the air, but it could also help the people live a happier life like Heidrun Walter. Although not everyone feels that way, whether people like it or not, it is better for them to reduce car usage not only for their sake but also for the worlds sake.

If car usage was to be limited, not only would the world be rid of more carbon, but it could also have a great impact on peoples lives.

""He proposed partnering with the telecommunications industry to create cities in which ""pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commertial and public transporation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety"""" (The end of car culture, P43).

Even though at the moment it is not the easiest task to get around, it would improve many things dealing with the environment, the economy, and the people.    ",4
"The technology ""Facial Action Coding System"" to read emotional expressions of students is valuable. I say its valuable because in the text it states ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"" Dr. Huabg predicts.""Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" This tells me that teachers can know if a student does not want to work or is honestly confused while the teacher can provide more help for the student and can make the subject more fun or interesting without the student letting the teacher know. Another reason according to the text is "" Yet Dr. Huang observes that artists such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions."" This shows me they can paint facial muscles so they can have enough to know specific emotions to one another. This is why I actually think it will be an good idea for people, it can help people emotionally, it can help someone who is nervous and does not like to express it. ",2
"If you think that the ""Face"" on mars is proof of alien life, you are very wrong. Let me explain why. If you think that it is aliens then you obviously haven't seen the other two pictures taken over the years.

The other two pictures taken clearly show the mesa valleys and ravines in the formation. it is just a coincidence that it just so happens to look like a human face. The article even says that it is just a natural land formation nothing else. Cameras have proved it and so have telescopes. It is not an alien monument. The pictures that they took just need to be developed more to really show the valleys and ravines in the land formation.

The second time they looked at the face they used really good cameras and telescopes to see what it actually was! The picture that was taken in 2001 specificly shows what is on the surface of the land formation. So, really when you really think hard about it and think really deep about it it would seem like an alien formation as a sign to us that they are out there. But the photographs don't lie. it is just a natural land formation and nothing else just a really cool coincidence, that's all it is!      ",3
"I think they should change the electoral college to election by popular vote for the president of the united states. The electoral college consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 votes is required to elect president. Your states entitled allotment of electors equals the # of members in its congressional delegation: one for each member of the House of Representatives plus 2 Senators. Each canidate running for president has his/her own group of electors. They are chosen by the canidate's political party, but state laws vary on how they're selected and what their responsibilities are. The presidential election is held every 4 years. Most states have a ""winner-take-all"" system that awards all electors to the winning of the presidential canidate. In the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor. The American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for much worse. At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. The electoral is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. And the arguments against direct elections are spurious at best.    ",1
"techonology called the ficial Action coding System enavles computer to identify human emotions is really good thing. we would like to know If they are lying about their emotional. Dr. Huang is really smart but I think he is right.

First,computer to identify human emotions is really good thing because we would know If they are lying to us or no. Acoording the text "" can we actually ""calculate""emotions like math homework"",I think they got the right point because our emotional is like calculate. They have to calculate are we really sad or happy. Another example from the text"" The Mona lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face, while it shows just how much this computer can do"". I Hope our school should do like that so people we could help other people whenever we are sad.

Second,these day a lot of people they are lying to another people to much. Honestly, I used to cheat on my girlfriend too back in the day but the good part is that we don't know facial action yet. If we both know that time I bet she will say"" let do this because I want If you are cheating on me"". Still right now she don't know that I cheat on her but we are already broke tho. I saw on social media a lot Boyfriend and girlfriend did that. When they know they both got cheating,both of them feel wierd. People is really good at hide thing I hope we are did Facial Action so we could know how is lying or nah.

Finally,I think Dr huang is really smart doing those kind of thing."" The software is the latest innovation from prof,Thomas Huang if the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University OF

lllinois.""Some day I want be like him,He is my idol from now. Also If someone ask me who would I want to meet right now,I would say"" I want to meet with Dr. Huang"".

Conclusion,every year different technology is coming out,I can't Imagine what is going be like in 20 year later. What kind of technology would be going out.",2
"If I were in this sigtuation I would defenitly use the claim that aleans are not real in my essay. One example I would use would be to ask him(her) how many natural strange rock formations are their on earth. The only possibal answer would be more than he or her could count. That simpley prooves my point evan more.

One other thing that I would say would be ""if aliens made it... why dont they come back to take care of it. If you study earths history you would find that most if not all ancient or religious artifact is protected. If this happened on earth and supposed we do think aliens are real and sufisticsted then why wouldent they go by the same practice. The third point that I would make would be if, they could create a rock form of that size would suggest thst they are revolutionized and would have large civilazations. Yet we have found no proof of any alien cicies or districts.

so in conclusion I would all in all say that my pionts are more than convincing and that he should be the wiser by now. And if he isnt... Too bad for him.",3
"Aliens on Mars making a huge monument is very contarversial. Some people think that the monument is made by aliens but some people think it is man made. But now the ""face on mars"" is being photo graghed with better detail than ever. The ""face on mars"" is natural.

NASA has sent spacecraft to observe the surface of mars and the first on they sent was Viking 1 took pictures of the surface of mars and there seemed to be a face and they thought that there was an anceint civilaztion that built it. Later on they sent another spacecraft to take even better detail of the surface of mars. And in 1998 they got even more detial than in 1976. Then in 2001 They took pictures of it again and with even more resolution.

Others say that it looks like something made by somehing esle other than humans or nature. And they say it has the look of being man made. But it has been photograghed numorous time and with even better detail and it look like it was made by nature not some other beings. It also states in the artical ""That a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on mars.""

The ""face on mars is natural"". There is more evidence of it being natural than being made by aliens. The photos are better and they clearly show that it is just a rock formation.",3
"I think he will want others to try the Seagoing Cowboys program to maybe experience life more. I will want others to attend the program because I want some of you to see more unique places. I think others will like to go and take care of some of the animals and see more nice places. i will like other to help people of other countries and their needs.

I turned 18 before arriving in Greece, which meant i could be drafted for military service. I arrived August 14 the day the Pacific war ended. I also found time to have fun on board, especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded. But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for me.

I think others should just do thing you never did before. Some people like to take care of animals, people, and have jobs to do. I think it was nice i got to do things for people i got a change to see more things and places and i got to have fun with the other cowboys. I think other should try band learn more things and help others.                                                                                 ",2
"I think driverless cars sound like a good idea on paper, but in the real world they just are not far enough advanced yet for me to feel safe being in or around one.

They are not even fully driverless yet, a person still needs to be ready to take the wheel at any given time.

However in the future when they become more advanced and safe they could potentialy prevent accidents.

I think driverless cars are still a thing of the future and not present.

As much as I think they need work now, I am not against the development of them as they could bring many potential benefits.

In the article it states how movies and television shows have been fascinated with driverless cars for a long time, seeing them as a thing of the future.

I think they still are a thing of the future because they still need a driver to be able to take the wheel at any given time.

The only way I can see them being the safest they can be, is if all cars are driverless and they could interact with each other.

Right now the driverless cars are mostly just assisting like antilock brakes, as stated in pararaph six.

When the technology eventually becomes good enough to be able to fully drive without a driver there are still laws to be discussed.

Only a few states allow them so far, and what good is a car that is only legal in three states and the District of Columbia if you do not live there.

I think eventually the laws will change enough to allow them to function as long as they are safe and can pass certain tests.

Then the question comes up about blame in the event of an accident, whose fault is it if a computer is controlling the vehicle?

As of now driverless cars seem to be more trouble than help.

With time I feel that they could become very safe and reliable vehicles with advancements in technology.

There are many manufacturers trying to make driverless cars, at least one of them is bound to make something good eventually.

In conclusion, I think driverless cars should keep being developed, however they still need a lot of work.           ",3
"I think it is a great value cause we have never had anything like this. It could turn out to work very positivley. For all the people in need of help. It may make people's lifes easier. Less bulling in the high schools.

This is a great idea because if you could read people's minds you could. Figure out what is triggering their anger find the source and make a stop to it. Or someone could help their friend if they are feeling angry or just sad. It states in paragraph 5 ""For instance, you can probaly tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face.

This is great technology they have found it can help develope better technology useing as a example. But also it's very advanced technology. It can help us humans out by giving us information on things we couldn't get with just a bare eye. It states in paragraph 5 ""Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc.""

It can also help out people with deprssion. This could save thousands of lifes. It could make people try and prevent people from trying to kill themselves. It states paragraph 5 ""Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc.

In conclusion I think this technology is very valuable because most people wouldn't have thought. That we could have developed something this advanced. It will help people solve problems easier. It will help other people understand what others are going through. But I think that it will be one really helpful thing to many americans. ",3
"I believe that the Face is just a natural landform because they even had pictures that proved that is was a natural landform. Many people in the world had their own personal claims about the Face, but scientifically, it had been proven by pictures otherwise.

Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, and captured pictures of the Face with a ten times better camera than the original Viking photos that were taken before. In the article, the text says, ""Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing... a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all."" Even cameras caught the landform with pictures and proved it. The text also states, ""What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West. 'It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,' says Garvin."" According to this piece of informational text from the article, the Face is a massive, natural landform, just like any landform here on Earth.

In this article, it has been proven by NASA and detailed pictures of the Facee, that it's just a natural landform that just so happened to look like a human face. Even though some had their own thoughts and opinions, scientifically, they were wrong. ",3
"In the article, the author does present a lot of postitives and negative aspects of driverless cars. In my opinion, i am for the development of these cars. technology keeps growing and spreading wider each day. In the article it says how these cars are already on the way of being developed, Goolgle has had cars that could drive indepedently, but only under certain conditions. Googles cars have driven more then half a million miles without a crash, so you know that the ""Driverless Cars"" will be safe.

I personally think that these cars would benifit people and the world in many ways. Gooogle cofounder Sergey Brin says that the cars he foresees would use half of the fuel of todays taxis and that it could offer way more flexibility then a bus, these cars would fundamentally change the world. Plus driving would be at at a way lower risk of car accidents, because it is a smart computer telling the car what to do. The ""driverless cars"" have already made alot of progress and alt of diffrent companies are trying to make these, as safe and as fast as possible.

The company BMW announced the develpoment of the ""Traffic Jam Assistant"" in 2013. The car can Brake, steer, and accelerate all by themselves. The person in the car has to have his or her hands on the wheel at all times because they are not made completly driverless yet, but they are getting more advanced every year, and i believe that someday driverless things will be a thing, and i hope it is. More lives will be safe. Less gas will be used so its better for our enviroment. If people are angry or have had to much to drink they can get home safley and with out an accident.    ",3
"The Challenges that we have in our world of tecnology is that some of it is not good enough and that is ok because we are getting better. The challenges we face trying to go to Venus is that there is a thick atmosphere of almost 97% Carbon Dioxide is covering it in like a blanket which is very hard to get through. According to the author, "" Often referred to as Earth's (twin,) Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too."" It would be nice to have another planet to go to in case of this one had gotten distroyed or in like population. We have faced many challenges in our technology now that trying to go to another planet like Venus in paticular, maybe in the future we could live there but not now, It would be nice to have another planet to go to if there was something bad to have happen to our planet now or maybe if we got to crowded in this world with the population.

The challenges we face trying to go there is that its is the second planet from the sun so it would be hot. Our technology is not good right now but soon it will be good enough to have successfully landed on Venus. The seasons like on Earth are months but on venus it might not be. Not a single spacecraft has landed or has survived a landing which is very scary. It has said in the article, that not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus for more that three decades. This is one of the challenging planets but soon in the end when we figure it out and we will celebrate. Also on our planets surface temperatures averages over 800 degrees Farenheit, but Venus atmospheric pressure is over 90 times greater than what we experience now on our own planet! There is no way that if our technology cant make it then there is no way that we are. Not even a second.

We cannot live there for so many reasons but soon we will have been able to figure it out successfuly landed on Venus. There is reasons why we cannot live there and here is some reasons why. Venus is the hottest planet and its the second planet from the sun. Mercery is the planet that is the closest to the sun but Venus is the second but yet it is the hottest. Its very hot but we probably would have no season because the Venus spins an orbits around us alot faster than we do. The carbon dioxide, acid, and even gas is scary poisons that can kill us in seconds. Also that we would have to worry about if we did go there. If none of our spaceships can go there and not survive then we are more than likely not to have survived by the time we reach the outer layer.

It would be nice to live there but there are so much bad that could happen to us. If we were to have figured it out then we are more and likely to surive if we could also figure out what we can do to keep us alive like maybe have a space suit on the whole time. We could totally go to one planet and have a greater chance of living then to be stuck on one and be trapped. Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well be the only chance that we have. It is almost Earth-like planet in our solar system alone. Venus was probably once covered in largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth. Venus has a surface of rockey sefiment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountins, and even craters. Venus is also the nearest option for planetary visit, but the crucial visit of space travel to get some people there is going to take awhile. Is it an identical twin to us and it is the closests to size and even density.

It would be a good place to go and seek shelter if our world would have gotten distroyed. In the long run it would be really good to figure it out and actually have a spacecraft successfully land. There are its challenges but we as humans do not give up until we find the answers. We will have eventually be on Venus but it will take a long time considering that it has taken 3 decades and it might be longer to have sent out a spacecraft and it succesfully land. The reasons why we can't live there is many of reasons but we will soon fine out ways. Even NASA has an idea of what could work. It might be a really dumb way but in the end if it does work then we will have successfully be on Venus. Even if we are floating blimp like around 30 or so miles about the roiling Venusial landscape.    ",3
"using this technology to read the emotions of students in a class room is valuable because you can tell a lot if a student is confused or even to angry or to sad to learn. plus you can tell if the teacher is doing her job right or if the student feels confortable in the class room you can also learn if the student feels bullied or not safe in the class room. We could also tell if the student is acutally happy in the class because of the facial action coding system that even allows you to figure out if the student has a genuine or false smile stated in paragraph 8 of the text. This technology could help students to learn better, students that come from other country's and dont know how to speak for thereself or are just to shy to speak out. At last is the communication that the teacher and student can have through this device would be better since the device can read emotions the teacher can learn from all of her students on how they like to learn and how they dont like to learn.",2
"The limitation of car use provides many improvements to our envionment and health. Many different places have now started to get into the habit of preferring to use bicycles, car-pools, or even walking. Limiting car use could lead to less polution, more activity, and even safety. If we were to limit the use of cars, we could save many lives, including our own. While limiting the usage of cars many doors could open that leads many different places. Limiting cars could possibly terminate childhood and adulthood obesity. It could also provide happiness and joy, and even willing exercise. Cars both hinder, and help us, it gets the people where they need to go, but it ruins the environment and makes many people  lathargic.

With the limitation of cars comes the major improvement on polution.

""Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe.... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States"" (1, Rosenthal). Passenger cars are responsible for 12 precent of the greenhouse emissions found in Europe, and where most cars are used the greenhouse gass emissions are up to 50 percent. The amount of gas that is polluting the air is asoultly hazardous to the health of many people. ""...[The smog] rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world"" (1, Duffer). Paris eventually needed to ban driving due to the smog that was being produced from the cars. As stated in the ariticle, ""...it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind power plants"" (1, Rosenthal). If we were to limit the car usage, many smog and greehouse gases would not be as much of an issue as it is now. If we were to limit the usage of cars and prefer to car-pool, alot of gas, money, and lives. With the limiting of car usage comes the possibility of living a longer, healthier life without pollution tearing a hole in the ozone layer.

Limiting the use of cars can also produce more activity among the people and hapiness. Limiting the use of cars forces many people to start walking, using trains, running, and even bicycling. As states in the article, ""New York's new bike-sharing program and its skyrocketing bridge and tunnel tolls reflect those new priorities, as do a proliferation of car-sharing programs across the nations"" (1, Rosenthal). Many places are now starting to realize that the people are slowly loosing interest in cars and now perfer to walk, run, or even take public transportation. As stated in the articaly, ""..millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work leaving a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams.... 'It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution'"" (1, Selsky). ""It has seen the construction of bicycle paths, the most of any Latin American cirt....Parks and sports centers also have bloomes throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic; and new resturants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up"" (1, Selsky). Many citizens are starting to prefer to walk rather than drive. The perople are slowly moving away from motor vehicles and are starting to go outside and to exercise. As mentioned in the article, ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,"" (1, Rosenthal) This choice is making alot most people happy and satified.  Many people no longer need to fret about gas money or traffic, or even about arriving on time. Having no car is a stress-reliever that saves you time, stress, and keeps you from pulling at your hair. Exercising is also a much easier way to be able to blow off steam and reduce stress.

Another positive of limiting car use is the safety that is provided. Many Americans are now choosing to not recieve a license. The people are slowly moving away from the driving of cars and are now preferring to use public transportation, or even walking. People are now slowly starting to center their lives around where it could be easy to transport. Their place of work could now be centered around where public transport is able to drop them off, a walking distance, or even on the normal route that a friend, whom you could be able to catch a ride, wouldn't mind dropping you off at. As stated in the article, ""They organize their summer jobs and soical life around where they can walk or take public transportation or car-pool with friends"" (1, Rosenthal).  Another reason why many people do not drive, is due to the fact that many families and people cannot afford a vehicle, or they choose to not purchase one. As stated in the artice, ""'What most intrigues me is that rates of car ownership per household and per person started to come down two to three years before the downturn'"" (1, Rosenthal). With less amount of people on the road, this lowers the possible chances of someone being in an accident. The possibility of poeple being in car accident have been lowered, because a majority of the people are refusing to drive. As mentioned in an artice, ""When adjusted to the population growth, th enumber of miles driven in the United States peaked in 2005 and dropped steadily thereafter, according to an analysis by Doug Short...the number of miles driven perperson was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was in January 1995"" (1, Rosenthal). If the people were to drive less this would mean less accidents and less pollution which could lead to lenghtier lives and to healthier lives.

In conclusion, with the limitation on the use of automobiles comes the many possibilities that could possibly save lives and re-shape them into something much more healthier. While reducing the usage of automobiles comes exercise and the relief os stress. Maybe childhood or adulthood obesity would not be as large of an issue if were reduced car usage. Many people could then be healthier and more involeved in their communities. With the limitation of car usage comes the unlimited possibilities.    ",5
"I think we should change the elction to popular vote. we should get what the people want not what the government or the system want. under the electoral college system, voters vote not for president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. a dispute over the outcome of an elecoral college vote is possible, it happend in 200 but, its less likely than a dispute over the popular vote. The reason is that the winning candidate's share of the electoral college invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote. The electoral college requires a presidential candidate to have transregional appeal.

No region has electoral cotes to elect president. So a solid regional favorite, such as romney was in the south has no incentive to campaign heavily in those states, for he gains no electoral votes by increasing his plurality in states that he knows he will win. This is a desirable result because a candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful presidat. the residents of the other regions are likely to feel disenfrabchished that the new president will have no regard for their intrests, that he really isn't their president.

The winner take all method of awarding electoral votes induces the canidates as we saw in 2012's election. voters in toss-up states are most likely to pay close attention to the campaign. they are likely to be the most thoughtful voters, average and the most thoughtful voters hsould be the ones to dcide the election.    ",2
"Mars has always been a big part in our curiosity for outer space. We are always secretly hoping that there is some form of life out there other than down here. I do believe that this face is a natural landform because the picture quality back then was not all too great, this place is known for it's ""Martian mesa's"", and they only unveiled it to the general public for attention and hopefully more money in their funding.

I believe that this ""face"" so to speak is actually just another lanform on the terrain that is Mars. I believe that it is a landform becase as you can see the picture quality in 1976 is much more different than the quality of the picture in 2001. That said, Mars is known for it's powerful windstorms, so the earth could have shifted over time. That just makes it even more of a landform though.

I also believe that this so called ""face"" is not an actual face because the scientists stated that in the region of Cydonia it was common to find what they call ""Martain mesas"" which means it just so happens to be another freaky concidence instead of some actual huge martian face. Not even the actual scientists believed that it was an actual martian. They did think so for a short while and they're honestly dumb. In my opinion, until the day where some other form of life comes down to Earth, there is no such way there could be martian life.

I believe that this isn't an actual face also because NASA unveiled it to the general public just for attention and possibly some money. Let's face it, NASA doesn't get very much funding. I'm guessing that they unveiled it to the public for attention saying ""look at me, look at me I'm some important Martian face and you should give the people who found me more money so they can find other things like me with better equipment."" Which in my opinion it's just plain sad. Don't get me wrong I support NASA all the way, but when they have to do something like this just to get fame and perchance a little bit of money, it's a little sad.

We all know that with more fame comes more money (let's not talk about Kanye West shall we?) There are people like Selena Gomez and Donald Trump who have so much money from all the fame they're getting. When in reality they aren't contributing much to society except for the fact that they are just spewing a lot of junk out of their mouths. Whereto people working at places such as NASA have not very much funding and are still attempting to change the world, which is really really beautiul.

In the end, this ""face"" is nothing but a silly little landform on the face of Mars. I still firmly believe it because the picture quality back then was not all too great, this place is known for it's ""Martian mesa's"", and they only unveiled it to the general public for attention and hopefully more money in their funding. This is the sad truth in this whole operation, but it is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. They aren't fooling anyone when they say that this little scheme of theirs is actually some form of extratresstrial life.  ",4
"I beam, flashing a smile towards the camera of my mom's iPhone. In my hand, I grip a four-by-three inch square of plastic that, in my perspective, is synonymous with freedom. It's the moment every kid dreams about, lying belly-down on the kitchen floor and pushing a Barbie jeep around their mother's feet as she labors away at the stove, the stark scent of garlic filling their little noses. Finally, I got my driver's license! While definitely a defining moment of adolescence, most teenagers refuse to acknowledge the degrading qualities of driving. Limiting car usage has a multitude of benefits, such as decreasing air pollution and improving the health and quality of life of the world's people.

As a new driver, there is nothing I despise more than waking up to servere smog, squinting as I corral my vehicle down blurred roadways en route to school. By utilizing my own vehicle, however, I am adding to the problem. Smog and other forms of un-aestetic air pollution are caused in part by the greenhouse gas emissions from cars' tailpipes. In the United States, passenger cars are responsible for up to 50% of greenhouse gas emissions. (Source 1) Another large percentage of these emissions comes from the unefficient, energy-wasting, carbon-spewing processes required to create gasoline and diesel fuel. Essentially, we emit large amounts of greehouse gases to produce fuel for our vehicles which, in turn, release more greenhouse gases. As an AP Environmental Science student, I know better than anyone the degrading results of excessive greenhouse gases. As these particles accumulate in the atmosphere, light from the sun, including harmful ultraviolet rays, stays trapped in our planet, causing a gradual rise in average temperature. This process is known as global warming. Besides being dangerous to our planet, air pollution is unappealing visualy to all inhabitants of Earth. Smog once reached such high levels in Paris, the capital of France, that a partial driving ban was placed on the city to purify the air. After one day of diminishing the number of cars on the roads by 50%, the smog had cleared enough for civilians to continue their daily activities. (Source 2) The grotesque images associated with smog can harm Paris' economy; tourists want to view the Palace of Versailles with a tear in their eye from its beauty, not from the sting of air pollutants.

Limiting car usage also has a variety of physical and psycological benefits that improve the health of earth's people. For example, a suburban community in Germany, known as Vauban, has gone completely car-free. 57% of Vauban's residents sold a car to move in and, so far, the majority of them seem to be enjoying the benefits. Heidrun Walker, a media trainer and mother of two, is one of them. ""When I had a car, I was always tense,"" she said, ""I'm much happier this way."" (Source 1) Walker's statement shows the improved psychological well-being of those who do not rely on cars for the majority of their transportation. Decreased reliance on motor vehicles can also improve the physical health of humanity. Without personalized vehicles for transportation, many people will walk, jog, bike, or skate to their various destinations. Such a phenomenon occurs annually in Bogota, the capital of Columbia. Every year, they host a ""Day Without Cars"", during which Columbians rely on their own two feet to move about their sprawling city. (Source 3) Physical activities such as walking have a variety of benefits, including increased cardiovascular health. If more countries hosted events similar to Bogota's ""Day Without Cars"", emergency rooms may find they have less clogged arteries to deal with.

Limiting car usage has many pros, including decreased air pollution and increased mental and physical well-being of the world's people. The next time you unlock your car to drive two minutes to your friend's house, stop and consider the consequences of your actions. Consider the health of yourself and your planet, and try walking instead.    ",5
"The FACS computer can identify human emotions, by there facial expressions and showing the percentage of how happy, sad, mad, etc. they are. This system would work to read the emotional expressions in a classroom which is valuable so the teacher can know how they really feel instead of putting on a fake smile and saying there ok when they really aren't.

The evidence from the article is when the author states ""A classroom computer can recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it will modify the lesson like a human instructor"". Such a statement says that the computer of the classroom can be able to modify the lesson when a student is uninterested in the subject being taught; it also is saying that the lesson will be modified and make it a fun learning activity for the students to be interested in the subject taught and pass the subject being taken in class.

In conclusion, I agree that this technology is valuable for a classroom, beacuse when using the technology it will make the students learn in a fun way and pass the class instead of being bored or uninterested in the class being taught. This would be a better option to do instead of having kids fail the subject being taught. Making students interested in the subject is a better way to make them love learning and love school.",2
"As a u. s citizen that we should get rid of the ellectoral college. I think that it should be the peoples desision of who should run the countrys main power. Being the president is the biggest job in america so i think it should be up to the people that will have to obide by his rules and follow his laws. It would not be fair if all the higher richer people get to decide cause they can all decide the one in their favor thats helps them out the most and all lower class people would be screwed. Some may think that the Electoral college is a better choice because their is different benifits about the electors voting instead of americas people. Like for instance when their are ties the ellectoral college is a huge help.

The popular vote is the best way to do it as long as the restrictions are being followed ,like no voting til you are 18 years of age and no fellonies policy. These rules can be very important to the elections concidering that would get rid of millions of extra votes. In the electoral college one thing i do not like is the fact each state has a different number of electoral votes. that would favor one state more than another rather than them all having an equal amount so the voting could be more justified and fair.    ",2
"Have you ever wanted to know how someone was feeling, whether it was a student, family member, or even a friend? Well with the help of the Facial Action Coding System, now you can do just that. Facial Action Coding System or ( FACS ) for short is a new computer program that can classify up to six differnet emotions by the movement of all 44 major facial muscles. This invention was created by Prof. Thomas Huang. But here is the real question, would this technology be valuable in a classroom?

For us humans, some may find it easy to tell how someone is feeling based on the look on their face. But for others it isn't so easy. Say a teacher for example, is teaching a science lesson. With this type of technology the teacher would be able to tell if his or her students are understanding the topic being taught, or if they are bored and about to fall asleep. This could change every way that a lesson is being taught in every classroom around the world. This could even raise test scores for kids and teens around the globe.

With this type of technology, you could tell how someone is feeling based on the muscle movements in their face. FACS works based on what's called muscular action units. These action units are all of those 44 major, as well as some minor facial movements. This system is the most accurate system out there for telling how someone is feeling based on their muscle movements. For example, take the zygomatic major. This is the muscle that begins at your cheek bones which helps you create your smile. Or the frontalis pars lateralis muscle. This is the muscle above your eyes which helps raise your eyebrows when you are surprised.

Based on all the research, there is the six basic emotions, happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. All these emotions happen in a classroom more then anyone would ever imagine. If students were having trouble understanding a math lesson, then this technology could pick that up if the student didn't say they were confused. This technology could be very useful for teachers because it could give them feedback about what they need to do better, or go over more throughly. It could even give them the chance to even change the whole lesson all together and slow it down for students to understand.

So how valuable would this technology be in a classroom environment? Well in my opinion it seems very important. I say this because the technology could tell whether a student was comprehending a lesson, and if they weren't. This technology could also give feedback to the teacher to show if they need to show the lesson over so the students could understand the topic better. This technology could possibly even raise test scores based on the feedback it gives teachers, all based on the looks on the students faces. This new technology known as Facial Action Coding System could help teachers comprehend their students and if they are learnig, confused, or even excited.",4
"Bustling traffic fills every available lane on the highway on your drive home from work. It's rush hour again, and it's more of a slow, steady crawl rather than a drive. You can't roll the windows down to relax and get a breath of fresh air, because the air simply isn't appealing; It's all emissions from the other cars, and the smell of burning gasoline is simply naseauting. It's moments like this when you recall the stories in the news about cities all over the world limiting car usage, and wondering how useful or effective it really is. Banning the use of cars has advantages such as helping to reduce pollution, reducing stress, and conserving resources.

Pollution is a prominent problem in every society today, and often times you witness ""Go Green"" campaigns on the television, with celebrities trying to persuade you, and call you to action on trying to save the Earth. A great way to actually help reduce pollution, is through a ""No Driving"" campaign. In the document written by Robert Duffer, he discusses how Paris partially bans driving in order to ""clear the air of the global city."" A system was put in place that allowed drivers who only had odd numbered license plates to drive on Monday, and only even numbered plates the following day. This helped to reduce congestion on the streets, and reduce the smog polluting the air to a safer amount. Before this was put in place, it was said that ""[The smog] rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world."" In ""The End of Car Culture"" by Elisabeth Rosenthal, the author also discusses how ""If the pattern persists-and many sociologists believe it will-it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment..."" This is expressing how a lower percentage of car usage compares statistically to a lower percentage of carbon emissions in the air, which stresses a healthier environment. Maybe now we can roll down some windows while on the highway.

Stress is a major factor in everyone's life; It makes things difficult, wavers a person's focus, and isn't beneficial to your health in the slightest. These ""No Driving"" campaigns are actually helping to reduce the amount of stress in people, by giving them a chance to do some stress relieving activities, such as bike riding or rollerblading.  In the first source, ""In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars"" which is also by Elisabeth Rosenthal, a mother of two and media trainer named Heidrun Walter stated ""When I had a car, I was always tense. I'm much happier this way."" Walter was able to stroll on sidewalks and smell the fresh air, all while listen to the sounds of nature and children playing, free of the sound of cars. In Andrew Selsky's article, ""Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota,"" Selsky informs the reader that Bogota makes renovations in the district on parks and sidewalks, so that during the time of ""No Cars,"" people have enjoyable options as to how to get around the city. With such dedication to a project, it would be surprising to not be satisfied with those results.

Non-renewable resources are what power our daily lives, from gasoline to coal, once it's gone, it's gone for good. With these campaigns to ban driving, we are helping to hold on to what we have, and in a way, realizing what we have before it becomes something we had. In the second article, Paris banned driving to reduce smog, which they blamed on the use of diesel fuel rather than gasoline. The use of diesel fuel may be helping to conserve gasoline, but it's used in Paris because of a tax on gasoline, and is simply a prefferable price. By not driving at all, the citizen reduced smog, and conserved their resources for another day. In Rosenthal's second article, she discusses how Bill Ford put forward a proposal on partnership, hoping to ""create cities in which 'pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety."" With the conservation of non-renewable resources, we are helping to ensure a future for those who success our generations.

There are so many advantages to driving, like being able to travel long distances faster, and being able to carry things with you wherever you go, but they are advantages of circumstance, and ultimately the use of cars is a price we pay with our health. The advantages of using other forms of transportation outnumber the advantages of car usage, both in the health of the people, and the health of the planet. If not using cars can reduce stress levels in people, or reduce pollution in a matter of days in densely populated cities, or even conserve the resources we can't renew, we should have banned driving already!    ",5
"I am against the development of these cars. The reasons i am against it is because for one, why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver ? like they mentioned in paragraph 8.

I feel like thats doing to much , if your going to invent a ""driverless car"" make it so that it can do everything by its self without the owners help, so that way the human can relax while the car does all the work.

For two, if the owner has to still do work and take over at certain times and certain parts whats the point?, you might as well just get a car you can control fully (a normal car) not a car that controls half the stuff you could be controling while you still have to conrtol certain parts/things.

What about new beginners that are just now learning how to drive ?, they need to know how to work/control the whole car NOT certain parts, what if they end up banning these ""driverless cars"" because its to many accidents and new beginners only know how to control certain parts because they were so used to the ""driverless cars"" that controlled most of the things in the car they arent used to the normal cars.

I honestly feel like they should just stick with normal cars and let the owners do all the work.

The owners are the ones paying for the car so why not let them control the car i could see if they werent making payments and stuff on the car and all they had to do was pay for it and its all theirs but their still going to have to make payments so why not let them control it themselves ?. What about if there is an accident the car shouldnt have to warn them anything, if the owner was paying attention to the road like your supposed to you would know if its an accident or if its about to be an accident. if someone is hurt who would be at fault the driver or manufacturer? i feel like it would be the manufacturer fault because their the ones that make these ""driverless cars"" thats supposed to do mostly everything and thats supposed to warn the driver when something bad happens.

What if the car makes a mistake and dont warn the driver ? , they should make it safe and confortable if thats the case because their the ones making these cars not the owner. It would honestly only be the drivers fault if they were the ones controling the whole car and all the parts because if they werent paying attention to the road and they controlled the car and an accident occurs then its 100% the drivers fault for not paying attention to the road like todays car , they wouldnt sue the manufacturer they really wouldnt even do anything because its the owners fault.

This is my argument for or against the development of these cars.",3
"I argue in favor of keeping the Electoral College. Why do I argue in favor of keeping the Electoral College? First, there is a certainty of outcome. Second, the Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. Third, the Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast. In conclusion to my first statement, let me tell you why I believe there is a certainty of outcome.

First, there is a certainty of outcome. A dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible., but it's less likely than a dispute over the popular vote. The reason is that the winning candidate's share of the Electoral College invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote. In 2012's election, for example, Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney because almost all states award electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis, even a very slight plurality in a state creates a landslide electoral-vote victory in that state.

Second, the Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president. So a solid regional favorite, such as Romney was in the South, has no incentive to campaign heavily in those states, for he gain no electoral votes by increasing his plurality in states that he knows he will win. This is a desirable reslut because a cindidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president. The residents of the other regions are likely to feel that their votes do not count, that the new president will have no regard for their interests that he really isn't their president.

Third, the Electoral College avoids the problem of elections  in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast. For example, Nixon in1968 and Clinton in 1992 both had only a 43 percent plurality of the popular votes, while winning a majority in the Electoral College. There is pressure for run-off elections  when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast; the pressure, which would greatly complicate the presidential election process, is reduced by the Electoral College, which invariably produces a clear winner.    ",3
"If you like to be with animals such as horses than we would sure have a fun time on the SS Charles W. Wooster. We have to help the animals that are being shiped over seas like horses, cattle, and mules.

When we aren't caring for the animals then we are out site seeing or playing games on the boat. In the empty stals the horese, cattle, and mules aren't in we play games like baceball and volleyball they had table tennis tournaments, fencing tournaments, boxing tournaments, they read, and other games that would help pass the time.

This could be a danger if you aren't careful, one time it was raining and I was on nightwatch then I fell and a strip o melat stoped me from falling overboard. I couldn't work for a couple of days due to cracked ribs from me hitting them of the strip of metal.

But it is not all fun and games so if you like hard word you would love the job of being a Seagoing Cowboy, we have to clean out the stalls the horses and cattle and mules were in and that stinks litterily. We have to carry huge bags of oats and other food for the animals, and boy does my back hurt,whew.

But don't get my wrong this job is fun hangging out with friends. If this job sounds apealing then come on over and help we need it a lot. This job is fun, hard, and worth your time, so please come over.",3
"Would you like to explore another planet? If so, which one? The author of this artical talks about exploring Venus. He explains what its like there and gives us facts like how it can be the closest planet to Earth time to time but it's really hot there and hard to explore. His reasons for exploring Venus is the closest planet to earth and is earth like and its a challenge that we should take no matter the risk. I dont think that he explained good enough on why its worth it.

The author of the artical, ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" tells us that ""Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too."" This means that because its close and Earths ""twin"" its its worh exploring no matter the challenge it brings.

The author also says ""Our travels on Earth should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."" When he says this he thinks that we should explore Venus no matter the dangers but in the artical he listed the dangers. He says Venus has a ""thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater that what we experience on our own planet."" If it's 90 times grater than what we experience on earth is it worth studying? He tells us that they sent nemerous spaccrafts to Venus but nun of them survieved longer than a few ours. If your spaceships cant land there and survive why send a human there risking lives?

In conclusion he told us some good facts about Venus like how its called Eaths twin, can be closest to earth sometimes, almost same size and same density,and that its 800 degrees Fahrenheit but i dont think his reasons explained good enough on why we should risk exploring there but he did have some good ideals on what they can do to explore Venus like hover over it 30 plus miles studying it.    ",3
"The author say that venus is called the ""evening star"". venus is actually a planet. venus is the second sun planet from the sun. also venus is the twin of earth. venus is one of the closest planets to earth. both has the same density and size.

venus mission is was unmanned and no spacecraft survived the landing no spaceships arrived on venus for ""3 decades""many factors said that venus is an challenging planet for humans to study .planet temps are up to 800 degrees fahrenheit. the atmospheric pressure is is 90 times greater .venus has the hottest surface tempture then any planet there is. it presents additional impedimits like natural desaters .for example strong eartquakes and erupting valcanoes .

Mean while NASA is working on ways to study venus.""for examples ,some simplified elctronics made of silicons carbide habe been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of benus surface and have lastd three weeks in such conditions"". they've also been looking back at old technologycalled mechanicsl computers. Those items were invented in the 1800's .played a role during the 1940's during world war ll .the materials made caculations by using gear and levers. none used electronics. meeting the challenge presented by venus has value because human curiosity will likely lead into many equal intimidating endeavors.",1
"The best option of a substitute planet in our solar system is Venus, if our world get destroyed by us or eny other entity people could go to Venus because it's the planet more likely to our own planet. Mars also is very likely to the Earth, but is this particular case, we will focus in Venus.

First, one of the reasons we should consider Venus as an option to live if our planet gets destroyed for a disease, apocalipse or any other reason, is bacause Venus is in our solar system, this is a really big advantage because the population don't have to travel for a long time to found another place to live in. There is a lot of other planets people can go because there are more likely to the Earth, but there are years light far from our planet, and we don't still have the technology to go to that other planets.

Also, the temperature in the atmosphere of Venus is similar to the temperature of the Earth. This is really important because we can't go to a planet that is a lot cooler or hoter that the Earth for a simple reason, people would die if we go to any other planet that has a high or low temperature. Also not only people would die, animals and plants too, people need plants and animals to eat, if we don't have animals and plants we don't have food and medicine and people would die.

Finally, the size of Venus is almost the same size of the Earth. People can't go to a planet that is smaller that the Earth, because it wouldn't be enough space to live in, if it is bigger nice, if people would have a bigger planet and population can grow up, but it can't if the planet is smaller.

In conclution, if the people have to leave the Earth and go to another planet, the best option would be Venus, or even Mars, because these two planets are more likely to the Earth and there are the nearest planets we have bucause there are in the same solar system.",4
"I feel that driverless cars can be benificial to the human race. Driverless cars may be benificial but many people are most likely against or skeptical about driverless cars. These cars are cars that do not need humans to control them and they can move on there own. A lot of driverless cars have already been invented but they are not fully driverless. As stated in the article ""Driverless Cars are Coming."" it is said that the company Google have had these types of cars since 2009. So they are nothing new to society it's just that a lot of people have never heard of this concept. I feel like it's a great idea. Just imagine having a taxi, or ""Uber"" now a days, to drive you wherever you want to go. Driverless cars will require less gasoline than other types of cars. They may not even require any gasoline nobody really knows yet. Google modified a Toyota Prius to use estimating sensors on the rear left wheel and a 3-D rotating sensor on the roof to judge what items are around it. The rotating sensor is used to establish how the car drives. The sensor on the roof does this by seeing what items are around it and making a three dimensional shape of what the car or the sensor see that that item is. General Motors created a futuristic road in the 1950s. They did this because they thought that it would be better for cars to have to drive on a road instead of the car having to do all of the things a driver can do by itself. They found out that it would have costed a humongous ammount of money and it was not practical. After that some college students/Engineers at Berkeley tried something similar except instead of cable it was magnets. They tried to make the car read in binary code which they would implement into these things called smart-road systems. This also required a large sum of money and again it was to expensive and not very practical. With the smarter road systems out of the way it opened up a new oppurtunity for manufactureres. They could now work on smarter cars. Nobody knew how much smarter though. Sensors in the Google cars were nothing new. They started maked speed sensors at the wheels of cars to activate antilock brakes back in the 1980s. Since then the sensors have just become more advanced and now they have been able to detect and respond to certain things that could be hazardous to the driver. The information in the sensors cause the car to activate and reduce power to the engine and other things such as brakes. Further improvements are being added to sensors to make it more driver friendly and safer for the drivers. No car manufacturer has made a car that does not have to be driven yet. They do not drive themselves most of them just assist the driver so he or she doesn't have to worry about all of the things that are essencial to driving a vehicle. In 2013 BMW (Car Manufacturer) announced that they are developing ""Traffic Jam Assistant."" This car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 miles per hour. Special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps a hold of the wheel. So the main question is why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver? Well actually psychological aspects of automation are really a challenge and we need to interpret the driving in a fun way. So basically we need to make it a fun thing for the drivers to not have to drive. So car manufacturers were talking about activating a heads-up-display (HUD). These HUD's would make the trip to wherever your destination is less boring. Me personally I don't think it's such a good idea to have a HUD in a car because people will have trouble focusing on the road. People would probably like a nice thing to do while they are bored but what if in that little instance that the car just happens to lose control. You will be paying attention to something else and not the road. People have there phones anyways so I don't even see what the big deal is about these HUD's in cars. Just a waste of expenses is all I see. So to answer the question. Yes I am a fan of the driverless car and yes I do think that they should be implemented in our lives, but I also think that the car manufacturers should talk over some of the features that they're wanting to put on this car.       ",2
"Can you imagine in the future where you see floating cars and cars driving with no one in them? I can not, because I believe cars where a bad idea from the beginning. Why use cars for transportation when you have your own two feet? Driverless cars are a bad idea because they give human beings reasons to not get out of their house, they can cause accidents, and the cost to make driverless cars will be too expensive.

Driverless cars will make the human population obese and ignorant. It will cause people to not communicate with others. For example, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020. By 2020, driverless cars will be the big hit and everybody will want one. They can pick up their kids from school; go get groceries whenever they need, so the parents will not have to walk around the grocery store for so long; eventually it will be able to anything you want it too. Without the daily driving and walking we do, the human race will soon become fat.

What happens if a driverless car causes an accident? If there are no humans in the car but your car is totaled, how will you change car information? How will you talk to the other person to see whos fault it is at? How would your car drive home if its been in an accident? Driverless cars can not do everything.

The cost to make driverless cars is going to expensive. Where do you expect to get the money to make these cars? For example, they need a whole lot of sensors; cameras to watch that the driver is remaining focused; and the most important bit of technology in the driverless car is the spinning sensor on the roof. Dubbed LIDAR, it uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car’s surroundings. All this fancy technology has to come out of someones pocket. Who's pocket do you think the goverment will take it out of? You are correct, the American's pockets. All our hard earned cash going to a car that we do not even need.

Remember America, driverless cars are useless and not needed in the society we have today. Driverless cars are a bad idea because they give human beings reasons to not get out of their house, they can cause accidents, and the cost to make driverless cars will be too expensive. ",4
"I am against it. The people that show no emotion do it for a reason.

Most likely people show no emotion on their face becasue they don't want people to know how they feel. It gives people the hint saying i don't want to talk to you or just leave me alone.

Some students tend to be closed off from people and that's how they like it and want to be left alone. It's most likely the ones that don't show emotion had a bad past, something horrible happened recently and don't want people to find out, Etc. For example, a girl recently moved in with her father after 16 years living with her mother. She wanted a new change so she left but what people don't know is that she cries at night for leaving her other siblings and mother etc. She wouldn't want people to know how she really feels, so she hides it away showing no emotion or having a fake emotion on her face. She doesn't want anyone to know what's going on in her life or just doesn't want people in her buisness.

That is why we shouldn't use the new technology of indentifying emotions on people that obviously dont't want to. Not everybody is the same , has a good life like others or a bad one. Also, just because someone is bored the computer that can identify emotions shouldn't try to make the next thing they watch or do more fun for them. In the real world you go through things that is as boring as looking at a wall all day. So, they shouldn't get used to everything being fun because it's not.   ",4
"The electoral college system has been part of America for many years. At times, this system has proved to be a good thing for our country, but in most times, it has not. I am in favor of changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. I am in favor of changing to a popular vote because of the unfairness, faulty aspects, and electors in the electoral college.

To begin, the electoral college is fair in some ways, but mostly not. One may understandably say that ""The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no canidate recieves a majority of the votes cast"" (Posner, 22). The electoral college has proved to be a balance to the political weight of the large states, but regardless of the size of the state, it should be a citizen right to vote directly for their president. ""Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the ""swing"" states"" (Plumer, 13). This quote shows the unfairness to the voters, those in the smaller/more insignificant states don't even matter because of the electoral college! When voting, citizens also become confused with the electors, and potentially vote for their opposing party. Not only is the electoral college unfair for the voters, but for the presidental canidates as well. We as citizens vote for electors whom we must entrust to vote for the party's nominee. This trust is rarely betrayed, but ""...it is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral bote will not win the national popular vote"" (Posner, 16). In 2000, the election with Al Gore and George Bush, Gore won the popular vote, but did not win the electoral vote. The people wanted Gore to be the president, but he did not win, due to the unfairness of the ellectoral college.

Another reason I am in favor for the popular vote, is because of the faulty aspects of the electoral college system. A counterargument may be that the electoral college has held our country together, making the voting system a lot easier. But in my opinion this is not true. With popular vote, the citizens would just vote for the president, and whichever canidate recieves the most votes would win. But in the case of the electoral college, states cast only one vote for the entire state! "".. the single representative from Wyoming representing 500,000 voters, would have as much say as the 55 representatives from California"" (Plumer, 12). The reason this is such a big deal is because, let's say that 10,000 people voted in Wyoming. 5,001 were republicans, and 4,999 were democrats. The electoral college would pick the elector representing the republican candidate. Thus, Wyoming's vote goes to the republican canidate. Without the ellectoral college though, those 4,999 votes would count, and would go toward helping the desired canidate win. Voting is an individual effort, and the electoral college does not allow for this.

As well as this fault, another fault is the fact that the electors could be anyone. ""They can be anyone not holding public office... Can voters control whom their electors vote for? Not always"" (Plumer, 10). Although in most cases the electors vote for the correct party, an elector still may not be trustworthy, or loyal. They may even be bias and vote for a different candidate. The electors do not campaign. Only the presidental canidates do. When we vote for the president, we are actually voting for the electors. Voters normally know little, to nothing about the electors. This makes for an even faultier voting experience.

To conclude, electoral colleges are not the way the voting system should be. With popular voting, there will be an assurance that the right candidate will win, the unfair ways of the ellectoral college will be diminished, and there will no longer be any faulty aspects of the voting system. Citizens vote to be heard, and with the electoral college, the people aren't heard as loud as they should be. Voting is a right and priveledge of an American citizien, and popular voting will ensure this right.    ",6
"I belive that the FACS (Facial Action Coding System) would be good to use in school because like it says in the article a teacher would know when a student is bored, and they could change the lesson up a little bit, to make it more interseting. It seems like it would be a good tool to use in school.

The Facs could help students who dont normally ask the teacher for help get help. The system could recognize if a student was lost or confused on the thing they're working on. The teacher could then go to that student and help them with that problem they are on, and it might lead to them asking questions in the future because they might feel comfortable asking that teacher for help. It could also help guidance counsolers find the depressed or mad kids, and help them with their problems. The machine knows your mixed emotions which is great because a student might look like they get the problem they're working on, but really they need help and the teacher can recognize that , and get the tudent the help they need on it. It's pretty cool that a computer can consturct a 3-D model of your face, and to get all 44 facial muscles to move along with it.

In conclusion the FACS would be very helpful to schools but it's probally very expensive, but i'm sure if someone were to make a claim to a school board committe, the committe would find funding for it if enough people were on board with it. This machine would help in school by knowing how the students feel while they're at school, and knowing what students understand, and don't understand can help the teachers change up the lessons for their future students they teach.",3
"With the new year here people are curious about what new technologies are just around the corner.

One of these new technologies are self driving cars!

I believe driverless cars are an amazing idea that will pave the way for the future of automotives.

The possibilites are endless with driverless cars. One benefit that could come from this is lest DUI's worldwide!

No more will careless intoxicated drivers roam our streets and take our loved ones lives.

The smart car will be able to take them home safely. The article states the cars ""would use half the fuel of today's taxis"" it also states that they offer ""far more flecibility than a bus.""

As many people do you might be curious on how this works. The car is pretty much loaded down with sensors to navigate the winding highways and curvy back roads.

The article stated that sensors are nothing knew but have been improving for decades.

Sensors will be placed on the car's roof and it will have a GPS reciever along with many other breaking sensors.

Along with the many, many benefits of self-driving cars comes failure and accidents.

For people who like to go to bars must still have a designated driver for now.

The smart cars will be able to alert people when the humans need to take over.

Such inncidents may occur when a road block is ahead or a traffic jam.

Some people might wonder what happens if the car goes haywire and wreck.

With the advanced technology we have the possibilites of this happening are slim but still very possible.

The cars are not a full proof plan for it to work all the time which is why the driver must be alert and ready to take the wheel at any time.

I hope that in the very distant future automatic driving cars are an everyday thing.

The possibilites are amazing with the things we could do with them on a national and global level.

All we have to do is keep driving forward!",3
"Have you ever wanted to trust a car with your life? I for sure have not. In the text, Google cofounder, Sergey Brin was quoted saying,""such cars would fundamentally change the world."" I disagree, driverless cars are a terrible idea for many reasons. The economy would fall tremendously. Many of people's lives would be at risk, and it's unhuman.

The economy is my biggest worry when it comes to driverless cars. Many jobs would be lost because of this. Bus drivers, taxi drivers, and factory workers jobs would be at risk. If this were to happen many families would be left homeless and hungry.

Another reason is that this could be very dangerous. I don't know about you ,but I don't want to put my life in the hands of a couple of cameras and sensors. People need to understand that commputers make mistakes and they are not perfect. The author even said,"" In fact, none of the cars developed so far are completly driverless.'' This means that the driver would have to remain focused and pay attention the entire time. I think this would cause some major problems.

The driver would be texting or even sleeping at the wheel. That is definiatly not safe!

My final reason is that the driverless car is unhuman. The human race has become very lazy over the last several hundred years. Yes, we have made life much more safe and efficient ,but driverless cars is going too far. Computers and robots are already taking our people's jobs in the factories, do we really want the to take hold of our cars?

To conclude, I don't agree with this article. I believe that driverless cars would cause many problems around the world. The economy would suffer, our safety would be at risk, and the idea of driverless cars is unhuman. ",3
"In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author is trying to explain how the planet Venus is an intresting mission that is dangerous to human life, after many attempted unsucccesful missions NASA is still finding ways to land a spacecraft safely on this planet so information can be collected. Scientist in NASA are very intrested in the planet. It is considered to be ""Earth's twin"".

Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the sky. Made of up 97 percent carbon dioxide, clouds of highly sulfuric acid in the atmosphere, not to mention average tempratures of 800 degrees fahrenheit. Many question NASA about making trips to this planet due the highly unsuitable conditions for humans. In the excerpt it states. ""These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on earth, such an enviorment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans."" It shows how harmful to life Venus can be.

People wonder why Scientist are trying to further investigate the Venus's surface if the planet is so inhospitable. Turns out people from NASA and Astronomers are very fascinated by the planet. Researchers say it may have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. "" Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could've supported various forms of life, just like earth."" It is very obvious why researchers want to further investigate. This is very important and could impact all of life on earth. Also NASA are in the process of trying to build protective spacecrafts hospitable to Venus."" It will not be easy conditions, but it is survivable for humans."" stated in the article.

In conclusion, NASA researchers should furthermore investigate into this planet, we never know, it could change our life. Traveling should not be limited by something that can be dealt with if possible. As people in this society we are trying to meet the edges of new inventions, discoveries, and innovation. To make it to that point risk have to be taken.      ",3
"Curiosity is a particular trait in human haracter. We seek evolution so we need to conquer and explore foreign land for beneficial items or sciences. The author claims that study Venus is worth the risk, because we get new theories and formulas that cannot be possible on Earth's atmosphere, we may have insight into what the future of earth may potentially look like,and, we are forced to challenge our imagination and mental capabilities to the fullest while on this conquest.

As advanced as the earth's formulas and theories are; there are still unexplained phenomenons in this world of ours. There are unexplained answers to mysteries that dormant on earth and the answers may not even be located on this planet. ""More importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance"" The author claims that undersanding Venus needs research, and, a success in the research could bring good tidings our way.

""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system"" The author makes a point about how Venus may have once been like Earth with the oceans and landscape. But now Venus is not even accesible without years or decades of technological advancement at work. Understanding and conquering may hint some clues as to what triggered such an evolution in our sister planet. Knowing what triggered that evolution would be beneficial to us because then we can avoid it or we can work towards it.

""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation"" The mind is vast and needs to be filled up. One of our most redeeming qualities as humans humans is the power of the mind or imagination. We are able to visualize things as we wish they were and that is a quality that should never be lost. With such a vast mind; why fill it up with on things we are no longer curious about. Rather, we should explore the unexplored and conquer the unconquered because our minds are on top of the food chain and they should stay at that.

The author claims that the challenges and risks needed to conquer venus is well worth the risk. We do recieve and satisfy our cravings with imperialism and conquering.",4
"Exploring Venus would not be an easy task, as mentioned by the author of this article, but the author believes that studing Venus is worth the dangers it presents. The author lists some reasons for studying the planet and many reasons why it would be dificult.

Venus is a very forboding place that is not kind to the human race. The author lists some reasons why Venus is hard to study, such as: the atmosphere is 97 percent carbon dioxide, and the clouds are of corrosive sulfric acid. The carbon dioxide atmosphere makes the pressure put on the surface 90 times greater than what is on Earth. The sulfric acid can eat throught many metals over time and will constantly erode anything we send there. The surface tempature of Venus is about 800 degrees Fahrenheit which is hot enough to melt tin.

The author also give some reasons why we should try to visit Venus. One is that Venus may have been like earth long ago. Venus once had large liquid oceans that could of supported life forms, and it has many geological similarities to Earth such as the surface being rocky, sediment buiding up, mountians, and creaters. Venus is also the closest planet at times and could be crucial to space travel as a stop along the way.

Many new technologies would come from trying to visit Venus. Some listed by the author are simplified electronics made out of silicon carbide, these components have been able to survive for three weeks in similar conditions to the surface of Venus. Another technology would be bringing back mechanical computers used in World War II and repourpose, and advance them. Mechanical computers may last longer int he harsh conditions, but lack the speed needed for complex computations.

The author gives several reasons why trying to study Venus would be benifical and backs up their claims with sufficent evidence. The author also gives several counter claims to let readers see the other side of the debate and lets them choose. Technology is another thing listed that dosn't have a whole lot to do with the debate but is more of a positive by product, so that could also be a reason why we should visit. Overall the author does a exceptional job in argurig why we should try to study Venus even if it is difficult, the human race will prosper.",4
"In the article the author talks about the ups and downs of getting to know venus as a planet and having human life live their.

Now, even though their are good parts about exploring venus there are many bad and dangerous parts about venus. Like for example, in the begining of the article the author talks about how, every mission was unmanned because, they couldn't even surive on the planet for no longer than a few hours. Also , they even talk about how Venus has a thick atmosphere of nearly 97 percent carbon dixide and thatn just blankets venus.This tells us that we have a less chances of even surving on venus. Venus weather is also horrible their teamputer averge is over 800 degrees, they have things like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes , and frquent lighting strikes. I know that these are things that happen on earth nearly everyday or every now and then but, with all that plus the heat ; we might not even be able to surive on there. The author does talks about how we and ahve a ship orbiting or hovering over the planet safely but, researchers wouldn't be able to take

samples of rocks,gas, or anything. So,what would be the point of even going down there if we can't even really explore it.

The postive things about venus, is one: Venus is already one of our

sister planet and is referred to as Earth's ""Twin."" It is the closest in distance, size ,destiney, and it even the most Eart-like planet in our solar system. So, we do have many things alike that well help [people feel better about even getting to explore venus. Another, thing is that in the article the author states that ""we havent touched Venus in more than."" Meaning that we don't know what down there things could have changed drasctically we would never know. The authour also includes, how the planet has a rocky surface of sediment and has many features such as valleys, mountains and craters; plus Venus was proplaby even cover in largely oceans that could have supported many forms of life.The author use these facts to show us what we can benfit form exploring venus.They evne put in how NASA is compeling the idea of sending researchers down to study Venus. The last thing the aouthor states is how we should'nt keep our limits small just becuase were afraid of the dangers that migh happen but we should expand them and think of them as challenges too.

So,include Venus can be a worthy of studying and exploring. Just with a little more reseacher and better technogly; the authour shows us that we might actually have a chance of living on venus.",4
"In the Westminister system, the head of state and or government is elected by the majority of both houses of their respective national legislature. In the popular vote system, the head of state and or government is elected by the majority of the nation. Unlike the Westminister system, the popular vote system has a vast array of ways to carryout the elections. Tyrants sway the people and if the people are sovreign we can't let them hold all the power when they can easily be misguided. For the safety of freedom against tyranny and for the safety of the people's sovreignty; the United States must ensure the continuity of the Electoral College.

The united states of america is the oldest surviving republic in modern day times. This is because our founding fathers were some of the greatest thinkers in american history. the idea of the electoral college was heavily influenced by the English system of government and also the Iriqouis Confederacy though it is usually unrecognized due to the fact that many americans, at the time, thought Native Americans were savages. One of the principles of English government the founding fathers used was the idea of electing heads of the nation. in the United Kingdom the Prime Minister, i. e. the head of government, was elected by the majority of the house of commons and then approval by some higher authority to ensure the vote was valid and legitimate. Our founding fathers were afraid of a popularly elected dictator who would bring down the principles of republicanism and democratic institutions. So the Founding Fathers decided to create a system where the head of state and his office where responsible and questionable to the Federal legislature; the United States Congress. He could be impeached by congress if he had committed crimes and removed from office if he was unfit to carry out the duties he was entrusted with. The electoral college was made to ensure that despotism never happens in the United States. Adolf Hitler was never elected to any office, he was appointed to the chancellorship of Germany by President Hindenburg because Hitler held the people's trust and approval. Benito Mussolini was appointed Prime Minister of Italy by the King because he had the people on his side. This cannot happen in the United States because we have the Electoral College. the electors of the President are ordinary people that no one really knows whom they are. the electoral college is not democratic and it was not supposed to be. This is representative democracy or republicanism. According to Richard A. Posner,""...the electoral college method is not democratic in a modern sense... it is the electors who elect the president, not the people.""

Governments are flawed and some are so corrupt and abusive that their extremitites cannot be mentioned. The United States government and congress have always had the interests of the people in their mind. However, there is a rising faction of people of the united states that want to remove the electoral college, one of whom was Richard Milhouse Nixon who was the 37th president of the united states and was the only person to resign the office due to unconstitutional scandals. this growing faction states that because the Electoral College is not democratic enough that it should be done away with. According to Bradford Plumer,""The Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational."" What many forget to realize is that the Electoral College is a Presidium for the elections, it presides over and gives the real vote in the elections because it comprises of random people representing both the states and the states' populations. This is representation in the election process.

The Electoral College is the people's representation. It was made by the Founding Fathers of the united States for a purpose. though many not approve of the Electoral College, many of our nation's greatest presidents were elected by it like John F. Kennedy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson. To ensure the safety of freedom against tyranny and for the safety of the people's sovreignty; the United States must ensure the continuity of the Electoral College.            ",5
The reason i think other people should join the seagoing cowboys is because. The seagoing cowboys is not just for fun. It is to help Europe and the many other countries recover from world war II.So 44 nations join together for the seagoing cowboys. Not only is this trip a adventure its an opportunity to do something good for others. So instead of sitting at home and doing nothing maybe you should come. This trip made me aware of people in other countries that are in need. This one trip will want to make you do more for the homeless and do more for people in need. It took me two weeks to cross the Atlantic ocean if i can do it you can do it to. There is no reason that a short amount of people went you should have went. imagine if you were those people in Europe and the other countries i bet you would want people to come and help you. You cant be a selfish person these people fought for thier countries and whille they were fighting all they had was destroyed. A lot of people died that night what if it was your brother or sister that got shot trying to fight for their country. Thats why you should come with us to the seagoing cowboys.,2
"Using technology to read the emotional expression of students in a classroom is valuable, beacuse if a teacher wantes to see if the students are understanding the subject that the teacher is teaching it is faster and easier to use this technology. And by doing so the teacher can find new ways to teach the class in a more understanding way. This technology can also be used to teach class about the human face for anybody who wants to be a doctor for that. And it can teach students on how to program This is why this type of technology should be in schools all around the country.

Going on with the idea of new teaching meitheds that the teachers can do. Theachers can show their students more about the human emotions than before. Theachers can show students on how to code new emotions and expressions in the already exesting program. Computer programing is hard to do if someone doesn't know anything about programing, and the students might just give up and do something else. But by experenting with the FACS code it might make things more understandable for the students and more exciting. Then that is opening up more corears for the students to pick from.

In conclusion, is having this technology in classrooms good for both the students and the teachers, the answer is yes. The reason is that the teachers can use it to read the faces of the students to see if they are understanding the lessons or not. The technology can also be used as a new way to teach a subject, like for students trying to become doctors that work on human faces. It can also be a gateway to get students excitied about computer programing.",3
"People talk about how driverless cars are going to help the future, and its going to keep reckless drivers from being in control. Now, if you think in some aspects technology today still has not ever ran right, so why try make something so advanced if we can't even get the little things down first.

The world now in days has come to a point where technology is doing everything for us, as we come to a point where we rely on our Phones and computers to do everything for us. Dont get me wrong, technology does have its advantages, it can show us things that we never were taught how to do and help us with our history, it does help with alot of things but is it not kinda sad that we rely on it now.

I believe in some aspects that a car so advanced could decrease wrecks and reckless drivers, but if people now and days would straighten up and be the safe driver that they need to be then we wouldnt have to make a car so advanced to drive for us. Everyone is relying on their electronics to do everything for us now, but dont you think its kinda pety that we need technology to do things that we can literally do ourselves. They say in the passage that the smart car is going to need the passenger to take over on somethings, but is it not kinda scary knowing someday that technology isnt going to need our help and its going tobe doing everything for us.             ",2
"Driverless cars seem to be evolving from the looks of it, just reading this article makes me realize how close we are to the future and how close we are to driverless cars. I'm for it just because some people can't drive because their disability and if they just had to sit in the car and tell it where to go that'd be so helpful for them adn everyone eround them. If we're going to do it we might as well just do it already, no arguments for or against it. In the future, we have to make sure they are very safe and trustful. It could lead to a lot of angry people wanting their money back or it could lead to a lot of happy people wishing they had another one. Driverless cars can help a lot of people through things, I know drunk driving is very unsafe and if somebody who is intoxicated were to get in a car, it might aswell drive them itself, because chances are, if that person drives it him or her self they'd be endangering everyone around them. With the driverless cars it'd be way more safe on the roads throughout the night, and even the day. They're too many accidents just in traffic and if the driverless cars were smart enough to be able to sense how to work in traffic it'd be perfect! I can see it now, everyone is safe and cars are just moving along smoothly, not that they don't know but there is always that chance for an accident. Also, people with disabilities who may not be able to drive, they just physically can't, driverless cras would be an amazing idea for the. Now, I know this won't happen for another couple of years or so but it's more than likely that driverless cars would take over everyone's regular cars. That could be a good thing though. For one, like i've already stated it'd make sense for people with disabilities and intoxicated people. For two, it's probably the safest thing i've ever heard of when it comes to cars and driving. Some people still like to drive their own cars, oh well they can still do that, but people who cannot drive at all really deserve to be able to get out of the house and be able to get what they need. Especially, the drunk driving that happens pretty much every day here in America, we need a safer way to be on the streets and I think this is it. Too many people are being killed by drunk drivers and if they just didn't have to drive to get home, if only something could just take them home instead, therefore everyone would be safer, driverless cars could make America so much safer in that aspect. You have to really think about how much safer we would all be if driverless cars continue to evolve and progress. I personally, believe that we'd all be in a safer place, it's hard to even go out at night and not see a drunk driver. That's a very big and important reason why driverless cars would be great for us. Another reason, my mom works third shift hours at a hospital. She drives home in the morning very tired. Imagine if she falls asleep while driving, well it'd make her and I both more comfortable knowing that she wouldn't have to drive herself home when she is that tired. It'd just be so much more safe everywhere and all the time. It's make everyone not worry about whther or not they or their family and friends will be in an accident. It'd make everyone not worry as much about their car being damaged. It'd make everyone safer.",3
"The right of freedom of expression is here to stay. In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" the author Nick D'Alto introduces a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System, that enables computers to identify human emotions. D'Alto also cretaes an argument against the usage of technology that reads a person's emotions. In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" Nick D'Alto creates an argument against the usage of technology capable of reading people's emotion by using examples, facts, and comparisons.

The author provides examples to support his argument. In the article the author provides examples to grab the audiences attention, and make them think the same way that he is thinking which is against the usage of technology in classrooms ""a classroom computer could recognize whan a student is becoming confused or bored"" (D'Alto). U.S students have the right to express their emotions, and if they are being watched by a computer that tracks down their emotions while they are performing their daily activities, they are going to feel intimidated which means that they will start to hide their feelings from the computer and society. Which leads into another problem ""moving your facial muscles do not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them"" (D'Alto). The problem with this technology is that if students start hidding their emotions such as happines, they will start to lose that feeling, which can then lead to greater problems such as conflicts at school, etc.

Facts are used by the author to support his point of view. People need privacy, and by the usage of this technology, their privacy is being disrupted. If a student is trying to express his feelings to someone else, but he can not do that because he is afrad that the computer will give him a warning, he will be force to hide his emotion and not have any communication at all ""most human communication is nonverbal,"" (D'Alto). D'Alto provides the audience with this example to show them that emotions play a fundamental part of communication. The new computer technology emphasizes in the musular actions ""it's all bout those muscular action units."" (D'Alto). If a student is being watched by a computer, and let say that he is really depressed and needs help, but rememberes a joke from las week and laughs for three seconds, the computer will automatically perceive this muscular movement and it will think that the depression is now gone and that the students is perfectly fine. Those type of actions should make the creators of this new technology double-think about what they are about to make, because it can lead to serious problems in the future.

Comparisons are used to create an argument against the new technology. The author provides comparisons to make his argument stronger and try to make the audience agree with his opinion. The new technology will cost the governement and the people thousands of dollars, which can hurt the economy, and this is because people will need to buy the new products ""Your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile"" (D'Alto). The author compares the ordinary computer with the new computer to demonstrate the differences between them, he also puts the audience to think about the changes that people will have to go through in order to install this new technology in their lives. D'Alto also makes comparisons with normal life situations (She's 83 percetn happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. No, that's not your science teacher, grading your latest lab assignment."" (D'Alto). The author compares a science teacher grading an assignment with the new computer. The comparison creates a sense of fear because people won't be able to perform their regular day activities without being watched and graded, which is taking away one of the most important rights a human can have which is freedom.

In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" Nick D'Alto creates an argument against the usage of technology capable of reading people's emotion by using examples, facts, and comparisons. The article provides plenty of information for readers to understand the situation and to decide that they should not agree with the idea of using the Facial Action Coding System in classrooms to read the emotional expressions of students, because this new technology will prevent students from expressing their deepest feelings with others. The new technology can also cause great misunderstandings between people that could lead to severe consequences, that is why the author creates and argument against the usage of the Facial Action Coding System in classrooms.",4
"Limiting car usage is great way to start helping out our planet in many ways. It's called ""smart planning"" that is a movement to separate suburban life from auto use in Europe. In many countries, cars are creating one major problem in our environment, which is air pollution.

The main cause why we should abstain ourselves from car usage is to reduce air pollution. Paris is one of the most European capitals that has the most smog in the city. Due to the excess of air polluted, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear out the city. If we take efforts forward, greenhouse gas emisssions can decrease.

The advantages we take of limiting car usage is less congestion on the streets, ride our bikes or go walking which is very healthy too.""It's a good opportunity to take away stress"" (source number 3). In Bogota, Columbia there's a program in which a day where people hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work to limit traffic jams, others who violate to complete this will be fined $25. Since a lot of people were participating, other cities were enthusiastic about this event and joined. It's time to take act and make a change for our environment.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ",3
"I think people should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program because it can be a life changing experience. It can be a life changing experience because you can visit places,help animals as they travel over sea,and you can have fun while on the job. There are several reasons why people should join but i'll explain the major three.

My first reason why people should join the program is because you can travel to places you'll wont see everday. In the text it states that Luke said the cattle boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small town boy. He also said he had the side benenifit of seeing Europe and China, also he said seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special.

My second reason why people should join the program is because you can help animals grow,help them stay healthy, and and get them to their destination safely. In the passage it states the animals had to be fed and watered two to three times a day. The text also states that bales of hay and bags of oats had to pulled up from the lower holds of the ship,and stalls had to be cleaned. Also the text states that Luke helping out his aunt at her farm as a boy helped prepare for hard work.

My final reason why people should join is because you can have fun to pass time. you can find things to do to keep you entertained. In the text it states that Luke also found time to have fun on board. The text states that the cowboys played baseball and vollyball games. They also had table tennis tournaments and boxing.

In conclusion joining the Seagoing Cowboy program can change your life in many ways you can care for animals and go places you will enjoy and have fun at the same time.",3
"Many people give up their lives and time to become a seagoing cowboy. Luke was one of those people who did this. Many people who join this program wanted to help people by not joing the military so they joined this program. These people helped countries with problems after wars. There are lots of reasosns to join the UNRRA program.

Another reason to join the seagoing cowboys is you get to help people while traveling. You get to see so many things that you probably wouldn't have seen if you were not a seagoing cowboy or memeber on UNRRA. Many people did this after World War II ended in Europe. The text states ""It was 1945, World War II was over in Europe, and many countries were left in ruins."" and

""In August 1945, they recieved their orders to report to New Orleans. 'We arrived August 14,' Luke says, 'the day the Pacific war ended.'""

Luke and his friend had to go over seas the day a war on the water ended.

Sure there are dangers of being a seagoing cowboy, but many countries and people are helped. People join not just for travel, but to help others. Many countries are helped do to the UNRRA program. Many countries get food, shelter, and clothes taken away to help military during war. The UNRRA helps these people get these things back. The text states ""'It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs.'"" and ""UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration)."" ",2
"The face on Mars is just a natural landform. There is no facts showing that it is not just a landform. If aleins were to build this landform we would have been aware of it.

The Mars face is actually a messa which are common sight in the American West. So this is strong proof that it is actually just a natural landform. If there was something out there like aleins which would have been proven to be real by now we would have proof of there existince then that could be another explanation but since we have no proof that they exist then we quikley ruled out that as a option

We knew as soon as the pictures where released that the critics and media would go go crazy on Nasa. Of course we know that theres people that are going to think Nasa is hiding information from the public but if there was life on Mars we would people to know that. When all the pictures came out they made a bunch of money. The face has actually become an pop icon. So if there was life on Mars we would want to share it with the public.

If the face wasnt a natural landform what is it then thats what i would like to know. Dont you think if it wasnt a landform we would want people to know we could make billions! For some people to think we're hiding something is crazy. There is proof that it's just a landform and that's is what all of us at Nasa have been saying for a long time now. That's why you should think it's a natural landform!",3
"Hi, my name is Luke and I am a young man who got an opportunity to work on a cattle boat. I took this opportunity with pride, and did not regret it. Some jobs I had to do were feeding the cattle, cleaning the stalls, and being night watchman. These may seem a bit tough, but they are worth doing for the outcome. I did these jobs and went on to go on many adventures, like visiting places and meeting new people

""I'm grateful for the opportunity,"" I always say. I said this because I enjoyed this job and many people don't just get picked to have an opportunity like this. I feel that if you ever get the chance to go on a cattle boat, you should do it. Sure, there are some dangers over the seas, but sometimes in life you have to take chances. Maybe you are a young boy and you want something to do, this would be the perfect job for you! Do you feel bored or that you have no life... Well here you go! You get to travel the world with this job and work with other people! Does that not sound amazing? Just think, I got to visit China, Europe, Italy, and other plafces too! You will probably be able to visit more than me! If traveling the world and meeting new people is not good enough, I don't know what is.

In conclusion, my point of all of this was to persuade you to to try out the Seagoing Cowboys program and see if you like it. I feel that there are many great results that come after it, and I think that ifr you really put your mind to it, you would enjoy it. Please take into this into consideration and think about the possibilities of your future.

Thank You,

Luke                          ",3
"In this essay its all about Venus and how hot it is and what it would be like to live there and what it would take to live there. So im going to start off by saying in my opion that it would not be fun to live there because of how hot it is. Despite the dangers in this artical it explains how hard it would to be there becuase of the sutdys of how the scients.

Even tho that it looks like a cute little star from where we see it on planet earth. This planet can reach the tempature of 800 degrees Fahrenheit thats pretty

hot if you think about it. It takes up to about 350 to 450 degrees Fahrenheit it make an average pizza at home now think of that twice as hot. Because thats the only the average tempeture on the planet. And did you know that Venus is the clostest planet to u. Its also the next planet we go to for us to live on if we ever get that far in science. in my opionn

i think that we will eventually get there now i dont know how long it will take us but i firmly belive that we we will get there. Venus is also known as earth twin. Because of terms of density and size. But we can't forget about our nerighbor by the name of ""Mars"". but the weird thing is that we all orbit the sun at differnt speeds. some cool things is that we have sent mulitple things to venus called ""space crafts"" but the sad thing is that non of the space crafts have lasted any longer than a acoulpe hors on venus. That is why we have not done any unmanned missions.

The planet venus has almsot 97 perdcent carbon dioxide blankets. a couple rason why i dont think that we could live there right now is because. the atmsopheric pressure is 90 percent more higher than the earths is!!! So this means that the things on planet venus are way more extreme than anything we have ever encounterd here on earth. Back to what i was saying with the tempature it is has the hottest surface in our solar system. A fun fact about venus is that it use to be fully covered in water which is kinda weird if you think about it because its the hottest surfaace a plantet surface has.

What im trying to say is that Venus would be so cool to live on but would also be really akward to live on because of how hot it is we would prolly have to wear hot suits to stay alive but i dont think ill be alive by the time we get thre because we cant even send machines there for a couple hours without them breaking so hopefully in the future we will be able to because it would be such an expirence for someone to live there and just be able to feel what its like to live on another planet.             ",3
"Driverless cars may seem like the best thing to ever happen in the world, but they are probably not the best choice for everyone to make. Conflicts arise such new laws having to be created for who would be liable if there was ever an accident to happen, you would still have to drive at some point, and some of the funding may be too expensive.

Laws are things that can protect us, but what would happen if we were involved with a accident while in a driverless car? ""New laws would be needed in order to cover liability"" if there was ever an accident to happen with a driverless car. But the problem with that is that no one would know who was at fault, the driver or the car.

Whenever you hear the word ""driverless car"" you probably think of not having to driver and put your foot on the gas. Just because you think that a driverless car willl totally set you free from driving, it actually will not. ""... the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires"". Driverless does not mean you are set free.

Although, there were tests to practice these cars with there would be some ""..required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply expensive"". If the car companys and sponsors could not raise enough money for all the upgrades to existing roads that woud be required if driverless cars were the next ""big"" thing, how could we even drive the driverless car?

In conclusion, driverless cars are not a good thing because new laws would have to be created to cover liability if there was ever an accident with the driverless car, you will still have to drive the car at some point, and they would require expensive funding for upgrades to make things suitable for the driverless car. ",3
"Becoming a Seagoing Cowboy is a very experiencing and uniqe experince.

In the text Luke describes this oppertunity as an oppertunity of a life time.

In the text Luke also says "" Besides helping families, I had the side bennefit of seeing Europe and China. So on top of helping famiies you also get to sight see and see places you would of never seen before.

In the text it also says boys play basketball and volley ball games in the empty holds of animals. So you will have extra time to do other things then work with animals.

In the text it said that Luke also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China. So you will have the time to tour and sight see.

In the text Luke also says ""Seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special. He also adds to this by saying, so was taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water. So if you do not become a Seagoing Cowboy you could miss these amazing sight and doing these amazing things.

This is why becoming a Seagoing Cowboy is a life time experience.",2
I think that it is good that smart cars are being made because say if someone is paying attention to the road and doing something with there child like giving there baby a toy or something and there eyes are off the road then nothing is there to help stop the car. A smart car is a good thing to have because it will most likely lower the amount of crashes that happen even year and even drop the death rate per year. So i think smart cars are a good idea because say if your having a hard time parking your car then the car can do it for you? If someone is drinking and driving or texting and driving then that car can save someones from causing a death or injury. another reason is that the businesses that are making the smart cars are getting extra money for making these car so they can have extra money to add better advances to there car and it will be safer for teen to drive and for younger kids that are in the back seat enjoying there time and they can be safe and enjoy there time.The main resson i am saying all of theses thing is that i want are cars to be more safer so that we want have to worry that much about are family members getting into crashes because they were paying that much attention to the road and they didn't have anything to help them from preventing them from crashing or even the kids in the back of the car can just sit back and just have a wonderful time enjoying there lifewhy they are in the car.That is why i think making driveless cars are very important in the world today.,2
"To start off with the electoral collage should not stay and be the ones to vote for us because its we the people have the choice that we make to pick our leaders weather its the president or congressmen/women or even judges. But we the people also have a say in this economy on what we want not what the government wants it should be up to us weather we want a good leader or a not so good leader but now lets get on to some resons why th electoraal collage should let us the people be the ones to vote.

Now as a quote this from source one this is one reson why we the people should be the ones who decide,""the electoral collage process consist of the selection of the electors.""but now if you see in the end it can be proven that we are not the ones who get to pick its the electoral collage who gets to pick for us. but now if you look at anoher quote from source two it also shows more evidence that we don,t vote for the president but we simply vote for people who we think would represent us the best but the qoute still shows why we shoule be the ones to vote for president""under the electoral collage system,voter vote not for th e president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president.

Now in the end do you not agree with or what that we the people should be the ones to pick the president and not us be the ones to vote for who we think would represent us best and vote and pick the president for us.                            ",2
"Driveless cars i see coming up in the future , because they say Audi , Benz and Nissan will have made a driverless car by 2020 . Which is awsome cause now days teens are dying because they wanna text and drive at the same time , but at the same time i seen a new thing were you cqan put your phone at eye level so you can pay attention to the road and your phone. The negative part i see is General Motors has been trying to make a car that can run a speical track since 1950s the track was embedded with

an electrical cable that sent radio signals to a receiver on the front end of the , engineers at bekeley tired something similar but they used magnets with alternating polarity but that still hasnt worked ig. creating this arguments has me thinking twice bout a driverless car cause what bout some people perfer drivinig they wounldnt buy this car they would buy a car you drive onn your own nd how would you teach someone how to drive when the car drives by its self it dosnt make alot of since by as far as they makeing buses nd taxi that self drive thats a wonderful idea casue you wounldnt have to talk to no one just a quite ride to were every you going.

to drive a smart car they would have to be smart roads all around the city but would a regular car work on a smart road idk ?????? But smart cars has manufactuers so how much smarter would they have to be like they would need alot of sensors o the breaks , tires ,sterring wheel, all wheels all around the car thats my arugment bout driverless cars i just wanna persude to that driverless cars should not be sumitted to be in the future of 2020 ........",2
"Hay you should go join the program of the cowboy or cow girl rode the waves.!

Why i say go join the progam is because you have the big's opptunity of your life to see and do neww thing's you never done befor. The resone that you should do this is because you can have that great's time of your ife to get out of the house and go arounld the word not only to see or eat but just be friendaly. Why not join this porgram to help your animals that you love.

You wnat be on your only becaues my dear old friend Luke the cowboy who rode the waves not onld did it one time but he did it nine time's he was loving to all the animals and he did do it all by him self he did it with his friend. I fill like every kid in the age of 17 shounld go and helpand become betterat wat they where used to likr playing on the phone or being on the phone. Kids like him just porbly was in the house playing vidoe games

Those are the the thing's that i think you should do or look into one day if your kid is being or doing bad in or outof school. Make sure that when me or engoht body go or do this they are better then be fir cause they have matte new friend's and did ne thing's.",2
"this story is about how hard it is about how hard it is to study about Venus.venus is onr of the most hottest planet in our solar system. We are going to need better technology to get to Venus.

I think that Venus would be really hard to study becayse how hot it is and how big it is . Venus clouds are made up of acid .Venus is really dense and nothing would be able to stand a chance on landing there.

the author is suggesting that the planet Venus is a dangerous thing to study. "" On the planets surface, tempature average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atomosphereic pressure is 90 times greater thanwhat we experience on our own plant."" Our planet can't get that high in tempature wise.

the hole artical is about how we are going to study Venus

and how we are going to get there .The clouds are made up of acid and the planet is really dense.

and that it will crush a sumerine that go down to the dense part of the ocean.",1
case of how intersting this planet is. this planet has so many things that is so cool aboiut it. This planert can almost melt any metel case its surface tempiture is about 800 digreese farenhight. and the atmosphere is mainly carbondioxide. Scintist are saying that is is the most like earth. It has so many diffent things that earth could have. It is the most the most intersting planet in out solar system. Scintist are saying that there could have even been life on this planet at one point. Sciantist are even wanting humans to go and visite it. If they were to do this it would be a vary dangrous mission if they wereto do this case so many things could go wrong so easy. but striving to meat the chalanges that Venus will bring but insite to be gaind from studing this planet its self but becase human curosity will most likley lead us into equaly intimidating endeavor.,1
"Exploring Venus Essay.

In this article the Author talks about the dangers of the planet Venus like its high ground temperatures of 800 degrees Fahrenheit or it's atmospheric pressure being stronger than even the deepest parts of our ocean and brings up the failed mission from the past.

The Author talks about how the scientist have come up with a new old idea of using a computer made of gears and levers, which won't be as technologiclly advanced as our current ones but will be able to survive harsher conditions.

The facts that are brought up about the planet and it's conditions and a way to get there are great well put together to the point where its makes you think this could be a possibility for us in the near future.

Overall with the facts about the planets and information that was brought up by the different ideas of the scientist that were listed in an organized fashion, I think this was a great essay.",2
"Dear Mr. Senator,

I think that we should keep the electoral college. It provides winner take all method, it avoids run-off elections, and there is a certainty of outcome. I feel that the electoral college is not anachorism because it belongs in the present to.

First of all the electoral college should stay because it provides a winner take all method. The winner take all method is getting a swing state. A swing state is good to win because people in toss up states pay close attention to the election. They actually listen  to the canidtes and what they are speking about. They are known to be the most thoughtful voters on average.

Secondly the electoral college should stay because it avoids run off elections. The electoral college makes sure that no canidate recieves a maajority of the votes cast. If no one wins a majority of the votes cast then it would add pressure to the election because it would greatly complicate the presidential election which is reduced by the electoral college. If it wasnt for the electoral college then half of the people like democrats of texas and republicans in california wouldnt vote because their votes dont count.

Third of all the electoral college should stay because it provides a certainty of outcome. A dispute over an outcome is possible but not certain that you would win. But on the other hand a dispute over the popular vote is more likely to win. The reason for that is that a winning canidates share of electoral votes exceeds his share of popular votes. A tie is possible due to the total number of votes being 538 but it is very unlikely.

In conclusion I think that the electoral college should stay because it provides a winner take all method, it avoids run off elections, and it provides a certainty of outcome. I hope that the electoral college stays in the election process forever.    ",3
"Luke Bomberger did'nt get to visit many places around the world and see things he may have wanted to see because he never had anytime to. He was always buisy trying to help people with banking and shopping with in his home town. Really what he didn't know was that he was going to be helping all kinds of people around the world a long ways from his town. So when Don Reist invited him to go he knew that was a chance to really help other people and get more money.

Luke Bomberger knew that he could visit lots of places. He actually got to visit a,""castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China"". He got to do things he would'nt have been able to do in his old town. After World War ll in 1945, lots of people were left with nothing and did'nt have food to care for everyone. So with the help of the,""Seagoing Cowboys"",they would help transport animals to those places so they could have food to live.

I think more people should join this program because it gives others a chance to live and survive after wild events like wars. Many people in the world work as doctors and vets for those who live around them. But they also have the chance to help people far away who need it. Not only that but they can still work with animals. It may not be dogs and cats they are working with but they can still help animals and other people.

Luke enjoyed being apart of the program because he knew he had the chance to visit many polular places. So I think that instead of planning a vaction to go the beach you can go other places that you may not have been to before rather than going to the same places everytime. When you think of being someone that transports animals across seas you don't normally think of being a doctor. But really what people don't think about is that when they give animals to people the animals are recorce for food which helps people that may be sick or need to food because they don't have animals near. So its important to everyone.

Really the big idea to this program is that people reliey on animals and their recorces. But its very hard for people to have to leave there town to find food and bring that back for everyone. So this program is very important to others because they know people will care for them when they need it. It's also very good education when you visit places like unwealthy towns so you can get a feel of what it's like for them and how much they need people like us. After all Its important to care for others.",3
"Within Nick D'Altos article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"", Nick helps me view the value of using technology to read ones emotional expressions. The use of technology to read the emotional expressions of a student within a classroom or ones facial expressions throughout a painting can help distinguish how one had felt. Technology can be used for many things and now those from the Facial Action Coding System has been using this new technology to read the expression given off of Leonardo da Vinci's Renaissance painting, Mona Lisa. D'Alto helps put reasonings behind his new Facial Action COding Sytem by promising applications throughout yourself and throughout those in famous paintings.

When reading Nick's article the numerous questions about the Facial Coding System seemingly had been answered. Within the article many professors from different colleges had been developing different indept ways that humans can communicate with computers to help bring the software to a new level. Nick convinced the readers to fall in liking wiht this software due to tha fact that he persuaded them by stating what the computer does. Nick states that ""the process begings when the computer constructs a 3-D computer mode of the face"" which most likey brought more people into the idea of technology reading emetional expressions (para 3). Nick explains the basics of the technology along with the more indepth features that the computer is able to do considering how rare it is to have a software that can read human facial exoressions. Within th article it explains what the software can do such as ""Eckman has classified six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear and sadness"" (para 3). This shows how the technology used can read many different emotions from those. Which persuades those to want to explore more into the software and how it actually serves a purpose.

This piece of software comes with many complex algorithims. The technology used is much more advnaced than your regualr software programs because it has to be able to read human expressions as well as the expressions off of those who have been painted. Within the article Nick gives us simple instructuons that can help us ""encode"" the different emotions we expirence as well as the how this technolgy can help us when figuring it out. Nick's instructions are placed within three steps and those steps are, ""Step one: Raise your lips at the corners of your mouth. Step two: Then squint your eyes slightly, to produce wrinkling (""crows-feet"") at the corners of your eyes. And finally step three: Holding that, raise the outer parts of your cheeks up, toward your eyes"" (para 7). These steps can help show how at home you can recieve the basics of the emotional expressions revealed although this software can help you determine the deeper aspects of ones emotions. Nick also states that ""it's all about those muscular action units"" which helps us undertsand that the muscles within our face dtermine a lot about our expressions and with the expressions that we project to those within the situations we are placed in (para 7). Emotional expressions people give off are often hidden and with this new technology software we can dig deeper into one's emotions as well as with those feelings in resemblance to the actions being taken place if it's a historical figure that we are scanning to find out the emtional expression of them.

The background inofrmation on the Facial Action Coding System was breif although its still uprising. Nick explains that the ""new software has been developed [to] [improve] accuracy in precieving the emotions of others"" which has shown many great examples on why this technology is useful (intro para). Within the article Nick explains how the software works but he also mentions who has been working on the software and how much knowledge that has been put into this software. Nick says that ""the software is the latest innovation from professor Thomas Huang,.. working in collaboration with professor Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam"" which helps us understand who had been putting in the knowledge of this software invention (para 1). Although professor Huang and professor Sebe were known as the starters of the inovvation, many of their colleagues had helped then and still help them brain storm better ideas and ways for their software.

After reading Nick's article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" I believe that the use of technology to read the emotional expressions of students and those in paintings such as the Mona Lisa is very vaulable. What makes it valuable to me is the fact that it's hard to read the emotional expressions of those in life and those who have major aspects of today's history. Those who have made history and are nonliving to this day we can put this technology to use and help determine theire emotions thorughout images and it can help us discover deeper into the person themselves as well as the time period in history.    ",6
"To state senator i'm argue is that we should keep the Electoral College because it's a place where we vote on President and Vice President,and the place where we count the votes,and the Electioral College process consists of the selection of the electors. Reason number one is it's the place where we vote on President and Vice President because it's in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in congress. And election of All the soon President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. Reason number two is the place where we count the votes is because a majority of 270 electoral vote is required to elect the President. And when we vote for our candidate we are actually voting for your candidate's electors. And each of the candidate running for President in our state has his or her own group of electors. And reason number three is the Electional College process consists of the selction of the electors and that is my thrid reason is because were states's entitled allotment of electors equal the number of members in it's congressional delegation:and one for each member in the House of Representatives plus two for you senators. And this are all my three reasons why we should keep the Electoral College.         ",1
"Not many people think of all the advantages of limiting car usage. However, I believe  there are many good reasons to limit car usage. Too much car usage is horrible for our planet. We our polluting our air,and killing our planet. Limiting car usage would make an enormous difference, To our plant and to our everyday lives."" Its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,"" Carlos Arturo Plaza states. Putting limits on our car usuage will be better for our health, we will be able to inhale better air.

Limiting car usage will do a lot for us, our atmosphere, and our enviroment. A day without cars is part of an improvement campaign, in Colombia. Their goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. ""The turnout was large,"" source 3 states. ""These people are generating a revolutionary change, and this is crossing borders"" said Enrique Rivera. They made a difference.

In the United States car rates are going down each year, little by little. Sociologist believe the pattern will continue. Sociologist states ""it will be beneficial"" if the pattern does persist. ""Different things are converging which suggest that we are witnessing a shift,"" said Mimi Sheller. If the rates keep dropping, and car usuage keeps decreasing. We'll be creating a better world.

This movement that could change everything. ""A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009."" We need to continue working in sure a matter that we are limiting ourselves more and more. Pollution is a problem we should be the solution.

LIMITING CAR USUAGE, should began to occur. Lets work on a better world. We are responsible for the mess, so let us clean it. Lets take care of the world we live in. Less car usuage, less pollution, better world.    ",3
"In the aticle callled ""Making Mona Lisa Smile'. It talks about Dr. Huang made a new system that the computer coul indentift your mood like happy, sad, mad , fear and etc. This new system could work in classrooms by telling the teacher whats the stundents mood, like if they are bored the computer could tell the teacher to lighten the lesson up a bit so the students don't get bored.

This system is a really good system for schools, why? well because it could identify the students emotional expressions and could help the teacher if the studnets either bored or sad. The teacher could help the studnet if he/she is sad. If the stundents are bored than the computer could tell the teacher to make the lessin more fun. This new system could help the students to do their homework and assignments. This could increase the studnets to graduate when they are suppose to gradute or graduate early.

This system could help the school for better eduaction and help the students to learn even when they get bored. This could help the students to graduate when they are suppose to graduate. This could help the parents how they can tell if their child is happy or sad when they come home from school.   ",3
"There are many reasons why limiting your car usage is good. One of the leading advantages is less pollution. Also, it'll bring you closer with your community. It also leads into less traffic jams and no rush-hours.

Pollution is a big problem in many countries, the U.S.A being one of them. By not driving your car and not releasing your fumes into the air helps to bring less pollution. ""It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,"" said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza. ""Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog.."" When you don't drive your car it not only makes you exercise but filters the air you breathe in by not putting deadly toxins in it.

While not driving your car it brings out the magnificence in your town, because you won't just be looking at it through a car window. ""Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks"" Without the use of your car it makes the cities less denser and better for walking. Many cities who have not been using their cars have brought their stores a walk away instead of being on a highway that isn't accessible by walking.

One of the most difficult things about driving is traffic jams, being stuck in one place for a long time and you can't do anything about it.

All in all, without driving our planet and us would be healthier.            ",3
"You have just found out that there is a face on Mars. The only question is; is there a face on Mars? I am here to tell you that there is not a face on the planet Mars. The reason that it is not a ""face"" on Mars is; the time it was taken, that there are butte or mesas on Mars, and the amount of pixles it was taken in.

My first reason that there is not a face on Mars is; the time it was taken. Back in 1976, which was not a long time ago, but technology has changed inbetween the photographs. Their was new technology, but it was not as advanced as it is in 1998, or 2001. Like the sentence in paragraph 3 stating "" a ""huge rock formation. . . which resembles a human head. . . formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth."""" The statement is saying that it was not face, but a mere illusion given by the shadows.

The next reason to prove that there is no face on Mars is; There are butte,and mesa on Mars, and on Earth. A butte,and a mesa is a "" lave dome that takes form of an isolated mesa.""As it says in paragraph 12 also. "" About the same heights as the Face on Mars"" The paragraph is stating that there are objects on Earth like the ones on Mars, but we dont get the reflection of the Sun on Mars, like we do on Earth.

My last proving that there are is not and never will be a ""face"" on Mars is; The amount of pixles it was taken in and the resolution. As paragraph 10 states ""captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximun resolution."" The camera in 2001, was more advanced than the one in 1976, but in paragraph10 is also states"" each pixel in the 2001 images spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 photo."" The camera in 1976 was only 43 meters per pixel, while the one in 2001 has 1.56 meters per pixel, keep in mind that they were at their best resolution, Thats over a 200% decrease in the pixels in a matter of 24 years.

In conclusion, science has came a long way from the original picture, and the scientist worked hard to prove that there was no life ""face"" on the planet. I have done my part of trying to covince you that there is no life, but the final question will be; Will you believe me or not?",4
"Facial Action Coding System could potentially be valuable in the classroom. For students with autism or some other form of mental disease, picking up on certain emotions and being able to tell how people are feeling does not come quite as easy as it does for other people. For them to have some sort of technology to help them learn how to tell what people are feeling could be a fantastic use of our worlds rapid technological advances.

To use this technology on students computers in order to tell how they are feeling and what confuses them or what they understand is a different story. In some ways, this could be a good thing because it would notify teachers when their students simply are not understanding a topic. But it also seems like a slight invasion of privacy and it seems that some people would not enjoy software that could detect your face and facial features at all times.

Our world has been making huge technological advances for awhile now. In just 40 years we went from the computer game Pong to having Virtual Reality. This kind of technological advance would be big but quite frankly not so shocking. Software that makes a 3-D model of your face and calculates your muscle movement in order to detect emotion is somewhat terrifying in the sense that a computer can now detect how you feel, but in some situations this technology could be useful. ",3
"The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers by saying ,""Venus is Earth's twin and closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size"". In the article it says that Earth, Venus, and Mars, our other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds. Venus is the second planet closest to the sun and because of that the tempetures in Venus are way different than Earth's tempetures.

But some people or scientist actually belived theres life in venus just like earth but alot different because in the article it says,"" Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported varios forms of life, just like Earth. Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on earth for example theres surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. Even people think that Venus is probably our nearest option for a planetary visit just like in the article it says,"" The National Aeronautics (NASA) has one particular compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus"". NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientist to float above the fray. Since Venus is the second closest planet to the sun the tempetures are really hot, compared to Earth's tempetures. Its so hot the tempetures in Venus are like 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that sea level on Earth.

But Earth and Venus are two planets that probably had same features along time ago and that we all know theres alot to discovered in our solar system and thats what i think the author was trying to support. And mybe it might happen in the near feuture and discovered more about Venus but for right now only time will tell.   ",3
"In this short story the authoer is sayiing thet it is not woth you time to study venus. it not with the time but it is a star that shines bright inthe sky at nigh time. The author said ""the value of returning to venus seems indisputable, but what are the opitions for making such a mission both safe and scientifically productive"". it not safe to send to someone int to space to venus becasue they do not know if they will be able to get them back to earth safely. for other reason, "" NASA's possible solution to the hostile condititons on the surface of venus would allow scientists to float above the roiling venusian landscape. with means that venus landscape it not good for people to be up ther on it surface, scientist do jnot know if there is right oxygen on that planet for humans to breath. With that

""NASA is working on other approaches to study venus"", because they are now thinking that it not safe for them to send humans upp to space to get data for them because they don't know what it like on that planet or how the weather , the surface is for humans to be on it. NASA is goimg to be useing technology with they call "" mechanical computers"" to studdy the planet here on earth. but venus is now called"" the evening star brightest points of light in the night sky"". ",1
"Have you ever dreamed of being on another plante? Have you ever wondered what is the closest plante to Earth? Have you ever asked your self where would our next destination be? Well, in ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author does an amazing job on explaning these qustions and even more like:

why is Venus sometimes is called the Earths twin? What calenges we might face on Venus? and what is it like?

First, the author discuses the differens of the star Venus and the plante Venus. The star Venus

is usually the brightest star in the sky and often is referred to as the ""Evening Star"" but the plant Venus is the second closest plant to the sun and the closest plante to Earth and is often referred to as Earth's ""twin."" Venus is similar to Earth in many ways, some of wich are: density and size.

Next, we have not sent a singal spacecraft to Venus in almost 30 years. The reason behind the lack of missions to Venus is because Venus is souronde in a thick atmosphere that is made of 97 percent of carbon dioxide and many other factors that the author

discuses in paragraph three and four of the passage. The conditions on Venus are far more extrene than those on Earth. In the passage ir says the "" such an environment would crush

even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans.""

Finally, what is venus's crust like? and why are scientists thinking of sending anyone ther? In paragraph four and five the author explains how venuse might have ben once the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Today, venus still has some Earth-like feuturs. Mountains, valleys, and craters are some of the future that you might find on Venus.

In conclusion, the author did a great job explaning why studying Venus is an important no matter what chalenges we might face. In the eighth paragraph the author said "" Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges os imagination and innovation."" I 100% agree with the author and thonk that we should prdue exploring outter spcae no matter what problems we might face.",2
"In my opinion, joining the Seagoing Cowboys is a fantastic opportunity. If you get the chance, I recommend that you sign up as soon as possible. I did, and my experience was amazing. Let me explain why.

One reason that you should join the Seagoing Cowboys is because you get to help countries in need. The Seagoing Cowboys are a part of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Adminstration, and provide countries with cattle that the countries might not have because of war. You also get the opportunity to visit many gorgeous and fascinating places. On my trips, I got to visit Europe, China, Venice, and even the Acropolis in Greece, and many more locations. If you like to travel and see new areas, then becoming a part of the Seagoing Cowboys is an opportunity of a lifetime. Even if you're not very into traveling, but you like working with animals, joing the Seagoing Cowboys is still a great idea. On the trips, you spend the majority of your time working with horses, young cows, and mules, which can be a wonderful opportunity for a fan of animals. But the trips aren't all work. You can still fit in time for fun and pass time with a lot activities, such as baseball, volleyball, fencing, whittling, etc. Even better, though, you can become more aware of people in other countries and their needs, which can make you more sympathetic and kind to people who are from different countries, especially countries that are poor and aren't the best places for people to live. These are just a few of the reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys.

As I stated before, the Seagoing Cowboys is a fantastic opportunity, and if you ever get the chance, you should join as soon as you can. You get to help out countries in need, visit many beautiful and unique places, and get more experience on working with animals. The trips are also quite fun, and there are many activites that you can do, especially after the animals have been unloaded. You can even learn about people in other countries and their struggles, which can prevent you from being ignorant, and that awareness can make you kinder. This is all why you should definitely consider participating in the Seagoing Cowboys.",4
"There are advantages of limiting car usage, but not as much as you thought. According to Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother, when she had a car, she was always tense. Now that she told it, Walter seemed to be much happier. In Freiburg, Vurban's streets are ""care-free"". But, once you go to the main thoroughfare, cars will be sworming down the road. Most people may think, ""I need a car to get to where I need to go faster."" ""I can't live without a car.""

In 2006, trend in Europe grew... No cars or anything. Automobiles are the linchpin of suburbs where middle class families from Chicago to Shanghai make their homes. Passanger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. 50 percent in some car intensive area in US. Home to 5,500 residents within a rectangular square mile, may be the most advanced experiment in low car suburban life.

Levittown and Scarsdale, New York suburbs with enormous rich people homes with private garages were dream towns back in the 1950s. The US is promoting ""car reduced"" communities, and legislators are starting to act.    ",1
"The development for these cars would not be worth it. When Sergey Brin envisioned the driverless car, transportation around the world would change dramatically, if the driverless cars even work. The development for these cars are terrible for the world. Some reasons that the driverless car would not be worth the money to make include safety, why need a driver and a fault for the accidents.

The text states, ""Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver? Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive?"" This text states that drivers would not want to just sit in the driver's seat while the car is driving for them. This also states that the driverless car can not be safe without a driver at hand.

Another reason why driverless cars would not be good would be, ""Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times."" This text concludes that driverless cars are not safe at all because it needs a human driver at all times. This also states that safety is a big concern for these driverless cars and in most states, test driving computer-driven cars is illegal.

Another reason why driverless cars are terrible would be, ""They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating though work zones and around accidents."" This text reveals that the driverless cars can be useful until it is not. What is the whole purpose of a driverless car if the car still needs a human to drive? The driverless car is pointless when the car is called a ""driverless"" car yet it can not do things by itself and needs a human who can just drive the car themselves.

Finally, the last reason for driverless cars being a bad idea would be, ""Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault--the driver or the manufacturer?"" This text shows that even if the world changes to driverless cars, new laws would have to be produced. It also shows questions regarding when and if the driverless car gets into an accident, who is to blame: the person in the car, the car or the people who make the car?

Reasons against the development of these cars are what are the use of driver's license if people will not get to drive, the safety issues of the driverless cars and having to be in the car to only watch the road. No one is going to need to get driver's license if the driverless cars are coming because the people will not need to know how to drive. The safety issues of the driverless cars are questionable because the humans in the car can not control what happens with the car. People will not enjoy sitting in the car to watch out for roadblocks on the road because the people would get tired of it.

The driverless cars would cause tons of problems. When the driverless car gets into an accident, who is to blame for it? These reasons should make people believe that they should not be the person to blame because it was not their fault. The human driver did not create a faulty product. The conclusion is driverless cars are a waste of money since it will still need a human to help drive.",4
"When scientists first saw the face, they figured it was just another Martian mesa. Martian mesa's are pretty common in Cydonia, and this is the only one that had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh. After NASA looked at it for a few days they let it out to the public. Scientists believed it was a huge rock formation that just ""looks"" like a human head. Then, they said that the shadows made it look like it had a nose, eyes, and mouth.

The first web site the Face ever appeared on was JPL web site. It showed a natural land form, and no alien monument after all. However, Alien Researchers believe that since MGS had to peer through whispy clouds to see the face that alien markings were hidden by the haze. Because of this, Mission controllers took a second trip. They took better pictures than the Viking photo and had great results.

Garvin was the Mission Controller in command and he points out that that things in a digital come up three times bigger than the original image. He also says, ""So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what the were!"" He tells us that this is rule of thumb and that he knows what he is doing because this is his job. From this point it would crealy state, comming for Mission Control, that it is in fact not an alien siting. In conclusion, ""What the picture actually shows in the Martian equivalent of a butt or masa-landforms common around the American West.""",2
"Wouldn't it be cool to be able to relax while driving? Personally, as a driver myself, I do know that driving for long periods of time can be very tiring. Your feet get tired and your legs become ressless. If you were able to just sit back and relax while the car was being driven, and you only had to be attentive when a problem occured, is that an experience that you would want to partake in?

I believe that driverless cars could be very convienent for drivers, and I think that they should be put to use. They would become very popular because as it says in paragraph two, ""Television and movies have long been fascinated with cars that could drive themselves."". Many people would want to own one for themselves, and be able to get the experience. Everyone would know about it because the media would make it be very well known, and the companies that would be selling the driverless cars would make lots of profit.

Many people might say that it is dangerous and could cause a tragic car accident, but in paragraph seven it states "" In fact, none of the cars developed so far are completley driverless. They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navagating through work zones and around accidents."" With this being said, drivers must be attentive and remain alert and be ready to take over when a problem like this was to accur.

Another point that may be brought up in discussion is what if the driver's attention is not able to be grabbed when the car is in need of the driver's assistance? Well, in paragraph seven, it says that ""GM has devleoped driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object. The Google car simply announces when the driver should be prepared to take over. Other options under concideration are flashing lights on the windshield and other heads-up displays."". These are all things that could be put in place to ensure that the car is able to quickly get the driver's attention.

Peronsally, I believe that the driverless car would be a great help to every person driving. They would be able to relax more, and they would not have to take so manys stop breaks between round trips . The driver could simply be more at ease while driving, and not have to be so cautious. The driverless car would be more safe for people inside the car, and outside the car such as pedestrians. The driverless car is a great idea. ",4
"In this draft I will talk about reasons why you should join the program, give details from the artical to support Luke's claims, and I will sum it all with a conclusion.

You should join the Seagoing Cowboys program because you would be to help countries recover from war, recover their food supplies, animals, and more. The UNRRA which is the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation hired ""Seagoing Cowboys"" to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were being shipped over sea. This is what you would be doing if you joined the Seagoing Cowboys.

While Luke was in the program called Seagoing Cowboys he experienced many amazing sights. He experienced many sights, has been to places,and done many things like go to

Europe, China, Acropolis in Greece, and took a gondola ride in Vience, Italy. He also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China.

In conclusion, as a Seagoing Cowboy you would do the things said in the paragraphs. I talked about the reasons to join the program.",2
"Landform or a Lie?

The world has seen the ""Face"" taken by NASA a few years ago. Some people say it's a natural landform and some people say it's an alien creation. NASA has figured out that it's just a natural landform on Mars and nothing else. NASA haven't explored all of Mars and can state it's an alien creation, there might be more than just one and they all could be natural landforms. It might look like a really weird face from above, but NASA has already stated that it's a natural landform.

NASA has explored a lot of Mars, but not enough information to say it's an alien creation. They've just found one and it looks pretty like a huge face to some people. They might find more out there just like this and it's still and ordinary landform. On Earth there are a lot of these landforms around the American West. NASA has taken a picture in really high-quality camera to show that it's just a natural lanform there.

Before Amercia had these great cameras and computers, they weren't able to get a clear picture of the face. So people just assumed that it was an alien creation/monument. If they say it is where are the facts that say it's an alien monument. Later after all those years, NASA were able to take a maxium resolution picture and post it to the world. Thousands of people were waiting to see the photo, but when they did it was just a natural landform. There was no alien creation to see and observe at.

Although NASA has said it's just a natural landform, people state that sometimes NASA doesn't want us to know certain things. Some people say it could've been a monument created by an alien civilization on Mars. They haven't gone through all of Mars and know that was there or not. NASA might eventually find more of these landforms and study to actually say it's an alien creation. Conspiracy theorists state that the face is bona fide evidence and that NASA would hide them from us. The world doesn't know what's out there to say that it's this or it's that.

Since, NASA people say that it's a natural landform, people believe them. The ""face"" is nothing else than a landform on Mars, it's known to find some of these landforms around the American West. NASA has aready proven that it's just an ordinary lanform with a maximum resolution camera and posted it to the world to see. NASA has hid a lot of stuff from us and right now in this situation, people believe that they're lying to the U.S. Some people believe in NASA, some people in conspiracy theorists, but who knows what that ""face"" is.  ",4
"The author supports this idea because the article had stated that Earth,Venus, and Mars are our planetary neighbor. Venus has been a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity. The thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide and highly corrosive sulfuric acid makes it difficult for spacecrafts to land on the planet. Scientist can't find out what they need to know about the planet. They want to know if there's a way to support life due to finding that Venus was probably covered with large oceans and could have supported life once. Today Venus still has some features such as valleys, mountains, and craters.

The author also stated that scientists would need to get up close and personal despite the risks. a vehicle hovvering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out. At thirty-plus miles above the surface temperatues would still be toasty around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to sea levels on Earth. many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machienes to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus. NASA is working on other approches to studying Venus.

Simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weks in such conditions. Another way they are tying to study Venus is with old technology called mechanical computers. modern computers are enormously powerful, flexable, and quick, but tend to be more delicate when it comes out to extreme physical conditions. exposing a type technology like a phone or a tablet to acid or heat is capable of melting tin. By comparison, systems that use mechnical parts can be mmade more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces.

The authors last statment about motivating ourselves to go to Venus is striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus. Venus's value is worth gaining insight on the planet itself. also out of the human curiosity to know more about the plane. The travels on earth and beyond should be not belimited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagintion and innovation. This is what I think the authors claim is about pursuiting despite the dangers.",3
"Driverless cars are great but in some cases they can be wrong. If we were to have driverless cars it would be easy. You wouldnt get tired of watching the road so long. You wouldnt have to pay as much attention to the road as usual. With driverless cars you would actually have to be careful

because if there is any road construction you would have to steer yourself. If theses driverless cars were to run on gas or electricty how long would they last. If the car was to break down and it could only work if they car was up and working that would be bad. You could be stranded or worse. If the car was to start driving reckless that could injure or take people lives. I would be good for the cars if you could tell them where to go or just type it in on a screen . I think driverless cars shouldn't be made.",1
"The article is write about the exploring of the Venus. Venus, here is a nick name call ""Evening Star"", it is the brightest point of light when you see on the surface. In the solar sysyem, Venus is the second planet from the sun, and it is the cosest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and lot of thing too, its referred like ""twin"" as Earth.

In space terms, there is no singal spaceship has touched down Venus in more than three decades, because of the each previous misson was unmanned and since no spacecraft survived the landing for a few time. there is one reason is because of the Venus atmosphere is thick and it almost 97 percent carbon dioxide, so that would be a challenging to the human.

Also, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in solar system with out Sun. Either the Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking on Venus surface. Solar power not would be plentiful. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans.

The challenge of meet to Venus has value, because of the human curiosity will likely lead human into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be danger and doubts.",2
"The author has good points and good reasoning on his suggestion of ""studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents."" He has good evidence and shows that he really did look into it and did his research before saying his suggestion. He had more then enough reasons to support his claim.

In the text it states ""The planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees fehrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth."" This shows that Venus is very hot and could be danger to us if we don't look into it and care about it. This shows that if you don't look into Venus you'd never know about the changes it could be making to our world.

Although that is very interesting the author add more reasons on to why you should study Venus. In the passage it states that "" Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun.""

This shows that if something were to go wrong it would also effect us on Earth because of how close it is and how hot Venus is. This really supports his idea because it lets us know how hard it must be to do any type of research on Venus but we should still try.

Since Venus is very hot and is set at a tempature we've never felt before here on Earth it could be hard to study Venus in real life. In the text it states that ""Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks."" This is good evidence the author uses because it lets us get an idea of how hard it must be to do reseach and that we should take advantage of the information we have now and study Venus with that.

In conclusion the author had really good points and good evidence to support his claim about us studying Venus. It really proves that Venus can be dangerous and that we should be prepared and know our information if something were to happen. I would look into studying Venus and see what else their is about it.      ",3
"I think that that the use of the technology to read the emotional expressions of people is valuable. I think this because sometimes its important to know someones emotion, and if they are faking or lying. This technolgy could be helpful for people to indicate wheather they need help or not. I also think that tis technology could help save lives too. I'll explain why.

First reason on why this technology is valuble is because it can be used in the classroom to know wheather a student is confused on the lesson or not. A shy student sometimes wouldnt want to ask for help about the lesson. So using this technology for would be very useful because teachers would now know who and who needs help. It could also help teacher to know if a student is angry, sad, etc to know how to help them. That one reason why I think this techonolgy is useful.

Another reason why emotion reading technology is useful because in paragraph 8 the article stated "" to an expert, faces dont lie; these muscles clues are sometimes used to spot when a ""smiling"" politcian or celebrity isnt being truthful"". This means now we could know if a leader is being real or not. It could help with votes during an election to choose the correct politician. Not only that but in genral to knoe if people are lying or not.

last reason why I think the use of this technology is valuable is because it can save peoples lives. using this technolgy would let you know how a person is feeling. If a person is depressed and on the edge of doing something that they shouldnt , using this emtion reading technology could alert people on how others can be feeling very down and thode people could help them. It could also help parents knowing wheather their child is happy or not and I think a parent should know their childrens emotion because half the time we dont express our selves to our parents. So thats why I think using technology that can indicate your emtion is valuable.",3
"Electoral college is a process in witch our founding fathers established it in the contitution as a compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. Electoral college is a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be by declaring the candidate who rreceives the most popular votes the winner. Deer state senators I strongly  think that we should keep the Electoral college because it is the most common way of voting for a president or leader,and it will not be smart to change something that has been used for years.

I strongly think that us american should keep the electoral college becuase it is the most common way of voting for a leader or president. In school they use this system to vote for the person that put the most imprestion on them. Same for the NBA they use the same system for who they won't as there most valueable player and who they won't to go to the all star games. This system is used to chose the person that they want as there leader or president.

Also I strongly think that the it is not the smartes thing to change. It has been used for many years. If you were to change it ther will be some really bad problems for the govornment. The citizensof america will not be happy with the way that the government has change something  that has been used for many years to something that is brand new. The wisest people that mad this system will not be elated if there system were changed. I don't think there is any other kind of way to vote.

Incunclution i think there is no reason to change the elctoral college. Electoral college is a process in witch our founding fathers established it in the contitution as a compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. Electoral college is a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be by declaring the candidate who rreceives the most popular votes the winner. Deer state senators I strongly  think that we should keep the Electoral college because it is the most common way of voting for a president or leader,and it will not be smart to change something that has been used for years.          ",3
"I for one am against the manufacturing and widespread use of ""autonomous"" cars. For one, the cars aren't even truly autonomous: a driver is still required to even operate the vehicle. The cars are alos going to be very expensive. Cars are already fairly expensive, but add in infrared and 3-D recognition technology and cars will quickly go from something that is obtainable by anyone to something that is unheard of in the lower middle class and beyond. In addition, the creation of cars in general has already affected the world drastically, especially America. The invention of the automobile put less work on Americans and as a result of that, we've become increasingly lazy. Imagine a car that doesn't even need to be driven, a person simply sitting in it waiting to arrive at their destination, which adds to my other point of the cost: there's a reason that car services are so expensive, which is because they're a luxury. My final point is the risk and resources that would have to come into play with an invention like this.

As I said before, the price of such an invention would be astronomical. The average brand new car costs around ten thousand dollars. If you add in another eight thousand dollars in scanners and situational recognition systems, then you've almost doubled the price of the car! This is my point when I say that the lower middle class and below would have their hopes dwindling, and do the wealthy upper class really need a new reason to look down on the working class? Even the upper middle class people can't just toss out almost twenty thousand dollars for a car at a moments notice.No, not at all. I personally believet that given the choice between driving and sacrificing a huge sum of money, most people would choose to drive.

My next point is this: Americans are extremely lazy, in mind and body. Yes, the cars are implanted with warning systems to instruct the driver to take over sontrol of the vehicle, but that's assuming the driver cares enough to react in time. That's assuming the driver is even paying attention to the car itself, let alone the road! One word: texting. Even when people drive the cars, accidents happen because people pay more attention to their phones than the road without reason. Can you imagine if they actually had the freedom to neglect their responsibilities because of a so-called autonomous car? The amount of accidents would rise dramatically, which brings me to my final point.

Now, we all know that new innovations normally come at a cost. That's a given. These cars, however, step over the bounds of being a cost and become a travesty. First of all, these cars still have glitches to work out and companies don't want to take the time to work them out. If these cars are sold to the public, how many lives could possibly be lost because of a simple programming error before the cars are recalled? It would be far too late. Also, I mentioned the cost. Well, that doesn't just come in the loss of life. It is also present in the amount of time and money will be spent on the research, development, and manufacturing of these cars. Far too much money will be spent on something that is both completely unnecessary and a gross misuse of resources.

In conclusion, I believe that ""autonomous"" cars are, for lack of a better word, stupid. Paying more money for less safety and more laziness simply seems counterintuitive to me and my goals. I'd rather have the self assurance of driving my own car and being responsible for what happens to me and my fellow drivers. Not only would I feel safer with myself behind the wheel, but I would feel safer with everyone else behind their own wheels as well. To summarize, ""autonomous"" cars are expensive, dangerous, and unecessary, to say the least. ",5
""" What's wrong with the Electoral College?"" To be honest, have you ever thought where our vote goes. Just in case you forgot, when we vote we're not voting for the President. We're voting for slate electors who would vote for the President, but how could we be sure that they make the right decision for all Americn Citizens.

I write this letter in favor to inform you that the electoral college is an unfair advantage for American citizens. I see how from a stand point you may trust the electoral college due to abundance of knowledge and critique they have. Yes, I can tell why you'd chose them in a way that they may have strong critique. But how can you trust them with a decision held in their hands with willing citizens to think about. "" At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner take all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in  states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "" swing"" states"". Why is it continuing base it off of this knowing how American's feel about this matter? Which brings me back to why Americans have to feel like they have an unfair say on who the President can or could be? Perhaps reasoning is the EC( Electoral College) knows whats best for the American future. Thinking about the effects of the EC voting for the President could possibly vary in results and mat be right. But shine a little light on the situation, it should be in America's people hands and hearts who the president should be.""...  candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no cahnce of winning..."" Why should we feel like that? American's sould have the right to vote for our leader not people who vote for our leader.

Hold on, I'm not finished yet. Another reason why is when American's vote how could we be sure who to vote for. I agree that Americans can make and exercise their decisions when voting  for the Eletoral College. American's are depended on voting , another fact I agree on. But American's sometimes dont know better when voting. "" The American people should consider themselves lucky that the two - thousand fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for much worse. Consider the state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors , and that those electors could always defy the will of the people."" Sometimes it would be the Americans that throw off the vote for the EC, but in other perspective that wouldn't be the case. Americans should vote wisly upon the information given. but yet the electoral college shouldn't vote for the citizens of the United States, Info should be viewed. I can visaulize someone else perspective it could be with different electorsl parties. But in reverse think about the the biggest election crisis in 2000."" Consider the state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people"". Keeping in mind that we should still vote for our President but at the same keep in mind who citizens are voting for so another voting crisis wouldn't happen again.

In conclusion, I hope you clearly thought it through and thorough. Its hard to rely on other's with a big responsiblity like this. So the Government should let us trust our instincts and but at the same time think them out.                      ",4
"There is a lot contraversy regarding the Electoral College system of voting in the United States. Some voting members would argue that the system, although flawed, has yet to make a monumental mistake, and say that the minor issues were resolved or at the very least barely effective in the overall outcome of the capmaign. However, with the flaws and holes in the system we have alerady experienced, there is bound to be many more mistakes, and it would be shocking to very few that some of those mistakes are catastrophic. We should remove the system of the Electoral College because it is questionable, problematic, and does not represent well our democracy.

The Elecoral College uses a group of people from each state, numbers varying from each, to represent voters in an election. The voters mark down a candidate on a ballot. However, they are actually voting for a group of strangers to represent them. Many voters do not even realize that this is the case. In politics, there are many powerful and influential people who will go to drastic measures to ensure that their ideas somehow make it to power. Bribes and insentives could easily be given to electors in attempts to sway their vote. Speaking of, these electors can be anyone who are not in a public office position, emphasis on the anyone. Voters can never really be sure that they can trust those strangers who they did not even get to select. Once the votes have been counted, voters cannot fully control who the elctors actually vote for. There have been instances where electors have attempted to completely avert the votes cast and choose a different candidate that they want in office. It only seems logical that voters should have a direct say in the presidential election by participating in an election by popular vote. This way, there is less opportunity for scandal and confusion in the voting process.

In 1960, a group of segretationists in the Louisiana legislature almost succeeded in removing electors who supported John F. Kennedy with those who opposed him. If this had happened, all of the states electoral votes would have been cast by biased electors, rather than by the actual voters themselves. In the same year, Hawaii sent two state electors to congress instead of one. It is sad that we maintain a system in our government that continues to let issues like this arise. Along with issues with the electors, why is it that the size of a state automatically gives it a bigger advantage in elections? Texas and California are the most two saught-after swing states in every election. Candidates will do everything they can to win over those electoral votes. But what about the little states? Many of the smaller states do not get visited by candidates. Some never even see campaign ads. This system we are using creates target areas in the United States that are more valuable in elections than others. This is in no way fair to the voters in smaller states, despite having the exact same rights as voters of bigger states. The Electoral College is proving to be less and less glamorous with every passing election. Slip ups like this can create a monumentally bad situation, and unfortunately, this system is only bound to create more.

Many people remember the problem of the 2000 presidential election. The Electoral College had very effectively exemplified its flaws and unefficient ways of opperating. Al Gore and George Bush were running apposed, and despite winning the overall popular vote in the country, Gore lost the election to Bush. Bush had received the most electoral votes, therefore winning him the presidency. Basically, despite the fact that more citizens chose Gore to be president, Bush won out. In our constitution it is written that citizens of the United States have an unwavering right to vote and select who gets put into office. In this case, it sounds more like the number of electoral votes has an unwavering right to select who gets put into office. This goes against a democratic republic way of opperating our country and, in many ways, makes it more difficult for cititzens to take advantage of their rights.

For as many frustratingly resolvable problems that are created by the Electoral College, there are certain things about the Electoral College that could possibly make it worth keeping. For instance, there technically is no region of the country that has enough electoral votes to vote a president into office, so no one area of the controls large numbers of votes. Along with this, the system helps avoid Run-Off Elections (which complicate the election process and provide a clear winner). However, having a straightforward election where the votes come straight from citizens is most constitutional and much less problematic. The process has been used for a long time in our country, but it is time to make a change.

The Electoral College has proven to be more trouble than it's worth. Our country needs to decide what is within best interest for representation of our citizens, the most efficient way to opperate one of our most sacred constitutional rights, and maintain our democracy as members of our wonderful country. Remove the Electoral College system.            ",6
"According to a Gallup poll taken shortly after Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of voters prefer a direct election over the electoral college. Electors could always defy the will of the people. Candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning. The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The abolishment of the electoral college will make choosing a president less difficult and allow the people to make their own choice.

In the article, In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President, written by Richard A. Posner, the Electoral College is widely regarded as belonging to the past and not being able to fit the present. In 2000, when Gore had more popular votes than Bush yet fewer electoral votes, Bush took the presidency, despite popular demand. Voters can't always control who their electors vote for. They sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate.

With a winner-take-all basis, even a very slight plurality in a state creates a landslide electoral-vote victory in that state. According to The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong, written by Bradford Plumer, with the even number of total votes of electors there is a chance there can be a tie between the number of electors that chose each president, in that case the House of Representatives would vote on the president. This would make the state of Wyoming with a single representive representing 500,000 voters have as much say as the 55 representatives in California who represent 35 million voters. The House's selection can hardly be expected to reflect what the people want.

On the off-chance that the electors you voted for won the statewide election, they would go to Congress and who they elect would get the electoral votes. Anyone not holding public office can be an elector. The electors get choosen depending on the state they represent. The whole election process would be easier if the voters were able to directly state who they want to elect.                      ",3
"Numerous amount of people would love to experince the opportunities of limiting their time with their car. There are a great amount of advantages of limiting car usage. Advantages include having a more healthy environment, decreasing stress, and reducing traffic.

The advantages of limiting car usage is helping the environment. ""Passanger cars are responsible for twelve percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States."" While most of the adult population is driving cars everyday, more gas and smoke go into the air and into our environment. This causes pollution and hurts our environment. Paris has a major smog problem in their environment, up to the point where it was near-recorded. Paris had to then enforce a partial driving ban to clear the air of the city. The effect of this ban was that congestion was down 60 percent and the smog cleared after a short week.  If we were able to limit our car usage, then our greenhouse gas emissions would decrease. ""In the United States, the environmental protection agency is promoting car reduced communities, and legislators are starting to act."" There are numerous environmental agencies that are already starting to act to decrease the car usage in the country. We should limit our car usage because it can greatly help our environment.

If were able to limit our car usage, then it will greatly decrease our stress of driving. Many countries are trying to reduce car usage. An example is Columbia. Columbia has created a car-free day. ""Millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses during car-free day, leaving the streets eerily devoid of traffic jams."" Bogota, Colombia have practiced this day for three years and many colombians have been pleased with it. ""It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution"", said businessman Carlos Plaza. Without driving, you have the time to go out, be active and get exercise. A huge effect of the car free day is that park and sport centers have been built all throughout Bogota, smoother sidewalks, and rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic. With car usage reduced, it limit people's stress on driving.

If we were able to lower the number of car usage, then our streets would be much safer and there would be less traffic. Many people use cars today and because of that most of streets are usually blocked up. If there were less cars on the streets then it would be easier and quicker to go to places. Vanban, Germany is an example of an car-free town. ""...basic precepts are being adopted around the world in attempts to make suburbs more compact and accessible to public transportation, with less space for parking. In this new approach, stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls alond some distant highway."" With less cars on the streets, it can also reduce car accidents and deaths. If there were less cars on the roads, there would be less traffic and car accidents.

There are many advantages of limiting our car usage. These advantages include helping our environment, decreasing stress, and making our roads safer with less traffic.         ",4
"Imagine cars driving themselves in the future. Envision a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. Think what it would be like to not drive again and have it done for you. The thought of having it all done for you, seems nice right?

I feel that driverless cars can be a good idea but a bad idea when it comes down to it. Think about it, who wants to drive around all the time when it can be done for you? But, opposing to that; traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. Besides in most states it is illegal to even test computer-driven cars. If driverless cars were to happen it would be a good idea to have new laws that will be needed to cover liability in the case of an accident.

Also, if the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer? Driverless cars sound good and all but when it comes down to it there is alot at stake and alot of work to do on them. First you have to test the cars and test if there even functional/capable of driving driverless, make new laws, technology failure. Cause what happens if your in a car accident?

Saftey is a big concern when it comes to driving. So you should still be aware of your surroundings whether yu driving a driverless car or not.You never know what can happen. Manufacturers are also considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road. While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver.

Driverless cars can be a good but bad idea. When it comes down to it, who really wants to drive all the time & such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over. But the bad part of it all is the proccess. You have to think about your saftey through it all, the new laws, how to work it. It's all a big step. Do you think it's worth it?      ",3
"Technology that can read your emotional expressions is very valuable to students in a classroom, because it can provide information on how you are feeling. It provides emotions that a humans eye cannot detect. A lot of people dont realize how others are feeling because they hide their emotions. Dr. Paul Eckman, creator of FACS (Facial Action Coding System) created a facial system to detect the emotions of a person's face. This system is very valuable because it gives better ways for humans and computers to communicate.

This software constructs a 3-D computer model of the face with all 44 major muscles in the model. Eckman classified six basic emotions-happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear and sadness and he asscociated each with characteristic movements of facial muscles. A big amount of students dont focus because of the distraction around them. A teachers job is to keep them focused at all times, but sometimes it is hard for an individual person to keep track of so many students. This techonolgy can help students in many different ways. By weighting the different units, the software can identify mixed emotions, which can help the student by making the work they are doing simple or more difficult. For example, if you smile when a web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. It modifies the lesson, like an effective human instructor.

The FACS is a very valuable techonolgy for students because it helps to guide them through a problem they might be facing. It can help a classroom full of students that are confused on a lesson. The software can detect their emotional expressions and switch up the lesson to make it more understandable. For example if a student does not undertsand the problem, the computer can detect his or her confusion, and it will modify to fit his or her understanding. The software is very valuable for the emotional expressions of students in a classroom.          ",3
"Many people believe that there should be technology in a classroom, but do we really need technology that reads emotions. The Facial Action Coding System is the system that was designed by scientists to read emotions. They believe that teachers could use this system for lessons online. Even though it could help teachers, it shouldn't be used in a class. This technology could have many flaws that would produce false readings. Especially when reading kids emotions. This technology does help in many ways, but there are some things that humans have to do by them selves.

Teachers need to stop relying on technology to teach. A teacher should be required to take classes that can help them become a better teacher and to help them with reading emotions. Instead of them using the Facial Action Coding System to find out kids emotions they should take a psychology class. That class will teach them what they need to know about humans. Especially humans going through adolesence. Once those teachers understand how emotions work they wont have to rely on a technology that isn't flawless.

The Facial Action Coding System has so many flaws in it that prevent it from being useful. The article states that this technology can recognize when a student is confused or bored. The problem with that is the fact that a person can fake emotions. If the students wanted to try to be funny they could mess with the system and change something that was working. In the article, Dr. Huang said, ""Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective teacher."" An effective teacher wouldn't change something just because a couple people ar bored or confused. This system also doesn't factor in the chances of someone having a bad day. If someone is having a bad day confused emotions could already be happening before the lesson. This would mess everything up.

I understand that some people aren't natural psychologists, and don't know how to read emotions. These people can just take there time and teach themselves how to read them. Even though not all teachers have the knowledge learned through psychology, they all should. People naturally believe that technology can help. It can help, and thats why it is understandable to want the Facial Action Coding System to be used by school. There are better alternatives to this system. The author stated, ""we can write down simple instructions the ""encode"" different emotions."" If people can do that then, why aren't they doing it?

In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding System should not be used in school. It has no value to learning. The better alternative is to make teachers do things themselves. Teachers should learn how to read emotions. They also need to learn that you can't always rely on a system that is not flawless. A teachers job is to teach and not to sit and let technology run their classroom. So if schools want a type of technology that isn't valuable, they can use it all they want, but if they want something that has value they should teach their teachers how to read emotions.",5
"Would you be able to tell an emotion of someone just by looking at them? Prof. Thomas Huang thinks so, with the help of his latest invention, the Facial Action Coding System. This is a software that is able to ""read"" emotions of the users, and formulate a new type of lesson to make it more interesting. The Facial Action Coding System is being used to calcuate emotions for promotional, visual, and learning benefits, and for students in the classroom, this technology seems like a plausible idea.

One of the many uses of this coding system is for promotional uses. The artical reads, ""if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different (6)"". This goes to help companies know whether or not you enjoy their product. The software will learn what you like and it will know your emotional preferances towards certain ads. By using this technology, it can recognise if you are pleased, and will give you ads you can enjoy and feel comfortable watching. This use of technology would be useful in the classroom because it would limit the content of ads that are not helpful on computers. When a student sees an ad pop up on their screen, confusion will arise and that will let the sofware know not to play ads like that again. This software will help restrict content and make using the internet more enjoyable for students.

Visually, the software is important to society. An important use of this software can be used during video surgery. The sugery can be seen in more detail and the doctors will be able to percieve emotions clearly. This is not only useful for doctors, but for students as well. By being able to recognise the emotions that people are going through, like pain or fear for example, students who are training to be surgons can watch these videos and take notes on how to improve technique and accuracy. These students will use the technology to recognise flaws and be able to improve upon them. The Facial Action Coding System is useful visually, from video games to video surgery.

While these two aspects are important, one of the main uses for this technology is for learning and growth purposes. ""'A classroom computer could recognise when a student is becoming confused or bored (6)'"", Dr. Huang says. By being able to see when a child is becoming confused with his or her lesson, the computer could adapt the lesson to be more entertaining or effective. This use of the software could be vital in being able to properly equip students with the knowledge they would not have learned well otherwise. The technology could be used almost as a human instructor. The computers are able to understand facial movments and read reactions, which will also show us what the teacher needs to change in the lesson. This software could change the entire education system just because of the ability to read the student's emotions.

The uses of the Facial Action Coding System are uncountable. You can use this to encourage and limit promotions, enhance the visual aspects, and improve learning in the classroom. This software can be used as a guide and as an administrator for students while they are learning new material and surfing the internet. Technology like this is valuble for a student in order to live up to their fullest potential. ",4
"The development of driverless cars should be stopped immediately. I do not see the point in them, considering a person would just be bored sitting in the car with nothing to do. Many people enjoy driving and being in control, and driverless cars would take this feeling away from them. Additionally, I would not feel as safe in a world with driverless cars. Especially when they are first available, driverless cars would only endanger everyone around them. Their mechanics or sensors could suddenly fail at any time. Also, it will take a while for the manufacturers to perfect the cars, so therefore these cars will be even more hazardous at first. In addition, I am positive the computer geniuses out there would surely find a way to hack and take control of the cars somehow and commit murders. Detectives may not be able to find out who is committing such awful crimes, considering it could be anyone, and it would not take much effort. Furthermore, driverless cars will be completely pointless; the driver will always have to keep a close eye on what the car is doing and make sure it does not do anything wrong. What is the point of driverless cars if they are not actually driverless? I understand numerous car wrecks are happening currently because some people just do not pay attention, and everyone wants the number of wrecks reduced, but driverless cars will not help whatsoever. People will continue to be distracted by their phones and other electronics and think that since they are not controlling the car, they do not have to watch the road. This is a mistake. If people stop watching the road altogether, more wrecks will occur. Mistakes will always be made. The number of crashes may go down slightly, but the feeling of unsafeness will only increase for the people inside the car. I do not agree with the idea of driverless cars and the production should be stopped immediately. ",3
"Your trying to visit a new city. You have spent countless hours on a plane and first thing when you land you find out that you have to stay in the airport even longer just due to the fact the the smog outside is too bad. We must limit are car usage.

Therefore showing us the advantages of doing so. Source 1 - in a place called Vauban, Germany they have said there goodbyes to cars. As driveways and home garages are mostly forbidden. The outcome has familes saying 'when i had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way'.

Also earth is are home. Why would should we all sit back and see are selfs destroy everything we bulit. The more cars we have and use the more damage we do on the earth. Cars have a huge part in the earths greenhouse gas. In Europe greenhouse emissions are up to 12%. In the United states greenhouse gas emissions are up to a bone crushing 50%.

Source 2 - Due to all the greenhouse gas after almost record breaking pollution, Paris had to do something about the smog. They set a law that only even numbered license plates were allowed to leave there home on mondays and odd numbered on the next day. That may have lead to some problems such as late to work...ect. But after five days the smog was down 60%.

We all have are reason to useing a car,truck,ect. but too much use can lead to problems that we are faceing right now. Best parts of not useing a car are workingout by walking or bikeing. Less smog. More money in the bank.    ",3
"Facial Action Coding System is a new piece of software that allows people to identify emotions using only a photo, this is revolutionary because it allows scientists to get an idea of what is going on in the photos, kind of like how it would have been like to live in the time period when the photo took place. This essay will be about why technology like that is groundbreaking and why we need more techology like it. In the first paragraph, the reader is introduced to how the Mona Lisa was used as a test in order to discover what emotion she was displaying when the photograph was painted.

The reason that technology like this will be important in helping us in the future, is because of history, while most people would assume that this is unimportant and we don't need to scan photos of historical events and people because we already know all there is to know, but infact it's the exact opposite, because we can now scan faces, we are able to go a deeper into history instead of assuming what happened, we are able to go farther into history than we have ever gone before. An example of this is with war photos such as photos taken during the Civil War, if scientists were to scan the photos of people in the war, we would be able to better understand the person in the photo, such as if they were scared or angry, if the loss of a fellow soldier, maybe a friend, made them afraid, or if it made them angry and want to avenge their fallen friend, This example I just provided is very possible, evidence for this is in paragraph 4 where Dr. Huang states ""The facial expressions for each emotion are universal"" which means that no matter what, emotions show up the same regardless of anything.

This technology could also be used with teachers. Teachers would be able to scan their students to figure out what bores them and what excites them so that they can get the students to pay attention. Getting a student's attention is always very important because if the teacher doesn't have the student's full undivided attention, then the student can't learn the lesson the teacher is trying to teach, and if the student can't pay attention, then he cannot learn, and if the student can't learn what they are being taught, then the student will fail their test which could lead to failing the entire semester.

Facial scanning technology has come a long way, but it still isn't finished, in the later future we should see major improvements to it altogether. In conclusion, facial scanning technology is a tool that in the future, history will use heavily in order to further understand people of the past and how they felt. In the close future, teachers will be able to scan student's faces to reveal how they feel about the subject they are learning, and how it could improve rather than staying the exact same. Finally, in the present, we are able to determine minor feelings and responses from faces but it still needs a lot of work before it can fully be complete.",4
"Dear State Senitor,

Imagine how it would be if citizens votes counted in electing the next president. Do you believe in freedom of speech and petition? You shall let qualified citizens vote than letting the Electoral Collage vote for the president of the United States. Citizens should be able to vote because they are the ones who will have that future president running their country. It is stated, that under the electoral college system, voters do not vote for the president, but for a slate of electors, who elect the president. Electoral Collage method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state. Knowing their vote will have no effect, they have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign that they would have if the president were picked by themselves. The voters are most likely to feel disenfranchised knowing that their votes do not count. Thank you for your attention to this matter.                            ",2
"Have you ever wanted to know if you can tell if someone is forcing a smile or a real smile? I agree with the value of using this technology to read student's emotional expressions. By using this technology you can tell how your friends, parents, and even teachers are feeling.

To begin with, You wake up for school and your mom is already making breakfast for you, but you dont know how she was feeling. When you come in the room she would erase ""that"" expression and greet you with a smile like usual. Didnt you wish you could tell how she was feeling and do something to make her feel better? With the FACS you can. 60 percent tired, 25 percent happy, 10 percent sad, and 5 percent angry. So you hug her and tell her to go back to sleep, then you go to school.

In the meantime, you arrive at school and meet up with your friends, but you could tell that one of them isnt as ""energized"" as usual. You would ask them whats wrong and they would probably say ""nothing"" and force a smile. You know that they arent feeling great but you dont want to nag them as well. So then you would use FACS. 90 percent depressed, 2 percent happy, 5 percent tired, and 3 percent angry. You can then calculate that they are depressed because of family problem or school.

Last but not least, according to the article ""we humans perform this same impressive “calculation” every day. For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face"". Using the technology of FACS can help you ""calculate"" your friend or parent feeling.

Inconclusion, FACS is a technology that allows you to read people feelings and mood. What if your friend is feeling depressed and dont want to live anymore? With FACS you can help them and prevent suicide. FACS can help you ""calculate"" your friend or parent feeling.",4
"Have you ever wanted to go to cool towns,city, etc. and help people at the same time?

A sea going cowboy is the perfect thing for you and before you throw this book down let me tell you why. One of the reasons is you get to help other people around the world. To add on to that you get to take care of all different animals.

In this paragraph Im telling you about taking care of the animals. You will have a cargo of 335 horses to take care of . They will give you a lot of hay and oats to feed them all . Every hour you will have to go check on all of them to make sure there ok and that they aren't going crazy. You have to get them water 3 times a day . That will be cool and fun because you will never be bored.

After all the horses are gone You and the guys or friends can play tennis ,boxing,fencing and even read if you would like in the horse housing.

Now I am going to tell you the good about the towns and the cities . You get to get off the boat and go see some things like if you go to greece you can go see the acropolis . If you go to China you can tour the excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the panama canal on his way to china. Even ride the gondola in Venice. That would be fun abd its an free trip and it would cost way more to pay to go to Venice, China, Europe

Right now I am telling you about the helping people you will be hyelpin g people by delivering the horse,mules and cows and taking care of them. Helpin them with the ruins of world war 2 . By Helping them with food supply.

Helping them fix up there town . You will fix many towns by being an seagoing cowboy. By joining you will also learn about people of other countries and their needs.

In conclusion this paragraph was about why you should join the seagoing cowboys and how it would help so many people . What you would get out of being an seagoing cowboy. How being an seagoing cowboy is awesome.             ",3
"Have you ever thought of taking care of horses, young cows, and mules that have been shipped from overseas. Well you should because its the most amazing oprotunity in the world. You get to see all sorts of unique places and its like your own miny adventure. It's a life chaning event that everyone should now about. I'm going to to tell you about Luke who got invited to be a Seagoing Cowboy. Lets see your answer when I'm done.

Luke thought he was going to be working part-time jobs at grocery stores after his high school gradution. Then his friend Don invited Luke to go with him to the Seagoing Cowboys program. It was hard for him to resist a nice trip to and through Eroupe. Luke was 18 by the time he had got to Greece which meant that he could have been drafted for the military service. By 1947 he was discharged and had mad 9 trip the of any

Seagoing Cowboys . Luke siad"" The cattle-boat trips were an unbelieveable opprotunity for a small-town boy"".

It took two weeks to cross the Alantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China. Luke spent his time caring for the animals, it kept him busy. ""Being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than just an adventure for him it was a life changing event. Which opened his eyes to see more of whats out there in the world."" Luke said.

I hope I convinced you to be a Seagoing Cowboy. You coukd sign up with a friend or even a family. Just remember its not adout the adventure you get to have but its about showing people what all is out there in the world. That can make alot of people happy.",2
"People believe that the ""Face of Mars"" was created by aliens. I say that statement is false. ""The Face of Mars"" was not created by aliens it is a natural landform. I know this because I work with NASA on this very investigation and I'm here to tell you that it is indeed a fact that the ""Face"" is a natural landform.

This worldwide phonomenon started with just a picture. NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was up on mars roaming around and just with one snap of a picture it got it. This picture was a face that apparently according to the article looked like a ""Egyptian Pharoah."" NASA thought that the people would love to see this. Indeed they did. Immeditley the picture was on talk shows, radios, newpapers, etc. This picture just became the number one thing in the world. Just by one snap of a camera.

Peopel may say that,""that's just your opinion,"" or maybe just a rolling-your-eyes look. But, according the the article ""Unmasking the Face of Mars,"" and NASA it a natural landform. When NASA first got he picdture they were stunned but then figured ""it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like a Egyptian Pharoah."" So, even when they got the picture their first thought was not aliens, it was just a Martian mesa.

""NASA didn't confirm it was not aliens. They didn't even give out any information about it."" False again. We (meaning NASA) did give out information about the ""Face of Mars"" but we didn't give out anything saying it was made by aliens. We gave out information about how it wasn't made by aliens. ""What the picture actually shows is the Martain equivalent of a butte or mesa--landforms common around the American West. If something from Earth can even be compared to something form a differnet planet, NASA can hardly believe aliens. One person even said ""It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain in Idaho,"" says Garvin.

In conclusion to my speech, we here at NASA don't believe the ""Face of Mars"" was not created by aliens. It's just a natural landform like we have been saying since day 1 of out investigation. Hopefully we have convinced some of you to step out of that ""alien phase."" But, out of all, we hope you enjoyed listening today. Thank you.    ",4
"The technolology to scan your face and tell your emotions is kind of creepy. Having a machine in class to tell teachers how the students are feelling is just a little weird to me but it also could be very usefull. In the text it states that the software in the computer could see if you are confused and will change the lesson so the student will better understand.

The main reason why this is creepy to me is it reminds me of the Movie Tremator. In the movie Arnald Swartsnager comes back to the past to protect the future leader of the human rebelian aginst the superior robots they have built. Well to make a long story short the robot that Arnald Swartsnager plays can scan Robert Oconner's face and asked him why is your face leaking. Yes I know this technology is far more advanced than the movie ,but that is how I can relate.

I can also relate to how the computer could tell if you are confused and change the lesson so you can learn the way you do. In the text it states the computer can tell if you have a fake or forced smile or a guinine smile by the rincles under your eyes. The text also said you can probly tell what mood your friend is by the look on their face,but the person could be hiding their true emotions from you so the computer can tell if you are mad at that person at that time and place.

In the story the author includes how most video games and surgery cames have non verbal comunications,and how your home computer could never process this information like how your feeling that day.

I personaly would like to have this technology in our classrooms,and our homes. This would help out alot of men. For an example its your one year weading anaversery and you ask your lovley wife what she wants to eat. A simple question,but you rember that she can never tell you where she wants to eat. Or the example your kids come home acting odd you ask what is wrong but you dont get a responce. So you go in to there school computer and watch what mood he or she is in.

So I have told you my thoughts on the subject time to recap. I first thought it was odd and kinda scarry due to it reminding me of a movie and the robots. Then we relised that this technology can be great for the students who dont fo very well in school becaouse they do not get the lesson.",3
"Have you ever wanted to get away from home, see the world, and have the amazing opportunity to help others?

If you have, this is the job for you!

Sign up to be a ""Seagoing Cowboy.""

You can travel the world, meet all kinds of people, all while helping many people in need.

Have you ever wanted a way to fill your service time, without actually having to fight?

Becoming a Seagoing Cowboy is the best way to do it!

I served two years in service before I was discharged, without ever stepping foot near a weapon, battlefield, or military base.

While others risked their lives, I was taking care of horses and cattle, seeing the world, and helping others without ever having to be in dangerous situations.

Another reason I was happy to have joined the Seagoing Cowboys is, like I've said before, I had the rare and amazing experience of seeing parts of the world I would never get to see.

I saw places such as Europe and China, but what really was special was seeing the Acropolis in Greece.

I was also breath taken when I took a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, as I called it ""a city with streets of water.""

I also got to tour an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on my way to China.

Without becoming a Seagoing Cowboy I never would have had any of these amazing experiences.

Besides helping out with others, getting to see amazing places, and filling my service time, I had fun on the trip itself!

I enjoyed tending to the animals (and this will be especially fun for people who love or appreciate live stock), we had table-tennis tournaments, we fenced, boxed, whittled, and played many other games.

Of course you could bring books or board games along with you as well!

On the return trip after we had already unloaded the animals we could play baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where the animals had been housed.

Perhaps the best part about this is that when I signed up, I was a normal boy with a highschool degree and working two part-time jobs.

I didn't have to have any certification, degrees, or even a full time job.

I was completely average until I signed up.

If you wanted to, you could sign up right now without a degree or training.

Last but not least, this job will make you aware of how lucky you are that you have the opportunites you have, that your country isn't war stricked, that we aren't completely devastated.

Joining this really helped me and my family realise this fact.

To recap, there are many different reasons to join the Seagoing Cowboys. Get away from home for a time, while visiting places like China or Italy, have lots of fun playing games on deck and tending to the animals, all while filling your service time, plus you don't have to have any special qualification! The whole ordeal really made me happy of my current life; it helped me realise how lucky I am.

For all these reasons I think joining the Seagoing Cowboys is the quintissetnial thing to do.        ",3
"How is life in Venus? Is it hot ? Is it cold? that is to find out. In a article an author talks about studying Venus.Which brings up facts people probably never knew about. Which people wonder, if studying about Venus worthy?. On how dangerous it can also be living on Venus. Which will figure how the author supports his idea.

One way the author can support his idea is Venus is the closest planet to earth terms of density and size.Which makes sense because it is the closest planet to Earth as of today. Also referred to Earth's twin ,even tho it's thick atmosphere is 97% covered of carbon dioxide. Venus has it's high pressure and the hottest surface temperature of any planet.Which makes it difficult to visit the planet due to the extreme conditions.

Venus may had once have been Earth-like planet in our solar system because it had eath like features. With large oceans and form of life due to the leftovers on the planet it has. But the planet still has valleys, mountains, and craters. So scientists could say that the planet was like earth many years ago. But no sort of life can no longer live on the planet as of now.

NASA has been trying to find an idea on how to send humans to Venus so they can study the planet more. Which they are trying to find the idea on how to study the planet without needing to touch the surface, but to float about the fray. But would need to find a way with the air pressure of the planet since it is relatable to the sea level.Once they do land on venus they will know way more about Venus then they already do.

In conclusion studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents is very worthy. How Venus is the only planet closest the Eath. But is also one of the most dangerous condition planets to land on. Which is obvious how the author wants us to study about Venus because is so much to know about the planet. Which can teach a student alot, just by reading an article.",3
"I think that if we ever did find aliens on Mars or even a civilazation we should stay away from it. The reason why is because if we ever did find a other planet we never really be called the only planet in the universe. In the article we found out that we have a new way to find people. We never really thought that their was ever a civilazation on Mars.

As we found out that we may have found a way to a other civilazation. I just recently told you that we should never go near Mars. The reason why I told you that is because we don't now their lifes, their ways, or even if they were freindly. When NASA told us that we have a way to find people we should never talk to them. Yes it does show that we had images of planet Mars or even that their might have been a culture.

I have said that we should never really go to planet Mars because if we did we would be the only planet in the universe. This article was very interesting, but I think we should never go near Mars. ",1
"Dear State Senator,

We have a big conflict containing the electoral college, Im debating on what we should do. Im all in favor for keeping the electoral college, Instead of going by the most popular vote. The most popular vote can be very difficult because the citizens that are voting are just choosing mostly perhaps they dont even know whats going on. They choose based on favoritism and that shouldnt be the case, when you're choosing something so important like this, you have to know the facts about that person and what they're willing to do for us as a whole. Theres a million reasons why the most popular vote shouldn't be even recommended for this, its unnecissariy It should never be based on favoritism its about what they bring to the table.

The electoral college is widely known as an anachronism. I have my opinion they have theres, their gonna give you opinions  about how unfair the electoral college is when in reality its not anything thats gonna harm you. Perhaps i think its safer then choosing someone that you have no idea about the decisions they wanna make. Yes people may no be that much interested in politics because their not involved that much. They have to do whatever it takes so our nation can be a great one. Leaving our nation in someone hands that doesnt really know what their doing is completely absurd. Do you know how bad that will make our nation look if we had one? I would be ashamed to claim this as my ""Home"".                                ",2
"Is the future really coming? Resent studies have showed that people around the world are starting to stop there love of cars nearly everywhere. in countrys like Germany,France,bogota, and the usa rates have shown that people are not buying as many cars a year as they normally do. Some countrys are even starting to have a national day where they are walking, skating, and riding a bike to work, and for those who do not follow the rules they are getting taxed and haveing there vehicals impounded. Can you belive that?

In citys like Vauban, Germany- People have to pay $40,000 to park they car that they own, the bright side is that they get a house along with it. as stated in sourse 1, "" 70 Percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here."" This statement is explaining how its not worth it to have a car in this town. People here are more oftenly found riding a bike or skating to there destination due to this ""car-free"" town.

Paris, France has been forsed to stop using there cars ever once in a while due to all the smog in there city. in Source 2 it is stated that, ""... Motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave there cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine($31). The same would apply yo those Odd-Numbered plates the following."" this is telling you that there city was so bad tha the goverenment was forsed to have ther city be taxed if thet wanted to drive ther car. Normally paris has more smog then other places in europe. some dilevery companys were mad at paris due to there lost revenue. Although cars that could be plugged in, hybrids, and cars carring three or more people were allowd.

Bogota in colombia has set up a program to where once a year they have a day where no one in the town uses there cars. It is hard to belive that 7 million people would do it but its very true. Even with those who have to drive there car they get taxed a $25 fine. doing this international day has lead more and more citys to stop using ther cars as much and just walking because it relives traffic jams and other stressful things.

In conclusion the world is stopping the use of cars as much as they have been used in the last couple of years. We talked about three diffrent places today. Rates have shown that world wide citys doing this activity where they do not use there cars has truly brought down the rate of smog. bring down the rate of smog will give us a better future for our future leaders in this world and allow them to live.                       ",2
"Driverless cars are on the verge of coming out and will be good for all people on the roads. Driverless cars will nit only take away the risk of human error but will help to decrease accidents that are happening all around the world because of human error. Humans make more mistakes than machines, so driverless cars are less prone to be in accidents.

Machines are very accurate and make very few mistakes if any. As paragraph two says, ""Televisions and movies have long been fascinated with cars that could drive themselves."" Driverless cars would be a huge breakthrough in science and engineering. I think that there shouldnt be any driverless cars right now, but in a few years the technology that will be out will be safe and trustworthy. I would trust driverless cars in a few more years when the technology is more advanced and sophisticated. In paragraph 2 it says, ""Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash, but so far, Google cars arent truly driverless."" The big car companies agree that the driverless car technology wont be out for a couple of more years because it is too dangerous right now to trust them, they say that cars arent truly driverless yet when it comes to driving in traffic jams or in construction zones because there are some problems that we probably dont know about yet, but through time we can figure out to make the driverless cars more safe.

Another reason why driverless cars would be a better go to is because it coul help from polluting the atmosphere with exaust. In paragraph 1 Sergey Brin envisions fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system that uses half of the fuel that taxi cabs use today. With less fuel consumption, the evnironment and atmosphere will not get as polluted with gas exuast. Also, with less fuel being consumed by the cars, There will be less money spent on gas which could help you save money fo more things that you want.

Another feature that you can get from driverless cars is relaxing and spending more time with the people you are with. If you are by yourself you could catch up with the news or take a quick nap and get some extra rest for wherever you are going. In paragraph 8 it says, ""Some manufacturers hope to bring in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays."" So while you are kicked back in your seat you can turn on a movie or bring a book and enjoy your book while your car transports you to your destination.

Driverless cars are the future and will bring many technological advances with it. All through time these self-driving cars will come out and amaze the world with all of their abilities. Whether you are for, or against, everyone will be amazed if these sci-fi vehicles are actually produced and used by the common folk. Until then, the world will wait for the best technological advancement in history to come out.",4
"The statement that has been gooing around stating ""the face on Mars was created by aliens."" The statement is false, the face you have seen on mars is a natural landform. The photos you have seen was a hill developing in the process over time. We have taken a photo of the strange spot on the planet Mars and it has been reported,that it is a natural landform.

We did not have the same technology as what we have had in the past. When we first took the picture we did not have the same technology so we had a blurry picture. But when we have our technology now, we have better cameras so that we can get a better image of the big red planet called Mars. We have no proof that aliens have built this face in the surface on mars. This face you see on the planet is just a landform.

The face you might see in the photograph is just a mind illusion that you might see a face. the face you see is a hill that has been formed by the ways of the planet its self. It might have been molding from the dust and the wind dragging the red sand and dirt off of the hill its self.

We have no way or knowledge to know that aliens have built this face on the hill. The face has been forming for probably thousands and thousands of years. We think the forming on mars, like craters and hole in the ground, plus the face is just a natural landform forming on the crust of mars its self. How would we know if other forms of life built this face?...We dont know because we do not have that much knowledge about the space. There are infifnity of space out their that we have not explored yet so how would we know if the aliens have built this.

The thought of this statement that aliens have built this face in the crust of mars is ludicris. The face on mars has been formed by natural landformings in the crust of Mars. The theory of aliens made the face is as dumb as a bump on a log.        ",3
"Some people can tell wheather someone is happy or sad. They can observe what their emotions is. In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"", shows how Leonardo da Vinci drew Mona Lisa. It also explains how technology called the (Facial Action Coding System) can identify human emotions. Here's the question, is the new technology(Facial Action Coding System) worth using it?

First of all, the new technology sounds cool and all that stuff, but how would this be used? Some advantages about the technology is that you can find out what the student's emotions are. For example, what if the student is not speaking when asked a question? That would be a good time to use the technology. Another advantage is to find out what a baby's emotion is, that way it'll be easier to take care of the baby.

Disadvantages about the technology is when and where will this be the best time to use this technology in the outside world? Would this technology work best in public? Probably not in my opinion, because why would people used this out in public? True it may help when people are in danger, but not using the technology proper, yeah, that's just a waste of money.

Another thing to mention is that this technology would only work in computers for right now. Students can detect other student's emotion with this technology. This would be a good use in group projects, but other than that it's basically useless. Not trying to be rude or anything, it's just that who has the time to use this technology? People are allow to use it but they'll probably not use it properly.

In conclusion, I think that the new techology(Facial Action Coding System), is pretty useless. Who has the time to use this? When or where can this be used? I know it identifies human emotions, but i already can tell other people's emotions by the look of their faces. That's why I don't think that the use of this technology is actually not worth of using it. ",3
"F.A.C.S would be a valuable reasourse to read the emotions of students in a classroom, but over all useless and waste of resources. The abillity to read the emotions of a student and change the style of teaching is interesting, but if somthing is changed other students may find it boreing. Every student has different emotions and you cannot change the lesson to fit that one student is is bored, because another student may become bored with the change. The variation of emotion in students is uncontrolled and how someone feels can change in seconds. F.A.C.S is interesting, but not needed in school and classrooms.

Many students don't care about school and will ingnore the change in the lesson like Dr. Huang is talking about. The article also never states how the class would be monitored. Its also never stated how long the scan will take, the scan of emotion could take up class time if the scan needed to be infront of a computer. Its also a school where you learn, not a safeplace where when you feel sad the teach knows and tries to cheer you up. Teachers don't need to know student emotions and shouldn't care they are there to teach.

F.A.C.S is interesting with the way it forms 3D models of a face to identify emotions. The way F.A.C.S can put your emotions into percents in extrordinary and very amazing. The use for it in classrooms is unneeded on the other hand. The change in emotions in students is to frequent for the system to help the teacher change teaching methods in the middle of class. Some people just don't like school and wouldn't care what changes the system may help suggest. There are too many factors for F.A.C.S to run smoothly and be a help. Classrooms do not need F.A.C.S. ",3
"The idea of having driverless cars is quite the phenomonon. Not having to touch the wheel of brake or even look out the windows of the car. This is all very possible in the next ten years or so. The problem that lies within this idea is, how safe will the cars truely be? you can only trust techonology so much before it will fail on you and people could die. I think it is a geat idea if we could get them to be where there would be no wrecks or accidents involving them.

These cars copuld be a major blessing or a dreadful curse to humans. A lot of humans already hate driving in the first place, would they even listen to the car telling them that they need to take over the wheel. It all seems like such a lot of time and money to do so. The world is working perfectly fine without driverless cars. Nothing is more trustworthy than the human hand itself. Creating new laws to accompany the liability of the wrecks and all the lawsuits that would be filed if someone were to be injured or even killed in a wreck involving a driverless car. A lot of manufactureres woiuld be going out of business because of the fines that would be put on them. Its not as small a deal as forgetting a screw that could cause damage, you could end someones life becasue of one tiny mistake.

It is a good idea and all but the amount of work that would have to be put in is immense. The lives that would be lost or the people that could be hurt is not worth the luxury of being driven by your own car. Some people disagreee, they will most likely change their mind when they realize how catastrophic driverless cars really are. Besides, right now, the so called ""driverless cars"" still need a driver in many situations becasue of difficult road conditions that the car cannot evaluate quick enough to maneuver around. All in all, driving isn not too terrible w-to where we would need to risk someone elses life because we did not want to drive. Driving is fine and I am sure people can deal with that. ",3
"The new Facial Action Coding System was valuable. Helps us communicate in better ways. The new software would help detect how you feel. It detects if you really feel a different emotion according to the muscles you use.

Staring into someones eyes and trying to calculate how they feel inside is difficult. However, we are not all good on hiding emotions. According to the article, the way you physically move your faces helps you detect on how you are feeling. If you look upset or worried it would be easy detect and when someone realize they while try communicating with you. Having to hide emotions and not communicate it is easier to notice in a person.

The software will help recognize your emotions just by looking at your face. For example, in the article it says ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored"". It will be helpful to the instructor to have more coefficient lessons for the students. The article also tells you ""most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication"". The creator of the software(Dr. Huang) suggest that computers should understand that just like us human do.

Muscles moving physically can really give a clue on how your emotions are at the moment you react. According to the passage when you lift up your eyebrows it shows that you are surprised. Other examples are when you smile to the sideways, you are fake smiling. In the passage, it also indicates that when you see somebodies facial emotion it can make you feel what they feel. Muscles that begin at your cheek bones show that you are giving a real smile.

Most people believe that being able to detect someone's facial emotions can be helpful because we can communicate when they are sad or worried. Beong able to celebrate with someone that you are happy or excited can be useful thank you to the computer software. Having the ability to detect feelings can help get better solutions, not only physically but mentally as well. Muscles can always help you indicate someone else's emotions.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ",4
"my reasons to think that the face or rock formation on mars that looks like a face is just a natural formation because many scientists figured it was just another martian mesa whiich was common around cydonia.

also many conspiracy theorsts say that they are hiding something when actually defenders of the nasa budget wish they were an ancient civilization on mars also few scientists believed it was an alien artifact also when they took another picture 10 times sharper it revealed thatt it in fact was a natural formation.

but not everyone was satisfied so they took another picture with MGS but it was not easy because It was hard to to find the exact position of it and they had to look throught wispy clouds.

they also took a 2nd photo which was extrodinary because they used the cameras maximum resoulution which would show anything such shacks pyramids or planes you could see what the were what the picture actually showed was butte or mesa landforms common around the american west.

therfore this evidence proves that the ""face"" on mars is just a natural landform common n the american west on our planet.",2
"The author gives good reasons on why we should explore Venus. He/she describes the environmental hazards of the planet in order to explain to us on how NASA can explore and research it more. The author gives reasons on why we should take the risk to explore Venus such as it being closest to Earth, has potential for an earth-like atmoshphere, and can be a good use of planetary visit in the future.

According to the article, Venus is the the closest planet to earth after Mars; but that is depending on where we are when orbiting around the solar system. ""Often referred to as Earth’s “twin,” Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too""(Venus 2). This part of the article is what describes the fact that it is similar to Earth. The planet is our neighbor, which makes it easier so that we wouldn't have to use tons of time, energy, and money on something that is too many light years away.

The author gives info on how Venus may have some Earth-like features which would be good so that we can use it as a secondary planet if something goes horribly wrong with Earth somehow. Venus has been reported to have similar structures such as valleys, mountains, craters, and even potential ocean life. The planet even has weather and similar natural disasters like Earth such as volcanoes, earthquakes, and even lightning stikes. ""Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface""(Venus 3). These are just some of the reasons the author gives on what potential Venus could have.

Finally, the author thinks that Venus would be a good backup planet to Earth, but it would be difficult to claim the land as ours and so that we could live there without any type of circumstances. The author also gives reasons on why it would be difficult to explore and find a way to live on this planet. But, it would give NASA a challenge on figuring out on what type of innovations they can make up. The author says on paragraph 5,""NASA’s possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way""(Venus 5). These reasons alone can convince the reader that exploring and studying this planet would be worth the hard work and effort put into the inventions. The author could have given some reasons on why another planet to live would be worth THAT much work, but they did a good job otherwise.

The author has given good reasons and claims that made his or her's article convcing for the most part. They had evidence that can convince us and give us high hopes on what NASA could benifit from. The author wants us to explore Venus because it is closest to Earth, has potential for an earth-like atmoshphere, and can be a good use of planetary visit in the future. ",4
"There are many advantages to limiting car usage. The majority of people that own a car have a lot of stress due to gas money and paying for the car. Owning a car is a serious expence. There are other types of transportation that can be useful for the people.

According to Source 1, in Vauban, Germany 70 percent of the people that live there do not own a car, and 57 percent sold a car in order to move there. People were starting to realize that when they owned a car they would always be tense. After getting rid of the car, they have been much happier and less stressed.

Since there are less cars in the streets of Germany, people have stopped and realized how beautiful everything was. Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two, is now reilved as she walks the verdant streets where she can hear the swish of bicycles and the chatter of wandering children.

In Paris, France due to the cold nights and warm days, the car emissions have been trapped by the warmer layer of air. Sometimes, weather can be the effect of something bad happening to your car. In the everyday world, people have been killed and have been in serious accedents. Not only because of the weather but also because of the lack of resposibility and concentration it takes to drive a vehicle.

As said in Source 3, in Bogota, Colombia many people do not drive cars. The majority of Colombians hike, bike, skate, or take buses to work or wherever they need to go. The goal of this is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. Carlos Arturo Plaza, a buisnessman, said ""It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,"" while he was riding his bicycle along with his wife next to him.

As people ride bike or hike or even just walk around their city, they can see and learn many new things just by being more aware of their surroundings. Cars have been in this world for a long period of time already. It's time to take a break from the madness and start realizing how beautiful life is and how beautiful it can be by not destroying it with such a machine. Not only will there be less stress, but the world will be a lot more safer than it was.    ",4
"Having a driverless car may be the gretest or the worst thing someone could have. I am not against on driverless cars because they can be safe, prevent texting and driving accidents, and they alert you when you need to take control of the car. Not only because they drive themselves mean that they are amazing, it can just help to prevent accidents more often.

Driverless cars may be safer than an actual person driving. A mother may have to give the bottle to the baby because it won't stop crying and the car can take care of driving while the mother feeds the baby. Maybe they are listening to music and are more into the music than into the driving. A driverless car can take care of pressing the brake at the right time to stop before something happens. Also that person may not be in good conditions to drive the car and need to get to a doctor or something. That would be if there isn't something else out there that will have to make you take control of the car.

These driverless cars alert you when you need to take the wheel and control it yourself. It is a good thing becuase they probably know that they can't drive through what is happening. Like said in the passage, their can be a traffic jam or there can be an accident and that would be a reason why the car will alert you. It would be a bad thing that the car wouldn't tell you when to take over because it would just stop working all of the sudden and that would't be good. But what would be good is to prevent you from having a accident while texting.

Many teens and even adults now text while driving. They feel like if they don't respond at that instant moment the world is going to end or something. A driverless car can prevent that becuase it can be driving itself and you could answer a call or a text and then get back to driving. The car can prevent you from having an accident from not paying attention to the road. Also maybe you can't find your phone and it keeps on rinigng and it distracts you so the car can take care of the driving while you search for the phone.

In conclusion having a driverless car can be a great thing because you can respond an emergency text without having a fear of dying, it can be safe for you and passengers, and it alerts you when you need to take control. It can be a good thing for the future because more and more technology comes out each year and we are always amazed by everything we see.  ",3
"Electoral College

: Even the best-laid defenses are wrong

Dear, State Senator

The Electoral college process as you know ,consist of selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, ant the counting of the electorial votes by Congress (Source 1). Under the electorial college system voters don't vote for president, they vote for a slate of electors that in turn elect for president. Some may think ""What the problem with that it seems like a simple process"" but thats not how it works. Imagine the small states, no canidate is going to spend time in a state where they have no chance of winning making it unfair to voters. Theres is also the chance of many segregationists where they don't even take into consideration on who their voting for only basing it on race and or ethnicity. Electoral college is a ""Disaster Factor""(Source 2).Many thing can happen in the mist of this selection where the results can end up in a tie which would cause worries. Electoral college is irrational, unfair, and outdated and shouldnot be as a system anymore.

This ""system"" is unfair to many places across the United States. No canidate would bother going to spend time in a state where they have no chance of winning making it unfair to voters. During the 200 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the canidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters 25 ofthe largest media markets didn't get to see the canidates at all including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25ofthe largets media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad (Source 2).Seventeen states didn't even see canidates making it a harder decision for those states causing somepeople to not even bother voting. Some may think ""It isn't the canidates faulty that those people didnt vote"" but yes it is the statement is also on opinion and not facts so its not look into carefully.

There you go it's finally the day to find out the winner and then out of know where you dont find out you know why because of a worry that is a tie. When there is a tie it completely    ",3
"I'm strongly against with have driveless cars,the chance of having car accident are higher,technology has arrived but not fully fuction,and the cost for driverless car.

The chance of a accidents are higher. ""Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver?""Drivers will have to be alert to any happening.""Wouldn’t drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive?"",This lead Drivers most like falling sleep or more like geting distract from the feedom of useing hands lead to texting or active invole using your hands. Drivers will not have enough time to respond to take over car. Which leds to next problem technology.

Technology has arrived but not fully fuction. Technology has adavance some much in little amount time. What took developers decades to do in the past. will take developers today a matter of months at most. but we still have problems beacuse, technology has adavance some much we have to face new problems.""Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved.""Although we have driverless cars today it require a human.

The cost if driverless car. the car will cost a fourtue.""For starters, they needed a whole lot of sensors.""it took years to develop and technology in the car. the coverage for driveless cars most be expenisve beacuse of cost car and the danger it brings.""order to cover liability in the case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault—the driver or the manufacturer?""

Reasons why i strongly against with have driveless cars,the chance of having car accident are rise,technology has arrived but not fully fuction,and the cost for driverless car.   ",3
"As a result of the decrease usesage of cars over the past years. people have found it to be beneficial to use other means or tranportations such as bikes,walking, or even taking a public tranportations. Not only is it more excercise to walk or ride a bike rather then to take a car and getting to your destination faster,but it can cause less pollution on the earth then their is already. Other reasons to give up on your cars like it said it source 2 its less traffic out during busy days.

Source number 2 was saying that they made a deal or law is you call it to fine the drivers that drove during the day,they were to leave the car at home and take other means of tranportation to get to their destination. Many people didnt like it so thy complained and got their car inpunded for a day due to complaing. they were tying this beause they use diesel rather then gasoline it makes about 67% of france .It can be done in bigger states or cities like it showed in sourve 3 colombia had a population of over 7 million people but they tried it and yet many people liked it even when bad weather showed up they didnt seem to mid it and fot the others they were fine a total of $25 if the droved anywhere that day. so over all limiting the car usage is helpull by casusing less trafiic in busy streets or places .

Other  then the  usage of less car the companies had complain that many people are buying less cars now that some people rather walk or bike then to buy a car and waste money on gasoline,and repairing the damages that might come to the car. It not only safes money for people but its more then ever safer for children to be out playing and less people behind the wheel of a car and making parents much more comfortable and less worried. like it said in source 3 that many people started to actually like the new way things were working now that less people use cars and its safer and causes less polluiton to the world by doing so.

As a result limiting the usage of cars can have a huge impact on someone regular life that use to driving everywere,and to all of a sudden stop using cars. Their is more impotant reasons to limit car using such as its safer for people,less car accidents ,safes money ,less pollution on the world, and last but not least  it safes time.            ",3
"When was the last time you drove a car? Studies have shown that the amount that people have driven over the last couple of years has gone down. There are lots of advantages to limiting car usage. Some of them include: less gas emmisions, emptier and safer streets, and new innovations to compensate for the reduction of car usage. Plenty of cities around the world have attempted limiting car usage.

To start off, if citizens limit their car usage, there would be less gas emissions. But, unfortunately there are still plenty of greenhouse gas emissions. Transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind power plants. There are other options to do instead of driving, you could skate, bike, walk, or etc. The gas emissions are a huge problem in today's society and we have to change something about the way we live. For example, in Bogota, Columbia, they have a car-free day once a year.  This reduces the smog that is kept in the air from the gas emissions.

Continuing on, if citizens limit their car usage, we would have safer streets for sure. With less cars driving up and down the street, kids can feel free to play in the street without having to worry about a reckless driver coming down and mowing them all down. Even suburban planners in the US are trying to create ""car reduced"" communities. Instead of using cars, public transportation is becoming the new thing.

Lastly, with people not using cars to get everywhere, some innovations would be made. Side walks would be reconstructed, less rush-hour traffic, new restaraunts and shopping districts within walking distance, and parks and sport centers would blossom. In Bogota, all of those have blossomed since they have started it back in the mid-90s. With the end of car culture also, new innovations have to spring up.

To close out, cars are being used less and less. And they should be because they cause gas emissions, unsafe streets, and bad construction. But, we are slowly moving away from that culture and who knows what into!    ",3
"In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author suggest that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. I believe that his suggestion would be valid. The reasons that the author provides are apealing benefits for just the exploration of a challenging planet.

The author claims that the dangers of the planet can be overcome by just a few modifications to the average spacecraft, which would be projected to last only a couple of hours. These modifications would be made so that the spacecraft would last longer in the harsh conditions. The author states,""Each previous mission was unmanned, and for a good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours."" This text shows the dangers of attempting to explore this planet. The author also stated, ""These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals."" This shows that even the best and strongest built technology would not be able to withstand this planets wrath.

Despite these dangerous and extreme conditions, NASA believes they may have determined a way to still explore this forbidden planet. NASA's solution would be to hover above the surface 30 or so miles to avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by not being in it. Paragraph 6 states,""At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels."" This shows that exploration of Venus would be harsh but definetly possible with the right equipment provided to withstand these conditions.

NASA is also working on other possible solutions for their Venus exploring issues. For example, in paragraph 7 it states,""Some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions."" Even though the simplified electronics only last for three weeks, a lot of information can be gathered in that time. Three weeks is definetly a lot longer than a couple of hours, which is what the normal spacecraft would withstand. But NASA is also working on old technology called mechanical computers. As paragraph 7 states,""These devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require eletronics at all. modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions."" This shows that collection of data on Venus is not as complex as upgrading technology, it means that NASA should just bulk up their already existing technology for the conditions presented.

Venus is a very tricky and very dangerous planet for exploration but despite all of those factors, it is still possible with the right technology. The benefits of this trip to Venus definelty outweigh the possible negativities. Though we may never be able to stay on Venus for more than three weeks or so, it would be worth the daring exploration so that we may become bold enough for even more daring explorations of our solar system. ",4
"In this article the author gives us positive and negative views of the driverless cars. I agree with these claims that the author has made. But i disagree/agree with this author there are many other reason why we shouldn't/should have driverless cars.

My reason for saying that we shouldnt have driverless cars is because for the people who actually like to drive sometimes would not enjoy the idea of this car driving for them. But besides that the driver still has to watch the rode at all times. This isnt like a break for them you have to be up and alert at all times. For the people who dont like to drive this would be a risk for them as well. You need to be prepared for things like car accidents, backing into other objects or people. You can get tired of driving but you still have to be ready for anything.

My reason for saying that this is a good idea is because of the long hard tiring days you have. You could be coming from work and not really feel like driving but you are still ready to watch the rode you can put the car to work think about it who wouldn't want to have a car driving for them and not put in that much work on your part. A car that senses everything. That is so amazing because it's not too much stress on your part. In the text is reads that it gives you a 3-D model of your surroundings, and a spinning sensor on the roof.

In conclusion, I think a good idea to have driverless cars. They can benefit a lot of things in your life. I also think its a bad idea just based on the economical reasons and because they arent that safe. My information concludes for both arguments in the passage. ",3
"The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursiot despite the dangers very well. He mentions that Venus's conditons are survivable for humans. Additionally,he mentions that NASA and other scientists are working to build machines that can last Venus's chaos. Furthermore, he claims that studying Venus, despite its risks, is worth it doing.

The author mentions that Venus's conditons are survivable for humans. The text states, ""At thirty-plus miles above the surface, tempatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Farenhiet...., solar power would be plentiful and radiatioon would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditins, but survivable for humans."" (Par. 5) The text in the article explains that the tempature on Venus would still be bad for humans but with machinery, and solar power we can still survive it.

The author mentions that NASA and other scientists are working to build machines that can last Venus's chaos. The text states, ""NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions...looking back at old technology called mechanical computers."" (Par. 7) The text in the article explains that NASA is testing certain materials that would be used for the exploration. Additonally, they are lookng back at old technology called mechanical computers.

The author claims that studying Venus, despite its risks, is worth doing. The text states ""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value...our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."" (Par. 8) The text in the article explains that dangers of the Earth and beyond should not limit our curiosity. And how much value there is to trying.

In conclusion, the author strongly supports his idea of studying Venus.",3
"Technology in modern day is advancing in leaps and bounds, and one of the areas people are most interested in is transportation. People are constantly looking to make their commute faster, easier, and more fun. Safety is a main concern for many, and society is looking to create fatality-free roads. As such, driverless cars are the ultimate goal for our society. There are many pros and cons to such a thing, and the risks far outnumber the gain at least for the time being.

Many poeple argue that automated cars would be safer than a human driver. People are subject to risks such as distraction, drunk driving, and human error while machines are immune to such ailments. An automated car can safely navigate under certain conditions, and when a threat is apparent that the car cannot handle on its own, a human can take over. For several years, cars have been built with systems such as automatic brakes and other automated features that can assist the driver or fully take over the car. Traction control brakes sense when a car is sliding and stop it even if the person behind the wheel doesn't realize that they are in danger. With successful technology like this, people assume that making cars fully automatic would increase the safety. People would even get the chance to relax while in the car. Trips that formerly took a week or more could be made in days if the car could drive itself while the human driver slept. It would also be possible for people to do things such as work or watch television while in the car, things that previously would cause incredible danger.

While there are many benefits to fully automated cars, there are also risks that come with the technology. First of all, the technology does not even exist yet, and it is unclear when it will. For now, cars are only partially automated and fully automated cars would need a certain set of requirements to be met in order to function properly and safely. The amount of sensors needed to achieve full automation is astounding. It would take several different kinds of sensors including cameras, radar, and many more. Some of these need magnets or radio signals while on the road to function, so if an anomaly occured that put them out of commission, things could go terribly wrong. The cost of such things is incredibly high. The car in and of itself would cost much more than the same model without automation. Tax payers would be required to pay for installing magnets or other feedback technology on roads so the cars would have enough information to function properly, and people could fall into debt for the luxury of an automated car.

In the year 2016, automated cars are a dream that is far too dangerous and costly to pursue. Years in the future, it may be an innovation bringing safety and comfort to hudreds of people, but in the present it is impossible. The cost of installing the necessary technology for such cars to function would delve too far into taxpayers' pocketbooks to be truly profitable, and the technology would need replaced every few years anyway. If something were to malfunction in just one car, it could cause mass chaos and death or injury to potentially hundreds of people. At this point in time, the technology has too much risk to be possible in the near future.",4
"Hi my name is Jaki , and I would not be against the Facial Action Coding System that enables computers to identify humans emotions because this system could hlep us and not just us but help the teachers to notify them if there student are confused , bored , ect . As in the acticle Dr. Hanug explains ""even though individiuals often show varying degress of expressions"". Another example of why I am not against this is because from the article it said that we humans perform this the same impressive ""calculation""

everyday for instance you can probably tell hiw a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. of course , most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy .

In Conclusion , With the examples that I just gave I think this is why we should have the facial acting coding systems because it alerts us about how there people are feeling and we can solve if it is needed.",2
"It's 2020, and manufacturers are fianlly coming up with the technology to create driverless cars. You don't know if you should be for or against this idea. Well, there are many reason why you shouldn't be for the idea of driverless cars. They can be very dangerous, they are probably very expensive, and people would become lazy and inexperienced?

One reason driverless cars are bad are they can be very dangerous. The manufacturers hope to bring in-car entertainment to make sure the driver doesn't get bored. In doing so, they care creating a distraction. If something happens to the car, nobody will even know because they aren't paying attention. Speaking of, what if it breaks while you are using it, will people know how to fix it? I assume since it will such sophisticated technology that most people will not know how to fix it. Those are just some of the ways we know that this car will be very dangerous.

Another big reason we know this car is not a good idea is that they are probably going to be very expensive. People can barely afford the cars we have now. How can the manufacturers expect to sell a smart car to millions, or even billions, of people. They would not be able to sell enough cars to come out with a profit. On top of it being very expensive to buy, you also have to to look at how expensive it would be to fix it if it broke down. If you can barely afford to buy the car, how can you expect to repair it. Those are just a few reasons on how the car would be very expensive.

Lastly, if everyone could be driven places, would there be a need for riding bikes, or going on runs? People would become obiese. Nobody would stop to smell the roses, or just stare at the beauty of the world that God created for us. Another reason is that kids would never learn how to drive because the car would be driving for them. If the car were to break and stop driving itself, how would they get home because they can't drive it for themselves. Those are jsut a few reasons on how people would become lazy and inexperienced.

There are many reasons the world should not have driverless cars, including they can be very dangerous, they would be very expensive, and people would become lazy and inexperienced. ""EEEEERRRRRRRR!!!"" Your car just broke, what are you going to do?",4
"The seagoing cowboy program is the best thing that ever happened to me. It is really fun and you get to visit all these fun and cool places that you were never able to visit before.

In the seagoing cowboy program you get to go to all these different countrys and your doing it all to ship animals to different countrys and help people after devastating events. Also when you come back after you dropped off the animals you get to play baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where the animals had been housed. Table-tennis tournaments,fencing,boxing,reading,whittling,and games. One of the jobs is night watchman where you have to check on the animals every hour. One rainy night, after making my hourly report to the captain,I slid down a slippery ladder on my backside. My heart raced as I shot feet first toward an opening on the side of the ship. A small strip of metal along the edge stopped my slide,Keeping me from flying overboard into the dark Atlantic.

Although the job is dangerous it is for a great cause and that is why I think you should be in the seagoing cowboy program.",2
"I feel like driverless cars are an okay idea because in the artical it says that Google has had these types of cars since 2009 and they have been driven half a million miles without a crash, even though they are not actually 100 percent driverless. A lot of manufacturers believe that it was not so much the car that needed to be ""smarter"" but the roads.

The cars would have to use a whole lot of sensors to be able to be self driving, and it would cost alot of money to get new roads and everything that is needed for the cars. In cars today we have alot of sensors because they help with an abundance of things such as antilock brakes, automatic windows and many more. in the artical it says that BMW in 2013 announced the development of ""Traffic Jam Assistant"". That means that the car could handle driving and functioning at speeds up to 25 miles per hour, as long as the driver had their hands on the wheel. Although the cars can steer, accelerate and break on their own the drivers are still notified when the road ahead requires human assistance.

Many people can argue and say ""wont drivers get bored of waiting for their turn to drive?"" Although that is a concern the cars arent going to always be self driving, that can be changed with the push of a button or the flip of a switch. the driver can choose when he or she wants to drive and when they want the car to drive its self. In many states it has been lawed that the use or attempt to make such cars is illegal, but many manufacturers believe that whith in the next few years those laws will be changed, but if those are changed then new laws are going to have to be put in place. Those laws can help a company because the laws would either state that it was the drivers fault if they got hurt in the self driving car or if it was the manufacturers fault for making said car.

Either way i believe that the making and use of driverless cars is a pretty good idea because now and days we live in a world where we have to be caught up with the latest and greatest things or we fall behind. The world of technology is evolving and so is human kind, so i believe that driverless cars will be a good addition to this ever changing world of technology.         ",4
"The face on Mars is just a natural formation. It wasn't built by any aliens. Natural formations like the face are commonly seen in that area of Mars. The formation does not completely resemble a face; there are many flaws. NASA would tell the public if they had any solid evidence that suggests it was built by aliens.

Rock formations like the face are common in that area of mars and it is very possible that they could look like a face. There are a lot of rock formations on Mars. Out of all those formations, one of them is probably going to resemble a face.

The rock formation doesn't resemble a face perfectly. There are flaws that suggests it is just a natural formation. If it was an alien built formation, there would be a lot less flaws. They wouldn't waste all that time making it and leave so many flaws.

NASA would definetely tell the public if there was any sign that an alien civilazation built it. NASA would have to tell us that they discovered a civilazation. They get their money from us. NASA would get a lot of funding to explore the face if there was any sign of any civilazation and that is what NASA is all about, exploring.

The face is just a natural formation. No aliens built the face. There are many of these types of rock formations in that area. The formation has a lot of flaws that don't resemble a face. NASA would tell the public if it was built by aliens.",3
"Within countries around the world people are coming together, whether it be the polititians or the citizens, they are all beginning to put an end to the use of cars on a daily bases. In Germany there is a suburban city where the majority of its' streets are relatively free of cars and the residents of this ""car-free"" city seem quite content. Germany isn't alone in wanting to rid the world of cars along with the pollution and stress it brings, Paris, France is another of the handful of places that would prefer to begin an anti-car revolution. There are days in Paris that, when the smog is too much to bare and the air is hardly breathable, they are forced to enforce a partial driving ban. After about a week the air was noticably cleaner. While Vauban, Germany and Paris, France have joined the fight in kicking cars to the curb in their own particular ways, three cities in Colombia have also decided to become a member of the ever growing ""car-free"" city club by starting a program that sponsers a car-free day once a year.

Taking a closer look at the suburban city of Vauban, Germany, it is easy to see the reason as to why the country would create a city free from cars along with parking spaces. When thinking of suburban cities most people create a mental image of large buildings spread far apart from public homes or neighborhoods with long winding roads and intersections packed with automobiles. Considering most of the popular suburban cities throughout the world match this description, it is not completley inaccurate, but most people fail to also imagine the abundancy of smog and other forms of pollution that invade the cities because of the gaseous fumes released by cars and other vehicles. Vauban has greatly decreased the amount of air pollution in their city by simply eliminating the amount of automobiles out on the roadways. According to the article titled ""In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars"" by Elisabeth Rosenthal in paragragh 5, cars are the cause for up to twelve percent of greenhouse gases emersed into the air in Europe while in some areas of the United States the amount of gases released into the air is around fifty percent. By eliminating the amount of cars used in Vauban, Germany they are creating friendly air for its' residents to breathe. Going back to the image most people in the world assume a suburb would look like, winding roads seem to take up the majority of space between stores and residential homes. In Vauban they have reconstructed the roadways and car garages into walkways and new stores so the residents have more access to the places they need to be. The elimination of the amount of roads and highways have helped Vauban to also put forth more money into other ways of transportations as opposed to using the majority of money on the contructions of highways and such. When reading the article ""In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars"" by Elisabeth Rosenthal in paragragh 9 it states that in most of the previous bills passed has claimed that nearly eighty percent of appropriations have gone to highways while an estimated amount of twenty percent has gone to other forms of transportation.

Next on the list of cities that are attempting to put an end to car use would be Paris, France. Within Paris there are gorgeous sights to see and the majority of them could be seen and reached by a simple bike ride and there is really no need to fill the air with more pollution with an unnessasary car. This is what most of the people in charge of Paris believe which is why they created partial driving bans. The smog within Paris, France can, at times, rival even the amount of air pollution in Beijing, China which is infamous for being the most polluted cities in the entire world as was said in the article titled ""Paris Bans Driving Due To Smog"" by Robert Duffer in paragragh 14. While Paris officials wanted to completley eradicate driving completley so that the smog would disappear, they knew that with the millions of drivers in Paris that it could not be completley banned all at once. To help illiminate the smog and still keep from having too many issues with its' citizens, Paris decided to make it so that one day the drivers with even numbered license plates would not be permitted to drive their vehicles and the next day only drivers with odd numbered license plates were banned from driving. They continued this pattern for a week. Of course, there were some people who decided to drive their cars whether or not it was banned, so the officials came to the conclusion that anyone who broke the partial banning rule would have to suffer a twenty two euro fine. According to the article titled ""Paris Bans Driving Due To Smog"" by Robert Duffer in paragragh 12, nearly four thousand drivers were fined throughout that week. Regardless of the people who went against this rule sixty percent of congestion was illiminated in Paris after that week.

After Paris on the countdown of cities to help the cause of limiting car usage comes Bogota, Colombia. In this heated city nearly seven million people populate, they have a program where one day out of every year that cars are completley banned from use. Everyone in the population participates by hiking, biking, skating, or taking buses wherever they want to go according to the article ""Car-Free Day Is Spinning Into A Big hit In Bogota"" by Andrew Selskey in paragragh 20. By this city promoting the use of buses, taxis, and other forms of transportations they're reducing smog and the amount of traffic jams and accidents throughout their city. After three years of this day being made two other Colombian cities have joined in to participate. The cities being Cali and Valledupar, Colombia. The day without cars was part of an improvement plan that began in Bogota in the mid-1990s according to the article titled ""Car-Free Day Is Spinning Into a Big Hit In Bogota"" by Andrew Selsky in paragrapgh 27. By participating in this day, the people of Bogota have seen the construction of one hundred and eighteen miles of bicyce paths and added parks and sports centers all over the city.

Within the United States of America there are thousands upon thousands of cars used every day, but this may not last forever. Across the span of around eight years the amount of young people driving and obtaining their licenses has drastically decreased according to the article ""The End Of Car Culture"" by Elisabeth Rosenthal in paragraph 32. More people are taking buses or taxis or simply walking or biking to their destinations because with the growth in population over the last few years the traffic jams are unbearable and seem to take more time then to simply bike to work or school. If a car is used and is needed than most people in America seem to take to car-pooling with a friend or neighbor which in turn helps to decrease the amount of air pollution in the country.    ",5
"""Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of Density and size, and occassionally the closest in distance too."" Venus is a planet that holds many mysteries and scientist want to study Venus to see why the planet is so innhabitable as well as Geological. Venus is worth Studying because of how much geological studies and mysteries can be found and solved in such a matter of time. Scientist can not go to Venus because of how inhabitable it is. Venus is 97% Carbon Dioxide and has ""Highly corrosive sulfuric acid in the atmosphere."" There is more, In Paragraph 3 it says, ""On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 Degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 time greater than what we experience on our own planet."" Venus has a hotter surface temperature then Mercury as well.

Even Though Venus is so inhabitable The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has an idea to send humans in a blimp like vehicle to be hovering over Venus. In Paragraph 5 it says ""Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth Levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans."" So it could be done, but it would be a challenge. NASA Has had many ideas (Even in progress) which have to relate to Venus. Of Course researchers and scientist can get Photographs and 3D Models of the Planet, They say it is still not enough. There are other approaches for studying Venus. For Example, In Paragraph 7 it talks about Simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber to simulate the chaos and wreckage of Venus's Surface. They simulate for 3 weeks as well. They are trying new types of metals to simulate and test to see if the metal can withstand the pressure and heat of Venus's Surface.

I personally think that the research should be tested and researched. I think this because Venus is a planet that many people do not know much about. Even Scientist do not know much about the planet. In Paragraph 8 it says,""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only becuase of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our Travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers an doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."" It is a curious question, What is Venus really like? But I believe scientist will figure it out. Venus will most likely be studied and Scientist and researchers should have there answer soon.",4
"The ability for a computer to be able to detect emotion by the twitch of a muscle is incredible and seems almost impossible.

For a computer to detect percentages of emotions, such as with the Mona Lisa (who is supposedly 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful, and 2% angry), is even more impressive.

This type of break-through technology can be very useful in the near future to help in the medical field or the law field, but in a classroom?

There is no value in using this technology in the classroom to calculate the emotions that students are feeling. Not only is it an unnecessary cost added to the already minute educational budget, but it is also an invasion of privacy.

The budget for education in America is absurdly small and it won't be going up any time soon.

This would mean an increase on taxes which no one would like.

Anyone that has been in a school knows the quality of the computers.

They are cheap, slow, and just overall trashy.

The fact that schools can't afford to get better computers shows a lot about the budget.

Most people have a computer that performs much better than the school computers.

The author says ,""Your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode the Mona Lisa's smile"" (D'Alto 7).

This would mean that not only would schools need to purchase brand new computers that have the high capility to run these algorithms, but you would also need to purchase the software which can actually do the facial decoding.

This would be an outrageous cost because of the limited avaliability of this technology to the public.

It simply wouldn't be possible to include this epic technology in classrooms.

While the having the actually money to acquire the new computers and software is already a huge problem in itself, the privacy of students is an even bigger one.

In order to detect emotions on someone or something's face, you would need a camera.

Hypothetically even if we did have the budget to get all the required technology, we would still need to have a camera capturing every movement of student.

Dr. Huang claims, ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor"" (D'Alto 6).

In order for the computer to recognize when a student is becoming confused, the camera must be turned on a filming the student work.

This footage would then be sent to the software where it would then thoroughly analyze the little movements and twitches of the student's face.

This itself is a very serious invasion of privacy, not to mention the possibility of the software being hacked and footage being retrieved from the cameras.

The whole operation of installing and using this software is a law suit waiting to happen.

Technology is incredible and can be use in a variety of different, effective ways.

Dr. Huang's innovation of a computer that can actually detect the facial emotions of a person is absolutely surreal.

It seems almost futuristic.

When this technology is used in an appropriate setting (like a hospital or a court room) the possibilties are endless.

If used in a school where the software would be recording and taking pictures of students and thoroughly analyzing these images, it is not only a blow to the education budget and to our wallets, but it is a serious invasion of privacy and a lawsuit waiting to happen.

For use in a school, the negatives heavily outweigh the positives so for now, we should just let our teachers do the lesson modifying.",4
"""So, Ms. Granger, do tell, why are you trying to cover all this up? There obviously are aliens on the red planet and NASA clearly doesn't want the common people to know about it."" The reporter who was sent here was clearly around my age. He still had the eagerness, the thirst to fulfill his new job at some big-shot online journal, that all of the typical just-graduated liberal arts majours hold those first few years in the real world.

Obviously, I am not one of those people. At 23 I graduated from Oxford with a degree in all the sciences needed to allow me to come here. Working at NASA has been my lifelong dream. It sounds so incredibly cheesy but I actually have had this.. passion for our solar system since I was in primary school. While all the other children were collecting stuffed toys, I would watch episodes of BBC science programs. So after 18 years of working incredibly hard, I landed the prestigious position that I hold now.

""Miss Granger, will you please tell the people the truth already?"" This guy was really starting to bother me. With his greasy mouse-like brown fringe and anticipating blue eyes he reminded me of my sister, which is not exactly a good thing for me. And so I finally responded. ""I'm so very sorry.. Ron, is it? I have of course come prepared to give you my upmost cooporation in getting this across to you; the 'face' you people claim to see is simply a landform. You are from Idaho, correct?"" I studied his face to reassure myself that what I said was correct before his responding. ""Yes indeed, I grew up there, in fact it is still my favorite state."" I couldn't be more delighted at this point. ""well, being as Idaho is, in fact, your 'favourite state' I am sure that you have seen some fairly interesting landforms in your time there. Mesas, perhaps?"" He started stuttering ""Well I um.."" I nearly laughed right then and there but contained my composure. ""Wonderful, here are some images that I have brought with me for reference."" I pulled out numerous images of different landforms along with all of my program's iconic shots of the so-called ""face on Mars'. ""As you can see,"" I said, laying out the images on the conference table, brushing Ron's laptop aside as I did so. ""These landforms hold a striking similarity to your foolishly called 'face', do they not? And so, Mr. Fitzgerald, here is where I prove, once and for all, the sheer ridiculousness of all you and your people's theories. The images you see before you are all very much factual and do not lie nor hold secrets in them whatsoever."" I looked up to see the man's expression simply dumbfounded. ""You did not even allow me to finish my questions."" I shrugged, I have never been the type for politeness. ""Not that we are finished yet, I still need to ask you this; would NASA feel the need to cover up an alien colony? Would you feel threatened, not have a great enough budget?"" Ah, here we go again. ""As my fellow colleagues and I have published statements about thrice more before, obviously we would find no problem in finding new life. The sheer notion of that discovery makes many of us feel giddy."" I adjusted my pencil skirt nonchalantly so as to not seem as uncomfortable as I felt at that moment. Ron seemed to notice this. ""Well, if that is the entire truth then it seems I won't be needing anything else. Thank you so much for your time, Miss Granger."" ""The pleasure is mine alone."" i reponded, my voice coming out in a far cooler tone then intended. Thank god the man hadn't asked about our other image records.",3
"My position on the driverless cars is that they would be good to have. A big reason for this is because if they had driverless cars recks would decrease and people wouldnt get hit crossing the road.the reason I think this is because the cars would have computers that would be smarter and more observent about there surroundings. They would be able to respond to situations better than what humans can. This would also make distracted driving a thing of the past because humans would not be controling the caar but instead it would be a computer with sensorse.

A big problem we have now is destracted driving. It causes alot of accedents and caused deaths. a good way to have no distracted driving would be to have diverless cars. Not only would it stop accednts from acurring but also would minumize the deaths due to car crashes. The car would have a laser beam that forms a 3-D model of the cars surroundings.

Having a car that drives it self would also make parents less afraid of there kids being behind the wheel. If thes cars can drive themself then ther will be no reason parents should be afraid of there teen getting hurt. most car crashs are caused by teen drivers. if cars drive them selfs then teens wont get into car crashs and maybe saving there lives.

The only big problem of having driverless cars would be the price. if not every one can afford a driverless car it wont make crashs go aaway. yes it will make then less likly to happen but if not everyone can afford there will still be crashs. there will still be people driving and not just driverless cars. if they make driverless cars they should make it to where every one can afford them.

In conclusion i think that they should have driverless cars.It would help in many ways and make travleing safer for everyone.it would also reduce the number of car crashs. Also it could save lives of people. thats why i think we should have driverless cars.",4
"Some people say the Facial Action Coding System is not valuable and some say it's not valuable. If would to ask me I would say the system is valuable in many ways and them ways can be very helpful in paticular situations. For example, the classroom computer can tell how you feeling by looking at your face, can recognize when a student become confused or bored in a classroom, and they can also indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one. For teachers this system can become 10 times helpful, but what really stand out it me right now it can recognize when a student become confused or in a classroom.

This stands out to me because this can helpful or easier to read when a student is student is struggling. 80% of students in a classroom don't usually don't ask for help because they afraid of saying some wrong in front of the whole classroom. Which instead of raising hand the teacher can go straight to the student and have a one on one converstation to make the student feel comfortable. Plus, not only it can see if you confused, it can also tell when you bored. It was said "" the system can see this by looking at your facial expressions or your muscles in your face."" So if a student get bored in class usually intend to go to sleep.

A teacher can look at the system without saying a word and change up the lesson a bit more fun because if you would to ask me paying attention in class is the key to success. Then lets not for get about the other example, "" the system can tell how a friend feeling by looking at their face.""

Some people say this is not a very big deal, but it's really is because one thing a teacher want to do is to get know it's class. When a sees some bad emotions in the system the teacher can reach out and the student in a personal situation. Also give the student space or can be cuation because the student can go off at any second and cause a major classroom disruption. Plus, this can help with team activities and create special bonds because in the text it stated empathy may happen because we unconsciuly imitate another person's feelings"" ,which can be helpful to friends. So if you believe this is fake then you should really read this next section.

In the text it stated "" they even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced smile."" When it's usally false smile it was said the mouth is stretched side ways in paragraph 8. Also it can read the muscle in your face to tell something is real or not,which help people understand one another better. ""Then in the text it mentioned these muscles clues are sometimes used to spot when a smiling politician or celebrity isn't being truthful."" So can help teachers or students solve situations more quicker and easier in a classroom. Some people disagree though.

People disagree because they nothing can understand a person a feeling. A human with the same emotions can't even understand the next people feelings, what make you think a system or technology can do it. There many apps on phones or computers that be telling straight lies. Systems always catches viruses and always starts to act up it can be giving wrong information. Now you in somebody personal business and make them very angry. In the text it said "" most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that convoys happy."" So a machine can't do it either, but in my personal opinion it can help.

The Facial Action Coding Machine can help with telling when a friend is happy or not. Also it can help when to tell a student feel bored or confused. Lastly, it can tell when a student is using fake facial expressions. With these the classrooms of this world can become very more complex. Plus, lets not for get about the updates so this technology can improve more years to come and have more special abilities. Whoever thought that the Facial Action Coding System can become valuable to classrooms all over the world!         ",4
"The FACS (Facial Action Coding System) that's used for detecting emotions on your face, I'm in between both agajinst and for the use of this on students in classrooms. Being able to detect emotions by scanning someones face isn't wrong because it's not hurting anyone, I just personally think we could be useing the money that would get used to make this for other, more important things than this. This FACS could be used for things outside of students it would be more vaulable, for example, this got used for the Mona Lisa painting to know how she was really feeling, this could be used for so many other things like therapy offices or research in phycology. I also support that if you are sitting in class and the teacher can see how you're feeling, like if you're board, or you don't understand what they are teaching but you don't want to say anything about it so they will be able to improve the lession to make it more fun or help you if you're struggling. I just don't think we should invest all into (if that's what the question is asking) putting these into schools, it does have value just not that much. It has value enough to help depressed people or anyone who needs it. What it comes down to is if we can already detect someones emotion in some type of way then why would we need these in schools?",2
"Recently we have discovered a new landform on Mars. Viking 1 caught a picture of a martian mesa, these are very common. These martian mesas are similar to the ones on Earth. They are very common in Cydonia, a region on Mars. Many conspiracy therorists are saying that it was constructed by aliens, but from the evidence we have, this is not true.

The picture taken by Viking 1 showed a large mesa-like landform with the face an Egyptian god on it. Everything can be explained in the picture. The landform is like any other one. The reason it looks like a face is because shadows were being cast onto it to make it appear like it had eyes, a mouth and a nose.

In 1998, a camera captured another picture of the formation. It was a little cloudy on the day they took the picture, so we went again to capture another picture. This time in April of 2001, we used a much better camera and used maximum resolution. This picture was much more detailed and clear. Once we zoomed in it looked like any other landform we might find. In paragraph 11 Garvin states, ¨So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks you could see them!¨ He was correct this picture proves that there is no alien activity near this landoform.

In conclusion, it is clear that the ¨Face on Mars¨ wasn´t created by aliens. We took a much more defined picture and found nothing. Not to metion the fact that there is no water on Mars, so it can´t support life. Very very few of the scientists beleive that this was created by aliens. Everything can be explained by science in this picture.            ",3
"Ever scence the invintion of cars people have been making advancements and modifications all to revolutionize them and make them better than the last model. Well what if I told you that the next model you buy might even drive itself? With todays technology self driving cars are no longer just the fantasy of a persons imagination. Self driving cars exist right now in fact google has had self driving cars scence 2009. Don't get the wrong idea however, the self driving cars have a ways to go before they hit the streets of America.

Cars that drive without the use of humans will have a much bigger impact than just not having to remotly drive it. A resurcher named Sergey Brin envisions a future with fleets of self driving cars transporting the public. Humans will no longer need to buy cars wich could save a lot of money for ordanary people who dont have alot of it. With less human driven cars Sergey foresees that the fuel used will be half of what is used today. That will have a huge impact on our environment and natural resources. Having to import less fuel means that America can spend that big chunk of money some were else.

The self driving cars of the future will be equiped with the latiest and greatiest technology. Todays cars already have radars that can stop your car from backing up into an object or even emergancy stop for you. Motion sensors can now beam lasers that form a constantly updating 3D model of the cars surroundings. A self driving car could use those 3D images to know when there is on coming trafic, See road blocks up ahead and even stop if a deer were to run out into the road.

Some people do not like the idea of a self driving car because it takes the controle out of there own hands. The Self driving cars that are currantly in use right now still give the driver controle over the vehicle. The cars even need some human help. The cars have been equiped to tell the driver to take over when human help is requred. Some cars will have a vibrating seat or flash light on the wind shield, or the car might even just tell you to take over.

Over all a self driving car in my opinion would be a helpfull thing. Once all the bugs are worked out and proper laws are made total human controled cars will be a thing of the past.",4
"Becoming a Seagoing Cowboy is a once in a lifetime chance that you have to take.

Luke was very lucky to be able to help people in different countries that were left in ruins after the war ended.

In Luke's life, Don was very important.

He helped him become the person that Luke was supposed to become. Luke is very grateful for Don.

Without Luke and everyone else it would have been a lot harder to transport the animals to different places in the world.

You should become a Seagoing Cowboy because you get to experience the feeling of helping others who are in need.

Another reason why people should become a Seagoing Cowboy is because you can take tours and

go see different places.

For example if you went to France you could go to Paris and see the Eifel Tower!

Being a Seagoing Cowboy can be very fun!

People need Seagoing Cowboys because they might not have enough money to stay on the boats with their animals.

Also, people won't want their animals to be alone during a long boat ride.

Seagoing Cowboys can also help with giving animals comany.

Seagoing Cowboys are also needed to take care of the animals.

For example, if the captain of the ship is too busy to feed the animals then no one will feed them!

Then the animals could die!

Right there on the ship!

If the animals die, the people have no where to put them.

What is next?

Throwing them overboard?

We need Seagoing Cowboys for many reasons.

These are just a couple of reasons.

Being a Seagoing Cowboy is not easy.

Some of the trips that Luke took lasted two whole weeks!

That is pretty long.

It is also expensive.

On one of the trips that Luke took they had about 335 horses plus enough food for them to eat!

That is a lot of food. On that same trip, Luke arrived the day the Pacific war ended.

Being a Seagoing Cowboy is also difficujlt because they probably had to cross through many storms.

Also,

they were on the ship during the Pacific war.

Serving as a Seagoing Cowboy takes courage, responsibility, hard work, and possitive attitudes.

That is exactly what Luke had.

We are thankful for what Luke did.

Luke is an inspiration to us all.

We look up to him as a friend and as a follower in his foot steps to become the best person we can be.

We thank not just Luke but everyone else who was there right by his side, helping him.

We thank everyone who was not by his side but did what he did to help others.

Luke did great things, great things that we all want to do.

Luke was amazing!",3
"I think that it would be useful in a classroom because sometimes the teacher cant always read the students facial expressions and will keep teaching the same boring class. But if we used the new technology that could read the kids faces and change the course of the class to make it more interesting, then more kids wouldn't be bored all the time and they will be able to learn more about the subject that they are learing about.

The new technology could also save more money by not having to have alot of teachers in the classrooms and they could use for food, newer technology, and maybe a better building. Also kids might not like some of the teachers that are in the classrooms and the teachers might not like the kids that are in their either, so with the new technolgy replacing a teacher would save them arguments with the kids and teachers.

That is why i think that we should emplement this new technology into our school systems.",2
"Technology has done amazing things. It has even changed the way society goes about their dails lives. For example scientists today are trying new and creative methos to get children and/or kids invovled with what they're learning in the classroom. They are even going as far as making it to where computers can read your emotions. This is a good way to teach students based on the fact that some students may not be good with asking the treachers questions, or they may not be good with speaking out if they don't understand the lesson. This way they won't have to, and the computers be a tool to help them stay intrested in the lesson and also move foward to the next.

Now some people may be thinking that this won't work, and that how not everyone shows there emotions the same, and yes even though that is correct the scientisit made sure to have a variety of emotions. Even including the mixed ones, such as the painting of the Mona Lisa. ""Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements-in a real face of in the painted face of Mona Lisa. By weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions (as in da Vinci's masterpiece.).""

The fact that da Vinci studied human anatomy makes it easier for the scientists such as Dr. Huang to collect data, and/or use the emotions they have based on the painting this man painted. ""His new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code."" This is also a good way to talk about the fact that people can even most of the time read emotions based on what you're friend is doing, or the face that they're making.

Not only are all of these emotions universal but these emotions were also tested by the way the face muscles in humans bodies change when a different emotions occurrs. ""Meanwhile, muscles called orbicularis ocuil pars palpabraeus make crow's-feet arounf your eyes. But in a false smile, the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic majoe and different muscle, the risorius. To an expert, faces dont lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a ""smiling"" politican or celebirty isn't being truthful.""

Using computers to help us teach students is a goos idea. People frown apon technology a lot but in some cases, such as this one, people are only trying to make the lives of the future society become easier then it is, and/or better then it would've been without technology. This will later help us improve as a society and become better with all the things we do in our daily lives.          ",4
"Every day, we all wake up and instantly start to calculate how the day will most likely go. Much of this calculation revolves around the people that surround us constantly, like our family and our friends, who have the most impact on our behaviors and moods. We take a quick look at their faces and their body language, and can make a pretty close assumption as to what that person is feeling, what thoughts they are having, and how they will feed off of other people's moods as well. It's pretty easy to decipher many of these things without a problem, but sometimes, especially when an emotion is mixed, it's a little harder to calculate. Now, technology has been formed to help us find out what others are really feeling, even if they are hiding it. In many situations, this software could be useful. Some settings, not so much.

In a public schooling atmosphere, mood is pretty much what makes or breaks how a class will go. If the students are sad or the teacher is moody, the class might be that much more of burden to deal with all the negativity. If a class is particularly boring, and the students are tired, the class might go on for ages. Plus, some material might be confusing for some students, and this will make the class much harder as well to understand and pass. As people, we tend to subconsiously figure out this kind of information as soon as possible, in order to better guess how they should behave. We do it so often, we as a people have gotten pretty good at this. So how useful would this technoogy be in this particular situation? Not very, since in a clasroom setting it is fairly easy to tell when a student is confused or bored. Now, there are other situations, some even still withing the guidelines of 'school', in which this technology would be used more often.

Online schooling is an ever-growing web of ideas and people, and is almost always a good experience to have even if they dont stick with it. However, the social aspect of school is forgotten as well as the face-to-face contact with teachers that is useful in situations like confusion, boredness, or even sickness. This technology would be especially useful for this type of setting, since it can give teachers an insight on what their students are feeling about the material that they are teaching. It can help them shape their curriculum to better fit that student's needs, and therefore give a better and long-lasting impact on that student's grades, and possibly even future. It could be an integrated part of the website or a type of software that is highly reccomended or required to download. Even aside from all of that, there are even more uses for this software outside of the school setting.

In therapy sessions, or even interrogations, this kind of technology could be even more useful. In therapy, the people that go have most likely gotten very good at concealing their emotions, and doing things like fake smiling. This kind of technology could help the therapist better understand when something like this happens, and therefore help the patient get better faster, and to a higher degree. Interrogations, often done to help gain information that the prisoner most liekly does not wish to give. This technology could better read the facial expressions in details that we normally cannot decipher ourselves, and therefore better know when a person is lying or witholding information, and also help people know when they gave all the info they know.

A public school setting is most likely not the best way to use this programming, especially since it has so many other incredibly helpful uses that would be much more beneficial to many things. Its obvious when someone is happy, excited, overly sad, or losing their temper. bot expressions like boredness, disgust, fear, and pride are hard to figure in small doses. This new technology will be used in a variety of ways, but how many of those will actually we beneficial?",4
"I do not believe that we should have driverless cars. First off I think they would be more dangerous then they would be helpful. In the article it said that humans would still have control over the car when needed but for the most part the cars can sort of drive itself. Imagine going down a high way and there's a crash. It says that it needs help manuvering around objects like that.

Well what would happen if you were not paying attention because you believe that the car can drive itself? You might be looking at something else or messing with the radio and someone wrecks in front of you. You don't really notice though because you are not watching or paying your full attention on the road. SInce the car needs a human touch to go around that and you wasn't paying attention, you would most likely wreck also.

Not only is it kind of more dangerous but it is also sort of irrelevent, don't you think? After all these years we have been fine with normal cars. That is what they are made for. They are made for humans to get around much faster and travel further distances. There's no need have a car that drives its self, none at all. It is kind of lazy to me, us humans have everything that we need and we can travel the world but people only want to do it if they don't have to drive. It's too hard for them to push down on a pedal? I guess so.

I do not believe it would cause less accidents either. There could be many different things that could go wrong electrically and could get someone killed. It'll takes years before they have it perfected and even then there would be some kinks to work out. I do see a few upsides in in though. Maybe if people were too get drunk? it would be alot safer for them not to drive and the car to find it's way home without a human telling it where to go. There may be a few upsides but there are way to many down sides to consider this an option.

We would kind of have to change all of the roads, how we drive, when and how old we have to be to get a self drivable car. They will also be much more expensive im sure and there will be people that can't afford them. We would have to change all of rules and everything. I don't think it is worth it. I say we just keep it how it is because it has been the same for years and it has been working for us alright.                 ",4
"Have you ever wondered what it would be like to . Not drive cars everywhere but to just walk or ride bikes . Well in this eassy thats what i'm going to be talking about . I am going to be telling you about the advantages of limiting your cars uses . And maybe even make you want to even not use a car anymore . For example its better for the enviroment , you won't have to wait on traffic , and you dont have to worry about having to get a licensess or renewing it every few years , and also you wont have to worry about you car breaking down .

To start off you wont have to worry about getting a licensess or getting it renewed . If you dont drive a car then you dont have to worry . About having to pay for anything for you car like your licensess .Or if your car breaks down having to worry about paying for the expensise .And  if you dont drive you wont have to pay for gas . You wont have to worry about getting stuck in traffic .Or  having to watch for drunk drivers or bad drivers . Stopping at red lights constantly . If you dont drive cars then you wouldnt have to always do this stuff .

In paris after days of near-record pollution they enforced a parical driving ban to clear the air of the global city . On mondays people with even numbetred liceness were ordered to leave there cars at home . Or they will get fined for  22 euros . And the same for the odd number liceness . And because of this the smog cleared up . And there was not as much pollution in the air as there was . And because of this in Bogota its turnning into a big hit  . There is this porgram to have a car free day where all you do is . You leave your cars at home and you either skate , hike , walk , or take the bus . And because of this there was no traffic jams . And because of this programit making people less stressed .

In conclusion , its better to just walk  or to ride bikes everywhere  . Because you wont have to worry about driving a car places .You wont have to worry about if your car will break down or not . And wont be polluting the air .    ",3
"I argue in favor of keeping the Electoral College. That is the way we did the voting for years and why would you want to change that. The outcome of that might be a disaster because we haven't used the popular vote to decide a president. The first reason why I think we should keep it is because when we vote for the people that represent us they have lots of experiance in the politics area therefore meaning they have a better idea of who would be a better president. They have spent years learning all about politics so the ""most thoughtful voters should be the ones to decide the election.""(paragraph 20) In paragraph 16 it says ""But each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee."", also meaning that the people we select to represent us is trusted people that will have the same vote as you for the desicion of president.

My second reason of leaving the Electoral College is because if the founding fathers established it in the constitution as a compromise then it should be left alone. Others might say that its a bad idea to have the Electoral College but if thats how the system is set up then it should not be changed because if it does change then maybe everything would be different. Paragraph 15 says ""The Electoral College is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the candidate who recieves the most popular votes the winner. The advocates of this position are correct in arguing that the Electoral College method is not democratic in a mordern sense... it is the electors who elect the president, not the people."" therefore going back to my first paragraph that is why you select people that you trust.

My third and final reason for my choosing is that the certainty of outcome is reletivly high. Like in the 2012's election . for example, Obama recieved 31.7 percent of the electoral vote copared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes. Also in that same paragraph (18) it says that because almost all states award electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis, even a very slight plurality in a state creates a landslide electoral-ote victory in that state. Mr. State Senator i think it would be best if we just left the Electoral College method alone.             ",4
"Have you ever wanted to visit alot of unique places aruond the world and see animals like horses or sheep. Well I want to go to Barcelona in Spain. Well if you do then you would want to join the Seagoing Cowboys club because the club has animals, and takes you around the world to see unique places like Eroupe or Greece, and takes you on a cattle boat mayby you can also see dalphins or even sharks (if you could see the sharks.) First, the club has animals. You can feed the animals and pet them a little I infer that animals are nice. Second. For example the trip takes you to China, or Europe, you can aslo mayby buy a suvenire from those places. I infer that travling is fun. Thirdley, the trip is on a cattle boat witch means you may be able to see a dolphin or mayby even a shark. You can also learn how to mayby fish. You can feed the animals, and go to uniqe places, or go for the first time on a cattle boat. Inifer that there are a lot of dolphins. This trip is well for me sounds exiting and I acually want to pet a goat again. This trip can make you have the expirience of a lifetime, so if you like all theese things the you got to sign in to the club!                                                                                       ",2
"Gas has a horrible smell and its bad for the economy and environment. What makes it worse is that its coming out of you're own car. In Germany they have given up their cars in the way that, there's more space for more beneficial builldings and for homes instead of a parking garage and another reason is it takes stress off of the driver.

Cars are taking up lots of space that could be usesd for beneficial buildings like schools, hospitals, banks and etc. We don't need cars to live our life's we're to reliant on them and our ecoconomy revolves around cars and to society the type of car you have defines you. We'll no it's not true. We need to stop being spoiled and think about our environment and those around us because if the people in Germany and Paris can do it, so can we. This is an advantage because we can learn to take care of ourselves and you can save lots of money instead of buying a car.

Do you ever feel tense when you're in you're car driving? I do, and I sit in the passenger seat. I'm always afraid that someone could be drunk driving or just driving recklessly and hit you're car. Some could be afraid because they don't want ticket and scared to be pulled over. It's very stressful to have to pay so much attention to the road and prevent accidents and what not. This could be an advantage because it could be considered safer, and it take's alot of stress off of you, mentally and physically.

There are lots of reasons why cars are a big advantage whether or not it seems valid just give it a try, and maybe our economy will get better. I'm not saying not to use you're cars at all because it's yours just limit your usage.                    ",2
"Professors Thomas Huang and Nicu Sebe collaborated to develop a unique method of determining human emotions using computer algorithms. After a process of 3-D modelling and calculations of muscle movements, emotion of a face can be determined with the help of Da Vinci's depiction of the human anatomy used in the FACS (Facial Action Coding System) algorithms. However, the main picture at hand is whether or not this highly sophisticated program is necessary at all in the real world, especially in a school classroom. The enabling of computers to be able to identify human emotion can in fact be used in classrooms and can be of great benefit to the student and other people in the area.

Firstly, according to Dr. Huang, when a classroom computer recognizes by their facial expression that a student may not be very interested in the lesson or seems utterly confused, the computer can modify its lesson and perhaps recommend the student other lessons that may be more beneficial. This in turn can give the student the luxury of exiting their state of confusion and begin to understand lessons and topics that was not well introduced by the teacher. Additionally, this could impact the student's grade and boost it greatly, all with the help of some complex algorithms.

In addition to the aforementioned about lesson modification, computers can also detect your emotion and influence different types of ads that can pop up on the screen. For example, if the computer recognizes a student has a happy face for a particular ad, a more similar ad can pop up to keep your emotion. However, if the computer recognizes that the student's emotion is sad, the next ad will be different (potentially more optomistic) in order to influence a different emotion to the student.

Thirdly, just making facial expressions to the computer, whether it be real or fake, can have multiple influences to other people in the area. Constantin Stanislavsky, a drama coach, had his actors smile and frown in a certain way to create emotion on the stage and for the audience. In relation to the FACS, when a student is for instance ""testing"" their emotions on the computer screen, a person may look up and notice his classmate frowning at the screen and in turn have a similar effect on them. Just by making simple facial expressions can effect another person and influence their emotional status too.

In conclusion, the input of emotion-recognizing computers throughout a school can have a multitude of effects on a student and the people around him/her. These include having a very own built-in instructor in the computer which can guide the student through course lessons not effectively explained by their teacher, advertisements shown on the web that can change itself based on recognition of certain facial expressions, and all-in-all influence the emotional status of people around the student. The input of the FACS program can have a positive impact on personal relations with other people and can even help give a grade booster! ",4
"The author suggests that studing Venus is a worthy pursuit depite the dangers it presents. The author supported his idea of studying and understanding Venus can help us in many ways. Studying help will help us know more about Venus which will benefit in the future. And also maybe it will be the planet where it supported life.

The first reason why studying is Venus is a worthy is because Venus can be a very helpful planet for humanity. Venus can be a planet that is the most alike planet with Earth. According to the article, it says "" Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system"". This show that Venus can the next place like Earth and where human can life.

Second, if Venus is most Earth-like planet then it mean there are some feature or some landscape that are similar with Earth in Venus. This will help us because it similar to where we live right now. And it will can be the second planet to live for us. According to the the text, is says ""Lang ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth"". This show that

like Earth, Venus could have supported life.

The author also talk about how Venus has some feature that are similar to Earth. How it has similar faetures like valleys, mountains, and craters. And also talk about the nearest option for a planerty visit. According to the article, "" Today, Venus still had some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. Futhermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel"". This mean that Venus is very silimar to Earth and worth studying.

In conclusion, the author supports the his idea of studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger in many ways. He talk about how the Venus might have been the most Earth-like planet. How Venus might have covered with oceans and might have supported life. And the features that Venus have that are similar to Earth. This shows that Venus is worth studying despite the dangers.   ",3
"I do believe that the use of this technology is and will be extremely valuable.

Some evidence to support why i believe this type of technology could be very valuable is that in the first sentence the article states""She's 83% happy, 9 % desgusted,6% fearful and 2% percent happy. This means that advanced technology can find out all if that information about human emotions and possibly more and it is as easy as calculating homework.This type of technology can also be useful and valuable becasue a situation could be where someone can't express thier emotions, or doesn't know how to express their emotions.That's where FACS come in,(Facial Action Coding System).Also too add to me agreeing that this technology could be very valuable, the Facial Action Coding System was used on Mona Lisa. She never smiles, it's very rare you catch her doing it. So who knows her emotions.

To add to my reasoning the Facial Action Coding System can also be useful is because students in classrooms expressions be so blank, all you can assume is that the students dont wanna be there. But what if there's more to it? What if behind those blank faces is a whole world of emotons,im pretty sure everybody has emotions.Some people love showing them. Some are shy to show them,and others just dont know.But they can know with FACS. It starts with a 3-D computer model of the face that shows the 44 major muscles.FACS has 6 basic emotions,happiness,suprise,anger,disgust,fear,and sadness.

So to conclude my argument i do believe this tye of technology can be very valuble in students classroom because all students has emotion, just some have a hard way of showing them.FACS stands for Facial Action Coding System. It is a new software that has ben developed to shows the basic six emotions of human emotions.Which was modeled on The Mona Lisa.And according to the new software she is 83% happy, 9% disgusted,6% fearful,2% angry. How weird is that someone who rarley smiles is 83% happy. That just proves that this technology could make this world a better place.",3
"The driverless cars aren't so driverless. The driverless car is suppose to allow you to not have to worry about driving but you must stay alert. Youre not just going to want to just sit there akwardly and do nothing while your car does all the work. Many people are going to think that this is a great idea till they start to understand the actually danger it puts you in. Driveless cars need to be put to a stop before many people become injured.

This is a horrible idea. Why would someone start to put many lives in danger? All they are doing is basically saying you just have to sit there and let the car do the work. What happens to the people if they accidently fall asleep because they're not doing anything? They're going to die or get seriously hurt. Then the company is the people who are going to end up in a bunch of trouble because they are leading people to these when they're just hurting them. The driveless cars aren't so driveless. You have to be alert at all times because the car cant make it through a traffic jam or any other roadblocks.

in conclusion, the driveless care wouldnt be a smart idea. It could end badly for both the person who buys it and the company who sold it. The driveless car seems to have more harm than good when you could easily just drive the car yourself. Driving the car yourself would lead to making this easiser onyourself. You dont have to worry about falling asleep by just sitting there. Driveless cars aren't so driveless!",2
"Could Earth end up turning out like Venus? NASA has sent many spacecrafts to Venus trying to figure out what it is like under the atmosphere. Although it may seem like a waste of time to send stuff there, studying Venus is a worthy persuit despite the dangers because it can teach us more about our solar system, it can possibly be a replacement planet, and if we find out that it was like Earth we could try and fix Earth before it happens again.

Studying the planet Venus would help us better understand the rest of our solar system. The taxt says ""A thick atmosphere of almost 97% carbon dioxide blankets Venus (Paragraph 3)."" It also states ""and the pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet (Paragraph 3)."" We haven't seen anything like this, which is why we need to study it.

Venus could possibly be a replacement planet for Earth. We just need to find out how we could make it a liveable planet incase the Earth just keeps getting worse and worse. It states ""Often referred to as Eath's ""twin,"" Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size (Paragraph 2)."" The text also states that ""Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth (Paragraph 4)."" These mean that at one point we couldv'e lived on Venus since it was so much like Earth.

If we were to keep studying Venus and we find lots out about it then we could see if Earth would eventually turn out like that. As stated ""Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth (Paragraph 4)."" Another point is that ""Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth...such as valleys, mountains, and craters (Paragraph 4)."" This says that Earth and Venus look a lot alike and they could be ""twin"" planets which also means that the Earth could end up one day being just like Venus.

We need to study more about Venus to help out ourselves and the Earth, so we don't end up like Venus. They either need to send ships to research Venus to help Earth or having to find another planet for our future generations to live on. ",4
"There are many factors that makes Venus a very challenging planet for humans to study. Although Venus is the closest planet to Earth, there are many risks that have made it a very challenging place to examine more closely. Venus is the second planet from the sun which makes it very hard to achieve missions. All of the previous missions were unmanned because no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. In the article ""The Challenging of Exploring Venus,"" the author supports his claim that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents by telling the reader about Venus's thick atmosphere, NASA's possible solution to Venus's hostile conditions, and all of the forms of light that it cannot penetrate.

Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite a challenge it presents, like Venus's thick atmostphere. The planet's surface and the atmospheric pressure is much more greater than what people experience on Earth. The temperature is so much greater that it would crush a submarne. Paragraph 3 states, ""Also notable, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun."" There are too many risks from this planet being the hottest planet in the solar system, for people to explore it. It wouldn't be safe for people to experience this incredibly hot planet.

Another challenge that studying Venus brings to the reader, is NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus. Vehicles would be hovering miles above the landscape to avoid the ground conditions by staying up and out of the way. Paragraph 5 states, ""At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth."" It could be very dangerous with people many miles above the surface, along with the termpature very high. Although it's survivable for humans, it's still very dangerous.

Another challenge that studying Venus brings to the reader is all of the forms of light that it cannot penetrate. Since the light isn't penetrating the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography effectively, people only receive limited insite on ground conditions on Venus. People have to look at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet to even get a little bit of insight. Paragraph 6 says, ""Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks."" Since researchers can't take samples of things like gas, or rocks from a distance, they are working on innovations that would allow their machines to last long enought to help with their knowledge of Venus.

Studying Venus has many challenges to go along with it. Although studying this planet is a worthy pursuit, some dangers were presented by telling the reader about Venus's thick atmosphere, NASA's possible solution to Venus's hostile conditions, and all of the forms of light that it cannot penetrate. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system which makes it hard for people to explore it if the pressure is so high. Vehicles hover miles above the landscape to avoid the ground conditions by staying up and out of the way. Since it's so hard to get close the Venus because of its risks, people have to look at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet to even get a little bit of insight. Although there are many dangers that come with exploring Venus, people get so much out of the result if researchers get to exploring what they needed to, to inform the rest of the people. ",4
"They say driveless cars are coming, can you imagine a car driving itself while you just sit there till it needs your assitance? We have also been used to such standard and modern things untill 2000 when the invention of computers took a new awakening. Technology has brought our world a whole new living life style that no longer requires the standard way of things anymore. It has brought spectacular things that affect us all. I believe driveless cars are just the begining of this dramactic change.

Although there are a rew drawbacks I think druvless cars would be a great asset to our world. In the artical it states we woudl have less accidents and more motor safety control.These cars would make the world a better place by time. As an example, driveless taxis would use half the fuel of today's, less pollution and better control over our oil. They would also offer far more flexiblity than buses. Such cars are bound to change the world we live in.

I think we, the people of the world, would or eventually could be overwhelming excited about this change.Television and movies long have been fascinated with cars that could drive themselves. At first it would be a shock and we would need to learn how to drive them properly. It would aso be a fun expercience to go down in history to be in the generation of drivless cars. If you think about it we have already been partciipating because every new annual year our cars upgarde with the newest techonolgy.

Driveless cars have some minor setbacks but automakers are continuing their worls on the assumption that these problems will be solved. For an example, Tesla has prpjected a 2016 release for a car capable on driving autopilot 90 precent of the time. Mercedes Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that drive themselves by 2020. The road to the truly autonomous car stretches on ahead of us, but we grow closer to the destination every day. The knowledge of how these cars can impact our world in a magnificant way will also greatly expand.",4
"In '' The challenge of exploring Venus'' the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents that even if there's danger that they should not stop exploring. If they are curious about exploring Venus they should explore it . Even though there is dangers along they way in exploration, if something happens to them, they are at least doing something they love doing.

The author in paragraph 8 says '' but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation.'' This reveals that even though they know it's dangerous and people doubt them that they should not go to Venus. That it's human curiosity, if people want to explore it they should because it's something they want to know about. Probably will lead or help us in the future to make this possible for people to go, less dangerous to go as well if they find a way to go.

The knowledge of a human should never be doubt. Venus is a dangerous palce to go because humans aren't able to go and actaully see it for themselves. In the passage it quotes ''However. peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on gorund conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere,rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective.'' Even though this text from the passage says that it won't be safe there is still a possible chance that humans can. If humans explore it around it would be safe for them, but like catching things on camera it wouldn't be the best quality that they want. The people who want to explore and are wiling to take a risk to figure about about a palnet that most people don't want to explore because of the dangers. That shouldn't stop anyone nor the doubt people say.

Companies like NASA are trying to find ways to find ways to make more explorations to Venus and it make it less dangerous for people who have curiosity . In paragraph 7 the passage says '' NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions.'' This supports my reason on why NASA is trying to find ways to get more exploration on Venus. They are also trying to find or make new eletronics for Venus.

In conclusion the author suggest that studying for Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents it's human curiosity. People like NASA are trying to find ways to explore Venus with less danger. The doubt people have about the exploration about Venus does not affect them at all, they are doing something they love to do. Even though there is a lot of dangers while exploring for Venus the people are willing to take the risk to figure out

more information of the planet, and finding ways to help them in the future. Many dangers are found while this exploration but none of these dangers should stop someone, that is willing to risk everything to do something that may lead us to somethiung better.                   ",4
"The topic has came up latley about ""Diverless Cars."" some people agree to this idea, some don't. Some people belive this idea is great for people who want to relax a little bit on a road trip, some people says that this car isn't able to identify possible road hazards.

People today are having a big dispute over cars that drive themselfs. Some belive this idea is great, but I don't. Driverless cars are not able to adapt to dangerous road condititons like rain or heavy snow fall. In some cases while the car is driving, and an animal scurries onto the road in the middle of the night, and the car does not see it, while your not paying attention, there is an accident. When there is road construction, and you manually have to drive you car, and lets face it, everywhere you go there is constuction. You'll basically be driving the car yourself. Another reason as to why the car is a bad idea, if someone else hits your car, and one of these very expensive sensors break, then you might as well buy yourself a bike. Another example as why the car is a bad idea, is that humans will get to lazy, they will lean the seat back and think ""This car will drive itself, no need to work."" and when there is an accident it will be the person who thought ""Nothing can go wrong."" fault.

In recap, I do not belive this world is ready for the driverless car, simpily because anything can happend at any time, and the simple fact is that they are to expensice and humans can not be trusted to pay attention to their surronding.",3
"In the article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"" the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. As driverless cars are becoming a new deveoping technology, it's best to ask yourself, ""Are driverless cars really a necessity?"" The answer is, no, they are not a necessity for many reasons. We should not continue to develope driverless cars mainly because; driverless cars are not completely driverless, the car would need a new built-in entertainment system to put inside of the car, and if something were to go wrong with the car, who is to blame for this?

When you hear the words, ""driverless car"" what comes to mind? Perhaps, you think of a car that can take you anywhere, and young teens the age of thirteen not needing an adult to drive them to a desired destination. However, driverless cars are not 100% driverless. In the article, the cars are said to be able to steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, because of this an alert driver is said to still be required. People are still needed to be able to navigate through work zones and around accidents. Manufacturers are still working on creating new ways to alert the driver when human skills are needed, but it is no secret that this will continue to cost money.

Another reason why we should not have driverless cars, is because to have them, companies think a built-in entertainment system should be created, installed and required inside of all driverless vehicals. Today, we already have vehicals that contain a television inside for the passengers who occupy the back seats, to help keeped them entertained. This new entertainment system is said to shut off when the car needs the driver to take over and will not be available to a driver who is texting or using their phone in any way. However, putting in an entertainment system would still be considered a distraction, just the same as if someone were to be using their phone, and the article states drivers will need to remain alert, but they can not remain alert with an entertainment system.

Finally, we should not have driverless cars because, if an accident were to occure, or if something fails, who is to bame for this issue? There are situations where we would not know who to blame, the driver or the manufacturer. We could blame the driver, stating that they should have been paying attention and been alert to stop the accident before it occured. However, we could also blame the car's manufacturer, because they were supposed to build the car and make sure it was not able to fail in the first place.

As you can see, driverless cars could bring more trouble to us than we realize. They are not a necessity, we do not need to use driverless cars as our dominant way of transportation. The article states many positives and negatives aspects of the development of driverless cars. However, we should not continue to develope these cars because; driverless cars are not completely driverless, the car would need a new built-in entertainment system to put inside the car, and if something were to go wrong with the car, who is to blame for this?",4
"The author did a very good job in giving so many reasons to why studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. While reading "" The Challenage of Exploring Venus"" in the second paragraph it states that Venus is the closest plant to earth "" in terms of density and size"". The atmosphere of the planet is alomst 97 percent carbon dioxide, which is pretty high. When talking about the dangers of being on Venus, the surface temperature is over 800 degrees fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is "" 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet"". Also Venus has ""additonal impediments like erupting volcanos, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes.

Studying Venus is worthy because in the story it talks about how Venus is smiliar to Earth and how it has simliar features. For explames it says that the planet has a "" rocky sediment"", that it has similar features to valleys, mountains, and craters. It sounds so cool well you think about it, like there is another planet that is so smiliar to our planet.

In paragraph four it says that "" long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life just like on earth"". In the same paragrph it says that,""sometimes its our only option for a planetary visit "". ",3
"Finally, driverless cars are coming. It seems as if the human race has been waiting for driverless cars for ages. Driverless cars will make a huge difference in the number of deaths caused by car accidents. In the passage it states that the stearing wheels in these cars would have motion censors to make sure that the driver has his/her hands on the wheel. I feel as if driverless cars would be a much safer way to travel. The author of ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"" made a very good point by stating that these cars will be very safe, for example: the car will be able to alert the driver when there is an accident ahead of them or when they are getting ready to back into something so the driver would be able to avoid getting into an accident.

Driverless cars may seem like they take the fun out of driving, but do they really? When you are driving a car you have to very careful to avoid any accidents, sometimes there is no way that the driver can avoid getting hit or hitting someone. Driverless cars are getting many censors, as stated in the passage, that will alert the driver when they are at risk. I am sure that these cars will not be able to drive themselves through every obstacle or protect drivers from every accident, but at least the driver would know that they are safer in a driverless car than they woud be in a car that would not alert you when you are at risk. In 2013, BMW announced the development of the ""Traffic Jam Assistant."" This car can already alert the driver when they need to take the wheel because there is a work zone or an accident ahead of them. Knowing this information, the driver would know to slow down to keep any human out of danger. Driverless cars would be a great way to keep many humans safe.

The author of ""Driverless Are Coming"" has valid points when stating that driverless cars would be a lot safer. Knowing that there would be many censors telling drivers when they are in danger would make lots of people more confident to go out and drive. A car that can tell when you are falling asleep or when you are about to come across a work zone would be great to have with all of the wreckless drivers this earth has today. Everyone wants a car that can keep them away from getting in an accident. Driverless cars need to come quicker, because we need more humans staying safe. ",3
"The concept of driverless cars has been a rather popular idea for decades now. However this concept seems to be getting further from being a concept and closer to becoming a reality in the past decade due to companies such as Google taking the wheel on research. However, as with anything shiny and new like a brand new car, there has to be some sort of counter agrument against it. Why do we need it? Will we be able to afford it? Will it run over the dog trying to back out of the driveway? These are only a few arguments that can be made against this new type of vehicle.

One of the biggest arguments that can be made against driverless cars would be the overall safety they present. With the cars, they would (obviously) be able to drive themselves. How would they be able to drive on the unpredicatable roads? Would they know to stop for the skunk in the road or the toddler running across the street? Would they know exactly when to brake so they don't ram into the car in front of them? There are so many driving hazards that could come that we aren't exactly sure where to start. After all, no matter how well the cars are put together and how much research goes into making them work as well as possible, even the best technology still has it's bad days.

What would the driver's job in this be? To look pretty until the car reaches it's destination? If the car where to need assistance of the driver,would the driver be able to take back control without a moment's notice?

Most every kind of technology uses some sort of software to keep it functioning, and with that software come necessary maintenence and updates. How would the software keeping the car functioning work? Would you buy the car and have to hope and pray that driving laws and regulations don't change from the time you buy the car to the time it's time to buy a new one? Would you be able to connect your car to your home internet and it update itself once it's not being used? If that's the case, what would happen if the update where to disagree with your care and then the car would perform poorly upon the next usage?

These are only a few of the arguments that I can make at the present time without more information on these cars. Yes, I realize that most of these arguments are hypothetical, but that usually tends to be the case when it comes to technology that doesn't yet have much coverage to the people. If we were to get closer to the reality of driverless cars being commonplace among the public, then I'm sure we could come up with more solid arguments. However, until that day, we'll just have to sit tight and wait for our questionable autoobile future. ",4
"Dear Senator...

The electoral college has recently been a very controversial topic in the world of politics. Many believe that it's a significant system, that's why the Founding Fathers created it, while others argue that it doesn't necessarily work as well. The Electoral College is a process in which there is an agreement between the president's election by a vote in Congress and the president's  election by a popular vote made by the citizens. There should be a change in the system into changing election by a popular vote since the Electoral College is not only an outdated system, but it gives the citizens no control over who Congress will be picking.

To start off, the process of the Electoral College should be changed since it's an outdated system. As stated in ""In Defense of the Electoral College"" it says ""The Electoral College is widely regarded as anachroism, a non democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the candidate who receives the most popular votes the winner."" Even the article that seems to be favoring the electoral college introduced it as so. It can be seen that it is a process that has been around since America itself, but America has constantly been changing and innovating and it needs a more flexible system to cast the votes. In ""What is the Electoral College""? it states that ""THE FOUNDING FATHERS ESTABLISHED IT IN THE CONSTITUTION AS QA COMPROMISE"" HENCE THIS IS STATING THAT THE SYSTEM WAS CREATED A LONG TIME AGO AND IT NEEDS SOME CHANGES.

TO CONTINUE, THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE SYSTEM SHOULD BE ALTERED SINCE IT DOESN'T GIVE THE CITIZENS ALOT OF CONTROL AS TO WHO THE CONGRESS WILL BE PICKING. IN ""THE INDEFENSIBLE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, IT SAYS THAT 'THE SINGLE BEST ARGUMENT AGAINST THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IS WHAT WE MIGHT CALL THE DISASTER FACTOR."" WHAT THIS IS, IS THAT THE VOTERS HAVE NO CONTROL WHOM THE ELECTORS VOTE FOR. AS WELL, IN THE SAME ARTICLE, IT STATES THAT ""AT THE MOST BASIC LEVEL, THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IS UNFAIR TO VOTERS. BECAUSE OF THE WINNER TAKE ALL SYSTEM IN EACH STATE, CANDIDATES DON'T SPEND TIME IN STATES THEY KNOW THEY HAVE NO CHNACE OF WINNING.'' WHAT ALL THIS SAYS IS THAT, THE VOTERS HAVE NO IDEA WHO THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IS PICKING, AND IT SHOULD BE CHANGED TO ANOTHER SYSTEM.

TO CONCLUDE, THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM SHOULD BE ALTERED TO A NEW SYSETM WHICH IS FAIR AND MORE TRUSTFUL TO THE VOTERS. NOT ONLY IS THE SYSTEM OUTDADE, BUT IT DOESN'T GIVE THE VOTERS ALOT OF CONTROL. A NEW SYSTEM SHOULD BE INTRODUCED. ALTHOUGH MANY AGREE THAT IT SHOULD BE CHANGED, ALSO SOME BELIEVE IT SHOULD STAY HOW IT IS. THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE SYSTEM SHOULD BE ALTERED, SO THIS WAY, THE PEOPLE HAVE THE VOICE, NOT ONLY THE GOVERNMENT.    ",4
"Us citizens have advantages of limiting car usage. We have advantages because in Freiburg ""street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district on the outskirts of Freiburg."" This phrase basically talks about how the people in that district don't have any car/driving privleges. Unlike in the United States the people in that district can only park their automobiles in a large garage at the edge of the development,where the person that buys the space spends $40,000, along with a home. I mean if i lived their i would be carless too. Also Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and a mother of two said ""when I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way.""Not having a car makes the people so much happier because they dont have to spend thousands of dollars to park their car.

In the United States we are lucky to be able to drive because in Paris, after days of near -record pollution they enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. The United States knows that we are polluting the air but they still give us the right ot drive what we pay for.""On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day.""In the United States we are lucky to be able to drive our car anyday and everyday.             ",2
"Driverless cars are a great idea in concept, but they may be further off then we expect in the masses. While cars that are capable of driving themselves do exist, they rely on the driver to be attentive. The cars are good in concept but lack in the areas of econimic availability, self control under its own awareness, and the possibility of a human driver taking over the reigns at a bad opportunity.

Now, save for the upper middle and upper class, the cost of a car is generally too high for someone in the middle to lower middle class to even think about purchasing a brand new car. Newer model cars are expensive enough from common brands like Chevy, Dodge, and Ford. The manufactures like Mercedes-Benz, Audi and some newer sport-class Nissans are too high to even think about. The idea of a car like that would be just a dream to some people. Who knows how much a self aware car would go for. The amount of programming and man hours it would take to get the car going does not even surmount to the possible costs of maintenence. You could take the mechanics already aware of the technology and upcharge everyone just because you get greedy, or you could take small shop mechanics and force them to understand new concept and possibly even invest in new technology. After that, what about the accidents. Imagine you total you brand new smartest car. Who is to say that your insurance will even have a policy if you become one of the few first people to own the smartest car. With inflation, it only makes things worse. All in all, economically, the ""smartest"" car may not be your smartest choice.

One of the subjects I plan on touching on is the cars capability of driving itself in the first place. Now, I know the author brought up the point that while there is ""Traffic Jam Assistant"" from BMW the author very well shows that this is still somewhat a ways away from being capable of driving itself. The full self-awareness of a car is the suspected dream in my eyes, so the Traffic Jam Assistant by BMW is not necessarily a step in the wrong direction, but rather a baby step into the foothold of what will, possibly be, fully automated and self driving cars. While I do not necessarily agree with the full development of mass quantities of smartest cars,

I do believe small aspects such as the Traffic Jam Assistant and other small changes into a vehicles capabilities could definitly make a change in the world and possibly create a relatively safer driving enviroment in the future.

The final subject I would like to touch on is possibly the worst thing that could happen if these cars are produced in the masses; What if a human driver took over the wheel, in fear or for some other reason, and caused an accident. Now, I know what you may think, ""Oh but they're fully automated, they can drive themselves why would you need a human behind the wheel."" Well, when you think about it, neurologically, the brain has more computing power than the average computer (courtesy of the book ""What If"") and may be able to react faster or even alter the cars movement and take notice before a computer does. Now this is a good thing. Or is it. When you think about it, it is really a coin toss at that point. While a human may be able to react faster and better, we may also overreact to a situation. What I mean by this is imagine there is a deer in the road. Now the computer may attempt to purely stop but human instinct makes us want to avoid this dear at all costs. So you swerve and avoid the deer. Lucky you, you just totalled your smartest car on the biggest oak tree you have ever seen. Now this is just a worse case scenario but I am sure you can see the picture I attempted to paint with my crude situation.

At the end of it all, looking back, the smartest car is not necessarily the worst idea we have ever com up with, but it is by far not the best. One could argue that the smartest car could be a new revolution of vehicles and could change the way we think about driving. That is true, but who ever said it would be a good change. Sure a self aware car would be cool, but whenever something can go wrong, it will go wrong. While the concept is good, I just do not believe that it is the proper time to be bringing self driving cars onto the roads of this world. Maybe one day it will be, but I hope that it remains a concept car until we can work more kinks out of its base structure.   ",5
"So we can all agree that Venus is a very interesting planet. It is known as the evening star to some people. Even though you can get some good looks at it from earth it is hard to look ar close up. Also most of us know that this planet is inhabitable because of the planets conditions. Even though it is inhabitable scientists are still interested in the planet.

The author of this passage claims that is is still a worthy journey to try to explore this planet despite all of the dangers. Personally i would agree with him/her for various different reasons. He says ""Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life"". For just this reason I think scientists would go crazy over. Since this planet might have been habitable at one point. If this statement is true then scientists should be looking into it so we can find out what went wrong.

The author also explains that there is a way we can get a little close to the planet. With some sort of aircraft that can hover about thirty miles abive the surface of Venus. Which is a good idea on there part, but they won't get any samples of rock or anything just a better view. They would get more insight on the ground conditions though which is a start. NASA is working on they're machines so they could last longer on the surface. Also they might have to send them on a manned mission even though there are risks it could be worth it in the end.

In another way the author goes on about some simplified electronics made of gears and switches. This idea sounds crazy but he has a good point, considering that these devices could last on the planet unlike modern tech which would melt. He said ""These devices were first envisioned in the 1800s and played an important role in the 1940s during World War ll"". Which means this is like ancient tech., but it is the only tech. that could be survivable on this planet. I don't know where or how they would get there hands on this kind of stuff, but anything sounds good concidering we cant send people to this planet because of the conditions

All in all the author does a great job of explaining the reasons we should still look into exploring this planet. He gives great attention to detail and has spot on ideas. This passage is really detailed and etiquate. I love the way all of the words flowed together and the various reasons he gave on why we should explore Venus. Which is why i agree with him.",4
"The driverless Cars article I am against because What benefits would we get from these cars Will auto body parts run out of buisness because of the cars What will happen to taxi drivers jobs.

What benefits would we get out of these cars? Maybe we will get less wrecks with them but think of this what will happen if your car sensors and autopilot doesn't work anymore the passangers will have to drive but what if they don't know how to drive because the driving classes got taken away because these cars don't need a driver. It also shows in the text that if something bad happens who's fault is it the manufacturer or the driver in this case it would be the manufacturers fault because they didn't check the car throughly and shipped it somwhere to be sold to some people then thoese people get stuck in the middle of nowhere because of the driverless car and the manufacturer but what will happen if the car gets struck by lightning because of all the electrical systems the passangers/car is using will the passangers be unharmed or will there be a tragedy because the manufacturer didn't think ahead.

Will Auto body part shop's run out of buisness since these driverless cars will probably not get in a wreck. Do these manufacturers not know they will be taking people's jobs because of some driverless car that won't need an auto body repair anytime soon. These families with this type of buisness will go hungry because of this job loss but even if they don't lose their jobs buisness will be very slow because like again these cars won't get into an accident because of the sensors all over the car so the companies will still go bankrupt because of the slow buisness and the bills for the building and bills for their own houses, not including from their families,school bills, and bills to buy food and clothes how are they suppose to get that if there buisness is gone the state is gonna have to help them in someway because it is their fault for not making driverless cars illeagal in their state.

What will happen to the people who make money by driving cars? Will the manufacturers care that they are taking some people's only source of income away. They are doing it by taking the drivers out because that brings in a lot of money for the drives like in New York city taxi drivers get a lot of money because of the buisness there if the driverless cars get to New York where are the other people gonna work at. The unemployed rate is gonna increase because of the cars and so is the homeless rate because people are losing money causing them to get kicked out of the place they live because they can't pay their bills anymore they will also be starving because of the lack of money equals the lack of food and homeless shelters will be overwhelmed with the new increase rate of homeless people on the streets now.

So in the en I still disagree with this article Will it give us benefits will it affect autobody part shops and How will it have an affect in the Taxi drivers in New York city. These cars may seem harmless but they will have a huge impact in our society and in our economy.   ",3
"Would you think it would be safe if your car drove you not you driving your car? I think it would be negative thing if that were to happen. It does not reallly seem safe even if it is tested, something is gonna go wrong and someone will get in an accident.

First, I don't think it would be a good idea becuase it says in the article ""The human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires. The necessitates the car being ready to quicly get the driver's attention whenever a problem occurs."" So if the human isn't paying that much attention and crashes, whose fault is it, the human or car? Because the car isn't that advanced and the human wasn't paying attention. I think if they come out with a ""Driverless Car,"" it should really be driverless and the person behind the wheel doesn't have to worry about anything. It also says in the article ""Traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times."" I agree with this because if it is snowing and the roads are icy, would you feel safer if a human was driving or technology in your car? i would think that most people would say human, because they might not test the ""Driverless Cars"" in that condition compared to a human that has experience and can do things easier. The article says, ""Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved,"" but can it really be solve? You can test positively on a sunny day but when it is windy and rainy and the wind is blowing on the side of the car, will the problems be solved then? Will it have better control than a human? I would be really surprised if it did.

Second, if it gets in a crash, would it be okay to say it was the cars fault? I know it says if it needs the humans attention it will vibrate. But can you always count on that? I think that not everything is perfect so at times it might not vibrate and it will crash. Will the human be able to sue the company. or will the company stick by their product, even though it is in the wrong. I think if one person gets in a crash and says it didn't vibrate then every other person that gets into a crash with the same car will say the exact same thing. And then it would make people not want those cars and trade theirs in for a new one. So is it really worth risking your life all for some car, that you knew it had a potential in messing up?

Third, the article says ""While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver."" It goes back to do you want your car to drive you or do you want to drive it? It is like is your car the boos or you? And that should be an easy answer, I wouldn't let the car drive me it doesn't make sense I bought the car so I could drive to places.

I would never want my car to drive me. It just seems too dangerous, and not safe. Even if you do it in an accident I would want to be driving knowing I did everything in my power to not get in that accident than knowing it was some technology that made me crash and potentially die. I just wouldn't want to wonder ""What if?"" And I hope you wouldn't too.          ",4
"It is a good idea to join the Seagoing Cowboys because, it is a good process of learning how to take care and train horses, cows, and mules, and other animals that suffered in the ruins doing the war, and provide food supplies for the animals. That's when the countries started to form together UNNRA, which had hired the Seagoing Cowboys.

You also get to go places you never seen before like, in the passage it said that Luke explored Venice, Italy. It is very fun too because, you get to also play fun sports like tennis, volleyball games, and table tennis tournaments. It takes a lot of hardwork to join the Seagoing Cowboys.

It is a very good thing to join the Seagoing Cowboys because, it is a good experience to do an animal a favor, by taking care of it and providing with every thing it needs. It is a very positive program to go through, and that is why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys.            ",2
"I am all for this new technology to read peoples emotions. If we could read their emotions it would be easier to help people to get better if they are in a bad place in life. It would help so many people that are depressed and need help but afrad ask for it. And when people get help with their emotions they become more stable then they were before.

Im all for the values of using this new emotion technology because you tell if people are faking a smile. You can tell because when you fake it you dont use the same muscles as when you really smile. When you fake smile the muscles you use are zygomatic major that make your mouth stretche sideways and the risori. But when you really smile you use the muscles called zygomatic major that begin at your cheek bones and life the corners of your mouth. The other muscle you use is called orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus which makes crow's-feet around your eyes.

This is way i think we should use this technology in the futer. It could help with so many things. People could get the help they need. Life would just be so much better if we all could understand each other. This will be one of the best things you can do for someone needs and wants help to make their life and friends and familys lifes better. ",2
"My argument against ""Driverless Cars"" is that im going for it. The reason why is because we have advanced in our technology so it would only be wise to try and use that. Also because I think personally it could save many lives with its self brake instalation, self parking, and many other features. As I was reaing the artical it mentioned that the driver would have to still be alert because if theirs an accadent or workers ahead then the driver must be the one to avoid that. That dosent mean it a bad idea, it just means that maybe our technology isnt that advanced and cant avid things such as work sites ahead or accidnts. I think the reason they cant detect accidents is because you never know when ones going to happen, same with workers ahead your car may not be able to detect it because it could happen in a sudden flash. My position on driverless cars is that i think it will be a great idea. I like i said save many lives, know im not saying it will save everyones life but out o thousands it could decrease by hundred.

Appropriate details from the artical that supporst my position is when it talks about how it has automic brakes and self parking and many other features. Its great to have that type of things because as i ahve been saying it could save many lifes, and that important because no one wants to see their family dead. Self break is good because it could be late nd you have been working all day long and your tired and you fall asleep in the car right when a car is pulling out or your car turns a different direction and your close to hitting somethong and it just automatically stops. Or like most parents, you have a young child in the back and hes/shes crying andyou turn around for just a split secound and your car just comes to a complete stop. Then you realize you were about to hit a car infrount of you but with the self-breaking instalation you were able to save your life plus the ones you love riding in the back ( or front) and your car is safe ass well.   ",2
"To my state senator, i feel like you should keep the electoral college because it helps kids in college figure out how the election goes and for them to vote. "" the electoral college process consists of 538 electors."" the only way people can vote is when there 18 and thats not right i think 15 and up should be able to vote, i guess its the law how people gotta wait till there 18 to vote for presidents and senators and stuff like that. ""under the 23rd amendment of the constitution, the district of columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purpose of the electoral college"". they should be able to use a popular vote to, if you be fair to one you gotta be fair to the other one.

""ths year voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could again lose the presidency! the are too many broken down states with a electoral vote!!! they easily choose a state and send a lot of votes to them !!!!    ",1
"I would tell them that it was just a rock as said in the article ""huge rock formation"" ,i also can prove that it is not an alien because in the article it states that ""arrived at the Red Planet in sept 1997..."" they went to mars to take pics of the unknown formation to prove to everyon that it was not made by alien the NASA described it as an ""natural formation"" ,even though this still left others with questions NASA said ""the crema on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the face "" which means that the picture wa not as clear as you thought it was with the clouds in the way NASA stated "" what the pictuure actually shows is the Martin equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West..."" These are all reasons that state that the landform was not created by aliens.",2
"In my opinion i dont think they can tell what peoples emotions are by looking at a computers because everyone act different ways. For example you can't say just a person is not surprised because they didn't raise their eyebrows.. There is no one way to act for emotion because different people act different way. You can look emotions like math homework because you can tell if math is right or wrong but you can't do that with emtions because it's not fact. For example there are some people who dont show any emtion for anything can't tell me that they are not happy because they dont have smile in their face. I know a guy who gos to my school and he never shows any emtions. For example when he gets a good grade in his geometry test that doesn't mean he is anger. I think it is hard to juge peoples feeling by their face. Some people smile all the time that doesn't mean they have everything perfacts. You can't juge book by it's cover and it is the same for emtion. A book can look old and boring but when you read it you might like it. It's crazy how we think technolohy will know all this things. It seems as if technology is taking over the world now. If we think it can tell are emtion by just looking at a picture of a person what is next our life story? Overall, I don't think you can tell peoples emtions by technology.",2
"In today's world, almost anything is possible. From driving cars that don't need gas to reading the facial expressions of a painting made hundreds of years ago. However, one area that still needs possible improvement is the classroom. Over many decades, schooling has remained extremely similar. Yes, with the introduction of technology into the classroom, students are able to do things today that was never possible before. In the modern classroom, teachers continue to try their hardest to fit lessons to the liking of their students. But when a student is bored, the teacher cannot always recognize that and change the composition of the lesson. With the invention of Facial Action Coding System, or FACS, computers are now able to read the emotions of humans. By introducing FACS into the classroom, the education of students will be more fit to their learning style which can help students to absorb information and put the future of America into good hands.

The FACS technology provides teachers with an opportunity to mold lessons to individual students and to keep them engaged. One way to do this would be to install simple instructions for classroom computers so that it could ""recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"" and then inform the teacher and the teacher can find a way to alter the lesson. For example, if a student goes to their science class and the teacher is standing at the front of the room lecturing, the student will begin to become bored. The FACS software would then be able to inform the teacher and he or she could find a way to make the lesson more interactive. Another application that would be helpful in schools would be in psychology classrooms. By integrating this software into psychology classrooms, students would be able to learn human emotions with a much more hands-on experience. Instead of a teacher simply telling them how to read the emotions of humans and how the human face manipulates the muscles to express emotion, the teacher would be able to show the workings of the FACS software and explain to the students how each person's face can vary.

In the end, the implementation of this software into the classroom would be beneficial to the teachers and the students. The teachers would be able to teach lessons that keep students engaged and the students would be able to absorb more information if the lesson is altered to their learning style. By not implementing this technology into the classroom, schools are losing opporunities to improve the learning of their students and the teaching of their teachers. ",4
"Have you ever though about what Venus is like? In the story the author talks what we could do to see what Venus looks like. Are sister planet is truely a mystery Although some people whould say it is a waste of time, it is important because it could prove there was it is like there, it could have highly benifical materials, it would prove we can do it.

there is a problom with us get there and stay there for mor than a second. We do not know much about the land but there are mountains, caverns, and volcanoes. The weather is not very good ether there are frequant lightning storms and powerful earthquakes. The atomosphere is high crosive in the clouds at least.

With the pressure of Venus below sea level there is no dought there is new materials there. The entire ground is made up of sedimant rocks that can with stand the sulfic acid. If we could get some it would be easyer to go there and last alot longer. This how ever would be extremly difficult because we need something that could withstand it to get it and come back.

Some Astronimers and scientists just want to prove thay can do it. everyone is working together to make this happen. The failure will not stop some people it will just drive them to do it even more. They may do it just to due it but all around they just will do what ever it takes.

There are reasons to do go to Venus to prove we can or even to help benefit are technology. No matter what we will not stop until we do it we will never give up. now there is only one thing left and that wis one thing. will you be the generation who will compete this challange?",3
"Venous, sometimes called the ""Evening Star"" is one of the brightest points of the dark sky. Making it a easy for evn an amateur stargazer to spot. The nickname is also mislead to an actual planet. Venus is the 2nd plant from our sun. Venus is simple to see from a dar away distant but safe vantage point of Earth. It proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. Earth, Venus, and Mars are neighbors. Differnce in speed means that sometimes we are closer or the closest to Mars and sometimes even Venus.

Each previous mission was unmanned, for good reasons. No spacecraft has survived over few hours after landing. That is why not even a single spaceship has been sent to Venus in over 30 years same as three decades. Numerous factors that are contributing to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us.

Venus atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets the entire plant. In these types of condition these are far mor extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth.

The National Aeronautucs and Space Administration has one particularly idea on sending human beings to study Venus. However, a spacecraft distant from Venus orbiting or hovering safley far above the plant can only limit on ground condition because most you can't penetrate the dense atmosphere, renderiinig standard photography and videography effectiveness.

NASA is working them selves up too other studies of Venus. For example, some electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested ina chamber further studing the chaos of Venus's

There are old devices that they use to use back dating in the 1940's during the cause of world war 2. By comparison, systems that use mechanical parts can be used for more resistant things to pressure, heat, and other forces.

Meeting up to the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the sighting of the plant to gain on the plant itself, but because of the suriosity will lead us into many equally itimidating endeavors. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangerous and doubts. also expanded to meet the very edges of imagination.",3
"Driverless cars wouldn't be able to sense where pedestrians, any animal, or buildings that are in area. Without there being a driver available, the world would be horrific. For the basic measures of not being able to control the seeing of environment. As well as the driverless car being able to move on its own.

There would be accidents contineousely. In paragraph 7 it states the model in 2013 BMV, notifies the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, naviation through work zones and so forth.. What if the buttons you were accessed to sensor the car stopped working in the progress of you being on the road? What if the system got corrupted, and begin to not function with those features described?

It would be putting your enviorment in danger, as well as yourself.

In conclusion, driverless cars shouldn't be a factor anywhere. Due to minors, systems being corrupted, or the simple fact that it's no one to blame for damages or deaths it could lead. The government, or the president would have deal with each matter if the cars became a law. Who has that much time on their hands? Is the invention really worth putting yourself and surroundings in harms way? ",3
"Dear, Mr. Senator

The Electoral College is a process not a place. There's nothing wrong wit people voting for the president . Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S Chamber of Commerce, and the AFL-CIO, in their time , agreed on? Abolishing the electoral college. Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for the slate of electors, who in turn elect the president.

Who picks the electors? It depends on the state. Sometimes state conventions, sometimes the state party's central comittee, sometimes the presidentail canidates themselves. Voters can't controls whom their electors vote for. Well not always .Voters sometimes get very confused about the votes in vote for the wrong canidate.

The best arguement against the electoral college is called Disater Factor. The Americans should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election in a century. Back in 1960, segregations in Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratics with new electors that would oppose John F. Kennedy.

The Electoral College is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the canidates who recieve the most votes. A dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible, it happened in 2000, but it's less likely than a dispute over popular vote.

The Electoral College requires a presidential Canidate to have trans-regional appeal. No other region ( South, Northwest, etc.) has enough electoral votes to elect a president. The winner takes all method of awarding electoral votes. The electoral College avoids the problems of elections in which no canidate recieves a majority of the votes cast. For an example, nixon in 1968 and Clinton in 1992 both had only a 43 percent plurality of the popular votes.               ",1
"Have you ever read a book called, ""A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves""? Well if you have im going to make a argument essay. The argument essay is going to be about, convincing others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. I hope you get convinced and join. The two Paragraph will repensent why you should join the program.

Here are some reasons that you might be instered in if you may want to go.The first reason I think you should join because, you get to help things that need help. Another reason to join the program is,maybe if you want to go somewhere in your lifetime but you never get to go,well if you are a Seagoing Cowboy you get to tour a lot of different places.One good reason is that,it's animals in need of your help, it will feel good if you are helping animals that's in need of your help. Last reason is, if you like caring and helpin other animals than you would like this job because it keeps you busy when travaling.

These are the details from the text to support my reason to join the program. My first detail it is about the first reason I stated,in the story it say's,""It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs."" ""And that awareness stayed with him,leading his family to host a number of international students and exchange vistors for many years.""The next detail from the passage is about the 2 reason i stated,it says,""Luke also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China.""This detail is about the third reason I stated,""But beeing a Seagoing Cow boy was much more than an adventure for Luke Bomberger."" ""it opened up the wored to him."" The last detail is about the last reason,""Caring for the animals during the crossing kept Luke busy.

In my conclusion, if you didn't read the book called ""A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves."" Well now you konow a little somthing about it.",3
"The use of the Facial Action Coding System , FACS, to read a students' emotional expressions in a classroom would be very valuable. It would allow a lesson to be modified to better interest a student. It would also help to keep the student from becoming so confused to the point of giving up.

Since most schools have transfered over from books and paper to Chromebooks or iPads, the system could be added to the devices. It wouldn't be able to happen immedietly, but eventually with the evolvution of technology the iPads and Chromebooks would be able to handle the program. The text states that our home PCs wouldn't be able to handle the complex algorithms, but hopefully one day they could.

This program would be beneficial to teachers so that they can see how their students are feeling when doing assignments. If three quarters of the class are using their sygomatic major muscles while reading an aritcle, then the teacher knows that they should assign more assignments like that one. If the whole class is bored to death with a particular article, then the teacher knows not to assign to many things like that on ein particular. With the teachers knowing how the students are feeling, it will help keep the students interseted in what they are doing. The teachers will know how their students are feeling about what they have been assigned. Right now, most teachers have no clue as to how the students feel about their assignments because they don't ask. This program will help the teachers stay in tune with their students.

This program will also help teachers realize when the students just aren't understanding the material. The program will recognize when a student is confused. When the teacher sees that their student is having difficulty, they will be able to offer help. Most kids think 'I'll just figure it out on my own, i don't need help.' The students think this because they are scared that the teachers may make fun of them or not help them because the teacher thinks the student is just wanting answers, or that their peers will make fun of them. If the teacher can acutally get a report from the program that a student was very confused on a particular assignment, then the teachers can pull the struggling students aside and help them without the fear that their peers will make fun of them.

This will benefit the students because they won't have to worry about the other kids making fun of them or having to struggle through an assignment they don't understsand.

When a program that can detect subtle changes in forty-four muscles in a human face is able to be used on easily accessible devices, it is going to change the way school is taught. The program will allow students to have a say in their schoolwork and to get help on assignments they would have normally just muddled through. This program is going to change education for the better!",4
"The natural face

I think the face is a natural landform. The article states that Scientsists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, but only this one had an unusual shadow that made it look like an Egyptian Pharoh. The scientsts flew to Cydonia for the first to take pictures of the original Viking photos. Thousands were waiting for the image first appeared on a JPL web site. The web site had revealed that the face was not an alien, but it was an natural landform.

Michael Malin and his Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times haper than the original photo. Face was located at 41 degree north matian latitude where it was winter in april, 1998. The camera showed the image and there was no alien monument after all. The picture actually shows the Marian equivalent of a butte landform common around the American West. The scientists tried it again and they just don't pass over the Face very often.

The face is an natural landform like the article said          ",2
"You should join the Seagoing Cowboys program! We get to do so many things and have fun. This is also a great way to help out communities and people in need. If the trip gets boring, just do something entertaining to pass the time. Most importantly, it would be the time of your life.

The Seagoing Cowboys get to look around at the places we stop and go sightseeing. Even though we have to take care of the animals and clean their stalls, it gives you a chance to feel good about what you are doing. On the trips back home they entertain themselves by playing games, reading, playing table-tennis tournaments, and boxing. On one trip I even got to see the Acropolis in Greece!

In conclusion, Joining the Seagoing Cowboys would be a great experiance for anyone. It also gives people the chance to really pitch in and help out anybody in need or a city that needs supplies to live off of. If you are thinking about joining the Cowboys, you should because they would be glad to have some more helping hands. ",2
"Dear Senator,

I think that Electoral College is not the way to vote in the future. We should make a change in our goverment and make elections by popular vote. For these reasons we should make changes. We don't know who the electors vote for. The Electoral College is unfair. Popular vote is more accurate.

If we are going to have Electoral College lets at least know who our elector votes for. ""Can voters control whom their electors vote for? Not always."" By this I mean, not letting him choose who ever he's going for. As in of showing that he took everyones vote and made them all count. Even if the guy he's going for wins the election, we can say it was fair.

The Electoral College is not fair. First of all we don't know who picks the electors. We don't know if there truthful as in putting in votes. I'm sure they have to have certain requirments to become an elector but we are not the ones chosing them. In the 2000 campaign 17 states didn't even see the people running in the election. Also in an Electoral College ties exist so then it has to be thrown into the House of Represenatives where the delagations will vote on the president. Making our votes worthless because the people in the goverment get to chose whos next to become president.

Popular vote is more accurate. By me saying this is that everyones vote counts. There's no electors invovled causing you to fall in doubt. Even though it says that Electoral College electors ""...that trust is rarerly betrayed."" I still think that the people will cofide more in popular vote showing them that they didn't just vote for no reason.

Electoral college is getting more and more complicated causing people to doubt. We should change because we don't  know who the electors vote for. The Electoral College is unfair. Also because popular votes are more accurate. Electoral College is irrational and not accurate.            ",4
"Do you really thing a land form could make a face ? To me that seems something is very unlikely. A planet that we do not look alike can make a face as a organism on earth? Well i don't think so and here is why.

The photo isn't clearly shown as a face it just looks like a planets land form.

It may aslo be a feture that is only unique to this palnet like the moon has thousands of craders. I just feel as if Earth has all the water and green grass on it mayb Mars has these land forms instead. Also it might be like how people gaze at the stars or the clouds to see if they make an object or a human face. If you look closley you can see that the

""face"" has ridges or canyon. So maybe the ridegs/canyons made the land form that way.

NASA on the other hand and says there is likelyness of a human face. They also believe it is an alien artifac. According to the picture they say because of the shadows it portraies eyes, nose and mouth. They say that in the years that they took the picture it has developed more and more over the spands of years.

In conclusion the ""face'' to me is still just a land form. Just because it looks as if it is something could not just be made out of a human face. If they had more evidence then it would be believeable but until then my opnion is still that it is a land form.                   ",2
"Be a Seagoing Cowboy!

The Seagoing Cowboy Program is a great cause. You get to hang out with animals, and help people. There are extra perks, such as seeing the world. We are a great cause because we help people that were hit hard by World War II.So the Seagoing Cowboys Program is a great idea!

In the Seagoing Cowboys Program, you get to take care of animals. Animals such as horses, cows, and mules.

There is some hard work but it is really worth it to help so many people. And the animals are truly fun! Animals are a great part of being a Seagoing Cowboy.

I was a Seagoing

Cowboy. I loved it. Once I almost fell off the ship, though, so it is dangerous. But Being a Seagoing Cowboy is really fun! I helped many people, all across the world. I loved being a Seagoing Cowboy!

You can see the world in the Seagoing Cowboys program! Once I saw the Acropolis in Greece! But there are so many other places to help people in. And I saw a lot of them. I saw many things being a Seagoing Cowboy!

So you should join! We really need new people. You get to hang out with animals, help people, and see the world! Even though there are troubles, Seagoing Ciwboys might have the best job in the world. That's why you should be a Seagoing Cowboy!   ",3
"In my opinion i think that using the technology to read emotional expression is a cool, fun, and exiting thing to do, when the author explained the instructions and how everything workes it wouldnt be something i would go against because if the technology detect that someone is sad or someone is acting like they are happy but really are upset it has a way to make people feel like they are truly appy so if somone puts on a fake smile it will make the person actually feel joyful. The author explained it in the story where he is telling the readers the instrustions in paragraph 9. Also it would awesome if we would be able to detect excactly how people are feeling even though they are showing something they really dont feel because that way we know if someone needs a laugh we could help or if someone is feeling grumpy we would know to not even bother that human.",2
"Dear Senator,

I believe the way the American Goverment is run is injust and outdated. I believe this because the way we as America elect a new president is unfair to many people.

The reason I say that is the electoral college is unjust is 538 people should'nt be voting for more than a billion people. The way I believe our new President should be selected is by a majority rule, which ever Canidate has the most votes should win not based off people who vote for our state we live in. Even though the majority of the time the representative from his or her state votes depending on the popular vote from there state, but the reason im saying this is that he or she has the power to pick whatever he or she wants. Also another reason would be that the people only vote for a slate whether it be democratic or republic people in the slate can just change there mind and pick a differnt side. I would understand this system before our time but now we have so much technology people can vote from anywhere they dont have to go put a paper in a box anymore. The system is outdated and unfair to many people. Some people would argue against the point that the representative votes depending on his or her states popular vote, but there has been and will be more of the representative picking against his state if it stays like this.

If this actually ever does get to you I hope you take into consideration some of the points I have given you. Like I said before the Electoral College system is outdated and unfair.    ",2
"German Suburb, Life

Goes On Without Cars

Now a days in VAUBAN, Germany people living in these lovely suburbs are living without automobiles. This area specifically is now known as a car free zone, all except for a main tram that runs from Vauban to downtown Freiburg. Although there arent any cars running on the streets doesnt mean ownership isnt allowed, you are allowed to own a vehicle, granted you park it in 1 of 2 spots. Either a 40,000 dollar registered parking garage, or at home in your garage. Vauban is known to have 70 percent of people without cars and 57 percent sold their cars to live in Vauban. Someone by the name of Heidrun Walter, a media trainor stated ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way.""

Now a days people roaming the streets are moving around Vauban in three different ways, Walking, biking or the city tram. Though these arent as fast and convienient as cars they still are transportation. Life for many people in Vauban is great because its the relief of no polution, the crashes and killings of pedestrians decreased greatly and just all in all less money wasted on gas.

Suburbs are used to great numbers of vehicles, just look at Chicago or Shanghai. A suburb is a place where many middle class families settle down and buy homes to live in. This being said cars help greatly reduce the gas fumes in greenhouses when they are banned and not being used. Just a slight percentage of 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe alone and greatly increased to 50 percent in the United States.

Vauban, home to 5,500 residents is very small due to the no car zone, what people dont know is within this city is closely compacted stores (walking distance for short travel) and other buildings. Most of the development since World War II is the basic structure of a car, focusing on a car was the biggest development of history, but a man named David Goldberg said ""That will have to change.""

Paris bans driving due to smog

Many days of pollution caused Paris to form a partial driving ban to help maintain air pollution. Not only that Paris ordered many motorists to leave there cars or be forced to pay a large fine of 22- euros or $31. Many did what was said and many did not, if they werent cooperating they would pay the fine and have the vehicle impounded.

Most of frances pollution came from the favored diesel, they had a tax policy that supported diesel instead of gasoline. Due to the favoring of Diesel making up 67 percent of the vehicle gas consumption.

France earned many complaints from companies world wide, delivery companies especially. They complained over lost revenue. Thats not all, because of this complaint France had to make a couple exceptions like Electric, hybrid vehicles and a Fee as free as a bird for the transit (Friday through Monday).

Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota

Bogota, Columbia - On a day like no other the people of Columbia set aside there Colorful vehicles to do a more enviromental favor. They rode Bicycles, hiked, skated or even took a bus to work to free Columbia of traffic jams and pollution.

This has began to influence other countries into believing you dont need a vehicle to get around, it helped them realize a different meaning in transportation. This banned vehicles and helped reduce smog.

Though the rain comes down constantly on Bogota it hasnt stopped them from participating in this event, the people of Bogota state ""it helps relieve stress and lower air polution I like it.""

Cali and Valledupar, two other columbian countries also decreased vehicle use. Many authorities from seperate countries took a boat or plane to visit Bogota to see the event and were quite enthusiastic.

The End of Car Culture

Studies in America state due to Obama's goal to lower greenhouse gas emissions is so fortuitous people of america are purchasing less vehicles, driving less and getting fewer licenses.

The United States being the worlds largest population of driving is coming to an end. The United States is so large in the driving industry because of The making of the Model T, and the immortalization of ""Mustang Sally.""

Getting rid of the transportation which sociologists think will happen isnt going to get rid of all the gas emission due to power plants.

New Yorks bike sharing policy and a Toll on bridges has greatly decreased driving in it.

This all shows exact evidence of how the earth is trying to better themselves to get rid of pollution. Not because they are getting rid of cars, but because they are getting rid of cars and keeping people happy. Just remember, just because your forced to stop using a car doesnt mean you should give up and quit, just see it as a change in your life and a relief you are helping to make on earth.    ",2
"If i was a NASA scientist discussing the fase with someone who thinks it was created by aliens i would tell them that the face was not mad by aliens because it could of bin made by dust and wind or a deid person from milions of years ago also it can be a rock formed as a face .

first i think that the face could of ben made up of dust and wind along time ago because we do not know what was in mars for a long period of time untill we invented satelights, rocket ships and space shutls next i say it could of also ben a deid person. one of the resons i say this is because in space a deid bode can not row or reprodus .

last but not lest a rock could of den formed or a medeor crash thes are some of the things why i think it could not be aliens.            ",2
"Many uncommon things happen causing people to be very fascinated with a certain subject. Any time something to do with space occurs, many people freak out or become fascinated with the subject. When something to do with space does occur, then usually people believe alien life forms. But with a cleaner and better camera the photos revealed that it was a natural landform and not an alien monument after all.

With an even better camera lense than before the picture is still proof that shows it is a normal, typical landform. Even with small objects you would still be able to clearly see if the object is a landform or a alien life form. The natural landform is equivalent to a butte or mesa. The ""face"" on Mars is still a like to a normal landform on Earth.

The form can not be life like or be alien like due to the amount of information and facts that NASA has to back up its ideas. The conspiracy theorists don't have as many facts as NASA to back up their information and ideas. NASA has majority of the information and facts which over rules the conspiracy theorists information and facts. ",2
"I am for the value of using this technology to read students emotional expressions because, I believe it could help many people in school the silent the mad maybe even the one's that are confused and feel to uncompfortable to ask a teacher or a fellow student for help, so if you have one individual look at a camera for a minute or two just to be able to understand what there going through, and help a little more towards that I think it's great, the reason I say this is because, in the article making mona lisa smile the author makes a statement about how the technology could help see how a student feels about his or her work or life, I know this because in paragraph six the author says a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it coud modify lessons like an effective human constructor, and

Im all for it because it doesn't just help me and does't just help you it helps the world. ",2
"In the years of 1976,1998, and 2001 photographs of a mysterious 'face' on Mars was revealed. Some people believe the Face was created by aliens. This is not the case. When the image of the Face was taken in 1998, it was released on a JPL web site, it revealed a natural landform, there was no alien monument, and when Malen Garvin's team captured a photo of the Face in 2001, you could point out things in a ditigal image three times bigger than the pixel size.

On April 5, 1998, the Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia, a region of the Red Planet, and Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team captured an image of the Face. In paragraph seven it states, ""Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing...a natural landform."" Paragraph seven also states, ""There was no alien monument after all."" So, with the images revealed by Michael Malin and his team, it supports my idea that the Face is a natural landform.

Michael Malin's team snapped another photograph of the Face on April 8,2001, in which, you were able to point out things in a digital image three times larger than the pixel size, as stated in paragraph 11. For example, if there were things visible in the picture such as airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-stlye pyramids or even small shacks, you could identify what they were. If this was the case, then we could have been able to identify any strange creature in the photo, but clearly none were in sight.

In conclusion, there are many reasons to support why the Face is only a natural landform. The image taken in 1998 by Machael Malin revealed a natural landform, there was no alien monument, and in the photograph captured in 2001 by Michael Malin, you were able to discern things in a digital image three times larger than its pixel size. Altogether, the information from the text hepls to conclude that the Face is just, indeed, a natural landform.             ",3
"In this story we read about how Dr. Huang made a program thathe can install in computers so it can read people emotional expressions. And how they used it on a pease of art called Mona Lisa. They tested it in her and it worked it predicded what she might have felt when they were drawing her at the moment. They started testing it on other people as well. But it can only read certian emotions like happy, sad, fearful, angry, disgusted and some other ones.

The program was created by Dr. Huang he was inspired by something to make this program. Well honestly im not sure but im guessing he was. His program has been a successful program so far they want ot add it to school computers . If a student is on a program and the students feels confused the program will imadicly modify what the student is doing to make it a better understanding for them so says Dr. huang. Isnt that just great huh saves us all from rasing our hand to get the teachers attenion frm helping someone els.

This program will be designed to help students when in need of help while using a computer at school. But is the program really needed , can the teacheers not just simply come and help te students out? well i supouse and hope the teacher does help . I mean after all i would like to be helped if i needd the help. But i also know that sometimes the teacher is to busy helping other kids or even maybe other teachers , so i personialty think the program would be awesome to have.

The way

Dr. Huang designed the program can only read certain emotons . It reads the most comman ones we all have . For example when tsted on Mona lisa it read 83 percent happy, 9percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, 2 percent angry. If you were to go to the computre and have your emotions read what do you think you it owuld read for you?

After all that reading of how Dr. Huang made a program to read our emtions i want to test it out my self wouldn't you? Its amazing how it could read the emotions out of the art work . Who would have thought there was som much feeling under that paint. She was have alot of feeling while geting painted i see.

Most be nice being one of the lucky people to get to test it out. But dont forget it could only read certian emotions.                       ",2
"Do you like to travel around the world? Well if you do you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. Even if you dont like to travel your demeanor will change when you join this program. We have table-tennis tournaments,fencing,boxing,reading,whitting,and games to pass the time by. You will be so exuberant that you joined. You will be like a kid on Christmas morning.

You will get to see new places ,and you get to say you have been there before when other people have not been there. You will never be melancholy on this trip beacause there is things to do all the time. You get free breakfeast every morning. There will be eggs,panacakes,bacon,sausage and more. If you join this month you will get a free trip to the next place we go. On the boat there is a pool,and there is a hot tub. The pool and hot tub closes at 10:00.

I cracked my ribs but that did not stop me from having fun. I only had to stop working for a couple days,and then I was better than ever. When joining in this month you get you dont have to pay for a class abought the safeteys of being on a boat. You will be more exuberant than Christmas morning. My freind Don Reist got me into this program,so I hope I can get you to join this program like he did to me.

Lets reacap why you should join this program. We have table-tennis tournaments,fencing,boxing,reading,whitting,and games. These help take up time while going to are destination. You get to see new places,and get to tell people abought it so mabey they will join to. If you join in this month you dont have to pay for a class abought safety of being on a boat,and you dont have to pay for the next place we go. You get free breakfeast every morning. When I joined I did not know abought if I would like the program but I did,and im still it and I like it even more every day. I hope your demeanor will change like mine did when I joined the Seagoing Cowboys program. That is why I think you should join this amazing program.",3
"How do you feel about driverless cars? My position on driverless cars is i don't think it's a good ide, because it could potentinally be very dangerous for anyone inside or outside of the car.It could cause a lot of problemns in the court rooms. Do you think it's safe for children to sit in the cars by themselves. If a driverless car was to get into a wreck who are you to judge the car or the individual?

I believe driverless cars could be very dangerous because, in the text it states ""they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues."" In my eyes and how I read that it makes me beileve they couldn't drive if it was raining hard. Traffic is literally almost everywhere so the indviual in the car would have to take over most of the time.eithier way the car can't be driverless because it notifies you in everything.

The second reason i beileve that driverless cars should be a thing is because if there was an accident who would be responsible for the accident, the manufactor or the indiviual in the car? That could cause a lot of problems in the court room, could go on for months. LIke especially if it was a drunk driver that'd start a riot.",2
"I personally am against this development of cars. I feel as if we already have very smart drivers and this will only cause chaos.We do not need driverless cars now or ever.We will also lose our taxi drivers, leaving them unemployed.

As a child I always imagined myself getting my drivers licence. If we were to get driverless cars then there willl be no point to getting one becuase the car will be doing all the work. We will not have any expirience driving and will forget how to if we dont ever get a chance to drive it.

Driverless cars will cause a panic. We will never be certain if the car is functioning correctly and will doubt whether we are safe or not. How can we be so sure the car will not malfuntion and crash? Thats the thing, we cant be sure and will always be doubtful of what may happen. In passage 7 it states "" But all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills."" By telling us this it is saying that the car is still unable to do all task that a normal human can do

Why go through all this trouble when we aleady have humans who can drive perfectly safe. We will be wasting millions and millions of pointless dollars on something that we were taught how to do. Not to mention that if the car fails there can be goverment problems from people who want to sue becuase maybe the car wasnt working corrctly

Overall This is not a smart idea. Not only will you waste millions but lose family time teachig your kid how to drive. If these haven't worked before, what makes them thing this will work this time? Technology is an amazing thing but it is taking over and its taking it over quickly. We can not let technology run our lifes. Just think of it like this, if your kid was in those cars, would you feel safe for him or her?   ",3
"Today we recently just found out that there is something figure like on Mars. Many poeple are saying it looks as if it's a face or some sort. Some peopel are even saying aliens have put it on Mars to tell us soemthing, but I hilly dout that.

As I asked a few other scientist about it I knew it would be interesting to see and search on. As we all were looking at this photo of what seems to actually be a human face on Mars a new scientist walked in and talked about it.

He began to say that ailens put it there! All I could think of is why and how would they do it. They may not even be real, we have no evidence to show that soemthing living lives up on Mars. I had began to tell him that's it's not possiable! I even gave facts about how anything livinh like humans or animals couldn't live up there. But he still thought it was true.

I didn't want to argue anymore so I had gotten up and left to do more research on it. So many poepel had already heard about it and were giving out thier opinions. As I read through so many of them they all had great point and soem didn't even know what they were talking about. I really wannted to show the new worker that he was wrong. Then it hit many me, I knew what I had to do. I began to make my own page abot the face on Mars. I did so much research and as soon as I posted out to the world it got many hits.

When I got to work the next day so many poepel were talking about it and were on my side of the arguement. I felt proud of myself doing all this hard work. As I got to my desk that new scientist came up to me. I didn't know if I should smile or say something, but before I could do anything he smiled and told me how what I said changed his mind on the whole thing.

At the end of the day everything ahd worked out and went back to normal. The face on Mars had been getting bigger and many poeple hadn't though aliens did it after reading my page. By doing so much research I sort of made a differnce about it and Im proud to say all the hard work turned out to be a amazing thing to do.            ",1
"Dear senate,

I think that we should actually keep the electoral college. There are many reasons why should keep it,for one is that that electors choose the president and the vice president and the counting of the electoral votes by congress. Another reason we should keep the electoral  college is because it has 538 electors. It also helps the U.S by giving us a president. Those are some of my reasons why we the people should keep the electoral college.

First of all, the reason why we the people should keep the electoral college is because the electors choose the president and the vice president and the counting of the electoral votes by congress. The reason I say this is because we the people need a president and the electoral college helps us get one. The electoral college helps us get a vice president as well because if the president dies or some sort the vice president can take in. The electoral college also helps count the electoral votes by the congress. Those are some ways the electoral college helps us.

Further more,another reason why the electoral college helps the us and the U.S is that we have 538 electors. The reason I say this is because every elector do there job by picking the president that will run for the U.S.It also helps pick out the vice president as well like I said in my first paragraph. That is why we should keep the electoral college. The electors help pick out the president that we need for everyone.

Lastly, the last reason I think we should keep the electoral college is because it helps us by giving us a president that we need. A president can do so much for us like Barack Obama. He did great things to keep this nation secure for the people. Other great president did the same thing back then. Because of the electors from the electoral college. Those electors helped pick a president so we can have one and that is why we need the electoral college.

In Conclusion,so today I talked about why we the people need an electoral college and there are many reasons for it. To sum it all up the reasons we need an electoral college is becasue the electors helps us by picking a president,vice president,and the electoral votes that we need. Another is because we have 538 electors that help pick a president. Last is that they give the U.S a president. So this are some of the reasons why we the people need an electoral college.    ",3
"Is ""The Face on Mars"" created by aliens or humans? This topic can be very debatable depending on an individual's sate of mind. It may be seen as a natural landform or believed that it was created purposely. Some may even say it was the aliens who created it, while others may disagree. In all, this topic should be about looking at the facts than a matter of opinions. The Face on Mars may seem as though it was created by aliens, while there's proof of it being a natural landform on Mars.

To begin with, the Face on Mars is a natural landform. It became a priority, or an important task, to get a picture as soon as possible, to satisfy everyone's beliefs. On April 5, 1998, a NASA team, finally got a picture of it, 10 times sharper than the original showing there was no alien monument after all. To prove it once again, the NASA team captured another picture on April 1, 2001. The photo that was taken, was said to use the best quality, to show any mysterious unkowns. The Face on Mars wasn't equivalent to the name at all, it officially became an ordinary landform as such on Earth.

As continued, some will sate that it is an alien monument. There have been disagreements, even by scientist, believing it was an alien artifact. When first discovered, it seemed as though it was an Egyptian Pharoah. When photographs were taken, some argued that it was due to it being winter on Mars that the alien monument was missed, but as seen in the photographs, that is not proven to be the reason. The most recent picture was one taken to officially declare that there was no alien monument, using the camera's maximum resolution, which were used to show any objects surrounding it. As seen in the most recent phototgraph, it's equivalent to what a butte or mesa would look like.

In conlusion, ""The Face on Mars"" is a topic that can be seen with two sides. Depending on a person's beliefs or their state of mind, one may think differently. When looking at the facts, it is shown that it was mistaken to be an alien artifact when it really was just a natural landform. NASA's teams have been working on a way to prove it, taking massive amounts of time to get the right photographs revealing something equivalent to a butte or messa, but there will always be some who disagree. Some may say that it was NASA's fault for not showing the ""real"" unkown and hiding it to themselves, and taking it at the wrong time. ""The Face on Mars"" is well believed to be known as an alien artifact or an ordinary landform, causing many disputes to a person's beliefs and opinions. ",4
"How was the Face on Mars created? The face on Mars was created, because it is a mesa, meaning no alien created it. Many scientist believed it was an alien artifact, even though there weren't any facts given about it. The Face on Mars is a natural landform.

On April 5, 1998 a team of men snapped a photograph ten times sharper than the one the Viking took. Once the photo was uploaded many people were unhappy. The people still believed it still had something to do with the aliens because of where it was located. The Face of Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude, giving them a reason to believe it was an alien artifact.

The Face on Mar became a pop icon. ""It starred in a Hollywood fim, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows, and grocery store checkout lines for 25 years!"" (5) The Face on Mars became famous because many people believed it was an alien artifact and didn't know the truth.

The Face on Mars has nothing to do with aliens, it is a natural landform, also know as a butte or mesa. The Face on Mars was never an alien monument, even though many people just believed it was. It became famous for it, an once people found out the truth then weren't satified with it.

The Face on Mars was finally unmasked. Everyone found out the truth and dealt with it, even though most weren't satified about it. The Face on Mars is a natural landform and has nothing to do with aliens.",3
"In World War 2, I was asked if I wanted to join thew UNRRA to become a seagoing cowboy. I believe that you and others should join because you maybe be helping your country and other countries. Also if you join it will help you in the long run by getting you special offers from other army groups and countries. If you could join would you, why or why not? I really think you should join because it is a really fun experince.

I have multiple reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys of the UNRRA. One reason you should join is that you could sightseeing while you are picking up the animals from the country ar in or on the way to other countries. Another reason you should join this program is when you turn 18 you could join other military services and other projects like this one. The thrid reason is the you get work with animals such as young cows, mules ,and horses. Final reason is that when you ngo from country to counrty you will go relaxz and have fun with your mates and you could final read that book you been wanting to read. Those are my reason why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program.

After all of these reasons would you want join the program. I am telling you it will do you some good later on in your life and you will love going aroundthe wolrd and explore. Oh and did I forget to teel you that you have you do an hourly check on the animals and you get to feed them. After all The trips you will be very grateful for the experince and opportunity to go acroos the world. Lastly You can do so much fun stuff on board after you are return from trips by doing stuff like fencing, boxing, table-ennis matches. and ithers games and activies. JOIN THE SEAGOING COWBOYS PROGRAM!!!  ",2
"There's a Face on Mar's that some people threorise is am alien landmark. However, there's evidence supporting that it's just a natural landform. The Face is a natural landform because while the first picture was bluried the second was ten times sharper then the original, the photos are reported to be of a natural landform, scientist say it is a mesa (common in the western U.S).

As I stated before, scientist say the second photo is ten times sharper than the original photo. This means it was more accurate. The article showed the second picture to readers at the top third picture to the right. It shows what looks like, and is ,a natural landform. One scientist, Jim Garvin, compared it to a mesa. A mesa is commonly found in the ""western area of the American West.""

In conclusion, the Face is an all natural landform that formed on Mars. I said that it's natural because the photos (which are more accurate than before) are said to have a picture of an natural landform, which they do. The Face can't be a Martian relic as it is a mesa. If it was of Martian descent wouldn't it look more noticable and detailed? The Face is a natural landform because the first picture shown to the masses was bluried and unaccurate while the second was sharper and more accurate than the original, the second photos are reported to show a natural landform, and scientist say the Face is a landform not unsimilar to a mesa (which can be found in Western America).",3
"Car horns are blasting through the busy streets, alongside the yelling and the stress of getting to work on time. The fact you have to hear the noises while trying to get to work creates even more stress, or maybe some anxiety. This does not seem like an ideal place to be, right? Well, in reality, this is how Miami is most of the time, along with the increasing heat from air pollution, of course. But can there be a way to stop some of these situations from happening so frequently? Actually, there could be. If we were to limit car usage in the United States, or at least Miami, it could help us prosper as a city and as people.

To start off with, the trend of having a car or a license is decreasing these days. In ""The End of Car Culture,"" it says: ""But America's love affair with its vehicles seems to be cooling"" (Source 4). Why is that? It could be because the younger generation is not as interested as getting their license. In the excerpt from ""The End of Car Culture,"" it states: ""A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent beween 2001 and 2009"" (Source 4). Meaning, that young adults in the United States are not piling into the DMV just to get a license. Also, this trend is not only in America. Other places around the world are also limiting car usage. Thus, showing that this is a goal that can be achieved at this day and age.

In addition, it relieves stress and air pollution. For example: in ""In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars,"" Heidrun Walter, who is said to be a media trainer and a mother of two who lives in Vauban, Germany, says, ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way"" (Source 1). Which shows that some people like the lifestyle of limiting car usage. Also, this could be used to alleviate air pollution, which can stress some people out. For instance: in the excerpt from ""Paris bans driving due to smog,"" it mentions this interesting fact,"" After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clean the air of the global city"" (Source 2). Which, you can imagine, would stress people out for the first few weeks, but since we can adapt to new environments, it can become part of our daily life. To add to, the excerpt also said, ""Congestion [car traffic] was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog... The smog cleared enough Monday..."" (Source 2). Also, in ""Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota,"" it says:"" the goal is to promote alternaive transportation and reduce smog"" (Source 3). What does that mean? It means that after limiting car usage, it also helped clear up the smog that surrounded Paris and it helped in Bogota as well. This can actually help us achieve our goal of trying to stop air pollution. Hence, it will also help us emoionally and globally.

In conclusion, limiting car usage would be a good idea so we can decrease the numbers in air pollution, stress, and our number of young adults geting their licenses have been decreasing. The question we should be asking ourselves is why didn't we do this before?    ",3
"Venus is very hostile and would be very hard to live on. its the hottest planet in the solar system and ita atmosphere is 92 times stronger than Earths. Living on the surface of Venus would be impossible but like the author states, living 30 miles abpve the surface might not be so bad. It would e the only option if we want to live on Venus but theres a pretty good chance it could work.

One thing the author does very well is that the author does a good job of supporting the the idea of studying Venus even though its a very dangerous planet. He stronlgy suggest to study Venus ans eventually get us to live there. Paragraph 4 says ""If our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface? Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system."" This shows that even though Venus is very dangerous, scientists still love Venus and really want to learn more to eventually getting to live there above the clouds. And it proves that the author of the article was right about pushing to study Venus becasue thats exactly what the scientists think.

Another way the author does a good idea of supporting how Venus should be studied more is by explaining how NASA wants to send people to Venus to study it more and to continure to learn about Venus. Paragraph 5 says ""(NASA) has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape.......At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth zlevels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans."" The author proves how humans could stay on venus to learn more about it and study it way more. The author proves that living abouve the surface and clouds would be way easier for humans to do because the surface is too harsh.

In conclusion, the author did a very good job of supporting the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. Sure Venus is a very harsh and hostile world, but that is mostly on the surface where the harshest conditions are. Its way safer above the clouds and that is where humans could study Venus more.",4
"Driverless cars would be very effeiciant. There are many pros to having them and it would be very beneficial for many reasons.

Like Sergey Brin said, these cars would use half the fuel of today's taxis. Since we're already started to run out on this fuel, having these types of cars would benefit us very greatly. If self driving cars could get better alerts for when the driver needs to do something, it would be easier for people to multi task as well. Self driving cars would also be better, because less crashes would happen. From the text, sensors can cause the car to apply brakes and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better response than a human driver could manage. More improvememnts could make driving much more safer.

Although the self drivng cars are not completly driverless now, it would be very possible to do so with funding. If it were possible to make a car completely driverless, there would not be so much doubt about them. There would also be much more safety. Self driving cars would be very reliable. If it is possible to have them by 2020, a lot could change about transportation.

Driverless cars would definitely benefit people today. It seems like a very possible idea. Although there are some flaws about it now, it could definitely happen in the future.",2
"Venus is sometimes called ""Evening Star"" which is a misleading nick name. In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worhty pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author suggest studying Venus because it's similar to Earth. It's has been called as Earth's ""twin"". It's the second planet by the sun.

Venus atmosphere is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide. It's temperatures average is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. By astronomers it was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life. It stated the ""the planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains and carters"". This proves that it's atmosphere is similar to Earth.

In conclusion not only it's similar but not many study it. Since it was studied by far from photography and videography which means it's not studied compeletly. It stated that ""researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else"". It's also not an easy conditions, but survivable for humans. The author suggest studying Venus because the author thinks that ""travels on Earth and beyond should not be limeted by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet he very edges of imaginations and innovation"".",2
Luke made a good choice to go to China so he could help do stuff and help other people and help with World War 2. He could also help the horses and protect the horses and train them. He could also do stuff people couldn't do or help the people that need help or he could also protect the people that are hurt and take them to the nurse or the hospital. He has a good reason to go to China and protect people he could help his friend do stuff or he could do it for him and he could also fight with people and he could fight the other Country and he could also give people the horses of they need them. His friend had a good reason to take Luke with him to China so he can do a lot of stuff with him. It is a opportunity of a life time for Luke. Luke was excited to go to China to help other people and train horses and fight vs other Countrys and help people that are hurt also ride horses with his frinds and have a lot of fun with his friend. It took him two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean and it took him a month to get to China and when he got there he was so excited to be there so he can fight and ride horses and train them. He had no idea his life was going to change. it was when he graduated high school then his friend asked him if he wanted to go to China. When he was asked he couldn't of said no so he couldn't feel bad. He went to the Atlantic Ocean sixthteen times and the Pacific Ocean twice.,2
"By the author of this topic is really persauding by true facts where it makes u think. Can we really live on venus the normal way or a new way? During all this time all the best and expert sciencetist are working together to test a method nd see if we can live on that planet without dying or not producing food or water or even shelter. While testing we figured out that Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun. Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface. So that is why I think during the proccess on living venus or in the future testing methods if we could live pn venus or see if we can grow crops or bring like equiment to test samples on we can evole on this planet near us. Even the thought of going to a new planet is a big turn of events because we dont know how its atmosphere works or gravity or air/oxygen or weather climate change or anything but we are learning about it really fast where we have to make a high expert group of people to risk their lives to see if we can produce our species or our tech,food,citys, or even animal life in conculsion to make sure that we sure we dont make the smallest mistake to screw up the plans for us to live or visit venus in future but in mean time we have people training to become the best of the best for this secret peoject if it happens. So that is all i gotta say and i hope it does happen to make history on the board for people to live on a new generation. So our main goal is all about Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. Even NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus’s surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions. Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers",2
"There are lot of advantages of limiting car usage. Some people think its a hassel to keep up with a vehicles needs. You have to make sure the vehicle has good tires so if it rains or if it snows the tires will be able to ride through it. You also have to make sure the vehilcle has has gas to ne able to go where you ned to go. If you add the prices of keeping all that up also when there is othere expenses to add to the vehilcle, you would be paying a lot of money.

In this new experimental district, people have decided to give up there vehicle to see how they would do without there cars. This place is located in the outskirts of Freiburg, near the French and Swiss borders. The name of this district is called Vauban. The streets of Vauban is completely free of cars. But downtown Freiburg and some streets on one edge oof the community, car owneship is allowed, but there are only two places to park. Larg garages at the edge of the development, where a car ownerbuys a space for $40,000, along with a home.

70% percent of Vaubans families do not own cars and 57% sold there cars to move in the Vauban community. Some people say is releaves stress . Heidrun Walter said, ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way. She is a media trainer and a mother of two children. She likes to walk and hear the wandering children. Its nice to get some fresh air every once in a while. But for her, she gets everyday.

In 2006 Vauban was completed. It was an example of a growing trend in Europe, the United States Of America wanted tosperate suburban life from auto use, as a componet of a movment called ""Smart Planning.""                                    ",3
"The Face on Mars is just a natural landform although, many others would disagree. Sure, there are many theories of how it could have been made by aliens but, where's all the evidence? There is no evidence for aliens having built the Face and, saying the Face is a natural landform makes much more sense.

Some people have said that it has been built by aliens but NASA is just hiding the evidence. NASA would not hide such evidence even if there was any. NASA would be able to profit if they found proof of ancient or modern lifeforms that built the Face. NASA would receive a bunch of funds to go explore Mars, there would be many people lining up to go, and many more positions at mission control buildings would open up. This would give NASA a lot more oppurtunities to go explore and make money.

Other people have been saying that maybe the evidence hasn't been found yet, but aliens have built the Face. Clear pictures have already been taken of Mars and of Cydonia and show no evidence of aliens living there or having lived there. Pictures haven't shown huts or any other buildings where aliens could have lived. There are also others who say, ""How does a natural land formation end up looking like that?"" Well, the features on the Face are really just shadows of higher points on the Face or holes in the Face. There are also many landforms on Earth similar to the Face such as buttes or plateaus.

This shows that aliens did not make the Face and that NASA wasn't hiding evidence about aliens building it. It also shows that there is no evidence of aliens having lived on Mars or currently living on Mars. If there were no aliens on Mars, how was the Face made by aliens?",2
"Luke's participaition in the Seagoing Cowboys program made him want to be apart of that program because he got invited to travel to Europe to he help and he wanted to be helpful. I know this because in the text it states,""He was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a bank when his friend Don Reist invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat.""I also knew why i was why he wanted to go but he probably had a little doubt but couldn't resist the opertunitiy. I know this because in the text it states,""He knew it was an oppertunity of a lifetime.""

It allowed him to experience ad ventures and visit many unique places because when he heard about the ""Seagoing Cowboys"" had to help Europe get food and supplies ever since World War 11. In the text it state's,""It was 1945,World War ll was over in Europe, and many contries were left in the ruins.""The text also state's,""To help these contries recover their food suplies, animals, and more, 44 naitions joined together to form UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitaitin Administraition).""The text also state's,""Luke signed up.""He signed up because he wanted to help and make a different.

Luke can convince you all to join the Seagoing Cowboys by telling you all the oppertunities and chances you will get ,and I know you will have a wiled adventure. I know this because in the text it state's,""The cattle-trip were an unbelievable ppertunity for a small town boy"",he says. The text also state,""Besides helping people, I had side benefit seeing Europe and China.""

Thats how I know you all would like to join the ""Seagoing Cowboy's""program.

I know that you would all like adventures and learning about all the unique stuff they do on a boat for 2 weeks or longer to get across the Atlantic to China, to behonest I would probably get sea sick after a while. In the text it states,""It took two weeks to cross the the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern of the United States and a month to get to China.""The text also states,""They had to be fed and watered two or three times a day.""

It was very difficult sometimes to be on a boat for about a month because you have to keep everything clean and lift hay and oats on the boats and do all of your jobs all of the time. I know this because in the text it states,""Bales of hay bags of oats had to be pulled up from the lower holds of the ship. I also know it was probaly a little difficult because the text also states,""Stalls had to be cleaned.""I could tell that was very hard by the sound of it and how I can picture it happening. I would still say it would be a very cool thing to do.          ",3
"As seen in paragraph 2 it says how venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size,but it also says that there were attempts to launch unmanned aircraft onto the planet and non of them lasted a few hours which is why there hasn't been an aircraft actually to land on venus. Paragraph 2 shows a little taste of how dangerous venus is but it is enticing to learn more about the planet itself. In paragraph 3 it explains how venus's atmosphere is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide, and the clouds are highly corrosive with temperatures reaching more than 800 degrees Fahrenheit. These are even more reasons on why it is dangerous but yet you would wanna know more about it.

The reason why scientists wanna know more about the planet even though it is dangerous is because in paragraph 4 it says That ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system."" Which is another reason why scientists wanna know more about venus and what it has in store. The planet seems to be a very cool place to live without all the set backs with the atmosphere and the corrosive clouds. The scientists of NASA have an idea on how to send a manned vehicle to venus without getting into all the dangerous areas by putting a blimp like air vehicle hovering 30 miles above all of the bad and dangerous chemicals and heat.

The reason it would be a very good thing to study on is because of it being similar to earth in many ways. One reason why is said in paragraph 8 in which it states "" Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors."" Which i do agree on this being a good cause because not only do we get knowledge but we get more into it which is a dangerous route but it is for the good of man and how not only will we be able to put man on Venus one day but to be able to further our own civilitation. Another dangerous part about the exploration is that we go back to the part where it says no aircraft has ever been able to withstand only a few hours of the planets atmosphere,but as it says in paragraph 7 they are making a vehicle that can survey and gain knowledge on the planet instead of sending a vehicle on the planet. Scientists will be able to gain the knowledge on how to produce a product for NASA that can both withstand the harsh heat and atmosphere but move on the planet like a rover.",3
"Being bored in the middle of class really sucks. You sit there staring at your computer screen longing for the time to go by faster. Well with the new Facial Action Coding System it can read your emotions from your face and change things up a bit. These are very good for classrooms to keep kids from getting bored and going off track.

When I'm sitting in class I don't like to be bored the whole time. I want to learn and pass, but I can't do that if I keep spacing out or falling asleep while doing my work.

I want to be entertained and interested in what I'm supposed to be learning. If my computer had the Facial Action Coding System installed in it then when I began to get bored it would notice and would change the lesson or how it was teaching me.

In conclusion, I believe that the Facial Action Coding System is valuable for classrooms to have to keep students from getting bored and not doing their work. It would help them learn and keep them interested in the lesson. This would help students pass and keep them going for a better chance for a good career with a better education using this system. ",2
"No one has ever landed on venus so the author is saying this because no space ship has survived landing for more than a few hours. maybe the issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on veunus more than three decade, venus really is a challanging planet for people to study.

Venus has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide covers venus, even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfric acid in the atmophere. On the surface, temperatures average over 800 degress F and the pressure is 90 times greater than our planet. The conditions are extreme than anything humans encounter, due to the pressure and th heat of venus.

Beyond the pressure and the heat venus has geology and wather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to the land surface. It'll be dangerous even trying to live on venus but if you want to live on vnus be prepared for these desasters. Like for example our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over venus would advoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way.

This is why NASA is working on a wat to approach and study venus, like some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tsted in a chamber simulating the chaos of venus surface and have lasted for three weeks in the conditions of venus. Imagine a blimp like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the rolling venusian landscape, that'll be very cool and amazing to see and watch on TV.

Just if you ever think about wanting to go visit venus..make sure you bring lots of water and a cooling suit that'll cool you when you attempt to walk along across venus.          ",3
"Have you ever heard of a driverless car? Not many people have in this day in age because it hasnt been a hot topic in the many years people have been trying to achieve this task.

My position on driverless cars has me very intersted in the near future of where this invention might go. My opinion of driverless cars is amazing, it could help with fuel saveing and aslo passenger safety for many people on the road. Also it would change the face of todays technology skale amazingly. The technological advances for driving cars will esculate over time and maybe even introduce the floating car.

The safety of passengers would increase dromatically becuse there will not be many accidents around the world. There are people driving drunk, or under the influence of other substances. Self driving cars would also help people that cannot drive because they have a medical condition that prevents them from useing car transportation. Self driving cars would help those people over come those obsticals in there life and give them the transortation they need to do the tasks they need to overcome such as doc. apointments.

Self driving cars would help fix many intrasting situations that causes problems in today society. From saveing lives to help the need to get to point A to point B with no struggle and not much effort to do so. I am inroduced to the struggle every day with my mother. She has a dissability called muscular skurosis (M.S.) with affects her brain and her muscles so she is not able to drive. The self driving car will help with that problem and will giver her the option to leave the house and go do what she needs to do

My conclusion is that self driving cars, or asisting cars would help change the driving world and save many lives from people who drive destuctively and help people have transportation to get where they need to go.",4
"What is the one thing a citizen of the united states sees just about everyday of their lives, vehicles. Vehicles are one of the most important creations America has ever had to offer but sadly there is a catch its killing this planet we call Earth. But there is a simple way to stop this atrocity from going any further. Its quite simple really all we need to do is limit our time driving. The advantages of doing this will help stop air pollution, reduce stress, and help urban and rural areas feel more like a community.

its incredible how with time communitys stopped being what they used to be. What happened to everyone knowing everyone in their community. Well if we limit the time of driving not only will we need to find people to carpool with, Americans are going to start meeting new people and start becoming more of a community again. Studys last year has shown that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009. They either biked everywhere or carpooled with friends and family becoming dependent on other people in their communitys.

The danger and stress that comes with driving is unmeasurable. Everytime you drive on the road you are putting your life and everyone your driving with lives in danger. Its only reasonable to say the less amount of people driving the less stressed Americans are. In the passage car-free day spinning into a big hit in bogota, by andrew selsky he states ""Its a good opportunity to take away stress..."" and many other articles state that as well such as In German suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars written by Elisabeth Rosenthal ""when i had a car i was always tense. im much happier this way"". Driving less stressed will also lead to less accidents and less deaths per year.

Pitch black skys, every breath you take is killing you, and you wonder why did this happen, and you think back to all the advice people gave to you about driving. The future is sometimes hard to think about when your living in the present but the future will come and what it is will be based on what you make it. Air pollution is one of the biggest risks to this earth we have. To help stop this pollution well have to give up on using gas but for now lets take a baby step and just limit our time driving. Many communitys have stopped and or limited their time driving. Bogota located in colombia, paris, Vauban located in germany, why not just limit time spent driving in America.

Let us be the last of a dying breed and the birth of a new generation by being role models and start acting as americans worried about this planet. Out of everything asked for us to do this is only a tiny portion of it. This change will not only help us altogether it will change the outcome of the future for the better.    ",4
"In this article it talked about the position on driverless cars informing people about the driverless cars and what it can do. Google's driverless car can be a good thing worldwide. The driverless car is safe and it has been driven for more than half a million miles without a crash, although Google is not truly driverless it alerts the driver to take over when it needs pulling out of the driveway, the car is able to handle driving at a speed up to 25 miles per hour, and the car comes with a special touch sensor that can make sure the driver is able to keep hold of the wheel.

The car is safe and Google has cars that was dable to drive on its own since 2009 and their cars were able to drivemore than half a million miles without a crash or an accident occuring. The cars is not as independent as it should be. When the car need to back out of a driveway it alerts the driver to take over and while it is dealing with traffic issues when the road is busy and need help redirecting where to go when there is roadwork or an accident. The car is safe and smarter on the roads when stuff is not going on unexpectedly on the road.

The car can handling driving up to the speed of 25 miles per hour which requires the driver of the vehicle to still stay alert because the car can not do everything a regular car can when somebody is driving it. When the driver is not paying attention the driver's seat is able to vibrate and let the driver know when there is on coming traffic occuring or any problems. To also get the drivers attention The Google car can announce when the driver should prepare to take over. The car also flash its lights on the windshield and other heads-up displays. If the driver is sleeping when the car is watching the road they also watch the driver and pay attention to the driver to keep the driver safe.

The car comes with a special sensor to keep the driver and the car itself safe earlier in the '80s automakers did make speed sensors to create antilock breaks and later on the same sensors became advanced to watch out and respond to the dangers on the road that would occur. The special touch sensor can also make sure the driver is keeping their hands on the wheel. BMW crweated the ""Traffic Jam Assistant"" to help out the driver alittle bit when the driver is in need of help with this Google car.

The driverless cars are proved to be safe because it alerts you when situations occur unexpectedly, if you fall asleep or if you are not paying attention the car with vibrate all by itself that way you are alert and see everything that going on around you when you not paying attention, the car has driven for more than a million miles without a crash occuring or an accident, it drives up to a maximum or 25 miles per hour, and the car comes with a special touch sensor that senses things.                   ",4
"In the article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming,"" the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars however, the positive aspects outweight the negative aspects. Developing these cars can be an enormous help to everyone. They can notify the driver when the road needs human skills, sensors and computer hardware and software to make driving safer, and have the driver's seats vibrate when the car is in danger of backing up into an object. Being able to have these driverless cars will help to have more safe driving,

Having sensors and computer hardware and software helps drivers be notified of when they are needed to navigate ""through work zones and around accidents."" The driver's seat being able to vibrate to alert the driver of when they might back up into an object helps prevent accidents or crashes. These cars can also ""steer, accelerate, and brake themselves,"" but still are designed to tell the driver when they are needed to do tasks only the drivers can do. The information coming from the sensors can cause the car to apply ""brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control,"" than a driver can manage alone. Having cars be able to do such things like that help us in everyway they can.

Being able to develop these driverless cars will make everything much safer well, in driving. These cars can do anything a driver can do but still need a driver. Yes, you may ask if they are driverless cars then why do they still need a driver? Well, the answer is simple we need them because they still need to be able to work around crashes and navigating through work zones. ""While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver,"" with this being said the car helps the driver as much as the driver helps the car. ",3
"The ""Does the Electoral College Work?"" document expains all the functions of the electoral college and how it works. Allthough some people might think the Electoral College is useful some people think it is outdated and perfer to do away with it.

The Electoral College is a process that has been used for hundereds of years and was established by the founding fathers in the Constitution. Seeing as it was created when the Constitution was makes the process seem very old. A direct election would make a better election. Paragraph ten states that ""Under the electoral college system, voters do not vote for president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president"". This makes the electoral college unfair to voters, making it as if their vote does not count.

Another key point is not  even knowing who your electors are. Paragraph ten asks a series of questions like, ""Who are the electors?"", ""Who picks the electors in the first place?"", or ""Can voters control whom their electors vote for?"". Also stated in paragraph ten, voters sometimes could get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate. The American people would be much more justified if there was no electoral college and they knew who they were voting for.

On the contrary, the electoral college has some admirable features. one example is that no region has enough electoral votes to elect a president, states paragraph nineteen. Which paragraph nineteen also states is a desirable result due to the fact that a president with only regional appeal is unlikely to be successful.

Allthough the electoral college does have desirable traits and appealing affects, it is an oudated and old method of electing our president. Every single American able to vote should have a vote that counts and is clear as to whom that vote is going twords.    ",3
"Have you ever seen somthing, but it was not really what you thought it was? I'am a scientist at NASA, and i am trying to explain that the face that everyone saw on the planet Mars was not created by aliens. It was created by naturel landform. There are many clues that the face was created by natural landform. Also many people can disagree with me, but I will prove to you that it was not created by aliens.

Many people thought that the face was created by aliens because at the time they did not have much eveadince of it was real or not. They thought that unusal shadows made it look like an Egyptin Pharaoh. We then showed people the pictures of the so what called face. It became a big hit everywhere, and people loved it. Some people thought it led to maybe living things being there. It then became an acient civlazation on mars.

In about April 5, 1998 they sent another ship out to take more adavnced pictures. These fine pictures would be much sharper, and they would capture more evedince. 1,000s of people waited to see what the fastinting pictures would bring a new. It revealed a natural landform and there came to be no alien monument after all. Many people were disapointed. They wanted to belive that it was real. Well, I am here to tell you that it is not real.

As you can tell there was a lot of dispute going on. Some people did not want to belive that it was not real. They wanted to keep trying. They then wanted to take a second look. The poeple wanted to make sure that we did not miss anything. We had an extraordinary photo that had pixel spans that were 1.56 meters. That was much better compared to1976 when the yfirst took the picturses.

What the picture actually showed was land forms that were common around the Amercian West.

Now do you see why the face was not created by aliens. Yes, maybe at one point in time it seemed like it could of been real, but all in the end it was not. It just took a little explaning and evidence over the photographs. In my opoion it would have been pretty amazing to of been that way. I guess some things just do not happen like that, and maybe some things happen for a reason. With my helpful eveidence and my clues I hope that you now understand why the face was not created by aliens, but why it was created by the natrual landforms. ",4
"You are going down the road and you see a car being driven by itself. How is that even possible? How does it know were to go and how does it avoid crashing? These are few of the many questions people will be asking sooner or later. There are many advantages to having driverless cars. What about you? What do you think would be the best thing to do?

Cars are a big part in this world. They take us to many different places but sometimes we do not make it to our final destenation. There are billions of car crashes around the world. Caused of drunk driving, texting, failing to do a stop, going over speed limit, not paying attention, and many other things.

These are things we can avoid by having driverless cars. These cars have a lot of technology that will be able to make us get home safe without being in any risk. You can relax and text while the car is taking you home. It is just like having your own chofer. You will not own, that way you can save a lot of money. Cars are really expensive. They can leave you in debt. With these driverless cars you will save so much money and use that money on something more usefull. Plus you would not have to worry about your car breaking down and trying to find a mechanic for it. People waste hundreds of dallors fixing their cars. You would not have to pay to fix these driverless cars.

They are not your responsibility. They will just take you to your destination safe and calm. This invention would make the world a better place. That is what we need. To make this world a better place. What do you think? Wouldn´t you want to avoid accidents? These were the reason why I think driverless cars are a great idea.    ",3
"In the passage ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author thinks that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. In the passage the author has put and many details supporting his idea of studuing Venus. The author uses many good details to support his idea. For example, how they came up with an idea that could keep the people safe but they wouldn'nt be able to get any sample of anything without being in to much danger. However there are still more ideas.

In this passage it says that NASA has come up with a couple ideas to explore Venus. One of their ideas was to hover a ship about 30 miles from above Venus's surface and still me able to observe from there. This supports his idea that they can still exlpore it they just wont be able to get close up and explore it better. There was also another idea that NASA came up with.

Their next idea was to send a spacecraft up but when they did it only sayed up for maybe two hours without failing. Although their first plan failed witht the spacecraft they came up with another idea for sending spacecraft back to Venus. They found a material that might be able to support the spacecraft from the heat. In order to see if this spacecraft woud work the tested it in a similator that was close to what was happening to venus and the spacecraft lasted up to three weeks in the conditions alot longer than the last one. This is another idea that supports his idea of still exploring it because they might of found a safer and better way to do it.

In the end the author of this passage has many details to support his idea of exploring Venus. They have found safer and better ways to explore Venus so why would they not do it. His idea is proven to be posible and he supports his idea very well in this passage.",3
"The idea of a driverless car isn't safe to me. Sergey says that driverless cars are coming in the near future, but the cars aren't even one hundred percent

driverless. The car is still required to have a driver take control if a dangerous accident was happening or if you had to pull out of a drive way. Why can't this ""Driverless car"" handle dangerous situations and pulling out of a drive way without human precaution? Driverless cars aren't cable of doing human things because it doesn't have a mindset of a human on the road.

Sergey explains in paragraph 5 that the driverless cars have sensors, but even sensors don't always work. If the sensor was to stop working and the car wasn't be able to alert itself an accident can happen. None of the cars developed are completely capable of being driverless without a driver in the car and paying attention, so why name them driverless cars? If the car requires a driver to still be alert at all times and be ready to take over the wheel, shouldn't the driver just drive their own car themselves? It's no point of a driverless car if it still needs a humans caution while it's driving. People who hear about a ''driverless car"" would idmmediatley assume they don't have to drive or pay attention at all to the road and the car will do all the road work for them.

I don't agree with the driverless car invention because just how humans can have accicents when driving while having knowledge about driving on the road so can a car that is knowledged on driving by technology, humans crash and computers crash. This driverless car isn't even proven to be reliably safe. Humans are more capable of driving because humans are meant to drive. You can't have a car without a driver. Why teach a car to drive and have the ability to alert themselves if a accident occured like a human when thiers billions of people that can just drive on thier own?

A driverless car isn't needed.",3
"The author of the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" thinks that it is smart to pursue the study of the planet because it is close to Earth, it would give us worthy information about it's physical composition, and the plans being created to explore the planet are valid and reasonable. In the article, the writer shows us how closely Earth and Venus are related. The author uses evidence such as, ""Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too."" This not only gives us a size comparison, but also a distance comparison between the two, causing us to want to study the planet too. Also, the author also uses the fact, ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system,"" which leads us to further our belief on how the planets are so similar.

In addition to being closely related to Earth, the author also believes that studying Venus would give us valuable information on the planet, and what it has to offer. The author throws out examples like, ""samples of rock, gas, or anything else."" Even though the author is saying that getting these samples would be dificult to recieve from a distance, he/she is still using these examples as evidence to make us want to explore the surface of Venus.

Finally, the author believes the plans that are being created to study Venus are reasonable and valid. He/she uses the evidence, ""NASA’s possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray."" The author uses this to give us insight on one of the plans NASA is creating, and why it is worth investigating. In paragraph five, the author uses the comparison, ""Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms."" This text is talking about how the shuttle NASA would use would be able to dodge some of the dangers of of the planet. The author believes that this could work, and thinks that it is a compelling reason to further our investigation on the planet Venus.

For the reasons that Venus close to our planet, it would give us worthy information about it's physical composition, and the plans being created to explore the planet are valid and reasonable, the author believes that exploring the surface of the planet Venus is a worthy pursuit.",4
"I think that people should participate in the 'Seagoing Cowboys', because you will learn things, know things, and see things that are new to you. You would also be very amuzed by half of the things you see, such as long ago history buildings, and even musumes. This event that you will take, will open the world up to you. It will show you how other people do things, and how they get treated.

If I had the chance to be a 'Seagoing Cowboy' I would take the chance, because there is so many opportunities that you will take such as lifetime events. You would see things and stuff that you probally have never seen before, I would love to see Europe an Africa. Like Luke went to a castle that was most likely beautiful and amazing. It would also be a good family trip or good friends trip, if you went with one of them.

Many people are instrested in history so it would be a good trip full of amuzed things. You also could probally visit the history building, were special events took place. People would even ask you to try or do something and that would also be a lifetime event that you always wanted to do. Most people don't like doing this stuff because it 'takes to long to get there' or something, but like i keep saying, it's a lifetime event that you would want to take because maybe you will never be able to do it again, but you can atleast tell people you have been there. While you are there enjoying them places, take pictures so you will always remember that moment, they say if you take a picture it will last longer.

In this story that i just wrote, it tells you good reasons to take the chance of becoming a 'Seagoing Cowboy' .The fact that it would be so amazing and cool, and it once a again, a lifetime event. I would like you to think about what you would see and adventure while you are going adventuring to these amazing places, or maybe you don't want too, I would still like for you to think about that. So, for now on I want you to think about what i told you, and think about becoming one.                     ",2
"In the article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming,"" there are both positive and negative aspects for driverless cars. The idea of automatic cars has been around for a long time. Technology was not as advanced as it is now. Improvements in computer software is going to help make driving safer and is leading to cars that can handle more difficult tasks on their own.

Having driverless cars is a great idea. There are a lot of benifits of having driverless cars. In paragraph 1 it states, ""The cars he foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus. He believes such cars would fundamentally change the world"". Having driverless cars would lower the number of deaths and crashes. Imagine someone being drunk and wanting to drive home. Having a driverless car would help that situation a lot less dangerous.

There are a lot of negative things about driverless cars. Having one of these cars would still require attention and assistance. In paragraph 7 it states, ""This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires. The necessitates the car being ready to quickly get the driver's attention whenever a problem occurs"". If someone is drunk or on drugs how will they know when a problem occurs? Not everyone is going to be fit to have a driverless car.

There are a lot of things a driverless car can do much better than a human can do. In paragraph 7 it states, ""The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph...They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves..."". If a person is unable to break fastly the car will do it. Having a automatic car can help the person worry less because the car will help get them to their destination safely and hopefully on time. Maufacturers are also going to consider using cameras to watch the drivers and make sure they are focused on the road. An automatic car would be good in a situation if someone gets a phone call or a text message. Even though they are supposed to be watching road it will still make it less dangerous. In paragraph 8 it says, ""..Something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone. In this way, the in-car system is actually a safety feature, and safety is a big concern"".

In the article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming,"" there are both positive and negative aspects for driverless cars. There are more positive things about a driverless car than negative. Some say why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver? Dr. Werner Huber, a BMW manager driver states, "" We have to interpert the driving fun in a new way"". The idea of driverless cars will further be an idea and the negatives will be improved. Maybe one day there will be a true driverless car.      ",4
"I myself am agaisnt the idea of having driverless cars. One reason we should not allow this is the simple fact that, what if someone finds a way to hack into the cars systems and kill millions of lives; who takes the fall for that? Or say that the cars somehow go ballistic, and turn against the owners of the mobile and purposely crash. There would not be any way to prevent it from happening because the car has no way to be self controlled. For example in paragrah nine it states "" If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?"".

Another reason why I do not agree with driverless cars is the fact that would it even be fun to drive in a car anymore. That fifteen or sixteen year that just now got there permit doesn't even get the chance to experience driving in the sense that they are not even able to control the car. They would simply sit in the drivers seat waiting for a beep or a flash signaling them to take control for a few minutes, then the funs over. For example in paragrah eight the author asks the question "" Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive?"" I completly argree with the answer yes to this question. Who wants to wait their turn to drive? I am sure the teen wants to control the car on their own and have fun while doing it.

My final reason in why I do not agree with driverless cars is that, say every state allows driverless cars and they release these mobiles. I am sure that the media will indulge in the idea and it will become big. But what happens when the first accident happens? The whole world will know. Do the companies shut down the manufacturing that cost millions of dollars and years of hard work. Or do they just allow the citizens to keep driving until there or more fatalities. The price of the cars would be very expensive I am sure. So say I buy one for lets just say the estimated price of 60,000 dollars. The following week the car is working fine, therefore, I am loving the new technology. Then in the middle of driving down I-65 the car shuts completly down and I cannot control it nor start the car back up. What do I do? Just risk getting out and asking for help, or stay in the car and eventually back up traffic for miles? Also, I will not forget the fact that I spent most of my saving on this car and sold my reliable station wagon I bought last year. So I am in a bind and have no way out of it. Who do I blame? Myself for making the decision, or the company that promised me a reliable, safe driverless car? So before you jump to conclusion, think about every possible outcome before you make a world changing decision.       ",4
"Places around the world such as Germany, America, Paris, and Columbia are all contributing to reduce the use of cars to help make the Earth a better place. In German they dont allow cars exept to be parked in a large garage (along with a $40,000 fine) so people can transport without using a car. Paris bans the use of cars to prevent smog which was indeed a problem there. In Bogota, Columbia, they pitch in to help by hosting a car-free day every year, once a year leaving people the options to hike, bike, skate, or take a bus promoting the use of excersize. Advantages to limiting car usage is reducing people from having stress and tensadity and saving the Earth from pollution and smog. Saving people from stress can be helped by the vancansy on the roads, things that limited car usage can provide. Limited car usage can also help contribute to the absence of air pollution and smog and saving your money.

""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way"" retorted Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two. She, Heidrun Walter, along with others is thankful for the ban of cars because the ban reduces stress and tensity. Buisnessman Carlos Arturo Plaza can second this statement and does by stating ""It's a good opportunity to take away stress..."". With the absence of traffic jams stress can most definitely be altered to a place of no stress and car-free day can leave the streets devoided of traffic jams, according to Andrew Selsky. Stress can drive someone crazy and it's in everyone's best interest that we, as residants of the world, try and stop the things that can cause stress. Some may argue that not having a car is stressful, but having stress over the presence of traffic jams can over see any other kind of stress to be thought of. Heidren Walker and Andrew Selsky can both support that argument that having a car is a lead to stress that a reduction of cars can elimanate. Tensity and stress aren't the only upsides to a limitation on cars.

Are you tired of not being able to see bevause of smog and having bad particles in the air? Limitation can take away these issues! Paris can definitly be one to complain because in Robert Duffer's article ""Paris bans driving due to smog"" they had 147 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter (a little over Brussels counts and almost twice as the amount in Londons). Bogota is also struggling with the presence of smog and are in hopes to anialate the smog by having a car-free day. Car-free day also helps make the air pollution vanquish. Carlos Arturo Plaza gives his opinion by commenting ""It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution."" Limitating how much you use your car can greatly help places around the world and help your own body.

Almost 4,000 drivers were fined because they chose to invalidate the regulation of not using their car according to Robert Duffer. Is it worth paying the prices? Using your cars overly or when you shouldn't is like throwing away food when you're hungry. It does no good and gets you in a messed up situation. In German suburbs people had to pay a price of $40,000 to pay for a spot to park their car. Is it worth it? People who drove on car-free day had to pay fines of $25. Is it worth it? So much money is down right wasted because of the use of cars so why go down the road of empty pockets? It's not worth it. Save money and live better by not throwing your money down the drain.

Places around our world is promoting limiting car use in places like Germany, America, Paris, and Columbia. Germany and Paris are both bannings cars and Columbia is having a car-free day. Making sure we dont over use our cars can help with saving ourselves from stress, saving ourselves from smog and air pollutants, and saving ourselves from an empty wallet. There are so many advantges to limiting our use on how much we drive cars so do yourself a favor, save money, save your sight, get rid of stress and watch those miles!    ",4
"Car usage has impacted the earth in numerous ways; both for good and for bad. Ever since the production of the car during the industrial revolution, transportation from place to place was easier for everone to be able to go to work, school or on a vacation to a distant place. This invention has changed American life as well as the lives of many others in the world. Although, the creation of the car did have some downfalls. Passenger cars are responsible for the 12% of greenhouse gasses that are emitted into the earths atmosphere. Limitting car usage would be beneficial to the earth because it would help to lessen the damaging gasses being submerged into the atmosphere.

Reducing the use of your car would make navigation on the street much easier. For example, ""in this new approach, stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway. With the reduction of cars being enacted store are able to be in street for easy access. This allows for stock to be brought up because many of the stores wont be a long, stressful drive away. not only stores but work would be much closer and wont involve long hours in a car every morning.

Since there will be no car usage involved, the streets will be much safer to roam. The accident rate in decrease drastically. lessening the use of cars will allow for traffic to be cut in half. This would help to decrease the death rates that are caused every year. No driving would be beneficial for many. There will be no drunk drivers making the streets an unsafe place to be. the world will be a much better place to live in once cars are limitted.

Decressing the use of a car would make life less stressful. People wont have to worry about driving long hours, paying off their cars or worrying about car maintainence. This will make life easier to focus on much important tasks such as school an his of her career. Thats less payments and more money for something else. Removing this machinery would allow for the debt rate to drop as well. Less people will be bankrupt and have money in their bank accounts to save.

Lessening car usage would allow for a cultural shift occur, and change the way people live their life all over the world. Car usage should be reduced because this will allow for people to be more productive and less tranportation time because stores will be much closer than ever before. The reduction of cars will result in less accidents and property damage among many cities.            ",3
"Limiting car usage will help decrease pollution, increase physical exercise, and relieve stress. All around the world, but mainly in Europe suburben communnites are limiting car usage. This has become a popular to do in Bogota, where communties are having mini car-free holidays.

The less people rely on cars the more walking they will do. In the passage ""Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in botoga"" Andrew Selsky explains ""Millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday. This supports that limting car usage could have a healthy benefit. More exercise for people also means less stress.

Walking is a stress reliver. This is why limiting car usage is physically and mentally good for people. Andrew Selsky supports this claim by saying that ""It's a good opportunnity to take away stress and lower air pollution"".

Limiting the usage of cars can reduce the amount of pollution on earth. In the passage ""In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars"", Elisabeth Rosenthal informs us that ""Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe...and up to 50 percent In some car-intensive areas in the United states"". Limitting car usage is like killing multiple birds with one stone.                    ",3
"In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author suggest that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author give a few reasons why it would be worth to study Venus. The author brings up how we would use this experience in other ways. The author brought up how Venus was once like Earth and how it had inhabinants. The author brings up ways that we could explore venus.

The author brings up how it the successful and unsuccessful knowledge would help us in other situations. We could use this experience for mars which would seem a lot easier to tackle if we can successfully land on venus and study that planet. We could use the information on how they built the shuttle for submarines, So we could go deeper and not have to worry about the hull being damaged as easily. The information we get on how to properly land on venus would make all of space travel a little easier.

The piece states that Venus could have been just like Earth once. "" Long ago, Venus was probaly covered largely with oceans and coudl have supported variuos forms of life, just like Earth."" That exclamation shows that it's possible that there can be life out there that not from earth. The are also features that are also on earth, like mountains, crater, and valleys. What we could learn for why that ecosystem failed could help us in the future.

The author tells us that people are thinking of ways explore Venus. One idea is that we float in a blimp like craft above the hostile conditions. We still couldn't get the the ground without some challenges but it is a start. The author also brings up how we could bring computers that are made of gears and levers that would work better in harder conditions.

Venus is possible to explore we just have to look at it in a certian angle. We have ideas of what to do but we either don't have the means or can't figure out how to do it. We could float above the surface. We could use a more sturdy time of mechanical computer. The information we learn for landing on Venus and from Venus itself could help us in so many ways.",4
"I think its ok so you can know how the person is feeling. If you know how a person is feeling then you can react to them in a way. The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Eckman has classified six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. If your in a classroom and you don't have one of those (FACS) then one day a student can come in all calm in the from out of nowhere there's a fight. But with a FACS when that person comes in the room, and the computer scans the person and it shows that the person is angry. Now that the teacher knows that the person is angry an they can see if they can calm them down. In paragraph 6 it's says ""a classroom coomputer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored.""",2
"Do you think that the ""Face on Mars"" is not a real face but just a natural landform? Well, we think it is just a naural landform because when the first image appeared on JPL web site, it rereal that it's just a natural landform. Also, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground you would be able to see what they were. In addition, what the picture actually shows is a landform common around the American West.

First of all, on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surefers were waiting when the image first appeared on JPL web site, revealing that it's just a natural landform.

Next, ""As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size,"" Garvin added. ""So, If there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks you could see what they were!""

On the other hand, some people might say that the Mars Orbiter Camera team didn't take the photo cleary than the original Viking photos or they could think that the face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars but, on April 8, 2001, Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution."" said Garvin. Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo.

Last, what the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa which is a landforms common aroung the American West. ""It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,"" says Garvin. ""That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars.""

In conclusion, we think that the ""Face on Mars"" is not a real face but just a natural landform because we think it is just a naural landform because when the first image appeared on JPL web site, revealing a natural

landform. Also, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground you would be able to see what they were. In addition, what the picture actually shows is a landform common around the American West. There were no Alien monument after all. That is why we think that the ""Face on Mars"" is just a nartural landform.",3
"I don't think I should be working with a bunch of cracked ribs guys. Oh shut up you are just tring to get out of work,said Jon. Luke spoke back saying,no I Iike this job. Theres no way you actilly like this job,theres just no way. As this arguement went on Rob was silantly siting there,not getting involved but then Luke asked him for backup. Luke is right, how would you feel Jon if someone was yelling at you for getting hurt,said Rob. Shut up,Rob don't you agree with me that it is not fair. Not fair? The mans ribs are shatered.

Shatered? His ribs were touched. Luke yelled at him if he wanted his ribs touched by him. Then Jon backed out scard but he did'ent give up. The reason Jon is doing it is because he thinks that Luke purpesly broke his ribs. You see Jon did'ent have a choice to come here because he was forced by his mom. His mom sent him because he would not move out of there house and she wanted him gone.

Jon dicided that he would go talk to the captin about it. The weird thing though is he did'ent tell them that are else they would come too. So he went to the captin telling him lies. The captin got really upset and went to talk to Luke. The captin was very angry now and he was just about to push Luke over bored but he did'ent because he would go to jail. When he reached Luke he yelled at him. Luke asked why. Wy are you yelling at me captin? You know exacily why I am yelling at you Luke. No I really don't.

I am yelling at you because you purpusely broke your ribs. Where did you get that from captin. Jon told me that he herd you say that to yourself. Look Jon told you lies because even if I did do that I don't talk to myself. You don't, yelled the captin. No,said Luke. Great now I have to talk to Jon. Im comeing too,said Luke. So they went to talk to Jon. They found him in the lounge. They walked up to him and started to talk.

The captin told him that he had giving false infomation. Jon talked back and said he is lieing and he really did do it on purpose. The captin ignored it. So Jon told them his story. The reason I thought he purposely did it was because I thought all the people here were forced to do this too. Luke told him that he joined with his friend because they thought it would be fun so they did it. After they did it once Luke wanted to do it again because he liked it so much. After they told each others storys they settiled there argument and became best friends.           ",1
"The facial action coding system i think that it is really cool it can identify emotions of students or anyone that wants to use it they can just to see what the system would say. So say one day you want to see what emotions your face describes you as and you think that your face describes you as happy but you could be suprised becasue the facial action coding system could say that your face has these emotions and you didn't even know if you had those emotions. But also that just shows you waht kind of technology that we have evolved to since the very first computer came out to now to where the system can scan your face and it can tell you the emotions that your face has in that certain picture.

In my opinnion i think that the Facial action coding system is really cool i think that it can help people figure out some of there emotions and it helps them see what ever it is that they want to know. But to use this technology for students i don't think it's a good idea because if the student is having a bad day and they go to school and they get there pictures taking then it runs through the system

and it shows like sad or something then the teacher might ask ehy they are sad or anything like that but the student might not want to share what happened but the teache knows the student is sad so the teacher will want to try and help but maybe the student just doesn't want any help. Also a student could be lying when they get there emotions like they could be smiling but they really aren't happy or something along that it can really revale something that the student doesn't want to get out. In all of this i think that if a student wants this then they can have the option to do so but the students who don't want this they don't have to do this it's only if they want to do it or are willing to volunteer.

The facial action coding system is really cool technology and it is new so there is probably a lot of people all excited for it just to give it a try or on how it works and all of that. But in all honesty they should not bring it into schools because students will have there own emotions and if they want to share they will but there are some students that will not want to share with others so this could make them really uncomfortable if they don't want to do this. But with this technology it will continue to evolve into better and better stuff but some of it students might not like at all.",3
"Electoral College is unfair because If you only have a couple of Democratic electors than the vote that everyone in Ohio , Alaska , South Carolina , is pointless and would only count for a couple of votes.

The fact that Electors can refuse to vote for a president and the party their on what the people picked that elector for is ridiculous, because the Elector could just pick the President on the Republican side.

Electoral Vote can be easily

Manipulated by the state legislature by ""replacing the Democratic electors with electors who would oppose the President.

If a candidate only went to a place that has a lot of electoral votes and he knew those people were gonna pick for the Democrats then he basically has a huge advantage, and if the Republican candidate got a bunch of other states with 3-6 electoral votes then it gonna take him alot more states to catch up to the Democrat who only need California to boost him up

Tremendously .

The 3 states a candidate needs most to win is

California

Texas

Florida

If the Democrats got those 3 states by 122 electoral votes.

The winner-takes-all rule is horrible , it should be however many votes that candidate had so if Mitt Romney had the most electoral votes in California it shouldn't mean that he wins all the electoral votes it should just mean that he gets the 33 votes and Obama gets the other 22 votes.

Im in favor of either taking out Electoral votes or just making adjustments to it , so it's more fair for the people that are voting.    ",3
"Dear Senator,

I, like the job you are doing and you're doing it quite well. But what is this electoral college? You are telling me that i vote for electors thta supposedly are pulling fior my choice of candidate for pesident. I don't think that is right to just take my choice of president and put it in someone else's hands. It should be my choice to whom I want it to be. Now I realize that there is probably some rule that prevents them to changing their mind, but actually I don't think that there is such a rule. I think that we should be rid this Electoral College and go by popular vote. So this way my vote is directly counted and going towards the candidate of my choice. Now I know that ths would be a big thing because it is unconstitutional, so we should have a vote upon what the people think. Whether we should keep up with this electoral college buisness. Another thing, why wasn't I, a american, told about all of this. Because my vote probably doesn't even matter now that i think about it, it's probably just a trashed paper that goes toward these electors. How doesd these electors just get chosen, do you wof your way up or you get it if your popular? What would happen if these electors just went with a different candidate and left all the voters in the dust? If so that this happened what would happen to the election? I have questions and i need answers.

Goodbye     ",2
"Personally,I'm not too thrilled about these developments. It isn't so much not wanting these cars to happen, but rather it's about what this development is. it has essentially just opened up another way to be lazy. While automaton cars aren't a bad thing in the least, their existence could begin a new era of trouble.

Obesity is a big problem, and let's face it, it's because of typical american diets just exaggerating the calories we don't burn because of how lazy the general population is. And on top of that, it still requires a manual driver, in case of something it doesnt recognize that needs to be maneuvered around. If a bad driver happened to be behind the wheel and such an event occured, disaster would surely follow. I don't mean to be, well, mean, but introducing a new car that can drive itself would have horrible backlash in the future, when the newest generations would know only the self driving cars.

What i'm saying is, while their intentions are good in trying to do this, some things are better left to manually do. Just because it's easier doesn't necessarily make it better. It just means you have to put out less effort.",2
"To my fellow citizens all across the world I think there are a lot of advantages that come with the limited car usage. One thing is that it could save the environment from the polution of gas. Also it could save people a whole lot of money if they didn't have a car. Lastly and final statement why limited car usage is advantage is that they use the money from the car to buy homes.

For starters, their are a lot of things that come with buying a car but a lot of people dont no is that every time they start up there car their actually hurting the evironment because of the gas. Here is an example from source 2.""After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city"". After reading that it seems to me that the pollution of the gas is becoming to be a problem all around the world and thats why we need to put a stop to it by just banning it for country to country and then eventually become a car free world. Another example I found from source 2. ""[The smog] rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world"". I read that and i was like wow! I wonder why that might be well if they banned the car usage they might bring do there pollution or congestion in the city. Thats why the pollution from the gas is so bad it could actually harm or maybe possibly kill them if they breathe in that pollution on a consistant basis.

Secondly, people make pretty big sacrifices in life but one I found most interesting was that Germany residents were selling there cars to buy homes for them to live in. This strikes my eye in very many ways is that they are saving an expense they don't need and also saving the environment also. For example, in source 1 it said ""70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars and 57 percent sold a car to move here"". I find that quite interesting why a family like that would just give up transportation and then I thought well they save a ton of money and also they get to move to maybe a better living environment just by limiting the car usage. People who live in Levittown, New York are good example of limited car usage because a lot of them work in the city and a lot of times driving into the city is not a very good thing to do because of the traffic. So what do they do? They don't drive a car but only to the train station were they ride the train to and from the city saving money in gas and its easier to do it that way.

Thirdly, citizens use limited car usage to save money in life because lets all face it the world we live in is tough money is hard to come by and people have car payments they have to pay every month and sometimes they cant make that payment cause they have other bills they have to pay so what do they do. They sell they car and that gives them extra money a month to pay for bills a such forth. Another thing they save from selling there car is that they don't have to pay for gas either so your probably saving some where around 200 hundred dollars in cash or credit in one month which is good. Thats another reason why selling your car is an advantage of limited car usage.

In conclusion, their are a lot of ways where citizens of the world can use limiting there car usage as an advantage. Where it might be saving the environment or selling your vehicle to buy a home or even maybe just to save money in everyday life like some citizens do in Levittown, New York. These were some of my opinions on advantages of limiting car usage in everyday life.                ",4
"Having a machine called "" Facial Action Coding System"" Is cool dont get me wrong but having it in a classroom full of emotional teenagers is not a very good idea. It is not a good idea because for one no one wants everyone to know how they are actually feeling, they want them to think they are okay when they really arent. Secondly their is really nothing to do when a teenager is out of a lesson or very tired. Lastly the computur could be wrong , you cant trust everything a computer says to you.

Having a computer read teenagers emotions is pointless. We are 15-18 all of us have mixed emotions 24/7. You could be happy one second and angry the next minute, you just cant control your emotions sometimes. With the computer reading your emotions some kids might get mad and say thats a lie to cover up how they really feel. No teenager wants anyone to know how they feel unless it is their best friends.Would you want everyone to see how you actually are, and then everyone try and comfort you if your more sad than happy? I know I would not like that, no one would.

Secondly it is a bad reason to have a computer tell your emotions because nothing is going to stop you from being tired/ bored. When your out of it , your out out. Trying to make stuff more fun to get you awake or louder will just annoy the person so much.Teenagers stay up late all the time on their phone, or playing video games or just hanging out with friends.Having bright lessons, or loud lessons can really make a teenager angry and they will throw a big fit and get kicked out of class. A computer had to tell that he was tired and bored and now he/she is kicked out of class. Teachers can already see kids are tired everyday and bored, but you have to teach the lesson even if they are passed out or bored. Its a part of highschool. Computers changing the lessons could basically mean that they can stop hiring teachers because a machine can teach the lesson and

make it less boring ,"" ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored ,"" Dr.Huang predicts."" Then it could motify the lesson , like an effective human instructor."" You cant just get rid of teachers , eberything online could just make us distracted and do anything else.

Ive always heard since elemantry , "" Dont trust everything on the internet."" So why should us the teenagers trust the computer when it gives us our precentage of happy, mad, or sad. The computer could have a glitch or someone could be around you and it picks up both your emotions and adds them together. Even though the computer described the mood for Mona lisa , "" Shes 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry."" you cant beleive that, that was painted so long ago you dont know he actual emotions its just a picture. Anyone can act how ever they want in a photo. Trusting this computer percentage would be hard it can play mind games on you, saying your 80% sad, then your mind will believe your sad. So then your sad the rest of the day. Your mind plays tricks on you.

Those are the reasons I believe having a computer describe our emotions is pointless. For one every teenager has so many emotions right now. Secondly trying to make the lesson more bright or loud to wake kids up might make them angry. Lastly you can not trust everything on the internet, or computer.         ",3
"Dear state senator,

The way that we vote our next president has to change. Election by popular vote is more reasonable and smarter than using the Electoral College. As stated in The Indefensible Electoral College it is stated that ""The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor."" The Electoral College  is not a smart way to vote the president because voters are not voting for him, they are voting for the electors of his or her state who could turn around and elect the opposite candinate than what the voter wanted.

Although I think that the Electoral College is useless others think it is. One of these people is Richard A. Posner who states in his article that it is entirely possible that the  winner of the national popular vote will not win the election but this happens rarely. He also states that ""The advocates of this position are correct in arguing that the Electoral College method is not democratic in a modern sense. It is the electors who elect the president,not the people."" This is proof that even thouh people defend the Electoral College, the popular vote system is the more democratic and right way to elect the president.

Electing the president by popular vote is the best way to solve the problems in the presidential voting process. With this the people who are the voters will be the ones who elect the president. Unlike the Electoral College there will be no slate of electors who choose the president based off of the people's vote. Popular vote makes every voters choice matter with the elction of the president.            ",3
"In the article it states that Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life. It then adds on that Venus has a rocky surface and has familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters.

NASA is also working on getting people to somewhat like hover over the earth. The passage describes it as ""a blimp like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the Venusian landscape."" The author later goes on to say that the tempature would be about 170 degrees fahrenheit and that the living conditons wouldn't be easy but definitaly surviveable for humans.

In conclusion, the author does talk a lot about how NASA is improving the drones that we send. In the article it states that we have put a new and improved drone on earth but had it simulat being on Venus to see how it would handle the conditions. In the article it said that the drone has been able to survive for about 3 weeks now.     ",1
"Is using technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom the right thing to do? What does this type of technology help other students on? Can it help people comunicate with others in the world? Is forcing a fake smile a good thing or bad.

First, using the ""Facial Action Coding System"" to read students emotions during class is good because it can let the teacher know how they feel. For an example, if a student was taking a test or a quiz online and was slacking off or getting tired, the computer would switch the questions up until they find the right questions to ask when the student face expression chamges. While doing that, it helps them stay on track and not get bored that easily. The system recognize emotion by the every muscles on your face. This new envention even figured out how Mona Liza was feeling by just technology.

Next, can it help comunicate better in the real life world? By using this new Facial Action Coding System, Students can now study what kind of emotions are shown when talking to other people. What I trying to say is that, they can find out when they are fake smiling,laughing, or even interested in the conversation. One example on fake smiling is that is you can see the bottom and upper teeth at the same time, they are really not smiling but just smiling to not make anything wierd. If someone that you are taking with is not interested on the topic guys are talking about, you can notice by simpily looking into their eyes and if they are just looking anywhere besides making eye contact, they are not even paying attention to you.

Finally, making a fake smile, is that a good thing? According to the Facial Feedback, moving your face muscles to smiling not only expresses emotions, but they also helps your facial muscles produce them. By even smiling actually makes you happy. To me, being happy is the best, why not to other people. A drama coach by the name of Constantin Stanislavsky, made mostly all his actors carefully reproduce smiling and frowning to create their emotions on stage. Feeling someone else's emotion stage may happen because we are not used to seeing that.

By using technology to see how stuents are, is that the good thing to do or bad? Does this type of technology help students. Can the Facial Action Coding System help people comunicate with others in the world? Can fake smiling help people around the world?",3
"The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. Under the electoral college, voters vote not for the president, but for a state for electors, who in turn elect the president. The main problem with this is that most of the time voters are oblivious to who their electors vote for. In some cases, ""faithless"" electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party candidate and cast a deciding vote for whome ever they please... The states pick the electors that vote for us citizens.

Sometimes the president doesn't even get the most popular vote, but they recieve enough electoral college votes, is this system a scam?

Many accross the world believe this is true, you wanna know why? During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didnt see the candidates at all and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad. How whould these voters know who to vote for if they didn't have any idea who was running? They didn't!

People are getting worried and starting to get upset, many asking questions to the public, only to be hushed by the government. The main question everyone wants to know the answer to and are asking is:

When is this whole syatem going to fall apart at the seam?

Some even believe the election is only a few swing voters away from catastrophe.

Is the electoral college system ever going to change?

There are a couple reasons for retaining the electoral college despite it's lack of democraic pedigree;all are practical reasons, not liberal or conservative reasons. Despite the reasons the electoral college is still the unfair, outdated, and irrational system it could be.

In the facts I have presented, I believe that we need a change in many of our systems, Today the most needed change is the electoral college system. Many of us don't realize, but sooner or later this can come back and bite us in the butt. (As so they say.) Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election. . . .                                                                                                                            ",2
"Dear Senator,

According to the articles and arguements given I think the most effective way to get a premeire president for our nation is vote on the behalf of the Electoral College. In my view of the Electoral College has more experience aswell as having a sense of quality and values that they know can change the country.If we depend on the popular vote of the country,only in the favor of the people classes and opinions of the people, it may lead to presidents that cant maintain order of his or her country.Nonethless,the votes of both Electoral College and majority vote is basically as lucky as a flip of a coin,one side may lead to ultimate failure and the depression of a country the other may lead to momentous uprising of the country,in chosing the right leader of the country.Although, based on the criteria I just created is really puzzling your mind about what president is best I believe that the Electoral College may clear things up and make the best decision in favor of the people.

Based on the articles,the Electoral College does knows best because although they lack of democratic pedigree doesnt mean there wont be democrats in the whitehouse, because they have requirements of how to find the best fit no matter what party included.Even if they were unsupportive of the democrats Romney lossed as example of equality of parties on the College's choice.The articles also state that no popular votes determine the election of a president showing that although more than half of the population in the nation picks a candidate it wont matter unless that candidate gets a majority vot of the Electoral College aswell.Stating that the expierience of the College will prevail on the birth of a new president,no matter what party,no matter the odds of a popularity vote, the Electoral College is a perfect example of this nation's motto because they are truely a sign of equality between candidates that might become great presidents of our nation.

Sincerely,PROPER_NAME    ",3
"Have you ever joined or been in a program called ""Seagoing Cowboys""? Well, if you haven't you should join it, and in this passage i will give you good reasons as to why you should join this program. If you decide to join, there will be many adventures for you to go on.

First, i say you should join this prgram because, you get to see people from different countries. You also get to expierence what its like to be on a cattle boat and meet new people that have joined the program as well. Maybe you might even get a special job on the cattle boat like being the look-out. You also get to be out on the beautiful sea.

Secondly, there are the opportunities of sight seeing, and exploring, you might also see ruins of places. Luke Bomberger got to go dight seeing a bit and see Venice,Italy while taking a gondola ride and the streets of the city were filled with water. You might even be able to go for a swim, now wont that be a splash.

It might be a long trip but it would be worth it. Its fun to explore and see new places so enjoy the opportunity while it lasts or just say yes and start your .

journey

Lastly, and most importantly, you would have to care for the animals. You would have to check on the animals every hour. You would aslo have to feed the animals, which are mostly horses and a few cattles. Tending to the animals is also an important job, you would hhave to care for them from one destination till the next, and it would be bad if they were sick since you didnt take care of them, but you should know it will be fun tho care for these animals, they are very gentle loving creatures.

In conclusion, there are many great facts and reasons to join this program just look what Luke Bomberger accomplished! You could accomplish many great things too, maybe you could cross the Atlantic ocean and break the record for crossing the Atlantic more times than anyone ever has before.",4
"Did you know earth had a twin? Venus is earths twin but they are not idencitlea twins they are quit the diffrent. Venus is an extraorandraiy planet the atmosphere is almost all carbon dioxide so we would not be able to breath. Its avrage tempchure is 800 degrees fahrenheit so yeah be sure to bring your swim suit for a tan but wait theres more with the rain you will feel amazing and just melt away because all the rain is acid. Now reschers want to explore Venus because they think long ago venus was just like earth. It has mauntian ranges and vallys. ""Long ago, venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life just like earth today. We cant get on Venus because we dont have tech or metals that can stand the harsh enviroment of Venus. Of course we have little info because we can orbet around venus safely but this can only give us so much info. You would think oh wjy dont you just take picuters. Well you know all that acid rain i told you about well there are thick clouds around Venus all the time. You migh think we are at a dead end on trying to explore Venus but if you think that you are right. NASA needs to be able to form new techonagly before we can do anything else on Venus. That is a challenge NASA has accetpiced is to keep trying for Venus.  ",2
"The author did very well supporting his idea about how he wants to study the planet Venus. Despite the danger Venus presents, it makes sense as to why Venus should be studied. Venus is our sister planet. It has many features that the earth has. I see why the author wants to study this planet, because it's very similar to earth. ln paragraph four it says,""Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on earth"". He also has some examples as to what the similarities are like, rocky sediment, mountains, and craters.

The author has some doubts about going to Venus and studying it, because it may be dangers, but like he also says in paragraph four,""The value of returning to Venus seems indisputable, but what are the options for making such a mission both safe and scientifically productive""? Venus for all we know may not be such a risk. We can't say that though, because Venus has the hottest teperature of any planet. Venus has proven that it's a very challenging place to examine more closely or even being on it.

The author did support the idea that studying Venus is worthy pursuit. Venus is a planet that everyone should learn about and reading this will make you curious as to see ""earth's sister planet"". The author gives good details about Venus and supporting it. Like I said in the first paragraph, Venus has many features that also earth has. It would be good to study a planet like Venus.    ",3
"I think people that want to make a difference should particepate in the sea cowboys. Before I joined the seacowboys I kust finished high school and I was working two jobs. I was working at a grocery store and a bank. When my friend Don Reist invited me to go to Europe with him on a cattle boat I couldn't say no. I knew it was an opportunity of a life time!

What we were doing was for the countries that were left in ruins we have to give them livestock so that they don't die of starvation. On the two month jouney I turned 18 before reaching Greece. That meant that I could drafted for the military service, but when they found out I was on a cattle boat they said to keep doing what I was doing for my service. By the time I was discharged in 1947 I had made 9 trips (more than anyother seagoing cowboy). That is what I did for two years.

If you are thinking about joining the seagoing cowboys I highly recomend it. The seagoin g cowboys need strong ,smart and people that are willing to go away from family for a while to help other people. We are leaving this year on july 5,2016. Bring things that you know you will need. Try to only bring the nesecities. ",2
"The idea of driverless cars would be really cool but at the same time it would be pretty reckless. Anything can happen to the car you could have an accident, and it could lead to death. But at the same time it would be cool to not have to drive on your own. You would have more time to multi-task in the car.

First reason the whole idea of growing up is, getting a job and learning how to drive. As a teenager you want to learn how to drive, so you can have more freedom to go where you want and when you want. With driverless cars you won't be able to have that experience. In majority I believe teens do want to learn how to do something on their own, like learning how to drive. Teenagers want to go places without always having their parents drop them or pick them up from places, they want freedom.

But with freedom comes responsibility which is really important for a teen's parents. A parent wants their teen to obtain responsibility for their actions. For example: a teen is learning how to drive and his father is teaching him how. That teen will learn how to follow instructions, which can help him in school and later in life. Another example is: lets say a teen has already gotten his/her drivers license and now he can drive on his own account. This teen can help around the house and go grocery shopping when his parents are too busy to go out. This teaches teenagers responsibility that they need to know later.

Lastly no one knows for a fact that these driverless cars can really work. Yes, you can test them and they might work at that place in time but that doesn't always guarantee that it won't happen ever. Somebody can be driving and perhaps the car doesn't respond on time and it crashes into another car. You can get into serious accidents, and who is to blame for that? Would it be your fault or would it be the companies fault, there really isn't a way to know.

In conclusion I believe that driverless cars would not be such a great idea because, anything can happen and you never know. There could be accidents or deaths. Someone learning how to drive may not have the experience of learning how to. Driverless cars would be cool but it can also be pretty lazy, you can get lazy and distracted easily, and not concentrate on the road ahead of you. We will just have to wait and see if in 2020 we will have driverless cars.      ",4
"Luke wanted to convince others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program.

He wanted to make others aware of people of other countries needs, and helping opening up the world to them.

In the passage he stats that him being a Seagoing Cowboy opened up the world to him by giving him the benifit of visiting Europe and China.

According to the passage it also stats that his job made him more aware of people of countries and their needs.

In the text is stats that Luke also had time to have fun on board.

He played baseball, volleyball, table-tennis, and boxing in the empty holds where animals had been housed.

This evidence from Luke's point of veiw proves that Luke is persuading the reader to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program to help others while opening up the world to them.

In conclusion Luke wants to others to join the Seagoing Cowboys program to help others while having fun, and exploring the world.",2
"Dear Senate,

I honestly think we should chnge the elction by popular vote fot the president of the United States because, The Electoral College system, the votes dont exactly vote fot the president. They vote for the slate of electors, then they vote for the president. From my point of veiw it says we all have an right to vote, but we aren't really electing them. The slate of electors are. So whats the point of voting if we aren't really voting? If we change it to wher the election is by popular votes, we are voting for real.

The Electoral College could also be called as the disater factor

! The American people thought they were lucky that 2000 fiaso was the biggest crisis in a century. The state legislatures are responsible for the picking electors. So maybe it was there fault, all I'll tell you this, they were not very lucky. But if    ",2
"The Face on Mars is just a natural landform. If you think that the face is an evidence that theres life on Mars, then think about how they got there and how advance their technology would have to be. The face is just a natural landform because on paragraph 12 it says, ""What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West""(Unmasking of the Face on Mars,12).

You may think that it is evidence that life exist on Mars. I respect that. You got some good evidence, some scienctists even believe that too. That the face is an alien artifact. ""Althought few scientists believed the Face was an alien artifact""(Unmasking of the Face on Mars,6). I'm not gonna lie, it does look like a face to me too.

Althought it may look like a face, alien artifact , or the face of an Egyptian Pharaoh. You still have to get cold hard facts. Some facts like, ""Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh""(Unmasking of the Face on Mars,2).It was even unveiled as "" Huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose , and mouth""(Unmasking of the Face on Mars,3). With all these facts I say that the Face is just a natural landform.",3
"Would you ever dream of a taxi cab that has no driver and can drive you around? Google is making cars that require no drivers. Although this is a very neat idea, it is extremely expensive. This idea would work if all of America was urban land and not so many non urban areas. I think driverless cars are one of the biggest wastes of money we have came up with so far.

Driverless cars seems like a good idea and all but i dont think it is necissary. All it does is cost more and more money that does not need to be spent. We would have to buy sensors for all highways across the world which would be extremely expinsive. This is money we do not have and we dont need to spend money on this anyways.

Experts say that the will need roads that are embedded with electrical cables. We also thought of the idea of magnetic roads, but to have magnetic roads that make our cars work we would have to do massive upgrades to our highways. But this is too expensive, so we have to make the cars smarter rather than the roads. To do this we need tons of sensors, a rotating sensor on the roof, and a GPS reciever. All of these also costing a whole lot of money.

Making driverless cars is a bad idea in my opinion, but if experts are set on making them then they probably will. Driverless cars will cost us an enourmous amount of money. They will need to heavily modify highways, cover the cars in all sorts of sensors and cameras, and test them thousands of times to make sure they are safe. If taking all this time and money is worth it to the experts, then let them do it. But we need to be smarter with our money rather than wasting it on senseless things such as, driverless cars.",3
"Have you ever drove with someone and wasn't comfortale with there

driving techniques and there eyes? How did it make you feel being driven by someone who has not tooken a driving test or can't breathe the same air you breathe. Thats why I chose to write an essay to be against driveless cares. I know some people who cant even trust being driven around by other human beings. Being driven by a computer can be ten times as worst. Thinks about the people who don't know all the aspects of a computer and how it works. They may just want the car because it the latest and are just trying to keeping up with advancments in the world of teechnology today.

By having these driveless cars i feel you are putting yourself in a easier death risk. If the car bagans having problems who does people began to look at ?

The company? The dealership? Or you? The reason I say you is because I would question the person that has a driveless car and began questioning do they really know there vehicle? Do they kniow the bad things about the

car they get into every? Was the price really worth paying for? I

think that there are many unanswered questons about these vehicles that people don't know about and some aren't interested. Think about if the car driving you and you're stopped plenty of times for tickets that you must pay off? Then when those tickets began coming more and more and aren't paid you will eventually be sent to jail. Who knows how much time you would have to due and where would the car be? I know it wouldn't be there trying to help get you out of the cell. Then especially if the car if speeding when it's not suppose and you are laid back sleep and it ends up killing you or someone else. The driveless car would probably be expensive. For generations who don't know how to drive would have to depend on a computer to get them where they want them to go. I feel that by having these driveless cars would end up causing people to be homeless? For instance taxi drivers would lose their jobs and that may be the only they are keeping a house or reasonable living, or maybe providing food for their family.

I feel that the technology in this world is getting out of control and will eventually take away peoples freedom. All im saying is that I disagree with having a driveless car. Is it really worth putting your life on the line? Are you sure you trust who's controlling the car. But overall to me there's too many unanswered questions and would be easier to just drop the idea of having a driveless car. Once again is your life really worth being tooken and overpowered by technology.                                        ",3
"In the article "" The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author suggustion that Venus is worth studying has many thoughts in our heads. Is it really worth it? Should we consider it or focus on our planet? Well, the author has many reasons to why we should continue researching it.

A supported reason to the author belief is that it could be a back up plan for us if something were to happen to earth. in the text it says,"" Often referred to as Earth's ""twin,"" Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest distance too"" ( paragraph 2). Venus and Earth are very alike, which is a good things. IT would help us humans alot if the popluation kept on growing.

Another reason is it could help us with futuristic things. Better things than what he whave right now. In the article it stated,"" Venus and Earth are very alike, which is a good things. It would help us humans alot if the popluation kept on growing"" ( paragraph 5). We can find and build different tools to help us reach Venus and to study more about what could be our future planet.

While i see the authors mindset on this article, there are many con's to the ""twin"" planet. Its not very survivable land for us to stay and live in. In the text it says,""

Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to porbes seeking to land on its surface. ( paragraph 3). This can cause alot of damage and lots of fear within people if we were to ever live here

The article over had good reasons to back up the authors reasons to why we should continue looking into this planet.

We need to consider the pro's and co's to everything. And i think the author is headins a good way bu wanting another planet for us to live in. ",4
"I am for the development of driverless cars. I think it would be cool if we had cars that did the work for us. They are just like smart phones in a way. However I don't think we should completely have no control over the car. People may start thinking that they can do whatever while the driving is in progress. That is not the case. Drivers should still pay attention to the road as if they were normally driving. Driverless cars will benefit us in a positive way.

One reason why i am for driverless cars is for the disabled people who can't drive like others can. Those people deserve a way to get around town too. Another reason why i think having driverless cars is a good idea is because of the simple fact that it is an option. People can buy a driverless car but still take over if they want to or need too. Another good reason for having driverless cars is for long distance drives. Sometimes flying a plane to a far destination is too expensive but if a car could take people long distance to where they need to go without themselves having to drive such a long way it would be more easier for themselves. The only concern with driverless car would be ""Who is at fault"" but that could be easily depicted i'm sure.

Driverless cars would benefit us greatly. It shows no harm to anybody who would like to have no driver. For all the reasons previously stated it is a good idea to have driverless cars. After all, it is our decision to make whether or not we want to have driverless cars. ",3
"In the article ""Unmasking the Face on Mars"" the author writes about a mesa on the surface of the planet Mars. This particular mesa recieved a lot of attention because the shadows resmbled a human face. Many conspiracy theorist believe this means there is alien life on Mars, but they are incorrect. The ""Face"" on Mars in simply an ordinary mesa.

The original picture of the ""Face"" was captured in 1976. Since that time ouR camera have improved, allowing us to see images more clearly. The original image was blurry and indistinct, leading may people to believe that the mesa was evidence of alien life on Mars. Again when the second picture was taken in 1998 camera were improving, but not as efficient as the camera used to take the final picture. Also in 1998 the picture was taken on a cloudy day, obscuring the mesa behind clouds. The 2001 picture clearly shows an ordianry Martian mesa, not a ""Face"".

""As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size so, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks you could see what they were!""(Garvin, Mars global surveyor). If there was any sign of alien life, activity, or even past activity NASA would be able to see it in the 2001 picture of the ""Face"". However the picture clearly shows an empty mesa. This

Martian mesa can even be compared to an ordianry Earth mesa!

This mesa attracted a lot of attention from the media because of the way the shadows fell across the mesa, creating a face-like illusion. NASA captioned the original photo ""huge rock formation...which resembles a human head...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth."" The authors wanted to engage the public and they definetly did! While many people believed the shadows created the image of a face, NASA clearly stated in the original caption of the 1976 photograph that it was simply an illusion caused by the shadows.

The ""Face"" is not really a face at all. It is a huge rock formation/mesa, similar to many other mesas on Mars. The only thing that made this particular mesa any different from every other mesa on the surface of Mars was the coincedincial way the shadows fell across it. Many people thought this ""Face"" was evidence of life on the surface of Mars, but the are wrong. This is because the picture would show signs of life or activity, but there were none. So, in conclusion the ""Face"" is not and never was an ancient alien monument.        ",4
"Do you love going to foreign places, taking care of animals, making new friends, or just having fun? If you said yes to any of these things, then you should be part of the Seagoing Cowboys program. A Seagoing Cowboy is someone who takes care of horses, young cows, and mules while they are shipped over seas to places like Europe and China. You don't just have to take care of animals though.

On the trek over to Europe and back to America you never work all day and all night. You have shifts that you share with multiple other Seagoing Cowboys, and while you are on break, you can play games. To help pass time, we usually play baseball and volleyball games. We also host table-tennis tournaments. Some people even read, whittle, fence, and box. There is never a dull moment on board of our ship.

Once you unload the cattle, mules, and horses, you don't just go right back on the boat to America either. You can go and sightsee! I had the benefit of seeing the Acropolis in Greece, and got to ride a gondala in Venice, Italy. I got to do other things too such as take a tour of an exavated castle in Crete, and see the Panama Canal on my way to China!

On top of that, you become very close friends with the people on board of your boat. After all you are on the boat with them from a month to a little over two months. So, you guys will become great friends from playing baseball with them in your free time, or just because you have to share chores with them. Also, if you're an animal lover, you get to take care of the animals too!

Finally, a benefit of becoming a Seagoing Cowboy is you learn a lot too. You learn how to brave the storm of the harsh sea and how to take care of other people in need. It made me more aware of other people's needs and how to take care of them when they need help. Therefore, if you want to have fun, love sightseeing and animals, and want to make new friends, then becoming a Seagoing Cowboy is for you. Come and join us!   ",4
In this article they say the dangers of going on venus. they make it to where it is suitable for people to go on they make it to where theyre standing and floating 30 miles in the air . the pressure makes it harder for it to be liveable and the heat . They say its like taking an electronic on a machine chamber and letting it go and get heated and melt. venus has the hottest surface tempeture of any planet because its closer to the sun.they orbit the sun at different speeds which is why density is so high on venus. Humans have sent numerous spacecrafts to land on venus. it didnt seem to work out but they sent humans there and tried to make it live able for them . The humans studied the planet and tried to get it to where it is most comfortable for people to go. they cant send electro devices because it will only damage them. They put them 30 miles in the air so that they wont feel the heat and presure against their bodies. this is the best suitable way for them to make it on the planet venus.,1
"Have you ever thought what is like to join seagoing cowboys? Well you could join Seagoing Cowboys like Luke Bomburger. If you ask Luke he could tell you what it is like but, Luke might want you to join the Seagoing Cowboys.

Luke has some reasons for you to join the program. one reason is you can help other. Also it opened his world i mean that luke saw what he could do and after the program Luke decited to contune at home and try to encorger people to join, Also you would be helping countries out by perviding food and place to live. Also this is a life changing exprence

Why should you join the Seagoing program? beacuse you can help others and when you help others it makes you feel better and it makes them feel happy. The program could chang your world like it dd to Luke.

You would be helping other countries out with their needs. When you help a country out people could say "" It is the person that helped our county out and thank you''. Also you get to travle overseas witch gives you a break from home, you might miss your friend and family but , you are doing something good. Also when Luke Bomburger joined he missed his family and friends but he keeped his head up high and he rembered that he is helping out some one else. Well if these reasons still dont convenent you then you should go talk to luke Bomburger about the Seagoing Cowboy program. Also you should go do some reasruch and talk to Luke Bombruger and read thos pargraph.

So are you thinking about joining the Seagoing Cowboys? Also jut think about it you are helping some one in need, you are helping countrys and this program can cahnge your life. Also you might have a fun time helping others and going around the world. so what is better than helping others and exporling other countrys and having fun when you are helping others. Just ask Luke Bomburger he would might say he had a lot of fun and he helped others and countrys. Luke Bomburger had an awesome time and he helped others and countrys. You might makes some new friends and you can work with your friends also you can bring a friend along to the program. Also you can bring a family member along. Luke Bombrugher brought his friend Don Reist well Luke Bombrugher got invited by Don Reist. Well there you have all the reasons to join. I hope you join the Seagoing Cowboys program and get some friends or family member along. Well if you join you get the exprence like Luke Bomburger did with means lots of fun and exploring new places and countrys. Also this changes lifes.

Also you should check out the book A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves by Peggy Reif Miller. In the book A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves it gives Lukes reasons why to join the Seagoing Cowboy program and his story while in the program.",3
"A wide range of people make conspiracy theories based off of tv and maagazines. Most of their theories are false due to lack of research. A lot of people make conspiracy theories, and a lot of people come to believe they are true and they start making false accusations against the government not revealing discoveries to the public.

A global surveyor orbiting Mars captured an image of a face like figure on the surface of mars, NASA thought it was a mesa. It turned out to be a rock that had formed on the surface of mars.

NASA revealed the image to the public, The image caused an outbreak of conspiracy theories. There were a lot of debates on whether NASA was hiding something from the public or if they were being truthful. The majority of the public thought that NASA was hiding the truth, and they thought that the face was the result of foreign life forms.

Mars surface can form rocks and a vast majority of things that can be spotted on Earth. The rock formed ",1
"I am against the development of these cars in the article, ¨Driverless Cars Are Comming¨, because they could be dangerous. I say this because the driver has to stay alert and ready to take over the vehicle if a situation pops up. Yes, there are postive aspects to this article such as: the driver would not have to drive unless needed, it could drive the driver if they are tired (but they must stay awake), the car steers, accelerates, and brakes itself, and it displays heads-up warnings like the vibration of the seat when it is going to hit something. But hose positive things could turn ito disasters quickly. In these disasters i am about to explain the driver coould be hurt, killed, or have a lot of dept due to car dammage.

One of the many disasters that came to mind when i read this article were, the driver getting hurt or critically injured, have lots of dept due to car dammage, or even death. I say this because it is true; these things could happen. One of the examples i thought of is the situation a am about to explain. So here is the situation: The driver got tried, so they set the car to auto drive. The car taakes over and the driver is still awake. Doesn´t sound like a bad situation so far does it? The driver´s eyes start to droop, the driver tries hard not to fall asleep but fatigue wins the fight. The car does not relize this yet and it keeps driving. Then the car senses two crashes have occured just down their road. The car vibrates the seat but the driver is out light a light bulb. The car then goes for the next displaication of giving the driver a heads-up by turning the flashing lights on the windshield. Nothing. The driver is still fast asleep. The car tries all the displays to try to get the driver awake and alert again but to great avail, the driver does not wake up. The car cannot brake yet because it is not near the accidents yet; so it keeps driving.

The car then senses the accidents and breaks; but the car starts to spin out of control of black ice. It had been snowing for weeks there and it had rained the night before and it all froze. The car goes spinning out of control towards the river near the accidents. Then the worst thing happened. The car and the driver went diving into the ice cold river. The driver finally wakes up only to scream with terror right before they hit the water. The driver? head hit the stearing wheel with such an impact that it nocked them out cold. The car sunk deeper and deeper till it hit the river´s bottom. People are above them watching in terror with horrified expressions upon their faces. Some are calling for help, but the help that was there for the people in those accidents had already left. The others are just frozen with terror, unable to move.

The car begins to fill with water slowly, the water is trinkling into the car in every crack it can find. The driver still knocked out does not expect this to be thier last day to be alive, to see thier family and friends, or take a breath of air; but it is. The windows begin to crack from the pressure of the water. Up above them on the road help finally arrives, but it is only the fire rescue and the police. They do not have the right tools to go into frigid water and smash the window open or get the door to open, unbuckle the driver and break to the top of the river´s frigid waters.

The people then see small bubbles, then they become bigger and more faster to break the surface of the water. The car´s windows broke inward and the driver is dead within minutes. later the right toos were brought to the place of the new accident and they bring the car up with the dead driver inside. The driver was a huspand that had just came home from the military and was going to visit his wife and kids as a surprize. Now the family gets to see thier huspand and dad; but he is laying on a table. His skin ice cold to the touch. He is bloated some from the water, he is bruised, bones are broken, and he is dead.

I do not think that anyone who read a story like that in a newspaper or in a book would want a driverless car to be made. Anyone that has a heart would see the dangers in a driverless car coming into this world. This is why i am against the article, ¨Driverless Cars Are Coming¨.",2
"Do you think aliens exsist? The face has been said to be a natural landform or made by aliens. The face has been told from different perspectives. Conspiracy theorists thinks NASA wants to hide the face, when they really dont. There's different stand points for different topics.

The Face on Mars is a mystery because we dont know if the face is there or is it shadows. In my opinion I think that the face is a natural landform like the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. the face has also been seen as a pop icon, it has starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, and radio talk shows. Defenders of the national budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars. Maybe there is life maybe there's not who knows for sure.

Eighteen long years after Viking missions, we sent up the Global Surveyor. Once the it was in place for a good shot we took it ten times which were sharper than the viking photos. After the photos were posted on the web there was no congergations about aliens anymore. It was proven to be a natural landform after all. But not everyone was satisfied with the pictures.

The Face on mars is located at 41 degrees north martian lattitude where it was winter in April '98--a cloudy time of year on the Red Planet. People still thought that it was an alien making that was hidden in the clouds. The team got another great look at it with the clearest view ever on a summer day and snapped a photo. The photo actually showed the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa. Still think its real or not?

In my opinon I believe the Face is real. Others might argue that its still something crated by aliens. Especially sense it was clearified as a butte or mesa. No matter what its an opinon based topic that you can argue about all day. The real question is what do you think?

In conclusion there has been plenty of research and examinations on the Face of Mars. I still think that the Face is real, others might think differently. This topic can go both ways in opinon wise. Think wise about this topic. Consider talking about it with coleagues and come up with a conclusion for this topic.",2
"I feel like driveless cars are a bad idea and a good idea. The reason i say this is because it can have a good outcome to it and a bad out come. There can be probles and it can solve some solutions.

I think its a good idea because it can decrease some of the accidents thats happening. As it says in the passage ""Gm has developed driver's seat that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backin in to an object"". Some people dont pay attention when there driving and it can lead to accidents, but with this feature of the car it can prevent all of that.

Then, i also think it can be a bad idea. The reason why i say this is because there are some people out there that will take driveless cares to there advantage. For expamle, say if the person is driving in one of these driveless cars and there not paying attention cause there on there phone and the thin the car will just do everything on its on. So it a accident now. Like it says in the passage""this means human drivers must remain alert and be readdy to takke over when the situation requires. You cant take over if your busy on your phone or eating food or doing something you wouldnt do if you was driving. So thats the down part.

So with this being said, i think its a good and bad idea. I just think depends on the person whos driving the car should be able to handle it. But other then that its a good idea.        ",2
"Final:

I find I am against driverless cars because it's too risky to try out on the road. No car will ever be completely self-sufficient, which means humans must pay attention, but i believe even with all the alerts it won't be enough. We humans are unpredictable meaning who knows if we will be able to stay focused enough to know if when we need to take over. Google has had a self-drivng car since 2009, but has not been on sale yet, because it had some problems. I feel this will continue to go on, Tesla says they will have a self-driving car out this year, but I feel it will be pushed back because of some ""minor"" problems.

Some car companies are using vibrations or telling people directly when to take over, but it's still too unreliable. I also agree that people will get bored waiting for their turn to drive. To pass the time, some companies are planning on adding in-car entertainment. This is a huge distraction and could probably lead to a crash. There are still some key issues that need to be worked out like, if the technology fails and someone's injured, who's at fault.

Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that these problems will be resolved, but what if they're not! It's too much of a risk to just assume that these problems will be fixed. i also believe we shouldn't be wasting our time right now on driverless cars, when we have bigger car problems going on currently. We need to create cars that have cameras, so then people can get caught being on their phones. We need cars that are more fuel efficient because our air isn't getting any cleaner, and people aren't going to stop driving. Having a driverless car is a luxury and is extremely not necessary right now at all!",3
"Driverless cars has it's positive and negative aspects, but in my opinion, I do think driverless cars should exist. Although, this world does have many accidents every day with humans driving, a driverless car could actually be more safer. A car itself is usually not the problem in an accident, it's the driver. So if we focused more on the car then the problem could be close to solved. Driverless cars could be very safe, even more safe than the cars now.

Car accidents happen every day, but according to Google, their driverless car has driven more than half a million miles without even crashing one time. Although, being in a car with no human driving could seem scary, it's more safer. Plus, a driverless car truly isn't driverless. There is still a human controlling the car in a a way. When the car is dealing with road work, accidenst or pulling in and out of driveways, that's when the real driver comes in and helps. The car will actually alert the driver.

A public- transport taxi system could be very important to this world. A taxi nowadays uses plenty of gas which is also plenty of money. Driverless cars would use half the fuel of today's taxi. It would even have more flexibility than a bus! Not only are driverless cars more safer, but they even use less money.

A car that only needs a driver 90% of the time, is pretty amazing. Transportation will be much more easier and faster in the future with driverless cars. They are safer, cheaper, and more easier! Although, it seems a long way from the dream of calling a driverless cab to take us wherever we need to go, the dream is actually catching up to reality, according to the founder of the Google Car project. This world grows closer to the new car everyday. Soon, driverless cars could become a reality!      ",4
"The use of technology to determine the emotional expression of students in a classroom is not valuable. I personally do not think that a computer can analyze a human face and determine in percentages what their emotions are. A human can not be 2% angry and 75% happy. A computer can only determine what looks like on the outside, but not in the inside.

We humans can guess by looking at someone if they are upset, furious, meloncholoy, or estatic. Humans can determine that by their body character or their facial expressions. We cry when we are angry, sad, or happy. A computer could not know that. We ask how they're feeling and most of the time humans can lie about their emotions. They tend to hide them within a smile or a laugh. People may look angry, but that's their natural face expressions. In a room full of students, you are going to get many different emotions depending on what time it is during the day. If it's the morning, students will most likely be tired or sleepy. If it's around noon they may be hungry. During the afternoon students will most likely to be ready to leave school. The time of day can have a mega impact on a person's mood.

A computer may have an estimated guess on a person's mood, but it will never determine it. Us humans are special. We have many different ways we express emotion. We may feel many emotions at the same time, but a computer system could not determine that. We change how we feel all the time. We may not express it either. The FACS system may mistake our emotions through one picture. They could see a picture of you crying and decided that your sad, but in reality you're crying of laughter. In my opinion, you can not decide the expression of Mona Lisa just by looking at one painting. If they had a document saying she was happy most of the time her portrait was painted, then would believe it. Since they don't, I don't believe in anything FACS has documented.

The use of technology can not determine ones emotion(s). Only we can decide on what we feel or how others feel. I strongly believe that we are the only ones who can see emotion. ",3
"There are many fellow citizens in the world that have been using cars are having car accidents and many more terribles things that have happen during inside of a car or outside of a car. According to the passage, Almost 4,000 drivers were fined, according to Reuters. Is better to take a walk, ride a bike, and make the streets a better place. Especially, that up to 50 percent in the United States, there are car-intensive areas. Car- free day, was a big hit in Bogota, and should make it in the United States one day to leave the streets without traffic jams.

First, fellow citizens should stop the car usage, to make the streets a better place, walk, ride a bike, or do something that would make the streets much safer. The cars usage, many people have died for these terrible accidents. Limiting car usage, is a great idea, because it supports the streets to not become very dangerous. There are many accidents that have caused of a hit-and-run. So is very important that at least the car usage should stop the humanity.

Next, Limiting car usage, is a great idea, because, according to the passage, up to 50 percent in the United States, there are car-intensive areas. Car-intensive areas, such as the traffic jam. Traffic jam, can be very dangerous at some point, and it keeps people very tired and fustrated. According to the article, In Bogota, Colombia, there's a program set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to keep the area as a car-free day, leaving the streets devoiding of traffic jams. So try to ride a bike, walk, skate, or do something, that can be a car-free day, a much safer environment.

Then, Limiting car usage, is a great idea, also, because without cars, and only buses and taxis, a which the main goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog, Violators have faced $25 of fines, according to the article, also. Its a really good opportunity to take away the stress and lower air pollution from cars, especially the stress from traffic jams. As what i was saying in the beggining, that many people prefer to use bike, walk, or skate to keep themselves a much safer habit. If your driving, always put on the seatbelt to prevent from car accidents. Limiting car usage is a great way to prevent from all the car accidents out there in the world.

Last, Limiting car usage is a great way to the environment, makes the countries a better place. Having a car-free day, especially, is a much safer way to its environment. Ride a bike, walk, skate, or take a bus, if necessary, to prevent from all the car accidents out there in the world, it takes away the stress and decrease its air pollution from having a car-free day, and to promote from alternative transportation and reducing smog. Limiting car usage, is great way to our planet, but there is times that we need it for transporting to a place we want to go. Also, using a bike, walking, or skating is a great tool and excercise to our legs to keep our body maintained and healthy.            ",4
"To Whom it may concern ,

You should keep the Electoral College because it was a fair and easy way of voting.

The founding fathers established the constitution as a compromise between the election for the president by the vote of congress and the electionof the president by popular vote of citizens.

The elctoral college process consists of the selection of electors. The meeting where the electors vote for the president and vice president, and counting the electoral votes by congress.""The District of Columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the electoral college.""For this reason the word ""state"" also refers to the Distruct of Columbia.

What's wrong with electoral college? "" Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president."" So who picks the electors in the first place? ""It depends in some states. Sometimes state conventions, sometimes the state party's central committee, sometimes the presidential candidates themselves.""Most voters think the electoral college is unfair.""The winner-takes-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the ""swing"" states.""

In conclusion, I think the Electoral college is fair, but others don't. I guess we wont know unless we vote on it.    ",2
"In the passage, many examples were given why Venus is so dangerous to study. Even though the neighboring planet may very dangerous to study, the author supports the idea that Venus is a worthy pursuit by describing the reasons why scientists would want to study the planet, and the different ideas that were created to help scientists gain more information.

The author has given many examples of how Earth and Venus are alike. In paragraph 4, it stated, ¨Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported carious forms of life, just like Earth.¨ Scientists would want to study Venus because there may be forms of life on Venus that no one might know about. The paragraph also stated, ¨Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and icludes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters.¨ Not only does Venus may have different forms of life, but the planet also has features that planet Earth has as well. Scientist would want to study more to see how those formed and how that might lead into more information about the planet. Paragraph 4 also mentioned, ¨Futhermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frams of space travel.¨ During different times, Mars and Venus can be closer to Earth. Scientists are already studying Mars, and with Venus being so close, they would also want to study it too. For the planet being so close, it would not take that much time to travel.

The author of the excerpt has also given information of how the scientists could reach their destination, Venus. In paragraph 5, it said, ¨NASA´s possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray...Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hover Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way.¨ This is an idea of how scientists could study Venus. The author also compared the technology that people have down on earth can help create a solution to get up in space to study. With hovering over the planet, temperatures would ¨still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit¨ as stated in paragraph 5, the pressure would not be as bad. The pressure ¨would be close to that of sea level on Earth.¨ Even though the conditions are still not that great, the survival rate of humans going to Venus would be higher.

The author also gave other examples of how people can study Venus. In paragraph 7, it said, ¨NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the choas of Venus´s surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions.¨ The author of the excerpt is explaining that NASA has tested an idea that may work out for research of the planet due to the conditions. With the silicon carbide electronics, they may be able to help gather information without burning up right when it reaches to Venus. The paragraph also mentioned, ¨Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers.¨ The reason that they would use old technology because it deals with older materials, levers and gears. Modern technology would be more delicate in space. The author also mentioned, ¨By comparison, systems that use machanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces.¨ The author explained why using older technology would help with the other project the scientists are working on rather than using modern technology.

With the challenges of the pressure, heat, and other factors that Venus has, the planet is still worth studying. The author have put it into perspective that even though things may be challenging, there are ways to accomplish what the people want. By explaining how Venus is compared to Earth, it will put more determination of gathering information about Venus that no one has figured out before. The different ideas of how people can get up to Venus is another way to present why Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it has. With the dangerous factors that scientists face with Venus, it is still a planet in the sky that is worth studying.          ",5
"The media is everywhere. Everyday, you hear gossip about celebrities in magazines, movies, and social media. Millions of movies and magazines are released all of the time around the world. More than half of the time, the facts they tell us aren't even close to accurate. You can't always trust the Media, especially when including scientific facts. Twenty five years ago something peculiar happened on Mars. NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling around Mars, taking pictures, and spotted a Martian Mesa. The Media is lying to all of us. Are they honestly trying to get us to believe that the Mesa is something that was created by aliens? That's purposturous. If ""aliens"" did however create the Mesa, NASA would benifit from it.

You can't trust information from movies or magazines because most of the time, they are false accuzations. Most of the ""facts"" they tell us about are completely untrue. There isn't enough scientificly proven facts to believe what magazine and movie writers are telling us. The Mesa is just a huge rock formation, not an alien created object. NASA is a very sophisticated scientific group, trust the information they tell us, not false information.

I understand that few scientists believe that aliens somehow created the Mesa. But, an extremely large amount of scientists highly disagree. There is absolutley no scientific proof of aliens created the Mesa on Mars. NASA has stated that it's just a rock formation. if aliens created it, NASA would release that information.

On April 5, 1998, Michael Malin took his Mars Orbiter Camera to fly to Cydonia where he would take a picture of the rock formation. He later revealed on a JPL website, that it was just a nautral landform. NASA's information is always correct. Thanks to Michael Malin, we have proof that the Mesa is just a rock formation.

In conclusion, NASA has provided all of us with many accurate facts about the Martian Mesa. Some people still choose to argue, even though NASA has already provided us with all of the right answers. I hope I have pursuaded you to think more into the facts that are scientifically correct, unlike the Media's version of the story.            ",4
"Making technology that can identify human emotions would be important, but not very much in everyday use. If a student were not able to identify their emotions when seeing a therapist or school counsoler, then this device would work best their specifically because therapists/counsolers are trained to help with humans and their emotions.

Let's say that students are in a class to learn about psychology or somethig of the sort. It would be very useful to find out what a person is feeling down to the percent. This device would also be helpful there because it tells you about the muscles that move to show a certain emotion. 'For example, your frontalis pars lateralis muscle (above your eyes) raises your eyebrows when surprised...' (D'Alto paragraph 3); students can study their muscles that make their emotions by learning about these muscles.

In paragraph 9, it states '...Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them'. Just by making faces and using this technology, students can learn so so much more about their emotions on a deep level that can help in many ways. It would benefit students, teachers, therapists, and more.

In conclusion, this device and technology can help many different people in many ways. Students can learn about their facial muslces, therapists can help their clients learn to identify what emotions they are feeling, parents can hep understand how their children are feeling, etc etc. Students can even help one another feel better in small classroom situatioins all together.",3
"Some futurists imagine a time in the future where nobody has cars. Everybody gets to where they need to be in self driving taxis. Now think, a car that can drive itself. That sounds absurd, unsafe, impossible. Well companies such as, Google, General Motors, and BMW, have been trying to make computer-driven cars since before 2000.

In my opinion, all of these companies are wasting their time. At this moment

traffic laws say the only safe car has a human, of age, driver controlling it. As a result states such as, California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia, oppose even testing computer-driven car. Computer-driven cars are going to have to be approved by all the states and state driving laws will have to be changed.

Another reason I believe we should not have driverless cars is because of all the time and money it is going to take. First of all engineers and futurists have this far. In the late 1950's, General Motors created a car that could run on a special track.The track was filled with electrical cables and wires that sent radio signals to a reciever on the car. Engineers later tried something similiar, they used magnets with alternating polarity. Which is sort of like under traffic lights. These roads worked pretty well, but they would require tons of upgrading to all existing roads, and is way too expensive, it is not even feesible.

Since smart roads were out of the question engineers turned to smarter cars. To make cars smart enough to dive themselves they would need alot of sensors and computer hardware, video cameras, automotive radar sensors, and GPS recievers, embedded in the car itself. All of these sensors and automotive gadgets are going to be very costly and time consuming to install.

In 2013, BMW made a car that drives itself but has special touch sensor to make sure that the driver is still holding on to the steering wheel. The car can steer, accelerate, and brake itself but is designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skilld, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents. So although the car is driving itself the driver must stay alert and be ready to take the wheel when needed.

If this is as far as technologuy has come who would want a driverless car thath still needs a driver? Why would one want to sit at the wheel and watch the car drive? Wouldn't that be boring? Some manufactures

hope to make it fun by putting in, in-car entertainment and information systems. If you have a television, game system, computer, or whatever entertainment is provided for you, how are you going to be prepared to take over the car when needed? Nowadays it is illegal to even talk on the phone while driving much less watch a television show or play a video game. So ""in-car entertainment"" sounds completely unsafe to me. Therefore I do not think we should use all our time and money to create a driverless car when you can easily drive yourself and family where ever you want to go.",4
"Driverless cars should be developed and permited. If more car companies would form and release this idea of driverless cars that would be one less problem people would have to worry about, because everyone would save much more money than they usualy do, and people without cars wouldn't have to worry about getting places. Even though Google has already had cars that could drive by themselves they were not all the way driverless. Human would have to take over when the cars couldn't do what humans can.

The law specificly says that cars are only safe when a human driver is at full control of the vehicle at all times. The law needs to lighten up and approve of driverless cars because it would help everyone all for the better. It will also make us more advanced by discovering new things with better technology. In a few years of so more and more states will have accepted the idea of autonomous cars, laws are going to be changed, and everything will work out just fine.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ",2
"The author suggets that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers if presnts because if something happens to earth if we study venus we will know some stuff to do. Like all the needs to stay alive keep breathing and is it even possible. Because if a war happens with the usa and the blow up america we will need somwhere to go. So in order for us to know all of these things we will have to study abot other planets to survive at.

Venus also looks the sefest out of all the other planets. Its shaped like earth close to earth so its in the same atmosphere so it gets the same oxygen. the shape and size is pretty similar so there should be enough romm for people. its close to the sun so we dont know if its safe . it could be safe if the un rotates away from it so people can actually live their.

Since venus is so close to the sun we will have to send someone their to se if it liveable. if we ever decided to move to venus we will have to bring so much stuff and it would take a while. so i dont think everybody will make it before us is destroyed.",1
"Dr. Huang stated that his computer can identify a persons feeling just by scaning them. By the way it look the computer can verify a person experssions by the way that they look even thou some poeple in this world can understand expressions but techology is change and now it can nearly tell human emotion. But yet the differences here are that the computer can see emotions or no emotions at all.

Well the step to take in order to see if a person is showing emotions it would muscular action units. For the instruction 1&2 will determin that techology can tell which from which like a smile canbe tested by a computer or a real person. A machine can tell the difference.

We need to look at the prons and cons cause a person can tell if a person is showing any emotion is how they are useing their mouth's muscular actions such as smiling or frowning. Telling a force one a real smile can be que trickey but a computer can tell the differences.",1
"The Electoral college is a way of voting for Presidency. Electors are the people who consist of that. Their are 538 electors. A majority of the 270 votes is required to elect a president, The 23rd amendment of the constitution states that 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the electoral college. The candidate's political party generally choose the electors. The Presidential election is held every 4 years on the tuesdaay after the first monday in november. Most of the states have a winner takes all system except Nebraska and maine. After the presidental election, the governer prepares a ""Certificate of Ascertainment"".

These are Cons about electoral college .Voters dont vote for a president,But for a state elector. The disaster factor is the best argument against the electoral college. The electoral college is irrational,outdated and unfair, And the arguments have pros that are assertions without basis in reality. The Electoral college is not democratic in a modern sense. The electoral college is also a anachronism. The Electoral colloge is a process that is full wit pros and it also has its small and enormous cons.                                                     ",1
"I write this to the Senator of Florida.

Every four years a president is elected to become what is the Commander and Chief and sole representative of the United States of America. Because we as a country are a democracy, ""the people"" get to choose the president. We go every four years, starting at the age of 18 and so on, to vote or to choose who we want to represent us as Americans. Who we want to run this country. Who we want to lead us both to sucess and trust that they will do all in their power to keep us safe. But are we, the people, really choosing who we want? Just like President Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S Chamber of Commerce, and the AFL-CIO, I believe that we are not choosing at all but we are voting for a state of electors, who in turn choose a president for us.

The electoral college is very unfair to voters.""according to a Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore_ thanks to the quirks of the electoral college - won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election...voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could lose the presidencey. (The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid deeefenses of the system are wrong By: Bradford Plumber) If you wanted to vote for a specific president you would have to elect the state electors pledged to that president and hope they pick them. At times the electors have the right idea and other times the electors get confused and choose the wrong person. Other times the elector could even be biased or even racist (in rare cases), and choose the one person that you do not see running this country.

""Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the ""swing"" states. During The 2000 campaign, seventeen states didnt see the cadidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the larrgest media markets didn't get to see a single campain ad."" That is, because the electors are the ones that choose. The candidates don't even attempt to campaign in places they know they wont get a vote on. The cadidates will try to win over the bigger states first to gain more electoral votes to win.

I see the electoral college as an unfair way for the people to vote for president. If we are truley a democracy, then we should change from using the electoral college to the use of popular vote, or direct election.    ",4
"Decoding teenage emotions and facial expressions proves difficult for adults, but now there is new technology to help those students learn more effectively. The help of Facial Action Coding brings new opportunities to the classroom with prospects of working lessons around what each individual student is feeling. The system would bring better learning to students easier with help of individualized teaching by recognizing when a student gets confused or unhappy with the lesson.

A computer with this coding system in its hardware could change the way students learn and how teachers teach. The learning process would be more individualized, because the computer works around what makes that specific user smile. ""For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different."" The computer will ultimately pick what to show on the screen based on one's past reactions to previous stimuli. This system would help students understand a lesson by changing the way it teaches to help the student. It would no longer be one teacher teaching a lesson broadly, it would be one computer teaching a lesson that specifically helps the student. This would lead to more efficient learning and overall better test scores. The computer with Facial Action Coding System will turn a struggling student into a more efficient and educated student.

The use of this technology would be effective by using accurate ways to study students' facial expressions. Developing an accurate system is the foundation of an accurate learning environment for students. The system is a facial expression expert; it knows when you are actually enjoying something or not through studying the specific muscles you use. ""To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a 'smiling' politician or celebrity isn't being truthful."" Each muscle holds a different purpose, and the Facial Action Coding System studies each one to pinpoint which emotion is being expressed.

The developers of this product have studied greath lengths over this material, and suggest that da Vinci did the same. The accuracy of their product is based off of psychologists, professors, and doctors to get an accurate description of basic human expression and muscle movement. ""Dr. Huang observes that artists such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions. His new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code."" Having an effective foundation to the software will lower the risk of inaccurate studies of facial expressions.

To conclude, the Facial Action Coding System is an asset to classrooms everywhere. Struggling students can learn effectively without raising a finger; all they have to do is react as they normally would. The accuracy and development of this software helps read each student's individualized emotion such as confusion, boredom, or anger. The computer acts as an individualized instructor, acting on each emotion and reaction to new material. ",5
"Driveless cars, good or bad? Technology can malfuction espically when there is a lot of it in one object such as a car. This idea could be a very big and bright part of our future or cause more and more accidents every year.

Many of the kids our age have a cell phone of some type. We love and charish them so much but they never have a lifetime warrenty contract. That is because they just cannot last that long. Apple puts out an update to update phones but very few people know the risk of that, that risk is the udates all have little viruses that can destroy your phone. The technology often slows down the longer you have the phone, updated or not. This then causes several problems in the future for the operater.

If cars were made to rely on solely technology and nothing else we could run into problems that our phones bring us too. The car often has a contract with it too but it is not a very long contract usually. If the technology started to malfunction while someone was in the car it could very well end up horribly for both the people in the car and the other drivers around them. If the technolgy starts to slow down like how the technology in our phones does after sometime it will definitly lead to disaster for us. There is no saying what can happen to the technology while you are operating the vehicle.

Technology can malfunction espescially when there is so much of it one object such as a car. The idea of a driveless car is a very interesting idea but certianly spells disaster. If these cars are not proccesed and tested as many times as any man can count than they need to be tested more. If these do get produced than there needs to be yearky check ups on them to make sure that the cars are still in tip top shape or the car could have bulit in notifiacations to let you know when you need something checked out.   ",3
"The face is simply a landform that ended up looking as if it were a face. If it were to be an actual face, I'm positive that the texture of the rock face wouldn't feel like it is made of rock. The face would decay and what would be left would be nothing but bones. The odds of finding an Egyptian Pharaoh's head on Mars is highly unlikely, or if there's any odds of that even happening at all.

In paragraph one, it states that the face is nearly two miles from end to end. If this were to be an Egyptian Pharaoh's face, it would have to travel all the way from Earth to Mars. How would the face even be put into space in the ancient Egyptian time period? Again, highly unlikely that a face traveled millions of miles through space and appeared on the surface of Mars. Just looking at the picture below paragraph five makes me want to believe that the face is really a face rather than a natural landform. The significant detail and shape of the face is so human like that it's hard to believe that is was naturally created over time. For example, the Washington Monument was hand carved with pick axes and with the use of dynamite. The detail is much more significant than the Mar's face, but yet how nature created it, I don't know and I don't quite understand how this was done. Considering this is two miles big also makes me wonder if this did come from outer space; the face's impact of hitting the crust of Mar's would ruin the structure of the face. The thought also of the face being made by craters hitting the face also doesn't quite make any sense. Could NASA possibly have made this up? People at NASA are very intellectual as they could maybe trick the world into believing that the formation of a human face on Mar's really happened. The odds of it being a natural landform is hard to believe, but also the thought of aliens creating the face is also highly unlikely.

In paragraph two, it states that scientists figured out it was just another Martian mesa, which is common around Cydonia, but somehow turned out looking as if it were an ancient Egyptian Pharoah's face. How this happened, nobody knows, but in my opinion, this is just a very odd coincidence. Maybe someone outside of Earth carved this? As people even have believed that aliens were the creators of the masterpiece. Nobody will ever know but it is sure that the face isn't an actual Pharaoh face like people hypothesized it was.

From reading the article, it seems as if NASA used the gossip about the face to try and make money off of the coincidential face that appeared on Mars. At the end of paragraph five, it states that, ""defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars."" Why might they wish there was an ancient civilzation on Mars? Simply so that NASA's discovery could make them millions of dollars. NASA bringing in the word alien is just dumb in the first place. Are you serious? We haven't even found one thing about aliens existing and you try and tell the public that aliens made this? NASA's purpose of the face in my opinion is for the money.

The idea that the face is bona fide evidence on Mars makes sense, maybe the people on Mars were giants with two miles wide faces? From only seeing pictures, there isn't evidence of anything, we can only state what we believed happened for a face to appear on the crust of Mars surface. As many people believe multiple different hypothesis, we need to do more research to see if there is any faces buried in Mars just like the one we discovered. More evidence that there is possibly life on Mars being similar to the face found would make people really believe that life outside of Earth is possible. We as people could believe that the face is really a Egyptian Pharaoh's face, or a natural landform created by either craters, erosion, or the face possibly being relocated and reaching Mars. As already being stated, we need more evidence of this being a real face. If this is really a face then there would have to be other pieces of the rest of the body somewhere, or more faces in Mars below the surface. The coincidence of a Pharaoh's face appearing on Mars is almost impossible, considering that Pharaohs were people that weren't exactly giants as a two mile wide head would demonstrate. Up close picutres of the face showing if there is possibly more detail than what is shown in the picutres provided would help the fact that this is actually an ancient Egyptian face. There is no way to prove this other than finding other evidence of faces so that this coincidence doesn't seem so much like a coincidence. Being created by aliens would be hard to prove, also using you're common sense that we have yet to find anything even close to the fact that aliens exist. We would first have to prove aliens are real, then somehow prove that aliens came to Mars, carved this face, then left without doing anything else. The chance of aliens carving out this face is also very highly unlikely, in my opinion there is no chance of aliens carving out a human face on Mars. ",4
"This article is about making Mona Lisa smile but the main thang for this article is a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables reserchers to use computers to identify human emotions. It is saying in the article that ""new software has been developing that improves accurace in perceiving the emotions of others. This new software,the Facial Action Coding system,has promising applications for a variety of industries."" One of this details tell use that Mona Lisa is""83 percent happy,9 percent disgused,6 percent fearful,and 2 percent angry.""This all stared when the subject of Leonardo da Vincil's of his renaissance panting of Mona Lisa, when""at least according to some new computer software that can recognize emotions. This new""software is the latest innovation from Prof. Thomas Hung of a advanced science University and how he thinkes people and computers can communicate. It all comes to geter with 3-D nd the model of the face and it shows the 44 major muscles in the model, it also shoes one or more muscles is called an action unit. ",1
"As a NASA scientist, I believe that the face on Mars was formed by aliens. Me as well as other scientists believe this because, we still don't know for sure that there's any life on Mars. As well of the fact that a face can't be made randomly on a planet, there had to be something that made it. When you think about it you see nothing Earth or human like on any other planet.

Well we still don't know for sure if there is any other planet with a sign from aliens but, every planet has a special feature to it. For instance Earth has weather elements such as;rain, snow, hail, and mist. Mecury is the nearest to the sun. Venus is made mostly out of gas. And Saturn as well as Uranus has rings. Neptune is the cold icy planet. Then Jupiter is the biggest planet.

Although few scientists believed the face was an alien artcraft, photograpghing Cldonia became a prority for NASA when Mars Global Surbeyor arrived at the Red Planet in Sept. 1997, eighteen long years after the Viking mission ended. ""We felt this was important for taxpayers,""explained Jim Garvin. These are the facts to lead me to believe that aliens created the face on Mars.",2
"The author suggests that studying Venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents, I strongly disagree because the author did not provided more proofs on why we should go to Venus despite the dangers it presents. The author provided more cons than pros to support his answer.

The author he/she did not provided enough information to support his/her idea on going to Venus. It provided more cons, in the aricle it says, ""Temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit,and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our plant. These conditions are far more exterme than anything humans encounter on Earth."" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus 3).

This shows how the author did not support their own answers insead of providing more pros he/she provided more cons, I strongly disagree that we should go to Venus cause no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours so what makes you think a human can survive that with more than 800 degrees Fahrenheit, so overall I do not think Venus should be worthy pursuit despite it's dangers because no human would survive.             ",2
"Wouldn't you want to see what it is like on another planet? Or just in space? I would too. Venus is the second planet from the sun so it would not be too far to ttavel there. ""Often referred to as Earth's 'twin,' Venus is the closest planet to Earth in density and size. Studies have also shown that Venus was much like us long ago, They say it was probably covered with oceans and has the same surface as us, rocky land, mountains, and valleys.

They do have an idea that could happen. They could stay above the dark cloudy atmosphere and have a temperture way below the normal. 97% of Venus is made of carbon dioxide so it would be much easier to hover the cloud cover planet than try to land on it. NASA has been trying to find other ways to study Venus. They have figured they could possibly ""simplified electronics made of silicon carbide been tested in a chamber simulatiing the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted tree weeks in such conditions.""

I believe that NASA and other organizations have been trying to find ways onto Venus or hover it because we could possibly learn more and find things from there we never knew about. Many people are unsure about the idea of this but it could possibly help our lives out in some way. So, would you want to see what it is like on another planet?""   ",2
"I dont think the use of the technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because, students should at least have the right to there own personal thoughts. Students are in a building all day with other students and teachers that they might not trust, like, or let alone even know. Students have no freedom in school, teachers make or tell students what to do everything is watched, students are constantly told what to do by adults that they dont know, let alone trust. So i think students should have the right to keep there personal thoughts, opinions, and emotional expressions as private as they want them to be. Unless you know the student is in danger that students personal thoughts, emotional expressions, and opinions should be kept as private as they wish until they are ready to talk about whatever the situation could have been. ",2
"The structure on Mars is just a natural landform. In 1976 the first picture was taken and it looked like a face. In 1998 scientists took another picture but this time with better quality, but people still believed it was a human face. In 2001 the people at NASA took another picture with even better quality that clearly showed that it is just a landform, or a mesa. It could of been created by Martians, or naturaly formed. Simlar structures are on the Earth called mesa and butte usually are seen in the American.

The structure on Mars is just a natural landform, because over the years scientists have developed better cameras to get a better look at the structure. After years of studying and getting higher quality pictures, they came to the conclusion that the structure is just a landform, or a mesa. It was a big trend in grocery stores, radio talk shows, and even Hollywoof films, for 25 years!

Scientists also include to support their statement that if there were airplanes, Egyptian-style pyramids, or even small shacks, that you could see them because the quailty of the camera was so good. So if you could see small structures on Mars, then you could see a giant human face. But some people to this day still believe that this could be a sign of Martians. This is why you should believe that there is no human head on Mars and it is just a natural landform.",3
"Although, I am going with driverless cars cause of what the article talks about. It say in one parapragh that google cofounder sergey brin can. He envisions a future with a public transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half the fuel of todays taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus. He believes such cars would fundamentally change the world.

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The driverless cars can aslo drive independently under specific conditions sice 2009. Their cars have been driven more more than half a million without a crash. Theirs still some bad things about them, like they still alert drivers to take over when pulling in or out drive ways or dealing with complication traffic issues, such as navigating though roadwork or accidents.

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They got good ideas about about what to about the driverless cars. Toyota prius uses position estimating sensors on the left wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the reaview mirrior, four automotion radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an intertial motion sensor. The most important bit of the technology in this system is the spinning sensor on the roof.

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Sensors are nothind new of course. In 1980, auto makers used speed sensors at the wheels in the creation of antilock brakes. Within 10 years, those sensors had become more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out of control skids or rollovers. The information from the sensor can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine.

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I dont know why people wouldnt wont a driverless car because all you got to do is nothing. The car drive for you you can be on your phone or anything enstead of being on your phone while you have to drive and you could wreck or somethimg.                              ",3
"In the article "" Making Mona Lisa Smile,"" D'Alto describes a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. One of the creator of this software Dr. Huang said his new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code ( paragraph 5). Going on, it knows your feelings by the zygomatic major (muscles that begin at your cheek bone) that lifts the corners of your mouth. The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because this new modern software can tell you how your peers are feeling.

Furthermore, imagine being able to detect exactly how your friends are feeling even when they are trying to hide their emotion. Pretty awesome! For example, "" They even indicate the difference between a geniune smile and a forced one"" (paragraph 7). This shows that the software can even tell the difference between a fake and a real one. So, that means if your friends are feeling down you can just notice by trying that new software. Another example, ""Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements-in a real face or in a painted face.""( paragraph 4). This example shows that a software can identify mixed emotions. Also, we humans perform this same calculation everyday, but in a different way. Thus, faces don't lie: those mucles ( zygomatic major and risorius) clues are sometimes used to stop when a smile is fake or real. Therefore, this software can help you know what your peers are feeling and each facial traits that conveys happy.

Going on, this software is very modern. For example, ""All 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles"" ( paragraph 3). This shows that the creators are trying to make the software scan a person's facial as close as possible. Another example, "" happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness""( paragraph 3). This shows that the software can alnost detect every feelings. Which is a great news. Thus, if you tighten your lips it shows anger and that's how the computer knows your angry. Pretty smart!

In conclusion, using this technology to read the emtional expreessions of students in a classroom is valuable. It can perform precisely specific emotions of your peers by simply scanning their faces. Thus, mention in paragraph 6, it can also pick what ads or video games to show by judging your face to make sure you are happy. Going on, the computer understands all this from your facial muscle movements. Therefore, the new software is a valuable thing to use on students to

express their feelings.",3
"Technology is a great thing to have in a classroom. It helps kids in many ways. It helps being able to know when a kid is struggling and the computer can go back and help the kid. The computer can do many different things. It could help with their homework. Being able to use a computer is a nice thing to have especially in the classroom, because a teacher isn't always going to be there for the child that has a question. Technology could be very productive too. Most kids like being able to use technology instead of pencil and paper. Kids engage more when they use computers.

Technology is a great resource is the classroom to have because it is hard for kids to pay attention. If you have a computer software that could recognize emotions it would help with what you need to help the kid with more. All the computer would have to do is be able to have a wide understanding of subtle facial movements with a 3-D computer model of the face. The software would have an understanding of all the 44 major muscles in the model that would need to move like the way the muscles do in a human face.

I'm very supportive with technology being used in the classroom, because if a kid cannot write it could potentially be easier for a kid if he were to type it. If a child were to have trouble than it would pick up on it from the child's facial reaction. In Paragraph six it says ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becomeing confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" It could be more beneficial than a teacher, because for the kids who do understand it they can move onto other things and the kids who don't can have extra help.

Most humans show facial expressions toward someone instead of verbal communication. Paragraph six Dr. Huang said that ""Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication. So computers need to understand that, too."" Most people could have a benefit to this so that they could understand the assignment they're assigned for the lab they could be doing for a science class. It just all depends on whether or not the kid would use this tool effectivly as others. It could be used as a lie detector in a way if it picks up any facial expressions.

This facial recognition can be very benefital for the kids who struggle on watching a video over how to do something. The 3-D will calculate the kids who are struggling with a problem or anything that is assigned to them. This strategy is very useful for when kids don't have any help or when the teacher is helping someone else it can help and walk the kid through the problem instead of having them get upset, because the computer can detect anything that happens to the kid while in the process of the lesson. Technology is a very useful thing for kids who struggle, become upset, or have trouble understanding.",3
"In this article the author describes the Facial Action Coding System and descrbes the wide range of its usefullness and power. From this article we can see how this new technology finds emotion through a face as well as how that information looks once it's calculated. From this passage I feel that this technology is very useful and could help alot of people.

One of the many uses for this technology is that it has the ability to help others when they are bored or confused in a classroom. This technology can modify the lesson in order for the student to better convey the information needed. This helps students get a better understanding of the material while still learning in a way that fits that students prefrences. If this were to be in schools today I feel that it would help thoughs who may be failing not because they want to but because they aren't understanding the material.

This technology can also help adults as well wheather it would be for advertising ,for video game companies,or for video surgery. When it comes to advertising this technology can recognize the enjoyment or displeasure you may get out of an advertisment. Say you like it and smile, the computer may regognize this and continue to provide you with similar ads that fit what you like. As for the last two being about video games and video surgery these two can construct faces in a more exprssive way than it would without this technology.

This article shows just how useful this technology is and represents just how far technology has come since. This is an important resource that could help many with alot of things. As well as help teach those who are confused. And even to better advertise a product to someone. And for these reasons I feel that this technology is valuable.       ",3
"Venus is said to be the most earth-like planet in our solar system. There are however many things that Venus makes it challenging to be studied or understand. That is just one of many very well told reasons in the article that the author provided to state why we should keep studying Venus despite the dangers it presents. THe author provides information that pushes people to want to know more.

In the article the author provides us with information on the ways how humans have studied Venus. In the the article the author tells the reader how humans have sent a lot of spacecrafts to study Venus but no spacecraft survived for such a long time on just landing on Venus. The author expalins that that is the reason to why no furthur studies have been made in over three decades.

Another thing of information that the author provides the reader with is to why the atmosphere is challenging for us. In the article the author provided the reader with information like the degrees and pressures of the atmosphere. In the article it is said to be over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atomspheric pressure is 90 times greater than the pressure on earth. Also on the discovery on the thirty plus miles abover surface tempatures change to 170 degrees and the pressure changed close to the sea level on earth giving the impression that its survivable for humans. This discovery make scientists want to know more on why that is the case, leading them to keep making new discoveries no matter the challenges it brings them.

The last thing the author provides its readers is with imformation on what NASA is working on to know more about Venus. The author states how NASA is working on different approaches to studying Venus. They are working on simplified electronics which some have in fact worked and have lasted for three weeks. It has studied and has gathered more information.

The author states many information for the reader that supports to why the idea of studying Venus is worthy of pursuit, the more interesting information she provides the more the reader would want to know. The reader would think it is worthy to pursuit to get more discoveries and know the planet further more. ",4
"Dear state senator,

My name is PROPER_NAME and i am here today to talk to you about wether or not you should keep the Electoral College. In my opinion i thibk that it would be easiewr to vote for the president by the number of popular votes that he recieves. In this letter i am going to explain to you why i think that its easier if we do this so please make sure you can read through this whole letter.

The first thing we need to know before starting to read this letter is that the Electoral college is basically a widely regarded as an anachronism, a non-democractic mehtod of selecting a president that ought to be rules. Many people in the United States and in other places all over the world always face difficulties wether or not they like the Electoral College. If you acually think about it, in the electoral college system voters vote not for the president but for the slate of the electors who then vote for the president. So the people that are voting for these electors are not getting the direct vote. They are not getting sufficent amount of power to vote for the person that is going to rule their life.

A very important key that we asll have to know is that the electoral college is unfair for the voters. Candidates dont spend time on states that they know have no chance of winning. People cant put the fate of the presidency in the hands of a state that only have candidates because the candidates know that they might have a chance on winning!! And i do understand that we cant change this because some people dont like it but that is because people do not understand what the Electoral College is in the first place.

So dear mr.senate please do something to abolish the electoral college. Its is unfair and irrational. Thank you for taking your time to read this letter and dont hesistate to call me whenever you need to.

Sincerly,

PROPER_NAME

PHONE_NUMBER    ",3
"The use of the Facial Action Coding System sounds like an excellent idea. It would allow schools to make classes more enjoyable for students. Teachers would know if the students are understanding the lessons. Teachers could know if students are stressing and help them calm down. The software would help provide better data for researchers. The program would benefit both students and teachers. It would also make getting data for research easier.

With the use of the new software, schools can provide a better learning environment. The program can tell people how the students respond to lessons and how they are taught. Teachers can take this information and use it to better their classrooms. They can make their lessons more interactive and fun. The software would allow for more labs to be performed in science classes. It might inspire students to go into science fields if they enjoy the F.A.C.S.

The technology could help teachers recognize struggling students. Many students will not say that they need help, even if they do. Teachers may be able to help brighten a student's day, so they do not spend the rest being sad. This could help prevent school ""accidents"" and keep the school's environment ""happier."" The F.A.C.S could help teachers know when the students need a minute's break to help them refocus.

The software could help researchers collect better data faster. Researchers would not need to go to schools to collect information. They could just take it from the program directly. This could help them improve the technology and make it more efficient. The information would help in other studies regarding schools or students. It could also alert people to dangers in the classrooms by detecting whenever students are scared.

The F.A.C.S would make the classrooms of schools better. They could make students safer. The schools could receive better feedback on what works and what does not. Researchers would get better information for studies. The systems would benefit more than just one. ",4
"I cant imagine a life or a point in time where in the future people could be driving driverless cars. Can you? I thinks its okay if some people who need help driving uses them or might own one, but for everyone? Not exactly how I see the world becoming better for everyone because of that. The world evolves in many ways with transportation already now in numerous ways. The bike lanes are everywhere, people run, walk, or jog places, theres Uber thats now pretty big. But why a driverless car? So now people can become so lazy they barley have to drive? From the age where your remembering to be in a car you cant wait to be the next person to be able to drive thats somehing I & many others agree shouldnt be taken away.

A driverless car seems very possible within the next few years but I dont see any reasoning behind the fact that we dont need it. Maybe for older folks who have trouble or someone having so much money for one they just get one for the fact that they want to say that they have it. Also technicaly it's not even a ""driverless"" car. You still have to be awake, aware, & control it through tough spots like a car crash, & road work.

If your in a age where your getting a permit or you already have one dont you think when you was younger, before all that, that you couldnt wait to get your car & licaens. You would think of driving somewhere with someone if you prefer that out to eat or to a store littlle things that make you feel like you accomplished something. You'd miss it right? So why have a company tell you dont have that excitment for being a legal driver & showing you can do things, & share thier dream of just being able to sit in the car for however long with who ever your with just to sit there?

Evolution is a big thing to be apart of in this generation but its really simple to do if you have that idea. If its big enough to turn people's heads to whatever your idea may be then you have this platform of doing so. Changing the way people now get around is a big industry. There's always compatition & there is always going to be better. Wouldnt you rather have to drive to all the places you go yourself or would you just sit in the car doing nothing waiting for your turn to drive? I would love to be able to drive now & I will be able to soon. Nothing is better than the feeling of doing it yourslef.

So dont waste thousands of dollars of your hard earn money on something you can just do yourself. There's no reason in investing in that. They're simplilar solutions to this problem than you think. So think back now can you imagine just being lazy sitting in your car waiting for your turn. I know i cant & I know I definetly wont be. ",3
"The idea of not having a car is quiet unsettling. Think about the palces you have to go and how far the are. Wouldn't it be a disadvange to not have a car? Would you believe me if i told you there is a suburban area that has little to no cars in its area or a specific day cars are banned for 24 hours? how about how much cleaner the air is over there? The amount of space and walkway in an area like that, would that be a pro or con for you?

People all over have participated in local events where cars are banned for a day, like Paris and Colombia, and some want to get rid of it completly like Vauban, in Germany. In Vauban, its a ""car-free"" zone. Living in an area like this without a car is alot less tence without all the extra of cars. acording to Heidrun Walter ""When i had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way."" supporting the idea of the reductuion of vehicles and fossil fuel admission. This is an advantage to people because they perfer a healthy, stress free life, according to the passege, ""As a result, 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here"".

Smog is usually because of fossil fuel admission. This is why Paris proposed a partial ban to vehicles. Paris nearly had a near-record pollution. Paris was a little more operatable, according to the passege ""Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of france, after five-days of intensifying smog...[The smog] rivaled Beijing,China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world. Less congestion is a valid reason to limit vehicle use, being more spacious and operatable.

People may complain about the penalties or the transportation is needed, but people can carpool, and transportation was free in that limited time frame. eventually the fog was less visable, and people could return to the normal lives. However the damage is continuing, Getting a smart car would be a splendid idea, trade the bad fossil fuel car, to provied clean transportation if needed.  Cars are hurting the world and living things in it, including ourselfs. We should take a stand and end this tragedy were casing.               ",3
"The invention of the car was a revolution in itself, developing a new, faster way to get to far away places. However, the more people use transportation the more it seems to affect our everyday lives in both positive and negative ways. Transportation can cause a lot of pollution which could in later years really affect how people live their lives today, but a new car-free revolution could be just what the world needs to delay that probable outcome.

Pollution comes from all different kinds of things like cars, factories, and even smoking. Right now this is the only world in which is sutible for people to live on and all these things that pollute the air could risk how much longer people get to have it. Andrew Selsky says that in Bogota, Columbia the 7 million citizens have dedicated a day in which no personal car transportation is used. This one day has not only helped reduce the pollution, but also benefit the town in many different ways. Such as new parks and stores have been able to open, sidewalks have been re-paved, rush-hour restictions cutting the traffic down, and also the construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths. This ""Car-Free Day"" has also reached out into other countries as well and according to Enrique Riera, the mayor of Asunción, Paraguay, ""These people are generating a revolutionary change, and this is crossing borders.""

A businessman named Carlos Arturo Plaza says that the ""Car-Free Day"" in Bogota is, ""a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution."" Just one day without having to drive and worry about the risks of driving can take a weight of stress off of some peoples' shoulders. In Vauban, Germany there are no residents that own a single car. Elisabeth Rosenthal described the city saying that, ""Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district..."" Some of the towns residents said that having a car would always have them tense and they were much happier living in a ""no car city"". Having to deal with every day stress is hard enough, but when you have to deal with additional driving stress it can really take a toll on some people.

""Recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fower cars, driving less and getting fower licenses as each year goes by,"" says Rosenthal. America has long been known as one of the world's prime car cultured countries in the world, but since the peak of miles driven in 2005 these miles have been steadily decrreasing with every year. Studies have shown that there has been a big drop in the percentage of 16- to 39-year-olds who get their license. The percentage of young drivers getting their licenses has decreased by 23% between the years 2001 and 2009 in America alone. A decrease in people owning their own vehicles means that there could be a decrease in the pollution that cars burden the earth with every year.

Bogota, Colombia is a great example of a new revolution soon to come. This hopeful revolution will not only decrease pollution, but stress as well. A decrease in the popullation of young people getting their licenses could also greatly affect the way in which the world transports people from place to place. Transportation can cause a lot of pollution which could in later years really affect how people live their lives today, but a new car-free revolution could be just what the world needs to delay that probable outcome.    ",3
"Dear, Senator

Let the people vote for the person they want to not the electoral collage. I agree that the electoral collage should be change. This is because some people vote for a president that they are not voting for. People wish that the person that they are voting should be president. Yes we should follow the constitutuion but something we should not follow at all. On paragragh 10 it says that when you vote you don't vote for the president you vote for the slate of electors. Then they pick who should be the president. People have the chance to vote for who should be the president. For,example, when something happen in 2000 gore and bush. Gore had the upper hand and was going to will but then instead of gore winning bush on.

The electoral collage is good but not that good. The electoral collage has to choose the president and the vice president. That is not right. many people thought that the U.S is doing the right thing but they are not. During this time in 2000 campaign,17 states did not see the candinates at all. if anyone has a good arguement for putting the fate of predsidencey in the hand of a few swing vater in ohio they have not taken there move yet. the electoral collage is unfair, outdated, and irrational. the best argument in fovor of it are mostly assertion without much basis. mr. ob dole was right that we should abolish the electoral collage. i beleive and it my oppion that this is not right but the candinates think so.

Like On paragragh 18 the same thing happen with obama and romney to . obama received 61.7% for the elector vote compared to only51.3%.so the electoral collage should not be a constitution because that if we let it keep on going then is will not be fair to anyone at all. And it also not fair for a winner tom take all.            ",2
"For those who believe in Aliens, and believe this face is built by aliens, I have some news, its not and i can argue my point in three different ways. Number one, paragrah 10 sates that if there were anything on the ground the camera would of caught it, number 2 is paragrah 11 talks about the cameras ablity to see anything that would help the research of alien life, and lastly paragrah 7 talking about the natural landform.

First, paragrah 10 talks about the difference of the pictures from 1976-2001 with the different pixels. In the fourth sentence it says "" Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 viking photo"". Earlier in the paragraph it talks about the camera being at its ablsoulte maximum resolution, meaning the camera NASA has aren't cheap, they are high quality and could see anything that could resemble any alien life, which will be disccused next.

Secondly, in paragraph 11 it talks about the cameras ablity to see anything on the ground such as shacks planes, as is I said in the previous paragraph with the camera being at its ablsoulte maximum resolution, this paragrah also says ""As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size,"" he added.""So, if there objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground Egyptian- style prymaids or even small shacks, acould see what they were!"" Which brings us back to the camera being its best of class,if the camera is able to see anything on the ground that would not be visable to the naked eye, then why didn't it see anythng .

I know most of you would argue that they are storing equiment in the face. But, in the picture the only holes are the eyes and the camera could of seen any other entry point at this angle.

Lastly, paragraph 7 revells the picture of the face on mars, this paragraph talks about the research, and the release of the picture. Yes this eariler in the story but it all falls into place, they state they snapped a picture 10 times sharper than the original picture, the image was first posted on the JPL webstite showing a NATURAL land form, no alien momument at all. This dosen't ptove anything since they just posted the picture, but the previous statement i made fall into place with this one supporting my facts of no alien life on the palnet mars asscociating with the face

Concluding my argument of no other life form on mars, I hope I one helped you with your facts, changed your idea of the other life form (not saying you have to). I do not 100% disagree with other life forms but for this one I do.",5
"The Sea Cowboy

Why would anyone want to be a sea cowboy ? Their are many reasons why some people want to be a sea cowboy . What do you have to do if your a sea cowboy ?

How long do trips take and when would you ever get the time to have fun ?

The sea cowboy in this story was just an ordianary person before his friend don invited him to go to europe on a cattle boat . He says ""its a lifetime opportunity ""

to him .

Their are many reasons why some people want to be a sea cowboy .

Some people could of just signed up for no reason .

You had a chance to become a sea cowboy because in europe and other countrys were left in ruins. This was to help the countries recover their food supplies animals and other important things the need. 44 nations came together and formed the UNRRA ( united nations relief and rehabilitation administration.

What do you have to do if your a sea cowboy ? The sea cowboys take care of horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas. The first time luke got on the cattle boat their were 335 horse being shipped .

Luke was always busy caring for the animals during crossing.

They also have to chack on the animals hourly .

How long do the trips take and when would you ever get the time to have fun. It took two weeks to cross the atlantic ocean from the eastern coast of the united states and a month to get to china.

How would you not get sea sick from riding a boat that long ? luke got to see some amazing sites when he was riding the cattle boat .

Luke also found time to have fun on board. The cowboys played baseball and vollyball in the empty holds where the animals were . This was after the animals have been unloaded also table tennis tournaments , boxing , reading,and whittling and other games also helped pass the time.

So after all being a sea cowboy isnt so bad .

You now know how long the trips take and if the yever had time to have fun. The reasons some people wanted to be a sea cowboy. Also you learned what you had to do to become a sea cowboy . I can tell you its probably not the easiest thing in the world to do .   ",2
"Life on Mars has been discussed for many years. The face on Mars has raised the concern on whether there is life on Mars.\ Most scientists believe that there is not enough evidence to show that there is infact life on Mars. Common people ,who disagree with scientists and other people who agree with the scientists, think there is enough evidence for life to be on mars. Life on Mars has been a very contradictory argument for many years. There has never been 100% true evidence of life on Mars. Many people just want to believe there is life.

First of all, the face on Mars has never shown any pure evidence that there is alien civilization on Mars. No on has ever been on Mars' surface to check around the face to see if there actually is pure evidence to support alien existence. If life does exist on Mars, we probably would have more evidence than we do now.

Next, for many years NASA and many other scientists, or even the common man, have been debating whether there really is life on Mars, or used to be. All of the pictures that scientists have now show no sign of life. If there was life, we probably would have noticed more structures around the face by now.

Finally, The main reason there is a debate between common men on whether there really is life on Mars is that they simply just want to make themselves believe there is life on Mars. The convince themselves there is life. They still have no scientific facts to support their claim.

In conlusion, the face on Mars is just a natural landform. If there is alien life on Mars, then there is no 100% pure evidence that there is or ever was. These are the reasons why life on Mars does not exist as we know of at the moment. But there could always be new evidence that says otherwise.       ",3
"Dear Florida state senator,

I argue in favor of keeping the Electoral College. The Electoral College is meant to be a compromise between election of the President by a vote in congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. I argue for keeping the Electoral College because of several reasons backed up with information.

Firstly, I'd like to point out that the Electoral College makes it so that larger states don't have larger influence than smaller states. If the Electoral College is removed then larger states shall have much more political power than smaller states. Which means that a small state might not get the same amount of attention from presidential candidates as a larger state would like Florida.

Secondly, the Electoral College avoids Run-off Elections in which no Presidential candidate receives a majority of the votes cast. It avoids that problem because candidates can win Presidency by electoral votes instead of popularity vote. For example, Nixon and Clinton didn't have the majority of the popular votes, but they still won because of electoral votes. If the Electoral College hadn't exist then elections might be more frustrating for everyone, because the Electoral College makes a certainty of outcome.

Thirdly, the Electoral College makes sure that a presidential candidate has trans-regional appeal. This is good because a candidate with only regional appeal is probably not going to be a very good president. And besides without the Electoral College there would be many presidents with regional appeal wich would make other states feel left out, and this could be catastrophic to the unity of America.

In conlcusion, despite the Electoral College isn't exactly of democratic origins, it still equalizes the political power of states, makes sure that candidates have trans-regional appeal and avoids run-off elections. Overall I say that the Electoral College is very important in keeping how we choose our president balanced and smooth.                                                                                            ",4
"Driverless cars are cars with an automated driving system. Cool right? Using binary code, sensors and even 3-D imaging to check surroundings. Sounds futuristic like something from Back to The Future or Star Trek. But what good could they really do in society. Driverless cars are coming but should they? Society today can do better without technology controlling even more of our lives and something so vital as cars.

Google has gotten a head start on this process of driverless cars. The article states the car can ""read the positive and negative polarity as messages in binary code."" Yes the car is smarter than the average human being, that's because it's a computer. A computer cannot make judgement calls like a human being. With the intent on not crashing a driverless car could make mistakes and not know that they are mistakes. Such as hitting a child in order to avoid crashing into a tree. Something this article did not touch on was that the Google self driving car had its first accident last week when it hit the side of a bus in Northern California.

Today we have sensors and cameras in our cars but the driver maintains the speed, directions and trajectory of the car and where it goes. Humans must remain alert at all times, as stated in this article. Even though with self driving cars there is no human error involved consequences could emerge from there being to many of these types of automobiles on the road at once.

If this car goes into mass production problems will emerge just like with every other car brand. We have today many tools to assist our cars in knowing when to stop, turn and check coolant and power steering levels. We are still in control. In the article isn't was stated that if a problem should arise ""The Google car simply announces when the driver should be prepared to take over."" What if this function doesn't work? Should the driver always have to hands on the wheel or would that ruin the point of this driverless car.

Is society ready for this or is this years in the making and we are just getting ahead of ourselves. Either way self driving cars should not be allowed on the street without a driver until the technology is 100% proven error free. This could take some time but it's worth it. This will significantly limit the cost of lives that could come from unnecessary laziness caused by this driverless car. Human error will always be a problem but human judgment will by far outweigh the intelligence of automated systems. ",5
"Diverless car are a great idea and it world be fun to have them driveing around. Why not have cars around that can drive themself there would be so many positive thing that come from it, like it make for beter safe cars, tecnology world have to get beter, and good to start for new driver.

First, driverless car world be good for make a beter safe cars. At the start the car may not seem safe at first,but that why the we can just keep making them. So they first one not safe so we look and learn from your miskates just like we did for are space prgram he didn't get it right for the first time. If don't get it right the first time don't give up look at what you did wrong and learn from it.

Next, technologey well get beter. Your world today is constedly evoling, we got the hoverbored, Iphone7 Ps4&Xbox1,just a lot of new things all together,so why can't we have driverless cars? I think people asked that same question that why in 2013 the BMW annouced the development of ""Traffic Jam Assistant"". The BMW company is readey to move on with the world and with new technology,why not follow in their footsteps.

Lastly, it a great way to get new driver ready for the rode. I now some people lean beter though audio and that what you can get though driverless cars. In the article they said something about google talking to you when yoy need to take control sometime. I know the compiny can dessin that to help new drivers of the rode and from we can worry less and less about new drivers.

So people might say that cars are safer when hand drive at the article say that ,also that people world get more lazy they they are now and cause more acidateed,But it simpley not true driverless car till require you to ready at all time if simething does go wroung and the car warrons you then you're resposible for it not the car. You can trust the car but not the driver.

Overall I think it world be a good idea to have driverless car take less strees out of drivering. When your in traffic just sit and think to yourself or watch tv thinking that you are going to be later for a imported meating. In not they car fult it the commuity.",3
"Driverless cars are an intereszting theory.

The thought of someone being able to get in a car and just let it take them where they want to go is definitely appealing, but at the same time I feel that it could have some serious reprocussions.

I am both for, and against this idea.

I have good reason to be in the middle, too.

They're convinient but dangerous.

Also not to mention they're going to need a new system despite our advancing technology.

Plus, what would we use as fuel for them?

Firstly, driverless cars, though being more convinent, could end up being a major safety hazard to those who are still pedestrians. Having a self driving car witch pedestrians around is like letting a wild wolf into a sheep pen.

There's a chance that there maybe a casualty just as much as there isn't.

That brings me to my next point.

I understand that the technology we have now is absolutely outstanding as compared to what it was only 20 years ago, but we really need to step it up.

With GPS, it doesn't quite always get right on the destination.

Say you're letting your car drive you home.

It could very possibly overshoot your drive way and pull right into your lawn that you had been slaving over getting mowed properly for the past hour and a half yesterday.

I think that they need to creat a more accurate GPS system, either that or create a new system all together that can detect speed, what's going on in front of/around you, and be extremely accurate.

As well as going home, going to the gas station will be a nuscience, too.

And that brings me to my last point.

If we were to switch to these cars, what would we use as a fuel reserve.

Would we switch over to electricity, since that's what the HUD system would most likely use?

Even if we did stay on gas and greatly reduce the an=mount used, the combination of all of the people who would be using them would still cause a great deal of pollution.

Plus people would see it as an oppertunity to get out more often without having to do nearly as much as normal.

With that in mind, one would have to think, ""Could we possibly end up causing more pollution?""

All in all, I think that though, yes, some of my ideas are a bit far fetched, I have a point.

Yes, having driverless cars is an extremely appealing idea because it would save energy.

I'm just saying that, as there are pros to the situation, there are also cons to it, too.

I'm staying neutral in this case.

It would be great to see, but I guess time will be the ultimate teller.",2
"The author idea that studying Venus is worthy enough to study besides all the dangerous things that could happen. They had n't any spaceships go down to Venus for three decades because of how long it last there for couple of hours. It would be a challenge because of how high the carbon dioxide is in the atmosphere, and the temperature is so different compared to earth's. They can't do anything because of how much pressure and heat there is in Venus, because it's like the second planet closest to the sun it will just melt anything. Venus can not take humans up there, because the weather is like more instense than anyone has experiences at earth. Scientist believes that Venus was a place like how earth was with mountians and stuff..

I think in the article that it could be danger because of the different radiation there is and how your body could be affected by it and you might live just heal way harder. I think there shouldn't be any researchers trying to go up into venus because of the risk it could be to and the challenges of how to be able to surivie through all of that. NASA is trying to make a better more feature to make sure that the something can last up in Venus like how they used an example of the cell phones how better it has bcome over the years. I hope that if they try to go up there and do some experience to test out Venus they should be careful and think of all the risk that can happen when they are up there.",2
"In my opinion I believe Facial Action Coding is valuable. You can look at a picture or a person based off there facial expression and conclude what there emotion is. It might not necessarily be accurate but you'll be pretty close to right, but now you have the technology to be accurate. A persons face changes depending on how they feel and most people are able to detect what that emotion is whether its sad, mad, happy, etc.

Dr. Paul Eckman creator of the Facial Action Coding system (FACS) classified six basic emotions which is happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. FACS is a computer process that constructs a 3-D computer model of the face and all forty four major muscles.

Professor Thomas Huang of Beckaman Institute, in collaboration with his collague Proffesor Nicu Sebe University of Amsterdam, are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate. They rely on Dr. Paul Eckmans creation using video imagery the new emotion-recognition software tracks facial movements in a real face or painted face like Mona Lisa By: Leonardo Da Vinci.

Like taking a test at the end of the year Istep+ or Nwea can determine how much knowledge your brain has took in and if you are able to pass and further your education or if your incapable of taking in information in a classroom.

As stated before i think the work being put in by these Proffesors and Dr. Paul Eckman is very valuable and should be taken into consideration as usable to determine facial expressions because of the statistics being provided in the article and the credibility of these men. Thats why i think the Facial Action Coding computer process is valuable.                       ",3
"My position on driverless cars is that I think it would be a good idea. Considering how many car wrecks they're are in everyday life. The idea of driverless cars couldnt have came soon enough. Losing lives is a big thing on car craches. Car crashes come from humans silly mistakes now if the car can drive by itself no silly mistakes.

Humans have an intendicy to not pay much of attention to the road like they ae suppose to. Humans get distracted easily by anything. Plus for Semi drivers that have to drive through the night for a delivery, that crash because they are tired wont have the problem of crashing because the semi could drive itself. Theyre would still have to be check ins but just the right idea is that there will be no more car wrecks.

A big issue with car wrecks is drinking and driving and texting and driving. Yes the person still has a choice while intoxicated to get in the car or not and put down his destination but its better than him/her being in control of the vehicle.Texting and driving, well you wouldnt have to worry about it anymore because again the person won't be in control of the car.

Those are some details that help support my position in this draft. Mainly for car crashes not people's needs. The death rate might go down some more if driverless cars were to come. It is something that society can't say no to. ",2
"Although the idea of Driverless Cars is very intriging and innovative, I see more negative than positive aspects in this article. I do agree that ""such cars would fundamentally change the world"", but not for the same reasons as stated. The article does pose a few good questions. In the inevitable event of an accident by a technology fail who would be at fault? The driver or the manufacturer? These are all things that could simply be avoided by Driverless Cars not coming to market.

Not only is this whole concept outragously dangerous, but the question of liability also has to come into play. In the event of an accident where technology fails and someone is injured someone would have to figure out who is at fault, the driver or the manufacturer. You could say that it was the drivers choice to get in the car and let it drive itself, but the manufacturers were at the origin of the problem. These are all things innocent people would not have to go through. In paragraph 9 of the article it says, ""Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. As a result, in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars."" If it is illegal in most states to even test computer-driven cars, how would it be smart to drive them?

In my opinion, saying that these Driverless Cars are dangerous is a huge understatement. These could potencially cost hundreds or even thousands of lives if relesed to market for purchase. Why even try something this risky when the repercussions could be so big?    ",3
"Have you ever wondered how it would be like to travel the world? Then become a Seagoing Cowboy its invigerating to do. You travel by boat to distant lands and drop animals to those places. My crew would play games on return trips in the empty space on boats. We would play games like vollyball, baseball, table tennis Tournaments, and all sorts there. These are just some of my reasons to join now!

I also got to see alot of things on th trips I went on, nine to be exact. On a trip to China I got to see the great and Marvelous Panama canal! Venice a beatifull city with steets of water was one of my stops. These are sights some only wish on going and wouldn't imagine anyone passing that up! Thats why I'm here, to tell you to join now it changed my mind and it will change yours to. I wish you could see what I saw on my trips, its better than any picture you will ever see of it.

In my conclusion I would like to say it's not without its risks. I almost fell off the ship once but some metal caught me and I wassafe. You also attend the animals on board the ship and clean the Stalls or else it would stink bad. Other than that you have that feeling in you that you made a right choice. You would to if you joined us ,and become a Seagoing Cowboy today. You will never regret joining trust me from experience.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ",3
"The new software that was developed could potentially be a benefit to society one day. Using this software might allow current researchers to determine the emotion of a person from many years ago. Although these may be the claims, this technology isn't proven to be efficient with the results it gives. Using this new technology would not be valuable to students in a classroom.

The calculation the computer can make may not be factual enough to prove it's calculations are correct. In paragraph five, Dr. Huang is said to have incripted the same studies that Leonardo da Vinci used for his own anatomy studies, into the computer software. Even though this may be the case, the software used may alter the specific details in it's own study because an electronic device is determining a human situation.

Although using the software may not be factual, this software also has the benefit of increasing a students emotion. As said in paragraph six, the software could determine a students emotion and display an ad of some sort to alter their mood for the better. ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"" said Dr. Huang. If these claims are proven to be true, then a students energy and mood could be altered when needed.

To determine an emotion of another through a computer software, still does not give perfect results. These results may also not be trust worthy because human error is still involved due to the fact that humans developed the software itself. However, if the program can alter a students emotion in a classroom then the student may benefit greatly from it. Even though the software may not yet be perfect, it may change the perspective of a student and their attitude in a classroom. ",3
"Driverless cars were bound to be coming soon. Can you even imagine a time in the future where you don't have to drive your own car? As time aged so did our technology by getting more vast and advanged. I am very against the new development of these new cars because I think they're not safe at all. A human should alsway have to drive on their own because anything couple happen. One minutue with your eyes off the road, a sensor being read wrong, alerts not going off like supposed too, or even the wrong alert going off. There are even many differen't laws that were pasted in different states to not allow driverless cars. You just never know what could go wrong and you'll simply have no control over what happens.

Driverless cars sound like a pretty cool idea right? Just think about it a driverless car? No way right?

You don't have to be contol over the wheel at all times. You can just sit back and let the car do what it's supposed to do. Eating breakfast on the way to work in the moring instead of wasting time at home. There countless amazing reason why this would sound like a marveless idea but then again you have to sit back and think about you and everyone else around you saftey.

Technology will always need a humans help for anything. Think about your phone wouldn't opperate without you assistance, computer, even a stero the list goes on and on. Think about your car driving by itself, what if you take your eyes off the wheel for about thirty senconds thinking your okay to grab something out the back seet real quick. Then something with the car went wrong? The you most likly would be ending up in an accident. Just for taking your eyes off the road for juts thirty senconds. Think about back into the stories it says to get the driver's attention quickly is to vibrate the drivers seat or flashing lights on the windshield to alert the driver but what if the driver doesn't have a quick respond like right away? Then boom, you crash and now you want to blame the manufactoring company. It woul just be better if you were awear on what's going on, on your own.

Technology isn't always perfect like just like humans, they tend to malfunction here and there. Looking back into the stories it talks about sensors being out on the cars. Have it ever came across your mind if a sensor read wrong? For expample, your pulling out of a parking spot and your car doesn't alert you fast enough that there is a car coming and the other car isn't paying attention. Now whose fault would that be? You'd blame the manufactoring company even if it was probaly your fault. It would just be a better idea to not put yourself in that situation.

People in other states are still waiting for the law to be passed like California, Nevada, Flordia, and many more. They're not even allowed to do test driving and stuff like we do everywhere else that's legal. They made it illegal for a very good reason and I believe it should stay that way. There are too many poeple on the road driving everyday and they would like to feel safe. They don't want something going wrong with the cars and accident everyday. They're doing fine with regular cars now, just be better off if everyone stayed that way.

You always have to be thinking about the poeple around you instead of just yourself. The car might be driving smart but poeple drive like idots. Think hard about your safety before getting these cars. There not a one hundred percent guarentee. Yeah the cars sound like a really good idea and a fun new way of driving but it coould be really danergous as well. Therefore, you have to put your saftey and anyone elses safety first. Better safe than sorry like they people always say. We were doing fine without all this technology before and I think we can keep that going. We're doing fine with the cars we have now.    ",5
"The story ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" Main purpuse was to in form us of the stugles of trying to find a whay to get humons on Venus, Then giving us informashon of why its so hard to find a whay to live on Venus, for example Its eghat hunders degrees Farenheit, and that the presher is ninedy times more preshere than are planet. Then give us some examples of how there testing on how to live on Venus by tresing things at the bottom of the ocecn.

The main reason why they are doing this is, because Venus is the most like planet to earth in are soilersiston, so if we need to we can go thare to live if the earth is going to be distored.

So with this informashon I can conculed that this arical is to infrom us of what is going on with space trave in the fucher.",1
"Have you ever went on a camp out in the woods? Have you ever went camping out on water but for about 2 months? Now you can there is a progm that helps animals go to a different country. There are animals that need fed and you can do every night or even be a look out for whats coming ahead. The trip is fun but dangerous. You have to go on a boat that moves back and fourth. The fun part is that you can stay up all night and you get to never wake up unless its your job to feed the animals.

Luke's claims are having fun and being with his best friend. Luke also knew it would be a lif time opportunity. Luke was watching out for ahead and checking on the animals then he went to tell captin that when the ladder was wet and slippery. Luke fell and his heart pounding like a hammer. Luke was almost dead but he wasn't he broke a couple of ribs but hes fine he and work for a couple of days.

I dont know if i would join sounds fun too. Joining the prograhm was to help for world war ll also. The war was tough because there was a lot of stuff ruined by it too world war ll was a desaster but we thank the people that were in it. If you do join the progrhm they call you ""A Seagoing Cowboy"". Luke and his friend were happy that they were still alive. ",2
"The evolution of cars have mostly been focussed towards design and fuel efficientcy for many years, rather than a way to have a car that helps the driver drive. Cars are a big part of Many people's lives so it would make sense to improve on the machine thats most people use daily. The safty of this technology may scare some people at first nomous but the car compnay will assure the safety of the consumers. This innovative technology may not be accepted at first, but many experts already projected a time when this will be seen as common.

These cars can help with accedent prevention because the LIDAR tecnology can react quicker than humans can. Another example of this car showing more safety is that it will stay to the regulate speed instead of going over it. Not only does this work for safety but it can also be more efficient by going on the fastest route with its built in GPS.

Although the benefits are there, people will continue to be scared of this technology. This technology was not possible in the past, so many people weren't aware of it. This could be the reason why some are against the idea of autonomous cars.

Most people do not like change and this could be the reason why some are against this idea of a self driving car. Even though some people are resistant to change at first, many time they will give in and in turn, like the change. People may be scared of deciding who is at fault for an accedent, but the technology malfunctioning is just unlikely. Google has shown this by sending their own autonomous car that had gotton into only one accedent. That one accedent may sound scarey, but it wasn't the autonomous car's fault. Human error is many times more likely than the technology failing and the law will insure that the companies include safety features with the car

Although this new idea may be frightening at first, many experts already project a time when this technology will be common. Many people may not like this concept and many will simply not have it. Having this available for public use does not mean that everyone has to get one of these cars, it is just better for people who do want them. Once the safety measure are shown to be profficient enough, there will be no reason to not have this technology on the streets.",4
"Driverless cars can be used as an advantage in the following ways. There is a substantial amount of usefulness in the medical field with driverless cars. The mentally disabled in many ways can have a new type of freedom. Overall driverless cars are more safe.

The medical field is advancing rapidly. The transportion for hospitals, health clinics, in home nursing etc., can be greatly efected in a positive way. In an emergency situation a patient does not have a moment to spare, and a driverless ambulance does not spare a single second. The driverless ambulance will send out a signal pulling over all other driverless cars, leaving an open path, and another patient with thier life. The medical personel can have all hands on the patient. The driverless car is more effecient in the medical field than a manual car.

The mentally disabled strive to be more independant, and what better way than giving themselves thier own transportation. Granted they could take the bus, but the driverless car is infiantly safer for them. The people that care for them can take driving them to the doctors off of their checklist. In an emergency all they have to do is tell the car where to go and it will asist them. Once again the driverless car can save lives.

The main point of the driverless car is to be a safer alternative to the manual version. The built in automatic brakes have already been proven useful in todays vehicles. Built in GPS systems can be of great value when all a human has to do is type in a location. A human mind turns to panic in an accident, but not the computer program of the driverless car. The driverless car can save lives.

The driverless car can save lives. The driverless car can grant a new sources of freedom and independece to the mentally disabled. The driverless car gives a second chance to human beings that were moments away from death. The driverless car is an atvantage for not only American's but for the whole world. The driverless car is not only an advantage, but a hope for a newer brighter future.",3
"The author suggesr that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.I think the author is making a good idea about exploring te venus planet because it will bring new stuff to the Earth the will never know that was in the universe with the other planet.This quote is interesting ""Venus,sometimes called the ""Evening star"".in the text said the is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky.I heard before that the Venus planet was one of the most close planet in the Earth.In the text said ""Earth,Venus,and Mars are the planetary neighbor,orbit the sun at differebt speeds.""This is a good evidence because its explaning how those three planets are cored to the sun.But sometime the Mars and other time venus are more closer becase sometimes Venus is around the corner.When i was reading paragraph 2 said the each previous mission was unmanded because the spacecraft would not survive more than a few hours.""Numerous factors contributed to Venus's repuattion as a challenging planet for humans to study,despite its proximity to us.""So I think is very dangerous if the author study the Venus because it will not be a good chance if they got to venus maybe they will not come back.

I thik it will be a good idea if the NASA plan better that trip to Venus planet because it will be to dangerous if they just go without a plan.""NASA is working on other appreaches to studying Venus.for example,some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions"" This is a good idea because the who will go they will be ore protectice.",2
"Boy am I glad there's no more homework!

Hi, my name is Luke, I just finished high school and want to become a doctor.

I love the idea of helping people.

That's why I'm signing up to become a ""Seagoing Cowboy.""

A Seagoing Cowboy is a person that goes on a boat across all kinds of different oceans to help countries that were effected by World War Two.

Also, I would like to become a Seagoing Cowboy because I would like to be remebered in different countries for heroic actions.

Not very many people can be famous for their actions in different places because there's no way to spread the news.

The only people that really remember you are the people that you tell, or the people that you helped.

I think it would be cool to be known all around the world.

I also think it would be cool to travel around the globe to explore.

Most off all, I want my mother to be proud of me, and I want to make history.

That is way I was super excited when I was accepted to become a Seagoing Cowboy.

I am going to be traveling around the world!

To me, that is a dream come true.

The only bad thing was, my mother was not proud, in fact, she wasn't happy at all.

She thought becoming a Seagoing Cowboy would put me in danger, in danger?

I was helping people, how could that be dangerous, I thought to myself?

I was NOT giving up on becoming a Seagoing Cowboy.

I just had to convince my mom, and the rest of my family, that helping other people wasn't as bad as they thought.

Also that I would be very careful on the boat so that I did not get hurt.

""Mother,"" I called into the house I call home.

""Yes, Luke,"" called a sweet voice from the kitchen.

""I would like to talk to you about becoming a Seagoing Cowboy.""

I was very nervous that I would not be able to convince my mother about what I thought.

I wondered if I would even be able to convince her, or if I was wasting my time.

I was going overseas anyway, no matter what my mother said, because this is my dream.

My mother's voice broke me out of my thoughts.

""Oh, yes, I have been meaning to talk to you about that very topic."" I was glad that at least my mother didn't seem angry with my actions.

""I just wanted to say that I will be very careful when I am overseas, and I promise that I will not get hurt in anyway possible."" I wanted my mother to know that I wasn't lying any bit when I say that.

""I believe you, it is not you I do not trust.

It is that men that will be on the boat with you. You do not know any of them, or what their history is, how do you know if they are dangerous of not?""

""I just wanted you to know that I am going overseas tomorrow.""

The rest of the night was a blur, I told my mom why I wanted to do this so much, and eventually, she gave in.

She said that she supported me in becoming a Seagoing Cowboy, and that she was always proud of me, only nervous.

I did go overseas the next morning, and enjoied it a lot.

I went to many places and saw many natural wonders.

Who knew how beautiful other places were.

A lot of places were very different than were I live.

Most of all, I was very glad that I got to help other people along the way.

In fact, I was very suprised how good it felt to know that I touched so many lives.

Oh, and did I mention that I have the record for how many trips one Seagoing Cowboy has done! I'm at eight right now, and I am thinking about going on one last trip before going home for good.

I can not wait to stay home and spend lots and lots of time with my family.

You wouldn't believe how long it has been since a have had some of my mother's homemade pudding!

I can not wait to have some, and when I say mother's homemade pudding, I mean homemade heaven!

Even though I have enjoied this experience very much, I will be glad to go home.

I have seen many cool creations.

For example, the Panama Canal, and I toured an excavated castle!

I've really be happy with the accomplishments I have overcome in the past few years.

I think my mother would be very proud, I am proud as well.",2
"Today in the world everyone needs a car. A car is one of the most used and most needed appliances in the world today, but cars also cause many accidents, injuries, and fatalities. One way to avoid accidents is by allowing the car to assist with the driving. If self driving cars becomes a common thing there will be less accidents, less drunk driving, and less deaths. Many people believe that cars should stay manual to the driver because the enhanced amount of technology for a self driving car could have a glitch or have a technology fail. Although there is a great fear of this happening to the new style of car, many cars already use extended amounts of technology. The cars being created today have better, more enhanced technolgy that cause the smarter car to help everyone.

The average car made today has a great amount of technology already being designed into the car. If a self driving, smarter, car is created for the average customer the difference between the smarter car and the average car made today would be the amount of sensors. Many people may question having an extended amount of sensors in the car because the more sensors the more likely a sensor has a chance to fail. While the fact of a higher possibility of a sensor failing is true but there is already a great amount of sensors in cars today. Also, new cars being developed will have a better sensors than the sensors currently in cars. Sensors in cars today detect seatbelts, open doors, and impact of car to deploy airbags. Advanced cars around the world today already detect the surroundings of the car to help avoid crashes and improve parking. One flaw of the technology of the typical car to day is that a driver does not always comprehend or listen to signals and sensors being given by the car. In order for safer driving to occur cars must become more self dependent. Smarter cars will immediatley understand and react to the sensors in the car. Also a self reliable car will help fatigued and worried drivers. The car could automatically program routes via GPS, relieving the stress of directions. Another area of concern raised by those who oppose the smarter cars is that pedestrains will be in greater risk of harm with a smarter car if the car has a malfunction. This is a true problem, but the smarter car is not full reliant of technology. The car will still need guidance of a driver who can see pedestrians and stop. None of the cars developed are driverless, although the cars have its own sense of direction, acceleration, steering, and braking can be done by the car alone, the driver has the final decision on what the car will do.

Although many critics oppose the idea of having a car that has so much power and freedom, the smarter car is safe and functional. The smarter car is the next generation of cars and the next great invition that can change the lives of everybody evryday. Most people who think a self driving car think that there will be no need for a driver when that is not at all true. The smarter car still requires a licensed driver but it can provide great help and security to the driver. The self driving car can do many more things than the average car which makes the new car of tomorrow a smarter car.",4
"The introduction of the Facial Action Coding System to the classroom is not an intelligent plan. The way the system would read a classroom to tell if a student is confused or happy would go well for some, but prove only to be a barrier for others, while also raising the issue of privacy.

Firstly, classrooms are required to focus on more than one student. ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored...then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" (Paragraph 6). However, a computerized teacher cannot change the lesson plan for the whole class based on the needs of one student. If one single student gets confused, it is no benefit to the whole class for the teacher to go over the whole lesson again, especially if the student is not paying attention or messing around. This leads into the second issue.

How would a computer handle a student that is not paying attention? ""Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.""(Paragraph 6) However, even the most effective human teachers struggle to deal with some students. There are always students that refuse to pay attention, no matter how much the lesson plan is modified to suit their needs. Modifying for the needs of the students would only be damaging to the class.

Speaking of damaging, there is the slight issue of the privacy of emotions. While there are no doubt many people that would be excited to bring this technology into the classroom, there are also many people who would probably take issue with a computer reading their emotions like a book. ""Imagine a computer that knows when you're happy or sad."", the article states in paragraph 6. While this is an exciting possibility, there are obviously many people who will say that this technology goes too far. A computer reading your emotions may open you to being taken advantage of, which is certainly not something anyone wants occuring to our students in the classroom. There will always be people who prefer to keep the privacy of their emotions, well, private. Especially from a computer.

These reasons are what I believe to be solid proof that you canno introduce a technology like the Facial Action Coding System into the classroom. There are just too many issues that will need to be sorted out before anything like that can be allowed to happen.",4
""" Can you imagine a time in te future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore?"" From the passage that i've read they've predicted that driverless cars will first be issued around 2020 thats just 4 years away! I believe driverless cars could severely lower the percentage of an accident happening. The odds of a teenager crashing with driverless cars could go down nearly an astonishing 68%. The police force would have to watch out for distracted drivers that are on there cellular devices or even doing there make-up in the car. Would you like to see driverless cars in the future.

There are a handful of companies developing prototypes and concept cars, such as Toyota, BMW, Google, GM, Tesla and even apple has attempted at it before, but havent had as much success compared to the brands listed before apple. GM has had Computer driven cars since the 1950's. In 1950 GM created a concept car that could run on a special test track. Of course that didnt suceed due to the expenses the government would have to pay for new roads with sensors and electrical cables which was way too expensive to be practical.

In 2013, BMW created a development called ""traffic Jam Assistant."" The car could handle driving functions of speeds up to 25 MPH. I would love to drive everyday, but i do understand when parents say it's boring after so many years you just have to change up stuff such as a new car. Why would anyone want a driverless car? It would be interesting to show off your driverless new car, but in the end everyone would get bored just sitting in the drivers seat while the car takes you wherever you want to go. Even if a driverless car was created certain states wouldn't let you drive it on their roads. In states such as California, Nevada, and even Florida doesnt allow people to test a computer driven car without a human driver at the wheel. Would you want a driverless car to take you everywhere?

Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time. Back in the 1950's none of this was possible without costing millions of dollars just for a simple car now that we have all the sensors the prices of that manufacturing rates will go down if we ever continue are dream of creating a driverless car. in the 1980's, automakers used speed sensors at the wheels in the creation of the antilock brakes. Antilock brakes have helped prevent millions of accidents in our world today that could have led to thousands of deaths. So do you believe we should keep on striving for driverless cars.                         ",3
"There are many advantages and disadvantages of limiting car usage according to reading passages about limiting car usage. many people think that car usage doesn't need to be limited because everyone loves their car, but everyone loves their life also.

What I mean about everyone loves their life is that people fail to realize that cars are troublemakers, they cause alot of problems, and that is  pollution. Pollution from anything is very harmful especially  to the people who don't have transportation and they have to walk or ride a bicycle to their destination. In many states the usage of cars are banned and thats because their pollution rate is horrific. I mean who wants to live somehwere where you cant even walk your dog because of the pollution from the automobiles?

In Paris on Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22- euro fine ($31). But the same would apply to odd-numbered plates the folowing day. Futhermore, in Paris almost 4,000 drivers were fined and Twenty-seven people had their car impounded for their reaction to the fine. Paris has more smog than any other European capital.

Did you think that Paris was the only country that has banned cars?, Well you thought wrong because Bogota, Colombia has banned cars for three straight years and only left with buses and taxis permitted for the Day Without Cars in this capital city of 7 million. Bogota, Colombia goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog violators face $25 fines. In 1990 The Days Without Cars is part of an improvement campaign that began to help decrease the essecive amount of smog or pollution. Since the help to decrese the amount of smog parks and sports centers have bloomed throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic; and they have built new resturants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up.

After all I am here to say that many states are banning the usage of cars because they send off large amounts of pollution and pollution is a very harmful depris that can harm many people and it can cause sickness, and possibility death. If you are living or moving to a different state that bans car usage I strongly encourage you to let your car sit in the garage and look pretty because we are trying to save our people, plants, animals, and most important our communities.    ",2
"Driverless cars? A car doing all the driving for you without you having to touch the wheel is of lazy. Why would you want a ""smar car"" do all the work for you. The more that the technology develops the more things people find to help you be more lazy. It's like people don't want to do anything themselves anymore.

When driving you really have to pay attention to not just yourself but other people. If you let the smart car drive you around it's not going to really be paying attention to other people. If you get in an accident and the other person gets hurt, who is to blame you, or the car? The cops will go with you, because you are an human being that can get arrested and pay insurance, not the car. ""If the technology fails and someone is injured who is at fault the driver or the manufacturer?""

So, I don't think we should have driverless cars. I believe there would be more accidents than there is now. When it comes down to it yes, this will be our future, but we can also prevent it from happening. Its all up to you.",2
"Just cause it looks like a face it does not mean there are aliens. When have there ever been real signs of aliens. Even if there where they would have shown themselves to astronuts. Honestly alien most likely would not be scared of us realelisticy.

If aliens where real they weapons and mind would probaly be more advanced. They would have to have made homes, spacecrafts and probably guns as well. Think about it it has to be a natural land form just look at the our worlds natural land forms. Im sure there are landformes that look like faces or objects somewhere. So it must be a landform that is the only way because aliens would have showed them selves by now it is just that simple.

The eyes where probly shadow on a rock that looks like a face and that probable the truth. Also its impossible for somthing to live with out oxygen and there are no trees meaning no oxegen. It also either really hot or really cold mening somthing would either over heat or if cold freeze and that is my argument.",2
"Dear Florida senator,

I'm a young student, and no I don't have much of a background in political ideas or things, but I know we should keep the Electoral College. This old process was created to make electing a President easier and faster, which I believe it does.

Now, the Electoral College has 538 electors, but a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. Some will argue that we aren't voting for a President but we're voting for the people, or electors, behind them. I would say that they aren't wrong, but we aren't just voting for those electors, we are voting for the whole idea behind their campaiging. We don't vote for the person, we vote for the idea that person agrees to carry out. By having this process, we can focus on getting swing states votes. The votes of these states matter the most, in my opinion, because they are likely to swing at any minute. As said in ""

In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President

"", ""swing states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign, to really listen to the competing candidates, knowing that the are going to decide the election."" This helps avoid run-on elections because the small states are likey to just vote for the most popular President, knowing their vote won't really make a difference.

Most states have a ""winner-take-all"" system that gives all of the electors to the winning candidate. However, there are a few states that have variation with the ""proportional representation"" idea. The ""winner-take-all"" system actually works really well. Other parts of the Electoral College has it's problems but not this one. With this process it makes it easy to give all of the votes to one person, this means all of the state will be on the same page and not fighting with itself. This process v. proportional representation, is better in my opinion because it's quicker and helps make the presidental process one step easier.

And lastly, it's a tradition to use the Electoral College. The pedigree for this process was created a really long time ago by some of the most outstanding leaders in our country. The article ""

What Is the Electoral College?

"" states that, ""The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens."" The process we created as the United States, has its up and downs but it is one of the longest standing traditions we have. Hopefully you take my letter in to consideration. Thank you for reading.

Yours truly,

A young student    ",4
"It's a bird! No, it's a plane! No, it's a car! What would the world be like with driveless cars? Can you picture it? The world has been toying with this theory for some time now. In fact, the theory has already taken a course of action. For example, Google has had cars that could drive independently since 2009. Although driveless cars are a good factor, they do come with a certain amount of negative aspects. In my opinion, I think driveless cars are totally unneccesary.

One thing that proves they are is that they require so many sensors.

Instead of pitching the idea of smarter roads, manufacturers focused on the concept of smarter cars. Sensors give driveless cars the chance to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel. For example, Google's modified Toyota Pirus uses all sorts of gadgets but the most important one is the spinning sensor on the roof. This sensor enables laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings. Sensors are the ""human form"" to driveless cars. Why have all of this junk to mimic humans when you can just have a human behind the wheel?

Another example of why driveless cars are not needed is driveless cars aren't so driveless. Although technology has come a long way, human assistance is still mandantory.The cars can steer, brake themselves, and accerlate, but they are designed to alert the driver when the road ahead requires humanly assistance. For example, the car may alert when help is needed to go through work zones and around accidents. A human driver must be present and ready to take command when a situation presents itself.

Lastly, driveless cars use money uselessly.Some options under consideration are manufacturers using cameras to watch that the drivers are remaining focused on the road. Although I understand their end goal I do think this is overrated. Drivers should have their own privacy in their car. I think having cameras to watch the drivers like they are children is completley absord.

Driveless cars are a waste of time and money. Drivers are still needed to provide aid to the cars, and we are just wasting electronics and money. Although the idea of driveless cars is fun to dream about,they are simply not needed. I have to disagree with the develpment of these cars and say lets stick with what we have.          ",4
"The author supports his idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers with both the dangers and solutions. First states all the reasons that Venus is very unstable to land on and that no space craft has been able to land on long enough. Second he claims that NASA has two different plans to get there and surviving long enough to get samples and seeing what the ground is like. These both show that idea just might be worthy to pursuie.

First the author starts with all reason Venus is unable to be visited and that we have tried but was unable to land for more than a couple of hours. Venus is closer to earth and is easier to get to. But since both the surface and atmoshere is in chaos a spacecraft couldn't stay long. The article states ""beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface"". Since all of the weather is messed up it make it worst to get there and stay long enough to bring enough samples back to study.

Second, the author says that NASA has two plans to get there and survive long enough to get samples and maybe even stay to study them. One way would be Send a blimp-like vehicle to hover over Venus surface about 30 or so miles but still the atmoshere would give them limited access to the ground. So they could only take pictures and videos. But another idea is that we can use old tech to send to the ground and could last a long time. The article states "" these devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all"". If these machines go to the surface, gather data, and it could bring it back to study.

To conclude, the author's article supports the idea that going to Venus might be risky but also worth it. The author states in the article the reason it is hard to go by there are ways you could get there.  ",3
"Life has revolved around driving since the termination of World War II. In sources 1 and 4, the authors mention the population's inhabitants have greatly reduced or stopped car usage wholly voluntarily. While in sources 2 and 3, the cities have banned car usage on certain days. The advantages of limiting car usage include less pollution and increased accessability to the entire city.

Pollution is an large issue in todays world. According to Rosenthal in source 1, ""passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States (P5)."" The use of cars has created smog in many large cities. The 2009 Olympics in Bejing required the city to reduce car usage in order to clear the air. Those participating and attending the event were in danger of harming their lungs. The citizens of Bejing has already been noted to wear respirators and other devices to filter the toxins from the air they breathe. In this extreme case, it was manditory to cut the usage of cars down. But in other cities, they have not reached this extreme and it can be easily prevented by limiting car usage. Duffer mentions the pollution in the skies of the global city of Paris has been noticably decreased(P19). In another scenario of pollution in the atmosphere, the city has taken initiative to ban cars depending on the number of their license plate. Without the emissions from the cars, the air would be clean to breath and a better sight as well.

The new generation has grown up with cars yet when the time comes to obtain a license, they forgo the oppurtunity. Selsky says that without cars, the city's parks and sports centers have been heavily visited. The pedestrian walkways and shopping centers have also came in large numbers(P28). Due to the abandonment of cars, upscale commerce and new restaurants were constructed. Rather than a large mall near some interstate or other large roadway, shopping districts have transformed into locations in which are near public transportation or in walking distance. Rosenthal shares an anecdote that outlines that public transportation, car-pooling, and even walking have replaced the car for himself and his children(P40). Public transit is not viewed down upon anymore, it is a smarter way of getting from one place to another. Car-pooling isn't a desprete call, it is a resource that has become essential and benificial to both parties. A combination of car-pooling, walking, and public transit makes the city much easier to access and explore.

The development of cities is no longer based on cars. It is now be based upon the access it will give to those without cars. Limiting the use of cars makes the city improved in many ways. Clean air and more efficient ways of transportation highlights that cars are no longer needed and limiting car usage will have even more advantages in the future.    ",5
"Many people believe that the face on Mars was created by aliens. These people are called theorist. Theorist are people who give accusations without any supportive details. That is kind of what you are,just a everyday theorist who doesn't like to support their claims. Although that is what sets you theorist aside from us scientist. We actually support our theories,like the face on Mars.

When the first image of the ""face on mars"" was released in 1976 it became a pop icon. People believed it was alien made and think their is alien structures on the planet.

I'm here to tell you that is not true,as you may know the most recent pictures from 1998 and 2001 you may see the images a little clearer and you are able to see the surrounding ground of the''face'',so if their was any alien activity or any alien structures down thier im pretty sure we would see it. Although we do think it is a landform. It is just another martian mesa,which unsual shawdows were used to give it this illusion of a human like face.",2
"Well as you can see mr senator the electoral college should be changed .Because the electoral college does not really give people the right to vote they might think they are but there not in other words is taking that power off the people ,the electoral college process consist of 538 elector and only 270 electoral votes are need it to elect a president it maybe a good idea for some but is not . That is way some states have a winner-takes -all system that awards all the electors to the winning presidential candidate .We the people dont get to choose our own president under the electoral college  we only vote for a slate of electors  .

We cannot always control  the elector and who might he choose thas way its official the electoral college is unfair,outdated and irrational. But still some people still believe that the electoral college is a good thing for the nation . even if they have a tie the house of representative votes on the president not the people .

The electoral college has five reasons , retaining itself its lack of democratic pedigree ,all are practical reasons , not liberal or conservative reasons . they are there to avoid problems of election in which no candidates receives a majority of votes . some say the electoral college fluctuated in the 2000 fiasco and had the biggest election crisis in the century .

See that is way mr senator we should act now before is too late. as our founding fathers said we are a nation that means we need to work together as one if we want to accomplish something in the future .So mr senator are you willing to fight for this cause i am not saying ""it will be easy iam saying is worth it"" .                            ",2
"NASA has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus, because they want to find a solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus. What is their solution? Their solution is trying to imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape, they are wanting to prove that if their jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude that can fly over many storms then a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way.

They want to find the safest way possible so they can send people up to Venus since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. They have to find the right vehicle to get sent up to Venus because there is high pressure and heat that is like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes. Most people would just want to stay out of this and move on but astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system.

They are desperate to find a way to get this right and to actually be known for this. Going to Venus is not a easy task and researches have to take a lot of time into this. Most people are probably thinking why is it taking so long, well each previous mission was unmanned and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing like I said early, then this is an issue that leads up to why a spacecraft has not touched down on Venus. This is a very big deal and they just want to find the right research and the right system so they can go visit Venus successfully. ",2
"A vacation to Venus, scientist are studying to prove that there could not be any human life on Venus. Studying Venus is not a worthy pursuit depite the dangers because it is to hot,no form of light , and the atmosphere is not safe for and human or animal life. Venus is way to hot for any animals or human life on this unqie planet. In the next it states that ""On the planets surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit."" This proves that this is way to hot for human and animal life on this planet. The text also states that ""Also notable, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to the sun."" This also proves that even though that Venus is not so close to the sun as Mercury is the planet Venus is still hotter than anything in the solar system. On this plant Venus there is not form of at all. In the text it states that "" Most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmoshere, rendering standard forms of photography and videographic in effective."" This proves that because of the atmoshere there cannot be any light because of how strong the atmoshere is. Venus dose not have a safe atmoshere for humans nor animals.       ",3
"In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile,"" a man creates a program that can detect human emotion. That man is Professor Thomas Huang. The program he created can detect on how a person is truly feeling. I only know 6 emotions so far and they are happiness, anger, sadness, surprise, fear, and disgust. The program could lead to major scientific/artistic break throughs.

The program uses muscle identification to determine what emotion the person is making. A specific muscle is used to make an emotion. For example, the zygomatic major is used to move the lips up to make a smile. The zygomatic major and the risorius is used to force a smile like if you feel awkward, depressed, or upset but doesn't want to show it. So even the program can tell if you are forcing a smile or you are actually happily smiling.

Expressing emotions everyday could improve how you actually feel and you may get more out of life than you would with a straight face. People will think you are are happy if you smile, sad if you frown, content if you have a straight face, etc. People analyze how you are feeling to share iin your happiness, make you feel better so you are no longer sad, and calm you down if you are angry. With this program, people can now understand human emotions better than than naked eye. This kind of program could be used in therapy sessions, doctor's offices, and hospitals.",3
"Technology has advanced enough for a computer to recognize a person's emotions just by watching their facial features, one such invention is the Facial Action Coding System. If that is the only way to recognize a person's true feeling then one might as well use their own eyes. Of course, our eyes are not always inept to specific details, which a computer will help advance, but if recognizing a one's emotions in the classroom is important, one should just learn the specifics of reading emotions to surely understand what a student is feeling.

If one's emotions in the class room are plainly obvious to a computer, then they should be easily recognizable by the teacher. The passage states, ""the facial expressions for each emotion are universal, even thorugh individuals ofter show varying degrees of expressions."" With that in mind, students should show a clear expression, such as when one is bored or confused, that is recognizeable to everyone around them, including the teacher, making the the Facial Action Coding System an irrelevance.

The Facial Action Coding system may also be flawed when recognizing emotionaless expressions. When analyzing a person's facial expression, ""each expression is compared against a neutral face (showing no emotion)."" Which means that the computer will not be able to read a person's emotions if they hold a straight face. In this case, the recognization ablilities of a computer is unnecessary, for in order to recognize that individual's emotions, another person must know how that individual expresses their emotions such as their actions or words. However, the passage states that ""most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc."" In other words, the Facial Action Coding System is helpful when our eyes fail to decifer a stranger's emotions. On the contrary, in a classroom, a teacher should gradually and instincively, learn to recognize the emotions of his or her students without the use of a computer.

Recognizing a student's emotions cannot be solved due to the development of facial recognition systems, such as the Facial Action Coding System. In order to read a student's emotion, it is necessary to understand the student's personal expressions or actions that come from certain emotions. Although a computer can recognize these expressions, it cannot not always be useful if one's expression contradicts the normal facial expression, or an expression is not even shown on their face. Nevertheless, it is not necessary to use a computer to recognize a person's emotions, for it takes a person to know a person, even without a computer. ",4
"I think that the author who wrote this is right about studying venus despite the dangers it presents. I say this because in the text he mention that ""that not long ago venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have various forms of life"" this makes me think that if we start studying about venus and get enough information we need to know if there is form of life in venus we could fnd many things about this planet and maybe make life there. I also believe that if we were to find interesting information about venus we would have to send some type of living organism to prove that we could have some type of life somewhere other than earth.

First, i think we would have a rough time finding ways of life in venus but i think that we are able to do something like this and succed. i believe that we can succed but there will be obsticles in the way like "" the radiation would not exceed like earht leves."" or such as "" the temperatures would be warmer then here in earth.""

they are many things that would not have a human being survive but in the other than there is a few things that have a possibility of life. in the text it had menton that "" conditions like in venus are far more extreme than anything humans ecounter on earth.""

Next, some positive evidence to prove the statement of this author would be "" venus may once have been the most earth-like "" they refer that out of all the planets we have venus is the only one that has similar things to earth which there could be a 50/50 chance of life.

venus would allow scientist to float above the fray. venus could be our nearest option for a planetary visit how to text stated. i believe it would and could happen if we tried.

Lastly, In the text we have seen good and bad evidence to prove the authors statement but we have not mention that ' venushas value not only because of the insights but because human curuosly will likely lead us to many quality intimidating endeavors"" so us as human can bring soemthing to this research.

In conclusion, I think that the author is right about studyng venus even though we have cons about doing this. i still believed that if we were to do something like this we wouldnt succed the first time but with effort we can and find ways of life in venus.",3
"I think that FACS is very useful technology, that could benefit classrooms everywhere. It, as the article talks about, can help students if there getting lost or bored. By just adjusting it's teaching algorythms to better help the student.

During everyday life, we look at others faces and can most of the time see how they are feeling. If your friend has a frown on their face, then you can try and use comforting tactics and try to help them in anyway. And you use these tactics because you know what they are feeling. And FACS can do the same thing!

If a student is having trouble in school and there learning style might be different. The FACS can adapt to that students learning style or mood. And help them better than just mindlessly teaching them, and not changing anything thats going on.

FACS can be extremely useful in schools all over the world. And can make students and their learning enviroments more flexible and effective. Which in turn with help a gargantuan amount in them having a succeful career. Because students should come first, they are the worlds future. And anything we can do to assist them or better their education, should be done. ",3
"Sometimes having to be a scientist is not the best idea. Scientist discover different things at different paces,such as the ones that these scientists discovered on Mars. This face that the scientists discovered have evidence that it is just a natural landform. It could also be proven that the face that was found on Mars was not created by aliens. This face was is the face of an alien,and it is going to be proven in this argumentative essay.

First off,the face that was found has no signs of being an alien because any planet has those wierd funky looking holes right? It could have been that with the temperature and time those holes could have appeared making it look like a human face. It could of just simply have been a coincidence that it happened like that. Either way we could say that maybe it was an alien or just a natural landform,nobody has been able to personally prove it because there has not been one astronaut that has went up to Mars and looked at it with its own eyes. The human being has made assumptions about a lot of different things and the majority of the time the human being is incorrect because they do not have evidence to prove that what they said was correct.

Next,lets say that maybe the human being is correct,how could scientists prove that it is what the human being suspects?

In the article in paragraph 2 it reads,""Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa,common enough around Cydonia,only this one had usually shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharoh."" In this part of the reading the author of this article are saying that it could have just been another Martian mesa,but that this one had the unusual shadows that make it look like an Egyptian Pharoh. Like it says in the text it could have just been the shadows something that make it look like an ancient Egyptian Pharoh. It could have maybe been that Martian that the scientists have said it is.

Finally,in this situation scientists might be correct again. It could only be a natural landform that formed with the weather or something different that helps little things like these form up. There are no certain clues or evidence that this ""face"" could be a human or an ancient Egyptian Pharoh. Sometimes the human being wants to suspect things that are not close or correct to what a specialized scientist can do. Sometimes it is just probably that the human brain gets carried away by what it looks at. Sometimes it helps to pay close attention to what we are doing or looking at, for the hiumans good.",3
"In the article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming,"" the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Sergey Brin, the Google cofounder, sees i a time in the future where no one will no longer need a car. In the article, the narrator uses concession to argue both negative and positive point of views.

Driverless cars may not be a good idea after all. Driving a driverless car can come with a lot of complications. The price of a driverless car would cause you an arm and a led due to the fact that it has to come with many different technologies inside of it just for it to be driverless. Video cameras, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor are some of the technologies that the car would include. Although, being able to finally text and drive without much worry would be a great thing, it still can cause an accident. The driverless car wouldn't be 100% driverless because anything can happen while driving. The manufactering can glitch and while you're on your phone texting and not paying attention to the road, you wouldn't be able to notice in time and get into an accident. Will the accident be your fault or the manufacturers fault? If the car is not 100% driverless and something goes wrong you would still then have to pay attention to the road because you never know when it's going to be your turn to kick in and have to drive.

The development of driverless cars will be a bad idea. A car that comes with many different technology devices will also come with a price. You may want to text and drive, but protecting your life is far more important than sending a text. Driverless cars that are operated by technology can come with glitches and can glitch while you are driving and if you're not alert then you could cause an accident and cause a life. Overall, you would have to deal with the problem of not knowing if the accident is your fault or the manufacturers fault.",3
"Having a car is a pain, you have to worry about every littile thing. Cars are not good for the environment, the pollution from the cars is destorying everything. That is why people are limiting their usage of the cars. I am going to tell the advantages of limiting your car usage.

In paris they banned people from driving their cars because of the smog. They enforced this ban to clear the air of the global city. They alos said if anyone is driving they would have to pay a fin of 22-euro which is 31 dollors. The smog cleared enough on monday for the ruling french party to rescind the ban.

Since some people have stopped driving thie cars construction on bike paths. People in colombia have huiked, biked, skated or took buses to work. This has help prevent trafic lams, and brough down pollution. This is to help promote alternative transportation and reduce smog.

In bogot the rain hasn't stoped people from limiting their car usage. Limiting car usage is a great opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution. For the frist time two more colombian cities cali and valledupar joined the event. They are starting a revolutionary change and is crossing borders.

The limiting of car usage is helping the pollution problem alot. People are also going on hikes, bike rides, skating to work to help. The day without cars is improvement campaign that began in the mid-1990s. The car limiting usage is a really good thing that we are doing. This is just what  we need to help get rid of pollution in the world and keep it save.    ",2
"Driverless cars are important but will be more important in the future as they are being improved. Driverless cars exist and it is important that they make laws for them. Not everyone should be allowed to drive them, they should always required a human to control them in any type of way. They could be dangerous in hands of inresponsible people .They could change our lifestyles and also the way we see the world, they are helpful if the right person uses them. If they get improved, it would be best for everyone.

It is important to have laws for them if they get approved anyway as stated in paragraph 9, if an accident occurs, who would be blamed? And not only about those laws but a law that makes the manufactures of the driverless cars make every single person pay attention to the road and what he is doing because as said, the car could have a problem and the driver could possible not know abput it. It should be legal to drive a driverless car, not only because it could prevent accidents but because sometimes we get distracted when we know we should be focous on the road. The number of accidents would be lower with driverless cars even if some cars dont work as well. Is as if the driver is getting help from the car, the car is helping the driver just in case the driver messed up in a case.

Not everyone should be allowed to drive a driverless car. Some people are not responsible enough to get a car like that. Often, teenagers are very inresposible just because they are with their friends. They could think that the car is going to do everything for them and in the worst case the car doesnt react that there's something wrong and it crashes, what if the teenager dies, shouldn't the teenager had to controlled the car even though he knew it could control itself? People with a certain level of maturity should be allowed to drive driverless cars.

Driverless cars could be so helpful if the right person is on the wheel. The driver should always concentrate on the road, no matter if their car is driverless. It could change society if they actually used them right. Traffic would be different, we get stuck into traffic sometimes because a person drives too slow, because a person drove too fast and caused an accident, and many other reasons and with driverless cars it could sometimes prevent this, not all the time but it would lower the risk of getting in an accident. Manufactures should try to improve them at their best, not only because some people wouldn't use them right but because people sometimes messes up too.

Driverless car would be the best to improve a lot of things such as traffic and accidents. If the majority of US had driverless cars, things would change for the better. They are helpful with the right drivers and with the right laws. Not every company should be allowed to drive them but companies that are being supervised and companies that are trustable. Only responsible people should be allowed to drive them since they would actually just be using the help of the car and not using the car to do everything for them. They also shouldn't be a lot more expensiv. People driving them should always take the same preventions as if they were driving a normal car as said in paragraph 7, it requires human skills.",4
"Every four years, the United States is turned into a political battleground by the campaign for presidency.  The electoral College, the voting method used since the nation began, Is being highly questioned on its efficiency now vs the efficiency 250 years ago. However, the system has survived because it works.  Despite its flaws, the Electoral College does a good job of simplifying the presidential election and eliminating disputes or a potential crisis.  It produces a clear winner, it makes sure that the president is popular in all areas of the country, and it puts the weight of the campaign on the swing states.

In most presidentai races, the president wins only by a small margin.  rarely is there a landslide  victory or a complete vote for a president.  This small majority can lead to many disputes over the credibility of counting the votes in the individual states.  This is why the Electoral College helps the voting process.  The Electoral College helps the voting process because it produces a more clear winner.  For example, in line 21 it claims that ""In [2012's] election, for example, Obama recieved 61.7 percent of the electoral vote sompared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney"".  This shows that while the popluar vote can be extremely tight, the winner gaining sometimes less than 1 percent of the popluar votes, the Electoral College helps the system by giving the winner a landslide advantage and therefore clearing up any claims over the credibility of the popular votes which the loser can produce.  Also, the Electoral College helps prevent the situation of no president winning the majority of the votes.  the introduction of third parties can sometimes mean that no party gains more than half of the votes.  However, the Electoral College helps deal with that situation.  In 1968 and 1992, Nixon and Clinton both had less than the majority, but won because they had the Electoral College in their favor.  This is why the Electoral College still works today.

There are some areas of the nation that are very highly populated.  The southern and western regions of the nation are becoming more and more populated, and the northern regions are diminishing in size.  By popular vote, a president who wins the southern regions alone would have a good chance of winning the nation.  However, that system does not work under the electoral college vote. The Electoral College is a good system for voting on the president because it requires a president to be popular across the nation.  Under the Electoral College, a president can not suffice by winning the votes in a couple of states.  They must get points from states across the nation and then will it add up to a victory.  This is good because a president with only a regional majority will mainly focus on the region which he is based on.  The other regions will be disregarded, and not paid as much attention to.  The Electoral College prevents this outcome.  This is another reason why the Electoral College is a good method of picking the presidency.

Most states will have a tendency to almost always vote for a patricular party.  The real difference in Electoral votes lies mostly in the states who will vote either way, or 'Swing States"".  The Electoral College is a good thing because it puts the emphasis on the states who will vote either way, ensuring the credibility of the candidate.  These swing states know that they are the ones who decide the election.  Therefore, it is the voters in these states who pay more attention to the campaign, who research the candidates more, and who listen to what the candidates have to say.  This is a bonus for the Electoral College because it means that the candidate who will be elected is the candidate who will do best for the country, not necessarily the most popular.  Because of this, the Electoral College should remain the system of voting on the presidency.

There are arguments that the Electoral College should be abolished.  That the system of sending electors to congress to vote for them does not work because they can't guarantee that the electors will vote for who they are supposed to do.  However, the chances of that happening today and the elector getting away with it are very slim.  Today,  The people and the government know exactly how much votes each state gave to each candidate, and they know exactly how much electoral votes a candidate should get.  So even if you manage to add a vote to your candidate,  It's very likely that someone will do the math and figure out that something's not right with the votes.

Like every system, the Electoral College has its flaws.  However, the system is the best we can put in place to elect a new president.  The system still is used after 250 years because it easily simplifies the disputes that can easily occur over the tight popular vote margins.  So the next time you vote for the president, You'll know that you are voting in the most efficient democratic system to date.    ",6
"The Seagoing Cowboys program was very adventurous because of all the fun you can have along the way. When you become a Seagoing Cowboy, you have many opportunities to have fun, such as sight seeing, meeting new people in other countries, and at the end of the journey the holds where the animals were is opened up for many games everyone can play! The Seagoing Cowboys program was an adventure I'll never forget and I hope you'll become a Seagoing Cowboy yourself.

One of the reasons why the Seagoing Cowboys program is so adventurous was because of all the sight seeing. During my time as a Seagoing Cowboy, I went to many places all over the globe, including Greece, Italy, China, the Panama Canal, and many other places. Some places I went to were the trips of a life time. One of my favorite trips was the Acropolis in Greece. It was special to see and I cherished the opportunity. By becoming a Seagoing Cowboy yourself, you can make your own memories in the world.

Another reason why the Seagoing Cowboys program is so adventurous is the chance to help people in other countries. I helped a ton full of people as a Seagoing Cowboy and their smiles warmed my heart. By giving people the cattle they need, it ended up helping not only them, but me too. I'm greatful for the opportunity, it made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs. Because of that awareness, my family ended up hosting many international students and exchange visitors for many years. You too can help many people in other countries and help them. By doing this, the world can become a greater place.

The final reason why the Seagoing Cowboys program is so adventurous is that the end of the journey and during the return, people can have a chance to loosen up a bit and play some games. When all of the cattle are in other countries, the places where they were stored become opened up and you're allowed to play games. Some coyboys enjoy playing baseball and volleyball games, while others like having Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and other games. All of these games allow a cowboy to spend the rest of the way back having fun and if a cowboy doesn't want to play games, he can stay in his room and enjoy some quiet. You too can become a Seagoing Cowboy and have the experience of a lifetime.

As you can see, the Seagoing Cowboys program is the chance of a lifetime and a dream come true. By becoming a cowboy, you can make your own adventures and add a little spice to your life. Sight seeing, Meeting new people, and games are just the tip of the iceberg when you're a Seagoing Cowboy. Become a Seagoing Cowboy and you won't regret it. I hope you become a cowboy and have the adventure of a lifetime. ",4
"Venus is one danger for people get in the Venus because scientists said ""Venus is danger because it hot"".Which is close to sun however Venus was close to sun. Venusian geology and weather present additional impediment like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on it surface.

Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. Venus is actuallly a planet and second planet from our sun. Venus is the closest planet to Earth of density and size. Also occasionally the closest in distance too. Earth, Venus, Mars, and other planetary neighbor had different speeds. The diffferent speed meant that sometimes we are closer to Mars.

If there are no spacecraft then humans will not survived the landing for more than a few hours. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degress Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than we experience on our own planet. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, enven though Mercury is closer to sun. Some humans cannot get in the Venus because it very danger, humans may not survived.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. Researchers cannot take samples of rock,gas, or anything else from a distance. Most importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock,gas, or anything else, form a distance. Therefore, scientists need to understand Venus woud need to get up close and personal despite the risks. Or maybe we should think on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus.

Mechanical computers were first envisioned in the 1800s and played during important role inthe 1940s during World War II. Computers existing devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all. Modern computers are enormously powerful,fiexible, and quick. Mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure,heat, and other forces.

Our Earth should not be limited by dangers and doubts but it should be well. Scientists discussing further visits to its surface. Astronmers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Many long years Venus probably covered with oceans and could supported varios from of life. ",3
"In the article, ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" The author explains why it would be a good idea to explore our neighboring planet of Venus. Despite all of the possible problems that can easily arise, the author claims it is a worthy pursuit. From evaluating the article personally, I believe the author supported his argument very well with even being able to counterargue many counterclaims by stating different innovations and different ideas that can make travelling to the ""Evening Star"" a reality.

The author claims it is important to study Venus due to it's striking similarities to Earth. The author states in paragraph 4 that scientists believe that Venus was once the most similar planet to Earth, once believed to probably be covered in oceans and probably even supported life. Even today, it is speculated that Venus has many land masses like ours such as mountains, valleys, and craters. The author also states in paragraph 4 that Venus can easily be our nearest option for a planetary visit considering how close it is.

Although, the horrible conditions of the planet have not allowed any human made spacecrafts to land on Venus for more than a few hours before being either torn apart or simply returning. However, after this claim from paragraph 5, the author uses support from NASA to state how humans could still visit the planet, however, will have to only hover over it about 30 miles into the atmosphere to avoid getting into serious danger. The author claims that although these still are not perfect conditions, they will be suitable for humans to survive in. The author then goes on to compell the arguement that they would not be able to collect any samples or even photo or videograpghy due to it being dangerous or ineffective. He therefore states in paragraph 6 that if scientists are seeking to conduct a thorough mission, that they need to get up close and personal with the planet.

The author also states in paragraph 6 as well how many scientists take Venus as a challenge and are actually coming up with different innovations in order to tackle Venus' tough environment with a surface that can reach up to 800°F and the immense 90 times greater pressure than Earth. These technologies include mechanical parts like found in the first computer had in order to be more resistant to heat and pressure being made from silicon carbide, which when tested in a chamber that simulated Venus conditions, survived a staggering 3 weeks.

Later, in paragraph 8, the author states that being presented a challenge to get to Venus has value. ""Not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us to many equally intimidating endeavors,"" the author states in paragraph 8. The author claims that if we are able to tackle an astonashing feat such as Venus who is our neighboring planet, then we have unlocked the key to tackling many greater challenges.

In conclusion, I believe the author supports his claims very well due to him being able to understand the dangers of the challenge. However, the author then was able to find different supporting facts and innovations that can make a trip to Venus by man possible and seem more appealing nevertheless.      ",5
"""A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus with even more challenging clouds that are highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere"". Venus is very dangerous for humans to step foot on and could not have spacecrafts to last more than a few hours due to the temperatures and atmospheric pressure. In the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author implies that exploring Venus is worth the risk by explaining the dangers and the motivation of human curiosity.

To understand Venus clearly, NASA wants to explore Venus on their own. They can either consider the exploration as a risk, or the exploration can be thought out as a challenge that people are willing to take despite the dangers. ""On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet"". Humans cannot undergo, let alone survive stepping foot on Venus with these extreme conditions. Earth's ""twin"" planet also has ""the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system"". Although there are many dangers to explore Venus, astronomers are fascinated by the idea that Venus has been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system.

Human curiosity has motivated NASA to send other humans to study Venus. One way of doing so is by ""allowing scientists to float above the fray"". Floating above the fray would allow humans to avoid the harsh ground conditions. Miles away from the surface will still be ""170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth"". These conditions will not be easy, but will be survivable for humans. To contribute to the knowledge of Venus, researchers are are working on different task that will allow the machines to last long enough on Venus.

In conclusion, Venus presents a great amount of reasons that can be dangerous for humans to explore. Since Venus is the most Earth-like planet in our solar system, Venus was probably covered with large oceans and could have supported many forms of life. Predictions like these cause people to want to meet the very end of imagination and innovation to finally see the true value of Venus to make the exploration a worthy pursuit.               ",4
"Limiting car usage has lots of important advantages. By limiting car usage, we can, lower harmful greenhouse gas levels, reduce smog, and improve our environment and society. It wont happen immediately, but i do believe that if we start to limit car usage, that it will greatly benefit the world.

To begin with, cars cause a lot of the problems we are having with harmful greenhouse gas. ""Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emmissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States."" (Paragraph 5, Source 1) Greenhouse gas emmisions are extremely harmful to the atmosphere. The greenhouse gases harm the earth's atmoshphere and we as humans, need the atmosphere to protect us from harmful radiation. By limiting car use, you are technically saving the planet and everyone on it.

Second of all, cars cause smog. Smog is extremely harmful to breathe in and is also bad for the environment. For example, in Paris, France, the government enforced a driving ban to alleviate the thick smog. After a few days of less cars on the road, the smog cleared up! (Source 2) This proves that if we didn't have cars in the cities that have smog such as Beijing and Paris, then smog would be much less of a problem and cities would be a much more healthy and safe place to live. Therefore, limiting cars results in less smog.

The last reason that limiting car usage is beneficial is that it will improve the environment and society. ""Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth, sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramtically cut traffic; and new restaraunts and upscale shopping districts have cropped up."" (Source 3) This shows that by reducing car usage, it has helped the city's economy and created a better place to live for its citizens. Bill Ford, executive chairman of Ford Motor Company, envisioned a world where personal vehicle ownership is impractical or undesirable. He saw a world that would ""save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety,"" (Source 4) This shows that by reducing car usage, the environment and society can be improved drastically.

All in all, I strongly believe that by reducing car usage, we can make the world a better place. By doing so, we can limit harmful green house gas, reduce smog, and change society for the better. These are only a few of the advantages of limiting car usage but you can already see why it is such a good idea. I hope you can take this information and make the world a better place.    ",4
"Students Expressions

Everyday people are coming up with new technology to help the students learn in class. They give them computers and let them use phones and calculators. But the new software that can identify students emtions is going to help in so many diffent ways. The Facial Action Coding System will not only help the student but also help the teacher. If a student is feeling a certain emotion and doesn't want to participate in class that day then the teacher can help them due to their emotion. One other reason FACS could help, is with all the school shootings that are happening you could detect that a student was mad or sad because of a bully and help them before they do something disasterous. Another reason FACS could help is to stop a bully. If the software can dectect happiness it can detect hatred and it would be helpful in many schools if they could stop a bully before the bully found a victim. These are the some of the many reasons why the Facial Action Coding System would be valuable in school.

In many classrooms students hardly ever show up to school ready to work and learn. With the FACS teachers could use it to help those students and make sure they do their work so they student can suceed. Then on the other hand if a student is ready to work and very energetic the teacher can help them learn at their pace. Most students would agree and say that learning is hard if its not at your own pace. With FACS the teachers can learn what the students pace is and teach them accordingly.

School shootings are becoming a regular thing in America and most of America feels the way I do; they need to stop. Students have emotions that lead them to committing acts of terror like this and the FACS would be able to detect if a student was sad or mad because of a bully. All the teacher or adult would have to do is talk to them and it could be avoided. The most effective way to stop a disaster of that magnitude is stop it before it happens. With the Facial Action Coding System it could easily be stopped.

Bullies are everywhere in schools: classroom, hallways, cafeteria, bathrooms, etc. The Facial Action Coding System is able to dectect emtions of a bully, such as hatred for another student then the teachers can talk to the potential bully and make sure they don't become a bully. If the bully is mad from something at home then the FACS would detected that emotion and an adult would be able to help in anyway they seem fit. The FACS can help stop any potential bully or even stop a current bully.

The Facial Action Coding System could be such a valuable tool to use in schools and these reason prove why. There are tons more reasons why the FACS would be a valuable tool in schools but these, in my opinion, are the best reasons. Helping a student learn and paticipate in the classroom easier, helping teachers stop a disaster from happening, and stopping a bully from ruining a students life are some of the many things that make the FACS the next big thing to help students in school.                                                                                                     ",4
"In the article ""A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves"" , Luke joined , or signed up , for the Seagoing Cowboys. This job was to do hard work overseas to help with cattle and feed.

On their way, Luke went and seen different places,like China! Convincing others to participate in this important job would be hard. I think it would be hard because it is hard work. You also have to go overseas , away from your family and friends.

It would be hard to convince people to participate, or help. This is because, it is hard work, and your always busy. Here is an example from the article,""His job was to check on all the animals every hour."" That proves that he is always busy. ""But he couldn't work for a couple of days because of cracked ribs."" That is an example that he is hard working.

They have to go overseas to Greece to work as a Seagoing Cowboy. Here is an example from the text, ""They got their seaman's papers and boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster, headed for Greece."" People would miss their friends and family. They would also be sore from all the hard work they have to do.

Luke was greatful from start to end. In the beginning he was greatful to participate. In the middle, he done hard work , visited and saw great experiances. In the end, he was sore but really greatful for his part. ""I'm greatful for the opportunity."" he says. ""It made me more aware of people of other countriesand their needs."" That was an example in the text.

But best of all, he helped. These were some reasons and examples of why it would be sort of difficult to convince others , or people, to participate and take part in helping.       ",1
"In the article ""Unmasking the Face on Mars"" in NASA they are arguing and discussing what or who made the face. Some NASA people are thinking that the face was made naturaly. Others are saying that aliens used rocks and other things to create it.

The face on Mars is probaly naturally made because if you look at the images in the beginnig of the article, it has three different dates. If you look at the first one, 1976, you can see the face clearly. In 1998, the face is starting to get a little blery. Now at 2001, you barely see the face, in fact there is not a face anyone.

If this face was man-made or made by aliens, the shouldn't the face be more clearly in 1976. If man did make this face, how would they get there in the first place.

The face on Mars would be naturally made, cause no human or alien could make this.",2
"The landform is clearly not from ancient origin in the enhanced picture of the mesa. It is way too cold for life to exist on Mars or civilization to thrive. Mars has no food, no water, and the climate is harsh most of the time.

There is no oxygen on Mars and there is no way to survive without special equipment. If aliens did exist why would they settle for Mars and not Earth. It is most likely just a natural landform that coincidentally looks like a face. Images show that with enhanced graphics the landform looks nothing like a face.

There are different landforms on Earth that look like faces too. Even if there were ancient structures in Mars they probably were destroyed by the intense storms that happen every day on Mars. Its unlikely that there were aliens that the mesa is from ancient origin considering we don't have proof of aliens yet.",2
"A butte and a mesa these are all natural things on our planet Earth. So why do you think that the planet Mars also can't have these things. Earth is covered in these mesas so more than likely other planets including Mars probably have buttes and mesas, its just coincidentall that it looks like a face. With the other pictures it proves that the mesa isn't an alien artifact and just a natural landform.

If you go out to the Rocky Mountains and look around you can probably see tons of Mesas maybe not as big ,but they are still the same natural landform. The mesa is big and does look like a face at first glance ,but there is no way you can prove it. But for scientists you can back it up with facts not just opinions.

If you look at the image taken from the spaceship Viking 1 from 1976 you can see that only looks somewhat similar to a face. And then 22 years later a picture from a Mars Global surveyor you can see that it very clearly isn't a face and instead just a natural landform.

The only way that this could be an alien artifact is if the martians are inside of it or underneath it. That would explain how the camera can not see any other buildings around the object because they are all inside of it so no one is outside. They also could be inside of the butte because the planet is deadly for some paticular reason and they have shelter inside safely away. And another reason is because inside of the planet there may be some source of running water that is keeping them alive.

Although this could not work because they more than likely would have gotten a picture of a martian outside doing something. And they would need some source of water which has already dried up on the outside of the planet.

In the end it is not possible that the mesa is an alien artifact and is instead just a butte or a mesa that happens to like a face. Because the clearer picture shows that it now looks nothing like a face, water stopped flowing on the red planet a long time ago, and Earth also has these land forms all over the place.",3
"The world of technology is changing everyday thanks to scientist around the world. These scientist create new ways of live and helping. Scientist have now created a technology called the ""Facial Action Coding System"" which enables people to find out what emotions others have. People are debating on whether or not we shout use this facial system and I believe we should, here are my reasons on why.

""The facial expresions for each emotion are universal,"" according to professor Dr. Thomas Huang, of the Beckman Institute. What he mean is that there are a lot of emotions in this world and several expressions can be used for the same emotion. If we're using the same expression for several different emotions how will we know how someone feels. With the new emotio software we can tell what emotions or mixed emotions someone has. This would be helpful in a classroom because ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored.""

""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,' Dr. Huang predicts."" If a computer can recognize that then it could help can the lesson into something more effective for students. Some students aren't going to come right out and admit they're bored or confused, they sit in the chairs the whole class period not admitting to either of those emotions. If we had computers that can recognize emotions then there would be no students sitting in class dumbfounded or bored out of their minds.

There has been many times where students zoned out because they were too bored to pay attention to the teacher. Not many teachers can tell when a student is bored unless they zone out of a disscusion or presentation. So if we had facial systems then we could have a computer readjust the disscusion to make it more entertain. We could also find out if someone is bored or confused ourselves by if there's a fake sideways smile or if our ""frontalis pars lateralis muscle raises our eyebrows (paragraph two)"", showing our confusion.

The world could make a difference in the classroom if we got the ""Facial Action Coding System"" in all classrooms. No more confused students, no more being bored. This is why I believe having facial reading technology in the classroom would be of value for many people. ",3
"Venus is a beutiful start, why? is one of the brightest point of light in the night sky, But the challange of exploring

Venus suggest studying Venus as a worthy pursuit despite of the danger that presents.

Conditions in Venus is challenging because in the article says, ""A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the cloud of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere.""

which in this conditions are severe problems.

More intersting about, Earth and Venus are so familiar that both have some comparison on each other like in the article says,""Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters."" Venus can be sometimes the neartest option for a planetary visit.

Now, in these days NASA

has one particulcarly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus because NASA is working on simplified electronics tested in

a chamber simulating the chaos of venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such condition , but they are gonna do another project

with a old technology called mechanical computers, in the article says, ""the tought of devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not requires electronics at all. Mordern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but then to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditons.""striving to meet the challenges presented by venus has value because humas curiosity will likely

lead into many equally intimidating endeavors.

Planet Venus is a place that someday woud be similar to earth and that could probility live in venus.even if is dangerous, peole should not give up and expand to meet the very edges of what could possibly humans can do better.",3
"Technology has grown more and more over the years, and sometimes we're for sure lucky to have the technology we do have today. The use of this new technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because we should not always trust our eyes, it helps us to better understand what it is we're looking at, and knowing what others around you and what your looking at, can reflect on how you feel as a person.

When looking at a picture of someone smiling, you may think they're happy. Although they're smiling, that smile could surely be fake. What if they threw the smile on so people would think that they're okay? Maybe they just dont want to be bothered. You can't always trust what it is, that your eye is seeing. With this technology, you don't have to trust your eyes to tell how the person in this work of art is feeling. With a few simple steps, you can tell what the emotions in the paintings are. ""The Mona Lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face, while it shows just how mcuh this computer can do. Imagine a computer that knows when you are happy or sad"".

This new technology helps us better understand what it is that we are looking at. This Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. The Facial Action Coding System gathers what muscular action units are being used. The muscular action units is how the Coding System collects its data and registers what it is the person is feeling. ""They even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one"".

Whether it's a family picture you're looking at, or a painting by the greatest painter of all time, If it makes you happy, hinting a genuine smile, can reflect on how you feel. If you know that a painting of sunflowers, is something that you like to see, can cheer you up a little. Although you're not going to be the happiest person in the world because you looked at a picture/painting you enjoy seeing, you will for sure be more happy! ""According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them"".

In all reality, technology has had a huge impact on our lives, and we would be lost if it was to be taken from us. This technology may have one of the biggest impacts on our life since smarthphones had first came out. Maybe this will soon be the ""style"". The use of this new technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because we should not always trust our eyes, it helps us to better understand what it is we're looking at, and knowing what others around you and what your looking at, can reflect on how you feel as a person.   ",4
"In the world that we live in now, many people use cars to get around like getting to work, schooling, and some just go for fun, or the experience of it. In our world, these vehicles are causing a very big issue in our lives. Cars are not great for our enviornment, without them we would be able to be more eco-friendly, be healthier, and keep eachother more safe. Cars are not the only way to get around!

Using cars may help up get around more often, but notice how many accidents people get into. Running into someone`s bumper, not being carefull, and some times even driving under the influence, are all very dangerous ways you can get injured in a car. Vehicles are a way to get around quickly, but imagine being stuck in traffic for hours and only moved a mile because someone was not paying attention and ran into a street light. We were born with feet to walk. Walking short distances to the store, or market, where ever you wish to go is better than being stuck in a pile of reckless drivers. You can get there in a safer mannor than you would if you were to take a car.

There are plenty of way to get around, other than cars suck as bikes, any kind of skateboards, rollerblades, unicycling, there is a whole list. Not only do these help the enviornment, but they give you a nice workout. Most do it for their health, some to help them acheive a goal. A simple walk to the store, can help with a plethora of thing that are very important to your body. While doing this healthy habit, you get plenty of fresh air, with can reduce stress, and help your body in ways that will give you a feeling a peace in mind.

Let`s talk about the world, we know how to stay healthy. Does our world? It cannot take care of itself. The people who live in it are the ones who provide the maintenence. Without using cars, the gas that they realese will not bother our enviornment. As said in source 1, ""Passenger cars are responsible for 12% of green house gas emissions in Europe, and up to 50% in some car-intensive areas in the US."" 50%? That`s half! If these gasses continue to damage our enviornment, our world will be very unclean.

For generations, cars were known to impress. Even now, people still have cars shows, or gatherings to display their vehicles. The better your car was, the more attention you were receiving. On the other hand, many people have chosen to take the better way out of it and find other ways to get out of using them. Car pooling is another option. Not many people do it, but when its is absolutly needed, that is one option. Keeping everyone happy and healthy, including this planet, is a very important thing that we can do.    ",4
"The ""Face on mars"" is just a natural landform. Because of the unusual shadow on the Martian mesa it made it seem like there was a Egyptian Pharaoh's face. When NASA unveilde the picture for everyone to see they specificly said in the caption that it was a huge rock formation that resembled a humans face, but because of the shadows it gave the illusion of a human face because of the eyes, nose, and mouth. Which is not really possible for the people to believe that Aliens had created this because of all the pictures that where taken there was no picture with a alien life form. Another reason for this is that you can see things in the digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size. That way if there were other objects on Mars than you would be able to see that they were. Which makes this statement true that that it was a natural landform and shadows that had created this face. ",2
"I beleive that we should change the Electoral College becuase even when one president wins the election from the people he can lose the election. For example one person running for president can get 154 more popular votes, but if the other person recieves 270 electoral votes or more then they would win foe example in the text it states ""it is entirly possibe that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote"". Even though i think the electoral college is bad there are some good things about it, For example it states in the text ""A dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible...but it's less likely than a disput over the popular vote"". But despite that the Electoral college is an accident waiting to happen, and just because no one has fought or protested agaist the Electoral College over the years its been alive doesn't necessarally mean its not going to happen in the future. So to prevent the fighting and the unfair treatment all we have to do is get rid of the Electoral College.    ",3
"Ok, so people think that the aliens made the face on Mars or might be an alien territory, but no. If aliens made a face on Mars, shouldn't have they came to Earth by now? They could've ruled us by now. The Face is a natural landform on Mars.

To prove that this was not caused by aliens, NASA reported,"" Huge rock formation which resembles a human head that is formed by shadows give the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth."" It is all just an illusion. We have seen some illusions in our past lives in space and maybe on Earth. You think that you see a human in the forest, and figured out that it was a tree.

NASA has send an aircraft or a ship that was called Mars Global Surveyor. The camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. When the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing an natural landfrom. There was no alien monument after all.

So, if you think that is was the aliens, there's the proof. Aliens didn't create a face on Mars. It was just a landform that web surfers and/or NASA saw. Like I said, aliens should have taken over the galaxy. I guess not. I think they are so nice. You see aliens in youtube videos and movies. Some people think that th video was just edit really perfectly to make the aliens real. Why would the government or Area 51 make this a movie? Are they now spreading the word. Some people think it's real by the theories on what happened on the mountain in North Carolina. Some people in think that an alien spacecraft landed on Nevada. I don't know anything about aliens of course.

There it is, the face is a natural landform on Mars. I have proof that it was not a creation from the aliens. I can't say anything now because I'm speechless. I already said whtat needed to be said in the conclusion. I hope this argumentative essay convinces people to think that the aliens didn't create the Face on Mars. ",4
"Venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too!!!!

In paragraph 5 the arthor includes that NASA has particularay complelling idea for sending human to study venus.

In paragraphn 8 the arthor says striving to meet the challenege presented by venus has value, ot only beacuse if the insight to be gainied on the planet itself.

In paragraph 8 the arthor also says our travels on earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation.

As the arthor metion earlier in paragaraph 2 about earth's previous misson was unmanned,and for good reasons, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours, mabety this is the issue that explains why not a single spacweship has touched down to venus in more than 3 decades. Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us.

Even more challening are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus's atomsphere. On the planet venus the surface, temeeratures average over 800 degress fahrenheit, and the atmosheric pressuire in 90 times greater than what we expreienec on our own planet.

Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanis, piowerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.",1
"going on sea with animals is not what i call fun. it could be to them but not to me. I think it would be way more fun to go to a football game. im not really an animal guy im into sports .i dont think it would be a once in a life time thing i mean could do it more then 1 time.

ands if hes a cowboy i dont think he would be the best. for a cowboy. but if thats what he likes to do then great .I just could never see my self doing that. but i could see myself going to a football game with some friends. i would do it one time MAYBE

it just dont seem that fun. Night seems like a bad job like thats the job no one wants to get i would not want that job ethire one month on a bout to china i could not do thaqt way to nhard i would get sea sick like every day of me bing on that bout if i was him i would chang my sport to football or backetball and not bout and animal riding         ",1
"Life without a car in the vaubans family did not seem like a big deal. Mainly seventy percent of them did not own a car at all,some of them just got rid of their cars to move to the vauban's street. They sound like they much happier  without a car because having a car for them is too tense.

however some of the childrens did own at least bicycle. Somehow middle-class famillies from other places to shangai tend to make their homes. Experts find that people who have a car are responsable for twelve percent of greenhouse gas emissons in europe. In the united state up to fifty percent in some car-intensive areas. They separated surban life from car use to smart planning.

Efforts have been made in  the last two decades to make cities denser,they are now thinking about the suburbs. the vauban experienced the most advanced experiment in low-car surburban life. They're trying to make suburbs more compact and more reliable to public transportation. After that new approach, they have placed a walk away on main street like the highways rather than the malls. Surburbs  play a huge role in a new six year federal transportation. Most of appropriations had by law went to highways and only twenty percent to other places.

When pollution started strict rules were made. Many people were to leave they car home  or pay a twenty euro fine .On monday even-numbered licences plate had to leave they car and the odd-numbers on the following days. In total 4,000 drivers were fined ,cars was getting impounded for reaction to the fine. People still think its was better then the car fre. Rivaled beijing and china are the most polluted cities in the world because they much more populated.

According to obama ambitious goals researchers think that people should buy fewer cars getting less licences as we're moving on each year. People would soon realize that  obama real goal was to end the culture of car ""the end of car culture"".                    ",1
"HOLD ON!! Street parking, driveways and home garages have been forbidden in the new district? And if you do want to park your car in a garage you have to buy one for $40,000? What a rip off. But wait.. there is barley any space to park, like, a bus. A lot of people are happy they don't have cars. Everything is near by. The district is really small. If they go out of their house and wanted to walk to their local grocery store the store would be right across the street.

After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. Some drivers were fined and 27 people had their cars impounded due to their reaction of the fine. The cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions. Diesel fuel was there to blame. Diesel's made up to 67 percent of vehicles in France compaired to a 53.3 percent average.

In Bogota, Colombia cars have been banned for three years only having buses and taxis as their transportation. If they had a car, they would have recieved a $25 fine. This whole car banning thing was an event because two other cities joined and they were Cali and Valledupar. Colombia isn't that small of a city. People need transportation. I mean, yeah a lot of people mostly hike, but what if they need a car to really get somewhere, like, if it was an emergency? But after this car banning, Colombia has made an improvement. There has been construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths. Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city. Uneven, pitted, messed up sidewalks has been replaced with broad, smooth sidewalks.

Obama's goal is to save the greenhouse gas emissions. Obama has been seeing that barley anybody has been buying cars. Why? The money is rising. Cars and gas has been getting expensive. America's love with vehicles has been cooling. In 2005, car driven miles has dropped steadily. In April, 2013, the miles driven per person has dropped 9 percent to where it has been below the peak and equal to where the country was in January 1995. Now, the greenhouse has been getting better plants.

In conclusion, car bannings has made a huge improvement in countries and states. Gas is being lessed used, greenhouse has been getting better plants, people don't really need cars if they have everything near buy but in some cases they do for emergency. The driving miles on cars have decreased incredibly. In Bogota the streets, and bicylce lanes have improved. There arent anymore jacked up sidewalks. Money has been saved to make the world look like a better place.    ",3
"I would keep the electoral college because its seems to be working well. And if we changethe electoral college everything would work differently. And a big change like this would make alot of people mad and upset and posibaly riot.

The electoral college is really not a college its a constitution as a compromise between election of the president. Electoral college consists of 538 electors. The electoral college process consists of the selection of the electors.

Under the electoral college system,voters vote not for the president,but for the slate of electors. The single best argument againest the electoral college is what we might call the disastor factor. During the 200 campaign,seventeen states didnt see the candidtes at all .

The eletoral college sould stay because not all changes are bad but this one will be. The united states needs too stop making changes because its costing not the government but the people. If the debat about changing the electol college gets out of hand, people will start rioting and alot of people will be protesting.    ",1
"With this new process in voting for the president called electoral college it would be a new start to voting history.''The electoral college avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate recieves a majority of the votes cast''. This would mean no candidates wins with more votes. With this new method of voting it can be critisized about selecting a president who cannot run this country. Both candidates running for president has either his or her own team of electors who all have there own unique job as a party.

But with this system it can cause problems with bugs, viruses, and etc. People often ask whats wrong with the electoral college? ''Under the electoral college system,voters vote not for the president,but for a slate of electors,who in turn elect the president''. The new voting system is not fair to voters. Because of the winner takes all in each state. ''Its official: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly asserrtions without much basis in reality. And the arguments against direct elections are spurious at times at best. Its hard to say this, but Bob Dole was right: Abolish the elctoral college!''.

Dispite the electoral college method voting is still possible. The reason is that the winning candidate's share of the Electoral College is because it eceeds the presidents votes. Most states have a winner take all method to figure out who represents your state. It would work but it would be very different then our old presidentual voting.

So with the electoral college method, i think it should be abolished. Only because we dont need a change in our voting system and to have more than one president.''It can be argued that the Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidatewho cannot run a state''. So oters can expresss a political preference rather than people a candidate who lost a election by a single vote.    ",2
"The Face on Mars was a natural creation. It is similar to the Middle Butte landform in Snake RIver Plain of Idaho. The facial features was created by shadows makily it look eerely like a face. The features of the Face are an optical illusion. NASA concluded that it was not made by aliens.

The Face is similar to teh Middle Butte. The Middle Butte is a lava dome that takes the form of a face. The landforms are common around the western parts of the United States. The picture shows a face that could only be like the Middle Butte in Snake River Plain in Idaho. This is how the Face could be a natural feature. The Middle Butte from Idaho was formed when lava and the earth combined and made it look like a face when you are on Google Earth. The Face on Mars is just like the Middle Butte that is in Idaho. It is possible that there was once lava or a liquid that combined with the surface to make a facial feature that you see when you look at the Face on Mars. The Face on Mars is also not very well detailed. If it was a monument then it would have detail. It would have eyebrows or details around the mouth and eyes so it resembled a certain person. This is how the Middle Butte on Mars is a natural figure.

The Face was an optical issusion. There was shadows that made the Face look relatively similar to a human face. The shadows also could have been formed by the clouds that were blocking the view of Viking for a while. The Viking had to get closer to take a picture of the natural landform. The landform could have been just a pile of dirt or a pile of rocks that had holes that made it look simillar to a face. Some people argue that the alien markings were hidden by the hazey clouds. When the Viking went over the Face it only took a few pictures. When the Mars Global Surveyor went over Cydonia for the first time they snapped a picture 10 times better than the original Viking picture. The picture from Mars Global Surveyor had better quality than the picture from Viking. This is how the clouds and the camera on the Viking made an optical illusion.

NASA concluded that the Face was not like the Egytian style pyramids. They came to a decision that the Face was just a landform that under the certain circumstances looked like a face. The people at NASA also said that the camera had zoomed in so that if there was a shack or an airplane or a person on the ground that they would be able to see it. NASA even used a different camera that has better zoom than the one used in 1976. The camera used in 1976 was 43 meters per pixel. The one used in 2001 was 1.56 meters per pixel. If they didn't find any proof of alien life with the 2001 image then how can you argue their is any aliens?

In conclusion the Face on Mars is a natural figure. NASA verified that the Face was just an optical issusion. The camera on Viking was not very good compared to the camera of later explore Mars Global. The camera on Mars Global was able to take a picture 10 times better than the one on Viking. The face and eyes and mouth were created by shadows. This is how the Face on Mars is not an alien monument. ",4
"I agree on the idea of this new technology being valuable in classrooms for students. This technology can help students in class if they are confused or lost. Also this technology can help teachers understand their students more.

This technology can help students if they are lost by reading their facial expression

which then modifies the lesson as a human instructor. in the passage is says "" a classroom computer could recognize when a student is bored or lost, Then it could modify the lesson, like a human instructor."" This quote explains how the computer can help you in class by the way you feel or when you don't understand the lesson in class.

Another way this new technology could be great in classes is that it can understand non verbal communication including emotional. like in the passage it says "" Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication."" this quote states that this new technology can understand you in many ways, not just in facial expressions but also through both nonverbal and verbal communication.

These are my reasons why I agree in using this new technology in classes. ",2
I think the Facial Action Coding System is valuable in a classroom because it helps the student get a better understanding of the lesson. For example if a student is confused about what to do the computer will detect this and modify the lesson so that the student would be more successful. In my opinion i think this would help out alot in the classroom because many students get confused or bored while doing work and most of the time its because they do not understand. with the new technology this would limit confused students and may save the teacher the time of having to explained the instructions again. it may also prevent the student from giving up or recieving a bad grade on the assignment due to preforming poorly. Although we can determine another human's emotions sometimes it is difficult because a person might smile at you but may be hurt inside so you may take this as if the person is ok. the person may also have mixed emotions which gives a person a different emotion instead of the correct emotion or how the person is really feeling. However with the computer you'll never br mistaken and can always find out a person real expression regardless if they are forcing a smile or not. In the article it states that when a person smiles muscles called the zygomatic major will lift the corner of their mouth and when a person is forcing a smile their mouth strectch sideways instead of upward. but how would a teacher know the difference if they are not aware of this. This new technology helps out with that and makes things better not only for the student but for the teacher as well.,3
"Driverless cars can make a big impact on today's society. These cars seem to change the world and seems to help out drivers during certain situations. Driverless cars can have positive or negative features about it, but it would defintely help today's society and cause a lot less accidents and wrecks if drivers are careful and follow the law. These cars can also reduce stress on a driver. It's all thanks to sensors.

First of all, sensors are what seem to make driverless cars successful on the road. Sensors pretty much do most of the job for drivers. Each one of these sensors are preventing wrecks, less stress for the drivers, less stress for a driver trying to stop or accelerate, sensors are great notifications for work zones, or a reminder for the driver to pay attention to the road and drive following the law.

Although, sensors aren't nothing new, these sensors are just being put into these cars. A rotating sensor on the roof can be very important to the Toyota Prius out of any of the sensors that are also on the Toyota. ""This sensor uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings."" This can show everywhere around the car and the driver would have a less likeable

chance of hitting someone from behind or even just barely missing the edge of another car and then having to pay for that damage that the driver did. With that being said, ""sensors have positively impacted cars from out of control skids and rollovers."" This also indicates fewer wrecks or accidents.

Also, these sensors are great notifications for drivers that don't exactly pay close attention to what they are doing or don't have a grip on the steering wheel. ""The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel."" Sensors can function without a pedal or gas brake, but still need the driver to keep a grip on the wheel while driving.

Sensors are what is making driverless cars successful while on the road. This all helps drivers with their driving just by keeping it simple and not having to worry about stopping or accelerating or being worried about wrecking because you can't see the person from behind. Sensors are making each driver aware of what they are doing and to check for their surroundings. It's a good way to stay alert for a situation that might be coming up. Without these sensors, driverless cars would be pointless because that's what is making these cars more advanced and what makes everybody love these cars. The same amount of wrecks and stress would still come into play. Driverless cars are a successful way to drive to prevent injuries, accidents, and stress with these sensors.                      ",4
"I think the author supports his idea that studing Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because he tells why he agree with this but explaing that it isn't that different for Earth and that it used to have Oceans and could have supported like forms. He also explains that it would not be a good idea because it would be 170 degrees Fahrenheit and would won't be able to survive in that heat. He says both sides of the point so they can see where is he doubting this topic.

In some places he says that is would be a lot of money and it might not be worth the effort to build things for so many years and not even get to collect data. The things NASA is sending to space to look at Venus is only from a distance, this causes then to not collect as much data so see if humans are ableto live her.

I think that if we have the right materials then we should be able to see if life forms like animals and humans can live here. I think that NASA should study it up close even if it takes a lot of money because if we had to option to have two planets then that would be good. This would be good because if anything happens to earth where we need a new planet or it gets destroyed then we could move to Venus and start new life. I agree with the author and think that trying this out would be good for humans as they upgrade each generation.",2
"Experts are coming up with a new technology ""Facial Action Coding System"" that is supposed to read students facial expressions. Prof. Thomas Huang , of Beckman Institute and Prof. Nicu Sebe are working together to develope more ways for humans and computers to communicate. This is how the process begins, the computer constructs a 3-D model of your face, all 44 major muscles must move like facial muscles. Each facial expression is unviersal for each emotion is also. Each expression is then compared aganist a face that shows no emotion. With all the details and similarites to real facial structures this new software could actually be very useful, but not all students are going to want a machine reading thier face every so often or even at all. Imagine coming into school and the staff is just like ""Hey we want to try this new machine on you guys"". everyone is going to be scared for one and then on the other hand their going to be really uncomfortable and may even call the board. ",2
"Driverless cars, good or bad? many people are routing for the new technology in cars, but i feel as if this is dangerous. technology is good and all but are we taking it to far?

Technology now is literally apart of everyday life, when you wake up you probably turn on your tv and watch the news. Maybe you check your phone to see who texted or called while you were asleep. or better yet you might`ve woke up and already had coffee ready by your timer set coffee maker, this is all technology! from the time you wake up to the time you go to bed you are using technology. So if we already depend on it for everything else why cant we just drive our cars by ourselves?

Also, technology is not always dependable if you drop your phone in water it no longer works right? so what makes you think that if your driving and it begans to pour the rain that your technology controlled car will continue to work. water and electricity together is dangerous so if water is also somehow spilled in the car what does that mean for the driver.

lastly, the car is driven by itself you are just basically there just in case. But what if your on your way somewhere and suddenly need to go to the hospital in a rush. or maybe you need to stop at the gas station how will the car know? it may be an all the suddden thing and the car may not respond quick enough or stop fast enough then your just out of luck. the car sounds good if you want to just relax and not have to drive. until some road accident wasnt listed and you run right into it or the car didnt see the light turn red and you run it. technology isnt as smart as people make it out to be. it only does what it can.

This is why i feel like driverless cars are a bad idea, not only are you putting yourself in danger, your putting those around you in danger. i hope after reading this you will agree.",3
"There is a new era in driving. people from all around the contry are either cutting down on driving or getting rid of there cars all together. I think that cutting back on te usage of driving a car will get people to find new ways of travel and also cut down on green house gas emisions.

There are many reasons to cut down on the driving of cars. one of these reasons is to find new ways of traveling. I'm not the only one who feels this way. there are many up and coming communitys enforcing the same idea but actual doing somthing to enforce it. ""70 percent of vauban's families don not own cars and 57 percent of the familys sold there car to move there""(source 1)as you can see i am not the onlyone with these belifs this neighborhood has set up certin rules and restrictions to make sure that people are either finding a place to store there car and walk and find a new means of transportation or they are selling there cars all togehter. Another way people like this are preventing people from driving or buying cars is they make it extremly expensive to park and store your car. like it says in source 1""car ownership is alwoud but there are only two places to park-large garages at the edge of the development where car owners buy a space for 40,000 dollers,along with a home""so as you can see even though they are not making driving imposable but they are making it extremly hard to induldge in that process.

Another reason that i think we should cut down or completly get rid of driving and cas is to cut down on green house gas emisions. in the second scource it says ""paris had 147 micrograms of particulate mater or PM. compared to other contries in the world that only have 114 or 79 micrograms PM."" (source 2) this goes to show that just one of the smaller cities in a smaller contrie is emitting this much pollution into the air imagine how much the U.S is or china is emitting daily. when paris found out abot this they made sure that no one was driving for the next few days to ""clear the air"". and when the driving ban lifted there was already an increase in the clenleness of the air after only a few days of not a lot of people driving. And the people who were caught driving were givin a fine for driving. if we want to stop the green house gas emisions we as a contry and even a world need to find ways like what paris did to ""clear the air"" cars alone make up 12% of the green house gas emisions. now imagine our contry and planet if we were to completly cut out that 12% percent. we can do that as long as we can come up with ways and guide lines and rules to limit the use of cars.

to wrap up,i think as a contry and as a planet we need to come up with new ways and ideas on how to limit the use of cars and the green house gas emisions. and the only way to do that is to give people other options on diffrent ways of travel and to show them the statistics of how bad cars actualy are for the enviroment.                                                    ",4
"The Mona lisa demostration is relly intended to bring a simile to your face wihile .

People are trying to do new ssttuf with new tecnology but some of this peoiple dont know that some times they do need to have or use tecnology they want to just do things as there way but some times they do need to use tecnology and do what they have to do so they can fix the old stuff and new stuff the monalisa just a little simle but they can fixii it withtecnology and try to do some thinh new they have to look for more tecnology and expressions to be sure that they are doing whta they have to do in expression of the wghat they have and maind.

The doctor said that they dcan fix the or modify the expression or lesson from what they are talking about .

They are trying to said that they want to invent a computer that knows when are you happy and when you are sad or angry and other caind of emottions.

each they there are trying to have new tecnology and new stuff they have to see whats goin on in that they have to do what they have to do.

Other peopl;e dont like to see other people expressions because they get enoy from seeintg them.

They are seeing video games and trying to see what can they do to modofy them .

Seeing you in the miriror each they its like you are trying to see something diffirent that you can see becuse alreddy has the face that you have to see even tho they are not in the same expression ecah day becuse some times your actitud your face your simile arte the ones that can change with aout let you know each day you will hav a expressions that will change your face ",1
"You should join the Seagoing Cowboys program because you can be helpful and save lives. While you are helping to save lives you also can be having fun. You would be helping people because sometimes there are natural disasters like hurricanes, tornados, tsunamis, volcano eruptions, and many more. Also, you would be able to help people after wars ended. You can help people that have these problems by bringing them food, water, building materials, and other items that they need for daily living. Helping someone always feels fantastic beause you know that you did the right thing.

Being over sea for so long with other people would mean that you would most likely end up being friends. With everybody being friends you would be able to have so much fun. Being over sea with a bunch of friends means that you would be really entertained. This would be enteraining because you could keep yourselves entertained by playing table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games. All of these would pass time. Also, if you have never been on a boat before then you would be able to experience something new! You could argue that being oversea would be to dangerous but here's why your wrong, you would be on a boat that always has someone watching for danger so you would be safe.

Joining the Seagoing Cowboys program would also be very adventurious. You would get to see new places while doing something good for the world. Have you ever wanted to go across the Atlantic Ocean or the Pacific Ocean? If so then you would be able to take a boat across it if you participated in this. So, you should take part in the Seagoing Cowboys program.",3
"Driverless Cars

The article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming, makes great statements for and against the full time use and developments of the driverless cars. They say if these cars are developed, we will be saving half the fuel that today's cars use. These cars will be like a public-transport system that would offer far more felxability than a us. The cars they are developing at Google have been driven for more than half a million miles and none have had a crash yet, as stated in paragraph 2. Although the develpment of these cars will lead to many future costs, they may also lead, in the long run, to saving more money and making a cleaner Earth. The stance that I take with these cars, is that they could potentially be very succsessful in making our Earth greener and safer. I agree towards the development of driverless cars; If they are developed, they will be safer, cleaner, and impove everyday life.

The first argument for why these cars should countinue to be developed is because they will create a more safter way of travel. These cars are full of sensors, as told in paragraph 5. They have been around since the 1980's and they have become far more advanced; also responding to respose and control than a human could offer which makes theses cars a lot less likley to crash, making them safer. If these cars have the tecnology to stay on a one track line because of the way they are sensored, that could lead to far less collisions and accidents, making a much safter way to travel.

Secondly, the reason why I agree with smart cars is the fact that they have the biggest oppurtuinity to be a new, cleaner way of travel. As stated in the first paragraph, these cars have the chance of using half of the amount of fuel that we use today with public-transport. If we create a sysytem of these cars to replace taxis and buses, then we can reduce an impacting amount of pollution from the world, making it far more cleaner.

Lastly, the reason why I am for the development of these cars is becuse they will help improce everyday life. These cars will create a much easier and personal way to get around, than the public transportation that we have today. In paragraph 1, Sergey Brin envisions the cleaner and easier way we can travel in the future. He believes, like me, these cars would fundamentally change the world. From fuel to flexability, they can create a much more simple way to travel in the approaching years.

The reasons why I believe these cars should have countinued development is: they will be safer, cleaner, and life changing. This article makes great statements for why and how these cars can be positivley and negativly impacting. We have been facinated as human with cars that could drive themselves in TV and movies, in reality we do have this but imagine how much we could help the earth and the people on it by cutting back fuel and the pollution of all the trvael we use today. There will probobly be a lot more trials and errors that come from attmepting to incorperate these cars into everyday life but in the end they will prove to be reliable, clean, and safer.",4
"The author suggests that studying Venus is a worhty pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author is correct studying Venus is a worthy pursuit but it does have it's challenges. The author says in Paragraph 1 ""While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely."" This describes that Venus is a very challenging place to study. No one has been to Venus in less than three decades ago. ""Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system"" This will be hard for anyone going to Venus and studying the planet because temperatures are very dangerous up there considering it is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. My conclusion to essay is that it is a worthy pursuit but it does have it's challenges that people will face it is worthy to study that planet.",2
"The Future of Driverless Cars

Could you think about yourself not having to worry about driving your car anymore? This is becoming a possibility with all the new technology automobile companies are using to make this happen. But, there are some people that are opposed to this idea becasue of some problems that could come from this This idea also has a majority of supporters too which myself is one of them. There is some bad things about it dealing with traffic and accidents but there is stress relief for not having to drive and not worrying about the road. Also you would be able to do whatever you want while the car is driving to your destination.

I support the idea of the self driving car for many reasons that will soon help all drivers. ""The combination of all this input is necessary for the driverless car to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel."" With the cars technology ability to be able to mimic the human driver is a huge factor for self driving because it can do all the driving that a human does normally. Some people especially hate driving because it casues them stress and anger so I think if every car was self driving there would be no problems, no traffic, and no accidents to worry about. ""As a result, in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars."" This quote is talking about how only few states let companies test autonomous cars which hinders the developement of the cars and their safety for all of us because how can you make a better car if you cant test in in real situations. This is a problem with the testing becaus ethe car cant become better and solve the problems if there is not testing done.

On the other hand of the argument there is many things still wrong with the cars and their saftey. ""If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault—the driver or the manufacturer?"" This is a big problem witht he cars because technology usually fails at some points in time and if this causes a big accident and people are hurt it will cause so much frustration and confusion on everyone invloved. Another point about the problems of the car is ""This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires."" The quote has a big meaning because whats the point of having self driving cars that you need to worry about while its driving? ""They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents."" The whole point of the self driving cars is its ability to be able to do these things so it should be able to switch could be developed later on.

So in conclusion the self driving cars in my perspective are a good idea but it will come with soem complications as does everythign else. This would be a huge step for the human race and would benefit alot of people. The technology will grow and the problems will become less until we have reached the point where there is no problems with the cars and their abilities.      ",4
"In the future everyone imagined cars that drove themselves and flew, but is the future now? Yes the future is upon us minus the flying cars. Driverless cars are coming, imagine going on long family roadtrips and actually being apart of the road games or be able to see all of the moments you would have missed while driving. Or imagine going on roadtrips and actually getting to see the countrysides, the big city skyline, or even the farm animals

that you miss while driving. Driverless car are the future of driving because it uses less fuel than a tax, much more flexible than buses, and will help reduce the amount of car wrecks that happen each year.

Gas is a precious material to Earth, all over all seven continents use it. What if the gas we put in our regular, boring cars that we have to drive ourselves was put into a car that drove itself? A driverless car probably would not use as much gas as a monster truck, it would most likely be great on gas. The driverless cars could be used as a taxi services, with no drivers you can fit more people than a regular taxi. Transportation is important no matter where you live, but a driverless car would not complain if you live far out on the countryside or in the worst nieghborhood in town.

Buses run a schedule where one bus will stop at Main Street every 3 hours or something unconvient like that. With driverless cars as public transport, they will replace buses and make the town much easier to navigate. Plus the driverless cars could have special stop or even an app you can buy or download on your phone, where you can type in the address you are at and the address you are going to and the car can pick you up and take you there. Many women do not feel safe while waiting for a bus so the driverless car would make that make easier.

Each year hundreds of car wrecks happen, many happen becuase of the weather. Some happen because of the drivers either drunk or half asleep or even texting. With the driverless cars we would not have to worry about our loved ones making it home from a New Year's Eve party or praying that it is not your sixteen year old daughter who was in the head on collison. Driverless cars could be the stop to having a policeman show up at your door telling you, your child is not and won't be coming home tonight or the next tonight for the rest of your life.

Driverless car are the future of driving, but that does not mean the death of the manually driven car. Driverless cars leave less space for driver error. Driverless cars could even make roadtrips much more fun for the entire family.

Driverless car are the future of driving because it uses less fuel than a tax, much more flexible than buses, and will help reduce the amount of car wrecks that happen each year. ",4
"Researchers, scientisits, car makers, they all have been trying to make a car that has special features such as drivless cars. Sure it is great to have a car that just drives by itself rather than someone driving it, it can also be very dangerous.

Almost every sngle person has their own crazy, awesome ideas, and when they have that idea, of course they want to create that idea. In this case smart cars that do not require drivers. Although google is already making new cars that have smart and futuristic feautures, they still have not developed a car that does not require a driver, yet. We all know that technology has been rapidly developing today, and without technology, it is has do imagine today's world. What will we do without cars? Will we walk 200 or 20000 miles? No. So to think about it, it is hard to do what we do without technology or without someones crazy idea.

In paragraph 3, it says that people started trying to develop their own ideas on cars since late 1950s. Such as electrical cable cars or cars that use magnetic feilds to move, it worked out fairly well but it was too expensive to cover the costs. I think it will

be the same for driverless cars, it might work out well but it will be too expensive. To make the driver less carm it will either take few years or it will take decades to make them.

Now for people who do not like driving, driverless cars be an advantage for them. We all know that driving can be tiring or boring sometimes so having a driverless car would be nice and driving will be more fun to have the car to move itself just like Dr. Werner Huber said. However, if people are going to make of one these cars, it has to be safe, safety is a big concern for everyone. As today, people are trying and making cars that move by itslef and when the driver wants to drive, it can be turned off.

Although automakers are still trying to make an ideal car that moves by itself as soon as they can, I think that it is wrong to make this kind of car. To safelt drive a car, I think that the driver should drive the car, not just autopilot driving the car as in the traffic law. But to really make a choice, I think that it is better to wait for the automakers to make the car and have them test it so we all can make our choices.",4
"The face on Mars is actually just a natural landform. The ""Face on Mars"" has became a pop icon, it has starrd in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows and even haunted grocerys tore checkout lines for 25 years. Its the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa- landforms common around the American West. "" It reminds me the morst of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,"" says Garvin. ""That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars.""

When,

NASA unveiled the image for all to see, the caption noted a ""huge rock formation, which resembles a human head, formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose and mouth."" The authors reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars.

Though, When Mars Global Surveryor flew over the Cydonia for the first time, Michael and his Mars Obiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting, revealing a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all

For example: As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size."" ""So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see where they were."" The picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa- landforms common around the American West.

Although, some people people think it was created by aliens or that few scientists believe the face was an alien artifact, but actually its just a natural landforms common around the American West.               ",2
"Do you want to elect the president? The electoral college doesn't allow that unless you're an elector. Voting for president should be done with a popular vote rather than an electoral college. An elecotoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational.

An electoral college is unfair. In source two, it says, ""At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know have no chance of winning..."" This shows that candidates don't treat everyone the same. They spend more time in states that have a chance of winning. Some states never even get to see who the candidates are.

Not only are electoral colleges unfair, they're also outdated. The electoral college has been being used since 1960. In source two, it says, "" It happened in Hawaii in 1960."" This proves that the electoral college has been around for many years, and it's time for something new. Things change along with time, a new system would improve voting.

The electoral college is irrational. In an electoral college, you don't vote for the president, you vote for a slate of electors that then vote for the president. In source two, it says, ""Under the electoral college  system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president."" This proves that the system doesn't make sense and citizens should be able to directly vote for the president of their country.

To conclude, the electoral college system should be abolished. It is unfair, outdated, and irrational. Abolishing the electoral college would improve voting and make citizens want to vote.    ",4
"""Whoever thought that making faces could reveal so much about the science of emotions (Nick D'Alto)."" Having the technology to read student emotions in class is not valuable because it would cost a fortune and it would be a distraction.

The software to detect the emotions of students would be too expensive and that makes the Facial Action Coding System not valuable. ""Your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile (Nick D'Alto)."" Most schools have standard home computers in class, which means the school will spend a fortune to replace the old computers with new and more powerful computers. After replacing the computers schools will still have to buy the Facial Action Coding System, which will most like cost alot of money that could be used for other things.

Another reason the Facial Action Coding System is not valuable is because it would be a distraction in a classroom. ""Empathy (feeling someone else's emotional state) may happen because we unconsciously imitate another person's facial expressions (Nick D'Alto)."" After being told one student's emotion the other students in that class will unconsciously feel that emotion and distracting them for their lesson.

The Facial Action Coding System is not valuable in schools because it is a distraction and it would cost a fortune to install. There is no need for a computer to tell a student's emotion in class.",3
"It is wise that election is chosen by popular vote. I think that it should be kept this way, and all that are Electoral College should be changed to election by popular vote. Election by popular vote is an easier choice and makes things more simple. It could give candidates more of a chance to get elected. Time would be wisely saved if all states had the same system, it would give people more of a chance to get elected.

In the Electoral College voters vote for a portion of electors, not the president. The Electoral College is unfair to voters, this process is just undated and not right. A lot of states may not even see their candidates. If election by popular vote is used more than the places that don't, then they should be changed.

It is just easier to decide when there are more or less voters. The Electoral College just has less of a chance to be kept. If every state did the same to elect then it would be easier to decide who should be the president of the United States.    ",2
"Dear Senator,

I believe that we should let our nation's President be chosen by popular vote. The Electoral College is a wondeful idea don't get me wrong, but it seems as if with the Electoral College, the candidates running for U.S. President are just getting free votes and could defy the will of the people.

When a candidate runs for office, aka Presidency, it means that he also has to choose his electors, but sometimes the state picks them. The electors can be anyone not holding public office. So when a voter wants to vote for their choice of candidate, they would have to send their vote for a group of Democratic or Republican electors that are pledged to your candidate. If your candidate won the statewide election, then they would go to Congress and your candidate would get however many electoral votes that he recieved from winning. ""The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor,"" according to Source 2. ""Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy, (so a popular vote for Kennedy would not have actually gone to Kennedy.)"", according to Source 2. Some electors occasionally refused to vote for their candidate and wanted to instead vote for some who they actually want to vote for. Another worrying factor is if the Electoral College had a tie. If that were to happen, then the election would be given to the House Of Representatives, and then the state delegations vote on the president, and the Senate would choose the Vice-President.

By the electors defying the will of the people, then the wrong President could be elected into office. If a majority of state voters wanted a candidate to be President, but the electors thought differently, then they could be unfaithful and vote for whoever they wanted to. Where would we be then? ""Most states have a ""winner-take all"" system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate,"" according to Source 1. Some states, like Maine and Nebraska each have some type of ""proportional representation"". The reason I believe that we should have a popular vote is because you never know with the Electoral College. One minute they could be voting the way they should be, and the next they could be going against the will of the people and the state overall.

Overall, I think it we should rely more on ourselves than the Electoral College. It was a fantastic idea, but the electors could change their mind in a split second and who knows who could be going into office instead of the President we actually need and want to run our nation for the next four or more years.    ",4
"As a NASA scientist, i believe that there is no possible way for aliens to be living on Mars. I do, however believe that the ""Face on Mars"" is just a natural landform. Earth's landforms are being created each day. If Earth has the ability to create landforms, surely enough Mars can too.

There have been many conspiracies about the Face, some more convincing than others. Some are about alien lifeforms creating the Face and that some are still living on Mars. We have been searching on Mars since 1975 and there is no known proof that there is any type of living civilization on Mars. We have, however came to the conclusion that the Face is just a recently discovered landform that has kept forming over time.

After many years of study, no alien civilizations have been found living in our solar system. Therefore, it is not possible for aliens to have created such a massive landform. The people who have created these conspiracies have not did any studies and certainly did not knowledge themselves enough to create any logical thoughts or opinions to put out into the world        ",3
"I think the technologhy to read students emotional spreeions is a great idea because it can tell you if you sad happy angery disgusted or fear. On the Mona Lisa smile it tells you how are you felling when you are looking at it. That ehy people and student go look at the Mona Lisa smile panting to go see how are they filling. In the pragh 1 it says that shes 83 percent happy 9 percent disgusred 6 percent fearful. Dr Huang asked if they can calculate emotions like math homework and how can a computer recongnize the subtle facial.

In this process it begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model on the face. Dr huang relies on the work of the pyschologists as Dr Paul Eckman creator of FACS the did the test on Eckman and he had happiness surprise anger disgust fear and sadness. The Mona Lisa demonstration is really intened to bring a smile to eveybody face when you go and see the painting. Making a happy face was a great idea because its bring people happyniess to you becacuse its does not making you angery or sad. that why it was a grat idea about this painting.       ",1
"""Being a Seagoing Cowboy is an amazing and fun experience. You get to see a lot

of new things maybe you've never seen before. When I started doing this, I started in Greece when I was 18 which was the age you had to be to be drafted in the military for 2 years. But the Greek Government said I had to join the military for 2 years, or be a Seagoing Cowboy so I decided to be a Seagoing Cowboy for 2 years. Being a Seagoing Cowboy is a lot better than joining the military, and it is a lot more fun if you do this with a friend.

I enjoyed seeing a lot of new places, especially China and Italy. The fun part about being Seagoing Cowboy is when you're not on a ship you're on a farm. While you're on a farm you can explore around and look at all the animals and feed them. There is also fun you can have on a ship. You can play sports such as, baseball, volleyball, table-tennis, fencing, boxing, and many others.

Being a Seagoing Cowboy more than just fun and exploring. It opened me up to the world. I can't begin to explain how grateful I am to have been given this oppurtunity. It made me realize that there are people out there in other countries that have needs. So after being a Seagoing Cowboy, I decided to lead my family to host a lot of international students and exchange visitors for many years. If you decide to become a Seagoing Cowboy enjoy the experience, because I know I did.   ",3
"Venus is a very dangrus planet its ben proven, not one human has lasted more than a few hours floating above the fray,its been more than three decades since a space ship has tuched venus but scientist are till working on the planert wonderingthe same question as you why are we still working on this dangerus planet well scientist come to notice that venus has some familiar featurs alike earth it has vallys, mountains,and craters, scientist have come to think that long time ago, venus was probably coverd with oceans and could have suppoted various forms of life, just like earth today., thats why scientists are not giving up on figuring out venus witch is why they are still trying to go back to venus safe and scientificly productive following the safe orders that NASA gave the scientist, NASA gave sicentist permission to go to venus with some conditions,they will only be allowed to be floating above the fry, scientist will have to invent a stronger space ship, and they will have to study not just the planet but the people more so it can be safer and they dont have any risks. not to mention venusis the closest to earth in terms of desity and size, and occasionatly the closest to didtance too its the second planet from our sun known as erths twin. ",2
"Self driving cars in my opinion is a cool consept and could become succeful in later years but in my eye are technology is not advance enough for this to work out. In my opinion society is still not ready for this type of tehchnology nor are they willing to be wise with it. Self drivin car may help drivers in some way but nothing is perfect including these cars. Kinks in the these car are always going to be present so may be fixable some may not. These problems or kinks could be small or really big. My reasonig are as followed.

Self drivin car are going to be dirvin be technology sensors and a mainframe to recieve this data as talk about in paragraphs 5 but these sensors and computer hardware and software are not gonig to last forever like almost everything it going to break. Lets say this software breaks in the middle of the freeway or while driving through traffic not only do you put your self at risk but the people around you as well. In addition to this, the car will have to be driven manually and is going to have to be fixed and the self driving car will no longer be a self driving car till it is fixed and in my experience with computer software and hardware its not cheep to get it fixed and to imagine getting software that complex fixed is going to come at a high cost. There is also another risk to using this technology, hackers they could hack into your automotive's hardware system and cause many problems on the road. Weather also play a key component the heat could overheat the system, the rain could fry it, cold could freeze it and brake it and etc. Also the cars inablitiy to drive hazardous roads which is inform to us in paragraph 7 means that the switch be autopiolt to manual is going to have to happen this appens in other modes of transportation like airplanes. But given that not all drivers are reasponsible enough to always chhep there eye on the road when they are driving imagine them going at 30 miles per hour not paying attention and the car switches to manual.         ",3
"Did you know that the planet Venus is well known as a misleading planet and a very dangerous place in outer space. Here are three facts from the article that the author discuss. History of venus, misleading planet, beyond danger.

Venus is a very unique planet to study and the history why the planet is a very challeging place. Venus is very simple to see from the distant but safe vantage. It is also well known as Earth's ""twin."" Planet Venus is sometime called the ""Evening star,"" it to be known one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. However Venus is actually a planet in our solar system in outer space it has proved that it is a very challenging place to examine more closely.

Venus is well known for its nickname ""misleading."" Each of the previous mission was unmanned, and for a very good purpose. In paragraph 2 it stated this ""no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades."" Due to the reason that Venus is sometime around the corner in terms of space human have sent numerous of spacecraft to land on this cloud draped world.

The planet Venus is a very dangerous place to live in or even to take a trip. Venus temperature is beyond high pressure and heat although planet mars is to be known the closest planet to the sun but, a thick atmosphere of almost ninty seven carbon dioxide blankets Venus. It's even more challeging when the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. On the planet venus of the surface the average temperature is over eight hundred degree Fahrenheit. The greatest pressure of atmospheric is ninty times greater that what most people have experience on our planet.

In conclusion this essay has proven that planet Venus is a very beautiful planet to look at but, it is a beyond what a normal human can handle such as a high temperature, and a deadly it the deadliest place out of all of the solar system palnet.",3
"Is it a natural formed face or is it made by aliens? I'm a scientist telling you that it is a natural form rock. There are a couple reasons on why it is not made my aliens. It will be provided in the next three paragraphs.

The first reason is, that we here at NASA caught an image of a face in 1976 by viking 1. At first we thought it was an alien or a face made by aliens. Then in 2001 we found the same picture of the face, but got a better veiw and a better picture quialty of the face. The picture was ten times sharper than the first one. Whe the imaged appeared on JPL web site, reavealing that is was a natural landform, not a face made by aliens.

We did some more tests to be sure that the landform was really a landform or if it was a face made by aliens. We figured out that is was a natural landform.

That is was not an alien monument after all. We tried to find it again but it was hard.

There are no such thing as an alien. This was the reason why there no such things as aliens. We will be doing even more research, thank you.                      ",2
"Some think that the Face is a alien creation, and there are others who believe that it is just a natural landform.

The photos in the article make the Face look like a alien creation and it does looks like a face on some levels. Although it is a mysterious creation, alot of natural landforms can make these things. Landforms are very creative things. In the article it shows photos from 1976, 1998, and 2001. Now cameras are the best they can be, but back in the 1970's and 90's they werent the best. Especially 1976 camera. So who can really tell for sure what it is? They did say they were making pictures sharp and more pixels with 3D resolution. In 1998's photo it looks like a hole is in the Face. Then in 2001's photo it looks breakable. If aliens did make it they would have done something better for it to be unbreakable so it would be there for a long time. Natural landforms could break, even rocks can break! People were scared about the Face because they thought it could do something, its simply stuck there on mars.

For my conclusion i would say that the Face is just a natural landform creation, we dont know if aliens do exist or not. There will always be people who believe its an alien creation and there is also people who will believe its a natural landform on Mars. I dont think we will find out what it is for sure until we figure out if aliens do exist. It'll be way in the future or maybe sometime now. When we do, then we can change our beliefs. ",2
"Do you beleive that the face on Mars was was made by an alien? Well I disagree on the statement because in the picture it has been changing from 1976 through 2001. I beleive the face is formed by natrual landform because the text states that it was formed by a shadows.

I beleive that the face is formed by natrual landform because in the text it said it was formed by shadows. These shadows formed the mouth, nose, and eyes to make it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh as the text states. Also the text states

with the camara that they where using on April 8, 2001 if the objects where there it would be able to capture all of it. Most importantly in paragraph 7 it says thats ob JPL web site

revealing there was no alien monument after all.

In conclusion

I beleive the face is formed by natrual landform because the text states that it was formed by a shadows. Shadows are reflections of light. And lets be honest there are no aliens , they are not real.      ",2
"Have you ever heard about big faces on Mars, NASA has gone on many space trips but this time they found sothing creepy. They had found big faces made in the dust, NASA said they have never heard about anything like this before So that makes me a little scared on how they got there.

I think that it is scary having planets have faces on them. these Faces were found in 1976 and it was hard to see and in 1998 and in 2001 the face got covered by sand and dust and you couldnt see it anymore. in 1976 there was a group called the Viking 1 sent by NASA. They had found a 2nd face made and it had shadows in its eyes, and mouth.

There was a big time when everyone kept talking about these faces in magazines, in social media, and in abandoned stores. ""The Face on Mars has since become a pop icon. It has starred in holltwood films, appered in books, magazines, radio talk shows, even haunted grocery stores.""(5)

Some people say that these faces are awesome and that NASA should go on the planet Mars and explore the faces on Mars. This finding was very important to tax payers. NASA had taken many pictures of these faces they even sent another space ship to go with a better camera to take better pictures."" we felt this was important to taxpayers"", explained Jim Garvin, chief scientist for NAS's Mars exploration program."" we photographed the Face as soon as we could get a good shot at it."" (6)

NASA had sent a 3rd space mission in April 5, 1998 when the space ship had passed over Cydonia the took a picture of the face. It is very hard to find this face because it was under a cloud on Mars. When the space ship took a picture there wasnt anything at all because they were in the wrong are of the planet. When the space ship got to the right place it was hidden but it was in the same place. People think that aliens had put a Haze over the face so the peoploe couldnt see it anymore. ""The camera on board MGs had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face. perhaps, said skeptics, Alien markings were hidden by haze.(8)

No one has ever seen these Faces again so maybe they were hidden by some or somthing. Hopefully soon NASA will send another space trip to try to find these Faces again. It proves that a lot of people were scared at first but then they werent because the space mission couldnt find them then they did and everyone was excited. Personally i would be scared knowing that somthing had made those then hid them with Haze and clouds.",3
"I can assure you that the Face on Mars is just a natual landform, like the ones here on Earth. ""In 2001, on April 8, MGS captured a photo using the cameras absolute maximum resolution."" ""Using more pixels than the best 1976 Viking photo."" ""As a result, the image was much more clear."" ""So you could discern things that were on the ground."" ""If there were structures on the ground, you could see what they were.""

""What the photo really showed was the equivalent of a butte or mesa."" ""Landforms in which are common around the American West."" ""It is also like the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho."" ""A lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa."" ""In which is the same height as the Face on Mars.""

Another reason is that, ""on April 5, 1998, MOC team took a picture ten times sharper than th original Viking photos."" ""Thousands of people were waiting when the image appeared on a JPL web site."" ""It revealed a natural landorm."" ""People were disappointed to see this."" ""Meaning no alien monument was found.""

Now I hope I have explained this clear enough for you to understand. To show you how the Face on Mars isn't really a face at all. And that it wasn't built by aliens. But is in fact a natural landform. Just like the ones here on Earth.               ",2
"The ""Evening Star"" as the author from ""The Challenges of Exploring Venus"" is another name for venus. Venus known for being inhospitable to humans has been subjected to debate if we should send more explorations to the planet the author of this article thinks so. The author debates that the value of going to venus is worthy despite the dangers and obsticles we face.

A point that the author provides is that Earth is similar to Venus and that we should conduct further studies on the planet. A point that the author makes quite often to show that we can learn about our planet based off learning from Venus, ""Today venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys mountains and craters"" (Exploring Venus). from this peice of evidence it is clear that the author is trying to establish a link between earth and venus, That venus is very similar to us so it is worth exploring. Another example of the author connecting earth and Venus is when the author writes about what could of been on Venus ""Long ago, Venus was Probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life just like Earth"" (Exploring Venus). The wrtitter of this story specifically said ""just like Earth"" because his goal is to establish the scientific evidence that could be gained from going to Venus because it is similar to Earth.

Furthermore the another reason that NASA should send a manned mission to Venus is that it may be the only chance at a expodition to another planet. The author provides information on how close Venus is and how this can be crucial ""occasionally the closest in distance too. Earth, Venus, Mars, our other planetary neighbor orbit the sun at different speeds. These differences in speed mean that sometimnes we are closer to mars and other times Venus"" (Exploring Venus). The author provided this information to follow up with another quote that comes in a later paragraph. The author follows up on this saying that venus is our the closest planet to us and that going some place closer will lessen space time travel ""Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit a curcial consideration given the long time frames of space travel"" (Exploring Venus). This is crucial to have considering that many other planets our very far away making them harder to get to and making them more expensive missoins. So when venus is closer this will increase the support of a trip to evaluate venus because it will be less expensive and easier to get to then a normal space exploration.

How do we finally explore Venus if its worth the pursuit the author describes this as being a challenge but one that we must overcome to explore venus. One way that NASA can over come overcome the challenge of exploring venus is by using technology that is old bulky but most importantly strong. ""Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions"" (Exploring Venus). This is an important peice of information the author provides to over come the challenge of going to Venus and that we can be saved by technology from the past. Another way NASA could send astronauts to venus is through a giant Blimp in the upper atmosphere of venus ""A Blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roling Venusian landscape"" (Exploring Venus). a blimp is very helpful when it comes to not burning alive on the surface of venus because it is to hot but this approach according to the author also has some set backs. ""researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Therefore, scientist seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal"" (Exploring Venus). This is important to know considering that the authors main point is that we need to actually explore Venus but this hinders us to actually do so which ultimately defeats the whole purpose.

In concluison Venus is a chaotic and hot place unable to support life but the Planet is also worth exploring. The author of ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" insist that going to Venus instead of other planets is worth it because the value of going to venus is worth it despite the challenges we face going there, the author presents this claim by explaining that, it is similar to Earth so we can learn about our planet as well as Venus. Also Venus is close so this can save time traveling to it and that we have to overcome challenges to get their but it is ultimately worth going.",5
"The author study the Venus planet doing a good jobs in his laboratory whith his all experiments that he make whith a good equip fo workers for him even finding somyhings asowums for his life.

He dicovered that the Venus planets is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too. Even that Earth, Venus, and Mars, our other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds these diferences in speed mean that somtimes we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus is because Venus is sometimes right around the corner in space terms humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this could draped world where we the humans live whith all familiers and sharing good ideas each other with friends, witgh families, and neighbor. Also like the author says in paragraph 2 ""Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a cgallenging planet for human to study, despite its proximity to us"". How the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet the and these conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth, such an enviroment would crush even a submerine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals. Also notable Venus, has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solara system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun.

And as a clonclusion, I think that the author did a very good job discovering all this somthings with the Venus planet because this is not easy to do in our live for that I think that him is a good sientific.         ",2
"""

All of our devolpment since World War II has been centered on the car and that will have to change ,"" said David Golberg. Now this is true, cars have been a fluenctal idea  for  transportation. Cars is known to be the fastest way of transportatin, but maybe limiting car usage can be helpful. Theres thousands of alternatives like bicking, skating, running, ridding a bus, or even a train. limiting car usage would save the money you use on gas, reduce the ammount of polution in our atmosphere, and is more healthy for your body. Heres my explanation to why limiting car usage would be a productive idea.

Our nation spends millons on gas each week, limiting car usage would save that money. The amount of money people spend on gas is astonishing. Limiting car usage by taking a buss or even using a bike could save that money. In my community there is this parking lot for buss takers, this way people can save money on gas and still get to there destination on time. Another advantage to limiting car usage is that it will reduce polution.

Polution is a huge problem not just for Europe or North America, but for the entire world. According to source 2 ""Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog."" In France they use diesel fuel which is the most polluted fuel there is. Paris put a banned on ussages of their cars, this led to 4,000 driveres being fined.    ",3
"There are many advantages of limiting car usage. Decreasing the amount of time citizens use personal motorvehicles positively impacts the environment and the state of mind of people. The lack of driving personal cars is becoming more widely accepted in several countries for different reasons. Vauban, a suburb in Germany, is an experimental district testing the lifestyle that does not use cars. Paris banned driving for environmental reasons, and Bogota decided to try it out too. Also, it is a trend in America for the purpose of saving money and because there are other convenient options.

The decrease in fumes from cars is very beneficial to the environment. People and organizations are making drastic efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes. According to paragraph five of ""In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars,"" twelve percent of greehouse gas in Europe is caused by passenger cars and fifty percent in some areas of the United States. The Environmental Protection Agency is promoting ""car reduced"" communities because emissions from cars contributes to half of the pollution in America. In the Article by Robert Duffer, ""Paris Bans Driving Due to Smog"" he describes the event that Paris had to declare a ban on half of the drivers because the  large amount of smog that lingered over Paris. Colombia even has a day dedicated to being free of cars to reduce smog and promote alternative transportation. All of these events show the severity of environmental problems caused by cars and people making efforts to promote a better environment.

Also, a decrease in personal motor vehicles causes people to have a better state of mind. Heidrun Walter states, ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way."" With a car comes a lot of responsibility which leads to a lot of stress on a person. Not having a car is one less bill to pay and thing to take care of which for many people is a better way of living.""It's a good oppurtunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,"" stated Carlos Arturo Plaza on car-free day in Bogota, Colombia. The car free day has also promoted other things to bloom in the city such as parks, sidewalks, and restaurants that people really enjoy. According to Elisabeth Rosenthal in her article ""The End of Car Culture,"" her children have other priorities than recieving their license because they have other things they would rather focus on that they enjoy more. All of these things promote people living a healthier and happier life.

Overall, limiting car usage is a ""win-win"" situation for everyone. Decreasing fumes and the stress of a car causes the environment and people to be happier. Promoting public trasportation or other ways of getting places is better for everyone. It is a growing trend all over the world, and for a good reason. A lack of fumes from cars will clear the air, and clear the minds of fellow citizens.            ",4
"Taking participation in the Seagoing Cowboys program is more of a different world then an adventure! This program helps you think of the people in need and how much you have helped them. Participating in this fun program is a great idea! Just imagine... riding on a boat, mist spraying, cooling you off after a long day herding animals. You have the benefit to see and tour many places that you have never seen before! Trust me. We all need to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program!

The Seagoing Cowboys program is a great oppertunity to help those in need to recover their food supplies. Doing this can help you be more aware of the people in need and help you know that you have been great help to them. This program hires men to take care of the horses, cows, and mules that were shipped over seas. This can make you come closer to the animals and let them know that you care very much for them!

Not only can you help, but this job does inquire some fun! You have the benifit to see and tour special landmarks and places that you have never seen before! It is quite an adventure! It is an unbelievable oppertunity to see all kinds of sites (especially on the job!).

On board, you can also find time to have fun! When you are on return trips after the animals are unloaded, you can play many games such as baseball, volleyball, and table-tennis in the empty holds where the animals stay. Fencing, reading, whittling, fun games, and boxing make some boat trips exciting!

Overall, taking part in the seagoing Cowboys program is an excilent oppertunity! It is more of a new world rather then just an site-seeing adventure! Taking part in this activity would make you feel better about helping not just your community, but citizens beyond your community, too! Helping those who need your support is quite the heroic thing to do!   ",2
"Some people believed that the ""Face on Mars"" was an alien monument, and still do. This was a conspiracy theory that had been proven wrong many times by us scientists at NASA. When we first discovered this face, there was a degree of surprise among the mission controllers. But they soon figured it was another Martian mesa, which is common around Cydonia. Only this one had different shadows that gave the appearance of an Egyption Pharaoh, which caused the theories of it being an extra terrestrial monument.

When we had unveiled the photograph of the rock formation out into the public, it had been captioned that it was a ""huge rock formation...which resembles a human head...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth."" This had been done to attract attention, and it did. People began to think the Face was evidence of life on Mars that NASA would rather hide. But, our NASA budgeters wish there was life on Mars because it would benefit our investigations and bring in more money. NASA would have abosolutely no reason to hide this information from the public.

Yet, theorists are unconvinced. On April 5, 1998, we sent the Mars Global Surveyor to fly over Cydonia and to take photographs that were ten times sharper than the original photos. We first uploaded these images onto a JPL website, explaining that the Face was a natural landform and that it was not a monument built by aliens.

People were still not satisfied with our information at this point. Our mission controllers prepared to inspect the Face again. This time, our controllers used a camera that spanned 1.56 meters on the maximum resolution, which captured a breath-taking image. This image shows that the Face is an equivalent of a butte or mesa. This is a common landform on Earth, and proves that the Face on Mars is just an oddly shaped area of land.

I do understand why people may have thought that this landform was evidence of life on Mars, but us workers at NASA gave real evidence that it wasn't. Our mission controllers had taken three different images showing more and more proof that it was just another landform. The mission controllers had used cameras with extreme resolution that had the ability to see airplanes or pyramids if there were any. But there wasn't, and there still isn't.

In conclusion, I strongly believe that there is no life on Mars because there is no actual evidence proving my belief wrong. To all those who still believe the Face on Mars was a monument built by aliens, I truly hope you will read this and realize that theories are theories until proven true. ",5
"Im against the devolpment od the driveless cars. Im against it because they can cause car accidents , people wouldnt be responsible with the cars , and also people wouldnt care about the laws that were made for those type of cars. They would think that the rues are just ther eto be ther.I mean if most people dont follow the rules of the road we have now why would they follow the rules for the driveless car. So thats how i feel about the whole driveless car situation. Those my reasons why im against the driveless car and im going to explain them.

My first why im against the drivelss cars is because they will cause more car accidents then there already are. Such aqs they have something to let the driver know that they have to take over now but what if that person was busy doing whatever they were doing to get that warning and they crash into another car or something.Also what if the warning is defective and the person doesnt get it is and they run nto a work rosd block. Also what if the person have the music all the way up and not even paying attention to whats going on around them to notice. So thats why i think the driveless cars can cause more car accidents then there already is in theis country.

My next reason for why im against the driveless cars are people wouldnt be responsible for/with the cars. Some people would do this that are very reckless and dangerous. These cars can have major glitches in them and some people wouldnt even care about it. Also they do get into some trouble with the car then they would blame it on how the manufacturer made the car. Which i think is unfair you cant blame the car for how you drive or how you control it. Thats my second reason why im against driveless cars.

My third and final reason for why im against drivelss cars is that people wouldnt folow the laws made for the car and they would think the car does everything for them. Like most drivers break the law everyday. So most people would do that with the driveless cars. That how most people will get hurt in the process. Imagine a drunk driver behind the wheel of the driveless car ,and it time to take control of the wheel because the car cant do that itself. That perspn is in danger to his/her self and evrybody else thats on the road with that person. It so many laws that person can break and thats alot of danger in one car.Thats my third and final reason why i think driveless cars would be good for the nation.

Those are all my reason as to why I think that driveless cars are a very bad idea. They will more dangerous than a regular car today will be. So i don't think they need to be out on the road in the hands of some careless people. So that's why im against driveless cars.       ",3
"Limited car use has dramatically reduced the amount of enviromental toxins in the air in some cities. Paris, France and Bogota, Colombia have banned car use for a day and have seen the air clean up just because very few cars were being driven. One community in Germany even banned the use of cars in general. The enviroment is in dire need of help and we can help it. If everyone took one day out of the week where we did not drive anywhere and on the other six days we drove as little as possible and carpooled the air would be so much cleaner. Not driving also has added health benefits, walking or biking everywhere is a good way to excersise.

A new kind of suburb has been created in Germany where cars are not allowed. There are a few roads on the perimeter of the city that allow cars to be driven but besides that residents walk or bike everywhere. There is little pollution in the air and residents are able to take a tram into neighboring cities. Seventy percent of families do not have a car and fifty-seven percent of families sold their car to live in this community. If you own a car in this community you can buy a parking spot for forty thousand dollars. One resident, Heidrum Walter, said, ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier that way."" Lack of cars also gives parents peace of mind, cars are still dangerous machines and in this community their kids can play without their parents worrying about them getting involved in an accident.

Paris' pollution rates have been rising over the years and hit almost record level highs for a few days, so in order to reduce the amount of smog in the air there was a temporary car ban. One day anyone who has a even-number license plate was not allowed to drive. If you were caught driving you had to pay a fine that is equalivant to thirty-one U.S. dollars. The smog miraculosly cleared up quickly and people were able to drive again. Another city in Columbia, Bogota, holds a ""Day Without Cars"", once a year. Citizens are allowed to use public buses and taxis during this day. The government is trying to advocate for public transportation and smog reduction. Most people walk on this day and even though it has rained on this day before citizens participated just the same.

When you choose to walk or bike everywhere it not only makes an impact on the enviroment but it also reduces your risks for dieseases like obesity, heart disease, and diabetes. Obesity rates in America are a lot higher than they should be and that's partially due to lack of physical activity. By walking or biking to work or to school you reduce that risk because your heart rate is up and your body is moving. Of course if people stop driving obesity will still exist due to our horrible eating habits but it would help a lot. If there was less driving it would also be beneficial to our health because we would be breathing cleaner air. The air we breathe is often times highly polluted and if there was less cars not as many deadly chemicals would be in the air. There would still be cigarette smoke and factory pollution but it would be dramatically less.

If people in America reduced their driving time it would be better for the air and better for us. Many other cities have proposed an annual day without cars so I think cities in America should start doing it. We only have one world and although we have done a pretty horrible job of taking care of it, that does not mean we can't attempt to fix the mess we made.    ",3
"Driverless Cars

What in the world is a driverless car? A driverless car is a car that is basically a taxi system. Companies are controling these driverless cars. I feel like it is unsafe due to the fact that,it is being controlled. It sounds like it would be something great to try out but then, again it doesn't say too much of anything about being safe when being in this vehicle. personally in my opinon it would be better for humans to drive the car like we drive,them now. All this extra stuff is just going to cause for the city and the companies to spend more money, now lowing gas prcies is fine but making driverless cars doesn't even sound,safe at all. We need to keep cars how they are now so when we need to use the brakes we use them or when we want to speed up we use the gas panal. It's not that hard to keep the same idea but make it better. If these driverless cars don't have a human driver then what would happeen. I feel like way worst things would happen nomore what they do to fix the cars,there will still be car crashes and people getting hurt it doesn't matter either way it,goes if you don't have anytype of responsibility you can still get hurt reegardless. I am in the postion of not agreeing with getting new,transportation like that.

Using regular cars are not as bad.When using a real car you must be responsible and know exactly what is expected when driving. ",2
"Driverless Cars good or bad? Google Cofounder Sergey Brin envisions a time when no one will buy cars anymore because of public driverless cars. He believes it would change the world we are living due to less fuel use, not spending money on automobiles, and more flexibility than buses. We have often seen such a thing on tv or movies but will it ever play a big role in our generation of time.

The idea of even testing a driverless car started in the 1950's by General Motors. GM started with a car that had a ""Smart Road"" designed for it, the road had electrical cable giving radio signals to the car leading it too its destination. The smart roads was a great idea but it was just too expensive for all roads to get upgraded. The smart roads wasn't in the budget so the cars had to get smarter? Google's first modified smart car was a Prius with many sensors but the biggest sensor of all was on the roof of the LIDAR it used lasar beams to give the car a 3D model of its surroundings.

The smart car has its goods and bads to it, one bad is that cars will never truely be driverless because in case of an emergency the driver must take over. What will happen if a driverless car causes an accident or injury? Who will take the blame, the owner or the manufacturer of the vehicle? That's a huge WHAT IF . The cars still don't know how to drive thru or around acidents or construction zones. My position on driverless cars would have to be NO until we have laws for the driverless cars such as who to blame or if no one is paying attention while the car drives. Engineers must take their time on these smart cars so they are reliable, safe, and Intelligent enough to drive through obstacles on the road. What I'm trying to say is that perfection takes time and the engineers are rushing the cars right now, so companys will make money. We are not ready for Smart Cars. ",3
"About twenty five years ago, the Face was first discovered by Viking 2 while it was circling Mars taking pictures. NASA got the pictures and released them days after the mysterious rock was found. The Face settles in the region of Cydonia on Mars.

People think that the Face is created by aliens because the rock formation looked like an Egyptian Pharaoh; however, it is not. Arguements about the Face have been going on since the first picture was released. I'm here to tell you that the Face is 100% a natural landform.

When people argue about the miraculous rock formation, they say that there was or is life on Mars and that the aliens built the Face because it appears to have a mouth, nose, and eyes.

Some questions we get a lot are ""How did it get there?"", ""Why does it have a human face?"", and ""How did it naturally get prominent face features of a human?"" We do not 100% know how the Face got its human feature, but through all of the tests we have done on Mars, there are no aliens found and that the Face is just a fantasic natural made wonder of space.

When I get more informtion about the Face, I will certainally let you know!",2
"I have recently read an article by the name of ¨Driverless Cars Are Coming¨, and asked my opinion.

I believe they could be very dangerous, they´re many sensors and techology to do with the car, who is to say they couldn´t malfunction, or intercept waves a sentence from paragraph 4 indicates my fear,¨For starters, they needed a whole lot of sensors....Prius uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, rotatin sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors....¨ and much more.

I also believe the driverless cars could put the country in even more debt.

In paragraph six they state that¨Radar was a device on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars.¨

The last time I herd the United States was eight trillion dollars in debt, should we really consider adding two hundred million per radar to that eight trillion?

I also would like to go back to the subject of malfuctioning.

If a driverless car malfunction, the company could possibly and most likely be sewed, we would have even more money added to that debt to try to prevent it from happening again and no one really knows spending all that money would even prevent it from malfunctioning again, and lastly we would have some very unhappy customers on our hands.

We could be talking riots, people wanting their money back, shootings, killing.

So many unanswered possibilites could go wrong with this idea and production of ¨driverless cars¨.

In conclusion I believe that ¨driverless cars¨ productivity should be shut down for what we don´t know could become of it in the future wether it be money, mobs of angry customers or people that have been offected by them.",2
"""On your mark get set GOOO!!!"" Some people would miss the sound of NASCAR or other racing events. I personally feel that not having any cars would make the world a better healthier place to live in.

First off I feel that not having any cars would save people a lot of money. Just think what you actually need to pay when you have a car. Once a month you have to pay for a car payment (if it isn't payed off), insurance, and gas. Now think that you also need to have a lisence and have your car registered. In VAUBAN Germany residents don't have cars due to the fact that it costs $40,000 just to own a parking spot. 70 percent of the families there don't own a car and 57 percent sold their car just to move there. Now that is a way for the world to survive and now your wallet.

Next I will say how having less cars will affect the world's pollution. The people of the world rely on using cars wether it's to go to another state or just for a drive to the corner store. People have burned so many fossil fuels into the air that smog levels can reach record highs everyday. In Paris their was a day where they almost reached a record high and thye had to take half the people off the road and if they used their car anyway they would get fined. This caused the smog level to go down to a safe level after just five days. Smog can't go away over night do to warm daytime hours and cold night time hours and it would get trapped in an air pocket. But i guess this was just a close call.

My final reason to write would be due to the level stress driving has on people. Just think everyday you have a chance on dieing in a car due to an accedent. You just drive a metal cage at high speeds and have a chance of running into each other. When you are riding a bike you don't ever have to worry about runing into oter people all you think about is that you're having a nice time. Even when you're walking you don't have to stress about people running into you because its just walking. Besides walking is just human nature so why would we stress over it?

In summary I feel that not using cars is helpful due to not having to pay as much, their is less polution in the air and you tend to just be lessed stressed in general. Wouldn't you want to leave this a clean and stress free place?    ",3
"Venus is the second plan next to the sun. The closes to even being like Earth. But Venus isn't what it look like when you land or try to sent anything there. This could also be harmfull to us humans. In the article, ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"",The author suggests that studying Venus is worthy pursuit depite the danger to humans, the personal risks and approaching it presents.

People have try to get to Venus by senting humans and object there. But the danger to humans can be dangerouse to them. In the article, "" The Ceallenge of Exploring Venus"",these quote saids that, "" A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus."" ( pargraphe 3,The Challenge of Exploring Venus.). "" Even mor challenging are the clouds of highly crorrosive sulfuric acid in the Venus's atmosphere."" ( paragraphe 3,The chanllege of Exploring Venus).These quote shows that Venus is too dangers to sent humans there. The air is thick for humans and the clouds have high corrosive sulfuric acid. These things can harm humans breathing by senting them to Venus.

Nasa might have try senting humans and object to Venus. But none of them were about to get samples from Venus. In the article,""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"", it has said that,"" More importantly,researcher cannot take samples of rock,gas or anything else from a distance."" ( paragraph 6,The Challenge of Exploring Venus).""Therefore,scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks."" (paragraph 6,The challenge of Exploring Venus).These quote said that even if they try to get closer,the coditions of the ground won't allow it to land. it would only flow around it. Not just that but it they do get close then they will have to take the risk for it.

Nasa have been working on geting to venus. Even if they don't made it there,they are still trying to approach it. In the article,""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"". They have said,""NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For examples,some simlified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such coditions."" ( paragraph 7,The Challenge of Exploring Venus).""Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers."" ( paragraph 7,The Challenge of Exploring Venus).they have found new and old ways to approach Venus. And some even have lasted longer then they expected.

Venus is a plant that everyone have Challeng. But some ever close to getting there. The author haved suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers for humans,the risk and approaching it's presents. Never stopping them from doing so.",3
"I certinly believe that the ""face"" was created by natural landform. I believe that because earth was created by natural landforms. There is no way that aliens could of created the face. Besides the point aliens do no excist!

There is proof that it was a landform and not aliens. ""Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appered on a JPL web site, revealing . . . a natural landform"". Landforms can cause, alot of things like, holes, cracks. I know that the landform did in fact, creat the face on the planet mars, no one will tell me diffrent.

They have gathered up information and said ""there were no alien monuments after all"". If there was aliens on the planet dont you think we would of sean them by now? We have took pictures of that planet 3 diffrent times maybe more, we still have not found proof of life on that planet much more the aliens.

That is why I believe that the landform made the face on mars. The face was indeed not created by aliens.         ",2
"I beleive that people should join the program. I beleive in this because in this program you are going to different places to help out animals that need it or dont have a home and I would do it because I always wanted to help out animals that really needed it. Also I would join the program because it will me be a better person by helping out and getting along with the animals.

In the article it says that Luke Bomberger and his friend Don joined this program that makes you a ""Seagoing Cowboy"" n this programs has you help recover countries food supplies animals and also have you take care of horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas.

So in conclusion I think you should do the program. Because you are helping and benefiting this earth and helping other countries with their food supply and animals like horses and young cows and even mules that were shipped overseas and thats why I think you should do the program.",2
"Let me tell you what advantages you got when you limit your car usuage. Well first which everyone can tell you is that you save so much money. Second you can just ride a bike or walk so you can stay in shape. And last not using alot of fossil fuels leaves less air polution for the world. Those are just some advantages you got when limiting your car usauge.

Well the first advantage when limiting your car usage is you save so much money. How much is gas these days per gallon? 3 something? And when you add that up it ends up to be alot of money to just fill your tank up. And to fill your tank up its like forty to fifty dollars depending on how much it takes to fill your car up. And an average person fills there car up close to 1-2 weeks. So in 2-4 weeks you could have spent eighty dollars on something else like grocries, your girlfriend/boyfriend, maybe its someones birthday, bills anything than just gas. Thats one of my advantages to not driving.

My second advantage to limiting car usage is you can just ride a bike or walk and you can stay healthy that way and in shape. If you think about it, when you fill the car up it gets close to around 200 miles you get to drive untill you run out. Instead of paying forty dollars to fill the tank up you can just buy a bike and ride that 200 miles and you stay in shape. And if you really want to save money you can just walk and its for free. Not only is it free but when your walking for longer than 10-20 miles which i doubt youd be walking that far but it really keeping you shape also starts burning those muscles and gets you stronger.

My third advantage to limiting car usage is the less fossil fuels you burn the less air polution your letting out into our world. And those fossil fuels that your buring and releasing into the air, it is really bad for our world. When first of all our fossil fuels arent really that renewable. And second its just bad to have that just going through our population. Where everyone is breathing in all that air polution and making people sick. Its just really bad to be burning alot of fossil fuels, when theres many alternative ways you can be transporting than driving a car and burning fossil fuels.

In conclusion, i just told you three advantages to limiting car usage. One, you save lots of money, second there is alternative ways for transportation like riding a bike or walking and staying in shape, and third when you burn less fossil fuels it leaves less air polution in our world.    ",3
"About twenty five years ago from 2001, there was an object found on Mars. When our Viking 1 was scanning the planet to find a safe place for the next space craft to land, Viking 2, Viking 1 suddenly ""spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face."" The scientists at first, were excited, but then we realized that it was probably a common Martian mesa. We just assumed that ""this one had unusual shadows."" We believe it to be just a natural land form that just happens to have the right shadows to look like a face, not some alien monument.

Soon, we decided that we needed to get a better picture. On April 5, 1998 our Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia to take a picture of the Face. The picture was ""ten times sharper than the original Viking photos."" The photo revealed that the Face is just a natural landform. There were no markings on it or anything that could prove the Face to be something like an alien monument or anything made by possible life on Mars.

Then we had people arguing that because of the location of the Face, 41 degrees north martian latitude, and that it was ""winter in April '98-a cloudy time of year on the Red Planet."" People said that our camera would have to look through clouds. Skeptics said ""alien markings were hidden by haze."" Even so, it is unlikely that all the markings would be covered up, but we began to get ready to look again to hopefully settle everything about the Face.

Although it is very difficult to target Cydonia, on April 8, 2001 we got a second look. This was a ""cloudless summer day."" ""We had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the feild of view,"" Garvin said. The picture was taken with maximum resolution. As Garvin went on to add, ""As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size. So, if there were objects in this picture like arplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!""

In conclusion, the Face is just another natural landform. There are no signs of it being made by possible life on Mars. If there were signs even of possible life on Mars, I am sure we would have been able to see clues of it and if the Face was made by them. There is nothing provided to us to suggest hat the Face was made by aliens. We just don't have proof if it. The Face is however very similar to a butte or mesa. ""It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,"" Garvin stated. The Middle Butte is about the same height as Face on Mars. These things are so similar, it is almost impossible to think that the Face was created by aliens.",4
"To me the object does look like a face. But to me it also looks like a bunch of rocks put together and the about to break apart. Also the face is a natural landform that probably was built by water and and dirt. That formed over the year and got so hard that now its starting to crack and form a object that looks like a face.

In the article it says ""twenty five years ago something funny happened around Mars"". So that makes me think that rocks or dirt builded up and now starting the crack. On Mars there' s a bunch of rock and dirt. But also the article said ""A few days later NASA unveiled the image for all to see"". ""The caption noted a ""huge rock formatoin which resembles a human head"".

My conclusion is that somebody will find out what it is. But also find out the cause of it and what harm can it do. Not only that but whatg do it stand for and why is it just now happening after all these years that has passed by. But this is my conclusion for this article here today.            ",2
"To begin with, ""Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot (author 1). This statement potrays the fact that Venus can be easily spot.

Secondly, the author suggest that studying Venus is a worthy persuit despite the danger it presents. Supporting this claim the author states in the 2nd pargraph of the pasage, that nemerous factors contributes to venus's reputation as a challenging planet for human to study, despite it proximity to us. This proves that venus is a planet with obstacles that is preventing us as humans from studying it. Venous is worth pursuing because it has some features that are analogous to the people on earth. Example of which is making people on earth view it as a challenge to be conquered,

In conclusion, we shouldn't base our exploration on earth by dangers and doubts. instead we should push ourself beyond our own imagination. The only way to discover something is to challenge oneselve in carrying out a positive action.             ",2
"In the world of technology there is a new FACS. This is where computers can identify human emotions. Although this could be in away very use full, people take there emotions serious and isnt something to use as a learning tool. Schools having the ablity to read us is a push to far into more personal area. I do not think that this technology is valuable for school.

Yes true that understanding how someone feels can better help you understand the situtation and what to do in such a situtation. ""imagine being able to detect exacly how other people are feeling, even when they are trying to hide their emotions."" The best way to understand is privacy. There should be things that we keep to are selves.

Money could be a facter in this as well. IN schools all around the country, there are schools with more money then others. This new program take into consideration ""a home pc cant handle the complex algorithms used"" could the school aford to have the reqierments needed to have this exessable?

Faces dont lie. You can tell alot for someones face. Anything that you do could express something about yourself. Having myself known at any given time is unusaul to prosess. One that I couldnt see taking place.

How people feel have a big impact on others, people imitate others expressions and emotions. Not everyone feels the same but having your own feelings is improtant and people should have a choice to keep that to themselves.",3
"the autor suggestds that we should explore venus, personally i think it not a good idea but the author really does not support it and gives great examples to why we shouldt go out a study this beautifle planet called venus. on paragraph 3 the author really gives us great exam-les of the problems of exploring this planet one great exaple that i think will convince people from not going is that the authomosphere of venus is really thick and it is 97 percent carbon dioxcide which is bad for us , and also the temprature on average is 800 degrees which is pretty hot. As i saw read this part i noticed that the author isnt really against studiyng this planet he supports it.

On paragrapgh 4 he tells us that venus is simaller to earth becasue they have terrains just like ours, valleys,mountains ,and craters. The author also shares with us and writes that Nasa's possible solution to exploring or studying this amazing planet without having to touch the surface is float above the fray use an aircraft that is like blimp. This will only help them see the surface but they wont be able to collect rocks or soil which will be harder for them. One way Nasa is already working to be able to collect rocks is by using the computer used during World War 1 called mechanical computers. they can make calculation by usinf levers and gears. that way when they are up ther and send robots these can last longer and take data in, casue the modern computer tend to be fragile to heat. And in venus there is alot of heat. i believ the author really gave good details to why it is a good idea to studybthis amazing planet and really supported it now will see what time will show us. if we are the right thing like the aouthor writes ""we should meet the very edges of imagination and innovation.   ",2
"The Electoral College is a system that should no longer be used because it is based on an outdated system from the first years of our country's independence.  It would be much more beneficial to use the popular vote as the final vote.  One reason is that one canidate can get more votes, but still lose the election! Another is that many states never get to see the potential president speak, as to make their descion.  Lastly voting would be easier to count and to understand for citizens and those who work the election.

In 2000, the electoral college failed to properly represent our country's people.  More people voted for Al Gore, but Bush still won the election.  In the states where Bush did win, it made the people who voted for Al Gore insignificant and their votes would never again be considered.  Even if in every state a paticular canidate won by one vote, that person would still get every electoral vote, because they won the state, this is mostly an issue in large states.  This is unfair to the losing canidate because their voters never really got a chance.  If it was a popular vote, voting would be much more direct and easier to understand.  Citizens might even be unaware that they aren't really voting for the president, they are voting for their electoral college representative.  With popular vote, there would be no more confusion, and no more worrying about comparing the two voting methods.

Another reason is that some states may never get a chance to see their potential president speak.  Potential presidents tend to go speak in swing states, or states that may vote either for them or for their opponent, since it is based on the states vote not the individual people.  When a president goes to speak in a swing state they are convincing people that it will be a better choice to vote for them, not the other canidate.  If somebody lived in Rhode Island, for example, they would never get the chance to see their potential president speak, therefore they would have to make their descion based on television speeches, newspaper articles, etc.

Also states that tend to vote one way or another often do not get visited because there is no point in trying to convince a state to vote for you that is definitley already going to vote you, to vote for you, and vice versa.  Swing states with high populations are really the only states that are visited.  It is no promise that the potential president will go to every state or even every region, but they will more likely than not visit different states than they would have before.  If popular vote decided who would become president, it likely would no longer be true for presidents to only visit swing states.

Last, the entire election process would be much more simplistic.  There would be a whole group of people who no longer would have to be a part of the process, and the less people, the less mistakes.  Also each state could still add up their votes, then add all the state's votes together and voila, the president has been chosen, by the people.  There would be no more arguments as to who really won the election, as in popular vote versus electoral college.  Also there would be much less of a chance for a tie, the more numbers the less each number is worth.  Overall, the electoral college adds unecessary complications to a potentially simple system.

The popular voting system would still be difficult to take care of, but much better than the previous system, the despised electoral college.  Throughout the years we have seen twice where our course of history could have been radically changed, with a different president.  The popular vote system would increase the power of the people, allow more people to see the president speak, and get rid of unecessary complications and confusion of the electoral college.    ",5
"The author thinks that people should not stop what there doing because something is dangerous and has risks. The author thinks that venus should still be studied so we can find out why its like the way it is and see if anything is on the planet. The author wants people to keep studying despite the dangers and risks.

The author talks about how scientist are trying to make things that can make it to venus and say on the planet for a while and come back. They were thinking of making a giant blimp-like spacecraft that could fly 30 miles over venus and they couls study the planet from there. They could also make a simplified electronics that are made of silicon carbide. They are wrking on ays to continue studying venus.

I agree with the author, people should not stop studying it because of the dangers and the risks. They should continue to study it so they can find out if there is anything knw about the planet that we dont know. They could figure out what there is on the planet and why the conditions are so harsh.",2
"The elections should be changed by popular vote for president of the United States of America.

The votes from the people are not directly going towards the candidate they choose. The United States of America offers the right to vote for the president, yet in the end your vote does not go directly toward the candidate of your choice. The Electoral College process is the selection of electors. You help choose your states electors when you vote for President because when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidate's electors. The electors are the ones who really elect the candidate's.

Each party selects a slate of elector's trusted to vote for the party's nominee. The electors rarely betray the trust of the party's. Although it has happened in 2000 with Gore having more popular votes than Bush yet fewer electoral votes. That was the first time since 1888.

Although there are not much betrayels the Electoral College is not very trust worthy.  Back in 1960, segregationists in the Lousiana legislature nearly succeded in replacing with elector that would not be faithful and would oppose John F. Kennedy. The popular votes ment for Kennedy wouldn't actually be for him.

The Electoral College is outdated and could get votes confuse by the electors which would cause them to vote for th wrong candidate.

The popular votes would also encourage more people to pay attention to the campain. The people in some states don't pay much attention because they know that their votes will probably not have much effect as if in a popular vote.

The Electoral College is outdated unfair and irrational. If the people of the United States of America have the right to vote, their vote should go directly towards the nomine they choose. The popular vote could have a great effect on the campaigns. Why not allow the people to directly vote for the candidate of their choice instead of taking a chance with the electors that could be unfaithful.            ",3
"Venus has been in our solar system's life for trillions of years now. Since the beginning of time humans have always looked up to to the sky with wonder and hope. Hope that one day we'd be able to take a better peek past our large atmosphere. One day we did finally achieve this by using spaceships and sateltes. Even though we achieved this, like many humans we'd still want more. There's always more to see out there in vast open space.

Fast forward many years later to present time. We've discovered most of the planets near our planet, Earth. Technology has even came so far to let us see things thousands upon thousands of miles past Earth. Even letting us have a glymps into other solar systems, but people still want more. It's always a good thing to want to learn more than you already know. One of the major things many people want to know are what planets we might be able to call our next home. The two major planets being Venus and Mars. The author of the article, ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus."" breaks down this topic very well.

The authors claim within this article is that how there's a lot of dangers that come with Venus, but it's still worth studying and examining. The author states, ""If our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface? Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features that are analogous to those on Earth.

The authors claim is a claim that many could probably pick sides with. The author constructs some good points and informs the reader about Venus's past while doing so. He even uses opinoins from other sources than his own words to back up his claim, these opinions/ideas coming from The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The author of the article states, ""The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one partiocularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venujs would allow scientists to float above the fray. . .NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, Some simplified electronics made of silicon carbibe have been tested in chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and has lasted for three weeks in such conditions"". This text shows how other people, even NASA may feel about the idea of traveling to Venus.

The author of this article ends the article very well. He finishes it off with encouragement to the exploration to other planets near us and how we should keep pushing thru the dangers that may lie ahead. The text states, ""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors"". This sums up the essential idea being this essay. People more than likely can agree with his statements, although on the other hand many people may not.

Traveling to other planets may have its risks with it, but its always worth a shot. Learning more about our other planets like Venus can help us evolve as humans and help revolutionize the ideas behind space and the planets in space.             ",5
"The idea of a software being able to tell you wheither a person is feeling sad or happy is just a fascinating thing to even think about. By using Leonardo da Vinci's Renaissance painting, Mona Lisa- they figured out that she was 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. That just absolutely blows my mind! Would there be any type of misdetections using this software? How much would it cost schools to use these types of softwar?

I personally support the value of using this technology to read students' emotional expressions. They say the web cams on computers could recognize when a student is confused or bored. They also say they it would be able to modify the lesson like a human instructor would. This could be the next step that we could take into making education better for the kids and for the schools. The only problem that stands in the way for many schools is whether or not they would be able to afford such software. What if these softwares could be used for other purposes?

What if there is a possibility of using this software to not only help out in schools but help out in other major sinerios? One major one that comes to my head is using it as a lie detector. If the software is able to detect how someone is feeling and what their emotions are could it be able to detect whether or not someone is lying? The software would still use the 44 major muscles in your face but they would only have to tweak some things to make it capable of doing such thing. With the same software they could quite possibly make this happen. Or maybe something like this has already been invented but i haven't heard about it.

it's just amazing.

In paragraph 7 of this article they give this information of how you can tell the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one. I never knew that by looking at these small detals of someones face you could tell whether they were happy or not. This article not only informs me about a new software that can tell you how you're feeling but it also gives you on how you can tell by just looking at someone's face. It just really blows my mind.

All in all i think that using the software in the classrooms would be a great idea. It would be very helpful in the classrooom and quite possibly in other areas. If you guys do think about using the same software into making a lie detectorthen count me in. I'd love to be the next person to help out the community or even the world.                  ",4
"In the story ""Driverless cars are coming"" the author is talking about a

positive and negative aspect of the article. He said that the good thing about

having adriverless care is that it drives you by itself thats the positive part. But

he also made negative comments too like for example he stated that having a

driverless car

can also cause wrecks.

To me I will have to disagree. I say that having a driverless car is a bad idea.

Because how are you suppose to know how fast your going and how you are

going to avoid other cars. Say for example you had a driverless car and you

had important places to be, you were in such a hurry you drove fast how are

you suppose to slow down. And what about you getting pulled over by the

police they try to pull you over but you cant stop the car because the car is

automatic.

Now lets not forget head on cars, what if you were just driving down the

highway and you lost controll and went over into the other lane that was going

the opposite direction. You could get into a car accident in a head on collision.

So in conclusion I disagree with the author about the article having a positive

side to driverless cars, if you look at it in my point of view there are no positive

sides they are all negative aspects. So again if you were to ask me about

driverless cars and if we should creat them I would have to tell you they are

dangerous and that they have are a bad idea, and no we should not creat them

because we already have enough car accidents as it is. ",2
"In this article the author talks about how NASA took pictures in 1976 of a rock formation on Mars that happened to look like a face. In the article they bring up reasons to believe that is is a natural rock formation instead of an alien, yet there are still people who believe that it is an alien.

In the article when the author starts talking about the Face on Mars they give many reasons as to why the Face is a natural landform. One way you know that the Face is a natural landform is because 18 years after the original picture was taken NASA went back and took newer pictures that showed that it looked as if it was just a big boulder on Mars. In the article it states, ""And so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos.... revealing . . . a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all."" This shows that the Face was just one or a couple of years, but it went away and is now shown as a flat rock surface. Another way you know that it is a natural landform is because in the article it says that when the original NASA picture was taken they captioned it saying that it was a rock formation. In the article it says, ""NASA’s Viking 1 spacecraft was circling the planet, snapping photos of possible landing sites for its sister ship Viking 2, when it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face....A few days later NASA unveiled the image for all to see. The caption noted a 'huge rock formation . . . which resembles a human head'."" This explains that even though the people at NASA also thought that it looked like a face they still said that it was just a rock formation that happened to look like a human face.

There are many more reason to believe that the Face is a natural landform and there are really no reasons why someone should believe that the Face is still on Mars, but we aren't getting good enough pictures. In the article it mentions a lot that the Face on Mar is just a landform and that even though people have come to believe that it was an alien they really should believe that it is a landform because there are so many more reasons to belive that.",3
"There are some advantages without having cars to drive as seen in a suburb in German. This car free suburb has band the use of cars it is illegal to drive a car if you live in the suburb. it is a car free place although if you by a car you have to buy a special spot in a garage and spend upwards up to 40,000 dollars for a spot. People actually move to this suburb for the relief of driving a car because of the stress that goes into everyday driving. This suburb is living ""smart"" they have developed a new way to live this suburb is fitted with stores so you can still get all your groceries, clouths, etc. Living here it would be easiest to puchase a bicycle in order to get around in a faster way outher then walking. Here in this suburb over 70 percent of Vaubans families dont not own cars and 57 percent sold a to move here.

The car freesubhurb has slowly grown and its still growing everyday IN Vauban there are over 5,500 residents who live there within a rectangular square mile. STores are placed a walk away on a mainstreet rather down a road on a highway. Although the area in small enough to walk through the advanteges for shopping is great your not far from home and you can still take a bicycle to get around. The exhuast level in the air has decreased dramaticly in this suburb more and more places want to start this new way of living but outher people may not like living so close to eachouther some people like there privacy out and away from outhers.

Paris has band driving due to all the smog produced by all the cars. In paris driving you will be fined almost 4,000 people were fined for driving there cars. If paris resorts to the ""smart"" way of living as in Vauban German the smog levels would decrease raoidly if they banned cars.  Ome cities are even trying to band public transportation because of all the the smog. Thats a valad point if you were to band cars youd have to ban outher transportations like buses, cabs, etc. If the new style of living hits the united states my choice of transportation will be a horse just like the old days.    ",3
"There are many positive and negative outcomes that could come from the driverless cars. I believe driverless cars shouldn't be created for public use because they'd be a waste of money and energy. They'd be a waste of money because they aren't really needed to help society progress. They would also be a waste of energy because people are wasting time trying to prefect them when we don't really need them. Driverless cars would also take alot of resouces,like metals and cables, that could be used on more important things that we could actually benefit from. Some car manufacturers could cause more harm to people rather than helping them because they're not fully prefecting the cars and it causes more damage than neccessary. I also believe we shouldn't have driverless cars because people will spend too much time on these cars and changing the driving laws that even if they may think the car will know what to do at every moment if an accident occurs they still won't know who to hold responsible if someone is injured.

If the cars were released to the public then the time it'd take to change the laws would give time for the cars to malfunction even more. They'd also waste time and money trying to make the roads compatable with the cars by using electric wiring instead of the basic roads we use now. Finally I think we shouldn't have these cars because even if they do perfect them then safety will only be provided 90 precent of the time making the chances of an accident higher and they would cause more navagational problems. ",3
"The advantages of limiting car usage is outstanding not only is it good for the earth but it changes peoples lives, it makes the people happy and they tend to enjoy life more. In fact in the article ""In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars"" it states ""70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here."" The article also says that Heidrun Walter, a mother of two, was always tense when she was behind the wheel and so she gladly gave up her vehicle and now lives a very happy life in Vauban.

In Paris they banned driving due to the increase of smog, they planned which days the people could drive on. In the article ""Paris bans driving due to smog"" it states ""On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home, The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day."" At first many people refused and were fined 22-euro ($31) but the people who didn't helped lighten up the smog.

In Bogota, Colombia, the people have a car free day where they walk or ride their bikes to the places they need to go but there are still buses and cabes that the people can take. If the people were to take their own car they would be fined $25.  In the article ""Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota"" it states ""The day without cars is part of an improvement campaign that began in Bogota in the mid-1990s."" The article also says that millions of colomibians have biked, hiked, skated, and rode on buses to work.

In America the people are driving less, buying fewer cars and getting fewer license. The article ""The end of the csr culture"" states ""As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was in January 1995."" The reason why the percentage is so low is beacuse of the cash-strapped, the americans couldn't affored to buy new cars.    ",2
"Exploring venus , scientist beleive that venus is the most habbitable despite earth for life. venus hasnt been examined very much but considering that people could potentonaly live there if needed it would help to search it.

It will cost a lot to resarch and study the planet because you half to build computers that can withstand enough heat to melt tin. venus is worthy of pursuit because it could be habitabal if needed so it wouldnt hurt to take a look at the planet to study. venus has value not only because

of its insight to be gained on the planet it self but human curiosity could likely lead us into many equally endeavous. thought of using computers from the 1940s because they were more lever working instead of transforing info to withstand heat. simplified electronics made of silicon have been tested in the simulation chamber pot with heat.

Venus can from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most light cannot penitrait the dense atmosphere. If our sister planet is so inhabbitabal why are sceintist going there. Because the curiosity of knowing what the planet has in store is interesting to the scientist at NASA.

Venus is our nearst option to live if something where to happen to earth. so it can be important for scientist to study the planet the best as possible. but also has a thick atmosphere at almost 97 percent pure carbon to make atmosphere hard to break through.",2
"Reading ones emotions using technologydoesn sound os bad but it also sounds just as badas it seems to be good technology for someone to have for family use, Mona Lisa was used for this experimet, and showed happiness, and some other objecrs and mostly was happiness, resultingin a somewhat successful attempt at technology..

Im siding for this as it can reveal a persons inner emotions and see if they are suffering on the inside out. Besides, its not everydy you can judge emotion by the face only right? it would only help us more in the end then hurt us in the long run. But of course the cost of the product would be a quite big infact, maybe to big for distribution, whichcan lead to problems later on.

Sure, using your mouth muscles revealing emotions is easy, but it can be a bit hard for those with stage fright or insocial status to show emotions around strangers, thats why this inventions is a great thing to me to know and have in the world of mysteries.",2
"The support of this idea and why is dngers study Venus is on the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. These contions are far more extreme than anything humas encounter on Earth. Venus has the hottesr suface temperature of any planet in our solar sytem. Venusian geology and weather present aditional impediments like erupting volcanes. Venus was prebably covered lagerly with oceans and could have supported various forms of life just like Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar such as valleys, mountains, and craters. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientidts to float above the fray. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exeed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivble for humans. Peering at Venus from shipnorbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective. More importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from distance. NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. Striving to meet the challenge presented by venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubs but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. ",3
"Dear senator,

I would like to say that the electoral college is not what we should be using to elect our presidents. I think the electoral college is not what Americans need. In the electoral college process, many thing could go wrong. The system does not work as many people think it does, as it is very deciving and unfair. Over half of all voters agreed that we should abolish the system and go by popular vote.

The electoral college is unfair due to the fact that peoples vote is not even going to the president but for his electors. The biggest moral of the country is ""we the people"" have control. The trickery of the electoral college is not allowing this to happen but taking it away. It is mainly unfair because of the winner-take-all system in each state. The electoral college interfered in the the presidential race between Al Gore and George W. Bush by allowing Bush to win even though more people voted on Al Gore in popular vote.

The many flaws in the system or mistake that can happen are more likely in the electoral college. The is a possibility that the two presidents can tie and in which case they have to go through a long process. This can happen due to an even number of electoral votes overall (538). The electors in the state of Louisiana have refused to vote for their party's canidate and vore for whoever they please ant that is not right. You can pay electors to vote one way which is also wrong too considering that not what the people think.

Many people agree that they system should be abolished including two presidents the united states Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter. Over half of all voters at over 60% agree that the system should be abolished. These statistics were taken in a Gallup Poll in 2000 shortly after Al Gore was not elected. The Obama vs. Romney race was won by Obama who had 61.7 % of the electoral votes versus he had only 51.3 % of the popular votes.

That's it! The electoral college is ""unfair, outdated, and irrational"" as Bradford Pulmer clearly staes it. The best arguements in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis of reality. Due to the many flaws and/or mistakes that can happen the electoral college should not be used. I have to agree with Nixon and Carter: ""Abolish the Electoral college!""                                                    ",3
"The author believes that there is a spark of curiosity of wanting a safe way to travel to Venus and has included that NASA has new technology to make that happen.

The author states that Venus is the only planet that is close enough to be another Earth. A long time ago Venus was a lot like Earth. It had mountains, valleys, and probably had some oceans covering its surface as well. Astronomers are amazed at how Venus was once able to carry forms of life, they want to explore Venus in a safe manner. If NASA is able to make that happen then why wouldn't anyone want to explore and find out, more closely, of what it is like today.

Another reason Venus should be explored is that NASA has been reasearching and testing new ways to make a safe travel. They have come up with a ""blimp-like vehicle"" that would be able to hover above Venus's dangerous landscape. With a device like this NASA would be able to do reasearch on informaton that they have been longing to know. It's a safe and efficient way to explore our neighboring planet.

The ""blimp-like vehicle"" is an amazing idea but it will only be able to provide some light on what the conditions are like on the ground. NASA has accepted this but has not given up, they have decided to find another way to get more information. Silicon carbide electronics have been tested to see if it can manage Venus's standards. Unlike the spacecrafts that lasted less than a few hours, these electronics have lasted weeks.

In conlusion, the author has included that NASA has found many new ways to ensure a safe travel to Venus. He states that you have to look beyond the dangers and find ways around it. He believes that with all the new technology coming out and new ideas that traveling to Venus safely is possible.       ",4
"People arent using cars as much because it is not worth their time. It is easier for them to just jump on a bus or walk or bike to their destination. Places that dont use cars are having a better life because people are not as stressed and there isnt nearly as much pollution. ""When i had a car i was always tense. im much happier this way"". other countries are getting in on the ""car reduced"" comunities.

In Paris they ban driving because of all the smog in the city. they would fine people who did drive on those days and depending on how people reacted their cars would be impounded. people were just using public transportation and by the next few days the smog was gone.

In bogota, colombia they have had a ""car free"" day for the past three years where people walk to work or school or take public trasportation. ""its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution"". and for the first time two other colombian cities, cali and valledupar, joined the event. many people have gone car free for a long time instead of just a day. they just use bikes or public transportation because it is easier and less stressful.

In the united states people have been driving less adn getting fewer licenses as the years progress. the number of miles driven per person in 2013 was the same as it was in 1995. the renewal of center cities has made the suburbs less appealing and has drawn empty nesters back in. likewise the rise in cellphones and car-pooling apps has facilitated more flexible commuting arrangements, including the evolution of shared van services for getting to work. in new york there is a bike sharing program that is really taking off. and the tolls on bridges and tunnels are making people drive less and less. there has also been a large drop in percentage of sixteen to thirtynine year olds getting licenses.    ",2
"Do aliens live on Mars?

Some people belive that the face found on Mars was created by aliens.

This information is unaccurate.

The face on Mars was not created by aliens, it is actually a natural landform.

The Face of Mars is a natural landform which can be proven by research conducted by NASA.

NASA claims that the face seen by the Viking 1 photo in 1976 is mearly a natural landform.

This can be proven by information found on April 8, 2001 when Garvin's team captured an image at 1.56 meters, compared to the 43 meters per pixel in 1976.

With this amount of precision, other things created by aliens would have been able to have been witnessed as well.

NASA is also the most trusted and deserving space agency because of past information that is trusted by most of the world.

NASA has also released a statement saying that the Martian butte or mesa are landforms common around the American West.

Garvin says,"" It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.""

In this article, there is evidence that proves that the Face on Mars is a natural landform.

This information can be shown in paragraph 3 where it says,"" huge rock formation...which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth.""

This information shows that NASA knows that this was made by shadows and not aliens.

Also, in paragraph 11 where it states,"" As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger that the pixel size,"" he added.

"" So if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!""

This statement proves that since there was no other evidence pointing toward the fact of aliens creating this Face, there is only one explanation which is that the Face is a natural landform just as we have here on Earth.

Furtermore, in paragraph 12, the author mentions that the the picture,"" is the Martian equvalent of a butte or mesa.""

Humans have buttes and mesa down on Earth which are natural landforms.

This proves that the landforms there could have been created the same way on Mars as they were on Earth.

In conclusion, the Face on Mars is actually just a natural landform that happened to have the perfect shadowing at the perfect time.

The theory that aliens created this landform is outragous compared to the facts given by NASA to prove that this is a landform.",3
"This article, ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"", should prove to anyone who reads it that the idea of driverless cars should not become an all out reality. The technology is simply not there and even in the future when our civilization is far more advanced, it is so easy for a mistake to be made in the manufacturing of these cars. Also, as humans, we would not cope well with having driverless cars. After years of getting used to them, they would be taken much better but in the begining it would simply be too hard for everyone to stay focused while at the wheel. Therefore, driverless cars, while very advanced, should not be manufactured.

The technology part of this project alone is enough for anyone to object. Cars are already dangerous enough with many people getting in accidents every day. These things could already easily kill a person, without putting all of this very sensitive technology into it. To make driverless cars happen, there would have to be a ridiculis amount of intricate technology worked into the car, and if one thing messes up, who's to say how much damage can be done? Putting all of our attention into our phones is one thing, but to put our lifes in the hands of a machine is much more of a risk.

Even if the technology worked, it would still need some sort of human control at first. Many humans can barely pay attention to the road when they are the only ones driving let alone when they are waiting for their turn to drive. Say, a driver has a particularly hard night and happens to fall asleep in the car on his way to pick up his child. If the warnings don't wake him up, this tiredness could cost many lives. This could result in lawsuits filed against the car manufacturer and others starting to fight and protest. Even in the article it asks, ""If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault - the driver or the manufacturer"" (Paragraph 9)? This would be a tough situation to make laws on and a dificult thing to prove if the driver claims the technology failed. How would it be proven? People can barely handle driving now with the new technolgy that they have, and adding more would just make things more dangerous.

Driverless cars should not be manufactured. The technology that we have now is already making life more dificult in general, and adding to it would do less good than bad. There aren't even any claims to why it would be a benificial thing to our society. The reason for that is that it won't be benificial. Car manufacturers are doing it just for the sake of doing it and it could potentially be a very dangerous thing.              ",4
"I am all for driverless cars in the future because, they can handle driving functions up to 25 mph, they can steer, accelerate, and brake by themselves, and use half the fuel of today's cars. First, the driverless car can help our increasing numbers of accidents decline, by using vibrating seats that alert the driver that he close to hitting something. They also, are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills to navagate through work zones and around accidents. Next, the new

driverless car will use half the fuel of today's cars, which will help our enviournment by not putting so much pollution into our air, and they offer way more flexibility than a bus. Also, Google has cars that can drive independtly since 2009. Their cars have driven over half a million miles without any accidents. Finally, the most important techmology is the spinning sensor on the roof. Dubbed LIDAR, it uses laser beams to form a constanly updating 3-D modle of the cars surroundings. the combination input in necessary to mimic the driving skills of a human driver. In conclusion, I would like to have driverless cars because, it can handle driving functions up to 25 mph, they can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, and also use half the fuel of today's cars, leading to a healthier enviuornment.",3
"'' The Face on Mars '' is just an natural landform because when we first got the image there were shadows around the face on the image. Which resembles just bumpy and holy its just an natural landform. Then, that's when we made the picture sharper that it was before so the people can really tell what it is.

That's when the next day the NASA posted the picture on their web site page called the JPL ,just to reveal that the face was not an alien artifact that it was an natural landform. Thats when they got some people who were mad that it wasn't an alien artifact. Perhaps alien markings were hidden by haze. Like in paragraph 9, some mission controllers prepared to look again. Thats when I was like ''no'' theres no reason to send out another spacecraft just to say that its just and natural landform.

In conclusion, ""It's not easy to target."" ""In fact its hard work."" We just dont see faces very often. Thats when the picture of the landform got many comments like the ''were just not satsified that the image is just an natural landform."" Its just that some people just want to make money from making up any thing like saying its an alien artifact. Some people just needs the wait and see if its really real or its just an natural thing that happens.",2
"Voting for whos the next president can be hard. Theres so many things to consider, like who will support you the best and make the right desition. The government has made two types of ways to vote, Electoral College and popular vote. I believe that we should go with the popular vote method. When voting like this its not a confusing, Theres no missing ad campaigns, and in the winner take all you dont rule out another persons elector for his chose.

Using popular vote for electing our president is better then Electoral College i believe because its not that confusing. In Electoral College you vote for a wet number of electors and they give their own vote on their behalf. Now with popular vote say one state votes for president b rather then president a then the state votes for president b.

In ppular vote both presidents are trying to win you over so they will make a campaign. what if you never see the campaign? This is what can happen in the Electoral College method. If a president knows that a certain state will not vote for them then the president wont perade around there. Therefore the state cant make a correct decision.

The popular vote method is very diffrent as you have seen in the paragraphs above. One reason I prefer the popular vote method over the Electoral College is do to the winner take all in ruling out the electors that didnt vote for the president. So if theopposing pesident winns the election then he can single you out for note voting for him and i dont believe thats fair.

So when it comes to election day which method will you chose? Electoral College or popular vote you know that im going to stick with popular vote because Electoral College can be confusing, the ad campaigns  cna be unfair and ruling out the opposing electors.    ",3
"Driverless cars, once a distant, far-fetched dream, are now close to becoming reality.

In 2016, Tesla is planning to release a car that can drive itself 90 percent of the time.

The kind of high-tech equipment it takes to manufacture a car like this hasn't been around for long.

Google has had a type of driverless car since 2009, but before 2000, none of this was possible.

With this rapid advance in technology comes reasonable concern, but the long list of benefits clearly outweighs the costs.

Because of the added safety features and convenience, driverless cars should be developed for all to use.

Driverless cars may seem like a safety risk to some, but in reality, these cars have been enhanced with top-of-the-line technology and have been tested thoroughly.

Google's driverless car uses many different sensors and cameras located all over the vehicle to replicate the ability of a human driver.

One sensor even allows for the creation of a 3-D model of the car's environment.

Sensors similar to these have been used in cars since the 1980s in antilock brakes.

Tried and tested, all the sensors on driverless cars serve only to protect the driver.

Driverless cars can also prevent distracted driving.

Some companies hope to create entertainment systems for drivers not currently controlling the car.

These systems and displays could be turned off right away when the driver has to take the wheel.

Right now, drivers often use cellphones and other distracting devices without the help of this technology.

As Google's cars have driven over half a million miles without a single crash, the combination of all these features has been proven to enhance car safety.

Driverless cars would also be cost-effective, environmentally friendly, and convenient.

Google cofounder Sergey Brin predicts that these cars could form an entire public transportation system, using only half the fuel of today's taxis.

This would save gas money and reduce greenhouse gases at the same time.

It would also allow for more flexibility than a bus or subway system because each driver would be able to personalize their destination.

The economic and environmental benefits, along with the convenience, show why these cars could serve to enhance society.

Convenience and safety are the two most important aspects of transportation.

Driverless cars have both, along with environmental and economic benefits.

These cars are a part of the future, enhancing the driving experience for all.

Driverless cars will only help the population, not hurt it.       ",4
"Countries like France, Columbia, Germany and USA have took part in reducing greenhouse gasses by reducing if not excluding vehicle transportation. Stats have shown less amounts of carbon in the air and less congestion in imense cities like Paris, France and Bogota, Columbia.

Source two states that Paris typically has more smog then other cities in Europe like Brussels and London. They're taking action by allowing even-numbered license plates to drive one day and have the odd-numbered license plates leave their cars at home and the same would apply to even-numbered plates the following day. Anyone against that restriction would be given a 22-euro fine or 31 dollar fine. That method decreased smog and congestion by 60 percent.

Source three talks about the country of Bogota, Columbia. This town or city has took a big step into reducing gas emisions where not only they participate but other local towns and cities as well. They contribute by leaving their cars home all day for one day to reduce the amount of carbon and smog in the air which helps the enviroment. People hiked, biked, skated or took the bus to work. violaters faced a 25 dollar fine. Not only does this benifit the environment but it helps people conversate more with each other. "" it's a good opportunity to take stress and lower air pollution,"" says businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza.

As it is said in source one, "" As a result, 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here."" The small suburb town of Vauban, Germany is home to 5,500 residents were its perimeter is just a rectangular square mile. It is seperated away from all city life where people get around by walking to nearby stores. It may be the most advanced expirement in low-car suburban life. Developed countries or developing countries should think about all the gasses that go into the air and damage the surroundings and take part in to reduce the harmful greenhouse gasses.                                              ",4
"Do you like traveling? Do you like helping people in need? Well if you said yes to these questions you might want to become a seagoing cowboy. There is a lot of hardwork,but you get to do a lot of fun things to. One of those is sight seeing.

Getting to see some of the places that you would get to see, are some places I was dreaming about seeing, before I became a seagoing cowboy. The seagoing cowboys made it a reality. One place you would get to see is Europe. In Europe you could see countries such as Greece, and I got to even see the Acropolis. I also got to take a gondola ride through the streets of Venice, Italy. Another thing I saw in Europe was a castle in Crete. Another country I got to sight see was China and in China I went passed the Panama canal. Even with all this fun we had the pleasure of helping people.

I knew I would have a good time and have many adventures,but not like what I had when I was a seagoing cowboy. One thing that I did was helped out with cattle. I got to see and take care of many animals during my time in Europe and China. One of my jobs was the night watch job. During my vist it also helped me understand that not everyone had the type of great life that we take for granted. It showed me that a lot of people have basic needs that they can't even fullfill, because of something that had happened to them.

As one can see my experience was fun! I not only got to help people in neeed, buy I created life lasting frienships.                   ",3
"Do voters some times get confused about the electers and vote for the wrong candidate? The single best argument against the electoral is what we might call a disaster facter. We the people should consider ourselves lucky to vote. The Electoral College is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the candidate who receives the most popular votesthe winner. If the advocates of this position is correct in arguing that the Electoral College method is not democratic in a modern sense . It is the electers who elect the president, not the people . It is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote. yet this has happened very rarely when Gore had more popular votes then Bush . It can be argued that the Electoral college method of selecting the president may turn off selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a canadidate who has no hope of carrying their state . And not having everyone vote mite throw things off too. but of courseno voters  vote swings a national election, and in spite of that about one -half the eligible American population did vote in 2012 's election. It think we all think thatevery one should yote and know basic back ground on who there voting for, and avoid  run off elections. Things are not always going to go your way in life so you shold just choose wisely and wish for the best. Thank you, god bless.    ",2
"I think driveless cars is a bad idea. I think here are many reasons to not have driveless cars. The can be a very dangerous thing. I know it can help with some things, but for the most part we should not have them.

In my opinion we should not have driveless cars. I think this because they can be very dangerous. They can be dangerous by having the car drive by itself for a long period of time then need the human to take over and they could have fallen asleep. If the human would not take over then the car could crash and hurt the people inside of it. That is one reason cars should not be able to drive itself.

Another reason is some people enjoy driving. I like to drive and if driveless cars take over then people like me won't be able to drive their cars. Also the driveless car could not notice that there is a wreck or construction work ahead and wreck into it. This would just make matters worse. That is my other reason to not have driveless cars.

I mean there are a few things that could be good about a driveless car, but for the most part there is more negative things than positive things on them. Also they could be very expensive. People could not afford them. This is why they should not exist.   ",3
"Why We Shouldn't Use FACS Technology in Classroom

FACS technology shouldn't be used in classrooms, and there are several good reasons as to why. Some of the things that people value the most are their money, a good education, and privacy. Implementing FACS technology can disrupt all of these things that people value.

First of all, the author of this article, Nick D'Alto, never even mentions the cost of this technology. Seeing as this technology isn't even fully developed yet, it would presumably cost millions of dollars in research to even get a fully developed working product. When new technology comes out, it is usually more expensive then anything else on the market. A school is the last place that should be using its resources for an emotion reading system. Most schools are lacking funding and resources, which is leading to cuts in many music and athletic departments. Another pretty well known fact is that schools spend less money on cafeteria food then JAILS do. If a school is getting additonal funding these are the types of things that they should be spending it on, not useless emotion readers.

This goes into the second reason, which is effectiveness and practicality. How do we know that what this computer is saying is actually correct. Sometimes, there are some things that advanced technology just cannot solve. A computer may sense a sad or confused look on a student's face, but that doesn't necessarily tell you WHY they are sad or confused. Dr. Huang from the article says that based off of the look on your face, the computer could modify the lesson. First of all, if a teacher is teaching a lesson, it probably wouldn't want a computer modifying what he or she wants to do. A teacher shouldn't modify the whole lesson for the entire class, just because someone has a certain look on their face, for reasons that may not even be school related. Modifying a lesson for students who aren't even struggling could potentiall ruin the way they learn, and how quickly and effectively they learn and understand concepts. If a teacher senses that a certain student is confused or not paying attention, they could always talk to them after class and fix the problem, which is a much more effecient and effective way of doing it.

A third reason that this FACS technology shouldn't be implented is for privacy. While the author does list some useful applications for this technology, such as surgeries and video games, common computers for everday use is not where it should be used. One reason that people fear this advanced technology in their own computers is for privacy. Many students probably don't want a camera in their school laptops constantly scanning their faces to see what kind of emotions they have. Many students would see that as creepy and intrusive, and would probably complain to the adminstration to remove it.

People value many things in life, but some of the most important are their money, a good education, and and their privacy. Having this FACS technology in schools can ruin all of these things, which is why using this technology in a classroom is not valuable.          ",5
"How would you like a free trip to Europe? Well, you can; for free. All you have to do is sign up and you'll be able to go on a free trip on a cattle boat! Some benefits of this journey consist of seeing amazing places and landmarks, spending time with your friends, and most importantly, helping others who are in need.

On your way to the amazing country of Europe, you will be able to see some of the greatest places in the world. You might see the Acropolis in Greece, take a ride in the water filled streets of Venice, see the Iefle Tower, and more! At some parts of your journey, you will be able to get off of your boat, and buy a souvenier so you can cherish your memories in Europe.

In your free time, after all of the animals are shipped off, you can have some fun and memborable time with your friends on board. Some things that my friends and I liked to do in our spare time are things like table-tennis tournements, fencing, boxing, and other great games. If you aren't the active or sportslike person, you can do other worthwhile things like reading, sleeping, and whittling.

My fondest memories of my journeys were the parts where I was able to help people. It was such a great feeling to be able to help people who can't do everything all by themselves. You sometimes even get to meet great and amazing people while you are caring for the others. Some of the friends even become some of your best long time friends. The people you are helping usually are kind to you and show gratitude and gratefulness towards you. The best part of this, is that it makes God happy.

The time you spend on the cattle boat might be the best time of your life. You get to see great places, spend time with your friends, and help people in need. You will always remember your time with the people. The journey might be one of your greatest memories.",4
"Driverless cars are what some envision as the future. They picture a world where every car is automated, and where every kind of transport is regulated. Many very large companies have poured a fortune into creating technology that will enable the eradication of a need for drivers. However, there are a huge number of negative effects of this movement. I am completely against the idea of driverless cars, for reasons such as recreation, cost, and safety.

First of all, many people in support of driverless cars portray driving as it is now as a dull part of our society that simply wastes time and energy. However, many, many people enjoy driving, simply for the feel and the experience. If driverless cars were to be implemented, there is no doubt that after a while driving oneself would be considered dangerous, irresponsible, and would likely be outlawed. Not only is there no way to implement such as system, as there would be far too much backlash from the community that enjoys driving, it would be wrong to completely forget about and not consider their opinions as valuable as others.

Second, the cost of a system of driverless cars would be enormous, and quite frankly, insurmountable. People do not realize that these cars would not function well in a society with a vast majority of people driving themselves. For a working system, the majority, if not all of the cars on the road, would have to be replaced with driverless cars. There is no way that the government would provide the cost, and there is no way that everyone has the interest in or the money to buy a driverless car. Not only is it impossible to replace every car with a driverless one, insurance and settlements would be nigh impossible to figure out, as even the article says, there is no definitive blame to be made. The operator of the car could blame the manufacturers for a poorly made vehicle while the manufacturers could simply argue the fact that the driver could have taken control of the car at any time.

Finally, safety would be a major concern. One of the article's biggest faults is that it says that driverless cars will be able to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel. Driverless cars are not able to mimic humans, and will never be able to mimic humans, unless artificial intelligence technology becomes equal to humans. People have the ability to consider moral possibilities and choices. For example, if in a case where the options are a collision which saves the driver's life but has a very large chance of killing another driver, or the choice to swerve off the road but result in severe if not fatal injuries to the driver, the machine would not be able to make that decision. Humans have the unique and intrinsic ability to think, quickly and effectively, through a situation. Machines, however, would be forced to make a decision based on a certain goal, whether that may be the prevention of collateral damage, the safety of the driver, or arrival at the destination.

For these reasons, driverless cars absolutely cannot be a possibility or a good decision. I believe companies should be working to help make drivers more safe by adding other safety features, rather than trying to erradicate drivers from the situation altogether. ",5
"The author supports the evidence by giving examples of how venus is almost the same as earth. He also gives evidence of mars and venus being the best options to send drones and crafts to and says facts about venus and mars says that venus could of been just like earth a long time ago and could of had oceans all over its world. mars could of had oceans too craft that were sent to mars came back with sea chells and other ocean like things and mauntains look like the ones that we have here on earth people thing that venus and mars were both the same as earth but just died out and became deserts and eveything died on them. "" Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too"". ""the planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters."" these quotations show that the author is giving evidence on how Earth and Venus are kind of the same and how we can live on venus. These quotations also show facts about the features of venus and how it is similar to earth in many ways. the conclusion to my essay is that the author backed up his answer pretty good and had alot of good evidence in the story to back him up he also explained everything really well and answered all his questions with evidence to back them up and gave facts about more things like the temprature and how mars is the same and has almost the same features as Earth too and venus.",2
"Driverless cars could be the future of our world. Citizens around the world could relax in a diverless car after a long day at work but still be alerted to their surroundings. Development of driverless cars could help people all around the world. I would like the development of driverless cars beucase it could demenstrate how a young teen is supposed to drive, how safe it would be with all the side features, and small problems could be fixed quickly.

A young teen that is learning to drive could ride with an adult in a driveless car to see a visual presentation of how to drive. Many young teens learn by paying attention so if they do that while in a driverless car they could driving in no time. Teens could see how easy it is to drive a driverless car when they want to take control of the steering wheel. This would be a good example of stopping most teens from texting while driving becuase it would make them so focused and alerted to their surroundings they wouldn't have time to text. Teens would be even more safe however, with all the safety features in driverless cars.

Driverless cars would be even more safer than a regular car with all the new developed features. Companies like BMW developed a traffic jam assistant in their driverless car to help the driver see what their around. BMW have made progress in trying to intercept driving fun in a new way. Heads up displays and vibrating seats are other ways that have helped driverless cars be developed in the future as a change to all drivers. Driverless cars have many equipped items to make driving safe however, driverless cars have some problems that can be fixed easily.

Driverless cars would be ran by technology and could have problems that can be fixed. Driverless cars would need an engineer that knows what to do to keep a driverless car from going out of control. Mechanics would also help an engineer with technology by helping the exterior like the wheels. Driverless cars would need insurance to help with accidents and car replacements. The devleopment of driverless cars would be great for us in the future but, what would be argued against the development of driverless cars.

Driverless cars are going to have some problems that are good and that are bad but that wouldn't stop the development of it. Driverless cars would be a great way to teach the young teens how to drive and be on alert while in a car. It would develop a great sensory system with enough protection for all the passengers of the driverless car not just the driver. With enough hard work from engineers,mechanics, and technicans a driverless car problems could be fixed in no time. The development of a driverless car could change the world dramatically.       ",4
"Driverless cars seem to be the new thing now-a-days. Everyone wants one! I am totally up for the whole driverless car thing! I feel like if we had driverless cars that it would protect us so much better, it would be better for the earth, and the cars would get more gas mileage.

If we had driverless cars think about how much safer our world could be. Just think about it. Think about all the car accidents that happen all the time as a result of drivers simply not paying attention. Now, if we had driverless cars the number of accidents would go down by a whole bunch! Driverless cars have sensors everywhere on them, interior and exterior, that could keep people safe.

Driverless cars would be a lot better for the earth also. The reason why they would be better for the earth is because they do not have to burn as much gas, which means less pollution in the air.

The last way that driverless cars could benefit us is because driverless cars get way better gas mileage. In paragraph one the author says ""The cars Sergey Brin, Google cofounder, foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus.""

Driverless cars seem like such a good idea for this world! I'm sure everyone would love to have a car that they could feel ultimately safe in, that is better for the earth, and that gets better gas mileage. Because let's face it, no one likes to spend a whole lot of money on gas all of the time! These cars could literally help and improve all of our lives!",3
"How important is a persons car to them? Do they really need to have their own car? It would be more eco-friendly if they just car pooled, or even walked. It seems this question has occured to a lot of people in high places. These people then used their positions to ban cars in many busy cities, with marvelous results.

Some where in Germany, there's a social experiment going on. This experiment is taking place in a small suburbian town called Vauban. The people in this community have taken a huge leap of faith and got rid of all cars. But don't worry, they couldn't be happier. Their streets are nearly empty with virtually no traffic, they have less stress, and they don't have to worry about all the expenses that come with car ownership. The streets are very close together with stores on pratically every corner, to prevent having to go long distances. All they have to do is take a nice stroll down main street and have everything at their fingertips. They don't have to worry about people parking on their front lawns, or people flying dangerously fast down the street. It's just simple and easy.

Granted, having a car availible does have benefits. Owning a car can give people a sense of freedom. It's like a reassurance that no matter what, people have the means to get something done. Without having to depend on others. If there's an emergency, people don't want to have to wait for the next bus to come through. They want to get there as quickly as possible. Owning a car makes that possible. Owning a car can also make visiting that aunt that lives three states away possible. Without having to ride a cramped, smelly bus to get there.

On the other hand, going without a car certainly has more pros than cons. There's less stress, it's cheaper, there's less traffic, it's healthier, and there's less pollution. For instance, in Paris, there was so much smog, they had to ban cars. If people violated the ban they had to pay a fine, or even get their car impounded. They blamed diesel fuel for the smog, because in France, that's nearly 67 percent of cars fuel. The cities' smog rivaled Bejings', and that's the most polluted city in the world! Going without a car is also less stressful. People don't have to worry about how they'll make the next car payment, or how they might run out of gas. There's also virtually no chance of getting in an accident. Afterall, how is someone going to get in an accident without a car?

Not only is going without a car the better economical choice, its the best personal choice. Why would someone deliberately put themsleves through the stress of owning a car, when they can easily go without? Though it has some benefits, like being independent, those benefits are greatly outnumbered by the pros of going without. It's just cheaper and less stressful. Who wouldn't want that?    ",5
"Did you know that mars was created naturaly as a natural landform? Does Mars have a simular landform as Earth? If aliens has created Mars, where are they now? The passage Unmasking the face on Mars has the answers to all of those.

I believe that Mars was created as natural landform just like Earth. It has simular landforms as Earth. Mars has a dry sandy desert like climate simular to Earth. Except Earth has alot of different types of climates. If Aliens has made Mars why did they make it simular to Earth's desert climate? If aliens did make the climate for Mars it propbably would have been way different than a desert climate. Earth was made naturally and has naturally made several climates. The desert climate is one. Aliens could not have possibly made Mars because if they did where did they go? Why did they leave? They probably would have stayed and lived on Mars if they had created it.

Mar's desert climate has very simular landforms as Earth's desert climate. Garvin from the passage Unmasking the face on Mars has said ''It reminds me most of middle Butte in Snake River Plain of Idaho''. That was from the 12th paragraph. Garvin has said this while he was looking at the pictures of the landforms. In paragraph 12 of the passage Unmasking the Face on Mars says '' What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa---- landforms common around the American West''. That's another example the Mar's climate has simular landforms as Earth's desert climate. Scientist have said that Earth was like venus at first and then came together and formed on what it is like now naturally.

Aliens could have not possibly built Mars. Mars was probably created simular to how Earth was created. Scientists have even said that along time ago on Mars there use to be water there because they have found spots on mars simular to Earth that rivers run are running on. Now it looks dried up and something has happen to Mars to where it turned Dry and desert like. Earth was the same way along time ago before humans existed. It was a hot fire lava vocanic type of climate until Earth has changed and made several climates and water.

Earth was made naturally and by comparing how Earth was made and the simular features it has that Mars has I believe that Mars was created naturally like Earth. If aliens did create Mars for the simular features that Earth has why did they choose that climate?",4
"Beep.. Beep.. Beep... That is the sound of someone's heart monitor at a hospital. can you imagine waking up in the hospital after a car wreck. Well it's happened plenty of times, but the accident was never caused by a driverless car. What about the new laws they will have to make for these new cars? These cars will never happen, and if they do they will cause many accidents in the future.

In the article I had just read it says ""Even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident."" Say you were to get in a wreck while driving a driverless car, and the car wouldn't use its break so you went through a stop sign and hit another car and someone was killed in the accident. Who's fault is it? Is it your fault for hitting the other car, or is it the manufactures fault for not safely making your vehicle?

Driverless cars are not safe and never will be. Technology always has a glitch somewhere. In the article Driverless Cars are Coming, the talk about sensors in paragraphs four to seven. ""The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel."" This was said in paragraph seven of the article. But why would they make these driverless cars if they can only reach 25 mph.? Most people would want a driverless car for interstates and highways, because those are the most boring roads in history.

Driverless cars are not safe, they can cause many accidents and who's at fault, you or the manufacturer? Companies just need to stop trying to make driverless cars because they aren't going to be sucessful for society today. Cars need to be human driven and that's all. No driverless cars are coming, not now not ever! ",4
"Driverless cars start to be more famous in all ages. Because they are helpful and high-technology. But somehow, they still need improvement to make them surely safe. Here's why we should not have them developed.

First, accidents can happen anytime if we don't drive carefully, and whose responsibility is it? The driver or the manufacturer? As it said in paragraph 9, ' Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all time. As a result, in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars. Californis, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia have led the country in allowing limited use of semi-automous cars; manufacturers believe that more states will follow as soon as the cars are proved more reliably safe. Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws will e needed in order to cover liability in case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?'. This content tell us that even the driverless cars are improved, we can't still sure they are 100% safe. And if the accident happens, It cause more than money, it can take away our lives. This is why the development of these cars should not be made. ",3
"I would tell who ever I was telling the face about to read the paragraph if they don't belive me. The reason why I would say that is because they could find out there own self if it was a alien face or if it was a natural landform. But I would also tell them that aliens isn't real. If they would still be arguing then I would kinda talk to them about it.

I would tell them that you can read about it. It could be someones face that visited there a long time ago. The reason why I say that is because it probably is really hard to shove your face in a moon rock. You could ask someone that reshearch stuff like that. It seens to the (MGS) and (NASA) that it was hard to get pictuers of the face.

The face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April at 98, it was a cloudy time of year on the Red Planet. The reason why there are so many storeys about the face on Mars is because the scientest didn't know if they should beleve if there really was a face on Mars or not. So thats when (NASA) went and saw it with their own eyes.

In the pictuers in the passage you can tell during the soan of 1976-2001 the face has gotten clear. But in 1976 the face was all blurrey to where you can barley see it. In 1998, it doesn't quite look like a face but it is still kind of blurrey to where you can hardly tell its a face, and then in 2001 it was the shape of a face but you stilll can't see the eyes or mouth or nose yet. In 1976 you could see the face oerfectly fine from a distance away.         ",2
"The face on Mars is just a natural landform. Their's really no existense of aliens, because theres no proof of them. The face is just a landform that was created with Mars. On Earth we have landforms that look like faces and other things that were created with Earth. There's also no proof that there's life on Mars, becuase there really isn't life on Mars.

The existence of aliens is false, humans and animals are the only life forms out there pretty much. If there were proof of aliens then why arn't they on Earth then? Aliens never made that on Mars, that face was created when Mars was. NASA just used the face to get money, because this face was starred in a Hollywood film, it appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows, and even haunted grocery store check out lines for 25 years. Then after that they really didn't care for the face anymore. Everyone was not really satisfied with the face on Mars.

What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or messa-- landforms common around the American West. Garvin a scientist even says that it reminds him of the most of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. He also says ""That's a lova dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars.""

As you can see the face was never created or made by aliens. The face was created with mars. In the story, it even says that the landform was basically created with Mars. So in fact there is no existence of aliens and there is no life on Mars.

In the ending of the story, it basically says the face is just a landform, it tells the height and everything about it. They even say that they don't pass over the face that much anymore. So it's just a true fact that the face a landform, they even said it was just a natural land form.",3
"Driveless cars seem to be a good idea because all

you have to do is just sit inside and wait until it is your turn. This way people will want to go out more because they aren't really doing anything. I do kind of think they are dangerous because what if the car stops working, people will probably have accident and the manufacturer would be the responsible one for not checking if everything was fine. While the car is driving itself the people inside can be doing other things or just check if the car is doing everything right.

In this story it says that automakers are trying to solve all the problems that might show up and that they are trying to make the cars better. The drivers should be alert or ready when it comes to driving trough work zones or when something happened like a accident. This part of driving is up to the drivers. Depending in where the drivers wan to go they always have to be ready to drive. A warning that the drivers will have is that when a problem shows up the drivers seat will vibrate which means that the driver should be ready to take over. The automakers are also thinking of other ways to let the drivers know when something is wrong.

For example they are trying to make the car have flashing lights on the windshield and head up displays. This is why I think that driveless cars are a good idea because they have everything ready. When something isn't going right the car will let the driver know and all the driver has to do is be ready to take over. Also the automakers are trying to make the car even better by thinking of new ideas to let the driver know when there is a problem. I also think

that this is a good idea because they said that the cars will have cameras to see if the driver is paying attention when the car is moving.     ",3
"Pollution is a pestering problem worldwide and the biggest investor to this type of un-seen pollution is the automobile. wich can account for the first explanation why there several advantages for reducing and limiting the amount of car usage ,first to reduce emmissions, pollution and greenhouse gases. secondly being that there is plenty of other more peaceful means of commuting to where you are getting to.

To thrust this arguement forward that limitng car and automobile usage will have significant advantages over the world wide pollution problem is the first evidential excerpt in source four paragraph thirty four it quotes ""it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment since transportation is the second largest source of americas emissions just behind power plants"" this section implies that cutting down are vehicle and transportive uses will benficially affect or pollution and emissions problem cutting it down drastically. the second jerking piece of evidence is that in source two paragraph ten states that after days of near record pollution paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. this goes to prove that drivng , cars , and automobiles can significantly have a huge impact positively for our pollution and has contributed so much that we have pollutio almost like never before.

Another reason for needing car usage limited is that it will lead to a better life. in paragraph 24 it states that this is a good oppurtinity to take away stress. what this means to imply is that by taking away the stress using this method it will lead to a better more peaceful life as stated in the original claim. A secondary source of evidence is in paragraph 28 when it say parks and sports centers also have bloomed . these kinds of things happening because of the lack of car usage can sometimes make peoples life more fun and when life becomes fun life can beocme better demonstrating that the lack of car usage can implant in most people, a better life.

whether life becomes  better or pollution goes there is a wide range of advantages to cutting our vehicle and motor usage to a minimum.    ",3
"I think cars should still be famous in the future so we could make new cars. such as cars floating in the air or cars that can drive on there own and drive us anywhere we want to go or cars that we could call in so we wouldn't to use our sell phones all the time. Or cars like the BMW could be upgraded for the future. And cars that have special sensers so the human driver can remain alert. And cars that can drive on its own and warn us if were going to have accidents. And google cars that can have fast WiFi and tv's so people wont get boared.

Then one day they could come out with cars that can always givbe you a heads up and always tell you about the weather and hoiw nice it is outside. Then if one of the drivers ask about the nearest place they could go out to eat or a park they could go to to have reunion of just to chill. then they could have cars that could drive you to defferent states like Navada, California. Florida, or District of columbia. And when something is wrong with the car it could worn the driver that its low on gas or something. Next the car could have Anti lock breaks when ever the owner gets in the car or if the car is going to be stolen the car could shut down or warn the sranger to get out of the car.

Next the car could have any station on it like country,rap, Hip Hop, or just any kind of music people like. Next they envent a new BMW that could speed up to 100 mph and then when you wake up in the morning the car could already have your coffee for you in the morning just in case you might forget. Then they could come out with a nother car called the Hyper BMW wich is the greatest car that has ever been anvinted. And in 2020 they would have cars that woulod have been huvering around and taking us every where. Finelly when they make the car they could test out the cars by using laser beams to test drive the cars that drive on there own and then when the car is ready it could be solled.                                                                                          ",2
"There are millions of wrecks in the U.S. every year, some due to their own cars not being very reliable. Cars and their manufacurers must be very reliable when it comes to bringing up new models of vehicles. Imagine if you could cut the number of car wrecks in half. Technology is fast pacing and is advancing every day. What if we could have driverless cars, cars that could not only make the world a better place, but also prove how amazing our technology is. Driverless cars are the next, new future.

Driverless cars have an abundant amount of pros and maybe a little bit of cons, but overall these cars can do great things. A driverless car could possibly stop different aspects of accidents happening. They could even get someone where they need to go. These cars can also help people who barely passed their driver's tests. The car could perform even the most basic stuff, such as, driving through the city, making turns, driving the steering wheel itself, and watching for dangerous things a new or inexperienced driver could not do. Being a new driver can be very challening at first and may even bring a traumatic experience. Coming off as a new driver and only having my license for three months, I know what the pressure can feel like when you feel like you havent learned soemthing and you are already on your own.

There are some cons when it comes to new driverless cars; Let's say someone is in a wreck and later come to find the car had failed them, who is responsible now? The manufacturer. The car could fail out of nowhere with no warning signs and even cost someone their life. Though there have been studies, a driverless car could have a potential downfall affect on drivers. Some could feel like they can be lazy and not have to worry about their surroundings and cause an accident that way; A person could even fall asleep at the wheel and do more damage than good. Some states make it illegal to even drive computer-type cars because of a law they have.

Driverless cars come with baggage on both sides of good and bad, but with a little more knowledge and research it could change someone's opinion overtime. They could potentially save someone's life and other people surrounding them. They could save a new driver's life and could even help them learn all of the skills of the road. With the new techonology we have in this new future, we could cut the wreck numbers in half to seventy five percent. Driverless cars are not a bad idea and they could possibly save this world. ",4
"the author supports this idea because venus has many mysterious questions that we need to figure it out. the athor even tells what kind of vehicle and tools to use if venus itself had plants,water,and even animals.the author even said that earth and venus were almost identicle in past billions of years.in the past years we tried to seek the mysteries of venus by using technology,vehichles,and probes just to see what happened to venus when it was processing life.

even scientists doing further visits to its surface and Astronomers are facinated by venus.NASA are still working on other approaches to studying Venus.plus were still curious about venus and its like a challenge for us.sure its dangerous to set foot in venus but that takes away the fun and our curiosity.plus the author says that venus was Earth's ""twin"" because Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life,just like earth.venus even have simularities to earth like valleys,mountains,and craters.

were still wondering if venus will have life again and will be able to liive there.still NASA,scientists, and Astronomers are still curious of whats gonna happen to venus.researches connot take samples of rock, gas , or anything else,form a distance because that what the scientists say.",3
"In this essay I will talk about why you should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. My name is Luke and I am participating in the Seagoing Cowboys program. I think people would enjoy participating in this program. Over 100 members participate in this type of program. We have a lot of jobs you guys can do. If I can do it you can do it too.

My friend Jully works here and she feeds the animals. "" I really love working here,"" she said. If you like animals you would love this job. Sometimes when the animals are good we give them treat and sometimes play with them. My close friend Ashley helps me stay up at night and watch the animals. This can be a hard job, but trust me its all worth it. We work at night and sleep through out the day.

The people that work herer are nice. They treat you nicely and the animals. This is a team effort to help the animals. If you want to join this program and can clean the animals or you can help feed them with Jully. Most of the people here love participating in the Seagoing Cowboys progarm. I also love working here.

You should work here because you would be helping the animals. You would help keep the animals alive. I think you would enjoy this type of program

if you like animals. You would enjoy being with the animals and the people who work here. This is a very good job.

In this essay I talked about why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. In the eassay I talked about what type of jobs you can have. I think the people that like all types of different animals would like this program. This a intersting job to do. On our breaks we enjoy playing games.             ",3
"Driving is a way of getting around quicker and to get to places you need to go, ever since the first car was mass-produced it has cuased a social drift where now in this generation almost all people use a car to get anywhere. Driving is fun and is a helpful way, but imagine if you had to lower the amount of time you would spend in you car, it wouldnt be the end of the world the only negative effect of not using your car is taking more time to get there and excersising. A car releases fumes into the air which cuases air pollution, driving is one big reasons why we have global warming. According to researchers people in Car-Free communities feel less stress without their cars, becuase having a car is a responsibility;buying gas, not denting/scratching the car, and ofcourse keeping it clean. Driving is everywhere and has been here for awhile, driving has also sadly played a role in deaths across the nation, Driving under influence, foolishness, accidents and so on and so fourth. Maybe less driving isn't such a bad idea after all, there are already countrys that practice less car usage, even car-free days.

When you have a car its a whole new world and responsiblitys you will have and you'll have to maintain it, but driving is not the only way of getting around, there is running and bicicyles and walking which are all healthy options, maybe next time we you need to go to the local store you can take a bike or run there yourself and save gas and lessen air-pollution, ofcourse one trip without a car won't save the world but its a start. This generation is closely tied to using cars and most of them don't think that when they use a car the effects it has on using a car. Cars have been a great invention but now their starting to become a life-style. One of the common results of driving is traffic it is seen all over the place and takes up time and cuases stress among drivers, less driving would clear up the roads and lessen stress for others and be a/n open oppurtunity for others to get healthy.

Cars make up around 50% of greenhouse gas in the United States and cars are a nasty contributer to Global warming the fumes of the cars go in the air and get trapped there and hurt the ozone layer, also gasoline a source we find underground which we are using more and more than we get and it is a non-renewable resource, we break down mountains just to find this resource. Oil has cuased political disputes and the loss of forest,enviorments and more. When a car is destroyed it is sent to the scrapyard which is a big land just for destroyed cars and it takes up space, and it once could have been a nice forest. Car usage also is the producer of smog, sometimes smog is so bad in countrys they would have to ban car-usage for a number of days; that means we are abusing cars just a little too much.

Lastly, Car-Free is not new or scaring it actually is a rising trend countrys have done Car-Free day and the culture is spreading across the areas, being outside without a car using a bike or skateboard is a nice calm and relaxing way to spend a day and thousands of people seem to think so too, statistics say in the US the amount of cars being bought is slowly declining and driving less and the amount of licenses being optained is too. In some states there bike sharing programs and communities without cars. Car-Free communties are a great way to save enviorment, lessen air pollution and to connect the community together instead of passing by taking a walk and or taking a bike ride with someone you would want to be with, and instead of hearing the constant sound of a motor engine hear the sound of children at play. Lessening car-usage can save money, less stress, and make you view things in a different perspective or even Car-Pool so others don't have to use their cars. Cars were made to reach places quicker but why would you need to be in a hurry?    ",5
"""Hi my name is Luke I am a Seagoing Cowboy,"" I thought in my head. No, ""How are you today?"" I thought again, ""How are you today, my name is Luke, I am a Seagoing Coybow!"" ""Yes!"" I said outloud. I am trying to convince people to join the Seagoing Coybows program. It is a program about helping others in Europe and give them what they need.

I went up to a boy who looked to be about 18. I told him,""How are you?"" He said,""Im doing horrible, I just lost my job at the bar."" I said,""I am very sorry to hear that, but i have something to offer you, by the way how old are you?"" He said, ""I am 19 years old, but what is this offer you are giving me?"" I said, ""Ok thats good, I am a Seagoing Coybow, we are looking for people that want to help others in Europe by giving them what they need."" He said, ""No way, i've been trying to join the program but I missed the singups, im in, also my name is Gavin!""

I said, ""Glad to hear!"" I also said, ""Do you have any friends or family that want to join the program?"" He said, ""I don't know, hmm, maybe my friend Ben?"" I said, ""Great, do you think you can go on my ride and go to his house if he is home?"" He said, ""Yes, he is home right now!"" I said,""How old is he?"" He said, ""He is 23 years old, met him at my job, we were both fighting over something, but we became friends!""

We both rode in my wagon. We made it to his house. I knocked on the door three times no answer. Then when Gavin knocked on the door in a wierd sort of pattern we could hear footsteps. Ben came down he looked big and strong.

I asked him,""Hey Ben, I have met your friend Gavin today, he is going to be joining the Seagoing Coybows program, are you interested in joining?"" He said, ""No sounds dumb."" I said, ""How is it dumb to help people in need?"" He said, ""I don't wanna help just like I said the first time and I don't care! Ben's mom came downstairs.

She yelled, ""Who is it and what do you want with me and my son!"" I said, ""We are just seeing if he is interested in joining a program!"" She ran downstairs and now we saw her. She was tall and had blue eyes with blonde hair. She said, ""What type of program?"" I said, ""The Seagoing Coybows program, I have made 9 trips across the oceans, the most any Seagoing Coybow has, I was recruited in it in 1945 and it is an amzing job, I have been on many amazing adventures and got to visit cool places, you also help people in need!"" She said the same thing that Ben said.

She said, ""There is no point in doing it!"" I said, ""How is it bad to help people in need?"" She said, ""Why should I care?"" Ben said, ""I know right?"" I said, ""What if you were that person in need and needed food,supplies, and transportation?"" ""Wouldn't you want help? She said, ""I guess your right, son you should sing up seems like a great offer to travel places and help people."" Ben said, ""That's dumb, I don't care about them, I care about me, look I need a haircut and you want me to help people instead that I don't care about at all?""

I said,""I will pay for your haircut and it is an amazing offer just like your mom said!"" He said, ""What would you do in the boats?"" I said, ""You would feed and water the animals, but there is also fun things to do like play volleyball,ping pong,fencing,boxing,and reading!"" He said, ""Sounds good I guess I will join!"" I said, ""Ok great!"" We all left the small town and got on the boats. It was going to be a great adventure!   ",1
"Honestly truth be told there is a valuable cause in this because alot of technology today will ask you to rate this website or did you like this song?.The computer will read only what u tell them. Although the computer cannot read how you really feel because sometimes people lie about what they do and dont like. So just because you rate that website a 7 doesnt mean you like it you might just want them to think its a good website. The computer would have to be very reliable and trusting for it to be valuable. The students these days is hard to tell because they just don't care anymore. If they don't care then there is no way to tell if they like something or not.

In the article it says ""The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Movement of one or more muscles is call and ""action unit."" In that paragraph its technically talking about how the computer will recognize facial expressions but in my opinion I feel like that would take alot of work for computer technicians to actually put more devices in a computer just to see what people think about them.

So in my opinion no I don't think they should use the technology to read emotions because it will make things more expensive and less people will buy them. Some people wouldn't like technology to read their emotions because alot of times people wont be angry at the computer they would be mad because the computer is trying to tell them how they are feeling.  ",2
"If you want to believe that the face on Mars was created by aliens, that is fine, but we have evidence that it was not. The reason behind this is that like a lot of parts of Earth, it all naturally happened. Even if we find a clearer picture we have comfirmed in 2001 that it was just another natural landform And in the more clear picture, this face is the same as buttes or mesas commonly fond in the American West.

As we have been looking for more evidence we have gotten clear picture one after one, just to show that there was nothing left behind from aliens at the time. That was just the beginning. If we really have found a ancient artifact, then we would have started collecting small bits and pieces to examin them. Now, lets say that we did find that aliens created these lanndforms. We probably would have let more pictures to be seen to show proof of what we found.

Yes, there was also a thing during our winter where that everything on Mars is also hazy so that could be why we have been left to conclusion that it just naturally happened. However, if the monument gets abandoned every once in awhile then there could tools and items left back at it. If a landform was man made or in this case alien made, then there would be mistakes made, changes every once time.

As in an article that was read not that long ago, Jim Garvin says that the face on Mars looks about the same height as a Middle Butte in Snake River Idaho. This means that it was no matter what others say, it is just a natural landform that has just happened to look like a face. As from what Garvin said, ""That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars.""

For that being so, the face is not an alien monument. The landform just has happened to be there and look like some face. Which if you still want to believe in the fact it could an alien thing that is fine. We have no alien evidence at all. ",3
"Did you know driverless cars are being made right now? Many people are unaware of the creations that will further shape of our future. Many big companies are planning great things, companies such as Google, BMW, Tesla, Nissan, Mercedes-Bens, and Audi. Some people are against it while others such as myself are all for it. These new cars will have amazing things such as Dubbed LIDAR, innovated sensors, and assistance in Traffic Jams

First off dubbed LIDAR in every car would reduce car crashes, in my opinion. Many lives can be saved. Its a special sensor which is located on the roof of the car, this sensor spins. Also it constantly updates a map of all the car's surroundings. This is done by laser beams. With this sensor the car will be aware of everything that is going on around it, reducing the chances it'll crash into something or someone. Nonetheless sensors have been around for quite some time.

Since the 1980s sensors have been improving all around us. In the article, Driverless Cars Are Coming the author states ""The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone."" Sensors such as those in the wheels are called speed sensors, they can help manage antlock brakes. Over time they have improved abundantly. Sensors can detect rollovers and out-of-control skids. But this isn't the only improvement yet.

Finally a peculiar new invention that was recently added to a BMW, traffic jam assistance. Everyone faces traffic some time during their week. What better idea than to create something to assist those who deal with traffic most often. This feature was added in 2013, so not that long ago. But the driver must keep hold on the wheel for safety precausions. And the car can handle speeds up to 25mph.

Its always good to be aware of what invention will be next. Things like 3-D mapping (dubbed LIDAR), sensors, and assistance in traffic jam could save everyone lots of valueable time. Many companies are getting on board with these innovations, will you?            ",3
"The Electoral College has been around since the Constitution was established by the founding fathers. The question is, Is it time for it to go?  I believe that the Electoral College should be kept, because changing the election by popular vote would not be wiser, and the Electoral College is fair for the people.

Changing the election by popular vote would not be smarter. Source 3 states, ""In 2012's election... Obama recieved 61.7 percent of the  electoral vote compared to only 51.3% of the popular votes cast for him and Romney."" This source is arguing against the Electoral college, meaning they're trying to make a point on why it's not fair that Obama won with his 61.7 percent. The people vote for their electoral college, for their state. If the electoral college's votes are higher than the popular votes that means that the college is doing their job correctly. Source 3 also states, ""... Because almost all states award electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis, even slight plurality in a state creates a landslide electoral- vote victory in that state."" This statement means that even if the popular and electoral votes are both high, the electoral vote wins, because majority rules. Just because the person running for office is popular, doesnt mean they should necessarily win. Electoral votes basically come from the people, and if the ""people"" choose a certain candidate, then that's who should win.

The Electoral College is fair to everyone. Source 2 states, ""Under the Electoral College system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president."" This method of choosing the president is completely and totally fair to the people. No, they're not directly choosing who the president is, but they have people to do it for them. As long as they cast in the right vote for the party that that candidate represents, then the Electoral college board should be filled with all the right people. Yes there is a possibility that the candidate someone votes for may not make it on the Electoral college board, but if the majority of the people are represnted, then that's all that matters. Source 3 states, ""...each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee (and that truth is barely betrayed)... however it is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote."" For instance, if the people vote for candidates for the electoral college, and the majority of them are not what the majority of the people wanted, or they lied about being pledged to a candidate for president, then there is still a chance that the candidate that the people did want could be elected, by the national popular vote. Also, the people that are against the electoral college shouldn't be, because the electoral college is not definite. Just because the electoral colleg votes for a certain candidate, does not guarantee that the overall national vote will be that person.

Eventhough some people think that the electoral college, should be no more, I strongly disagree, because the college is fair to the people -because they represent the people- and the college is a smart idea. The college works in everyone's favor. For those that disagree, there is always a strong chance that the candidate represented by the elctoral college will not win presidency.

In conclusion, the Electoral college is beneficial to the people and a wise idea. The people in the entire country are never going to unanimously agree on anything. Keeping the Electoral college is not only wise, but a safe way to ensure that voting doesn't go wrong, and that the people  always get a fair say in government matters.                                   ",5
"People should join the program because the Seaagoing cobows are trying to fight the country and end WW2. But after the war you could do fun things. Luke's inventor was fun because he got to travel.

Luke's claim is its alright to be Seagoing Cowboy is fun but sometimes it just feels good to be still alive after the war. Seagoing cowboys are trying to help other people to get food so they can survive.

The Sea going Cowboys are good for the world because they save people's life.

Luke had made 9 trips over the world and the most of any Seagoing Cowboy. Sea going Cowboys ride on cattle-boat so they can go around the world. The Seagoing Cowboys help 44 nations to joind together to make the UNRRA.

My conclusion is people should join the Seagoing Cowboys because they help people and 44 nation joind together to make the UNRRA.The Seagoing Cowboys ended WW2 and they traveled 9 trips with cattle-boat to get around. Luke is a good Seagoing Cowboy because he helps his aunt Katies farmas a boy. But being a Seagoing Cowboy was muc more o an aventure for Luke Bomberger. Lukke also found fun oplaying baseball,table tennis,fencing and boxing.   ",2
"Technology has come a long way from when it first began, not only does it have positive outcomes, it is also very helpful in this new era of technology. For example some individuals find it very hard to express themselves verbally and emotionally in today's world, with a new invention that could help one express oneself, emotions could become much easier to handle. A teacher may find it hard to make their students engage in learning, a computer being able to read the emotional expressions of students is one of the positive outcomes that could not only help the teachers, but the students as well.

If a student was having trouble expressing and explainig thier feelings, they would want some sort of ""way out"", by this I mean that if such a computer was used on an infividual to understand what they feel, expressing emotions would be much easier. Teachers not only have to teach a certain subject, they also have to find a way to make their students get engaged and make a connection with them to help them understand. Dr. Paul Eckman created FACS (Facial Action Coding Sytstem) by associating emotions with the characteristic movements of the facial muscles. If this system was used on students, a teacher would have a better understanding of how students feel during a certain subject or exercise.

Although others may argue that with this sytem being used, one might not feel as safe internally or mentally because their emotions would be constantly tracked on a computer where anyone can see it; they must see the positve outcomes that may follow by using this procedure. For example, many people struggle with understanding algebra equations or literary questions, with the help of this new system scientists could decode all emotions that we did not even know existed.       ",3
"To begin my explanation on informing fellow citizens about the advantages of limiting car usage is that cars are changing the way we live today by harming the ecosystem, harming us in ways that we dont even realize such as health and financially.

Many have been stunned by the effects that our vehicles cause to our world making it a less substainable place for wildlife, us and our children polluting the air we breathe increasing the percentage of smog that over takes our fresh air and taking down natural areas for our doings such as highways and new roads for example europe has a day of no car use for a whole day because of the greenhouse effect and for that smog is starting to decrease as to congestion went down 60 percent in the capital of france, after five days of intensifying smog. But diesel fuel was blamed for the smog because of the tax policy that favors deiesel over gasoline. deisels make up to 67 percent of vehicles in france. Paris has more smog than any other european capitals but not only is it affecting europe, beijing china which is said to be one of the most polluted cities on earth. Much harm is being done to our wolrd but many of us are to blind to even notice that is why we have to make a change in limiting car usage the facts are staring at us in the face and we have the power to make a difference.

The way our vehicles are harming us physically is making us more lazy to even jog a couple blocks without grasping for air like a fish out of water, turning us into obese unhealthy individuals. Many people prefer using cars to get to a destination which is in walking distance than to use their own legs which is pathetic. For those that dont mind the stroll are making the difference for example, A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009 for that being many people getting a license is not a priority and by that being those people organize their lifestyle to have a social life around them they can walk to work, the grocery store, and home by not owning a vehicle making their lives more healthier and social. The individuals that were mentioned earlier are the opposite they are harming their health by sitting in a car for a couple of minutes or hours which could lead to a chain of events as in stay home all day watch television,become more social through technology but be less social outside and become more of an obese person.

Many people are having problems paying off there cars because of it being too expensive causing them to have financial issues making them live in their car for not having enough money to even buy a place to live or eat and by that it causes them to lose their car which would make them homeless which would have them struggling even more in life with all the situations that is going on in todays world and for that being persuading people to buy the                                                                                                                                                                    ",3
"In a society where things are always changing and schedules are always busy, cars and other personal motor vehicles have become a necessity. It seems as if cars have become a necessary mean for survival, rendering as important as something imparative like oxygen or water. Many families even have multiple cars in order to get to where the need to go. Even though cars have been so convienient and beneficial for people all over the world, there are some factors of cars that produce a negative effect. By eliminating or largly reducing car usage, the world would be more safe, more eco-friendly, and save the precious natural gases that the Earth provides.

For years people have been driving, and while most do it safetly, some do it recklessly and do not abide by the rules, sometimes leading to fatal outcomes. Reckless driving, careless driving, and driving under the influence has become one of the leading causes of death among young people, making many very skeptical or cautious about driving. Millions of people are lost each year in car accidents, leaving behind family members and loved ones to grieve in their place. If cars were to be elimated from the equation, all of these deaths could easily be avoided. By walking, riding bicycles, taking the bus or subway, or even a trolly or ferry, there will be an ensured reduction of accidents and an increase in safety and peace of mind.

In additon to increased safety, there would also be a significant reduction in the emissons of greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases and smog have been polluting the atmosphere especially since the coming about of cars. It says in source four that transportation produces half of America's carbon emission. If car usage were to be limited or eliminated, there would be a noticable and significant decrease in the amount of carbon emissions in the air. Similarly, source one states that, "" Passanger cars are responsible for 12 pecent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States."" If cars were to be ridden of, there would be much less green house gas poluting the atmosphere, therefore creating a cleaner environment and a brighter and longer future for the generations to come.

Similarly, the removal of cars from the world would mean the preservation of nonrenewable resources. Since cars run on gasoline, diesel, and other natural gases, the resources are being burned up faster than they can replenish themselves. There are other things that rely on the natural gases to work, cars included. If cars were to be eliminated, and not use the gases at the rapid rate that they do, there would be a huge reduction in the usage for fossil fuels, therefore preserving the remaining resources and only using them when mandatory. This would allow the natural gases to slowly increase and be able for use in the future.

In conclusion, the limitations of car usage would make a significant change in the way the world runs, however there would be many positive outcomes to it. Not only would it ensure a brighter, longer, and more promising future for the coming generations, but it would also relieve stress and worrying and grant peace of mind to many. Although there is no way to take back the damage already done to the Earth, this would greatly reduce the potential damage that could be done, and protect the future. It would provide oppurtunities for a a cleaner atmosphere, safer life, living in harmony with the ecosystem, and a chance to respect and protect the Earth we live on.    ",4
"I believe that the face is just a natural landform. There are no facts to prove that aliens created that. Also there are also no facts to prove aliens didnt make that landform on Mars. I will still continue to believe that it is just a natural landform created by the planet Mars in earlier years.

I can prove my arguement in many ways. For example, it states in the text that "" And so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Vikings photo. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting, when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing. . . a natural landform"". Just that last sentence alone can make my arguement 10 times better. That statement proves to us it was just a natural landform. In addition to this, in the article it states "" there was no alien monument after all."". Which tells us there was never alien monument and that never was made by aliens.

As you can see in the picture, it looks pretty old. Which should really show everyone something. The photo as taken in 1976. With our newer, more advanced cameras it shows that its just a natural landform on Mars. In the article it states that "" As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size,"" he added ""So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pryamids or even small shacks, you can see wwhat they were!"". Which means if we really wanted to, we can capture a picture of the so called ""face"" or natural landform. Also then we would be able to prove what it is and what it is not.

There are many other reasons why this arguement can be won by either side, but there is never a true answer until someone goes onto the planet Mars and takes a look at the face or landform in person. in fact, I will always stand my ground and say it is just a natural landform on Mars.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ",3
"Scientists and more specifically astronomers are extremley fascinated in Earth's sister planet, Venus, as it is similar to Earth in certain ways, and is a close enough distance for travel. Venus was believed to once be very similar to Earth in terms of its geology, so therefore scientists are interested in discovering how the features have changed. However, the author of ""The Challenge Exploring Venus,"" explains the great dangers that the planet offers for both humans and technology to explore the planet. The act of returning to Venus seems impossible due to the risks, although the insight that is wanted to be gained on the planet could lead to ""intimidating endeavors."" The author claims that the studying of Venus is still an active pursuit despite the dangers that come along with it. The claim is supported well by using previous experiences of missions and spacecrafts, as well as shocking factual statistics that catch the readers attention.

The author tells the story of previous missions that have been sent to Venus in hopes to persuade the audience that the planet's harsh conditions are too intense for even high technology to withstand. He mentions, ""...no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades."" This quote uses ethos to ensure the reliablity of the author, and to emphasize that scientists are truly struggling to develop devices that are well enough developed to explains the dangers. The understanding that technology made by scientists who have succesfully researched across the milky way cannot withstand Venus's circumstanes demonstrates how dangerous the planet is.

The use of statistics is presented by the author to take a more logical view on their argument to prove the dangers of Venus. The article mentions that ""A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent blankets Venus."" As carbon dioxide is waste product of human respiration, the inhalation of this gas would be very dangerous for life to visit Venus. It also says that ""On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Farenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet."" Without shelter that can withold these extreme temperatures and amounts of pressure, the human body, similar to the spacecrafts, would be lucky to survive for more than a few hours. These numbers support the author's claim to focus on the horrific dangerous of exploring Venus to present a logical standpoint on this issue.

Throughout the article, it suggests that studying Venus is still a worthy mission for astronomers, however, the dangers that come along with these missions are extremely dangerous and life-threatening. The author mentions the curiosity that scientists have involving Earth's sister planet, and the desire to still visit Venus regardless of the harsh conditions. With the article's use of both previous experiences of missions and spacecrafts, as well as shocking factual statistics of Venus, the claim is very strongly supported with evidence.             ",5
"In the article called ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" is about making humans express emotions by using a computer. Many scientists are finding out why it is possible to show emotions by using technology. First of all, Leonardo da Vinci created Mona Lisa during the Renissance. What something people don't know is the painting of the woman actually shows different emotions by moving parts of her face. For many decades, people from all over the world are attracted and have experienced the same thing. Years later, a group of scientists named Dr. Huang and Professor Nicu Sebe started to calculate human facial movements by computer. They wanted to show how people feel back in the past decades. In addition, what people call the artwork Mona Lisa ""the only moving picture ever existed."" No matter where you are, no matter where you stand, Mona Lisa can still stare at you. No one knows what make the human parts move. In conclusion, I think that the movement of human parts on Mona Lisa is the greatest achievement to have for Leonardo da Vinci because it would be remembered by millions of people around the world. ",1
"Sometimes many people called to Venus how ""Evening Star"" because is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, Venus is the second planet in our solar system, Venus is simple to see from the distant.

Studying Venus is no bad, Explore Venus that is dangerous, Why? it is because Venus have an atmosphere of 97 percent carbon Dixide and have a clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid. The autor referred to Venus as Earth's ""twin""

because is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size but Venus is really dangerous. On the planet's surface the temperature average is over 800 degrees farenheit, and thhe atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience in the Earth. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even thought Mercury is closer to uor sun.

Venusian geology and weather present other impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.

In conclusion visit Venus is so dangerous and so expensive because need an advanced technology, money, time and people  ",1
"""How could you think it is created by aliens, it is obviously just a natural landform,"" I said. PROPER_NAME said ""But how could it be natural, the odds of that happening are like one in a million."" ""JPL already has proof that it is just natural, they said it was a butte or mesa, landforms common around American West, besides, do you truly think there are little green guys with really big foreheads and wierd eyes just walking around mars. I mean I don't want to sound mean, but if you truly think that, then there is something going on in your head that isn't quite healthy,"" I said. PROPER_NAME came back with,""How could you be so selfish to say that everthing on earth are the only living things in the universe, and by the way, there isn't anything wrong with me in the head, there might be with you if you are that selfish. I thought youre Mother raised you right."" I argued, ""There is no way any life form could have a face two miles from end to end, that is just obserd. Plus, if you think that there is just some hidden life form out there surviving and making places to live, than how do you sleep at night.'' ""I sleep just fine at night thank you very much. And yes, I do think there could be something like that out there, and it is not obserd or..."" I interfered,""I just can't believe you would think this ignorantly, I have known you for fifteen years,and you are the smartest human being I know."" ""if there is life on Mars and you don't believe me, you will be sorry you ever spoke to me.""",2
"In the book of the challenged of exploring venus.

the author suggests that starving venus persuit despite all the density present the venus has many systems that we don't know about the planet of the venus. venus is the our other planetary neighboor orbit the sun at different speeds. {NASA} are trying to studying one particulary compelling idea for sending humans. NASA also studying some simplified electronics made silicon carbie have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such condition. venus is one of the hottest planet in sum orbital. Now the NASA were sending scientific to the spaceship to learn some other planet, what are the different thing from other planet. sometime people called to venus ""Evening star"", is the one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. in this years,people get a lot of experience from the venus and learn what they have to do with those experience they have, and then use in our Earth. Venus and Mars are hottest planet including in the un orbital. Our planet and Veenus planet are so many differetn and also there was a lot of different thing and weird seen in the Venus planet. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the atmoshpheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. The scientific travels on earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innvation.",1
"Presidential elections have always been decided by electoral votes. The elections today should be voted on using popular votes. All though electoral votes keeps the amount of work tallying up votes down; popular votes will give you a more accurate percentage of votes each candidate recieves.

Initially, when you use popular votes to decide a victor, there will be a more accurate percentage or number of votes per candidate. Popular votes are counted by each individual voter. This allows a more accurate voting scale to be used, since there is an exact number of voters. Electoral votes are based on a state's population and each region in the state is assigned a democratic elector. This only accounts for the majority of the population's votes, which means some voters' votes are irrevelant if the majority voted for an opposing candidate.

Additionally, counting popular votes, while time consuming, is worth the effort. Popular votes, when used, are to make sure that everybody is accounted for in the poll. More people would probably vote if they knew that their vote actually matters. When popular votes are used it may take a longer time to tally all of those up than it would for electoral votes, it shows exactly how many people are actually voting. This will let the government know how many votes they should expect to see on each poll.

In summation, popular votes, though time consuming, are a better way of electing a new president; instead of electoral votes. Electoral votes are an easier and faster means of counting votes but, popular votes show and acount for everybody that contributes to the poll and/or election. Using popular votes will most likely make more people want to vote, since they can see the amount of voters instead of the number of regions through out the country.    ",3
"Based on the articles for "" Car-Free Cities"", not having or limiting car usage will not only change our lives, but it could also make our cities a better place to live. As Heidrum Walter says

""when i had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way""

source 1. We could all agree that when we are driving we are mostly worried about if we could crash or no, if we might get a ticket, this causes us to be tense and might affect our health. So why not just leave the car for a minute and walk or use a bycicle?

limiting car usage will also improve the conditions of our environment, by not using cars as much as we do we can reduce greenhouse gases, which could help preserve the ozone layer. According to source 2 ''

After days of near-record pollution, paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of globla city''

. If in some days a big city could reduce the amount of air pullution by a partial driving ban, imagine what will happened if the amount of driving cars is reduce for years. Reducing car usage could also help our health, studies show that the people that are sitting most of the day are most likely to get cancer,  most of the people out there are driving all day and they dont do any type of exercise.

In conclusion, let me just emphesize that reducing car usage will bring positive changes not only to our lives but to our environment. As a business man from colombia name Carlos says'

'It's a good opportunity to take away streess an lower air pollution""

(source 3). All around the world people are leaving and selling their cars, according from the sources. In germany, paris,and colombia they all have  or had car-free cities for a day. As we can see all of those people  had positive changes in their lives the minute they left the car. Why dont we just try to be car-free for a day and see how better you will feel.  By going one day without cars we could also support president  Obama's amitious goals to curb the United States greenhouse gas emmisions

(source 4) and we could also reduce  the amount of people getting sick.    ",3
"What is the reason why there is a face shape in Mars? No one know how it become a human face or if it a human face at all, and some think the reason behind it is that there are evidence showing live in Mars. I agree that the shape is a human face shape, but I also believe is just a landform. The reason is that as it stated in the article, the face is to attrack the people. As Technology improved, the picture are showing the real image of the face which reveal to change it shape.

The first reason to support my claim is that the face is use to attrack people, so that the people who made up the idea can earn the money. According to paragraph three it said that,""huge rock formation.. which resembles a human head... formed by shadowss giving the illusion of eyes,nose and mouth."" Following the evidence is that also on paragraph three it say,"" The authors reasoned it would be a good way to enage the public and attract attention to Mars."" This evidence tell me that with the idea of having a human face in Mars, it allowed people to think and believe what they told them.

On paragraph twelve, Garvin say that,"" It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,that's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars.""The second reason is that the face was due to a land form. The evidence not only gave me the idea of how it was form, it also give me the idea of how it reminded them of the a real life thing happen in the United State. We can already agree with this evidence that the idea of the formation for a human face was due to landforms. Also when in a different planet landform are still the same as the earth by how the land change.

There may be live in Mars, and no one know that is true. In any case the Face of Mars might looked like a real human face, but if you look closely at the face that viking take in 2001, it doesn't look like a face. In the picture it show how the landform change it, and that the reason for why there are no Face in Mars. This argument will show you why the Face of Mars is just any landform like you see in earth.                  ",3
"Imagine never teaching your kid how to drive. Well thats what would happen if driverless cars happen. That memory stays with a person till they die. Ask anybody about how they learned how to drive they can tell you like it was yesterday. There shouldnt be driverless cars because its too dangerous and elimates many things.

When you learn how to drive its a fun and exciting thing. You gain memories from that such as the mishaps you have while learning. You bond closer with whoever is teaching you. It even motivates you to do good in school and save money because once you learn you want your own. Any person can tell you off top when and how they learned how drive because its a ever lasting memory. By having driverless cars it takes away that.

Where is the fun in driving if its doing it for you? As a teenager you look forward to first getting a car and driving around with your friends. Its a time where you can bond and be social. By having driverless cars its the fun out it , think about what is fun about sitting behind a wheel while it drives itself?

Driverless cars create alot of danger also. Even today when drivers are more alert ever , there are millions of people who die in car crashes every year. Imagine the number of people who will die because people are not aware while the car is driving its self. Its in human nature for people to get a certain comfort level while doing something. Thousands of people on the road driving unalert and comfortable is not a safe thing.

By having driverless car it takes out alot business also. There's million of kids who learn how to drive thru drivers ed. An average drivers ed course cost around three hundred dollars. Thats millions of dollars thats get thrown out the window if driverless cars become a thing. Thousands of people will lose there jobs because of driverless cars.

Any way you look at it driverless cars doesnt benifit anyone but the people making them. Anything that puts people in harm and ruin businesses is not good for society. People driving around behindn the wheel on there phone while thier car drives itself is not a good idea for the society. At the end of the day driverless cars are too dangerous and elimate many important things we care about.",2
"Everyday new thing are breing created because of the advances in technology. In the artitcles ""Diverless Cars Are Coming"" the author talks about the goods and bads of a diverless car. Although the idea of a diverless car hasn't been fully develope, they predicted that it will be by the year 2020. In the my perspective I think the idea of a diverless car is bad because of the many problem it could cause.

A diveless car is not exactly ""diverless"". In the ariticles it said, "" The car can handle driving funtions at speeds up to 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel...human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over."" This tells us that a diver still need to keep hold the of wheel and stay alert. The human still have to be on the look out and take over when their is a problem.

A diverless car is not safe because it can bring technology problems and failuar. It said in the articles,""New laws will be needed in order to cover the liability in the case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the diver or the manufacturer?"" This tell us that even if the diverless car is developed their will still be flaws. As it was mention in the article if someone got injured who would be at fault? If the person got injured they would blame it on the company and their would be problems.

Rule are their to keep us save and if it change it could cause many danger. In the aritcles it said, "" traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all time."" This is agreeble because its better to be safe then sorry. Things can happen when driving a diverless cars, so it way safer if that person was in full control of its car.

Diverless car can bring many accident if it is not fully developed or safe. It can bring disagreement between people if their was an accident and it is safer when the person is in control of its vehicles. Driving is already unsafe for most people and if diverless car is develope it can be more unsafe.    ",4
"One car, one life, one big accident. That is all the future is asking to develope by continuing to try to improve and inspire people to use ""driverless cars"". I do not think driverless cars should ever become a new big thing for many reasons. They can malfunction on you. They still need assestence if they cant handle a road situation. They might not update any new laws or road changes nearby. There is so many negative reasons and thoughts that appear when thinking about the development of driverless cars.

My first reason to why I am against driverless cars is because they can always malfunction. What if it doesnt see an animal in the road and runs it over will it stop to help, would it starting loosing control? Who knows because your not the one behind the wheel. You could have stopped and saved that poor animal, instead you let your car take control. Also what if it just shuts down? Turns off completely in the middle of the road. All electronics have a point in time where they are slow and slowly begin to shut down. How long would you have the car to keep? Do you think a driverless car can last you up to 10 years? Maybe if your lucky. The weather and the technology cant keep up and hold its together as long as a gas opperated automobile is. What if it doesnt let you take control because it malfunctions and you end up hurting someone? Like it says in the text ""If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacture?

Also, what even is the point to have an automotive that still needs you in the car. If its not smart enough to drive without needing your assistence it would be useless. So say you are driving down the street and your texting and letting you car drive on its own. All of a sudden it crashes and hurts other including yourself. It would still be your fault even though you was not the one driving. In other words if you get in a car accident would the police put your car in jail or you? Well you offcorse if your even recovered from the crash your car has put you in anyways. Driverless cars allows drivers to think they can keep their eyes off the road when all reality they have to pay attention and be alert. If you have to have your eyes remained on the roads at all times then you might as well drive, atleast you will be secure and more alert.

Finally the car over all is just a big mimic. People are tying to develope objects with human like qualities. In the text it even says ""The combination of all this input is necessary for the driverless car to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel."" Personally I believe being human is special and an automobile can never be as special as a human life. Yes we may love our cars but never as much as one would love there children, friends, or family.

Driverless cars are just an overall bad idea and we should keep our state safe and the people in it. I'm not the only one who agrees. Driverless cars are illegal in most states. In the text it mentions ""As a result, in most states it is illegal even to test computer driven cars."" This shows that im not the only one who belives they are not safe and no matter what upgrades and assumptions that are made will not make a driverless car a good idea. Lets be original and stick to the safe way lets avoid the one car, one life, one accident.              ",5
"The SCP

Would you like to be part of the Seagoing Cowboys program? If you don't, I am going to tell you about a text I read about a man. In this text, it says that a man named Luke Bomberger was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a bank when his friend Don Reist invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat. Luke couldn't say no. He knew it was an oppurtunity of a lifetime.

It was 1945, World War II was over in Europe, and many countries were left in ruins. To help these countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more, 44 nations joined together to form UNRRA, a relief and rehabilitation administration. UNRRA hired ''Seagoing Cowboys'' to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas. Luke and his friend Don signed up for the Seagoing Cowboys program. In the text it also says that Luke went on cattle-boat trips. He also got to go to many places across the country. He also found time to have fun on board, ecspecially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded.

The cowboys played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed. But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for Luke Bomberger. It opened up the world to him. ""I'm grateful for the opportunity,"" he says. ""It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs."" That oppotunity of a lifetime is good to have because you could experience adventures you have never experienced before, and that is why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program.                            ",2
"The use of FACS technology to read student's emotional expressions are valuable. FACS, made by Prof. Thomas Huang and his collague, was made to detect emotions in paintings or in humans. According to Dr.Huang, "" facial expressions for each emotion are univesal,"" which is why the new technology is used to find out what these expressions mean. FACS can detect facial expressions in paintings such as Mona Lisa. The computer can recognize what kind of emotions are expressed in the painting when most people can't. Humans can also perform this action when we look at a family or a friend's face, it is easy to tell how they're feeling by looking at their face. The computer also makes emotions look more realistic in video games. According to Dr. Eckman, the computer has six emotions; happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness.

Furthermore, when students are in a classroom learning for hours or even minutes, they get bored, confused, or even annoyed. Teachers can sometimes realize that and sometimes they can't which is how the computer can help. Simply by looking at sudents, it reads their emotions and when it realizes learning is not fun for them anymore, it changes things. Accoring to the text, a classroom computer will detect that the students are feeling bored. How the computer helps is by changing how the teacher is teaching the students. It modifies the teaching area to create a new way to teach students.

To end it all, FACS is resourceful for anyone. With the emotions it has, it can easily read people's face and recognize what type of emotions they have. It also helps students and teachers a lot by creating new amusing ways for students to learn. People can't always know what other people are feeling by looking at their face but the computer can. It's an upgrade made by professors and doctors to help society and people. ",3
"What do you think it would be like to tell others emotions with just a quick look? Well, with the Facial Action Coding System, FACS for short, you can. It quickly scans your face and tells your emotion. This shows being helpful for finding out friends emotions, showing the mindset in our classes and showing hidden feelings also leading to a glimp of mental illness. The real question now is, how will this be helpful in the classroom?

In the classroom, students show certains signs of how they feel. In paragraph 5, the text says "" ..you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face."". Often when we are sad we frown or our eyes water, or when we are happy we smile but, just because we smile doesnt mean we are genuinely happy. The FACS has been classified the many different muscles in your face and has classified six basic emtions,as explain in paragraph 3. A quick look and we can understand if your happy, sad, or even bored.

While we are busy learning often times, we can zone out or we can be confused but not speak up about it. No worry, the FACS is here to help teachers understand how you feel. In paragraph 6 the author says "" A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored."". Later in the same paragraph it states "" Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."". This shows the FACS has more of a use than just telling emotions, it can help you understand ways to make your classroom entertaining. It can also help you realize how fast certain students are working, or their mindset which they may keep hidden.

As humans, we often hide our true feelings. We may struggle opening up to others about how we feel out of fear of rejection or looking weak. Towards the end of paragraph 6, it says "" Most human communication in nonverbal, including emotional communication. So computers need to understand that,too."". The FACS is able to detect multiple different emotions. It can not only tell the basic happy,sad,or mad, it can tell confused, bored, or depressed all just by using muscles in your face. This can let us know how students really feel when they walk in. It can give them a glimps into what they may have going on with them mentally, giving more awareness in mental health. This can help save students.

The FACS can come as an important tool to both teachers and students. It can show students how to react to their friends feeling a certain way. It'll give teachers ideas as to how to make interesting yet, entertaining lessons for their students. Lastly, if can give us an idea of how the other around us truely feel and way to help them. The FACS can be very helpful for students now and caring for toward into life.",4
"If I was debating this topic, I would use facts to back my answer up. I believe that you should put facts before belief in this scenario, because you can't wish things into existance. I would use many facts from the text. I don't believe that it could have been made by aliens if the same type of thing exists in Western America. It would be impossible to prove me wrong, because the only things that I'd say are facts.

I have all the evidence that I need in this text. In paragraph 12 it says ""What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West."" Even NASA said that it wasn't an alien made monument, NASA also said that it would be great for them if they were able to find solid evidence that aliens were real. Meaning that, if this was made by aliens they wouldn't keep it from the public.

I don't think that NASA would keep it a secret if they found proof of aliens. They would tell the public so that they could get the attention and funding from the public so that they could do more research. I believe that the abscence of evidence is not the evidence of abscence, but I also believe that if they had evidence they wouldn't keep it hidden, so I'm not saying that they won't find evidence, I'm just saying that if they did have evidence they wouldn't keep it a secret. That's why I have to disagree for now, and I won't agree until I have a solid reason to.",3
"Is the ""Face on Mars"" real or not real? Some may argue against this, but I feel that there isn't enough proof to conclude that the ""Face on Mars"" is real. There are many reasons behind this statement. The original picture was taken during the cloudy Martian winter and the photography business has improved so much since then that the new image are proof that there is no face. I feel that the ""Face on Mars"" in not actually an alien-made structure because The original picture, which is what started the theory of Mars having a ""face"", was taken during the very cloudy Martian winter, the photographs taken of the ""face"" have changed a lot over time, and the newest 2001 image has basically proven the ""Face on Mars"" not to be real.

First off, the original picture of the ""Face on Mars"" was taken during the Martian winter which was very cloudy at the time. The photograph had obviously had to have been different than the actual so-called ""face"" because of this. If you were to try taking a picture when it is very foggy outside, would you be able to get a clear picture? No, you would barely be able to tell what the photograph was supposed to be of. Imagine taking that same photo from several hundred yards away. The picture would be even worse than before.

Secondly, the photograpy business has changed a lot from 1976 to 2001. One of the most well known atributes of a camera is its pixel size. The more pixels you have in a certain area, the better the photograph. The original image from 1976 had pixels that were 43 meters per pixel for the photo. 25 years later, during 2001, the new photograph taken of the ""Face on Mars"" had pixels that were nearly 30 times smaller than the original. This image's pixels were 1.56 meters per pixel.

Finally the most recent photo of the ""Face on Mars"" has basically proven the theory of the ""Face on Mars"" to be unreasonable. Afterall, the new image shows that valleys and craters in this structure. You can now tell that what was thought to be the eyes, nose, and mouth of the ""Face on Mars"" are just mere indentions on the structure. The ""Face"" really looks nothing like an actual human face. There just simply isn't enough proof in the new photograph to logically think that the ""Face"" is alien made.

As I said at the beginning of this explanation, there is still a lot that can be argued about. The fact that this structure os probably at least several thousand years old plays a huge factor in the theory. Mars's winds and stroms could have possibly worn away the details on the ""face"". Also, the valleys and craters could have come because of an earthquake or some other natural event. This is an argument that may last forever.

All in all, there is simply not enough proof to make the conclusion that the ""Face on Mars"" is alien-made. The time period has changed. The photography has changed. In fact, NASA wishes that there was enough proof to call this alien-made, but they think that there just isn't enough yet. This may truely be a mystery that will never be solved.",5
"""Hey, do you want to take cattle to Europe with me?"" Don Reist asked Luke. Luke went with Don and loved it. Luke decided to make this his living so after WWII Luke traveled the seas as a Seagoing Cowboy. Would you like to do the same?

You should become a Seagoing Cowboy! There is so much to do. For instance for all those people that enjoy sightseeing will like this job. One reason is because in my time being a Seagoing Cowboy I have already seen Venice Italy with streets of water. I saw an excavated castle in Crete. The best sight though was the Acropolis in Greece. Like I said there is so much to do.

If you like animals this will persuade you. In this job I get to spend all my time with animals! And there are animals you don't typically watch like horses and just different kinds of cattle. Also you can wacth them at any time because the animals are indoors. You can't beat this job.

This will persuade you if nothing else has. All you do in this job is travel. You get to travel totally free too. The only thing stopping people from traveling nonstop is the cost but here it is covered. You go all over the world as well. I have crossed the Atlantic Ocean 18 times and the Pacific twice! This is my favorite part of the job I hope it is yours too.

You can't refuse being a Sea going Cowboy now. Another reason to be a Seagoing Cowboy is the finance. You get paid to travel to all these amazing places. Boat travel is something a lot of people want to do but can't because of the price, however if you are a Seagoing cowboy you get paid to travel by boat. Lastly you save money because you don't need lots of accesories at home since you'll be traveling the world. This job has no flaws.

Being a Seagoing Cowboy is a blessing. My friend persuaded me to do this job years back. Now I am passing on the tradition and I hope you do too. Again help me in the Seagoing Cowboy program you won't regret it a bit.",4
"Facial recognition, a thing of the future, at least that's what people thought. With the new age of innovative technology, a special field of new technology has come to the public, facial recognition software. One of the most prominent softwares in the facial recognition field is the FACS, or facial action coding system, which is what was used to figure out exactly what emotion Mona Lisa was feeling in her painting. However, this software could be used in many other fields. The ability to read and detect what emotion some are feeling is very powerful and could be implimented into certain areas such as the classroom. The usage of FACS could be very beneficial to schools for reading students emtions so teachers could see how their learning plan affects the students, organize and figure out which subjects students may enjoy more, and also allow schools to see what areas of the school may need to be improved on the most.

By using facial recognition, teachers would be ablel to read the expressions on students' faces and see what their learning plan make the students feel. A prime example of how this could be used in the classroom would be in paragraph four, where the author states "" 'The facial expressions for each emotion are are universal,' observes Dr. Huang, 'even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression' (like not smiling broadly). Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements."" This specific example is important because by using this software, the facial movements of every student could be tracked, without worry of missing something, and could therefore help teachers distinguish how all their students feel about their lesson plan. Along with that, in paragraph six the author states something similar to this main point ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored."" This is exactly what the point is, the computer could tell what needed to be changed and why.

Along with seeing how the teacher's plan affects the students, FACS could also potentially allow students to be organized and grouped up by what subject they appear to enjoy the most. Computers and computer programs are used most often for the usage and organiztion of data, that is what defines computer code, sets of data being used in certain ways. Well, the same type of usage could be had in a classrooom for organizing which subject students liked more. In paragraph five the author writes ""Yet Dr. Huang observes that artists such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specfic emotions. His new computer software stores similar anatomical informatino as electronic code."" This points out that code already stores the data that it takes in and knows how to use it. That takes out a step in the process of using it in the class. By having it store data, the computer could then organize it into sections based on what students appeared more happy in certain classes and help with finding interests. Also, in paraghraph four the author states ""By weighing the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions."" This is especially important due to the fact that sometimes students can feel mixed about the class they are in, which means the computer can help figure out how they may feel truly about the subject.

Above the learning aspect, schools could see where students physically feel the best or worst in the school or class. While the majority of use would be for the learning portion of the class, FACS could also be used quite often to help discern what physical things may need to change in the school. Maybe a student in a poor chair shows discomfort and the school learns it needs better chairs. In paragraph five, the author writes ""In fact, we humans perform this same impressive ""calculation"" every day. For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face."" While this is true, many people are able to easily figure out what a face may mean, the computer would have an even easier time doing it with lighting quick judgement and fast calculations to back it up. The usage of these quick calculations could be beneficial and allow the school to have a better input system and see exactly how the school feels, rather than relying on teahcers to figure out how the students may feel. Another good example of how the FACS could help improve school's physical aspects would be in paragraph six where the author uses and example of improvement themself by stating ""For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different."" This example shows very well how the computer recognition could really tend to one's needs and how one feels, therefore helping improve the quality of the school.

Overall, facial recognition software is a very promising and prominent idea for the future of classrooms. The computer's ability to see how the learning plan affects the students and change the plan based on the response to the FACS being able to organize and find which subject the students like more in their school is extremely crucial to the new innovative learning process. Also by helping improve the overall quality of the school, the software is something that certain schools should look into. Hopefully this idea of facial recognition software in schools can become a reality and eventually become a nationally recognized function to aid in the learning process. Once an idea of the future brought into the modern day, the Facial Action Coding System truly has an eye for all things emotion.",6
"Help Change the World

Wouldn't you like to help countries recover from ruins World War II left? Well now you can the UNRRA is hiring ""Seagoing cowboys"" to care for animals that were shipped overseas. It would be nice to join and be known as someone who did something for a country, helped keep animals safe and healthy, and helped countries recover their food, animals, distruction etc.

First It must be a good feeling to be known as someone who did something for a country. Although not everyone may agree, not only will others be amazed but you, yourself could be proud of yourself. Someone once made nine trips which was the most of any Seagoing cowboy. Also you can be a hero to millions by doing one great action. Overall this can be a great lifetime opportunity for many, and you can be one of them.

Also how amazing would it be to know you helped keep animals safe and healthy. However others may not agree, many inoccent little animals pass away because no one was able to save them. But you can make that difference. Caring for the animals during crossing keeps you busy. Especially if you are a animal lover this job is just perefect for you!

Finally, helping countries recover their food, animals, distruction etc is like a miracle to them knowing someone is trying to change the world. Of course not everyone believes this is true, but put yourself in their shoes imagine you lost your house had no food and no one came to rescue. But then that one person comes and changes everything for the better. You can do it everyone can even just by doing the smallest kind of act you can make a difference. Keep that in mind it'll not just be a better world for you but all of us.

Doing something nice, even the littlest act can lead you a long way. You earn respect, respect isn't given it's earned and it's not hard to earn it if you do it the proper way. So what are you waiting for there's a world out there waiting for you to change it. And joing the Seagoing cowboys program is a fabulous start! Good luck!                                   ",2
"Would you say that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers? Studying Venus can become a little difficult for people due to the dangers of the planet. Scientists are discovering further visits to the surface of this planet. The author does support the idea very well by saying that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. The reasons for me supporting the idea is because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system which has fascinated astronomers, and it can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit.

One reason is it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. For example, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. This means that Venus still has some features that are analogous to the planet Earth. Furthermore, Venus can sometimes be oue nearest option for a planetary visit,a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel.

In conclusion, Venus is a worthy pursuit despit the dangers of this planet. My only reason is that it may well have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Sometimes it can be our nearest option for a planetary visit instead of the other planets. The returning of Venus seems indisputable from a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel. ",3
"Do you I think using, ""Facial Action Coding System"" in school classrooms should be allowed? Yes, most certainly that is becasue so many kids suffer in school work they do not even want to ask for help or bother to ask! I myself even have that problem in school I just dig myself such a deep hole I don't even try to get help! In all honesty when I see or let alone me start getting behind I start to feel stressed and want to just get on with the subject. The teachers never tell if you are getting behind in work or stressing becasue they are in a room

with hundreds of kids coming in and out some actullay know how to do the subject they are teaching and others don't, therefor that should be one of the biggest reasons, most teachers can't read faces! Ecspecially if they keep a straight face and most of the time its pretty easy to when you can control 44 major mussels in your face.

If this face cam happend there would be better chances of seeing kids sucseed

in the classroom's becasue of the number of teachers that can help them out by looking at there facial motions. Also a big thing is it can point out your percent on how you feel or look! Let's say you feel 40% stressed, 50% confused, and 10% mad. I personally think this is a most definite yes it should happen it would help, ""me and the hundreds of thousands of students along with teachers knowing if they need that extra help!""",2
"Car -Free Cities cars cars cars everyone in the world wants a car to themselves since now they are cheap and easy to manufacture but all those cars emmit poisonous fumes causing a green house effect ( over heating of the planed due to heat not able to escape) has any one imagined about one's life without cars ?

i can say i have cars are one of the major lazyness causing mashines one now a days drives 3 blocks to the gym to work out why not leave the car and jog/ walk there you'll get more fit and the environment would be a slight less poluted if everyone stops driving cars for a short distace and take a bike or take a walk it would affect the environment positively.

now here is a city that lives on without cars the city is VAUBAN and its in Germany. street parking, driveways and home garage parking is generally forbidden is experimental district. owning cars is allowed though you'll have to buy a space worth  $40,000 Ö_o now thats a lot of money just to park you car !!

As result 70 % of people dont own cars and 57% sold their to move there one of the residents Herdrun Walter said ""when i had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,"" so folks of you want to live in citu without cars thets a place to go.

did you know paris had banned driving cars due to the smog and the pollution  caused by the blamed disel emmition as the tax policy favors disel over gasoline miking it 67% of vehicles in france  compared to 53.3%  rest of west europe  if you diver you were fined $31 typically paris har the highest particulate matter in the air to be precise 147 a lot higher than Brussels -124 and london- 79.7 and paris  rivlled  to beijin, china one of the most polluted cities in the worled in pollution amounts.

To counter act that people of BOGOTA, Columbia are celebarting a car free day where people walk,bike, hike or skated to work violator were fined $25 despite the rain the people still did not use cars and participated in the car free day this has been going on from the mid 1900s and the city has seen constructions of 118 mile bicycle paths in many latin american cities.

so id like to conclude that too much driving is harmfull for the environment try and do someting to save our environment so that the next generation can live in a healthy environment here are a few ways to save the environment from car emmitions.

a carpool (will save money and will reduce gas emmitions)

walking short distances take a bike to work on mondays and thurdays there are may other ways to save the environment from gas emmitions so keep doing you best to save mother earth from all the other polluting stuff.    ",3
"I am against driverless cars the reason i am against it is because the saftey aspect. Also the technolgy could start not to work , they dont know how their going to make the laws and some people wont be paying attention and cause more accedients then their already are. Which is very bad.

So one question I have is , what if the technolgy starts not to work in the middle of the road ? That could cause many problems becouse people could sue them. That could also cause a lot of people to get hurtand that wouldn't be good. The article said the cars will have sensors in more places than you will ever know but what if one of those sensorrs don't pick anything up for it to stop it

self ? Then thats another cause of a crash we will have to deal with.

Speaking of crashes and accedients , they don't know who their going to blame for being at fault for the crash. Whoever they pick their going to have to make new laws and get a whole lot of paper work done. Then the company and driver will have to deal with court and that is going to cause major conflict between the two like the story said in pharagraph nine. I know the driverless car is supposed to prevent crashes but you still have to look at this and make sure everyone will be safe.

Also the fun part is driving and their takeing that away from people. Like the story said "" the driver will still have to be alert for human like situations"" but most people will not be paying attention they'll be on their phone or talking to the passenger. Even if the car does alert them they either won't hear it and crash which will be very tragic.

Finally that is why I don't agree with driverless cars. The saftey aspect is not 100% . The technolgy still needs to be worked on to make sure it works at all times. They need to know how their going to handle the laws. People will need to pay attention and where not sure they will do that.",3
"The author of this passage has supported his claim that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers extremely well. The reasons he supports himself well is by stating how Venus was probably the most Earth-like planet in our solar system and how it would be a good challenge for scientists to accept.

In paragraph four, the author asks this question, ""If our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface?"" The author answers the question by saying how Venus might have been like Earth. This statement sparked curiosity among the scientists, ""Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth."" With this statement, scientists are eager to find out if this is true, and if it is, what happened to the life forms? The author proves that Venus being similar to Earth is worth the dangers. Knowing what happened to the life forms on Venus may help prevent the same disaster happening on Earth.

The main dangers of visiting Venus is the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the extreme surface temperature, and the unbelivable atomospheric pressure. To continue research on Venus, scientists would have to get up close. The author uses the word ""challenge"" instead of ""risk."" This describes how pursuing Venus would be innovational to mankind. The author supports this claim by talking about how researchers are testing new technology to continue work on Venus. ""Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus."" When scientists achieve this goal and do research on Venus, who knows what is next in space exploration. Venus being a challenge to study is worth the dangers because if scientists conquer this, they will be able to conquer anything.

In conclusion, the author supported their idea extremely well with concrete evidence that exploring Venus is worth the risk. With the satement that Venus could have held life forms and water shows that studying this planet is neccessary. Also, when we study Venus, it will prove that humanity can face any challenge that comes its way.  ",5
"Venus is ideal for humaninty, if Earth became not ideal for humaninty anymore. The previous article about Venus "" The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" is a good article to read, because it describes Venus and it's dangers and it's benfits. It may be mistaken that it is unhabitable for humanity, but there is a possiblity for humanity to live on other planet. There is reasons for saying those things about Venus. This is an other aticle to explain why Venus is habitable for humanity.

""Venus is often referred to as Earth's twin"" Paragraph 2, is perfect arguement to start with, because as you can see venus is already considered as twin of Earth. It's natural geographic is similar to Earth's, so it already proves Venus could had a possibility of having oceans, lake, and bodies of water in the past. The density and size is same to Earth too so we will have vaguely same space as Earth. Venus is too hot to survive so we can do blimp-like vehicle above venus and still stay in their gravity and have people survive in the atmosphere above the fray. We could send people over there to research first before doing anything, If they makes people feels safer about living on Venus.

There is reason for saying those things about Venus, the reason for saying those things are that we are currently overpopulating Earth we currently have over 7 Billion people living. We need more room for more people in the future and im concered if we dont move to other planet, Earth will be crowded. It already is crowded in some areas of Earth, like New York, California, New Delhi, and more. ""Our travels on earth and beyond should be not limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edge of imagination and innovation."" Is a good statment to make to encourage people to explore Venus more. There is some people who hope that we will move to other planet.",2
"Having a car now a days is very important and extreamly useful in order to transport yourself from one place to another. However, people don't realize the damage they are causing when using cars or other transporting veichles. Fellow citizens haven't yet understood the advantages of how great it would be to limit car usage.

Citizens should know that limiting car usage is a great a great avantage because it causes less pollution. According to Source 2., after several days or pollutuion Paris mandated a driving ban to clear the air of the global city and about 4,000 drivers were fined for not obeying the regulations. In line 11 it clearly states, ""On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were odered to leave their cars at home or suffer 22-euro fine $31. The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day."" Paris has pushed so far the ""car-free"" law that they are willing to banned and fine individuals. Not only but, in Source 3 it explains Bogota has also enforced a ""car-free"" day. In line 24 it states ""I'ts a good oppertunity to take stress away and lower air pollution.""This helps people undertsnad the advantages of limiting car usage.            ",2
"What if you could decect what other people are feeling even when trying to hide it? Well,in the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" it explains how techonology called Facial Action Coding System(FACS) can identify human emotions. They use a computer that structures a 3-D computer model of someones face. There are six basic emotions they look for, happiness, surprise,anger,disgust,fear,and sadness.

To answer the question, yes, the use of this technology would be beneficial in the classroom. Sometimes teachers have a hard time trying to keep students alert and paying attention, with this software, it could make it easier. In paragraph six, Dr. Huang say,"" A classroom computer could recognize when a students is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson , like and effective human instructor"". Since most human communication is nonverbal , including emotional communication, it could be difficult.

In conclusion, having the new software and using it in the classroom could be very useful to help shape the minds of students. 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"Using technology to read

the emotional expressions of students is valuable. We now have technology that can prove what we are feeling. In the article it states the steps of how we can find out our emotions. Also Dr.Haung said that a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. If they know what the students are feeling then the teachers know what do .

First it begins with a 3-D computer model of the face. It say's in the artical that all 44 major muscles in the model must move like a human muscles. After all of that , they can determine the emotion of the student. Also by just looking at there faces we can determine there emotions.

If we use this type of technology we can help students out. If students have probelms, the computer can help out. If the teacher's know what the studetn's are feeling then they can help out. The teacher's could sit down with them and talk to them. Also the computer can give the teacher new ways to teach in class.

Finally the computer's can be helpful to find out

other things , besides emotions. By doing this, scientest can find out what other things ccomputer's can

do for us. Finding what peope are feeling is very helpful . It gives us a llittle bit of information of what the person is thinking. From that information we can do something about there emotions.

Using this type of technology is very helpful. It helps us find out about our emotions. Also other's emotions .

This help's scientest know what, other things we can do with this type of technology. This technology can help us in many ways , besides find out what people are feeling. It's great that we know that computer's can help us out , not just by using the internet

but in many other ways.   ",3
"Technology today is beginning to support the possibility of driverless cars. However, there are many issues that would support arguments against the development of these cars. This radical idea is actually rather unrealistic, the technology required is far too advanced for any humans to develop in a safe manner. In addition, there are too many safety and law issues surrounding the automatic cars. Lastly, cars that drives themselves would be rather unbeneficial to people themselves. Development on driverless cars should not continue on farther than they already have.

Technology nowadays has advanced farther than we could have ever imagined. It's true that we have now accomplished what used to seem impossible, but how far is too far? Many of the cars that have been developed have incredible technology, but they all still require a reliable human driver. The farthest companies, such as BMW, have come are things like the ""Traffic Jam Assistant."" This car can handle speeds only up to 25 mph, which is far below the speed limit on most roads. The cars are able to perform specific functions on their own, but are all programmed with things to make sure that the driver is fully alert since they can't handle more than slow and striaght driving on their own. The idea of completely driverless cars is unrealistic, which has been proven by the requirement that the cars need a driver to fully take them over in most situations. Too much time and too many resources are being put into an idea that may take centuries to develop, this time and resources could be put into more pressing issues.

In the states, it is illegal for driverless cars to even be tested. If they can't be tested in real life situations, then how will we ever get the chance to develop them? It's true that some states, such as California and Nevada, allow limited use of semi-automatic cars, but thats a far cry from allowing cars to completely drive themselves. The current laws are based off the fact that a safe, human driver is required to be behind the wheel. New laws would have to override current ones to allow such vehicles, which seems to be more trouble than worth. Aditionally, questions on safety play a major role in many arguments. Technology is wonderful and often helpful, but its never 100% reliable. When malfunctions occur, people will get hurt by the destructive weapon that is an automatic vehicle. Also, the question of who would be liable for the accident would arise; is it the manufacturer or driver? Many conflicts between individuals and large companies would begin to form.

Finally, driverless cars may cause more harm than good to the human mind. If the technology to have cars drive themselves is developed, then more and more things will evolve to ""improve"" human lives. In reality, this technology will likely promote extreme laziness in already unproductive beings. While behind the wheel, drivers would get bored and distracted absolutely doing nothing. Even though sensors and other technology are being developed that would quickly alert the driver when the vehicle is in need of assistance and keep them ""safely"" preoccupied, they are not full-proof. As with all technology, malfunctions would likely occur and cause accidents. Also, the driver may have a tendency to check their phone and do other distrating things if they rely too much on the technology, which would cause even more accidents. This again brings up the question of liability. Was it the driver's fault for not being alert or the manufacturer's for failing to alert them?

To conclude, the development of driverless cars should come to a halt. It is true that car technology has advanced greatly, but everything still requires a functioning human driver. This development is overshadowing more important issues of today's world. In addition, there are laws in place that prohibit driverless cars for a reason. It is nearly impossible to test out the development of these vehicles due to these laws, which should be a very obvious sign to discontinue these efforts. The largest issue is safety. Technology is not completely reliable and never will be. Especially in new developments, malfuntions and technical difficulties are very common. Things have been developed that may alert drivers and keep them from becoming bored, but they may promote bad habits. People would become increasingly lazy and become more unsafely distracted behind the wheel than ever. Don't support the development of driverless cars by making sure to be a safe, alert driver and understand how far too far is concerning the development of technology. ",5
"Do you believe that the face on Mars is made by aliens? I know my opinion doesnt matter, what matters is whats real. I know you are also thinking that this is crazy, because we all know aliens do not exist. There is no proof of aliens.

It has to be a natural landform, because in the 12th paragraph Garvin said it reminded him of Most Butte in the Snake River of Idaho. Our universe can create anything, just because something look like it was made does not mean it is. There could of been rocks there, and the dust just blows around them. Making it look like it was made, by something or someone. The very most obvious thing is aliens do not exist, there has been no proof of alien. Even to this day in 2016 there is still no proof of aliens.

In the 3rd paragraph NASA even mentioned it as a ""huge rock formation"" scientist are very smart if there was other such thing that made it, it would have already been discovered. Also the face on Mars was a good way to get attention, like paragraph number 5 said so. The face of Mars turned into a famous pop icon. It was on Hollywood films, all the way to Haunted grocery store check out lines. If people could get the public to think that it was aliens that made the face, it would have maybe become way more popular. Plus most people do not believe in such thing as aliens, if they do not have real proof.

My very last example is , if NASA found out was aliens they would have already told the public. It would be huge for NASA to discover aleins. There is no way they would hide the proof that aliens are real. It would help their budget, if they did discover an ancient alien civilization on mars. As it says in paragraph 6 scientist started hunting for more information. It became a priority for them. All the pictures they took revealed it as a natural landformation as it says in paragraph 7.

There is no way it is related to Aliens. So if someone says that NASA is just hiding it, it would be false. NASA would surely reveal that there is aliens on another planet. Just imagine how much attention they would get if they actually discovered it. They would probably be one of the richest people. It is positive that a face on mars, made by aliens is not real. It is just a natural landform of rocks, that looks like a face. ",4
"Outside of Earth is a mystery to mankind. Slowly through the 20th and 21st centuries we have been exploring the space around us. A close neighbor, Mars, is one of the most famous sci-fi planets of all. Movies, books, etc. have been made based on Mars. Martians or even just plain old aliens have been the tall tale of our time, but could a discovery change the argument between aliens being fake or real. The Face on Mars is a turning point for all people. I am a scientist at NASA who strongly believes that the Face is just a landform on Mars surface because over time the picture quality has gotten better and has made the pictures of the Face come out clearer making it easier to see the definition of the shape.

The first sighting or picture taken of the Face was in 1976. The Viking 1 was circling the planet, snapping photos for possible landing sites for its sister ship Viking 2 when a picture was snapped of what looked like a human face. Regular citizens were shocked at the photo along with scientists. This picture as seen is very blurry. Definition of the landmark is not very clear and with that picture comes many questions; What is this thing? How did it get there? Why is it there? So many questions that no one could answer. So us as humans jumped to the most conclusive answer would could come up with and the answer was that it was made by aliens. NASA quickly turned down the accusation because there was no evidence supporting the idea. In the text the author said, ""Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo."" This shows how different the picture quality is between 1976 and 2001. Also many people were not satisfied with the picture eighteen long years after the Viking missions ended. So on April 5, 1998 the Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time. Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking pictures. Thousands of people wanted to see another glimpse of the Face maybe even a better one. The image appeared on a JPL web site, revealing a natural landform. After eighteen years of conspiracy it was proven that the Face was a mesa.

In conclusion the picture from 1998 is how I prove that the Face is just a natural landform. The picture quality has changed dramatically and has put conspiracy theorists in their place. I strongly believe that NASA tried to be on the peoples' side, afterall no one really knew what the Face was at first. As we continue on discovering our universe we will surely come across many inccidents like the Face and maybe one day the outcome won't be the same.       ",4
"May 24,2001 the face on Mars was not made by aliens. NASA thought they saw aleins land on mars and creat the face. This is a mission to find how it was made and who it was made by.

A few days later NASA showed the picture for everyody to see. Authors reasponed it would be a good way to engage the public adn attarct go Mars and it certainly did. The ""Face on Mars"" has since become a pop icon. It was on books and magazines, raido talk shows and haunted grocey store checkout line for 25 years. Mission controllers perpared to look againg at the Mars. One summer day in Cydonia Mars Global Surveyor drew a close enough for a second look. We had to roll a space craft 25 defress to center the Face in the field of view said Garvin.

This is what is think about the face on Mars. That's a lava dome thta takes the form of an islolated mesa about the same height as the Face of Mars. This is what I think about the Face on Mars today.",2
"Driverless Cars Are Not Good!

Driverless cars means a car that does not need a human to control of the car. Driverless cars are not safe because you can't tell if something bad can happen to it or not. If it's safe, why aren't there any in the public. Even the producers of the cars are not 100% sure of the condition. The car can't deal with big problems like; dealing with complicated traffic issues. It is better to use the now days cars than the driverless. It would cost a lot more than the cars that we use now.

The driverless cars are not trustworthy. What if you fell asleep while they car can't deal with the traffic issues? The cars are not use yet where the people like us can see it. What if the car doesn't hit the brake when you're about to crash? Some people are more confortable when they drive.

It may be the double price of the cars that we're using right now. It is better to have Honda or Toyota than the driverless car because you have the control of the car. It is important to have control of the car because you might want to change your location when you're driving. You save more money. You can feel more better if have control. If you're on driverless car; I am sure that you would feel scared.

Some people feel more confortable when they drive because they don't trust the driver. Technology is high but is it high enough to drive but it's self? If you're really sleepy and the driverless car is in the situation of traffic issues; what you it do? You might as well just crash. If you drive the normal cars it is safer and better. It is safer because you have control of it. If you're too sleepy, you can take a nap first.

Finally, driverless cars are cars that is not controlable. You don't know if its safe or not. There is no benefits; it's just that it is better because it uses less fuel than the amount we're using right now. Drive normal cars are better because it cost less. If you have control of the car; you feel more confidence.                ",2
"Dear State Senator,

We should not keep the Electoral College. Every year it is a close election due to the Electoral College. In the system of the Electoral College the voters don't vote for the president, they vote for a slate of electors, whom the slate of electors then elect the president. The Electoral College is a disaster and is very unfair to all of the voters, it's outdated, and irrational. I know the Electoral College has been around awhile but it seems to make things difficult. Things should be kept simple when it comes to voting for the president. It's unfair to people because there vote could not even count, it's up to the slate of electors. The Electoral College consist of too many voters, it's not public getting to vote, it's pretty much just the slate of electors. It's almost like they are telling us that we have no choice in which kind of method people want to use. It's not fair to of how they elect the president. The method the Electoral College should not be in use anymore, it should be changed to a popular vote. The Electoral College cause the biggest election crisis in a century. It focuses on the tight races in the ""

swing

"" states. That is my arguement of why we the people of America should not keep the method of the Electoral College system. Abolish the Electoral College!    ",3
"I wanted to convince you to join the Seagoing Cowboys program, lets see how I do.

The Seagoing program is a lot of work, but it changes your life. The Seagoing Cowboys program is awesome, you can change people's lives. If you join the program you can also go traveling, such as cross the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of United States, thatonly took about two weeks. Also you can travel to China and only take a month.

Have you ever seen or cared for a horse? Well if you become a Seagoing Cowboy you could take care of animals, such as horses, young coes, and mules that were shipped overseas.

Luke claims you can as well have fun on your trip at sea. He says you can play baseball and vollyball. The Cowboys play with them, they played where the emty holds where animals had been housed. Table-tennis touraments or fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and playing around passed by time.

If you do choose to join the amazing Seagoing Cowboys program, I hope you enjoy it. Have fun!!!         ",2
"Would it be cool if you a computer can tell if you are actully smiling in a picture or if you are faking it? Will now therei is it`s called,""Facial Acton Coding System"" as transfered too FACS. In the aticle Making Mona Lisa Smile by Nick D`Alto this commputer likewise tells us your emotions. And you muscules on your face what it tellls us if your haooy. It also tells us different reactions.

In the article This computer FACS can tell us how your muscles can helps the omputer with the emotion you are feeling. In the article on paragraph 3 it says ""Eckamn has classified ix basic emotionsa-happiness, surprise, anger, disgust fear, and sadness- and then associated each with characteristic movement of the facial muscles""(3). FACS loooks your face muscles to indecate what your emotion and true emotion in front of the video you are showing. It can tell if you are happy, sad or desgusted.

FACS can also tell emotions just like on your face musles. In the article in paragrph 4 it says,"" the new emotion-recogniton software tracks these facial movement- in a real face or painted face of Mona Lisa""(4).This new computer can even exam you emotions on your face like it did on ona Lisa. Also, FACS even works on painted faces. It can tell if the painting of the persons face is happy not.

Another thing FACS can recongise what your face is doing face. In the article in paragraph 6 it says,""if you smile when a wed ad appears on you screen, a similar ad might floow. But if you fron, the ad willl be different. ""A classrom computer could recongize when a students is becoimg confused or bored""(6). FACS is a really cool computer that tells us what on your face how it reacts and recongise the face expression you can give in a classrom.

Inconclusion, FACS is a computer to set a facial action coding sytem to know if your expression. Also, it`ll know if you are faking it by your face muscles. It recongize your expressions you can give druning a class. FACS also works on paintings. This new FACS computer is a really cool new technology system used in Advancd Science at the University of Illinois.",3
"The face on Mars was not created by aliens. You may think this because it was on Mars, and some may think this was a sign of life on the planet. But, this is not true. It was not created by aliens, but by shadows. It was formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth. As I said, this was just an illusion.

This happend 25 years ago, and people are still fussing about how this was created by aliens. This is impossible because there is no life on Mars. This ""face"" is just a natural landform. Many years ago scientists thought it was a sign of life too, but this was short lived. Soon after they thought this, they figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, where the spacecraft was circling when they found the face. This Martain mesa was just like the others, except it had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh.

Soon after the scientists saw this unusual Martian mesa, they released it to the press so everyone could see. The ""Face on Mars"" has since become a pop icon. It has starred in movies, magazines, radio talk shows, and as the passage says ""Haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years"". This is a perfect example of why you shouldn't trust what you see on movies, online, or read in magazines.

In the passage it says,""Some people think the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars, evidence that NASA would rather hid, say conspiracy theorists. Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an acient civilization on Mars."" If you pay attention to the last sentence, it says,""Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an acient civilization on Mars"", the key word in this is ""wish"". This is just more proof that this was just a natural landform.

In conclusion, the Face on Mars was not created by aliens. It was just another Martian mesa that had unusual shadows that looked like a face. This story and picture was released to the press, and people belived that it was created by aliens, and that it was a sign of life on Mars, but that is not true. This is why you should not believe movies, radio talk shows, and what you read in magazines. This shows that the ""Face on Mars"" was not created by aliens as a sign of life, but a shadow.         ",4
"The use of the techonology is not valuable in a classroom because students may not want anyone to know how they feel. Students should be able to keep their emotions to themselves if they do not wish to share them. Students shouldnt have to walk in class and automatically tell a teacher or a peer how they feel because their emotions are already known. Emotions are something a student might not want to share because they might be going throught something personal thry dont want anyone to know about. In paragraph three Dr. Huang says, ""A classroom computer could reconize when a student is becoming confused or bored."" then later on in the paragraph he says, ""Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotion and communication..."" So if humans don't communicate their feelings to eachother then they probably don't want a computer to communicate them. Some people may say that that would be a good thing for students because it might help them open up more, but it would just force them to say how they feel because their emotions are already known. Emotions should be privite unless the person wants to share them. Students shouldn't be forced to share their emotions because a computer is there caculating them for everyone to see. ",2
"Many people may argue that the landscape in the picture taken in 1976 was a landscape made by aliens. These people think the landscape was created by an alien because the picture resembled a human head with eyes, nose, and a mouth. In fact, this image became so popular in the next 25 years, that it started to show on books and magazines. Some people still think that the landscape was created by aliens. However, the Face was created by aliens has been proven false because the of the new data and research over the next 30 years showed that it was just a mesa.

Scientists examined this photo to actually prove if the landscape was actually made by aliens or not. After research, our NASA scientists and I proved that it was just a mesa which are common around Cydonia. To become more factual about this, the Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia and took more pictures of the Face. This occured in 1998 with better cameras than the first ones taken in 1976. The picture became 10 times clearer than the first picture taken which led to our conclusion that it was indeed just a mesa.

In response to those who still believe that the Face was created by aliens, our data has shown that is not. We even took more photos in 2001 showing clearly that the Face is just a normal mesa. There were no human features in the pictures that were taken in 2001 unlike the ones from 1976. Our scientists and I ensure you that this is just a regular mesa which are common to find. The Face from 1976 just had shadows that made it look unusual. ",3
"The author supports the idea of studying Venus well because he/she provides excellent evidence and data to support his/her claim. The auhor's reason as to why he/she wants to study Venus is because Venus is the most Earth-like planet and The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has an idea to send humans to Venus.

The author uses the evidence that Venus is the most Earth-like planet because Venus has some features close to Earth. The reasoning is that, from paragraph four, Venus has a rocky surface that has features like valleys, mountains, and craters. This is great evidence because it helps prove the point that Venus was a planet like Earth and that connects back to the claim that Venus is worth studying.

The author uses the evidence that NASA has an idea to send humans to Venus because NASA has a project that will allow scientists to float above Venus. The author's reasoning is that, in paragraph five, NASA came up with the idea of a vehicle hovering over Venus and it will allow the scientists to avoid the unfriendly ground conditions. This is great evidence because it will prove that scientists do not need to get harmed in order to study Venus, which connects back to the claim that Venus is worth studying.

The author supports the idea of studying Venus well because he/she provides excellent evidence and data to support his/her claim, which the evidence is that Venus is the most Earth-like planet and The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has an idea to send humans to Venus. The author adds great reasoning to that evidence which proves points that support the idea that Venus is worth studying; Venus was a planet like Earth and scientists do not need to get harmed in order to study Venus. Because of the points that Venus was a planet like Earth and scientists do not need to get harmed in order to study Venus, it proves that Venus is a planet worth studying.",4
"Venus is possibly the closest to Earth in size and density then and other planet. Which, makes you belive that just maybe, us humans can live on Venus just as we do live on Earth. Even tho Venus is very similar to our Earth it is very different. For example, Venus is 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets. Even the surface is affected and can average 800 degrees Farenheit. Even though these conditons are too extreme for our human kind. We can possibly create something or discover something greater that can withstand all of those extreme enviorments.

Earth has an abundant of shapes and sizes of clouds. Not only do we have clouds that not only look beautiful, we also tend to have clouds that can harm us. Between a mixture of fog and rain it creates smog,which, can harm our skin. Not only does Earth have clouds, Venus does too. But Venus has clouds that can potentially kill all of human kind or melt through many types of metal. Venus has these very high corrosive sulfuric acid clouds in the atmosphere that would be a big problem for us humans to explore Venus.

In conclusion, all of these conditions on Venus doesnt have to be as problem as long as we can create or discover something to counteract the conditions. The author believes there is a way for us humans to finally study Venus and possibly make it capable for us humans to live. Earth changed through time and so have humans. Our technology has greatly increased from when we first started to live on earth. If we try hard enough to fulfil a great cause that will benefit us in the future we can possibly start something new. ",3
"I believe that the face on Mars is just a natural landform. I think this because there has because the time the picture was taken, it was a time when Mars was cloudy. Even though my opponet may think that there is life on Mars and NASA would rather hide this information, the conspiracy would instead help NASA with their budget. The face located on Mars would indeed look alien-like, but according to Jim Garvin, cheif scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program ""Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum reolution."" Each pixel in in the 2001 imae spans1,56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo. This is saying that the 2001 image of the face on Mars was more clear and easier to see than the image of the face in 1976. There is even landforms found common around the American West that show relation to the face on Mars. Many speculations have been made about the face on Mars, but most have been inlogical or unreasonable to the information at-hand. The facutal evidence that has been shown is more reasonable than the evidence of the ones who think that the face was caused by alien act.",2
"Join the Seagoing Cowboys program, you may enjoy it. In the Seagoing Cowboys program, we travel over to Europe and help the countries recover from World War II by recovering their food supplies, animals, and more, 44 nations joined together to form UNRRA which stands for ""the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration"" who hired the Seagoing Cowboys. Luke said he even had time to have fun playing multiple games when he had the chance. Luke even enjoyed being on an adventure with the Seagoing Cowboys. Join the Seagoing Cowboys today and you can travel across Europe.

The Seagoing Cowboys travel across the Seas to Europe to help it recover from World War II which harmed most of Europe. We'll travel across the Seas on the SS Charles W. Wooster. The SS Charles W. Wooster will be heading towards Greece with a cargo of 335 horses and enough hay and oats to feed them. This is an opportunity of a lifetime that you may never get again. Luke said ""I'm grateful for the opportunity,"" because he enjoyed an adventure like this that the Seagoing Cowboys were on.

While you're with the Seagoing Cowboys, you can meet new people on the trip. You can go to new places that you never been to or never seen. The Seagoing Cowboys take care of horses, young cows, and mules that are going to be shipped overseas. Crossing the Atlantic Ocean will take about 2 weeks from the Eastern coast of the United States and it would also take a month to get to China. We hope you help the Seagoing Cowboys in their national service.",4
"Dear, Senator

In my opinion you should just leave the Electoral college system the way it is. I think you should leave it like how it is because nobody gets to over come power. Everyone in the electoral system have the same amount of power. Its keeps everything organized. There is no problem in it, everyone like the way it is but there are couple of people that really don't go along with it. Some of the people that don't go along as what the electoral system says because they like having power. They don't care what the people got to say, they are only worried about having that power and changing the system. If they every change the system to popular votes for the president it would be a honest choice. I say that because everyone gonna choice a person then other people is going to count and give out the number, whoever has the highest number win. So I think it would be a honestly choice, but in the system everything is organized, everything is already known. This has been done for the longest. Other president already used the electoral system and it wouldn't be fair to use this other system to choose the new president. Everyone knows already what there job is, and if they would have to change it people would be confused. There going to have to start again from fresh. People being not sure if they doing it right or wrong, and it would take longer to choice a president.

So just think about i just said. It might help you choice the right choose but it might not, but i still think that the electoral system is a way better way to help choose a president. There is step to choosing him. There are people that already know what to do with there job, its easy for them. So many times they did it that they are professional at doing it. If we would change it, like I already said they would be confuse, lost. In my opinion the electoral system is way better an easier. Everything is known and better. Its in the constitution. People already knew about this and now y'all trying to change everything. It wont make some people happy some of them gonna get                            ",2
"Are driverless cars really necessary? Most of us know how to drive already so why have a computer do it for us. I personally don't see a need for these kind of cars. As of now they still need a driver behind the wheel so whats the difference?

My main point for not wanting these cars around is the fact that they're most likely going to be very expensive. There are cars that are labeled ""luxury"" that go for hundreds of thousands of dollars and whose to say that these cars won't be up there with them. All the technology and all of the research that goes into these will come with a pretty large price tag. If it does have a large price tag on it then it will only reach the elite as most luxury cars do now. Most Americans today don't have enough money to buy an everyday car. Only the famous, wealthy population will get to own this car.

How will this car affect others? If this car is affordable to most of the population and most people get one, will we still need to go to a Drivers Education class? The answer will be yes. Since these cars are not yet fully able to drive themselves, you will still have to take some kind of course to learn how to drive these cars. Now the course will change drastically. There might even be a different course made so people could take a course on how to manually drive and a course to learn how to ""drive"" in an autonomous car. There will most likely be new rules on how to stay safe behind the wheel of a car that can almost drive on its own.

When, and if, these cars become mass manufactured, we might be in for some law changes. New laws on handling these cars, new laws about where and when you can drive and even age limitations. I think with these cars the government is going to make us get a special licence to operate these cars. I would think this licence would be available to people 18 and over who have had 2+ years of driving experience and have taken a course to learn all they can about controlling these cars. This way if they do encounter a rough patch where they had to take control, they would be prepared and know how to take control.

Lastly, are these cars in any way better than manually driving a car?

Cell phone laws won't change so what's the need to have your car drive for you? You would still have to keep your eyes on the road to be prepared for taking control when needed. They are almost synonymous with cruise control. You don't have to keep your foot on the gas but when a stop light, turn or some other action arises that you can't stay at the same speed for, you have to cancel the cruise control and put your foot back on the gas.

What if you just so happen to not be ready to take control? GM has created a seat the vibrates when drivers need to take control. I think something more alerting would be needed so people would know it's an emergency and they need to pay attention.

In conclusion, i think these cars are a waste of time. We should just stick to driving by ourselves so we know whose to blame and don't have to file lengthy lawsuits to see if the company's responsible or not. It would just be another unecessary hazard on the road that no one is ready for.",4
"This article introduces an idea of space exploration, specificaly to Venus. The author was bringing up the idea of studying Venus, which sounds fine untill you look into it more.

He says ""no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours."" this is not very promising news, because the author wanted to put humans on the planet to study it. We could acheive the same things with a robot that people can acheive, and we dont need to risk lives. If a spacecraft cant make it more than a few hours neither can a human. Even if we try the blimp idea we couldent get the same data we could get with a robot. We could only study the planet's atmoshere. Some might say it would be better to wait for advances in spacecraft material so we could send things there and get data back before they got destroyed.

With the information the author brings forth with his passage studying Venus isnt worth the trouble yet. If we wait for new technoledgy we might be able to in the future.",2
"The UNRRA progam is a great progam for people who want to help around the world. Also, if you are into going on trips o different places this is great for you. They travel all around the world helping and they also get to see knew things!

You should come join because you can help around the world! Many people love to help and around the world and you should try it. On the first time my friend Don and I went on the trip it was great how we could help people after the war. Like how we brought a cago of 335 horses along with enough hay and outs to feed them. We wanted always make sur ethat we cleaned all the mess the war's had left behind.

You should also come to he program because you have the benifet of visiting all inds of places like Greece, China, Europe, and more. By the time I was discharged in in 1947, I been on nine trips. That is more than any other Seagoing Cowboy. I got to see the Acropolis in Greece and it was ver special. Also, in Crete I toured and excavated a castle. Then at the Panama Canal I marvled.

Going on the Atantic Ocean was awesome too! I went on it about 16 times in my years of being a Seagoing Cowboy. It took about two wees to cross it from the astern coast of the United States. To get to China it took a month to get there. Caring fro the animals kept me busy as we crossed the seas. They had to be fed two or three times a day. The time I almost wnet overboard was very scary, but I loved doing what I did.

it was very awesome helping around the world, going to all of the those amazin places, and traveling the Atlanic many times. I may have gottenhurt and times were rough, but I wouldn't chane being a Seagoing Cowboy for anthing. I was onne amazin adventure I will never forget.      ",3
"What is it about Venus, that make danger worth it? We all can't help to be curious even when it might require some danger. What is so important about Venus that cause us to try harder? Why are we so attached to Venus?

What type of danger is causing issues for us to find answers?

Scientist have sent spacecraft to planet to research and get evidence, but theres been a few issues. They have tried sending spacecraft to Venus but they have not had a sucessful one in over 3 decades. The thing about Venus is that it's temperature reach around 800 degrees fahrenhait, the atmosphere pressure is 90 times more than ours. Which can cause many issues for spacecrafts.

Scientist have found that earthquakes, volcanoes, and even lighting are located on Venus. In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus."" they say the believe that Venus might just have been the most Earth-Like planet. How? they believe that at some point Venus was the home to oceans, valleys, mountains, and even could support certain life form. What if there right? but they can only know if they have true evidence from Venus.

What if Venus was once a place where life could live, what happened? Scientist have been working hard on creating a spacecraft that can handle heat, but also pressure. ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" they talk about working with NASA. They came up with the idea that maybe if we create a type of hovering car that could be close the Venus, but not on Venus. A car that could handle some pressure and some heat, without being destroyed. In the beginning they thought it would be a great idea, and yes it would get them close to get some information about Venus. The only issue is that if they really wanted true answer. They would have to get evidence that would surpport there questions. One day we will get up and personal with Venus and get our answers.

""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" Is the danger worth it, yes. Think about all the things we could teach and show people. Share with them the amazing information we never knew about Venus. We are never going to get answer if we don't search for them. Danger is always going to be a issue. Curosity is always going to be the reason we push harder and ask more questions. ",3
"I'm not for driverles cars because they can still cause an accident and if any person could, Also there not really driving the car itself but is helping out the driver by stop when they are not looking or if there is a green light then, the car will alert the driver to press the gas if they are distacted. But, it will not drive a person home if they are drunk. There are better ideas then making a driving car. But, instead of buidling drivierless cars we can save the enviroment. They can make the world a better places but make fuel efficeny cars instead of driverless cars. Make trucks not run on diesel we can be doing so much more than making a driverless car. What if the car computer programming chip is damage then that means that the car can't be able to work correctly and that the car is in a higher risk of getting more people in danger because of the driverlesss car.

Building a driverles car is going to be very expensive. And we are not in a lot of debt so we should use are money wisely.    ",2
"So you think that aliens created the face that is on Mars? That is funny, there hasn't been any sign of aliens found yet anywhere. The shape made is most likely a cowensidence. It is also made up from shadows that are on the planet.

If you look in the article ""Unmasking the Face on Mars"" it will tell some of the facts that are givin in the paragraph above. My team at NASA were deffinitly in shock,we had thought that it looked like a egytion head. We observed it for a minit and then laughed it off. But like I said before it is an elosion and it was just shadows that were on the planet. I am guessing that some of the featers are also from craters on the planet.

Im going to take a shot in the dark and say that you most likely thought it was from aleins becuase you have seen it on TV and you have to beleave every thing on Telivision. Well what about this,the weather man said it was supposed to be rainy out side and was going to have a temperture of 45 degrees,well it is bright out side and 70 degrees. Are you seing my point now? The movie you might see might have something that seems to be very full of facts and might seem real but anyone can do that but still lie.

Some people said Neal Armstrong was fake and a set up on Telivisoin,just for show you might say. But we have evidence ulike you. We have photo graphs and things that came off of the planet. Don't you dare try to argue with someone that knows what they are talking about and has worked in this kind of inviroment. You might not beleave it but you have to learn things from the past that happened at the station and things that have been descovered,so that you don't think that you found something new but in reality you are trying to do reaserch on something from long ago. Now tell me again why you think a fictional character would have made a face on a planet. Ohh yes thats wright becuase you can sit on a coach and beleave some shiny screen tryed telling you. Now does that mean you really think you think something like Big foot also egsist. Does that mean that you saw that movie Planet of the Apes and thought that there might be a planet that apes rule a world and have humans work for them. You seem like a bit of a fool if you think that,that would be true. Come on use a bit of common since and past knowledge. Didn't you ever pay attention in school?",2
"Limited car usage has plenty of advantages. A few examples of advantages that come from limited car usage are lessining the amount of gases polluting the air, also it would create a friendly and neighborly enviorment, and a large amount of money would be saved.

To limit car usage has huge benefits; we can lessen the gasses that are polluted, lessening smog. It may not sound like something that effects your everyday life, but it does. Smog and air pollution are a problem, and a threat to our safety and well being. As of right now it is'nt a life or death situation, but if car usage continues to be a huge part of the world, all the air pollution from all the years of driving are going to get so bad people, and the earths atmosphere will be extremly affected by it. Think about your kids future, would you really want them to live in a world consumed by air pollution, and emission gasses, and smog.. To give an example, ""passneger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in europe.. and up to 50 percent in some car intensive areas in the united states"" (rosenthal). That just showing how much car usage affects air pollution and the air we breath everyday. Just decreasing the amount of car usage can reduce the smog, and air pollution in cities and towns.

Additionally, the less cars are used the more people and neighbors would intteract. If a majority of a town just lessened the amount they go out using a car, they would walk, or ride bikes, or take busses, etc.. imagine your town, and families and their kids taking a walk somewhere, or people riding their bicycles to their destination, everyone could meet their neighbors and talk. Overall, cities and towns and suburben areas would generally become just a friendly enviorment. Most people want to live in a place in which they feel safe and neighborly. Teenagers and families would get more excersise then the normal. Due to having to walk, and ride bikes or other things they would be getting out of the house more instead of sitting in a car then going and sitting some place then going back home and sitting around again, they would get the needed physical activity to stay some what healthy. ""Millions of columbians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car free day""(selsky). That is amazing, and it is so good for people to get out and do things like that. Lessening car usage could completly change neighborhoods and towns and citiies.

Finally, Cars in the united states are highly expensive, and not everyone has thousands of dollars around to get the car they want/need. ""Cash strapped americans could not afford new cars""(Rosenthal). Just an example that cars are not cheap and a lot of people spend money they do not have on cars. In addition to buying the car, gas must be provided, depending on the car and the amount of gas it uses up, that can be pretty expensive. Insurance is another cost, everyone has to have insurance to be able to drive and own a car, thats a monthly fee coming out of our pockets. Limiting car usage could save a lot of money, it would leave extra money every day, week or month to go out and eat once in a while, or to buy other necisities. Just about everyone wants to have a little extra money, but with a car thats frequently used can use up almost 200 to 400 dollars each month. Riding a bike, or skateboarding or just simply walking is completly free.

Advantages in limited car usage are, The decrease in gas pollution and smog, it could create friendlier neighborhoods and towns, and lastly thousands of people would save a lot of money.                                 ",5
"Dear Senator,

Its official, the electoral college is unfair, outdated, ans irrational.  A direct election would make it fair to most states and it wouldnt matter on the amount of electors.

The electoral college depends on the popular vote so the you are only voting for the electors not the actual canidates if you think about it.  Each states gets a certain amount of electors depending on the population of that state.  For example,

California gets 55 electors while Florida only gets 29.  So the presidents wont eben care to show up to places Alabama with only 9 electors.  They would only go to the bigger populated states and try and win their votes and not worry about the rest of the country.

If we had a direct election more of the people vote would count and it wouldnt matter about the electors in the states.  The citizens would actually be voting on the canidates.  This is a much more fair system to include everyone into and have an accurate election.

In the end, you should realize how uneccessary the electoral college is and how the direct election is a more fair way to get accurate results.  This way we would have much less issues and the elections would take place in all states and not just the ones with more electors.    ",2
"A classroom is possibly one of the most diverse places we can have in today's world. There are students with different ethnic backgrounds, different spoken languages, and different emotions. Regardless, all students gather to learn new material used to help them in the real world. However, certain material presents hardship with some students and ease with other. Being able to understand exactly how a student feels can make their learning significantly easier. Though some problems may occur, it can be invaluable to a student. The FACS technology can be utilized in the classroom in may ways with few downfalls.

In the world like the one today, reliability and consistently are key. People today enjoy things that are useful and fun. The children of this generation especially want that. Before the children can age and make something with their lives, someone along the road has to teach them. Education is something that starts young and is so important and valued so heavily that without it you are looked at as irrelevant. States hire teachers and put trust in them that they are able to teach the children and provide a good base to go out and experience the real world. Teachers have so much weight bearing down on them. A teaching job is argueably one of the most mentally exhausting and frustrating. Some students do not care about grades while some graduate with a 3.8gpa. Imagine how different this world could be if everyone was able to graduate with a high gpa and go to college and proceed to make their lives meaningful. Thomas Huang, of Beckman Institue for Advanced Science at the University of Illonois was one such person. Along side Prof. Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam, Huang may have created one technology that can be the change. These scientists create the FACS, or Facial Action Coding System. The computer is used to read human facial motion and determine emotions. Prof. Huang even has gone on record to say that it can be beneficial in a classroom. This statement is true beyond a doubt. Students emotion's change from minute to minute. There are unlimited benfits with only a few cons. The main con is that the machine may take time to read a face and by the time it has been read, the emotion can change. Also, this technology can be expensive, especially for a school with hundreds or even thousands of students. Despite that, the machine can understand students that day. With a better understanding for the student, the lesson can be adjusted to make it more comprehensable. Since most classrooms are not this dynamic, every student moves on to doing the same thing at the same time. This technology can change up the questions so that an advanced student may move on faster than one who is struggling. Perhaps one of the most important things people need to be aware of in the education system is the student's emotion. Like stated previously, emotions change. So if the computers sees a student with health issues such as depression, it can aid the student in getting help. Parents, teachers, and other school administration need to be aware of the student more than the cost of things. Even with the cost the computer's benefits are easily overshadowing it.

Teachers and students rely on technology so often and for so many reasons. Whether it be school work or just for entertainment, there is no harm to add a feature that reads emotion. The price should be looked at as just a number, and human emotion and feeling should out rank that in importance. The FACS computer is someting that schools need to be looking into for the care of their students.   ",4
"During World War II, 1945, I was traveling the seven seas. I saw many beautiful things outside my window. I think it's a great oppurtunity to get time to spend with yourself and new friends. There are many reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. You should join the Seagoing Cowboys program because you get to travel many places and see beautiful things, you get a lot of free time, and you get to play games like table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games that help pass time.

The first reason why you should the Seagoing Cowboys program is because you get to travel many places and see beautiful things, like nature. I got to fly to China, Greece, and all over Europe. According to the text, it states: Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special,"" and it also states: It took two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China."" This explains that you will get to see many things and travel many places, but be patient becasue it takes a while.

Another good reason about joining the Seagoing Cowboys program is because you get to spend a lot of time by yourself and new friends. I had time to read, and play multiple games there. According to the passage, ""It took two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China."" and it also states: ""I also found time to have fun on board, especially on return trips after the animals had been reloaded,"" This explains why you could have a lot of freetime on board.

The last reason why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program, is because you get to be with animal on board. Now, I know if you're a cowboy, you love animals, so this is a good time to learn about an animal's behavior and learn more about the animal. According to the excerpt, it states: ""UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilition Administration) hired ""Seagoing Cowboys"" to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas,"" This explains how you get a lot of free time with animals.

With these reasons, the Seagoing Cowboy program is a great place. You should join because of these three reasons, I have explained why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. The reasons why you should join are because you get to travel and see beautiful things like nature, you get a lot of free time with yourself and new friends, and you get to be with animals. (You're going to love this if you are an animal lover,)",4
"In the article, ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"", the author presents the opinion that Venus is well-worth exploring, and well-worth the challenges that humans would have to face to pursue exploration. The author does a great job of explaining why Venus ought to be explored. They also do a pretty good job of explaining how we can explore Venus by bypassing the dangers and risks involved. However, the author does not do a good job on explaining why what we learn on Venus can help humanity. This shows that the author does overall, a nice job of supporting the idea that Venus is a worthy pursuit, although they could have done better.

The author uses many points to explain why Venus should be explored. They state that Venus is the closest planet to our own, and that because of its close proximity to Earth, several spacecraft have been sent to the planet already (although all were quickly destroyed). The article also states that Venus was once Earth-like and could have possibly supported life-forms. ""Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and caters."" In addition to providing this piece on how Venus is still similar to Earth, it also states that Venus may have once also harbored oceans. All of these key points help the author show why they believe humanity and NASA should continue our pursuits on Venus.

The author also does an exempliary job of descrbing how humanity can continue its pursuits on Venus. Although the pressure is intense and the temperature more than any human could handle, there are still ways we can get close to Venus accoding to the author. They describe that using a blimp-like vehicle, astronauts and scientists studying the surface can float safely 30 miles above the surface, where the pressure and heat are much more tolerable. Another solution the author presents gets us much closer to the surface. Although humans wouldn't be able to physically be in vehicles such as this, but old-fashioned computers could be used to help remotely control a probe. These old computers use gears and levers to make calculations, not electricity. As the author puts it, ""Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme conditions."" These other computers can withstand much more, and could help create a probe resistant enough to study the Venusian surface. The author does a great job at explaining and exploring the possibilities.

However, the author is a bit off the mark when it comes to explaining why what we find on Venus can help humanity out. Although it states what we can find on Venus, and how it is Earth-like and the planet closest to Earth, that doesn't explain why we need to waste resources exploring such inhospitable territory. Venus is in fact Earth's closest neighbor, and our nearest option for a planetary visit, but why would we need to visit it in the first place? Venus may have once been simliar to present-day Earth, but why does that matter to us? How would a study of Venus's surface prove instrumental to NASA and the world? The article states, ""The value of returning to Venus seems indisputable..."", but besides the fact the they state that it is Earth-like and closest to us in our solar system, they do not back this claim up at all. The author does a poor job of backing up the benefits to exploring Venus, and cannot defend why we should travel there to any benefit of humanity.

In conlcusion, the author does a decent job of defending his/her claim that Venus should be explored, although it could have been much stronger. They do a fantastic job of explaining why Venus is so unusual and how we can explore, but neglect to provide any benefits or reasons why exploring Venus is so important to the human race as a whole. However, even though the author did not include this in his/her article, it is still a decent article and is (mostly) thorough on why and how to explore the second planet in our solar system. The author, overall supports his/her idea in an almost completely sound way.",6
"In the article the author talks about machines and computers that can tell what a person is feeling like. The author does make very valid points in the article, explaining and giving well thought out details about the process as it helps us readers understand. The author claims that this machine can tell what you are feeling by ur facial structure in the moment and how your cheek bones and eyebrows and other parts of your face affect that. This is very valuable because the author has plenty of evidence behind it all. An example is the Mona LIsa. They inspected all of her bones in her face with one of these machines and results came back and seemed very valuable with reasoning. This also could easily help students like us in the future, students are very well off task a lot of tines and makes it very boring for us to learn things. So machines like this can keep us and teachers on track when we are not focused or even learning.

Students very often get bored of learning the same way and same pace as others. The students get very eager to learn a new way and not the same all the time. These machines can recognize when we arent learning properley by telling that we are bored or not focused. For an example in the article it states that, ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is confused or bored"", ""Then it could modify the lesson like an effective human instructor."" This explains how we could be getting a new way to learn just by a machine guiding us by itself to do so. This could very much help students everywhere out, because we know that all student dont learn as affective and the some pace. So the students who need it all slowed down a little can have a much better learning experience because it can tell when you need this kind of help.

This technology would definitley help out students now and in the future, it gives them a more wide and better learning experience. This FACS is very intelligent telling what and how people are feeling in any type of moment and situation, just by bones in your face. Now affording these in classrooms might be a big issue because they will be overpriced for schools to even have some if any. Low income schools will be in a very tough situation with this because unfortunatley lower income schools are the ones that need these machines the most, to help the chidren get the type of education that they want, and need. So as long as prices arent varied by place and can stay low, all schoold should have these types of learning tools because it really does help these children, and could have a better success rate in lower schools.",3
"The sound of everyone coughing not because they're sick, but because the air around them is tainted. Car use should be decreased because eventually, every city will look like Beijing, China does now, or worse, and carbon dioxide emissions rip apart the Ozone Layer.

There is a reason people in Beijing wear gas masks. This city is one of the most polluted cities in the world, according to Robert Duffer in

Paris Bans Driving due to Smog . Pollution causes humans to develop tumors, become brain-dead, have strokes and heart attacks, and many more horrible diseases. Do you really want to have babies, just born, dying because the pollution is too much for their tiny lungs? America is slowly becoming a hive for pollutants. If this keeps up, It'll be unlivable, like Chernobyl or Nagasaki.

Carbon dioxide is slowly ripping apart our atmosphere. If this bad habit of ours stays, Earth will become the next Mars. Nothing would survive on its surface. Do you really want humanity to be the extinction of millions of species of animals and plants, including ourselves? Ozone is what protects the Earth from the Sun's harsh ultraviolet light, and that protective layer of our atmosphere is being drained away. If something as small as Paris, France, which ""

Typically has more smog than other European capitals ,"" (

Paris Bans Driving due to Smog , by Robert Duffer.)can cause so many problems, imagine what is happening with a country as large as America.  If our bad habit doesn't change, and soon, then there would be no more life. Do you want to be responsible for the universe's only life, that has been proven, to be razed? ""

Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe . . . and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States ."" (

In German Suburb, Life Goes on Without Cars , by Elisabeth Rosenthal.) Hybrid, diesel, natural fuel, electric. None of it matters, because they all produce the same effect, and affect our atmosphere.

Do you realize yet that car usage needs to be reduced in order to preserve our precious ozone and Earth's natural beauty?    ",3
"Saving The World, One Car At A Time

In country like Germany,Paris, and Colombia, they limit the use of cars due to carbon emission. I think that this is a great idea. Limiting car usage means less pollination, which would benefit us greatly.

""If this patterns persists"" says Elisabeth Rosenthal, we could turn this problem around. Take Paris for instance, they issued a ban against driving on specific days. Though ""almost 4,000 drivers were fined, according to Robert Duffer's article, the""congestion was down 60 percent. You can't tell me that is not remarkable.

We could just take a day and walk or ride our bicycle to work/school, and  make a difference, so let's try. I know some people think that driving less is an inconvience and won't stop carbon emission, but I think the opposite is true. There will be ""gray clouds"" like Andrew Selsky says, but we CAN save the world, even if it just one car at a time.    ",2
"In the article, ""A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves."" A boy named Luke Bomberger went on an ""adventure"" as an Seagoing Cowboy. There are positive and negative things about the ""adventure."" But, I still think people should try out the Seagoing Cowboy programs, because you you can see many wonderful views and ects.

One reason people should try out the Seagoing Cowboys program is, you can visit many places that you haven't been before like, China, Europe, and ects. Imagine your living in U.S.A right now, and you dream is to go to Europe. Your dream can come true from trying the Seagoing Cowboy programs! Also, places like Europe and China have their own cultures, which are extremely different from U.S.A's culture. According to paragraph 5, it said: ""Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China."" So, not only you can visit wonderful places, you can also help people at the same time!

Another reason is, you can play games like baseball, volleyball, table tennis, fencing, boxing, and ects. Playing sports is one of the most popular thing to do in the world. When people have fun doing things, it feels like time pass away extremely fast. The adventure may take weeks or even months, but with fun things like these sports, it'll feel short.

Like I said in the first paragraph, you can see many wonderful views. This reason kind of connect to the visiting places that you've never been before, because when you go to a new place, there will be new things you'll see and learn about. Like I said before, most places have different culture. You can find new things or learn something. Some places have different languages to other countries/states. So, maybe you'll learn new languages and you can communicate with people.

These are some reasons why people should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. It might take a long time to travel, but it'll be fun! There might be chances the participators will get hurt, but what is life withour a few accidents?

Lke Bomberger had participate in this program many times, but he still think it's wonderful. According to paragraph 9, Luke said: ""I'm grateful for the opportunity,"" he says. ""It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs."" That represents he think this program is magnificent and fun!    ",3
"This is a story about a young man who is 18 years younn and he works two part time jobs with his friend ""Don"" and one day Don asked Luke if Luke would like to go to Europe and China with him. Luke new he couldn't say NO! Because he really wanted to go. Well Luke of course said, ""Yes!"" He didn't know why he was going to Europe and China? They sent him on a boat with Don and he had to help animals have shelter, food, and water. So when Luke and Don arrived to their destination, Don told Luke why they were going to Europe and China ... and Don said, ""Luke we came to Europe and China so we could fight in the war."" Luke was actually really excited and Don didn't understand why he was excited. Luke said, ""This is awesome! I've always wanted to fight in the war!!"" Luke said. Don was really happy that Luke was happy and so they went back to China and went to their military academy and started to get prepared for the war that they were gonna fight in. Don and Luke wished eachother good luck. When war ended in China they had to go back to Europe to get to fighting down their. When they arrived back to Europe, Luke and Don were really nervous and happy because they've heard good and bad things about Europe. Finally when the Europe and China war was over they could go back home, to their family and where they lived. And that's the story about ""A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves.""",1
"Computers that identify human emotions? In the article Making Mona Lisa Smile by Nick D'Alto is talks about that exactly. The new technology called the Facial Action Coding System in other words FACS that identifies human emotions should be using it classrooms. For reasons such as that it can help a teacher identity how one feeling are towards their lesson as well as telling someone their emotions.

Having this new technology can improve a student way of learning a certian lesson. In the sixth paragraph is says "" ""A classroon computer could recognize when a student us becoming confused or bored,"" Dr. Huang predicts. ""Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" "" By having a computer recognize human emotions is can help pick out a different way the students learns or a more helpful way to explain a topic. Some student often may not understand a topic may may be affraid to speck up because they may feel jugded by others that do understand.

Reading ones expressions can be hard, other people may not know how to express what they are feeling, but by having these computers that do it can help people know what others are feeling. The author says ""For intsance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc."" With this it gives humans a new way of looking at stuff and seeing whats behind everything. This technology is a just one more step of what else is out there.

Computers that can now identify human emotions what is it for? It can allow students see and understand a topic they may be confused by simpling just looking at there computer screens. It also helps tells people what others may be feeling when they can""t explain, helps us see in a differnt way. In conclution the use of the FACS should be used in classrooms to read students emotional expressons.  ",3
"Imagine joining a Seagoing Cowboys program. This would not only be awesome, but it would be useful. You should join the Seagoing Cowboy program because it's and expierence, you get to visit many places, and you are helping people.

Now, this is an amazing expierence. You may be thinking,""This is a boring expierence,"" But, it's not. This is such a great expierence because of all of the things you get to do. You get to take care of cattle, store food, and of course, travel. You will probably get to see many awesome places. Now, this leads me to my next paragraph.

So, the next wonderful reason why you should join is beacuse you get to travel to different places along the way. You probably are wondering,""I thought this was supposed to help you,"" and it is. This still helps you because along the way you get to learn about new things, and see new things like Europe and China. After you join this program, you will probably never want to leave.

Finally, one of the most importanat reasons for joining the Seagoing Cowboys is that you are helping other people. You may think,""I thought this was about us having a good time,"" which it is, but you also are doing this to help people. You are doing this to help the people who's houses and towns have been ruined in World War II, this is why you are caring for the cattle, storing the food, and doing all of the traveling. This is obvioulsly the best trip you will ever take in your life.

Obviously, this is a great expierence, your visiting places, and you are helping people, but you are also, having a LOT of fun along the way. Of course you only get to have this fun and excitement if you joing the Seagoing Cowboys program. Why don't you make a difference while having a lot of fun, isn't it what you've always wanted?   ",4
"I believe that driverless cars should be allowed for everyone. The cars could help certain people if they are occupied with something else. Some people may not be able to have a driverless car because even though it's driverless, they still have to be there in case of an emergency. Other people may just ignore the signals of the car and it could cause a wreck to occur.

Driverless cars could benefit many people in many different ways. The driver may need to take an important business call, and they can do that while the car is still going. The person could also have an injury and need to go to the emergency room, but have no one else to take them there. If the person has children one of their kids could need something, so they could help them while still going where they need to go. Also, the driver could've woken up late and needs to hurry to work. They could finish getting ready in their car or eat their breakfast. They may need to finish their make up or brush their hair and you can't do that with both of your hands on the wheel and your eyes on the road.

I also believe it would be diffucult to know who is at blame for a wreck. The car could mess up and it would be the manufacturers fault, but if the driver is not paying attention it would be their fault. The driver may not want to take responsibilty and admit to not paying attention to the signals of the car. The idea of having cameras in the car to watch the driver is very interesting. It may feel weird being watched by something, but it would help figure out who is to blame.

The idea of driverless cars is a little frightening though. There are people that may take advantage of it and not pay attention to whenever they need to take control of the car. The idea is also excellent for someone that may need the time to do something else. I approve of the idea, but there is always the slight chance of someone messing it up. Hopefully if driverless cars become a thing, they will make everything safer and nothing bad will happen because of them. If driverless cars become a regular thing, I think they need to be figured out and practiced with a lot more. ",3
"Driverless cars, are they all they are made out to be? I think not. The reason being is because it still needs a driver. It watches the driver instead of the road. And you have to be alert at all times.

This ""driverless car"" should not be called a driverless car. This car still needs a driver. Say your close to a wreck, the ""driverless car"" will alert you saying it needs you to drive around the wreck. do you really want a non driverless driverless car? I know iI do not.

This car also watches the driver. If it is watching the driver how is it watching the road? It cant do both at once. This is absurd. This car is just not as good as they made it out to be, in my opinion.

According to paragraph eight you have to be alert at all times. Since this car still needs a driver this car can alert you that you need to take the wheel at any given time. Therefore, if you buy this car be very alert.

In conclusion, I would not buy this driverless car for myself because A. it still needs a driver. B. it watches the driver instead of the road. And C. you have to be alert at all times.            ",2
"The face on the surface of Mars...It is said that the land formation on the surface of Mars resembles a human face. There is no true face on mars' surface,it is merely a lava dome that takes on the form of an isolated mesa that is about the same elevation as the surface of this red planet.

Nothing more than a huge rock formation that resembles a human face, in the sense that there are irregular shadows that create the odd look of eyes, a mouth, and a nose.This illusion may have made its way to movies, magazines.etc... But just because they mention the name of a planet

that does not make what they say scientificly backed up.

We have already photographed the surface of this grand land structure, and yet it has proved to be nothing more than I have just stated.

through research and diligent study we, scientists, have proved scientificaly that this land formation on this astronomical body is, indeed not a face or an alien monument.

And to wrap up the matter, Nasa has already sent a team of photographers to collect more photos. The pictures support the fact that, this lava dome is just that, a lava dome.             ",2
"Venus is Earth's neighbor its right around the corner from us. No spacecraft has been able to land on it in more than three decades and they only survived for a few hours. We have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud draped world and each mission was unmanned and for a good reason. Venus has been a hard planet for humans to study. A thick atmosphere of 97 percent carbon dioxide covers Venus. Venus is also surrounded by clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid it is also in Venus's atmosphere. The planets surface temperatures can reach over 800 degrees fahrenheit. Also the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we have here on Earth. Venus also has the hottest surface temperature than any other planet in our solar system. Astronomers are very very interested in Venus because it may have been one of the most Earth like planets in our solar system. Venus has a surface that could of once had a rocky sediments and includes familiar features such as vallyes, mountains, and possibly at one point and time craters. NASA is going to create a vehicle that can float above the dangerous parts of Venus and that can provide humans to get some insight on the planet so that we can see if we can learn more about it . This will provide only limited but little insight on the planet. Researches will not be able to leave the spacecraft to get samples of rock because of the dangers of the planet wich makes there job a lot more difficult. Scientist today are trying to build a peace of spacecraft that can last longer on Venus's surface so that scientists can get samples of what they need to learn more about the planet. One day scientists will for sure figure out how to build machines to get better insight on Venus and see everything this buetiful but extreamly dangerous planet is all about.",1
"Venus is simple to see from a distance but it is challenging to see up close.The author of ''The Challenge of Exploring Venus'' suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers its presents. Here are the details that support this idea.

Venus has a repuation as a challenging planet for humans to study. But astronomers are fascinated by Venus. It was once known as the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life. Today Venus still has some features that are analogous to Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit. Its basically more like Earth thats why they call Venus as the ''twin''.

NASA are compelling ideas to send humans to study Venus. Solar would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Temperatures would still be toasty at 170 degrees fahreheit but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. These conditions are not easy but they are survivable for humans.

Many researchers are working on innovations that are going to allow machines to last long enough to contribute in Venus. Also, NASA is working on different approaches to studying Venus. For exampe they are making electronics made of silicon carbon. They have been tested in a chamber simulating Venus's surface and it had lasted for three weeks. Most technology have not even lasted a few hours. Which can be a better way for humans to study.

Humans are full of curiosity and can lead us to many things. Studying Venus is worthy but it has many dangers. Like the author said ''we should be filled with doubts and should be expanded to meet very images of imagination and innovation.''   ",3
"The author is evaluating how to explore Venus because it is the most familiar planet to Earth. But he is up in the air about trying to do some reasearch on the planet Venus because they have sent aircrafts to the planet before but none of them have been able to topuch down on Venus.

First, scientist have thought the planet Venus was covered in large oceans at one point in time and could support various life forms on the planet. in the text it says, ""Venus has a big gas ring around the atmosphere."" This is showing that it makes it harder for NASA to land on Venus because of the gas that surrounds the planet.

Next, NASA has thought about sending an aircraft to Venus but they have ran into some problems on the way. One of the problems they have ran into is that they cant get close enough to the planet to get any samples or even see whats on the ground. In the text it says, ""At thirty plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to the sea level on Earth."" This is showing that none of the equimpment that NASA has is strong enough to get close to Venus.

In conclusion, NASA has not been able to find a way to get close enough to Venus to do any work or get any samples of the planet. But they are working on making a metal strong enought to last a long period of time left on the planet.",3
"The author supports their idea very well. The story is very convincing to start off. The authornmakes sure to mention a lot of evidence to back up his/her statements. The author mentions a lot of facts with another fact to prove it is true. The author did good with trying to get their point across because of all the points they made to back up his statement.

The reason I think the author did good is because the author seemed to know what they were talking about.

The author mentions how Venus is most alike to Earth. Also that is just one of the many statements the author makes. The author had also used other statements to compare to why we could go to Venus. The author even gave their own idea on what think is possible. The author uses plenty of facts to help his idea and what he/she is trying to say. The author even says how NASA is working on approachesto study Venus and that helps make the essay even better. The author does not see his idea as a risk and more as a challenge. The author seeing it as a challenge shows he confidence in his idea. The author also uses how Venus has so many things alike with earth that it should be explored.

So all in all the author made a good essay and did well supporting his idea. The author was consistent with his/her idea.

The author made sure to use important facts to support their idea. The author was well rounded and did not seemed biased with their idea and was very convincing with what they said.",2
"Throughout time, there have been countless sci-fi films and movies of cars that could drive themselves. However, what may once have seemed like fiction is now becoming a reality. Many companies, like Google, General Motors, and BMW have been working on driverless-car technologies since as early as the late 1950's. Although there are many positive sides to these new technologies, many people fail to realize their potentials and feel as if they are dangerous. This, however, is where they are wrong. Driverless cars are a great idea in new technology because they save on feul and money, they provide people more opportunities, and they make driving safer.

Driverless cars can overall save us on an abundance of gas and money. As stated in the ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"" article, Google cofounder Sergey Brin believes that his idea of a driverless car public transport system would use half the feul as today's taxis. As our feul is a fossil feul, meaning one day it will run out, using as little of it as possible is much more than just a good thing. Also, using this idea of a driverless car public transport system would save us a lot of money. Not having to drive your own car and fill it up every week would save you quite a bit on gas money. Also, you would not have to pay for repairs or damages to your vehicle.

Driverless car's are not only more efficient and green, they also would provide many more opportunities for people all over the world. Most of the population of the Earth cannot afford the luxury of their own vehicle. Since they do not have their own means of transportation, it is much harder for them to get a job. Of course, in bigger cities, like Chicago or New York, there are taxis, subways, trains, and busses that provide people the means of transportation that they need. However, in smaller cities and poorer countries, there are not any means of public transportation. In my town, for instance, there are not any busses, trains, taxis, Uber Drivers, or Subways. The only way to get from place to place is by your own car, getting a ride from someone else, by bike, or by foot. If we had a driverless car transpotation system in places like this, many people would be provided with many more oppourtunities to be able to travel from place to place.

Lastly, Driverless Car's would prevent many accidents, therefor making driving safer for everyone. Technologies are being created in many types of cars that prevent accidents before they happen. For instance, many cars are now being made with breaks that stop themselves when they sense that the vehicle is in danger of hitting something/someone. Some other companies, like GM, have developed Driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing up into an object so that the driver can take control. Many ""heads-up"" displays like this one are being created to prevent tons of accidents and possible deaths and/or injuries related to driving.

Overall, driverless cars are a safe, efficient, and logical choice for the future of transportation. Driverless cars are a great idea in new technology because they save on feul and money, they provide people with more opportunities, and they make driving safer. With these new technologies, we are slowly making our world into a more efficient and safe place in which to live. ",4
"A few reasons why you should be a seagoing cowboy are you can join the military, see different people, go different places. meat different people, help people out after wars, when you have free time you can build things, play games when you have free time, take care of animals and if you are a city person mabey after you go home you might want to be a counterty person.

If you want to join the military you might be able to when you are done being a seagoing cowboy. You'll be stronger from lifting feed. The people on the ship might give you some training. You will be able to see new people, meat new people and go places that you've never been befor all while going to help people get some things back after a war, whitch is the right thing to do.

You might like to build thing, and if you do you should be a seagoing cowboy. When you have free time on your hands you can do what ever you want with in in reason. When you have no animals to take care of you can build more, or you can play games. Some of the games are: boxing, table tinnise, baseball, softball, fencing and whittling. All of the games are really fun.

Some people want to become countery people, but they don't know how to take care of animals, but if their willing to lear than they should become a seagoing cowboy. Other people just like to take care of animals. If you are one of those people then a seagoing cowboy is the right job for you.

Being a seagoing cowboy might be hard, but at the same time it's really fun.",3
"While reading this story, I noticed that there where alot of of negative things about Driverless Cars. These things are what cought my eye. Even though having a car without having to drive it is an awesome thing, I can see that it can also put the riders in the car at risk. While thats said, I personaly do not think that driverless cars are safe. For many reasond of cause.

Reason number one is, that they are not totally diverless. In the story it saids,"" They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are desighned to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navagating through work zines and around accidents.""

The scary thing about this is, the driver might not always hear the alart in time to react and then comes an aweful accident. These cars are designed to give the divers a break (I'm guessing) but if the driver are totaly relaxed, than that could resolve in a huge problem.

Reason number two is, that even though you are not driving you still have to pay attention to roads. Which now tells me that this car was not made to give the drivers a break after all. I read,"" Manufacturers are aslo considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road.""

Now, this article has me wondering. Why was this invention was even made? it doesnt give the driver a break nor is it able to handle any road conditions.

And reason three was, thats this is not even legal in all states. Which now has me thinking about why other contries think that this is not such a good idea either. The article said,"" Presently, traffic laws are written with the asssumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. As a result, in most states it is ilegal even to test computerdriven cars."" This has to tell you something about how safe this really isan't for humans if it is ilegal in other states.

Even thought this sounds like a pretty cool idea, I dont think that it owuld be safe at all to put out for humans to buy. They dont alwasy drive themselves, they are ilegal in some states to even be inventing, and they could be the cause of many accidents. Now, they dont sound all that safe. But, of course, the choice is all yours... Would you give it a try?",3
"The face, is it martian made or a natural landform? The face is not a alien artifact it is a land form that is formed with facial features like eyes and a nose. The Viking 1 captured a mesa land formation that resembled a face not a martian made artifact. In 1998 a MOC team captured a picture that proved the ""Face"" was a mesa land form. Then agian in 2001 another team captured a picture of the mesa with a Mars Global Surveyor agian NASA came to the conclusion it was a mesa.

In 1976 a Viking 1 camera captured a bone chilling picture of what looks like a face. As scientists studyed the picture they came to the conclusion that it was an oddly formed mesa that resembled a human face. After they let the picture out to the public the popularity of this mesa sky rocketed it haunted the world for twenty five years before NASA did another expadition to prove it was a mesa.

In 1998 a GOC team captured a picture of this so called face. After further exsamination NASA found the face to be a land form commonly known as a mesa. After studying the mesa the group of scientists compaired the face to mesas in Cydonia, the area the face was found, they came to the conclusion the face was really a mesa that had a peculiar formation.

Then agian in 2001 skeptics lead NASA to do another expadition to capture another picture of the phonomanon. After finding the same evidince as they had the past two times NASA ruled it a mesa. Skeptics had no way of saying the face was anything but a mesa. NASA had proven it three times there was no denying it, the face was a land formation that was rather common were the pictures were taken.

Now NASA could be wrong the pictures could have been edited to contain the secret that there was life on mars. NASA could have tampered with the photographs to mislead the public. But life on mars would be good for NASA, the fact that we are not alone would get NASA the funding to start all kinds of expaditions that would help the United States in the Space race to mars. If there was life on mars NASA would have trillions of dollars to fund there research on the planet. This proves that NASA's findings were correct that the face is a mesa that looks oddly like a human face.

After reading this you should realise the face is nothing more than a mesa land formation that was blown out of preportion. The media took a simple fact and turned it into a alien artifact this concludes the fact that the face was a naturally formed mesa nothing less nothing more. The face is a mesa that looks strangly like a human face that became a pop icon for twenty five years.",4
"Driverless cars seem like an impossibility.

They seem like something out of a futuristic movie or comic book.

However, today's evidence proves that driverless cars are a realistic possibility.

Advancements in technology today provide tangible evidence that driverless cars could play a prominent role in the near future.

Driverless cars should be developed and dissimenated because they are more efficient, would increase safety, and would increase the quality of life for drivers.

Driverless cars are much more efficient.

The article ""Driverless cars are coming"" states, ""The cars [Google cofounder Sergey Brin] foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus.""

Obviously, driverless cars would increase the efficiency of vehicles and use half as much fuel.

This would benefit both the owner of the car and the environment.

Pollution from cars is a real problem and, if cars only used half of the fuel, then this terrible pollution would be minimized.

Also, if the cars use half as much fuel, then our natural resources would be preserved and the cost of driving a car would be lessened.

Also, Driverless cars are safe.

The biggest problem with driverless cars is that it is difficult to enable them to manuever around unexpected problems like car accidents or construction areas.

However, driverless cars are now able to notify the driver when he or she needs to take over the controls in trecherous situations. This ability to notify the driver when needed will make driverless cars much safer.

If the car is unable to manuever through a situation safely, it will force the driver to take over.

This nullifys the arguement that driverless cars are not safe because it proves that driverless cars notify the driver at any unsafe moment and enable the driver to take over the controls of the car.

Otherwize, the driverless car can handle the terrain on its own.

Finally, driverless cars would increase the quality of life for the driver.

In tedious situations like a traffic jam, driving is boring and energy wasting.

However, driverless cars can take away the exhausting driving experience and allow the driver to relax.

For example, ""Traffic Jam Assistant"" will be very helpful to anyone in a traffic jam because it would take away the boredom of driving in a traffic jam.

Traffic Jam Assistant enables the car to handle driving functions up to 25 miles per hour.

This would be very helpful in a long and tedious traffic jam because one does not drive over 25 miles per hour in a traffic jam.

Also, if taxis could be driverless cars, the quality of life for the average citizen would increase.

Taxis would cost less money, they would be open more often, and they could take passengers to farther destinations.

This would dramatically increase the quality of life for all people and it would make owning a car almost antiquated.

this would provide much finacianal saving for the average person and it would provide a great deal of convinience for the average person as well.

In conclusion,

Driverless cars would be extremely beneficial.

They would increase efficiency, increase safety, and improve the quality of life for all people.

Driverless cars would drastically change the way people live.

If cars could drive themslelves, the quality of life would be incredibly increased for all people and the world would not be the same.  ",5
i think having cars that can drive themself is a very bad idea. i dont think battery powered cars are a good idea. if we have cars that drive themself what happens when they break and people wont know how to fix it becuase they will think that it wont break. and poeple wont be as alert as they are today. becuase the car does all the work for them until the human has to take over. and say if the vehicle gets into a wreck whos responsible. bacuase if the human isnt driving how can they know whos fault it is. there are many roadblocks we have to break through before we even start to test these in real life situations. i feel like humans should be driving her eown car becuase if some one pulls right ou in front of them they will be alert and move out of the way of that other vehicle. and they claim that these driverless cars are more fual efficent but if every one drove a deisel car or truck that will be just as fuel efficent becuase a deisel burns hotter so it burns off alot more of those harmful chemicals. and a deisel creats more power. i personally dont have one i have a old truck that does horrible on gas but i will back up might statement. i preffer deisel i always have now i will admit yes eventually we will have to resort to elctric cars but we dont need driverless cars. theres no point we went all this time without them so why switch when we are doing fine without them. its almost like buying a brand new truck right off the lot then a year later when the new one comes out you uy that one. its pointless. so instead of wasting money one these dreams spend that money toward something that matters more.,2
"Is the Electoral College a good thing? A Majority would say no and that it is a non democratic method of selecting a president. Many believe this system should be changed, as it is not really an accurate way to show what the majority wants, and that the president of the united states should be chosen through the popular vote. What if there is a tie in the electoral vote? In the case of a tie the election would be given to the house of represenatives. Given that many voters vote one party for president and another for congress, this isn't really and accurate reflection of the will of the people.

The electoral college is a system that has voters vote for a slate of electors, not the president. If you lived in california, for example, and voted democrat, you actually voted for a slate of Democratic electors pledged to the Democratic party. These electors, if they won the statewide election, would then go to congress and the Democrat candidate would recieve the vote of these electors. Anyone not holding public office can be an elector. And it depends on the state on how they are picked. Sometimes the presidential candidates themselves choose who the electors are. Voters can't always control who the electors end up voting for.

Of course the electoral college method has its upsides. Being that with this system in place the outcome of the election is more certain. Of Course a dispute over the outcome is possible, it did happen in 2000, but it's less likely than a dispute over the popular vote. However, it can be argued that this method can turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state, Democrats in Texas for example, or Republicans in California. These voters, knowing their vote will have little to no effect, would have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign than they would if the president was chosen through the popular vote.

At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. Most states have a winner-take-all system in place. Which means that they award the winning presidential candidate all of the electors votes. Because of this candidates dont spend time in states they have no chance of winning. They choose to mainly focus on the undecided states. In some cases, states don't get to see the candidates at all during the campaign, or even a single campaign ad.

In short, Does the electoral college work? In some ways yes but in many ways no. The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The electoral college should be abolished, and the decision of who becomes  president should be left to the popular vote; seeing as it is a more accurate representation of the collective will of the people.    ",4
"Fellow citizens...we are working on limiting car usage.

By limiting car usage we will be reducing the amount of pollution. We'll also be making the air safer and reducing the stress that having a car produces. In a small town in Germany they don't even drive cars.

Our cities are are becoming polluted because of our car usage. In paris they ordered motorists with even license plates to leave their cars at home or pay a fine. There were almost 4,000 drivers that got a fine.

In Bogota, Colombia they had a car free day. This ment that everyone would go 1 day without using their car. This program helped avoid traffic jams. They had a large turnout. Day without cars helped parks and sports centers bloom throughout the city.

""Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by."" In america, the rate at which americans drive is decreasing.            ",2
"Many people believe that the production of driverless cars isn't the best. I'm going to inform you as to why I believe that driverless cars are the best for our near future. Google cofounder Sergey Brin has done a series of tests to prove that driverless vehicles are not a danger to the public but can be very usefull. Not only are the good right now, but they are also improving little by little every day.

For starters, by having driverless cars, we will be able to decrease the amount of accidents that we have. This will happen by having no one at fault but the technology, and I know that sounds like I'm going against it, but I'm not. Not only does the car have special features that make it stop when it's too close to an object but if that fails then who's to blame? Right now we have drivers who are falling asleep at the wheel due to being tired, coming home from work late, and/or going out to parties. Driverless cars will help with this. They have a special feature in the car where if the car feels that the person needs to take over, they will vibrate the seat and even flash the windsheld, (although they're working on the windsheld) this will help keep the driver awake and reduce the amount of accidents we have.

Having driverless cars will also help decrease the amount of air polution we have due to factories and the amount of cars that polute the air.

It says in the passage that ""The cars he foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus."" By Sergey stating this, he's saying that we would reduce the amount of air polution. Not only is it reducing the amount of air polution but it's also far more comfortable than a bus.

Driverless cars will be an increasing business once it's not illegal in every state. This will happen because who wouldn't want a driverless car? This business will sky rocket due to the amount of people who would want a driverless car. This comes back to helping the economy. By having people buy driverless cars, this will drastically help the economy.

Many people don't like to be supervised while driving, but having a driverless car, this is a special feature. Not only will it help the driver back out of drive ways, or parking lots, but it will also help identify who was at fault if there were ever an accident. It also helps with no texting and driving, because the car will not allow it. Once the car feels that it needs the drivers attention towards the road, the seat will vibrate calling the attention of the driver to take over the wheel. Therefore the driver will not be able to text and drive. Not only is this benefical for drivers, it's also helpful for new drivers. Because they are not experienced they are more likely to be in an accident. Which is why the driver may need this feature while driving.

In conclusion, I believe that driverless vehicles are better for the environment because the positive aspects outweigh the negative ones. Not only will it help the environment it will help the economy. Therefore it will become an increasing production. This is only the beginning of something great. It's improving everyday and will continue to improve.  ",4
"the reason why their is the techonoly of people to know how to understand on how the reason the potrites are in this world today. By showing on how the way the pictures in the text is showing how she is smileing. I think we should leave her face the way is orginally on the way it is from the way the arginol person painted it. It is being very respectful on how the painting is being displaied in different musemes here around the world.

the reason why I think this is because lets say that we painted something and someone goes in and paint it completely different. Than what you made it to be in the first place. So I feel like we all should leave things they were when they were created. The respect we give we get in return from the same reson y we gave it to others because the more you give the more it looks good on you in the long run. So just remember that the next time you see someone changing someone else's painting or others works. They work so hard on because why would they work so hard on somthing that someone else is just gonna go back in and change it.         ",1
"In the article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"" the author states both positive and negative aspects for driverless cars. It tell you about tells you about all the grater thing that they can do and even the not so greater outcomes that can come from a driverless car.

My position with driverless cars is that I think they will be a great idea because it gives humans a better chance at looking out for thing that might potically can get them into a car accident. "" The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on idividual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better repsonse and control than a human driver could manage alone."" The driverless cars can protect you than you can protect yourself and anyone else in the car with you. The driverless car can even handle any driving functions up to the speeds of 25mph. The cars are designed to let the driver know when there is accident ahead of when there is road constrution going on so it tells the humans to take control because the car knows that it can't do it by itself. "" They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves,but all are esigned to notify the driver when the road ahead requries human skills,... navigating through work zones and aroung accidents."" The car can a geart thing that happens to the world.

The driveless car has been around for as couple of years. Even in 2016 we have cars that brakes if you get to close to a car and that won't turn on the radio if seatbelt in not buckled up. "" Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of dring on autopilot 90 percent of the time."" I know it might not seem like a lot but it is in 2016 alone humans have made "" MercedesBenz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselces by 2020."" That to me a big improvment from just the little things that we have right know. To me cars braking if you get to close to another car is pretty good .

In conclusion, the driverless car can be very helpful to humans because it helps us stay safer on the roads. Also, the car knows when it's not good enough to help you anymore so it has you take control of it so that it won't get you or anyone else hurt if it can stop or anything else.     ",4
"Source 1; What is the electoral collage?

The electoral collage is a process, not a place. The electoral collage process consists of the selection of the meeting of the electors where they vote for president and vice president and the counting of the electoral of the electoral votes by congress. The electoral collage consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. The Congressional delegation one for each member in the house of representives plus two for senators. The 23rd Amendment of the constiton the district of columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the electoral collage. Each candiddate running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors. The electors are generally chosen by the candidate's political party but state has his or her own group of electors. The electors are chosen by political party. The state law vary on how the electors are selected and their responsibilities. The presindential election are held every four years. After the president election the governor prepares a Certifiate of Ascertainment.

Source 2; The indefensible electoral college; why even the best laid defenses of the system are wrong.

Under the electoral collage system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors who in turn elect the president. If you live in Texas and vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electores pledged to kerry would get 34 electoral votes. On the off-chance that those electora won the statewide election they would go to Congress and Kerry would get 34 votes. The single best argument against the electoral collage is what we might call the disaster factor. The American people are lucky that 2000 fiasco was the biggest eleection crsis in a century. Back in 1960 segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with the new electors who would oppose John F Kenney. He was a great learder.

Source 3; in dedense of the electoral college; five reasons the keep out despised method of choosing the president.

The number collage is widely regared as an anachronism a non- democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled. The advocates of this position are correct in arguing that the electoral college method is not democrtic in a modern sense. When you vote for a president candidate you're actually voting for a slate of electors. There are five reasons for reatining the Elctoral college despite its lack of democratic pedigree all are practical reason not liberal or conservative reason. In 2012 election for example Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes. The electoral college requires a president candidate to have trans- regional appeal. The winner takes all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates as we saw in 2012 election to focus their campagign efforts on the toss up states.

After many years of no one has changed anything else about the election camagign or anything. I think its time to do that. Lets put a girl in the office she can do just as good as a men.    ",1
"The author claims that Venus is a planet we can study, and possibly inhabit someday. Venus is reffered to as earths twin, mainly because it's around the same size, and is just a bit closer to the sun than the earth is. Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system.Scientists would like to explore it someday.

Venus long ago might have had oceans, and supported forms of life. Similar to earth, it has rocky sediment and includes features such as, velleys, mountains, and craters. Venus also has a thick atmoshoere, of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets that covers the whole planet. The temperatures on Venus average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmoshperic pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience here on earth.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one perticularly compelling idea for sending humans to Venus. NASA has the idea of sending something, similar to a blimp into the sky of Venus, where we can study the area there. The vehicle would be able to avoid the dangerous ground conditions by staying out of their way. The blimp would be thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exeed Earth levels.

I think, leaving earth to find a new planet would be a great idea. We would find more and possibly alien resources. Meet other life forms and make friends with them, to form an alliance. If exploring Venus will succeed, then we have everything we need to explore possibly another planet. It would be great to take over another planet, and live there with new people. ",2
"I think that the idea of driverless cars is an awful idea because, ""None of the cars developed so far are completely driverless."" This ruins the whole point of taking away human error and letting something else drive you. Plus I think that the transition between the car driving and the driver driving would cause more crashes. I could also foresee unprepared drivers to try to use these new ""driverless"" cars. Overall, driverless cars seem to be a waste of time and money to me because they would bore the driver and cause more accidents.

First of all, I think that driverless cars are a waste of time and money because you still need a driver to pay attenton. For me, this would just ruin the whole experience of not having to drive. Even Dr. Werner Huber from BMW agreed that drivers would get bored when he admitted that, ""The psychological aspects of automation are really a challenge."" This was in response to the question, ""Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive."" Secondly, I think that not having to focus on the road will lead the driver to lose focus so that when they are called upon to drive, they are not ready. The transition from the car drving to the human driving would likely lead to more wrecks because when you are not focusing on driving, you don't really care about focusing on the road. Driverless cars seem to present the same distraction that texting has, and texting while driving is illegal in most states. I also know that some people do not drive because they are not very good at it, and the idea of a ""driverless car"" might tempt them to drive one. These same unprepared drivers would still have to, ""take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues,"" if they were driving a google car which would lead to yet again, more accidents.

Driverless cars are a big hoax. They are not even truly driverless because, "" they still alert the driver to take over."" This would just be boring waiting for your turn to drive. These would also cause more accidents with the rough transition of taking over the wheel especially when unprepared drivers try to use this new technology. I don't think that anyone wants worse drivers on the road, more accidents, more expensive cars, and an even more boring experience with the new and not so impressive driverless cars.",4
"Google has always been there for us when we need a fantastic search engine or when we need to figure out what special holiday it is, but little did we know about there lastest invention! Google has been seeking for a better technological future since 2009 with there latest peice; the smart vehicle. Although, this great thought has come to life for the world to visualize, I don't really believe that this invention is as great as the world may see it to be.

For a place which is already called ""Lazy America"", why would this nation want to progress the other lands thoughts on that belief? The fact that there are cars being made for the laziest of people who don't have the moments of time or ability to sit and drive to go from one place to another is upsetting. These cars are being made for the people who rather text, eat, (etc.) and drive than pay attention to the road. Google had mentioned that their cars must have ""the human driver..remain alert and be ready to take over.."", but Google is trying to get around that problem so the car is totally self-operated. Not only Google, but many other vehicle companies. For example, in paragraph ten, it states that the ""Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drives themselves by 2020."" What does this prove? Does this show that America's self worth is our inventions? No, I believe that this shows how unbelievably lazy this world has become.

Secondly, Although this autopilot car may caught the heart and the eyes of everyone who has heard about this invention, I'm positive that these cars could not be afforable to the people who want them most. Because of the amount of time and money that it took to research how to make these cars, it would cost lots of money to replenish those funds and there is only one way of doing that for those vehicle companies and for Google; selling their cars for higher prices. For this reasoning, many of the lower classes and comfortably living middle classes would not be able to pay for the cars. In paragraph one, it talks about how ""the car he{Sergey Brin} foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis.."" and cars, which is good for our planet and good for the ozone, but if the only people who have these cars are the rich, which is low in numbers of people as a whole, what difference would it make if the many people who cannot afford these smart cars are still giving off these gas fumes and pollution into the air? Many people think about how this will affect the human race and how great of an invention this is. Yes, this invention may have its perks, but it wouldn't make a difference for those who cannot afford the first downpayment of these cars.

Lastly, the amount of regulations and laws that have to be overturn would take many, many years for these cars to even be legal to drive in many parts of the world! ""Traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times."" I firmly believe in this. They say this because when a human driver is always operating the vehicle, they are forced to pay attention for the sake of their lives or others.

The narrator of this article that ""..special touch sensors makes sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel"" at all times, but even if the human driver is holding on and behind the wheel that does not mean that they are paying attention 100% percent to the road ahead of them, which happens to be a scary thought. Many people fall asleep behind the wheel when the car is fully operated by them alone, so this would not stop many people from falling asleep.. Especially if they don't have to do anything to drive! If those many alert sensors do not alert the sleeping person, that may be trouble. Getting that passed through traffic laws would be difficult; Even for Google!

Although Google has been there for us for about a good decade and a half, helping us with our internet needs, that doesn't mean that they need to continue to move forward with something like this. The smart car, may be a pretty new thing to gaze and gauke at, but is it safe for our everyday use? Would it be safe for our newly founded driving teenagers, who already text and drive? Teaching people that it's okay to be lazy and not pay attention to the road is not something I would want to support and I believe that many people should stand behind this thought. I say ""No"" to this contraption.",6
"If you are looking into joining the Seagoing Cowboys program, their are lots of great reasons to join.

The first reason that the program is great is because you get to help people that are in need! Another one of the reasons, out of many, is that you would maybe get to see Europe and Greece. Even if you don't see those places, you defindely get to see Greece! ""' Seeing the Acropolis in Greese was special.""' I said. '""So was taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water.""' I supported. I also got to see the Panama Canal on my way to China.

You also get to care and help animals. You get to feed the animals, water them, and the stalls have to be cleaned. Even if this is not your favorite thing to do, you are still helping animals! Just like you need care, animals also need care, so it is a very kind thing to do.

You also get to play games, and have lots of fun! The games I played were baseball, volleyball, table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, and whittling. I added in my article that, ""games also help pass time."" That is very true! I loved playing games on board!

In conclusion, I got to learn lots of things about people who need help, and also animals. I stated in my article, ""' It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs.""' I also ended up leading my family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years. this trip was a great experience.   ",3
"Electoral College? Are you serious? Why is the election set up like this? I though it was a free country. But no. You guys practically vote on your own. You just make it look like you guys care, taking advice from the people in the states, but it's really just your decision. I want to choose freely, not think I am choosing freely. The President is a person who takes action in the country and we the people, want to choose the right one. You guys even show it sometimes. In the state, we might have a majority pick for one president, but you end up picking another one instead.

I understand that the Electoral College represents us by the number of people in the state, but there's one problem, you're not representing us well. I think that the United States shouldn't have the Electoral College and should just have a president win by the most votes. This is truly the best way to choose a president. I seriously don't like the idea about Electoral College and I think that the U.S should change that.

Look, Whomever this reaches, I just want you to know, many people out there, in the U.S, feel the same way as I about the Electoral College. Many of us feel like we are worthless, like we don't matter. If we can't choose our own president to make decisions, how can we trust this country and stay happy, people may leave, have protests, very bad things can happen.

Think about it, it isn't the best way to do it. I just want you to think of the lie you don't want to tell but you are telling. Thank you for your time to sit down and read this carefully and appreciate my thoughts about the Electoral College.    ",2
"Venus is the second planet form our sun, while Venus is simple to see from the distant vantage point we have here at Earth, it has been difficult place to examine closely. Venus is oftern referred as Earths ""twin"" and is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size this is why we should research Venus as a planet more. Venus is also relatively close to us so we should definetly invest more money researching even though there are some problems.

The athor states that Venus has proven many times before that it is not an easy planet to study. Each mission to land on venus was unmanned and for good reason, no aircraft would last more than a few hours. This explains why not a spaceship has touched down on venus in more than three decades. Many things contribute to Venus's reputaion as a challenging planet for us humans to study. Some of these things are a thick atmosphere of 97 percent of carbon dioxide covers the Venus, even more challenging are the clouds of extremely corrosive sulfuric acid in the atmosphere and on the planets sufare the average temperature is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the pressure of the atmosphere is 90 tines greater than what we experience on our own planet. These conditions are far more intense than anything humans can find on earth. An enviroment like venus's Would crush a submarine accustomed to driving in the deepest parts of the ocean and would liquefy minerals. All these things plus more is why every mission so far has been unmanned, and why there hasnt been a singe spaceship that has landed in Venus in almost 3 decades.

Despite all of the potentially dangerous things about Venus there is still alot to benefit. NASA or The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has an compelling idea for sending humans to study the cloudy planet. NASA's possible solution to the hostile condtions on the surface would allow scientists ti float above the fray and study without harm. It's a blimp like vehicle that hovers 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian. Hovering over venus would avoid unfriendly ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere. The author says ""Maybe we should think of them as challenges.""

By the end of the article the author says ""striving to meet the challenge presented by venus has value, not only becasue of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors.""",3
"There are many reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboy. The first reason is that you get to adventure and sight see. I know this because I got to explore an excavated castle and the Panama Canal on my way to china. I also road a gondola in the Venice, Italy streets of water. We also had to go to Greece with a load of 335 horeses plus the food and i got to see the Acropolis. I also got to play baseball and vollyball with other cowboys when they returned to give the animals back.

Another reason you should join the Seagoing Cowboys is that you get to help countries that are in ruins from World War 2. I had to help recover food supplies, bring back animals, an help repair. Even on the ship you have to take care of animals, such as horses, young cows, and mules that were shiped over seas. You had to feed them, give them water, and clean the stalls.

Sometimes you have to serve as a nightwatch, I did. I had to check the animals every night and make shure they were ok. I did make a mistake and slid down a slipery ladder and cracked my ribs but that was my fualt.

I would suggest anyone who loves adventureing with a friend and has always wanted to go on a adventure some where but couldn't. Or if you just like helping people, and animals recover from the war. This is the program for you, join the seagoing cowboys today!",3
"Venus is considered the most comprable planet to our own, Earth. It is the closest in size and density, and sometimes the closest in distance too. There have been many attempts to explore Earth's ""twin"" with unmanned spacecrafts, but none have ever survived after the first few hours of landing on Venus. The author does not support her claim that Venus is worth studying despite the dangers it presents.

The author has written in problem/solution format and gives solutions to the problem that Venus is too dangerous for humans to study. Although they give the problem and solution, they do not give enough evidence to support their claim. For example, ""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors"" (The Challenge 8). This evidence is only given in the last paragraph of the article and is not mentioned anywhere else. Also, the author lists many of the dangers of traveling to Venus, but does not dictate why it is worth the risk of exploring the planet.

The author also suggests that Venus is a good candidate for exploration because of it's occasional proximity to Earth. ""...sometimes [Venus is] our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel"" (The Challenge 4). The author does give reasons on why exploring Venus would be beneficial, but those reasons do not outweigh the dangers of the endeavor. The author says even if they could get a spacecraft close enough to Venus and for it to be survivable for humans, there would be only limited insight on ground conditions: ""... most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective"" (The Challenge 6). The author does not support her claim even further because after proposing a solution to the problem, there would not be any valuable data gained from a journey that is already very dangerous.

Numerous dangers have been listed on the exploration of Venus. The author mentions that no spacecraft has survived on Venus: ""...no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours"" (The Challenge 2). Since these missions have been unmanned, there is not much loss except for the spacecraft itself, but if there had been a human aboard, the loss would be tremendous and nothing would be gained from the mission. The conditions of Venus simply will not allow manned missions for closer examination of the planet. The author goes on to list the physical dangers of Venus: ""On the planet’s surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet"" (The Challenge 3). On Venus, the temperature alone could liquify many metals and completely destroy spacecrafts that were sent there. Also, the pressure of the atmosphere could crush a submarine fit for diving to the deepest parts of the ocean. The dangers of Venus outweigh the knowledge to be gained from the exploration.

The author does not support her claim that Venus is worth studying despite the dangers it presents. First, the author only mentions support for her claim in the last paragraph of the article. Second, the author presents a solution to the problem, but says that no data can be gained from the experience because of the conditions of Venus. Third, the author presents the dangers of exploring Venus, and those dangers outweigh the benefits of exploring the planet. Furthermore, the author does not support her claim that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.         ",5
"Do you ever wonder how it would be if we lived in a car free enviroment where cars where limited. There would not be any traffic jams,or heavy smog,people wont have to worry about gas prices. Our enviroment would be cleaner and better for us to live in. There are so many advantages from limiting car usage.

People with cars tend to worry about gas prices and how much money it takes to fill up their car. When limiting the usage of cars,and walk or bike it helps save your money for something other than gas. Just think of it the average person has to fill up their gas tank at least once every one to two weeks, and if they drive constantly then once every three to five days after they had just filled up their tank. Why even waste gas to go down the street to a store or to a friends when you can use a better and more conservitive type of transportation, its nonsensicle to even drive for a short amount of time if you can walk or bike to you destination. If we also limit car usage we wont have to worry much about bumper to bumper traffic or car accidents. Think of how much much time traffic on the highways wastes sometimes 20 minutes to an hour or two when we can be doing something better with our lives. Not to mention if we limited our usage our roads sidewalks and highways would all change. There would also be more outside attractions to do and be apart of, malls and stores would be different as well considering that if not much cars are around its not necassary to have shopping plaza because not much cars would be parked. Driving a car when only necessary would help people a whole lot and change and impact the way we live in a positive way.

Think of our enviroment and ozone for a minute,and how bad the fules that power our cars effect it, not only does the fules effect our enviroment it also affects us too. When we have a high amount of smog in the air due to cars it makes people congested because our air is tainted and polluted. How much you drive is as important as whether you have a hybrid the EPA is promoting the act of reduced car communities. Its not just cars either you have motorcycles as well that harm us and the enviroment ion the same way. Not only will limiting your usage on your car will be better for your wallet it would be better for you as well considering the fact that some people if not using or having a car tend to walk or bike which is exercise and it helps to benifit you out as well as your money. Driving a car when only necessary would help people a whole lot. Considering that everyone is out of shape because of our advances in life a little walking or biking exercise will benifit us from being lazy, you can even make your walk fun with music to listen to. If we limit our usage it will help our enviroment and our health as people as well.

Cars maybe needed if you have a job or a place that you need to go that is a far stretch from where you are. Cars are very handy i'll give it that,but sometimes they are unnecessary to use in certain situations. Peolpe like having a car for freedom and having their own transportation instead of relying on something else to get them around, but the thing is that we dont actually need cars that much for things. People are just lazy and depend on cars so they dont have to walk, take a bus ,or bike to their destination but its that mind set that most of us have and thats why our enviroment is getting killed slowly. We need to stop being lazy and think of better ways to get back and forth from certain areas.

Cars can are good to have for self transportation, but there are much better ways to get from place to place without hurting your wallet and your enviroment. There are plenty of benifits from limiting car usage for everyone. When we limit car usage we dont have to worry about gas prices or smog in our enviroment or anything of that nature. Limiting gas makes us better and healthier because we are finding more physical alternative ways for transportation.    ",4
"Driverless cars are a good idea, but it has its flaws. Driverless are more prone to get into an accidents than cars with people actually driving them. First, the car is made up of a lot of sensors. The sensor on the roof is the most important one, and if that sensor gets damaged in any way the car couldn't drive itself. If someone was taveling on the road in that car, and the Rotating sensor stopped working then they would have to take over , and drive themselves. Also if a malfunction happened on a highway it can cause car crashes and such. While there are problems about the sensor privacy needs to be addressed too.

Privacy is a big thing too the ""Manufacturers are also considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining foucused on the road"" this shows that the manufactureres are watching people as they drive. People in the car would have no privacy cause the manufacturers are watching them. While privacy is a issue buying that can't drive itself is an issue too.

The car still ""requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents"" this shows that the driver must stay alert while its driving. Manufactueres have developed things to get people's attention whenever a problem occurs. Its like why would you pay for a driverless car that you still have to drive?

Driverless cars should not be sold because there are to many flaws with them from malfunctioning to broken sensors. Its better to have it be human driven than machine driven.    ",3
"Driverless cars would not be a good envision for the future. Disposing of normal cars to create autonomous cars would be putting our faith in technology with no human control. Driverless cars promote unfocused and unaware driving. Also, they effect the economy by putting the country in more debt and causing conflict between people.

There are not any guarantees for the safety of humans for all ages, even animals, if laws are made. How do you put a law on technology? The technology is programmed to do what it is told, but that can easily go badly. We have all seen the movies where humans build robots and the robots end up having a mind of its own. Is that not a possibility for these ""driverless cars""? This leads to driverless cars putting a negative impact on the economy. They will provide more cons than pros by adding un-needed debt.Think about the cost to have them all over the country when there are already regular cars. Sergey Brin ""forsees"" that the driverless cars would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus. What proof, facts, data, and studies are there that can ensure this happens? ""Driverless"" cars are not that ""driverless"" if they still need a human in the drivers seat for emergencies. Sensors, monitors, and vibrating seats are not the solution to ensure this country's safety.

In conclusion, ""driverless"" cars are not a good envision for the future for many reasons. The article states that ""even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault ----the driver or the manufacturer?"" Efficiency and half the use of fuel does not solve all of the problems ahead. Work and research based on assumptions are simply not enough.            ",3
"Dear, Senator

I agree in favor yo keep the

Electoral College . Beacause the founding fathers etablished it in the

Constitution as a compromise between election of the

President by a vote in

Congress and elction of the

President by a poular of qualified citizens. We would not want to change the

Constitution that are great founding fathers had once made before. Under the 23rd

Amendment of the

Constitution of the

District of

Columbia is allocated 3electors and treated like a state for purpose of the

Electoral College.

For this reason in the word state also is refers to the

District of

Columbia . Each candidate running for

President in your state has his or her own group of electors. You help choose your states electors when you vote for I agree in favor yo keep the

Electoral College . Beacause the founding fathers etablished it in the

Constitution as a compromise between election of the

President by a vote in

Congress and elction of the

President by a poular of qualified citizens. We would not want to change the

Constitution that are great founding fathers had once made before. Under the 23rd

Amendment of the

Constitution of the

District of

Columbia is allocated 3electors and treated like a state for purpose of the

Electoral College.

For this reason in the word state also is refers to the

District of

Columbia . Each candidate running for

President in your state has his or her own group of electors. You help choose your state electors when you vote for

President because when you vote for a canidiate you are actually voting for your candidates electors.

Whatis wrong with the

Electoral College . Under the

Electoral College system voters vote not for the

President but for the slate of electors who in turn elect the

President . The single best arguement againt the electoral college is what we might call the disaster facter. The american people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election in the century the system allows for much worse. Prehaps most worrying is the prospect of the election vote would be tied in the elctorlal vote. In that case the election would thown to the house of represenitives where state delegation vote on the president .

In conclsion this is why we should keep the Electoral college. Because they have plans for back up and everything is orginised for america.      ",1
"Driverless cars are coming in the near future. There is debate for whether or not we should allow them on the public roads. People say that driverless cars are perfectly safe and that it can save the amouont of gas used currently by a lot. I think that we should allow driverless cars because they can reduce the amount of driving related accidents, car companies are already planning to release them to public consumers on specific times, and we can reduce the amount of gas used.

Driverless cars can reduce the amount of car accidents and reckless drivers. The driverless cars use sensors so it makes it safe for the drivers. Sensors are already being used on cars, for example, the Toyota Prius uses sensors on the left rear wheel,a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, and more sensors. The sensors are very advanced so they can detect and respond to danger faster than a human. The sensors can tell the car to apply brakes with a better response time and control than a human could possibly do. Sensors are only getting more advanced so it can only get safer in the future, and it is perfectly safe to use them on driverless cars. Some people may say that it is possible that a sensor fails to work or technology can get messed up, but the chance is rare and it would cause far less car accidents than if a human had full control over the wheel. The smart cars still allow control from the human and the car alerts the human if they and the car are in danger, so if something were to happen, the human could take control and try to stop it. The car still allows people to steer, accelerate, and brake themselves. The Google car announces when the driver should be prepared to take over. GM made driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger. Google has been testing driverless cars since 2009. Some companies are also considering using cameras to watch the drivers to make sure that they are alert and paying attention in case something happens where the human would need to take control. There has been over half a million miles on them and no crashes so far so it is perfectly safe to the consumer to use.

The driverless cars can also be used to reduce the amount of gas used today by a lot. Google cofounder, Sergey Brin, said that the cars he foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus. People spend a lot of money on gas and it is expensive so if we can reduce that amount by half, then people can use that money they're saving on more important things and can possibly improve our economy.

Companies are already planning for the future. Car companies are making driverless cars and have set dates to when they will be available to consumers. Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time. Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan for the release of driverless cars by 2020.

Driverless cars are in the future and companies have already planned for them, they are perfectly safe, and they can reduce the amount of spending money on gas. Driverless cars can do way more than they can do bad, and the bad is no worse than what is going on now so we should get ready for driverless cars in the future. ",4
"The Face on Mars is a natural landform.

It is only a coincidence that it looks like a face.

People want to believe that there is life on Mars, but they do not have the scientific evidence that they would need to prove this.

First of all, the cameras that are used are the best they can possibly make.

They even used the maximum resolution the camera can poduce.

It can even see if there were to be small objects near the Face.

They've used those cameras and they didn't see anything that proved to be life-like.

People are indenial.

They want to believe that there is life on another planet.

The media doesn't help with this issue either.

This idea of an alien monument is everywhere in the media and some actually believe it is real.

This Face is just being used as an entertainment value and a huge money maker for movie producers in Hollywood.

There are no facts that prove there are aliens on Mars, but some people are too stubborn to listen to what NASA has to say.

They would rather believe Hollywood or other unreliable sources with no facts.

The United States of America is proof enough that this Face is in fact a landform.

Natural things like this occur all the time in the American West.

We have all kinds of oddly shaped landforms that we know came naturally.

This case with Mars seems no different than what happens on Earth.

Conspiracy theorists believe that NASA is hiding alien evidence from the public, but the photos were released and it is plain to see that there is no alien activity happening.

The Face of Mars is just a regular mesa that is normal to people on Earth.

It only looks like a face because there are certain shadows that can trick us into thinking that facial features were intentionally added.

Although it is pretty incredible, it is nothing more than just a natural landform.

It's unfortunate that it was just a false alarm, according to scientists, but it's time to face the facts.",3
"I think the auther supports this idea by explaining to us the things about Venus. The auther explained to us all about Venus, but Venus isn't like earth it used to be a long time ago. Venus could've had oceans and probably could've supported some life forms. Now Venus isn't so much like Earth it still has some treates like surface of rocky sediments it also has valleys, and mountians. All these things sound familiar becuase of here on earth but don't be fooled Venus is about one of the most dangers plantes to vist. Venus has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid. The surface of Venus is average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater then what we have here. Us human could never survive on there the climt is just crazy there even tho Venus is second from the sun it still has the hottist surface of all plantes. Besides all of those crazy condions Venus also has erupting volcanoes and the wether there is also bad it has powerful eartherquakes, and freduent lightning strikes. The auther also said that scientists even wanted to vist the plant but how could they even survive the condition of the plant. It says that the dont want to land on it put more like hover above it becuase the extrem tempiters could easily melt everything. But even tho they won't land on it the air would still be around 170 degrees Fahrenheit. But our new genertion is packed with smart ideas and things that can keep us safe from extreme condions like Venus it's self. I think one day we might just be exploring new plantes and you never know might even explore new unvirses. I think our populion will keep growing and one day the earth wouldn't be able to keep all of us and everything will start runnng out faster and faster. The auther did a good job writing about Venus and it's extreme courses and how he thinks sceintist one soon be able to go and explore it.",2
"Scientists have been trying to figure out what the face is on Mars. It turns out that the face, is not really a face. Scientists discovered that the formation that everyone is seeing in the photograph is actually a landform called a Butte, they are most likely found in the American west.

This formation was so astonishing that it was featured in a Hollywood film, Magazines, Books, radio talk shows and even haunted grocery store checkout lines. People thought that this kind of evidence should be hidden. A few scientists believed that the face was an alien artifact, but phototgraphing Cydonia became a priority for NASA when MGS arrived at the Red Planet in September 1997, they photographed the face as soon as they could get a good shot at it. MGS is a mapping spacecraft that normally looks straight down and scans the planet like a fax machine. Eighteen years later they decided to end the mission, they felt that it was important to taxpayers.

On April 5, 1998, MGS flew across Cydonia for the first time. A team of Mars Orbiters took a picture ten time sharper than the original photo. An enormouse amount of web surfers waited for the pricture, but when it posted they weren't so satisfied. There wasn't and alien monument after all. NASA just does not pass over the face very often.

On April 8, 2001, MGS drew close enough for a second look. They had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in field of view. The picture showed the Martian equivalent of a butte or messa, which again are landforms common around the american West. It reminds people of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.

Each of the pictures pixles in 2001 had a span of 1.56 meters compareed to 43 meters per pixle in the best 1972 image. If there were to be objects in the pictuer such as a plain on the ground or Eqyptian style Pyramids you would see them. So after all there is no face on the panet, it is just a landform called a butte.    ",3
"In this passage the author supports his/ her idea by explaining that there are so many risks that will be taken if you land on Venus unprepared. The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers by saying, ""A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent cardon dioxide blankets Venus"", which means that Venus is covered in a dangerous acid that basically covers the whole entire planet.

In the text i chose this quote because it explains one of the many dangers to going to the planet Venus ans why it is very dangerous and risky because lives could be on the line.

In summary you should not go to Venus because the author has made a great point about how dangerous it is and he is trying to persaude you not to go but not only that but he is also trying to expalin to you in detail the pro's and con's of going to Venus.",2
"The Face on Mars is a natural landmark on Mars and was not formed by aliens. The Face may have been formed from different weather conditions and erosion, just like the landmarks on Earth. If aliens were to create The Face, the imaging cameras would have captured someone either building The Face or being around The Face. Also, if these so called ""aliens"" were The ones who made The Face, why would they make The Face resemble a human being's face.

One suggestion that The Face was not made by aliens is that the Viking 1, the Mars Global surveyor, and the MGS did not capture any type of creature around or on The Face. Another suggestion would be that weather conditions and erosion might have been a factor in the creation of The Face. One more suggestion is that if the Face was created by aliens, the condition of The Face would have been the same from 1976 to 2001. Lastly, if The Face was crerated by aliens, would there be a city or village near The Face so the aliens could maintain the condition of The Face? Also, why would these aliens make the Face resemble a human being? Wouldn't they want the Face to resemble their own kind? Or are they trying to make contact with us by making the Face resemble a human being? There are some reasons why the Face is a natural landmark instead of a man-made, or in this case, an alien-made landmark.

The Face of Mars is a natural landmark instead of an alien-made landmark. One factor of the Face's creation on Mars is that the weather conditions and erosion played a role in its creation. Or was the Face created by aliens living on Mars? To this day, we may never know how, when, and who were the creators of the Face on Mars.",3
"When it comes down to air pollution cars are one of many the factors that lead to air pollution. The pollution made by cars could start smog to build up in major cities and suburband areas. This can become a major factor in many other developed countries. There is one way we could put a end to this and that is to limit car use.

There are countries all over the world that are starting a new trend in order to limit the use of cars. The trend they are starting is a car less suburb wich bans all cars from the community. This method is better because they build things in walking distance so there is no need for car use. This is a good way of reducing the air pollution and also a good way in saving money. this is a great move for the poeple who are jobless so they wont have to spend money on a car or gas. These suburbs are a good place to live because the air is less polluted and you save money.

This movement is also starting in major cities such as Paris and Bogota. Paris was one of the most polluted places in Europe until motorist with even numbered license plates were ordered to leave thier cars at home and the same would apply to the odd numbers the next day. As the days went on the smog in the air had reduced and also the traffic had dropped. In Bogota motorist were also orderd to leave thier cars home. When the people were orderd to leave the cars at home  they started to ride bikes and carpooling to get to thier destination. The other countries saw how this helped car pollution and traffic jams they started to ban cars as well.

This movement has vehicle makers to start changing the way they make thier cars due to these events. This new trend has redudced the air pollution majorly and the use of traffic jams have dropped. If they continue with this car banding the world would be a less polluted place and people would save money and live better.                    ",3
"Venus is the planet with the most similarities to our planet Earth. Venus is most definitely something worth exploring it is similar to our planet earth, it is dangerous, and it is just fascinating to explore different places.

Venus is very much alike our planet earth Astronomers think that long ago Venus was covered in oceans and could have supported life. Venus also has many planet like structures for example valleys, mountains, craters, and much more. In pragraph 4 it says ""Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth today... The planet has a surface of rocky sedimemt and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters."" That shows how Earth and Venus are so much alike.

Even though Venus is so much alike Earth it is way more dangerous. For example Venus temperature is way hotter than our temperature becaus it is closer to the sun and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we are used to. I know that Planet Venus is a dangerous planet because in paragraph 3 it says ""A thick atmoshphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosohere. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees farenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greaterthan what we experience on our own planet"" This proves that the conditions on Planet Venus is far to dangerous for us humans to be able to withstand.

With that being said Astronomers and scientists still believe it is worth exploring Venus because it is such a fasncinating planet. Astronomers still want to explore this planet more because it is the planet that is the closet to being just like our planet Earth with the most similarities than any other planet in our whole solar system. I know this because on Paragraph 4 it talks about the similarities between venus and earth, it also says that the astronomers are fascinated with Venus. ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system."" that shows that Astronomers think it's worth exploring.

Planet Venus is mos definitely a very fascinating planet, is very similar to our planet Earth, and also very dnagerous for us humans. But is it worth exploring?",4
"To get this thing started I absoulutely love being a Seagoing Cowboy! It is adventerous and a lot of the things I do can just absoulutely take my breath away sometimes. There are a lot of things I could try to persuade you with, but we don't have time for all of those. One of the reasons that everyone should join the Seagoing Cowboys is that we get to go and travel to a lot of places. These places aren't just ordinary places, these places are amazing because, they are places that people dream to go to! For example China!

I turned 18 before I arrived at Greece. By the time I was discharged in 1947 I made nine trips which is more than any Seagoing Cowboy. I have been to many places like Greece, China, Europe, and many more. When we had free time we played baseball, volleyball, we had table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whitting, and games also helped pass our free time.

I also have crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affected by World War ll. As you can see I have done a lot while being a Seagoing Cowboy and this was all done at a young age. You have to commit to it and then you will love it! It is a great time but you also have to work hard, trust me I have learned that. I hope that after reading this I have persuaded you enough to make you want to try to be a Seagoing Cowboy.",3
"You might not like the sea but you would like it when you get to take care of the animals. An reason you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program is that you can travel the world , go to a lot of extravagent places , you can be around a lot of animals, you can care for the animals . You can be an Seagoing Cowboy when you are either 17.

My point of veiw of him being an Seagoing Cowboy is a great experience for him. My friend invited me to go to Europe on a cattle boat ,but I didn't want to say no. I knew if he didnt take this oppurtunity of a lifetime.

I will feel sad for missing out on the oppurtunity.

Seagoing Cowhboys started out when the UNRRA started because the UNRRA wanted them to take care of the horses,young cows, and mules that were to be shipped overseas. If they shipped the animals overseas to a place they would get of the boat and go have some fun by doing a lot of activites. When the Seagoing cowboys went to Venice, Italy they rode and gondola because the streets are filled with water. when they went to Crete he toured and excavated catsle and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China.

On my

second trip, I served as a night watchman. My job was to check on all the animals every hour. One rainy night ,after making my hourly report to the captain, I slid down the ladder and cracked his ribs. But I also found time to have fun on board,especially on return trips after the animals were unloaded.

But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for me. It opened up the world to me .So if you wanted to be an Seagoing Cowboy you could be one if you like to travel a lot. If you like to be around animals be an Seagoing Cowboy . You would love to be around horses, young cows, mules. So join the Seagoing cowboys         ",3
"The Electoral College is a process put into place by the founding fathers for the purpose of electing a president. However, this process was enacted at the very beginning of the United States and the question must be asked, Is it still neccessary? Or even fair? With advancing technology and better processes, the old ways of doing things must be questioned.

Almost all states have a winner-take-all system in place, with the exception of Maine and Nebraska. This system has many faults and in some cases can produce false results. A presidential candidate that wins by a large majority in a state will win the electoral votes of that state, however, if another candidate wins a very close election, he/she will also win a state. For example, in the 2000 presidential election between Al Gore and President Bush, Al Gore won the popular vote of the people but lost the election for president because of the electoral college, the very fact that we know what the popular vote was is proof of neccesity of change. Not only this, but sixty percent of voters want to vote directly. This makes it possible for a candidate to have more individual votes but less electoral votes, making the system somewhat corrupt.

Not only is the process of the Electoral College unfair, it is simply not neccessary, with most voters using digital machines to enter their vote for candidate, votes can be counted digitally and accurately. The electoral college was a great idea before computers were invented and all votes had to be counted by hand. When the process of the Electoral College was put into place, it would have been impossible to count he votes of the entire country with any degree of accuracy, and even if it was possible, the validity of votes would be constantly be questioned. But in this day and age technology makes the very idea of the elctoral college obsolete. I understand the desire for preserving traditional methods but not when it sacrifices a fast, fair, easy system.

Not only should we use a system using computers to count votes, but we already do, news broadcasters show which presidential candidate is winning in real time using modern technology. This allows us to know which candidate has won the election on voting day. Keep in mind that when the electoral college was made, many citizens had no idea who had won often until the next year. The fact that we know immediatly is proof that the meeting of the Electoral college in December is completely unnessessary. And what if there is a tie in the elctoral vote, although we know what the popular vote is, we would still have to send the vote to congress.

Times have changed. Technology has improved. With this the very building blocks of our government must be improved and updated. The Electoral College is a perfect example of a system that worked well in the early days of the country but has since been made obsolete, this system must be fixed    ",5
"Does your expression in the mirror suggest an emotion? I think the technology computers that reads students emotional expressions is valuable because it describes your mood depending on how you feel. In the text it states, if you smile when a web ad appears on your sreen, a similar ad might follow. If you frown, the next ad will be different. This is showing how the Facial Action Coding System works on different emotions. By the way, did making a happy face in this experiment also make you feel slightly happy? According to the text it states, Facial feedback theory of emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them. This is explaining how the Facial Action Coding System proccess works with your facial muscles and it produces the type emotions or mood your in. ""Putting on a haapy face"" actually works. According to the text it states, The Facial Action Coding System indicates the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one. This is explaing that if you try to over do your smile or over do a emotion it can tell if your not being serious or not. This is why i think the Facial Action Coding System is valuable for students because its good experience for different emotions your in gives you feedback on how you feel.",2
"Landform or Alien?

Do you really think aliens made this face? I'm sure that is is just a natural landform on the Face on Mars. Now since people, such as you believe it is a alien artifact this is becoming a extrem priority for us

NASA. So we are beging to do some research on this.

First we sent the Mars Global Sureyor(MGS). They arrived to the Red Planet in September 1997, 18 long years after the vikings mission had ended. But we continued because we felt it was important to our taxpayers. We photographed the Face as soon as we could get a good look at it.

That being said, on April 5, 1998, MGS flew over Cydonia for the first time Michal Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team got a picture about ten times clearer than the Vikings first pictures. A great amount of wonderous people waiting for the first image to be shown, revealing whay was thought a natural landform. alot of people were upset that the Face was not indicated by aliens.       ",2
"I believe that the electoral college should not be kept because it is an unfair system of voting. There are flaws in the electoral college system that make it an unfair system to choose our president. Some of the things that are wrong with the electoral college are that voters can't control whom their electors vote for, in case of a tie there is not a fair way to pick the president, and the winner-take-all system is unfair to voters.

In the electoral college voters aren't essentially voting for a president but they are voting for a group of electors who will then elect a president. The electors can be picked in many different ways. Sometimes they are they are picked at state conventions, they can be picked at state party's central committe, or sometimes the presidental canidate picks them themselves according to Bradford Plumer (source 2). Plumer says that voters can't always control who their electors vote for and sometimes voters get confused on who to vote for. The system to pick electors can be bias. For example in 1960, segregationist in the Louisiana legislature almost achieved in replacing the Democratic elecotors with electors who would not elect John F. Kennedy. Meaning if Kennedy would have gotten the popular vote in Louisiana, he still would not have gotten the electoral votes in the state.

In the case of a tie, the electoral college would yet again be an unfair system. If there was a tie in the election, the election would be given to the House of Representatives. In that election, each state has only one vote. So a state with a bigger population has the same say than a state with a smaller population. According to Plumer, because many voters vote one party for president and another party for Congress, the House's selection will not entirely reflect the will of the people. A tie in the electoral college is possible beacause the amount of electoral votes is 538 which is an even number (source 3).

The electoral college is also unfair to voters because of the winner-takes-all system. The winner-takes-all system awards all the electors to the winning presidential canidate (source 1). According to Plumer because of the winner-takes-all system canidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning (source 2). Counterclains suggest that because the election depends on the vote of swing states, voters there are more thoughtful and should be the ones to decide how the election goes (Richard A. Posner, source 3). The comment that voters in swing states are more thoughtful is vague (not all voters in swing states have to be media literic), and it is unfair to other states if only the swing states are important to the canidates. Other states will not get enough and fair information about the presidental canidates.

In total, the electoral college is an unfair way to choose our presidents. The method has a lot of bias and doesn't give a fair voice to all the states and its voters. The method has a lot of flaws and is a non-democratic way to elect our presidents.      ",5
"The author makes a really good statement about humans should study venus more because it is worth it. I also believe us humans can actually make it happen and study this planet.

The athour really uses alot of detail when he explains how dangerous venus could be because in the article it says venus surface temperature is 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the air is 97 percent carbon dioxide. Also, the atmosphere pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience here on earth. According to pragraph 3 Venus has the hottest surface temperature in all of our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to the sun. But beyond high pressur and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volconoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface. Also, Astronomers have had theories that Venus could have also have been like earth and could have had oceans and life down there. So I really see a good reason to study this planet because human curiousity will eventually get the best of us and our neighboring planet will later be discovered with new information us humans never knew.

The Author also states that NASA has an idea for sending humans to venus. NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions of the surface of Venus would allow scientist to float above the fray. So like a blimp like vehicle hovering around 30 miles above Venus's surface. Like the Author states just like jets flying above storms, a vehicle hovering over venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. But at 30 miles or more above the surface the temperatures would still be hot around 170 degrees states the author. But, the air pressure would be close to sea level on Earth and there would be plenty of solar power. The conditions won't be easy but it's survivable for humans to do.

In conclusion The author gives many reason and details that we should really give Venus a chance to study. I totally agree with this idea because every year humans and inventions are evolving and possibly in the next 100 years we definetly could already be exploring other dangerous planets like Uranus or even Saturn. But it will never be easy to do those explorations. In other words I know we can do it because humans have already gotten so far we cannot just stop now.",3
"The use of Facial Action Coding system and the technology to read the students emotions is quite frankly valuable because it can produce special neeeds to the objective encounter. Imagine being able to detect exactly how others are feeling even when they are hiding their emotions inside. Leanardo da Vinci's Reanaissance painting computer software can recognize hidden emotions. They can caculate emotions like math homwork. In the text i states, ""Computers construct a pure 3-D printed model of the whole human face like the six basic emotions: happiness,suprise,anger,disgust,fear and sadness weighing in on diffrent units in the facial expressions of others. In the text it also states that, ""In fact we humans can detect emotions every single day by simply looking at our friends, family etc.

Say for instance that that your watching a YouTube video right, If you are currently smiling while watching the video then your good it pops up a nice calm smily like ad. And say for Instance your watching a YouTube video while frowning and tensing up, its a likely chance for a mean ad to come up. In the text it states, ""There are these muscles called orbicularis ocuil puris palpabraeus make crow's feet around your eyes. Also According to Facial Feedback Theory Of Emotions, moving ur facial muscles can produce emotions indeedly and fragily.

Finally, I am with the argument that this technology is vaulable because it includes specific, nice and comfortable details that influence my interest.      ",2
"Autonomous cars seem like they would never happen, but our world is changing and they are just around the corner. Autonomous cars are cars that are driven by a computer and not a human. Although, a driver can still take control when needed. The computers know know to drive and when to stop or go. In the article it states that the autonomous cars will use half the fuel of today's taxis and they are more flexible than a bus. The new cars though are not in total control, the drivers still can drive. I do not think that the driverless are a good idea and they should not be developed. They are dangerous, very expensive, and making our world more lazy.

To begin the driverless cars are extremely dangerous. Some people will have the driverless cars and some will be normal. The driverless cars let the driver take over if needed. The seats will vibrate, the voice control will come on, or any way to get the drivers attention; according to the article. What if the driver fell asleep and is a very hard sleeper. The cars might not be able to wake him or her up in time. Then, resulting in a crash or even more tragic. I think that the cars that are not driven by a computer are in danger. The driverless car will know when to stop and go at a stop light, but what if another car goes on accident and they did not mean to. It could be a pile up and a mess. The cars are just not safe enough for me to think that they should be developed.

Another reason I do not approve of driverless cars are that they are expensive. Yes, they do get better gas millage, but the cost of the cars to begin with is going to be outrageous. Somepeople and companies are not going to be able to afford the cars. The cars savings on gas will never compare to the crazy cost of them to begin with.

It states in the article that the upgrades to existing roads will be simply too expensive to be practical. I agree with this statement completely that the money will not be practical. The cars do have more flexible schedules than busses, but i would rather ride a bus than a very expensive car. There is a possibility of it getting into a crash and then you would have to get it fixed with even more bills. The car is just too expensive and crazy.

Lastly, the car in my opinion is lazy. The world today would rather have someone else care for them and for them to just relax. Yes, relaxing is nice, but you have to know what work is. The car is just another way for the world to be lazy. Driving is not that hard on your body, it is moving your feet and paying attention. The car just allows the world to have another way to be lazy. I think that it is good for your body to pay atttention and keep your eyes on the road. It makes you not drift off and think about what you are doing. The people that will have to take control after the car can't go through crashes or traffic will not be on their top watch. They probably will be sleepy or not paying attention. I just don't like to think of another way for society to have a reason to be lazy.

In conclusion, I do not agree with the development of driverless cars. They are dangerous, cost a lot of money, and they are a way for people to be more lazy. They will not benefit our society in any way. People have more control over a car than a computer. The money that people don't have should be used on food not cars. Somepeople are having a hard time providing for their family let alone having a car payment too. Also society is lazy enough without these driverless cars. The development of autonomous cars should not happen because the cars are never going to benefit society. ",4
"Alien made of naturally made?

The so called ""Face on Mars"" is not a face made from aliens.

The Face is just a rock formation with shadows on it.

There is no reason to believe that the Face is make by aliens.

The ""Face on Mars"" is just a Martian mesa.

In the text is states that ""scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, ony this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh.""

That states that they just figured that it was a mesa at the time being.

On April 5, 1998 they truly found out that it was just a rock formation.

The information in the text states ""and so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on JPL web site, revealing . . . a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all.""

Not everyone was satisfied though. ""The Face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April '98-a cloudy time of the year on the Red Planet.

The camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face.

Perhaps, said skeptics, alien markings were hidden by haze.""

The people were still thinking that there were aliens that made the Face.

The mission controllers prepared to look again.

""On April 8, 2001-a cloudless sumer day in Cydonia-Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look. ""We had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view,"" said Garvin.

""Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum rsolution.""

Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the vest 1976 Viking photo.""

They found that the picture was actually shows in the Martian equivalent of a butte or messa.

Therefore, the ""Face on Mars"" is just another rock figure with shadows.

They have solved the mystery of wether the Face is alien made or naturally made.",3
"Is driving cars manually a thing in the past?

Some people think and hope so.

The new topic of having driverless cars might be the next big thing.

There are some people out there that think that having these cars might be unsafe for people and the result is that it is illegal to test and drive computer driven cars in some states.

I do believe that having these types of car will be great for our future.

I think that having cars that are driverless would be a great thing.

People saying that these cars are very unsafe and banning them from different states is nonsense.

In the passage it says, ""In fact, none of these cars developed so far are completely driverless.

They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills..."".

This tells the reader that they are still manualed by the driver, the car just can do some of the ""easy"" things but can't do tough things like: driving through work zones and around accidents.

There are some concerns about the car that would most definatly needed worked and studied on to make sure the car is safer and better for the people.

A major problem that this car would have would be getting into accidents.

In the passage it talks about the accidents and says, ""If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?"".

This is a very big problem because right now, no one knows who's fault it would be.

If the ""driver"" was sitting back and letting the car drive its self and its crashes into another car or an object, who's fault is it?

This is a major concern for a lot of people and the people making these cars; however can be solved by lots of studying and testing for the cars.

This is why that having these cars that are driverless would be a great idea.

In conclusion, having driverless cars might seem crazy to some people and seem like there is no way it would happen.

Lots of studing and testing have gone into this idea because some people want a dream to become a reality.

These driverless cars are big concerns but in the long run might be safer to people then just normal cars.

Having driverless cars would be very good for us to have in the future.          ",3
"Drive or Driverless

Driverless cars are just what the name states, cars without a need to have a driver present. This could be a big part of our futures but whether it will help our future drivers or hurt them is the main importance. Personallly I do not think that driverless cars are going to do more harm than good to our furture drivers.

Today to get your drivers lisence you have to hold a permit for one-hundred eighty days and have to pass a writen test followed by a driving portion of the test with an instructor. These conditions you have to follow to be able to drive a normal car are intense because you are being put onto a road that could potientionally harm another humans life or your own life. The precautions you have to take are endless while driving and the risk you are putting yourself in is immense.

Having driverless cars where you still have to be in control part of the time just causes an even bigger distraction especially for younger, newer drivers. You could be talking and suddenly have to stop manually and not have enough time to make it there, because you were distracted by something else.

Another reason that driverless cars have a negative effect on the future is the economy. To make a normal car cost a lot of money but to make a driverless car would cost twice that or more because of the type of technology you would need to use to make them run proporley.

Having normal cars puts your life into harms way and teens are bad enough when it comes to staying focused, being attentive,and staying cautious with normal cars. By putting teens behind the wheel of cars that uses a computer, or a controling device to run it, is teaching them nothing but pure laziness, not to focus your one hundred percent attention, and to stay alert when it comes to driving.

Driving is a very serious matter that people already abuse laws and regulations for. To give people another excuse to why the accident happened or to why they wrecked into a pole should not come from our local car dealerships and manufacturers. We together as a community need to stop the driving problems directly and not give people more advanced technology, just so they have another excuse as to why an accident occured.   ",3
"The development of these cars is a good idea because the cars would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer more flexibility than a bus. Most of these cars can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves but are also designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills.

Google cofounder Sergey Brin stated in the first paragraph ""The cars he foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis."" This means this car would save lots and lots of fuels when it comes to spending money on fuel for this car. Who wouldn't like saving money on fuel, right?

Also, in paragraph 1 Sergey Brin stated ""... and offer more flexibity than a bus."" Buses now a days don't offer as much service as we need them too. Buses only stop on streets but we need them to stop by each block. This is why i believe the development of these cars is a good idea.

Most of these cars can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves but all cars re-designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills. For example on paragraph 2 it says ""Google cars aren't truly driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents."" This means the google cars will still have to have human assistance when needed.

The development of these cars is a good idea because the cars would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer more flexibility than a bus. Most of these cars can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead required human skills.    ",2
"Have you ever wondered what someone else was feeling on the inside? With the introduction of the Facial Action Coding System; this allows you to do just that by having it interpate someone's facial expressions, and then having it respond back with a variety of emotions from that specific person. The Facial Action Coding System should be enabled across the United States since the mechanism allows you to figure out what someone is feeling at a given time and since it allows an instructor to make alternative lessons if their students are proven bored from FACS.

Firstly, the FACS does not allows students to hide themselves and pretend to be someone they are not. The FACS will pick up emotions that a student is feeling and teachers, parents, and or consoulers will be able to get the help that that particular student aqquires. ""To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a ""smiling"" politicain or celebrity isn't being truthful."" This same concept can work with students too. If a student is giving off a false emotion than that student really feels; the FACS can determine the actual emotion the student is feeling. If teachers and parents realize the actual feelings and emotions someone feels, he or she will be able to provide more comfort in the act of helping towards that individual.

Secondly, the Facial Action Coding System can change the way lessons are tought to make them more encaging and exciting for students. If the FACS picks up that students are bored out of their minds; instructors will be able to change the lesson for future students so that they are paying attention and actual learning from the lesson. ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored."" and ""then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" This example from the text illustrates that the FACS will have have a trememdous effect on students' learning capabilities in a good way because with the FACS; instructors can modify their lessons so that students can obtain information better and learn more from their class. If the students are learning more from classes with the effect of FACS; this world will have a brighter future because the students now across American are the world's future, and with brighter students comes a brighter future.

In conclusion, FACS should be incooperated in all classrooms nation wide because how many times are a kid did you tell you parents at the dinner table that you did not learn anything at school? With the FACS that topic at dinner can be changed because the FACS can modify lessons if the students are bored or confused so that students develop more information in a days work at school. The able to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is also valuble because if a student is struggling with mental problems, rather than being bored or confused, the FACS can detect what he or she is feeling and that particular student can get the help he or she needs to succeed in life. As one can see, the FACS would be an incredible improvement in all classrooms across American and over seas because with the effects of the FACS students will be able to learn and take away more from a lesson than before.  ",5
"Scientist have clues that can lead up to life on mars, but we have no proof. Recently scientist found water on mars, which is needed for life, but we have no set in stone proof that aliens do exist. They are still searching for the proof that they are out there some where, if there is any proof at all. This could all be a search for nothing.

25 years ago an interesting shape was found on the planet Mars. This shape is the shape of an egyption face. Many thought it was a sign of life outside of Earth. It went viral. Really it was a landform common around the American West. The process of creating this was done over many years, many life times. It was not aliens, it was the work of plate techtonics.

One day scientist may find solid proof that aliens exist. They are getting closer and closer to new evidence to new things, some we didn't know existed. But for now, aliens are still mythological and the face is not an alien artifact. ",2
"There are many things that you can do in the Seagoing Cowboys progam. Going to different places on your trip. Playing games that you never have done before. Also helping different countries.

There's always a reason to do the Seagoing Cowboys progam. Sight seeing is one of the reasons. You get to go see different places and wonder around new countries. You might get to see Venice, Italy the city of water. The Panama Canal in China. Might see the Acroplis in Greece.

Helping others is another activity that we do for the progam. Helping rebuild countries after a terrible event. Taking care of animals. Delievering animals to different cities or towns.

When your on the ship you get to play games. Playing baseball and volleyball in the empty holds where the animals lived before. Having tournaments for table-tennis. Reading books or doing other games to pass the time.

There are some many reasons why you should participate. If I were you, I would want to be in the program. Playing games, seeing other places. You wouldn't know of what your missing.",2
"Venus has been a planet neighboring the Earth and the Sun for many years. There has been many discoveries about the planet Venus and about other planets too. More discoveries can be made in order to figure out how we can live on other planets and also other discoveries for Venus can be made.

Venus is called the Evening Star due to the fact that it is very bright when seen. Venus is the second planet in our solar system and it is almost as bright like the sun, when a stargazer looks up to the sky they can see our planet venus because it is easy to spot for a couple reasons. One beinging it is bright and the second it is close to our moon. The Moon and Venus can be considered twins, they are close in size, and it is close to our Earth but it is also close to the Moon. Venus is a warm planet not nearly as hot as the Sun but somewhere around there, so if huamns were sent up to space to live on Venus they wouldn't survive. There is no water in Venus it is just hot and lots of lava.

Over the years NASA has tried to send spacecraft up to Venus. They haven't been succesful due to the fact that it's so hot on Venus, every spacecraft ever sent has only lasted a couple hours. Not a single human has even been on Venus, they wouldn't want to risk someones life if a spacecraft cant survive than a human wouldn't be able to survive. Venus is truly a difficult planet for humans to study, not a single space ship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. Planet venus has 97 percent carbon dioxide, the temperature is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit that is extremely hot, that is 90 times greater than what we experince on Earth. We would think that Mercury would be a hotter planet due to the fact that it is closer to the Sun but it turns out it's not.

Even though Venus is a hard planet to study scientist haven't given up yet. They are willing to do everything that is possible in order to find out more about it, scientist still want to visit the planet. Scientists say that Venus at one point was the most Earth-like planet in our solar system, it probably had Oceans on it, Valleys and even mountains. Scientists are still developing new technology to send humans up into Venus so they can study it and find out more about the planet. They have even thought about designing something that allows astronauts to float on Venus so they dont have to be on Venus, that way they wont get burned.

In Conclusion, more discoveries can be made in order to figure out how we can live on other planets and many more discoveries for Venus can be made. Many things are still being tested in order for us to find out more about our planet. Scientist aren't going to give up until they get some clear shots, there may be some difficulties during the process but it will totally be worth it. Nasa is working on other approaches to study Venus, some simplified eletronics have been made to make it easier to study Venus. These eletronics will be easy to use so scientist can make further discoveries but also study the planet without getting hurt.      ",3
"On May 24, 2001, about 25 years ago the NASA's viking spacecraft was circling the planet. It then spotted a human like face. It was huge! It was nearly two miles long. It looked like it had been staring back at the camera from where this picture had been taken.

The face is clearly a natural landform. When Mars Global flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin snapped a picture ten times sharper than the first photo. When this picture was taken it was a very cloudy day. This means that the camera had to peer through all the clouds to get this good of a picture. But skeptics say that the aliens images were hidden by the haze. That cannot be true becasue if the aliens were hidden we would not have such a great picture of the faces. That completly shows that there is proof that this face is just a natural landform.

This is a great natural landform and it is very questionable at first, if this could really just be a natural landform. But knowing that the NASA has went out more than one time and taken pictures of this face really does show that it is not aliens. Not only have we taken pictures but we have proof. These are all the reasons why it is certain that this face is a natural landform.    ",2
"In this essay I will talk about why you should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. My name is PROPER_NAME and I am participating in the Seagoing Cowboys program. I think people would enjoy participating in this program. Over 100 members participate in this type of program. We have a lot of jobs you guys can do. If I can do it you can do it too.

My friend PROPER_NAME works here and she feeds the animals. "" I really love working here,"" she said. If you like animals you would love this job. Sometimes when the animals are good we give them treat and sometimes play with them. My close friend PROPER_NAME helps me stay up at night and watch the animals. This can be a hard job, but trust me its all worth it. We work at night and sleep through out the day.

The people that work herer are nice. They treat you nicely and the animals. This is a team effort to help the animals. If you want to join this program and can clean the animals or you can help feed them with Jully. Most of the people here love participating in the Seagoing Cowboys progarm. I also love working here.

You should work here because you would be helping the animals. You would help keep the animals alive. I think you would enjoy this type of program if you like animals. You would enjoy being with the animals and the people who work here. This is a very good job.

In this essay I talked about why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. In the eassay I talked about what type of jobs you can have. I think the people that like all types of different animals would like this program. This a intersting job to do. On our breaks we enjoy playing games.             ",3
"Dear state senator,

I strongly believe that we should change the Electoral College because voting should be up to the citizens and should be done by the most popular vote. In the end, its us who have to deal with whoever gets picked for U.S. president. While they just pick what they decide is best. It is unfair for the voters because in reality it doesn't really matter what the chose, the Electoral College is what really makes the big impact. There are many supporting reasons for this agrument such as in paragraph 14,13, and 10.

First off, in paragraph 14 it states that the Electoral college is unfair, outdated , and irrational. In other words it is irrelevant to what the people think its just what they want. so that being said we need to abolish this option during voting.

Secondly, in paragraph 13 it shows that seventeen states did not even see the canidates . they didn't even see a single campaign ad so  how are they supposed toknow whos running for the spot ? They don't because the Electoral colleges don't really make it happen because it's not like it matters anyways.

Lastly, in paragraph 10 the electors are anyone that is not holding public office . and in parargaph 11 it says that the Electoral College can be a disaster factor. So technically the legislatures are responsible for the president.

All together, i am against the Electoral Colleges because they dont make sense and are very unfair to the voters and people that seriously are into it. We should not have them.             ",3
"In the article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming,"" it states how there are both positive and negative things about driverless cars. To some people, driverless cars are a gift from heaven and are most definitely needed. And to others like me? Absolutely no point in them whatsoever and no benefit in the long run nor short run. Technology controls most of our world now such as social media, what we see on the news, etc. But we don't have to let technology control/take over the basics of life.

Companies such as Google have been working on this sort of project for a long time. And they've actually been somewhat successful in creating a driverless car. Somewhat as in being you still need a human inside of the car so it can do some things that the car itself can't. I personally find no point in having a car that calls itself driverless when in reality it still needs a human to do the basics for it. Technology is a very good but bad thing in a way. People create/invent things so it can be easier for everyone. Whether its from phones, to moving chairs, etc. It can benefit in a lot of areas in people's lives. But it's not always good.

In a lot of ways, technology can also be bad. Now I'm not speaking about the United States of America in general but I'm just going to use it as an example. A lot of American citizens deal with obesity, and I think technology plays a role in why so many American's deal/dealt with it. Technology makes us lazy, or even lazier than before. We have escalators instead of stairs so we dont have to walk down, we have taxi services such as Uber for people to drive us around instead of us driving ourselves to whatever destination(in some cases), and now we're trying to make cars that dont even need us to drive. I think we should use technology in a smart, more effective way instead of trying to make us not press the gas pedal/brake and move our arms. Its good to stay in shape and stay fit, and it's not good to always try to find a shortcut.

These driverless cars seem very expensive to manufacture. The talk of them between major car companies in this article don't seem so cheap. Major car companies like BMW, or Mercedes Benz aren't in everybody's price range. The more these cars keep on improving, the more expensive they get. And it doesn't seem lile they'll be released to the general public, but instead released to those who can only afford it. Plus, if every major car company were to invest in the idea of driverless cars, it would bring the rest of their cars that are automatic or stick shift down the drain. It would be bad for the car companies/manufacturers and those who are buying/can't afford a driverless car.

This is my opinion on driverless cars and why I think we don't need them nor should we invest in them. I also feel as if not only would it rip away our money, active life, etc. it would also take away the basics of life. Basics of life as in meaning when a family has a daughter/son that is the age to begin driving. Parent's won't be able to teach their children how to drive anymore if driverless cars take over the car market. Teach your children how to drive, be active, spend less money. Buy a car you can drive in. Not a driverless car.",4
"There are many benifits of limiting how many times you use your car some are.  Not driving a car can make you less stressed out in life.  Not driving a car can lower pollution in the air dramatically.  Lastly cars arnt as needed as before.  so not driving a car can actully be good for you in the long run.

First of all not driving a car can make you less stressed out in life.""when I had a car I was always tense.  I'm much happier this way""(elisabeth roseenthal) by saying this she means that without a car to worry about it has made he less stressed out and much happier as a person.  ""It's a good opportunity to take away stress said businessman carlos arturo plaza""(andrew selsky) in this article this man says it a good chance to take away stess about worrying about a car, the bills for it, insurance on the car or anything else in that matter.

Second of all not driving a car can help to lower the air pollution around you.  according ro one acrticle they stopped driving an estimate of four thousand cars and has dramaticcaly lowered the amount of smog(greenhouse gas) in there towns air.  so if you stop driving cars it will help to lower the amount of smog in the air of your city or in the community around you.  ""The smog cleared enough monday for the ruling french party to rescind the ban for odd-numbered plates on tuesday"" in this article one city gave up driving lots of there cars for a while and doing so lowed the amount of smog in the air.

Third of all driving a car is really not needed for many things.  Why drive when you could just walk or ride a bike to where you are going there is really no point in you driving a car now and then.  Not driving but walking also opens more doors for buissness to be put in next to side walks or just in walking distance of your house.

So there are many good things that can come from not driving a car and those things are.  Not driving a car can make you less stressed out.  Not driving can lower the pollution in the air by alot. and finally driving is not intirelly needed for situiation.     ",3
"In 1976 the Viking one was taking photographs of Mars and it found something odd. The Viking one saw a human face on Mars. It took a picture and when the scientsts back on earth saw it they were very surprised. They concluded it was just another Martian mesa and that is what they told the public when the photo was released but many people disagreed.

The photo NASA relesed was astonashing and the people thought so too. The face on Mars quickly became popular and was in TV shows, books, magizines, and talk shows. Some believed that it was a sure sign of life on Mars or proof of an acient civilization long before us. Some even say NASA knows this and was trying to cover it up. I believe that the face on Mars is a natural landform and was not created by ailens or another form of life.

The area of Mars where the face was found is called Cydonia and these natural landforms are common there. It is clear Mars is not inhabitable and it's impossible for life to exist there. NASA said that it was a common Martian mesa and it was just how the shadows fell that gave to appearence of a nose, eyes, an mouth. This makes pefect sense considering how common the mesas are. They all look like something this one just happened to be a face. There is no evidence of ailens to create this huge artifact nor proof that it was man made.

The Face on Mars was very popular and widely known. People still disagree on how it was created but I believe it ws natural. All signs point to that. There will always be people who say it is more than a mesa and that it is an ancient ailen artifact but I think they are wrong. NASA, scientists, and thousands of people have concluded that it is a common landform and nothing more than that. I choose to believe that it was not ailens and it was by pure luck. Some believe dfferently but there is no proof to support that theory. ",3
"Should the Facial Acting Coding System be allowed in classrooms with students. I think so, it can be very helpful.It is easy non verbal quick communication. If the students understand the infromation being given. lastly, if they are comfortable with their surroundings.

In the classroom, teachers ussually give long lessosn. Within this time span it is easy for students to lose attention and not focus or just get confused. using the Facial Action Coding System it can show the teachers how well they are teaching. If it shows that the students are not quit getting it, the teacher can have them stand up walk around or go get a drink. In paragrpagh six it says, ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored.""

""Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication."" The Facial Action Coding System would reduce the amount of time it takes to resolve a problem with a student. If you know exactly how they are feeling you can give them what they need to cvhange thier mood. There would not even be communication. You can just look at all his emotions in the system and know how to fix his emotions or change them.

The system can also tell if they are comfortable with the people they are around or what they ae doing. If someone is not comfortable they wont do their best work. So, if you can see that they are uncomfortable with the system you can move them or ask them why they are uncomfortable.For example, paragrapgh five says, ""In fact, we humans perform this same impressive ""calculation"" every day. For instnace, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face."" Humans can tell a little bit of emotion but, not 100 percent of it and what to change of it.

In conclusion, i think we should have the Facial Action Coding System in all classrooms. It helps with telling students emotions. Whetther they understand the informatiion being given. Whether they are comfortable with what is going on in the class. Lastly, it gives quick nonverbal communication for quick changes in the class. Yes, the facial Action Coding System should be in all classes for the reasons I have stated.                            ",3
"I think I would go with the idea of developing cars that are driverless because of how it functions, what it uses, and why we use it. How it works is that its just a normal car, but it drives all by itself. I think thats a good thing because if lets say if a family has a huge celebration and they forgot something at the store. Well, we can let the car go get the things that they need without leaving the house to miss anything. So, the car uses a huge amount of battery power and goes get the things from the store. The car also uses no fuel or half of the fuel that we use today.

These cars thats going to be built in the future is going to save alot of money and it will not effect our ecosystem and not waste anything. What it uses is mainly under alot of wires but mainly runs to a big battery that charges all night and runs all day without having to stop at gas stations and refuel everytime. Plus, the car has to use a gps sensor to find out its surroundings of the car like in paragraph 4. It states that it uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings. Which is a smart idea because, if there is something nearby and it sensor it and warn the driver.

The final thing that I want to talk about the driverless cars is why we use it. Back then, they made a special track that only a smart car can drive on and they wanted to put magnets in the road so, the car can track the positive and the negative so the car will not get into a crash. Whenever most people are driving, their hands start to weaken and they get tired so, whenever that person is tired they can rest in their seat and let the car do the rest but, they say that if something is wrong like a construction or a wreck is going on, then the car warns the driver and the driver has to get out of the way of what's going on in the road.

So, my conclusion is that im wanting the driverless cars to be invented because it can cause a great effect on everybody and the economy. There are some flaws about it but there are many other things that is great about the driverless car that Google has made as well as some other manufactuares. This can change us, the economy, and the world in the future.    ",4
"There are plenty of advantages of limiting car usage, like it will help lower green house gases, it will help save money, and its a great way to get exercise.

Don't get me wrong I love driving and all but it's effecting our ecosystem. Just think if one day out of every week we rode our bikes, or we car pooled, or we took the bus think of how much smog would go away. In source 2 it talks about how they enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. On Monday motorist with even-numbered licence plates were ordered to leave there cars at home same went for odd-numbered licence plates the following day. With in five days sixty pecent of the smog was cleared. And they only did it for five days, imagine if every city in the world did this once a month. In source one it states that passenger cars are responsible fro twelve percent of green house gas emisssions in Europe, and up to fifty percent in some parts of the United States. In source one it also talks about a city in Germany named Vauban. Vauban is a city that has banned cars. There is a main thoroughfare , where the tram runs to downtown Freiburg, and and a ffew streets on the edge of the community but ther e are only two places to park-large garadges on the outside of town. And it cost 40,000 dollars along witha home. If we had cities like this here in the U.S. it would be so much better and there wouldnt be so much pollution.

By limiting the usage on cars it will help save money. Think if you walked or rode you're bike to work everyday then you wouldnt have to pay for gas. Gas is tipically three to four dollars so if you wanted to put thirty gallons of gas in you car it could cost you ninety dollars. Thats a lot of money to spend on gas and thats not even a full tank for some people. Sure if you ride you bike to work everyday you might have to fix it but you're gonna have to fix your car at some point to and bike parts are so much cheaper than car parts so you'd be saving money there too. And if you walked you would'mt have to even worry about fixing your bike. It might take you longer to get to where you need to go but think you'll be saving money and the Earth. You don't even have to ride your bike or walk, you can car pool or take the bus. You still have to pay for the bus but its way cheaper than paying for gas.

If you're limiting your car usage and walking or riding your bike to work everyday, which maens you'll be getting exercise. Most people don't get the exercise they need so by limiting your car usage not only are you helping the environment you're getting the daily exercise you need. Even if you're riding the bus you're gonna have to get to the bus stop some how. And they even have a place to put your bike on the bus so if the bus does'tn take you all the way to where you need to go you can ride your bike the rest of the way.

So limiting your car usage is'nt all that bad. I mean I don't know anyone who does'nt want to help eliminate green house gases, save money and get exercise while doing it.    ",4
"Senator I would not like to keep the Electoral College, it's not a good method, I know we are voting fir the President either way, but why can't we vote for the President right away? Instead of voting for a slate of electors  to vote for us? We are not babies that can't vote for our President right away, we have common sense and are grown up enough to know who we are going for. The method is unfair and outdated, we nned to abolish the electoral college. This method is a non-democratic one, and should be overruled. It is unfair to voters because of the winner take all system in each state, canidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance at winning, focusing only on the tight races in the swing states. The electoral college is uneeded and irrational, we don't care about it an would like for you to agree with us and abolish it, if yiu do not, we undersdtand, on behalf of all the disagreeing persons to this method, join us and you will see our way of thinking, and see our way is much easier without a doubt sir and/or ma'am, have a great time, bye.    ",2
"I think it will be boring becuase you would be to that same place many times. Plus you would see nothing but water. Most likley the boat will smell like a barn full of anamils. Then you would also have to lift all that straw and bags of oat around the boat. You would have to clean up after them. I have 2 cats and I have to clean up after them and lift the bags of cat food. Boy let me you it is a hard job. But the worse part of taking care of my cats is when they get sick all over the floor.

So I dont really see why taking care of 100 some horses would be fun. unless you like horses. Then you would be working on the boat durring a war. that would be dangeras. Plus you would never be home to see your familay unless they came with you. But that probly wouldnt be allowed.

What if you get sea sick? Or a horse gets sick and spreds it around to the other horses? What if the boat springs a leak? A lot of lives will be at risk. Plus what if an animal that you are alergic to comes on the ship? What if the engine breaks and you cant move? Or you run out of food? What would you do? or if the lights quit working while your in the fog or its nigh, and your right in the middle of an ice berg feild? that would be a very rogh time. Or if some one needs medical attention what would you do? or if the caption got sickand it spreded around to the other crew members?

that would be a verytough time. Plus there would be noone to feed the horses becus evrey one would be to weak.

I sure wouldnt Want a job like that!!!!!!!!!        ",1
"There are so many ways that limiting car usage is good for me, you and just everyone in genereal! Yes cars do have their advantages but like everything else they also have a few disadvantages. People should limit car usage more all around the world and heres a few reasons why..

Auto mobiles help in many ways they help you get to where your going faster and in a comfortable sitting condition, but although your body is comfortable are you really relaxed? i presume not! Having a car is a big responsability which can also be very stressful. Think about it when you didnt have a car as a kid and young adult you didnt have to worry about if the insurance on your bike is payed , or if there was any mechanical problems with your legs. cars are expensive to buy and they continue to be quite the hefty financial load after youve bought the car too especially if no well maintained. In the article ""IN GERMAN SUBURB, LIFE GOES ON WITHOUT CARS""' Parragraph 3 sentences 4-6  Heidrun Walter says "" When i had a car i was always tense..."" This quote proves the point that having a car is quite stressful , but thats not all she goes on to say ""i'm much happier this way"" Why is she so much happier? cause not having or needing a car lifted a huge load off her shoulders thats one less thing to worry about on a daily basis.

Also lets not forget one of the biggest issues in the world POLUTION! Pollution is a huge problem that we constantly see on the news , hear on the radio , and we see every day. One of the worst forms of pollution is the kind thats in the air we breathe to live and cars play a role now alot of people may say ""my one car cant possibly cause that much pollution"" but if millions .. billions of people think the same way then thats billions of air polluting cars driving around the world polluting the air we breath to live! Paris made a great arangement as stated in the article  ""PARIS BANS DRIVING DUE TO SMOG"" they talk about how paris banned certain cars driving from one day and other cars the next . All the cars with  even numbered liscense plates were to not be driven on monday and vice versa for the odd numbered liscense plates the next day. this was good because it only allowed about half the amount of cars that usually drive on a daily basis to drive. In time this should make quite the noticable difference in the smog and the overall experience of breathing the "" fresh air"".

In conclusion we should all limit car usage because it is less stress not having a car helps financially and lifts a great load of responsability off of our shoulders and also if less people drive on a daily basis then there will be much less polution in the air and i dont know about you guys but id rather live longer than drive and die young, but thats just me.    ",4
"The Face, confusing and causing many arguements with others asking if it is a form of alien life, or just a natural landform. Many conspiracy theorists believe it to be an image of civilization of Mars. NASA, on the other hand believes it to be a natural landform. The Face is most likely a natural landform because of the formation, similarities with other landforms, and common sense.

The Face 's formation helps prove that it is a natural landform. A few days after the new photo of the face, NASA unveiled the photo with a caption reading,"" a huge rock formation. . . which resembles a human head. . . formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth."" This interpretation helped show that the Face was possibly a natural landform.

The similarities with other landforms also helps prove that it is a natural landform. Jim Garvin, cheif scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program stated,""It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars. Garvin is saying that it is very similar to another natural landfrom which would support the evidence that the Face on Mars is a natural landform.

The last distinct things that proves the Face on Mars is a natural landform is common sense. Many conspiracy theorists state that it is a sign of new life, but is that really what it is. In April 5, 1998, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousands of conspiracy theorists, and web surfers were eagerly waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing a natural landform. This proves that common sense can play a keen role in porving that the Face is a natural landform.

The Face has been puzzling many people and causingarguements over these past years. The Face is one of the hardest problems to debunk, whether you are a scientist, or an average person just wanting to figure out the problem. But after close examination from many people, it shows that the Face is a natural landform. The Face is a natural landform because of its formation, its evidence, and common sense.         ",4
"The Electoral College is not a place but a process. The Electoral College process consists of the slection of the electors. the electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational.

"" Its official : the eclectoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational."" The electoral college is not fair to voters even at the most basic level. Some states dont even get to see the candidates because they dont spend any time in states they know they dont have a chance of winning in. During the 2000 compaign seventeen states didnt see the candidates at all because of the winner- take- all system.

The electoral college does restore some of the weight in the political balance in large states. Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over sixty percent would perfer a direct vote than have the elctoral college vote also. The vote could be very close even if one candidate wins by much in the popular vote due to the presidency vote. If there was a tie in the electoral vote the election would be thrown to the House of Represenstatives. Instead of all that work if there was only a popular vote it would be quick and simple.

Voters in 25 of the largest media markets didnt get to see a singke ad campaign because the candidates didnt think they could win there. ""If anyone has a good argument for putting the fate of the presidnecy in the hands of a few swing voters in Ohio, they have yet to make it...."".

The best arguments in favor of the electoral college not being good are mostly assertions withiout much basis in reality. Electoral college is a process which is irrational, unfair and outdated.                      ",3
"The development of these cars have both many posituve and nevative things to them. They can really help the future in ways that kigjt nkt be possible at this time. In my opinion i tyink that these cars would be a bad idea, because there are mire bad thungs that could happen than good things.

Some people might just say they are good for the future without knowing the consequences for any possible accidents.

One reason why these cars would not be good woukd be if there is an old person that can not drive they could consider one of these cars. The problem is that if it is time for the driver to take over the car and if the driver does not know how to drive, this would lead to a problem. Accidents could occur if non drivers are in the car. It could lead to a critical stage of punishment in case you are in a fatal crash or get stopped by the police.

My other argument is that these cars could potentially stop working if they do not have proper items for this car.

Most people arent going to have the right things for this car, if they crash the car might not function the same and proper way of how its supposed to work. This car could break down for no reason.

I feel like these cars would be more helpful in some way but you also need to look at the negative things of this. Every positive thing always has a negative thing also.

There are going to be consequences if the car is not used right. It might not be affordable for most people either.  ",2
"In this article about the Facial action Coding System I think that this invention from thomas huang would be super great. For example if someone was feeling down and didnt think the could talk to anyone about it. This would be shown only on percentages which woudnt tell you much but it also coud help.

I think it would help many things in our nearing future we could help many more people if they were feeling sadness or deppression. Also it would be good to know how people are feeling without them saying a word to them If you had a bad day at home or something that would be great for people to understand what your feeling and just not bother you.

In conclusion I think that it would be a greta idea for them to have a machine that would understand and recongize ur emotions because it could make people's lives alot more simple. This could help a man at his job he didnt sleep well that night his boss looks through the machine and notices that his worker only got ten percent of sleep last night and lay's off",2
"In 2006 a trend began to grow in Europe, United States, and other places around the world to seporate auto use and the suburban life in to a movement called ""smart planning."" Most of the greenhouse gases emissions are up too 12 percent and is climing to greater than 50 percent in the United States and in Europe. Most of our development after World War II has be n centered  on the car or other means of transport. 80 percoent of laws have to highways and only 20 percent to other transport in the United States.

Many efforts in the past two or three decades have maade cities denser, and better for walking, planners and now taking the concept tho the suburbs. Homes to 5,500 residents within a rectangular square mile have to be advanced experimentin some low-car suburban life. the reason the usages of cars and other transportation would help the world and the the residents around you.

If there only 80 percent of appropriation have by law for highways and only 20 percent on other transport because lager role in a six-year federal tranaportation bills that are being put throw to be checked and aproved. The laws they have on transportantion and other means is to reduse the effects of the greenhouse effects that are happening are the world.

For the third stright year cars have been banned with only buses and taxis alound to dive during the day in countries around the world to reduce smog and greenhouse effects that happen. which if you think about the ideas that ae being share around the world with other countries the world is be comung less likely to be effected by the grren huse effects around the world.    ",1
"Venus, also know as ""Evening Star"" is the brightest point in the night sky. Venus is also the Second planet from our sun. Venus is often referred to Earth's ""twin"" because of the density and size. There has been no spaceship to touch down on this planet for more than three decades ago. Almost 97% of carbon dioxide blankets Venus, also on Venus the temperatures get over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. This is also why it is sometimes called a challenge to go to Venus and explore.

Long ago, Venus was covered in oceans and various forms of life. Today Venus still has some features that are the same on Earth. Venus would be know for a optional planetary visit. NASA is creating some ideas to send humans to Venus to study this planet. So they are creating a vehicle that will hover over the landscape and above the fray. The Solar power would be great and the radiation would not exceed to Earth's levels.

When orbiting or hovering over Venus safely above the planets insight on ground conditions are going to be dangerous because some cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere.These people also cannot take any samples of anything from a distance away.They are trying to make a machinces that can last long enough to learn about this planet we call Venus.The study of this planet with not just be a good thing but it will make humans curious about this planet and maybe would like to come and visit it in the future.I think that this is a good project for NASA to do because it could be a long lasting project and you could also explore alot obout a Planet that we call out ""twin"" planet Venus. So I think that someday that people that really want to explore this planet venus will eventually be able to visit it someday. ",3
"The author supports this idea by giving information about Venus and it's pros and cons. The author starts off with comparing Venus to Earth and how they are similiar. They think that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit because, it may have been the most Earth like planet in the solar system. In paragraph 4 it says ""Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth"". Also Venus is not that far from Earth.

On the other hand, there are still dangerous thing that can happen from trying to study venus. There is a 97 percent carbon dioxide atmosphere that covers Venus, and it also has sulfuric acid in it's atmosphere. Furthermore, Venus is the hottest temperature in the solar system. The author still feel as if with all of these dangers scientist will be able to work around it to study Venus.

The author supports the idea of studying venus because they feel as if studies should not be limited by dangers and doubts. That beacuse humans are so curious we should keep looking for insight and trying to meet the challenge that is handed to us. in conclusion, our travels on Earth should be expanded because it could ineviblity lead us to something big. ",3
"""Making Monta Lisa Smile"" by Nick D' Alto that how was describe for Facial Action Coding System of her varierty of her industries, I will mention there names, how they process with the computer , emotion or expression and the diffeneces musles.

That Monta Lisa was 83 percenthappy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry becuase of the some new computer recognize her emotions. Dr. Huang has his colleague are expeert to better ways humans and computers to communicate. That pretty cool but how possible, I beleif we got some question we want to know how so.

The process begins when the computers contrust with the 3-D that a model of the faces that can cause the major muhumanbs musckles. About the Dr. Hunag relies the work he had as being psychologist woth the Dr. Paul, the one creator with the FACS meaning Facial Action Coding System. To mention about the Monta Lisa classified her saix basic empotion she has: happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear and sadness bceuase of charactersitc movements of her facial muslces. Dr. Huang try to imagery the new emotiuon recognition softwre tracks these facil movement in the real face of painted

Mona Lisa. By using the wieghting the different units that can varitry her emotions.

To studied human to help them paint facial muscles precisly enough to convey the emotion to see hpw Mona Lisa smiles. For Dr. Huang has his computer software to inform as electroic code to the emotion sort of Da Vinci Code.

Overall that Mona Lisa was a demonstration to bring her smile to her face while it show on them computrer can do the process it to know if she sad or happy. Empathy may happen becauyse we unconsciusly imitate another person facil expressions. This was a scinece of emotion of human can relatives vs Mona Lisa smile all the time for 83 pecrent that no one can becuse of there ecmotional.         ",1
"In Nick D'Alto's article, Making Mona Lisa Smile, the value for technology is absurd, because in certain situations everyone should not be exposed to the emotions of others. For example, emotions are extremely personal and sometimes it is not technically appropriate to showcase every emotion you are feeling. A student or teacher could be going through something personal, that needs to be left out of the workplace and school. Success at school or work in general depends on how you engage in those specific tasks at hand, so the emotions the computer is claiming you are having should not interfere with specific things outside of your personal life. Detecting emotions should be left out of serious, and professional environments such as work or school. Lastly, the computer is only trained to detect the movement of the muscles in your face. But your face may not always match the feeling of emotion inside, so this may not be the most appropriate device to truly rely on.

The importance of keeping emotions personal, and not oversharing with people around you is extremely important. Most students are usually adolescents and they sometimes have a hard time expressing and controlling their emotions. So having a device eager to showcase their feelings can be dangerous and insensitive. Eckman has already begun to classify specific emotions including; ""anger, fear, disgust, and sadness,"" (D'Alto, Paragraph 3). The negative emotions should not be shared! A computer should not illustrate how you are feeling on the inside to others. This can awaken a lot of frustrated, and haphazard behavior among teens if something is constantly around proclaimming it understands how everyone is feeling. D'Alto also states, ""associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles."" (Paragraph 3). The muscles in the face should not be studied by a computer, and they should not be able to invade the privacy of the muscle movement in someones face. Also, some may argue that their face does not always match what they are feeling, so that leaves alot of room for confusion, and flaws on the systems part. It's untraditional, and orthodox, and an invasion of mental privacy.

Everyone is different, whether life is amazing or terrible, someone should not be able to be read or determine how you are feeling by what a computer says about their face. Some teachers or students could be dealing some serious, and personal things that should not find their way into the workplace or school. But, if this device is constantly procclaiming a student or teacher is sad or upset about something personal it is completely unneccessary. Students should not know the personal lives of their teachers or vise versa. This is an ambigous invasion of privacy, and could potentially even amount to a crime or disservice to some people. D'Alto questions the reader, ""Imagine a computer that knows when you're happy or sad."" (D'Alto, Paragraph 6). This only has limited benefits and could cause immense problems in relation to others knowing personal things relating to your emotions. The specific boundaries it crosses especially if you are not well acquainted with the people constantly around you is alarming. D'Alto claims again, ""Can your lab partner recognize which one?"" (D'Alto, Paragraph 7). There should be absolutely no valid reason, why someone you may not know should be able to, and have the capacity to read your emotions from looking at you. In schools, sometimes in relation to this specific example, students are not acquainted with their lab partners or the people around them. So this would be like giving a stranger a clear look, and picture into another persons mind! It would be like being allowed to read the mind of others around you. This specific example is horrible in attempt to promote their product, and scares the consumers with the thought of others starring into their souls.

Technology has never been a reliable thing, it has never lived up to its name and full potential when people truly want it to. The thought of a computer having this amount of control is excessive, and unrealistic. In Paragraph 7, D'Alto states, ""Your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile,"" (D'Alto, Paragraph 7). If our PC's cannot handle the Mona Lisa, how will they have the capacity to decode our real life, actively changing faces? Can the creators of this system not see their flaws? D'Alto continues to suggest, ""His new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electric code."" (D'Alto, Paragraph 5). This passage is inferring to the reader that the only logical way a computer can read information is through and electrical code. Humans do not produce emotions through an electrical code, so it is not logical to expect their emotions to be read to through an emotional code.

All in all, the idea was ambitious, but it defintely was not original or rationally thought out. The thought of a computer reading into personal emotions, attempting to decode issues that are too personal to be brought into school and work, and essentially incorrectly interpret emotions is absurd. This whole idea invades the privacy of the people in society, and is a very touchy subject that should not be programmed into a computer.      ",6
"The system by which America elects its president is neither democratic nor fair. It favors small states, could possibly elect the loser of the popular vote, and discourages minority voters.

In many states, the electors who vote for president are not required to vote for who won in the state they represent, says Plumer. An elector could decide, ""I dont like who won, so I'll vote for this other candidate"". One could say, since a party will choose its electors, that it will hardly ever happen, says Posner. It's true, but it shouldn't ever be able to happen, and it has happened. Plumer points out, that several times in America's past, electors have defied the will of the people. It is impossible to be completely sure of someone's loyalty.

Another problem is that it is possible to win enough electoral votes to become president, but not enough of the actual population's vote to have won the popular vote, argues Plumer. Because senatorial seats count towards a state's electoral votes, and the fact that each state gets 2 Senators, no matter their population, more populated states' votes are technically stolen by less populated ones through the Senate. The Electoral College essentiallty has a skewed view of population distribution. Winning a majority of the popular vote in smaller states will give you slightly more electoral votes for population than larger ones. In most cases though, a candidate will win both the electoral and popular vote, says Posner. While that is the case msot of the time, people would not accept the possibility that in, say, a sports game, the loser might randomly win because of the system used to determine it. It is arguably more important that a country is run by the correct person.

Posner claims that the Electoral College prevents a third party jumping in and grabbing enough votes prevent either ""big party"" candidate from winning. While in a truly direct vote, this could happen, the Electoral College allows for the same exact problem. If a third party candidate manages to win the election in just a few states, he could steal enough electoral votes that no candidate manages to get the 270 votes needed for a victory. Plumer warns that ""most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote"". A tie, with both candidates getting 269 votes, would be solved in the same way as a third party getting enough votes that no one manages to get over 269. The House of Representatives would vote on the president. Here, the bigger states are again cheated of their power, as the delegates for as states, and not individuals. Wyoming's sole representative has as much sway as the 55 from California. On top of this unfairness, the delegates do not have to vote as the states have. If a majority Republican state were to have a majority Democratic representation, the state could very possibly end up voting in the candidate of the opposite party. As the Electoral College was created at the creation of the nation itself, and the president and vice-president didn't campaign together, the Senate chooses the vice-president, indpependantly. If the Senate and House are are opposite parties, the president and vice-president could end up being from opposite parties. Plumer gives the examples of 1968 and 1976, where ""a shift of just 41,971 votes would have deadlocked the election,"" and ""a tie would have occured if a mere 5,559 voters in Ohio and 3,687 voters in Hawaii had voted the other way,"" respectively.

Posner addresses the argument that the Electoral College discourages voters of the opposite party of a state dominated by the other party from voting. He says ""no voter's vote swings a national election... Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a politcal preference, rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election."" That view is what causes people to not vote. Even 1% of America's population would be three million people, and among those three million, there are without a doubt, people who believed that lie that their vote doesn't matter. Plumer's examples of the elections of 1968 and 1976, referenced earlier, are prime examples of times where just about 1% of that 1% of the population's votes were needed to change the possible outcome of the election.

The Electoral College is an outdated and unfair system. The fact that it even has the possibility to essentially make the loser win should be enough of a reason to abolish it in favor of something like a true majority wins election. On top of possible ""failure"", the Electoral College pretends that more people live where they dont, and less people live where they do, and discourages minority voters from even voting, especially if they're in a larger state, an extreme minority, or a combination of the two.    ",5
"This technology to read the emotions and expressions of students in the classroom would be very helpful. Most of the time humans can't tell what a person is feeling and how they will act. With this new technology it could figure out how your emotions are and it could help out the teachers in a classroom to teach a lesson differently based on how some students are expressing their emotions. a person cant read muscles inside a persons face, only a computer can do that and that is what is so amazing about this new technology is that it can do stuff that a person can not do.

This technology could help teachers in the classroom or coaches working on film or a business, to see how all of their workers or their students are reacting to all that is being thrown at them. this benefits the teachers mostly because society has changed so much and alot of stuff is done on computers and they teach alot of lessons off of computers and in the text it says "" A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored."" This means that whenever a student is sitting there learning the lesson and something comes up and they are very confused they may make a face of confusion and the computer will read that face and the teacher could know how the students felt about the lesson based on the results that the computer came up with when the students were learning the lesson. From there she could help certain students figure something out or teach them an alternative way because now she knows that some kids dont get the material. With this new technology she is able to figure out who is getting the material and who is not and before, she could not figure out if a student was having trouble with the material or not because most of the time students dont speak up and say anything when they are confused because they feel like they are the only ones who are having trouble but with this technology they dont even have to say a word they can just express their emotions and the computer will pick it up. With this new technology it knows what a fake expression is and what is not a fake expression do to the muscles inside your face. In the bottom of paragraph seen it says ""They even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one."" This means that there is no faking out of the lesson, you either understand it or you dont and there is no slipping past it with this new technology.

In the end it makes it easier for alot of people when considering that this technology can do things that people cannot do. It will make it easier on teachers and on the students because the computer is telling the teacher how the students react to the material that is being thrown at them. the students will feel the way they feel and there is no hiding that anymore with this new technology.      ",4
"NASA has done a lot of research on the planet we call Mars. Twenty-five years ago NASA's Viking one spacecraft was taking photos of landing sites for Viking two. They found a human face. Some say that this face was created by aliens. I think it is just a natural landform.

First of all, mesas are common in Cydonia. As the text says, ""Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia."" The shadows made it look like the landform had eyes, a nose, and a mouth. These are just shadows. Only afew Scientists thought that the Face was an Alien artifact.

Secondly, they took pictures and said that the face was just a landform. After they first saw the face, they wanted to take pictures as soon as possible. NASA flew the Mars Global Surveyor over Cydonia. As the article says, "" Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original viking photos."" That means those pictures were more accurate. These photos resulted that the Face was just a natural landform.

Lastly, scientists said that it was the same as landforms around the American west. Mission controller, Garvin, said, ""It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho."" This is showing that the landforms here, are on Mars. Aliens didn't make our landforms though. The Face is actually a mesa or a butte and not an Alien artifact.

Some might say, that the second time, in 1998, the camera had to look through the clouds in order to see the face. This is true but, Mission control prepared to look again and went back in 2001. This time the camera had absolute maximum resolution. The text states that, ""Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking Photo."" This camera saw very clearly and saw that it was a mesa or a butte.

In conclusion, scientists say the Face is just a landform. I agree with them and think that its just a landform. There are even pictures to prove that it was not an Alien artifact.      ",4
"My position on driverless cars is that its negative because of you wreck your car it can sometimes be the cars fault and not yours but who knows besides you and the car. Many police may think that the wreck is your fault and charge you money for the wereckage and lets not forget about insurance.

The paragraph states that many peoplke will take their hands off the wheel and they will think that the car is going to drive its self but ut wont because of manufracturing problems so obviously we shouldnt have driverless cars because lots of things could go wrong and it wouldnt even be your fault.

My final conclusion is that we shouldnt have driverless cars unti they are absolutky positive and they have had many yest drives before letting anyone use it because 1 little thing could go wrong and that could be the end of

someone's life.

Driverless cars are dangerous because in paragraph

9 the laws are that the people should still focus on the road because the car sometimes might switch to manual with out you knowing and if your not paying attention you could crash and become badly injured and will sue the car company.",2
"Driverless cars is a big step in the future. It could have many positive effects on society. The car would save time and money for people every where. I am for the development of these unique cars. It will change the world.

The development of driverless cars could potentially benefit the average persons' daily life. For example,texting while driving. To illustrate my point texting while driving has caused many deaths in the past. Driverless cars could drastically change that by allowing the driver text as it continues driving itself. The ""The Traffic Jam Assistant"" is good with going faster,breaking,and steering. Special sensors are used to alert the driver when certain situations come about. That is when the driver will have control. Driverless cars also has a better response and control than humans alone. According to the text it states how the Dubbed LIDAR uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings. This input is important for the car to imitate a human's skill at the wheel. Driving would be very easy.

Driveless cars is a big step in the future. There will be many benefits if peoplewould consider using these fascinating vehicles. Not only it is a safety feature,but it saves time and possibly money. It can affect the society in many ways and possibly change the world today. That is why I am for the development of driverless cars.      ",3
"You should Participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program because you get to see and experience sites that not everyone gets to see, like Acropiles in Greece, tour a castle in Crete, and be marvled at the Panama Canal as you head to China, and you get to see even more there! The Segoing Cowboys program is a program that takes food and animals to China and Eroupe after World War Two.

After you take the food and animals to China and Eroupe, you get to have fun on your way back to America. You could play baceball and volleyball in the empty holds were they kept the animals, or you have

Table tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and that passes the time on that long time back home.

Just be Carefull you do not wan't to go over board into the merky depths of the cold Antlantic Ocean. Also, you don't want tho slide down the ladder of the ship, you won't go over, you would just break a few ribs and not be able to care for the animals.

That is why I think you should join the seagoing cowboys program, and all in all, it is a good time!",3
"My position on driveless cars is that I am against the develpment of these cars. It too dangerous, not reliable enough and the prices will obviously be too high. The negatives in my opinion outway the postitives. There just isnt enough thats telling me its something right to do.

I feel its too dangerous, which will lead to lawsuits. If accidents happen the blame will be hard to put on someone. Drunk driving and texting is still happening today and if someone isnt paying attention accidents could happen.

And you cant always trust technology. Even cars on the road today have malfunctions with technology. If the technology fails its likely to scare others. More people would be hesitant to buy them.

The article stated a rhetorical question that was ""why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver?"" Which is my question too, people enjoy driving. To me its relaxing and gets my mind off things. It seems quite boring. If someone wouldnt be driving they'd use a taxi or limo, which is why we have those.

And lasty, how much will it cost to manufactor these cars? How long will it take? Just like hybrid cars, the pricing will be too high for anyone in the middle class or below to even afford these types of cars. The advancement in the technology tells me they wont even be manufactored fast enough. How often do you even see a hybrid car driving? I dont think peoples interest in these will be as much as manufators are expecting.

In conclusion, driverless cars are too dangerous, not reliable enough and too highly priced for everyday use. I think we are a society becoming way too dependent on technology. The thought of all cars taking control scares me. There isnt enough postive aspects for driverless cars.                 ",4
"""It's official: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. And the arguments against direct elections are spurious at best. It's hard to say this, but Bob Dole was right: Abolish the electoral college!"" (""The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong""). Most suporters of the Electoral College don't understand that electors are not always honest, just because people vote for the elector that is for the presidental candidate they favor of doesn't garentee the elector's vote. ""What have Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the AFL-CIO all, in their time, agreed on? Answer: Abolishing the electoral College!"" (""The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong""). People want to eliminate The Electoral College, and change to election for President of the United States to election by the popular vote. The public is not voting for their presidental candidate, they are voting for the foisting electors, and in the case of a tie, the House Of Representatives are thrown the election, where people are not proportionally represented.

Furthermore, voting for electors is not the same as voting for the presidental candidate. ""Can voters control whom their electors vote for? Not always. Do voters sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate? Sometimes"" (""The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong""). This process called ""The Electoral College"" is faulty and not efficacious; people are constantly deceived that they are voting for the presidental candidate, but as shown this is not always true. Not to omit anything, voters don't choose who the eletors are, so who can garentee their loyalty, honesty, and the fulfillment of the will of the people. ""Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy. (so that a popular vote for Kennedy would not have actually gone to Kennedy.)"" (""The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong""). The deception and defyment can not be more evident and clear. The Electoral College is not a stable foundation to rely our country on. ""In the same vein, ""faithless"" electors have occasionsally refuse to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please..."" (""The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong""). Their defyment and inevinable deception is clear and pellucid; The Electoral College should not be trusted! The people should vote!

In continuation, in the case of a tie in electoral votes the House of Representative would be responsible for choosing the president and vice president, but their method is just as outragous as The Electoral College. ""Because each state casts only one vote, the single representative from Wyoming, representing 500,000 voters would have as much say as the 55 representatives from California, who represent 35 million voters"" (""The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong""). In what world in this sensible, sane, or intellegent? Well, it seems this ubsurd representation can be found on a planet called Earth, whose inhabitants claim to be intellectual beings. ""Given that many voters vote one party for president and another for Congress, the House's selection can hardly be expected to reflect the will of the people. And if an electoral tie seems unlikely, consider this: In 1968 a shift of just 41,971 voters would have deadlocked the election; In 1976, a tie would have occured if a mere 5,559 voters in Ohio and 3,687 voters in Hawaii had voted the other way. The election is only a few swing voters away from a castastrophe"" (""The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong""). People are told that ""voting makes a difference"", but with all these false representations, can people continue to say this without becoming a liar themselves. With all these holes in the ship, howcome The Electoral College hasn't sunken yet. The majority is in favor of switching the process of election for President of the United States to election by the popular vote.

To conclude, the transition from ""The Electoral College"" to election by the popular vote for the President of the United States would be the best thing for this beloved country. Voting for electors is not the same as voting for the desired candidate, and in the case of a tie the House of Represenatives unproportionally represent the will and voice of the people. Voters should be allowed to vote and be represented justly, and not defied and deceived into voting incorrectly or indirectly. Let the people be heard, when they chant in unicen: ""Let us Vote"". The president who says he is ""For the people"" should be chosen ""By the people"".    ",4
"The technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable, because the person could be really down or mad a math problem. Also in the text it said that when a student is confused or bored it can tell that they are so the computer will give them a problem they understand. Plus if a student is having a bad day the computer can detect that so the teacher could ask the student if they need someone to talk to or if he or she needs to go chill out in the health office. the computer can tell that your mad, sad, or felling sick to your stomach because it reads the mucels in your face like when your eyebrows go up from getting suprised or how your cheek bones go up from smiling. Also the computer know the percentages of your feeling the computer can tell you that your 80% happy and that your 10% mad and your 10% bored.

The computer can also tell if you dislike the ad its showing so it wont show anything similar to it but if it shows that you like the ad the computer will put another ad similar to the one you smiled or laughed at. Dr. Huang and his colleague made this kind of computer so that we humans can have better computers and better ways to communicate with each other. So we would know if someone is mad, sad, or glad so we can help them out with what they are going through. But the process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face. But all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Dr. Huang relises that Dr. paul Eckman creator of facial action coding system has classified six basic emotions like happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness then associated each with characteristic movments of the facial muscles.

plus the computer can also identify mixed emotions. the computer can also detect a painting of a face like Mona Lisa. Things like this that detect emotions can help schools parnets and friends to know whats going on with the person and so they can help. But one of the good things about it is that the things you see on the computer you like to see will have something similar to the ad or video you watch. Also the things you didnt smile at wont pop up on your screen because it didnt grab your attention. ",3
"""Umasking the Face on Mars""

If I was a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens I would tell them that it is the way it forms over a period of time that makes it looks like aliens did it. I would be using paragraphs 2-3 and 10-12 to support my reasoning.

In paragraph 3 it states that ""A few days later NASA unveiled the image for all to see. The caption noted a ""huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth."" The authors reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars."" That is one reason why it supports my reasoning.

In paragraph 2 it states that ""There must have been a degree of surprise among mission controllers back at the Jet Propulsion Lab when the face appeared on their monitors. But the sensation was short lived. Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh."" That's another reason why I picked this paragraph to be in my writing because It tells you the features and what it looks like.

In paragraph 10 it states that ""On April 8, 2001-a cloudless summer day in Cydonia-Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second like. ""We had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view,"" said Garvin. "" Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution."" Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo."" That's another reason why I also picked this one to talk to you about because it is a fun thing to talk about when it comes to this subject.

In paragraph 11 it states that ""As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size,"" he added. ""So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!"" That's another reason why aliens did make it made itself.

In paragraph 12 it states that ""What the picture actually shows it the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West. ""It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,"" says Garvin. ""That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars."" That is the very last reason why aliens did not make that face the planet made it by its own landforms.

In conclusion aliens did not make the face the planet landforms do and it does it all around the American West.",4
"As technology advances in a very constant and remarkable fasion, many new innovations begin to reveal themselves. While we still might be waiting for the next flying car or teleporter, several smaller, yet very significant, inventions have presented themselves. An example of this is a computer software that is able to identify and recognize emotions. Profesor Thomas Huang from the Beckman Institute for Advance Science at the Univeristy of Illinois created this software in hopes of changing the world for the better, but is it really that great? Among the several other practical uses, Huang says that the use of this technology in the classroom can be the most important. Overall the use of emotional recognition has the potential to be useful due to the ability to change the lesson based on mood, and alter mood based on the current your current status, but overall would not be 100% effective due to the spiratic qualities of humans.

Dr. Huang, the inventor of the emotional recognition, claims there could be huge advancements in the education system due to his new technology. In a time of computer screens, video games, and the newest iphone students have trouble beign lectured for six hours a day. Dr. Huang's main goal is to put a computer with the lesson plans and his software in front of a computer so that it can do the teaching, effectivly. If a student begins to get bored and their zygomatic major muscles begin to relax and visibly show the boredom setting in, Dr Huang's computer software would be able to recognize and alter the lesson to be more engaging to the student. This would easily work for many other situations, if a student is sad the lesson could use brighter colors and better diction to create an enviorment where the student is not distracted and wants to learn. Nick D'Alto describes a situation where a student becomes very confused and does not know what they are doing and how to do it, but with the use of Dr Huang's technology the lesson could be changed and break down to easier steps to correctly compensate for the confusion.

Overall, the use of Dr. Huang's software to change a lesson would be very useful in improving the learning enviorment for the students who will go on to create equally as innovative new mechanism in the future.

Secondly, the software can be used to help change the mood of a student in order to boost morale as well as create an enviorment where the student wants to learn. In this day and age there are so many things for a student to be passionate about, such as: sports, video games, friends, and so much more. This is very good in the sense of passion but ultimately takes away from the desire to learn and become successful in school. Often times a student comes into school with the worst mood possible, hating every second of it, but Dr. Huang could change things up. For example if a student comes into school angry Dr. Huang's facial coding system would be able to create an enviorment where the lesson becomes more like a game for the student to play and enjoy while at the same time learning the content.

If a student comes into school depressed, it could be the job of the system to recognize this, notify someone, and help them be happy.

Dr. Huang's invention creates a short cut in seeing how someone feels through science. At times people are too afraid to ask ,""Are you okay?"". The use of this software can go straight to the aiding of someone without even having to think twice. In the end, emotions create roadblocks for students to learn and the use of Dr. Huang's technolgy can identify and help break them down so that a kid can be a normanl kid again.

Although Dr. Huang's software is extremly useful, things can often be a little more complicate than what technology can actually be good for. While the identifying of emotions is very useful, the actual action of neutralizing them can be beyond the machine. For example, if a student is crying their eyes out with no sign of stopping, I am pretty sure a change in the lesson will not help calm that student. If a student is so mad that they just want to break the computer and storm off, no change in the lessons music, colors, or diction is going to be able to fix that. In general an actual human is what each student needs to be there for them. The warmth of a hug or simple hand on the shoulder can change the outlook on a students entire emotional status. The fact that an actual teacher cares is more than enough to allow the teacher to keep teaching. Overall Dr. Huangs software is incredibly useful to identify emotional change but really can not help deal with most situations like a teacher would.

In conclusion Dr. Huang's software holds its value in it's ability to read emotions and alter the lesson as well as alter the mood of a student in need, but is very limited in how it can help a student get through their troubles. The use of Dr. Huang's technolgy in the classroom will definately lead to advances in student comprehension but for the many individuals that need more than a computer for sypathy, the program most likely will not work. ",6
"We all know there are 7 wonders of the world, but could this be the first wonder of the universe. Nature can make some astonishing things. Many things in the world, or even the universe, are nature-made. They have been here since the beginning of time even though they seem to be man-made. The ""Face"" should be included in this category. This ""Face"" was created by natural processes.

Similar to the ""Face"", places on Earth are nature-made. Even though sand dunes on beaches are kept by humans, they were first nature-made. Sand storms on Earth create higher dunes in deserts because the starting dune blocks the sand from getting across it. This may be what caused the ""Face"" to be created. There may have been an oval shaped dune at that spot, and, then, a ""storm"" passed by. The beginning dune blocked the Mars sand from exceeding that barrier, and the ""Face"" we see now was created. The shadows forming the eyes, nose and mouth were created on accident.

Sometimes landforms are created when objects collide with planets. The ""Face"" could have been formed when a meteor crashed into Mars. Only this time the crash did not create a crater, but instead a protruding object that over the years got rounded out by storms. Evidence does not suggest that every single meteor strike causes a crater. The reason that craters are an effect on Earth may be due to Earth's atmosphere or it's magnetic field. This may just be the first time NASA has ever seen a mound created by a meteor strike. There could be more out in the universe that NASA hasn't observed yet.

In April of 1998, a photo was taken that was blury due to Martian clouds. Many people exclaimed that the clouds may have blocked some alien markings. When NASA took another photo in April of 2001, the photo does not seem to portray any alien markings. Furthermore, the ""Face"" looked as though it has cracked on the side. Suggesting that there are Martians on Mars and, along with that, there were Martians that made this ""Face"", why wouldn't the Martians fix their monument when it cracks. This led me to believe that not only did the ""Martians"" on Mars not build this, but, additionally, there are no Martians on Mars.

Others may say that, comparative to the Mound Builder Indians on Earth, the ""Face"" was created by Martians bringing dirt to one spot and creating that ""mound"". If that was the case, then how come, in all of the photos and evidence we have from Mars, NASA has never once seen a Martian. They might be hiding from us, but, like Humans, couldn't Martians have messed up, and they forgot to hide one time.

This ""Face"" is created by natural processes. Even though it has been extremely controversial over whether it is alien-made or nature-made, more evidence suggests that the ""Face"" is nature-made. Many things in the universe can cause a mound on a planet, but finding out which one is the cause of the ""Face"" may never be known.",5
"Being in the Seagoing Cowboys program is a opportunity of

a life time.Ever since I joined the

Seagoing Cowboys program it has been rough but fun . I think everyone who likes adventure and fun should join the

Seagoing Cowboys program.

One reason you should join the progam it is a opportunity to help people."" When World 2 was over in Europe, and

many countries were left in ruins., UNRRA hired the"" Seagoing Cowboys ""

to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shiped over seas."" Another reason is we get to do fun things like volleyball, basketball, tennis- table, boxing fencing, reading, whittling, and games to help pass time. Finally it made me aware people were suffering and it might help you notice people are suffering far greater than you

are."" It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs.

As you can see being a

Seagoing Cowboy is not all that boring as you probably thought it was. I hope you will join the Seagoing Cowboys program. If you like adventure and fun the Seagoing Cowboys program is a perfect fit for you.      ",3
"Whether we have our license or not, we can all relate to the stress of the daily commute. As of the past century, cars have been one of the most efficient ways to get from point A to point B. Now, mainly due to air pollution, there has been a noticeable decline in the amount of cars used for travel. The advantages of limiting car usage include less stress, less air pollution, and an overall improved society.

The stress of traffic and the constant pressure to be on time would be significantly reduced if people chose other means of transportation such as riding a bike, taking public transportation such as the subway or bus, or walking. Source 1 shows just how effective decreased car usage can be. It describes Vauban, Germany, a small suburb community in which there is virtually no car usage. Many citizens report being less tense, as everything is made within means of walking- distance.

Another cause of stress from car usage is the effects it has on  the atmosphere. Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of the greeehouse gas emissions in Europe and 50 percent in some car- intensive areas in the United States.(Source 1) Paris is an excellent example of just how much car usage has had such negative effects on the atmosphere. Source 2 explains how Paris was so smog ridden it rivaled Bejing, China. Paris then placed limits on car usage until the smog cleared enough for the ban to be lifted.

Not only does decreased car usage help the planet, it helps society as a whole. Source 3 describes Bogota, Columbia and how it celebrates one day a year of no car usage. The city has found that not only has this policy helped claear the smog, but it is enthusiastically endorsed by the citizens. Most peole turned out to see the bike races, despite the occasional rain showers. This has caused two other Colombian cities, Cali and Valledupar to join the event. Bogota has seen the construction of 118 bike paths, the most of any Latin American city. It is not just the government endorsing decreased car usage but people themselves. Source 4 points out how the number of miles driven per person was 9 percent below the peak. There are various explanation for why people are driving less, one might be that the internet makes increased telecommuting possible and allows people to feel more connected without having to drive to them.

It is evident that we are witnessing a major cultural shift, possible degressing, but in the best possible way. The decreased incline to drive has resulted in less air pollution, a less stressed population, and an improved society overall.            ",4
"Hello, Mr. Senator i'm writing this letter to you because i'm in favor of keeping the Electrocal College. I'm in favor of the Electroral college because ""the electoral college method is not democratic in a modern sense"". There are five reason's im in favor of the electrocal college, One reason is the certainty of the outcome you wont win if you have more popular votes but less electoral vote ""It happened in 2000, when Gore had more popular votes than Bush yet fewer electoral votes"".

The second reason is Everyone's President ""The electroral College  requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional. No region (South, Northeast, etc.) has enough electoral votes to elect a president.""

In the 2012 elections Romney was popular in the south ""no incentive to campaign heavily in those states."" He doesnt have to have to campaign that much in the south because he knows those states will vote for him. The third reason is the Swing States ""The winner take all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates-as we saw in 2012-to focustheir campaing efforts on the toss-up state."" Voters in the toss-up states have to pay close attention to the campaign because they're the ones that are going to decide the election . The forth reason is Big states, the bigger the states the more electoral votes they have and the presidential candidates pay more attention to those states ""a large state gets more attention from presidential candidates in campaign than a small state does...""

The fifth Reason is Avoid Run-Off Elections ""There is pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast; that pressure, which would greatly complicate the preisdential election process, reduced by the electoral college, which invariably produces a clear winner..."" that was my last reason i hope it stays the same to elect presidents. There are alot of people that want the elctions to change but i think this is the best way to elect presidents. Mr. senator i hope you have read my letter and that you consider wjat i have wrote on this letter.     ",2
"Taking a deep breath in a city filled with cars and buses, people would be inhaling all the emissions giving off by the heavy duty use of cars. Taking in smog is like breathing in dirt. Changes around the world are taking place to accomodate to the impacts caused by cars. In the twenty-first cenury, cars are a must to get from place to place. So, why is it that there is a decline in the buying of cars? Well, the less usage of cars creates no smog to inhale, would promote alternative transportation, and the culture in this society helps create less dependence on cars which leds to a better envrionment.

First things first, around the world something known as ""smart planning"" is taking place. This is a movement to seperate suburban life from auto use. One main reason this movement is taking place is to reduce emissions giving off by automobiles, that would soon lead to smog. According to

Source 2:

""Paris ban driving due to smog,""  by Robert Duffer,  which states,"" After days of near-record polluton, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city."" This ban was necessary due to the over pollution cars create and because of it, air was able to become breathable again.  Moreover, in

Source 3:

"" Care-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota,"" by Andrew Selsky, Bogota tells the goal behind the car-free day, which states, ""The goal is to promote alternative transportaion and reduce smog."" Clearly, having a bus filled with residents is a better choice than having cars filled only by one or two passengers because one bus would not produce as much emissions than twenty cars.

Futhermore, the less dependence of cars would promote alternative transportation. Having a city filled with people walking, riding bikes, and taking buses would allow a traffic free city. In Europe, cities are taking the step forward by creating a city where it is difficult to obtain a car. According to

Source 1:

""In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars,"" by Elisabeth Rosenthal, explains the main motive why cities are making it difficlt to use cars, which is, ""Its basic precepts are being adopted around the world in attempts to make suburbs more compact and more accesible to public transprtation, with less space for parking."" This means, that by making it a struggle to obtain a car, it would help promote others to use public transportation or another method, which at the end of the day, would benefit the environment.

Last but not least, the culture of the world is constanly changing day by day. In the twenty-first century, technology has taken over the lives of many. From apps to the internet, the changes are inevitable thanks to the breakthrough in technology.  In

Source 4:

""The End of Car Culture,"" by Elisabeth Rosenthal, Mimi Sheller, a sociology professor at Drexel University, explains,""Different things are converging which suggest that we are witnessing a long-term cultural shift."" Mimi is talking about the recent decline of automobile sales occuring which mean less and less people are buying cars. She believes the reason behind the decline is due to the culture in which involves technology. Moreover, she goes on to say,"" Likewise the rise in cellphones and car-pooling apps has facilitated more flexible commuting arrangements, including the evolution of shared van services for getting to work."" Again and again technology proves to be a saving factor in this world to humans, and in this case it is saving humans from injurying the only home it has. With the easy access of calling someone up for a ride or searching up public transportation near by, allows the environment to be fresher and cleaner, as well as, it allows humans to interact with one another without having to drive to that person's house.

Movements take place to improve what seems to be a problem. It is obvious that the over usage of cars is a problematic case. Around the world, people are going around side by side, without depending on cars like they use to back a couple years ago. Improvements shown in places like Paris, shows how the limiting of automobile usage can greatly impact the envrionment to create a clean atmosphere. Not only would it help clear smog, but it would allow a stress free city from being populated by traffic jams and yelling individuals, who are experiencing road rage thanks to the taffic. A happier environment would be created when people are out rding bikes to places and walking with friends. In cocnclusion, the benifits of limiting car usage are as clear as water, it would reduce smog, promote other forms of transprtation, and would help our culture by creating a happier, cleaner atmosphere to live in.    ",4
"Yes I am for technology to read emotional expressions of students in a classroom.

The reasonn why I said yes is because. Kids have changed, we dont like certain stuff, teachers think the kids are feeling good in class but on the inside could be the Devil and God fighting. The world is changing the future of America, and the schools should do something about it.

(Imagine being able to detect exactly how other people are feeling, even when they are trying to hide their emotions.) ''From the article''.

Us kids sit in a building for 7 hours and 30 minutes. There is no excuse for a kid to feel like he is forced to come to school. School should feel like home, it should be a place to go to get away from bad things in your life. Me personally, I dislike school, yeah we learn the material but not everybody learns the material. Some people come here just so they have food in their stomachs. Some kids come here for relationships. Some kids come to school for fun. Thats wrong. Kids should come to learn. Learn different ways learn life materials, learn how to work with people, learn how to be great citizens.

(''A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,'' Dr. Huang predicts. Then it could modify the lesson like a effective human instuctor.) (From the Article).

I love my education . But I love my country more. The way I look at school is disgusting a descrace. The people that gave this stupid test. Should get fired. Istep shouldn't determine if I graduate. It shouldnt detemine if im smart or not. it shouldnt be based on a national level. It should be a state thing. You know why? Let me tell you why. The stuff i learn in Geometry and in English. Are not on ISTEP. This test is basically a test that we dont study for, and it really does suck that this test determines if I graduate. Its unfair.

Hopefully you take what I said to the heart and look at what America is in 5 to 10 years. Because this technology would change everything. Teachers would understand there students more. Teachers would grow that father/mother role to the students. Kids would feel more comfortable with there teachers knowing how they feal. Thank you for taking your time to reading my Essay. ",2
"Facial action coding system is a great way for teachers to understand how a student is truly feeling about an assignment or lesson in class. Facial action coding systems can help teachers to know if a student needs to either move ahead for a lesson or slow down. This software will help a student further comprehend the work their being assaigned instead of giving up early on. Not every human expresses their emotions the same way on their face so the coding system would have to be advanced and be able to detect slight emotions for every face.

The Facial action coding system does not always work the same for everyones face. A student can be deceptive and it may seem on their face that they are attentative and happy about the work, but could just be thinking about what their going to have for lunch. The pros for the facial action coding sytem are that the system would be able to detect when a student is completely furious and confused about the work they are doing. Another senario for the facial recoginition system would also be able to detect if a student is really confused about the work but they have all the right answers. This system would certainly prevent cheating from students and promote more honest work.

In this article ¨Making Mona Lisa Smile¨, the facial recognition system detects that Mona Lisa is feeling 83 percent happy, but is she really feeling this way? Emotion can not always be detected through facial recognition. Humans can have serious mood swings and can be deceptive and indecisive with their emotions. One moment a teenager could be 95 percent happy, but with mood swings varying the next moment that same student could be 65 percent frustarted. Facial action coding system is a great idea to implicate into schools if, the sytem does not have any flaws with detecting faces.   ",3
"Do i believe use of technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuble?

no because a friend can tell when your sad,sometimes the computer can be wrong,and some people look like they are angry but are actually happy.

Technology is not valuabe for studnets expressions in classroms because a friend would know if you are down or happy or depressed the computer can't see tears on the inside they also don't know your life. An example is""a kid who is bi-polar they could be happy the one second,then boom anry the next second"". You mean to tell me a computer can't tell if your'e angry one second then happy another second? Another example could be sometimes you just don't know if that person is sad,happy,angry and sometimes the kid doesn't wangt to talk about his or her emotions"". i believe this can prove that the computer doesn't know if the kid is happy or sad,but the friend will!

The use of technology can't read the emotional expressions of a student in a classroom becaue the computer is not always correct about everything. An example is ""a game like NBA 2k18 they can scan your face,but it doesn't look just like you"". Another big example is ""the computer isn't always the right answer just like the internet the answer doesn't always come out right so the computer won't get your emotional feelings right.""

Another reason the use of technology to read the emotional expressions of the students in a classroom isn't valuable because a lid could look angry but is actually happy. an example is ""sometimes i look angry but tkats just my normal face,so the computer would say i'm angry when i'm really happy"". Another examle is ""a kid could have a dissorder on his or her expression so once again the internet is wrong"". this proves that the computer cannot read the emotional expressions of students in class.

As i stated in the text all those examples prove that my eviedence prves that using computers to express whether the use of technology reads the students emotional expressions. they can't because the computer doesn't know if the kid is happy or, mad, a friend can tell when they are mad,and sometimes the internet is wrong.",3
"This technology could be the next big thing.

In the article they tell us how ""using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition sofware tracks these facial movments-In a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa.

By weighing the different units, the sofware can even identify mixed emotions.""

It also gives examples of the what the pros are, such as ""a classroom computer coud recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored."" this was predicted by Dr.

Huang.

this would help many teachers figure out were exactly thier students are in thier classes and were they are confused just as the quote states.

It even gives insight onto just how powrful the program is with ""They even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one.""

With all the teen suicides and pressure from work and such this could be really benaficial twards getting to the scource and asking if thry are alright.

Again this code could be really great for students, giving us more insight into what they need and dont understand and then developing farthur into that.",3
"I am strongly against the idea of driverless cars. I feel that if the generations to come grow up using driverless cars, not only will they not develope the proper driving skills needed the take control ove dangerous situations such as heavy traffic and people passing in the streets, but they wiil think its okay to leave a compleatly inanimate object in control of their lives.

As stated in paragraph 7, smart cars do not compleatly drive themselves and they DO require a human driver to take control of the wheel from time to time, but if passengers are on a long road trip or they are stuck in traffic for vetious amounts of time they may become tired and think that sleeping is okay because the car can drive itself. WRONG! Who is to say the traffic won't randomly pick up and require assistance from a human driver? What if an unexpected pedestrian runs across the street and the smart car doesn't sense to slow down and the inocent passerby is crushed? Cars should have a fully focused driver in control at all times. Deadly accidents happen on a daily basis that include machinery gone wrong or a program crashing causing equitment to fail, who is to say the same thing won't happen with smart cars? What is goinf to happen if a manu facturing company made one small mistake while developing one of these smart cars that causes them all to crash?

There is no answer to these horrifying possibilities, but there is an easy solution. Smart cars should b illegal because they endanger the lives of our loved ones and create a large hazard for every civilian who happens to be walking anywhere near these ""smart"" cars.",3
"Dear State Senator

People should make a better choice on who they pick as president. Some people choose wrong, and the electoral collage needs to vote for us so that they make the right choice. The only reason I think this is because the electoral collage has never let us down.

I like that we have some one to vote for us.

Senator take this to heart we need this process for the people and the government. The only reason I like the process is because I would choose somebody over what they say not over what they do. I belive that some one should be picked as of their history and manners and honesty not over popular vote.

This process is the only process that they need to help us make the right choice. The right choice would be Obama or Kinnedy or some one like that. The wrong choice is that charlie chris who wants to be a governor, well for now he wants to be a governor next he will want to be a president. The process of electoral collage needs to be here.

The only reason we need not to vote on the popular voting thing is because people vote wrong vote right for once huh. Come on the voting thing where we vote and the popular vote wins isn't right out of however many presidents we've had we've only got under a half of them right. We need this process for the same reason we need new presidents lately.

Do you see why we need not to vote by popular vote now? We need to stick to the electoral collage process or we won't be in good hands with presidents that is. Don't make us go back to popular vote thing please. We don't need popular voting at all so thats all i have to say.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ",2
"The face that was found on Mars may be made by natural causes. There are many reasons why this odd shaped figure would be made by natural causes, like gust of wind throwing rocks around could make that human like face. Or something that can pick up big boulders and can move them into place. There are many reasons why this face showed up, but aliens are not one of them.

What might have caused rocks to move into place to create this human like face is large gust of wind. Or something that is really strong. Or it could have been a big pile of rock and just formed over the years into a face. In the story ""Unmasking the Face on Mars"", there is more then one lump of rock there is two. The second is just not shaped like a face. There are spots everywhere on this planet with lumps of rock. Most of them are formed by erosion. Erosion is the process of being broken down. There could be parts of the lump of rock that wasn't strong enough to hold it's self up. They may have fell in to make the eye shape. The nose could have been another small pile of rock that made it look like a nose. This is from up high it may look different down low. It may look like a big piece of rock. There are different views or angles you can look at it.

Other people may think that aliens did this. But there was no traces or marks left behind that can detect an alien. In the story it says, ""There was no alien monument after all."" Now in the story it says that all the traces of the alien that did this were covered in haze. In paragraph 12 it says, ""

What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa- landforms common around the American West.""

They strongly agree that this is just natural causes. Now they are probably still doing some testing or research about this face. But they strongly agree that it is just a natural cause. Formed by erosion,or gust of winds,or even soft spots.

They shape is another crazy thing added on the list of things that NASA sees on different planets. This is just another figure made by the planets natural causes. Thats why NASA believes it was made by natural causes and nothing like aliens. This is just another cool object found on a planet.",3
"The electoral college is the current method for choosing a president of the United States.  In this method, voters from each state do not vote for the president directly, they vote for people to elect the president.  Even though this system has existed for decades and decades, some people protest is and claim that it is not ""democratic"" enough.  I will give my personal opinions on why the Electoral College should be kept.

The main reason for keeping the Electoral College is that it works, and has been working for over 200 years.  When a way of living has been around as long as this has, it is extremely difficult to change and convince people to support the change.  Again, it works and as the saying goes, ""if it is not broke, do not fix it.""  Though, ""is not"" and ""do not"" are contractions in the actual expression.

I can see why the people who protest the Electoral College dre against it, and that a president should be decided by the people, not electors chosen by people.  However I do not think it makes much of a difference who is being trusted to do what one likes about them.  It is either the elector is trusted to pick the right president, or the president is trusted do do the right thing.    ",2
"Since I've heard about that the driverless cars are coming, a sincere expectation came to my mind. I am in, in the side of supporting the development of those cars.

As we all know, the nature resources are formed after millions of years, and with the rapid development of technology and electricity, those unrenewable resources are decreasing in a high speed. I can't imagine the days without coals, fossil fuels or gas. The driverless cars would be half of the fuel of today's cars, which could save a lot of resources that we might have time to discover the new type of renewable energy. This is the first reason I agree with the useful cars.

Fewer resources being used, that means less pollution it may produce. Carbon dioxide is one of the main source of air pollution at this time and the spread of driverless cars might have a chance to give us back a blue sky. We are now try everything to save our importance because we know how important that it, planting trees, making laws, walking instead of driving, but why not limiting where it come from?

Additionally, driverless cars are proved to reduce the accident rate. Although it doesn't exactly mean ""driverless"", but the different ways of alerting the driver what may goes wrong definately help them feel safer. Because humans will feel tired, but machines won't. The before-danger-warning would give driver time to realize the problem that occurs and to solve it. It might just be a few seconds, but probably could save a whole family's life.

Some people like to drive, when they are on a vacation, they like to drive to wherever they want, they feel free and relaxed. In spring break I am going to Florida. It's a thirteen-hour-drive! It's still alright for the passengers but drivers will be exausted. However, if you have a driverless car, machine can offer you a big favor. You don't need to be alerted all the time to avoid accident and hurt your family, oppositely, you are able to sit in a comfortable armchair closing your eyes and chat with your family. A long-term driving won't be a big deal anymore!

The expectation is always sweet and beautiful, there still are a lot of difficulties of bring driverless cars into families. This world has so many people, making all these cars could use a lot of resources. And we still need to test the cars to confirm that they are a hundred persent safe. Countries may start conflicts by the production or using of these cars. But with more and more talented scientists' hard work, I believe, we will finally break all the walls in front of us and build a fabulous future.",4
"You should join this program. You are helping others. This program needs you and others to help the countries recover from World War II. Many countries were runined. 44 nations will help us. The UNRRA ( the United States Relief and RehabilitionAdministration), hired The seagoing Cowboys to take care of the animals that were shipped overseas.

There is many games you can play where the animals had been housed such as, baseball, vollyball, boxing, and table-tennis. All of the games helps pass the time. Luke aslo found games you can play on board too.

Now you know why you should join this program. You are helping people and are helping yourself.

You are helping yourself not to only care about yourself.

You should be more aware of people and the other countries and their needs. This program should inspire lots of other people to help help in case this ever happen again. The number of visitors should expand.                    ",2
"The use of the Facial Action Coding System in the classroom is valuable because it can help students learn the material the instructor is teaching that day much faster allowing the students to have a fun yet educational experience in the classroom.

The Facial Action Coding System will make the classroom more entertaining to all grade levels even in college, and the system will identify the emotions the user is feeling and will adjust the lesson plan to the students' liking.

The emotions are one of the only ways we can tell what each other are feeling but also thinking at the moment.

These days the only way that communicate mainly is through texting and most people don't like to call each other because people are becoming too caught up in technology to actually talk to the person they are trying to communicate with.

Also the people are becoming too lazy to actually call the person or actually go to the person in person and have their conversation with them.

In the education department of the government they are coming up with all these standardized test to prove that the student is eligiable to go to the next level of education, but in most of the schools in the United States who use these standardized tests most of the students fail the test and have to retake the test again the next year or semester.

With Professor Huang's creation of this tecnology the education system will be getting better and better tests results if this system is implemented into the schools all around the United States.

The Facial Action Coding System should be implemented into the school systems all around the world because every child deserves a good education even if they are poor or don't have money to pay for the schooling.

The reason the Facial Action Coding System should be implemented into the school systems all around the world because the software will help students all grade levels succeed in the real world and have a good education and will help the student find good jobs once they graduate high school or college.

The Facial Action Coding System could actually help therapy patients and patients with PTSD and help the therapists, doctors, and counselors figure out what the patients are thinking or feeling at the moment.",3
"Cars have always been known for their efficiency, and speed at which they bring their driver to his or her desired destination. Although, many people are aware of the causes of driving and the negative effects of a car, most never look at the possibilities. They don't know what they are being deprived of due to the simple, solvable problem of driving cars. As countries of the world experience a cultural shift in their daily lives, people are becoming aware of the significant advantages of limited car usage, including lower emissions, increased physical activity, and decreased stress, which in turn would increase overall pleasure.

With a change in one's daily life, the linear relationship between car usage and carbon emmissions, means that as car usage decreases so does pollution. In ""The End of Car Culture,"" Elisabeth Rosenthal comments on the scientific opinion regarding this cause and effect relationship in America: ""If the pattern persists-and many sociologists believe it will-it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment."" Cars are a large contributor to the increasing amount of waste and toxins that make one's air water polluted. Therefore, with a drop in the usage of cars, people and land will be become healthier and cleaner. Emissions are also a problem in Europe where the ""Day Without Cars"" was used to promote ""alternative transportation"" in order to reduce ""smog.""(Selsky) Cars are often used get to specific places such as work or school. So why would two people drive two seperate cars if they're going to the same place? By using public transportation such as a bus or subway, one is killing two birds with one stone by using a smaller amount of gas and fossil fuels to delivery two people to their desired locations, a smarter and cleaner choice.

The limit on car usage has also caused an increase of physical activities within a society. The lack of cars has created the desire for outdoor involvement as Andrew Selsky suggests in ""Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota"" when he informs people of the ""improvement caimpaign in Bogota"" that has enouraged the ""construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths."" Since space is no longer needed for the creation of parking lots, people now have ample room to create the resources needed for activities such as bike riding. Just having things such as trails visible to the public, motivates people to be active. The possibilities of physical activity areas are also encouraged by a change in the transportation bill. In current years, a drastic ""80% has gone to highways"" whereas only ""20% went to other transport.""(Rosenthal) With a decrease in the demand for cars and similiar ways of private transportation, there won't be a need for large highways. Since more money is now available to be used elsewhere, oppurtunities for parks and sports centers are opening up.

Although many may not be aware, a decrease in cars also brings a decrease in stress. This is even hinted at by ""Businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza"" when he says ""'It's a good oppurtunity to take away stress...""(Selsky) Although people depend on cars for quick transportation, it can become a hastle when traffic comes into play. It also costs people lots of money when it comes to paying for gas, so an overall reduction of cars would fix all problems regarding stress. As a result of the reduction in car usage, several ""new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up,"" as Andrew Selsky informs the public in ""Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota."" With an increase of space to build malls and social places, people have a better chance of staying relaxed and stress-free. Not only do these places enourage relaxation, but they provide a place for one to spend time with friends and family.

From driving hazardous and waste-producing cars to saving money, riding bikes, and hanging with friends at the mall, limiting car usage not only creates a healthier community but provides people with oppurtunities to be better. All around the world people are working to change their daily habits that have created the dirty world one lives in today. Limiting car usage creates an overall happier environment to live in and an endless amount of possibilities.    ",6
"The thought of having driverless in some individuals eyes could be pretty cool. Althought while driverless cars may be cool to some, they are also very hazardous.

The average good driver vs the machine would be a much better driver.

One reason out of many as to why a human driver would be better than a machine driving, is because machines are not failproof and all machines do overheat, and sometimes worse, explode.

One example is, say you are driving along the highway and you spot a car coming head on for you, the average good driver would be able to avoid an accident vs the machine, because machines are flawed, and do not yet show their full potential.

Although machines are not failproof they can help in some ways.

They could serve as taxis like the story said, to bring you home from a late night partying.

I would like to see driverless cars in the right hands, such as the military we could send a driverless car out to see if there are any explosives or mines before we have to send our own troops through the minefield, which woudl therefor cause driverless cars to save many, many lives.

On the other hand this could also be used against us in the same way.

The Police should also get driverless cars, just incase theyre having a highspeed chase and they need to shoot somebodys tires, you wouldnt be able to do it as easy with a manual automobile vs a driverless because you would have to focus on steering and aiming, etc.

All in all, i find driverless cars to be a fantastic invention that will better us in the future as our knowledge about technology grows.

The possibilities are endless for driverless automobiles, because it goes from cars, to trains, even as far as airplanes and helecopters.

They would also help for people who have sleep dissorders and fall asleep constnantly without knowing.

Driverless cars i feel should be more advanced throughout the years and will be a new technology that could stop many many wrecks and save many lives in the end.

But for now i say we leave it to the humans to do the driving, for we have more experiance, and again a machine is just a machine and it is not failproof.

Although automatic breaking is nice, we should keep the steering as our job.",3
"Hi my name is Jhon, and i'm i scientist of the NASA, i'm writing this because a lot of people and scientists are argueing about the Face on Mars, some people say that the face i created by some kind of ancient civilization or aliens. i don't just think that the Face on Mars is not crated by aliens, i'm sure that the Face on Mars is not creted by aliens or any kind of ancient civilization and the reason of why i'm writing this is because i want to prove you that the Face on Mars is there for natural reasons.

The first reason to prove you that i'm correct and that the Face on Mars in not crated for aliens is that on April 8, 2001, Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camara's absolute maximum resolution. Each pixel in he 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo. As a rule of thump you can dicern things ina digital image 3 times bigger than a pixel size, if there were objects in this picture like houses airplain or any oter object you coold se what they were!. The Face on Mars has become a pop icon, some people thinkt he Face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars, evidence that NASA would hide, that is what conspiracy theorists say, NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars.

That is all i have to say, i hope now you understand that the Face on Mars is just there for natural reasons and that is not crated for aliens or any kind of ancient civilization because i think that the information that i gave you is really interesting and true. i hope you believe me and thank you for your time, and for eading this.       ",2
"A Seagoing Cowboy is a cowboy who travels overseas to a different country and take animals/supplies there that they are in need of. This job takes a lot of work. You have to watch all the animals every hour, clean their stalls, and feed them. This job does take a lot of work, but it is a unique experience one will never forget. You get to Help other countries in need after the war, see amazing countries and sights , and have fun with new friends you get to meet while traveling. It is a great experience.

After World War ll, several countries were left in destruction. This meant that someone needed to help fast, and get the people food, animals, and other supplies that were needed. 44 nations came together as UNRRA, also known as the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, and hired ""Seagoing Cowboys"", like myself. We help deliver horses, young cows, and mules to the countries in need. It feels so great to help other people, and I will never forget all the smiling faces I saw when I arrived with their animals. It is a wonderful sight.

When you visit several countries, you never realize how wonderful and amazing they can look, even after a war! Places like Europe, China, Greece, Italy, and the list countinues. After we deliver the animals, we get to have a little bit a of fun before we go back, so we get to go to tourist attractions, and popular cities in the country. I was able to take a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, where the streets are made up of water. I also got to see the Acropolis in Greece. Those trips were pretty special! There are so many great things to see and do in every country, so no matter where you go, you will have a great adventure exploring the cities, and having a ton of fun!

While being on a boat, traveling to a country, you have to watch over the animals every so often. That is not the case on your way back, when the animals are gone from your boat at the country you just visited. Since the animals are gone, you can do whatever you want to do to make the time pass. We do things such as table-tennis, volleyball, boxing, fencing, baseball, reading, and more fun games. You really can't play things games without people to play with, which is a great way to make friends. Since you probably don't know the people working with you, you can get to know them, and make new friends. This is one of my favorite parts of being a Seagoing Cowboy, because without becoming friends with your co-workers, you job isn't fun. It's a great way to open up, and whats more fun then going over-seas with your friends and having a good time?

In conclusion, becoming a Seagoing Cowboy is an amazing experience because you get to help others in need after the war, see amazing places/sights, and have tons of fun while making new friends with the people you work with. You will have so many great memories of your time at every country. Become a Seagoing Cowboy today!",5
"The article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"" the author gives many good reasons as to why driverless cars are the next big thing. Driverless cars will have driver alert features to them but the question is will they function correctly and not fail us causing an even bigger mitsake? According to cofounder Sergey Brin drdiverless cars are the next big thing for the future. It is no longer flying cars it is now driverless cars. Brin is a believer that a driverless car will fundamently change the world. As exciting and wonderful a driverless car sounds its is not a good idea. Technology brings many new wonders and fasinations, but the technology that will be used for a driverless car will eventually fail the driver.

A driverless car seems very intresting and many good ideas and opinions are being published to the public but will the true story about driverless cars ever make it through to the public? No because the manufactuer will always find something good to say about the car whenever the public says something negative. A driverless car will be another mistake to our generation of new ideas. The author of the article said in paragraph 7, "" They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills. "" Then later it also stated, "" This means the human driver must remain alert. "" The human driver needs to remain alert at all times because we will never know when the driverless car will need human assistance. Leading to the fact the already the car hasnt been made but they already know that the car will need human skills at times. Already the cars technology cannot be trusted. As the human driver you will get distracted or may fall asleep. You may not even know the car is going to need assistance at times and before you know it your at risk for a crash the driverless car haas caused. Drivers will also rely to much on their car because they will thik it is so up to date on technology that it wont fail the driver. The human driver may go out to a party one night and get drunk. The human driver won't care because the car will take them back home safe and sound as they were told. Will it really though? Along the way the technology may stop working and before you know it the drunk driver will be behind the wheel not only putting himself in danger but everybody else on the road.

Some other issues with the car may also occur. For example the driver alert functions may stop working out of nowhere. In the acrticle it stated, "" GM has devloped driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in dnager. "" The vibrating chair may stop functioning correctly and the driver will not know. The driver may not also know how to properly use it and may put the car in a mode that isnt supposed to be in at the moment. Who still reads the instructions? That is a very low number and many people just jump straight into using the object. Drivers will be to excited and they will just jump into the roads and not know how to properly use it. They will have to read the instructions while on the road and then what will happen? The driver may come up with a situation where the car needs human assistance and the driver won't know what is happening and they will start to freak out and just get themselves and the car all worked up. The driverless car will bring up accident rates higher. One of the many rates we as a country are trying to minimize as much as possible.

If the driverless car was to crash and cause a death to somebody who is just walking down the street or in another car, who will be most likely blamed for the cause it won't be the manufacturers. It will be the human drivers fault and be charged with many things that maybe wasnt evenn the drivers fault. For example the cars technology might fail, technology will not always be up to date, then the car goes out of countrol and the driver may not know what to do then the driver will have all the issues on his hands.

There are planty more reasons as to why a driverless car will just be another mistake of our generationbut those are a few. Would you want to put your child or somebody you love out in the roads risking somebody to put them in danger just because the human driver does not know how to use a driverless car? We as a country are trying to bring down death rates and a driverless car will just make the rates higher. Rates as in accident rates and death rates. Rates that we should be trying to minimize as much as possible. Driverless cars should not be part of our generations future. ",5
"We use cars every day, but have we ever actually stopped to realize the stress and pollution they cause? Now think just how many advantages there would be if we limited car usage. There would be less stress, it would be less dangerous, and there would be less pollution. Not only would we be helping the enviroment, but also helping to protect our families from the harm cars can cause.

Stress we all experience it. It's become such a big factor in everyones life. One of the most stressful things is sitting in a traffic jam when you are already late to work, but think, if we limited the usage of cars, there wouldn't be so many traffic jams. In the third essay, by Andrew Selsky, a man and his wife state ""It is a good opportunity to take away stress"". Traffic jams are stressful no matter where you are going. They make you impatient and easily annoyed. Stress has a very big impact on your health too. Sitting in a traffic jam every day and being under that kind of stress can start to affect your health poorly.

Cars are a very dangerous piece of machine. They are man-made and sometimes they have flaws. Some of these flaws might be a quick fix, but others may be fatal. Many people have lost their lives while at the wheel of a car. Many people have lost loved ones to terrible car crashes. Limiting the usage of cars will end up resulting in a lower crash rate. With a lower crash rate we can ensure the safety of our families, more than we ever could before.

According to the article ""The End of Car Culture"" by Elisabeth Rosenthal, ""transportation is the second largest source of America's emmissions, just behind power plants."" Pollution is a dangerous thing. It may seem like nothing, but it has a bigger threat than any of us realize. Pollution is taking away all of the clean air we have left to breathe. With power plants emitting such harmful fumes, and now cars, our air is being polluted quicker then we ever thought possible. Helping to reduce car usage will reduce the pollution in the air. We will be, not only helping our environment, but also helping our children. As kids grow older, we can help them have a healthy earth, and clean air to breathe.

Considering all of the advantages to decreasing the usage of cars, we may want to join in on what parts of Europe and Colombia have already started to work on. According to the article by Andrew Selsky, Colombia has a ""Day Without Cars"" that happens once every year. This has been happening for three straight years. In German, there is a suburb where people live, and most do not own cars. While in Paris they have also started having a day of no driving. This has helped to clean up their air and decrease the amount of stress people go through while driving. Cars are very convienent, but are they so convienent when they cause so much harm.    ",4
"Mona Lisa Smile she is 83 percent happy,9 percent disgusted,6 percent fearful, and 2 percent anger. Mona Lisan Smile her emotional is less because here happy is hight and not low. She have being sad but she have being mad. Her anger was 2 percent that is less. She have more emotional smiling. But she have a little fearful. Mona Lisa Smile at last according to the some new computer software that can recognize her emotions. Thomas Huang, ge tge beckmqn institute for Advanced Science at the University of lllinois, working in collaboration with the Prof. Nicu sebe he are the Universitycof tge Amsterdam. Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at the developing vetter ways for the human and computers to communicate. And they was talking about the calulate emotions like a math homework? and how can they computers the recongnize of the subtle facial movements. And they have the humans use to express how we feel. And they was staring making comuter constructs a 3-D computer nodel of the face; all the 44 major muscles in the model must move like a human muscles. And movement of the one more muscles is called an""action unit."" Than Dr. Huang relies on the work of psychologists, as Dr. Paul Eckman, creator of tge FACS ( Facial Action Coding System). And theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only Expresses emotions, but also the may even help produce them. May happen because they unconsciously imitata another person of the facial expressions. And whoever thought of that making faces could reveal so much abouf the scepience of the emotions.",1
"""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curisoty will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors."" The author of the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author supports his idea well by giving details on what challenges Venus gives, reasons as to why scientists are fascianted on exploring the planet, and plausible solutions on how to explore Venus despite the complications.

The author presents details as to why Venus is a challenge to explore by giving descriptions on its envrionment. In paragraph 3, the article states ""...Venus has the hottest surface temperature on any planet in our solar system..."" and ""...planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit..."" These statements provide a sensory detail of why humans aren't able to withstand the conditions of Venus, because it is extremely hot for us to withstand. Another example is, ""...Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface."" This demonstrates the complication as to why spacecrafts have a hard time landing on Venus to explore, which is weather and environmental factors impose a threat to damaging the spacecraft.

The author in the article helps support his idea by giving reasons as to why scientists are fascianted on exploring the planet Venus. In paragraph 4, it states ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system."" This examines why scientists are curious on exploring the planet because if it has been the most Earth-like planet it ""...could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth,"" as stated in the fourth paragraph. Another example is ""...Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel."" This exclaims that since Venus is not that far away to travel to compared to other planets, it cuts down space travel time which is beneficial to humans since they cannot live hundreds of years.

The author continues to supports his ideas by proposing plausible solutions on how to explore Venus despite the complications. In paragraph 5, it says ""... a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way."" This example provides information on how a hovering vehicle would help astronauts to avoid the environmental factors making it easier to explore Venus by aerial view. In paragraph 7, it states ""Another project is looking back to an old techonology called mechanical computers... these devices make calculations by using gearws and levers and do not require electronics at all."" This example helps exancuate on how old technology can help collect data on Venus by being able to be more resistent to its conditions compare to modern technology that is delicate.

Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagnication and innovation. The author highlighted points as to why Venus would be a difficult planet to explore, but expunds on the solutions and inspirations why its a worthy pursuit. The author exclaimes his points by giving details on what challenges Venus gives, reasons as to why scientists are fascianted on exploring the planet, and plausible solutions on how to explore Venus despite the complications.           ",5
"would using cars less improve our lives? in frnace they enforced a partial driving ban after days of near-record pollution. which is a smart idea to have a partial ban to clear the air then after that has been done they could organize something to help not have this happen in the future. they could have a day dedicated to walking or running to get in better shape. nut they have resorted to something simular.

On monday motorist with even-numbered license plates have been ordered to leave their cars at their homes for the day while odd-numbered license plates were permitied to drive that day and they would switch off every day. seems like an effective plan. although you must always think about the people who dont follow the rules. For example a driver only aloud on tuesday due to his or her odd-numbered license plate drives their car on a monday. these motorist would be issued a fine of 22 euro which in american currency is $31. a large number of motor isnt were not please with this act. in result of this act almostt 4,000 drivers were fined twenty-seven of those motorist had their vehicles impounded for their actions towards the fine they recieved. either they refused to pay or they drove again when they werent aloud to or may have acted in a hostel manner.

congestion droped around 60 percent in the capital of france after five continuos days of intesifying smog. The smog debated between beijing france and china which is the most polluted city. people wanted to know what was to blame for this. The people blamed diesel since frnace has created a tax policy that is in favor of the use of diesel or the use of gasoline. Abgout more than half of frances vehicles are fueled by diesel. 53.3 percent average of vehicles are diesel engines in the rest of europe.

seeing all of these facts has made me come to a conclusion we all need to compromise to make our world cleaner. we have been blessed with this land by god and we shall usde it as we please but if we arent cvarefulo it could fall appart becvause of our carelessness towards or earth we call home. if we all divise a plan weither it be to create more eco friendly cars or have people who live close to school or work walk instead of drive. we can come together and help keep our earth clean. we all may be different. our color, our gender, our religion, but one thing is the same about us. we care about the earth and we want to keep it clean for future generations of humanity. we all share one world lets use it the right way.    ",2
"Driverless Cars is a great idea, these cars would make a huge change in the world because these cars would be really helpful, but there are some adventages and disavenges of the use of these cars, one adventages is that can drive by themselves, but a desaventage is that if the sensors don't work what would happen?.

Driverless cars would be really helpful for people and mostly for people that travel a lot they fall sleep, these cars would help them by taking control and so no one get hurt. Driverless cars have sensors that help to create a 3-D model of the car's surroundings so this would help the car to see if there is any danger and if the is the car will notify the driver to take over and take another options. Cars like these ones are a great idea, it will allow the drivers to take a rest when they are tired.

Cars like driverless cars are not perfect and they are not 100 percent safe, these cars can be really expensive too and not everyone would buy them. About safety the sensors that these cars use what if they don't work? what would it happen? if the sensors don't work the cars will not alert the driver if there is any danger and this will end up in an accident and would not be good for the manufacturer and the owner, these were some reasons why the manufacturers want to put cameras in the cars so the car can see the driver and know whether the driver can drive or cannot drive.

Some manufacturers like GM they have developed driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger. Other car that tells the driver when they should take over the car is the Google car. Cameras in cars can help a lot because while the driver is watching the road the car is watching the driver. Some manufacturers are considering bringing entertainment for these cars and information system that use heads-up displays. Such displays can be turned off when the driver needs to take over. This new tegnology in cars is really good, but how much these will cost? No one knows yet. I strongly agree with the develop of the driverless cars because this will really help peole and will help to reduce the cars accidents.

Driverless cars are defenitly are great this new tegnology will allow the driver to take a rest and then take over any time. The sensors that the cars have help to avoid any danger. Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have these new cars drive themselves by 2020, the cars they try to make will be the best option to have less cars accidents in the future.",4
"There was no technology back when the Mona Lisa was made. They had pictures and the picture showed emotion. There are some people that can see the emotions of people and some are herd to see then others. They are making technology to read the emotional expressions and that it knowns when your lieing. There are pictures that show emotion, people that see other peoples emotion, and now there making technology that reads emotional expressions.

First, of there are pictures of people and there always will be. In those pictures you can see someones emotion and how someone is feeling. Back then they only had pictures to see. From theose pictures most artist and people could see peoples emotions, but it was meanly the artist that could read someones emotion. The artist could see throw someones fake smile or if it was real. That's why there pictures showed how many emotion she had.

Next, there are some people that can read others emotion and for it's hard or they can see them. Everybody is different most people that read somebody's emotion is because there a love one or a every good friend and they can read your emotion. There is just other people that don't care. Most people should be able to see if your angry, sad or happy. Those emotions are easy to see, kids show it all the time even when there not feeling so good.

Finaly, there is technology being made that reads someones emotion. The technology even know's when it is a lie. So somebody can just take a picture of somebody and there emotion. There is going to be a person that lie's the technology. Technology isn't going to make you feel better. That person is going to need a love one or a close friend, to help them out.

There always going to be somebody close by that will help you out. Could be throw a picture and that could help you. Or a friends that sees you happy, sad, or mad. The technology might tell them there emotion, but wont help them out. There are pictures that show emotion, people that see other peoples emotion, and now there making technology that reads peoples emotional expressions.           ",1
"The Driverless?

Some people say cars shold be driverless others say they it should not become driverless. I agree with the people who say it should not go in the driverless deriction. There are so many that will happen or go coplety wrong like the law, can they fix it, and not complety drivless.

First they are not complety drivless because the car can not drive throught every thing like work zones and around accidents. So the person has to stay aleret to take over then be relaces and enjoy the ride.

Next is the law will it change a lot because of the new car? As a result, in most states it's illegal to test the computer driven cars. Sone more states will follow suit as soon as the cars are truly safe. If the technology fails and some is injured, who is to blame-the driver or the manufacturer?

Lastly can they fix the posbile damege that they do. They are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be sloved. Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 precent of the time. Guys what about the 10 precent even thought it's a small prcent why not try to make it the safest car around.

Well we have come to the end of it all. Even thought it was a tought argument with our luck it is going the dorection of driverless with or without us. So with that said and done good luck to you all.                         ",3
"The face is just a natural landform. This face is just a natural landform, because there is no such thing in aliens space and the alien would not even know how or what a face looks like. There is no such thing as aliens that created the face .You

can tell that, because in the pictures from the article the faces are evolving each year as they take the picture. The face is a huge rock evolving to a face is what i think it could possibly be. As in the third paragraph in the article it says that a few days later after they took the picture tyhey released the picture for all to see, an the caption noted "" huge rock formation"" witch resembles a human head formed by shawdows. Giving the face a illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth. By that information in the article i believe that a rock was on the place where the face is now and over years the rock settled into the plant and now over the years is forming into a face. I do not believe that the face is there, because a alien or some sort of creature was forming the face. i believe that the face is like that, because rock evolve over years and we all know how rocks on earth evolve and become into small rocks or a big rock it depends if the rock is not grtting dirt or something else added on to the rock. So i believe that the face is actually a rock settled into the plant and is now evolving into a face. ",2
"I am usually a bit skeptical about new technologies like the Facial Action Coding System, but I am opened to the idea of new technology. In this case I support the value of using this technology to read students' emotional expressions. It is pretty interesting how the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) can determine the emotion someone is feeling by examining the muscle movements in the face. The FACS could be a very usefull tool in many ways in the near future.

The FACS uses facial movents to determine whether a person is feeling happy, sad, surpised, angry, disgusted, fearful, or sad. The interesting thing about the FACS is that it can determine whether the person is faking an emotion. For example, the article stated,"" But in a false smile, the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle, the risorius"". So by examining muscle movements in the face, the FACS can determine whether the person is faking an emotion or actually feeling it. In the future I think therapist could use the FACS to help determine how his/her patent is actually feeling. Dr. Huang stated,"" A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"" Dr. Huang predicts.""Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor"". I think that this would be an effective way to futher advance eduction in our society.

In conclusion, I agree with the use of the Facial Action Coding System. I believe it will help us advance as a society and make things less dificult. I feel as if the technology could be used in many ways besides schools. Many professions, such as pyscologist could use this technology.      ",3
"Have you ever thought that there are aliens in space?

Many people believe that the Face on Mars was created by aliens. The Face on Mars was not created by aliens due to it's common landform shade.

Mars Global Surveyor was used to take pictures of Mars. The picture showed the Face was the equivalent to the size of a butte or mesa. Butte or mesas are common landforms around the American West. A famous one is the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.

Martain mesas are very common around Cydonia. Cydonia is a region of Mars. It is not uncommon for a rock formation to resemble something like a face. The shadows on Cydonia gave the illusion of eyes, nose and a mouth on the natural rock formation.

People who support that the Face was created by aliens believe that there is life on Mars and that NASA is hiding this information. This is not true. NASA wishes that there was an ancient civilization on Mars. Life on Mars would be great business for NASA and they would have no reason to hide it from the public.

The first picture of the Face was taken in 1976. Eighteen years later, Mars Global Surveyor landed on the Red Planet. The technonlogy was way more advanced now. The NASA scientists were able to get a picture ten times sharper that the orginal Viking photo. This proved to the thousands of waiting web sufers that the Face was a natural landform.

The Face is a natural landform. Scientists at NASA have spent years finding evidence to prove that the Face is a natural landform. As of 2001, the Face was proven to be a natural landform and that there are no aliens on Mars.            ",3
"The author makes a good reason why people should study venus is by talking about the certain type of things there is at venus. Also by explaining how it could help others to have a good idea traits, it's also good because of how the author says challenge so others can see it like if it was impossible and try it for themselves. It'll be hard but it won't be impossible for venus to explored even more. Also could be the next thing that we could do experiments on and find out ways to use the planet.

The author makes a good idea that venus is worthy to study because he talks about the comparisons of earth and venus which makes it curious for people to find out what are the comparisons and also could find out the differences too. according to the text it says "" Today, Venus still has some features that are analogoues to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters."" This explains that there is things from earth that are relatable to venus, and people could research how they're familiar and how they're different from earth. It's important to know because you'll see what venus has and you'll just learn more from what it is from earth.

Another way the author makes a good idea that venus is worthy to study is because it helps others to have a good idea about venus and traits about itand the challenges. The author makes a good point about how if we did go to search vernus it'll be difficult but it'll be worthy for you to know. An example the author states is "" At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on earth. "" this means that if you were to examine venus, you'll be at a challenge with climate while doing research and exploring. Another example is "" Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans."" This means that it'll be difficult to be able to go out and to see what's the matetrial and objects in venus is like.

The Author helps the people that want to see how venus is and could help them and do research on it so it could be a good exploration to do since it really hasn't been seerched on and why not do it now? Some people could be curious and might want to know how it is in planets other than earth and learn something new from it. That's why venus should be explored by people that give informationa bout space and planets.     ",4
"Do you ever have a yearning to have an experience where you help people, and see new places? I had one of those eye-opening trips myself when I took part in being a Seagoing Cowboy. All citizens should participate in this program. In this essay, I will explain why this program should include you in the next trip overseas.

When having deep affection for men and women who have served in wars such as World War Two, you long to give help back to them in repayment. That is why it feels so amazing to sail overseas with vital needs for discouraged people, such as animals or food. I have served for nine trips(the longest contributed by any Seagoing Cowboy), because it gives yourself satisfaction to keep youself busy with activities that lift people's spirits. If you join this program, you can feel like a warrior in different ways.

On these trips overseas, you can also live through rewarding and beautiful sites. With our free time in other countries, we had the opprotunities to see the Acropolis in Greece, and parts of China. We also got to experience what a gondola ride in Italy felt like through streets of water. Visualizing these historic places really make you want to see more of the world, and keep helping our world's health.

People opposed to the UNRRA may have many doubts why you would risk the danger and time. It is true that you sail where destructive and gruesome battles have taken place, but you can visualize the importance of why you need to help those citizens who have lost so much. Even though some may also state that it is too much scrificed time away from home, the time goes by fast while playing fun and relaxing games such as:fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and tennis tournaments. There are many reasons why you can make up for risks and sacrifices on this trip to pass time or feel more connected to your service.

Becuase of the ways this trip is so benificial to participants, it is a great program to take part in. Seeing beautiful sites and repaying soldiers help you analyze so much more about other places and war. For many people, it concludes as an opprotunity of a lifetime, that will never be forgotten. For these reasons, all citizens should participate in the UNRRA program overseas.",4
"I think that driverless car would be a waste a money. I dont think that anybody would trust a car driving itself around. i personally think that people would feel safer driving themselfves around than a computerized car. Some people may think that a car that can drive itself could be useful and it some ways it may be. It could be safer because less people could txt and drive, or drink and drive, that could cause lesss wrecks. On the down side if they cant fix the car when it goes through traffic and the person is asleep then the car wont know what to do and it could cause another wreck going through one. It could also cause another wreck if it was going through a construction site. That could be b ad because construction sites are already buisy enough and cramed enough.

Most people would prefer to dirve them,selves to work or to school every day. I dont trust technology, i think that it has brought our world to crap. The governmant isusing it just to get money and that is what these cars are for. Its just to gets civilians money. I would feel safer because i know where i am going and if there is a crash or a construction zone i know how to handle it and know where to go or how to get where i need to go. Also i wouldnt half to worry abput falling asleep and the car not knwoing what to do or some one ramming into the back of my car. The safest way that i would think to have a caar that could drive on its own is to have magnets in the road and the opposite polarity in the car some where so that the car has a path to guide it.

HI",2
"Adavntages of limiting your car usage can actually be benifitical to you and your family, maybe even the earth you live on. Many say that they were tense when they owned a car, but once they got rid of it, they claimed to be more happy. That last statement has to be coming from a liar because why would you ever be happy without a car?

In April 2013 the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9% below the peak and equal to where the country was in January 1995. Many sociologists belive it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the enviroment since transportation is the second largest source of americas emisions just behind power plants. programs are suggesting that people use other methods of tranportation. which is cool, i guess?  Different things are suggesting that we are converging and witnessing a long term cultural shift. Car pool apps, center of cities makes suburbs less appealing. im not even trying anymore with this essay,  people are connecting in other ways than meeting up. nobody is caring anymore about this essay. just typing. in columbia its the 3rd straight year that cars have been banned. blah blah blah. goals are to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. nobody cares, lets talk about something else.

Advantages about limiting car usage. Really? I dont care about german suburb life without cars and i dont ever intend to care about it. i am a proud owner of a car and i dont want to live a life without it. This prompt is so unrelatable, mainly because

I OWN A CAR!

Maybe if i didnt i would be able to undertand this a little more but this is so ridiculous that i have to sit here and take time away from my education to write about cars. Im not even into cars. i dont care that people decide not to use cars, good for them, but i do use a car on a daily basis. im so over all of this excessive testing. Cars are pretty and nicely air conditioned, and shiny. They get you where you need to be quickly and you can jam out while on the way there. I hate essays, they are obnixious and boring. this is all a huge waste of time and i wish i just stayed home like some of the other kids in this class so that i wouldnt have to take this. Cars can be a nice way of driving around in money bags and showing everyone that you can afford this unnessacarily large vehicle that will sit in the hot room connected to your house, that also has a tempature very similar to hell. Honestlty your probably a really nice person who got stuck with the unfortunate job of reading all of these essays and grading them. You should be paid more because this just sucks, and im not even the one who has to read them all. You need to quit and go find some passion in your life. Take a painting class, or go watch the sunrise, you shouldnt be here reading all of these dumb essays that will never benefit my future or yours.

To conclued this dreadful essay, please go find a passion because you cant keep doing this and wasting your life away. Go water some plants, and make your bed, or make another persons bed. Just do somethign else other that sit here and read a bunch of essays that a essentially meaning less. You need something more in life and i do as well.    ",1
"I am against driverless cars because, it isn't really driverless if a driver is still required to drive at times. What if the driver falls asleep and the warning signals for them to begin driving doesn't wake them up? Then you have a wreck and then who is to blame? The owner or the manufacturer? Now, you have a huge arguement that would most likely have to go into court , and the buyer is most likely going to try to sue the manufacterur.

Another reason why i am against driverless cars is because, if the sensers mess up And don't sense a person walking across the street or a wreck ahead etc. and the driver isn't paying attention because they're on their phone or something and the warnings don't go off then you have an even bigger situation than the one that was already ahead. Then if the car gets messed up in anytype of way then the driver has to pay a lot more money to get things fixed then they would with a regular car, because that type of technology isn't cheap.

Another reason is , what if its snowing out side and the roads are icey , would the car be able to drive it's self through all the ice and stuff? It barely safe driving on ice with a regular car now. I believe that more wrecks would be caused by making driverless cars legal in all states .   ",2
Luke didn't paticipate in the Seagoing Cowboys because he hat to stay at home. And because he had just graduated from high school. he didn't think it was nessisary to go and he had a leave at home even tho he had a family at home. He didn't want to just leave them at home with out him. Becuase he had no one to watch them when they was at home alone with no one to talk to. He desided to stay and not go so he can be there with them and he was going to pertect them from harmes way. he loved his family to much to just leaver to join a cowboy group with people her didn't know at all so he said No and that he was staying with them. Because if he would have left it would proboly change ther life and his forever. they didn't want to stay home by there self for a long time he wanted to stay and help them out around there house and other stuff. And because it was to danges for him any way that is why he didn't want to go. And he just wanted to stay and not put himself in danger because it was a war and he didn't want to die and never return.,1
"Dear senator I am arguing to you in favor of keeping the Electoral College for the voting process of the president. Why I am in favor in keeping the Electoral College is why should we change something that's already working good. The Electoral college system is a system that voters vote not for the president, but for a slate who in turn elect the president. The electors can be anyone not holding public office. Why we should keep it is because we have been using it since 1960 and i dont see why change something that works, is slightly fair, and everybody is happy.

The electoral college is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be [overruled] by delcaring the candidate who receives the most popular votes the winner. The advocates of this position are correct in arguing that the electoral college method is not democractic in a modern sense.... it is the electors who elect the president, not the people. When tou vote for a presidential candidate you're actually voting for a slate of electors.

The reason is thatr the winning candidate's share of the electoral college incariably exceeds his shares of the popular vote. For example,Obama are likelyeceived 61.7 percent of the electoral vote comparad to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes casr for him and romeney.

The winner take all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates as we saw in 2012s election to focus their campaign efforts on the toss up state. Voters int oss up[ states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign  to really listen to the competting candidatesw knowning that they are going to decide the election they are going to decide the election.    ",2
"in making mona lisa smile they talked about making a facial action witch can i tell if you are happy, sad, bored, confused, and sad. if you are happy they will play adds that are like the one u smilled about if your sad they wont play ones like that and ill change that add. they also are going to be in school computers so it can tell if your cnfused or bore becuse if your bored they will try makinging it better and if your confused it will help you out more. i know peple might think its wired and a bad idia but i think it would be a grate idia becuse it could help kids get there work done more and help them understand it better. if your at your house and your depressed or sad the computer could see it and show a vido of somethinf that would mae u happy. i could also tell u what percent u are like 70 percent happy 30 percent happy. Dr huang perdicts ""then it could mdifly the lesson like aneffective human communcation"".  ",2
"I think the idea of Driverless cars isn't the best thing. I do not agree with these at all. I feel like there could many things that could go wrong with these. Here are a few that I believe that are the biggest probloms.

It says that the driver may have to start driving if a work area is up ahead. People may take advantages of them and they will be either asleep or they will be busy on their phone. It would be very difficult to pay attention and have to drive some if your sleeping. People are on their phones now when they actually driving. They are going to be on their phones even more and not paying attention.

Another thing that i think of is wrecks. If the cars do wreck how do you know whos fault it is with a car that has no driver. There would be many people that can be blamed for the accident. Like it said in the passage you dont know either to blame the car company or the driver that isnt driving.

It would be extremely difficult to have all these cars on a grid. they would all have to be on a grid so other driverless cars would know when to stop and turn. all of the cars would have to be programed to the same grid. That could be extremly difficult to have all of them in order and no glitches happen.

Then on top of everything the people that cannot afford the car will still have the cars we have today. If there is still cars on the road we have today then they would also have to programed to the grid with the driverless cars. That could be very expensive and not all people have the money to afford this.

This is why i strongly agree that this idea would not be a good idea unless the government hands them out. Which that would cause a whole nother agurment.",3
"The author is this article, ""The Chanllenge of Exploring Venus"", did a very great job to support his claim that ""studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents."" The suthor starts off with explaining how its our ""twin"" and how we couldn't touch down on it for decades. Second, he starts to write about Venus's weather conditions. Then the author talks about how scientists want invest more into to studying Venus. Finally, he talks about how we should'nt give on discovering just becasue danger lies ahead. I will be sighting the details from the text to show how the author is supporting his claim or idea.

The author exaplains that it's our closest planet to Earth and it's right terms like density and size; meaning that the author is telling us the similarties between Earth and Venus. The text states ""Oftern referred to as Earth's ""twin"", venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too."" The author then talks about how Venus has note been touched in decades, which of course is very intresting matter due to the fact ist our closest planet. the text states ""Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades."" Well due to the harsh weather conditions of course no one has been there.

The author explains the weather conditions because he wants the readers to know why NASA doesn't have so much information about Venus. The text states that ""no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours."" Meaning thats basically impossible to get any information on Venus. The article also states ""These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth."" The author also writes about the temperture and weather more into detail. This is the author supporting detail about the danger Venus presents. Even though the very hostile conditions scientist still want to pursuit it.

NASA has a particular compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. The article stats that since they can't go to the surface they would have hover over the fray. The author is supporting or giving exaplains on how scientist are finding ways to pursuit Venus without going to the surface. The text also states ""Many reserches are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus."" This also supports how the author is giving details of pursuing Venus even though it's very dangerous. Venus could've been a better surviable planet than Earth.

The author explains that we should'nt stop just becasue we have a few problems to reach Venus. The author states ""...becasue human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors."" Meaning that humans are curious and will discover or find a way o discover things no matter what. The text also states ""Ours travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts"" Meaning that we should'nt stop because of all the dangers. That we should ""meet the very edges of imagination and innocation.

In conclusion, this is how the author did he a very good job on supporting his claim. he started off with explaing how its our ""twin"". Second, by explaning the weather conditions. Then by how NASA are finding solutions to get closer to Venus's surface. Finally by explaing how we should'nt stop discovering anything just becasue of the dangers of it.  ",4
"25 Years ago NASA got a picture of Mars that there Viking 1 took and it apears to be a facial features in it. Then Viking 2 got another picture of it with more of a shawdow effect. It was a very clear picture of a face looking back at the camrea. The photo shows a gray piee of land with some bumps that look like they can be facial features.

It became very popular. It was in movies magazines grocrey stores, and even talkshows. It caused a really big scene. People were arguing weather its right or not. Between people deciding weather its real or not. NASA was trying to get more images of it. So they can finally see what it is.

People got alot of ideas on what it might be. An alien, ghost or maybe even another human race. They waited pationtly/ impationly for them do release new pictures for more proof. People were longing for more answers, so Garvin gave it to them.

On April 5, 1998, Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia to get some better pictures. So on a cloudless day, Garvin took a picture, revealing that ot was just a landform and not an actual face.

But he also said it is very hard trying to hard to pass over that face and they dont pass over ot very often.

It is very clear that it is not an actual face, but people still didn't settle for it. They wanted more answers, but thats all they can get. A

better, sharper image showing that it's not a face, but a landform.    ",1
"Should more driverless cars be made in the future, do they really help? There are positives and negatives of the driverless cars. A positive, according to the passage is ""that cars have sensors that make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel."" Having that sensor can keep the driver alert of the road and drivers around. Another positive would be"" the seats vibrating, they are to alert the driver when the car is in danger of backing up into an object"". That is important because things such as vehicles are closer then they really are in the mirrors. So when your backing up, you could be closer then you think and without the alerting of the vibrating seat, you could tap someones car, which would lead to some very exspensive bills for you or worse losing the right to drive. This all sounds great but, there are negatives too to these amazing cars, unfortunatly. Say you have and older driverless car and the sensors don't work as quickly and you hit someone from behind. You say you were paying attention or your car didn't say anything, who's fault is it really then? Is it your fault, should you be charged or let off because of a ""bad"" car? We all know technology is nice, fast ,and very helpful but, we also all know you can't always depend on technology. It shuts down or gets viruses, or could just die on us at the very time we need it. If you were in a car accident and you were the one that had been hit by a young driver and the young driver says ""my car didn't do anything"", you would want to say the young driver was probably on the phone but you don't really know. Say the driver wasn't on the phone and the car really didn't do anything to keep her from hitting you. What do you tell the police, who do I blame?

I think the positives stand out more then the negatives because they really do help. A elderly with there lisence is on the road and she/he has to slam on there breaks but just couldn't do it fast enough because there so slow and old, the ""Smart Car"" can help by alerting her/him quickly before she/he sees that everyone has slowed down because of an car accident up ahead that she/he can't see. Teenagers are young and dumb, they are always destracted by there phones, if there eyes are on the phone then whos watching the road? Teenagers get in horriable accidents everyday because they do silly things like texting while driving. The Smart Car can keep them focus and alert them on whats up ahead as well as what's around them. Some Smart Cars won't let you move or do anything untill you put your seat belt on, a seat belt can save you. Smart Cars can save lives.

More of these driverless cars or Smart Cars should be made. They really have brought down the number of accidents. I actually have a Smart car or a smart truck and it doesn't let us down. It will not let you turn on the radio or start the car unless everyone has on there sear belts. It says ""welcome"" too everytime you get in, such a nice car. Our car has cameras on all four sides of it. the most usefull one is the back camera, it shows everything behind us. We are a big family so when we go grocery shopping, it's a lot of food, sometimes we can't see out the trunk window. How would we know if a car was coming or a family was walking by? What if a dog ran pass or a child ran pass, the Smart Car quickly alerts us by blinking rapidly and making loud beeping noises, the TV in the front of the car shows us what's behind the car or whatever the cameras are showing so my Mom can quickly stop the car so whatever's passing through dosn't get hurt or we don't mess up our nice car. The Smart Car saves lives and money. I can't wait to get my own! ",4
"Dear State Senator,

I truly have no opinion on the electoral college and whether or not to keep it, but as this topic insists I must write my own opinion to you and here is what I think. Even with this article sort of informing me on this topic I still seem to have a misunderstanding (or no understanding) of what the Electoral College really is or what it does. Perhaps this is because of the lack of information I'm given about our government, or perhaps its because what the electoral college does is quite irrelevant to me and my fellow peers.

From what I have gathered though, the electoral college is a group of people that citizens vote for and these people are then allowed to elect a president? I am sure there is a lot more to it but from that statement which is proven true by the article, I think the electoral college is dumb. Instead of electing biased people to choose a biased president, why can't we just let the citizens elect a president; someone who appeals to us and not a large group of people that get hated on all the time. By having the electoral college it's like the government is lying to us.""Oh hey, we believe our citizens are the REAL people in charge of this country, but we aren't going to ever take off their training wheels."" Our government hasn't actually said that. but it's the kind of vibe majority of Americans get.

However, there are probably plus sides to the Electoral college as well. Most people when they don't end up with the results that they weren't hoping for, will question and occuse the oppoing side. As a result of this, elections run by popular vote would always turn into a huge drama infused battle, with the losing side accusing the winning side. This could result in uneccessary recounts; delaying us of a president for even longer than it should.

As I said in the beginning though, I really have no opinion on this matter nor do I truly care. What I think is we should keep things fair for our citizens but also plan ahead and think of the possible negative outcomes that could come from whatever we end up doing. So, should we keep the Electoral College? Well that's a matter that I feel should be discussed by other people.

Sincerely, PROPER_NAME    ",2
"Dear state senator, I am wriitting you this letter to argue about removing the Electoral college. Using the electoral college has caused some disrruption when its it comes to the votes. From the article ""The indefensible electoral college"" it says that ""under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors"". Who are the electors? well anyone can be an elector not holding public office. Can voters control whom their electors vote for? no. these are one of the reasons to remove the electoral college.

Also, the electoral college should be removed because of the 2000 voting fiasco that happened. from the article ""The indefensible electoral colllege"" it says it was the biggest election crisis in the century"". Consider that state legislatures are technically responsible for  picking electors, and that those electors wioll always defy the will of the people. If we the people vote for our choice to run this country their should not be any of these fiascos.

Next, even presidents, AFL-CIO in their time have aggreed with this. they all want to remove the electoral college. according to the article a gallup pole in 2000, taken shortly after Algore thanks to the quirks of the electoral college won the popular vote but won the presidency, over 60 percent of the voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. Electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner take all system in each state, canidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the ""swing"" states.

Finally,the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. This system should be removed you might not know what elector you are votingfor or after that 2000 fiasco why would you still have have the electoral college.

In conclusion, these are my reasons why the electoral college should be removed. first, you wont know what elector you are voting for. Next, the 2000 fiasco. Finally, because it is unfair, outdated and irrational.    ",3
"Can't fake out your teacher of a lesson anymore. This new technology called ""Facial Action Coding System"" can read your emotions through muscles in your face. This technology can enchance lessons being taught to students, and also help tell if a student is struggling with emotional issues. This technology can modify lessons for each individual student and could possibly help the teen rates of depression or other mental disorders.

This tech could be put in classrooms and read every students face while the teacher presents the lesson. As Dr. Huang states in the article ""A classrom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored... Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" Facial muscles will move in the different patterns depending on how that person is feeling. This could give the teacher signals that he or she needs to change it up and get the class's attention back. Additionally this could also alert the teacher that a student is struggling.

If a student is struggling with depression or anxiety, which are some of the leading issues with teenagers in present day, the computer system could detect it and put someone's attention to it. The human eye can only tell so much from looking at someone facial expression. As the article informs ""... we humans can perfrom the same impressive ""calculation"" every day.... Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc."" We can only perferm so much, but FACS uses video imagey to track facial motions. Each emotional uses different muscle combinations to express themselves. Although this technology is a great step, how much does this require to become practical?

This tech could cost school systems thousands of dollars and doesn't make up for when the student is at home. The article makes a remark about this topic by saying ""Your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile."" If it can not decode that then how will it decode a human's face. The human face is much more complex than a painting. This shows that the technology has great potential, but still requires some improvements.

FACS can assist teachers in lessons and help call out students in need. It isn't perfect though and requires more steps to become easy to access, but it has major potential to benefit our lively-hoods in the future. You better start practcing your fake smile or get ready to learn more easily, because FACS will be in use soon. ",4
"The author of ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" wants others to believe that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents. The author supoorted his supported his ideas in very well ways that I will explain to you now.

He believes that people should study it because they are making more ways for us to get knowledge about it, he also describes how interesting Venus is, and because you gain insight of the planet itself.

NASA is working on a solution for humans to study Venus in a new way. As stated in the article ""Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the rooling Venusian landscape.""(Paragraph 5). He's saying they are trying to create a vehicle that will let them study mars from above instead of landing on the planet. This supports his idea because this solution that they're creating is, ""survivable for humans"" (paragraph 5).

He describes many features, interesting feautres about Venus. In the article it states that ""On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit,"" (paragraph 3). This a true fact that might spark the interests of humans to study Venus a bit more. Also he states that "" Venus may have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system."" (paragraph 4). Who wouldn't want to study a planet that could've possibly had life exsistence since it was so Earth-like.

Studying Venus is a huge challenge. It has proved that in many ways but that's another reason why the author encourages us to study it. He feels as stated in the article, ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."" (paragraph 8). Meaning that we should not limit our studies because of danger. His opinion is that we should keep studying, ""to meet the vey edges of our imagination"", (paragraph 8). We shouldn't have to imagine things that we have opportunities to see it real life.

In conclusion, he made very good points that support his ideas. Maybe one day these ideas will inspire someone to actually study Venus and face the challenges that comes with it. ",4
"Schools Should use Facial Action Coding Systems

Try to imagine a world where people might be able to hide their feelings from others but not the computer. There has been a new software developed that has the ability to determine people's emotions called Facial Action Coding System. The software has even been able to determine exactly how much percent of each emotion is present in the Mona Lisa. As this software arises, there has been questions as to how schools could use this software to their advantage. With this system, schools could help students stay in tune in class, place students with teachers they learn well from, and force students to tell the truth.

The Facial Action Coding Sytem should be used in schools because teachers would have the opportunity to change the way they are teaching when their students start to get bored. In so many cases students do not do well in school simply because their teacher might be too boring or confusing. If teachers had the abilty to know when students are getting bored through this system, then there is a good chance the students would get better grades as a result. With this software ""a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored."" There would be no excuses for teachers boring or confusing students because they would have a tool to become aware of it.

Another key part of students being successful in school is having a teacher that they truly connect with, therefore; the software system could play a large part in helping schools place students with teachers that they have a connection with. With the software system, ""a genuine smile and a forced one"" could be detected. Using the data found students could be placed with the teachers that they have genuine smiles with. There is a good chance that if students were with a teacher they truly like, then they would learn more from the lessons and get better grades.

In schools, there are constantly so many lies and rumors going around, but with the software system, lying could be detected. Considering the system can ""spot when a 'smiling' politician or celebrity isn't being truthful,"" it could be able to determine when students are lying. If lying in schools could be detected, there could be a decrease in bullying and possibly shootings. It could even teach students that honesty is the best policy, and it could hold students accounable for their actions. The system could uncover the truth in so many situations for the better.

In the end, the new software system has many positive aspects that could benefit schools in many ways, including helping students learn more effeciently and forcing students to tell the truth. Not using this tool that has come available would be foolish knowing the many benefits that could come from it. Something that could help students learn their school work in a more efficient way and hold students responsible for their actions would be a good thing for schools in this day and age. It could have the capabiliy to teach students integrity at a young age putting them ahead of many young adults in the world today.",4
"Many people think studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents, meaning by studying Venus, you have to face it's danger or difficult times but it's a worth of try. In ''The Challange of Exploring Venus'', the author also suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. In the text it says that Venus is simple to see from the distant and it's safe vantage point of Earth so this might be the reason why Scientists and Astronomers are so curious to study about Venus so do i.

The author says ""Despite the dangers it presents"", because humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world but none of the spacecraft survived more than a few hours. This makes Venus reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study so does the author. Astronomers, authors and scientists are facinated just by knowing the fact about Venus.

The author did said that studying Venus is worthy, In the article it says ""Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface"". This is usefull for everyone so this might be the first reason why the author says that studying Venus is worthy. The next reason why the author said this is because Venus may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system, this is worth a try in despite the dangers it presents.    ",2
"Dear State Senator,

Once a year, people all over the United States of America gather to vote for the most powerful men in the country; our President and Vice President.  We should have the people of America be able to vote for who they want their president to be because the Electoral College has some major flaws and simply because people have their rights.  I believe that we should let the people be able to make their own choices.

The Electoral College has major flaws.  Something bad is bound to happen if we keep letting them make the people's decisions.  Source A in paragraph 12 states, ""In 1968, a shift of just 41,971 votes would have deadlocked the election; In 1976 a tie would have occured if a mere 5,559 voters in Ohio and 3,687 voters in Hawaii had voted the other way.""  The election is literally only a few swing voters away from a catastrophe.  It would be hard to believe that the people of the United States would want to be embarrassed because we can't even choose a presidential leader correctly.  The other countries would take us as a joke; we would simply look like fools.  Another thing is, what would we do if there were a tie in the electoral vote.  Source B also in paragraph 12 says, ""Perhaps the most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote.""  And with that being said, the election would be taken to the HOR (House of Representatives), where state delegations vote on the president.  And because each state casts only one vote, the single representative from Wyoming, representing only 500,000 voters, would have much to say as the 55 representatives from California, who represents 35 million.  That is the same population as Wyoming only times 70.  That is a tremendous difference in population.  Don't let our country plummit into bad election.  If anyone has a good argument for putting the fate of the presidency in the hands of a few swing voters in Ohio, they have yet to make it.

Ever since our founding fathers have settled here in America and made the Decloration of Independence in the late 1700s, the Amendments, and everything that gives us the right to be free, the people have had the right to vote.  With the Electoral College, the people of America will not be able to freely use that right.  Source C says, ""At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters.  Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have a chance of winning, focusing only on the right races in the ""swing"" states.""  Seventeen states didn't even see the candidates during the campaign in 2000.  Those states including Rhode Island and South Carolina.  Voters in the 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see not one, not two, but zero campaign ads.  Just as Source D states, ""The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor.  The American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for much worse.""  The state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors, and keep in mind that those electors possibly could defy the will of the people.  What if a state sends two state of electors to Congress?  It happened in 1960 with Hawaii and luckily VP Richard Nixon validated only his opponent's electors, but made sure to do so ""without establishing a precedent.""  What if it happened again?  Remember when Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the presidency to George W. Bush?  Thank that to the electoral college.  In the 2000 U.S. presidential race, Al Gore recieved more individual votes that George W. Bush nationwide, but Bush won the election recieving 271 electoral votes to Gore's 266.  This year voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could again lose the presidency.  And yet, the electoral college still has its defenders.  But why?

First of all, Source E states, ""So, other things being equal, a large state gets more attention from presidential candidates in a campaign than a small one does.""  But the problem with this is is that it's simply unfair.  The smaller states should get just as much attention as the bigger states do.  This is like saying that on the baseball field, the bigger and stronger kids should be the ones picked first and be able to play but the smaller kids don't get to play.  It is not fair to the people in the smaller states like Wyoming, to be considered not as good as the state of California.  Also in paragraph 20 of Source F says, ""They are the most thoughtful voters, on average (and for the further reason that they will have recieved the most information and attention from the candidates), and the most thoughtful voters should be the ones to decide the election.""  Once again, this statement is unfair.  This is favoritism.  This is saying that the better and bigger states should get all the attention just because they are more ""thoughtful"".  Once again, people deserve to have their rights so I say, let them vote.

People want to make their own decisions.  It's who we are as a person we want to be able to have responsibilities; we want to feel important.  With the electoral college we won't be able to get that feeling because we feel we aren't important enough to vote.  So it's official.  The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational.  The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality.  And the arguments against direct elections are spurious at best.  Over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind that we have now and there's a pretty good reason.  It's fair.  There's only one thing I have to say to you.  State Senator, please abolish the electoral college.

Sincerely,

PROPER_NAME   ",4
"Have you ever wanted to visit other planets? In this essay, I am going to talk about visiting Venus,the dangers, nd what the author supports.

In paragraph 1, Venus is sometimes called the ""Evening Star"" because it is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. This name is misleading to many people because some people think that Venus is a star yet it is a planet. Venus is often referred to as Earth's ""twin."" Venus is closet to earth in terms of dennsity and size. Venus is the second planet from the sun. Venus is a very challenging place to examine more closely because of the atmosphere.

In paragraph 2, it states that many humans have sent numerous spacecrafts to land on Venus but they have all failed to last more than a few because of the harsh environment on Venus. Not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. According to the article, Venus is a challenging planet for Humans to study despite being a ""twin"" to earth.

In paragraph 3, it states that there is a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide that blankets Venus and the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid on Venus. The tempearture too is not friendly to humans. In paragraph 3, it is stated Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in the solar system which means even humans can't be on that planet and this king of heat can even melt metal.

Even though Venus is inhospitable, scientists are still discussing further visits to Venus's surface. According to the article, long ago,Venus was probably covered by large oceans and could have supported various forms of life. Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on earth. NASA has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus.

In conclusion, The author supports this idea because

at the end of the article, the author says""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation"" which means the author strongly wants NASA and other scientistst to come up with some kind of way to navigate and know more about the planet Venus.

Venus is still a

hostile planet to send humans to. NASA is still persisting on sending humans there which is putting their lives in danger. NASA still wants to send people there because they are not the ones going. They don't know much about the planet and they don't know if there is some kind of people or creatures that live there.             ",2
"The Face

The Face on Mars is just a natural landform. Some people thinks it was created by aliens. It wasn't created by alien. At first,the Face looked like a human face ,""..when it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face."" Scientist find out that it was a mesa, ""Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enogh around Cydonia, only this one had unsual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh."" This text evidence shows that the Face is just a natural landform.

Malin and his MOC team take ten pictures.In the text it stated that, ""...Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camara (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos."" When they looked over it, they found out that it was a natural lanadform.The text also stated that, ""Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing.....a natural landform."" It wasn't created by an alien,""There was no alien monument after all.""

Some people still don't believe that the Face was a natural landform.So Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough the second look.""We had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view."" They also compared it, ""Each picel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo."" When they look at the picture,it was actually a landforms.In the text it stated that,""What the picture actually shows is the Martain equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West."" This evidence shows that it was a landforms and not a alien monument. Some people thinks the Face was created by aliens but that's not true, it is just a natural landform.",3
"Having the election by popular vote has benifited our community in various ways such as, Being able to compare the presidents information and how He or She will help our society and represent us, It also can allow presidents to feel as if they have a equal chance of winning votes, Having election by popular votes for the presidents can make our community's can help people get together and talk about which president is better or which on they think has more potential helping out the society

Comparing the presidents is a good way to find out who's a better and choosing that person. The electoral college is a way to get votes from people that favor the president or has different belifes and different changes in the next president. Having popular vote for president is a cool way to discover how other people want their society. Most people dont think having popular vote as president is a good idea because they wanna see what will happen or who will become president without there vote being out.

The electoral college way of voting isnt fair it dosent allow presidents to feel equal. most presidents prefer voting elections because they feel equal and want to have same rights. If most people were in positions like the president they would want to have popular vote because they wouldnt want someine that isnt better then them winning election.

I believe that popular vote has and will contine benifiting our community by equaling out our rights. Helping people get to know the presidents better, and helps the better president represent us.     ",2
"Senator of Florida, im writing you today to address the issue about keeping the Electoral College or changing it to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. Let's start off, by pointing out that the Electoral College is an antique, and we should upgrade, also there could be many issues when using that method and many not wanted decisions can become official. Let me guide you through this important topic, and help you make this fair for everyone.

Like i pointed out before, the Electoral College is very old, Richard A. Posner stated "" The Electoral College is widely regarded as an anachronism"" back then everyone was okay with not having a say on who runs our country, but now and days people want to be part of it and want to help decide and know that there opinion matters. With the Electoral College, the people don't make that decision, they choose electors to choose the president. It is not democratic and is also not fair or equal because only certain people are being heard. Our choice as a whole should matter more then the electors. (Richard A.Posner) "" In 2000, when Gore had more popular votes than Bush yet fewer electoral votes."" this is called the disaster factor and was the biggest election crisis in a century stated Bradford Plumer. Let's take a moment and let this sink in.

not only is this unfair but so many things can go wrong it. For example, the electors can always defy the will of people. Plumer also stated "" back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kenennedy.( so that a popular vote for Kennedy would not have actually gone to Kennedy.) .... ""faithless"" electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please..."" As you can see, nothing is forcing the electors to vote for their party's candidate, this method is putting the decision and our future in their hands.

there is no other way around the fact that the Electoral College has to go, is unfair to the presidents and us, the people. everyone should be heard and not have to depend on anyones decision.  I hope with this letter the debating stops and your not on the fence about what method should stick and your certain about why elections by popular vote should be our way of picking our presidents.

sinceresly, kim    ",4
"A good argument starts with research. The author of the article, ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" has done his research. Does this mean that his argument is perfect? No. With all this said, I have come to the conclusion that the author has the sufficient evidence to support the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit, despite the dangers.

First, I would like to address his argumentative claim: studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author is simply saying we should explore Venus. The author is not implying every human being should live on Venus right now. Exploring Venus could be dangerous, but the good outweighs the bad when taking into consideration the advances we could make.

The article says, ""NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus."" The author uses this throughout the article to illustrate that NASA wants to explore Venus. NASA/scientists would not discuss even visiting the surface if it was not a possibility. The author wants to show the audience that it is a worthy and possible pursuit. The author knows the dangers and even expresses them throughout the article. He/she is not trying to hide the fact that their are dangers involved in exploring Venus. The main argumentative point made by the author is the fact that Venus is the closest planet to being exactly like Earth. The article says, ""Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too."" Venus is the closest we can get to the planet we are living on now. The author describes the advances we could get from astronaunts touching down on Venus and exploring. Venus could have been just like Earth, but one will never know until humankind touches its surface. The conditions are not easy, but we will not be able to find out if humans can live there until we study Venus.

In conclusion, one can see the author's suggestion as absurd or one could see possiblility/advancements for humans. I see possibilities in studying/exploring Venus. The author should not have included as much research against his claim that he did and I can understand the opposing sides claim, but I also believe the author illustrated the room for advances. Although I know the dangers presented in this article, the author was still able to convince me otherwise. ",3
"Throughout the years of my life I noticed something about my family that didn't really bother me as much as it does now. My family seemed to have a dependance on motor vehicles. Everywhere we went we drove there, whether its down the street or around the corner, a car must be used. As of now I can see the affects of those actions, like global warming, pollution, and the hole in the ozone layer , as well as huge amounts of stress. All of those should be a good enough reason to limit car usage.

By reducing car usage you can reduce the harmful affects too much usage can bring to the world. In the article ""Paris bans driving due to smog"" by Robert Duffer, Duffer discusses how in Paris the smog was so overwhelming that they actually had to threaten citizens with fines to make them keep their cars at home. Now i know some people were against the ""keeping your car or you will suffer a 22-euro fine""(Duffer 11), but im sure they will understand when they aren't walking around paris with medical mask over their mouths.

Responsibilty comes along with owning car, from keeping the gas meter from going below ""E""  to changing the oil and tires. All of those responsibilities can bring an abundance of stress on anyone. So reducing car usage would reduce the amount of stress on a car owner. As explained in the article ""In German Suburb, Life goes on without cars"" by Elisabeth Rosenthal, A community in Vauban, Germany has gone on without the use of cars. The amount of stress on the citizens must be extremely low due to the fact they don't have to the deal with the responsibility of taking care of a car. Heidrun Walter, one of the citizens there stated ""When i had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,""(Rosenthal 3). Less car usage in the end will reduce the amount of stress placed upon someone.

The reduction of car usage is gonna benefit the car owner in the end and everyone else because it will help our environment and also reduce unhealthy stress. So instead of driving everywhere try to ride the bike, carpool, or even ride the city bus. Pursuing these actions will benefit you as well as your community.    ",3
"in source one they talk about banning driving in germany and how does it affect them but in the U.S.A if u took that baway we would probaly freak out unlike a small town in germany completly has no cars in there small town. In Levitton and Scarsdale new york some cars rare overpopulating us and causing emission smoke throughout the air and litereally choking us with fumes. The United States Of America is starting to reduce car control in some citys it is said that 80% of appropriations have by law gone to highways and only 20% to other transport.

In source two it talks about paris france and its trouble with cars stsrting with the pollution or smog it has gotten so bad that the french party made a rule that people with even number plates can drive on monday,wendsday,friday and sunday while people with the odd plates drive on tuesday'thursday, and saturday. Even though china is the most polluted place paris is more polluted than any other european capital. It says in source two that paris had 147micrograms of smog per cubic meter last week wich is a lot of pollutoin to get rid of.

in source three we talk about bogota wich is the site of a program that began in mid 1990s it has also seen the construction of 118 bike miles,the most by any latin america city. I am talking about car free day wich is celebrated to promote a pollution free world in bogota there are no cars only taxis and buses. If u ride a car on this day you will have to pay a $25 fine the turn out is always large despite the rain. ""The rain hasnt stopped us before"" says Bogota mayor Antanas Mockus.

in source four we talk about the decrease of car usage in the U.S.A in 2005 is when the we peaked in driving but from there we dropped by 9% to 2013 this was equal to the country in 1995. if this keeps up it can have a negative impact on car companys because the eill be loosin money but a positive impact on the enviorment becasue car emission is the second most cause of poolution,no cars no poluttion. In the ages between 16-39 has dropped in obtaing a license while older people are more likly to get ther license. A study shows that driving by young people decreased by 23% between the year 2001 and 2009    ",2
"Hello, (Insert State Senators name),

My name is PROPER_NAME.

A very popular topic that has been floating around in recent political conversations is the process, or in more familiar terms: fairness, in the steps used in the Electoral College to select a President for the United States of America. Or, perhaps ironically so, lack therfore of directly selecting a President. It is this particular topic that has inquired me to send you this letter regarding the upcoming debate: Should the Electoral College Stay Or Go?

Now don't get me wrong here: I legitimately don't believe anything I say could really have a major impact on any type of consideration towards this debate, I just hope you read this and ponder it's words to fully make a positive choice-whichever path you choose to side with in this. Our Forefathers created the Electoral College because they believed it to be the best method in securing a true democratic result for the leader of the USA. People say that the Electoral College is outdated because the times have moved on... well then, if that's true, I suppose we should just drop America's image of Freedom because it was made by some stupid old guys. Ummm... No. It is LOGICAL that true DEMOCRACY would be the greater portion of the PEOPLE that VOTE for the PRESIDENT. The opposite side of this argument says that it is unfair some of the states are skipped over because defeat is guarenteed. Defeat is guarenteed... don't people understand what that means? Here, let me explain it to you guys reeeeeeeeeeeeall simple so you can understand it: 1+1=2. ther ya go. job well done.    ",2
"In the article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"" it states how many car companies are considering switching to driverless cars. There are many postive and negative aspects to driverless cars. I personally think that driverless cars is an awful idea.

One example of why I think that we should not have driverless cars is people will stop paying attention to what is going on around them. These days there are millions of wrecks happening because people are too busy on their phones or messing with the radio. They completly ignore that they could risk hurting themselves and hurting the passengers that is riding along. There is already a problem with teen texting. With these driverless cars the teenagers will think it will be an easier way to text while in the drivers seat and not get pulled over or cause a wreck.

In the article it states that there will be an alert to let someone know when to take over. But, there is always going to be the chance that the way of the alert could break or not notify the person in time to take over. This could cause danger to people inside and outside of the vechicle. I also think that if people were to think they were going to be alerted, they would be able to drive home after drinking. This could cause a huge amount of danger to everyone around them.

Since the car is a driverless car and it is going to be very rare the vechicles will be very expensive. I personally think that it could be two times the cost of a regular car. Also if a piece in the vechicle was to break it would be very costly to fix. These pieces would be made to go into a driverless car and without them everyone could be put at risk. Since they are so rare it would cost a lot of money and time to find excatly what you need.

Many people may agree that driverless cars will be more efficient to helping people out who have kids or even the elderly. But I personally think that they are wrong. Driverless cars will not help improve the life we have today. They will make people think that it is okay to not pay attention to what is going on outside of the car and cause more wrecks. The cost to purchase or fix a driverless car would be highly expensive. I highly reccomend not purchasing a driverless car. ",4
"By limiting car usage, car emisisons  that go into our air, will be reduced and controlled. Car emisisons are a type of air polllution,that cause problems to people breathing the air. According to Source 2,when Paris enforced a ban on driving, Congestion went down 60 percent. When Paris limited car usage,it allowed for the air pollution caused smog to clear up,making the air for the better.

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By controlling car usuage,the amount of traffic in cities,states,and countries can be controlled. Lessing car usage,makes traffic less ,espically in big cities. According to source 3 , rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic. Acccording to source 4,pedestrian,bicycleand public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time,conserve resources,lower emisisons,and improve safety. With a controlled  quantity of traffic,less accidents and traffic jams will occur.

By limiting car usage, people will use more green like alturnatives to transportation. People ride their bicyles,car pool to work and/or school,and use public transportation ,which makes less air pollution go into the air. By using other forms of trnasportation other than cars,people will become more independent from using cars as much and make our world less polluted and more green.    ",3
"In my opinion there many positive and negatives about using driverless cars. Driverless cars can even be very safe and very dangerouds in the matter of seconds. Personally I dislike the idea of making these cars, because i think i would help on ocassions but could really hurt someone . But there is one thing I am worried about manufacturing these cars. Since the car is practically taking over what if the driver falls asleep and dosen't wake up when the have to do something on their own, like going around a work zone.

In 2013, BMW announced the ""Traffic Jam"", and i think it is a good idea about how the car can announce when the driver need to take over and that the car can practically be on its own to do most things. But also on the other hand if you did have a car drive and it is not like a car has a human brain and can think when a animal runs past on a dark street. Even the fact that BMW is trying to put in ""in-car entertainment"". Because if they do that the driver has another reason to not pay attention to the road.

I am for the few states that are making even test driving these cars illegal because the car are not reliable enough to have the cars on the road. Tesla is even trying to release a car that will be driverless 90 nprecent of the time in 2016. Which in my opinion is a terrible idea because they are making it so when you drive you pretty much have no control over your car. Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan are planning to even make a car in 2020 that drives itself. I think it is unbelieveable that manufactures want to make make a car completely driverless and let the accidents and deaths depend on the driver and not the automakers.

In conclusion I dislike the ideas of making cars that can be almost driverless and even consider making a car in 2020 so you do not have to drive at all and just let the car drive for you. Hopefully someone will aslo see that this is something we shouldn't be doing and try to correct it before it is to late to correct it.",4
"Venus is the second planet from the sun and is very dangerous to explore because of its characteristics. In the article The Challenge of Exploring Venus the author does a good job at describing the challenges NASA would face and how exploring Venus could lead to break throughs in science and space exploration.

In the article the authors states many challenges NASA would face and how if they were successful it could lead to the exploration of other planets. In the article the authors reason to explore Venus is "" human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors."" The author is trying to explain to the reader that this could be the first step to space exploration and could lead to the exploration of the rest of our solar system. A mission to Venus would also lead to great break throughs in science. The new information and data found from collecting rocks and other materials on Venus could benefit many lives back on Earth. Exploring Venus would also create new understandings of science and physics and help scientist understand how different properties work with each other. This could lead to new medicines that could save lives all around world and could also lead to new technology that wold benefit humanity as a whole. New elements would be found which could also benefit humanity.

Exploring Venus could create new break throughs in science and the understanding of science. This could be a great use when developing new technologies that could benefit Earth and could lead to the exploration of other planets and even nearby solar systems.",3
"Sometimes called the Evening Star or the Earth's twin, Venus has caught many astronomers' attention. Astronomers are fascinated by how similar Venus and Earth are and are curious to find more information on the planet's enviroment, capacity, and conditions. The author of this article also takes great pride and hope towards the exploration of Venus,and has curiosity in their mind. The author uses the conditions, environment, technology, and details to express their support of the journey of researching Venus.

In the article,""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author uses the conditions of the dangerous planet to spark some interest into the article and to express their own interest into the topic. As stated in paragragh four the author asks,""If our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface?"" This question gives hope to the reader and to the author about figuring out more about the Evening Star. The author also includes in paragragh four the astronomer's interest as stating,""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system."" If you include this factor and insight into an article, the reason may be the author's interest and respect of the topic.

The technology used to find more information about Venus sparks interest inside the author. The author includes this information to express the importance of technology to enable the search for information. As stated in paragraph six the author includes researchers by saying,""Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus."" The word ""meaningfully"" and ""our knowledge"" expresses how the author wants to contribute and spread information on the topic of Venus.

The author also has the belief of, as stated in paragragh eight,""striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors."" This quote directly states the study of Venus should be considered,respected, and contributed even if there is danger envolved. This is also directly stated in paragragh eight,""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation.""

This author belives the contribution and resepect is well needed and deserved to the research of the Earth's twin. They believe in possible life and are interested in the topic.       ",4
"Dear state senator,

I feel as though the electoral college is unfair and irrational. It has messed up so many things in the past as well as the present. The presidential elections would be more truthful about who should win compared to the system of voting we have now. This voting system is untruthful, bias, not fair to everyone else that votes as well. If the entire United States were to vote, the votes would be more honest and real. In my opinion, it is almost crucial to hear what your people have to say about the country they live in, therefore it is important to know who we want as our president.

Because we have people of a higher authority standing in for us and voting for the president, it becomes untruthful. Some of these people just vote for whom ever they want, and when something this big is just thrown out the window like that, it is the deciding factor between a good\bad leader of our country; or even whether or not the best president was chosen. But those votes that are just voted at random to say that they did their part in the election are not honest votes. These people with higher authority dont care who wins,[some of them anyway], and that his hurting the human population in the U.S..

Not only is it untruthful, it develops to be bias as well. People tend to use their personal feelings fro someone as an advantage or even disadvantage. When someone does not like a person, they can not look passed that, and during an election as big as this one, you have to be able to look passed the fact that you may dislike them and ask yourself: ""Would this person be a good, strong leader and role model for our country?"". Same way goes if you like someone, it is not right to vote for someone just because you think they are a good person, there are far more factors needed when running a country. You should ask yourself the same question: ""Would this person be a good, strong leader and role model for our country?"".

The people of the U.S. would most definitly like to have a say in who runs their country, but with the electortal college, they can not do so. The people with higher authority such as the present president, and the senators, etc. should want to hear what their people have to say, as well as use it and put it into perspective. We should decide who runs the country we live in, not just people of ""higher rank"". Please put this into perspective and help us do something about it.    ",3
"I know that the Face is a natural landform. I know for sure it was not made by aliens because aliens do not exist. We do not have a trace of alien lifeforms in our solar system. The Face was shaped into that form 25 years ago. We do not have proof that the Face was made by aliens. What it actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or messa-landforms common around the American West. Even though Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, it did shoot a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Mara Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look. They had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view. A person said "" It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho."" Scientists say that each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters,compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo. They said if there were objects in the picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were.",2
"In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile,"" the author describes a new technology which enables computers to decipher human emotions. There has been some debate on whether or not schools should incorporate this new technology into their computers to see how a student is feeling. I personally believe that using this new technology in the classroom is valuable for a few reasons.

One reason why I think that this technology would be valuable in schools is so that teachers can use this information to see if they way they are teaching is effective. If the software finds that a student is extremely bored or confused then, a teacher may decide to change up their teaching strategy and start doing something that will not bore students and give them all the possible chances they can get to learn. One of the creators of this software, Dr. Huang supports this belief as well by saying ""a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored"".

Another reason why this technology would be vital in schools is to see how students are doing mentally. The stresses of school and other things often gets to students especially in high school but they usually choose not to seek help when they need it. So if this technology could tell when a student is feeling stressed or sad an adult could start getting them the help that they need to feel better. Teachers could also use this information to tell if they are giving out too much stressful and strenuous work and need to cut down on it some. The technology that has been created is pretty much tested and approved as well, ""imagine a computer that knows when you're happy or sad,"" is stated to show how effective the software would be in finding a students emotions.

So I definitely believe that incorporating this technology into schools would help in many different ways and is very valuable. It would help teachers alter their plans to incorporate more fun lesson plans that keep students participating but also gets the point across so students actually learn. In another way it could help school staff help students in need who may be depressed or stressed out. These are just a few ways that this technology could help out of the many possibilities that the software could be used for.",4
"We, the people of the United States, live in a car happy society. Every teenager can't wait until their 16th birthday because, for mostly every kid, that means that they go get their drivers liscense and possibly their very own car. Also, adults always look at getting a nice luxurious car and the top make and model of that year. Well, without a shadow of doubt, we should adopt the plan to cut down our usage of cars. It seems very successful considering 70% of Vauban's families don't own cars. It is detramental to our country.

In case you haven't noticed lately but there is alot of polution in the air.

According to article 1 , anywhere up to 50 percent of car-intensive areas in the US make up the greenhouse gas emissions. It is depressing seeing all of this smog and polution in the air everyday. Just a little heads up but the polution increases every single day we use cars. It is a shame seeing such an extravogant and extraordinary country go to crap due to polution. If you want to see how every state is going to look if we keep relying on cars then go to California and see how much of an eye sore it is. Cars are one of the major factors responsible for smog and polution. Polution from your car can lead to animals dying and especially humans dying from your automobile.

People today care alot about making and having alot of benjamins (

money

). Everyone wants to be rich and have the most expensive types of stuff, lets face it who doesn't. If you cut back on putting money towards your car then that would save you a ton of money. Just imagine if you didn't own a car, think about all of the things you would't have to buy and pay for. Cars are expensive just to buy in the first place let alone having to pay for gas and maintain it and all of that stuff that needs to be done to it. Also say goodbye to the mechanic visits and having to deal with the stress that comes from them. It would cost less money to not own a car and just take city transportation via bus or taxi or even car pool. You could even go the healthy route and ride your bike or walk to places close by. There are many cheaper ways of getting places besides cars.

Cars can be very dangerous at times and driving can be as well. You are at a greater risk of getting into a car accident than getting into a bicycle accident. Car accidents happen everyday and most of the time they are fatal. Coming from personal experience trust me, being in a car accident is not fun and is really scary and nerveracking. It can also haunt you for the rest of your life. I almost lost my dad a couple years ago due to a terrible car accident that we were involved in that wasn't our fault. He hasn't worked since that day because he hasn't been healthy enough to do what he was doing. We both, still to this day, feel the gruling affects from that accident physically, mentally, and emotionally. It took a toll on us and there isn't a day that goes by that I don't wonder what would of been if we didn't get into that accident. So wouldn't you feel more safe in a bus knowing that your less likely to get hurt than in a car.

Without question it is neccesary to cut back on car usage and start going green and using public transportation instead. Cars are a crucial part of our polution today and that can easily change. All signs point towards the better option being to take a step back from cars for a little bit and see what the result is. Atleast once a week say that you can't use cars as transportation. This idea seems very good and well thought out and it will definetly show improvements that we want to see. So lets do it and see how much it affects our country. I know it will change it and make it better!               ",4
"You should join the Seagoing Cowboys because you get to have free time on the upper deck of the ship. You could play cool games and you get to stay active. You get to watch and feed the horses on the ship. You also get to help a lot of people if you join the Seagoping Cowboys.

Second, you have a lot of fun by playing baseball, volleyball, fencing, boxing, and you could also read a book. On the way there you could give the horses there oats or there hay if they we're hungry. You can also take a tour around a castle in all types of cities and towns. If you want to get off of the ship you can take a boat ride in Italy with the streets of water.

Third, you also have to be careful when you do the job cause you can slip off of a ladder and fall into the water. You could also lose the horses and they could fall into the water. He had done more than 9 trips back and forth to a lot of countries and cities. It makes you more aware of people and other cities and countries.

Fourth, you could go and see any capital you what of your favorite place. You could do the job after you graduate high school you give the people supplies and you give them animals. You have to travel around the sea 16 times or more depending on how long you want to do it. More than 44 countries went together to form the UNRRA the United Nations relief and Rehabilitation.

In conclusion, being a Seagoing Cowboy opens up the world for some people. It is hard work so you have to have strength and skills. You can't join the military when doing the job.

You always stay aware if someone is having trouble you think back to your job and help them.",3
"NASA. The United States form of a dominating space academy. The Viking 1, was in fact NASA's spacecraft that was launched in 2001. The spacecraft was set course for the small, red planet that is simillar to Earth. The planet is called Mars. Viking 1's ""sister"" Viking 2 was supposed to be landing on Mars, and that's why Viking 1 was sent up in space to begin with. While Viking 1 was snapping photos, its camera picked up a weird face-like structure on the surface of Mars. Some believe its a mysterious face that ""so called aliens"" built. I believe that their reasoning is just a bunch of garbage. What I think that is, is just a simple and natural landform made by the underground volcanoes, sandy surface, and rocks that landed there.

One reason I believe that this is a natural landform is from looking at the photos. The ""face"" isn't any perticular shape that any man or alien would want. The landform would be shaped as a circle, square or any other simple shape, and it would not be so ridgid and cracked. If you were to look at the photo furthest to the left, you would assume that it resembled a face, but If you compair that photo to the one taken twenty-five years later, you would begin to understand that to photo was out-dated and that the camera was not as clear as the one taken later. In addition, why would an alien make a structure of a human's face.

That part of the theory makes more sense if you take into consideration the angle the camera could have been taken at. Notice photo two? Its seems to be taken at an angle where there looks like there is a small mountain range looming over the rest of the area. This is key evidence explaining how this is just a natural landmark on Mars.

If you still do not believe me, then this next part will. If you think about it, why would NASA keep an amazing discover like this a secret? The answer is that they would not. If NASA went worldwide with their ""face"" they would make more money than millionaires or even other space academies. It does not make sense that the academy would keep an alien encounter hidden.

In conclusion, NASA is either brave or very stupid not to tell people about their ""face"", or people just want to get their word out to make other people critisized, make other people feel stupid, or they just want to feel like they are correct when they are clearly not. Therefore; This ""so called face"" is not a face, but it is just a land mark that was naturally constructed by the elements and not alien life-forms.",4
"Dear Mr. Senator,

Over the course of American history the US has always had an Electoral College, which was designed for untrustworthy ballot counting during the 18th century. Today the world is in the 21st century and therefore the Electoral College is outdated on a several century basis. The Electoral College should be abolished because it is outdated and creates politicians that only care about the larger states. Even though America is a Republic the vast majority of people believe it is a Democracy, and that they elect the elected politicians as a people, but in truth elect people to elect politicians for them.

To commence, the Electoral College has no need for presense because it is simply outdated. The Electoral College was made for people to elect people to elect a president, which in its intirety is completly unfair, also it was made when a smaller population was present and the ballot counters where unreliable without the use of electronic counters. Now, one can argue that age has nothing to do with the election process because the close ties rarely happen- the most recent one in 2000 and before that 1888- but a close tie is not the reason. Today the world lives in a modern era where we know how many people voted for a specific candidate but still we use the electoral colleg to see who wins what state. For example, Al Gore, the presidential candidate in 2000, ""won the popular vote but lost the presidency""(9), now how is that fair? It is fair because of the Electoral College, where the popular vote isn't always the winner. Clearly, the Electoral College is outdated and should be abolished.

Furthermore, the Electoral College creates politicians that care not about the country but the large states, which have the most votes. A presidential canditate may forget about small states such as Rhode Island and South Carolina and focus on larger ones, like California or Texas, that foster larger amounts of votes. For example, ""during the 2000 election seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina""(13), but all the big states did. This is because politicians want to win and not focus on what needs to be done and only say what people want to hear. But once again there is always an argument; people can argue that the Electoral College wins by region, which explains why some states don't see the candidates, or that big sates allows for political balance. ""So, other things being equal, a large state gets more attention from presidential candidates in a campaign than a small state does""(21).

In conclusion, the Electoral College should be abolished because it is outdated and creates politicians that only care about the larger states. The US has outdated politics that have no need in todays society, why should the people depend on this outdated system? Also, the politicians only want to win the large states because of this system that does not always coincide with the popular vote. Overall, the Electoral College needs to be abolished.

Sincerly,

PROPER_NAME    ",4
"Human emotions allows us to see and know a lot about one person. By looking at someones facial expression it is usually easy to tell whether they are happy, sad, or angry. Everyday we will make a facial expression, even when we don't know we really are. The Facial Action Coding System can allow us to keep students in classrooms entertained while learning a lesson just by seeing there facial expressions. This is a great idea and can truly work, it will keep students focused and allow them to pay more attention in a class room setting. This can help a lot because students will be more entertained and will pay attention in class.

Millions of students go to school every single day dreading what they will learn next. Half of the time when you're in class you will look over and see one person sleeping. However, if the Facial Action Coding System is put in classrooms this could give students a chance to be more alive during a lesson. Since it is able to read our facial expressions, it can see when students are becoming bored or irritated of the lesson and switch it up a little bit. In fact, it could possibly make learning fun again. Students will no longer dread going to class all the time, and it can finally be something to look forward too.

By installing the Facial Action Coding System into classrooms, teachers would be able to understand their students emotions more, and know what to do if people are becoming distracted. ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored."" Teahcers would be able to know if they need to switch up the lesson and make it more entertaining. This could cause less problems in students failing in school, and really change everything. In fact, if more teachers make classroom learning fun, more students will be less likely to fail.

Now, students do pay attention in classrooms, but having this new system could benefit the teachers and the students. Students could finally see the fun in learning and teachers would know that students are bored. The Facial Action Coding System is a great idea and could help out a lot in classrooms. Learning can finally be fun again.   ",3
"Dear Senator,

The Electoral College was established by our founding father, put into the constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens, as stated by The Office of the Federal Register. The process consists of a selection of electors who then vote for for the President along with the vice president. I argue in favor of this process in which we have been using for awhile now. Although the process may be faulted at times to work as we have elected 44 presidents under it. Reasons to favor this process of voting consists of the certainty of outcome it holds, along with every vote feeling counted.

The certainty of Outcome is a very important principle when it comes to voting. As Richard A. Posner says on his works of the issue "" less likely than a dispute over the popular vote."" Posner is explaining that dispute over the Electoral College has could but is unlikely compared one of the popular vote. Again as Posner is sourced he states, "" A tie in the nationwide electoral vote is possible because the the total number of votes-538-is an even number"",he goes on to state the unlikely ness of this happening. With popular vote to many risks would be taken.

With this process every voter may not feel like there vote is being counted, but they are mistakend. With there system every vote is able to be expressed in some way. As The Office of the Federal Register has stated how the electors are chosen and how they are able to vote. Through this we are able to see each vote being accounted. Then the majority being the one to choose the vote. The process works in choosing the president.

Although the Electoral College isn't the best system, it works for us. As Americans we have the right to vote and this is one of the principles following that right.                                        ",3
"The idea of useing technology to read students emotions can have two different sides to it.

People can like or hate this subjuect because it could cause alot of problems for that student ifthat student dose want to talk to the school oficals about something thats going on with them then studensts shouldnt have to talk to school aoficlas about their personal problems.

The other way this could go is that useing this machine or whatever it could be to read students emotions could be a way to try to stop the student suicides.

The ways that this argument would go could have many many problems even getting into the school.

The way that the school would have to use this if the students would not want to talk would be an evation of privacy which is against school reguations and is against the law.

In order to get this into the schoolsthey would have to get this past through not only the board of dirctors but through hte court to because of the way that they would have to use this machine they would have to have it pasted through the court system and have them say that thaey agree to allow this to happen and alow them to invade peoples privacy in hope of helping them with what is going on in their presonal life that they are having trouble with.

The other way that this argument could go is that the way that the machine could help is that it would give the people that dont want to ask for help or are scared to ask for it a chance to be helped and a chance to be saved form whatever they would try to do to themselves.

This machine could help stop bulling this machine could also stop alot of the student suicides that happen every year because students are afriad to speak up and they dont think that doing so could ever help them.

The different sides of this argument have very imortant details.

The way that is could hurt or help students is something that really should be looked at.

If it helps more than it hurts it should be looked into because that could mean alot of saved lifes.   ",2
"To be for or against the delelopment of driverless cars. There are multiple reasons to be for them but also multiple reasons to be against. Myslef i'm against the whole driverless car. In ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"" it talks about the pros and cons of a driverless car.

Cons of the driverless cars are common sense you will nees a whole lot of sensors which cost a whole lot of money. The driver would still need to be on alert the whole time while driving. Another thing is what if the car just glitchs and there is not enough time for myself to stop. New laws will be coming some will be changing in case of an accident. What if the technology fails and someone is injured, who is a fault the driver or the manufacturer is the question.

In conclusion this is my opinion and my position on ""Diverless Cars Are Coming"". I just feel like it is a dangerest issue that the world does not need to worry about.     ",2
"In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author suggest that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. I agree with this suggestion because I feel that studying Venus could help us find out if there was once life on the planet, considering it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. I know this because the article states, ""Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth"". This means that their could possibly have been life and human-like creatures just like us.

Although it is a difficult planet to study, scientists find it interesting that there is a planet similar to Earth in many ways. In the article, the author states, ""Furthermore, recall that Venus could sometimes be our nearest option for planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel"". This supports the authors suggestion furthermore because although Venus is a dangerous planet, it is sometimes our nearest planet, which means it would take a shorter amount of time to get there. Not only would this be a wonderful planet to explore, but humans are also very curious to find out what is on the planet Venus and what it has to offer. I say this because the article states, ""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors"".

In conclusion, I feel that there are many amazing things that could come out of us exploring Venus, instead of giving up because of the obstacles we are faced with.",3
"Dear State Senator you guys should consider abolishing the electoral college and keep the popular votes for president of united states. The electoral college is unfair , outdated and also irrational. The Electoral college is unfair because the winner take all all system in each state.

The electoral college was established by the founding fathers in the constitution as a compromise etween the election of votes. The votes consist of about 538 electors. About 270 elector votes is required for president. Its not fair because other people votes dont count if 270 votes count for president election. The Electoral college is regarded because the selecting of the president should be declared by the president who which recieves the most vote

Why i think changing the election to the president with the most votes will help because its gives the president more opportunity or chance to have a fair election. Its not fair that alot of people vote and only about half of their vote counts.

In Conclusion I Think Changing the election to the one with the most votes will be more fair. They should also abolish the electoral votes because its unfair , outdated , and irrational for 538 people to votes and only 270 votes count toward the election on order for the president to.    ",2
"Dear Senator

The electoral college is good because if the state is small it has a large population. It can have more electoral votes than big state. it helps avoid run off elections. there is also the swing state with a winner take all.

So the biger th state dose not mean more electoral votes. It actily has to do population. the bigger the population the more electoral votes. So for example florida has 29 electoral college votes and montana has 3 electoral college votes.

It helps avoid run off election when nixon and clinton ran they each got 43 votes. So the popular vots helped the end resolt. It can make it to where a single vote candicide the election. To produces a clear winner.

The swing state method is when they candidates campaign in the toss up states. where the voters are more likkly to pay close attention to the campaign. The swing states can diside a election.

So in conclution electoral colage workes. because big states cant get the most votes. avoid run off elections. swing states are the states who pay most attion tho the campain. That is why the electoral college still workes.    ",2
"Have you ever thought of a world with cars driving themselves? The thought of not taking control of your own vehicle is mindblowing. Driverless cars in the future are not a good idea because the technology is not reliable enough, state laws will take a surplus amount of time to change if they change, and if technology fails the person or manufacturer held with consequences will not be known.

Driverless cars in the future are not a great idea for the future because they are not reliable nor completely driverless. Within the article, it states;""Google cars aren't truly driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents."" This factual information from the text solidifies the fact that the cars are not completely driverless. They need human assistance in order to be safe. Regular cars in the present day need humans and so do the driverless cars. There is basically no difference besides the fact that it can drive on its own for a temporary amount of time.

Futhermore, the cars are not a great decision for the future because the state laws will take a very long time to change, and that is if they do change. Societal issues within the U.S. take many years to change because it goes through a long process in the White House and finally the Supreme Court. Not to mention the state governments. In the article it states that: ""Traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. As a result, in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars."" This evidence shows that the process of changing laws will take a great amount of time.

In additon to, if when the technology fails and someone is severely injured the conflict will rise because the government will not be sure of who to punish. Will the driver be accused, or the company that created the car? The creation of this car will cause massive issues within the court system and many societal issues. In the article it states: "" Even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the care of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at faul-the driver or the manufacturer?"" This validates the reasoning of why the conflicts will occur within the creation of the vehicle.

Some may argue that driverless cars will help drivers become more relaxed and driving will be a much more entertaining experience. But, this is incorrect because in the article it states: ""The human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires."" This means that the human has to stay attent to driving regardless of the car being able to drive itself.

Overall, the idea of driverless cars in the future are not a good idea because the technology is not reliable enough, state laws will take a surlpus amount of time to change if they do change, and if technology fails the person or manufacturer held with consequences will not be sure. Driverless cars could be helpful in other ways, but to be the primary source of transportation is not an ethical way of thinking.   ",4
"The use of this technology to ready the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable. Why? to me this idea has some pros and cons. In the case of the Mona Lisa it seems a lot more reasonalbe to use this type of technology because in reality if we just look at the painting we dont know what her emotions are but since whis new Facial Action Coding System came out it'd be a lot more usefull on her than in students in a classroom.

Now these days students don't have a lot of excitment to come to school and are often distracted with the other things going on around them. If you have the Facial Action Coding System have them identify their emotions they will pay even less more attention in class. Wether or not a student isn't as excited to do math homework is the FACS gonna be able to change the students way of feeling towards the homework? Will the students way of feeling about homework change by a computer system? I honestly dont think it'd be a good idea to have that kind of system in a classroom.

In my opinion the idea of having it in a classroom is a bad idea. This system may work on other things but not in a classroom with students. This system can also fail. If a student is happy but just has a serious face the sysytem is going to go by what the student looks like not the way he/she actually feels inside.

Technology now a days is taking over everything, this FACS

will just make people much lazier because they know that instead of asking the way they feel they'll just want to use the system because its much faster and easier instead of going up to the person and actually asking how they feel. It'll create less comunication with one another.

The Facial Action Coding System doesn't seem to me a useful technology system for students in a classroom.",3
"An earth like planet.

Venus.

And so close to, in space termonology that is.

Venus isn't a easy plant to work with, espically with the weather changing rapidly.

It's tough.

But why do people really want to investigate it?

Life. It can hold life on it.

Not very easily and effecantly, but it can non the less.

So why research so much about it and put millions of dollars towards funds for it?

Venus at one point in time was the only planet in our solar systme very similar to Earth.

It had the sustatial ecosystem our planet has, it didn't have an accesive amount of down ward gravitational pull and it wasn't in a constant chemical thermal storm or in high toxian heat levels.

It probably had a huge ocean like ours and had other land masses on it, such like our continants.

But why would we care to fund it so much if it's now in unsuitable conditions?

We are trying to get human intelligents down there.

We need samples of rocks, atmospheric gasses and even any life forms such as plants and/or animals.

If we can find out what materials are already down on the surface, we can certify that we'll be able to make other forms of objects down there such as trees, buildings and cars.

We need to know what kind of pressure would be experiancing.

How much oxygen is down there.

What kind and how much of gastro fuel we would need for high pressure compression suits.

We need all of those answers, and we know how to get them, but not 100%.

If the world were to end in 15 years and we knew about it ahead of time, there's a good chance we would find sulotions on how to get people up to Venus and possibly Mars as well.

There's not enough time to know ahead, but we can always start preparing.

So just like the old days in the race to the moon, we need to start helping NASA with their funds, researching ways to get up there, getting data, exploring new options and just not being afraid of what's out there. I know we're all afraid of going out into the unknown, but someday, we're going to have to go out there, and I rather be really prepared than not knowing what were even going for.",2
"The author truly believes that studying Venus is well worth the risks. Comparing Venus to Earth and stating what Venus once was helps convey their thinking. The author is informing that studying Venus is a challenge for humans, the knowledge of its Earth-like features, and would help in the development of furture Earth exploration.

The author believes that if scientists could successfully study Venus then mankind could make exploring the rest of our world easier. In paragraph 3, "" On the planet's surface, tempeatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit."" If science can find a way to survive this that will increase how much further we can dig down in the earth. In paragraph 3,""... the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet."" The ability for a machine to stay intact in this condition would result in the capability of exploring the bottom of the ocean.

The author also conveys that learning about Venus' Earth-like features could give man a better estimate of how Venus' change came about. In paragraph 4,""Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported carious forms of life, just like Earth."" Having this knowledge supplies scientists with knowing what lived on Venus or what happened to the life. in paragraph 6,"" More imortantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance."" The fact that researchers can't easily take materials from the planet shows that if we can collect things from this dangerous planet we can do to the rest of the planets.

Finally, studying our ""twin"" planet would be one of the greatest challenges for mankind. In paragraph 4,""The value of returning to Venus seems indisputable, but what are the options for making such a mission both safe and scientifically productive?"" There are risks with going back to Venus, but the chance of information

widely outweighs the risks. In paragraph 8,""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally imtimidating endeavors."" The task of studying a very dangerous planet could lead to itch of science to do even greater tougher tasks.

The author strongly supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author gave evidence to support that studying the present Venus could help understand past Venus and furture Earth. the evidence also strengthens that overcoming this challenge will aid further exploration of Earth and space.",4
"Twenty-five years ago a photo was taken of a natural landform that appears to look like a face. Many people will argue that it isn't a natural landform but, more of an alien artifact. While the two sides still don't see eye to eye they both have evidence that could support their belief.

While, some people think that the face on Mars is ""bona-fide evidence"" that there once was life there. NASA has defended that remark by saying that they wish that it was a mark of ancient civilization but, it's not. NASA has also made it a priority to photograph the face because, they felt as if it was ""important to the taxpayers"" to give them evidence that it wasn't an alien landform.

So, in 1998 they flew a shuttle over Cydonia, the face/lanform, for the first time to go take pictures of it. Thousands of people were waiting to see pictures of it. It had turned out to be just a landform ,like NASA had said, not an ancient lifeform. Many people disagreed with the pictures that NASA took because they had stated that it was cloudy during the time they had taken the pictures on Mars so, they couldn't really get a clear shot of the face. While NASA agreed with them that it was a cloudy time of year on Mars they are still sure that there has never been life on the planet.

While NASA hasn't changed there opinion because it is in fact just a landform. Many people still want good proof that it could quite possibly be acient civilization. So, they prepared to send up another. This time they sent it up on a cloudless summer day so that no-one could argue that the weather affected the pictures. NASA was right again. This time they took up a camera that zoomed in the structure and it didn't show anything new that would have meant that there has ever been any life there.

All together, these facts prove that it is just a landform. A scientist named Garvin was quoted saying ""That's a lava dome that take the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars."" The face is indeed just like a landform that we have here on Earth. Although the other side of this long running debate did have some evidence that might have made NASA think twice, there is still more proof that it is a landform.",4
"So, you think that this face on mars, was made by an Alien? Well you thought wrong. There are many reasons why this was not made by an alien. It could be the formation of the land on mars or spacerocks hit it, or it could even be something from inside mars. You dont always know. But Im going to explain why.

Scientist have already went up and discovered this face on Mars because at one time, a lot of people though it was a face made by aliens. Everyone was so excited to see pictures and everything. But some of the information in this article thinks otherwise. In paragraph 7 in this article, it explains how Michael Malin, flew over mars and captured sharper pictures of this ""face. "" But it soon revealed that it was not made by Aliens, it was just a natural lanform and there was no Alien Monuments.

A lot of people were dissapointed, but like I said anything could of happend. The people from NASA took a bunch of pictures and did a lot of tests on it and the picture pretty much said the same thing all along. Plus, Aliens were alive 1000 years ago, if that and so why would people think that they would choose mars, out of all the other planets, and burry an alien in Mars, and it all the sudden show back up. Now do you really think this is true? Now I think it is just a formation in land like the article said.

In the article, some people think that the Alien markings were hidden by haze. Thats a logical reason but I still dont think it is realistic enough. If the haze did not show up in the picture that they took, how could they of not saw it. Plus the Article says that the picture that was most recently took, the lenses on the camera was 10 times sharper and better than the photos that the Vikings photo.

Near the end of the Article it talks about how they even went back again that was even better than the 2 pictures before and that zoomed in so you could see every little detail. Then again it came back with the same results. It was a land formation. They think that it was just a lava dome and has the same formation.

So with all of fthat information I think it is pretty reasonable to say that there was no Aliens on Mars and there deffinataly is not a face from them. This could happen on any other planet to. All along it was just a land formation. At the beggining of the Article I also thought that it was a face from the Aliens too but then I went through the article and there is no possible way. Land forms on its own. So with that being said I guess mars formed with a face on it. Plus rocks and stuff could of made the indents in the face to make it look like eyes.

I hope that was a agreeable argument that aliens were never on mars and proably will never be again.  ",4
"Poisionsus car rides. Thier are many advantages to limited car use, polution, money and community. People should think about the affects of car emissions and help a new trend.

To begin with, cars have a big impact on polution and limmiting car usage would reduse gas emissions. It may not seem that much but shown in source one cars alone is responisble for 12% of polution in europe and  50% in the uninted states. Also its obviouse that private car ownership is increasing  because people see it as freedopm and thats a problem. Goverment is trying to densinin citys and areas so cars wont be such a nessesity. life without cars would be just fine a perfect example are the suberbs area of germany where practicaly no one has a car and they love it.

In addition, Money. Cars come with a lot of expencies and now they come with more. well lets see a couple tens of thousands of dollars for the car, insurance , gas thats causeing the problem and fes for people who dont want to make a change. In source two people where asked to limit driving and people who didnt where fined 31 dollars. people are so depend most people where in out rage and got thier car impounded. life is to reliant on cars for day to day activity and smaller citys are soffocating in smog.

Also, limmited car use could help communitys bond. With public transportantion closer ad local shopping areas instead of drving along a highway just to get to a mall. with a little help from public transportion i think it would impact a nations heath with unregognized excercise. simple walks for dady to day things and less polution is an over all benifit in conclusion, people should think about the affects of car emissions and help a new trend. The wortld is reliant on cars and don know the affect of them and polution is getting to major problem and we should limit our car use.    ",3
"I'm all for technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. When you know peoples expressions. When they are around you you can help them feel better. If you know what they are feeling you can talk to them and make them feel better.

As a teacher your job is to know what a student is feeling. So you can pull them aside but with this machine you will know what they are feeling. So that is one pro here is also a con that what if a student doesn't want you to know what they are feeling.

To wrap it all up my conclusion is yes technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable should be aloud. So the teacher know if a student is upset or not

so that is a good thing. A bad thing is that what if a kid don't want you knowing what they are feeling. ",2
"Venus often reffered to as the Earth's twin is a close panet like Earth. It has about the same density and and size of Earth too. So Venus should be a worthy pursuit to explore.

If anything ever happens to Earth the closest planets to explore and possibly populate are Mars and Venus. But there are some dangers to exploring these planets. For example on Venus a single rover has only lasted a couple of hours on the planet. So we dont know much about the planet. But that does not mean we cant explore and gain new information about the planet that mey help us out in the future. But the reason scientist and astronomers are looking more into the planet is because in paragraph 4. It states that Venus was probally a planet like Earth that had oceans and could have supported life. Another plus to explore Venus is the chance to figure out what happened to the planet. In the articel it says it used to be just like Earth in a way. So our natural assumption is to asume that our planet will end up just like Venus. But if we take some time and continue exploring the planet we might find some new information and could possiblly save all of humanity in the future.

In conclusion the option to explore Venus still remains untuched but the positives and possibilities that could come out of this exploration are vast compared to the dangers it represents. ",3
"I am against this because I belive it would create many arguments and I belive we are not ready for this yet. I think they would get in more wrecks and malfunction. As told in the passage that the cas still need assistence for navigating through work zones and around accidents. I belive that the car would have many problems and cost alot of money. I feel that these cars would not work as well and not do the proper functions and still need to be tested before put out on the market for people to buy. As told in the passage gas prices may drop but the cars that are being made are gonna cost more, so are we really getting a better deal here?

I think the reason society is trying to do this so bad is because of people influencing them and I don't think we are advanced enough yet where we can take on something this big. I belive we are not ready to take this big of a leap from comeplete control to a car driving all on its own. I think they should start by selling cars that they know people can trust and they can even start small and work they're way up to cars driving all on there own, but for now I don't think that we are advanced enough for them.

I do not think humans will have very much control over the car and if it ever malfunctioned and a human needed to steer and it never says it needs assistence then what? I belive that these cars will wreck and not work as well as well as they think and its a waste of time and money. In the far future when they have tested them alot more and know they are safe for people to drive in, then I belive it is more appropriate.

These cars are going to create alot of contraversy between people and the manufacture. People will being trying to sue for malfunctioning cars and hurting them for not working correctly and wrecking. If one car with three people in it malfunctioned and they got hurt wouldn't you try to sue them for giving you a malfunctioning car?

I belive these cars are a bad idea and will not make society better or more advanced. I think that we should start slow and not plan ahead of ourselves. I disagree with these cars until we have tested them more and I hope that my point of view helped you understand why I disagree and how I feel.",3
"The use of technology being able to read the emotional expressions of students is a little bit personal and invading someones privacy and their space just to see what they are actually feeling is pointless. I don't think that it is just to find out what someone is feeling if they don't want to tell you how they feel or don't want to be bothered then they should have that respect of not having to explain to everyone what's wrong. It would also divided people even more than they already are esspecially in schools, kids wouldn't hang out with each other if they had that type of technology to find out what someone else is feeling.

One reason for saying that emotional express reading is that it not the school job to tell a student, tell other students, or anybdy else what someone is feeling, besides possibly his or her parents being informed. My choice for saying that reason is that teachers, students, and people that aren't really associated with the person the are trying to read shouldn't have the elligability to read someone else's emotions. If they wanted to get to know the person they should do it naturally instead of seeing how they feel and then not wanting to be friends with them because maybe they are angry or depressed or what ever emotions that normlly others them from wanting to be frineds with someone or at least talking and having normal conversations.

My second reason for being opposed to the idea of using technology to find out what someone is feeling at the moment is that it's an invasion of privacy which is one of natural rights and not abiding by that natural right is essentually breaking the law. If someone doesn't want anyone to read their emotions then it should be left at that, but there are people that will push that boundry and do it anyway which isn't right.

My third and final reason for not agreeing with using technology to read emotions is that it divides people even more than they already are. If everyone was able to read someones emotions then everybody would know everone else with out knowing them, and what I mean by this is that they won't take the time to talk to them and get to know them but they will judge them on what technology says and will more than likely not like one of the emotions being read and possibly stay awaay or make fun of them because of it. Technology like that would keep apart and not really wanting to get up and visit people as much as it does now with smartphones and computers that have social media where people no longer have to go outside to visit their friends next door, they can just call them and not actually enjoy the outside and activities that come with it but will stay inside the house doing nothing but texting and calling.

To conclude my claim against the value of using this technology to read students' emotional expressions is a little bit personal and invading someones privacy and their space just to see what they are actually feeling is pointless. I don't think that it is just to find out what someone is feeling if they don't want to tell you how they feel or don't want to be bothered then they should have that respect of not having to explain to everyone what's wrong. It would also divided people even more than they already are esspecially in schools, kids wouldn't hang out with each other if they had that type of technology to find out what someone else is feeling.",4
"The Author support his Idea of Exploring Venus the author has many valid points that could be highly usable. I believe that the author uses The idea of Scientist disscussing further vists to Venus, NASA compelling idea of sending humans to Venus, and NASA's other approaches to studying Venus.

The Idea of Scientist disscussing further visits to Venus supports the author's reasoning because Most Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it is the most earth like planet. Many Years ago Venus was guessed to of had been covered in many oceans and various supported forms of like, just like what earth has. Venus still has features that are the same as Earth. The Planet has a rocky surface with valleys and mountains, This makes us think that Venus was once a planet just like Earth.

NASA's compelling ideas about sending Humans into space to study venus are intreging and make it possible for people to be able to touch the surface. NASA's Solution to the Hostile Conditions of the surface of Venus would allow scientist to stand out. NASA's ideas of making blimp like vehicles that hover 30 or more miles over the surface bring up the idea of being able to be closer to the surface and would be safe and away from the unplessently warm ground. Sitting at 30 miles above the surface would allow people to still live at 170 degrees fahrenheit but at the pressure level of being in the sea.

NASA's Research for working on many other aproaches to studying Venus Up close have been to make Electronics made with silicon carbide and lasted three weeks under the conditions of Venus Simulated. Another project that NASA is looking back on is the old technology of mechanical computers. The Thought of one of these mechanical computers existing in 1940 was impossible but these were not really computers but just like a lever system.

I believe that The Author supported his ideas with NASA's Many Various approaches to studying Venus, Sending Humans to study Venus Physically, and Scientist's Facination of Venus Because How many years ago it was just like Earth. I think that all of these are used to convey the authors idea and support how his idea works. The Heat that is emmited from Venus's surface is inhabitable and impossible to live in but yet people still are trying to find their way around this formidable opponet on their way of the Exploration of Venus.",3
"While driving, an individual can be confronted by a variety of issues; an assortment of reckless drivers barreling down the street, disregarding their surroundings; animals strutting across the road right in front of your moving vehicle; the police officer who seems to contain a vendetta towards anyone who drives three miles per hour over the speed limit -- most drivers have experienced this and much more. Multiple actions can be taken to avoid these troublesome scenarios, but the primary solution for this problem of dangers associated with cars may just be the simplest one --

cut down on driving . It has been discovered in multiple articles that the minor actions of riding the bus to work or walking to stores, instead of using a car, can have a positive impact on communities.

In Vauban, Germany, residents have stopped using cars, only using ""...the tram to downtown Freiburg runs, and a few streets on one edge of the community"" (

Rosenthal,

Paragraph 2) for a way of industrial transportation. The purpose in the reduction of car usage in Vauban is not only to make suburbs ""...more compact and more accessible to public transportation..."" (

Rosenthal , Paragraph 6), but to also decrease the amount of greenhouse gases being released into the atmosphere. Vauban's actions have been successful in that not only has the release of greenhouse gas decreased, but the residents of Vauban have also thrived without the use of transportation by cars.

It may be true that much of the world's populations may refute this style of living; they might believe that society will take two steps back along the line of progression by this small change. It has been proven due to thousands of motorists being fined after ""...a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city"" (

Duffer , Paragraph 10) was implemented. The reduction of car usage is a difficult prospect, but there have been scenarios in which this has been a positive change in society. In Andrew Selsky's ""Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota"", a description of a city's participation in a car-free day is given, and Selsky also characterizes that other surrounding cities participated because it was such a successful idea. Carlos Arturo Plaza mentions that the car-free day is ""...a good oppurtunity to take away the stress and lower air pollution..."" (

Selsky , Paragraph 24).

This idea to cut down the usage of car transportation may not end up being a solution to any major problem, but it definitely will be a step in the right direction. If actions are taken to reform the typical transportation options, the world will be making progress towards better conditions for its inhabitant's posterity. Is it too difficult to simply walk down the street to purchase groceries? Is it too difficult to make actions for the improvement of our environment? Is it too difficult to not use cars for at least one day?    ",3
"It is a good idea to explore and is worthy pursuit to explore the planet Venus, despite the dangers it presents. If NASA decides to explore Venus, then there could be many benifits from it.

One reason why it´s a good to explore the Planet Venus is because of data. If we explore Venus, despite the dangers, then it could bring us information about the planet. Then possibly, with that information it could bring innovation based on what NASA discovered.

The second reason why it´s a good reason to explore Venus it because of the future. If NASA finds a way to explore Venus (because of the extremely harsh weather condition) then we could possibly explore other planets in the soloar system without being worried of other weather relate obstacles. According to the acticle on paragraph 7, it says that NASA made some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide that has lasted on Venus´s conditions for 3 weeks.

Even though exploring Venus will take a long time, it will worth waiting. If NASA explores Venus and goes succesfully, then it could cause a scientific break through, leading science into a new world of innovation, new technology, and a more sophisicated world. All-in-all, exploring Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it represent.         ",3
"""The Challenge of Exploring Venus""

Venus is a one of the brightest point of light in the nigth sky. The author of this article talk some example that the atmosphere is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide also on the planet surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater that what experience on our planet. He talk of all this conditions are really extreme than anything humans encounter on earth. After he explain that not matter that conditions the antromers are facinated by Venus because they that it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. And that Venus maybe one day it can be our home and humans can live in there. For the moment the NASA some Ideas in how study venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because the NASA study Venus they wiil sent humans to venus, in a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 miles above the roiling venusian landscape. Like jet airplanes that travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, that vesicle will fly over venus without touching the ground and giving them the oportunitie to study Venus. But it could not work because the temperture would still be at toasty at round 170 degrees Fahrenheit and the solar power would be plentiful and radiation would not exceed earth levels. But as a challenge many researchers are working on innovations that would allow their machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to their knowledge of venus. Some examples are simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos os venus surface, and have lasted for theree weeks in such conditions. Other project is to look back to an old techonology called mechanical computers.

My conclusion of this essay is that the author does a good supporting of his evaluacion the idea to study venus by giving some waht it wiil happed if they sent some their with just something that they are not really sure. He gives some some good examples what the NASA will do as using old technology called mechanical computer. And using some silicon.He give some bad explanations that what it will happend but give some really good information about what the NASA is working in to explore venus. Also meet the challengepresent by venus has value not only because of the insigth to be gained on the planet itself, but also bacause human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. It said that we should not be limit by dangers, we should explore and expanded to meet the imagination and innovation. ",3
"Imagine having the oppertunity to view the unique landscpaes of Venus. The Earth-like planet has been a mystery to mankind because of it's inhabiatble enviornemnt. This article goes into great detail on why humans should study Venus despite it's dangers. The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit by including the similarities it shares with Earth, stating that Venus was once like our planet, and discovering the mysteries of our twin planet would be a success.

The author states that Venus shares little similarities with Earth. The article includes, ""Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters."" This gives an expample of how Venus is somewhat related to Earth. The author also states that Venus was once like Earth. Paragraph four states, ""Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth."" Lastly, the author states that there is much to be gained from exploring Venus. Paragraph eight includes, ""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors."" This highlights how it would be a success to study Venus.

The author gives valid reasons that studying Venus would be a genius idea by stating how much similarities Venus and Earth share, and how an accomplishment it would be to discover the curiosities of our sister planet. The author strongly agrees that studying Venus will lead us to unanswered questions with the technology and knowledge humans have. ",3
"Driving can be a danerous thing in the wrong hands. Technology in general can be dangerous in the wrong hands. In the artical ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"" it gives two aspects of driverless cars/ vehicals. They give the negative, and the positive aspect on this subject. Technology is advancing. nd as the years go by they just get better. The more practice the more the technology can get better. They state both positive and negative aspects of the driverless cars. And they both

give good responses and give great evidence to support their views, but with technology evolving, my postion would be to alow the driverless cars.

In the artical ""Driverless Cars Are Coming,"" they talk about all of the positives of having and allowing driverless cars. And they state that technology we used today is not new and we have been using them for yeras. ""Sensors are nothing new, of course,"" they are saying that they have been advancing the sensor for years, so what make people think that they can not evolve the driverless cars? ""Within 10 yeras, those sensors had become more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers,"" So this statement from the artical proves that these technologies are helping us, they are helping the peopel from dangerous stituation like car accidents, and even death. The technolgy being created today are being transformed into a saver way of life. So many people die from reckless driving, but with the driverless cars that they are trying to advance, can help us get into less accidents, and help us safer people.

""Founder of the Google Car project, believes that the technology had finally begun to catch up to the dream,"" which means that our driverless cars are coming, ironic to say this is the title of the artical which is ""Driverless Cars Are Coming."" throughout the years people have been improving little things like vibrated seats, cameras, and lights, to get to the even bigger picture, which is the driverless cars. If they can improve on little things, and make them great, i think that they can start to allow driverless cars to be tested and driven around.

Yes there is still not a technically driverless car that drives itself, the driverles car had human assitance, but that can always be improved. Nothing is impossible, when their making semidriverless cars and having sensors, etc.

So many people have accidents and sometimes die from driving, and not having their eyes on the road. the most common now adays are the texting and drving. If we proceed with the driverless cars, you would not have to worry about texting and driving, looking away from the road, and having accidents.

If this driverless cars come along, and people crash and it was not the cars fault or the manufactures fault, but the owner of the car, and does not want to admit it, like if they did not give the car fuel or something, but it was not the cars fault. People would audamaticly put the driverless car to shame. They would blame it on the car, and many people would have many agruements. People aways same themselves over something else. But in my opionion, if people just stay responsible that will never happen.

Tesla has prjected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time. Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that drive themsleves by 2020."" This means that they plan to be done with all their test and have driverless cars on the road in 2020. ""We grow closer to the destination everyday."" this mean that with all the advancements with technology the driverless cars are truely coming. And they truely should. I think once they come people will accept them.          ",4
"One of the topics in ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"" was that a safer car comes from a safer driver, and that statement is pretty clear. Driverless cars are not as safe as a human driver. Cars should be controlled by a person 100 percent of the time, because a computer won't always know what the best choice is to make; our technology is not quite good enough to be extremely reliable yet; and it should not be encouraged for people to be lazy behind the wheel.

In paragraph 9, it states that the cars need human assistance when navigating bad driving conditions. When driving conditions are not ideal, a person should be in control all the time. Even when approaching a crash or construction site. This is because there might be things that a person notices, but a car might not.

A car might not pick up on things that a human would, because the cars don't have technology that is advanced enough. Technology is a fast moving world, but if the technology is not perfect, it should not be used in something as dangerous as a car. This is why new cars are getting recalled all the time. If regular cars, that use technology that is known to be reliable, get recalled then; then what would happen if new technolgy was inccorporated. There is a reason for why there are so many proccesses to go through before someone can get a license. It is mostly for young drivers to relaize how important it is to be a safe driver.

Driving is not something that people should take lightly. Driverless cars would encourage, already lazy, drivers to become lazier. It would also take the best and most reliable drivers out of the picture. If people are encouraged to be lazy behind the wheel, they won't be ready to respond when they need to. Also, if a computer is driving most of the time, and then the computer puts all the weight on a crappy driver who doesn't know what they are doing, it makes the situation even worse.

These are just a few of the many resons why driverless cars are not a good idea. This is why cars should be controlled by a person 100 percent of the time. A computer won't always know what the best choice is to make; our technology is not quite good enough to be extremely reliable; and it should not be encouraged for people to be lazy behind the wheel.                  ",4
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"In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author attempts persauding the audience that it's worth exploring Venus. The author gives us reasons why Venus is dangerous, but also gives reasons as to why it'll be a good choice to explore Venus. The author convinces us that Venus is a worthy planet of being explored, despite its dangers.

The author makes it clear that Venus is a dangerous planet. There's been numerous spacecrafts thats landed on Venus, but ""no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours."" Venus' atmosphere is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide, and the clouds are made of ""highly corrosive sulfuric acid."" The temperature averages over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, unsuitable for humans. The atomospheric pressure is also 90 times greater than what we're used to, which could ""crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals.""

Venus also has the hottest surface temperature. With high pressure and heat, there's no doubt that there are erupting volcanoes, frequent lightning that strikes down, and very powerful earthquakes. The author makes it clear that Venus is very dangerous and has extreme living conditions. An average human wouldn't last a day.

However, the author continues on and tries to persuade the readers that Venus is still a worthy planet of exploring. In paragraph four, the author writes, ""If our sister planet is so inhosspitable, why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface? Astronomres are fascinated by Venus because it may well have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system."" The author then informs us of NASA's possible solution. The solution is to hover over Venus. Hovering over Venus keeps humans out of danger and the atmospheric pressure would be just enough for a human to handle. The author ends the passage with revealing why we really should explore Venus - ""...Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gianed on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavours.""

The author convinces us Venus is a planet we should explore despite its extreme living conditions. Throughout the passage, the author gave us every reason why we shouldn't go, and then ended it with a reason why we should. Exploring Venus would allow us to gain insight on the planet, and the knowledge from Venus could help us explore other areas safely. It would be a gateway for us exploring other dangerous, intimidating areas. ",5
"Dear fellow citizens.

Having a car could sometimes be great, whenever you want to go somewhere really fast a car can be really convenient, or sometimes your work can be really far and you need that car to go there sometimes quickly, but then theres that traffic and the aggresive drivers who want to kick your butt because your honking the horn at them to move faster, then they come at you with a baseball bat and their waiting for you outside of your car for you to get out, then they start hitting your car with the baseball bat cause you didn't come out, then you start driving off as fast as you can away from that crazy person when you see a cop car in the corner and they turn on their sirens for you to stop the car they come up to you and tell you to give them your licence and registration. You convince the officer that your gonna be late for work, you tell him about the aggresive driver story but he doesnt believe you cause he's one of those curropted cops and gives you not only a speeding ticket but also a ticket for having the lights brokn that the aggresive driver broke with the baseball bat. Then you go rushing to your work when you see your boss looking at you all disapointed, he tells you to go to his office. When your in his office he tells you to pack your stuff cause your out. Then you go home really depreased cause you don""t know how your gonna pay the tickets not only that but you have no work and you have to pay the rent next week or else your out. Then you have nothing to pay the rent and your out of your house homeless with nothing and you go to jail for not paying the tickets.

See how much problems someone can make for having a car. Driving can cause a lot of stress with the traffic or it can be really ""tense"" like it said in the article. Automobiles can be really dependent for people and it can sometimes cause trouble.

reducing car usage can also effect your health in a possitive way, just like vauban's city, 70% of people do not own a car, most walk or use bicycles which is really healthy you could be more social and can hear the ""chatter of wandering children"" said in the article by Heidrun Walter, and according to her, life could be more happier without a car.

cars causes polution, it makes the air much dirtier and creates smogs. And it affects peoples health, we shouldn't be using cars as much as we do today, Im not saying we should ban cars forever but we need to do something about this, there should be a rule or a program like the ""car-free day"" thats in bogota according to the text. Or have a day in which the government announces numbers in a cars plates and those cars that have those numbers in the plate can't drive or else they'll be fined. something like this have worked in Colombia, and other countries were amazed.

With modern technology, I find cars unnecessary If you want to go to a friends house just to talk to him, when with the technology you could just text them or call them with your cellphone, theres already social media for that. In the article it says that , theres also virtual jobs where peoples work are in their own house and they don't even have to go outside, maybe if we increase those types of jobs people wouldn't have to drive that much and cause that much polution and smug.    ",3
"This essay is about the story of a cowboy who rode the waves. It is also about reasons why you should join the program. It also is about details from the article to support Luke's claim.

These are some reasons why you should join the program. One reason why you should join is because it is fun. Another reason you should join is because you have alot of time so you can vist places you always wanted to vist.

This paragraph is about details from the article to support Luke's claim of joining. In paragraph 1 he said that it is an opportunity of a lifetime. Another reason is because he gets to ship cattle across the world to help people. The final reason is because you can go to places you have never been like China and those type of places.

This is the conclussion of this essay. So now you know why you should join the program of a cattle boat driver. Also now you know the reasons why Luke likes his job of a cattle boat driver. Also you know more about the cowboy who rode the waves (Luke).",2
"Facial Action coding is not useful i don't think technology can read someone's emotions because in paragragh 2 it states that ""how can a computer recoginize the subtle facial movements we humans use to ezpress how we feel"" so how can we technology read someone's emotions.

Can the Facial action coding really read how humans feel like how can you read how he/she feel just by looking at them in paragragh 4 it states that ""each expression is compared against a neutral face(showing no emotion)"" if the computur compares your face to another one how do it really know how your feeling how is ti getting the presentages and is it really right about how you feel.

The computer can tell you how you look or how it looks like hoe you feeling but in a picture it probably look like how you feel but how do the computer really know how you feel after or before you took the picture. what if you just did a regular smile but you felt sad would the computer read that you are sad and not happy.

In the Mona LIsa it looks like she is happy in the first paragragh it states that ""she's 83 percent happy 9 percent disgusted 6 percent fearfuland 2 percent angry"" how do the computer know that she is angry how can a computer read the perfect percent of how you are feeling.

I think that people don't need a computer that can tell them how happy,sad or mad because that's their feelings so how do they know that they are feeling that way. In my opion only one person can tell you how happy or sad and mad you are is your self because those are your feelings and some people choose to express their feelings but some don't.",2
"Do I think having a Facial Action Coding System in schools would benifit them? I believe having a Facial Action Coding System in the class room would be both a good idea and a bad idea and heres why. The upside to the system from my stand point, would be that you would be able to know the emotional satus of the student which could in turn help the student out greatly. Lets say a student is having trouble at home and they're

experiencing depression because their parents are spliting up or whatever the reason may be. The teachers or school officials will be able to see that the student is depressed, and could then maybe ask the student whats going on and offer them the support if they want someone to talk to about whatever may be effecting them in their life. The teacher could take a huge amount of stress off the students back or help the student understand what to do or help the student with the heartache if they decided to talk. This could make the student feel better about the situation and keep the student from feeling lonely, like no one cares, or keep them from thinging that hurting themselves would be a way to solve the situation. Another upside would be if a student was getting angery and was going to do something like get in a fight then teachers or school officials would possibly have the chance to detect the anger and calm the stuation before it caused any type of problem. Teachers would also be able to detect fear which could possibly lead to being able to easily detect when a student is lying.

Now lets move to the downsides, sure it would be great to be able to detect a students emotion but it could also present problems. Lets go back to the depressed student whos parents just split up or whatever the case might be, if the teacher detects that the student is depressed or sad and trys to talk to them, sure it could help but it coul also just make the matter worse. If the student is depressed and the teacher approaches them and brings up the question of why hes depressed and asked if he needs help, the student may then become embarrased and refuse help. If the student then refuses help and feels embarrassed it may lead to deeper depression and may cause him to take harmful steps or something of that nature to ""feel better"". The student could also tell his parents that the teacher was attempting to ""pry"" an answer out of them as to why they were feeling sad or depressed which could cause alot of problems between the family and the teacher and could in turn cause unneeded violance or drama. Not that this is really a negitive affect but it could get students in trouble for alot of diffrent reasons such as maybe a student dosent have their homework done and they tell the eacher they forgot it at home hoping

maybe they would say just to make sure its here tomorrow. The machine may show the student being nurvious which could bring the teacher to asume maybe the student is lying even if they may not be. It may not be a bad thing since it would possibly catch a student lying but what if the student was being truthful and the teacher acused them of lying.

The way i see it the system has many advantages but at the same time has many disadvantages but if I had to choose a side, honestly i might have to go with no it would not make a postive impact having the system in the classroom. From my personal stand point I just believe that it would cause more conflict then it would soultions.        ",4
Studing Venus is a good idea because they is so much people have to learn about it and peope dont. You could learn and knoe so much about Venus. Its a good idea he has so much on it and it good be good stuff that no one knows about. Its is known as earths twin. They have sent many space craft all of them have only lasted a hour or so. Thats why they havent send a lot of people up there to stay. It has the hotest tempeter of any planet. They have talked about more visites to Venus. It formiler futers as earth. They want to send people to Venus to study it. THey want to have a car that well be able to just say off the ground so they can go there. They cant take samples or rock or gas that far away from it they wouyld have to be up close. They are working on other wys to be able to go up there and learn more about it. It has went up on how many people want to go up there and explore. I think the arthor suported the idea well. I think that in the next cople of years people well be able to go there an resurch and get the stuff they want from there. Like studing the rock and whatever ese they have up there. He made a lot of good statments about how we wouldnt be able to get thst close because the remputer is so hot. Even if you whernt thst close it would still be 170 degrees and that is still really hpot and can hurt someone. they would have to figure out a outfit or suit that can make it do its not so hot so they can go up there and resurch. They would have to make a rocket that could float because it the rocket touched Venus it would melt and they would die up there. But over all i think the aother made good statments about it and what would have to hapen to go up there. ,2
"People should participate because it could be fun to cross the world.Some reasons people should participate are maybe you want to see the world or maybe you just want to help others. Some ways that you would be helping could be that you are delivering horses or cattle.

My first reason is Ways you could see the world might be you are going to different places to do certin things like drop of horses or cattle.Some other ways might be that you are

going to meet someone to give them something that they need. There are other things that might happen on the journey to the place you are going to.

My second reason is there are many oppertunaties to help others in the UNRRA. some ways very one what they have you do on the way to where your going.some other ways you could help are you can help the UNRRA get more supplies to give to the people who need it.

My final reason is that if you love exporing you would really like the UNRRA. They go all over the map to help people and save others life. They litterally go from the USA to Greece maybe even farther. They also travel alot in one week.

People should participate because i could be fun to cross the world. Some reasons people should participate are maybe you want to see the world or maybe you just want to help other people either way more people should help in the group.",3
"A commonly known and disputed topic is the ""Face on Mars."" You may believe that what is known as the ""Face"" is actually a formation created by aliens. Pictures from twenty-five years ago show the ""shadowy likeness"" of a human face. If you believe that the nearly two mile formation was staring back at the cameras was a face, the main reason this formation could not possibly be a formation of a face created by another life form on a different planet is because there is no scientific evidence of aliens to be discovered.

The Face has recieved national recognition as being a representative for most pop icons, Hollywood films, books, magazines, and radio talk shows. But because the Face is a popular icon, the way the face is portrayed to have been created and used for has been taken out of context by audiences around the world. Spin-off series about the Face and aliens have promoted the idea that aliens are real, although there is no scientific evidence to be found. The media that used the Face has promoted audiences to believe that the Face is actually a formation made by aliens, as a way to keep their audiences interested and to make more incom by their audiences believing their predictions of aliens.

As a result of the majority of people believing that the Face was an alien artifact, NASA decided to fly over the formation again to take a new picture using an updated camera that was ten times sharper than the camera used originally to take the first pictures, in order to investigate if he formation was really made and occupied by an alien life form. The new pictures concluded that

what seemed to be an alien life form was actually just an actual landform. Yes, there may be different and unusual kinds of makrings on the land form because it is located on a different planet where there are different conditions occurring.

What has now been proven to show that the Face is a natual landform is that the landform is the Martian equivalent of a buttle, which are landforms common around the American West.

Whether you believe or don't believe that the landform on the Red Planet is made by aliens, there is more authentic evidence that is relevent to showing that the landform is just a natural occurrence, rather than evidence presented by science fiction enthusiasts. Although the formation may seem to have the appearance of a face, there are also many natural objects on Earth that have the appearances of faces too. So, making assumptions because of a conspiracist's predictions does not automatically make your assumption correct.   ",4
"The Seagoing Cowboys program is fantastic because you get to do a lot of things. This is a once and a lifetime opportunity. Trust me you'll want to join just like my friend Luke didn't only like it he loved it.

First you get to see the world when you go travel on the boat ride home and back but, you don't have to go sit around and watch from the boat. When you get off the boat you have a reward. If you like to see stuff like Europe, Italy, China, Greece then you'll love it. If you don't believe me ask Luke he's the one whos been to all those places. He said that the boat trips were so unbelievable for a small town boy like him.

Also you will get to help people outside of your community. Like bring them food, water, and animals. It all ways feels good to help people in your own way. But it really effects peoples lives in the way you can help them. And it really doesn't take much to help those people.

But don't worry your not alone on this trip if you want company. You can make friends on the way like Luke did because after you give the animals to the people who need help there is room for things like Volleyball, Baseball, Table-tennis, Fencing, Boxing, Reading, and Whittling. These are all good things to pass the time after some hard work has been done.

So if you like to travel, help people, make friends and more then the Seagoing Cowboys program is for you and if noy maybe trying to recommend it to one of your friends who might like because I know Luke did.                             ",3
"In the story ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author talks about the pros and cons about exploring Venus. The story tells us how it would benifit us if NASA would spaceships with humans inside but also the dangers of human kind even getting close enogh to even touch it. The author says how exploring Venus will help us or how it will hurt human kind.

In the story it tells how exploring Venus will give us benifts and how it will help us. The expolration of Venus can help becuase Venus almost has the same density and size of Earth. This is told in paragraph 2 when it states ""Earth, Venus, and Mars our other plantary neighbor"". What this means is that we can when the technoly allows us we will be able to travle to one of the neighboring plantets. but however it's not always sun shine and happiness because Venus can have cons too.

In the story it also talks about how moving to Venus can have a negative affect. Exploring Venus is almost imposible because on the planet surface the temperatures can go above 800 defrees fahrenheit which means that you would burn alive is you git too close. This is said in paragraph 3 when it says ""these conditions are far mor extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth."" What this means is that even getting close to Venus will be extremely hard to pull off.

In conclusion travling to Venus will help us or how it will hurt human kind. But even a small glance up close on Venus will be somthing to celibrate about. As soon as humans are able to be that would be one big achevment.",3
"A new technology, known as the Facial Action Coding System, was developed by Doctor Paul Eckman. This system attempts to decipher human emotions, which is simply unneeded. The technology detects movement of the 44 muscles in a human face and uses this to label the emotion the person is feeling. In a classroom, this technology is not valuable because humans already calculate emotions more accurately and quickly than the Facial Action Coding System, because common comptuers cannot use the software, and because the system would needlessly waste class time.

First, this technology is completely pointless because humans already calculate emotions quicker and more accurately than the Facial Action Coding System. The only thing the system does it add an extra step to calculating emotions. In the article, it says ""you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face.""

With the new technology, the computer creates a model of the face, detects movement of muscles on the face, then compares the expression on the face to a neutral face, then after all of that, it finally tells you how the person is feeling.

Why would a person look at a computer to learn what another person is feeling when he or she could do it? This can be applied to the classroom because teachers can tell how their students are responding to a particular lesson. For example, teachers call on students who are not paying attention just to get their attention. Teachers do not need this new technology because they are already great at sensing when a student is confused or bored.

In addition, this technology would be hard to put in classrooms around the United States because it cannot work on a common computer. In the article, it states ""your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile."" This means that in order to put the Facial Action Coding System into schools nationwide, new computers would be needed which would cost a great amount of money that simply is not worth is. As it is, schools already run tight budgets so the money that is needed for the new technology would take away from other neccessities that schools need. The teachers of schools that have the system would have to be trained on how to use it, not to mention the Technology Department employees. Frankly, the ends do not justify the means in this situation.

Finally, the technology would waste a great amount of class time, for no good reason at all. Multiple times throughout my day at school, teachers cannot figure out how to turn on the Smartboard or projector to teach a lesson. How would the Facial Action Coding System be any different? Teachers struggle to use simple technology like Smartboards or projectors, so using the Facial Action Coding System would just be asking for more problems. The amount of class time that would be wasted trying to set up the system would be ridiculous. As is, my teacher teach until the bell rings, and any wasted time would be time wasted that could be used for teaching.

Although the Facial Action Coding System is a cool new technology, it would not be valuable to classrooms. This technology is pointless because humans already can calculate emotions base on facial expressions. In addition, the system would be hard to implement into classrooms nationwide because the system cannot work on a common computer. Finally, class time would be needlessly wasted. Simply put, the classroom is better off without the Facial Action Coding System. ",5
"After reading this article I have to a decision that I am in agreement with the value of using this technology to read students emotional expressions. In a classroom setting full of students there can be many emotions. Some are facially expressed. Some are verbally expressed. And some just aren't expressed at all.

In a classroom there are always emotions being expressed in some sort of way. Most of the time we can recognize someone is happy or sad or angry whatever it may be, but what if someone has multiple emotions at one time. They're showing mixed emotions and sending mixed signals? Will we be able to recognize the emotions being expressed? In the majority of these cases we will not.

Fear not,for our fellow scientist have be working on a software that can detect any emotion even mixed emotions. In paragraph 4 Dr. Huang lets us know that the facial expression for each emotion is universal even though individuals show varying emotion. In paragraph 5 he gives an example of how you can tell when your friend is sad but you can have trouble identifying other expressions on that friends face.

In paragraph 6 he said what if a classroom computer recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson like an effective human instructor. That would be an awesome piece of technology.

In conclusion I think that having this software would be an enrichment to learning environment in schools around the world. This software could possibly prevent suicide. The root of suicide is mainly because of feelings and emotions not being expressed.",3
"In "" The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author provides with information about venus being a worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents. However in paragraph 1 it states that, "" Venus is actually a planet. In our solar system, Venus is the second planet from our run. While venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine closely "". Although NASA has sent many humans to examine and stud ythe planet venus no human has actually came close to the planet. In recent studies nobody has actually came close to the planet and here's why. In paragraph 3 it states that, "" a thick atomosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus "". In paragraph the author states that "" On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degres fahernheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth"". These conditions are contions that humans may not be able to handle that's why nobody has came close to the planet. Humans have certain things the can handle and what venus has are things humans can not handle. The author is providing us enough information on what goes on the planet Venus. The author states in paragraph 5 "" at thirty plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degress Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to the sea level on Earth "". These are not easy conditions for humans and that's why NASA and scientists both are working their way to getting humans to venus without experiencing minor conditons. In paragraph 5 the author is providing information about the "" The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA) has one particualery compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. In paragraph 5 it states the following "" NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditons on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray "".

NASA and Scientists both may have a better idea than to send a human being to study the planet Venus. NASA and their team are working on machine that will be able to get close enough to the planet Venus. It states in paragraph 7 that "" Simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a champer simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditons "". Striving to meet the challenges presented by venus has value, not only because of the insight to e gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely led us into many equally intimidating endeavors. our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. This proves that studying venus isn't impossible but many conditons can effect human beings. Venus is a planet NASA and Scientists themselves can study but with different ways than sending a human being their to study. The author provided enough information to understadn that venus is not a easy planet to study. In "" The Challenge of Exploring Venus "" the author provided enough informatiom to state that Venus is a worthy pursuit but has some challenges to it.      ",3
"How do you get to where you need to go? Do you take a bus, drive a vehicle, ride a bicycle or walk? In 2005 in the United States, almost everybody had a personal vehicle for transportation needs. People all around the world are working to break the habbit of using a motorized vehicle to get places. Scientists say that driving the vehicle has a very bad effect on the enviroment.

In Vauban, Germany people are suburban pioneers. They have forbidded street parking, driveways and home garages. Their streets are car free, with some few exceptions. They have allowed car ownership, but there are only two places to park. They have large garages at the edge of the development, where the car owner has to buy a space that costs $40,000, along with a home. As a result of these limitations, 70% of people do not own cars, and 57% sold their car to move here. Heidrun Walter, a mother of two says that ""When I had a car I was always tense. I`m much happier this way."" Vauban is a growing trend in Europe, that was completed in 2006. Experts say that it is a huge effort to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes. Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States.

In Paris, they have enforced a partian driving ban to clear the air of the global city. On Monday`s motorists with even numbered license plates were ordered to leave their vehicle at home or suffer a $31 fine. On Tuesdays, the odd numbered license plates would follow the same regulations. Congestion was down 60% in the capital of France, after the intensifying smog. Smog is a big problem in France, and it even rivaled China`s most polluted cities in the world. Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals.

In Bogota, Colombia there was a program that is set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car free day. Businessman Carlos Arturo Plaze says that ""It`s a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution."" Authorities from other countries came to witness this event and were enthusiastic and believes they are generating a revolutionairy change and it is crossing borders. Parks and sport centers have bloomed throughout the city. Uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks and the rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic.

In America, President Obama has ambitious goals to curb the greenhouse gas emissions and has gained a fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in American behavior. America had long been one of the world`s prime car cultures, where it was the birthplace of the Model T. It seems that America`s love affair for its vehicles is cooling. The miles driven in the United States peaked in 2005 and has been on a steady decrease since then. Sociologists believe that if this pattern continues it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the eviroment since transportation is the second largest source of America`s emissions, right behind the power plants. Many people are taking advantage of car pooling apps, the internet is helping keep people connected so that they don`t have to drive somewhere just to talk to someone. There has been a large drop in percentage of 16 years olds to 39 year olds getting a license. A study last year found that driving by young people has decreased 23% between 2001 and 2009. Bill Ford, executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company has laid out a business plan for a world in which personal vehicle ownership is impractical or undesirable. He proposed partnering with the telecommunications industy to create cities in which pedestrian, bicylce, private cars, commercial and public transportaion are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve power, lower emissions and improve safety.

Do you think you will still take a motorized vehicle to get to wherever you are going after reading this article? If not, you could be one of the many people that would contribute to saving the Earth and it`s precious enviroments. We are going through a revolution of enviromental friendly transportation, are you going to be apart of this?                                                                                                                                                                            ",2
"I disagree with with having driverless cars because of possible technology issues, anxiety, and who would be held accountable if the car crashes. There are way too many questions that cannot be answered when it comes to these cars. Also i honestly think risk of death while in one of these cars is a lot higher than an actual human driver.

If driverless cars actually came to be then that would mean they would have to implant several radars and motion systems in each and every car they create, accroding to paragragh four. Also in paragraph four it says all of these systems are necessary to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel. If they have to install of these system just to mimic a human's skill, then how much more technonlogy do you think they are going to need to actually avoid as many wrecks as humans. The creation of the driverless car is to lower the rate of car crashes. If they are using all of this technology just to mimic a human behind the wheel, then all of the hard work would be pointless because the rate of car crashes is not going to change if the driverless car is just like human behind the wheel. Also even if they do create these cars and a small interference takes place, how many cars would it effect and who would the blame fall back on? The driver or the manufacturer.

In paragraph seven it states the will cars have special sensors to make the driver keeps a hold of the wheel. Also it states that the human driver inside of the vehicle would have to remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires them to. This would create anxiety for millions of drivers. The driver would have no clue when they would have to take full control of a moving vehicle and meanwhile other cars are driving on the same street too. I can think of several instances where this could cause easily create a wreck. For example what if the driver decieds to change the radio station it is their turn to take over and they slam on the brakes. The cars behind the driver might also end up wrecking trying to avoid the driver that wanted to go from 96.1 to 106.1 on the radio for a split second while the radars had full control of the car.

My last reason I do not agree with driverless cars is because who would the blame fall on if the cars crashed. How would outsiders know what caused the crash. If there is a crash where both of the drivers are knocked out, then who would be able to talk and remeber what system caused them to crash. In paragraph nine it says if the technology fails and someone gets hurt who is held accountable? This is a very good question that seems to be very hard to answer. Therefore, driverless cars are a bad idea.

In conclusion driverless cars are a very bad idea beacause of possible tech issuses, aniexty, and who would be liable if the car crashes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ",5
"The car can be very helpful in some way. If a blind person needs to go somewhere and they have like service dog that can guide them to the places they need to go. The car isnt realy helpful when it comes to road blocks and crashes on the road, the person have to drive the car past whatever is in the way and then it goes back into being a car that can drive by itslef. Google needs to update their car so it can drive by crashes and road blocks instead having a person drive the car past it.

The car can be very helpful but Google just needs to update the car on things so it can be a better car for TONS of people. They need to make the car driveless because most people hate driving and their hands and arms get tried of holding onto the wheel. ",2
"In the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author is very supportive of the idea of exploring Venus even though it's very dangerous. He goes on to explian the dangers of Venus and what NASA is doing to avoid those dangers. He also tells the reader how at one point Venus may have been a lot like Earth. That very statement may be the reson why the author believes that the Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.

Many times in this article the author metioned how challenging it would be to study and explore Venus. Some of the challenges were presented in paragraph 2 when the author was expaining how most of missions to Venus were unmanned the spacecrafts could not survive the landing on Venus grounds. He even stated that not a single spacecraft has touched down on Venus in more than 30 years. Also at the end of paragraph 2 the author says ""Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us."" This shows that the auhtor truely believes that Venus is very challenging to explore and he even gives evidence to prove it. And yet he is still very supportive of the idea of exploring this planet.

In 3 paragraph the Author goes into more depth about how difficult it is to explore Venus. He tells the reader how the atmosphere is 97% carbon dioxide. Or how the average temperature is 800 degrees and the atmospheric pressure is 90 time greater than it is on Earth. Even a submarine ment to explore the deepest parts of the ocean would be crushed if brought to Venus. After discribing all of these facts the author reveals that even though Venus is far more dangerous for humans than Earth, there is a chance that at one Venus was much like Earth. He discribes how Venus may have been covered in oceans and could've supported various forms of life much like Earth.

With Venus possibly being much like Earth scientist and NASA wanted to explore it. Another thing that was mentioned in the this article was how Venus is our sister planet and if annything were to happen to Earth then we could just go to Venus. This would make people want to explore Venus even more no matter the dangers.

So in conclusion the author supports the idea of exploring Venus, even though it would be very challenging and dangerous, because he believes that exploring shouldn't be limited to danger and that at some point if we ever had a problem , farming issues, on Earth then we could go to Venus. On top of all of that the author believes that at one point Venus was much like Earth, but there's no offical way to go there and see for himself. So it's normal that author would support the idea of exploring such a dangerous planet out curiousity.",4
"This new technology would be valuable reading students emtionals because we can tell how they feeling, can help them out in class and when you like a certain ad. This are reason how the new technology could be valuable in class for students.

The first way it would be valuable for the students in the classroom by telling how the students are feeling. When we look at our friends face we can tell if they are sad, mad, happy etc. With the new technology it can tell use what emotiones they are really happening. For example the author states"" the software can identify mixed emotiones."" The technology can tell us if we should go talk to them, leave them alone and try to give them advice. This is one way how the technology would be valuable in the students in the classroom.

The second way it would be valuable students of the classroom by it can tell if students need help. When teachers teach they don't know if students are getting the lesson. With the new technology a classroom computer could send an alert if the student not getting the lesson. For example the author states"" A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored."" This well help teachers if they need to change there plans for the lesson or say it in a different way so the student won't be confused. This is the second way the technology could be valuable because help teachers know if students getting the information down.

The last way the new technology would be valuable for students in the classroom is by seeing if someone likes a certain ad on the computer. In the article the author states "" when a ad pop's up and you smile it could send similar ads but when you frown it send a different one."" So when a video game ad pop up the student good like that ad and go to website. This well help because the computer well know certains ads you like and dislike. This is the last way the technology can be valuable for students in the classroom because the computer well recognize what ads student like.

This are three ways the technology could be valuable to students in the classroom because it could tell how students are feeling, how students could be help and what ads do students like.",3
"In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile,"" by Nick D'Alto, describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. There is a paragraph where it can detect students facial action, and the value of using this technology to read students' emotional experessions is something I can agree with.

In the passage, the article states that a classroom computer could recognize a stuudent becoming confused or bored (Dr. Huang). After that, it could modify the lesson similar to what an effective human instructor could do. My response is that a classroom computer that has FACS(Facial Action Coding System) can help the students lessons and making them understand easier. For example, if the FACS detects the student being confused while doing work on his laptop, the laptop can try to make the lesson more understanding in a level the student is in.

Advertisments can help students feel interested on what's on the ad. I'm a student and ads appear in my laptop. Most ads I'm not interested in and I intend to skip the ad. There are new ads appearing everyday on a students phone or on their laptop. The passage states that if you smile when a web ad appears, a similar ad might follow. If you frown, the next ad will be different. If a student is depressed and is watching a video, the FACS will detect his emotions. The FACS will insert an ad on his or her screen that can have a chance to make the students' depression lower down or be forgotten about it depending on the ad. If an ad pops up and the student is interested in it, he could focus on the ad and won't focus to much on depression.

There is an amount of students who play video games at home afterschool. Most are on their laptops or PC's instead of console. I believe that games can cause violence. Students can have fun with a game on their pc, but later on that emotion can change into something else. It could change into anger. The FACS can help that. If they read a student having a different attitude that's unecessary, it could make the laptop shutdown for the student to take time calming down. In the passage, the FACS could work for video games or video surgery. Another thing, the FACS can remind the student to do their work first before playing on their laptop, just like what the mother would to their child.

Finally, I believe the value of using this technology to read students' emotional expressions can help help them be more educated by helping on their lessons, emotions, and control. Computers need to understand that, too (Dr. Huang). ",4
"Although we rely on cars as a primary means of transportation for our busy lives there are many advantages to not using as much or even having them at all. Now driving in a car is very useful. It gets us where we want to go much faster than just biking or walking there. But there are many benefits and advantages to a world without cars. One advantage is that there will be less polution in the world. Another is that people will be just a little less lazy. And even more is that the world may be just a little quieter and safer with the lack of cars.

Thousands and thousands of people today are either driving a car or some other motorized means of transportation. And though yes they do provide a fasts way to get around, they give off so much exhaust into our relativly clean air and pollute it that its almost toxic to breathe in some places. In the article ""Paris bans driving due to smog"" it says that ""After days or near-record polution, Paris enforced a patial driving ban to clear the air of the global city."" Cars polluted the air so badly that in some places people completly banned them all together just to rid their air of the filth that the cars had created.

Many people in the world today have gotten lazier and cars have helped them get this way. Rather than ride a bike to their destination or even walk people decide to be lazy. They drive their car there or take a bus or taxi. But if people have to get up and walk to their destination rather than just walk to their cars it will make the world just a little bit better of a place to live. There may even be less stress in the world. No waiting in traffic and no yelling at others when they cut you off or drive too slow. The only problem or stress you may have to worry about is the crowd of people you may be walking with.

Now yet another advantage to a life without cars is that it will be quieter and safer. There won't be any honking of horns in your ears. There will not be any more roars of engines. No more yelling at other drivers for their ""lack of skill"" at driving. The world will be safer as well. No more people getting hit by cars while walking and no more car accidents. No more police car chases that put innocent civilians in danger of getting hit.

There are many advantages in life with no cars. A world without cars is less polluted. A world without cars is less stressfull. and it makes the world quieter and much safer. Cars are a basic part of life and we have grown used to them but the world may be a little better if they were no longer here.    ",4
"Greetings Mr. State Senator,

Looking over the Electoral College, there has come to be a few intresting details. Yes, the process is beautifuly thought out but as we look at it deeper it has its flaws. The founding fathers have given us the Electoral College, which anarchist are very unapreciative veiwing it as a non-democratic way to vote.

If the Electoral College system goes, then Americans can have their full Constitutional rights. Using this process voters are not voting for the elector of their choice, voters are voting on higher qualified voters to vote for the elector. The whole process is a violator of the amendment entitled to voting. Having this maze of voting for voters, what if a voter confuses of who the elector is voting for so their vote isint actually going to the canidate of their choice. In 1960 before the election of John F. Kennedy, the segregationists of the Louisiana legislator came very close to replacing all of the Democratic electors with electors who opposed John F. Kennedy. So all the voters in favor of JFK. will be voting agaist him and all the Electoral College votes would be going to the other canidate.

As Bradford Plumer says in an excerpt from:

The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defences are wrong , ""At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters."" Plumer makes a very valid point beacuse of the size of states. The electoral College's number of representatives are as big as their states population. So if all of the representatives in Alaska vote on the Republican canidate, and most of the people in California vote for the Democratic canidate, the Electoral College vote in California overules the vote in Alaska.

The Electoral College can make some voters not want to vote, usually because of their state size their vote doesnt count as much. Many voters in larger states refuse to vote because their vote wont really change the Electoral Collage's vote. The voters don't have total control over an elector, so the whole election crisis could happen again.

In conclusion, the Electoral College may have worked when the colonies were small and the votes counted, but today the modern society doesnt appreciate its lack of Constitutional rights. All we ask is for our right to vote to be given to us, so we can take part in our government.

-Student    ",4
"In 1976 a picture was taken by Viking 1 was taken that sparked up controversy. In the picture of the Martian surface there appears to be the shape of a face made from the rock. Although it was disproven that it was a face built by aliens it still makes some people subscribe to the consperocy theories surrounding this Martian Mesa.

Some of the claims hat support that this is a natural occurance and not a monument built by aliens is that when in different lighting it turns from a face to just a normal mesa. But, of course, some people don't believe this and they say that NASA is just trying to cover it up. In responce to these accusations NASA said that it would be amazing if it actually was an alien monument because it would give new light onto exploring the Red Planet.

In the text the author states that to achieve the photo that proved the face was not actually a face took extreme detail to get perfect and that if it was a face or their was any other buidling around the mesa it would be as clear as day. Also, even here on planet Earth there are examples of these mesa such as the one in Idaho that is a lava dome about the same height as the face. So, in conclusion, NASA really doesn't have a reason to cover it up; if it wasn't a face then they don't really loose anything but if it was a face then they would get tons of money for missions to Mars.",3
"Im actually against the value of using technology to read students emotional expressions because thats would be a vialation of how you feel or like about something or someone. I think if you going use technology to calculate someones emotion they should aleast do it and keep it private. Im going to be telling you a little bit about why using technology to read student emotion is bad.

First of all i am against using this technology because, In the passage it says Faces dont lie and it can tell when someone is inmatating a fake smile and i dont really think that is true sometimes faces do lie. I honestly think that being able to read student emotion is awsome in all but its kinda personal. i dont think people want other people know about their emotions. i also think that if this technology is used people will probably become addicted to it and it will probably start getting on people nerves. In the passage it states that when a student becomes bored and confused Dr. huang predicts that it could modify the lesson like an effective human instructor.

In conclusion use this technology will probably effect people thoughs and emotions. It will also effect how people feel towards one they care about it will cause a whole lot of misunstands confustion effection and unsterstanding. i think that using a computer technology to calculate someone emotion is bad for the enviroment and if we just ramdomly add technology in the world to know people emotions it will get crazy and out of hand. These are all the reasons why i am against use technology to know people's emotion.      ",2
"Driveress cars are in our future because of all the scientific innovations and new Technology, we will be able to work through all of the issues and problems. These cars could save countless lives and add to the safety of people going from place to place on their daily routine.

Each and every day people are getting up early and driving on a few hours asleep, which causes them to be less aware and cautious behind the wheel of a car,this is called drousy driving. People die from drousy driving each day and some people do it without noticing the dangers of not getting enough sleep. No one thinks about how just closing your eyes for a milisecond to a few seconds can kill someone, you could unconsciencely merge into the oppositre lane and harm someone. Drousy driving is not only dangerous for the person driving but for others around them and the people in the car with you. This is more prevelent with teenagers because they wake up, go to school, go to work and/or Athletics Practice, finish homework , sleep, and wake up and do it all over again. On average teenagers get 4-6 hours of sleep when they actually should get 8 hours of sleep to be healthy. An inexperienced sleepy teenage driver is just a bad combination, that could be avoided by the driverless cars. We would not have to worry about people falling asleep at the wheel because the car would be driving itself and whether the driver was asleep of not would not matter.

In general, with driverless cars there would be less accidents relating to distracted driving because these cars are able to brake themself before hitting things and function all on their own with little to no aide of a human driver. And sometimes the aide of a distracted driver can be as good as none.

Lots of accidents could be prevented by driverless cars because HUmans are not always the most observant to aware people. These Driverless ""Smart cars""

could drive themselves and be more aware of surroundings then a fatigued person driving,therefore preventing more accidents.      ",3
"Smog, backed up traffic ways, and stress seem to be the main factor contributing to the decrease in car usage. Although these seem to be very negative factors, there are many advantages to limiting car use including helping our Planet Earth and less costly factors.

To begin, when we look at studies we find that when people use their cars immensely, there is a harmful effect in our atmosphere, also reffered to as The Greenhouse Effect. France has been a major component to this harmful gas, as explained by Robert Duffer in the passage

Paris bans driving due to smog

""Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals..."" In addition, Duffer continues to provide evidence to this claim by further emphasizing and comparing ""[Last] week Paris had 147 miocrograms of particulate matter (PM) per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussels and 79.7 in London,"" By including this simple sentence, we are fully aware of just how much harm pollution has done to the environment due to car uage in Paris. Moreover, the smog in Paris was so intense that ""Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city."" Although almost 4,000 drivers were fined, the smog had cleared enough by Monday for the ruling French party to rescind the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday. This movement is also spreading to places such as Bogota, Colombia where they have a day free of cars with the exception of taxis and buses; for example, in the article

Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota by Andrew Selsky, businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza explains ""It's a good opputunity to take away stress and lower air polution,"" Many ideas are being formed to show that people care about what their harmful ways have done and are looking to find solutions to minimize the pollution and undo what wrong has been done.

Buying cars over the years has become quite an expense to everyone and has become somewhat burden-like. By limiting and even canceling out the use of cars people have cut down expenses greatly. Public transportation is getting on board with this idea and trying to accomodate those who have made this decision by making public transit ""free of charge from Friday to Monday,"" according to the BBC in the article

Paris bans driving due to smog . As also mentioned the importance of car is no longer such an immediate thought to people more recently.  Elisabeth Rosenthal solidifies this in the article

The End of Car Culture when she includes ""recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by."" This clear and simple states that people are not considering their cars as such an extreme item and more considering it as a means of transportation only when absolutely necessary such as when ""Bay Area Rapid Transit doesn't work."" As well costs not only personally so much as federally are being affected dramatically. Elisabeth Rosenthal author of In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars explains ""In previous bills, 80 percent of appropriations have by law gone to highways and only 20 percent to other transport."" By intorducing this idea, people are aware that the advantage is personal and is in the everyday common person's favor.

Not only are the advantages of limiting car usage subtle however they are also direct and can have immediate positive effects on people. By making sure people do not overdo the amount they utilize their cars, they become less stressed, have a healthier environment, and save money. This issue is worldwide however, the solution is becoming worldwide as well creating exceptional results and care from car drivers and people are really thinking outside of the box to make magic happen.    ",4
"The author supports the idea of studying Venus by stating the facts so far known about the planet and explaining what scientists and reaserches will do with them. Supporting this in paragraph 3 the author explains what the planet is like. The atmosphere is 97 percent carbon dioxide, the temperature on the surface of Venus being over 800 degrees Fahernheit, and the atmospheric preasure being 90 times greater than Earth's. With those facts the author then states from the same paragraph an idea for a machine that could be used to get above Venus' surface, but still able to be within its atmosphere. From the text the author say ""Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 miles or so above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way..."". When the author counters that arguement by stating ""However, peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limiting insight on ground conditions because most forms of light can not penetrate the dense atmosphere..."".

The author then rebutls this by saying how researchers are finding out ways to make machines that can survive long enough on the surface of the planet, and they have also looked back at the machanical computures used in the 1940's during World War II. By looking at these ideas for solutions to the problem, being no human being able to get close enough to the surface without dying, scientists and researchers are coming up with different and new ways to aproach the planet and study Venus. The author also explains how silicon carbide could withstand the intense preasure that Venus has, which in turn could help the exploration and study of the ""Evening Star"" planet. The author uses the facts they've receved to give an idea of what the planet is like, and then explains what scientists and researchers are doing with that knowledge to create a device, or devices, that could get within the atmosphere, land, and survive oon the planet long enough to study Venus.",3
"Fellow citizens should know about the advantages of limiting car usage. It is less stressful and it saves money. It does not pollute the air as much and keeps the global healthier. Limiting the car usage helps a alot to the citizens and to the earth.

One advantage of limiting car usage is that it is less stressful and it helps you save money. From source 1, Hedirun Walter said "" When I had a car I was always tense."" In the community you could own a car but you were not allowed to park wherever you wanted. You had to park it in large garages and you have to buy space for $40,000 with a home. So most people didn't have cars but they were saving lots of money. 70 percent of vauban's families do not own cars and 57 percent sold there cars to move to the community. Most of the people liked walking around the community or just taking the transportation they gave them. It peaceful and less traffic.

Another advantage is that it reduces pollution and also reduces global warming. From source 2, ""After days of near-record pollution, paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city."" If they did not leave thier cars at home they would have to pay a fine, 22-euro ($31). After they have had the cars off the streets ""Congestion was down 60 percent in the of france, after five-days of intensifying smog..."" The cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layer to trap car emissions. They also blamed the diesel fuel...""A tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline. Diesels make up 67 percent of vechicles in france, compared to a 53.3 percent average of diesel engines..""

From source 3, Colombia had a ""car-free day"" where all colombians hiked, biked, skated or took the transportion buses to work. For 3 years they have been doing this being they wanted to reuduce the smog. People who disobeyed had to pay $25 fines. "" It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,""said businessman Carlos Arthuro. Since people have started waliking or riding bicyles, they have improved the city by fixing the uneven sidewalks and making them smooth. Also since there is no traffic, "" new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up.""

In conclusion, there are many advantages limiting car usage. It saves money, helps the enviroment and a human's health. Limiting the car usage teaches the citizens that we also have to car about the enviroment and that is it less dangerous.    ",4
"The author did good on writeing the article he or she.

They can be do alots better then whst they have in the storey ecauses they can be the same as what there did now baceuse they need more detalis. What they did was that they could have ""How Did They Work.""

Venus sometimes called the Evening Star tis one of the brightest points of light in the sky making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. However this nickname is misleading sice Venus is actually a planet from our sun. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value not only bacause human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidateing endeavors. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be llimited by dangers and doubts but should be expaned to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. More importantly researchers cannot take sampples of rock, gas,or anything else from a distance. Or maybe we should think of them as challenges. Immagine a blimp-like vehiclw hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. At thirty-plus miles above the surface temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit but the air pressure would be close to that of sea levell on Earth. ",1
"25 years ago, there was an abnormal structure discovered by NASA's Viking 1 Space Shuttle as it was circling Mars to find possible landing sites for it's siter ship Viking 2 when it spotted the abnormal structure. This abnormal sturcture was called the ""Face on Mars"" that stretched out two miles from end to end located in Cydonia. Shortly after it was found, scientists figured it was just another Martian Mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh.

In 1976, the first pictures of the ""Face on Mars"" was taken by NASA's Viking 1, but a few days later NASA unveiled the image for the world to see and told people it was just a ""huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth."" As of May 24, 2001, NASA revealed ""the Face on Mars"" is just a mesa. As the pictures were reveiled on the JPL web site ""the Face on Mars"" was just a natural landform and that there was no alien monument after all. On April 8, 2001, Mallin's team captured a photo using the camera's absolute maximum resoltuion, each pixel in the 2001 photograph spans 1.56 meters compared to the 43 meters per pixel in the best Viking 1 photo in 1976. ""If there was an object in this photograph like planes on the ground of Eygptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!"", said Garvin.

In conclusion, ""the Face on Mars"" is not real for it it just a natural landform on the Red Planet. ""In the picture it actually shows the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common arounf the American West."" says Garvin. Many people believed that this photo was created by aliens but we have pictures and space shuttles out there to prove ""the Face on Mars"" is just a landform on the Red Planet.",2
"What is the electoral college? is when the people voten for meeting the President and Vice President of the college, is a process, not a place and is a election of the president by a popular vote of qualified. The opinion of people is that is a good form of meeting a President and Vice President the reason for is good an electoral college is because having of discussion the work and  your can see from who vote.

One of the reason of What is the electral college? is that having of discussion the work. Acording to the lecture ""

Does the Electoral College Work?

(source1:What is the electoral college?)

"" say that  "" For this reason, in the following dicussion, the word ""state"" also refers to the district of Columbia."". Is that take one refers the District of Columbia that no is a bag idea tha is a good idea. The conclusion is that is good that saying the discussion of the work and that your can see from who vote.

One of the reason of What is the electral college? is that your can see from who vote. Acording to the lecture ""

Does the Electoral College Work?

(source1:What is the electoral college?)

"" say that ""The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A masjority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. Your state's entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members in its Congressional delegation: one for each member in the House of Representatives plus two for your Senators...."" . No to all people that like this because no feel preparate for this so for this no vote. And the concluding for this reason is that no is only good knowing the discussion of the work that is good your can see from who vot and feel preparate for take a decission.

More people say that no have a problem if have or no have a President or Vice president,this is no good because a President take decission importants and the Vice President help to President to take this decission. For this have take good decission in the moment of the vote. The presidential election is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

The conclution of this is that know of discussion of work and know for you one vote and this acording whint this.                       ",1
"In

""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the debate of the exploration of Venus is exposed for discussion. The article brings up many contriversal topics discussing whether or not Venus is worth exploring. Though most of the article talks about the dangers and overall negativities Venus has to offer when it comes of exploring it, the author takes this information and turns it into postives. The author demonstrates that although Venus is dangerous and almost impossible to explore, attempting to do just that willl be well worth it in the long run. Due to this, the readers can say that the author supported the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers very well.

In the article, the author first brings up the fact that Venus has a very toxic and dangerous atmosphere. They go on to say that because of this, the conditions in Venus are far to extreme for any human to survive in. Then, the author even posses the question of: Why are scientists trying to explore Venus more if it's so inhospitable? The author uses this question to transition into how they support the exploration of Venus, by saying how despite the inhospitable environment, Venus has many Earth-like qualities which intrigues many astronomers. In the article the author states, ""... Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth."" This shows that learning more about Venus could potentially be a great advantage to Earth since it's the most similar planet to Earth in the entire solar system.

A second problem the author states about exploring Venus is that every attempt to explore the planet has failed. One reason being is how the extreme heat has prevented each spacecraft to survive for more than a couple of hours on Venus's surface. In the article the author states, ""... no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spacecraft has touched down on Venus in more than three decades."" The author contradicts this later in the article by explaining the technological advacements that NASA has accomplished to help prevent having another failed mission to Venus. The author states, ""NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions."" This demonstrates how even though Venus is about impossible to explore, technology can help create smarter alternatives for exploring the planet's surface.

Throughout the article, the author demonstrates that the postives of exploring Venus outweigh the negatives by giving strong evidence as to why the positives eliminate the problems when it comes to exploring Venus's surface. Although there are many major issues with exploring Venus, the author shows the readers that there are solutions that can help fix these problems. Not only does the author do this, but they show how Earth can discover and learn many valuable things about Venus that can help in the long run. So through very strong evidence about the positve that was able to outweigh the negative, the author was able to support the idea of studying Venus very well.  ",4
"I think the face on mars is a land form becasue. Only a few scientist thought it had something to do with aleins.

I tink it is a huge rock formation like said in the story. And I also think they said whatever they could just to have the chance for tax payers. To pay to help build the rocket or rover to get pictures of mars and study the surface. And I think it it was real it would be more detailed by maybe making hair eyebrow's or mustache. And standing up. And it is two miles lonf I dont think something would do that. And there is landfroms in the united states like the snake river of Idaho but we never mad that and it looks like a snake. A lave dome in a mesa is the same hight as the face of marrs also. And I dont think it would have a bunch oh holes on its forehead if it was made because usually things are made good and if they can fly a space ship to mars they have to be pretty smart. Other wise they would not be able to build it. And I alsp thought it was fake cause the other mountain by it.

So I physicaly think it would be inpossible to make soemthing that huge of a human. And I think there would be a giant hole around the face because were they needed the rock or whatever it is on mars to make the face. And its like a cloud kinda just because it looks like a bunny or dog dont mean someone made it look like one somethings just happen that way.

So my final opinion on this is that it is fake and noone could make this unless you had thoulsands and thoulsands of people. And nasa said after they took pitures it was just a quensedence that it looked like a humans head. I could see why people say that cause I see eyes a nose and lips. ",2
"Have you ever been bored in a class room such as your highschool english classes? Well do to a brand new algorithum made by Dr. Paull Eckman, creator of the FACS(Facial Action Coding System), you can finaly be exited about learning about greek and latin roots. This program can detect how you are felling and in what precentages. In the following paragraphs they will talk about if we should or should not read students faces to make the classroom experience more enjoyable.

Well to start off the technology has decoded the Mona Lisa smile. You know they one the smile that seams somewhat omanis when you look at it. well this program has determend that the paintings famous smile is mostly happy. The spcifics of the smile are as follows she's 83 precent happy, 9 precent disgusted, 6 precent fearful, and 2 precent angry. This computer software known as the FACS looks adn all 44 major mussles and then makes a decison based on that. How can this be helpfull to schools.

Now if you actualy like doing greek and latin roots in your english class you may not need this new technology, However you may not like another class like math classes. If we start doing eveything on computers like all of our lessons for example we will probably need this to keep us from not falling asleep during the class.

If we do end up adopting this new software into our computers it could make us have more fun lessons and make the classes end faster, well do to preception. If the technology could be used with just a webcam then you could just look at your students face and see if they are bored or off task and make the lesson more enjoyable. We could just look at the precentages of the kids facial expressions like how they found out how the Mona Lisa's smile was mostly happy.

In conclution we could make our childrens classroom experiences more enjoyable. Even if it is a little creepy to have a software that watches you for your whole classroom experience. But it mostlikely is worth it to make shcool more enjoyable for the kids in them. ",3
"Have you ever seen something that looked like a extra terestrial sight like crop circles, well NASA's Viking 1 saw something that looked like an egyptian face while circling Mars looking for a place for its sister ship (Viking 2).

In 1976, a photo of what was though to be a Ancient Egyptian Face turned out to be a hoax (unintentionally) and was actually just a Land formation with inclined rocks that formed a Shadow that conveyed illusions of two eyes a nose and a mouth. At first this was a very succesful and popular image, a section from the article states that "" The Face On Mars has becoma a pop icon, that starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk show and even haunted stores for 25 years"". this states that this photo was a clear sign of Extarestrial life, at least at the time.

Although many people beleived this theory was a Alien artifact it was eventually disproven on April 5, 1998 as shown on the article ""And so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing . . . a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all"".

Allthough many people still believe that scientists must have missed something and that it really is a allien artifact sorry to burtst your bubble but, you are wrong. See Scientists have been working on this theory for very many years they have gone back and looked at it multiple times, retaken pictures from multiple different angles, Enlarged x3 and still the only thing there is the Martian equivalent of a butte or messa.

On april 8, 2001 a Mars Global surveyor drew close enough for a second look. They then rolled the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view, Malins team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution. ""Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 156 meters compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1978 Viking photo"".

So from all of the information from this article it is confirmed that ""The Face"" isn't really a extraterestrial artifact, but just a measly illusion.  ",4
"The Facial Action Coding System, created by Dr. Huang and his colleague, was put into place to recognize human emotions. This technology has lots of positives and very few negatives. The use of the Facial Action Coding System is a reliable piece of technology that can be very valuable in a classroom setting.

This new technology can read the emotions/expressions of students while they are doing work on the computers. It can tell whether a student is enjoying what they are doing are if the absolutley despise the work. Dr. Huang predicts that ""A classrom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" This is showing how benificial this new technogly is to not only a student but also a teaacher. If a student is struggling or just doesn't want to do the work that is presented to them then the computer can ""modify the lesson"" to fit the needs of the students. This also takes stress off the teachers shoulders, now they don't have to walk around the class to answer every single question.

One might say that this new technology can limit student-teacher interactions, which is not benficiary to the students at all. One might also say that this type technology will lead students to become more dependant on technology then the Teacher. These can be proven true but a majority of our communication is nonverbal. Dr. Huang states ""Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication,"" notes Dr. Huang. ""So computers need to understand that, too."" This is basically saying that since most of our communication is nonverbal we might as well add computers into the mix. which is very smart.

One can conclude that the Facial Action Coding System can be very valuable to classrooms, because they can modify lessons if students show some type of negative emotion towards it. It also takes the stress of teachers and limits the questions being asked.",4
"The question is Electoral or Election. Well i choose election because the election is a better way of letting the oters express their ideas. In such ways as they could compare and contrast. They could also pick wich one they think is the most proficiant. Unlike the electorals they choose the people that will decide the president so there for they could and may lie to the judges and tell them a certain thing but then do a different thing that is also a well asked questions.

Electoral could have a positive outcome sometimes as such it can have a negative outcome. Election can also have positive and negative points. But i think that election could have a better chance of succeding because of the voters. Stated in paragraph 11 says ( The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor.) well there we have it people are already questioning that choice. Some proses that ties that vote could and may not be acurate.

Election also has some bad features like some might say its the most basic level but it also is unfair in some ways. That statement or opinion is based on each individuals point of view. We dont all look at the choices in the same way. That is very important to try to undestand each choice and look at them closely. To be honest i think both have good ideas but election has a better outcome from my point of view.

Electoral or Election. I say Election both are extremely simialar but also very different. Deciding a president is very important in any situation. The Outcome of choosing then turning out that it was a miss understanding is very ploral. We have to put the outcomes of both out there and examine each and every one closely.    ",1
"Scientist at NASA do their best to figure the right information they have about the "" Unmasking the Face on Mars ""

. It was actually a better idea to keep the "" Face on Mars "" a secret just between the NASA team , then if nothing was bad news it could have been told after getting all the right information . The possiblities on knowing what this is and letting everyone know was very hard . It's been there since 1976 and in 2001 , at last some resoltes on the Face on Mars . NASA is very important , and if they know that it's better not to tell anyone about this , I think the people should respect their decison because they found it . Most importantly not letting people make a big deal out of this because they don't know what it could be yet .

Sometime we can't say somethings at the most part , Because it's better not to let anyone know before people go crazy and go around asking a bunch of questions . The Face on Mars was discovered in 1976 , and by the time that has passed , it's easier to see how it actually looks . But of cource you can't just send someone out to space and actually see what's going on . It's not that easy to just do that . There could be some species that are out there somewhere and don't even know about it . A period of time we believed it might have been a alien artifact , but it doesn't look like an alien's face which is something we could be for sure about that . Seeing the picture that the ( MOC ) team revealing the photo of the face , people weren't so satisfied as they thought . The people must be thinking , "" There's something up in space , should we be clam or should it be best to be worried ? "" , that's what might have happens when people don't listen to what we say is best and do what they think is right .

But at the end of all this story and "" Oh it''s this "" or "" No , wait it's actually that

"" , it turns out that it is actually a Martian equivalent of a butte or of the mesa . It's a common landforms around American West and it's the lava dome that formed an isolated mesa . Which is the same height as the "" Face on mars "" . Everything is perfectly fine , and everyone can be clam since we found out the actual and correct information and not just some random anwers that people were going around and saying about this . ",3
"Dear State Senator,

I believe that we should change to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. Simply because as citizens we do our parts by working our butts off daily doing things to help build the community up or even clean it up. We should be able to have some type of power over who will be leading us down the road for however many years. With a popular vote, it would not only be fair but justifiable as well. As helping and paying citizens we should be able to feel as if we have a voice in this goverment and can make, what can be a powerful change in this world.

I truly believe that if it all was based on the popular vote the world would be at piece... everyone wouldn't feel like the government or others discared their opinions and just did what they wanted. Instead, they'd feel like they got a good try out of it and was able to fight just a tad bit for what they believed to be right instead of being knocked down and told their opinions do not matter. It would also give an accurate vote. The Electoral College is minimized to 538 people being able to vote for the president and a majority of 270 electoral votes are required to elect the president giving the candidates a less of a chance to win. With the popular vote it gives them more of a chance to win the election.

We people should feel safe and secure with whom is chosen to lead us and our government. With that being said I totally agree that it should be changed election by popular vote for the president of the United States.    ",3
"I agree with using technology to read sudents emotional expressions. It could prevent students from being bored in a class. If we had computers to tell us when were bored and upset it would make our mood change. It would probably change the way you act everyday. You would get tired of seeing you be in a updet mood all the time so you would want to change that. The computers would try giving you entertaining ads or funny ads. They would make it to make you not bored in class and not so tired. They are just trying to make your day a little bit easier. In the passage it said that it looks at the muscles you are using to see what mood you are in. They compared it to the Mona Lisa painting becuase she is barely smiling but looks kind of upset. She could have many moods.

I think it would be really valuable and useful. It would put kids in a better mood than they were. If the computer makes the day a little bit better why not do it. It cant harm anyone it's just trying to show that computers can help kids with bad attitutudes. They are making school computers do this so when kids get to school in an updet mood it can make there day better and they wont be upset all day.

In conclusion i think that the computers would be really useful. There would not be a lot of issues it should run smoothly. Kids are not going to like the idea because they will think that someone is spying on them when it is really just being used to see if your in a bad mood or not. I think they should add these to school computer s and see what kids think of them. Take a vote and see if kids like the idea or completely hate it but, i agree and think they should use them.",3
"Although limiting car usage may seem out of the ordinary, it has many benefits that appeal to people. By limiting car usage, people save money, the air isn't being poluted as much and there aren't as many traffic jams.

For starters, not having or using a vehicle is a huge money saver. For example, a German suburb, Freiburg, near French and Swiss borders allow the use of cars, but is somewhat strict. Rosenthal states, ""Car ownership is allowed, but there are only two places to park-large garages at the edge of the development, where a car-owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home."" Not only does it cost $40,000 just for that but gas and fix-ups go along with having a car.

Secondly, the less people use vehicles, the less air pollution is going to be created. For instance, Paris issued a driving ban in an effort to ""clear the air of the global city."" Duffer says, ""Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog..."" The smog that affects Paris is also known to ""rival"" with Bejing, China, one of the most polluted cities in the world. By banning car usage for a day, the air had a chance to breathe and is overall healthier for the people that live in that area.

Lastly, it's obvious to say that with less car usage, the more likely it is to have a decrease in number of traffic jams. To further explain, Bogota, Columbia has a program in which people do not use vehicles to get where they need to go. Andrew Selsky states, ""...millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day.. leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams."" It's a positive thing to have ""car-free day"" because less accidents mean less people getting injured.

To conclude, limiting car usage is not only good for people, but it can be positive toward the earth and environment as well because it saves people money, the air is healthier and people have less of a chance of crashing.    ",4
"Have you ever wanted to help animals cross the Atlantic Ocean? That's what Luke Bomberger was. Luke Bomberger was a Sea Cowboy that helped animals cross thje Atlantic Ocean. I have two reasons why you should join the program.

The first reason is that if you care about animals this is the right job for you because, at this job you have to take care of them by feeding and cleaning. The animals you will be taking care of are horses, young cows, and mules that are shipped over sea. The second reason is that if you want to be a cowboy, this is the right job for you because, you are dealing with cows, horses, and mules like every cowboy or girl.

Other people might have an argument about it. They might say that it's boring and stupid but, it's really not boring or stupid. It would be really fun if you wanted to be a cowboy or cowgirl, and liked animals",2
"The face is just a naturl landform by being a "" huge rock formtion"" (3) as they said in the story. They said that this is just a huge rock formation with shadows giving the illuion of the facial features. Also weater this was real or fake they still hoped it would be a good way to get mars in public attention. It most certainly did get the attention they wanted Mars to get. And if we never took those last photos what would of happen to this research project.

As they told us in the story that this as probably just a huge rock formation with shadow giving it the facial feautures to make it look like a person. Some people stil dont belive NASA that that is what it is, they think alliens created that. But those people are probaly wrong becasue those people dont get close looks like NASA and dont get to go into space and look at that these things like NASA gets to do. Also no aliens would just go out on mars and make a random face there for everyone to look at. It pretty much is just a huge rock if you look at it from the pictures and you can tell that the shadows are giving its facial features.

Next, this was all to hopefuly get Mars into some publicity with us and make us pay a little bit more attention now that they hade what some people think is a faec on Mars. And for everyone to try to get Mars this public attention they succeded because everyone started talking about Mars a little more. By the people talking about Mars was not just people it was Hollywod films, magazines, radio talk shows, even haunting grocery store checkout lines for 25 years. When Mars got onto the talk shows and the Hollywood films it strted to get bigger and everone start talking about it even more than they already were.

Also when the Viking missions were over and the talk started to die down a little NASA went back and took more pictures of that so called face again and more closer this time. When they took the photos the first time it was Mar's cloudy month and you couldnt see the ""face"" very clear and good to get good looks at it. And that wasnt the last time the took another picture of it because on April 5, 1998 ""Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos""(7). Then after taking the such good photos they were going to upload them to a JPL web site where they had thousands of anxioius web surfers wating to see the image(7). Once they posted it and everyone got their look at it on the web site they said "" a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all"" (7).

Last, after all the people though that it was a alien and NASA

thought it was just a shadow NASA was right. Also maybe if we never gave Mars all the public attention you would never know if ths would happen either. And if that last picture that had been ten times better than the originals not been taken then we may not of never knew if it was a alien or the NASA research of just being a shadow. ",3
"The electoral college is not a place to be harmeed its a process. Therer a amendment of the the electrol college and it is amendment 23rd. we should keep awere electrol college it is a good place to learn about the presudents. We deserv this dont let walk away from us.

most people runing for presudent has there own group of electors. it is chosen by the candidate's. you do not have the right to take ower electoral college. most of use wont this out of all of use 1 person did not vote.

The presidentaial election is held every four years on tuesday after the first monday in november. when you vote for presudent you help to choose your state electors. most state have winner take all that gets a prise for the winning presudent. which is why we need to keep ower electoral college. We have a right to vote we can help choose state electoral.

The electoral college consists of 538 electoral. The amendment 23rd gives us ower rights. we can vote you cant take away awere  electoral college let us be. We can do nwhat we wont we can vote just like others have before.                                                            ",1
"I would agree to computers that can identify humans emotions would be pretty cool for our inverment. it would change our inverment becaus ealot of people can just go to a computer and if the happy or sad it would say. I think that it would be good, because the people that hate computer would probably end up liking it. It would give them something new to learn on. It can also recognize the subtle facial movements we humans use to express how we feel. Mr. Eckman has classified six basic emotions, and they are happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. Your orbicularis oris (around your mouth) will tighten your lips to show anger. The same technology can make computer- animathed faces more expressive. Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emothins, but it also may help produce them. You can feel other peoples emotional. it may happen becasue they unconsciously imitate another person's facial expression. this is why i think it would be a good idea to make computers that can see how someone is feeling. If there sad,or mad.",2
"Imagine living in a world were cars do not need drivers for it to move. In this world, there are advancements in new technolgy, less accidents that occur, and people are happy. The driverless cars will potentially provide these. Cars that could drive themselves are very essential to making big advancement in society. When these cars come, they will have the ability to change the world positively.

There are many positive aspects when it comes down to these driverless cars. Firstly, they will provide huge and new advancements in technology. With that being said, there has already been a model of what these cars will have. According to paragraph four, a model car consists of ""... a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera... four automative radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor."" These advancement will contribut to safer driving. With technology evolving comes better safety and less aqccidents are likely to occur. For example, drunk driving has been a huge cause of deaths. Smarter cars will essentially lessen promblems like that. Also, with more developed sensors, it is palpable that accidents are not prone to happen. These cars are super efficient for people too. The text states, ""The cars he forsees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer more flexibility than a bus."" This will save people time and money. The car advancement is essential.

Some people may argue that these cars bring a negative aspect. They worry that these cars' technolgies could fail and they only feel secure when the car is driven with a human driver in control at all times. They also reason that sensors are nothing new. As a result of people claiming that these cars are unsafe, it has been illegal in most states to even test theses cars. They do not feel comfortable being in a vehicle that drives itself.

These advance cars are surely safe. Others argue that the cars are unsafe and does not allow testing the car; however, how would they know whether the car is safe or not if they have never used it before? The technolgies need to be tested and improved for these cars to be self-driven. According to paragraph five, ""Further improvements in sensors and computer hardware and software to make driving safer are also leading to cars that can handle more driving tasks on their own."" Sensors have become more advance to detect and respond so that the cars are safer. For those who argue that they do not feel safe without a human driver in control, the cars are not completely driverless. The car actually notifies the driver when the road requires human skills (""Driverless Cars Are Coming). These cars are built trying to help make it more safe for driving.

These driverless cars are the new advancement. The advancements in technology are becoming more and more incredible. These cars are the next step in creating a better society. They are super efficient and helps provide safety for the people. These driverless cars do bring significant and positive aspects.",4
"There have been many claims out there that the Face on Mars was created by aliens. This idea seem very crazy since aliens don't exist. I think the that the Face is just a natural landform.

On May 24, 2001, the day the face was discovered, people said that the Face resembled a humans face, not an alien. A few days later NASA unveiled images for everyone to see while captioning it ""huge rock formation... which resembles a human head.. formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose and mouth."" The landform was just formed by shadow, which means this just gives others the illusion that it's a face, but it is just a natural landform. There were no alien to create this and it is only made naturally. Many out there have created movies, books and magazine article on the Face but this is all just bandwagon, trying to just sell their products and make money out of false theories. Later on, on April 5, 1998, Mars Global Surveyor flew to Mars to take more photgraphs of the Face, when thousands of people were waiting for the end result to confirm that the Face was just a natural landorm. Since people were'nt satified, Mars Global Surveyor flew back to Mars in April of 2001. With many photos take, the Face did indeed look like a human or alien face, but there are no sitings of such things.

In conclusion, all the Face really is is just a naturally created landform with shadows that create the illusion of a face of a human/alien.",3
"I strongly believe that the Face on Mars is just a natural landform. There are many reasons to why I believe this,things like this are common around Cydonia and it could just be another Matrain mese.

When MGS arrived at the Red Planet in Sept 1997 they photographed as soon as they could get a good shot. When the photo they took finally hit the internet it showed nothing but a natural landform and no alien monument. Some people argue that on the Red Planet it was really cloudy during the time MGS took the picture, so you couldn't see the alien features becaus it was hidden by haze. But when mission controllers took another picture of the Face during a sloudless summer day in Cydonia, using the camerea's absolute maximum resolution they soon figured out that the face was equivalent of a butte or mese landform.

Just what I believed is was actually a Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa landform that was common arounf the American west. There was so alien artifact, no Egyptian Pharaoh, and no alien monument. With the help of some of the MGS and the MOC we finally relized that the Face on Mars was just a equivalent landform to butte or mesa.",2
"Dear $tate $enator,

I believe that the electoral college should be shut down and choosing the president should be popular vote; first, the people don't even vote for the president, and, second, the peoples votes are not even recognized by the president.

For starters, the people don't even vote for the president they vote for a slate of electors that vote for the president. It states in source 2, "" Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president."" This quote shows that people don't even vote for the president. That is just sad.

Also, the peoples votes aren't getting recognized. A quote from Source 2 shows this by saying, "" If you lived in Texas, for instance, and wanted to vote for John Kerry, you'd vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry."" This quote explains that the peolpe vote for this guy, and the president is elected because of 34 electors, not you, them.

However, people say that the electoral college gives the certainty of an out come. It states in Source 3, "" A dispute over the outcome of an electoral college vote is possible-it happened in 2000-but it's less likely than a dispute over the popular vote."" This quote shows that a dispute is more likely to occur over popular vote. On the contary, it is unfair for the electoral college to cast votes for the people.

Finally, I believe in popular vote because you vote for the president and your vote is recognized.                 ",3
"Prof. Thomas Huang, Prof. Nicu Sebe and Dr. Paul Eckman have been able tro design, read and determine emotions using a computer software called Facial Action Coding System (FACS). Using this technology, they were able to make a computer generated 3-D model of the face in this world famous painting. Using the muscles that lay underneath the skin in this 3-D model, the software is able to determine the emotion of the person based off of the physical characteristics and movement of the muscles.

In using the FACS software ""'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored' predicted Dr. Huang"" (paragraph 6). Much like a classroom instructor, the computer and software will be able to modify the lesson and instruction to further engage and explain to the student.

However, in a classroom, it seems that teachers will rarely change lesson plans to engage their students, and will further explain only if a specific question is asked, regardless of the look of confusion of the students' faces.

Futhermore, teachers and program writers would have to code for and write many forms of the lesson to explain or engage the students before uploading it to the computer for lessons. If a student is bored or confused, the software and computer system will have to be able to 1) recognze the facial expression and 2) choose from several lesson plans to fit and better the facial expression of the student/user.

As a student, I do not find myself to be facially expressive on the computer, in fact the only expresson I have is within my mind, while my face remains blank. This would make it impossibke for the FACS to identify bordom or confusion. There is also the possiblilty of the software confusing one of these facial expressions with that of concentration when reading or writing.

The article states that "" Your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile."" (Paragraph 7) If the same algorithms (FACS) would be used to determine the facial feature of Mona Lisa and her expression to aid the computer in determining the facial characteristics and emotions of a student. At our 1-on-1 technology based school, students can either rent laptops or provide their own for school work. If our personal computers cannot store the algorithms of FACS to determine the facial features of students then it would be entirely useless. The school would have to purchase entirely new computers for every student in the school, with the RAM and capacity to read emotions and contain the FACS. These computers would have to be laptops so they can be transported between classes, school and home. This would be too costly for the school or students and improbable in being able to find and provide the correct kiond of computer.

If the FACS needs to be able to computer generate a 3-D model of the face, the computer would run signifigantly slower because it is trying to read your emotions and run any other programs you have open for your class work. Unlike the Mona LIsa, our faces are already three-dimensional, however the computer software would have to be able to generate a computer model of the students face and expression by examining the muscles underneath in the model, which in all liklihood would take much longer to complete than it does for an expression to change or the comprehension of a subject ot take place.

To conclude, although the Facial Action Coding System would hypothetically work to decide emotions, it would be entirely too costly, time consuming, and unlikey in te effectivness of being able to read the expressions of students during class.",5
"The election of a president is a very seriouse thing that could ruin us or improve us we should start to pay attention to Mister State Sentor it could make a future for some people or cause war between people. We should change the system were people can vote for there president not there state electors. Plus, some people don't know this is going on they belive that they are voting for the person to change the state not an candaite of the president.  We should not have people who don't know what there doing in congress and that we don't have segergation in the state.

To start off with, we should not have people we don't know there doing in the congress. In source 2 it states that,'' ... that they can be anyone note holding a public office .... some times state convention ,sometimes the state party's centeral commitee, sometimes the presidental canidates themself'', that is very bad that they can just choose anyone off the streets and don't care, this could be bad for the economy the people thee took off the streets they might not even know how to do there job because they were not trained to do such things, and then they have patry's centeral commitee,or the state convention we should have a direct vote not other people who might not be even on our side and want only power.

Next, we dont want segregation in the state, it casually states that,'' segregationists in te louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in the replacing the democratic electors with new electors that oppose of a Jhon kenndy'', If that have happened then we would be in chaos everyone would be aginst each other and there will be alot of pain and suffering for the people because of there race,and religous belife we would no longer be a great nation.

To conclude my essay, that we should not have strangers we don't know or don't even hold a office in our conress to be a state ellector that don't know what ther doing that is how we end up with alot of wars or no money and that we don't have segergation in the state that can lead into more problems . I just want to end with a qoute that agree with even if you don't ,''the electoral college is unfair , outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly asserations without much basis to start in reality...''.    ",3
"The ""face"" on Mars wasn't created by martians. Because through disoveries in technology we have discovered that the ""face"" on mars is not a structure made to look like a human it is simply just a mesa.

The evidence in the passage supports my thesis because it states that since the original photo was taken in 1976 when they were looking for the Viking 1's sister ship Viking 2 places to land they saw the ""face"" ""NASA’s Viking 1 spacecraft was circling the planet, snapping photos of possible landing sites for its sister ship Viking 2, when it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face."" NASA have been taking pictures and researching the ""face"". Their research has helped them come to the conclusion that it is a mesa and not a martian creation to look like a human face.

Also they state here that new technology has helped them take better pictures ""New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA’s Mars Global Survey spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: A mesa."". NASA shortly after discovering the ""face"" realized that it was just another martian mesa and the facial features that it had were just shadows as stated here ""the sensation was short lived. Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh."".

As I stated in the introduction the face on Mars is simply a mesa and not a martian creation and through the data in the passage I supported my answer that there is not an actual face on Mars.",3
"There is a face on Mars, and us humans can not decide if it was made by aliens or if it was made naturaly. In the pictures my crew (NASA) and I took may look like it has changed over the years but it really has not changed at all. Our picture in 1976 has a lack of good quality. From that point forward our quality has got a lot more visible.

I believe the face on Mars is a natural landform, and also there are no aliens up on Mars to make this face.

The face on Mars is a natural landfrom because in paragraph seven in the article states, ""Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing... a natural landform.

There was no alien monument after all."" That is saying no alien was up there to create the landform. If there was aliens up there NASA would have annouced it. We NASA have taken pictures of Mars and have not seen any aliens upon there.

Also stating in paragraph eleven ""So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!"" Saying that if there are aliens on Mars you would be able to see them on there, but you can not.

So, proven right there that there are not aliens on Mars plain and simple. This face is popular as it gets! Everyone needs to know it was not created by aliens because if it was we would already know by now in this point in time. That face on Mars is not made by aliens, it is made natural.

The face on Mars is made naturaly simple as that I can not get more simple than that.

I a NASA scientist believe that it was made naturaly no figure, no alien was up on Mars physically making faces on Mars. If we were to go up to Mars right now we would not see any alien. Anytime you hear ""Aliens on Mars created the face of Mars"" just know it is a myth. There is no aliens up on Mars, and there will never be aliens on Mars.               ",3
"The way that the author had wrote this is with facts that he has gained and compairing Venus to Earth and the type of environment it has and had.

Starting off the author had explained what is important to know about Venus in paragraph two. When the author explanins the atmosphere of the planet and the degrees it can reach there. As well as how harsh the environment can be with the earthquakes, heat, high pressure, volcanos and frequent lightning. This supports ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" because the author wants the readers to understand how hard it can be to explore somewhere like Venus. Then in paragraph four the author was explaing yes Venus has rocky sediment and once was covered in large water. It was a long time ago and probably isn't safe there anymore. The author continues on into paragraph five, explaining that it is a bad idea for NASA to send people to Venus with the harsh conditions. The author continues on in that save paragraph understandind that the air pressure is not safe nor the level of heat that Venus can reach. On the other hand in paragraph seven the author talks about how NASA is finding alternative wasy to exlpore Venus. Such as, having a drone orbit the plant for observation, some simplified electrons made of silicon carbide, and mechanical computers.

In conclusion the author supported the paragraph with the amount of evidence they had provided and as well as the way they grabbed their reader atteniom. They were writing for someone who had an idea of knowing more about venus and that is what they did. ",2
"Based on ideas and information in the article about advantages of limiting car usage, people are giving up their cars because of reasons such as, street parking, driveways, and home garages are forbidden in places where their reason for it is so they can experiment the outcome of it for a more secure data. Even though in the article it says that car ownership is allowed but, at the same time the amount of money for a parking place, $40,000, is way too much for people to afford. People also choose to live without an automobile because of how much it saves them in greenhouse gas, and other expensive things that car usage takes up. Experts and other people think that limiting the use of car transportation will make cities more denser, and will make it easier for everyone to get around without having issues. In some places, there are people who rather take a car wherever they go for better advantage, but in other places like in the United States, they are promoting ""car reduced"" communities, or for another example, in Paris, officials have ""enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city"". Studies shows that in the U.S, Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less, and people are starting to not get their licenses as each year goes by. The populaton growth of the number of miles that people have driven in the U.S, the number has peaked in 2005, but then steadily dropped shortly after. Therefor, people are starting to take advantages of just walking or finding their own ride places to save them money. If you lived in Paris and got fined $31 for having an even numbered license plate, or on the other day got fined for an odd numbered license plate, walking or taking a different kind of transportation would probably be a good decision for you. In the outcome of that, the article states that almost 4,000 drivers were fined and twenty-seven people had their cars impounded for their reaction to their fine. France has a policy that rates diesel fuel higher than gasoline and the results of that 67 percent of diesel vehicles were compared to 53.3 percent of diesel vehicles in all of Western Europe, this is all because of the ""Smog"". A thing called ""car-free day"" takes place in Bogota, Colombia, and in this situation, according to the article, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated and even took buses to all the places they had to be, which in return of that, the streets were left eerily devoided of all possible traffic jams. On this ""car-free"" day, car use is banned for the whole day leaving people with only having the choice of taxis and buses to take them to work, or anywhere else they had to be. Not to mention there are 7 million people who live in the certian place, so this makes this event more difficult for most people. One of the reasons for ""car-free"" day is to take away stress, and lower air pollution throughout all of Bogota, Colombia. Limiting car usage seems to be a good resourse, there could be some bad pieces to it but, in most cases i like the idea of saving money.     ",3
"""Driverless Cars Are Coming"" is an article that is written by someone who has perspectives on what is good about driverless cars, and what is bad about the cars. After reading this article I believe that the driverless cars are going to be very helpful, and useful to people in the future. I believe that driverless cars will be helpful because the driver will not have to do much work, because the car drives itself 90% of the time. Also in this article the author tell us that the Google driverless cars, can drive up to half a million miles before the car crashes. Driverless cars will also be helpful because the people that were originally driving, do not have to memorize directions anymore.

Being a driver requires a lot of attention to the road, and it is hard to pay attention to everything else that is going on around them. With the new driverless car, you do not have to drive the car 90% of the time, which allows for more time to think about other things or make sure that your kids are behaving in the back seats, without having to pay attention to the road. Although 10% of the time you may have to drive, the other 90% you are worry free of driving and can focus on other things that you need to.

When people are driving themselves, they tend to be in car accidents very often whether it is severe or not. With the driverless car, you can prevent accidents from happening for a much longer time. Driverless cars have gone up to half a million miles before ever being in a single accident. Going half a million miles without an accident, or the car breaking down is unheard of and nearly impossible, but with the driverless cars, the technology is so outstanding, that the car can go this far.

Using a GPS while in a car can be distracting and not safe to the driver, and everyone else that is in the car. Since the driverless car drives for people, now the people in the car can set the GPS and not be distracted by the road. With this feature, the car will always know when the right time to turn is, and will always get you to your destination on time. If you are a person who is late a lot or gets lost all the time, then you might be interested in this car, because it does all of the work for you.

Driverless cars are a great idea because they drive 90% of the time, which leaves the driver to be focused on other things, it can drive up to half a million miles before crashing or breaking down, which will make the car owner feel very safe and secure in the car that they own, and also the car takes you where you tell it to because of the GPS system, which can make the owner worry free about getting lost. I believe that this car will be very successful, and it will be the future in the car industry.",4
"I'm in favor of changing to election by popular votes for the president of the

United States,  under the electoral college system they voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors.

According to the aragument of changing election by popular votes the author says that the electoral collage is unfair to voters because of the winner take all system in each state, this shows that is unfair to vote for someone who takes all the system  in each state, the author also mentions that during the 2000 campaig. seventeen states didn't see that candidates at all, this includes South Carolina and voters iin 25 of the largest media markets, one evidence from the text is when the author mentions that the election is only a few swing voters away catastrophe.

The electoral college is a process that consists of electors the majority of the electal votes is required to elec the president, each candidaate running for President in your state has his or her own group of electors, for this reason in the following discussion, the word ""state"" also refers to the District of Columbai.

In sum they both are a good way to select the president but to select the president by popular votes is more acordable than the other argumenet.    ",2
"Dear Mr. President,

After reading informative essays on the Electoral College, i believe the Electoral College should be retired and change the election to popular vote during the election of our United States' president.

Although the Electoral College was established by the founding fathers in the Constitution (What is the Electoral College?, 1) it can cause something known as the disaster factor. This happened back in 1960 and 2000. John F. Kennedy was almost replaced by the Democratic electors who nearly succeeded opposing him (The Indefensible Electoral College, 3).

Another worry factor of the electoral vote is a tie. This could mean putting the election of the president into the hands of the Senate. This also makes Wyoming, who has one representative, have equal say with a state like California, who has fifty-five represenatives (The Indefensible Electoral College, 12). This allows for the opposite of the will of the people. Isn't that what we want? The will of the people.

The winner-take-all system in every state also makes the electoral college unfair to voters (The Indefensible Electoral College, 13). Putting the decision of our US president in the hands of a few voters in one state while others don't even get to see the candidates is absolutely unjust.

Although, there are a few reasons we should keep the electoral college. With the electoral college there is always a certainty of outcome (In Defense of the Electoral College, 18). This means that a candidate's electoral college votes exceeds popular vote. This cuts out the factor of a lanslide electoral vote in only one state; keeping in line the will of the people.

The Electoral College process of voting during election time is old, outdated, and unfair to our voting population. As a United States citizen, i think we should leave the election of our president up to popular vote; everyone will have a say and it takes out al the complications of electoral votes and representatives and most imporatantly takes the exact decisions of the will of the people.

Thank you for your time and taking my claims into consideration.

Sincerely,

Aimee Iorio            ",3
"SO YOU WANT TO BE A SEAGOING COWBOY

If you're reading this article, I'm guessing you want to be a Seagoing Cowboy. It's an interesting job. It doesn't require any special skills or years and years of experience. You just have to know how to take good care of animals and not get seasick easily. It's not that hard. Read on; I'll show you why.

There are a lot of great reasons to join the program. Here are some. When I was a Seagoing Cowboy,(Yes, I was!) along with helping other countries get back on their feet, I got to see awe-inspiring things, such as the Acropolis in Greece and the Panama Canal on my way to China. Taking care of the animals wasn't that hard. Sure you had to clean the poop-ridden stalls and carry up heavy bags of oats, but the animals made great company. On rides back home, you could relax and play games with the rest of the crew.

Being a Seagoing Cowboy could be dangerous, too. Once, after making my hourly report to the captain, I fell down a slippery ladder and almost went overboard and died! Luckily I got away with only a broken rib and more caution. People in the countries we aided could've been hostile. Seas could've been violent. Storms could've broken our ship to bite-size pieces. Fortunately, none of that happened;most of my trips were safe ones

When I was a Seagoing Cowboy, it opened up the world to me. I saw that the world wasn't all sunshine and rainbows, like the little me thought. The world was full of unfairness and was my job, everybody's job, to help stop it. I stepped up to do my part by joining the Seagoing Cowboys. Do your part. Join the Seagoing Cowboys program today. Make the world a better place, one cow at a time. ",3
"In Source One the story talks about the advanges of redusing car usage in the German areas. It states that cars produse about 12% of greenhouse gas in Europe and about 50% in major car usage areas in the United States. Also, street parking is generally forbidden on the outskirts of Freiburg. Even though Vauban's street are completly ""car-free"", except the main thoroughfare. Car ownership is allowed, but there is only two places to park, in a large garage outside their development where a space costs $40,000, or in their own homes. Because of this, about 70% of families in Vauban don't own car(s). Along with 57% of people that sold their car so they could move to Vauban.

In Source Two, in Paris, everyone who drove a car was fined, in two days about 4000 peopole were fined? That isnt actually a alot for a whole city, which is great news. Paris uses diesel fuel instead of gasoline, and now Paris is blaming that on their air pollution. Paris usually has more smog than any other European capital.

In Source Three, Bogota, Colombia has the Day Without Cars, where only public buses and taxis are allowed to drive in the city, anyone driving a car will be fined $25. the Day Qithout Cras started in the mid-1990s, and since then 118 miles of bicycle paths have been built. Parks and sport areas have also been built, along with more restaurants and shops near streets that used to be heavy with traffic, but now leave room for people to stop and visit.

In Source Four, it states that in the United States, young people driving decreased by 23% between 2001 and 2009. Recent studies show that Americans are buying fewer cars and getting fewer licenses each year.    ",1
"A future with driverless cars can have many mixed feelings. Driverless cars could help solve many issues, but in the same way cause just as many problems. Many companies have been working on driverless cars now for years, but none have a definate answer to a car without any help and opperational needs by humans. Not having a fully driverless car already can represent the struggle, and challenge of creating a driverless car in this era. So i believe that the creation of a driverless car is a waste. They can be dangerous on the streets, cost lots of money, and have no real need in this day and age.

Driverless cars have already been proven to be dangerous on the streets. Companies have not yet come up with the technology for a car that can self-drive; the self-driving cars need a person on the wheel for emegergencies. Also, these cars can brake, steer and move on there own but need the assistance of a human when challenges come in the way. They need special help, and require the driver who is already at the wheel to take over and navigate through work zones and accidents. Having a ""driverless car"" but with a driver in the driver's seat, with his hands already on the wheel, but not driving makes it reduntant. Why waste that effort if a driver is already in the current position to drive.

If companies are putting all this effort into driverless cars, why cant they put the same effort and money into a real world issue? A nice, new car can cost a whole lot of money, and at a low can run upto 25,000 dollars. So a nice, new car that would drive itslef would run upto even much more money than that. We already have nice cars that we can drive oursleves around in, and with no problem at all. We shouldnt be focused on making cars that would make us Americans even lazier by not having to drive them. Companies should instead put this money to helping find the cure for cancer, or fighting against poverty and homelessness in America or other countires. Better things could be done with this money, instead of trying to make Americans even lazier.

A car that can drive itself has no real need in todays age, people drive themsleves fine everyday around the world without a problem. Some might say that having a driverless car is beneficial by having the car drive you somewhere, but then go back home for another family member to use. That isnt a real need, because almost everyone has a car nowadays anyway. Also, you need to have your hands on the sterring wheel while the car drives so its really not an option. What if the car didnt need your hands on the wheel while driving? Well say something harzardous did happen on its way home or a car crash, and the car needed to alert the driver to take over. The driver wouldnt be present, and the car would shut down and not make it to its destination.

Driverless cars are meant to sound fun, while having fun riding in one. Instead, they can infact be a waste of time, all in determination to find a new product for consumers to buy. They can even be a burden to opperate in; adults and young adults learn how to opperate and safely drive a car, but they would need a new curriculum to teach how to opperate a driverless car. They would need to show what to do during your ride in a driverless car versus what not to do. There is even the possiblilty of needing a different license, and test to be able to opperate a driverless car. So why go through all this hassel, and complexity for somwthing new, when we already have a fully functional car now that fullfils our needs.",5
"Millions of people around the world use cars, trucks, or any means of transportation, although some cities have started to limit or even ban their car usage.  This has both made people happy and others were angeres.  Even so limiting car usage is actually beneficial in many ways.

Limiting car usage is a beneficial idea because it benefits with the environent.  Cars have been known for polluting the skies and the very air that we breathe.  As a matter of fact ""12 percent of greenhouse gas emmisions in Europe come from passenger cars"" (source 1).  This means that if this magnitude of greenhouse gases are being emitted by passenger cars alone then the air will be polluted and animals plants and other organisms will die.  Additional evidence supports the fact that car limitation is a beneficial act to society.  According to Source 3 by Andrew Selsky, the people of Bogota Columbia have been satisfied with the limitations of car usage in the city, the article states that ""it's a good way to take away stress and lower air pollution""(source 3).  This means that in the limiting the idea of car usage we can decrease the pollutant that poison may living things around the world.

Another advantage in limiting the amount of car useage is that it lowers traffic.  Many of todays roads are conjested by thousands of people using the road for their own purposes in shrinking the level of  cars being used we can shrink that by a large amount.  This is supporeted by Source 2, written by Robert Duffer, in this article he explains that cars, trucks, ect. are the cause of much conjestion and pollution.  This contributes to why Paris decided to pass a partial driving ban in Paris.  According to this source since the ban car conjestion went down by 60 percent (source 2).  This means that the streets are now safer and clearer in the area.  Other sources state that car bans in Bogota Columbia have lead the residents of that city to find other means of transportation to devoid traffic (source 3).  This means that if cars are limited then traffic will decrease.

A benifactor in limiting car useage isit eliminates stress.  Car infested areas have meant tons of stress.  By limiting the cause of the problem then you eliminate the problem itself.  According to Source 1 people in the outskirts of Germany have become more relaxed in life since cars have been banned.  ""I feel less tence"" one of the people the author interviewed said.  This key evidence means that if cars are limited then people can live a relaxed worry free life.

Car limitations are a beefit to todays society in ways that it can progress human society rather than pull it back with all the problems it causes.  Are cars really what society needs.     ",4
"The Facial Action Coding System could and could not be useful in classrooms. It could be useful because if the student is upset, and the computer recognizes that, then it could bring up something to brighten the students mood. If the student is bored, then the computer can bring up something not so boring. This may not work for everybody though. This may cause the student to be distracted on what is on the screen, rather than do what they are supposed to do.

Say a student is sitting in a classroom on a computer. The student is upset about something that has happened. The computer could bring up something to maybe, hopefully, brighten the students mood. This might put the student in a better mood. If the student is bored, and they don't want to do what they were assigned, the computer can bring up something to bring the student mind off of what they were doing. Or the computer can bring up something to make their work not so boring. If the computer detects the student is confused, then it could bring up something to help the student.

This could be useful but it might not work for everybody. If the computer detects the student is upset, and it brings up somethig to make them happy, it might not work. They might think it is stupid or they don't care. They might think there is nothing that can cheer them up. This might work for little kids, for when they do something on the computer. This may not work for older kids though. Some would think it's stupid. They might stop using the computer if it distracts them.

Kids are easily distracted. Even older kids and adults can be easily distracted. If there were computers in the classroom to do this thing, it will cause the students to become more distracted. If the computer brings up something to make the student happier, the student will be distracted on what just pulled up rather than do their work. If they are in the middle of a test, and the computer brings up a game or something so the student isn't bored, the student would rather sit there and play the game rather than take the test. Then the student would get in trouble because they were playing a game, when they were supposed to take the test.

People may take advantage of it. If the students is told to get on the computer, and do something, and they don't want to do it, they will pretend like they are bored so the computer will bring up a game for them to play. If they are taking a test, they will pretend like they are confused so the computer brings up something to help them, rather than do it themselves.

So there are many ways it could be useful in a classroom. Such as make a student happier, make whatever it is not so boring, or help a student. There are also ways it could not be so useful. Such as when people think it is stupid, or they don't care, or when they stop using the computer because it distracts them too much. Parents and teacher also may not like this idea.        ",4
"Is there a face is on Mars? I would say no, the face on Mars is not an alien artifact. There are shadows that can make it seem like a face ,but shadows can alter thing appearnces. April 5th, 1998, and April 8th 2001 have clearer images that can prove that prove that it is also not alien. Unlike the photos of the Viking 1 in 1976 ,which were older and were less clear. So the Face is not real because of, the later more clearer images prove that it is not, and shadows can alter one's apperance.

First off, the Face on the isn't a face it is a rock on Mars, that had shaows that made it look like face. People and imgaes can come about blurry ,and may looklike something else. Also pixels also can help make things seem like they are not what the they are. Like the picture in April 8th, 2001 pixels made it look clearer. A compasrion can be shared of the 1976 picture to the 2001 picture, ""Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo""(10). There is comparaion toeach photo that was taken and as time went on it got clearer and showed less of a face. Which makes it more of reason it is not an ailean artifact.

Next, on April 5th ,1998 after the 1976 Viking picture of the face on Mars became a hit. NASA wanted to go take another picture ,because people keppsying it was made by aliens,it was difficult though. After NASA had gotten the photo though,it was more clear, which again proves that it is not an alien artifact. Even in the passage it states about it ,""Micheal Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture tne times sharper than the origianl Viking photos""(7). After that it was on the web people realized that it is a land form not a alien structure. So it is a fact that it is not an alien artifact.

Finally, On april 8th ,2001, people still were blieving that alien made the landform. So NASA snapped another picture, in the passage it states ""We had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view""(10). This mean they had gotten a good angle on the Face. And the picture was more clearer again. They had proven to the world that the Face was not alien. It was a landform.

My oppionent might state to me though that we did not see the real deal on screen just with a picture. They could of had edited it to make not alien. That is true but in 2001 they didn't have good editing system unlike we do today. So that image can not be really edited.

In conclusion, the Face is not alien the images of April 8th, 2001 and April 5th, 1998 can prove this. Also there are not editing system theat were really good to photo shop back then, and it had been proven many times by NASA that it is not.   ",4
"Have you been dreaming live in another plane in space? or you even born in there? Some people answers yes, some says no, but surely everyone want to live in the space, to see how beauty the space. And in ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" is a article taking abut the problem between us and liveing in space. Before we know more about our Mother plane-Earth neighbor-Venus had some big problem between us! And let us to find out what is those problem betwen us with the secreat plane-Venus!

For a unknow place, there must have some great dangers with it. So, the temperature and pressure are the great dangr for it. in the Venus, ""temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit"" (3), what is that mean, normaly, when our oven were abut 400 degrees Fahrenheit, we can easly to cook the pizza, beef... many things we need. But in Venus, the 800 degrees Fahrenheit can easly to cook us to well done! Abut the air pressure, the Venus, ""atmspheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our planet"" (3), will, the deeper of our ocean pressure even not close to 90 times greater than our living place, already was a non-life place, so you will be like a water mix with dust to die under Venus air pressure.

The next problem is why we have to studying the Venus? There is not only one neighber for our mother plane, ""Earth, Venus, and Mars, our plaetary neighbor"" (2). So the Venus had such many danger, why we don't study another plane which is Mars were way more nicely to us? But, ""long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life"" (4) just imagine that, and temperatures with the air pressure would be close to our Earth, and with ocean, similar to our earth! If the weather and pressure were normal, that's mean there must had life born in there!

For it all, the Venus had a lot science reasearch can do after study abut it, form the information we know, imagine the Venus had a, ""blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape"" (5), it's already an be some beatiful place in the Earth, and from today's rock pices left in there, we may can find some animals bone inside there, to know if they had life, hw they may lks like, or to see their live ways. And, ""because mst frms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standering standatd forms of photography and videography ineffective"" (6), a lot of things about Venus we're still guesing, we really don't know the more deeper way about it. Just from a few picture and video can't do anything, the value of the Venus are infinite!

The author did really good job of exlaining the fact of Venus right now, it showd us how importance of it with the infinite value of Venus. like author said, ""Our travels on Earth and beyng shuld not be limited by dangers and doubts but shuld be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation"" (8). nothing in world is easy, and everything we did have danger with it. but we can't just limited by the danger, we fight with it, and the sweet fruits after victry is a dreaming plane were waiting us to live!",4
"The photograph was not proof of an alian civilization it was just a land formation that hapens near where the photo was taken. Also conspiricy therist have no solid evidence that the formation is of any alian origen.

So,if the formation was of alian origen nasa would probly not have put the photo out for every one to see, they would want to do more reacerch and get more data on it.

If it was of some alian origen nasa would send a rover to check it out and get more information about it and then make it there top priority to send a maned mishion to mars to colect data and bring back as much as they could of the artifact. Finnaly,thats why it was no alian artifact just a land formation on the face of mars.

Next,conspiricy therist have no proof of the artifact being of alian origen they just asume that the landformation thats sticking out of the ground is alian because it has basic facial featers besides that they have no real evidence.

In conclushion that is why the land formation is nothing other than a land formation and nasa has all the evedence to prove so. And concpericy therist dont have a shred of evedence to prove other wise.",2
"The author suggests that studying venus its going to be dangerous for it's people in the present. Venus has proven it's a challenging place to examine more closely. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on venus in more than three decades. Numerous factors contribute to venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study despite to us.

A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in the venus atmosphere. On the planet's surface it's dangerous because it's temperature average and the temperature is over 800 degrees fahrenheit.The pressure of venus's atmospheric is 90 time's greater than what we experience on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans have encounter on earth such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of the ocean's and would liquefy many other metals. ''Also notable venus has the hottest surface temperature of any other plant in our solar system even though mercury is closer to our sun.

Venus is dangerous for people to even visit or for scientics. ''Beyond high pressure and heat, venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes powerful earthquakes and frequent lighting stirkes to probes seeking to land on it's surface.

Each previous mission was unmanned and for good reason since no spacecraft has survived the landing for more than a few hours.Venus is sometimes right around the corner in the space terms humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world.

If venus is so dangerous. Why is the sister planet so inhospitable, why are scientists even discussing further visits to it's surface. Astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have been the most earth like planet in our solar system. Long ago venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could of have supported various forms of life just like earth. Venus today has some features that are analogous to those on the earths.

The author suggests that venus is dangerous. people have not lasted landing on venus because it's temperature because it's so hot. How ever peering at venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground because its tempearture on venus. Striving to meet the challenge presented by venus has value not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself but also because human curiosity will likely lead them into man equally intimidating endeavors.                               ",3
"Many people have been asking themselves the same question, ""Should the electoral college stay or go?"". Having the electoral college is not a fair way of choosing for presidency. People want to vote for a president, not a slate of electors to have them vote for the president. Some people worry about the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. Changing the way we Americans vote is a fair way for citizens to see that their vote truelly does count.

The electoral college is unfair to voters. Accoriding to

Source 2 , ""Having the winner-take-all system in each state, canidadtes don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winnning, focus only in the ""swing"" states."" Seventeen states didn't see the canidadtes at all during the 2000 campaign and some of the largest media companies didn't get to see ads for the campaign. That was a way for people to change their mind if maybe the canidadte did visit their state. Citizens in their state shouldn't be voting for someone else to go vote for president. People are into the idea of choosing the right leader for our country, so having the popular vote shows what people think on the canidadtes.

People do worry about the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. If this does happen we know that the House of Representatives will take charge, where state delegations vote on the president. Since having the electoral college, each state shows only one vote, so for example, 500,000 voters represent a state and then having 55 representatives from another state, who then represents 35 million voters is not a fair of choosing a president. And the House's selection can hardly be expected to represent the will of the people. Bradford Plumer states in

Source 2 , thagt the election is only a few swing voters away from catastrophe.

So maybe changing to popular vote instead of having electoral college is a good and easier thing.                                ",3
"I am against this article ! Imagine a place where there are a lot of obese, lazy etc people in the world this would not help us in either way . By having cars that run for them selves would make people lazier then they already are today! I feel like we should keep the traditional way as of today , yes there are accidents but when a car runs for its self you dont know what can occur. People could be sleeping while they're car is moving and wake up the next day in heaven. But, there are advantages too this like you could drink alchool and be alright for those who drink, you can call or text while the car is moving etc ! Therefore, it can be safe if its approved and it could be dangerous because ther ewould be car owners that would have the old fashioned cars of today and crash into these new move by them self auto mobiles. As it mentioned in paragraph 2 "" They still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues"" what if your asleep when this happens! What can you do is my question?",2
"There are good benefits and bad benefits of not having a car. With your legs being your transportation to get around the city, allows you to get a new experience of getting around. But it can also be pretty nerve wrecking knowing you have to walk everywhere you want to go. But the more walking you do, the less money your spending. Having no worries about paying for gas, car notes, tickets, etc.

Another good thing about not having a car is staying in shape. Walking around to get to where you need to go would get you more than plenty excerise. Nothing like having a nice healthy body, burning calories, and even pounds. Having nice strong and healthy heart and burning off the fat that you put on by doing nothing and being physically active by walking.

Less accidents, car jams, traffic problems, and even car polution. What parent doesn't want a cleaner air for there children to breathe? Less cars can somehow lead to an safer enviornment. Less car accidents dealing with people texting and driving, which could lead to less possiblities of death maybe.

No one wants to walk everywhere their trying to go, nothing wrong with going for a nice bike ride there. Limiting car usage can maybe differ the world, cause less problems, less worries, and the best of all. . . SAVE MORE MONEY!    ",3
"There are so many advantages of limiting car usage. Millions of people use cars on a day to day basis, but if we were all to limit car usage then a lot of things would be different and better in most cases. In German Suburb, hardly anyone uses vehicles. In Paris, they banned driving due to it causing smog. They even have a car-free day in Bogota, which is a surprisingly becoming a big hit. People everywhere are trying to end the car culture.

It would stop twelve percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, and around fifty percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States. In Germany, seventy percent of Vauban`s families do not own any cars, and fifty-seven percent sold a car to move there. A lady named Heidrun Walter said, "" When i had a car i was always tense. I`m much happier this way."" People find it less stressful and better to the Earth by limiting the usage of cars.

Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. On cold nights and warmer days it causes the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions. Congestion was down sixty percent in the capital of France, after five days of the intensifying smog. If everyone were to limit car usage, none of this would occur again. The air and our environment would be better for us to be in.

Colombians had a free-day of no cars, they hiked, biked, skated or took busses to work or wherever they needed to go during that day. Due to this, traffic dramatically dropped and new resturants and upscale shopping districts have copped up. This day is a really big hit in Columbia because how much it benefitted from this.

There are so many advantages from limiting the usage of cars. Its greatly effected Germany, Europe, France, Paris, Columbia and other places. It would stop some of the greenhouse gas emissions, the smog causing bad air surrounding us, drop traffic, and build stores a lot closer by. These are just some advantages on stopping the usage of vehichles world wide.            ",3
"Against the developing of driverless cars. Driverless cars will we a dangerous hazard, they require a lot of sensors, a ready driver, specific conditions and waiting on the law.

Driveless cars require a lot of sensors without any sensors the cars would not be able to go forward, backwards, applying breaks, reducing power from the engine or drive themselves because the sensors are what keeps them from crashing into other vehicles.

Driverless cars need a read driver at a times. The vehicle can handle driving functions at speed up to 25 miles per hour, but require a driver to keep a hold of the steering wheel. These cars will give you signal telling you it is time to take over the steering wheel becasue the road conditions, construction site or an accident is happening or occured ahead.

When the car is driving itself it needs to have specific road or navigation conditions. If there has been an accident, a construction site or traffic the car might signal you to take over the wheel and let you drive instead because it can't drive itself through these conditions. This mean that the driver has to be alert and ready to take over when the situation requires.

There are traffics laws stating that only a safe car has a human driver in control at all times. And as a result, in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars. So far California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia have led the country in allowing limited use of semi-autonomous cars.

Driveless cars will be a dangerous hazard because they require a lot of sensors, a ready driver, and specific conditions in order to run properly. ",3
"Have you ever been confused on how the president is elected from two huendred and sevendy votes when you see more than a that many poeple a day.  Well I'm not because I can't vote, but I do think that the Electoral College should stay in action.  People may not like the Electoral College because it isn't there vote that really dessideds the winner of the eletion.  I am in favor for the Electoral College because it does help us out even if we don't always see it.

The Electoral College helps us by avioding run-off elctions, where the votes are too close to desside a clear winner. It does this by in most states the majority of the popular votes dessides where all the votes go.  ""That pressure, which would greatly complicate the presidential election process, is reduced by the Electoral College, which invariably produces a clear winner.""(Posner)  In the 2012 election the populor vote in Florida was very close and if the president was dessided form the popular vote Floride would have had little effect on the eletion, but since the Electoral College dessides the winner, Obama had tweinty nine more votes to his campaign.  ""Most states have a winner-take-all system that awards all the winning presidental candidate.""(the Office of the Federal Register)

Some people may thing that the Electoral College sould be done away with so that the president can be dessided by popular votes.  If this were to happen then there would be the chance to have run-off elections, since there would be no clear winner if the votes were very close.  There would be the complete unbalance from state to state, Rhode Island would have little to no effect on the election, where as with the Electoral College it could be the state to choose the winner.

The Electoral College keeps it so that each state has a bigger impact on the election and saves us from run-off elections from a close number of votes.  If we didn't have the Electoral College in place then history would be different for better or for worse, but I think that the Electoral College should be here to stay.    ",3
"I think the use of technology to read the emotional expressions of the students in a classroom isn't valuable. I say it isn't valuable because like it says in paragraph 5 that the computer tells what kind of mood you're in. That's kind of weird dont you think? I dont know maybe its just me. I just believe that people should get the chose to tell you how they feel on their own IF they would like you to know how they feel. Paragraph 6 it states that the computer can recognize If a student is becoming confused or bored with the activity that he or she is doing, I think that's popping someones bubble honestly. The FACS can be cool at certain part in life, but only If the person that you are using it on would like you to know their mood. In paragraph 3 it says that the Facial Action Coding System has six basic emotions. Those emotions are happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. If I found out that the computer was reading what my emotions were I'd be a little feared, suprised, and the emotion that they dont have... weird. I'd be weirded out a little when they told me that a computer would be telling me how I feel. I dont know about you guys but I personally like to keep to myself. I dont like to be the center of attention or wanting anyone thinking that I need attention. This is why I believe that the Facial Action Coding System is NOT a good idea to have to express how children in a classroom feels.                                         ",3
"I am against driverless cars being made. I think it will be too dangerous. It's cool that they are being made, but it will not end well. There are too many things to worry about with them. I think it's a bad thing because there are dangerous drivers out there, there are many road hazards, and weather conditions can make it even more dangerous.

Some drivers are already making the roads more hazardous. They do things like speed, illegal turns, and do not use blinkers. With a human driver behind the wheel, if they see this they will most likely avoid the person the best they can, but what will a driverless car do. It might not be able to detect them so if it makes a turn, not knowing about the wreckless driver, it can cause an accident. The car can follow the rules of the road, but without human instincts, it's just waiting to get hit. This can very bad and effect a lot of people's thought about purchasing one of these vehicles.

It says in paragraph 7 that the driver must be ready to drive, just in case the car approaches a work zone, but what about small hazards. While the feature alerts them about work zones, it doesn't say anything about alerting the driver about a pot hole or dangerous material in the road. If it's driving in a small city, there could be some kind of hazard that needs a human to know how to avoid it. How would the car know to alert them if it hasn't seen anything like it before? It can alert for simple things, but for things like pot holes, it's better just to have someone behind the wheel instead of risking falling into the hole because the car didn't alert you to take over.

Driving in bad weather can still be a problem. In paragraph 5, it states how it could react better than a human, stopping individual wheels and making it a lot less likely to skid out, but its not fullproof. What if the car was to be damaged in a incident of bad weather? It may be able to stop from out-of-control skids, but would snowfalls affect sensors? If there was enough snow on the ground, it could potentially affect the wheels, and sensors around the car by covering them. In the event of a hailstorm, they could get damged if the storm was bad enough to where hail was the size of softballs, which seems unlikely, but stills remains a possibility. Flash floods could also be dangerous if the car isn't programmed to know where the areas of flooding is possible at. There may be a solution to all these scenarios, but I doubt any one of them is perfect, due to the variety of storms and snowfalls there can be. In bad weather, it would be a lot more safe if the driver just drove instead.

In all cases, it would just be better to drive yourself. Your instincts will get you out of possibly fatal prediciments. You can avoid things like pot holes than can tear up a car. Your knowledge of the weather is most likely more than the car's knowledge. You can depend on a robot to do certain things for you, but I don't think driving should be one of them. We technically are in risk everyday we drive, but it's our choices that gets us through the day. I wouldn't put my life in a driverless car's hands. Just drive yourself, and it can be way more safe.",4
"Can you tell if someone is happy or sad? Using technology to read students facial expressions can help out in so many different ways. A classroom computer can read a students facial expressions, they use facial imagery, humans perform the same calculations every day. These are the things that makes the Facial Action Coding System useful.

A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming bored or is happy or sad. If you smile when an ad pops up on your screen another similar ad might appear but, if an ad pops up and you frown then it won't have the same ad come up again. Because of this the students would be happier and cheerful. If a student was sad or bored when working on a lesson then it would change the lesson and make it more fun and then it would be more effective. This would make the children learn more and not dread being at school.

Using video imagery to recognize the facial emotion. This weights the different units of the face so that the software can identify mixed emotions. Because of this they can tell all of the different things the painting was feeling. Every expression is compared against a face that shows no emotion at all. This is so that they can know what to look for in the face and see the differences between a neutral face and a face with mixed emotions.

Humans perform the same calculations every day. Humans can tell if someone is sad or worried etc. by their facial expressions. Because of this we know peoples feelings sometimes. We would have trouble describing exactly what they were feeling just by looking at their face but, thats what the Facial Action Coding System does. This is saying that people can't tell exactly what other people are feeling just by their faces so that what the Facial System does.

The Facial Action Coding system does so many great things that would help schools and society. It helps with schooling because it could make it more fun, they use video imagery which helps recognize the facial emotion, and humans perform this act every day but, the Facial System helps with expressing the emotion. These all help the world in so many ways.       ",3
"The author supports this idea by giving information how its different from today then on the 1940s. The author is telling the reader on ""paragrahp 7"" to imagine a cell phone or tablet to acid or heat capable of melting tin.

Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size with the the author wants to say every planet has is own neighbor but they got thier sapce. The author wants to inform the planet Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system even thought Mercury is closer to our sun. The author claim is why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface even when Venus still has some features that are analogous to those Earth. NASA has one particularly compelling idea for sending humas to studt Venus.

The author is saying on paragraph 8; 'Striving to meet the challenge presented by venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also only because of the human curiosity'. The travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovaton.   ",1
"The advantages of limiting car usage would be less pollution, less traffic, and less money involved. For example, in the German suburbs, large garages that are at the end of development where a car-owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home. So cut down cost on that Germany people have given up their cars.

Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district on the outskirts of Freiburg, near the French and Swiss borders. That doesn't mean that car ownership is not aloud but there is only two places to park, large garages and homes. This cuts down on money costs for Germany by a long shot because with no cars then people don't have to spend money on gas, and Germany's streets will be safe without the cars messing up the roades and less car accidents will occur. Although citics may say that it will be difficult for people to get around, it stands that people are just happier this way. For example, Heidrum Walter is a media trainer and a mother of two says, ""when I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way.""

In Paris, they enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city, after days of near-record pollution. Motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). Same for the odd-numbered plates the following day. Almost 4,000 drivers were fined. Which is an effective way to lessen pollution in Paris since it is so polluted in the first place. They also said it was easier to imagine than a car-free Champs-Elysees. Doing this got them great results as well, congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France after five days of intensifying smog, which is rivaled by Beijing, China for being known as one fo the most polluted cities in the world. The smog was cleared enough on Monday for the ruling French party to recind the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday.

In Bogota, Colombia millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day. Which left the Colombian streets devoid of traffic jams. Traffic jams are pretty annoying and no one wants to go through them so making up a day like this is extremely good for the environment and for your phyci as well. If people would violate this day they would get charged $25 fines. Carlos Arturo Plaza, a businessman said, ""It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,"" so doing this day it would make people more relaxed and happy but also be good to the enviroment just like in Germany.

In the end of the day, it is important to know that all of these things these countries are doing are for the good of the world. It is good that it is more of a mandatory participation then a optional objective so that people won't take global warming seriously even though it is.    ",4
"Driverless cars can be a tremendous change to how our society functions.

I am for driverless cars in our future.

Driverless cars have so much potential and can be a key to saving and helping many lives.

Driverless cars will not be a fad that will fade out, but instead be a staple of society.

First, driverless cars have a lot of potential in our society today.

Everyday there are constantly people working on how to improve technology in our society, which in turn can be used to further improve driverless cars.

I personally do not think that they will be taxis, but instead still be used for personal trasnportation.

There should be someway, however, that you can switch between driving and having a driverless car, much like autopilot on a plane.

Second, driverless cars can save many mortorist lives.

Every day, many people die from fatal car crashes.

Since the invention of anti-lock brakes and other inventions, the numbers have reduced but are still high.

With driverless cars, people can be safe from disctrations that would normally distract somebody while driving, like a cellphone.

The person would now be free to do what they would like.

Driverless cars could also help reduce the numbers of drunk driving accidents or falling asleep at the wheel.

Instead of swerving and being an inconsistant driver, the car would safely guide the person home or to their destination.

Third, driverless cars can be a key to helping many peoples lives.

It could be a key to help people with disabilities get to different places to get their medicine or recieve help.

This would be a burdon lifted off of the caretaker's thoughts.

The driverless cars would also be there to provide a great way for people that need assitance get reliable assistance.

The cars would be there to provide a reliable source of transportation to those who would have to wait and form their schedule based on someone else's schedule.

Lastly, driverless cars will not be a fad in our society, but be a staple and guideline in our society.

Driverless cars can help lower the rate of accidents and possibly elimante them.

They also have the possibilty of changing a person with disabilities life.

Both of these reasons are why we should have driverless cars.

They can help change the way and the world that we live in for the better.            ",3
"If you could have a driverless car would you take the chance? Driverless cars should not be developed. I think this because of the cars not actually being driverless, companies not knowing how to make it enticing, and laws preventing it. If you saw a driverless car on the road, would you feel safe? Would you know if the human inside is or isn't driving?

Driverless cars aren't actually driverless. While they can do many raod behaviors without the help of a driver, they actually are not driverless. When they encounter something such as a traffic jam, or the ever so challenging driveway, they must alert the driver to take over. It even states in the paragraph that, ""Google cars aren't truly driverless."" This is argued however, as it does state in the passage that advancements are being made. These advancements are predicted to creat a real driverless car by 2020. This can also be a problem however, as many companies claiming to have made these cars are wanting to release them before this time, showing that this prediction doesn't matter to them. They could care less if the car is actually driverless, they just want money. If you encountered a driverless car while driving, would you trust that that car is safe?

Manufacturers don't know how to make this technology enticing. After all, what fun is there in being in a driverless car. Many people nowadays have their cars for the purpose of driving them, not riding. They enjoy driving, and get the biggest, fastest, or toughest car they can. This is from a love of cars. Introducing driverless cars would ruin this love and passion for cars. You wouldn't see anymore interesting races, as they would be driven by cars that were automated, and already knew which car would win, they just were running a program to make it interesting. This can be argued, however, as supporters of this say that cars that need drivers would never be removed, and races will stay the same as it always has been. They allso can argue, from the passage, that,""Some manufacturers hope to do that (make driverless cars fun) by bringing in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays."" When you think of a driverless car, do you think of a powerful engine roaring to life, a slick racecar speeding down a track, or do you just see something like an electric car, small motor, and not exciting?

Laws prevent these cars from even being researched. The passage even states that,""in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars."" manufacturers only hope is that they, ""believe that more states (other thatn California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Colombia) will follow (allowing cars to be tested) as soon as the cars are proved more reliably safe. However, even if this doesn't happen, there is another problem. The passage states, ""even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident."" This shows that the legal and manufacturing worlds are completely unprepared for driverless cars. If you were to want to buy a driverless car, how much would you think about the laws covering it? Would they be in your favor if anything happens, or would they be complicated enough that the manufacturer themselves can just blow you off?

Driverless cars should not be developed. I believe this because, the cars aren't actually driverless, the manufacturers don't know how to make them enticing, and laws prevent them from even happening. When you really think about driverless cars and their existance, doesn't it seem like common sense to not have have something that can cause such troubles for our world?       ",5
"I think that a computee can ""read"" our face. IF we can make rockets reusable, make fully eletric cars we can make a comuter programe that can say if you are happy in a picture or not.

I think that humans can really do anything if they have the right mindset. If they want do achive something bad enough the will try and fail and keep trying until they get it right. If Dr. Huang really wants tpo make a frograme that can measure happieness and saddness i think he can it might take a while but it will be done by him. If he does improve it we can tell how people are feeling by a picture and if they need help or to be cheered up in a bad time.

The ad thing can be used for a bunch of different ways such as studies we can see how a person reactes to a certain picture by their facial exprestions. If 49 out of 60 people react the same what you have youi smnall scale statistics. Class projects could go into the science about how to make some feel a certain way. Class projects won't have to be just stand in front of class and talk you can make them interactive and fun by getting others involved.

Since we as humans can do this everyday with other people knowing is they are sad or not what makes you think that we can't programne a comuter to do it for people that are far away. we as humans have automated so much of our daily lives such as little things like making coffee or bigger things like robots that make cars. I think if we can do all that we can make a face ""reader""

Thats all I really got on this topic bye bye. ",2
"IF i really had a saying to this, i would ask my self the same thing ""does the electoral college work""? For now all i could say that the only good thing electoral college is good for is for ,messing things all up. the college electoral compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. Too me what's even wrong is that according to a gallup poll in 2000,taken shorly after AlGORE,thanks to the quirks of the electoral college,won the popular vote but lost the presidency,over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. The electoral college is really bad we dont need it no more it's time to take it down, they been lieing to us. Under the electoral college system,voters vots not for the president ,but for a slte of electors,who in turn elect the president. the fact that they even did that how can they get a popular vote for Kennedy would not have actually gone to kennedy. Faithless electors have occasionally refused to a vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please. thats why i think its time for the electoral college to go and never come back because they dont care what we (the poeple) have to say then we dont need to hear what they have to say.      ",2
"The United States has ways of being civilaized, and thats by electing leaders. Those leaders that take role of the responsiblitiy are President. Presidents need candidates to vote for them. The only way the President will get elected is by the Electoral College or by popular vote. Although both ways are effective, only one way is the best. The U.S should stick with the Electoral College because its a game changer and trust worthy.

To start off the Electoral College is a game changer for Election Day. In the article "" In Defenese of the Electoral College"" the author states a good claim. Richard states "" the reason is that the winning candidate's share of the Electoral College invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote"". From this quote Richard points out the even when a candidate has a good amount of  popular vote it all comes down to the Electoral College. The reason is the Electoral College is part of the candidate's team, whether its Democrat or Republican. In the article from Richard he gave an example, "" Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney"". In this peice of information Richard clearly states on how the Electoral College is stronger then the popular votes. Now in the article ""the indfensible Electoral College"" which was written by Bradford has a different claim. Bradford states "" because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning"". From this Bradford wants to express that the Electoral College is not fair to voters, and that it has cheesy methods. But even thought Bradfort disagrees with the method, Bradfort still stated the obvious. In the article Plumer states "" taken shortly after Al Gore-thanks to the quirks of the electoral college-won the popular vote but lost the presidency"". Although Plumer disagree with the electoral college, Bradford still notices on how the electoral college makes a huge difference. Basically the Electoral College is just a big game chnager on Election Day.

Futhermore the Electoral College is just a trust worthy method to use. Also it was like the first method to be used. In the first source ""What is the Electoral College"", the author gives some great information. The office states "" the electors are generally chosen by the candidate's political party, but state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their resposibilities are"". In this statement the Office is stating on how whichever party a person might be in, the electoral college will come through. The reason is because each state has an Electoral college and those states are in differnet parties. If the state that a person might live in is Democrat then the electoral college will go for that party, and same thing for the Republican party. From the other side of Bradford again wants a comeback. In his article Bradford states ""in the same vein, faithless electors have occasionally refuesd to vote for their party's candidate"". Now no one would know if this is true but the electors might have their reasons. But Richard A. Posner comes back and states ""no region has enough electoral votes to elect a president. In this quote its supports the fact that the electors do choose who they please. Plus this makes it fair because candidates wont be getting votes all over the places. Also the electoral college will be trust wirthy because the college follows the majority of the people's vote, and then makes a vaild decision. So the electoral college just gives people want they want from trust.

All in all the Electoral College is just the better method of voting. The Electoral College will give what the people want. Also the electoral college  represents the states votes. The reason is because electoral colleges are game changers and a trust worthy method. Certainly it wll be easier to choose a president and break ties.    ",5
"many of peolpe own and drive cars, everyday. For some people having a car is very impotant to their lifestyle. when buying a car peopl tell you that having aa car is great , but do they tell you the other effects it can have on your physically. having a car not only affects your daily life but allso affects your environment.

have you ever heard of the greenhouse affect, global warming and air pollution? the abundant usage of cars have a large affect on those vital things in our environment . In cities like paris , because of the air pollution caused by cars, there is very dense smog ( source2 ). Air pollution is very important because the toxins in burnig fuel can be harmful to the healthof citizens. smog is not only a problem in paris , but all over the world . places like paris and Bogato have created things like car day , to discourage th e use of cars, because of that the air polluston on these places have reduced dramatically .(source 2 and 3). due to the efforts to reduce car usage , the smog and othe pollutions clearded up uthe air which showed that not using your car for one day can be tramindasly helpful to your environment.

In the United states the automoblie industry is huge, and having a car is one of the things that many citizens hold dear to their daily life. recently things have started to chang in the U.S .  government is starting to realize the affects of having millons of cars in our country is gaving on our environment(source 4 ). since the expansion od suburbs th                       ",2
"Technology that reads emotional expressions ? I think that is a great idea, it would help students learn so much more. It would also keep them involved and paying attention. Having the computers detect emotions could help in the long run.

If the computer could tell if the student was bored or uninterested it could change the lesson and make it an activty less boring. Maybe not even less boring but more interactive with the students. An activity that the student will actually want to participate in. The activity could still have all the material the student needs to learn but in a form that makes him want to learn it.

If a student became confused the computer would be able to recognize that , it could come up with ways to help or it could send an email or something to the techer to inform them your confused. Some kids are to shy to ask their teacher for help so they just sit there daydreaming because they don´t get it. Most times they fail that subject because they never got the help they needed to understand the lesson or subject.

In paragraph 6 Dr. Huang stated that most human comunication is nonverbal, so their facial expresstions are going to tell you how they feel about something or give an idea about what they want to say about something. so if a student likes something the computer can detect that which could then help teacher pick lessons that he or she knows the students like beacuse the computer showed it. It would make lesson planning less of a pain for teachers.

Having technology be able to detect our emotions would help in the classroom , not only for the students but for the teachers too. Students will become more involded and interested in the lessons they have to do. Teachers won´t have to struggle to find lessons that will get everyone to learn the material while having fun. More kids will pass their classes. All of these postitve things coming from the computers being able to tell how someone is feelings, i think its an idea that is going to work.         ",3
"The concept of aliens is a topic that some of us believe and some of us do not. Whether it has to do with how aliens may have affected how Earth was created or that there are other living organisms on planets other than Earth. Most scientists have used reasonable research to discover that aliens are not real, but yet there are still some scientists that believe they are in fact real. Based on the photos taken of the Face, aliens did not create this structure, it is simply just a natural landform.

In 1976, NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft visited Mars and discovered the Face while snatching photos for landing areas for the Viking 2 ship. It looked as though it was the shape of a head, which is why it is known as the Face. This formation was gigantic, measuring almost two miles across. Something so giant couldn't have been formed from aliens, especially if it resembles a head, symbolizing that it may be an imprint of an actual alien. As they studied the photos of the Face, they began to realize how similar its features were to those of a human's face, or this case, what could be an alien. These facial features were then recognized to be just shadows, which adds to the fact that the imprint of a human, or alien face, could not have been formed. A formation this large cannot resemble that of a human, nethertheless an alien.

For twenty-five years, ""The Face of Mars"" was a famous attraction, attracting many people to be interested and cause an even broader range of thoughts about how this landform was created. As more people become engaged in this unusual formation, NASA continued to snap photos of the Face to uncover more information about what it really was and how it was really created. Later on, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team took one more picture that had ten times the resolution that the orginal Viking images had. When this picture was viewed by many on a web site, it then revealed that it was, indeed, a natural landform and there was no evidence of aliens, as many people thought. Information from the several images that were taken establish that this structure is a natural landform, and not a creation from aliens.

Even though images proved that the Face was a natural landform and not something created by aliens, there still remained people who didn't believe this concept. At the time the most recent photo was taken, it was winter on the planet, and the Face on Mars was located in an area that consisted of a cloudy region. Those who still believed that aliens created the Face also believed that this area of clouds could have affected the picture that was taken during that time. The scientists claimed that it isn't an easy task to find the Face and capture a decent picture of it when possible, but still yearned to capture another shot to prove that aliens had not created it. So, on a summer day that consisted of no clouds, the team captured another photo with the maximum resolution. Because of the outstanding resoluation of the photo, it then again proved that it was simply anatural landform and that aliens did not play a part in it's creation.

Throughout the journey of discovering whether this creation was formed by aliens or that it was a natural landform the scientists and photos taken proved that there were no aliens. Although somemay still believe that there were aliens, these photos demonstrate real evidence that there was not. Like the scientists said, it was very similar to a landform on Earth, that is created naturally. Because of this discovery of the Face, scientists have been given the chance to explore the realmsof creations on other planets and prove that they cannot be formed by aliens, but simply by the natural occurences that take place on that planet.                ",6
"Are the development of cars advancing? Yes. Is it in a good or a bad way? Who knows? I am against the advanced cars. Technology is getting better and better as the years go on but there will always be minor problems and if not solved may lead to some major problems. As a society in a whole we already have a lot of problems to deal with. Adding on some more will not benefit us in any way, shape, or form.

The first reason why I am against it is because of the safety issues. They are not one hundred percent life proof nor is any car in America. Regular car accidents happen everyday some leading to death or serious long time injuries. Do we want to up the numbers on those? No, of course not nobody does. So why make ""smarter"" cars if they can't save us from dying? Where's the help in that? There is none.

Another reason I am against the development is because of issues it may bring. Driverless cars are useless. Every kid grows up wants to get their permit, some take the drivers ed classes, some don't, many kids are just studying on their own, then after that you take the test right? The permit test and if you pass that your just one step away from the DRIVERS test. The one you have to pass to get your license. The test that tells yourself wether you can drive safe enough and be on the road with other people driving also. These tests are to help and teach people how to drive. So if the cars are driving us, what are we learning? Nothing. Where's the help in that? Once again, there is none.

My last reason I am against this subject is the trust we put into the development. Automakers are so sure that the cars will be working, no problems by 2020. But how do the drivers know that? How will the drivers know what their doing if they don't even know how the car was built? Or if the car just has a malfunction and something goes terribly wrong and puts other drivers in danger. Drivers need to know what their dealing with before the try to deal with it. Thats like walking blind. You have know idea what your doing. Drivers cannot just trust that these cars are built and working perfectly. One problem can lead to another and another one and another one and so on. Where's the help in that? I repeat, there is none.

In conclusion, drivers are not seeing the full picture. Their just happy they no longer have to steer the wheel any longer. It needs to be understood that the advancements or developments are never one hundred percent pure. It sounds like a good thing but this is just another way to get people to stop doing things, stop thinking for themselves, letting someone or even something take control even if it deals with handling their own life. Last but not least, wheres the help in that? For the last time, there is none.",4
"This is why you should join the seagoing cowboys,you get to travel over seas like the atlantic ocean, its also a great way to travel to new contries and see how they live and see there needs to,its also a great way to get out a see the world you get to see cool stuff and experince cool stuff to it said in the story that by the time luck was 18 he had traveld more then anyother seagoing cowboy thats really cool.

Hes still young and hes traveld alot being a seagoing cowboy is awsome and if you try it you will probably love it beacuse for luck being a sea cowboy was much more than an adventure it opened up a whole new world for him he said im grateful for the oppertunitys i have had it made me more awar of the contries and people all around me and those peoples awarness stayed with him leading his family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years.

If you become a seagoing cowboy can sometimes lead to bad things like when luck slide on the ship and almost fell of the boat but then was caught by a rope that caught his fall so he was happy to still be alive and happy that he didnt go in to the atlantic ocean and when your on board its sometimes really fun especially on return trips when the animals got unloaded the cowboys play baseball and volley ball games in the empty place that the animals ounce were tabel tenniss,fencing,boxing,reading,whittling and games helped pass the time when the animals were gone.

So that is why i think that you should sighn up to be a seagoing cowboy becuse its fun and u get to see things you might never get a chance to ever see again and you get to see animals and play games and have fun hope you join.",3
"Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because it's an earth-like planet. There are many reasons why visiting Venus can be dangerous but there are also good reasons why NASA should visit that planet. ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus bevause it may well once have been most like Earth-like planet in our solar system"" according to The Challenge of Exploring Venus.

One of the reasons that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers is because it has similar features like earth such as valleys, mountains, craters and has a surface of rocky sediment. If people from NASA would like to study Venus, they would be able to got there because it allows them to float above the fray. Venus also has air pressure that will be close to the sea level on earth. In the text it says ""Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans."" This piece of evidence shows that people can travel to Venus, there might not be many good conditions but it will be survivable for humans.

Some people may think that traveling may be really dangerous. Despite to the injuries it might cause people. Temperatures get really hot over there. Over there the temperatute gets at around 170 degrees fahrenheit. In the text it says "" At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would be toasty at around 170 degrees fahrenheit..."" this evidence shows that it gets hot but it's not much of a danger since the air pressure would be at about sea level. Another reason why people might think it would be dangerous is because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere. Researchers cannot take samples of anything from a distance. If they do want to do it, they would need to understand the risks of wanting to do that.

In conclusion, visiting and studying venus it worth doing it due to the many features it compares with earth but we also have to understand that there are many risks and dangerous to doing that. Visiting Venus would be great for NASA people that want to learn about that planet despite everything.    ",4
"The author of ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" suggests that Venus is a pursuit worth while to the dangers the planet enviorment presents, and he is right. Venus is known as the Earth's ""twin"" Because of how simliar it is to our planet. The reason why Venus is called Earth's twin is because astronomers are mostly fascinated because as stated in paragraph four, ""once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system."" The author continues on paragraph four on how

Venus was mostly ""covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth."" Which hints in where the author is going with this. In paragraph five the author goes on how NASA (The National Aeronautics and Space Administration.) Has a ""compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus."" By sending a bimp-like vechicle hovering ""30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape.""

Letting scientists float above the fray and hostile conditions. But even a vechicle hovering above the atmosphere would not be enough because nothing can penetrate the brightness of the light making videography and photography ""ineffective."" Also scientists can't just take rock samples they would need to get up close. The author then goes on that rather see them as huge risks we should ""think of them as challenges."" While that the author continues on in paragraph seven that NASA has been working on numerous other approaches that affective for the studying of Venus. They've been testing electroinics made out ""silicon carbide"" Have been tested many times in a chamber simulating ""The chaos of Venus' surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions."" Later NASA tested on more older technology dating way back. They are called ""mechanical computers."" and were used during the 1800s and during World War ll. The difference is that this old technology doesn't require eletronics at all. It is mostly geared up by levers and gears. The author goes on in pargraph seven on how modern computers need to be more ""delicate"" when it comes to very extreme weather. The author then goes on and compares how the modern technology wouldn't be able to uphold the phyiscal challenges compared to the mechanical parts which are more effective and more resitant to the heat,pressure, and numberous other forces. By the end, human curiositly would most likely beat the challenges Venus' atomsphere, and many others. Dangers shouldn't limit the imagination many scientists try to make a reality.",2
"Many years ago NASA'S Viking 1 spacecraft was circling around Mars, trying to get any photos of possible landing sites for it's sister ship known as Viking 2. As the spacecraft was taking these photos, they spotted a cohesive head. At first the scientists thought that it was probably just another Martian mesa, but the thing about this one was that it had very unusual shadows that made it look like and Egyptian Pharaoh.

Days later NASA let the picture out for the world to see. The picture went viral within days. This had become one of the most famous talked about things in the world. It appeared in books, magazines, radio talks, shows, etc.

There were very few scientists who believed the Face could've been an alien artifact, but photographing Cydonia became a major priority for NASA. On April 5, 1998, Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the very first time. At this time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team captured a picture of the Face that was very sharp and you could tell what it was.

On April 5, 1998 many excited and anxious web surfers were waiting for the image to show up somewhere. The image did pop up but it wasn't what the web surfers were expecting. Most people were dissapointed when they found out that the picture of the face they had been waiting for, turned out to be just a natural land form.

What I have stated proves that the Face is a natural land form. It may have looked like a face in the blurred picture, but we now know that it was just a landform. ",2
"A car free world?! That sounds splended! Over seventy percent of Vauban's families in Germany do not own cars, and almost fifty-seven percent sold their car to move there due to the fact that they are almost ninety percent car free. There are so many advantages on limiting your car usage.

Think of it like this, you walk outside your front door and see hundreds of big bulky cars and trucks flying by giving off greenhouse gas emissions from their tailpipes, which is not good for you at all. Is that what you want to see every morning? Or do you want to swing up that front door, smell those roses, and see all your neighbors hopping on their bikes about to ride off to work.

There are so many benefits of limiting car usage but a main one is the health of the people. How many times a day do you see an overweight person struggling to get in or out of their car? Here in America it has become a casual sight. Now picture this, you see that same person getting on a bike and driving to and from work. How long do you think it is going to take until they start to loose weight and start to feel healthier, inside and out.

Some ignorant people say that the car industry is boosting, but I agree with those intelligent people who are seeing that the industry has been slowly declining. You see more people taking taxis, carpooling, or texting their friends to pick them up. ""Different things are converging which suggest that we are witnessing a long-term cultural shift."" -Mimi Sheller, an extremely smart professor at Drexel University. She is refering to the decline in car buying and the amount of people getting their licenses. Did you know that their has been a large drop in the percentage of 16 to 40 year olds getting a license, while the older people are likely to retain their licenses as they age. According to a study found last year, young people driving has decreased twenty-three percent between two-thousand one and two-thousand nine.

Do the smart thing, get a bike and ditch the gas guzzling, greenhouse gas emissioning, car of yours today!            ",3
"Cars have been noted to be a big contributor to being a big problem to the enviroment. They are also known from stealing money from other means of transportation. Since people can just use a car people neglect the other means of transportation such as taking a bus and things of that nature. The advantages of limiting car usage is that it is betters the enviroment. It also economically better for other transportation. This is why limiting car usage benefit the world and the enviroment as a whole.

One of the advantages of limiting the car usage is that it betters the enviroment as a whole. An example of this is that is in ""In German Surburb, Life Goes On Without Cars"" it states that ""Cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe."" This shows how cars have been a big contributor to being a big problem  to the enviroment. Also as well in the article ""In German Suburb , Life Goes On Without Cars"" it states that ""...and up to 50 percent in some car-initentisive areas in the United States"". This is one of the benefits of limiting car usage.

Along with this, another advantage to limiting car usage in general is that it  is economically better for other transportations. An example of this is, that in the city of Colombia called Bogota are doing fining of people one day a year on Tuesday for three years already and been getting good revenue out of it from other transportation(Selsky). This shows how limiting car usage contributed in a great way. This is  causing a change that could only be describe as revolutionary(Riera). This why it is advantageous to limit the car usage as much possible.

In conclusion, this why limiting car usage is advantageous. Since, it can help the enviroment. As well as economically benefit alternative transportations that may included one of the following buses,taxis, and transportation. This is why it is not only imperative but necessary, no a duty to human being alike to better  the enviroment and economy as a whole. Unless one wants the future generations to starve, and  not have clean air to breath  in future years.                                                                                                                ",3
"Have you ever wondered why we, American people dont get to choose our electors? I always ask my self that question and never know why. In my opinion i think that the election should be by popular vote by the American citizens. The electoral college should be abolished because it is unfair to voters and irrational.

The first reason why the electoral college is absurd is because it is not fair. It has a winner- take- all system in each state. Candidates dont spend time in states that have no chance of winning. Into that, the article ""

The Indefensible Electoral college

"" states ""

State legislatures are currently resposible for choosing the electors

"". So technically they give us a category of presidents to choose from!

The last the second and final reason is it is irrational. Although the founding fathers of the countries establlished the electoral college, that doesn't mean its still valid. There have been many mistakes and disasters in the previous years. In the same article it says ""over sixty percent of the vote would prefer a direct election over the one we have now"". This proves that im not the only one who dissagrees on the electoral college.

It makes sense why people will actually like the electoral college. Considering that it is an easier way for us to vote and takes less time. However, a direct election really gives us the freedom that American people deserve. What is the point of voting for a president when you dont have the freedom to vote for the one you want?    ",3
"Driverless cars are not that safe yet but in the future they could be the best things that has ever been invented. I like the idea of driverless cars but also think that it isnt the most safe thing. If there was a mode you could put the car in that could be cool to make it steer stop and then go again. But just driverless cars with just passangers or not even that i think that is a little bit unsafe. Sometimes technology fails and things that aren't spposed to happen end up happening and then when something goes wrong then whoever gets hurt by one of those driverless cars are probably gonna try and sue google for not making double checks on the robot and they vehicle to see what needed to be fixed and what didnt.

The idea of having driverless cars is very smart because some people dont want to have to drop and pick there kids up from certain places but its also not safe because sometimes things mess up and dont go the right way like its supposed too . Most parents want they're kids to be in the most safe eveniorment regardless if its the smartest vehicle in the world even the smartest things and smartest people

mess up cause nobody and nothing is perfect but the one above.

My Opinion is against the development of these new cars with no drivers even tho i really like and enjoy this idea it is not the safest way to get places unless the car is 100% crash free and drives like a professional. I really do like his idea ( Sergey Bri) but it isnt the best idea to be in the car without somebody that can take the wheel if something bad is about to happen. So my vote is no and thats not because i dont like the idea cause i really do its just not the safest way.",3
"Experience of a Seagoing Cowboy

Imagen being a cowboy but not on land, on sea, taking care of animals and going to many beautiful places. Its called being a Seagoing Cowboy. Sign up right now and help lots of people and have the experience of a life time. You will get to learn about the animals and take care of them, have lots of fun, and experience many unique places.

First of all, you get to take care and learn about the animals there. Some people might not like the fact that you have to stay in a boat several weeks with the animals. But after taking care of them and feeding them its not that bad and they become your friends. I had to feed them and water the animals two or three times a day. The stalls where the horses were kept also had to be cleaned. Not only do you learn to take care of the animals but you also learn responsibility.

Secondly, you have a lot of fun. I get that some people think being stuck in a boat isn't fun at all. Some of the most fun was when the animals were unloaded so the return is one of the funnest parts. The cowboys played many games and sports where the animals were housed. They would have volleyball games, table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, all which helped pass time. Go try it, who doesnt like an advanture, and some new friends?

Lastly, you get to experience so many unique places. I understand that some people might not want to leave their home. But, I had the benifit of seeing Europe and China. Another one of the coolest things was the Acropolis in Greece. I got to do many things like taking a gondola ride in Venice, Itay a city with streets of water. I saw many things and went to lots of places just imagen everywhere you could go and everything you would discover if you gave it a chance.

You get to learn about different animals and take care of them, have lots of fun, and experience many unique places. Sign up and have a great time maybe even the time of your life. When you sign up think of all the people your helping. It's a great opportunity after all being a Seagoing Cowboy isn't too bad.",3
"The author is saying that scientist want to explore venus but none of the spacevraft haved landed on venus because is high temperature condition so scientist sees it as

challege. Scientist have some simplified electronic made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of venus's surface and have lasted three weeks in such condition. In paragraph 3 it said that venus have the hottest temperature in our solar system is interasting becuase mercury is closest planet to the sun, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediment like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquake, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface. Scientist want to do another expedition to Venus, nasa is working on other approaches to studying Venus, Maybe in the future the will bw so great that we can land on other planest beside Venus, we have landed mars and made great discoverie. Venus is gonna be complecated to explore but scientist take this as a challege and they will not stop until they due we have technology but not strong enought to handle Venus temperature, we have prototype but I dont think that is gonna work for such hight chaotic planet. ",1
"New software has been devloped that improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of others. According to some new computer software that can reconize emotions. The children said (hold up! Can we accually ""calculate"" emotions like math homework. the evidence is that there is a computer that make's a 3d model of your face. In the artical it says that the computer can even show mixed emotions. The computer could even store's simaliar ThIng inside of someone.(indroducion ) . It will be great for a teacher to use because you will be able to see the he or she is confused of if they are bored and etc. They made that because thier is alot of that have thing wrong with them the just dont like expressing thier feelings. But to wrap it all up animate faces are more expressive. the cumputer is cool the way it can scan peoples mood. Another cool feature about that I personaly like is that how it could the you what bones and how many bone are inside of your body. And it's cool because most people do not like to communicate so the compture tells you what are they thinking and also how are they feeling.",2
"When cars were first introduced into society it was the most awestruck phenomenon to occur. There was nothing better than the sight of a person's first car and the feeling of independence that came with it. But now that technology has shorten distances between countries and has made telecommuncation so much more accessible. People should engage in limiting their car usage becuase it betters personal health, improves the enivronment, and leads to economic prosperity while still gaining all the benefits that come from using a car.

When the usage of cars is limited it often leads to better health benefits. This is true becuase when people are restricted on their driving it forces them to resort to healthier, more proactive altertnatives. For example, instead of driving somewhere people are now having to get out and walk or ride a bike. This leads to regular exercise without having to think about it and decreases overall stress levels. In the article ""In German Suburb, Life Goes on Without Cars"" Heidrum Walter, a media trainer and mother of two explained, ""When I had a car I was always tense, I'm much happier this way"". Heidrum, a citizen of the Vauban community in which everyone has given up their cars, describes how the non-usage of cars has bettered her life and in turn has actually made her a happier person. In addition, when a high usage of cars is present it creates brutual smog that can perpetuate health issues. In the aricle ""Paris bans driving due to smog"" Robert Duffer states how congestion lead to smog in Beijing in which he states ""Beijing, China is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world"". The impact of this is that when people are more active and choose not to exasterbate their driving usage, it will lead to global decreases in smog and in fat related illnesses such as obesity, high blood plessure, diabetes, and other various things that have plagued the nation and taken the lives of so many people.

Limiting Motor Vehicles usage reduces the amount of carbon emissions and pollution in the air. Cars exert so much greenhouse gas emissions that degrades the air in the environment. In the article ""In German Suburb, Life goes on Without Cars"" Elisabeth Rosenthal gives the analogy that, ""...an increasing number of private cars owned by the burgeoning middles class are choking cities"". Elisabeth Rosenthal further quantifies the extent to which cars have increasing become the culprit of pollution, ""Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States"". The impact of this is that when cars are used less often it betters the environment which is what mankind relies on for survival.

An increase in a healthy workforce and better environmental communities leads to greater economic prosperity. When people choose to drive less it often creates a riple effect. This is true because a healthier workforce is present it leads to more productivity. In addition, a more prosperous environment and less pollution exerted decreases operational costs. As a result Andrew Selsky in his article ""Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota"" explains the various economic effects that less car usage has made, ""Parks and sports centers have bloomed throughout the city.....and new restaurants and upscale shopping distrcits have cropped up"". The impact of this is that with more economic leverage communities are more equipped to invest and strengthen other areas such as education and job creation.

In conclusion, people should limit their driving and/or car usage because it provides three benefits. First, when people have to resort to proactive alternatives it improves their person health and decreases stress levels. Second, not using cars eliminates all the environmental harms that come from a car such as greenhouse gas emissions. And lastly, when people are more active and the enivronment is no longer depleted, communities experience greater economic longevity.    ",5
"Luke participated in the 'Seagoing Cowboys program' because he wanted to help the other people that had to suffer from 'World War ll'. He also wanted to participate because it sounded fun and he would get to see different countrys. I know this because the article states, ""The cattle-boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy."" The aritcle also states, ""Besides helping people, I had the side benifit of seeing Europe and China.""

Luke also participated in the 'Seagoing Cowboys program' because he got to help people and animals. He also participated because he got to participate with his friend. I know this because the article states, ""To help these countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more."" The article also states, ""Luke and Don signed up.""

Luke participated in 'Seagoing Cowboys because he was given the change to go Europe on a cattle-boat with his friend Don. Luke also participated in 'Seagoing Cowboys program' because when he was given the change to go to Europe he could not say no to his friend. I know this because the article states, ""Don Reist invited him to go to Europe on a cattle-boat."" The article also states, ""Luke could not say no. He knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime.""

He also participated because he wanted to have fun and meat new people. He also participated because he wanted adventure. I know this because the srticle states, ""The cowboys played baseball and volleyball games."" The article also states, ""But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for Luke Bomberger. It opend up the world to him.""

I think Luke participated because he just wanted to help pther people. I also think that Luke participated because he wanted to have fun and explore. I know this because the article states, ""44 nations joined together to form UNRRA."" The article also states, ""It opened up the world to him. ""I'm grateful for the opportunity , "" he says.""",1
"He is going to jion becusae he is 18 know and he has to go to the military service. He seling the Atlantic Ocean ti takes teo weeks they are going to China. He helps out on his Katie's farm as a boy had prepared .Luke for hard work but no not for the dangers at sea. Luke also toured an excavated castle in crete and marveled at Panama Canal on his way to China.

Bales of hay and bags of oats had to be pulled up from the lower holdsof the ship. Stalls had to be cleaned. One rainy night after makeing his hourly report to. The captain the slid down a slippery ladder on his backside. Table-tennis tournaments ,fencing,boxing,reading,whittling, and games also helped pass the time.

But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an abventure for Luke Bomberger. It opened up tho world to him. he is grateful for the opportunity. It made him more aware of people of other countries and their needs. And that awareness stayed with him leading his family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years.",1
"The face on Mars is just a landform. In America we have land forms of all kinds. We have winter and so do they, so what makes it different except for the location?

It is just a rock formation without an alien monument. Landforms are not rare on other planets. Landforms come in all shapes and sizes so it just so happens to be a face.

When the scientist went back up to take picture and look at it more, they were able to take a clear picture of it. The scientist then blew it up to a bigger picture and saw that it was a natural landform. It states,"" As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than a pixel size."" This comes to show that they will be able to see things closer and see if anything is around them. It also tell us that it actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or a mesa, which is landforms that are normal around the American West. It states,"" It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River of Idaho."" This tell us that it really is not something an alien could of done because it is a natural landform just like America has.

All of this evidence comes to show that it is just a landform that was created naturally. Mars landforms look like ours and is like ours. We have landforms that are different and so does Mars so it was just a coincedence that it just so happened to be a face. Some people think that just because it is a face that was created by Aliens because it looks to much like a face, but landforms come in all shapes and sizes. It is just a natural landform.",3
"Many compainies around the world are trying to figure out the way how to make cars driverless and making the car drive by itself with out a drivers assistence. Companies like Google and GM and many other manufacturing companies. But could this be possible? What are the negative aspects? What are the postive aspects?

There are some positive and negatives aspects of driverless cars for example some of the negative aspects of diverless cars are that in order for cars to driver without a person then the roads would have to be built differently and that would take a lot of money and time to construct every road and highway in every state and country. Another negative aspect is that some driverless cars can steer,accelerate, and brake themseleves, but they are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills such as navigating through work zones and around accidents meaning that the driver still needs to be focused and paying attention to the roads overall the car is not driverless.

Now, the positive aspects are that now technology is so advanced and people do not have to navigate their cars and they can just let the car do it. Many companies and manufactors have already started on this project and tried to do an example on their own and some of the cars actualy work. For example Google modified a Toyota Prius using estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating senor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor. With all of those equipment there will be a chance that companies and manufactors will be able to construct the driverless car.

In conclusion i think that i am against the development of these cars because there are many things that could go wrong in these development of these cars for example all roads would need to be contructed again to be able to navigate the driverless cars and that would take a lot of time and also a lot of money. Another reason i am against the development of these cars is that these types of cars could cause a lot of technical difficultiesin the cars system and therefore could lead to more accidents and that would cause more deaths and more injuries on people. Therefore i am against the development of these driverless cars.               ",3
"I feel that we should not have driverless cars. They could malfunction while someone is riding and cause an accident. There are also a lot of flaws to them. I also feel that most people wouldn't be able to afford them and then companies are wasting money. Why would a company make something that won't sell very well?

As I said, they could malfunction while someone is driving. A wire could be loose or the sensors could stop at any time. The car may not even be able to tell you that there are issues if there is a problem on the main circuit. What would happen if I hit somebody because my sensors stopped working? In the article it said that they are not sure if the blame is on the driver or the company. To me that's unfair, I wouldn't purposely hit somebody. There are too many flaws to this idea and even more could occur down the road. It's too unsafe and multiple disasters are more than likely to occur.

These cars would also cost a lot of money. In today's economy, a lot of people are struggling to even get jobs. They wouldn't waste money on something they don't need. They have a car that they can drive themselves, that's more safe. People would also have to pay for gas and probably have to get it checked out for multiple reasons. How much would all of it cost?

Overall I feel it could be helpful in some ways but would you really trust a driverless vehicle? You wouldn't just send your kids in a car with no driver. It doesn't seem very safe and I feel that there are too many flaws. I wouldn't continue developing them for cost reasons and safety issues. Once you fix one flaw, you are more than likely to just find another. This is why I feel we should quit developing driverless cars.              ",3
"In the story of ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"". The author is planning to move people to the planet. If people where to live there it is going to be to hot. In some

people often referred to as Earth`s ""twin,"" that Venus is the closest planet to Earth in the terms of the density and the size is occasionally the closest in the distance too. When Earth, Venus, and Mars, are the other planetary neighbor, that orbit around the sun at differnt kinds of speeds. Venus is also sometimes called the""Evening Star,"".

With how thick the atmosphere of almost 97 percent of carbon dioxide blankets over the planet of Venus. Some other challenings are the clouds of the highly corrosive sulfuric acid on Venus`s atmosphere. Also on the planet`s surface, the temps are also averaged over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, it has a atmosperic pressure that is about 90 times greater than what we have expected on our own planet. This planet also has volcanoes, and has a verity of earthquakes.

The NASA uses mechanical computers to study with about Venus. All of these devices where first envisioned in the 1800`s. It also played an important role in the 1940`s while World War 2 was going on.

On our travles on Earth is beyond should not be limited by all of the dangers and the douts but should be expanded to meet all the very edges of imagination and the innovation.",1
"I agree with the driverless cars. I think it is an awesome thing to create and I also think it will keep those focused and alert because maybe they don't know what the car is capable of and is scared something bad will appear

But again on my other side i'm thinking that people will take adavantage of this opportunity and will be on their phones or with their buddies in the car doing something they should'nt be doing.

There is nothing wrong with having to help your car out. The driverless car is not as smart as you are and so therefore you will have to help. Do not get a driverless car in the future if you want it to drive you 100% of the time. Driverless cars is an option and an opportunity for the world to see something different and to prove others. You will have to be the ""Traffic Jam Assistant"" but theres nothing wrong with that, the driverless car will be cotrolling everything else. You really have nothing to worry about but always stay alert.

I definanlty agree with the driverless cars. It's an great oppourtunity. For the world and the better life itself.       ",2
"In everyday life people's emotions can affect certain things they are doing, like listening to or watching something. This is also the case in a classroom at school. Typically when a student is portraying positive emotions they will be more interested in the lesson and therefore pay more attention. The opposite goes for negative emotions, if a student is for example sad or worried they will be less interested in the lesson and pay less attention. Now if a teacher were able to detect when a student is portraying negative emotions, which is now possible with the Facial Action Coding System (FACS), that could be very valuable, because it could make the classroom a better and more affective learning environment.

First of all if FACS was to be used in the classroom it could help teachers and instructors know whether or not a student is telling the truth about something based off of facial features. According to the article FACS can ""even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one."" This means that if a teacher asks a student if they are doing okay and they smile back and say that everything is fine, even though it is not fine for them, FACS would be able to pick this up and notify the teacher so that they could help the student.

Secondly students already don't like going to school but, when they have to come to school and sit through boring lessons it makes things worse. Now teachers usually try to do their best to make the lectures as fun as possible in order for the students to stay engaged. This sometimes does not work out though and the teacher may not even realize it, but Dr. Huang predicts that FACS ""could recognise when a student is confused or bored."" With that the teacher could change what they are doing in the lesson to make it more engaging and therefore help students learn better.

So in conclusion, FACS would be valuable in a classroom environment, because it could help teachers be more affective with their lessons and get students the help they need to succeed at school and later on in life. This new technology is just one of the many new and incredible things technology is capable of and with the continuation of these discoveries we can strive to make the world a more positive, safe and liveable place.",3
"According to source 2 ""Paris bans driving due to smog"" by ""Robert Duffer,"" and source 3 ""Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota"" by ""Andrew Selsky."" Talk about banning driving to help clear smog and lower air pollution.

Source 2 talks about banning driving in Paris due to smog.""After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial ban to clear the air of the global city.""Paris would only let certian people drive on certain days to reduce pollution.""On Monday mortorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave therir cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine($31).The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day.""

Source 3 talks about people in Bogota,Colombia hiking,biking,skating or taking the bus to work during a car free day to lower air pollution.""In a program that's set to spread to other countries,millions of colombians hiked,biked,skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday,leaving the streets of this capital city earliy devoid of traffic jams.""""It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,""said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife. By limiting car usage it has ""Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city;uneven,pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad,smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic;and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up.

By limiting car usage it has different countries all around the world limiting cars to help reduce smog and air pollution, and can also take away stress. This has also helped parks and sports centers bloom thoughout citys,replace worn out things,reduce traffic and helped open new restaurants and new shopping districts.            ",2
"I Think that the technolgy really can't tell ore actual emotions. I believe this because some people can just pretend to be smiling and look happy but you really dont know what they are actually feeling. They coukd be sad, angry, depressed we can never know what they truly feel just by the look of someone. Some people just pretend to be okay because they dont want people asking or worrying. But also sometimes you can tell that there is actually wrong with them because the maybe try to act like they are okay but they really cant hold it for so long.

Technology can maybe believe that they know someones emotions by their faces expressions but the inside is what actually matters if you really know how someone feels. But also sometimes it can be very confusing because they are showing a lot of diffferent emotions and they are maybe confused themself. But thats okay a lot of people feel that way. Technology is very smart and uts becoming bigger as time goes by but i know and believe that technology cant really know how someone is actually feeling. They can tell by the face but not the true feeling.

""Does your expression in the mirror suggest an emotion?"" Maybe if you're looking at yourself in the mirror and you're feeling sad maybe you can see it in your face because its actually you feeling sad. But someone really doesnt know just by the face just you cause its you. And its the same for technology they really cant tell what your emotion is just by looking at you. unless you're really happy and sometimes you can actually show an emotion inside and out and if your computer can tell an actual emotion thats true well maybe because you really are feeling happy, sad, Etc. So I believe that technogly really cont tell someones emotions.     ",2
"Hi I am Luke and I want you to become a Sea Going Cowboy. Yes I know what you are thinking, what is a Sea Going Cowboy. Well let me tell you a little bit about it and lets see if you are interested.

A Sea Going Cowboy works for the UNRRA ( the United Nations Relif and Rehababilitation Administration). What I do is I take care of horses, young cows, and mules that were shiped over seas.

Some of the benifits of my job is that if you are drafted into the army you can use this job for your service credit. One other benifit of my job is that I had the oppourtunity to see Europe, and China. But seeing the Acropolis of Greece was the best. So was taking a gondola ride in Venice,Italy, a city with streets of water. I also was able have a tour of the great castle in Crete. Plus I was astounted at the Panama Canal on my way to China.

Other benifits you might like if you like agriculture would be getting to feed the horses, clean the stalles. and pulling bales of hay and bags of oats from the lower parts of the ships. I definitly liked this part of the job because I grew up helping out on aunt Katie's farm and loved every minute of it.

Plus on your way home with out any responsibility to take care of the animals. you can play games like, basebal,volyball,table tennis,fencing,boxing,reading. and willting. These games also helped pass time on the way back from your journey across the seas.

But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than just a adventure for me. This experince made me relize how grateful I am. It also made me aware of people of other countris and their needs. It also opened my eyes up to the world to relize not everything is about me and my little small town, and that there are other peolpe in the world besides me who need help. And that awarenes I was talking about has stayed with me through my whole life. Leading to my family to host a numbe of international students and exchange vistors for many years now. All thanks to my freind Don for persuadeing me to become Seagoing Cowboy.      ",3
"The author suggests that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangerouse conditions it shows us and how it affects our science today. He are some facts and details about the planet venus.

Venus is called the evening star and it is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky but some scientist want to get even closer to the planet to explore it but because no spacecraft has actually landed on the planet it makes it very challenging for humans to study it. It is 97 percent carbon dioxide and it is over 800 degrees fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we would have expected on our planet.

So in conclusion this gives us great detail about the planet venus and what it is about and how it can help us discover many other planets along the way thank you for listening to me talk about the planet venus it is one great planet other than our planet earth and lets not forget about mars to.",2
"If your a person who loves to work or take care of animals and loves to go on trips that you have never been on before, then join the ""Seagoing Cowboys."" There is lots of people who come here all the time for jobs like these and you can have fun sometimes on board.

UNRRA hired “Seagoing Cowboys” to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas. Some animals were shiped over the Alantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

Not only helping people and animals, but you also get to meat other places such as Europe and China.

Sometimes on board if the animals are already uploaded you get to play baseball and sometimes volleyball. It is a lot of fun here and there.

Some of the jobs there are, being a night guard, watching over the animals, taking care of the animals, taking care of people, and others.

But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for Luke Bomberger. It opened up the world to him. “I’m grateful for the opportunity,” he says. “It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs.” And that awareness stayed with him, leading his family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years.

So come on down and Join the ""Seagoing Cowboys.""   ",2
"I am against the idea of designing Driveless cars. For the simple reason, they may be more likeyl to cause accidents and you would be held responsible for the accident although you weren't controlling the steering wheel or the gas pedal. Althought it does seem like a good idea to have driveless cars, what were to happen if one day you got in an accident and the other drives tried to hold you responsible? If we all got to where we are driving driveless cars, there would be nobody held accountable for the accident and how would the accident damage be paid for? The good thing is that if you were on along road trip and needed to take a rest you wouldn't have to pull of to the side of the road you could just keep going and the car would drive for you. I have to say I do agree witht the vehicles that assist you when you drive tough busy areas or work areas, that is fine but if we were to make a car that did all the driving we would get bored and probably fall asleep driving. Which in the long run will cause accidents, as I said before accidents would be hard to decide who caused them. So I would say in the long run drivelss cars are a bad idea.  ",2
"When we [humans] think of the future, of course most people are going to assume flying cars like many directors have depicted in futuristic films, but will it really going to be that advanced? Some people are already completely sold on the idea of driverless cars because its appealing, fascinating, and it has never been fully accomplished by anyone; regardless of their persuasion. Hence, in the passage the quote from Dr. Werner Huber, ""We have to interpret the driving fun in a nesw way."" Next, you have people like me who think with logically and realistically and oppose the idea of technological control on every ounce of space provided within the vehicle itself. I don't hate the idea of cars that can drive by itself, but I know that there's more of a challenge than what most people expect.

In the twenty-first century we see experiments and improvements in technology everyday; it's constantly evolving as people learn, fix mistakes, and achieve enlightenment. We originated from homo erectus' and homo sapiens as we make our world work the way it does, so why not strive for bigger and ""better"" success? However, all humans have flaws and we are always trying to reform and change what we have, but we cannot perfect such complexities like a driverless car if we ourselves are not perfect. It has been said and tested that humans don't use our whole brain, therefore there can and will be issues that are hidden out of our control. My intentions are to not discredit inventors such as Henry Ford who introduced automobiles to us, it's simply the matter of how far we can take technology from an idea or a dream and connect it to the safety of others, yet remain realistic. Not all of technology and refinements can function properly for years on end, there are times that it will dysfuntion in certain areas even if one man or many men try to fix the problem ""hundred percent"" accurately. We are capable of many things that are unthinkable, but I have reason to believe that this type of illusion that car manufacturers make to consumers are completely extreme and exaggerated.

In many newletter or announcements, there are multiple recalls on cars that humans completely retain control, how can there be a driverless car that is so to speak, ""reliably safe."" Yes, we address of these utterly smart cars as being the next level of road safety because they turn their attention to those who drive recklessly and don't operate their cars correctly; thus the need for ticketing and charges such as DUI's. Though this may have some affect, it does not cover all aspects of the dangers of driverless cars. If you can't trust a person to drive responsibility with full control, what makes car manufacturers transition into thinking that they will immediately respond and react when in critical danger after assuming the car's role of driverless? A majority of drivers will not pay any more or less attention than being able to drive manually, let alone allowing the car to drive for them.    ",4
"In the article "" The Challenge of Exploring Venus."" Has a very excellent claim about studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers.

In paragraph 2, the author says, "" Often referred to as Earths "" twin."" ""

Out of all the planets Venus is the closet to Earth in terms of density, size, and occasionally in dinstance too. Its saying that each previous mission was unnammed, and for a good reason. They're thinking that since no spacecraft has survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe its becoming a issue. Not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades.

The Author explains that the atmosphere is thick and almost 97 percent carbon dixoide. The average temperatures average over 800 degress. Which is something people need to know if anyone is wanting to go to Venus, because that temperature, could harm you very easily. The high pressure and heat can cause erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes on the land surface.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration has one particualry compelling idea for humnas studing Venus. To the hostile conditons on the surface Venus would allow scintist to float about fray. There jet air planestravel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms. Temperatures would still be toasty as of like 170 degress, But the air pessure would be close to sea level.

I think that this authur did a fantastic job explaing the Venuses worthy pursuit despite of the dangers it presents. I know now that I would not want to go to Venus to see what its like. ",3
"Imagine a world full of driverless cars, transporting people from place to place safely. This method is very fascinating because it promotes safety, and has part of an advanced technilogical system that advances what functions it can complete. These cars are good and will change the future for the better.

They will promote safety by automatically using techniches that should be used at the time of need. The text states, ""They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves..."" This shows that in case of an instance, for example backing into something, the car can prevent it from happening in a safe matter. They have part of an advanced technilogical system by using new technology methods. The text states, ""Prius uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensore, a GPS reciever and an inertial motion sensor."" This proves that they use a lot of new technology on it that can do functions that other cars can't do.

These cars are better because they are safer, and more advanced with technology. They do functions that other cars can't do and lower the risk of death. These cars are good and will change the future for the better. ",2
"In 1976, Viking 1, a spacecraft, was in search for its sister ship, Viking 2. When searching, they snapped photos of various Martian landmarks including what is now known as ""The Face on Mars."" They took this photo from an angle where it look as if a face was coming out of the ground. At first, NASA thought this might possibly be an artifact from Martian civilization, but were disappointed when they found it was just another landmark. Conspiracy theorists believed NASA was simply trying to hide the truth from them, but all of NASA's research proves the face is just an unusually shaped landmark.

Viking 1, the initial spacecraft to spot the landmark, didn't have the best technology. compared to today's technology, the picture would be considered blurry and out of focus. Yes, at first a few scientists believed the face was an alien artifact, but instead of jumping to conclusions, they did more research. this meant another spacecraft would be sent to get better evidence.

On April 5, 1998, NASA sent the Mars Global Surveyor to get the better quality pictures to conclude their research. At this point in time, the technology had improved tremendously and the picture turned out ten times sharper than the first picture taken by Viking 1. This helped both scientists and some conspiracy theorists to understand it was simply just a landform. Still, there were some people who believed it was an artifact. They complained they took the picture during a cloudy time of year, and that this might have affected the picture quality.

Again, even though it was becoming quite an expensive mission for NASA, they returned to get another picture. On April 8, 2001, Mars Global Surveyor came close enough for a second look. The 2001 one picture was such a high-quality picture, it was said if there were any objects on the ground, they would easily be able to zoom in and identify what it was. Now NASA had proved that this brilliant ""face"" was only a landform.

NASA did endless amounts of research in hopes of finding evidence of martian life, so why would they hide something like that? Releasing this to the public would benefit them more tahn if they hid it. The latest picture the spacecraft took of the landform proves that it simply IS only a landform. The research NASA has put into may not have given them the results they wanted, but it may later benefit them in finding life on Mars.",4
"Driving less is a good way to help ourselfs and our enviornment. Peaople are turning to it because it helps with stress to walk,and our cities air is as pulluted.

Cars are very harmful to the air and everyone around us cars set out green housae gases that are very harmfiul ""12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe...and up to 50 percent in some car;intensive areas in the united states"" (In German Suburb,life goes on withcars Rosenthal).If the usage of cars are limited traffic jams will happen les the they are ""congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of france"" (Paris bans driving due to smog Duffer).Due to more for the people in Columbia having a no car day and walking threw the cities they put more stores which means more buiness.

""Americans are buying fewer cars,drving less and getting fewer licenses"" (the end of car culture Rosenthal)the message is getting out for no more greenhouse gases effecting our enviornment. Even young people are getting involed in the no car situtation ""study last year found that driving by young decreased 23 percent 2001 and 2009"" (the end of car culture Rosenthal).The limited use is so affective other countries and its citites are getting involved ""for the first time, two other Colombian citites , Cali and Valledupar joined the event"" (car-free day is spinninh into a big hit in bogota Selsky).

Driving less is a advantage we have to keep things less polluted and greener and not try to mess up the place we live in by using cars. Walking is a very good way to get places no pulltion and more health.    ",3
"Luke enjoys the oppoutunity to be a Seagoing Cowboy. According to the text it states that Luke said, ""I'm grateful for the oppourtunity to be a Seagoing Cowboy, I think a lot of people will enjoy the chance as well"". According to the text it aslo claims that, it will be a fun ride while on board, it has activites such as baseball, volleyball, tennis tounmates, fencing, boxing, reading and whitting.

While reading the text it states that Lukes life has changed by joining the Seagoing Cowboys program. He helped people beacause the affect of World war II. The text states that, During the war it wasn't alot of food, water, most of the shelters was not sturdy. Thats when Don signed up.

When Luke turned 18 he had finally arrive to itally, that means he can aslo get drafted by the military. While in the military he had made 9 trips in the course of 9 years.He had helped alot of people during this process. He went to china and the great wall of china and helepd during that process of people starving being hedydrated and alot more.

While on the ship he had to feed all of the animals. Clean up for them. Water all of the plants,and make sure all the bales of hay and bags of oats are still good. On the second night he was on night patrol. he had to guard the ship and make sure the coast guard knew who he was. Comming to my conclusion i think Luke enjoyed this oppourtunity and will love to come back if he can.                ",2
"Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and Bob Dole are some of Americas most beloved politicians, and all of three of them have agreed on the abolishing of the electoral college. This system needs to go. It does not represent this country's ground rules because its non-democratic and does not give enough recognition to some states across the country.

For starters, the electoral college is non-democratic. How can a nation that prides itself on being a democracy not have a democratic way of electing its president? With this electoral college system voters do not vote for the president instead they vote for their states electors which presents a problem in my opinion. As stated in ""Source 3"" ""each party selects a state of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee (and that trust is RARELY broken)."" While some may feel that a system that is rarely broken is acceptable i do not because this is such a big event in our country and we can not afford to have a flawed system. The trust of an entire states vote can not be put in the hands of one elector. America does not get what its people want through this system as you can tell when ""Source 2"" states ""Al Gore-thanks to the quirks of the electoral college -won the popular vote but lost the presidency."" This is not a Democratic way of doing things as the people should be able to elect there president and not have a state of electors do so for them.

Now that the issue of Democracy has been taken care of i want to talk about how some of the states in this country do not get the recognition they diserve. Everyone agrees that all states should have a say in the election of the president and all should feel that there votes matter but this is not the case with the electoral college. As ""Source 2"" states that during the 2000 campaign ""seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina."" This is not acceptable because all voters no matter where they live should feel that there vote is wanted and matters. This could be part of the reason that about only half of the countrys eligable voters voted in the 2012 election as stated in ""Source 3"". While some may say that the electoral college is a great system because it prevents ties i disagee because the likely hood of a tie in the first place when doing popular vote is extremely low and it does not out weight the fact that the people should elect there president.

In the end it is obvious that the elctoral college has to go. There is many reasons why but the two main reasons are that its non-democratic and it does not give recogniton to all the states in this wonderful country.            ",4
"Limiting car usage could come off as absurd to some people. They ask ""Why would I reduce my use of something that gets me to my desired destination the fastest?"" Despite the fact that cars appear to be more conveinient, the harm they do to the Earth far outweighs the benefits. Cars have become more and more prevelant in the entire world since World War II, as society has been built around the car and its ease of use. This unremitting usage of the car has resulted in a shocking amount of pollution to the Earth. The reduction of car usage is advantageous to the environment. Cars produce so much pollution, have a gradual decuction in use would have possitive effects on the environment.

The greatest advantage of limiting car usage is the positive effects it would have on the environment. It is common knowldge that the Earth is in a state of self-destruction, with humans pouring in incredible amounts of greenhouse gases into it. A high percentage of these harmuful emissions come from cars and other gas-powered vehicles. If car usage was limited, a much healthier Earth would result. According to the article ""In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars"" passenger cars were responsible for 12 percent of grenhouse gas emissions in Europe, and nearly 50 percent in highly congested cities across the  United States. With this in mind, cutting these numbers down, even if only in half, would bring about such prosperity to the environemnt that benefits would soon be noticed. These figures show that the reduction of car usage is pivotal in the fight to protect the environment. Also in the article ""Paris Bans Driving Due to Smog"" it is said that car usage became so heavy in Paris that it developed insane amounts of smog, rivaling that of Beijing, which is one of the most polluted cities in the world. Clearly the root of the problem for Paris was the abundance of car usage, which once limited, reduced the smog greatly. This proves that cars can be a huge problem for the environment, but limiting the usage will have near immediate benefits. Again the environmental benefit of limiting car use is seen in the article ""The End of Car Culture."" The article states that a limit to car usage would ""have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's eissions."" This article does not only say that cars are  large part of pollution, but it also directly claims that less usage would be good for the environment. Limiting car usage is very important to maintaining the Earth as it is now. It is gradually becoming more and more polluted, and the limiting of vehicle use can stop that.

Despite the convenience of the car, it is such a harm to the enironment that its limiting of usage is absolutely neccesary. Several exmaples point out that cars are one of the biggest means of pollution, as it seems everyone is always drving them. Limiting car usage is one of the best things that can be done to save the environement. It is obvious that the preservation of our planet is far more important than the convenience of turning a five minute walk into a short one minute trip. With the ecological benefits of the limit of car usage, this limit of usage is defnitly advantageous.                    ",4
"The introduction of article is Venus an twin planet of Earth terms of density and size and it also called evening star because it the one brightest points of light during night sky. Venus is the second planet from our sun and humans spends numerous of spacecraft to land on venus. Each one the mission was failture and the Venus was more challegeing to land on.

Venus is planets that human want to visit but it seem impossible because of cloud- drapped. The planet atomsphere almost 97 percent carbon dioxide and even more challegeing part is cloud are high corrosive sulfuric acid in venus's atomsphere. The plant's surface temperatues is average over 800 degrees fahrenheit and venus has the hottest plant in our solar system, venus weather present of erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes and frequent lighting strikes seeking to the land of surface. The scienctists wanna to explore venus becuase the most Earth-like planet in our solar system and long ago, we discover that Venus covered largely with oceans and could be various forms of life in Venus. The planet has simlair surface rocky, velleys, mountains, and craters like earth does and even more venus is our closet option to visit the plantary. The Nation Aeronautics and Space Administration idea plan to sending human to study Venus and possible soultion of Venus surface to allow the scienctists float above the fray also predicting blimp- like vehicle to hovering above the roiling venusian landscape and scientists want their plan to successful. Another thing when they plan to visit Venus, they use jet airplanes to travel at higher altitude and fly over the many storms and to stay away from unfriendly condition surface. The NASA doing Important research to get sample of rock, gas or other important things from the distance from surface of Venus.

The conclusion of Venus is NASA figuring away to study Venus rather then going on surface to risk life. NASA working on elecronics that is made of Silicon Carbide to help NASA study of Venus planet. A long ago NASA used old technology called meachanical computer and the first devices that played important role in 1940s during World War ll. It seem shocking that their was technology that can be used as calculations. The Modern comtper were powerful used for extreme physical codnditon and the challege is Venus has Value and humans can do the mission but the NASA wouldn't put human to danger.",1
"Electoral college provide different types of way to learn because your own person. Taking down electoral college will only do us harm. By taking this down you are disgarding the fact of presidential election.

Basically, destroying a dream of one of many people ever becoming president. ""The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors"", ""the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President"", ""the counting of the electoral votes by congress"". These reasons are why electoral college should stay. Therefore, Electoral College has a big impact on presidential voting and elections. Counting of the electoral votes is important because the total amount of vote on both electors can be shockingly close. Counting the votes will prove the win of the next president. Another reason as to why Electoral college should stay is ""The Electoral College consists of 538 electors"". Considering that they're so many , this shouldn't go down without a fight. Another reason why the college should stay is the ""Electoral College requies a presidential candidate to have trans-region appeal. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president."" For example, Romney was in the south, has no incentive to campaign heavily in those states, for he gains no electoral votes by increasing his plurality in states that he knows he will win.                  ",2
"My oppinon on driverless cars is that i dont like it. It just makes it more easier for people to not do anything. Even drunk drivers wont get pulled over anymore because they would have that to drive them. Cops cant do their job of pulling people over anymore after they do this so cops might loose jobs cause they would have driverless cars. No one would be buyong cars anymore because of it fuel would be used half as much for it. Televison and movies have been fasinated by cars that could drive their selves. Under specific occasions google has had cars driving since 2009. Their cars have been driven more half a million miles without a crash. They arnt truely driverless yet they alert the driver when they need to take over the wheel when traffic is really badd or going through road work. Futurists believed the key to developing self-driving cars someday isnt just the smart cars its smarter roads. How much smarter did the cars ned to be? in the 1980s automakers used speed sensors at the wheels in the creation of antilock brakes. within a decade those sensors had become more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out of control skids or rollovers. The information from the sensors could make the car apply brakes. In 2013 BMW anounced the development of traffic Jam Assitant the car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph,But speacial touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel. They can steer in traffic and other road construction. This necisates the car being ready to quickly get the drivers attention whenever a problem has occured. Why would anyone want to drive driverless cars,because its easy on you and you dont do anything anymore since they did this. Displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over something not to the drivers trying to text with a cell phone. In this way the In car system is actually a safety feature, and saftey is a big concern. Most driving laws focus on getting the passengers,drivers,and pedestrians safe and let know the law makers that in these cars are safety. Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time. Mercedes benz,audi,and nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020. The road to the truly autonomous car streches on ahead of us, but we grow closer to the destination.",1
"Driverless cars are have been under development as various companies, including Google, look to achieve this goal. Although driverless cars provide a new form of transportation and advance the modern world in the aspect of technology, the integration of these cars on the roads display a variety of concerns. The development of driverless cars should be halted as these cars pose various scenarios that can be harmful to both the passengers and pedestrians creating confusing situations for the driver and many these vehicles pose issues regarding the law.

The development of driverless cars and the implementation of these innovations on the roads creates threats to both the citizens in and out of the vehicle. The article discusses how the semi-autonomous cars present today are still dependent on the driver to take over the wheel as navigation becomes an issue for the driver. When such a situation arises, the communication between the driver and the vehicle can cause a confusing scenario for the driver. The article states ""the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires."" Expecting the human to be alert when a situation arises is a lot to ask, considering the fact that the driver could be distracted as he or she may feel that they do not need to tend to the vehicle. In addition, modern innovations such as social media being readily accessible allow for the driver to easily alter their mind from concentrating on the road. Another key point is the manner in which the communication between the car and the human driver is not as innovated as required. For example the article states that the Google car ""simply announces when the driver should be prepared to take over."" Although the announcement is a plausible form of communication, it is likely that the human driver is distracted enough to ignore the command to take over. The other forms of communication, like the flashing lights and other heads-up displays require the driver to be looking straight at the road, and not down at their cell-phones. Overall, the lack of effective communication endangers the pedestrians and the other passengers in the vehicle.

An alternative reason that the development of driverless cars should be halted is due to the various issues they pose to the law. The article states that only four of the nations fifty states allow some form of limited use of these cars. In the case of an accident, liability becomes another source of issue. Because there is no human controlling the car, the driver cannot be expected to take the blame for the accident, and nor can the manufacturer whose responsibility was to create the vehicle. Although various car companies, including Telsa, Nissan, Audi, and Mercedes-Benz claim to release these autonomous cars in the future, it is hard to believe that any one of these companies is ready to claim responsibility for a death or injury that occurs in there company's innovation. In addition to this, the article claims ""in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars."" If the large portion of this country restricts working on this technology, safety and proper productivity of the car cannot be guaranteed as companies will focus more on the sales they are achieving. The numerous amount of issues that the development of these driverless cars pose against the law have the potential to create chaos in public transportation as no one can guarantee a safety net.

The innovation of autonomous cars should be halted as these vehicles pose various scenarios in which the safety of the people is put at risk. These cars introduce the human driver to confusing scenarios that can result from distraction on the road. The law also opposes the development of these vehicles as they believe in the minimal safety that accompanies these driverless cars. Because autonomous cars oppose the safety of the citizens, their development should be stopped immediately to avoid dangerous situations and issues in the future. ",5
"The Article ""Driverless Cars are Coming"" the author introduces the idea of cars without drivers. This car will be controlled by itself with the assistance of a driver. This new idea is very controversial considering the positive and the negative aspects of a computer generated car. The computer generated car should not be put into use because it is dangerous and untrustworthy.

The driverless car is dangerous because it still requires a human in th vehicle monitoring it. For example, in paragraph 7 it states ""They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and accidents."" this is supporting the idea of how unsafe this gadget is. If the driver is not fully attentive at all times they could crash and wreck havoic on anything around it. This computer controlled vehicle is also untrustworhy because technology is not perfect and can break down at any moment. The question in paragraph 9 ""If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault--the driver or the manufacturer?"" supports the idea of the distrust and disconnect. If the vehicle loses control and kills a pedestrian, who is to blame? It could go either way because the driver was not attentive or the computer malfunctioned.

In conlcusion, computer generated vehicles are not reliable and are unsafe because of the high dependency on the human. Some people may claim that it is safe because of the vibrations or alarms that go off if the vehicle is in danger. However, this still is not enough to gurantee the safety of others on the road or pedestrians. If the driver patroling the car were to have a medical emergency and could not attend to the car because of their medical state, the car would not have anyone to redirect it. This is why I am against the use of driverless cars due to the unreliability of this invention.    ",3
"To start off I see electorcal college as a bad thing... Not for one reason For many reasons but the main one is that its unfair to voters because of the winner-take-all-system in each state. Anther Reason is because canidates dont spend time in the states they know they have no chance of winning. Abd there only fucosing only on tight races in the ""siwng"" states.

And plus its unfair, outdated, and last irrational...

Reason i say that is because it doesnt give no chance for us to find our right leader and to me you need to be fair with your voters and need to have the right president for your country. So he could do smart decisions for your people and state... And plus i disagree wuth this system because am in the democratic side of the hole system. And the Electorcal College is not democratic method of selecting a president that ought be overuled... In otherwords it is the electors that choose the president not the people. And to me theres no point of voting because if you cant oick what you want then whats the point of even trying to vote.

And your not voting for president your voting for the state of electors so they could choose the president for you... But the only thing positive thing that i see that each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the partys nominee. But there are many rataining things about the Electrol College that you may not or may know about but i think i need to tell you... Its a lack of democratic pedigree, all are practical reasons, not liberal or conservative reasons. What am trying to say with this hole thing its that it doesnt fucos on the people as much as it should.

And the Electorcal College method of selecting the president may turn off alot of voters that are intrested in voting or taking place in our country, or just has no hope of carrying there state. For example Demorcrats in Texas, or Republicans in California. There votes will not be effected. Reason being because they have less incentive to pay attention to the compaign than most of them would have if the president were picked by the popular vote... But lets face it non voters swings in a national election, and in spite pf that, about one-half of the American population did vote in 2012 election. So if you think about it, it was only succesful during 2012 or maybe a little before that...

And another negative thing about the Electoral College with the Big states that might really get your attention is that the Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance so that means large states have lose by the virtue of the mal-apportionment of the senate decrease in the Constition.. For example the popular vote in Florida was very close.  Obama who won that vote got 29 electoral votes. So that means a victory for him... But the one good thing about it is that the larger states get more attention then the smaller states do.

Well to end this letter I want to say i disagree with keeping Electoral College and those were the reasons... Hope you get to read what i got to say and i Hope I make a change about this issue.                                                                                                                                            ",3
"Nowadays, technology and science became one of important parts in human life, it makes life runs easier. With human's intelligent, technology is improved day by day. Many things are dicovered, or invented that we don't even know about their appearances. One of them is the Facial Action Coding System also known as FACS, which technology could identify human emotions was created by Dr. Paul Eckman. In my opinion, I think this techonology is useful, especially in order to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom.

Life contains many differences, includes positive and negative things, truthful or untruthful. Some people said emotions are never lie. We could figure out the statue of someone by looking at their face, and that's true. However, life is something really complicated, sometimes things in front of you don't mean like what you think. Likewise, even though the expression from people face is the most authenic, when they are trying to hide their feelings, we literally cannot know their real emotions. The changing of teenager is issue that causes headache for parents, their characters aren't the same like before, their emotions are changed. Both of them could not find the common speech, and push them further each other. That is the moment, the childrens easily fall in the darkness. For real instance, children or students aren't agree about their parent's thinking, or the education from school completely. Most of them don't say it out, or talk back. It's really affects about effective in studying and their plans in the future. The creation of FACS is a way to solve this problem, it could read student's thinkings, from that parents and teachers could understand about expected of their kids, or their students. Therefore, they could modify their ideas, lessons to able to suitable. It leads to success in learning of teachers and students; or it could make kids and parents get closer, and decrease the bad things happen.

The use of the technology can read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. It helps to understand students feelings, or reactions about the lessons, thus the teachers can recognize what are things helpful, and unhelpful. From that, the effective in studying will be increased. Besides that, it also brings advanges in communication between parents and child. The adults could realize their kids are struggling with something or not. Then, they could find the ways to share, or help. In order to not let anything bad could occur, as having negative thinkings and lead to suicide.      ",3
"Cars have become an essential part of everyday life.

They allow people to bring themselves from point A to point B in a substantially less amount of time than just walking, running, or biking.

They have allowed us to travel parts of the world that were previously out of reach.

Although they help us do all of these everyday tasks, there are many downfalls to driving them ourselves.

Human error when driving a car has caused many severe accidents and deaths.

This has influenced us to create a new method of travel where we wouldn't have to even install a steering wheel.

Driverless cars are not as far into the future as we believe and they are potentially a great solution to the high death rate of drivers and their families around the world.

Currently, the level of fuel consumption is very high.

There are so many people burning fossil fuels that we are actually causing global warming.

While driverless cars will not solve that problem completely, they will greatly reduce the rate at which we burn fossil fuels.

Paragraph 1 of ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"" clearly states that we will only burn half the amount of what we are currently burning of our fossil fuel supply.

This could give us time to produce a new solution to completely rid the Earth of fossil fuel usage.

The burning of the ozone layer threatens the existence of our species and all life on Earth.

It is one of our greatest threats.

With driverless cars, comes the lack of human error in our current transprtation system.

By allowing machinery of this kind to take over, we could potentially eliminate a substantial amount of car accidents caused by distraction and inexperience, thus lowering the death rate.

Manually driven vehicles are also very expensive to purchase.

Most people only lease their cars which is also very expensive.

By replacing these cars with driverless cars, you would pay much less money to travel than you would to lease or buy a car.

By eliminating this expence, you are allowing people to save more of their hard-earned money which will improve the quality of life for everyone.

Today, we have such a huge problem with fuel consumption and pollution that people in some highly populated areas are forced to wear masks outside so they don't breathe in the smog.

This problem is mainly the result of the number of automobiles in use.

People are also dying in automobile related accidents every day.

When cars posses the capability to communicate with eachother about their position on the road, accidents ahead, or road work in progress, they will greatly reduce your chances of being injured in an accident.

Driverless cars are a huge step into the future and should be seen as a positive advancement to today's technology and a great way to stay safe on the road.",4
"Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite dangers. Venus is the second planet closest to the sun, and is earth's neighbor. Venus has a very thick atomosphere, and is made up of 97 percent carbon dioxide. This planet can reach tempatures up to 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Scientists are discussing visits to its surface, but is it safe enough?

No spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours, its been three decades since a spaceship landed Venus. Conditions on Venus are way worse then here on earth, Venus's environment could crush a submarine, which is capapble of reaching deep into the ocean. Venus's weather is extremely hot, tempatures around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, is still very difficult to survive in, so in Venus there is no chance.

Many scientist observe Venus from a camera that orbits above the planet, but it only provides limited insight, because the atmosphere is very dense. It wil be very expensive to build a machine to land on Venus, just to end up being crushed by this atmosphere. The conditions on Venus makes it uncapable to be studied, and there's no point in studyung it.

The author doesn't support it well.

The author puts in negative ideas into further studying Venus.            ",3
"Using technology that reads emotions in a student classroom is good because its caculates emotion, recognize subtle facial movements, and can mirror a suggested emotion. According to the text, it states by weighing different units the software can identify mixed emotions. Like they use the Mona Lisa picture to measure mixed emotion and she was 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful and 2% angry, well at least thats what the computer software says. The software can also recognize subtle facial movements like if you smile when an ads apears they computer will send similar ads and if you frown then they will change the ad. Then it's good for students because the computer could recognize when a student is becoming bored. That means it would modify the lesson like an effective human instructor. If the computer can act like a human bein that would be good because most human communication is nonverbal. Also the computer can mirror a suggested emotion. The computer knows a face that looks happy. The computer knows the muscular action units of the face. Like the article says ""you tighten your lips to show anger"", that is the same angry face that could be used to a video game. So, yes this type of technology would be great to use in a school because it calculates emotion, recognize facial movements, and could mirror imagery. ",3
"Driving is one of the most dangerous everyday things that we do, and we dont need computors to help make it anymore dangerous. In this article they bring up the possibility of having hands free driving. This is a subject that has been tested and fantasized by humans for quite awhile now. Google has had this technology since around 2009, and has allowed them to test it. However in these tests the cars have not been truely fully aoutmated my a computer. There has been a driver behind the seat everytime.

The tests that have taken place have proven that the computors have the capability of driving under the circuiumstances that they were presented with, but if they still require the driver to be alert whats the point? The time that the car has spent driving still required the driver to remain alert behind the wheel once it ran into issues. I belive that this is just a tool that is asking for trouble. Most people dont have trouble driving by themselves, and this tool is just another peice of technology that is going to make us more lazy. I feel like there are far more chances for the computors to calculate wrong or malfunction and possibly hard or kill the passengers and drivers behind the wheel as well as others on the road.

I feel like people might also be misinformed if this was ever released into the public, and feel like the computor is to be doing all the work, but as of right now thats not the case. This can ultamitly lead to more accidents and deaths behind the wheel. As The article states if this were to happen who's really to blame the driver or the manufacurer? This leads to more issues than conveniences in my opinion, and could do far more damge to large companies that would be relasing this hardware into the world. There would need to be a total redesign of safety laws and additions to the laws that are already in place.

In conclusion i dont feel like cars need an autopilot feature because it has more cons than pros at this point, and is a danger to the public until tested on for a longer period. Im not against it in the future possibly, but at this point in time its far too dangerous and adds to the chaos that is already in place on the roads. Hopefully by the time that tesla releases their vehicle they have done enough testing to make sure that its as safe as possible.     ",3
"Is it really worthy to spend a life time just to see Venus? In the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author supports the idea of studying venus is a worthy pusuit despite the danger because there's a safe conditions, its not easy to go to Venus and explore but its a worthy timimg and NASA working on making a mechanical computers.

First reason of how the author supported his idea of studying venus is worthy by telling the reader about the saftey confitons that are avalible. according to the article it stated ""NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow seientists to float above the fray"" another qoute is ""a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way"" these two quotes are explaing the saftey conditions that are avalible for those who wants to explore Venus.

Another reason of how the supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers is by explaing its not easy and telling us that peering at Venus provide only limited insight on ground conditions. according to the article the author stated "" however, peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions beacouse most of light cannot penetrate the sense atmosphere, rendering standard froms of photography and videography ineffective"" another quote is ""not easy conditions, but survivable for humans."" these two qoute expalined how the author support the idea of the text beacouse he's telling us what it takes and how.

Finally, the author supported the idea of studying Venus is worthy pursuite despit the dangers by telling us about the new invintation of the mechanical computers. According to the text, the author stated ""NASA is working on other approaches to study Venus"" anthoer quote is ""Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers"" these two quotes means that new stuff coming up to make it easier and safer to vist Venus just like the author idea of studying Venus.

In conclusion, the author supported the idea of studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers by explaining to the reader in the article that there's a safe conditions, its not easy but worthy and finally by telling us about the new invitions to make it easy and safe visit to Venus. so Venus might be a worthy spending time to go see!",3
"I would have to say that I am in favor of moving forward and progressing towards driverless cars. There are quite a few reasons why I believe it's a great idea. After the idea is perfected, roads will be much safer, The cost of transportation will go down and also it could possibly make transporting on roads much faster.

The idea of this ""driverless car"" is quite astonishing, but once it is perfected it will open up doors to new oppurtunities in transporting on roads. For example, the car would be able to sense cars that a human could possibly not see. This would make the amount of car accidents go down.

Also, some states have already allowed computer driven cars on the road, as it says in the passage. This demonstates that these driverless cars are becoming safer everyday. It also says in the article that manufacturers believe the number of states to allow driverless cars is only going to continue rising as they advance there search for safer and possibly cheaper cars or solutions.

One other reason that i believe that these cars are a great idea is because it says that the cars can make for cheaper transportation. For example, it states in the article that Sergey Brin, cofounder of google, believes that the fuel amount needed in these futuristic cars will be half of what we use today. We would be able to do less harm to the environment by using less fuel. Also, Sergey Brin states that taxis would be more flexible and safe. This reduces the risk of having a taxi driver that might put you in danger. Although these cars will be much safer there are many more reasons to agree with driverless cars.

One final reason I believe in driverless cars itll be much faster to get from place to place. For example, a autonomous car could go a certain speed much higher than the current highway speed limits and sense any danger. It would be able to go at a much faster speed but also keep the roads jusr as safe.

All in all, there is still much research to be done for these cars to be perfected and be able to be driven on the roads legally. Although, if we continue to advance in driveless cars the generations after us will be see roads much different then we do today. They will see a much safer, faster, and cheaper way of moving around. ",3
"With self-driving cars the main question everything boils down to is if you are with it or against it. In my personal opionion I am against it. There are a few reasons as too why I could be with the idea of self-driving cars but that number is substantially fewer compared to the number of reasons why I am against it. The reasons I am against self-driving cars are also more deeply rooted than the reasons why I would be with it. Here are a few reasons why self-driving cars don't sound like such a good idea to me.

The first reason I am against self-driving cars is because of the simple fact that technology such as, smart phones, tablets, computers, etc. do not work 100% of the time, there are always errors and complications that pop up eventually. The second reason self-driving cars seem redundant to me is because if you think about it, there is no point in having a self-driving car if you will still have to be focused on the road just like you would have to if you were manually driving. The only thing different is that you would get to take your hands and feet off for a moment. The third and final reason I am against self-driving cars is because there is no extra safety other than cameras but that is for the computers. What about the safety for the people inside of the car if the cars computer just so happened to have a malfunction? There should be at least safer seatbelts and or safer air bags.

My answer to the question of wether I am for or against self-driving cars is pretty obvious. Technology is not always guarenteed to work 100% of the time, all attention is still to be on the road just like when driving manually, which makes the concept seem redundant, and safer appliences are not promised. Obviously there are more reasons to be against it and reasons why others might be for it. I, myself, am against self-driving cars.",3
"Cars are going out of style. In Vauban, Germany, cars are not owned, save the occasional one that can be afforded; Paris,France banned certain cars from driving certain days; Bogota, Columbia has a car-free day; and America is seeing a decrease in their car sales. The reason behind it: smog and greenhouse gas emmissions. The reduction of car use has helped these things immensely in more ways than one.

""Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emmissions in Europe...and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States,"" says experts in Elisabeth Rosenthal's

""In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars.""

Europe, the United States and other places are starting a movement called ""smart planning."" It is a plan to seperate suburban life from auto useage. There has been efforts these past two decades to make cities better suited for walking. In Vauban, 70 percent of families do not even own cars, they walk everywhere. It is similar in Bogota, where the people ride bikes and hike to work whether it is in the shining sun or in the downpour of rain. Even here in America, driving has decreased. In 2013, studies show that the numbers of miles driven was nearly equal to the numbers from 1995. The percentage of people under the age of 40 getting their license has dropped 23 percent between the years 2001 and 2009 according to Rosenthal's article

""The End of Car Culture.""

Last year, Paris had to enforce a ban to clear the smog from the city; many people got fined for ignoring it. Five days after enacting the ban, congestion went down 60 percent. In Bogota, less streets were being built while more and more sidewalks and bicycle paths (118 miles worth) were under construction. President Barak Obama has made plans to cease the greenhouse emmissions and, with the recent changes in transportation use, his plans could work. As stated in Rosenthal's first article ""The Environmental Protection Agency is promoting 'car reduced' communities and legislators are starting to act."" It is predicted that public transportation will become much more popular in the next few years.

Cars have polluted so many areas of our world and at this point of time, our world is changing. Less car useage means more money that is not being spent on gas and less pollution to our environment. The executive chairman of Ford Motor Company has a business plan to create cities where ""pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety."" It is beneficial to our new world that it stays intact for the future generations to come.    ",3
"Dear state senator, I believe that election by popular vote for the president of the united states is the smartest and easiest way to go about things. There are many people who believe that it is the better way to go about things given that the electoral college is a waste of time or so some may say. Over sixty percent of voters back in two-thousand would have perferred a direct election instead of voting to a bunch of electors. I mean would you rather vote for one person or vote for twenty-six.

The electoral college is a place that the founding fathers established in the constitution as a compromise between the election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. The process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting, where they vote for president and vice president, and counting the electoral votes by congress. The college consists of five hundred-thirty eight electors and a majority of two hundred-seventy votes is required for the election of a president. Each candidate running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors.

Under the electoral college the people vote not for the president, but for the slate of elector, who in turn elect the president. The electoral college is unfair to the voters because of the winner-take-all system. During the two-thousand campaign, seventeen states didnt see candidates at all. Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S Chamber of commerce, and the AFL-CIO all have the same thing in common, they want to abolish the electoral college. Some electors even have the nerve to occasionally refuse to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please.

So i hope that explained alot on how the electoral college is not a good way to vote. That way is to long and people might not get filled in on what happened or who won or there vote might even get changed. One of these days the electoral college will be gone and it will just be the president winning by having more votes. We dont need all that confusing way of voting just a simple vote and the winner is the one with the most votes.    ",2
"How can we stop pollution from destroying the Earth and everything that  lives inside of it. If we take a look around us we try to save the Earth by recycling things that reusable. Well its not enough, we have to reduce one of the major cause that is making the greenhouse gas increased. Cars are use in our everyday life, to work, to school,and to buy groceries. We use cars for everything and the toxic gases release by cars are killing the Earth. This toxic gases are being release into the air we breath in. This gases are affecting us and the environment the animals live in, but is also affecting the Earth.

We depend on the Earth everyday, when we wake up we expect the sun to shine on our face and the plants expect the light from the sun to observe carbon dioxide and release oxygen, our major source of surviving. 12 percent  of greenhouse gas is due to passenger in Europe, but in the United States  it takes up to 50 percent in cars intensive. For example in Paris, they enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city from pollution. Almost 4000 drivers were charge for driving their own vehicle instead of any type of transportation on that day. If we really want to change the world and really help our planet we should follow the example of Bogota, Colombia, they set up a program that lead to a car free day, many Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work the result for this was that the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams.

Saving our planet is not difficult all you got to do is reduce pollution by recycling reusable things, use less energy in you home and use less water. Finally reduce using your own transportation use other things that will make you appreciate Earth for everything she has done for us. We can reduce pollution and greenhouse gas if we set our mind to do it.               ",3
"The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy persuit despite the dangers it presents. I think the author has some valid details that support his claim, and it's enough to want to take a chance and know about our neighboring planet, Venus. I will be discussing the following, simplified electronics and mechanical computers to support the author's claim.

The author states that, ""NASA is working on different approaches to studying Venus."" One of these approaches are the simplified electronics that were tested in a chamber that is supposed to simulate Venus' chaotic surface, and lasted for three weeks. Another approach is mechanical computers which, ""were first envisioned in the 1800s and played an important role in the 1940s during World War II."" This device does not require electronics and they ""make calculations by using gears and levers."" Any regular, modern computer if exposed to acid or heat are capable of melting, as well as cell phones and tablets. This shows that devices that use mechanical parts can tend to be more resistant to such pressure, heat, and other forces.

I have concluded that though it is risky and dangerous to study Venus, I think it's worth knowing about it and it's contents. It's a great challenge for us humans but that is what makes it worth knowing about. What if Venus excedes our expectations and we find something that could possibly be life impacting? I think the danger and doubt would be worth it and our thoughts and assumptions would rest at ease.",3
"Driverless cars are useful but in a way can be very dangerous. Those type of cars are like robots and have sensors. Driverless cars may seem helpful at first but what if they malfunction? They can forget to do what they were built to do. Like warn you when you are about to bump into something or if your driving to fast. It's better to use your own brain and control your own car, intstead of letting smart cars control themselves. Crashes can happen if your not paying attention, and you loose attntion on the road because you think your driverless car is helping you.

Driverless cars may seem helpful and cool but they can also put you in great harm if you don't have control of the steering wheel. Like the article said the driverless cars have a antilock brake, what if the brakes jam or stop working? Those cars also have sensors. What if the sensors stop working and if it's a driverless car, why would you want to drive a car that can drive on its own? You would get tired of letting the car drive on its own. It's much safer to drive your own car instead of letting a robot like car to drive for you. ",3
"Limiting the usage of cars has a varirty of advantages. From having a less expensive life, to less air pollution, and overall a generally happier life. Thinking about all the excess and stress that comes with owning a car is tiring. Not to mention the hazardous effect it had on our lives. Would it not be nice to just take off some of that burden off of you, and be a happier person?.Let me help you out on how to achieve that.

Owning a car is pricey! In Freiburg along with paying for your house you also have to pay for a parking garage, which comes with a hefty price. Did i not mention the distance you have to walk to park? lets just say you might as well have taken the bus.""Car ownership is allowed, but there are only two places to park---large garages at the edge of the development,where a car-owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home.""(source one,section two). With you alone driving to work and back everyday will tally up to over a hundred dollars spent every week, now add children into it, and their after school ativities, also add emergencies. See where this is going? sure you might need a car now and then, having a car is not a bad thing. How about Carpooling? It will reduce that price you have on your gas recipts and create more time for bonding and interacting with people.

Health or driving? Well if you are not healthy you can not drive can you? With all of the automobiles we have today it is bound to affect the earth. The smog in the air leading to that first cough that can lead to something more terminal. Imagine what it would be like if you had less cars, or even no cars at all! well the capital of France tried it and the results were amazing.""Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog..""(source two,section fourteen).  Now think about if that ban that Paris enforced,was tried out in other countries. Just that little change in the amount of cars on the road let to that difference of the pollution. Probably led to a difference in someones health too.

Everything stated above leads to happiness, from the less expences that will have to be paid, and the less damage that the pollution will have on your health. ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,"" said Heidrun Walter""source one, section three).Also when there are less cars on the road your community will be able to connect more and have better infranstructure, which would make them  happy just like it did for the people of Bogata, Columbia.""Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks;rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic;and new resturants and upscale shopping districts have been cropped up.""(source three,section twenty-eight).

Overall the advantages of limiting car usage has many benefits to it. From having a less expensive life, by not having to pay for gas so often, car insurance, and evrything else that comes with it. Having better health also is a advantage of the limitation of car usage. Also one of the most important aspects of life, happiness comes with the limitation of using cars. So there is no reason to not try it out, there will be more benefits.    ",4
"DO YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL VOTE?

At long on the History, There's strange and curios case in the story of the political, especialy in United State of America (U.S.A) The political allways had serius problems, like corruption, the confusion of what president choose, the bad counting vote, etc. But with all those problems that happens in the world.. How United States choose good presidents? First, we are going to talk about the curius case in the U.S.A talking about the political and how U.S.A choose the future president.

There's alot of curios case in the U.S.A. For example, it's said clearly in the article that for first time in the story of U.S.A there's 2 represents to be president that came from the state of Hawaii in 1960, and those represent was against Jhon F. Kennedy. Or the other case that the Electoral system in those times it was very confused and for each state it represents 1 vote so The legendary John Kerry wins 34 democratics votes. There was alot of controversy.

But with all those problems, how those U.S.A choose good there presidents? The goverment like there citizen have clearly 5 things (according the article wrote by Richard A. Posner) That are: ''Certainty of Outcome'' That is selecting a president that ougth to be who most votes receives is the winner. ''Everyone's President'' Means that is a resulr by a candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president.''Swing State'' Is a method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates.''Big States'' Is a large state that gets more attention from presidentail candidates in a campaign than small state does.. And the last one is ''Avoid Run'off Elections'' That it could be argued method selecting the president may turn off by potential voters.

In my opinion, i'm pro with. Is a very nice Goverment and Can helps every country in the world becouse there potential economic that they have.                             ",1
"Technologies nowadays can recognize emotions. The software makes out the 44 main muscles on your face in order to identify what you are feeling. They base it off of the 6 basic emotions. Technology now is so innovative that now we may be able to use this in classrooms to tell whether or not to change a subject or not when a teacher is teaching.

So all of this begins when a computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 of the major muscles in your face. In the model all these muscles move like a actual humans. Dr. Paul Echman ,creator of the FACS, classified the face having 6 basic emotions- happiness ,surprise, anger,disgust, fear, and sadness. Each thing is accosciated with its own characteristic movement. Each and every single person has the same universal emotions on there face, they are all universal. Dr. Huang said that "" even tho individuals often show varying degrees of expression."" The real question is tho is how this can help us when it comes to school and teachings in the classroom. What I mean by this is that teachers could know when the students are not finding interest in a subject of a disscussion anymore. This technology can scan the room and see what peoples emotions are during the subject and if they are not good then the teacher could try a different approach and if that worked then they would know that is what they need to try for the next class. Everyone learns a certain way and if you have a class that has a majority of people that learn a certain way then you know the sense of direction you need to teach based on this technology.

Now that we know that everyones emotions come off the same way and that everyones reactions to things are relativly close, don't you think that this would be good in a learning enviroment? Every person learns a certain way and if you know this then why dont we use this technology in classes so the teachers know that they need to change up teaching styles or just come back to something a different way.",3
"You should particpate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. It is a great way to get out and help people. You also can have fun with it. Helping people and have fun doing is so great. It would be a blast.

You could help people by getting them food,water, animals,and more. They lost thing in the war,so cloths on them can be good. They will be so thankful for your help. That will be alsome to do.

You could have fun. You could bring your friends and family and you could work together. You could make someone day shine with a smile. You could look around the ocean and look for animals. That what would be fun.

Another reason you should join the Seagoing Cowboys is we need more people to take care of are plant, and go do things that can help it. This could help it so much. We could change people's lives by doing this. This is a important job for people, because it could keep people from dieing.

You should join the Seagoing Cowboys. It is fun and you can help people. It also can change lives in a good way and keep people from starvation. I hope you join, becaues we need you too.   ",2
"Have you ever wondered about what you might do after highscool?

Some people might say college, others might say, just find a well paying job, and others might not even know what they want to do.

Well, if you're one of those ""I don't knowers"", becoming a Seagoing Cowboy might just be the job for you.

Seagoing Cowboys have many great experiences and adventures.

There are many resaons why you should join this program.

One reason why becoming a Seagoing Cowboy might be good for you, is because of the water and animals.

If you find an interest in riding at sea, and you have a love of animals, (like me), this program would be suitable for you.

In paragraph 2 of, ""A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves"", it states that it was the end of World War II, so the UNRRA started hiring people to take care of the animals that were being shipped.

Paragraph 5 quotes me, Luke, """"The cattle-boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy,"" he says."".

So, if your looking for an amazing and unbelievable opportunity, and animals at sea are your thing, this program would most certainly be for you.

Another reason why this program might be for you, is the joy of helping people.

From previous knowledge, I have learned that many people feel better about themselves when they help someone out.

If this is you, you're the one for the job.

Again, in paragraph 2, it says that it was the end of a World War, and a group was formed to help these countries.

This group, UNRRA was hiring Seagoing Cowboys.

As part of the group, a Seagoing cowboy, not only gets the expiernece of helping someone with their animals, but the life changing experience of helping others in countries that lay in ruins after the war.

Finally, (in my opinion, the best reason of all), you can have fun.

Yes, you heard me right, you an have fun while being a Seagoing Boy.

The article says, in paragraph 7, I, Luke, one night, while on guard, almost died.

Besides the almost dying part (which hurt a lot!), the adventure sounds amazing.

Paragraph 8, even says that,"" Luke also found time to have fun on board.""

It goes on to say that I was able to play volleyball, table-tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, and whittling when the animals were gone.

Paragraph 5, says that I had a benifit of sight-seeing while being a Seagoing Cowboy.

I even had the oppportunity to go to China, Europe, and Greece.

Thout sounds pretty fun.

If you don't mind work, and love to enjoy yourself, a Seagoing Cowboy is the job for you.

In conclusion, all of these reasons contribute to the fact that you might enjoy the job of being a Seagoing Cowboy.

Maybe, one reason calls out to you more than the other, but that's okay.

Besides, we're all in the same boat.

So, if you like fun, animals, and the joy helping people, this is the job for you. All aboard, your future awaits you.",3
"The Facial Action Coding System is useful in many ways when telling us someones facial expressions. The Facial Action Ciding System can help us indicate someones true fellings or emoions that they are felling or felling that they have torwds someone else. By looking at A computer it can indicate what your truely felling. When someone doesnt have A facial expression on thier face the Facial Action Coding System can identify what they are truely felling.

Making A facial expression everyday can help you produce the expression more often. Most the time whatever emotion your felling the more this emotion will pop up in your life time. Most emotions can be detected based on your facial expression or the way you move or speak. If your around someone who is always smiling chances are you will be happy to. Based on someones else emotion you can sometimes fell the pearsons happiness, sadness, or anger torwds themself, or someone else.",2
"A ""car free"" community has many advantages. They will reduce the amount of greenhouse gases. They will also help you save more money by not having to pay for a car, and if you do, you can park it in a garage for $40,000. This will also expand other transportation and will have a new six-year federal transportation bill. There is no disadvantages for having a ""car-free"" community. Many countries and cities are participating in limiting car usage to make the air better and cleaner.

First, and most important, is that reducing cars also reduces the greenhouse gas emmision. People that participate in this are most likely doing it to make the air we breath better. In some over-populated cities, the amount of smog is crazy. After just one day without some cars, the amount of smog dissapeared. London had the idea for even-numbered license plates to be banned to drive one day, even though some people still used their cars. So more than half the cars are still on the road, and it reduced smog so much, they didn't even need to ban the odd numbered cars. This is the most important reason why people are limiting car usage.

Next, if you live in a car free community, you will never have to pay for your car. You can sell it to make more money becuase you will never have to use it. This is much better than owning a car and having to park it in a garage for $40,000. If you ever need to take the bus, you will have the money. With the extra money you can buy a bike also. The stores will be walking distances, so there is no need for a car. I think this is a great idea for not only a better community, but it would help people socialize with neighbors and it saves money while doing it. After World War II, the cities would start reconstructing around the car, but now that is beggining to change in Vauban, Germany.

Last, the cities are trying to expand public transportation, such as taxis and buses. It would promote these and play a much larger role in a new six-year federal transportation bill. In previous bills, 80 percent of appropriations have gone to highways by law and 20 percent have gone to other transportation. If the city bans cars, you can either walk, skate, bike, or ride the bus or taxi. In America, the amount of cars being bought and license plates being bought are decreasing since 1995. President Obama has an ambitious goal on which he unvieled last week and he wants to get rid of green house gas emmisions.

In conclusion, I think you would agree that limiting car usage has its advantages. It reduces greenhouse gases and also smog. After one day, Paris was clear of gas and smog in the air. The gas gets caught under the atmosphere and is dangerous. Limiting car usage also will help you save money because you no longer will have a car to pay for. Also, it would boost other forms of transportation, such as buses and taxis. This is a great idea to limit cars.         ",4
"You should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program because you will be able to go site seeing in other countries.

You will also learn how to speak the languages of were you go.

Another thing you may learn is hours care.

One more thing that you will learn is what other countries need support in.

One reason you would want to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program is to have the oppurtunity to go site seeing in other countries.

Some of thoes countries are China, and the United Kingdom.

You will probibily go to more countries but each of them will be unike.

One way they will be unike is by their arts and arckitexture.

Another thing that you will see different in the countries is their fifferent quizines.

You may also learn how to speak the languages of the countries you go to.

On the other hand you have already learned the hardest language in the world if you are from America.

The one thing that makes English the hardest language is because of the homifonnes.

There is no other language that has words that have more than one meaning for a word.

So it should be a little easer to learn the countries language.

Most likely if you do join the participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program you will be shipping hourses.

So you will probibly learn how to take care of the hourses.

One thing you will learn is how much gran to give the.

Another thing is when to feed the hourses the grane.

One other thing you might learn is what the other nations are needing after the war.

They might need cows for dary and meat.

They might need sheep for there food and wool. So they might need a lot of stuff after the war.

So if you joined the participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program you would have a lot of options of learning that you can do.

You could go see important things about other countrys history.

You can even lean a nother language.

Also you will probibly be with horses all the way across the Atlantic ocean.

One last thing, you can also learn how the other countries need support.",3
"I think the computer the students are using to identify human emotions is valuable. It could useful for many things in the world or can use for important uses like if people are lying. This techology could be helpful to scientists for many uses or like in the article says for identify paints or surgeries. In the following paragraghs i will give my reason why its a good reason to the FACS and evidenece.

The reason i agree that they should have the FACS is because it could be used for alot of things like see who is confused or lost, and if someone is lying when they are introuble, and even if they need it for a painting like this artcle. I think people always questioned if mona lisa is happy or mad, or even confused. In the artricle on paragraph 3 it says that the computer can classifi if someone or some painting is happy, sad, anger, fear, and disgusted. So what they did is they made the painting 3-d and scanned her face to see what was her emotions were during da vinci was painting and also it says that the computer can also major 44 muscles on our face and can tell if we are happy or sad. on paragraph 1 the result of what emotion mona lisa was 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful andf 2% angry. this result could be right or just what the computer thinks what her emotion was in that very moment da vinci was painting her.

In conclusion i do think FACS is valuable because it could help figuring out emotions on people in paintings like da vinci, help during surgery, help the teacher know if people did understand the lesson or not, and help people know who is lying or not.",2
"Driverless cars becoming the new thing i think is pretty cool. In the argumentive essay i will be for driverless cars! To think that a while back some people didnt have cars and now we are trying to create a driverless car is amazing. In this essay i will state my three reasonings on why i am for driverless cars.

While reading this paper i saw that a plus side to these driverless cars would be the gas. The text states ""The cars would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus."" Gas prices are something many american people have to deal with on the daily. We all know that gas is not the cheapest thing the world has to offer. By these driverless cars though if they found a way to improve in technology and use half the feul it takes for a real car then this is a big plus side on the driverless cars.

Another reason i am for driverless cars is because they seem to have made this car as safe as it could possible be. In the driverless car there are sensors located everywhere doing different things. Without these senors the car wouldnt be able to function as a driverless car. The text says ""The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels."" If it wasnt for senors this car would no longer be safe, in my persepective. The senors located in these driverless cars all play an important role to keep the driverless cars driverless.

A huge reason i am for these driverless cars are because if we can accomplish a driverless car, who knows where that will take us next. In the first paragraph the author says ""He believes such cars would fundamentally change the world."" I personally could not agree with the statment more. If the driverless car becomes a thing then what will be next, everyone has there own high tech planes?

As i said that i am for driverless cars i can also see through people who arent for it. New things are always scary, but how will we advance in technology if we never give new things a try. I hope this argumentive essay might of helped convince you a little more to open up to the idea of driverless cars.               ",3
"I think driverless car are cool and should be a thing in the future, because it will be better for the environment, people will no longer get lost, accidents on the road will be a thing in the past.

The first reason to why I think diverless cars should be a thing is, it will be a lot better for the environment. In the article it said the driverless car will use half of the fuel the cars we have now. With todays technology we already have cars that use less fuel so think of how much less fuel the driverless car will use.

Second reason is people will no longer get lost. People always have trouble getting to place to place they don't how to get to, and always end up lost. well that situation will be solved when driverless cars are a thing, because all you really have to do is sit in the car and relax, and the

GPS will do the rest of the work for you.

Last but not least, accidents probably won't be a thing after diverless cars are a thing. Humans are not perfect and will make a lot of mistakes. Computers are a lot better than us at not making mistakes and probably better at avoiding them as well. So why not just let the sensors on the cars do its thing and just sit back and relax.

So as you can tell i really want driverless cars to be a thing in the near future. so we can, use less fuel and save the environment, not have to worry about getting lost, and finally to never get into accidents. ",3
"The author says that studies Venus would be beneficial to the world. He says this because Venus is sometimes the closest planet to us and would give us insight to other planets outside our solar system. We could learn about how water works on planets and if Venus ever hosted life. If Venus did at one point have life on its surface that would be the greatest discovery ever made. Next is how we would explore Venus.

If we were to explore Venus NASA would allow scientists to float above the roiling Venusian landscape by having you in a blimp like vehicle above 30 miles. We already know the Venus has had oceans in the past. We know this because of the valleys, mountain, and craters. The valleys are by the oceans Venus had. The mountains are caused by the movement of tectonic plates, and the craters are caused by space debris and asteroids hitting Venus. Furthermore is the life that could have been on Venus in it's oceans.

Now if there was life on Venus that would be the biggest discovery of mankind. There was definatly a possibility of life on Venus in the oceans. Basic life was found on Earth as far back as almost 3 billion years ago, that would have been a good time for Venus to support life on its surface as well. The surface of Venus is so inhospitable now that spacecrafts sent to study Venus haven't survived for more than a few hours. That's because of the atmosphere of Venus which ia almost 97 percent carbon dioxcide. The pressure of Venus is higher than the pressure in the deepest parts of our oceans.

In conclusion, Venus is a really good place to research despite the dangers. We could find life outside Earth for the first time on Venus. NASA has offered a way for scientists to research Venus by putting them into a blimp like vehicle that would be hovering at around 30 miles high. THe only danger is the pressure but in that vehicle NASA would provide it would be like a submarine in our oceans. That is why and how the author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers.   ",2
"Have you ever thought about how life would be like in the futrure? How technology would develop? or How people would come up with new forms of transportation? Well, what if I told you that someone has developed what is called a driverless car. Yes, a car that steers, accelerates and brakes itself. I will be telling you about some of the pros and cons about using this new technology.

Google has come up with a car that drives itself, but the driverless car still has a long way to go. When it comes to the driverless car you still need a driver in the vehical to take control of the car when it needs to drive through roadwork detours, and traffic accidents. Althought this is still the case, Google is trying many diffrent approches to see how they can improve this technology in many differnt ways.

When it comes to new technology and developments in the world, I am for it. New developments can improve your life, and make it easier. With technolny like the driverless car, even though you may need to take control of the car sometimes overall it's still a very helpful and safe way to maybe answer a call or send a message, and still be safe with your driverless car. ",2
"The developement of the computer cars are not a good idea. We have yet to find out if these cars are safe enough to have our family in them. These cars are supposed to warn you but what if they don't warn you on time and you get in a car crash. It is better to just drive your own car and be much safer than to have a computer car.

For one these computer cars are not safe enough I don't feel like. The only thing that people know are that they will drive for you and warn you when it is time to take the wheel. What if the warning does not come fast enough and you get in a car crash. How do you know that your family is going to be safe while driving this car. We dont know that. They are supposed to do all these kind of test but if they have to do so many test than what is the point of even making them. Also by not doing this project it could safe a ton of money.

By driving your own car you could be a lot more safer. You have total control of what your car does but in this new computer car you really don't. All you have to do is just type in your location and it will choose your path for you. Driving your own car will help you keep you and your own family safe. Also when you do get involved in an accident with these computer car no one will know whose falt it is if it is the manfacturers fault or yours. By not having these computer cars it can safe you a lot of much more money if you are ever invovled in a accident.

In conclusion it is better to be safe than sorry. The devolpment of these cars do not need to happen. It is okay if they help out a little bit but having a computer car tak over is not such a good idea as all og these car developers think it is. Lets keep our family safe and lets not build these computer cars.",4
"In Germany, residetns have given up on cars. Vauban's streets are completely ""car-free"", except the main throughfare, where the tram to downtown Freiburg runs, and a few streets on one edge are only two places to park.

70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and the 57 percent sold a car to move there. Some say they feel happier now than before when they had a car. Automobiles are the linchpin of suburbs, where middle-class families from Chicago to Shanghai tend to make their homes. Greenhouse gas emissions are reduced drastically. Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the U.S.

In the new approach to make cities denser, and better for walking stores are being placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway. In teh U.S., the Enviornmental Protection Agency is promoting ""car reduced"" communities, and legistors are starting to act, if cautiously. In previous bills, 80 percent of appropriations have by law gone to highways and only 20 percent to other tansport.

After days of near record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. Almost 4,000 drivers were fined, according to Reuters, an international news agency headquartered in London; 27 people had their cars impounded for their reaction to the fine. Cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions. The smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to rescind the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday.

President Obama's goal to curb the U.S.'s greenhouse gas emissions, unveiled last week. Recent astudies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by. Pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety.    ",1
"In the passage the author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. In the passage it states ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system."" This explains the importance of astronomers exploring Venus because it could have some various styles like ""covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth."" The significant thing about this is that numerous factors see Venus as a challenging planet for humans to learn more about, despite the dangerous obstacles it brings among us.

One of the many obstacles of traveling to Venus is ""Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system"" This proves it's way difficult to even step a foot on Venus without even getting your foot molted by the boiling temperatures of Venus's surface. Another reason that's a risk to vist Venus is that ""A thick atmosphere of alomost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere."" This conditions show highly extreme pressure that is 90 times greater than what we experience on Earth. This shows more extreme than anything humans have encountered here on Earth.

In conclusion, Venus is a highly caution area for humans to counter but luckly scientists (NASA) have discovered unique ways to overcome there problems by inventing a vehicle hovering over the surfaces to avoid such bizzare surface that could potentially end their lives. Not only are they creating vehicles but also mechanical computers that have the ability to ""make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all."" The significance is that scientists and researchers are developing unique machanics to out come the problems to enter or step foot on Venus. These brave people have showed ""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors.""      ",3
"The idea of Venus being worth of pursuit, depsite its dangers, isn't completely outrageous. The author of this passage dives into this idea, stating a reason as to why Venus exploration should happen, and also stating reasons that it currently isn't possible. Though the author does touch on the ideas of why we should explore this planet, they do not give enough reason to support the claim, or at least enough reason and ideas to keep the idea circulating within the brain of all of the readers.

The author seems to use at least two of their paragraphs to give why we should travel to Venus, in a sense that we were able to do so. In Paragraph 3 they describe the conditions of the planet, adding that Venus has volcanoes, earthquakes, and lightning strikes just as Earth does. This is just the start of the author's biggest and only claim, which fully arrives in Paragraph 4. The author does so by adding more physcial features of Venus and almost putting them side by side to Earth's. ""Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life..."", and adding that ""...Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth."" Later on, they also state that Venus has recognizable features, such as valleys, mountains, and craters. The author wrote only about how scientists would learn the history of Venus, and gave no reasoning beyond this.

Though displaying a solid claim, the author gives no further explaination to their only reasoning, and goes straight into talking about the difficulty of traveling to the planet. There are multiple things the author could have slipped into the passage, like the abundance of information that scientists would learn, opening further travel, and the creation of new technology. Scientists and man alike would obtain much needed information from exploring Venus. Not only would going to this planet tell us its history, just as the author said, but it would push us closer to the exploration of planets that sit beyond this.

The author described a trip to Venus as being one that would be no fun for humans, but if able to create technology to keep our explorers safe, there would be smaller and fewer limits on the places our explorers and scientists could go after. By picking such a harsh planet to start one of many trips, the work and energy put into a way to reach the planet would pay off more than the world seems to understand. Though the technology used to get to Venus would have to be updated depending on the length of travel and the conditions of travel,--snowy and colder climates or hot, tretorous terrain like Venus--it is quite possible to get more out of Venus than what is displayed.

Readers do receive great information from this passage, but the author could have been equipt to know more reasons as to why studying Venus would be a great thing for scientists. They did give the wonderous and plentyful reasons as to why it will be harsh to reach and remain on the planet, however. Despite this all, Venus is a planet to reconcile with, even if it means waiting the months or years it takes to make just the technology compatable enough to work with its body. ",5
"Venus or better known as the ""Evening Star"" is a fascinating planet. Venus is the closest planet to Earth. Even though no human has had the chance to step foot or experience life on Venus, the evidence gathered from spacecraft it much like our Earth we live on today. Despite the dangers Venus brings, the study of this planet is much more interesting,

As following, like previously stated, Venus is Earth's ""twin brother"". As evidence in paragraph two it states, ""Often referred to as Earth's ""twin"", Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too"". Research proves that Venus maybe used to be just like the way Earth is today. For example in paragraph four the author states, ""Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth."" Venus is the second planet away from our sun so life on Venus will be much more diffucult than life on Earth.

Although these planets have much in common, they also have differences and reasons why life can't be lived on Venus. The reasons behind that , like stated in the third paragraph, ""A thick atmosphere of almost ninety-seven percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus"". That means we are left with three percent of oxygen that will not be able to substain a human's life. In addition, the pressure that the planet Venus hold is not substainable for humans. In pragraph three it states, ""(...) the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. The conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metal."" This research itself explains that living on Venus is much more diffucult than living on Earth.

Even though Venus is the second plant away from the sun the temparatures are excrustriating. Research proves, ""On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit (...)"". On Earth temparatures will rise no more than 120 degrees, but an average of 800 degrees Fahrenheit will cook humans like hotdogs on a grill. Besides the heat and Venus atmospheric pressure the weather Venus experiences is devastating. In paragraph three it states, ""Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes probes seeking to land on its surface"". No matter the research or things that NASA try to do to make Venus a liveable plantet, economically it's not possible unless you have a death wish.

Finally, in my opinion I agree with the author that the study of Venus is worth it because from this article I was informed on a lot of interesting facts about Venus. Although no human life can be conducted onto Venus the research done on this planet is worth the time, effort, and dedication. Hopefully in the future we can expand our knowlegde and research on Venus. ",4
"Dear (Senator of Florida),

In my opinion I believe the electoral college shall not remain the same and that we should change the election to the popular vote. I believe that the electoral college and the process in which it takes for a president to get elected isn't fair. Like stated in the article if you lived in Texas and wanted to vote for 'John Kerry' you would also be voting for his slate of 34 Democratic electors which would gain him 34 electoral votes. The electors could be anyone depending on what state it is and not always can voters control whom their electors vote for. Sometimes people don't know or get confused about the electors and vote for the candidate the was possibly not in their favour. A negative aspect of the Electoral college is that you can be off for about one vote or so and if the other candidate looks like it has majority they would give it to them. Sometimes they have to recount votes and check over them again because they are unsure or have new votes coming in. The worst thing is when you have a tie in the electoral college which is possible it rarely ever occured in the popular vote. In the popular vote you either win by majority or lose because you didn't have enough votes or more votes than your opponent.

The electoral college is unfair to voters because of the winner take all system that in each state the candidates on go to the states in which they believe that they have a strong amount of votes. The electoral college is agreed to be unfair, irrational, and outdated. In order for the country to continue growing and increase in the economy and so forth you don't need a president who is the most liked you need one who you believe will run the country and be able to fulfull the demands you would like for the country. Romney had most of the south votes yet Obama still won the election due to his excellence in presidency and the small states and a few large states added up together to let him win. Just becasue a president has over rule on the South states or north doesn't mean they are guaranteed to win the election. I believe in my opinion it isn't true that a large state gets more attention in a campaign than the smaller states because Obama went to small states and large states to campaign in not just the large states. Going back to Romney who went to the southern states and fairly larger states to receive majority vote. So due to the fact that there are many downsides to the electoral college I say it shall be abolished and that the popular vote from now on shall determine whether you are president or not.    ",3
"Most people think that driving is a top priority. There are other ways of getting from place to place. There are many advantages of limiting car usage. For instance, there will be no more pollution, most people stopped driving, and many people will gain plenty of excercise without the use of cars. There are many other positive ways to get around the city instead of driving a car.

This world already has enough pollution, but with the limitations to car use there won't be. Cars these days give off extra gas that is harmful to the animals, plants, and even people. According to Source 3: Car-free Day Is Spinning Into A Big Hit In Bogota, by Andrew Selsky, ""It was the third straight year cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the Day Without Cars in this capital city of 7 million. The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. Violators faced $25 fines."" This cause is a good way to lower air pollution. For example, many women and some men face the struggle of having breast cancer. On certain days there will be a walk to help cure breast cancer. It won't stop it completely, but it's a great cause to help cure it. According to Source 1: In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars, by Elisabeth Rosenthal, ""Automobiles are the linchpin of suburbs, where middle-class families from Chicago to Shanghai tend to make their homes. And that, experts say, is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes."" The efforts are strong and with more people being included will help make the air pollution lower to a better percentage. For example, when people are sick they have to take medicine in order to get better. This world and the atmosphere will become a better place to live if more people get involved with the limited auto use.

Driving isn't in the number one spot on things-to-do anymore. Most people stopped driving in America. According Source 4: The End Of Car Culture by Elisabeth Rosenthal, ""Recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less, and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by."" The change in fewer people getting a car will also be a good way to stop traffic in the cities. For instance, if someone brings in chocolate cupcakes, but no one except one person likes chocolate, then they would take more for them. Same with the road; less people on the road the more room for people who want to or need to drive to some place. Also in Source 4, ""As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was in January 1995."" A lot of people can't afford cars or even think they are a waste of money. For example, no one would buy something that they don't nessecarily need. People would take the money and use it for something more important. There are many advantages of limiting car usage. When people stop driving, that means there wouldn't be a lot of people on the road. There will be more space for people that have emergencies or important business errands, or people that just want to drive.

Without many cars around due to limited auto usage, people will have the advantage to excercise. There are many people that are overweight and need help to fix it. According to Source 3: Car-free Day Is Spinning Into A Big Hit In Bogota, by Andrew Selsky, ""In a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, and skated to work during a car-free day yesterday."" Without cars for a limited time would be a great idea to take control and work out. It helps people live a healthier life style and build muscle. For instance, some kids are forced out of the house for atleast an hour of play time and get on track to become healthy. Not just children should be doing this, but also adults. Although when someone needs to get to some place, taking a car would be quicker, but having no cars has advantages too. Some people might complain and be too lazy to go ride a bike to the store, but as a result in the end, the person on the bike will be in better shape than the person in the car. There is nothing wrong in staying fit when there isn't an option in driving a car somewhere.

There are other ways of getting from place to place. There are many advantages of limiting car usage. For instance, there will be no more pollution, most people stopped driving, and many people will gain plenty of excercise without the use of cars. There are many other positive ways to get around the city instead of driving a car.               ",4
"The idea of an autonomous car is very interesting but it should not be developed into an actual product. Though there are a few luxuries that come with an autonomous car there are quite a few more liabilities that come with it. The following are just some of the issues that could come up with the driverless car.

The first issue that could come about with these driverless cars is their reliance on absolute perfect conditions. The cars that they have tested needed to be put on a special test course to be used. These roads were nearly perfect roads unlike the roads that we drive on every day. To make this car street legal they would have to make major upgrades to the current roads and that would be way too expensive for the government to do. This is just too expensive to be a feasible idea.

The next issue that may possibly occur is legal disputes. If a car is not being controlled by the human inside of it and it crashes in to another car who is at fault for the wreck? That question will lead into a lot of legal disputes involving the cars if the technology fails. There will be owners who blame the manufacturer for the wreck because they made the technology that failed. They could also blame the driver in the car because they were not paying enough attention to take control of the car and prevent the accident from happening.

The third and final issue is the fact that the cars are not truly driverless. These cars are advertised as self driving cars but in reality they still require a driver. This will problems because if the technology fails and does not alert the driver when they need to to control of the car it could lead to accidents and possibly even deaths. Even if the technology does not fail the slightest of delays when sending a warning that they need to take control of the car could result in an accident or maybe even death. This ties in with the previous point about the legal liabilities that come with the driverless cars.

Overall the autonomous cars are a fascinating idea and one that many people may support but in reality they are a legal liability and they would cost a lot of money and possibly cause accidents or even deaths due to a failure or delay in the cars system that lets the driver know when to take control of the car.   ",4
"In my position, driverless cars is something I am against and something that I will not use in the future. I am against the idea of driverless cars because of many specific reasons. There is also the joy of learning how to drive and learning from our mistakes on driving. Maybe someone wants hack your car and it will just stop out of no where. There are also good reasons to have a driverless car for you to own. Those are some reasons I have on why I am against or with driverless cars.

Somewhere there is always a person that wants to do or cause bad things. Maybe this person wants to stop all the cars from working while they're in traffic. They can also cause a crash with 2 or more cars. Then people would just end up in the hospital. There is always a person like that, so that is one reason why I against driverless cars.

There are also good reasons to have a driverless car for you to own. Maybe you're in an accident and you need to get to a hospital and you can't drive, well then you can have your driverless car drive for you. Someone may have a child on board and they might need a diaper change or they need something, well you can help your child while your car drives for you. Say you're about to crash and your driverless car saves you with the sensors it has. There are some good reasons to have a driverless car as well.

In conclusion driverless cars is a no for me but there is also good reasons. Such as a hacker, hacking your car ans making you crash and ending up in the hosptial. There is a good reason too is for when you're in accidents. Last is the joy of learning and driving a car. This is why I am against driverless cars.",2
"In the artilcle of ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus."", the author thought of how could we research and study Venus without any casulties during the expidition. In Paragraph 3, he has clamed that Venus has a thick atmosphere of 97% carbon dioxide with its amosperic pressure being 90 times greater, having the hottest surface, and its Venusian weather presenting additional impedimemts including erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes.

The author could claimed that Venus itself ia a worthy pursuit because he had stated that astronomers are fascinated by also because it had once been the most Earth-like planet in the solar system in paragraph 4. In the paragraph, it had stated that Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have been supporting various forms of life, like Earth was doing. Venus has a surface of rocky sediment and includes some interesting features like valleys, mountains, and craters. This led to a question on how would astronomors study the planet.

In order for the author to find a solution to the problem, he should read the 5th paragraph talking about NASA. In Paragraph 5, NASA's one possible solution is to make a vehicle hovering over Venus to avoid its major disasteral conditions. The air pressure would be close to its landscape as far as the sea level on Earth. I hope that this information should be good enough for the author to used if he's doing some kind of project and I wish him good luck on it.",3
"Hi i'm Sara me and my partner joe are going to tell you about ""unmaking the Face on Mars."" I believe that the Face is a natural land form. Joe thinks that it was made by aliens. ""We all know aliens aren't real Joe"" sara said. Do you think the Face was made by an alien or just landforms?

Well I believe that you should keep reading for more information. I told Joe that ""the Face is a natural landform and heres why."" The text that I read said "" it was a huge rock."" This means that it is clearly just a natrual

land form. Joe said I also read , "" i""ll tell you why an alien made it. The text stated that ""it would be a great way to engage the public and attrat attention on to Mars. ""Joe told sara that ""this means even if it wasn't made by aliens that people would still think it was

So what do you think about the face? Me and my partner are still talking about the face. The face is a natural landform. After a while we came up with that it was a land form.",2
"Limiting car usage is the last thing people would see as an advantage to society. This dramatic change has been a eye opener to many communities in different countries all over the world. It has really helped with the enviroment and brought a postive impact on communities in various ways.

To begin, the limiting of car usage has brought out a positive result in the environment. According to the excerpt from ""Paris bans driving due to smog"", Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. Due to the partial driving ban, the smog was able to be cleared sooner than later. Some may claim an agrument of cars being very useful and it helps get from destination to destination in a resonable amount of time. Although that may be reasonable, a testimomony from a businessman in Bogota explains that it's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution.

To continue on, the limiting of car usage has also brought a positive impact many communties in different countries. This new adjustment has created a domino effect as many countries take on the challenge. In the excerpt from ""Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota"", author Andrew Selsky explains that parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks. Not only is it catching the eye of the people of the community, but also by other countries. According to the excerpt, Enrique Riera, the mayor of Asuncion, Paraguay said, ""These people are generating a revolutionary change, and this is crossing borders"". This advantage could be the change of a lifetime for many communities. And it might be just the thing they need.

In conclusion, limiting car usage has brought many advantages in society. It has had a positive impact on the enviroment and communities. Dont just dwell one little con that can be outweighted by all the pros this new advantage may bring.                                    ",4
"In my opinon I don't think that driverless cars should be made or yet even tested. I believe that the car could stop working in the middle of driving people some where. Then those people would get into a car crash because they can't do anything because it is a driverless car. Yes, it sounds great and cool to not have to drive a car and it do it itself, but there are many things that can go wrong with this idea.

What happens when something goes wrong with the car? Who is to be blamed? The owner or the person/company who made the car? These are just a few questions I have over this topic. I believe that if something goes wrong with the car and someone gets hurt the owner shouldn't be the one to get blamed. It should be the person/company who made the car because they are suppose to make sure the car is safe for people to even be in, and safe for the road since a computer is driving it.

What if someone hacks into the software/data base of the car and makes it drive people and into the middle of nowhere, to an abondon house, or something like that so they could get killed? What do you do then? Has anyone thought about that? I doubt that has crossed any of the companies, who want to makes these cars, mind. I mean you hear on the news all the time about all these people getting hacked. What's going to stop these hacker from not hacking into these driverless cars to harm certain people they have a strong hate to? If they really wanted to hurt someone they will stop at nothing to do that. How are these cars even going to be safe? Its like asking a three year old to drive a car. And I know that I don't want a three year old driving me around from place to place on a daily bases.

So I am strongly against these driverless cars. If someone can prove me wrong about any of the topics I brought up I would be glad to hear them. I do doubt that anyone can have evidence about some of this stuff not coming true if driverless cars are made. Many things can go wrong with these cars. Here are some questions that I leave you with, what is so good about these cars in the first place? How are these cars going to help us in the long run? there might be some upsides to these cars but not as must as the downsides.",3
"In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author supports his claim by stating that the reasoning for continuing research on how to get to Venus's surface is, because it was once very similar to earth's surface long ago.

Astronomers claim that Venus probably had oceans and supported many different life forms just like Earth. The author states that the value of returning to Venus seems idisputable due to the fact that it is sometimes our nearest option. Since it is our nearest option and giving consideration to how long time frames of space travel are, this is a pretty good claim. So far the author's claims are, that it is our nearest option and it was once very much like Earth and habitable.

The only problem now is Venus's surface conditons. On Venus's surface the temperatures average is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than it is on Earth. However the author goes on to state that NASA has a possible solution to the conditions on Venus's surface. NASA's possible soolution would be to have a blimp like vehicle hover 30 miles above Venus's surface. Even though the temperature would be around 170 degrees Fahrenheit it is still survivable for humans. However researchers cannot take samples of Venus's surface by hovering in a ship safely above the planet. The author states that instead of looking at the problems as risks we should look at them as challenges.

The author claims that striviing to meet the challenges presented by Venus has value because human curiosity will likely lead us to many more equally intimidating endeavors. Also that our travels beyond Earth should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. So the authors claims for furthering research on how to get to Venus are, it's the nearest planet to us, it used to be very hospitable and much like Earth, and that we should see the risks as challenges and find ways to get past them. The author supported these claims very well.",4
"What's your opinion on the Facial Action Coding System (FACS)? If people used this system, it wouldn't be right. This might seem like a good and helpful system but if we start using it, it'll more likely upset people because not everyone is comfortable with others knowing their emotions, if everyone knows others emotions then we won't have to communicate as much because we have a machine that'll tell us, and jobs will be taken away because we will no longer need them.

Yes, this system would be quite interesting, but many people wouldn't agree with always having others know how they're feeling. They want to keep to theirselves and just think their emotions through, they shouldn't have to share them if they don't want to. In the passage, it says, ""For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face."" At this point, you'd ask if she is okay. If she doesn't want you to know then she won't tell you so she shouldn't have to. If she does want to talk about it or tell you how she's feeling then she will. The person should always have an option as to whether or not people figure out how they're feeling.

Imagine the person next to you, in this case a girl, is sitting there just staring off into space, you would probably ask them what she is thinking about. If we use this system, then we won't have to ask because we'll already know if she's angry. If you already know she's angry then you wouldn't go up and talk to her, meaning we'd lose communication and that person would lose someone to talk to her emotions about (if she wanted to). In the article, it says, ""Eckman has classified the six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness..."" This shows that the computer will be able to detect the emotion that person is feeling so you won't have to.

In society today, we shouldn't use this system. Maybe if it was back in the day then it would be more beneficial because we didn't have as many therapists to help but now we have occupations that help us figure out how and why we're feeling certain emotions. As an example, imagine yourself as a therapist. If you're a therapist, you'd have multiple patients coming in your room on a regular basis to talk about how they're feeling, how their day was, etc. and you'd help them figure out why they're feeling happy, depressed, sad, angry, etc. The next day you look on the news and there's a new kind of computer that tells you how you're feeling, but that's your job. When you go into work, only half of your usual patients come in and the next day, the amount splits in half again. Sooner or later, you're down to very few patients but you aren't getting paid enough anymore so you have to quit and find another occupation. This is what would happen to many therapists and occupations similar because the people have a different way of seeing their emotions now.

In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding System is not a good idea. This system would make society more anti-social. We should work on finding more ways for people to come together and communicate with each other and this would do the opposite. It would make the people who do not want everyone to know their emotions upset/angry, it would make us lose communication, and some of our occupations would be lost. Those are some examples of how the FACS is not very beneficial.",4
"Throughout history, advanced technology is what everyone shoots for. However, advanced technology has caused many problems, as it has also been effective.

There are certain things ""man"" should control themselves; automotives is one. Yes, a assemly line is much more easier than carrying heavy things to where they need to be, but completely removing a person from an object that can easily end a life is not only lazy, but abserb. Us as humans were given one specifc thing that seperates us from everything else; a brain.

As stated in the prompt, if an accident occurs, who will be held responsible? The driver ""behind the wheel"" or the robot that is controlling the vehicle? The car may have an overide system, but a human will not be able to react quick enough in that split second in the chaos that the robot has created.

There are, however, certain things robots will thrive in that humans don't. For instance, a ""whiskey throttle"". This is when a human panics and gets a heavy foot, which causes an accident that was not intended. Robots do not panic, therefore, they will not rear-end the car ahead of them.

I am all with saftey, but letting a robot have complete and total control over a car is not one of them. I disagree with driverless cars.    ",2
"Have you heard of the Seagoing Cowboys? If not, they are a group that was hired by the UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration). They were hired to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules. I, Luke Bomberger, am a part of the Seagoing Cowboys.

We thinks you should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys. Some reasons why we think you should be in the Seagoing Cowboys is that besides taking care of and bringing ruined coutries animals. You can visit and seeing new places such as Europe and China.

Before you can visit those wonderful places, you have to take care of the animals. You have to make sure their stalls were clean, and that they had been fed and watered two or three times a day. You also have to pull bales of hay and bags of oats from the lower holds of the ship you are traveling in.

There is also fun to be found on the ship. Once you have unloaded all the animals, you could play baseball or even volleyball in the empty animal holds. To pass the time people would do table-tennis tournaments. They would also do fencing, boxing, reading, and whittling to also pass the time.

A job that you might have to do is night watchman. During the night, the only thing you have to do is that you would have to check on the animals every hour.

These are my reasons why you should join of the Seagoing Cowboys, and what you would have to do if you were a part of the Seagoing Cowboys.",3
"Extensive analysis of the text idicates that the use of driverless cars will drastically improve the world and the quality of living in our society. New sensor technology today like the dubbed ""LIDAR"" allows for safer, smarter, and more efficient driverless cars. Driverless cars are the future of todays society, and should be embraced instead of restricted.

First and Foremost, in reality, driverless cars are not truly driverless; the car mearly assists the driver in driving to make it easier and safer for drivers. Driverless cars utilise on board sensor arrays and outside communication to effectively make sure the driver and the passengers are safe in transit. While inside a driverless car, the driver must stay alert and be ready for work zones or accidents. New iterations of the driverless cars are catering to the concern that drivers in driverless cars could go offtask whilst driving which is a mahor safety concern. They responded by allowing the driver heads up displays and the ability to turn off the autodrive at any time to take control of the driving.

On the other hand, laws in many states ban driverless cars, because the current driving laws all revolve around the driver controling the car, not the other way around. Also, lawmakers argue that cases of an accident including a driverless car would be much more complicated, because no one would know who is at fault---the driver or the manufacturer. This issue with lawmakers in certain states is holding back the driverless car industry greatly.

To conclude, certain automakers are still evolving and revolutionizing the driverless car industry. Tesla announced a 90% autonomous car, and Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have manufactured driverless cars by 2020. The driverless car industry obviously has many more hoops to jump throigh and has a lot of potential, but it is still a theory and not yet a concept. Although struggling through public and leglistative support, the driverless car industry still strives and continues to make big leaps into the future for mankind. ",4
"The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents by explaining the similarities between the Earth and how we can overcome our differences as well.

The author believes it is worthy of a shot because of the ways to avoid major problems, such as flying at a high altitude to evade the extreme pressure of the atmosphere and dangerous sulfuric acid clouds. The text states, ""Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans."" This piece of evidence shows how clever the author is willing to get to investigate Venus and just how possible this may actually be. The text also states, ""...not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equallty intimidating endeavors."" This evidence goes to show that not he is not interested in exploring the planet to purely learn about the planet itself, but it is also human curiosity that pushes us as a race to adventure and discorver things that are of the unknown.

In conclusion the author strongly supports the idea of pursuiting the exploration of Venus despite the dangers it presents. Although as the author stated, it is better to think of these ""dangers"" as challenges, as we can overcome them and reach our goal. We have the potential and technology to get there, we just need to put our heads together and do it.",3
"Would you like to be able to not drive you car or to drive your car. I would like to have driveless cars. Can you imagine the time that you get into to your car and the only thing you have to do is say car start. Well that where are cars are tranforming into we are starting to get cars that we don't have to drive the cars drive for us.

Driverless cars well also help the driver. In the text it say's "" they still alert driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork accidents."" So the driverless car well also let the driver know when to take over maunally by vibration of the seat. So the driver well always have to be aware of whats going on. driverless cars well also get you to where you're going in the shortest amount of time possible.

I think if we have self driving cars there wont be as many car crashes as there have been in the past couple of years. From people texting and driving or driving drunk or stuff like that. In paragragh 7 the text says'' They can steer ,accelerate , and brake themselves."" So if the drivers are careless and not paying attiention to the road like there text or something the care can stop for them and not cause a crash.

Thats why i agree with the idea of a driverless car. I can see why some people wouldn't want a driverless car because what if the car crashes or something went wrong with it you might be the one responsible for the car crashing. So i can see why they might not want a driverless car. I think that driverless cars well be a good thing to have in 2020           ",3
"Goals are a vital key to most individuals life, whether they are a teenager, child, adult, or student. Ones goal may be to ace a test, anothers may be to pay off past student loans. Specifically, a teenagers goal may be to take the formal test to apply for a learners permit and eventually test for a drivers liscense. Driving is a symbolic step in a teenagers life signaling freedom and independence from their parents, however, with the ever-so-quickly evolving technological and engineering professions, this key factor is a teenagers life could be bypassed, similar to how an exit may be bypassed on an expressway. In the article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"" driverless cars may be an option of the future. Driverless cars can be a beneficial investment.

Autonymous and semi-autonymous cars are evolving, rapidly, into safer vehicles than human-operated vehicles; tests have shown this since the 1980's when automakers used speed sensors at the wheels of vehicles in creation of antilock brakes. Now, if a person is in danger of skidding out of control or rolling over, the cars brakes can prevent this. Its also extremly prevalent here, in Indiana. A cars antilock brakes may assist an individual to stop at a slippery intersection on ice once the car notices that it is not decelerating at the rate expected by its computer. Another reason why driverless cars are a beneficial invenstment is BMW's development and release of the ""Traffic Jam Assistant."" We all know that traffic jams in bigger cities such as: Chicago, Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, and even on freeways like Interstate-94 can be frustrating. However, with this stylish invention ones semi-autonymous car may handle the driving functions, that of a human, at up to speeds up to 25 mph. If one does not have to worry about focusing on the constant start-stop of the traffic, their trip may become substantially more enjoyable. Moving forward, driverless cars can be a beneficial investment because teenagers may like driving a semi-autonymous car versus a normal car better. Dr. Werner, a BMW project manager driver stresses, ""We have to interpret the driving fun in a new way"" One way that this could be done is by bringing in-car entertainment and informaton systems that use heads-up display. These displays can be turned off when the driver is needed to take over. This also doubles up as a safelty feature, which is a huge proponent in passing laws permiting these types of cars.

In conclusion, driverless cars are a very promising option of the future, with which I support. They are proven to be more succcessful and could benefit modern america, as well as, the rest of the world by helping Indians in India with the subpar driving conditions with which they endure. They can also help Americans with heavy traffic jams in megatropolis' such as New York and Chicago. I believe that Driverless cars can be a beneficial investment and you should too.",4
"Dear State Senator,

I think we should change our voting system. Electoral College has it's flaws. We know it's the traditional voting system. It has some unfair advantages. Allow me to explain and convice you to changing our voting system.

Under the electoral college, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who turn elect the president. The electors could be anyone not holding public office. Who picks the electors will depend on the state. Sometimes state conventions, sometimes the state party's central commitee, sometimes the presidential candidates themselves. Voters can't always control whom thier electors vote for. Voters sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate.

The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor. The American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for much worse. Consider that state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors, and those electors could always defy the will of the people. Oh, and what if a state sends two slates of electors to Congress? It happened in Hawaii in 1960.

Perhaps most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. In that case, the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president. At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfairto voters. Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend much time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the ""swing"" states.

It's official: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. And the arguments against direct elections are spurious at best.

Sincerely, PROPER_NAME    ",2
"I think using a Facial Action Coding Systemin the classroom to identify the emotions of students is not okay, Why? becuase some people want to express themselves of their feelings that has been done by others. But not such that. In fact, we humans perform this same impressive ""calculation"" everday. For instance you can probably tell if a friend is feeling simply emotion by looking at thair face. But for some people painting portraits can help them express their feelings through painting. Sometimes people express their emotions through music by singing or making music. Then in the Mona Lisa, no one knows what feeling she is expressing and what is she feeling. For instance, some artists say she is happy but no one really knows what emotion she is feeling. In conclusion, I think classrooms shouldn't use Facial Action Coding System to identify the expression of students an how they are feeling. But some people have hidden talents that they use to express themselves or their emotions. Also not many people icluding students express themselves through painting some use dancing, acting, making music, singing, cooking and their are many ways of expressing your emotions through many things. For instance people express themselves through writing books, but many people can understand their feelings that by reading their life as a book.",1
"If people participated on joining the Seagoing Cowboys then it would be better because then they can help people that are stuck in world war 2. If more people joined then it would help becaus then people would have different kind of things to do. So people should participate on joining the Seagoing Cowboys.

People should participate on joining because if there is more people then it's better because then it wouldn't take lots of time to do everything. People could get in groups and split to help people that are hurt or that are worried to get killed because of world war 2. If people participated then they could help out and help out on the ship because the horses had to be fed 2 or 3 times a day. Each person will have something to do if they particpated. if people joined then when they were all done then they could've got something because they helped out people that were in danger. When they have done what they had to do then they would get time to play when they went back to their base or to the United States.

So if people helped then it would've been more easier to do things. They would have gave lots of people food and supplies because they were in Europe whe the world war 3 started. So then different armies joined and they helped out but it would be better if more people joined to help. If people joined then it meant that they care about people when they are in danger.",2
"The author suggests that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. vanus something called the evening star is one the brightest points of light in the night sky. However this nickname is misleading since venus is actually a planet. in our sola sysyem venus is the second planet from our sun. while venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of earth it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely.

The evidence from the article that supports from the acricle . venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too. Earth previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more then a few hours. These differences in seed mean that sometimes we are closer to mars and other times to venus.Numerous factors contribute to venus reputation as a challenging planet for human to study despite its proximity to us.Even more challenging are the clouds of higly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus atmosphere.on the planet surface tempertures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater then what we experience on our own planet. Beyond high pressure and heat, venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.The value of returning to venus seems indisputable but what are the options for making such a mission both safe and scientifically productive. the planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains and craters.Long ago venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have suppouted verious forms of life, just like earth. Astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have bee the most earth like planet in our solar system.The national aeronautics and space administration has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study venus. Imagine a blimp like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling venusian landscape. solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed earth levels. However peering at venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetraphy the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forma of photography and videography ineffective.Many researhera are working on innovation that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of venus.",1
"Today i am going to be telling you why you should be a seagoing cowboy

These are some ways you should be a seagoing cowboy. You git to ride the ships free . You can learn how to take care of animals. You can have fun when you are done unloading the animals like boxing,reading,and fencing there are lots more ways but these are the most common. It will be fun just like the guy luke said in the article. You will be working . You will have to be careful . You will get to know how to take care of horses. It might make you like horses and might make you want to buy a horse. You git free trips and when you are done you can have some free time to git to know the place more . You will git to ride on a ship if its your first time riding on one .

this is some resones you might want to go be a seagoing cowboy there is lots more stuff but this is the most importent stuff that gives you more facts and that gives you more details but if you want more resones you can go to the article so you can read it for your self and see how like it.",2
"The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despit the dangers it persents, because he or she feels very strongly that there is more to Venus then we think. Many people think that Venus is a star because of the nickname it was given ""Evening Star,"" but it is really a planet. Venus is the second planet from the sun. From a distance we are safe but is has been one of the most challenging planets to examine closly.

The author thinks that Venus is worth learning more about because it is the most earth like panet in the solar system. It has shown signs of various forms of life, oceans, valleys, mountains, and craters. With these shocking findings many scientists will be wanting ti find out more avout the dangrous planet. Venus is an extreamly hard planet to acess safely. The atmosphere is made up of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide, and it coveres the entire planet of venus. The more challenging part of landin gon Venus id the cloud that are made up of highly corrosive sulfuric acid. when you get to the actual part of the planet the temperatures avrage of about 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the pressure of the atnosphere is 90 tmes greater then on earth. To get there safely the only way would to hover about 30 miles over the planet.

Although studying Venus is a dangrous activity there are other soultions to getting there safely. Many scientists are working on finding a way to make the machines last long enough fo us to gather information and samples. Finding a soultion that will work for in the harsh ennviroment that Venus brings is going to be very diffcult. The scientists are going to have to extra hard to get something that can stand the conditons. The idea of studying such a dangerous planet can be a little unsettling, you have to know all the things that could go wrong and how to prevent them and you also have to be prepared for everything. The author thinks that studying venus is a good idea even though is is dangerous because he or she knows that there is more to it then we can see. For all we know there could be forms of life on there. Studying Venus will do good for the people working at NASA and all the other who study our solar system because it will bing in more information about things that have happend and why some things happen on earth today.

The article states that ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imigination and innovation."" This quote from the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" sums up the whole point in which we should not let the diffculties get in our way of discovering more and more. Scientist want to explore and learn more about Venus not because they just want to but because it has value. Learning more about Venus will likely lead us to many more good things. Even though venus is a dangrous place to explore and study its worth a chance, there are so many good things that can come out of it. If one day we are able to produce equipment that can withhold the conditions Venus brings us we will unlock so many new things. Goog things can come out of the bad.        ",3
"Have you ever thought of going to Mar's? If so would you like to learn some good information? Would you be afraid to go? I would love to go to Mar's but since I am a lame 8th grade girl I will not be going anytime soon. So I figured I would tell you a story that happened In Mar's On May 24, 2001.

Well on May 21, 2001 something funny happened around Mar's NASA was snaping photos of Mar's when it seen a shadowy that kinda looked like a human face. Nearly two miles from end to end seemed to be starting back at the camera's from a region of the Red Planet called Cydonia.

Couple days later NASA was looking throgh all of the photo's when he noticed the ""shadow's giving the illusion of eyes, noes, and mouth."" Thats when they thought it would be a great idea to engage the publice and attract attention to Mar's.

Just becuase of this picture they took on Mar's it became a ""pop icone"". People call it the ""face on Mar's"" It's now a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows. But not only that it even was in Grocery store cheackout lines for 25 years! Some people thought the face is telling us that there is life on Mar's. Other's just thought it just happened to look like a face. But there is my story about Mar's maybe one day you will right a story about me being on Mar's.",1
"The face that you see on mars is actully a landform called martian mesa. It just happened to form like a face with the shadow. When the viking 1 was looking for a landing spot for viking 2 it happened to fly over this landform the viking 1 was already taking pictures so it took a picture of the landformation that looked like a face.

When this picture was later given to the public to see it became a pop icon in a hollywood film, book, magazines, and radio talk shows too. people belive that it is a sign of life on mars and that NASA would rather hide conspiracy theorists, but really if there was life on mars NASA wouldnt hide it they would be getting funding money for a mission to futher investigate. Then on

April 5, 1998 a mars orbiter flew over cydonia capturing a sharper image of the landform it showed a martian mesa with shadows that made it look like a face as NASA said. Yet people were not happy they said it was cloudy on the red plant and that the camera had to take the picture thought clouds and could of missed alien life. So NASA then fleew over the landform one for time on cloudless day at the red plant and took anouther picture it showed the same thing as the second picture. So it was made clear that there was no alien life on amrs or that the face of mars was made by aliens it was just a great landforming.",3
"You can usally tell when a friend is upset right? You can tell by there facial expression. Well there's a new system called ""FACS"". It reconizes emotions.

""FACS"" stands for Facial Action Coding Systems. It makes a "" 3-D computer model of your face."" In oder for this to work "" all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles."" Dr. Paul Eckman is the creator of ""FACS"". He has been able to ""classify six basic emotions such as happiness, sadness, suprise, anger, disgust, and fear."" Then he sees which muscles moves with each one and associates this with each emotion. For example "" when you move your 'frontalis par lateralis' muscle (above your eyes) it raises your eyebrows when you're suprised."" Also if "" your 'orbicularis oris' (around your mouth) tightens your lips to show anger.""

How is this used in computers? It is used in computer when it reconizes which muscles move to make that facial expression. They say "" Imagine if your computer could reconize when your happy or sad."" For example "" if you smiled when a web ad appears on your screen, then a similar ad might appear next time. But if you frown, then the next time the ad will be different."" What if a ""classroom computer could reconize when a kid is becoming confused or bored, then they could modifiy the lesson, like a effective human instrutor.""

In conclusion ""FACS"" could help us understand emotions better. It could help improve kids grades in school by changing the lesson when they get confused or bored. It could help us understand early are work where it is a portrait. When could find out the emotion of the painting and maybe if the person was happy, sad, in fear, anger, or even disgusted.    ",2
"Jonah has had a long day, and he has to drive home late at night. He is exhausted, but has no choice but to drive himself home. Imagine if he had the help of his car to keep him alert and staying on the roads until he gets home. With the new driverless cars that are out, Jonah can still stay alert, even after a long day. Driverless cars are a wonderful, new idea for this day in age.

In paragraph 1, Google cofounder Sergey Brin envisioned a ""future with public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transportation taxi system."" That alone would only use half the fuel of today's taxi system. Another reason why this would be such a good idea is because the cars they are using have been driven more than half a million miles without crashing. These cars also have sensors and cameras in just about every part of the car, to prevent accidents. It also keeps the driver engaged in some perspectives being that its a ""driverless"" car.

Although driverless cars are such a great idea, there are some negative sides to it. The driver may believe that they should not pay attention to anything at all, and cause a crash. It is also highly expensive to achieve this idea, and not many people will be able to afford it. Drivers could also get bored with it since they are not the ones driving a majority of the time. It is also not fully ""driverless"" being that drivers would still have to do smaller things such as pulling in and out of the driveway, or driving through a construction site.

Even though they may have their negativites, their positive sides outweigh it. Although they are not fully driverless, it still keeps the driver engaged, just in case something happens. In paragraph 7, it says that ""while the drivers are watching the road, the car watches the driver."" It is also enhanced with a spinning sensor on the roof, which detects nearby objects coming by.

Driverless cars are a big debate. It may make or break the future of cars and technology. There are many pros and cons to this idea, but some outweigh the other alot. Driverless cars are a wonderful idea, and should be used more often.",3
"The speaker talks about the lastest technology that Dr. Huang and Dr. Paul Eckman were making and working on. The technology, Facial Action Coding System or FACS, detects the emotions that people show, including mixed emotions. FACS can detect actual humans or even painted people's emotions. The speaker talks about using Mona Lisa to test out the technology. This could be something new and interesting to have in a classroom, it could also help both students and the teachers.

It could help both the students and the teachers by detecting if the students are confused, or even bored with a lesson, and then helping the teacher modify it to get the students to better understand it or make the lessons fun. In paragraph 6, the speaker says '""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"" Dr Haung predicts. ""Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.""'

This would be a valuable tool in a classroom because it could help students do better on tests and quizes, it would also help students to better understand the materials they will need to understand in the future, or even on ISTEP.

It could also help both the students and the teachers by detecting the teacher's and student's emotions, and if the teacher is mad, or not having a great day, or if the student's are upset, angry, or not having a great day, then they can work together to make the day more fun, or better for both the students and teachers. This technology would also help by students not getting upset with a teacher because they're not teaching things in the way that they can learn about them. It could also help by having the students know when their teacher is getting tired of teaching all day, and they can teach classmates that don't get what they are doing in class. Even by just teaching a classmate that is having trouble understanding what to do, could help the teacher get it together, because they could see how students are learning what they're teaching.

It could help both the students and teachers by giving them new things to learn if they already understand it or giving them different ways to better understand the material they are being taught. This could be a really valuable tool to have in any work place or school because it could help everyone better understand what other people are feeling, like confusion, anger, or even happiness. It could help everyone in the work place or community by seeing how their family is better understanding things from work or school, and increasing their intelligence by just having a technology in their classroom they can rely on to tell their bosses, or teachers, if they are confused and don't understand how to do what they're being told to do or about what to do.

This technology could do a lot of good for not just teachers and students but for everyone. This technology should be in schools work places, and even other places too. It could help many people, in many different environments. Do you agree with this type of technology being placed in schools, and other work places? It feels like it would be a very valuable thing to have in different types of places. ",4
"From what I have just read, a few reasons that would help persuade someone to join the Seagoing Cowboys program would be to Tell them a life story. This would be persuasive because if you had been to the program, you coud tell people about how you helped your country and how you were a brave hero they might also want to be able to help their country and join the program. I can support my claim because in the text it tells us that Luke and Don were traveling to Europe and World War II had just happned there so Luke and Don had signed up to be Seagoing Cowboys to help deliver food and water and live stock to Europe.

Another reason people should join the program is because It's lots of fun to be on board! I can support my evidence because in the text it tells us that while Luke was on board, the cowboys played baseball, volleyball, and games in the empty holds where the animals used to be housed. It also tells us that table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittiling, and other games also helped pass the time.

One of the final ways you could persuade folks to join the program is that while serving, you can also go sight-seeing! The text evience i used was from paragraph 5. The text tells me that besides helping people, Luke also got to see the Acropolis is Greece, took a gondola ride through Venice,Italy, toured the castle in Crete, and marvled at the Panama Canal on his way to China.

This is what i belive to be the most effective ways to persuade people to join the Seagoing Cowboys program and how to tell them in a posotive way that this helps you to meet new people, protect your country, and go sight-seeing all why having a great time.      ",3
"There are many challenges that come with the exploration of different planets. The one that is most facinating is the planet Venus. There could be many difiiculties to studying this planet. Scientist do not care because from ther studies this is the most earthlike planet in our solar system. Nasa wants to send people up there to Venus and get more information about what they are working with. Studying Venus would be a very dangerous and hard task to complete, although it is the most earthlike planet in the solar system, and it may be possible to send humans to the planet without injuring them.

There are many red flags about this planet Venus. As the passage says ¨ Numerous factors contribute to Venus? reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study...¨. This planets temperature is around 800 degrees Fahrenheit or more wich is way to hot for any human to surviive through. Venus is known to have the hottest surface temperature than any other planet. The preause was calculated to be 90 times greater than it is on earth. That type of preasure is enough to crush any one of us. Even though Venus is dangerous scientist see this planet to be the most simmilar to earth.

Venus is also called Earth? ¨twin¨, it is called that for many reasons. Like Earth Venus has a simmilar distance and size, it is also the closest planet as well. Venus has a rocky surface and looks as it has simmilar features to Earth. Things such as valleys, mountains, and even craters. It looks as if Venus could have even been covered in large ocenas which could support life form. Seeing these things NASA strives to send people up to the planet to investigate closer.

Although the conditions on Venus were really bad scientist believe that they could survive them using various technology. The solution to there problem would be to make a vechile that would hover over the surface. The astronaunts would float over the gasses and heat not touching a thing. They would have to be about 30 miles above the land to be at a safe distance. The temperature would still be pretty hot but it would be surviveable. Even if they are that high it would not be close enogh to gather samples and data from the planet.

Venus was and still is a certain thing that is hard to study, but scientist continue to try due to the fact that it is the most earthlike planet, and could be possible to send humans there. The author collected great data and research of this planet Venus finding out these following things. Venus is challenging to study and is dangerous. It is known to be the Earth? ¨twin¨ due to the fact that they have the most similarities. NASA has plans to send people up there to explore the planet one day. Venus does present many dangers that could be life threatining, but it would be nice to have more information about one of the planets that could once have life form for people to survive on.    ",4
"I strongly dissagree with the argument that aliens created the face on Mars. The proof is that a little while later after the face in Mars was found scientists figured it was only a Martian mesa, something that was common around Cydonia. The only reason why it looks like a face is because it had unusual shadows on it.

The other reason why I beleive aliens didn't casue the face was because the authors of magazines and other articles thought it would be a good way to enguage the public and attract attention to mars and it worked. Plus when Mars Global Surveyer flew over the area one more time to get a better shot at the face it reavealed that it was just another normal landform and not an alien monument.

Another reason why I think that there was no aliens involved was that someone even compared the landmark to the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. Plus if you think about it If there were aliens on Mars don't you think that they would've found lots of land formations like the face.",2
"The auther suggeats that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despire how dangers it's on the present. The auther suggest stadying venus becauses is worthy,pursuit and dangers.evenggely is a star and it call venus or for his nickname is misleading. The since sctually say venus is a planet in our solar system ,Venus is earty to see it from the distart by a safe vantage. It had proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. Maybe this issure explains why not a single spaces had touche down on Venus is more then thee decades of numerous

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"Challenges of Expoloring Venus can be challenging to write about or understand. People often have different ideas/opion on this topic. Many people are indecievise though too. Which can lead to conflicting sides. His idea that it will be worthy it is not supported very well for a couple reasons.

His idea is not supported all that well. He used more of what he thought than facts. Such as this qoute "" Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors.

This qoute supports my idea because how does he know that there is insight to be gained on that plant. With that how does he know that human curiosty will lead us to equally endeavors. He needs to uses sources and support his sources. He even goes back to the dangerous that each one can lead to. He does not stay strong in just one idea, he circles back to the other idea. A qoute from the text that proves my point is "" Modern computers are enormously powerful and flexible and quick. but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions.

He always has a reason behind why it won't work or why it is dangroues. the author may feel like he needs to put why it wouldn work or the dnagerous but it just makes their writing weaker

In conclusion the author does not support his idea well. He has conflicting sides and he always seems to have a reasons why it could be dangroues. He also seems to have very little facts they are mostly just opions. The author needed to stick to one idea and find facts to support that reason. Intead of just going back and forth between ideas. This topic can be diffcult to write about if you do not understand it or have studied it in school.    ",3
"Since the movie ""Back to the Future"" people have been wanting flying cars and robot things, but driverless cars are a very bad idea to make. The idea in thought is good cause the kid inside us is happy but for it to go out on market would cause more problems than the law can handle. A car that can drive itself is a bad idea, because the money needed to make it should be spent on better things, unempolyment would drive to the sky, and learning to drive will be unneeded until its to late.

First of all, the money needed to make the programs and the cars should be going into better things. The money to make and test the program could have gone into building a new neighborhood for the homeless families liveing in shelters. The safety part of the program that needs to be tested is useing alot of cars that will be crashed and alot of people getting paid to watch the crashing of cars that could have been use to test a new strain of food that can grow faster.

Secondly, a lot of jobs are lost in the making of a driverless taxi service. If people stop buying cars then dealerships throughout the country will close down and people will be laid off. To have that many people without jobs, or have jobs lined up after, that would hurt America more than it could handle. All the people who are driving taxis would be not needed when it is cheaper and safer to use the driverless cab.

Lastly, driverless cars would make learning to drive an unneeded skill. People would slowly stop learning to drive and forget how to. When the car gets hacked by something and you need to drive the car to save yourself the skill isn't there so you crash anyway. Meaning that people would die in car accidents caused by hacking and no one knew how to drive to get out of the problem at hand.

In conclusion, a driverless taxi service is a very bad idea, becuase money could be used for better things, the jump in unempoliment would sky rocket, learning to drive will be unimpornat until it is imporant. Don't stop dreaming and slowly get to that goal, but never make it unneeded to drive a car. ",3
"You should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys because they help animals that are young and animals that were shipped overseas. They also headed oversea with the animals and they had packed a lot of food for the animals to eat while going overseas. Luke helped alot with the animals because he didnt want them to get hurt or die out on sea.

I chose the claim that you should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys because they helped a lot of thing in Europe when World War 2 was over. In the passage it says,"" World War 2 was over in Europe and many conturies were left to ruins."" Also the passage says,"" To help these countries recover their food supply, animals, and more, 44 nations joined together to form the UNRRA.""

The UNRRA wasnt only helping animals they were also helping people. My evidence to support that claim is,"" Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantic ocean 16 times and the Pacific 2 to help people who were affected by World War II."" It was thoughtful that Luke did all of those things to save people that were affected by World War II.

Luke made nine trips which was more than any Seagoing Cowboy has ever done. Luke was brave and thoughtful for joining the Seagoing Cowboys. Luke saved many lives after World War II. He didnt save only human lives he saved animals lives too and i feel that was thoughtful.

In coinclusion, Luke was very thoughtful and nice to save people after the War went on. Luke said that being a Seagoing Cowboy is much more than and adventure. The awarness he has stayed with him and now he is leading hus family to a host a number of international students and dexchange visitors for many years. Luke helped people by joing the UNRRA and that was kind and thought i hoped Luke had a fun time doing his job.                   ",3
"I think that using the Facial Action Coding System is a very good and valuable resource to use. I think that it could benefit society and schools very well because then they could tell if a student likes school or does not, tell if the undertsand a lesson or not, and just know how they are feeling throughtout each class so that the school or place can try to fix it. They can even make adjustments according to the students emotions on the internet.

I think that if we had this new technology in our schools it could benefit us a lot. In school you can finally tell if someone truly likes it or just puts on a fake smile to fool everyone else. The new (FACS) system can help to determine how a child or adult feels during every hour of everyday. ""For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face."" You can tell if your classmates are sad or happy or however they feel around you and just in the school place in general. If someone in school is sad or mad we can finally understand and try to get them the help that they need before the situation worsens.

The new (FACS) system would also benefit the school system by telling if a child is confused or not. In class everyone has gotten bored and just stops thinking sometimes. ""A clssroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"" Dr. Huang predicts. ""Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor. The classroom would change forever because then people will not be embaressed to say that they are confused because the computer will adjust the lesson for you if you look confused. This is a great way to make sure students get the help they need so they can move on and succeed.

Finally, we can predict how a person feels even if they just are looking into a computer. ""If you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different. Our own computers can pick out ads for us to enjoy based on our intrests and facial expressioin. Nobody likes ads but this can make ads more tolerable then to get and ad about something that you have no intrest in. Computers will understand non verbale communication because these days people text and talk on the phone there is really not much talking in person so the computer will know that you are happy or sad when on a certain page or watching a certain ad.

In conclusion i think that this is a great idea and is valuable to have these in schools. There are so many pros about having these in schools and they can and will benefit a lot of people and their lives. In class we no longer have to be shy we can get our lesson adjusted according to our own understanding not everyone else's understandings.         ",4
"Venus is the planet in our Solar System , which is second planet from our Sun.I is also known as ""Evening Star"".Venus is simple to see from the Earth.Earth is a very challenging place to examine more closely.

Humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on Venus.But no spacecraft unmannned landing for few hours.not a single spaceship have touched the land for three decades.Venus has 97 percent of carbon dioxide and sulphuric acids atmosphere and on planet surface it is 800 degree Fahrenhiet.it is 90 times greater than we experience on our planet,such a environment would crush the submarine deep in the ocean andd will liquefy metals. Long ago Venus was just like Earth.The planet has a rocky sedimentand includes familiar features like valleys mountains,and craters.The National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) has compelling idea to send humans to study Venus.At thirty-plus miles above the surface,temperatures would still be toasty at sround 170 degrees Fahraniet,but air pressure would be close to sea levelon Earth.solar power would be pleniful.Not easy conditions,but survivable for humans. Peering Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the plant can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because more forms of light cannot penetrate dense atmosphere.Researchers cannot take samples pf rocks,gas or anything else from a distanceMany researchers are working along the innovations that would allow our machines to last long enoughto contribute kowledge of Venus

.NASA is working on other approaches of studying Venus.For example, mechanical computers,simplified electronics made by silicon carbide.System that use mechanical parts can be made more reisitant to pressure,heat,and other forces.challenge presented by Venus has value because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equallly intimidating endeavors.Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the every edges of imagination and innovation.                                    ",2
"My position on driverless cars is that car manufacturers need to do more research and develop a more safe and effective driverless car, but the thought of driverless cars is pretty cool.

Humanity has always strived to improve thier inventions. When we invented the telephone people soon wanted it to be wireless. Now look where we are; we have phones that can fit in the palm of our hand with more computing power than a 1970s space shuttle. the advancement of technology in the past 150 years is almost unbelievable. from the invention of the internal cumbustion engine to the supercars today we still come up with better and more efficient ways to transport ouselves around. back in the day people would laugh at the idea that cars could move over 140 miles per hour. now it is common to see a car going over 180 miles per hour. But now we are in a time were large automaking companies are developing vehicles where you do not have to drive. the computing power and sensors will be expensive now, but in 20 years they will be mass prodiced and will be on most of the cars on the road.

As you can see, there are many reasons to have autonomous cars and reasonss not to. but my opinion thinks that autonomous cars are the future and can hopefully one day eliminate car crashes on the roads                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ",2
"Driverless cars? Let's talk about that. In year 2013, BMW announced the development of ""Traffic Jam Assistant."" This cars speed goes up to 25 mph, meanwhile in cars that we can drive go over 100 mph. This car can also notify the driver when the car needs to be taken control of. Vribrations are one of the notifications the car will give to you if there seems to be a problem with backing up into something. The Google car can announce itself when the car should be taken over. Flashing lights on the windshied is another way for notifying the driver. All of these simple, small notification symptoms are meaningless if you fall asleep while sitting in the car seat while your car is driving for you, This will be an all new crashing scale for the records.

Think of all of the possible ways that this manufacture driving car can cause so much harm. The casualties would be off the charts. Television shows have displayed a driverless car many times in the past, and people have yet to seem to realize that those are movies, not reality. Movies are works of art created by ones mind of imagination, If it's in a moive or in a show, then there should be a reason why it isn't real already. Not to mention the price. Having a driverless car would cost a lot of money. Why, you ask? They're new, rare, and there's a lot of sensors built into the car and a GPS reciever.

Driverless cars are dangerous because there's still a lot of mindless drivers out there in the world and driverless cars can simply comprehend the speed and damage another person can do within seconds. These types of cars and stop if there's something in the way behind the car. But what can the cars do when there's a speeding car coming right towards you? It can't drive and spin off somewhere. Stopping wouldn't do a thing, especially if you're at a stop light. These types of cars need a whole lot of more thinking and technical fixes to be put into this idea before they can become anything worth wanting.",3
"""ugh"" ""so tired of the same old voting preocess"" ""who even cares, not like we get to pick the president. Thats the sound of all the people who voted for someone to be President. As a voter id like to say that we shouldnt keep the electoral college for voting for President. Theres such good arguments on weather or not to keep it.

For my first reason im going to tell you how its just a unfair way of voting and its harsh. With the winner takes all system in each state, candidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chanve of winning. Focusing only on the tight races in the swing states. As said in source 2. When you vote with the electoral college you, the people arnt really voting for the president. Its the electors who aucutally vote for president and theres no point in you voting if they continue with the electoral college.

My second reason is that the electoral college is known as the diaster fator. To me thats not something i would want to persue in using while voting for my president. Consider that state legislatures are the ones responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could defy the will of the people as supported text from source number 2 as well. Given that many voters vote on one party the election can be expected to reflect the will of the people. The electoral college is just unfair to the people. They just pick someone without much reality put into it and there should be more thought to it or a wider range of votes.

Last but not least the electoral college is just outdated and irrational. It is widely reguarded as an anachronism, which means that its something that seems to belong in the past. And thats the past, were in the present. We have moved on from that and we need something new. It should just be overruled and like i said before something new. You want something that auctually takes your vote into consideration and not just letting some elector pick the president.

Yes the person with the most votes should win, but it really depends if they have the skills and criteria to run the country and be sucessful as the president. So as a voter, id like to say no more electoral college and something new!                                             ",3
"Being a Seagoing Cowboy does sound like a lot of fun. I think being a Seagoing Cowboy would be fun.

First you are helping others.

It sounds fun to do, you have something to do, you are being a hero. you get to do a lot of traveling and sightseeing

You get to see things you have never seen before.

Seagoing gives you the chance to see different when you travel. You kinda become a role model when you are a Seagoing Cowboy. You are looking out for others i think you should be responible and caring to be a Seagoing Cowboy. It could be a lot of fun and make you happy to protect people. You are making people feel safe.

In conclusion i think the Seagoing Cowboy program is good for people and they should join it. It's an important and fun job, sometimrs you get hurt and it can be dangerous but it awesome. Just be careful with dangers at sea.",2
"My name is Rachel. Today I will be talking about the ""Face on Mars."" Some people like to say that there are aliens living on mars. They say that the aleins are who made the face. To that I have alot to say.

My first thought is that the face is human like and aliens have never been near humans to know what we look like. Another thing, i work for NASA and if we wanted to we could say that there was a form of alien life. We would make alot more money that way. So this is why I think that there s not alien life form.

So here are some of the basic reasons people should not believe in alien life form. I have been working for many years trying to prove this to people. some people just refuse to believe that there are no aliens. There is no possible way to be aliens and thats a fact.So thank you for your time and i will be happy to inform you more if needed.",1
"The Electoral College was created with good intentions, but it has many vital flaws which allow for very unfair outcomes. The electoral college is an outdated, and irrational way to choose the president of our country for the next four years. It allows for silly tricks to be played - you can win the presidency with a mere fourty percent of the country in support of you. You can completely ignore some of your voters, as you're guaranteed to either win or lose heavily biased states, and you can gain massive numbers of electoral votes due to one more vote for a side in a state count. The system even allows for massive corruption to go unpunished, which is one of the biggest offenses in our country.

The electoral college's biggest flaw may perhaps be its ability to elect a president that doesn't even appeal to half of the country. According to source two, Al Gore ""won the popular vote but lost the presidency."" Al Gore had a signifigant victory in popular vote for the nation, yet still was denied presidency due to the electoral college's vote assignment system. If we did away with the electoral college, each and every person would have an equal say, and would be equally important to the candidates.  Even source three agrees that the trust in our electors is occasionally betrayed, albiet rarely.

Currently, the candidates can completely ignore portions of our country. Republicans have a strongly biased voter base in the south - so much so that generally speaking, the Republicans never have a single rally or major ad. According source two, states like South Carolina almost never vote Democrat. It's so rare, that if you lost, you offended the group that has voted unquestioningly for your party since the system has been put into place. If the electoral college system didn't exist, the thirty percent of southern Democrats would have a say, which would make advertising and campaigning all over the country much more vital.

The electoral college system also allows for an astonishing amount of corruption with no punishment. If a state manages to vote one hundred percent Democrat, rogue electors can still cast their vote for the Republican candidate - and this isn't against the rules. We're essentially putting the next four years of our country into the hands of 538 electors, and holding them to the lowest possible degree of accountability. Again, source three clearly states ""and that trust is rarely betrayed."" While it's rare, it's still more than possible, and can be quite disasterous.

Some may argue that the electoral college system puts into place a system of certainty and safety, for both the candidates and the people. This, however, is quite far from the truth. According to source three, ""the residents of other regions are likely to feel disenfranchised."" While this source claims that ignoring biased parts of the population, this is quite far from the truth. People are being entirely ignored by the powerful politicians that are supposed to represent them. That doesn't sound very democratic and fair to me. People begin to feel discouraged and that their vote doesn't count, and this is quite close to the being the case. Only one-half of elligable citizens voted in the 2012 election, which means that one half didn't. Half of our country isn't bothering to vote in the elections because the electoral college system completely negates their vote.

Our country prides itself on being ""the land of the free, and the home of the brave,"" yet our people are being discouraged at every turn by our government. The popular opinion of our people is that the government is out to get us, and there's not much evidence to contradict that. The electoral college system allows for the government to be run by men who didn't fairly win over our country, and isn't accurately representing our views. It's rife with corruption, and allows money to buy power. If we remove this system in favor of a popular vote election would encourage more popular policy, make our government closer to the people, and have little to no negative impact on our country.    ",6
"Space is always going to be a mystery to us. We will never be able to explore all of our universe. However, we can stil hold hope that maybe there are other life forms out in space. So when ""The Face"" was found on Mars in the region Cydonia, many people were shocked, especially the public! Many people think that ""The Face"" is real, although the images resemble landforms here on Earth, the images show it is a landform, and scientists have checked the image and conclude that it is just another landform. This is why the face on Mars is just a natural landform.

Have you ever found a small object around your house and wondered; What is this thing? So you compare it to other household objects and find that it resembles something you have. This is exactly what scientists have done with ""The Face"". They weren't sure what it was exactly, but after careful evaluation, they found it looks just like a butte or a mesa- landforms that are found in the American West. This is why ""The Face"" is just a landform, because it is exactly like a bunch of landforms found lots of places. In the text it says, ""'It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,' says Garvin. 'That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars.'"" This statement shows how the Face is a replica of landforms on Earth, and how it is nothing more than that. These reasons show how the Face is nothing more than a ordinary, dull landform found on Mars.

Imagine this. You are about to look through a microscope to observe a piece of grass. Now without the microscope, you see an ordinary, green weed. However, when you take a look at the grass with a microscope, you can see all of the cells, and pigments, and structures that make the grass appear the way it does. Scientists have taken these exact steps in order to classify the Face for what it is, which is a landform. The images show the face is just a natural landform. Without a careful evaluation, the image looks like a real face. Likewise, when scientists went and examined the Face with a careful observation, they found that the shadows, and angles, and structures of the landform all made it appear as a face. In the passage it states, ""The caption noted a 'huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth.'"" This piece from the article stands to show that images prove the Face is a landform. Agree or disagree with me, the proof is in the pudding.

I know many people who want to point out others flaws, yet are blind to their own. I know any people who strut around boasting how wise, glorious, and flat-out amazing they are, but have nothing to show for all of their talk. I am sure you know atleast one person like this: we all do. However, when a rocket scientist tells you a picture of a Face is a landform, and has proof to back it up, chances are you will agree with them because you know they are wise and capable of finding the right answer. This is why the Face is just a landform, not only can scientists walk the walk, but they can talk the talk! They have evidence that shows the Face is a landform, ""Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing... a natural landform. There was no alien monument afterall."" Stements like this can be believed becasue they are coming from intelligent people who know what they are talking about.

Whereas I know that the Face is just a landform, many people think ""the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars- evidence that NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists."" While I can agree that a huge discovery like this might want to be kept a secret for a while in order to figure out what the next step would be, why would you not trust somebody who has an enormous amount of intelligence? Are you a rocket scientist? No. So why doubt one when they tell you that they have examined the Face and found it is nothing more than a landform?

The Face on Mars is a natural landform. Scientists have compareed it to other landforms on Earth, checked the images which show it is a landform, and scientists all agree that it is, in fact, a natural landform. Many people want to keep their hope alive by suggesting NASA wants to keep the actual evidence a secret, but at the end of the day, who know more? You or a Rocket Scientist? I think we both know the answer. Now, we might find aliens in the future, but for now we are yet to have any company in Space.           ",6
"I believe that the so called face is just a natural landform. It is just a mountain with shadows that create an illusion of a face. In the very first picture of this landform it was very blurry, now cameras has evolved so now it is clear.

NASA wanted to figure out if this was a ancient face or an regular landform. So , 22 years later NASA went back to Mars to figure out what this landform is. With the technology NASA have they took pictures of the landform and they found out it was just a regular landform.

NASA wanted to do a double-check so in 2001 they took some more pictures. Now the pictures came out more clear than the last picture in 1998. Then NASA proved once again that it was just a natural landform.

Those are the reasons why that it is a natural landform. It was proved twice and the pictures were accurate, 3 times better the vision the last time they took a photo. Even with all the evidence some still believe that it is an acient Egyptian pharoh face on Mars.      ",2
"Have you ever thought about being able to read how someone feels even if they show no emotion ? In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile""by Nick D'Alto, new technology is being described. Many examples are given on why the new technology is helpful.The use of technology to read the emotional expressions is valuable because it helps out students,and stops the problem of having to wonder about someones emotions.

The use of technology to read emotional expressions is valuable because it helps students.

In the article it stated, ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"" it also states,"" Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor"". Having a computer being able to tell that a student is bored or confused allows the computer to change those emotional facial expressions so that the students enjoy learning and able to learn better.The computer may not be a human instructor but it would be able to help like a human instructor.

Not only does

the use of technology to read emotional help out students,it also stops the problem of having to wonder about someones emotions. In the article it stated, ""Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trtait that conveys happy, worried, etc."" it also states, ""yet...studied human anatomy to help them pain facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions"". Those examples show that because we have this new technolgy to allow us to read the emotional expressions,its not easier to be exact on how someone is feeling without hsving to guess.

The use of technology to read the emotional expressions is valuable because it helps students and stops the problem of having to wonder about someones emotions.There were many examples on how those things helped out.",3
"Dear Senator,

The robust political system of the American government is greatly hindered by the Electoral College. The Electoral College isn't completely representative of what citizens really want. History will prove such logic with just a simple recollection of past events. ""Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new elector who would oppose John F. Kennedy. (So that a popular vote for Kennedy would not have actually gone to Kennedy.) In the same vein, ""faithless"" electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and case a deciding vote for whomever they please.""

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Americans are not getting the representation we deserve. In fact, in a democracy, we should be representing our own beliefs, ourselves. The Electoral College must be totally abolished and the popular vote should become the new standard for political voting.

Time and time again, we have been shown that the Electoral College is nothing but a gimmick and ""a compromise between election of President by a vote in congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.""

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by the founding fathers. Maybe that had worked in the past, when the population was statistically low compared to today, and citizens were less informed because of the lack of media avaliable, like the internet and television. But, it is not working today. The 2000 election serves as an example of a faulty system. ""According to a Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore--thanks to the quirks of the electoral college--won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now.""

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Therefore, this is an obvious majority of citizens who agree with me. The Electoral College is almost universally despised, and not considered the most effective way to elect a President.

""At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the swing states. During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad.""

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This is ridiculous and not at all fair to voters. In this sense, it is absolutely true that every vote doesn't count. Unless you're in a swing state, your vote may mean very little in the grand scheme of things. Every legal American deserves the right to a balanced and fair election with a true, meaningful vote.

Claims by supporters of the Electoral College are not effective. In fact, one writer finds Swing States to be a good thing! Yes, ""Voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign--to really listen to the competing candidates--knowing they are going to decide the election. They are likely to be the most thoughtful voters, on average...and the most thoughtful voters should be the ones to decide the election.""

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Seriously, that is absurd. Every voter should have the right to know they are going to decide the election. This writer is implying that the small state votes are useless, and that the voters in them don't even pay attention to campaigns or research before they vote! As a former resident of a politically smaller-impact state, I know very well that citizens there research thoroughly before they do any voting. Putting thought into a vote isn't just a thing people do in large states.

Maybe it will be that way in the future, because due to the Electoral College, votes there don't even matter anymore. Citizens are losing faith in their expressions of freedom and ability to vote and uphold justice. The Electoral College needs to go, because it makes for an unfair political system that only benefits politicians running, not the average joe.""It's official: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality.""

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Regards,

A concerned citizen.    ",6
"The Facial Action Coding System is a coding program that can read emotions, some say this could help in the classroom to tell if students are ingaged in the lesson. This system was created by Professor Thomas Huang and Professor Nicu Sebe, leaders in their fields of expertise.

The usage of the Facial Action Coding System in schools to determine if a student is getting bored, tired, or angry at a lesson could be very useful. If a student were to get angry or bored during a lesson they are more likely to not pay attention and if you are tired you may not retain the information as well. If your computer could sense this and alert the teacher or change the lesson accordingly then it would give students a better working enviroment and a better chance of doing well in school. This 3D construct could also help teacher's understand their students better and help them learn more efficiently. This can also see through a fake smile and know the students real emotions which is important in case the student is trying to fake it through the leason when they really need help. According the the professional Dr. Huang, he predicts that, ""A classroom somputor could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then is would modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.""

So in conclusion, the Facial Action Coding System can read emotions and see the real emotions present. This could lead ot improvements in the classroom so that teachers and the computor can alter the lesson as needed to the specfic student and their needs. This is a good idea because it will improve the work enviroment created for students. ",2
"The use of the the Facial Action Coding System technology in a classroom is valuable. The FACS helps people read the emotional expressions of other people. This is valuable in a classroom because it can let teachers know how students are feeling of the lesson they are being teached and it can help them know how students are feeling in general.

One reason why the FACS is a great technology in a classroom because it can let teachers know how the students are feeling towards their lesson they are teaching to them. When students are being teached something, they some times show expressions on how they feel but tend to hide them. ""A classroom computer can recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"" Dr. Huang predicts. This can help teachers find out why aren't students understanding the subject; they can either be bored or confused. Students are some times scared to ask for help, but teachers knowing when students are confused, he teacher can help them individually. This is a great tool to use when students are failing classes, or having trouble understanding a lesson. Without the FACS many students could be failing their classes due to not knowing what they are doing. It is helpful for teachers to recoginze the students expression towards the subject, so they can figure out if students are confused. Knowing that tecahers can give them extra help.

Another reason is it can help other people in the classroom figure out how their classmates are feeling. Students aren't always happy and some times have something tough going on with their lifes, they need that little motaviation

to help them feel happy. ""Imagine being able to detect exactly how other people are feeling, even when they are tryingto hide their emotions,"" notes Nick. Some times classmates aren't really feeling happy, they could often have trouble smiling for several reasons. The technology can help others know how they are feeling so they can help other people with their problems they are facing. The FACS is very useful for students who have friends in their class. Friends some times lie about their emotions. The FACS can let them know their emotions and can help them if they show saddness.

In conclusion the Facial Action Coding System to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. It is helpful in many ways. It helps teachers know when students are confused and are hvaing trouble understandin the lesson. It also helps classmates know how their friends in the classroom are feeling, by finding out their expression.    ",4
"When you are a seagoing cowboy you have an amazing time playing games and you also get to help people in need. Plus you get to go to see placesyou dreama bout at night saying that ""im going to go there when i grow up."" Some details from the text that support this statement are

Luke also found time to have a grate time on the boat especially on the return trips after the animlas have been unloaded they played baesball, volleyball, table-tennis, ect. In empty holds where they kept the horses and animals to pass the time.

""Besides helping people I have had the side benifit of seeing Europe also China. But seeing Aeropolis in Greece was special"" he saids. ""So was taking a gondola ride in Venice Italy, a city with streets of water.""

It opened up the world to him. "" I'm grateful for the opportunity."" he said ""It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs.""

In conclusion when you are a seagoing cowboy you have fun help people and go places it is the most ultimite job there is.   ",2
"I think that we should keep the

Electoral College because changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States can be bad. It can be bad because if majority of the people pick a president and he's not a good president and they are just picking him to pick him then he might not be a good president , he might just be popular aka well known. We should keep the Electoral College because it is fair and it is going by all of the votes , not just the popular votes.

""The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes, is required to elect the President.""

Which means it is a non-democratic method. When you vote for a presidential candidate you're actually voting for a slate of electors. The Electoral College has a better chance of having an outcome than the popular votes. ""

In 2012's election, for example, Obama recieved 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney.""

Which means the Electoral College is a much more trustworthy system than the popular vote. Electoral College has something called

""Swing States''

Swing states are states that often pay close attention to the campaign and they really listen to the competing campaign. They are the most thoughtful voters and the most thoughtful ones should be the ones to decide on everything.

""At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the ""swing"" states""

That is incorrect because the electoral college pays close attention to every state to see which ones would be good to pick. The Popular States says that the electoral College system is out of date and lame , The Electoral College avoids run off elections unlike the popular vote system. I am ending my claim by saying we should keep the electoral college because it is a more organized system.    ",3
"Natural Landform

Unmasking the Face on Mars is talking about how some people discused how it was created by aliens and other scientist just say it is a natural landform and i agree.

May 24 2001 tenty five years ago NASAs space craft found a shadowy likeness of a human face . Scientist believe that it is a natural based lanform called a Martian messa common enough around Cydonia . A few days later NASA unveiled it for all to see. Now few scientist think their is an alien artifact, but they are wrong.

As soon as word got out on April 5th 1998 when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time.

They snaped a picture ten times sharper than the originak viking photo . Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting for the JPL website to show the picture scientist revealed the picture as a natural landform there was no alien monument after all , stated in paragraph 7 .

There was no evidence of there ever being an alien just a historical landform that was a familiar to a humans face . But people were still not satisfied about the research . What the picture actually shows is the martian equivalent of a butte or messa lanform not an alien or artifact .",2
"Dear Florida State Senator,

I think we should change the voting method we have now to popular vote because everyone would have a say in getting the right person to become our most important man. Many people would be very happy to vote who they want then hoping other people vote the same person as they do to get a electoral vote.

Many people in political carrers question why not many people vote in the United States Of America. Maybe some people dont vote because of this topic maybe they hate they way the votes get counted and i agree people shouldnt have to count on other people to there vote to the president they want. I think its a great idea for states having everyone vote and the marjority goes to that president.

An electoral college is consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. The electoral college requires a presidential canidate to have trans-regional appeal. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president.

Presidents count on mostly big states to vote for them. People in the big states like califorina should be able to choose based on marjority of the votes.

Elections are held on Tuesday after the first Monday of November. The way voting is held is when you vote your acutally ""help"" chose your states electors other then choosing then person that you want. Also voting for canidates electors to choose them.

The electoral college is unfair very outdated and irrational. Many people today preferr that the congress changes they way voting is held other then hoping people vote for the same people you want to be president (Quote) Abloish the electoral college! ~ Bob Dole.    ",2
"Limit car usage! While you may think having a car is a necessity, others completely disagree. According to the passage -''In

German, life goes on without cars'', street parking, driveways, and home garages are forbidden in a new district on the outskirts of

Frieburg. 70% Vauban families dont own cars and 57% sold there cars just to move. Many find it better this way. For example,Heidren Walter stated- '' When I had a car, I was always tense. I'm much happier this way.''

In Paris, France, there is more smog then any other European capital. According to the passage- ''Paris bans driving due to smog'', drivers were fined and motorists with even numbered license plates were forced to leave there cars at home. Diesal fuel is to blame for warmer layers of air traping car emissians. Delivery companies complained. However, exceptions were made for plug-in car, hybrids, and cars that can hold three or more people. When the smog cleared,the ruling French party rescinded the ban for odd numbered plates. According to the passage-''car- free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota''- this is the third year cars have been banned, this sets a goal to promote alternative transportation and to decrease smog. This program influenced two other

Colombian cities to join and participate in trying to end all smog. The reduce of cars impacted Colombia in a positive way.

Therefore, causing the air to blossom and the air to blossom and new construction to occur. In the U.S.A, President Obama's goal is to curb the U.S green house gas emissions. According to the passage-'' The end of car culture'', the U.S has peaked its driving miles in 2005 and dropped there after. A recent study found that driving by young people decreased 23% between 2001 and 2009. However the Mobile congress in Barcelona, Spain, laid out a business plan inwhich bicycles, private cars, and public transportation traffic would save time, conserve resources and save energy.

Concluding to all my information, many countries and states are still trying to reduce car usage. Therefore, reducing smog and pollution . This will not only improve the air , it also solves our time, resource, and safety issues. This will help to improve society aswell. Therefore, we can live without cars.    ",3
"Across the Sea and Beyond

""Come on please,it will fun"" as Luke Bomberger begs you to join the Seagoing Cowboys. Luke is trying to get people to join the Seagoing Cowboys. In this paperit will be adresssing some reasons and claims from Luke of why a perosn should join the Seagoing Cowboys.

Luke claims that during his adventures as a Seagoing Cowboy that he gets to visit lots of places when the Seagoing Cowboys go to China, Europe, and many other places. Once he got to see the Acropolis in Greece. Another time when Luke got to go a place in Europe is when he toured an excavated castle in Crete. Luke also got to go to Vencie, Italy and take a gonodola ride. Another fanizitic time Luke got to tour was the Pamama Canol on his way to China. That's why Luke claims during his adventures he got to go many different places as a Seagoing Cowboy.

Luke also claims that before arriving in Greece he had his eighteenth birthday, which ment he could be drafted by the military. When the draft board learned that Luke was on a cattle-boat trip they made a deal with Luke stating that he could work on a cattle-boat for instead of military service. After two years of cattle-boating Luke was discharged he had the most trips of any Seagoing Cowboy he had nine. Thats why Luke claims instead of fighting in the military a person could be a Seagoing Cowboy and bringing animals like horses and cows to people in need acrcoss the sea in Europe, China, or other countires that need help and food after battle or a major war that they lost.

As one may see that there are many great benefits of becoming a Seagoing Cowboy.",3
"I am the scientist of mars. The NASA has been Viking the spacecrft with the planet. Viking 2 was spotted by an human face. The Face is a natural landform I can explain why it is. It is an natural landform because the sensational was a short live. We decieded as scientist it was just anther Martian mesa. The ""Face on Mars"" has been a pop icon. That is half of the reason why it is a natual landform also.

A few of scientists belived the Face was an alien artifact. Then they felt this was an improtnt to taxpapers. After everybody had found that out everybody then thought this was an good Natural Landform.

Everyne was not satistfied. Some people only thought of the Natural Landform as something else but others just dont agree with it. The face is an Natual landform. We just don't pass over the face very often. The landforms common around the American West it just dosen't come as often.

The Scientist think that if the Natural Landform of the Face do come around often more people will maybe belive in it. The Lava dome take the form an isloate mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars do.

The NASA really explains it all but sometimes it could be wrong. The scientist really is something good and explains it right. The main part everybody is just wondering about is if the Face is just n Natural Landform.

It is actually a Lanform to whoever don't believe.",2
"In The Challenge of Exploring Venus the aurthor suggests studying Vens is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.

I believe that the aurthor thinks this because Venus is the closest plant to earth by the means of density and size because of that it is often referred as the twin of Earth.

On Venus the planet in its self is a challenging planet to land on.

The clouds in Venus are made of highly corrosive sulfiric acid.

The temperature on Venus is about eight hundred degrees Fahrenheit.

The atmosphereic pressure is ninty time greater than Earth.

The tick atmosphereis almost ninety-seven percent carbon dioxide.

Compared to Earth these conditions are far more extreme for humans.

So extreme that there has not been an attempt to explore VVenus in over three decades.

Out of all the planets in the solar system Venus has the hottest surface temperature.

Astronomers believe that Venus may have once been like Earth a long time ago.

Venus might hav had oceans and could have probably supported many forms of life just as Earth.

Venus still has some features that are analogous to Earth though.

The surface of the planet is a kind of rocky sediment and has familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters.

In conclusion I have discussed why the aurthor thinks Venus is a planet worth studying.

I have talked about the conditions of Vens such as the atmosphere and the temperature. Finally I talked about the terrian of Venus and how similar it is to the terrian on Earth.",2
"The Electoral Collage has been around for a long time. Every few years, voters go to vote on election day and their vote can either mean everything or nothing. There are many flaws with the Electoral Collage: it serves an out-dated purpose, popular vote does not matter, and there is the possibility of the disaster factor. Using the Electoral Collage could lead to undesired consiquences.

Back in the times in which the Electoral Collage was founded, commucation between the colonies was not quick. News could take months to arrive, and with the Electoral Collage, if news about a presidential candidate came out that made him a threat, for example if he was a murderer, the electors would know that and, despite what the voters thought, not to vote for him. In the current times, as soon as something had happened that would make a candidate look bad, it would not be very long before such news would be on T.V., social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.),and on the radio. So unless someone wasn't paying much attention, every vote should be valid.

With the Electoral Collage system, the vote of an individual does not matter. Whether three people in a state vote or three-million vote, as long as a majority (only 51% of the votes) vote for the candidate, that candidate gets all the electoral votes for that state. If only 51% of people vote for a candidate he wins that state, that leaves 49% of people in that state whose votes are now discredited. Eventually, like in some cases such as the election in 2000, it can add up that a candidate wins the popular vote, the actual majority, but not the election. So despite the wishes of the majority, the other candidate in this situation would win.

When a candidate wins all the electoral votes for a state, those votes are sent to electors so that they can vote on behalf of the people, or not. ""Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy. (So that a popular vote for Kennedy.)""(""The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses are wrong,"" Bradford Plumer) Not only an incident such as this could occur, but electors of two slates could be sent to congress and chose not to vote as asked. With all these flaws, why are we still using the Electoral Collage?

The Electoral Collage no longer serves the purpose it once did, and it is now doing more harm than good. Back when it was established, it did what was needed for the time. This is a new era, it's time for a new system.    ",4
"The author suports the idea because in the text he says that Venus is kind of earths twin cause its the same size. The author also wants to do that because he says that although Venus is a dangerous panet that it could still be studied.He puts in there that even though Venus is the second-closet planet to the sun that it has many different features than Mercury. Considering the fact that Mercury is the closet planet to the Sun, but it has different qualities than Venus. The Earth is different from Venus because Venus has a temperature of 800 degrees. Also the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than Earth, also is has almost 97 percent carbon dioxide on the surface of the planet.

The author explains that the atmosphere of Venus can crush a submarine and that, that is why no aircraft has landed on the planet because they can't survive for long periods of time. He also explains that Venus could've been different from what it was 12,000 years ago? But, anyway the author ",2
"Have you ever read the story A Cowboy who rode the waves? I know I have, it's a book about a boy who is invited to Europe and he becomes a Seagoing Cowboy after World War 2. This book includes being a Seagoing Cowboy, the Seagoing Cowboy has to take care of animals on a ship and a boy named Luke explores

First, the Seagoing Cowboy, a Seagoing Cowboy is a Cowboy who takes care of animals over sea or on a boat. The Seagoing Cowboy in the story was no different he took go care of the animals. Everyday he watered and fed the animals 2 to 3 times a day. When Luke first became a Seagoing Cowboy he knew it was going to be alot of hard work so he worked as hard as he could. I can infer that if Luke had not took good care of any of the animals they all would be dead.

Next, Luke Bomberger explores, in the story,it states that Luke visited Europe, China and he explored the Atlantic ocean. and also the text states that Luke also found time to have fun aboard the ship, especially on the return trips after the animals had been unloaded. I can infer that if I was a Seagoing Cowboy I would not survive working as hard as Luke did.

Last, Being a Seagoing Cowboy,by reading the text,being a Seagoing Cowboy is alot of work. In the text it says being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for Luke Bomberger. It opened the world to him. And in Luke's own words he said It made me more aware of people of other countries and thier needs. Also being a Seagoing Cowboy can be dangerous because when Luke was night watchman on a rainy night, he slipped on a ladder and cracked his ribs but thankfully he didn't fall in the Atlantic ocean because their was a small strip of metal along the edge of his side. I can infer that if that small metal strip was not there Luke would most likely be dead.

Now you know how the Seagoing Cowboys worked, how they took care of animals and how Luke explored. Now, if you want to achieve something like Luke did then get out there and show everyone that you can do what you dream to do.",3
"A visit to Venus will give you many opportuntiies.The author supported many things about studying Venus is a worthy pursuit, but can be dangerous. In can peers didn't know that. Venus is second planet from the sun, but is also is the closest planet to Earth. You will have a great chance to explore Venus becaue it is nearest planet that is close to earth.Venus is called the ""Evening Star"" because of how bight it is and is simple to be spotted. Long while back Venus used to be covered with largely with oceans and have supported various forms of life just like earth. Now it has cnahged, so thats why many people are trying to study the new Venus

NASA has sent humans to study Venus. NASA is the only possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus. ""Because Venus is sometimes right around the corner- in space terms- humans have sent numerous spaceship to land on this cloud- draped world."" (author 2) This proves that many people and spaceships has been sent to Venus since it is the closest planet and to learn about it. Many things has been sent to Venus instead if people because of the high temperature.They have sent spacehips and tablets to experiment it. Only opportunity you will be able to go to Venus is join with NASA and study. Majority all peers has got to that point if they have gone to a another planet. Only reason why they're warning you it's for any poor conditon in case! It matters because going and study or visit another planet can be challenging.

Becoming a peer that has many open opportunity's is a great and worthy. For example studying and proably visiting Venus is higly recommneded since it is the closest planet to earth. Although, it is also the second planet that is close to the sun. Sun can kill you from at the heat which that can be dangerous.Venus has the hottest surfave temperature of any planet in our solar system. That's why NASA is established. Studying and joining with NASA is a better opportunity other then going alone because you can be in danger and can cause you extremely consequences. Venus has value, human curiosity will likely lead us into many intimidating emdeavors.    ",3
"Creating a world with driverless cars would ""fundamentally change the world"". The use of driverless cars is proven to be safe and helpful to not only the driver and passangers, but also to pedestrians.

In my opinion driverless cars will be very safe, these cars of the future have sensors to ""detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers"". The sensors have ""far better response and better control than a human driver could manange alone"", with the help of the sensors drivers will be more alert and less prone to have accidents. Google cars ""have driven more then half a million miles without a crash"". These results show that these cars are very safe.

Allthough this car of the future can drive itself, it will still need a driver to ""remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires"", in case of any emergency. The Google car will announce when the driver should be prepared to take over, some manufacturers want to display some form of entertainment with a ""heads-up display"". With the entertainment having alerts there will be less texting and driving.

In conclusion Driverless cars are a very smart, reliable and a safe decision. In the future there will be less accidents, because alot of drivers will have other entertainment to distract them, this entertainment will have car alerts to warn them of any uprising danger. This car of the future will change alot of lives for the better, with all the helpful and safety adjustments that were created.    ",3
"The idea/concept of driverless cars is revolutionary, humans wouldn't need to drive ever again. Cars since 2009 have been able to drive themselves without a single crash. Google has made it an option to drive the car under specific conditions like navigating through road work or accidents, pulling in and out of driveways, and dealing with complicated traffic."" The cars would use half of the fuel of today's taxis and offer more flexibility than a bus"", says Sergey Brin. He believes such cars would fundamentally change the world.

I think that it is a great idea to actually be able to get in a car that drives itself. It would feel like a luxury. The article says that there are some major liability conflicts between companies right now over the issue of who would be responsible for if there was a wreck. Would it be the driver or the manufacturer? The idea of a driverless car still needs to be worked on and equipped with more technology and more assurance that the car is safe.

These cars would be rarely seen when finally on the market just like a prius. Some studies show that it could be boring not being able to drive. ""The psychological aspects of automation are really a challenge,"" admits Dr. Werner Huber, a BMW project manager driver. Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human dirver in control at all times. Even when there is a human in control driving is never safe, because you constanty have to worry about humans not being responsible drivers.

The artical states that, ""automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved"". The problems might be solved and the cars might drive perfect but nothing is perfect. There is still going to be defects on the cars and by then it will be too late when people are injured. I think it is not a good idea to do this, because its not completely reliable and would defeat the purpose of being able to drive. America would only get lazier and soon technology will do everything for us. This is what I am afraid of, because we will get used to everything being done for us and we won't know how to do anything outselves. Cars should stay how they are and let humans get some activity in besides walking from the door to the car then being driven where they need to go.

The idea is very nice, but I wouldn't buy a car like that just for safety precautions. Technology is slowly taking a huge role in life now and I just think it's moving too fast. We are more focused on technology now than enjoying life itself. Teens can't live without phones anymore, and teachers are constantly using them. Things should just go back to paper and pencil.",4
"Did you know there is technology that can read how you are feeling? There is a new computer software that can recognize emotions. Imagine this kind of technology in schools. It could help alot of students like if they get bored or tired of the lesson. All schools should get this type of tecnology in their computers.

First, if all schools had this computer software it could help tell if a student is getting bored of the lesson the computer would know to make it more interasting. If all the student were just bored of the lesson all the time they would just not pay any attention and fail. If the computer had the software it would have able to detect that and spice it up. Then there would be way less students failing and injoying what they were learing.""A classroom computer could recongnize when a student is becoming confused ot bored"".

Next, it could help detect if a sudent was sick so they nurse would know weither to send them home or not.""To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a ""smiling"" politician or celebrity isn't being truthful"". If a student asked to go to the nures and said they were sick the nurse would be about to tell if they were with the computer software. So know there would be less people getting sent home. Since students would only get sent home if they really were sick then they would do better in school becasue they would be there more. They would also have a better attendance record since they are missing way less,

Finally, this type of technology could help with decipline in schools all around. If a student was sent to the office for something he or she did the person in charge would be able to tell if they telling the truth. This could help so many students not get in toruble becasue if they were actually telling the truth they would know.""Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc"".

In conclution having this type of software in all computers in schools all around the contury would be a very good idea. Being able to read sudents emotions would help everyone in so many ways. It would with education and deciplan. With type of technology it could help more students edvance with their eduaction.   ",4
"The usage of cars around the world is declining and has given us advanatges in our society and our enivironment.

Vauban, Germany has forbidden street parking, driveways, and home garages. This city is completely a ""car-free"" district. This has a postive affect on the families that have moved to this district. ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way."" said Heidrun Walter a resdient in the area. Germany is not the only country to take action on this act. Paris, France has enforced a driving ban to clear the air. Car usage is a huge effect of gases that is release. People were fined if they were cought driving. The streets of Paris was a car-free city and public tranportation was free of charge. Late on that week the smog cleared enough that the baning of cars was realeased.

As for the othr side of the world, Bogota, Colombia has taken action too. This capital city has a program called the Day Without Cars. This day bans the use of cars and only buses and taxis are permitted of usage. ""The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog."" according to the article. This program is incredible that citizens are enjoying and encouraging this act. A businessman said, ""It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution."" These acts of limiting car usage has benfits for the enivonment. Bill Ford, executive chairman of th Ford Motor company has also created a plan. He wants to create cities in which, ""pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety."" These are advatanges that need to be taken as more and more areas are limiting car usage. They benfit our health, society, and enivornment.

All in all, these are only some advantages of limiting car usage. The more acts we start applying the more postive changes will start arriving in our generation.    ",3
"Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system. It is the second planet from the Sun. In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author talks about the dangers of exploring Venus. The author describes the temperature of Venus, the danger of its light, and the overall danger. Besides explains what Venus, a planet and not a star, looks like, the author also states that ""Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.""

Venus is often referred to as Earth's ""Twin"". Both planets are close in size and density. One difference is that Venus is over 200 times hotter in temperature than Earth is. The average temperature on Venus is over 800 degrees in Fahrenheit. That is hotter than Earth will ever be. In In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author states, ""These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such as environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals."" The author also states, ""Also notable, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury in closer to the sun."" In that example from the story, the author is trying to explain that Venus is so hot that it would melt anything in less then a minute.

Besides being so hot, Venus is also very bright. Venus's light is brighter than our eyes could ever see. It is so bright on Venus that not even researches can take a photo or a video of the planet. This must mean that research have to keep their distance. If they get close, they will have the risk of becoming blind or dying from the hot temperature. In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author states, ""Most importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance."" The author also states, ""Many researches are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus."" The auther is trying to explain that since researchers have to keep their distance, they can't take a sample with them to Earth. Samples from Venus would help them gain knowledge of Venus.

Venus has many dangers and risks of exploring the planet. Researches can't go to the planet because it is so hot and the light is very bright. Their machines keep melting from the hot temperature. The author in ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" explains the dangers but the author also states, ""Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents."" ",4
"The use of this technology to read students' emotional expressions is a good idea. I think this is a good idea because say a student was having a bad day at school, the computer can tell if you are having a bad day and so the teacher wouldnt ask any questions, try to make you stand infront of the class reading a book or doing a math problem on the board. This technology will help both the student and the teacher have a better and more understanding relationship.

This article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile."" shows many examples or evidence that support my claim like; "" The facial expressions for each emotion are universal,"" observes Dr. Huang, ""even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression"" (like not smiling as broadly). Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements--in a real face or in the paited face of the Mona Lisa. Another example supporting my claim is "" A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"" Dr. Huang predicts. "" Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.""

This is a great and fun way to use technology, it will help teachers modify their lessons to fit not only the schools need of teaching but the students way of learning. The students will no longer be confused about an assignment instead, they will be able to learn and grow better than if they was in a regular classroom. This is why I think we should have Facial Action Coding System in our classrooms. ",3
"I'm fore the value of using this technology to read students emotional experssions why, because it would be neat that a scientists can scan on a computer to read students or anyone's emotions to see how they feel. In paragraph 3 it says that Dr. Paul Eckman had classifed 6 emotions which were happy, sad. surprise, anger, fear, and disgust on a painting so by weighting the different units of the software which can even identify mixed emotions. Dr. Hang predicts that it could modify a lesson which can be like an effective human instructor the techonogy can make computer animated faces more expressive, such as video games or video surgery.

Paragraph 7 it shows you a list of what you can do that list will show you how you can see the expression, In fact those instructions for a face that makes you look happy it is all about those muscular action units which they can indictate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one. So in a real smile which it says in paragrpah 7 "" zygomatic major "" which means that the muscles that begin at your cheek bones which will lift the corners of your mouth.

According to the Facial feed back theory of emotion which is moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotion they may also even help produce them Constanin had his actors carfully reproduce smiling and frowning as a way of creating these emotions on stage. I think this idea it great it would be a good invention of soemthing to read people's emotion it could happend because unconsciously imitate another person's felling and also facial experssions. ",1
"Have you ever spent hours sitting in front of a computer doing school work, learning from a computer-animated face, or simply browsing the web? Have you become bored and uninterested in the process? Professor Thomas Haung has created a computer software that can detect emotions. FACS, the Facial Action Coding System, can be useful reading students' emotional expressions in many ways. A few examples include adjusting a lesson the student is learning if the software detects that they are confused or bored, making computer-animated faces more expressive, and relying on the fact that most human communications are nonverbal, including emotional communication.

If a student is spending hours on a computer, whether it be doing homework, studying, or simply learning a new lesson in school, it is likely that they will become bored or confused in the midst of their work. If the FACS were to be installed onto their computer, the software would be able to detect the students' change in expression and emotion, and modify the lesson, homework, or stuyding that the student is doing. This would simulate an effective human instructor. It would also help the student get their work done quicker, and they will become interested in what they are doing again.

FACS would greatly lend a hand in the making of computer-animated faces more expressive. This software could help show more emotions among computer-animated faces, such as disgust, sadness, fear, jealousy, etc. By showing more expressive emotions, the FACS would largely help students become more interested in what they are learning, if they are learning from a computer-generated person. If the person hardly shows emotions and is not very expressive, the student will likely become bored and uninterested in what they are doing. However, FACS can help prevent that.

An important way FACS can be of use is simply detecting human emotion. Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication. Because computers, and technology in general, are the future, it is vital that computers can understand that. For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. However, if you frown when a Web ad appears, the next ad will be different. This will generally make the users experience on the computer more content, as they are not bothered by annoying ads.

In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding System could greatly be useful in many ways. Students can become more interested in learning, studying, or doing homework, computer-animated faces can become more expressive, and most human communication is nonverbal, making it vital that computers can understand that. ",4
"In the article, the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy persuit despite the dangers it presents. The author explains why throughout the article, and tries to persuade readers into thinking that Venus is a planet we should not give up on. But the question still remains, why are scientist still researching this planet if it's so dangerous?

In paragraph one, the author explains that Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. This may bring an interest to astronomers and stargazers that enjoy studying and watching the sky at night. This may be a worthy cause for some people to continue studying Venus. In paragraph two, the author explains how Venus is sometimes referred to as ""Earth's twin"". Venus is almost the same size and density of Earth and it also close in distance. Some people may find this interesting because people on Earth are always looking for other forms of life and other places to go besides Earth. If Venus is like Earth, in physical and other ways, there may be life on Venus that we haven't discovered yet.

One of the most important things to know is that Venus once could have been the most Earth-like planet in the entire solar system. I believe that this information is very important and more people should keep studying that. In paragraph four it says that Venus ""was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth."" If it held life back then, why wouldn't it now? If Venus was once like Earth why couldn't Earth be like Venus now? Some people may worry that Earth will turn out like Venus, with high temperatures and crazy atmospheric pressures. If scientists and astronomers find more information about this planet, we could have almost every answer we need for all our questions.

Traveling to Venus is a very difficult and dangerous process. In the article the author states that NASA (The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has an idea for sending people from Earth to study the planet, Venus. They are trying to create a vehicle that hovers the planet instead of going directly on the surface of Venus. NASA is also working on different methods of studying Venus besides the hovering vehicles. They made some ""simplified electronics made of silicon carbide,"" and they have been tested in a lab. If they are able to find a way to Venus, they will be able to find out so much more information about it.

They also went back and are trying an old techology called ""mechanical computers."" The mechanical computers were used in the 1940s during World War ll. I believe that using old technology may be a good thing for some people and a positive thing to look at. Some people look at technology nowadays and believe it is a bad thing, but if we are using older technology from a different generation people might think different of it. Also, as stated in the article, modern technology is very quick and efficient, but do not come to much use in extreme conditions. For example, if you put a modern day cellphone or laptop in a very hot condition , it will most likely melt because of the material used to make it. If we used older technology, the technology would be made by different materials and could come more in handy.

I think this may be another reason to keep exploring Venus because you could create so much technology and invent ways to go to Venus succcessfully. You could also find new ways to explore other planets and go to other planets. Creating this technology would lead to many great discoveries about our planets and our solar system. In paragraph 7 it mentions that they could build mechanical parts that can be more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces. If these parts of made, there may be a benefit to the scientists and every day people. These products can be made around the world and can be a benefit to everyday society.

In my opinion, I do believe that going to Venus is a worthy persuit despite the dangers it presents. You could find out many new things, see new things, and learn new things. I think that scientists and astronauts have a good idea of how to do it and I think they will eventually go to Venus one day, or at least figure out a lot about it. People on Earth should take risks and be able to expand their knowledge about the world and about the other planets in the solar system, besides Earth. ",4
"Slip into a world where emotions are easily read. There could be no mind games, no pettiness, and no suffering in silence;this could be the new reality. In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" by Nick D'Alto, he introduces a new concept created by Thomas Haung:Facial Action Coding System software. This programming system allows computers to register all of the emotions on an individual's face, reguardless if they are mixed. While some argue that this Facial Action Coding System is a step too far into an innovative future, the advanced program could benefit a multitude of areas.

Thomas Haung's new software would not only find useages in a classroom, but also in daily life. Granting teacher's access to their student's feelings could give teacher's insight on how well their concept's are grasping. To further prove the computer's effectiveness, Huang states, ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor,"" (D'Alto). In addition to assisting a classroom setting, enabling people to read other's emotions would be benefitial also. Reading into surroundings helps people grow. Knowing what feelings an individual possesses could compell someone to be more considerate or act accordingly to how that individual feels. With that in mind, this program could also strengthen relationships.

Although the Facial Coding Acting System invades privacy, lessons human interaction, and may not be completely accurate of human emotions, it ultimately serves to benefit. While privacy concerns are understandable, the possible results after the slight invasion could be more than worth it. An unfortunate day could be quickly turned around if people were aware of the circumstances. Without a situation being addressed, nothing can be fixed;the same goes for a person's emotional state. However, on the technological aspect, how can one know how reliable a computer is on detecting somebody's facial expression? Dr. Huang addresses this by introducing that the computer first constructs a 3-D model of the face, with all the muscles operating as a human's would. Dr. Huang also explains that ""the facial expressions for each emotion are universal"" reguardless of the desgree of expression, (D'Alto). Finally, the fear of more computer based activities is rapidly squashed by the contradiction that being more aware should envoke more human interaction, not lesson it.

Initially, the thought of additional advancement of technology is frightening. Predicting ideas is not always a sure way of indicating what will occur. However, after Dr. Huang introduces and explains his new concept of Facial Action Coding System Technology, it is arduous to reject the placement of this software into everyday life. Hopefully, the program will be installed soon so it can start making improvements in various industries across the board.",5
"Dear Senator,

I believe that we should change the election to the most popular vote instead of keeping the electorial college . The Electoral College was a good idea proposed by the Founding Fauthers , But i believe that it is time to kind of switch it up.

Changing the Election to popular vote instead of keeping the Electoral college is a much better idea if you ask me . Mostly because this is a free country and we are the people of this country who have been given rights to vote for our own president . Not to vote for our own president then have the congress vote too . To me its kind of seems like you just have to question the process a little bit . At the end of all of this that president is representing the people and trying his/her best to make us happy and keep us happy.

By the president being elected off of the electoral process it is allowing the congress to vote and having the congress vote will not put the president we won't in the chair . It is just basically them having controll over us they will still have the power but they just wont you to think that your getting ahead by allowing you to vote . And dont get me wrong yes the citizens vote will still count but our president is not being ellected the way we would want him to be .

So i just believe that the votes should just go off of the most popular votes instead of the electoral process . That way most people won't feel cheated from their votes and like congress is ahead still this is a freedom country not a country where they make you believe your ahead and then twist things up and make you feel stumped on or cheated the president we want and vote for should be in office not a president that the citizens and the congress vote for. Which is why we should start using the Most popular vote system with only the citizens .             ",3
"Do you really want a machine that tells you how you feel? If so why would you want a machine telling if you know how you feel like. These type of technology is not good and theres no need in having it mostly not in a classroom or school where anything could happen to it if you not carefull.

I dont think this technology should be used in school or in a classroom. Those machies and technology will coast alot and theres no need in having one in the classroom. No one would really use is and who willl really pay for one. If a kid plays around with it who will pay for it and theres no class that needs it. If you want one in your home you cant becuase your PC cant haddle it. in the text it states ""Your home PC cant handle the complex alogorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile"" meaning you will have to buy a better PC just to used the technology. The only thing it does is seeing how you feel. Its not gonna solve nothing or help its just gonna tell you how your feeling and no one know 100% if its always right. They tested on a painting and the person for the painting Mona Lisa is not live to say oh thats correct. Also it tells you how to look in the mirror so it can see how your feeling meaning you cant have or make your normal face becuase it wont work.

Its not god becuase how can it split all the feelings like that so this type of technology should not be in schools or homes. No need in wasting your money on the technology when you could get something better and maybe not as high in price becuase it didnt say how much it is and what type of computer you need so it could work.               ",3
"Driverless cars are coming but are we ready? I dont think the world is ready for Driverless cars yet. I think there are just to many details not worked out. For an example other cars will cars with human drivers still be on the road? Do we actually have the capability of making such technology? If a Computer driven car and a human driven car get into an accident who is at fault?

Even now other cars on the road interfere with each other, but what if humans weren't the only things driving our cars? If driverless cars are introduced and becomes a popular thing will the government cut human drivers all together? Is it possible to have both human and computer robots on the same road? Is haveing a computer drive cars as safe as the Manufactors' say? Can the ""Smart Car"" tell if or when another car could hit it.

Do we have the capability of creating technology so advanced it can drive a car by itself? This has to be a really difficult thing to create. How can you get a car to work like a human is driving it when no one is driving it? I think if they do try this they should just take out human driving all together. I believe it's more dangerous to have a mix of computer and human drivers out ther than letting a bunch of teens drive with their music up really loud.

If the companies

can sucessfully create these how could saftey tests be preformed if several states say that its illegal to test- drive computer driven cars in their state? Will there be certain roads meant for ""Smart Cars?"" If a ""Smart Car"" and a human driven car get into an accident who is to blame? Will Driving Laws be different for these computer cars? How can these manufactorors gaurantee my saftey on the road if they can't test the Cars? Is it even possible to come up with technology that doesn't need to be controlled by a human?

Driverless Cars are coming, but maybe not as soon as we think. There's alot we dont know about the Smart Cars and life with one, but we have time to learn. Wether it's another car, the cars Technology or Traffic Laws Smart Cars have a long way to come before I think they'll ever be road ready.",4
"Do you think that aliens are real? Some people do and they think that they created the face on mars. Some other people think that it was made natrally by winds.

People think that aliens made it but the people at NASA wasnt trying to find aliens and they didnt. the face in mars was just a common mesa that is found in that region. the first thing that seen it was viking 1 it was trying to find a landing place for its sister ship viking 2. People only think it was a face because the tech wasnt atvanced enough to see the image clearly.

Some people think that it looked like a Egyptian pharaoh. The face on mars was in some movies,magizins,and on the radio.Some conspiracy theorists think that NASA found aliens and are hiding it from the public. More than one spacecraft was sent to take pictures of the land formation.

When they sent space crafts up there the land formation was hidden by clouds. That made people go crazy they started to make storys about the clouds. The space crafts where built to only take pictures of a cople meters so it took them a long time to get the pictures. Finally they put it to rest when the last ship went up there to get pictures and they did that showed a rock formation.

Therefore, many people where fighting about who was right about the mesa. Some people was arguing with NASA. NASA said that the have no busniess finding aliens. People think that they are lying about the whole thing while others think that it is all true what they are saying.They had to prove that it wasnt true so they kept taking picures untill they had a clear picure and they relesed it to the world.",2
i dont relly see a use for that i mean what whoul you use it for if kids are mad its not thats hard to see if there mad or not why would we need an computer to do it for us when we can do it ourselfs and i dont know how much money it would cost but i imagan it would be a lot and for what telling us if a kid is mad i understand for reserch pouposis but not for really anything diffrent. now that i read the passage even further now i see some more use of the computer for kids that do not want to ask for help and they just sit there all confused and dont do anything about it the teacher can go up to them and ask if they need help maby in like a big collage becuse i dont think school computors could handle it like they say in the passage our computors at home could not handle the complex agrithomes and i dont think a lot of schools have the money to do that ,2
"The venus is the temperature atmosphere is sometime challenging

at the clouds of highly

sulfuric. The temperature

is hottest way for solar system,the venus like volcanoes and powerful earthquakes.The earth is like planet in our solar system,today venus still the something in the feature.The hovering is safely for planet because most forms light cannot be atmosphere,the venus would be needed to get

up close and personal despite the risks for the people in the world.The heat is more than the system,the technology called mechanical computers these devices since 1800s and played in the important think role in the 1940s during World War ll.

The earth proved

a very challenging in the place more closely in the life.The sun is different speed in the some time, that is meaning sometimes is close to Venus and the sometimes close to Mars.The mission it was good reason for few time but since no spacecraft.The atmosphere almosst 97 percent carbon dioxiide blankets Venus. That is very much in the life because most people the can died for the this one.The venus is challenging over and over time.The world is so temperatures because is much variable in the life,that makes staying the something is venus and earth.The more importantly is researchers cannot take the simples of rock and gas,

or anything else, from a distance.The temperature is gas actually because if the gas not be in the world we can't no what is heat and cold come from.Is important temperature,earth, gas,rock, planet, solar system, venus because the had works for the feature if the not had all this in the life we can't no peaple can't be in the life, the can't died or be sick.The degrees is 170 fehrenheit ,but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on earth.Is was not easy to conditions, but survivable for humans.However the venus it safely at the hours time,but the can be dengerous for sometimes.Astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have been the most Earth -like planet in our solar system.",1
"From the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" it describes many reasons about how venus is not safe, but once along time ago could've looked like earth. Venus also know as Earth's ""twin"" is very close to earth. Venus has very many reasons about why humans havent been on it in three decades. ""no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours"" which tells me exactly how dangerous it actually is.

""on the planet's surface tempatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit"" which is extremely difficult to survive on. Imagine people from Earth going up to a place with 800 degrees Farenheit, no-one would make it out alive. Venus which ""97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere"" which to me as very deadly as well.

Having all this horrible enviroment, it ""would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals."" which in my opinion would kill anyone their. Despite how deadly Venus seems, scientist want to go visit it anyway because they believe humans and animals lived on it before. ""Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth""

Since astrounauts can't take samples of rocks, gas, or anything else, from a distance is nearly impossible because of its conditions. Hovering in a ship above Venus is limited to ground level because you cannot seethat far. Also sense light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere.

From all about what i've learned i can tell that Venus is extremely difficult for any living thing. Since astrounauts haven't landed on Venus in three decades proves that its way far from safe. Being able to not get samples such as gas, rocks, or anything they will never be able to tell if humans lived on it long ago making me believe that Venus is beyond dangerous and should be avoided. ",3
"People have always been fascinated by da Vinci's ""Mona Lisa"", partly because of the mysterious mix of emotions presented by the woman painted. However, according to ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" by Nick D'Alto, technology has decoded this mystery in the same way humans do - by analyzing emotions through facial muscular movements. This technological advancement is valuable because it allows technology to adapt to humans, rather than the other way around.

This new technology, called the Facial Action Coding System, simply acts the same way humans do by analzying the facial movements of another person. Therefore, the process used by the F.A.C.S. is nothing new, rather it is just a coded version of what humans are already capable of. Because of this, there is nothing to fear of its implications pertainting to its relative ""newness.""

Additionally, the implications of this technology could help students achieve a better education while still receiving the emotion that is present in a real classroom. According to the article, ""a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"" (D'Alto 6) which means that lessons can be tailored specifically for each individual student. Each year, more and more classrooms are implementing technology into their educational atmosphere. Implimenting the Facial Action Coding System simply enhances the overall experience the students receive from the compueter-generated lessons that are already in place today.

Moreover, this new system could be used to ""make computer-animated faces more expressive - for video games or video surgery"" (D'Alto 6). This type of implication would affect students of all ages. Younger students could play better-animated games that would help them learn more affectively while still learning and being exposed to empathy. Meanwhile, older students that are in college could benefit from being able to view a realistic surgery without the cost, time, or energy of working out a way to view a real one.

With all of these benefits and the fact that the Facial Action Coding System simply does what da Vinci did countless years ago, but on a more accessible scale, this new technology is invaluable to students in today's society. ",4
"Through out the world a lot of people are excited about the driverless cars that are being developed. However some of them fail to realize the negativities that come with this package. Not having to drive 24/7 would be nice, but at what price? Vehicles are not exactly the most reliable resource.

While your car is in driverless mode what are you doing? You could be texting, eating, writing something down, or for heavens sake you could be sleeping! Drivers will become extremely wreckless, more so than they are now. They will go about thinking that the technology has everything under control. Forgetting that cars that require drivers have difficulties. Yet they will trust a car to drive itself and have no problem? The car you are driving could have miscalculations and make a turn where there is a building!

When in a vehicle the driver makes commands whether to turn or to signal a turn signal. Now give the vehicle control and you are giving it control of your life and whatever passengers you have with you. The car is not perfected. It will most likely make countless mistakes. Technology failure being a main one. While you are texting or turned around the engine could die out or the brakes could go haywire. Your instincts will tell you to take the wheel and try to get it under control, what if the commands are inconclussive and won't respond. Who is to blame, the vehicle for shorting out or the driver for becoming too un-alert.

Everyone has their own opinions, everyone has their own brain that allowes them to make the wrong or the right decission based on what they believe. Will you allow yourself to fall victim to awe or amazement and wonder at these new inventions. Or will you go over teh pro's and cons of becoming too reliant on the driverless vehicle and less aware of your actions while on the road? ",3
"Dear  State Senator, 1/23/15

I have a very strongly worded, persuavive letter written for you today of why our united nation, must abolish the electoral college. I am aware that the electoral college is one of the main ways president's become elected, but it's serving an unjustice to our nations people. You must do something of the crisis that our country is facing with the Electoral College.I have two compelling reasons of why the electoral college should be abolished.

My first reason of why we should abolish the electoral college is because of the method it is done in.  What I mean by this is, according to Source 1:What is the Electoral College?, it says, ""Most states have a

""winner- take all"" system that awards electors to the winning presidential canididate."" The winner- take all system is not a fair way to elect a president becuase of its biases. The candidates running for the presidency only visit the largly populated states in order to get their electoral points, for instance, most candidates go to Californa or Texas becuase those are the states that have for electoral points. But, by doing this all the smaller states that have less electoral points are never visited by the candidates, the voters then may have never seen an ad or campiagn for a certain candidates . According to Source 2: ""The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best laid defenses of the system are wrong"", by Bradford Plummer, it states, ""During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didnt see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and votes in 25 of the media markets didn't get to see a single campiagn ad"". On the contrary, it is stated by Source 3: In defense of the Electoral College, it states,"" No reigon has enough electoral votes to elect a president."" This is true, but candiadtes focus on larger states that will supply them with more electoral votes, and don't even visit or pay any attention the smaller states. I strongly negate the Electoral College.

My second reason of why our country must abolish the Electoral College is becuase it is a ""disaster factor"", as stated by Source 2. I agree with this for two reasons. First, becuase it does allow the people to vote for the president or canididate they prefer. Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but slate of electors, who turn elect the president, as stated by ""The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best- laid defenses of the system are wrong"". I strongly agree with that except from the article I have stated. Another reason, why the Electoral college is a disaster factor is becuase most of the United States citizens prefer a direct election to the kind we have now, Electoral College. More presiciely 60 percent of voters to dont want the electoral college, that's majority of our population! If majority of our nation is against the electoral college why haven't we abolished it?

In conculsion, ""It's offical: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly aserations without much basis in reality"", according to Source 2.  I would like you to consider all the problems our nation is facing due to the Electoral College. I have stated two contentions of why you should abolish the Electoral College; First,the method of how its done is very bias and unfair and secondly, because the Electoral College is a ""Disaster Factor"" or  causes many disruptions in our country.

Sincerly, a very patriotic citizen,

PROPER_NAME                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ",4
"Soccer mom gave up there cars in a upscale suburban community. On the outskirts street parking,driveways,and home garages are forbidden near the french and swiss borders. But caar ownership is allowed,but there is only two places in the park,where a car owner buys a home and garage for 40,000$.Also 70% of Vauban's families don't own a car,and 57% sold there car to move here. some people with even number cars where to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine (31$).After five day 60%of congestion was shut down in the capital of france. Diesal was the blame,since France has a taxes that favors diesel.67%of vehicled in France are made up of diesel,compared to 53.3%of diesel engines in western Europe. In the thrird straight year cars was banned only buses and taxis for the day without cars in the capital of 7 million. Violatirs got a 25$ fine. the day without cars began in 1900s. there are 118 miles of bike paths.

Obama's goals was to curb the united states' greenhouse gas and it suggest americans will buy fewer cars. the unites states was the birth place of mustang sally and wilson pickett. As of apirl 2013, the number of miles driven is 9% under the peak ,and it is were we where in january 1995. things are different which that suggest we are a long term culture shift. the percentage of 16-39 year olds getting a licese has droped. young people driving has decreased by 23% between 2001-2009. pedestrain,bicycle,private cars, are woven into a connected network.

it would be ok to have a no car day.    ",1
"In the article "" Driverless Cars Are Coming"" the author represents both sides of this argument.The two sides of the argument are that we should have the driverless cars and we shouldnt have them.

To start off, we should have these driverless cars because it wouldnt cause so much pollutin we would have less taxis and they are easier then buses. So by using these cars we can make the percentage of polutin down we could change global warming and stop the ice from melting and the polar bears from diying. We could stop rivers and lakes from drying up and we could possibly stop the ocean level from rising and flooding. With these driver less cars we could change the world and yeah thats pretty chessy but its true we could save thousands of lives from these cars because that put out any pollution so there for climate change and global warming would help fix alot of things thatb humans cant really fix by hand it has to be nature. At the rate that the world is putting of pollution we are killing alot of animals and people. We could stop deforestation these cars would really save the world if we used them and it would be for the better.

On the other hand these cars are somewhat pretty bad because all the eletricity that just one car needs would cause us to burn more coal which would cause more pollution the it did befor we got them. yeah they might be better for drivning and slowing down the percentage for pollution but it wouldnt stop it. It would slow down dramatically but not enough to change alot of things we need are car that runs on something that wouldnt use energy or gases because both cause pollution. We could have had these type of cars sooner but we didnt have the eletronics that we have now we didnt have the computers or the sensors we didint have any of that. yeah if they would started we probably couldve figured out a diferent way to change how they are built and how the put out gases.

Finally, after putting both of these together it still is pretty hard to choose because both are ok but we just need something better. we could start off with this and try it out and see what happens but then differnt manufactors would try be better then one another and it would cause things to get out of hand and then they would have the government involved and it would cause a huge fight and people would be a mess. Honestly its not worth all the trouble and the mis understandning and confusion.

Basically we dont need it we might as well keep going and looking for better ways then to do this and cause a huge mess.",3
"The author of ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" thinks that exploring Venus is worth the risks that are required. Venus is a planet that most people think are a star because of how brightly it shines at night which makes it very noticeable. Not many other things are known about Venus: Not many people think about exploring Venus when they think of space exploration. In the article the author talks about both the problems with exploring Venus, but he also talks about how exploring Venus is something that is a possibility for the future.

The author states that Venus is ""often referred to as Earth's 'twin'"" because out of all the planets Venus has a similar density and size compared to Earth. The terrain of Venus is also very similar to the terrain of Earth. They both have landmarks that are similar ""to familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters."" This evidence shows how the landscape of Venus has the possibility to be a home for humans. The similarities between Earth and Venus make Venus a valuable place to explore in greater depth.

Although Venus has a similar terrain to Earth, the ground climate is too rough for anyone to safely land in Venus. Venus has a temperature that humans can not survive in, 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Also on Venus the pressure is 90 times what humans experience on Earth. Humans have never experienced conditions as extreme as those on Venus: ""Even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of [the] oceans"" would be crushed and the high temperatures ""would liquefy many metals."" Something that was made to be able to go withstand high pressures, like a submarine, would be crushed on Venus, and metals can withstand very high temperatures but on venus they would liqeufy. It is unsafe and humanly impossible for humans to try to explore the land of Venus when some of the best technology can not even withstand the climate of Venus.

As of now there is not enough technology for humans to explore Venus on the surface, but they can explore Venus from above. It is a possibility for scientists to hover 30 miles above Venus. This way the scientists will not have to experience the total wrath of Venus's surface, but they would experince ""temperatures that would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, [and] the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth."" Humans can live in those conditions, even though they may not be ideal. Scientists would be able to explore Venus without putting them at risk. There is still not technology for the scientists to throughly explore Venus the way they want to. They would only get a glimpse into what Venus is like. New inivations are being worked on that can withstand Venus's tumultous surface, so that scientists can get the full picture of

Venus.

Venus has great potential for exploration, but with that great potential comes great risk. The author of the article talks about the problems with exploring Venus, but he also talks about how exploring Venus is something that is a possibilty for the future. Venus is very similar to Earth in the terrain that they both have, but the surface conditions of Venus are deadly to humans. There is the possibilty of hovering above Venus to be closer to the surface without having to experince the extreme conditions. With the advancements in technology and new innovations scientists are hoping that there is a way for them to get closer to the surface without endangering their lives.",4
"Do you have a passion for helping people and visiting many places? You can express that passion when you join the Seagoing Cowboys. The UNRRA hired us to do one job. We are to take care of animals oversea. Of course these are orders.

This a wonderful job, an opportunity of a lifetime. Taking care of animals and visiting many places in the world is amazing. Seagoing Cowboys also get to help out people in need. Of course not all missions of ours is going to be easy, but that's ok. Just trust in your teammates.

I am Luke, one of the many Seagoing Cowboys. By 1947 I had made 9 trips, I feel like I have accomplished many important missions. During these missions I got to do some sight seeing. Seeing unique places like Europe and China. Aside from doing good deeds for people, it feels good to have some goals. Join if you like to have much more than an adventure. This program many even open up a new world for you. ",2
"The Face on Mars was found 25 years ago by the spacecraft Viking 1 while it was snapping photos of possible landing site for ship Viking 2. While snapping its photos it spotted a shadowy likeness of a human face,some people believe its a natural landform others believe it was made by aliens. Accoding to the text its a natural landfrom because the rule of thumb, the Martian is equvialent of a butte or mesa, and some skeptics say markings were hidden by a haze or it could have been because of the weather.

According to Garvin, ""As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size."" also, ""So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on thr ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were.""! In the picture of The Face on Mars if there was anything that could be making this landfrom you would be able to see it.

In paragraph 12 it explains that the Martian is equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms wich are common around the American West. If aliens were to make The Face on Mars they wouldn't know the sizes of natural landforms. Also,even though The Face on Mars, is on Mars it deosnt mean that natural Earth things can't happen there either. Garvin also states, ""It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River PLain of Idaho,"".

According to paragraph 8 and 7 not everyone was satisifed with the pictures that the MOC team snapped that were 10 times sharper than the original Vikings photo. When all of the web sufers were waiting for the first image of The Face on Mars it was revealed to be a natural landform with no alien monument after all. Some skeptics also say that the alien markigs were hidden by haze. On April of 1998 when the skeptics say their ideas it was cloudy at that time and on Mars it was winter.

Finally The Face on Mars is a natural landscape. Even though most people may argue over what it really is or who made it, there is enough information to prove that it is a natural landform. According to Garvin, people need to use the rule of thumb, and he believes that its the size of a natural landfrom, and some people say it was covered by an alien haze or it just could have been because of the cloudy weather.        ",4
"Limiting car usage will have many advantages. Not only will it reduce pollution ,but it will also incourage a more healthy lifestyle. Also limiting car usage may help ween us off of our dependence on foreign oil. Car usage has caused a lot of problems economically, environmentally, and physically for the United States.

To start off, car usage is very bad for our environment. The number one cause of air pollution in the U.S. is transportation. So, if we found a cleaner and more environmentally-friendly way of transportation that help a lot. One way would be to reduce car usage. It would be much better if once or twice a week people would ride their bike or walk to work or where ever they are going. I understand that some people live to far away from where ever they are going to ride a bike or walk ,but if you carpool with people who are also going to the same place you save on gas money and you will also be helping the environment.

In addition to helping the environment, limiting car usage will also promote a healthier life style. With the united state's obesity rates sky-rocketing we could use all the healthy lifestyle promoting we can get. By limiting car usage we can encourage people to walk and bike to where ever they are going. Which will influence people to add a little excersise into their daily routine.

Along with promoting a healthier lifestyle, limiting car usage can also help the U.S. withone major problem. Over the years the U.S. has had many great presidents,but almost all of them have promised the same thing, that they will reduce our dependence on foreign oil. But nothing has happened. I believe that limiting car usage will help us in reducing the United states' dependence on foreign oil because if we aren't driving our cars as often we won't need as much oil.

In conclusion, the advantages to limiting car usage are that it will reduce pollution, promote a healthier lifestyle, and it will reduce our dependence on foreign oil. So next time you go to drive your car just think, is it really that far?     ",4
"""The callenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author suggest that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Would you like to explore Venus? Many ships have already went but as it said in the article ""Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reasons, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours."" The author and others believe that long ago it may once have been the most earth like planet in our solar system because today Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on eath.

The author is very much for a worthy pursuit despite the dangers, saying in the article, ""Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans"". Also adding ""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."" The author also believes scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up and close despite the risks. ""Maybe we should think of the as challenges."" he added.

""Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus."" For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions."" Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit except for the crucial long time frames of space travel. If we were to send people there we should have them plant trees all over to see if the would last and how long. If the planet was earth like before it could possibly be like that again.             ",2
"The technology of being able to find out a persons emotions is interesting but not valuable. The technology is not valuable because a human can already tell another humans emotions without having to use technology, the computer cant comfort the human if he is upset, plus this technology could lead to technology becoming smarter than humans which then they could take over the world.

Humans are wired to be able to tell the emotions of another person. Humans dont even have to see the actions of a person before they know the emotion they are expressing on thier face. The reason we already know how they feel is because we do the same faces so we can relate to the way they feel and or look. Our brain makes connections better than a computer can when it comes to emotions, since a computer does not have emotions.

A computer does not have emotions, and if it does it is programed, therfore they are fake. Even if a computer can tell the muscles used in the face it doesnt make the computer correct about the mood they are in. The author tells us that you can make your muscles in your face move.This means you may be able to fake emotions to the computer which would give inacurate results, or the results could just be inacurate all togeather

The technological advantage of computers being able to read emotions can be dangerous. Machines with ""personalities"" could use the emotion scanning technology to their advantage. They could do so by decieving us into doing bad things. Machines could also use the information given to copy our facial expressions. If they copy our facial expressions the robots could communicate on a wholenother level.

In conclusion the technology to read emotions through facial expressions would not be valuable to students. Since humans can already know the emotions another person is expressing, the computer detecting the emotion cant change it, and machines may be able to use it to thier advantage in the future the technology is not valuable to students in a classroom. This technology is not valuable to anyone at all and should be destroyed.",3
"I think that they should develop these driverless cars. If they did, first of all, it would be cool to have cars that drive themsleves and second because if you needed to get somewhere and couldn't drive then you could. There are a few reasons why I think that they should be developed.

The first reason is because it would cost people a lot less to fill up their cars. They are also not fully driverless. They will alert you when you are pulling in or out of somewhere, or dealing with traffic issues such as construction or accidents. It feel that it could benefit a lot of people and would also make people more interested in driving.

They have been wanting to invent something like this one day. I knew that when they had the opportunity to create a vehicle or anything can can go on its own they would. This driverless car can apply brakes on individual wheels when needed too. It can also reduce power from the engine to help in the need of an emergency. This can help make driving safer because if someone isn't paying attention and a car or something is coming at you, your car can sense that and apply the brakes for you. It is nice that they are also considering using cameras in the cars to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road. The car watches the driver and the driver watches the road.

Because of all the reasons I mentioned above, I think that they should develop the driverless car. It will be weird at first having these cars around because you wouldn't expect to see something like that but after a while it can benefit people in the long run that either can't drive like they used too and need to get somewhere, and also most will buy it just because it sounds super cool and to see what it can do.        ",3
"Venus and Earth are both very similar is the same way but also very different, in there own ways they are unique but venus is the real mystery. Venus's temperature is about 800 degrees and the distance from the sun in much closer than Earth but its also the only planet that scientist think that could substain life. So we are going to talk about what Venus is like and how Venus compres to Earth and what we have and will try an do to study and explore Venus.

So Earth and Venus are called the ""twin planets"" but there not that similar because one can substain life and one cant for right now. Venus is rotating around the sun alot faster then Earth and so that is why a year on Venus would be short compared to one on Earth. We have sent many spacecraft/spaceships to venus and successfully made it but its been more than 30 years since that has happen. So the reason for that is Venus has a 97% carbon dioxide ""blanket"" thats covering the atmosphere and thats why its so much hotter then Earth and is unfit for a human. Specially because of all the nature causes this heat brings like volcanoes and powerful earthquakes along with alot of lightning strikes that go all the way to the surface on venus.

The plan that NASA came up with is that, since we cant land on Venus because of the heat and pressure we would try and hover over the blanket of heat which would still be pretty hot. But only 170 degrees compared to 800 on the surface which we would have to be about 30 or more miles above the surface for humans to be able to live. But whats the point to risks lives if all you do is take pictures 30 miles above the surface, you can do that with a robot and not have to risk lives but humans want the challenge. But NASA isnt giving up they are trying to create different idea like making ""eletronics made of silicon carbide""(paragraph 7)

and those have been tested in a simulation chamber and has but tested and proven to work. Which supposed what I claim adn want NASA to send a team or a test dummy to see if it will resist the temperatures of Venus.

All in all I feel that the author does support the idea of studying venus and hthat it is worthy of the danger that it might present. And also I do as well think it is worth the trip even with the dangers. But everything I believe should be tested in the chamber as least twice before they go on the actual mission. ",2
"Dear, state senator I think we should change to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. I think this because the Electoral College does not seem fair, the president that usually wins in popular vote loses to the vote for presidency, it is considered a non-democratic method for selecting a president, and it is all up to the electors of a candidate. The Electoral College should also be changed to popular vote because it is not the people who are choosing the president, it is the three electors sent from each different state.

The Electoral College should be changed to election by popular vote, because it is not fair to the candidates. This is because most presidents that win the popular vote section of the election then end up losing the presidential vote section, an example of this is when candidate Al Gore recieved the most individual votes when running against George W. Bush, but Bush won the electoral section, recieving two hundred and seventy-one against Al Gore's two hundred and sixty-six. The Electoral college is also unfair to voters, because of all of the states winner take-all system of government, and in seventeen states they did not get a chance to see the candidates. Most people believe the Electoral College is outdated and irrational, a person named Bob Dole, believes that the Electoral College should be completely abolished. Another big problem in the Electoral College is segregationists who do everything to go against certain parties and their candidates, like the time in 1960 a group of segregationists almost succeeded in their effort to get rid of all democratic electors so that new electors would be opposed to John F. Kennedy.

The Electoral College should also be changed to election by popular vote, because people consider it non-democratic. This is because the voting is all up to the electors selected by each of the different states, meaning that the actual people of the state have no power in the election of the candidates for president. When the people of the state take their vote for the candidates they are actually voting for potential electors who will then go represent the selected candidate, this gives rise to problems like corrupt electors who are dishonest and using cheating tactics, also most states know that their votes will do nothing to help the candidates being represented, examples would be the Democrats in Texas and the Republicans in California. It is also believed that the Electoral College makes potential voters not want to vote at all and they end up not representing their candidates. And most people already have a certainty of the outcome of the election, meaning they already know who will win the election based on the number of votes so far in the popular votes section and the electoral section. The system of electors is also not fair because the people can not control who they are voting for has the electors, and the states number of electors are equal to the number of people on its congressional delegation, which gives big states an advantage over small states.

To conclude this letter, I again say that the Electoral College should be changed to election by popular vote because, popular vote is fairer then the Electoral College, the people have no power compared to the electors and the are subject to corruption with in the system.    ",4
"Fake Face

In 1976, in the mission control room, the scientists founded something eerie on Mars, there was a human face on it! Many scientists said that it was just a Martian mesa, but many people still stuck to their primal thoughts instead of the scientists' well-educated minds. Scientists stated that the face was just founded out that it's just a mesa. Also, Earth have a similar structure as the ""Face"". And finally, if scientists discovered extraterrestrial life on Mars, what will prevent them from talking about the upcoming major event in scientific history. Many conspiracy theorists may state that this ""Face"" is a clear evidence that there are life on Mars. But how could there be life on Mars just judging that there is a landform that looks like a face? Therefore, this states that Mars don't hold life.

In Mars, there are many landmarks, canyon, mountains, and, of course, mesa. Life on Mars would be impossible due to harsh weather going down below freezing, and absence of liquid form of water. Then how could a creature make a monument that is two miles long without getting burned, frozen, or starve? With these harsh environment we can conclude that nothing can create this except that it got created naturally. With these reasons, we can conclude that this ""Face"" cannot get created by extraterrestrial lives.

Furthermore, Earth also have similar landforms as Mars. In the Western America, there are hundreds of butte or mesa. Mesa is a structrue that consists of elevated area with a flat top. Scientists say that the ""Face"" is just a mesa. In fact, a lava dome mesa that have similar quality with the ""Face"" that is located on Mars. Also, human brain is linked to analyzing faces. When you go to a sightseeing area, you may see some rocks that are shaped interesting, or during your way to work, you may see many non-human objects that looks like a face. So how could a structure that is present on Earth be a proof that life exists on Mars? In conclusion, Mars cannot hold life that many peoples believe.

And finally, scientist would not keep a vital discovery as a secret. Many space-related articles state that discovering life outside of Earth would be recorded as a major event in history. And if a scientist discover an alien, then he or she would be rewarded tremendously. Will anybody tries to prevent this ""once in a lifetime opportunity"" probably not. Also, scientists would be delighted for an advance in technology, they would not leave the aliens alone, they would attempt a communication to the aliens and try to learn many things about their life. Consequently, this shows that aliens don't exist in Mars.

Some may say that the ""Face"" is a clear example to show the life on Mars, and that these creatures created this landform as a sign or as an art. However, with art or sign, they would live near the structure, but there are no sign of a life around the area. Also, it is not reasonable to believe what the conspiracy theorists are stating. They do not have clear evidence, they are just following their primal thoughts like a primitive life. Clearly, it is not wise to believe the conspiracy theorists over the scientists in NASA.

All in all, this proves that life cannot survive on Mars. The ""Face"" is proven to be a mesa that is common on Mars. Also, there are similar landforms in Earth called as the lava dome mesa that have very similar properties with the ""Face. And finally, scientists would not attempt to keep this amazing discovery as a secret on their own but share with the world instead. It is unwise to trust yourself and not the others to make you well informed and educated. Should we spend our time, money, and our thoughts on the devious, sycophantic conspiracy theorists who don't know what they're saying?",5
"The new technology is very helpful showing about whats more to a picture or a frame. Why is this important well beacuse people want to know about more about the picture or of what the picture is showing for example, Mona Lisa smile to not be so serious in the picture imagine having a cute picture but your so serious. You can change that with new tecnology. Comperters are very helpful theses days in many ways. For example it can be useful for making payments , searching up information you need , paperwork, photoshop, diffrent apps that are useful on making your life better. Its a better sorce of seaching stuff up learning more about the world and the physics. Theres more to this i mostly use it for searching up information about the topic i want to learn about. Its easier for me beacuse i dont like rreading alot and i can just look up videos instead of having to sit there for an hour looking up information or reading it beacuse reading makes me sleepy. Thats why i think the web is an awsome resorse for people that need to be informed and thought many diffrent things.

Many people use this method by making there photogrophy work look better than it is. Its a very good sorce for people that have the job as a photographer beacuse they will make everything work in many ways. For example if something in the picture gets in the way the computer will show u how to get rid or it instead of doing all the extra stuff on taking a whole lot of pictures that look the same or worst. Why waist your time on doing that instead get the app or the program and get to steping its way better and easier to get pictures that are perfect.",1
"Although the idea of driverless cars is quite enticing, the reality is that driverless cars are not practical. Yes, there have been many advances in the driverless car and it does have environtmental benefits like the use of less gasoline, but there are serious downsides to the driverless car.

The amount of money that would be spent on the driverless car would outweigh the amount of gas money a person would save. The article states that smarters roads were too expensive, so they are making the cars smarter by equipping them with sensors. Money is being spent on developing the right kind of sensors, and then there is the price to install them in every car. It is not stated in the article were the money to develop and test the driverless car comes from, or how much this costs, but by the looks of it, this wouldn't be a cheap commodity. Spending money on something that is not needed seems trivial when that same money could be spent of things that could benefit people's health or quality of life.

More importantly, there seems to be a multitude of safety risks. If there is not a driver controlling the car, how is it going to correct bad situations? I understand the car will have control of itself, but will it know what to do if an animal runs in the road, or a tree has fallen? Researchers are asking those very questions, which is why they are thinking up ways to alert the driver when it is necessary that he or she takes control of the car. It says in the article that it is illegal in test computer-driven cars in most states because those states are taking safety precautions. So despite lawmakers viewing driverless cars as a danger, people are still working to enhance the ability of these cars and looking into ways to ensure safety by having a driver ready to take action if a situation goes awry. In paragraph 8, it states that some manufacturers want to bring in-car entertainment into the vehicle so drivers stay alert without getting bored. This all just seems to be a bit excessive; if the driver just drove his or her own car, he or she wouldn't need entertainment, and safety wouldn't be called into question.

Having a car that can drive itself is not a necessity, but more a luxury. Like many luxuries, it is expensive, but on top of that, it is also dangerous. Automakers have a good vision and strong ideas, but I just don't see the purpose. There are a lot of areas of the driverless car that needs improvement, and researchers know this. It seems as though it would be a waste of time, money, and hardwork to get the driverless car into a state at which it would be considered safe. Overall, human safety is the most important thing, and the driverless car cannot guarantee that safety. The driverless car is a neat fantasy, but it should not be anything more than that.",4
"The advantages of limiting car usage is a good idea because this way it will take away stress and lower air pollution and make the global city clean and fresh. Also this will promote alternative transportation and will reduce smog and will save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety in the communities.

In source 2 by Robert Duffer: Paris bans driving due to smog is important because after the day of pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air in the city. For example, in paragraph 14 said ""Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France after five days of intensifying smog..... The smog rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world"" what this mean is that if the cold came and there are warmer days this can caused the layer in the air to trap the car emissions, which then will create pollution. If we stop the used of car driving this will help the environment around us.

In source 3 by Andrew Selsky: Car- free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota, is important because there is a program that is set to spread to other countries around the world, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or even take buses to work during an car free day. For exmaple, in paragraph 21 said "" It was the third straight year cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the Day Without Cars in this capital city of 7 million"" what this mean is that during the third straight years cars are banned and only buses are allowed this can promote alternative transportation and will reduce smog in the long run.

In source 4 by Elisabeth Rosenthal: The End of Car Culture is important because if socialogists believe it will have a beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment. For example in paragraph 43 said ""Pedestrain, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety"" what this mean is that if cars are no longer being used this can make the environment a better places because there are no pollution, no taffic and the environment is clean.

In advances, the advantages of limiting cars usage is a good idea because there will be no pollution in the air, there will be no traffic jams everyday. Also, Connected the network this can save us time, conserve resources, lower emissions and will improve the safety around the world and will reduce smog.                    ",3
"In these 3 sources they're talking about electoral college, I beileve electoral college is a good and smart way to handle elections. AN electoral college is a process made by the founding fathers and they estabilshed it in the constitution. Some people planned on abolishing it, I think thats and i'll show you why.

First,I beileve they should not abolish it because its so origanal and whats the reason it needs to be abolished. They're probably planning on making a new system or doing it for a personal matter. Either way, its all depending if the congress and the president himself to agree on this. Overall abolishing a this from the constitution where its been for too long is wrong. Even though this method is not democratic its still not right to abolish this from the constitution.

And, I also know why they are some reasons why they wouldn't want this method to be here. In source 2 it stated ""voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of the electors"". Everything depends on the state because it decides most of the voting standards of the whole state. This method can also defy the will of the people, sounds anti-republican and just wierd for legislatures to screw with the votes you jotted down. This practictly almost made JFK not a president apparently he got lucky. Richard Nixon voted aand validated his predidency.

In a nutshell, electoral college has its upsides and downsides and is still up today. I beileve its an easy thing to say it all depends on opinion and beilefs.    ",2
"Driving vehicles is a easy way to transport, but on the downside it is effecting the air in a very bad way. Every day people are driving cars and trucks knowing that it pollutes the air but are doing nothing to stop it. If everybody stopped driving vehicles the world would be a much healthier place and much safer too. This is because the burning of fossil fuels pollutes the air, and brings harm to pedestrians when there is a unexpierenced or drunk driver. A good way to prevent this from happening is to get a bunch of people or even everyone to quit driving.

Though driving is an easy means of trasportation so is riding a bike, a skateboard, walking, running, all these things can get you to your destination. Yes these things will take longer but it will also be a good exercise and will not be polluting the air. Not only is it polluting the air but it is also a very expensive way of transportation because you pay for the car then all the gas it takes to get from one place to another. Every year the world should have a week of no driving so the air can clear up and to show everyone that they are making a big mistake driving every single day to get to work or go pick up groceries.

In Vauban, Germany they have a suburb with nearly 5,500 residents that live car-free! These people try to keep their environment as clean as possible. In the article ""In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars"" by Elisabeth Rosenthal she said ""Automobiles are linchpin of suburbs, where middle-class families from Chicago to Shanghai tend to make their homes..."" This meaning that to many people are relying on cars and need to stop to help us, to help earth.    ",3
"Venus is a very dangerous planet and has harsh storms, earthquakes, and a bad atmosphere. But despite all that, the studying of venus is more important than worrying about the dangers that lurk there. In the article ""The Challenge of

Exploring Venus"" the author also supports this claim pretty well.

In the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. He explains that Venus has very harsh conditions that you couldn't live there or even land there without surviving for only a few hours. It has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 % Carbon Dioxide, there are clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere, and the planet's surface temperatures average over 800 degrees. They even say such conditions could crush a submarine or melt any metal.

However despite all that information I just gave you, the author still thanks it's important that we study Venus in the future. He goes on to say "" why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface?"", and then explains that astronomers are facinated by venus because it may well once have been the Earth-like planet in our solar system. The author suggests that Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life. He even states "" Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth.

The author gose on to say, ""The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters."" ""Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel. The value of returning to Venus seems indisputable, but what are the options for making such a mission both safe and scientifically productive?"".

He begins to say that NASA has an idea for sending Humans to study Venus. It would allow scientist to float above the scorching ground and just hover in the air.

Finally in the last paragraph of this article really shows how much he thinks that studying venus is more than important than worrying about the dangers of the planet. The author states "" striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavours. Out travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation"".

In conclusion the author supports his opinion on studying Venus is more important than worrying about dangers. He supports this opinion by stating that venus is a crazy planet but still says why we should explore. He even says Venus could've been most Earh-like planet out there, and earth still has similar features.",3
"The idea of reducing car usage is a good idea, because the enviornment would be a better place. Limiting cars will not only benefit us with the idea of air pollution but with obesity, and obesity is a big thing in the United States. Its amazing how may people care about there enviornment. In source 3, Bogota, Colombia millions of columbians hike, bike, skate, or took buses to work during a day they call car-free day because they want to reduce air pollution.

In the United States one out of every 4 person is obese, and the reduction of car usage will help limit the obesity rate. Walking or even biking from one place to another is a work out and that is a common way to lose weight. We try so hard to reduce obesity and one of the many ways to gain weight is to eat junk food and not jog, run, or walk it off. So reducing the limit of cars is a good idea to reduce the obesity rate in the United States.

The reduction of cars will help the air polluting situation in the U.S. The pollution in the air will later in the future bit us right on the rear end. Many people may believe its happening now. The main cause of air pollution is the fuel we have running on our cars that are on the road 24/7. If we limit the usage of cars now we will start to see the difference in our world today.

Many people dont really use cars in the United States in source 4 it states that study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between the years of 2001 and 2009. It also stated that in 2005 the number of miles driven dropped steadily. Each year in America people are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by a recent studies found. So believe or not not many people don't need a car to get to point A to point B.

As of today we should make a effort to stop using our cars and maybe walk to work and get your exercise for the day while doing it. Let make a change together and stop the mass of air pollution we have going on and and reduce the rate of obesity. Lets make our country a better place to be.                            ",4
"The Face on Mars is just a natural landform because, in my opinion i dont believe aliens are real. Here are the reasons why i think the Face on Mars has become just a natural landform.

On April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a pictue ten times sharper than the original Viking photos.

Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting for that image. When the image appeared on a JPL web site revealing just a natural landform peopole finally knew that there was no alien monument after all.

Another reason why i think The ''Face on Mars'' is just a natural lanform because, ''The Face on Mars'' has since become a pop icon. It has starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows, even haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years!

Some people think the Face is evidence of life on mars.

April 8, 2001, Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look. They had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view. Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's maximum resolution.

As a rule of thumb, you can turn things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size, so if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small item, you would be able to see what they were!

In this argumentative essay i have tried to convince people that the Face is just a natural landform.  ",3
"There are many ways he supports his idea of ""venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers presents"". In my opinion i believe the author did

very well giving details and evidence on why he believes venus is worthy besides its dangers. The text states ""even more challenging are the clouds of highly coorosive sulfuric acid in venus's atmosphere"" ,""on the planets surface, tempetures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own plantet"". In those two cited evidence let us know the dangerous parts about venus, that we cant just go and live in venus we could die so many different ways and thats beyone dangerous. He proven very well what he meant by the dangers and very well has caught my attention so far.

The author lets us know that Venus has once been the planet to be the ""most earth-like planter in our solar system"" . In my opinion i believe that venus sound scary and I would'nt want to go but also the author is making it interesting and im sure i would love to go and discover new things and how if really is there . I would love to see the temperture ,colors ,and also if it is somewhat like earth as they say. The text states ""The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains , and craters "", that sounds very much like earth to me. From what I gathered

from his evidence showing that Venus is a worthy pursuit , I would love to see and discover, I would love to see the mountain ,the color of the mountains and how high. I would love to discover if the weather changes ; Rain,snow,foggy,sunny.

The author made venus very interesting and I would love to discover and find out more about it as of now. The text also states ""The air pressure would be close to sea level on earth"" that is beyond interesting and very crazy how the air pressure can be like our water pressure we experiance now on earth. ""Solor power would be plentiful, and radiation would exceed earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans."" just imagine all humans living on venus at first and then discovering earht; it would be a big change and very hard for us to get used to earth. If it were that way we could be under water forever since we lived and grew up breathing as if we were underwater unlike earth.

Living on venus would be hard for us to get used to living on earth and learning how the air works . We would have to try to survive, but seeing earth for the first time would be the best all the green grass ,and clean blue water, beautiful colorful flowers everywhere , light blue sky, it would be breathe taking literally. Text states "" our travels on earth and beyond should not be

limited by dangers and doubts but should be epanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation"" I very much do agree with the author and I also do believe people shall be able to discover new things. People should be warned about what they believe could happen and if the people still choose to go then that is there choice but at least they are living their life and discovering what there is out of earth. I believe the author supports his idea very much both positive thing about venus and bad ; and i personally agree with him very much .",3
"The Challenge of Exploring Venus.

Venus is one of the brightest star at night. Second planet to our sun. Human have sent many spacecraft to venus but it never landed there because spacecraft couldn't stay longer then few hours. All the mission is unmanned. A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blanket venus. Astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. The National Aeronautics and space administration has one particularly compelling idea for sending human to study venus. Peering at venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far baove the planet can provide only limited insight on gorund condition because most form of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard form of photography and videography ineffective. Resercher cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, form distance. That why scientist seeking to conduct a thorugh mission to understand venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risk.         ",1
"Unmasking the Face on Mars. If I were to be a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks the face was created by aliens. I would prove them wrong, because there are many objects that have some sort of illusion in them. This story tells how the Face is just a simple landform which I believe it is. It's a natural landform because when astronauts were circling around the planet they found it to be a simple landform. Seeing new things that look just like human things can just be an illusion to our eyes, for example the red planet could have had the ""Face"" carved into it.

I think that there are objects that can always fool our minds especially planets. There are certain planets that give us many illusions and we just want to go and figure out why they make us have such an illusion towards nonimportant things. The image of the Face that was spotted in Mars first appeared on a JPL web site, which means that the image was first taken by NASA. I believe that aliens do not exsist still and there could have been no way that the Face was created by one of them. Neil Armstrong was the first astronaut to ever be on the moon and when he came back from the moon he left his steps on the moon. The Face could have been created by someone who has visited Mars (Red Planet) even though the planet almost is the same temperature as the sun they could have taken a pocket knife and began to crave in a human face.

The Face was spotted on Mars, but the certain place that it was spotted was a lava dome, what is a lava dome you may ask?. Well, a lava dome is a place that is isolated from a mesa and can be up the same height as the Face on Mars. There are still some scientist that believe that the Face was someting that aliens created when it could've been a person or even people that wanted to leave a trace left behind. Maybe they left a trace left behind because there probably wasn't anybody who has been there before.

The Face was spotted by NASA and when NASA spotted the face they made sure to zoom in on what looked like Face. I believe that the Face was carved or traced behind due to a human being there, even though they say aliens live in Mars there could be no way that a alien did a cetain thing. Aliens could not have been the ones who left the illusion of a Face because some studies show that aliens were not exsisting at that time. The story also does not state anything towards aliens being on a certain planet especially Mars.

In conclusion, I believe that things you leave on a planet can not always be something a alien did or has done. Our mind has such a great technique to play with our minds, especially if we see things from above like the Face was seen from above. I do believe the Face was just a natural landform. I believe it was just a natural landform because there are some things on planets that have such and illusion into them.",4
"From Lukes point of view saying that he wanted people to join participate is that in the begging of the story it said that Luke was working at a grocery store and at a bank. his friend named Don Resit invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat. Luke said yes because he knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime.

In 1945 world war ll was over in Europe and a lot of countries were left in ruins. so that sentence can tell you that if you participated you could help fix countries.

44 nations joined together to form the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation.

In August 1945 they received their orders to report to New Orleans. They arrived there on August 14th.

Luke was 18 when he arrived in Greece. It took about two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean. when Luke was helping out on his aunt Katies's farm it had prepared him for hard work. Luke also found time to have fun on board especially on return trips after the animals had been housed.

Luke did a lot of things on his free time like, Table-tennis tournaments, fincing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helped pass the time. But being a seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for Luke Bomberger. It opened up the world to him. it lead his family to host a number of interrnational students and exchanged visitors for many years. Luke bomberger crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affected by World War ll. So I think that from Lukes point of view he might have wanted people to participate in the seagoing Cowboys because it might be nice to help our countries and support us and also to help others around the world who needs help. That's what I think is coming from Luke Bomberger point of veiw.        ",2
"The author of ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" does suggest that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers, but fails to provide enough support to make that statement believable. The author stresses in parts of the article that Venus is valuable and needs to be explored but then counters that with lenghty paragraphs explaining the hazards that come with this. The ratio that Venus is valuable but exploration is dangerous is not one to one. This makes it harder to believe that Venus is actually worthy of exploration. The author mentions that Venus is valuable, but then counters by explaining the dangers that come with this exploration, and finally includes the steps that are being taken to get there which never sheds light on the importance of exploring Venus.

First and foremost, the author does indeed suggest that Venus is important and that it is worth exploring. However, the times that the reader can actually see this written in the article is very few, specifically three times. The first time this happens is in paragraph four and it says,""Recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for planetary visit, a crucial consideration"". The next time it is mentioned is a little bit after that and it says, ""The value of returning to Venus is indisputable"".

The last time is at the end of the article. The quote says,""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself"". All three quotes are supporting the idea that Venus is valuable to exploration, but they are never given any evidnece to back them up making it hard to believe what they adovcate.

Now, besides the fact that there is little to no support for the previous quotes the author goes on to explain the numerous dangers that come with simply trying to explore Venus. The author spends the majority of paragraph three explaing the hazards that Venus presents. The text says,"" On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet"". Later on in paragraph three the text says,""Such and environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to divnig to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liqueft many metals"". These two quotes raise red flags in many readers minds, causing them to wonder why scientists are even considering exploring such a deadly planet. The author also failed to inlcude a counter to the dangerous conditions on the planet and didn't explain why it is still valuable.

Finally, the author tries to make the dangerous and possibly deadly pros list seem okay and feasible. The author goes along to explain the steps NASA and othe scientists are taking to possibly make a trip to Venus. According to the text, ""One particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray"". This quote creates a sense of hope for the exploration argument but does nothing to explain to the reader the value in exploring Venus. The text also states,""NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, simplified electronics made of silicon have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions"". This quote, yet again, explains how there are possible and theoretical steps and options that can be taken to make exploring Venus safe,

but in the end sheds no light on any benefits, advances, or values that come from being able to explore Venus. The majority of paragraphs five, six, and seven explain more steps and ideas that could be used but, in the end, provide no support for the argument that exploring Venus is worthwhile despite the dangers it presents.

Many people can conclude that space exploration is a positive, beneficial process. However, after reading this article it seems that exploring Venus is not the best idea. The author tires to support the idea that exploring Venus is worthwhile but only mentions it a few times. Then within the middle and end of the article the author stacks multiple counters to his or her argument.The author goes on to explain the hazardous conditons of Venus and steps to get to the planet but never explains the importance of even trying to explore Venus. In the end, the author did not successfully support their argument.",6
"Facial Action Coding System is a step towards the future ,but is a good one ? There are lots of pros and cons to the new invention. Many people think that this new contraption is of no use. Many people think that this new invention is the gateway to the future. I think that the FACS could be valuable to students. I could uderstand why adults would find FACS irrelevant.

There are reasons to why i claim FACS is valuable towards the future of schools. As a student myself, i think FACS would be a great addition to my learning process. In the article it sates that FACS could sense when a student is bored of the lesson and can switch up the lesson. This in my opinion would be a great thing to have in schools. I easily get bored in school and Im sure lots of other students also get bored, so the FACS would be good to have in schools.

Now im not saying that there is no down sides to FACS, because there is. FACS in my opinion is more for the younger generation. By younger generation i mean 25 and younger. I say this because if you are out of school and have a job or career, there is really no use for FACS. FACS has no use for out of school people .

FACS has a lot of potential. This could be the new way of teaching students. We all know that everyone in the world is different, so we all have are own way of learning. I feel that FACS is the new and improved way of teaching, it teaches students the way they learn best. FACS can change the schooling system forever.

In conclution the FACS is a step towards the future for schools and students. The FACS won't help people outside of schools much , but it will effect may peoples learning experience.. The FACS has lots of potential and i hope to see it in schools in the nearby future.The FACS is the future.          ",3
"Have you ever wondered what life today would be like if insted of driving a car you walked or took transits? So People believe that if people in citys drove cars less and walked or biked more that it would drasticly lower the amount of greenhouse gases in the air.

Some citys are setting examples of less use of cars and more walking have lowered polution. Paris, France for example had issued a new lay stating that on certain day people with even-numbered licence plates were not permited to drive a car and vic versa. Studys have shown that The smog levels in the city (which are usualy high) was lower than usual. Some people were angry whit this law and drove anyways, but anyone caught had to pay a 22-euro fine ($31). Some people also said that it's not the regular gasoline cars that were causing all the smog, it was the big diesel trucks. 67 percent of vehicles in france do use diesel fuel, but the normal gasoline car still contribute enought to be put off the streets.

Another city that is also trying to get cars off the street is BOGOTA, Colombia. They started an new event called They days without cars campaign. The reason for this was to lower the amount of smog and occational dark grey clouds that droped acid rain. The effect of this campaign has spread to nearby citys in the region. The campaign has been in effect since the 1990s. parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city and rush-hour restrictions have dramaticly cut traffic.

President Obama abitious goals to curb the United States' greenhouse gas emmissions have been set, but americans are lowering the use of car by themselves. Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as the year goes by. Most studys have show one of the main reasons for this decline is because cashed-strapped Americans cant affored new car, and the unemplyed were't going to work anyway.

These are just a few ways people are lowering the use of fossile fuels. By setting up these campaigns, the use of fossile fuels will be greatly reduced    ",2
"Dear State Senator,

Good day Senator,My name is Adrian and im a resident of this state. I wrote this letter to let you know,I think you should change the system up. I think the electoral college is a bad idea because it is not good at determining the winner. The electoral college is good but its alot of work to find out who wins the President and Vice President seat. The electoral college is also a big complicated system that can techanical mess up someones chances of winning. The electoral college is basically us voting for electors,not the president. The electoral college is not a good system to use beccause just like the article ""The Indefensible Electoral College"" says ""Do voters sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate?"". What do we do then, we can't take back our vote. This is how some presidents win without even knowing we messed up on voting.

In Addition to my idea about removing the Electoral College, I think its a bad idea because the electoral college is not a good determing the winner. A prime example of why the electoral college is a bad idea is when Al Gore lost the election in 2000 against Bush. It is stated that Al Gore had won the popular vote but lost when it came to electoral college he lost. It is said that over 60 of thoses voters wanted or prefered a direct election instead of the electoral college system. The Article""In Defense of the electoral college"" states things that good about the Electoral College like ""The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candiate receives a majority of the votes cast.""This is a example of that statement is Nixion in 1968 and Clinton in 1992 both had only a 43 plurality of the popular votes,while winning a majority in Electoral College. The Electoral College is still a democratic in many peoples eyes and mines.

The Electoral College will always give a advantage on the outcome of the winner. The state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors and thaat those electors could always the will of the people. The electoral college is is unfair,outdated, and irrational in the united states. Most say the electoral college is good because its keeps favortizm away but it really just adds it to the election. The direct election is way more simple and easy to find out who wins. I send you this letter to see if you would think about taking it out, but i know you probably won't see this.

From Adrian,    ",3
"Here are the reasons that the ""Face on Mars""is not real. I will tell you why it is not real. We know that no human has ever lived on Mars as far as we know. That is what we belive. Everyone can see the ""Face on Mars ""different. It also variys on what each person thinks.

We here have had also weird land forms happen here on our own plant .Sometimes we see rockes even here that look like faces but we do not think they are human face's or an animal face's. Landforms can be sometimes surprising on how they form. They can look as if it was something when it really is nothing at all. That is what happened at Mars a landform formed and it got the shape of a face but we know that Mars has not had live of people on it yet of course .We also know that no human has gone to Mars or landed their to proove it is a face when we know it is not. No human has lived on Mars so how can we say it is a human face when NASA has done alot of reascearch that only people have lived on earth not on any other plant so far. People also know that aliens do not exsite. Landforms can sometimes counfuse us to think something else that does not even excite at all. But like always NASA well be doing more rescearch to show people it is just a normal landform that just some people think it is face but it is not.

Hopefully this essay has helped you to believe that the ""Face on Mars ""is not a face after all it is all just a story that you can either believe media and the people that told you that or the real resceacrch people that one day will show that it is just a landform. But for now some people think something else and other people think other things. NASA is the people you should believe not the media. Hopefully I have my point across this essay to the people that think it is a human face. I see why some people can think it is a face becaus eat first you can see the face. But no it is not a face. Face or not face we will one day see who is right the people that think it is a face or the people that do not think it is a face. Also you can see in the pictures how the landform changes and if it was a face then it probaly would not change.",3
"I am for the value of this technollogy to read students emotional expressions. To start off with I think this would be a. good idea because it says in the article ""for instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling by just simply by the look on there face."" This proves you can probably tell how one of your friends are feeling by just a expression on there face but my point is this that the technollogy can tell what emotions youtr friend is actually feeling. This would be helpful because sometimes you ask a friend what is wrong and they just say nothing but you know something is wrong by the way they are acting and this technollogy will help with that because and can tell what emotions they re actuallyu feeling

In addition, this technoollogy would also be a positive because you can know when anyone is happy,sad or frustrated. For example it says in the article ""imagine a computer that knows when your happy or sad. For exampe, if you smile when a web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow, but if yyou frown, the next ad will be different.'' This shows that you can tell how someone is feeling just based on if they smile or frown. Personally I am against this because I would love to know what everyone is feeling if they asre my frien oir not and know the real reason why they are acting the way they are no matter if they are sad or happy.

In conclusion, I am for this technollogy to read students emotinoal feelings because i would like to know how everyone is feeling and acting the way they are. For instance, what if it is a friendand no matter how close you are they will not t ell you if they are upset or happy and if you had this technollogy you could tell what they are feeling because they could lie and say they are not feeling anything which then this technollogy could then help with that.                              ",3
"By limiting car use not only does it help monther earth, by extracting all thoes harmful chemicals in the air. One woman from VAUBA, Germany states that when ""she had A car she was more tense,but when she stopped driving she was more happier"". Experts say, that 12% of greenhouse is the cause of cars.

For the people that are reading this passage, im supposed to explain to you why limiting car use is an amense deal to humans. Everyone is just so used to driving everywhere, because, its faster and easier to get from point A to point B. Now think back to how people back then got from point A to point B, they didnt have cars, or trains they had Feet. Most of us are selfish enought not to walk or use public transportaion, and help stop greenhouse effect.

By limiting car use, we are able to enjoy the air around much better. Theres a town that banned cars. They would rather walk then drive, most of them sold there car just to live somwhere much more peacfuly. Can you do that?                                                                                                            ",2
"Venus is one of the brightest point in the sky called the ""Evening Star"". Venus is actually a planet in the solar system. Venus is the second planetfrom our sun. But our earth is more closely. Also earth is often referred a ""twin"" Venus is the closest planet to Earth due to the density, size, distance.

Same with Mars. These two planets Mars and Venus are close to earth. But all three of them orbit the sun in different speeds. The digfferent in the speeds are meant sometimes that we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus. Not a single spaceship has touched on Venus in more than three decades.

While also Venus is a challenging study for humans. Even more challenging for us is that the clouds of highly corrosive sulferic acid in the Venus's atmosphere. Also noteable just to let you know that Venus does have the highest temperature of any other planet in our solar system. Even tho there are some orther planets that are colser to the sun. Like Mercury it is closer to the sun more than Venus.

Astronomers are also so suprised. Because Venus has been that one planet that is most alike to Earth to our planet in the solar system. Astronomers say that ""long time ago Venus was covered with largely oceans and could have supported various from our life, just like Earth."" Until this day Venus has some features are analogous to those on Earth. Just like the planet surface as of the familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters.

Lastly Venus is the planet that is most likely to be like Earth. It has some features that are alike. Venus however would allow scientists to float above the fray. Venus is our sister planet that is so alike to Earth. Although Venus has a higher temperature than Earth.",1
"In the article,""A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves.""which was where you would go on aboard a ship and took/watched farm animals that had to be cared for and carried across the ocean. Reasons you should join Seagoing Cowboys is You can go see many different sites, you will also be helping someone or a family, and you can also meet new people.

One reason you should be a Seagoing Cowboy is, you can see many different sites. You can see many places you have never been before, maybe some of the rarest places on Earth, depending on where you are. In paragraph 5 it states ""I also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canel on my way to China."" Showing you can see many different sites. While being aboard a ship, seeing something unforgettable is one of the best things you can possibly even image to see.

Another reason to be a Seagoing Cowboy is, you can be saving a person's life. You being a Seagoing Cowboy can help a family in need of milk from a cow, or a goat for cheese. You taking care of those animals can be a last hope for a family's breakfast/Lunch/Dinner. You could also be possibly be saving other animals, not just the animals you are saving, but animals at a family's house. They might have a dog that hunts, and you could be saving the dog for the family as well. So you can join and save a life, putting yours before theirs.

A last reason you should be a Seagoing Cowboy is that you can meet new people. In paragraph 8 it says that the after returns on trips the cowboys would stay and play games like Baseball, Volleyball, boxing. All with those games you can meet new people. You can find someone like you because trust me, you will find someone like you. You can find a bestfriend and do what you like doing with a best friend.

You should become a Seagoing Cowboy because you can see many sites to see, you can save a life/family, and you can meet someone new. So be a Seagoing Cowboy today. ",3
"The challenge of exploring Venus

This storie is about the challeng of exploring Venus. The auhor talked how venus is closest planet in earth. The author support the idea by showing us how studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers.

in the story the author talked about how studying venus is worthy. In the story the said ""venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our scholar system. The value of returning to venus seems indisputable, but what are the options for making such a mission both safe scientifically productive. This quotes revals that venus is worthy because people use for a lot things such as going to missions.

In the article the author taked about how venus is pursuit. in the article the the author said NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions o the surface of venus would allow scientitis to float above the fray. Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling venusian landscape. Ths quotes means thta venus is pursuit because is halping people wiht the electronic such as vehicule.

In the story the author talked abouth how Venus is despite in danger. In the storis the author said"" Beyond high presure and heat, venusian geogoly and weather presentadditional impedimants like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lihgtning strikes to probes seeking to lead on its surface. By comparing, system that use mechenical parts can be made more resistant to pressure,heat,and other foces"". This quotes mean that Venus is despite in danger because it barley causes dager like other planet.

the author support the idea by showing us how Venus is a worthy pursuit despite in danger. In this storie the author talked how venus plante is different from the other planet in the earth surface. The author also talked about hoe Venus don't cause volcanoes and earthquakes.     ",2
"The author thinks that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it has. The planet Venus is the second planet from the sun. Venus is made of almost 97 percent cabon dioxide and has very corrosive sulfuric acid as well. At one point Venus even had a rockey sediment in which invloves valleys, mountains and also craters. The author very much compares this planet to ours, the earth.

The author thinks that the planet Venus is worthy of pursuit dispite the dangers it has because he thinks it is simliar to Earth. On paragraph 2 he states,"" Often referred to as the Earth's ""twin,"" venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too. Earth, Venus ,and Mars, our other planetary neighbor orbit the bus at different speeds."" This shows that the author thinks that Venus is very comparable to Earth because of the density and size of Venus. He also stated in paragrapgh 3, "" On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we expirence on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encouter On Earth, "" In This paragraph he explains how Venus is way hotter than Earth, but then he later on states how we would still be able to survive in these conditions.

Although Venus is not the only one to compare to Earth the author decides to mention it many times throughout the article that venus is the sister planet to us.

Overall the author tends to very much compare Venus to earth quite often. In which is why he thinks it is worthy to explore even though it has its own dangers as well.  ",2
"Dear Senator,

I believe that is is time to get rid of the electoral college. The electrorial college is outdated and irrational, the best arguments are only assertions that dont have much basis in reality.

There are too many faults and risks in the electoral college such as the coming of a tie in the voting and that even though one canidate may win the popular vote they can still lose the election. As Bradford Plumer says ""over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now"" (paragraph 9). It would be better in elections for it to go by popular vote instead of representatives deciding for you. A solution for this could be to simply go by popular vote. There is also the fact that the electors could defy the will of the people.

The electors are not trust worthy. ""Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy"" (Bradford paragraph 11). They did this so the popular vote would not actually go to Kennedy. In the past electors have refused to vote for their party's canidate and cast a vote on whomever they want. People are thinking we have ""faithless"" electors because of this. We need to select electors that we can trust will go by the states overall decision instead of their own personal preference.

It is hard to vote for the president not knowing if your vote is actually going to mean anything. Us as voters cannot control what the electors do and who they vote for, we just have to hope that our canidate wins. Us as voters also sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong canidate. The voters need to know that their vote is going to mean something for the canidates running and that their decision will be taken into consideration.

To conclude the electoral college is not a safe and trust worthy system. I believe that the arguments against electoral colleges are much stronger tyhan the ones saying to keep it around, give the people what they want. No more electoral college!

sincerely,

PROPER_NAME                  ",4
"From reading the passage, ""Driverless Cars Are Coming,"" I disagree from the idea of creating a car that will transport people without the need of a driver.

Why I strongly disagree with the thought of this idea is simply because something bad could go very wrong. Have you asked yourself, ""what if a car was built wrong?"" In that case, the car wouldn't work right and no one would even know. Just because it was designed to go from one destination to the next doesn't mean something could go wrong. Then the passengers in the car could get severely hurt. Passengers wouldn't be able to take over the car and avoid an accident. When reading the passage, the narrator talks about cars and how cars need the driver just in case there's an incident on the road, and only the driver would know how to get around that.

This is one out of many reasons why i think driverless cars shouldn't be created.",2
"I feel as though driverless cars are needed and could prove very useful to society. There are many concerns as to whether or not driverless cars are necessary or not. This essay is going to tell you how they can be safer than human drivers and can help solve some problems our world faces today.

Many people are concerned with the gas consumption of cars today. They fear that since so many people drive their own cars, they have to use up more gas, which is very hard to get more of. Driverless cars could be used in a taxi service sort of way, meaning more people could use one car since there wouldn't have to be a specific seating arrangement. If more people use one car, that's less gas consumed and more gas for the future.

People are also concerned with the overall safety of driverless cars. Some main pressing concerns are crashes and whether the car would be able to know how to avoid construction zones. While these are very important concerns, the creators of driverless cars are working to make sure those problems aren't a worry. As of right now, driverless cars aren't entirely driverless. They still require a driver to avoid construction zones. However, with the way technology is advancing, it won't be long until they find out ways to help the cars avoid danger themselves without the help of drivers.

There are concerns regarding the safety and other features of driverless cars. However, these concerns can be easily solved with the advancement of technology. With technology evolving faster than we can believe, safe driverless cars won't just be a thought, they'll be a great impact on human society in the near future. Therefore, driverless cars should definitely be developed and everybody should be completely behind the development of them.",3
"In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" it talks about how technology is used to read human expressions. I'm going to give my opinion on technology reading students emotions. I think that it is good for us to have something like this because it will help us see what people are thinking. In the article paragraph five the author says that we could identify each others expressions but we don't really know what each one means for example being happy, sad, or angry can have different looks and we might not know what they are. The author also states that with his computer he can tell what people are thinking if they are upset or excited, who knew that one expression could mean so many things. Sometimes the muscles are used to show if a politician or celebrity is telling the truth, it can also tell if someone is doing a genuine or forced smile. That is my opinion on ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" and I think it would be amazing to have.",2
"""What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa -- landforms common around the American West.

""It reminds me most of Middle Butte in Snake River Plain of Idaho,"" says Garvin.

""That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same heightas the Face on Mars"".

That information was from the artical ""Unmasking the Face on Mars"".

After reading all the information in the artical ""Unmasking the Face on Mars"" I don't think that aliens made the face on Mars, I think that it is just a natural landform.

The reason I think it is just a natural landform is because ,all the information I read has convinced me that the Face on Mars was made out of rocks and big mounds of dirt, the shadows on them make it look like a face.

""Thousands of anixous web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing . . . a natural landform.

There was no alien monument after all.""

Another reason is because I don't think aleins are real.

My whole life I have been told that aleins are not real, and that we are the only living things in our univerce.

This is what I think the Face is made out of and why it looks like a face.

""What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa -- landforms common around the American West.

""It reminds me most of Middle Butte in Snake River Plain of Idaho,"" says Garvin.

""That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same heightas the Face on Mars"".

That information was from the artical ""Unmasking the Face on Mars"".  ",2
"Do you know why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys ? It gives you a great chance to see the sea . You get on a boat and sail and you get to see serval places , like China , Greece , and Eroupe . Those three are just a few places you get to see and they are absoultly amazing . You get to see animals and take care of them for a long while . Of coruse you have some chores and have to clean up after them but it's not really a big deal especially if your a animal lover . An yes it is very dangreous kinda because you are in the military but wouldn't you risk it to save others . To be brave , and save a life . I don't know about you but that is a very mobil act .

The cons of being a part of Seagoing Cowboys Program is you have to work very hard , you have to do your part . Anthother thing if you get seasick it would be extra challenging , because your on a boat for serval mothes and weeks at a time . An like luke you could very easly slip and fall and break you ribs . I mean he could of died . It's very dangoues espeically if it rains , because that doesn't help , an the water is very cold so hope you don't fall in .

To be in the militalry , you have to be very courages and very brave . If you think about it it's really worth it because you are saving lives and thats why most people do it , to help people and to save lives . I think personally that it's worth it I would love to save someones life and do a very courages deed like that , it takes guts . Also I'm a animal lover so that would be amazing . An I love to travel I would love to travel like that .",3
"Dear state senator,

I believe that the Electoral College should be changed to election by popular vote. The reason I say his is because we, the people, should be able to decide who we want as our president. In ""source 2"", line 10, it states that ""Under the elecoral system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the presedent"". While it's true that the slate of electors should also be involved in the process of voting, i believe that our vote should count more than the electoral vote, because we are the ones who will be affected the most depending on which presiden is chosen, for that reason, it should be us, the voters, who have the most power over who is elected as our president.

In addition, according to ""source 2"", ""The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is equired to elect the President"". In my opininon, this is not fair to us, the voters, because a whole naion should hav more power over who gets chosen as a president than 538 electors. I agree with what ""source 2"", ""line 13"" sates wich is the following, ""At the most basic level, the elecoral colleg is unfair to voters. Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates dont spent tome in states hey don have a chance of winning, focusin only on the tigh races in the ""swing"" states"". I agree with this part of the text because, the electoral college is in fact being unfair to the voters.

Another reason why the the Electoral College should be ""

Ablolished

"" is because of the ""disaster factor"", as it says in ""source 2"", ""The American people should conside themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest elction crisis in a cenury; the system allows fo much worse"". This was a problem because ""faithless"" electors refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast                                            ",3
"The author is supporting this idea very well. Because in the text he is giving many reason on how Venus is our sister planet but a lot hoter than us. In the text they said, ""On the planet's surface tempertures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the armospheric pressure is 90 times greater that what we experience on our own planet.

They came up with so many ideas to go to Venus and take test samples. Example, ""Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Vensian landscape. Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms."" It's going to be a very dangerous job to do on the planet. Because they cannot take samples from a distance, they have to take samples on the planet.

It's going to be one of the biggest challenges they will ever have, but if they want to know what it's like to be on Venus, they're going to do it for everyone and the people in this world. ",2
"Have you ever been so confused when it comes to reading and understanding a person that you just ultimately cannot? A new technology system has been released to give exact percentages of a persons emotions just by looking into a camera. The Facial Action Coding System was designed to decode by using ""some new computer software that can recognize human emotions"" (1). The test subject, the Mona Lisa painting by Leonardo da VInci, has answered many questions when it comes to what she is expressing. The FACS can be valuable in classrooms because it can help with the studies of human anatomy or psychology, and it can help others understand each other.

Calculating another persons emotions can help with understanding human anatomy and psychology classes at schools. For this software, human anatomy has a major role and ""stores similar anatomical informtaion as electronic code"" (5). The research going along with this system shows there are ""action units"" within facial structure that signifies the movement of one or more muscles. Each of the six basic emotions that Dr. Paul Eckman has classified are all associated with the facial muscles. It is important for students to know these muscles and learn how they work. According to Eckman, ""your frontalis pars lateralis muscle (above your eyes) raises eyebrows when you're surprised"" and the ""orbicularis oris (around your mouth) tightens your lips to show anger"" (3). This up-to-speed technology comes up with information that no human could, but helps students become knowledgable of how it works. Society is based on technology as of right now, and is the forefront of the younger generations, so this software should partake in a students learning.

Emotions are something that are unbelievably hard to understand when coming from other people. One typically cannot tell how a person is feeling just by the way they are looking, unless they are close with them personally. Being able to understand someone's emotions will benefit them and their surroundings, as they can get help if they are down or can have reassurance if they think someone is mad at them. Students can become more aware of each other and can give more support to their peers. With a program like this, the most accurate percentages are provided, giving a description of how the person feels. In the Mona Lisa for example, she is ""83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry"" (1). What other technology can get those numbers? The more understandment of each other that is within society is valuable and can potentially create peace amongst us all. The reason the world is in such a bad place is because there is that confusion within each other and nobody knows how anyone truly feels. If students can grasp this concept, this entire generation can change the hatred and all come together.

As the years go by, society is becoming more and more aware of technology, making it have a greater effect on the population as a whole. In schools, technology is the greatest way of teaching and learning because curriculums can be made simpler. Technology is all that will be there eventually, so we might as well use and understand it now. The FACS can answer many questions about a person or group and how they live. The constant wonder and confusion in the world of how people feel about each other can come to an end and create peace. This can only begin with the young generations.             ",3
"The author suggests that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" he provides a lot of information about venus. The author also provides ways we could get people on venus without getting them injured.

The author wants to study venus because it is basically the Earth's ""twin"". Venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size. It also is occasionally the closest in distance. It is not always the closest because mars and venus moves at different speeds so one might be closer than the other.

Another reason why the author wants to study venus is because not one spacecraft has touched down on venus in more than three decades. Thats because the spacecrafts cannot handle the temperature. Venus temperature average over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on earth. Those conditions would liquefy many metals.

The author provided facts from the National Aernautics and Space Administration (NASA) on one of there ideas to get people to venus to study it. There idea was to create a vehicle that can hover 30 or so miles above the venusian landscape. The conditions would not be as harsh the temperature would only be around 170 degrees fahrenheit and the air pressure would be close to sea level on earth. Those condition are much easier for a human to survive in.

The three reason i stated are why the author thinks that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. They could create a vehicle that could avoid touching the surface . That also helps with the temperatures so humans can survive while studying.",3
"The article Making Mona Lisa smile by Nick D'Alto refers to a new piece of technology that allows people to see exactly how others feel, or react in certian situations. The device was created by Dr. Huang and measures facial muscle moments then associates them with emotions. The device has proven to be succesful at reading emotions of real people and portrait paintings. Using this piece of technology in the classroom would be beneifical for all parties involved.

Students experience a wide range of emotions during the average school day. The new tool could be used to indentify all of them. Starting with analysis of how students are feeling right when they walk in the door. This would be helpful to the school because it would allow them to identify students that need help as suggested by Dr. Huang. Eliminating the need for teachers to ask students for questions. Teachers would know exactly when students had a question, because he or she was making a face of confusion.

The emotion reading computer could also tell guidence councilers how children are really feeling about their current situation. Allowing for a deeper more pesonal conversation that would create a better enviroment for healing the students emotions.

Another, way that the machine could be helpful is that it could help teachers interven before students brawl. Instead of fighting the machine would assist those in charge by seeing the issue before it becomes one. According to Nick D'Alto the machince currently searches for the emotions, anger, surprise, happiness,disgust,fear,and sadness. Technology continues to make advances everyday and this machine would be able toe search for more emotions everyday.

Students require a vivid and visually entertianing lesson, with the new technology this is possible. Dr Huang believs that the machine could search for the emotion of boredom and then suddenly change the way the students recieve the message based on their attentiveness. This would be more useful because some teachers do not change they way they present the information. Technology with the ability to adapt to the needs of the students is important and another reason why it shoul dbe incorperated into school systems.

Others argure that the technology could be bad for schools. Some poeple believe that it would be a waste of the public's time to invest in something that can already be done by a person. Dr. Huang himself compared the compter to something similar to what humans would do when looking at emoitions of others. It would take jobs away from the area replacing teachers. These all may be true, but sometimes people missread emotions. Teacher can not teach and think about how ever childs emotions at the same time, this new technology would help teachers.

This computer could most definatley be benifical to schools, because of its ability to identfy emotions. The machine could help notify teachers of confused studnets, help guidence councilers identify the true meaning of how students feel, and finally help staff stop situations before they can come up. All togther these reasons show that this technology is needed in schools on a global scale. The combination of both school and technology is the future and this is definately something that will be incorperated soon.",5
"I think we can keep it, But improve it. Like some people do not want to just vote for a slate they want to vote for a president. How about making that happen that's a easy one. Lets look at some of the other side why are they against it. Remember what happen in the 2000 fiasco election, so much stuff went wrong with that one. How about what happened in 1960 in louisianna, when nearly succeed in replacing the democratic electors with new ones who oppose for John F. Kennedy a vote for Kennedy would never actually got that vote.

What if that happens again? Thats a hard one we can improve the stuff like vote on a piece of paper and put it in this huge box and mail that huge box to someone who can talley up the votes so he can get them or something like that. how can we improve the system in a way everybody can join like a website or a likely matter. The president votes only need 29 electoral votes to win. Why not everybody votes not electoral votes.

It can be argued that the Electoral college method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for candidate who has no hope of carrying thier state Democrats in texas, for example or Republicans in California. The aviods the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of votes and cast. What if we do it like we did it back then wouldn't that be easier then doing it the hard way. instead of having a no region have everybody vote.

Would you include the others since they might feel disenfranchised I know I would, is there no regard for the other states. Is there appeal for a unlikely to be a successfui president. The winner-take-all program how is that working? It is form on a method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates. For Example in 2012 election to focus thier campaign efforts on the toss-up states. If you can change it how would you and why?    ",2
"Cars they've become a major part of our society. However ask yourself this, do we really need to use them for everything? What if we could seperate from the everyday life of using cars. People around the world are trying to change their lives by making cities and suburbs more dense and easier for walking. Imagine a world where we walk to work with our neighbors and hear bikes going down the roads and children off exploring their home together and not a car in sight. Does it seem to good to be true? Most likely it is right now. Humanity is stubborn espcially the Untied States  because we refuse to change our way of life. Cars are one of them and they're kind of a problem right now.

Passenger cars make up 12 percent of greenhouse gases in Europe however they make up almost 50 percent in places such as the United States. In the United States the Enviromental Protection Agency is promoting ""car reduced"" communities. We could have communities that have almost no cars in sight and instead of driving to get groceries or something else we need we could walk just a little to the shop right down the road. This could lower air pollution by big amounts and people could finally get some excercise they need instead of sitting behind a desk all day.

America's love affair with its vehicles seeems to be cooling. It seems as if America is finally slowing down with driving and owning cars. We started to decline in greenhouse gases but it seems as if that was only temporary. America is still too attached to cars.

The world where theres no cars and people walk and talk together is a long time away. It seems as though cars will be a part of our society for a long time coming and theres nothing really about to change. However that perfect world is developing slowly in countries such as Europe and some of America, but its not perfect yet.    ",3
"Have you ever wondered what it would be like to land on another planet? Maybe even Venus. The author includes various reasons why Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. One of the main reasons that people want to study more about Venus is because its considered Earth's twin. You are probably wondering how could Venus be ""Earth's Twin"" considering that the atomsphere is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide,Temperatures on the surface can get to 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the armospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we expierence on Earth.

Even with the dangers of Venus,its still considerd Earths twin because it is the closest thing to Earth in terms of density and size. Also like Earth, long ago Venus was probably covered with oceans and life. For example the text states"" Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life."" this is an example of how Venus could be a worthy persuit. Another example thats stated in paragraph 4 is ""Futhermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel."" This is an example that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.

Now that you have read about some of the challanges that have stopped people from landing on the surface of Venus, even though its so similar to Earth. Could you agree that striving to meet the challenges presented by Venus has value?",3
"Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it represents because it been known that Venus is similar to earth. Venus is a extrodinary planet and humans can survive there . This planet is excellent for flying in outer space. Venus has impacted the way humans are exploring other planets.

Venus has had bad reputation for the extreme temperatures ,but the good side of is that you can still survive. It states in the text,"" At thirty-plus miles above the surface,temperatures would be toasty at around 170 degress fahrenheit ,but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth."" This is explains that the conditions are hot ,but it won't be that harmful to your skin. You can take cold deep showers and see the happiness of others. It would also be healthy for you because the sun will help you get in some of your vitamins. Another reason, why Venus is a good place because of the rocky surfaces. In the text it states ,"" Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various form of life, just like Earth.Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky features such as valleys,mountains,and craters."" This was very long time ago, but since sciencetist haven't been sent always up there is there a possible chance that you could play around or touch the ground,how or smell your surroundings. Also, you could even ride your jet airplane because you will able to avoid the conditons like snow and rain since your above the sky . Another reason, would be that using your phone could be a possiblity. The cool thing that no one has ever invented a device that can stand in hot conditons you could be the first person to have people live there. It states,"" Modern computers are enormously powerful,flexible,amd quick ,but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions. Just image exposing a cell phone or tablet to acid or heat capable of melting tin."" This is trying to say that the phones of computers will bust into flames because your exposing so much heat into the technology. The bright side of that even though it can cause damages you'll be able to explore nature without always being dependable on your phone. People will stop being so addcitive they can be more social with other humans. Venus has a lot ways it can change humans and also the inventions that can be invented.

Venus is planet that has been related to earth and its totally true because you can live their without dying . People could use their own imaginatons make up anything.The planet could be more of a green planet. Yes , Venus has it's risks , but what is the ponit of living if you don't know what is furher ahead than earth like Venus. Venus has a way of livng new experriences .",3
"If you go to space and see a red planet called Cydonia you'll see a face looking right back at you. Several human think that the face was created by aliens. The ""Face on Mars"" is not created by aliens.

The ""Face on Mars"" is really a Martian mesa. The text says ""Scientists figured it was just another Martin mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had shadows the made it look like an Egypitian Pharaoh. On ARPRIL 5, 1998 Mars Orbiter Camera team took a picture of the face and web sufers waited for the image to appear on the JPL webiste and they revealed a natural landorm This means there were no aliens. The text states ""Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first apperread on the JPL web site , reavealing... a natural landform. There was no alien moument after all.""

The ""Face on Mars"" is not created by aliens. Micheal Malin and Mars Orbiter Camera discorverd this by taking a sharp picture and putting it on a web site. The face is a natural landform.",1
"Dear Senator, the election is coming up soon and so is voting. The Electoral College and the popular vote get to select the president of the United States every year. I want this year to be a little different. This year I would like to see only the Electoral College vote for the president. The Electoral College knows all about thinking if the president is good enough for the country, and if he can be a good role model, or also a commander in chief. That is the reason why I would like to keep the Electoral College.

I would like the country to keep the Electoral College because they make good desiciosns, know if the candidate person is the right president, and last but not least they might think if the citizens would like this president based on his promises that he would like to keep. For example there are two candidates fighting to be president and it's time to vote and the Electoral College might look over  to see if the president looks like he can keep his promise to keep the coutnry safe, to make this a better country or not . That's what they look for in a president. That's the reason wwhy we should keep the Electoral College.

When the citizens want to vote for the president as well, they think of the same thing, if he's good enough for our country, and if he is going to keep us safe. The Electoral College knows a lot about picking the right president and they've been doing it for a long time.

""The Electoral College consits of 538 electors and a  majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. That's enough electors to vote wether or not the president should be this person or that person.                              ",2
"""Often referred to as Earth's twin."" The author supports the idea that humans should still explore Venus. The author points out the dangers with exploring Venus, but also provides solutions to those problems. The author states facts about Venus and also provides an argument on why humans should attempt to explore Venus.

The author starts off by mentioning the dangers of exploring Venus. In Venus, a thick atmosphere surrounds of carbon dioxide surrounds it. On the planet's surface, temperatures are extremely high. They average around 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The atmospheric pressure also is ""90 times greater"" than on Earth.

The author then goes on for solutions to those problems. NASA has an idea on how to send humans to Venus safely. The proposed idea is that humans would be in a floating, ""blimp-like vehicle."" That would keep scientists away from the dangers of the planet. There would be a lot of solar power, and radiation wouldn't be a problem. It would be ""survivable for humans.""

The author then states reasons why humans should explore Venus. Astronomers have a theory that Venus used to be an Earth-like planet long ago. Venus was probably covered by oceans and ""could have supported various life forms, just like Earth."" Venus is also pretty similar to Earth, so much that is it sometimes refered to as ""Earth's twin."" There is a big value in returning to explore Venus.

The author stated the dangers of exploring Venus, provided solutions to those problems, and even gave a reason on why it would be a good idea to explore Venus. The dangers of exploring Venus are negated by the solutions the author gave. Reasons were also provided by the author on why we should explore Venus. In the conclusion statement, the author gives a small lecture that, we as humans, should not ""be limited by dangers and doubts."" ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation""   ",3
"Google is trying to make things easy by creating a driveless car. Im for these new cars I think it would make things alot easier for some driver's that get nervous and are not paying attenion to the road. It would be useful when your driver by an accident or proventing a accident driving by an construction site. It would kind be like taking a taxi or bus but not have worry about having to call and get a taxi or missing the bus and or finding a seat on the bus.

In article it states thier cars have driven half a mile without a crash but so far, Google cars aren't truly driverless ; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents. The cars have been proven that they are caoable of driving witout crashing but there not fully capable of drivering by thereself. In the article it states Google's modified Toyota Prius uses position -estimating sensors on rear wheel. rotating sensor on the roof a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver , and an inertial motion sensor. That can help alot with people not checking the driveway as there sometimes late for work of just in a rush to get somewhere.

In conclusion i feel like the car would be a great help to people everwhere. It could stop alot of accident's and it help in traffic.",2
"Have you ever wanted to be a farmer or see European country's but just never had the money? Well now you can. All you have to do is become a seagoing cowboy. here are some interesting facts.

Being a seagoing cowboy can be fun but alot of work too. You have to go tend gargo with sometime's well over 335 animal. You don't just look at them though. You have to clean their stalles and feed and water them two or three times a day. The food is not just sitting outany where. you have to pull alot of hay bails and bags of oats from the lower holds of the ship.

Now we have talked enough about the cattle farming. Now lets talk about the sight seeing part. You don't just work on ships. Once you get to Europe you unload the cattle and you can sight seeing. You go pretty much any where. You could go to great wall of China or take a gondola or canal ride in Venice italy.

When your on your way back you get to play games in the stalls where the animal once were. You can play games like baseball and volleyball. You also get to play games like table tennis,fencing and boxing. You could also read and whittle to help pass time.

Now that you all know what a seagoing cowboy is I strongly encourge you to join and be a part of the fun.",3
"I do not see this how a great idea because how this is going to help us?, probably we do not even want to know if we are sad or not or a computer telling if I am sad,happy ,angry,or whatever.

Unless if they saw me that i am confused when i am taking a test or doing something that i do not,they are not going to help me and that is for sure.

That is why i think its innecessary.

How can u say that this is true or this would happen? ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored"" maybe in the future this would happen but it is not going to help me because,my teacher is not going to change the questions because he see that i am getting confused or anything like that.

In conclusion inneed a computer can tell me if i am happy, sad,confused, or whatever but it noy going to helpe me to feel better so it not going to work.",2
"Well, if i'm being honest with you. I do not believe it is a good thing to do. In certain states, yes. But when it comes to school and kids' education? No. If you put these kinds of computers in schools, all they would do is distract the kids and make them focus on what the computer is doing itself instead of the work. Sure, it can read when you're bored or unhappy. But that doesn't mean it's alright to distract the kids from doing their work.

Alright, so i think it's cool that a computer can tell emotions and how you are feeling and this and that. But in all reality it is just another electronic thing that we do not need in the world. Every year, people and companies come out with more and more stupid ideas for electronics. All i am hearing on TV anymore is about the new iPhones or the new Mac Books. They are cool and all, but you literally just came out with a new one last year. Like it says in the story, ""Moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them.""

In conclusion, these new tech designs and programs and electronics are pointless and unuseable. There is no point in putting something in a school that will just distract the kids from learning. Maybe having them at popular restaurants and stuff would help. But in schools? No way. Kids nowadays have a hard enough time learning in school, putting these computers in the schools is not going to help them learn anything quicker. ",3
"Limiting car usage can be very benifical in many ways such as , enviromental , finantialy , economicly.

Car usage plays a big roll in todays society. People use there vehicles everyday to get around . But if we change that the whole world could beneifit from it . The author says "" it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment, since transportation is the second largest source of america's emissions , just behind power plants"". Which means by cutting all these greenhouse gases down we could be saving the planet and creating a better world for the generations to come .

Rush hour would never be a problem again if cars where not an opotion anymore. The evidence says that "" President obama's ambitious goals to curb the united states' greenhouse gas emissions, enveiled last week, will get a fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in american behavior : recent studies suggest that americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by "". This can result in good out comes for people all across the world.

In conclusion , by everybody stepping up and making a change in the way we use transportation the world could turn out to be a better place to live in health and economic whise . By limiting car usage our country and transportation can evolve as we know it .     ",3
"Driverless cars are starting to be made it will improve the way we drive. I think it would be nice to have driverless car. Some people will not like the idea of diverless cars.

The pros of a driverless car is car accident rate will go down. People would be able to take longer car rides. It will cut gas pirces down so people who drive cars will not have to pay as much for gas.people will get to where their going faster.People would be safer if the car sensors pick up a car about to hit them and stops the car before it happens.

The cons of diverless cars. they might malfunction while driving and could cause a reck. The car might not drive good in bad weather. It would know of closed roads or seep limints. It might be able to see how many cars are in front or behind it. It would need a human diver to inforce the trafic laws.

Humans have tried to make driverless cars for awhile. In the late 1950 General Motors created a concept car that could run on a special test track. The track was wmbedded with an electrical cable that sent radio signals to a receiver on the front end of the car.In the 1980s automakers used speed sensors at the wheels in the creation of antilock brakes.They responded to danger of out of control skids or rollover. Anti brakes and driver assistance might be used in a driverless car but they are long way from a driverless car.

Those are the pros and cons of a driverless car and some history with it. I think it will be a while before we have a driverless car. People might be safer with a driverless car because of drunk driver and other reckless drivers.   ",3
"Dear state senator,

I am writing to you to argue in favor of changing the Electoral vote to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. There are numerous claims regarding this issue, supporting both sides. In an extremely convincing essay by Bradford Plumer,

Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong , this very concerning issue is brought forth. The beginning of the passage starts with giving basic facts about the literal construction of the process. Then,  this essay goes on to explain why they believe that this very process is not the best method to select the president of the United States. Supporting the opposite side of this argument,

Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President , by Richard A. Posner. Just as it is said, he simply states and explains five major reasons why he and many other believe that this method should remain being used. Although I strongly believe that the Electoral College should be discontinued, I do resspect the other side's opinions and mean no disrepect.

To begin this argument, the Electoral College is a process established by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution. It compromises the election of the President by a vote in Congress ang election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. Ther are 538 electors in the Electoral College, and only a majority of 270 votes are needed to win the election. Every candidate that is running for the President has there own group of electors, which are chosen by that candidate's political party.

There are many reasons that lead me to believe that the Electoral College should be abolished as soon as possible. This method even lost the presidency vote according to a Gallup poll in 2000. The main reason many others and I are against this method is this; citizen voters vote not for the actual president of the United States, but for a slate of electors, which actual do the real voting and electing of the president. Also, there are numerous different groups that even pick the electors in the first place. Overall, there are plenty of other reasons that this method is unjust and unreasonable, but it simply could not all fit in one letter. I do hope that you take this concern very seriously and do your best to make the change you desire.

PROPER_NAME    ",2
"The Facial Action Coding System is an excellent way to analyze different emotions in people, but should it be used in classrooms to identify students' emotional expressions? I think so. Having technology in a classroom that detects emotions of students can be a new way of learning or can help show how today's technology has advanced.

The Facial Action Coding System can help students learn something new: for example the muscles in their faces. The article states, ""your frontalis pars lateralis muscle (above your eyes) raises your eyebrows when you're surprised; your orbicularis oris (around your mouth) tightens your lips to show anger."" The author stated, ""muscles called orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus makes crow's-feet around your eyes. But in a false smile, the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle, the risorius."" This technology can be a very helpful learning system in anatomy or specific jobs like a behavior analysist.

During history class, a student might be dozing off or not even paying attention because the topic isn't interesting to him/her, or they don't understand it. Dr. Huang states ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" The Facial Action Coding System can help students learn more effectively, but also make learning fun to them just by the scan of their facial expressions. The text also states, ""Imagine a computer that knows when you're happy or sad. For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different."" This new technology system can make going to school fun, and can demonstrate where their future has to hold for them.

The Facial Action Coding System can be useful any where such as the FBI. Having this new technology system doesn't always help detect emotional expressions, but it can be a new way of learning or can help show how today's technology has advanced and how it is still advancing.       ",4
"Isn't there a law about texting while driving because there is not enough alertness and awareness? Driverless cars are cars that are able to drive without a human being in full control of the car. I disagree with the idea of driverless cars. With driverless cars, safety would be at risk, there would be more distractions, and it could possibvle take away jobs and close down businesses.

There are a numerous amout of risks involved with using driverless cars.

Using driverless cars could increase the chance of risking your safety. there is always the question, ""what if something goes wrong?"" In the article, ""Driverless Cars Are Coming,"" it says ""If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault--the driver or the manufacturer?""(9) If something went wrong, unless there is a disclaimer saying that it is not the manufacturer's fault if any thing goes wrong, then it would be the manufacturer's fault. That is another reason why we do not need driverless cars, becasue of distractions. Humans alrady have a tendency to text or talk on the phone while driving, which is why there is a law against it. So, to make a car where we would not have to control the whole time would just give us more reason and chance to do other things instead of paying attention to the road. The article says ""Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over--something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone.""(8) If the car noticed that you are trying to text while driving, and it just switches back to manual driving, what if the the driver is not ready to take over and it causes an accident? That is the risk of safety, vs having full control of the car the whole time. Lastly, having driverless cars could end jobs and close down certain businesses. The Article says ""He envisions a future with a public transportations system where

fleets of driverless cars form a public-tansport taxi system. The cars he foresees qould use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus.""(1) It says it would use less fuel than a taxi and be more flexible than a bus, which are both manuel driven transportation systems. The people that drive taxis and busses would lose there jobs because there would be no use for them anymore. That would mean that those public transportation companies would stop makin money and eventually shut down, which is even more jobs that would be lost. Also, that would affect car manufacturers that decide not to move on to driverless cars because no one would have to buy cars that require full control.

In conclusion, I disagree wit having driverless cars becausew they are a safety hazard, can cause more distractions, which could risk the safety of others, and take away jobs and shut companies down. There are a few pros to having a driverless cars, like the luxury of not having to drive the whole time if traveling somewhere far, or if your tired from a long day and want to rest on the way hom. But, the cons over power the pros because the pros are just luxuries, vs the cons which are necessities that are needed to be worried about.         ",4
"Hes saying that venus is a planet that is the second plant around the sun hes also saying that Venus name was giveing to him by the earth twin beacuse is the second planet around the sun hes also saying that 97 percent is carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Hes also saying that Venus has danger like highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus atomsphere there is also temperatures averages over 800 dregrees fahrenheit he also said that no spaceacraft survived the landing for more than a few hours.

The author is also saying that why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades the author is also saying that Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may every well once have been the most-like planet in our solar system. The author is also saying that the blimp-like vehicle hovering over 30 or so miles above the rolling Venusian landscape just as jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has not only vecause of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also has not onlt beacuse human.

Curiosity will likely lead us into many equally imtimidating endeavors so they fore hes saying that poeple dont take Venus as a planet nor de they want to explore as a planet besacuse its to dangrous as a plant constieing its the second plant near the sun so therfore there not wanting the explore it vaules. ",1
"Venus is a very questionable topic because the heat , no sunlight and the amount of radiation and phisical thickness of heat in venus. In my opinion venus is very very dangerous to live on because its so hot and the amount of energy is not so good for humans and there health. Venus the following desribes how the autor feels about Venus and how i feel about venus .

Venus is very dangerous and questionable place that in my opinion the amout of heat could be very harmful to our skin the author thinks that its a good idea to live on venus well i beg to differ because people on earth already get sunburnt just from a little bit of sun at the beach. Or at a swimming pool .Just think of how many hospital visits venus would have .Hang on there isnt anything on venus but heat and radiation and dry air there isnt any hospitals .Well thats another concern there as well as the heat and radiation that are bad for humans .

The author suggests that humans should go to Venus because there might have been life on venus because its earths twin. Also he says ""If we could get more research about venus than we might have a strong possibility"". Also now days everone has a cell phone or some type of device thats electronic well it says in the pasage that ""Just imagine exposing a cell such as a phone or a tablet to acid or heat on venus capable of melting tin"". That there alone is a problem because kids teens adults act like they cant live without any celluar devices whenever a techer takes it from a student at school they argue throw temer tantrums yell scream etc. Just imagine going to venus and hearing all the complaining fromthose teens and kids and infants crying because they cant have there leap frog game or there tablet full of cool games and stuff on it .

All i'm trying to say is venus is not a good place because people get tired of summer and want to have winter or fall just something a lot cooler than the hottness all the time .There goes another complaint the phones and the heat wow I would get irratated after a while of complaining .

In conclusion, venus is going to be fun and exiting to most people until they are there all the time and think about all the heat resisting clothes and shoes headbands etc. We'll haft to wear 24/7 speaking of 24/7 is the time still the same will it be difficult for people on earth to find out and live on venus with the time change . All i'm trying to say is that there are some people who are going to agree then when they get there and feel the hotness and the radiation and see there phones, tablets, leap frogs , etc. all melt away in the heat and radiation 9 times out of 10 there going to want to go back to earth . Also a lot of people dislike and sometimes people hate change . A new phone from a android to a iphone is little but moving to another planet that's huge .",3
"Are electoral college better than other colleges. yes i belive that a electoral college is better than other collages becuase they help pick the preiden andthe vice presidentg based on votes, the Electoral collage is consists on 538 votes whicha majority of 270 elecors is required to elect the president.

An electoral college is a collage that helps pick canididates that are running for president in are state. the canidates are chosen by the politial party. the election is held every 4 years on thethe first tuesday of november. my second reason electoral collages help are state out are they help pick they rights states to vote.

an electoral collage tells there president where to go and give there speechs. presidebts seechs are very important, the speechs give them vote two keep them president in charge. some on thebig voteing states are texas,california,and florida, so inconclusion you should go two a electoral collage becuase they help are states out by pick the right president and keeping him.    ",1
"The Vaule or No Vaule in the Facial Coding System

What is the point in the facial coding system? If you think about it what can it be used for in our daily lives. Or what affect does it have towards us if we use it today. The facial action coding system is a new software thats developed to improve accuaracy in perceiving the emotons of others. Although, it seems that it might have a value, but in reality it does not because three reaosn on why it's not vauleable is because money is being wasted towards an invention that will not be used, if they are trying to hide their emotions what is the point in making it if they do not want to show them for a reson so they should not be forced to use it, and how can you porve it is accurate how would you ever know if that is really how you feel when it shows you because your the only one that knows how you really feel.

First reason on why its not vauleable is because money is going to be wasted toward something that will not be used in future. Instead of using money on things like this sytem and adding more unuseful things on this world.

Maybe we should invest on a invetion that would be an affect in our lives and would benifit us in a postive way. Yeah it may be cool to mess around with a system like this for fun but using the money wisely is better on using it on soemthing that is not uselful. For an example making or putting in moremoeny to help get more supplies to discover more ways in finding a cure for cancer.

A second reason on why its not vauleable is because if someone is trying to hide their emotions its for a reason. Why should soemone be forced to use this sytem when they do not want to express how they feel. Most of the time poeple do not show on how they feel towards things that they do not show no face expessions. But on the other hand if you are in a good mood I would understand on why you would want to try it. But if you are in a situation that is putting you down but not wantng to express it. Then why make it harder on them and make them feel even worse because their emotions are being out there and seen by others when that is what they do not want.

A the third reason on why its not vauleable is because how can you prove it is accurate. How would you ever know if that is really how you feel when it shows you because your the only one that knows how you really feel. Yeah it may take the 44 major muscles in your face and recognize an expression. But is it really accurate? There really is not a percentage of feelings you can have. It is just how you feel. A machine should not be telling you that you feel 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 pecent fearful, and 2 percent angry. You should just be able to determine yourself and express or know how you feel cause they are your own emotions. You do not need the facial coding system to tell you.

What is the point in the facial coding system? The system does not have an affect on us that would be valueable. Although, it seems that it might have a value, but in reality it does not because three reaosn on why it's not vauleable is because money is being wasted towards an invention that will not be used, if they are trying to hide their emotions what is the point in making it if they do not want to show them for a reson so they should not be forced to use it, and how can you porve it is accurate how would you ever know if that is really how you feel when it shows you because your the only one that knows how you really feel. In all conclusion the Facial Coding System is not valueable in any way or has a reason of matter to it.                                 ",4
"""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"", the author suggetst that studing Venus is worthy but also dangerous. The author tells us how Venus is ""one of the brightest points of light in the night sky"" and also the second largest plantet with the ""nickname misleading since Venus is actually a planet"". There so many things to learn about when it comes to different planets. It would be worthy to go study more things about plantets so we can know about them and maybe one day lots of people coud go on one of these plants without just being a scientist. The bad thing about is we still don't have the best ways to get there and back saflty.

There is 97 percent of carbon dioxide in Venus and plus more of a challeng is the clouds of highy corrosive and eve 800 degrees Fahrenheit. It makes it a little hard to be able to go on Venus because of all that. ""NASA is working on other approaches to studiying Venus. For example, osme simplified eletronice made of silicaon carbid have been tested in a chamber simulation the chaos of Venus's surface.

stiving ot meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only becasse of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also becasue human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidation endeavors. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded ot meet the very badges of imaination and innovation.",2
"The face on mars that you guys keep hearing about is not in fact a piece of landscape made by aliens. It is a just a form of land like we have; moutains,rivers, pyramids and stuff like that.Just because it's on a different planet doesn't mean it was made by aliens. Do you think the moutains, rivers, and pyramids on earth were made by aliens? Well I did some research on some on this stuff and I looked in a artical called ""Unmasking the Face of Mars."" The text said,"" Scientist figured it was another Martain mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharoh."" What that information was telling me is that the the pictures they took made it look like a Egyptian pharoh something that's on earth, a shape or some what, so if the planet has wind blowing on it like on our world then the sand on the planet can make a shape of anything. I also was reading in this artical and I saw that it said,"" There was no alien monument after all.""What does that tell you and if you don't believe me I got another explination.

In the artical I was reading the text also states that,"" It reminds me most of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,"" says Garvin. "" That's a lava dome that takes the formor an islolated mesa about the same height as the face on mars"". I that information quality enough for you. I mean we have volcanos the same size as that form rock. Even though I got some of this information from an artical dosen't mean it's not true even though you guys got that false information from an artical your selves. I know it's the truth because if their were Martains who did this don't you think we would have saw traces of someone building it like hammers and ladders ect. If you really look at the photo it just looks like craiters and sink holes making the shape of a face.I know you played in the sand before and you know that it can just slide through or fall and move by its self.

Thats all it really is to this arguement you opposed with me and if you don't wanna believe me make a ship and go see it for yourself. My final claim is that it is not made by aliens, it's just a natural landform.",3
"the aurthor suggestion was a very convensing and belieavible i say this because we as humans are growing in population and one day we are going to need a place wehre we can fit all our people it may not be soon but if we keep groing like this i have no douts that we will fill this earth the aurthor has make this point clear in the story when he says "" astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well be once have been the most earth like planet in out solar system. long ago,"" this shows his hope of finding something that we could rely on and this shows why it is worth exploring if we can make life in other planet then it it both benifical for us humans and animals. and some other reason why it is worth exploring venus is because we can obtain another planet to ourself a way bigger thing than a country ""the planet itself but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally "" this is also why it ais worth exploring venus so we humans can have knowlage and experieance what it is like to be on another planet .",2
"Have you ever thought about going places? If you have you should paritcipate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. You will feel the same exciment that Luke did. You will not regret it. You will be on a ture of awesomeness. Insted of just sitting down on the couch at home.

In the story Luke goes place's with his friend. When his friend asked him he says ""it was an opprotunity of a life time"" that is you are you going to be saying when you are done. It will be fun you can bring some one to just like Luke friend did. It would be nice you and your friend out going places.

In the story Luke goes to a lot of places like China,Europe,New Orleans,etc. Think of how you will feel going to all them places metting making new friends. it sounds like fun. Did you know people almost all over the world will meet you.

You might learn new stuff and you might get new stuff.

So you should sign up for the Seagoing Cowboys program. You will be able to do a lot of stuff just like Luke. How fun will it be just you and your friend going to diffrent places. So don't sit on the couch watching t. v. go to the Seagoing Cowboy program. You love it garunted just go and have the time of your life.",3
"Do you know how landforms are made? The face on Mars is a landform. Here are a couple reasons why I think the face is a landform, and not a structure made by aliens.

One reason I think the face is a landform, is because the sand on that planet builds up and increases into a mountain. There are also astroids that strike the planet, making the planet have different size shapes on its surface. Also, there are tectonic plates to move the land.

One other reason I think it is a landform is because, if aliens were to create the enourmus structure, how would they do it and why would they do it? To me, there is no other explanation other than it was created by natural landforms. Also, whos to say that aliens are real or not? It wouldnt matter because even if people said aliens are real, they would need to have evidence explaining why and how aliens accually exist. Then and only then, would I consider looking into the matter of aliens creating the structure.",2
"I think that the use of technology to read the emotional expressions of students ina classroom is valuable because as the article says ¨a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored then it could modify the the lesson, like an effective human instuctor¨ I think that is a good thing because I myself get distracted with work that needs to be done because I either dont understand what is being asked or I get bored with it.

So I think that if we had a program for our computers that could identify the emotional we have then it wouls help alot. If our computers could reconize our emotions and then modify our lesson so that we werent bored with it or so that it coul dbe understood better then I think the students would learn alot more, also I think they would be more willing to do their work.

Another thing the article brought up that I think is a really good point is that ¨most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication, so our computers and smartphones need to be able to understand that too.¨ I think this would help a lot with people misunderstnding with one another is actually trying to say.",3
"The author wants us to learn about Venus because NASA wants us to know stuff about our other planets. NASA wants us to learn about Venus to hopefully tell others about what we learned and maybe they will want to learn about Venus too. They can learn that Venus is likes Earth's ""twin"", its the closesest planet to Earth in terms of density and size and occasionally the closest distance too.

You can learn who was the first to land on Venus and who was the last and how long you can stay on Venus until you have to come back down to Earth for more food and supples. Only one spaceship can go up there because they can't have more than 3 to 4 people on Venus doing the same thing, they don't have that much room on the spaceship for everyone that wants to go on Vensu anyways. Not everyone knows about Venus but if you go to NASA websit and look up information about it you can learn more about the planets around us and see how you can become one of the people to go on the other planets that are around us or just become one of the members on the station.

The average temperature is 800 degrees fahrenheit there so you would need a very high powered suit to keep that from killing you if you go to Venus. 800 degrees is WAY to hot for anyone to go up there and take a look. The ship would need to be checked out to make sure that the teperatures didn't cook the spaceship. The air level would close to the sea level on earth so we would have to be super carefull when we get off the spaceship to get information about the planet.

You can hover over Venus and look out the windows on the spacehip to look at Venus and youc can to try get information on it from there. NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus, soon we will know what they are talking about. Soon NASA will be able to get more information on Venus and if it is ready for living objects to come and live on it and if not then NASA can find another planet and study that one for a couple of years and see if that one is live able. ",2
"In all four sources they have advantages of limiting car usage.

For example in Source 3 ""Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota"" by Andrew Selsky it says ""Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving he streets of this captial city eerily devoid of traffic jams. This example shows how they limit car usage in Colombia.

Another example would be ""When I had a car I was always tense."" Im much happier this way"" said Heidrum Walter."" as she walked verdant streets where the swish of bicycles and the chatter of wandering children drown out the occasional distant motor."" This quote from the article shows how walking turned out pretty good for her instead of driving all the time.(Source 1)

In source 4 Elisabeth states that ""New York's new bike-sharing program and its skyrocketing bridge and tunnel tolls reflect those new priorites, as do a profliferation of car-sharing programs across the nation."" This example shows how a program for bike sharing worked out great instead of using your cars.

In conclusion these examples from these four sources inform citizens about the advantages of limiting car usage. And there are some really good examples that inform you about limiting car usage.                    ",1
"Smog barely filled the air in VAUBAN, Germany. It's fortunate that 70% of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57% sold their cars to move to America. More and more people are promoting

""car reduced""

communities. Only 12% of gas emissions in Europe are caused by passenger cars.

People in France enforced a partial driving ban for a while just to clear the air of the city. People of that city where demanded to leave their cars at home if they had a license plate with even-numbers. If they disobeyed they had to pay a 31$ fine. Of course the following day it applied to people with odd-numbered license plate. The traffic went down 60% after 5 days of intense smog. Paris usually has more smog than othe European capitals.

BOGOTA, Colombia is where the car-free day was held. Many citezens participated in this event to limit car usage to reduce city smog. Violators faced a 25$ fine. But it was a pretty successful day despite the fact that is was raining, it didn't really stop anyone from not using their cars. The campaign tin Bogota began in the mid-1990s. More than one colombian city has joined this event

Cali and

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s of april 2013, the number of car usage per person has gone down nearly 9% lower than the point almost close to where the country was in January 1995 in the United States. And the numbers keep dropping down steadily as a study last year found that driving done by young citizens has been decreasing by 23% between 2001 - 2009. The only advantes that come from not using cars is that your city won't be filled with smog, you wont have gas emissions, and there wont be traffic jams.    ",1
"Students go to school everyday,and throughtout

their day their mood and emotions can change. Ever wondered what their emotions was? No need to worry anymore there is a new technology that has just came upon us. Its called a Facial Action Coding System which allows computers to identify human emotions. Which is a stupid tool to be used in a classroom.

The FACS or readers reading this know it the Facial Action Coding System in my opinion is a not a tool that should be used in classroom for many reasons why. One of those reasons is that students go through various amounts of emotions in a day. One minute they can be happy then the next minute they can be upset. I feel as if it would be too time consuming for teachers to stop class and run a students face through a computer program to get how they are feeling. That would take away learning time not just for the child that is getting his face scan but the other kids in the classroom who would have to wait while the teacher runs the childs face.In paragraph three we can see that the process might take some time to do when the author says,"" The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscless this in the model must move like human muscles."" This shows that before you can even run the test the computer must be a model of your face which will add on to time.

Also another reason that the Facial Action Coding System shouldn't be used in classrooms is because its not gonna change the emotion of the kid. The teachers spends all of that time scanning a student face to get his emotion for no reason at all. Wether or not the kid is mad,sad,or whatever the case may be it won't change how her or she is feeling.

At the end of the day the FACS should not be allowed in classrooms.It takes away valuable time in the learning enviroment of a classroom. Not only that but it doesn't improve the mood of the child. The Facial Action Coding System is a pointless tool in a classroom because it doesnt help to improve anything or anyone.   ",3
"Technology that can read emotions can be valuable in a classroom. This technology can change people's lives by giving them a better chance to understand something if they are stuggling. It can also help out many students that are afraid to speak out.

The Facial Action Coding System would be useful in a classroom because it'll enable students to be taught according to there needs. In the passage they claim ""...it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" The technology can also be useful for students too embarresed to talk about something going on in their lives that need attention. They also claim ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored."" Meaning it can also tell when a student is sad and they can get the help they deserve.

In conclusion, this technology has alot of potention in the future to revolutionize education for students. From knowing when they need help or they dont understand something, this tech will adapt to their needs. ",2
"You think that was an alien? It is a landform by one of the storms there, anything that fell there, or just the way the planet is. Ther is no such thing as an alien as we know. I believe that it was on of those three things.

First I think all of the planets that we know of has storms. The was probably a rock udder neith it. Then the red sand came on top of it to make a face. There is most likely tornadoes that are in that area as wall. Tornatoes do some pretty weird things and that could be one of them.

Next we have also sent rovers into space before to look for stuff. Maybe one of the rovers got hit and fell on mars. Then it got covered up in the sand when it crashed. That is the most likely possiblity but it could be some rocks as well. Also anything else that is on the planet as meterals of the the planet.

My lastly, I believe it could have been just the way the planets natural landform is. On earth there is a lot ofthing that are really weird that is from when we got her. That is just the way the landform is like. It will most likely stay that way in till something comes in and mess it up. I personal believe that is was the way it is because of the natural land form.

This what I think what made that face and not an alien. If you dont believe me then that is fine, but how do you it was an alien. I said that it was caused by bad whether, something that fell, or that is it natural land form. We have know proof that there is any aliens on any planet and in till there is that is not an alien at all.",2
"Is Venus worthy pursuiting despite the dangers it presents? I am going to show you both sides why it would be good to go and why it wouldn't be good to go. Venus is a planet and it is neighbor to earth and is the close planet to earth. It is like eath twin. Lets start talking about why it would be worthy to see venus despite the dangers.

Have you ever wanted to go to other planet to see what it is like? Why don't you go to venus. It is close to earth. In the text it says that ""NASA possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientist to float above the fray."" It also says that "" not a single spaceship has toched down on venus in more then three decases. No spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours and no one had ever been there."" You could be the first one to land on Venus. This proves that since it is a dangers planet it would still be worthy seeing it. Now, lets talk about why it wouldn't be worthy seeing it.

Would it really be worth seeing Venus because it had a lot of danger. It says in the text that ""A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere."" It also states that "" On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahernheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own plantet."" This proves that it would not be worth going to Venus.

Is venus worth going to despite that dangers that it holds. No it is not worth going to. The planet is 800 degrees Fahernheit. You will not survie that long on that planet but it would be cool to go to a planet no one has ever been to though.",2
"Unmasking the Face of Mars is just a natural landform. These things happen all the time it could be caused from a volcanic eruption or even from a meteor. All planets at least have some kind of indention in it. This doesn't mean an alien created it. This kind of stuff just doesn't happen to planets either. It could also happen right here on earth. Really no one has proved that aliens are even real and until that happens im not going to believe that they are. If you think about it how would aliens even get to planet to planet. How are they supposed to make that big of an indention. There really isn't any givin facts about any of this really no one really knows.

In the article they say the rock formation resembles a human head which is formed by shadows giving the illusion eyes, nose, and mouth. If ou really think about it how could you get all that from just a picture thats not even really close up to it. You would have to get a really good picture that is close up and examine it abunch to get that kind of thought. Maybe the rock for mation just created over the years. That kind of stuff really does happen the older the thing gets. Really anything couldv'e happened to it. I really don't understand, people also could be just making that up for some attention or something you never know. Very few scientists believe that the Face was an alien artifact.

After thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting whe the image first appeared on JPL web site, revealing a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all.

After all that research the NASAS has done they finally figured out that it really wasn't an alien artifact. This should be a lesson to everyone that is reading this, you can't believe everything that everyone says to you or anyone else. People do this all the time time to just get attention. Really if you think about it they like to make people believe something that is not true because after its all over they make the people that did believe them disapointed. They thinks its funny. ",3
"The face of Mars is a landform that looks just like a face. Even though it looks like a face, it has been proven that it is just a landform and if you zoom in on it, you can tell that it isnt manmade. There are landforms on Earth that look just like the face too.

Scientists have zoomed in on the picture and have proven that the face of Mars is just a Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa. Butte's, or mesa's, are landforms common around the American West and are also on Mars. The face of Mars is just a really odd shaped butte and people have mistaken it for alien structures. The face also kind of looks like a butte called Middle Butte in Idaho. People have also said that the face looks about the same height as the Middle Butte in Idaho.

The people at NASA had the first pictures of the butte zoomed out enough that it looked like a face. The NASA camera that takes pictures of Mars is in a wierd position so it doesnt pass the face that much and when it does, its not very close so when they zoom in, the pixels are too big to see. When they actually got a good picture of the face, people started to relize that it was just a wierd landform. When they got a good picture, people probably stopped thinking that aliens made it and just ignored it.

Even though scientists have proven that the face of Mars is just a landform, some people probably just think they are trying to cover it up. Landforms can have all kinds of shapes and the face of Mars just has a very unique shape. In conclusion, the face of Mars is just a odd shaped Butte.",3
"why should we participate in being a Seagoing Cowboy? Some people ask but barley anyone knows. This might help us some times. But I think this will tough. We should do this, because it might help us, you sometimes get free time, and it is easy.

This job might help us alot. We can earn money and get a new house. You are shipping things. Things like milk dairy and other things. You could get a new house or a new car it might be able to be big small or whatever size you want it to be.

On this job you sometimes get freetime. You get freetime if you work hard on your job. The games we can play are like Poker, Cards, and more. If we don't want to play games we dont have to play any games. Therefore it is your choice if you want to play games or not.

Lastly this job is very easy. Mostly because all you have to do is ship crates with animals in them. The story says Luke also found time to have fun on board, especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded. The job is probaly the easiest job you can find. So if you want this job for any reason it is a great job.

The job is great for all of these reasons. if you frogot what they were the reasons are that it might help us, you sometimes get free time, and it is easy. I think this job would be great for any of us. So if you want this job and if I were you then I would take it. Therefore I think this is a great job.",2
"Cars these day have become way more gas efficent and eco friendly. Cars are still evolving though, now cars can drive thereself you can not buy them yet though because they are not fully ready to go. I believe that driverless cars are un safe do to the fact that the driver would probably not become as focus as they should be, and feel that they really don't have to do anything.

The article states that the cars are not completely driverless because don't understand how to get around traffic constructions and accidents. This forces the driver to still be alert. Therefore the car is not really driverless and if the driver feels like the car is driving it's self and they are not being defensive, it could cause them to get in recks.

The new technology that the world is coming up with may not be safe and thats why the world doesn't know about alot of the new technology that we already have. That's why these car are still in testing. How can you call a car driverless if it still needs someone steering. These cars can't reverse themselfs out of driveways. They do have some cool ideas on how to keep a driver alert. BMW decided to make one of the ""Driverless Cars."" They say it can only steer, accelerate, and brake themself.

GM(General Motors) put vibrating seats in the car to alert the driver when they are getting to close to something. Even though they haven't fully accomplished a driverless car they have made big improvements since 2009 when the project first began.

Many States have banned the driverless cars because they feel that it's not very safe for a car to be driving it's self. These states consist of Califonia, Nevada, Florida, and the Disrict of Columbia.

Tesla has a projected 2016 release for a car that can be on autopilot 90% of the time. Also Mercedes-Benz, Audi , and Nissan plan on having driverless cars by 2020.

This new technology is going to cost more then the technology we already have, do to the fact that it has higher value.

Just for these cars to work they needed lots of sensors. Google's modifed Toyota Prius uses position estimated sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof , and a video camera located by the rear view mirror , and it also has 4 automotive radar sensors, and a GPS receiver, ,andd a inertial motion sensor. The most important part of this new technology on this car is the camera that consistently uses laser beams to form a 3-D model of the car's surrounding. These cars have a lot newer technology then you're normal car you see on the street. The more new technology they use the more the price will go up.

In conclusion These cars will be more expensive then the older cars and all the cars that are out now. The more technology they put on it the more expensive it will get. If every state decideds to band them then they may never come out. There is alot with holding in our future we never know when one of these "" Driverless Cars"" could come out and be fully operational. Time will tell though.   ",4
"There are many times I look at my friends and i see something is wrong, ask them what is wrong but they say nothing. I feel like in doing this and having something that can tell emotions is a good invention. I could also be a bad invention too. We have never had an invention like this before so it could be very interesting.

When it comes to a device that identifies human emotions it is a sticky situation as to if it is good or not. Many people do have this issue where they feel they need to know someones emotion but they cannot read them. I honestly do not believe this device will really come in handy in every day life. I do not see someone talking to their friend and saying, ""what's wrong?"" Well actually do not answer that because i have a great facial action coding system that will tell me how you feel. No one would do that. It is strange for anyone to do that. In school there is also no serious need for this system many student are either sad from a break up or tired from lack of sleep. There is not much that needs to be seen in reguards to students. On the other hand i do see it to be a good thing because you can use it for like people in higher power such as the president or the vice president to see exactly how they are feeling. Overall i just feel like it is something neat to try out but it will not be of too much value.

Having something that can tell emotions is something good but it can also be something bad. To me it is a great invention but people will not use it. People will think it is great for a month or so until it goes out of trend and we replace it with the next new cool gadget. This is a cool invention but i view it as unneeded.",3
"The Facial Action Coding System would be cool. It would be cool if it can read your expressions. It would learn to read your face. It would give you things you like. It wouldnt give you things you dont like. It would be made just for you.

The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face. All 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. It classifies six basic emotions. The six emotions are happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. The computer model will learn exactly what your thinking. This will allow it to get to know you.

The facial expressions for each emotion are universal. The software can even identify mixed emotions. Each expression is compared to a neutral face. The new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code. If you smile a web ad appears on your screen, it will know you like it. If you frown, it will know you don't.

The Facial Action Coding System will be helpful in the classroom. It would allow the computer to pop things on the screen that are a interest to you. You will be able to learn more because you will have more information on them. It will keep you focused in the classroom, and it will help you learn.

The Facial Action Coding System with its use of technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. After learning the 44 muscles of your face they will know what you like and you dont like. Your computer will be just for you. It will help students learn. It will also help them stay more focused. ",3
"Wow did you see that Face on Mars! That was a huge face, but is it a sign of alien activity. That face had to be made by aliens or something. The Face on mars looks like a sculpted face of a human, but is an illusion.

A NASA sacecraft called the Viking 1 took pictures of a face on mars. The face on mars could be real but it is not. The face is just a natural landform with a shadow. The shadow is giving the illusion of a face. The shadow is giving the illusion of the rock having a nose, mouth, and eyes. Therefore none of that is actually there it is just a figment of someones imagination and an illusion.

In the article there are some things that are said exactly as i used. one example is "" huge rock formation which resembles a human head formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth."" The face on mars was just an illusion. They used it in all kinds of movies, magazines, haunted grocery store checkout lines and radio talk shows.Therefore the face on mars was like

a joke to people.

In conclusion the Face on mars was just an illusion. There is no such thing as aliens so that is not suggested guess. The face was just a rock with a shadow and illlusion thats it. The face on mars looks like a sculpted face of a human, but is an illusion.          ",2
"Most people might get sea sick, But I tell anyone who will listen that it is worth it. Being a sea cowboy is an amazing exspereance. There are many reason to be one such as not be put in the war, sight seeing, and sports with other people on board. Also you get payed watch and feed animals which is not that bad.

When I was on the boat was saeled to Greece. By the I turned 18 which ment that I would be drafted. Sence I was a sea cowboy I was told to continue me work on board. This is only the lest exieting part of my jurny.

On my trip I saw many different monumaets and struckchers. For example the Acropolis in Greece. I also saw the parts of Italy and china. Seeing places like the Panama Canal is one plasure of being a sea cowboy, but what would I do on the waters.

On the waters I played games. Even with the boat rocking we played games like table-tennis tournaments. We also played other games such as fenceing, boxing, and baseball in some of the empty holds. If you are not a sports person the you could also read.

Over all being a sea cowboy is a great job with may plasures of game, sightseeing, and no war. Even though it might be hard and tiering work it is worth the try.             ",3
"The electoral college is a process that consist of the elections of the electors. The electors all meet up and vote for the future President and Vice President. The electoral college consist of a numerous amount of electors from all different states in orde to provide each state with one or more electors to represnt the statesthoughts and decisions. The electoral college should be changed because people are being represented incorrectly, and the method used may turn away potential candidates.

To begin with, many factors provide sufficent support for the Electoral College to be removed and one is that the citizens of the state and not being represented correctly. The citizens are misrepresented due to the fact that they are not the ones who directly vote for the President. In the system the process is that the citizens vote for an elector who then goes to vote for the President and Vice President. What may happen is that the citizens vote for an elector who says that they might vote for a certain candidate but then when the time comes for the voting to take place the elector may have changed his final decision on who he wants to vote for so the citizens who voted for him expecting that he would vote for a certain candidate do not get the proper vote because the elector changed his vote. This may cause a descrepensy becuase the citizens are not being represented correctly causing tHEM to become upset and start a huge problem because they feel that the trust they put in their electors was misused.

In addition, another problem that arises due to the Electoral College is that people may feel disencouraged to vote. Due to the fact that voters vote for a representative who then votes for the President they may feel that their vote has no affect. If the citizens feel that they have no hope in carrying their state then they will not vote causing the polls to decrease. This process turns down potential voters for a certain candidate causing the poll to not work in its full affect with everyone voting and having inacurate representation.

In conclusion, the Electoral College            ",3
"In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" it talks about the different emotions and what muscles help that facial expression function. I think that the use of this technology to read emotions will help students in classrooms.

As Dr. Huang says in paragraph six "" A cassroom computer could recignize when a student is beciomung confused or bored;"" This would alarm the computer and the teacher that the student is struggling with their work and help them.The computer could acess the problem and try to solve it like a teacher as it says in paragraph six ""then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instuctor ."" This would help teacher if they had big classes and all the students were struggling with something different.

In conclusion using these facial recognition devices would not only help the students but also the teachers in their classes. Thus solving both the students and the teachers problems or concerns.",3
"Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit deprite the dangers it presents. Not only will we learn more from this Earth-like planet, but we can also see what it once was, and what is has become.

Venus has been considered as Earth's ""Twin,"" because Venus is the only planet that is the closest to Earth, not only in density, but size. Every spacecraft that has been sent to Venus, doesn't make it out, because the atmosphere of Venus is too strong of carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid. The temperatures alone average over 800 degrees. Too much for any human to survive. By studying Venus, we have learned the weather consists of errupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to any probes that are seeking land on the surface of Vennus. Another example of what has been found is Venus may have had a form of life, just like Earth, once consisting of large oceans and forms of life. The planet today still consists of a rocky sediment, featuring and consisting of valleys, mountains, and craters. By working with what we know, NASA has been creating prototypes that could soon once carry humans to study Venus, at a long distance to keep it safe. Studying from our first resources, we have learned the safer distance humans can be at to observe Venus. It may not be an easy task, but it is survivable for humans.

From gathering information from space probes that have attempted to explore Venus, we can make prototypes to test around the atmosphere, before we send any humans to observe Venus from a distance. We have learned how to make observations from this Earth-like planet possible, and we have an insight of what this planet once was, and what it has become today. The exploration of Venus may hold a few dangers and set-backs, but researchers are doing the best they can to create a safe way to observe Venus from a distance.    ",3
"Do you think that a computer can read how u feel? Can it be some sort of help to you in school? My answer is yes it can, enhancement in technology is happening sooner and sooner. They started with a system called "" FACS"". FACS is known for ""facial action coding system"". The creator of FACS is Dr. Paul Eckman, Dr. Huang had many predictions based off video imagery

and how it would work.

The FACS system was created for sensing emotions from imagery. Eckman classified six emotons happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. He then tried to associate them with facial muscles getting different facial expressions. Each facial expression tells how a person feeling, "" for example, your frontalis pars lateralis muscle raises your eyebrows when your're suprised"". This means that when your feeling a certain way your muscles react. So creating this code system helps them with trying to figure out how others are feeling in there facial expressions working torwards facial emotion expressions while in front of a computer.

Dr. Huang made a few predictions and conclusions based off the work of psychologists. One of the psychologists was Dr. Paul Eckman, Dr. Huang states that "" the facial expression for each emotion are universal"". He also states that ""

even though individuals often show

varying degrees of expression"". Meaning it happens all the time even though there are all types of forms of expressions. While using video imagery it can sense the facial movements in a still image or a real face.

We create these thoughts about others daily. you can tell whether a person is happy, sad, mad etc. the text states"" you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face"". They use "" Mona Lisa"" to show how these things work from a computer. Dr. Huang also predicts "" A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confuse or bored"".

Computer facial recognization would be great for the society who knows

it just might

improve others on doing there work. Yes it maybe be a hassle to get everything together but in do time everything will fall in place. Technology improves as the days go by , that technology will imact the world. Just

by one facial expression could tell it all.",4
"Driverless cars are comming, and that is a good thing. Driverless cars can be more fuel effecent, and saffer that normal cars today. They can also be more relaxing for the pasangers in the car. Driverless cars are something great, and the future will be a safer, cleaner place with them.

Driverless cars can be more fuel effecent than the cars we drive today. As the text says,"" He envisions a future with public transprotation system where fleets of driverless cars from a public-transport taxi systam. The cars he forsees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer more flexibility than the bus."" This quote from the text tells us that if we switched over compleatly to driverless cars we would use half of the fuel we use today. Driverless cars would help the world be a cleaner place.

Cars that can drive themselves can also be alot safer for the people traveling inside them and for the people around them. Smart cars will sense the world around them, and they can help make things like trafic jams and road blocks safer for everyone involved. As the text states, "" The Google car simply announces when the driver should take over. Other options under consederation are flashing lights on the windsheild and other heads up dispalys. Manufacturers are also consiering useing cameras to watch that drivers are remaning focused on the road. While the driver watches the road. the car watches the driver."" This quote from the text tells us that the smart cars will alart us when danger is ahead so that we will be prepared. This will help prevent colisions with other cars and pedestions. The driverless car with help make the world a safer place.

The driverless car will give the pasangers in the car a more enjoyable ride. The pasangers will not have to deal with the stress of the road. Allthough the driver will still have to be paying attention o the road, he or she could relax knowing that they are in the hands of a smart driverless car. In the text it says,""We have to interpert the driving fun in a new way."" This quote is saying that the driverless cars will be a fun alternative to the manual cars we drive today. The new smart cars will be a relaxing and fun car for the future.

The driverless car has many positive facters, but it also has a few negative facters. There is the posabitaly that the car can malfuction, or not sense an accident. There are manny varables in the new and evolving world. But man kind can never experances the true joys of life without trial and error. The driverless car will take time to perfect, but when it is complete it will be a masterpice.

Smart driverless cars are the future. They can provide safety like cars today can not. They are also a more fuel effecent way of transportation. And lastly, driverless cars will creat a more relaxed and fun emviroment inside the car. Driverless cars are better in many ways to what we drive today, and will provide a saffer emviroment for the future.",4
"Don't Believe Everything

Have you ever believed something that wasn't true? I have, but before you believe it you have to find out if it's true or not. In the article it says the ""face"" looks like it could have been a Martian mesa. Also the shadows and the lighting could be making it look more like a face. There for if the NASA wanted to go there to get evidence it would cost them a huge budget.

What if the ""face"" was a Martian mesa? It could be one. The NASA was watching it through the years and figured out it looked like it could be a Martian mesa or butte. It was also very common to see Martians around the Cydonia, just this one had unusual shadows that made it look different from the other ones. It could all just be a natural landform that looks like a face.

The shadows could be making the Martian look like a face. From the angle where they took the picture. The picture could have changed how the picture came out. The human mind can form shandows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth. Some people said it would be a good way to engage the people and attract attention to Mars. Some people can just be fooled by them and thinking it really is a face.

To get evidence from Mars to see if it is really a face would cost NASA a huge budget. Just to go to Mars is a lot, but to go there and get evidence from there and bring it to Earth is a lot. It also can effect the way back to Earth and be dangerous. They don't stop at Cydonia so they would have to plan it out and get all the supplies they would need to get there and get the evidence they need.

People will believe almost anything anyone says. You just got to have evidence to know if it's true or not. There are so many things to make the Martian look like a face. Like meteriods could of hit it and knock off a piece of it. They could of just got the wrong side, lighting, or shadows of it. So before you believe anything anyone says make sure it's true and not just something made up.               ",3
"The central idea of this article is ""That studying venus i s a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents."" I do not agree that the article supports this idea. The author talks about all the geological/environmental challenges it presents, talks about how we haven't set a space craft there in three decades that wasn't even manned and only lasted a few hours, and how the planet isn't liveable.

The first reason I don't think the author supports the idea is because more than half of the essay is them talking about how Venus is awful when it comes to the actual form and environment of Venus. The environment of Venus was spoken about throughout the essay stating ""97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acis in Venus's atmosphere."" This is creates huge challenge for scientists to explore Venus. The plsnet is also too hot like 10x way too hot. It states in the article, ""On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet."" The author talks about how the environment is SO extreme that it would crush submarines and liquefy many metals.

The second reason I don't think the author supports the idea is they talk about how they haven't sent anything there in three decades. They can't send anything there because of how bad the conditions are on Venus and nothing has ever survived. It states in the article, ""Humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world. Each...mission was unmanned....since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours."" The reason they haven't anything is because we don't have the ability to. The conditions there are too extreme for even our technology to withstand and like what I am going to discuss in the next paragraph it would take decades to develop that technology.

The last reasons I don't think the author supports the idea, that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because the planet is not even liveable. Throughout the article the author constantly talks about how extreme the environment is, how it could basically kill any humans with it's gas and heat, and we would still need decades od innovations to even think about even sending something there. If we even developed that technology we would have to prove it to be safe as well. It took us years to even send people to the moon and people STILL die while in space just for common reasons.

In conclusion, we may be the twin to Venus but it will take us years and years and years to even get close to sending man or even things to Venus because of the enviromental issues. Venus is unliveable and most things would never survive there for long periods of time. We also have no put any time and effort to really discover Venus and other things to help get us to explore Venus. For these reasons that I have stated above, I conclude that the author does not support the idea that ""That studying venus i s a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents."" ",4
"i think we should use the facial action because you can go anywhere and see how pepole are today to see if they are mad or angery sad and etc. The facial action coding system should be use in class room so we can see how student are feeling and to see if they are having a good day or a bad day so we can use the facial action coding system to see there facial expersion to every student in class in a way did making a happy face make you slightly happy in the artical it tells us by making a happy face your muscles not only expresses emtions but they will also may even help produce them. Yes we should use the facial action coding system in schools or anywhere in stores,work,airports so we can see how peoples facial expresions are and so we can see if can help them or talk to them so they can have a smile on there faces ",2
"The face on Mars is often a very controversial subject. People often think that NASA is hiding something about it from the entire world,and that is alien life. The idea that this is a real alien landform has been proven wrong and wrong again, so why do people still gravitate toward it?

The poor quality cameras back in 1976 are nothing compared to the ones in 2001. There are photos of the landform from 2001 that make it look nothing like a face. The most recent photos have been taken on a cloud less day, with the resolution up as far as it would go. This means that the photo was as sharp as it possibly could be. If there were any small structers next to the landform, you could also see those.

There is a preconcieved notion that NASA is hiding the discovery that the face is alien made. Why would NASA want to hide it though? If there was alien life on Mars, NASA could gain a lot of money from the publicity. Think about it, NASA could gain so much from proving that that land form is ,in fact, alien made.

In conclusion,the fact that the famous face on mars is an alien made landform, has been almost completely busted. There are too many things going against it. With the better quality cameras, and the fact that NASA would actually get money if it was alien made, has proven this conspiracy theory wrong.                         ",3
"I think that you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program because it would be a opporturnity of a lifetime and it would be pretty cool.

Another reason that you should join it is because you would get to see places and cities. If I were to join it i think it would be cool and fun and an awsome opportunity. If you were to join it how would you feel about it would you think it would be a good opportunity.

First, his point of view was to persuade and convince people to join the Seagoing Cowboys program because he went and he had fun and now he's trying to get people to join is because it is an opportunity of a lifetime. In the story it says,""He was working part-times jobs in a grocery store and a bank when his freind Don Reist invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat, Luke couldn't say no because he knew that it was an expeirience of a lifetime."" He really wants to persuade people to join but not every body wants to join.

Finally if you want to join it might be really fun if I got asked I wouldn want to go because i think it will be really fun but then that's just me. If you read this I hope it persuades you to join if you like it.   ",2
"Some reasons to join the program A cowboy Who Rode The Waves are that you get to have some fun while travling around while luke bomberger was moving across the world they hade games and mini tournaments. To luke bumberger it much more than an adventure it opened the world to him like it can open the world to you. Pluse at the same time you are helping other people around the world.

The places luke went like Venice,Italy,a city with streets of water. luke also took a tour an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China.

If you work alot befor you join you will be good at alot of thing they do like the danger of the sea. Luke was not ready for the dangers of the sea but he still did it he was out ther with the dangers of the sea .

He was with a seagoing cowboy for along time. Would you be the in the seagoing cowboy for along time like luke did.

In conclusion that is why you should join the seagoing cowboy. If you are a hard worker and like to have fun while working at the same time                   ",2
"Venus, sometimes called the ""Evening Star,"" this nickname is mis leading since Venus is actually a planet in out solar system, Venus is the second planet from our sun.

Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size. Earth, Venus, and Mars, the other planetary neighbor orbit the sun at different speed that means that sometimes we are closer to Mars and sometimes to Venus.Venus is a dangerest place to go because the landing is not very good, humans have send spacecraft but they can't survived the landing for more than a few hours, in Venus is also too hot is the hottest surface temperature in our solar system, with a temperature over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and 90 times greater of atmospheric pressuere. Astronomers have curiosity for Venus because it's more like Earth in out solar system.

In conclusion I think that the author supports his idea by saying the good and bad things about Venus and it's worthy to study Venus.",1
"Have you ever wanted to travel the world, and help people? If you join Seagoing Cowboys Program you can do both. This program help the people who have been effected by World War II.We help them by sailing cattle boats across the sea. You should be a Seagoing Cowboy for these reasons in the following.

The first reason you should be a Seagoing Cowboy is you can travel the world. Luke Bomberger said that "" The cattle boat trips were an unbelievable oportunity for a small town boy"". Luke also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China. He also said that

""Besides helping people, I had the side benifit of seeing Europe and China. But to see the Acropolis in Greese was special.""

The last reason you should join is you can help a lot of people. What if you were one of the people that needed help? They would want you to join too! They would not get help if people did not join. Luke said that "" It made me more aware of people of other countries in need."" Would you want find that awareness too?

Sight seeing and helping people are why you should be in the Seagoing Cowboys Program. Seagoing Cowboys are amazing ar'nt they? It would be really fun to be a Seagoing Cowboy. Would you like to be a Seagoing cowboy? It seems like a lot of fun does is'nt!",2
"I support the developement of driverless/autonomous cars. Cars have been driven by human drivers so far and accidents are frequent and often violent. If we had autonomous cars, we could almost completely eliminate human error altogether. Autonomous cars would also be more efficient.

Driverless cars would replace they human driver, who can be sometimes angered by other drivers, distracted by passengers, or get easily lost in new places, with a more logic minded computer. An autonomous car would be safer than a human driven car because a computer program cannot be distracted by its passengers or get angry at someone's poor driving because a computer doesn't think emotionally, but rather logically, making the computer driver safer. Google has been test driving partial-autonomous cars in certain conditions for 7 years and has so far had no crashes.

Autonomous cars would not only be a safer alternative to human driving, but a more fuel eficient, and therefore, greener alternative. According to Google cofounder Sergey Brin, autonomous cars would be twice as fuel efficient as today's taxis and buses. With more fuel efficient cars, pollution due to carbon dioxide emmisions will drastically decrease. Fuel efficient cars also help the American economy because if cars are using half as much gasoline, then we only have to import half as much oil, which will save us money as a country.

Autonomous vehicles would save lives and money. With a computer at the wheel, cars could find the most efficient and safe route to almost any destination. Greenhouse gas emmisions would be reduced, therefore making our planet a better place to be.",3
"Reducing the Usage of Cars

Thousands of Americans use their own car or a vehichle as their main transportation in their every day lives. No one seems to look at how cars are actually destroying the environment ,rather then helping it. Mainly since the fuel that is given off from a vehicles engine is effecting the environment in a negative way. In all reality the reason why we as humans use our own vehicles is because its a faster way of transportation and carries us to our destination. This is  why limiting car useage will be benificial money wise and create a healthier environment.

Reducing the car usage is beneficial to creating a cleaner and safer environment. Not only will this effect the environment but your  life as well. According to source 1 it states,"" Passengers cars are responsible for twelve percent of greenhouse gas emmision in Europe."" Based on this fact I can acknowledge the fact of how automobiles can effect the greenhouse. The greenhouse is a cycle  in which can have a huge impact on our environment. If we destroy that then that may result in even more damages that are caused now. It also states, ""Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France , after five- days of intesifying  smog..."" In result, the smog then continued to places such as Bejing, China. Which I personally would consider to be  a  horrfic thing, considering China is very congested already and is one of  the most  pollued cities in the world. Some may argue of the fact that car usage is their main way from going to point A to point B , but there is proof that is effecting the cities around us. Experts have concluded that there is about 50 percent car intensive areas located in the United States. This is why car usage should be reduced to have create a better environment.

The suburbs are taking action to create denser cities. The purpose of having denser citiies is to have a low- suburban life. In source 1 it states, "" In this new approach , stores are placed a walk away, on main street, rather  than in malls along some distant highways."" This experiment will help to encourage more ways to attempt public transportation. For instance, riding your bicycle once in a blue moon. Not only are you saving money but you are preventing less traffic fgrom occuring in your area. Some may argue having a low- suburban life can be hard to adapt to but it will provide a safer environment. Especially since you are one  step  closer to making the world less polluted then it already is. I personally would agree on occasionally using a different way to get to my destination. It will not only benefit me in the long run but also cause less chaos on the road. It also states in the text,"" the Environmental Protection Agency is promoting car ""reduced communties"", and legislators are starting to act, if cautiously."" This means that the Environmental Agency are starting to promote reducing car in certain communities. Some may argue why is there a need to reduce the amount of cars in a community ,but on the other hand that community may be over populated or congested of cars. If this is so, then this will just have another negative impact of the environment. The purpose of the program is  to benefit the area you are and to lessen then the issue of car usages. All in all, the suburbs are taking action to create denser cities.

Programs are also being created to spread the news of Car- Free day. The purpose for Care - Free day in Bogota , Columbia is a day you participate in to prevent traffic jams. For example, In source 3 it states, ""..millions of Colombians hiked, biked, and skated or took buses to  work during a car- free day."" This day isn't ment for people who live in Bogota, Colombia but they are trying to influence this tradition in several other countires. Other may agree of this day being pointless , but I can see this having a huge impact on the world . Sooner or later this day will become a tradition not only in several other countries but also in the United States. it also states in source 3,"" Its a good oppurtunity to take away stress and lower air pulltion, said a bussniessman."" Especially since it rained on the Car- free day this didnt stop nor discourage anyone from participating in the event. The event turned out to be a huge success and reduced the amount of smog that day. In my perspective we are all come together as one to build our community together. It takes more thenone person to have such a huge impact on the world. The goal if to lessen the useage of car to have a positive effect on the environment. The influence of the Car- free day is just one step closer to reaching that goal. This will is why programs are being creates to spread the news of Car - free day.

After looking of the causes and effects of limiting car usage , it all comes down to having a big influence on the world. It takes one area such as Bogota, Columbia to have a huge impact. In our every day lives , our car is our main resource for transportation, but this should change. Not only are you capable of helping to have a postive effect on the environment but so am I. This just shows how if we are all willing to come together as a  community, we are capable of creating a healthier environment. This is why the world should influence limiting car useage.          ",4
"Driverless cars are one of the stupidest things I've ever heard! How can anyone feel comfortable leaving there life and lives of loved one in the hands of nothing. Robots can't put there arm out and grab your child if the brakes are stammed one of them could be hurt and you just had to watch.

Yes the modifications made to cars we have now are actually very wonderful and make driving safer for everyone but the fact is a robot, your car special designed to drive doesn't feel the emotions when theres a crash and loved ones are hurt. They also say that these kind of cars could prevent accident when no ones seems to realize that not everyone will have acess to them for money reasons, most people today still have cars without all the fancy safey add ons because there to much money.

The cars of the future have me worried about how life will be in the future, people have vaccums that will clean by themselves and food that makes its self. Its taking away the human par of life and making it fake, turning the world into lazy slubs. Yes some things are very good, making manfucturing with less polutin in the air and stopping deforstation but alot of other things could impact everyone, theyjust need to look at the bigger picture and in it we shouldn't be ran by a machine.",2
"The author suggests that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents and the author throughout the whole passage gave details and examples of why he supports this claim.

One explanation of why he would support his claim is that in the passage he continues talking throughout the whole passage how Venus is the closest planet in our solar system that is the most similar to earth that any other planet in our solar system.Another example would be that, yea it might be dangerous when the heat temperatures in Venus are high and nothing has been close enough to the point when a spacecraft is near the surface of venus and is a reason why not a single spaceship has been sent to Venus in three decades.Another reason to supports this claim would be that researchers have found that Venus have once have been the most earth-like planet in our solar system.In paragraph 4,the author states,""Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life,just like earth.""The author continues to talk about the planets features today and how the planet has familiar feature such as valleys,mountains,and craters just like Earth.This helps prove the point that it can be a dangerous task to futher explore Venus's surface but is well worth the risk since they NASA wants to send humans to study Venus one day.

Even though NASA seems to be struggling to find a way to get closer and closer to venus's surface and bring back examples of rocks or other examples of items to bring back to examine,they keep on striving to meet the challange that they face against Venus and try to find ways to not let dangers and dubts beyond earth to stop them from accomplishing many things since Venus is valuable and so is being able to face out of earth challenges to succeed against the dangers and doubts we face.",3
"The Electoral College shows many reasons why we should change it to popular vote. Like for instance The Electoral college is not fair, but by voting with popular vote not only will more people vote but more people will vote for who they want to vote and not get confused and vote for the wrong candidate.

Theres many reasons why the Electoral College isnt fair like, how Bradford Plumer stated during the 2000 campaign a variety of states that didnt vote because of not being able to see a campaign ad and they did that because some candidates dont focus on the states that they know theyre not gonna win. But by voting with popular vote you get to vote for who you want, everone gets to vote because every state would be equal and people would vote for the president and not for the slate of electors.

yes, maybe the Electoral College could be good for something for like winning. Also if you think about it, it could be worse like even worse than the 2000 fiasco election, and plus the Electoral College avoids run-off elections so thats a good thing if you want a clear winner.

Other than that popular vote is much more sufficient than Electoral vote because its much more fair and with popular vote everyone votes on who they want to vote and every state gets the same, equal treatment as the others.    ",2
"There is always a constant arguement about keeping the Electoral College or changing the election by popular vote for the president of the United States. I personally feel that we should abolish the Electoral College and change the election by popular vote. I don't think it is fair to our voters who vote for the president when they are really voting for the state of electors. The Electoral College really has the final say on who is going to be elected president of the United States. The citizens of the United States should be the one who elect the president instead of the Electoral College.

First of all, the Electoral college is a little outdated now a days. The Electoral College has been used for a very long time and it should be changed. To me I believe that it just makes sense to have voters to vote for our president instead of the winner-take-all system. It wouldn't even make sense to vote if you know that the Electoral College is going to actually elect the president. Abolishing the Electoral College is just the best way to go.

Next, The Electoral College is just unfair to the voters who vote for the president. It is because of the wininer-take-all system. The candidates dont't go to states they know they are going lose in. Instead they go for the swing states so they can a better chance of winning. Some states wouldn't even see the candidates at all. So abolishing the Electoral College is the best way to go.

In conclusion, people are alyways debating on keeping the Electoral College or changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. I believe that we should abolish the Electoral College and let the election go by popular vote. I dont think the Electoral College is fair for voter because they actually elect the president. If we abolish the Electoral College then the people can vote for our president the right way. In the future hopefully this will happen because the Electoral College is just not relavent anymore.                    ",3
"Studying Venus is worthy to pursuit the despite the dangers because the people is stuying the Venus. They trying so hard but the Venus atmosphere is almost 97 precent carbon dioxide b;anket around the lant and the heat stays inside of the planet.

the Nasa people been making stuff but they say, ""while Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantege point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely"".

The Nasa said that ""These condistions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth, but such and environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our Oceans and wuld liquefy many matals"". so they mean that if they go there i die soo easly bc of the heat and the imposible because the planet is 97 persent blacket around of the planet. But they trying to send something on the venus but it died it was one of the oldest michanical they mad e for space planets so they can take a photo.   ",1
"All over the world people have different ways to limiting car usage. They have a lot of pollution so why not do it? Many do car-free day where no cars are used. Others do a bike program. ""It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution.""

There are some ways where people shouldn't use their car. If not you'll get a fine of $31 if you have even numbers on your license plate one day and the next day odd numbers. Private cars owned by middle class are choking cities. Heidrun Walter, mother of two and a media trainer was always tense when she had a car.

Vauban is making a new approach. Stores are being placed a walk away. In New York thay have a new bike-sharing program. Millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to work, leaving the streets devoid of traffic jam. Even Mr. Sivak's son which lives in San Francisco has a car but takes Bay Area Rapid Transit, when he can. Knowing it takes him longer than driving.

It's a whole lot of new experiences and people can stay active. ""Pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety.""    ",2
"In the passage ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it present.The uses many great suporting details to suppert the idea.The nature of Venus was very intense.

One way the author support the idea is that he/she talk about the temperature on the planet Venus.In the passage,the author uses ""On the planet's surface,temperatures average over 800 fahrenhiet,and the atmosphere pressure is 90 times greter han what we experience on our own planets.""The author uses that to explain how hot it is at veus and how much the pressure is compare to earth.The author also stated that ""such an environment would crush even s submarine accustomed to driving to the deepest part of out ocens and would liquefy many metals.'The quote explain that anything metals or not would get destroyed on the surface of venus.

The author also support the idea by comparing how venus used to look like to the venus today.In the passage it say ""Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life,just like Earth."" The quote show the defference of Venus long time ago and today.There wouldnt had been a challenge if the old venus still exist today.In the text is says ""The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys,mountains,and craters.""The quote explain some of the features that Venus have compare to earth still.

In conclusion,the author details on supporting the idea was fantastic because he/she give great details about venus.Even tho it was dangerous at venus,scientist are still trying to discover more arts of venus and get more explanation on the surface of venus.",3
"The world is becoming more and more reliable on technology as time passed by.

People have become very reliable on computers, cell phones, and many other types of technology.

Now, in the article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming,"" it discusses the idea of possibly having cars that drive by themselves in the future.

The author shows both the positive and the negative effects of this possibility.

However, I am completely against the development of driverless cars.

One major reason that I am opposed to this idea is the cost.

It would cost us lots of

money to be able to manufacture these cars.

At first, the plan was to not build smarter cars but to build smarter roads.

General Motors created a track to test out this plan.

However, in the article it states,""These smart-road systems worked surprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical.""

So the concept of making improved, smarter roads was not an option.

Another example of driverless cars costing too much money is talked about in paragraph 4.

The text talks about how the cars would need to be a lot smarter.

This would mean that they need to have a bunch of sensors all around the car.

A quote from the text that supports this says,""Google's modified Toyota Prius uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor.""

It would still cost lots of money to fund for the smarter cars due to the large amount of technology needed.

Another reason that I am strongly against driverless cars is safety issues.

There could be many things that could go wrong with the advanced technology.

For example, the driverless cars are designed to drive by themselves, but cannot handle driving through construction zones or around accidents.

The article states,""This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires.""

I believe that this would be a huge issue.

A person could easily fall asleep while in the car and not be able to take over the vehicle.

In my mind, this would cause a lot of accidents.

Leading into my final reason, if there was to be an accident, whose fault would it be?

Not only will the traffic laws need to be changed for this to happen, but also new liability laws with need to be developed in the case of an accident.

In the article it says,""If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault--the driver or the manufacturer?""

That is a big question that could lead to many problems.

I think that driverless cars could cause more lawsuits to be made in order to figure out this one, single question.

In my opinion, I do not agree with the idea of developing driverless cars.

It would cause us to lose too much money whether we create smarter roads or smarter cars.

It would be a big safety issue and also cause more lawsuits to be filed and problems in court.

Creating such improvements like driverless cars will only lead to issues in the future.   ",4
"In the past years companys have been working for and settings goals that would allow us to have driverless cars. Cars that drive themselves, seems like a dream. But haveing driverless cars wouldnt be all good. They are dangerous, the allow for people to become less alert while driving, and lets be real computer tech does fail. And what about accidents? Who is to balme for those. Driverless cars may seem like a dream but in reality they will just end up becomeing a nigthtmare.

A main problem with driverless cars is the failer with computer tech. Say there is a network crash, what will happen there. Thousands or Millions of cars will fail and how many people will die because of that. And like the artical said dirvers wil still have to be alert when driving because they arent complety driver free, the driver must be ready to take over at any point so truly there is no point. Companies should be working to make cars safer and install warning systems that will allow the driver to see things coming. And another problem, the cars would be run by computers and computers are hackable. Anyone who wanted to hurt a large amout of people would have yet another way to do it. Hack the system and kill with even more ease.

Like the essay said ""who would be at fault?"" Who can we hold reponsible for a computers mistake? As a human race we need justice, it is how we are programmed to work. So who will we make take reposiblilty, is it the owner of the driverless car or the company? What if a person who dosent have a driverless car hits someone with one? How will a driverless car predict that? A human driver dosent communicte through a computer, the computer will have no way of knowing. Seems like an easy solution though, just have everyone get a driverless car, But how much will that cost? What about families that can barly afford their used 1998 model, let alone a driverless car.

In the end driverless cars are going to be more trouble then they are worth. How can we even think about spendign so mucg money on something that is going to hurt us rather then help us. Humans are capable of driving themselves so why do we need to find yet another way of ""taking the easy way out"". Cars are computers and computers do fail, we dont have a good way of setting up faults and over all it is just not realistic.        ",3
"Control your life or let it control you. Since technology has improved significantly since the past decades, In the article ""Driveless Cars Are Coming"" humans are able to create vehicles that drive themselves. They have their pros and cons but the cons out-shape the pros. Driveless cars are lethal, illegal, and time consuming to manufacture.

The first reason on why driveless cars are lethal is that they are not tested fully and can injure the driver very severely if not handled right. This is evident in paragraph 9 where the author states, ""manufacturers believe that more states will follow as soon as the cars are proved more reliably safe."" This is a perfect example of how the driveless cars are still unstable and should be tested. Overall, companies still need to improve on some aspects on the driveless car to have it be a safe to use.

The second reason is that the utilization of driveless cars on testing is illegal. Evidence to support this claim is that the author states in paragraph 9, ""As a result, in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars."" This makes the invention difficult to find it's short comings and hard to sell. More evidence is found that alot of people can get in trouble due to this technology failing, which is found in paragraph nine again, ""If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?"" This can both harm them because of the injury and the company's reputation. Overall, driveless cars are suited to test because of the law.

Finally, the last reasoning on while driveless cars are suited for the market is because of time. It takes a long time to produce; this is stated by the author in paragraph 5, ""Within 10 years, those sensors had become more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers."" It takes the company TEN YEARS to only create one component of the device. Overall, driveless cars take a long time to produce.

Driveless cars can be conducive and negative to the consumer but the draw backs out match the pros with its dangerous to control, legalization, and time consuming process to manufacture. The technology is not ready yet for this device to hit shelves in markets and is best to wait when there is more money involved for this project.  ",4
"The use of this technology to read the emotional expression of students in a classrooom is valuable because everyday you can tell how the person in a class is feeling. In the article it says,"" In fact, we human perform this same impressive ""calculation"" everyday . For instance you can probaly tell ow a friend is feeling simply by look on her face."" Dr. Paul Eckman is a pyschologist who created FAACS (Facial Action Coding System.)

A quote in the article is ,""Eckman ha classified six basic emotion-happiness, suprise, anger, disgust,fear,and sadness-and then associated each with characteric movements of the fasical muscles.""

In the class would see if a student is shocked when a teacher says something shock thier eyebrowns will raise up. In article it's says,''For example your frontails muscle (above your eyes) raises your eyebrows when you're suprised.""

Another reason the use of this technology to read the emotional expression of students in a classrooom is valuable because the computer knows when human are confused. In the article it says,""A classrom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored or,""Dr. Huang predicts, Then it could modify the lesson, like an efective human instructor.""The same technology can make computer-animated face more expessive- for video games or video surgery.""Most human communication is nonverbal,including emotional communication,"""" notes Dr. Huang.""So computers need to understand that, too.""

The Last Reason The use of this technology to read the emotional expression of students in a classrooom is valuable because compuers know your expression of your emotion. In the article it says,""The facial expression for each emotions for each motion observes Dr. Huang,""even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression.

Also It says your lab partners may know how you feeling. In the article it says,"" that there is a differnce between a genuine smile and a force smile."" It also says in the article that in the real smiole,the zygomatic major(muscles that begin at your cheek boones) lift the cornes of your moth.",2
"A venus sometimes called the ''Evening Star,'' is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. It's simple making for even an amateur stargazer to spot. A venes is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe ventage point of earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. Also, Venys us the closest planet to Earth. Venus is sometimes right around the corner in space terms and human have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world for good reasons.

A thick atmosphere of aklmost 97% percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degree. it's the hottest degree. So these conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth.It's colser than people.

NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. Also,They're doing the another project. By compartison,systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant,heat, and other forces.

People should to know what kind of Venus and tell people about it. Finally, Our travels on Earth and beyond should not vbe limited by dangers and daubts but should be expamded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation.",1
"Some people may think that the Face was created by aliens, but it was not. The face is just a natural landform that is a huge rock formation. No aliens were involved in the making of it. Although it has starred in books, films, magazines and talk shows that does not mean it was created by aliens.

To start from the beginning, NASA was just circling Mars taking pictures of possible places where one of the other ships could land. Then it spotted the shadowy rock that looked like a face. A few days after NASA snapped the photo of the Face everyone was engaged in it.

Anyways, the photo that NASA snapped of the Face was not created by aliens. If it was NASA would be looking for any form of life on my Mars instead of just calling it a natural landform.

It was just a landform that was created naturally like the ones on Earth.

In conclusion, I would like to say there is no actual evidence that aliens created the landform or that they exist. The Face was not created by aliens and is just made out of rock that happened to form into the shape of a face and as time goes on it looks less like a face.",2
"Why should you participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program? This program sent people across the sea with animals, food, and other resources that other countries needed after World War Two. I have personally participated in this program. After crossing the Pacific Ocean multiple times and the Atlantic Ocean more than 15 times, I would say this experience changed my life completely for the better. Others should join this charity type program, it will improve you and your life.

Becoming a Seagoing Cowboy is a great experience to have participated in. You get to see many natural and man-made landmarks you otherwise would not see. You get to visit many other cities and countries you would never be able to go to if you weren't hired as a ""cowboy on a boat"". Luckily, you can easily become a seagoing cowboy to make your life so much more exciting. Also, since you've always wanted to sail the seas, this would be a great opportunity. You'll always be excited as you float upon an uknown section of the earth. It almost sounds like a fairy-tale, but you can fortunatley actually live it. During what will be the greatest time of your life, you won't be lonely either.

As a Seagoing Cowboy, it's a chance to be social and put yourself in a friendly environment. You can play games and sports with the other participants. Find someone with the same hobby and have a conversation with them, so you will have a pal to do your favorite hobby with. Just have a talk about the things you saw, what you did, what you were thinking before you decided that it was obviously a good idea to become a Seagoing Cowboy for the UNRRA. Play table-tennis with them, maybe baseball, or volleyball. Do some reading by yourself or wih your pal to keep your brain just as good as it's always been. Maybe you want to box someone, or help someone out.

As a Seagoing Cowboy, you would be helping a lot of people and even countries get back on track after the devestating World War, which is unfortunatley the second world war. It could be a way to contribute to a charity. By directly delivering food, animals, and help to those who are helpless. Now, when you think about how that's what you're doing by going out to the sea, it makes you feel good, doesn't it? Not only does it make you feel great about your own life, but it actually makes another countries inhabitants feel good about their life, that they have their life despite the ruins of their country and their world after the war. So, it's obviously better for everyone when you become a Seagoing Cowboy.

Since you'll be helping other countries, having fun with friends, and experiencing a lot soon, you may be second-guessing yourself and thinking, ""What if I don't want to go to water, and I don't want to sail the seas?"" Well, assuming you don't like the water, you don't go on a boat often. Since one main thing of being a Seagoing cowboy is the experince, you'll be trying something you haven't done or don't usually do. You may still not like the fact you are on a boat in the sea, but after that, there are more benefits than there are things you don't like, which would be only one con. So you should join and participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program, make your life better, and others too.",4
"In the article ""Umasking the Face on Mars"", there are diffrent theories on what exactly they think this is. The logical answer is that the face is just a natural landfrom the article states not logical reasons and conspiracy theories not provided from NASA, they have done their research.

During the article it provides pictures varying in dates from 1976, 1998 and 2001. Over these years it begins to form and show more. Its classified that it really is just a mesa. Different research and other many pieces of evidence back up this statement. It is just a natural landfrom.

Twenty five years ago when the viking 1 was out it spotted the likeness of a human face, an enormous head nearly two miles end to end. They unveiled it as a huge rock formation that resembles a human head. Others refused to belive this and insisted that the NASA had to be covering up something, even though they provided all the research and more than needed.

The ""Face on Mars"" attracted films, books, magazines, radio talks. Some people still thought the face of it being something else was something they would rather hide than bring to the public eye. Even though they had all the facts and research to back up their theory of exactly what it was. Which was a natural landform thats all. People say it even looks like some other landforms they've seen or come across.

The face that was found on mars was accused of being many things and an amazing finding. To this day im sure there are still disputes over what it actually was or is. Although it was proven, not to be a face or an alien artifact. It was just a land formation that took place or just a rock formation. It was a natural landform.",3
"Driverless cars should not be used on open roads due to the extreamly dangerous potental the driverless car has. If you were to get in a car accident who would be to blame ? The car or the driver ? The computer of the car could have so many errors that could potentally injure another human on the roads.

The dangerous potental the car has is, it can accelerate on its own. Imagine you're going down 267 here in Plainfield. You're in a driverless car and the car begins to accelerate, however it doesnt meet a constant speed. As the car continues to go faster and faster, its to late to stop because you already rearended the car infront of you. Causing the person in the car infront of you to spin out of controll and hit a telephone pole. Because of a computer error in the car an inicent bystander's life has been taken. That there just shows the potental danger the driverless car has just due to the ""auto acceleration"" programing in the car.

In that car crash you have to give the poliece your insurance redgerstration ext. When you file the insurance claim whos fault it the accident? Yourself or the car manufacturers? You could try to blame the manufacture however you're probably not going to get to far. It's not their fault the computer of the car had a glitch. There is nothing they can do about it. So now you could potentally be charged with wreckless driving and vehicular manslotter, even though you didn't intentually kill the person. Your insurance is most likely going to say it was your fault for not having controll of the car. Who is to say it was infact the car and not your fault? That's just the problem exactaly .

Technology fails everyday so why put it in a car and put human lives at risk? Using the heads-up system is a good idea however it could also fail resulting in the faitality of another human. Using the heads-up system could get the attention of the driver to let them know that they need to take over. What happens when the driver doesnt take over and the car continues to have a mind of it's own. Again possiable resulting in an accident and a possiable faitality.

Admitting that technology is a great advantage and is used everywhere today. The point is greater technology than what we have now should stay off the roads. Keeping technology off the roads can save lives and prevent accidents waiting to happen. The danger of auto accelaration, heads-up system, and not knowing whos fault the accident was your's or the car's, is absalutely not worth the life of a human.              ",4
"Many places around the world have been taking charge and limiting car use to the public. There comes some great advantages when doing this. You can help limit greenhouse gases, relieve the stress from cars, and become less dependent on your car for transportation.

The big advantage about limiting cars is to help prevent the rapid spread of greenhouse gases the creates smog in cities. From source two you learn that cold nights and warm days cause the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions polluting cities even more. With these dangerous gases in the air, the world is in great danger of becoming unhealthy and we are to blame for this awful cause because of the over use of cars. By limiting the use of cars you limit the amount of pollution in the air.

By limiting car use an finding other means of transpotation, you can actually relieve stress put on you from the constant beeping and noises made by cars. By walking or riding a bike you hear the nice peaceful sounds of the great outdoors while knowing you are doing good to you and the environment. Some people, as seen in source three, have taken this experience of the limiting of cars to share the experience with thier companion riding a two-seated bike. ""It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution.""

By limiting the use of cars you begin to be less depended on cars. By this happening you learn your life will know longer be circled around your car and you begin to see that driving a car everyday is not really needed. By using public transportation of car-pooling you greatly decrease the amount of pollution in the air while also having a ride to work or where ever you need to be.

Limiting cars can have multipal advantages to it. You can help stop half of the greenhouse gases that are caused from cars, relieve stress, and become less dependent for the need a car. This will cause you to become a better citizen and help make the world last longer for hundreds of generations to come.                ",4
"Driverless cars could be a good thing, I totally agree with them. People wouldnt get into as many recks and the other person couldnt really blame it on them for crashing. As shown on TV and in movies they look really cool. These cars would use half the fuel they use now and are far more flexible than buses. Even though they would need a lot of work to accomplish and a lot of time, they could really work out.

Driverless cars would need a lot of sensors, cameras, GPS, etc. I would imagine they would cost a lot of money because that is a lot of electronic things put into one car to make it amazing. Although some cars already have sensors in them, they still dont cost as much as everything else that needs to be put into them. They could help the drivers out more than they can manage alone. There would be less recks, less cops on duty and less money paid to the state.

Antilock brakes and driver assistance still seem a long way from the driverless cars, but technology is so far now that it is starting to catch up to reality. GM has developed seats that vibrate when your about to be in danger. In some cars we have now, the camera beeps when we are too close to someone or something. To me that helps out with a lot of people who are too short to see or dont pay attention. It tells you when you need to take over and put your hands on the wheel. Even though they're called ""Driverless Cars"" you still need to be paying attention and not texting and driving because it might not work like you think it does. You still could crash or hit someone or something. Don't take your eyes off the road!

I totally agree with the Driverless Cars, they could set us high up and keep us safe! The human driver should have control the whole time they are driving, and should pay attention. Who knows if the sensors really work? We've been working to get cars like this for a really long time and will hopefully have them by 2020. ",3
"Studies have been proven that people are starting to not drive cars as much, Americans are buying fewer cars, and getting fewer licenses. There are several advantages to not driving cars every where, beneficial implications for carbon emissions, the environment and improves safety.

Vauban's streets in germany are completely ""car free."" People who do not drive cars any more and ride bikes, walks or rides the tram are said to be more happier this way. A mother of two walks and rides her bikes every where with her kids and does not feel as tense and stressed as she did when she was driving.

Also a huge advantage is it drastically reduces greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes. Diesel fuel was banned in France since tax policies favored dieselover gasoline. Delivery companiess complained of lost revenue, but exceptions were made, plug-in-cars, hybrids, and cars carrying three or more passengers.

In Paris there were days of near record pollution, so they enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the city. April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below average and equal to the country in January 1995. ""The rate of car ownership per household and per person came down two to three years before the downturn."" Michael Sivak stated. New York has a new bike sharing program and the skyrocketing bridges and tunnel tolls reflect people to want to not drive cars anymore.

A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009, just shows you that the beneficial implications, environment and easier way of saving money does make people want to start biking, walking, using a tram, etc. Those examples I gave you are a few advantages of limiting car use.         ",2
"Dear state senator,

I would like to inform you of my place, and arguments for changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States.

I am in favor of changing to the electon throught popular vote becuase if you really think about it, who is getting a president? it's the citizens. The citizens that are qualified to vote are voting on who they think is going to support us best based on our every day lives. so therefore it should be the citizens choice on who is THEIR president rather than the factor of both the votes in congress and votes of citizens. It should be the votes of the citizens that decide wether or not this person should be elected to run OUR country!

The Electorial College is completely unfair. it basically defeats the purpose of us even voting becuase electors have the power to go completely against what the people say, and a lot of the time they will just because they can. That's the way everything is, the government will do everything in its power to try and to the complete opposite of what the people want to happen.

What the people want to happen is not selfish, it's what they, the people, know what would all around help everybody. But once again, the government will do everything in it's power to do the opposite of what we want to happend and what we know id right for all the people not just a few, or one.

Thank you for your time,

Sincerely, PROPER_NAME            ",2
"The futurtistic concept of driverless cars is promising and will solve many problems. Admittedly, self driving cars would create a certain amount of problems. However, the benefits of automation in the transportation industry far outweigh the negative aspects. The increasingly technology based world would see many good things come of automatic cars and the amount of problems would be miniscule compared to the positive qualities.

The benefits of an automatic transportation system include the most prominent and beneficial concept of convinience. Without drivers following a strict schedule and being limited in number, automatic cars would be highly and easily available around the clock. Convinience is a key factor in the popularity of many pieces of technology being invented today, so the benefit of having around the clock service would provide a great boost to the success of the cars. The automatic transportation concept would provide another very important benefit. The common problem of drunk or distracted driving would no longer be a leading cause of death and injuries for many people. By automating transportation and effectively getting rid of dangerous drivers, the streets would be made a much safer place. A third and no less positive trait of the automated transportation system would be that, as the first paragraph says, ""use half the fuel of today's taxis"". Caring for enviroment is becoming a more common concern and reducing the magnitude of emmission by any amount would serve to benefit all people. Cutting the emissions of cars in half would reduce the negative effects of humanity on the planet severely. Not only will the reduction help the enviroment, the reduction in gas would even lessen the cost of using the transportation system, resulting in easier access to transportation.

Undeniable roadblocks lie in the way of making an automatic transportation system a reality, but the problems are not as bad as they may seem. Examining the logistics and cost of making a ""smart"" system of transportation result in the conclusion that smart cars, as opposed to smart roads, are the most economic strategy to use. The apparent main problem of this strategy is the limit of the sensor technology of the cars. However, the sensor technology existing today is already enough to create mostly self driving cars that require only minimal effort on the part of the drivers. Technology will only advance with time and soon, the technology to completely and safely automate transportaion will be made available. In the meantime, cars using technology such as BMW's ""Traffic Jam Assistant"" already contribute to making the roads safer and less monotonous. Another large issue with the creation of an automatic transportation system is the law. In the case of an accident, either the machine or human is at fault and deciding may prove difficult. However, with the creation of new laws and technology, any situation will be able to be easily diffused and resolved.

Although an entirely automatic tranportation system is not likely to become an immediate reality, automation is already being applied to the current transportation sytem to increase safety, comfort, and convinience at little to no expense. Through careful examination of the concept, clearly, the benefits of converting to an automated transportation system are much more prominent than the solvable problems the system creates. A movement toward an automatic system of roads and highways has already begun and the future promises progress and positive effects.",4
"A new computer software designed by Thomas Huang can detect emotions just by scanning the face. Everyday, many people hide their emotions, but with this new software, even the slightest bit of discomfort or anguish can be recognized. In classrooms, this innovation will be useful for many reasons.

For many years, students have been confused in the classroom or too afraid to ask questions about a particular subject. However, this new software can detect when a student is confused,thus making the lesson easier for the student to understand. The text states that the classroom computer can also recognize when a student is becoming bored, also modifying the lesson to become more entertaining.

Although this new software is groundbreaking, it may have some negative effects. For instance, teachers and professors may lose their jobs as students will no longer feel the need to ask questions. Schools may start to replace teachers with more computers with this software, therefore causing a lesser demand for teachers. Although this may not happen for a while, this concept should still be worrisome and also brought forward.

This new innovation, however, should be used more and more everyday for the results are truly remarkeable. Students will no longer be confused or bored in class, and certain ads can be changed to a preference. Video games and other media can also be more enjoyable. For these reasons, this software should not be rejected by others.

In conclusion, the new emotion-recognition software is very useful not only professionally, but also in many homes. This technology advance may also provide a key to unlocking emotions that may not have ever been thought about.   ",3
"The other is presenting the dangerous of venus. Exploring venus can be very dangerous because of high tempetures and air can be like preasure of below sea level. People never make it there becasue of preasure and tempeture its avery risky and dangerous job to do. On the other hand Venus has value not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also intimidating endeavors. scientist still dont know what the safest way to get up there without anyone dying.

But eventually they will have what it takes and will get up there like champions. In the world we are living today anything is possible you can be whatever you want but as long as you try hard and suceed on what your working on. others wont care but these scientist will do there best to explore venus and get every bit out of it.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             ",1
"The electoral college is a process that supposedly helps keep this nation's voting under control, while infact the process of the electoral college is unfair to the states with a lower population because they have less of an input into the voting of the president with a lower number of electors available to vote for them. Also it is unfair to the people who want to be presidents because they mostly have a tie on the electoral votes and are elected on who wins the popular vote.

First off, having an electoral college in unfair to those states of lower population, take Minnesota for example, because they are only allowed 3-6 electors while bigger states, like California, are allowed up to 55 electors,

In Defennse of the Electoral College: (Map)

. Since most of the big states already have their votes planned out on who is going to win them over, president-to-be's don't try to persuade them because they know they have those votes. Mostly they try to change the swing states, or the smaller states because they could change from Democratic to Republican during anytime in the election. If everyone had a say in the election, more people would be inclined to vote and there would be more input into who became the next 4 year leader of this nation.

Second of all, electoral colleges should change because for the last two elections, popular vote has been the deciding vote because the electoral vote has been a tie,

In Defennse of the Electoral College: 2) Everyone's President .If we no longer polled electoral votes, citizens wouldn't have to take two votes, one on presidency and one on who they liked better. Presidents should be chosen on their stamina to change the nation for the people. Although some people still won't get what they want, the majority of the nation would be proud to support eachother in any of the changes the president makes.

In the world that is known, electoral colleges do make voting for the president a lot more controlled. But in the event that the elector is chosen and does not vote for whom he or she was elected by the people to vote for. What happens then? The wrong president is chosen because there was a fault in the system. This is called the disaster factor and it happened in the election in the year 1960 when Louisiana elected Democrats to vote against John F. Kennedy, who voted as Republicans against their state and voted forPresident Kennedy,

The Indefensible Electoral College: What's wrong with the Electoral College .

After all, electoral colleges should be changed because it is better for the people so there is more of an input from smaller populated states, they will want to vote and there would be less of an ability to tie the election. Having a popular vote lets the citizens in big states that are metaphorically already ""chosen"" allows the minority vote to maybe have a chance in the office. Last but not least, it is understood that having the electoral college decreases wrong-doings, but if the elector chosen by the state changes his intentions just for himself, that gives the state no word about it.    ",4
"In the text provided, it discusses the advantages of limiting car usage. The acticles show, without car usage, there is a more safer enviorment. People are finding alternatives to getting around and not having to stress themselves about a car. Not using a car means people are able to help the enviorment physically and spiritually. Limiting car usage has a more postivite affect then using a car.

Restricing the usage of cars means an advantage on a safer and healthier enviorment. When using a car it polutes our air making the enviorment harsh. In the text it says ""The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog."" This quation shows that reducing the use of cars can cause harsh conditions, such as smog, to reduce providing a safer enviorment for people and creatures living there. The text also says ""Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city; uneven, pittted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic; and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up."" This evidence proving that with out the usage of cars the surroundings of a harsh city improved from things like uneven sidewalks, that could have caused people to walk on streets causing traffic or accidents, fixed to smooth sidewalks that people can use safely. The text also says ""If the pattern persists - and many sociologist believe it will - it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the enviorment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind power plants."" This evidence proves that limiting the usage of cars can lower the amount of emissions polluting the air we need to survive. Reducing the pollution in our air would conclude in safe, more efficent, and long-lasting enviorment. Therefore, limiting the usage of cars have a more sufficent amount of advantages then not limiting the usage of cars.

Reducing the usage of cars also have advantages on people's well-being and happiness. Without the stress of sitting in a tiny box in todays new trafic jam, yelling at the car infont of you, behind you, or next to you, you could be out enjoying the fresh air not having to worry about being late because of an accident you weren't even in. The article says ""'Its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution' said a businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife."" This evidence shows that without the use of cars people can be stress free, promoting a healthier enviorment with a smile. The text also states ""He proposed partnering with the telecommunications industry to create cities in which 'pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety.'"" This proving that with less usage from vehicles people are able to improve their living conditions by making minor adjustments. The advantages of limiting the usage of cars is more beneficial then not reducing the usage of vehicles.

Limiting car usage has more advantages and is beneficial to the safety of our enviorment. Without the reduction of car usage the enviorment and well being of living things on earth will continue to get worse. Without the limit of car usge, earth will continue to become a gaint ball of smog.    ",5
"The Facial Action Coding System is a new software that can detect how people are feeling by their facial emotions. This would be very helpful to teachers and students in the classroom. As Nick D'Alto writes, ""- faces don't lie"". This system was invented by Professor Thomas Huang and his colleagues who have been working on finding easier ways that humans and computers can interact with each other. The Facial Action Coding System would be a very useful and a resourceful tool in the classroom.

One way this software could be used in school, is it could help students focus.

Sometimes when kids are upset at school, they tend to hide it. This leads to them not talking about it. Along with not talking aout it, they could be thinking a lot about the situation rather than their school work. It makes it a struggle to focus at school when something non-school related is going on. This makes it hard them to concentrate and pay attention in class. Dr. Paul Eckman, a psychologist, says that there are six emotions. These classified emotions are ""happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness"". By using this system at school, teachers would be able to find out what the student is feeling or why they are acting up.

Another reason is that it's often hard for students to be outgoing at school. Especially if they're more on the quiet side and would rather not talk a lot. Mr. Huang writes, ""Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication."". A lot of students at school tend to be shy. With computers understanding their emotionals, it could tell the teacher when they are confused without them having to raise their hand in front of the whole classrom.

The last reason that bringing this system to schools and classrooms would be helpful is because it creates emotion. Nick D'Alto writes, ""According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them"". From personal experience, friends tend to mock their friends. There has been a theory that says by mocking someone else's facial expressions, may lead to them feeling that same way. For example, when the teacher is in a good mood, it makes things seem more relaxed, and the students seems to be happier. Smiling is said to be contagious.

In conclusion, bringing the Facial Action Coding System to schools would be a valuable decision. By the electronic code that is built into the software, emotions would be able to be recognized easier. Even in the case that the emotions are mixed up, the system would still be able to recognize them. By bring this software to schools, it would increase the students learning, communication skills, and help them focus more during school hours.  ",4
"Venus was once a planet that forms of life could live on. Venus had bodies of water, mountains, and craters. 97 percent of Venus has carbon dioxide blankets. Venus also has clouds that are highly corrosive sulfuric acid that are in the atmosphere. The temperature on the surface averages over 800 degrees fahrenheit. The atmospheric pressure of Venus is 90 times greater than Earth's. Venus also has the hottest surface temperature in the solar system.

Venus is called Earth's twin because it has the closest density, and size of Earth. Often times Venus is the closest planet to Earth in distance. Spaceships have not been on Venus in more than three decdes since it is 97 percent carbon dioxide, has clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid, and has the hottest surface in the solar system. NASA wants to go back to Venus, but do not know if it will be safe or scientifically productive. NASA's possible solution to the conditions of the surface would allow scientists to float above the fray. NASA wants to get the best insight on Venus, but are having a hard time trying to figure out how they can safely get insight on Venus without hurting scientists.

NASA is striving to meet the challenge that is presented by Venus, because humans are curious about the intimidating endeavors. Venus is called the ""Evening Star"", becase it is one of the brightest points of light in the sky. Venus is the second planet from the sun, and is easy to see from Earth. Scientists say that Venus is a challenging planet to study because of its harsh conditions. Th esurface of Venus is so hat that it can melt metals. Sometimes Venus can be our nearest option for a planetary visit. Researchers are working on innovations that would allow machines to last long so they can contribute to our meaningful knowlege of Venus. ",2
"Our facial expressions can tell someone a lot about how we feel about something or situations in our lives, sometimes even better than verbal communication. Being able to read these expressions and change the environment around us could help the human race acheive the goal of becoming monumentally more happy people. Throughout the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile,"" the author mentions many studies and facts relating to the Facial Action Coding System, which enables computers to identify human emotions. This would be very useful in the classroom because the studies shown have very intelligent figures present, the article includes a thourough explanation about how the FACS operates and succeeds, and how the technology could improve the willingness to learn and the ultimate goal of maintaining happiness.

First of all, in paragraph 6, the diction in the paragraph and the implementation of an interview with an intelligent figure relating to the product prove that this machine could make a vital difference in a classroom-style learning environment. For exmaple, author Nick D'Alto interviews Dr. and Prof. Thomas Huang of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois. Dr. Huang works with other professors such as Nicu Sebe on the FACS, and in this pragraph he states many important facts about how computers could alter the learning environment based on how the student feels. Dr. Huang says, ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.""

Being able to modify a lesson for a single student rather than an entire group could make a huge difference. Rather than the teacher having to chage the whole lesson for the entire class, the computer could ""read"" and individual student's face and effectively personalize the lesson for that student alone. This technology could supply a much needed change to the sometimes ineffective teaching of an instructor.

Also, in paragraphs 7 and 8, detailed instructions are given on how the machine works and how it can detect fake emotions from real emotions. For example, at the end of paragraph 7, the author states the difference between the muscle movements in a real and fake smile. He then states how the machine looks for the muscle movements and formations of a real smile rather than those of a fake one. Also, in paragraph 8, even more examples of differences in muscle formation are used to show how the technology will in fact work in a classroom environment. The differences between a fake and real smile may seem like an easy task to distinguish in real life, and it may appear to be a problem for a machine. However, the information written by D'Alto from the interview with Dr. Huang show that the machine will have no problem distinguishing a real, genuine happy smile from a fake, intentionally deceiving grin. Therefore, a student could not effectively trick the machine into changing a lesson in a classroom environment.

Finally, in paragraph 9, a study on facial expressions and their relation to emotions is cited. In this study, many important ideas about feelings carried out by humans are stated with truthfulness and security. For example, the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion states that moving your facial muscles can not only express emotions, but can even help produce them. This states that real emotions can occur from just making a face. Even if the person who was making the expression originally was not feeling that emotion, they may in fact feel that way after one small change in their expression. Also, the author references a ""renowed drama coach,"" Constantin Stanislavsky, who states that he forced his actors to reproduce the actions of smiling and frowning so they genuinely feel happy or sad when on stage. Overall, a change in one small part of your face can change how you feel, and if this technology is implemented into classrooms throughout America, that one small change could alter the way students feel about learning.

In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding System (FACS), as mentioned in Nick D'Alto's ""Making Mona Lisa Smile,"" could be used in classrooms to successfully ""read"" the faces of students, alter the lesson in some way just for them, and make sure each student is happy with what they are hearing and seeing. If this technology is implemented into classrooms around the globe, students will be more excited about their learning experiences, possibly receive much improved grades, and be more happy people in gerenal. If the faces of the next generation are happier than ever, what's to come afterword could be even better.",6
"Some people say that the Face on planet Mars is just a natural landform; is it really? Maybe it is maybe it isn't. Some people think that the Face was an alien formation of some sort. Mars, along with many other planets have strange things on their planet. Whether it's a crater, a wierd looking shape, or whatever it may be. It could just be that it was formed like that. Have you ever been walking outside on a sidewalk or even found something shaped, or formed into something that you have seen before it may be a face carved into a rock, or something carved into cement. Maybe that is what happened with the Face on Mars.

In the text it says, ""Although few scientists believed the Face was an alien artiifcat, photographing Cydonia became a priority for NASA when Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) arrived at the Red Planet in Sept. 1997, eighteen longs years after the Viking missions ended."" In the beginning of the sentence it says that few scientists think that the face was an alien artifact. That might be true but it says that FEW scientists believe the face was alien. Few isn't many.

The text has something else that will amaze some of you, ""And so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the orginal Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers, were waiting when the image first apperared on a JPL web site, revealing . . . a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all."" The text said it all. They have a picture to show that the Face is just a natural landform that this planet has made. And it may just look happen to look like a face.

As you read on in the excerpt it says, ""What the picture actually showws is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West."" The key word is landforms, landforms form all over earth; why not on other planets as well?

Some people may still be conviced that it was an alien artificat that did all this. They may think in their minds that nothing can look that much like a face; some things actually can. Again if you go outside and say you find a rock that is shaped funny, then you pick it up and it looks like a face, unless someone did that on purpose, that was earth's creation.

After reading this article, and writing this, I still am convinced that the Face on Mars is a natural landform. It all makes sense; the pictures, the explantation, the mesa, etc. But again some people may think otherwise that the Face is a alien artifact. ",4
"How would you feel working with NASA on finding a way to look at Venus and actually be able to go on Venus without being burnt or hurt with how hot it is. Being able to work with NASA would be cool because you would get to learn how to use alot of technology and learn so much about all the planets. Venus is worth the pursuit because of all the characteristics and features and how hot it gets.

Venusus is actually the second planet clostest to the sun. With Venus being so close to the sun it makes Venus one of the hotest planets in the universe. Even though there is a planet between the sun and venus the sun is making venus more hotter because it is about the same size as the the sun. Venus being the hotest planet is can reach up to 170 degrees Fahrenheit. Nothing has been on Venus in three decades because it it so hot that everytime they send something to land on Venus it turns to a liquid.

Venus has almsot the same features as planet earth. Planet earth is covered in oceans, and could have supported various forms of life. Venus Could have oceans, and could support various forms of life just like earth. Venus has some features that are analogues to those on earth. Today Venus has a surfacw of rocky, sediment and includes familiar featrues such as valleys, mountains and craters. Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for planetary. The value of returning to Venus seems indisputable, but what are the potions for making such a mission both safe and scienfically productive is because the NASA has one compelling idea to make blip like cahicle hoverign over 30 miles or so above the roiling Venusian landscape so they can get an idea of what the landscaping looks like.

NASA is on a misson to stat a project to get all the stuff they can to make somethign so that theu are able to get it to land on Venus sincce nothing has landed on Venus in three decades. If NASA

uses the blimp like vehicle to make it to Venus they will be able to see what Venus looks like and what they need to use and how to use some of the material to make the project / mission able to fly to Venus without VEnus making it luiqify to a liquid. NASA has been working on this mission for a long time and are hoping to find a thing to make to fly to Venus and land it up ther for the first time ina long time about three decades ago is when something was last landed on Venus

In this essay I explained to you why Venus os a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. There might be a lot of dangers with Venus but by reading the prompt NASA would do anything to get somethign to land on Venus. It would be cool to have something land on Venus for the first time in forever. This essay is why Venus is worth the pursuit because of all the characteristics and features and how hot it gets.",3
"The use of the Facial Action Coding System technology to read the emotional expressions of students or a singular student, is and could be very valuable. This technology could help teachers with finding out if a student in their classroom may be depressed, anxious, worried, confused, etc. In the passage it states that ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming bored or confused."" In the passage it also states that ""Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" This technology could help teacher's drastically with figuring out what lessons students are struggling the most with and what they can change to make there lessons slightly easier and more effective. F.A.C.S technology could not only possiably help improve students grades and comprehension of the material they are learning, but also help in my personal opinion could drastically with school shootings. If the teachers had the Facial Action Coding System in their classroom's then they could possiably save a child's life. Being able to see if a child/student is depressed or not could greatly benefit the saftey of schools. It could also help teachers recognize that a student in their class is struggling and they can get the student/students the proper help they need, which could possibly help prevent a student from taking their own life. In conclusion, the use of the Facial Action Coding System technology to read the emotional expressions of students in the classroom is valuable because it could help teachers get students who may be depression, the proper help they need which could possibly prevent a child from taking their own life. The technology could help teachers see if a student in their classroom is forcing a ""fake"" smile to hide that they are upset, anxious, worried, depressed, etc. Or if te student is truly happy and has a genuine smile. This technology could greatly possibly help techers learn what they need to spend more time working on in the classroom. This could also help the teachers learn what they could modify in their lesson plans to make them slightly easier for there students. With this is in mind, the F.A.C.S tecnology use in the classroom could ultimately help not only the students but the teachers, paraprofessionals, subsitute teachers, etc. It could help improve students test scores and overall learning environment. ",4
"Driverless cars are becoming more popular in today's society. Driverless cars can be very useful to people today. They can help prevent many accidents on the roads today. They can be used by someone from every age group that is able to drive. Young adults, middle aged people, and the elderly can all use the driverless car to help improve the roads in today's society.

For example, many parents might feel better knowing that their child is on the roads using a driverless car that is less likely to cause an accident. Teen drivers today are distracted when they first begin to drive. With a driverless car, however, teens could possibly get distracted but would not cause an accident. The car could continue driving for them. If the cars could accelerate for the driver, they could also prevent the driver from speeding. This would prevent many young adults who are less experienced on the roads from being pulled over by a police officer and given a ticket. Many parents may also become distracted while driving with young children. Young children need attention from their parents, and while in a car children tend to distract their parents more often usual. When a parent looks away from the road and to the backseat where their child is sitting, even if they are only looking away for a few seconds, they could run into the oncoming lane of traffic or possibly a ditch. With driverless cars, these accidents could be prevented. As long as the parent or teenager has his or her hands on the steering wheel, the car will drive itself. With BMW's ""Traffic Jam Assistant"", the driver would be able to look away from the road and the car would still be able to steer, accelerate, and brake themselves. Incase of a work zone or accident, the driver would be notified and they would assert their attention back to the road. This ""Traffic Jam Assistant"" would be useful while a mother needed to tend to her child in the back seat or while a teenager talked on the phone to their friend. The driverless cars would not be justt for teenagers and middle aged people, they could be used by elders as well. Often you will hear on the news or radio about how an elderly person fell asleep at the wheel and rear-ended the car in front of them, sometimes causing a bad accident. With the driverless cars, elders could possibly fall asleep, or they could be just as distracted as a young adult on the road, and still not cause an accident. As you age, your senses start to dull and that impares your driving. This could possibly cause an accident. With the driverless car, elders can still drive and not have their dulled senses impare their driving. Driverless cars could save many lives each year and prevent numerous accidents.

Driverless cars could be a huge advance in today's society. Driverless cars are safer than a car driven by a person. They could possibly prevent accidents and many deaths each year. By using a car that could drive itself, you could make today's roads safer and easier to navigate. ",4
"There are many advantages to limiting car usage, for exmple, it lowers the amount of emmisons present in the atmosphere which can lead to a better planet. All around the world people have started using cars less and less because of the problems they cause, such as polution and traffic, and have started moving to a better idea of society where everyone lives in a closer area with stores and jobs within walking distance. The life of cars is ending but our life is just getting better.

Since the times of World War 2, people have had the idea of spread-out homes and private garages but with new times come new ideas, new ideas of closer centered, compact cities. These new cities would have most shops and businesses in close quarters with housing to reduce the need for automobiles and have walking as a more reliable mode of transportation as well as a small amount of public transportation to assist with the more lengthy distances between home and work. In this new approach stores are placed closer to home along walkways rather than in malls along highways in the distance. This would reduce the space needed for the shopping centers as well due to the fact that they would no longer need large parking lots for all the vehicles that were once needed to commute to and fro.

Emissions and greenhouse gases have been a problem in modern society due to the fact that almost everyone has an automobile. This has been creating a large amount of stress on the enviroment and can lead to problems in the near future. Because of these problems, many enviomental agencies have started regulating car usage to try to keep the enviroment safe. Some of the ways they are doing this include promoting ""car reduced"" communities, which rely more on public transportation serving the suburbs than personal transportation. This helps to cut down on traffic and in turn the amount of emissions produced by cars on the road. Another way to prevent this is to ban the act of driving all together. Paris has done this in the past to combat the amount of smog accumulating in their city by banning the driving of certain license plate numbers which reduced the amount of traffic and emissions.

Car free cities are also very popular. an example of this is Bogota, Columbia. They have had cars banned for the last three years, minus buses and taxis. The goal of this project was to promote alternate means of transportation and reduce smog. This has created over 118 miles in bicycle paths as well as broad smooth sidewalks. The amount has traffic has also been cut in half during rush-hour thanks to new restrictions. New retaurants and upscale shopping has also come up all around the area. The amount of smag has also been reduced significantly and air quality has made a huge jump.

Overall, the age of the  car is coming to an end, but it is making our life better and easier. Hopefully these new restrictions and ideas will help us to reduce smog, cut down on traffic and produce a better, more stress-free, lifestyle. Then, maybe we can all become ""Urban /k/ommandos"" someday. The term ""Urban /k/ommando"" is trademark of the /k/ Branch of 4Chan. org and is not to be used by any parties who do not assume the responsibilities of carrying this title.             ",4
"Do you think Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it present?

Studying Venus should be worthy because its so close to earth we have to worry and also have to be concerning.

Studying Venus should be worthy to us because its the fact that its so close to Earth. For example in paragraph 8 it says ""Our travels on earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of immagination and innovations.""This showing we shouldnt have to worry or imagine it.

Studying Venus should be worthy to us because we are now having to worry and imagine the worst coming to us. For example ""Each previous mission was unmanned,and for good reason, since no space crafed survived the landing more than a few hours . Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than 3 decades."" This is important because this shows why we worry and why no one has went to study the planet Venus.

Another reason why studying Venus should be worthy to us is

because theres a thought of something happening if you even thought to go try to study Venus. For example ""Just imaging exposing a cell phone to acid or heat of melting tin.""This is important because the thought of taking a cell phone or just exposing any device to Venus would be dangerous.

This is all significant because theres lives and things on our Earth that Venus for example when you expose any kind of device that was tested the chaos of Venus surfac it only lasted 3 weeks in such conditions. Venus is way to close to this earth that we have to test and study lots of things about the planet by it effects the devices.      ",3
"The Electorial Collage should continue on as a way of electing for various resons with this in play ""it avoids the problem of elctions in wich no candidate recieves a majority of the voters cast""(source 3),which would reduce the complication process to produces a clear winner"". Next,this has gone on for centry's its in our constitution thank's to our founding fathers (source 1) also there is less of a dispute of the outcome versus a popular vote.(source 3)

a process that simplifies the entire states personal elections is definantly a pro, senator yes this system is we the people actually voting for our state elctors but we have chosen them and they are more informed on this compromise so they should  be entitled as two votes. Plus for example in wich no candidate recieves a majority of the votes cast and should be kept this is Given that the votes outway the elctorial vote with the process of the college electorial vote enshuring a fair election    ",2
"Here at NASA the Face on Mars is known to be a natural rock formation. However some people believe that the Face was created by aliens. We are attempting to prove that it is natural.

The Face is a natural rock formation. Evidence such as a picture taken on April 8, 2001 shows that it is nothing more than a mesa which are common in that area of Mars.

The picture was taken with a camera that had a higher resolution than the camera used by the Viking 1 in 1976. The pixels in the image had a closer meter spread at 1.56 meters per pixel to the Viking 1 with 43 meters per pixel causing more of a blur effect.

Others say that the Face is an alien artifact. They say that us at NASA are covering up the fact that there is life on Mars. Another thing they say is that on April 5, 1998 when the Mars Global Surveyor took pictures of the Face the alien markings were hidden by the haze due to it being winter on Mars at the time.

The final thing to say on the matter is that the Face is a natural rock formation. The Face was not created by aliens. The pictures prove that it is natural. The fact that us at NASA say that the Face is natural doesn't mean aliens created it. Conspiracy theory disproved.",2
"Have you ever thought about joining the Seagoing Cowboys? If you haven't you definetly should. Just go ask Luke Bomberger. I am going to to be talking about his story and his reasons and stating some of my own. This job will actually make you want to get up in the morning to go to work, it's so awesome. Keep reading to find out my reasons you should definetly join this program.

My first reason is being able to travel to all these different countries and knowing your helping someone in need. This program is to bring animals to countries that need these anamils to survive. We are needing extra help to save all these children and family's in need.

Have you ever thought of wakeing up to see the beautiful bright blue ocean with the the juicy red morning sky right outside on the deck, well you can do this everyday on these long trips. Any shift you are working you get nice things like if you work morning shift you get the beautiful sunrise. While you are working you get all these extra nice things, I'm sure you'll love it.

My third and final reason is, YOU AREN'T EVEN WORKING HALF THE TIME. On the way back ,witch is half the trip, you have no animals to deal with so no work. In the article the author stated, "" Luke also found time to have fun on board, especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded. The cowboys played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed."" There so many games you can play even while your on the boat, its a win win for you.

Let's do a recap on why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program, my first reason was that you are helping the ones in need. Next I talked about the view you have always wanted when you wake up,it's great. Finally I talked about that half the time you aren't even working. Thankyou for reading my this passage and I hope you think about becomeing a Seagoing Cowboy.",3
"In this article the author is showing how the monilisa shows alot of emion and alot of expression. The first paragraph stated that she is 83 percent happy 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and two percent angry.

For the most part she is happy you can tell she is happy becaus ehshe is smilling in the picture. What you can not see is the other emtions such as disgust or fear or angry. So how can the author really say that she is all those things if she. although it could be a fake smile you never know. That is like everyday life a person could look happy but really be sad or mad about something you never really know how a person is feeling unless they personally tell you. Facial expression are a big part of our world. As the author states, ""Even though indivulas often show varying degress of expression for example not smiling broadly.""

What I stated in my paragraph befor was that you may tell somebody that your really close with you feelings but then be smiling or not showing any emtion at all. The author states it later in the article. He states "" you can probalby tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face."" Us as humans have a hard time showing emotion or descrinbing our emtions . Although this painting is meant to bring a smile to your face it shows how much technolgy plays a big part in this as well. You can change they way somebody looks in pictures very easily. In our world today the technolgy is so wonderful it can changes images with the click of a button. ",1
"First of all I will agree with the development of driverless cars. As we all know that the technique is improving, the new technique is shows the good way of them to serve us. The driverless cars is one of these new techniques.

The driverless cars will help us by a lot of different ways. For example, the driverless cars will improve the safety of cars, it can let the drivers have time to sleep in the long-term travel, it also can help old man or childern to drive. The car will be really helpful, it will be more popular than the old car than we are using now.

If the technique of driverless cars improved and don't need human driver anymore. That's a good news for old people or childern. Because they don't need to drive at all, the computer will fix all of the problems.

In the article it talking about the driverless car is still waiting for the Law. There are a few states is allowing the driverless car. That is a good start, in the future there will be more states and more counties allow the driverless car.

The article also talking about the driverless car's bad way. It's still not really safty yet. I know the driverless car is not safety yet. But we should give the driverless car some time to improve. I believe in the future the Driverless car will be more safty than normal cars. Because the normal cars are contrl by humans, humans will make mistakes. For example, in the long term drive the driver will be really sleepy or maybe the driver will take a phone call when he is in the driving. But the computer will not be tired, so it is better than the human drivers. But we should give them some time to improve the driverless car.

The technique of the driverless car still imporving now. I think the technique will be progress and become well-done some day. At that time the technique have already grow up and it will be a lot save than human control cars.Maybe now the driverless car are still have a lot of questions but in the future the driverless car will be more safty, more common and more confutable. So I think the Driverless cars will have a great development in the future.",3
"In my opinion about the passage ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"" i think its a reasonable to give driverless cars a chance. They are many reasonings why i think my opinion matters. In one cass the future is ahead of us and a good part of the world goes with the new and out with the old. Once something new such as driverless cars comes out the buying of regular cars will derease. Television and movies who promote cars will catch the eyes of numerous people which will increase the buying of driverless cars. In the past studys since 2009 drivers less cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash which im my opinion i find fairly good.

Another reasoning behind my opinion is driverless cars has already came a long way they have already made plenty of parts a driverless car needs such as rotating sensor on the roof , video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automative radar sensors, gps receiver and an inertial motion sensor and the most important part a driverless car needs ""spinning sensor on the roof"" what else could go wrong ?

My third reasoning is senors have been around since 1980's and have only inproved since , further improvements in sensors and cumputer hardware and software to make driving safer are leading to cars that can handle driving tasks on their own.

lastly another reasoning is Many people may look at driverless cars as a non fun way to drive since they wait around while a smart car does all the work. There is a positive side of this some people may not see most people tend to text and drive or sometimes call and drive which can lead to accidents even death, with the availbilty of smart cars to drive on thier own would let you do things such things as text and drive with out any leading accidents.

In conclusion for my reasonings , is the fact that taking a chance with driverless cars is a smart thing to do with all the positive outcomes that come with it , Automakers are continuing thier work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be salved ",3
"The author challenges the NASA and the scientists to explore Venus without worrying any dangers in that planet, which is weird to think about. But I think I know the reason why he says that. NASA and the scientists give a simple job for a Astronaut ""Go to the planet Venus, and collect some samples for us."", he/she goes to that planet and gets into trouble that causes him/her to die (sorry). So they have no idea what to do, except the author, he makes an idea to make a ship to hover safely without any danger, and try not to land.

An another reason that he says that, is because he didn't want us to look at a dangerou side, but to like in the curiosity and the imaginative side. Paragragh 8 states that ""Our tavels on Earth and beyond shouldn't be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet thee very edges of imaginaion and innovation."". The Last reason I could think of is that NASA could be smarter than today, they could make computers without any electronics at all, they could make a clothing with heating disability, the legs of the ship magnesium, and probably a shield to protect himself/herself without getting hit. The scientists could help with them to probably claim any planet with the brains of a team.

In conclusion, He said that phrase not to be careless of dying for the cause of the World's End, but to support the team. If they complete the challenge, then they could be the greatest (and only) NASA in the planet. If they couldn't do it, then that's okay, we could just live in an another planet or die to live in Heaven. We could support them too with just a little bit of our brain and love. (I'm not a Zombie.)",2
"Fellow citizens there have been an abudnce of incidents that  has happen that involved cars. I prepaired this statement from evidence of these incidents. Nowadays people rely to heavily on cars. dont confuse this statement as me want to eliminate cars .i jus suggest we limit them to a more mangable amount of vehicals. cars can be very reliable but the amount of deaths and car accidents. coupled with the gases cars give off to the ozone layer. limiting them can do so much good and save alot of nations alot of money.

In the streets of VAUBAN Germany there is this experimental  new district . on the outside of freiburg almost in  swiss and french border. VAUBAN streets are completely  car-free. there is a car ownership allowed but only can at large garages. at the border of the complex where only a vehicale owner can buy  a space for 40,000 witch includes a home. as result in this mass vehical rebiltaion 70 percent of vaubans popluation does not own vehiclas although 57  percent own  sold there vehicals to start move there    ",2
"Have you ever heard of the Seagoing Cowboys program ? If you have not heard of this program you are missing out . The Seagoing Cowboys program helps with animals and people . I think you should sign up for this program if you can . It is fun , your helping while having a awesome time , and doing your part while being exited .

First of all I think you should sign up for this program because its alot of fun .Can you imagine traveling while helping others ? If you sign up for the Seagoing Cowboys program you get to see all types of sights . In the passage Luke got to go to New Orleans , and Greece which shows you that you get to travel to awesome , mouth dropping sights. The passage states that Luke says ""

the cattle-boat trips were an unbelivable opportunity for a small-town boy "" which shows that this is not a waste of time . So you have alot of fun , get to see amazing sights , and its not a waste of time so why not sign up .

Second of all do you see how much help and care your giving . In the passage Luke cared for animals during the crossing , he fed them , and cleaned after them . Luke also severed as a night watchman for the animals , which means he was being on gard for the animals . Him watching over the animals effected people by them not having to worry about the animals . Luke also made hourly reports to the captain , while he was doing this he was also having fun . So Luke helped alot while having fun , why not join today .

Third of all you are doing your part . Everyone has a part to play , and everyone has to help in something . Luke stayed up late to watch animals and gave reports to the captin , Luke made his mark on the world and he didnt expect anything back , but he did get something he got to see mind blowing sights , meet new people and animals , and the satisfaction of knowing that he helped . So there are three important things that will make you think you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program , why would not you join .

On the other hand people might say its not worth the time , you will have to leave home for some time , and you do not get anything out of it . Well , it is worth the time because you get to see amazing sights , and meet amazing people and animals . Yes , you will have to leave home but just think of all the stories you will have to tell . If people say you will not get anything out of joining the Seagoing Cowboy program , tell them you will see many sights , have alot of fun , and meet new people . So you do get something out of being in this program .

In conclusion , i think you should sign up because you will help animals and people . You wll see alot of places , Luke even went to Europe . If you sign up you will do your part . Also you will be happy and exited , nothing close to boredum while your with the Seagoing Cowboys program . So go and join the Seagoing Cowboy program ! ",4
"Driving to some people is time consuming and boring. Imagine if you had a personal assistant or even your own private taxi service. That service could take you where ever you want and you dont even have to drive.

You could take a nap or catch up with friends, even enjoy a nice meal before you start work. Some people who work late shifts and even start early in the morning would prefer sleeping then driving to get to thier job in the morning. Well maybe one day, but that day could come sooner than you know it.

Movies, Television, Art and much more have inspired the creation of new tech. This includes self driving cars; ever sence 2009 the trails of making a self driving car comes to life. With test from google and BMW working with new tech to advance cars to be self driven. Some say that this is a great idea but others would disagree. With new tech comes a lot of software and coding one wrong thing could lead to injury and even death. This is why people would rather not have a self driving car out on the road.

Driving out on the road is not a toy or game when going at 60 miles an hour, any thing could happen. This is why cars that can drive them selfs are not available to the public. Many test are still being done and even though there isn't a self driving car out on the streets yet; there are still cars with new tech intalled from the test. Cameras, motion sensors and alerting systems are beginning to be more comin. Dangerous enough when you don't see something out in front of the street and possibly hit it; a sensor could prevent that or a alert that lets you see it before any thing happens.

So even though we don't have self driving cars out on the road we do have some sort of tech that comes close to it. Sooner then later could you see a car that drives it slef but for the mean while its always better to be safe then sorry. ",2
"Dear state senator,

I think that they should change the election way of how they are doing it. I think that the president should be chosen by the most popular vote. i aslo think that they shouldnt do the voting thing if they are gunna end up chooseing it them selfes. in the passage it said that, the electoral college is made up of 538 electors and only the majority vote is 270. So i dont understand why they thousand of people to vote if their vote doesnt really mater its what senators choose overall. i think it would be fair if what the peple choose the most shall win. What if one of them gets more votes and the senator picks the other because they had more votes in there group, thats not fair. i just think that the overall vote of the people should count, and not make them wast there time. it also says in the article when you vote for you candidate you actuall voting for the candidates elector, so they are trying to trick them into thinking that there votw would count. what if the persident that the senator choose didnt know how to work stuff and had bad disitions, the election is every four years on a tuesday on a november. thats a pretty long time if you ask me. I think that half of the people votes dont cont cause of the sentors that choose. i know it would be long to count everones vote but i dont think it matters because in the end it would be chosen by the people that wanted that president not what the senators wanted.    ",2
"On the planet surface of Venus, ""temperatures average over 800 dgrees Farhrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet.""(The Challenge of Exploring Venus).These harsh conditions are not meant for any human to experience but is the knowledge of this unique planet worth the risks? In the passage The Challenge of Exploring Venus, the author suggests that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. He supports this idea by explaining the dangers and background of Venus then by telling the plan of making it work and the reason why.

To begin the story, the author presents background information on Venus including its relation to Earth and the solar system. Then goes on to explain the difficulties that have been present in trying to explore this planet. It states in paragraph 2, ""Each previous mission was unmanned, and for a good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours.""(The Challenge of Exploring Venus). This quote simply speaks for itself but was not used accidently because it lets the reader infer how serious the conditions are on Venus. The fact that a spaceship, made out of materials specifically for exploring space, couldn't survive the landing shows how fatal this planet can be.

After reviewing all of the conditions and background of this planet, the mission to study this planet is still, or even more, prioritized then if these details weren't known. Most humans are very stubborn and once they have the desire to do something, it doesn't go away until that thing happens. This heavily relates to scientists and explorers, because part of their job is to discover things and help things make sense. Another crontributer is curiosity, most explorers are full of it and if they aren't they probably don't enjoy their job much. As it says in paragraph 8, ""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors.""(The Challenge of Exploring Venus) Not only will the success of studying the planet satisfy their curiosity of it, but it will lead to more discoveries and curiosities to make things even more worthwhile.

Throughout the story, the author supports the idea that the dangers of Venus are worth the risk if it means being able to study and discover new things. If humans didn't have curiosity life would be boring, it would be the same thing all the time no one would have the urge to do something new or figure something out.

Scientists are working together and brainstorming ideas to make the study of Venus possible not only to satisfy themselves but to help others in new discoveries. Imagine a life without living, sometimes dangerous things are worth the risk if it leads to a longlasting prize.    ",4
"To state senator Bill Nelson:

Dear Mr. Nelson,

I would like to address a concern that seems to have the American people questioning their voting decisions. As a responible citizen of the United States of America, upholding your right to vote is an important duty. However, in the case of nationally voting to decide our vital political figures, such as the President and Vice-President, the ballot of the Electoral College is not giving the voters of America a fair result when it comes to the final moments of a presidental election. The reason being that this ballot is so unfair is that the electors for the state of which a citizen is voting in can be easily overturned to a vote for the canidate of which is opposite to what that citizen has elected to vote for.

The year of the 2000 campaign, Bush vs. Gore, for the presidency is an excellent example of how this Electoral College is unfair for voters. As Bradford Plumer has addressed in an excerpt of his writing: ""The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong"" from

Mother Jones , he stated that Al Gore did indeed win the popular vote, but however he lost the presidency because of the quirks of the Electoral College. Also stated by Bradford Plumer is that ""The American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for much worse"".

Another example of how the Electoral College is unfair goes back to the 1960 campaign. Again stated by Bradford Plumer, ""The segregationists in the Louisiana legislature had nearly come to success in replacing Democratic electors with new electors that would oppose John F. Kennedy."" The state of Louisiana had attempted to do so because the popular vote for Kennedy, would not have actually gone to Kennedy; if they had succeeded in replacing those electors. There is also raise for concern in the event of a tie in a campaign. All 50 states would have only one vote and the selection of the House of Representatives would most likely not reflect the will of the American people. Also, the Senate chooses the vice-president.

As an American citizen looking forward to uphold my duty as a responible voter, I ask that we abloish the Electoral College and make the change to deciding among a popular vote. I believe that this change will engage Americans who respectfully choose not to vote to make the choice to vote. It will also give the citizens of America a more fair campaign to vote for when it comes time to vote for a new president. Last but not least, the small percentage of voters who are visiting the ballots for the first time would have a better understanding of how the voting system works. I hope you take this thought into consideration and help make a better voting environment for our citizens of this great country that we call home.

Sincerely,

PROPER_NAME                                             ",3
"In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile,"" by Nick D'Alto, the author explains a new technology named the Facial Action Coding System which allows computers to identify emotions.

D'Alto uses credible evidence to prove the idea that this new technology is effective and valuable for students.

First, the author introduces the Facial Action Coding System and explains how it works.

D'alto talks about how the computer conducts a 3-D computer model of the human face, including all 44 of the major muscles in the human face.

It recognizes the six basic emotions: happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness, and coordinates these emotions to the person's facial muscles.

The creator of FACS, who is a psychologist, further explains in detail how these specific different face muscles work.

""Your frontalis pars lateralis muscle (above your eyes) raises your eyebrows when you're surprises.""

This quote supports the claim that this new technology is effective by exhibiting how the creator researched all of the human facial muscles.

Next, the author proceeds to talk about how humans perform the same ""calculation"" in day to day life.

By putting it into every day life, this makes the technology seem less far fetched.

""For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face... artists such as Da Vinci studied human anatomy... and his new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code.""

This quote expertly supports the claim that FACS is an effective tecnhology by bringing it to the everyday life scale, and using credible evidence to show the efficiency of the anatomical information the computer stores.

Moving forward, now that it has been established that this new technology is effective, the next question brought up is if it is valuable for students.

The author then explains how much value this technology can actually bring to students and how this new technology will be indubitably helpful to students in the classroom.

""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson, like a human instructor.""

This excerpt further proves the claim that FACS is valuable for students.

It brings the innovative idea forward and exhibits how it will be effectively used to help students customize their own learning experience.

The author expertly shows how the Facial Action Coding System could supercede the computers in today's society; it could very well be the future.

However, some people may read this article and see a few problems with it.

They may wonder how a computer can analyze everybody's facial expressions, if everybody's facial expressions are slightly different.

Fortunately, the creators have already thought of this problem, and conjured up a solution.

""The facial expressions for each emotion are universal, even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression.""

This quote refutes any ideas of doubt about this new technology, and instills faith in the readers that their technology will be valuable.

In conclusion, D'alto expertly uses many pieces of credible evidence to support the claim that FACS will be effective and valuable to students.                ",4
"Dear state senator,

I ask you  to change the voting methods to popular vote instaed of Electoral collage because the candidates for presidency give no importance to small states that do not have many electoral collage votes; focus more on those that have many Electoral collage votes and candidates for presidency dont need to be the most popular of all to win the presidency.

Candidates don't really care for small states with small population because they know that they don't matter in the resultof them being elected as president or not. According to ""The Indefensible Electoral Collage: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong"" by Bradford  Plumer ""Seventeen states didn't see the candidates al all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get so see a single campain as. ""You may ask yourself why they didn't see any of of this well one thing that both of them share is that they dont have as many electoral collage votes as other states like Califoprnia that has 55 electoral votes. And it's a winner take all the less popular candidate from the state doesn't get any votes at all.

You dont have to be the most popular in the nation in order to win the precidency and its a winner take all. According to the ""The Indefensible Electoral Collage: Why even the best-laid defense of the system are wrong"" by Bradford  Plumer ""Voters vote not for the president, but for a slater of elctors, who in turn elect the president."" For example when bush was running for precident he was not the most popular in the natuion and Gore was, in the end Bush was elected president for winning more the electoral votes then Gore. This is unfair for many people because more then half the nation didn't want Bush but yet he was elected without the popular vote.

However According to ""In Defense of the Electoral Collage: Five reasons to keep our despised methods of choosing the

President""  by Richard A. Posner there is less likely to be a dispute over the electoral collage votes then in a dispute over the popular vote. It also requires a a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. ""The electoral collage avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate recieves a majority of the votes cast.

This is why I ask you state senator to change from Electoral Collage voting methed to The Popular voting to elect The President Of The United states Of America  because the candidates for presidency give no importance to small states that do not have many electoral collage votes and care more for those that do plus the candidate doesn't have to be the most popular in the to win the elections to become the President of the U.S.A.                           ",4
"Would you like to own a driverless car? Or would you prefer to drive it on your own? A lot of people agree with this idea, and many do not. I personally don't believe that it is safe enough to be behind the wheel of this automobile. A driverless car, in my opinion, shouldn't even be an option in today's society. I disagree with this idea because, people tend to fall asleep and they simply do not pay enough attention to their surroundings.

First of all, many people can hardly handle the simple instructions that they're given to control a car on their own, so what makes Sergey Brin believe that they'll be able to sit back and let a car drive for its self? When a conflict occurs and it's time for the driver to step in and take complete control of the car and they don't do so quick enough, then what? There will be another person lost or wounded due to driving. In paragraph 7 the texts simply states, ""Manufactures are also considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road."" So, what makes the inventor of this senseless car believe that drivers won't doze off while sitting back and letting a computer drive for hundreds of miles? If the manufactures are implying that they will use cameras to watch what the driver is doing, then they simply do not trust their creation well enough to leave it to do it's job.

Also, many people have lost their lives due to careless drivers. Some people do not pay attention when they're in full control of an automobile, so I strongly doubt that they will come to their senses while a computer is driving for them. If the car makes a mistake it will be on the driver to fix it, but if the driver isn't aware of what is going on then there will be a serious problem. Paying attention to the road is something that many people just cannot seem to do. I find it very outrageous that this car will even be considered to be driven on the streets of the U.S.A.

However, I do understand why some believe that this car will be the car of the future. I mean, who wouldn't want to sit back and relax while a computer does their job? When it comes to homework or something that I'm just not sure about, I leave it to my computer to give me the answers, but when it comes to driving a man made invention such as a car, I'm absolutely against it. If the car can't reverse on it's own, then it is believed to be use less.

In conclusion, I will continue to live by my opinion on prohibiting driverless cars because, people tend to fall asleep and they simply do not pay enough attention to their surroundings. Advising drivers not to purchase these types of vehicles should be strongly proposed. However, I fully understand why someone would want to create an automobile that does just about everything for them.",4
"The Electoral College is a system of appointing electors. These electors vote upon who will be the next president. Citizens/voters believe that they should be the ones able to decide who will become the president. People claim that this system should be changed to the ""popular vote"" system. This system is based on the people's votes. Even the smallest of states get their say in who will take the presidency. This form of electing should be put into play. The Electoral College should be abolished. It is interfering with citizen's rights. It is irrational, and should be changed.

Untrustworthy is a word used to desribe the Electoral College. It can not be trusted. In some cases, the college is said to have chosen a candidate based upon themselves, not their state. An example of this appears in the election of 2000. In this election, 17 states were said to have never even seen the candidates. Voters said that they didn't even see campaign ads. This could have been caused by the college. The Electoral College is unjust.

A new case appears on 1960. In this case, Louisiana tried to recieve new electors who would go against J.F.K. Their electors weren't going with their beliefs. This is just one example of the injustice. Voters everywhere feel the college is unfair. They would like to have a greater role in the outcome of elections. They wish to feel more a part of this country.

Others say that the Electoral College should stay. They believe in five reasons for the acceptance of the system. One reason is the ""certainty of outcome."" The second reason is ""everyone's president."" This is saying that the college needs a presidential candidate to have appeal. This means that candidates need to not only campaign in popular states. Doing this makes the other states feel discouraged and feel as if their votes are not important. The next reason is due to the swing states. This is saying that they need to focus their campaigning on small, ""toss-up"" states. Next reasoning is due to big states. They say the college restores and manages political balance. The last reasoning is that the college avoids when no candidate gets a greater amount of votes. This is saying that the college is able to break any ties between candidates.

Despite the reasonings given by the opposing side, the college causes problems. It is limiting voters' freedoms and rights. The voters want to be a part. They want to help their country. They want to be there to partake in the election and to choose their president fairly. The college is unjust and confusing. With the college, you do not know if you are getting the candidate that your state had voted for. The accuracy of your vote could be questioned. For these reasons and more are why we should change the system. We should remove the Electoral College system and replace it with the ""popular vote"" system. With this change we are ensuring the accuarcy to our voters. They will be able to take full part in the electoral election process. They will be able know for sure who and where their votes are going to.    ",4
"The author presents the idea and supports it very well with all of this information that he has provided and mentioned in this exerpt. Getting samples from Venus could be quite beneficial to us humans in furthing our space exploration and devolping more advanced and harder to breach technology and systems. Scientists predicted that Venus may have once been covered in oceans on the surface and been like earth a very long time ago. In paragraph four the author states that,""If our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientists even discussing further visits to it's surface? Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth."" If we could get artifacts or samples of soil we could be able to discover out of this world (literally) species that could help us further more understand what Venus used to look like and the type of life that could have been on it. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (or NASA) has been working on new types of systems that could be able to withstand the harsh conditions presented on Venus, by using old space type Mechinical computers. If they could use those they would be way more durable and wouldn't require any electricity at all furthermore extending the time we could stay on Venus. You probably ask why don't we just hover above the planet and just take photos. Well here's the problem, the 97% carbon dixoide atmosphere and most forms of light cannot penerate through the thick atmosphere, rending photos and videos virtually impossible. Our curious humans minds bring us closer and closer to exploring the mysterious planet. Only time will tell what we will invent and what we will learn from this beautiful planet. That's if we go back.",3
"Do you remember the first day you got your license? I know I do, and now with all the technology they're trying to make cars that drive themselves. Drivless cars would be fun and all, but how are they going to help us? How are they going to hurt us?

Getting my licese was the best day of my life. I finally knew that I had freedom to go out and drive and have control of what I wanted to do. They're trying to manufacture driveless cars, and I don't see it doing anything but causing problems. There is a lot of responsibility with driving and if this ""Driveless Car"" crashes, who's fault is it? It shouldn't be the drivers fault, and I don't think manufacturerers are going to take the blame for a malfuncton in the car either.

Driving has never been a real problem in the past for anyone. Yeah there is an occasional wreck or a tragedy, but the only real problem that driving has had is people driving under the influence. If these driveless cars do become a thing, I can see way more people driving under the influence because they don't have to have complete control of the car, then who is responsible for the wreck? The car that is supposed to drive itself, or the impaired driver?

Car prices have gone up over the last few years, and not just in a slight change. Cars used to be reasonably cheap and now with all the technology the companies are putting in the cars the prices have sky-rocketed. The only thing that this driveless car is going to do is push the prices of vehicles up even more, and some people as it is already can't afford cars.

Finally, driveless cars are going to put people out of jobs. There are taxi drivers that drive people around to make money off of it, now what are they supposed to do? Truckers are supposed to transport goods around the nation to big cities, now what are they going to do?

In conclusion, I do not think that driveless cars are a good thing to have in the future, I can just see them causing a lot of problems to everyone in places where they are allowed. Car companies are making driving way to complex as it is, so why would they make a car that drives itself? There is an old saying, ""if it isn't broke, don't fix it."" Driveless cars in my opinion are not somethign we need in today's world, or anytime in the world.",3
"Driverless cars are here! They may not be at your local car dealership,but that's because there are a few concerns with safety issues and other things. I think driverless cars maybe the next big thing, but some people disagree with me. I will tell you why.

Safety issues might be the biggest problem with driverless cars. What if the car decides just to run a red light & the passenger gets injured or killed? What if the car goes past the speed limit & will not slow down? What if the car just decides to drive itself? These are all safety concerns people may have about driverless cars, but little do they know, all of these things can happen in a regular vehicle and not just driverless cars.

Another concern might be roads. If driverless cars need their own special roads where will they be built? how much will it cost? What if a non driverless car gets onto a driverless car road? I'm pretty sure if google is able to manufacture a driverless car all of these issues will be a piece of cake to deal with.

In conclusion i think driverless cars are going to take a big toll on the world. A good toll. Even though there might be a lot of concerns and issues now with driverless cars, i believe that by 2020 (4 years from now) everything will be very reliable and safe enough for people to actually buy & drive them rather than just test them.             ",2
"The technology to read the emotional expressions is cool and all but using it for students in a class room should not be a good idea. Reasons why it would not be a good idea, the first reason is that students do not want to show their emotinal expressions, second reason if they do this and see what they are feeling they may or may not want to talk about why they are feeling this way, and third reason is that some students may not want to do it at all or not confable about doing it.

Many students do not want to show their emotional expression. I know people that like to hide all emotions and some like tho show their emotions even being happy, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. They also do not want to show emotions because they are scared of what people will say or do. And they just do not want people to worry about them.

Another reason why this is not a good idea is if students do this and people see what they are feeling they may or may not try to get that person to talk to them why they are feeling that way. I know from personal experinces why people do not want to talk about their feeling is that they do not know how to talk about how they are feeling or they just dont want to talk about them.

Thrid reason why this is not a good idea is that some students may not want to do it at all ot not conitable about doing it. I feel like their many peole would not want to do this because what they are feeling and some may just want to do just for they fun of it. Many people have their own opions but i feel like students just do not want to do it beacause if they are upset, angry, or depress and other people find out they are feeling that way everone is going to try to talk to them about it. But also it could be they are just not conitable about doing the test at all.

the technology may be cool but it could help people open up or it could put stress on them having everyone trying to get that person to open if they are upset or depress. So this is my reasons why this should not be use in a class room.          ",3
"Have you ever realized how driving everywhere isn't always the best way to get places? Well, there are a few advantages of limiting car usage for fellow citizens. Think about it, cars aren't all that great, yeah they get you to your destination much faster than, let's say walking or maybe even riding a bike, but that isn't always a good thing. Bikes and walking are so much easier than driving everywhere because in order to drive to your destination you must have gasoline in your vehicle. If you were to walk to your specific destination you will not only get excercise but you can also walk with a friend, it will give you time to hang out with others and be social! Limiting car usage will also limit the amount of accidents on the roads everyday. It will end the ""texting and driving"" situation throughout the streets. The less people driving the safer the ones that do drive will be. People don't realize what cars do that are bad, all of us only see the good in vehicles because we don't want to have to push ourselves to change for the better.

Oh my! $2.56 for a gallon of gasoline will add up very quickly! That isn't the only gasoline that is affecting people either, there is also greenhouse gas from cars driving by. ""And that, experts say, is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emisions from tailpipes..."" (Source 1: In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars (IGS) Paragraph 5 Line 3-4). The greenhouse gas percentage has gotten very high going from Europe to the United States, it is getting quite out of hand if you ask me. ""Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States."" (Source 1 (IGS) Paragraph 5 Lines 4-6). Prices on gasoline stand very high now a days and it is bringing people downhill because the higher the price the less money they begin to have until they can't go out anymore. In result to trying to solve the pollution of gasoline problem the fined who ever it was that was causing the situation. ""Almost 4,000 drivers were fined, according to Reuters... [Twenty-seven] people had their cars impounded for their reaction to the fine."" (Source 2: Paris bans driving due to smog (PBDS) Paragraph 12 Lines 1-3). I believe that every country, state and city should take at least one day out of the year and make it a no driving day. ""After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city."" (Source 2: (PBDS) Paragraph 10 Lines 1-2). If we do the same as Paris we can clear the air and not worry about the pollution as much but there are still other disadvantages for car usage.

Lifting weights? Joining a gym? Those are all good ways to get your excercise but really you could just get in the habit of walking to wear you need to go and get more excercise than you would in the gym. ""While there have been efforts in the past two decades to make cities denser, and better for walking, planners are now taking the concept to the suburbs."" (Source 1 (IGS) Paragraph 6 Lines 1-3). Making the cities denser will mean that the citizens who live in them can walk to the stores and resturaunts down the street instead of driving. ""In this new approach, stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway."" (Source 1 (IGS) Paragraph 6 Lines 8-10). Not to mention the traffic while driving! Walking to your destination will make getting places so much more afficient because you won't have to be late to a meeting or even work at that matter if it is walking distance. ""Congestion (car traffic) was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five days of intensifying smog..."" (Source 2: (PBDS) Paragraph 14 Lines 1-2). If there are less cars on the street and more people on the sidewalks, the world wouldn't be so gloomy. No one is social anymore, they don't care for others they only care for themselves and that is very wrong. If the limit of car usage decreases, the more people will want to walk and be social with others.

Watch out for that....! *crash!* Safety is so important when you are driving, accidents happen so quickly and if you aren't careful it could be you. This is another reason why limiting car usage is a rather good idea because it will cause accidents to happen less often than they do now. Car accidents happen everyday, maybe to a complete stranger or to someone you know, either way walking is safer. ""In a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Columbians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams."" (Source 3: Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota (CFDB) Paragraph 20 Lines 1-4). Walking to places is more, what's the word I'm looking for..? Oh! Walking is more social and safe, if you took one whole day without using your car, you could walk and as others catch on to why you are walking they will begin to walk along with you and you will develop the idea that walking is more fun and safe than driving. ""Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaces by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic; and new resturaunts and upscale shopping districts have cropped up."" (Source 3: (PBDS) Paragraph 28 Lines 1-4). More people will begin to go out and walk for fun after getting in the habit of going with you and you can enjoy the world so much more knowing that the air isn't being as polluting and there won't be a many car accidents. You will save yourself and whoever follows through with you to limit the usage or cars and other vehicles.

Get a few of your friends together and go for a bike ride to the mall! There are some advantages of limiting car usage. Being in your car, whether it be alone or with others, is quite boring. You get to places very quickly but also don't have the experience that you could if you try something different. Try walking to the mall or a resturaunt not so close to you and bring some of your friends, see if you have more of a good time walking than you would driving. Driving is too expensive, you need to pay insurance to drive as well as paying to get gasoline. ""With all these changes, people who stopped car commuting as a result of the recession may find less reason to resume the habit."" (Source 4: The End Of Car Culture (TEOC) Paragraph 36 Lines 1-2). People are beginning to realize that cars are not all that great and don't do good for the world, they pollute the air we breathe. The less people to drive the better our cities will be, they will start to have less pollution in the air, less car accidents and more excercise to walk and bike to where you need to be. Be the one to make the clear the air day, and be a role model, show others why you decided to limit car usage.    ",4
"Dear Florida State senator,

I am in favor of changing the election by popular vote for the president of the united states. Changing the election by popular vote is more efficient than the electoral college process. Inputing this into the political voting system would enhance the voting process making it less difficult to deal with, get rid of the electoral college and its faults, and get the U.S citizens opinion on who the president should be and not just the electors voting for the president.

As you are already of aware of, the electoral college is the process where it consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and the Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by congress. By the explanation of what the electoral college is, you and I and many others can conclude that this process takes too much work;much more work than really does need to be put into place. Even though most Americans aren't aware of that when they are electing for their choice of the president they comprimise with the most, they are really voting for electors to vote who the next president will be. It's not fair and it's not right.

While reading an article about the electoral college(by Brad Plumer), I noticed that the electoral college system has numerous instances of it that make it wrong. While in place Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, and the U.S. chamber of commerce all agreed on abolishing the electoral college; And I compromise with this agreement because it is completely accurate and make sense as to why these political figures wanted to rid of the electoral college. This is called a ""Disaster Factor"" according to paragraph 11 in the article ""The Indefinsible Electoral College"" meaning that the state legislatures are literally responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people. How wrong is this? Also given that so many voter vote for one party for president and another for congress, the House of Representatives' selection can hardly be expected to reflect the will of the people.

In source 3 of the article, it was very precise on as to why the electoral college should no take place. Our country has both republicans and democrats. Not all democrats have the same opinions as republicans, and not all republicans have the same thoughts as democrats. According to paragraph 15, the Electoral college is widely regarded as anachronism, which is a non-democratic method of selecting a president that should be overruled by declaring the candidate who recieves the most popular votes is the winner. This is not fair to people who are democrats. The electoral system is obviously based off of mostly and strictly Republican beliefs. The voting process should be based on just republican bias, but also democrat bias. It's as if the democrats thoughts mean nothing. Paragraph 19 made a claim that Republican bias is baed strictly off of the region in which on lives, because majority of Reoublicans live in the southern states of the U.S. This makes other people(No party, Democrats, etc.) that are inhabited in othe regoins of the U.S. feel disenfranchised and feel as if their votes do not count, that the new president will have no regard for their intrests, and that this person is not really their president.

The article gave me an outlook of what the electoral college really is and how it works. The electoral college is not a fair process at all, and it is way the complicated for the people involved in some political job that is involved with the president, it is hard on the citizens that live in this country that have an idea of what president they want to vote for, and it is hard on us as a nation. The election process should be changed by the process of popular vote of the country's citizens. The  electoral college is unfair, outdated and irrational. The electoral college needs to be abolished as soon as possible. Please take this into high consideration.

From,

PROPER_NAME

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"Venus, it the second planet in the solar system and the closet one to Earth which scientist also calls Venus twin and since Venus is a sister planet to Earth scientist must study the plant but Venus has alot of dangers but Scientist are fascinated by Venus even if its has danger in it present.

""Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth. Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes fimilar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters."" Therefor this is a reason why scientist love to study Venus it just like Earth but without any humans on the planet and it could be an option for a next planet vist.

""Just as our jet airplanes travel at higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendy ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. at thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivabe for humans."" So since Venus is like kind of sutable for humans it could be a new Earth in cse if something happen on Earth like a radioactive wave that could kill anybody we can go to Venus and live there dispite the harsh temepature and landing, it has a lot of similaritys of Earth.

Overall Venus is a good planet for living things to live on and good thing for scientist to study over Venus to get some good and bad and theres obaviously bad side of Venus but scientist and many other researchers are trying there best to make a perfect world incase somethng does hapen in the future and we have to evacuate Earth.",3
"Changing the world is seemingly hard to do on this Earth today. Our society has made so many breakthroughs in technology and science that it's hard to find someone who doesn't have the knowlege of the world in their front pocket (a cell phone). However, cars that don't require a driver or that are ""self-driving"" could be one of the biggest breakthroughs in history. Imagine, ""...a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system."" that would be magnificent! Right?, maybe not.

The text says that these cars would only use half the fuel of today's taxis, offer far more flexibility of a bus, and they would be driven by computer or binary code road systems. But such cars lead to the question, ""Are they safe?"". My position on this topic is, if it is not proven that these cars are sufficent and lives are being saved before they are put in danger on the road then I want no part in them. All throughout the history of technology there has always been a shadow. You cannot have any peice of technology that doesn't have difficulty, a crashing sytem, or complexity closely following. What if these seemingly robot cars happen to have a system failure and take the lives of all it's passengers? Who is to blame there the manufacturers? Now, I do agree that the roads today are dangerous due to wreckless drivers, people driving under the ifluence among other things, but if a new automatic transportation sytsem causes more problems then what exactly is the point?

Sometimes it's best to sit back and be satisfied with what we have before we have nothing to sit back on as well as nothing to be satisfied about. People today are so focused witht the ""hip"" and the ""now"" that us as human beings are becoming more and more disconnected everyday. We spend more time in technology then we spend with those around us and it is very heartbreaking. We aren't going to live forever but some of us aren't even ""living"" right now. I understand that we are trying to better our world for the generations to come but is new advanced technology really what is best?

From the way we treat our planet right now there won't be any green for the next generations, we'll have to tell them stories and show them pictures because we took all of it away from them. So if you asked me about ""advancement"" I'd say I'm more focused on preserving. Maybe instead of new cars that drive themselves, we need more people driven to save our planet. Because cars don't ""... fundamentally change the world."" , we do. ",4
"Twent five years ago a spacecraft was taking photos of Mars, while it was circiling they caught a picture of a face on Mars. The photo went viral and people had their own explination. Some people thought it was aliens, some people thought it was natural.

Since there is no sign of life on Mars, it had to be something natural. There are things called Martian Mesa. A Martian Mesa is very common, it's shadows around Cydonia, but this shadow happen to like like a face. People started to believe that there was life on Mars but that wasn't what was going on. If there was life on Mars there would be signs other than a shadow, we've done pictures of Mars before, why would something show up now?

There were no aliens or life on Mars. NASA took a picture of the face again with a camera that was ten times sharper than the original, which reveales that there is no aliens on Mars, it was just a natural landform. People disagree but Cydonia is hard to target, it's hard work. And Cydonia is very common, it's natural shadowing on Mars and most likely other places too. Some people still have their disbelief, but research has shown it to be a natural landform that is very common around Cydonia. ",3
"Do you think that the use technology is valuable for detecting emotional expressions? well I think that it is not valuable for us. I will be naming some reason why in this essay. If you are intrested in knowing more of why it wouldn't be valuable for us please read on.

A reason that I think that this type of technology wouldn't be valuable to us because I don't think it is important to try to understand how someone feels or what emotions they are having at that moment. They probably wouldn't want you to know because if they did they would probably tell you. It's none of our business honestly, however how we be for sure that this type of technology would even work. There is supposed to be 44 major facial muscles in our face and the computer is supposed construct that using a 3-D model but what happenes if it misses a muscle and the calculations are all wrong. Then you wouldn't exactly know what they are really feeling. The computer would not be giving you the excat emotion.

Also, There is a mucle called orbiculars oculi pars palpabraeus that makes crow's feet around your eyes, so if computers scans someone's face that has that then the computer would give out false information about the person is feeling just because of the face when this person could really happy. Another muscle that is created is called the risorius that could put on a false smile that make your mouth skretch sideways creating a smile that could make you look happy when your actually sad. The computer could also scan a person like that and would again give false information. I believe that the computer can be wrong because everything won't be correct as they should be.

Another way, is that a person could just not smile at all like how Mona Lisa was once before and they could be extremly happy, but if a computer were to scan how that the computer would give results of sadness but that is not actually how the person is feeling. Computers just can't calculate how a person is feeling 100 percent of the time and be correct about it. Yes, a computer can communicate with humans but not emotionally. This is a new type technology can have it's ups and downs but I think that it will have more downs than ups.

However, another mucsle called frontalis pars lateralis could make you seem suprised just by raising an eyebrow but that doesn't always mean your confused or shocked it could mean many other things. The computer can calculate that your confused just by raising your eyebrow because it could calculate your face expressin not emotion. Facial expressions are universal and could all mean different things and a computer wouldn't clearly be able to tell how someone is feeling. Dr. Huang observed the artist da vinci for human anatomy to help paint mucsles precisely but his software only have similar anatomical information as electronic code, so his software doesn't the exact electronic codes it need so it could be wrong about how people are feeling.

To hence, I don't think that technology to read emotions are valuble because the computer could be wrong and not give the exact emotion, it could falsly give how someone is feeling due to a muscle in a persons face to make them look a certain way, and that the computer could not create the exact face because it mioght miss a muscle and give the wrong expression.                 ",4
"NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circiling Mars and snapping photos of possible laninding sites. It spotted what looked like a shadowy likeness of a human face. There are many conspiracy theorists that think this is proof of life on Mars. I disagree. The article states, ""What the picture actually shows is the Martain equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West."" The face like shadows that were captured on Mars can be compared to landforms on Earth. I think that what is thought to be a face, is just a hill-type mass with shadows that look like a face at certian angles. The article also says, ""Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeares on JLP web site, revealing . . . a nautural landform. There was no alien monument after all."" So what this means is that the landform has nothing to with life on Mars, just the planet itself. When NASA released the picture, they captioned it, ""huge rock formation . . . which resembles a human head . . . formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth."" I personally think that what they had captioned the photo is all you need to know about what it is, a huge rock foundation. If what NASA captured was an actual aliens face, they claim they would release that information because it would do so much good for them. With scientists who studied the pictures, the declaired it was only a landmass. So without the evidence of other life on Mars, that's all anyone can call it for now.",3
"If you were asked to join a promgram called Seagoing Cowboys what would you think. Most people would say no and others might say yes. A boy name Luck Bomberger was asked by his friend to to join the program. His answer was yes.

A Seagoing Cowboys is a person who gose on a boat over seas with different animals , such as horses and bring them to countries around the world who needs food supplies.

Luke had no idea that his life would change. When your a Seagoing Cowboy you travle alot on a boat on the water. Its alot of hard work too. You have to feed and water the animals three times a day. You had to pulled bales of hay and bags of oats from the lower ships . Also the stalls had to be clean. That cept luck busy.

There are good opportunitys that happen when you are a

Seagoing Cow boy. When your saililng to different countries you may find somthing enjoying. Luke got to tour China and got to ride Gondola . When your sailing you may get to see thing you never seen before or try. when your on the ship , some may take two weeks or a mounth and somtimes longer. Did you think Luke just sat around board. He dident. Luke and his the men who were on the boat with him found entertament. After a days of work and unloading animals Luke played Baseball and Vollyball where emty hold were at from the aniamlas. They played table Tennis and other fun games. Seagoing Cowboys is not only hard work , but it's a fun adventure a waiting for !",3
"The authors suggestion about studying Venus is a worthy despite of the dangers it presents.

Exporing Venus wouldn't be too bad regardless of the dangers it presents. The author tells us good reasons why it wouldn't hurt to explore Venus. ""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also becuase human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors"". This shows us that if we took the time to go and explore Venus we weould be overcoming a challenge we never thought we would have to. Also it helps us see that us as humans going and exploring we'd get our curiosity answered ike questions we have about Venus for example, How does it look? , How are temperatures different there than in Earth?, How is it different from Earth, and etc.

Another reason is , If we think about it Venus is kind of our nearest option. In the article the author says ,""Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit"". This shows us that Venus is the planet that is closer to us and we could have a higher chance to visit it. Also it helps us know that with it being the closest planet for us to visit we can go learn about it and overcome the fear and just go and enjoy it , which if you don't you'll just be having questions about Venus.

Lastly, Just like how we go and travel we shoud go and explore Venus you wouldn't really spend much like you would when you travel and buy yourself a lot of things. In the article the author tells us ""Our travels on earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the edges of imagination and innovation"". The author is telling us that we shoud just go and travel leave our fears behind being scared to go and explore Venus shouldn't scare us, We should just overcome the fear because if we don't go we're not going to know exaclty how venus looks we're just going to imagine how it looks. Also the doubts shouldn't stop us from going the main doubts people would have would probably be like would I get there safe? and would I get back safe? those doubts shouldn't stop us as long as you know you over came your fear and went should make you proud.

In conclusion, The authors suggestion that studying Venus is worthy despite the dangers it presents is a good idea. Due to the reaosns I talked about that the author supported in the article. Overcoming your fears is something we face in life eveyday so why not make exploring Venus one. ",4
"This technology is good it can be used help computers understand how humans are fealing and can also be used in schools to identify if a student needs help on a peoblme are confused by some type of question.

If they use this technology in schools the computer can teach more or less of a subject baced on someones faicial expressions to it. It can also be used by teachers to help the students understand how to complete the problme by explaining it to them and useing the ficial identifier to talk to students and students talk to the teacher

This technology can be used in text messageing like emojies but baced on your real ficial emotions and it could be used to help stand scacasm and be used to react to thanges someone told you or you heard about.

This technology would be relly usefull on webcites like youtube by giveing the maker of the videos real reactions when something funny,sad or nasty happens so the maker can go off the peoples reactions and make videos baced to a reaction the maker wants to see in conclusion the facial action codeing system can be used in schools to help the student understand the proplme and teach on there fical expression it can be used on youtube to help the maker of the videos unserstand peoples reactions it can even be used in messageing apps on your phone like emojies to react to something your friend sent you.   ",2
"Mr. Senator , I agree you should keep the Electoral College because it a has a major impact who gets elected .

The Electoral College consists of 538 electors . A majority of 270 electoral vote is required to elect the president , and that helps the election move more swiffer which helps the people give more time to think , adjust , and prepare because most states have ""winner-takes-all"" they can have for time , unless they just rush it also that includes republicans and democrats . For example In 2012's election Obama recieved 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of popular votes cast for him and Romney because almost all states award electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis even a slight plurality in a state creates a landslide electoral-vote victory in the state . Also they say that the citizens are voting not for the president , but for the slate of elector , who is turn elect the president . Eventhough though that is true and they do vote for a slate most of the time each party selects a slate of electors trust to vote for the parties nominee and that trust is rarely betrayed . I think they are doing a good job cause there has been no complaning , also statistics  , maps , and facts shows who recieved the most popular votes . So you cant say they're cheating or treating people or doing it unfairly . Additionally people are glad well most people are glad who they picked because they're on their side , and plus majority rules and they will just have to pay the price if they mess up .

So I think you and they are doing a good job and shold keep the Electoral College .    ",3
"If I worked at NASA and someone I know told me he/she beleive it was created by aliens I would tell that person to look at the facts. It shows in the picture and article ''Unmasking the Face on Mars"",""hugh rock formation which resembles a human head formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes,nose,and mouth."" While other people still think today that the picture was formed by aliens I have this to say.

""Why in the world will an alien was its time making a human face when they have never even seen a human before unless one came on earth."" In my point of view I personal do not belivie in aliens but I do belive that that ''face'' in Mars was a hoax. Like I said before I know that that face is a mountain that was accidental formed to created a human mask face. ""What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West. ''It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,"" says Garvin. "" That's a lave dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the face on Mars.""

The mask itself is nautural formed the shadows just happenedly popped showed up in those spots and here on Earth weird things happen but does not mean that an alien did it. The fact, the edivence is all showed in the article and picture that it was a rock/mountain that formed a mask face if a human. ",2
"Should the creation of driverless cars be allowed? I think they should create these cars but not have any sort be realesed until they are safe and the company is held relyable if errors go wrong when using the driverless car. Also they should be created because if you are serverly sick or injured you could have your care drive you to the hospital, & because people who are driving under the influence of something wouldnt be likely to crash. But what if someone is drunk and the ""driverless car'' crashes, whos to blame?

Tesla said that in 2016 they will have a car that can drive 90 percent of the time, That is a good start in my opinion because 90 percent only leaves you 10 percent, thats 1/10 of the time you have to be paying attention. But i feel like people would abuse this, & get reckless and crash in that 10 percent. Even though they crash they would still want the compant to be reliable right? but is that fair? No, your paying for only 90 percent driverless that other 10 prcent depends on you, it does because its only 90 and not 100 percent.

I believe the self driving care should be created and sold but.

But it shouldnt be sold until it is 100 percent safe and driverless. I believe all this because if the company says it can drive 99 percent of the time, if you would happen to crash what would the company say? well we only said 99 percent and you crashed during that 1 percent so were suing you. What im tring to say here is why make the world worse by making something only a half product? Why not realese it when it is 100 percent and people who want to spend alot of money for a car that can drive them then put them on the market not when they can only drive ""90 percent"" of the time.",3
"In my opinion, driverless cars are a big mistake. People will become careless while ""driving"", there will be more accidents due to computer malfunctions, and these cars will cost a lot more money in the long run. There is no real responsibility or accountability on the drivers part if there were to be an accident. I believe that these cars should not be sold to the public until more research and tests are done on the subject.

Driverless cars will cause people to become more careless and less attentive when they are in the car. They will not be focused on the road just in case their is a malfuntion or problem with the systems that control the car. These cars will make people think that they should not be held accountable if they are in an accident, however, this is not the case. The owner of the driverless car should be held accountable in an accident simply because there is no person in control of the vehicle. There are no real positive effects to the driverless car.

Due to the driverless cars having more computers and systems than normal cars, there will be many more accidents due to computer malfunctions. This is unavoidable. Because of the computers being in control of the car, the person ""driving"" the driverless car in an accident will most likely be held responsible. Due to this, and many other reasons, the driverless car is more of a hassle than it is truely worth.

The driverless car will not only make careless drivers and cause more accidents, it will also be very costly for the owner. The car will most likely cost a large sum of money to buy initially. Then the owner will have to pay for extra upkeep on the car compared to a normal car. If the owner were ever to get in an accident due to a computer malfuntion, the perso will have to take the blame for the accident, as well as pay for their own medical help. All in all the driverless car does not seem like a very wise purchase.

In my opinion driverless cars are not only costly, they also create careless drivers, and will most likely cause more accidents. There is no real positive effect to these cars. I do not belive that they should be legalized or sold to the public until there are more studdies and work done on them.    ",4
"Have you evr wanted to help take care of animals on a boat, or even go see places that you have never seen before? Well then, you should come join the Seagoing Cowboys program. Thia will allow you take care of animals travel to different places, and trust me I have been on there it is very fun. If you are not persuaded enough let me give you 4 reasons why you should join.

The UNRRA ( United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) hired ¨Seagoing Cowboys¨ to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped over seas. Now imagine that, while the animals were over seas the probably got hurt. Wouldn´t you want to help them I know I would. There were night watchmen, his job was to check on all the animals every hour. That sound like alot of work but it´s not.

Here is another reason, besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. I bet you haven´t seen Europe or China. Wouldn´t you like to see there lifestyle there clothes and all the other stuff they have. Probably learn a new language. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special. It really was special all of ther colors were beautiful.

My last reason is, after we unloaded the animals we had alot of fun. We played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helped pass the time. Now that is fun, all the time you were takig the animals back you had to keep an eye on them, but when they were unloaded you would have alot of fun.

But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for me. It opened up the world to me. I´m grateful for the opportunity, it mad me aware of people of other countries and their needs. This is why I think you should come and join Seagoing Cowboy program, trust me you will have fun.",3
"One uses a car to go to the store, pick someone up, or even to go shopping, but what if people had no cars? Not having a car would have advantages.

To start with, not having a car helps the enviroment. ""Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gass emissions in Europe ... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in th eUnited Stated."" (In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars, parragraph 5). Without cars the air will become cleaner and people won't have all the polution in the air. Our air will get better if we start not having cars.

Also, another advantage is that people will get healthier. No polution gives people healthier air and with no cars people will have to walk everywhere or bike. ""Vauban, home to 5,500 residents within a rectangular swuare mile, may be the most advanced experiment in low-car suburban life. But its basic precepts are bing adopted around the world in attempts to make the suburbs more compact and more accessible to the public transportation, with less space for parking. In this new approach, stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway."" (In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars, parragraph 6). Ones destination will be a walk away not miles. People will just walk, bike, and if their destination is far away one will take public transportaion. One will become more active without cars.

Finally, driving is comming to an end. ""President Obama's ambitious goals to curb the Untied States' greenhouse gas emissions, unveiled last week, will get a fortutious assist from an incipient shift in American behavior: recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less, and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by."" (The end of car culture, paragraph 29). Gas cost more, people are getting hurt while texting and driving, and some people just don't know how to drive. People seem to be getting over cars. This could help the enviroment. Driving just isn't a priority.

In conclusion, having no more cars would benifit people. The enviroment will be better and people are getting over cars anyways. Why drive a car that harms the air, when one could simpily walk or ride a bike making one healthier too? Not having cars would help.    ",4
"The use of the technology that can read emotional expressions of students in a classroom would be extremly valuable. This technology would be so valuable because it would not only help teachers see when students are confused or lost but then the computer could modify the lesson to help the student learn the best way possible. Plus this technology is active and working right now.

The use of technology to read emotions would greatly benifit students. It would allow teachers to provide even more help when a student is struggling with the assiginment or the lesson. Prof. Thomas Huang, of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois, has been working on a way for a computer monitor to read human emotions. Dr. Huang says that, ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" This would allow for every student to learn in the best way possible, because when their is only one teacher, that said teacher will only teach the lesson one way and expect everybody to learn it that one way. Although in reality everybody learns differently, some students learn best through hands on learning while others may learn the best through seeing examples of how to do the disired task. The point is that, everybody learns differently and if a computer can modify each lesson to fit the learning styles of students, students would not only learn better and faster, they may also enjoy learning a little bit more. Which would then help with attendance issues and people not wanting to go to school because it just being ""dumb"" or not fun. Plus this technology is also already working and has been improved on. In ""Making Mona Lisa Smile,"" written by Nick D'Alto in 2006, says that, ""She’s 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry."" D'Alto is refering to the Mona Lisa painting. These said percents, 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, etc, were only able to be obtained through the latest innovation on a new computer software. (Keep in mind that the article was written in 2006.) With technology that can read emotions extremly well in 2006, just imagine how much farther it can come in 12 years. The technology has been sure to have advanced, to it being even accurate. This would teachers to know what students are thinking and how they can help them or how the computer can modify the lesson for the student to help them learn in the best way possible.

With technology becoming more advanced by the day, why not advance the technology in our classroom's to help benifit the students. The use of technology to read a sudents emotions would grealty benifit the student and if it is benifiting the student why not use it. If this new technology helps students learn better and faster would'nt it be wrong for it not to be used. If this technology is available for schools, schools should invest it this technology to help the student learn faster and quicker. ",3
"Despite the conditions on Venus, the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy persuit. He supprts his idea by showing the reader how important Venus's surface is. He also talks about why scientists are still curious about Venus and why Venus's history can be important geographically.

Long ago Venus was very earth like. Venus had a surface of rocky sediment and included familiar features like valleys and mountains. The planet was also largely covered with oceans. in hopes of venus returning like its older self, scientists are looking into a way to explore the planet, but with its challenging conditions scientists are looking into more options rather than sending humans which could be disasterous and wouldnt be very safe in those unimaginable conditions. The author goes in depth as to way scientists are trying to find an alternative to sending humans. With ther conditions of Venus its dificult for scientists to find a sollution. Althougth these obstacle, the author pushes the idea to continue the research on venus.

In conclusion the author uses good sources to back up his idea on why scientists should continue their work with venus.                                                                                                                                              ",2
"The author made many good points into why reseaching Venus is a worth while pursuit. One of the reasons he says is that Venus in some ways is like Earth, in that size and density are the same on both planets.

Though there are many dangers going into the research of Venus, there also are some posibilities. Long ago Venus may have been like Earth, oceans could have been formed suporting sea and other life, and providing water for life forms that may have lived there. Venus has rocks, mountains, valley's, and volcanoes, just like Earth has today.

Since there are many dangers with the studying of Venus scientists at NASA are working on ways to make studying Venus safer and easier. Since the temperature at Venus is usually around 800 degrees, scientists might be using a blimp like vehicle to hover the surface of Venus. Since radiaton on Earth is the same to that on venus' and solar power would be abundant, though life for humans would be hard, conditions could soon be survivable.

Though hovering Venus safely can give a good insite to what the planet holds. It still only gives us limited access to what Venus may have. Pictures and videos are very helpful, but things like rock's, gasses, and anything else Venus has cannot be collected.

Technology has come a long way in helping study Venus, computers today are faster, more powerful, and flexible. Computers today help is detect dangers, and they tend to know the physical conditions that we can take, sometimes more than we could. Machines today can help us make our materials more resistant to the dangers of Venus, and they also help us by using algorithms to discover more safe ways of studying Venus.

The studying of Venus could be helpful, not only by conquering the challenges Venus provides us with, but by also learning about the planet in itself. Dangers should not be the thing that holds humans back from research, but it is curiosity that might be the thing that leads us to conquering more challenges that we face by danger.                 ",4
"Do we need to know what peoples emotions are in the classroom? This new face decoding system can tell your emotions by your facial movements. This new technology says that Mona Lisa is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry.

The process starts when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face. All 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. An action movement is the movement of one or more muscles. Dr. Paul Eckman, the creator of Facial Action Coding System. Eckman has classified six basic emotions. These emotions include happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. Each emotion is associated with characteristic movements of the facial muscles. When you're surprised your frontalis pars lateralis muscle raises your eyebrows. When you're angry your orbicularis oris tightens your lips.

The facial expressions for each emotions are universal. Even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression, like not smiling. Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements in a real face or a painting. Each a expression is compared against a neutral face, showing no emotion. Humans perform the same calculations everyday. Dr. Huang a creator of Facial Action Coding System says his new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code.

With this new software if you smile when a Web ad appears another ad similar will follow. If you frown a different ad will appear. Dr. Huang predicts that a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then the computer can modify the lesson like an effective human instructor. Most human communication is nonverbal including emotional communication.

This new face decoding system can tell your emotions by your facial movements. Although to an expert faces don't lie, these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a smiling politician or celebrity isn't being truthful. Moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotion, but also may help produce them.",1
"Cars are a very large help for transportation. Although they do have alot of defects to our environment, our laziness, and our safety.

The first reason we should limit car use is so our environment doesn't get ruined.  The fumes our vehicles are relasing into the air are creating a large addition to the greeenhouse gases.  For an example semis, diesel cars, diesel trucks and other vehicles when you rev the gas it pours out black smoke into the environment.  When you see a truck do this you think nothing of it, but overtime and with every single car and truck that does it, it adds up very quickley.

Another reason we should limit our car usuage is because it increases our laziness.  Instead of driving to school when it's only 2 minutes away, you could just walk.  If you walked you would lose a little weight and even saving your gas money.  If you are close to the place you want to go then you might as well just walk in benfits you in many ways.  Saving money, losing weight, and getting more fit.

One of the most important reasons we should limit our car usuage is for our own safety.  Deaths in car accidents is one of the most leading causes to death now a days. would you rather walk or ride a bike to the location you want to go or would you rather risk your life by driving and somebody teboning you and injuring or even killing you.  Not that you should but some people sometimes can get into a crash with you and then just drive off. Whether it was your fault or theirs now you have to pay for the damages done to your vehicle.

If you are going to drive because you live far away from everything.  Simply car pull, it's alot easier and if everyone throws down a little money then you aren't spending that much on gas or diesel.  Riding a bike is a great solution to limiting car usuage because it's a one time purchase, once you buy the bike you don't have to pay for fuel.  Also it's better than walking because it's by far faster.

In general driving has advantages and disadvantages.  Although if you are close to your location then riding a bike would be ideal to lower car usuage.    ",2
"Driverless cars are swiftly becoming a viable possibility for the near future. They are capable of outperforming many human drivers, as well as being able to return control to the driver in the case of a more complex situation that requires more thought than the car can handle. This duality is the main factor that makes self-driving cars appear to be a good plan for the future of transportation. The car is manageable and not overriding the human input, and yet it still mantains a feeling of helpfulness and convenience.

When it comes to transport automation, control over the process, and the ability to halt or override it, is a chief concern. A system that controls itself and denies all outside input cannot sustain itself for long. That is why, to quote the passage, ""Google cars are not truly driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues."" In short, the car is not perfect, and therefore has to fall back on the driver's help in some situations. This prevents crashes due to the car's incapability to surpass a unique situation on the road, as well as promoting driver awareness even when the car is operating itself. By doing this, the self-driving car model itself promotes safety and good road etiquette.

While the car may not be able to do everything a human driver can, it has proven to be much better at the tasks it can do than an average driver. The cars provide ""far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone."" This can be coupled with the fact that these vehicles are being constantly upgraded in order to allow for ""more and more [automated] driving tasks."" Perhaps in the future there will come a car that is capable of doing every driver task there is, leaving the driver to sit back and relax.

In conclusion, while the industry has yet to truly take off, self-driving cars are a definite viability for the future of human transport. They provide comfort in the fact that you are in control, and they also perform better than most human drivers would on average. Overall, they promote a higher level of altertness and safety than the average modern vehicle. These facts together provide a strong argument in favor of the autonomous, or self-driving, cars of tomorrow.",4
"The article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" is a well written article about the knowledge we have about Venus. Scientists have been fascinated with the planet's characteristics, such as its weather patterns, orbital route, as well as Venus's geology. Even though we have quite a bit of information about the planet, there are still many things that we do not know about Venus. The author heavily advocates the need of exploring Venus for multiple reasons.

The article mentioned how scientists refer to Venus as Earth's twin. Venus shares a very similar size, density, and distance with our planet. The main issue with Venus is that the weather can be chaotic and unpredictable, as well as the planet's atmosphere and living conditions. However, while those factors may not be ideal, they could still be survivable for humans if we had the propper equipment

Another reason the article states is that Venus could have been the most similar planet to Earth. Scientists believe that Venus might have had large oceans similar to Earth's modern day oceans. This information alone is one of the reasons why scientists want to explore the planet more. We may be able to understand more about Earth's oceans through the possible oceans that used to exist on Venus.

One of the last reasons the author listed was that Venus is one of the closest destinations for us to visit. It will most likely be a long time before any human travels outside of the solar system, but a planet such as Venus would make the most sense to travel to. While it does sound phenomonal to attempt to land on Venus, it would be extremely dangerous to do so. There is nothing easy about traveling in space, and Venus's climate is too unpredictable to even reach its surface.

The article has many pieces of evidence that support the idea of studying Venus. Some of those ideas are currently very dangerous and improbable to even attempt, but they are still very good goals to strive for. The article sheds light on the importance of exploration, as well as the idea that there is an endless amount of knowledge beyond our understanding. Even if we fail, it is through our attempts that we continue to learn.   ",4
"The Face on Mars is not fake. Some people think that a living thing created it and could be hiding out somewhere. NASA is trying to hide the enthusiasts that beleive such a thing. I recently had a converstaion with one of those enthusiasts.

""This mask is not made from aliens. This was a natural landform that created it self. There was nothing there that shows some life form lived there."" I said.

""The thing that made it could have not been seen on your pictures."" said the enthusiast.

""The machine we used to take the pictures, its pixels spans 1.56 meters. Once you saw them, you could zoom in on them. If there were any life forms on Mars, we would have seen it. Taking the pictures wasn't easy, You had to find the face first and then be able to take a picture. When we finally got the picture, it is more then likely that the cameras didn't mess up. Besides, what kind of thing would be able to create such a face?""

""You never know what's out there.""

""Yes, we do, and we have no evidence of any living creautures on that planet. Therefore, it was made naturally.""

The guy I talked to later became a beleiver that the face was a natural landform. He also got a job at NASA and devoted his job on finding out how the face was made. I honestly believe that the face was a natural landform and that there could be many more of those ""faces"" on other planets.    ",3
"The human body is a complex network of muscles, bones, and organs to create one functioning person. These muscles, bones, and organs create diverse emotion whether it is through the face or through the body. The emotions help express themselves to others in order to relay their feelings to events or surroundings. A technology able to read a vast amount of emotions and help indicate their feelings would be incredibly beneficial to society as it would make understanding each other easier. This could help students in the long run by helping the school or instructor understand what interests them and what disinterests them by knowing their feelings to the emotions they convey.

The problem in schools around the country is the struggle to encapsulate a student's interest and maintaining it for numerous years. A technology that can help lead students in the correct direction, from the first day they step into a school, can lead to a more productive society. As Dr. Huang puts it, ""Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication,' notes Dr. Huang. 'So computers need to understand that, too."" (D'Alto.) If we can use this technology, we will be able to put the expressions and emotions into words and percentages. This removes the barrier of people struggling to understand each other. This technology will pave the way to a brighter and more efficient world by making people interested and happy to do what they do from the first day.

Technology is the way of tomorrow and will help create a better world. A technology that helps understand human emotion consistently will be the next big advancement for communication and language. A student needs to be understood in order for he or she to understand. A program that can easily make that happen in a few seconds as opposed to several years can help everyone enjoy what they do a little more.",3
"My position on the driverless cars is positive. In todays time driving has become a nesesaty. You have to drive to get around anywhere. Acceddents happen and accidents will still happen its not the car its the perso whom is driving. Sould you be hadycapped or sck,or having issues with your sight. The Driverless Cars are a more safe and enviromental transportation system. Think about it it would be more safe for everyone. In the passage it states that they are so safe that their cars have driven half a million miles without a single crash or accident.

in the driverless car it has a rotation mirrorsensor int he roof. avideo camera mounted near the rearview mirror,four automotive radar sensors,a GPS reciever,andan intertail motion sensor all of wich in a regular simple car these delecasies for safty are not nearly mimicated. Now those sensors can respond to out of controlskids or rollovers. the information from the sensors can make the car apply brakes if they are needed o stop. It can also reduce power from the engine,allowing far better response ad control that a ¨huma driver¨ could manage on his own.

I quote the passege ¨while the driver watches the road the car watches the driver¨.",2
"Personally i am for driverless cars because with these cars if a accident were to ever occur the car would prevent it from happening which would prevent lots of deaths from texting and driveing from hit an runs. It would also keep the driver protected and also other drivers on the road protected. And also the sensors on the car modify when you are to close to a object or are going to hit a object before it is going to happen. And also the dubbed LIDAR use laser beams to form a constant updateing 3-D model of the car's surroundings with this combination the input is necessary for the driverless to mimic the real skill of a human at the wheel. And with the assistance and help of google the GPS his able to connect to google maps to navigate the driverless car to it's destination. With the sensors on and in the car drivers assistance isnt a problem, with the antilock brakes the is willing to stop when something is blocking it or is comeing at it with a equal speed. With more roadside assistance from google you can connect your cell phone to the car and answer the phone as you please and still be able to safely drive on the road.

With some of the assistance there is another added one its called ""Traffic Jam Assistant"" the car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 miles per hour, but the special touch sensors makes sure the driver keeps hold of wheel. But not any of the cars made today so far has not accomplished makeing cars competely driverless they can break themselves, steer and also accelerate and all this tecnology keeps driver notified when on the road.

The car cant do all this on its on it needs human skill and assistance at the wheel along with it. Such as steering and working its way through work zones and getting its way around accidents. But the human at the wheel must be paying attiention and alert to whats ahead of him or her. And when a situation occurs it must require human assistance.

The human does not have complete control on stopping the vehacle. GM has a special development , when ever the vehicle is in danger or is backing up into a object the seat vibrates. and when the vehicle cant manage somthing the human can it announces the human should take over and it sends other ways and signals the driver another way if not seen that way. there is also another way to keep the driver focused on the road and to make sure there are cameras watching the driver to make sure the drivers remain focuesed on the road, while the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver.

automakers and manufactuers have devolped a new and fun way to make driver pay attiention to the road and to keep the driver safe they will continue makeing these changes to the automoblies today and in many more years to come. they have predicted that in 2020 cars be able to drive on autopilot 90 percent of the time. but only time willl tell and get us closer to inovate more technology each decade.",4
"Have you ever heard about the new technology called The Facial Action Coding System? What's the firts thing you think about when you hear about this? According to the acticle ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"", Facial Action Coding System is a new sotfware has been developed that improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of others. We are gonna be talking about how the process begings and what methods they use to make this happen and possible

Firts, how this processstart to beings? The article state that, "" The process beings when the computer contructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles"". Dr. Paul Eckman was the creater of FACS (Facial Action Coding System).

What methods do they use to make this happen and possbile? Dr. Eckman classified the six basics motions-happiness,surprise, anger, disgust, fear and sadness but he associated each characteristics with the movements of the facial muscles. For example, "" your frontails pairs lateralis muscle (above your eyes) raises your eyebrows when you're surprised; your orbicularis oris (around your mouth) tightens your lips to show anger"". According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions,but also may even help to produce them. This progrma can not only drescribe your emotions, it also shows when you ae hidding you emotion and when you do a fake smile. For example,"" intructions for a face that looks happy. Its all about those muscular actions units. They even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one""

In conclusion, the FACS use diiferents many ways to make this experiment to be possible and how this program being to funtion. This program is a good way to recognize how technoly has been imporving and what computers can do. Now with this information and knowing how this program works would you want to try this program and see if this its works? If you do would be a good idea     ",2
"Dear state senator, I believe that we shouldn't keep the electoral college process because it should be in favor of the popular vote for the president of the Unites States instead of how it is now. I believe this becasue for example with this system voters don't vote for the president but for the slate of electors even though this system does come with some positives like it allows them to focus on their campaign efforts but can turn into a complete disaster factor.

To begin with,the system of the electoral college does not allow the voters to vote for the president but only for a slate of electors, they are the ones who elect the president. There is always an off-chance that those electors that won the statewide election would go to Congress and the opponent recieves more electoral votes. The electors are chosen from the state they could be state conventions, or the state party's central committee and even sometimes the presidential candidate themselves. This system then leads to several cons such as the voters can not control whom their electors vote for and also the voters tend to get confused sometimes about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate.

Although, maybe we should be able to keep our despised method of choosing the president because, it comes with several pro's like for example, a dispute over the outcome of an electoral college vote is possible like in 2012's election when Obama recieved 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to 51.3 percent of the votes that came from Romney. In this election the winner is aware with the electoral votes which induces the candidates and allows them to focuses on their campaign efforts. Lead them to the toss-up states which basically mean they are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign so the most thoughtful voters should be the ones to decide the election.

Last but not least, this system is also known a the disaster factor like for example the 2000 fiasco which was the biggest election crisis in a century because they had to consider that the state legislatures are technically responsible for picking the electors and that they will always define the will of those people. Many of the electors have occasionally refused to vote for their own party candidate and even cast a deciding vote for whomever it is that they want or perfer to please. this method should not be prohibeded any more because of the causes it is doing which is affec

In conclusion it is official the the system of the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and also it is concluded to be an irrational system. I still believe that the electoral college should be elected by popular vote for the president.    ",4
"The new technology that can describe how you are feeling from just ypur face is called, The Facial Action Coding system can be usefull in some positive ways or negitive,like it says in the articel you can read you classroom mines and you will know how they feel. In my opinion i think that they should use The Facial action coding system because you never know what someone is hidding or what they thing about the lesson in class or the work in a job. Also most of us will probably know how someone is feeling but some of us will not and that is were the Facial Action Coding system kickes in.

The most important thing about his machine is that there has been people that committed suicede and if the machine can detect what you feel i think that it can detect those people or kids and that way thier parents or teachers could know and stop it from happening and that machine can save a life or two. The machine can be also be used for police officers that need to slove a case or thing that someone is lying so they will just have to put the machine in thier face and ask questions and that will beb a win for th epolice officers. The article also said that the drawing of Mona Lisa was not only smilling she was also, ''9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, 83 percent happy and 2 percent angry''. So if that machine told them all those percents in just a smile that the painting did that is amazing.

The best way to put this is that anything is posiblie you just have to do it, Because in the article it says ''Moving you facial muscles not only expresses emotions but also may even help prduce them put on a happy face. I alsways thought that mona lisa was just happy in a picture but never in my mind did i thing that she was much more than just happy. The best is yet to come and we will not be worried about the stuff that happens becasue of their emotions because the Facial Action Coding System will get us covered.

So i ask you Did making a happy face in this experiment also make you feel slightly happy.                                                                                                   ",2
"Driverless cars are a great idea. The technology is finally here and it will only get better. Driverless cars will develop just like regular cars did when they first came out. Humans have single handedly changed the world for the better. We make great things and as time goes on, they only get better.

Younger people might have the chance to drive sooner, it will be easier for them to drive. Our fantasy as the human race can become a reality. Hundreds of years from now when they all use smart cars, no one will think it is weird or different. Lots of people thought that when motor vehicles first came out. The text states, ""The cars he foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus."" We would be saving the planet by using less gas with these smart cars. It is a great idea.

Drunk drivers will less likely get into wrecks. Think about it. If a person is drunk and they get into their smart car, they will not have to worry about driving, no need for the designated driver now. The smart car will save lives. Not only will less drunk drivers get into wrecks, but just regular car wrecks. The smart car is less likely to crash with all the software and sensors it has. The text states, "" Google's modified Toyota Prius uses position- estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor."" With this technology no one will have to drive, it is absolutely insane how far humanity has come.

We do not have to wait that long either! It is already 2016 and the text states, "" Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time."" That is not all either. The text also states, "" Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020."" These big name car companies are investing in smart cars and they will make it work. In the near future smart cars will be a normal thing, although, the price of these smart cars will most likely be extremely high at first. Motor vehicles probably were not cheap when they first were invented, but as time passes by, it will become the normal and everyone will have a smart car.

Some people think that smart cars will not work, they are probably older and less open about new things, they have lived with regular cars all their lives, they just can not seeing it working, mainly because they probably do not even understand the technology, not all elders are like this, but I feel like most are.

Smart cars have the positives and the negatives but so does everything else. In the end, we will have smart cars and it will be a better world. A healthier and safer world. That is why smart cars are a great idea. ",5
"Making Mona lisa Smile

I agree that using technology to read students emotional expressions is valuable because you can communicate more with your expression not just with people but also with computers. For example from text,""Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communtication,""notes Dr. hang.""

It helps students because it shows the computer your emotion when you don't understand something and it's like a teacher seeing your face while you do work on something sam way it works on a compueter. Text from paragraph 6, ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored"",Dr. hang predicts.'' It can also be just a painting and it can show the emotions of the painting you can use it even identifys your mixed emotions, Text from passage,""Using vido imaginary, the new emotion-reconigtion software tracks these facial movements in a real face or a painted face of Mona Lisa.""

The same way you see someones expression when you talk to them is the same way the computer will show it, you may not always be accurate sometimes you may think they're sad when they're really happy same for compueters text from paragraph 5,""Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy,worried,ect.""

Using technology is valuable to students, it shows another way to communicate, it shows if your smile if real or fake, it's like other people are being able to detect your feelings even if you don't want them to see it. Students can also learn different expressions they thought they didn't have example from text,"" According to the facial feedback Theory of emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them.""                                                 ",2
"Why should people join the Seagoing Cowboys? Well here are six reasons why you should join the SGCB. 1 reason is that you could have a great experance getting to see parts of the world that you haven't seen becasue if you get to other parts of the world you could make paper on the subject for a school project or just tell people about it. Another reason is that you could get your friends on it to so you wint have to go alone and know no one there. A 3rd reason is that you can help people that need it because what if you had something terrible happen to you wouldn't people halp you how much they can. A 4th reason is that you get to be on a boat with animals that would be fun for people that like animals. The 5th reason is that you can have fun with all the other things that you can find to do make it fun in your own way. A 6th reason is that you get a work experance that probly no other kid or adult would that is good because if you wanted a job in the millitary then you could say that ""I help in a world wide bad happening and I was a Seagoing Cowboy and I have been to different parts of the world so I know my way around places.""that is why you should be a Seagoing Cowboy.   ",2
"Students already have to face the embarrasment when we have to talk in front of the classsroom. We dont want something like a computer to tell us. However the technology can help us detect other thing such as in art,to get more of a pricise emotion and face expression.

Most sudents like to keep quite to themselfs. The pressuer of fknowing that someone else migh know how you feel is scary. There are things that we dont not like to share and to me my emotions are hiding. They used Mona Lisa as an exampel of how they deteced her face there is one benifit where that technology can be used. In finarts. That I do agree with.

Another benifit that can help is a theater teacher to help select the actors that use the right emotion and it will make the play/movie even better. This can be taken in a whole lot diffent ways.

In conculsin i disagree with the fact that it may leave other students in embarrsedment but i also see how far we can take it.   ",2
"Do students have to express there feelings to a teacher? Have all teenagers exprees their emotions to there parents? Have you ever pretended to be happy but was angry inside? Did you watch horror movies and get emotional when the main character died?

Would emotional expressions of students in a classroom be valuble. No it wouldn't be valuble students have personal issues and wouldn't be comfortable showing its emotional expression. For instance in the text it says,"" Using imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements-in a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa,""(Para4). If a person trying to cover there expressions from people why is the technology trying to read there expression?

Next, A person that looks happy on the outside, most likely sad in the inside. In the text it says,"" Eckman has classified six basics emotions- happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear and sadness-and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles,""(Para3). Sometimes it's good that the technology have invented things to make the students speak up about what's going in there lives. Text says,"" A classroom computer could recognize when a students is becoming confused or bored,""(para6). That sentence tells a lot because the technology is trying to keep students on track knowing if there slacking on there work or getting bored on important lessons.

Lastly, Don't judge a book, by it's cover. A student can look bored but really want to lean what's going in the classroom. According to the text,"" The facial expressions for each emotion are universal,"" obsereves Dr. Huang, ""even though individuals often show varying degrees of expressions,""(para4). The expreesions for the emotion are not going to be One Hundred percent right but it will have signs if you are angry or happy. The technology will have a lot errors, to it getting emotions incorrect, making students intimidated.

In conclusion, the article wants to express to the audience that they want students to be comfortable in the classroom.",3
"""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" suggests that future indeavors for studying Venus, the 2nd planet from the sun and one of Earth's closest neighbors, is worthwhile because of the possibilities of exploring possible forms of life that may have inhabited Venus long ago.

Geological formations on Venus are also similar to those of Earth and by exploring those formations on Venus we could learn a lot about our home planet.

However, the author does not go beyond these assertions and does not provide ample evidence to support that exploring Venus is fundamentally worthy, the author even counter argues explaining that Venus is, and could be, a dangerous human indeavor; not to mention that it is challenging enough just to get there.

Ultimately, the author does not make a strong enough arguement to support the idea of exploring Venus for the benefit of humanity and of Earth.

The author explains the theory of having a balloon like space station that can protect humans from the deadly environment of Venus's surface in paragraph 5.

This possibility however is countered by the uselessness that the author then explains in paragraph 6 writing, ""peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions.""

It is interesting that the author does not explain that the exploration of Mars, for instance, could be a much safer future indeavor.

In paragraph 2 the author mentions Mars as one of our neighbors but then does not procede to use it in any part of the rest of the article.

By doing so makes it look like he/she intentionally did so for the betterment of his/her own idea.

This article, in the mind of the reader, feels counter intuitive because the author provides more evidence to support the idea that exploring Venus is not worthwhile.

The author explains in paragraph 6, ""More importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance.""

In paragraph 3, the author initially explains that the surface of Venus's ""temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet[,]"" these conditions are instantaneously deadly to humans and do not provide an argument that would support exploration of such a deadly environment.

Space exploration agencies like NASA have sent in the past, autonomous landing craft to the surface of Venus; none of which have ""survived the landing for more than a few hours.""

If the best of humanitie's technologies have been unable to conduct any worthwhile field work in the name of science and the only possible solution is to use ""old technology called mechanical computers[,]"" (paragraph 7) then how would such a computer be able to send a message back to Earth?

The author's article about the exploration of Venus is lacking in just about every available aspect of being worthwhile or viable ideas.

The author makes a good argument, but for the opposite idea that he/she is trying to explain.

By not taking into consideration the fact that any form of space exploration is extremely expensive - even more so in accordance with Venus - there is little to no good reason to explore Venus for the sake of humanitie's and/or Earth's betterment.",5
"I believe that the face is just a natural landform. I know this because people discovered or proven if or if not there is life on Mars. People always talk about martians, but never really find them.

Mars has peculiar weather conditions. They have dust storms. They dust gets whipped by wind. Mars also gets hit by meoters and rarely, astroids. An astroid hit Mars hard enough that a piece of it flew to the Earth. When Mars gets hit, it forms craters on the surface and can go deep into the ground. The wind could have possibly pushed dust into a crater and formed the face.

Also, NASA sends different space crafts and structure to take a look at Mars. Usually the crafts land on 3 or more legs. The craft could have possibly marked a dust mound. Wind three or more legs, you could form the face on Mars' surface.

What NASA needs to do is send more crafts and robots. I think they should do that to get mor eevidence then just taking some pictures. THe robots can do things that a human would. The robot can feel the face and dig to see what is under it. Yes, it would ruin the face but we would get evidence and details if we try.

In conclusion, I believe that the Face is just a natural landform. We to strive to find evidence on why it is there and why it formed. Maybe there is Life on Mars. The world may never know.      ",2
"Getting to see China, Europe, Greece, and Italy, were one of the best parts. But that's not the only good thing about the program, once you drop off the animals, the crew members play baseball and volleyball, table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and other games to pass the time on the way to our next destination.

Before you get to have all the fun and free time, you have to take care of the animals. That means feeding and watering them, but there are some risks. On my second trip, I was put on duty as a night watchman, and one rainy night, after making my hourly report to the captain, I slipped on a wet step and fell down the ladder on my backside. My heart was beating faster than ever as I shot towards an opening on the side of the ship. Luckily, there was a small strip of metal along the edge that stopped me from plunging into the Atlantic, but I had cracked my ribs, disabling me to do work for a few days.

But the fun and travel is worth the hard labor and pain.",2
"I believe Driverless Cars will have a huge affect on everyone, in a very good way especially. The technology,working,planning, and time is amazing. These brilliant inventor's make and think of so much amazing thing's for the world itself. For example, the Driverless Car is a fantastic invention. By creating and making this vehicle will amuse and and get lot's of people's attention. I myself think it's a wonderful invention, because instead of you driving place's, the Driverless Car can do it all for you, making it easier on the driver. It would be fun and also something new to this world, and when something is new, everyone want's it.

The Driverless Car wont be just a vehicle made to drive itself, but to keep people safe at all time's no matter what. Safety, is the number one priority with car's and many other thing's. There are laws that you have to have a driver in control of the car in some state's. Wouldn't you want that to change, for the better of people and yourself. This wonderful invention will have sensor's and alert's if anything bad happen's, so the car will immediatley stop.

Originally, many futurist's believed that the key to self driving car's was someday not going to be smarter then the car's on the road. Engineer's thought that couldn't be possible, or any other human being. Sooner or later they knew it could be possible, manufacturer's turned to smarter car's. In conclusion i think this invention is by and will be the best thing for everyone is the world. ",2
"technology to read students emotional expression is would be a big help for students. This would be very valuable for students today. Today students dont always talk about the problem that they are going through. This woulf because you would know how a friend is feeling. Teachers today would be able to communicate with students better because they know how you are feeling. A friend will be able to talk to you and help you get through a class. Students today have a problem being able to express themselfs, when going through something in your life it could help you get through things, students dont always know how to get through the rough things that are going on in life. kids will release built up emotions if someone knows what they are going through because they will know thatyou need a friend to talk to. Sometimes a kids dosent always know how they are feeling so if a computer is helpful to tell them how they feel they will be able to communicate with other people. to keep kids from bring upset or depressed it will help because an older adult will be able to talk to the kid and get them through all the things that they are going through.",2
"The Robot car era has begin, and trying to come strong as well. The car industry is ah huge industry , racking up billions every year but now there to start something new that will take the world by storm and the car industry will changed as we know it . The driveless car. People beileve this is what america and the world needs, but is it really?

In the late 1950s, General motors created a concept car that could run on a

special test track. the track was embedded with an electrical cable that send radio signals to receiver on the front of the car. engineerd at berkeley tried something with magnets with alternating polarity. This lead to the all luxury , well balcned , and smarter cars of today ,but can they get even smarter ? Srbastian thrun , founder of the Google car project , believes that the technology has finally caught up to began his dream. But before 2000, ""there was no way"" said thrun , to make something interesting . but now he is on his way to his dream , but is that dream reallt needed and was it safe as well.

In 2013, BMW announced the development of ""traffic Jam assistant"". The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, but special touch srnsors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel. n fact, none of the cars developed so far are completely driverless. they can steer , accelerate , and brake themselves, but allare deigned to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills , such as navigating through work zones and around accidents . ",1
"Have you ever wanted to live on another planet? Venus may have once been the most Earth-like planet and may be survivable for humans. Which is why Venus is a worthy pursuit.

It is the closest planet to earth so it would take very little time to get there.

In the text, ""Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel."". So if we end up going to another planet it would likely be venus for times-sake.

It could be inhapitable soon after we reach it. The text states, ""thirty-plus miles above the surface, tempatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels."". So if we were to discover a way to Venus and a way to fly above it we could live (technically not) on Venus.

People love challenges and this currently seems one of the most challlenging of all. In the text, ""researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else from a distance. Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks."".

I would rather think getting something without being able to reach it would be quite challenging if you are not psychic.

This is why Venus is a worthy pursuit. It is the closest planet to earth, it could be livable, and it would prove a challenge. Can you see any reason Not to go to Venus?",3
"The face on Mars is in fact not created by aliens. it was shaped by the wind like some of are things on our earth. aliens are science fiction, not real so how would aliens creat the face on mars.

25 years ago( 1976 ) we had a viking 1 spacecraft circling around mars snapping photos

of possible landing sits. You would think if the face was ctreated by aliens there would be something around it to prove it was made by them. We took another photo in 1998 and there was no sign of other life. you would think that it would be revisted, but it wasn't so that tells you something right? no life on Mars at all. in 2001 we took another photo of the face. we made the image 3 times bigger than the pixel size. so if there was objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or egyptian-style pyramids or even small sacks , you could see what they were."" but there wasn't, so why would you think aliens created it because it was on another planet? if so thats no profe at all.

The ""aliens"" did not create the face it was naturally built. By the winds, thats were the science falls that there are no aliens walking around Mars. these aliens you guys belive in is only science ficition. Made up for your guys entertanment, so quite mixing up sicence fiction with real science.",3
"How well did the author of ""The Chalenge of Exploring Venus"" support and articulate their ideas? The paper was okay at best. I found there was a lack of supporting evidence in some instances, and that they didn't fully articulate the answer of ""why are scientists even discussing furthur visits to its surface"" in paragraph four.

Lack of evidence. The author seemed to lack evidence for a few of their claims. In paragraph seven, the author stated that mechanical computers are more durable than electronic ones. They gave no sitation, or evidence. This lead me to question its authenticity, and this arose questions of why it is better or worse. Evidence of why mechanical computers are more durable would have helped to get an idea of what the author was tryig to explain. Understanding what makes them more resistant to heat, or acids, or other forces. Fully explaining your ideas is a fundimental piece of a good essay.

In this passage the question kept coming up as to why scientists wanted to further explore Venus. In paragraph four the author beggs the same question, but it seems as though they got sidetracked in there responce, and compleatly forgot to explain it. The author states in responce to the question in paragraph four ""Astronomers are facinated by Vens because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system."" The author then goes on about the similarities between them, but never explain why exactly scientists are interested in further studies. Is it to see if Earth could become a hot sulferic planet like venus, or to figure out more about how life is created under specific conditions? If a question is proposed you need to answer it, otherwise it may discourage the reader from reading more of your work, and leave them confused.

Together these two things can really effect the product of your essay in a negitive way. These may make your essay look amature, or even just make it a bad essay. Though I enjoyed reading this, and I found it interesting, these thimgs made this essay feel weaker, and had the author included more evidence, or fully articulated their ideas, this essay would have been much better. ",4
"A Seagoing Cowboy's Journey

Imagine going to many sites that many people don't normally see and having mulitple adventures around the world. It is an unforrgetable experience that you don't want to miss. You should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program becasue of the fun-filled games and freetime, helping the struggling individuals and families, and seeing the unquie sites.

First of all, having some freetime and playing some games onboard is simply a time to relax and enjoy the great experience. Many of you may say that the games don't matter. You just want to travel the world and save as much people as possible. Even though that may be true, I belive that the games benefit in many ways, like making new friends and just having some tine to relax. The cowboys and I have played baseball and volleyball in some empty holds where animals have been housed. Other things to do in your freetime could be reading, boxing, whittling, table-tennis, fencing, and so much more! It has helped me have a better time onboard.

Secondly, helping struggling individuals and families make you feel joyous inside. Some people may say that you don't want to help as many people and go enjoy the amazing sites and play games with fellow companions. And, helping people is really dangerous. But, I belive that if you do, it can make you a better person inside and out. And it doesn't just have to be people either; it can be animals too. Caring for the animals on the way to China kept me busy which was a good benefit because the trip to China took about a month. They had to be fed and watered two to three times a day. It helped me be more responsable and hard working. As for the struugling people, I helped people recover their food supplies, animals and more. The benefits were that same as those with the animals. The knowladge of helping someone or something is one of the best feelings in the world.

Lastly, touring the sites was the best thing for me to experience. Multiple people might say that they don't care about the sights and they just want to do something else. But, I believe that if I didn't see those wonderful sights, I wouldn't be determined or encouraged to finish my job as a Seagoing Cowboy. It was an unbeliveable opportunity for me and it will be for you. I was able to see Europe and China! Two things that were special to me were seeing the Acropolis in Greece and taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy. In Italy, many of the streets are water, which made my experience to Italty even more exciting. On the way to China, I also marveled at the Panama Canal and toured an excavated castle in Crete.

In conclusion, you should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program because of the fun-filled games and freetime, helping the struggling individuals and families, and finally, exploring the unquie and wonderful sights around the world. I am very grateful for the amazing opportunity and it made me more aware of people and their countire's needs. You should think about participating in the Seagoing Cowboys program today!         ",4
"I really don't like this new computer thing at all. i think that it is something private and I wouldn't want to have somebody look at my emotions and see what I am feeling. What about if somebody is sad but they just don't want to talk about it. Somebody might bring it up in class saying ""Kiah is sad"" or ""What's wrong with Kiah"" I would not want to have a teacher ask me what's wrong in front of all of my classmates. I can see it if people might want to use it to see if the students are bored with their class work but other than that I would not like it at all.

For example, when the author says ""The Mona lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face. while it shows just how much the computer can do."" i don't agree with that at all it should be your right to say that you don't want to have people ask if you are okay. This new computer would not make me smile it would make me angry. I think that they should only do it on paintings and not on real life people. I also think if they do this new computer thing a lot of people would be angry,

In conclusion, i do not like the idea of the computer where it can tell what emotions you are feeling. It is an invasion of your pricavy. Like I said before they should only do it on paintings and not on real life people. ",3
"Since the beginning of time people have always wanted the next big thing. After watching many movies where cars that don't need drivers are being used, people have wanted to make this a reality. Since 2009 there have been cars that could drive independently under certain conditions (paragraph 2). However, by making these driverless cars legal it makes driving even more dangerous.

In paragraph 7 it states ,"" This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires."" After drivers get use to this car they will be more relaxed and not as alert as usual. It will be easy for drivers to drift off or get distracted. This is because the car is doing most of the work. This could cause many wrecks that could injure not only the driver, but others on the road too.

When driving a driverless car many drivers would not be aware of their surroundings. In paragraph 8 it says , "" Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over - something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone. In this way the in-car system is actually a saftey feature."" If drivers are texting while using a Driverless car , then it means they are not paying attention. In an emergency the driver would not have enough time to stop. If a child or animal ran out infront of the car, it would be to late. The driver would not have enough time to react and stop the car. The car would not have enough time to alert the driver.

Another con about a driverless car is who to blame when an accident occurs. Paragraph 9 states ,"" If technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?"" Many car accidents take place each day, which means the odds of a driverless car getting in an accident are probably pretty likely. If this did occur the driver could blame the manufacture saying that the car didn't alert the driver. The manufactures could blame the driver by saying that any driver of a driverless car must always be alert. This now affects not only the driver, but the manufactures and the other people in the accident.

Driverless cars would make roads even more dangerous and unsafe. They give drivers an excuse to not pay attention to the road and the things around them. This could cause very serious accidents. It is safest if cars remain where drivers are always in control. ",4
"Although the idea of driverless cars sounds fantastic, it seems a little too good to be true. I have faith in the engineers who will be designing the cars, but I have less faith in the people who will be in these self-driving cars.

As stated in the article ""the Google car simply announces when the driver should be prepared to take over"". That sounds easy enough, but what if the driver fell asleep? What if the driver had some kind of medical emergency and they fainted? What if the driver is paying too much attention to their phone to notice that there is an abstacle or accident ahead? What if? These are questions I don't want to answer from first hand experience. I do not trust other people to be responsible and ready to take action when the time comes for them to drive, perphaps in case of an emergency. At the same time, I do not want to put my life in the hands of a machine. Something could always malfunction.

When I think about future generations and how they might not have to learn how to drive, I get a little sentimental. Ever since cars have been around, its been a major milestone in a young peron's life to get their drivers license. Its a right of passage to becoming an adult. Getting your driver's license signals that you're independent. If self-driving cars really do become a thing of the future, getting a license might not be necessary, and young adults will no longer have this important right of passage.

Driving a car is a skill. Take NASCAR driving for example; its a sport based on skillful driving. Driving a car develops hand-eye coordination, quick reflexes, and problem solving abilities. If drivers make self-driving cars their main mode of transportation, they will no longer be developing these skills through driving. Driving your own car puts your life and others lives in your hands and forces you to think responsibily. Drivers will become careless and nonchalant about driving if they have driveless cars.

Who's to say that driverless cars are going to be revolutionary or fatal? The bottom line is that I'm putting my life into the hands of the car, and I only have one life. Why would I risk it?            ",3
I am against the driverless cars because it would take alot of money to make these cars and they could also be dangerous and cause crashes. If the car needs you to take over and the person isnt paying attencion then it could cause an accident. Another way it could be dangerous is if the car wasnt made right and the technology fails. And maybe people would save money on gas but they would lose alot of money making them because of all the things the car needs like sensors. And if the car did fail whos fault would it be the driver or the manufacturers. So I think making these cars would be complicated because if they were made they would have to make new laws to cover the liability in the case of an accident. 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"WOOSH!WOOSH as the waves were slamming into the ship we were falling from how wet the ship was.

It all started when I was getting into my house and then I heard a knock on my door and then I opened. Don Reist was inviting me to go to Europe on cattle boat. I coulden't say no.

It was 1945 world war two was going on in Europe many countries were ruined from the war.

How they needed to recover was to have some suplies and food from me and other people.

Fourty-four nations joined together to form the UNRRA.

The hired ""Seagoing Cowboys"" to take care of the horses and young cows and mules that were shipped oveseas. Don and I had sighned up for this job as a Seagoing.

We arrived August fourteen the day that the Pacific war had ended.

Don and I got our seaman's papers and boarded the SS Charles W.Wooster headed for Greece. We had cargo of 335 horses and enough food to feed them.

It was a bad time to bee 18 because they could of sent me to the military service.

By the time that I was discharged in 1947 I had made nine trips the most of

any Seagoing Cowboy. The cattle trips were unbelievable. It took about two weeks to cross the Atlantic ocean from the eastorn coast of the United States pluss caring animals and we fead them three times a day.

Help my aunt Katie's farm really helps me while all these thing but not as much for all the dangers that you face during this.

I also had a fun time on board with everybody on there.

We played baseball volly bal and many more activities.

While I was there it made me more aware of people and there needs the awareness stayed with me all my life because people from all around the world needed things that I had.

That it helped them more than it did to me and I had learned a lot from that trip. That trip was mostly about being with my friend because he was the one who had invited me to Europe.",1
"The

ADVANTAGE

of

LIMITING

car usage is a

GREAT

idea just think not having to worry about a bill for your car,tags and , license that would be great because you could work more on church offering and house bills. Cars are

RESPONSIBLE

for 12%

of greenhouse gas emission in just Europe!! Thats crazy and that is not even the same as other areas. In some car-intensive areas of the United States are 50%

! That is bad for us to breath in and it is also bad for  earth. We are harming earth with this fumes also we have tooken an avanage of having cars we use them for everything. Sometimes we need to just put the keys down and go for a walk we dont always have to drive everywere we go. Yes I understand we need to drive sometimes because some thing are just to far away to walk because their is other things that need to be done. But you could walk down to  your mailbox to check you mail and walk to the corner store if they are not too far away. Walking is very healthy it helps keep your body in shape. We dont have to drive everywere we go. However, go on ride with mom/dad can be nice time to  have bonding time and all but it can also happen on a walk. Most of all , 80%

of

APPROPRIATIONS

by law goes to road work it would be so much better if we could cut that in half when only 20%

goes towards are transportation. Do we really need this big old highways? No not really what happen to taking the back/dirt roads what happen to having a nice drive I mean if you are going to drive why not enjoy it. Instead, we rush around so whats the point of driving if you are just going to rush around and get in trouble for going to fast down the road. If you think about it we do not need to use cars as much as we do, we could really cut down on that. We as Americans have become very lazy we drive everywere if you live in town why not walk sometimes it is not going to kill you. If you live in the country like I do walk to the mailbox or corner store if oyu have to go to town drive there then park somewere in town Then, walk around and get what you need done. Like I said before why worrie about car payments, gas, your license and, tags they cost a lot of money. If you do drive why not cut down on how much you drive you will save money in gas also, you will be helping limit gas emission being released into the air.    ",3
"I think the claim would be that the new technology that they called the Facial Action Coding System is and good and bad idea because some times it could brake down and you don't have anything else to use to see what your face look like when you are not happy.

Some times it work because some people would now how to keep it up and nothing would happen to it but if something did happen to it they wold know how to fits it real fast then you would be able to use it again if not you could build a new one if you would want too.

They would show you if your really happy or surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness by using the new technology that they built for you to see if you feel bad or anything you need to. now if you don't now already.

They might even make you look at youself in the mirror even if you don't really want to so you can see what you look like even if you really don't want to look at your face even though you look pretty.

If they make a paintting of you would keep beause you should it will make you have some feeling inside your body telling you that you are very pertty and you should be happy about it but if you think that you are very ugly then their is something wrong with you cause everyone is pertty in thier own ways even if you think your not.",1
"The modern car is a major travel source in which millions of people rely on daily. The issue with this is the struggle of being stopped at lights or being in a traffic jam. The quintessential point here is that greenhouse gases will be lowered in mass amounts if we limit our car usage. Varying countries are supportive of having car free environments/areas. Some being Germany, France, Columbia, and the U.S.

Elisabeth Rosenthal describes a community in Germany. Each owner of a house in the neighborhood is allowed to own a car but has to pay a fee of $40,000 to receive a spot. In this neighborhood of Vauban, there is no need for a car because stores are located next to the neighborhood which is ""Placed a walk away"" and is very efficient. ""Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse emmisions in Europe..."" Vauban is in an attempt to lower these numbers because the thought of owning a car here is ""frowned upon"" because all essential stores are in walking distance.

The city of Paris was suffering from a smog epidemic and had to enforce a no driving ban. ""Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog..."" The French people that were usually driving were not here, so roads and major highways freed up which allows for more free room. The smog also was depleting due to a decrease of car usage.

Columbia is using a yearly plan for a car-free day which brings open streets to the city of Bogota. The advantage of this limited car usage is the promotion of alternate transportation and reduction of smog. ""It's a good opppurtunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,"" said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza in Source three. When it comes to mind, driving can make a day more stressful which hinders work performance. The outstanding responces from this event brought ""Two other Colombian cities, Cali and Valledupar..."" into the event. ""Parks and sport centers also have bloomed throughout the city..."" The community of Bogota took a chance to bring their lives closer by incorporating new businesses into a walkable distance from neighborhoods.

According to research, ""Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licences as each year goes by..."" this also provides less Greenhouse gas effects on the environment. A main factor in reducing traffic jams/greenhouse gases is the new plans that bring hope to those who are skeptical about switching over to car-free. ""New york's new bike-sharing program and its skyrocketing bridge and tunnel tolls..."" Biking is an excellent alternative to driving because it is fast and efficient. Another plan was provided by the Moblie World Congress, ""Barcelona, Spain, Bill Ford, executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company, laid out a business plan for a world in which personal vehicle ownership is impractical..."" As stated, big motor vehicle companies are trying to reduce the practicality of owning a car as soociety turns its head towards a car-free environment.

Cars are a very fast port of transportation but carry a burden of bad factors. Pollution has increased over the times in which cars have been overused and is the leading cause for an increase in Greenhouse gases. If we limit our car usage, we can create an almost free pollution zone and free up much needed space for other activites than miles upon miles of driving roads.    ",5
"Human curiosity can be a dangerous but also can lead to ground breaking discoveries. In the article ""The Challenge of Exploring

Venus"", talks about how the ""Evening Star"" has great value and there is much to learn from studying it, despite the dangers that come along with it. The author supports this idea becuase he gives readers prime examples of everything that could go wrong by sending a spacecraft to Venus to study it. Although the author also gives us alturnitives for learning about this planet and maybe even inhabiting it some day.

Humans have spent many decades descovering new planets. Each robot that is sent to space took time, money, and countless hours of perfecting it to best fit those planets conditions. In paragrapgh 7 the author compares an average phone to a spacecraft being sent to Venus. ""Imagine exposing a phone or tablet to acid or heat capable of melting tin"", This is a good example because people now are very familar or some even attached to thier electronics. The author knew that people would understand just what would happen to a rover by making the comparison of the dangers.

Planets in our solar system never fail to fasinated the people who grauduated with a 4.0 GPA. Scientist believe that Venus was an Earth-like planet many years ago. In paragrapgh 4 it states ""Venus was probably covered with large oceans and could've supported many forms of life."" This is an important detail becuase it shows that scientist will never want to stop fininding new things to learn about. Also in paragrapgh 4 the authors states, ""The value of returning to Venus are indisputable"". This is important becuase everyone wants to see the experience happen despite all the risk. Scientists will always find a way.

Fighting to beat the harsh conditions of our neiboring planet, there is still much to learn about Venus. The fight for knowledge and the crave for no more curiosity will be the thing to push humans over the egde to concure every mile of our solor system. Yes, it takes time and money. But humans have not failed to break the limations.       ",4
"Venus, as the author talks about, was a worthy pursuit becuase they had found very good and ineresting findings. The author believes them because they have such good outcmomes of the new findings. As the author talks about in paragaph 8 it says,""Been tested in a chamber simulation the chaos of Venus. "" This meaning to this is how many things had been tested and seen. Therefore they are dicovering new stuff in this century. Another reason is on paragrpah 8 it states,""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value."" This is explaining how the person doesnt liked the job or does. They are passionate able the stuff they do. As they look into more of Venus, the more excitement is shown and shared. Overall, the author knows how harmful these stuff could be, but they just love how they make a discovery, which is worthy. They feel as to being one step ahead by testing them and keep testing them so they are able to come out with an outcome of something more epic and worthyly of Venus and its dicovering which made it itself a worthy pursuit. ",2
"Dear,state senator i think that we should change to the popular vote because everyone might like that presdent because he promises a lot of changes for us. With the electoral college it does not go down that way the people of the state dont get for the president the electors do and it is sectiond by them to. Under the electoral college voters dont vote for the persident they vote for a state of electors.

I think we should change to the most popular vote because the people dint have any say if we keep the electoral college. The people dont even get to vote with the electoral college they just vote for electors who then vote for the president. Over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the one we have now because they dont even have a say in what they think who should be the president the vote for other people to do that for them. With the electorla college our state only gets a certine number of electros if we change to the popular vote everyone in our state can vote not just a certine number of people. When it comes to vote we vote for members in congress to do the voting for us.

I think we should change to the most popular vote. Under the electoral college voters don't vote for the president but vote for a state for electors. If you were in texes and wanted to vote for john kerry you would be voting for 34 Democratic electors pledge to kerry. On the off chance if kerry won the state wide vote the 34 Democratic electors would go to congress and kerry would get 34 electoral votes now that is a little riduculos. Sometimes voters get confused about the electors and chose the wrong one.

There are some up sides to keeping the elctoral college. There is almost allways a certine out come for a winner. With the electoral college everyone votes not just a region. With the electoral college who ever has the most votes in that state wins that state. With the electoral college it helps find a winner in close electoral states. The electoral college avoids problems in which no candidate receives a majority votes cast. I still think we should still change.

I think we should change because not eveyone votes. With the electoral college you don't even get to vote for the president but only vote for a state of electors who then votes for the president. I think we should change because i dont like the idea that we dont even get a say who our president is only electors vote for the president. I think we should change because if some one wins the state wide election they get all the electoral votes for example if there are 34 democratic electors and some one wins the state wide election they get 34 electoral votes. When it comes time to vote i think that everyone should have a say dont you.                                                                                            ",3
"In the passage "" The Challange of Exploring Venus,"" the author gives his opinion on the topic saying that it would be a worthy pursuit to study and explore Venus despoite the dangers it presents. Venus is the second planet to the sun and it is often reffered to as Earth's ""Twin"". This would be because of their like size shape, size, and density. Still Venus is not safe for many reasons, altough many scientist believe that it would be great to keep on trying to explore Venus. I will evaluate some of the points that are made that show why exploring Venus is something that we should pursuit and how some of dangers may not allow it.

We will first start of with some of the dangers that Venus holds for any explorer. Venus is very close to Earth and very similar so many would think it would be little more simple to explore, but you would be wrong if you think like this. Venus' temperatures can average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, 10 times more than some temperatures here on Earth. Venus also has clouds of high corrosive sulfuric acid. Now I'm not a scientist but I'm for sure that mean that it can burn our faces off very excessevily fast. In Venus there is also geographic and weather problems like here on Earth, except these arent anything like small rain showers or high winds. These are erupting volcanoes at every corner, powerful earthquakes,and lighting strikes very often. In paragraph 3 the author puts all thuis into perspective by saying "" sunch an enviornment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquify many metals.""

Now with all these dangers being said there are still many people who want to explore Venus. One of them being the author of this passage. The author gives very good points on why Venus would still be a great pursuit. One of the points that author brings up is that Venus could have once been something similar to Earth, maybe even habitable for us humans. To go along with this in paragraph 4 the athor states ""Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely in oceans and could aave supported various forms of life, just like Earth."" This shows that Venus could have been as good as Earth many many years ago and that maybe their still is a chance that it is. This is a great point that really supports exploring Venus because for many years now NASA has been looking for a planet similar to Earth.

Another great point the author bring up to supports his ideology of pursuing to explore Venus altough many dangers is that we have found many new ways to explore it. The authors states some ways to explore Venus without sending a human to Venus with the technology we have now and still be safe. In paragraph 5, the author says "" Imagine a blimp-like vechicle hovering thrity or so miles abovethe roiling Venusian landscape.' This shows that we have an idea to send a vechicle to Venus but not touch the ground to get information about Venus without the vechicle being destroyed. This helps the authors point a lot because now it shows we do have the innovations to explore Venus a bit better. There would be a little problem with this and that would be that we wouldn't have much samples of rocks, gas, or anything else.

In conclusion I do believe that the author makes very good statements about why it would be good to keep pursuing the exploration of Venus. Venus does withold many dangers but everyday we are coming up with new techonology to make our lives easier maybe we could do the same for Venus. Also, Venus is could hold some very important information to us about how other plantes could be habitable by us and how this could be possible. The author got my attention from the start and never lost it, he used good facts and stats to backup his points, and thought us ways that Venus could be important to more than just astronamers and scientist.",4
"In the passage the author gives facts and statements to pursaude us that exploring Venus is wortht he trip. The author includes details on how we could do it, and how difficult it would be.

This passage includes the author stating how he thinks it would be beneficial to go to Venus, he thinks it would be very interesting to be able to explore this planet. He knows it would be extremely dangerous and hard to explore Venus. He says in the passage that there are ways of keeping information with out electronic devices, in paragraph 7 he states ""systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces.""

I personally think the author did a very well job of telling how exploring Venus would help us, but yet every adventures has its dicfficulties. In the reading he is trying to tell how its dangerous, but its do-able. With out preparing and studying, there will be no trip. They want to get closer to venus to be able to find out what the planets texture is like, but as of now they would only be able to hover over it in a ship. Scientists want to figure out ways to get on Venus by using machines that can withstand the weather on the planet, in paragrapgh 6 the author states ""Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus.""                 ",3
"I think that the Electoral College should stay because it it a good helper for electing a governer and a president. There are many differenty way of chosing a president, but this is the better ans easy one. One example that chouse how the Electoral College is helpfull is were it says, ""The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizenz."" This is mostly saying that the votes help finda president by the most popular or voted person.

The secon evidence I found that shows that Electoral College is very helpfull is where it says,"" won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of the voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now."" This shows how it is easy to get a president with this method, but it is not what they would prefer. Even though it is not what the prefer, it is the best, easy, and fair way to get a president.    ",2
"The face look alike that was on Mars was not created by aliens. Many people may believe that but they might just want to belive that there are such things as aliens. The face was created by just landforms. Reasonings being is, MOC, or Mars Orbiter Camera took a picture, the NASA's Viking spacecraft did not get such an accurate photo, and people over the interent were making their own stories up to make it seem like there was an alien that made that.

MOC (Mars Orbiter Camera) took a picture of the face like rock. When they took a picture that was alot more accurate and sharper looking than what Viking's had taken, they were able to zoom in and look at more then just the face. The passage says, "" Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL website, revealing . . . a natural landfrom. There was no alien monument after all."" Which, since they ARE scientist, they have done their research on the picture and done as much looking into as they possibly could have.

NASA's Viking spacecraft did not get an accurate photo. In the article it says, ""... Viking 2, when it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face."" So, when the Viking's took the picture and the shadow was in it, it made it look something more than what the MOC had caught. The Viking's had no profesional camera to take that picture of the landform. Also, they were far away from the planet, they were circling it, so the shadow that they were seeing had to of been from something else. Or maybe from what they were even in.

People over the internet were making their own stories up. In the article it states, ""A few days later NASA unveiled the image for all to see. The caption noted a 'huge rock formation . . . which resembles a human head . . . formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose and mouth."" Since people believe whatever they see on the interent, they had to of jumped to conclusions and people had to of been throwing out the idea of ""Oh! that has got to be made by an alien!"" so that's what people starting saying. The NASA reveiled th photo hoping it would bring attention to Mars, but that is sure what they got. But it was the atention that an alien had made the landform.

So, with that being said, MOC had actual camera photage of the landform, NASA's Viking spacecraft did not get accurate pictures, and people over the internet were just trying to make it seem like an alien was real. That proves that the face was just a natural landform.",4
"It's a once in a lifetime oppurtuninty. You can explore. You can lean. Not to mention you would be doing something for your country. So why not?

You dont get this anywere else. You can go expeirience things all over the world. Eat exotic foods. You can go to exploring all over the Earth, and learn about the places you go. Just like Luke from passage five. He went to China and Europe.

You are going to learn so much. You could rome around excavated castles like Luke in passage five. You would learn about other countries. Their goverment, economy, and lifestyle. Their past,present, and future. Could you imagine how fun that would be? Can you imagine all the good you would be for your country?

Unlike those people who sit at home doing nothing you could help out your country. Luke did this instead of going to battle. He states it in paragraph four,""When my draft board learned I was on a cattle-boat trip, they told me to just keep doing that for my service."" Not only are you helping your country but your also helping citizens of other countries all over the world. Which would make people look up to you. You would be a great American citizen. You will forever be remembered for doing a great deed. If you take a step back and look at what a chance this is. You will relize that you will want to take it.",3
"When most people think of space programs in the near future, they often think of missions to Mars. However, this is not the only option. Many scientists at NASA are working to create a Venus space program. This research is supported by the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"". The article does this well, by providing factual evidence, deterring counterarguments, and rethinking the problem to be easier to address.

One of the most important parts of any claim is the evidence. The article fufills this with arguements that Venus is easy to reach. The author states that ""Venus is sometimes right around the corner--in sace terms"" (Venus 2). They also used evidence to address the problem that Venus is inhospitable to humans. on the surface, Venus is about 800 degrees Fahrenheit, but the author points out that a vehicle at a much higher altitude would have a temperature of around 170 degrees Fahrenheit.

That isn't the only way problems such as this could be averted. The author also includes some NASA research on elecronics and mechanical computers that use no electricity and don't easily break.

All of these now solved problems have deterred scientists from finding ways to research Venus. The author addresses this as well. They say that ""maybe we should think of them [the problems] as challenges""(Venus 6). This way of thinking makes getting to Venus seem much more achievable.

With all of these good traits of an article, the author argued that researching way of going to Venus is a good idea after all. In the end, only time will tell whether humans get to Venus or Mars first.",3
"Dear state senator,

I'm writing to you today regarding my concerns on our voting method for the president of the United States. Although we've been voting by the electoral college for how ever many years, I don't think it is the most efficient and fair way of voting. Our Chamber of Commerce, former vice president Richard Nixon and many more would have to agree with me when I say that abolishing the electoral college could only be beneficial to us. The electoral college system is unfair, confusing and forces people to compromise.

The electoral college is unfair, being that voters don't always control who their electors vote for, opposed to election by popular vote. One reason why America strives is the fact that we are a democracy, where every one gets a say and we are not ruled by a dictators or communist. The electoral college in no way follows our democratic system, the people are not voting for our president our electors are the ones voting for us.

Not only is the electoral college unfair but it is also confusing. For new voters they may be confused by the eletoral college. New voters may wonder why can't I just vote for the candidate I most prefer. Think about it like this, in the electoral college the electors are the middle man. Why not cut the middle man out? And as a result make the voting system much simpler.

People may agrue that the electoral college system stops a majority vote. So let's say, you're a democrat living in the state of Texas with the electoral college system in place. You might as well not vote for an elector cause the majority of the people in texas are going to vote for the republican elector. On the other hand, there is the election by popular vote, gives everyone a say in whom they'd like to vote for. There is always the possibility of the disater factor.

After sharing my concerns with you state senator, I hope you understand where I am coming from.

My deep regards,

PROPER_NAME                    ",4
"Driverless cars could go both ways. They can be useful or just a waste of time. I think there should not be driverless cars. There should not be driverless cars because driving is a huge responsiblity. I feel that even if the car has an in-car enterainment the driver will not be paying attention to the road and when the car signals for the driver to take control, the driver won't know what is going on and could even cause an accident. Leading to the conflict of who is at fault, ""the driver or the manufacturer?""

If we just keep our cars how they are now people will have to pay attention to the road. You could be paying really good attention to road but you have no idea how the other cars are. A lot of car accidents could be prevented if the driver of the car is in control at all times. People trying to invent a safe driverless car are just wasting their time.

Even if the car has a lot of safe reasons in why we should have them there will still be reasons why we shouldn't. We have had total control of our cars for the lonest time now and I feel like it is better to just play it safe and keep doing what we have been doing. It's better to play it safe than to be sorry.    ",3
"Limiting car usage would not be good for few citizens. Some citizens are just plain lazy and have no sense of being active. But they are good sides of lowering car usage like citizens will have a more open community, citizens will save alot of money throughout the year, and the cities air would be less harmful.

To begin with, Some cities are just known for not having safe communities. But i think limiting car usage will make people interact with one another. The community will eventually join together and everyone will know everybody. Maybe the same neighbor you hate that lives across from you will become your best friend because you guys can walk to the same places together. I think that'll be utopia for cities across the United States.

To add on, They are citizens everyday that struggle everyday just to go to the store to buy some food for the house. I feel like this would save alot of money for citizens and it'll help them spend it on other things they need. I sometimes have struggled on my own to just to make it to school because i don't have any money for gas. I Think this is the main reason why citizens will benefit from the limitation of car usage.

Lastly,Limiting the car usage will greatly benefit the cities air. Some cities in the us have a bad reputation of having alot of air polution. I think after a while the cities will eventually just run on having no cars on the streets because of how good it was the cities air. It'll turn out to be a win-win situation for everyone.

In conclusion, Limiting car usage will first be a hard task to do but it think eventually everyone will adapt to it. Limiting the air pollution, saving alot on gas money, and building a better community are all great factors in this change. They're is many more good factors into doing this but these are just some i thought i should talk about.                             ",3
"I feel like it would be a great idea to have Driverless Cars. Why? It'll prevent people from crashing into others and risking their lives and also it'll decrease chances of trafic on express ways. And marketing would sky rocket. Many people would love to travel places but they'll get lazy to drive, but if they have a car that can drive itself then it would make it better on the humans life aswell.

Many people also agree on how bad it is. Honestly it does have some flaws and miss happs. One of them are getting sent to a different location. Just like G.P.S., you type in your address and sometimes it sends you somewhere you didn't want to go. A Driverless Car is like a driving G.P.S., it could also have a malfunctioning problem it could put your life at risk and others.

At the end of the day technology will have a lot of malfunctioning problems and a Driverless Car will be one of them. So be smart and purchase one at your own risk. ",2
"In the article ""The Challange of Exploring Venus,"" The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author uses a few reasons to support his argument, but he tends to dwell on the challanges of going to Venus and not the rewards.

First, his first and body paragraph focuses on how it is hard to get the right timing to go to Venus, and how all of our unmaned missions have not made it or not survived more than a few hours. He ends paragraph 2 by saying that it is hard to get the right timing to go to Venus and we have not had a spaceship touch down in more than three years. This is not a good way to start his article becasue it leaves the reader wondering why we would even bother going to Venus. The author makes it sound very challenging from the start and does not leave the reader with much hope for the journey to Venus.

In paragraph 3 the author describes the deadly charectaristics of Venus. He talks about how the planets surface is 800 degrees Farenheit and how the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than are own planet. Then the author gives examples on what those conditons can do such and melting metals and crushing submarines. Once again the author dwells on the challanges of going to Venus and not the rewards. Between the first and second paragraph the author does not build a compelling argument to go the Venus.

In paragraph 4 the author starts to build his argument for going to Venus. He states that it is the most earth-like planet, and it has a surface of rocky sediment that has planetary fetures close to ours. Other than that he does not build a case for Venus that a lot of people would back up. His argument that it si the closest planet in case we ever needed to leave earth is an invalid argument becasue of the state of our tech compared to the extreemley harsh conditions of Venus.

In paragraph 6 the author describes ways that we have tried to research Venuns that haven't worked. In paragraph 7 the author describes possible tech made by NASA that could solve some of the issues Venus poses, but that tech is simply not ready yet. This of the essay starts to make going to Venus sound more feasable, but the technology he is describing is not ready yet.

In the article ""The Challange of Exploring Venus"" the author tries to make an argument for going to Venus. He explains all the challanges and then tries to justify them by the payoff being to settle human curiosity. The article is well written he just makes more of a case for not going to Venus. Maybe in 50 years the technology will be in a good place to go to Venus, but as of right now it seems too challenging.   ",5
"Participating in the Seagoing Cowboys program was the greatest experience that I've ever had.

You should participate in it also.

There were so many fantastic things about it, that I can't list all of them.

There were three main reasons that I loved the Seagoing Cowboys Program.

The first one is that it was absolutely fun!

The second reason is that I got to get the chance to really help others.

Lastly, I got to experience a lot of amazing things.

The first reason that I think you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program is that it was so much fun!

I got to tour so many new places that I had never even dreamed of getting to see.

I got to see Europe, and China, even the Acropolis in Greece!

That was my favorite part of the trip.

Another reason that I think you should join this program is that you get to help people.

I got to help so many others.

During World War 2, so many countries lost everything.

We helped these countries greatly.

We restored food, animals, and so much more to them.

I think that they are extremely grateful.

The last reason I think that the Seagoing Cowboys program is a great group to participate in, is that I experienced so many new things there.

War is never a pretty thing, and I got to see that.

You might not want to see this, but I've realized how important it is to help the people that have lost things.

After I saw the remains of this war, I realized how hard it was for the people.

The Seagoing Cowboys program is fun.

I got to help so many people, and experienced so many new things.

These are the three main reasons why you should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program.

I absolutely loved it, and if you join I promise that you'll love it too.     ",3
"In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author believes that studying and exploring Venus is worth the pursuit despite the dangers it brings. The author uses facts and information to back this idea up. The author has facts on poor conditions on Venus then gives us information and ideas on ways to overcome. The author is using a problem and solution method.

The author supported the idea with facts and more ideas that would make it safer and beneficial to us if we travel to Venus for further examination. In the article the author talks about how Venus has really bad conditions, but they are all just challenges that can be overcome. These challenges are the main thing holding us back from exploring further. The author believes that our travels beyond Earth should'nt be limited by dangers and doubts.

The article also talkes about how we need longer lasting technology for further research. It mentions mechanical computers and how they don't require electronics at all. The author suggests using the mechanical parts, like the ones used in the mechanical computers, and using them to create technology that will last longer on Venus. This would allow for more research. More research means better understanding of Venus which will allow for better technology to with stand the conditions.

In the paragraph above the author gives us a problem on how our technology can't survive the conditions, because the systems get fried and break. Then the author gives us a possible solution to our problem. The author gives us a new idea for better technology. The author uses a problem and solution to support the idea.

In conclusion, the author supported the idea well by using a problem and then giving a solution using facts and evidence. The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it represents. The author then goes on to show us that these dangers can be overcome and these dangers shouldn't stop us from exploring.",4
"Being a Seagoing Cowboy was a fun and unique job. Like Luke you got to help many people and visit many places. Such as when Luke mentions that he took a gondola ride in Vinice, Italy, a city with streets of water or when he saw the Acropolis in Greece. You also get to help many people. Luke being a Seagoing Cowboy meant that he supplied poor areas in Europe with cattle to recover their food supplies, animals, and more.

The reason why I say it is fun to be a Seagoing cowboy is, because as Luke mentions when all of the cattle was unloaded they often played table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling and baseball and volleyball games. Luke also mentions that being a Seagoing Cowboy was an oppurtunity of a lifetime that he would not want to miss. Luke aslo mentions that caring for the animals on these long voyages often kept him busy along with other things he had to do such as, feeding the animals, watering the animals two to three times a day, bales of hay and bags of oats had to be pulled from the lower holds of the ship.

Being a Seagoing Cowboy is an interesting job. Your never bored, your always seeing places, and your always having fun. Whats not to like about it? For Luke being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more the adventure, but it opened up the world to him. He also so said that it made him more aware of people of other countries and their needs. That is why you should become a Seagoing Cowboy.   ",3
"Venus is sometimes called ""Evening Star,"" is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. However, the nickname is misleading since Venus is a planet. In our solar system Venus is the second planet from the sun. Venus has some challenging place discover closely. Venus has a lot of interesting things.

First, it is worthy to study Venus becaus it is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in the distance too. In the article it said that Venus is sometimes right around the corner-in space terms-humnas. Venus hasn't not been touched down more than three decades. Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its promixity to us. The article show that a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus.

Second, Venus maybe a bit scary but worthy sudying it. As already said Venus has quite a lot of interesting. On the planet's surface teperatures average is over 800 degree and the pressure is 90 times graeter than our on planet. Even though Mercury is closer to the sun Venus has the hottest

surface temperature in our solar system. NASA has one particularly for sending humans to study Venus.

Third, a lots of researcher are trying to study Venus and curios about it. Venus is sometimes called ""Evening Star,"" is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. However, the nickname is misleading since Venus is a planet. In our solar system Venus is the second planet from the sun. Venus has some challenging place discover closely. Venus has a lot of interesting things.

Finally, Venus is being study by a lot of researcher because of it interesting facts. Vehicles hovering over venus would avoid the unfrieindly ground conditions by staying up and out of their ways. Peerind at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safeky far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere.

Researcher cannot take any samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Vens can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit.

Inclonclusion, it is worth to study Venus because if it interesting facts. Others planets has a lot of it intersrting facts too but Venus has more. As already said Venus is the hottest planets in our solar system even though it not the closest to the sun. Now a day many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to oyr knowledge of Venus. It is worthy to study Venus because of it interesting facts.                         ",3
"The author in ¨The Challenge of Exploring Venus,¨supports the idea that studing Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. Venus is a planet in our solar system and the second planet from our sun but also sometimes referred to as Earths ¨twin.¨ Venus is close to Earth my density and size and occasionally by distance.Not one spaceship has touched Venus in more than three decades and because of the issue of the missions being unmanned and no spacecraft survived the landing. Studing Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger because astronomers are fasinated and NASA has a compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus.

Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit because astronomers are fasinated by Venus. In paragraph four it says ¨ Astronomers are fasinated by Venus because it may well be once have been the most Earth like planet in our solar sytem. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth.¨ This means Venus could have been a planet that was more like our planet Earth and had similar features. Similar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. This features that Venus has means that at one point Venus could have been a planet just like Earth is.

Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit because if NASA is compelling an idea for sending humans to study Venus it might work. In paragraph five it says ¨NASA´s possible sotuion to the hostile conditons on the surface of Venus would alow scientists to float above the fray¨ This means scientists would be able to float above the fray with NASA´s possible solution. In paragraph six it says ¨Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to out knowledge of Venus.¨ This means researchers will work on inovations to make machines last very long and can last for them to have as much information about Venus when they get back to Earth ground. NASA is also working on other ways to help on studying Venus. For example in paragraph seven its says that ¨ some simplified electronis made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulated the chaos of Venus suface and has lasted three weeks in such conditions.¨This means that they made eletronics with silison carbide and tested it in a chamber to venus and lasted three weeks.

Venus is a worthy pursuit to study because NASA has compelling ideas and astronomers are fasinated. NASA did a test of silicon electronics that lasted three weeks and astronomers say the planets surface has similar features as Earth. The author is right on studying Venus.    ",3
"The Face on Mars was not created by aliens.

Pictures show that shadows from how the camera was located gave the formation the illusion of having eyes, a nose, and a mouth.

Also, the angle of the camera affected the way that the formation was seen.

Other scientists depended on the photographs of Cydonia to prove it was just a rock formation.

The first image that was seen showed that it was a natural landform, and was not created by aliens.

Furthermore, there are many other rock formations that look just like this one in America.

There is also no physical evidence that aliens had anything to do with this formation.

And it is not uncommon to see rock formations like these in places where they could occur.

There is no proof that aliens did not do it, but it is just highly unlikely because it has never been seen before.

To conclude things, the only people saying that this could be an alien monument are conspiracy theorists and they are not as reliable as scientists are.

Scientists have evidence and proof to back up almost all of their thoughts or theories, unlike these theorists.

These people do not have as much experience as the intelligent scientists do, so they cannot be trusted with the information that they give.

So that is why this normal rock formation was not created by aliens.",2
"There are a lot of advantages when it comes to limiting car usage. Car ownerships are allowed,but there are only two places to park. Cars owners have to buy space in the thousdands that means you are spending more money then you should be. Having a car is a lot to worry about the gas and car notes and things like that were if you didn't have a car it would be less stress on you. Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. Stores have placed walk ways on main streets to inform people that walking is better then just getting in a car. The private cars owned by the middle class are choking the cities. This problem wont go on much longer the environental protection agency is promoting car reduced.

If a lot of cars drive at once it will produce air problems just like the one in paris they have ban driving to clear the air of the global city. It was a law everyone had to follow or they would be fined 31 dollars or your car could be impounded. Also in china the cold nights and warm days makes layer of air trap which causes car emissions which is why we are sorounded by smog but paris has more smog than china.

Some places like Bogota,Colombia have days called car free day where they could not use their cars thre hole day they took buses, biked, skated,or hiked to work. its a good way to take away stress and lower air pollution but this act didnt just start in the mid-1990s. It will be a good thing not to have cars for a day then everyone would be getting in space even the ones that don't wont to.

If you really look at it recent studies show that Americans are buying fewer cars and not as many people are getting their licenses as the years go by. maybe driving isn't all it cracked up to be in the end if you think about owning a car is a little stress all the things you have to make sure your car have just so you can keep it on the road and sometimes you also have to put a lot of money into a car to get it fix. maybe not having a car is not a bad thing anymore just think about it and you tell me.    ",3
"Unmasking the Face on Mars

Well on my opinion I don't think the face is a natural landform, in the text it states- twenty five years ago something funny happened around Mars. If the face has been apart of Mars for ONLY twenty five years I don't think is was apart of martian life, it would've already been discovered a long time ago. I honestly think it has been made up by an illusion.

Stated in paragraph three, NASA uveiled the image for all to see, it was a huge rock formation, which resmebled an humans head making out the shaped of nose, eyes, and mouth. They thought reasoning this situation of Mars would be a great way to grab the public's attention to Mars. It did.

Ever since then it has became an pop icon, so now that i think about it, It does'nt seem like it was apart of martian life. They so far haven't even caught real martian life on planet Mars. So I don't even know how to think that NASA could determine it was apart of alien life on Mars. It possibly could be but I don't think anything could live on the surface of that COLD planet.

It puzzles me that it just randomly popped up out of nowhere and has been located at that very spot for twenty five years, why could this happen now? I don't know maybe later in discovery the scientists of NASA will find out what and why this happened. NASA's budget wished there was an ancient civilization on Mars. I guess we'll have to find out later in the future.

How could they possibly determine it's real? Let's make a couple guesses.

The ""Face on Mars"" has been starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, articles, magazines, radio talk shows, and even haunted grocery store checkout lines! Now you know why people are so amazed of being able to read about this story and give NASA so much feedbacks about this ""Face on Mars"" story. One day they'll determine what'll happen.                ",2
"Dear, State Senator

I would like to inform you of the elections to the electoral college and the by popular votes, that this is to to the fact we should change by the popular votes for the president instead of the Electoral College becuse  under the Electoral college system voteres would not be able to vote not for the president but for the slate of electors,the state legislatues are being responsible  for pickig the electors so the they can vote for the people and the collge is unfair,outdated,and irrtional.

Although  being that voters will not be able to vote for the president . the voters may be able to vote but not for the president but for a slat eof electors, who in turn elect the president. these would go to congress and the vote for the electoral votes this makes it much worse to consider the state legislatures are technically.

the electors have occasionally refused to vote for thier party coanidate and casst of deciding the vite womever they would like to have it given an amount of voters to vote for one party for the president and another for the congress. they picked more electoral votes responsible for picking the eclectors could always defy the will of the people.

this is unfair ,outdatted and irrational because its in favor of mostly assertions without much basic of not letting the people vote instrad of the state legislature choosing electors to to vote to pick the presisdent .                                                                                                ",2
"With a time like this, your country needs you most. That is one of the many reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys. If you join the Seagoing Cowboys program, you will see amazing sights, and have fun while you work.

When you join the program, you will have opportunities to see parts of the world you never thought you would see. You will see Europe, China, and even Greece. You an even take a gondala ride in Venice, Italy, or marvel at the sight of the Panama Canal. You can see th Acropolis in Greece and castles in Crete. But those are not the only benifits. Even tough taking care of animals is hard work, you still have time to have fun. When we unload the animals, We often do things to pass the time where we used to keep them. Games like baseball, volleyball, and even table-tennis tournaments.

We sometimes do boxing, fencing, whittling, reading, and other games.

When you join the Seagoing Cowboys you will open up a world of opportunities. But it is much more than just an adventure, it opens up the world to you.",2
"Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger on been the hotest planet in our solar system. Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, Venus has a thick atmosphere and even their clouds are of highly corrosive silfuric acid in Venus's. NASA studies Venus just to see, what a other planet have in commun with the Earth.

NASA hve been looking for another project as the old technology called mechanical computers. They want to use this mechanical computers because it makes calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all. Also, they having think abut the Modern computers because they are enormously powerful, flexuble and quick, but the tend to be more dicate when it comes to extrem physical conditions.

Venus has really hick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets, Nasa knows this because they tried the most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective.

The Ntional Aeronautics and Space Administration( NASA) has one particulary compellin idea by sending humans to study Venus and set their life on risk. As the humans that MASA idea tried to sent them to study Venus will not kill them because Solar power would be plentiful, and radiarion would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans.

Many researchers are working on innovations that allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus. The study challenge that the NASA realized presented That Venus has VAlue, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors.",2
"Driverless cars are coming! Google cofounder Sergey Brin thinks that there will come a time when nobody will buy cars because they wont need them. He believes that the cars would be like taxi systems and take us wherever we would need to go. Google has had cars that can drive independently under specific conditions since 2009, but is this a good thing?

I myself believe that driverless cars could be a good and bad thing. Self independant cars would be able to help people out big time. For those who travel, they wouldn't have to stop and get a hotel because if they were tired the car would just drive them while they rest. Many people also do illegle things while driving, like talk on the phone or text. People crash cars all the time for drinking and driveing, texting, and talking on the phone. Having a car that would drive you would lower the accidents casued by these things. Having a car that drove you would save many lives. Haveing cars that would drive themselves would put many people out of jobs. Taxi services, truck driving services, limo drivers they would all get replaced by vehicals that could drive on their own. Also what if self driving cars got into a wreck? Whos at fault for that? The driver or the company that made the car and led you the buyer to belive you would be safe inside of it. How would anyone get justice out of that, they wouldn't.

Now, I believe that there is both good and bad in having driverless cars, but if they were designed properly and taken care of they way they should be, I think that they would help out majorly. People that have ideas for the future have a lot of responsibility on them. They have to make sure that their ideas are of the better good before they let them out into the world. I hope whoever does designe these driverless cars put thought into it rather than just thinking about money.                ",3
"Venus is like earths twin. The author stated in where the plant is loctaed. Venus tempature on the surface is 800 degrees. NASA is wanting to send people to the planet venus.

NASA is wroking on other approachaes to studying Venus. They smiplified electronics that are made up of silicon. They are trying to make the modern day computers even faster then they are today. NASA trying to create a machine that well last long enough to contribute to Venus. Their wanting to make gear that also dont need electronce inquired.

People call Venus ""The Evening Star"" becuase it is one of the brightest spot in the night sky. Although people mistaken it for a star its a planet. Venus is safer to see from the distance its been very challageing to exmane Venus. This planet is the secound planet away from our sun. Venus is the closest size to earth.

The NASA is very facinated by Venus because is the most earth like planet. Venus surface is very rocky like valleys and mountains. NASA is request to send some people to go check out the planet Venus but that is nearly impossable . They think that at one point Venus was just coverd inh ocean. Venus is the nearst option to vist.

I think that we should try and go vist Venus how know what could be on the planet. If we do we should be real cafeul because there could be dangerous stuff there. Its an opertunaity to see what Venus good values are. We can also compare earth o venus.                                                          ",1
"The ""face"" on mars was not made my aliens. We know this because it is only a Martian mesa, those are common on Cydonia. The only difference is that this one had shadows that made it look like a egyption Pharaoh. Although few scientists believed the Face was an alien artifact, most of them thought otherwise. Photographing Cydonia became a priority for NASA when Mars Global Surveyo. "" we felt it was important to taxpayers,"" says Jim Garvin, chief scientist for NASA’s Mars Exploration Program.

So we photographed the face as soon as we could get a good shot at it. On April 5, 1998 the first time that the Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia, Michael and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture that was ten times sharper than the Viking did. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first went on the web. Saddly enough it revealed that it was a natural landform. People were sad to see that it was not a alien moument after all, but some people still thought that it was still an alien moument.

They thought that because it was cloudy on the red planet the alien markings were hidden by haze. Neverthless, on April 8, 2001 on a couldless day the we tried for a third time, but "" its not easy work, in fact, it's hard work,"" says Garvin.""We had to role the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view.""It was not all invain we got a great shot with each pixel in 2001 spans of 1.56 meaters, compared to the 42 meters per pixel used my the Viking. The picture was so good that if there were airplanes on the ground, Egyptian-style pyrmids, or even small shacks they could see it all. What the picture really shows thr Martian equal to burra or masa. Land forms common around the American West. All it was, was a a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars",3
"I think the technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuble because in paragraph 6 it talks about if you smile when a Web ad appears on the screen, a similar ad might follow . But if you frown the next ad will be differnt. The story talks about how your face expressions can say what emotion your feeling. For example if you raise your lips at the corners of your mouth , then squint your eyes slightly to produce wrinkling at the corners of your eyes , holding that raise the outer parts of your cheeks up, toward your eyes , it gives the looks that your happy because it all depends in your musccular actions . The computer can also tell when your faking a smile and when its real . Also in paragragh 8 its says that to an expert, faces dont lie, because the muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a smile is not true. I think the technology to read minds is valuable because they tested it and they aprove that it is true that your face expresions show your emotions. ",2
"Driving or any moter transpertaion is a bad source to the enviroment. some people around the world help the planet by using car pools or bikes, and others ways to travel useing less gass and polloution to get around. And even countrys are helping out.

The data shown in the passage is that many poeple chose to sell there cars and chose to use other reasoures to get around. in the text it says , "" when i had a car i  was always tense. im much happier this way"". this qoute showes that having a car isnt as fun as people say. it can leave to stress and make people feel very tense. some people cant live without their cars , but others travel on bike and busses to not just do to do it, but to make a difference and help the earth. Data has been shown that the driving in America has decreased over the years and study shows that the driving by young people has decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009. My response to this would be that all of this, is that people are trying to help and make for something better

Getting around without cars isnt just happening with small time people, Countrys are even getting involed. for example Paris, after days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a patial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. motorists in paris with numbered license are told to leave there cars at home, if not they would have to suffer a 22-euro fine. this is a great way to allow less pollution go into the atomshere, this also helps everyone even if they dont know it. And not just paris has a car-free day, but Bogota , Colmbia use this as well. many colombians hiked , biked, skated or took busss to work during a car-free day. this helps our planet so much even if its a small thing it help little by little.

Many countrys do a great thing by doing this and it helps and even if the trip from A to B might take a little longer, its worth it. usage of cars being less used is a very important thing people do .            ",3
"Have ever seen the cowboys on tv and wanted to be one. Have you watched a movie that takes play in the ocean and wanted to be there. Did you know you could be both at the same time. You can be a seagoing cowboy. pack your valubles and grab Grab your cow boy hat and this is why you should join.

You yes you, you can be a seagoing coboy. Why should you you ask. You should join because you no longer haft to sit and watch other people enjoy the fun of being on the ocean, you get to see amazing things while traveling.""i had the side benifit of seeing Europe and China."" Being a sea going cowboy also gives you the benifit of working with animals,""to take care of the horses and mules that were shiped over seas"" the last benifit you could get out of being a sea going cowboy is the memories you would have from the good times,"" luke also found time to have fun on bored. the cowboys played baseball,volleyball, table tenis fencing, boxing, reading, and wittling.""On the way to your destination you can meet new people and mabey help them. learn more about peoplel and their needs,""it made me more aware of people of other countrys and their needs."" You could become a hero, if you want to.

You dont haft to be any one extrodanary to be a seagoing cowboy. You dont need to be chosen by a group of people who only pick the best. All you haft to do is be you and sigh up and you will travel the world and help people. Have you ever seen the cowboys on tv and wanted to be one, seen the people in movies on the ocean and wanted to be there, you can as a seagoing cowboy.       ",3
"Luke bomberger was a seagoing cowboy in the story- A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves. Luke had some amazing adventures a a seagoing cowboy, he saw and did many things. I am going to show you how neat seagoing can be. The things that are fun about seagoing cowboy activites are the sightseeing, the places you can visit, and serving your country.

As a seagoing cowboy, you can see many different things. You can see buildings like the statue of liberty. You can see different oceans and landscapes like the Atlantic ocean and the rocky mountains. You can see and meet different people like the president of the United States.

You can also visit different places as a seagoing cowboy. You could stop at different restraunts like an Ihop on the edge of the ocean. You could walk in a cand store and walk out with a package of m&m's. Or you can visit some national monuments like Mount Rushmore.

As a seagoing cowboy you can serve your own country. You can tend to different animals like pigs and cows. You can carry supplies like artillery or food. You can transport people and soldiers to where they need to go.

Helping your country, sightseeing, and the places you can visit are all good reasons why you can concider being a seagoing cowboy. You have seen how fun it can be. Think it over, it might just be the job for you.      ",2
"Have you ever seen the really bright star in the night sky? That piont is is actually a planet called Venus. Often Venus is seen as the Earth's ""twin"" in terms of density, size and things. Even tho it is very similar many scientists have problms with studying and examining the planet closely. In this actricle, the author explains why that is the case and how NASA wants to change that.

The first aspect that the author talks about is the difficult conditions that people have to face on the Venus and he explains the reasons why scientists have problems studying the planet. He uses important data like the atmosphere of Venus containimg almost 97 percent carbon doixide and clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in the atmosphere that would make it really hard to survive and breath for humans. And such as the planet's surface temperature has an average of over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than the pressure on the earth. Furthermore the author explains why those conditions would make it almost impossible to send humans to that planet and the author gives examples that are easier to imagine like the liquifying of metals.

Besides explaining the condotions the author also shows the reasons why humans want to examine the planet Venus. He uses reaserch to state that it could be possible that Venus has had existing life such as the earth. To underline that he describes the geographic view of the planet and compared it to the earth's geographic view. He lists similarties such as a rocky surface ans familiar features such as valkeys, mountains, and craters.

The last point that the author makes and that supports the author's idea thst studyung Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers is that the author explains the research that the NASA has been doing to figure out a way to examine Venus closely and find out more information about that planet. For example it states thta NASA's possible solition to the difficult conditions on the surface of Venus is to find a way to allow scientists to float above the fray. Moreover it lists thta NASA is also working on some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide thta would stand the pressure and heat of Venus.

All in all the author supports his idea really good by talking about different points such as the explaining of the conditions on that planet, the explaining of the difficulties that humans would face on Venus, the listing of reasons why scientists want to examine ans study Venus and last but not least the explaining of the actions that NASA has made to find a way to solve the current problems on the planet's surface.",4
"We don't realize it, but pollution has gotten worse. Although, with the help from Columbia and Germany's bans on cars, we can change that.

Why drive someplace that's down the street, when you could save the gas and money and walk, or maybe even ride a bike? All around the world people use cars to their advantage and even though it seems like just a little ride around the block, it's really making more pollution spread out into the air. Vauban,Germany has made the decision to ban all cars. There are two ways to keep your car: by buying a parking lot space down town, $40,000, along with a home; or large car garages at the edge of the development.

Taking away stress is another advantage for giving up your car. Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two says, ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way."" Walking doesn't add pollution to the air. Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gases emissions in Europe; and up to 50  percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States. Bikes and scooters have the same effect as a car, just with less pollution. Just by riding a bike you are not only not sending out pollution, you are getting a free workout. Just by even car pooling you are saving your country from being overthrown by polluted air.

""All of our development since the World War II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change,"" said David Golberg, an official of Transportation for America, ""How much you drive is as important as whether you have a hybrid."" Many experts expect public transport serving suburbs to play a much larger role in a new six-year federal transportation bill to be apporved this year. In previous bills, 80 percent of appropriations have by law gone to highways and only 20 percent to other transport.

The car is one way to get around town, to travel, to car pool. However, with one less car we could change the way we live in the future. Imagine, less smog, more people walking and riding bikes to get to places, and less people being stressed. We could be setting a forever-lasting trend.    ",3
"Okay hey,  I just wanted to introduce myself before we get into this subject my name is PROPER_NAME and i'm writing about changing the Electoral College to election by popular vote. The reason why I am writing about this is because there are a lot of things wrong with the Electoral College and under that sytem, voters don't vote for presidents they vote for slate of electors who then elect the president and can elect someone completely different than who the voter wanted to be president. So there is a possiblity that your not going to wind up getting what you wanted out of the outcome. Also in electoral vote the most worrying thing is the prospect of a tie. In that case, the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where the state delegations vote on the president. (The Senate would choose the vice-president on that outcome.) At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to the voters. Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in the states they know they habe no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the ""swing"" states. During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode ISland and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad. If anyone has a good argument for putting the fate of the presidency in the hands of a few swing voters in Ohio, they have yet to make it.....

It's official: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. THe best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. And the argument in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. And the arguments against direct elsections are spurious at best. It's hard to say this, but Bob Dole was right: Abolsih the electoral college!    ",2
"I am Luke Bomberger and I just graduated from High school and had two part time jobs. One was at the bank and another at the grocery store. One day my friend Don Reist asked me if I wanted to go to Euroope on a cattle boat, and I could not resit it.

It was 1945 and World War two had just ended and the UNRRA joined together and helped the coutries to recover from the war. UNNRA hired ¨Seagoing Cowboys¨ to take care of the cattle that were shipped over seas. Don and I signed up to do this position. In August we got orders to go to New Orleans. I had 335 horses that I had to take care of.

After about two weeks we finally arrived, but caring for the animals kept me busy.

They had to be fed and watered at least two or three times a day, bales of hay and bags of oats had to be dragged from the lower holds of the ship and the stalls had to be cleaned out. I had helped out at my aunt? farm when I was younger but I was not prepared for the dangers on the sea. On my second trip I was going to go make my hourly report to the captain and I slid down a slippery ladder. A small metal strip had stopped me from going into the dark atlantic, but I was not able to work for a couple days because my ribs were cracked.

This job kept me very busy, and had many oppertunities to see things I have never seen before. I halso had found some times that I could have fun on board instead of having to care for the animals. After the animals would be dropped off we would head back. We played all kinds of activites and games. The cowboys played baseball and volleyball in empty places were the animals were. We also had table-tennis tournoments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, the games had help pass time.

I encourage ever teenager if you have an opputunity, to sign up for this job. This job I was able to see things I had never seen, it was a lifetime experience, and I was able to stay busy with the animals and then have a little fun. I encourage this job because this is what I did it was an enjoyable jod. I mean how cool is it to ride a ship and take care of cattle. Then after they get unloaded you can even have some fun on the ship. It helped me become more aware of other countries and their needs.   ",2
"The Facial Action Coding System is very valuable in many ways like here a example,like Dr.Huang predicts ""A classroom computer could recognize when a studnet is becoming confused and bored"" the computer system could help with students gardes and help them tell the teachers what they dont understand instead of sitting there in class trying to catch on when its to late.The computer will let the teacher as soon as its sees the students face and regonized that the student is struggling and needs help.

The system could aslo help with all emotions even in a relationship because it could read your face expressions and if your dont like sharing your feelings your boyfriend/girlfriend could find out what your feeling by the computer just reading your face.The system could help with problems in shcool and find out whats wrong with students and see why there upset and maybe help them out by showing the teachers care and they would problem have a good day all becuase the computer system shown that the student was upset.

Dr.Huang says ""most human communication is nonverbal,including emotional communication"",meaning that most human talk to each other through phones and dont really share emotions because you cant really show emotions through the phone so he saying that the system could bring human communication more useful now these day sinstead of just pulling out your phone to talk to someone.

If Dr.Huang is right the system could help children with depression by having one just in your house it could read your face as you walked by,your parents could look at and see that your upset amd come talk because there worried.The system sounds helpful to kids that are quit and kids that dont like sharing there feelings becuase the computer could do it for them.

The system is very valuable in many ways and it will help alot of people with their emotions.It can save lives with depression and keep people stronger by telling there feelings to loved ones and bring you closer to loved ones.                ",3
"Dear Senator,

In my favor, i bielive that popular vote, for electing the president of United States Of America, is the best choice for election. Every thing is for the people right? Give the people what they want. If majority votes a certain somthing, such as the president, shouldnt the people be able to get what they want, its for for the people right? No one is going to vote for somthing as impotant as this for no good reason. They vote and agree for whatever gives them the best intentions. Why disatisfy the people? Shouldnt they get what they want? I mean its for the people isint it? If so, then popular election it is. Think about it. The whole point of even having a president is to control and keep the United States Of America happy. Why do the oppisite? If the people are happy, and there is a comander in cheif, then its a win win situation. Every ones happy. The whole point. Why would anyone try to mess that up and change things causing chaos and unhappiness? I thought it was for the people not aginst the people. Im not wrong, and if it changes and the people are unhappy, do you really think thats going to have a positive impact on the economy and society? Unhapiness, living under terms and conditions thats in no ones favor. Sounds nice, that was sarcasim Senator, I dont know if youve ever heard of it. Overall I think that popular vote is the choice to go with for electing our future President of the United States Of America.

Sincerly, PROPER_NAME    ",1
"Let the people vote! They know what they want, so let them have a say. Let them have what they want. The state senator should change the voting system to popular vote, because you're giving the American people what they want, it gets more people to participate and vote, and it lessens conflict.

To start, the senator should change the voting system to popular vote, because it gives the people what they want. If we rely on the Electoral College to elect our congress, presidents, senators, or whatever then what are the people voting for? People vote for who they want, so wouldn't make sense to elect the canidate with the most votes, since thats what the people want. Say there were two students running for class president, PROPER_NAME and PROPER_NAME. PROPER_NAME got 75% of the students votes while PROPER_NAME only got 25% of the students votes. In the end PROPER_NAME wins the election, because a group of teachers voted she should be president. Thats how the electoral college acts, like their vote counts more then the peoples.

To add on, they should change the voting system to popular vote, because it gets more people to participate and vote. Many people are not going to waist their time and vote for the canidate they want, when most likely that canidate will not even get elected. This will effect the whole process, if there is a decrease in people voting. To encourage people to vote give them hope that the canidate they vote for will have a shot at winning the election. They should not have to think my vote does not matter. They should feel like they actually have a say in the election.

Lastly, changing the voting system to a poplular vote can lessen conflict. When people see that who they are voting has a great chance at winning, but does not get elected, lets just say there can be outbursts. People usually start to protest in what they believe is fair. To decrease insidents like this give the people a fair vote and fair election. The people should come together and fairly vote on the canidate they want to be elected. For the benefit of the American citizens, let them know they have a voice in the elections, do not take their freedom of speech away from them; give them what they want. Yes we can vote!

To conclude the voting system needs to be changed to popular vote, because it gives the people what they want, it will get more people to participate and vote, and lastly it lowers conflict.            ",3
"In this essay using the technology system ""Facial action coding system"" the emotional expression of students in a classroom can be valuable.

The new technology system could help For example like not smiling broadly using video imagery In paragraph 5 technology you can see if your friend are pretendind to be emotional of course most, of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc. It's saying in the quote that humans are not good at describing facial action ""coding system"" can see and know what really are people's feelings.

By using the new the new ""Facial Action Coding System"" in a school system can be valuable to the school system because computers can recongnize when a student is becoming confused or bored the coding system can make computer animated faces more expressive for video games or video surgery.

Conclusion i think that the ""Facial Action Coding System"" is not a bad idea it can detect when you're happy or sad is a good idea for the students.",2
"it would be fun to take the pertunity because you get to see new places and new sights and you get to live like a cowboy. for a wile and that would be fun to do if you normaly arent. countryand you get to do new thing such as riding horses and stacking hay.

And it would also be intersting, becaseu you get to new thinks like syack hay ride a horese agian and you get to live driffrent like get up early and you got to feed the, animals and you got to drees diffrent like put on boots so that you dont get muddy.

And there is something eles in valved the war when the war was over they had to give out food becaseu every thing was disrioed so they had to give out food and give out stuff that was needed.

And that is why it would be fun interesting and dangrous so next time never move somewere there is going to be a war       ",2
"The future is coming, and this future should include driverless, autonomous cars as another step in technological advancement in human society. Even though they are not completely driveless yet, they can provide so much if properly tested and improved upon such as additionaly safety on the road.

These driverless cars use all kinds of sensors to help the car view its surroundings, the most important one being a spinning sensor on the roof called the LIDAR. It uses laser beams to form a 3D model of the car's surroundings so that it can see all sides of the car instead of just the front.

These cars also allow new levels of safety that a machine could provide more easily than a human would be able to. For example these cars have antilock brakes that use speed sensors at the wheels which can allow cars to automatically apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine. This provides far better response and control from the car than the average human could apply alone. Another safety feature provided by these cars is the alert systems such as vibrating seats and an in-car entertainment system that turns off instantly when the driver's attention is needed.

While it is true that autonomous cars are not completely autonomous yet, that could very well change in just a few years. Human technology advances rather quickly. Back in 2000, technology wasn't advanced enough to build things like antilock brakes or sensors that could track and constantly update a 3D model of one's surrounding. 13 years later, technology like this has been built and is currently being used. Tesla has already promised the release of a car capable of driving autonomously 90% of the time sometime in 2016 and others like Mercedes-Benz and Nissan are planning to release fully autonomous vehicles in 2020, so technology is clearly on its way to becoming advanced enough for these vehicles soon.

Autonomous vehicles such as these promise a future of less traffic accidents in our nation and will overall be a step foward for our society.",4
"Yes I agree that Venus is dangerous place, but scientists are trying to find ways to dicover and learn more about Venus. Many years ago scientist believed that Venus use to have Oceans and Valleys.

Venus could be visted by explores but the tempature condtions is too hot for humans. Spacecraft have landed on Venus and they lasted a few hours every since then no one have been back since 3 decades. Also Venus has a very thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide. In paragraph 3 it says ""90 times greater than what we experience of Earth"" This qoute shows that Venus is a very hot plave to live on and that humans will never be able to live there. Venus have the hottest surface temperture of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our Sun. So this shows that Venus is a very hot planet that humans can not live on because of the conditions.

In Conclusion scientist, spacecraft and the NASA are still trying to see what they can do about traveling to Venus but no one has not beem back since then. This shows that Venus tempature and atmospehere is too bad to live in.        ",2
"My reason to go on the trip was it would be an amazing experience. I loved the idea of going around the world.

I seemed to arrive in the places just as the wars were ending so it was good timing. I told people that it was a really good experience and I enjoyed my trip. I went to New Orleans,Greece,Italy,and China on my adventures of being a seagoing cowboy. I would really suggest being a seagoing cowboy expecially if you are someone who wants to travel or enjoys traveling. My argument to go is this could be a once ina lifetime offer like it was for me. If you get the oppurtunity i would really take. I know if i got offered again I would take it it's a really amazing way to see the world and experience other cultures.

It is always a good oppurtunity to experience new cultures and learn new things. You never know what you are going to like. Like some peole you might even end up living in another country because you enjoy their culture so much. There are also other things cultures have that you might like to try like foods and different ways of living. Many cultures have different lifestyles that you might like.

I really hope this convinced you to go ahead and go on the trip. This could be one more thing that you miss out on because you weren't willing to take a chance and experience new cultures. I really suggest going like I said I had a good time on my trip and really enjoyed it. ",3
"Would you want to keep the Electoral College or change the election by popular vote for the president of the United States? I would want to keep the Electoral College. I would want to keep the Electoral College because it keeps its process organized, it helps people vote, and it helps people out. If i were you id pick to keep the Electoral College. So let me tell you why you should pick to keep the Electoral College.

First of all, you should pick the Electoral College because it keeps the process organized. If you didnt have the Electoral College than you'd probably be confused about a lot of things. You wouldnt know where to go to vote. Also you probably wouldnt know where the section of the electors is. ""The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress. If you didnt have the Electoral College you wouldnt know anything of that, so pick to keep the Electoral College.

Second of all, you should pick to keep the Electoral College because it helps people vote. If it wasnt for electors you probably wouldnt be picking a President or none of that because the electors set it all up. The Electoral College tells you where the meeting is to vote. The Electoral College has 538 electors and there has to be a majority of 270 electoral votes to elect a president. So there is no reason not to pick to keep the Electoral College.

Third of all, it helps people out. It helps people out by telling them what to do, where to go, and who to vote for. If there wasnt an Electoral College it would be harder to vote. If its in the Constitution that means it will help you. The Founding Fathers put it there for a reason. So if i were you id pick the Electoral Collge i wouldnt pick to change the election by popular votes for the president of the United States.

Last but not least, I think you should pick to keep the Electoral College because it keeps its process organized, it helps people vote, and it helps people out. Why would you pick to change the election by popular votes? What good is gonna happen? Nothing. It would be better to pick to keep the Electoral College. So you should without a doubt pick the Electoral College.    ",3
"Think about it, people all over the world are constantly getting themselves stuck in natural disasters losing lots of the things they need to survive. In passage 2 it says, "" To help these countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more''.

All this does is help recover families who have lost family members animals or shelter. most of the people cant survive without their food. Being a seagoing cowboy can be more than helping families but can spread the love and hope of God. In passage 9 it sais "" But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for Luke Bomberger. It opened up the world to him."" Im grateful for the opportunity'' he says.""

Now think if you were in this situation, wouldnt you want to have hope, know someone cares, restore the broken. It would also be challenging to try to live without food no to animals to even rely on for food. Think of someoneyou love, think about if they died. wouldnt you want people to come contfor you. It would also just be a fun experience getting to see new places if not before.

In conclusion if you wouldnt like to loose family, friends, or animals you rely on or just love come help those who have went through those times. Why dont you show those people that you care and want to help. So now what do you think about joinging UNRRA.   ",2
"In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"", the author introduced a new technology. It is called the Facial Action Coding System. It enables computers to identify human emotions. Those emotions can be portrayed on a human or on a painting scuh as, The Mona Lisa. This new technology, Facial Action Coding System, is valuable. It is valuable because it can figure out exactly what someone was feeling and it could help schools.

Now, figuring out exactly what someone was or is feeling may not be so important to you. It could be very important though. For example, in the passage ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"", paragraph 1, the author tells us exactly how Mona Lisa was feeling. She was 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful, and 2% angry. For the moste part she was happy right? But what about the 17% of her feelings that were filled with disgust, fear, and anger. Whatwas causing those feelings. Think about it. If we can figure out exact emotions of people from the past, we could dig in and find out a lot more about our world's history. Those 17% of emotions could be nothing at all, but what if it was a major. What if it was something we didn't know about her.

This new technology could also help out schools. In aragraph 6, the author talks about how the Facial Action Coding System could potentially improve classrooms. That would result in smarter people in this world which is great. The technology could read your facial expressions to see if you are bored. If you are bored, then the technology could improve the classroom to be more interesting to you. If you are more interested in the subject at hand, then you will understand it better. If you understand it better, you will have better grades and have more knowledge. This will ultimately result in smarter people in the world.

So the Facial Action Coding System is valuable. It can help us find exact emotions of a person. It could help us with with our schooling. We could find out so much more about our world and increase the IQs of others. This system could be so important for our world. ",4
"is it right whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in the classroom is valuable. The software is the latest innovation from prof. Thomas huang of the Beckman institute for Advanced science at the univerity of illinois, working in collaboration with prof. Computers can help kids that are sick at home and cant come to school. It can help kids that dont understand how to do some of there homework.

Hold on calculates can help kids that don´t understand how to do there math homework. Eckman has classified six basic emotions happiness, surprise, anger,disgust, fear, and sadness. Then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles. Dr. Huang even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression like not smiliing as broadly.

techology can also bad a bad thing for kids because they can get on website and look up the ansers to there homework and never learn it. The way it works it they get on the website and type in the anwer and get it. They dont have to work for it anymore. A renowned drama coach, constantin stanislavsky, had his actors carefully reproduce smiling and frowing as a way of creating these emotions on stage. ",2
"Ever wondered what someone is feeling? Thomas Huang sure has! That's why he paried with Prof. Nicu Sebe to design and create a Facial Action Coding System. The Facial Action Coding System was designed to read peoples facial expressions.

It all starts with a 3-D modle of a face. It then goes on to calculate the placement of the muscles in the face. It takes into consideration the six basic emotions. Each emotion is paired with the musces. An example would be raised eyebrows which are associted with shock,or surprise. Even very slight emotions are captured.

This new technology could tremendously improve classroom learning. If a teacher had axcess to a technology like this,it could better help them understand where each student is in the lesson. For example if one,or more stundent showed signs of confussion the teacher could try to explain the lesson.

This could also help future video games and animated flims. Being able to really study human emotions could inprove the graphics of the games or films and make characters more expressive. Actors could also benefit from Facial Action Technology. Being able to study hundreds or human expressions could take acting careers to new heights.

In conclusion expressions are complicated and difficult to understand. But with the help of this new technolgy who knows what we can learn for them,and where is will take us. Imagain looking at a photo years from now and being able to know exactly what you were feeling. Thats what Facial Action Coding Systems can do you just have to give it a chance.      ",3
"Fellow citizens pollution is the big buzz these days, ecofriendly supplies are increasing, people want quite, cars are being created to be electrical, no polluting gases, solar power electricity! Ever since we were younger people drove attention to limiting car use in any possible way; like carpooling, riding the bus, riding bikes, or walking etc.. So what is this craze about limiting car usage?

In Vauban Germany, you can say there is no life in the fast lane, it is all life is peaceful. As a result 70 pecent of families in Vauban do not own cars; as Heidrun Walters says ""When i had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way."" As Walters walks Verdant streets there were swish of bicycles and the chatter of wandering children drowning out the occasional distant motor.

In Paris, there's not much peace or life in the fast lane, its city congestion!

After pollution measures reached a record high, Paris banned driving to clear the smog. Cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions. On a Monday motorists with even-numbered liscence plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 31 dollar fine. The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day. The smog eventually cleared enough to release the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday.

While in America after 2005 with the number of miles driven peaked, thereafter, that number steadily dropped. So does this mean America's love affair with its vehicles seem to be cooling? Probably not, but as of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak, equal to where the country was in 1995. The explanation is greatly because cash-strapped Americans could not afford new cars. Now because America's recovery of recession and unemployment, we'll be noticing in the next few years ahead.

Therefore, limiting car usage can either be an accident, emergency, placeage, celibration, or choice. Either way limiting car use is great for our environment and great for your skin!                ",2
"I just graduaded for high school. I got an opportunity of a lifetime. My friend Don Reist to go to Europe on a cattle boat. I couldn'd say no to him. It was 1945 and world war to in Europe was just over and I wanted to help put it back together.

Many of the countries were left in ruins because of the war. I went to help because I wanted to help with them. Together we made UNRRA and hired seagoing cowboys take care of young and old caddle an the farms to get started with work.

In August 1945 we were sent to New Orleans. We were sent the day the Pacific war ended. I tured 18 before we went to Greece whitch ment I could be drafted to the army. Every one told me just do keep doing my job intil the time comes if it comes.

The cattle trips were hard and long. I saw China and it was cool. The Acropolis in greece was a sight. Most all the streets in Italy were full of water. but I had a good time were ever you put me.

In the end we all tryed to help out other people even if they arnt native to use.",1
"I will be making an essay how the author supports the idea that studying Venusis a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. Well Venus is actually the second plant on the Earth. Venus have challenging place to examine more closely. I really don't thing that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite. What ever that means but the author has give us so many things about venus.

One reason that I have found in the passage is that Venus is more than three decades. Venus reputation as a challenging planet for humans could travel to the planet if Venus, but how will they come back home. Well I don't know how they will be going back home. Even more challenging are the clouds of hightly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus atmosphere. Most importantly reseachers well I mean the author cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth. It can sometime be our nearest option for a planetary visit. How I said in the beginning people can go to Venus for a trip, but how are they coming back home.

The second reason that I have found in the passage is that NASA has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. Its solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Its not easy conditions but survivable for humans. Venus have never had a ship landing in that planet. Venus from a ship orbiting or havering safely far above the planet can provice only limited insight on ground. Because most forms of light cannot penetrate to Venus. This is in the passage,some simplifiled elecronica made of silicon carbide have been tested ina chamber simiulating the chaos venus surface and have lasted fro three weeks in such conditions. ",2
"Do you get sea sick and if not you can be a Seagoing Cowboy. It's nineteen forty-five, World War II was over in Europe, and many countries had left the ruins! Luke Bomberger would like you to help out too. If you would take a guess of what you would have to do? You would get to help out people that have lost their economy, food, and shelter.

The thing that this eighteen year-old boy enjoys coming back to get more supplies because the Cowboys play volleyball in the pens where the animals are located. They also play table tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helped pass the time.

When luke is helping people they also get to go to special places such as the Acropolis in Greece was special,""So was taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city of streets of water."" He also toured and excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China.

What if I don't want to help said one of the people Luke had ask and what if I don't like taking care of people or animals. Luke had just said but it's a lifetime chance to go to all of those places and it would really make you happy but, if you don't want to go then just don't go. then that person named Joe said he wanted to go and that was Lukes best friend and Luke knew that they were going to have fun.

In conclusion they had been on that ship for over four and a half months just to get to South Africa. Luke and Joe had played table tennis tournaments and many other games. The two boys even played volleyball. Finally they had arrived at South Africa.",2
"So the author was thing about he can visit Venus and how he can walk on Venus but Venus it is hot More importantly researchers cannot take samples of the rock gas or anything else from a distance and the author thing about makeing a fly car in space so they can see Venus and they will not give up becasue the work hard and they will do thing other people will not do.They tryed to send spacecraft and that did not work out for them and they see everything in space they can see the sun and the other plantes and they will not give up thay will find a way to land on Venus and they will find out what thing are on that plant and they will work dad and night if they have to and NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus and they

Striving to meet the challenge presrnted by Venus has value not only becasue of the insight to be gained on the planet itself but also becasue human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors Modern computers are enormously powerful fleible and quick but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions by comparison systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure heat and other forces.These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on earth such an enviroment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to deepest parts of our oceans and world liquefy many metals.",2
"Driverless cars, also known as autonomous cars are dreams from the future. We have all seen them in movies. Today's innovations are begining to make autonomous cars a tangible concept. In fact,they are already being designed. Driverless cars have been imagined since the General Motor's concept car. The first autonomous cars were driven by radio signals and magnets, but these things proved to be too impractical. The development of futuristic cars are a contraversial topic. I believe that driverless cars should be developed because they are gas-efficient, time-saving, and safer

Driverless cars save time. During the time spent driving, someone could be doing their homework, or reading a book. Drivers can continue their daily life by drinking morning coffee or eating breakfast. Drivers would not need to be alert and focused on the street when their attention could be better used elsewhere. Instead of the time spent driving they could manage their time. For example, on a roadtrip, the mom could be preparing dinner instead of driving. Instead of driving an EMT could already be working on an inured person. This time would allow faster medical attention and save lives. These concepts are entirely possible with future innovations. However, is still room for improvement. Cars still require human assistance to navigate through tricky areas. GM vibrates the seat and Google simply announces it.

Which brings us to our next topic, gas. Gas is an unrenewable resource, meaning once it is depleted, it is gone forever. Sergey Brin says that the new driverless car will use half of the fuel of a modern day taxi. These cars could change the world. If we consume less fuel, as a result, the fuel will last longer. This will also reduce emissions and pollution. With pollution reduced, the effects of global warming will also be reduced, preserving endangered animals. Autonomous cars would allow for time for scientists to search for a new sources of fuel. Driverless cars are also more flexible than buses.

Some people may argue that driverless cars are dangerous. If the car were to malfunction and the passenger is unable to assist, it could result in a crash. The liability is huge, for on whom would the blame be placed? Once a perfected model of a driverless car emerges, this danger is eliminated. Many accidents are made while the driver is texting, or under the influence. Many driver's get distracted. With autonomous cars, these factors do not matter. The car will safely navigate you to your destination no matter what you are doing. Automatic functions have already prevented numerous accidents. Antilock breaks detect danger and prevent uncontrollable skids or rollovers.

Maps, sensors, computers, and radars, are Innovations we did not have in 2000. At the rate we are learning and inventing new things, driverlesscars will be here in no time. BMW's ""Traffic Jam Assistant"" can already steer, accelerate,and brake themselves. I support the development of autonomous cars, because they are time-saving, pollution-reducing, and safer.",5
"Imagine taking a simple stroll through the neighborhood that you can't even enjoy because of pollution in the air. Limiting the usage of cars has many advantages. Some would even say cars can add unnecessary stress to your life. There's no need to worry about gas money or the cleanliness of your car. There are many perks that can come with not using cars.

Source 1, which is written by Elisabeth Rosenthal, tells us that there are ""efforts to drastically reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes..."". Experts believe that reducing the use of cars will help decrease the percentage of gas emissions. The exhaust from the tailpipes of cars are harmful to the enivronment. We can save and protect our communities by not relying on cars as much as we do.

In Source 3, Andrew Slesky quotes a businessman saying, ""It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution."" Having cars can cause unecessary problems such as, gas money, oil changes, and simple break downs that cars sometimes have. By using this type transportation less, we can also lower air pollution that's damaging the environment in our communities. By reducing the usage of cars, we can all stress less and enjoy the outdoors like we should be able to.

Source 4, also by Elisabeth Rosenthal, tells us that ""transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions."" These carbon emissions are very much harmful to the environment. Cars can actually be a danger to our society, and limiting the usage of them will be beneficial to everyone.

Using cars is very helpful for some people, but they are not having the greatest effect on our environment. If we limit the use of cars, people will stress less and the air won't be as polluted. Reducing the usage of transportation will be for the good of most people.    ",3
"A Cowboy Who Rode The Waves

In the story there was a boy named Luke and he had just graduated from high school. He was working two part time job at the grocery store and at the bank. Then one day one of his friends invited him to go to Europe

on a cattle boat. Luke knew that this was a great opportunity for him to go with him so he did. In the story Luke did lots of travling and it sounds like he really enjoyed himself. I believe that peole now days should do these type of things today.

My first reason why I believe that people should do these things today is because lots of people are lazy and do not do anything but sit around on their phones or either on a video game. It hurts peoples brains and its a waist of peoples lives. I think that alot of people would enjoy doing lots of other things then just staying at home laying down not doing anything. In the story Luke seem to have had a fun and great time experiencing lots of diffrent places in the world.

My second reason is because we really could learn something about our world. We can experience it without using google or siri. It could be a fun way to actually be right infront of the place or be inside of the place. You could take lots of pictures in there. Also you would feel proud of yourself. You would feel proud of yourself by saying I travled there world

before I

died I actually did something with my life other spent time at home on my phone or Xbox or other device.

My third reason is you could take a vacation with your family and go to some place like the Panama Canal. Also you could go to somewhere like Russia, Italy,Sweeden, and lots of other places you could choose.

My forth reason is in the story Luke says that it would be a great opportunity to go travel the world. That tells me that he was instreasted in travling the world with his friend. Also at the end he got hurt and cracked his ribs. He could not work for a coulpe of days but he still enjoyed himself hurt or not hurt.

In conclusion it would be just a fun journey to do and discover. If you could go travle the world would you do it? Or would you rather stay home being lazy on your phone? These are some question you would have to ask yourself. This is why reasons on why I think it would be a good idea.",3
"I claim for the value of using this technology to read students' emotional expressions. To support the claim here's to esamples, one it carries code to help it detect certan emotions in the human face, and two according to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emostions, but also may even help produce them. That's my two reasons why I support the technology to read students' emostional expressions.

One it carries code to help it detect certan emotions in the human face. Also the code can be kept for years, and would only need to to updated so we won't need to have multiple people tring to tell others how their facial expressions tells hows they are feeling.

Two according to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emostions, but also may even help produce them. A esample of this would be the classic of ""put a smile on your face"".

In conclusion, I claim for the value of using this technology to read students' emotional expressions. To support the claim here's to esamples, one it carries code to help it detect certan emotions in the human face, and two according to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emostions, but also may even help produce them.",2
"To keep or not to keep the electoral college , that is the question . Everbodys ansewer is different but my ansewer is to abolish it . This system did work in the 17th to about the late 19th centrrey but now now in this day and age the old system is like the gamecube , it had a good run and serived it's purpose but now its time to move on to better and more up to date system . Now thats out of the way lets see what should the new system could possably be .

First up , by the people of the U.S.A. . What I mean by that is the poplare vote . With this system everyone's vote matter . Lets say that to win the vote you have to have ten thusand ore votes than your oppint or something like that . I really don't know the best way to do the voting system but this could should be solved by the gonverment and not the high school student that is writing this . Other than that lets move on .

Next one up , Repesitives . I know there is something like this but do this base on population . Like for every 10,000 there is one repesitive or something like that . This could be a cleaner and faster system than the one in the first paragraph . Both of the system mainly focus on the people so you can't do wrong with ether of this systems . Thatsall I have to say about this system .

Now the moment you been waiting for , update the old system . Sometimes all you have to do is update the old system . The system is out datted but if you update it you could make it better . It may or may not work work but you do this right this system could last the U.S.A. a nother 300 years .

In conclusion , this is what you could do to replace the system . There are many more but to me this are the three best systems I can think of so I hope you agree with me . Other than that I wish you farlwell .    ",2
"Dear congress, 1. I belive that everything you guys do is amazing. Except onr thing, the Elecotoral college. In my opionion having one is just a waste of time, money and effort. Why spend money on Electores when you can just spend that money on anything else, you could let the people of the U.S decide thatb for themselfs. Accoring to a artical i read about the year 2000 , 60% of voters would rather have a direct election from popluar vote then to have the Electoral college (source #2).I f more then half of the U.S popluation(which is in the millions)wants there to be no electoral college and have the president win due to popular vote, then what are we waiting for?

2. Think about it, if the people where the ones to pick the u. s president they would choose someone that they think would be best for the country. There might not be any conflict in the white house about who picked who , because they didnt choose anyone. The electoral college consist of 538 members each state having more or less depending how big there state is,for exampel texas would have more then ohio since its much larger. or florida aving more then new york ect......

A majority of 270 electoral votes most be given to a party for that president to win.

3. In conclusion, i think that a electoral college is use less and they should let the people decide on their president.         ",2
"Venus the second planet on the solar system. Venus has a temperature of 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and its atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our planet. Its atmosphere is made of 97 percent carbon dioxide , the clouds are made of highly corrosive sulfiric acid. If this planet is so inhospitable why does the author think we should keep studying Venus? Well Venus may once had been just like our planet, scientist believe that once Venus was covered largely by with oceans and could have supported various types of life just like the Earth today. The only problem is that the tecnology we have now can't reach the crust of Venus, because it would get destroyed.

The author of the passage belives that studying Venus worthy pursuit despite its danger, but how can we study a planet that has bad temperatures levels capable of melting tin. NASA has one particular compeiling idea for sending humans to sudy Venus. NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientist to float above the fray. Just like planes travel at hight altitudes to avoid storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions. The author placed this idea in his passage, but theres a set back for this idea the scientist would not be able to study the ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dence atmosphere. More importantly they cannot take any samples of rocks, gas or anything else.

Other ideas that NASA has come up with is, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simultating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted three weeks in such conditions. The other idea the author place on this passage is the idea that Old technology called mechanical computers. These devises were first envisioned in the 1800s and played an important role in the 1940s during World War II. These divise use make calculations by using levers and do not require electronics at all. The computers today are powerful, flexible, and quick but tend to be more delicate fo extreme physical conditions. Mechanical parts can be made more resistent to the preassure, heat and other forces. This idea is really helpful makes belive that is worthy of traying to sudy Venus.

Striving to meet the challenges presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to begained on the planet, but because human curiosity will likely lead us into new endeavors. The dangers in the planet should not limit our imagination and innovation, insted it should make us have more ideas and overcome the obstecla paced by the world. Many ideas are been created at this moment, but the ideas that the author has writen on this passage are helpful to make the reader want to sudy Venus even despite ts danger.

All the evidence Above supports the claim that is worthy to keep studying Venus even if there are many dangers. The author uses many points to descrive how the problems can be solved even if it would take time, but all the insight that we could gain from the planet Venus would help our society more. The author shows that we can make tecnology that can witstand the harsh environment of Venus and gain more information.   ",4
"Driverless cars could be great for people in the future, but it will definetly take a while. Having a driverless car has positive and negative aspects, but do you want to take the risk

Owning a driverless car could be extremly helpful. Driverless cars will still require a driver who is paying attention to the road at all times. These cars could helpful, of course you would still have to pay attention to the road but you could relax more and not be as stressed out as you would when you are driving. There are negatives to owning a driverless car such as you, a driver or passanger, may not be safe. Technology can always have a fault, what if one of these cars drove you into the other lane causing you to hit a car or you run off into a ditch. What happens when to cars hit eachother, who is at fault. The driver is at fault of course, the drivers need to be in control of the cars. I don't think that the driverless car is the greatest idea because of all the accidents that could occur because maybe the driver falls asleep and the car makes a mistake, what do you do then. I think we should just keep our cars the way they are, I would feel more safe on the road with the car's control in my hands.

When I saw the title of this story I thought driverless cars would be amazing but as I continued to read through it, I noticed how bad these cars could be for all of the people. These cars could mess up and get you killed or hurt because you aren't paying attention and you aren't being in full control. I feel like more underage kids would think it would be okay to driver these cars because they don't take as much effort and aren't as difficult to learn about. I also think that some parents would let them too because they think it would be easier, but they are wrong. Driving one of these cars is just as dangerous as driving any other car in the world. It could be dangerous if you make it dangerous.

In my opinion they should not invest in producing driverless cars, what they should do is invest in making cars run off of things like water, air, or from solar energy. That would be much more effective for earth, it would stop global warming becasue it is reducing all of the fumes that are released into the air. These cars will make people more lazy than they already are. We want to help everyone live, not just make the rich people in the world lazy. I understand that these cars take a lot of technology and they could help some people get places easier but technology could have faults, they could have messed up the coordinates for a place and it take you off into the middle of no where. This is just how I see the whole driverless car situation and I think we should put a stop to it.       ",4
"Hi im Luke im going to tell you why you should join the

Seagoing Cowboys program. If you join the Seagoing Cowboys program you get to explore the world and you will get to deliver animals to places all the way around the world. You will get to visit Greece, China, and other places all through Europe. You will get to go to Asia and help people who are in need. For more information ill tell you what i did when i was in the Seagoing Cowboys program. I started the group when i was 17 and i sailed all across the world i went to Grecce and i saw the Acropolis. Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. ""So i was taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water. If you join the Seagoing Cowboys program it will open the whole world up for you if you live in a big city like i did. I also found time on board to have fun, especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded. The cowboys played baseball and vollyball games in the emptu holds where animals had been housed. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helped pass the time. Thats why im here today to tell you about all the fun you will have if you join Seagoing Cowboys program. But theres only one thing to worry about witch is if its raining and you are out at sea try to be careful i was out on sea and it was raing and i slipuped when i was going up a latter and fell and almost fell of the ship but the railing saved my life, but i couldn't work for a few days because i cracked my ribs. I hope you all will join the Seagoing Cowboys program.",3
"The article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" talks about new software created by Thomas Huag, who studies Advanced Science at the University of Amsterdam along side his colleague Dr. Huang. They are both experts at coming up with better ways for humans and computers to communicate. That is excatly what this new invention is about. The invention they created is used to help recognize not only humans emotions but paintings' emotions as well. Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting the ""Mona Lisa""

is the subject of this particular experiment. Both scientists were succesful in finding out what were her actual feelings behind her smile. This invention would also be valuable for students in a classroom.

The author writes in the six paragraph ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored"". The author continues to elaborate and says that then the lesson would be modified. Modifying the lesson can mean that the teacher changes their teaching plan to fit the students understanding. Having this new innovation will make students smarter and get higher test grades, because they will be learning at their own pace and level, thus helping them understand the work better.

This invention could also be essential for everyday human interactions as well since most of us communicate through a nonverbal launguage, this inventions would help us humans eachother better. Better communication leads to a lot of positivity in the world such as, less wars because we would be getting along better and understandandng eachother better.

Overall this new invention would be very essential to use in a classroom for many reasons. It helps students understand the lesson more. Understanding is key for better test grades. ",3
"Is Venus a worthy pursuit despite the dangers of studying it ? Well in the text it is stated the ¨Venus is the second planet from our sun¨ and mostly it is referred as the Earth´s twin. So the author claim´s that it is a challenge to meet and presente by Venus having value, but the travel on earth should not be limtied by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the imagination and innocation.

So the author talks about how it is the closest planet to Earth in the terms of the size and density and of course the closest in the distance too they are like planetary neighbor. There are differnce because somethings it changes we are closer to Mars and sometime we are closer to Venus. There have been previous mission that was unmanned, but they were for good reasons. According to the text ¨snice no spacaft survived the landing for more than a few hours, and numerous factors contribute to Venus´s reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity for us.¨ so the author tells us why there have been many fails and why they are still studing for it.

The another thing is that how Venus is a thick atomsphere that is cloely by 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets. That it is more hard for the clouds to have highly corrosive sulfuric acid in the atomsphere. According to the author ¨ on the planet´s surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater that what we experience on our own planet.¨ So this is more far extreme than something else humans encounter on here this earth so trying to move up there is going to be a little hard and diffult.

Last thing to support the idea of studing Venus is long time ago they said maybe there was ¨probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life just like Earth today.¨

Also now that NASA has one idea that sending humans to study Venus though they said it will be challenging because of the temperature will be toasty that will be around 170 degress Fahrenheit. Also the pressure of the air would be closer to the sea level on Earth. They will use solar power and radiation that will not exceed Earth levels, but that will be survivable for humans. Also with many of there new teconology and new modern computers that are powerful, flexible, and quick, but becomes more delicate when it comes to extreme phyical conditions.

Overall the author made many supports and the idea of studing Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. The author also stated that the travels on earth should not doubt but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovations and how they are making NASA working with a person to study on Venus and travel there and also the modern computers.",4
"If someone wishes to travel somewhere, such as a normal commute, proably the first transportation method they think of is a car. Cars are everywhere. They're the things hiding in a home, waiting for someone to enter the depths of the dark garage. Unless the grage is truly empty of the world-killing machiene, such as in Vauban, Germany where people have done the unthinkable: got rid off cars.

Though it may sound proposterous, or even critically insane to even concider giving up a car, the citizens of Vauban are a lot happier to be rid of the burden. ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happpier this way"" (Rosenthal, In German Suburb, Life goes On Without Cars). As you may have forgotten, car payments, maintnance, check up, oil changes, and gas are all part of owning a car which may be a financial strain for most.

Again, those robots that you move with pedals and a steering wheel are seriously affecting our Earth. We're Earth murderers. ""Passenger cars arw responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States"" (Rosenthal, In German Suburb, Life goes On Without Cars). Fellow humans, we are not the only species on planet Earth. We are so used to cars it's like watching something interesting on TV and trying to pull away from it; it's nearly impossible. ""After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clean the air of the global city"" (Duffer, Paris bans driving due to smog). Less driving cars is less greenhouse gasses that destroy our Earth.

In our society today, cars are the dominant transportation method. When you go outside in today's world it is most likely not the sound of nature, but a manmade vehicle. Without cars, a whole new world will come forth, or most likely the beautiful world we forgot about that is mercilessly trapped beneath unessesary layers of greenhouse gases. When Paris banned cars, it improved the pollution stuck in the air. ""The smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French part to recind the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday"" (Duffer, Paris bans driving due to smog). If we stop driving cars, it will help most people financially, help our Earth, and ease the worry and stress over the maintenance of a car. Once again, we are not the only species on Earth. Can't we all just share?    ",4
"Dear Florida State Senator,

The Electoral College needs to be disbanded. There are many reasons why the Electoral college needs to be stopped, but I will go over that later. How is it fair to Americans, if you say we have a vote that counts when we are just voting for a slate of people that might vote for someone we do not want. The voting process needs to be handled by the people, and who we want to run this country that we live in.

The voting process is just not fair to Americans. It's in the constitution that we have a right to vote and that we have the right to choose our president, but you people in the electoral college take away that right when we only get to vote for a slate of people. If elections were done by popular vote things might have been different in many ways. First off, in the 2000 election if it was done by popular vote, Bush would not have won and we would have had, Al Gore as president. The electoral college is just uncompletely fair to voters. Because, in some states they have a winner-take-all system, so the presidental candidates to spend time in those states to get their vote.  Seventeen States did not see the presidental candidates at all in 2000 campaign, so what is the point in having voting in those states if we dont know who we are voting for and why we are voting for them? There is not a reason to vote when the electoral college votes fore us.

Yes, sometimes people do not know what they are voting for and why, but that is because we have no say, it is not up to the people who is going to the president of the country of we live, because the electoral college will not let us choose who we want. Many people, very important people, such as Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon, and the U.S Chamber of commerece have agreed that we should abolish the Electoral College and give the people the vote and see who wins president then. If the people had a vote  on who is president it would be very simplier, than the Electoral College when they have a tie, we would not have to bounce the decision, we could radomly choose one state and let them vote to see who the president is for 4 years. Yes, some may agrue that randomly choosing one state would somehow turn out to but a massive mistake, but there is a way to make sure that no state gets selected 2 times before the first time of any other state.

Many my agrue that, the Electoral college is there for our benefit. Tell me one benefit there is to having no vote as regular citizen. I get it that there are more people in some states than others, but that does not mean we all get the same number of electoral votes as the huge states such as, California, Florida, and Texas. So if we are not going to have the same votes number of votes no matter what why does it matter if we give the people the option and have them vote for who they want, it is because the Electoral College does not care who we want they choose the president on who they want. Also, if it is up to the Electoral College then why does it matter if the citizens vote, I mean of course we want to give our input of who we want, but it does not matter, because our state senators will go behind our back and vote for someone we do not want.

America, of course, has many more freedoms than other countries and we are not taking advantage of that, because we can not allow the people to vote for the President of the United States. The citizens do not want to vote for a slate of people, they want to vote for our president. So let me ask you as my Senator, what are you going to do about it?    ",4
"In the past one hundred there is no dought that technology has advanced. Even to this day technology is still advancing. Driverless cars are very posible today because of the advancing technology and the knowledge of the car makers. The new wave of innovation is coming wth the driverless car. There is no doubt that driverless cars are the way of the future and are good for the well-being of the human population.

Driverless cars are not only the way of the future but they would be highly effective. Driverless cars would be good for society because of the safety standards that would be the driverless car. Driverless cars could reduce the risk of collisions and accidents because of the technology that is in the car. Driverless cars would not only be good for the driver but for the other drivers on the road. Many accidents on the roads are caused because of reckless driving but with the driverless car the crash rate could go increasingly down.

Driverless cars could reduce the risk of accidents beacuse the car would be able to drive itself. Drunk driving, texting and driving, and falling asleep at the wheel would not even be an issue for a driverless car. Take a person who is intoxicated and put them behind the wheel of a car. The person behind the wheel is dangerous to other drivers on the road. With the driverless car the intoxicated driver would not even have to drive and would not cause as many deaths or crashes as the regular car. It is the same thing with texting and driving and falling asleep at the wheel the danger of those before the driverless car is at a high rate. With the technology and the sensor ability of the driverless car the total numer of accidents and death on the roadways would go way down with the driverless car.

The driverless car would be much more effective than regular taxis of buses in large cities. The first thing is the environmental help of the driverless car. It is projected that the driverless car would use half of the fuel that the taxis today are using. With so much of the environmental concerns today about the poluted air, the driverless car would be an environmentally friendly car helping out with keeping the air cleand in big cities. The driverless car is also much more flexible and productive in terms of public transportation. With a lot of driverless cars able to help with public transport the fluidity of the public transportation system would speed up.

The driverless car would have no schedule like the taxi drivers have today. With the help of the driverless car people would get to and from quicker and there would be no taxi or bus fee as there is no driver. Driverless cars could change the whole outlook of city life and possibly change the world.

The driverless car would have so many good qualitits like saving the lives of men, women, and children as well as saving the environment of the great earth. Driverless cars are the way of the future and are good for the society. There is no doubt that driverless cars are the way of the future and are good for the well-being of the human population.                 ",4
"I believe that driverless cars could be a bad thing when it comes to accidents or construction zones. Driverless cars would take away jobs from people that drive transportation for others, like taxi drivers and bus drivers. Driverless cars are costing more money to figure out how to make them one hundred percent driverless. Driverless cars could cause more wrecks if something happened inside the vehicle. These reasons are why i think driverless cars are a bad investment.

Driverless cars today still need assistance from human drivers when going through construction zones and passing accidents. Driverless cars will never be able to go around an accident if it happens right infront of the car. the driverless vehicles dont have the reflexes of humans so I do not think that driverless cars will ever be 100% driverless.

When companies make these vehicles they are taking jobs away from public transportation drivers, like bus drivers and taxi drivers. So, The United States would be causing more jobs to be taken by a machine. Causing more debt to The United States. Driverless car companies spend lots of money to make testing vehicles, when the companie spends that money on a testing car that has problems then it causes more debt. There is not a single 100% driverless car yet and the companies spend time and money on figuring out how to make them completely driverless.

Driverless cars could possibly cause more wrecks. The vehicle could accidentally drive into another lane when there is another car in it. It might not be able to stop quick enough if there is a wreck in front of the driverless car. Many things go wrong with technology as it is so why do we need another thing that could injur or kill humans.

I believe that driverless cars are a bad thing to have because they could cause wrecks, take jobs away and cost The United States more and more money, and because driverless cars are not 100% driverless and will need driver assistance at some point. ",3
"It seems that technology gets upgraded yearly. Recently, Apple has created a software called Animoji. This software allows you to have an emoji replicate your facial actions. This ties into the new software, the Facial Action Coding System. This software analyzes your face and can tell you how much percent happiness, anger, sadness, fear, suprise, or even disgusted you are displaying. Since we already have facial recognition, why not have the software to tell you your mood. This software would benefit education and provide a safer area for students through recognizing extreme signs of depression or anger.

Our mood can either help or damage our learning processes in school. If you are in a bad mood, you will not care as much as you would if you were happy. This software would be very benificial for any classroom. Having this software could help students learn. ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"" Dr Huand predicts. Then, the software could modify the lesson to suite the students need. This software could boost the students grades, because the students would be more focused or not get confused due to the Facial Action Coding System. Not only will the software boost the students education, it could also help the school identify if someone is extremely depressed or angry. This software could prevent anything drastic from occurring. It could prevent suicide, shootings, fights and all sorts of things. It could save someones life, if not many peoples lives.

Overall, the Facial Action Coding System can benefit our education and learning processes in numerous ways. It can recognize when a student is confused, and then it could modify the lesson to help the student understand the topic. It could also recognize when a student is bored, and then modify the lesson to be more interesting. It could improve the school's awareness to when a student is extremely depressed. It could also improve the school's awareness to when a student is extremely angry. The shool could then help the students who are depressed or angry to prevent anything drastic from happening. These are several reasons to how the Facial Action Coding System could benefit education and provide a safer area for students through recognizing extreme signs of depression or anger.",3
"Many people seem to believe that ""The Face on Mars"" is alien activity. However, ""It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same heigh as the Face of Mars."" In that quote Jim Garvin, cheif scientist for NASA's Mars Explaration Program, states that he mainly recongnizes it from the land forms on Earth, rather than seeing it as alien actvity.

When the first picture was taken in 1976, technology was not as great as it is now or even in 2001. Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared oto 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo. Meaning the qualtiy of picture taken in 1976, which convinced most people of alien, did not have great or even decent quality. On April 5, 1998, Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonis for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOS) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the orginal Viking photo.

After taking the picture thousands of anxious we surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing.... a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all. When this statement was said not everyone was satisfied. The Face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April of '98-- a cloudy time of the year in the Red Planet. The camera in board had MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face. Perhaps, said skeptics alien markings are hidden in the haze. Which that is a resonable argument, but not being 100% postitive is too risky to throw into the public.

Garvin made an arguement that states, ""As a rule if thumb, you can descern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size,"" he added. ""So, if there were objests in this picture like airplans on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shack, you could see what they were!""

Using all of the evidence and arguments, and just by seeing the picture, it was just a strange occurence that a natural landform found on Mars was shape as a human face. Also the fact that the picture was taken about fourty years ago changes a lot. The amount and the quality of technology has changed tremendosely.",4
"The

first thing that i should include in my discusion would be that there was a spacecraft circling around the plant and there was know sine of anything that could have really caused it un natturaly.

Then i would include facts on how the camra did not spot anything that could have been alrming to anyone. An that there was and is know sine of life at all on the plant so there for it

would not really be anything to be worried about.

Then

i would have explain to them that the way in witch that plant moves and shifts we really arn't one hundered percent sure on how much of a differnce it is between earth

and mars so we have to estmate one how the weather is and

how much water it gets if any there has to be water ona plant for there to be life on it.

How

are we sure on what mars is really like because we as people have never been there. So in order to tell people anything about mars we would have to have more recrosses and more information.

what we do know about mars is that there is little to know water, and that to have anything living there would be nearly inpossible. There is know proof that anyting can even live on mars and the face was mostlikely made by a small astroide hitting the plant or land shifts there are multiple ways the face like figure could have been made in the plant.

But it most definletly was not any kind of differnt life forms or aliens because there was know kind of indcation that there was even anything on mars to crueat somthing like that know sine at all.",1
"The author says a lot about studying venus. there are many examples of what venus is like and how it compares to earth. NASA wants to send people to venus to study it. But going to study venus could be very dangerous for many reasons.

as used in paragraph 3, the author states that

""the atmosphere is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide"" . He then also sates that "" on the planets surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit. Also that the atmospheric pressure is 9 times greater than what we experience on our on planet."" i believe that NASA shoudnt send our people over to the planet because it is way to dangerous.

in conclusion, venus is a earth like planet that NASA studies. i believe that we shouldnt send our people to study because its to dangerous. Also at the same time it would be a great project to study. NASA is going to continue to study venus. its going to be a hard and dangerous planet to study, but they will get the job done. ",2
"Why should we stop using cars especially to our everyday advantage? Cars can pollute the air running on normal gas rather then hybrid cars though. Why is being car-free such a big hit? Will the use of cars come to an end? Not driving cars can be good for us in many ways.

""Congestion was down 60% in France after 5 days the smog rivaled in Beijing, China, wich is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world."" (as Robert Duffer says in pragraph). The pollution can spread and make it worse some where else but be pollution free there. In france diesel feul is to blame for their pollution 67% compared to 53.3% of gasoline. Not using cars for only just a small amount of time can get rid of much of the pollution. Some people say its more stress free to not have cars around.

Being car-free is becoming more known and more people are trying it. There has been less traffic jams too. ""The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog."" (as Andrew Selsky states in pragraph 21). Also that of having no stress and nonpolluted air. In Bogota, Columbia cars have been banned for 3 years. People are being more active and walking more, this is helping a lot because everyone is getting more excercise and being healthier and having no pollution is a plus because you can also breathe easier.

""Studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by."" (as Elisabeth Rosenthal states in paragrah 29.) The United States is very cultural based on cars. The use has dropped drastically because in 2013 the miles driven was 9% below the peak. A part of it was because some people dont make much money or have jobs. sociologists believe that being car-free can be a benefit to society but bad for car companies. More people are using technology to communicate rather then driving somewhere too see them in person.

Being care-free is a great way too live your life, theres so many advantages to not having to use your cars. This helps save money from gas or car problems. It helps you be healthier and more active. All in all it even helps pollution one of the biggest problems we have and a main cause is the gas from cars.            ",3
"Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Venus is sometimes called the ""Evening Star,"" and is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. Venus is the second planet from our sun. It has also proved a very challenging place to examine. It is the closest planet to Earth, and occasionally the closest in distance too. Not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us. The clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere is more challenging. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. Astronomers are fascinated by venus. One of the reasons why they are fascinated is because it have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar ystem. Venus

was covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. Venus still has some features. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus.

NASA'S possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels, not easy conditions, but survivable for humans. Scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risk. NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. ",1
"Have you ever heard of or saw the ""Face on mars""? In 1976 NASA's Viking 1 spacescraft was circling the planet and taking pictures ,as usual, when it noticed what seemed to be a human face. When the photos were released many people were impressed while others believed that the ""face"" is evidence of life on mars. Scientists believe that this is just a natural landform. If this was evidence of life on Mars it would have been a great benefit to NASA.

When NASA unvieled the photos of the ""face"" on Mars critics believed that this was proof of life on Mars and that NASA would want to hide this information.

Defenders claimed that this theory was invalid because life of Mars would benefit NASA, so why would they try to hide it? To further their claim that the ""face"" didn't prove life on Mars NASA decied to take more HD pictures of the landform.

In 1998, NASA took picture of the face that were easier to see and 10x sharper than the originals. After these pictures were relased people still weren't satisfied and said that alien markings could've been hidden by the wispy clouds. Mission cotrollers said ""It's not easy to target Cydonia""... ""In fact,

It's hard work"". In spite of all the complications on April 8, 2001, there was a cloudess day in Cydonia and the team was able to get very clear, defined pictures. The pictures showed that the Martian was like a butte or mesa, like the landforms around the American West. ""It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,"" said Garvin.

Despite what the critics tried to argue, there was no way that the ""face on Mars"" proved life there. With more clear photos of the ""face"" and reasons to justify that NASA had no benefit for hiding life on Mars, scientists proved that the ""Face on Mars"" was just a natural landform that had a shadowy likness of a human face.    ",3
"Driverless cars seem like such a great idea to many people including myslef. There are many pro's to this but there are also many con's for driverless cars. Driverless cars appear to be the easiest way to get places for some people, but for others they would like to get to where they are going knowing they are safe because of their own driving.

There is way more to driverless cars than some people know about. Many people are thinking this is the safest way to go. Reading about driverless cars make me wonder if they are safe for any type of conditions because when you're driving somewhere far you never know what the weather will be like. In my opinion, these cars are not the best choice. Having these cars around means less people paying attention to the roads.

In this passage about driverless cars it says ""Presently, traffic laws are written with thr assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times."" I completely agree with this statement because no one knows when the technology will fail. Even with regular cars, you never know when something will go out. And with these cars and the person ""driving"", not really paying attention, could end up in something very serious.

In the end, driverless cars are something that shouldnt become a big thing in the world. Although it may be easier, are you still safe? Buying a driverless car that some states won't allow companies to test drive doesn't seem like the greatest idea to me. Being alert to your surroundings and driving your own car is the safest way to go.   ",3
"We all take risks. Sometimes these risks are not worth it and very dangerous. For example, we all had to learn how to ride a bike for the first time. We thought we couldn't do it. We thought we'd fall but we all took a risk and went for it. In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"", the author believes that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author is taking a risk in studying Venus and studying what our sister planet has to hold. They're taking a risk in that, worse comes to worst, it could end up nowhere and all that time and energy was for nothing. I believe that the author has valuable and logical reasons for believing that Venus is a worthy pursuit no matter what dangers it presents.

One of the reasons the author thinks Venus is worth a shot to look into is that Venus once was the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. This is important because scientists can compare and contrast Venus and Earth. Scientists can take note of what Venus had that Earth doesn't. They can find out

how the formations are similar to ours on Earth. In the article, it says that Venus still has ""a surface of rocky sedment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters."". Venus being so alike to Earth is huge because that means it once sustained life. Venus supporting forms of life in the past is important but what may be even more important is Venus having the potential of supporting life today.

Another reason the author shows that Venus is worth studying in the article is by saying that ""the value of returning to Venus seems indisputable,"". Having a plan B is definitely important. Being able to fall back on something gives relief to most people. In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"", the author says that there is potential for Venus to become habitable again which means there is potential for a backup plan if anything were to happen to planet Earth that makes it inhabitable. This changes the game because that means there is hope if anything goes wrong in the future. Venus is worthy to look into for this reason even thought temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth. I believe we can overcome that.

The last reason I think the author supports the idea of studying Venus is because of the technology we have today. The author states in the article that ""NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus."". The author thinks that with NASA developing electronics made out of different, more durable materials that we are getting closer and closer to discovering different parts of Venus too dangerous for humans. With a satelitte or rover made specifically to sustain the extreme conditions of Venus, we can learn so much more about Venus. The author believes that with the right materials and mindpower, we can study Venus even better without having to deal or struggle with the dangers it presents.

The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents in that they believe we can learn more how Venus and Earth were so similar at one point. The author supports their claim because they think Venus has the potential to become habitable again. They also believe that we have the materials and technology to explore Venus despite its extreme conditions. ",4
"As in my opionion I feel as they shouldn't have these cars because they are diverless cars and can cause many accidients.Why invent something that may cause harm to our society? They should just have regular cars that are controlled by our own feet. That we are controlling. They are bascially having a robot car because the car can do pretty much everything like a robot. It computer controlled and that can be really bad. It can be really bad because what if it senses something is there and there really isn't? That can cause a horrible accident or even cause someones life.

All though some people may argue with my statement because they think it'll be easier for the car was to be

gernerated controlled than for them driving it themselves, but I believe that is dangerous. They think that all they can just get in the car and just sit there and let the car drive but really they should do it by theirselfs.

I rather drive a car thats not so new and not have probelms while driving on the street than to get a whole new car thats impensive and anything can happen while driving on the street around other people.

I have stated my opinion and have to support it. I rather be safe than be in a situation I don't wanna end up being in.          ",2
"The struggles in many peoples lives rely on time-related events such as work, school, and other priorities. These time limits have been built up through our transportation and the bumps that come with it. Traffic is an obvious limit on peoples time every day. However, if traffic was non-existent, how could these struggles be taken away? Simple, everybody gets to their destination without polluting the air or wasting time behind cars; walking or using a bike is the way to go. Avoiding the usage of cars has many positives such as, being free from time constraints with transportation, being more active, and being an avid ""green"" human that is saving the Earth.

Traffic is all around us, whether it be internet or transportation traffic. The usage of cars has limited job arrivals because of the time that should be taken to drive to the job site. Yet, job sites should be centered around the employees as cars should toned down in the first place. ""... stores are placed a walk way, on a main street, rather than in malls in some distant highway."" (Source #1), this quote directly supports and addresses a problem that has been prolonged for too long. Restaurants, sporting good stores, and shopping malls have all corralled themselved in areas that are too distant for consumers to readily access. With cars slimmed down in numbers, stores would be in place for the consumer and the employee.

""...millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital eerily devoid of traffic jams."" (Source #3). When being are more active throughout the day, occurences such as this are allowed to happen much more often. A day free of cars in Bogota left streets almost completely traffic free which in turn reduced smog and allowed for alternativ transportation.(Source #3). Cars allow us to ride through hundreds of miles with just the use of a few muscles. Running just 1 mile burns hundreds of calories and gets people feeling good. When people are fit and healthy, they feel better about themselves and have more confidence. The limitation of cars would allow this feeling to arise in thousands of people. People felt so good, they let nothing stop them; ""The rain hasn't stopped people from participating,"" (Source #3).

Saving the Earth is extremely important and many people are aware of that. However, very few of those people take action. This is primarily because of the way our daily lives are ran. Work is a necessity to support for one's own and their families, so getting to work, whether by car or by bus, is something that will not stop. However, the alternatives of tranportation allow us to reach that goal without using gas-emitting cars or buses. Bikes and even hybrid cars are now rising up in today's society; ""A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009"". (Source #4). Young people have a strong influence on society and if they worry less about the car that they are driving or even driving at all, then there is certainly something going on. Cities are now also taking part in this action, ""After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city... Congestion was down 60 percent in the captial of France..."" (Source #2). A simple temporary ban can not only change the mind of an individuals view on using other alternatives for tranportation, but also allow them to experience those alternatives.

The consequences that cars toll people with today are greatly weighing on an individuals daily life. They have their schedule built around their car and are constantly being time constrained because of it. The effect greenhouse gases have on the Earth is huge and has not stopped. In order to help the Earth in this parituclar topic, this action would be miraculous. Not only do many people become lazy and very unhealthy because of cars, but they also take for granted what they can do without them. Hiking and other activities are missed out on the daily because of these vehicles. Many people can accomplish new goals and set new goals if it were not for certain transportation methods.                             ",5
"Astronomers are facinated by Venus because it may well once hve been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth.

In our solar system, Venus is the second planet from our sun. Venus sometimes called the ""Evening Star,"" is one of the brightest pints of light in the nighty sky, make it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot.However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. Also notable, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun. Beyond high pressure and heat Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to proves seeking to land on its surface.

Each mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours.

Not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more then three dacades.

Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite it's proximety to us.

Astronomers and astronauts could help to know more about Venus and any other planet on our solar system.",1
"In the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author gives us reasons why exploring Venus would be very difficult. But, at the same time, the author gives us reasons why it's important to explore Venus. It's because Venus is Earth like, and so we might be able to visit it one day.

The article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" states, ""Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally rhe losest in distance too"" This is very important, it means that because that Venus is Earth like, as well as the closest planet to earth at times, its important to learn about it, in case we need to go to it at anytime.

At the end, the artivle also states, ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meed the very edges on imagination and innovation."" This means that even though it's dangerouse to go to Venus, we shouldn't help us hold it back, space is a very dangerous place, and if we let us hold us back, we won't get anywhere, and Fast.",2
"There is fasinations in venus because of many reasons , such as its similarities to Earth and the myterious dangers behind the planet its self. The passage is biased that travels beyond earth on a another world shold not be guarded by the dangers and doubts it upholds.

Risk are just hard challenges. In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author suggestthat studying Venus is a worthy persuit despite the dangers it presents. He states in his writing that "" Venus still has some features that are anolgous to those on Earth."" Other than Venus being reffered to as Earths twin, and being the closest planet to Eath in situations such as density and size, there is still info wanted to me learned.

Based on facts Venus is a very dangerous place to study . but everyone should be able to do want they want and face the challenges they want. The conditions of venus are far more extreme then anythig humans have handled befor , bu the author is passionate , and therefore the author has a case that backs up him opinion on Venus's dangers and exploration on those dangers.",2
"The electoral college doesn't work for everyone its not fair. There are people who want a good president to run the conutry, not just some guy that the electors pick. Electorl College is not a good way to pick a president the people are not picking them isnt that want it suppost to be people pick the president not electors. In the text the author write that the electorl college doesnt let the people that have the most vote win because your picking a elector and the elector is picking the president even though he/she has the most vote its not fair. We the people should be the ones picking the president, we are the one who want him/her to run the coutry because we think he/she can do it.  The electoral college should be abolishied and people should pick the president.

There are state in our conurty that are smaller then other states. Those small states dont get a say in the voting for the president because the bigger states rule over because of the electorl college rule. The author says ""larger states like Flordia has 29 electorl vote and Wyoming only has 3 electorl votes."" So that means that the larger states get more attention form the president then the smaller states do. That's not fair the smaller states should be treated like the bigger states not left out. The electrol college (electors)is the one picking the president not the peoplein the small or large states. The electorl college should be removed and the people picking the president and the smaller states get a say in it too.      ",2
"Although Scientist believed that the face was an alian artifact, i dont believe so, maybe it was just a wierd shape on mars they had saw, and assumed it was an alian,it could have just been how mars looked from where they were, or how it just looks in general. perhaps it was just a natural landform on mars, i think so. after more researching, comes to find out it was actually a natrual landform on mars, scientists are not always right, 50% of the time they are false, an the other 50% of the time the are positive. i think people were just wanting it to be a alian, so scientists did all this research, to find out and see what it was.

when scientist decribed this face they seen on mars, ""A shadowy likeness of a human face"" ""an enormous head"" ""Was staring back at the cameras from a region of the red planet called -Cydonia"", yes it does sound like it would be an alian based on how theyre decribing it, but wouldnt you think it could be anything other then an alian?, i think so, not everything with a shadowy like figure of a human has to be an alian, it could be anything really. Like just some natrual figure on mars. therefor this was not an allian artifact on mars, turns out it was just some natrual figure on mars.",2
"Dear, Florida State Senator

Right now there are many disputes and arguments over wether or not to keep the electoral college. Personally where I stand, I think that the electoral college should have less power, but not be totally rid. Reason for my opinion is that alot of times the electoral college has too much say, and we the people dont have enough say. For example, Barack Obama recieved 61.7% of the electoral vote compered to 51.3% of the popular vote. The electoral college had the most say and impact upon the outcome of the election. Most of the time electoral college makes mistakes on who they pick.

Everything they say is based of an intellectuall standpoint. The pick shouldnt be based off of all intellectuall. That doesnt mean the electoral college is bad, if it werent for them I think we the people are too stupid to make the decisons just ourselves. we need intellectual. Most voters dont even know much about who they pick. We shouldnt be trusted with all of the say in the election. Thats why we need electoral college to balance it out and make it right in the end. Alls im saying is dont give them all the say in who wins the election just lower it a bit to be 50-50.

Sincerely,

We the people ;)    ",2
"Will Venus truly every be explored? In my opinion no because there are many obstales that our sister planet presents. Such the inhospitable weather. atmosphere and, past attempts failing.

Inhospitable weather is an exapmle of the obstacles Venus presents. Dispite Mercury being the closest planet to the sun Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system. With tempts. reaching up to an Average of over 800 degrees fahrenheit. Beyong high pressure and heat additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthqaukes, and frquent lighting storm and, If the heat don't kill you those things surely will.

Also, impediments like the atmosphere also present obstacles. With a thick atmosphere of almost 97% carbon dioxide blanketing Venus as of now no spacecraft will make it through there with no scarches. Also clouds of highly corrosive sulfric acid in Venus's atmosphere to add on the the carbon dioxide. With these conditions the environment would even crush a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of the ocean.

Which brings me to my last and final point that past attempts have already failed. Humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on the cloud-draped world. With each previous mission being unmaned, and for good reason. Since not one spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Expalning why not a single spacecraft has touched down on Venus in more than three decades.

Finally, In conclusion this is why I firmly believe that Venus will never truly be explored like any other planet in our solar system because of all the obstacles it presents.",3
"Driverless cars are going to change the world.

Having a computer in charge of the where can most definietely help the world.

Driverless cars could prevent accidents before they even happen.

Having people use this idea could completley change our ecosystem for the greater good. Having driverless cars are going to make this world a better and safer place.

If cars were not driven by people there would be a significant drop in accidents.

Google has been running their own self driving cars and they have all driven more than half a million miles without a crash.

People make more errors than computers.

Driverless cars would stay within the limitations of the law and obey each rule.

Therefore self driving cars could save tons of lives and save money for not only the people but the community.

These cars can help keep our streets saver for everyone.

Google has the idea that when these driverless cars come out they will be used mainly for the public.

Cofounder Sergey Brin said the cars will be used in public transportation system theat will be more efficient and better than the system we use today.

By doing this he says wwe would use half of the gas we are using today. If gas was cut in half imagine the benifits for our ecosystem.

It would be making the earth a cleaner place to live on.

Having driverless cars isn't as perfect as it seems.

Driverless cars still would need a human touch.

An example from the texzt would be going through work zones and accidents.

Gopogle doesn't fully give the driverless cars freesom either yet.

They still need the drivers help with complicated situations that would be a basic thing to a human driver.

Overall driverless cars can still be a huge benit for our ecosystem, communites, and especially people.

These cars are close to becoming a real thingm in fact they are coming up in the next four years according to Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan companies working on them now.

Driverless cars are the future and the future is now. ",3
"In the passage ""Car-Free Cities"" Have many advantages, but i feel that the main advantage is that it is good for the planet and to lower air pollution and aslo the movement is actually working.

Helping out the planet and staying green in some way is a good thing because it helps our planet look better not only that it makes it look better but it also makes us humans and the planet Earth healthier for example the air pollution can be lowered by driving cars less,instead od driving your own car you could take the bus,walk, or ride like in the text it says

""Its's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,"" said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife.""

I like this piece of evidence because it tels more on how being green can not only help the planet but alo tell how it can help human kind, because it helps you understand not only it can lower pollution but it can also lower your stress, but if you choice not to go along with the movement you shouldn't have to pay a fine of 5$ because to me it seems like that would be taking away a persons rights yes i get it ""

The goal is to promote altnative transportatin and reduce smog""

but a person should not be force to do so.

Another advantage could be that the movement is working

""President Obama's ambitious goals to curb the United States' greenhouse gas emissions, unveiled last week, will get a fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in American behavior: recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by.

I like this piece of evidence from ""Source 4: The End of Car Culture"" By Elisabeth Rosenthal because it states what the president is doing to try and make our planet better, but not only that it also gives factual information by telling about fewer cars are being broughten each year and also fewer licenses are also being gotten

All in all this passage have many good advantages to help persuade people to start driving less and helping out our planet, One it is good for our planet because no one wants to live in a dirty place, Two it will help lower the bad air pollution, and Lastly is that the movement is working anyways so why not try and help out and drive a little less?                    ",3
"Joining the Seagoing Cowboys is a once in a lifetime thing. Joining the Seagoing Cowboys also has a lot of benefits to. You can sight see, the crew is nice, you get to travel, and if you are of age the Seagoing Cowboys will replace having to get drafted into the army.

You also get free time. Free time consists of games such as table-tennis tornements, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and board games. Some of the jobs you can have are watch men and you can feed the cattle and other animals.

You can also do it more than once . Another benefit of being a Seagoing Cowboy is that you get to travel to different states and country's such as China, Greece, ect.

There are other wonderful things you could do and can do for yourself and for other people. like help Greece clean up the Debris from World War Two .

So why don't you join the Seagoing Cowboys and help other people in need.",2
"Limiting car usage helps in multiple ways from decreasing air pollution to boosting new restaurants bussiness. Others who have completely left their car have seemed more happy and ""less tense"" as a ex-car owner put it.

An important factor of the decreased usage of automobiles is that it decreases pollution. Cars in Europe are responsible for twelve percent of greenhouse gas emissions. And up to fifty percent in car-intensive areas in the United States. An example is Paris. It had days of near record pollution they had to enforce a temporary driving ban to clear the air. Traffic was down sixty percent and smog was decreasing. The pollution challenged Beijing, China who is known to be one of the most polluted cities in the whole world. Paris normally has more smog than any other European Capitals.

Limiting your car usage also has personal perks besides lower air pollution. Bogota,Colombia has had its third straight year of banning cars people have started hiking, biking,skating and walking to point A to B it helps bussinesses get popular. Parks and sports centers have started sprouting.    ",2
"The author of ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" said "" Numerous factor constibute to Venu's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite it's proximity to us."" One of the reasons why the author said that is more than three decades ago not one single spaceship has touched down on Venus. No spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. It has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely.

Some facts about Venus is that sometimes it's called the ""Evening Star"". Venus is one of the brightest point of light in the night sky. Venus is the second planet from the sun. Its often referred to as Earth's ""twin"". It's the closest planet to Earth interms of density and size and tye closest in distance too.

As people may think Venus is just a normal planet that spacecrafts can go to and explor the planet, but thats wrong. On the planet's surface, temperature average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what people in Earth experience. The conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus.

As what the author wrote, all the reason and evidence explains that Venus is a really dangerous planet for people to land on the planet and study it without surviving.    ",3
"Many people believe that the image taken by NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft, when it was circuling aroung the plantet, snapping photos from Viking 2 landing. The photo shown and proveded to us is from the year 1998, it has now been modeled diffrentlly from our latest technology. This is a mesa it couldn't have been made from aliens becuase the way it was observed in the Jet Propulsion Lab, could not identify it as it being fake or made by aliens as some people believe it is. Some scientists have studided this image since was revealed. This happened about twenty five years ago when this was released.

This image we see has beeing used and talked about in many places such as Hollywood films, books, magazines, radio stations, talk shows, and grocery stores. When it first came to NASA and the public it was shown as if there was a human face becuase like it says in paragraph three, secound sentence, ""The caption noted a ""huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving it the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth."" That to me tells me that there could have been life on Mars at some point in time but we were probably not exsiting back in the time life could have been in Mars. Its just a mesa becuase on paragraph seven, first and secound sentence, it says, ""So on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharpers than the original Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing... a natural landform."" Those two sentence clarify to me that there are no aliens making things on Mars.

The claim of a face was scientificly proven by Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera that it was just a landform and that there is no aliens making things that look like human shape heads and faces. Also there is an exact location of where you can find this on Mars which is, ""41 degrees north martian latitude."" Even though people were not happy about what they saw but at least we know its just a landform with a great creation of the mesa. No aliens can create something like a landform that looks like"" it remeinds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain if Idaho"", says Garvin. There is a way to remember this and it be the face on Mars or like the MIddle Butte in the Snake River Plain in Idaho.               ",3
"These article that are given to me have good reasons why we may not need cars as time passes by, and their advantages.

In the first article, it gives many reasons why some people in Germany dont need, or used cars. In the third paragraph, second sentence, a women states ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way."" Meaning, that she probably had a lot of issues when she had a car, maybe it was engine problems, battery, or maybe the gas prices that they used to have, but now she can relaxe, not having to deal with any engine problems, battery problems, or the gas prices, now that she doesn't own a car. Now she probably just has a bike, and bike are really easy to fix, not like a car were you have to pay someone to fix it for you, also pay for items that the person fixing your car has used. Basically some people in Germany are trying to save money, and have found a way to do it.

Next, the second article and the third article, take on one of the most important thing, our planet. In the two article it gives alot of reasons why a car is banned from Paris and Bogota, Colombia, but the one that captures me the most would be on the paragraph 17, were it states ""Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals."" Showing that Paris has noticed a problem and are actually doing something about it. They have banned cars to see if that is the actual problem, and they have found out that the cars are the problem. And they're answer to that problem is to set a fine to those people that had their cars with even numbered licence plates on Mondays and odd numbered licenced plates on the following day. Paris then got the results, if the cars were the problem, and yes it was, there was less smog, so they had decided to leave the fine. And in the third article, it shows that also Colombia is taking part of a smog free place. But they instead decide to ban cars and only give permission to buses and taxi drivers to drive. But they don't only give bus drivers and taxi drivers osmething to enjoy, the have also given their people ways to enjoy a place without cars. They have fixed their old, beat-up sidewalks and have put more bicycle trails for people that don't drive buses or taxis.

Last but not least, in the last article it shows that even a powerful and strong nation can also take part of helping the planet, by lowering its most known culture, driving. It might seem like America is taking a part of helping the planet, by lowering the number of cars, and drivers. The statement that captures my attention the most would be ""A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009."" Meaning that a nation were young people would come to lead it in the future, some have decided to do it by hard work. Some would lead it by doign it in the hard, but basically simple way, driving.

In conclusion, those are my reasons to why limiting car usage have its advantages, by saving money, peoples lives, and our planet.    ",3
"In twenty five years there had appeared something strange on Mars , some scienctist tought it was some type of alien face it had eyes and a nose so they started thinking there could be aliens in Mars . But i personally think it's just a landform cause by many things . After a while we had shot a ten times sharper picture than the orginal one . Revealing a natural landform there was no alien monument after all . But the other scienctist still was satisdied for what he belived in but as i was telling him that if there were some type of face or alien we could have seen by the picture we had tooken just as we could see if there were objects like ariplanes on the ground or even small shacks , you could see what they were. What the picture actually shows was equivalent of a butte or messa landforms common around so there for this strange thing on Mars is nothing but a landform. ",2
"The auhtor begins with information about Earth's twin, known as Venus, has been a scientific question for decades. One of the brightest points of light in the sky and somewhat the closest planet to earth looks and proximity wise, is in fact Venus. Venus may be very easy to see from a long distance, but the closer you get the more danger you are in. There are manyreasons on why scientists and astronomers keep going back to venus and attempting after many fails.

Considering that Venus is sometimes, depending on the speed in which Venus orbits the sun, the closest planet there are hardships on why humans cant land a spacecraft on it. Sending a spacecraft to Venus has been done numerous times, but not one survived more than just a few hours. This issue has caused Nasa to be discouraged and havent sent a spacecraft in over three decades. "" each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours""( paragraph.2) This is just one reason on why Venus is a very challenging planet for humans to study.

The author states that Venus' atmosphere holds clouds made of sulfuric acid which is highly corrosive, melting most metals into liquid. On the surface, tempatures are over 800 degrees Fahrenheit as an average. Venus has the hottest surface tempature in our whole solar system. The air pressure is 90 times in what we experience on our own planet. These condiotions are far more worse than what an average person encounters on Earth, let alone a professional astronaut. Venus' environment alone could combust a submarine made to withstand the deepest parts of our oceans. The author also says that Venusian weather and geology have presented additional information such as erupting volcanoes, frequent lightening strikes, and powerful earthquakes. So why does the author think that studying Venus is worth these dangers?

The author found that scientists are discussing further visits to Venus becasue once a long time ago Venus might have been home to various forms of life. The planet holds a surface of rocky terrain and similar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. Given the long time frames of space travel, Venus is the nearest option, yet still isnt safe enough. "" the value of returning to Venus seems indisputable, but what are the options for making such a mission both safe and scientifically productive?"" ( paragraph 2). NASA brought forth a very compelling idea for sending humans to Venus in order to study the planet. NASA's solution is for humans to hover above Venus' harsh ground conditions at 30 or so miles above the landscape. Temperatures will still be at a whopping 170 degrees Fahrenheit, and air pressure similar to sea level on Earth. Not easy but survivable for humans, this is the best idea NASA could provide. Although seeing Venus from a blimp like ship hovering safely above the planet would provide only limited insight on ground conditions, because some forms of light cannot penetrate Venus' dense atmosphere. As well as sight, astronauts cannot take samples from 30 plus miles in the air of the gas, rocks, or soil.

Despite these hardships, NASA is formulating other approaches to studying Venus. The author provided examples on their ideas such as simple electronics made of silicone carbide have been put in a chamber simulating the chaotic nature of Venus, and survived at least three weeks in these conditions. In conclustion the author supported this idea very well, and had a lot of information about the hardships and ideas formulating our jpurney to study Venus. I think that we will find the answer someday and unlock the many secrets that Venus' harsh conditons and unfriendly nature have kept hidden for so long. "" Our travels on Earth snd beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation"" ( paragraph 8) ",5
"The idea of technology being able to read peoples emotional expressions is actually kinda cool. This idea can be actually kinda wierd too because you can be on the computer just minding your own buisness but also knowing the computer is watching your every move to detect your emotional expressions. One thing I do like about this facial action coding system is how they use science to make this work. Proffessor Thomas Haung says that the computer constructs 3-D model of the face and it scans all 44 muscles of the human face and can tell what your emotional expressions are. Another good thing about

this technology has that is pretty good is that when your on the computer and the technology is scanning your emotion , that can determine the ads that pop up , so if an ad pops up that you dont like and the technology can detect that you dont like it the next ad will be something that you like or will be even better. I think this is pretty good for advertising because advertisers are always trying to figure out what people are interested in , want or need and what puts a smile on their face. Overall I think

this technology is pretty good to me so far based on the information I am given. Other people may disagree with this technology and may not like it because not everyone wants there expressions to be known or used because some people may want to keep there feelings to there self. At the end of the day this technology hasn't been realeased to the public yet and people haven't had a chance to use it yet, but until then this is just an idea.",2
"The landform on Mars that looks like a face may seem like a momument created by aliens to some people, but it is actually just a mesa, which was uncovered by NASA's cameras on a cloudy day. An ancient alien civilization seems more than possible to some, but while it is a possibility, the landform on Mars is not an ancient civilization. Evidence of this is found on the image directly before the article, which shows the landform over time. More recent cameras have a better quality of capturing photos than previous ones, which is why NASA photographed the landform at different years. The landform on Mars is just a mesa, because it resembles natural rock formations on Earth and there is photo proof of it.

The face on Mars is just a mesa, because according to the article, ""What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a buttle or mesa -- landforms common around the American West."" The article later states that the Martian landform resembles Middle Butte in the Snake River of Idaho, which is a lava dome. The Martian landform is clearly a natural mesa, not an ancient civilization created by aliens, since it resembles occurances that are common in Earth's natural structure.

The Martian landform is a natural occuring rock formation, since there is photo proof of it and it looks identical to mesas, buttles, and lava domes on Earth. An ancient alien civilization may seem possible to some, and impossible to others, but the face on Mars is just a rock structure that is natural to the Martian landscape. All in all, the ""alien civilization"" is not an alien civilization after all, and is instead, a Martian mesa.",3
"Luke was a young adult who just graduated from high school and became a Seagoing Cowboy with his friend Don Reist. (Yeeha) Being a cowboy must be exciting for him I imagine. After World War II was over, many countries were in ruins. 44 nations picked in to help the countries and they needed Seagoing cowboys to help the animals that were stuck in sea, so Luke and Don signed up to help.

They found a bunch of horses first with a number of 335 horses and enough hay and oats to feed them. Luke made nine trips which was the most of any Seagoing Cowboy. ""The cattle-boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town,"" Luke says. He toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama canal on his way to china.

It took a month to get to China, but they finally got there. Caring for the animals they rescued kept Luke busy. It was more than an adventure for Luke. It opened the world to him.",1
"I will explain the advantages of limiting car usage. I hope you enjoy this essay.

Limiting car usuage definitely has its advantages. You can for one, limit pollution in the air. Less cars on the roads, = less gas to go into the air. Less gas in the air, = better breathing for citizens. We all could use some better air for breathing.

Some people prefer walking besides cars because of the dangers of getting hit.

Kids could be walking in the street, not paying attention to anything but themselves, and get hit. That can't happen if their city limits car usage! Limiting car usage saves lives! You could walk more safely, without having to worry if the driver is stupid and going to hit you!

Another reason limiting car usuage is good is, Drunk Drivers. If you limit car usage, Drunk Drivers are limited as well, decreasing accidents, deaths, etc. We all know that less Drunk Drivers = a safe community. No one wants to be a victim of a drunk driver accident.

To conclude, these are my reasons for why I think limiting car usuage is good. It decreases pollution, decreases accidents with kids getting hit, and limits deaths from drunk drivng. Thank you for reading this essay.    ",2
"Do you believe in aliens? An abundance of people in America think there are others among us from other planets and galaxies. They believe this for a variety of reasons, such as UFO sightings or because of the so-called ""Face"" in Cydonia on the Red Planet Mars. Throughout the years since 1976 we have worked at NASA to discover the secrets of the face, uncovering that it is indeed just a landform with suspicious shadows. The ""Face"" is just an ordinary landform on Mars with unusual shadowing because of recent pictures taken of the natural landform, scientific evidence, and measurements taken.

To start, NASA has taken recent picture of Cydonia in 2001 that shows it is just a natural landform that has developed on the Red Planet Mars. ""On April 8. 2001--a cloudless summer day in Cydonia--Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look. ""We had to roll the spacecraft 25 degreesto center the Face in the field of view,"" said Garvin. ""Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution."" Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel inv the best 1976 Viking photo."" (p. 10). This shows that NASA has gotten a clear photo of the Face with much better photo quality then the first time iit was photographed.

As discussed before, NASA has taken a new and better quality photo of the Face in Cydonia. Using our scientific equiopment at NASA, we have proven just how much better the resolution is on the new phototgraph taken is. """"As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger that the pixel size,"" he added. So if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the gtround or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!"""" (p. 11). This quote from the article shows it has been scientifically proven there is no markings, indentations, or objects around the Face that would make it be a human skull.

Finally, NASA compares the Face landform with similar landforms on Earth in America. The scientist compares the Face with a landform called a buttle or mesa--landforms common around the American West. ""it reminds me of Middle Buttle in the Snake ZRiver Plain of Idaho,"" says Garvin. ""That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars."" (p. 12). This uses a real-life example and measurements to compare the two landforms. The scientist Garvin poinmts out that both landforms--the Middle Buttle in the Snake River Plain of Idaho and the Face on Mars-- are around the height and shape,

On the contrary, some people believe that the face is """"Bona fide"" evidence of life on Mars--evidence that NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists"" (p. 5). In defense, NASA has scientifically proven the ""Face"" is just a natural landform created on Mars. ""What the picture really shows is the Martien equivalent of a buttle or mesa--landforms common around the American West."" (p.12).

In conclusion, some people may think there is alien life on Mars because of past picture or conspiracy theories. No one can denty however, that NASA has proven the Face to be nothing but a natural landform on the Red Planet Mars. NASA has proven this by recent pictures, scientific evidence, and real-life examples and measurements. Over the years, NASA has worked hard to figure out the mystery of the face, and just recently they have discovered, with pictyures, evidence, and measruements, that the Face is just a natural landform with unusual shadowing formed on the Red Planet Mars.",5
"Dear Florida State Senator,

Although many could argue that the Electoral College is a fair system of deciding the president, far too many people consider it non-democratic and unefficient for it it continue being our way of electing our leader. A new system of election must be created to make up for the pitfalls that are inevitable in the Electoral College. A country that is supposed to be a democracy does not have the voting system that such a proud democracy deserves.

Defenders of the College may say that the possibility of a tie is very low or that the  electors chosen are confirmed not to betray the wants of the voters, but just because the possibility is low does not mean you can simply allow the flaws in the voting system to exist. A small hole in a fabric can only grow bigger, and the same goes for our electoral college. If we can't repair or replace the fabric that is our Electoral College, soon there will be problems too big for us to deal with in our current state. The electoral voters may keep the public in mind for now, but there have already been cases where electoral voters put their own wants ahead of the public.

One thing that the Electoral College does not promote is the power in the hands of the people. Although people can vote for whatever candidate they want, the elector is the real deciding hand in the process of picking our president. If one wanted to, an elector can completely disregard the decision of the voters and choose who they want. Considering the ratio of electors in some states to people, it seems completely non-democratic for the votes of some to be more important than the wants of the common people. Some start to feel that they shouldn't vote because their one vote wouldn't have the power to change anything, and wouldn't even ensure the election of the president they want. Another thing that lowers the morale is the absence of candidates in states that can't be won very easily. If a candidate is pretty sure he can't win over a state, he won't visit it because it wouldn't be worth his time. He also wil prioritize large states over small ones because they have more electoral votes. All of these can make a state or person feel as if the election isn't really in their hands, and when people feel like their vote doesn't matter, they don't vote.

Besides the power it takes away from the common man, some could say that the system itself is very inefficient compared to what it could be. Even though it has a very low possibility, the fact is that a tie is possible due to the electoral college having an even number of votes. It would then go to the House of Representatives, who might not even have the want of the people in mind. Since most of the time Congress has a party that makes up a majority of it, it would be very unfair to allow them to pick the president. It's also possible that even if a majority of the people vote for a president, the electoral votes elect the other candidate instead, like what happened to Al Gore in 2000. An election like this just has too many holes and pitfalls to be efficient. The holes need to be repaired before we can actually use this as our primary way to select a president, or else we're setting ourselves up to have problems in the future.

The Electoral College may be functional, but is largely inefficient and is not in the best interest of the common people. The vote for a candidate is not even in the hands in the people, but rather a minority of chosen electors. In a country that prides itself on the power the people have, and the control they have on how their country is run, the people have surprisingly less influence than you would think. We as a people need to speak up against the overrated system that is the Electoral College, and develop a system that fits the needs of a true democracy like America should be.            ",5
"The future of transportation

Have you ever wondered how cool a self-driving car would be? I'm pretty sure almost everyone has at one point. I believe we have the right technology to do so. But are they really reasonable and safe? Even though the government does not want them on the streets(for safety reasons), i support the development of them. In this essay I will discuss the safety, cost, and a taxis-sytem related with these futuristic cars.

Safety is the number one concern. What if you were driving down the road and you were suddenly rear-ended by a driverless car? You would be pretty mad wouldnt you? Well that most likely wouldnt happen, as developing technology has allowed us to do wonderful things. Now, these cars aren't just driving around unmanned. There is still a human in the vehicle to take over when such things as roadwork, detours, and accidents are present. Thanks to research and advancing tecnology's, we have 3-D modeling software to constantly update the vehicles surroundings. Before 2000, the sensors and computers simply weren't smart enough to complete this task.

The cost to actually purcahse one of these interesting cars would most likely result in bankruptcy. With all the technology and time put in to the car, this is reasonable. But why make futuristic cars if people can't buy them? After full-scale production of these vehicles have started, the cost will most likely decrease. Well i believe that in a few decades, the whole world will be filled with self-driving cars. Or even better, flying cars!

Have you ever lived far from town and you didn't have a form of transportation? Well what if we used these cars as a form of public transportation. You could call a hotline and give your location and the car would be there in minutes! This system would be more promising than a local bus. Buses have set pick up times and routes, while these cars could pick up individuals and take them to their destination with ease and comfort.

The future is here, Driverless cars. Even though the government does not want them on the streets, i support the development of them. We once attempted to produce these vehicles before the 2000's but we did not have the advances in technology. I feel as if the cost of these vehicles will decrease as mass production takes place. The safety of these machines are state of the art and ensure you will make it to your destination in one piece. With these new advances, the driverless car could take over the public transportation system to form a quick and easy taxi service. With all these advancing technology's and sciences, i would love to see what they come up with in the future... or is the future already here?",4
"Driverless cars are a new develpment for the future. Driving these cars is known to be a better, and safer way to drive while on the road. Many car manufatures have started to develop cars with many tools that could help drivers who own driverless cars. It is a benefit for new drivers and experienced drivers on the road.

As new drivers learn the rules to the road, they sometimes get intimidated and scared of the multiple events around them. For example, there may be loud honking from cars and trucks, accidents getting cleaned up, or construction workers at work. Driverless cars can help solve this problem as more people engage in them. Although it wouldn't be required to drive in a driverless car, people are still to be cautious and alert while in the car so they could take over when things start to get challenging and out of the car's ability. Having a driverless car is safer than having a manual-driven car.

Driverless cars can cause less accidents for many drivers. For example, in the 21st century, a majority of people are on their cell phones because of work or talking to a family member or friend. Sometimes they feel that they have a very important email or text message to send and the message can't wait. They pick up their phone and shoot them a quick message and by the time they look back at the road, they are too late. They had already ran into another car.

Most deaths on the road are caused by texting and driving. Driverless cars are said to be safer because they have certain gadgets that help the driver know when to take over and when there is danger ahead. For example, driverless car manufatures developed dirver's seats that vibate when the vehicle is too close to an object while backing up. Having that source of warning can help the person in the driver seat know when to take over. Another example is the in'car entertainment and information system. This replaces the need to text and drive, which is something not available to people who own manually-driven cars. This develpment is safer than the cars we use today.

As this new develpment is processed, there are many ways that driverless cars could help people who are in a hurry to go places and have many things to do. For example, if someone is in a rush to get to work and their tie is not tied or their make up is not done, they could just start the car and not worring about driving and waiting until they get to a stop light to finish getting ready. With all the gadgets that the driverless car has, it benefits the many people who are used to running late.

Driverless cars benefit people of all ages, who can drive. New drivers will have more confidence as they go on the road for the first time and experienced drivers could finaly relax in a way that they haven't before in a car that requires manual driving. Driverless cars are in ways safer that many manual cars that are sold today. Although there are many steps to make this new develpment officialy real, and with the help of new technology, it can happen real soon.",4
"In the Challenge of Exploring Veuns the Author studying Venus is worthy putsite why does he/she think's so here's why ""Venus may as well have been the most earth like planet in our solar system"" that mean Venus might have had the same

Atmosphere as earth such as runing water and sunlight if we keep on studying this we could have another planet just like Earth.

Scientists have been studying Venus and they found it's a lot harder than it looks to get to Venus the reason is because ""a thick Atmosphere of almost 97% carbon dioxide blanket sulfuric acid is in Venu's Atmosphere"" not only do they have to worry about that if they send a Spacecraft it wouldn't make it pass Venu's Atmosphere and even if it did make it pass Venus Atmosphere it won't surive that long.

Many has tried to make it before us but we never made it the reason i know this is because ""humans have sent numerous Spacecraft on this cloud-draped world each pervious mission

was unmanned, and for good reason, since no Spacecraft Survived the landing for more than a few hours"" we have never seen the whole view of the planet because we have never made it.

Reason to why we are so fascinated by this planet is because "" long ago Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life just like earth"" that means if earth somehow decides to stop working we can probably break through Venus clouds and somehow find a way to live there it might take a hundreds of years for us to get pass Venus clouds but we also have think about about how are we going to get that many people on one Planet.

in conclusion we might be able to break through venus thick clouds and not die because if a Spacecraft can't survive that long then who say's we can but that doesn't stop us. We could make a thing for us to breath on Venus just like earth but we won't know until we keep on studying the Planet who knowns what could be on Venus it could shock the world but we won't know until we get there.",3
"The Seagoing Cowboys program is an amazing opportunity. You get to help people in need, and you get the added bonus of having fun and sightseeing on the trip. If you are looking for work, this would be an amazing job that will change your life forever. You will need to put in hard work and dedication, but this job is worth it all.

Another reason to be a Seagoing Cowboy is that you will be doing a good service. You will be helping countries and the people inhabiting them. For example, ""To help these countries recover their food supplies, animals..."" This is a valid reason why you should join Seagoing Cowboys. Not a lot of people get the chance to help an entire nation by bringing them cattle, mules, horses, and food. If you are worried that you will not get any free time, don't be. You get to sightsee whenever you land in port and experience very amazing places and things such as the Acropolis in Greece, and taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy. An excerpt from the article ""A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves"" would be ""Besides helping people, you have the side benefit of seeing Europe and China."" Another benefit of being a Seagoing Cowboy is that it opens your eyes to needs in certain poor countries, or countries devastated by disaster. In addition to that, you have to put in a lot of hard work and dedication to feed and take care of the animals onboard the boat. But ""Being a Seagoing Cowboy is the opportunity of a lifetime.""

That is why you should participate in the Seagoing Cowboy program. It is completely worth it and you will come back from this amazing experience more aware of what needs to be done to help people in other countries. Being a Seagoing Cowboy is a great opportunity that you will treasure for the rest of your life. ",3
"I think having self driven cars are going to be dangeres becasue there is alot of problems with cars that you have to drive yourself. Why are they trying to make a car that drives by thereself? It would be cool but its to risk.

Its to risky to have a car drive by its self. Because what if you fall in hard sleep and you get to a work zone. Your going to get in a wreck. Thats putting other people in danger.

What if the sensors mess up and just stops working. BOOM wreck right there.

Theres also good reasons for the driveless car. You can play on your phone because you dont have to watch the road. There would be less wrecks because there is alot of wrecks becuase people are playing on there phone and trying to drive at the same time Or you can do you make-up when you are running late to work or a meeting. You also can save gas. If you save gas more money you have.

If you going on a road trip and you tired just take alittle nap. But they need to put a loud alarm in the car so when you need to drive you will be able to get up and drive when you need to. There would be less people falling asleep behind the wheel and getting in to wrecks.

My conclusion is that the driveless car is both helpful but dangeres at the same time. But I think there spend to much money on them when they could be working on the cars you have tyo drive yourself because those dont work properly either. There always a problem with them so what makes them think that the driveless car will work better?",3
"It would be a good and worthy pursuit because it is what we call are ""twin"" planet due to size and density but yet it is to dngerouse to be able to travle ther because it is to close to the sun and you would ony be able to be on Venus for no more than a few hours on the plant and we dont have the resources to be able to send men to Venus constantly due to the matelas that we are limited on and soon enough we would run out the things that men will need to be able to stay and make it to Venus alive and still have the resouces to be able to make it back to earth with out having complacations on weather there are going to make it there and back with the limited amout of resouces that they will be sent with ",2
"Did the author support his idea? Should Venus be studied despite the dangers it presents! The author supported his idea well by explaing some of Venus Earth like features,like the ocean waters that it has,also that it may gave supported some type of life source at an point and time.""While Venus is simple to see from distant but safe to vantage point of Earth,it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely.""Also explaing some of the dangers it could cause to humans.

In the text it states that space crafts dont last long on Venus but it was never manned. If an astrnaunt was sent to Venus as an attempt to see if humans could survive there. In the text it sates that humans can float in a craft about 30 miles away from Venus. The temputures in the raduis is about 170 degrees Fahrenheit with air pressure at sea level which is survivable for humans but ot easy conditions.""At thirty-plus miles above the surface,temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit,but the air pressure would be close to that sea level on Earth.""

In conclusion the author supported his statement about Venus being explored no matter the dangers. Also the author explained many other things like explain the look of Venus and some of the similarities it has too Earth including possible life on Venus.",2
"Driverless cars, something everyone should look into right? Well I say no to that statement. I am clearly against the use of driverless cars. People, might often say,"" but we are becoming more advanced, why are you so against that?"". I am not against us becoming a more advanced civilization, but I just think that the cars are worthless and not a good idea, and here is why.

Driverless cars, require you, the driver to still be alert, even though there is a computer driving it. This is because the comuter cannot travel through obstacles such as tough terrains, or bad roads that call for a,"" human's experience. So if the car is driven by a computer, that should actually make it able to handle any situation right? No, but yest people still want to produce it.

This is also a bad idea, because, think of the money that will have to be spent on creating all of these automobiles. This project could cost billions and billions of dollars just to equip the technology within the vehicle itself, let alone the cost to actually make the cars. The technology might not be an issue at all for many people around the world, but the money is deffinately an issue, the taxes and monthly revenues might go up even higher, just to fund the project to make these cars.

Finally, cars should not be driver less, because,they cost way too much money, which it states in the article that,"" radar was a device on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars"". If this is true, then think about all of the money that will be paid in the future, due to the many of advancements in technology. The cars still call for a driver's touch, so the thing is that these cars are not fully able to drive without someone, and it is just a waste of time and money, to make something that still has to require that a human opperate and control it. Also, if an accident occures, then who is to blame, shuley not the manufacture, they weren't in the car, but wait their technology was. If an accident happens, then this could cause problems between people and the manufactures because the technolgy was the on in control of the car, but yet the person was in the car fully capable of driving it at the time, so exactly who is to blame for the incident.

Here is why cars should not be driverless, because they cost way too much money. They also need you to be alert at all times just in case there is an obstacle in the road. And finally, they could cause problems between manufactuers and people, because if an accident happens, then who is to blame for it. Simple cars, should not be driverless",4
"Being a Seagoing Cowboy is fun! My friend Don Reist invited me to go to Europe in a cattle boat. It sounded fun, the chance to travel around the world and go see places I've dreamed about. I mean how could you pass up an offer like that? So, of couse I said yes. It was 1945, World War II had just ended in Europe, and countries needed help recovering from the war. To help these countries recover more than 44 countries joined together to make the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration or the UNRRA. This program hired ""Seagoing Cowboys"" (that's what I was) to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules while the animals were on the ship. Don and I signed up of couse it sounded fun, and I had helped my Aunt Katie on her farm when I was a boy so I has some exspirence. Finally we received our orders to report to New Orleans, I couldn't wait to go out and help people. We had arrived on August 14, that's the day the Pacific war had ended. When we got our seaman's papers we boarded to SS Charles W. Wooster, we were heading to Greece, I was so excited. In cargo we had 335 horses plus enough oats and hay to feed of the horses.

I had turned 18 before I had arrivede at Gresse, so that meant I could be drafted for military service, but when my draft board had leanred I was on a cattle-boat trip be just told me to keep doing what I was doing. In the service you help people and help to fight for your country and if he told me to keep doing what I was doing that means I'm doing something that is going to help people in a big way. The cargo is going to help feed people in need because of the war destroying their food supplies. Not only did I help people, I also got to see Europe and China. Seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special. Also taking a Gondola ride in Venice, Italy was amazing too! The city with streets of water was beautiful. I also go to tour an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on my way to China.

On theses trips I got to meet new people and see new places. I got to help people in need, and that felt good. It feels good when you see someone that's suffering because their home was destroyed and when you help them they have a smile on their face. Taking care of the cattle, horses, and mules was fun. We also found the time to have fun on board, especially on the return trips after all the animals had been unloaded. Us cowboys played baseball and volleyball in the empty hold where the animals were housed. We had table-tennis tournaments, boxing, reading, fencing, whittling, and games aslo helped us pass the time.

There are so many opertunities when you're a Seagoing Cowboy. ""It opened up the world to me."" ""It made me more aware of people in other countries and their needs."" I took an offer of a life time, and you should too! Most importantly to me I know I helped people and I made a difference!",2
"The challenge of Exploring Venus. Venus is the most like planet ou there Venus sometimes called the ""Evening Star,"" is one of the brightest pointes of light in the night sky, making it a simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. One day go outsaid in look up to the sky you can maybe see venus when the sky is clean. Venus is the second planet from our sun. as Venus is simple to see from the sidtant bistant but safe ventage point of earth, it has poroved a very challenging place to examine more closely. as referred to as the Earth's ""twin,"" venuse is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in the distance too. Venus and the Earth they orbit the sun at differnt speeds. These differences in the speed mean the sometimes we are closer to mars and other times to Venus and is becuase Venus is sometimes right around the corner. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spacseship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. that is a very long time. Numerous facotrs contribute to Venus reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us. A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highlt corrosive sulfuic acid in venus atmosphere if people go to venus they will dead because there will be a lot of oxgen for people to have a life there. On the planet's surfave temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the atmopheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we expernce on our own planet. There is no away the we can do anything when 90 times greater in our planet. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system even though mercury is closer to our sun. Venus was probably covered largely with ocenas and could

have supported various forms of life just like the Earth today, Venus still had some featres like the Earth had like is has a surface of rocky sedimenet and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. we can stay in the planet but is away to hot to have life there. NASA has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. i think is a good to study other planet becuase what if something happen to the earth where are we going to go we need another planet that is like the earth. how are we going to do it, when is going to happen.",2
"Of the many planets in our solar system, Venus would be the worst to travel to. This planet is highly dangerous. The conditions are horrendous, and some people are thinking of traveling there. The cost of building a ship capable of withstanding Venus's conditions would be crazily high. The fact that the author would want to travel to, and support the idea of, Venus is outrageous. Even then, they did not support their claim too well in their article.

Venus is the second planet from the sun. Accoring to the text, the surface temperature is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The atmosphere is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide. Also, the planet has many earthquakes, erupting volcanoes, and often has many lightning strikes that take down probes that wish to know the secrets of the surface. Pressure levels are also off the charts and could crush the ship anyone was travelling in.

The author of the text was not too convincing of their claim to explore Venus. The title itself does not help the claim either This planet, as said by the author, is very dangerous. Traveling to Venus and making sure conditions are suitable for people, is not very achieveable. The author seems to want to travel there and supports the idea, but they do not support their claim very much. Most of the article talks about how perilous the planet is for people to travel to. They could have supported themselves better if they talked about the benefits instead of only the dangers.

All in all, travelling to Venus would be a waste of time and money. If NASA risks the lives of people by sending them, then the trip would be for nothing. With the dangrous conditions to consider, the contemplation of whether or not to travel there is out of the question. The answer is no. It's too unsafe to put peoples' lives on the line only because scientists are curious about a dangerous planet.",3
"Scientist wants that Venus can be explore, but the dangers that has it, don't make them see that it is not to easy to go to Venus.

Scientists are fascinated with how Venus is. The simple thing that it looks similar like our planet make them to try to explore it. And like in the past humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this planet, but each previous mission was unmanned, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. But all this issues is because how Venus is.

Venus has a thick atmosphere of almost 97% carbon dioxide blankets. On the planet's sujrface, the temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, this makes Venus the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frecuent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and incluides familiar features sech valleys, mountains, and craters.

Even though scientist are trying to make more efficient technology, there still been problems to land in Venus. And probably it would take a lot of time until that can happen, because Venus has an extremelly tempreature and all that is in Venus is not compatible with how human are have living all this time.   ",2
"The Earth's sister planet, Venus, one of the planets in our solar system we know the least about. In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author made good points on how to overcome the difficulties presented by trying to learn more about Venus. Although many of the ways to get around the dangers of Venus didn't completely solve the problems. In my opinion the author didn't support his argument that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers.

The author contradicted many of his own points by stating facts that show that learning about Venus would be extremely difficult even with current technology. This is shown in paragraph six ""peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere"". Paragraph five spoke of a way scientist would study Venus from a hovering ship but then in paragraph six the author contradicted themself with the quote above.

The author made good points on reasons why Venus is worth studying despite the risks ,but in the end their counter claim outweighed their argument. Although Venus one of the best places to learn about how Earth formed, the risks outweighed the knowlege that would be gained.   ",3
"This passage talks about the development of ""driveless cars"". I do agree that thses cars are a good thing for us. Here is why.

First let's talk about the idea as a whole. We are wantingto create a very alert system that is going to prevent us from car accidents. It has been rumored that if this does happen, we will be the last generation to know someone who was killed in a car wreck. How awesome does that sound?

Now let's talk about what features the car will have. To have a ""driverless car"" we will need a whole bunch of sensors. (Which isn't new. we've had them in our cars since the 1980's.) There will be video cameras, radar sensors, ad GPS, and an inertial motion sensor. These will help the car ""think"" like a human. The sensors that we have already developed can, as said in paragraph five, detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers.

Lastly let's discuss the control humans will have over their ""driveless car"" if they were to get one. None of these cars that have been deveoped or tested are completly driveless! They are made to steel and brake all by themselves, yes, but they are still going to let the driver know when they have to drive. These cars will not be ablwe to handle construstion zones by themselves. Us, being the human drivers have to still stay alert to the things around us.

I understand that some people may think these cars are not good for us, showing that we are lazy, and not responsible but I think these cars have more positives than negatitves. We are going to use less fuel, the percentage of accidents are going to decrease to one or none, and we are still going to be alert when things are going on.

From leses fuel, to more sensors, i think these human like ""driveless cars"" are a great idea. I think we are showing how the future is going to look, and we are going to make these successful one way or another!",4
"This essay will have many reasons to why the ""Face on Mars"" is just a natural landform created with the use of shadows to form what looks to be, a human face. Some people believe that the Face on Mars was created by aliens or any kind of life on Mars, and NASA is trying to keep the public from knowing.

The first reason is that it has been confirmed by NASA that the human face is just an illusion! This illusion created by shadows gives it the appearance of a human face. Now some people may believe that NASA is saying that it is an illusion because they want to hide that they have been given a sign of life in space. Most people do not know that if there was life on Mars then NASA would benefit, which I will speak more about in the next paragraph.

The second reason to convince you that the ""Face on Mars"" is just a landform is that if there was life on Mars, it would be no secret! NASA would financially benefit from life on Mars. Think of all the publicity NASA would get and how much money that would bring to them, they could fund a lot more programs and projects.

The third reason is that we can not question the power of the technology they have at NASA. NASA has taken several looks at the face and each time the results are the same. They have extraordinary cameras and photography technology at NASA. What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a mesa, most common in the American West.

Although some people might still believe that the face is not just a landform, the facts show that it is just an illusion with shadows giving the appearance of a face. I hope this essay has enlightened you to what the ""Face on Mars"", really is.      ",3
"In the passage The Challenge of Exploring Venus author talks about how studying Venus is worth the trouble. One reason the auther might think this is because Venus is so much like earth it was even nicknaned Earths twin.

People belive that Venus is like earth because they are close to the same sice and they are close toghther in our solar system. The author states that ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most earth like planet in our solar system."" also the author states that ""long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth."" The author talks abou how NASA has a plan for humans to study Venus. She says that thay will build something that will alow them to float above the surface so they dont have to be on the surface of Venus. Even tho they wount be able to completely explore Venus thay will be closer than ever. This is why the author belives Venus is worth studying and how NASA planns to do it

The aouthor makes very good points on why she thinks we should study Venus. Even tho Venus is the second planet from the sun which means its one of the hottest, it is the most like earth. ""Today it still has some fetures like earth."" The fact that Venus is so much likeb earth is one reason to study the planet. ",3
"The Facial Action Coding System will not work, because it can only understand six basic emotions, when their are much more. It can only understand happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and saness. It doesn't understand regret,passion, and hungar. It does not have sempathy, so it will be hard for the Facial Action Coding System to help the stundent with the promblem it detects. The Facial Action Coding System won't understand why the stundent will need to leave to use the restroom. And it won't understand why the stundent act out on emotion. Or what the emotion can make then do.

Yes the Facial Action Coding System can dect basic emotions by looking at the facial musles, but their are so many more emotion beyound that. The Facial action Coding System has no teaching ability. Nor does it under how teach and explain thing in a simple way. It does not know how to expain things to the younger stundents how don't understand things. The Facial Action Coding System is a fantasic idea, but it has a far way to go before it teaches any stundents. ",2
"Mass prodution of automobiles has altered the entire human population way of life. Not only expanding the limits of transportation and travel people once had, but showed advances to a better future. When someone creates something like a book, song, or art piece. The creator would want there creation to used by many people. But, What if the more people use it the worse something else gets? More and more people have been driving cars since its been invited, but people see cars to the point where everyone should have one. Little do people know how much damage it doing in there every day lives. In some parts of the world they've actually started a few different bans that can stop the pollution cars are creating. Vauban, Germany completely forbide any street parking, driveways, and home garages. If someone still wants to keep there car they can always pay $40,000 to purchase a large garage at the edge of the development. As a result, 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars. In Paris they went less drastic and enforced fines to people who drove on day for example on monday mororists with even numbered liscense plates were ordered to leave their cars at homes or suffer a 22 euro fine. Since less people drove smog cleared up. In Bogota, Colombia cars have been banned with only buses and taxis were permitted for one day each year. The goal was to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. Violators faced $25 fin e. Cleaner air is one of the advantages that come with limiting car usage.    ",2
"In the short story "" The Challenger of Exploring Venus,"" the author suggest that studying Venus is a worthy persuit despite it many dangers,beause in paragraph 4 the author states that Venus is ""a sister planet,"" and also"" astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most earth-like planet in our solar system."" The author is worthy os studying venus because venus is a planet were there could mostlikly have human on the planet, with the new electronis NASA are trying to use to start studying Venus could help. stated in paragraph 7 ""NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chais of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions"" is showing readers that even with the dangers getting

Venus to be a planet with living things and people could possibly happen in the long run. Also even if there is dangerous human curiosity can always over power the dangerous, but all the insight ,and electronics being tested to go there with no problem can expand our imaginations,and innovations. The author was trying to explain that "" Our travels on earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts"".",2
"Though the idea of driverless cars is not a new one, it is a now becoming a possibility. The cars we watched in movies and shows, will no longer need a screen to exist, in the near future. Driverless cars are not only now becoming a reality but may help decrease the amount of reckless driving that takes place on the road.

The advanced technology, used in these cars, can detect possible dangerous situations. These cars, can use its ability to control the power of the engine and to apply brakes to specific wheels, something the driver does not have the ability to do.

Those against driverless cars may argue, that the driver may become bored and would become less alert once on the road. However, Some manufactures plan to add in car entertainment and information systems that gives the driver a heads up in times they may need to take over. In order for that driver to notice those notifications, they must be alert. Which means, cell phones have no choice but to be put to the side. Possibily making texting and driving a thing of the past.

Another concern posed, is how these cars would work, legally. In states such as, California, Nevada, and Florida, use of semi-automatic cars is limited and in states where it isn't who would be to blame in the event of an accident? The driver or the manufactuer? Laws will surely be put in to address these issues and similar issues have already occured. If a person's brakes fail to work, it usually isn't the driver's fault. So if the issue was programming, the manufacturer would be held liable. Also, those producing the cars are currently working to rarify the occurance of the technology failing on the driver.

The existence of driverless cars is expected to happen soon, with Tesla stating a 2016 realese and other manufactures predicting their releases in the year 2020.

Driverless cars, may even drive us towards a future with less accidents, and more technological advances. We'll have to wait and see in which direction this will take us.    ",4
"It can be valuabe because it will keep students from getting bored and falling asleep or not paying attention to actully staying on track. In paragraph six he says that ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored."" Then it could modify the lesson like an effective human instructor."" He also says that ""Most human communication is nonverbal,including emotional communication and computers need to understand that to.""In paragah 5 he says that""The computer can even be used on paintings such as the ""Mona Lisa."" In paragah 1 he says ""The Mona Lisa is 83 percent happy,9 percent disgusted,6 percent fearful and 2 percent angry'. Could any normal person say that about the Mona Lisa I don't think anyones possibly of doing that. Therefore I think that reading the emotional expresions of students in a classroom is valuable becasue it could change the way students and other people learn and think about school They'll be alot more motivated and more focused on their work because the computer is adjusting to how they feel weither if its beening bored or confused it could modify itself to make it not as boring or have the student actully understand it. Its also changing the future if technogly such as video game chartchers and video surgey its making their faces more exoressive which gives gamers a sense of knowledge on how the chartcher is feeling about the certian suitation their in or by giving gamers a certain type of feeling toward that chartcher like their there in the action or have a feeling of like what they would do in the situation or the game. ",2
"By centering the article around technology that that is able to read students' emotions, Nick D'Alto makes a great case that this developement would be a direct benefit to the learning environment. If this new technology is implemented in schools, educators will see test scores rise and see positive behavioral effects in children because of the use of emotion reading technology.

One of the most important aspects to consider when designing an education experience is whether or not it is beneficial, and more importantly, if it will keep students engaged. Dr Huang theorizes is paragraph 6 that a classroom computer could recognize when a student becomes distracted or confused, and the computer could alter the lesson and make it more useful. This could largely impact the education system by allowing each and every individual student to have a customized lesson plan based on their reactions to the origional one. With this new innovation, schools could become more efficient and churn out more successful students than ever before.

One of the many duties a teacher has is educating the students, but one of the most important roles a teacher can play in a students life is implementing discipline. As described in paragraph 8, this technology has the ability to screen people on whether they are being truthful or deceitful. Just like lying politicians, kids can get away with a lot. If bad habits continue to follow them throughout school, they will end up with a criminal potential later in life. Emotion reading technology could possibly save a students future if the teacher could read if the kid is being truthful or not. If a young child is found to be lying, the teacer could effectively discipline the kid and end the bad habit at an early age. Another example would be if kids are really telling the truth if they understand the lesson or not. If kids are truly confused and won't admit it, the emotion sensing technology would read their faces and the teacher would be alerted that the students don't undestand the lesson. These forms of accountability would instill morals and discipline in children and prevent them from forming bad habits at a young age, and eventually lead to a better and more just society.

Overall, emotion reading technology would be a strong benefit to society and specifically the education system. By being able to understand eachother better, the human population has the ability to evolve and become more intelligent, compassionate, and responsible. If it takes a new technology to bring people a higher understanding of eachother, than that technology should be implemented in not just the education system, but many other institutions around the world.      ",5
"In the article, the author implies the idea that studying Venus is a worthy endeavor despite its many dangers. By using examples, descriptive details, and more, the author supports this claim very well.

The authors does many things in this article to show the relevant danger that the planet Venus presents. They did this by using factual information at the beginning of the article. For example, in paragraph 3, the author states that ""a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere"". This example show the evident danger that Venus holds. Another example of the author showing the dangers of Venus is the author states, ""On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit"". This being another example of how the author shows the dangers of Venus.

Though, on the other hand, the author also gives the idea that Venus is worth exploring despite all of its dangers. One example being when the author says, ""astonomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Eath-like planet in our solar system"". This shows that the author believes that Venus is a worthy planet to be explored despite the danger it holds.

Another example of how the author supports theri claim is that they used factual information in the article. An example of this is in paragraph 5,where the author states, ""NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray...at thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans"". This is one of the many factual statements throughout the article that shows the support of the author's claim.

The author also says this statement at the end of the article saying, ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imaginations and innovation"". This shows that the author also believes that Venus is worth exploring because they give their own opinion about the future expeditions of man and how they should forever expand exploration. In conclusion, the author support their claim that Venus should be explore despite its evident dangers by using factual information, personal opinions, and descriptive details about the exploration of Venus, showing that they believe it should be explored because of the challenges it presents.",4
"Studying other planets and figuring what else is out there can be intersting and dangous at the same time. Not knowing what could be out there could hurt us in many ways. Studying from a distance won't do us any harm, but maybe actually visiting Venus could hurt us. It could hurt us because we don't know what could happen. Exploring isn't always worth seeking, especially causing a disruption to mother nature.

There's no harm on studying planet Venus from earth. Living on Venus or visiting, that shoudn't even be a consideration. ""A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet"" (Para 3). Venus is too hot to even consider visiting for a personal study as a human. Venus is known for it's volcanoes and powerful earthquakes. ""Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful; earthquacks, and frequent lighting strikes.."" (Para 3). These reasons vould be because of how close Venus is close to the Sun and is the hottest planet in the solar system by far.

Other reasons why studying Venus from afar is a best choice is the fact that it would be a difficult task to fly human out for a study. ""...because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective. More importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything als, from a distance"" (Para 6). Landing on Venus and studying would be hard becasue of the unstable conditions. Not due to weather, but due to how spaceships would act on the Venus because of the geographical features.

Even though these opinions are true, many scientist believe this mission could be done. Weather isn't too bad for humans to visite the planet reseachers say. ""At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for human"" (Para 5).

Many scientist are creating ways to make it possible for humans to land on the planet. ""Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully yo our knowledge of Venus"" (Para 6). Despite the risks, scientist and researchers are working hand in hand to figure out a way to make it possible to land on Venus.

Even though scientist are finding many ways to land on Venus, it is a very hardful and long study that might be able to contruste or not. Either way this can hurt many people. Sending humans can be harmful and wouldn't be any point if studying. It would be had to collect evidence or take pictures.                                       ",4
"Scientist are interested in exploring Venus but they find it very hard to explore it. Venus has high temperature that make it harder for them to be able to get a closer look at it which makes it a challenge for scientists for to even get a closer look at it. If Venus is Earth's sister planet why is it so inhospitable for us to live in it.

Why are scientist wasting their time trying to explore it and how would we know what is actually in Venus if we haven't yet explored it. I think it may be a bit to dangerous for any of us to actually be able to explore it without the right equipment and the right person to send there without knowing for sureif they would be getting hurt or not. I think it is to much of a risk to send someone up there and risk their lifes all just to be sure if Venus is safe or not.

In paragraph 4 it states that ""Long ago,Venus was probably covered lagely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life,just like in Earth""scientist could just want us to have a better future for our future kids and families along the way. In this pargraph it is saying that Venus could be another resource for us to use as an Evacuation if Earth is no longer safe for us we have a second choice.

We may never know if we don't explore it but I still think it is a bit to much of a risk for us to take because we never know something could go terrible wrong and we all end up no longer exsisting.

Earth has many similarities and many differences scientist want to be able to study Venus to be able to come up with new vehices another project is looking back at an old technology called mechanical computers. These devises make calculations by using gears and levers and don't require electronics at all. in article 8 it says tha we shouldn't be scared of what may happened all that matter s is what's right for the people.",2
"The use of the new technology, the Facial Action Coding System, to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom, is not valuable. It should be used exclusively for educational purposes and to help students gain knowledge on their studies in school.

This new computer software that can detect emotions should not be used on students, but on other material. Although I do not believe this is a valuable system to use on people, I believe it is valuable for people to use for educational purposes. For example, if students are examining a piece of artwork in art class and need to examine, or would like to determine, the true expression of a person's face in the artwork, this system could be used for that. If students wanted to go more in-depth and figure out specific percentages for each of the person in the painting's expressions, they could also use this system. The text reads, ""She’s 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry."" This was figured out by using the Facial Action Coding System on the painting of Mona Lisa, which determined careful, specific percentages of each of her emotions shown in her portrait, all within her neutral facial expression. I believe this system should be used in the classroom, exclusively for students' education and for examining certain material, such as artwork.

I believe there are better, more educational uses for the Facial Action Coding System than to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom. This system could be used for students interested in, or participating in, a technology class. The text reads, ""Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements—in a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa."" The video imagery would be incredibly valuable to a student working with technology as a way to capture careful movements and detect emotions of artwork or another educational source. The text also reads, ""The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles."" I believe students, especially ones working with technology, should be able to use this system, as it would be a valuable tool to use if they were to examine or study this process. It is important that this system is used correctly; to help students with their education and expand their knowledge on subjects in school, such as technology.

I do not believe the use of the Facial Action Coding System is valuable for detecting students' emotional expressions. It has better uses, such as for close examinations of artwork, research, and statistics. I feel as if students do not need a system to ""de-code"" our emotions, as students are typically able to fully express theirs on their own. Although it may be difficult to detect certain emotions of a student and encourage them to fully express them, I feel it is necessary to keep it that way, in respect for the student. The text reads, ""classified six basic emotions—happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness"" which I firmly believe is not useful, nor valuable. Typically, those six basic emotions are easiIy detected by humans and do not require a computer system. I do not believe a computer software system should determine students' emotions, let alone any humans', unless they would personally like to use it. I think of the Facial Action Coding System as more or a toy, if it is used to detect human's expressions rather than an educational material's expressions, such as a piece of artwork.

The use of the Facial Action Coding System to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable. This system should be used for educational purposes, whether it is used for close examination of a person in an artworks' expression, or for research or statistics in technology. ",5
"Venus, Earth's twin, the second planet from out sun. Why is it challenging to go and vist this planet? Studys has shown us that it is dangerous to go to and touch base. Why exaclty is that?

Venus is a dangerous place cause of the atmosphere, environment, and study of the planet.

There are many good reasons why NASA doesn't go to Venus. One is the atmosphere, Venus's atmosphere is ""almost 97 percent of carbon dioxide"" that goes complely around the planet. The most challening part is in Venus's atmosphere once you past the carbon dioxide is the ""highly corrosive sulfuric acid.""

Hot days are the best right, well on Venus the average temperatures are ""over 800 degress Fahreneit."" ""Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system."" ""...and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater"" than earth. The geology and weather side impediments, that there are more ""erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes.""Venus enviroment is greater then the deepest part of the oceans and it ""would liquefy many metals.""

How can we study Venus with out landing on the planet. NASA's is finding a possible a solution to study this planet up close, the big idea is a ""blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape."" We can avoid the unfriendly conditions by stay out of the way, at thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperature would still be high around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, and the air pressure would be close to our sea level. Its important that researchers cannot take samples of anything casue of the distance.

Venus is a place where we can't go to explore, for the reasons to be the atmophere, enviroment. The study has shown us that we can go to Venus, if we do it a way so we can make it out of there alive. ",3
"The Seagoing Cowboys Program is giving you an opportunity of a life time and I think you should join becuase you would be helping many people who's countries were left in ruins because of World War II and those people need food supplies,animals and more. You would also take care of cows,horses,and mules.

To get to work for the Seagoing Cowboys Program would be amazing because you wold travel to many different countries. Say like Europe and China and could travel to Greece and see the Acropolis, take a gondola ride in Venice,Italy,on the streets of water.

The trip would also be great beacuse you would find some fun stuff do while you're on the boat, like boxing, fencing, baseball, and tennis ball tournaments. But beaing a Seagoing Cowboy is more than just an adventure and plaing games its about helping people and other countries. So I hope you say yes because this trip could open up the world to you, and you could be grateful for the opportunity of this trip. ",2
"Is Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents? The author states that the temperature is 90 time greater than what we experience on our own planet. He also states that venus is the most Earth-like planet and that NASA is working on electronics that could last three weeks in venus.

The temperature in venus is something very extreme. As it is state in paragraph 3, the temperature that is in Venus could liquefy many metals. The author states in the same paragraph that Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in the solar system, it average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit to be exact.Venus is a place where its geology and weather presents additional impediments.

Venus being the most Earth-like planet makes scientist discuss furthur visits to its surface. As it states in paragraph 4 scientist belive that Venus was covered with oceans. Now Venus is known for having features that are analogous to those on Earth. For example, valleys,mountains and even creaters. Tehy claim that the value of returniig to Venus seems to be indisputable. Even though scientist want to learn more and discover new things they would first have to find a way to make is safe for them to be able to do their jobs.

NASA wants to be able to send humans to Venus and for that they have an idea. Their idea would allow scientist to float above the rolling Venusian landscape as it is shown is paragraph 5. They plan to make their jets travel at a higher altitude so it can fly over many storms. They know the conditions wont change but they are trying their best to make it survivable for humans.

In conclusion, the author does suggest that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit.He gives examples on how the weather is in Venus. The author also helps us under stand and that scientist would like to visit earth because of its Earth-like qualities.

He helps us understand what NASA would do infavor. He explains their plan and how it would keep any human that goes to Venus safe.         ",3
"I think that the author made a very good point about the exploration of Venus. The author is tring to make people understand that, even though Venus is a very inhospitable planet, its still a good idea to study it. The author says that astronomers think that Venus could have once held life.

One piece of textual evidence is in paragraph 4, line 2, it states ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus becuase it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system."" I chose this quote because the author is telling us that since Venus may have been like earth once before then maybe it had complex life. If complex life is on Earth then maybe complex life was on Venus at some point as well.

In paragraph 7, line 1, it says""NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus."" In this quote he is saying that NASA is already working on more approaches to Venus and, therefore that proves that NASA is still intersted in Venus.

In paragraph 7, line 7, he states""Just imagine exposing a cell phone or tablet to acid or heat capable of melting tin"" This quote was chose because the idea behind it is not far fetched because if you use any modern electonics then they would probably melt and, then they wouldn't work. The heat on Venus is far greter than on Earth so we would need a special type of metal to useon those missions.

In conclusion the idea of returing to Venus is not that bad of an idea. The author did a great job explaing why we should go bake to Venus. I understood everything that the author wrote.   ",3
"I think people should stop relying on their cars so much for three reasons. I hope this can change peoples minds about using the vehicles for everything. Even going to the corner of their block just for a bite they use their cars.

The opening reason why I think people should really limit their car usages is that it causes less pollution in the atmosphere. If drives don't give a limit to their uses of their cars we might end up having global warming. That's not gonna be great. For example before when cars were rarely seen we had no global warming problem, but now that cars are seen all over the places, global warming is near of arrival.

The following reason why I think people should put a limit to their car usage is that it would benefit everyone because there will be less traffic. Having no traffic at all is a common dream for many drivers that drive to work using the expressway every morning. Unfortunely people have to be stuck in traffic everyday because they don't want to let go of their cars. They should experiment other ways to get to work or to even the corner of their block. They should try bike riding to their destations. That's double the benefit. They get to excercise their bodies and not damage the environment with deadly gases that can cause global warming. In the second source by Robert Duffer he states that ""congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France"".

My next reason why I think drivers should limit their car usues is because they are basically killing themselves with fatal accidents almost everyday. There's a lot of causes for fatal accidents, one of them is texting and driving. That's the main cause of fatal car accidents. Drunk driving is at close second. None the less, if people would just pay attention while they are driving there would be less car accidents, or even better they stop using their cars as often to avoid car accidents. Even when knowone is distracted while driving there are still a few car accidents. Most of the time that's just a regular accident with knowone losing their lives, but it happens many tims because the streets are so compacted with drivers eager to move. That's why I think people should stop relying on their cars so heavily. To decrease the death rate to a  normal level.

In conclusion, all these three reasons why I think people should limit the usage of their vehicles are the reasons why the world isn't at it's normal levels of natural events in traffic. If citizens would rely less on their vehicles, we would see a change in the air we breathe and less chances of having global warming, less traffic in city streets, and less fatal car accidents with less people being killed.                        ",4
"America's government was inspired by the Athenian republic, therefore giving the United States  their way of governing today. In a republic government, it is said that the people of the country hold the power of electing their leaders to make decisions for their nation. In the United States of America, the presidential election is held every four years. The eligible citizens in every fifty states are granted the right to vote for their desired president. The process of which these votes are counted is called the Electoral College. The way in which a president is selected should be altered to the most popular vote because it produces a more accurate vote of the people and it provides the opportunity to directly select an individual's desired candidate.

Initially, the process of which the president of the United States is elected should be changed from the Electoral College to the most popular vote because it will produce a more accurate percentage of votes. In the article, ""The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong,"" Bradford Plumer states, ""And if an electoral tie seems unlikely, consider this: In 1968, a shift of just 41,971 votes would have deadlocked the election; In 1976, a tie would have occured is a mere 5,559 voters in Ohio and 3,687 voters in Hawaii had voted the other way."" Being that there is a lesser number of votes counted in an election due to the Electoral College, there is a highly greater chance of the outcome resulting in a tie rather than showing a clear winner. If the election was based off of the most popular vote, there would be a higher number of votes for each candidate, therefore reducing the chances of ending in a tie. Secondly, in the article, ""What is the Electoral College?"" the Office of the Federal Register wrote, ""The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral vote is required to elect the President."" This statement shows that the Electoral College requires more than just the majority of citizen's opinions. If  at least half of the population votes one way, there should be no question about who is the winner. The most popular vote system would award the candidate that was favored by at least half of the population, therefore providing a clear and fair election. Clearly, the most popular vote sysytem would significantly benefit the American Society.

Aditionally, the process in which the President is elected should be changed to the most popular vote because it will provide the opportunity to directly select and individual's desired candidate. In the article, ""The Indefensible Electoral College: Why event the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong,"" Bradford Plumer quotes, ""Under the electoral college sytem, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president."" This is not how a republic is supposed to run. People are supposed to be granted the opportunity to elect the president of their choice, not of somebody elses. The most popular vote would take into consideration of every citizen's opinion with a direct percentage of votes to elect a certain candidate. In the article, ""In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President,"" Richard A. Posner states, ""The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. No region (South, Northeast, etc.) has enough electoral votes to elect a president."" This may be true but if the most popular vote system was put into place, there would be an even more exact number of how many people voted for each candidate. The Electoral College does not voice the opinions of all citizens because in reality, a person is not directly voting for their desired candidate. They are voting for other representatives that will hopefully, in turn, elect the candidate they want. Obviously, the Electoral College is definitely a system that should be abolished in the United States of America.

In summation, the way in which a president is selected should be altered to the most popular vote because it produces a more accurate vote of the people and it provides the opportunity to directly select an individual's desired candidate. The Electoral College does not provide a fair result nor a clear winner. The most popular vote system would significantly change that for the better of the country.    ",5
"A man is driving in his car recklessly in a hurry to work. Not paying attention to the pedestrian crossing sign, he hits an innocent student crossing the street who later dies. It has been suggested that cars are more negative than positive. Perhaps we should decrease the amount of time we spend driving these machines. I believe that limiting car usage is a good thing for the people.

As source #2 states, ""Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five days of smog."" This suggests thats cars can't be used in all conditions and it would be much safer to use a bike of simply walk. With the smog, the people of France didn't drive and there was over 50 percent less congestion on the road. In Paris, the government enforced partial bans to clear the air. On one day motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave thier cars at home, then the next day the same rule applied to odd-numbered plates. Deisel fuel was at blame for the smog since 67 percent of the vehicles in France uses it and the engines of these cars were giving off a lot of smoke. This issue can be avoided all around by using more environmet-friendlt ways of transportation.

Moving on to Source #4, it provides information that the number of miles driven in America peaked in 2005 and has dropped every year since then. Even with that being said, there are still thousands of crash related deaths each year. There's drunk driving, driving while texting, and texting hile too sleepy to focus, and all situations lead to deaths. Driving is a very dangerous responsibility that gets people killed. There are other ways to get from Point A to Point B, although they might not be as quick.

Those who are attached to their Ford trucks or convertable Mustangs may say something along the line of ""I'm a responsible driver, so I won't get in a wreck."" But you never know what  could happen. It's much safer to take a train or bus where there's less traffic.

Car usage, the poison of society, kills the innocent. Pedestrians across the globe are at risk of careless drivers. If nothing is done, more lives will be taken and the air will continue to be polluted.    ",4
"Cars of the Future

Driverless cars are really the thing of the future, alot of people already dont like to drive. Say it has been long day of work or even a hard day of practice. With driverless cars some of your stress can be releived, just put in your destination and boom your car starts to drive itself to the location. The cars use google maps to navigate around, the cars are also extremley smart knowing when to stop and go at lights, knowing to stop at a stop signs etc. I bet your interested in one of these cars right now and who wouldn't be its an awesome idea that even im looking forward to.

Sergey Brin Google cofunder has been working on this driverless cars from about 2009, these cars have been tested to drive over a half million miles without a crash. Although these cars still need a driver, it is mostly for when pulling in or out of parking spots or driveways. But with more work with the cars this problem much like driver needed cars could be a thing of the past. These cars also include sensors which can break for you, tell when objects such as other cars are coming up.

I believe these cars are amazing in pretty much every way, One of the main problem people are worried about is what if you end up in a crash. Who is to blame the company of the car or me. This is something I fell can be fixed easily, with the sensors on the car they basically work like cameras so the people in the accident would first see if either of the people where in control of there vehicle, if one was and it turns out it was there falt the person would be charged the bill, but if neither where in control the company would have to take care of bills, insurance, etc. In the conclussion of the argument even if your not interested in the car you could just take control of yourself if you think you need to.

At the end of the day I beleive that driverless cars are a wonderfull idea, and that everyone should have one. These cars could stop tons of accidents from adults not paying attetion to kids beeing on the cellular devices, just in general bring accident rates down by hundreds. Maybe you dont trust your child enough to drive so you get them a google car and not really have to worry about the saftey of your child at all. So once again I really enjoy the idea of these cars, They could probably one day save someones life, so why wouldnt you want one.",3
"Firs of all I'd like to state that there has been no scientific proof of life on Mars yet. Im sure if there was life on Mars NASA would have made a big deal about it already. If you look closely enough at the rock in the picture you'll see that it is just a rock. It could of been a lucky rock formation that looks like a face. Just because it does look like a face doesn't mean it has to be from aliens. We have many cool looking rock formations here on earth. Does that mean their made from aliens too? If this particular rock was created by aliens wouldn't the other close to it be made by them too? However the rocks right next to it are just rocks and nobody makes a big deal about them.

If there is ever life on Mars im sure the public would know by now. We all know once something weird or mythical happens the public is quick to find out. There are about 1 in 1,000,000 chances that this is made by aliens. Were not even sure if aliens are real yet. We dont have any real proof they exist, so why do we quickly think its from them? I think people are just jumping to conclusions here. There is a really good chance that this is just a rock. Trust me though, if it was made by aliens NASA would of freaked out by now. For now lets just say its a really cool looking rock until further notice.",2
"1976 Nasa took a photo of a landfill that looked like a human face. Later on though they discovered that the face was just a martian mesa, and that the shadows helped the mesa look like a face. It is not evidence to life on mars because , Martian mesa's are common around Cydonia, And on April 5th 1998 the surveyer took another picture of the face on mars, and the image was much more clearer and they could see that it was just a landform nothing more.

Martian mesa's are very common and can be found through out Mars. The only thing that helped it look like a face was, the shadows that the mesa made. The sun also cause the mesa to look like a face but when nasa took a closer and clearer photo of the mesa they found out it was just a simple rock formation that had very dark shadows making it to look like it had a nose, eyes, and mouth as the text states.

You see al it was just a landform there was no alien sculpture or anything like that, even though that would have been cool it just didn't happen. But thats okay because we learned new things about Mars and about space. But in the end we all learned something new. ",3
"Mona Lisa is a famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci. There is many theories of Mona Lisa being sad, or feeling many other emontion but no body knows the truth but Da Vinci.

Based on the text evidence,

"" Making Mona Liza Smile,""

a new software called Facial Action Coding System has been developed to try infenitfing Mona Lisa's facial expressions. She could have up to six different basic emontions.

First of all, Mona Lisa overall expressions use she is 83% happy.

Based on this article, "" the software can even identify mixed emotions (as in da Vinci's masterpiece). each expression is compared against neutral face (showing no emotion)."" This is saying that even that she shows no expressions, she is certainly happy but might be having mix feelings as well.

Another reason Mona Lisa can be feeling disgusted, fearful, or even angry but yet she's very mysterious. In the text it says, "" most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc.""

If humans have trouble figuring out if something is feeling happy or sad, how can a software be able to do such thing.

The software FACS is interesting becuase it's able to know your emotions with any movement you do. For example, in the text it says, "" even though individuals often show varying degress of expressions. Using a video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks thsee facial movements."" If a gental move can determine an emotion, this software will have a challenge on finding out Mona Lisa's emotions because it's just a painting.

Therefore, Mona Lisa will be mysterious until the software identifies her emotions. Mona Lisa is and will always be a unique peice of art. ",1
"Earth is like no other planet, but what is another planter before Earth was Earth itself. The article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author talk about Venus being the most Earth-like planet in the solar system and should be explored more than it already is. The author supports the idea of stuying Venus is worthy pursuit desoite the dangers it presents because it helps scientists know more about the planet, want to explore the planet more, and because it's the closest planet to earth that sientists have found in the solar system despite the dangers.

Scientists know a lot about many plantes but moslty about Earth, but they found other planets that are close to Earth in some ways, one of the planets that are close to earth are in the same solar system as earth itself. Scientists need to know more about the planet then they already do to make sure that it is habitable for humans despite the dangers. In the article the author stated ""Venus is the closes planet to Earth in terms of dennsity and size, and occasionally the closes in distance too meaning that just some features has Venus looking like Earth. in the article the author lare states ""Astronomers are fancinated by Venus because it may well once been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system"" meaning that scientists are willing to know more about Venus since it is the closes thing they have to Earth and its actions.

Even though it sounds nice that scientists ahve found a planet that was similar to Earth doesn't mean its like Earth now. Researchers have also tried to get as close as they can to the dangerous panet but are unsuccessful due to the temperatures and the the enviroment in general. in the article the author states ""the planet's purface teperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit,and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our on planet"" explanning that the establishment on the planet is something that a human cannot survive what so ever. Later in the article the author states ""such an enviroment would crush even a submarine accostumed to diving to the deepest parts of the oceans and would liquefy any metals"" stating that it is very hard for scientists to atemp to send anything to the planet but has been a real challenge to make one last over an hour or more.

Even with the unhuman like atmosphere scientists are willing to study the planet more, to get more information about it. It's shown that scientists still have hope for the planet as well as ours. in the article the author stated ""Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knoledge to Venus"" explaining that they are not willing to give up the exploration to Venus. At an earlier point of the articlet the author stated ""Long ago, Venus was probably covered in oceans and could have supported various forms of life just like Earth"" meaning that before earth got all the thing it needs to sustain life Venus might've had already had it at the point.

In nconclusion Studying Venus is worty pursuit despite the dangers in represents because it is the closes planet to earth we have yet that is not the furthest away from Earth itself, and because it helps scientists out with many reasearches about the planet. so what is one day Earth is unhavitable for humans and Venus is the closest thing we have distance wise and atmosphere whise.",3
"Driverless cars are an important imporovement in technology that will make commuting easier for everyone. Driverless cars will be safer than human drivers. Making driverless cars will create more jobs. Creating driverless cars could lead to other advances in technology. Driverless cars should be created and allowed on American roads.

Driverless cars will be safer than human drivers. They are not capable of getting distracted and causing an accident like humans do. They will be constantly aware of their surroundings. They will also eliminate human error, such as not stopping quick enough or running a stop sign, and will have a better reaction time than a human. Their better reaction time will allow them to stop quicker than a human would and cause less accidents. They will also have technology to make driving safer, such as a spinning sensor on the roof which forms a 3-D moldel of the car's surroundings, which the typical car does not have. Driverless cars will also eliminate drivers driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or otherwise not able to drive safely, and save more lives. They will allow people who are afraid to drive a car a chance to drive because the car will be driving for them.

Driverless cars will create more jobs. There will be people needed to run the machines that create these cars. There will also be people needed to make the technology it needs. Engineers and scientists will have to be constantly working to make sure all the technology works as it is supposed to and does not need to be improved. The jobs the driverless car creates will improve the economy.

Improvements in the driverless car could lead to other scientific advancements in this field. Scientists could learn from making this car and apply that knowledge to creating other inventions. Driverless cars could lead to using the technology they built for the driverless car in other inventions. Scientific improvements always build off of eachother.

The driverless car will be a great thing to have on the roads of America. Driverless cars will make the roads safer. They will create more jobs which will improve our economy. The advancements scientists make while creating the driverless car could lead to new inventions. The driverless car should be created and allowed in the United States.      ",4
"Luke thinks that you should particapate in the Seagoing Cowboys because it may help you if you need to get a job and if you want to travel to differnent place like China, Germany,and Russia, and you can even go for the fun of it.

Here is some reason you should join the Seagoing Cowboys you are helping places""recover thier food supplies, animals, and more.""Another reason is that you get to take care of"" the horese, young cows, and mules."" One of the best reason is that it helps you learn that people in other countries need he even says that"" it made me more aware of people of other countries and thier needs. The very last reason is that you can have fun one the ship on the trip to other countries he said that "" They played volleyball and baseball games and they played table-tenis tournaments.""

Even if you don't like taking care of horeses and mules and young cows you can still help other countries with supplies and food and other stuff, And you can even go for the adevnture and fun stuff that you do when you ride the boat on the way there. So come on down and join the Seagoing Cowboys on there next trip. So pleses Join the Seagoing Cowboys on the next trip "" I hope I see you there on the ship,""Luke says.",2
"There can be many advanteges and disadvanteges to having a car but the advanteges to not having a card greatly outweighs having one. There can be many reasons why not having a car is great but the main three are it reduces pollution, reduces stress, and having less cars reduces the noice pollution in a city. Can you imagine a place with no cars?

First off the main advantage of limiting car use is less pollution. Cars account for 12% of gas emissions in Europe and 50% in America. Without cars the air would be much cleaner and the Smog would be gone over the cities. London had so much smog over the city that they had to cut car use in half with all of their cititzens. After only five days most of the smog was gone and people could go back to driving. Imagine if we had everycar in the world stopped driving we could get rid of most of the smog in less than one week.

Another great point on how limiting car use can help is it will reduce the stress gratly in peoples lives. In the first source a man from Vauban Germany said, ""When I had a Car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way."" Also another man from Columbia said during a day without cars, ""Its a good opportunity to take away stress..."" Most stress comes from roadrage or getting stuck in a major traffic jam. Imagine how stresless people will be without cars

Finnaly reducing car use will graetly reduce the noice pollution everywhere. When you go out side whats the first thing you hear? People? Childrean? NO, all you can hear is the engine of cars everywhere. In a city where they banned most cars the sound of childrean drown out the occasional car engine not the other way around. Can you imagine how peacefull that would be not waking up to the sound of cars?

In conclusion having a car can have its advanteges but limiting there use would be far better for people. It would help stop air pollution, reduce stress, and reduce noice pollution in cities and suburbs. Is having a car really worth it?    ",4
"Dear Senator,

I am writing to you to argue in favor of keeping the Electoral College. There are many reasons for keeping the Electoral College but the reasons I am going to point out ot you are, certainty of outcome, you avoid run off, swing states, big states. There are also some reasons for getting rid of the Electoral College. For example voters vote for a slate of electors not the president.

First of all two reasons for keeping the Electoral College would be a certainty of outcome. Even though a dispute over an Electoral College vote is possible it is more likely to occur iver a popular vote. A reason for this is the winning candidate's share of Electoral College exceeds his share of popular vote. For example, in a article called In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President Obama received 61.7 percent of the Electoral vote compared to the 51.3 perecent Romney received. Because of the winner-take-all basis even a slight plurality in a state creates a landslide electoral-vote  victory.

Another reason would be you avoid run off elections. The Electoral College aviods the problem no one candidate receiving a majority of votes. For example, in the article In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President, it states Nixon in 1968 and Clinton in 1992 both had only a 43 percent plurality of the poplar votes, while winning a majoprity in the Electoral College.

Two more reasons for keeping the Electoral College are swing states and big states. The winner-take-allmethod of awarding electoral votes induces the cnadidate to focus campaigning in toss-up states. These voters are more likley to pay close attention to the campaigning going on. They are also more likley to be more thoughtful voters. Also the Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states lose by the mal-apportionm,ent of the Senate decreed in the Constitution.

A reason for not keeping the Elecetoral college is that voters vote for a slate of electors not the president. These electors can be anyone not holding public office. The problem with is htat electors can vote for whom ever they want. Some go against the cnadidate they are supposed to vote for. So voters are chosing the president they want.

In conlcusion please take my reasons for keeping the Electoral College into consideration. Again those reasons are certainty of outcome, you avoid run off, swing states, big states. Also the reason not to keep the Electoral College is voters don't vote for a president, but a slate of electors who do.

Sincerely, PROPER_NAME                    ",4
"The use of Facial Action Coding System could be a good thing to use in school. It also can be used for help better how teacher do things. At can also help a pyschologist find students with problems or mental issues. Another good use for it is could help the students in there ability to act in acting classes.

First reason why it could be a good thing for schools is that you can use the system to check if the students are bored or confused, so you can change how a teacher teaches in a different style. It also could change how the students learn. In the text I says this '' Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.'' It would be good to use to help students learn what are some of facial expression and learning what muscle cause that movement.

Another reason why it would be good to use the system is to use in acting class. A lot of school have classes such as acting, drama, and threater. How this would benfit a student is it would help then try to get the facial expression that they would need for a certain part in acting or in play it also and help produce emotions. In paragraph 9 it says this '' according to the facial feedback theory emotion, moving your facial muscles not only express emotion but it aslo may even help produce them.'' Then it goes on to say ''constantin stanislavsky, had his actors carefully reproduce smiling and frowning as a way to createing these emtions on stage''.

Finally another reason why it would be good to use the facial coding system is it would help the school psychologists if there is a student is having problems and they are hiding their problems . If would help alert the pyschologist if they are going threw depression or suicidal thoughts. it would help the pyschologist so they find a way to make them happy so they do good in school and keep track of what they are doing. In paragraph 5 it says this '' you van probably tell how a friend is felling simply by the look on her face. Of course most of us would have trouble describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried etc.''

So with conclusion these are some the reason why it would be good to use Facial Action Coding System. It would be for schools to think about these option and what it can do for students. Thank you for your taking your time to read this. ",4
"My position on this situation is that it would help a lot of people out. In my opinion, I believe driverless cars would be a great idea. They could help with the flow of traffic, help people who are not the best at driving, and help prevent crashes form occuring.

According to the article, the evolution of cars has come a long way. In paragraph 3, General Motors was trying to create the concept of a car that would run on a special test track. It worked surprisingly well but it would turn out to be too expensive. In 2013, BMW developed ""Traffic Jam Assistant"" which a car would travel up to 25 mph. The only problem was that they weren't completely driverless.

It could steer, acceleerate and brake, which is an amazing concept and could help with elderly people who can stop in time or go fast enough to go with the flow of traffic. It states in paragraph 7 that, if a car happens to be in a dangerous situation, GM has created a system that will vibrate the seats when the driver needs to take over. While the Google car simply announces that the driver must take over. In paragraph 9, it says that in most states it is illegal to even test drive computer operated vehicles. If a new law is created and passed it will allow driveless car to be legal, I believe that they will become very popular.

Although the thought of this driverless car idea, the drivers need to be aware and still watch for any signs that something bad might occur. Drivers must always stay focus and with the right people driving them, it would be a fantastic idea. If the system were to malfunction and the car no longer can drive itself, then the driver must be ready and still know how to drive a car normally. With more testing taken place to see if that would ever be the case, people would be more willing to try it out and see if its a good idea. Who knows, it might be the next big thing. With technology always changing and new ideas occuring, the future is bright and holds so much potential. ",2
"Driveless cars are being talked about more. They can be better on the economy and the polution in the air. The driverless car could save money on gas. Are the cars safe enough to drive on the highway.

I don't think the driverless cars are all that safe just yet. What if something goes bad on the driverless car, can u take it to a local car garage to be repaired? The sensors could go bad while your driving it some were and it breaks down on you. Wouldnt drivers get borewd waiting for there turn to drive?

If the driverless car comes out, what kind of different laws will be made for the car? What will the top speed be for the driverless cars? How much would it cost to replace the sensors? How will the car kno where to take you to your destination? How long will the car last be in driverless mode? Will it be operated off gas or electricity?",1
"The author is right study Venus, in the text it says that it is earch twin and that Venus has mountains and other things like earth so they could have had life there a long time ago. Even though it will be a struggle to study Venus it would be worth it beacuse it could be a second earth. It would be hard to get on the surface of Venus the average temperature is over 800 degrees.

The study of Venus would be hard but NASA has one compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. They would have to hover/float above the fray at about 30 or more miles above the landscape and the air pressure would be close to Earth sea levels it wont be an easy conditons for humans but surviable. However they would have to get close to Venus surface so that they could get rock samples. That's why the author says they would need to make a machine to last a long enough time to cotribute meaningfully on Venus. Venus is our sister planet it is inhopitable,still today Venus still has some features like Earth. The planet has a rocky surface and has valleys,mountains, and craters. In the text the author says;""Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit"".

Venus can one day be a livning condtion for us people on Earth that's why the author wants us to study the planet in the last paragraph the author says;""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expaned to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."" ",3
"Mesa on Mars

Who or what created this ""face"" on Mars? Was it aliens, or just nature doing its thing? The answer has been debated ever since it was discovered and the truth has been found. Although there's proof out there like the picture that was taken ten times better than the Viking's pictures, skilled scientist themselves don't even think it could be made by aliens, and there are similar landforms on Earth some people still find ways to argue. These people might say ""the markings were hidden under the haze, but just as much as that could be true it could also be wrong. This ""face"" was created by none other than Mother Nature herself.

To start, the pictures taken in 1998 and 2001 were much clearer than the original Viking pictures and unmask the face for what it really is. In ""Unmasking the Face on Mars"" it states, ""...Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten time sharper than the original Viking photos."" To illistrate, the article is saying that this new picture was so much better and much more revealing. The day this picture was taken (April 5, 1998) was completely cloudless. This means that there couldn't have been any alien markings hidden somewhere. Garvin said, ""As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size..."" He's hinting that even small things that show us there was civilization there could've been seen in this picture. To conclude, the new picture was proof to the world that this was just a landform.

Not only did a picture tell us this was no sign of alien life on Mars, but so did skilled scientists. When the picture was first taken, ""scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh."" We all know that scientists know their stuff so why doubt them? Their first intsinct was that it was just another landform, so why can't we all just agree with them and get on with our lives to worry about something more important? Even the caption for the picture (when it was released for everyone to see) noted that it was just a huge rock formation. So why can't we just see this ""face"" for what it is?

Lastly, there are landforms on Earth just like it. They're called mesas or buttes. Garvin says that "" It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the face of Mars."" If these landforms can naturally occur on Earth can't they also occur on Mars? Garvin sees that this landform is just like something we have at our own home.

Some people might say that when the picture was taken of the ""face"" in 1998 that it was probably cloudy that day and some alien markings were probably just covered up by the clouds. They must have done a lot of research because normally April is a cloudy time on the Red Planet, but that day was completely clear and ""sunny"". These people might just be the kind who believe in the supernatural and say that they've been ""obducted by aliens"". There is much more proof to this face being a natural landform compared to it being a alien made landmark. Where one side would say that ""scientists don't believe there is a chance of this"" the other side would say it was cloudy the day that picture was taken. Overall, there is no excuse for the fact that this is naturally occuring.

All in all, this face is a natural landform that has nothing to do with extra terrestrial life on Mars. There is proof behind it like the picture taken in 1998, the fact that actual scientists don't think there's any chance of it being alien related, and there are landforms like this one on Earth called a butte or mesa. All of these things proove that not only was ""the Face of Mars"" just a natural forming landform. Will you know the real cause of something like ""The Face of Mars"" next time you see one?    ",5
"""But America's love affair with its vehicles seems to be cooling"", quote from the excerpt ""The End of Car Culture"", explains that people in the United States have started to become less dependent on cars. Not only Americans, but people all around the world such as people from Germany, France, etc. Reasonings for the recent drop in car usage is that there are problems with air pollution, bikes and other transportations that do not involve the use of cars also give place more space to make more town centers and sports complexes, and cars can be a very difficult machine that causes many problems for people everyday.

Smog has become a very big problem for France. France has blamed diesel fuel as the reason for the smog problems. Diesel is favored more than gasonline due to a tax policy, diesel makes up over 67 percent of vehicles in France. The smog in France was so heavy that it, ""rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world"" according to an article by Robert Duffer. Smog is a very big issue that should not be taking place it can cause many health problems. France decided that the smog was getting out of hand so they began a ""Car-free day"", this meant that people would not be using their cars for a whole day and some people would not agree with this idea. France started these ""Car-free days"" with the people who had even numbered license plates and then the next day would have cars with odd numbered license plate would not drive their cars. The consequence for not following this rule was a $31.00 or 22-euro fine. Many people were fined the next few days and twenty seven people had their cars impounded due to their reaction of the fine. This ""Car-free day"" helped to reduce the smog problem in France.

When people use any type of transportation other than a car they would be able to have many more places to go and have a good time. When people are using cars and other motor vehicles they are also causing more and more construction for new roads and places for cars to be able to park. If people rode bikes and walked more than we would have more places for people to build shops and complexes that are all together and easy to get to. In Vauban, Germany most residents there live a life without the use of cars. ""The streets of Vauban are completely ""car-free""- except the main thoroughfare"", stated in the Article by Elisabeth Rosenthal. Only 30 percent of people in Vauban's familys own cars, the other 70 percent do not own cars. More than half of that 70 percent sold their cars just to live in Vauban. In Vauban they have begun to create more sidewalks that are better accesible for bikes and walking. This has created more room for people to construct new stores and places that are walkable distance for citizens, so less car usage could lead to many new places such as shops, stores and even new sports complexes.

Cars can be very difficult machines that cause many problems for people everyday. They can just stop in a matter of seconds and people would not know what happened, causing people to get their cars checked out at a car-shop and paying more money to get the problem fixed. If people began walking or using bikes as transportation they would not only be saving money but would lower the problems they would be having getting to and from places. Not using cars can save so much money for people because they would not have to pay much gas and they would not have to go to get their cars fixed almost every year. Even with bikes there might be a problem such as getting a flat tire or the chain popping off, even those little things would cost only a few dollars where as a trip to the car-shop would cost a least $100.00 out of pocket.

Limiting the use of cars can potentially save places from smog and more air pollution. Not using cars as much can leave more space for places to be built, instead of using the space as a parking lot people could use that space as a place for shopping or sports complex. Car-free day could even be a very helpful idea that might change the peoples minds to use other types of transportations besides a car. Having no cars could save a numerous amount of money for a lot of people. They will save money by not having to get a lot of gas and they will save money on not having to fix their cars almost every year. So limiting the use of cars could become a potential idea that can help people around the world.                                           ",5
"Have you ever heard about the face on Mars' surface? People think that it could be aliens, but more people believe that it is just a mesa or a butte. The Viking 1 gathered the first pictures of the face ever. Many conspiracy theorists think that NASA knows that it is evidence of an ancient alien race. It still remains somewhat a mystery to people all over the internet.

The Viking one captured the first pictures of the face in history. It was searching for landing spot for it's sister ship. The mission controllers at the Jet Propulsion Lab were surprised when it popped up on their monitors. The pictures surfaced on the internet a few days later. It was a great way to get people engaged in the attraction to Mars.

Although NASA and conspiracy theorists would be happy to discover that the face is evidence of an ancient alien race on Mars. The formation is probably just a mesa or a butte. They are both landforms common to the American West. Garvin commented'' It reminds me of a Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.''A lava dome that takes form of a mesa around t he same height as the one Mars.

If the face on mars was an alien artifact NASA would be famous for finding it.

Conspiracy theorists say that NASA is hiding the fact that the face is an alien artifact,but NASA would not be hiding the fact that it is from aliens if it were because it would benefit them a bunch. For example they could make a ton of money from the publicity of it being something alien. With the money they could fund even more projects like sending rovers to Mars to try and find out more about the face, and maybe they could even be able to get humans to Mars. It would get people interested in Mars and they would want more pictures and evidence of it being an alien artifact. That is why it would not make sence for NASA to tell people on the internet that the face is an something alien instead of just being a mesa or a butte.

In conclusion there is a lot more evidence that the face is a mesa or a butte other than an alien artifact. Even though conspiracy theorists are convinced they have proof of alien lifeform. Most evidence points to it being a landform, like a mesa or a butte. There is also not any logical reason for NASA to hide the idea that it is evidence of aliens if it were true. These are just a few of the reasons that I believe that it is just a landform and not any evidence of an alien lifeform. The rest of the internet should realize that it is not anything alien too.",4
"He did a good job supporting his idea, i see that he keeps comparing it to earth. He said that Venus is the closest planet to earth. He also said the air pressure of Venus would be cose to that of sea level on earth.

However venus is the hottest planet but is second from the sun. I personally ould not go to Venus even if i had a chance. He also mentioned that Venus doesnt have easy conditions but are survivable for humans.

The author also explained that the atmosphere would liquefy many metals. If so it would be very dangerous to go to Venus unless the structure is strong enough to pass thru the atmosphere. There is a 97 percent carbon dioxide atmosphere that blankets Venus.

You can tell this aurthor did some research before writing this. He is very detailed in this passage. All in all i think this aurthor did a very nice job writing this passage and backing himself up by details.   ",2
"In the artical Making Mona Lisa Smile the autor tells you about a new type of technology called the Facial Action Codeing System. It helps computrers identify human emotions. Do you thinks the use of this technology to read the emotinal expressions of students in a classroom valuabel. My opinion is that all computers should get this system because like what the passage said ""A classroom computer could recognizes when a student is becomeing confused or borad."" I completly agree with this becaus most all schools now are useing computer. So if we are learning off of a comperter that can recogniz when i am confused i think that i would have better grades because the computer would adjust itself so that i can learn it another way that i might understand better. Also i think that this would just be cool to have because it could also detect when you are bored. so when and if you get bored during a lesson the computer could adjust itsef to make the activity or lesson more appeling to the eye.

But the down side of this is that it can only recognize certain emotions such as happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. But what if you have a diffrent emotion than that then what will the computer do when that happens just keep going how it is or will it try something new. By this passage i have learned that every thing in this would is changeing and that new technology is comeing out. But will this Facial Action Coding System really help children and teans lean new way that they understand i don't know but for now I agree that all computers should get this system becaue i know that if it really works that the pasage says that it does then i know that i would understand lessons in school way better than what i do now because it will adjust to how i like to learn and waht i find boring in the lessons that i am learning. So i that the use of this technology to read emotional expressions of student in the classroom would be ver valuabe. And could chang the world of learning forever.  ",3
"I think driveless cars will be great for the future and not so great. Driveless cars will be a good experince for us; we don't have to be bored driving anymore, because the car is driving by itself. The negative part of it is the goverment will allow it, they almost banned the hover boards in some states.

First, thing what will be the cause and the effect of this. The cofounder said "" Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no needs them anymore."" By him saying that he meant there will no more jobs for the employees at the public-transport system. But there is alot of chances of being a uber driver, there won't be a problem driving people around, because your car drive by itself.

Second, the best thing of this car project is it bring alot of money in the U.S.

This project can help alot of people. For an example, there are few people that have no legs that is unable to drive,but by using driveless cars will be more easier for them. All they have to use is their hand to steer it.

Finally, my conclusion I am arguing with the author, because he is saying facts about it   ",2
"Driverless cars should not exsist it can cause many accidents and possibly can result into death. I believe that driverless cars should not exsist because it can be dangerous to not just one person but for everyone.

Lets say you have a driverless car and sensors stopped working and you didn't know that, right there can cause a huge accident, just because the sensors stopped working.Or lets say you do get into an accident driving a driverless car who's fault would it be? We don't know. The text states in paragraph 9, ""If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault the driver or the manufacture?"" People need to know who's fault it would be if they are driving a driverless car and get into an accident and possibly get injured.

There is no point of having a driverless car if it is not completely driverless. In paragraph 7 it states that, ""None of the cars developed so far are completely driverless."" It also states that, ""All are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills."" What if the person using the driverless car isn't paying attention to the notification sign, or what if a person falls asleep and didn't hear the notification sign then what?

In paragraph 9 it states, ""Presently traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times."" I completely agree with that statement because with a driverless car what if it loses control you won't be able to do anything about it because you are not in control of it, but with a person driving,

that person has100% control of what ever happens.          ",3
"""The Challenge of Exploring Venus""

In the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author explains the dangers of exploring our sister planet, but he also explains why we should. The article gives that Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky but also unable to land on being that it is covered in a thick atomsphere of almost 97% carbon dioxide and covered in sulfuric acid clouds. He explains how ""striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because human curisoity will likely lead us to into many equally intimidating endeavors."" The pursuit of traveling to Venus is worth it since the knowledge that we'd gain and could possiably lead to other greater discoveries is to great to pass up.

The author explains the risk that apporach in traveling to Venus such as ""the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atomshpere..."" If we were to take the challenge to travel,we have a possiablily of getting samples such as rocks and dirt and even the smallest bit will help our knowledge of our sister planet. The author also states ""... no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours."" But the author provides us with ways to aviod this problem by creating a ""blimp-like vechicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape."" Proving that those who we'd send would be able to study but also protected from the planets sulferic acid clouds.

The pursuit of traveling to Venus is worth it since the knowledge that we'd gain and could possiably lead to other greater discoveries is to great to pass up. Though the dangers of the travel,we will have multipule opporutinites to gain insight on the planet. Which we many one day successfully live on with the knowledge collected if we choose the make this journey.                    ",3
"In this passage it talks about how Venus is a challenging planet to study despite its proximity to us humans. it also talks about the danger about it. ""Venus surface has the hottest temperature of any other planet."" here is one reason why its dangerous. but there is also good reasons. ""some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions."" this is good because then scientists can be able to make those electronics and send them to Venus without making any of those electronics stop working.

The author gives good reasos in the passage. for example in the passage it says ""scientists seeking to conduct a through mission to udnerstand venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks."" This shows how researchers will work on thier machines to make them last loner to contribute to their knowledge of Venus. Another thing that the passage says is ""NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray."" This explains how they will come up with something to avoid some dangers of Venus.

I think its a good idea too because at the end of the passge it says ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."" this makes me think back to the beginning too because it says ""Numeros factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challeging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us."" this makes me think that its not challenging because there could be people who knows some things about Venus and they could try and help with the whole Venus situation. the scientist can maybe later then send rocketships to Venus because it shouldnt limit by dangers and doubts.          ",3
"Although many people think that the ""Face on Mars"" was created by aliens, I believe that it's just a landform. Before spotting this landform, NASA had no further information on alien's on Mars. Also, the camera that the team used was at its' maximum resolution, meaning that they wouldn't miss a thing. Lastly, the team could enlarge the picture three times bigger, so they could see things located on the ground.

Before the team at NASA spotted the ""Face on Mars"" they hadn't heard anything about there being a possibility of aliens on Mars. Therefore, I think It's highly doubtful that this could happen.

Although the first look that the team took was a little hazy, they went back with a higher quality camera, which they set at the maximum resolution. With this camera it would be very unlikely for them to missunderstand an alien creation as a landform.

Lastly, on top of having a high quality camera, the team could enlarge the picture up to three times bigger. This helped them so much that it allowed them to see things as close as the ground. After this, it was positive they couldn't miss a thing.

Considering that before the NASA team spotted the ""Face on Mars"" there was no further evidence of aliens living on Mars. Plus, with the extremly high quality camera that the team used, and the enlarging of the picture I believe that this is an extrodinary landform, alothough some prefer to assume differently.",3
"To prove to my fellow collegues about the ""Face on Mars"" thing was naturally made, not by alien lifeforms, i have decided to write this paper. This face has shodows and yes it does make it look like it has eyes, nose, and mouth, but that just really what we want to see if you were told it was a face you would've beleived it.

The article ""Unmasking the Face on Mars"" has a lot of suspense and it does indeed pull the reader in, and towards the end they break down the scientific facts. They use examples of here on earth and they talk about the showdows. They even talk about how the resolution of photos could change the perspective of those photos.

This face shaped mound on mars has just thrown all the theories out and has caused a big worry in the world. Personally I did not see the face until i had read through the article pretty much pin-pointing all of the features, so i went back to the picture of the face and that when i did see it. One persons theory has caused problems for everything from t. v. to conversations.

The fact of the matter is that when you look at this mound and you are told its a face you are most likely gonna beleive that concept until you get the scientific facts and you read them and you probably still wont beleive it, because as humans there has always got to be something that drives you to be excited. Its in our genetics and our concept is just going to be stuck with until there is an actual reasoning that can be proven.

In this paper i have mostly talked about my beleifs, but everyone has their own beleifs and I know that we can not fully prove there is life on other planets, but whatever makes you strive fo answers be my guest. I am not here to judge you or shoot down your answers. I am here to give you once again another concept.",2
"""Without the option of smarter roads, manufacturers turned to smarter cars"". Certain companies we are familiar with and that are world wide are testing driverless cars, like toyota pruis and BMW. The main concern everyone is having is if they are truly safe.

I believe that driverless cars could be a very good thing if they are put in a reliable companies hands. These cars could seriously hurt the passanger if something goes wrong. If you relate the technology that the manufacturer puts into the car and the technology we have now, alot of the time it will shut off or one thing stops working. We already have cars that we can tell comands, we have had cruise control, we have bluetooth so we can speak to people, and the advances will just keep coming. Those two examples are the kind of things that companies are trying to work through and the law is keeping that in mind. If the companies that have been working on cars that can be driverless come through it will be a huge part of technology and transportation history.

Driverless cars have been worked on for years now and they still haven't become one hundered precent safe. But the technology will better, the cars will get more advanced, and eventually a driverless car will be the next big thing.   ",2
"I would join this program because I can help people in needs and I could travel and see things that I wanted to see a long time ago I could travel all around the world all day every day of the week. I like to support Luke for being brave to go out in the bigh world he just got out of high school and he only lives in a small town were very few pepole live. That is the reason i would like to do that program see u next i hope you like my opion.

I support Lukes claims because they are very useful for the activty that he is duing i personnaly support Luke for caring because he didn't have to help people survive.

Luke is a very brave person and i support him for that i like Luke if he was ral or if he is i would like to meet him in person to say how much he helped those people he is a very good person to others.

I would join this program to help Luke and save lifes I really like Luke he seems like a very helpful person and very succesful in life he didn't give up on school or those animals or the people who needed him to help and they probaly thank him for what he has done.

I like the fact that the program teachs you resopnsabilty in life how you can't just think about your self and think about others to and be helpful to others and that is just what Luke did he cared for the other people and not just himself and he cared for animals cause if Luke and Don wouldn't have saved them animals they would be dead or extinct.                 ",2
"There are many reasons why you or anybody else who loves to explore and discover incredible places should join the Seagoing Cowboy program . It's not just helping other people , it's also about helping yourself .

One of the reasons is because of the opportunties you have to discover new places . This is a lifetime opportunity and we want you to join us . I have been to so many wonderful places like Greece , China , Panama and Europe . Imagine if you could get the chance to go there, would you say yes to the opportunity?

You don't just get to see beautiful landmarks but you also get to help people who's homes , cities and towns were destroyed and left in ruins. To them , for helping there homes recover you would be a hero . You can take care of animals when you are on seas . Those animals are shipped to the people who's homes were destroyed .

Thats not just what you do on the job you also get to mentally help yourself . I saw the poor families that lost almost everything during World War II . You will understand that you are lucky enough to have a strong and protective country that protects you from enemies . It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs. And that awareness stayed with me, leading my family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years .

You really won't find it boring because Don Reist and I came up with thing to do during trips. For example we played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed after they were unloaded . We also played table-tennis tournaments, fencing,boxing, reading, whittling and other games that helped pass the time. You can also be creative and make up your own games .

I, Luke Bomberger, want you to come work with me because your helping me , people around the world in need , and your self . These are all the reasons why you should come work with me and my partners at UNRRA and the Seagoing Cowboys . I hope you can decide to come with me in this lifetime opportunity.",3
"This could be it, the new Facial Action Coding System ! This system is a very unique way to tell and spoil how you are really feeling and what your emotions are. This new system starts with a 3-D computer model and all of the human muscles. It will basically scan your face and tell you your emotions. I think this is a fantastic way to get people to change there mood or to tell how people really feel because people hide there emotions and this system could be a new big thing.

Some people may not agree on many things, but maybe people could try this. Some adults worry about how student or there children are feeling and if they did the Facial Action Coding System it would be a way to express there emotions and tell how they really feel. It's as simple as a fake or real smile, the rising of an eyebrow, or even the squinting of your eyes. All of those qualities can tell you what your emotions are with using the Facial Action Coding System. Like the passage states, "" The Mona Lisa demomstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face "", and so could the FACS. Seeing student down isn't pleasent and shouldn't be. Using the FACS is a way to tell, but don't put on a fake smile !

The Facial Action Coding System could go world wide and change lives. It could go to every school and make a difference ! This system could be valuable but some people may see it different. Not everyone would want to do this because some don't want to express there emotions. If schools invested in this system, it could change those that don't want expressed to being expressed and happier. It could also just tell you where your're at and what emotions you could work on or otherwise. Some may like, and some may not. Reasearchers show the putting on a ""

Real Smile "" can make you happier and change your mood. The science of emotions could be a thing of the future, but even more so with the Facial Action Coding System.            ",3
"In the article the author talks about how a Facial Action Coding System (FACS) and how it can help students learn inside of the classroom. The author brings in evidence from the people who made it themselves Prof. Thomas Huang in collabroration with Prof. Nicu Sebe. They give many valid reasons as to why this should be brought in to schools and how it can help with the students with their learning and help further their progress. FACS should be used in schools everywhere.

Prof. Thomas Huang gave pretty amazing reasons as to why schools should equip FACS, one of those reasons was that FACS can determine if a student is confused or bored, then make the lesson easier and more fun for the student. Many student across the world can have trouble comprehending anything they just learn or are in process of learning, imagine the computer just automatically making it easier for them to learn the lesson without the teacher having to stop and repeat it. This would make many students understand their material and do better on test or quizzes, maybe students would actually even do more of their homework. Aside from just helping students with grades it could help teachers determine the type of mood their students are in that day to know whether or not they are having a good day. Teachers often get mad at students for putting their heads down or not doing their work not knowing that, the student could be feeling sick or just not having the best day.

This would help teachers to know not to really bother the student unless truely needed to. On the other hand it can also help students with their friendships, students often have trouble when trying to figure out if their friend is okay or not. When a student's friend is not okay they often try to figure out what is wrong with them, commonly asking the questions like: are you mad, sad, happy, etc, usually the friend either tells them, or the student guesses, sometimes they won't ever find out because the friend won't say. This can a lot in friendships because once the student

finds out they can talk to their friend or a trusted adult depending on the situation. This can help many kids feel like they aren't behind and can give them, a different perspective about school itself.

All in all this would be an amazing device that can help better students career and brighten the future ahead of them. FACS should be brought into schools to help students progress in their learning and even higher many kids goals for their future. Here and now stands an amazing creation that shouldn't be wasted on small things it should be put to the use of children everywhere.",4
"For technology to be able to read the emotional expressions of students would be very beneficial . Some students could struggle with verbally expressing their emotion's making it hard for their teacher/learning coach to know the most successful way to teach them. Therefore if the student starts to get bored, anxious, or confused the computer could pick up on those emotions and make changes to the student's learning lesson to help get them back to focus and engage with their learning . ''A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, ""Dr. Huang predicts. ''Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor. ''

Mental illness is on a rise amongst people in general, Students suffer from it too they're not indestructable or working machinces.

Technology being able to read emotional expressions of students is very valuable it could help students to feel less stressed when working on a lesson they struggle with , without the panicky feeling of having to talk to the teacher about it infront of the class which could cause anxiety . With a majority of communication being nonverbal it can be hard to understand even for humans , technology being able to pick up on it would be alot easier and not feel as intrusive as the student having to explain themselve to the teacher/learning coach. ''Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication,'' notes Dr. Huang. ''So computers need to understand that, too''.",3
"'' Why You Should Join the Seagoing Cowboys''

You should join Seagoing Cowboys, because you get to all over the world and you might not be able to do that if you don't join.Joining is more then just an adventure it made me see the world in a different way.Also you are helping our country and many more.UNRRA hired us to take care of horses, young cows, and mules.

Also we don't work the whole time we also play games like baseball,volleyball, table tennis tournaments, boxing, fencing, reading,whittling,and much more. We visit other towns, we went to China and Europe. We saw Italy and excvated a castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal.

Working at my Aunt Katie's helped me get prepared for the Seagoing Cowboys.So do have any places where you could prepare for this?

So you should join for reason like you'll get to places that you would not be able to go. You'll be helping our country and other countries.You don't just work the whole time we play games to. It's made me see the world in a different way and

it may make you see it a diffrent way too.",3
"Professor Thomas Huang of the University of Illinois has made a great leap in technology that can recognize the emotions one might project. With his collegues, Prof. Huang developed the Facial Action Coding System, or FACS. It utilizes human anatomy to help indentify the intensity of emotions and what range of emotions one might feel. As facial emotions are universal in the muscles that are engaged to produce those emotions, having this technology in different environments can help with productivity and learning. An application of FACS can prove useful in a school enviroment, as it can provide tailored learning, emotional aid through school counseling, and can aid in learning anatomy.

As proposed in paragraph 6, the use of FACS can allow for tailored learning through webcamera software. If the software can be used to detect the emotions on the faces of students, it can identify the emotions associated with success and frustration. If the facial scan sees that a student is struggling with an assignment or is frustrated with it, the lesson plan and the problems given can be altered to maximize what is learned as mentioned in paragraph 6 with Prof. Huang writing, ""A classrom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored."" This application can aid struggling students and familiarize students with the given material, meaning that the students can further comprehend the lesson given. For students are exceeding the requirements for the assignment, emotions of happiness could allow for students to face a challenge with tougher problems than the ones given previously.

As seen in the paragraph above, FACS can aid in online learning, but it can also help with emotional help provided by a school counselor. Though it is a profession that entails the analysis of emotion in teenagers, emotions can be tough to read for even the most experienced in the field. FACS could play a big role in identifying what emotions students might have in the name of bettering their life. As mentioned in paragraph 5, humans can differentiate between various emotions when looking at the face of an friend or family member. However, the length of that analysis can only go so far to prove what a student is feeling. Employing FACS could help counselors talk one on one with students about what problems they face in school and at home. Talking through these problems can lead to a more positive outlook on life and could allow for more engagement academically regarding the student. As a whole FACS can improve school life and culture.

Lastly, FACS can play a large role in the education of Anatomy, not only in high school, but in college as well. Paragraphs 7-9 provide simple examples of muscles involved in movements that indicate emotions from the zygomatic major and risorius to the orbicularis oculi pars plpabraeus. Utilizing the FACS can help students identify major muscles and their functions by using different emotional expressions. Since emotion is scientifically proven to be evoked by emotional expression as mentioned in paragraph 9, the results of which emotions are present can be more accurate. Having the ability to identify and associate muscles on a personal level with the aid of machinery allows for the knowledge to be kept with personal association, making FACS very important in this field of education. FACS can help memorize those muscles and retain knowledge about their function from a simple facial analysis.

An application of FACS can prove useful in a school enviroment, as it can provide tailored learning, aid in school counseling, and aid in learning Anatomy. As explored in the paragraphs above, FACS provides a wide range of oppurtunities for schools to engage in different forms of learning and measuring progress with its aid. With a universal impact in many different aspects of school life, FACS can revolutionize what teachers and counselors think is best for students. The software provides a scope of use not limited to just science, but to schools and companies who can utilize FACS for learning and for projects in the future.",5
"Driverless Cars Are Coming

In the article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"" there are alot of good facts and opinions for the people who are for the project and also against.

In that case i will have to choose the side that is for the project of making Driverless Cars.

In my opinion i think that if we had Driverless Cars we wouldnt have to worry about having to pay for tests or classes in order to drive cars because you wouldnt need to drive if there were Driverless cars.

Also in my opinion Driverless Cars would help the envirement because it would use about half as much as cars would with an individual driving it manually as stated in Paragraph 1, Senctence 4 "" The cars he(Sergey Brin) foresees would use half the fuel of todays taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus"".

As I said before I am for the project of making Driverless Cars.

I honestly would enjoy not having to drive around everywhere and just be able to relax on my way somewhere or on a trip.

Also it is kind of like you would have your own personal driver.

I would invest into this project because i think it could really help the community and the people because everyone struggles to get places and it is very hectic.

In that case if we had Driverless Cars we wouldnt have to worry about it being hectic because it would all be calm and everything would have order.

Also there would be a sudden decrease in deaths due to car accidents or road rage.

Having Driverless Cars would decrease deaths because there wouldnt be anymore drunk drivers, or drivers that do drugs or any kind of products that cause hallucinations or cause problems for the drivers to see.

There wouldnt be anymore deaths or accidents caused by drivers on there phones or texting while driving because they wouldnt have to drive anymore the car would drive to where they need to go for them.

That way people can use there phones to call or text who ever they need to while keeping everyone safe from accidents because they are not the ones driving the car it is driving itself.

People should really consider on being for this project of making Driverless Cars, Instead of being against it.

I mean yeah there is gonna be a few problems in the begining of the making of the Driverless Cars.

So in that case once they make the cars they can see what is wrong and how they can fix it so it doesnt happen anymore.

Then everything will be fine and all they have got to do is do a little bit of Trial and Error.

People dont understand that if we have Driverless cars that things would be so much easier, Because we dont have to worry about any danger coming from people behind the wheel of a car.

So that means no accidents or death or having to be worried about someone causing a wreck for wreckless driving or failure to controll the vehicle.

Yes it might put some people out of jobs but look at how much good it would do for out planets air by using less fuel.

Also look at how there would be no accidents or deaths from driving.

Therefore there wouldnt be a need for state troopers or having to get unwanted speeding tickets or tickets for driving in general. it would be less money for court systems, the Federal Goverment, also less money for people to have to pay if they recieved a ticket.

Also it would droop the rates on taxes because the goverment wouldnt need to pay state troopers or cops that watch for laws being broken that apply to driving a vehicle.

So people would have less things to pay and they could put that money towards their kids education.

This would allow more kids to goto college and future their education.

meaning more jobs would be created and alot more people wouldnt be poor or homeless because they wouldnt need to pay as much taxes or have to pay insurance on a vehicle or even have to pay money to own one. Therefore it would drop the rates on people being homeless and poor.

Also it would put more kids in school

So this is why i am for the project of making Driverless cars.

In my opinion i just think it would help out a lot more things than make things worse.

I believe it would help more than anything because we wouldnt have to worry about a lot of stuff with vehicles.

So this is my argument against the people who believe that we shouldnt have Driverless Cars. I believe it will do more good than harm that is why i am for this project to make Driverless Cars instead of against it.",4
"When u vote for a president u are voting for the electors at the same time. There saying if u lived in texas and if u voted and 38 votes whent to John Kerry. the best argument that they had against the electoral college is called the disaster factor. In the 1960's the people in Louisiana the people were trying to stop the popular votes go to John F. Kennedy. In Wyoming there were 500,000 voters and 55 representatives from California whr represents 35 Million voters. In 1968 a shift if just 41,971 votes would be deadlocked the election and later in 1976a tie would have occurred if a mere 5,559 in Ohio and 3,687 voters in Hawii had voted diffrent and they were a few swing votes away from a catastrophe. when u vote for the president u are voting for the slate of the electors. in 2000 when Bush and Gore were getting voted for the seprem court had to pick who was president of the united states. When president Obama whent up there he got 61.7% of the electoral vote and 51.3% of the popular votes. People in 2012 thought that a single cote may decide an election.         ",1
"The Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify 6 different human emotions: happiness, anger, surprise, sadness, fear, and disgust.

This program has been tested on Leonardo da Vinci's art of the Mona Lisa and has proven its accuracy.

The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because most students are afraid of asking questions, a teacher can see if the students are comprehending what they are teaching, and they can tell how the students feel on an emotional level.

As students get older their courage of asking questions diminishes. In the article Alto says, ""By weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions.""

When students are afraid of asking questions they often display many emotions. When one is confused they can feel frustrated, disappointed, and helpless.

If the student is unsure of a certain a topic and is afraid to ask questions a teacher could quickly tell and have more time one on one with that person. Although some might say students should learn to not be hesitant of asking questions we must take inconsideration that some students do not have that level of confidence and won't in a long time. By going next to the student and helping them, the student should feel reassured and probably gain more trust in the teacher.

The Facial Action Coding System is essential when trying to learn when students need questions answered in different subjects.

Another benefit of the Facial Action Coding System in schools is that teachers can have a better idea of what to work harder on when teaching. For instance Dr. Huang states, ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored.""

This would allow for a teacher to know what amuses their students and they could try to implement that technique in further lessons. Students hate being bored and learn better when they are actually enjoing what they are doing. In contrast, teachers might think that knowing if the student is actually enjoying the activity is useless and unimportant.

By being aware of the students' engagemne t teachers can improve their teaching styles and thus students can learn more efficently.

Knowing the emotional state of your student is important when trying to guide them and teach them. Dr. Huang states, "" Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication.""

Students usually are not open about their emotions but still need to be reassured that there is someone there for them.

Some might argue that knowing their emotional state is not something that they do not need to know. However, school needs to be a place where one feels safe.

Having the Facial Action Coding System in school could help alleviate bullying and help students emotionally.

The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because most students are afraid of asking questions, a teacher can see if the students are comprehending what they are teaching, and can let a teacher know about the students emotional status and well being.                   ",4
"If I were to choose between keeping the electoral college or abolishing it, I would chose for abolishing it. The electoral college has a system that can be considered confusing to most americans. This system indirectly transfers citizen's votes to congress. This allows for loopholes and sabaotage to be commited during the process of electing a president.

I propose abolishing the electoral college and replacing it with a simpler system that appeals to all united states citizens instead of just certain citizens. Based on phrases in the passage, there is evidence that the electoral college system is corrupt. An example would be:

Back in 1960. segregationalists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in relpacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy. (So that a popular vote for Kennedy would not have actually gone to Kennedy.)

-source 2, second paragraph.

This is stating that in 1960 people who opposed Kennedy nearly became his electors. So if they succeeded in becoming his electors his votes would have gone to another opposing candidate. This could not happen with a system of voting that directly conected everyones votes with congress. This was a clear case of sabotage in the election of 1960.

Votes in larger states and smaller states are balanced out so the number of votes would not be based on the number of people in the states. This can be seen as a way to make sure that state votes did not compare to the population of said states. In reality it is limiting the votes of citizens. If people ignored how larger states had more people than smaller states and just thought of everyone as individuals everyone would have a say. The system I am proposing does not view states as the voters, but every american citizen as one. After everyone passed their votes, they would all be tallied and which ever candidate had the most votes would win.

You may think that the votes could be sabotaged, and that politicians could put in fake votes and get rid of real ones. This problem could be dealt with by maximized security. There would be videocameras wherever the votes could be swaped.

I propose this system to ensure that every citizen has a vote, and that corruption while transitioning the votes would be eliminated. This would be a less confusing system that could make voting more efficient.            ",4
"I think that the use of the Facial Action Coding System is very accurate all the time and it should be forced to read students emotional expression. It reads the muscles in one's face to calculate how they are feeling. Also it would be very benafical for students to learn better.

The Facial Action Coding System looks at the movements of all 44 major muscles in the human face as said in paragraph 3. Dr. Eckman has classified 6 basic emotions: happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. He has studies how those emotions contract with human facial muscle movement. Using video imagery the system will monitor the face. Making it universial to anyone that uses it. The software can identify mixed emotions. For example the Mono-Lisa 93% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful, and 2% angry. It is similiar to the calculations we perform everyday such as telling how someone is feeling by the look on his/her facial expression.

This would be tremendously beneficial for students because it can adapt a lesson particularly for that exact student. Making the class lesson more intersenting and benefical for the student to remember and retain what they just learned in the lesson. Also within the system it can detect a fake smile due to a different muscles being used. It could also be very benefical on students in medical school. It would benefical for them because it can make animated faces more expressive in video surgery. Humans mostly have communication that is nonverbal including emotion communicatio, and this would be a great way for doctors to study it.

The use of Facial Action Coding System could do tremendous things in human psychological research. It can help adapt a amazing classroom lesson made custom to the student only. Also it can truely detect peoples emotions by reading the muscle movement in the human facial anatomy. This could help cure depression, and anexity related issues. I think that the Facial Action Coding System could work, and I believe it should be reasearched on more.   ",3
"T

hese two articles both shows reasons why we should limit car usage. I know people are going to be like, "" How am i going to get to work?"", "" How am i going to do this and that with out my car?"", but if you sit down and really think about it there are some very good reasons why us fellow citizens should limit our car usage.

On paragraph 3 source 1: In German Suburb Life Goes Without Cars, it says "" when i had a car I was always tense. Im much happier this way, a media trainer and mother of two as she walked verdant streets where the swish of bicycles and he chatter of wandering children drown out the occasional distant motor"" in this quote it talks about how a mom is going green and starts walking and bicycling instead of driving every day. If you drive everyday you lose alot of money thru out the year spending on gas, car repairs etc. and you pullute the air, now a days the air that we breath is getting worse and worse by the years passed but we could fix it if we limit our car usage. With going green and limited driving you could start walking and get good excersise, our world to day not doing so good and one main reason is because of pullution and obesity. You could knock both of those out by just simply walking to the store instead od drving and losing gas. Cars are graeat dont get me wrong, they have been the a big impact om our world but it changed over the years as people started buying cars and gas prices and oil prices are going up, we should all just go green for a while.

It will help if you just stop drving one time a week, that will make a impact to our society. I dont think people shouold be fined for driving a car that they payed for and that is theirs, if you could talk well and a good persuader you could change the mind of the citizens. Hopefully the world changes and goes green a little more eery thing helps.      ",3
"I think we should keep the Electoral College because i think it is fair majority rules one person has just as much chance as winning the votes as another. The electoral College will help with votes because the people that don't vote the person that gets the electoral votes still get the same amount of votes even if some people didn't vote at all it won't change. But if it was by popular vote then the people that don't vote will make a big impact because you will need more votes to win the election.

I also see it as unfair because the people that voted for one person and the majority is for another person their votes won't have any affect and will be pointless. All the people that vote for one person are useless if the other person wins the majority. With the Electoral College some electors could defy the will of the people and vote for the opposite of what most people voted for. Say the 35 million people in california and 15,000,001 million people vote for one person and 14,999,999 people vote for the other those 14 million peoples votes are pointless with the electoral college and its not fair that the canidate doesn't even get one of those votes.

In conclusion i say just get rid of the electoral college because of all the votes that won't count and all the people that voted and not a single one of their votes goes to who they voted for. If it was by popular vote one person could get majority of the electoral votes but less of the popular votes and if there was no electoral college some of the presidents might not have been president.                                    ",2
"How many people do you know that would like to go to the Moon? Many I'm sure, but why would they want to risk their life just to see another planet? Well, the author of ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" has a theory that this exploration is a very worthy pursuit despite its many visible challeneges and dangers.

The authors first allegation is that human curiosity is taking over and will lead us to many finds beyond our planet of Earth. While you may not worry about Venus and what it looks like every day, just think, wouldn't it be facsinating if there was another hospitable planet besides Earth? Venus was once the most earth-like planet in our solar system, and that statement is what makes astronomers so intrigued by the idea of someday going there. Venus is known to have a sufrace of rocky, valleys, mountains, and craters, so what would make the mission safe for humans and effective for scientists?

The author also says, although nondeliberately, that humans have the supplies to one day explore Venus, but doesnn't make the effort to. The author makes the conclusion that ""peering at venus from a ship safely far above"" isn't going to cut it. The words used by the author are supported because not only can you not get reliable resources, they could be ineffective and just a waste of time. Instead, researchers need to take the challenge and work on innovations that allow machines to last long enough to contribute to the exploration of Venus.

While the author believes there are a number of dangers in the exploration, it is stated that instead of feeling like there is a risk to you, think of them as challenges that you will one day overcome. As of now NASA is simplifying electronics because modern technology may be quick and powerful, but it becomes delicate in aggrivating physical conditions such as heat.

Overall, the author is stating that despite dangers presented, exploring Venus could be a great investment for the long run. So next time you are asked of what the future could hold for you, just think it may be a trip to Venus.                      ",4
"In recent years, many places all around the world have taken the intiative to lower the use of motor-vehicles, specifically cars, with the intent of decreasing the amount of greenhouse gas being emitted into the air. There are various actions being taken in this attempt, with some neighborhoods going as far as eliminating the use of their cars completely. No matter what actions are being taken, the real goal is to improve the planet and the quality of the air that we are breathing.

As mentioned before, one of the main goals of limiting car use is to improve our air by decreasing the amount of greenhouse gases being put into it. If you are driving your car to and from work every single day, and you live in a city where your house/apartment is about 10 minutes away, don't you think you could ride your bike every now and then? Even if you don't have a bike, you could try taking the bus, or maybe even a taxi. By riding your bike, you are eliminating the chance of putting out any greenhouse gases, and by taking the bus, you are reducing the amount of gas being put out.

Aside from improving the environment by limiting car use, you can also improve yourself. Instead of driving your car everyday, you can ride your bike to where you need to go (as previously suggested), and in turn get a small workout. Riding your bike works your muscles, especially your leg muscles, gets your blood pumping, and even reduces stress. If you start riding your bike, you could improve your health and just feel better overall. You can also avoid sitting in a stuffy car and breathe in some fresh air.

In the end, limiting car use seems to have more pros than cons, so it's easy to see why so many places/people have jumped on board with the idea. Even if cars weren't harsh on the environment, they're still bulky and expensive, being more of a hassle than anything else. Why wouldn't you want to limit their use?    ",3
"Exploring Venus is a challenge and studying this planet seems impossible. However, when the author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the risks; people tend to get skeptical and curious about what measures can scientists take so that Venus can be explored? When can visiting Venus happen? and Why are scientists even discussing further visits to it's surafce?

The author answers the questions by stating his/her claim with evidence.

What measures or steps can scientists take so that venus can be explored? The author claims that scientists from NASA have a possible solution to set foot on Venus. According to the text ""NASA's possible sollution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray."" This proves that NASA is taking steps for space exploration with ideas that can be useful for whenever the time is right to study what Venus is all about.

Visiting Venus can happen according to the author when ""many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus."" This means that when the machines are lasting long enough on Venus to give scientists information on how we can explore this planet, then visiting Venus can happen sooner or later.

Why are scientists even discussing about possible visits on the surface of Venus? The author claims that fascination among astronomers has sparked interest to the visitation of Venus. According to the text ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system."" The text further correlates the idea that if Venus was once like Earth, visits to the planet can be made possible because a once earth-like planet can be studied, and knowledge can lead to an astronomers dream become reality.

Exploring Venus will be a challenge, but when the three most important questions were there to be asked; the author backed up his claim with strong evidence that proves setting foot on the surface of Venus is possible. So if not everyone believes that exploring Venus can be done, the author proved why it can be.               ",4
"Don't you like to some times drive and have somewhat freedom? You won't have no fun sitting in car and not driving.

If we have self driving cars we still need to pay attention to the rode so we don't get in a crash and when the car want humans to take over. If the car requires human skills for navagating through a work zone wont it be a lot of problems.

If we have self driving cars we wont have to work to get I.D. No more and teens wont be happy that they don't have their name on a plastic card that says you can go almost where ever you want.

We will lose some things like multitasking because are brian is used a lot when we drive and if we listen to the radio. We will just be listening to music or on are phones just rotting brain cells.

Thats why i think we should not have self driving cars, because we will lose some freedom and skip some parts of growing up",2
"Facial Action Coding System allows computers around humans to read their emotion based by the look on their face. Dr. Huang tells that this device can tell your emotion because of the muscles in your face and how they are either tightened or relaxed. FACS should be used on students so teachers can help them talk it out, help them understand the material that is being teached and help them learn the emotion of people around them.

Using FACS on students should be allowed. If using FACS in a classroom full of teenagers, a teacher will just see a room filled with hormonal teens. They will just ignore it and think they are just moody. Or a teacher could see how upset a student is and ask if they are okay. This computer could become useful in helping students when they are upset or angry. If could allow the teacher to talk to them and check up on them every once in a while. FACS can detect the six basic emotions such as surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. The computer will detect these emotions through the movement of the muscles.

Teachers can use FACS to help students understand the subject more clearly. Learning and understanding school is very important to young students, they need the knowledge to go and be successful in the future. Teachers want to know if a student is getting confused while listening to a lecture. It is important for teachers to know how to help their students. This computer will help out with the use of studying and scaning how their facial muscles are being moved or how their eyebrows are being lifted.

Knowing how someone around another could help out a lot. If this FACS could really detect human emotions just from the expression on the face and movement of the muscles then it could help a human understand how the person next to them is feeling. Zygomatic major are the muscles that begin in your cheek bones, they life the corners of your mouth. That muscle can determined if someone is giving a forced smile or genuine smile. This could help a person know when another is upset and needs space or if another is in need of comforting. It could also help to see if someone is angry and needs time to cool down.

FACS is able to help people talk out the emotion they are feeling, help them understand material that is being taught to them and help them learn the emotion of people around them. FACS will be able to conclude a feeling of a person and will possibly be able to help someone. Knowing how someone is feeling is very important because then people will know how to appoarch them and how to talk to them. FACS would be very successful in helping others out and it could be used to know a person feels. ",4
"This passage is about a germany mom from the suburban pioneers where the commuting executives have gone before they given up their cars street parking , driveways also home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district on the outskirts for freiburg near the french and swiss borders vaubans streets are completely car free the main thoroughfare where the tram to downtown freiburg runs the few streets on one edge of the community ownership is allowed there are only two places to a larger park with alot of money you can buy a space with 40,000, with a home on the side. Vauban completed in 2006 is an example of a growing trend in rurope the united states and elsewhere to separte suburban life from auto use as a compnent of a movement called planning smart all of our development since world war ii has been centered on the car and that will have to change the guy david said of the transportation for america a fast growing coalition of hundreds of groups coaliton of hundreds of groups in the united states who are promoting new communities that are less dependent on cars thye said about the hybrid and things like that. In the united states the environmental protection agency is promoting car reduced communities and legislators are starting to act if cautiously many experts public transport serving suburbs to play a much larger role in a new six year federal transportation bill to be approved this year mr goldberg said previous bills 80 percent of appropriations have 20 percetnt to other transport. Diesel fuel was blamed since france has tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline make up to 67 percent of vehicles in france compared to a 53.3 percent average of diesel engines in the rest of western furope according  to reuters                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 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"The face on Mars is a natrual landform created on the planet. Some people believe it was created by aliens or that's an alien artifact around the planet. The face that we see in the pictures is mostly not possible for aliens to create and for sure there are no tracks of any alien life around.

In the article it says There was no alien monument after all. This explains my answer by saying that the face was created naturally and not an alien artifact. Also in the article Unmasking the Face on Mars it explains another reason to show that the face on Mars is just a natural landform created by the planet in the article it says ""What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa—landforms common around the American West"". This also explains my answer by comparing the natural landforms on Earth and comparing it to the face on Mars. The third reason to explain why the face on Mars

is a natural landform is in the beginning a reason to why people think it's an alien creacted landform or artifact is because of the pictures where not made clear enough during 1976-1998. After getting the 2001 picture it's easier to see that it only creates a face when there are shadows.

The picture taken in 2001 can also make it clear that it has a natural form for example it's not perfectly shapped and it has a few cracks almost like a rock. In the article it says “As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size"". This explains my answer by explaining how the image taken in 2001 was a better picture of the face on Mars and they could actually work on it better and discover it without any problems to stop them along the way. Also the image taken in 2001 can help explain to those who believe that it was formed by aliens that it was a natural landform created by the planet naturally. The landform that looks like a face on Mars is created naturally by the planet. ",3
"do yall ever wonder if its worth trying to study venus despite the dangers.well i think it is not worth trying.first no space craft ever survived landing.second the coulds of venus are highly corrosive sulfuric acid.and last there surface temperatures are around 800 degrees fahrenheit and atmospheric pressure 90 times greater.

first no space craft have ever landed and survived.its because sometimes where closer to venus and sometimes to mars.we cant force to keep losing money for the space craft if we cant land.what make you think we going to land right now if no one has ever done it.the more we keep trying the more money and maybe people we going to lose.

second the clouds around venus are acid and dangrous. what happens if acid get in the space craft it could mess up some of the stuff.do you think some of are space craft are made to block acid.or if the acid gets in and gets on the people inside.your risking people lifes to go study another planet.

last but not least the suface temperatures are 800 degrees and the pressure is 90 time greater.is space craft make to take that much temperature.would that much temperature do anything to the people inside the craft.what happen to all that pressure that is being force on the craft.would the space craft survive with all that pressure on it.

so do yall ever wonder if its worth trying to study venus despite all the dangers.i still think its a no for me.with all that force and high temperature on the craft.and the acid and dangerous clouds.and last that no space craft has landed and survive.i think its not worth how about you.      ",3
"Dear State Senator of Florida,

I believe that we should keep the Electoral College. The Electoral College has been a huge part of America since our founding fathers, who established this process. This process helps keep America in order in and in line. Where would our country be without it? We would be lost and confused with no direction to follow. The Electoral College helps keep America's voting process organized, which is key to a well functioning country. Which is why I believe that we should absolutley keep the Electoral College so that our voting process stays organized and because it has kept our country functioning since the very beginning.

I believe we should keep the Electoral College because it has kept our country functioning since the very beginning. Our founding fathers were the ones the establish the Electoral College which means it has been around since the beginning of our country. We should not change this tradition of America because it has seemed to kept us running smoothly for this long so why would we want to change that for no reason? If we stopped this tradition and changed it to all popular vote from citizens we would be hurting America in a huge way. It would completely change our ways of thinking, living, and running of America. Yes, a lot has changed in America since our founding fathers and yes change is sometimes for the better in our country because things are obviously different now then what they were 200 years ago but change would not be for the better in this situation. Let's say your grandmother, Mr. Senator, has had a peach cobbler recipe in your family for ages and it just takes your breath away with all the flavor and its divine taste, but this recipe is very old. If your grandmother's old recipe taste so delicious you would not want to change one thing about that recipe. Well same with the Electoral College. Its extremely old but it has also kept our country running well and has not failed us yet so we should not change this process just like you would not want to change your grandmothers peach cobbler recipe. This is why I think we should keep the Electoral College because it has kept us going since the beginning and you do not change something just because it is old or thought of being outdated.

Voting for someone to be the head and leader of an organization is an extremely big deal, especially when that organization is a country with laws, citizens, and many other important topics. America needs to have a president willing to stand up for what is right, be there for his people, and run America in a smooth and organized fashion. If the elections were based upon popular vote then imagine what could happen, someone running for president could act like a person who is willing to take on the huge responsibility and stand up for what is right, but when everyone votes for him and they get into office then they turn into a total coward and someone not determined enough to take on the responsibility or take on America. With Electoral College those running for president are also being voted on by Congress and qualified citizens. This makes things run much more smoothly because citizens are still getting to put there two cents in but only if they are qualified which is much more reasonable. Citizens are a huge part of America, they have a lot to do with America running smoothly or not, which is why they should have a say in who runs their country, but no so much of a say that its unorganized and completely on their own opinion. I mean lets face it, us citizens have our flaws and dont always make the best decisions or have the best opinions. Having qualified citizens voting and Congress members voting make it much more understandable. Most Congress members will have been in Office for a very long time which makes them wiser and better to understand the whole voting process, the way America runs, and laws. Most will be able to pick out the better qualities for president out of each of the members running for president. This is why I belive we should keep the Electoral College because it keeps voting organized.

The Electoral College is what keeps our voting process in order. When something gets old you do not throw it away if it still is of good use for you and the Electoral College is definetly still in good shape and is doing our country well so we should not change it because it has kept our country functioning from the beginning and so our voting process stays organized.

Sincerely, a fan of the Electoral College    ",4
"A cow boy who rode the waves was about a person who helped the envirment,the artical tells about a person not to give in to the bad. Then it tell you to belive so you can sugged.

The man in this artical was a person who cares for nature so he joins the UNRRA to give supplies to people across in world war 2. His life changed in 1945 when world war 2 was over 44 nations joined together to form the UNRRA. the UNRRA hired him too check on the animales hourly and give a report to the captan of the ship.

In Ausgust 14 1945 he came with 335 horses plus enough hay and oat to feed them . It took about two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from China in a mouth it took 2 weeks to cross. stalls had to be cleaned and more had to be done.

In counclusion the cattle boat trip were an unbelievable opprotunity for a boy ,but because he belived and achevied is dreams he was a Cowboy of the sea who crossed the Atlantic ocean 16 times and the Pacific ocean twice to help peolpe affected by world war 2.",1
"Is it possible for us to identify human emotions with just a simple picture? Prof. Thomas Haung, of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois, is working with Prof. Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam to make a software that is able to recognize the human emotions on Leonardo da VInci's Renaissance painting, Mona Lisa.

You may wonder how a computer can recognize facial movements that we use to express our feelings. Well this computer makes a 3-D model of the face. By this point Dr. Huang gives the work over to a psychologist such as Dr. Paul Eckman, who is the creater of FACS. Eckman has classified six basic emotions such as; happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. All of those feelings are associated with characteristic movements of the facial muscles.

Sometimes we can notice these expressions on our own friends almost every day. Then again we might also end up reading their expression wrong, because we aren't really experts. Yet Dr Huang observes that artists such as da VInci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions. His new computer software stores similar anatomical information as eletronic code.

Wouldn't it be awesome if a computer could read your emotions? Like what if you smiled every time you saw something that you liked, and the computer decided to give you more things simliar to that. Or if you decide you don't like it by scowling or frowning it changes it to something completely different. If these advances were possible it could make learning in school possible to understand if you are struggling. By that I mean you could be getting frustrated with a problem, the computer reads your expression, and suddenly it is giving you an easier version of that same topic you are going over.

I think that these softwares actually could be valuablle for the students in the classroom. If the computures could read our expression and help us by

automatically changing the lesson to a slightly easier version is very helpful. This can show teachers how well a student is progressing in school by the way the computer is understanding the individual itself. So if it is possible for this kind of technology to happen it would be very successful in most learning industries.

This kind of technology can be helpful to some of those who struggle. Sometimes teachers can't just focus on helping one individual at a time every single day when they obviously have other students to attend to. If the computer read every kids facial expression then it could help show the teacher is a student is struggling or not. ",4
"The article, ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"", speaks of the impressive and amazing ways science is moving forward. This article has many different parts that all have to do with detecting emotions, such as speaking of the processes, catagorizing, what could happen in the future with this technology, and faking it until it works.

The first line of the article says, ""She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry."" This is the article speaking about Mona Lisa's facial expression in the famous painting. The article goes on to speak of the process. It starts when a computer creates a 3-D model of the particular person's face. It says "" all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles"". They say the movement of one or more muscles is called an ""action unit"". Continuing in the article, Paul Eckman, the creator of Facial Action Coding System, classified the six basic emotions. These emotions are happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. He further associated each characteristic with the movement of certain facial muscles. They generalized emotions with muscles because ""The facial expressions for each emotion are universal."" The software they use can even identify a mix and range of emotions, which is why they gave percents for the Mona Lisa. Further in the article it is said that the computers are simply soing what humans do everyday. We can tell when someone around us is upset, simply by their face. They say that this would be helpful in the future in terms of sadness or happiness based on the ads we see. If an ad pops up and it sees we don't like it, the ad will leave and a new one may appear. The same thing goes in recognizing if a student is bored or confused. It may change the teaching style in order to adapt to the way the child learns. A few paragraphs later, the article basically says if you smile and use the muscles that automatically trigger when you're happy, you will start feeling happy because you are tricking your brain.

Dr. Haung says ""Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication, so computers need to understand that too."" This is important because new developments can further our ability to communicate with the people and world around us.                          ",2
"Why should we study Venus? What would we as humans gain from this? These are the questions that the author leaves unanswered and doesn't support. The author does an excellent job describing how we can go to Venus, but he only provides two reasons as to why we should explore Venus, and also poorly explains those reasons.

His first reason is that Venus might ""have been the most Earth-like planet."" While this is a good reason to explore the planet the author fails to elaborate why this should make people want to explore Venus. He could've said something along the lines that learning how Venus went from an Earth resembling planet to the unhabitable planet it is now could help us take care of own planet. The author does not make any attempt to show why this factor would make humans want to explore Venus, instead he just explains how similar the plabets resemble each other. And none of this could even be true because it is not known for sure that Venus once was the most Earth-like planet. The author even says that it might have been, not that it was, but that it might have been.

The second reason the author uses to support his claim is because humans have a ""curiosity"" that ""will likely lead us to many equally intimidating endavors."" Much like his first reason this is a great one but he also fails to accurately explain this reason much like the first one. Humans do have a curiosity which makes us want to explore things but why should this allow us to ignore all the dangers that come with it? Paragraphs before the author gives this reason he tells about all the dangers that Venus has, he says ""that the atmosphere is almost 97 percent CO2"", that ""temperatures average 800 degrees Fahrenheit . and that atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet."" After lisiting all the dangers Venus has he then says we should becuase human curiosity makes us explore things, but he says that after giving all the reasons why Venus is dangerous. Sure the author gives great examples as to how people could explore Venus like with a blimp and how they could make exploring Venus easier, but just because we can do something doesn't mean we should. Exploring Venus and new technology wouls cost a lot of time and money. Maybe the author could've said that Venus's natural resources would make a lot of money. That would be a great way to support pursuing Venus because people would do a lot for money.

The author has a very reasonable claim about how humans should explore Venus, but he poorly explains it. The author's two main reasons could've been very convincing if he had thoroughly explained them and shown that Venus is a worthy pursuit depite the dangers. The author makes readers think the other way because he also gives many dangers Venus has, and this would make people not want to pursuit studying Venus. The author does a great job explaining how we can explore Venus, but a terrible one explaining why we should explore Venus.                   ",5
"If you like to join programs and to help out with people who need help then you should consider joining Seagoing cowboy. why you should join is because seagoing cowboys have helped many countries that have been left to ruin and if you join you could have the chance to help the ruined countries who need help through disaster. Also meeting the needs of other people and seeing the needs of other countries.

UNRRA is a group of 44 nations joined together to form United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation. UNRRA has hired Seagoing cowboys to help with their program for example in 1945 World War 11 was over in Europe, and many were left to ruin. In that case UNRRA and seagoing cowboys helped by taking care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped over seas. So meaning that they helped even though it was a very long project. But it is worth a try to do something new if not tried before.

Putting the idea of joining there are some benificial things of joining. For example you get to visit different places and meeting new people could be fun. By joining it could bring good oportunities like it could open up the world to some people. And it makes you aware of people of other countries and their needs not just yours. it would help people feel better knowing that you just helped animals or other people.",2
"Have you heard of ""The Face On Mars""? If not then listen closely, the face is'nt real. It's just a Mesa that looked like a face back in 1976 cause of the technology back then. With today's technology we are able to see that it's just another landform on Mars.

The Face on Mars was a great mystery and a degree of surprise back in 1976 since they were just exploring mars at the time and didn't really know what to expect from it when they found that landform. Since then the Face became a pop icon and stared in multiple Hollywood films, magazines, and books. Because of the landform on Mars people thought that is was solide evience that life was on mars or that there was life on Mars. Thus aftward scienctists tried to take another picture of Cydonia (The Face) with the improved technology and show that there is no life on Mars and that the face is just a landform on Mars.

In the image it did look more like a landform yet it still resembled a face so conspiarators still beleived that there was still life on mars or that there was life on Mars. The people that weren't saticfied said that The Face on Mars is located 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April of 1998 which is a cloudy time on Mars. Thus the people also beleived that there could be alien markings but were hidden by the wispy clouds that the MGS couldn't see through.

Life on Mars is possible and the Face could be real and could have markings on it but because of the cloudy day the MGS couldn't see the Face clearly.

On April 8, 2001 a cloudless summer day had come and it was time to take a picture of the Face. The photo was taken with maximum resolution, and when people saw the picture there was no mistaking it for a landform on Mars. Garvin also added ""It reminds me most of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,"" said Gravin. So the Mar's Face was just a landform on Mars that looked like a face because of the technology back in 1976 and because of the cloudy day when NASA took the second picture of The Face. ",3
"In the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"", it tals about how scientest are working on new technology to overcome the chalanges of Venus and its complications. In the begining of the artical it talks abou how Venus isthe second closest planet from the sun and how it is one of the two most similar planets to Earth. Since it has similarities to Earths' size and density scientest have sentunmanded spacecrafts to Venus to investigate.

Unfortunatlly no space craft has survived acording to the last two sentances of paragraph two. In the beginning of paragraph three it states how a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent of carbon dioxide engulfs Venus. The clouds on this planet are also highly currosive with sulfuric acid in them. The planets surface averages about 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atmospheric presure is 90 times greater than on Earth. This concludes that Venus has the hotest surface tempreature of any planet in our solar system. Venus also has obsticals like erupting valcanos, earthquakes, and frequent lightning stikes on the planets surface.

With all these complications though scientest still are curious about this dangerous planet. In the second sentance of the fourth paragraph it explains that astronomers are curious because it may have been the most Earth like planet in our solar system. The planet resembles a surface with rocky sediment and includes things such as valleys, mountains, and craters.

In the fifth paragraph it states that NASA is coming up with possible solutions to avoid most of these issues. One of them is inventing is a small vehical that resembles a blimp floating 30 miles above Venus's landscape.

Now this doesn't get the scientest what they want exactly what they want because due to the planets atmospher light doesn't peneatrate very well making it difficult to observe ground conditions. It also limits the amount that you would see in pictures and vidoes of the planet. Many researchers are working on new inventions so macheines will last longer on the harsh planet.

For example in the seventh paragraph NASA states that it has been working on electronics made of silicon carbon and they have even tested it a chamber concluding that it lasted in the harsh conditions for three weeks. They are also recyclaling old ideas from the 1800's, they are trying to use a computor that does calculations,but theinvention uses gears and levers, meaning that it doesn't require any electricity to work.

Scientest are working hard to accheve this goal to explore this harsh mystery planet. They accept the challanges that come with it and they strive to succeed not only to gain insight but to quench their curiosity that all humans have about this planet and the possibilities that it could lead to.  ",2
"While owning a car may seem like the most important possession a person can have, it is becoming more beneficial to find a way to live without them. Cities around the world are turning in their cars, even if just for a day, and finding that it brings plenty of advantages to make up for what could be seen by some as a troublesome lack of easy transportation. Both the environment and and the well being of the people are grateful for the new change, and examples of such will follow.

To begin, according to ""In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars"" by Elisabeth Rosenthal, one can learn about Vauban, Germany, a place manifested so that residents of the upscale community must give up their cars. While residents are still permitted to own cars, they must be kept in large garages at the edges of the community. Here, the owner of the car must buy a space within the garage, along with a home in the residence. Parking on the streets is forbidden, along with driveways and home garages. The streets of the residency are completely free of cars, except for a few streets on one side of the community, and for where the tram to downtown runs through. Most of the citizens of Vauban choose not to own a car, or sold their car in order to move to the community, and find they are much more content in their lifestyle because of it. Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two, stated that she is ""much happier this way"", explaining that she was always tense while in possession of a car. This community was created as a prime example to showcase the advantages of limited (or forbidden) car usage, and it is now being used as the basis of the growing trend around the world, including America and more places in Europe, in which suburban life is being seperated from its former dependance on auto use.

Furthermore, the reduction of air pollution and smog has become a major advantage in the limitation of car usage. After suffering through days of near-record pollution, Paris, France had composed a temporary driving ban in an attempt to clear the air, according to Rober Duffner in ""Paris Bans Driving due to Smog"". The passage goes further to explain that the ban followed five days of smog that rivalled the likes of Beijing, China, which is widely recognized for being one of the most polluted cities in the world. Exceptions to the ban were made for hybrids and cars carrying three or more passengers, and public transportation was made to be free. Once the smog cleared enough, the ban was lifted and citizens were allowed back to the road, but the reduction of auto usage was what saved the air from becoming overly polluted. Moreover, in Bogota, Colombia, citizens participate in a car-free day, entitled Day Without Cars, once a year to reduce smog in the cities, according to ""Car-free Day is Spinning Into a Big Hit in Bogota"" by Andrew Selsky. Violators are charged with $25 fines, but, according to Bogota Mayor Antanas Mockus, the people participate, and the turnouts are large. This day without cars, which has begun to spread to other Colombian cities, is a fantastic way to reduce both air pollution and stress, and is a part of a campaign to oversee the construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths, which, according to Mayor Mockus, is the most of any city in Latin America.

In addition, ""The End of Car Culture"" by Elisabeth Rosenthal tells the reader of the new goals created to cut down on America's greenhouse gas emissions. According to the passage, the goals, set by President Obama, have been graciously aided by recent studies which show that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less, and have been making less of an effort to get a license as the years go by. With transportation being the second largest source of the nation's carbon emissions, behind power plants, this pattern, if maintained, will most likely have majorly benificial impacts on the environment.

All in all, there are many advantages that could easily come with limiting car usage, including the reduction of smog and a more pleasent lifestyle for the citizens who decide to limit or cease their auto usage. While transportation issues may arise when people begin to give up their motorized vehicle, or if they decide to not purchase one in the first place, as many already have, a quick purchase of a bike or the use of public transit can solve at least some of them.    ",4
"Classrooms in this time period are filled with high-tech computers and new innovations that are useful to teachers and students. It seems like every month something new is added to classrooms that can help stimulate learning. Some of these new inventions are something that no one would of ever imagined. That's what makes them so appealing and why people grab them off shelves the first chance they can. This technology, you can't quite grab off the shelves, but it is something that is worth installing. This new software, Facial Action Coding System(FACS), relys on facial muscles to identify what emotions someone is feeling. One can only imagine all the different possibilities someone could have with this software, but a major possibility is installing it in classrooms. This technology would be useful to have in classrooms because it can advance learning, prevent bullying, and help identify mental disorders.

There are countless times, when one starts to daze and daydream instead of paying attention in the classroom. Daydreaming is just so much better then having a teacher talk about spectator ions and how iconic compounds can be net or not.

However, this new technology,FACS, could be very useful in the classroom for this reason. The reason being is that it can advance learning like we never would of thought. This computer would have the ability to stimulate lessons that would keep kids enterained and focused. In turn, they would be more likely to learn more and retain the knowledge. ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored""(D'Alto). If this computer sensed that the child was becoming unfocused, it could do something about it, unlike teachers who sometimes don't always catch when a student is falling asleep or daydreaming. However, this computer would know and it could fix the issue right away so the child would be learning throughout the day. Since the computer keeps the child focused and learning for a longer amount of time, the child would have the ability to become more intelligent because it would be spending more time learning. This could lead to all different sorts of opportunities for the child, like special education programs, scholarships, etc.

Bullying is a serious issue. It can sometimes be hard to spot and to solve, and no matter how hard people try, it never goes away. It's always there in the hallways of some schools, lurking over some and haunting them. Yet, what if there was a way to reduce bullying in a big way? Well, now there is with the help the FACS. FACS could reduce bullying because it would be able to identify if, for an extended period of time, a child was feeling sad and/or scared. Then a teacher would know something is up. ""By weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions...""(D'Alto). Since this software can recognize mixed emtions, it would be able to tell if a child was showing the side effects of being bullied. By recognizing that if a child is being bullied, would help the child because they could talk to an adult and hopefully the problem would be solved. Also, if bullies knew that this software was in schools, then they would be less likely to bully because there would be a greater likeliness of them being caught. Overall, lower levels of bullying would result in higher self-esteem and confidence which then can be reflected in acedemics.

Everyday kids walk through the halls of school and feel like they are totally alone in how they feel. They feel like they will have to live the rest of their lives feeling the way they do, and they become hopeless. This effects their acedemics because they are less focused and might not care how they do in school. However, if FACS was installed in schools, maybe kids could get the help they need. ""For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling by simply looking on her face""(D'Alto). In some cases, this quote might be true. However, when it comes to having a mental disorder, most friends can't just guess how their friend is feeling. This is where FACS would come into play. This system would be able to know how a child is feeling and then, if those emotions are typically out of the range of what a normal teenager might be feeling, they could be sent to a professional. This professional could then diagnose the teenager whose been feeling this way and possibly have therapy. Overall, they would help them so they will feel better. After all this is done, and the teenager starts feeling better and being able to focus on school, their acedemics could skyrocket.

With all the new inventions and innovations that have been becoming known to society throughout the years, FACS is one of them that could have a postive affect on the public and, more specifically, classrooms. This technology would have the ability to advance learning by sensing when a child is losing interest and then change the lesson to keep them entertained and continue learning. It could also prevent bullying by knowing when a child has been feeling a certain way for a long time, and then other mearures could be taken to help the child. Lastly, this technology could help children with mental disorders figure out why they feel the way they do and educate them about it, while also helping them not to feel that way anymore. Overall, this technology belongs in the classroom because it could solve problems that end up helping teenagers acedemics and result in opportunities to advance the child further.               ",6
"Electoral votes is what we need but some disagree . Choosing our president is more complicated than people think it is . One thing that voters do not know when electing presidents is that their vote might not matter as much as they think due to the electoral college . Who is to say electoral votes or better than popular votes ?

To cemmence with , electoral votes usually doesn't change anything , if a candidate has the most popular votes it is more likely that electoral votes won't change anything . Although electoral votes did change the race during the 2000 election . Gore had more popular votes against Bush , yet Bush had more electoral votes . That situation had not happened since the election of 1888 . In the past 200 years , only twice has electoral votes changed the peoples mind . Some still disagree because this means that the people aren't voting for a president , thy are voting for a slate of electors .

Furthermore , electoral votes are basically a summary of the states vote . People vote for a slate of electors to represent their state in the election . Voters will vote for a representative to choose who becomes president on electoral votes . Sometimes voters get confused and choose the wrong candidate which is one of the reasons why people think the electoral college should be terminated .

In conclusion , their have always been arguements about the electoral college , even past presidents were against it . Some say it's a good idea because it rarely affects the outcome but some argue that it doesn't let the people choose who they think should be president which violates one of the rights that citizens were granted .    ",2
"In the passage, ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"", they talk about the existence of cars that drive on their own. They also include their functions and how they work. The debate that this situation causes is whether or not should these driverless cars should continue to be developed. Driverless cars should not continue to be developed because they can be expensive to make and repair, and new laws will need to be created for safety matters.

Driverless cars can come with a high cost. Not only will it be a big price to pay to make these cars, imagine the cost of getting it repaired if it gets broken. ""Google's modified....uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS reciever.."" These cars include a lot of technology and different sensors, the repair of a sensor can cost someone a lot of money. Also, not only will people be needing a smart car, but the country will also need to be prepared with smart roads. The smart roads will help the electric cars by sending radio signals to it. ""These smart-road systems worked.....but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical."" The roads can be another cost, this time not only for the people, but for the country. Upgrading the roads just for these cars will just be too much. The driverless cars will do nothing but bring us mroe into debt.

Electric cars can be a safety issue to the community and the drivers themselves. Different states already have all their driving rules set out to keep everyone safe. With these new driverless cars new laws will be needed. ""if the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault?"" That will be another responsibility that is in the hands of someone. We will need laws for who's to be held responsible, for what actions need to be taken when something goes wrong, and others to keep pedestrians from getting hurt as well. Although the electric cars alert drivers when to take control, you never know when it could fail to inform you and it could be too late. Some states don't even allow the testing of self driven cars.

In conclusion, driverless cars should be discontinued. Their developement and repair can be costy to people. They aren't proven to be 100% safe to either the drivers or pedestrians nearby. You never know when a sensor can be damaged and you will have to take action right away. Also, there will need to be new laws created to continue to protect the drivers and others who could get hurt. We should stick to our original vehicles.            ",4
"Facial Action Coding System doesn't seem to bad until there comes a day where you want no one knowing how you're feeling. In the article, the author explains what this technology can do. So far, the article does a job identifying your emotional expressions, ""according to some new computer software that can recognize emotions"" (D'Alto 1). I am against the value of using this technology to read students thoughts or feelings. There are days when you want your own thougths and feelings kept to yourself, privacy, and as well as being able to learn something new everyday.

There come days when you don't want peope knowing how you're feeling and for some odd technology to just assume your feelings is just not adding up to me. The article shows a picture of the young Mona Lisa sort of smiling. Yes, she doesnt seem to happy, but is she? Only she knows. I dont agree with the computer system judging her feelings. ""Shes 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearfull, and 2 percent angry"" (D'Alto 1). To me, she looks like she's being forced to smile but like I said, only she knew her feelings while the picture was being taken. I don't believe that should be a thing, no one should be told how they are feeling. If we as humans dont really have a reason to judge, why should technology be able to.

Along with that, the article talks about ""a classroom computer could recogize when a student is becoming confused or bored"" (D'Alto 1). Recognizing it could allow teachers to change their lessons, due to students being bored. How come? Daily there are students who complain about how boring a class is. No one forces them to come. Students come to school to learn, we don't expect to have fun. If a technology were to let teachers know when students were bored they'd be changing subjects seconds, by seconds. Students in that case, would be happy to act bored just for the sake of it. Less learning would accure if it were for the technology to detect kids who don't care about school who are constantly ""bored"". No one said school is fun, but neither should a technology detecting students feelings should get in the way of learning.

In the meantime, we have trouble understanding people. To allow a technology to have the power to easily understand thoughts, feelings of us humans is just critical. Allowing a technology to determine your friend's feelings is overrated according to my calculations. ""Dr. Huang observes that artists such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisly enough to convey specific emotions"" (D'Alto 1). I don't believe something so ordinary could barge in and make us feel disturbed knowing not someone but something knows the way we're feeling.

Therfore, I am against this value of using this type of technology to read students emotional expressions. I believe there are different types of people in this world. There are days where you don't want to share your feelings to people, so why technology. If we are willing to share our thoughts, we will. Not have something so unusal do that job for us.                                                ",4
"""The Face""

Have you ever saw something so strange you just had to get a picture of it?! Well if you have, ive done the same! It all started 25 years ago around Mars!

Mission controllers back at the Jet Propulison Lab had to be really suprised of what we have found on Mars. As NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling aound Mars and found a figure similar to a human face, believe me when i say it, Yes a human face!!!Although scientists found out it was just an Martian Mesa, i still find it pretty cool!

A few days after the photo's were taken, NASA has decided to show everyone and let everyone know about this Matian mesa.The caption resembled a human head. The author thought it would be a good idea to attract attention to mars, and it slowly, but surely did!

The human face like structure has became a pop icon, it has appeared in many places and thing such as a film, magazines, talk shows, apppeared in some books, it even made it to the grocery sotre checkout lines ofr 25 years!!That is a really big deal for just a structure on mars!!Certain people thought the face is bona fide evidence of life on mars, which is there own opinion.

Global Surveyor as known as (MGS) went ot the Red Planet on September 1997, 18 long years after the Vikings missions ended. On April 5,1998 Michael M. and his Mars Orbiter camerea as known as (MOC) snapped a picture 10 times better then the Vikings!!Also for the first

time, Mars Global Surveyor flow over Cydonia. Come to find out, there was no alien monument after al!But no everyone was satisfied with this photo.

The camera was really bad considering it had to go through wispy clouds just to see the face.Mission controllers prepaired to look at it again.After a while Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a 2nd look on april 8, 200l. What the picture really had shown was a Martian equivalent to a butte or mesa, they have all been fooled.",2
"Studying Venus is a worthy pursit despite the dangers it presents. Facing a lot of challenging things could be a difficult tasks to complete. In this situation, I think studying Venus is worth our time because NASA and others are trying to land on the surface or at least stay longer at the atmosphere to explore the planet; they can't just give up on what they already did, so there's no moving back or quitting the experiments for researching Venus.

Exploring Venus could be a very difficult tasks because many scientists figures that Venus has a harsh climate and is 90 times hotter than our planet surface. It is also the hottest surface temperature of any planets in our solar system, even though Mercury is the closest to the sun. This evidences might prove that it is impossible to reach Venus's surface, but in this modern date; I think we can accomplish something or a plan to reach Venus's surface much quicker than previous years, because more people are getting smarter these days. In the Venus atmosphere, it contains an highly corrosive acid called Sulfuric acid, it is a type of acid that reacts with other chemicals such as Sodium. We need a ship that prevents the acid from getting inside so that it won't destroy the plane or ship.

We could make a jet that by passes everything, such as storms like lightning tornadoes, and more. In paragraph 5, it talks about how it would be helpful if we were to make a jet that by passes or avoid any dangerous conditions on the surface of Venus. The temperature would be still overheated around 170 degrees Fahrenheit; but the air pressure would be close to the sea level on Earth. There would be enough solar power and the radiation would not exceed Earth's level, It is not an easy conditions, but it is possible for a human to survive. It's possible to send a human to Venus, but I don't think he/she will make it back unharmed: because the temperature is so high in Venus.

In paragaph 4, it discusses about the environment in Venus having rocky sediment just like our planet Earth. Not that it's impossible to live in Venus right? I think it could be possible to live in Venus; after many centuries or decades, the planet could possibly decrease or cool down the temperature in the surface and could reduce acid in the atmosphere if we figure out how to destroy the acid or reduce the reactants. If Venus have landscapes like mountains, craters, valleys, and etc. Why not try to test observations or even explore? It is not easy to figure out or solve the problem, it will takes years, or it might not be even possible to test prototypes to land on Venus. We need a prototype ship that avoids any destruction that is doing to the jet. If we accomplish one, then maybe one day; we can explore and learn more about Venus.

These are the evidences and supporting details to why I think Venus is worthy our time even though it's dangerous. ",4
"Studying Venus is a worthy pusuit despite the dangers because we get to know more about Venus and in the future we might get to live there. Venus are almost like earth. One of the challenging thing about Venus is a thick atmosphere. And closest to the earth.

Venus is like Earth because is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size. And also the closest in distance. But the orbit of the sun move at different speed. Since is the closest, Human sent spacecraft to Venus. It is the challenging planet for human to study.

Venus has thick atmosphere. I think it will be hard to survive. The temperature is over 800 degree and the atmosphere is 90 times greater than Earth. Venus also have the hottest temperature. Venus may once have been the most Earth like planet. It was probably covers largely with oceans and forms of life.

The challenge of visiting Venus has value and we get to see how it look like from the insight. Also human curiosity will lead us intimidating endeavors.      ",2
"Have you ever been able to imagine a time where cars could drive themselves? If they were manufactured would they be safe? The manufacturers say that they are safe. They haven't figured out how to program ways to get around traffic jams or constructon cites. If or when you get a driverless car you might still have to do a little bit of driving. BMW announced the development of ""Trafic Jam Assistant (TJA).""

The car could handle speeds of up to 25 mph.

When you have to take the wheel of the car, Googles car will simply anounce that you need to take over. Some other options on the subject are over heard displays and windsheild lights. Would these ideas be safe? Well these diusplays can be turned off which would be something not readily available to people who text and drive. This way the in-car system is actually a safety feature. Safety is a big concern.

A big car company, Tesla, has projected a 2016 realese for a car capable of driving autopilot 90 percent of the time. Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan planned to have cars out in 2020 that can completely drive themselves. Hopefully they will be safe. Almost all driving laws strive to keep drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe. California, Nevada, Florids, and the District of Columbia lead the country in computer driven cars.

Would the computer driven car be a good idea? They cost more money for what, so you dont have to put your foot on the brake and petals? It would be just as safe as you driving a car. I dont think that computer driven cars would be economically efficiant.",2
"The automobile was made a long time ago to help us move around faster and more efficient,however,have we really thought about the benefits that could come from limiting the usuage of cars such as:Saving money in gas and insurance,Less car crash related injuries and even because its better for the enviroment.

With limiting the usuage of cars comes many pro's such as saving money. On average,an American spends about thirty-five to fourty dollars on gas per fill-up and one hundred to two hundred dollars a month on insurance a month depending on age,experience,accidents,etc. By limiting your car usage comletely or even just a little just imagine the extra money you'll have aying around for the nessecities and maybe even a ittle you-time. Say you buy a bike and the only time you use your car is to drive to work and anywhere out-of-state,that means that you'll be able to go a week with roughly two gallons of gas. That puts you at about thirty-eight hundred dollars a year where if you were purchasing four or five gallons a week you'd be spending approximately eleven thousand dollars a year. Thats no chump change. You're insurance would gradually decrease due to safe driving and age so along with gas being cheaper,so would the insurance.

Florida is a state well-known for car crashes due to weather conditions like rain and fog and you can't do anything to change that other than take a different,much safer mode of transportaion such as a bus. Nowadays bus and semi-truck drivers are more experienced and cautius then they used to for one reason,CYB(Cover your Butt).You see major bus and semi-truck companies now that due to the size of their vehicles,if there's ever crash involving one of their autmobiles then they're likely to get blamed cause of the size of the vehicles and so it would make since for them to send their drivers to extensive training and make sure that their trucks are in good hands,which is exactly what they do. Studies show that you're chances of being in a wreck in a bus are one of every one hundred rides while being in a car driven by yourself puts you at a whopping one of ten ridesyur chances of safety are greatly increased.

The United States of America has no shortage of pollution and that's not helped by the fact that we have one of the largest populations of personal automobiles inhabiting this country. There are many other kinds of pollution that occurrs in the land of the free but most of it like factory smoke,large ship(boat)smoke and even resturant made smoke can not really be stopped or diminished by you or me but one form of pollution we can prevent is automobile smoke. In the US up to fifty percent of greenhouse gas is from cars(certain areas).If you stop using you car and ride a bike even thugh it won't seem like muchyou'd be suprised at the difference. Say a sall cmmunity around yur neighborhood gives up their cars that could account for half a percent of greenhouse gas which is more than it seems. Just ask yourself if you want your friends and family growing up in a dying,polluted world.

In conclusion,I'm not discrediting the huge help cars can be in our daily lives I'm just saying if we continue along this car-orientated path,pollution may be what ends our daily lives.    ",4
"You think the face on Mars was formed by aliens? I could see why. Conspiracy theorists are everywhere. I am here to explain to you why you are wrong. You see, I have some very valuable information. If you have ever seen the ""Middle Buttle"", in the Snake River plain of Idaho, you would really see the resemblance towards the face of the moon and the Buttle. Though, this could just be coincidence.

For all of you out there who think that NASA is trying to hide information from you, if that was the case, you would not know about the face of mars. If we did in fact know if the face was crated by other life forms, aka ""aliens"", NASA would be blabbing it's mouth about it everywhere. That would make NASA'S popularity grow and be better for them all around, so why hide something that will help us?

This supposed face has brought along alot of good things, such as, starring in Hollywood films, appearing in books and magazines, and even being discussed on talk shows. With every good thing there is bad things, unfortuately. There are people saying NASA is hiding information and making up other wild conspiracy theories.

Though, this does not make sense considering when we first spotted the image of the face in 1976, we sexposed it to the world. I do not understand how that is hiding anything. Over the years, NASA has tried getting Viking 1 to get better images of the face, and succeeding. Viking 1 got better images in 1998 and 2001. The face is extermely hard to find, located on Cyndonia, you can only find it some days. Now when NASA spends so much time trying to get better images for the people, that sorta rings a bell, maybe saying there is no hdden information.

Now, like I said in the beginning, any information or evidence at all would definetly help NASA, so why hide it? ",3
"Citizens cars are good to have but all the fines and stress they are putting on us makes us not wont to buy a car. But now i see we need to have a change and just start walking and finding another way other then our cars because they are talking about fining and impounding our cars the ones (Cars) we paid full cash for.

To start off with, accroding to the article in ''Life Goes On Without Cars'', u could park at a garage but its gotta be ownship and u would have to buy space that cost $40,000, along with a home. For example, u would have to buy a house pay for that rent and also pay for the parking fee that u brought with the house. So with that being said u should just buy a house, and not own a car and just walk, ride a bike ,or take a bus to where every u got to go.

Secondly, now there saying in article ''Driving due to smog'' On Monday motorists with-numbered licence plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine($31).The same would apply to odd-numbered plated the following the day. That's not right because you brought your  car, but you could only drive it a certain day (would ever the law says). The understanding that I'm getting is you got to follow the law rules when ever that applies to the goverment people, which is understandable. But my point is I brought my car and i should be able to drive my car when ever I feel like it.

Futher more, Now they  want to have a ''Car Free Day'' In the article Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota, they say millions of Colombins hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to work during a car-free yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams. For example, If the people did drive on a car-free day they would face $25 fine. So if it rained and u needed to get somewhere you could't drive u would have to take a bus, walk, train, or skate. Or you would be fined.

In Closing, from the understanding that I'm getting,  I advise everyone to take the bus,walk,skate,bike,or hike just to get to where you got to be also you could just not own a car. Because either way, if u break the rules you are going to be to be fine or  they could impounded your car and thats would be a lot of mess  becasue you paid for a car but u gotta pay the fine and pay to get your car out the impounded. So EVERYONE just walk,bike,hike,skate,or take a train or bus.    ",3
"The author supports his ideas well in ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus."" The author supports his ideas in many ways that make going to Venus seem not impossible, only difficult. Their claim that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers is supported by many logical reasons. The author supports his idea that Venus is a worthy pursuit by giving backround on the planet, saying why it is not impossible, and because overcoming the challenge would bring knowledge and more exploration.

First, the author makes Venus travel worthy by talking about the background of the planet. In paragraph 2 they make the planet seem worthwhile to explore, ""Often referred to as Earth's 'twin,' Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size and occasionally the closest in distance too."" Just because Venus is similar to earth why does that make it enticing to explore? Since Venus is similar to earth it means that we can learn many things from the planet and maybe make it inhabitable some day.

Additionally, the text makes Venus seem worthy of pursuit despite the dangers by talking about how simple it would be to overcome the dangers that the hostile planet holds. The author provides an example from NASA that eradicates the danger of the planet in paragraph 5 when they say, "" Imagine a blimp-like vehile hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way."" With this vehicle studying Venus would no longer be dangerous and it becomes more possible to explore our twin than impossible.

Moreover, being able to study Venus would not only bring knowledge about the planet, but would also lead to more expeditions. In paragraph 8 the author describes the benefits of studying Venus when they say, ""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors."" The author is saying that knowledge is not the only thing that is gained from going to Venus, but we will also be able to study much more. Being able to explore Venus means that we can study other environments that are dangerous for humans like the deep ocean or other hostile planets.

Overall, the author makes the pursuit of Venus enticing in many brilliant ways. They talk about what makes Venus more important to study than other planets. The author eliminates the danger presented when studying the dangerous planet. Exploring Venus is said to provide benefits that could help future generations with their studies. Despite the dangers Venus is a planet that is worth studying.",4
"The author suggests that studying Venus is a worhty pursuit despite the dangers it presents because Venus has a lot of similarities and differences with Earth. Venus is very hot, the atmospheric pressure is very high. That is why studying Venus will be such a hard task. But it also has a lot in common with the Earth. Venus is close in size and is the closest planet to Earth.

The author says that studying Venus will be a difficult task because Venus and a lot of similarities and differences than the Earth. The average temperature on Venus is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Your book will burn up because it is too hot and Venus will melt any phone or tablet as well. In the article it says ""Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system"". Venus also has a thick atmosphere of 97% carbon dioxide that surrounds Venus. Which makes it even more challenging because of its clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. Another reason why it is such a hard task to get to Venus is because the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we usually experience on Earth. In the article it says ""Such an enviroment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals"". This means that we have never experience any atmospheric pressure that high ever. Venusian geology and weather present has erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes and more frequent lightning strikes than Earth.

Venus is one of NASA's hardest task to try to make it to there. Venus has such a crazy high temperature and a very high atmospheric pressure. Venus has a highly corrosive sulfuric acid in that surrounds it. There are many more reasons why it is so hard for us to try to study Venus. But so far no one neither a spaceship has touched Venus yet for three decades and only time will tell when we will be able to make it to Venus.",3
"I don't think we need driverless cars. It just makes humans even more lazy and is probably a waste on resoureces as well as time. My position on driverless cars are they are not needed just the fact that no one needs to have it. In paragraph seven it states, ""The car can handle functions at speeds up to twenty-five mph, but special touch sensors make sure that driver keeps hold of the wheel. This statement basically states that the car can only go up to twenty-five mph, but you have to be holding the wheel for it to do this. so your basically just sitting there as it just goes the only thing your not working is the gas. You would have to watch just because if you were have to work between work zones or accidents.

The most important thing for a driver in a car is safely. This car is pose to help that part out by using cameras to watch the driver and the road. If they were to defunction or break how would you get another one or would you be able to buy them in the store or pay for them again from the company. Also if the technology or the car were to fail while the driver is distracted or worst and someone were to get injuried, who is held in charge for it. Will the driver face the charge or the manufactures who made it?

Not to mention it doing all of this stuff at once, how much gas can go for one mile. We are trying to build cars that can go farther and not have that much gas, so what will be the milage on this car that can drive itself. Will it run off of batteries, fossil fuels or something that doesn't harm the environment.

This ends my position on driverless cars on the road. I think it's not a good idea based off the fact that we came this far driving cars without them driving for us or anything like it. We can go without cars driving themsevles, what we need to focus on is can we improve how far a car goes with just one gallon of gas so improving their mph. This would help people go farther without the cost of gas it would slow down the rate of resources going down and help our environment. ",3
"In the article,""Driverless Cars Are Coming"", the author mentioned many benefits about the invention. Things like self-steering, self-accelarating, and self-braking seems intriguing. However, those benefits will not solve the multiple downfalls that the inventions will cause. The cars have not had enough trial or statisitic to prove that they bring mostly positive outcomes rather than negatives, it really is not driverless if it still nees assisting, and it will create multiple changes in our society. New technology have always excite people, but are driverless car really worth the hype?

Consumers do not maintain enough knowledge about the cars know that it will bring more positives than negatives into the society. ""In most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars. California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Cumbia had led the country in allowing limited use of semi-autonomous cars."" Only a few states have given the ""okay"" to test drive these cars. Even so they are only semi-autonomous, making the car even more sketchy than it already seems to be. ""Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers."" However, if you give most of those alerts to a computer, is that really safe?

The driverlesss cars really are not driverless. ""They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating througgh work zones and around accidents."" The cars can do basic driving functions but when it comes to the more complex tasks; they depend on the driver themselves to execute the actions. ""The human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires."" If the "" Driverless car"" still needs human assistance then its claim is quite contradictiv to the actual product.

The invention of the car will cause mutiple changes in today's society. ""New laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident."" This will cause many changes in our teenagers' driving education as well as laws throughout the country. ""The cars he(Sergey Brin) foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus."" Although the cars save the environment by using less fuel; it will lead to the job loss of thousands of people in the public transportation industry. Many people will be out of work due to the fact that their occupations are being taken over by driverless cars.

The thoughts of driverless cars seem exciting but there is not enough facts and statistic to prover its liability, it is not really ""driverless"", and it might cause many downfall to the society. This is a society that loves trend and new technologies. However, some of those techonolgies are not worth the hyper. Driverless cars seem so modern and advance, but really there are multiple downfalls to them. ""Safety is best achieved with alert drivers,"" not machines. The grass is not always greener on the other side, just like how driverless cars is not going to contribute to our society for the better. ",4
"The aspect of the driver of google reactione with a character different when he invented the cars, he controlled withe test driven cars hw have the cars and reproduce in california nevada, florida, and the district of columbia and any different states where the cars are more inteligence what the people.

google is the future int he public transportation system and transportation taxi system, the cars of google have television and movies have translation this invented in the year of 2009 in this year specifc the condition out driveways or dealing with complicated traffic when more invented the cars of google and clock more people buy this articles in the years of 1950 invented and created a concept could run on a special test track and engineers tried something similar.

the car read messages a coding system that uses the binary 0 and 1.

the first thing when a perople invented and share and buy this need more products for what this reproducted that and move more with the technology, th second thing is when google modified toyota prius uses position estimating sensor a video camera mounted mirror and sensor of GPS receive and internal motion. the third thing is what the bubbed LIDAR uses laser constantly 3-D surroundingand conbination to mimic human level. my position how sebastian thrun he is the founder and I change the position of him I invented more about google and project the tchnology is very interesting him elaborate for more people and I controled more and work in the technology about the cars more recients.",1
"The first thing im gonna talk about is in the store it sayed they took there right to drive away and fined them if they do drive that is stupid. If u pay for that car or truck and pay for the the gas that they sale you should be able to drive that car or truck wherever u want to. And if they new it was gonna cause harm to the environment then why did they do it i mean that's pretty dumb. They new that them hazardous gasses and fumes were gonna mess things up so why would they do it.

But u have to have these vehicles and semis to be able to transport goods from place to place do i mean your really just gonna have to deal with it cause u have to have them cause whose gonna hall all that stuff by hand one by one nobody and its just a waste of time cause u would kill yourself trying to do it so why not just use a semi that uses left over stuff from gas that way there not dumping all that stuff out on the ground ans its not going down and pouluting our water let it puluote our air but if we don't have that water we couldnt go 3 days and we could were gas masks if it come down to it its really not that big of a deal.

There making this how smog thing a big deal they can come up with something to help that or go away that is just so stupid that they do that cause they can prevent some of it with safe idle and emmisind but they dont want to hold to there laws ad people that are doing it they just let them go on like there doing and they do nothing about. Why would they do wat they are doing and not help us out and quit taking our rights away.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ",1
"The day-to-day need of your own cars may not be as needed as you think. Cars aren't as nice as they seem to be. First of all they cause smog and pollution. But people say that not driving themselves is a stress reliever. Although can be handy people just don't see a drivers license a priority.

Paris is one of the most polluted capital in Europe. They decide to cut the smog and ban some cars of being on the road. ""On Monday even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day."" You can imagine people weren't happy about it because around 4,000 people were fined; and 27 people denied the fines and their cars were impounded. ""The smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to rescind the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday.""

Although some people were not friends without their cars others thought it was a stress reliever. In Bogota they have a car-free day where no one is allowed to drive their cars; they are only allowed to bike, walk, skate, bus, or take taxi. Anyway to get around with out useing your car. ""It's a good opportunity to atke away stress and lower pollution,"".

Young people in America have lost a prority in getting their drivers license. ""He and I have similar observations about our childeren. Mine (19 and 21) have not bothered to get a drivers license, even though they both live in places where one might come in handy. They are intrested, but it's not a priority. They orginize their summer jobs and social life around where they can walk or take public transportation or car-pool with friends."" A study has found between 2001 and 2009 23% of young drivers decreased.

In conclusion we are all better off with out cars. To decrease pollution, to relive our daily stress and we just dont need them.    ",3
"Driveless cars would be really unessassery because we wouldn't be able to have the automobile under our full control, so if something was to happen then we wouldn't be able to stop it and there would be some type of consquence for the people in the car.

When i think about driveless cars i think it could go two different types of ways, good or bad. Say for instince there was a car accident up ahead and in the passage it says that the person in

the car would have to control the car at that point , well if the person doesn't know how to drive because the car is suposse to be driveless , then there would just be another accident. People would begin to depend on the cars and independnce would no longer be somethinng america would be known for.

The good part about a driveless car would be the fact that you don't really have to drive. That could come in

handy in certain areas of life. There would be no more texting in driving accidents.",1
"When the first photo of the face on Mars was released, many people were intrigued, and they all had different opinions. The most common opinion was that the rock formation was created by aliens and there is human life on Mars. As a scientist at NASA, I can clearly state why this mysterious rock formation was not created by aliens.

From far away, the rock formation does appear to resemble a human face. To further examine, on April 5, 1998, the Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cyondia, the area where the rock formation is found, and Michael Malin took a picture that was ten times sharper than before. The image was released and revealed to be a natural landform. However, on that day the camera had to look through thin clouds to capture the picture, so come skeptics were content with the theory that some of the alien markings could of been hidden. A cloudless day came on April 8, 2001, so the Mars Global Surveyor took the chance to get another look. The camera's maximum resolution was used to capture the photo. Since the photo was closely zoomed in, it would of been possible to see what was on the ground near by. Since nothing was found on the ground nearby, it doesn't support the conspiracy theorists who claimed that NASA was trying to hide alien life. The picture shows that it is like a mesa or butte, a landform that can be commonly found in West America. To further help people understand, Jim Garvin, chief scientist for NASA's Mar's Exploration Program, describes the land form as ""It reminds me of most Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain Idaho.That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars."" There very well could still be life on Mars, but unfortunately it has not been found with this information.

All in all, the face on Mars is simply just a landform that is similar to some landform's on Earth. It is understandable how people could think it is an Egyptian Paraoh because of the unusual shadows;however, closer up images reveal a mesa. Although many people are disappointed with this conclusion, this information can lead NASA to more discoveries in the future.           ",3
"I think that the author has a good point her beacuse it teaches the reading that Mars is not the only chicos with this we get to see that ther is other chicos that we can pick if one day we have to leave plant earth. Venus is a instreting plant because its sometimes cloeser to us then mars and it can help understand how to take care of earth. With this we get to see what we can change and what. We dont need to change about our plant Earth and what we do need to chance. Earth is a good plant but Venus is a plant that we dont fully understand as most plants Venus is a plant that is new to the human kind.

What Venus have that we dont which is good that the envioment can cush a submarin and the conditions. That it might not let a human leave in Venus is dangerous. But can be really helpful like if its amosphere is so strange can take some samples and can use it to help the earth be more protective. It can help us understand why its like and if one day and see if some one can live up there. Vensu us the hottest sureface temperture in our whole solors system which is perrt col if you ask me its hooter then the summer on the earth because its cloers to the sun.

`I think that us as human need to study Venus close and see waht it really is can see if it can help us understand our plant more and more. We need to watch it closly to send people up there and see if tis right for humans. but yeah i think that Venus is a cool plant to study more cloly because its reaslly insterting to see how a differtn platn works everyday. We need to study it more so we cansee why its called the Evening Stare why its cloer to the sun why we need to talk about more to peepole so they may see how insterting is to study a plant like Venus.        ",2
"Venus is the second planet in the Milky Way solar system, that is so close yet so mysterious. Its conditions are unhabitable and unsafe for humans, making Earth seem safe despite some dangers it also has. Venus may well have also been covered with oceans like Earth currently has. In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents through the explanation of hovering, silicon carbide, and mechanical computers.

The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite dangers by his well written explantion of ship hovering. The author says NASA has an idea on how to send humans to study Venus, ""...possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray"" (Paragraph 5). The ship would hover above, avoiding the dangerous conditions by remaining away from it. Allowing the scientists to be close enough to study some elements of Venus, and to have more context on how to understand it more, without a human possibly dying. To further support this, the author states, ""...hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight..."" (Paragrah 6). The author is aware that hovering is not the most effectove technique, but he supports the idea by hinting it will still be worth it because information can still be gathered, despite the limits. Although it is not the most persuasive support and idea he displays that Venus is a worthy pursiut, it can still perhaps show how he supports it by giving details. He explains although samples of rock, gas or anything else cannot be gathered, due to the distance, challenges can motivate scientists to progress on more ways to study Venus, to apply more knowledge. He clearly shows his opinion that the dangers should not be limited by dangers or doubts, but should drive humanity to excellence and advancement.

The author's insight on silicon carbide supports his idea that Venus is a worthy pursut despite the dangers. Simplified elecotronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in chambers. The authors explains it by stating, ""...stimulating the chaos oof Venus's surface and have lasted weeks in such conditions"" (Paragraph 7). He does not support this idea throughly, giving limited information to convice the reader of his claim. He only says it can last in challenging conditions for a limired amount of time, but does not mention any support, leaving silicon carbide as his weakest support on how using that, can convice people that Venus is a worthy pursit depsite the dangers it possesses. He uses only one fact, but not not give enough anaylsis to make his argument strong or very clear.

The author supports well how mechanical computers would make studying Venus a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. A project called mechanical computers was first evisioned in the 1800s. The author further supports how its worthy by stating, ""...these devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all"" (Paragraph 7). He describes it as safer, since gear usually ensures that someone will not be exposed to a certain conditon in a inhabitable environment for humans. He further argues that modern computers are more fragile in extreme conditions, and are not as strong as mechanical computers. He strongly supports it by comparing it to other popular technologies, ""...imagine exposing a cell phone or tablet to acid or heat capable of melting tin"" (Paragraph 7). He explains in comparison, that systems using mechanical parts are far more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces, unlike modern technology. He uses well thought out support and evidence, to argue that Venus is actually a worthy pursuit even with the dangers it gives. He believe that studing Venus will lead to challenges that will further evolve humanity and help it prosper.

In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author supports Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presnts through his analysis of hovering, silicon carbide, and mechanical computers. He supports his ideas with evidence and also the analysis he has with his knowledge by research. He uses facts, and not a lot of opinions to express his ideas and belief that Venus is a worthy pursuit. He colcudes his argument that humanity's travels on Earth and beyond should never even be limited by threats of dangers or doubts. Without that, knowledge will be expanded and fuel the innovation of the human world and beyond. ",6
"i belive that the driverless cars should be allowed. the driverless cars can help drivers in many situations. the driverless cars can do things a driver can not do as fast as the driverless car. the driverless cars could still be controled by drivers in areas where the system would not be able to drive or respond to the situation.

in the article in many instinances it says that diverless cars would still have drivers in situations it could not navigate. the driverless cars would be fully functioning by itself and with the driver so it would not just be a robot driving around by itself. the driver would still have to be aware of the situation or the car would get there attention as to avoid accidents. the driverless cars would still have drivers in side of them.

there are many resons why the driverless cars should and should not be aloud but i belive that they should be. there are many resons why they should be and these were only some of them. driverless cars are safe and should be aloud in my oppinion and that is why i support driverless cars.",2
"The future is in the present. What seemed like a mere dreaming is now coming to life! New techology has helped with many advances today, for example smart cars. This concept is fairly new, but it has already sprouted problems. These dilemmas are complex; therefore, the world is still not ready for driverless cars.

Throughout the years many companies have tried to make this new idea happen, yet it is a new concept. ""For example, in the late 1950s, General Motors created a concept car that could run on a special test track. ... These smart-road systems worked surprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical."" This shows that driverless cars are not a smart idea. Now a days people want something pratical and fast: smart-road systems are niether pratical or quick, because it would be expensive and it would take time for the roads to be upgraded. Once they saw the expensives it would take, they let go of the idea. After this idea of smart-roads epicly failed, other came up with the idea of smart cars.

Even though smart cars have been effective, they are still not able to drive themselves. ""They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents,"" smart cars have programs to assists the driver,not to drive themselves. Humans will still have to be alert on the road, so it will not going to help the driver. What is the use of cars that can drive themselves, if when the driving conditions get tough humans will be needed?

Another important issue (if these driverless cars come out), is who will be to blame for if an accident happens- the ""driver""

or the company? Because the person in the car will be assisting the car, the car should be to blame for. Since the smart cars are made to drive themselves, then all people involved in the accident would be victims.

Due to the information, it is safe to say that driveless cars are yet to be imereged into today's life. The people of today spend most of their day doing something, in my opinion they are ready to do nothing. Is one going to enjoy this break, though- maybe not, becasue though they are just passagers the car might need assists? Therefore there is no need for cars that will get only part of the job done. ",3
"What would living in a world without cars be like? It doesn't sound very pleasant. Getting from point A to point B would be a definite hassle, right? Well, not exactly. As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the United States was back in January 1995. he number of miles driven here in the U.S. peaked in 2005 and has steadily dopped. Car usage is not onle dropping here, but around the world as well. Paris banned cars due to smog that was polluting the city. But, is using cars less all that bad? Nope! Here's why.

To begin with, it can help reduce pollution around the world. Source #2 states ""After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partialdriving ban to clear the air of the global city."" That's how bad the pollution was in the City of Love. Almost 4,000 drivers were fined 22 euros because of using their car. ""Congestion (traffic) was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after 5 days of intensifying smog. The smog rivaled Beijing, China which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world."" Sounds like a really bad title for a city that attracts many tourists every year. The ban allowed for the smog to clear.

Next, limiting car usage can benefit the current efforts to reduce greenhouse gases. ""Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States,"" Source #1 states. If car usage is limited, it can help reduce the greenhouse gases being emitted into the atmosphere by a significant amount. ""President Obama's ambitious goals to curb the United State's greenhouse gas emissions, unveiled last week, will get a fortuitious assist from te incipien shift in American behavior,"" Source #4 states "" Recent studies show that Americans are buying fewer cars and driving less."" Good going, America!

Of course, many people might say ""Why would not having a car be beneficial to me?"" It certainly can be! ""It's a good oppurtuinity to take away stress and lower air pollution,"" said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza in Source #3. The stress of having to be careful with your car or face the consequences from the insurance policies or lawsuits can finally be lifted of your shoulders. You will be rid of the struggles of the rush hour, as well as the need to be having to pay for gas (which is not exactly cheap).

""Different things are converging which suggests that we are witnessing a long-term cultural drift, said Mimi Sheller in Source #4. This is a good thing to be a part of. Soon enough, we'll be seeing people walking and riding bikes from point A to point B, like they do in Vauban, Germany.  I don't know about future complete bans of cars here in the U.S, but I believe they will be far less common. When someone such as Bill Ford, executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company, is in on a business plan for a world where personal vehicle owneship is undesirable, you know you have to be in on it!    ",4
"My position on the tohught of these are is very obvious. These cars can be very helpful and useful/entertaining to our communities. Lets Say for example you are

a truck driver whom has to drive home from the truck docking location. well truck drivers work long and painful shifts so this car would be helpful because it could help him get home and he could possibly nap on the way home. Heres another example, when you and your friends want to go out and party friday night, you will always need a designated driver. You preplan where you need to go afterwards, so you cna program the car to take you to 123 apple street. so you guys wont get poulled over for DUI and go to jail. Cars like these are a life saver honestly. This car can be a pain reliever or a life saver. people will disagree with my metohds but these are full-blown facts. If you whine because you have to pay a few extra dollars for something that can help the community then there is something wrong with you. I would rather pay taxes to geto ne of these cars than pay traxes for someone to patrol our city and take drunk drivers to jail for DUI. its a better way to save money. Its fair to say that technology has almost taken over. if it wasnt for technology then we would still be living like cavemen because not one single person would invented the car or the wheel or a farm to do anything. It Is amazong what 2016 inventors have come up with. Next the will make a car that is fueled with air. Who knows? ",2
"My position on driverless cars are positive because it can help people who have disability and it can save time. They will use half the fuel and are more flexable. But they sometimes aren't fully driverless because it will still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as finding a way through roadwork or accidents. In 2013, the Toyota Prius had sensors, a video camera, GPS reciver, and a intertial motion sensor. All of this combined is necessary for the driverless car to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel. Antilock brakes and driver assistance were impossible because at the time they did not have the right tecnology and the project costed two hundred million dollars, it wasn't something you can buy at Radio Shack. Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver? Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive? There should be a new fun way, like in-car enterainment and informatation systems that use head-up displays. They can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over---something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone. The in-car system is a safety feature and safety is a big concern. Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws will been needed in order to cover lability in the case of an accident. If the tecnology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault?--the driver or the manufacturer? Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be sovled. The road to the truly autonomous car stretches on ahead of us, but we grow closer to the destination every day.",2
"This article talks about how Venus can be very challenging if you were to travel and land on it. It explains the very hostile living conditions that one can face while living or being on such a planet. Venus is part of our solar system and it is the second planet from the sun. Venus is kind of like Earth in a way because they have some sort of relations to each other, expect for the fact that if you go and try to live there you may crushed or even liquefied. No one would be able to stay on Venus since it is considered to have the hottest surface temperature than any planet in our solar system.

The author makes really good points on why studying Venus can have a great outcome despite the dangers it may bring with it. In the article it states that astronomers are fascinated by Venus since it may have been very similar to a planet we live in. They get to discover if Earth really could of supported any types of life long ago. The author says that Venus could be one of our nearest option to go explore and also since it is considered as Earth's ""Twin"".

Exploring Venus may be a challenge but The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, also refered as NASA, were thinking on sending something like a vehicle to float just enough the surface of Venus. They decided on something like that to avoid any bad conditions that are said to happen. Even though when floating up in the surface they wont be able to have physical evidence from the planet like samples of rocks but they are able to provide insite on how things are in Venus. In the article it states that the scientists are wiling to take the risk to go study this planet to be able to learn more about it.

In conclusion, the author supported the article very well on how studying Venus can provide valuable information and that they should go ahead and study it. There are challenges on the way such as the horrible conditions if they do decide to pursue but there are ways around that. They also have more than one idea they can use if one dosen't go as planned like simplified electronics that will be able to survive the pressure, heat, and may other forces that Venus has to offer. They should go for exploration because it could bring more knowlegde and insite on the ""Earth's twin"" than just the predictions that were made in the past. ",4
"The electoral college has existed since the founding fathers established it in the consistution as a way to elect a presedential canidate. What the electoral college is, it is a ""compromise between election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens."" What the electoral college does instead of electing a preseident through a popular vote, it is electing through a electoral vote, that means if you are voting your votes are actually counted towards the electors of the canidates. Each candiate has it's own slate of electors, in wich you are voting for them, and they will make the decision of deciding who is president of the U.S.

A presidential canidate can have more popular votes then the other candiate, meaning votes favored by the people, but if a president has more electoral votes, which is votes by the electors then they are elected as the president. The benefits of the electoral college is this, 1. Presidents who are favored greatly in a certain region of the U.S., will most likely not have a electoral appeal. That means such as president Romney can have a strong appeal in the south, but he will gain no electoral vote. 2. "" The electoral college avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate recevies a majority of the votes cast. For example, Nixon in 1968 and Clinton in 1992 both had a 43 percent plurality of the popular votes, while winning a majority in the Electoral College. There is pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast, that pressure, which would greatly complicate the presedential election process, is reduced by the Electoral College, which invaraiably produces a clear winner."" 3. ""The Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states (by population) lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Consistution... The popular vote was very close in Florida nevertheless Obama, who won that vote, got 29 electoral votes. So other things equal, a large satae gets more attention than a small state does.

We need to put an end to the Electoral College now. The reason why we need to start now is because it isn't fair for a group of electors to vote for the president, when the votes of the people are pretty much worthless. Electors of the candidates sometimes don't even vote for the their own candiate, they sometimes vote for the opposistion by betrayal! As for the popular vote it would be much easier to vote only by the people. Like our consistution says by the people for the people. Even though the problem of Al Gore and George W. Busch occuer more than a decade ago the issue can occuer again. That's why we need to place only a popular vote where we can avoid problems like in 2000 and have the people's vote count! The Electoral College is unfair because it is unfair to voters, the iea of winner-take-all system in each state candiate don't even spend time in states they know they will not gain favor in. ""Focusing only the ""swing states"" which is a more tighter race."" Worst thing that can happen if there is a tie in the Electoral College, and in that case the vote would be thrown to the House of Represenatives, and who knows what can happen in that matter.

Electoral college is fair to the eye of an elector. Is it though favored by the people knowing that their popular vote is pointless of a final president?                                                                                                     ",3
"""Venus, something called the ""Evening Star,"" is one of the most brightest points of light in the sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot.""

In the story, ""The challenging of Explopring Venus,"" the author suggests that studying venus is indeed a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author uses many reasons and example to support this idea. At the beginning of the story, the author states, ""While venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely.""

In paragraph 2, it talks about how Venus is one of the closest planets to earth by size and density. Earth, Venus and mars are the three planets that are the closest to the sun and orbit around the sun at different speeds. Since we have differences in speed, it sometimes causes us, Earth, to be closer to Mars and other times Closer to Venus.

Because of this closesness, humans have sent spacecrafts out to land on this planet, but no one has succeeded in three decades, according to paragraph 2 of the article. They believe this is because of the speed it moves at different points. Venus also has some very dangerous features that makes it even more harder for this planet to be explored.

In the third paragraph of the article is where the features of venus comes in. This planet is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide. which is not very good for humans to be around. Also, the clouds of Venus are highly consisted of sulfuric acid. The average temperature on venus is over 800 degrees Farenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times gretaer then what we exoerience on Earth. A human would have a hard time survivng in this type of temperature. For example, in paragraph 2 it states, "" Such an environment would crush even a submarine customed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals.""

It takes a lot of heat to liquefy a metal on Earth, so the fact that Venus can do this with no problem, shows that a human would not survive the heat on Venus. Not even for a day. It is said that Venus does indeed have the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system.

It is said that, even though Venus has these dangerous features, there are reasons why scientist still believe in studying this planet.

In paragraph 4 it says theat the reason Astronomers are fascianted by Venus is because once upon a time, it was the most Earth like planet in our solar system. A while back, it was said to be covered with oceans and could of have forms of life living on it, just like Earth. ""Today Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth,"" according to paragraph 4. It has a surface of rocky sediment and familiar features such as valleys, moutains and craters. These are reason why an astronomer would still want to study Venus.

Also, despite the dangers, the NASA believes there is one way to send humans to study Venus. That is for the scientist to float over the fray of venus, to avoid a good amount of heat from Venus.

In conclusion, there are many reasons why we shouldn't study venus and why it is a bad idea to send people to Venus, but there are features on Venus that make astronomers and scientist want to explore. Such as the features it has similar to Earth. In spite of this, Scientient are working on new ways that will help them get closer to Venus. For example, ""Some simplified electronics made of silicon carbon dioxide have been tested in a chamber stimulating the chaos od Venus's surafec and have lasted for three weeks."" Which is actually good considering all the carbon dioxide on Venus. They have also been developing new forms of mechanical computers.

These are thing scientist and astronomers are doing just to be able to study Venus because this is what they value. In my opinion, they see this as a challenge and they are working and coming up with ways to accomplish this challenge. In paragraph 8, it states, "" Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value , not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors."" This is basically saying that they don't want to just explore it because of the sights. the dangers and doubts are what push them to explore it more because they believe something like this shouldn't stop them from their travels beyond Earth.    ",4
"Have you ever wondered about space and all of the mysterious things in space? It? a crazy topic with many mystery?. A big idea is that a face has been put on Mars from another life form. It? a rediculous thought with many people such as me shaking their heads at the crazy theroy. There is no way the another life form could put this face on Mars. It? just a cool natural landform that ironicly looks like a face.

Their are many different planets with many different natural landforms on them. Mars just happens to have one of the most interesting natrual landforms however. The face as people call it, is a huge rock formation that gives us an illusion of a face. Humans have claimed that Aliens have put this massive rock formation on there, but from a scientific side their is not a single piece of evidence suggesting that Aliens are real.

Yes, the face is quite mysterious, but their are plenty of queer landforms on every planet. The media is a place that has taken ¨The Face¨ and it has made it out to seem like Aliens have made it to scare us. I can understand why one who has no sceintific background might believe this, but these landforms can occur any where on any planet over a peroid of time.

As a scientist if you belive something you try and prove it. With the discovery of the face and people skeptic of the aliens scientist? launched a spacecraft into space to see if it could find anything. Nothing. No housing systems, no monuments, no building structures of any sorts, and most importantly no life of any sorts. Mars has harsh living conditions so to find any sort of life would be crazy enough, especially aliens!

The face is just another one of those amazing natural landforms that space has given us. It amazes me and others what things can happen in space. There are for sure no Aliens in space, however. All of the evidence proves to the fact that there is nothing on Mars or in space that could build something. Who knows maybe in a million of years space could amaze us even more with another landform similar to ¨The Face¨. I can assure you and the public that ¨The Face¨ was just another marvelous wonder of a natural landform no evidense of anything like aliens. Space is a crazy wonder that has many things to dicover.",3
"The technology to read student´s facial expressions in the classroom is very valuable. If a student is not interested in the topic then they will mostly likely not pay any attention to it. Say your learning about the U.S. presidents, and you start geting bored and start falling asleep. The FACS will read your face and start a new way to teach you without getting bored.

The Facial Action Coding System will make a modified lesson plan as stated in paragraph 6 when you start to get bored or confused. It also says that will be an effective human instructor. With this type of technology society can be more productive. If you have people learning, you´ll have a smarter community. That means more and faster advancements. This is possible by just one little system.

In conclusion this system is valuable. It can tell what´s wrong and change the course lesson so you can learn. Without it students will just not pay attention to the topic or will just don´t know what´s going on because the lesson is not suited for them. With this students will learn faster, more effectively, and be less confused. FACS is the future of a brighter tomorrow.",2
"Would you like to join the Seagoing Cowboys program? You will have so much fun we do lots of things. After World War ll we go and help many animals and people. You will get to do many things in your free time. You will learn many things about our program.

Lets talk about what we do in our program,and where we go. How did we go and help the animals that were being shipped away on sea? Well the UNRRA had called us and told about them,and it seemed like they needed our help. As you know we help a lot of animals in our company. The animals deamnor change when we came in.

In our free time we play many games and we eat A LOT of food. Some of us act like monkeys in a good way. We talk about many thinks while were on sea OH

I almost forgot we help people too. It takes about Two weeks to go to some places it takes months too. Just remember its alawys worth it with animals and people. You will also get a free shirt and a enourmous tv. please don´t go just because of those things.

I think this program is very important and very fun you get to help people lives and animals. You can save many live in just one city we would be very melancoly if you didn´t join. When you join we WILL be able to unjoin if you would like everything that you do here is free. You do not have to pay for anything here all of its FREE.Thank you thank you for haveing time to watch this commercial I hope you join this program.",2
"Cars have been used almost everywhere around the world to help us with our daily lives, like getting us to get to any where we want in a short amount of time. Though there are many beneifts to having a car,there is a price to pay, such as greenhouse gas. Many of us have been so accustomed to having a car, that not having one seems like it will make life complicated as it is. However that is not necessarily true, because just like there are benefits to having a car, there are benefits to limiting car usage.

For example, in Vauban, Gemany 70 percent of the family's in the community do not own any vehicle as a result of street parking, driveways and home garages being generallly forbidden, and 57 percent have sold their car to move there. A benefit that has come from cars being banned is some like Heidrun Wlater, a media trainer and mother of two, felt much happier without a car as oppossed to when she had a car she always felt tense.

However, Vauban is not the only commmunity that has used a movement called ""smart planning"", which is the separation of suburban life from auto use. The trend is growing in Europe, in the United States, as well as other places. Experts say that the method is an effort to greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes. In places like Europe, passengar cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. While places in the United States that has a high car usuage number is responsible for 50 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.

In addition to greenhouse gas emmisions, the usuage of cars is causing smog in places, such as Paris, where driving has been ban due to days of having a near-record pollution. However, with the exception of usuage for plug-in cars, hybird, and cars carrying three or more passengars. According to Reuters, research shows that Paris has more smog than other European capital. As a result of the ban, car traffic was down 60 percent in the capital. Furthermore, many delivery companies lost revenue. However, the benefit to ban of the usuage of cars is the smog cleared up enough for the ruling French party to lift off the ban on odd-number plates on Tuesday.

Moreover, just like in Europe, in the United States, President Obama wishes to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produce. The United States is well-known for its car culture. However, research has shown that Americans are buying less cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as the years go by. Part of the reason for this outcome is the result of the recession, which led to Americans not being able to buy new cars and unemployed did not need the use of the car since they were not going to work anyways. If the pattern of the usage of cars continues the way it's going many sociologist belive it will have a beneficial use on the reduction of carbon emissions and the environment.

In conclusion, though having a car seems to make life easier. It has a negative effect on our environment. Furthermore, there are benefits to not having a car, such as being less stressed, reducing greenhouse gas emission, and creating a better environment.    ",4
"Have you even seen the Grand Canyon, even if it was just on television you know that without a doubt, its real, its not camera magic or computer generated terrain. This ""face"" on mars is nothing more that a natural landform, no alien monument, no NASA hiding something its just a natural landform, just like the Grand Canyon.

So, why is this so important? Well lets say this is an ""alien monument"" so if it is why wouldnt there be dead bodies on mars or more faces like this one, because this is not an alien monument, its not a corpes its a Mesa just like the ones that we have on earth.

This really can not be anything more than just a natural landform due to the fact that in 2001 NASA took a picture of it and now it doesnt look anything like a face now it just looks like a little hill on the ground. Honestly the seventies were a really superstitious time. So I could see where they saw a face in it, but that doesnt change the fact that in 1976 their camera quality was bad. Even the 1998 picture was starting to reveal that it was just nothing more than a mesa that is certian conditions looks like a face.

Today there have been studies that prove the human brain sometimes has a tendency to make inanimate objects look like a face, in fact today I say a face in the bumper of a car, but I still know that all that was, was a bumper of a car. I honestly understand some theories but this is just downright non sense.

If it was an alien monument NASA would release it because then they would get really popular. So with all of these reasons combined it proves that this is just natural landform. It always will be.",3
"Do you want to be a cowboy?

Have you ever heard of a Seagoing Cowboy? Well, a Seagoing Cowboys is the best kind of cowboy there is. When you're a Seagoing Cowboy you take care of horses, young cows, and mules that are shipped to places in the world that were left in ruins from World War ll. The cool part is that you get to go across seas and you also have time to go sightseeing. But it feels great to help people as well.

If you become a Seagoing Cowboy you have great responsibility. Yess it sounds like a fun getaway, but you also have to fed and water the animals at least two times a day. We also get to clean all those messy stalls, but you learn to be responsible which is important.

After you get to your destination you can go sightseeing. I got to see Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special. So was taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water by the way. I also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on my way to China.

On return trips after the animals have been unloaded is when you have fun on boared. The cowboys play baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where the animals have been. Table-tennis touraments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also help pass the time.

So if you want to be a cowboy you should be a Seagoing Cowboy. Not only do you learn about how to be responsible you also get to see the world and have fun with your other fellow cowboys. Most importantly, you help people which makes you feel good!    ",3
"Many citizens argue that the Electoral college a process,a compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a polular vote of qualified citizens according to source 1, is not right for them, that it is a quite confusing process. Many citizens also say that the electoral college is a excellent idea. The Electoral college should be changed to election by popular vote for the president of the United States because, the Electoral college is a confusing process, the Electoral college is unfair to voters and voters cant always control who they vote for.

The Electoral college should be changed to election by popular vote for the president of the United States because the Electoral college is a confusong process. According to source 2, Who picks the electors in the first place it depends on the state ........... the ..............can voters control whom their electors vote for?..........Do voters sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate? sometimes.

Voters can get confused about who they pick and how they pick them especially if they are a new voter and its their first time voting. The Electoral college is a confusing process, according to source 1, the Electoral college process cosists of the selection of the electors..... the electoral college consists of 538 electors..........""state"" also refers to the District of Colombia..... The electors are generaly chosen by the canidate's political party.....when you vote for president you are actually voting for your candidate's electors ..... your Certification of Ascertainments are sent to th congress and the National Archives as part of the official records of the presiential election. The process is quite confusing a simple vote would be much easier for voters to understand.

The Electoral college is unfair According to source 2, Because of the winner-take-all system in each state candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning etc focusing only on the tight races in the ""swing"" states. and seventeen states didnt see the candidates at all and voters in the largest media markets didnt get to see a single campaign ad. In the Electoral college your vote has to go through these many processes that may or may not even be casted unless approved by a candidate or an elector? in an direct vote a vote is casted directly to whoever the politician is. The Electoral college is unfair as stated in souce 2.                      ",3
"Cars driving cars? I never thought that the day would come when cars are driving themselves, yet it is right around the corner. Which leads me to be scared do to malfuntions of machines causing injury, But still very excited because of the techonology is very fascinating. Their are so many cars with people driving that get in accidents due to impairment and i believe that this technology can really benefit our society.

Their are many things that a car with no driver can lead people to think. Like it may lead people to think that maybe sitting in a car and not driving may get boring. Although if they are a passenger in a car are they bored?

As Dr. Werner Huber added ""We have to interpert the driving fun in a new way."" In addition to that some maufactures are bringing in-car entertainmet and to me that sounds pretty cool. In contrast to that people may think that this might become a safety hazard. The maunfactures think this can be safer do to the progress in the heads up display system which some cars may have and this can allow people to send a text message and keep their eyes on the road watching for when they may need to take over in driving. Finally this leads me to question why the goverment in some states are blocking this technology? To that i can answer with maybe the fear of change. They shouldnt be afraid of that though cause the world is constantly changing and most times change is healthy.

Their are so many cars with people driving that get in accidents due to impairment and i believe that this technology can really benefit our society. Also all these questions can lead to all the answers to. ""One small step step for a human, leads to one larger step to mankind"" as JFK stated. So lets embrace these ideas with a good welcome.",3
"There are so many things that humans have not explored despite how close we are to them. Venus is the the closest planet to Earth but we stiill haven´t explored it in over three decades. Even though these missions to Venus are dangerous, we still need to explore what we can. In ¨The Challenge of Exploring Venus,¨ the author states that studying Venus is a worthly persuit despite the dangers it presents. The author supports this idea by describing how Venus might have once been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system.

The author supports that Venus is worth exploring despite the dangers because it might have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. In paragraph 4, the author describes how important it is that we explore Venus, and how similar Earth is to this planet. ¨Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth"" (4). This quote explains how similar Earth was to Venus and also describes the need for discovery. Venus is worthy to be explored despite the dangers because we need to see why Venus is no longer like Earth and why it doesn´t have forms of life on it anymore. Going to Venus would be a worthy persuit because we are very limited to the planets that we can explore and Venus is one of the only planets to visit right now with our current technology. This evidence proves the author suggesting how important it is to go on an exploration to Venus because it used to be similar to Earth, but it has vastly changed and we need to see how and why.

In conclusion, the author supports the idea thoroughly that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents by describing how Venus might have once been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. The fact that Venus and Earth used to be so similar is important because scientists need to discover why Venus is so different and how this happened. Going through with this exploration would be extremely benificial and would open up new ideas on how we can save our planet today. ",3
"In the artical Car Free Cities people all over the world are going carless. In German suburbs life goes on without cars. About 70percent of famles go witth out cars people there walk or ride a bike to where ever they go. In Vauban Germany street parking and driveways and home gerages are forbiden in sted people park there cars in a huge parking gerage. they buy a space when they buy a house there

In Paris after days of near record poluuution paris enforced a partial driving ban so they can clean the air. In congestion it is 60% of the captil of France. After a couple days of smog in the city on monday people with cars wth even numbered license plates. Were ordered to leave there cars at home. Almost 4,000 people were fined and some people had there cars in pounded for there reaction to the fine.

In Bogota Colombia it was the third strate year cars have been baned with only busses and taxies permited. The captil of 7 million people the goal is to the reduce of smog and to finde alternate transport. The day with out cars is part of an campaign that began in in Bogota in t emid 1990s. For the frist time two cities joyined the the day with out cars.

The End of Car Culture president Obana has ambitiouus goals to curb the United Sates greenhouse gas. Recent studies sugest that Americans are buying less cars and driving less and getting fewre licents when each year goes on. the United States is the home of the modle T and home of Detroit the place where mustang Sally was immortalized.

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona,spain,Bill Ford the executive charmin of the Ford mtor compiney lade out a business plan in which personal vehicle ownership is impratcil or undesirablel.

Excerpt from ""The End of Car culture""by Elisabeth Rosanthal

Excerpt from ""car Free Day Sprining into a big hit in Bogoat"" by andrew Selsky

Excerpt from ""Paris barns driving due to smog"" by Robert Duffer

Excerpt from ""In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars "" by Elisabeth Rosanthal            ",1
"I say we keep the Electoral College. For one we are not put with that pressure of a single vote from us, the people instead its like a claim to the candidate. Though some candidates in some states may seem hopeless to the people of the states though that barley happens due having a trans-regional appeal. Even if it is a bit ""outdated"" we have been using it for years and it hasn't had much flaws. The close vote in 2012 was won because of the votes in Florida due to its population thanks to the Electoral College. Also some people may not understand the real intents of a president, example if a potental candadate, if in their campaign the went to sent troops to war but try to cover it up by saying the area they are sending the troops in caused something or threatened the country the  then the people would side with the candidate.

It balances  out large states from small states not causing much of a arguement so you have equality. Also it depends on the state candidate who should be listen to the people of the state to help their vote. Also some people can be bias to a potental candidate and vote for him instead but with the state candidate that can't really happen. Even if the state candidate is hopeless they can still try to the the popular vote for that candidate their voting for. With those small votes they could make that candidate win. If states pay attention to candidate ads they could vote for the candidate they actually think should win for political reasons. For area the candidate know he will win he has focus on just those states so he points them out making the other states feel like that candidate doesn't care for them. Say we remove the Electoral College then people in more populated area can vote for the candidate the wish to win and they can outnumber the candidate by a whole lot.

Bottom line we need to keep the electral college.    ",2
"The author supports the article, ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"", well by giving us ideas on how to get to venus safely, relating Venus to earth and by including information on how exploring from a distance will not work.

The article ""The Challenge of Exploring

Venus"", gives ideas on how to get to venus safely by building vehicles that won't touch the ground due to its hot conditions. In the text it states, "" ...(NASA) has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus... solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. The author writes this to add-on to influence the pursuit by having a safe way to get to Venus.

Futhermore the author supports the idea of exploring Venus being a worthy pursuit by adding information on how it relates to Earth. In the text it states,"" Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system... Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have support various forms of life, jut like Earth."" The text also states,""... Venus today still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth."" Relating their challenge to Earth makes readers think about how Venus could have went from Earth-like to a pit of fire.

Additionally, the author supports the idea of exploring Venus despite its dangers by including information on how exploring Venus from a distance will not work. In the text it states,""... hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on the group conditions...rendering standard forms on photography... ineffective."" To be able to explore Venus indept they will have to touch ground to explore effectively. In the text it also states,""... researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct a thorough misson to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal..."" The author uses this to show us that exploring Venus for our knowledge means we need to get onto the planets ground not hovering.

In conclusion the author supports this idea of Venus being a worthy pursuit despte the dangers it presents by including valid information to get to the planet safely, relating Venus to Earth and by giving information on why exploring from a distance won't work. To support the reason of Venus being a worthy pursuit the author is giving information to make people want to do something.      ",4
"What do you think made the face on the side of mars? I think it was naturally made others think that it was made by aliens. I think saying it was made by aliens is unreasnable.

25 years ago NASA says they found the face on Mars. While they were circleing mars with their space drone. It was a short lived suprised because it looked like a natual structure that formed over time. Then a couple days later NASA let the whole world see, if NASA even had the littlest idea that aliens then they would not have released it to the public. The face has become a pop icon that everyone likes. Some thimk that this is pure evidence of life on Mars but NASA's budget defenders wish there was because if there was life on mars then they would get tons of money from the discovery of extraterestrial beings on mars. Overall the face is decaying over the years if there was aliens then don't you think they would fix it at least maybe once or twice over the many years that ""their creation"" that proves that ali nes didnt make it. You can also compare it to narurally made landforms that are common around the western part of America. So if there were thnings that were made but non natural then they would be able t o see all the falts andpices you can tell that were not naturally made,because of how good the graphics are on the space drones phtos that are tooken in such great quality that you can see all the pixles. This creation really stood out to NASA because they can only see in 2.5km strips amd is mostly made out of Mars dust that surrounds Mars,they had to peer through the wispy clouds just to see it because of how cloudy it is on that side of the planet. Therefor it proves that these are natural land forms because there are things that on earth that may look like this.

In conclusion I think that the face on Mars was naturally made for alot of valid reasons . At the end of the day we might not ever know what made the face on Mars, we can only have our thoughts and oppiouns on Who or What made the structure. ",3
"Today I'm going to tell you why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys Program. It's a great program. You learn a lot, and if you going ( whats included in the package is a tour of an excavated castle in Crete and a marvling site of the Panama Canal. I hope I can convince you to join the program. Im going to tell you 3 reasons why you should join. Hope you like it.

The first reason that I came up with is that if you join you get to see alot in only one trip. What I mean is that if you join you get to sea the ocean, sea and all those wonderful animals that live in the ocean. And if you like animals thats way better. The second reason that I came up with is that if you join you get to visit diffrent places. Like how Luke did he got toured on an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal. He also got to take a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water. And a lot of othert wonderful things. The last reason is that if you join you get to have a little free time when. You done dilivering the animals. You could play in the area the animals were in like baseball, volleyball, etc. You get to have a lot of fun while your in the trip.

I hope you changed you're mind and sooner or later join our program. I promise you you'll have lots of fun while your in it. So if you can please you the Seagoing Cowboys Program.",2
"In world war 2 the UNRRA hired the ""seagoing cowboys"" to take care of animals such as cows,horses,mules and other animals.

Now if you ike animals and want to take care of them on certain occations then join the seagoing cowboys.""The cattle-boat trips were unbelieveable for a kid"" Luke said.

They travel alot and they see alot of places and travling can be sometimes intresting and fun.

It doesnt take that long to get to these places ethier, it only takes about a month because they are on a boat.

Now some people think thats long but it's really not.

They got to china from somewhere in the atlantic ocean in a month.

Not to long right.

The cowboys go to places for jobs and then the play games or go siteseeing its not all just work they have a ton of fun.

The cowboys liked to have fun too.

After unloading the animals they play baseball,volleyball,table tennis,and they read and box.

This can give you great oppertunities as an adult and a kid.

Some of it wont be fun you will have cetain jobs, but sometimes it's better to do hard work instead of play. From what ive said so far are you intrested?

Some of the jobs are even fun and majestic.

If your a watchmen you get a majstic site of what your around.

If theres danger your going to be the hero because you would warn your team about everything that is going on and tell them to turn around.

In some of these jobs you get to work with anaimals and that could be fun because you really dont do alot of work.

The most you have to do in that job is clean the animals and feed them thats it.

Now to me being a seagoing cowboy sounds like an awsome and fun job.     ",3
"Some scientists wish to study many things in this universe, maybe because of curiosity, for fun, or to collect data. All humans have been at least been curious about something, about planets, about the stars, about other galaxies. But some of these curiosities lead could potentially lead us to danger. An example of this is scientists that wish to study the planet Venus, despite the dangers it presents. In this article, the author has supported the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents by explaining the reason, which is the scientists' fascination of the most Earth-like planet.

In paragraph 4, it says ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well...some featurs that are analogous to those on Earth."" This evidence from the article supports my claim because it explains to us that these scientists are quite fascinated with Venus due to it being the most Earth-like planet in this solar system. In paragraph 6, it says ""More importantly, researchers cannot take samples...get up close and personal despite the risks."" This detail from the article supports my claim because it shows us how desperate scientists and researchers are to studying Venus. By collecting samples of rocks and gas from Venus, this detail can relate to my claim of fascination of Venus, the most Earth-Like planet.

In conclusion, my claim is that the author is supporting the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers by providing us the reason of the scientists and researchers being quite fascinated with the planet Venus. ",3
"I thing more people should join in the Seagoing Cowboy program because we get to visit diffrent places and help people out witch always makes me fell better about myself and it makes that person you are working for happy too.

There is also an unbelievable opportunity of a small-town boy, or antone who wants to join and has a little expereance with animals. I had the benifit of seeing Europe and China. I also got to see the Acropolis in Greece witch was realy cool.

Traveling the hight seas was hard sometimes but i got over it. It took about two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China. But caing for the animals kept me busy, they had to be fed and watered three times a day. But there are also other jobs you could work.

The fun things you could do on board is play baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed, but the only way you could play is after you have returning from trips after the animals had been unloaded.

So i hope that after you have read this you are thinking adout wether you should do this or not. I personaly think you should do this because it is sometimes fun and diffrent and not everyone has this opportunity. But make sure that you ask your parents first before you go sailing off without them knowing were you are at or going, that would be bad and you dont want that to happen. I hope to see you here next year.",2
"People are saying there's a face on mars. This is true, people are also questioning if aliens had put it there, it may just be a historical formation on the earth, reasearches believe it may just be a formation and not created by aliens. People have named this formation the ""Face on Mars"" it has become to be a very popular sight that people are wanting to see more and more of it. This is so popular that it has been in ""Hollywood films, appearded in books, magizines, and even talk shows.""

Researchers found this figure on the planet mars, they found this not only weird but very interseting. They thought lets do more research to find out what actually caused this formation on mars. Reasearchers thought at first that aliens had put this figure on the planet because it is a figure of a human face. They took big cameras up into mars and sized the figure so large so they could get closer pictures of the image.

The more research the reasearchers did the more facts they found. They had many sightings like this before and they figured maybe a alien did not put that figure on mars. Reasearchers may have thought this because there had been many different formations on earths surface, it was most likely caused by earths erosion or natural features. They compare some ideas to it just like the ""Middle Butte in the snake river of Idaho."" There had never been sightings of aliens before why would there be now.

The people that work for NASA believe that it most likely ended up being a formation in mars because of the research everyone has done they have come to find that there are most likely no aliens up on mars. They say this because they went back up and looked some more around the area where the face was found to see if there was a ""alien monument."" Come to find out there was no alien monument around or even located on mars so aliens did not cause this. Researchers believe that this was just a normal formation from the planet mars that just occured, but did people?

When this all came to take place the first day they let the news out it went viral. People were wanting to know what caused this and how was this caused. When they realesed the news from the NASA they thought the same thing well it had to be aliens. After all this was no formation by aliens it was simply a formation from the planet itself. After all of this was figured out what really caused it, it went more viral than it was before. It was more popular because everyone was talking about it and it occured in Hollywood movies,Books and even talk shows.

People were wanting to still believe that no landform can just make something like this. They thought how could this be. The planets have their wonders and wow's you just have to let the formations take place and see what amazing things can be done. Also have patience to see what really happened to the item that was found. You might just be amazed for once. Most don't think there could be such amazing feautures on the planets.",3
"Cars have become an extravigant part of our daily lives, to helping us with transportation or just taking us out for a ride out in the city. They have made their ways into our world.. But are they truly helping us and our enviornment.?

Out in Vauban, Germany- Residents of an upscale community, and other grand cities all around the world have given up one of mankinds best teleportation invention: You guessed it... their auto-mobiles.

In one of the excerpts from

""In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars.""

the city of Vauban's streets they have officially gone ""car-free"" - except for some of the main thoroughfare, in which the tram to downtown Freiburg runs, and a few streets on one edge of the community. As a result, 70 percent of Vauban's families do not whatsoever own any cars at all, and 57 percent of the residents here have sold their car just to move here. Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two said ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way."" she quotes. Middle-class families from Chicago to Shanghai tend to make their homes. That, experts say, is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes. Passenger cars are now responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and up to 52 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States. ""All of our development since World war II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change."" said an official of Transportation America, David Goldberg. In tghe United States, the Enviornmental Protection Agency is promorting ""car reduced"" communitites, and legislators are starting to act cautiously.

Other cities are also starting to take after Vauban. After many days of near- record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving banm to clear the air of the global city and are trying to have a smog free city.

In the excerpt

""Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota.""

by Andrew Selsky. Bogota, Colombia has taken noticed also an has a program that's set to spread to other countries as well as theirs. It was the third staright year in which they have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the Day without cars in their capital city of 7 million people. Their goal for doing this event for a day is to promote alternative transportation and to reduce smog as well. As for the United States of America some people have take a toll for this ambitious goal in other countries that has left many researchers ponderwing a fundamental question: Has America passed peak driving? Researchers say in American Behavior: recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewwer licenses as each year goes by. But as of April 2013 the economy has been able to risen and now many people can start buying new cars. Part of the reason why driving sessions were decreasing was because residents could not afford cars, and unem[ployment were't going to work. But by many measures the decrease in driving preceded the downtuern and appears to be persisting now that recovery is under way. Only the next few years will be telling how our enviornmental world will be.

As for this, depriving cars out of the road can lead to a free smog envionrment where more people can be healthier and think smart about their world, and it might just actually help keep the planet clean and other ideas like getting rid of cars for good. Only we can lead how our future generations will view this world, so why not benefit earth instead of destroying it...?    ",3
"I would like to drive a driverless care because you could just sit back and let the car do the driving.

A good thing about driving a driverless car is that you could sit back and let the car do the driving as it says in (paragraph 7 and line 5).

They only time you would have to actually drive the car is in construction or a place where there has been a wreck. The negitive part to this car is that it is probably really expensive. You would actually have to pay attention to the road because the car might not react to something running in the middle of the street at the last second. And another thing might be it may take more part for the car to be driverless, which makes it harder and more expensive to drive.

The driverless car would be a really cool invention that could allow driver to relax but also cause more stress. This wouldn't be a good car for a first year driver but maybe for someone that has plenty of experience with driving.   ",2
"Dear State Senator,

I am writing to you to tell you that we should change to popular vote because for one there is less likely to be a dispute over the popular vote rather than an Electoral College. The reason is that the winning candidate's share of the Electoral College invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote. In 2012's election, for example, Obama recieved 61% of the electoral vote compared to only 51% of the popular votes cast for him and Romney.

The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of ir are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tigth races in the ""swing"" states.

Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. theres a thing called the disaster factor. The American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century. The system allows for much worse.

The electoral college systems has lots of flows and is way too outdated. We should switch to popular vote and life will be easier.

Sincerely,

Julia    ",2
"When looking at the face it look baerly looks like a face, it could be literally anything just for the fact on how unfocsed and brod the shape is. When looking at a face you see all the details and diffrences but in this picture its just three smuges in the shape of two eys and a mouth. Also when looking at the photo you cant really see how large it is but its way to big to be the size of a face, its more the size of a building or larger. You can see its a rectangle shape that appers to be some sort of hill natrully created by the enviorment so saying it looks like a face is really dumb because if you saw a really blured picture of a rock with dirt in the formation of eyes and a mouth, would you call it a face?",2
"Having computers detecting when your are confused or when they become bored. Technology detecting someone's emotions is uses full. This type of techonolgy would help in many different ways like in police station when they are interagating they could use this and try to see if some one is actually telling the truth or not. This technology would be vauable in classrooms because, it could help the teacher know if a student needs help, it could help the student by showing the way they are feeling over a subject, (such as when they are bored, the teacher can make the subject a little more intreasting)and also it could help the counsolers in knowing if someone is having a rough day and help them out.

Computers like this could help fix problems that happen in everyday life. In classrooms around the country there are places in which students don't understand a subject or in which are needing help with it, and by having this type of technology it would help teachers know what is the student feeling about a certain subject. In many cases there are students in which dont get the class and do not say anything about it so they end up failing. By having this technology teachers could detect the way the student is feeling toward this subject and work with them. This would prevent students from failing the class and actually get to comprehend the subject.

Being able to detect is someone's emotians could solve a million things one of them is bieng able to help a students out. There are students in which are too shy to ask a student a question and just continue the whole tri not knowing how to do a certain thing."""" A classrooom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"" Dr. Huang predicts"", this could help students instead of having to ask the teacher can already know if a student is confused or bored. Being bored with a subject can often make a student just try to entertain himself by watching a moive or playing a game on his or her computer, this would make the student not pay attention and lose focus. Introducing this technology to students would help them get help without having to ask and avoid the part where they become all shy or asking.

This same techology would be useful to prevent problems between students. In school this would be helpful to counsolers as well. Schools are trying to find a way to prevent bullying from happening thoughout the nation and by implementing this type of technology in school it could help teacher or counsolers find the people who are suffering from this. Not only will it help bullying but also if they implemented this then it would help see when a person is angry and are about to do something stupid. This would also help counsolers know when students are havinig problems at home.

This technology could improve the way school is and the why teachers teach. This technology would be the future of students learning. This technology should be applyed to school camaras in and in classrooms when it is developed enough. Having this technology in schools would be valueable because, it would help students pass classes, it would help teachers help students, and it would help counsolers help students as well.",4
"I am a scientist and I belivie that the Face on mars wasn't created by an alien. Looking at pictures I can see that the Face dosen't look like a human at all. In 1976 the Face was funny looking and later on in the years the Face blured out. It looks like a natural landform because people think just because it has eyes and a nose.

According to the arictle states the scientist belived the Face was an alien artifact. But I think how would you that it's an alien the world has so many different fetures, and creatures everywhere you may never know. Even though know ones probaly every seen an alien before. It may have been the shape or form they way the ground grew, and it just turn out to look like a face.

Then the found out on April 5,1998 that Micheal Mailn snapped a picture ten times finding out it was just a natural landform. I wounder why they thought that it was an alien. They got a camera on board to see if another may have poped up scientist checking it. If they would find one then it would be proof ,because now they have a camera on board to see.

I think that the rule of thumb is great because you can't discren things in to image 3 times bigger. It may look like something that it's not and apper wrong to look like an creature. What the picture actually shows is Martian equivalent butte and it and the Amercian West landforms are both in comman. It's a lava dome that takes form of a islated mesa looking ,and having same hieght of the Face on Mars.

I think that you shouldn't asume that something or someone is what it isn't. You always get facts and debate and reason more. And find out if your reascreah may have been wrong going thur the process. There mistake in the long run was making the image bigger than what it is was. I knew that it was a landform Face;because I don't belive in things like,vampires,zombie. Unsupernatural things unless there is facts clues evidence.        ",2
"Driverless cars can have many different positive and negative aspects about it. Yet people only tend to look at the positive. A person's brain tends to ""shut-off"" after being told the good things that can come of something new, that they don't really hear the bad of the product. Salesmen use this same technique. Sure having a driverless car can have some purcks, it is still just a acciedent on wheels.

What is really the point of owning or even making a car that doesn't allow the driver to even drive? Especually when there are so many things that would have to change in order to make room for the new vehicle. The law was originally made and planned out for cars that are originally driven by humans, but once you get a car that can drive itself, then those laws will have to change. In paragraph 9 it clearly states that ""even if traffic laws change, new laws will need in order to cover liability in the case of an accident"". It proves that the laws would have to change, not only for traffic safety, but also what would and should happen in case one of those driveless cars were to malifunction and cause a serious accident. Even then who would be at fault? ""If the technology fails and someone is injured, then who is at fault?"" The manufacturer could be the at fault if it had to do with the malifuntion of the car's interior of the engine. Or it could be the driver's fault if he or she didn't properly check their car's buttons.

Yet the car would still be able to control itself so that the driver is allowed to do many other things. In the case , to say, that the driver has been drinking that night and is in no way in shape to drive for a certain amount to drive. The car can ""handle driving functions of at speeds of 25 mph... they can steer, accelerate, and even break themselves"" (paragraph 7). This just shows the car's many capabilities of what it can do. Also the car has a feature that can allow the driver to turn of the autopilot and allow the driver to take control in case it is needed. Since ""the in-car system is actually a safety feature, and safety is a big concern"" (paragrph 8). This goes to prove that drivwers are safer in this type of car.

As safe as the car may seen, It can be a real challenge to not only operate it, but also it can just be a rea challenge in itself. Dr. Werner Huber, who is a BMW project manager, admits that ""the psychological aspects of automation are really a challenge we have to interpret the driving fun in a new way"" (paragraph 8). Even a BMW manager admits it's a challenge to handle such a car. Plus should the resoncibility of controlling a vehicle really be taken away from the people? Those who are learning or know how to drive should know that they should never have the privilage to be on the cell phone. People need to learn that their actions-such as drinking and driving or texting-do have concequences that they should learn from. In paragraph 8 it states how ""something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone"". Well that is something that no one should be doing in the first place. No wonder it wasn't available to drivers before.

Driveless cars should not be driven at all do to the fact that there are just to many risks that are being taken when such a car is being driven on the road. It just creates immature and irresponsible people and is too much of a hassle to deal with. Even for the Government. That is the reason why some states in the U.S. are making it illegal to even test the computer driven cars.",4
"Cars should be able to drive themselves. That would help the risk of drunk drivers. It would would allow the pollution to go down since the car uses half of the fuel of today's taxis. Also it could open more jobs around the car industry. So cars should be able to drive themselves for the safety of drunk drivers, lower pollution ratings, and to open more jobs to the people in the car industry.

Drunk drivers are really ruining people's lives, or there own life. If Google succeeds in creating this driverless vehicle than that could reduce the chance of drunk drivers getting in accidence tremendously. People would be able to get to there destination safer than they would normally. This could help the decrease of drunk drivers today in our traffic.

The pollution in today's air isn't nearly as bad as what it can

get in 10 years. Cars are one of the main source of the pollution in the air now, and if we can lower that we should. Since the driverless car would use half less the fuel, then thats less the pollution. People should take in consideration that the driverless car would help in great amounts with this problem. The driverless car will lower the pollution in our air.

Many people in our country are jobless. If the driverless car is created fully, who will tend to its needs. This allows knowledge to spread to mechanics. Assistance with the car would need to mandetory. If its going to be a safe car then it needs to be a safe car from the axcel to the body work. People will gain the knowledge to help construct the car. Jobs are important to people because they need to provide for families or themselves. With the driverless car people will be able to have a job and maintain it.

The driverless car should be created. Drunk drivers will be handled with. The pollution in the air would lower. It would also raise the jobs that would be needed to maintain safety on the car. So cars should be able to drive themselves for all of those reasons stated the safety of our people, the pollution in the air, and the jobs in the community, that all would be helped with the

driverless car. ",3
"The new technology to read people expressions are valuable to students and to other people. It is helpful in so many ways like if someone is lookin sad and you ask them what is wrong and they say nothin. But with the new technology you can tell something is wrong so you want to help them out . For example your frontalis pars lateralis muscle above your eyes and raises your eyebrows when you are surprised, your orbicularis around your mouth tightens your lips to show anger.

The expressions of how you are feeling are universal and us humans perform this same impressive calculation everyday. And you can tell how someone is feeling by the look on their face and their mood. The mona lisa is really to bring a smile on your face. I think this new technology is good for people so they can get more help and express how they feel just so they can feel more comfortable. If you hold your emotions in to long it is going to be bad because all that energy and is going to make you wanna do something bad that you can't control. This new thing givng you the instructions that encode differnt emotions.",2
"The Author supports this idea because he or she says Venus is too dangerous for astronuts to go to and study. So The author says that NASA is working on a Robot, to send into Space, to Venus. Nasa is doing this so They don't have to got on Venus in person instead they are using a robot to gather information baout Venus.

The Author Also says that since venus is very dangerous the Robot can study the plant while the astromistes stay on earth and they can egt data about venus thanks to the Robot. The Author says that NASA is always inventing new ways to get information from space and plants without doing it in person.

I fell like the author is correct about these staements because Space and the other plants are not safe for humans to even step foot on. When the Author says that technolgy will be your best friends for ching out space and the other plants and get information for you the auther is correct.

Sometimes something happens like sometime their computer act up or they need to be replaced so sometimes they are not reciving information from the robots and it makes it very diffcault to see what is happing in Space, and what is happing on the Plants. So sometimes the astronuts would have to go into space and retreve the robots themselfs and bring them back to earth so they can fix them if the robot is broken. ",2
"I feel as if you can really tell the emotion expressions on peoples face but I also feel as if you cant with technology because the computer really dont know what that person is feeling or how that person is doing. But for me you can tell if an person is in a good mood or in a bad mood by the look on their face sometimes. But the crazy thing is that some people hide their problems away so you realy dont know what they are going through.

As a human bean you know when someone isnt feeling so good or they are feeling so good , and the only they you can do is ask them is they are alright or cool. But the big thing of all I dont think technology can read the emotion expression of people because its an computer and sometime computer be have mistakes and even diffuclts. The other crazy thing is to is that the emotinal computer can tell you percents on how happy , sad , angry , or fearful you or that person is.      ",1
"Is there an advantage to limit the car usage ? There alot of diffrent advantages like promoting,protection and bills .lets talk more about the advantages a little more . lets get this moving !

The frist advantage is promoting. the united states who is promoting the new communities that are less dependent on cars , (rosenthal) if you think about its a good thing because then it gives us less usage and thats a good thing not a bad thing for the people who think so its not .promoting is like you trying to sell somthing to someone and making it sell .thats what you call promoting somthing. the goal is to promote alterative transportation and reduce smog,(selsky)

The second advantage is that the protection. If the usage is reduce then the the greenhouse gases will reduce emissions from tailpipes ,(rosenthal) and thats a good thing becuase if you think about it it cant be a bad thing and never will be a bad thing .The greenhouse gases are a good thingnot somthing bad it helps plants grow. Millions of colombians biked,skated or took buses ,(selsky) and that even uses less green house gases.

The third advantage is bills. There will be bills passed 80 percent of apprpiation have gone to highways and only 20 percent to other transport, (rosenthal) and that makes it better if we have bills passed because that mean that we can do more if the laws are passed by the government. It was the third year cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the day without cars,(selsky).

Well at last i can warm this up the three advantages are that promoting , protection and the bills . That all helps  limit the usage of the cars. well thats all for now.    ",2
"The Electoral College is an important process of voting in the president. Many citizens believe that it should not exist and the president should be voted in by popular vote. It's not that simple.

Without the Electoral College, the president might not be thoughtfully voted in. The Electoral College exists for the congress to decide who becomes president and vice president. In the society we live in today, many of the young are voting for who promises stuff that they care about, but not the candidate who is the most qualified and truthful. Congress examines all the information and chooses who would represent the United States the best and who would run the country with an iron first and improve the nation.

If Congress didn't use the Electoral College system, the nation could go corrupt. The ""popular vote"" could be only by a few votes, and the other half of the nation could get extreamly angry and rebel in protest. This could possible start another civil war. By keeping the Electoral College, this would not happen. The country votes, and that counts a little towards the new president. Otherwise, the country is satisfied with the Electoral College system and is used to it by now so won't get upset if who they voted for isnt chosen. Congress, who carefully reviews each candidate, chooses who is the most qualified and votes. Depending on the population of each state, the sentors and representatives get to vote too.

The Electoral College system has been part of the United States voting system since the Constitution was signed, and should stay as our main system of voting to keep this country as it originally was and true to its meaning. This is the most effective way of choosing the best candadite for keeping our nation united and strong.    ",3
"I'm a hands on type of guy so, i'll disagree with the Driverless car.

Because, If we dont have to get up and move around to get to our car all we will have to get is wake up and go to your kitchen and make food.

With the Driverless cars everone in the world will become very lazy and if we are lazy other places that dont have these cars can attack us.

I'm starting to drive myself and about to get my licences in a couple of month and i love driving with the window little bit down feeling the nice wind and look out the front glass.

What if a animal jumps and hit the car who is going to fix up the car, Its self?

No, We will have to fix it up so that will mean more autoshops and less gasstations cause the car uses less gas then any other car in America.

What im trying to say is that driverless cars will not be good for us or anyone that uses it, google has a reason to us them, but they said it isnt fully driverless so that means the car needs us as much as we need it to get us places.

Cars are like peoples other son/girl.

We take care of it like it was a living person.

But, it isnt ment to auto drive, yes i like the auto breaks when something jumps in front of you and it will save your lifes time by time, but a fully driverless car is too much.",2
"I think driverless cars are an interesting idea. I have never really thought about a cars that can steer, brake and or accelerate themselves. These cars they call driverless aren't actually driverless but they think they are close. There are benfits to a driverless car such as, they can tell you when you need to take control of the car and not just keep going head on into anything and also they can vibrate when they sense danger from backing into an object. There are cons to this as well.

There can be a glitch and they can crash or not work. And if you crash who is at fault?

As the article says, ""So how driverless with the cars be in the future?"" Its a matter of when the cars with actually be ""driverless"" not how because as the article says they still need human assistance. If they can still steer, brake and accelerate the makers are getting closer and closer to making it driverless. For now they still need the human driver to keep their hands on the wheel at all times and their eyes on the road at all time. Its like the people are making sure the car is doing its job. What is something goes wrong and what will the human drivers do then?

Dr. Werner Huber the BMW project manager driver says, ""We have to interpret the driving fun in a new way."" Huber wants to make it fun but it needs to be fun in a safe way. So he wants to do that by bringing in-car entertainment and information systems thats helps give the human drivers a heads-up. He wants to incorporate safety features to make sure its fun in a safe way because as it says in paragraph 8, safety is a big concern. But if there is a glitch and someone or other people get hurt there will be consequences.

There are driving laws that try to keep drivers, passengers and pedestrians safe. But traffic laws are written under the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. What if that human is a drunk driver and they are uncoordinated how will it be safe then? I think that people have to be certified to drive a smart car or a driverless car as they say because their can be reckless and careless drivers out there and they can cause problems for themselves and with the manufacturers. In paragraph 9 it says, ""If the technology fails and someone is injured who is at fault--the driver or the manufacturer?""

In conclusion, there can and are many arguments and debates on wether or not driverless cars will be actually be driverless and safe. The automakers are getting closer and closer everyday and safety is the number one priority. The article says Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving autopilot 90 percent of the time. What about the other 10 percent will us humans still have to watch the car and make sure its doing its job or can it actually be driverless and safe once in for all. Airplanes have an autopilot option. If airplanes have an autopilot option why can't cars?            ",4
"Driverless cars are a good idea and alot of people will benefit from them. There is one problem though, does this give the people the idea of I can just sit back relax and not pay attention. The car will do everything for me. NO! You still have to know how to function the car and watch out for other cars.

Like what the article said sensors are nothing new and have been around since the 1980's. The technolgy has always been there for example movie players, cameras, GPS. The car companies have probably thought of the idea of hands free driving for a long time. No company had the nerves to do it because they were afraid of some not paying attention and lets say the driveless system stops working and your on your phone and get in a bad car crash. The company would then get sued. The technology has gotten so good these days they are ready to start making these next generation cars. They did put in that the car will watch out for you and go the right speed and take you where you want to but you wil still have to do some little things. The article states ""They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify teh driver when the road ahead requires human skills."" After reading that I would feel pretty confident about getting behind a wheel and letting the car drive for me. I have to admitt that would be pretty cool. I would like to see more people start using them. For istince I have never see one of these cars and I would give it some time for other people to use them just to make sure they are totally safe and I could put my family in one.

The car industry definantly has a bright future ahead of them with all these newer envented cars coming out. Especially this year Tesla is the guinne piq of them all so if things don't go right the other companies can correct the mistake on their own car. It would be cool to drive one in a town or city but I don't know how it would to being on a highway with some driveless people and some actual drivers. It would be hard because if you hit someone in a driverless car is it your fault or do you get mad at the car companie. I think things could really turn into a mess.               ",3
"Driverless Cars sounds like a good idea, or is it a safe idea? Something that you can just sit in and the car will let you relax but you nedd to watch out for accidemts and traffic situations. Is that really neccesary? How much money are you wasting? I am aganist the development of these cars because there's no point for them.

First of all, I am against the development of these cars because there's no differences between a driverless car and a manual car. Both car's still can cause accidents to people, either driving and not. Not only that, the driver still have to be alert to the road either way too like paragraph 8 says, "" Safety is a big concern."" If driveless cars get into accidents, just like maual-driven cars, then there's no reason for these cars if we're just gonna get hurt driving them like regular cars now.

Also, It is also a really whole lot of money. I mean, It cost more than the regular-driven cars, especially the sensors and radars on the driveless vehicle. Paragraph 8 in the article says, ""It cost $200 million for a radar device on a hilltop,"" and no telling how much is it for a car with sensors, a radar, and it can drive by itself. I mean, some people might be able to afford that, like the rich people, but what about the poor? Are they lefted with the regular driven cars, or are they gonna make the price of the driveless cars as much of a regular car?

Don't get the wrong idea though, it's a great idea. Letting a car drive by itself with the driver on the wheel, and also, the car can find Its way to the driver's destination, or place, It's a perfect idea. Although, there not safe, and there expensive. Before the creators put the driveless vehicles on sale on the car sale businesses, like Nissan, or Ford, they should add more safety features, and make it more cheaper so most people with a driver lincense can have one.

In conclusion, I am against Driveless vehicles because there's no difference in the driveless cars and a manual car, and they are a waste of money. Driveless vehicles need to be all the way safe to drive in and don't cost a lot either. The maker's of these cars need to be sure that everything about the car is ok too. It's not a bad idea either, its a perfect one. Just make sure it's not a waste of money or time.             ",3
"Everyone today believes that having a car is the best thing for them. Truthfully, it is not. Not having a car can prevent from polluting the earth and benifit us as people in a much better way. Not having a car will stop accidents, prevent deaths, and save you money.

In Vauban, many families now do not own cars. Heidrum Walter states ""When i had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way."" Not having a car could actually make you a much happier person as well. You would'nt have to worry about spending too much money on gas or even getting into accidents. If you have to go somewhere far, you can just hop on a subway or pay for a taxi. I know, your probaly thinking: Paying for a taxi or paying for a subway ticket cost money but definately not nearly as much as having a car.

Next, without having to drive cars, our air we breath in will be much less polluted then it would be with cars. Paris evenually ended up on banning driving because the smog was so harsh to the environment. Anyone who drove cars were then fined. According to the article

Paris bans driving due to smog

""Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France."" Congestion is car traffic so therefore, there was less smog in the air. In the article

Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in bogota , it states ""It was the third straight year cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the Day Without Cars in this capital city of 7 million. The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. Violators faced $25 fines."" Anyone who violated the rule was then fined a specific amount to stop the people from driving cars. Businessesman Carlos Arturo Plaza stated that ""It's a good opportunity to take stress and lower air polution.""

Not owning a car can help you and your family become closer because you will have to walk places together, it will help you stay fit and it will benifit the companies because they will start to boom. In  source 4, Michael Sivak says ""What most intrigues me is that rates of car ownership per household and per person started to come down two to three years before the downturn."" This means that more families are getting rid of their cars then they ever have before which will make the families closer. Walking everywhere will help you stay fit because your walking not sitting. Last but not least, companies will begin to boom. Source 3 states that ""uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad smooth sidewalks: rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic: and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up."" They are trying everything they can to make this world a better place. They are redoing a bunch of stuff just to show that they care. So lets show them that we care about our world too.

So lets think about the benifits of not having a car. You will be less stressed, you'll be in less accidents and you will save money. If I could have that decision I totally would take it. It is benifical for all of us so lets just live life healthy.                                          ",4
"Being a person of politics yourself, you of all people should know that many compromises have been made over the course of the establishment of the United States. However, some of the compromises, like the electoral college, were made because of factors in the past and are now not needed in today's modern democracy. While the electoral college once worked as a compromise in the past, it is an archaic system that unfairly represents the votes of citizens all across the nation. A popular vote should instead be utilized to fairly choose the people of power in this country and would better represent voters' opinions.

In implementing the electoral college, most states' votes either go to one candidate or the other, leading to candidates to only campaign in swing states (Bradford Plumer 13). This may not seem like much of a problem, but consider this: a swing state such as Florida with over 20 electoral votes could go to a candidate who could have won by a 51 to 49 percent margin. This means that all the voters who voted for the other candidate no longer count, making the electoral college ineffective at voicing the opinions of the populous. Also, many states may not even see the future president at all, like in the 2000 election where the candidates did not even go once and talk in seventeen states. This leads to a poor democracy because voters in these states will surmise that if the president will not bother to visit their state, they shouldn't bother on making an educated decision when voting, or may choose to not vote at all. In a election by popular vote, presidents will have to make greater strides in getting the people's votes and citizens will then have more of an impetus in learning more about their country's government and politics.

With the Electoral College, there is also the risk that electors may not necessarily vote for the candidate the people want as president. In the Electoral College, ""voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president"" (Bradford 10). These electors may not necessarily vote for what candidate voters want most as president, and could do what they might feel is the best decision; however, this is not always what the majority of voters want in a president and could end up with a poor president. In addition, most voters know very little about how these electors are chosen and are not in control of who their state's electors are. In a way this system is a bit corrupt, because the voters don't have the final say of the president.

In addition, a tie is likely in an electoral vote because of swing states, which has the potential to lead to a disaster. If two candidates receive the same number of electoral votes and tie in an election, the House of Representatives then chooses the president, while the Senate choose the vice president, but their votes may not show who voters want as president, seeing that voters often vote one party for president while the other for their representatives (Plumer 12). The vote for president is distributed unevenly, and states with many voters will only be represented by one vote. this could lead to the House of Representatives choosing a president that is only liked by a small population and this cannot easily be undone. Swing states are the only thing that can cause or prevent a tie in elections, and a tie has almost occured in 1976 in Hawaii and in 1968 in Ohio.

Those in favor of the electoral college argue that because candidates will focus on swing states in order to win voters in those states will pay closer attention to the election and make a more educated decision (Richard A. Posner 20). However, this is not necessarily the case, and there are plenty of other well-educated voters in other states who have opinions that will never be counted because of the electoral college. If the popular vote becomes the new method in choosing the president, voters all across the nation will pay more attention to elections because they feel that their vote can make a difference, and it will. This will in turn increase the number of voters actively paying attention to their country's decisions. Because of the Electoral College, ""about one-half the eligible American population did vote in [2012's] election"" (Posner 23). Although this number is mentioned as a success in Posner's arguement, this means that there is one-half of American voices left unheard. Democracy only works if all citizens vote, but they will only take the time to vote if they know that they can make a difference.

Change needs to happen and it has to soon. If not, a poor president could be elected and then who knows what bad things could happen? With the popular vote, more people will be heard, and they will better take part in their country's government, leading to a better nation.            ",6
"Driverless Approved

I beleive that driverless cars are the future and that it will be safer than today. I think that soon no matter what technology will advance and long with it driverless cars. I have multiple reasons why driverless cars will be good.

I beleive that the driverless cars will also be safer than cars today. There wont be the need for human error. One example is a student driver not knowing when to go.

I beleive that driverless cars will be a faster way to travel. Today people slow down or are nervous at the wheel. They dont know what the car in front will do so they slow down. The driverless cars will know what is coming before any human could know.

I believe that driverless cars will be more affordable. all drtiverless cars should be somewhat the same. There shoulnd't be a need for a fancier car since there wouldnt be a point for it to go fast.

To conclude id klike to say that i approve driverless cars coming in the near future. They will be safer, quicker, and more affortable. Nothing can beat that.",2
"The idea of driverless cars is growing more and more in today's society. However, these cars may not be as good as people think they are.Driverless cars can lead to probles between people and the law. The cars may not function properly and accidents may happen. Finally, driverless cars won't require a person behind the wheel and it takes away the fun from driving.

Conflicts between the companies that make the car, the customers, and the law may grow. If a company makes a driverless car, and a customer dies or gets injured because there was a malfunction in the car, then companies may get sued. Then, the company would blame the customer and say that they, the customer, messed with the car and did something to it. That's when the law gets involved and things don't end up well for the companies nor the customers.

Driverless cars can also be dangerous. With all the technology in the cars, they may be vulnerable to hackers and may hurt the passenger inside, Also, there could be malfunctions that cause the cars not to work properly and as a result, the person in the car could be hurt. Finally, although driverless cars are considered ""smart cars"", they may not be as smart as the manufacturers claim they are. Driverless cars aren't perfect and there could be accidents in which a ""smart car"" goes into a one-way street or drives off a bridge.

Driverless cars will take the fun away from driving. Driving a smart car could take a person to a location with out assistance, but there would not be any fun in that. People who love to drive would be bored. There is one advantage involving driverless cars and fun. While on a trip a person could see everything around them without worrying about keeping their eyes on the road. This advantage, though, would only work if the smart cars really are smart and can drive themselves without a person assisting it.

These are all reasons to why smart cars are a bad idea. Smart cars would bore people. They are dangerous and can lead to conflicts between manufacturers, the law, and the customers. All the companies making smart cars should just end their projects and start making more regular cars. Without smart cars on the road, people will feel better and safer. ",4
"Think of all the things we humans have accomplished. We know how to fly in the air, breathe underwater,

and travel on water. And now wehave cars that can be driverless. Im going to discuss my opion on driverless cars

First, off the saft of the car. The car is safe, it has sensors that are more advanced to detedt and respond to dangers on the road. The information given from these sensors can cause the car to apply the brakes, its reaction is alot better than a human one. The car can handle driving up to 25 mph. On the other hand there are special tough sensors that make sure

the driver keeps a hold on to the wheel. Even though the car can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, they are still dessinged to notify drivers when the road needs human skills. The driver musr be alert the whole time if there comes a time to take the wheel. Manifactures bring entertainment in the car, but also safty, it alerts right away, so the system of the car is safe, and safty is of more concern than entertainment.

Secoundly, expenses.The dream of driving cars without human assisnt is almost her, but the prices or high. The techonlogy they use Is advanced and cost alot. and the question is, will we be able to afford such cars. Some devices cost about two hundred

million dollars. The cost should probably be reasonable if they would liek people to by there cars.

Thirdly, The laws of the driverless car. they should have laws about safty and regulations about these cars. New laws can help strengthen the safty of those driving this car.And if someone gets hurt than its the drivers fault if there are any indications that the driver was reckeless. But if there is proof that the manifacture is at fault then they should face the repricutions.Maybe later in our future we can have more states approve of computer driven cars.

I belive that these cars will be safe and that are furture is advancing, As long as these cars are safe and can prevent

accidents, then me as a driver is on the side of driverless cars.",3
"The author of this story believes that exploring Venus is basically worth the risk. He has a great argument on why exploring it is a good idea, spite the dangers of it. One challenge on Venus is the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere, also the temperature averages over 800 degrees and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on Earth. In the third paragraph it says "" These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth."" That statement proves that Venus is far too dangerous for human contact.

In spite the dangers of Venus, astronomers still discussing visits to this planet because they are fasinated by it because it may once have been the most ""Earth like"" planet in the solar system. As of right now there are no machines that could stand a chance on Venus because it is so dense. NASA is trying to work on different approaches to study Venus, in paragraph 6 is says ""peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of ligth cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of phtography and videogrphy ineffective."" This statement proves that even when you are above Venus it is sill far too dangerous because of the dense atmosphere.

In paragraph 8 it states "" human curiosity will likely lead us to many eually intimidating endeavors."" There are equally dangerous tasks that humans do everday that have dangerous risks just like exploring Venus. Sometimes humans should throw out the dangers or doubts and look at what can positively come out of it. The author thinks that striving to meet the chalenge of Venus is toatlly worth it and he would take the chance because something great could come out of it, spite the risks. ",2
"Venus is gonna take Earths stop?

Is Venus worth the risk to explore? maybe so. Venus has so many things to offer, evening star, many out of the world features, and a thick atmophere. Doesn't mean we should kill ourselves trying, I think venus is not worth the try.

First and formost, the evening star, is the brightest point in the sky. Venus also makes it simple to stargazing. Venus is the second planet and the next closest plant next to earth. Stargazing is all fun and games on earth, but if you go to venus you may burn.

Also, Venus has a very thick atmophere. It's almost 97% carbon dioxide blankets around Venus. On the planets surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the pressure of the atomsphere pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on earth. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on planet earth.

Lastly, Venus's light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography ineffective. Most importantly, reseachers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else in that matter. Many people are working on innovations thta would allow our machines to last longer to contribute to our knowledge.

Venus should be left alone, just as we would want to be. Venus is a harm to all man kind who try and rescach on Venus. If it was a safe idea to go up there would have already done it by now. ",3
"Studying Venus is worthy this shows in many way. Venus is known was the 'Evening Star"" and that's why we get light in the night sky. Venus is the second planet from the sun. Itis very challenging place to examine the earth more closely. Even tho Venus is a very challenging planet for humans to study they are proximity to us.

Venus has a wonderful value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet by itself, but also because the human curiosity will lead us tho more equal intimidating endeavors. They have meet very edges of imagination and innovation. The NASA are workig on other new ways to study Venus and to find more information about Venus. They have found out more about through out the time Venus has the hottest surfce temperature of any planet in this solar system. Astronomers are amazed by Venus because it is may well known.

Venus can be our nearest option for a planetary visit. We should all be very thankful for the people who study the planets. There are many more facts about Venus that humans know because of the people who study planets and Venus is the most important one. The Challenge of Exploring Veunus is worth the study that humans do.",2
"The author of this passage seems to support the idea of traveling to Venus but also seems to have his doubts at the same time. In paragraph 4 he says ""If our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientists even dicussing further visits to its surface"" That statement from the passage doesn't seem like it would come from someone who supports the idea.

The other reason I personally believe he doesnt really support this is because when you read passages of people supporting ideas, they dont really go into the negative things that could happen. The author of this went well into detil of the hazards and dangers that can occur on venus. In paragraph 5 he says "" Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans."" He is saying that even after NASA figures out a way to make it to Venus, it would still be extremely difficult but you probably won't die.

My conclusion of this passage is that the author does not fully support the topic he is writing about and for many reasons. Yes, Venus may have had a good enviroment that could have sustained human life in the past but it doesn't anymore. I think we should stop trying to explore somewhere that could harm you. ",3
"I would claim for the value of using this technology to read students' emotional expressions. i would like to help students with their problems like anger depresson and what ever they have. The Facial Action Coding System (FACS) would help with students' emotions. This software could indentify any emotion you have and the face exprestions you have and it would calculate ever days feeling.

First, it would indentify any emotion you have. Just like Mona Lisa they found out that she was eighty-three percent happy, nine percent disgusted, six percent fearful, and two percent angry. ""The facial expressiions for each emotion are universal,""abserves Dr. Huang, ""even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression""(like not smiling as broadly). Dr. Huang used video imagery, and tracked the new emotion-recognition software and the facial movements. In the real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa. the software can even identify mixed emotions (as in da Vinci's masterpiece) by weighting the different units in every expression is against a neutral face (showing no emotion)""

Finally, calculating your emotions. Are you asking yourself if the software can calculate emotiond like math homework? This process begins with the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face. The forty-four muscles in the modle mus move like human muscles. Dr. pual Ecjman has classified some basic emotions like happiness, surprise, anger, digust, fear, and sadness and then associated each with chracteristic movements of the facial muscles. An example they give is, ""Your frontalis muscles (above your eyes) raises your eyebrows when youre surprised; your orbicularis oris (around your mouth) tightens your lips to show anger."" Its pretty intrusting how it can determined your emotions.

My conclusion is that the technology to the software would be a great thing to use because it would helpin so many emotions and it would help students in so many ways. I think its intrusting in how Dr. Eckman invented the FACS and can determined in how students feel. ",2
"Disgusting pollution in the air! Terrible, but also deadly for our atmosphere, animals, and of course ourselves. As seen in paragraph 17, car emmisions arn't only destroying our enviroment, but are also polluting our air to the point where Paris was covered for days in complete smog. That is why biking, walking, running, conservative driving, etc are very needed in these days where everyone belives gas powered vehicles are our way of life. While people drive in cars constantly it creates more carbon emmisions destroying our air and environment, but on the other hand more biking causes less traffic build up, healthier, and more businesses open up in walking distance because of the magnitude of participants walking/biking.

To begin with, driving in cars isnt only extremely dangerous, it pollutes the air we all breathe! It makes our lungs become more weak and suseptible to disease and sickness. People may argue that giving up our most widely used transportation vehicle in the U.S. and very profitable vehicle industries, is too much. But I argue, that giving up something that will later in time completely destroy us and our earth is worth it. Pollution is a very serious problem that most people can't seeem to wrap their head around. It's a deadly chemicals and waste being put into our air we breathe every second, yet we chose our vehicles over our precious air?!

Next, understanding what more walking and less vehicular trnsportation can do for the world has amazing effects. Not only is it a healthy alternative to walk instead of driving because of our obseity issue here in America, but it cuts out pollution which hurts us and animals. More walking will create less traffic and more businesses and restaruants in walking distance, causing a better community and economy.

In conclusion, more walking and biking is a much better alternative to driving cars constantly. Communities come together more, less traffic, more safety, no road rage, etc. These are all things that could come from walking instead of driving in vehicles.    ",2
"In my opinion I think that the author did a great job on sjowing the dangers of venus beause he gave a lot of information. He also tells us about the name that they give venus and the way that they describe the planet. Now that I have read the passage I now know that venbus is a very dangerous planet to explore.

In the passage the author states that Venus was the closest planet to earth. Venus was to the closest to the size and distance of the earth. It was often called earths twin. Venus was also called the Evening Star,but that nickname was very misleading since it was actually a planet. Venus is also one of the most easiest planet to spot if you are standing on earth. Although venus was the closest to the planet The author also started to notice that Mars was close to earth also. Then he started noticing that sometimes Venus was closer to Mars and sometimes Mars was closer to Earth then Venus.

Venus hasnt been explored since it is way to dangerous to be explored. They would send ships that are unmanned,because when ever they would send people that were inside the paceship they would not survive the landing. That is the main reason why they havent landed there or try to land there in three decades. A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent of carbon dioxide covers Venus. The passage states that ""Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfic acid in venus Atmosphere. On the planets surface,temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit,And the Atmoshperic pressure is 90 times more greater then what we experience on our own planet"".

Astronomers are saying that Venus may have once been been a planet like earth. I think that he did a really good job on collenting information abou venus .i hope that one day Astronomers will be able to land on Venus safely and be able to explore it. The reason is because I wonder what it is like to be on that planet. In my opinion I think that one day it will be possible to explore Venus.",3
"The ""Face"" is not even a face, it is just a landmark on mars. People who think that it is a face, are wrong. It's not a face because, There isn't anything that has a face that big, The three pictures don't look the same, and because Aliens aren't real.

There is no Human, or animal that has a face that is that big The biggest animal on earth is a whale, and the face looks like a humans, and humans aren't miles wide and long, so there is no way that that ""face"", is real.

The first picture had very poor quality, and it actually did look like a face, the second picture looked like a mountain with a blur, nothing like the first one, and the final photo was way better quality and you could tell that it was just a landmark, and not a face.

Alien's aren't real, People try and try to find alienlife out in the universe, but they never find it, you know why? It's because Aliens don't exist, so since they don't exist, then there is no way that they made the face, and a pyramid on mars.

So all of the scientists are correct, and everyone else is wrong, that was just a landmark, and Aliens aren't real. There are enough facts in this essay to prove that there are no huge faces on mars, or an alien civilization.      ",3
"In vauban,germany car usage is not very popular in fact 70 percent of vaubans familes do not own cars and 57 percent sold there car to move to the area. Heidrun Walter says when she had a car she was always tense and that she feels so much better and relaxed this way. The way people in vauban chose there lifestyle is starting to rub off on places like europe and the united states. they call it smart planning. Vauban lifestlye may br the most advanced experiment in low car suburban life but its basic percepts are being adopted around the world in attempts to make suburbs more compact and more accessible to public transportation. David goldberg an official of transpotation for america says how much you drive is important whether you have a hybrid. In the united states the environmental protection agency is promoting a car reduced community.

In paris they ban car driving because of the smog , on monday motorist were ordredto leave their cars at home or suffer a 22 euro fine which is 31 dollars. Almost 4,000 drivers were fined and 27 people had their car impounded for their reaction to the fine. cingestion was sown a 60 percent in the capital of france after five days of intensiying smog. Diesel fuel was blamed since france has a tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline diesel makes up to 67 percent of vehicles in france. Paris has more smog than other european capitals delivery companies complained of lost revenue while exceptions were made for plug-in cars , hybrids, and cars carrying three or more passengers and public transport was free from friday to monday.

in bogota colombia a program thats set to spread to other countries million of colombians hiked,biked,skated or took buses to work during a car free day it was the third straight year cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permited for the day the goal was to reduce smog all violaters faced 25 dollar fines the turn out was great. Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two seat bicyle with his wife. For the first time two other colombian cities joined the event. the day without cars is part of an improvement campaign that began in bogota in the mid 1990's. the change is big parks ans sports centers also bloomed throughout the city uneven pittd sidewalks have replaced by broad smooth sidewalks rush hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic.    ",1
"World War ll was and horrible war because it happened all over the world. My name is Luke and I was a Seagoing Cowboy that help the ones that were affected by World War II. I think that you should be one too.

The Seagoing Cowboys are real amazing people that help other in need of help. The Seagoing Cowboys get to go to place that are far out like China and Italy. Also while you are in these amazing places you can sight see. That isn't the only thing you will be remembered by those people in those different places. You will be remembered as a hero to them because you helped them while they were in need.

Now I'm gonna tell you about my experience as a Seagoing Cowboy. The traveling was amazing because I got to go to different place and help people and see their homes. Then as I went to these different place I got to see the different building and sculptures that have probably been there for decades. So the thing that I did you can probably do as well or maybe even more.

As I said in the began World War II was a horrible war for everyone and some people's homes were destroyed and they have nothing to go to at night. So this why you should be a Seagoing Cowboy so that you can help people and be a hero in their eyes.",2
"The Electoral College is not a fair system for voting and shouldn't be continued because of a few major flaws. There is no guarentee that the president with the highest votes will be elected. Also, the system isn't balanced among all of the states. Because some people know these things, potential voters have decided it isn't worth it if who they elected isn't gaurenteed to win.

People vote because they want to be able to choose who will be their president, however the Electoral College doesn't allow the elective with the highest votes to become the president. ""Voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president."" Also, just because the people vote for electors for a certain president, the elector can still vote for whoever they want to. ""'Faithless' electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please.""

The system also is not fair to different states. ""The popular vote was very close in Florida [in 2012]; nevertheless Obama, who won that vote, got 29 electoral votes. A victory by the same margin in Wyoming would net the winner only 3 electoral votes."" The larger states give more votes so they are usually given more attention by presidential candidates.

Lastly, the people who know that their votes are just suggestions have been turned off from voting. Maybe they know they have a candidate ""who has no hope of carrying their state."" I have noticed that some citizens are not qualified to vote because there are some who vote carelessly and do not carefully construct all of the things the electives are saying and how it could benefit or harm our country. However, there are some people, like the one's in the ""toss-up states"", who, in turn, ""are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign--to really listen to the competing candidates--knowing that they are going to decide the election."" Just because some people choose not to take it seriously does not mean you should take the right away from everyone.

These three reasons are key points as to why I think we should take out the Electoral College and begin letting the people decide who will be the president. It's not a fair, balanced system. There's no guarantee that the person with the highest number of votes will be elected, and, because of that, it can turn off potential voters from having their say on who the president should be.    ",4
"Driverless cars have devoloped a lot since 2009, many company's such as nissan,bmw and many others said they would have a driverless car by 2020

thats because these driverless cars an amazing piece of work,

Who dosen't want a car that is going to drive for them i mean that sounds pretty cool to me but what about if there is a car accident. Does the car know what to do when there is an emergency? So if driverless cars are going to be made then what is going to happen to the normal gas running cars because i know these driverless cars are not going to be cheap. Driverless cars are great for teens that are just starting how to learn to drive because they wont have to do all the driving the car would do most of it and they will eventually get better and the hang of driving, these kind of cars could also be good for the elderly because some can not see as good anymore they either crash or get hit that is why this car would be great for them less accidents, no more getting lost. this driverless car has it all gps,sensors,video camera, who wouldn't want a car with all these features plus it's going to keep you and your family safe with all the protection it has added.

Driverless cars well they ever be allowed on the streets who knows. Nissan,Bmw and the other company's that are trying to build these cars should go ahead and make them because nobody knows if they are going to work or aren't going to work. Driverless cars should be made because it's an amazing thing that would change the world forever. Finally driverless cars should be allowed to be made because everything deserves a try.",2
"Ever since cars were invented, they have widely been used as the primary source of transportation. They became so commonplace that their widespread use started to introduce negative impacts . As a result, some countries, or cities, have recently put in place programs or events to limit, or decrease, the amount of car usage in that area. There are many advantages to limiting car usage, including that not using cars is better for the environment and that it allows the city to improve itself.

In recent years, the environment has become a worldwide concern; one of the advantages to limiting car usage is that it will positively impact the environment. Today, people all over the world are paying attention to what they can do to help the environment, meaning that this is an advantage that will appeal to a widespread audience. One way that limiting car usage will help is that it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In Elisabeth Rosenthal's essay ""In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars"", she writes, ""Passenger cars are responsible for 2 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe ... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States"". By limiting the usage of cars, the amount of greenhouse gases being emitted into the world would decrease substantially. While the idea that everyone would stop using their cars and the gas emissions caused by them would disappear completely is unrealistic, the prospect that a majority of the emissions could do so is perfectly reasonable. The reduction of these emissions would mean that the air quality would increase and be overall healthier for both all the world's population and all the wildlife across the world. Robert Duffer provides another example of how less car usage would impact the environment in his essay, ""Paris bans driving due to smog"". According to the article, an intense smog had covered Paris for five days, when the city decided to ban car usage over the course of two days. The cause for the smog was thought to be the high use of diesel fuel in France, with 67 percent of cars using it over gasoline, about 14 percent higher than the rest of Western Europe. The plan for the ban had been that cars with even-numbered license plates to not be used the first day and for ones with odd-numbered license plates not to be used the next day. In actuality, cars with odd-numbered plates were never banned from driving since the smog had cleared just after the first day. This shows the impact of limiting car usage. In just one day, a smog that was comarable to the one in Beijing, China, one of the most polluted cities in the world, was removed considerably after just half the normal amount of cars were used over the course of a day. If this was used all over the world, the result would be even more significant. This evidence supports that limiting car use is good for the environment in more ways than one.

Additionally, the limited use of cars opens many opportunities for cities to improve themselves by adding new features or improving upon old ones. In the article ""Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota"" by Andrew Selsky, the changes that the Columbian city of Bogota has gone through in response to less car use are discussed. The changes are a direct result of the city's Day Without Cars campaign, where car use is banned for the whole city for one day out of a year. It reads, ""It has seen the construction of 118 mile of bicycle paths, the most of any Latin American city, according to Mockus, the city's mayor. Parks and sports centers have also bloomed throughout the city;uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic; and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up"".  These additions are in response to the city's inhabitants using alternative transport. Since cars could not be used, the public had to get to where they were heading by other means. Bogota was able to use the situation to improve itself by either fixing things already in place or adding new ones competely. Another way that a city improved itself as a result of limited car use is shown by Elisabeth Rosenthal in her essay ""In German Suburn Life Goes On Without Cars"". She writes, ""While there have been efforts in the past two decades to make cities denser, and better for walking, planners are now taking the concept to the suburbs"". One of the results of applying this idea to suburbs is that stores are placed within walking distance of houses rather than in a mall next to a highway. Vauban, the city where the changes took place, is taking advantage of the opportunities to open new stores. This change would not only create more business for the strore itself but improve the economy of the city by increasing spending. The overall impact that limiting car use has had on citites is that it provides opportunity for the city to improve itself.

There are many advantages to limiting car use. Not only does it improve the environment by removing smog and reducing greenhouse gas emission, but it also allows the area to improve itself by building new features. For this reason, limited car use should be seen as an overall positive idea.    ",5
"The ""Face on Mars"" was just a natural landforms. All of the planets have natural land forms. If there really was civilization on mars we would probably already know about it. But contrary to what NASA believes there are were other people who said that maybe the alien markings were hidden by haze.

NASA thinks that it would have been important to tell tax-payers if it were to have been a true alien land mark, but since you did not recieve any information; you can assume it was just a natural landform. If there were to have been a sign of life on that planet (Mars) it would benefit NASA and the whole world would probably know. ""The face"" is located on the part if Mars called ""Cydonia"" which according to Jim Garvin ""Is not easy to target (paragraph 9).""

Mission controllers are preparing to go back and look again so they can try to prove that NASA is not trying to hide any evidence. It will not be easy. Mostly because we don't pass over the face very often. What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa.

In conclusion, NASA is very sure that ""The Face on Mars"" is just an illusion and not bona fide evidence of life on Mars. In the future we hope to discover that it really is just a natural landform and not bona fide evidence on Mars. And if it is evidence maybe we can try to find an acient alien civilation.",3
"My position on driverless cars is that we shouldnt have them. The excess money that their spending to make these car we could be spending on something more important. Driverless cars will be expenssive so many people coulnt afford them.

We shoulnt have driverless cars because at any moment they could maulfunction and could wreck. Since their driverless who would be at blame when you wrecked the computer or the person in the car? We would have to put so much money into changing the roads so the cars would work. Road work would have to be minumised so that we wouldnt have to touch the wheel at any point.

My final statement is that no we shoulnt make them because of all the money that will be wasted on making them and roadwork. We would be saving money and they wouldnt be losing money because only people that are rich could afford a car like this and people that cant would just be left out of the whole thing.",2
"We should keep the Electoral College for the voting of the United States. One good reason is they know for sure who is going to the president of the United States because of the way the Electoral College is. This voting process helps avoid a lot of bad things too. There are so many good reasons why we should keep this form of voting.

Avoiding Run-Off Elections is one good reason why we should keep the Electoral College according to ""In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President."" It states that, ""The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes."" This is good because they keep one of the presidents that got the majority of the votes to win automatically,instead they have to do some math to see who the winner is."" In the first writing ""What Is the Electoral College?"" by the Office of the Federal Register. This writing says that ""Most states have a ""winner-take-all"" system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate."" This is basically saying that everyone gets to go the presidential election.

Some more key points are some more notes in the first and last writing. In the writing ""In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President."" and it states, ""The Electotoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states (by population) lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution..."" This is saying that go by a different rule of voting because of the population being than other states. Another good point is in the first paragraph again and it says ""The presidential election is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November."" This is good that you have a schedual for for the next voting this gives us enough time to vote, it also gives the time to see if the president is good or not.

There is some downsides to this little thing you have going on here though. That is in the second paragraph and it really gets my attention, ""Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for the slate of electors, who in turn elect the president."" With this in mind it is telling us the people that we are not voting for the president at all that is what most people believe that they are doing so you are kind of lying to some of them.

To wrap things up I am telling you that your Electoral College system is great in most ways. You should try and change some of those things that are bad about it though. Not just the one I talked about but more that others talk about and doing this can you and all that work with ten times better than you were before.

Thank you for your time to read this,

Sencerily a citizen             ",4
"Dear Senator,

The electoral college is in fact not best form of electing the president of the United States of America. When using the electoral college for voting for president, voters are not really voting for the president. Instead, they are voting for a slate of electors who then elect the president. Voters can't always control who their electors vote for, so it is all in the hands of the chosen electors. The electors must be trusted to pick the choice that their people want, but we all know that not everyone is as trustworthy as we would like to believe. The electors could possibly vote for the party that was not wanted in the first place, which is a problem. This brings about many possible issues for the people of our country.

Having to vote for someone who then is being trusted to vote for who you would have rather voted for yourself is a huge issue. Not only could they vote for the wrong person instead of the one that you wanted, they could potentially bring the country great danger if they vote for someone who could bring about bad things to our beloved nation. The electors could always defy the will of the people.

We could save the time wasted having to vote for someone else who has the potential to vote against who we wanted to vote for by just having a direct vote for who we wanted to vote for. Having a direct vote would give the exact opinions straight from the people of the country, and there would be less arguing and hatred for who becomes the president. The whole country would be able to voice their own opinions instead of who they believe has the same opinion as them.

Having a popular vote instead of the electoral college process is a time saver, and helps the people of the country. It allows the people to vote for who they actually want directly, instead of voting for someone to then vote for the president that they want. It would give people a greater influence to vote, knowing that their own vote actually directly affects the outcome of the presidential election. It would potentially eliminate all of the electors, saving time, money, and a vote for the next president of the United States of America.    ",3
"Driverless should not be used under any condition. Driverless cars are careless, imperfected, and unreliable. We should never risk ourselves or others just because we are lazy and dont wanna drive. If we left everything to these driverless cars many pepole could die. Driverless cars should not be allowed on the streets.

To begin, Driverless are carless. Driverless cars can not stay allert like a human can. In the passage it states, ""They can steer, accerlate, and break themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills"". This shows that a Driverless cars just does not have what it takes to be out on the road. If a kid ran in the middle of the street, unsuspectingly, the car would not have time for the human to take over and the kid would be severly injured or worse. It just is not worth the risk.

In addition, Driverless cars are not advanced enough. Driverless cars may have sensors and take extra steps in safty but technology just is not there. The pasage says, ""Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020"". In the future we may have the power we need to have driverless cars, but in this time now we do not. Many states even have laws that will not allow driverless cars to even be tested in that states.

Finally, They are not reliable. All technology has flaws and that can not be helped. The passage even states, ""If technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver ot the owner?"". This is a good point, The car technology may seem flawless, but many factors come into play with something this big. The car may have a maulfunction that no one could have predicted, and many pepole could be injured or killed. This driverless car just is not reliable enough to risk the lives of innocent.

Driverless cars are a very nice idea and would be helpful, However driverless cars just are not safe. These driverless cars are careless, imperfected, and unreliable. Many factors play in even ones we can not fully predict when it comes to technology. Its not worth the risk of pepole getting hurt just because we get lazy and do not want to drive. Theres no way to avoid it; its just safer to relie on ourselves instead of a robot.",4
"In the world today you will see cars just about everywhere, whether it be a toyota pirus, or an 1999 honda civic. Car no doubtly have been one of the largets, if not, the greatest invetnions this world has ever seen. Although nowadays when we start to talk negativially about the car, people seem to turn their heads away to aviod the question. Reducing the use of cars in the world would be massivally benefitial to the enviroment, and not only that, everyday life. Limiting car usage will help reduce pollution into the attmosphere through reducing carbon emmsions, it will help save money and also it will help reduce stress and tense mindsets.

One of the largest benefits of reducing car usage in the world is the reduction of greenhouse gases being relased in to the atmosphere coming out the exhaust pipes of cars. According to

In German Suburb, Life Goes on Without Cars up to 50 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States come from cars in car congested areas. In the passage the text explains how a social expierment turned into a growing trend in Europe today. In subburban town of Vauban, many people have utitmatly given up their cars. How this was done you may ask? In the town driveways are forbidion aswell as home garages. Car Ownership isnt forbidden though,but to own a car is quite difficult and costly. With only two places to park in the whole town, it makes ownership very difficult. The lifestyle of people here without cars ultimatly reduced stress and increased health, and much happier and healthier lifestyles were made. Another example will be in Paris, France. After the city recieved near record-breaking pollution in the air, Paris officals took action. They banned driving for two days to attempt to reduce carbon emissions. The way they enforced this rule was by fines throughout the city for no cooperation. On that monday on the first day of the ban, only 4000 fines were given. Many people were complained of inconvience and companies complained of lost revenue, Although the incovencies, the ban for just one day reduced the smog almost completely and allowed for Pairs to lift the scheduled ban on that tuesday. So even though in some places the reduction of car usage may cause incovience, the reduction carbon emuissions cant go unnoticed, and it is huge advantage.

Reduction of the usage of cars will not only reduce Greenhouse gases but it will also help people conserve and save money and stay stress free. Limiting car usage will save you money a couple ways, one of which is not having to fuel up your car to save money. Fuel prices are always moving up and down, but more recently they have been very high. For many people they are spending over 50 dollars at the pump just to dirve 50 or so miles. With reduction of car usage people wont have to spend as much money at the pump. Reduction of car usage will also help reduce spending money because it wont allow to buy things at certain stores that you have to drive too, and things like that. Another advantage of the reduction of the usage of the car is the reduce in stress for a person. In town of Vauban, Heidrun Waltert said, ""When I had a car, i was always tense. Im much happier this way."" This way he mean the way without a car.                                                                            ",4
"The Evening Star is the brightest point of the night sky, it makes it simple for a amateur stargazer to spot. The nickname Evening Star is misleading since Venus is a planet. Venus is the second closes planet to the sun. Venus is simple to see but safe vantage point of earth.

Venus is the closest planet to earth refering to density and size, and the closest in distance. Sometimes earth is closer to Mars and sometimes closer to Venus depending on the speed. humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on Venus but each mission was unmanned, this reason is because no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. No spacecraft has landed on Venus for a few decades. Venus is a challenging place to study.

Almost 97% carbon dioxide blankets Venus. in Venus's atmosphere there are clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid. On Venus's surface the temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheroc pressure is 90 times greater than we experience on our own planet. Venus has the hottest surface area of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun.

Astonomers are fascinated by Venus because it once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported variours forms of life, just like earth. Venus still has some analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has one particulary compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. NASA'S possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. A vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit.

Peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atnisphere. More importantly, researchers cannot take saple of rock, gas, or anything else from a distance. Venus would need to get close and despite the risks.

NASA is working on other approaches to study Venus. Some simplified electronics mad of silicone carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted three weeks in such conditions.

Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the plannet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very eadges of imagination and innovation.   ",4
"This idea on making cars that drive on there own its sounds pretty cool but the money put into and the accidents that come from it are waiting this would be the worst mistake in history. Any car itself is very dangerous to be in while driving because of maybe your driving skils or other peoples driving skills. The time and effort put into this experiment will be hard and confusing but it would be a big waste of time for the makers of the car and the manufacturers on the company. People and companies say this would be a good investment and the best choice ever but if everything turns out bad your company is going straight down the drain.

There are many reasons this is a horrible idea and a big waste of time and money. This would be very dangerous for the drivers and other drivers on the road anything could happen in a matter of seconds anf you could take someones life or even your own life. Manufacturers say this will be a great acheievment i agree but the chances of this coming out as a positive invention is beyond me. Its dangerous enough on the roads with cars but by making cars driverless is beyond dangerous it will cause so many distractions and so many deaths.

The cost of making these cars and testing them will cost so much money and if the cars dont work and experiments with them dont work it will be drastic. Alot of people will be paying for these experiments with there taxes ands thats not fair for people that work hard for there money to just through it away on the invention. This would also be a big problem in are money and state money because if it doesnt work and they wasted all that money are state could possible become in debt. All this money put into will be a waste and companys will probably be shut down and that will be the end of it for them.

The risks that we are taking are really risky there are so many things that can go wrong and that will cost you and other peoples lifes. Its dangerous enough with drunk drivers and children walking on roads but if the driverless cars get invented this will cause so many accidents and possible alot of deaths. The accidents could be caused by anything messing up in the car sensors or the brakes. The brakes or sensors could stop working or jam up and drivers wouldnt even know if there sleeping that would be it for them and also if people or other drivers are around that could possible end there life just for cars that can drive by there selfs.

All this driverless car stuff is a big mistake and could be a problem in are state in so many ways. It will possible cost lifes and companys to be shut down and become in debt. All this oh it works we tested it a thousand times it dont matter anything could happen and any point and these mistakes at any point will be horrible and the end for alot of people. This invention in all will be dumb and stupid and the money and risks were taking on this is risky.",4
"The Sea Cowboys, If you like helping people and love animals this is the job for you. This program helps people in need and animals in need. Joining the Sea Cowboys can help make a diffrent in peoples lives.

This job a hard job, They need people that are tough and can handle a lot of things. Sometimes the seas were rough and it is hard not to get sea sick. There is a time to have fun on board and there is a time to be reponsible and work hard.

Being a sea cowboy is a very good oppertundity, You can travle around the world and can explore new things. After you become a sea cowboy you will have lot of responceabilty and will be more aware of your surondings and be grateful for what you have because some people dont have those things.

If you worked as a farmer or worked with animals you should join the sea cowboys. You can make a diffrence.",2
"Limiting car usage can be helpful to people and the earth in a variety of ways. Although cars are helpful to a numerous amount of people and can help one get from point A to point B, there are reasons why it can be harmful and why reducing the use of cars can make a huge impact on the world. First it can lower air pollution, it causes less traffic congestion, and lastly it reduces greenhouse emissions. These are some important advantages on limiting car usage.

One way that reducing car usage can be beneficial is that it lowers air pollution. Some countries have already took advantage and began to limit their usage of vehicles. In Colombia, Bogota several cities have had a ""car free day"". According to source 3, businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza says that"" Its a good oppurtunity to take away stress and lower air pollution"". Municipal authorities from different countries came to Colombia experience this event and were extremely excited. Reducing car usage is proven to help the world out.

Getting to work can be a pain, simply because of long, time wasting traffic jams. This can cause people to be late to work, functions, emergencies, and even important interview. It may even cause them to miss it completely. Lowering the usage of automobiles can be pivotal mainly for this reason. In source 3, Robert Duffer states that ""congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of france after five days of intensifying smog"". This is a important advantage of limiting car usage.

Another way that decreasing the use of cars is that it cuts down the greenhouse gas emissions. According to the first source the author states that ""passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, and up to 50 percent in some car intensive areas in the United Stated. This is an big reason on limiting car usage as it is shown that it can help the earth

It is evident that limiting vehicle usage is pivotal, and the various advantages of what it can lead to. Factors such as lowering air pollution, less traffic jams, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. These are reason why we should limit car usage    ",3
"The landform on Mars is quite interesting, and there could be many thoughts on how it came to be. With already known knowledge and knowledge that is soon to come, people like to guess. With the already known knowledge, we know so far that aliens have not been found on Mars yet, therefore they couldn't have possibly made a mark.

Like Earth, Mars is a planet just with different features. Our earth forms mountains and hills due to erosion and our plate tectonics. It's naturaly formed by the planet. No living organism created the rocky mountains. So with that, it is able to be assumed that Mars can form it's own hills and mountains as well.

Something else that is credible is that no life form has been found on Mars yet. Who knows if Mars has erosion or layers under it's surface that is able to move? On

Mars, there is no life that could have possibly created such a piece of art. Earth itself makes beautiful art like the Grand Canyon and

Niagra Falls. Naturaly, these landforms formed by Earth. Nobody knows exactly if Mars is able to do that, but with the relyablility we have today it has not proven that any life form could have created the Face on Mars.

If these markings were to be made by some kind of living organism, we almost certainly would know about it. Especialy with all of the high technology we have today, we would be able to see any kind of life. Maybe if we explored undernethe the surface of Mars, then we could get more information to see if Mars could have created it or if these aliens are living undernethe.

It's a great way to assume how it happened by comparing Mars to Earth, but it could also be irrelevent. Earth, unlike Mars, has an atmosphere. It keeps in heat, but changes. Earth also has water and life. If this were to be a cause of the rocks, hills, and mountains, then it could be said that the face on Mars was not created by erosion, water, or anything like that. It takes a lot of studing and even more knowledge to figure it out, but aliens don't seem to be logical quite yet.",3
"Although the usage of motorized vehicles such as cars and motorcycles still remains at large, there is a significant amount of the global population that have realized the advantages of limited automobile usage. Cars and other diesel or gasoline dependant vehicles emit large amounts of greenhouse gases, which eventually lead to the progression of global warming. Not only this, but whether we notice it or not, cars and the spaces that are required to house cars take up valuable space that we can use for agriculture, the stimulation of the economy through the purchase of goods, even for progression of our education. The using of motorized vehicles is not something that should be banned by suburban life, but it, -like its predecessor the transportation means by horse hauling- has started to become obsolete.

As shown by Vauban, Germany, a community in which the usage of cars is virtually nonexistant, the extinction of car usage is something to be welcomed; like a weight being lifted off the responsible shoulders of your average driver. Driving is not only a what is now viewed as a necessary activity for daily living, but it is also a hazardous chore that we as common citizens must place on ourselves on a borderline daily basis. When driving, we are subjecting our safety to the hands of chance, leaving our lives suseptible to being taken from us by an irresponsible driver, someone who we will most likely never cross paths with again.

""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,""

says a member of the car-free community Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two. Aside from health related deaths, death by car accident is not something that is unheard of, it is actually one of the top theives of life found in the United States alone. It is estimated that a death of a teenager (ages 16-20) resulting from a car accident happens every 16 seconds. Without cars to drive, there would be no way these accidents may occur.

Within the last century, the rate of global warming has skyrocketed in an almost terrifying way. The natural process that would normally take several millenia to take place without the interference made by humans has been nearly cut by three-quarters with the technological advancements that we as a species have made. In three of the four sources, it has shown that the emissions made by fossil fuel dependant vehicles have been the biggest contribution to the advancement of global warming. It is even shown in the article written by Robert Duffer that even a partial ban of car usage in Paris was able to reduce the amounts of smog there significantly.

In two of the articles, it has been shown that with the reduction of car usage, the space that was once consumed completely by these motorized psychological traps can be used to further flourish our enviornment with shopping malls, schools, parks and health centers that are readily available to us. Although we may not notice on a regular basis, but the amount of space that is used to give drivers a place to drive and to give cars a place to inhabit is more than likely bigger than the amount of space that we give an average citizen to live in. In Vauban, Germany 5,500 residents are able to live within a rectangular square mile, whereas a majority of that space in a place like Miami, Florida would be made vacant in terms of living, but prosperous in terms of space taken up by cars. In Bagota, Columbia as a result from their yearly ""Car-free day"" has increased their amount of publicly availabel park and sports center, and have also improved the sidewalks that are readily available to its citizens.

Physical activity has always been promoted, since we were small children who are incapable of driving. Some would say that we were conditioned to view exercise as the best alternative to driving, and it turns out that our conditioning has been proven as fruitful. Within the last several years, the amount of miles driven per person has decreased by nine percent as shown in the article written by Elisabeth Rosenthal, the amount of those looking to receive their driver's liscense has also decreased. This is not because the generation of millenials has viewed driving as something not to their interest, but because we are conditioned to not want to partake in it. Even if our conditioning was not intentional, it has proven fruitful in terms of the improvement of our awareness of both human lives and the enviornment. Both cars and driving are making their way to ineffeciency, and that is not a bad thing. The lack of cars on the road is something to look forward to, both for our ability to look forward to new technological advancements in transportation and for our longevity as a species.    ",5
"NASA thinks that it was made by the planet being made because aliens do not exist. You can not just guess at how it was made. This is why NASA thinks you are wrong. Aliens could not have made this because they do not exist, it would take a long time to make anything that scale, and it would take them years to make.

Aliens could not have made the face becasue they do not exist. This is why NASA thinks this. Aliens would have to have good construction and excavtion equipment. As you would say, they don't need that stuff they just built it. However, there is no physicaly possible way that they could have made it without the equipment. In order to build they would need this equipment. All together aliens could not have made this because they are not capable and do not exist.

Aliens could not have made the face because it would take a long time to make anything that scale. Here is why they could not have done it. They don't have the capablities to make anything like the face on Mars. The people that think otherwise would say that it isn't a natural land form. However, NASA scientist where comparing it to other natural landforms. That is why NASA thinks that it is impossible for the aliens to make anything to that scale.

Aliens could not have made the face becasue it would take to long. Here is why NASA is proving facts. This is not possible in any shape, way, or form because it would take over 300 years to do so. You would say that the aliens just bulit it as we bulid buliding today. But, they would have to have constrcution workers working every single day for this to happen and that is why NASA says it is impossible. Together that is why I do not think is is possible.

In conclusion, aliens do not exist, do not have cababilatlies to make anything to that scale, and it would take to long that is why aliens could not have made this face. People get their hopes up about things to easily that is why NASA does not think any of this is even near possible. It would be better if NASA told evryone the full truth.",2
"Dear senator,

We should change the electoral college to an election by popular votes for the president of the united states.

I believe that everyone should have a say in who their future president should be not just a group of selected officials . Sure some of the peoples choices may end up bias or thoughtless but atleast they get to feel as if their a part of the state. like stated in ""what's wrong with the electoral college"" sentence 11 ""Those electors could always defy the will of the people."" meaning that sometimes the chosen electors neglect their positions and use it the wrong way. The selcted electors may end up going against the people and/or choose a bias decision. No matter how you look at it their still human and they will make mistakes.

Electoral college shouldn't only allow government official or ""qualified"" citizens to bare that huge responsibility because if they make one wrong move then everyone will blame them but if we have popular vote everyone will have a say in the presidential voting. If we have electoral votes your only giving specific people power while as the other citizens sit down to watch complete stranges balance their countries future in their hands. like stated in ""what's wrong with electoral college"" sentence 13 ""At the most basic level ,the electoral college is unfair to voters"" meaning that electoral votes is unjustified to the people.

Electoral votes should be abolished because it isn't justified for all of those hardworking citizens who always pay their respects to this country. It even states in ""what's wrong with electoral college"" sentence 14 "" It's official : The electoral college is unfair ,outdated, and irrational."" meaning that the electoral college has been here long enough, it's not justified ,and it's irrational. Something like that should no longer exist. The citizens should have a say in who will become their new president. They should have a majority vote .

Like stated in ""choosing the president"" sentence 15 ""the electoral college is widely regarded as an anachronism""meaning that the electoral college is really old and we no longer have any need for it. The electoral college is something that was meant for the past. There may have been some sort of issue that they could not properly deal with ,so they created the electoral college in order to deal with it. But now we have more advance ways of doing stuff so we don't need electoral college any more . We can now change our ways for voting so that it'll match our time and period.

Electoral votes is filled with holes/bias. So we should find a new way of chosing our new president who is willing to change our couontry for the best and not corrupt our country.    ",4
"Exploring Venus would be a worthly study because it is the second plant from the sun and it's referred to being like Earth's ""twin"". According to paragraph (2), They say that Venus long ago had largely oceans and could've supported life such as earth.

Yes, there maybe danger but that shouldn't stop us from inventing something that we could possibly fly to see how it could be if we sent life to another plant. It's so much like Earth because the plant has surface of rockysediments and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters.

The National Aerunautics and Space Administrations (NASA) is thinking about sending humans to study Venus. ""Venus would allow scientist to float above the fray."" They said imagine if we could fly our jet airplanes at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, then a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. ""Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans."" Nasa is also working on toher approaches such as some simplified electronics made of silicon cardide to have tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and are having it to last about three wekks to see how the conditions would be.

They also said that there is another project such as looking back to old technology called (mechanical computers.)"" If they were used in WWII then why shouldn't we be able to use them now?"" they say. The thought of having them here is still a shock but these devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all. Having to use a cell phone or tablet to acid or heat is capable of melting the tin. But in comparison, using the mechancial parts can be made more resisant to pressure, heat, and other stronger forces.

Wanting to study Venus has value but not only because of the gain on the plant itseld but also because us humans are curious and would like to travel and see how life would be. Our travles to Venus are expanded to Imagation and Curiosity.",3
"Dear Senator,

The Electoral College was created many, many years ago in the Constitution by our founding fathers, and now it is finally its time to retire. The Electoral College should be taken away and replaced by election by popular vote, in order to determine the president of the United States. The Electoral college should be abolished, because citizens are not correctly represented, and states are not treated fairly in this process. The United States strives to be a place of freedom and equality, but we as a country can not achieve this goals with this proccess in place.

The United States of America, is all about people protecting their rights, but how can that be if citizens are not even allowed to represent themselves with thier own votes. According to the Office of the Federal Register's article,""What is the Electoral College?,""you help choose your state's electors when you vote for President because when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidate's electors."" Which means that our votes just choose people to represent our state and vote for us. So whats the whole point of voting in the first place? Is it just to make citizens feel like they are actually choosing the president. This proccess would not be a problem if the electors actually represented us correctly. According to,""The Indefensible Electoral College:Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong,"" by Bradford Plumer, ""in 2000...Al Gore... won the popular vote but lost the presidencey,"" because of the electoral college. Plumer went on to quote a Gallop poll recorded after Al Gore lost which reported,"" over 60 percent of voters would perfer a direct election to kind we have now."" Thats over half of the people voting! But the incident with Al Gore was not the only one, also according to Bradford Plumer's article,"" in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy."" In other words, they were trying to cheat and make sure the out come of the vote was what they wanted. People may argue that there have only been few instances of the Electoral College making mistakes, but how many more mistakes are they going to make in the future. Will there be so many, that our entire political system becomes corrupt. The citizens of the United States should be allowed to represent themselves with their own vote, and choose their own leaders.

How can the U.S. strive for equality, if states are not treated fairly through the process of the electoral college? The Electoral College process, is a winner-takes-all system, because of this, candidates spend their time only focused on specific states. States that are most populated, or that they think will be a ""swing"" state, basically any state that has a specific insterest to them and that will help their campaign. According to,""The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong,"" written by Bradford Plumer,""during the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all."" This is a result of the faulty system, how are people suppossed to know who they want to vote for, if candidates won't even take the time to make a pitch to them? If the United States really wants equality, they need to start by having a equal state voting process.

At the end of it all, the Electoral College should be abolished because citizens are not correctly represented, and states are treated unfairly in the process. Help the United States continue to reach its goal of freedom and equality by abolishing the Electoral College.

Sincerely,

United States Citizen.    ",5
"Yes, the driverless car has its ups and downs but in whole I truley belive this car is wonderful. I think it is a great oppertunity for people who don't always like driving, I can say for my self I don't always injoy driving because sometimes it gets confussing or makes me frustrated.

I think that having a driverless car will show weather people are responsible enogh for stuff like this. Obviously if a driver buys this car just so they don't have to worry about driving, or so they can text and drive, you can tell that they aren't responsible. But there are some people that acually care about rode safty and would treat this car with the same responsiblity as the other car.

There are a lot of ways that we can make sure people are paying attention, I really like the idea of how we can put cameras up to make sure the driver of the car is staying alert and paying attention to the road. Like the artical said, ""While the driver watches to road, the car watches the driver.""

With the cameras we can catch people wh do the wrong thing even if they don't have a driverless car! The cameras will be able to see people who look like they are speeding, they can see people that text and drive, they will also be able to catch the people that are under the influence of drugs and alchol. So there are postivies to the driverless car and making more driver safty to the other cars.

Like i said the driver still has to stay alert to the road, and one thing that will help that is how the seat vibrates when the car is in danger of backing into something. This will help if a person if having trouble see behind the car if they feel a vibration they know to take charge of the car. The artical asked, ""What if the driver wants to drive the car and take charge?"" I think with the vibrateing seats this will helps the driver to take charge.

And what I think is most imporant is, ""Who is held responsible if there is a car accident and someone gets injured? The driver or the manufacturers?"" I do know that car accidents are going to happen, weather you mean it or you don't. Even if you are driving a car that isn't driverless you can get in an accident, because there is awlays going to be that one person that drinks and drives or is texting someone, so accidents happen. On this question, I think it would be both the manufacturers and the drivers fault. I think this because, yeas the drivers should be alert to everything that is going on, on the road, even if they aren't driving. And it is part the manufactureres fault because they are the ones that trust us with this type of car, know that there are people out in the would that will take it for advantage.

At first when I read the title I thaught, "" A driverless car? No Way! I would never buy one of those."" But now that I read this I can say, that a driverless car would be great to have. So why don't we make it happen, because I know one day i would deffinatly buy one. And I will be one of the people that pay attention to thr road, and have ddirver safty.  ",4
"The Electoral College consists of 528 electors. in order for the popular vote tobe valid, an Electoral Colege should continue as is. The Electoral College is a wide range of people who  know what it is thta they want. The Disrrict of Columbia is even considered to be a state just for the Electoral College purpose. The people of America choose their electors in which when they choose their Presidential candidate, they are choosing it's electors. The people of America are practically setting themselves up for whatever outcome comes into play.

Some people claim that people are not voting for the president, but are voting for the slate of electors. These people, however, are simply dramatic and have no sense as to what is actually going on in their country. People do no tvote for a president just because of his or her electors. Presidents are elected because they, as a candidate to be a president, have somehow persuaded the majority of the country to vote for them on their own behalf. A good president is elected because he or she is a good president, not because he or she has good candidates behind them. Yes, with a president comes his or her electors, but the electors are not the ones running for president, therefore they are not the ones persuading the people of America to vote for them, for it is the president that is doing the persuading, and the president that is receiving the votes.

The Electoral College has worked for many many years in the past and if held with respect will continue to work an be a successful way and form of voting. The outcomes will be valid and the responses will be accurate with reasonableactions following it.

The disaster factor is a claim that goes against the Electoral College, however it is not worthy of being a factor. A tie in the Electoral College is not likely, and if it were to happen, it could easily be resolved.    ",3
"the electoral collage is a process that helps use vote for the preaident and vice president. and they count the electores votes and it is desited by congress. and most states have a winner takes all system. sorce federal register most people dont like the electoral collage process most people prefer the derect election insted. and over 60 percent prefer it. and according to a gallup pull in 2000 taken shortly after algore thanks to the electoral collage he won the popular vote but lost the presidensy. sorce federal register a argumant over the outcome of the electoral collage vote has happend in the past. there was one in 2000 but thay dont think it will happen eny time soon. and the only reson the electoral collage votes exseeds is becase of the popular votes. for exampal in 2012 obam receved 61.7 percant of the electoral votes when he only had 51.3 of the populare votes because they based it on a winner takes all vote. sorce federal register the electoral collage vote hast to have a presidential canidet that hast to have no trans-regional appeal. because the canident with only regonal appeals is unlikely to be a sucssesful prasident. and the residents of the other regions are more likly to feel that there votes dont count. sorce federal register the electoral vote helps balens out the biger states votes. like in florida when obama won with 29 electoral votes. but its proven that a biger state gets more atention than a smaller state because it gets more attention from presidential canidets dering campaning. sorce federal register.

the electoral vote avoids problems in some cases were a canidet dosent get a mager vote. and the reson they have the electoral vote is so wiel the elections are going on a canodet dusent drop out. and thay do this so thay can have a clear winner. sorce fedral register.

the elector collage vote is regarded as a non-democratic methido selecting a president. and when you are voting for a presidentioal canodent you are actoly voting for a slate of electors. and it is posible that the winner of the elector vote will not win the populer vote. sorce richared a. posner.    ",2
"Wouldn't you want to be a cowboy who rode the waves? We call them the ""Seagoing Cowboys."" If you said no, I think I can change your mind!

Don't you care about horses, young cows, and mules? These poor animals need your help! Just sign up, so that you can feed them, bath them, and make sure they get plenty of rest. It must've been a long trip for them when they were being shipped overseas. Maybe some of them got seasick!

Haven't you ever dreamed of traveling the world? You get to go everywhere when your a Seagoing Cowboy! You can find beautiful views of sunrises, and sunsets. Imagine the amazing photos you could take. You can get some good selfies, too!

This job dousn't just give you the sence of adventure. It dousn't just give you the sence for caring for animals. It really makes you think about what's happening around the globe. It shows you the feelings of others. It makes you aware of what some countries need.

If you are a kind fellow, this is the job for you. If you need money, well of course you need this job. You may even save lives with this job.",3
"Three pictures were taken of this odd feature on the land of Mars. The reasoning for the interest of the pictures is because they think the figure of the shape is a face. The first time they saw it they were astonished and had many questions that they sent other spacecrafts to take pictures two other different times. I believe that the ""Face on Mars"" is just a natural formed mound and scientist need to stop listening to theories.

One reason to stop looking for a civilization is because it is not important. Mars Global Surveyor even said that finding the face is hard work itself because we dont even pass over the Face very often. We don't need to wasting our time on something that is not going to affect us here on Earth. Also, after the discovery and the first picture was taken it was just a landform not an alien momument that some people predicted or hoped to be.

Second, if you look at the pictures you see a difference in all three of them. If there was an ancient civilization wouldn't you think the pictures would be more extravagent each time after the first. What we see is the complete opposite of what was just explained. As each picture gets newer the face looks much more deteriorated than before. They face is practically gone by the third picture and there is nothing really of it to say that it was a face.

Lastly, Even if there were airplanes or Egyptian-style pyramids or things smaller you could see them from the cameras. So don't you think that if there were people on the planet you would also see them as well in the other three photos.

I can see where some people might be interested in the idea of there being people on another planet. It would be awesome to know that you could or can survive on another planet knowing if something happens to the one we are on now. We could even add more information on alien research NASA has been doing.

In conclusion, the Face did turn out to be a mesa and or butte. The same thing as a mesa but a lava dome and just maybe happened to be the same height as the Face on Mars. Also, the pictures you could tell it wasn't a face the dome shaped thing didn't match the features of the far away picture of the Face.          ",3
"The use of the Facial Action Coding System that is used to read emotional expressions of students in classrooms is valuable. The use of this technology is valuable because students would have a better work ethic. The students would want to strive and would want to do their work.

This technology could help make a better work ethic in students because the computer would know how to keep their attention. For example, say that a student is doing a work activity on the computer but starts lacking interest in the activity. The computer could read the students emotional expressions and make the activity more interesting, like using more colors, or even adding more to the activity that is fun. The computer could do something that excited the student or even made the student want more of something, such as information about a topic they read about.

In the article, the author states that the professor, Dr. Huang, tested the emotion software on the famous Mona Lisa painting. The software collected data that Mona Lisa was 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. With that information being collected from this software I believe that its use could be valuable with classroom computers. The teachers would value the work of the software to know how to help the students when the lack work ethic and to know how to keep the childs attention to the work. This software could even help the teachers work ethic by getting to know how their students learn.

The Facial Action Coding System could be the future to a new software in all computers when it comes to all types of schooling systems, no matter if its medical school or even high school. The way that the software calculates emotions is very interesting to me. This software was a great project to complete. In my opinion, this could be very valuable to schools all over. This could also be valuable to the students and teachers using it to work.

Its amazing how a software program can track facial movements to decet emotions. The software uses video imagery, which then tracks the facial movements of a person, which then detects the emotions of the person. This somewhat mimics the way that humans can detect emotions. For example, say you were with a friend but you could tell that something was wrong with them. You knew this by their facial expression, which is how the software also works.    ",3
"All my life I have seen seen movies with cars that drive themselves, and as it turns out there are people out there trying to create this vision to come true. It was in the late 1900's when people first started to even try this concept of having a car do things on their own without a driver. According to the passage in the late 1950s there was a company that created a car to run on a track on its own. There has been millions and millions of dollars spent of this new concept even though there are already cars out there that we as humans can drive. The people who are working on this are still a long way on getting a car to do everything a human can already do. Many questions are still in place on the many things that would need to change when these self driving cars come out. If there are already cars in this world that function well, and making these cars have been such a problem, then what is the point of having them?

To begin with, the cost in developing these cars is ridiculous. According to the passage one company has spent around 200 million dollars on a self driving car. Yes I do agree that something needs to be done to help enviornmental issues, but I believe that this money can be spent on other things. Those 200 million dollars could have gone to the research on medicine, to try and find a cure for cancer, the national debt, or to even help with all the people in this world that are starving to death. In developing these cars many things would be needed to change, such as signs, laws, and roads all things that will cost even more money.

Robots are slowly taking over what we as human are capable of doing, for example these cars. There are people out there trying to make a car to do something that we can already do. What is the point of that? The reason that humans are reckless and self driving cars can be safer is not true. There are multiple videos on line showing a car without a human being tested that have failed, and have hit a person. In the passage it states that there would need to be new laws set in place in case of an accident. Who would be at fault? Would it be the owner of the car, or the person who made the car? Many conflicts would arise from figuring out who will be at fault for the person that the car may harm or kill.

As a child we are all super anxious to start driving, and what will happen when the kids of the future generations don't have that opportunity? Driving today develops responsibility in teens. They have to know when to fill up their gas tank, to not drive in certain conditions, and to work hard to earn or buy their car. If we start to rely on robots to take over what we can do soon we will not know how to do anything or to know responsibility like we do now.

The passage states that it will not be until 2020 for some companies to even release their self driving cars. By then many more millions of dollars will have been spent, and possible accidents will have occured from testing these cars out. We hear about all the problems that occur daily on the news, the time spent on these cars is not doing anything to solve that. Let us spend our time and energy on something that will make a difference in making this world we live on a better place, and not on something that serves little purpose. We can already drive a car ourselves we don't need a car to do that for us.",5
"Humans must continue to study Venus as it is know to be the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. With NASA stating that it is possible to send humans to Venus, we must do it to gather information on how Venus use to be like Earth and then how it became impossible to live on. The author uses logos to inform the reader on how to get a human to Venus. If a human were to go to venus he/she would stay about thirty miles above the surface where it is about 170 degrees Fahrenheit. The pressure is normal and solar power would be very useful. With these conditions it is possible to send a human to Venus.

Although Venus can be accessed by humans, the information scientist really want is on the surface. Sending a human to the surface is death but, scientist are working on a machine made of silicon carbide. The silicon carbide material can withstand the awful conditions of Venus for about 3 weeks. 3 weeks is enough time to gather rocks, dust, gas, and other objects on the surface. All of this information that the author says is building a compeling reason to study Venus.

The author does a great job pursuading the reader into wanting to explore Venus. He/she uses the rhetorical strategy pathos when he/she said that Venus is the most Earth-like planet and that the misson is survivable for humans. That gets the reader wanting to see how it all ended for Venus and also, makes the reader feel excited in wanting to learn more. The author also states strategys to the process of exploring Venus which gives the reader hope that it can happen.",4
"A boy named Luke Bomberger life was about to change. He was working in a grocery store and a bank with his friend Don Reist. Don invited Luke to go to Europe into a cattle boat. Luke didn't want to say no because he knew this was the first opportunuity of a lifetime.

World war ll was over in Europe. Many countries were in the ruins and low on supplies and food so 44 nations jonied together. They are called UNRRA. The UNRRA hiring Sea Cowboys to take care of the animals. I was thinking about it. The next day me and Don went to go sign up.It was August 14, the day the pacific war ended. Me and Don got our papers. So we borded the SS Charles W. Wooster with 335 horses and oats and hay to feed them. We were heading to Greece.

I turned 18 when i was still on that boat. I could be drafted for the military service. I was on nine trips. That is the most any Seagoing Cowboy of history! A Cattle boat trips were an amazing opportunity for small kids. i Have been to lots of places like Europe and China but seeing the Acropolis in Greece was tha best. Also the gondola in Venice, Ilaly was cool. Now i know why they call it the streets of water. I also went in a castle in China and marveled the Panams Canal on my wat there.

It took two weeks to cross the Alantic Ocean from the eastren coast to the United States, but the trip to China took FOREVER to get there. It took one month to get there. ONE month. I thought it was a year, but it was worth it

On my second trip i was a watch man. I never want to be one again. I wanted to go to bed. One time i went to go and cheak on the animals becaues that is my job. Anyways i went to give a report to the boss and i slipped down a siplery ladder because it was raining. My heart raced as i was flying in the air. I was heading to open space on the ship. A metal along to edge stopped on my side. I didn't work for a couple of days because i craked some ribs. But that is better than being dead.

But after all

that happened it was really fun on bored. We played Basketball and vollyball. When the animals had been houseed we played boxing, fencing, and table- tennis. But we didn't just play games we sometimes read and whittling.

But being a Seagoing Cowboy was more than just adventures for me i helped my family and i am grateful for the opportunity. It has made me more me think about others and what their need is and to always help.

I am Luke Bomberger and i graduated and i worked in a bank and in a grocery store with my friend Don Reist. Me and him signed up to by a Seagoing Cowboy. That changed my life, and i am glad i did take that oppoutunity of a life time.

I thing the lesson of this story is work hard and don't miss the oppuortunity. because that opportunity could bee a life changinf.   ",2
"Technology is becoming more and more advanced as time passes by. The Facial Action Coding System is a program that can tell a users emotion by using a 3-D model of the users face. This new technology is a valuable piece of equiptment for a classroom. This can assist teachers create better lesson plans for the students. In addition, it will clear up the confusion over mixed emotions concercing the classroom.

This new technological innovation can help open the eyes of teachers. If a student is doing an assignment on the cmputer and is very confused the teacher may not know because he or she is busy working with another student. ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored...""(6). Then once the computer knows the student is confused or bored, it can change the lessson toconform to them. This will help teachers teach kids more effiecently without having to change all of their material to help one student.

This technology also has the ability to show the multiple different emotions of a person. ""...the software can even identify mixed emotions..."" (4). No more will a face be wrongly recongized as in understanding or agreeance. An educater can use this information to understand the overall ratios of his or her students. With this technology in classrooms there will not be a feeling of being left behind.

Less and less students will be confused in class leading to better test rates. Also modified tests and task due to the Facial Action Coding System will improve on the lerning material to highten knowledge. Knowing this, the Facial Action Coding System is very valuable in the classroom. ",3
"As a child I can remember the many times my teachers would have conversations about pollution. I can remember that they would tell to not throw my trash on the grown and to recycle. But they never told me a major  factor which causes pollution. That factor would be cars The following articles: ""In German suburb,Life goes on without cars"" by Elisabeth Rosenthal, ""Paris bans driving due to smog"" by Robert Duffer, ""Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota"" by Andrew Selsky and ""The ene of car culture"" by Elisabeth Rosenthal. All these articles let us know the effect of pollution and the advantages of reduced car usage. The advantages are great and help reduce the  pollutionin the air.

Less cars can reduce stress on many leves and can also reduce car congestions. In lines 3-4 Heidrun Walter says ""when I had car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way."" Driving a car is a stressful task and a coasting one also. Having to constantly pump gas into your car to make sure you don't run out in the middle of nowhere. Driving responsibly and safely for your safety and other people's safety. But also getting caught in a congestion can cause stress. Having less cars in the streets can reduce congestion. "" congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of france."" As stated in ""Paris bans driving due to smog"" by Robert Duffer. Less congestion can mean less accidents which can drasticly reduce the crude death rate all around. It can also increase safety in the streets.

Less car usage can dramaticly affect the pollution being done everyday. ""It's a goood opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution."" As writen in ""Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota"" by Andrew Selsky. The less cars roaming the streets the lower the polution will drop. The lower the pollutin is the better the enviorment will be. Reducing car usage has much more Pros then Cons.

Reducing car ussage has many advantages and perks. It can lower stress as well as pollution. As a bonus it makes the world a tad bit safer. Pollution won't stop in a day but reducing car usage is a great way to start.    ",3
"In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile,"" the autor describes how the new technology is good because it knows what a lot of stuff ""the process begins when the computer construcets a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44major muscles in the model must move like huan muscles"".

I think that this is kind cool because if it can tell if you are sad or happy that would help out a lot of kids and adalts to see how ther kides are doing. ""To an expert, faces dont lie; these muscle cules are sometimes used to spot when a ""smiling""politician or celebrity isn't being truthful"".

This is cool because i makes things that are old and that helps a lot of people that love old things and they would be happyn to have them and seem how it was from the beging. ""The Mona Lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face, While it shows just how much this computer can do"".

I think it woud be good that this techmology was out it could do some good and help a lot of peopl and keep them busy. They would put a lot of time and money in it so they can see what happen way back then and maybey see some old pitchers of famley                                ",1
"In the article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"", the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. How do i feel about driverless cars? I am against driverless cars for many reasons. First, safety will always be a huge concern, especially if the driver is not the one driving the car. In addition, the production of driverless cars would cost alot so it might come out of the tax payers money. Finaly, I believe that the driverless cars will never be completely driverless

For a driverless car to be a good idea and be suitable for everybody, it needs to be completely safe for everybody. In the article, the author tells us that most driving laws focus on keeping the drivers, the passengers, and the pedestrians safe. We all know that safety is the most important way, but what is the best way to keep the drivers, the passengers, and the pedestrians safe? The author tells us that lawmakers already know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers. How are the drivers going be alert when they are in a drivetless car. What if there is a system malfunction? What if the driver falls asleep while the car is driving itself? The outcomes don't look good. The author asks us a very good question. He asked, ""If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?"" There will people suing the companies because they expected the driverless car to be a safe car and be able to drive itself because it's a driveless car. This would affect the buyers and manufacturers in a negative way. The production of driveless cars and the cost to buy driverless cars would cost alot. This would also affect the buyers and the manufacturers in a negative way. Finally, even if there was to be a driverless cars, it would not be completely driverless. This would cause concern for the manufacturers and the buyers.

It is true that driverless cars can benefit people, but it can also bring danger and concerns. I am against the development of driverless cars. First, safety will always be a concern. Driverless would not be completely safe because safety is best achieved with alert drivers. The drivers would not be completely alert if they were in a driveless car. In addition, the production and the cost to buy driverless cars would be high. This would cause problems for the manufacturers and the buyers. Finally, even if there was to be a driverless car, it would not be completeyly driverless and unfortunately, it would not be completely safe.            ",3
"I'm against driveless development beccuse when it's snowing outside and you have to walk to school with no buses. mom and dad has to work,live a mile away. Or when your a senior in high school what's the point of doing drivers ed to drive. What if you get a job you far from there how are you going to get to work everyday on time so you want lose your job. If your grandma have to go to the doctor to old to ride the bus hows going to take her for life support. Some one in your family is having a baby and you call 911 they don't get there in time and you don't know how to deliver a baby the what.

Anyone have a stroke in your family 911 doesn't t come in time chance the person dies cause you didn't have a car to save him or her. People need cars for important thing in life with out cars the whole world will be walking there whole life. If you don't like to ride plans,trains,or riding a crowed bus for hours or days you use a car navigaion has short cuts to get there faster. If there wasn't for cars there will be no intertament in the world. ",1
"In our solar system, Venus is the most similar planet to Earth. Venus is noticable from a distance away yet it is difficult to explore in person. So far, humans have sent spacrcrafts to explore, but it´s temeratures and many other factors can be life threatening. With it´s environment being in extreme conditions, it has been difficult for humans to make new discoveries. In the future with new advances it will be possible to gather more information and make new infrences.The author sugests Venus is a worthy persiut despite the dangers it presents.

While not being exact, Venus is the most similar planet to Earth. Scientists have made infrences about past life forms on the planet. In Paragraph 4, the author says, ¨Long ago, Venus was probably convered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth.¨ Currently it has a similar planet surface like Earth. The planet has been said to contain valleys, mountains, and craters, all of which we have on Earth. However, there are setbacks to it´s environment as it is not an exact duplicate.

Venus´s environment has made it difficult for human exploration. Spacecrafts which have been sent in the past have only been able to survive for a few hours. Sending humans before studying more about the planet would be a great risk of lives due to extreme weather conditions. According to Paragraph 3, Venus has a thick atmostphere, containing about 97 percent carbon dioxide bankets. The thick atmosphere in the planet has made an impact on the temperature by making it average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Along with the temperature, the pressure on the planet has also made it a challege for human life to survive. With time and technological advances, we will have a chance at solving issues to makes the discovery of the suface of the planet possible.

As

there are many problems faced, there are also a few possible solutions. The surface of Venus is the hottest suface temperature of any planet in our solar system. NASA believes that allowing scientist to float over the ground will make it possible for scientists to explore. In Paragraph 5, the floating over the surface of Venus is compared to the flying of a plane. ¨Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendy ground conditions by staying up and out of their way.¨ Mechanical computers used mainly during the time of World War II could also give us a chance of discovery. These computer are said to ¨make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all,¨ making it beneficial in such a limited area. Using mechanical technology would be able to withstand the many forces compared to the modern techonology now.

As time progresses we will make new advances allowing us to explore further out than just Earth. Using information gathered from the past can allow us to create new materials, keeping scientists safe from the many dangers. These skills will help us make new infrences about past life on Venus and eventually making it another livable habitat. The author believes we should not be limited by dangers, as we have a wide imagination and are able to expand out to understand new areas.    ",4
"This technology is amizing. It could be a life changing thing. The could have a confrence with forigh leader and tell when ther lieing. I completlea agrea with this technology.

A classroom computer could tell whin a sudent is bored and spice up the leson. It could replace all te techers and make ther jobs esayer. It could make video games more realistic. The gaming commpynes will pay alot of mony for thish tech. Ther would be a lot more sales on this tech.

This would be the most uesful tihng to invest on. Some peson would put milloyans it to this. It would help us communicat with others. Ther would be a lot on this tech. Ther would be a mase intelgns in macines.

The emotions we all have are happines. The happy emotion dosn't alawsy win. Anger can over power any emotion. It is dangres and very unstabel. It can set off at any time and you could hurt some one. It is a horebe emotion.

In conculsion This tech is amazing. It can tell wheth your Happy or angry. it will help win wars in the futer. In conclusion i soper thish tech it is amazing and asome.",2
"What would it be like to have a driverless car? If cars could drive on their own many of the mistakes that humans make on the roads would be eliminated, causing less accients and less injuries from car crashes. Driverless cars would make the roads a safe place and cause less stress on the person controlling the car.

Driverless cars are built to allow the car to steer, accelerate, and brake on its own. With these features it would cause less people trying to speed passed each other for going to slow, or cause the driver to not have to take a sharp stop because they we going to quick for a yellow light. The car are also built with a laser beam the would show a 3-D model of the surrounding of the driver, which allows it to know everything that is happening and how to react. If there is some construstion going on ahead or a crash the car also alarms the driver to take control.

Not only are the different types of cars that can cause accidents, but the person behind the wheel too. With there being so many different types of people driving everyday such as: new drivers, elderly, and careless drivers, it would be great to have a car that would control all the different gears that the driver would usually have to do. Since so many teen drivers think that they can text while driving or goof around, an accident is bound to happen, some worse than others, but still they then have to pay for the damage, but with the driverless car it allows the vieicle to take control of the wheel and cause the crash to never happen. Also when it comes to elderly or drunk drivers they never fully have an eye out for what can happen and are not quick enough to react to it, so if the car can pull the brakes on its own then that would save another situation to never happen.

Since the road is such a dangerous place there is no room for texting or making a mistake. It seems like driverless cars are the right thing to do since so many people get in crashes, or cause death from an accident. Driverless cars seem to be the safe choice, and can save many lives. ",3
"Using technology to read students' facial expressions isn't the best thing to do. It could help the teachers show who understands, who doesn't understand, and who does and does't pay attention. This could help the teacher in many different ways.

Using this to help the teacher is alright. It could also become a distraction for the students. The teacher uses it to determine if the lesson that they are giving is hard for the students to understand or if they are doing really well with it. If the students realize that their facial expressions are being recorded or used for something, they could make so many faces into it. It would be a nice thing to do, but the students may not be very mature with it.

With this kind of technology, it could help the teacher plan their lesson so the students can understand, but they don't get bored. Interacting with students help them learn better, so if there are some confused, or not into the lesson, it shows that and can help get them to understand and get into the lesson.

Teachers would have to think if this is really worth having, or is it going to do nothing for them. Teachers want students to know how and what they are doing, but they need to learn how the students, know what to do and how to do it.",3
"In 1976 Viking 1 snapped a photo of Mars. Viking 1 spotted a shadowy likeness of a human face. Many people think it was created by the life on Mars. Many people think that it is just a natural landform. There was no alien creation after all. I am going to tell you why this is just a natural landform created on Mars.

First, Michael Malin and his MOC took a picture of the ""face"" and claimed it to be just a natural landform. The picture was more clear than the orginal 1976 photograph. When NASA got a good shot at the ""face"" they rused out there to the Red planet to get a good shot. Jim Garvin said, ""We photographed the Face as soon as we could get a god shot at it."" And it was revealed that it is a natural landmark.

On April 8th, 2001 Cydonia became cloudless. And it was easy for NASA to see the mysterious face. NASA took a picture ""3 times bigger than the pixel size."" So if there was an object like a airplane on the surface of Mars, you would be able to see what the object was. Turns out that the picture showed a butte or mesa.

""It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River of Idaho,"" says Garvin. The mysterious face turned out to be a butte. Not a Alien artifact. Each pixel in the 2001 photo spans 1.56 meters. compared to 43 meters per pixel in the Viking 1 photo. ""That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars,"" said Garvin.

NASA is apart of the Government. The Government lies all the time. So that kinda makes people think that NASA is lying about the ""Face"" being a natural landmark. The Government and NASA are keeping secrets in Area 51. So they must be keeping this whole ""Face"" thing secret too. That it's not a butte or a mesa. But that it was created by life on Mars.

In conclusion, NASA still hasn't prooved that there is life in Space. But does this ""Face"" landmark proove that there is? We just have to wait and find out. This is a story that has been going around for decades. And it is still unsolved. NASA recently found ice caps on other planets. And claimed that there was water on Mars but it evaporated, casusing the huge valleys and canyons on Mars. ",3
"Venus; the second planet in our solar system, Earth's twin, and neighbors next to Earth and Mars. Venus and Mars are the closest planets to Earth, but when moving around the sun, sometimes mars is closer to earth than venus and vice versa. Another thing about Venus is that its kind of Earth's twin. Venus is closest to Earth's size and density than all the other planets. But one thing about mars is, its virtually unexplorable. Despite the dangers on this planet, the author of ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" wants scientists to go foward into exploring Venus. Here is his evidence in his article that supports him.

Scientists have tried to explor Venus, and have spent millions of dollars on space craft to try to land on it. Those missions had to be unmanned, why though? None of the spacecrafts that went to Venus survived for lots of reasons. Venus's atmosphere is thick and is 97 percent carbon dioxide and is full of clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid, also the temperature averages over 800 degrees fahrenheit. The atmospheric pressure is also 90 times greater than what we feel here on earth. Venus could crush anything and liquefy our metals as well with the hottest surface temperatures in our solar system. Along with all of those factors of stopping the exploration of Venus, there are also earthquakes, erupting volcanos, and lightning strikes. Even after listing all those facts, the author still wants to study Venus.

Scientists are able to study some of Venus while being a safe distence from the planet, but they wont be able to get any fragments of the ground or any samples of the planet. Also, with the dense clouds in Venus's atmosphere, they wouldn't be able to see much of the ground. But, the author thinks they have found a way. Scientists at NASA have been testing out a some new eletronics and puttuing them to the test with similar Venus dangers, and so far they have passed. The scientists are making new technologies stronger to be able to withstand Venus, at least long enough to get what they need to be able to study venus further. I bet the author is happy about that.

This author of this article did not give up on his idea of studing Venus. No matter how many dangerous and deadly things they threw at him, and even the scientists. They never gave up hope of someday exploring venus, and now hopefully hear soon they can give the new information they have gathered from venus to the author. ",3
"All this talk about the new 2015 Ford trucks and how great their mileage is fine, we built cars, truck, and vans, and now we want to make the better for the enviormet. But a town in Germany named Vauban has given up their cars. Vauban's streets are ""car-free"" - except the main thorughfare, where the tram to downtown Freibug runs, and a few streets on the edge of the community. America has been making some changes to the modern day car suck as hybrid and energy efficent. ""All of the development since WWII has been centered on the car, and that will havet o change"" said David Goldberg. Mr. Goldberg also added "" How much you drive is as important as whether you have a hybrid.

Paris has had some pollution problems, because of this tey enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. People that owned cars would be on a rotation. Even number license plates would drive on day and not the next, same when for the odd number plates. It took almost 5 days to life the smog. A good reason why are not so good to the envoirment no matter how we change them. Did you know Beijing, China is one of the most polluted cities in the world.

Heres a great story writen by Andrew Selsky. Bogota, Columbia- In a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hikes, biked, skates, or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams. That was the third striaght year that Columbia had a car-free day. So many citys are starting to have a car-free day just to cut back on pollution, i think that is amazing, i wonder of we can get Florida to do somwthing like this one day.

The End of Car Culture. Studies have shown that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less, and getting fewer licenses each year. Transportation is the second largest source of American's emissions, just behind the power plant. New York has a new bike sharing program that has skyrocketed in the last few months.

There are just little things we can do to helo the enviorment, like not driving a car for a day or buy a new hybrid to cut down pollution, Or maybe you have an idea small things can change our world for the better. We can start small then work from there, it doesnt have to be big to affect out planet.    ",2
"Cars have been popular and widely used ever since they were invented. They offer a fast and efficient form of transportation across both long and short distances. In this aspect, cars may appear extremely beneficiary and useful in everyday life, but there are always downsides to great inventions, especially the invention of the car. More and more people from all around the world are realizing the harms that car usage brings and are beginning to abandon their cars altogether. The most apparent reason as to why cars are damaging is because of the great amount of greenhouses gases they emit into the atmosphere. They also bring about pollution and smog with them. Finally, and maybe surprisingly to some, people are actually happier without these pollution monsters.

To start, cars expel shocking amounts of greenhouses gases from their tailpipes. By limiting usage of these automobiles, the amount of green house gases can be significantly reduced. According to the source,

In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars, cars produce up to 12 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions in places like Europe, but an eyepopping 50 percent in the United States where there is heavy car usage. This is a lot of noxious gas that is being put into the atmosphere, and poses a serious harm to the people living in these cities. Greenhouse gases are an especially maleficient form of pollution because greenhouse gases tend to trap heat and other types of pollution from escaping the atmosphere, leaving filth in the air that are then absorbed by the lungs, ""choking cities (Rosenthal 8)."" This is without a doubt a serious problem, but it can be corrected simply by not driving as frequently. According to

The End of Car Culture,

""But America's love affair with it vehicles seems to be cooling...If the pattern persists-and many sociologists believe it will-it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind power plants (Rosenthal 32-34)."" Simply by reducing car usage, these harmful toxins can be removed from the atmosphere.

Pollution is another quite obvious reason to why restricting car usage is benefical. Cars release other toxins and gases as well that contribute greatly to pollution and smog.

Paris bans driving due to smog tells the story of how driving had to be banned for days because of the worst pollution the city has ever seen. According to this passage, ""Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog...[Last] week Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter (PM) per cubic meter compared with 144 in Brussels and 79.7 in London, Reuters found (Duffer 14-17)."" This is a ton of particulate matter that will be all breathed in by the people there if they are not removed. Paris, Brussels, and London are not only the cities plagued by this pollution from cars as ""[The smog] rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world (Duffer 14)."" Smog from pollution negatively effects many aspects of life, but the worst was that ""Cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions (Duffer 14)."" This phenomenon forces the people to breathe these particles into their lungs. Pollution is a terrible occurence that tags along with car usage, but by simply banning cars with even-numbered licnese plates off the road for one day, the smog greatly lightened in severity, enough for the city of Paris to lift the ban. No one wants pollution in their city, and simply by cutting back on car usage, pollution can be greatly reduced for the benefit of the people.

Finally, and most surprisingly, people are actually happier and less stressed without these modern horses. Heidrum Walter, a mother who lives in the city of Vauban Germany, a community devoid of cars, says in the passage,

Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars , ""'When I had a car I was tense. I'm much happier this way (Rosenthal 3).'"" Carlos Arturo Plaza, a man in Bogota, Colombia, also commented during Bogota's Day Without Cars, (in the source,

Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota

) ""'It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution (Selsky 24).'"" This may seen a little puzzling at first as to why people would not enjoy fast and convenient transportation, but then the answer becomes pretty obvious. Without cars, parks, sport centers, and other outdoor recreational places have started to pop up more amd more on the streets of cities once bustling with cars. The roads are much less congested and new shops and food centers have appeared as well. Limiting cars pleases people in many different aspects of their life.

Cars may appear to be helpful at times, but in reality, citizens are better off without these transportation machines. Not only do they greatly pollute the air and cause smog, they also spew out noxious greenhouse gases that cause more damage to the society as a whole. Finally, and probably most importantly, the citizens themselves enjoy life better when these cars are out of them. Although this doesn't mean cars should stop being manufactored altogether, people should think twice before jumping in their car next time.    ",5
"When Luke was a little town boy he made a huge inprovment by becoming a

Seagoing Cowboy. He saw a lot of stuff on the boat as you can tell on paragraph 5 he said, ""Besides helping people,I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China."" That would be a great experince for a small town boy. I think it was a great idea to join the program because, you could tell your grandchildren about all the things you have seen and done. If his friend had not been there to tell him about it he would have been working two jobs his whole life. Luke is probably very greatful.

Luke is also the best there because he has went threw the route nine time as you see on paragraph 6. Luke point of veiw would probably tell more about what he saw during the trip and what he did. He loves to help people by this job he has helped bring all the cattle/food. Luke is very talented for having this job because you have to feed the animals about three times aday and keep them alive. You can state this information on paraghraph 6 and 7. He worked so much he got hurt and craked his ribs. He was happy to be alive. Therefore he had to stay at home to get better.

Luke's point of view would also tell how fun it was to work there and he would convince you that it is a realy good job. He was very happy to get this job beause he said, "" I'm grateful for the opportunity."" Luke created history and when he could not do the job any more people visited him all the time like students and many familys to live on all the history he made. It opened up Lukes world up when he got the job. Its also so cool how they played sports when they had free time to take the time away. Its amazing how he can get all those animals and pick them up on the boat and take them across the country and drop them off. He was realy good at his job to do that! That is how Luke Bomberger made history in America.",1
"Dear state senator, I am against the decison to keep the

Electoral College one reason because the candidate running for President isnt being voted for their electors are.

I agree it should change to election by popular vote.

I agree with the election by popular vote because as i stated the people do not vote for the candidate they vote for the electors representing the candidate , then in the passage I learned the electors then elect the President , as I was reading i saw a few name s mentioned in favor of , as it was stated Abolishing the electoral college .

As I read i saw why some might say keep the Electoral College , Al Gore ran for President and won by popular vote thanks to the electoral college , maybe becasue its a by luck situation because it was two parts you had to win as President , they may dont see it as a fault on Electoral College part because it did say he won by popular vote thanks to the electoral college.

Bob Dole agree with the choice of abollishing the Electoral College , some says its unfair outdated , and irrational . The decison to keep the Electoral College should is a win or lose situation because as i read i didnt see a lot of proof of people being for the decison on keeping the Electoral College to make the right decison they sh                    ",2
"The reason I, the scientist think and know that the face is just a natural landform is because, we have pictures of Mars and the ""face"" picture.

The first reason why my claim is true is because firstly, there is NO proof of life being on Mars of all the years it has existed and there could possibly be no life on that planet because there is NO way that there could be life on Mars, because of its condition. Mars is NOT fit for humans to live on or any other natural organism. I'm not just saying a that a human could live on the planet but, you wouldn't even last 5 seconds on Mars. In fact, Mars has volcanoes. Maybe its just a lava dome? Who knows? But what we do know is that there could possibly be no sign of any human or other organisms on planet Mars. On April 5, 1998, when the Mars Global Surveryor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Oribiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a pictures ten times sharper than the original Viking photo. And justin that picture, there was no proof of any supernatural life (alien) life or human monument on Mars.       ",2
"According to the article "" Unmasking the Face on Mars"", twenty five years ago something funny happend around Mars. On Mars there was a enormus head nearly two miles from end to end. They noticed this head figure when they sent cameras out on the Red Planet called Cydonia, they thought the head was staring at them in the pictures. Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptain Pharaoh. Some authors thought it wold be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars. The ""Face on Mars"" has become a pop icon. it started in Hollywood film, appearelty in books, magazines, radio talk shows--- even haunted grocery store check out lines for 25 years! Although few scientists believed the Face was an alien artifact, photograghing Cydonia became a priority for NASA when Mars Global Surveyor arrived at the Red Planet in sept. 1997, eighteen long years after the Viking missions ended. The Fce on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April '98---- a cloudy time of the year. The Face on Mars was just a molding on the Red Planet Cydonia. The article ""Unmasking the Face on Mars"" was a good article to write about. This story was very interesting. ",2
"Hi! This is Luke Bomberger, I think you should join the Saegoing Cowboys program. Not only is it fun, but you are aslo helping the people who's countries been destroyed by the war.

World War || is finally over in Europe, but left countries in ruins. To help

recove the loss such as food supplies, animals, and more, 44 nations have joined together to form what is called a UNRRA. The UNRRA hired the ""Seagoing Cowboys"". Which me and my buddy, Don Reist, signed up for. In my opinon I think that the cattle-boat trip is an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy. You have some extra time too. I took a tour in a excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his back on the way to China. The thing that keeps you the most busy would have to be caring for the animals. They needed to be feed and watered three times a day, but I can't forget to clean the stalls either. I was prepared for this in thanks of my anut Katie, who owned a farm as I was growing up. I would work there as a child. On my second trip to sea, I was the watchman which meant I had to check on the animals every hour. I found so time to have fun. It was when the animals were unloaded. We played games like baseball, volleyball, table tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and lets not forget the games that help pass time. Being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than a adventure to me. It opened up the world. I was very grateful for this opportunity. I am more aware now of people of other countries and their needs. That is why my and my family host numbers of international students and exchange visitors for many years. That you know why I think you should join.",4
"There are many reasons why others should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. They will experience unique adventures, beautiful countries and cities, and will have the chance to care for and grow closer to God's magnificent animals, like I did.

The first reason to sign up for this program is that they will experience unique adventures. These may include meeting new friends, trying new foods from different culters, spending weeks on the bright blue sea, and roaming around new places. I had a great time seeing and doing all of those things while I was a Seagoing Cowboy.

Another reason to become a Seagoing Cowboy is the ability to discover beautiful new countries and cities. They could see mysterious English castles, eat delicious European foods,sail across long, flowing rivers through France, smell many different plants and animals in Asia, and much more! It would be an experience of a lifetime and all their friends back home would be jealous of their trips.

Last but certainly not least, the new Seagoing Cowboys would have the chance to work with amazing animals! If they love hard-working animals like these, this job is for them. They get to take care and feed these magnificent animals such as horses, cows, donkeys, and mules that would be taken to the countries that are in need which they would be headed to. They can have fun and help others at the same time!

In conclusion, becoming a Seagoing Cowboy would be tons of fun and knowledgeable, too. I would definitly recomend it. They would have a blast experiencing unique adventures, sightseeing in beautiful countries and cities, and caring for the wonderful animals God put on this earth for us.   ",4
"Driverless cars is a goal that car companies want to make possible. So far, much progress has been made and it seems achievable, but should driverless cars be used? In the article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming,"" the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Even though driverless cars are being produced successfully and are something many people would want, they should not be continued to be developed.

There are more downsides to having driverless cars than there are benefits. In order to use smarter cars, smarter roads may be necessary; however, changing the roads would be cost too much. In paragraph 3, the author states, ""...they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was smiply too expensive to be practical."" Because a driver is still necessary for a driverless car, another downside is that when an accident occurs, manufacturers will blame the driver, but the driver will shift the blame on the manufacturer. Paragraph 9 states, ""If technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault--the driver or the manufacturer?"" These are reasons why driverless cars should not be continued to be produced.

In the article, positive points about driverless cars are also given. Google has developed driverless cars that have yet to be in an accident. Paragraph 2 states, ""Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash..."" However, these cars that have not crashed still have the assistance of a human driver.

Although driverless cars seem to reduce the amount of accidents, a human driver is still necessary to avoid these crashes. The point of a driverless car is to

let the former driver not have to drive anymore, hence the word ""driverless."" Paragraph 8 asks, ""Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver?"" If these cars still need a driver to steer the car to avoid accidents, then the driver might as a well be driving the whole time. The number of accidents will not be reduced if a driver is still in control of the wheel because drivers are the reason that accidents occur in the first place. If the possibility of human error is still part of the equation, then the number of accidents will not decrease from having driverless cars.

Driverless cars are not as good as they seem. Smarter roads may have to be created in order to use smarter cars, but that is too expensive. If a driverless car were involved in an accident, drivers and manufacturers would endlessly shift the blame on each other. The number of accidents using driverless cars seem to be reduced, but a driver is still needed to avoid these accidents. This is why driverless cars should not be continued to be produced. ",4
"The story is called ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus "" This story is about trying to explore Venus even though it could be risky people are still curious on what Venus looks today.

Venus is a worthy pursuit even though it could be dangerous.The danger's of it would be that spacecrafts couldn't land on the surface without it melting.Venus also has a lot of eathquakes,and has a tempture of 800 degrees fahrenheit.Even though all these dangers are still accurate people are still wanting to risk there life for it.

Here are some reason why people want to risk there life to see this amazing

planet.The planet venus

a long time agp was the most earth like planet to be seen form astronomers.Venus had water like oceans life forms could've lived on

venus.

NASA is also working on another way to stude venus.

NASA uses some simplifed electornics made of slicon carbide.This has been tested on a chamber simulating chaos of venus's surface. NASA has tried to let the astomuners around the planet ,but it did not work.

Do you also think venus was like earth back in the day? How are earth,and venus alike? ",2
"Many people question why we use the Electoral College instead of the popular vote.  They think it's outdated irrational but we have been using this system for 100 of years.  The Electoral College is a fair way to elect the president.

Certainly, the Electoral College has some flukes.  Using the Electoral College system ""your not voting for the president, but for a slate of electors,"" asserted Bradford Plumer, author of The Indefensible Elecotral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of system are wrong.  Instead of voting directly towards the future president; the citizens are voting for the states electors for that party.  What if it's a tie? ""Perhaps most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote,"" Plumer claimed.  If it's a tie it is no longer up to the people, but it moves on to the House of Representatives and they decide.  In the contrary, both parties select a slate of electors in trust to vote for the nominee and the trust is rarely betrayed.  Also, there hasn't been many times of when the vote comes down to a tie.  Therefore, the Electoral College should not be changed.

Above all, the Electoral College is fair and doesn't spark up as many disputes as popular vote.  Richard A. Posner, author of In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President remarks, ""a dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible-it happened in 2000- but it's less likely than a dispute over the popular vote.""  It is less likely because the winner-take-all technique even the smallest range of votes turns into a landslide.  ""A tie in the nationwide electoral vote is possible, but it is highly unlikely.""  Even though the Electoral vote consists of 538 votes there is a possibility of a tie.  The overall vote for each party would both have to equal 269 votes.  Proof shows the Electoral College is fair.

Furthermore, the Electoral College doesn't have a majority vote.  Plumer claims, ""the Electoral College avoids the porblem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast.""  This exemplifies why the Electoral College has more fairness then the popular vote.  If there isn't a majority vote the people are voting on what they truly believe.  ""Voters  in the presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who thinkg that a single ovte may decide an election,""  Plumer asserts.  People voting don't just vote for the fun of it.  They vote because they want a president who can make their lives better.

In final consideration, the election of the president should be casted by the Electoral College.  It is clear that the Electoral College is the better choice because we have used it ever since it was created.  Why change it now?         ",4
"Honestly a car thats drives for you is pretty inpressive becuase the only time you would need to drive is when an accident occurs or an work zone. another thing is when you are about to bump into something you seat vibrates your selts before it happens.

The only time you would really need to drive is when accidents occurs is mainly on streets. Highways have alot more lanes to drive in the more u avoid the crash the car might not make you drive . Also accidents dont happen alot in one day so you wont be bother to drive .

Yes i know there's a lot of contruction now a days but at least you know you will make it safe pass it if you drive. Highways arent a big concern with contruction so no worry's there. The only problem is when you headed home theres will be a lot of contruction because of pot holes .

The cool thing is no more dents in the back of your car because you backed into a another car. Also when you parallel parking I know its hard to see but no more your selts will let you know when the seats vibrates. When its night time it can be

hard to see whats behind you thats why your side view mirrors will light up if to close to something.

That is why I think smart cars should be able to get sold because less problems to worry about when it comes to contruction site or accidents and backing up.",3
"Cars in our society has been a benefical invention that we've had. Now that we are living in the 21st century people are worried about the negative effects that cars are contributting to. If we limit the use of cars it takes away stress from drivers, it reduces air pollution, and avoids many traffic jams we have on daily basis. Although, life can be hard without cars their are several other ways to get around without harming our enviornment. One option we should take into consideration is walking. A little excersise doesn't harm anyone so why is it that since we have cars no one really walks anymore. If the human population in 1812 walked so can we.

To add on, stress in one of the main things you get while driving. You're in constant fear of people crashing into you,running a red light,running out of gas in the middle of the highway/street. Thw whole concept of driving is stressful enough for me and I don't even drive yet. If we limit the use of cars in our community it reduces lot of unecassary stress. The first source talks about a German residency where cars aren't permitted and if you own a car you can choose to buy a space for it which costs $40,000. Vauban (German residency) is home to 5,500 residents and only a few on them own car. ""In this approach, stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway."" The thought of having one main street where everyone can access all they need is a genius idea becuase it basically forces people to walk and it reduces the use of cars which lowers stress. We shouldn't stress about cars becuase owning a car isn't a right, it's a privelage.

""On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31)."" Source number two states that the reason why this did this Paris was because of intense smog.                                                            ",3
"I think using this technology in a classroom would be a huge breakthrough. Teachers wouldn't have to work as hard to figure out what he or she needs to do to help a student learn what they need to learn. This technology can tell what their emotional state is when in the classroom. If they are bored they might not like the way their teacher is teaching them. So the teacher can modify the way she teaches that specific lesson, so that the student has a better attitude toward that subject.

This technology can also help councelers talk to the students that might be having personal problems like bullies, or family issues at home. Kids wouldn't be able to hide their emotions as well with this techlology being in every classrom. For example with a false smile the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major, and another muscle called the risorius. You cant download the software on a normal computer, so schools would have to pay for the device its-self. It would be extremely expensive but it would help many students in classrooms, or some that need counceling.

Humans perform this type of calculation every day, for instance when you ask a friend if they are ok, because they look depressed or angry. We can perform this calculation as accurately as the current technology we have now. For example Leonardo da Vinci used this type of calculation and knew exactly how her face needed to look in order to get the emotions he was looking for.

In conclusion this technology has many benefits for students and children that need counceling for personal problems, and or family problems at home.                                 ",3
"Dear state senator,

The electoral college is an unfair and irrational, and should be abolished immediately. The fact that the race for president can end in a tie is completely absurd. Also the fact that popular vote can mean basically nothing is dumbfoundidng. In a country of democracy popular vote seems like a it would be standard. popular vote seems like the best idea when it comes to a country for the people.

The electoral college is highly unfair to voters. Presidential candidates dont even have to visit all of the states to win the elections. The representation that the smaller states get is unfair. Presidential canidates will only visit states with a high number electoral college representatives because the states are known as ""swing states"". Swing states greatly influence the outcome of the election because they can hold the most power. If a state such as texas with 34 electoral votes was to have the same amount of power as a state with a much smaller population than the electoral college would seem much more viable.

The electoral college state representatives do not have to vote with that states popular vote. Al Gore, in the 2000 presidential election, won the popular vote but still lost the election(Plumer 9). The fact that a canidate can win the vote of the people but still lose the election is horrifying. How can you trust a system that works against what the United States of America is about. It completely takes away the right of people to decide what goes on in there goverment. The fact that the electoral college state representatives do not have to vote with people is highly unfair.

There is one crucial flaw in the electoral college, the election can end in a tie. In 1976 a tie would have occured if just 5,559 voters in Ohio and 3,687 voters in hawaii had voted the other way(Plumer 12). If we were to switch to a system were all states including the District of Columbia get one vote then the election could never end in a tie. Although this still seems highly unfair to the voters because the representative could go either with or against the popular vote the election could still never end in a tie solving the amjor flaw. What was to happen if we did have a tie? It has not yet been desided because it never has happened and that is a major problem.

The electoral college is highly unfair and should be disposed of immediately. The electoral college is biased towards the larger states,has major flaws that can only be fixed by getting rid of the system and does not give a fair view of what the people want. The system was poorly thought out and needs to be replaced.

sincerely,

Jordan P.    ",4
"Cars over the years has been changing the world. Most people want a car, but recent studies found out that car buying or car useage, has been decressing. Why are people doing this? Some cities have a ""no car day"" and some cities don't allow cars. Why?

Cars have changed peoples life in one way or another. In the little town of Vauban, Germany, it is a ""car free"" town. What it means is that there is no cars allowed in the town. They limited there car usage so that ""70[%] of [the towns] families do not own cars"" (Rosenthal). The town wants to create a ""car free"" town to decrease greenhouse gases in the air. You could get a garage but ""...a car-owner buys a space, for $40,000""(Rosenthal). The little town of Vauban is helping the world decrese greenhouse gasses.

If Vauban can do it,who else can? Well as a matter of fact Paris, France is banning cars due to heavy smog. Smog is caused when there is warm days, and cool nights, causing gas exhaust to stay on the ground, thus causing smog. Paris banned cars usage to get rid of the smog. ""...ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine($31)""(Duffer). Paris decided when the smog came to fine car users when they drove, they wanted to ""...clear the air of the global city""(Duffer) from the smog. They had to decreses cars, thus the ban and fine. In fact congestion (car traffic) was down ""60[%] in the capital of France""(Duffer).

Another way that car decrese has happened, or a way to stop greenhouse gas, is a car-free day. The city of Bogota, Colombia, has had a annual car-free day for years now. ""The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog""(Selsky) Even during rain Bogato citizens still have a car-free day. In fact with this success other cities, such as Cali and Valledupar has begun to have a car-free day. In doing this Bogato has helped decresse car usage in some cities and hpoes to pass it on to more.

America, one of the leading in car production, and car users, has a decrease in cars bought and driven today. Ever since 2005, the peak of car drivers, has begun to decrease a lot over the years. ""As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9[%] below the peak equal to where the country was in January, 1995""(Rosenthal). The leader in cars is decreasinng! How? Well, maost teens this time car-pool with friends until they drive and so on. Decreasing cars exahust in the air.

Most people want to drive, but do they know about the countrys trying to decrease the car usage? Most countries that want a decrease in cars, get a decrease in cars and don't know how successful it'll get, but when it gets successful, it gets succesful.    ",3
"The ""Face of Mars"" isn't really a face. It only looks like one. It's because of the land and the shadows it gets, from different angles. It may look more like a face at other angles, and it also maybe just looks like a big blob of land. So it's not a face. Also if anyone was able to create that it'd be impossible because no human being could live there. There's no oxygen there. So it'd be impossible if someone created that, there on the planet Mars.

Yes, when they did first discover the ""Face on Mars"" everyone thought it was a face on Mars, but over the years it became a whole lot easier to see. At first the photo taken in 1976, was a very blurry picture, not high quality on that first one. Then the second one, taken in 1998, it sort of still looked like a face, but not as much as the first photo. Then the last one taken in 2001, you could see and tell that it wasn't a face. It was just the way you would look at it. At different angles. So it is really all your say, not mine.

It only looks like a face because of the shadows and the landform. The huge rock formation has given everyone the illusion of it having eyes, nose and a mouth. When none of that stuff is really there, in the first place It just looks like it's there, but in reality it's not. Nothing is there except for rock formations and a whole bunch of different landforms. There's also one weird and unusual shadow that made the rock formation look something like an Egyptain Pharaoh.

It just all depends on if you still think it looks like a face. It's all your opinion, not mine. Ihave no say in what you think it looks like. We don't see everything in the same way, no one does. So if you think it looks a face still then to you it's a face. But to me it's just some landform that looked a lot like a face when the first photo that was taken in 1976, it looked a lot like a face. But then over the years we took more pictures an dit turns out just to be some landforms and shadows.        ",3
"""The Face on Mars"" appears as you search the universe with a satellite. What is this thing, and who has created it? As a scientist, I believe that this monstorous thing is just a landform created by thousands of years of evolution. The Face on Mars can be proven to be a natural landform because it appears to be a mesa with unusual shadows, a sharp picture proved that it was just a landform, and it's very hard to locate this Face.

For starters, Martian mesas are very common around Cydonia. This one wasn't a huge surprise, although it had unusual shadows that gave the illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth. After ""NASA unveled the image for all to see, it was noted that it was only a 'huge rock formation.'"" Through this passage we can observe that the Face is only a natural landform.

Secondly, ""On April 5,1998, Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos."" Many people thought that it might be something created by aliens and were waiting for the arrival of the evidence. The picture proved that the Face wasn't some ancient alien sculpture, but instead, a natural landform.

Additionally, The Face on Mars isn't any easy landform to find. Jim Garvin says, ""It's not easy to target Cydonia. In fact it's hard work."" For the span of twenty-five years they only caught three glimpses of it. Garvin also noted that they don't pass over the face very often. If an alien had created this monument, then they would have made it easy to see and very noticeable. This is not how the Face is made.

Some would say that perhaps alien marking were hidden by the haze. However, any alien smart enough to make a geographical feature, would be smart enough to make it big and bold. Any alien feature would be seen clearly, even through a haze of clouds. So, in fact, this feature is just a natural landform.

In conclusion, as a scientist at NASA, I can assume that this Face is not a monument built by aliens. We have concluded that it is a natural landform. the reasons for our conclusion land on the evidence of a picture that was taken, the fact that mesas are common around Cydonia, and finally, it's hard to locate this face, which would be unlike anything an alien creates. By looking at the image and the information that has been provided to us, we can conclude that this Face is most certainly a natural landform.",4
"Do you drive a car? Well if you do then you haven't heard about countries all over the world who are limiting their driving. People all over the world who have stopped their driving are saying that it is a good thing. Some people are happier without a car then when they did have a car. People are having car free days. In America, people are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by.

In Vauban, Germany residents have given up their cars. Their streets are completley car free. You are still able to buy a car but there is only two places to park and you have to pay alot of money to do so. 70 percent of the people who live in Vauban do not own cars and 57 percent sold their car to move their. People who live their say that they are happy and stress free without a car. In the United States. the Evironmental Protection Agency is Promoting Car Reduced communities and Legislators are starting to act.

In Bogota, Columbia they have a car free day where citizens are not allowed to drive cars. The only transportation they are allowed is buses and taxis. The goal they are trying to enforce is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. The turnout was large, and for the first time, two other cities, Cali snd Valledupar, joined in on the event. According to Carlos Arturo he said that ""it's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution."" The day without cars is part of a campaign that began in Bogota in the mid-1990s. Parks and sports centers have bloomed throughout the city, sidewalkes have been replaced by smooth sidewalks, and new resturants ans shopping districts have cropped up.

The United States had long been one of the world's prime car cultures. It's the birthplace of many cars. But America's love of vehicles has been cooling. The number of miles driven in the united states peaked in 2005 and dropped thereafter. At the Mobile World Congress they stated that 'pedestrian, bicycle, private cars,commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety."" Driving has decreased over the years. Not having a car does not stop you from meeting your friends either. There is the internet, cellphones, car pulling apps which has made shared van services more popular.

To conclude, not having a car wouldn't be such a bad thing. Many people would aslo agree to this. In Columbia they have a car free day, in Vauban, Germany nobody drives there. Also in the united States their is a lower presentage rate of people buying cars and getting their license. People are happier without a car and that says alot about how stressful having a car might be. Not owning a car might be more safe for your everyday life. Not having a car definetley helps make the environment a better place.                            ",3
"According to the Articles fellow citizens about the advantages of limiting car usage are going out for controll because the article indacties 70 percemt of Vauban's familes do not own cars, and 57 percant sold a car to move here. Also the Diesels make up 67 percent of vehicles in france , compared to a 5.3 percant average of the diesel engimes in the rest of western Europe , according to reuters. Still however indicates The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog and the Violators faced $25 fines. The Article also states As April  2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below th peak and equal to where the country was in januart 1995.

One Reason, Fellow citizens about the advantages of limiting car usage are going out of controll because in the article Ingerman Suburb,Life Goes On Without Cars states Automoblies are the linchpin of suburbs, where middle- class familes From chicago to shanghai tens to make their homes and that , experts say, is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpies for the passenger car are responsibe for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in europe and up to 50 percent in sime car intensive areas in the united states. But in paris bans driving dur to smog takes about while exceptions were made for plug in cars,hybrids, and carrying three or more passengers.

Another Reason,fellow citizens about the advantages of limiting car usage are going out of control because it incates President obamas ambitions goals to curb the united staes greenhouse gas emissons, unveiled lastweek, will get a fortuitios assist from an incipient shoft in american behavior also recent studies suggest that americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each years goes by. the days without cars is part of an improvement campaign that began in bogotoa in the mid 1990s.

However,Fellow citizens about the advantages of limiting car usage are going out of control because parks and spotys center also have bloomed throughout the city, uneven , pitted sidewalk have been replaced by broad, smoth sidewalks, rush hours restrictions have dramatically cut traffic and new testaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up and it counties that cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions.

Finally, these are the reason why fellow citizens should advantages of limting car usage are going out of control though out the untied states and different cities with the diesel fuel, car usages, and using there car all the times.            ",2
"Driveless cars may be a great idea for the future. Many people probably support this idea, but not me. What I think about driveless cars is not positive. I have many things in my mind why I think driveless cars are not worth it.

First off, driveless cars are pointless. And the reason why they are pointless is because why do we need to change the way cars are? I think the cars that we have now are perfectly fine and they are easy enough to drive. I see people driving cars everyday without trouble (well, most). Why waste money on such a simple idea? I bet it is expensive to make intelligent cars. And not only make the cars intelligent, but we also need to make smart roads. It must take a very long time to make smart roads for smart cars because we have over hundreds of miles of roads (if not, thousands). This is time consuming and must be expensive. This is what I mean by pointless.

The cars we have and the roads we have now are perfectly fine. It is simple and cheap.

On paragraph 1, it reads, ""The cars he forsees would use half the fuel..."" Why not make drivable cars use half the fuel instead? Like Ford's Eco? It is easier to make drivable cars to use have the fuel.

How far can technology go? What happens if there was a mulfunction to the driveless car? That is what I have against. Technology has a limit, and I bet that making driveless cars are complicated, and there will soon be a wall. Driveless cars are pointless. They are complicated and expensive. Technology must be advanced to make smart cars. I do not see it happening either. I have doubt that they will exist. The best thing a car can do is assist you with driving. I am against the development of these cars. Not that making driveless cars is absolutely bad, I simply think that they are not worth to be developed.         ",3
"A thick Atmosphere containing 97% carbon dioxide, Venus is a dangerous planet. It's extremely high pressures and dangerouly scorching surface, it is beyond comparison to Earth's environment. Although its proximity to us is closer than that of mars, its reputation precedes it as a challenging planet. Despite the dangers, Venus is a worthy pursuit because it was once an Earth-like planet in our solar system.

To start off with, it's geographic features are similar to that of Earth. In the article, on paragraph 4, it says, "" Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various life forms."" On paragraph 4, further down, it says, "" The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and inlcudes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters."" Based on these two evidence, Venus's features; which once included rocks and oceans, can be found on Earth.

Next, the technologies provided by Sophisticated Organizations and companies can help through the exploration process. On parargraph 5, it says, "" NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions...would allow scientists to float above the fray."" As we move further down the paragraph, it says,"" Solar power would be plentiful and radiation would not exceed Earth levels."" From these two evidence, NASA's solution can be benefical because the explorers wouldn't be exposed to the surface; they can avoid the unfriendly conditions, and they can gain acess to the solar power needed to power the machine, it's a win-win.

Then finally, the studying process. On paragraph 7, it says, ""

Some simplied electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber stimulating the chaos of Venu's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditons."" From the same paragraph, it says, "" Systems that use mechanical parts can be more resistent to the pressure, heat, an other forces."" From the simplied electronics to the mechanical parts; which both have been proven useful in the conditions of venus, can be used to collect data. the mechanical parts won't melt and 3 weeks for resisting the conditions is extremely useful, these are the solutions that can be used o study Venus.

To end this essay, Venus is worthy due to the similarities it posesses. From all those planets, it was Venus's proximity and it's features that are analogous to that of Earth. Scientists can learn what happened to Venus through the technologies given. These technological solutions provides safe ways to travel and to collect data from Venus. Despite the dangers, it is the only planet that was Earth-like, it's time frame for space travel is much less than that of Mars. This is an opportunity of the time, and the author is trying to inform us that we should take the opportunity and explore. We have the technology, we know that venus is close to us, and the fact that it was once a twin of Earth, that's fascinatiing. Aren't you curious to find out what happened to Venus?",4
"I think studing venus is a good idea becuase there a proboly a lot of new thing to descover on venus. Venus is the cloest planet to earth in the terms of density and size. Even tho each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more then a few hours, and it will still be a good risk for a new life. Not a single spaceship has touchdown on venus in more then three decades. I think studying venus is a good idea because the spaceship that was up there never made it back and one day sombody will. There is a thick atmosphere of almost 97 precent carbon dioxide blankets venus. the clouds are even more challenging (of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus's atmosphere). Venus has the hottest surface temerature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun. Venus is almost's earth twin but it is just hard to get there and take a long time. There are alot of things that people haven't found yet but are geting closer to finding, it's up to them to bring it back. they are still tring new ways to study venus. for example, (some simplified simulating the chaos of venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such condition). They are trying many different ways to study venus, they are looking back toan old technology called mechanical computers. These devices were first envisioned in the 1800s and played an important role in the 1940s during the world war 2. I think that they should still study venus becaus it is a lot of thing that haven't found yet.",3
"Facial emotional expression technology. This is the new technology of today and is very much needed now ot say if i'm for or against it is another situationn. I mean using it might be cool to help people with depression and suicidall thoughts but using it without heir or their parent permission is not ok. So other than that I am pretty ok with this new tech. In the artical Dr. Huang tells us that ""The facial expressions for each emotion are universal"", now tht to me says alot and thats because not every emotion has a real purpose but we do as human beings need them.

This artical also gave you some education as well. Tell us some of the parts of our bodies that help with our emotions like, "" frontalis par lateralis muscle (above the eye) raises your eyebrows to show that you surprised"". I like articals like that it shows you facts and opinions as well as educational things that you should know.",1
"I believe that we should not include the

Electoral College in our decision in who should  be our next president. Putting the responsibility of the

Electoral College means that voters are putting lots of trust into electors in making the right decision and that always doesnt turn out the way people want them nto turn out. Lets go in details in why I'm not in favor of keeping the Electoral College in this position.

The

Electoral College consits of electors who's role is to vote for the president in favor of there representative. To me that's not fair for two main reasons. One being that people of America should all be able to vote under their own opinion according to freedom of speech which was explain in one of the Amendments. We dont need a group of ""special"" people to vote for us. We're an independent nation which also means that we are independent ourselves. The second one being that we cant control who the voters are which means that we cannot trust that the voters are making the right decision. We pick our president because we trust in the president's decisions and actions. Like it says in Bradford Plumer's article in

The indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best laid defenses of the system are wrong , ""Who are the electors? They can be anyone not holding public office. Who picks the elctors in the first place? It depends on the state."" Electoral College depends on systems and not the nation's people which is not fair in voting for our President of the United States.

People may say that there are though benefits in having an

Electoral College by stating that the representatives who are runnning for president are choosing trusted people who knows that they will make the right decision and also that if there was to ever be a dispute over the

Electoral College , it wouldn't be a big major one but on the other hand if it was to hand it off to the regular citizens, then it would be a major problem bigger than the dispute of the

Electoral College . In Richard A. Posner's articlecalled

In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method in choosing the President , it says ""The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate recieves a mojority of the votes cast."" I believe this is a fair statement because people would think that the majority of the vote will automatically be given to that representative to be President of the united States  but thats not tru according to the

Electoral College . The have electors and there Electors can just flip that decision upside down and it would be the opposite representative who would get the vote, but then again the eletors of the

Electoral College can be the opposite of your favor. So at the end of the day it comes down to what you believe is the right decision and the right decision for me is to remove the

Electoral College even if it has to mean war for the sake of our country.

In Conclusion, I'm not in favor of keeping the

Electoral College senator for all these debates againts the

Electoral College

I believe is stronglt true. What do you think Senator? The decision rest in your hands.    ",3
"Why you should join the seagoing Cowboys. You should join the Cowboys because it helps others in need. Like in Europe and in china. You can help them go through the hard times. There is a lot of happiness you can bering them. You can help the China repair the damage. And help Europe get food and care for their hoses. You can save someone's life out there.

The sea Cowboys will mean a lot too them.

UNRRA could mean a lot to them.

Just think about all the hard time their going through.

The ware just end and thre is a lot of damage done to them.

The will help care for there horses.

It will also help you make more friends and meet new people.

This could be a opportunity of a life time.

You get to see a whole lot of new stuff.

See new sites. And have fun while my our crossing seas.

You also get to go to Greece.

You can do unbelievable things that might ,save life's.

Just the downer is that you also put your self in danger, but it's worth it because you will become a hero to all those you help over time.

You be seeing amazing sites.

You also travel the high seas. You will get to see the Atlantic.

Just think about all the children you could be saving there life.

For them to have a better childhood. ",3
"Going to Venus sounds like an amazing things to do. In ways it is very similar to Earth. Even though both planets are similar they are vastly different. Even if we could go to Venus it doesn't seem like it would ve worth the trip. From the information we would gain, extreme conditions, and the cost of all of it, the pursuit of studying Venus doesn't seem like its worth it.

I don't believe we would learn very much from going to Venus. In paragraph 6 the author mentions that, ""most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, Rendering standard forms of photography and videography inffective."" So even before going we already know that we wouldn't be able to see what the surface of Venus very well. This makes studying Venus harder because most of us would want a see what they are studying. The author also says, ""scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus we need to get up close and personal despite the risks."" The surface of Venus has an average temperature of over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, so get up close and personal isn't very likely to be successful. Even if it was successful there is a lot of risk involved to just find out what the surface of it is made out of, but if we foind out what it was made up of what could we with knowledge.

Venus is also a very dangerous place to be because of the harsh conditions. Dangerous like the previously mentioned average temperature of over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure that is over 90 times greater than Earth's. Venus also has erupting volcanoes, strong earthquakes, and a lot of lightning. It would be hard to survive there let alone gather information about it. Even machines would have a hard time surviving this harsh conditions. The author tries to counter this by saying that we use ""a blimp-like vechile hovering over 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape, but even then we would learn almost nothing because it would be hard to get samples from that height.

One thing I am sure the author left out on purpose is the cost how much would all cost. I'm no expert of space exploration, but I am sure of one thing it isn't cheap. How much would all the research and technology to even get a to Venus cost. I'm sure it would cost billions of dollars because there is a reason we stop sending rockets into space, and its because it costs too much. This project seems like it would cost a lot of tax payer money,and for the possibility of learning what Venus's surface is made of.

Even with the author's persuasive article, I still not convinced that studying Venus is worth the trouble. It would provide little information that would actually be useful for us. Venus's conditons are to extreme for us to get information about it. The trip to Venus would cost a lot of money. The author while making it seem possible and makes it seem impossible to learn about Venus.   ",4
"Can you imagine life much less at risk? Well, unforunately there is a new way to prevent danger when it comes to driving on roads or even highways. Companies now are developing new ways in which they can make driving more safe then what it is now. For example, companies are making computer-driving cars. These cars have sensors to prevent any harm or danger when it comes to driving.

Firstly, my positon on driverless cars is that are they really safe to the new society? Only, because what if something goes wrong with the car, you are not able to control that but then again you could be blamed for something you had no control over of, the fact that these cars are driverless but your still behind the wheel. It says that the combination of all this input is necessary for the driverless car to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel. It's also proven that further improvements in sensors and compuuter hardware and even software to make driving safer are also leading cars that can handle more and more tasks on their own. Driverless cars are not fully 100% ready for the new world only because it lets us know that these cars plan to have driven themselves by 2020, this is related to Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan.

In addition, what if the technology fail on its behalf and someone gets injured, who is at fault, the manufacture or the driver? It tells us that automakers are still continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved and thought throughly. This is something to think about because the fact that these cars are not original, they are opperated by computers there isn't a guarntee that these cars are the safetest, because this is a big concern. If something tends to go wrong I strongly believe the driver should take over and opperate the car themselves. Malfunction can occur to the device and instantly turn off or shut down so that's when it is best for the driver to always pay attention and make sure that they are in the right safety care.

Last but not least, drivers must stay on task and focused. Manufactures are also considering using cameras to watch the that drivers are remaining focused on the roads. Did you know while the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver? Only for safety reasons through. I highly doubt these companies would want a bad reputation on the line for the driverless cars.

In conclusion, I do believe you can imagine life less at risk by the help of these cars. I think that these cars would play a big helping part in modern times as well. We still time to think out the process of these cars and how they would properly function. Only safe car has a human driver in control at all times, they seem to be proven safe.",3
"The story ""The Challenge of exploring venus is that they are one of the evening starts and maybe the brightest star you can see in the night sky. The author might like studying the venus star but it can be dangerous because you are lookigng very closey to see how bright they are and it could hurt there eyes.

In the text is said tha Humans hae sent numerous spacecraft to venus to see it but you cant land actually on venus or yiu will die because it is not safe to land on because if you leand on venus for more then a couple of area you could survie or not surie it either one these days. A thick atmosphere has almost 97% carbon dioxide which is good and bad at the same time.

The story The challenge of the venus talk about how

bright the star is in the night sky and also how you can leand on venus is actually survie for a couple of hours on the moon. Venus can rotate aroound three moons Earth orbit and Mars. they have also sent numerous amout of spacecraft to venus and see how long they have lasted. even tho venus has almost 100% carbon dioxide it could still be alittle nerve wracking because you dont know whay is going to happen to you boyd after you leave venus to get back on earth whoch earth is more safrer the venus beause Veuns is right next to mars . ",1
"I believe that driverless cars can potentially change how the world operates and that they can completely revolutionize the world of public and even private transportation. Driverless cars, with the right modifications, adequate moderation, and an alert human capable of taking control of the car in the rare event of a technology failure within the vehicle, can be even more safe than humans driving cars.

In the United States alone, there are numerous occasions in which people have been severely injured or even killed in car crashes that were caused by people who have fallen asleep at the wheel, driving while intoxicated, or tending to other needs while driving. With driverless cars, a vast majority of these examples of car crashes could potentially cease to exist.

In the article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"" it states that ""Their (Google's) cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash."" With the technology that is present in the world, it is possible to develop a car that is truly driverless. Also in the article, it says that ""He (Sergey Brin) envisions a future witha public transportation system where fleets of deverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he forsees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus."" Although these cars are not available right now, it is, without a doubt, possible for them to be available to the public in only a matter of time.

Driverless cars are truly ""the future of transportation."" Driverless cars, within a certain number of years, can be available to the population and can be even safer than alert humans driving. Driverless cars truly have the potential to revolutionize the world of transportation.",3
"In this article, the author suggests that despite Venus' inhospitable conditions, it is a very good idea to explore and descover more about it. He supports that with developing technology, it would not be impossible, just a complicated engineering challenge. The author supports that if the correct methods and technolohies were developed, humans might be able to visit and even live on Venus.

The author's main reason for claiming that exploring Venus is worthwhile is because Venus is often referred to as Earth's ""twin"", and for good reason. It once had lakes and oceans that could have supported life. Even though those are gone, it still has similar landforms (mountains, valleys, etc.) and it's surface is made of rocky sediment, similar to Earth's. It is aslo often the closest planet to Earth, trading out with Mars every so often.

In summary, the author's reasons for supporting the exploration of Venus are that Venus is often the closest planet to ours, it sports a similar geography and other planetary characteristics, and that it might be possible for humans to one day visit and live on Venus, which might be a good thing with the current rate of our population growth.",2
"Do you like going to a lot of new places? Do you like unique places? Do you like seagoing Cowboys? will today I am going to tell you something you might like to join it is seagoing Cowboys. The fun part is that you get to do all the things that you might of what'd to do like visiting a lot of unique places.

So we are going to enter view a person his name is Luke bomberger he crossed the Alantic ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affected by World War Il. But before all of this happened he did not know what he was going to do with he life he had 2 jobs and one of the jobs he .worked with he's friend. He's friend invited him to go Europe on a cattle boat. Luke he couldn't say no because he knew ' it was only in a lifetime thing'.

But if your not a rise taker you probly should not take this job because luke he broke his ribs and he couldn't work for almost a month. And he almost slid off the boat and if you didn't know he could of died how crazy is that. But not only that but you have to be resonspable because Luke had to care for him self and for the animals and had to change there cattle. But if I think about that I could not even do that job Icant even barely take care of my cat and puppy at home . Not only that Luke's animals were not the size of a kitten or a puppy they were cows, horses , and prolly even goats.

But if you really want this job you have to be all this 6 things 1. Caring 2. resonsable 3. reliebole 4. heping 5. Rise taker 6. *You have to know what challenge you are going to be up to*     ",2
"With the election coming up in 2016 the debate for how the election should be run is now in dispute. So what does that mean? That means that some people disagree with the way our election is run and some dont. In my opinion the electoral voting system is unfair and outdated.

Now there are going to be a lot of people that disgree with me, but let me tell you my reasons. My first reason is the electoral college is not fair to the small states. Because small states only get a small number of electoral votes canidates do not visit the small states that often. So how is that fair?

My second reason is why not just let the poplar vote choose who is the president? After all the poplar vote is the only honest way of doing things. The canidate that has the most votes in a poplar vote should win every time. That way is fair.

My third and final reason is with the electoral voting system there is actually a chance of tying. if they tye what do you do now? Should we flip a coin to see who wins possibly one of the most important descisons?

the end

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"I disagree with the value of using this technology to read students emotional expression because a picture may be susposed to make you laugh but it only shows what the computer can do.

. Only you know how you are feeling inside and whenever somebody says that they use technology to read students emotional expressions they are not accurate .

The Mona Lisa picture is intended to make somebody smile but it only shows what the computer can do . The creater of the picture has made more than one picture . You may not see anything in the picture that shows emotion but there is always something in his paintings . The Mona Lisa picture is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted , 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry . She has many emotions not just one .

Even thought you may think the Mona Lisa may be boring it does show emotion but it is hard to find . New computer software has been made to inhance the picture .        ",1
"I think that is should be used. One reason is should is because you will be abale to know if the student is doing good. Another reason is how the muscles work in a face. The last reason is how can we make it better. All this reaons will help with the students.

The new software will help in many ways. One way is it will tell use if a student is okay. This will tell if they are making a fake smile to say that are fine, they really not. They could be having problems in there house or something like that.

The software can tell witch muscle is being used. That is how it know if its a fake smile or are a reall smile. This will tech the students a face muscle. It will help tham later on how to tell a reall smile or a fake smile.

Can the software upgrade? The students will proabley try to make it better. During the project they will learn stuff about the software. Later they will know what to do if it breaks or when they will creat a software.

I say that is a good idea to have tha soft ware. It helps the students learn stuff. it teach them about muscles they have in the face. It will give them experence on softwares. I think is a good ides to have one. ",3
"Cars are an integrated part of our society, but they are becoming less and less popular as the years progress.  There are many advantages to limited use of cars.  By restricting or eliminating the use of cars, the world would be a greener, safer place.

First and foremost is the fact that green house gas emissions could be cut by up to fifty percent in places like the United States. According to Robert Duffer, after restricting driving in Paris, the French city saw the sky clear after just a few days.  Elizabeth Rosenthal and Andrew Selsky agree that the reduction of car usage would result in a significant decrease in smog and carbon emissions.

The most significant effect, however, would be the safety of cyclists, joggers, and children playing in the street.  Every parent worries about their child being hit by a careless driver, so reducing the usage of cars would make car accidents virtually nonexistant.  Elizabeth Rosenthalsays that in Vauban, the ""swish of bicycle chains and the chatter of wandering children drown out the occasional motor.""  It sounds like heaven, but really it is only a group of people that are dedicated to a safer, greener world.

Finally we have a world full of conveniences for us, but if we continue to treat it this way, it won't survive much longer.  The Earth won't be around forever, but we should do everything we can to prolong its life.  By limiting car usage, we can make the world a safer place for everyone, as well as a healty, beautiful place to live.            ",3
"Cars have been a great way of transportation that has been around since the early days. It's a fast and simple way of getting to where you need to be at the right time. However, there are many downsides to cars, also, especially when it deals with environmental circumstances. Therefore, car use should be limited due the fact that limitng car use will reduce greenhosue gasses, conserve resources we need in order to live that is nonrenewable, and allows for communities to be more connected by preserving the environment.

To begin with, car usage is becoming a major issue for the world today due to pollution. Greenhouse gasses are being leaked into the atmosphere each day to cars' transmission fuels. According to Source 1, it states, ""Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States."" These gasses damage ecosystems, and leave many environments unstable due to its destruction. It can also effect human beings, also. According to Source 2, the passage says, ""Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals... Last week Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussels and 79.7 in London, Reuters found."" This pollution that is occuring around the world can damage our health if not taken care of. By limiting car usage, it would not only benefit the environment, but our health also.

Preceding on, along with the benefits of the envionment and our health, limiting car usage will also save help save many resources we use in cars that is nonrenewable resources. Nonrenewable resources are resources that can not be replaced when it is used up. These resources are resources that are important to our every day lives, as we've gotten used to having these resources and would suffer without them. According to Source 2, it states, ""Diesel fuel was blamed, since France has... [a] tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline. Diesels make up 67 percent of vehicles in France, compares to 53.3 percent average of diesel engines in the rest of Western Europe, according to Reuters."" Diesel is an important nonrenewable resouce that we need that is causing pollution and smog in many places. By limiting the car usage, it would conserve these resources.

Futhermore, limiting car usage would also help bring many communities together. If a whole community got together and decided to limit car usage with the whole community involved, it would give a sense of unity and benefit the community, also. An example of this was the residents of Vauban, Germany. In Source 1, the passage states ""As a result, 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here. 'When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,' said Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two, as she walked verdant streets where the swish of bicycles and the chatter of wandering children drown out the occasional distant motor."" Due to the limiting of driving cars, many people actually felt more of a sens of relief rather than with cars. In Source 3, it says, "" Bogota, Colombia -In a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoif of traffic jams. It was the third straight yeat cars have been permitted for the Day Without Cars in this capital city of 7 million. The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog."" This community was able to come together as a whole in order to reach the goal of reducing smog and allowing for an alternative transportation method. By limiting car usage, communities are able to act more of a community rather than individuals.

All in all, limiting car usage would be beneficial to the world. The advantages of limiting car usage would be the reduction of greenhouse gasses and smog, the conservation of nonrenewable resources used in cars, and making communities stronger by coming together to stop the driving of cars. Cars are a big and major part of the world today, but it can be more beneficial to limit it rather than continue it.    ",4
"My thought on drivless cars is that they can be a help but then again they could cause promblems.

I think driveless cars can help because it could help do things a lot faster, and help a lot with other things. It has some good thing like warning you, help on gas miliage, and drive it self. you really wont have to drive ou just sit and let the car take you by it self.

i think it will make promblems because you wont need alot of gass and if u dont need gas no one will make anymoney because you wont need all of it and there will be alot of oil in the ground beacuse no one is bringing it up because no ones needs it to make gas because of these new cars dont need a lot of gas. It will make more promblems because you dont have to drive the car will drive for you and if the car is driving for you and all you do is sit you will forget how to drive and if something happens and you have to take over you will not know because you forgot how to drive beacuse you sit for so long and let the car drive it self.

My thought on driveless cars can be both prostive and negitive. i think more on the negitive because more people will not have jobs that you have to drive because you dont have to drive because you have a car thaat will drive for u. so i think it can be a good thing that we have them but at the same time a bad thing to. ",2
"A future where I won't have to pay 100 perent of my attention on the road sounds great. One of the reasons are if I have to make important calls, I can talk to the person without having to multi-task. My second reason is that more gas will be saved, saving drivers money. The third reason is the smarter cars would alert drivers in case of emergencies, which I believe is fantastic and significant. I agree with Srgey Brin, saying that such cars would change the world. It would be like living in a movie that has self driven cars, except even better!

In the future, if smarter cars do take over the world, teenagers would not get in trouble anymore for calling or texting as much as today. One can talk to the person without having to multi-task because a research found that when one does more than one activity at a time, they lose focus to one and put more focus to another. According to the article, the Google cars aren't truly driveless. They alert the driver with complicating traffic issues. That is better than having to pay close attention to the road when you have significant things to do. The car itself alerts the driver, how great is that?

Today, so many drivers, adults and teens, spend a lot of their money on their cars, depending on what kind of car they have. According to the article, the smarter cars would use half the fuel of today's taxis. If the gas of taxis went down, the taxi drivers would charge less, saving people money. For people who cannot afford cars today, they spend quite a lot of money on taxis, especially if they have to go somewhere far. Google has had cars that drive by itself, and they haven't had any crashes so far. The fewer the accident, the more money being saved and who doesn't like saving money?

WIth smarter cards, people do not have to put all of their focus on the road. What's great about the smarter car is that when it arrives at a stop where it faces

traffic problem, it alerts the driver, according to the article. Many people today pay attention to the road and their phones. If something is about to happen, they do not get alerted. If they get into an accident, it just happens. However with the smarter car, before the accident happens, the driver would be alerted so that they can make a movement. According to the article, lawmkaers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers.

I would not have to put all of my attention on the road. If I have to make important calls, I can without having to hold the steering wheel. With today's gas price, many people's money are spent. With the smarter car, it will save half of the fuel being used today. Being alerted before a tragic happens is awesome. With smarter cars, if the driver is arriving to a working condition road or accidents, the drivers will be safely alerted. Few problems may arise. However, the world is improving in technology and engineering so the issue will be solved. If the world can send a person to the moon, how hard will it be to fix a car issue? ",4
"I believe that this technology is very usueful. This technologhy would be so amazing to have around, it would help students and teachers out so much. it can tell when you are bored, happy, sad, scared, worried, and can even tell when you do not like an ad. It could really help out in classrooms and other places.

For example, if you are sitting in class and you are doing something online, the computer can tell if you are bored and adjust itself so you are more into what is going on, or the teacher can come over and help you out too. It could also sense when you do not like an ad, all you have to do is smile or frown at the ad, if you smile you should get more ads like it, but if you frown it will try to find an ad you will be interested in.

Another example would be if your friends are worried about you because they cannot tell how you are feeling, then they can put you in front of a computer and the computer can tell them your mood so they can try to help you, or if you are going to see a therapist for help with a mental issue or anything, they could set you in front of a computer so they know your mood without you trying to explain yourself to them.

One final example would be if you are worried or stressing out about something, the computer could tell someone so they can take you somewhere so you can just chill and relax and forget about everything that you are stressed or worried about, then you will be able to go back to whatever you were doing and complete it.

This unique piece of technology can help out with so many things. It can tell when you are upset, scared, worried, angry, and bored. Every classroom should have one of these. It would make being able to read people so much easier. It would also keep the students interested.",3
"it was 1995, world war ll was over in europe, and many countries were left in ruiens to help these countries you woiuld need to send many,many us army troops out to save them from all of that stuff ,like rocks that might have fallen on them and other stuff that might have harm them or others in there country ,luke was 18 before arriving in greece with means he could dafted for the military services when my draft board learned that i was. on cattel boat trip they told me just keep doing what i was, doing for my service the cattel boat trips were amazing for a small town boy like luke , he could learn. new things it was almost like he was a tourest when luke was helping out katie that was his aunt she owned a farm as a boy luke was hard working and brave but the sea's were , to dangerous for luke he could not handle it the first couple of days luke was happy with his job but as it got harded luke got more sad and unhappy with his job but being sea going cowboys was too much fun there was much mor to it thsn just having fun .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ",1
"The author support this idea is by the challenge of exploring venus and it's very interest to the author. It's stated in paragraph its says "" Venus sometimes called the "" Evening star"" is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky.

The making it simple of even a amateur stargazer to spot"".

The author supports the idea that studying venus is a worthy pursuit depsite the dangers is that venus has value, not only because of th insight to be gained on the planet itself.

Also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors which states in paragraph 8.

Another fact of how well the author supports the idea is that he studied like somethings about venus and to take risks in your life sometimes.

According to paragraph 6 it's states that ""More important. reseachers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance.

Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct a throught mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks.

Or maybe we should think of them as challenges.

The challenge of exploring venus must was interested to the author cause after me reading the article it was really rick taking.

Him or her must like studying about venus or like to really explore venus.",2
"I believe that driverless cars are not a good idea. They have the potential to be very beneficial but there are many complications. Driverless cars are expenzive, cause liability issues, and may not be 100% safe for all of the passengers.

Driverless cars have many parts to them. They contain lots of technology and different types of sensors, a GPS receiver and a camera near the rearview mirror. Self driving cars require all of these things and more in order to be able to drive around the same skill level as a human driver and to be semi-driverless. All of the technology required to build these cars will make the cost of these cars very high and not very affordable.

Technology is not fool proof, and neither are humans. Both make mistakes and legally you would have to be able to answer the question of whether or not the person in the car that is ""driving"" is the one at fault in an accident, or if it is the fault of the technology and the manufacturer. At the moment, these cars are only semi-autonomous and require a human to be in the car and ready to take over in case problems arise. If the driver isn't able to avoid an accident because of the cars technology, then who's fault is the accident?

Safety is another important concern. Will fully autonomous cars be able to react quickly enough to prevent an accident that a human could have avoided? I think that semi-driverless cars are a better idea than fully driverless cars as technology can fail or malfunction and that can put all of the passengers in the car in a dangerous situation. Having an alert human driver that is able to control the car at any point and time would be important for the safety of the passengers.

I do not think that having cars that can drive completely by themsleves is a good idea. It would be very expensive and they would not be available to everyone because of cost problems. There is always going to be oppurtunity for the failure of technology in these cars and that can cause not only liability and legal issues, but would also raise saftey concerns for those riding in them.        ",4
"My fellow scientist thinks that there is life on Mars because of the ""human face"" that was found on Mars in 1976, but I can give him three reasons why there isn't any life on Mars and that the Face of Mars is just a natural landform. One reason is that the ""face"", based on the 2001 photo, looks a lot like landforms on Earth. My second reason is that if there was any chance that there was life on Mars NASA would keep it to themselves. My final reason is that Cydonia has many other known mesas, why would this one be special?

In 1976 and 1998 I do admit it does look a little bit like a face, but in 2001, with the better graphics, the ""face"" looks nothing like a face. In 1976 it was very popular because it made people believe in life on Mars, but with the enhanced graphics the popularity of this ""face"" went down because people started realizing that it was not a face. Also, it looks almost the exact same as the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.

If this ""face"" was made by aliens, NASA would more than likely keep it to themselves. If NASA were to tell this to the public saying that it was an extraterrestrial made landform, the whole entire world would freak out. They would most likely be terrified of the aliens. Another reason is since the United States' NASA found this they wouldn't want other countries to know about this, so we could be the ones to discover life on Mars beforwe the rest of the world.

In the region of Cydonia on Mars, there are a lot of other mesas and buttes. Why would this one be any different? If Martians made a mesa that looks like a face, why would they put it around other mesas. They would most likely put in a region that doesn't draw attention to keep there life a secret.

In conclusion, the ""face"" on Mars is just a natural landform because it looks like landforms on Earth, Cydonia has a lot more known mesas, so this is another of its many mesas, and last but not least, NASA would never tell the world that there is extraterrestrial life on Mars.",4
"A Face or A LifeForm

Many people say that we are not alone in this universe. Some people say diffrent planets have secret life forms on it. But, i dont think believe that a face on Mars was created by another life form beside humans. There has been theries for centurys about space, that we are not alone and people from diffrent planets exsist. I dont think so because it there were other life forms out there why havent they made contact.

Space is full of adventure, discovery, and wonder but to come to the realization that there are other life form beside or own. It would change how people think and would change reality forever. They put aliens on movies and telivision for entertainment only not to be taken into content. The face on Mars is just a creation of all the space debry and the astroieds that hit Mars and have sculpted in to resembling a human figure or ( human face).

The face on Mars maybe could have been there for a long time before but, we just didnt descover it till now. People dont know how large space really is. They just know what people till them or what they have discovered, but why would aliens really exsist? Some people say there is life on all planest and we are not looking hard enough.

Even if there were life on diffrent planents why would we just be hearing about it now and not sooner. What the picture actually showa is the Martian equivqlent of a butte or mesa- landforms common around the American West. The people of America and of this great nation dont need to be consirned about if we can defend then aginst an extra terresteral attack. Also, we dont know what knid of weapons they have or if they have powers or anything about them. We don't know there weeknesses or strenths. So, we would be litterally out numbers a maybe out-smarted and maybe out-guned and we might lose that fight to defend the world and out home.

So i dont think it was aliens who did that face. But, the real question is do u ?    ",3
"dear state senator, in my opinion, i would want to keep the electoral college, because the electoral college been around since our founding fathers established it in the constitution as a compromise. it consist of a presidency election on which who wants to be in office. for instance each candidate running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors. which electors are choosen by the political party. you ahhve a right to vote. you can help choose your state's electors when you vote. because when you vote your actually voting for your canidate's electors to help them out.

in your state it shows which electors will represent your state at the meeting of the electors in december of the election year. but then if you think of its actually wrong because its of how many votes can the electors can get not the president. after the presidential election, your state governor prepares a 'certificate of ascerainment'.

over 60% of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we would want to have. this year voters can exspect another close election in which popular vote winner could again lose the presidency, but yet the electoral college has it defenders.

for example like obama had 61.7% of voters against romney who had 51.3% of votes but people say it was a tie which most likely i disagree on that. becuase its a like a win or lose game who ever wins gets the treatment, but really the president doesnt really dont do nothing.                    ",1
"Dear State Senator,

In my opinnion the way voting is staged should be change to popular voting opposed to Electoral Voting. Electoral College is basically the congress voting rather than citizens. Do we get to vote? Yes, but the the Electoral College gets to decide where it's going. That how citizens should feel, make a vote and the candidate they want to elect is the place it's going to arrive to.

Citizens should have the power they think they have, all the protest and arguing about rights and many others that we have crossed over the years, does that not mean anything anymore? We live in a world of democracy, whoever has the most should be the President of our United States. Our duties as citizens are to vote, yes. Well, let us do our jobs the proper way. The government makes it look as to we have much power as citizens, but do we really?

They say that the Electoral College can do us wonders, by picking our president and knowing who the right one is for our country. Only we know us the citizens thats our right and now the are taking that right away from us little by little. Let me tell you why the Electoral College is dreadful, when we vote for which candidate we want to become our president it goes to a certain group of eletors and they use all the votes from our state to push up the candidate they want to become our presidant. Let's not forget about the

Disaster Factor . America almost hit the worse crisis in that known century, all becasuse of the wrong selection of an elector.

On the other hand another thing to worry about would a tie on the electoral vote. Then the votes are to be handled down to the House of Representatives, and if the were having a tie on a vice-president vote it would be the senator. Why don't you see the candidants going down to the state to persuade you to vote for them? All because of the chance they know that they may not have. Only beacuse the desision doesn't really relay on us. All of our voting has given us our duty and right, but do we truely do what we want to do?

Citizens and Candidates don't get the full voting experience as we used to. Votes are in the hands of the electors and not the citizens. Voting is what make makes America, America! Do you really want to jeopardize America and it's voting system? Where do any of us stand?                      ",3
"In pargragh 4 sentence 2

it states that the face on the planet it is from rocky mountains or a land slide. In pargraph 5 sentence 3 it also talks about how people believe it is a alien.scientist says that the "" shadows give a illusion."" pargraph 5 it talks about the face in magazines ,stores, books,they say that so

people

can pay attition to science a little more.

""scientists figured out it was just one of martian mesa common enough around ,only this one had unusal SHADOWS that make it look like an egypatian pharao.""

the face on mars was at a 41 bdegress north martian latitude where it was winter.The wind of the witer might have swept passed crating a face. that people belive was formwd by alliens which I belive it was not. The face might have been caused by nautral land forms which might have been around for many years that scientist might not have caught until now.

In pagraph pargrah nine a scientist says they dont pass over faces very often tich says they might have passed over that face many rimes but at a diffent angle.Mabey that why scientists might not have figued it out.   ",1
"Imagine a world when all you see is people sitting in their cars and not paying attention to the road ahead of them. That seems very scary to me. I believe that driverless cars are not a good idea or the way to be going for the future. Driverless cars could lead to many fatal accidents and also many injuries.

My first argument is that technology always seems to fail. When you get a new iPhone, sometimes not everything is right in the phone or something is messed up from the start. If we had driverless cars in the future, technology would be the key function to make the car work. What if the technology failed like what seems to happen many times to iPhone users. I think having driverless cars is putting too much belief and risk into technology. You can never say when a problem would quickly approach or is about to happen, it just happens. If a problem just happened in a driverless car when the driver wasn't paying that much attention to the road, many accidents and fatalities would be on the rise.

In conclusion, I think the idea of driverless cars are very unique and out there, but as of right now and the technology we have, I could not put my full trust in a driverless car. Today, the technology and sensors needed for a full driverless car seem very unrealistic. Sensors created for the driverless car would be tested many times, but if it fails when it isn't being tested that can cause too much harm for everyone and everything in the world around us. I believe that we should stick with normal human driving for the safety of everyone.",2
"The topic about the driverless car is that I dont think its a good idea to begin with. We have to be more careful what we use technology for . I will explain why I think this , and give reasons as well .

One of my reasons why is what if one part of the car malfunctions and stops working and then driver is left somewhere she/he doesnt know where they are at. that would cause a big problem for the company .Another one could be what if somebody hacked into another persons car , the is mainly technology and it might not be hard for them to find some way to do this, this could cause some trust issues with the manufacturer. Nobody will feel safe in thier own car know this might one day happen to them. What is also stated in the reading is a good question as well '' If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault here- the driver or the manufacturer''. This would be a good question for the people who are driving these types of cars what if the car did it all on its own and the driver couldnt do anything will they still get blamed? will they have to serve jail time for something they know they did not do. Or will the manufacturer also have a part in this , maybe they will both be blamed and punished. If anything failed in these cars how much will it cost to repair them, you might be better off getting a car that you can drive your self and know about , better than having something new and not knowing the issues it comes with.

Sure there are reasons to have these types of cars for example for the ederly who may have trouble getting places , but what if teenagers took advantage of this because they know that these cars dont need a driver most of the time. There could be many questions to be asked by the people that even the company might not know how to answer . Also the traffic laws might change just to introduce these cars not everyone might support this . There is always a good and bad part to this but i wouldnt vote to having these cars made. Just how safe are these cars for us.",3
"When people first say this ""face"" it was from a picture that the Viking 1 spacecraft took. Additional reasearch and pictures have been done to see if this is actually a face, just a huge rock formation, or an alien monument. It has shown that it is just a huge rock.

I say its only a huge rock because the passage mentions unusual shadows. THese shadows gave the illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth causing it to look like a face. They did not just form any

""face"" that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh. So we know now that t was just a huge rock formation with shadows on it. It is not an actual face carved into rock.

The passage mentions that Michel Malin and his MOC (Mars Orbiter Camera) took a picture of the same landform only ten times shaper thn the original. When they looked at this picture it revealed a natural landform. So after all this it wasnt an alie monument after all.

Now the image doesnt show a face and its not an alien monument it is a butte or mesa. Those are commo landforms aroung the american west. So we know for sure not that the ""face on mars"" is actually just a landform with a bunch of shadows that give the illusion of a face. Well thats the truth about the ""face on mars""i kinda hope you dont still blieve that it is an alien monument or an acutal face. If you still believe that then you might want to reread this paper. ",3
"The Face on Mars has been a pop icon for years. Many people believe that the Face on Mars is made by aliens. The Face on Mars is a natural landform and was not created by aliens. The evidence that proves this is true is there is another landform just like it on Earth and there are detailed pictures that show it is just a natural landform.

The first evidence that shows it is just a landform is the fact that there is another natural landform like that on Earth. The picture shows an equivalent to a butte or messa, which is a landform that is common around the American West. The text says, ""'It reminds me of the most Middle Butte in the Snake Plain of Idaho,'...about the same height as the Face on Mars.'""

This quote is giving a clear example of someone saying that the Face is like a natural landform on Earth. If it is like something that is made on Earth naturally, that means it could probably made naturally on Mars too. There is another great piece of evidence showing that it is a natrual landform.

Another piece of evidence that proves the Face is a natural landform is that there are detailed pictures that show it is all natural. In 2001 NASA could take pictures with each pixel thats spans 1.56 metes, which is very detailed for the technology we have. The text says, ""'Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution.'"" This example goes to show that NASA took a picture using the best resolution they had on their cameras to show and see the fact that it is not alien made and is all naturally made.

Many people believe the Face on Mars is made by aliens but that is not true at all. The Face is just a natural landform. The evidence that goes to prove it is the fact that there is another landform just like it on Earth and there are detailed pictures that show it is just a natural landform.    ",3
My name is clint i am a sciencetist at NASA the face of mars is like nothing we have ever seen befor we have been doing some research on mars and we are to beleave that there is aleion life formes on this planit we have goten picturs of mars over the years and have pictures of what appers to be faces in the cirfice of mars we have been trying to learn more about it bit it is hard to do with just pictures we need somone to go up there and evaluate it that way but we can't get anyone to volinteer because we dont know what is out there so people are scaird to go sometimes i just want to go my sealf because i am varry cureious about what is going on on mars that we cant see with a picture i want to explor it all and find out new things about mars i think there would be a lot of interesting things going on on mars and i want to find them out NASA wants to know what is going on there but not as much as i do so help me find out what is going on on mars,1
"In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers in presents. The details that help support this claim is that for example ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus, because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system."" Another reason is that, "" Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on earth.."" the author then begins to mention some of the features that Venus has as well as Earth, such as valleys, mountains and craters. Now despite the dangers that could and can come from taking a visit down to Venus hasn't stopped NASA from trying to find ways to make this mission ""both safe and scientifically productive"". Within the text it states that, ""NASA has one particulary compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus."" then it gives examples such as a ""blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the rolling Venusian landscape."" NASA is still working on other possible approaches to make this mission happen. Sure there may be many challenges effecting Scientisits and researchers from exploring and studying Venus, but that dosen't mean its impossible. Towards the end of the of the text the last supporting details that conclude that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents is the follwoing, ""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors."" and ""Our travles on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."". In conclusion studying Venus is absolutley worthy to persue dispite the dangers it presents.",3
"I think that driverless cars are a good thing but you have to remember that they are really""driverless people still have to be in the car and be ready at anytime. In the text it states that in 2009 Google made cars that could drive independenly under specific conditons. It also states that antilock brakes and driver asssistance still seems a long way from the dream of calling a driverless cab to take ""us"" wherever we desire. This shows that driverless cars can be a good thing.

In the text it states that in 2009 Google made cars that could drive independely under specific conditions. Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash, but Google cars aren't truly driverless; but they still alert drivers to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with the omplicated traffic issues such as roadwork and car acidents. Google is't the firts ones to come up with this kind of thing. In the late 1950s, General Motors created a concept car that could run on a special track, the track was embeddded with an electrical cable that sent radio signals to a reciever on the front end of the car.

It also states that antilock brakes and driver asssistance still seems a long way from the dream of calling a driverless cab to take ""us"" wherever we desire. Sebastin Thrun, founder of the Google Car project, believes that the technology has finally begun to cath up to the dream. Before 2000 there was no wat to make something interesting, the sensors werent there, thecomputers weren't there and the mapping wasn't there. In 2013,BMW annoced the development of the ""Traffic Jam Assistant."" The car could handle driving functions at a speed up to 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel.

This shows that driverless cars can be a good thing. I think that its a good thing because it allows drivers to send a text while the car is driving itself and as soon as they send the text they can watch the road for any accidents or roadwork and then take over until they have passed. Telsa has projected that in 2016 a release for a car capable of drivng on autopilot 90 percent of the time. Also Mercedes-Benz,Audi,and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselces by 2020. This is why i think that driverless cars are a good thing. ",2
"I think that it is not an alien face because in the text it states "" There was no alien monument after all."". They used an digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size, and because the text states that ""What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or measa landforms common around the American West.""

The first reason why I say that it was not an alien head is because It was just a natural landform. That is because when the had the chance to take the picture they did and when it first appeared on a JPL web site showing that it wsa an natural landform, that it was nothing that you could now but not tell no one. Some people thought that it was still a alien head but had no proof abut it they had proof that it was an landform.

Another reason why I thnk it is an alien head is because they had digtial image 3 times bigger than te pixel size so if something was there they could see what it was, it was best Viking photo ever so they could not have said nothing. You could see almost anything out that picture even something small you could see it so there wa no way that it was an alien face.

Last reason why is becase when they got a look it was actually a ""butte or mesa—landforms common around the American West nd it's as common to see around there. I was very hard work in order to do that anyway so if they were wrong why would they waste so much time doing this anyway. When they came back everyone was waiting and when they got the picture it was just an landform and they had so much proof about it to.

In conclusion everyone has there opinion and they believe what they want and sometimes people had proof about that they think is going on and that some people don't they just think that it looks like something that it is always going to be what you think it is. You have to have evidence to back up your thoughts or no one will believe you.",3
"In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author suggests that studying Venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. We think that Venus is like similar with earth but the one differnce is that it is hotter than the Earth. Venus is a amazing place to live but you can not live any longer period of time than a few hours.

With out question, we think that Venus is similar to earth but the temperature in Venus is hotter than earth. The similarity to Earth with Venus was not only the distance, also the density and zise too. It stated ""Venus is the closet planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closet in distance too"" ( The Challenge of Exploring Venus section 2). The problem to that is living in Venus would be really difficult, that even the spacecraft can only survive for about few hours and not more than a decades. In shows in the aritical ""since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades"" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus section 2). It tell us how Venus was similar to the Earth and how long you can you live in Venus.

In conclusion, that venus is more than amazing place to live but the problem is you can only live there for a few hours instead of a decades. That Venus is really similar to Earth but you can not live in Venus for really long. You can not live in Venus for a long time but you can visit there.",2
"Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because, our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. Venus had once been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system, this keeps astronomers fascinated. People are intrested in the topic that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit.

The author states in paragraph 2 ""Often reffered to as Earth's twin, Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally closest in distance too."" Despite the dangers Venus has, It is 'Earth's Twin' we could learn a lot about Venus and Earth if we decide to study the planet more. Scientists believe we say that Venus is Earth's twin because it once was covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth does today.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is in the midst of finding other ways to get nearer and study Venus. These Astronomers are aware of all the dangers of getting to close to this planet and all the affects that come with studying up close. But for them to truly understand what comes with Venus, they will take the risk. ",2
"Driverless cars are the future. Some people may be thrilled at the idea of not watching the road at all times. Others might be terrified because people like having control. Driving is one of the most dangerous things people do everyday. A normal car can get you killed. A driverless car may be more dangerous, but if used correctly it could be safer. There are a lot of pros and cons of this situation. People could benefit, but also get into a lot of trouble.

Driverless cars can be convenient because you do not have to focus entirely on the road. This could come in handy to mothers with babies who tend to get fussy in cars. It can help transport teenagers without them having to take DriversEd. A lot of teens do not have the time for it. Driverless cars are more ecofriendly. In paragraph one it states that the car uses half the amount of gas as a normal car. All these factors are great, but there are other things that people need to think about. If there was an accident, who would be guilty? The manufacturer and driver are both at fault. This is a negative factor in the situation, however someone will eventually take the blame and everything will be resolved. It is a fixable problem.

Everything deserves a chance. Driverless cars are one of those things. The pros outnumber the cons. Every con has a solution to it. Driverless cars would be a good addition to everyday lives. It is an enviornmental, safe, and convenient way to travel. ",2
"There are many ways you can do things without using cars as transportation. In these two sources, ""In German Suburb, Life Goes on Without Cars,"" and ""Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota,"" they all explain how you can do things without have to use cars for transportation.

In the source, ""In German Suburb, Life Goes on Without Cars,"" it explains that in Vauban, Germany, people have given up their cars to live a better, suburban life. In paragraph 3, Heidrun Walter states, ""When i had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way."" This shows that people can be happier living a suburban life by walking, riding bikes, etc. without having to use a car for transportation. Not only does has this made it easier, but has made the city denser.

In the source, ""Car-free day is spinning intoa big hit in Bogota,"" it explains that in Bogota, Columbia, people started a campaign called Days Without Cars, which basically is supposed to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. This is a good way to lower air pollution and help make transportation a lot less stressful. In paragraph 20, it states, ""In a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams."" This shows that without using cars for transportation, there will be less traffic jams and it will be easier to get to places.

In conclusion, people prefer to live a suburban life and use transportation without cars rather than with cars. This makes transportation a lot easier and you can get to places without being stressed out by traffic jams. This also keeps the country less poluted.    ",3
"Cars can be a good thing or a bad thing. They're good in the way that they help you get from point A to point B quicker then you normally would, but overall they're bad for the enviroment. This is why limiting car usage can have many advantages to it. Not only will it help reduce pollution, but it can also help you get closer to people in the community and even the world and overall it makes the world a better safer place.

Limiting car usage helps to reduce pollution in the world. An example of this is Paris banning driving do to smog, yet getting rid of the ban cause eventually the smog cleared up (Source 2). This provides proof that by limiting car usage we can reduce and prevent some pollution. Additionally by limiting we'll be making the world a lot less polluted especially if people were to follow Paris's example and put a temporary ban on cars to reduce pollution. And considering just Paris having and it helping them reduce pollution, it'd be safe to say having a temporary ban on all cars around would have a huge impact on the world  and the pollution.

Something else that would be an advantage of limiting car usage is getting closer to people around the world. The reason being the is fact you and other people would be more obligated to use walking or bikes as a means of transportation. And by doing that you'd be seeing other people more often in turn allowing for more chances to talk to and get to know others. An example to help support this is that (source 3) they say how in Bogota, Columbia they had a car-free day and even though it raining it didn't stop people from participating. They also mention how a guy named Carlos Arturo said ""It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution"" as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife.

Also in limiting car usage it'd make the world a better,safer and more manageable place. To begin with there wouldn't be as much car accidents or danger of being hit by a car. Additonally it would probably make people feel more relaxed and happy. An example to back this up would be when Heidrun Walter said ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,..."".

In conclusion limiting car usage has many advantages to it. From reducing pollution, to getting closer to people around the world, to making the world a safer,better, and more manageable place.    ",3
"Technology to read emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable. Technology to read emotional expressions of students is not valuable because the software is not compatible with all generations of computers. It would cost a lot of money to upgrade all computers for schools around the world. Technology to read expressions is also not valuable because in the passage it explains how the technology can find ones hidden emotion. That is invading privacy because they are hiding their emotions for a reason and maybe they don't want to be bothered and a teacher may try to talk to them about it.

Knowing ones hidden emotional can be invading privacy but it also has benefits. The benefits could be for identifying ones anger that has the mentality to inflict harm to someone or something. It could also alert the teacher because there could be a disturbance. He or she could pull the student aside incase they cannot handle their emotions or have a panic attack. The software could also prevent fights and agruments because the teacher would see the students emotions and help. But that still does not stop the fact at the end of the day that is an invasion to privacy because sometimes emotions are suppose to be kept on the inside. Last but not least the pricing becasue in the article it does not give price but the software might cost and it would still cost money to upgrade school computer to get the software.

Although the technology has benefits it should still not be used. Even though it has value it is stll not worth it price wise and the invasion of ones privacy. At the end of the day every school does not have money. It could also be a safety problem becuse student will feel like they're being spyed on. Not just by the teacher but the government becuse the government is attached through many softwares.",3
"Not everything is what it seems to be. What is your take on a driverless car? They seem great! They seem like they would make life easier, but would they really? I think driverless car would be a bad idea. They aren't perfect and could have lots of malfunctions and fail to alert the driver when there is an emergency. Not only that, but if something went wrong, who's fault would it be?

Technology is fantastic, it help us with so many of our daily needs and jobs, but everyone knows it's not perfect. They are almost always manufacturing defects. A manufacture defect in a phone or tablet is easy to get fixed, but lets take a driverless car. If you had a manufacture defect in a driverless car, imagine all the people that could be harmed. It could harm anyone in that car or on the road. As stated in the article, ""traffic laws are written with the assuption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times."" The article also says driverless cars aren't fully driverless, humans still have control over the car in some situations.

These advances driverless cars ""are designed to notify the driver."" That is a good safety feature, but it could also be harmful. The car ""requires human skills, such as navigative through work zones and around accidents."" The driverless car is designed to alert the driver when such emergencies occur. The manufacturers are considering flashing lights on the windshield or using cameras to watch the driver. There could be problems with both of these options. If they decide to use the flashing lights on the windshield, and the lights don't turn off due to a problem, it could hurt the driver more than it could help him or her. If they decide to go with the camera watching them, it couldn't hurt them, but it could make them feel uncomfortable. One other negative side to alerting the driver would be accidentally scaring the driver. The alert could stumble the driver and cause them to take quick action which could potentially harm themselves and others.

The problem with who to blame is always there, ""if the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault; the driver or the manufacturer?"" This question could cause lots of conflict. The answer to this question would be up to the law.

In conclusion, I believe we could not have driverless cars on our roads. They do sound very harmless and easy to function, but in reality they could cause lots of problems. We should just continue to use regular cars with human drivers in full control of the car.            ",4
"Ride Like The Wind

Do you want to have a job where you can travel alot? Then you should try to be a Seagoing Cowboy. You get to travel alot on this job. This job takes horses, young cows and mules that weres hipped overseas. I am going to give you many reason on why you should become a Seagoing Cowboy.

The reason you should get this job is. You get to go to a bunch of different places. You also can go sight seeing when you go these places. Also going on the trips is a unbelievable for a small-town boy. Most of the stuuf you do on the job is that you feed and give the animals water two or three times a day. Some of the other workers say that this job is an adventure.

These are all of my reason. On why I think you should join this crew that helps and feeds animals. This job is really exciting because . You get to go to alot of different place. You can also do more exploring on this job.",2
"i believe that smart cars, or driverless cars, are a thing of the future. only the future.

smart cars seem like a good idea to some, mostly the people that can not drive, due to handicap.

the cars wouldnt be driving themselves, they would only do simple tasks. such as, steer, accelerate, and brake. humans can do all of that, and more, just fine. the cars ""heads up display"" can work miracles. yet, if the driver isnt paying any attention to them, then the whole thought goes down the drain.

if one of these ""smart cars"" where to get in a road accedent, would it be the manufacturers or the drivers fault. i beileve that it would be the manufacterers fault. if the car has a faulty sytem. then there may be more danger in these cars, than any good. Also, google had announced its first smart car accident, March 1st, 2016. thankfully no one was hurt, but it just shows these cars are not perfect, by any means.   ",2
"People think that driverless cars are in our near future. I think they are not going to be because people still have to drive them, they are not safe, and they will cost a lot of money. I think that driverless cars are pointless.

People will still have to drive the so called ""driverless car."" According to the text, ""They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents."" The cars will not be totally driverless because if there is a work zone, an accident, when pulling in and out of driveways, or dealing with complicated traffic the person in the driver seat will have to take over the car. This means the driver will have to stay alert at all times.

If you get in a car accident with a driverless car, you will not know who is to blame-the driver or the manufacturer. The text states, ""Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?"" No one will want to buy a driverless car because they do not want to get in an accident. The driver's of the car will say it's the manufacturers fault, but the manufacturer will says it is the driver's fault.

Driverless cars are going to be so expensive. No one will want to buy them except for rich people. The text also states, ""Radar was a device on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars. It wasn't something you could buy at Radio Shack."" This shows that it cost a lot of money to build driverless cars, so the selling price is going to be even higher because they have to make a profit from them.

On the other hand, some people believe that the driverless car is the next best thing. An example is, ""Some manufacturers hope to do that by bring in-cer entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays. Such displays can be turned off instanly when the driver needs to take over-something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone. In this way, the in-car system is actually a safety feature, and safety is a big concern."" Some people like this idea because they will not be bored when they are waiting to drive.

In conclusion, I think that driverless cars are pointless. They are not even ""driverless cars"" because people will still have to drive, it is not very safe, and it is going to cost a lot of money. There will lots of accidents and then people will stop buying them and trying to return the ones they have bought.",4
"I think it is a bad idea to get a driverless. I feel as if there would be to many people who just would blow off their responsibilitys as a safe driver. I thnk this because they wouldnt be driving the car the car would be driving itself and that would make people pay less attention. But dont get me wrong it would be a nice and amazing idea if we could all be responsible enough and pay attention so that we dont cause accidents. These cars would also help us from accidents because it would be smart enough to know when there is a stop sign or anything like that.

Some things that could ruin this idea would be if you thought about what if they mal-function and the car crashes and seriously hurts someone. Im sure that the cars saftey system as in air bags and other things would become one of the prime resources if it did mal-function. I feel as if more people would trust this car if there was a percent or something on how efficent this car would be.

Some other major problems would be the price range i mean lets be serious no one wants to spend alot of money on a car that isnt worth it. I think if the car was a little cheaper and was alot more reliable on being able to pull over and stop without human work. the part that is good about the car telling the driver to help is it would keep the drivers alot more on the road then they would be if it could stop and pull over all on its own. One more problem i can see about this is there would be alot more texing on the road then is needed which would proabably cause alot more carelessness when people care riving to then would cause more accidents.",3
"i don't think its a bad way to test it i say they should test it to one classroom see how it works see what it can do and stuff like that so if you ever want to put theses in classroom's give it to one class to try them out and if they like it use but if they don't u can't do anything but make something better or something just like give it a diffenert name and shape, and size stuff like that beacuse you don't want to give it to a person that dose not like the idea of using it. say you have three classroom's and u want to see what's the odds of these classroom's using these so you test them for like 3 weeks see how use it see if they like do they need help using them so i think it would be great to have in classrooms as long as they like them and know's how to use them is the biggest part of this new product.",1
"The use of technology to read the emotional exppressions of students in a classroom is valuablefor many reasons. Emotions are a strange thing, and not evryone is going undertsatnd you just based off of your looks. There is something called FACS (Facial Action Coding System) that classifies our six basic emotions which are happiness, suprise, anger, disqust,fear, and sadness. The computer constructs a 3-D model of the face and they rely on the muscles in the face to expose it all. All of this came from the relaization that no one knows exactly the expression on the painting ""The Mona Lisa""'s face.

Some have observed the face so much, they can just tell how you're feeling.

Like, in fact if someone close to me were feeling some type of way, I would be able to tell based off of their face expression unless it's ""just their face"".

Not everyone is the same because ""most human contact and/or communication is nonverbal, icluding emotional communication"" which is stated from the text. Technology has helped alot though in this, especially researchers, psychologists and most likely scientists.

In conclusion, The Mona Lisa painting face expression isn't unknown anylonger. A group of researchers, scientists and whoever else may it be got together to solve this mystery whether it be with a computer, or looking through books. And maybe through this I could pay more attention to face expressions since it's that easy. ",2
"In 1945, World War ll had just ended. 44 countries joined to create the UNRRA(the United Nations Relief and Rehibilitation Administration. The UNRRA is an administration that helps a country that has lost quite a bit in the war. The UNRRA helped countries that lost food supply, animal supply, and more. They hired ""Seagoing Cowboys"" to help care for the horses, young cows, and mule that were going to be shiped to other countries.

I think that there are many reasons that people should join the UNRRA. The first reason that I have provided for you is that This is a once in a lifetime opportunity. The second reason I have is because even though you will be working you will be able to spend time with animals and you will see many sites that you would not have seen if you would have stayed home. The third reason I will provide is that not many people can do big oversea trips like that, a lot of people get very seasick. My final reason is that you would know you would be helping innocent people. You would know this because not everybody is in on these wars in fact most people are not in on big wars because they know it will tear apart their family.

I think that there are some claims that Luke has made that I should share. I think that one of Luke's claims that I should share is he said, ""I'm grateful for the opportunity. It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs."". I think that he could support this because a lot of people, families, homes, and countries are destroyed and seperated. Another of Luke's claims was, ""Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Accropolis in Greece was special."" I think that this can be supported because this would be truely amazing. I think that he did a good thing to choose to help the UNRRA, but being able to see Europe, China, and Greece would be incredible.

I think that Luke was a very incredible ""Seagoing Cowboy"". I think that some details to suppot this are that he lasted 9 trips to nine different countries. This is incredible because that is the longest any ""Seagoing Cowboy"" has ever lasted. I think another reason he is an incredible ""Seagoing Cowboy"" is because he decided to help the UNRRA. I bet that at the begining he was extremely nervous and I bet that he wanted to go home to his mom, dad, and siblings if he had any. My last reason that he was incredible is that he kept working even if he got seasick, or if he wanted to go home. I think that work was one thing that he used to get his mind off of things he worried about.

There are some thing that he could've done on the positive and the negative side. First, on the positive side, I thinkthat if he really set his mind to it he could've been a ""Seagoing Cowboy"" for at least 10-12 trips. I think that some benefits to staying longer would be that you would've been able to do more sight seeing, also you would've been able to spend more time with the animals. One thing that would be negative is that he would've gotten seasick more times than without staying.

I think that I would've signed up for this opportunity because I love animals and I really like being on the ocean. I think that this would be a great chance. I think that they should have things like this in 2016. I think that there are a lot of countries that could use something like this, one that I can think of off the top of my head is Syria. They could use all the help they could get, they could use food, shelter, animal products, and animals in general. I think that I would think the same way as Luke. I think that me and my friends would all sign up and we would do everything together. We would care for the animals together, we would eat together, we would sightsee together, and lastly we would take breaks and stop together. My overall thought is that this would be great but it would also be extremely dangerous.",4
"Dear Florida senator,

I am writing to you today to address what everyone is talking about which is in fact the Electoral College. It has been that topic widely talked about so i decided to research what it actually means and why it causes contreversy. People have viewed the Electoral College as an anachronism and they argue it should be overruled by popular vote but it is a very strong way to select electors and it wouldn't be in use at the moment if it wasn't the right way. According to Bradford Plumer, the single best argument against the Electoral College is what is known as the disaster factor. After reading ""What Is the Electoral College?"" by the Office of the Federal Register, it provided me with information like how it was established by the founding fathers in the Constitution. The founding fathers are very respected individuals mainly because they were of very great intelligence, so that proves how they came up with something professional.

Though it may seem that the abundance of people are in favor of changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States, there are people like I who believe and wish for the best like how keeping the Electoral College is the way to go. In 2000, a dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote happened but it's less likely than a dispute over the popular vote. I agree with Richard A. Posner that it avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast, I am not the only one who agrees because the facts also prove him right. With being a senator or anyone in office comes alot of pressure, Yet luckily with the Electoral College comes reduction of that pressure. It provides a clear winner when there are times of crisis like for example a run-off election.

The states with a larger capacity (the large states) receive more electoral votes , that is why people argue that it may seem unfair that some states get more participation in the election than others but it is actually very fair since there is more people in that state. I personally believe that the people who argue about the votes are those in the smaller states who feel they dont get the right to vote, it may look unfair but if all states got the same amount of electoral votes given than not everyone in the larger states would get a saying. Also, that is not mentioning the Swing States which are the ones who focus on the ""toss-up"" states. With that pressure the toss-up states are more likely to pay attention the campaign and are the most thoughtful voters and that just proves they deserve to get a majority of votes given.

Considering it may look like changing the election to popular vote may be the right option because it has many small reasons, it is better to have 5 strong reasons than a million unimportant ones to keep something very important. So I congratulate you and the people in office for keeping an open mind of what ""we the people"" have to say but also for knowing that what is in place now is right and should stay this way.                    ",4
"The idea of a car-free life has become more appealing around the world. In the United States, South America and across Europe, they have developed new ways of transportation that seem to be more beneficial. In these souces they explain the many advantages of limiting car usage such as its better for the environment and people find more alternative ways of transportation easier and cheaper.

There are many benefits to limiting car usage and the first is it improves the environment. In Source 1, it says that reducing car usage would be, ""A huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes"". Passengers in Europe are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions and 50 percent in the United States. ""All of our development since World War II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change,"" said David Goldberg, an official of Transportation for America. In that change recently,there has been many efforts to promote ""car reduced"" communities. In Source 2, Paris shows that they have made improvements in banning driving on certain days of the week due to smog. That smog cleared enough for the people to drive on days they were allowed to.

The second benefit to limiting car usage would be that people find more alternative ways of transportation easier and they are happier. ""When i had a car iwas always tense. Im much happier this way,"" said Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two, as she walked verdant streets where the swish of bicycles and the chatter of wandering children drown out the occasional distant motor. Many people expressed that other ways of transportation like biking or walking are much easier. In Source 3, it explains that Colombia has car-free days where they skate, bike, hike, or take buses instead. ""Its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,"" said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife.

In Source 4, it says that because of other ways of transportation are easier and cheaper, ""Recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses each year."" It goes on to explain that ""Part of the explanation certainly lies in the recession, because cash-strapped Americans could not afford new cars, and the unemployed werent going to work anyway."" As more people become jobless, they find that taking buses or walking is much easier. That could be an advantage because Bill Ford, executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company laid out a plan where cities in which ""pedstrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety.""

In conclusion, there are many ways in limiting car usage can be benefical such as with the enviroment, to the people, and it can change in the way this world operates. Living a car-free life would soon be very desirable in this world soon.                     ",4
"1.) Topic - Use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable.

2.) Type of Essay - Persuassive 3.) Point of View - 3rd person 4.) Thesis Statement. -

The use of the Facial Action Coding system is not beneficial for students in a classroom, because it shouldn't matter how they are feeling as long as they are learning something, facial action coding system doesn't have anything to do with kid's learning or what they are doing in a classroom, and it doesn't benefit them in any type of way.

It shouldn't matter how kids are feeling in a classroom, because they are there for education not for people to judge how they look between angry, happy, disgusted etc. Kid's go to classrooms to learn, to be taught something, to make something of themselves. Yes, at the top of paragraph one it talks about how Prof. Thoman Huang was able to tell that Mona Lisa was 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful and 2 percent angry. They did all that with a painting not in a classroom, this technology could be beneficial if it was showing the emotions of paintings and what they felt when they were getting a portrait of themselves.

Facial Action Coding has nothing to do with kid's learning, because its not teaching them anything. If anything its teaching them to not be angry or not be disgusted but to be happy. In this article they are only talking about the Monal Lisa which she was around at one point but now she is not. Kid's learning is not based off of the fact that they are able to do some Facial Coding and see how their friends feel or how their family feels. Kid's are in classrooms to learn about one subject and one subject only, kids shouldn't have to sit there and see how they are feeling through a 3D programing, they should already know how they feel. In Paragraph 5 it says "" most of us would have troubel actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worrid, disgusted etc. Yet Dr. Huang observes that artists such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles percisely enough to convey specifici emotions."" Nowhere in this passage does it talk about it being beneficial or them using it in classrooms.

It doesnt benefit kid's learning in any type of way the only way it does benefit them is by the coding, they could learn coding and get a good job with that. In paragraph 7 it is giving you tips on how to smile when infront of a mirror, so even if kids did learn how to do facial action coding it wouldn't mean anything for their future. Yea they get to tell by looking at a 3D model of the muscles in the face and they get to see what percentage of happy, sad disgusted, etc. Kids do not have to have a Facial Action Coding system that enable computers to identify human emotions because, kids can easily talk to some people for a good amount of time, and they can tell that in their voice in their actions everything they do they can tell if they are happy, sad, annoyed, angry, disgusted etc. Facial Action Codes do not benefit a kid's learning in a classroom at all. In paragraph 6 it talks about how the Mona Lisa demonstrations is really intended to bring a smile to your face,and it shows just how much a computer can do, a computer could read Mona Lisa's face which is a paint and its not moving, but with a human it would be hard to because they are always moving, the muscles in their body are always moving, they could be happy one minute and be angry the next, so kids wouldn't know which one they are because the muscle's in you face are constantly moving.

No, Facial Action coding is not beneficial for students in a classroom, because it shouldn't matter hwo they are feeling as long as they are learning something, facial action coding system doesn't have anything to do with kid's learning or what they are doing in a classroom, and it doesn't benefit them in a classroom in any type of way",3
"There are many advantages to not driving a car like less polution and smog which makes our days more sunny and nice, people will be more healthy and it will help people with their physical health with how they will have to walk, or ride a bike just to get places.

In paris, people with even numberd licens plates were orderd to on monday to not drive their car anywhere or they would be fined a $31 fine if they did and on tuesday the same for odd numbered and the result was that alot of their smog was cleared and that helped them alot, so if we did the same then we might see dramatic results.

In places such as Bogota they do a no car day and they have less stress and less smog but sometimes it does rain on them but the stress is reduced because of not much traffic and people trying to make them angry, care crashes could easly be avoided if people did not drive very often, I think the stress was reduced because the people were able to enjoy the outdoors for what it was.

If people did not drive cars with alot of bulk and that just guzzle alot of gas, then their weather would not be so weird and they would be more able to do the things they want like go the becah, ride a bike, hike, and just hang out with people they want to and not just hope that it will be ok tomorrow, most people who dont drive often and just do something more meaningful have a longer healthyer life rather than people with truck diesel, or regular gasoline.

Having gasoline smoke in your lungs can have just the same amount affect as when some one smokes around you, it gets in your lungs and it will cut your breathing ability down by half and then everything you do will seem harder to do just because your lungs are not helping you breath just like they use to, and the pollution will make you more sick so adding on to your lungs feeling like someone is standing on then you also are sick, so now you have to just sit down so not to make it worse.

If you exercise enough and dont drive your car very often then you can stay healthy and do good int the process for yourself and you might have an effect on others to do the same then it will become a natural thing to just get outside and not need to drive your car alot, just moderate.

Alot of smog comes from places such as New York, Paris, Bogota..... because they all have alot of people and therefor alot of cars so people all over that place have car after car so they get angry and unhealthy and if they would just leave the car alone once in a while then they will have less traffic, less smog and more people just happy to be there.    ",3
"""How Humans Can Travel to Venus""

Venus, commonly known as Earth's ""twin"", is the closest planet to have almost the same size and density as Earth. When people first hear this, their minds quickly wonder if humans could ever live on Venus. Any time NASA conducted an experiment for Venus, they have always sent an unmanned spacecraft, and for a good reason. Each time the spacecraft landed or was close to the planet, it would last up to no more than three hours. What does this mean for humans? The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents by introducing Venus's features, NASA, and technology.

Astronomers fight the question as to why they keep studing Venus by providing the information they have found. Venus is discovered to be a planet that used to have many Earth-like features. ""Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long frames of space travel"" (""The Challenge of Exploring Venus""). The author explains that Venus is the nearest option for humans to visit because of how close it is on the orbit. Scientists conclude that Venus might have had large bodies of water and could have supported other life forms, like on Earth. Venus also has features Earth has, like mountains, craters, and valleys. Since Venus already is a planet with very similar structures like Earth, it makes scientists think whether or not to take a little visit to Venus.

According to scientific research, Venus's temperature can go up to 800 degrees Fahrenheit, which is 90 times greater that what humans experience on Earth. Although the temperature on Venus can go up to bizarre numbers, NASA still comes through with an idea on how to send humans to Venus. ""Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way"" (""The Challenge of Exploring Venus""). NASA concludes that if humans are to go on Venus, they would have to be in a blimp-like vessel and be about the ground to resist the scorching temperatures. The temperature woul still be at a high degree, almost at about 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but humans could still live and function at that rate. The air pressure would be close to that of Earth's sea level, which is survivable for humans.

NASA's idea of a blimp-like vehicle allows humans to start a journey to Venus. The technology made makes the trip to Venus possible for humans in the near future. Technology in the past has been able to make it close to Venus without humans, but it would always be destroyed in less that three hours. NASA and their scientists work everyday with technology to make it anyway easier to travel to Venus. Despite the dangerous temperature zones, the chances of destruction by the planet's impediments, and the very high pressure, technology can make it easier to adventure to Venus. ""For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions"" (""The Challenge of Exploring Venus""). NASA has been already testing products with their technology to see if it would be compadable with Venus's climate, and the product has been able to adapt to the climate for three weeks. This means that if NASA starts to get the right technology for Venus, travel there wouldn't be as dangerous as they thought.

Venus's features, NASA and technology all support the author's statement as to why Venus is a worthy pursuit despite all the dangers. Since Venus and Earth share similar features, scientists found that Venus also might have had large bodies of water, which may also bring other similarites to Earth. NASA has been studying and making plans about how humans will be able to travel the constant hot temperatures and climate at Venus, and found a way for humans to travel. Technology has made it easier to widthstand Venus's features and made ways for humans to be able to adapt. With all these changes, it makes it easier to let humans hop on board and travel to Venus, despite all dangerous remarks about the planet.                      ",5
"Dear Senator,

I heartily agree that we the people should keep the Electroral College. Like you may already know, ""the ElectoralCcollege is a process, not a place."" Our founding fathers have made it, and as we look back into history, we realize that they were right about how a lot of things run in the U.S., so why should we question them now? Even we too as citizens know that they were right for making the Electoral College. As much as we aren't a citizen- ruled society, we aren't a totalitarian society either.

A really good reason for having the Electoral College is simply recognizefd by saying that it kind of gives us(the citizns of America) the ""power"" to vote for our president, rather than it being inherited, or voted upon solely by government officials, or some ranom process like in North Korea where Kim Jung Uun gets voted because he basically brainwashed his people into loving him. It gives us a certainty that we can chose the betterment for America. Also, though roughly half of the U.S. might agree, and the other half might disagree, you are entitled to your own opinion, and voting gives you the chance to show your opinion about whom you believe should be able to run our beatiful homeland as our trusted founding fathers once did, as presidnet.

I'm sure that it has come to you that their are, in fact, several great reasons for allowing the Electoral college still run, but their is a couple of downsides. First off, the people within the Electoral College that vote for us citizens, don't vote for each individual person, they vote based upon who is voted the most in their relative area in whichever state their in, so the people don't all get their votes out. This could have turned several presidential elctions around and helped the man or woman that lost in the election to win it.

After seeing the great pro's and the tiny con's, I'm sure your settled upon the opinion of holding on to the Electoral College,though you are entitled to your own opinion, you can't deny the facts.

Yours truly,

First name Last name                                                                            ",4
"The Seagoing Cowboys program is a great way to travel the world. If you love animals this is a great job for you because you can take care of them. This program keeps you busy,but there is always time to have fun.

The Seagoing Cowbys program gives you many oppertunites. Us cowboys take care of horses,young cows,and mules that are shipped over sea. You have the benifit of helping other people and seeing other countries such as Europe and China. Exploring the way of life in other countries is amazing. Sometims the job does keep you busy,but it is for a good cause. There is time to have fun,when us cowboys finish unloading we head to empty holds where animals were housed and play games such as fencing,boxing and other games that help us past the time. Being a cowboy is more then helping animals and having fun. When we travel we become more aware of other countries and there needs. This job gives you many ways of helping others.

There are many reasons to become a cowboy. You can be someone who helps not just animals but others if you sign up. Being part of this program may change your life and give you more of an eye opening view of the way people live in other countries. Its not just having a job its helping others and having fun at the same time. This is why you should sign up to be part of the Seagoing Cowboys program.          ",2
"The electoral college system is better than the popular vote system because every citizen should have a say in who is running the country they are living in. Also, if not everyone has a say in who their president is there would probably be claims of discrimination towards the government for not letting those people vote. There would,as well, not be a standard that could be set that everyone agrees on because the people excluded would not accept it. Popular vote hasnt worked in the past and it wont work now either.

If we chose the popular vote system it would never work out because there would always be people,mostly the ones excluded from voting, that would disagree with the system in general and the standard set on who can or can't vote. For example,in colonial times only white men who owned land could vote and I am sure that the african americans and the women and even the white men who didn't own land were not too happy with that standard. Of course if we had the popular vote system today,the standard would definitely have to be changed but the people who are excluded wouldn't like the system at all.

In the electoral college system everyone who would like to gets a say in who is running their country and pretty much nobody has a problem with it. It is also much easier to count the vote's of 586 votes from the electoral college than like half a billion from cictizens in america. Another two reasons that the electoral colege system is better than the popular vote system.

In the colonial times there were slaves and only 1 out of every 4 votes from slaves counted and that was very discriminative but it was how it was back then but think,if we adopt the popular vote system, what would happen if only white and black people could vote or only white men. There would be udder chaos in America and there would be wrongful deaths and crimes. I would get mad too if i was put in a spot where i was not allowed to vote but some people would take it to the extreme and it probably wouldn't stop until the standard was amended.

In conclusion, the popular vote system is all around a bad idea and it would cause nothing but bad times. Keep the voting system the same because everyone seem's to like it so dont fix it if it's not broken. That is why we should not change or fix the voting system in America.    ",2
"I think that we should have more control over the car. like a manual over ride so we could just drive if we dont want to use the automatic mode. the fact that a camera will be watching you kinda bothers me, and they say its for saftey. I dont belive that i think its for people who do drugs, or drink and drive so i guess it would be safer but it would also take away our freedom/choice to drive.

Im still for it cause you would also have more time to pay more attention to others in your car. honestly thats why the camera thing, making sure your watching the road is a bit counter intuitive. You would just be sitting there bacicly looking out a window not to mention people would get board and then you'd definatly get distracted. It even says its on autopilot 90 percent of the time. I hope they redesign the inside of the car, maybe have it to a more liveing room type thing where the driver seat can rotate a 180 degrees to face towards the middle of the car. there would be a adjustable table tv, computer or if you need to face and talk with your kids.

So i think this would help on time crunches and multi-tasking. when you think obout it we spend hours of our day watching signs,roads, and cars. All that time just gone with little progress of anything but now you should be able to get a lot more done in little time, cause time is everything. And we really shouldn't be wasting it on staring at a long lonly road for hours on end.",2
"The author of the passage(The Challenge Of Exploring Venus) suggests that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.I belive that the author suggests this because even though venus is a dangerous planet and no human could possibly survive the climate there,it is still a planet worth researching.

Also all though venus is very easy to spot from a distance and safe vantage point of earth,It is for a fact a very challenging place to examine more closely.

As it says in paragraph two''Humans have sent numerous spacecrafts to land on this cloud-draped world.each previous mission was unmanned,and for good reason'' With out being able to send a person to study it up close an bring back samples scientests have limited knowlage on venus.For

more then 3 decades not a single space craft has touched down on venus. Acording to the passage paragraph 3 ''A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent blankets venus.even more challangeing are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfric acid in venus's atmosphere.one the the planet surface,temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit,and the atmosphericpressure is 90 times greater then what we experience on our own planet. '' All of these condition are way more extreme then anything humans encounter on eaarth we wouldnt even be able to survive this.

Even though venus really is an imposible planet study with alot of obsticles the author still belives it is a worthy persuit.Even though we cant meet the challenge venus has alot of value,not only because of the knowlage we want to gain on the planet itself,but also because our travels on earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers an doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation ( as said in the last paragraph).At this point i agree with the author we should keep exploring all posebilitys and not give up.   ",3
"Imagine being able to detect exactly how other people are feeling, even when they are trying to hide their emotions. New software has been developed that improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of others. This new software, the Facial Action Coding System, has promising applications for a variety of industries. Do you ever get bored at school? This technology will help keep you concentrated and excited to do school work. The program is a good idea because it will keep kids from zoning out because their bored. It is a well needed device because, it will help students interested in school and not wake up in the morning and say,"" I dont want to go to school today.""

We humans perform this same impressive ""calculation"" every day. But a teacher can't do it to every student at once. The program will see if kids are happy, sad, angry, and bored. Then it will change the lesson to adjust to your emotions. Say you were doing a lesson on the computer and it was really boring. The program would see that you are bored and adjust the lesson to make you interested in the lesson. This program would help a lot of students stay interested in schoool.

Some might say it's an invasion of our privacy. It would invade our emotions and some might not like that. But this will help your kids stay interested in school and want them to porsue a career that they want because this taught them what they wanted to do and showed them what excites them.   ",3
"Car usage is not what you really think it is! People can go on in life without using cars just as well as they do now. This essay is to inform you about limiting car usage.

Life can go on without cars. We as people do not actually need a car to survive. There are plenty of ways to get around without a vehivle. About 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars. In 2006, Vauban completion was an example of a trend growing in Europe and the United States and elsewhere to seperate suburban life from auto use. Planners would like to make cities denser and better for walking. That's why walk ways are placed on main streets andd not the main highway.

Almost 4,000 drivers were fined for driving with even numbered license plates. Twenty seven people had their car impounded because of their reactions to this fine. Car emissions were cause because of cold nights and warm days. Some people blamed fuel as a tax policy favor diesel over gasoline. Everything was going bad with vehicles and tax policies.

Less cars around the world would cause less problems. There wouldn't as many vehicle fines as there is now with less vehicles.    ",2
"""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" some people say it's worth to study Venus is a worthy to pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Exploring Venus would be a great and exciting adventure, to find new things and learn more on what's beyond the Earth. Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our system.

Venus might be just some other Earth like planet, but we do not know what the danger could do to us, is it worth it? Yes, because we humans were born to explore and find out new ways to live a good and entertained life. We keep our blogs updated everyday, is a new day. Humans, cannot obtain life on Venus because of the conditions are far more extreme than on Earth. Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth, this planet has a rokcy surface and includes some familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters.

NASA are trying to approache Venus, without any warm if tha's possible then we could have another planet to explore. Striving to meet the challenge presented by venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us in the many equally intimidating endeavors. Though we travels far and explored far, we still need to continue on to our very edges of our imagination and innovation. Nature will let us determind if we can continue our journey, the universe will let us if we can or not. Continueing on studying Venus would be the greatest project that has ever been created on history.    ",3
"Freedom without a car

Around the world in different countries millions of people live life without a car. They either walk, run, jog, ride their bikes, or go on the subway just to get to work or go somewhere. Here are some facrs to know why life without a car is the beat way to life.

First, Having a car is wonderful by choice if you want it. A lot of families are so much better without a car. One women from Vauban says in source 1  ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way."" So not having stress is one of the ways that you wil get rid of and not having your blood pressure up. Let's say if you wanted to buy a house in Germany, you have to pay for that house monthly and on top of that have to pay an extra $40,000 just to park you car. That's a same that you just bought a house and have to pay for a parking place and dont froget about cellphone bills, morgages, water and electric bills, and much more. Without a car will bring less money out of yor bank account.

Also, to having car payments you have to pay for gas too or your going to be walking to work while your JAG sits at home in the garage. Diesel fule has a tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline in France. If you have a car that doesnt run on diesel the sorry hun you have to go somr place eles to get you gas. Car traffic... who doesn't like coming home from a long day of work and then have to wait in car traffic for longs of period of time. You are actualy waisting up all of your money and gas just sitting there waiting for traffic to move.

Last, maybe in the future there will be not that many cars being made. Studies shows that Americans are buying less cars. In source 4 it says that Americans can't afford new cars and with so many people not able to work and people getting into car accidents who knows they might invent moder bikes. With the government asking for so much on us and with the prices of gas getting up to $4.00 a gallon people want to save their hard working money. And without emassive amounts of money coming out of your bank you can maybe plain for a family vacation that doesn't cost as much as a car payment for 2 years.

In conclusion, to my perspective I don't want to pay for a car thats going to be more than what my house costs. Without a car I can go on long walks and be adventureous. See something that I haven't see since I was in a rush in the car. You never know what or who you will see when you are living free without a car.            ",3
"The author effectively communicate his claim that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth like planet in our solar system. ""NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. Some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simualting the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such condition"". ""By comparsion, systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces"". These evidence proves how NASA are trying different approaches and they are making different kind of new technology so they can withstand the harsh condition of Venus, and striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. ",2
"I believe that driverless cars should not be built. They seem like a good idea at the first look but imagine there would be so many downsides to owning one of these vehicles. First of all they would be extremely expensive to build and buy and the delicate snesors used in these vehicles could easly be broken or damaged. Also people would have the ability to hack into the servers that would run these vehicles and essentially make them do whatever they wanted, whether it be to wreck or cause an accident. And what would happen if one of these vehicles were to malfunction and cause the death of a driver, passenger, or pedestrian. I feel there are too many risks and downsides to be producing these vehicles.

Even if we were to make these vehicles mainstream and sell them people would find something wrong with them like they always do. And if not that they would find ways around safety measures added to the vehicles. For example preasure sensors could be added to the steering wheel to only allow the cars to drive if someone has there hands on it, but someone could just tightly wrap tape or something else around the wheel instead and cause an accident. This is why I think these vehicles should not be produced and sold.",2
"What would the world be like with autonomous cars? Cofounder of Google, Sergey Brin, belives the world would change completely. Television and movies have also been interested in driverless cars for the longest time. Now many manufacturing companies, such as Mercedes, Toyota, and Nissan are investigating this possibly innovative technology. Driverless cars could prove to be a great solution for the environment, driver saftey, and world innovation.

As Sergey Brin invisions, driverless cars could help the environment immensely. The driverless cars would be much smaller and more flexible than the buses mainly used for public transportation today. These new cars would have the ability to replace this bulkey public transportation. Also, since noone would have the need to buy a car, less cars would be on the road. This would cut down on the fuel used today by half since there are not as many cars. With less overall cars on the road there will not be as much greenhouses gases

released into the air, conserving the ozone layer and help correct global warming.

Not only would driverless cars provide helpful to the environment but also to driver saftey. Most traffic laws focus on the necessity for driver, passenger, and pedestrian saftey. With the driverless cars that have spinning sensors on the roof, named LIDAR, the car would be able to detect pedestrians more quickly than a intoxicated, distracted, or drowsey driver. The cars would alert the driver, if a saftey issue it could not deal with arose. This would keep pedestrians safe and possibly prevent many crashes caused by human errors at the wheel.

Driverless cars could also help by being a world innovation. Since the human race is so curious and determined, if a world innovation of driverless cars occured, it could prompt anyone to make the next ""Big Thing."" It has already brought major compaines like Google, Benz, Nissan, Mercedes, and Telsa into a phase of competition to create the fully capable driverless cars. Also on the way to this new invention, some company might stumble across a another world innovative idea. The invention of these driverless cars might help in uniting the world for one purpose as well as continuing the human goal to always improve.

Driverless cars are a very new idea. With so many people working on this world innovation, it could possible be the next ""Big Thing"" only to lead on to more improvement in human technology. These driverless cars also provide an alternative option to decreasing the greenhouse gases in the environment by eliminating the need for so many cars on the road. Saftey would also be improved with the creation of driverless cars so people who are impaired by alcohol, drowsiness, or emotions, would not cause as many crashes. Allowing the creation of driverless cars has so many benefits for the environment and saftey the world will be changed forever, for the better.",4
"Driving while having not to drive seems like the way to drive, or does it? Being in front of the wheel but not taking any part of action that's going on seems like a brilliant future ability, but is it safe? In order to be safe at all times, the bottom line is driverless cars are dangerous because eventually techonolgy will go wrong, which goes along with risking your life, and not all people will take precautions in this situation.

People have been creating a variety of useful idea's thoughout the generation but overall this is one of the most dangerous. This car will have to always be checked because if something ever goes wrong with it, it will most likley crash. For example, if the car is driving on its own and somethings wrong with it, it could go ballistic because the car is controlled by itself and by the time you will take control of it you would be in an accident.

Dealing with the techonolgy of the car, your life is in great danger. Not only are you dealing with your own life, but maybe also the people in your car and drivers all around you. The driverless car does have ""special touch sensors,"" that ""make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel."" It doesn't mean they are paying attention to what is going around them. ""If the techonlogy fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver of the manufacturer?"" That is the real question about this whole argument.

This whole essay is ties up with the precaution of ""risking your life,"" driving on the road is already a dangerous thing to do but to allow cars that drive themselves adds up. As in the text says, ""GM has developed driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object,"" there will always be people in this world who will be ignorant to these messages that the car implies. Sometimes the car will exaggerate the precautions you have to take making the driver think less of them.

There are endless of possiblities of things that can go wrong with driverless cars but also brilliant outcomes that can change the future. If people are willing to buy driverless cars, they must be alert at all times because there is a chance something might go wrong. So if you buy a driverless car, are you willing to take more chances of driving on the road than you already have?",4
"Have you ever wanted to know about the planet Venus? Some of you wouldnt want to study or pay attention to the planets in space. Some of you would like to pay attention to the streets or what not. It does not matter if you dont like space or planets but if you thinking about it, then now is the time to learn about the planet Venus. In the excerpt, the author explains that Venus is sometimes called the ¨Evening Star.¨ This something that you will be shocked about because I wouldve never known. He also explains that studying Venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers. He explains the idea very well because want to welcome many people to study the world to see whats its like to know when something is gonna happen or how its gonna happen.

Sometimes studying things can be real helpful because you can learn so many things about it. The article states, ¨These differences in the speed mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times we are closer to

Venus.¨ This indicate that anything could happen if we touch one of those planets. He addresses the speed in the planets when it orbits the sun. Anything can go wrong if its always going like that. Its like having something spinning around everyday. Eventually, something is gonna go wrong and its gonna mess everything up. On the other hand, People who study space would know the answer to what will happen if they was to touch. The author basically wants others to care about the world. He wants others to see both parts of the world. It doesnt matter if something is bad you should still have respect and love in it because its here for a reason. He stated ¨ Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. This means that if we are traveling and something goes wrong we shouldnt have to stop traveling because of the dangers. We should be able to still travel to avoid giving people so much worries. Traveling should be expanded to reach like different destinations so people can see whats its like to care for the world and whats its like to not csre care for the world.

In conclusion, studying the world can be a big part of helping the world understand the parts of whats going on around. What the aurthor does is he explains his thoughts on Venus and give real facts after to show that he understands some parts of Venus. Despite the fact that he is caring about the dangers that can be caused around us; he wants to take a look at both sides. Thats how he supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despte the dangers so well.                                          ",2
"Have you ever thought about limiting the usage of your car ? If not you should start thinking of ways you can transport yourself without having to use your car each and everyday to do certain things and go certain places. limiting your car usages can be very helpful to not only you but the people thats around you. here's some reasons why ...

Sometimes limiting your car usage can be a great choice for you to make. without the usage of your car you can get wonderful excrise without even knowing. example, when your driving your car there's no energy running through your body. your body needs movement. A way you can transport and exricse is a bike. A bike can help you run energy through your body without you knowing unlike like a car. Not only your limiting your car usage but your getting fit and transportation as well.

Cars can be very harmful to your communitiy. The gas from your vehicle explores the air and that can cause a very filthy thing called polution in your communitiy. Some citizens don't think of it that way. people say that Cars are easier and faster  ways to get around but also hurtful during the process. this is one of the reasons people are getting sick. cars should be limited of their usage.

This was some points on why cars should be limited of their usage. their dangerus its unkowingly harmful to our citizen. Bikes were made for a reason and thats to transport. Your hurting yourself if you not taking these points im giving you. children get sick everyday and part of th reason is the polution in the world. hop on a bike and get to peddling it won't hurt you your getting fit and saving the world at the same time.    ",3
"In "" The Challange of Exploring Venus"" the author suggests that studing benus is a worthy pursuit dispite the dangers on presents. The author talks about how thick the atmosphere is and how hot venus planet surface is the goes in to talk abput how venus may have had the same life on there planet as we do on earth today and that

"" our travels on earth and beyond should not be limited.

The author talked about very many good points that he has about looked into teh caulculations on what it would be like to expose a cell phone or tablet on yhsi planet he says "" just imagiane exposing a celll phone or tablet to a heat cabable of mealting tin. "" he also talks about how everything that lands on venus hasnt servived very long within time of landing. the athour does say that meeting the challange presented by venus has value , not only because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating invators ""

saying this he is saying that if we could all figure things out and find wways to pit this stuff together like where he talks about how we could you nalmost blimp like things to float above the eartth we could maybe find a way to work together and do it.

Inconlusion this passige "" the challenge of expoloring venus very well erxplains what the author is trying to say and he goes into great depth of everything that he has studied looked at and maybe even the people at NASA he could have talked to. he serves a very great [point that one day we could travel to venus.           ",2
"I believe that this could be useful because of the fact that it can read student emotions. This could help the computer alter the assignment a little to make it seem more appealing. Doing so could make students actually want to do their assingments, rather than faking it until they make it. Also, it would make the computer program more interactive, giving students the feel of a one on one session with a teacher.

The same technology can even be used at home. The software will scan your facial emotions and alter ads based on how you react to them. Again, your getting the interactive feel of a one on one situation. This technology could also be used with videogames. Making the animated characters interact with your emotions. Similar tech is already being used in games, letting the character interact with your voice and body movement, but not your human emotions.

So, in conclusion, I support the use of this technology. Making things more interactive could increase the joy of the user. In doing so, it would make more people want to do differnt activities involving school work, videogames, or even just enjoying the use of the internet. Making everyones internet use a tad more enjoyable. ",3
"In this article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author suggest that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents, according to the passage. I will explain the reasonings and give explanations as to why he made this statement.

Venus is simple to see from the distant some know it as the ""Evening Star"" but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proven very challenging place to examine more closely. Often referred to as Earth's ""twin,"" Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too. One of the biggest differences, is that a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus, with highly corrosive sulfuric acid clouds in Venus's atmosphere.

This has made it seriously challenging to do farther studies on Venus. Humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world. According to the text, each mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more then a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more then three decades.

Venus can be found very dangerous and very challenging for farther studies, but yet, scientists are still discussing farther visits to it surface, because of the fascination that Venus may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. According to the text, long ago Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth. Furthermore, Venus may be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel. The trick really is, making such a mission that is both safe and scientifically productive.

NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in these conditions. Another way scientists are trying to come about is using old technology called mechanical computers. According to the text, they were made in the 1800's and played an important role in the 1940's during World War 2. Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible,and quick, but tend to be more delicate in extreme physical conditions. Unlike older technology. By comparison, systems that use mechanical parts can be made of more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces.

Fighting and working to overcome these challenges presented by Venus has value, not only because of what we gain from the planet itself, but also because of the human curiosity will likely lead us into many eqaully intimidating challenges.        ",2
"Im agree with the Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President. This is my claim, A dipute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible it happened in 2000, but it's likely than a dispute over the popular vote. The reason is that the winning candidate's share of the Electoral College invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote. For example, President Obama recive 61.7 percent of the electoral votes copared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes for him and for Romney. Because the total number of votes 538 is an even number, but it is highly unlikely.

The winner take all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates,  to focus on their campaign; the voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the competing candidates.  The electoral college restores some of the weigth on the political balance that large states lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution. The most popular vote was in Florida in 2012. Who won the vote, got 29 electoral votes. So other things being equal, a large state gets more attention from presidential candidates ina campaign tahn a small state. Nixon in 1968 and Clinton in 1992 both had only a 43 percent plurality of the popular votes, while winning a majority in the  Electoral College the 301 and 370 electoral votes, repectively.

There is pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast; that pressure, which of would greatly complicate the presidential election process, is reduced by the Electoral College, which invariably produces a clear winner. Democrats in Texas, and Reublicans in California. Thir vote no effect, they have less incentive to pay attention to the compaign than they would have if the president were picked by popular vote. But of course  no voter's vote swings a national election, about one-half the elegible American population did vote in 2012's election.    ",2
"The author idea is is it worthy to be studying Venus without putting people in danger.

I tink its worthy because if Earth can't be a place where humans can live they have to another planet where people can lve at.

Venus is called the twin of Earth because its close to Earth in terms and density. Many spacecrafts was sent to Venus but none of the spacecraft have survived more than a few hours. More than three decades no spaceship have touched Venus again . Venus is one of the plaents that is hard to study because of its tempurtures and reputation. Venus atmosphere is almost 97% of carbon dioxide. The clouds in Venus are more challenging because the have highly corrosive sulfuric acid.

Also the temperatures average are over 800 degrees Fahrenhiet and the atmospheric perssure is 90 times greater than Earth. The conditions of Venus are more extreme than Earth. For example the environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals. Venus has the hotter temperatures in our solar system even though Mercury is closer to our sun. even though high pressures and heat the weather present addtional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.

Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most like Earth planet in our solar system.

Thats all what i got right now i wish i get a lot of points becuase of this.",1
"Yes I think that the technology to read the emotionanl expression of sutdents in a classroom is valuable. If a student is becoming bored or confused. This will then help teacher to undersand a student and be able to help them so that they will undersand what they are learning in the classroom.

If a teacher is not able to help a student then the student will fail and may get behind in school. When a sudent how play sport or other activites will not be able to do the activits becues they will be trying to get the grabe up in the class. The technology to read the emptional expressions of student will also help teacher changer they way that thay teach the students helping then become a better teacher. This technology will help undersand how to help a studnt if the sudent is sad or anger then the teacher can try and help the student get throw the problem. thji swill then help the sstudennt get focued on the lesson the on the problenm.

Th estory sayes that ""A classroom comuter could recomize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"" Dr. Huang predicts . ""then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instritor."" This will help people to become or awere of what macks students bored and what students had truble lerarning. This will them help teacher find new was to teach the sudent in the classroom in a way that will help them learn.",2
"The role of driverless cars have become bigger and more accessable to the public and companies. There are pros and cons to these new developments but ultimately I believe they are for the best.

Although there are downsides to having driverless cars at the moment, such as not being comletely automatic, that will probably change in the future. The problem now is that the cars only automate themselves in certain situations so the driver has to be alert and ready to take over the wheel. So what's the

point of having a driverless car where you have to be alert at every moment? That is only a problem of the present. If more time and research is put into this project than eventually we will get cars that can drive automaticaly on the road full time without the need of being alert at all times. Human drivers make mistakes and that can cause harm to themselves and to others. Without the variable to human mistake, and if we could perfect the driverless car, there would be virtually no car crashes or car related injuries. Driverless cars have sensors and that let them take the right course of action or brake at the right time which could otherwise lead to accidents.

Driverless cars are getting smarter. With new developments in the technology and a few years down the road, driving could get a lot safer for everyone on the road. If we keep research and testing going than I believe that it will be a big step towards road safety.    ",3
"Throughout the years, in fact between the years 2002-2014, numerous newspapers and reporters have reported that having the lack of cars can actually benefit the earth and its population. Also, they say, there are advantages to them. but what exactly are these advantages that could prosper so many car loving fans? Well, there are actually 2 advantages of people would love to have:1, People are much happier and 2, the stress that afflicts many today are gone and also parks are blooming throughout one city because of the lack of the automobiles. So let's consider these wonderful advantages of not having any car.

First, People are much happier without cars than they are with cars.  According to the New York times, one mother who is a media trainer and the mother of two reports as to saying: ""I'm much happier this way."" Her Name is Heidrun Walter and she lives in an area of Germany called Vauban. Vauban is a city where 'street parking,driveways and home garages are generally forbidden.' If to enjoy this kind of happiness in a world full of grim people, who wouldn't want to take up not driving a car?

Second, The stress that people have today are gone and at one city parks are blooming. According to the news reporter Andrew Selsky, from the Seattle times, he writes these words spoken by one businessman in Bogota, Colombia: ""It's a good oppurtunity to take away stress."" Mr. Selsky also writes this about the parks blooming throughout the city of Bogota:""Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city."" The Advantages of not driving a car are pretty great.

In conclusion, the advantages of not having a car to drive are very numerous. another reason for not having to drive a car is that of pollution. and the list could go on. So as has been shown, People are happier and stress-free without having to drive cars. So may you ever be happier if you don't have to drive cars.    ",3
"""Hmmmm, i think it would be great to have others in the Seagoing Cowboys program."" Luke Bomberger is apart of the Seagoing Cowboys program and thinks it would be great if new faces would join the program as well. So Luke is thinking about how he'd get the message out to people so they could probably be in the program. ''I should talk to the others and see what they think."" Luke said, so he spreads the word to the other guys and they all think it's a great idea. Luke was amazed everyone was wanting others to join the program also. All of a sudden luke thought to himself ''We'll be getting back on board in three more days. So he told the guys that they need to get the word out to as many people as they could instantainiously. So they thought of a plan then one of the guys blurted out and said, 'since were on land right now we could probably find a radio station around here."" So the other guys gave him a high five and telling him that's an brilliant idea. So the guys took a map and started roaming around seeing if they could find a radio station. And about two hours later of searching they finally found a little radio station in the middle of no where. So Luke lead the the group of gentlemen in the little radio station and spoted an old man drinking coffe just sitting there. So as soon as Luke said 'Excuse me sir?.'' The old man jumped up instantainioulsy and said, 'AHHH! who are you and what do you want?"". So all the gentlemen introduced theirselfs and told the old man how trhey needed to let others know about their program and how they needed his help. So the old man responded with, ""What's in it for me?"" the gentlemen thought for a moment and one said, 'Oh i know, if you let us use your thingy majigger here you can leave this boring job and come with us."" So the old man thought for a moment and then said ""Deal"". So the old man turned on his machine to have all the guys on the radio then he counted down ""3...2...1...and action."" So Luke spoke first and said ''Gentlemen and gentlemen come one come all to be apart of the Seagoing Cowboys program."" then he gave out all the infomation then in less in two minutes the radio station started to get dozens of phone calls and all the men that called were excepted and flew out to where all the other men were. Three day later it was time to take off and get ready to start sailing so Lucas did a head count. The program started out with 24 members but when Lucas was done counting the program had 148 members in all. Lucas was happy with the success and progress that was made, so everyone got settled in and started to sail.",2
"This article starts out by telling the audience about all of the pros and cons of Venus. The first thing is mentions is how at some times we are so close to it that many people think it is a star, and it talks about how humans on Earth can easily see it at a safe distance, but it is very difficult to get close to. Venus is the cloest planet to Earth's density and size. The author explains how he thinks that it is a worthy cause to try to explore venus, even though we have never successfuly landed a spacecraft there for more than a few hours.

The author does very well arguing his or her point. I agree with the author, I think he or she made some very well stated points about why humans should work everyday to get closer and closer to Venus. There are many arguing points as to why poeple would think that it is good or bad to try to send spacecrafts, let alone humans, to Venus. Starting out with the dissadvantages, the planet's surface is over 800 degrees, obviously not suitable for humans, or any life force for that matter, to survive. Venus has a hotter surface temperature than any other planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun, due to the atmosphere made up of almsot 97 percent carbon.

These facts sound misserible so far, but if there was a way that humans could figure out how to land on Venus safely, and maybe even start a civilization there, that would be groundbreaking. The author backs up his or her point by saying how ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth."" The fact that at one time Venus might have been covered in water has convienced me that there is some sort of way to create life there. Not only does he or she mention how Venus might have once been covered in water, but also informs the audience that Venus has many Earth-like structures. Venus is made up of mountians, valleys, and craters.

The author does a very good job describing and pin-pointing all of the detailed needed to convience someone to beilve in life on Venus, and support sending probes and eventually humans out to discover Venus. The authors talks about how hard it would be for a mission to Venus to be both safe and productive, but he or she also talks about how much we would gain from it. The author shows how floating in a blimp, 30 miles above the surface would be almost suitable for humans to survive, at 170 degrees. The article says that ""Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus."" One day humans will be able to land a spacecraft on Venus long enogh to collect information about the planets past.",4
"To State Senator, Electoral college. What a complex process it has become. I am writing to you today to explain to you why the Electoral College should be held. As you know, this is a process which starts off by  a meeting of the electors to discuss and vote for the President and the Vice President of United States, then counting the electoral votes by the Congress. The Electoral College isnt a small thing, it consists of 538 electors. It requires at least 270 votes to elect the President.

Every candidate running has his/her own group of electors. Most states have as its called ""winner-take-all"" system. Which basically, gives all the electors the opportunity to the winning presidential candidate. When the president is elected, the governor sets up a ""Certificate of Ascertainment"". Which concludes a list of names of all the candidates who ran for President. The certificate is then sent to Congress and the National Archives as apart of the presidential election and history.

It has come to my attention that there has been a majority of people who do not agree with the Electoral College and wish for it to be abolished. A source says and I quote, "" Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, who in turn elect the president."" Although, this source only has ONE argument against the Electoral College, which is called the disastor factor. It explains that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest mistake in a century, and how it couldve been worse. In all honesty, if it was going to be as worse... then it wouldve. But it did not so why they spend so much time stressing about something that does not exist.

It also mentions that  if a tie were to happen in the electoral votes, the election would be thrown out of the House of Representatives and the state delegations vote for the president.  IF a tie were to appear, i doubt very much that it will happen because the people campaign for the president they want in the White house, so they persuade people causing one to have most votes. But in all worst cases, that is why there is a Vice-President. The Vice-President serves a purpose and should be treated like so.

There are 5 reasons to keep out Electoral College: Certainty of Outcome, Everyone's President, Swing states, Big states, and Avoid run off elections. Certainty of outcome includes that yes, anything is possible, a dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College, but it is very less likely than a popular vote. The winning candidates share of the college go past his share of popular vote. Everyone's President inlcudes that the college requires a presidential candidate to have a trans-regional appeal. Meaning that if it has no region, the electoral votes are already enough votes to select the president.

Swing states consists of the winner-take-all system as mentioned earlier. Voters are more likely to pay attention to the campaign in toss-up states, to really understand what is hapeneing even though they already know what their final desicions is. The most humble and heartfelt voters should be the ones to decide the election. And of course the big states. In other words, the larger the state equals the more attention from presidential candidates in a campiagn than a smaller state. An example, would be that Florida recieved 29 electoral votes for the current president, rather than Wyoming which only got 3. And finally to conclude, the Avoid run-off elections. The electoral college avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate is favorited. There of course is pressure in run off when no candidate wins a majority of cast votes.

To end this letter sent to you, State senator. I have explained to you the process of the electoral votes. I also explaind the reasons why you should keep the Electoral College held. Please rethink this over and consider the best option...To keep held the Electoral College. Best wishes.    ",3
"Could the Face on Mars be made by aliens? Sorry to say but no the Face on Mars wasn't made by aliens. Back when it first was foundby NASA's Viking, in 1976, I bet a lot of people thought that it could be made be aliens. Since then, NASA has confurmed it as a natural landform.

The picture from the Viking in 1976 was not clear and had 43 meters per pixal. Now in 2016 43 meters per pixal is like anchent to us. In 1998, NASA's Mars Global surveyor (MGS)

took another photogragh of the Face. The picture was a little more clear but NASA still couldn't tell forsure that the Face was a natural landform. In 2001, NASA's MGS took another photogragh of the Face on Mars. The picture from 2001 as the most clear picture of the Face and the latest image of the Face. Each pixel in the 2001 photogragh spans 1.56 meters. That is much better quality then in 1976 with 43 meters per pixal.

Since 1976 NASA has had two other oportunities to get a picture of the Face. NASA confurmed that the Face is a natural landform on the planet of Mars. The picture really shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa. These landforms are common around the American West.

The Face reminds Garvin of the "" Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars."" The Face on Mars is not made by aliens. NASA has confurmed that the Face on Mars is a natural landform.",3
"The face on mars is a natural occuring phenomon that occurs over time. It may look that it is created by some kind of super natural being. Jim Gavins cheif scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program said "" It remindes me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River plain of Idaho. That's a lava dome that takes form of an isolated mesa about the same height as teh face on Mars,"". That means that the "" Face on mars"" is a natural occuring phenomon caused by lava.

Althought not everybody beleives that the face is a natural occuring phenomon they believe that is evidence of a ancient Martian civilization. This therory is highly impossible that it is evidence of a ancient Martian civilization. But there are still people that believe it is a ancient Matian civilization, but most of the people on Eart believe and know that is a natural occuring phonomon that is caused by something natural to that planet possbly lava or maybe pressure.",2
"In the article ""Driverless Cars are Coming"" the author states how our technology is increasing so much today, that soon we will see cars that drive themselves. The author states some negative sides to the story, and some positive. But I think that driverless cars will help our country in many different ways, and I support it.

According to the author, he says will we even be able to make new cars because there are laws that do not allow some states to test them. According to the article, ""As a result, in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars""(9). I think car manufacturers can test their cars in a factory in some states that it is legal to do it in, and once they prove that it is safe I believe that some states will uplift the laws that they have on self driving cars.

Also many people ask, ""If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault—the driver or the manufacturer""(9)? This is one of the main concerns of people today, but I would believe it would be the manufacturers fault since they were the ones who made the car, and designed all the parts of it. Humans should have no worry about liability for themselves because the car manufacturers should cover all the expenses that happened in the accident since they were the ones who designed the cars.

Another benifit to self driving cars is that they also would reduce half the fuel that humans use today. Accorting to the text it states, ""The cars he foresees would use half the fuel of today’s taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus. He believes such cars would fundamentally change the world""(1). Not using half the amount of fuel today is super benificial for the enviornment since we are not polluting it nearly as much. Many people would support this because we would be help save the enviornment, and also we would not have to spend nearly as much money on gas as we normally do. Another benift is how all the cars would be safe. According to BMW,""Safety is a big concern""(8). Clearly BMW would not release the car if it was not safe, but if our country all switches to self driving cars then this will reduce the crashes, and accidents by a ton, which would be saving many lives.

Many automakers are working on developing new safety gadgets for cars, and also a couple of the automakers have alrady developed a self driving car. Tesla for example, ""Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time""(10). Tesla has projected that they will release a car in 2016 that 90% of the time is on autopilot. That is this year, and when they release it all the other automakers are going to try and design a better self driving car than the tesla which could make the other manufacturers come out with a new self driving car soon also. Some other automakers have said, ""Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020"" (10). This is crazy so by the time 2020 at least three more auto makers predict that they will have self driving cars also. By the 2020s we should expect my self drivin cars that will be on the road.

In conclusion there are many positives/ benifits that will come out of this self driving car. Though there are some set backs that some states/ automakers will have to over come. In the end outcome it will help drivers safety, and it will help the enviornment. In the overall outcome that is why we should have self driving automobiles.    ",4
"To what lengths will one go in the name of discovery? In the article, ""The Challenge of Expolring Venus,"" the author goes into great detail descrbing the dangers of venus in regards to overall climate and pressure. However, they also state that its striking similarties to Earth would make the arduous trip worth the while. In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author strongly supports their idea of supporting travel and explorations of Venus through use of tone and argumentation skills.

Venus, commonly known as Earth's ""twin,"" is a planet often regarded with mystery and wonder. The author states that, ""Humans have sent numerous spacecraft... unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived... more than a few hours"" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus 2). Doing so, they introduce a sense of uneasiness to the reader and a need to continue reading. Then, the author goes on to counter this with comparisons to Earth-like or somewhat survivable conditions on Venus, such as similar radiation and airpressure levels. According to the author, Venus has ""Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans"" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus 6). By introducing this counter statement, the article's author attempts to downplay the immense risks and gives a sense of reassurance. overall, the author harnesses specific tone elements to support his argument.

Throughout the article, the author emphasizes the dangers and horrible, risky conditions of Venus, but successfully counters them with agruments providing evidence to the benefits of exploring and current steps taken to ensure safety and possible missions to the planet. According to the article, ""NASA's possible solution to the hositile conditions... would allow scientists to tfloat above the fray"" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus 5). The author attempts to formulate arguments that would make a trip to Venus a seemingly ""indisputable"" option. He also goes on to highlight the fact that although modern and flexible technologies would be unable to withstand the acidic and extremely hot climate of Venus, NASA is looking to reinvent the mechanical computer system used in World War II. In doing so, the author gives valid evidence to the reader, provoking thoughts in support to the article's claim.

Venus is a dangerous planet, but the curiosity of the human race appears to trump the fears of exploration. The author of the article, ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" utilizes strong tone and compelling counter arguments to support their claim. The article also displays arguments from both sides, and allows the reader to understand the risks, but also be wooed by the oppsing view. This provokes the question, is there ever truly a limit to man's curiosity?      ",5
"I think that this technology would be valuable. The Facial Action Coding System was created by Dr. Paul Eckman. It is a computer software that can detect 6 simply emotions depending on your facial expression. The software uses video imagery and then weighs different units to identify emotions. I believe it is something that would be valuable.

I believe it would be valuable because according to Dr. Huang, depending on how a student is feeling during a lesson, the software could modify the lesson almost like an actual teacher. Most humans tend to not stay engaged in something if they aren't having fun. The software would be able to make the lesson more engaging and would want students to learn more.

The Facial Action Coding system is a tool can also detect painting emotions as well. But mainly could help communicate to a teacher when students aren't engaged. I think that it would be a very valuable tool if used correctly. ",2
"Automation is certainly an idea of the future. Early on,inventors have wanted to make life easier for the average Joe. We have allready come so far with automobiles themselves. Making them safer, stronger, faster, more reliable. But now it seems like that just wasn't enough. Now, we are close to the ""next big step"" in the automoblie industry: driverless cars.

We have been striving to invent automated cars for awhile now. In the 1950's, General Motors had taken a crack at automated cars. The projetwas scraped becaus ethe modifications to the roads were too expensive. In the 1980's, cars had spped sensors installed for the antilock brakes. So really, i has been a progression of innovation to get to where we are. But smart cars have always been known to have some sort of flaw.

To me, the smart car is a bad idea. It's innovation but not in a good way. These new brands of cars will make drivers lazy and even more reckless on te road than they were allready.

The first issue with the smart car is that it still requires a drivers attention. They have tried to counter this problem by installing cameras to watch the driver. The report also mentioned installing entertainment systems into the vehicle. This is an invitation to disaster. If your purpose is to keep the drivers attention, why would you want to install a distraction? A driverless car would'nt be very driverless if a driver was needed in an emergency.

Another issue is how this new technology would hit the industy. Based on the report, this is mostly just a Google project now. So let's say Google wanted to monopolize on their new line of automobiles. How many other car manufacturers could potentially lose buisness. The auto buisness is allready hurting from foreign competion, so why do we have to take more jobs out by coming up with automated cars?

Automated cars are reliant on technology. So does any vehicle, but this one hangs heavy on it. What happens if your hardware shuts down? Would your average mechanic be able to fix a computer? No, they wouldn't. Anothernexample of where jobs would be lost. You couldn't go to your local repair shop anymoe, you'd have to have specialized workers look at your car for much more.

In short, smart cars are very expensive and uneccessary. If we still need a driver, your computer isn't a driverless car. If we do invest in smart cars, we will find even more jobs being taken over by specialists. Whats wrong with just taking a turn at the wheel?",3
"In the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author is suggesting that, despite its dangers, the planet Venus is worth putting time and resources towards learning more about the planet itself.

The auothor brings up many points on why it is so difficult to explore the planet. As the author stated in paragraph two, ""no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours"". This can already be discouraging to some people, but others might think something is wrong with the technology we put there. In paragraph three we really start to see why the planet is so dangerous, ""A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we eperience on our own planet. [...] Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface"". At this point it sounds impossible to even be able to study Venus. Really, why would we want to study Venus? In paragraph four the author explains this, ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. [...] The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters"".

So we know that the surface of the planet has some of the harshest conditions and that the atmosphere is filled with acid, but the planet is similar to earth in structure. How would we be able to get to it and study it? In paragraph five the author begins to explain some ideas NASA has for being able to study Venus, ""NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. [...] At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans"". The important thing about this quote is that humans could survive in this blimp-like vehicle. However, if this were to happen scientists still would not be able to collect samples from Venus, they would just be able to observe it. The author also explains some electronics and machines NASA is looking into in paragraph seven, ""some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions. [...] mechanical computers [...] these devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all."" These two ideas could be very useful for learning about Venus. The first one made of silicon carbide has already been able to survive for three weeks in similar conditions to Venus, and could be very important for landing on Venus. The author also brought up mechanical computers. The computers don't require electronics, as they said, and can much less fragile than modern computers. These could allow for some intersting ways to learn about Venus.

The author explained the dangers of Venus and why no mission has been very succesful. They also explained ideas for future missions that could possibly involves sending humans. I like the ideas they have, but I do not think the solutions are quite ready for humans to go to Venus. I am very excited to see where this goes and what new ideas scientists come up with.",5
"Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because Venus is closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size. This planet has many dangers that humans are harm from. Scientists are discusing further visits to its surface because they are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system.

NASA has one compelling idea for sending humans to study humans. The possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface would allow scientists to float above the fray. This means flying across the planet with a bimb-like vehicle.

NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted three weeks in such conditions.

Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit because we can have life in a different planet other than just Earth. Studying Venus will help us examine the thier circumstances and find a way to live in a different planet. This is why studying Venus is a worthy pursuit.                           ",2
"The idea of driverless cars is a good idea. There are a lot of good that could come out of this if we continue investing in this idea. I am pro driveless car and this is why.

One of the most horrible things that could happen on the road is a car crash. This situation could bef caused by bad drivers, dunk drivers, and people who are addicted to their phone. With this new technology, the car could be able to tech the bad drivers how to drive. The car could also assit the drunk drivers as in, the car would be able to stop itself if the car was about to run into another car or a person. The same thing would happen if someone was on their phone.

With the help of new technology, the percentage of car crashes would decrease dramatically. Since 2009, Google has succesfully made a car that doesnt need a human driver. I know what you're wonderind ""If google already made it. then why isn't it aout for the public to by?"" The answer to that is fear.

People and entire states are scared that this won' work and will make the strees an even more dagerous place to be. States like California, Nevada, and Florida have led the country in allowing limited to no use of these driverless cars. This is terrible because most manufacturers belive that more states will follow as soon as the are proved to be more safe.

But as we all know that this idea is a bright idea and we need to keep it alive. These machines might be the key to make the streets, nieghbourhoods, and other places safer. And this is why I support Driverless Cars.    ",3
"Knowing It All -and Changing the World

Although humans often think of themselves as ominiscent, it is sadly not the case when it comes to reading emotions on human expressions. In this article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" by Nick D'Alto, the author describes the abilty to detect humans' emotions through a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System (FACS). By the use of this system, educational expreriences can be enhanced globaly; therefore the use of FACS to read emotional expressions of students in a classfroom is vaulable.

FACS is a reliable system that can scientificly read human emotions accurately. The software is developed by credible professors, ""Thomas Huang, of the Beckman Insitute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois"" and ""Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam"". A system created by two college professors promises the credibility of the software, for professors often are valued as a unbiased, credible source who dedicate themselves into new innovations and such. Also, the complex programming of FACS adds another layer to the reliability. For example, the software ""constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles"" which must behave and ""move like human muscles"". This anatomical system suggests the high accuracy of this system, for humans tend to read emotions soley based on the basic features of the human face such as lips and eyes while on the other hand, FACS is able to analyse the all the muscles in human face and draw a conclusion based on its calculations. Therefore, this well-developed system must be valued to read students' expressions in a classroom for its accuracy and reliability.

FACS is not only able to classify the six basic emotions but also identify mixed emotions of an individual. FACS relies on ""characteristic movements of the facial muscles"" to identify ""happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness"". This suggests the software's advanced ability to read human emotions soley based on facial expressions but also the practicality of FACS. The accuracy of this software will allow teachers to know, change, and enhance the educational system based on how the students react to certain methods of teaching. Often, teachers are not able to read students' emotions because they are focused on teaching the material. However, through the use of FACS, this software can distinguish how the students feel without disrupting the class while the teacher can focus on teaching the material. Furthermore, FACS can identify mixed emotions as well. For example, using this system, Mona Lisa by Da Vinci was found to be ""83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry"". This perplex programming suggest its ability to recognize human emotions in details, which can be used to allow a detailed analysis of the educational system and transform it in order to make the eudcational system more practical and enjoyable at the same time.

Although the evidences are evident and clear, some might bring up the concerns regarding a 'fake emotion'. However, FACS is abilty to detect fake emotions as well. For example, it can detect when ""zygomaic major or risorius"" is moving, and depending on the muscle, it can identify the falselyness of the human emotions. This system can spot a truthful or not untruthful faces, and base on such emotions, it can be used to alter the educational system into a better one, therefore the system must be valued.

Many doubt about the capability of the modern educational system. However, by the use of the latest technology called Facial Action Coding System, the educational system could be altered into something at a different level in terms of practicality and helpfulness all around the world. This system must be valued to read emotional expressions of students in a classroom for such reasons, and the world might be changed by this.    ",5
"The author of the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" suggests that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. In paragraph 1 the author states, ""While venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely."" This sentence shows the author's beleif that Venus is a quite challenging planet to explore when up close. So far the author has given his opening formed one of his main ideas.

In paragraph 2 the author gives background information on how Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of size, yet every previous spaceship sent to Venus did not survive the landing. The author is doing a very good job at the beginning of the article to establish his main idea and giving relevant background information to support his idea. In paragraph 3 the author continues to label the reasons in which Venus is a dangerous planet to land on by giving the information that its' Is composed of nearly 97% carbon dioxide and its' ground temperatures average 800 degrees fahrenheit. So far the author is doing a very thorough job of describing the dangers of Venus, yet has not made an agrument that explains why it is a worthy persuit despite its' dangers.

In paragraph 5 the author starts to uncover some of NASA's ideas on how further exploration of Venus would be possible. One of those ideas include a hot air ballon style of exploration craft that will allow scientists to hover around 30 miles off of the planet's surface. The author goes on to say that this solution will certainly not make the conditions of Venus easy to handle, yet they will make them survivable. In the same paragraph the author also explains the importance of exploration on Venus. He goes on to say that Venus is on eof the closest planets in our solar system to Earth. This means that Venus may have at one point sustained life just like the planet Earth. This, in turn, gives an appealing reason in which exploration of Venus should definetly be considered.

In paragraphs 6 and 7 the author somewhat refutes his prior information from paragraph 5. The author does this by saying that although the blimp will keep scientists in survivable condition it will not aid them in collection surface samples or allow them to take pictures of the ground due to the overlaying carbon dioxide blocking the view of the planet. The author then goes on to explain that scientists have found a new solution to this problem. They decided that modren robots are too ""weak"" to explore the planet of Venus due to the amount of technology inside of them. If one wire comes undone then the whole robot is unusable. In order to combat this, the author states that scientists are planning on using mechanical computers due to their low use of actual technology. The author very effectivly refutes the opposing claim (the idea of the blimp) and then gives an example that shows how that original idea can be improved.

Overall, the author correctly supports his ideas and claims with background information and properly demonstrates how Venus is a worthy pursuit of exploration despite the dangers it presents.",5
"Why should I join the Seagoing Cowboys program? Because you get to go many exciting places like europe,greece,china,venice italy. Also when the job is done if you want you can have fun like going on a gondola ride in venice italy and touring the excavated castle in crete and be amzed by the panama canal in china. You can do many interesting sightseeing things and go many interesting places.

How about on the ship what do we do when we get bored and have finished our work? You coould always while on the ship do many intersting things like baseball, vollyball,Table tennis tournaments,fencing. boxing,reading and whittling. What if I do not like any of those games? You could always hang out with the animals feed them or play with them if you want or if you want to be alone you could go in one of the empty rooms.

What if we dont have any free time? Well there one thing you could do to pass the time care for the animals they keep you busy because they have to be fed and watered two or three times a day. Bales of hay and bags of oats have to be pulled up from the lower tower and stalls have to be cleaned because when sailing it does take a long time to cross oceans it takes at least 2 weeks.

In conclusion you should join the Seagoing Cowboy program because there are so many interesting things that you can view with your own eyes that you could bring up later on or even write a story on later in life. You could have so much fun and if your just a small town boy then it would be an honor to tour the world and experience things on your own especially if you love animals.                 ",3
"Dear Mr.Senator,

I have decided to contact you today to inform you on my oppinion of the nation's Electoral College and why we should remove it from our federal government. I write to you with all do respect and do not intend to offend you in any way shape or form. I hope that you might agree with my opinion and speak out oppond it and if you do not agree with it, I hope you respect it.

To start off, he people of this country have fought very hard for the rights of all people to have the freedom to vote so, why should we have our citizens be negleted to have the president we want? Keeping the Electoral college is restraining us to have the president that the majority of Americans have voted for and many people think it should stop.When going into voting many Americans know that when we vote for a president that we also vote for a slate of electors so, why did election of John Kerry and George W. Bush go wrong? If many citizens voted for John Kerry, why did George Bush win the election? Obviously, the Electoral College did not go through on what they were suppose to do. It feels like electors took advantage of their position and decided for a president that many of us did not want. When did the government start deciding who would be our president and who wouldn't be our president? Isn't that reason why this country was founded under freedom, because the government was taking advantage of the people and deciding who our president was going to be?

I also believe that the government should give us a chance to decide whether we should keep the Electoral College or not. As shown in the second article, The Indefensible Electoral College, a poll taken in the year 2000 showed that 60 percent of voters rather have a more direct election.

The Electoral College also makes voting more confusing, it's very stressful to have your vote seem to mean nothing or very little.

I do not only think that the Electoral College is just something terrible but it also has some pros to it also. I believe it is good to also have an opinion of people who are some way apart of the U.S. government to vote to see a different point of view. The person who has the majority of popular votes might not always be the right president for the current place and time the country. It is also good that smaller populated states mean more than larger populated states.

I hope that someday that when the younger generation does grow that we fix the problems that are found in the ferderal government and always give this country the president that we want. Mr.Senator, I hoped that you liked my arguement and it change something, even a bit. I hope you have a nice day, week, month, and year. Goodbye.

-Sincerely, PROPER_NAME    ",3
"Dear State Senator

In my opinion we should abolish the electoral college because it's not fair to the people who vote, they vote on the president they want but aren't actually voting for them? Thats crazy we should be able to vote on who we want and it should be counted for. it makes everything much more complicated than it is. As it shows in these documents what would happen if a president won not because of popular vote but the amount of electoral votes.

Is it that their scared of having a tie of votes? If that were to happen the election could go to the House of Reprsentatives, where state delegations vote on the president. What if the people dont like their elector? What if the elector chose one president because they wanted to? There are alot of questions to answer whenit comes to the Electota College,it makes everything easier and fair if we vote directly and the candidate with the most popular vote wins.

from: Emily    ",2
"Hi I am a scientist at NASA discussing the face on Mars with Jacob that thinks that the face was created by ailens. I will explain to Jacob that the face was not created by aliens beacuse us sientist figured that it was just another Martian mesa wich is commen around Cydonia but only this one had unusal shadows that made it look like it had a face. Our caption noted a huge rock formation wich made it look like a human face. Some authors reasoned that it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars by saying that aliens had created that human face on Mars.

We sent out a Global Surveyor to see and take a picture of the ''face"". It arrived at the Red Planet in Sept. 1997 18 years after the Viking mission ended. It would get a photo as soon as It can get it. When Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Mihael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. When they took the photo thousands of web surfers were waiting to see the image. When they saw the image they saw that it was only a land form. There was no alien monument after all.

As you can see if there where objacts in this picture like a house or something else you would be able to see it on this picture. What the picture actually shows is a Martian butte or mesa that are landforms commen around the American west. It remids me of the Middel butte in the Snake River Plain in Idaho. ",3
"If i had to write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable, it would be like this, i would say that it is really valuable because they are telling us what emotions really mean, what they can or just do for us and just why emotions are important to us, in a way that it really matters. First, here are the real main reasons that they really matter and they are, First, its like when you are doing a test, you are really focused on it, you will get really stressed on it and might not know what to do at all and you might need help on it, so the computer could tell if you were stressed and that you didn't know waht to do at all. there are many reasons why and this second reason is its like when your science teacher is grading your lab assignment and you are with your partner and you might be just getting it done or just got it done right away or just maybe worked on it really slow and needed help, well the computer would be able to help you with that. Some people might say that the (FACS) is not valuable and just isn't smart because it might not get the correct percent or because it might not do everything or just a few things wrong, but that doesn't mean that also doesn't mean that it might do a lot of things right either. The last thing that i am going to say that i am arguing that the use of technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom, is this, like if a computer knows if you are happy or sad, it would do this, it would pull up an ad one might be sad and then the other one would be exciting and just make you happy in a way that you didnt know that you could be happy about something, for example, like a bunch of puppies,cats, someone just getting there drivers license and then getting a new car, something like that. Bad and sad things would be like this, it would be like someone who smokes to much or someone who just passes away, just stuff like that, and i would just feel really bad for you and would just want to help you in any way that i could. So those aere the reasons that i would want a use of technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom that is valuable. ",3
"The Driverless Car.

The cons of driverless cars are that the cars can malfunction at any time or at anyplace. The driverless car can also be wrong when giving specific instructions. The driverless car is still under development and probably expensive for purchase. The car will not always be driveless, you will have to drive to perform certain things such as parking, reversing, driving in traffic, and even long distance driving. This will be a pain for some drivers who don't want to drive anymore.

The pros of driveless cars are that someday there will be cars that can drive by theirselves. The cars can also be safe for the elder drivers who are having driving issues. The cars can contain safety features such as automatic braking, reverse cameras, see danger before you can, and a blindspot indicator too. Many car manufactuers are working so that there will be driverless cars already in production and sale. This will benefit some people and this will not benefit some people.

Even though these safety features are equipped on the vehicles it's not guarenteed that you will always be safe. There are many test and experiments going on to help better selfless cars. And only certain states have allowed these test to happen. Some car manufactuers such as Nissan, Mercedes - Benz, and Audi are working on cars that will be able to drive automatically in 2020. But for now, it is taking alot of work to make the car fully human free. ",2
"In my opinion I am for driverless cars. The main reason that i am rooting for the driverless cars are because it would cause more of a technology revolution. This would be saving extrodinary amounts of time for us. As people say time is money so if the technology advances in these driverless cars and they can drive themselves without any problem and the roads are made specifically than them then it would save time and probably human lives. In the future we can maybe have no car accidents because how advance our technology is to this date.

Right now the driverless cars are not made to be able to go out to our public streets yet. I understand that and I think that too, but maybe in a couple decades or so driverless cars can be the new normal thing to our lives just like as we transition from flip phones to smart phones pretty easily. We all thought it was cool and very helpful. Driverless cars could do the same.

Here are some examples that driverless cars would be better than just normal cars if they reach the point that the driverless cars could drive themselves better than an average person. For example, you're home alone and have no food to eat but you're an underage for a driver's lisence, do you stay home and stay hungry or take the driverless car that is safe and go to the market to get a healthy meal. You would probably pick the option to take the driverless car. Another example is that your legs are paralyzed and you're alone, driverless cars can help with that safely. My last and final example is that maybe the person who is going to drive is drunk, you would not like a drunk driver so it's a lot safer for the drunk driver to take a driverless car than driving on his own.

Even though driverless cars are not that trustworthy right now but I beleive in the near future that driverless cars could bring a lot of options to us and save us

things that we care about.",3
"Driverless cars are coming. The author made very positive points about the driverless cars, but i'm going with all the negatives. Although having a driverless car would be cool, easy, and fast i think it's still highly dangours. There is really no point to having a driverless cars because, you as the driver, or ""passenger"" still has to stay alert when the driverless cars are is either around accidents or traffic jams. When you are in a regualr car you place for feet on the gas and breaks, in the driverless cars where would you put for feet if the car is doing the driving for you, and not to mess up the car's flow you have to sit unconfortable. Stated in paragraph 8, it says wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive? I thinking for everyone here. We all know driving in our world today we as drivers are fair on the road but not fair. How so? How so because we as drivers somtimes do not pay attention to the road, and just go when we think its are turn. While in the driverless cars if the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault? If someone was injured due to the driverless car no one wouldn't really know who to blame so you could say the manufacturer, but it would not be fair because at the end of the day no one gets any money. Even though driveless cars can be cool, easy, and fast there bad in my veiw.",2
"''Hello folks! Please come join the Seagoing Cowboys program! You can tour the world while helping other countries!'' I shouted out to the peasants of the town.

'' What is it like to tour the world and help others?'' one of the peasants questioned.

''It is the most adventrous, exciting job you can possibly get, and the Seagoing Cowboys are looking for volunteers!'' I yelled, straining to get their attention.

I thought to myself for a moment, and started to get attention again. I thought about how I was presenting myself, and what I would want to hear about this program if I were one of these townsfolk. I thought of an idea as I started to yell

'' Would you like to hear some of the adventures I had so you may be interested?'' I asked.

They all cried out,'' Yes please!''

'' I was 18 before arriving in Greece,but I was heading to Greece with 335 horses, and loads of hay and oats to feed the horses with.'' I began to tell the townsfolk, but then I remembered why I was here.

''I wouldn't want to tell you the details though, or else you would miss the opportunity of you experiencing it yourselves.'' I exclaimed to the people of the town.

Everyone started asking if I would tell them what had happened on my journey.

I told them,'' The only way is to find out yourselves is you have to sign up and be at the docks in 3 weeks.'' I finished.

I hoped off the wooden box I was standing on, and I asked,'' Do you still want me to tell you two or three stories, and then you sign up?'' I questioned, again.

They all cried out,'' Yes!''

I told them about giving out horses in Greece, and the time I toured other incredible sites like an excavated caslte in Crete.

After I told two or three stories of my marvoulus trip, every single person listening to me shouted at the same time,'' Where are the sign up sheets?'' or '' Where do I sign up at?''

After being out of breath from persuading them to sign up, I thought that it was worth being out of breath. Now Don Reist and I have twenty extra helpers for our future trips to spots all over the world, and new friends to tell stories with.",2
"The Face on Mars isn't created by aliens, it's just a landform made. There is evidence to prove that the Face on Mars isn't created by the aliens. The face on Mars isn't a creation made by the aliens. It isn't because why would the aliens want to create such a thing like that? On paragraph 8 in the passage it states ""The Face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter '98- a cloudy time of the Red Planet"" is what it says. If that was true, that it was a cloudy winter climate then the aliens wouldn't have enough time to be doing a creation like the face. The aliens would have no clue on how to do a face on Mars. The Face on Mars is just a natrual landform, nothing else. The aliens didn't do a face on Mars. To prove that, evidence from the passage says ""Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing...a natrual landform."" the web even says that it's just a landform. When the web surfers wanted information about it the web just said that it's a natrual landform. The whole Face on Mars is a landform that scientist found on Mars. The Face on Mars from 1976 till 2001 changed a lot. In 1976 they didn't have much technology to see the face clearly, so they thought it was a face of an alien because the picture was blurry and it looked from a blur that it was an aliens face. Until now in 2001 technology made it clear to see that it's just a landform that is cracked and looks from far away like a face of an alien. Evidence from the passage states that ""Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resoluion."" the team took a photo with an amazing camera to make it clear that it wasn't a face. It made it clear to see that it was just a landform. As you can see that the Face is just a landform and not a face of an alien. NASA wants to make you think it was a face of an alien but it really isn't. The researchers found evidence of the Face on Mars that it's just a landform. Don't make pictures fool you, because sometimes they aren't as clear as you think.",3
"What would the world sound like without the constant humming of motors everytime you walked outside? It would sound pretty strange, right? Well, people from around the world have already restricted car use, and they love it. Some areas restrict car usage because of pollution, some just because they find that while driving a car you're stressed. Others don't restrict car use, but the people choose not to drive for their own reasons.

In one source,

In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars , it said that passenger cars are responsible for 50 percent of greenhouse gases in some car intensive areas in the United States. In the United States, cars are the second leading pollutor, right behind power plants. In 2014, Paris had enforced a partial driving ban, according to the artical

Paris bans driving due to smog . The partial driving ban consists of having motorists with even numbered plates keep their cars at home, then having the odd numbered plates to the same the next day. Diesels had made up 67 percent of vehicles in France compared to a 53.3 percent average in Wester-Europe. Most all of these people who stopped driving were happy, some even sold their cars to move to Vauban, Germany.

""When I had a car, I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,"" said Heidrun Walter in

In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars . Most people when driving a car are usually stressed because they're worried about hitting a pedesrtian or hitting another car on the road. Bogota, Colombia, according to

Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota , has a Day Without Cars and it has already spread to two other cities, Cali and Valledupar. ""It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,"" said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza while riding a two-seat bike with his wife. Most people participate, and the rain doesn't stop them. Parks and sports centers also have been getting business, aswell as the sidewalks being replaced with new and smooth ones. As a result, new businesses have popped up.

In

The End of Car Culture , it says that in recent studies, it suggests that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by. Also, another study found that driving by younger people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009. Some of the reasons of this sudden drop is because of unemployment and money issues, but Mimi Sheller, a sociology professor at Drexel University and director of its Mobilities Research, has said that some factors is that of the Internet. The Internet makes telecommuting possible and allows people to feel more connected without having to meet up with friends. Since the peak in miles in 2005, the average number of miles driven per person has dropped just below 9 percent under the peak, the same to where it was in January 1995. Most find use in the public transportation to get around.

In the end, driving is progressivly losing its need to get from one place to another. Pollution is being delt with by restricting car use, and people are much happier with using public transport and not having to drive so often. Maybe someday soon the dream of the absence of the humming of motors and car-filled streets will become a reality.    ",3
"Why is Venus worth pursuing more reasearch. In the article paragraph 2 the author states Venus if often referred to as Earth's twin. Also it is the only other planet closes in terms of desity and size.

It is also said that there has be no spacecraft to survive the landing more than a few hours. It is said to be Venus's reputations has made it challenging to study.

Paragraph 4 says ""If our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface?"" After that the author sates that astronomers think that Venus once was like earth a long time ago. Venus has features that are alike on Earth.

Venus has a suface of rocky sediment that may be like valleys, mountains, and craters. The author says ""that Venus can sometimes be our nearet option for a planetary visit, a crucial cosideration given the long time frames of space travel.

So why is it worth studing Venus more despite the dangers.It is like a second Earth. In paragraph 7 it says ""NASA is working on other approaches to studing Venus. In example some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide

have been tested in a chamber acting as Venus surface and lasted for three weeks in the harsh conditoins. So there for it will be sfae to send more spacecrafts to Venus. Then after studing more and correcting the problems. You can send people to Venus to get a better veiw on it. In paragraph 6 the say it would be smart to hover over Venus from a safe distant. Althought the atmosphere dont let you see much. Making it hard to get photos or videography ineffective.Also they can't take any sampes of rocks to test and study them from a distance. So they seek to find the best solution to land on Venus.",3
"When you hear Venus from someone mouth what comes to mind? Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. Venus is like the closest planet to Earth when we talking about the density and size.

The author supports the claim of challenge of exploring Venus by point out the cons in it and but how they still challenging themseleves. Sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus and bcause of this sometimes right around the corner in space terms humans have sent numerous spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. But the main thing is that as they sent spacecraft to Venus, non of them survived the landing for more than a few hours. But when you join venus to a ship orbiting far above the planet it can provide a few insight on the ground. "" Researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anthing else, from a distance."" This bascily talking about how people we are observing the Venus can't see anything from there is experiment. However, the scientists are looking for a machine that will last long enogh to contribute to the knowledge of Venus.

In conlcusion, Venus is dangerous but can be challenged. Spacecraft who has practipate in this challenge and was not able to survived need to be credit because the things is very tuff. Also for other spacecraft there is more work to do and do different experiment before attempting to go for that challenge.",2
"The author evaluated their ideas about visiting Venus well in their essay, however, they did have some aspects that could be improved upon. Their introduction lacked a strong thesis which can have a negative impact on the rest of the essay if their claims aren't strongly proven. Despite their weak thesis, their claims made later in the essay were strongly proven. Not only did the author give basic background knowledge of venus and two main reasons as to why studying venus could benefit the human race, but they also gave a solution to the dangers that came with exploring the planets..

In the introduction paragraph, the author didn't give a strong thesis to state their clame. When making a thesis you want to include what claims you will be covering in the essay and what you are trying to prove. The only claim the author gave was in the last sentence of the paragraph where they stated,"" It has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely."" They didn't give specifics as to what claims they will make to prove that Venus should be examined and their vocabulary seemed limited when they used the word ""very.""

Throughout the second and third paragraphs of the essay, the writer gave background knowledge of Venus compared to Earth. This was a good decision because they later used some of the facts that were stated to strengthen their reasoning as to why Venus should be visited and examined. They stated how hard it was to examine Venus and how dangerous the planet was for life. The planet would not be able to sustain human life due to it's harsh terrain and harsh weather. One of the reasons scientists are studying Venus is because they believed that Venus looked like what modern-day Earth does at one point. The writer bringing up how unhabitable Venus is strengthens their argument on why we need to study Venus and their belief that because this happened to Venus, then it could potentially happen to Earth.

Writing about how Venus used to be like Earth and why that's important is a strong point to support the writers claim. When writing a persuasive or argumentative essay, including how what the author is writing about can benefit the reader is a way to persuade the reader to agree with the author. In the essay, the writer talks about two different ways that learning about Venus can benefit the human race. The first reason has to do with benefiting the way that humans are able to survive on Earth. Finding out what changed Venus to become inhabitable can stop the potential for the same to happen to Earth. The next reason they argued, in paragraph 4, was that if something happens to Earth, Venus is in close proximity. One day, the Earth's surface may become dangerous for human life and humans must flee to the nearest planet to survive. The author believes that finding out the exact conditions of Venus and finding a way to sustain human life on the planet would greatly benefit the human races future.

Lastly, the writer gives a solution to the most important problem stated in the essay, that it would be difficult for humans to live on Venus or even visit it. Throughout the fifth and sixth paragraph, the author talks about how research has already been done to find ways for humans to live on Earth. They even provide ideas of the their own for how humans can live on Venus. Pointing out problems with your ideas but then solving them is a strong way to argue your point because it eliminates the question of ""will it fail?"" and might answer some questions that readers have when reading the essay.

Overall, the author argues their points well. The structure of their essay has some aspects that can and should be changed, such as the introduction paragraph. The author showed why their claim was important to the reader and answered the ""how will it be done?"" part of their claim. Answering the ""how will it be done?"" part of the claim can eliminate doubt among the reader and strengthen the argument that the writer is trying to get across to the reader.            ",6
"The author does a good job on suppoting why we shold visit Venus. but at the same time he gives some information that makes you think ""why should we do this again.""

In some parts of this article, for example paragraph 7, he gives really good reason and explanations to why we should investigate Venus. But in other parts like paragraph 3 it makes you think and wonder why they are reconsidering going to Venus. Yes going to Venus will give us a lot of information but at what cost. We would waste million, maybe even billion, of dollars trying to get to Venus and even if we did get to it what would happen to the first human to step out. What are the chances of that human making it back on the spaceship alive let alone trying to stay on the planet long enough to get some samples.

As much as scientist would study that planet and as sure as they could or could not be its all a theory. There is no sure way to nsure 100% that humans to go there will get back safely.

In conclusion to the question asked, I don't think the author supported the idea well. He did do a good job of giving us information but just from what he told us thats another reason why we shouldn't go to Venus.",2
"Exploring Venus is one thing poeple in NASA want to do, becasue it close to our plant.Venus was once the closest plant to be Earth.We know that if we study more about Venus and learn more about it we can make it like Earth. Just thinking that we can live in different plants and learning more about outerspace.

If we can live in different plants we can fix our plant as will but one mistake and we can say goodbye to our plant and Venus.

So before anything we should learn more send drons than if we can somehow fix the atmosphere we can do live in Venus.No matter what happens if we do failed we can try again and find a better plan. Scientist and other people say they know how old our plant are but who real know. Our plant can be close to the end and we don't know it. We should find other plants to live just in case if we do lose our plant.

No matter what other people think we should explor Venus. We don't know what things could happend or what discoving we can find. The thoughs of Venus and other plants are endless. What if we can life in outerspace. Only we can find out what things wait for us.",2
"I think you should join the Seagoing Cowboys Program!

You can help people and animals recover their food supply. You also have time to look around at places you've never seen before.

Like Luke, he says ""The cattle-boat trips were an unbelievable oppotunity."" Luke had the side benefit of seeing Europe, China, Acropolis in Greece, and taking a gondola ride in Venice,

Italy. Luke also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China. If you were to be a Seagoing Cowboy, you could have all these benefits too.

On return trips you can have fun by playing some games, like baseball and volleyball games. They also played Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, and whittling.

It can be a great adventure for you, but it can also open up the world to you just like it did for Luke. It changed Luke's life, and it can change your life too.",2
"I personally think that for once in a lifetime America and when I say America I mean the people of our nation should be able to elect presidents of the United States by popular votes. I know some of you is questioning yourselves why would i say something like that and that reason is because I know there's people arguing here in our society about their beliefs in why one person should become president and another arguing why one should become president. In the passage it reads under the 23rd ammendment of the constitution the district of Columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the Electoral Ccllege. But if you ask me me I'll be saying and asking you or in other words the congress why do you guys have to go through all of this just to get to a president election  and have a president of the United States .It's just some things the world have gone though are totally dramatic and this is the very first thing a person's going to say ""the world's a very corrupt place nowadays""but in my eyes i say that the world can become a better place if the people cooperate togather and stop trying to always slice eachother's throats about a stupid reasoning over a dumb presidential election that the house of representatives have put togather and now they want to act as if they had no par-take in the action going on. So I think the people on our own should be able to vote fo rour own president and not have congress put in there who they think is fit for the position of being president. I state this because the one who always look peaches and cream aint always sugar they say things in the campaigns to get us americans on either sides but when we vote for that one who said he going to stop this and that and then when he get in the chair of being president,they don't do nothing at all. So i say let America vote for it's own presidency and not the people.    ",1
"Listen Frank, The picture we saw on mars was not built by a alien!! Jenny yes it was! If it wasn't whats your proof?

Well Frank, in April Mars global surveyor flew over Cydonia himself for the first time because he didn't thinkit was real and he took his camera that was ten times sharper than the other viking photo's. When the better picture of the ""face"" appeared on the JPL website it revealed a natural land form and there was no alien, monument at all.

Frank, i was right and you were wrong. Frank says"" Well i was

wrong because i thought

Mars global surveyor went back with a better camera and the picture actually shows the martian equivalent of a butte or mesa so i guess you were right Jenny. See Frank i told you there was just a natural landform. Sorry jenny i thought i had it right. Well so now you know there was just a natural landform and even with a better camera all they saw was a natural landform.",1
"Dear senator,

What are the chances in favor of keeping the electoral college or changing to election by popular vote for the president of the united states? Does the Electoral College work?

First of all, What is the electoral college? The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the president by a vote in Congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens.

The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the selectors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for president and vice president,and the counting of the electoral votes by congress.

What's wrong with the electoral college? Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn the president. At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner-take-all systemin each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing on the tight races in the ""swing""states. It's official: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The best  arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. And the arguments against direct elactions are spurious at best. It's hard to say this, but Bob Dole was right: Abolish the electoral college.    ",2
The challenge of exploring venus was being able to study it and what all was on it and what could live on it. the struggle of it all was not being able to land any bots on it to adventure and collect evidence of it all. Scientists tried working around it without landing something on it sinse it just gets distroyed while trying to collect data for scientists and hovering something over the planet didnt even work for them. Trying to build a divice to be able to land and last long enough is extremly hard for people for the fact that they have not and cannot land and survive Venus. unable to collect a rock and gas sample make things harder sense they dont know what chemicals are being used against they forces they are trying to take there. I believe that the body of this should be faced not feared.,1
"My position on driveless cars, would be that the negative aspects is that the car would be that the car could have a few minor mess ups and that if the car wasnt being controled by a human then the people in the car would be helpess if there was somthing to go wrong wit the car. The postive effects of having a car that you can drive without actually driving iot would be that that would cut down on driven and driving, texting and driving , and also being on the phone while driving you can multitalk in the car while you drive, There would cut down on the death rate of car acciccents of that nature because people wouldnt need to be focused about whats going on around them if they had a driveless car that could drive them around without having to take any precautions. But the position that i think is better for drivless cars would be that they are more of a negative effect even tho it has lots of pros but becuase they dnt allow the person driving to have any control over the car itself when there behind the wheel. Another thing why i think its a negative thing to have is because have a mind of there own they run on othr things that power them to function and once again they could have a defect on the car that could cause it to go wrong and start to mess up in traffic and could end badly for the family or person that has to drive that car.These were all my reasons why i stand by the negative effect more than the postive things it can provide for people now a days.",2
"Driverless Cars Are Coming. Using support from the article, Heres my argument against the new developing smart cars.

Although some people might enjoy being shoufered around by their own automobile, is it really safe? Smart cars are controlled by computer systems and sensors through out the car, and other pieces of technology including video cameras, and GPS, but everything including techonlogy has its faults. The article even includes information stating that even driverless cars still need drivers. Their are many what if's in the article, one being ""What If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault, the driver or the manufactuer?"" As a result, in most states it is illegal.

People would not only have to worry about making sure their car doesnt malfunction but also worrying about who would be held reliable for faulty technology in and on their car. It states in paragraph 9 ""New laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident."" Even with the newsest technology put in these smart cars, it cannot prevent a driver from being in an accident if the driver themselves is not aware and paying attention to the car alerts.

It states in paragraph 2 ""Google cars arent truly driverless, they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents."" In paragraph 9 it states ""The only safe car has a human driver in control at all time."" If so far all smart cars have had to require a driver then their is no true driverless car. With that being said and providing support from the article what is a driverless car?

In conclusion to this article, Driverless cars are not truly driverless and not proven to be as safe as a human being in control of the vehicle.               ",4
"In the article ""Driverless Care Are Coming"" the author presents to the reader a set of positive and negatibe aspects of driveless cars. The driveless cars are cars that do not need a huamn to drive/control the wheel while on the road. These cars are able to drive for you, and give you a better way of getting places safer and more effective. There are problems as well with the cars; shown in the paragrapghs below, you will see why driverless cars are not the future of cars.

""Driverless Cars Are Coming"" made many great points on why driverless cars are a good for the people in the world, but they also stated some very good points on why it would not be. For example, in the article it says the cars are very expensive due to the work that would have to be done to the roads and the cars themselves for them to work corectly. In paragraph four it states ""For starters, they needed a while lot of sensors."" meaning that the car itself would need more added to make sure it was effective which technically cost more money. Not only is money an issue but the fact that driverless cars will taking the skill of driving away from people. As you get older you start to learn how to drive and get to learn all of the rules of the road, but with a driverless car you will most likely not have to learn how to drive. Not knowing how to drive leads to not learning the rules of the road which will lead to more accidents and lawsuits.

Drivelss cars are the future of cars. Yes, maybe, but as said in the article they still have not found a fully effective driveless car the does not need the help of a human when it comes close to danger or something unfamiliar. As said in paragraph seven ""In fact, none of the cars developed so far are completely driveless."" this shows that even with more developed technology they still have not made a fully effective driverless car. The whole point of a driverless car is so the person behind the wheel techinically does not have to drive. Another example is that the drivers must stay alert whcih makes the car even less of a big deal because as said before, the car is not technically driverless. If they want these cars to be the future they need to develope a truly effective car, not just a semi-effecive car.

Another reason why the driverless car is not a car that should be made is because with a driverless car there is no one technically to blame for an acident because the car was not driven by anyone but itself. In paragraph nine the article says ""If technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver of the manufacturer?"" this shows the car is only made to drive not to protect what is beyond. The manufacturer should be more invested on how to change the fact that it will not be one- hundred percent and change how safe the car actually is. An example that brought attention was in paragraph ten when the author of the article said ""Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percebt of the time"" still shows how the car is not truly a driverless car which means that the car name itself is false advertising. That wilol also lead to lawsuits becasue it is not what the consumer/buyer was looking for when they heard the name ""driverless car"".

The article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"" made many great points on why or why not a driverless car is a good car. Reading the article there were many points that stood out about why the car would not be a good car, than to why it would be a good car. To sum up the driverless car is a car that still is not always effective which can bring harm to the people inside of the car and the people beyond the car. Driverless cars are taking away the fact that as a person driving is a skill you must learn, not just get it handed to you because you have a ""driverless"" car. To conclude the driverless car is not a good car and more people should not support the idea.             ",5
"useing technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom to identify human emotions in class .

personal i think that would be a great idea and would help out a lot. it states that ""a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored ,"" that could help in a lot of ways . if you computer could do that it would help many students to get more involved in the class work and not lose anybody with lack of understanding or any other reason .

it can even tell the diffrence between a genuine smile and a forced one . it says that in a real smile a muscle called the zygomatic major lifts the corners of your mouth. when a smile is forced the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major and a diffrent muscle.

i feel like this would help alot in some cases to keep everyone involed it would help teachers know when someone isnt on the same page or doesnt understand, and the teacher can adress that . so yea its a great idea ",2
"Through out this whole article it seems like the author wants someone to go to Venus. He is giving reasons and facts throught the passege. I believe the author wants it explored.

Pretty much all of paragraph 8 explains it. ""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead is into many equally intimidating endeavors."" That whole sentece showed that the author was voting to go to Venus not against it. He supported his claims pretty well, after reading this I feel like it could become possible in the near future.

All of this article is scatter with facts and evidence on why humans could survive on Venus. I beleave the other is very set on the idea of humans on Venus. After reading this I feel like it could become possible in the near future.",2
"Facial Action Coding System

Technology is advancing everyday. The use of electronics in the classroom is growing, due to all the useful tools it provides. Learning styles can vary when emotions play a role, exspecially in the classroom. The new technology called Facial Action Coding System allows for a computer to calculate a humans emotions. The new tool would help increase teachers knowledge of students to a whole new level.

Emotions in the classroom affect the students ability to learn. Lessons are fit to help a student succeed in school. The detection of a student's emotion enables teacher's ability to customize their lesson plans based on the emotion students are portraying. In paragraph five it states,""Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc,"" proving although humans may have the ability to read emotions to an extent, computers have the ability to exactly calculate the emotion. It provides an extra tool that would benefit the way teachers teach in their classroom's.

The calculation of a student's emotion would allow for classrooms to be more efficient. Time is a crucial factor when it comes to the amount students learn. Emotion ties into the mood of a human. The mood a student has can cause an increase or decrease in the amount of new information he or she can take in. The calculation of emotion can provide the teacher with information on how it may affect their attention span. ""By weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions,""which would better the teacher, leading to a better classroom.

Emotions can be hard to read. All teachers are differernt and read emotions differently. Facial Action Coding System would be of great value in the classroom. It allows more information and knowledge to the teachers, which betters the students. The use of the new technology provides the classroom with ways to personalize the classroom for each individual student. The calculation of emotion opens a whole new door for classrooms all over. ",4
"Driverless cars are more of a reality than we think. With all of the new technologies advances in cars, driverless cars aren't just a dream anymore. Although driverless cars can be beneficial, there are just too many risks and consequences for them to be assist with everyday life in a positive way.

Technology is one of the greatest risks with driverless cars. Once driverless cars are available to the public, there are many things that could go wrong. Fluxes in weather could cause major issues within the driverless cars that would have very expensive repairs. Remodeling streets to incorporate driverless cars would be ""simply too expensive to be practical"" [3]. Car thiefs now only have to hack into cars to steal them. If the technology within the car fails, are all of the passengers stranded? Malfunctions can also cause accidents killing passengers and pedestrians nearby.

The next question is, ""if technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver of the manufacturer?"" [9]. There will be countless driverless car court cases to decide if the passengers were at fault, or if the technology was to blame. There are more serious court cases to deal with than a surplus of citizens verus technology. Also with their steady supply of resources such as good lawyers, companies have a solid chance at winning majority of these cases and not having to own up to their mistakes. As a result of this, innocent citizens now have to pay these have fees that could ruin their lives.

On paper, driverless cars seem like a great idea, but in reality they could cause many horrible effects. Technology advances on cars that will help with safety are always beneficial, but having a car driver by itself could be harmful.",4
"i think the use of the technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is vauable.

i think its vauable because it would be a good idea if a computer can see what im feeling because if i feel confused it could help me understand what i dont get. Once it sees that im starting to get it, its going to keep on doing what its doing so it can help me out. It could see that im happy if i see something that i really like and show me more things about it. It would see if i dont like something its going to make sure for me not to see the things i was seeing. It is going to see every emotion i have towords something.

it would be easier for a teacher too because some of the students wont get what the teacher is saying so once they get on the computer the computer is gonna be able to see if he or she gets whats the teacher talking about and if they dont the computer will ba able to pull something out the internet so it couldhelp the students.

I think its a idea to have technology rad our emotional expressions because it will help us understand things and make things easier ",3
"I believe that Driverless cars are going to be a very important nessesity to the development and transition of transportaion technology. Transportation will change from getting to places by using your own brain, to getting to places without having to really think about what you are doing while you are going somewhere.

I feel that diverless cars will not only help with safety of people while they are on the road, but also benifit people by being able to get to places faster and get more things done in the day while driving to a destination.

First off, driverless cars will be the safest way to travel from place to place.

This is becuase of all of the safety features that are equipted in driverless cars.

They contain a numerous amount of sensors and alert systems. If there was something that would harm you while in the driverless car, the car would either be able to get out of the situation more effectively than an experienced driver, or would be able to alert the driver to take over and the driver would manually get out of the situation.

In the passage it says that the Google driverless cars contain many sensors. Some of those sensors include, the sensor on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS reciever, and an inertial motion sensor.

This shows first hand how safe the driverless cars are. The Driverless cars have so many built in sensors that even the most dangerous situation can be avoided while in a driverless car.

Next, if everyone owns or uses a driverless car to get to the places it needs to go, then the car can program itself to get to the place that it needs to go as efficiently and in the best route possible.

This is so that the passengers and driver can get to the destination as quickly as possible.

At some point, if the only cars that are used are driverless cars, and laws in all states, not just California, Nevada, Florida, and Washington D.C. have caught up with the driverless cars , then the cars will be able to move quicker and safer to the destinations that are programed into the car.

The more driverless cars on the road, the faster the destination can be acheived.

Lastly, if you use a driverless car to go to the places you need to go to in the day, you will be able to get a multitude of things done that you were not able to get done before.

Car companies like BMV are trying to come up with things that they can add to the car to have things to do while driving to a specific location.

If you have emails that need to be sent or a presentation that needs to be made, you can easily accomplish thoses tasks while ""driving"" the driverless car.

If at any point in time the car will give you a notification that you need to take over driving for a period of time, then all you have to do is stop your work for a short period of time to manually drive the car.

After that then you can get back to what you were working on before. This will allow you to get more things done in the day that were not possible before.

In conclusion, I think that driverless cars are the milestone of the future, and that they are going to help to expand the horizons of multitasking, stafety, and speed to destinations.

Driverless cars are the gateway to the future and will really help the world as a whole to keep moving and to bring more great things like the driverless car in the future.

Who knows, after the driverless car, next could be the flying car, or maybe even teleportation.",4
"Not using cars or not using cars as much can be extremely benefitial to not only the enviroment but also to the health of people .

Getting excersise is extremely important in modern times heart diesease is a major factor in todays society and that can be easily prevented with minutes of excersise everyday .

The less you drive the more your bound to walk or ride a bike to your destination .

While having completely carless communities can be an inconvinice .

Cutting back on car usage and even using hybrid cars can be benefitial to the enviroment .

Even in the United States cars are becoming less relivant.

Not because they are not useful but because cities are becoming so compact that there is no longer a use to drive cars to stores and shops. The only time people drive is for long distance or to work or school when it is cold or raining. If I could ride the bus to and from school I would, but, they refuse to pick me up in the mornings so I drive my moms

SUV

istead while im not complaining because I dont have to ride in sticky seats or be constantly harassed by the kid behind me kicking my seat. Driving an

SUV

(which is also extremely hard to park)

is not a very efficient way to get to school. While I tried walking it was difficult getting to school on time and i was depleeted of energy.

So driving became the most efficient way.     ",2
"The challege of exploring Venus is not a great idea. Studying Venus is a worthy because it's closes to our planet to earth in terms of density and size. While Venus is simple see from the distant but safe vantage poin of earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely.

Venus is not a great planet to explore. The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. The solar power would be plentiful and radiation would not exceed Earth levels.""Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun"". This shows that Venus is not a safe planet to explore.

The scientists are been send to study Venus. The conditions on surface Venus allow scientists to float above the roiling Venusian landscape. The temperature would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit,but the air pressure would be close to that of the sea level on Earth.""However, peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere,rendering atandard forms of photography and videography ineffective.                  ",2
"Did aliens create an amazing masterpiece on Mars or are you just imagining that they did? Aliens surely do not exist or are for sure not on Mars. It is theretithized that aliens have formed or made an object that seems to look like a human face. I think that aliens didn't do it in many different ways. Such as, this object resembles different landforms that co-exist on Earth. Also, by using our satelittes, we would've already seen pictures of them. Finally, many different factors could've made it to look as if resembling a human face. Just because we wonder about something, doesn't mean that it's really there.

First of all, this object resembles different landforms that co-exist on Earth. Different landforms that it resenmbles are rivers, volcanos, and mountains. This closely resembles the Snake River Plain in Idaho because of it's swirly indentions. Also in one of the pictures it looks as if it have hot boiling lava bubbling inside of it. And finally it shows high elevations such as the Rocky Mountains. This ""alien created object"" looks very similar to the many different landforms on Earth. This is one of the many reasons why it was not made by aliens but if there were any aliens wouldn't we have known about them by now?

Concequently, using our satelittes, we would've already seen pictures of the aliens if they lived on Mars. With all of the advanced technology that we have today you would've thought that our satelittes would've taken pictures of the aliens, right? Some reasons why we should've already seen aliens are that we have satelittes that can take high definition pictures, not only but also; we've launched many different programs towards Mars to take pictures but none of them have came back with positive results for aliens. And finally the rovers that we have sent to Mars have come back with little information about vital items needed to survive on a planet. With high definition pictures we can tell if there are any shelters, food, water, etc. on Mars, however there's not. Then again many different space progams hav launched satelittes to take pictures, but there is no vital signs. Finally the rocket propelled rovers that have landed on Mars have came back with little information about items needed to survive. There it is, another good reason and reality why aliens did not create this human looking landform, but it might've just been positioning why we thought that it looked human.

Finally, many different factors could've made it to look as if resembling a human face. Different factors such as the position of the sun, clouds, and or temperature could've made this ""plain"" look human. The sun might've made the shadows of different hills look like eyes and a mouth. The clouds could've covered or angled the sun to make different shadows on the hilly area. Maybe the heat waves deformed the plateu to resemble a human. Nobody knows for sure and unless the exact same situation happens again we might find out, but until then I beleive that it is not possible that aliens made this landform.

It is possible that aliens exist and I don't doubt that they live without of our reach but I think that it is not possible for them to exist this close to us and we have not found out about it yet, therefore they are not real.

Everyone wonders what is beyond our reach, but just because you imagine it does that neccesarily mean that it is real? I think that all the examples like it looks like landforms on Earth, we should've seen picture of aliens, and many different factors might have effected our view are definitly reasons why aliens did not create this. Wondering and believing are both good things but if you don't focus on the truth of reality, you will not suceed.   ",5
"Technology has come a long way to create a Facial Action Coding System. This system can make it easier for a lot of people to figure out what emotions people are feeling. Putting this technology in schools would make it easier for teacher to understand how students are feeling about their lessons. The Facial Coding System would be a great idea to put on school computers to find out what the students are feeling.

Making technology like this is very advanced and clever. Many students want to be nice to their teacher when they ask if they like the lessons. Putting this technology while they are teaching the lessons would be a good idea for how the students actually feel. There would probably be some cons with this technology though. The students could be thinking of something else or being distracted while it is scanning their face. making the scan inaccurate because they're not reacting to the teache they are reacting to something that happened earlier that day or soemthing else on their computer. Although the technology would have a lot of pros. Scanning their faces when they are paying attention could be very helpful. Teacher could learn to make their lessons more interesting with this technology. Knowing if the student are happy during a lessing could make the teacher do more of what she was doing. Also using this technology could help teachers understand if their students aren't feeling well during their class period. This could be helpful for teacher because pople never want accidents in the classroom. Using this technology could helo teacher recognizze when students are nervouse or anxious to help them calm down and be more relaxed in the classroom.

The Facial Action Coding System is a great new tool for teacher to use in the classroom. Teachers always need new ideas for teaching new information to a classroom. Using this technology would make it a lot easier to understand the students. Teachers often forget about the feelings of their students. This is a great reminder of the information that they're giving their student is important for the students to understand and comprehend. Reading students' expressions would be a great idea for the classroom.",3
"Dear, state senator I think changing elections by popular vote for the president of the United States would be better. Each candidate had his or her group of electors. Mostly the political party like Democratic and Republican. he Electoral college is the established Constitution as a compromise between electionof the presdident by vote in congress. Popular votes for the election of the president is more meaningful then having 538 electors and 270 electoral votes. I think the electoral college doesn't work.

In the electoral college system,voters just vote for the president, but along with that your voting for more electors in their political party. This is a very big deal for the people voting in elections. They have no control of whom their electors votr for. The electoral college is also unfair to the canidates because the winner-take-all system in each state. The best arguments in favor is the popular vote, but some canidates still lose from the presidency.

Looking at the breakdown of the number of electoral votes given to each state-California has the most votes. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president. or instance, as Romney was in the South he had no campaign heavily in those states. He gained no electoral votes. In toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign-to really take notice inthe competing canidates. Those voters sre the ones to decide the election. Run-Off elections should be avoided, it would greatly complicate the presidential election process.

My advice to you;as the state senator is to not keep the Electoral College. The election of the populae vote would be more precised. It's maybe 1% unfair because in states like california they have like 55,000 republicans voting for 1 canidate. And if there's a tie in the electoral vote, the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president.                                                            ",2
"Using the Facial Actrion Decoding System in the classroom would be valuable. There are many benifits to using this program in classrooms. Many students do not enjoy the time they send in school, so this could be a revolutionary approach to changing the way the American school system works.

One of the reasons the decoding system would help students is that it could help inhance student's grades. Because thecomputeris actively trying to bring the student's mood up, it could hep them to fully enjoy the information they are given. If the computer is constantly trying to inhace emotions, liking the material will cause the student to enjoy learning more. If a student truely enjoys what they are learning, they will work harder to do well in a class.

Another reason the decoding system would be benifitial to classrooms isbecause it could help students understand the concepts better. Not liking classroom material results in students not fully understanding the material and not wanting to pay attention. They soon become easily sidetrack and loose sight of remembering the information later on. Knowing that they enjoy the concepts will help with the understanding of the material. As stated in the text, "" A classroom computer could recongnise when a student is becoming confused or bored"" and also states, "" Then it can modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" Some might argue that a human instructor may be able to do just as well relaying information as the computer, but most of the time a teacher must give the material to the class as a whole, and can'tfocus soley on individual emotions of the student, and if every student is enjoying the lesson.

The last reason why the coding system would be benifitial is because it could help with teenage mood swings and depression. teens seem to be less happy when they are confused and overwhelmed by schoolwork, and helping to adjust the material based of their moods could help increase their level of happiness. Helping to improve their happiness during school hours might in turn help them to be more happy overall.

In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding System would be valuable in the classroom for many reasons. It can help to inhance grades, help students understand concepts better, and help with the teenage moodwings. ",4
"I think we should change the electoral college to the popular vote for many reasons. I think that the electoral college causes alot of disgreements and agruements. I think we should do this for every election not just the election of the United States of Americas President. I dont think its fair that some states get more votes than another states. We should all be equal like the George washington wanted us to be as he and many others signed the US Constition and The Declartion of Independence. Like Cali. has 55 electrolal votes and wyoming has like 4 how does that make them feel.

If one President is like by the whole nation then he should become president no doubt. Just because someone else get more elctoral votes but isnt the popular why should he be President. Like one candiate could get 10 states that are voting for him but their only states with 4 votes then the other candidate gets californa even the other half of californa doesnt want him. He wins because winner takes all and that 55 to his 10 sates which equals 40.    ",2
"Are you looking for a job that fits your hobbies but can't find it? Well don't worry, being a sea cowboy offers lots of jobs and opportunities, just ask me, Luke Bomberger. You can care for animals, have watch duty, steer the ship, and many other jobs that are needed when being a sea cowboy.

Just take it from me, Luke Bomberger one of the most famous sea cowboys in America. Thanks to my stories you'll know all the possible careers and benefits from being a sea cowboy. First, lets talk about some of the jobs that probably fit your interest. First of all if you want to watch animals, or nurse them back to health if they get sick then this is the job for you! Normally, on just one ship there can be up to 350 animals. That's a lot of sea cowboys feeding, cleaning, and nursing animals. Not interested you say, then you can ask for some extra watch time. Everybody has to do at least one night watch per night and you could do someone else's work, while they clean animals. This job is perfect if you enjoy getting some fresh air. Just don't be afraid of heights! Still not the right job, then you can take over or be the captain. This job is perfect for anyone interested in being the captain of a boat, for a career. You will most likely stay high up, but you can't accidentally fall to your doom, doesn't that sound safe?

Now you've finally picked your career, good job! Now you can look at the benefits of working as a sea cowboy. It might seem boring on the way to Europe, picking up after animals that relieve themselves everywhere, but with the animals gone and the stalls empty you can play games to pass the time. You could just simply play a board game, or maybe set up a ping pong table that you had to move because the chickens kept pecking away at it. Heres another benefit, while your ship is being loaded with food for the trip back you can go sight seeing! You can see the Panama Canal, or a castle on the island of Crete.

This is marvolous, even I myself am jealous of what you might get to do.

You have now seen the great benefits of becoming a sea cowboy. All that's needed now is for you to sign up, be drafted and not only will America thank you, but all the people of Europe will. Bonjour!",3
"I think that others should participate in the ""Seagoing Cowboys Program"" becuase it is a unique opratunity that a lot of others might not get to have the chance of doing. Being in that group is a very big responsibility, and chance to show others what you can do and what you are capable of. ""When I started playing football a lot of peoel thought i wasnt gonna be able to do it and they though that i would get hurt and break a bone and not even be on the field as much as i wanted. But it turned out that the coach put me in a position that no one would ever expect from a girl, The QB. My friends and famiy then knew what i was capable of donig."" You just have to show them what you can do and prove it to them.

I am a very brave man that decided to do the job that I am doing now becuase its kind of like the story in the bible. There are a bunch of animals in a boat on water, floating across the sea. There are many bad things that could happen that you might not even see coming from a mile away. The job that I am doing now is a VERY risky job that not a lot of pepole are brave enough to do for them selfs. You have to be very tallented and brave to walk over here and get on a boat not knowing what is gonna happen.

To be one of there people you have to be physicaly and mentaly prepared for what is coming your way, you can never tell what is gonna happen in the future so you alawys have to be prepared for it. Luke probably had a lot of bad things that happened to him like when there was a bad storm one night and he was climbing the ladder to get to the captin and he slipped and fell and broke som of his ribs. If you think that that is bad then when you get into the job you better be prepared be a lot more sever things can happen to you while you are on that boat, you might never be able to tell what is coming your way.

If you think that you are prepared please come and join the Seagoing Cowboys Program , I promise that you will never regret the decission that you make. The program will have a lot of trainning for the peolpe that might have no other way of getting in shape where they are now. But if you are realling wanting to join makes sure you are in good shape, physicaly and mentaly and come hop on a boat with us and take a trip across the sea. ",2
"The author supports the idea ""that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit dispite the dangers it presents,"" by telling us why we need to know, how it affects us, and how we will. This is something that has been well thought out by NASA and they always know what , why and how they are doing something. The author uses insite from NASA to support his idea. By doing this the author has shown us the importance of Venus.

First, the author gives us reasons why we need to know this. The author says, ""Often referred at Earth's ""twin,"" Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionaly the closest in distance to,""(paragraph 2). This means, if Venus is that closely connected and similar to Earth then we can learn and adapt. They continue to find new discoveries in order to keep our civilization in tacked, and surviving.

Second, they explain how it affects us in our ordinary way of living. They answer the question of, If it is so dangerous why study more? They found that it could have been another Earth once. I know this because in the text it says, ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system...The planet suface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountins, and craters,""(paragraph 4). This means that by studying it no matter it's condition we can to learn about it and why Venus is in the condition it's in, maybe to even prevent it for Earth.

Lastly, the author supports their idea by telling us how we are going to uncover more information without loosing more. They explain that NASA has a theory that sending anything electronic to it will die off within hours, where as sending parts from the 1800's - 1940's won't. I know this becaues in the text it states that, ""NASA is studying other approches to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lested about three weeks...These devices were first envisiond in the 1800's and played an important role in the 1940's during the war...but, these devices made calculations by using gears and levers without electricity...By comparison, systems that use mechanical pats can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces""(paragraph 7). This means that hypothetically NASA could send older tech and find a way to uncover more information.

Therefore, the author supports his idea, ""that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents,"" by giving us multiple reasons why we need the knowlage, how it affects us and how we will accomplish that. First, by telling us that Venus is like our twin planet and learning what happened we could adapt. Secondly, by showing us that we are can prevent our own downfall. Lastly, the author tells us how NASA expects to pull this off.",4
"There was a boy named Luke Bomberger. And Luke asked this friends if they want to take a trip to Europe on a cattle boat. And Lukes friends said no and Luke said why not they said cause we dont want to go, ""ok said Luke"".

Two weeks later Lukes friends came and said give us some reasons why should we join the program. Luke gave them reasons one you can get a chance to go away somewhere with your friends,2 this can be your opportunity of a life time,3 you are going to Europe in a boat with your friends,4 we are going to travel around the world,5 we are going to sail across the Atlantic Ocean,6 it is going to a great sightseeing to so I think you should come with me. And when I go i'am going by myself and I want some of my friends to come with me when I go.

One week later Lukes friends came to his house and said Luke are moms gave us pramishin to go with you to Europe and where ever else we have to go. Luke said so you can join the program yes they said so Luke went in his house and grabed a papper and have them snig a papper that they get to go on the trip with him. So two months later they went on the trip to Europe.                 ",2
"Many today are so concerned with driving safely. There are so many things that could go wrong while behind the wheel. But can having a machine drive you around that you have little control over be less hazardous? No doubt cars that have an automatic driving system will be less work to do on our part but is that really safe? Well, what is teh definition of being safe? Safe is what you feel when you are out of harms way. When you feel as though nothing can hurt you. Like there is absolutley anything that could even slightly put you inthe way of harm. But if your driving in general, do you think you are safe? No because anything could happen. So what makes you think that ""driving"" a self-automated car would make you feel much more safe? Would you not feel as if you are purposely putting yourself in the way of harm?

As many say we can not change the roads but we can change the cars and make them smarter, hence the name smart cars. These cars come with many sensors within and outside of the car, including a sensor on the roof. Not only are there sensors but there is also a camera near the rearview mirror. All of the technology put into the making of this car is sure to make you want to but it. Not only that but haveing the latest technology like this in your car will also make you feel safe. There are also laser beams that update a 3-D model of the car and what it is surrounded by. As much as there are many sensors in these cars to make it safe there are still some things that can go wrong.

There are some cons to this car as well as pros. For example, what if some of the sensors begin to malfunction? This can cause an accident in the case that you are not even aware that some or one of your cars sensors have stopped functioning correctly or just all together stopped working. But another big concern is who's fault will it be if some fancy technology in our smart cars malfunction and its begins to cause accidents? As much as we may feel safe, there is always a chance that something is not right.

But lets not look at all the bad, what about the good? Smart cars are created to steer, speed up and even brake with no help from a human. So does this car require any human assistance? Yes, but only when trying to get through construction areas and other accidents that may have occured. How will someone know when to take over? Well, the car can make the drivers seat vibrate, there willtouch sensors that will make sure that the driver stays focused even if they may not really be driving.

With this information we may ask ourselves: ""Are smart cars really safe?"" The answer is opinion based and we all decide for ourselves. We are all given the choice to put our lives in the path of death and we are all given the choice to remove any injurous obstacles from our paths. No one can make the decision for you. Before ""driving"" one of these ""smart cars"" many should look at the pros and the cons and do much research to determine wheather he or she believes that tehse cars are safe.",3
"Im going to tellin you some positive and some neative ways that smart cars could be great and dangous first. Driverless Car are comin thers some postitive and negative ways. First here some positive ways first it could help stop all these wrecks that are happeni. Cause these smart cars will have antilock brakes that will come more advanced and detected and respond to the danger out of control skids and rollovers and the sensors will have the car apply these antilocking breaks at anycrashing moments.That will apply brakes on indivual wheels and reduce power from the engine that will make the car slow down even a top speeds. It also allowing way better response and control than a human driver can manage. Further improvements in sensors and computers hardware that make the car handle more

and more driving task on there own that also making drivin safer. At Last they can also help you know whre road blocks and contruction is at and takes you to a diffrent route that will make u take iver the wheel. Now heres some negative ways of havin smart cars would be a not so great idea. Fisrt cause what if car accidents happen and people get hurt who are you going to blame for the hurt people and the messed up cars who gets blamed the manufracturers or the owner.Next new law wo8uld have to be made up for the smart cars cause these law for the old regular cars would work the same. also why would people want a driveless car that needs a driver drivers would get board waitin on there turn to drive.Also That means drunk drivers could still drive and it would be more easier for them to go and get them some achol and get drunk and turn and that turns into violence. Then these cars parts would be outragous expensive for one part and be out all kinds of money on one part.These are my opinion on why smart cars would be great and why they wouldnt be good this i why.",2
"The Fatal Action Coding System is an invasion of privacy. Our schools staff and others don't need to know exactly how we feel, percent wise and everything. We have the right to feel whatever way we want. This is a very free country. If we want to be angry about something and not let anyone know we are sure allowed to do so. Although it could help teachers better understand their students and the way they could better their teaching methods it is still in our rights to keep our emotions to ourselves. i see both sides of it. i see how it could improve things but i also see how lots of people would protest it and fee invaded or violated. We already have the freedom of speech an freedom of religion, emotions too. With most students being minors it would be up to their parents if they would want their childrens emotions to be able to be read or not, but then the kids might grow to resent their parents for that exact reason lots of kids grow up hating their parents for reaosons like their parents always invading their privacy and not letting them live their own life. ",2
"In 1976 the Viking 1 aircraft that circled and took pictures of mars looking for potential landing sports for future aircrafts found a shaodwly likeness of a human face on mars. Some scientists believed it to be unnatural and made by ancient civilization on mars. The more reasonable option was that it was just another Martian mesa which are commonly found on the part of mars called Cydonia.

Nasa has proven the face on Mars to be a butte or mesa, common landforms that are found on Earth. On April 5th, 1998 the aircraft Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time. The Mars Orbiter Camera team or MOC took a picture with a way higher amount of resolution than the first one. ""Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on JPL website, revealing a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all.""

Even after proving the public wrong about this conspiracy many were still not satisfied. The Face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter on Mars at the time when the Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia. Therefore some people believed that the alien markings were hidden by the clouds.

On April 8th, 2001 whatever hope people had that the Martian face was made by aliens Nasa threw away. ""It was a cloudless summer day in Cydonia Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look."" The MOC team took an extraordinary photo of the face a million times better than the past two. ""What the picture actually showed the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa landforms common around the American West.""

In conclusion The conspiracy on The Face On Mars was yet only a conspiracy and proven so by Nasa. The picture only showed the equivalent of a butte or mesa according to Nasa, thanks to the Mars Global Surveyor which took a picture in maximum resolution. ""Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo.""       ",4
"Driverless cars should not be coming! Driverless cars are dangerous they could malfunction and kill a lot of people.

For example one of the Google cars that just came out, crashed into a truck going five miles per hour.

How can you go that slow and hit something, imagine if the car was going 50 MPH!

Dont get me wrong this invention would be cool but it would be dangerous to all of us.

Okay so you want a driverless car right, but you have to be able to be ready and drive it when the car needs help..

Are you kidding me if you wanted a driverless car, you want a driverless car.

You dont want to be ready for when road construction is about to happen and have to drive, you want to have the car drive the whole time.

I know this is kind of lazy to say, but people want what they payed for!

They dont want a car that only drives half the time.

If you want to sell a driverless car, it has to be all the way, a driverless car.

Car makers should make cars the same way as they are making them now.

They way they have it now is great, unless something happens and cars can fly or something.

The way that cars can stop by themselves is amazing.

But having the car to do everything is to dangerous.

All the laws would change because of this, and they would have to make new ones.

There would probably be no cops. So, so many jobs are going to be lost.

Then what are the families going to do?

The cost of these things would be outrageuos!

Some of the cars now are really expensive, imagine how they will be when these things come out.

These cars would not even do anything because only the wealthy can buy them.

So what is the point when only a few people can buy them.

Unless they make it insanly cheap, which i do not see happening.

So the car companies wouldnt even make profit because no one has money for these cars.

In conclusion this is and all, and all a bad decision.

This would not help us, it will not save time, and it will not save us money.

The list goes on, and on.

This will be one of the worst inventions, there will be more car deaths.

Then whose fault will it be? consumers will start to sue the companies because they got in a wreck and everything is their fault, but they were not even driving.

This idea of cars is just a bad idea, jobs can be lost, people will die, and nobody will be making money or saving money.

So you know my decision, what is youre's?      ",3
"In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile' it talks about how you can tell a students emotion from a new technology called the Facial Action Coding. Would you want a computer reading your face? or knowing how you feel? I actually don't think that is necessary. Why? because some people want all their feelings to be kept to themselevs, does'nt want the computer or the teacher knowing what's going on with them, or is'nt even comfortable with even letting a computer tell your emotions. I know I would'nt because technology is too much and can make up so many things about you.

First reason, why I feel that technology shouldnt be used in a classroom to tell how you feel because some people want to keep all of their emotions to themselves. Nobody wants technology to show them the percentage of how they feel, to make them maybe more upset then what they are. If a student is more angry than happy the teacher might start asking questions wondering why. The student didnt want anyone to know. Its like the technology would be taking over the students space.

Second, a teacher should'nt know personally why a student is feeling a type of way. Unless the student is willing to tell the teacher. Instead, of being forced to be told bc the technology is telling your emotions and how you feel. The computer constructs a 3-D model of your face, all 44 major muscles in the model must move like the human muscles. The Facial Action coding is all in your body controlling your emotions.

Last reason, I think why it shouldn't be used or is'nt valuable is not being comfortable with the Facial Action Coding knowing their emotions. The creator Dr. Paul Eckaman, came up with six basic emotins. The different emotions he came up with is happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. Also, each characteristic movement of the facial muscles. Technolgy reading how I feel, but definitly not in a classroom it is not the time or place to see how someone feels.

In conclusion, so basically I feel like you should'nt have to d it in a classroom. Maybe if you are outside of school, in a doctor office it'll be more comfortable. In class using the technology of Facial Action Coding is not where you should use it, it isnt valuable in a classroom. Eventhough, you could tell how someone feels by looking at their face sometimes, does'nt mean you use technology to see all your emotions. So, I disagree with is being used in classrooms. ",3
"Driverless cars would have never crossed our mind 50 years ago, but today, they are already being developed and tested. Driverless cars are wrong beacuse they could cause a lot more accidents from technology malfunctions, they could potentially cause many law suits and problems in our world, and they will make humans even more technology dependent and incapable of taking care of themselves if somehow we lost all electricity and had to operate cars by ourselves.

Driverless cars are owned and operated by the company who makes them, humans have little to no control on what happens in the car. So if the car crashes, would it be the manufacturers fault or the humans fault? Driverless cars could potentially cause many unneccesary arguments and law suits between manufacturers and consumers. If someone is riding in the driverless car, and the car crashes, the manufacturers should be the ones to blame unless they develop a technology to enable the humans to take complete control if neccesary. Many arguments could be made that the manufacturer didn't program the car correctly anf that is why the person was injured or even so much as killed. This could result in manufacturers of big companies paying millions maybe even billions of dollars in law suits.

Driverless cars could cause a lot more accidents because there isn't someone physically watching the surroundings of the car, and technology as simple as calculators can malfunction sometimes, so would you really trust a car run by a computer with your life? Driverless cars have no human physically driving unless it enables the human to drive, and even then it will be hard to avoid the accident because the car wouldn't inform the human about the incident unles just milliseconds before it happens because they can't predict the future and neither can we. The amount of accidents would most likely skyrocket if driverless cars became an everyday thing because of the lack of control and responsibilty a human has in the car.

Today we have many different things that involve technology. We have phones that we depend on for almost everything we do in life, we have computers which we use to store information, we have calculators so we don't even have to remember how to do simple math on our own. Almost everything we do in life has some sort of technology to make our lives easier. Now we might not even have to drive our own car. Driverless cars could mean that people never have to learn how to drive, and then what would happen if for some reason the world lost all electricity, wifi, and communication signals? That means no more phones computers, calculators, and no driverless cars. People are so dependent on technology today that giving them another thing to be dependent on to not have to drive themselves is going to cause a lot of problems if the world has an extreme crisis. Hardly anyone would know how to drive, which means very little transportation and it will be ahrder to communicate with people.

Driverless cars should be illegal because it could potentially cause ven more uneeded law suits and arguments, it could cause a lot more deaths in car accidents, and it would make people very uneducated on how to get places if the technology somehow stopped working. The world is just fine driving themselves, and on top of everything else we depend on technology for, it would be nice to keep at least one thing we have to do for ourselves just for the sake of human independency. If we create driverless cars, we will truly not have anything left to do for ourselves and there will be extreme crisises if something were to happen to our electricity.   ",5
"Did you know that car ownership is the number one cause of death in the united states? I hope you don't, because that isn't true. However, there still are some benifits to letting go of the wheel. Eveyone knows how much damage cars can do and have done with the energy they release into the Ozone, but it's not a lost cause. Research shows that if we all stopped using auto-mobiles, then overtime the Ozone layer could vastly improve. True, not all the damage can be reversed, but a lot is better than nothing.

Also, the number of car usage per person in the united states is drastically dropping already, so you might as well get ahead instead of getting behind. The number of miles driven in the United States peaked in 2005, and began to steadily decline thereafter. As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was almost 9% below what the country was in January of 1995. These statistics are still moving further down their respective directions to this day, so it would be wise to be prepared.

Traffic acidents are one of the biggest causes of death in America, and how can we fix that? Well, no traffic would be a nice start. I mean, this one is just common sense. You can't be in a car crash without cars. If we completley got rid of car travel, THOUSANDS of lives would be preserved annually. It's a simple solution to a major problem, and just maybe could be the biggest advantage of limiting auto-mobile usage not just in the United States of America, but all across the globe.

Cars and other auto-mobiles have become an established part of our culture, and have been for generations, but just because something has been established for a while, that does not mean it is going to need to stay forever. Several places have aleady began car-usage limitation, most notably Vauban, Germany. I feel there are several benifits to it, some that are life saving, so I see no harm in at least giving it a chance in certain areas.                                                            ",3
"Have you ever thought about the future? What it be like to go in your driverless car from your floating house on the top of a volcanoe. I have and I got to say I think its going to be great, but along with the consequences of it. I do have a couple reasons on why everyday that when we shape into what would be our future, we are also bringing along the little chaos. What came to mind is that i think driverless cars are gonna be a trajedy, instead of being the next best thing.

I start to see that when driverless cars come out everyones going to want them, but whats the price with this? I and i'm sure many other people think would we even need a lisence for this car and is it going to be safe as it sounds? I'm thinking that a sensor goes down and the malfunctions of the car happens its going to cause the death of many, many people to come. That people are gonna get lazy and the knowledge of even driving a car will be forgotten because these driverless cars, if it is ever possible.

Most people, ir some, find ways to make life easier on them and one of it is to be lazy, do the easiest job, or have the most fun while they can. The technology we have today transpires into something even bigger the next day, leaving remenents of the old/past behind. The stuff your grandpa and grandma had when they were kids, young teens, or young adults you'd be shocked because you would wonder ""You guys had that??"" Like its a big surprise how what they had is now forgotten.

Everyday that goes by we're forming the new furtue, but also destropying it. Driverless cars are the start and soon machines are gonna take peoples jobs. Taxi drivers are gonna be extinct because people have their own ""taxi"" to get to everywhere with. Who is to blame if a wreck happens, the driver or the manufacturer. I wouldnt be surprised if it be both.

All i'm saying is that if we do get so far ahead of ourselves with technology whats going to happen to us? I'm not talking about extinction, but i mean our surroundings and how it could effect us in a way. those are my reasons on why we SHOULDN'T produce these cars.   ",3
"I believe that this technology would be very useful for use in a classroom. This is so because this kind of technology could help determine how much, if any at all, help a student would need in dealing with their emotions. It would also help figure out what triggers certain reactions in certain students.

The first reason that this tech would work for students in a classroom is that it could help find out when a student is having a bad day and determine whether or not that student requires some form of psychiatric help. This kind of technology could help with depression, anxiety, and it could even stop the next school shooter, in an extreme case, yes, but possible nonethless.

The second reason this technology could be very useful is it could help the teachers understand what actions or words trigger what reactions in students. This is useful because it could be used to take a survey, collecting data and deciding what gives a bad reaction the most and least out of all the people being surveyed. This could be used to decide the curriculum, activities, etc.

Now, I understand that there are a decent amount of cons alongside the positive side of this technology, but I believe that the pros far outweigh the negatives in this scenario. When it comes to mental health, and, in the most extreme cases, lives at stake, technology like this is always a step in the right direction.",3
"The Challenge Of Exploring Venus

My Claim that

support the passage is "" Do Not Judge A Book By It Cover"" despite the facts that venus is one of the brightest points in the night sky, it was simple for amateur stargazer to spot. Venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size and closest in distance. The only difference between the venus and earth is the speed because sometimes we are closer to venus because it is always around the corner.

No spacecraft has ever survived landing on venus. Venus is marked as the challenging planet for human despite the promixity and the similarities they both share. There is 97%

carbon

dioxide which bblankets venus and it is more challenging due to the highly corrosive sulfuric acid in its atmosphere. The atmospheric pressure in venus is more greater than what we experience on earth and also it has the hottest surface.

According to Paragraph 4, the astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have been the most earth like planet in our solar system. Venus was for once looks like earth which includes different oceans and some rocky sediments which partains to mountains and valley. Eventhough venus is no more condusive for human being it is still consider as one of nearest option for planetary visit for humans. NASA are compelling ideas for sending human to study venus. The possible solution for NASA to study will allow the scientist to fly above the fray. If blimp-like vehicle hovering above the venus was created this would be of help to the astronants to complete their research because the vehicle won't come down to the surface of the venus that low, but there would be a lot of solar power and radiation so that the condition can be survivable for the humans.

If a ship orbiting safely above the venus is created this wouid

help to provide some insight about the ground conditions because most form of light can't penetrate the dense atmosphere so this will render any form of photography in effective and also things cannot be picked from the surface of the venus, so with this scientist is planning to conduct a thorough

mission to understand venus would need to get up close despite the challenges they're going to face. According to

paragraph 7, NASA is working on other approaches to study venus examples are some simplified electronics made of silicon and also using the mechanical computers to study the surface of the venus but using a modern computer can be delicate because of the the risk it entakes.

Finally, for scientist to study the Venus they need to create some powerful equipments that can be of help to them. Venus is large but due to the risk, it is made difficult for scientist to study it.   ",1
"Dear Senador

I personally think that the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The people around count of having a better life in the country but not giving they what they want will bring big problems the nation. Its overruled to decleared the candidate who receives the most popular votes the winner you have to be fair. It doesn't matter if you have more popular votes than others you have to win by having regular votes. The Electoral Colleges metod is not being democratic at all in modern sence. And it seems like is the electors who elect the president, not the people. The trust of the peole had been betrayed. It is the entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the natonal popular vote. There's five reason for retaining the Electoral College despite its democratic pedigree; all are practical reasons, not liberal or conservative reasons: 1) Certainty of Outcome 2)Everyone's President 3)Swing State 4)Big State and last but not less 5)Avoid Run-Off Elections. So why not do one of them. Why not? Because your scared that your democracy will fail or not win. But whats more important you or your nation?    ",2
"I would like the

Eletoral college to change, to let the people vote not the congress pick any president he wants. I get that theres going to be fights and drama but still the people has to have the rigth to vote for who they want. I would like to vote too but not for someone to get to pick whatever president he wants. Think of the people, what if you were the people and you wanted to pick your self as president but the congress picks another president just because hes close to winning like you. Were in the United States a place of freedom so let the people vote and let them be free.

I think that the

Electoral college should omly have one elector. Why? because there will be less fights and arguments it will be all up to one elector to pick a president plus all the people that voted. I think it should be a llitle diffrent the elector should vote like a regular person but hes vote costs 500 votes so it will be half fair and helps the president he wants a little. The bad things are that people wouldn't think it's fair and the elector will have alot of pressure. The good things is that there wont be arguments or fights and thats what its all about.            ",1
"The picture shows a face but how long ago was that picture taken, 1976 was when the first picture was taken. In 1976 they had a camera with pixels thats not so good. The picture was taken like there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the gound or Egyptian-style pyraminds or even small shacks, you could see what they were. It was taken 43 meters away.

In 1998 the picture was taken again and the camera was getting better and better. The 1998 picture looks more clear then the pitcure that was taken in 1976. Over time the picture got more clear. 2001 the picture was taken again and it was taken 2.5 km-wide stripes away. This time it didnt even look like a face. The Middle Butte looks like a snake from in the air but doesnt make it a snake. You saying aliens made that too the way the water moved made it like that .

So facts show that at one point it looked like a face but wasnt done by alien the way the picture was taken is the reason why. You could use the moon as an example. Everyone use to think there was a man in the moon just by the way it looks but clearly there isnt a man in the moon. The way the picture taken can make a shadow and can make you see things that arent really there.",3
"The writing The Challenge of Exploring Venus and how the author is explaining and supporting his idea. In the first paraghph the author is telling us how venus is called the Evening star and that venus is acually a a planet in are soler system. its the second plant from the sun. The author is telling us good facts about venus. its really hard for scientist to explore venus because no one can survive to go over there. venus is a dangeras place to send a human because they could come back eith alot of things and they dont have anything living in venus.the Astronomers are trying to get to venus because they say that it may once have been the most Earth like planet in oir soler system, venus has some simoler things to earth. its ahrd for them to do reaserch to because they cant reaserch on rocks, gas, or anything else from a distence. they are working on bettering there machines so they could get bette reaserch and that would work and last long. NASA is trying really hard to try yo get to venus and see what they have and how much reaserch they could get because they want to see if people could acually live there. I think the author helps suppot his staytment and he has really good facts thathelp the reader understand his point in they story and he has scientest and NASA in them. they will try there best to try to put something living in venus. and they will try hard to fix there meshions to have better reaserch.",2
"Cars in this century are being band for multiple reasons. To most people, cars are a hastle and a pain to deal with. Advantages to limiting car usage are the less parking areas and more community buildings, the reduction of smog/polution, and more exercise for Americans. Most cars are getting better with the limitation on gas and more on battery, but we should still limit cars in general.

If you walk along the streets in New York, you will see that along every sidewalk there is a parking strip and around every corner there is a parking lot. What if those parking spots were gone? We could have larger and more store then we have now, plus we could have larger sidewalks to bike and walk on. In  Vauban, Germany, generally street parking, driveways, and home garages are forbidden. The house owners are allowed to own cars, but transportation is limited due to the limited parking areas. Suburban inhabitants mainly use a source of public transportaion because of how cheap and easy it is.

Smog is a fume that comes from cars and lingers around that area. It makes the whole area fill up with gas that it looks like a huge fog bank. China is the worst contributor to smog due to all its factories which make cars. Paris is trying to limit the amount of smog in their area so they restricted the use of cars for five days. After the five days, Paris cleared up and the people there were able to see a lot clearer.

America is known to be a fat country. All the people in American sit around and eat everything, are really lazy, and rely to much on machines. If we cut down on machines, including cars, a whole lot of Americans would lose a lot of weight. Larger sidewalks would help a whole lot for bikes. Bikes would give you exercise and help you be self relient instead on relying on the car. A professor at The University of Michigan has a son who lives is San Fransisco, who he says has a car but never uses it. He always uses the public transportation, and why's that? More than likely it is becuase in San Fransisco the traffic changes rapidly and you don't know if you will hit bad traffic. Also, San Fransisco is a beautiful place to be, and he may want to enjoy the view in that area.

Cars have taken over the United States in many ways that we know about but don't care or don't do anything about it.. America and everwhere else could have a lot more stores and get more exercise if parking lots, parking spots along the sidewalk, and some cars are gone. Smog is not a good gas to have lingering around where a whole bunch of people are walking and living. Cars are great, no question, we can live a healthier life if we didnt have them.    ",4
"The use of technology to read the emotional expression of students face in a classroom is valuable. Its valuable because its helps students be interested in something their doing. For example the passage says, "" If you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow"". That shows it keeps you interested and will keep kids interested.

Another reason I think we should have technology to read emotions is because it could also help teachers no what he or she should do to keep the children entertained like the computer. If this keeps the children entertain it'll help them learn better because if the kid is not interested then they will not watch the lesson your teaching them.

One raeson I think wde shouldn't have them in a class room is becasue it will distact kids because it'll have the kids focused on technology instead of learning thats the only reason i think we shouldn't have them.

Those are some reasons why I think we should and shouldn't have technology to raed emotions expressions. ",3
"The ""Evening Star"", while being a planet it still shines bright in our solar system, and it has the heat to back it up. While being the closest related to Earth out of the rest of our solar system (Even refered to as Earth's ""Twin"", Paragraph 2) , it still is nearly unlivible to most if not all forms of life in its current state. Some scientists however believe that venus was very life sustaining a long time ago, it is believed that it even had oceans! All of this and people still believe that we should make this endeavor and try our hands at getting there and getting back alive, and it is possible; while being extremly difficult. The author of the passage ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" also believes that we should do our best to get there despite all of the challenges.

While Venus is a very hot place, the author lists ways to overcome this obstacle. In paragraph 5 the author talks about how ""The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study venus."" their idea was a blimp like vehicle that would float above the fray of many of Venus's obstacles such as the hell-like heat. The blimp would put the vehicle 30 miles above the surface making the tempature only 170 degrees Fahrenheit, instead of a boiling 800 degrees Fahrenheit. This vehicle would also help stay above the hazardous ground conditions. Making this a reliable vehicle and a good point to make in the authors passage.

The author points out in paragraph 2 how similar Venus is to Earth, and how it is sometimes the closet planet to Earth out of the universe. This point it helpful because it points out how Venus used to be very inhabitable, and how it still could be today with some help from modern technology for life. So for the author this was a very helpful point to include for the arguement.

The author also included how the landmarks on venus point towards it used to having oceans, and this is amazing because so far it has been extremly if not impossibly rare to have found water in other places in the universe. In paragraph 4 the author states that ""Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life."" This is a very compelling point because it proves that Venus was hospitable at some point in its life time, poking at the curiousty of the human race.

Having said all this I believe that the author made a very compelling point towards exploring Venus. Even though there are many dangerous obstacles in the human races way, the author believes that it truly is possible to explore this beutiful planet. In paragraph 8 the author states ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."" This part of the passage I believe came from the author's heart, and the arguement made throughout was truly a tremendous one.          ",4
"more people die in car related accidnts then almost anything else each year. yet we still choose to drive everyday. We choose to put our life in danger to take the easy way out.

Some places around the world does not allow cars to be driven. this does everyone a favor. gives the community a piece of mind while taking a walk. it also forces people who doesnt get out very much to walk where they needed to go. this would help with people being overweight as well. But we are not just hurting ourselves by driving we are also hurting the planet we live on, Earth. Driving is the main source og pollution to our atmoshere. Pollution causes the air to be vey dirty that we have to breath in it also changes the climate. Climate will begin to warm, this has a big effect on everything, even animals.

I also realize some places in the world this is not possible. there is many factors that go into this wether it be saftey reasons or if your like me everything is so spread out. But with that being said cars is not the only means of transportation, subways, railroads and buses are all possibilities too.    ",2
"In this article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming,""

the author states negative and positive things about driverless cars. There are many reasons these cars can be positive or negative. The driverless cars would have a more positive effect on the driving world. There are multiple reasons the driverless cars are a good thing for everybody.

The text states, ""Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash."" This evidence from the article shows that these driverless cars are safe. There are multiple crashes a day with regualr human driven cars. With these driverless cars humans would be much safer. The text also states, ""Google cares aren't truly driverless; they still alert the driver..."" This shows that the car is not fully driverless, but this may help to keep the driver alert. This helps whoever is driving stay more alert while on the road.

According to the text, ""For starters, they needed a whole lot of sensors."" This illustrates how the company will add many sensors to the driverless car. They want to make the car as smart as possible. This text shows that they are trying to copy the skill of a human driving a car.

One example from the text is ""They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves..."" This proves that the driverless cars can do many things. It goes to show how many good qualities the driverless car has. There are many more things about this car that are very helpful when it comes to driving.

Many people may say that driverless cars are a negative thing. All of this evidence from the text clearly states that they are very positive. They may say they are too expensive or that they are not completley driverless. The company is not done constructing these smart cars. They are hoping to become fully driverless. There are very few negative aspects about the driverless car.

There are many positive things about the driverless car. The development of these cars is going to have a positive effect on many people around the world. These cars will help

keep people safe. The world is constantley changing with new technology. This car is just another positive change in the world.           ",3
"There are many reasons of why we should all join the program of UNNRA. There are many other possible ways to get people to join, and I will show you a few.

One possible reason is that many people care and love our pets and animals of the world, and we can all help them out more by joining the UNNRA team. You can give them shelter, and food. Another reason why we should join is to explore the world and make it a better place. When you join the UNNRA team, you can visit other countries and help them out with hunger and shelter too. Another possible reason is that if you join, you can be known as a famous helper, caring with animals and people. The best thing is knowlege, so if you join, you can visit other countries and learn things you never know about unique places. Some people like to have something to work for in life, such as goals. If you sign up for this team, you can consider yourself working for a goal to celebrate in your life.

Some people are sick of staying home all day, doing your daily chores of work, but if you sign up, you won't have to do daily boring work like you always do. If you join, you can consider this as a job, but also a adventurous job, that you can have fun doing, with a smile on your face, showing you care. So hop on over to the UNNRA team, and sign up. You can make a difference in this world.",2
"Driverless cars, I feel like its a disaster waiting to happen. As we exploring the world of cars and what they can teach us we will have a few bumps along the way. This is one of those bumps. Driverless cars will defeat the purpose of the 16 year old child earning freedom and driving on his or her own. It's not fair to the current generations that they won't be able to drive like past generations have.

If you pull text from the 8th paragraph it staes rather clearly that it's not really developed the way they wanted it. It's more like roadside assistance. But the driver would get rather bored waiting on his or her turn to drive, if they even get a turn. This is just one of the many negatives of driverless cars. The law in many states say that and driver needs to be present and in control but California, Flordia, Nevada and the District of Columbia are starting to allow it. People out there are starting to believe that it's the next great thing and that all the other states willl follow alot like the rise of homosexuality.

Now don't get me wrong the idea of a driverless cars seems pretty cool and the world would love the change but is it worth it? Think of the thousands of taxi drivers and limo drivers that would be out of work. Think of the people that work at the BMWs, they would be out of jobs and wouldn't be able to provide for the families they have. Is it all worth the unemployment line filling us in busy towns because the cabs have no reason to be driven?

The passage also allows the reader to wonder what would happen if the car malfunctioned. Would it be the drivers fault or the companies fault? This could simply be avoided and that makes lives alot easier and even though you have to go through task of teacher the newer generations to drive wouldn't that be eaier than taking and risk and possibly dying beacuse you wanted to use a driverless car.

The passage also states they've already got a phase A of the driverless car. Google has presented a car that can drive up to 25 miles per hour with no issues until it needs help swearving throughout traffic. Then and only then will the driver be able to control the car. Other than that the car is just a no driver needed car unless a situation happens. This also could upset the driver because they might've wanted to drive but they have to wait his or her turn to control the car. This could also cause many issues and it's a huge possiblity that the car accident rate can and will increase because of the malfuntions of the car.

In short this passage can be connceted to Surealism. This whole idea is a figure of someone's imagination and they thought it would be rather cool to eleminatedivers as jobs. Think of the taxi and limo drivers they will lose jobs if people have driverless cars. It also defeats the purpose of maing the world a btter place because now there will be homeless people and people needing jobs that aren't avalible to them. Do you really think that this sureal idea is the best idea they could come up with?",4
"I believe that we should leave the world of driverless cars alone. I think there will be too many problems with the cars in the future. For example, what if there's a glitch or other problem with the car while someone is driving the car and injures somebody. Whose at fault for the accident?

If we move forward in the process of creating driverless cars it's going to cost a lot of money for the project. They would have to come up with the money to buy the car, the cameras, the computers, the GPS, etc. It would cost a ton of money. Not to mention all the labor costs, and what about the roads? They would have to find a way for the car to drive on the road. Doing anything to the roads would be bad enough. How much money do people want to spend just trying to make a car that drives itself. We would spend all that money and then the car would have too many problems.

Roads are being made and taken up all the time. to make this car they would have to find a way to make the roads to where the car could drive on them and then find a way for the car to recognize where those roads are. What are they going to use so the car can find the correct roads that are safe to drive on? That is definetly something that they would need to figure out.

Another problem is what are they going to do with all the other peoples' cars that don't drive themselves after they do all this work just to make a driverless car? Are the roads still going to be able to be driven on by old cars that aren't driverless? I think that there are too many questions that need to be answered before we even consider making a car that drives itself.

If we do create a completely driverless car, how much will it cost? They would've spent propably thousands if not millions on the car, so how much would it cost? If they make the car, I think it would be one of those things where only certain people could get it because it would cost so much. Just for them to break even on the car they would propably have to sell it for a ton of money.

I believe that we should not move forward in the project to build a driverless car. There are too many quesions that need to be answered. They would have to find many different way for the car to work, like the roads, GPS's, the computers in the cars. There is to many things for them to work out. I don't think the world is ready yet for driverless cars. Maybe in the next fifty to a hundered years or so, but not yet. The world just isn't ready for it yet in my opinion.",4
"Would you ever want to live on another planet if humans and other life could live on it ?The author well supports his idea about ""The Challange of Exploring Venus"".

There would be a little chance of any human or life to live on venus. On venus the planet reamins unliveable to human. In the many times they sent spacecrafts to venus, venus had claimed the lives of the people inside the spacecraft. Since then NASA would not send another space shuttle to venus and it has been like that for 3 decades now.

The planet venus also known as the ""Evening star"" is one of the brightes in the night sky. Venus is also like a twin of earth the characteristics of this planet is alike except for the speed and the size.

A thick atmosphere of about 97% of carbon dioxide covers the planet venus. When you pass that the surface of the earth is 800 degrees fahrenheit and verry deadly to any creacher that lives on earth. the atmospheric pressure is 90% than what we experience here. So why do scientist still study and figure out how life can form on this planet? well...Scientist want to study this planet because they believe it was similar and an earth-like planet. When the planet was and Earth-like planet it could have supported the life that lives on the actual earth now. On venus there were oceans,rivers,valleys,and ect. could we return to this planet? Scientist say that returning to earth is indisputable. Scients also want to figure out how they can send people there and be successfull? NASA want to design a blimp like vhical that can hover over venus without touching the unbarable ground but would give little insight of the planet. Scientist could not take samples of rock or gas or anything eles. Many researchers are tryin to come up with an idea so that they can get all their information on venus.

All in all, the author supports the idea of the life on venus and the past with great details that backs it up. Also that the author wants the readers to know that giving up on something will not help you succeed but to keep working on what you are trying to achive to get something great out of it and to figure out how to bypass the obsticals.",2
"The use of technology like this has many benefits. It can be used in class or at home, it can even be used at a doctors office. Technology like this can even help teachers teach better. Technology like this can help teachers teach more effectively.

FACS can be a very important piece of technology. For use in classrooms, teachers can tell if you are confused and help you more. They can also tell if you aren't paying attention and they could help you stay on task. In paragraph 6

Dr. Huang is quoted saying

""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,...Then it could modify the lesson"". As a student I have seen many students including myself get distracted in class. This can also tell if a student is interested in a subject.

FACS can also be used outside of class if needed it can be used at home. Your t.v. could recommend shows or movies based on how you feel. Or on a gaming system to pick games for you. In paragraph 6 it said ""for example, if you smile when Web ad appears on your screen. a similar ad might follow"". This could make internet easier.

Although you might think this technology maybe invading privacy and might be incorrect at times, it has more benefits. No on eshould fully depend on it. It could be used to help treat you at a doctors office. FACS can tell if something is really painful and how you're feeling mentally.

This technology should be in every classroom in the future. It should also be used by every teacher. Doctors might also get a lot of help using FACS. And you might also get it in your home sometime.                              ",3
"Dear Mr. Senator,

We, the people of Florida are concerned about the Electoral College system. I am writing to you to explain our opinions on this way to elect our president. I believe that the Electoral College should not be used to choose the president of the United States because it lacks reasoning, it is unfair to voters, and misloyalty and mistakes can easily occur.

The Electoral College should be abolished due to the simple fact that many voters do not feel that is fair or have equality during the elections. In the article, The Indefensible Electoral College: Why Even the Best-laid Defenses of the System Are Wrong, it states, ""During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't see a single campaign."" Various people do not have any connection with the candidates that have a chance to be in control of the country they live in. The candidates only worry about the toss-up states, because they know in the other states they have no chance of winning, which is not fair for some areas and should be changed. States are forgotten and not considered, which is unacceptable when they live in a place of equality.

The abolishment of the Electoral College should occur, because it is irrational and lacks correct organization. When a tie occurs in the electoral vote, the election is dependent on the House of Representatives, therefore the state delegations vote on the candidates. With this said, representatives of small populated areas would have the equality of representatives in over populated states that include thirty-five million voters. In addition there has been accidents where a candidate has more popular votes than his opponent but fewer electoral votes, therefore he does not win. The numbers are not put into thought.

Unlike the popular votes, misloyalty is a large problem and a possibility of the Electoral College system. The people are not voting for the president, instead they are voting for a slate of electors, who supposedly elect the president. The process is very disorganized, because all the states choose the electors differently and have no control of whom they are voting for. In the article, In Defense of the Electoral College, it states, ""But each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee (and that trust is rarely betrayed)."" Its advocates realize the misloyality yet they ignore it. With the Electoral College there are many possibilities that the president elected did not win fairly or without contributing to their success.

The Electoral College has been used for several years, but there is a need for change. Its advocates claim that mistakes rarely occur and should not be abolished for those reason, but I belive they should still be put in consideration and not be ignored.

Sincerely,

Elizabeth Campos                             ",4
"The article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"" is a negative aspect to the future. It is a negative aspect because if Driverless cars are invented that can cause more accidents and more people will think that texting is okay

because these new cares are being invented and they will not have to be in charge of anything. The future with a transportation system would change the world into a worse place.

My position on driverless cars is that it will help some that can not drive good as others but the ones who will always count on their car now for anything will not know what to do if something were to happen suddenly. When this car alerts you on an accident ahead of you or getting through traffic the people will have no idea what to do because they will rely on this driverless car to get them through. ""Manufacturers are also considering using cameras to watch the drivers are remaining focused on the road."" What this quote is trying to illustrate is that the manufacturers would put cameras into the cars to test and see if the driver is still paying attention to the road even though it is a driverless car or if becasue it is a driverless car they will be distracted by something on there cellular device. Also, driverless cars is more dangerous than a person driving by itself because what if something where to happen to this car, or the system stopped working and the person that was not paying attention caused a huge accident. My position on driverless cars is that it still isn't driverless because you would still have to be alert to take over.

The article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"" is a dangerous invention that the manufacturers are coming up with because they think that this world would be better but other people might think the opposite. ",3
"According to the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile,"" there is a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) that enables computers to identify human emotions. This technology is relatively brand new. It creates a 3-D computer model of all fourty-four major muscles in the face that move like human muscles as well. Then, psychologists have classified six basic emotions that are associated with different movements in the facial mucles. This new technology could result in many benefits in our community as well as all around the world. The use of the Facial Action Coding System to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because it would allow teachers to know when students become confused, are being dishonest, or are depressed and possibly having problems at home.

In the classroom, it is common for students to tend to get confused while being taught a lesson. It is also common for students to get bored and become uninterested in the lesson at hand. With the Facial Action Coding System, teachers can make sure that their students are acquiring the best education possible and absorbing all of the material. Teachers can adapt their teaching style according to how students respond to the lesson being taught. This way, both the students and teachers can be on the same page, making education easier for students and teachers. The article states,""'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,' Dr. Huang predicts. 'Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor,'"" (D'Alto). In this quote, Dr. Huang is telling the reader how this new technology could possibly develop into something much bigger where it can modify the lesson for students who become bored or confused, making it an easier and better experience for the student.

School behavior is a big part of a students education. If a student is constantly acting out and misbehaving it could affect his or her education pretty badly. Although, that is why Facial Action Coding Systems could also be very useful in a classroom environment. The technology could be able to detect if a student is being dishonest, which could prove very handy when dealing with situations with delinquents and trouble-makers. In the excerpt, the author writes, ""To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a ""smiling politician or celebrity isn't being truthful,"" (D'Alto). In this quote, the author tells the reader about some facial muscle clues that allow experts to tell if a famous figure is being dishonest. These are some of the same facial clues the FACS looks for.

Finally, The FACS could help find if students are depressed or having problems at home. The machine can detect six different emotions, including sadness. This could prove useful when dealing with distressed students. ""Eckman has classified six basic emotions-happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness-and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles"" (D'Alto). This quotes tells the reader about the emotions the machine can read.

The use of the FACS to read the emotional ",5
"Dear Senator Whatever,

I infact am not for Electoral College or changing election by popular vote. I don't like that if you vote for one person, the rest comes with, that's rediculous, what if I want this president but not all his stupid underseers, then what? Another thing,  I also dont love how they get to choose a giant room full of democratic dictators, and have them vote, and if they vote differently than the people, then we are forced to go with their choice. That completley demolishes the idea of our freedom of voting. If they dissagree your gonna throw it to the representatives before back to the people who are the real back bone of this country?!?!""Perhaps the most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. In that case, the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where the state delegations vote on the president.""

""The American pople should conciderthemselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for much worse. Concider that the state legislatures are techinically responsible for picking electors, and those electors could always defy the people.""

I myself am a libertairian and i dont much like that this test is asking of me to do something storngly against my belifs and i just think is plain aweful.

All government is inefective and should be dissolved.

-M    ",2
"Our nation could use Facial Action Coding system, It could better our nation a a whole, that we can dectect when a person is scared and angery, and upster. it could help, us at boarders, and when we let rugees come to our country, to see if they are actually here to be saved or here to hurt us, that way we can better as a country, and a nation, i dont think its need in our schopols, what can school childern do, we would all be constantly, have the disgusted, or have a sadness look on our faces, the school wouldnt be happy, but its our emotion, it shouldnt matter what our emotions are, the schools dont control us, we are humans, we are the next generation, we should be able to pick and choose what's in our schools, we have to deal with whats goes on inside our schools, weather we aren't smart or not, we deserve that right, our parents, the law makers, dont know what we goes on in our schools, or how we feel about, the standard testing, why should be garde on stuff, our parents dont know, we shouldnt be forced on tests, that decides if we graduate.",1
"What the author was suggesting when he was saying venus is dangerous but a worthy pursuit. Was that no spacecraft survived more that a couple of hours on venus. The atmosphere was dangerous to people. It has the hottest surface temperature.

The first reason you cant go onto Venus is because no spacecraft lasted more than a couple of hours on Venus. If a spacecraft couldn't survive on Venus there is no way that a human can survive.

The second reason that man cannot be on Venus is because the atmosphere is dangerous to humans. The atmosphere is almost 97 percent cardon dioxide. Which is deadly to humans. Its like being trapped in an small airtight box with no holes.

The last reason that humans can't be on Venus is because it also has the hottest surface temperature of all the planets. While also having many active volcanoes, earthquakes and more frequent lightning strikes.

So in conclusion no human can last very long on Venus, making it interesting but hard to research do to that no spacecraft survived more that a couple of hours on Venus. The atmosphere is dangerous to people. It has the hottest surface temperature. ",2
"It was actually quite simple to see that it was not created by aliens. If you look at the pictures, it acts as if it was like any other landform on earth. As humans, our mind is very good at creating a false idea because we want it to be it is that way. However, it is clearly shown that the faces were not created by aliens.

In the pictures shown in the article, the face changes as any fossil or landmark would on Earth. The jump from 1976 to 2001 is a big chance of what it would look like if it were on Earth. As said in the article, the JPL web site says it was a natural landform, not an alien monument. The only reason that the rumors of alien monuments still exsisted is because there were people who were still not satisfied.

Another reason that the alien monument rumors were false is because even with a cloudless day in Cydonia, it still appeared as a natural landform. Granted, the rumors of clouds blocking the actual image of the face was a logical argument. However, they even took pictures on a cloudless day, and it still appeard as a natural landform.

The theory that this was an alien civilization is totally inacurate. The pictures clearly show the actions of the face. Just because our imagination can create false ideas of life on another plannet, the evidence shows that acts and looks as a natural landform.                ",3
"I think that having communityes without cars is great for the inviroment and if people want to do that then good for them. but i dont think i could survive with out a car and i dont think many people could just to get to work it may take and 1 hour- 30 minutes to get there. but if there was a community where no one had a car and everyone rode there bike ir walked. Then there would be no reason to have a car because then all your job oppertunitys would be close by and you would not need to drive to get there. So i really dont see my self ever being able to go and doing somethuing like not using a car.

but if thats what people want to do then thats good for them. i want people as a whole to be happy. i think that we can make our own decisions in our life and you know what people should not be judging someone else for there life decisions. its your life live it how you want i really makes me mad when people start getting mad at someone for something they have done because if it has already beeen done they cant go back and change it. it is already done and thats not cool. i think that a community with no cars would be good but not for me and i think there will be a good ammount of people would not give up a car just so they could go run and bike places?                    ",1
"I am Cristal, and well the idea of smart cars is pretty awesome, I am aware of the ""Driverless cars,"" malfunctions and the defects it has. I believe that it is a great idea and should be inforced. The car has many great features that can help us be safe and have lower fuel prices. We could make the future better and safer. Even though the price of the car,and the road work that needs to be adjusted will be expensive but will be totally worth it.

First of all, i agree with the making of the car. It is a great invention for the future. It has good perks of course such as, not driving, being quite safe, being able to text without driving,and it also would reduce the fuel of a normal taxi cab to about one half. The smart cars have"" driven more than half million miles without a crash,"" this is saying that the cars have driven far without causing any accidents. Secondly the cars have"" position-estimating senors, GPS receivers, radar sensors, motion sensors, 3-D model of the cars surroundings."" All of these things that the car has are more than enough to be great on roads.

The good thing is that the smart car would be able to take you anywhere you desire. I think it would be a great idea if your a begining learner and dont have that much expiernce and or if you are under the influence of alcohol. It is a good car for thoes who like to text while they drive you will finally be able to text without killing yourself or getting pulled over by the police. You will be able to return home or to your destination safely. It uses less fuel which is great we wont use all of it and have to raise prices on fuel if we use less. The car will be pricey and all of the new work that would have to be done to the roads all over the world or country. But dont you think that your life would be more safe if your not in conditions to drive then isnt car is the best idea?

In conclustion, i cristal believe that it would be a great invention for the future. You will be safe getting to your destination. Its great for the economy of the people, and its safer than one driving. It will be expensive but in the end it will all be worth the price it took to make the car and to do all hard work on the roads to make the world a better place. Our life is in great hands will the smart cars that will soon do a great job taking us places.      ",3
"Dear State Senator,

I understand that there have been some issues regarding whether or not to keep the Electoral college or to change the system to a more simple- election by popular vote. From my understanding, the Electoral College has worked for many years with no issues or roadblocks so to speak that have interfered or had a bias on these decisions. But, from my recent discovery it might not be as well thought out and fair as we thought.

I was just informed that i'm not really voting for the president, i am voting for the official voter that will then, in turn vote for the president(Using their own biases). Since i was not aware of this, i am quite shocked. I'm assuming that this is just something that gets passed by or not looked at very deeply, but i willbe that person that digs down and gets all up in the business of somone other than myself.

This is offical: The electoral colllege is unfair, oudated and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without a basis in reality. Yes, The electoral college does avoid the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast but, either way the method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state anyways.

Thank you for your time,

PROPER_NAME   ",2
"This Facial Action Coding System would be a great things to school to have. Imagine this you are sitting in class on your computer and you start to doze off, what does the program do? It reads your face and realizes that you are dozing off, so it makes your lesson much more fun by including more hands on activites or throwing in a joke to do with your lesson or an educational game.

If schools actually used this people would love it. We wouldn't have to use certain programs like IXL, Aleks, and, Kahn academy. No one likes those programs besides the teachers because then they dont have to do as much work, now dont get me wrong here im not calling all teachers lazy but some of them actually are.

This is why the Facial Action Coding System would be great for all ages not just highschool level or middle schoolers. Everyone would enjoy this. I think im going to do a research project over this and maybe I could change some peoples minds about it. Everyone loves fun every once in a while, it dosent have to be all the time either.",2
"There are both positive and negatives things about driverless cars. Some positive things are that it would be easier for people to do different things while they are driving. Some negatives are that it can be dangerous. I am completely against driverless cars.

I am against driverless cars, because it may be top expensive for most people to buy. Also the tools and equipment you may need for it may be expensive to buy it. Why buy the expensive tools, when you can spend your money on more important things.

The second reason, is because the human driver has to be alert at all times. I think the car should be able to go through certain obstacles on the road on its own. Some obstacles are through work zones, and around accidents. It may be to dangerous for the road, because certain people may feel like they can do anything. They may feel like the car can do it, and then they wont be alert.

Also if we had driverless cars some of the driving laws would have to be changed. Most driving laws focus on keeping the driver, the passenger, pedestrians safe. For example, in most states its illegal to test computer driven cars. If the car fails would it be the manufacturer's fault, because they should be able to make sure the car is safe.

There are some positive things about this driverless car, but i wouldnt really trust it. It may be to expensive, and to dangerous. Nobody shold have to deal with the feeling that there car may injure them. ",3
"If it were a real martian creation then you would be able to see possible life forms around it and it wouldn't be facing towards the sky, it would be like a statue, plus it would have been a really fantastic descovery and we would try to make contact with the martians and see how they live and survive on the planet so we could possibly live there one day. NASA would send space crafts and rovers to Mars so we could study the creatures. Finding out how to survive on mars and the other planets is important and is something humans should learn how to do just in case if something happens to earth and we aren't able to go back to it. But as you can see in the pictures it's just a messa, a natural cause in nature, something that happens on earth, but it just so happened to look so much like a face from the possible clouds and blurry picture from the first. Many people at NASA want wanted that to be a statue or something that a living creaturs has made, but as you see in the pictures it starts to look more like a natural cause of natural cause.",2
"Have you every wanted to go visit Venus or just see it through a telascope? Well NASA have been tryign to go and see Venus, and sent robots and other things there to take picture or recording what is going over on the planet. The are a few problems with sending humans to Venus and things could go wrong if we are not prepared to go there. But here is a few problem with sending humans there.

Venus is very common to earth and some call it our sister. It will be very hard to try to have humans walk on planet Venus. In the text it says that ""On the planet sruface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenhit, and the atmospheric, pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet"". That means it is going to very hard to withstand the temperature on Venus surface.

Another problem is that in the text it say that "" Beyond high presure and heat Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land."" What that mean is that is very challenging to send human on Venus and it could destroy the space ship and other things NASA sends.

Even though Venus has though things as well as earth they both are still very much in common. Studies have shown that Venus has have largely oceans and could have supported life on the planet just like Earth. But still Venus do have some landscape features just like earth. Venus have valleys, mountains, and craters all the same as earth.

Taking a trip to Venus will be a challenge and it will happen some day. NASA will some figure out a way to get there. But Venus is still a little different from earth and dangerous. Venus do have some simliiar like features as earth do. And the planet will remain earths sister.    ",3
"If you ever get the oppurtunity to go across the sea to help others then I would say heck yeah, because I love to help others and I think it would be fun to see all the cool places that you travel to help others in your free time.

You should join the program because if you like to be with animals and you like to help others get back on their feet then I suggest to you to say yes if get the oppurtunity. You should also say yes if you've always wanted to go across the sea's. Luke got to go to Rome,Europe,and China. Even though it took about two weeks to cross the Atlantic from the Eastern United States to China I am pretty sure that it was worth it. You can also have alot of fun on board, especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded. The cowboys played baseball and volleyball gamesin the empty holds where the animals had been housed. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing,reading,whittling, and games also helped pass the time on board.

I think it would be fun to do this because you would get to help others, be with animals, have fun on board, and see really cool places. I would say yes would you?",2
"Nasa is good at its job. Give them a break, they cant keep trying to gain information about this so called face for everyone to see. Atleast there giving you a possible explanation of what it could be. You guys just keep saying things you know nothing about, nasa is the scientist here. Plus theres no such things as aliens.

Who would even think that there could possibly aliens on mars. Nasa is for the study on space, and just to think yo guys think you know more then them is ridiculous. I understand you have your beliefs, but sometimes you treally just ahev to sit back and say is this logica. If your at the point where you say yeah this is absoulutely right, theres obviously some mental issues going on.

So baed on things in this passge such as the images, you never know the nasa company could b sneaky and photoshop the picture. Just for the controversy thats going on now. In the first picture it resembles nothing but a land form like structure. So as i was saying in the first paragraph stop trying to get attention on some so little.",2
"Limiting the usage of car's would have many good outcomes. There would be less polution in our air, it would lower the usage of our fossil fuels and People would live heathier lives without all the smog in the air to cause illnesses.

If all areas of the united states banned or limited the vehile uses here it could greatly reduce the polution in our air. Which would in a long term result cause for better health conditions in people, but we'd sooner realize better health in young childern and the elderly. We would all have cleaner safer air to breath. But it would also help with the enviroment, the number of plants an animals harmed by polution would begin to decrease until the was just a fraction of the amount there is in this time now.

Also limiting the usage of cars will lower our use an burning of precious fossil fuels that once we use them up they are gone. Which this would also save us mass amounts of money that we we could use to keep this country out of debt. Limiting the use of cars will also stop us from having to get our fosssil fuel (oil) from other countries an having debts and money issues with all these other contries. We need to realixe that the usage of fossil fuels all these cars we have is draining our planet which is our home, what are we going to do when its a waste land after we suck all its nature fossil fuels an resources out of it.

Lastly the limiting of cars in the united astates would eventually cause for better health conditions in everyone but we'd sooner realize it in young childern an elderly adults. They wouldn't have such hard times breathing that they do have now causes by all of the polution in our air now. It would take some time but eventaully we'd have cleaner fresher air to breath and this would help decrease the amount of smog an decrease the amount of people with respatory health issues.

These are all things we need to be thinking about when we go into a discussion of limiting car usage these are not the only reasons there are many many more that can be used to help push the movement of limited car use.    ",3
"The technology emotional expression is helpful because now that we have that we can look back at old pictures and wonder. What was Abraham so mad about? Or why was George Washington so happy but sad about? This experiment can change the way we look at history.

This experiment can help us more understand the past. Like the Mona Lisa nobody knew she had all that emotion in her when she took that picture. Because her smile was so big it stood out. When really she was happy but had all these other emotions in her that we didn't know she had.

This can help students by doing projects on the person they picked and they can research a pciture and then use the experiment to discover their emotions at the time. This new experiment can change alot of wrong discovers that were made in the past. Now we can know more with the new emotional expressions.

It can also be used to tell if some one is lying or telling the truth. It's so many celebrities that put on a fake smile to the press when really there's something going on behind closed doors. This new thing can help people that have problems because we can see how they really feel. Say if we used this in the school year book and we use it on a student that does abd in school or is always in trouble. we could actually look at the emotional expression and see that he has a lot of anger in him and could cause harm.

I'm glad that this was made cause it can make a lot of change. It can help in schools, businesses, police departments, etc. It's a lot of people out here that put on a fake smile but would really go and shoot up a school or could commit suicide. But now that we have this we can stop thought incidents from happeing. ",3
"The Facial Actiion Coding System, also known as FACS, shows a persons emotion through the way they look. This machine caculated the Mona Lisa painting as 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful and 2 percent angry. This machine was created by a man named Paul Eckman. Eckman classified six basic emotions---happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness---and then associated each with characteristics. So in my opnion, this machine can read someones emotion.

This machine uses video imagery in a real face or in a painting, such as ther Mona Lisa. FACS can tell someonme your emotion but your frontalis pars lateralis muscle. This muscle is raised when you're surprise or happy (above your eyes). It can also show if your angry but checking out your orbicularis oris, around your mouth, this gets tighten when you of course, start getting angry. We humanas can calculate our friends emotion by just looking at them, when they are happy, sad, et., but we can't do it to people who we just met so that's why the FACS machine is good.

By just squinting your eyes a little bit and and rassing the sides if your mouth you are smiling. But nayone can smile and be fine. FACS can show if someone is angry or sad or showing onther emotion when us humans can't tell. Just barely raising your eyebrows you can be surprise something happen and no one would know that you are. Or if you're starting to get stress thiis machine could show it help and someone can help you release your stress.

This machine can do a lot of things by us just simply looking at the camera. Facs can help us release our anger when no one knows we are and help us talk about things. This machine is a great invetion and Paul Eckman did an amazing job creating it.",3
"I think having self driven cars are retarted.So many things can happen to the passengers and other cars that are invovled in the accident.I mean there are some good things about the car. like not having to drive such far distances by yourself,because alot of people don't like driving so far cause they can get tired and fall asleep on the wheel,But then you got alot of reasons that is bad about the car.say one day you fall asleep and your car has a monfunctionand gets to messing up and ends up killing everybody thats in the car with you.then another reason is what if some one hacks your system and sets it to a defrent destination and you cant change it or stop the car from goin there.

then you have sports cars like bmw,audi, mercedes,and nissan that can get self driven they all have a high speed of 180 and faster say a car speeds up and you can't stop it and you end up crashing that or hitting a bridge and flying off the edge. there can be kids in the car and they accidentlly hit a button and it drives off with the kids and then the parrents cant fid there kids or the car.then drivers might get bored waiting on there turn to drive.and whats the point of buying a car your still going to have to navigate for.then all the cars are controlled by computers what if that computur messes up and that car can mess up to and cause alot of damage.

all im saying is these cars are stupied.they spend so much money on a driverless car then paying for things we actully need .the car is a waste of money to build just in case they mess up.                                                                                                                                                                                 ",2
"Have you ever had a feeling when you absolutely can not wait for something? Well that is how I feel about getting my license. I feel like when you have them you will have the oppurtunity to do much more then sit at home. I don't really think I would enjoy the driverless cars just because i love driving, but older people might enjoy it.

Driverless cars would take a lot of trust to be able to get in the vehicle and let it drive you at a high speed rate. To me at this moment i think driving is a blast and I don't understand why people do not like it. The idea of being behind the wheel of something that can travel you to just about anywhere in the world if you have the time and money to drive there. If we did end up creating driverless cars then we wouldn't worry about speeding a whole lot or the elders driving really slow.

I would worry way to much in a drverless car, eventhough I know the technolgy is through the roof. In my head there is way to many bad things that might happen: going off the road, the car has a power outage, the car just randomly starts to go faster when it needs to slow down. It is just that anything in the world could happen no matter how good our technology is there is going to be atleast one accident. Anything could happen I think it is too risky.

There is this feeling you get when you just can't stand to wait any longer. with driverless cars i think it would ruin the fact that you have your drivers license. Yes you can still go to a lot of places but it just isn't the same and it wouldn't be as much fun neither. I think they shouldn't develop these cars in my lifetime.",3
"In the story

""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author talks about the challanges that NASA faces when trying to visit Venus.

Trying to visit Venus is a very hard task for NASA because Venus has a lot of things different about it than Earth. Venus is one of our closes reletives is size. But has a thick atmosphere and it is made of 97% carbon dioxide blankets and clouds that are made of sulfuric acid. Venuses planet surface is around 800 degrees fahrenheit. The author talks about these to show how dangerous it is and what challenges NASA faces to explore this plant. But to really understand Venus NASA needs to get up close with this plant. So they have sent un-maned devices to explore but dont last more than a few hours. But NASA is looking back at simplified devices that are made of silicon carbide that can last up to 3 weeks in the harsh conditions of Venus. Which means we are getting closer to undertanding this amazing plant. NASA whats to send a blimp-like vehicle to surface the plant and use the drone to explore and collect samples. So the author did a great job telliing us about the plan and it seems that despite the dangers it can be accomplished with hard work and preparing for the dangerous mission of exploring Venus.

In the story ""The challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author did a great job teilling me why this is well worth the dangers and expolring this amazing planet. ",3
"According to Dr. Huang, he has created a platform or a model that allows for people to read other people's expressions. This does includes emotions such as happiness,fear, and even disgust. This does bring the question whether all this is true or not. In my opinion, I believe this is not valuable for a couple reasons. Other would argue that this is accurate and that this computer could help those at school such as instructers in order to modify the lession if a student is bored. With all this being said, I blieve that the technology to read emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable!

My first reason in why I believe this is not valuable for students in this classroom is because if this all true, students would be more distracted with all this technology rather than focusing on school work. For example my school went on without laptops for students for many years and now recently they handed every student a laptop. This caused for students to not focus on the lesson, but to focus on their computer. To imagine a student using a computer in where it can read emotions, the consequences would be bad. With this being said, many students would get distracted.

Although I believe that students would get distracted, others argue the contrary and believe that this technology is valuable. They say that it will help modify the class once a student is bored. This could not be right because what if all students are doing great in class and just because one is bored, they will modify the class? Then the class will be modified and a different

student will get bored and so on. This will cause time to be wasted and not only that, but it will cause for students to not learn which means this technology is not valuable.

A second reason on why the technology to read students' emotional expressions is because of the money. A regular computer or any other type of technology costs over 200 dollars which makes you think how much this technology will cost. With that money, we could pay for better things. This includes better classes, better security, or even better lunches. There are countless things we could use money rather than using it to read others' expressions or emotions.

A third reason on why I believe that the technology to read students' emotional expressions in a classrooms is not valuable is because not everyone would like to be read. This is a fact not an opinion. Others would think it's cool, but others would disagree. This could cause students to feel uncomforable or even distracted when they should be thinking about school. Some students could have different emotions when they are being read. Some could get mad, some happy, but no one will ever be satisfied.

In conclusion, my thoughts on this technology have not changed. I have disagrreed to those who think this is valuable because of many reasons. My main ones would be because it could cause distraction or for students to feel uncomfortable. Therefore, the use of technolofy to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable!",4
"Today join the sea going cow boys as there travel around the world seeing unique places such as seeing Europe,China,Acropolis,Greece,the Panama Canal,excavated castles and much more. If you join you will sail on a cattle boat trip also this is a huge opportunity for small town boys and many more people. You will be kept busy by caring for the animals on board during the crossing. All animals must be fed watered 2 or 3 times a day. Also caring also means cleaning out the animals stalls. If that isn't enough for you then we also have challenges and tornements below deck to keep you busy when all your work is done. Also if you need something to do we always could have a night watchmen just in case one is tired we have shifts for the night watchmen so you always have a good sleep and your ready to get on the job in the morning see you soon,

Luke",2
"Alot of ignorant theorists claim that us, NASA, is purposely editing these photos and spewting lies to the general public to hide evidence of alien civilization. One of these people is this man, named Billy Bob. Billy Bob claims that a few blurred photos immediately mean that there used to be civilization on Mars. So, how about you guys help me convince that Billy Bob here, is wrong. So let's get started!!!!

So once upon a time, in 1976, we sent an MGS to take photos of Mars. One of these said photos, with our technology at the time, blurred different parts and shadows of a Martian butte or mesa to look like a face. A few days later, we, ""Unveiled the image for all to see"". We reasoned that this human-esque photo was going to enchant the public and attract attention to Mars, which it ineed did!!!

The ""Face of Mars"" has appeared in various forms of media for twenty-five years. Some think it immediately proves an ancient civilization on Mars. There are many here at NASA that wish it was true, but alas it isn't. Few of us believe in the Face. Years after, with a ten times sharper camera, we got a great shot of it, revealing it to be a natural landform.

But the problem is that many conspiracy theorists still try to bring in people to their rediculous false theory using either a)No evidence to support their claim or

b)Extremely bad evidence that has no sense to it, such as; The theory saying that we are trying to hide the ancient civilization of Mars to somehow benefit us. How rediculous is that?!?! First of all, how, in what way, would that benefit us? Second of all, wouldn't it benefit us if it was a civilization? Because with active evidence of aliens, the government would most likely fund a great expedition to Mars to either examine the remnants of this old civilization, or to see if they are still there, to perhaps set up peaceful relations with this new alien race of sentient lifeforms.

Now, there are many other theories to somehow suggest that the Face is real, but the simple debunking of that one should be able to prove that the Face isn't even a face, but a simple natural landform that got blurred with old technology. Plus, not only that, but I doubt that anyone wants this type of ""rant"" to go on any longer. So, I'd say that Billy Bob has learned the truth, wouldn't you?",4
"Having the ability to have a car that drives itself could save a lot of lives on collisions. The reason for this is because it won't be running the risk of a DUI because the person won't be driving and therefore has avoided a possibly fatal collision that would have happened if we didn't have driverless cars. The driverless cars could work in favor of people who do not get enough sleep, For example, let's say that there is a man who works 3 jobs. The man will wake up tired and drowy and when he gets in the car, he can avoid a crash that would have happened if HE was behind the wheel. The man will be able to rest and avoid a collision while the car itself drives him to work. Driverless cars will always have more Pros than Cons. A lot of people hate having to drive everyday to work or other places but now they won't have to because the car will do it for them. In conclusion I think there is no negative side to driverless cars and I can't wait to see the result of all the research that went into trying to develop the driverless cars.",2
"So do you think this technolgy to read emotional expressions is right? To start with like maybe reading animals probaly not reading us humans like we really dont need a meachine to read us we can read ourselfs. You can just see how your feeling that day and if your feeling good thtas good. I absoulty dis agree with this artical. How much money would we have to pay for these things anyway like there gonna be pretty expansive.

Also in the text us humans can read our firends once we get to know them we will know if there having a bad day. Eckman has classfied six basic emotions happiness,surprise,anger,disgust,fear,sadness. Just stateing this im pretty shure i would know if i was all of them emotions maybe a meachine to read my future i would want to see. Also back to my point why buy this when there are much nearer things to buy. Maybe people that are depressed is gonna say thats not true im happy and all this.    ",2
"Someone made a Facial Action Coding System, this technology is supposed to be able to know exactly how someone is feeling just by scanning that persons face. Is this technology valuable? Everybody in this world is different, not one person being the same as one another. That means that everybody feels different emotions about all different things. See where I'm going with this? It is pretty simple, how can something (A computer) Just know by reading your facial excpressions that you are angry, happy, sad,motivated, stressed, ext.? Every human experiences different emotions. Yes, some of them are the same emotions but if you put 100 people in the same room and told them something that was designed to make people angry would all 100 of those people feel the exact same way and have the same amount of anger towards it? I do not belive so. Some of the people would be mad, some would be happy, excited, and some simply might just not care. I'm highly pro-technology but, I do not believe that with the 7 Billion different people on this Earth, one piece of technology could be capable of acuratly telling us the exact emotions someone is feeling at that moment. Not just by scanning someone's facial expressions at least. So to end this pointless Istep rant, No do not believe that this technology is valuable.",2
"The question is, for this advanced time period in the new discovery of technology being able to identify humans emotions, a good thing or bad? Well to simple start off my opinion to this idea, no; I don't agree with the new advancement of technology distinguishing humans emotions being good.

I don't agree with technology telling an individuals emotions, that being said; the reason why is because humans sound either already know or learn to identify how someone is feeling by the look on someones face theirself. Humans are capable of doing so. The technology, as explained in the story, looks at the forming of your lips, the squint near your eyes, your cheeks, and youre eyes themselves. All of which a human can do theirself.

The question in the article asks, ""Does your expression in the mirror suggest an emotion?"" In my opinion yes it does, expression is the number one thing that deals with emotion. It's shown in the face, goes to every indent and wrinkle and mark in your face. It can be distinguished easily by the human eye evern if the emotion is trying to be hiden.

Although the counterargument is, the humans can't identify emotion from the face muscles, i could disagree with that aslo because the face msucles is what produces the expression, the muscles move your smile up, your cheeks more purky, to seem more happy and or sad. Muscles are the first step to identifying visually how a person is feeling which doesn't exactly need a technilogical discoverance.

With all that i have said, I simply think the world using technology on something so silly is a waste, humans should practice identifying those things personally and it is a good skill to learn in the real world. I disagree and I think the reasoning is valid. Technology shouldn't take basic emotion reading abilities.    ",3
"There are many advantages to limiting car useage throughout the world. Also there are many different countries all over the world, who have passed laws to prevent the useage of cars to help preserve the ecosystem. Others have passed laws to simply help the economy from harm such as smog or acid rain.

First off, cars are bad to begin with, cars exhaust lets off posionous toxins into the air. These toxins, which is posionous for human consumption, can leave many negative affects to the human body. Limiting car use can prevent lots of things like this. Limiting your car use can actually be a healthy thing for you and the ecosystem.

Secondly, I would also like to mention, that the usage of cars can also premote other dangerous hazzards. These hazzards such as smog can negatively impact the humans ability to see other people, or in more dangerous cases, other cars on the road. In places such as Bogota, Colombia have reduced the use of cars has decreased drastically. Due to their new smog laws violaters can be fined up to twenty-five dollars.

In some countries the useage of cars has decreased drastically throughout the years. Though the use of cars provide faster transportation, they are always not a good choice. To help save the world and its people the usage of cars could not be used alot.               ",3
"From saving money to having less polution, limiting car usage  has its advantages. Many believe that having a car is needed to operate in today's society. While others think it is a last resort when all other transportation opprotunities are unavailable. While they both have good points, it is said that less car usage has its benefits.

A good benefit is less polution. In source one of "" In German Suburb, Life Goes on Without Cars"" by Elisabeth Rosental discusses of a Vauban, a tighted fitted community suburb that is a growing trend in Europe. Despite having to be restricted to using your vehicle, passanger cars are only responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe while the United States experiences 50 percent in some car-intensive areas. Then in source two of  ""Paris bans driving due to smog"" by Robert Duffer tells about a ban that France enforced to help clear the air from the world known city of Paris. With cold nights and warm days it caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emission and that was when it was enough for France. Due to such a ban, enough smog cleared from some passangers could drive again.

Another is more communitiy interaction. In source three of "" Car-free day is spinning a big hit in Bogota"" by Andrew Selsky tells of Bogota, Columbia and its program of spending its citizens to experience a day without a car. Millions Colombians either hiked, biked, skated or took the bus to work. Instead of one single person being stuck in their car through traffic, they had many people placed in one bus. Due to such a wonderful opportunity many people felt less stressed. More people were seen together then by themselves that even parks and sports centers were blooming throughtout the city.

Another benefit would be less traffic. In source four of "" The End of Car Culture"" by Elisabeth Rosenthal discover in recent studies of new generations buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer lincenses. As people ride the busses more, carpool with friends or even just mobiliy connected with friends instead of driving less traffic has occured. Since this has been going on pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commericial and public transportation traffic are woven into connectednetwork to save time and consverse resources.

Cars, the nicotine in a cigerate, can hurt our earth. From studies shown limiting car usage can bring its advantages.                           ",4
"In my opinion, joining\ participating in the Seagoing Cowboys program is a very intelligent choice for a job. Especially for, someone who likes to travel in long periods of time.

I say this, because being in the Seagoing Cowboys program includes lots of different things such as; caring for animals. Shown in paragraph 2 as it said,"" UNRRA hired Seagoing Cowboys, to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas.

Being a part of the Seagoing prevented Luke from having to be drafted by the military. It clearly states in paragraph 4 by Luke ,""When my draft board learned that I was on a cattle-boat trip, they told me to keep doing that for my service.""

Even through times when Luke was hurt, there was still other things that he could do like play games. As shown in paragraph 7. ""One rainy night, after making his hourly report to the captain, he slid down a slippery ladder on his backside."" But Luke found fun on board in paragraph 8.

This is why, I think being a participant for the Seagoing Cowboys is a very imortant oppourtunity that everyone should be able to do.",2
"Today,I will be writing an essay that the author suggested Venus is ""worthy pursuit despite the dangers it epresents""

Venus is the second planet from our sun and otfen reffered to as earth ""twin"",and the closest planet to earth.The only difference is speed that sometimes earth is closer to venus other times to venus. Venus has 97 pecent carbondioxide and over 800 degree farhaniet that

explain main reason that each mission was unnamed and not a single spaceship has touched down Venus for more than 3 decades even for humans the solar power would be plentiful and radiation of the sun it is not easy condition,but its survivable for humans.

Many

Astronomers and Scientists are interested in

Venus

because Venus has some features that are similar to those on earth it may have been

that Venus was once have been the most earh like planet in our solar system,Researchers think that venus was once covered largely with oceans and could have supported various form of

of lifes like earth,so why not try harder that would allow machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge and seeking

to

In conclusion, to meet the challenge presented by Venus has worth, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet,but also for knowledge,curositiy for human being.",2
"In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author supports his idea well. I agree with him because he makes several valid points and its logical. Throughout the article the author states how Venus is our sister planet and was once an Earth like planet. By saying this he proves how we are trying to make our way to our sister planet and also throws in more ideas.

Firstly, the author states in paragraph 3 ""A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere."" This quote from the passage shows how the author is trying to get the point across that Venus is very inhospitable. This helps support his idea because it then allows him to state ways on how we would be able to reach our sister planet and gather more data from it.

Secondly, the texts states in paragraph 4 ""Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Eath. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters."" This supports the authors claim by stating Venus was once a planet just like Earth and was able to Host life forms on it. By researching Venus more we may be able find out what caused the demise and of the once habitable planet.

Thirdly, the article states in paragraph 5 ""Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. At thirty-plus miles above the surface, tempatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Eath. Solar power would be plentiful and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans."" This supports the authors claim because it show just how we could survive Venus harsh conditions. He says it wont be easy, but with the rate technology is advancing we will soon be able to make a Venus trip possible.

In conclusion, I would agree with the author because getting to Venus may take time and advancements in technology, but it would all be worth becasue we would get to see the origin of our sister planet. We would also possibly get to see what caused Venus's demise. By finding the cause of Venus's destruction we could possibly prevent it from happening to our home planet. As the author stated ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."" ",4
"How to know how a student feels in your class? This could help all teachers to get an idea of how a student feels in their class. Although having a great relationship with each student, some might dislike the way a teacher is teaching. The use of the technology should be used because it's important to know how a student feels in the class whether confused, bored, or any emotion.

The reason to know how a sutdent feels in class is important or good is because the student should be paying attention to the teacher in order to learn. But something can be throwing the student off. It can be not understanding what is happening in the classroom or it can also be something inner with the student. In the passage it stated "" 'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,' Dr. Huang predicts. 'Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.' "" As said knowing how the student is the teacher can change the lesson. Although teaching how a teacher wants to teach, it's some times good for a teacher to change their way of teaching so the student can understand mor and also not to be confused. Weather it's something the teacher doesn't like to do it's better to try out new things.

Nowadays it's important to know how student feels espically for high schools. Not all sudents will always want to be in school sitting at their desk listening to teachers. Want to miss school just to not be bored. But if the class were fun they would stay. If they had any friends in their class they wouldn't pay attention to the teacher and would just sit there talking to their friends. ""Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional comunication."" Most students wouldn't tell the teacher how they feel in the class. They'd rather say nothing and just sit in class and fail. The teacher would try to ask the student how they feel but the student will tell the teacher but nothing change.

As it can be seen it matters. Some times it's the students fault making their own decision. If the teacher is good teaching and all the students are happy and that the teacher can see it it's fine because they won't have to be worried about their way of teaching.",3
"The technology to read student's emotional expressions we can choose the Beckman institute for Advancd Science at the Univeersity of lllinois . It will be good if we can developed that improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of others. I think we can actually ""calculate"" emotions but it different way

like math homework . There are six classified basic emotions - happiness, surprise , anger, disgust, fear, and sadness-and then associeted each with characteristic movement of the facial muscles . For example , your frontails parts muscle (above your eyes ) raises your eyebrows when you're suprised ;your orbicularis oris (around your mouth ) tightens your lips to show anger . In facts , we humans perform this same impressive ""calculation "" every day . For instance , you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face . Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy , woried etc. For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen , a similar ad follow . But if you frown , the next ad will be different ."" A classroom computer could recongnize when a student is becoming cnfused or bored."" Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.",2
"There are several reasons for which I do not belive in the process of the Electoral Collage, First of all the system in which the goverment presides is internally corrupt. Under the EC voters votes do not count. Even if the entire state votes for one candidate 100% the person representing the state may choose to say that the other candiate won. Therfore messing up the actual count by saying that all the people in that particular state voted for a singular candiate. Now lets be real no state is going to entirely vote for a single candidate,but lets say that Obama's count for Florida was 25% instead of the 75% it supposeably was. Obama would not have won. It is a well known fact that if not for the electoral collage Obama would not have won at all. Same with John Kerry. Who are the elcators who voted for him? Who are the electors at all? Well that's something for the state to decide. The state picks up to three people to be the speakers for those states. They try to find,(are

SUPPOSED

) to find a non decided not on any side representative for that state. But that plan has failed.

The disaster factor is the best known argument against the EC. According to S2:""The Indefensable Electoral Collage"" By Bradford Plumer. Richard Nixon,Jimmy Carter,Bob Dole and ETC all agree on abolishing the EC. After Al Gore won the presidental election in 2000 due to the popular vote of the people, The thing best known as the diaster factor came into play. The disaster factor is a fiasco that happens in the American goverment. This happened because according to the law state legislaters are techically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people. In 1960 this happened to then Vice President(also running for the big chair) Nixon. The state corresponders for Hawaii overthrew Nixons oppents electors votes in order for him to win. He cheated to win. He bribed the electors because lets be real who is gonna turn down 50,000 dollars? Its the electors fault that bad leadership comes to America.

""The EC is widely regarded as an Ananchronism""according to the article posted by Richard A Posner. Once again yet another reason to Abolish the EC.Being a Democrat myself the way the Electoral Collage is set up is absolutely preposterous.

The third and final reason for the abolishment of the EC is simple. The votes NEVER count, like ever. And im sick and tired  of stupid presidents winning (like Obama the hijo de puta).No single president is going to be everbodys president even the greats such as Geogre Washington, John F Kennedy and Abaraham Lincoln were not everybodys presidents not everyone agreed on their radical ideas but NOBODY AGREES WITH OBAMA NOBODY!!!!!!!! But because of false votes made by the elctives Obama won anyway. But there is serveral things i would like to conclude with look below.

Anyway the EC should be abolished because it is a poopoo rule. And....................................................................

WE SHOULD NOT KEEP THE ELECTORAL COLLAGE BECAUSE ITS STOOPID. The end.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ",2
"Dear, State Senator

We should change the election process for the president of the United States to the 'election by popular vote' method. This process is a lot more equal and very easy for the people.

The 'election by popular vote' method needs to become the newing presidential voting process for many reasons. When people vote today its not just the indivisual people voting its the indivisual states voting as a whole. Which in a way can cause confussion and unequality. The electoral college has many flaws inside its system, for instance ''under the electoral college system, voters do not vote for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president.'' But if you had the 'popular vote' method every single person that voted would have a personal vote that counted as 1. It is aggreable to sya that ''the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational.''

Even though the electoral college is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non democratic method of selecting a president. There are still at least two good reasons to keep it. One being that it ''restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states only ny populaton lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreeed in the Constituton.'' And the other being that the Electoral college avoids the problem of elections where no candidate receives a mojority of the votes cast.

In counterclaim of the good attributes of the electoral college voting system we could still state that the 'popular vote' method is still a much more equal, fair, accurate, and durable way of voting for the president of the United States.                            ",3
"New technologies are created everyday. A new technology that was recently created is one that is called the Facial Action Coding System. This system enables computers to identify human emotions. This system itself can be very valuable to read the expressions of students in a classroom.

This resource can be very useful to teachers as well as students. This system will be essential to teachers when it comes to online assignments or practice games. As stated in the article "" A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"" "" Then it could motify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" That would then make the teachers job easier because if they are bored or aren't understanding the topic the system will read that and change up the lesson a bit. The students will also benefit from this because it makes learning fun and easier to understand. The easier it is to comprehend something the better a student will do in school.

The Facial Action Coding System would be a great asset to the student classroom. It makes school run smoother and easier for the staff and students. This new technology will help not only the education department but many others as well.",2
"The probelm with driveerless car: what if the car stops driving and the driver doesnt know how to drive a car, what if the car malfuntions, what if the car breaks down and the driver doesnt know how to fix it.

What if the driverless car stops driving itself and the driver cant driver or doesnt know how to drive it? well there is alot of probelms that could happen. For example: Your in the car and your in the middle of nowhere and your by yourself and the car stops driving and you dont know hpw to drive. most likey you'll have to leave the car there. Another example: Say your driving in heavy traffic and the car stops driving itself and you cant drive, it could cause a accident.

What if the car malfuntions? For example: Say if your driving in a city and the light turns red and the car doesnt stop. An accident can happen, or someone or people could get hit and killed,or the car can run off the road, or hit into a buliding or object. Another example: What if the car doesnt slow down or picks up speed and you can't stop it. There an accident can happen, or you or someone or people could get hurt or killed.

What if the car breaks down and you dont know how to fix it. For example: Say your driving in the country and your on a back road and you car breaks down and you dont know how to fix it. What are you going to do? Leave it, try to call for help, try to see if you can find the probelm so yu can try to fix it? Another example: What if your in heavy traffic and the car malfuntions, it can cause an accident or it can get someone or people killed.

Those are some probelms that could happen with driverless cars. If they do make them, lets hope they wont cause has many probelms.",3
"People have always thought about diverless cars to be a long way into the future but its not as far as people think. Google has had driverless cars since 2009. I think people should support the development of these cars. The reasons I think people should support are they can be used to replace old taxis with new driverless ones, less crashes, and the car would be more helpful. I think driverless cars is a brilliant technological advancement .

The public transportation system will benefit greatly from the driverless cars. The driverless cars would replace the old taxis with newer better cars. The cars would use half the fuel of today's taxis. The driverless cars would alse offer more flexibility than big busses and use less fuel than them. These smart cars will change the transportation system for the better.

Google's driverless cars have been driving since 2009 under specific conditions. The cars have driven more than half a million miles without a single crash. Even though Google's smart cars are truly driverless yet they still have not been in a car crash. If a drunk person where to drive a normal car most likely that person would crash and hurt or kill themselves and people around them but if they were to be in a driverless car the car would just drive the person home with no problem. I believe if more people were to buy these cars when they come out then the amount of car crashes would go down.

These cars would be more useful. With letting the person in the car do something else while the car is driving. It would allow people to get things done while the car is driving for you. This car will be very useful.

With theses reasons and more I believe that people should be supporting the development of these facinationg cars. The smart cars will improve the public transportation system, there would be less crashes, less people dying nad geting hurt, the cars would be more helpful. Thats why I believe these cars would be a great technological advancement.",4
"Venus is the most dangerous planet for humans venus we can be fasinated by things that people discover and share with others . The most challenging clouds highly corrosiive sulfuric acid in venus atmophere.

The author uses theory to assure that we can learn more about the planet and the things they have like what kind of rocks they.

Throughtout the planet venus the most dangerous planet for humans to live on no animals would survive the conditions venus is in. Venus is important to study for if its still safe for humans to live and how long we can live for,"" The national Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the roiling Venuisan landscape . That NASA wants to have scientist go to venus and study the planet in the air but not on the ground just floading in the hostile weather condiitions. Another example of why the author wants pursuit Venus despite the dangers presents. Having enough energy can help scientist understand that venus has a higher temperature to that would effect humans not neeeding radiation for earth,""

At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to the sea level on earth. Solar power would be plentiful and radiation woukd not exceed earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable survivable for humans . That since Venus temperature is higher but has plenty of solar power humans can survive despite how badly the conditions are in.

Secondly The author uses explanation and theory to persuade the readers how we can still explore the planet carefully.

Scientist are willing to study Venus for to test samples of the planet,"" More importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get close and personal despite the risks. Or maybe we should think of them as challenges. Scientist want to study things but can't to risk everything to have samples and challenge their selves on this journey understand what kind of species live their. Venus is our sister planet from earth why its so inhospitablethat we new for so long, "" Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably coverd largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life,

Just like earth. Wondering what if Venus has still have the features of having land water animals from a long time ago.

Finally scientist are coming up with ideas that can help thrmj get samples that they need striving to meet the challenges presented, For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions. Having robotice go first collecting samples for three weeks that can last that long on the planet so scientist can study it from their labs. Another study is that they are looking at other options for robotics to last longer than three weeks,""

Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanucal computers these devices were first envisioned in the 1800's and played an important role in the 1940s during World War 2 these devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all. That a group of scientist are looking at technology leading back in 1800s because using the old might help because it doen't envolve electronics when using computers today it more delicate when it comes dangerous conditions.

The author is write they should pursuit Venus despit how dangerous it is good thing to have a risk at. Something having exploreing something new and dangeours even though it comes at a cost of things we can go back look at old technology thst can help us get the things we need.",3
"The author suggest that studying Venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents becuase the author thinks that they are ""Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans"".

In the text it states that ""since no spacecraft survived the landing for mote then a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity us."" and what i think the author means that venus would be a very challenging planet for humans to study despite that its proximity to us.

The second thing that the author states is that ""such an enviorment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest part of oceans and would liquefy many metals."" meaning that the temprature in venus is so hot that it would liquefy so many metals. The author says that "" tempratures would stillbe toasty at around 170 degrees fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that sea level on earth. Solar power would be plentiful and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. not east conditions, but survivable for humans.""

The last thing that the text says is that "" Our travelers on earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imaginations and innovations."" meaning that when humans go to venus and they should expand the very edges of there imaginations and innovations, that they will discover wonders about Venus.",3
"Technology cannot read emotinal expresseions because they are not acctually there and they are not humans .Technology is an electronic that is programed to do certain things. It is not to show u if that person is happy,sad,mad etc... You could figue it out by just looking and reding that person.

Some people may have different oppinions of what emotion the picture has but technology will not tell u what emotion something is you would have to figure it out on your own. As stated in the article ""In fact,we humans perform this same impressive ""calculation"" every day. For instance ,you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. So that shows that a person can tell if something is wrong with a friend or whoever else most likely .

In conclusion,Technology will not give you answers on how someone feels and their emotions. Only another person can tell if you are or not by the way you look ,or if that person tells u that they are sad,mad,happy nervous etc...",2
"Venus is a planet what belong the System Solar. Venus is the second planet from our sun. Earth, Venus and Mars our other planetry neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds. Venus is sometimes right around the corner-in space term-humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land ono this cloud-draped word.

In the atomosphere of almost 97% carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Today go to the univerce is very dangers because not can to breathe and you can not survive.

The NASA has one particulary compelling idea for seding humans to study Venus .At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sesa level on Earth.

NOt can have table or cell phone is a acid or heat capable of melting tin.

The people are very corious what investigator everything the System Solar.",1
"Technology has come a long way in only the last few decades.

Scientists and engineers are trying countless new ideas. Over the past few years they have experimented with new notions involving the ""smart car"", enabling a car to be driven without the aid of a human being.

This idea, however is going too far.

Cars need humans.

Smart cars could lead to numerous safety and liability issuse.

Most of the ""driveless"" cars still need a driver.

They are ""semi-autonomous"".

When not having to drive, the driver would most likely become bored.

Even Dr. Werner Huber admits that, ""The psychological aspects of automation are really a challenge"" (8).

With this challenge in mind, some have introduced ideas such as putting up in-car entertainment systems.

However, having to switch back and forth between driving and the entertainment would be a hassle, especially if it were just a short trip.

Also, with someone who travels a lot and spends a majority of their time in the car, the systems could become tiresome in the long run, and they would most likely become bored again.

Without the human brain controlling tthe car, and only with the reliance on the engineering, the smart cars could malfunction and numerous accidents could occur.

Especially after a few years, the cars could become old and rusty and even the high precision put into making the cars perfect could run haywire.

States such as, ""California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia"" (9), who have outlawed computer-driven cars agree in terms of limiting the use of semi-autonomous cars.

Not being able to control the car, people's lives would be in danger and it could cause cases such as cars driving off the side of the roads or crashing into each other.

The possibility of all of these crashes also brings up a liability issue, ""If the technoogy fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?(9)"".

Having the issue of the smart car would only create new problems, like having to create many new laws.

Cases like these could lead to sueing and hundreds of court cases which would not bring any positive aspect to the table.

Driveless cars should be banned for at least another few centuries.

Cars need the intelligence and control of the human mind.

These autonomous cars could lead to liability and safety issues which would make lives, in turn, harder on the majority of the population.        ",3
"Luke's life changed after highschool, like anything is possible after you graduate. Luke may be just a small town farmboy, but his future is pretty bright. Luke worked two part-time jobs, so you can tell that he is hard working. Then his friend Don Reist gave him the opportunity of a life-time. To be a Seagoing Cowboy.

The Seagoing Cowboy program is where people go around the world on a boat to help people and animals. After World WarII, it was a great opportunity to go and help people and animals from other continents recover from this catastrophe. Reasons to become a seagoing Cowboy is, you get to help people and animals in need of assistance. Helping people is a good thing to do and it makes you feel good and the people you help feel good too. You also get to explore all of the exotic, unique places around the world when you are traveling. Those reasons are few of many.

""Seagoing Cowboys, to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas. Luke and Don signed up."" paragraph 2. Luke and Don felt a need to help and put their time and effort to help these people and animals.

Even though Luke and Don care for people and love animals, some people wouldn't take the opportunity. Most people love animals and helping people, but some just don't like animals or they are too selfish to tak some time to go around the world and help other people with things that you already have and they don't. Or people get seasick or are just too paranoid to go on a boat because they think it is going to sink.

Besides, the portion that has most people who would do something like Luke and Don, are people around us and we will always have those kind of people.

To Luke, his life changed after this wonderful experience. His adventures opened up the world for him. ""But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more that an adventure for Luke Bomberger. It opened up the world to him. ""I'm grateful for the opportunity"" he says. ""It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs."" And that awresess stayed with him, leading his family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years.""

paragraph 9.

That is what something like that can do to you. Something great, like this opportunity, could open your eyes to see that you just helped someone in great need and that makes you feel amazing. ",3
"Nowadays, there is one sure thing we depend on to go from Point A to Point B: cars. Cars are used everywhere to drive to work, school, a park or wherever it may be. However, the total amount of automobiles moving out in the streets consumes up too much gas. This gas being released causes smog, or air pollution, that is harmful to our atmosphere & is one of the main causes of global warming. Next, the elimination of cars improves the safety of pedestrians and people wandering on the roads which has indeed prevented people from dying in countries like Colombia and France.

To begin with, when people are driving cars for whatever it may be, they are unintentionally harming the economy. This happens because cars run off of gasoline and when a car is accelerating, the gas is being burned by the motor engine which after is released into the air. Smog is produced being one of the top causes for global warming & this is an exceedingly problematic effect to the atmospherical being of humans and space. Moreover, Paris has reinforced a temporary driving ban due to these long-term, harmful effects to clear the air of the global city. If drivers refuse to obey, they would get fined 22 euros and up to 4,000 drivers were fined. They were blaming diesel fuel although, after five days of intensifying smog, congestion drastically dropped 60% competing against Beijing, known as one of the most polluted cities in the world.

In addition, the elimination of cars in the streets has benefited society in a way that it keeps people safe. As various countries around the world face the risk of car accidents, innocent deaths, lack of resources, and car commuting, they beign to enact laws to try & stop these risky, dangerous downfalls from happening. In the suburbs located within Germany, residents of Vauban are pioneers doing what commuting executives have never done before: giving up their cars. This happens since street parking and driveways aren't allowed altough the streets are ""car-free"", a couple are found at the edge of a community as well as the tram running down Freiburg. Plus, without an abundant amount of automobiles anymore, cities become more loose and flow therefore providing a better walking path.

To conclude, cars on the streets may be efficient for people to get to places easily and rapidly, but the substances it releases is harmful to the environment. Smog and air pollution are formed when cars drive greatly contributing to global warming, because they consume up too much gas. Furthermore, not only does it cause air pollution, but it also creates a possibility of putting people's lives in danger by the factors that might affect the consciousness of a driver. So the eliminating of cars does the community good both physically and economically like it is practiced in Vauban, Paris, and Bogota.    ",4
"yes this may seem like the aliens did it so it can think its no real , but you have to look at the facts around it. This was taken 25 years ago. This is just a natural landform because its a pixel image , it also reveals as a rock form can be many different objects ,and they can prove it with science equitment.

The face of mars is a pixel image .It is a exact degree angle span. "" malins team catpured an extraordinary photo using the cameras absolute maximum resolution .Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 mters . compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo. ""As a rule of thumb , you can discern things in a digital image 3 times biggger than the pixelsize, he added"". This tells how the image s an exact formation at which you can tell. Aliens wouldnt be able to do that , it can also be a different object other then a face.

this also can be many different things other then a face. It states "".. but the sensation was short lived. Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusua shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh. A few days later NASA unveiled the the image for all to see. The caption noted a ""huge rock formation.""...""so if there were objects in this picutre like airlanes on the ground or Egyptains-style pyraids or even small shacks , you could see what they were !"". This shows the imaghe can reveal anything. Aliens coukd not make anything if they knew what they were gong to make .But scince can also prive that .

Scince equitament how the image can really come off as. For example ""...which resembles a human head .. formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes , nose and mouth. The authors reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars....Thousands of anxious web site sufers were waiting when the image first appeared on the JPL wed site , revealig ... a natural landform. There was no aien monoutment after all."" This proves that there was not alien monoutment face, just a face.

This may seem like aliens do live onmars , but think stuff does land on mars , it could just be a similar reflection. Thankful that scincetheorys can be proven wrong or right.   ",3
"in the beginning of the story it is saying that the people and cars are able to work together because it will stay there and be with them most of that.

Then there are the casws of the underly populate areas in a city so they might go and vreate an area for them to live and play around in. They might have just gotten taken in as if the were to go and drive or even walk with them for as long as possnle. Then there are the way some of them that are driving a certain car for a time being until they were able to help the enviornment that is neer by. Then in the second passage it is saying that people will try to use there cars less so that the smog will go fading little by little or is it going to start to disapate. I must say that it might take a while until they might have made it at the time they could have done it so they might even try to create a day when no one will be using a car so they might get a better life and they might be able to pervent smog also and they might get to a part of the atmoshere and depleat the ozone layer making the sun even harsher for us. So these are the things about the people that were trying to stop the bad effects on the inviornment.    ",1
"Computer technology is evolig every year and its begining to change the way the clssrooms are held as well. From books to computers, emails, grading systems etc. Recently there has been something else in place in schools too. Facial Action Coding System, which enalbes computers to identify human emotions. In schools the computer can scan your facial expressions and make the activity your doing more intresting.

There are universal signs of emotions like happiness, sadness, anger, fear, surprised, and disgust. Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements. They tested this on the Mona Lisa and it could detect her mood in the painting. It calculated that her facres was showing 4 different moods just by her face. Imagine what it can do for schools in the world.

I believe it is a great idesa to have these software emotion-recognition in schools because it can give students a better way to learn. If the computer can see that a student is annoyed by what they are doing it changes the way the activity is going to get the students more interested in what they are learning. The more the student gets interested the more that he/she learns just by actually paying attention. The computer can also help make grading easier as well. When a teacher is grading the computer can see that he/she is surprised at all the grades in the system.            ",3
"Ever think of traveling space? Well in the story, The Challenge of Exploring Venus, the Author explains that, despite all of the hostile and unforgiving conditions, humans could travel to earth's sister planet, Venus. Although, this sounds pretty cool, it still may just be only possible in movies. The Author does have some impressive details to put in the agrument.

The main problems of the journey is that the surface of the planet is not survivable for life. In paragragh three it says ""On the planet's surface, tempature's average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmosphere pressure is 90 times greater than what we expirence on our own planet."" According to the Author, this pressure would crush even a submarine fit for exploring the depths of our oceans. He also describes the events going on the surface, ""erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes"" (Paragraph 3).

So the Author makes a strong statement of how we can't survive on Venus, but he has ways to survive this hostile planet. The Author says, ""NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of venus would allow sciencists to float above the fray."" The Author then says that they mean that they would have a vehicle to hover 30 or more miles above the surface of the planet. It would still be aroung 170 degrees fahrenheit, but the pressure would be as if earth's sea level.

Now that we know that humans may be able to survive venus, why would we need to do it? Well, a very good reason is to explore the planet, and examine specimen for any signs of life, as well for new elements. Well, this would be great to do, but there are many things that stand in our way. For example, we couldn't take descent quality (or maybe at all) photographs. Like the Author says in the passage ""most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photograpghy and videography ineffective."" He also goes on to tell us that researchers can not receive specimens to study. According to the passage, Sciencists are developing a machine that can last long enough to be able to collect what it needs and get out. Well, this is going more difficult then it sounds. First, little to no light near the surface. The robot will have to be autonomous and will have such low quality of light you have no idea of the dangers the robot may go through. The robot may get its job done, due to most autonomous robot not needing light to 'see'. The robot will corriode due to the corrsive nature of the planets air. If that robot doesn't last long, it will take more money to keep rebuilding then NASA's Venus team's budget has.

So, it can be possible for humans to survive on Venus, but we have no reason to go. The money used to build ships, vehicles, and robots would be so great that we wouldn't have the money for it. Even if we did go, we couldn't take photographs or collect specimens with out a VERY expensive robot. So, humans should stay away from Venus until we have the resources ready for a planet that hostile.  ",4
The Mona Lisa Smile is a intresting article about this new upcoming production of technology. It says that in the future they could have students computers have a facial reconzation deviece in it to tell what mood there in to adjust the to whatever there feeling. I feel as if it is not needed for it to be in a learning enviroment. I think its inpratical and would be very expensive for the school to have. That could cause multiple problems just with that problem alone. What if the student wasn't even paying attention to the lesson and it causes it to register there mood but there mood isnt based off the lesson because there not paying attention so it would be invaild infomation. He states in the article it can only find out a couple emotions and boredom isnt one of them. It also poses a security threat to the students or surrounding family because if it can see faces what else would it see or even not mean to capture but does. Over all I just don't see this fit for a students use and would be to expensive anyways. It could work in a perfect world though but we don't have one of those.,2
"Driverless cars are the future. They could end the problems we have today with our modern cars like the gas and safety issues.

The idea of driverless cars could dramatically change our public transportation system. Google cofounder Sergey Brin says he envisions a future with a public-transport taxi system. The public-tranport taxi system he forsees uses half the gas of the taxis we have today and they could provide much more flexibility than a bus. The idea of driveless cars could also result in less crashes and provide more safety. The cars that Google has advanced skills that our cars today don't haveadvanced skills such as posistion-estamating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor. All of these improvments make the cars alert while driving and in the case making them safer than today's cars.

With that being said, these cars are the future. I believe that driverless cars are going to one day end all of our cars problems we have today.",2
"The face on Mars really is just a landform. I've seen the landform before on our very own home planet. My family and I were going to Grand Canyon for a vacation. Life had been rough so we decided we deserved to see the country a little bit. Upon arriving in Arizona, I saw hundreds of mesas, which are landforms that look like faces. I was petrified at first, until I learned they were merely landforms. The first time I saw the alledged ""Face on Mars,"" I knew it was merely a landform. I believe the Face is a landform and not an alien figure because it was exaggerated by Hollywood and the media, it would be better for NASA if it were an alien life form, and there are already lots of similar landforms on Earth.

Hollywood, its the home of the media. Of course the media will do anything for views. As soon as they found out about the Face, they jumped all over it. For instance, in paragraph 5, the author quotes, ""The 'Face on Mars' has since become a pop icon."" This implies that it really wasn't a big deal before it started to become popularized. Paragraph 5 also shows us that it starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in magazines, books, radio talk shows, and even was told in checkout lines for 25 years. The Face was an icon of its time, and thus was twisted to seem like an alien figure.

Moving on, why would NASA want to keep an alien a secret? If NASA actually did find an alien, they would want to let the world know so that they'd have more funding. In paragraph 5, we are told that the NASA budget wishes that there was an ancient civivlization of Mars. This proves that it would help NASA pay off debts and would make them more popular in the face of the public. It is also stated in paragraph 7 that Jim Garvin, chief scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, had a few words to say.

""We photographed the Face as soon as we could get a good shot at it."" Jim said. This exemplifies that NASA knew it was only a landform, but they wanted to take pictures so that the public would pay them more.

A third reason for my believing is that there are already many landforms like this. The landform is called a mesa. As I said earlier, I've seen many of these landforms in Arizona. We are shown in paragraph 7 that when the picture of The face first appeared on a JPL web site, it showed that there was no alien monument, only a landform. This proves to us that sure, if you take a picture from a certain angle, it looks like a face; when you take it from a different angle, it looks like the landform that it is. This is similar to the Man on the Moon. We know that it is just a bunch of craters, making it look like a human figure. In the final section, 12, Garvin states a perfect example.

""'It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,' says Garvin. 'That's a lava dome that take the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars."" This is an excerpt from the passage that demonstrates how the Face is no different from our landforms on Earth.

Some might say that the face is actually an alien monument, and that NASA just doesn't want the public to know. But, what they don't realize is that NASA would benefit from seeing an alien life form. The public would love it, and the money would start rolling in. The author tells us that defenders of the NASA budget actually wish that there was an ancient alien civilization on Mars.

It seems that life gets so boring for people that they make any little thing seem amazing. This is shown through the fact that people made a landform appear as an alien monument. Through all the incomplete theories, I still believe that the Face is purely a landmark. I believe this because hollywood and the media exaggerated it greatly, the discovery of alien life would actually benefit NASA, and there are many landmarks on Earth and Mars that represent the supposed ""Face of Mars.""",6
"Meeting a Planet

""Exporing is a way of figuring out what you don't know and what you do know"" my father once said to me. If you want to figure out somthing then explore it and find out what you want to find out. It is better for you to explore something then to sit and watch others explore the things that you wanted to explore. In the ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author supports the idea of studing Venus is a worthly pursuit despite the dangers it brings by telling the reader all about Venus and how similar is it from the Earth. The author suggest how Venus and Earth are

know to be ""twins""

becasue of how similar they are. The author supports the idea of studing vesus despite the dangers it as is by the enviroment that vesus has, the geography of vesus and by temperature.

At first, th author supports his ideas by telling the reader all about the enviroment that Venus carries. The author tells the reader that Venus is like Earth in some ways but it is also different from Earth in otherways. In the ""Challenge of Exploring Venus"" in paragraph 3 the author mentioned, ""A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus."" The author tells the reader that Venus has an atmosphere that is almost all coverd in carbon dioxide, which is harmful to humans because they need oxygen to survive not carbon dioxide. The author also mentioned in ""Challenge of Exploring Vesus"" in paragraph 3 line 3, "" On the planet's surface........atmospheric pressure is 90 times grather than what we experience on our own planet."" The author suggets a example of how big the atmospheric pressure is in Venus and that humans on Earth won't be able to survive if they will go to Venus. The author tries to tell the reader that scientists should explore Venus even though it is full of dangers by telling the reader all about the enviroment that Venus has.

Second, the author described Venus by telling the reader all about the geography that it has. The author started talking about how Venus's geography matching with Earth a little bit. In the ""Challenge of Exploring Venus"" on paragraph 3 line 12, "" Venusian geogogy and weather prsent additional impdiments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on it's surface."" The author tells the reader that Venus also has earthquakes, volcanoes, lightning same as Earth. He compares Vensus to earth and tells the reader how similar they are. The author also mentioned in ""Challenge of Exploring Venus"" in paragraph 4 line 4, ""Venus was probably covered largly with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth."" Th author tries to convince the reader by telling the reader how Venus had oceans just like Earth, the author also tells the reader that someday Venus might have supported life of various forms. The author tries to tell the reader how scientists should explore Venus no matter what.

Third, the author supports his ideas by telling the reader about the temperature of venus and how deadly it is. In the article ""Challenge of Exploring Venus"" on paragraph 3 line 4 the author said, ""On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degress Fahrenheit."" The temperatures in Vesus is so high and hot that a person won't be able to survive there for even a minute. the author provides an example of how deadly the temperature on Venus is that no person would survive. Another example author provides in the article ""Challenge of Exploring Venus"" is on paragraph 3 line 9, ""Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system."" The author tells the reader about how the Venus is th only planet with the hottest surface temperature which is fatal to human beings. The author tells the reader that scientists should explore vesus however he also thinks that it could be deadly too.

In conclusion, the author supports his idea of studing Venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers it present is by describing the enviroment, geogoly, and temperature of Venus. The author really wants to explore Venus becasue it could help people understand the solar system. Earth and Venus ar simliar

which could lead to having new discovies and helping today's geranation to explore more for a better and more advanced future. The author provides a lot of ideas about Venus that would make scientists explore Venus accurately. Next time you meet a scientist, be sure to ask them about exploring Venus!                                   ",4
"Hey i am here to talk about what i think this suspicious face is. i think it is probably a real face proving there is little life on mars. I think my statement is correct because, what else would it be. It is an old face grounded into Mars. It proves there is life on Mars even though it could poswsibly be an alien. It is either a human being or alien possibly inside of this planet with their face sticking out perminately. This suspicious face could be anything that was alive at one point. there probably isnt any life on Mars because the photograph was taken from an airship. So it it most likely an alien. If it was a human, he probably died instantly.

my inference now is it is an alien. because, the face was located 41 degrees north martian latitude. The face seems to be in a very random spot to be seen. My inference is it is an alien. however you never know

Now i personally think it is or was an alien. the face looks very plain and in a random spot for a human to roam. the altitudes have no life on them, Mars has no life on it. So either a human died instantly or an alien died of natural causes. i am going to go with the alien. what human being would be on such high altitudes.  ",1
"I support driverless cars. Driverless cars could make this world a safer place. Driverless cars drive for you if you want it to. If theres a construction area, traffic hold up, or its icey out you can take control of the car. If you ever feel unsafe in the car when you aren't driving you can take control. Its not like these cars are always driving for you. These cars are very impressive.

These cars would start out very expensive because they are so high tech. It would be hard for some people to afford them. If older people buy these cars it would be better for them. It could drive for them at night if they can't see as well. Or younger people that maybe aren't the best at driving. If your parents don't trust you with your liscense these cars would help. It would make your mom worry a lot less. These cars provide safe driving.

Driverless cars steer for you, the seat vibrates when you might be going into a hazardess area where you need to take control, and it has a GPS reciever. If you have an emergency and need to text someone this car provides safety. It will drive for you when you are texting. Hopefully people won't use this car the wrong way and text all the time because you still need to be aware of what's going on around you.

You don't need to worry about wrecking your car if this car is driving for you. If you are driving there is still a chance you could wreck it. Driverless cars have motion sensors and other things that make it safe in that range.

So all in all these cars provide safety. They have so many qualities that make them usable and great cars. This could be one of the best inventions in this world. It could create less crashes, less drunk driving accidents, less texting and driving accidents,and on and on. I hope they make this car to create a better world. It would help people in so many ways. Movies fanticize about driverless cars so why not actually have and use them. Driverless cars are coming no matter what people have to say about them. If you don't agree with them don't buy one, its simple. They say we will have these cars by 2020. Its coming so quick. The destination is almost here. ",3
"Luke's point of view on convincing people to go on this seagoing journey is he wants to go on this wonderful cattle boat journey.

He doesn't want to miss out on this great oppurtunity to go on this trip.

He knows it is an oppurtunity of a lifetime because his friend is encouraging him to go, but he doesn't leave home.

He can't resist the temptation so he goes anyway.

Luke knows it is a very rigorous job to do but he knows he might be able to help a lot on this trip that's why he goes.

Lue loves this experience on his adventure to Europe.

Luke is veer convicting on why he goes on this adventure. People want to participate in this because Luke liked this journey so many other people might.

When Luke has to check on the animals each hour he has to make sure he has to chech on them very painstakingly to make sure every animal is there.

When Luke breaks his ribs that's when you know that all of his jobs are super rigorous to do and work. ",2
"I am against the development of driveless cars. It is risky driving regular cars today. You have a lot of careless drivers. Then there are still accident going on currently. Also there could be problems with the driveless car we might not know about.

There are a lot of careless drives out on the road. It wouldn't be such a good idea to put a careless driver in a driveless car. It could cause danger for that person and those around them. Lots of people would take advantage of a driveless car, and wouldn't be aware of the dangers that follow. Before anyone gets into a driveless car we need smart drivers.

There are still many car crashes today. Berfore we begin to make cars that can drive by itself we need to figure out how to stop car crashes now. In the article it says that if the car is in danger, or coming across a contrustion zone whatever the case may be, it would alert the driver to take the wheel. But shouldn't it be the other way around some drives might panic or won't know what to do. Since it is a ""smart"" car it should be able to handle situations like that. Drving is very easy anyone can do it. I wouldn't consider a car being smart because it can drive on it's own, it's different, just not smart. A smart car will keep you out of danger if any comes your way. It would make sure you are safe.

In the article it says that the cars are

""computer-driven cars"". Computers freeze, glitch, slow down, and much more. Since these cars are computer-driven it wouldn't be safe if glitches happen. It may put your life in danger and those around you. Computers still have problem,and a computer-driven car would just add on to the problems.

I am against the idea of driveless cars. It is a very risky thing to do in the future. We have careless drivers, car crahes, glitches, and other things that need to be solved before we have a computer-driven car driving on our roads. It may be an interesting idea, but we want safety for our people. Driveless cars is really something to think about.",3
"Do you know that sometime human will not be living on Earth? Earth has limit. So we have to think about the future and implement it.

First, the author says ""Venus, sometimes called the ""Evening Star."" Before Venus is called actually a planet, Venus was not popular. Venus and it was not called anything. But after Venus had called a planet, many things have been discovering bu scientist or other. Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionary the closest in distance too. It means we have a possibility to live in there. Veuns still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. Again, we need to find the another place to live for the future. If we leave this problem as it is, every people will die because Earth is warming up year to year and we are on the crisis.

Secound, we have startedthe project for travel to planet which is not Earth that is easily to go. The problem and NASA have a relationship as traveling planet. NASA had done a lot of project about space. NASA also has one particulaly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. It is not easy to travel to Venus or another planet, but we have possibility because of them skill. It is survivable for humans.

Finally, the auther says,""Venus would need to get up close and parsonal despite the risks. Or maybe we should think of them as challenges."" We need to think about it. If we could live in Venus, it must be same as Earth, because there is the enviroment like this that we live. We alive. We have ocean for water, sun light, plants, oxygen, houses, foods, or something. We have to think about these problem, too.

It is not far from right now to travel to Venus and we could it, we could get a chance to live Venus. If we can, we should be more comfortable. We need to study Venus and teach many people.",3
"When i heard about driverless cars i was shocked that they really were coming up with such a thing , yeah its cool but at the same time it is extremely dangerous.

As you can see the automobiles are still having to alert the drivers ! How can it be a driverless car an still need assistance to get out of certain situations? I feel they shouldn't be realesed on the car lots, they can put many adults and children at risk.

The pasage states ''wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive."" The main concern is would the driver actually be alerted by the methods they have,when it's their turn to take control of the automobile. Also in the passage it states the car will look for any road trouble but will the car or driver be prepared for any kids darting across streets or any citizens on bikes .

I believe thats another reason why this car should not be realesed is because in the passage it says ''and lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers.'',''Presently traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times."" There are to many flaws in these Driverless cars for them to get on the main roads just yet.

I feel if the public is concered about the safety of themselfes an their loved ones they would want to really postpone this driverless car situation, because a accident can occur in just a blink of an eye, you would basically be putting your life in danger by trusting technology that still has many problems and flaws .

This is why I believe that these Driverless cars should not be realeased . ",3
"VIsions of self-drivng cars have been around for awhile now, but with the technology that has been so greatly improved in the past several years, that vision is becoming more and more realilistic. I am against the development of these self-driving cars. Though the cars do have some benifits and are cool i think that the cons of having self-driving cars outweigh the pros. Having these cars is promoting our society to become even more lazy than we already are, so far the cars are not very efficent, and are just not very safe.

My first reason why i do not support futher development of these self-driving cars is because it is promoting people to become even more dependant on technology and lazier. Driving a car is not in any way a difficult task for the average person, the only physically demanding thing it requires you to do is step on a pedal and turn a small wheel. The rules of driving ar ealso not overly complex, and in most places as long as all drivers are alert and focussed it is not that dangerous. I understand that technology is becoming more prominant in every day life because of the way it makes things easier but it is getting to the point where nobody will have to do anything anymore.

My second reason for why i do not support this technology is because so far the cars are not that efficient. Yes they have all these sensors and in normal circumstances work perfectly fine, but when there is any situation on the road the human driver must take over. These cars are also set up so the human driver has to almost just as alert as they would be in normal car. If the human has to be just as alert and may very well need to take over if the road or traffic conditiions are out of the ordinary, what is the point of having a self-driving car? Even if they could work it out so that the car is one-hundred percent efficient on its own, it would take quite a bit of money for that technology and as simple as driving is i do not find it to be worth the effort.

The last reason i dont think there should be further progression on the development of self-driving cars is because it just isnt safe. It does not matter how much you improve technology, or how well the car is able to drive on its own, technology acts up and stops working without warning. Driving is something that if not done carefully can lead to severe damage of objects and people. If the technology were to act up, and not even be able to alert the human in the car that something was wrong, the consequences would most likely be severe, and since the laws are so muddy it would be difficult to determine anything legal after.

I am against developing self-driving cars because i think it will promote laziness, i dont think the cars are very efficient, and i dont think they are safe. The amount of legal issues and possible complications that could arrise from further development of this product i do not think is worth the slight convience. Though the idea is neat i hope it is not pursued.  ",4
"Have you ever experienced a whirlwind of emotions during a dull class? It can truly be a difficult experience attempting to explain to your teacher that you need time out from class in order to orient your mind back onto the subject at hand. With a new technology developed called FACS, or Facial Action Coding System, conveying problems to a teacher isn't difficult when that teacher can already read their students' faces. This innovation, created by Prof. Thomas Huang, can detect the emotions of humans through psychology and 3D computer models that track all 44 major muslces in the human a human visage. In a classroom, The use of FACS is undeniably valuable because it can set apart a real smile from a fake smile, understand the basic human emotions need to be identified in a classroom setting, and it could provide an easier learning environment for students with social issues.

Setting apart a real smile versus a fake smile can provide value in the way a teacher interacts with their student. These feelings are understood with the help of psychology from Dr Paul Eckman. The FACS aparatus uses 6 basic human emotions that can inevitably seperate a real smile versus a fake smile. As it states in the article, ""These muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a ""smiling"" politician or celebrity isn't being truthful."" Therefore, in a classroom setting, differintiating real vs fake can be valuable when a student isn't being truthful about their dog eating their homework. It can also decrease the amount of anxiety a student recieves when asked if they understand a subject, in front of the class. If a teacher can understand their emotions, it would facilitate having to step aside with the student and talk about their difficulties on a particular subject. Understanding the difference between a faux emotion and a real one can make a difference in the realm of teaching, just as understanding the six basic emotions can too.

Using psychology, the teacher can also understand the six basic emotions needed to understand in a classroom setting. With the help of psychologist Dr Paul Eckman, the emotions read by FACS are happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. Happiness and surprise are emotions most of us can read, therefore its understanding through the FACS machine isn't vital to be understood. Other emotions like anger can be important though. Identifying anger on the face of a student can keep other students safe by isolating the student from the others, which in turn could keep everyone safe from a potential rage-induced tantrum. It can also help knowing berforehand if a student is sensing dangerous emotions such as anger, fear and/or sadness. According to paragraph 9, ""Empathy may happen because we unconsciously imitate another person's facial expressions."" If a teacher knows some of her students are feeling any of the three previous emotions, producing a happy environment could help keep the students happy or bring their emotions to a higher level of happiness. It therefore is valuable in that aspect and also to students thank can have issues with talking to their teacher.

Just as identifying dangerous emotions is important, so is identifying uncomfortable situations that can therefore be easier for socially anxious students. According to Dr. Huang, ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored."" The former of those two emotions is vital to be identified because it can help teacher know when their students don't truly understand a lesson. Often, socially anxious students tend to keep their quesitons to themselves when they are confused about a topic out of fear of being juged as dumb or incompetent. They will go on without understanding which in turn can cause a decrease in their grades. If a teacher is able to read the true expression of their student, these type of situations can be avoided in order to create a better teaching experience for all the students.

In conclusion, FACS is without a doubt a valuable asset in a classroom environment because of its ability to identify real from fake, its understanding of the basic human emotions needed to be comprehended in a class, and because it facilitates learning for students with a fear of speaking.

In the future, seeing this innovation in a class setting would be an amazing feat for a step towards smarter teaching. With the help of Prof. Thomas Huang and Dr. Paul Eckman, a new future can be created. ",6
"I am against the self driving car because it can crash and it would be you fault. And it isn't even a self driving car because the driver still has to pur their hands on the wheel most of the time. It can't drive itself the driver has to keep their hands on the wheel almost all of the time.

If you get in an accident and someone is injured it is your fault. The car won't even be made until 2020. The car will only drive itself 90 percent of the time. Some states won't even allow them to make self driving cars because they are to dangerous. Like Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia. The only safe car is one with a human behind the wheel.

Drivers would get bored just sitting there. The car can only go 25mph without a human's assisstance. Human drivers have to stay more alert than ever with the car. None of the cars they make will ever be completely driverless.

The cars have to alert you before they back up into something. Nobody wants a driverless car that you have to drive.",2
"I'm in favor of kipping the Electoral college that to the fact that keep out problems and  its fare to evry one. In the text state that ''The electoral college consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is requiered to elect the president.'' that shows that the popular vote is the one who wins. Also, In the article says ''The college avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate recives a majority of the votes cast;''And is tre because without the electoral college it will have a lot of candidates that they will not get a majority of vote nether one.

by the way, a dispute over the outcome of an electoral college vote is possible and it hat happend before but it's less likely than a dispute over the populat vote. Voters in presidential elections are people who wants to express a political preference eather than people who thinks that a single vote may decide an elections        ",2
"How do I know the author supports this idea? I know the author is supporting this idea because he is giving examlpes on how studying venus can be very dangerous, but he also explains to you on why people take that risk to keep studying venus. The author also gives out facts about Venus to give you a better understanding on why some people still study Venus. Some facts he gives out are

""Venus is the second planet from our sun. While is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved very challenging place to exaimine more closely.""

With this statement this gives us a better understanding on how dangerous it can be to study this planet. This statment also gives us a prespective on why people want to study this planet as well. The author then explains how NASA has one possible idea for sending humans to study Venus. The author continues to give facts about how challenging this study could be. He states

""NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray.""

This does sound very exciting and interesting. Even to think about studying or sending life to this planet to study is very dangerous but is very intreaging. Do I personally think it would be a good idea? I most definalty do not. I would not agree to go to a new planet that we know nothing about due to not having certian amount of resources needed. Yes, we do have some knowledge, but we do not have enough knowledge to make me comfortable engough to even think about going. But for others that risk is something they would take.

The author does make great, peruassive statements in Parargaph Eight like, ""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equallu intimidating endeavors. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited bt dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the verty edges of imagination and innovation.""

Studying Venus is a risky and challenging task to take on. If this is sometihg that you find interesting or something you are very curious about maybe this is for you. After reading this article we now know the risks and challenges of studying Venus. The author did a great job explaining risks, giving us back ground information, and explaining why others would want to study Venus. The author most certainly does suppport this idea with the information he gave. ",3
"In 1976 ,The face on mars was discovered . Many poeple think that it was a Egyptian pharoh , or something created by aliens. All in all it was just nautural land form. With "" The face on Mars "" going viral for 25 years many people would like to know what it really is .

New technology allowed scientist to get a better look a the ""The Face on Mars"" . With a camra that had high resolution 3D altimetry they finaly discovered what it really was , a mesa . Mars has many natural land forms but this spacific one caught eyes and attention because its looks like a face , but with the shadows and lighting in the first picture in 1976 it looked like an human face.

In 1998 scientist came togeher to and got another picture of ""The Face on Mars "". Then scientist went crazy still beliving that it was a human face , it looked like an egyptian pharoh . With all the features if a human face many bellived stiil it was an human face . Scientist started to belive that there was human life on mars and some how in the future if something was ever to happen to ,humans could find a new life on mars . but that was not the case .

In 2001 the record was finally set striaght . using an hight quality camra they got a very better look at ""The Face on Mars "" . to come to surprise to most scientist it was just and natral land form also known as a mesa . Using thier high quality camra they where able tt find out if it had anyhing to do with human life , they would be able to see objects shuch as , airplanes on the ground , egypitian styled pyramids , and even small shacks . None of the object where found near ""The Face "" or on Mars yet .

In conclsion ""The Face on Mars "" was really an lanform .It was still good research and a good thing to talk about . many people still believe that it was a face , but other just stuck to the facts . Even tho tehre was no life fond on Mars many scientist are still looking for signs on Mars .          ",3
"Hello my name is Ben I am a scientist at NASA, I have been discussing the face on mars with someone who believes it was created by aliens. I have read the Article ""Unmasking the Face on Mars"", and I have gathered some information and in my opinion I think the face was created by natural causes and is a natural landform. Here are some of my reasons.

My first reason why i think it is a natural land form is because as stated in paragraph three of ""Unmasking the Face on Mars"" ""huge rock formatiom . . . which resembles a human head formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose and mouth.'' By saying this they say that the face is meerly an angle with odd shadows making the illusion of a human face.

My second reason is in paragraph 5 which states ""Some people think the face is bona fide evidence of life on mars-- evidence that NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists. Meanwhile, defenders of NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars."" By saying that the conspiracy theorists are completely controdicted and the NASA supporters are agreeing with them and saying yeah it would be good if there were actuallty life on mars and making it possative on their part.

My third reason is in Paragraph 7 which states that ""Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time."" The team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. And the photos revealed a natural land form, and there was no alien monument after all. This shows that at the time the lack of high-tech cameras and technology made the landform resemble a human face. But not everyone was satisfied.

Some may argue and say ""The camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the face. Perhaps, said skeptics, alien markings were hidden by haze. But NASA went back and took another look at Cydonia on a ""cloudless summer day"" with their absolute maximum resolution camera and captured an extraordinary photo. But the photo contained no alien life forms as stated in paragraph 11 ""So, if there were objects in the picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyamids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!""

In conclusion the face on mars is really just a natural landform, and stated in paragraph 12 ""What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or messa--landforms common around the American West."" ""It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain in Idaho."" said Garvin. Those are all of the reasons why i think the ""Face on Mars"" is actually just a natural landform.",4
"I belive that others should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. For a reason we all know to help other countries.

One reason that I belive that others should join the Seagoing Cowboys program is because while your helping our country you can be enjoying sight seeing at the same time. You can see Panama Canal, Acropolis in Greece, Venice, Italy a city with streets of water, a excavated castle in Crete, and so much more. You can still have fun after the animals have been unloaded. You and your crew can play baseball and volleyballl games in empty holds where animals have been housed. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, whittiling, games, and even reading can help pass time on your way back.

People might say that if you slip you can fall out if doing midnight rounds. Well, with the technologhy we have today you won't be as likely to slip and fall out of the boat. People might aslo say the that what if people attack you on the boat while sailing. You would be able to protect the animals and you because the U.S. wouldn't send you without any protection. You would most likely have guns or othe ships following you. Also, most likely no one will attack you while you are trying to get animals or help a country.

I belive that other people should join the Seagoing Cowboy programs because you can see historical sights, you can have fun after the animals get off, and a huge thing is that you are helping other countries.",3
"The Electoral College was established in the Constitution by the founding fathers. ""The Electoral College process consists of the selection of electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for president and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress"" is stated in source 1. This is process has been around for decades, but things have changed. This process does not fit with what is happening in the present and is outdated. The election should be by popular vote.

There is a disaster factor.  According to ""Source 2: The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong"", it's says that the state legislatures are responsible for picking electors. The thing is that those electors can betray the trust which has happened before. You do not want to risk having someone defy the will of the people. Some people may argue that the states know what they are doing and are cautious on who to pick, but in the past the electors have refused to vote for their party's candidate. You do not want to put this in hands of someone who will not help you and the other people on such an important event like voting.

When you vote, there is a slight possibility of a tie occuring. If this were to happen, the state delegations would vote on which president. Each state will cast one vote, which is not fair because of the amount of representives in different states. ""...the single representative from Wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, would have as much say as the 55 representatives from California, who represent 35 million voters"" is stated in source 2. Some people may say that the bigger states are helpful with voting because the Electoral College will balance out what the large states loss by the population votes. This still isn't fair because this is saying that the smaller states with less representatives do not have much say in the voting and this will turn off potential voters.

Some presidents may have a stronger appeal to some states then others. It may have to do with where the president is from (North, South). This goes back to how the bigger states have more power. ""...such as Romney was in the South, has no incentive to campaign heavily in those states,"" is stated in source 3. This means that the bigger states in the South will be known for all voting Romney since that is where he is the strongest and well liked. There may be voters in the South that were more for Obama. Smaller states may hate what Romney is doing and vote for Obama, but they do not have as much power as the bigger states. This is like the winner takes it all, they may know that they have no chance in winning. (Obama did end up winning and was titled as the 44th President of the United States. To others, they may say that each persons vote does count but it doesn't seem like it. The voters in the South didn't see any campaign ad by Romney which was not fair because he was not concerned about them not voting for him.

The Electoral College is not a fair process. It worked in the past, but not anymore. Using the popular vote process is more fair for all of the people. They have more say and there votes feel more important. This will encourage potential voters to vote and to become more involved with the political events. We need to encourage potential voters because one day, when they become older, they will be the voters of our country.    ",5
"In this article the author tells us about Venus. He tells us that it is called the ¨Evening Star¨, that it is known as Earths ¨twin¨, and then he explains the attempts made to study and learn more about the planet. He also explains how those attempts were unsucsessful and that the planet is dangerous. But, despite the dangers he has presented to us, he explains that it is worth the danger. I dont personaly believe he did the best job explaining why he believed so and he definitly did not convince me to think the same.

The author never truely explained his claim that he thought exploring Venus was worth the risks and complications. For most of the artical he rambles on telling us about and explaining what was already found out about the planet. He never gave reasoning for believing we sould follow threw with trying to learn more about the planet. He only breifly told us his claim in the last paragraph, paragraph 8. It reads, ¨Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors.¨ He tells us that all we will get from risking our lifes is insite on a dangerous planet that we may not even have use for, and he states that we will be faced with more and or equally intimidating endeavors. It may just be my opinion but that does not seem like very convincing or valid reasons for putting lifes in danger.

I truely believe that the author of the artical, ¨The challenge of Exploring Venus¨ did not support his claim and what he believed very well let alone at all. All he gives us is two reasons that are not very valid and did not back them up or tell us why those reasons make a good point and sould make us think the same way. He did not tell us why we needed the information so badly that we should risk our lifes or even make the effort. I do not belive the author supported the idea or really stated his claim or what he belived. He needs more reasoning and explaining of what we would gain from this and how it would benifit us. He also would need more supporting details of what we need the information for and why.",3
"For the longest time electoral votes have been apart of the process of voting the government pulls certain people side and they cast their own vote of who they think should be president and the rules state that if theirs a tie between to presidents that the person who wins will be based on the electoral votes. Over the years we have had many wise presidents and other times we haven't. The state senator should consider changing election to popular vote for the president of the united states because its the peoples choice and its more safe route.

the electoral vote is a process, in quote number two it states ""what have richard nixon,jimmy carter,bob dole, the U.S. Chamber of commmerce,and the AFL-CIO all,in their time agree on answer: abolishing the electoral colleg! their not alone; according to a gullup poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al gore thanks to th quirks of the electoral college won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of voters would perfer a direct election to the kind we have now.""in the past decade certain presidents hae been caught doing wrong lieing, and being cheats. when those presidents get impeached the people feel robbed of something,their clarity. this quote is stating the facts that people like to win even presidents they'll do just about anything to get what they want some presidents will do speeches, work their absolute hardest and others wont. presidents and runner ups are very well educated men very wealthy some how they get in contact with the electoral college and they bribe them in anyway shape and form its heartbreaking. there are about 270 electoral votes that are required to elect the president, and the electoral college consists of 538 tons of people that have different mind set then other some that may be rascist, sexist and etc.

In the law system their are many people involved in whats going on they have lots of power. In source number two it states ""segregationalists in lousiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the democratic electors with new electors who would oppose john F. kennedy."" people want to have their president ruling over the united states at all cost and they see the electoral votes as  a way to get a foot through the door into making that happen, people assume that since everyone is equal now and that racisim dosent exist and its happening till this day. it will be a much more safer route if the senator would get rid of the electoral college all together.

secondly, getting rid of the electoral college would benefit the entire world because this nation called the united sates is a democracy it is ruled for the people and by the people, when the government descides to go by the electoral college votes thats not ruling by the people because our nation dosent only consists of 538 electors we each have our own voices. we consists of 50 states all together if the government cant conduct electoral colleges in each state then it shouldnt be around in the first, we the people all have different opinions and outlooks on the universe it shouldnt only be counted for about 538 electors it unfair. and god knows where the electoral colleges are held and if they are being completely fair to everyone their are their all ethnicities from all over the nation, is it normal people that have nine to five jobs so they understand the struggles of an average person making 60,000 dollars a year, or are they picking business men and housewives that live in suburben neighborhoods. The nation have been completely blind sided by these things its just a scapegoat on picking the right president in their eyes and not in the peoples eyes.

In conclusion,the electoral college wasnt ever ran by the people or was for the people, our founding fathers had great intentions of making these laws and rules work but in reality it was a way simpler time back then the world has evolved in so many ways with different invetions and iphones,and tablets,and internet some of the constitution laws need to be review and really regulate what needs to be kept and what needs to go. the electoral college was a good idea back in the 18th century but now people have found a loop hole to make things go their way and it isnt fair. it needs to be reconstructed in a way that its unbreakable.:) thankyou for reading    ",3
"Hi my name is kaap and I am the scientist at NASA .Today I want to prove that

umasking the face on mars were not crated by aliens.Long long time ago when you were not born .there are thing you never know in the outer spaces .Even today we don't know how the outer space work .We only know how it look like.

Secondly,we may not know that the rock in outer space might hit it .When you look at the picture that was snapping photed of possible landing ,I can see that it look like butte or mesa landform.So the question many people ask ""did the aliens do that"" the answe is no because a group of scientist and I went out of the outer space to take picture and search for alien but we don't see any alien,we also do lot of research and stay at the outer space for a long time, even at night.I also want to tell you this story that unmasking the face on mars is a natural landform. Long time ago my dad once told me unmasking the face on mars .It happen once a year and soon it will go away.He had told me a one of the scientist had discovery that it was a butte or mesa landform but he die because the oxygen were gone and he could't breath anymore.After he died nobody had the evidence to prove that it was a butte or mesa landform.Today people are being fool because of the face on mars.When you look at the article it even say ""what the picture actually shows is the martian equivalent of a butte or mesa landform comon aroud the American "".

In conclusion there are no such as alien and I claim that the umasking the face on mars is just the natural landform.",2
"There is new technology out there that helps people understand what others are feeling. This may not always be right. Sometimes it could miss read what people are feeling. This technology could miss read, not fully understand, and miscalculate things.

This new technology could miss read what people are feeling. This technology could think that one person is happy when really they aren't. Many people can fake what they are feeling such as actors and actresses. Actors carefully reproduce smiling and frowning as a way of creating these emotions on stage( paragraph 9 line 6 to7). When actors do this it actually helps them feel the emotion they are acting out. This is why the new technology may get some things wrong. Not everyones face shows how they truely are feeling and it may never fully show what one is feeling.

It may not always fully understand what one is feeling because people are so good at hidding what they feel. Lots of people have trouble showing their true feelings because they may not want to be made fun of. Also they don't want to get hurt by others for what they truely feel. If people are hidding what they are feeling and showing a different facial expression then it would be really hard for this technology to accuratly read someones emotions. Which in turn would make it hard for this to have an accurate outcome.

It would always miscalculate how one would truely feel. Not everything works the way it was made to work. Some thinks may malfunction and have to be thrown away. Some things cant read things the right way. What is someone was happy and it read it as them being sad or even angry. We would know that it wasnt working right.

So if the technology miss reads how people feel. If it doesn't fully understand what one is feeling. Also if it is miscalculating how one truely feels then this would not be the greatest thing to use to tell how one is truely feeling. So most people would say that this wouldn't be such a great thing to have to read hoe one feels.",4
"In this article author argued about to use the auto drive system or not. Some people says it is dangerous but some people is not. Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will solved Teska has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopliot 90 percebt of the time. Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can druve themselves by 2020. The road to the truly autonomous car stretches on ahead of us but we grow closer to the destination every day.Antilock brakes and driver assistance still seem a long way from the dream of calling a driverless can to take us wherever we desire, but Sebastian Thrun, founder of the Google Car project, believes that the technology has finally begun to catch up to the dream. ""There was no way, before 2000, to make something interesting. The sensor were not there, the computers were not there, and the mappuing was not there. Radar was a device on a hilitop that cost two hundred miliion dollars. It was not something you could buy at radio shake So just how driverless will the cars be in the near future? Sensers are nothing new, of course. In the 1950's automakers used speed sensors at the whells in the creation of antilock brakes Within 10 years, Those sensprs had become more advanxced to detect and respong to the danger of out of control skids or rollovers. The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheel and reduce power from the engine allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone Fuyrther improvemenrts in sensors and computer hardware and software to make driving safer are also leading to cars that can handle more and more druvung takse on theri own. Why would anyone want a driver less car that still needs a driver. The road to the trulu autonomous car stretches on ahead of us, but we frow closer to the destination every day.   ",1
"There are positive and negatives to all things in life. Some things we can't stop from happening. One thing that is in our future is driverless cars. In the future more and more people will have this type of car. The reasons to allow driverless cars in the future are like a three-legged stool. I am for the driverless cars because it can prevent car crashes, you still have some control of the car, and you can accomplish tasks in the car.

The first leg on the the stool is it can prevent car crashes. In the passage it says, ""Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009. Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash."" Also in the passage it explains that there might be an aspect where the car can watch you. If the car can see you are texting it won't let you take over the car. This would reduce the amount of car crashes due to texting and driving. I also think that with the driverless car it would reduce the amount of drunk driving crashes. On the other hand, I can see how peope would be against this they may think it could cause more crashes. For example, what would happen if the car stopped working and didn't alert the driver. The driver may have to idea that the car stopped and easily drive off the road.

The second leg on the stool is you still have some control of the car. The passage says, "" They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills."" In areas such as construction zones and accidents the car will alert you and you can take over. The car can alert you by having flashing lights on the windshield or vibrating your seat. I like to know I have some control of my vehicle. This way I know I can take over before it drives me into a ditch or a pond. I can see someone's view that is against this as why would I want a driverless car if I still might have to drive it. The car wouldn't be driverless if you have to drive through constuction zones. This could cause issue because people would want the car to be completely in control.

The third leg on the stool is you can accomplish tasks in the car. If you are running behind on getting something finished for work and you have a half and hour drive there that is a waste of time. With the driverless car you can get your work finished and still make it to work on time. Also, since the car is watching you if you recieve a text you can respond. I feel this will be much safer with all the drivers I have seen that text and drive. On the other hand, someone who is against the driverless car might feel this is unsafe. If the driverless car stops working and the driver is doing something else they won't have time to gain control of the car to stop from crashing.

There are positives and negatives to all things in life. Some things we can't stop from happening. The driverless cars are in our future. Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan by 2020 plan to all have a driverless car according to the passage. The reasons to allow driverless cars in the future are like a three-legged stool. I am for the driverless cars because it can prevent car crashes, you still have some control of the car, and you can accomplish tasks in the car. This is how the reasons to allow driverless cars are like a three-legged stool.",5
"I think that driveless cars are great because for example say if your on the road and your hands start to get tired you can relax and let your car do all the driving and driveless cars can also be good for people with arthoritist or people who have bad hands regardless of the causes.

I think driveless cars are good because if your on the road and your hands start to get tired the car can do all of the work until you feel like driving again but you still have to be cautious and be aware of what your cars are doing. The car to me sounds great because in the story it quotes "" The combination of all this input is necessary for the driveless car to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel. So basically if you have a driveless car and your not holding the wheel the car would still drive perfect do to it having the skill that make the car drive like a human is

behind the wheel. These cars also have problems you have to be ready and grab the wheel if your car lights blink indicating that you are about to hit someone or something.

Driveless cars would also be good for people to have arthoritist because if the car drives it's self the person behind the wheel wouldn't really have to do anything only when the time comes. The story indicates that the people in the car entertainment are trying to make driveless cars fun because i know if someone just sitting in there cars doing nothing but listening to music they would get bored but i also know people with arthoritist would love these cars because they will not have to use there hands they could just sit back and listen to music. Driveless cars can be perfect for many people of all kinds and they can help in the society.

Driveless cars can also be great for people that wants to have fun

if they dont feel like driving. For example i dont recommend this but for people that drink and drive driveless cars can be a little bit better and prevent them from getting into a car accident. In the passage it states that this car has many alerts like the windshield wipers they flash if your about to crash or the seats shake so this is why this car is perfect.

In conclusion now you know why i think driveless cars are perfect because they are good for the roads and good for people with arthoritist.",3
"I think that the Face they saw in 1976 was just a natural landform. I will be giving you at least 4 reasons why that's my conclusion. After you have listened to my reasons hopefully you will then think the same.

My first reason why I think it was just a natural landform is becasue first of all I am a scientist and I'm not suppose to think aliens and that kind of stuff exist. Secondly, on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor took a picture of Cydonia for the first time all they saw was just a natural landform. One of my other reasons why is becasue we thought it was just a Martian mesa, witch are very common in Cydonia. My last reason is becasue with the 3D high-resolution images from NASA's MGS it shows that it was just a mesa.

Those were all my reasons why I think it was a natural landform not an alien. Hopefully now you agree with me and think it was just a natural landform too. Also I hope that you have come to your senses and now think that aliens are not real.       ",2
"The author of this essay suggests that they definately know Venus and have done their research on this topic before. There is quite a bit of information in there to handle all at face value, percentages and dates gallore. Either way, I have come to the deduction that the author very much desires for scientests to explore Venus.

According to the essay, Venus is often refered to as eaths twin because ofit's similar size, density and occassionally the close distance to earth. Another fact is that They took the time to research Venus' atmosphere, which is 97% carbon dioxide blankets over the planet itself. It goes on to inform us about the weather systems and the environment Vus really holds behind those thick blankerts of gas. Another supporting claim for their research is that they go through the history of what we know about Venus and or speculate it was like. Thhey also talk about what the future could look like if we do intend to explore Venus.

IN conclusion, this author is extremely passionate about out 'twin' planet and it is very clear to see that theywish someone would go out there and explore. ",2
"Well in my opinion the Seagoing cowboys is pretty fun because you get to go on adventures and see nice things all around the world also you get to help animals from getting sick and dying also you get to go on ships an sail to other countries and you probelly get to fight in wars like i said you get to go around the world like to China ,Italy ,New oreleans ,Greece, Europe and ect. so yea you get to go almost everywhere only if you get in seagoing cowboys program . But also there is a good and a bad thing about this program i already told you the good things now it's time for the bad stuff well when you go on the adventure it's going to take you abundance of days to get where you need to be. Do you want to know why it takes you a long time ? Thats because you are going to be riding on a ship yes thats right a ship .Now thats going to take you forever to get where you need to be .

Well seagoing cowboys program is a good way to start off because you're doing things for yourself and your helping other animals to so thats a really good idea you should think about today . and i almost forgot you have to be an hard worker to be in this program so that is my amazing ways why you should be in this great opprotunity .              ",2
"I will be talking to you about the face on mars. Some people think that it was made by alines but i am here to put those stories to rest. We have made a resent break through on if it was or was not, and truns out it was not it was just a land formation. See there are a lot of stuff that can be formed from earth that was formed by God like the Grand Canyon, or Mount Everus. So it is just a land formation, from where meterites have struck it from be hind and it kept posting out more and more. Over time just like it showes in the picture in 1976 it was juat stearthing out and in. 1998 you saw more it was not until March 24,2001, that it began to look like a face ,but in 2001 we were able to dipic the picture, and then see it was a face inside it. And in all thoes movies well they are just movies and no one besides God can do that kind of moreaculus stuff like what he did with us he is the only one treu creator. ",1
"Driverless cars, this idea is an idea straight out of sci-fi, or at leas it was. Driverless cars, as perfect as they sound, I don't side with them, when it comes to these cars i don't prefer them. This being said I say this because driverless cars go against our freedom, they restirct us by controling us. Cars like this really don't give us the full luxury it should, driverless cars are just another way to control the world. All these cars are is truly a box of metal and circuits that you are stuck in until, they decide to stop.

Now, as the author states "" He believes such a car would fundamentally change the world."" he is quoting Sergey Brin, but clearly is not dening his support for the car. He agrees that ""a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system."" , but we all know it will lead to more then public transportation. With the advancement in cars this is another one that could ruin society, as it will make us more dependent on these new cars to get a to and from and charge a heafty price. Not only that ,but will also lead to these cars taking over modern day manual cars and making human use a little more obselite.

Fraud! These cars are also not completely unmanned as they would need a driver when road conditions follow. I am talking holes, accident, and how will this machine cope with police and other emergency government vehicles? The driverless car is a clever sham designed to make us believe that we wont have to do anything, that this machine will make us lazy and we will depend on it. If this car were to actually make it to release it couldnt handle the irrational moment humans have.

To conclude, this car is nothing but an idea staight of of sci-fi and with its existence coming into play, only ensures problems for the human race. We as humans shouldn't have to endure an era where machines are masked as mighty when all they are is the same gps you have had for years. This car is a navigating, regulating system all fancy in a silver lining but reality is that this car is penny pench move to get people to pay for a lie in diguise. As one we can make laws to stop this nonsense from ever spreading outside of sci-fi as it cant possibly function in todays society, for we are complex beings build semi-complex machines.           ",4
"Driverless cars are not only a great thing for common folk, it is also a revolutionary idea that is being put into action right now. Picture a world where routes are more accessable, anybody could use this product, and less accedients would happen because AI driven cars. Back then, we didn't have the knowledge or technology to even test these sorts of ideas. As time goes on, man has created and gained the needed knowledge and technology to improve on our daily lives and society. Driverless cars are one step into the future.

Since it would be more time and money consuming to build better roads, we can only resort on the car. The car can easily be modified, manufactured, and tested. You can't go on and magically change the bridges or the humans that drive can you? The only thing er can do is better our cars for everyday citizens. GPS can finds ways to guide the car from destination to destination. You won't have to deal with angry drivers or crazy trafic because the driverless cars will know where to go. They will also do it with ease. You and your family could get to said destination with ease and perfection. Taking the fastest and safest routes whilst the passengers and enjoying their time. No more trafic jams or late meetings. All thanks to driverless cars.

Driver licenses will become a short coming with these types of cars aswell. There would be no reason for testing to see if the driver can drive because the car will be doing the driving! The only thing you'd be doing is buying the car. Anyone, from elder to todler, will be able to get in the car and enjoy the view of the city as the driverless car is criusing about the streets. And as you are in those streets, you can possibly use other types of innovative ideas that have been implemented into the car. Voice commands, television, games,etc... They can all be placed inside the car to fit the needs of the buyer. All of this is possible because cars are so easy to modify.

When driving, you have so many negative things being pushed into your general area as you are driving. Civilians, clueless drivers, bikers, drunk drivers, and you, are in risk when driving. With the car being AI controlled, you won't have to deal with any of those hazards. If the car detects strange or threatening behavior in it's area, it'll simply take another route or avoid the danger. Driverless cars don't have to deal with emotion. They're not angry or scared. Driverless cars deal with the task that has been givin to them without hesitation.

Some will accept the future, few will become it. Driverless cars are nothing more than the surface of a brighter tomarrow. Better roads, easily accessibility, and fewer accidents are todays tomarrow. The more wider our ideas get, the better we become as people who inhabit this world. Driverless cars are one step into the future. Are you willing to take the step with us?",5
"This technology could help students,teachers actually almost every person on the earth ecspecially if they dont want to come out and talk to you usually means there is a reason ,they are depressed, just got divorced or maybe is just having a bad day but you dont know what to say because you dont know what their emotions are and you dont want them to flip out on you, I got the perfect answer use this Facs machine to see what the persons emotions are.

Therapist could use this machine to see what their patients emotions are and it would help the patient open up to the therapist because the therapist knows exactly how the client is feeling.This machine would also be useful in school because the teachers and the counclers could see what each student is feeling and itr would hep the kids who have bad lives at home actually open up and let the school personel know about it and they could get to the bottom of it.

The Facs machine would be an awsome invention to have because it does no harm what so ever and you can use it for good reason to get people who are hard to have a conversation with open up, Therapist and schools could use this machine to make sure everyones mental health is allright and people are not being depressed.         ",3
"Driveless cars shouldn't be countinued because they are dangerous, cost more, and only go to 25 mph.

Currently, driveless cars is that they shouldn't be aloud because they are dangerous.(paragraph 7.) "" this means the human must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires."" this shows that you do have to be alert but what happens when you are in a situation when it doesn't give you that notification that something wrong happens? that is going to show that the system is unreliable and would need more work.

Secondly, they are way too expenisve.(paragraph 3.)These smart - road systems worked suprisingly well, but they require massive upgrades to exsiting roads, something that was simply too expenisive to be practical. This shows that not only are the cars are a lot but it shows that a lot of work has to be done to make it availible to the highways which costs a lot of money which a whole lot of companies don""t have.

Finally, it says that it can only go 25 mph.( paragraph 7.)

"" the car can handle driving functions at speeds of 25 mph, but special touch senors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel. This shows that the car is very slow and won't work well on highways which have a speed limit of 55 or even higher.

In conlusion, driveless cars shouldn't be continued because they are dangerous, they are too expenisve, and they are too slow.",2
"The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable,in the article it is stated that ""The new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements"". Also it is stated that ""weighting the different units,the software can even identify mixed emotions"". ""Leornardo Da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscled precisely enough to convey specific emotions""

Another reason why the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable,because in the article it is stated that ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored"". Not only that but the technology could modify the lesson as if it was an human instructor. Another reason why this technology is effective in in the classroom is in the article ""The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive"".

The computer's also need to understand that most human non communication is non verbal there are muscles called orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus that makes crow's - feet around your eyes. But when you are not really smiling in a fake smile,the mouth is strecthed sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle,the risorius. These muscles clues are sometimes used to spot when a ""smiling"" politician or celebrity is fake smiling.

It is also proved that moving your facial muscled not only express emotions, but also may even help produce them Leonardo Da vinci's new software stores similar anatomical information as electronic codes. The computer know's how to detect happiness,surprise,anger,digust,fear and last but not least sadness,Also associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles.

Frontantalis pars lateralis musles raises your eyebrows when your surprised or shocked about anything while your orbicularis oris the muscles that around your mouth tightens your lips. With all that being said the technology in the classroom is very valuable because of all the things that it recognizes like confusion,boredom,sadness and even fear. Also this technology can even modifty lesson's as if it was an human instructor.                                                 ",3
"Venus the evening star since its the brightest point of light in the night sky. Humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world and each missiion was unmanned since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours and nvere touched venus in more than tree decades. The thick atmosphere is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide and the clouds are even more challenging since their is highly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus's atmosphere and on the planet surface temperatures average is over 800 degrees fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than we experience on earth and the environment would crush even a submarine. Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported forms of life and has familiar features suah as valleys, mountains, and craters and In conclusion if we could possibly bulid something to survive venus we could find some amazing things like if it ever ahad water and find maybe remains of past forms of life.",1
"How much value would come out of going to Venus? Scientists have tried many times to study Venus. Unfortunatley, they've always come out as failures. People could argue that the effort of studying Venus is useless and ineffective. However, scientists have little to no knowledge of how the planets in our solar system were made. Scientists could have more knowledge of Venus if they found a way to study the planet. The author of the article is right about the exploration of Venus being a worthy pursuit.

The author of the article does mention how difficult it is to study Venus by bringing up the planet's harsh atmosphere in Paragraph 3. Which further proves his point how valuable it is to study Venus. He also points out that Venus may have been a lot like Earth a long time ago in Paragraph 4. This doesn't just further our understanding of Venus, but it may also give us more information about Earth as well.

In Paragraph 5, the author mentions NASA's plans on how to study Venus. He does mention that those plans may have challenges fo their own in Paragraph 6. The author pushes to try those plans out in a realistic manner. The author being realistic with the reader, makes the reader want agree with him more.

The author backs up his suggestion with great evidence, but does it in a realistic way. He realizes how dangerous it is to study, but pushes for it by bringing up how little we know about Venus. The author's suggestion is correct and scientists need to find a way to study Venus. ",2
"If you were observing the road in front of you, not driving your car, what would you see? There's a chance you could see a car going 120 miles per hour heading in your direction. Would you want to be in control of the next thing that happens, or would u rather put your life in the hands of a driverless car? I am against driverless cars because they could be life threatening, the driver could lose all sense of ownership, and have problems with the driverless car's language.

Even if a driverless car has antilock brakes and sensors they could fail at anytime. Which could result in serious body injury or even death. For example, the antilocks could break and while that car that is going 120 miles per hour is roaring towards you, you could try to serve but you wouldn't be able to stop. The sensors could fail to work as well. An example, a child no more than 5 tosses a kick ball into the air and scrambles to catch it. While the child is trying to do so your driverless car is backing up to park and doesn't signal any movement. The next thing you know the child is hurt serverely. Not only could it be life theatening for one, but for all.

The driver could lose all sense of ownership. They could be so adapted to driveing a vehicle that sitting aside and not driving could effect them in ways some people might not realize. They could become depressed, lazy and the United States obsese percentage could raise beyond means. When that person becomes depressed and lazy they could forget about their daily needs. Having driverless cars could be a domino effect that has no good end.

The binary codes that would be used with driverless cars could be difficult to understand by some. They could have some problems comprehending the messages that are given to them. They also require massive upgrades, and that could take a toll on a persons budget.

To have these driverless cars could be hectic and outraging. They could

put not only one but many peoples lives in danger. These cars could destroy ownership, and cause money issues. They are a bad subject to consider. As the Constitution says, we the people. We the people should get a say in what happens in this world. We the people should take a stand. We the people should have a say, because it's our future.",3
"On May 24, 2001, scientists took their third photo of what had seemed to be a Martian Mesa, which had seemed to not look much like a human using their 3D camera to take a photo of it.

Look, as someone who's been a scientist for my whole life, and only researching on Mars features, I think I would know if there were any aliens on Mars. There have been a few signs of volcanic activity, and volcanoes on earth have formed something the exact same height. So I believe that a random volcanic activity is what has caused this Martian Mesa.

Besides, on April 8, 2001, it was proven by other scientists besides me that said it was a mesa, and there is on in in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. Which is a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa abount the same height as the face on Mars.

So if you really think that there is aliens on mars that created that then you are just absolutely crazy.

I have been researching mars my entire life and have found no tracks of an alien species, because if I had, I would have told you about it the second I knew. So if you really want to know what caused this Mesa, it was volcanic activity.                   ",2
"There are many advantages to limting car usuage. Many places such as Vauban,Germany, Italy and Bogota,Colombia have done things to reduce the usuage of vehicles to better things out such as air pollution. So I'll tell you about the advantages of not using a car and how these places in the world are handiling a problem such as is.

To begin with, in place like Vauben, Germany where the streets are completly ""car-free"" generally don't allow street parking, driveways, and home garages. 70% of the Vauben people do not own car. People who live here tend to be generally happy without having to ride a car everyday and constantly needing one where ever they go. There has been attempts in the past two decades to make cities dencer and better for walking and whatnot. A place like Vauben may have been like the most ""advanced"" eperiment in the usuage of cars in life.

In addition to Vauben being a ""car-free"" place. Paris a completly different place where there's a lot of car usuage from what I know. After a near record breaking record. Paris had created a small driving ban. So they can clear the air and freshing it. Motorists with even numbered licence plates were made to leave their vehicles at home and if not they would suffer a 22 euro fine. I'd imagine that there would be a lot of people fined that day and there was... Almost 4,000 dummys were fined. Thankfully at the end, the smog had cleared enough on Monday. Even in United States they are trying to make ""car reduced"" communities. Which is a very good idea to me.

Lastley, there is many of these places that are doing these bans and making care free places but we don't have to do that, we can always limit ourselves on were    ",3
"A claim that evalulates the pursuit of studying Venus despite the dangers ""Just imagine exposing a cell phone or tablet to acid or heat capable of melting tin"". also when he said ""Striveing to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value,not only because of the insight to be gained on its planet its self ,but also becuase human curiosity will likely lead us into many equall intimidating endeavors"". Hes knows this is a great risk but he still believes it could be done by a man and also thinks it would be worth it by acomplishing it.

An explanation of the evidence is when the text says ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should nit be limted by dangers and doubts but shoukd be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation"". The text also says 'If our sister planet is so inhospitable ,why are sciencetists even discussing futher vists to its surface?"". The author really wants this vist to planet to go on along with alot of other sciencetists and he keeps convinceing us why this would be such a good idea and not only because the insight to be gained on its planet it self but also fir the human curiosity.

There is alot for us humans to discover mabye some will be found hopefully some will be. There has been discoveries and invintions made that people never thought could possible and these things continue to happen as time passes by thats why believe in Venus trip I think with a little hard work this is totatally possible so theres no stopping the unbelieveable. Incredable remarks contine to happen each one sometimes better then the last some are not so I conclude that the future is abone us and so are bigger and better things.",2
"In ¨Challenge of Exploring Venus,¨ the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author makess it very obvious that he has a bias opinion on whether or not we should explore Venus despite the dangers it presents. We see in Paragraph 8 a statement made by the author that exhibits his feelings on the matter. ¨Striving to invent the challenge presented by Venus has value. only beacause of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travel on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation¨, this shows the author thinks that we should not let the dangers and set backs prevent us from exploring our universe and discorvering more about Venus.

Another example of the authors opinion is the statement made in paragraph 6, ¨Therefore scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks.¨ The author makes it obvious that he thinks we should not focus on the risks and dangers but to go explore the planet. This article shows us that the priviledge of studying and observing a planet far exceeds the dangers of what might happen if we do. ",3
I think Luke experiened wonderful and amazing things he also may have seen disturbing things like seeing the Acropolis in Greece that was probably amazing but seeing war results was probably very disturbing. I also think traveling months at a time would make me really anxious and board untill the games came in then that would have made a little less boaring but I still would have been a little anxious to get to where I needed to go. And I couldn't imagine going across the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice that is just absulutaly crazy I really don't know how he Luke Bomberger and his friend Don Reist. I did not know who these men were or what this story was about but after I read this story I now highly respect Luke Bomberger and his friend Don Reist for what they did and how many times they risked their lifes to save other people that were in trouble.,2
"I do not belive that the electoral college should be kept as our country's voting system. The electoral college is unfair to the people, outdated and is no longer a rational method to choose our president.

The first reason That I believe the electoral college should be abolished is because we do not get to directly vote for the president ourselves. The people currently vote not for the president himself, but for a state of electors who will vote for you. The voters can not always control who our electors vote for, so in some cases, our votes may not even be contributing to the election at all. There could even be a possibilty of the candidate winning only by the majority of electoral votes. The popular vote could be completely disreguarded.

Furthermore, I do not believe that the electoral college should be our voting system because of swing states. Most of the time, candidates will spend a large portion of their time in states that will have the best effect on their outcome. Others are disreguarded and will most likely be less motivated to vote.

Finally, the electoral college should be aboliashed because of the discouaragement of minority voters. If a republican were to live in a mainly democratic state, he or she may be not be motivated to go and vote because they would feel as if thier vote does not count.

To conclude, I beleive that the elctoral college is outdated and irrational and it should be no longer used as a method of choosing the leader of our contry.    ",3
"A great many people belive that the Cydonia mesa is created by extra-terrestrial life forms or 'aliens'. While this is a very popular opnion that appears through out the media, such as books, magazines, and talk shows, it doesen't seem to have the scientific proof the back it up. The Cydonia mesa was created though natural means and there were cerntainly no aliens involved.

Some people might say that NASA would want to cover the mesa up if it was created by aliens, which make no economic sense. If extra-terrestrial life was found, NASA would get sizeable grants from the goverment to continue with the space exploration program. NASA decribed this as a ""huge rock formation...which resembles a human head...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose and mouth"". There was no mention of aliens.

Many imaging devices were sent to find out wether the Cydonia mesa was in fact an alien artifact. Their names were the Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Orbiter Camrea, each one better than the last. Better camreas, better crews, and everyone was trying to figure out this strange land mass. This was hard, because it takes a long time to line up a camera perfectly with an orbiting, spinning planet.

Finally on April 5th of 1998 Mars Global Surveyor flew over the mesa and snapped a picture. No aliens to be seen anywhere. Still, people weren't satisfied. They protesteted that the picture was taken in cloudly weather and thats why there were no extra-terrestials.

On April 8th of 2001, a cloudless, summer day, they flew over again and snapped a picture. In this picture it was crystal clear it was just a mesa. There were no signs of alien life and nobody was able to dispute it.

There was not one thing on that planet that even remotly pointed to the idea of extra-terrestrials on Mars. Even if there was, NASA would report it as soon as possible for financial gain. The money they would get to keep looking would be sizeable. So they decided to look, and they sent up many camreas to get photos. All those photos proved one thing. The Cydonia mesa was created though natural means and there were cerntainly no aliens involved.",4
"In many schools the physical expression of everyones face doesnt really matter to a computer. The communication with students and computers is a bad idea because it won't have good outcomes to many people involved. The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable because it won't have any affect on the students, it will cost a lot of money to build, and it will be completely useless.

The use of this technology won't have any affect on the students. Many of the students nowadays will not be surprised by this idea. This explains why the use of this technology won'þ affect the students. Another reason, is that if the use of this technology goes to the schools many students won't care. This also helps explain why the use of this technology won't affect the students. The students and their physical emotions towards others aren't important to them.

Having the use of this technology in school will cost too much money to build. The cost's be a lot to program in each computer at very school. This explains that the school budget will be oout of hand. Also constructing a camera that detects emotion in a 3-D face model will be the most expensive piece to the computer. This reason helps explain why many of the computers would be expensive to purchase. Schools being able to buy this will cost way to much money and could even have a budget problem.

Also the idea of using this technology in school is completely useless. Many schools will have no point of having this being in their computer system. This is why many schools will most likely reject this idea. Another reaosn, is that schools will have no benfit of having this for their students. This is why having this new technology is completely useless. These reason show why the the use of this technology is useless.

The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable because it won't have any affect on the students, it will cost a lot of money to build, and it will be completely useless. The idea of even having this technology in our schools won't be good for the benefit of our schools and students.         ",4
"Is Facial Action Coding System, a program desgined to accurately predict a persons emotions from their face, valuable to use on students?

Being able to know what students are feeling could be important. A computer that is able to actively track your emotions and edit the lessons accordingly is a good thing. This technology is the next step in helping students learn and understand more, and become better at skills they once struggled with.

Students that struggle often don't speak up during class, and consequetly suffer on test and homework that follows. If a computer can identify a confused student and reteach the subject or concept, it can make a world of difference. Many students who doesn't learn a concept early in school and never learn it will struggle later on. The principle of learning is that a student is taught one level at time, each time building off of the previous level. The basic principles of level one are often reapplied in a more complex form in the next level or levels. If a student never understands the first concept they will fail at understanding the more complex versions of it. If this can be identified from level one, the student can be very much more successful and happy later on.

Facial Action Coding System is a brilliant solution to helping out students and improving the learning enviroment. If introduced to schools it can raise standarized test scores, improve the emotional enviroment. This technology will allow students to lead more successful and happy lives.                 ",3
"Driveless cars may seem productive and helpful. Driveless cars use technology for safety, seem easier for people, and watch out for drivers on the road but what if the technology isn't working properly? What if the smart car shuts down or crashes due to glitches in the technology? A persons life are in the hands of a automobile basically. With that being said, I am against these type of cars.

I believe that people have to be reliable and responsible when it comes to driving not a car. We shouldn't let a car take control. These cars may have sensors, cameras, voice control, and ect but when accidents happen can the car still be in control? No, the car ask for drivers to take control. Anything can happen on roads and cars don't have the instinct to get around everyday obstacles. I believe people need to focus while driving, learn their surroundings, open their eyes to mishaps on roads. Cars don't have the ability to be aware of danger like human beings do. I feel as if more accidents may occur if driverless cars are used.

In paragraph 9, it states, ""Traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times."" I agree with this statement strongly. How do we know driverless cars are reliable? Drivers may become careless in a driveless car. They may believe the car is in control but the car may make one mistake and suddenly, someones life could be taken away. Both the manufacturers and the driver is now at fault. In my opinion, driverless cars are very dangerous. The concept of these cars are high tech but anything can happen. Technology may fail and people could be injured or even die. These smart cars aren't so smart. ",3
"Against the Development of DRIVERLESS CARS!

Now why in the world would they make driveless cars? Can anybody answer that for me cause i want to know and i want to know now.They cant even figure out what should help the car drive by its self.So WHY? WHY? and WHY?

I got so many questions and one of them is.What would this car look like?Would it look like an old fashion car? Would it look like one of the cars from recent years.Or would it just look like a disfromed car.They say they got to put this and that in the car so to me it seems like the car is going to be a weird shaped car.Thats my opinion an dimma stick to it.

Now is this car safe?Cause to me they dont know what it is.They say it could be accidents and all that nonsense that i dont want to hear.So why would I MyKale want to waste money on a car that i cant controll and that i might get

into an accudent with.Cause I would never ever want to waste that much money on garbage cause theres no reason to.These car sthese day sare safe and i know all this.I know im not bout to to get in no reck and brake anything.Because from my knowledge i know these regular cars now days is safe and are under my controll.I can controll the car the car does not controll me.

A driverless car.Now like i said why would they make a such thing like that.What was going through they heads when they thought about it.Or did they even think on it.Cause to me they didnt.Cause i would never think of an diverless car.Its just too much to think about to much to figure out and how much is going to be in the car how is it going ot run.How fast will it go.How far until you got to take control.

If you going to make a diverless car nobody should be putting their hands on anything.To me we could be concentrated on our phones or doing some other stuff.But instead we got to pay attention the whole time just incase we got to put our hands on the steering wheel.But NO! i dont want to put my hands on nothing if yall want to make a diverless car make sure yall do it right to where my hands dont have to go on nothing.Its a diverless car right well get it together.

We shouldnt have to look at the road the whole time.We should be able to do something and look up and not be in a car reck.The car suppose to be protecting us and steering us to our destinnation.And making sure we get there on time.If the car got to go an certain speed and it makes me late.Im burning that car down for good.Driverless car shouldnt be making nobody late.Cause if so we can just buy a regular car and call it a day.

So to me this Driverless Car is pointless it shouldnt never been in they heads.Theres no safety no nothing.I just dont understand the concept of the vehicle.So me MyKale is not on the list of buying a DRIVERLESS CAR!",3
"I am full on for driverless cars because it would be a benefit to our world.In the passage it lists many details about how driverless cars would and can

function.Today Google has modified a Toyota Prius and it uses position estimating sensors on the left rear wheel,a rotating sensor on the roof,video camera on the rearview mirror,four automotive radar sensrs,a GPS reciever, and an inertial motion sensor.The combinatioin of all of this technology being modified to cars is necessary for the driverless car to mimic the skill of a human being at the wheel of the car.

Having Driverless cars could benefit us tremendously and keep us safe at the same time.They already have cars that can detect and respond to the danger of out of control skids or rollovers.With this kind of tech it can basically reduce most accidents.Driverless cars have sensors that can apply brakes on individual wheels ad reduce power from the engine,allowing a better outcome and can control more than a human being could manage.With just a little bit of improvements done to Driverless cars the sensors, computer hardware, and software,driving would be safer and could also lead cars to handle more and more driving tasks on their own.

Sebastion Thrun founder of the Google Car project said ""There was no way, before 2000, to make something interesting.The sensors weren't there, the computers weren't there and mapping wasn't there.Radar was on a device on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars.It wasn't something you could buy at Radio Shack"" Let alone companies are striving to perfect the best Driverless car there can be.In 2013,BMW had announced their development of the ""Traffic Jam Assistant"". The car they created can handle driving functions at speed up to 25 mph.The wheel of the car has touch sensors that make sure that the driver is handling the wheel.Today cars can steer,accelerate, and brake themselves so why not make it so we humans have to do a thing.

Options are being considered like having flashing lights on the windshield and other heads-up displays.While the Driver watches the road the car can watch the driver. Dr.Werner Huber, a BMW project manager driver said,""We have to interpret the driving fun in a new way.""In some states like California,Nevada,Florida, and the District of Columbia said to had led the country in limiting some use of semi-autonomous cars,some manufacturers believe that if more states soon follow

cars can be proved more reliably safe.

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company names Tesla has said to projected a 2016 release for a car to be capable of driving on its own meaning on autopilot 90 percent of the time.Cars like Merceded Benz,Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars created that can be able to drive themselves by year 2020.Soon we can start going out and not have to drive as much and enjoy ourselves more.With Driverless cars and technology getting us to point A and point B all in just a matter of years will be a piece of cake.With technology moving at a good rate Driverless cars will be the future.            ",4
"Dear, Senator

Keeping the Electoral college is a bad idea to do. We should not have leave up to the electors to make the final vote. The Electoral College system has the votors vote but not for the president, but for the slate of electors, that then turns and elect the president off of there own votes.

As a soon to be voter it will be better to let the voters make the desion on who our president should be. All Americans should have the choice of saying who going to be president over us for the 2 or 4 years. I dont feel Electoral College is needed in this case. votes need to be taking with the population of votes that are sumitted by us the voters.

The Electoral College was a good idea that we had been using. It consists of 538 electors but 270 electoral votes are required to elect the president. Less electors need to needed and more of the population vote needs to be added in to the final election.

After learning all the things i didnt know it was very interesting. I really think that by using our population vote will be a better thing to do. The Electoral College seems like a very dificult process. Hopefully one day you will change this process of how the president gets elected.                    ",2
"The Face is just a natural landform and is not created by aliens. First off where would aliens come from ? Before this mystery face they said it was not life on mars. As that being said how would aliens be on mars is humans can not ? Also , not only that as said in the passage and I quote "" What the picture actually shows is the Martain equivalent of a butte or mesa--landform common around the American West. "" It reminds me most of Middle Butte in th Snake river Plain of Idaho,"" says Garvin. "" that's a lava dome that takes the ofrm of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars."" ."" Also , Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped pictures ten times and thousand of anxious wed surfers were waiting to see the imagae the first image appeared on a JPL wed site , revealing it was a..... NATURAL LANDFORM. See there was no alien monument after all.",2
"In the French and Swiss borders, Vauban streets are completely car free. In Vauban Germany, enforcements are very strict on car policy. Some people even have to sell their car to move there. Although, car ownership is allowed, but it is only to be parked in large garages along with a home for $40,000. Because of this 70 percent of Vauban families do not own cars.

In 2006 Vauban grew a trend in Europe of separating Suburban life from auto use to ""drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes."" They called this ""Smart Planning.""

While there had been effort to make the city denser during the past few decades, Vauban had gave 5,500 home to residents, making it less accessible to public transportation, and less space for parking. This leaded to the making of the environmental Protection Agency. This agencies promotion was to reduce car use. In the result of the agency, 80 percent of appropriations have by law gone to highway and only 20 percent to other transport.

Germany doesn't seem to be the only one to ban cars. Driving in Paris has been ban due to smog. Paris banned driving due to near-record pollution. To confiscate, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear to air. Along with the driving ban, a fine was included too for some. On Monday motorists with even numbered liscense plates were told to leave their car at home or recieve a fine of $31. Odd plates would suffer the same consequence as well the following day. This all led to approximately 4,000 drivers being fined. After five-days of intensifying smog, conjestion was down 60 percent in the capital of france. No surprise, the diesel fuel was blamed for the incident. Accordingly it mentions diesel makes up about 67 percent of vehicles in France.

Gradually, in one week, the smog cleared enough for the ruling French party to recsind the ban for odd-numbered plates the next day.    ",1
"To promote, I would like to start off by saying I am one who is all for new technology because it is the 21st century after all. Technonlogy has become an everyday thing such as the iphone or even somehting as advanced such as CGI movie technology. These are great attributes that will help us learn and will help our future to further develope the technology we have discovered but for something as a Driverless car might be a little to dangerous for us just yet.

In addition to my previoues paragraph, I will enlist you on the negative outcomes of why Driverless cars. To begin the name "" Driverless Car"" is a false adverstisement because these so called cars aren't even 100% driverless. In order for these cars to work they still ahve to operated by a human being at somepoint why the car is active. In most scenarios the car can accelerate, brake, and even park itself without human interactions. For other situtaions such as construction blockinh you near by exit or a terrible wreck on your way home from the work,

the cars sensors will not be able to manuerver around the problems that lie ahead so you must then take the job at the captain's seat and control the vehicle yourself. Already we haven't even spoke about the danger of these Driverless cars and we are given many reasons to disagree with it's exsisitance.

Carrying on, cars such as the Toyota Prius have been Driverless cars for quite some time but not everyone wants to drive a Prius becaus may not suit their liking or needs. Therefore with this being said this is another negative outcome for those of us who want the newtest brightest technology and are disappointed because they don't simply make the technonlogy fit our needs. Also included in the Prius is tons of technology such as senors for parking and close bumper action, a rotating sensor on the roof, a GPS, and a rearview mirror camera. This car comes with many surprises and features that suit the tiny geeks in all of us needs. Even though this car seem very safe with sensors and cameras mounted at every nook and cranny, what if we were to get into an accident and the physical features of the car were repaired but not the technological features. What would we do if we had relied on our sensors to help us brake and instead of the car breaking it were to roll back and hit someone else vehicle? Also maybe the car could have a malfunction and accelerate instead brake causing an accident. Who is to blame now, th ecompany who made such a safe 21st car or the driver who wanted to be with the new times and have the the greatest piece of technology out there on the road?

With more to say, what are we do about the pricing of these Driverless cars? Sure they may be twenty two thousand dollars and that may be a deal with some of the customers that purchase them but what about the technology underneath the hood. Such as the radar which was a hilltop program just being discovered and was a very advanced program when first sought out by Sebastin Thrun. He was the founder of the google project and used radar in many of his cars. What if we were to somehow damage the radard and a customer used this radar everyday because they were a business man or woman who travled day. What would they do if this two hundred million dollar piece of technology broke. Of course it's just the program that cost that mcuh but would the company fix it or leave it to their custmor considering it's their car or ""problem"" now?

In conclusion, to my rebutal of the posititve outocmes of Driverless cars I speak about how if we were to even think of purchasing one of these vehicles would it's phycial appearance even suit us? Howevee if that doesn't change our mind about not buying one then maybe the type of protectioe it offers will because no ones wants to be hurt by something they absoulutly adore. With that being said we would most defintely not purchase such an item espeacially if the car didn't offer full coverage on it technological material because paying for an expensive car is enough, why woudl we pay for the technology they made to be fixed again because of their faulty work.             ",4
"Driverless cars are a futuristic dream for many people. But now that they are becoming a reality some people support driverless cars and some do not support driverless cars. Driverless cars can be dangerous and could fail and hurt someone. Driverless cars should not be sold or used until they fix the danger involved. Making them safe for the public to drive.

Danger is a big worry to the world, understandably to because many people die in automotive accidents. Some beleive that driverless cars can solve that danger involved in driving. But in truth it could be more dangerous than a human driving. The technology involved in everyday life can be troublesome and does not want to work all the time, so the technology involved in driverless cars could easily behave the same way. Most people have had a problem with their wifi or their phone acting up and not working before. The technology in driverless cars could just as easily do the same thing, and that could indanger millions of people.

Driverless cars take away human control and human error, but it gives control to technology and computers, in turn giving way to technology errors. Many people dont want their families getting hurt do to a technology error when they could of had control and been fine. Human control is very important when talking about families and friends. So until they can be absolutly sure the technology wont fail and can maintain control driverless cars should not be driven for everyday use. ",3
"The new technology that is called the Facial Action Coding System can ideed be valuable in a classroom. As much as we read emotions by traits of pysical communication, it can be difficult at times to identify mixed emotions or some that are unclear to identify. The Facial Action Coding System has the ability to read and calculate muscle movements with details like raising your eyebrows when surprised, titening your lips in anger, and such forth. With this new advanced technology it can classified six basic emotions-happiness, surprised, anger, sadness, fear, and disgust. As years go by technology is not uncommon in classroom so when a student is learning lessions it can help benefit on a deeper scale so the one can excell.

As said in the text, this facial reader could identify confusion from a students face when unsure of somethink which would be most helpful especially students who might be unsure to ask or so fustrated not to. This tehnology can be valuable in todays society to connect with students as we lead to a advancing educational system for both the staffs and classmates.     ",2
"The topic of driverless cars is highly debabated today, and will continue to be in the near future. Each side has many pros and cons that they can bring to the table but I believe that there is one argument that is bettere than the other. I believe that driverless cars would not serve a significant purpose in our society today for many reasons.

The name driverless goes to tell that a human would not need to operate the vehicle. This is not true, in fact driverless cars can not yet function without a human behind the wheel. These cars cannot handle driving in things like road construction or avoiding an accident. These cars can drive on the roads if traffic is not a big issue, or if there is not any construction or detours that need to be taken, but if you live in an area where these things are common, it would simply not be wroth your money to purchase one of these vehicles.

Another reason that i do not support driverless cars is that driving one of these cars could cause more accidents than there are right now. if the operator of the car is not paying attention to their surroundings, and the car cannot handle a certain situation an accident is almost certain to happen. Also, in the case of an accident that is caused by the technology, who is at fault, the driver or the car manufacturer? New laws wouold have to be implemented to solve daunting issues like these. Things like insurance companies would have to also adapt to these new cars hitting the road by devising new policies for the people that own a technologically advanced car like these.

Another reason that i am against driverless cars is that these cars could potentially take away thousands of jobs. If driverless cars can replace taxi drivers, thousands of people will be put out of work. These cars may be good for long road trips, but they are not as good as navigating big city traffic as a human is. Humans can make quick decsions and may be able to avoid these accidents. Plus, there is often road work being done, and can stretch on for miles, and humans can handle route changes and detours better than technology.

These are many reasons that humans are better suited to drive cars. Technology will continue to advance, and will get smarter, but will it be safe enough to use without someone overseeing it to make sure that no mistakes happen? This is why I believe that humans should continue to drive cars, and not technology.",3
"You should join the program called the United Nations Relief and Rehbititation Administration. Because the program is for countries that needing help after World War 11 was over.

This program will bring all the thing such as animals, food supplieds and much more to help the countries get what they need. You get to go on a cattle-boat trip to different places around the world that need help because of the War that hit those places. You get to feed the animals on the boat you have to clean the stales that they are in and you get to you don't just have to work you get to play different games and see different places.

This program will mean a lot to the people in the different counttry that you are doing this for them and could make you feel better that you helped someone in a different county that got hit by the War so this is a really good opportunity that could last a life time. So if you are a animals and traveling kind of person this jod is right for you. This is why you should join the program that could save a country or mutiple people.",2
"Chossing our President so be done by popular vote and the electoral college. This will allow citizens who are involed with the congress and who are not involeve to have equal say on who is president. So people might say that getting rid of the electoral college is the way to go because the congress have no say in the voting. The congress is part of the political system and they should be able to have the final say on who is President.

The Electoral College is a process where selected elector come together and vote for President and Vice President. It consist of 538 electors and majority vote (270) is required to elect the presient (source 1). With the electoral college there is a certainty of outcome . This mean there will never be a tie or draw. It is possible to have a tiwe because there is an even number (538) of electors, But for a tie to happen is very unlikly. (source 3). Having no tie will ensure that we have a Presidnet that a majority of the citizen and even non-citizens are happy with. Also, the Electoral colllege requires a presidential candidate to have trans regiona, all arounf he country, appeal. NO region north, south,east, or west has enough electoral vote to elect a president (source 3). This ensure that one reigion that ""favourites"" on candidate has the majority say.

It is possible for the candidate with the most electoral votes not win the national vote. This incident is very unlikly to happen but in 2000 Gore had won the most popualr vote then Bush but had fever electoral votes (source 3). The electoral college has been around for a long time. Many people think it is an out dated way for electing a presidnet and Vice president (source2). The electoral college has been a sucessful way to choose our presidnets in the past. The elctoral college avoids the problem of elections in ehich no canidat receives a majoirty of the popual votes. Many argue that the electoral college method of slecting a president may turn off potenial voters. But the people who do vote are people who wanr a express a political preference rather than people who want to think that their ine singal vote will decide the over-all winner of the election.(source 3)

When chossing a president remember that your one vote will not have a great effect on who is president but the electoral college does. Having both popular vote and electoral college vote will allow all citizen to be involed in the slection of your presient. Getting rid of it my allow more of the non congress citizen to have more of a say. The congress is part of our country to and they should be able to vote the way they want to.    ",3
"I believe the face ia a natural landform because other planets have rock formations that look like certain things but now that there is one that looks like a face they think that it is alien related. As stated in the text,"" ...few scientist thought that it was an alien artifact..."". There could be no alien relations to it. It could just be a rock formation that formed itself into a face over time.

As stated in the text,""A few days later NASA unveiled the image for all to see."" So basically NASA wanted to put it out in the public to get publicity and to attract attention. As stated in the text,""...it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars."" So as the end result it did attract attention and it became a pop icon.

it turned out that alot of people were wrong because as staed in the text,""...when the image first appeared on a JPL web site,revealing...a natural landform.""there turned out to be no alien monument at all. So most peoples theory about it being alien related was wrong and they found that out once they saw the website. It was just a unique landform on Mars almost like most planets.",2
"It's incredible how the technology is able to know your emotions. It's like the techonology is trying to communicate with us, but will it be useful for school and teachers? In this passage I'm going to tell you, why having the technology is valuable and useful for school and teachers.

The use of this technology that is able to read the emotional expressions of studnets in a classroom is valuable becuase it's important that the teachers know the emotions that her students. This technology can help the teachers understand the students btter for example, the teacher is giving a lesson the teacher needs to know if they're bored or confused so he or she can do something about his or her lessons.

If the students are bored then he or she can change the ways they teach, by adding some fun activities to try and keep thier students attention, enocourage students to learn and pay attention to what the teacher is teaaching. If the student is confused then the teacher can try and help the students by giving them more examples and talking about the topic more. Having this sort of technology is great becuase many of the students don't want to ask their teacher for help when they're confused in a certain topic. The students might be afraid that the teacher might get displeased or made fun of from the other students.

In the text ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" states ""A classromm copmputer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"". It says that the computer can read the students emotions when they are bored an confused, like I said before.

In conclusion, Using this sort of technology would help many teachers and many schools because they would know how his or her students feel. Also, help them with thier lessons and way of teaching. Creating new ways to teach and enocurage the students to learn and be in school.      ",3
"Humankind has always been fascinated with the concept of cars. Motorized vehicles that effortlessly take you from one area to another when compared to more traditional methods such as walking. Everyone wanted a car for themselves to become a part of the innovation. But as time has passed, we now realized that it was naive of us to think cars were going to revolutionize transport, as some of the more simpler ways of transport (bike riding, bus) outshined car ownership in practicality and efficiency.

Now more than ever, alternative transportation methods are being promoted heavily in order to reduce the amount of pollution in the atmosphere. A shining example of this is in Paris, France (""Paris bans driving due to smog"", source two), where the goverment took the initiative to limit the usage of vehicles to reduce the amount of smog in the city.

Paris, one of the most idolized cities in the world, was at a point where the density of smog and pollutants in the air rivaled Beijing, China, one of the most polluted cities in the world. However, after the driving ban in Paris, the city saw a drastic reduction in the amount of pollutants in the air, as it dropped down from 147 micrograms of particulate matter/cubic meter. Not only that, but Paris also saw an inprovement in car traffic, dropping down to 40 percent of what it originally was five days after the ban.

With all this in mind, how does this benefit the population without looking at the pollution reduction? This can also benefit us physically and psychologically. In Bogota, Colombia, a generally congested city, filled with traffic jams and other problems; Mayor Antanas Mockus promoted alternative transportation in the ""Day Without Cars event""(Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota, source 3). In an effort to encourage public transportation in the city of 7 million inhabitants, Mockus promoted an event in which the only form of motorized transportation available was taxi cabs and bus rides. This mean that the people took the opportunity to bike, walk, hike from one point to another. Subsequently, this also indirectly promoted physical fitness and a stress release for people wanting to take the chance to enjoy their day. As Carlos Plaza evidently states that it is a great way to take away stress, while on a bike ride with his wife. Colombia has also opened up new bike path, parks, and sports centers, which is all the more proof that this initiative is promoting physical fitness and psychological wellness.

One could argue that this revolution of alternative transportation could have negative consequences on car industries and other businesses that rely on personal vehicle, and they wouldn't be wrong. But this phenomenon doesn't necessarily have to hurt anyone, as these same industries can promote their time and resources on projects that also promote alternative transportation. Just as well, in recent years, the amount of people getting driver's licenses and relying on personal vehicles has seen a significant decline, such as the amount of young prople driving decreaed 23 percent from 2001 to 2009, or when a study showed the amount of miles driven by the average American peaked in 2005 and steadily declined since then (The End of Car Culture, Source 4). People started to see the efficiency of alternative transportation, and capitalized on the opportunity to make transportation more accessible to everyone. Whether its from the expanding biclycle paths in New York City, to the Bay Area Rapid Transport in San Francisco, these are just a few examples of the steadily growing list of cities promoting more accessible transportation.

So with all of this in mind, there is irrefutable evidence that the more simpler methods of alternative transportation to limit vehicular usage is more efficient and practical. As seen in Paris where the city saw a significant drop in the amount of smog the city contained. Or when Bogota where an event that banned vehicular usage promoted physical and psychological wellness. People opting for alternative transportation is the global phenomenon that benefits us in more ways than we can imagine. There''s no doubt that the older, more traditional methods of transportation out perform personal vehicles in efficiency.    ",5
"In the article ""The challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy to go explore from the dangers that Venus has. An evidence that it says that the author is supporting this idea is in paragraph five. In paragraph it says that "" Solor power would be plentiful, and raidiation would not exceed Earth level. Not easy condition, but survivable for humans.""

In the bottom of the second paragraph it says ""Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenge plant for humans to study, despite its proximity to us."" In paragraph the author is describing how Venus was like a long time ago, covered with large oceans and that it could of have supported various forms of life. The author also describes how the planet looks like today with rocks, valleys, and mountains.

In paragragh six it talks about how researchers and scientist are working on innovations that would make the machines last long enough while exploring Venus. Paragraph six also talks about how researchers can't take any rocks, gas, or anything that is from Venus, to no make it a risk and researchers can't take pictures or videos that well because the light of the picture or video cannot penetrate the dense of the atmoshere which is ineffective.

In the bottom of paragraph seven it says that "" Just imagine exposing a cell phone or tablet to acid or heat capable of melting tin. By comparison, system that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces."" I think that reseachers and scientist are learning more and more about humans going to Venus to see if it is safe to go.       ",2
"The challange of exploring venus. Exploring venus would be hard but not easy because of there weather conditions. Venus does have alot of things on there plant that Earth has also. Venus is sometimes the Evening Star due to the fact that it is the brightest light in the sky also making it simple for amateur stargazer to spot. Now scientist say that it may be possible to live on Venus some day but they are having a hard time trying to study Venus because of a thick atomosphere that almost has 97 percent carbon dioxide.

Venus is one of the closest planets to Earth in terms of density and size. One of the National Aeronautics an Space Administration are trying to send humans to study Venus. They are trying figure out a solution where the humans they send can be in a floating vehicle or some kind of way they can study Venus without Being on the plant. If they were to be on the plant they would be burning up because of how hot Venus is the degrees are around 170 degrees Fahrenheit.

Nasa will be looking to figure new ways on how to study Venus. They are working on making a some kind of object to go on Venus to see what information they can get. WHo knows Nasa someday in the future will figyre out more about Venus.",2
"Want to know what the advantages are to limiting car usage? In an experimental district street parking, driveways, and home garagesare forbidden from it. In Vaubans streets the are completely ""car free ."" He is an example of the growing of the trend in Europe and in other places. They seperate suburbs from the auto use as a component of a movement called ""smart planning. passengers cars are the 12 percent the cause of green house gases, and 50 percent in some car intensive areas. The enviormental Protection Agency are promoting ""car reduced"" communities and legislators. paris bans driving so they can clean the air of the global city. deliverey companies complained of lost revenue,exceptions were made for plug-in cars, hybrids, and cars carrying three or more passengers. A program that is set to spread to other countries, many columbians hiked, biked,skated or took buses on the car free day. the goal was to promote alternative transpotation and reduce smog. The day without cars is an improvement campaign. President Obama's goal was to curb the united states greenhouse gas. Studies show that people have been buying fewer cars and fewer license. Many sociologists believe that it will have implications for carbon emission and the enviorment. It could have negative implications for the car industry. telecommuting allows people to be more connected without driving to meet their friends. New York's bike sharing program reflect new priorities. Demographic shifts in the driving population suggest that the trend may accelerate. There has been a drop in percentage of 16-39 year olds getting their license. at the Moblie World Congress Bill Ford laid out a buisness plan for a world in which personnal vehicle ownership is impractical or undesireable. He proposed that the industry to create cities in which pedestrian bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a network to save time,conserve resources,lower emissions and improve safety.    ",1
"For the argument of ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"" i am against the idea of driverless cars. The reasons why i am against it is one becasue it is not safe. Who would be infault if the car was the crash with a driverless car. Also human drivers must remain alert in case needed to be tooken over.

Driverless cars are not safe! The only way a car and the person in it are safe is if there is a human driver. In most states it is illegal even to test computer driven cars. it is also very dangerous because whos to say that the care will funcation right all the time if there is not a human driver anything could happen. technology could go out and cause an accident. i just feel that sensors ans motions are not good enough to control a car we need actually people who can see and understand a car to be driviing at all times. also it could be not safe because whos to say that accident rates dont go up all becase driverless cars. Who would be in fault.

Who would be infault of an accident of a driverless car? That would be something hard to point the finger at the technology of the car could fail and lead to an accident. Whos fault would that be the driver or the manufacturer? If there was to be an accident the driverless car would not be able to talk or even tell its side of the story. it could even be hard to detect what casued the driverless car to be in an accident if that was the problem. Even for the human driving that hit the driverless car whos to say that they could afford the bill an insurance of hitting a driverless car. You would have to come up with who fault it was the human or the car. Humans reaming alert is also a problem.

If humans had to stay alert of a driverless car then they might as well driver it. Who can actually look out for such a car machine if something was to go wrong they woul need to fix it. in oder for that to happen you would need highly trained people to know how to control the driverless car. It is notified to tell the driver when work zones and things like that are ahead which can be a big problem. The driverless car could notfiy the perosn a little late. If the passenger has to stay alert the car is not as smart as they are making it seem and also needs to be controlled by a human driver.

i am still against Driverless ""Cars Are Coming Soon"". The resons why are becasue they are not safe, who would be infault of an accident, and humans have to stay alert. The driverless car need a little more improving before puttung it on the streets. I hope you understand why i am against driverless cars.        ",4
"Are cars even really necessary? Vehicles can cause a lot of damage to our ecosystem. Cars are not a must if wherever you need to go is right outside your door step. Rush hour will cease to exist if cars are not in use. Some advantages may come forth if vehicles were limited.

Cars produce pollution that endangers our ecosystem. Countries are taking action in order to save the greenhouses. Paris had enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. According to Robert Duffer, author of ""Paris bans driving due to smog"" he stated in paragraph 14 ""Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog."" Duffer also mentioned that Diesel fuel is responsible for this.

Why use a car if you're going down the street? In the article ""In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars"" by Elisabeth Rosenthal in paragraph 6, Rosenthal mentions that stores are placed a walking distance away rather than near a highway or somewhere you have to use a car to get to. Heidrun Walter, a media trainer said ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way."" Other countries are introducing this motive as well. ""Vauban (Germany) is an example of a growing trend... to separate suburban life from auto use, as a component of a movement called ""smart planning.""

Nobody is a fan of rush hour. If cars aren't being put to use then rush hour will fail to exist. Andrew Selsky, author of ""Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota"" implies ""... rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic...""    ",3
"The author suggests that studying venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The story of ""The challenge of Exploring Venus,"" gives us alot of reasons it's worth despite the danger it presents. Such as: ""not easy conditions, but survivable for humans,""(paragraph 5) But it also gives us bad reason. Such as, ""Venus has the hottest surface temperture of any plant in our solar system""(paragraph 3). This story could go good or bad for you.

In paragraph 4, it gives us at least 3 good reasons it's worthy to study venus despite its dangers. One od the reason is "" The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valley, mountains, and craters.

(paragraph 4). This is stateing that if venus has earth-like things it is worth the risk. It never knows if there is human life. Another example is, ""If our sister plant is so inhospitable, why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface?"" This is pointing the fact, that if it was actually dangers why are scientists discussing further visits. In paragraph 5, it claims that its ""not easy conditions, but survivable for humans."" A person is able to live in venus, but they'll take a risk. In the story it tells us that,""It has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere.""(Paragraph 3)

Another reason a person should study Venus is, it'll be fun to expolre it. In the story the author claims "" Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges od imagination and innovation.""(paragraph 8) This is stateing the fact that just because it might be dangers, we should'nt let us stop from exploreing it. Venus is just around the corner. It gives us reasons on why we should go. Such as, "" Venus, sometimes called the ""Evening star,"" is one of the brighest points of the light in the night sky.""(parargraph 1) This reminds me of my childhood, how i'll look at the stars with my parents and there'll always be a bright star.

In fact, the author of the story gives us both reasons. Both reasons why we should believe, its wroth the risk of studying venus despite the dangers it presents. This is a story were you don't have to feel against or for it.                                                                                                      ",3
"Having fellow citizens limiting car usage can have many advantages. Even though there are many reasons, a big topic would be because of the gas getting in the air creating ""smog"" or pollution. Keeping the earth clean but banning cars can make the enviornment a better place.

To being with, limiting the use of cars can be very good for our enviornment because it would make the air less polluted. As stated in source 2 paragraph 5,""congestion was down 60 percent in the capitol of France, after five days of intensifying smog..."" thats a big percent and with that we are making the earth green. France even tried to ban cars even and odd to reduce the pollution as being talked about in paragraph 2 and 3. They were being fined if they drove, that is atleast until the air cleared up.

On the other hand, banning cars or not driving is a silly decision. It may be good for our earth and our health, but if you need to leave three hours before hand to reach your destination on time, then you need to buckle up and step on the gas. If gas so so bad for the enviornment, then why dont we ban gas cars? There are many indrustries and or companys that have created electronic cars. Charging our cars many be difficlut for long road trips but there could be a slot for gas for when our battery level is running low we can get some gas to reach a destination and charge it.

Having fellow citizens limiting car usage can have many advantages, but also a few disadvanteages. Cars can clean up the air but also make us gasp for it. Having a car should be a choice we get to make. Having events and days where ""no cars can be driven or you get a fine"" is not needed in anybodys lives. What decision would you decide, having a car, or joining in on being green?            ",3
"Be able to detect your friends emotions is not that hard but what about someone you dont know very well? Being abble to hide emotions from onthers is not that hard, you van put on a smile and act happy around others and be different be yourself happenes all the time with teens and young adults. Will the machine be able to detect that? Or will it show the outer emotions rather than inner.

This may help a lot of schools witth kids who dont like sharing their feelings, but at what cost will it take fot them to make kids go out and do this? Will it be something thats mandatory or will it be a choice? Thats the question we need to be asking, will it help teens and kids overcome feelings they dont like sharing or will it hurt them even more knowing they felt something that they have been denying all along. Also how do we know if thats correct? In the article it only used an example thats not even a person who is breathing, they used a painting so why spend an upwards of 5,000 dollars on something that may or may not work depending on the situation.

Students get told all the time by teachers, parents, and a lot of other people that expressing their feelings is very important and to do it to someone they trust. Will this take that away the connection between two people sharing feelings, will we turn intoa society that relies on a machine to tell us our emotions? In mu opinion schools shouldnt make or even give this option to students it is giving them an ""escape"" to talking about their feelings, will it be worth it in the end? To turn our next generation that its okay not to tell how we feel. isnt that the same as being sort of ""robotic"". My parents stress the improtance of showing and talking about emotions and how it makes people closer, now they want to trow that away for a machine. I also see it being sort of like an alternative counsilier because you go see your counsilier about how your feeling and isnt that technically what this machine is doing?

We need to stick with human interactions, having that is what makes us a society of poeple who care about one another. Once you introduce something with more machinerey yo introduce more kids who are antiscoical and dont want to go outside or play sports. There is a time when technology gets to be too muchand this is one of those times. Lets stop it before we even begin.",3
"Is it possible to be too passionte about something? This author wrote an entire article on how challenging but worth it, it would be to visit Venus' crtiical atmosphere. How well does the author describe, or explain, their own opinion? They support this idea very thoroughly by these three things: The idea that life could have lived there before, the conditions are inhumane, and the fact that it could gain insight and can settle our curiosity.

To start, the idea that at one point in time there has acutally been life living on that planet is crazy. In paragraph four, it talks about how at on point there may have been big oceans like that are similar to the ones on earth. We think this because there are many rocky surfaces, such as valleys, mountains, and craters, that can only be formed from water eriodication. When you even look at it, it just look earth like. Obviously it has changed over the years but you can't rule it out. Is it possible there were living things on this planet at once?

Secondly, now the conditions are inhumane. How did they get that way? Paragprah three is all about what it is like on Venus. The temperatures now rise over eight-hundred degrees Fahrenheit. The air is absolutely unbreathable as it is made up of ninety-seven percent carbon dioxide. Not only is there carbon dioxide floating around in the air, the atmosphere is mostly made up of sulfuric acid which is very toxic to be breathing in that much. The air pressure on Venus is ninety times deeper, or stronger, than the bottom of sea level. If we even tried ot land on Venus none of the metals would last in eight-hindred degrees. There are also many impediments such as erupting volacnos, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting. Minus all these problems we would have to find a way around, the author believes that it is still worth it to visit Venus.

Lastly, we would gain so much insight and our curioustiy could be settled. Paragraph eight talks all about this and about how this could open the doors for us to learn new ideas and come up with new technology that could even help up here on Earth. They also state in paragraph eight to support the idea that despite Venus' risky conditions it would still make a worthy pursuit by saying, and I qoute, ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."" Which I interpret as do not let these conditions scare us. We are so smart and we can be creative and find a way around all of these 'problems'.

In conclusion, how opinionated and factual can someone be? How do you know to balance these two things? At times we have to be one-hundred percent curious about what we are writing about because you don't want to write an article on something you don't care about or find important. Overall, how detailed and opionated was the author? In the end, I think that the author did a great job at explaining why they think it would be a worthy pursuit. Do you?",5
"Studying Venus is a very interesting thing . He very-well wrote the article "" The challenge of exploring Venus "". He includes almost everything a person should and needs to know about the planet . You can tell just by what he has written that he is good at his job , and knows what he is doing. In my own personal opinion , i think he needs to add a little more detail and answers.

I happen to have a few questions myself . For example , how long has it existed ? Is it one of the oldest or newest planets ? Are any non-like humans able to even live there or would they explode from how much pressure/heat is on them? Why is it so hot there?

If it's not because of the sun , then what causes it ? I could go on but i think you get where i'm coming from. Because he didnt answer every question that could have been answered , im left with curiosity . Other than that , he did a very good job at explaining what happens on Venus . I also dont think it's very smart how he said "" Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation "" .

It seems to me as if he's trying to make it as a fantasy or a game . What happens to him and others that decide to visit Venus is a very serious and real-life thing. Some people dont want to die . The way he said it made it sound like he doesn't care , just as long as he dies having fun and believing it's an "" imagination "". It's definitely nothing to play around about , it's very serious and dangerous.

Peoples lives are at risk and i don't think they want to die on purpose. People have families and would like to live long enough to return back to earth to see them. They put their lives at risk everyday just to discover things from outter-space or things on another planet. This article is written nicely , i just think it needs to add more answers and be more live-like. ",3
"Venus know as the sister of earth. Sometimes called the ""evening star"" is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky astoronomers are fascinated by venus becaue it may well once have been the most earth-like plaent in our solar system. Venus has the a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus. Even more callenging are the clouds are highly corrosive sulfric acid in venus's atmosphere. This nickname is misleading since venus is actually a planet. Venus is very close to earth but there atmospheres are very diiferent. Earth can handle life but venus can not.

Earth, Venus and Mars, is our other planetary neighbor, but

they orbit

the sun at the different speed. Venus surface temperature average is over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the stmospheric temperature is 90 times greayer than planet earth.Earth, Mars and venus all three planets have diiferent speed to orbit the sun these diiferences mean

that soemtimes earth is closer to mars and other times to venus. No spacecraft can survive after landing on venus more than few hours. Reasearch says long ago, venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth. But today venus still has some featured that are anologous to those on earth. This information from the article shows how venus still have life on it very similar to earth. Even though venus is full of volcanoes it can still support life.

NASA is working on other apporaches to studying venus. some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the choas of venus's surface and have tested for three weeks in such conditions. to th conclusion o this article there are still researching about venus. however is it really similar to earth and mercury. mercury is more closer to the sun but venus have a high surface temperature but stills holds some life on it.  ",1
"The author details supports it's idea on the suggests of studying venus is a worthy pursuite the dangers it presents. In this passage called the challenge of exporing the venus .

venus is getting referred as earths ""Twinn"" over time humans have been sending numerouse spacecrafts to land on the cloud-draped world where no spacecraft is able to survied the landing for no more the a few hours . There a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxdie blankets venus in our solar system. But did you kniw the avergae temperature is over 800 degrees one hot planet. Did you also know that farenneit and the atmosheric pressure is also 90 times greater that what humans experience on our own planet . Notable venus has the hottest sureface temperatue or any planet in our whole solar systam. They say that the weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes powerful earthquakes and frequent lighting strikes to probe seeking to land on its sureface. Wow our planet is so inhospitble it includes valleys and mountains and craters . so instand od sending spacecraft out they used a computer that was made in the 1800 cause that computer that does not require using electroics this computer goes off on of calculations by using gears and levers modern computer are enormously powerful , flexible and quick to extreme physical conditions . Humans will likely lead us into many equally intimdating endeavors . to where it should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and invaion to the challenge of exploring venus.   ",1
"In the article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"" sounds very interesting, but my arugement on this is article is against it because it sounds very unsafe. What if the driverless care malfunctions and you arent paying attention and get involved in the accident? Will the company of the car help you or give you another car or maybe even pay what is costed for the whole situation? Probably not. Its not worth making or even buying one of the driverless cars. Even a car itself malfunctions.

Driverless cars can cost up to millions of dollars or even more. Driverless cars sound like you need to get one and leave the old one. The fact that the driverless car may be really expensive is ridiculess. Only famous people can afford it. Maybe other weathly people can. Not just anyone will be able to afford the car. Any person can afford a car at least that works even if it is an old car. Cars can cost lots of money when you can buy something else.

Many, many people want this car because you dont have to drive but when there is an alert you have to drive. Also it requires a driver anyways. Many people want this car because you can just get one and it will drive by itself so that person can get one his or her phone while the car is in operation itself. This is ridiculess! You dont need a car that will drive by itself so you can enjoy being on your phone. You can go home after whatever event you went to and get on your phone and enjoy it.

This driverless car is not always safe because it can malfunction and cause a really bad accident and it can injure a person big time. The company may or may not help you out in this situation. Why? because the company may think is your fault for not paying attention to the car for being on your phone or doing something else, when the car alert you. The car wont always operate on itself unless its monitored and controlled by someone. Maybe the company is right, but technology malfunctions all the time. It is even worse when malfunction on a car.

This article does sounds like it is a great idea to get a driverless car. Probably anyone may get this car. I disagree for companys to make this types of cars. They should even have a law for making driverless cars that can cause an accident or injure someone. What is the whole point of making a driverless car if it still has to be monitored either way. Doesnt not sound interesting or cool. It is a very dangerous idea. Technology wasnt made perfect and it wont be perfect either.",3
"If you're going to make a claim about something you must first have evidence to back-up that claim or it can't be taken as fact, but it doesn't make it untrue or true until there is evidence proving it. Instead of following what you think is true, which is based on opinion because you have no evidence, follow where the evidence leads because you will discover things that you have never knew before.

If someone is arguing that the face was created by aliens they will need evidence to prove that. But NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft, according to paragraph 1 wasn't taking pictures that were as sharp as ""Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) that snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos in paragraph 7, revealing a natural landform other than an alien monument,"" but it sure is possible that those pictures could've been covered up and are designed to look like natural land forms, as the conspiracy theorists are claiming because how could you possibly know what they did to the photos before releasing them to the public? But you will need evidence to prove that. In paragraph 10 the Mars Global Surveyor took another photo revealing a butte or mesa, landforms common around the American-West according to NASA, but again how can you take that for literal truth? ",1
"Venus is the second planet it also is the hottest planet which is never be touched i a spaceship since 3 decades. It is sometimes called ""Evening Star' becuase it is one on the brightest points of the light in the sky. It was often told that the planet Venus was the twin of Earth because they have the same size, they often send numerous of spaceships to Venus to see if it would work out because when they would send some it would always burn through.

Venus is a thick atmosphere of almost 90% of carbon dioxide in Venus. NASA's is doing investigations on how they can gp put some spaceships on the planet without buring down, so they are using high technlogy to go check the hot planet Venus. Scientist are working on approaching to study on Venus so they can be able to let people know more information about it.

Finally. Venus is a planet close to the sun, its even the hottest planet ever. Nobody wants to go to Venus because its hot and you can die by going into Venus and knowing that scientists don't want to go put a foot on the planet because they're scared they going to die or anything bad is going to happened.",1
"While cars are not yet completely driverless, the current measures ensuring the entertainment, safety, and almost constant leisure of the passenger provide a bright outlook for the future. Driverless cars are coming. Passengers barely have to intervene at the moment, and with the passage of time, the technology needed to make completely driverless cars will come. With cars already capable of 90% autonomy, it is not difficult to imagine completely autonomous cars, and considering the safety of said cars, it is unlikely that the law will maintain non-intervention on the matter.

Many wonder why anyone would want to drive a driverless car that still requires a driver, but the technology ensures that cars are neigh on completely driverless and also allow the passenger more entertainment while she/he is not driving. In-car entertainment in the form of Pandora is already installed in cars, as well as in-car texting. However, these displays turn off instantly when the driver needs to take over. This is not as easily possible with drivers trying to text with cell phones. The in-car system is thus both a safety measure and an entertainment provider.

Admittedly, cars are not yet completely driverless, but they are nearly so and it is not far fetched to believe that cars will become completely driverless in the future. The 2013 BMW ""Traffic Jam Assistant"" can handle speeds up to 25 mph, while also ensuring the driver keeps hold of the wheel and is able and ready to takeover should the situation require it. The cars can steer, accelerate and brake themselves, but they notify the driver when the road requires their skills. This begot the necessity of quickly gaining the driver's attention for just this problem. Cameras can watch to ensure drivers focus on the road and other technology also serves to ensure the driver's attention is on the road and can easily be caught.

However, the lack of traffic laws concerning driverless cars currently decreases the spread of use of the driverless car. Currently, traffic laws operate under the belief that human drivers are safer than robotic ones, but the safety measures in cars prove that said cars warrant laws to be made about them. They are not as unsafe as human drivers, and in fact can be safer because they make texting and driving more impossible. There is no longer reason for the law to call driverless cars unsafe, and it is imperative that they make laws concerning them.

Automakers continue to tweak current driverless cars under the correct assumption currently face are surmountable. It is already 2016 and Tesla cars can drive on autopilot 90% of the time. Thanks to the fact that driverless cars can already drive on autopilot 90% of the time, the only hindrance to the growth of use of driverless cars is the lack of laws concerning said cars. However, because the cars can be mostly autonomous and are quite safe, it is likely that laws will soon be made to cover driverless cars.",4
"My approach on drivless cars is, everything works perfectly, the car coudln't get better than that. It has sensors to notify you that there is an accident ahead, or a road blocik ahead. I got the following details from the passage. I would honestly buy one, it seems much, safer than the average car. When you drive the average car now people tend to get drunk and reckless drive. But the Driverless car prevents that because there are alot sensors.

I would rather drive the Driverless Car because it is much safer for younger drivers. The whole entire car is like a human steering the wheel, I read this part in the passage. "" The combination of all this input is necessary for the driverless car to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel."" So the car is like a professional driver. Drunk drivers would be safer driving the driverless car, instead of a 2012 Impala. The driverless car is a much safer car for the community.

I have came to my conclusion that the driverless car is safer than an average car. The driverless car can steer itself, the driverless car has driven more than half a million miles without crashing, and the driverless car mimics the skill of a human at the wheel. So the driverless car couldn't be more safer.

The driverless car should honestly have alot of buyers because it's a good idea, I would rather have my son safe then sorry between driving an average car and an perfectly tested Driverless Car. It just seems alot more safer, I honestly think with all the upragdes it needs it is definitley worth it.    ",3
"I don't think the use of this technology would be very ethical, when you think about the things that most people would use it for, because of ads. America runs on brands, everywhere you look, brand, brand, brand. I could be sitting at home in my Ikea couch, playing on my Microsoft Xbox, while listing to music on my Alienware pc, with Spotify. People could use this technology to shovel ads into your face, and they will. I do have another thought on this though, it could be used to help people in need, people such as abuse victims. A lot of people try to hide deppresion, and this technology could be used to make the growing suicide rate in America plummet like a bag full of cylinder blocks, in the ocean. Surely this tech is flawed in many ways as it is made by humans, and we are not perfect by any means, I mean you can't always tell how someone is feeling based only on their face. This technology, can be frustrating, as well as life saving.",2
"Living in a community without the use of cars can be extremely beneficial. It might seem odd to say such an idea because we have lived in towns with alot of car usage all of our lives. Heidrun Walter said, ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way."" Not having a car can be very stressless. This is because you do not have to worry about wrecking your car, keeping up with the insurance payments, talking care of it (such as oil changes) and eventually, having to buy a new one which can be very expensive.

Another reason why not having a car is beneficial is that it can help the enviornment. Right now, passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of Greenhouse gas emissions in Europe. This number keeps on climbing because more and more people are buying cars which just puts more gas into the enviornment.

An even greater benefit of living in a community without cars is that you can get more excercise. Sitting in the car everyday going to and from work for 2 hours is not being productive. However, in the existing car-free communities, all the necessary store are in walking or biking distance from the majority of the population. So, the commute to work for most people can be just like getting a daily exercise and staying in shape.

In conclusion, I firmly beleive that living in a community without cars would be a change for the better. It would help with everyones finanical situations and everyone would have better health because you would have to bike and walk everywhere. As of lately, it has seemed like less and less people have started to use cars. The number of miles drivn peaked in 2005 and has been dropping since. In April, 2013 the average number of miles driven was 9 percent below the peak in 2005.                     ",4
"Plan My claim would have to be that computers who identify human emotions would be a valubale thinkg because many students come to class felling down or sad sometimes and instead of them keeping i to them selves.

Somebody would hopefully be kind enough and ask if there doing okay or if they need somebody to talk to instead of just having to go thruogh it them selves, just like a child going thru depresion at the end of the day you want to look for those children and help them. But another think would be why would we need this in class instead of using money for this technology they should fix the schools and bring more learning experiences around the country instead of wasting money to see how somebody is feeling youll make somebody happy by just saying have a wonderful day today like the person grading this test i hope you have a wonderful day and i hope at the end of the day i pass this because its a big part of high school and im clearly not the smartest student but at the end of the day i get what i have to do done and dont complain but this invension would be a good project to go around at the airport or banks just to see peoples reaction when they walk in and as there going out to see the diffrence of there face reactions. the mona lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a smile while it shows how much this computer can do,imagine a computer that knows when youre happy or sad, thatll be really creapy once it knows how you're feeling.

LIke example ""if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen a similar ad might follow. but if you frown the next ad will be different."" this sounds good so when you want certain kind of apps to pop up but once the system knows how youre feeling is another thing instead of seeing how im feeling they should help out people in need who need the help to help them keep there emotions better, Also crazy how theis technology would make it easy for a computer to recongnize when a student is becoming confused or bored. My claim would have to be that I would wan this in my class or around my school beacuse i personaly feel like many students will come into school with a diffrent mood if they knew there expresions or feelings are all being detected, instead of them coming sad theyll probabaly chear up a bit since they maybe dont want anybody to know how there feeling and itll try to hid it and change there mood from what it was at first. This process all beigins with a computer that constructs a 3-D computer model of the face, all 44 major muscles in the model unit must move like a human muscles. Some coding system facial expressions that its going to be able to read is six basic emotions like happiness,surprise, anger, disgust, fear ,and sadness, many people are not gonna like the idea of this beause people don want to let everbody know what they are feeling or what there thinking of.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ",2
"Polution, the same thing that people have been concerning over and over, not because we can't change it, however because we can. In Germany there's an expirimental town where seventy percent of people do not use an automobile for transportation, also in Paris, France in order to reduce smog and polution. And even in Bogota, Colombia they are holding days in which millions of people go without thier cars.

The first thing about limiting car usage that typically comes up is, how would we get around? By the same means that a normal person without a car would, In fact German researchers actually attempted a study in which they created a small city that is only one square mile that houses more than five thousand people. by walking, riding a bike or skating +70% of Vauban's population go to work and school every single day without using a car. In fact, 57% of families living in Vauban say that they sold thier cars to move into into the city (Elizabeth Rosenthal).

In Paris, durring 2014 Paris repetitively reached almost record breaking levels of polution and smog. As a result of all of that smog, the city of Paris regulated the use of automobiles, this action came as a surprise to the nearly four thousand people that were fined $32 and twenty-seven people's cars were impounded due to how they reacted to the tickets. And as a result of this regulation, typically paris would have about 147 micrograms of PM (particulate matter) per cubic meter average per week, and because they regulated driving the smog levels nearly halved in Paris.

Moving to Colombia, the country of coffee and spices. In the city of Bogota the mayor holds ""car free days"" to reduce smog and the peoples dependance on thier cars. And in order to do so they premote the use of public and alternative transportation and actually fine all of the people that didn't comply a fee of twenty-five dollars. And even thought the fine was a mere $25 the peole responded positively and to this day people in the capital city of more than 7 million people continue to walk, bike and find new ways to get to work and school.

So all in all the tought of cutting back on using cars seems like a good idea that could not only fix the worlds dependance on oil and fossil fuels but also help people get back into shape.    ",3
"We would have prefer converting the Electoral College into a election by popular vote for the president of United States of America. There are sevral reasons why. We the voters don't really vote for the president we vote for a slate electors. If this electoral college system is still in use if you vote a president and your state consisted of 25 Democratic electors then Congress and the President will get 25 electoral votes. ""...those electors could always defy the will of the peopl."" (Source 2). This is absolutly wrong we the voters should defy our own use of will to which of any president we desire. By changing the Electoral College into a election by popular vote we can as well desire which president to proceed on voting, with any of the electors defying our will.

""...representative from wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, would have as mush say as the 55 representatives from california, who represent 35 million voters.""(source 2). This system of Electrol College gives no one vote there potential power of use. Even putting that many votes to just single only party for President and Congress, House's selesction will barely and im sure wouldnt even be expected to give any will to any one people. We the voters dont have as much power, ""when Gore had more popular votes than Bush yet fewer electoral votes, but that was the first time since 1888.""(source 3). Yet there are still more votes then the electoral votes the one that had more electoral votes and won, ffrom this there is not as much use of power on our votes, that is if the electoral wish to use to his own use, so why keep on having the Electoral College.

""Most states have a ""winner takes all"" system""...(source 1), this will reward any electoral, if they chose to the president that won of course. In the toss-up states voters tend to look closely in the campaign, these are the ""most thoughtful"" voters, it should actually be every voter but no its not, not even the ones who will be deciding the election. This is why i do not proceed on still having a Electoral College and changing it into a election by popular vote.    ",2
"I think that other people should join this Seagoing Cowboys program because then they can help people all around the world! Other people can be as helpful as Don and Luke. Oh ya, did I mention that you travel by horse! All you horse lovers, this is the job for you.That is not all though, you also get to explore the world while you are on the job. Did I also metion that you get free time aswell.

Luke's claims are ""I'm grateful for the opportunity"". Also that being a Seagoing Cowboy opened up the world to him. He was more aware of people and their needs now. Luke would want you to at least try out for the program to see if you kind of like.If I were you then I would sign up right away.

I say you should sign up. It can be fun riding on a horse all around the world.

You can go site seeing. Maybe even helpi some people.Like Luke had said, this is a once in a life time opportunity.And at the end of the day you can just think about how many people you just today.Their is no better way to end a day then knowing that

have save a persons life.                       ",2
"Venus, one of the closest planets to Earth, is occassionally called the ""Evening Star"". Humans have tried to explore Venus for many decades, but failed because of the dangers it presents. Researchers are trying to find better solutions to overcome these dangers.

Venus is a planet that is most similar to Earth. The author says, ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system."" (Paragraph 4) Venus has many features that are similar like those on Earth, such as oceans and there might have been plants or animals living there. ""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value,"" (Paragraph 8) Even with the dangers it has, studying Venus can lead human into many discoveries.

Landing on Venus's surface can provide better insight. The article says, ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."" (Paragraph 8) Exploring Venus may be dangerous, but it can help humans see beyond the impossible.

Venus is a dangerous planet to land onto, but it is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Venus can help answer many questions that humans have and make new discoveries.              ",3
"Have you ever felt like your opinion dident matter? There is lots of contriversey over the popular topic of the Electoral College,and wheter its good or bad. The electoral college is not an actual college, in fact its not a place at all. The founding fathers wrote it in the constitution as a comprisie between the election by the people or by congress for president. Some of Americas most iconnic people even agredon abolishing the Electoral College,and i agree.

In the system of the Electoral College the voters are not truley voteing for the pesident,but for there states elctors. The state electors are the ones who then vote for president. The electors can be anyone who does not hold public office. In simple terms the Electoral College is not fair to voters. The reson behind this is the winner take all system that each state has in place. So the canidates dose not waste time in states they know they have no support or chance of winning the popular vote.

A dispute over the Electoral College's final decision is possible,for example it happened in 2000. However it is less likely than an arughment over the popular vote. This is because the winning canidate's share of the Electoral College undoubtably execeeds the share of the popular vote. With the Electoral College in place some people dont even see the point in voteing.

Overall the Electoral College does more harm than it does good. America is supposed to be about the people, and we are a democracey. We should be the ones picking our own President by popular vote. With the Electoral College in place we are takeing more power away from the people and giving it to the goverment. It may be written in the constitution but its a new generstion and its time for change.         ",3
"The main advantages to limiting car usage would be less accedents and less polution. People dont really know about how many accedents and how much polution cars are responsible for.

to start off with cars can make you very tense and then posibly resulting in a crash. Without cars people would be less tense and be calm every day as they go to work. For example Heidrun Walter said "" When i had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way. "" In the outskirts of freiburg street parking, drive ways, and home garages are generally forbidden. Their streets are completely car free except for the main thoroghfare. Freiburg does allow car ownership but there are only two places to park, large garrages at the edge of the develoupment, where a car owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home. As a result 70% of the people do not own cars, and 57% sold a car to be able to live there. People now walk, take the tram, or ride bicycles to school and work, and yet these people are very happy about it. Planes are now taking this concept to the suburbs. They are doing this by putting new building walking distance from those people insted of the malls were people have to drive in order to get there.

in addition to people being less tense banning cars would result in less polution.  Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. After five days of smog rivaled china which is one of the most poluted cities of the world. Diesels were the blame. But finally on monday the smog cleared enough for the ruling French party to rescid the ban for odd-numbered plates on tuseday. This ban also went on to Colombia for three years they have been doing this and they only allow buses and taxies everyone else  gets a $25 fine. Eventually two other colombian cities, Cali and Valledupar joined the event. kids now are not even wanting to get a drivers license they would rather walk. these kids get their jobs by looking at the ones that are in walking distance. this is a very good thing because the less drivers the less pollution there is in the air.

in conclusion if we limited the usage of cars people would be more relaxed and there would be less polution in the air pluss people would be gatting exercise so people would benifit from this and our world would be much cleaner.    ",2
"In this passage, the author uses evidence to support the idea that human curiosity should overpower and enable us to explore the unknown and seemingly impossible regardless of the risks or repercussions. Venus, Earth's closest neighbor to the sun, poses one of these risks that could be overcome by desires of humanity. Despite its realtion in size and distance to Earth, Venus is much different and inhabitable for humans due to its thick atmosphpere corrosive atmosphere. Though it seems that true exploration of our sister planet could never be completed, isn't it worth the risk to discover as much as we can for the saie of humanity and its curiosity? The author of this passage seems to think so and does a great job of explaining why further exploration of Venus needs to occur regardless of the obstacles.

First, the author notes a specific way in which humans can encounter Venus' landscape and conditions that is both safe and productive. In this way, a form of spacecraft would not come in direct contact with Venus' surface, but it would hover above its atmosphere and be able to collect data on the dily occurences on Venus. This circumstance would allow humans to study Venus for themselves instead of a ship that would send data back to a base on Earth. The author also notes that researchers are developing ways to allows spacecraft to survive the conditions on Venus for a long enough period to collect data from its surface. Based on the type of technology that we have today, systems like these can be improved to resist the extreme conditions of Venus itself. If scientists are able to make products on Earth that could last through simulated versions of Venus here, then there should be no debate whether its worth a shot or not.

Overall, the author makes great use of the evidence they have to support the idea that Venus is worth exploring despite its obstacles. They also do a great job of looking into the developments and possiblities of the future that can further enable scientists and researchers to fulfill the desires to learn more about Venus. They wrap up their essay by saying that the exploration of the unknown should not be pushed aside because of the obstacles presented within it, which is a great overview of the side in favor of adventuring through Venus altogether.    ",4
"This new found technology is outstanding and can do marvellous things, however, it is not needed for students in the classroom.

I feel that it would not be as beneficial to students as the author makes it sound. At some point this technology may be helpful for counselors of schools but it is not for daily classroom use.

I am not saying that this technology is not an innovation. It is a tremendous breakthrough to the world of technology. And it could be beneficial to some professions and aspects of life, like psychology, but it just does not apply to students in the same way. The author says ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor"".

This is not true.

The only way that this could be true is if we replaced human teachers with computers, and that, i think, is a huge step in the wrong direction.

Technology is helpful to the world but to much of it may be a problem that is irreversable.

Furthermore, I think that this technology could be very helpful to high school counselors. With the emotional reader the counselors will be able to identify cases of depression or anxiety or other mental disorders found in high school easier.

In the article it states, ""we humans perform this same impressive ""calculation"" every day"". This is referring to the calculating the computer does. It says that we do that to which is true but we are not nearly as precise or efficient. That is why we need this technology or something like it for counselors, to lighten their burdens, but to also ensure that their job gets done.

Finally, I believe that the installation of emotionally sensing computers to every classroom would be a mistake. However, putting them in the hands of counselors would be brilliant. I think that the world should look into this technology more and decide the best uses for it. ",4
"They should not take the electors college away because some people need it and more then 60 Percent of people had put there lifes work into that.

They need all of the support they can get in this fight for the world its there world there trying to fight and protect from getting kicked out of the system. They deserve a right to this and in 1968 a shift of just 41,971 votes would have deadlocked the election if we didnt have the college. In 1976 a tie would have occured if a mere 5,559 voters in ohio and 3,687 voters in hawaii had voted the other way. The election is only a few voters away from a catastrophe if it dose not hold its self together in the elector college .

The electoral college is unfair,outdated,and irrational. The best arguments in our favor is mostly assertions without much basis in reality.

The first time a vote will not win the national popular vote. yet that has happened very rarely. It happened in 2000, when Gore had more popular votes than bush yet fewer electoral vote, but that was the first time since 1888.

In 2012's election for example Obama recived 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percdent of the popular votes cast for him and romney.

The electoral college requires a presidential canidate to have trans-regional appeal. The residents of the other regions are likely to feel. This is why we should keep or lose the college electoral for big changes and its like the winner take all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates- as we saw in 2012's election to focus their campaign efforts on the toss up states.    ",1
"One article say's ''Dose your expresion in the mirro suggest an emotion''? This talks about how easyer it would be to know how others feal. I think it may actiually be bad becaus some people like to not have there privacy invaded by other normal people using a computer. People like to keep there personal thoughts to them selves I don't like the idea of reading peoples mines. We should not do this becaus it might make things easyer at the same time harder. I don't think technology will make things easyer nomader what there will always be trouble.

The article is supporting this claim becaus they are curiuos and think things would be easyer with this new machine. They can use it to detect the fealings of old paintings like the Mona Lisa and they can use it on peole too. They want to use this for students they think it would help with there difficulties. I don't like this becaus too me it's like spying on somebody.

I think we should only use this for paintings like the Mona Lisa but not on people who are still alive. This would to me make people oncofortable. This is like invading someones privacy and being rude. Even when I disagree with this people will still use it all becaus they are so curious. I think it should only be used for certan things not for school or anything else.",2
"Have you ever seen or ever been on Mars? Most of you might have not, but studying Mars is a part of my job. I believe that the Face on Mars is a natural landform because aliens do not exist, NASA has proved that it is a natural landform, and it looks like landforms on Earth.

My first reason is because aliens do not exist. There has been much research in this world to prove that aliens do not exist, but still some people believe that there are aliens. Whenever something weird happens in space, we always have to say aliens exist, and there is a lot of proof that they don't. On Mars, landforms can change, just like any other planet. For example, in 1976 it started out by looking like a bump. Then in 2001, it warped into many different shapes with cracks or ridges in it, and in the end it turned out looking like a face.

My second reason is because NASA has proved that it is a natural landform. It says in paragraph 7, On April 5, 1998 Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. When they recieved the photo it revealed a natural landform. The picture showed the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa, which are landforms common around the American West. So, the Face was proved to be a natural landform in the end.

My third reason is because the Face looks like landforms on Earth. In paragraph 12 it states, ""What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa, which are landforms common around the Americian West."" This tells us that the Face is common and not a shockingly new landform. Also, in paragraph 12 it says, ""It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho, which is a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars."" So, the Face is obviously not a new thing, because Earth has a landform very similar to it. Landforms are made naturally and it takes many years to start noticing the changes in a landform.

Some people might say that aliens are real and that over the years they have been working on this landform. They could also say that NASA rarely goes over the Face because it is so hard to find, so NASA never sees the aliens because of this reason. This is all true, except that aliens are real; there is no true proof of knowing if aliens are real or not, but they most likely aren't. Also, NASA has proved that the Face isn't a new landform, but that it is similar to many landforms on Earth.

In conclusion, the Face on Mars is just a natural landform. I believe that the Face on Mars is a natural landform because aliens do not exist, NASA has proved that it is a natural landform, and it looks like landforms on Earth.      ",4
"My position on the arguement is, no, we shouldn't have self driving smart cars. The only reason we would have self driving cars, is to please the wants of drivers now days. People would get worse, and lazier at driving from lack of experiance. The self driving cars are not fully functional either. The cars need to be equipped with hundreds of sensors, and maps that would cost a great chunk of your money too. So, by the time Your finished with the making of the car, it would not even be worth it financially. The self driving car would be a mistake if it does get street legality.

There is no need for self driving cars, unless the people want that luxiory. The is not a fuction that the self driving car can preform that, us as humans, can not do ourselfs. The technology that we have in modern day cars, is almost as far advanced that we need to go, with the exception of fuel efficienty. The manufactures say that the dr0iver should stay alert at all times when they are in a self driving car in case of an emergency, but if we all have self driving cars and are not constantly testing ourselfs on our driving abilities, then how do we know that, when the time comes that you need to take over, that your diving abilities will be good enough?

The self driving cars are also still in the making of being, self drived. For a nessary self diving car, it needs a plethera of sensors and receivers. By the time manufactures do get all of this jammed into a small compact car, the price would be so outrageous, that is wouldn't be worth your money. So, in the making of the self driving car, it would be easier and cheaper to buy a manual car.

The cars themself would be financially irrlogical to produce. An estimate price to buy a brand new, compact car, is about $35,000. Thats just for the car itself. The sensors and receivers that the pland to put on the car, would skyrocket the price of an adverage compact car. Not only that, but im assuming that the cost of labor to make those cars, would also bring up the price. At the end of the day, your paying an extra $10,000 just so you dont have to touch the wheel. Your brain may say yes, but your pocketbook is saying no.

Those are the reasons why self driving cars sould not be allowed to be legalized on the streets in the United States. Not only would they cost more, but they could also Make your driving skills get worse. America should just stay with the tradititonal manual driving cars.",4
"Venus, sometimes is called ""Evening Star"", most people say that Venus is like a 2nd Earth. It was able to support life forms, like animals. Plus it's the closest in distance. People wasn't able to go on Venus because it's so dangerous. Some people haven't tried going there for three decades. But NASA,has a particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus.

NASA's way is to allow people to float above the fray of Venus to avoid the conditions said planet, like our jet airplanes. Plus at thirty-plus miles above the surface. temperatures would still be toasty around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth.

NASA is working on a way to approaches of studying Venus.

So, in conclusion, Venus can be explored if your above the fray of it. So NASA is gonna keep making sure that people can explore Venus without having to deal with it's Not so easy conditions.",1
"I just graduated from high school , my name is Luke Bomberger.

I work two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a bank. My best friend works with me , his name is Don Reist. I was working when Don invited me to go to Europe on a cattle boat. Why wouldn't I say yes , I mean it's a lifetime thing so why not go? World War I I

Was over in Europe many countries wear left ruined or tone apart.

Many animals where stuck with no home or food. The animals had no one , nobody feeder them. UNRRA hired ''seagoing Cowboys'' to take care of the young cows , horses , and mules

That got shipped over sea. Once Don and I heard about UNRRA we wanted to sign up , so we did. We really need more ''Seagoing Cowboys''. The amazing thing about working and helping these animals is seeing the happiness on there face.

Come join Don and I , I'm telling you it is very joyful.

You would get to travel on the boat maybe even see some

Tourist , or maybe you would be able to see the places we are going. Don and I have made some trips to Greece , castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on my way to China.

It would be a great , you would travel around the world seeing some amazing places , while helping animals and seeing the joy on there face. Who wouldn't want to be helping in the UNRRA.

Join now for a once and a lifetime chance!",2
"You should join the Seagoing Cowboys because not only do you get to help people but you get to see amazing sites around the world like I have and you get to travel all over the world. The text states,''Luke also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China.''Another reason you should join the Seagoing Cowboys is you also get to care for animals and bring food to them so you could get a bond with animals so it would be easier for your job of taking care of them. The text states,''They had to be fed and watered two or three times a day.''One of the other reasons you should join the Seagoing Cowboys is that you could have fun especially on return trips when the animals were uploaded.

The text states,''Luke also had time to have fun on board,especially on return trips after the animals had been uploaded. One reason I joined and you should to is you be can with you friends if they sigh up and you all can have fun taking care of the animals on the boat. The text states,''Luke and Don sighned up. Another reason you should sigh you is if you turn 18 and on a boat you have a chance To get to do that for your service so you can do what you like for service instead of the military. The text states,''When my draft board learned that I was a cattle-boat trip,They told me to just keep doing that for my service,''

One other reason you should join like me is that you could always be busy. The text states,''Caring for the animals during the crossings kept Luke busy. One important reason you should join is it can toughen you up because of how much you have to carry like the oats and hay. text states,''Bales of hay and bags of oats had to be pulled up from the lower holds of the ship.''One reason I joined and you should to is that you can also feed and water the animals so you can learn responsibility and know what to do with animals.

The text states,''They had to be fed and watered two or three times a day.''One exiting reason you should join and I did is you get to see many countrys and their sites which are very beautiful. The text states,''Besides helping people I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China.''Another reason you should join to is you get the benefit of helping people in need and you know you did the right thing and that is a great thing to do. The text states,''It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs,''

One other reason I joined and you should is you get to be with a lot of other people and it is very wonderful to get the good feeling because you helped someone. The text states,''To help these countries recover their food supplies animals,and more,44 nations joined together to form UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administation).One other reason I joined is you get to take of young animals and ship them over seas and you just get to encounter many different animals. The text states,''UNRRA hired ''Seagoing Cowboys''to take care of the horses,young cows,and mules that were shipped over seas.''The last reason you should join is you get the pleasure of feeling good because you know you did something right by helping these country's in need. The text states,''It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs,''",3
"Limiting car usage can affect our enviroment in so many ways. Although you may have not ever thought about it before, limiting car usage can help not only our enviroment, but ourselves as well. Let's talk about what can happen if we ditch our vehicles.

People in Germany have completely given up their cars for the most part already. Since most of their residents are suburban pioneers, they find almost no point of even owning a car. Here in America we use cars for transportation (for almost everything)! In Germany, many have admitted that owning a car makes them stressd. Heidrun Walter who is a media trainer said, ""I'm much happier this way."" The trend of not owning a car isn't just growing in Europe. Lot's of families from Chicago are abandoning their cars as well.

The city of Paris has banned driving for a good enviromental reason. There has been so much pollution in the city from smog that there was a driving ban to clear the city's air. If anyone is caught driving, they are sent a fine of 22-euro, which is $31 here in the US. Although this may seem like a harsh punishment, it has helped Paris overcome a lot of its smog. The only exceptions when it comes to driving are delivery companies and public transit.

Bogota, Columbia has jumped on the bandwagon along with many other places. This country put a ban on cars to prevent smog as well. There was a huge turnout on their part for doing this. Buisnessman Carlos Arturo Plaza stated, ""It's a good oppurtunity to take away stress and lower air pollution."" Ever since the day where they banned cars for a short period of time, there has been many other new advancements in their society. Parks and sports centers have spread throughout the city, uneven sidewalks have been replaced, rush-hour restrictions have drastically cut traffic, and new restaurants/upscale shopping districts have opened up.

Last, limiting car usage also has a great effect when it comes to getting rid of greenhouse gas emissions. Research has suggested that Americans are now buying fewer cars, fewer licenses, and overall driving less. It seems as many people are starting to open up their eyes and realize all of the long term effects that come with car overusage. Article 4 clearly states that many sociologist believe that if this pattern persist, it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the enviroment. It is said that creating cities in which pedestrian, bicyle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to not only save time and conserve resources, but also lower emissions and improve our safety.

All in all, there are many advantages when it comes to limiting car usage. We can help dramatically improve our enviroment and safety. More people should take into consideration about being more conservative when it comes to transportation. We can work around a lot of it by simply walking or riding our bikes short distances rather than wasting a lot of energy with cars.    ",4
"I feel like driverless cars are a great idea. It's truly great from how i see it a sign of the future. People should really see this on a positive note, you get so much from a driverless car. Driverless car is the future of things it is for the better of mankind. Hopefully people see it the way i see it.

You get so much from a driverless car don't know why some states would outlaw the use of driverless cars I could see why they would worry, for the pedestrians, drivers, and passengers. cause after all safety is the most important but if they would actually overlook the bad consiquences and see driverless car use isn't bad. After all the way the driverless cars are being made now are way more safer with all new features. All these car companies making driverless cars I'm pretty sure they're making it way safer. The law should be taking out of these states and see how safe driverless cars are.

The driverless car has all these great features that I do not understand why some would be against it. For example, BMW announced the development of "" Traffic Jam Assistant"". Which means that the car can handle driving funtions at speed up to 25 mph, but the touch sensors it has make sure the driver has their hands on the wheel. It's come pretty far to where the car can steer, accelerate and brake themselves. Also GM

has developed driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is about to back into an object. Also thoughts of some manufacturers consider using camers to make sure the driver is focused on the road.

The future is near with how it's come from driving to driverless cars. all the technology going into this car and off like the specially designed roads for specially designed cars. also car manufacturers like Audi, Mercedes Benz, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020. That is coming soon we're in the year 2016 and it's just 4 more years away the future is calling. Driverless cars are just the beginning of the future nothing better than that.

In conclusion I am all for driverless cars like I've said it's a great Idea. With all the technology in the self driven car and the beauty in it. Sure some states and people are against it with worrying about safety and thats understandable but soon they'll see all the good a self driven car can be and some states will go down on that law. Also like i said it is the future for driving and we'll need to adapt we always have and i know we''ll adapt to driverless cars. I approve driverless cars.",4
"Venus is the second Planet closet to the sun. In the article, ""The Challenge Of Exploring Venus,"" The author gives a brief description about the planet Venus and why scientists are so fascinated to actually explore the planet. The author explains, it is the closest distance, more Earth-like than any other planet, and producing a safer way to explore venus closer to back up his statement that it is a worthy pursuit.

First, the author describes that venus is closer to Earth, despite mars. The author suggest that it would be easier to travel a shorter distance and they can find out a lot more about Venus. The author states, ""Because Venus is sometimes right around the corner-in space terms- humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world."" In other words, scientist can easily send there technology to venus, since venus is Earth's neighbor and can find information very quickly. A second example from the article, states that even though venus and Earth are neighbors, Venus is a challenging planet to study.

Venus is the closest planet to Earth and prove that exploring Venus is a worthy pursuit, However Venus is known as Earth twin which boost scientists curiousity.

Second, Venus is more like Earth than any other planet in the solar system. Scientist suggest than Venus shows some identical characteristic with Earth based off there information. The author states, ""Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have suppoted various forms of life, just like Earth."" In other words, scientist and astronomers believe that Venus is more suitable for humans to explore based off the common characteristcs it shares with Earth. A second example in the article, says that Venus has mountians and rocky surfaces that resemble the ones on Earth. Scientist have found common characteristcs with Earth and reasonable ways to explore venus, However actually appraoching venus will provide a lot a safey due to it's condition.

Finally, NASA has ideas to send humans to land on venus safely and return safely. NASA provided solutions to maintian on Venus through hostile conditions, such as the temperture. The author states, ""NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray."" In other words, they could provide a vehicle like spaceship could protect explores from Venus's atomsphere. A second example says that staying high up while in venus, could avoid danger on the ground or surface. NASA has boosted up the possibly rate to safely explore Venus, Which only leaves astronomers and scientists determined.

Due to the dsitance, common characterists, and Safe conditions, this shows why studying Venus is a worthy pursuit. You can conclude that this only leaves scientist hungry and determine to explore another planet. These ideas prove that it is possible to explore, despite it's dangers.      ",4
"Since I have been there before and traveled many of times I could tell you it was a great opportunity to help other people and see famous structures,buildings, and cities. I think that more people should help because it is for a good cause and we need more people. Another reason as to why I say that is because it can be better pay than most jobs and believe it or not can be fun. You may be thinking how is it fun to be in a ship for months and weeks at a time, well on the way back when there are no animals in the storage area that we keep them in we can play games like Baseball,Volleyball,Table Tennis,Fencing,and Boxing.

Also, you get a great opportunity to see famous buildings,cities,structures,and landmarks like for example I have seen the Acropolis in Greece, I have taken a Gondola ride in Venice, Italy (which was like a city with streets full of water), and the Panama Canal and many more.

If you decide to join i would be very glad and hope to meet you there just rember all of the opportunity you may have there and you may be saving peoples lives. Also, are you working at a place that doesn't pay good thsi would be better because you can be away at sea for awhile and have no bills you would have food provided and water. I hope to see you there and I hope you make a difference.   ",2
"The studying of Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The studys of Venus has almost the same features of Earth, using old technology that could help, and might danger humans.

One of the reason studying of Venus is a worthy prusuit despite the danger it presents because it might almost- like features of Earth, but its hard to get close to Venus to see if its true. For example,"" On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degress Fahrennheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than whatwe experience on our own planet""(3). This explain that its too dangers to see if Venus has almost the same the features of planet Earth.

Another reason worthy prusuit depite the danger is using old technology fromt he pass. From the article,"" the thought of computers existing in those days may sound shocking, but these devices make calculations by using gears and lever and do not require electronies at all"" (7). This quite says that even tho NASA might use old technology from the past that technology don't require electronies from today. It's hard to use old technologly from the past with new things.

The author of ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" that studying Venus is worthy pursuit depite the dangers it presents. Useing old technology and seeing if Venus has almost the same featuresas Earth.      ",3
"Dear state senator of Florida ,

I beleive that we should get rid of the Electoral College. It may have been good and all back in the old days, but the Electoral College does not many voters the passion to vote today. We should abolish the Electoral College beacuse it will encourage more people to vote and it is on the brink of catastrophe.

To begin with, if we get rid of the Electoral College it will encourage more people to vote for Presidident. For example, as seen in the article, Republicans in California realize that their vote does not matter because Democrats tend to dominate in that state. The same can be said for Democrats in Texas who beleive their vote does not matter because Republicans dominate in that state. However, if the U.S had a popular vote, voters may think that there vote may mean more and will be encouraged to go out and vote for the President.

On the other hand, you may argue that the Electoral College helps America have a better President beacuse in order to win you must do so in all regions of the country. For example, Mitt Romney won pretty much the whole south region back in 2012 but did not become President because he did not gather enough Electoral Votes. Barack Obama had a more widspread tally of votes. But he counter to that he did win California which gave him 55 extra votes.

Secondly, the Electoral College is on the brink of a amjor catastrophe and must be changed before it happens. In paragrah 12, you see that just 5,559 votes that voted the opposite canidate would have made it a tie. That would be chaos. Because then the Electors of the Electoral College can then basically choose whoever they for President and not by what the people want.

In conclusion, we should abolish the Electoral College in order to encourage more people to vote and to stop a catastrophe that is bound to happen soon. Acorrding to a Gallup poll done in 2000, over 60% over the American people would rather have a popular vote. This just prooves that the Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational.

From your friend,

Adam Solis                               ",3
"My opinion on driveless cars are that the are unsafe and not useful in anyway for my perspective.

They say driveless but yet have to be controled once the car realises it can't do a task so turns over to the driver for help.""Google cars aren't truly drivless; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in andout of drivways or dealing with complicated traffic issues as navigating through roadwork or accidents."" They say we still need to take controll of a car that is suposavly drivless; how can a car be drivless if it can't even back out or pull in a drive way without having human help(?)

We must remain alert at all times while driving,'They can steer,accelerate,and brake themselves,but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills,such as navagating through work zones and around accidents. This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situatin requires."" so why would we have a self driving car when we can just be alert on our own and drive our selfs. If we have self driving cars people aregonna think its ok to just go to sleep or something stupid as texting. The car is going and your texting it alerts you to take over but you dont know becuase your not paying attention. So their for self driving cars can be more hazerdous (in my case).It is best for you to pay attention full time not just when situations get tough.

I beleive the car is unsafe and not cappible of living up to its full name yes it can do certant things but not fully go on its own; it is unsafe and illegal in countrys. ""manufacturers believe that more states will follow as soon as the cars are proved more reliably safe."" So from my perspective the car isnt as safe as people think.

The technology may not work as certaint times so their for it may cause accidents without giving you any warnings. Whos fault would it be if a accident happend?""If the technology fals and someone is ijured, who is at fault the driver or the manufacture?"" I believe it would be the manufacturers fault because they biult and places the technology in the car but yet still had an accident happen.

MY resons to why i thinmk the ""driveless"" car is a bad idea may cause technology problems,whont drive on its own(fully),may cause people to fully not pay attention to the road, and we must be alert at all time reguardless if you are gonna cause an accident or if th person next to you dose so you can take a faster reaction.        ",4
"Many people believe that driverless cars would be a good idea. They believe that is would help drivers be more safe while driving because their car would be in charge of the driving and the person behind the wheel would have no control, unless they wanted it. Scientists believe it would prevent more car wrecks and other accidents that have to do with cars. Driverless cars are a good idea.

The text states, ""The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone."" Many believe that driverless cars could save us from more wrecks and other kinds of accidents because the car could react faster that the person in control of the car. The car could handle everything from backing up, pulling in, maneuvering through traffic jams, going up and down hills, and just driving across town. These cars would make everyday driving routes a lot more safer for everybody.

These cars would also have an off option. The text states, ""Some manufactureers hope to do that by bringing in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays. Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over-something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone. In this way, the in-car system is actually a safety feature, and safety is a big concern."" The driver could turn the auto drive on when they are tired and do not want to focus as much on the road. They would put their lives in the cars hands. But also, they could turn the auto drive off so they can be in charge of the road. Usually people would do this when they are in traffic and are ranging speeds from ten to thirty miles per hour. The the person might feel safer because they are in charge of where they go and how fast they are going.

The way these cars would work would be by sensors in the roads and on the front, or under the car. The sensors would tell the car what is ahead and what the car or the driver should prepare for. The text states, ""Google's modified Toyota Prius uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS reciever, and an inertial motion sensor. The most important bit of technology in this system is the spinning sensor on the roof."" All of these things are what helps the car keep the passengers safe and the other people that are on the road safe too. Sensors have came a long way since the 1980s. After about ten years, the sensors have grown tremendously. They are capable of so much more now that they are more technologically advanced.

Some do belive that these cars are not a good idea. These cars could be very expensive. They would have brand new technology. Also, the safety of the cars are a big question. The text states, ""If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?"" This is a big question. The car could make a mistake because of a glitch or something else, and it could cause you to be involved in a wreck. The cars are supposed to prevent these types of things, but you never know with technology.

Self driven cars are soon to be forgotten. Scientists are working hard everyday to advance the technology we have to make the roads and other places safer for all. These cars could save people all the way from life threatening wrecks to hitting our trach can while backing up out of your driveway. These cars are going to be the next big thing.        ",5
"There was one cloudy morning in a Monday afternoon. The day was a busy day. It came to Tamala's (one of Professer's scientists) attention about the ""The Face on Mars"". She showed the scientist, Professer Lryc while she was observing a sick frog, new high-resoultion images and 3D altmetry from NASA's Mars Global Survey spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: A mesa.

""What is this that you are showing me?"", said Professer Lyrc

""Well, said Tamala. This is Viking photos from a Mars Global surveyor from 1976, 1998, 2001.""

Professer looks puzzled. It came to her attention that she learned about this from college. She remembers that she did a project on this long time ago.

""Very interesting, said Professer. I think we should have a discussion about this.""

""You think."", said Tamela

""Yes, because this is very interesting.""

So, Tamela called everyone to come to the court room to discuss the interesting news.

"" Ms.Tamela, I was really trying to get my project over with."", said Niguel

"" No time for that right now Niguel, said Professer. We have some business to discuss. Now Ms. Tamela has some business to tell you. And it is very interesting.""

""So, you know I was looking all over the internet about Mars, said Tamela. And I have found this."" Tamela struggles to turn the projector on. After a couple of seconds it show the photos. The visitors were looking surprised and confused.

""That looks familar."" said Niguel.

""Very familar. Is it the...the...um?', Sam hesatated.

""Face on Mars?"", said Dave.

""Yes, it is. Thanks Dave. said Tamela. So I've called everyone here because...I believe this is real."" Everyone gasp.

"" How can you prove that, Ms. Tamela."", said Professer.

""Well, Professer, Tamela explains. Twenty-five years ago something funny happened around Mars. NASA's VIking 1 spacecraft was circling the planet, snapping photos of possible landing sites for its sister ship Viking 2, when it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face. An enormous head nearly two miles from end to end seemed to be staring back at the cameras from a region of the Red Planet called...Cydonia.""

""Wow, so that's what you researched."", said Professer.

"" Basically, Tamela said. The ""Face on Mars has since become a pop icon. It has starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazine, radio shows, even haunted grocery checkout lines for 25 years!""

""Oh really."", said Professer.

""Some people think the Face is ""bona fide evidence of life on Mars-evidence that NASA would rater hide."", said Tamela.

Professer looks surprised. "" Any final words. Because I have a class in four minutes."", said Professer.

""Oh, what the picture acutally shows is the Martian equivalent of a buttle or mesa-landforms common around th American West. That's what I've learned.""

""Okay, round of applause.""

Everyone claps. Tamela really gave some good interesting news.    ",2
"Drivelesss cars should not continue to develop. There are many reason for it,and three of the could be that it can still cause problems on the road even though it been developed fully. Even though its been fully developed not everyone is okay with it. The driveless cars can also take away the experiance way from a young adult wanting to drive their own car. These are only some reasons driveless cars should not be developed even more.

One reason is that driveless cars can be a problem on the road because yet being fully develop there is a possiblity something could go wrong with it. On the road anything is possible and it will come when least expected. Maybe with all this developing in it it can cause a greater damage then a regualar car would. In the article they talk about who's fault it would be if something would go wrong with it. The people driving it should not have to take the fault for because they didn't make. Yet they would only by it because of what the manufatures say about they will try persuading the people to by it.

Another reason is that not every state is okay with this because they might know the damage these driveless cars are capable of doing. With not every state okay with it, the manufactures could have a less chances of selling much of thses cars. In the article they only talk about four places that have considerer the driveless. They would also have to have new laws in order to over they rules of the driveless cars.

A third reason is that driveless cars would take way learning expireances from young adaults that would actually like to drive their own car. In the article paragraph eight they say ""We have to interpret the drivnig fun in a new way.""This is like say you can as well stay home and do nothing. When you drive you can learn many things like road signs and road name without even knowing it. Something they also talk about is about driveless cars bieng safe because peole will be able to text on their cell phones while driving. This is not okay maybe the only way some poeple can stay off their phones is when they are driving and they are trying to take that way. People can as well just stay home and be on their phones all the time and text all the time. This car would probably just make people more lazy.

With all these negative things that could happen with this car is why it shouldn't be developed. They can be a problem on the road,not every state is okay with it and they could take away driving experiance from young adults that would like to drive their own car. There are many other reason out there for this car not to be developed even more. It would just probably just cause more problems in place were there is plenty of problem. This is why driveless cars should not be developed more then they already are.",4
"In this article the author explains how it would be a worthy pursuit to explore Venus but some what dangerous for humans. Based on this article the author does a good job evaluating the task for humans to seek exploring Venus. Some strong points the author brought to my attention is that the ground level temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater then earth. In most cases, a temperature of 800 degrees Fahrenheit would melt anything and a atmospheric pressure that is 90 times what we experience would crush us and anything that we would bring to it. The author suggest a method that would fix that obsticle, the author says if we were to fly a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles we would be able to survive in Venus.

A couple things that the author didn`t bring to my attention was the cost and time it would take of the misson. In the article the author gives us a method of how we would be able to suvive in Venus, but the author did not inform us about the cost and time. In my opinion I would feel like the mission would cost a lot of money,

time and to build the mission . Another obsticles that the author did not bring to my attention is how would the fueling system work if we can not touch the surface of Venus. Would we be able to carry enough fuel from earth to venus and back all without touching the surface of Venus? I still support the claim the author is trying to show us but is it enough to have NASA use it as a method to venture Venus? The important part of exploring a new planet would be be taking samples of rock, gas and other things that would point us to the direction of finding a way to make venus survivable, but the author brought it to my attention that we would not be able to do such thing. My conclusion to this method is it would be a good way to venture a new plant but it has more obsticles then just the article suggest.",3
"Dear Senator of Florida,

Though long-standing and ""fair"" to both citizens and Congress, the Electoral College is completely unnecessary and faulty. Election by popular vote is much more practical and leaves room for less errors. First off, the Electoral College warps the perception of voting, for when citizens vote, it is not directly for the president. Also, the Electoral College leaves many loopholes, which cause many issues and disputes.

To start off, the Electoral College does not allow citizens to vote directly, like a true democracy. This is unfair, unjust, outdated, and irrational. The natural right of a citizen should be to directly vote for something of a passionate matter. Controversies are everywhere, and citizens should be able to have a direct say in what is done. In

What Is the Electoral College?, the Office of the Federal Register declares, ""You help choose your state's electors when you vote for President because when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidate's electors"" (1.6). This seems quite indirect and faulty. Can the electors be trusted? We do not know - and we definitely do not want to find out. In

The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong , Bradford Plumer says, ""...according to a Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore - thanks to the quirks of the electoral college - won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now"" (2.9).

Moving on, the Electoral College also contains many loopholes in the system. It is very possible to have issues arise. Electors can become faithless, the number of electors for a certain state can be controversial, and legislatures can ""defy the will of the people."" In

The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong , Bradford Plumer says, ""Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John. F. Kennedy. (So that a popular vote for Kennedy would not have actually gone to Kennedy)"" (2.11). This unfortunate fact really shows how faulty the electoral college system really is. Do we really want so many loopholes when it comes to choosing the person who will run our country?

One may say that the electoral college has less disputes than that of just the popular vote. In

In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the president , Richard A. Posner says, ""A dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible - it happened in 2000 - but it's less likely than a dispute over the popular vote"" (3.18). However, this is untrue in my opinion. The Electoral College has already created so much controversy and dissension, along with faults and problems. For the well-being of our country, it would be best to simply get rid of the Electoral College alltogether.

Overall, the Electoral College should not exist - choosing the president should rely on simply the popular vote. The Electoral College is not a direct way for citizens to vote, which shows signs of America not being a true democracy. Also, the Electoral College has many loopholes that are sources of dispute and issues in America. To sum it up, this method of choosing the president, is irrational, unfair, unjust, and outdated. The Electoral College should be abolished.

Thank you for your time,

PROPER_NAME   ",5
"As a citizen of the United States, I have the right to have my poinion on the Electoral College, and my opinion is that we should not have an Electoral College because of many reasons. The reasons include the following; if American citizens vote for a slate of electors that then vote for the president, we technically aren't even voting ourselves. Also, the electors that we vote for to elect our persident don't always have to vote for the persident we want, but it could also be in a case as if who they wanted to vote for. Lastly, the population of states affects the amount of votes casted off into the possible president's election.

In the Electoral College process, we, the U.S. citizens, vote for a group of electors who then vote for the President of the United States. According to

The Indefensible Electoral College: Why Even the Best-Laid Defenses of the System are Wrong ,

the qoute:

""Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president (Paragraph 10)."" Based on what the information that the paragraph is giving us, the citizens of the U.S. technically are not even having a say in who the president is, America uses the qoute ""It's a free country"", but really, you're not even letting the people have a say in who the next president is. . .

Based on what I stated in the second paragraph, whoever we vote to be our electors of the voting for the U.S. president, don't always have to vote for who the citizens want as president, but what they, the members of the congress want. ""Who are the electors? They can be anyanyone not holding public office. Who picks the electors in the first place? It depends on the state. Sometimes state conventions, sometimes the state party's central committee, sometimes the presidential canidates themselves. Can voters control whom their electors vote for? Not always. (Paragraph 10)."" It doesn't matter who is votting, what does matter is that they all have diffwereet oppinions on who would do better if president. These electors chosen to vote are basically allowed to vote on whoever they agree is right, your vote is invalid to their poinion, it' who they want. And is that fair? No.

Another reason I do not think the electoral college is right is because the population of states affects the amount of votes casted off into the possible president's election. For example, according to paragraph 12 of

The Indefensible Electoral College: Why Even the Best-Laid Defenses of the System are Wrong , it says ""Because each state casts only one vote, the single represenative from Whyoming, representing 500,000 voters, would have as much say as 55 represenatives from California, who represent 35 million voters."" What this is trying to say, is that it doesn't even matter about how many voters there are, but about how man represenatives there are. This leads me back to my point of where we really have no say in who is president or not.

In the electoral college, In the Electoral College process, we, the U.S. citizens, vote for a group of electors who then vote for the President of the United States, but that doesn't always mean we get what we want when it comes to voting. Many reasons are listed about why the electoral college is not a helpful or meaningful process.    ",4
"Luke point of view is about how he had crossed the Atlantic ocean 16 times ,and the

Pacific ocean twice to help people who were affected by the world war two. But before that he didn't cross ocean's ,and travel alot ,before he was working two part time job's in a grocery store ,and a bank.

Luke had a friend name Don who had invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat,but when he had went on the cattle boat he new that something good was going to happen. World war two was happening in Europe in 1945 and alot of countries were in ruins .So luke .and don wanted to help this counry so they signed upto help them.

In August luke and don were sent to Orleans. when they arrived agust luke had said "" the day the pacific war ended""

the war had went to greece-with alot of speed. Luke had turned 18 before he went to greece ,by then he could be drafted for military service. When his draft board learned that he was on a cattle-boat trip,they told him to just keep doing that for my service. Luke had made nine trips-the most of anyseagoing acowboy.",1
"Venus is the second planet from our sun. Venus is also the most like Earth. We know little about this plannet. One thing is for sure we do know is, it is dangerous. Is Venus worthy of pursuit even though it is dangerous?

The author of the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" propposes it is a fantastic idea. The dangers are a small risk to take to gain more information about this planet. The author states all of the following reasons to support his point.

Venus is the most Earth-like planet, this may mean that the planet could support other life forms. It is the closest in size and in some cases distance to Earth. Venus has shown to have earthquakes, erupting volcanoes and lighting. These are all things that happen on earth as well and no other known planet. Venus probably had large bodies of water at some point as well, making it able to support life forms of some sort. The structure of Venus is made up of rock, valleys, mountains and craters. Earth and Venus have multiple simalarities.

There are also many dangers to visiting Venus. The atmosphere is made up of 97 percent carbon dioxide and has great amounts of highky corrosie sulfur acid from clouds. The pressure on Venus is 90 times greater than Earth. A huge danger is the temperature of the planet. Venus can get to over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. All of these things are a hazard to life.

The author of the article states all the pros and cons, but also states the knowledge that would be gained. As the phrase goes knowledge is power. The Information gained from pursuing Venus would be a huge advancement in history.",3
"Driverless cars are one of many inventions that can rock the human world. However, that does not mean driverless cars should be developed. I firmly stand against driverless cars, because of the safety and liability of them.

Safety is and has always been the number one priority on the road. The use of driverless cars, does not add up to safety. Stated from paragraph 9, lawmakers know that safety is best with alert drivers ""Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best achieve with alert drivers"" (9). In order for lawmakers to know this, imense study and research must have been put into the safety topic. Despite being such a advanced piece of technology driverless cars can not perform well enogh for real time situations ""They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills..."" (7). This statement alone proves that driverless cars have a major safety fault. There are countless scenerios on the road which driverless cars can simply not be programmed to handle, thus not safe enough for the road.

Liability with driverless cars, is just unimaginable. People today already debate enough when they are in accidents. Who takes responsibilty for driverless cars, the driver or manufacturer? The amount of cases for accidents with driverless cars would take up some much time and effort, people would turn back to driving regular cars.

With safety and liability, driverless cars are to much risk, for the amount of time and money invested into them. Yes, driverless cars would be cool, but at the end of the day we must face reality and see the bigger picture. ",4
"Have you ever wondered what are some of the true dangers of exploring Venus? Venus is a broiling hot planet due to it being the second farthest planet from the Sun, which is our closest star.

Scientists have created multiple technological devices, but have they created enough for them to explore planets, such as Venus. Did you know people say Venus is a female planet.

In case the reader has not yet figured it out, this essay is about the planet in our solar system known as Venus.

Venus has a bad reputation and for a pretty good reason. No spaceship has ever landed there, neither has a space craft and survived for more than a few hours. This is because of the toxic gases that suround Venus. Its been three decades, thirty years, since scientists attempted to try to land another spaceship on Venus. This is because those toxic gases that suround Venus are ninety-seven percent of carbon dioxide and sulfuric acids, which is deadly for any living organisms' lungs from planet Earth. Planet Venus's toxic atmosphere makes it difficult for us humans to explore Venus.

Venus has many other dangers to explore this planet as well. Weather, Natural Diasters beyond what Earth's people has ever seen, heat, and its's atomospheric pressure. Venus may be farther away from the Sun by Mercury is the first closest planet to the Sun and is cooler than Venus. Venus's average temperature is over eight-hundred degrees Fahrenheit. Venus has the hottest surface temperature than any other planet in our entire solar system. Venus has an atmospheric pressure that is ninety times greater than what we experience on Earth, our home planet. Venusian geology shows Venus has natural diasters including erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequently occuring lighting strikes. The lighting could easily get to Venus's surface.

Venus has many other dangers to explore this planet as well. Weather, Natural Diasters beyond what Earth's people has ever seen, heat, and its's atomospheric pressure. Venus may be farther away from the Sun by Mercury is the first closest planet to the Sun and is cooler than Venus. Venus's average temperature is over eight-hundred degrees Fahrenheit. Venus has the hottest surface temperature than any other planet in our entire solar system. Venus has an atmospheric pressure that is ninety times greater than what we experience on Earth, our home planet. Venusian geology shows Venus has natural diasters including erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequently occuring lighting strikes. The lighting could easily get to Venus's surface.

Despite these life-threatening dangers for scientists, it would amazing to explore Venus because it is something no human has ever done before. 1st sentence. It would be a worthy pursuit for sure. It would also be a lot of hard work just to discover how any human would be able to survive landing on Venus to explore it. It would be amazing as well to do something like this because future generations of people would know if they believe and work hard enough that they can do anything they set their mind to do. Anything is possible.

This essay was on Venus, a very dangerous planet. Venus is a dangerous planet becaus Venus is toxic. Venus is also full of hot weather and natural diasters. Those natural diasters are much more extreme than anything Earth has experienced or the people on Earth has and will ever see. Mercury is even cooler than Venus and Mercury is even closer to the Sun. Venus is a dangerous planet, but it would be well worth being able to finally explore.      ",3
"Guessing how someone is feeling is hard sometimes which can make it difficult for people to connect with eachother. If we only knew someone's feelings, we could improve how we communicate with people and how productive we are.That can all change with the new technology that can read the emotional expressions of humans. The new technology called Facial Action Coding System, made by Prof. Thomas Huang, can change the lives of students drastically. The use of this technology is valuable in classrooms because it can make it easier for students to process information and keep the students engaged.

Students will be able to learn a lot with the help of FACS because of the way the information is displayed and taught. In paragraph 6 of ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"", it says "" 'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,' Dr. Huang predicts. 'Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.' "" If a student was getting tired of the lesson, FACS could detect that the student is losing interest. So, it could change the format of the information and keep the student focused and keep going during the lesson. This will help students a lot on understanding the knowledge that is being given to them because not everyone learns the same way.

The emotions of humans can be hard to detect because most people don't want to verbally communicate or some don't know how to. Students can feel good or relieved if there is a lesson that is not stressing them out and that can actually make information more understandable. Also in paragraph 6 of the article, it says "" 'Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication,' notes Dr. Huang. 'So computers need to understand that too.' "" Some students may have trouble talking to teachers or asking questions about certain information. With FACS, they no longer have as much anxiety when learning which keeps the student from drifting off. The FACS will be able to keep the students engaged in the information because it is going into their head

more easily and it's less stressful.

Some might be against this innovative technology and argue that students might not learn as well or they might have a decrease in social and verbal skills. The thing is that it will help all students learn because everyone is different and the FACS will allow different students to be exposed to different formats of information. Since lessons could be modified, it will be more understandable for students to process given information. With FACS, students won't be as pressured and can actually be interested in the lessons because it is the best fit for them.

In conclusion, FACS is valuable for students because it will help them improve their understanding of new information and keep them interested. Thus, the FACS would also benefit their mental state because they are considering emotions of kids which could be hard to tell sometimes. FACS could be a new beginning for schools to improve education and engage students in lessons. ",4
"You should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program with me. Its many countries that need to recover from World War 2. We will take care of animals that will be shipped overseas. All you have to do is sign up it will be a opportunity of a lifetime. You will be able to travel to diffrent places for the Seagoing Cowboys Program.

First, there's countries that need food supplies and more. After the World War two some countries began to go poor, so 44 nations joined together and created the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitaition Administration. They hired us (Seagoing Cowboys) to take care of animals such as cows,horses, and mules that were shipped. After the Pacific war we got seaman's papers and went to Greece with 335 horses and had enough food for them.

Second, this is a huge opportunity for your life. If you haven't traveled to a diffrent country before you will. You will be able to take care of people and also go places you never been before like Europe and China, trust me you will be excited. Another cool thing is that you will be able to be watchmen and check the animals on the boat every hour.

Third, some bad things about it is that it will take you weeks to go visit the other places you go to. It took me a month to reach China. You need to be prepared for the hard work you do. If you are the watchmen you have to be carefull not so slip on the ladder on a rainy day.

Last, its good and bad things about being a Seagoing Cowboy but mostly good things. When you returned after a trip overseas you can play baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds. We play games such as Table- tennis tournaments,fencing,boxing,reading,and other fun games. It can also show you how you should be thankful because people in diffrent countries don't have what you have. Now would you agree with me that you should sign up in the Seagoing Cowboys?",3
"The Facial Action Coding System is one of the new technologies of this century that is very complex and futuristic. It uses algorithims and muscle knowledge to discern the emotion of people in reality, photos, and other facial sources as well. The system can calculate how much you're happy, sad, suprised, and angry. Knowing other people's emotions is a great tool and can be used in many different situations. This new technology is good for a lot of things, and being used in a classroom is one of them.

Students need to be focused and engaged at all times in the classroom because if they are neither engaged, nor focused then they will struggle with learning new things and excelling in and out of the classroom. A computer in a class constantly scanning students' faces could become a distraction, but it would solve more problems than it could create. These days students are more vulnerable to distractions, and there are a lot of uncontrollable factors they are standing against. Some do not get enough sleep, some do not get enough to eat, and some do not have good health, whether that be mentally, socially, emotionally, or physically. These factors can take a toll on their ability to focus and be receptive to new information being taught in the classroom. They easily can become ""confused or bored""(D'alto 6) or even distracted in a class, but if there was a way to track the behaviors that coincide with those emotions then it would be easier to assist the students. With the computer scanning their faces students emotions would be much more clear, and, as D'alto said in paragraph 6, the needed adjustments could be made to help students pay attention so they can learn.

Many teachers find it hard to keep their lesson plans exciting and engaging because of their lack of resources, but with this computer it would be easy to recieve real feedback from students emotions on what they like and dislike. Moreover, even though the computer might present itself as a distraction in the beginning over time it would become a useful tool for the classroom, and be a huge asset for both students and teachers. ",3
"Cars have upgraded so such more over the years, but as the cars increasingly upgraded they also cost more which decreases people from getting cars! 70 percent of vauban's families do not own cars, 57 percent sold a car to move here. In diffrent countries cars could be lower price cars, but not just the price of cars other things too!""Passengers cas are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe. . . and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States"". If you leave the United States and transport to Europe, things would be cheaper!

Even cars have a diffrent looks in diffrent places! In New York the suburbs looked more vauban-like in the 1950s! Some countries even get upgraded things later then other countries!

But having a car should be a good thing nomatter how it looks or how it feels its better than walking we should be happy for having the upgraded things that makes life so much easier but if you had the oppratunity to get any car you could choose wisly drive save and fallow the laws!            ",1
"Driverless cars will be an important and interesting technology in the future. Because of driverless cars there will be new laws, new rules to drive by, and that driverless cars can help reduce the amount of wrecks and casualties that are from car wrecks.

I think that driverless cars should be allowed as long as we can prove that they are safe to be on the road. If it is proven that they will be safe and not be a danger to others driving, then I think that driverless cars should be allowed.

New laws will come into effect if driverless cars are invented and legal to be on the streets. Probably the biggest one would be if the car causes a wreck and someone is injured, is it the drivers fault or the manufacturer of the cars fault? This argument could go both ways because if the driver was not paying attention and did not take over to drive then the wreck would be his fault. If the driver had nothing to do with the wreck and that the car quits working correctly then it would be the manufacturers fault because their driverless car was defective.

Another thing that would change when driverless cars are created will be that there will be new driving rules that everyone must follow. You would have to take new drivers tests to make sure you know how to drive when a driverless car is on the road. Also, if the driverless car quits working then the driver would need to manually drive the car. You would have to have your drivers liscense even to be the driver of a driverless car because if it needed you to manually drive it then you would have to have a liscense so that you can manually drive it. There may also be a need for a seperate liscense to have a driverless car so that you know how to react if it needs to be manually driven and so that they can make sure you are paying attention to the road even though you are not driving.

The biggest reason that I think driverless cars should be allowed is because it can reduce the number of car wrecks which would lower the number of casualties in car accidents. Many people each year get in car wrecks and a lot of people die as a result of those car wrecks. If a company proves that their driverless cars will not get in a wreck, I think that many people will buy it because of the safety that it allows. The safety of driverless cars will be the most important factor to see if they will be street legal.

Driverless cars will be an important part of future technology. If driverless cars are invented and become legal, then other companies will also want to use that technology to make something else, perhaps even driverless passenger planes. This technology can be very useful and will be an interesting topic to listen to in the future. ",3
"In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" by Nick D'Alto, he talks about new technology that can identify human emotions. This new technology, the Facial Action Coding System, is not relevant for children in classrooms because it is not needed, a disruption, and not trustworthy.

Although, the Facial Action Coding System in unique it is disruptive to a class. The article says that this new system could help kids with their learning by ""recognizing when a student becomes confused or bored."" The computer would then have to alert the teacher and disrupt the class while learning and everyone then would be confused. There would also be computers all around the class and kids would most likely pay more attention to those instead of their lesson.

All of this new technology seems cool but can people trust it? This computer ""constructs a 3-D computer model of the face"" and from that it base a persons emotions by facial expressions. That is not something people could really trust. A person could easily smile and really be sad but the computer thinks the person is happy because they smiled. The computer also only know happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness but what about other emotions like depression? There could be a flaw in the system and could label people as ""confused"" and have their teacher think they don't understand a lesson in school even though they do.

This technology is not really needed at all. The article says, ""humans perform this same impressive ""calculation"" everyday,"" what is the point of having a computer do a job that a human can easily do? This new system is more of a accessory than it is a help. People would just be paying for something they could do themselves.

The article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" by Nick D'Alto talks about new technology called the Facial Action Coding System. This new system is not needed for children in classrooms because it is disruptive, not needed, and not trustworthy. ",3
"I am a seagoing cowboy named Luke. I've been on nine trips overseas because of my friends. They brought me there. I will be your friend for you to go there. It was such a fun time going overseas with a bunch of life stock and the adventures I was in were amazing. You sould go and sign up for the Seagoing Cowboys program.

The first reason you should join is because of the sights. The sights I got to see when I was traveling were terrific! I wouldn't wish to do anything different than go and look at those sights again. I actually got to see Europe and China. That is awesome for some small town boy. I was very grateful for that.

It sounds like all we do is see sights and deliver cattle but we play games too! We play games like you would but in empty rooms on the boat. We have table-tennis tournaments. We also had fun on board by fencing, boxing, reading, whittling and other games.

I don't want you to get the wrong thaughts but I also don't want you to think its all fun and games. Yes we have fun and play games but we do this to help people. We don't just go sailing across the seas with some cattle, we deliver it. It is hard work but it also is realy fun. We get to feed the cattle and take care of them for the two to four weeks of traveling. We bring up hay bails and take turned doing the night shift. That's when I got injured. I almost fell of the ship but I got saved by a peice of metal. I had a few broken ribs but I've healed up quite nicely.

Although we do a lot of work on board we also do have a great time together of board too. I mentioned the sights. That's my favorite thing to do off board. It's also great to see the different cultures and how we can help them and fix their food problems. It's cool to think about what I do. I take food to people who need it and save lives just my taking care of a couple cows. It makes me feel great that I can actually do something that important with such little supplies.

With the good and the bad I still love doing this. The Seagoing Cowboys program is amazing and I hope you join it. The things we do and the things we see are amazing and it's a once in a life time opportunity I, again, really hope you take it and use it to make your life better. Please join the Seagoing Cowboys program. ",4
"In my opinion and support from the passages reducing car use or stopping car usage all together is a great thing. It's safer, helps the environment, and saves money.

Reducing car usage to almost none makes it a lot safer for kids to run around the streets and play and for parents to not stress about their kids getting hit by a car. There's also a lot less accidents without cars on the road. Think about it, 2 cars hitting into each other both people could possibly die, but if 2 bikers hit eachother both are more than likely able to walk away from it with maybe a couple bruises and a broken bone.

What if you never had to pay for gas ever again? That'd be awesome right? All you have to do is not use your car anymore and just ride a bike, walk, skate or find other means of transportation. You'd save lots of money. In Vauban once car use was out of the picture everything was placed in walking distance and there wasn't even a need for cars any more unless you were traveling out of the country somewhere.

Also, reduciong car usage helps keep the Earth a lot cleaner and the air would have a lot less pollution in it which would also make it safer for us to breathe and healthier for us to breathe in. Congestion went down by 60 percent after 5 days of reducing car use in the Capital of France.    ",3
"This technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is indeed valuable. I say this technology is valuable, because technology is only going to get more exposed and used more. But that's not always going to mean it's going to be accurate in the results that are shown. But for the most part I believe that this computer is going to be valuable in the times that it is being used in. It'll actually be helpful to many people if it was to be used.

This technololy is also another way for human to communicate through different communication barriers. This is a different way for people to develop better ways for humans and computers to communicate. The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 maor muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Movement of or more muscles is called an ""action unit"". Thus evidence from the passage provides and shows that this technoloy is vauable to many people.

The Mona Lisa demonstration is really intented to bring a smile to your face, while it shows just how much this computer can do. This evidence from the text provides that this technology can still be valuable and you can still enjoy it as well. A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becomign confused or bored, Dr Huang predicts. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor. This evidence shows how the technology actually works and is also accurate to many things that it says it's accurate to.

Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication, notes Dr. Huang. So computers need to understand that, too. This information tells how the technology is valuable to not just emotional expressions, but also communication to. This technology is going to expand to many others so they can be ackowledged about it. So, they could actually get to use it if needed or wanted. So, it'll be there and provided if they decide to use it.

This concludes, that this technology is actually valuable. It provides a lot of factual evidence.

It has information that says that it is very valuable and so much more. It's very much so proven and provided. So, this technology is valuable for emotional expressions of students in a classroom and so much more than that. ",3
"If I were a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens, I will be brave enough to say that the Face is just natural landform, because in the pessage, it says thst what the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa- landforms common around the Amercan West. ""It reminds me most of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,"" says Garvin. That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars.""

Then, just like the passage said, I agree that the Face is just a natural landform even just the way it looks, I mean some people might be not agree with my opinion. For those who thinks it was created by aliens, I can't say that it was wrong, because it might be the right one too as well. I'm just saying that I'm in other side of their opinion. My opinion might not be right also it might not be what most of people said, but just like I said, I didn't believe that the Face was created by aliens.

Finally, I think for those who thinks the face was created by aliens, I believe their opinion could be wring, because the one who wrote the passege are the one who really research the right one. So I think that we are the one who should

agree with the passege, so that there would be no argumentative or stuff like that. I mean this is not the real arguing but it seems like it to me. Just like the question asked me to, I just wrote what I think was right and wrote stuff from passege to prove my writting. I can't prove my answerwill be right but I'm doing what the question asked me to. ",2
"I do not agree with the idea of completey driverless cars. I feel that it is way to dangerous for the people inside the car and the people around the car, escpecially if people are asleep inside the car when something goes wrong. If there is even the slightest malfunction while a person is not concious, if a sensor goes out, then it could cause an accident and possibly lead to injury or death. I like that most states have banned the testing of computer driven cars, there are still a few that have not including: California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia. What if there are accidents like said in the passage, who is held accountable? I think it is best to just stay away from the driverless cars.

In the passage, the cars that are being tested are not completely driverless yet. The passage said that the car can only do so much without a human, if there are accidents and work zones on the road then it needs a human to control it. According to the passage, General Motors has been working on things to get the driver's attention when the car needs a human, they have been developing driver's seats that will vibrate if in danger. Some of the other options that companies have considered is to have flashing light on the windshield and some other heads-up displats. Another option is the idea where they have cameras watching the driver so that they know whether or not the driver is focused on the road.

My favorite part is that most states have the testing of computer driven cars banned, with a few that have not budged yet. I think this is a great idea because if it wasn't banned or made illegal then companies and manufacturers would be testing it everyone and possibly causing accidents. If a malfunction were to happen while a manufacterer was testing the car there is no idea on what could happen especially if they do not have a human in the car. The car could swerve off of the road and hit someone or crash into a building and explode! I hope that California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia come around and ban the testing too.

I believe that there shouldn't be driverless cars, there are to many things that can go wrong during a test of it. Even if manufacterers believe that they have everything fixed with the car and release it to the public, one of the sensors could go out and your car would lose sight on that side of the car. I believe it is best that we all stay away from the production of driverless cars, especially given how many things can have a malfunction.       ",3
"Have you ever thought of joining the Seagoing Cowboys? Seagoing Cowboys takes you around the world and het work done. You should join because Seagoing Cowboysgives you the perfect opportunities to explore, you can have free time to play games, and if you join, you can help people that were or is affected by something terrible.

To begin with, Seagoing Cowboys will give you the perfect opportunities. Seagoing Cowboys will take you places like from China to Usa and even more! In case youve never even been on the ocean, this is pretty much your chance. When you join the Seagoing Cowboys, you will definetly be safe with us.

Furthermore, you will get some free time of course! On the cattle boat, you can have time after a long days work. Its just in case we are not working or far away from our destination. I think if you get tired during work this will be helpful.

Finally, you can actually help people with affection by somethoing terrible. in the article,"" A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves"" the author states, "" It was 1945, World War II was over in Europe, and many countries were left in ruins."" the author also states,"" Luke Bomberger crossed Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pcific Ocean twice to help people affected by World War II."" this shows that you can help us help others

Perfect opportunities, free time, and affecting others is my reasons. You should come and help others too.",3
"In this article, ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"". She describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. According to the passage, ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"" I can agree with Mona Lisas demonstraion that, If a classroom compter could see your emotions, I think the information on the web will be much more interesting until the computer sees that your emotions are acceptable. Havin this computer software, kids and adults of all levels can read people more easily and try to help them. Wether its in school or at home. Kids can learn easier and understand more with this computer software. In passage 6, ""Most human communicaton is non verbal, including emotional communication,"" Dr. Huang has a good point. Most human communication is non verbal and hard to read emotions. Having to see or tell will have a lot more communication. Less problems will suddenly appear. In conclusion, The use of this technology could be helpful becuase it will help people understand students ouside of school and inside of school. Students will become smarter because a computer ad can make sure they get better information if they arent interested. Teachers would would have an easier time teaching as well.",2
"I strongly agree the auther did a great job , on supporting his idea on the suggesten of studing venus is worth a shot , despit the dangers it presents . the resaon i agree with him is becuse he has great supporting details .

The reason i think he did a good job supporting his claim is because not just did he tell us intersting facts but he also gave us a bit of back round like it's name and so forth . The most important infomashion i think the author gave was talking about the atmosphere .""A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide ."" found in paragraph 3 . Also telling us about the planet surface temperature and going realy indep "" on the planet's suface ,temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit , and the atomospheric pressure is 90 times greater then what we experence on our own planet "". ""beyond high pressure and heat "" .

This is why i strongly support the auther on supporting his claim on the suggesten on the stupping venus will be a great idea anad also open up new doors .",2
"The main characters were Luke and his friend. Basically the story is about his friend giving him a once in a life time opportunity. He first worked at a grocery store and and the bank. When his friend invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat. He couldnt say no. So then he went.

He had graduated from high school and had 2 jobs but whem his friend invited him to Europe his whole llife had changed. Since there was a war he went to go help out. He and Don had signed up to be a segoing cowboy. 44 nations joined toggether and formed a UNNRA and he was hired to be a seagoing cowboy. That when you have to take care of horses , mules adnd young cows. That was his job over there in Europe.

He kept going there and he kept helping others. He like his job. The cattle boats were unbelievable for a small town boy it had said. He really enjoyed his job. He toured lots of places like Venice Italy and a city with streets of water. But Luke had made 9 trpis the most of any seagoing cowboy. He traveled across the atlantic ocean and it took him about 2 weeks.

He was taking care of lots of animals and was feeding them 2 or 3 times a day. Bales of hay and bags of oats. They had to be pulled. He had helped out his aunt Katie as a boy. So he was prepared for this. On his second trip he was served as a night watchman. His job was to check the animals every hour. Then one rainy night he had slipped down on a slippery ladder. His heart raced. But luckly he lived.

This ssums up about everythung. His life had changed a whpole lot. Thanks to his friend Don. He liked helping out. He couldnt work though because he had cracked ribs. After that he returned to being a seagoing cowboy. Then it made him more aware of peopl in other countries and thier need.               ",1
"The author says that Venus is worth studying despite how dangerous it can be. He uses information he already knows to backup his suggestion. For example, ""Venus, sometimes called the ""Evening Star,"" is one of the brightest points of light in the sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot.""

When the author uses information like this people are going to get interested and they're going to want to know more about venus. He also puts in a lot of detail and he uses other planets to help explain how far away Venus is from the others.

Although the author does talk about why Venus is intersting he also talks about why and how Venus can be dangerous. The author says ""Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us."" This shows that even the author knows its challening to study Venus, but he still insists on studying Venus. He says that Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. Why does he suggest studying Venus when he knows how dangerous it can be?

The author talks about why astronomers are so fascinated by Venus. ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system."" explains the author. He supports his idea by telling us how Venus could have once been. For example valleys, mountains, and craters are things that are similar to Earth. He also thinks that Venus can be the nearest option for a planetary visit.

""NASA has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus."" says the author. Researchers can't take any samples of rocks, gas, etc. which is

disadvantage they have. The author says that NASA is working on different ways they can approach Venus in order to study it. Some examples are simplified electronics made of silicon carbide, mechanical computers, etc. They can't use modern computers because they are delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions.

Even though Studying Venus is such a challenge the author says that it has value. He doesn't think we'll just gain more insight on the planet, he also thinks human curiousity will lead us to many thrilling endeavors. ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."" says the author. In conclusion, although it may be dangerous and difficult to study Venus we shouldn't let that stop us from learning more.",3
"The use of technology is not valuable when comes to reading emotions in classroom because even though we express ourselves so easily however those of us with ability manipulate others and or manipulate the technology it self like hacking or reprogrammming data based and operating systems of the computer which by the way is softer that completly allows the hardware and software talk to each other examples of operating systems is Microsoft's Windows 10 and Apple's Mac os X or as I call it Mac os 10 because X in roman numbers means 10 can be hacked by viruses and malware and worst of all ransomware itself and we all know for every key you bet their is always a lock and vice versa why do you think computer security specialist exist to work and counter each other for sake of technology. Also yes while emotions are mixed we may feel one emotion more than other when going through mixed emotions ok I get that truly but when you say oh this person is 83% this and 9% this how can you accuratley say that when emotions aren't calcuated by math no we humans are too complex for that that's why we have people taking care of people not robots caring for people why it's because where made to be complex. That is like saying that weather guy like oh well its gonna be 60% chance of rain and thunderstorm here in the mid east of country no no not it all all because the weather guy only gets stuff right 80%-90% of weather right shoot weather people struggle to predict indiana weather because one season supposed be harsh and deadly potentional winter right while we may have that but like one day it wants be 60 degress fariheit like no its not supposed be that warm in indiana in winter when we think winter we think snow, hail ,snow storms , chilly winds any type extreme colds but warmth no no not at all partly cloudy ok sure some sunshine with cold windchill sure but extreme odd warmth for time of winter no because these technologies that help us as people aren't always helping like there is always something wrong with technology because we made the technology and one characteristic we passed down to technology and that is inperfection in fact we intentionally made the technolgy to some degree less smarter than us so we can always have room inprove ourselves and you wouldn't want something made to be a tool be superior to you right of course you don't so why use technology to replace humans why not except some things we have and here the thing paragraph number two even says I am right because you cannot calculate emotions with math no as also talked in paragraph number 3 emotions are discovered when our muscles move certain way our body instinctively tells us to do so not fully instinctlively because our thoughts and nerves go so fast we sometimes in instant gratification stuff lose precious time to react when needed to and our nerves and speed of the nerves why we is limited by our very own fixed speed and thoughts and emotions and stuff. Also paragraph 4 says each facial expression is universal so even though we all have similar look when happy sad, angry , depresssed doesn't mean all angry and depressed people look same and we can hide or have our feelings mixed up with so much thoughts in our head that is happening.",2
"Using technology to read's student's emotional expressions is a good way of being able to detect exactly how other people are feeling, even when they are trying to hide their emotions. There is a new software, the Facial Action Coding System, has promising applications for a variety of industries. The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Movement of one or more muscles is called an ''action unit.'' The Dr. Huang relies on the work of psychologists Dr. Paul Eckman, who he is the creator of FACS (Facial Action Coding System). Eckman ''has classified six basic emotions- happiness, surpise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness - and then associated each characteristic movements of the facial muscles. For example , your frontalis pars lateralis muscle (above your eyes) raises your eyebrows when you're surprised; your orbicularis oris (around your mouth) tightens your lips to show anger. In the article '' Making Mona Lisa Smile .''

Eckman (paragraph 3).

It says in the article '' The facial expressions for each emotion are universal, even though individuals often show varying degrees of expressions.'' Huang, (paragraph 4)

In fact, us humans perfrom the same kinds of impressive ''clculation'' every day. For instance, you can probaly tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on there face. The author talks about how '' Most humans communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication, So computers need to understand that, too.'' Huang, (paragraph 6)

Also in the article it says '' It's all about those muscular action units. They even indiccate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one. In the real smile, the zygomatic major (muscles that begin at your cheek bones) lift the corners of your mouth.''

D ' Alto (paragraph 7) There is alot of stuff we can all learn about each other, Who knew it would invloe alot of science, facial expressions and emotions. Its always good to know how your students are feeling when you are teaching them something new.   ",1
"I agree with the passage and encourage that students have their visual expressions checked for their individual emotions. As long as they get consent from them to use such technology on them.

I agree for several examples. One example(although not stated directly in the passage) A counsiler could for example use it on a student if they showed signs of depression or high sadness and properly diagnose it, helping them that they couldn get previously if they kept a fake smile on. Next is because it would help teachers with information on their students is they enjoy their material and what they could do to help improve the material used. Lastly it was stated that it can improve things for video surgerys and video games, showing the expressiveness of human emotion so the game or surgery would be more realistic and relatable.

In conclusion, that is why I agree that this facial/emotional technology would be useful in peoples lives, with things such as diagnosing mental illnesses like depression. Public education improving to adapt more to student preformace and behavior. And lastly that things such as video games and video surgeries could get better facial expression for humans to make the games or informational surgeries more useful to the creators.",3
"Venus is the second planet from the sun and the closest planet to Earth, in terms of density and size. Studying Venus would be a worthy pursuit despite the dangers beacuse if anything would happen to Earth it would be the nearest option for a planetary visit, we would learn more about Venus and the planet's harsh conditions, and Venus is like Earth in multiple ways like being able to support life.

If anything would ever happen to Earth, Venus would be our closet option for a planetary visit. In paragraph two the text states,""Earth, Venus,and Mars, our other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds. These differences in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus."" This piece of text from the passage shows that if anything were to happen to Earth, Venus would be our closet option for a planetary visit because Venus is one of our planetary neighbors and closet to Earth at times.

Secondly, we should continue studying Venus because it will allow us to learn more about Venus and the planet's harsh conditions. In paragraph three the text illustrates,""On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet."" This piece of text from paragraph three shows that we should continue studying Venus because it will allow us to learn more about the plant's harsh conditions and we would be able to see what materials could or couldn't work in such extreme heat.

Finally, Venus is the planet that is most like Earth and use to have to ability to support life. In paragraph four the passage states,""Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth."" This piece of text from paragraph four shows that Venus is the planet most like Earth and had the ability to support life because it use to be covered in oceans.

In summary, we should continue studying the planet Venus despite the dangers because if anything were to happen to our planet, Earth, Venus would be the closest planet we could go to, we could learn more about Venus and the planet's harsh conditions, and because Venus is most like Earth and had the ability to support life. Furthering our research on Venus can only benefit us, so lets stop worrying about the dangers and get out and explore our planetary neighbor.",4
"How could a computer seeing one's face detect someone's emotion and be accurate? The use the Facial Action Coding System to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is the answer.

The author uses the picture of Mona Lisa as an example.

In paragraph one, the author states, ""She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry."" (D' Alto par 1).

Dr. Huang explains how the process begins when the computer contructs a 3-D computer model of the face, including all the major musclues in the model that must move like human muscles.

The author then states, ""For example, your frontalis pars lateralis muscle (above your eyes) raises your eyebrows when you're suprised; your orbicularis oris (around your mouth) tightens your lips to show anger."" (D' Alto par. 1).

Explaing how the different movement your muscles make can show the different emotions.

The different emotions kids make doing class will be precisely accurate.

However, in a classroom your emotions might vary differently.

A student can look happy one moment and then look bored the next even though they are still happy.

Dr. Huang explains how the facial expressions for each emotion are universal; meaning they can vary.

That is why using video imagery will capture the mixed emotions.

In paragraph four, the author states,""... the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movement- in a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa."" (D'Alto par 4).

Therefore if your emotions are continously changing in class, this software can detect.

Having this in the classrooms will be more effective toward the teachers and students. The teacher will know when they have to modify their lesson when the kids are bored.

Without this, teachers go on about a topic without doing something interesting to keep the students more alive. This software helps the kids, because if they are bored by a teacher teaching, then what will they learn?

Having this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is both valuable and useful. Valuable in terms, that it will be accurate in helping teachers modify their way of teaching if needed. Useful in terms, that it will help students be more lively in the lesson.

Who would think the faces students made in class can now be detected by their own teacher?                    ",3
"this is my stance for am i agaist or for using this tecnology to read students' emotional expressions. my anserw is yes we should supoort it. for futher detail on why keep on reading.

this technology could be one of the most benifical things for students. A great example of how it can help is people with depression. If the technology is acurate with its calculations we can help the people that are suffering from depression and are sucidal. The only promblem is how hard is it to hid your emotions from the system. if it is easy to hide from it then it will not help at all. the best way to get the 3-D constructs of ther face would be ethier a test when they sit in front of a computer or blend it in with picture day. in the future every school sould have these so they can figure out what is going on with a student emotions to help them.

that was my stance on if we should be for or agaist the technolgy to read students' emotional expressions. I suppoet this because of the promise the system shows.

I hope that some people dont run it into the ground.",2
"The Face on Mars

Have you ever thought of being a scientist at NASA or have you ever seen the Face on Mars? Well I am a scientist and I have been very lucky to go to space and see the Face in person. It was one of the best experiences that has ever happened to me in life! Some people think that the Face was created by aliens even though there has been many tests and agreements that it is just a natural landform. I belive that it is a natural landform beacuse there is proof that scientists have figured it was just another Martian mesa, there are pictures that proves it could just be formed like that because it is common around Cydonia, and there has not yet been any proof to encourage it was created by aliens.

The scientists and I have done several researches ever since we first saw the Face. Everything has yet led to prooving it is just another Martian mesa. Looking through all the pictures, everything stated that it is just a huge rock formation. The rock resembles a human head with eyes, a mouth, and a nose. I believe that after all the temperatures such as the heat and coldness, it could have caused it to be shaped like that. There has probably even been spaceships that has landed in Mars in search of investigation. The spaceships could have formed these shapes when landing there.

As you probably know, it is very common around Cydonia to have these kind of natural landfoms. Yes, it is common to have shapes and forms that are unusual such as the Face. The only difference in this one was that it had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh. Theres not really much of a difference if you think about it. It is unbelievable that it's the first time poeple think of an alien doing this art work when they have never thought of this idea when we have found other evidence of natural lanforms like the Face.

There has been plenty of evidence to proove that the Face is just a natural landform, but there is no proove of it to be created by aliens. Looking at the pictures closely, there are no footprints, fingerprints, or marks to show any living life in Mars. If theres no living life in Mars, then how could there be aliens? I want you to think about that. There has not been any kind of creatures found in Mars which is shocking.

Now that I have explained myself of why I believe that the Face is just a natural landform, what do you think? Do you still believe aliens created it? If you do, I encourage you to do some research and tell me the reasons of why you think that the Face was created by aliens. After all the research I've done, all my conclusions sum up to the same knowledge through the evidence prooven. ",4
"Driverless cars, once thought to be only a far off and unattainable concept, are now a realistic possibilty in our near future. Already, manufacturers have developed working prototypes of driverless cars. With the possibility of them being an interactive part of our future, the topic as a whole begs discussion. Are they safe? How do they work? Will they ever be completely driverless? These are all valid questions, deserving of valid answers. While work is still being done on these cars, they are a safe, and should continue to be developed.

Driverless cars could bring an entirely new face to public transportation. The future of these cars hold not only the possibility of completely autonomous vehicles, but also ones that are more energy efficient. If the whole of a cities transportation system would go driverless, the system itself would be much more efficient. Unlike a cab driven by a human, driverless cabs do not have to stop for lunch breaks or other trivial and very human matters. The text states, ""Google cofounder Sergey Brin...envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus."" This quote from a leader in the field of driverless cars shows that driverless cars offer a real possibilty for a much more efficient and flexible transportation system.

Real possibilities stand in the horizion for driverless automobiles. As of right now, cars are not completely driverless, as the text states, ""Google cars aren't truly driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues."" However, given the amount of progress the company has made since they began testing independently driving cars in 2009, it can be assumed that they will make more progress, and eventually develop a car that can drive completely independent. There is a real future in the field of driverless cars, and the only way to find out what it holds is to continue its development.

The development of driverless cars will also be beneficial to more than just the industry of driverless cars itself. The technology used in the cars can be applied to more than just the cars. The text states, ""There was no way, before 2000, to make something interesting. The sensors weren't there, the computers weren't there, and the mapping wasn't there. Radar was a device on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars. It wasn't something you could buy at Radio Shack."" All the forms of technology listed above are found in driverless cars, but they are also found in many other different areas of science and life itself. The technology that became available was not limited to a single use. No technology is. Science is an inclusive, interactive, and widespread concept. No single concept in science is used in only one design. For example, Velcro, developed for use on space suits, is now something used daily by ordinary citizens to keep our bags shut or our shoes tied. As new technology is introduced in the field of driverless cars, it will expand to horizions beyong just the cars themselves.

As much as the development of driverless cars could aid our society, some people still have concerns about them. The biggest concept that concerns citizens is their safety. Many people believe that a truly driverless car is dangerous, and could go rogue, malfunctioning and causing a wreck. However, even though people might not believe these cars are safe, they are. The text states, ""The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel...Manufacturers are also considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road."" Cars may one day be 100% driverless, but right now they are not. A human is always in the front seat, ready to take control, and that means these cars are still as safe as a normal car.

Driverless cars, while they may only sound like a concept from a science fiction book, are a real possibility, and can affect our near future. Their development is crucial. They could bring about more flexible transportation systems and new technology, and the progress made so far offers substantial proof that this isn't a worthless subject. They are a very real and immenent possiblity in our future, and they should be taken advantage of. If development of these cars continues, then development of our future as a society continues.",6
"Cars have been around for awhile and they have had a major impact on society. Many people believe that there is no problem with the frequency of cars being driven. But, there are many advantages to less car use such as improving our cities and suburbs, improving safety, and decreasing pollution.

Many have tried to make cities a little more dense and better for walking but nothing has seemed to work; therefore, they have moved on to suburbs. Now, people are trying to make suburbs better for getting around while walking instead of driving. By doing so, places such as shops will be made closer and more convienent which allows people to be able to consider walking as a better option. By having these suburbs, and soon hopefully cities, reduce the amount of cars used, the people living in these areas will be able to accomplish more in a healthier and safer way.

Safety has been an issue in almost all areas due to a variety of reasons; one being cars. People pass by ""Drive Safely"" signs or memorials on the side of the road too often. Many accidents occur because of all the cars and traffic and careless driving. By reducing the amount of cars being driven, the moment of deaths in car accidents can be reduced as well. In ""The End of Car Culture"", author Elisabeth Rosenthal states, ""Mine (19 and 21) have not bothered to get a driver's license, even though they both live in places where one could come in handy. They are interested, but it's not a priority. They organize their summer jobs and social life around where they can walk or take public transportation or car-pool with friends."" Recently, teenagers who are able to get their license haven't really made it a priority. This could be caused by factors such as fear of driving or just because they've figured out a way around driving. Not everyone needs a car to get around; there are plenty of other ways to safely get from point A to point B.

Another large issue cars contribute to is pollution. Pollution is in every city, every state, every country, every continent. Cars are ""a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes..."" (Rosenthal, Elisabeth, ""In German Suburb, Life Goes on Without Cars""). Cars don't help with environmental issues what-so-ever. They add to the smog issues and they increase the about of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. In the capital of France, for example, congestion was down sixty percent due to smog causing delivery companies to lose money since they couldn't delieve what was needed. Cars are extremely harmful to the environment and they make the issues we already have even larger. By limiting car usage, people could hopefully work on repairing the damage we have already done to the environment instead of worsening it.

Cars have impacted society ever since they were made. By reducing the amount of cars driven, cities and suburbs can be improved, better safety can be implimented, and pollution will reduce. Until then, the issues cars create will continue to get worse and by the time people see it, the problems will be too late to fix.    ",5
"ELECTORAL COLLEGE

I strongly believe that the electoral college is the right way to go. The reason I feel this way is because of the electors, our founding fathers and, political parties.

I like that three electors is representing a state. I believe that the electors know more about the government than regular people. I want someone that knows what they are doing when they go to represent our state! There are 538 electors that vote for president and vice president but there only has to be 270 votes required to elect the president or vice president. Congress has to count the votes in the same place that the electors voted in. Sometimes I don't agree with the president that they picked but I'm glad that honest people count the votes. When the votes are finished and the winner's name is called out the losers revive a certificate of ascertainment.

Also a big part of me wants to keep the electoral college is because of our founding fathers. They put in so much work to help us. I would hate for all there hard work to go to waste. Also they had to put their lives on the line to help crate it. They broke so many laws  for us! Also think about not only did they put their lives in danger but their families life at risk! To me that took a strong amount of courage! I'm honored to talk about our founding farther any time! In the 23 amendment our founding fathers wrote the district of Columbia is allowed three electors and for them to be treated like a state! Also our founding fathers wrote that only citizens that are qualified to vote! Key word here people ''Qualified!'' As long as everyone remembers that key word then, we all should be fine!

I know! I know! A lot of people hate political parties but, I like them. Just think about when you were in school and you wanted to be class president so bad. The people who voted for you is like your political party. I know I loved my political party because they helped me win! Your political party helps come up with all kinds of cool ideas to get people to vote for you. Like when I was running for class president my political party baked cookies, passed out fliers and, help me wright my speech! That's just like when you run for president and vice president. Except I don't think they really pass out cookies when you run to be the real deal president! I know I would vote for the president if he or she gave me a cookie! Ha ha ha ha I crack myself up but it's the truth! Hint Hint for the next election I better be at the top of the list if someone decides to give out cookies!

I agree with the Electoral College because I want what's best for my state, family and, friends!    ",3
"False Face on Mars

For some decades people have been spark with the idea of an acient civilization/aliens on Mars for a while due to Viking 1 capturing a picture of what seem to be a face on Mars. Hollywood movies, commercial, comics, and etc commercial things have fill the minds of many people with flase accusation. The saying of don't always beleive what you see or hear is true in this situation. There are many reason why this information is false. And I as a scientist at NASA will give you reason and facts on why it is flase.

The truth is there is no face on Mars. If there were face on Mars there would be many more sign of life and ancient artifact or buildings from ages ago. Just like in Earth there were many sign leading to ancient civilization such as the Inca, Maya, Aztec, and Egytian. This civilization had proof such as ruins, artifact, and fossil leading to it, but there weren't any sign of any of those in Mars instead there was just an asume face . As one can see here with just an asume face on Mars so it was unlikely that an aliens/other being did it.

A person might claim that scientists could be hiding fact from people so they don't find out the truth about the face like an alien actually making the face. I as a scientist would have already known report or leaked if some scientist were hiding something. Scientist love to share facts or truth, it is their second nature. And it is our responsibility to tell you guys about new fascinating discover we made not hide it. And this proof that is it would be pointless for scientist to hide the truths from people.

One of the most vauble reason is that the picture was taken in the 1900s. At the time the camera qualities and technowlogy weren't as advance as nowdays. The article state that there were three perfect shot of the picture taken one from 1976, 1998, and 2001. there is abig difference in each of these shot. In the 1976 picture it show a picture of what seem to be a face but later on in the 1998 picture it show a disoriented face or landform. Then in the last picture in 2001 it show a martian or a natural landform such as one that is in Earth. The qualities in these has much difference as the 2001 one being the most advance. The face also was effect by shadow from Mars, as state in the article that the dark color for the eys and nose plus mouth of the face image was cause by shadow from an angle in Mars due to the camera not being able to take a perfect angle of the martian. And all these fact are poiting out that the face on Mars is a false information.

With information scientist have been gathering and finding an alien being or an acient civilization on Mars is a dead end. The media is have a great effect on the people minds leading them to not see the truth that the face on Mars is a very false idea coming from the people minds, Now that the facts has been out to public people are agreeing with the scientist more and more. Thus all these facts and research from scientists leading to that the Face on Mars is FALSE but just a martian landform.                 ",5
"The use of technology to read the expressions of students in a classroom could be very valuable. In class, no matter what grade a student is in or what gender the student is; they often get confused. When confusion takes place some students would rather not ask for help because they may feel ashamed and notfo as smart as their peers for not understanding.

Teachers are human too, however some could know when something is wrong with a student while others on the other hand wouldn't. The technology that could read emotional expressions could see if a student is confused, frustrated or even angry because they aren't understanding the work given to them. The teacher could use the computer software to detect if the student is progressing during instructional time. This could prevent students from failing on exams and getting poor grades on assignments.

Using the computer software to read the emotional expressions of students could even help the teachers communicate with the students to see what they are struggling with. This way the teacher could discuss with the student about which parts the student does not understand. It would be smart and hughly effecient to enforce this computer software in classrooms. It would have a great effect on not only the students so they could ge good grades, but the teachers too; so they can know how to verbally express themselves while teaching.",3
"""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" gives the idea to study Venus despite all the dangers Venus has going on. A reason why we should give studying Venus a try is because it has been the most Earth like planet that's in our solar system (paragraph 4). Another reason we should give Venus a try is because it may have harsh conditions and tempuratures but we could find a way around it (paragraph 5). Venus seems very intresting and new to explore and possible live on some day.

Venus is one of the most Earth like planets. For example, Venus seems like it was once covered by oceans and a lot of water (paragraph 4). Venus also has features like the Earth like rocky sediment, valleys, mountains and craters (paragraph 4).

Another reason why Venus is Earth like is because it may have also once held life very long ago (paragraph 4). Venus also has many other reasons we should visit the planet.

Venus can and may look a little intimidating but we have found some ways to work around that. NASA is working on allowing scientist to float above the fray ( paragraph 5). They are also working on solar power so we could benefit from it and it wouldn't exceed Earth's levels at all ( paragraph 5). Lastly, NASA is testing electronics made of silicon carbide in a chamber to see how Venus would react to it, suprisingly its lasted three weeks in the conditions ( paragraph 7). Venus has a lot of conditions different and the same but NASA and other scientist are testing new things out to really figure things out.

In conclusion, Venus has many features the same as Earth it self and NASA is working and testing new things to see if we could possible live on Venus some day in the future. Venus seems like we shouldn't risk going there because how different some of the features are but Venus is survivable for humans. Venus is worth giving it a shot even if we still are not sure about certain things because it could possibly benefit us all in a certain way.",3
"The world is always inventing new things. From phones, computers, and even houses. One thing the world is having the most conflict about is driverless cars. Driverless cars would be on the next level and most people arent liking this idea.

Driverless are are what the name says they are, cars without drivers. To make this possible inventers have programed goole inside a car to opperate the car and tell it where to go. Most people are unaware that driverless cars arent truly driverless. They have to have a person within the car to stay on alert, pull in carpools, and park the car.

In my opinion I think that driverless cars are going to be a great invenion for this world. First, many people wouldn't have to worry about crazy drivers because the cars go the speed limit, never run red lights, and it self opperates. Second, let's say the car hasn't been paid off or google has a locator on it so people would come and pick the car up when the time had come.

Some may say that the world isn't ready for smart driverless cars, and most will say go on to the next step. Driverless cars will be in the world one day and since we have people willing to come together and make the future even better than it is today, smart cars will help make that stride twards success.",2
"Reasons to join the Seagoing Cowboys program are so many! Take Luke for a example, He got to explore and see Europe and Luke crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and crossed the Pacific Ocean twice!

Also,Luke didn't just have fun for himself,he also helped people who were affected by World War II. The group that helped those runied countries and affected people were UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration).Where Luke comes in is when the UNRRA needed people to take care of horses,young cows,and mules that were shipped overseas the UNRRA hired Seagoing Cowboys to do that job. After hearing about that Luke and his friend Don signed up. Also its not boring on the ship full of animals because the cowboys could do the following;baseball,vollyball,table-tenis,fencing,boxing,reading,whittling and games. Luke went on many amazing places such as the Acropolis in Greece,taking a gondola ride in Venice,Italy,Luke toured the excavated castle Crete,and marvled at the Panama Canal on his way to China,plus that was his only favorite places not all the places he went so you can imagine all of the places you could go!

There so many possibilites you can do with this wonderful job. You can make new friends and see all new places you could never imagine,and even start a new and exciting life.   ",2
"Using new technology to ""calculate"" peoples emotions will be a new and very advanced way to comunicate wiht others. For example, someone could just scan a person's face and tell if they're worth talking to or not. Also , some people may not want to be scaned and get told their emotions. The only people that should get this kind of technology is either , police , therapists or, people who willreally use them to study people.

Most people will not wants to be scanned by this new type of technology because , will probably not know what its used for. For example, the person may be scanned without their consent or the person can be a lot older and could make a big deal about it. Also, someone may not approve of this software being used by anyone because it will be to advanced or not good enough. The FACS software is going to be the new way to read a persons facial expressions.

FACS (Facial Action Coding System) can ""constuct a 3-D computer model of the face and read all 44 major muscles. Movement by one or more muscles is called an ""action unit"", this new type of software cannot be used by a normal home PC becuase of it complex algorithims. ",2
"Their are many reasons to join the seagoing program. You get to travel the world and see many

sights

and go to places you'v never been. You would travel the ocean to other countries and see diffrent styles of life. You would get to see ans those are some of the many types of places you would get to go. You would get to see the whole world the good part of the world and the bad part of the world.

Lukes claim states that it was an oportunity to be a sea going cowboy and great to be able to go to places like

Eourpe, China, New Orleans, Luke got to vist greece and venice italy these are some of the things you get to do by becoming a seagoing cowboy. luke i quate said But seeing the Acropolis in greece was special,'' Being a seagoing cowboy has it's ups and ans those are some of the many types of places you would get to go. You would get to see the whole world the good part of the world and the bad part of the world. some off the bad part off the trip is that Luke almost fell off the boat in to the deep dark ocean.

Luke had the longest year than any seagoing cowboy. He traveled for 9 years dilivering animal across the world. he saw many sight in his travels like the acropolis in greece. He whent all over the world saw many thing good and bad. Luke had lots off fun on his trips around the world, he did good thing for good people and their countrys.

Luke was a good seagoing cowboy he was a seagoing cow boy for nine year's. That is the longest years in seagoing cowboy history. He

literarley made history. he was a great seagoing cowboy and he tried as hard a he could and did his job to perfection. If his friend didn't tell him him about the seagoing cowboy he would off never helped out his country and all the other countrys he helped out.

Well i guess this is the end about our good friend Luke.Luke was the best seagoing cowboy there could ever be. He risked his life to help the other countrys after the war. He dileverd them cows and other animals so they could get food. He was a great seagoing cowboy luke was not that old whe n he was discharged in 1947. In conclousion Luke helped many people during his years as a seagoing cowboy          ",3
"This technology is valuble to the the classroom in my opinion. I think that because it's good to calculate someone's feelings. The part that got me the most was when 'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored.' Dr. Huang predicts, I feel that's a good idea because some students are afraid to ask for help in front of the class. They said

'the mona lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face' which is also a good thng. "" Theory of emotion , moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotion, but also may even help produce them' which is also good.

I feel like this would be great thing for science. You can do great, fun projects with this at school. You can use it with your friends. Knowing someones emotions without having to ask is a good thing. When feeling sad and nobody knows it but then technology comes and someone knows and they help you be happy again, or become friends. You can help people become more happy by knowing they're sad and make them smile. You can know what your friendis feelings or your boyfrind/girlfriend. Let's say you don't want to talk about how you're feeling so the technology helps you speak without having too.

We can have 'empathy' states the article so we might not have to explain ourselfs and explain how we are feeling about a certian soution. You won't have to keep your feelings inside forever. It's a good way to learn about science of emotions even said it in the article. I also think it's a good thing thing to have around kids/teens older people since technology is the furture. This how I feel about the Facial Action Coding System.",3
"The Electoral College is a process in which electors pick the president instead of the people, but is it worth keeping. No, the Electoral College is not worth keeping because it reflects the view of the electors instead of  the people.

Some people would argue that the Electoral college should be kept because it ensures the certaintity of the outcome ( source 3 paragoh 18). However this relies on a winner takes all system which makes the say of the minority voters pointless since even if they do vote then their vote is pointless. Second of all the presidents only campaign in states they are not sure of and completly ignore the states they know they will win (source 3 paragraph 19). This may be a good strategy but if we instead abolished the Electoral College then everyones vote would matter and the canditate would have to campaign in every state to ensure his victory. In all the Electoral College should be abolished becasue it takes away say of the people.

Not only does the Electoral college take away the say of the people, it also has no protection against a tie of states that have an even number of electors (source 2 paragraph 11). For instance a state like hawaii that has a total of two electors if they both vote for differnt people then how are the votes decided well it already happened in 1960,but Richard Nixon who was the vice president at the time and known to be against the Electoral College decided to only aknowledge his opponents electors. That is why we should abolish the Electoral College.

Allow me ask a hypothetical question what if the electors were corrupt and voted for whomever they pleased without even considring the peoples vote (source 1 paragrqaph 2). We have no system to ensure that the people vote matters but the electors does therefore electors that are picked by former canditates may be more likely to return the favor and ignore the peoples vote and vote for their canditate. There are many important figures whom are against the Electoral College such as Richard Nixon, Jimmy carter,  and Bob Dale there are many more but thes are all politicians who see the Electoral College the same way the people do (source 2 paragraph).

In all the Electoral college should be abolished because it ignores the peoples votes. The votes that werre granted to the people by the constitution therefore the Electoral College not only doesn't care about the people, but it is also violating their constitutional rights.            ",4
"America would be a better place if there were no vehicles. Americans could walk wherever they go, instead of sitting down and riding/driving there. With much extra walking time, we would probably lose a lot of weight and get healthy or healthier than some already are. America has the largest percentage of obese citizens, more than any other country in our world. With the loss of vehicles we could change that.

Not many people realize this, but vehicles and any kind of chair is a lot of the reason why Americans are so obese. We sit down for every thing that we do. We sit in the car, at school, at work, at home, etc. If everyone walked to their destination they would burn calories and fat. Just getting rid of vehicles would make a dramatic change in the amount of obese people. Researchers suggest that obesity is caused mainly by laziness, and vehicles bring that suggestion to life.

All I'm tryin to say is that if we get rid of vehicles then Americans would not be so fat because they would actually have to get up off of their lazy butts and walk to a restaurant or grocery store to go get their food.    ",2
"In this passage the author states that, ""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiousity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors"". The author believes that trying to find more intel about Venus is going to help the human species in a positive way despite all of the dangers that we may face on the journey. I agree with him on this 100% and let me tell you why.

The author says in paragraph 2 that Venus is referred to as Earth's ""twin"" because of its distance away size and density. This means that Venus is not too far away from us and with it being so similar it would be extrodinary to find out what other similarities we have with Venus. If I had a twin I would want to know more about him as well. Not only is it close in size, density, and distance it also may have been layers with many oceans and various forms of life as well, which the author states in paragraph 4. The author also states that Venus also has many of the naturally formed structures that Earth has such as valleys, mountains, and craters.

Since Venus is closer to the sun it is a lot hotter then the surface on Earth. Scientist did say that although it may be very hot it is still survivable by humans. This means that Venus could one day be a living quaters for the human race. The author says that NASA wants to take a ship and hover it around 30 miles or so over Venus' surface, this will give us a little bit more insight on how Venus actually is but not too much on the surface. Because Venus has a thick cloud covering its surface its hard to get light to get through and not much will be present to the naked eye. This just furthers the authors claim to try even harder to figure out a way to reach Venus' surface and find more information regarding the planet.

As you can see the author did a fantastic job at supporting his claim about our further research of the planet Venus. He gave us examples of what we have done in the past as well as what we could do or might to in the future. He also supported his claim by giving us reasons as to why we should future explore this vast planet. In conclusion, I am convinced that we should invenst in the futuring of research for this fascinating planet Venus. ",4
"The use of technology can be operated for many different reasons. Is technology valuable for emotional expressions of students in a classroom?

Everyone has their own opinion in the use of technology based on facial expressions. In my opinion, I believe reading emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. This can be taught as if you we're being instructed by math. You may be thinking to yourself ""How can this be possible for a computer to be recognized by a facial expression?"" According to the passage, the computer process begins using a 3-D computer model of the face. The appromixate number of 44 muscles must move just like a human. A man, Dr. Paul Eckman created six different emotions such as, happy, surprised, angry, sad, fear, and disgust. Then each characteristic would be assocaiated by the moventment of the facial muscles.

This technology can be helpful for students because of new emotion-recognized software tracks these facial movements. By weighting the different units, the software can identified by the using mixed emotions. Each emotion is compared against neutral face, in other words no expression shown. You can tell the difference of a person's face of how they're feeling just by looking at their face. But they might alsp, have other feelings within inside them. The new software stories similar anatomical information as an electic code. ",2
"Some people are better at hiding emotions than others, but with a recent innovation from Thomas Huang, a professer at the Bechman Institute for Advanced Science, hiding emotions may no longer be so easy. With the software that was recently created, computers can read emotions off of somebody's face. This information is discussed in Nick D'Alto's article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile,"" which talks about many of the aspects of what the Facial Action Coding System can do. Though there can be some cons with this software, they are out-weighed by all of the pros, especially ones found in classrooms. In classrooms if a computer can sense confusion, boredom, or even anger then a teacher can help the student with whatever barriers they are facing.

Classrooms contain various emotions, including anywhere from sadness to rage. According to D'Alto, ""...the software can even identify mixed emotions..."" That can be very valuable for classrooms so the software can read whether the student may be upset and confused, or bored and uninterested. Once the teacher gets ahold of that information then they will be able to help the student and tend to them by their needs. If a student is confused then the teacher will be more likely to be sympathetic and helpful, while if a student is bored then the teacher might give them more challenging work. Although some people may think that the Facial Action Coding System is a phony, it is proven to be otherwise. In fact, it is very well developed and the article states, ""The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles."" Not only has this software been tested many times, it has been constructed so it can read facial muscles and destinguish the emotions well.

Along with the fact that the Facial Action Coding System can help teachers figure out how students are feeling about certain lessons, it also gives teachers more one on one time with students who need the help. D'Alto says that the software, ""could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" When the software does that, it can make a lesson harder for the people who need it or easier for others. Since the lesson can modify itself to the needs of students, that gives the teacher to go around and give help to those in need. Not only can a student get help from their computer, but they can get help from their teacher if needed to. That allows for a student to get two times the amount of help that they could get without the Facial Action Coding System. Some people may disagree with this and think that a computer does not have all of the resources that students need to understand a lesson. Though some people may think that face-to-face learning is more effective, it does not always work that way. In the article Dr. Huang says ""Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication... So computers needd to understand that, too."" Every student is different and learns differently. Many times communication is nonverbal and is just by facial expressions. If a computer can understand that as well a teacher does, there is no problem with computers helping out students.

Another reason why the Facial Action Coding System can help students is because if the students know others are confused as well, then they can help each other out. Dr. Huang says that, ""The facial expressions for each emotion are universal."" If students start to understand how others are feeling about certain concepts then they might not feel as alone. Some students tend to think that it is only them that do not understand a certain subject or unit, but if computers track and show that even though some people might not look worried and they are, students might feel more united. If they are united then that can help each other out and maybe even build friendships. People may disagree with that and say that not all facial expressions are the same, but, ""even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression,"" they are still universal. While one student might be stressing himself out and have wide eyes, a student next to him might just have his eyebrows furrowed. If the computers identify the differences in actions but similarities in emotions, that can really help students.

The Facial Action Coding System is a huge leap in the computer world, and also the education system. If schools took this software into consideration and allowed students to use it, it woud be very beneficial for everyone around them. Kids would get work that suited their abilities and they could get one on one time with the teacher if needed. If the teacher was busy, if the students were able to identify others' emotions from around them, maybe they would not feel so scared to go up to a classmate and ask for help. The Facial Coding System holds many beneficial factors that could help grow the education system and help individual students grow.",6
"I believe that driverless cars would be benefitial. 90% of the time you don't have to drive. There is an in-car entertainment system so that you can relax and watch movies or whatever you want to do while the car is driving you to your destination.

But when the sensors in the car know you're in the driver seat, the entertainment will shut down so that you can focus on your driving. No other cars are like this one; sure there are the cars that can steer themselves or brake themselves, but they still need you to drive the car. The driverless car won't need you to drive it because it can drive itself. It's really an awesome car.

There are still certain states that have laws that state that the car would only be safe IF there is a human driver in control of the wheel. But, with the more advanced technology, they can show the states that the driverless car is perfectly safe. They would also help with decreasing the amount of accidents the United States has dramatically.

In conclusion, I believe driverless cars are very safe, very reliable, and very cool.  ",2
"The Mona Lisa is an old painting. Painted in the 1500s during the Italian rennisance by the renowned artist, mathmetician, and architech Leonardo da Vinci. So what does an old painting have to do with the current age of modern technology and industry, it makes a good test run for a new advacement in computer tech. In this day and age technology has gone leaps and bounds beyond what was possible, such as be able to read and caculate the emotions which could be useful; considering the fact that it works on the face of a painting.

How we caculate the emtions on a face is rather simple when we are given the six base emtions. A base of six emtions is good to work with and the author states that ,""Eckman has classified six basic emotions—happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness—and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles""(D'alto 3). From these six emtions and reading the facial expressions we can caculate out of one hundred percent the level of emtion. It feels odd to put emotions on a scale if 1 to 100 as it raise the philisophical question if emtions can be quantified. The more interesting question is how can this computer software read mixed emtions on the face, and with that question in mind Dr Huang gives us this answer ,""By weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions (as in da Vinci’s masterpiece)""(D'alto 4). With this computer being able to read mixed emotions and caculate a number from there is a marvel. It does bear a question. What must the computer see tomread these emtions. Where does this idea that we can read emotions stem from in relatin to this advancement in science.

The key that opens the gate to reading emotions isnt hard to find as regular people do it everyday. In the article the author says that humans do the same caculations as the computer everyday, and then provides us with this ,""For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face""(D'alto 5). Most days one can look to their friend and family and see something there. When a mother smiles at her children and her children smile back it is obvious that they are happy. The same is also true when a son and father argue, as when one is angry the other is bound to follow. Humans are emotional creatures and our emotions can and often drive the emotions of others. What da Vinci did to impress people through his art was that he captured emotion, it can be hard to translate emotion of life to canvas however ,""Yet Dr. Huang observes that artists such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions""(D'alto 5). art in all forms is expression and the Mona Lisa is an expression of the emotions of a lady capture too last &or a long time. The fact that the computer can read and detect emotion in such an old painting is amazing but it does allow one to think in doubt of this new technology. What happens if someone is faking emotion to get by.

Insuarance of success is nice and the doctors who havemspent time and hard work want to be as efficent as possible, so it makes sense they are confidant in their software to read real and fake emotion. The doctors explain that the computer reads muscle movement, and what these movements do is ,""They even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one""(D'alto 7). If this is true then the efficency must be incredibly acurate. The movement of muscles in genuine emotions must be relaxed and not forced like in fake smiles. This forced smile tense the muscles in a way that makes them look different to the computer. Truly facsinating as even humans could use this recongnition in small ways. The best utilization of this is pointed out when the author says ,""To an expert, faces don’t lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a “smiling” politician or celebrity isn’t being truthful""(D'alto 8). This is rather scary in though and yet intriguing in its own right. When people put up false fronts one has to ask why should i trust this person. A better question raised is what does this mean for people going forward.

Overall else this technology is intriguing and ciuld be useful to people. It could find use in court to tell if a suspect is faking emtions, it could lead to identify false fronts of politician. The uses for technology that advances foward like this, is that there is no limit to what can be done but imgination. Useful, intriuging, and slightly scary, the expectations place on this device will be something for many to look foward to.",4
"Well in my favor I would have the Electoral College reason why is because it keeps all the votes for the presidential election and etc. And each or any electors in your state has his or her own group of electors. And the electors are generally chosen by the candidate's political party , but state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what is their responsibilities are. But the Electoral College it consists or has 538 electors but the majority is to have 270 s that you can vote for the president. By the way once you have voted for the president or senate or governer etc. The system will count how many popular votes or from a vote from Congress and the qualified citizens. But my reason for the electoral college to stay is that once you have voted you can count from the system or it does it for you but if you dont want the electoral college then it will take alot longer for the votes to be process and be accumilated.

Well so there's people or citizen that want the electoral college to keep going but some don't reason to that is in the story this is what it says, ""The electoral college  is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostky assertins withoout much basis in reality"". And its unfair cause it has the winner take all system in each state. And they sometimes have problems getting the votes from some states and they couldn't see the candidates at all including Rhode Island and South Carolina and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad. And the story says from someones opinion ""And the arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality."" And once a state has voten it  counts as 1 vote.

And some people and the people from the government or like congress,senators,representatives, and more hope that one day while they are voting that the score or number of votes is not a tie. But some citizens arn't into the technology of the electoral vote or how it works. But in that case I would like to not want the electoral collge to keep going mostly due to unfairness, outdated,irrational.

Since the electoral college is still working the method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state-- Democrats in Texas, for example, or Republicans in California. Knowing their vote will have no effect, they have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign than they would have if the president were picked by popular vote. But of course no voter's vote swings a national elction, and in spite of that, about one-half the eligible  American popluation did vote in 2012's election.                            ",1
"Is Venus exploration safe?

""The Evening Star,"" although being the brightestplanet and ""twin""of earth , proves to be a very challenging place to exiamine. ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" is an article written by the author explaining the reasons of why exploration to Venus is very dangerous and why it wants to be explored by scientists. The article explains in much detail the dangers and possibilities that that could happen if th exploration could happen. It also gives brief information about how Venus is made up and the history of why is an intruiging planet. In the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" The author supports his idea by using data based information, question and answer responses, and the history of exploration in Venus.

In the article, the author uses a lot of data based information to support his claims about the challenges of exploration in Venus. One of the most mportant pieces of information being about what type of planet Venus is and why it is dangerous. The author says ""On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees farenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience o our own planet""(Paragraph 3). This briefly gives detail of how dangerous it is for humans to visit Venus knowing that the atmospheric pressure could easily crush a submarine that can withstand high pressures and liquefy many metals. This also supports his/her claims of why it is likely that the idea of exploring venus is impossible for these very reasons. Not only does this help support his claim; the information informs the reader about Venus and lets them know more about why it is a plant that NASA is very intrigued in.

In the article, the author uses a good amount of question and answer responses that help to inform the reader and support his claims of why exploration to Venus is dangerous. A good exapmle of a question that most readers will thnk of would be ""Why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface?""(Paragraph 4). This question not only supports his claim but also gains the readers trust knowing that the author is very informed about what he/she is talking about and knows what the readers want to know about. Knowing that the author can recall much information about the dangers and expectations of further exploration to venus benefits his argument by gaining their trust and support on his claim.

Using the history of exploration in Venus helps support the authors claims in many ways. Knowing the history falls back into the subect that the author know whae/she is talking about and also allows the reader to know more about the subject. ""Vensu was probably covered largely with oceans and could have suppported various forms of life, just like those on earth,""(Paragraph 4). This piece of information breifly explains the reasons of why scientists value the research done with Venus knowing that it is very comparable to earth. This information also explains the now leading dangers of Venus because of its physical changes and leads to the possiblilities given by NASA of ways that Venus can be explored.

The author supports his idea of Venus's exploration being impossible by using data based information, question and answer responses, and the history of exploration in Venus. Giving the data of how Venus's state is and the leading dangers that the planet could give if explored supports the authors claims and allows the reader to now then make the decision or to be informed if Venus should be explored or not.    ",5
"The system of the Electoral College is a widely argued debate as to if it should be continued or if it should be gotten rid of. The electoral system shouldn't be used as a system of voting, who honestly wants to vote for someone who will vote for you, and if we are truly a state thats votes for its own president then why doesn't the popular vote count as the offical vote?

The Electoral College is a system that is rather unfit as a system of the people's voting. When you vote for your president, you're really just voting for who you think should vote for them. The article ""Does the Electoral College Work?"" states, ""...when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for you candidate's electors."" The Constitution states that we are able to vote for our president, but then what do you call this? This is not an example of what America stands for, and this is certainly not the voting system that is described by our nation's properties. There is another issue with this violation of rights concerning our voting system, it's how the Electoral College votes and how dependable they are. The article ""The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong."" talks about how you can't control who the electorals you chose vote for. ""Can voters control whom their electors vote for? Not always."" This statement helps prove that the president you may want may not even get you vote. The Electoral College not only takes away your right to assuringly vote for the president of your choice, but it also takes away right personal voting right as an American. Don't let someone else detain your freedom of speech, let you personal voice be heard by the people.

While the Electoral College may seem like a sure fire way to assure that we get a president, that doesn't really mean the majority wants that president. Think about it, we don't always get the president we voted for. Popular vote doesn't really matter, it's like saying you voice doesn't matter to the government. They took away the right as an American they gave you in the first place. Popular vote should replace the Electoral College. There have been instances where the popular vote reined supreme, but the Electoral College didn't agree. In the article, ""The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong"" it mentions an election where Al Gore lost even though he won the popular vote. ""...according to a Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore-thanks to the quirks of the electoral college-won the popular vote but lost the presidency..."" This helps show the people that it seems our vote isn't what is truly important, it's only what the Electoral College does that makes a true impact on choosing of president for the next two years. It's even stated in the very same article that, ""...over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now."" If our vote truly matters then why not vote on keeping the Electoral College in play or getting rid of the flawed system once and for all.

The Electoral college is claimed to keep the voting system in line and prevent major mess, however this is not truly the case. There will still be flaws, but this is not the correct way to fix it. Listening strictly to the people's vote is what Amercia was built on and as an American I would like to see a change and let my voice be heard. If I want to vote I will vote, I don't want to vote on someone voting for me.

The Electoral College is unfair, unjust, and unamerican. The system takes away our right to vote for who we want not who we want to vote for us. If you are a true American you will understand why I know this is flawed. The Electoral College is not a proper way to handle our votes it must be a vote decided completely by the people of Amercia.    ",5
"In Nick D'Alto's writing of ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" he talks about a computer software, developed by Thomas Huang, that can detect spacific muscle movements in order to identify diffrent emotions. Nick argues that this technology will be revolutionary to many aspects of life, such as education, film and video tech careers, and maybe even politics. I believe that this advancement should not be implamented into a school enviorment for three key reasons, it is an invasion of privacy, it doesn't provide any academic assistance, andI don't respect the idea of robbing next generations the right to interact with an actual human teacher at such a young age. For these three reasons I plan to despute why I disagree with Nick D'Alto about implameting this kind of software into education.

First, I disagree with Nicks idea because its an invation of privacy. Imagen that you were in elementary school again and this tech was installed. You would go through the day with this unconfortable sensation that you are constantly being watched but whats even worse is that your thaughts are also being monetered. imagen your children in this situation. This would then lead on to teaching them that they shoulden't produce thaughts or emotions on there own even if they were negative thaughts.

Second, I disagree because there is no academic assistance that this technolagy would assists students there for it is not nessasary. This tech dosen't provides instructions or academic reasoning it just reads emotions.

Third, I don't agree with D'Alto's claim because I don't respect the idea of robbing next generations the right to interact with an actual human teachers. If we allowed this tech we would deprive human contact from kids at such a young age. Because kids brains are like sponges at such a young age we shove so much information at such a young age that if we take human conntact away they would become socialy deprived of that connection to humans so thats why I believe we should not implament this tech into education.    ",3
"I am with the idea of the FACS becaues it seems vary interesting. The idea of a machine that can read emotions is cool. Though can be a little scary that commputer can tell if your happy or sad. But the idea is still cool to think about. I would like to see if they can even get the FACS to work on animals in the furture.

A reasion this could be a good idea is becaues you be able to tell if some one is lying to you. Like if there is a bad persion in court and you wont to know if there lying to your face you just look at the machine and it would tell you. Though some people would like to keep some things a scorit you be able to tell is there lying to you and if there sad as well then you know its a secorit. Many people would be saved and devastated by this machine.

My second reasion for going with the FACS is becaues it may be able to uncover crimes like if the dead persion was sad or happy when they die. Some family members may want to know that but will never know if they don't have the FACS. The FACS seem to be good on paintings so I was thinking that it may work on a dead body. Becaues if it works on Mona Lisa, then it should work on anything that dont use muscle ever or in the past like a dead body.

My therd reasion is if you make it be useable on animals then we can uncover a lot of mysteryes. Like if you wanted to know how your dog or cat felt about you all you had to do was turn on the FACS and see. We could also see if lions kill becaues there mean or becaues they dont know what eals to do. Many things could be uncover thnks to FACS.

Thess are my reasions for choosinf the FACS becaues it can help humans in many ways. We could be one step closer to uncovering mystoryes. I like the idea but many people may dissagree becaues they might say that they want to keep things scroit. But like I sead earlyer use the machine if there lying but also sad then you know it is a scorit. So I beleve the FACS should be able to go to anyone that wants it but that is just a thought.",3
"Many cities and countries are starting a new trend that is not using cars at all. Vehicles can cause many problems such as air pollution, congested roads, and injuries due to wrecks. Some cities have started some type of way to promote how bad vehicles really are and advising people on what to do to stop driving.

For three years in Bogota, Colubia, the city has a day called, ""Day Without Cars"" where in this city, home of seven million citizens, nobody can use a vehicle unless they are willing to pay a $25 fee if they were get caught. Columbians greatly support this cause by hiking, biking, skating, and taking the bus to work. This caused the roads to be clear and not congested like they usually are.

Paris has a system to help support limiting car use as well. They take even and odd numbered license plates and designate a day that's either even or odd. On the even day, car owners that have an even license plate are ordered to leave their car at home, and vice versa for odd. If they have drive their car on the day they were ordered to leave it home, they have to pay a fee of $31.

The United States has reached a point to where cars are starting to become unpopular. In 2005, the amount of miles driven peaked, and in April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was down approximately 9% below the peak in 2005. That is eqaul to where the U.S. was in 1995.

Another advantage of limiting car usage is that some companies that are in the computer/cell phone business are making more money. In the United States, many people are using the computer and telephone to communicate with people because it's faster and easier to access than having to drive around town to meet with someone. This means that computer websites are making more money and the phone companies are making more money since people are using their phones more often.

Next, cars can cause major stress to some people. Traffic jams, animals running across the road, not being able to see due to smog, and car accidents stress people out because they are either too busy to deal with it or being scared that they might hurt someone/something or may even get hurt themselves. ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,"" said Heidrun Walter in an article written by Elisabeth Rosenthal.

Also people's health could improve tremendously as a result of limiting car usage. Walking to work could burn the calories that people ate at breakfast. Hiking, running, skating, and biking to meet up for lunch or for little kids to go to the play ground could greatly increase people's health. Since people would be technically exercising while going to places, they would be more proned to drinking water to rehydrate themselves which would make them a healthier person in the process as well.

The process of limiting car usage has started or has already taken over cities and countries. It can reduce stress, increase the health of people, and increase the profit for business. The advantages of limiting car usage may seem small, but in the end they will have a huge impact on societies.    ",4
"I believe that the face, that you believe is made by aliens, is in fact just a natural landform. I believe so because, when you look at the face in a claoser view, It is all just natural rock. This rock was created by the natural effects of the planet. I also believe this because the rock is in a shape, looking from the surface of the planet, of an ordinary butte or mesa, which is a small flat like mountain. Especially the way it looks there has been no sign of any life on mars yet. The way the rock is shaped, it is only shadows that make the face anyway so it couldn't have intentionally have been a face. The rock alone by it's self is just a bunch of rock lumped in a form made by the planet. In conclusion, I say that the face is just a natural landform, and it has also been proven by the pictures gathered by the probes.",2
"The Face on Mars was discovered by NASA'S Viking 1 in 1976. It is in an area called Cydonia. The Face attracted attention to Mars because many people believed that it was created by aliens. It was used in a Hollywood film, books, magazines, radio talk shows, and grocery store checkout lines. People began to believe there was life on Mars.

The Face is actually a mesa, or a huge rock formation, with its shadows making it appear to be a face. Jim Garvin said that if there were any objects in the picture of the face, such as airplanes or small shacks, they would have showed up. Therefore, civilization would have been seen in the picture. The Face also compares to something on Earth, which leads to the fact that it is a natural landform. It is similar to Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.

The Face on Mars was a huge attraction to people everywhere. It is a huge rock formation, or a mesa, with shadows that make it appear to look like a face. If there were any civilization near the Face, it would have been seen in the picture. The Face was not created by aliens. It is a natural landform in Cydonia on Mars. ",2
"Driverless cars should be allowed when they are safe, and when they are complete. You still should let people drive regular cars though because doing this is taking away people's freedom to drive if the cars become fully driverless. Just think about all the teenagers who won't get to expeirience driver's ed and getting their license and how exciting it is.

Also if there is a technical problem with the driverless cars it could be a hazzard. If they are going to make them driverless they should at least make where the person can manually control it incase of failing technology. The car also since it isn't a human it doesn't have the reaction time that our brains allow us to have. It also doesn't have judgement and any skills to fix itself if the car breaks down.

It would also make people mad because they have a right to drive and some won't like it if you take that away from them. Also some people are control freaks and always would like to be in control of their vehicle. You also couldn't own your own car as the story says because it will be more of an automative cab system instead of your own propery. So no more making your vehicle the way you wan't it, it would also take away people's hobbies of fixing up cars.

The other thing is that it would cost people and the government more to keep the cars up and running with all the technology and also how many cars there will be to satisfy people. Also what would we do with all the old cars? Would we just junk all of the old cars? The smart cars would also have to be able to adapt to ever road condition as well if they are driverless and it would be hard to program all different cars for different conditions. It would also cost a lot to fund this in the first place and to get people to warm up to the idea.

I think that if we do the driverless cars then it should also be affordable for people to use. I also don't think that technology could mimic a human's actions when they drive because a human body is way more advanced than technology is. If something happend to the car while you were in it what would you do? would you have to call someone, because the normal person couldn't fix the tech inside of a driverless car to get it back up and running. People in the story even said that we would need smart roads as well to make this work. They also said what would happen in an accident and if it would be the fault of the person in the car or the car manufacturer. Also they would need to make countless new laws to even make this car legal and able to drive on the roads because as of now the cars are only legal in three states and the capital.

So that is why I am against the use of driverless cars for now mostly because I don't think they would be safe to use.",3
"In paragraph 4 it says ""Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with Oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth.

The author also states that, Today, Venus still has some features hat are analogous to these on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, maountains, and craters. They recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, but a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel. In paragraph 5 it informs us that NASA says, that the visit would not have easy conditions, but survuvable for humans.

In paragraph 1 the author tells us that, Venus, sometimes called the ""Evening Star,"" si one of the brightest points of light in the sky, easy even for an amateur stargazer to spot. Although, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. The author also claims that Venus is the second planet from our sun. It has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. Also referred to as Earth's ""twin,"" Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, occasionally the closest in distance too. The author also says ""Earth, Venus, Mars, our other plaetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds. These differences in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus."" He also states that Venus is sometimes right arounf the corner, in space terms.

In paragraph 2 the author claims ""Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challening planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us."" He also states that NASA has sent numerous spacecrafts to land on this cloud- draped world. Each previous mission was unmanned, and for a good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spacecraft has touched down on Venus more than three decades ago."" But NASA is still studying how they could get a better way to study Venus.",1
"In the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author gives numerous characteristics of Venus' conditions and the difficulty of exploring it. The author believes that ""Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents"" which he succeeds to explain clearly but fails to explain why it would benefit us despite its dangers.

In the article, the author explains the dangers of exploring Venus. These dangers, said in Paragraph 3, are that ""a thick atmoshpere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus."" It also says how the clouds in Venus' atmosphere are made up of sulfuric acid, which is highly corrosive, and that the planet's surface is about 800 degrees Fahrenheit. These conditions are far too extreme for any human or spacecraft to handle and restrict us from studying and understanding the planet.

In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author vaguely explains why exploring Venus would benefit us. In Paragraph 6, the author begins to talk about how Venus would contribute to our knowledge and understanding of the planet. Apart from this, the author gives no reasons why we exploring Venus would be a benefit. The author seems to get off track more than giving explanations why Venus would be a worthy pursuit. For an example, in Paragraph 7, he begins to talk about computers during the 1940s which is irrelevant to purpose of the article. Staying on track and naming more benefits would definately improve this article and help support his opinions and ideas.

In the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author describes the restrictions that keep us from exploring the earth-like planet Venus. Although the author does well in explaining the restrictions and how scientists are working on improving technology to enable us to explore it, he seems to get out of focus. The author also seems to fail in explaining why Venus would benefit us thoroughly.

If the author would have explained the reasons why Venus is a worthy pursuit as well as he explained the dangers of Venus, this article would have been more supportive and persuasive.             ",4
"I will be talking about the dangers of venus in the story of "" The challenges of Exporing Venus. Venus is the closest plant to Earth, to study Venus researchers have to take a risk, Venus is a proven challenge place to examine more closely too.

Venus, also known as ""Evening Star"" is actually the sencond planet to our sun. Venus is a planet that is vary close to the planet we live on now Earth, Earth has everything for humens to live on. Study shows Venus would be the place all humans might have to go to if something happens to Earth. As they still study the plant it gets more challenges everyday.

Venus is a proven challenge to all researchers, Studys does say its the most resourses humans can have when something ever happens to Earth but has researches dig more up from Venus it shows there is no spaceraft that can survied the landing more then a few hours. What does this say about the researchers you may ask, well if humnas can't land on Venus longer then a few hours how will they get all the study's done? Well now right theyare recreating an object that can do it for us. The object can help us out a lot by finding the things we can't

Researchs are trying to uncover so much from Venus, they are all taking a big risk to see if it is Earth like, and if it is a place for humans to go if we ever need too. Takeing a big risk for millions and millions of hums sounds like superheros right? Well they are, researching may have the scarest job but it could be a lot of fun learning so much both how to help hamans, and to stud other planets.

In conclusion Venus is dangers right now as were speaking but it is the so close to an Earth like planet, researchers do take big risk to do as much as they can to find out much out about Venus, and Venus is a proven challenge to try and study because our spaceships can't be on there longer then a few hours. in my point of veiw is see venus can a plent we might go to oneday, rather is just to view, or if it to actually life on. ",3
"Venus is the closest planet to Earth. We should study more about Venus. Venus being the second planet close to the sun have more posibilities to have life there. If something happens to Earth we can go to Venus because is the closest planet,other than Mars. NASA must go to Venus to test if humans can live there and if there is a good place to live.

First , Venus is the closest planet to Earth int terms of density and size,and occasionally the closest in distance too. Probaby there is life in Venus because is close to Earth,for being close to the Earth it could share Oxygen, in some places of Venus. A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. ""Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit"".

Second,if something happens to Earth we could go to Venus. Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various form of life,just like Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar such as valleys,mountains, and craters.""On planet's surface,temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our owm planet"".

Finally,NASA must go to Venus to test if humans can live there,or if there is a good place to live. No spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades.""Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any palnet in our solar system,even though Mercury is closer to our sun"". Venus having the hottest temperature may cause diseas in humans, but if NASA proves that these can cause diseas ,they will find a cure or they will do something ,to help humans,and to create a new place to live.

In conclusion ,we should study more about Venus,maybe we can find new places there to live. Or we can get to know all the similar things that we have on our own planet. We can discovere things that we haven't seen. There is many things that we have to know that are around us. We have to learn more about ,living in other planet besides Earth. Venus can also be the second planet whre humans can live.                                    ",4
"Venus also called Evening Star is the second planet on the Solar System and is more similar to earth than any other planet. the scientist believe that at some point of time Venus might have been covered in oceans just like Earth and might have supported life forms that was able to live in venus. it is also the closest in terms of size and density.

Venus has hot surface on the ground that make it impossible for the life orm to exist in venus. Venus surface is so hot that it can even melt down a sub marine that is designed to be in a harsh environment undernearth the ocean. thats the reason that no human has ever touched the Venus surface before. Scientist have tried many times to research the Venus surface but all they can do is to reasearch from Earth because every atempt to land on Venus has been unmanned and for reasons since on spacecraft has survived the landing for more than few hours. that is the reason why no spaceship has touced down on Venus surface for more than three decades. Venus is covered by 97 percent of Carbondioxide blankets. there is also Sulfuric acid that cover the Venus atmosphere. Venus surface is 800 degrees fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times more that on Earth. Thats is way too hot and dangerous for a human to live in. They also have similar features as Earth like volcanoes erruption, powerfull Earthquakes and frequent lightning. it also have Valley, Mountain and craters. Nasa came with a idea for a vehicle that can go upto 30 mph and is like a fighter jet that never touches the ground. Taking pictures of Venus from a ship that is orbiting or hovering safely above the planet is providing limited insight on ground condition because light cannot penetrate the thick atmosphere that covers the planet. Scientist are working on inventing mechanical computers like the ones they used in World War 2. Nasa is also working on equipment that they can use on Venus. they are testing those equipment or materials on harsh enivironment similar to on Venus but the longest they have survived is 3 weeks.

Dangerous and challenging it is Scientist believe it is worth it because we can gain knowledge about the planet. Venus has harsh environment but if we can figure out a way to travel between planet it will open many opportunities and space travel will be posible and humans might be able to live not only on Venus but on other planets too. ",3
"There are many reasons to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. You will have many adventures if you join. Will delivering food, supplies, animals, and more you can go sightseeing. You get to explore the vast oceans. These reasons will make this job woth it.

When your Seagoing Cowboy you can have many adventures. It can be on land or sea. You can have an adventure different countries with your free time when your finished your delivery with time to spare. The boat you travel on can even hold the beginning of an adventure.

Every country you will go to will most likely have exotic sights. Sightseeing is something that can make you glad you toke up the job. The things you could see are things that you probably won't see at home. These sights can also teach you something about the country

Exploration is usually the best part about this job. Exploring countries, towns, and cities is something you definetly should do on this job. You can even explore the ship. While exploring you can bring a friend to experience it with you.

I hope these reasons are good enough to make you join. Some people don't want to commit to the hard work envolved. You're not being forced to join. It's your decision. There is work envovled, but at the end of the day it's all worth it.",2
"In ""The challenge of Exploring Venus"" I say the author makes good points for both sides. I would say he is going with it would not be a very good idea to try an explore Venus.

He says "" A thick atmosphere of 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus"". This is one reason it would be very hard to explore Veuns. Also becuase on the surface of Venuse the temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit.""the pressure is 90 times grater than what we experience on our own planet"". This is saying that this enviroment would crush a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans on earth. Also venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our sorlar system. With it being that hot it would liquify the metals we have on earth. This is why I think that the mission or challenges needed done to get to Venus are not worth the risks of loseing money or more importantly the lives of good people on this earth.

In conclusion the fight to see whats on Venus is not worth it. They have no way to even set foot on this planet. They would imeditaly be either crushed by the 90 time greater pressure than we exsperince. Or die to the 800 degrees fahrenheit that the planet has to offer.",2
"The science of emotion recognition is complex and is becoming exponentially more complex the further a topic is being disscused. In the realm of arguing weather the use of emotional recognition technology should be used in a classroom can be a very difficult tquestion. On one side, you can say it may invade privacy, but on the other hand, it could help teachers see if students are understanding the topic. The question still lies on which one is more important for both the student and the teacher. In my opinion, this technology should be implemented into classrooms internationally because it will help students learn more effectivley, but also it will enhance the teachers teaching ability when they know where they're students are going array.

This technology could be very benificial for students across the globe. The ability for a piece of technology to understand your emotions could come in handy. There are many outgoing students, but there are also many introverted students. Some students may not feel confident enough to ask for something to be repeated, so they may simply sit at their desks puzzeled for the rest of the class, while a simple question could've avoided this. If this technology is instituted, it will automatically know when a student isn't confident on the information and alert the teacher. By doing this, the introverted student won't be confused for very long and the topic could be revisited without the student to have to personally ask. It not only will help introverted students, but students across the board. Every student will benifit form this technology and will display in their grades. With this technology, the students acedemic achievements will expand exponentially. Becuase of this ability for teachers to understand their emotions, the quick turn around of revisiting the topic and teaching it a little differently could help the students absorb all the information, especially the information that they mau have not conprehended initally. This technology will be very valuable for the students for both their enjoyment throughout school becuase of the reduced stress, and their improvents in acedemic grades.

This technology is not only bennifical to the students, but to the teacher as well. For the teacher they will automatically know if a student is struggling and in what topic. Thius could be very valuable to create a strong teacher studnent realtionship where the teacher is able to understant the smallest change in emotion to when they're confused or if they understamd it. This relationship could improving the learning environment and how comfortable a student with their students and peers. This technology could help teachers in both big and small schools. In big lecture halls, it may seem to be difficult for a professor to understand the emotions of all the students sitting before them, they might not even be able to see everyone because some may sit further away. With this new technology, teachers could be notified when some students become confused and then revisit a topic. Small classrooms could benifit greatly to this as well. Althought they are in a closer proximity then in lecture halls, they still will have the issue of not understanding the emotions which could lead to confusion. In smaller classrooms the teacher could know what they're doing wrong and be able to fix this easily without having to disturb the students. They can evaluate the emotions throughout the lesson and then later, they can change their lesson plans to adapt to the confusion of the students. This is again, a very valuable piece of technology that could help the teachers grow in their profession.

Initally one may think that this technology is redundant and that a teacher could just help the student, and that it may be invading the students privacy. In reality, this technology continues to prove its many values, and it's evergrowing amount of benifits that completly overpower all the ideas that some may think its unnimportant. This technology is valuable to both teachers and students equally. The teachers are able to improve their teaching techniques and the students understand more in school. This technology, however, is nowhere near done. This technology can be further improved in many aspects. I could keep improving and always creating a smarter version of the present day technology, that may one day, change the course of education forever. This could be implemented in the online schools to understand if a student comprehends the information the value of this is unspeakable and should be institued in classrooms globally.      ",5
"I had alot of adventures when i rode over seas to support the army. One time I injured my self and i tripped and slid cracking my ribs. In the outcome, sailing was alot of fun. Im glad i was there with my friend or I wouldn't of made it, because he kept me going. Finnaly I suggest everyone try out being Seagoing Cowboys.

During my first trip I left August 14 1945 with cows, goats, supplies, and weaponry. It was a dangerous trip but we kept pushing because the army needed supplies. When we arrived the Pacific war ended but another was still blazing. The old war ended in ruins and bodys.

The UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabitation Administration) created this idea of taking supplies over seas. Many didn't sign up, but me and Don did and turns out it was alot of fun. On the return we played alot of sailing games to pass time. when we delieved the supplies there were no animals in the ship so we had time to setup thing like whittling, table-tennis, and boxing, but theres alot more, like fencing.

The sights in Europe are amazing there's China and The Great Wall of China. In Greece theres the Acropolis. I also took a gondala to Venic, Italy. I also toured a castle in Crete. Finnaly I marvelled at the watery canels in Panama. In the end i saw alot of crazy things in Europe and China.

After my trip I can say it was amazing and you can have the same experience. Just sign up for Seagoing Cowboys. There's animals so if you like animals there on the boat. If your althelic you can help care to the animals and play the return games. If you love water, well we are on a boat and you can fish. After all no matter what you passion is I suggest you sign up and try Seagoing Cowboys, see you there!    ",3
"I know it seems odd! A human face on Mars! A lot of people have thier ideas on what it is. Some say it was an ancient civilization or people like you belive it's aliens. Well, im here to change your mind with the truth.

NASA looked into this ""face"" a lot more. Me and my crew where up all night for days just digging deeper for more information! Finally, after days of reserch I got some feed back. I unveild the images of this thing for all to see. It was seen and proven to be a ''huge rock formation'' . You could argue and say aliens made it. Could aliens make rock? Rock natrually happens for alot of reasons but, aliens isn't one of them ! Is there any proven facts that alliens exsist? No. After 18 long years we finally reveled it as a natrual landform. We proved that through pictures. Its hard to argue with that.

NASA compared ""the face"" to the Middle Butte in the Snake river Plain of Idaho. Aliens didnt creat that. They Aren't real. So what are you going to belive?        ",2
"In the article ""Unmasking the Face on Mars"" tells us certain beliefs based on people who believe it was created by aliens. In paragraph 1, it does tell us that there were images taken from a spacecraft which spotted a face that looked like it was part of human being. Later, NASA unveiled the images for people to see, which gave a great illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth.

I believe it is a landform on Mars that appeared to look as if it were a face. A team was also sent to Cydonia to take clear pictures of the artifact to see weather it was an alien artifact or a land form.

The pictures were uploaded on JPL for others to see, which they revealed that it was just a landform. Although the landform looked as if it were a face, but it was just an illusion to look like one.",2
"The author should continue studying Venus despite the dangers it presents. because in the text it talks about how they had to stop studying Venus since the spacecraft would not survive more than a few hours.

What they know about Venus is how thick its atomosphere is 97 percent carbon dioxide, and its challenging are the clouds of sulfuric acid. The planets surface the average surface is 90 times much more then on earth. And it has the hottest temperature in the solar system even if Mercury is the cloest its not as hot as Venus.

Since no spacecraft survived the landing more than a few hours. They would stop because it wouldn't survive. It explains why they haven't got a spacecraft to stay at Venus. And what I would have to guess on why they didn't survive is probadly because how intense Venus really is. Now by intense I mean how strong the planet really is. Now more then 3 decades Venus has not had a spacecraft there. They haven't gave up. But they're trying to find a way.

NASA is working on other ways to study Venus. NASA thought about sending humans to study Venus. But the conditiond of venus makes it hard, because they have to orbit the planet and they cannot take samples like rock or gas. The only thing they could get to study Venus are images.

I still think the author should continue on studying Venus despite the dangers it presents.   ",2
"I think that boys should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. Because during this trip you get to go place that you have never been before, take care of animals, and not only work but you get to play games and sports.

One thing that I did on my aventure was I went and saw Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special. So was taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water. I also toured an excavated castle in Crete and Marvled at the Panama Canal on my way to China.

Seagoing Cowboys half to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped over seas. Once I had to get on the SS Charles W. Wooster, headed for Greece- with a cargo of 335 horses plus enough hay and oats to feed them.

Plus in the spare time the cowboys (us) played baseball and vollyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and the other games also helped pass the time.

But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an aventure.

But it opened up the world to me.

I'm so grateful for the opportunit, it made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs. The awareness stayed with me, leading my family to host a number of international students and exchange vistors for many years.

All of the things that I got to see, do, and play you could to. But the most important thing is that if you join the program then you get to help with things that are important. So what do you say will you join? Or will you stay at home and not help and see the world like I did? But just so you know this is a once and a life time experience. I enjoied, now it's your turn now. ",3
"I think that these driverless cars could be a good idia, but are altimatly a huge waste of time, money, and resorses. I think this because, lets face it, why do we need them? Oh yha thats right, we don't, we are just wasteing all this money so we can make something we ""have long been facinated with""! I mean, ""the car watches the driver"", is that not creepy? If someone (the government) hacs into that system they can see where you are going, and what you are doing in your car at all times! I'm just saying, because that would make car dates really alkward.

Some of this stuff is not a waste though, like the brakes that lock when you arn't paying atention and almost run someone over, but don't because the sensers stop you. Or the automatic driving so you can text and drive safer.

So some of this stuff is really good for our cars, and our safty, but most of it is downright creepy and dangerous! not to mentiobn a huge waste of money, they could be using all that to make smart cars. so I altimatly think that it is a waste of time. ",2
"Whether if it's a law in a country, the source of pollution or the cause of deaths, the usage of cars have its disadvantages and have been limited. However, driving cars have its advantages when individuals limit the use of it.

Using cars to reach a destination causes pollution according to experts, who are  correct. According to paragraph 5, ""experts say, is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions tailpipies...Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe...and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States."" Because of this there has been efforts in the past two decades to make cities safer and easier to breathe in. A city that faces these pollution problems is Paris, which made authorities to prohibit driving. ""After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city."" This is the right thing to do because after this law was implemented there was less congestion. ""Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog."" Pollution also has more of an impact depending on the tempertaure and day. ""Cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layers of air to trap car emissions."" Also there are cities where using cars are near impossible, because of the laws that the governmental officials had enforced. An example of a city with these laws is Vauban, Germany. ""Street Parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district on the outskirts of Freiburg, near the French and Swiss borders. Vauban's streets are completely 'car-free.'''

However, There are advantages when individuals drive less. Owners of the public transportation have taken action. They subilminally convinced drivers to reduce pollution and dangerous accidentals by offering free transportation. ""Public transit was free of charge from Friday to Monday."" When this was taken into action, smog was cleared in cities. ""The smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to rescind the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday."" When individuals drive less they are exposed to new activities that they have never experienced when driving. People can experience activities in places such as in Bogota, Colombia. ""In a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams."" The main goal for this was to advocate other transportation in order to reduce pollution. There are also other factors that can substitute the place of driving. A suggestion was made by Mimi Sheller, who is a sociology professor at Drexel University and director of the University's Policy center and Mobilities Research. She said that ""The Internet makes telecommuting possible and allows people to feel more connected without driving to meet friends."" Also that ""the rise in cellphones and car-pooling apps has facilitated more flexible commuting arrangments, including the evolution of shared services for getting to work."" Bill Ford, who is the executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company has also suggested factors for safety and transportation. ""He proposed partnering with the telecommunications industry to create cities in which 'pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety.'""

Using cars for transporation is mostly a problem, even if authorities have enforced a law for it, if it causes pollution or even danger in cities. But, it can only be a good thing if individuals are limiting the usage of it.    ",4
"I thinks all of you should come on the seagoing cowboy project. I have expericed many cool things and have learned to take care of animals. The sea going trip was the best time of my life.

There were many dangers at sea but I had trained for all of them. There were also some fun times were we played baseball, table-tennis, boxing, reading, and whittling in empty holds where there were no animals. I got to wake up every morning and go out and watch the sea and feel the cool mist on my face it felt wonderful. I had much fun on this trip.

The seagoing cowboy trip has many things to offer if you are a cowboy it is great for you if you are a sailor you can do this trip as well. Going on this trip you will learn many resposibilites. You can also learn to take care of the animals.

The travaling took some time but if you traviling you will love this program. I saw many amazing things that without this trip I would not of seen. I saw iconec land marks and met some pretty cool people. This trip was the best.

Taking care of the animals was much fun. The animals kept me busy that is for sure. If you are into animal care-taking this is the trip for you. It was also much fun going to new places and getting called sea cowboy.

The reasons above prove why you should join the sea cowboys. The cowboy teaches how to be a cowboy, how to be a sailor, and teaches you resposibilites.",3
"Would you ever want to go on a trip to Venus despite the dangers? The author tells us the temperature average is over 800 degrees fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure over 90 times greater that what we are used to on earth! Venus has the hottest surface planet temperature of any planet despite Mercury being the closest to the sun. The author suggest that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it represents by telling us that NASA is working on approches to study venus without the dangers, and that NASA could allow scientist to ""float above the fray.""

NASA is working on approaches to study venus without the dangers. In ""The Challenge of Exploring Mars"" the author states, ""These devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics."" The ""Mechanical Computers"" could be helpful when studying Venus because it wouldn't be as dangerous if an actual person would go to Venus. The author also states, ""Systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces."" This tells the readers that using the ""Mechanical Computers"" can restrict some of the dangers by using not technology but mechanical wise computers.

NASA could possibly work on a blimp- like vehicle hovering over 30 or so miles above the roiling Veusian landscape, states the author. The author states, ""... a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. ""Using this possible vehicle you could work on studying Venus but also eliminate the risks or dangers you could face in the temperature Venus has. In the passage the author also states, ""At thirty plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees fahrenhit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on earth."" The author is trying to tell the readers that it would be bad if you just went there without anything instead of easily hovering over venus without the dangers you could face.

Furthermore, the author suggests that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it represnts by telling us that NASA is working on approaches to study Venus, and that NASA could allow scientist to float above to fray. Studying Venus would be something that hasn't been done in more than 3 decades and coming up with something that could avoid the Venus dangers would be a miracle.        ",3
"Hello , im Luke from the Seagoing Cowboy program. I`m sure you you have heard about me. We have so much fun aboard the ships some things you might get to do are: playing table tennis, fencing,games of baseball, volleyball, and boxing. If you are not interested in those activities we also read, and play games to pass time. The best part about the job is going to all diffrent countries.

You also have to be aware that you have to do many jobs like: taking hay and oats to stalls, cleaning the stalls, and serving as night watchman ( you have to be really careful if you do that job because if it is raining the deck can be slippery and you could fall and hurt yourself.) You also get to take turns with other crew members while on the ship. When we reach the the country where we deliver the horses you get to explore many other things. Like I have explored a castle before. You also might get to ride the streets of Venice, Italy.

I hope you have read this and are happy to come. Make sure you are hard working , and are strong to carry food for the animals. We will appreciate you coming aboard to help with the animals. we hope you decide to join the Seagoing Cowboys program. Thanks again , Luke Bomberger.        ",3
"From an article, Driverless Cars Are Coming, the author reveals that driverless car could result in positive way or negative way. I am in the position of developing of driverless car because driverless car would change the transportation system. Although the car is still in development, it is getting closer day by day. The technology we have right now and upcoming technology could totally suport driverless car. The driverless cars would not be available to the peoples unless it is 100 percent safe and only if the

law approve it. All the driverless car are under developent and other than that there are special features for cars that

are being made

such as driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object and flashing on the windshield.

In order to achieve the driverless, it does require lots of sensors. One of the Google's modified Toyota Prius driverless car uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roff, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor. The most important bit of technology in this system is the spinning sensor on the roof. Dubbed LIDAR, it uses laser beam to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surrounding. This combination of all this sensors

is necessary for the driverless car to reach the the skill of a human at the wheel. Google's driverless car have been driven more than half a million miles without a crash, which prove that drivecarless are safe. However the driver still need to be alert to take over when pulling in, roadsblock, roadword or accident. It is proven that the driveless car is safe because driveless car itself have lots of advance technology and in the future the technology will be still improving.

The driverless car could drive more safe than a person. Driverless car has a sensor that read the miles limit and it does not whenever you wish to. Driverless car drive the way the law expected for all car drivers to drive. Most accident were caused by speeding. Peoples speed up the car whenever the cops is not around or when they are drunk. Most car drivers that pulled over by cops are because they broke the law. When people do not obey the law, there are more chance of accident.

One out of ten people died due to car accident in world wide scale. Drivers that drive the car while they are on drug most likely cause the car accident. If the driveless cars are available, the driver does not have to worry about whether his safety because the driveless car would take care of it. Although cops punished

people that drive while they are on drugs, which is also know as DUI are most likely to repeat again what they used to do. People's brain is not well function when they are under the drug which led to so many cars accident.

Driveless cars are safe for humans and also they will change the future of transportation. However the driverless cars are under testing and improving the development, they are safe for our transportation system. Each day the technology are helping us to reach our goals to achieve the driverless cars.",4
"The Face on Mars is not what everyone thinks it is. Hollywood shows, magazines, and radio talk shows can exaggerate to make the landform sound like more than what it truly is. As a NASA scientist, I believe that you should know exactly what this historic landmark is, so you know the correct story for years to come.

First, you never know what publicity will do with the next big story. Media usually talks up the whole situation, to display the story bigger than it is. In this case, many people are under the impression that the landform is a face created by aliens, because of the media. Once a story is out in the public eye, people have different view points as well. ""Some people think the Face is bond fide evidence of life on Mars-evidence that NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists."" This excerpt from the article states that many people believe that NASA is hiding something from the public, something that they don't want everyone to know about. However, NASA scientists, like myself, know that this is no extraterrestrial impression on the face of Mars, but rather a small mountain or hill that seems to resemble a face.

To back up what NASA has already said, you could easily have a prediction of what may have caused this mound to form. ""....landforms common around the American West. 'It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,' says Garvin."" Garvin clearly gives us a connection that we can relate to. We don't all have the privilege to go into space, however we can understand what a landform like the Face may look like, if it is similar to a landform on Earth. Mountains, canyons, hills, or valleys are all form by different forces. The Face may have been formed by the winds on Mars, eroding away the rocks around it until there was a small hill left. Water could have possibly carved around the mound, leaving this landform. There are various, reasonable explanations for how this landform could have been formed.

In conclusion, the Face may be seen as multiple things to the public eye, but the experts at NASA know this landform is nothing more than a coincidence. This landform could have been formed by various causes, but it is merely a lucky chance that this mound would have the features resembling a human face. Although much talk may lead you to believe the Face is an alien creation, trust the expert scientists. The Face is nothing more than a normal landform on the face of Mars.",4
"Luke thought it was fun to participate in a Seagoing Cowboys program. It was an adventure for Luke also. Luke got to play games and meet new people. When Luke and other people had some free time they would play baseball,volleyball,and table tennis. Luke's job was scary sometimes one night Luke was the watchman. What a watchman does is check the animals every hour after making the report to the captain Luke slipped on a slippery ladder on his back. Luke's heart was pounding when he was going feet first into an opening side of the ship ,but a small thing of metal along the edge stopped him sliding. Luke was very happy that he was alive, but he could not work for a little bit because of cracked ribs. Luke's job is scary sometimes but most of the time it was an adventure for him. Luke said that this program ""made me more aware of people of other countries in needs.""

The awareness stayed with Luke leading his family members to host a lot of international students for many years.",1
"With all of the advances that car companys are making there is no doubt that driverless cars are on their way to Americas roadways. The author of this article makes some good points supporting driverless cars, but they also makes some good points that lead me to be against them. I have not seen enough evidence to prove them safe.

Right now we get some comfort when we see a large SUV barreling down the road, at least there is a human in charge of the vehicle that is hopfully paying attention to the driving task ahead of them. I just don't believe that a computer would be able to make all of the logical descisions neccasary for safe travel. Lets take interstate driving for example. When driving on the interstate you have to be able to quickly make decisions when someone darts in front of you, or when to pass somebody. Computers wouldn't be able to make these decisions on thier own.

Now lets look at it from a legal view. The author covers some of the legal issues in paragraph nine. In the very last sentence of paragraph nine the author asks ""If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- The driver or the manufacturer?"" Thinking logically I have arrived at the conclusion that it would be the manufacturers fault. The driver isn't the one driving, it's the manufacturors system that is in control. This can only lead me to believe that if the manufacturer is the one that made the system, if it fails the manufacturer is to be held responsible for the failure.

In closing there just isn't enough evidence to show beyond a resonable doubt that these cars are safe for the general public. Without the proof that they are safe it would be a terrible mistake to put them on the roads. I also dont think the manufacturers are ready for the responsibility of being held accountable if one of their systems fail. Maybe as new advances are made, and new evidence is shown it would help ease my concerns with driverless cars, but for right now I am strongly apposed to it. Besides driverless cars would take the fun out of getting behind the wheel of a sports car, and who would want to do that?",3
"Some people may think that the Face is not a natural landform but I am here to give you reasons why the Face IS a natural landform. The reasons I am going to give you are going to be in the paragraphs below, hope you like it and think

''which opinion is better in this essay?''.

The first reason the Face is a natural landform is because 25 years ago something happened on Mars, NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling the planet, snapping photos of possible landing sites for its sister ship ''Viking 2'', but when the camera spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face, then they saw an enormous head nearly two miles from end to end seemed to be staring back at the cameras from a fregion of the Red Planet called '' Cydonia''.

Another reason that the Face is a natural landform is because after a few days , NASA unveiled the image which had shadows forming the illusion of eyes, nose and the mouth. But since it became so popular, the picture has starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, etc. They also said that defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars. But scientists believed that the Face was an alien artifact.

The last reason is that thousands of anxious people were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL website, revealing a natural landform. But not everyone believed that.

The camera on board MGS had to peer thrrough wispy clouds to see the face, they say perhaps alien markings were hidden by a haze. People are also saying, ''We just dont pass over the face very often''.

But not everyone can be right because some people think its not a natural landform because it could be just a haze from something that was there at that specific moment and time to show that the face was there when it could have really been just a rock and not the Face after all. More reasons to this is that,even though it looked like a face...it couldnt have been, people couldve just seen the face that wasnt really there.

In Conclusion, people have different opinions on what they see and what they dont see in certain pictures. Some people see the face, some people dont see the face at all and that can be a good thing and a bad thing for some people who have different things to say about a certain subject. The Face couldve just been a rock in some peoples opinions, but some people think that it wasnt just a rock, it was an outline of a face.      ",3
"In the article ""Making Mona Lise Smile,"" the author describes a wonderful technological advancement called the Facial Action Coding System (FACS). This technology allows for computers to analyze a human face and determine the emotion, or emotions, that person is feeling. With the help of this new software, Professor Thomas Huang, of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at tge University of Illionois, and Professor Nicu Sebe, of the University of Amsterdam, were able to determine that the Mona Lisa is 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful, and 2% angry. This outstanding innovation can be very beneficial to society. They have created something that can not only help us have a better understanding of the body, but can also change the way we communicate in drastic ways.

With FACS we, as people, will be able to better understand the anatomy behind joy, depression, anger, all of it! We will have access to parts of the brain that millions of scientists have never understood. FACS creates oprotunity for discovery far beyond what we already know. For centuries scientists have been asking, ""What makes a happy person happy?"" and ""What is causing all these mood swings?"" With these advancements applied, we can know when a change in mood happens and use brain scans to figure out where and why this is happening.

""Communication is key!"" That's something we all hear all of the time but no one seems to be any good at. The suicide rate is out of control and the divorce rate is crazy high. Using FACS we can deminish these numbers! A simple understanding of the emotions another human is displaying can change, and save, lives. If we have the technology to understand what a person is feeling, then we can fix things before they completly fall apart. We can offer solutions to the problems that people are facing everyday simply by understanding how they feel and what is causing their hurt. This technology could be the difference between wether or not your parents stay together or your friend jumps off a bridge. That is why I believe this technology should be immediately incooperated into society. It can save lives, it can save love.

FACS is an important technology that needs to be applied to everyday life as soon as possible. Not only will it change the world for the better but it will be the difference between life and death.",4
"Using cars today is polluting the air we breath in everyday, worse and wrose. Having a world free of cars would not only help with air pollution, but with everyone's saftey as well. In German Suburds 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move in the German Suburb. They would sell thier car(s), and live without a car, and live a less stressful life. ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way"" said Heidrun Walter, a mother of two. I'm sure Heidrun wasn't the only one who felt like that.

Having no car wouldd take more stress of your life then you think. You wouldn't have to pay a car payment every month. You wouldn't have to worry about hvaing to pay for gas to get around. Lastly you wouldn't have to worry about getting into a car accident every time you got behind the wheel of a car.

""All of our development since World war ll has been centered on the car, and that will have to change"" said David Goldberg. Goldberg is right. We put most of our attention and development into cars, and focus more on them than we really should. We don't really realize what damage cars are causing us yet, and probably won't realize for a long time from now.

Aftrer days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. On Monday motorist with even numbered license plates were orded to leave thier cars at home or suffer a $31 fine. The same would apply to odd number plates the following day. They should not only be doing this in Paris but everywhere to reduce the air pollution. The fine should be higher also to those who don't follow the rules. Unless you havea real emergency to use your car the day you are not suppose to then don't use it.

Not using cars would be a huge problem solver to most of us. It will help with air pollution. It will help with finacial problems by not having to worry about car payments or money for gas. Lastly it will help wiith the stress in people's lives and lower it.             ",4
"No, i dont think we should have driveless cars that is a hazoired sitiouions.

Because in that type of thing the driver is not in controle of what so ever the driver has no purpose to be there at all and it can be a very dangerous on there part because like instead of the person controling the car that is his life in his own hands

But say the car is in controle he/she will be putting there life in a computers chip they have to be 100% sure with that in order for it to be ok but i bet 50% of the people won't even care about there own life why you say.

because they will be to busy enjoying there new drivless car what if perhapes the car has a milefuntion on the passenger and it hits a person say kills that person what would you blame that on the person or the car the peron had nothing to do with it why because he/she was to depended on their new drive less car.

You also have to think about the legal lieablitiy with this new found car you have to have a sertain amount of mature level to drive a regular car but a drivless car thats crazy you can fall asleep at the wheel kill sombody and say it was not your fault you can blame it on the people that make these cars thats noun sence what would that .

Family think they will still press charges on you and the people that make because its they fault for the milefunction but yours fault fo not paying attention. It would be madness for all plus what human skills would be requird for this to get purchesed if not any you telling me you would fell 100% comfterable with.

A baby in the front seat of a car not me i surely will not feel safe aswell as comfterable

In concluesion no i think that driveless cars are hazirodes sitiuions.",3
"There are many advantages to a car but life could be easier without one. The world could be safer without cars, less pollution, less accidents.

Stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway. Cars also cause pollution, which can be deadly to the enviorment. Cars can create smog which could be prevented by having one car free day. People who have cars also are more stressed than those without cars. A car free city would most likely see parks and sports center bloom throughout the city and uneven pitted sidewalks replaced by broad smooth sidewalks. Rush hour restrictions would dramatically cut traffic and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up.

Americans would save so much money if they didnt buy a car. It seems as americans are buying less cars each year. Bill Ford laid out a business plan for a world in which personal vehicle ownership is impractical or undesirable. Changes are being made by people to limit the use of cars and its a great idea.

Life is much easier without cars. The world could be different and better if improvments are made daily and everyone contributes to limit the use of cars. Too much harm comes from using a car.    ",2
"Who ever thought that a computer would be able to tell you how you are feeling? I know i never thought this would happen, but again technology gets better and better everyday. The use the technology that allows people to read the emotional expressions of studnets in a clssroom is valuable because, it can help the teachers think about what they can do to make that student student have a better day, and it can help teachers learn the different facial expressions that connect with the certain emotions to help them determine how a student is really feeling.

The use of this technology would be valuabe because, it can help teachers think about what they can do to help a student. The use of this technology can help decide whether a student really understands the work given to them of if there just lying becuase they don't want to ask questions because of what others might think. For example when I looked at the painting of Mona Lisa I thought that she wasn't a happy person but, I realized i was wrong the first sentence of the first paragraph stated that "" She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgustedd, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry.

The use of this technology can also be valuable because, it can help teachers learn the different facial expressions that connect with certain emotions to help them see how a student is really feeling. This may be able to help teachers stop altercations from accuring because the Facial Action Coding System will allow the teacher to see how angry or upset the student may be. For example if a person is really angry the system will dectect that.

Overall the Facial Action Coding System would be very valuable.This article has helped me to be able to detect certain emotions a peron may have. This system would give teachers better understanding about how students are feeling.

The use of this system can help techers better students and help teachers determine how a student is feeling based on their facial expression.",4
"In the article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" it talked about on how Venus is a worthy pursuit to explore but it has a great danger that it presents for the reason that theres procaution to take before going to Venus.They would have to see how the oxegen it gives out and also to see if theres anyone living there such as humans or creatures or animals . Another thing they would have to worry about visting Venus is the way its planet gives out enegry,tempature,""impediments such as erupting volcanoes,powerful earthquakes,and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface""(3)

The author explained on this article on how Venus would help us to find new planets that we are able to live at and to also grow and expand the human population in different planets.In Venus they also believed that we are able to explore new expirements.The author explained on paragraph 4 that "" Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life,just like Earth."" This short pharse that the article has it explains on how there can be life in this planet that theres humans or some type of people who we still have not seen yet. The author also explains on how he considers Venus as a ""twin "" of earth that theres water at venus and maybe be oxegen at Venus also . Venus is the closest planet to earth .

There is also dangers to seek a new planet. Theres alot of procautions to go to new planet . It says in paragraph 3 that "" A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon diocide blankets Venus.Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. On the planet's surface, tempatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet."" This part of the paragraph it explains that if we did go to this planet the heat would be so hot that i believe that we will melt the second we get there . It has a great danger of death if we do go to Venus and its a risk to the people who are still studing Venus.Venus has the hottest tempatures for the reason that it goes a fast rate around the sun so it keeps hot all around its planet. Its also a great danger for the reaosn it has additional impediments such as valcanoes ,earthquakes,lightning strikes .(3) All of these inpediments we will have to see before going to Venus.

All of these explains its reasons on why we should and should'nt go to Venus.For all of these reasons i believe and the author too that we should start studing Venus becuase it is worthy pursuit. What the article says that they may be new chances on finding new areas and explore new things that may benifet us in the long run . Theres a chance on finding new humans and new type of cures and to be able to find new types of examples .We have noted that theres water in Venus and that there heat and we see that Venus is close by our orbit and it the closes to Earth . But we should not stop seeking new things to explore we should let the human mind to knowlege even more that we should not stop for danger situation that we should risk and hope for the best . For the reason that theres even more things that

we havent seen with our eyes. ",4
"I believe Facial Action Coding System is very valuable to students it helps tell where the student is confused, if they don't get any of it at all or if the student totally gets & doesn't need extra help.

I think that Facial Action Coding System is important because, teachers can help students where they left off at. Some students may understand half of the assignment but not all of it & why re teach it all of it when the teacher could just help the student where the student left off. This is also very valuable because some students will say they get it but really don't so they won't look a certain type of way in front of their peers. This makes the teacher job a little bit easier & the a lot less stressful to the student, knowing the teacher knows he or she needs help without saying it out loud.

This would cause less students to fail & higher grades for sure because everyone in the classroom is getting the help that they need.

This Facial Action Coding System also is very valuable because, it lets the teacher know if the students don't even get it at all. A lot of students will not raise their hand for help, to not look like they don't get it while everyone else gets it. This Facial Action Coding System would benefit those type of kids that are shy to raise their hands in class for help. All together this would lead to much better grades for all the students for everyone in the class, it would help the teacher find new ways to explain the assignment using another method. Which is a plus for the students, this Facial Action Coding System works not only for students but for the teacher to.

One last reason i think the Facial Action Coding System is very valuable is because, it focous on the students that really need help. If one half of the class gets the assignment then the teacher doesn't need to keep going over it again if that side of the class already understand. This helps the teacher a lot becuase a teacher goal is to pass everyone in the class & by doing so help the students that need it the most. This would make school a lot less stressful.

This invention helps tell where the student is confused, if the student dosen't get any of it at all or if the student totally gets & doesn't need extra help. I think this invention is one of the best inventions we have ever came across. This invention takes so much pressure of students, they don't have to worry as much about not learning the assignment. This helps the teacher job a lot more easier the invention works hand & hand. This would for sure bring grades up if the student is willing to put in the work to learn the assignment that the teacher is teaching.         ",4
"I would keep the Electoral College because it consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for president and Vice president, and the counting of the electoral votes by congress. If people want to change the election for popular votes  is basically your generallly chosen by the candidates politcal party...and what their responsibilities are. My response to that not everybody is chosen by politcal party.

Now, if people want to change the election by popular voting is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. You help choose your states electors when you vote for presidents because when you vote for your candidates you are actually voting for your candidates electors. My response to that is..sometimes presidents want to be president because ""they want to change everything in the United States like ..taxes..and health insurance. For example like Obama care he has change the health insurance and people dont like that. And 2016 theres going to be a new President in the United States.    ",1
"Hello my name is luke soon after I graduated My best friend asked me to join a program were we help victims of World War II.My first impression of the ship was that it did not look good but as soon as I got in it was pretty nice there was a man waiting for us to give us the keys to our rooms and work clothes.

The first trip I went on I had to feed the animals, wash their pins, and check on them on the hour. The job I had was not as bad

as it sounds their pins were actually clean the majority of the time so I really did not have to do much work, beside handing out food and checking on the animals.

In our free time on the ship we could play baseball, volleyball, widling, and basketball. when we get to our stop we get off deliver the animals to the victims of the war. After were done with that we get back on the ship for another three weeks to go back to America.

When we get back we spend two to three months at home then we go on another trip. When they called me to notify me about the next trip and that the boat was leaving in three days I had to hurry up and get my stuff packed. I got my friend Don from his house and we drove New Orleans and boarded the SS Charles and headed of two see

this time aboard I had night watch duty so I had two check on the animals hourly and see if they were okay. when we were done with helping people we had free time so Don and I went to visit some national landmarks. It was a wonderful experience for me I had a lot of fun helping people and seeing the landmarks like the Panama Canal, an excavated castle in Crete, and I alsogot to take a gandola ride in Venice,Italy.

that is why I think you should go on the tour it is a fun time helping people and it is a great experience to tour the world. that is why u should join.",4
"Well certenly we all have different facial expressions. But have you ever looked at somone and they look like they are made but they really are not? Well I feel that we shlould not use tecnology to view somone's feelings. A lot of differnt things can be misunderstood just with one little mistake. I will be telling you some reasons.

Tecnolgy does not alwys read ot tell the truth. It will be hard to tell if someone is really mad or has some feelings indide themselves if using tecnolgy. Mayeb the person can be happy and excited from the inside but from they outside they show a differnt facial expression. I feel that tecnology will just mess evrything up. We need to keep it all natural and they was it is now.

If somoene is das you can see it nut you don't know how they feel inside. You can probobbly draw a picture of them or soemthing instead of using tecnology. Also any type of facial expression sould be valuable in the classroom. You can't really judge a book by it cover. So really there is no need of using tecnology to see somones looks or to make them that way. Everyone has differnt reactions to differnt things.

So I think that tecnology shpuld not be usted to identify somone or to give them a value. They are how they are and that is how it is. In a classroom ther can also be differnt values and differnt emoltional expressions. Someone might feel down but we don't know that until they talk to us or let us help them. So no tecnoligy shpuld not be allowed to try and guess someone's value or feelings.       ",3
"Car use can be a good or bad thing depending on how you look at it, but most of the time people have strong opinions on car use.

Ask anyone if they want to walk 10 miles in the freezing cold weather and a large amount of them would tell you no. Rarely anyone nowadays appreciates the importance of gas consumption, global warming, polution and other situatons that happen when cars are used to often or frequently but that never seemed like a problem did it?

Riding bikes or walking of course will save you all of the trouble of having to fill up you're car or pollutting the air and so forth but i feel that it will also be an important insight to appriciate everything before it's gone.

Meaning that if you have a car, you automatically think that will make evrything easier which in some cases it will but in life, we always ahve to go through things that are hard to get us to soemthing better.

Getting to the point of why material possessions can sometimes cause people to think that we can't live without certain things is a lesson as to why nobody really ""needs"" anything and that goes for transportation purposes as well.

We all come into this world with nothing, and we leave this world with nothing and if no one can be happy without material possessions then i feel that we havent learned a very valuable lesson that used to be here when nothing stopped us from walking to a friends house to say hello or to simply send a letter in the mail if you wanted to talk to someone. The use of technology and updated versions of things have changed our world completely and no matter what way you look at it, there will always be an opinion that is different from you're own.

Limiting car use may be useful to others who feel like they want to relieve stress or just want a sense of contentment as they walk down the street and take in thier surroundings instead of worrying about you're mirrors and the annoying person behind you honking thier horn for you to move quicker. And concluding if we took the time to really think and take in our surroundings we realize that this world has become complex but there are many ways to fix it. Transporation has just made it a little easier.    ",2
"The truth is that we are too dependent on using vehicles for transportation, we've invested our entire lives on them and now we've congested our communites and streets with them, growing mutually with their presence as they slowly but surely harm our environment, but if we limited the use of these vehicles, much good would come out of it as a result. People would benefit greatly if car usage was limited. Think of all the money people would save because they wouldn't have to spend so much on gas and maintence of their cars. Having a car is a privilege and a great responsibility, which means it's also stressful to have and care for one. In developed countries and cities, the streets are bustling with activity that comes with nothing but pollution and congestion, so only good can come out of limiting care usage.

When we think of automobiles we immediately consider factors such as money, maintenance, safety, and particularly for this case, emissions, and emissions have been an issue that causes much controversy and complaint throughout the community due to its toll on the environment and its inhabitants, and limiting car usage is the best solution to this problem. There has been a profound shift of thought during this day and age about how the environment is being negatively affected by emissions and how vehicles play a great role in it. The first source stated, ""Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States."" In places like Vauban, Germany, it's people have given up cars for the sake of the environment and the community, and although it's a small town, they've adjusted to the use of no cars and many of the locals say they enjoy the change. For example, Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two said, ""When I had a car I was alaways tense. I'm much happier this way."" This proves that limiting car use would not only help the environment but it would better the people as well.

If you look at the second source and notice what's going on in Paris with smog due to it's constant vehicle use, it further explains why car usage should be limited. ""[The smog] rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world."" That

David Goldberg from the first source said, ""All of our development since World War II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change."" We're too focused on innovation and discovering more efficient ways of transportation, but not any efficient environmental-friendly ways of transportation that the majority can afford.    ",3
"Dear Senator,

My friends father always complains about how the voting systems work here in the U.S. He believes that the electoral votes should not really matter. He strongly leans on the idea that candidates should win an election by the popular votes. Although the Electoral College has helped with many situations before, like the 2000 election, when Al Gore had the more popular votes then Bush yet, fewer electoral votes. I'm started to believe that changing the electoral votes to popular votes would be better for elections of presidents.

Replacing the electoral college with popular votes would be better for elections of presidents because, it's the peoples choice. For examlpe, people vote for the candidates that they more relate too and their choices. Having the electoral college around can make an impact to their choice. Say if a majority of a state vote for a candidate, but the state doesn't have enough electoral votes for that canididate to take a lead or win the election. How can they get there favorite candidate to win the election? The electoral college is blocking that way for that particular state. In brief, people need their say for their favorite candidate instead of the electoral college giving them points.

However, the electoral college has some pros for the candidate and also the states. For instance, the states of california has many electoral points for candidate to win an election. I believe there are fifty-three for that states because they have many representatives. If the majority of the people in the state vote for a democrat or a republicin the electoral points goes to either one of them. Giving that candidate big points to even take a lead in the election.

To wrap it up, the electoral college do have pros and cons in a election. The electoral college can give a candidate the election. But the popularity vote are for the people and by the people. I stiil stay towards to the idea that the popularity vote is a greater way for voting. Remember it does say We The People in the Declaration of Independence which was sighn by our founding fathes.    ",3
"Driverless cars are the future of driving. It is an inevitable fact, people are already spending countless hours trying to figure out how to make cars safe and driverless, and have made some cars that are nearly driverless. I think that driverless cars are a bad idea. These cars will just help fuel americas lazy lifestyle. Having cars the drive themselves will take all of the fun out of driving. I think that driving is a lot of fun and if we take away peoples ability to drive then we will miss out on a lot of fun and skills that can help in everyday life. Automatic cars are not safe, if there is an accident on the road or constuction or anything blocking the road then the automatic cars will need the assistance of human drivers. The cars that are being produced now are not even fully automatic.

There are some car manufactoring companies that have already made cars that are almost driverless and have been working on making driverless cars for years and years. Some of these companies include General Motors, google (using a Toyota Prius), BMW, Tesla, Mercedes Benz, Audi, and Nissan have all either come out with a car that is almost driverless or has released plans to release them, Tesla in 2016 and the others in 2020. These manufacturing companies have already started making automatic cars and have been working on them for a very long time. I think that if the companies keep working and progressing on the safety issues with the automatic vehicles then maybe these automatic cars can be a good thing.

The American lifestyle, some might say that it is hardworking and free, others howeveer might say that we are lazy. I have to agree with both, we have many citizens that are very hardworking and strive to do their best and improve themselves and others. Sadly that is not all of out citizens, we have a gigantic amount of people in our contry that are lazy, they do not want to work for anything, and expect everything in life to be given to them without them putting forth any more effors than applying for some things online. If the automobile manufactorers release a car that drives itself, that will just be one more thing that the lazy americans do not have to do. It would be another thing just handed to them that they would not have to work for. These cars are made by the hardworking to make life for the lazy easier. I do not think that this is something that needs to happen or something that should even be considered.

When I get in my car and just drive, it is always fun. The feeling of being free and being able to go wherever you want and just to be able to drive is amazing. I think that many people love to drive and if we made automatic cars the manual cars would start to dissappear. Making many people upset and many others miss out of the wonders of driving. Diving a car can help build and develop many skills that can be helpful in every day life and even at work. Driving can help you develop your reflexes and your ability to spot details and be somewhat predictive of what others might do. That can help with plenty of jobs including sports. Learning to drive a car is one of the memories that you will remeber forever. If we have automatic cars then we will miss out on those memories.

Automatic cars will not be safe. These automatic cars can not handle anything besides normal road conditions or even pulling in and out of driveways. ""They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents"" (Driverless cars are coming, author unknown). These cars have been built to alert the driver when they need to take over the vehicle, but are still not capable of functioning without a human driver, which could be a safety hazards. If the vehicle is not able to handle the road conditions ahead it will attemp to notify the driver inside, but considering it is an automatic vehicle the driver may have fallen asleep due to the lack of entertainment of activities to keep them alert and then the car nor the driver is able to manuver the obsticles ahead and the could cause an accident resluting in the death of anyone involved.

Driverless cars are coming, and they are going to be dangerous. Driverless cars are coming and they stilll have a lot of issues to work through that could be dangerous. Driverless cars are going to reward the lazy for being lazy, and make them have to do even less work. Taking away the need for human drivers in vehicles will take away great memories, fun adventures, and many valuable skills that peple can gain while driving a car. These cars also can cause many safety issues including accidents from the lack od the cars ability to handle certain situations and could also cause issues if the drivers of these cars fall alseep when there is a sitiuation where there is a need for a human driver. RIght now these cars do not have enough safety features and they do not have enough driving capability to be safe for public use. If the manufactoring companies continue to work on these cars and make improvements, then these cars might not be completely bad, but as of right now they are not safe enough or skillled enought to be sent out to the pubic. ",5
"In a school, there are clasrooms upon classrooms that are all teaching different, new, and exciting classes. When walking down a hallway, it is more than possible that the sounds of logorithmic functions could be taught to your left as Shakespeare might be being recited to your right. If you take a turn, one kid may be leaving his photography class to go take pictures for the yearbook while another may be returning from the restroom to go back to her chemistry class where she is studying saturated and unstaurated solutions. Despite the intense differences and varities of classes that there are at a high school, not every one of them is ""new"", ""different"", and ""exciting,"" as used previously to describe the classrooms scenes to all kids. Therefore, if it were at all possible that these kids could feel and want to be more engaged in their classes that take up a large portion of their week and youth, the way to do so should be evident in the classrooms. With this in mind, the idea that using Facial Action Coding Systems in classrooms would be valuable is not only true, but something that should be acted upon. (D'Alto).

In the life of someone that is attending school, there is one idea that is always looming over their shoulder. Whether it be like a cloud on a rainy day or a shadow following them on a sunny one, grades are always an important factor in a school-goer's life. Therefore, if this porgram would be able to help kids to be more interested in a topic and be more involved, they may just have improved grades from this system. In the text, the excerpt, ""'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming cofused or bored,' Dr. Huang predicts,"" shows that student's attention could be analyazed. (D'Alto, 6). With this being done, if the computer would be able to recgonize confusion, the student could then be introduced to a better way to learn the material or a way that they beter understand it, then leading to better grades. (D'Alto, 6). Also, the grades of the students could improve based on what the computer decides to do with as much human touch as it can. The passage, ""'Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor,'"" shows that there is a solution to any problems a kid may have with what they are learning. (D'Alto 6). The fact that the computer attempts to try and help the students with a human touch shows that it would have the capibilties to do it's best and help the students to learn better, overall improving the student's grades. (D'Alto 6). With both of these examples in mind, it can be seen that the inclusion of this sytem into classrooms would have the capability to improve both a student's grades and understanding.

When a kid is sitting in a classroom for an hour, atleast, every day to every other day, there is seemable reason as to why and how a kid could get easily side tracked and/or bored. Despite this being true, the inclusion of this program into student's lives may have the ability to greatly improve student's engagement and interest in the classroom. In this article, the author includes, ""'Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional connection,' notes Dr. Huang. 'So computers need to understand that, too,'"" shows just how the students may become more engaged and interested in their classes that take up so much of their week days. (D'Alto 6). If the computers would be able to connect with the students, there is no reason that these kids would not feel more obligatred to pay attention and more interested to learn what is being taught. (D'Alto 6). Another reason that these kids would gain more by having this system in their schools is the idea that would engage them in a fun manner. When the author included, ""The Mona Lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face, while it shows just how much this computer can really do,"" the reason is stated so in the text. (D'Alto 6). By including this piece, the author is showing that there, overall, is a fun factor to this could intrigue the students and keep them interested in their assignments and school overall. With these two ideas in mind, it can be seen that, as the attention of students is a primary need for schools, if this could improve just that, there is no reason not to include it in student's lives.

As science is an ever-budding field by it's own nature, there is no reason that a new technology wouldn't thrive among those interested in both science and technology. Therefore, as this is something that is new and up and coming, the addition of this to clasrooms may spark a pasion for this subject and inspire a career to form. In the excerpt, ""The software is the latest innovation from Prof. Thomas Huang, of the Beckham Institute for Advanvced Science at the University of Illinois, working in collaboration with Prof. Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam,"" shows just how recent this technology is. (D'Alto 1). With this in mind, if students were able to be introduced and subject to this technology, there could be future scientist that want to further improve this technology and, until then, would be more involved in it's place at school. (D'Alto 1). Also, due to the fact that this technology is not only limited to the classroom, it is then evident that other jobs could be produced out of this technology being in the classroom, sparking interest in young and vulnerable students. As the author includes, ""The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive--for video games or video surgery,"" it is showsn just exactly how various the fields are that this technology could be used in. (D'Alto 6). Whether a kid is devoted to learning about medicne or engrossed in playing games, it has been shown that this technology in the classrooms would expose these kids to it's capabilities and potentially create a passion. (D'Alto 6). Therefore, by including this technolgy in the classroom with it's own purpose, the students would be subject to technolgy that is blooming in several fields and could easily inspire a child to become something that utilizes this technology in their future.

As kids are ever-subject to new and upcoming ideas, it is evident that the addition of recent techology could aid their progression in school and would be deemed as important and valuable to include. If a kid were someone that easily lost interest in a course or was not very interested in a certain class, they may then be more provoked to learn and pay attention if this new technology was included at their school and interested them. By doing so, there is potential that the student would then be able to improve their grade and get much out of this porgram. Also, if a student were to be even intrigued in this technology, there could be potential for this studen to go into a job field that dealt with this type of technology as there are many that vary greatly in doing so. Overall, the inclusion of present innovations and technology should be including the next generations, as success for them now will lead to future success for all.",6
"The ""Unmasking the Face on Mars"" is just a natural landform and not a face made by aliens. The reason for me saying this is because it states that it is a Mesa. According to the text it was formed by a huge rock that formed shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth. I also say that each picture being taken could of had a better quality camera or maybe could've had a different angle that makes it look like a face is there. As it said in the text the camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds just to see that it was a face. The clouds could have given shadows that made it looked like there was a face imprint. The face could've been just another Martian mesa, in the text it says mesas are common around Cydonia. NASA decided to make this public which made more people believe this is real . All this was made so people could believe there is life on Mars, after scientist had believed there was life on Mars. Once they decide to take more pictures years later ,they found out it was just a natural landform.",2
"I am Luke, I served as a Seagoing Cowboy. I think you should join this program because there are a lot of perks to it. My favorite part of being a Seagoing Cowboy would probably be helping people. I went out and looked for people in distress. I tried to help them as best as possible. I adored helping people even before I joined this group so I loved this part.

When I wasn't helping people I would treat my self to some site seeing. I loved seeing the Acropolis in Greece. That was my favorite! I also saw Europe, China, I took a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, I saw an excavated castle in Crete, and the Panama Canal.

I also had a few scary times like one time I was just about to fall overboard on my night-watch, but this little piece of metal stopped me.

When I was on my way home and we had already loaded off all of the animals, I would play baseball, volleyball, table-tennis, fencing, and boxing. I also read!

I kept going on these amazing trips and now I feel as if I have been everywhere! I'm sure that if you take this offer and join the Seagoing Cowboys then you will have plenty of stories to tell children and relatives.

Remember that all of this was a huge oppertunity for a small town boy like me. I was just a boy dreaming of changing the world and now I have lived that dream. Now it is time for me to help you live your dream!",3
"The danger of the development of driveless cars is a terrifying thought. Car accidents can cause a plentiful amount of tramatic disorders like PTSD, sleep insolmnia ,and night terrors. On some occations people that are involved car accidents never want to be in a moving vechicale again. Driveless cars would run on computers. Computers can short or glitsh on occasion every device glitshes.

When childeren are young they don't think about the danger of being around a moving vechical. A driveless car would be running off of sensors and cameras. There could very well be a toddler running out in the middle of the road and the camera doesn't catch it and the sensors glitch the only outcome is either a dead child or a severly injured child. Teenagers will be in cars drinking and think they won't have to worry about driving then there breaks lock up on a patch of gravel that they didn't know was there next thing you know teeengers get killed in a car accident. If something goes wrong it wouldn't be the drivers fault,privacy and things like tickets wouldn't exist.

Youre giving away youre privacy and location. Anyone will be able to tell were you've been, how long you were there, and where you went after that. Kids, parents, spouses and the government all will know or will be able to find out. Who you are with and when you when and got them. What you have when you got in the car and what you had when you got out.

Why would you want to put your life or your childerens like into the wires of a computer. The risks of putting not just yourself but the people around you in jeopordy because a car that drives itself. Computers can't be trust with the lifes of people. Peoples location will always be known and so will peoples buisness. ",3
"In ""The Challenge of exploring Venus,"" the author suggests that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despit the dangers it presents. He shows this numorouds times throughout this passege. One that really stood out was when he said that Venus was a lot like earth. It has mountens, vallys, hills and exetra. They said one way we could get closer and see more is if we sdend a ""vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape"". I thought that was a smart idea becaue if the ground is to hop to stand on and be on, having something hover over it is a grat Idea.

They also said that Cenus is like our ""sister plant"". They say this becaus it has proven to be one of the ""most Earth-like planer in out solar system"". That is also a cool fact. I also read in the story that Venus is not the closest to the sun but yet it still is the hotest planet. In passage 4 it states,

""The planet (venus) has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar future"". This is a intesting fact, my question to the auther would be , ""Doesnt Mars have rocks and mountens? So, can mars be a sister planet to Earth as well or am I wrong?""",2
"The use of technology is widely used today and is making our world diffrent and more easier everyday. Technoldgy could be used for good things but, also used for bad. But either way we made it and its ours to use. Technology helps us look into many things that are important to us. Technology tells us what the weather is, or whats happening in a city far away. Either way it helps us look deeper in what we wanna know. Would you want to know how someone felt really by one scan of a machine/computure?

There is a new software, latest innovation of Prof. Thomas Huang. He and his colleague are making ways where technology and humans could commuinicate better. They are trying to see how people really feel and are they okay. This technology could be vary valuable, since now a days we use it like crazy. if we had gotten software that could see how we feel maybe students could be better at many things and technology would know how to help us interact with them.""a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"" Dr. Huang predicts. ""Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" paragraph 6, lines 5-8.

We as the users of technology should have our computers know what we want and what we don't want, if we use those and we use Dr. Huang's idea and we get what we want and many providers could be outreached and many providers will get the audience they wnat and what the users of technology will also get what they really want.""so computers need to understand that, too.""paragraph 6, line 11-12. Dr. Huang expresses that technology needs to understand us so we coukld let them knoiw what we want and what the consumer wants.

There is also many peopel who go undiagnosed for what they have. Many people show how they feel or what they are thinking by their expression. People could be depressed, have anxiety, have mnay diffrent conditions and they go undetected. We could use this technology to help out many diffrent people an dwe could use this to better our society and how the people in it really feel.""His new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code."" paragraph 5, lines7-8. This could help us break many barriers and help people who battle themselves every day. Technology helps us get closer to eachother everyday.

In conclusion technology is helping us and its our choice what to do with it and what we could make in the future to helps us more, and not make us more uneducated. Technology that could help us read emotional expression of many people, especially our upcoming youth in classrooms everywhere. It will help us get to know an dteach better than the old ways we use to have back in the day. We must become inventors to make our selves more accesible and more expressive.",3
"I am against driverless cars. Driverless cars do not seem very safe for a couple reasons. For years, we have been driving cars all on our own, and we have been just fine.

Driverless cars may seem new and exciting and it is, but they can also cause us harm. The driverless cars have tons of technology to it. It can help us break, notify us, drive us ,and it can take over the car. Which seems great but the quote, ""If technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault--the driver or the manufacturer?"", is a huge issue. If the technology fails and we are injured, it can be our fault or the cars. No one will really know, and that can cause an issue. The person who is injured could sue the manufacturer, but it could not be done because no one really knows who's fault it was. It will be two times more likely to be in an accident if we had driverless cars, because we could cause our injury and a technology misfunction could cause it too. The technology would take over so much that we would just sit there. Some states even make computer driven cars illegal, and many states limit the use of semi-autonomous cars. They will need every state to make driverless cars legal and limitless in order to have driverless cars. Also, the driverless cars would cost too much money for everyone to have either.

It will be much safer to stick with us driving the cars, and not the driverless cars. Driverless cars can injure us and many others, and we have been doing just fine driving on our own. The driverless cars would cost way too much too. Also, every state will need to make driverless cars legal and limitless, if we developed driverless cars. This is why I disagree on having driverless cars.",2
"Do you care about our Earth? Human's actions towards the earth don't show that they care about it and how they're ruining it. We are destroying the Ozone Layer! One huge way we can prevent this is limiting the use of cars. By doing this it will take more stress off of you. It will also be more safe on the roads with less traffic! Most importantly, we will be saving our earth.

The first reason I believe it will be a good idea to limit the use of cars is taking stress off of us. We all have bad days, between work and school. Imagine just being able to hop on a bus that will take you to your destination. You won't have to worry about any bad drivers. This way you can just relax. Lets face it, we all get a little road rage every once in awhile that will even cause you to drive a bit crazy.

This leads me to my second main point which is less traffic! Some city's have a lot of unwanted traffic! If we limit the use of our cars and use the train we will get directly to where we want to go. Perhaps we use a bus, there may be many bus's on the road going different places but this will still be better than all the fuels we burn and put off into the air that is destroying the Earth.

My final and most important point is that we are destroying the Earth! We are damaging the Ozone Layer! If we cut out all of our vehicles and just have a few buses and trains for each city then this will help our earth and ozone layer very much! All the smog being put into the air is not good at all and it's not healthy for us humans either!

In conclusion, limiting the use of cars will help the earth and us humans in the long run. All the smog we breathe in and the damage it does to the earth is not good! We can help prevent this by limiting the use of cars and bring back buses and trains for our main way of transportation.    ",2
"Can you really trust a car to take you from point A to point B safely? There are many possible things that can go wrong while a person is not controlling their car. I think that there is not a safe way for a car to drive a person all by itself. If you don't know the next action that your car is going to take, how can you stop anything bad from happening? Will the car be able to determine where to stop if it is approaching a stop sign? There are too many ""what ifs"" with a driverless car for me to feel safe to ride in one, or to even have one driving on the street around me.

To me, there are a variety of things that can go wrong when you are allowing the car drive all by itself. There are too many questions that need to be answerd about these new cars. For example, how will the car react to a sudden change in the environment? If another car gets to close will it swerve out of the way potentionally causing an accident? Even if the car notifies the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, what will happen if the driver isn't notified in time? Also, if one of the sensors on the car were to be broken or damaged, then how could the car continue to drive on its own? Would it notify the driver that a new part is needed? If the car were to get into an accident, who would be to blame, the driver or the company that created the car? Would it depend if it was on manual control or automatic? These questions are the main reasons why the driverless cars need to be improved before I will even think about ridding in one. I know that I would rather know exactly what I am doing and how it will be done instead of having a car try to do it for me.

I think that driverless cars are a terrible idea. There are too many problems that can occur during the driving process, and I don't want my life in the hands of a car that can't see or think the way that a human does. If during some parts of the drive it requires a human to take the wheel, why have it automatically drive you? Wouldn't it get tiring waiting for your turn to drive, especially when you aren't sure when the car is going to have you take over? You must stay focused on the road and have both hands on the wheel, so you could very easliy just drive the car yourself without the worry. This way you can control the situations that you get into, and not having a car get you into trouble that you might not be able to get out of. I think that it is much more safe to have a human that can respond quickly to change and can manuver through obsticals than to have a car, that might not see everything in its environment, drive automatically through it. ",3
"Sometimes classrooms can be very confusing to both teachers and students. With new computer software that can recognize emotions, the classroom environment can be greatly improved. The computer is able to detect a variety of different emotions from surprise and sadness. This advanced technology can help with students who are afraid of asking a question they think is dumb, students who don't care enough to ask questions, teachers detecting if a student is lying and exercises that have students fake emotions until they become real. The use of this technology would change students' and teachers' school experience.

A quote by Prof. Thomas Huang says, ""a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" With the Facial Action Coding System, computers would be very useful in the classroom because many students are to afraid to ask questions, or they just don't care enough to ask questions. With thid new software computers can detect when a student isn't understanding the concept, bored of the lesson or completely zoned out. The teacher can also be aware of the class weaknesses and strengths. Knowing this feedback would create a better learning environment for the student and teacher.

Going along with the idea of technology that reads your emotions, according to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even produce them. This exercise can be significant in the classroom by having the students fake emotions until the emotions become genuine. If students simply do smiling exercises before a test it could possibly relieve potential nerves, resulting in better test scores. This exercise could also be used when they are being taught a lesson. The student could practice a serious face multiple times until they feel serious enough to focus on the lesson. Advanced computers can read these emotions and detect whether these exercises were beneficial.

""To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a ""smiling"" politician or celebrity isn't being truthful."" - Since this statement can be used during scenarios including politicians, it can be applied to everyday situations like students in a classroom. Things like cheating on tests, plagiarism and lying about getting work done in time are all common practices done by many students. With the use of the advanced technology, teachers can detect whenever either of those happen, thus bettering the student in the long run. This can also result in students never doing these things again because they know they will get caught.

All of these claims are evidence that advanced technology would be very valuable in a classroom setting. If every school had these computers, the teachers' and students' learning environment would immensely improve. From knowing if a student is lying or not to teachers being able to better their lesson plans, this technology can do it all. Every schools' test scores would go up. Although this software is way beyond our time and a little too much to ask for, it would make school a better place.    ",5
"Later on in our future we will have driveless cars. Many automakers are continuing their work on the assumption of driveless cars. Some people believe this is a bad idea because they think it is not safe for our roads. Some states it is illegal even to test computer driven cars, but i am with the driveless cars.

I am with drivless cars becuase the sensors they use has become more advanced within the last ten years. There still is further improvements in sensors, computer hardware, and software to make driving safer are also leading to cars that can handle more driving task on their own. The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing better response and control than a human driver could manage alone. Also safety is a big concern and that's why the in-car system is actually a safety feature. The in-car system is displays that can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over, something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone. Manfacturers are also considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road. So while the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver.

Driveless cars are our future and i am with with driveless cars. Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved. A few automakers plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020. We grow closer and closer to the driveless cars everyday. ",3
"Hey, this is Luke Bomberger and I think that you should become a Seagoing Cowboy! When I was a small boy my friend Don invited me to go to Europe. When I couldn't think of a reason to say no I went with him. I'm glad I did because if I hadn't I wouldn't ever have become a Seagoing Cowboy. You can have many things if you become a Seagoing Cowboy!

Instead of my service I became a Seagoing Cowboy and got animals across the sea safely. I washed them and cleaned them over and over but in all those chores I got to travel!

I got to see Europe, China, Greece, and Italy! I was a small town farm boy and then I got to see all of these places, all because I became a Seagoing Cowboy! You can become one too!

I'll admit that there are some dangers in becoming a Seagoing Cowboy. Once I almost fell overboard and broke my ribs! I wasn't able to do anything for the animals for a couple of days but they kept me company. Even though becoming a Seagoing Cowboy has its faults it overall is very exilerating and makes life an adventure! You can become a Seagoing Cowboy just like me!

If all that doesn't satisfy you, this will! When there are no animals aboard to take care of you can play games to pass the time. These games include baseball, volleyball, fencing, boxing, reading, and table tennis tournaments! When you are playing these games with all the other cowboys you tend to make cowboy friends almost immediatly! You can sign up right now to make new friends and play games with them!

All in all the Seagoing Cowboy experiance was the best experiance of my life. I hope that everyone gets the chance to have this experiance! You can have adventure to make you feel alive. You can have tourism to let you have experiance across the world. You can have games and new friends to keep you company and help you pass the time! You can have many things if you become a Seagoing Cowboy!                                    ",3
"Dear, State Senator

With the elctoral college vote most of people are not getting what they prefer. For the the electoral college vote, voters vote fro not the president, but for a not slate of electors. With the popular vote people are actually getting what they voted for.

The best argument against the electoral college is what we might  call the disaster college. Consider that state legislatures are techanically responsible for picking electors and that those electors that were voted for couls always defy the will of the people. Over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now.

Some mat argue that they like the electoral vote but majority of the people would rather have the popular vote. It does not make any sense to me how the president with the votes does not win the presidential election. The electoral college is unfair for all voters that vote. When you think of a vote and how it works you would think by the most one with the most votes wins cause that pretty much means that most of the people would rather have the most wins over the win that had less votes but more electoral votes.

The electoral college election consist of the 538 electors. All you have to do is win most of those votes and you win the election. It is pretty unfair for the rest of the people that are votting for presidential election. The majority of the 270 electoral vots is required to elect the president. When you vote for the president you are also voting for your candidate and the candidate's electors.  Electors are people that are not holding public office. To be elector the state chooses and sometimes state conventions, state party's central committee, and the presidential candidate themsleves.

They should not really even call it the presidential election casue when you vote for presidential candidate you are actually voting for slate electors. Each party selects a slte of electors trusted to vote for the party's nminee and represent them. In 2000 Gore the popular votes which means most people would have rather had him then bush but bush won the electional because the electoral votes. There is really not a reason why the people should vote because either way the electors are choosing the preisdent. The people are showing who they want but really does not matter that much. The only reason why people vote for the poplar vote because the if there is tie between the electoral vote it goes to the popularity vote.

In conclusion, I think we should change the electoral vote to the popular vote because the majority of the voters should get what they voted. I think it is unfair for all the people that vote and does not really do anything unless there is tie in the electoral vote. The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational to all the people.                             ",3
"Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because Venus is the closest planet to Earth In the terms of the density and size, and on distance too, but each previos mission was unmanned, no spcaecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. It's been three decades since a spaceship has touched down on Venus, Is a challenging planet for the humans to study even despite of the proximity to us. Also, there's a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent of carbon dioxide blankets on Venus, but what's more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in the Venus atmosphere.

The temperature average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and also the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what is on planet Earth, the conditions are far more extreme than anything we humans encounter on Earth. Even if Mercury is closer to the sun, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any other planet on the solar sytem and it also presents additional impedimentslike powerful earthquakes, erupting volcanoes.

If the scientists know everything about this why are they discussing about visiting Venus if it isn't a good place where we humans could be and live at, because we wouldn't even be able to live for a day just as the spacecraft that didn't even survided just only for a few hours. Probably long ago just as it says on paragraph 4 that, Venus was maybe covered largely with oceans and it could have supported various forms of life just like here on Earth and Venus then also has some features that are analogous to Earth. It's better to keep studying Venus then to just go visit it, because there would probably be stuff on Venus that the scientist don't even know about and then the people that would go visit Venus would be in such danger. In conlusion, scientist should still be doing research about Venus, because everything they have known recently about Venus it sounds really dangerous just to go and see it on their own then they would put their lifes in danger, and I don't think that's what they want so It's better to keep doing more research about it instead of just going without knowing everything about the planet.",2
"Wouldn't it be amazing for you to have a connection with your computer? For your computer to know exactly when you need help with a problem without you telling it. Or for when the lesson just really isn't grabbing your attention and for the computer to know you're bored? With the Facial Action Coding System it now can. This is exactly why this technology that reads the emotional expressions of your face in the classroom is valuable.

One extemely important thing that can ruin a class lesson is the students getting bored. Staring at a screen for hours a day can make your mind wander, becoming sidetracked by the lose string on your sweater or maybe the picture on the wall. This wouldn't have to happen if schools had Facial Action Coding System. The system would quickly scan the face and know that this student just isn't interested and change the lesson format until the student is. This way the students wouldn't get bored. This program would keep it fresh and hold the attention of the student, scanning to make sure they're happy.

Another serious problem online learning may hold is confusion. When you're with a computer you don't exactly get the same hands on lesson you would have a teacher. If a student gets confused with a problem they may not have someone around to help them and they may not know how to work exactly how the computer can help. So they guess that answer and get it wrong and over time they may even fail the class. But with the Facial Action Coding System is could easily scan the face and see the confusion all over the student and modify the lesson till the student understand.

With the basic problems aside from digital learning, solved with the program, it can become more common. If students aren't having troubles with the computer lesson, because they're getting a more hands on approach with the computer now knows what they want, then they're going to soar beyond what earlier generations have. With the combination of Facial Action Coding System and going at the students personal pase that computer lessons provide, a student won't be held back. It provides many new opportunities for learning, with this program, than ever before.

With the information provided about the very positive effects Facial Action Coding System its easy to say that it would be beneficial to a school learning environment. It can tell if a student is bored. It can tell if a student is confused. And most of all it can send our future students down the road to success. This is exactly why this technology, that reads the motional expressions of your face, in the classroom is valuable. ",4
"Dear Senator,

An Electoral College is a vote to elect the President/Vice President. Only votes that count are the ones done electoraly by Congress. Out of the 538 votes that are going to be done, you need 270 or more to win. Thats extremely disrespectful to the people of the Unites States. Don't they have a say in wether to elect the President or not? Thats why you should banned Electoral College votes and approve it by popular votes because it is your people's (persons living in america) lives you are affecting.

When it is time to elect a new president, citizens want to know thier votes help elect the President of thier choice. In fact it just went to help thier candidate mabey support the Presidents election. Plethora of Catholics voted for Romney to win because Obama supported abortion. We never know if the all the citizens vote could have made romney win because it just goes to help the candidate help the person running for president win. If Romney won 1,000 lives a day could be saved. Obama helped with some problems to though, he made Obama Care, that gave people insurence for less money. Him helping the less furtienate is great. In, addition, making popular votes can help your citizens feel better. You are helping them by choosing wich president will help them and thier family have a better life. The citizens know what they need, they know if Obama is going to help them or not. They know who to vote for because they are providing what they need to live good life. If more citizens vote ofr one president then another, gues what? You just helped more then half of the us a citizens because they knew wich president helped them more. The trouble is out here and you can only fix it with us.

In conclusion, citizens should have the choice of the President because they know what they need and what presidnet will provide it. The citizens have a choice to elect the President. No one knows the real problems but the people and with thier votes you can help them individually.            ",2
"Leonardo Da Vinci's renaissance painting ""Mona Lisa"" is one of the famous painting this world has ever known. But there was one question in my mind,""WHAT IS HER EMOTION""? Is she smiling, is she angry, is she sad, what is her emotion.

Now this new technology called FACS (Facial Acting Coding System) can measure human emotions. It also measures Mona Lisa's emotion. Is it valuable in today's world.

Nowdays, unlimited machines have been built to comfort human civilization. Some of them really benefitted, some of not. Now a Human emotion telling machine is built to measure emotions. I think it is valuable because the creator might have built it for purpose. But what I personally think, ""IT IS USELESS"". WHY?.Let me explain you.

Humans are making new machines. But who has the time to test it. Because machines are growing, but the civilization is busy. Some people can't give their family some time because they got job to do. If they're done with job, then they have to look for home. Stress increases these days.

I think this machine is valuable same as useless. Valuable because it takes a lot of time and years to make. Useless because it has no role to deal with human stress, it reads emotions, that's pretty cool. But what anout dealing with stress. I hope you like my thought.   ",1
"Dear Senator,

I favor keeping the Electoral College in the arguement. One of the reasons I feel that way is that it is harder for someone who is runnig for president to win. To win they would need to win over the votes of most of the small states. Or win over the votes over some of the small states and some of the big states.  So it would need someone who is smart or at least somewhat smart.

Another one of my reasons for going on this side of the arguement is not only do they have to win over the electoral votes they have to win over the poularity votes. The next reason I have is the Electoral College requires the people running for president they have appeal to all regions and not just the west because they were born there or something like that.

Now there are a few bad things about the Electoral College. Like one is the fact that a tie is posible.

Another is that it's out dated. Lastly each party picks a slate of electors to vote for the party's nominee and it's posible that trust can be betrayed, but that's rare. That is what I think about the Electoral College.                    ",2
"When you think of ""driverless cars"" it sounds impossible, right? Well google is actually thinking of ways to make it happen. There are a lot of people who say yes to it, but also a lot of people who are very opposed to it. But me personally, I think it wold be a very useful and helpful thing. It would help transport faster and you'd be able to travel for a long time.

There are smart cars in the world. There have always been smart cars. But, why can't we take it to the next level of not even having to drive anymore? With driverless cars, you can get to places if you're in a hurry, and not even be late. Think of rushing out the door to catch a cab, jumping into the car without even having to stear or anything? It would help a lot of peoples lives especially with time.

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"Many believe that the Face on Mars was created by aliens. There are many conspiracy theories, but scientists say the Face is simply just a natural landofrm. Cydonia was first discovered in May of 2001, and since then has had people baffled by the human-like structure. Though it may be easy to believe that this landform is the creation of aliens on Mars, it is just a natural rock formation on the red planet.

Aliens not been proven to be living in the universe with a secret ancient civilization. Though some people might believe this is untrue, NASA has yet to find evidence to support it. If scientists knew Cydonia was created by aliens, they would definetly want to investigate this further. With this new information, just like any new discovery, it would open up so many different ideas about the universe that do not exist today. ""As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger thatn the pixel size. So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were."" With the extremely advanced technology we have today, scientists have been able to take more pictures of this landform, further proving that it is a natural creation, and that there is no alien civilization hiding in the depths of it's shadows.

Cydonia has many conflicting opinions on how it was created. Many citizens still strongly hold on to their ideas about this landform. It has been proved by NASA that this formation is not created by aliens, nor is there any living organisms with secret colonies on Mars. People have the choice to believe what they want, but scientists know the truth behind the Face on Mars. ",3
"Dear Senator,

I am sending yhis message to let you know that i strongly believe that we should have Electoral vote. With the Electoral collage it allows for us to make there a set number on the amount of votes we can get. That being said the Electoral collaeg wpuld make it alot easier so the states adn national governmant to get the right amount of votes.

With the Electoral College, it all depnds on if you state agrees to have a certain person as president. As informed in ""What is the Electoral College?"" it states that "" The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. This makes it a majority vote i order for you state to win for which ever candianate.

During the 2012 election with Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, Romney had to win Ohio and Florida's Electoral vote. But becasue Obama won Florida he remained in office as our president. With this Electoral vote its a amke or break. Its not always the best thing but its the right thing. With the Electoral College you vote for a slate of voters who then vote for president. As Richard A. Posner informed us, "" Its entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote. Yet that has happened very rarely. It happened in 2000, when Gore had more popular vote than Bush yet fewer electoral votes."" This shows you that the Electoral Vote is more important.

The Swing States are what determines the election. These states are different for every election becasue they will always find which one is better. The Big States is the states witha lot of electoral votes , including California who has 55 electoral votes. The higher the population the more Electoral votes you have. When a Run off election happens the Electoral College doesnt allow for Majority of teh votes cast.

Overall you should not take the Elctoral College away. Without The Electoral College there would not be a fair shot for the canidate to win. You should keep the Electoral vote!!! Help A canidiant bye keeping the Electoral College.    ",2
"I think the idea of ""driverless""'cars might not actually be such a bad idea. I mean what could be any better? A car you get into and it will take you wherever you desire? Driverless cars could have less accidents, save gas, and maybe even get people where they need to be quicker.

Theoretically thinking, a driverless vehicle could potentially cause a lot less trouble than a vehicle with a human driver. Sometimes, humans don't tend to make the best choices ever. Every year many people die because of drunk drivers alone. Many people also die just because some idiot decided they didn't need to pay attention, that text was just too important or than phone call may have been too important. More important than someones life of course. With driverless cars they would not have to worry about any of that, as long as they knew where they were going the car would get them there and back safely.

What's even better than a car you don't have to worry about driving? A car you don't have to worry about driving, while saving gas. According to the text, Mr Sergey Brin forsees cars that would use half the fuel that taxis use in todays world. Even if it wasnt much, if you add up everyone that rides taxis it accumulates and eventually everyones contributing to the problem. So a car that could use only half of the gas we use today, like is there any reason to say no to these cars?

Many people almost never get anywhere on time, some may have too much going on some might just not care. Whatever the case may be, what if these driverless cars could get you wherever you needed to be in the quickest way possible while not breaking the law. The driverless car could get you where you need to get by taking the quickest route possible. With all the advanced technology being promised the car could know whats ahead of it and if it will slow your trip down. For example if the car knows that up ahead is construction zone where you would have to slow down and waste time, it could just take a more efficient way and eventually save you time.

Driverless cars, hopefully soon, will no longer be a thing of the past. With technology just advancing without stopping i think soon driverless cars would just be another normal vehicle you see on the road. To me driverless cars would be an astounding idea. ",4
"Exploring Venus has been a challenge that humans have been striving to explore for over three decades. In my opinion I believe that someday humans will colonize Venus but not anytime soon so there is no point in continuing to study it. In this article ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"", the author claims that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. I believe that the author did a great job with their claim and that they used many details to support their claim but they did not go into detail on the cost of these studies. The article is about the challenges and drawbacks from being able to explore Venus and the precautions that are needed to be put into account when trying to explore it.

As I have said, I believe that Venus will some day be explored and colonized. However I do not believe it will be any time soon due to the fact that there are hundreds of different drawbacks and challenges that are needed to be strategized before we can take a living human up there. Some of those challenges and drawbacks that are needed to be taken into account are that we do not have the necessary equipment to withstand the atmosphere on Venus made up of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets as said in the article. In addition, there are temperatures that average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit on Venus. Those temperatures are beyond anything that has ever been created to withstand heat.

In reality, anything that is sent to Venus will probably be melted and destroyed before even landing on the planet. I say this because the atmospheric pressure of Venus is 90 times greater than Earths. I can support this because in the article it says, ""These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans have ever encountered on Earth; such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals."" Even if Venus was once the most Earth-like planet why keep sending unmanned spacecrafts to Venus. The only thing that scientists are accomplishing are a few results on how to modify their spacecrafts but they are wasting their money on something that probably will not be accomplished in their lifetime.

In conclusion, Venus is one of those planets that humans are so fascinated by but it has many drawbacks and dangers. Therefore I do not agree with the authors claim but I do believe that they did a great job with using details to support their claim. In my opinion, due to the drawbacks and challenges that need to be solved in order to even land on the planet Venus, I believe that exploring Venus is a complete waste of time as of right now. If the exploration of Venus was coming any time soon then it would not have taken NASA three decades to get to the point that we are at now.",3
"The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because if the computer read you are bored it can change to somthing more fun. If the computer read you are sad it and change to somthing happy. Also is it read you are happy it can stay like that.

If you are reading or doing somthing bording your full focus wouldn't be on it so if the computer read that it can change it to somthing more fun to read or do. It can make it more happy or scary (if you like that). It will make those days when you know you have to read something bording fun.

Next, there are people who don't read as fast or understand like other so if you get a little confused the FACS can change it to your level or it can have someone help you by reading it or giving you tools to understand more.

Last, if you are enjoying the text you are reading or work you are doing the FACS can let the computer know to stay on it and it can give you more like that for your enjoyment.

In conclutiond the FACS is valuable in classroom because it can make boreding things more fun. It can make the reading your level if you are confused. Also if the like what you are reading and can give you more like it.",3
"Imagine going to outer space, and you land on Mars. When you get there you find a landform that you haven't seen before. This could be something big, but you know it isn't alive, so you have to assume it is a landform. When you go back and show everyone what you found people think it is an alien, but further investigations show it is a natural landform. This Face is a natural landform because no one has ever seen something like this before, no one has any proof that it is a human or alien, and NASA and the Mars Global Surveyor say it is a landform.

First of all, no one has seen anything like this before. The text states,"" There must have been a degree of surprise among mission controllers back at the Jet Propulsion Lab when the face appeared on their monitors."" This peice of evidence shows that the face is new to them, and they don't know what it is. Another piece of evidence is,"" Twenty five years ago something funny happened around Mars."" This, also, shows that NASA doesn't know what it is. If no one knows what it is then you can't say it is a human or alien without knowing the facts.

Secondly, no one has any proof that it could be an alien or a human. For instance, the text states,"" Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa."" This piece of evidence shows that they can't figure out exactly what the face is. They are making aussumtions of what the face might be, but they aren't one-hundred percent sure of what it is. NASA would have to have proof to say it is an alien or not.

Lastly, when Mars Global Surveyor arrived at the Red Planet he found out the face was a natural landform. For example, the text states,"" Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing... a natural landform."" This shows that once they got a clear picture of the face, the JPL found out it was just an ordinary landform. The text also states,"" What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa- landforms common around the American West."" This piece of evidence found in the text shows that NASA figured out that the face was a landform. Yes, the face did look like a human, but the NASA found out it was a landform when they closely examined the it.

In conclusion, the face that was thought to be an alien or a human was clearly a natural landform. First of all, it was never seen before, so no one could be sure of what it was. Secondly, people just assumed it was an alien or a human, and they had no proof that it was. Lastly, the Mars Global Surveyor found out the face was a natural landform. This evidence shows that face everyone thought was an alien was actually a natural landform.       ",4
"The author is very convinceing he didnt just say whats good nor did he say all what is bad.

From the text he made the evidce of how Venus has made it difficult to walk on or be near. He siad that the prussure and the heat is even difficult for the bots that scincetist had made.

He also siad that NASA is compelling an idea that sends human to study Venus. they are trying to make a blump-like vehicle 30 or so miles above the rollong venusian. It would still be 170 degess fahrenheit. Thought the presuure would only be as sea levels on earth.

NASA even may bring old technology called Mechanical Cumputers they were first envisiond in the 1800s and played and important role in the 1940 during World War ll. they are not like the smart phones or cumputers we have. Mechanical Cumputerscan can last in heat even longer. They work with gears and levers.

The author did make good points. Which are convinceing and to be honest I wish I would go now just to see what it looks like. He proved that there is more then one way to prove that we can study venus even if we cant see it in person.",2
"A person who thinks that the Face on Mars is a alien is not right because I the scientist knows that it's not aliens because we have research on it. Even though it may look like an ailen it's not, it is just a natural landform.

In papragraph seven it states on April 5 1998 that the scientist took a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Alo it revealed on a JPL web site that it was just a natural landform. Also that there was no alien monument after all.

If the person who still thinks it was created by aliens is stupid because NASA has proof the it is a natural monument. I would show them the photos and have proof that it was. Anyways they would be able to see it way better in the picture and see that i was right.

In paragraph 12 it says that the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West. ""The lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars.""

In conclusion, a face created by aliens and put on Mars is unrealistic. It had to be God or just a natural lanfrom. NASA has proved it in 2001. They also have pictures of the landform. Therefroe it was not aliens.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ",2
"The Facial action coding system is a good idea to used in estudents beacuse almost the 50% of the students are shy an they dont want to ask when they are confused and bored so if teachers know how they feel they can help them. A classroom computer could reconigze when a student is becoming confused or bored,"" Dr. Huang predicts.""then it could modify the lesson , like an effective human instructor ."" the same technology can make computers-combined faces more expressive- for video games or videos surgery. Many people are going to like this becuase that can help techers, students, and all people that cna get it. Did you know that exist a new sofwart making by Dr. Paul Eckman called "" The Facial Aciton Coding"" that indentify the humans emotion that it can used in all people bout we can used in students to show how they are feeling. The process begin when the computer contructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major mucles in the model must move like humans muscles. movement of one or more muscles is called an ""action unit"". Dr. Paul Eckman has classified six basic emotions that are happiness, surprise, anger, disguits, fear and sadness -and then associated each whit characteristic movements os the facial muscles. The facial expressions for each emotion are universal, Dr. Huang thought individuals often show varying degrees of expression (like not smiling as broadly), The software can even identify mixed emotions, each expression is compared against a natural face showing no emotions. the monal lisa demostration is really intendet to bring a smile to your face. Imagine making a computer that know when you are sad or happy it can be good for people. In conclusion this idea is really amazing besause it helps people and almost all the people are confused beacuse they dont know how they feel about something, this computer with the sofware it can be good for school because al students got confiused in something bout someones are shy an they dont want to ask to the teachers to make the aclaration about the thing that they are confiused and it can be better for teachers making more things intesting.",2
"I think that Lukes point of viewIf you were going to ask someone to do it then you would it might change your life. In the article is that he his a little nervous that he will be going on a ship for a long time. And he wanted to got out on sea and see what it was like.

He said that it will not be good that if he gets injured then you will have to stop working and that is bad! He said that it was a little bit bad when you hurt your self and you can't work anymore.

He said in the passage that he said that he was thankful that the metal rail saved him from going overboard. He said that was in the text was that there was more things to do like playing baseball. soccer. volleyball,and those other sports too. That is what i think that the point of view for luke is.",1
"The author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to idenify human emotions. I think the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a clasroom is valuable for these reasons.

In the article it says that,"" Dr. Paul Eckman has classified six basic emotions which are happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness."" Then he will associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscle. Another reason that I think is valuable is when in the article it says that."" In fact, we humans perform this same impressive ""calculation"" everyday. For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by look on her.""

This is why I think the use of this technology is valuable. So that we can test which of the six emotions we are in. The second reason is that we human are already perform the same impressive calcauation every day.            ",2
"Professor Thomas Huang and Professor Nicu Sebe have worked on a software that can detect how a person is feeling. The software is called teh FAcial Action Coding System, or FACS. The software can use muscle detectors to analyze and detect how a person is feeling. From my perspective, I think this is a great software to have, especially for certain situations. Some situations may include popping up media.

One reason why I think this is a great idea is because of it's function where it recognizes what you're feeling, and make modifications based around it, so you'll feel better. In the text, it mentions of how the software can detect whether someone is confused or bored, and can make some modifications to better suit the person. This shows that when it does that, it can help students better understand the topic. In the text, it mentions how when the software detects your emotion, it sends over an ad based on how you feel. This shows that if someone is feeling sad, they can send them an article about how to get better or how to overcome a loss, which is really useful. This is great for using media to assist you, but of course, it has a human-caused benefit.

The software can help you make random faces, and when done, it can help you with your emotions. In the text, it states that making fake smiley faces actually causes you to feel slightly happy. This shows that when you're making a fake smiley face when down, there's a chemical in your body that actually can help you get better. In the text, it states that Stanislavsky has his students make happy faces and frowning faces, due to the previous fact to help them better act. This shows that the software can help you detect whether or not you're actually acting a feeling well or not. Now, there is a benefit for those who don't have a software.

The software can detect facial muscles, and that helps it point out what a person is feeling. In the text, it states that the software succesfully recognized Mona Lisa's facial muscles, and it showed her to be 83% happy. This shows that the software can go through many paintings and easily detect how they're feeling. In the text, it states that with it's muscle-detecting technology, it can detect whether or now a politician or celebrity is being truthful or not. This shows that the software can detect whether or not a celebrity is lying, and that can helpful, especially in an allegation.

Overall, I believe that this technology is good to have around. It can detect how you feel, and attempt to assist you. It can cause you to make fake happy faces and actually feel happy. Finally, it can help out with detecting a truthful person or not. With that said, I believe that this will go great with classrooms in the country. ",4
"The prompt that will be read is my claim for or against the use of the Facial Action System in classrooms. I will be using my opinion and thoughts on this matter. The information that will be provided to me is from ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"". The evidence I use to support my claim will also be coming from the passage. Should the Facial Action Coding Sytem be used in classrooms on students?

As I read this passage I couldn't help but feeling annoyed by this topic. If the system reads your face how is it getting your emotion? The passage says that the system scans your muceles and gives the feedback of your emotion. Well how can this be pen point accurate if the systems isn't reading someone's thoughts? The system can be easily malipulated by the change of the musceles in your face. Therefore, the system is not giving 100% accurate feedback everytime.

Scanning a human's face and giving them feedback of thier emotion is more complex than that. To know somone's emotion 100% accurate you need to know thier thoughts. If there is no way of knowing someone's thoughts then you will never be able to get thier emotion 100% accurate. Meaning this system is just child's play since it can't read thoughts, only can scan the face as it says. To me this can be a fun little game to do with friends but not for problem that is anymore serious than that.

Should the Facial Action Coding Sytem be used in classrooms on students? As I've made my claim I think it shouldn't. One simple reason, this is not a 100% accurate system. If this was a fun activity and the students was told the system could be incorrect, sure, what could it hurt. So, the system can be used but it is irllevant to the classroom.                ",3
"Some think that the Face on Mars was made my aliens. Some think that its a natural landform. Some even think that the similar earth landforms were formed by aliens.

I believe that the Face is a natural landform. The large landform on Mars is very similar and naturally made like landforms on earth and even more specifically the American West. A very good example of this is the Middle Butte in the Snack River Plain of Idaho.

The landforms such as the Middle Butte in the Snack River Plain of Idaho are made from a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars. Knowing how the formation in Idaho is formed increases the evidence showing how easy it would be for Mars to have a similar landform. it is very well a natural landform, just on a different planet. Mars is such a similar planet to earth that the lantural landforms could be, and in this case are, very similar.

No matter what you believe, rather it is a natural formation or made by an ancient life form or aliens, all the evidence and proof points to, and proves, that the Face on Mars is in fact, just a natural landform that is most likely an equivalent of a bette or mesa.",2
"Dear State Senator,

Keeping the electoral eollege method shouldn't be appropriate for electing the next president. In source two it says that when you use the electoral college system and you vote,not only do you vote not only for one person but other people pledged to that person. Now,I don't think it's the best idea to choose this method despite it being a more simple process but using the popular vote method sounds more fair,source two also says that someone won the popular vote but the electoral college prevented him from becoming the next president. The electoral college causes too much confusion,its unfair and it's caused more problems with voting.

Although,using the elctoral college method is more simple,it can cause a lot of confusion. If you vote for one person then you automatically vote for the other people pledged to that person. Many people who have ran for persident have lost due to the electoral college method but they've won the popular vote. Its possible that when you are voting you don't know who else you're voting for.

To continue with,the electoral college method can be unfair because of the people who lost due to the system. Some people that ran for president won the popular vote but lost the electoral college vote. Others also lost because of the ""winner-take-all"" system,it awards every elector to the winning presidential candidate.

This method has caused problems with voting because of it being unfair. Some of the problems its caused was how others win automatically if the president they pledged to won the electoral college vote. This method of voting has to go.

In conclusion,the electoral college voting system shouldn't be used again in the future becasue of its confusion. It can have you voting for someone pledged to the preisdent that you didn't wan to vote for. It can also be unfair. Many people lost because of this method but won the popular vote. Last it's caused too much problems as a voting system in general.                             ",3
"The Face on Mars has been a popular icon of space, and evidence in arguements for the reality of ancient alien civilazations on mars. The Face on Mars is a natural landform similar to many on earth, like mesa's common in areas like the nevada desert or the grand canyon. Nasa has taken photos of the land form whe never they have been able to get a good shot of it, which is not very often.

Skeptics were far from convinced by the 1998 photos, many of them claimed that NASA had chosen to take the picture during a cloudy period of Mars' year to cover up an ancient alien artifact, or possible markings. Skeptics did not realise that NASA would benifit monumentaly from the discovery of an ancient alien monument on the surface of mars. In 2001 the Mars Global Surveyor again was close enough to catch a pitcure of the Face on Mars, the picture spanned a total of 1.56 meters compared to the Viking's 43 meters per pixel photo, The Surveyors photo revealed simply a landform similar to that of a mesa of butte.

The Face on Mars has been a populars icon for many things in the past, and has been used time and time again for debates on ancient alien civilazations on Mars. The iconic Face on Mars was a subject that was only important to the taxpayers not some scientific marvel or long lost ancient technology. In reality the Face on Mars is simply a land form like any other on the red planet, not an ancient alien artifact or monument.    ",3
"i believe that we shouldnt have driverless cars because it puts people at greater risk and its alot of money people would be putting into this design and we could be using the money for something else. what would be the point of a driverless car if you still potentially need a driver to take over when thngs get bad. in paragraph 7 it states that the car can only steer, accelerate, and brake themselves and all the designes are notified when the driver should take control, meaning that people still always have to be aware and pay attention so way waste money on something us people can already do without all the extra equipment. and whos to say something wont go wrong if the car goes out of control or the computer system breaks that would be alot of money to be able to get that fixed. Dr. Werner Huber said""We have to interpret the driving fun in a new way"" there is no reason at all for us to create something that is not needed and could potentially be dangerous just because we want to create somthing thats fun. in conclusion we should not have driverless cars because whos to say something bad wont happen and it would be greatly expensive and you still need a driver to be alert so these computer cars wouldnt be necessary at all.",2
"dear mr senator, i dont think the electoral college should be the middle man in our presidency voting system.

""60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now."" you see, a candidate could win the popular vote and still lose the presidency, and that is a problem. and the electoral coolege still has its defenders? personally to me it makes no sence, its not fair for those who run and the electoral college gets paid to literally just represent a group of peoples vote. i think the electing system is flawed and i think it may be time for a change to accur in the american voting system.

""under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate elector"" i just think that citizens should vote for the presedent not for their electors. the system would be so much more simple and easy this way. on the contast the electoral college has always worked for all these years but that doesnt mean its not time for a change, everything and everyone needs a change once in awhile and this is the change that the united states of america needs.

thank you for your time mr. senator, that is why i think we dont need a electoral college.    ",2
"The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. It can be very useful and impactful to know the emotions that some students might be having. The technology can point out emotions and moods teachers don't see or know for sure are happening. This can be a new step towards help students when they are down and need help with something.

The text says, ""Eckman has classified six basic emotions-happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness-and then assoicated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles."" This says that any face expression that is shows by a students the Facial Action Coding System can pick it up and compare it to the emotion the student is having. The FACS can help teachers recongize the emotions because the calculation of our emotions happens every day. Some people or friends might be able to pick up on how a students is feeling based on the way they look, but not all the time. Sometimes it is hard to pick up on how a person is feeling because their facial trait can convey different expression. Dr. Huang with his new computer software has similar anatomical information as electronic code to help and understand the emotions of people through different facial expression. FACS can be even more helpful to students in any classroom. The about 1 teacher for about 12 to 16 highschool students a class, the teacher might not be able to see you at a certain time. If the computer can pick up your emotion of confused it can better help you understand and modify the lesson for the students. The text says, ""The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive-for video games or video surgery."" This shows how FACS can also make class and school more enjoying and interesting. Not have to look at the same type of videos over and over, but being able to get different types of video. As humans it hard to try and understand each other because of how different we actually are. We don't really understand each other facial expression besides the ones we actually see. We don't know the difference between a real simile and a fake similie.

That why FACS would be good to use because it is programmed to know the difference between all facial expressions. It can help teachers understand students and can also help students inside the class room. If this is actually brought to schools and tested I feel it will have a be impact on students and teachers. You will probably see a change in students behaviors and grades with the helping of FACS.",3
"Have you ever wished that your school work can detect if you are getting bored or distracted? Dr. Paul Eckman created just the invention to make that necessary. The FACS or the Facial Action Coding System, can detect human emotions just by scanning your facial expressions. This innovative design can help improve students' level of focus if it adapts to how they feel. The technology to read facial expression of students in a classroom is valuable because it can improve focus levels, help create more engaging exercises, and it can help teachers understand a students emotions.

Because FACS can read facial expressions, this will help makes students focus more. The way that FACS can improve focus levels is giving students work that they like or relate to. This will improve focus rates because when students have work that can relate to they tend to do better. Also in the text it reads,""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson , like an effective human instructor.""This shows that FACS would do great in a classroom environment.

Another reason why FACS would be good in school is it could create more engaging exercises for the student. If a student has a more interesting topic or assignment then they would do better at their work. Also if a student is more interested then they will perform better.

The last reason as to why FACS would be effecient in schools is they can help a teacher help out a student. This would work when the computer detect sadness or anger, it would send and alert to the teacher with details about the student. The teacher would then try to comfort the student or try to calm them down.

In conclusion FACS would be valuable in schools because it can improve focus levels, help create more engaging exercises, and help teacher deal with students who are down. FACS is something that can create an easier environment for students.  ",3
"In the arcticle Driverless cars we are told about how cars are evolving are humans are needed much less they they are now to drive a car.

my position on driverless cars is that cars should just be left alone.

We dont need all of this fancy stuff for our cars, well we can make our cars look good but we dont need things like parkiing assistance or driving assistance, or ever assistance on car repairs.

cars should just stay the same we dont need all of this fancy stuff just to drive a car.

Driverless cars are not really needed that much becouse people are still learning how to drive, or they are older adults and they already know how to drive.

There are some good things about the cars and then there are some bad things about the cars.

One good thing about the carfs is that they can drive themselves so for like old people like like to ride in cars they can go on a nice joy ride even though they cant really drive anymore.

Another good thing about the cars is that there is a sensor in the seats that will vibrate when you are near or very close to let you know that there is danger near.

Some bad things about the car is that when you are coming up to a work zone or it is a zery traterous road the car will not drive by itsself instead the car will tell you that you will need to drive right now until they are passed the danger then the car will drive itsself again.

Another bad thing about the smart cars is that when there is a car problem such as the engire is failing and the car wont start the car will not be able to tell you what is wrond what you need to do to fix it.

You will half to figure it out all by yourself.

the conclusion that i have come up with is that yes smart cars can be very helpful sometimes exspecially when they are needede the most.

But if there is a problem or a danger ahead the car wont try to help you instead you will half to get away from the danger or fix whatever is messed up by yourself.

The car could helpm us in the future but before any of that happens its going to need a few modification before the car is affective and helpful. when the car has been upgraded i think that it will be a lot safer and the car will be a ton more helpful then what it is now.",2
"The limiting of usage a car has to stop because it destroy our country. How can cars destroy our country? Car can destroy our green house in many ways. one way if with all the components that the car have. For example, it can be destroy with the steam that the car throw out in the air(gas).Sometimes people can have  stress by having a car because they have to payed a lot, if a car doest'n work. They had to send the car to a place that can be fixed  and it can expand a lot of your money.

To begin with,sometimes car can be good for people that have there job far away of their home. But also car can cause you to have stress. for example in the source 3:car-free day is spinningn into  a big hit Bogota said that ""its a good opportunity to take away stress and lolwer air pollution"". This is true because if we not using a car, we don't have to worry to pay taxed, or to fixed the car. In my opinion if we just start to using car all the time, this is going to cause a big problem. Why cars can cause you a big problem on your daily life? Because cars can stop you to walk,can stop you to do a lot of things. You can get sick, one problem that United States has is the fat people. Why fat people? because they just start to use car and they doesn' t realize that if you use a lot the car, you forget that you have to do exersise or to walk. Well, is not just the car that can cause you to be fat, there are other stuff that can cause you to be fat. In the sources 1: In German Suburb, Life Goes on Without Cars, said that ""that few  soccer moms or communiting executives have ever gone before: they have given up their cars"". They notice that cars can causing a lot of problems by paying a lot. Some people had to decide to gave up their car by walking to their jobs, or going to buy some food or just want to walk to be healthy.

Cars can be a limited for some people. If we just be a liltle thinker sometimes, we can notice that us, ""THE HUMAN"" we are destroyed our world with all the substances that the car hurl in the air. This world was make to protect us, but we just like to destroy the nature by the chemical that the car has, and other stuff that cause the world to be destroy. If you are an intelligent person you can stop this by don't having a car, and use your feet to get whatever you want to go.    ",3
"Children in the near future could learn in new and exciting ways! The use of the Facial Action Coding System can help children learn lessons that they may not understand in a classrom with one teaching method. This can be excellent for helping children with special needs, finding out how children learn best, and keeping certain problems at a low. I'd say that this can be a revolutionary change for the learning process.

Children with special needs, such as ADHD, could be able to learn beter. The machine would be able to read their expression while learning and find a way to keep them on the track they need to go. This could help people with downs too! They could calculate their expression and change the way of teaching to make them better understand what is being taought because some aren't too good at communicating verbally.

FACS could help regular chindren learn better too! They could be taought a small lesson on individual devices with FACS on it, while they learn their emotions can be calculated to test to see what way of learning best suits them. They could to this for about 10-15 minutes a day with different teaching methods. After a few weeks the computer should know what method works best for each individual student. At that poiont the time taken could teach each student indeviduallly what they need to know in the way that works best for them and can improve test scores.

The system can keep ""troubble"" or problems at a low. This device could keep the attention of the ""troubble makers"" so they dont have to gain attention elsewhere by having lessons that seem to be more fun to the child. It can also tell when a student is lying about important things like bullying and harrassment. FACS can help children with drepression too! A big problem with teens and pre-teens is that the stress of school can cause depression. The article states that pecticing emotions can make u feel that emotion. Children can go to a counselor

and have their emotion read then have proper exercises to improve their emotion.

In conclusion, FACS can help multiple probles in the learning space. It can inprove learning for children and those with special needs. It can keep certaiain problems such as troubble making children at a low. It can also help children find a way of learning that best suits them. Overall FACS cn make the learning environment a better, more fun place.          ",4
"The reseacher believes that this planet can have a human life for our feature and even though the planet is dangerous there is still hope that it can help us to survive more. And the planet they are talking about is Venus.

The reason why Venus can be dangerous is because human sent numerous spacecraft to Venus, but none of them was able to touch the planet and they been doing this for three decades. This atmosphere is almost 97 percent of carbon dioxide. And also on the planet surface the temperature average is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than our own planet. This condition are far more extreme than anything human experience on Earth. Venus is the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. The reseacher cannot take a sample of rock, gas, or anything else from the planet because it can be effective.

But despite the danger there are other great thing about Venus such as Venus is the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. Today, Venus has these surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and crater. And also Venus is very close to Earth. Many researcher are working on innovation that would allow machines to last long enough to contribute to the knowledge of Venus.

The NASA has an idea for sending a human to study Venus because if the spacecraft won't land there safely then they would have to send a human over the planet. On the surface of Venus would allow scientists to this vehcle hovering 30 or maybe more miles in the landscape. It's just like a jet airplanes traveling at a higher attitude to fly over many storms anf wouls avoid the unfriendly ground coniditions. On the surfaces the temperature woukd still be toasty at around 170 degrees. But the air pressure would be close to a sea level on Earth. The solar power would be plentiful and radiation would not exceed Earth level, but survivable for humans.

The NASA is working on the electronic that is made of silicon carbide and it was tested in a chamber on the surface and it haved lasted for three weeks. The NASA is using old technology called mechanical computer and this device was used for the world war ll. But this device can be used for calculation by using gears and lever, so it can require electronics.

In my conclusion,

I think that Venus can be a great place for the human to lives just by reading this article it shows me that there are ways to make the planet Venus as a better place. Even though there are danger in the planet reseacher are trying to find out if it can be a life long planet. ",3
"The advantages of limiting car usage is that there would be less pollution in the story it says that paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. There would be less trafic jams in the artical it stated that millans of colobians hiked,biked,skated or took busses to work during a car free day, because there are less cars they were able to replace bad sidewalks with smooth nice sidewalks and new restronts and upscale shopping districts have cropped up. In the artical it said that parks and sport centersalso have boomed throughout the city uneven pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad,smooth sidewalks, rush hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic and new restronts and upscale shopping districts have cropped up.

Some other advantages of limiting car usage would be that people would be more fit and not fat since they have to bike or walk places instead of eating mcdonalds and driving around. And since there alweays biking or walking places they would feel stronger and not as week they would know that in a situation where there stranded witout a car they can ralay on walking places since there more used to walking than driving. And i feel that if people started walking instead of driving people would be more friendly to each other and they would know one another but if everyone was driving like how they are they are there only way of comunication is to honk at one another so they never actually get to talk and get to know each other.

Some ideas i have to make this work is to make the tikets of driving a car higher and make smoother and better roads/sidewalks, and if you really want this to work you have to make better bikes that are easyer to ride faster sronger and more reliable other than selling a piese of metal on two weels or you could lover the prises of bikes and walking shoes because not everyone can afford the best bikes and walking shoes so if you lowerd your prises people can actually afford transportation such as bikes, skateboards and all that other good stuff instead of a car.

Right now would be a good time to start trying to make people ride bikes or walkn other than using a car because according to the artical americas love affair with its vehicals seems to be cooloing , when adjusted for population growth ,the number of miles driven in the united states peaked in 2005 and dropped stedially thereafter. Car ownership per household and per person started to come down two or three years before the downturn said Mickael Sivak ,who studies the trend and who is an reaserch professor at the university of michigan transportation reaserch instatude. And if the patterns keep going like how they are it will have benefical implications for corbon emission and the enviorment. These are all the reasons and facts why we should limit car usage and start walking or riding bikes.    ",3
"As a member of the Seagoing Cowboys program, I think it would be an excellent experience for others if they participate. They should join the program because it is a great learning experience. It would allow people to work hard while having fun. It would be a positive experience for those people.

First of all, it would give people experience working with animals. They would be able to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that are being shipped overseas. They would learn what it takes to keep the animals alive. Taking care of the animals would be a beneficial experience for those people.

Next, they would be traveling constantly and getting unbelievable opportunities. They would also be able to have some fun. They could have fun by sightseeing and playing games with the other members. It would be a mix between working hard and having fun.

Finally, they would learn about people in other countries and their needs after a war. They would be able to help those people by giving them animals, food supplies, and more. They would see what it is like to live in another country after a war. It would be a great experience for the newest members of the Seagoing Cowboys.

In conclusion, the people who join the Seagoing Cowboys would have a positive experience. They would be able to work with animals, take care of the animals, and learn what they need to survive. They would also be constantly traveling, and they would work hard and have some time to have fun. they would learn about people in other countries and their needs. They would be able to give those people the items they need to start living a normal life again, after a war has caused them to lose those items. Overall, joining the Seagoing Cowboys would be a positive experience for all the people who choose to.",3
"Venus is sometimes calld the Evening Star. Venus is a planet in our solor system,Venu is the second planet from our sun. Venus is to see from the distant but safe but safe vantage point on Earth. Venus is also referred to as Easrth's twin,Veus is the closest planet to Earth in terms or density and size. Earth,Venus ,and Mars our other planetary neighbors.

Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it present .According to the text a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blaankets Venus. The text also state even more challenging are th clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus amosphere. Venus is sometimes the nearest option for a planetary visit. Astronomoers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system.

NASA has one particularly copelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. According to the text Venus maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touch down on Venus in more than three decades. The text also state that numerous factors contribute to Venus repututation as a chellening planet for humans to study ,despite its proximity to us.

In ""Challenge of Exploring Venus"" Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it present because it havent been landed on in more than three decades. Venus has the hottest surface of any planet in our solar system,even though Mercury is closer to our sun.",2
"Yes this would be a great tool for the classroom. Because what if somebody is actually down but they are fake smiling? Students could be fake smiling and actually be derpressed and we won't know it. What if there is something wrong with the student. We could ask or help out the student and hopefully help them out. We do not know how the other student feels we can not tell if something is wrong if we just look at them. In the passage it says "" For instancem you can probably tell how friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried ect."" This technology that we had come upon can calculate every muscle in your face. 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. The tool can tell if your not smiling enough or what expression you have on your face.",2
"Venus is our sister planet how. You see at on time in our solar system venus was the most Earth-like planet. long ago it was probably covered with oceans that could had sopported various forms of life. It still has some features like earth like valleys and mountains.

It the closes to earth in terms of density and size. but that means that its not to close to the sun if it was it be hot to hot for life to live on it. life cant live on it cuz of that thick atmosphere of almost 97% carbon dioxide. Cuz of hat atmosphere it temperatuers average over 800 degrees fahrenheit the pressure is 90 times greater then Earth.

We should not be limated by danger but by imagination and innovation. However if we peering at venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely above the planit at 30 miles. WE whould not have to deal whith its unfriendly ground by staning far up and away from its atmosphere. but orbiting or hovering venus whoude be limited insight on ground most forms of light cannot penetrate its thick atmosphere.",1
"The challenge of Exploring Venus is about suggest to stuyding Venus is worthy pursuit but it's danger. Over the play of the article develop from being danger to studying to its worth it.

In the beginning author suggest that studying Venus is danger. The text stated ""On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenhenit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 time greater than what we experience on our own planet."" This quotation show that studying Venus is danger. The temperature in the Venus is twice bigger than our planet. The condition are far extreme than anything human encounter on Earth. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. It hard for us to studying because it's impossible to land human in Venus.

In the middle of the aritcle they wanted to send human to study Venus.The text stated ""The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particularly compellin gidea for sending human to study Venus."" This quotation show that they wanting to send human to Venus to study. They know it's hard decision to make because the temperatures In Venus would still be toast at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that dea level on Earth. They wanting to send humna to study but they also caring about their safety. t's not easy condition but survivable for humans.

In the end of the aritcle they wanting to approaches to studying Venus. The text stated ""Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus"" This quotation show that they wanting to approach Venus. They creae machine that will help them find out more Venus. The scienctist think is worth studying Venus even though it can be hard.

In this article of ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" is about how the author suggest studying Venus is danger but it's also worth it. The aritcle basically telling you all about the idea of how they wanting to approcahes Venus and what they create it for their safety.       ",3
"The Electoral college process consists of the selections of our electors. The electors get together and vote for presidents, and vice presidents. I think that the poeple of the united states should have all the power with voting. We should be able to vote for the electors. This would get rid of all the people that ruin our country or are corrupt. The voting system should have 2 finalists for each branch of the gorverment. They should add up all the vote and see who has the most. they're should not be two parties. I feel like this would make the voting more equal and fair. The candidate's running for president should not have they're own group of electors. They should speak the truth on how they will help this counrty out, and should trust that the people make the right vote.

The electoral college is looked at as a non-democratic way of selecting the president . When you vote, you're not voting for the presdient, you're voting for electors that will choose who is president. This means the people don't really have a say in the electoral college voting system

In my opinion, i think people should have all the power in voting, this would make the process alot smoother. The people would elect who they feel would do best for this counrty. This would also create new community groups and councils for voting. People would open up voting centers and meetings. It would employ more jobs and build a stronger relationship. Most inportenlty, a good president    ",2
"It is an innovative idea from may people to cut down on the use of a motor vehicle. in these passages it gives pros on the better enviormental way of living.

The first source talks about a city that is in Germany called Vauban, where residents have accepted the challenge of no car usage. The city is designed for walking to department stores, grocery stores, ect. But this so what utopia is not all a utopia itself, where 30 percent of families own cars. Also the United States Enviornmental Proctection Agency is promoting ""car reduced"" communities like Vauban. This action to have a car reduced communites was because of the damage done by cars on the enviornment by pollution.

The second and third source is about how a city took matter into their own hands and had a ""car free day"". In the cities of Paris and Columbia is where it took place. First the reasons why is because of near-record pollution of poulltion in the enviornment of Paris. Where on Columbia the reason for the car frre day was because they want to promote alternative transportation and smog. In Coulmbia this day has been going on three years straight!

In the last source, it tells about how car culture is ending slowly. In the United States pople have been ""buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by."" A study shows that driving by young people has decreased by 23 percent from 2001 and 2009.

Finally, all these sources have explained that a non motorized vehicle is for the best in our health and in our enviornment. it is a new and innovatied way that is being accepted by a numerous amount of the population.    ",3
"Prof. Thomas Huang believe that with his latest software will be calculating people face expression. He believe that this technology can help students read emotional expressions. With his computer that can construct a 3-D computer model of the face,all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Prof. Thomas Huang relies on the computer to tell him the calculations.

With this type of computer it can help the students in class, and with the same technology it can make computer animated faces more expressive for video games or video surgery.

The computer can calculate face expression just like humans. When we see our friends face expression we can kinda figure out that they are mad,happy and etc. The computer is more advance then humans and it can figure out more then we can. As humans we impress calculations everyday, just like computers that is program to calculate humans face expressions. The computer can recognize when the students is confused or bored faster then a teacher can in a classroom.

This computer is just like a human and it can do more then humans. The computer can help a lot with students. This is a good thing to use because some students get confused during a lesson and sometimes a teacher can't tell. With this computer that can calculate their expressions, the computer can modify the lesson to help the student understand more clearly then a human instructor. With this program, it can even make video games more fun for students and make them understand it more. With this intervention it can make a big difference in people lives. ",3
"The computer used to reccognisze peoples emotions uses muscle but the computer is not smart enough to recognize their emotions within their heart and hypocracy,which is the opposite of an emotion,the computer also forgets that there

a talented paople and there are some some people that have mental problems,

and lastly people that get fraustrated when suprised.Sometimes when a comedian makes up a joke,he expects the audience to laugh,but in most cases 30% of the

audience find it funny out of the 100%,but if the remaiming 70% finds out that other people are laughing,they just have to follow the crowd and reduce tension

to the comedian.

From the passage,in paragraph 4,the author says that it's ""unversal"",but again forgets that there are unique people,just like the left handed people and people

with high IQ.This doesn't make the computer to recognize everyones emotion,

unless being forced to make an emotion,but by this,it makes the unique feel left

out which is a contributing factor to commiting suicide.And in paragraph 8,if faces of paople doesn't lie,what about people with down syndrome and thieves that escapes trials for murder,because there are some murderers that calls the emergency themselves as an acs of deceiving.And as for student,they happily

cheat in the examination,but when the teacher asks""how was it"",the student will reply in a sad tone saying that ""it was too hard"".

In conclusion,i hope i've been able to paddle my boat to it shore,by telling the readers the impossible reasons,why technology can't be used to recognize a student emotional expression.                           ",3
"Through out the past, and till now transportation has been a huge role in our society. In the past boats were the main and fastest transportation man had. Until a man invented the automobile which changed transportation dramatically. These automobiles made it much easier to travel around town, or even across the country. What the people did not know is the harmful effects these automobiles put out.

Automobiles have there advantages which most of the buyers look at, but they did not relize the disadvanges not only are they bad for the enviroment automobiles are the main cause of death. Countries are working to promote either car free, or car reduced communities. As said in paragraph 9 the United States is working with the Enviromental Protection Agency to promote car reduced communities.

You may be thinking to yourself well ''Im not going to ride a bike every I go''. This is true but Im not saying that neither are these agencies they are simply saying that try carpulling, use busses, trams, ect. Riding bikes is a great way of not only transportation, but also fitness, and its a whole lot less exspensive.

In source 4 it states that President Obama has had goals of getting rid of green house gas emissions, and trying his best to make America a more enviromental nation. Studies show that people are buying less cars as years go on, and less people are getting their drivers licence. America seems to be slowing down its rave of the need to drive and own cars, more, and more people are starting to use bikes as their prime way of transortation.

Overall automobiles have been probaly the greatest thing or invention to man kind. Even though they may have their disadvantages. We just need to try as a whole to be less dependent oni our automobiles and try to carpull as much as we. Another great way we should keep doing and promoting is the use of bycicles. Society will find their way through, and hopefully try to be as car reduced as much as possible.    ",3
"Dear State Senator,

I think that we should not keep the Electoral College and change to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. One main reason why i think we shouldnt keep the Electoral College is because the congress men that vote are in replace of us as citizens and our votes. The Electoral College is what we might call the diaster factor. It is unfair to many citizens because democratic electors can easily oppose their vote and vote for a different president. For example, new electors opposed for John F. Kennedy but in reality the vote didnt go to him. Another issue with Electoral College is that voters vote not for the president but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. If we change the system to electing by popular vote everybody will have the right to vote for whom they desire too without having to worry about that their vote may change.

Dearly,

A citizen.    ",2
"Wouldn't it be nice to be able to text or answer that urgent call you need to get without having to take your eyes off the road? Well then, that is why the major solution to this problem is driveless cars. I believe driveless cars are the next step to the beginning of a technological breakthrough.

This invention isn't just something you dream about or might have seen in a movie, it is something that is actually being produced right now. The well-known, multimilllion dollar companies that are popular right now are really putting in the effort to finalize it. These companies include Google, BMW, General Motors, and even Berkely College. Many poeople would say this is irrelevant, why does this need to actully be produced? Well this car would benefit not only you the customer, but also the world. As stated by Google cofounder Sergey Brian,""... it would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility that a bus."" With the smaller amount of fuel being used it would allow less pollutants to be given off also; which in turn would keep the air clean.

The idea of the driveless car would be extremely beneifcial ,and also helpful. In fact they are basically on the verg of being completed. Google has even had cars that drive independently with specific conditions since 2009. Even though many states are turning against them by illegalizing the concept such as California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia, manufacturers still press on in their production.

Lastly, there is still a lot of major work to be done with this project. It has been stated that the cars are actually taking the place of assisting people to drive. This concept could be taken the wrong way as it will be a while until the cars actually able to do the functions we want them to. This is actually true, but with the millions of dollars being poured in I am certain man kind will be able to accomplish it in the end.

In conclusion, driveless cars would definitelty be considered the thing of the future. With Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan planning to have cars drive themselves by 2020 Im sure it isn't impossible. They allow you to not have to do the hard job of actually driving when you do not want to, but you can still take control of the car when you need to. There isn't any way driveless cars wouldn't be an improvement to your daily life.",4
"Venus is an interesting planet for various reasons.

Scientists believe that Venus is alike to earth. It has about the same density and size compared to earth. In the article it states in paragraph 4 that ""Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported varius forms of life, just like Earth."" This quote helps state that it is a interesting planet and alike Earth they want to study and learn about it knowing the conditons.

Another example of how Venus is an interesting planet is because of the atmosphere and the ground conditions it has. Astronomers believe humans could survive there, however it wouldn't be easy with the conditions it has. A beam of light can barely pass throught the atmosphere; this causes the standard cameras to be ineffective.

In conclusion, Venus is a very interesting planet and despite the dangers it has, it is worth it to study. It will be harder to study knowing that you can't take anything from the planet back, or the fact that in order to do anything you need to actually be there on the planet to get a better understanding. ",2
"In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents and supports this idea very well by explaing different aspects of Venus that make it highly worth studying. when the author explains why we should explore Venus one of the statements that i was most intrigued by was was when the author stated that ""long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life just like earth"", the reason i think this is a very good reason on why we should explore venus is because it could help give us a better understanding of our universe, mabye human like creatures lived on venus at one time, maybe there were buildings on venus, the possibilities are endless. This is why i think that the author makes a great claim about exploring venus and why i think we should further explore venus.   ",2
"In the article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming,"" the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. There are many people who are against or for driverless cars today. As seen today, there are many optomistic companies who are developing driverless cars to better our future on transportation and safety. In the end, I support the development of these cars. The driverless cars are very efficient, it puts less stress on the driver, and they will be safe and easy to use.

First, the driverless cars are very efficient. As stated in paragraph 1 of ""Driverless Cars Are Coming,"" Sergey Brin believes that driverless cars can take over the public transportation system. He envisions the cars to be a form of public-transport taxi system that can be more easily accessed to. He states that the car would use half of the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus. This means that you can find taxis more easily, and also you don't have to wait at a station or stop for a driverless car to arrive. This would cut the cost of walking for many people who live far away from their bus stop, but also help those who live far away from the city, where many taxis are present.

In addition, the driverless cars puts less stress on the driver. With the fact that many sensors are attached to the car itself, it provides the safest way for the driver to know they would not die. Many improvements in sensors and computer hardware and software could make driving safer for the machine and also make the car itself be more independent on driving. As of now, the driverless cars can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves without needing assistance from the driver. As you lay back and pay attention the road still, the car itself may flash an alert for if it needs assistance. The driver only needs to help the car only if there is a work zone that needs to be manuevered around, or accidents that the driver should avoid.

Finally, the driverless cars will be safe and easy to use. Today, many manufacturers are hoping to add more features in the car to assist the driver. They hope to add in-car entertainment for when you want to relax, and information systems that use heads-up displays to notify how fast the car is going, how far are you from the destination, and also where the next stop is. This can prevent many car accidents that happen over texting and driving as many people pay attention to their cell phone and not on the road. The driver can also choose to turn off these options and take over the wheel to drive if they are not occupied on their phone.

In the article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming,"" the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. There are many people who are against or for driverless cars today. In my oppinion, I support the development of these cars. The driverless cars are very efficient as they use less fuel to drive and can be used as a public transportation system. They also puts less stress on the driver as the car is installed with many different sensors to prevent accidents from occuring. Finally they will be safe and easy to use as they offer in-car entertainment and information about road conditions.",4
"Transportation is a large necessity in most countries worldwide. With no doubt, cars, buses, and other means of transportation make going from place to place easier and faster. However there's always a negative; pollution. Although mobile transportations are a huge part of daily lives, we are endangering the Earth with harmfull greenhouse gases, which could be suppressed.

A small suburb community in Germany called Vauban, has started a ""car-free"" lifestyle. In this city, markets and stores are placed nearby homes, instead of being located by far-end highways. Although Vauban is not completely car-free, 70% of Vauban families do not own cars; Even a large 57% of families stated to have sold their cars to move to Vauban. Some families have even said to be less stressed depending on car transportation. Cars are responsible for about 12% of greenhouse gases, and can even be up to 50% in some car-intensive areas in the United States.

Another insight to reduced car zones brings Paris' incident with smog. Paris' officials created a system that would in fact lower smog rates. On Monday, the motorists with even-numbered license plates numbers would be ordered to leave their cars at home, or they would suffer a fine. Same rule would occur on Tuesday, except motorists with odd-numbered license plates were targeted with fines. Congestion, or traffic, was reduced by 60% after five days of intense smog. Diesel fuel played a huge part in this pollution, having the fact that 67% of vehicles in France are of Diesel fuel. The impact of the clearing of smog, resided in banning the Tuesday rule of odd license plates.

Could you imagine a day without seeing a single car being used? This phenomenon occurs once a year in Bogota, Colombia. With the exception of buses and taxis being used, cars are to be left unattended for an entire day. Having a car-free day just once a year can even reduce the pollution slightly. The day without cars is part of a campaign that originated in Bogota in the mid 1990s. This campaign has renewed and constructed numerous bicycle paths and sidewalks all over the city. Parks and sports centers have also sprung from this campaign. Devoting your time to a car-free lifestyle has it's hassles, but in hindsight, it has it's benefits.

To conclude, living a car-free lifestyle does not seem like a possibility in this day and age, however managing the use of cars and pollution is something every country should take time investing in. Think about how much of an impact it would be if everywhere world-wide would take part in air-pollution reduction. Mobile transportation is lifestyle in a sense, and being dependent on cars or other means of transportation can impact the health of the Earth and even ourselves.                                                     ",4
"Human learning and comprehension goes far beyond a textbook, so why do we still value and use old methods of teaching when there's technology being made to help with that?

Professors and researchers at Beckman institute and the University of Amsterdam have teamed up to create a computer that runs a series of complex algorithims to determine the emotion on a persons face using an emotionless model as a comparison. If this was used in a learning environment such as a classroom, it can greatly improve understanding and learning of where lessons confuse kids and how a teacher, if not the computer, can help a child with a certain learning curb. This technology could offer or provide alternative learning methods or change up the lesson a bit to fit a certain childs needs. Many teachers are busy helping other kids or grading schoolwork that a lot oftentimes feel left out and do not succeed with a lack of understanding.

This tech sure shows promising results, but it may not be flawlless. One algorithim or facial reading might be wrong since it only reads whats on the outside and not whats is actually inside the mind of a person let alone a child. There's also no substitute for an actual teachers learning and teaching when it comes to a confused child that is open about where the confusion arose in the first place.

The FACS, or Facial Action Coding System, can step in where other primative human minds fail. The system stores known facial expressions and emotions such as happiness, sadness, anger, disgust, fear, and surprise. Since this system is programed to recognize facial expressions and emotions, its easier for it to figure out what someone is feeling faster rather than a teacher or some persons guesswork. It can provide fast and easy solutions to a child's problem in his or her study. This can be integrated into almost every classroom and reach every kid in that class individually without a waste of teaching time or probability.

This seems great for anyone who has money, because with this reasearch and development, it doesnt seem free. Thats one issue with this technology, it is not widespread and it might hinder any success or slim chances of actuallly making it into a class room. Most schools nowadays just got new prometheian boards that one can only assume is old technology. This technology would most likely take years to reach a classroom if not for commercial use. Many school districts and cities do not have a big enough budget to spend on such tech since any other old style teaching and underpaid teachers are cost effective.

All in all, I think this technology would actually really help a wide range of children and teachers in classrooms after a few years of development and reasearch to greatly expand the learning horizon and bring down costs.",4
"Not a day goes by that you don't see a car passing by on the street.  Often, we don't think much of it and the effects it has.  Throughout the world there are communities campaigning, trying to lower the usage of motor vehicles.  The citizens in these communities are aware of all the cons that come with driving cars.  There are plenty of benefits to not driving cars everyday such as, lower the amount of air pollution, being inclined and motivated to excercise often, and the money that this act can save.

The number of cars being purchased in America has been dwindling with each year that passes.  If this pattern persists it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment.  This is due to the fact that transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just barely behind the power plants.  At one point in Paris, France, there was an extreme case of congestion which provided the air with more than its fare share of smog.  The city was told to momentarily stop the driving of motor vehicles.  Conjestion went down 60 percent after  five days of intensifying smog.  The smog rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the world's most polluted cities.  By driving a car less the environment benefits emmecely.

In Vauban, Germany it costs $40,000 to have a place to park your car along with your home.  As a result from that about 70% of the families in Vauban don't even own a car, let alone drive one.  Heidrum Walter notified people saying, ""When I had a car I was always tense.  I'm much happier this way.""  She along with &0% of the citizens walk verdant streets and ride bicycles.  As a result they are getting a measure of excercise more than they would be getting if the drove cars.  When you excersise and sweat, your body releases endorphines which triggers a chemical in your body.  The triggering of that chemical causes you to feel happier which is just what the people of Vauban are.

Some people are very well capable of purchasing a car but don't.  Just that simple

Non act saves them quite a handful of money.  Now, sometimes things like driving a car are necessary, so I'm not saying NEVER drive your car.  However, if in the cases where it isn't necessary you were to walk or ride a bike you would potentially be saving pockets of money because gas isn't being purchased as frequwntly as it would be otherwise.  The reduced amount of car driving even benefits your bank account.

Motor vehicles, such as cars and motorcycles, are not always necessary.  Not utilizing them comes with plenty of benefits.  It reduces the amount of smog and air pollution, it makes you healthier and potentially happier, and lastly it saves you money.  Walk around a little.  Go on a bike ride.  Experience all the beneifts of leaving your car in the garage.    ",4
"I think that driverless cars are great. you dont have to drive when you are trying to put on makeup or do other things that u dont have time to do when you are in the house. It would make it easier when you have to go somewhere and you do it feel lke driving. There will be self driven cars in the future. It is a big negative on having self driven cars to one messup in the cars system and it can take away lifes. It could be a tragic accident from jus one messup. There is many things that can go wrong but not alot of things that can go right.

Having driverless cars have its pros and its cons in all I think it would be a good thing. If something goes wrong thought the dealership could have alot of legal problems. Then te us will have to change some of the laws if they make driverless cars. I think that druverless cars could be the next big thing if it becomes a sucess. there become a great what if factor if they go through with the driverless cars. What would be the point if you still have to hold the wheel when you have the so called driverless car about bmw.

I think that driverless cars will be and great thing its will help with everyday driving. It can be just as bad as good . In the long run i think it will be and great thing and people will love it.                                                                                                                                                                                       ",2
"I think that you should particpate in the Seagoing Cowboys program because their are new things you could learn. Also joining the Seagoing Cowboys program changed my life.

You should join the program if you like going to new places or if you like trying new things. If you love going to new places then this is the program for you because you will get to see a lot of knew places you haven't been before. I took a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water. I also toured excavated castles in Crete and marveled at the Panama canal on my way to China, But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special. Or if you don't like exploring places you haven't been don't worry because there are plenty of other things for you to do there like for instance when we leave the animals and are on are way back we play tons of games. Also you get to meet knew people there, so you would end up makeing tons of friends. Also a lot of times when people participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program they end up tying new things they would't normally try or that they haven't tried. Also joining the program helps build you into a better person because you're helping out with the animals. Another thing is that the cattle trips were amazing for a small-town boy like me. When you join the Seagoing Cowboys program you will learn to take care of animals. If you're a bit affraid of animals don't worry they won't bite, well they might bite, but only if you make them really mad. It takes alot to make them mad though, so you will be okay and you won't need to worry about anything.

Some people might just say it is a useless way to spend your time, but I disagree because a lot of good things could come from it. Like you could make a lot of new friends there or you and your friends could join the program together to spend more time with each other. who wouldn't want to spend time with there friends playing games like table-tennis tournaments, fencing, and boxing. Or you could just read to pass time if you really wanted to. If you joined the Seagoing Cowboys program I think you would have a lot of fun. If you can't sleep or you like sleeping late you could be the nightwatcher. A nightwatcher is a person who watches over the animals.

I'm greatful that I had the opportunity to join the Seagoing Cowboys program because it changed my life for the better, if my friend Don hadn't invited me to go with him to Europe on a cattle boat then I wouldn't had signed up for the Seagoing Cowboys program. I am so grateful that he took me with him to Europe.

If you get the opportunity to join the Seagoing Cowboys, I think that you should join the program. It really is a oppotunity of a lifetime, so you should say yes and step out of your comfort zone if you don't like things like that. You know it is good to try new things. If you do decide to join the Seagoing Cowboys program I hope you have a good time.

Sincerely,

Luke Bomberger",4
"Driverless cars are soon to be coming out all over the world but they have some positives and negative side effects to it, such as a positive being it is driverless and it saves a lot of gas, or that it is safer and easier, but then there are negatives such as it being boring for the driver, the price that it takes for it to be able to drive all over the world by itself, or the fact that it breaks some laws. But in the end they all make up for it because it really is worth the trouble.

The negative side effects aren't that big of problems that make it so we won't make the cars because they really are worth it because in the long run after you pay off the car you will be saving so much money on gas and time beacause they work with a gps so you dont have to worry about getting lost or taking a wrong turn. But then the side effects include, how boring it is for the driver to just sit there the whole time and just has to watch the road and be ready to take the wheel due to a car accident or road construction, the cars are also breaking laws while they are being tested because it is illegal to have a operating car that is driving without someone in the car driving it, but eventually the laws will change and make it easier. These cars will take a lot of work to get them street safe and able to actually drive on its own.

These cars really are worth the time and money that google is putting into them because they will make up for it in the long run by keeping the streets save and making and saving money that could be used again to make this world right again.",2
"I think that the ""Face on Mars"" is just a naturual landform. I think that it is unlogical to say that Aliens created that face. I'm going to give you a few reasons as to why I think that. What do you say?

Okay so, if the ""Face on Mars"" was really created by aliens, why would there be absolutley no evidence of the aliens creating it? How come it has only appeared in books and magazines? Im just curious. I do believe that the ""Face on Mars"" has always been there and is a naturual landform.

I know that this is just my opinion though. You all have the rights to your opinons as well. So, what do you guys think about the ""Face on Mars""? I would love to hear your guys' opinion! Feel free to write the NASA scientist labratory to fill me in on what you think!    ",2
"It happens once every four years, when everyone goes to the polls and votes for whomever feels just right for them. What people dont know is that your vote doesnt matter as much as you think it does. What matters is the electoral colleges votes. Hearing that I take a firm standpoint on abolishing the electoral college.

The reason i believe to take out the electoral college is because when you go to vote your not only voting for the prestdent your voting for his electoral college. In some case's if the person you voted for won then all of his electors get voted into congress as well, so your basically voting for 34 other people to make the right decision for you.

Another problem with the electoral college was the catastrophe of 2000 when Gore and Bush went up against each other at the election. The problem was that Gore recieved more votes than Bush, but Gore recieved less electoral votes,so Bush won the presidency that term.

I believe that is an unfair way to do the election i believe that whomever recieves the most indevidual votes should win, and everyones vote should matter not having an electoral colege decide for you. The electoral college is unfair, old, and not proper, we should change the way a new president is elected.

In conclusion, the electoral colege should be taken out, and a new alternative method should be establishesd. Lets change this winner take all system. People lets do something to change the way we vote!    ",3
"After reading ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"", driverless cars seem to sound theoretically pleasing, however in reality, are a bad idea and should not be continued to develop. These driverless cars have multiple, negative aspects that outweigh the positives, including a major precaution, saftey. They also take away from the driving experience, and add to the dependency on technology.

First of all, the article enters with ""Google cars aren't truly driverless."" This shows how driverless cars are not even at the level of functioning alone without the driver being alert, defeating the purpose of the ""driverless"" car since a human would always have to be present in case something went wrong. Something that manufactures attempted to do was to have ""smart-road systems"", but they ""required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical."" This proves that the costs for the modified roads would be too much to fit the driverless car's needs, so that idea for using the cars would not work. The articles says the cars need ""a whole lot of sensors."" Later, it describes the multiple sensors and states ""the combination of all this input is necesary for the driverless car to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel."" This proves that the costs would probably increase due to the new technology as well as the variables that could go wrong increases as the amount of new sensors increase. All of the senors could not mimic the skill of the humans because everything can be constantly changing, from the condition of the roads to the weather. Others might argue, ""Further improvements in sensors and computer hardware and software to make driving safer are also leading to cars that can handle more and more driving tasks on their own,"" however, manufacturers are not at that point of high level saftey and can never guarentee one hundred percent safety. Furthermore, driverless cars can ""steer, accelerate, and break themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills."" This again describes how driverless cars will never be driverless. ""The human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires."" ""This necesitiates the car being ready to quickly get the driver's attention whenever a problem occurs."" This illustrates how unsafe the driverless cars would be. Any mishap to a sensor or system control could result in terrible consequences. Since the cars would be using new technology, it would be unreliable, because technology tends to fail often. This failure could result in injury or even death, a risk that people should not take. In addition, not only are the cars unsafe, but they also prevent drivers from having fun while driving or getting the full experience. ""Some manufacturers hope to bring in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays,"" which are more things that can distract the driver. This would create drivers that rely on technology, and if something went wrong, they would not know what to do. Later, the article informs readers that ""in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars."" This is because most states know driverless cars are not safe. To account for these new cars, laws would have to change. ""If traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident,"" adding to the trouble of making these cars a possibility and possible conflicts that could arise. When asked in the articule, ""If technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer,"" this question highlights the position that driverless cars should not be developed. When describing the production of these cars, manufacturers are all about technology. However, technology is bound to fail at times and can be flawed, especially in the beginning process. As techonolgy increases, risks are increased which can be applied to the cars, since more systems would be added. Instead of developing these cars, manufacturers should look to improving the cars produced currently, such as making them more eco-friendly. Cars already have some sensors that aid and assist the driver, but could not take the place of a real human at the wheel.

Overall, the development of driverless cars should not progress. Due to saftey factors, technology failure, costs, and possible liability issues, driverless cars should not be produced. There are too many risks that could go wrong due to a system malfunction. Humans should not need to be dependent on technology in order to drive. Driverless cars could not replace a human dealing with everyday, constantly changing driving conditions and unexpected events. The cars could attempt to mimic human skills, but would not meet them.",5
"We all live in a world where everything in this day is advancing. Things such as phones, phones are begining to be able to do more things such as read your puls. Even cars are starting to be advnced, and no i dont just mean better gas miles but being able to drive themselves. here are my thoughts.

I think driverless cars could become a very good thing if it is done right. In this day and age driving under the influence is a very big thing that needs to be stopped. I if we cant get people to not drive while under the influence some thing that could potentialy help is a driverless car. If the car could help get them home safe then it would also be a great idea. i think it would benefite everyone really.

There are soo many reasons why driverless cars would be the next big thing, i just named off one. I think other things it could also help is the economy, the cars could potentialy have better gas mileage or even better run off of solar power. there are just soo many great things that could happen from this. speeding would also be another thing. many people get pulled over or even hurt from constant speeding and driverless cars could help that by going on the posted speed limit while aving the person in the driver seat atching the road for hasards.

Although there are great potential things that can come from driverless cars there are also cons, such as insurance and reliability. insurance could be over the roof expencive just because it is a self driving car and you never know what could happen or if anything goes wrong. I also think the prices of the cars could be pretty expencive so not many people would be able to afford it.

Self driven cars is a great idea in my opinion but the car companies will also have to be aware that if anything goes wrong the could be held responsable for it. i know there will be a huge debate on who would be to blame if there was a major accident weather it is the drivers fault or the cars fault so then that could just be another big waist of money in my opinion because if it is a driverless car then then the company should be responsable because it is the car driving.

So to conclude, in my opinion driverless cars could be a great thing but just like any other thing it has its its pros and its cons.               ",4
"This has to be a natural land mark. If it were a face built by the Egyptians don't you think we would find more facts leading towards that theory? This landmark had something special to it,this land mark has unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh. If it was an Egyptian Pharaoh the Egyptians would have had to have access to a type of modern tecology to get up to Mars. Not only that but they wouldn't know how to store or make food last in space. The journey up to Mars is a long one. “So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!” If we had saw these type of things then maybe we would need to look further into it, however we didn't so we have no proof that they lived on Mars long enough to build this ""special mound"" or ""Egyptian Pharaoh "". What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa—landforms common around the American West. “It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho."" People have seen these similar mounds on Earth, However this particualr mound on Mars had some unsual shadowing to it and the picture was taken on a cloudy day making it hard to make out what this could have been. "" But not everyone was satisfied. The Face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April ’98—a cloudy time of year on the Red Planet.""Then when we had a clear summer day we took another one with better techology, finally revealing it in fact was not a Egyptian Pharaoh just a mound of dirt though some remain spectiable of this ""face"" and how it got there.

""Nevertheless, on April 8, 2001—a cloudless summer day in Cydonia—Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look. “We had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view,” said Garvin. “Malin’s team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera’s absolute maximum resolution.” Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo"". In conclusion some people will always remian spectiable of anything, you just have to look at the facts and deiced from there. ",3
"Cars are seen and used every day. You most likely drove in a car or rode in one coming to school or work. But these little motors are harming us little by little by damaging the environment. So what are the advantages of Limiting car usage?

I believe that limiting car usage is an important factor nowadays. Driving causes pollution which in fact harms our environment(14). Paris actually banned driving for a couple of days due to smog , which is a type of pollution. Paris motorists would have to pay a fine of 22-euros or $31 just to drive there cars(11). Paris has more smog than other European capitals(17). After all of this hard work of limiting car use, the smog actually cleared and people did not have to pay to drive anymore(19). Is limiting car usage helpful?

(""Paris bans driving due to smog"" by Robert Duffer)

Now what if we stop driving all together? According to this artical ""In German Suburbs, life goes on without cars"" by Elisabeth Rosenthal, The Residents of Vauban have given up their cars(1). Matter of fact the people of Vauban dont really drive at all but instead people use trams and other forms of transportations(2). By doing this you can be on the environments side instead of fighting it. ( ""In German Suburbs, life goes on without cars"" by Elisabeth Rosenthal)

How about a whole day of not using your car? Well that is currently happening in the city of Bogota , Colombia. Imagine all your friends and family riding bikes ,skating ,and even jogging to work or school. wouldn't that be cool?(20)  ""It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution"" Said Businessman Carlos Artura  (24). Even other cities joined with the event . Now we have to bring this even to the United States. (""Car-Free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota"" By Andrew Selsky

I belive that Limiting car use is a great advantage. We have Countrys making days that Avoids driving. ""Car-Free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota"" By Andrew Selsky .                            ",3
"State Senator,

I strongly believe in canceling the Electoral College. Not only does this process make us believe we are voting for the president when in reality we are just sending our votes to a bunch of electors, but it also isn't entirely trust worthy. Sometimes a voter can get confused about the elector and vote for the wrong candidate. If there happens to be a tie in the votes, the election is moved to the House of Representatives. The tie could mean that the House's selection wouldn't meet the standards to make the people happy. The Electoral College system is really unfair to it's voters. This system called the winner take all system makes candidates move away from states they have no chance of winning.

The Electoral College is not fair to it's voters, out of date, and irrational. Peoples arguments about it are mostly just assertions without reality on their side. I mean, why have we not changed this system yet? The votes get sent to electors, not the president. We've been using this system for a long time, it's not accurate, trust worthy, or modern. America is all about change. How are we going to change if we hold on to the same voting system? We don't.

In Hawaii 1960, two slates of electors were sent to congress. Richard Nixon luckily validated the opposing sides electors. If this happens again it can end badly. In the same year, segregationists almost succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with brand new ones that were against John F. Kennedy. With this, a popular vote towards Kennedy would never have gotten to him. Also, faithless electors usually refuse to vote for their candidate and vote for whoever.

If possible, get rid of this system. History has proven that The Electoral College has to many flaws. It needs to be taken care of.

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"The technology is very valuable. It's actually quite amazing how something like that can pick up on peoples emotions. There so many ways that something like that could be very useful. Say such a teacher teaching in a college. It's hard to give all your attention to one student's confusion on something. It'd also be hard to be able to see if every student is paying attention and staying on task. But with this technology, it could help change that.

There are many ways that could change that, and that the fact is, it wouldnt take long for the computer to realize soemthing is wrong. A way it could help change that, is the teacher could easily switch on the topic he's speaking on. Most students when it's something they're not intersted in, seem to zone out and lose foucs. But if the teacher knew that most students felt that way, there's ways he could bring in something that they'd enjoy. Another way the computer could help is the teaching methods. It said in paragraph one, that they're wanting to make computre and human talking easier. One way is having a one one review, talk, or lesson. The Facial Action Coding System could easily pick up on when the student is lost or needs help.",2
"I am totally against the value of using to read students emotionals. I feel like technology isn't always one hindred percent right and makes lots of mistakes and errors. Just because you come up with system (FACS) that has all 44 major muscles humans have, does not mean it's going to be right every single time.

Technology is taking over the world and i understand that, but i feel as technology should not get involved with the human features. Reading students emotional expressions in the classroom is not valuable. This system could give teachers the wrong impressions on how their students are thinking or feeling. For example a student in your class could be very sickand look sad because their not feeling good. You as the teacher might think that he/she is sad because of some other reason such as a personal reason.

FACS is not needed in classrooms. this system has a 50/50 chance of being right on its ""guessing"". Some people might think this would be perfect for teachers in all reality, teachers for the must part can see when a student is struggling, and would not need this system. We are all humans with feelings and we all deserve to have some type of privacy. What if a student doesn't want anybody to know that they just lost a loved one. I just think that if we don't want anybody to know what we are feeling, our teachers shouldn't be able to figure it out. Keep this system out of our schools unless you all want to have lots of confusing going on throughout schools.",3
"There are many ways people reduce the usage of the automoblies in the entire world, from the ban of cars by the government or the people wanting to be green.

First off, There is a decrease in cars sold in america. It could have a negative implications for the car industry, but a positve effect on the entire world. ""The rise in cellphones and car-pooling apps has facilitated more flexable communting arrangements, including the evolution of shared van services for getting to work"", This states that cellphone apps has made it possible for more people to get involved in car pooling by arrangingments such as, vans, buses, cabs, or even in a car with friends. This is just in america, there are places in the world such as Paris and Bogota, Colombia have ban the use of car to reduce the amount of pollution is the air by setting a 25$, 31$ fine on anyone who uses a automoblies.

Secondly, ""The turnout was large, despite gray clouds that dumped occasional rain showers on bogota. The rain hasn't stopped people from participating."", announcing the fact that even though it was a huge amount of raining throughout this time period, people then give up on participating on the movement. So people were commited to not using their cars to make the world a safe place for them and the rest of their familys.

In conclusion, people reduce the people reduce the usage of cars through out the entire world to make it a safer place for them and the many generations after them.    ",2
"Nobody wants to give up a privilege that we, as americans, have had for decades. This privilege is vital to work, commitments, and leisure, so much so, that many of us can't imagine living without it. Driving is viewed as almost a basic human right here in America, but what we don't know, is it might someday be the bane of humans survival. Greenhouse gases are hurting our atmosphere dramatically, causing rising tempeture, melting ice caps, and more exposure to harmful Ultra Violet rays that the sun gives off. We as Americans need to lead the world as we have since the creation of this wonderful country and promote the minimizing of the use of vehicles.

Recently France's capital, Paris, has been expiriencing some of the worst air pollution in their history. In an effort to renew its air quality they banned driving for two days, for two different sets of people. As Robert Duffer said ""On the first day anyone who drove an car with a liscence plate ending in an even number was not allowed to drive, and on the second anyone with a liscence plate ending in an odd number wasn't allowed to drive. The only exceptions being if you drove a hybrid or had more then three people in the car. This is a great example of an effort to take the quality of life here on earth into our own hands. We as humans are responsible for keeping the earth a safe place to live and by billowing smoke into the air through cars, powerplants and anywhere you can imagine is not doing that.

In Vauban, Germany, there sits a small town outside of Freiburg, peaceful and tranquil, just as many other small towns, but different in one huge way. The town has given up driving! The city counsel has made street parking, driveways and home garages forbidden, making owning a car, a bit difficult. 70% of all Vauban's families do not own a car and 57% gave up a car to live there. These are exceptional facts because it shows how people are attracted to a clean society. No one wants the world to change, but it will greatly if we do not change ourselves.

Overall I believe that things will get very bad quickly if we do not make great strides in creating a happier, healthier world for everyone to live in without fear of an life changing event happening. The world must reconize that the problem is our greed and we must take responsibility in changing our ways for the better if we want our children to see the same beautiful earth that we did.    ",3
"There are many different emotions that people obtain each and every day. There have been many studies about different emotions of people and how the emotions are recongnized. The defintion of emotion is the way a person expresses themselves through body language. I believe that the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable becuase it will advance the teachers, the students will portray better attitudes, and it will benefit the school's decisions.

First, the teachers skills will advance with this technology. While teaching, the teacher will find out which material the kids are interested in. The text states,""Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication."" Kids in school usually do not communicate how they feel to their teachers. This is one of the biggest problems with school. If there is an ability to change for the better, why not take it?

Next, during school, kids will portray stronger attitudes. There are two scenarios when speaking about how kids would act in school if this technology was available. The students would either give out a better attitude, or fake it until they make it. Students do not want their teacher to know how they are feeling. In the article, it states,""Eckman has classified six basic emotions-happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness- and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles."" Therefore, the teacher has a strong idea of how a student feels. Unless, of course, the students are faking it.

Finally, this technology would benefit the schools decisions. The school would have the ability to study each student's emotions and find out how the student enjoys to learn. Better yet, the school will know which classes to place the student in based on his emotions toward different subjects, this is a very easy way to find out a pathway into a student's future. The article says,""She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent feaarful, and 2 percent angry."" The quote is referring to the famous Mona Lisa artwork. However, if a school had access to all of that information about a student, they could make the student's career path excellent.

There are a ton of benefits to the innovation including advancing a teacher's skills, skyrocketing the happiness of students, and the overall decision making process that the school goes through. Many years ago, no one could ever imagine that this technology would come into existence. The techonology of this world is advancing and changing rapidly. No one has time to even blink.",4
"The masterpice of

leonardo de Vinci "" the Mona Lisa"" has the sign of happy's to all of use but there is more then anyone can see. To make one mood you need to make the other mood to show as well , but not in a bad way. There is the FACS( Facial Action Coding System) , this alones people to see the mood of there faces by just scanning them. The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of student in a classroom is valuable because it shows what the students are feeling, why they are showing the mood, and what other moods they are felling in there mindes.

this is valuable to students because it shows how they are feeling. when it comes to something that they know that isn't right they will show there feeling for it, but they dont show there ture emotions to the problem in hand. in paragraph 3 of Making Mona Lisa Smile, it states,"" Eckman has classified six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fera, and sadness-and then associated each with characteristic movements of the tacial muscles."" find out that there was six different types of emotion is a lot to give a perosn, most likrly these student will use all six of there emotions.

student are valuable to the FACS because it show them why FACS scans for there mood. before they are to able to use this they have to know how to use the FACS. in paragraph 3 of Making Mona Lisa Smille, it states,"" The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face: all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Movement of one or more mscles is called an ""action unit""."" to any of the student that will sound amazing, seeing how the computer pulls a 3-D model of so ones face shows that they will enjoy the FACS.

student are valuable for the FACS because FACS shows wat other moods that they are having with out them even nowing they they are use all of there emotion. people in this world like to stay with one mood or more then one mood, most of the time its just one mood. in the 1 paragraph of Making Mona Lise Simle, it states,"" She's 83 persent happy, 9 persent disgusted, 6 persent fearful, and 2 persent angry."" these are the results of the Mona Lisa and as we can see she has disgust, fearful, and anger in her moods as of right now.

Now we hae been going over why useing this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because

it shows what the students are feeling, why they are showing the mood, and what other moods they are felling in there mindes.think about how excited students will find out about thereself. What there wasn't no FACS, how would we find out how we are feeling, by what sticking wiht the moods we been using alll day and night or by telling the way someone talks, move, and act; how could tell.",3
"Driveless Cars is the next big thing. Car inventor, such as Nissan, Audi, Mercedes-Benz and more will make cars that are driverless cars. This could change driving forever like the 1970 TV show, The Jefferson, where they have flying cars and robots as maids. But this kind of idea could be the next big thing or a blow out. I believe that driverless cars is not a the way to drive in the future due by Malfuntioning, Accidents and Laws.

The first reason why it shoudn't be invented because of Malfuntioning. You may think driverless cars key factor is safety, that's what they all say. Next thing you know their will be recalls over a engine failure or a leakage that could cause a fire. No vehical is the perfect vehical, there will be something wrong with it soon. Plus something could be jam, stuck, or not funtioning well such as the stearing well, breaks or the mps meter. Something could go wrong and could kill you or your life will be affected by the rest of your life.

Next lets talk about accidnets. We get it you hit a pole, you call your insurence, then the near-by machanics to fix your care, then the car rental place to rent a car until your car is fix. But lets say it was in this new 2020 Nissan Driverless Car, you can easily sue them by having poor safety or your medical bills something really easy you can do. Accidents will never be free, EVER. When you hit your car with someone, you have to pay for it. But since it wasn't your fault it was the car fault. Easy Money which could make the company bankrupt soon then 5 years.

Last thing lets talk about new laws that they will add. They could possibly say if you own a driverless car your license point will double per crash. Lets say you hit someone and its -3 every time. Well with this car it would be -6. That means if you hit someone 2 time with the same car you have to play $10k to get your license back. Plus everyday new drivers from the age 15 could drive in a driverless car. Well lets say 8 years from now they get a new car but its not a driverless car, the driver will not drive the same because they have lack on knowledge from driving a non-driverless car.

In my opinion it was an amazing idea this could be but you have to think smart about what you do. Driving is a priverlage not a right. You can drive your whole life safe and your insurance bill could be $20 or you can be stupid and your insurance bill is $200. I really suggest you rethink before what you can create. Car are meant for a life-style not the way you use it. Think before you make it in the future.",4
"Twenty five years ago the was a face like figure on Mars ,but a lot of other people thought it was aliens. The Face on Mars has no evidence that the face was put there by aliens. All that evidence shows that it was created by nautral landform. They looked into making new and better cameras.They also would use the cameras to see if there were any ojlects such as small shacks, airplanes on the grouynd,or Egyptain-style pyramids.Even defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civization on mars but they new there wasn't.

Mars Global Surveyor was mapping a spacecraft the would normally straight down and scans the planet like a fax machine in narrow 2.5km-wide strips.They had to roll the sapacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view. The team captured an extrodinary picture using the cameras absolute maximum resolution. Each pixel in thr 2001 image spans 1.56meters,compared to 43 meters per pixel in tyhe best 1976 Viking picture. Now on the camera you can make a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size.After they made new editions to the camera they were looking for small shacks and other things to prove the people who thoughjt that aliens made, The Face, wrong.Especially after ythe people thoght it was an alien saw the pictures some people got ride of the idea of aliens ,but somne people still thoughtit was an alien .

In conclusion The Face is not an alien. The Face is just a nautral landform that is the Martian equivalent to a butte-mesa- landform common around the American West.All the evidence that in have explained to you show sthat it isn't an alien.                         ",2
"The challenge of exploring venus may sound dangerous to humans but also intersiting to explore. Maybe could see why its called ""twin"" or how its like in venus. In the text it shows how earth and venus are alike ""venus is the closest planet to earth in terms in density and size"".Knowing is almost alike to earth seems worth going and risking to land on venus or at least try too. They say that its hard to land on venus cause of the heat and the carbon dioxide

in the text it says ""a thick atmophere of almlst 97 percent"".

It may cause some danger for humans but we could invent technolgy to go to venus and land safe without somthing bad happening. NASA says they are planing to visit venus and not land on it they plan on flying above the fray.This could also be somewhat safe for humans and they will still see whats its like on venus. In the text it shows how this could be possible ""NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of venus would allow scientists to float above the fray"" . Also another reason it could be possible is because in the text it says jets fly over to get away storms this means they could fly above the fray of venus. And also us humans can torlrate some temperatures before it gets too hot in the text it says ""still be toasty at around 170 degrees fahrenheit"" ""but survivable for humans "". This visit has pros and cons it could be a good idea and also bad for humans ",2
"You should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. If you join you get to help ship animals acroos seas to help countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more. You can visit famous places and you get to help others. You also get to see the Alantic and Pacific Oceans. those are some reasons to join the Seagoing Cowboys program.

Here are some advanteges of joining. You get to help familes and visit places like Europe and China. You can also visit the Acroplis in Greece, take a gondula ride in Vernice, Italy, see a castle in Crete, and see the Panamal Cannal. Luke saw all of these things. The artical says "" Besides helping people,[Luke] got the side benifit of seeing Europe and China.""

It also involves hard work to move the animals. You have to feed and water them two to three times a day. Sometime you have to be the nightwatch and check on the animals every hour. The article says ""

Caring for the animals kept Luke busy... Bale of hay... had to be pulled up from lower holds of the ship.""

And when you are heading back home you can play games where the animals use to be. So the trip home is very relaxing. The article says "" The cowboys played baseball and volleyball...""

Those are some reasons to join the Seagoing Cowboys program. It is helpful, hard, and fun. And here is another one "" It opened up the world for [Luke]. Trust me it is very rewarding. I hope i'll see you soon on a boat to Europe.",3
"Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. This is because there are many diffrent things you can learn about Venius just by studying it. Venus is worthy to study because you can learn many diffrent things.

In paragraph one it states that , one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. The text states, "" Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. "" That is saying that venus isnt to far from earth where we can still see it. Venus is also a planet. Venus is the second planet from the sun.

In pargraph two it says that Venus is right around the corner. Which means it is right by the sun but right around the corner from earth. Us humans have sent many spacecrafts to land on this cloud -draped world. The text states, "" Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. "" That issue has exlained why many space crafts havent touched down on venus in more then three decades.

In paragrpah three , Venus has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide . That blankets Venus. The planets surface temperatures average is over 800 degrees Fahrenhit. The text states, "" These conditons are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth. "" Venus has the hottest suface temperature of any planet in our solar system. Even though Mercury is closer to the sun.

That is many diffrent ways why the author suggest that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. He suggest this because it is very interesting on how many things you can learn from just reading about it. And not going there. Even though it is impossible.            ",3
"Have you ever seen something unusual in the ground? If so do you think it was created by humans or just a natural landform of some sort. Many people believe that most landforms on earth are made by humans, The face on mars is a natural landform.

If the ""face' on mars was created by alliens it would look a lot different. Many people think alliens look weird, Well the ""face"" on mars wastn't so weird looking. It looked almost like a human face. You would think that alliens would make something radical and not just a face in their planet. Many people seem to believe that they would make something simple.

Eventhough many people were not satisfied with the theory that NASA gave them, NASA went on to search for more clues as to which ""alliens made the landform."" From the pictures that they took you would think that they would be able to detect whether alliens even walked/ touched the surface of the landform.

If you think that alliens made the landform, I would suggest you look at the picture more closely. Just because its on a planet like mars doesnt mean it was made by an allien. I mean how many people actually believe in alliens anyway? If you've never seen them how do you know if they even exist? Take another quick look at the picture tell what you think. Is it even possible for alliens to be alive even if it is on another planet?

The ""face"" on mars is a natural landform. What leads me to beieve that, is that i dont think alliens are real. Maybe they are real, but why would they make something so simple as a face. Dont you think they wouldve went a little overboard with their creations?",2
"Driverless cars

Driverless care are a great idea for people who cant drive on their own and would like to get some wher, but has not yet came out. I think it would be a great idea if this was made legal, but its important that when will it be perfected and also we'd like to know what's keeping us from crashing.

So when will it be legal? Didn't google already start putting cars out there to driven? Well yes and no, its uncomfirmed on when will it be comfirmed that it will be legal, the governmet is manly concered about the passengers, pedestrians and lawmakers safe base off of paragragh nine. Isn't it already out ? yes it is but only had to had permission of the state and people who wanted to test it, but this is not a garranted of your safty so when will it be perfected?

In paragraph ten it is predicted that it will be near to perfect to have this proble solve in the year 2020, top of the line on most modern vechical started to join in with google on their self diving cars such as Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have their cars on the road on the year of 2020.

So what will it be that we're putting lives in such trust? Is it more trust worth then us are selfs? In the sense of actually yes it is. it communicate with a gps sattilte that tracks all the movement and its location in this sense its never lost, not to mention it has the beautie of motion sensers that dectect anything that lies ahead will be notice right away. keeping you away from harm based off of pragraph six.

Google is to be awatied at the year of 2020 when they release their self driving vechical and big brand names to release in the open world. the self driving car will be legal when proven to be safe to the open , and whats behind all this magic? A gps sattilte and motion sensors that dectects bizzar movent to keep us safe. We all await a better future.                                                                                                                                                                         ",2
"Author claim that people should study more about Venus by conduct a mission despite the risks. It may expand the very edges of imagination and innovation, and for human curiosity. However, the author makes a fabulous statements by explain the Venus, talk about the missions that scientists are seeking, and pursuade the readers.

At first, in the beggining of the passage, he made a explanation of the Venus by comparing to the Earth. He first explain that Venus and Earth are similar in terms of density, size, and distance. Then he states that there are thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets in Venus, and their temperature and pressure is really high compared to Earth. This information that author gives us is great because readers can get backgroung information that can understand the missions and their risks that author will going to explain in the later passage.

Second, he talks about the mission and their pros and cons. First, He says that NASA is seeking for sending humans to study Venus, but it has difficulities. However, author says that it's avoidable. For example, temperatures in Venus is very high, but their air pressure is close to that of sea level on Earth, so it's survivable for humans. This supports the idea clearly that readers can know it's possible to travel to Venus.

Finally, author pursuades the readers. It's valuable to meet the challenge to send humans to Venus. Peering safely at Venus from ship can't collect anything. We need to conduct a mission to take samples of rock, gas, or anything else. As you can see, author is pursuading the readers that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. It seems it's not enough to pursuade the people and he can be more emotionally.

Overall, his statement and how he supports that idea is really clear for the readers and it is settled. It own a risks, but conducting a mission to go to Venus is possible, and valuable for the humans.",4
"Cars. Cars were first made using human hands for humans to drive around in. Cars are a major evolution from walking around everywhere. In old days I don't know how hard driving was and/or if they had driver's licences.I think we as people should not except driverless cars.

Now a day's people have to take two test too be able to drive. First test is the reluctant permmit test once you pass that you have to get your hours. By hours I mean driving hours at night, morning, on the highway's, streets and etc. The second test we have to take Is the critical drivers test this test is mostly on you,you make your own pressure. There are two people in the car you and the (scorer),she/he dosn't matter who it is they will not jugde on race or sexuality.Once you pass that test your off to the races.

We as people have to go through all that as humans to be able to drive. I get those test make sure we will be responsible on the road so we don't injure yet even kill innocent bystanding pedestrians. All those test to keep them ok and safe I can deal with that so I will be able to drive. In some cases people don't even have a(n) permmit they just drive. There's a catch to that they don't drive stupid or and don't get pulled over.That's breaking the law but if the police don't catch them so be it.

Brains. I know people have those what about robots or A.I. do they have brains? Technically speaking they do have brains called the mother board. That Board/ chip is the harness to their thinking without that they are smart as rocks. What and how many test did they have to take too be able to drive for google, or BMW? I get people have been fasinating over cars that drive themselves. But if the A.I cant pull into drive ways or deal with complicated traffic issues like, roadwork or accidents. I get companies have did remarkable test with great outcomes.

Why do we want cars that drive themselves? The test that G.M did was a graet test and idea. Too exspensive they said how much money did futurist spend to make theese driverless cars.

in conclusion I don't think we need driverless cars. It will take alot more money to build than regular cars. So I say nay. To the future for now keep doing good things like finding a cure for cancer doing great there in that area. every baody probably couldn't afford the cars any way so that's less money.Thank you.",4
"The advantages of limiting car is great because it helps the environment. Also you don't need a car because there's public transportation. Some would disagree but I belive it's good. This essay will be informing you the advantages of limiting your car usage. Also how walking, bicycling, and talking public transportation is better for you and others. Also how it is bad for enviroment and there will be less traffic for those people that hate traffic.

The number one advantage of limiting our car usage is because cars are really bad for the enviroment. While your driving your car you don't notice how bad it is for the enviroment. The gas that comes out your car causes smog; which is bad if you comsume it. ""...[The smog] rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world."" (Source 2). China for example has a big popullation; so many people uses cars. The smoke that comes out makes the air so polluted it's bad for your health.

The second advantage is how walking and bicycling is better for you. ""'It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air popllution,' said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two-seat bicyle with his wife."" (Source 3). It would give people the time to take a break from everything else and enjoy life more. People would enjoy more the outdoors too. ""Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughtout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by board, smooth sidewwalks;..."" (Source 3).

The third advantage is it would be less traffic. Traffic is very annoying especially when your trying to get somewhere quickly. By limiting your car usage there's less traffic. ""...rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic;..."" (Source 3). "" Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took busues to wok during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams."" (Source 3). Limitimg your car usage it would let people get to where their going faster than waiting in traffic.

In conculsion limiting your car usage will make Mother Nature happy, time to enjoy life, and reduce traffic jams. We're so comsumed by electronics we don't enjoy the life outside. BY limiting your usage it will make you enjoy the enviroment more than we enjoy it now.            ",3
"Over the course of time, NASA has developed the technology that is capable of taking pictures of landforms found on other planets. Recently, NASA unveiled an image of a landform on Mars that looks like a human face. Some people believe that it a real face of an alien and make conspiracy theories about the face and spread it throughout the public. Even though that the ""face on Mars"" is just a rock landform shaped like a human face.

Firstly, humans would not be able to survive on Mars. The gases and lack of oxygen would kill them. The reality is that the picture is an actual human or alien face is just made up by conspiracy theorists . NASA has revealed this to the public so that they could some attention to mars.""The authors reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars (3).They just wanted conspiracy theorist to make people think that there was some sort of ancient civilization on Mars or some kind of aliens. Which was proven not to exist.

After NASA getting all attention on Mars from the ""Face on Mars"" debate, they went back upto space to see if they could capture more photos. NASA was using high-tech cameras to prove their theory of seeing a human face. ""MOC team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when then image first appeared on JPL website, revealing... a natrual landform(7)."" The face is just a landform not an alien monument nor a human face.

Later on, after taking the pictures of the proven landform on Mars, the topic started to quite down. Some conspiracy theorist still spread their theories to the public. This is all how NASA researches foreign landforms on other planets. They take their camera satillites and capture a picture of the landform and continue to study it. NASA uses the knowledge they have about Earth to study the landforms on other planets. ""It reminds me most of the Middle Buttle in the Snake River Plain of Idaho, say Garvin. That's a lava dome that takes place from an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars (12)."" The process just starts all over again.

After looking at all the scientific knowlege, you can conclude that the ""Face on Mars"" is just a landform. NASA does this so that they can get public attention about their research, until the theory is proven wrong. It is just like any other buisness that wants publicity. Aliens are currently proven to not exist, so most people like to try to change that theory whenever they find a small peice,of what could be eveidence. Even though it is proven to be a landmass.",4
"If you like traveling and helping out then heres a job for you.

Being a Seagoing Cowboy can be very instresing.

Luke is a Seagoing Cowboy.

Luke enjoys being a Seagoing Cowboy.

Luke travels alot while being an seagoing cowboy.

They traveled on cattle-boats, he says it was an unbeliveable opportunity.

In 1945, World War II had ended in Europe.

Many contries were ruined.

UNRRA hired the Seagoing Cowboys.

UNRRA hired them to take care of horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas.

In August 1945, they had gotten orders to go to New Orleans.

That day they arrived, the Pacific War had ended.

In 1947, Luke had gone on nine trips, the most a Seagoing Cowboy has been on.

It took him about to weeks to cross the Alantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States.

It also took a month to get to China. When he cared for animals during the crossings it kept him busy on the trips.

Alough the sea can be dangerous, he liked it.

On Luke's second trip, he was a watchman.

He had to keep eyes on all the animals every hour.

On a rainy night, he acidently slide down a slippery ladder on his back.

He got super scared, his heart raced.

He shot down a slide, feet first.

A small strip of metal along the edge stopped the slide, keeping him from flying overboard.

He had an injury, he had cracked ribs.

When the boys had free time they had fun.

They played volleyball and baseball. They also liked to play table-tennis, fencing, and boxing. They also read.

They helped pass the time when he nothing to do.

Being a Seagoing Cowboy can open up a whole new world to you.

It makes you more aware of people's needs.

That is what it is like to be a Seagoing Cowboy.

Do you become a Seagoing Cowboy now?

You should, it could be really fun.

Just try not to get hurt like Luke.    ",2
"I believe that the electoral college should be changed and be ended oncce and for all.

I think that the electoral college is a certain way of cheating in a presidency that you dont want to win. When people in the states vote for a new president they're giving all of they're votes to the electors. This is one of the biggest reasons I think its not fair. They're trusting the elecotrs with all of they're votes when they dont even know who the electors will vote for.

Almost nobody in the states even know's who the electors are. Why should everyone be putting they're trust with votes into people they dont know? Even when I read the passage I saw that the electors could possibly get confused and vote the wrong way and if many of them end up doing that you can ultimately end up with the wrong president.

Another big flaw that the electoral college consists of is what if it does end up getting a tie? then we would have to pass it all onto the House of Represenatives. If the house of rep, end up picking the wrong president, it could be even worse. I'm personally not into politics but I can already tell that if I was I would hate the electoral college, I dont even understand how you couldn't.

The electoral college I feel is something that first started out helping the elections for when it was first created but has changed massively over time, and it hasn't changed in a good way at all. It's almost as if our own american citizens can pick they're president. We have to leave that all up to our electors, which I dont this is FAIR at all to all our voters.

If it wasn't for our electoral college, we would've never had George W. Bush as are president. He didn't even get the most votes! but since our electoral college can vote for whoever he ended up winning anyways. I think this topic is obviously a one sided question cause there's obviously a right answer here. Abolish the electoral college!

Thank you.                                                                    ",3
"Limiting car use is a great way clean up greenhouse gases. In some car intensive areas in the united states passenger cars are responsible for 50% of greenhouse gases. Not ownly limiting car use help redouse greenhouse gases it benfits people personly by saving them money on gas and other expensis brought on by owning a car. It aslo would make it safer since car accidents are one of the leading causes of death. I dont think people shouldn't own a car i just dont think we should use them for everything. In some cases cars are anasetiy so there's aways gonna be car use we should just limit it.

Greenhouse gases are bad so by limiting car use we could redouse greenhouses in some areas up to 50%. Limiting car use will aslo save people money not ownly in gas but expensives as well. There are sevrale expensise that come with owning a car just in get a car would require paying to get your permit/lisnes. Then buying  the car itself witch no car is cheap. Then once you get the car the expesise just keep coming. Such as payments on the car asoming you didn't pay it all off when you got it there's also gas, changing tires, check ups, inter stuff, repairs, etc... Nothings cheap about a car.

Limiting car use would also make the streets a safer place. Car accidents are one of the leading causes of death. Anything from fender benders to full on collishens are dangours. There's also sevral cases where people are hit just walking down the street. Cars are dangours plus limiting car use or restricting it in some cases may aslo bring down the drunk driving incadents.

Im not saying we should get rid of cars. I just    ",2
"Dear Senator Nelson,

In recent years, many people have called for the change of the presidential election process. Specifically, the Electoral College. Many condider it a pointless, unfair, and archaic system that denies the people the liberty of choosing their president. However, I believe the Electoral College is a necessity in modern America. Although it is as old as the country itself, it is still relevant and usefull today.

The Electoral College ensures the outcome of an election. Without the Electoral College, the election may possibly need multiple re-runs as a result of a tie in the popular vote. According to ""Does the Electoral College work?"" by the Office of the Federal Register, ""The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president"". With that few of electors, it reduces the chances of a tie occuring. Although it can happen however, it's not probable. For example, if two canidates ever had a tie among the popular vote, it could be resolved within the college because of the way the slates of electors are divied up among the states. Some critics of the college say that this systems takes the control out of the peoples hands and denies them the right of choice. However, you have to remember that the people elect a slate of electors to vote for their canidate. That means that even though the College ultimately decides the president, the people still have someone to represent their canidates.

The Electoral College is also a necessity because it forces the canidates to face issues the people care about and to appeal to the masses. According to ""In Defense of the Electoral College: 5 reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the president"" by Richard A. Posner, ""The Electoral College requires a presidential canidate to have trans-regional appeal. No region (South, Northeast, etc.) has enough electoral votes to elect a president. So, a solid regional favorite, such as Romney was in the South, has no incentive to campaign heavily in those states, for he gains no electoral votes by increasing his pluralarity in those states"". This means that in order to win the popular vote and get a chance to win within the Electoral College, a canidate must appeal to the country, not just a particular set of voters who may have different views on politics than the majority of voters. Some people say that a canidate may try to appeal to a set of voters but in the end just use them in order to win the presidency. To that I say this. As a canidate, your ultimate goal is to serve two full terms as the president of the world's leading superpower right? Why would a canidate want to lie and jeprodize their chances at doing what they feel is right for the country?

In Conclusion, the Electoral college must not be done away with. It is a necessary tool to maintain fairness among the canidates and the election process. We have checks and balances among the government so one branch of government may never gain more power over the others so why not supervise the most important process in government? If you take anything at all away from this letter, please let it be this. The Electoral College is a staple in American politics. Without it, we would be denying our country the right to a fair election.

Sincerely,

PROPER_NAME    ",5
"I believe that the Facial Action Coding System would be slightly helpful, but other than that, not at all. While few would benefit from being taught by a computer, others, not so much.

Dr. Huang said that ""a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" I believe this is wrong, as there is no way of making a student less bored. If you were to add entertainment to the mix of the lesson, then how could the lesson be taken seriously? Teachers tend to add their own spice to lessons that, both, make the students laugh, and become more interested in the lesson. No computer could mimick a human's humor. A computer also would not be able to explain things as well as a teacher could. A computer could modify the lesson as many times as it could, but the student would still be confused. A teacher would be able to explain things better and make it simpler than a computer could. It would also be quicker.

It is proven that students learn better with paper and a physical learning environment. Sure, a computer would know more and be able to explain things more properly, but knowing this fact... Would it even be worth teaching the student if they won't even remember it? Technology would also completely replace the need to write down notes by hand. With a physical environment, you also learn life skills. For example, knowing when to speak and ask questions, manners, and getting along and working with others. These skills are often used in work environments.

And, what about those who have no access to technology? Poverty and homelessness are still big in the world. Sure, your child could participate in a physical environment at a school, but why would there be a need for schools if it is all on the computer? It would also be cheaper for school officials to have computers than to have teachers that require a weekly or monthly pay, and to not require supplies for the children as well. It would quickly spiral into a ""be rich or be homeless"" world in an instant. A lot of stress would be put on the backs of many people who wish for their child to get an education. We already give these people a hard time, why given them an even harder time, and even include their children?

In conclusion, a lot would be wrong with using the Facial Action Coding System in schools. Very few would benefit from having such advanced technology instead of teachers and a physical environment, but the rest would be disadvantaged.",5
"In the article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming,"" the author presents many positive aspects of driverless cars that should be noticed. The pros greatly outway the cons in the agument of whether driverless cars are beneficial or not. Every con that was mentioned in the article was over the topics of laws, liability, and how ""driverless"" the cars really were. These arguements are extremely miniscule when placed next to the big picture.

Throughout the article, the author points out the most important fact of driverless cars; they are a safer option to driving. In a world where accidents happen all the time, it is our job to lessen the frequency of these accidents. In paragraphy 2, the author expresses that cars that were developed by Google in 2009 were able to drive for more than half a million miles without a crash, which is groundbreaking. If this innovation makes it so that people are just slightly more safe and protected, then it should be used. Businesses and companies have already been putting time and money into these feats in automation, so there is no harm in them finishing their work. In paragraph 10, it is said that many companies have already predicted when they will be able to distribute driverless cars, so let's promote these companies and their word.

There are no consequences to developing these technologies, only consequences in not doing anything. It would be a shame to see something that could benefit every single person and their safety go to waste or not be sought out. Anyone that cares about the safety of themsleves and others should want this innovation implymented into society. There is nothing in the world that should be more important to a good parent than the safety of their child.   ",3
"Discussing the face on Mars. Well the face on mars is fasinating picture that the spacecraft took. People say it looks like a face, and that it was created by Aliens, but it really didn't. What really happen is that its called a Martian mesa, and that it's common around Cydonia, only that there was a very unusual shadows that had people thinking that it's a face. And if it was really why can't man go on that planet to see if its a real face. It's because it not real and they just want people to think it's real by having it on Hollywood films and other movies. The government would have never allow this important information out to everybody because the world would go crazy that their is a new planet, and aliens are on that planet. it would have people thinking such as if they were gonna try to attack us and crazy stuff like that.

Another fact about this is on April 5, 1998 Mars Globbal surveyor flew over Cydonia and snapped pictures of the intresting planet to see what was there. Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team revealed that there were no aliens monument after all. And that's why the Face of Mars isn't what they say it is.",1
"Dear senator,

I am writing to you from the villages charter school in The Villages Florida. I am concerned with the way electing the president is done. I feel that the way it is done is not only unfair but illogical.

To begin with, I feel that the way the president is elected is not a fair way. I feel this way because a state can not controll how big or small it is, therefore giving it a small number of electoral votes lowers the importance of your vote If you live in a small place like rhode island, this makes people less interested in voting. If a president goes to his home state he usually gets the votes from there. so if a president was from texas then he will already be going on a great start.

If popular vote was used instead of electoral vote the voting system wold make people not only want to vote more but to know that it realy counts for a reason.

there are many things wrong with the electoral college, however one main issue is when there is a tie, when there is a tie in the electoral college votes the descion is then pushed to the house of representatives, and the vice president is chosen by the senator. this is a huge flaw because of how mant replublicans are in the house. this makes it unfair for a democratic representer get the job.

In conclusion i feel that the way voting is done should be changed and made to poularnvote insteadof electoral college. Thank you.

Sincerley

PROPER_NAME            ",3
"The president of the united states is one of the most powerful political leaders in the world and controls the faith of one of the wealthiest countrys on the planet. There have been many discussions on how to elect the president of such a great nation. The Electoral College,  the founding fathers established it in the constitution as a compromise between election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. If its worked for over 200 years why change it. The Electoral College provides certainty of outcome and avoids run-off elections and should be kept as the form of election of the U.S. president of our state.

To Begin With, the Electoral College has been used for more than 200 years and our state is fighting for another 200 years of electoral college. In an article by Richard A. Posner called ""In Defense Of The Electoral College:Five Reasons To Keep Our Despised Method Of ChoosingThe President"" he states ""there are...reasons for retainig the Electoral College despite its lack of democratic pedigree: all are practical reasons, not liberal or conservative reasons.""  Amongst these reasons one of them is the certainty of outcome and in source 3 paragraph 18 it states that ""A dispue over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible-it happened in 2000-but its less likely than a dispute over the popular vote. The reasons is that the winning candidates share of the popular vote."" Richard Posner is stating that Electoral College is more effective because it causes less trouble and does not need to be disputed unlike popular vote which needs to be disputed because the winning candidiates share of the Electoral college invaribly exceeds his share of the popular vote.

Furthermore, The electoral college avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate recieves a majority of the votes cast. In an article by Richard A. Posner called ""In Defense Of The Electoral College:Five Reasons To Keep Our Despised Method Of ChoosingThe President"" he says ""nixon in 1968 and clinton in 1992 both had only a 43 percent plurality of the popular votes, while winning a majority in the Electoral College (301 and 370). There is pressure for run off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast; the presidential election process, is reduced by the electoral college, which invaribly produces a clear winner.""    ",4
"Car usage is decreasing all over the world quickly. Many people see that needing a car is no longer a priority to them anymore. Many communities are elminating cars in the neighborhood. And in certain areas of Germany, people are not even allowed to have cars. They sell them to live in the neighborhoods.

To begin with, limiting car usage is elminating air pollution in Bejing, and Paris and in the United States.  In Paris, there has been heavy air smog and if ur caught driving in the streets you get fined 22-euros ($31).  Thousands of people were fined according to the international news agency headquarters in London for driving there cars during the smog. Twenty seven(27) people had there cars impounded for their reacton to the fine they were given. Because of the air smog in Paris, people were not allowed to drive anywhere they had to take the public transit to  get to their destionation. So reducing the car use in Paris help get rid of the smog faster.

Also, another reason elminating car usage is an advantage is less traffic back-ups. In Bogota, Colombia the citizens hiked,biked,skated and/or took the public buses to work which left the street empty of traffic jams. Since the mid-1990s, the city has had ""A Day without cars"" campagin. Over time, the city has seen over 118 miles of bicycle paths being created and most of Latin American citites. Parks and sports centers also have grown throughout the cities. The sidewalks been replaced by smoother ones, traffic jams have had a dramatic drop and also more restraunts and upscale shopping centers were built. So after all, elminating cars is not a bad thing.

In addition to, every year in the United States more and more people been buying fewer cars and getting fewer licenses as each ongoing year goes by. So the question that reaks through everyones mind,""Has America passed the peak driving?"" Well, we may not know that answer for sure but what we do know is there is alot of changes going on. Now we all know this country was the birth place for the very first Model T Ford, and where Wilson Pickett immortalized ""Mustang Sally.""  We all have love affairs with cars in this country, but over the past year our love affairs have cooled down some. Statistics show that between 2001 and 2009, driving by young people decreased by 23 percent(23%). But when this generation ""grows up"" will the car rates start going back up because the parents have to take their children to soccer practice, school plays? This will remain an open question until that time. As of recently the number of miles driven per person has dropped nearly 9 percent(9%) below the peak and the same rate as it was in January of 1995. Part of this explaination is because people were unemployed and could not afford new cars.

According to Mimi Sheller, different things are converging. For example, she stated that the internet makes telecommunicating possible and easiar and makes peolpe feel more connected to others without driving around.

To conclude, there are a plethora of advantages of why limiting car usage is a great benefit to everyone and even the environment! The air pollution will be cut down by a major percent.    ",4
"Dont get me wrong cars are a good thing for but we do not need them to live. We use them to get around but look at how much money it costs us in gas and just to bye the car. Plus it is destroying are ecosystem at a alarmingly high rate. Why use cars when we can just walk or bike where we need to go.

So ya we use cars to get around but we dont need them. take a look at this town called Vauban, in Germany ""near the Swiss and French border"". the streets of ""Vauban are completely ""car free"""". so if they can do it why cant we.

""""after five -days of intesifying smog...[the smog] rivaling Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world.""""paris enforced a partial driving ban to clesr the air of the global city."" and with all this ""paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter (pm) per cubic meter compared with"" ""79.7 in London"". Ok London did a week without cars because of smog but with all the pollution from car emissions that they did not use that week was a lot when u facter in that they had as crapy air as Beijing, China,and they only got rid of half there cars for they week. Imagine how mutch cleaner are air would be if we got rid of all are cars for just a week. By then we would be used to it so even bring the cars back that right there would keep making are air clean.

With getting rid of cars for one day ""it's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution"" .Now look at what president Oboma is doing he is trying to cut back on greenhouse emmisions and i thinnk it is woking. ""Americas love affair with its vehicals seems to be cooling. when adjusted for population growth, the number of miles driven in the united states peaked in 2005 and droped steadily thereafter.""Now"" if this pattern persistes and many sociologist belive it will-it will have benifits implicating for carbon emissions and enviormental, since transportation is the second largest source of america's emmisions,just behind power plants."" so with this if we keep this up we can reduce pollution and help save this world one car at a time that is why i am asking u to ditch that mostrocity that u are driving and maby walk or bike to work.    ",2
"Today my firend Don Reist inviited me to come with him to the Seagoing Cowboys program he wanted me to go and tought about and Want to go mainly becaues I was 18 and out of school and i can get dafted to the army.

Don telled me that since the war was over we go to this other country and help them out a little sice it was a big mess over.

It was August 14, they reported us at New Orleans. When we got there they were giving out thing to do before the ship got there they said for me go get more peole to do this program and I did. I walked down to the bordwalk got a big line of people the fun thing was that if you get to convince eveyone who does not want to go then they just go some were real nice and just went but they were probalry going to be dafted like me.

August 15 the cattle boat was not there so, they said do the same thing again the same thing happend got a lot of people then they gave another job that it is to see wich man was strong enough to go they said i got to much people so, we get the strongest of the strongest two hour went bye and when eveyone was at lunch the boat was there .

August 16, I guess sleeping in a boat is the same thing as sleeping in a bed room but the bed was always moving but I can't lie about spleeping good last night. tonigth was a big night for me I was a wachtman . It was 11:00 ol'colck and it was raining and the waves sarted to pick up and then i slipped!

down a slide thank god i'm ok but I had to be in bed for a little with a cracked rib.

I was being dafted but they told me to keep doing my servive so, I did and I had the best three years ever I helped over 1 millon people and I visted nine countrys the good thing is that I'm ok .

The End ",1
"Emotion's, a common thing in every day to day life. Something to us that indicate quite easily, either being a guessing game, or knowing for a fact what they expressing. But can a computer compet against the human mind? After many of learning/performing the same task that a computer can do to figure human emotions and such? I think not!

First thing, I'll like to point that yes, Dr. Huang created a computer software to,""Precisely enough to convey specific emotions."", but you gotta think, computer can mess up. Emotion's can not only be indicated my facial expression, but also tone of the individual. Plus, is it really a big deal to spend money to figure out different peoples emtion when we can simple just look at them, and say, ""Hey!

He/She looks quite upset."".

Secondly, I'll like to point out that, what the hassle to make a program, when a normal ""Home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode"" emotions. This can even done even better by just looking at a mirror and just copying down their exact facial expression to figure out how they were feeling, and wasting time to encode and create a software to see different types of emotions that could possible fail at doing.

I'm not saying that computer shouldn't be able to perform task humans do always, like there are time where this can sorta useful. For example from the text,""Make computer-animated faces more expressive--for video games... communications."" having some benefits. But just for seeing facial features for emotions, we could easily do that on our own.

So, can i computer can copet to the human to the human mind, to compet to figure out if someone either feels happy or said? Well, that's your desicion to decide that. But do remember, can a PC compet to us human ?",3
"Venus, sometimes called the ""Evening Start"" is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. In our solar system, Venus is the second planet from the sun. The nickname of

""Evening Star""

was given since Venus is actualy a planet.

Venus is the closest planet to the Earth in terms of density and size, and sometimes is the closest in distance too. The differences in speed beetwen Earth, Venus and Mars is that sometimes we are closest to the Mars and sometimes we are closest to Venus. The explication of why not a single spaceshio has touches down on Venus in moran than three decades is that each previous mission was unmanned, since no spacecraft survived the landing for mora than a few hours

The atmosphore of Venus is almost 97 percent carbojn dioxide, but one thing that is dangerous in Venus are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphore. The atmospheric presure in Venus is 90 times grather than in our planet, that means that in the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Farenheit, that is a extreme danger for us. Also notable, even Mercury is closer to our sun, Venus is the planet with the hottest surface temperature in our solar system; also al of this (the weather condition and the preasure) Venusian geology present other problems, for example there are many active volcans, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes.

The reason why scientists are even discussing the posibility to futures visits to Venus is because it is the planet most liked to the Earth in our solar system. One time maybe Venus was covered by oceans and life, just like the Earth.

NASA maybe have one solution to human can go to explore Venus. Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Just as our jet airplanes travel to a higher altitude to fly over many storms. At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Farenheit, but the preasure would be closest to the Earth's presure, there are still not easy condition but there can be survival for humans.

However, researchers cannot take samples of rok, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our5 machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus.

NASA is working in other ideas to solve this problem in Venus, for example, they are making a electronic device made by silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface.

Strivging to meet the challenge present by Venus, our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innvation.    ",2
"You´re in chemistry and you have no idea what the teacher it talking about. This is the third time this week going over chemical equations and the fact that you still don´t understand it, is embarassing. So you don´t ask for help. What if the teacher knew based soley on your facial expressions? Using the Facial Action Coding System in a classroom would be valuable to students who are unconfident in asking questions and to students who really care about their education.

Well known, some students struggle with verbal communication. They are shy, socially underdeveloped, or just uncomfortable with holding a conversation. If there was a device like the FACS (Facial Action Coding System) in classrooms, it would help teachers know who understands and who doesn´t. Who still needs help and who doesn´t. This could be the difference between passing or failing.

Students go through a lot with life-changing tests, and pressures to be successful in life. With the FACS, teachers will be able to sense when a student is unwilling or not trying; teachers will know to not waste valuable time on them. These types of attitudes are contagious especially in a classroom. According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, we unconciously imitate eachother´s facial expressions and moods. This means other students won´t want to learn either.

In conclusion, having the FACS in classrooms would be helpful to students and educators. Some teachers lack patience while some students lack confidence. Having a device that could sort all that out and make room for real learning, would be grand.",3
"They should make driverless cars because they can go more than half of millions of miles without crashing, announces the driver when he should take over and drive, and it has developed the drivers seat to vibrate when it has to watch out because the car is getting near something and might crash.

The cars can go over millions of mile without crashing and it's driving by itself and that is really good. When people buy these and decide to go on trips it comes in handy if they get tired of driving, so they can automaticall let the car drive by itself. When there are people injured and can barely drive, they'll have the car and would barely have to drive and they can now go to places they need to go too. If a person wants to drive normally they can turn off the driveless and can end up driving to where ever they want.

A good thing about the driveless cars is that it let's you know right away when you have to take over if it detects an accident torwards where you are going. As well as that it has sensor that a human driver is in control at all times. ",2
"I think the face reading software would be good for educational purposes. I don't think that using the face reading software would be good for places everywhere, though. The software could help teachers with what they should be teaching and with how they need to plan their lessons. The face reading software could help students express their emotions and feelings to their teachers. Overall I think that the face reading software would benefit the learning environment, because it would benefit teachers and students.

Using the software in the classroom could help teachers keep things exciting and interesting for their students. In paragraph 6, from the excerpt, it states, ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored."" The software could help a teacher learn about what the students are interested in and what they don't understand, and need more work on. I don't think the technology should spread to everywhere in the world, such as to airports. If the machine misreads a face it could send the wrong kind of impression to those working at the airport. If places use the technology, they should also keep their basic security. The face reading technology could keep the learning environment more interesting and more up to date.

In conclusion, the face reading technology could and would benefit our learning environment everywhere. The technology would help teachers improve on their teaching techniques and lessons. I think it would help benefit kids that don't like to openly express their emotions with their teachers. The technology should be used wisely and should be well planned and processed. The world is advancing and our learning environment should be advancing as well. ",3
"Cars use a lot of gas and make the world polluted. There are communities that have given up their cars and are sticking to walking and riding bikes. There is a town in Germany called Vauban that make you pay $40,000 with your house if you want to have a parking space. Also in this town there are only two places to park and this means that 70% of the population there down own cars and 57% sold their cars to live there. People in this town say that living there with no cars relieves stress.

In the city of Paris after days of pollution they made a ban on driving to fix the smog.

On mondays motorist that had even number license plates were told not to drive or face a $31 dollar fine. On the next day odd number license plate couldnt drive. 4,000 people were fined and 27 had their cars impounded do to their reaction to the fine. Their were a couple exceptions like plug-in cars, hybrids, also cars carrying more then three people but they make plubic transit free from Monday to Friday.

These acts are happening in countries like Colombia. In Bogota, Colombia they celebrate their third year where cars have been banned with the onmly motor transportation being buses and taxis. They call this day ""The day without cars"" in the capital city which has about 7million poeple. They are doing this to pormote other mean of transportation and violators adn fined $25. A lot of people like to participate in this because it lowers air pollution and stress. Because of this day this city has made 118 miles of bike paths.

In America scientist have found that people 16- to -39 years old are not etting their license. With this drop scientist think that pollution will go down in America. In 2005 the number of miles was at its peak and dropped steadily after that. In April of 2013 the number of miles driven per person was 9% below the peak and is even with the the amount in 1995. All of these are ways to cut down on not only pollution but also stress.    ",1
"Benefits Without a Car

Could you imagine your life without a car? It seems impossible if cars wouldn't exist. Did you know that there are cities where people have'nt used their cars for a whole day? While in others people dont ever use cars. People think that without a car they're nothing, and that life is totally different. But there is something very interesting happening around us, in other countries which is the reason why they've stopped using cars for a while. The polluted air due to cars in doing no good for us. Think about it, maybe you could might live without are car for a day for an important cause.

First thing first, we should learn how people live in other countries without a car. It sounds weird to us, but it's something normal for them. There is forbidden to have home garages and to park cars on street in Vauban, Germany. According to Elizabeth Rosenthal, Vauban, Germany has gone from a city with cars to people giving up their cars. ""street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district on the outskirts of Freiburg, near the French and Swiss borders""(Rosenthal, paragraph 2). This place is ""car free"" except for the downtown area and a few streets of the community. She also states that other countries like the US experiments more problems in pollution.""passenger cars are responsible for 12% of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, and up to 50%

in some car-intensive areas in the US""(5). People walk way more in Europe, they dont suffer much from air pollution.

Additionally, Paris has enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. These cities have stopped using their cars for a while to help calm the air pollution. ""On Monday motorists with even numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31)"" (Robert Duffer, paragraph 11). Although that people were not supposed to us ehtier cars that day, 4,000 drivers were fined according to Reuters. The cause for not driving for that day was because the cold nights and warm days caused the air to trap car emissions. Another reason for car free in Paris is because of the micrograms found. ""Last week Paris had 147 micrograms of matter (PM) per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussels and 79.9 in London, Rueters found""(Duffer, 17). Its an advantage to prevent car usage because the smog is clearing in these cities.

In similarity, millions of Colombians hiked, walked and did many other activities without touching a car to prevent the smog. These cities are working together to make the world a better place. ""In a program that set's to spread to toher countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday""(Andrew Selsky, paragraph 20). The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog, and they achived it. That day without a car was an improvement camapign in Bogota. Surprsingly, in the US recent studies have stated that Americans are buying fewer cars and driving less each year that goes by. ""if the pattern persists- and many sociologists believ it will- it will have beneficial implications for carbon emmisions and the environment""(Elizabrth Rosenthal, paragarph 34). There has also been changes in the US. Driving less has stopped air pollution.

In conclusion there are benefits without a car. Benefits for the world around us, and well you might get some stress out if you start walking, hiking, or riding bycicles for a while. It's incredible just to think of the idea that many countries have stopped driving for a day to make their country or city a better place. While in cities like Vauban, Germany people live without cars. Thats what makes their city different. Even though they do also let these things happen for a right cause. I think that we could live without a car for one day, it's not a big deal, really. It's to make the US a better place.    ",4
"You know how in the old cartoons like the jetsons and etc , fantasize the future with flying cars and travel tubes. I think this is the next step to living like the Jetsons. You can drive your car with out really driving; Who wouldnt like to do that? But with everything thats good theirs always a bad side and their have been many concerns about these new self driven cars. I personally dont think that we are ready for this kind of technology.

"" Something not available to drivers trying to text and drive with a cell phone"" (paragraph 8).

We cant even pay attentions in the cars we have because we are to busy trying to be on our phones 24/7. America alone has had a numerous amount of accidents in the past couple of years and alot of them end in fatality. With a car that you dont have to be focused on 24/7 will probably just make matters worse. America is jsut simply not ready to keep their hand on the steering wheel and off their screens.

""If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?"" ( Paragraph 9). This big what if question, what if the technology forgets to remind the driver that its their turn to drive. What if the system over corrects the car and causes an accident. What if the sensors stop sensing. Their are alot of plausable ""what ifs"" with these cars. Personally, a little bit too many what ifs. These producers should just wait till they can assure most of these issues will never happen. Plus, most of these cars will be so expensive so no one will really be able to drive them in the general population. So a waste of money and product for a car to sit some where in a ware house, rusting away.

The people of America are not ready for these "" Self drivin cars""

to be out on the street. First we have to make sure we can drive without the cars help safetly then go from their. The development on these cars need to be holted until they can assure most of the problems that might occur. But if they do make a model with none of these concerns im all for the""Self driven auto mobiles"".              ",3
"Driverless cars are the future! ""Google has had cars that could drive idependently since 2009. Thier cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash, but so far , Google cars aern't truly driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when dealing with complicated traffic issues.'' Driverless cars have been around for a while now; even though they are not fully developed they are becoming more and more relavent and it's time to imbrace that. Imbrace that they may even help prevent any sort of crash in the future. While also getting people to thier destinations fast and saftely.

There are still problems to face even in the light of things. For example.

""Most driving laws focus on keeping drivier, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers. Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. As a result, in most states t is illegal even to test computer driven cars."" There are still many strides to take in acheving driverless cars on rode but as soon has those obsticles are tackled everyone will be much happier. With saftey has the main concern the laws that will be made for these driverless cars will insure that the utmost care and concern for health take precident. As soon

has the laws have been made the states wil also be more open the idea of a drverless car on thier streets.

Has stated earlier there are still a few problems with the idea of driverless cars but they are really close to frution. Possibly even on the cusp on perfection. ""In fact, none of the cars developed so far are completly driverless. They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the rode ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents. This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires.""

All of that simply means driverless cars are not 100 percent driverless but they very very close. If they can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves thats half the battle and the rest will follow in suite with time.

""Google's modified Toyota Prius uses postion-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotatng sensor on the roof, a video camera mountedd near the rearview mirrior, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS reciver, and an inertial motion sensor. The most impportant bit of technology in this system is the spinn sensor on the roof. Dubbed LIDAR, it uses laser beams to form a constanctly uppdating 3-D model of the car's surrondings."" The technology is there for the drverless cars to start becoming a real prossiblity in the near future. They may even fully take over and allow for a much more easy going experinces while driving. And also allow for beyond human level control of the ride.

"" Telsa has prjected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on the autopilot 90 percent of the time. Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plam to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020. The rode to the truly autonomous car stretches on ahead of us. but we grow closer to the destination everyday."" Fully driverless cars really are in the near future. There are small little pushes that still must be made but right around the corner of those is a paradise of safe relaxing transportation for all to use. With driverless cars the future will be a bright one. And saftey while driving will no longer be a concern. ",4
"New devicies and technology is being created every day. One of those creations are driverless cars. Driverless cars are cars that can drive independenlty. Google cofounder Sergery Bin is envisioning future cars that are able to function without drivers. Famous in Movie and television, driveless cars seem like an interestining invention but the real question is whether they are truly safe or not.

""Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash, but so far, Google cars aren't truly driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigation through roadwork or accidents."" Technology seems to be progressing and getting better, but technology still has its technical difficulties. Currently we have cars such as Google's modified Toyota Prius, which use sensors. Sensored cars play a major role in inspiring the idea of creating driverless cars. Sensors go way back to the 1980's where automakers used sensors for speed at the wheels in the creation of 'antilock brakes'.

Although antilock brakes and driver assitance are improving they still have a long way to go until driverless cars are created. I believe with all the improvements and creations technology is coming up with we will soon be able to have inventions similar to driverless cars. Driverless cars will be responsible for the passangers in the car, and in my opinion I don't think I'd be able to trust a computer with my life. ",3
"The ""face"" on mars is not a face at all, although it may look like a face it is not. The ""face is very similar to some land formations on earth like a butte or a mesa. The ""eyes"" of the face and the ""nose"" of the face are just shadow on the rocks. The day that the picture of the ""face"" was taken it was cloudy and may have crated the shadows, or there are rocks that are higher up that created the shadows.

It is stated in the article that the ""face"" does not actually have eyes or a nose, that it was just the shadows that made them. scientists proved that it was not a face by takeing another more clear image of the ""face"", showing that it was a land formation and not an alien. They also proved that there were no alien pyramids, shacks, or any alien artifacts near the rock formation.

In conclusion the ""face"" is not an alien artifact or a giant head. the ""face"" is only a large land formation like a mesa or a butte like we have on earth.",2
"Join the Seagoing Cowboys! The Seagoing Cowboys are people who bring cattle overseas to help those in need. We can go to many places like Greece, China, Panama, and many other places. As you can see people need help all over the world. We are a multitude of generous people who just want to help. Also don't think of it as just work, think of it as a oppurtunity of an adventure and as maybe even being a hero to other. Imagine that!

You should join us because we can help the needy and we can even save lives. Don't think its all going to be hard boring work because we can all have fun and it will all pay off at the end! For an example we can pet horses and what other time will you get to do that, but thats not it, when we unload the horses we can play baseball, volleyball, table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and many other games. As you can see we can all have tons of fun! Just imagine going on oversea voyages and going all over the world! Best of all helping the people who need our help. That would be awesome!

Now you see all these great reasons to join us! We will do so much. You can get back home with the most amzing story for your family and friends! This organization impacted me so much, at first i was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a bank but now i am going on oversea voyages to different countries. Once i was just an ordinary man but now i am adventurous and happy. I am Luke Bomberger and these are the reasons why i want you to join us. I want you on the Seagoing Cowboys team! Now will you join us on a adventure of a lifetime?",3
"The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy persuit despite the dangers it presents in the article ""The Challenge Of Exploring Venus"". The author presents this idea as the main idea of the passage because Venus is sometimes called the evening star. This point is the one of the brightest in the night sky this makes even easy to spot for amateur stargazers to spot. This statement is misleading because it is actually a part of our solar system second planet from our sun. This star is great from a distance but it is a very meaningful cloud draped world. This planet may be bright we have sent many human organized spacecrafts never survived more than a few hours. This gives a Venus a good persuit but it dangerous.

The reason for this danger inspite a good discovery is the thick atmosphere filled with 97% Carbon Dioxide blankets the most part of Venus. Clouds of sulfaric acid in the atmosphere which is highly corrosive. The author creates a great danger of being on this planet by giving us details on what is highly destructive in the planets atmosphere. Studying in Venus may be worth it for the data but very destructive and harmful to the human culture/nature. This creative image in my mind is giving me a wild estimate of how it is like to be on the planet Venus. The creation of Venus may be from the atmosphere crosion and that is why it is so important people from th human to participate in the visit of Venus.

I would say the conclusion of this article is the image that the author creates in my mind of the worthy persuit also the destruction it could cause because of the corrosive atmosphere. The author supports the main idea really well with the content and details in this article. He makes it really interesting to create an image so horrible but make it were you beleive that the human race should want to go there. This article explains and gives ideas that tell you that you would want to risk your life there but also it would be hard to go there because of all the critical things that are on Venus.",2
"Yes studying venus is a worthy pursuit because you never know what we might find just like the author said their could be another form of life. Studying venus might be a very dangerous act but i mean look at who we have as our president. Just walikng down the street is dangerous in some parts. I think it could be a very interesting study.

The author said that venus has very high conditions but i mean scientists have found a way to live on mars so i mean cant we do that too. Yes it could be very hot and dangerous but what if we found the creators of life not saying we would ut you never know. I just think it is a good idea t study venus. Everyone has questions about how we got here what made life or even who made life but not one person can answer that because we dont know but if we study venus imagine what we could find.

Yes this might be a very dangerous act but it could also be a very useful act too. I think studying venus it a great ideo and i hope people agree. So yes we should study venus and try to find a way over the hurdles of venus and figure some things out.",2
"What is a Electoral College? A Electoral College is a process, not a place. My 3 reasons what is a(n) Electoral College is : Why do we need a Electoral College, Whats wrong with it, and 5 reasons why we choose a president. We have to find out whats going on with this Electoral College. If we don't something might happen. We will find the truth about the Electoral College.

Whats wrong with Electoral College?

Voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president ,

according to paragraph 10 . Again they said if you live intexas, for instance, and wanted to vote for John Kerry, you'd vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry. All the votes that people vote for really aren't voting, there just voting for the slate electors. The electors choose which one they will vote for, but is that any fair, for the people, they make a choice to vote, there not being forced to vote by command. People like to vote because they want a new leader or, for instance, somebody like President Barack Obama. He is going into his 6 year as president.

Why do we need a Electoral College?

The Electoral College consists of 539 electors, according to paragraph 3.

A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for the president and vice president, and the counting of the electoral votes by congress. The Founding Fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and the lection of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens.

What are the reasons why we choose a president?

The reasons why we choose a president is because of the swing states, and the big states. Swing states is a winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates as we saw in [2012's] election to focus their campaign efforts on tht toss-up states. Next is the Big States, the electoral college restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states (by population) lose by virture of the mal-apportionmentof the senate. The Big States are like : Texas, Californina, and Florida. But this doesn't annoy me because people still have a chance to vote whether or not, the votes don't to the congress.

In Conclusion, Electoral College is a well-known thing when to choose a president or vice president or even governer. Elecotral College is important, you can say that because maybe you agree to it but i still don't because the votes aren't really going to the votes to the congress, the votes really go to the slate of governers or the senate but the the senate or congress are really the real people that can choose the president or vice president.    ",2
"So many planets to choose from. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to visit one? What about living there? Me too! The planet Venus could possibly be our next home. It has said that Venus still has Earth like feautures, Samples can be removed from the planet and with improvement of the rovers and other crafts they could gather more information to make living there possible. In the article the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents, and in this essay I will go further into depth about how that is a true.

Astronomers are so fascinated with the with the planet Venus, considering that the planet possibly could have been the most Earth-like planet in the solar system. According the article it states that,"" Long ago, Venus was porbably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar feautures such as valleys, mountains, and craters. Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit."" This shows that Venus could have possibly been just like earth years ago , but still has those same Earth traits left behind. These left over sources can make for surviving on the planet.

NASA has also come up with a possible solution for sending human life to the Earth-like planet with out being in danger. According to the article it states that,"" Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above rolling Venusian landscape. Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Farenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy condtions, but survivable for humans."" This shows that NASA is trying to create a reinovation that could help humans survive the hostile conditions of Venus.

Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow the machines to last long enough to gather sources from Venus. According to the article it states that, ""Some simplified electronicas made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions. Another project is looking to an old technology called mechanical computers. These devices were first divisioned in the 1800's and played an important role in the 1940's during World War II. The thought of computers existing in those days may sound shocking, but these devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all. Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical condtions. Just imagine exposing a cell phone or tablet to acid or heat capable of melting tin.

By comparison systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces."" This shows that researchers are searching for a stronger metal or material that can widthstand the pressure and heat of Venus when landing , so that they can gather information.

In conclusion the authors suggestion that ""Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers is presents"" is evaluated thoroughout the article by him explaining that Venus could have been just like Earth decades ago and it still has those same Earth traits, there could be a possible solution for humans to fly over Venus while being able to survive the critical conditions of the planet, and making it clear that researchers are searching for a new material that could widthstand the extreme conditions.     ",4
"Over the years people have advanced technology and produced new technology. One of them is the Facial Action Coding System. This software is a new software to detect the emotions from someone. This software can detect the emotions of a student when learning a lesson from a computer. I believe this new software is not as vaulable as it seems in the article for it to be in a classroom.

In my opinion, i think the Facial Action Coding System is not as valuable as it sounds as described on the article. If a teacher really wants to know the emotions of a student then just ask the student, using the new software on someone is not necessary.

In paragraph 6 it states, ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored...then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor"", a computer analyzing your face to know your emotions without the permission of the student is kind of invasion of privacy. What if the student doesn't want the computer to recognize what the student is feeling. Also why have a computer teach a lesson when

for many years the teacher is always the one teaching in front of the class. If a student is confused, that student can just raise their hand and have the teacher help them right there or what if the student has a question, the Facial System is not going to know that the student has a question because it only recognizes emotion, it doesn't read your mind. Either way the emotions of a student is not going to matter when your learning, its not important to know someones emotion, the only thing that matters in a classroom is for the students to pay attention and learn from the teacher.

The Facial Action Coding System is also a waste of the schools money. In the short paragraph before the first paragraph it says, ""...applications for a variety of industries."" meaning that the people who made the software are of course selling the system to other industries. So that means they are also going to sell the system to the schools which im sure is a lot of money. Instead of schools wasting the money on that system they could be using that money for better lunches, computers, ipads, prom, etc.

In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding system is not as valuable as it seems to be in the artical to be put in classroom computers. The new software is neither important nor necessary. The only important thing in a classroom is that the students pay attention and learn. If a student is confused they can just raise their hand and will get help and if the student is bored then there is nothing you can do, a student is always going to bored. And also the system is a waste of money when you buy other things way more important and is very necessary.",3
"9When looking at the world from a birds eye view, it is possible to see the beauty in the world; Even so, in certain developed and developing areas, the people are choking. The choking is not just supported by the violated environment, but along with that, society is an advocate for the pain of the people. An intrugal part of the current society is the usage of cars. With the progressing world also comes regress, and according to an article wrriten by the New york times in 2013, it was stated that in countries such as the United states of America, ""Americans are buying less and getting fewer licenses as each yeat goes by."" This eventually has lead to a limiting in car usage in the U.S.A. Although the car industry may suffer from this, it is essential to note that, the limiting in car usage does not really have a negative impact on the public. In fact, in the long run, the limiting of car usage will be beneficial to society as a whole. This can be seen in three major ways, with first, public benefits , second, cheaper and time-saving methods , and finally the unmatched environmental benefits .

As people continue to choke from the pain, it becomes important to identify the remedy to the problem, and limiting car usage is the definately one of the best ways to reduce the harms. The public benefits can be broken down into reduced stress , more space , and increased saftey . Starting off with stress, Heidrun Walter, a mother of two children stated that she was ""always tense"" when she had a car. she now lives in the German city of Vauban. Here most people have given up on cars, including Mrs. Walter. As a mother of two she ultimately is a strong advocate of car usage limitation. With Mrs. Walter, businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza stated that ""It's a good opportunity to take away stress"". These people have already felt their stress decrease with the limitation of car usage and this is a major benefit. Moving toward space, an article written by Elisabeth Rosenthal in 2009, states in this new approach, we will have make it so there is less space for parking. With less space for cars, there is more space for people. Not only that but with the increased limit, there is a decrease in traffic. Traffic can be extremely long, and in this case it will help to increase public space. Although traffic does not pose threats to the people safety, in the long term car accidents do pose a major threat. Therefore, with their limit, there can be an increase in safety for the people. Moving back to Mrs. Walter, she as a mother of two did want the best for her children, and above all comes their saftey. Meaning that her choice can also reflect the safety that this limitation produces.

Although people do want to benefit as individuals, it really comes down to the cost at the end point. But limiting car usage is actually not that expensive to the average person. In fact, by limiting cars, alternate transportation is promoted. Countries such as Colombia, have move on to bicycles. The major of Bogota(a city in colombia) said that due to the limitation of cars for a day ""It has seen the constuction of 118 miles of bicycle paths"". This is cheaper because the prices og bicycles are pale in comparison to cars. This means that transport would be so much more affordable. Now with the increase in bicycle travel, there would hardly be any large amounts of traffic. And although cars are much faster than bicycles, the fact that traffic will be a major factor in travel, bicycle travel will be more efficient. This ultimately means that by limiting car usage, transportation will be cheaper, and it will be just as efficient, if not more. It can be said that it would be difficult to manage bicycle travel, but David Goldberg, an offical of transportation for America said that in countries such as the U.S.A. 80% of appropriations have gone to highways. This ultimately sets the stone for the construstion of these lanes. By limiting car usage, these appropriations can be set aside for other means of transportation. Indeed in the end  Vauban is correct in calling this ""smart planning"".

Now comes out the benefits everyone knows about: the environmental benefits. Smog has been one of the largest problems that is choking the people around the world. In countries such as China, it is elementary that those people as facing large amounts of smog, daily. But what may not be as common to people is that a country such as France has also started to see a similiar problem. Pollution in France is actually rivaled by Beijing(one of the most polluted countries in the world) as reported by the Chicago tribune on 2014. Cars have been the major cause of this, considering the fact that a large amount of carbon emission were sent out by cars. In fact an article named ""The end of car culture"" states that cars are one of the highest sources for carbon emissions. By limiting car usage, cities such as Bogota and Paris, faced amazing results. Overall by limiting car usage the environment benefits exponentially.

In the end the solution to the people choking in the world, is simple: limiting car usage. The advantages of this limitation can be seen with benefits to socitey. This can be seen with public benefits, cheaper and time saving methods and of course the environmental benefits.                                            ",6
"Does everyone need a personl car? Cars have allowed us to travel farther and faster than ever before. They give an individual the capablity to live far away from work and still be able to arrive at their job on time. Car also permit one to travel with multiple people as once. However, cars come with the huge problem of pollution, and many counrties have banned the use of cars to combat this issue.

Once Paris, France had seen recored amounts of pullution, in the form of smog, the government enforced a partial driving ban. This ban allowed car oweners with even numbered licese plates to drive one day and car owners with odd numbered to drive the following day. As a result of the ban the somg covering paris had decreased. On the other hand, businesses such as Delivery companies had lost revenue seening as they weren't able to drive.

Other cities ,such as Bogota, Colombia have followed Paris's example and started a car-free day once a year. For three years now this car-free day has promoted alternative transportation, such as walking, biking, or riding a bus. Since, the car-free day has been stared 118 miles of biking paths, broad side walks, and sport centers have been created along with the decrease of polluted air.

Although some cities may put restrictins on cars in the city Vauban, Germany an expermental suburb has been created in which cars are banned completely. As a result 70 percent of the citizens who live here don't own a car. As a result greenhouse gas have been drastically reduced. To make this possible city planners have created communities that are denser and in walking distance of stores and restraunts.

In conclusion cars come with many benifits such as, having the freedom to live anywhere, travelling miles in the matter of minutes, and traveling whenever you want to. However, Paris has put a restricted ban on cars. Bogota has a car-free day. Vauban has created suburbs with a comlete ban on cars. all these efforts are to decrease the pollution created by cars millions of people drive everyday.                                                                                                                            ",3
"The author believes that studying Venus is a worthy persuit despite the dangers it presents. This is how he supports his idea. He thinks that Venus would be a worthy pursuit because it seems like Venus was once very much like earth. Like Earth, Venus seems to have a similar features such as a surface of rocky sediment and other familiarfeatures such as valleys, mountains, and craters(paragragh 4). The author stating all that detail supports his idea because if Venus has similar geological features as Earth, then it might mean that sometime in the far future we might have a chance of actually visiting the planet and learning much more about it and just that chance alone could make Venus a worthy pursuit.

Venus doesnt really have the most welcoming conditions but there may be a solution for that. The author supports his idea very well here because he states that NASA has a possible solution to those harsh conditions. A blimp-like vehicle that floats 30 or so miles above the Venusian landscape, it would be high enough for the tempurature to stay around 170 degree Fahrenheit. Although its still not an easy condition, humans can still survive it(paragragh 5). The author using this to support his idea is very awesome because it gives a solution to one of the reason why we can't really go to Venus. He goes on to talk about how using simplified electronics made up of silicon carbide could be the answer. Scientist tested the electronics in a chamber that simulate a a condition much like how it would be on Venus, it lasted 3 weeks in those conditions(paragragh 7). These all supports his idea very well because it shows that scientists are making progress and might be able to actually make a machine that can survive on Venus long enough to collect rocks and other things that could help scientist learn moreabout the planet. The more the scientist learn about to the planet, the more solution that they can come up with to combat Venus's harsh condition.

Last but not least he states that striving to meet the challenges presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. He also said that our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation(paragragh 8). Him saying this is very well done because he's right, we should not limit ourselves because of fear and doubt. We should get over those fears and doubts so that can we can progress further and maybe one day visit other planets.",5
"Shift Gears

Imagine how horrible driving would be if there were no more cars that you drive yourself. There would be more accidents and tragedies all over. People might get lazy and fall asleep at the wheel. The licence bureau might go bancrupt because there is no need for driver's licences. It will be a real horror if this were to happen.

In the article ""Driveless Cars Are Coming"" the author tells us that "" safety is best achieved with alert drivers."" I can totally agree with that. It also tells you that in some states it is illegal to even test computer driven cars. That is because they don't want to have any traffic deaths due to driveless cars. Most of the traffic laws are made to keep drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe. If there is no one alert while driving how are we going to acomplish that? And even the very few states that do allow driverless cars have limited use for semi-autonomous vehicles.

I don't know about you but if I'm not driving I will most likeley fall asleep. There are vibrators in the seats of driveless cars to let you know when the car requires a human driver, but what if the driver is a deep sleeper and the vibrations dosen't wake him or her up. Because to some people the sounds of being in a moving vehicle can lull them to sleep, and being asleep while driving is to dangerous to risk. Also I don't think technology is ready for a driverless car if it can't navigate itself through road construction like it states more than once in the article.

There will be less people going to get licences if there are driverless cars. Which can take down the amount of money that goes to the licence bureaus, which can eventually cause the bureau going bancrupt. If the licence bureau goes bancrupt then that takes money away from the economy which can put the country in serious debt. If all of this happens then we as a country might plumit into another depression. And you as well as I know that America does not need to go through another depression.

Now imagine that. More and more car accidents. killing off people due to a un-alert driver in a driverless car. People being seriously injured racking up on hospital bills, throwing their families into debt up to their ears. America going broke due to insufficent funds from the licence bureaus. Sending the country into a depression that can last for up to decades. All of that could happen if there are more driverless cars than regularcars that require an alert driver all around the world. Im sure you and I don't want to see that happen. That is why I believe that driverless carsshould be outlawed.",4
"What are your thoughts and opinions about how the face of Mars was formed? According to the article, Mars is just a naturally occuring thing, that was created by a nartural landfrom, not by aliens. For a while, many scientists believed that the face on Mars was actually an alien artifact, but, on April 5, 1998 Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Mailin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture, ten times better than the original Viking photos. Tons and tons of anxious wb searchers were waiting for the first image to appear on a JPL wedsite, although it finally revealed what was known as a natural landform (land formed by natural causes and natural ways) unfortunatly, there was no alien monument after all this time. Even after finding out it was just a natural landform, astronauts still didnt give up on looking for more artifacts, so on April 8th 2001, on a cloudless summer day in Cydonia, Mars's Global Surveyor drew in close enough for a second look,

Malins team captured an extrordinary picture using the cameras new ""absolute maximum resolution"" Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to fourty three meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking picture. ""as a rule of thumb, you can discern things into a digital three image, times bugger than the pixel size, so if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian style pyramids or even really small shacks, you could see what they were. But, what the picture really turned out to be is the martian equivalent of a butte or mesa, landforms commonly around in the

American

West.

""it reminds me of most of the Middle Butte in the

Snake

River Plain of Idaho,"" said Garvin. ""That is a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the face of Mars."" So, according to the story ""unmasking the face on mars"", Mars is not an alien artifact, it is indeed created by natural forms of life and it is just a natural landform, now do you believe me?",3
"The automotive technology today is very complex as far as the car flexibility and technology within it that makes it smart. This includes its self parking and driving abilities that makes it almost driverless. But how much 'driverless'? there are many factors of a driverless car that our current cars posses, but really there would need to be better technology for a truely 'driverless car'.

Driverless cars are in the near future, but not as it is portrayed. The smart roads are too expensive and too massive of an upgrade on our roads now. the smarter cars still need human driving in cases of smarter maneuvering, like around accidents and such, that the smartest of the car couldnt do itself.

A 'mostly' driverless car is more reasonable. With the technology we have cars are virtually almost driverless, but the driver, hence it needs a driver, needs to be alert and take over when its needed, like maneuvering around things noit programmed to function around in the car, that needs '[smarts' more that the technology has.

Driverless cars would need a self-aware technology that no technology we currently have posseses. The smart cars would have ti have far more complex programming. The sensors in driving assisting only go as far as assisting in maneuvering in congested traffit and parking. There is also an alert system of object or another car collition, self braking, which is a large aspect of an driverless car.

Perhaps there is a change in the destination path of a driverless car. it would need to be able to change its course, but in many instances like a blockage oir accident it would eed programming to move through or around it, that only the human driver can posses the knowledge of doing. What would the car do if another car collided with it and damage it if the car opperaqted itself?

Nearly driverless cars are in the future, but i dont believe we will create the technology to have a virtually driverless car. ",3
"You are the face

craving on the moon. This means that you are a face craving. The text states that ""A few days later NASA unveiled the image for all to see. The caption noted a ""huge rock infomation...which resembles a huan head...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, noes, and mouth."" The authors reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars. This means that thay have found some evidence of the face craving in the moon. The text states that ""Nevertheless, on April 8, 2001-a cloudless summer day in Cydonia- Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look. ""We had aroll the spacecraft 25 degress to center the Face in the field of view,"" said Garvin. ""Malin's team captured an extraorinary photo using

the camera's absolute maximum resolution."" Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best1976 Viking photo. This means that he took a photo with camera to show that he had proff. Conclusion is that he finially had found what was the face look like.",1
"Venus, a very similer planet to our own both in size and density. The surface and conditions of Venus however are much more treturous and inhospitable to us humans. The author of The Challenge of Exploring Venus believes that even though there are many life threatening risks to exploring venus, that it is still possible and worth while to study.

With an atmosphere of 97% carbon dioxide, an atmospheric pressure over 90 times Earth's and an average surface temperature of 800 degrees Venus is uninhabitable for humans. The author of the article states that ""NASA has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study venus"" this idea may lead us to the cultavation and or the possibility of inhabiting Venus.

The author explains that from an air ship that would fly 30 miles over the surface of Venus the conditions would be hot (170 degrees) and the air pressure would be the same as sea level on earth. The author says that the conditions would not be easy but they would be survivable. NASA's plan if functional will give us the option of maned exploration over the surface of Venus.

With an atmosphere of 97% carbon dioxide, an atmospheric pressure over 90 times Earth's and an average surface temperature of 800 degrees Venus is uninhabitable for humans. The author of the article states that ""NASA has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study venus"" this idea may lead us to the cultavation and or the possibility of inhabiting Venus.

The author explains that from an air ship that would fly 30 miles over the surface of Venus the conditions would be hot (170 degrees) and the air pressure would be the same as sea level on earth. The author says that the conditions would not be easy but they would be survivable. NASA's plan if functional will give us the option of maned exploration over the surface of Venus.

the author expresses greatly that even though there are dangers in exploring Venus, that earth should not be limited by danger nor doubt but should overcome the dangers and push space exploration to its limits.        ",3
"First as a scientific NASA scientist i would explain that there is no life at the planet mars and the pictures tooken by the advanced camera showed proof that there is no life forms, but an illusion caused by the planets shadows, that formed a human shaped face in which made citizens of earth wondering is there life on mars, but this is just something that happens on the planet earth in comparision to mars.

Then for example that mars couldn't be created by aliens for example there are many illusional landforms are common around the American West including placeS like Idaho, and etc. It also included historical times when the same thing happened when unusual shadows that made it look like an Eygptian Pharaoh in Cydonia.

In conclusion there is no life on earth and that it is just shadows that was shaping into a human face, which can be similar to illusions on Earth, and was given proof that the faces were just landforms by technology. ",2
"Limiting car usage has so many benefits to it, you may think ""Oh my gosh, I need my car!"" when in actuality this is better. Limiting car usage is great because you can save money on gas. We all know gas prices are going up, why worry when we don't need cars? Just think about how much money you spend on gas.

In addition, conserving car time can be beneficial to our health. If we don't get our lazy butts out of bed just to sit in a car and get fatter then we would be so much happier. Remember that new years resolution you made to lose more weight? Well ride a bike to work everyday, or ride a skateboard to school. We will stay in shape this way.

Not to mention, fuel creates pollution in the air, someof us are OCD about the air we breathe. By biking places, you can keep the air cleaner. Thi s is also quiter and brings us all closer. What if you biked to work with your friend instead of by yourself?

In conclusion, there are so many reasons why limiting car usage is the way to go. Think about how many times you can talk to your neighbor besides the regular ""Hey, how ya doing?"" when you see each other. The world can become so much closer to itself, just by not driving.    ",3
"The driverless cars are a really good idea for many reasons. And the article "" Driverless Cars Are Coming"" addreses how. One reason why the cars are a good idea is, i think, there would be less crashes. if all the cars are driving the same way as in technic, then there would not be so many crashes. Also how there are motion detectors and such, the car would be able to detect if a car

is too close or anything else and know how to react.A lot of people , when crash, dont know what to do in the situation so that causes the crash.But with these cars, you dont need to worry about it as much.

Another fact stated in the article, is that the cars would not use as much gas, which would help the enviornment dramaticaly. And there wouldnt be any buses using gas either because they wouldnt be necessary.

Also, is that there are so many people getting into accidents from texting while driving and trying to do other things while driving. since the car is drving itself, you can now do all of that because you dont really need to be paying attention until the car needs you to drive through a risky path.

In conclusion, i think the driverless cars are a really good idea because they are good for the enviornment and lower the risks of car crashes.",3
"So this is what i think about why you should help the seagoing cowboys. Also why you should sign up.

I think you should join them because they helped people that lost everything from World War II. They would sail to Europe in cattle boats so they could give cattle, and meat to everyone that was devastated by the war. They also got to see alot. You got to sail past alot of places so you could see the great wall of china and all those tuorist attractions. They also got to help people like charity or like helping at a senior home if you are in to that stuff then you should sign up.

In the story it menchaned how they got to see so many diffrent countries. So you would have alot of fun. You could see many tourist attractions like the Great Wall Of China, and thats onlly one think of all the others. You also got to play games on the boat so you wernt always board. There was alot you could do. You also had alot of freedom.

Last but not least the goodness about it. This job would put happieness in your heart because when you bring the cattle, and food you are helping the homeless and the poor. Those people that got everything tooken away your there refuge and to me that would make me happy. So being kind putting other in front of you so they are happy is a good deed.

I think thats why you shoudl join so you can help the people that need saving, and also you get to see stuff you might never get to see again.",3
"Luke would tell people to join the Seagoing Cowboys program because it is an opportunity of a lifetime. Many people wish to do this, but they may never be able to be a part of this program, so that is why he would tell you to participate in this program.

Another reason Luke would try to convince you to join is because you could be helping people and countries by taking care of animals, such as horses, young cows, and mules.

Luke would also tell people to join the Seagoing Cowboys because you could visit new places you have never been to before, like Europe or China, or Greece and Italy. Luke had the chance of visiting these four places because he was part of the Seagoing Cowboys, and you get to cross oceans, like the Atlantic and Pacific.

Another reason luke would tell you to join the program would be because you would always be busy. The animals all needed food and water two or three times a day. Bales of hay and bags of oats ave to be pulled up from the lower level. And their stalls have to be cleaned.

Luke would also tell you to be careful if you joined the Seagoing Cowboys. On Luke's second trip, he almost fell into the dark waters of the Atlantic. He served as a watchman, and he would have to check on the animals every hour. And one rainy night, when he was going to report to the captain, he slid down a slippery ladder on his backside. His heart raced as he shot feet first toward an opening on the side of the ship. But luckily, a small strip of metal along the edge stopped him from sliding towrad the the dark Atlantic, and kept him aboard the ship. Luke was happ he was alive, but he had to take a couple of days off of work because he cracked his ribs.

But you can also have fun on the ship, especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded. They would play baseball or volleyball games in the empty holds where the animals had been. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helped time go by faster.

Being part of a Seagoing Cowboy can be a great expierience, and it was for Luke Bombergur. It opened the world to him. He said he was grateful for the opportunity of being part of the program. It made him more aware of people of other countries and their needs. And that awareness stayed with him, leading his family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years.

That's why you should be part of the Seagoing Cowboys. It will give you great memories that will stay with you. It will give you life expierience that you might need later on in your life. It will give chances to visit new places you might love and never forget about. It will give you a chance of helping people and countries around the world. It will give you a chance to meet new people and to get to know them well. It will give you all of this and much, much more. That is why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. Once you decline it, you will regret you did. Once you accept it, you will be happy you entered this program.",3
"In the article A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves, Luke Bombergerwas as able to particapate in the Seagoing Cowboys program which allowed him to experience adventures and visit many unique places, from Luke's point of veiw. This might convince others to participate in the program as well as Luke did. First of all in paragraph two it states what you do in the begining of being a Seagoing Cowboy, first you have to take care of horses, young cows, and sonetimes have to ship mules overseas. this is important becaues if you do not know how to take proper care of these types of animals you could lose your job and chances of being one of the Cowboys. Next you have to take orders in and ship them your self. It states in paragraph three you have to ship cargos such as loads over one hundred horses puls enough hay and oats to feed them. This is important becaues if you do not know how to ship the orders or don't know were the shipments go to you could lose your job. After all those requirements of being a Seagoing Cowboy or Cowboy (for short) you get to visit amazing unique places such as what it states in paragraph five, Besides helping people , I had the side benefit of seeing Europe,Venice,Italy with a city with streets of water, and on his way to China Luke saw excavated castles in Crete an marveled at the Panama Canlal. But seeing the Acroplolis in Greece was special,"" he says. This might excite the other people who want to participate in the program becaues, They might of dreamed of going to one of these countries or cities in there furture and this could be there chance to go. Later on after visting your favorit places there can be a risk. As it states in paragraph 7 Luke risked his life by serving as night wtchman as his job was to check on all the animals every hour. One rainy night after making his report to the caption , he slid down a slippry ladder on his backside. he was happy to be alive. But he couldn't work for a couple of days becaues he cracked one of his ribs while slidind down that ladder. this can be a risk becaues you could die just watching the animals but in is a little unlikly if your a very careful. Last but not lest in paragraph 9 it states that, for Luke Bomberger it opened up the world to him. ""I'm grateful for the opportunity,"" he says.""it made me more aware of people of other countries and there needs. This could let the person who is thinking of joing this program that this job is not only about hard work to take care of animals and take and deliver them to other countries, it is not about seeing your favorit countries its about what happends when your done with the job wether you come out like nothing happend and you feel like the same or you feel like you have accomplished something imortant. That is what could get the person insterested in joing the Seagoing Cowboys program.",4
"The challenges of exploring of Venus can be the differences in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus. It might challenge you in the that that you dn't have anything to help you get ther like astronoits. It can challenge you when you near the sun or when you trying to get to it, sometimes the sun can catch up on us. On the plnet's surface, temperatures verage over 800% Degree Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure id 90 times greater than what we experiene on our own planet.

The other scoholsr college don't be like where we at right now. Like some people or every human being can't breath on another planet. Also notable, Venus has the hottest surface temeperature of any planet in our solar system. Even though Mercury is closer to our sun. BEyond the high pressuure and heat, Venusian geologyand weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquick, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land and on its surface.

There's a lot of things that can challenge you from exploring to the Venus. You need something that you can fly with or even the things that are saty for ever like your astronoit should be full or have somehting that still can turn it on and the things that I don't know.........",1
"You should join the Seagoing cowboys program overseas. I'f you join you will get to go to many places to help the states, or countries. You will take care animals day and night. To take care of the animals you will have to keep there stalls clean, and get their hay from the lower holds on the ship. Some places take about two weeks or even up to a few months to arrive. Once you loaded all the animals up and took care of them and the animals home is clean and provides food in the wild and in the safe areas, then you will unload the animals off the boat and take them back to where they belong. After all the animal are gone you get to have fun since there is no animals to take care of. Now that all the animals are gone you get to have fun and play games like baseball and volleyball in the empty holds that animals were in and been housed. There will also be table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, and whittling. So for the rest of the few weeks or so after everything is done you get to play games and have fun until it's time to get off board. ",2
"Dear State senator,

After reading this article ""Does the Electoral College Work?"" I've come to believe that we should keep the Electoral College because, look at all the rights and goods we have establish untill now. What im trying to say is that the Electoral College do work, for example This method is widely regarded as an anachronism. Also that it can still be a elcetion, ""it is entirely possible that the winner of the election vote will not win the national popular vote,"" so I believe its fair on both sides. It happen in 2000, with Bush and Gore where Gore had more popular votes than Bush but less electoral votes, and we all know would won that year.

The Electoral College do has it cons for example, the voters actually vote for a slate of electors and not for the president. So if you live in a state like Texas for example, your votes goes to 34 Democratic electors that you don't know and this can create confusion about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate. The best argument about the electoral college is the disaster factor. It happen once in 1960 where ""Louisianna legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who oppose John F. kennedy,"" Which means that those popular votes for Keenedy would not actually gone to him. Bob Dole says the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational.

In despised of the Electoral College cons, here is five reasons of keeping this method of choosing our President. Certainty of Outcome, Everyone's President, Swing States, Big states, and Avoid run-off elections. With these five reasons the electoral college allows us to ""restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution...""  also you can say that it has been working for as all as it has been here with us, so why abolish something if its working.                                                    ",3
"The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthly persuit despite the dangers it presents because Venus has been hard for scientists to study the planet and been hard for them to get sample and landed spacecraft on Venus.

It has been difficult for scientists to land spacecraft on Venus because most of them would stop working. In the text it state ""Since no spacecraft survived the landingfor more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touch down on Venus in more then three decades.""(3). These quote is important because it explain why it has been difficult for a single spacecraft to touch the ground

because they doesn't last long and stop working.

The atmosphere in Venus is way different

then earth and that can cause problem for people to lne there.In the text it state "" A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus.Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid on Venus's atmosphere""(3). This quote is important because it explain that there are many danger to study the planet with it highy corrosive sulfuric acid which would cause problems.

The comditions on the planet may cause it to be a danger for a person or a spacecraft to be there.In the text it state "" Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface (3). This quote is important because it gives reasons why the planet has so many dangerous thing happening and diffcult for someone to be there and study it, like erupting volcanoes, earthquakes and lighting all ways striking.

In conclusion, Studying Venus is a wrothy pursuit despite the danger its presents because the planet has many conditions which would be hard for someone or a spacecraft to vist there and landed there, but would be a worthly pursuit to be able to land there with out any problems.",3
"The FACS

could be valuable or untrustworthy. The system may be used to recognize facial emotions, but if the perosn is making a false facial expression the system might not be able to recognize the expression. Also some people show their emotions differently from one another. Some may smile when they're angry or frown when they're nervous.

Another problem is the system may not be able to detect the individuals expression do to their degree of expression. Some people only broadly smile when they're happy or only half grin.

But the system can be very valuable in the tracking of facial emotions/expressions. It can track mixed emotions on an individuals face. But even so you can never be a hundred percent certain of someone's exact emotions or feelings.

Sometimes people can detect feelings better than any software or system. A person can talk to someone with a happy facial expression but talk with an angry attitude. There can also be instinces where someone may be happy a lot and sad once in a while and are bad expressing it because they're always happy.

Overall, the system can be useful in measuring most facial expressions. But some just can't be deciphered because nobody can know exactly what an individual is feeling. There is no software available today to tell exactly what one is felling.   ",3
"At the time I was working two jobs as a grocier and a banker.Then people were asking if I could join the seagoing cowboys. So i said yes,then I asked my friend don.

When don and I started on the ship with all the animals we felt wierd that we were just two small town boys doing this giant trip. Once we saw land I had just turned 18 before that.

When Don and I hit land with all the animals we had to take them to all the villages and towns for all the people. We had to go back to the U.S. and get more and bring them to the other places like China, Venice italy. Venice was the most exiting place. It had streets that are full of water and the houses are on stilts, and people were very nice.

Everything was beutiful and Don and i wish we had the opportunity to go again, maybe when were on one of are military trips.",2
"Technology has become almost fully integrated into today's society. Computers, smart phones, and more are used in a positive aspect; the driverless car is no exception. The development of driverless cars is a positive and necessary one, one that will help improve society significantly.

One of the most important features of driving is safety, and the driverless car has been safe. Google's cars that can drive independently under specific conditions have ""driven more than half a million miles without a crash."" The driverless car has not been fully developed, yet already Google's cars have successfully driven over a long distance without any accidents. Technology is constantly improving, and so will safety. Google's cars have position-estimating sensors, automative radar sensors, and even a rotation sensor on the roof. As these senors are improving, it is also making ""driving safer and also leading to cars that can handle more and more driving tasks on their own."" Once the driverless car is completed, it should have the sensors and technology to keep drivers safe, more than the ability of an actual human drivers to keep themselves safe. The advanced technology is not only a dream, but is slowly becoming a reality. Sebastian Thrun, founder of the Google Car project, ""believes that the technology has finally begun to catch up to the dream."" The driverless car is a ensured success, and with the development of the driverless car, comes the ensured safety of the driver.

Not only would the driverless car be safe, but it would also be efficient. Google cofounder Sergey Brin envisions a future with these efficient cars. Brin says that the cars, ""would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus."" The driverless car can be made into an efficient car, saving fuel and allowing for more flexibility than other mediums of public transportation. The cars would be able to take one anywhere while having a better environmental impact. The development of these driverless cars would ""fundamentally change the world"" for the better.

Lastly, the driverless car would be able to provide safety as well as entertainment. Currently, cell phones and almost everything is a distraction and hazard to the human driver. But with the driverless car, the driver is able to maintain his own safety and entertain himself. Some manufactures are going to bring ""in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays. Such displays can be turned off instantly when the drivers need to take over."" The driver can now safely entertan himself and know he will be safe. The technology is able to instantly alert the driver, keeping him from coming into harm's way. The driver has luxury, comfort, and safety with the development of the driverless car, something not available to the current driver.

The driverless car has too many positives, and should most certainly be developed. The development of the car would bring about greater safety, efficiency, and entertainment to every driver. The potential of technology is limitless, and the driverless car should be used to further enhance and accomodate the experience of every driver around the globe.      ",5
"because he said the sun is more colse from us and mars is more close from the sun but he said tahat venus is actually a planet and hes telling us a lot about the planets and about the ones are more close from us and about the stars he talking to and the planets surface temperatures average over 800 degrees the earth, venus and mars are neighbor orbit the sun at different speeed. these are dfferent on speed and venus is one of the brighest points of light in the night at the sky venus is a planer in our solar system, but i think the earth and venus are likr twings because iif i thinkg they are th same size and i think the same mass and space and in space terms humans have snet numerous spacecraft to land on this almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus even more over 800 degrees fahrenheit and the atmospheri pressure is 90 times greater if our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientists even discussing ",1
"Humans are complex creatures that are very emotional. Many of us can sympathize or empathize with the feelings of others. Some other humans and technology can't really tell how you feel. With the advances in the Facial Action Coding System, we will be able to create a more empathetic society and a more comprehensive species.

For example, every human has experienced at least one among these many emotions at least once in their life. Those emotions being: happy, surprised, angry, disgusted, afraid, and sad. ""Eckman has classified six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness- and then associated each with the characteristic movements of the facial muscles."" (Paragraph 3) If other humans and technology are able to identify these feelings with more simplicity than now, that can lead us into a more interactive society. Some may also not really show emotion much. ""The facial expressions for each emotion are universal..., even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression."" (Paragraph 4) This can apply to our more outcast and introverted people who don't neccessarily like showing emotion, so being able to tell how they're feeling will be a large step to a more outgoing personality to those who feel they can't.

Additionally, this technology enhancement can help us to have a more tolerable environment for children and rebellion who don't like going to school or attending certain events. ""It's all about those muscular action units. They even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one."" (Paragraph 7) If a computer can differentiate smiles and their context behind it, we can create a more empathetic world. This technology can also spot liars amongst us, especially larger figures in society. ""To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a ""smiling"" politician or celebrity isn't being truthful"" (Paragraph 8) If we can indentify liars and people who are no good with facial cues, we can have a more equal basis amongst ourselves and rid of people who lie and decieve us for fame or attention.

Hence, with the sheer amount of possibilities that lie ahead for us, FACS may be the one thing that can bring us all together. With a world in unison, we can finally have peace. We can also have sympathy and empathy for those close and acquainted with us. This will be a very large step for mankind if we can help advance FACS research.",4
"Dear state senator,

I very much think that the voting of the president should be changed to popular vote rather than the electoral college. There is too many things that can go wrong with he electoral college. If popular vote is taking place, it solves many problems. For examble, the electoral college does'nt have to vote for the president they were chose for, and a tie could end up happening because the votes are even at 538.

Many important people of the government have tried to abolish the electoral college at times, including Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and Bob Dole. There is many flaws within the electoral college. Like in 2000, Al Gore won the popular vote, but then lost the electoal vote, if this is a government based on what the people want, then popular vote should by far be appointed over the electoral college.

In 1976 a tie could of been very possible, if 5,559 voters in ohio would of voted oppisite, and 3,687 would of voted oppisite, there would of been a complete disaster in the election. In 2000, people in 25 of the biggest media states didnt get to see any campaign adds, also voters in 17 states didnt even see the candidates at all!

Some people feel that if there was a popular voting for the president, there would be many disputes, but if this is a democracy and the government is ran by the people, then the popular vote is by far better than the electoral college.

All in all, popular vote is just the better way to go, it'll be what the people want, and there wont be any questions asked about the outcome of the election.    ",2
"The future is near, and it's bringing what America has been dreaming of since the early cinema, the driverless car. However, what most Americans don't realize is the safety hazards and liability issues that the cars bring.

Let's just say your wife and kids are on your way to Miami, Florida in your new driverless car. The car begins to make a left turn at a green light, but suddenly, a semi drives into the right side of your car and knocks you out cold. Next thing you know, you're in the hospital next to your wife and kids. The random objects that the sensors in your car cannot pick up could cost you your life and/or your emotional well-being. If these cars malfunction, the same situation will happen time and time again.

Back to the previous situation, you decide to take it to court against the car manufacturers, but where does the fault really lie? The manufacturers pay for the best lawyer around and you are left with what you can afford. The problem with these driverless cars is that they are poised to have lawsuits happen and that manufacturers will rarely have to make the financial contributions needed in order pay for these situations. Families will be left in shambles trying to pay for these lawsuits, and the companies will nothing to help. Even if laws were changed and the liability issues were solved like it suggests in the article, the distress that these cars bring will add up.

Others would argue that driverless cars will prevent more crashes whereas in reality there will be about the same amount. They would also say that manufacturers would this would help in the goal of making life easier. However, these cars would make more negative headlines than positive headlines. In the end, the negatives outweigh the benefits.

All in all, driverless cars are not the answer in making the world a better place. Driverless cars would still make the same mistakes that people make and have many safety issues. Also, the lawsuits that these cars would create would leave families and people penniless after trying to obtain financial help from the companies.",4
"The Seagoing Cowboys program is to take care of horses, young cows, and Mules that were shiped over seas. This is nice because you are really going on vacation becauseyou are travling all over the world. You are traviling to places like New Orleans, Greece, China, and the Atlantic ocean. Another good thing about being a Seagoing Cowboy is that you can see great veiws like the Acropolis just like Luke Bomberger

Another reason why you should be a Seagoing cowboy is because you are helping the animals a lot through a tough time. it is kind of fun because you get to see over 300 horses and all the other animals. This also can be a hard job because you have to watch animals allmost 12 hours a day. Another how it might be hard is because sometimes you might have to be the night Watch man and just watch the animals all night. You will also feed the horses 3 times a day since they eat so much.

A another good reason why you shoulod be a Seagoing Cowboy is because you can also have Fun on your job. You can play sports like Baseball, Voleyball, and table tenis tournaments. All of these sports will pass the time really fast its like your going camping. All of this stuff should really make up your mind that you should sign up to be a cowboy. Think about all this stuff and do your job you will be a terrfic cowboy better than Luke Bomberger.      ",3
"Dear Senator,

After doing some background research on the theme of the electoral college, i have realized that this system is wrong and should be changed. Now you msy aks yourself why?. Here are my reasons on why to exterminate the electoral college. And my ideas on what is going to replace it.

What the electoral college does is basically a chain of votes. Meaning someone votes for someone and then that someone votes for another someone. This may seem confusing, and personally i think it is!. Why vote for a slate of electors when we could vote for the president. I mena is like skipping a step of the sequence(a very complex sequence)

dont you think its easier, faster, better and less confusing to just vote for the president. Every single citizen votes for who they want. thats why i propose an idea. this idea is easier, faster and better...

Mr/Ms Senator lets apply the election by popular vote system. its less confusing and less biased. For ex. if u want to vote for ""Tim Hart""for president, you just have to vote simple right; now using the other system you have to vote for the group of democtratic people that is voting for Tim Hart. And then hope that they didnt steal your vote, and they voted for another candidate. You see what im saying her. The system of popular election vote is way safer than the electoral college.

Also this system is more equal than the other, speaking of the problem of small states. Ex ""large states gets more attention form presidential candidates than a small state does""(4 big states, P 21 L 10). This shows that the electoral college system is unequal. Now in the other hand with our system , no matter small or large states, everyone will get the same attencion.

To conclude this essay the election by popular vote is clearly safer, faster, better and more equal than the electoral college, this is why i ask you if you could just think about the idea, and share the word with your collics and people you know

Thanks    ",3
"In my opinion, I feel like they shouldn't bother to use the technology because what is it going to solve? I think it pointless, because nobody will speak up on how they feel in the classroom infront of everyone in there. It would probably say how they feel out loud, and maybe someone doesnt want to be pointed out. ""You can tell how someone feels by their actions and look on their face"", I don't think they'd need a ""robot"" to understand how someone feels in that exact moment. I think teachers or whoever themselves should go up to that person and have a proivate conversation, some teachers see the facial expressions on some students and wont bother to ask. I feel like the technology would be expensive as well and they would need a lot of them. It would just be a waste of money. Plus, it goes by your facial expressions. I don't believe it would actually tell you how you feel. In the passage it says "" even though individuals show varying degress of expression""(like not smiling as broadly) using video imagrey the new emotion-regognition software tracks these facial movements"" so it's basically saying if someone fakes a smile it would tell them because how 'powerful' the techonolgy is, but a lot of people are really good at faking smiles and frowns.

Also, once the technology tells you how you feel what's going to make it better. How can the ""Mona Lisa demonstration bring a smile to your face by just looking at it"". I don't think it's possible, I personally think it wont solve a person's feelings at all, I think its pointless. Some people also fake emotions for attention,so that would be a con about the tecnology.",3
"Im going to be talking about driverless cars and my oppinion or position on them, I think they are a great idea, they keep people safe and notifies when they need human skill required.

Driverless cars keep you safer than if a human was driving, human error can make the difference between life and death when it comes to driving, if there is a car that doesnt need to be driven by humans, we need to fund it for safety and the advamcement of our society. Driverless cas are also safe for when they have problems that the car's computer cant handle then it notifies the driver when it does want human skill, eventually we will have cars that will need no human skill and fatal car crashes will not happen as often. If the car can drive itself and not crash nearly as often as humans do then what if everyone had one, will there be no more fatal car crashes or even crashes, will crime rates go down because the car will most likely have a sensor that is related to the owner of the vehicle so they cant get away from the police or car owner.

In a perfect world there will be no more car crashes of any sort, yes there will be the occasional fender bender, but with no more death because of fatal car crashes and saftey will rise and crime rates will go down, these are all what if's, but if these were to come true the whole world will change completly.   ",2
"I think that the Face is just a oddly shaped rock, it probably just got there from sandy winds and erotion taking place on a mesa and that is what made it to be like that from, from my experience with the Bible it says there is nothing else in the universe to do harm to the earth, except for sin and satin. The Lord thy God will never but something like that in the universe to do us harm.

From th excerpt it says that at that time it was a windy mounth on Mars and from that I think that it got there from erosion, for atleast a couple hundred years it would had to be wearing away, because that huge of a rock can not possibly get worn away that fast but i guess since we found it like this a rock on Mars in the Crydonia and some how it lookes like a face, and over to the next century it would probably change and look like somthing else a new shape it would not stay like that for long. But it would be a cool conspicury to think that aliens make a cool looking rock formation of a Egyphian Pharoah known as the Face.

Also from the excerpt says that it a a butte or a mesa that got eroded away over time, and also if there was a alien life form on Mars we could see it because we have this high packed pixle camera that can take a photo of Mars and we can see them and there homes on our monitors the camera is called the Mars Global Suveryor an dby the intension of that shuddle we can see all things big or small.",2
"Did aliens create the faces on mars?No,because Nasa went circling the planet and discovered faces on mars,these faces are now pop up icons,and Michael and his team snapped ten pictures at once ,there were no aliens involved.

First,Nasa spacecraft went around circling the planet for his sister ship,when they spotted human like faces.They knew it was a face because two miles from the end to end it appears that the face was staring back at them.After that happened they revealed this amazing discovery to the world to see.

Next,these faces on mars surface are now known to be seen as pop up icons.These faces are featured in Hollywood films,books,magazines,etc.Since these faces became popular most people think that this is evidence that there is human life on mars.The human faces are so out there they are saying that these faces were seen in haunted grocery stores for 25 years!

Finally,when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first,Michael

and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking 1.When they did this thousands of people were waiting for the pictures to come out on a website called JPL revealing a natural landfrorm.Some were not satisfied because they said it was wispy clouds that the camera had to peer through.So,basically what they are saying is how did that camera captured such great pictures of the faces through all the clouds.

In Conclusion,what im saying in my statement is that this a natural landform aliens didnt create these faces.If aliens created these human faces they might have not looked so human realistic for instants ,they might have had some type of alien feature on them.Also,if these human faces were made by aliens the world woulnt have been that interested in them.",3
"You should join the Seagoing Cowboys program for many reasons. Some of these reasons are: you are helping people in need, you can see nice scenery on the way, you can cross the Atlantic Ocean, and you can get admired for crossing the ocean and helping people in need. Also, your parents would probrably like if you became a Seagoing Cowboy. You can also ask your friends like Luke did to come be a Seagoing Cowboy.

I would love to become a Seagoing Cowboy because I would be doing the right thing for people in need. I would also like to see the scenery like the Sphinx or the Eifel Tower. I would also enjoy being a Seagoing Cowboy if i came with a friend and we fenced and played games. As Luke said being a Seagoing Cowboy opened up the world to him. I hope it does the same to you.

I hope you join the Seagoing Cowboys because it is for a good cause and you will enjoy having fun and playing games, seeing really cool scenery and much more. I hope you enjoy the Seagoing Cowboys. I also hope you have fun and know you are doing a good thing if you join.",2
"Cars that drive them selfs well that sounds a lot easier than having to drive everywhere youself. If cars could drive themselves there would be a lot of pressure lifted off of people. For the fact we dont want to crash or get pulled over, the simple stuff like that. After all there still would be areas were humans would have to handle depending on how smart they make the cars. It would be nice to just sit and be able to look around while the car drives itslef and im not the only one to think that.

First, say you were going on a long road trip you could finally pay attention to the view for the fact your not the one whos driving so you could stare out the window and admire the view. Being able to see things you havent been able to see befor for the silly fact tha you were driving and had to pay attention to the road. There might be times were you have to take the wheel because of where you are and how many other vehicles are around, but you could always get back to admiring the view anytime. Say you had to wait in traffic you wouldnt be the one to have to do it because your not driving. There are a lot of good reasons to let the vehicle do the work for you.

Second, if the wehicle is high tech enough were it could sense danger or out of control skids or rollovers then you could feel more safe knowing youll be safe. Driving safe is a huge part of driving period if the vehicle can do that on its own without fail then you can do what you need in the vehicle like maybe text or call and still feel safe. Eventually the vehicles will become smart enough were it can do almost anything a person could do so it could handle more driving tasks on its own. So far the cars arent fully developed to where the vehicle is completely driverless. The in car system is actually a safety feature and safety is a huge concern.

Last, in the near future cars will be a lot more efficient and safer to get around in. There will be aguments about these vehicles. The point is the future is near and we are becoming a lot more advanced in technology. To move forward we need to create inventions tha no one has thought about weather they like it or not. Eventually everyone will get used to the idea.

The fact is we have a long way to go before the cars can truly do what we want. It is ahead of us eventually we'll see things we never thought we would. We have to keep moving forward with ideas like this brilliant one. Every step we take we keep pushing toward the idea of driverless cars and we will get there.",4
"Studying the planet Venus can be another big step for our future. As we get more into the future new technology will come out and more challenges will be faced. Throught life everyone has callenges and I think this is one we should take. Here is some evidence the author uses to support his claim.

The author firstly explains that to get to Venus there will be challenges that we have to face. The author explains that the atmosphere Venus has contains ""97 percent of carbon dioxide"" this means that the atmosphere of Venus is very horrible for a human being to withstan. We need oxygen to breathe, when we exhale we bring out carbon dioxide which our plants eat. With evidence like this it explains that there is not many plants on the planet of Venus to support life for a human. Also the author states that ""the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere"" having acid in the air will be a big challenge to face if we want to study Venus.

Another challenge that we have to face that the author states is that the planet's tempatures ""are over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience in our own planet."" Evidence like this show me that studying Venus is going to be one of the biggest challenges we will face. The author concludes that ""Venus has the hottest surface tempature on our solar system even the mercuary is closer to the sun."" This shows me that Venus is extremely hot. We have many obstacles to overcome to study Venus but evidence will make it happen.

The author does state what we can do to study the planet of Venus though. The author says ""imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 miles above the roiling Venusian landscape"" this gives me the idea that the author is on to something. If we could possibly be above Venus to study its landscapes or life it would be a huge move for us to study it even more. Another piece of evidence is that being ""above Venusian will have the air pressure close to sea level just like earth it could be survivable for humans."" If its survivable for us to be above Vensu for such a time, take a look at this. The suthor explains that ""some simplified electronics mad of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions"" Evidence like this can make us study Venus a lot more than wat we expected.

In horrible conditions, weather or worse we will find a way to study new things like Venus. The evidence that the author states show us that the more we look into Venus, the more information we will find that we need. Despite the dangers in Venus studying Venus with the evidence we have will make it happen sooner or later.          ",3
"Driverless Cars is becoming the most advanced invention the world right now. The new project that every car company is producing is trying to find a way that there could be less accidents if a car is driving itself than the driver. Many have suggested this idea to go on. It would be good for the safety of the people on the roads.

Imagine all this cars driving on their own while the person can enjoy doing something else. This is what a producer or a person thinks of during a car like this made. In this state, many companies have made programs for the cars to drive on their own when nothing bad is going on. When an accident happens,the car will alert the driver or get its attention the driver must drive becasue the car isn't programed to do that yet. There would be less accidents when driverless cars than the actually driver. If there is someone thats hurt or drunk, that person wouldn't get into a major acciednt. The car will drive that person hom or the hospital depending on the situation.

These cars are programed to alert the driver at different situations like the people at GM have created a car that would have the drivers seat to vibrate it the car detects an accident nearby. At BMW, they have developed the Traffic Jam Assistant. This program is designed have sensors that makes sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel and alert the driver at any cost. BMW says its a great way to do things that you aren't suppose to do like talk and text while driving. This ability allows the driver to do whatever they like to do. When the driver wants to drive, just tell the car and it will untill you don't want to drive anymore.

In most cases most of them are depending on the law and if these cars are sent out without any law for those types of cars, people could sue the company. Thats why google has a few just in case if anything happens like that cause. Thats why they wait and see what could hurt the law and what doesnt hurt the law. The big question is if technology fails and someone gets injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?

In result of this big idea these cars will not come out depending on the company. The first one would be from tesla that can drive 90 percent of the time with autopilot. Other car companies plan to have these types of cars around by the year of 2020. Everyday something new has been made or to the world. We get closer each and everyday to a destination of new product.    ",3
"I personally believe that while this technology is great, it will likely not be useful in the average classroom.

Right now, the cost of this program is just too much. Consumer PCs are not equipped to run it, which is a huge limiting factor. Next is the set up. You can't just have a single PC running it, you would need multiple due to how many kids there would be in one class. Finally, there would be so much work needed to help code in such a complex lesson for classes. Making lessons for school is tough and boring work now, imagine having to make every possible outcome for one lesson every time you wanted to teach. It would be extremely difficult.

Now don't get me wrong, this technology could be used to great extent in other fields, I just believe that now is not a good time to implement that into classrooms everywhere. It would be better to test it on a smaller scale before releasing the program. Perhaps you could test it inside of one school, or inside of one class to see how effective this would even be at getting these bored students engaged again. Because in the end, that's what its about, keeping the students engaged.

If they want to use this technology in the class, they really have to zero it in as to what it will be used for. Dr. Huang said that the program can be used to detect when a student is becoming bored or confused with a lesson, and the lesson can modify itself to help like a human instructor. But thats it, we can just have a human instructor! There's no need for that right now. I'm not saying there's no possible application in the future, I'm just saying we have a solution to this problem, and we've been using it for as long schools have existed.",3
"The Seagoing Cowbogs program helps other people from other countries for there needs. The program can also help take care of horses. Once they cared cows and mules from overseas. They even had enough hay and oats to feed 335 horses.

Luke Bombberger also was in the Seagoing Cowboys program. According to the passage Luke said it made him more aware of people of other countries and there needs. Luke was really grateful that he was in the Seagoing Cowboys program. He also really liked all the places he went to. To help others with there problems.

This program could really could change your life. It could change you suspective on the world. You also be more grateful for the things you have,because someone in the world would want to have what you have. You would also think more about people and there needs.

The Seagoing Cowboys is a really good program. It could change your life so much. You just need to sigh up,it's really that easy. You could change someone's life with just a little piece of bread, that person would be so greatful. You would help someone and you would help yourself.",2
"Come and Join the Seagoing Cowboys

Come join the Seagoing Cowboys. This essay will give many reasons as to why you should join, the Seagoing Cowboys.

If you like taking care of livestock then this is a job you will want. While you are on the boat you will have to,clean stalls,feed the livestock,clean livestock,and possiblly do night watch. While you are coming back from the place you dropped off the animals at,you could paticipat in table tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and other games.

If you like traveling then this is the perfect job for you. You are traveling all the time with the Seagoing Cowboys program. Going place to place is something something we Seagoing Cowboys do all the time. Trips as long as a month have happened or some as long as one day. I have taken nine trips now.

Also us Seagoing Cowboys love to see tourist atractions. So far I have seen The Acropolis in Greece, the City of Venice,Italy a city of streets of water, toured an excavated castle in Crete, and marveled at the Panama Canal my way to China.

The danger and risks you will take are huge! Once I was on night watch and I had to go down and check on the animals every hour. I was coming up a ladder,and slipped. That night I had almost fallen into the Atlantic ocean. I was lucky to escape with my life,but I broke a couple of ribs. That next day I couldn't do my job, so my captin let me take a day off.

I hope you join me and my crew. Become a Seagoing Cowboy. Seagoing Cowboys have to be tough,both pysical and mentally. I took the risks, will you?",3
"In the article, The Challenge of Exploring Venus, the author amkes serval arguements attempting to persaude the reader that a maned mission to venus would be worth while the NASA to undertake. I personnally am not move by their arguement as they have not pointed out what is to be gained in this mission outside of a deadman on Venus.

In the closing paragraph of the article they write, ""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiousity will likly lead out many intimidating endeavors."" I ask the writer of this, what useful insight is there to be gained by this endeavor. I also think why focus Venus instead of mars, which in comparison is much more accepting host of humans. From both prior knoweledge and what was what written in this article, Venus is a literal hellscape with the only thing to be gained being death of any one foolish enough to be sent there. Even with this article's idea for blimp above the planet, I remaing unconvinced that there is any benefit in the slightest.

In conclusion, I find the Idea there is any reason, resourece, or revolation that Venus can offer humanity in the slightest. ",2
"Luke in the story A Cowboy Who road waves is a Young Adult who had just got out of high school. Luke was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and in a bank. Don his friend had invited him to go to Europe in a cattle boat. Luke did not give this opportunity up.

UNRRA also known as the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administation hired the ""Seagoing Cowboys"" to take care of horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped over seas.

The Seagoing Cowboys had recieved their orders to repot to New Orleans. They had arived August fourteenth. When they got the seaman's papers they boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster and headed for Greece. Their cargo was full of 335 horses plus tons of hay and oats to feed them.

Luke had been given a great opportunity for a small-town boy. It took the Seagoing Cowboys two weeks to get acroos the the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China. Luke kept busy by feeding and treating the animals on the cattle boat.

And at the end Luke says that he is grateful for the opportunity that he had to get on and ride that cattle boat. This concludes to my opinion that you don't have to always be someone special to get good things.",1
"What would you do if you got written a ticket by a police officer for just driving your car? It could happen if we had a day that driving was banned to help the enviroment. I think this is great idea and we shold all get involved with trying to make it work. Other countries have done it and it doesn't seem to effect anybody negativly. The only thing this would do is limit the pollution put off in America and all over.

Cars are probably the biggest source of pollution in our world today. We use cars for eveerything now and it is very convenient but have you ever really thought of what they are doing to our atmoshpere and ozone. Smog is one of the biggest efects from driving and its not a pretty one. I wouldn't want my city to be covered in a thick layer of foggy gas fuems. In paris the smog was so thick they had to make driving outlawed for a few days just to keep it under control. If we did it even just a couple times a year nation wide it could really help.

In columbia they tried this to help with car emisions and everybody enjoyed it. They even said other countrioes joined in so I think its our turn to give it a try.

The people of Vauban, Germany have a pretty much car free town. If towns started going car free like this in America the emmisions would drop greatly. In Vauban evrybody really likes not needing cars and say it is much less stressful than driving everyday. If just one in every 20 cities of the United States went car free we would notice how much cleaner the air is and the greenhouse effect or global warming would be almost nonexistent.

Another thing the articles mentioned is hybrid cars. I think hybrid cars are great, I personally have one, but some people don't really understand or like them. These cars could really help save the enviroment in just a few years if people were to start only using them. Which I doubt will happen but they still are driven by many people and its much better then everyone driving a diesel truck around all the time.

In all honesty I don't think any of this will happen here anytime soon but it sure would be nice. The greenhouse effect is very real no matter how many people argue about it and there is thigs that can be done to help prevent it. We just have to be willing to make some sacrafices to save our planet.    ",4
"Electoral college has helped in many ways. Many people have suggested keeping the electoral college or changing to election by popular vote for the president of United States. I believe that changing to election by popular vote for the president would be best bescause first the more people who vote its easier to determine who would become president and because it will aviod any problems having to choose for president. Changing the election by popular vote can change things in the united states.

Now a days  alot of things have helped the electoral college but in other cases it has not . Changing to election by popular vote can help by choosing the winner and still having its defenders. Also it may help by when they need to find out the winner they know exactly who it is . They can get their election faster and quicker by changing the election vote to the most popular vote for the united states. People still suggest that keeping the electoral college would be better but chnging it to popular vote would be the best option .

Presidents and electors have had trouble with the eletoral college when having to elect for president of the united states . If changing it to popular vote for president it will sviod any troubles and problems when electing the president . They will still have senators and still have enough votes to choose and elect the president and have no problem at all. Like people may think yes , electoral college should stay and should not be changed to popular vote in electing the president but i think that is best . Everyne has their own opinion in matters like this but in this case i think whats best to change the electoral college .

In conclusion to this everything is always done for the better and i think that changing the elcetors to popular vote for the president would be easier and less problems for alot of people. Making change is better and helps others. Especially if its changing for the elections and having to do with the president . Everything is better if you choose to elect the president by most votes it creates better things and makes life so much easier .    ",3
"In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus,"" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents, extreme actions on Venus. Venus, is sometimes called the ""Evening Star"" this is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. The nickname is misleading since Venus is acually a planet. Venus is the second planet from the sun. Even thought Earth, Venus, and Mars, planetart neighbor, orbits the sun at different speeds, Venus is the most dangerous planet. Spacecrafts have been sent to land on Venus, but every mission has failed.

Another detail that explaines why Venus is a

pursuit despite the dangers because not a single spacecraft has landed on Venus, it hasn't touched the ground more then three decades. Venus' air is 97% carbon dioxide, the planet's surface temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we expericence on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such as environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy mant matels. Venus also has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun.

Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface. Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could havr supported various forms of life, just like Earth. Today, Venus has still some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and creatures.

Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel. On our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation.              ",2
"Limiting car usage has many advantages. For example, less stress on the people who uses cars. When i had a car i was always tense. ""I'm much happier this way,"" said Heidrun Walter, in

In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars , by Elisabeth Posenthal. it was also stated that if you have a car, its going to cost you $40,000 apart from getting a house to park a vehicle in a garge if you own one. In

Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota by Andrew Selsky, it was stated "" I;ts a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution, said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza...""

Rush Hour is a main problem on the roads. The traffic is like a chatty person-hard to get by. In

Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota by Andrew Selsky, it states ""

In a program that's set to spread to ther countries, m illions of Colombians hiked, biked skated or took the buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams. Every person who did drive in any car-free program got a fine. The less traffic the people have the less they have to worry on getting to the place they need to go. ""Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital France, after five-days of intensifying smog..."" was stated in

Paris bans driving due to smog by Robert Duffer. The less traffic helped the city's air clear and was able to lower the Diesal fuel to disapear in the air.    ",2
"Venus is a grat place, we should explore it becosue we need to see othere plants and if they are living things on them. How can we make our lifes better. There is a lot of things we can do we can test the ground for acide and othere thing and see if we can live on it. Earth is not going to keep going like it is now, becosue of poloshtion and othere facter's. Venus thick atmospher of alomst 97 percent carben dioxide, is something that can be use by our people to do things.

I belive that going there can help us know more about life if there is othere live can we use them to help us, can they solve our proplems. The average is over 800f so it will be hard to get there but we can do it we can hlod tother and do it. We can use the sun to make power for earth and so we need to go there.

We need more money and resores but we are not working to it, nasa need to fund a porgiact to get there. The planet id rocky and sediment and includes familiar features so we need to use evrething they have to our better, we are not doing that at the moment we need to get there firest.

NASA is trying to send people there so they need people's help and money to get us there and back, people need to know about how it is helpfull to us to get there we have coles of faters to them so we can also get some of there things to make eath better then it is now.

Earth is great but we dont have evrething we need there is alot of things we are missing, and we need them we need heat. We have it but not as much as we need.

They also have storems that are realy big and can kill any of our people and our things, so we need to find a way around that. We both dont have the same air they dont have oxegen and that's what we need to live, venus does not have the most imporent thing needed for us to live as hummesn.

At the end we need more money more man power more people welling to do this and mak us better to get this done. We all need to work togeth as on people, and get this done, with all the heat they have and all the power we can get from that who knows what we can do on earth becouse of it and all thegreat thing we can do when er get there.",3
"Dear, State Senator

I am in favor of changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. What is the point of voting if the Electoral College decides who wins? Using popular vote means the citizens would actually decide on who would win. Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a state of electors, who in turn elect the president. Who picks the electors in the first place? The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor. Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy. (So that a popular vote for Kennedy would not have actually gone to Kennedy.) At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner take all system in each state.

Sincerely,

The Voters    ",2
"The article ""Driverless Cars Are Coming"" has led me to the thought that driverless cars should be developed. Driverless cars seem much safer than regular cars. These cars also have better features than regular cars. Driverless cars can't be worse than regular cars.

In the article is states that driverless cars can do certain things without human interaction. It mentions that these smart cars can brake themselves. This is something that could come in handy when the person driving is not paying full attention to the road. The car also alerts you when it is need of human skills. These features make driverless cars safer than regular cars.

Driverless cars are equipped with more technology and better features than regular cars. In the article it states that some car manufacturers are hoping to bring entertaiment and information systems into the car. These systems will make sure that a person doesn't get bore while the car is doing the driving itself. Another thing is that the entertainment features will turn off when trying to alert you. These technological features make smart cars unique and fun.

Now compare a smart car to a regular car. Which car seems better? The smart car of course! Our world is improving things everyday and smart cars are one of those things. Why not give these driverless cars a chance.       ",3
"Venus is one of the most intersting and eye cathhing planets known to Earth by scientist. It is considered the ""twin"" of planet Earth making it a very special planet in our solar system. Do not let that fool you though, even if it is called the ""twin"" of Earth it is still very different in many ways from our planet. In this essay I will be Discussing about the issues brought up by the author of ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus."" Is Venus really worth studying even despite the dangers it presents?

Venus is one of the closest planets to Earth. It is very simialr to Earth in both density and size too. Since Venus is so close compared to most planets around Earth humans have found alot of interest in the planet. Humans have sent many unmanned spacecrafts to Venus but none of the spacecrafts have survived the landing for more than a few hours. There are many reasons why is it challenging for us to make a succeful exploration for many reasons. Veus has a very thick atmosphere of aproxametly 97% carbon dioxide and with clourds of sulfuric acid. Another factor to consider is that it ha a temperature on the averages of 800 degress Fahrenheit and over with atmospheric pressure 90 times greater than which experinced here at Earth. The weather experienced in Venus is also very dangerous. There are many errupting volcanoes, very powerful earthquakes and lighting striking very frequent. These conditions make it almost impossible for Venus to sustane life and making explorations. With all of these very difficult situations to take in consideration the question is brought up agin. Many scientist have been thinking and discussing about more frequent visits but why? Well it is because as it says in paragrapgh 4 ""Astonomers are facinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system"". there are many theroies that Venus may have long ago been probably covered by large oceans and maybe could have ad a chance of supporting many various forms of life because Venus shows some features and characterisitcs alike those of Earth. Scientists from NASA have been brainstorming with ideas of how to make explorations to Venus possible and more likely to survive. Well an idea in paragrapgh 5 explains""Imagine a blimp-like vehcile hovering 30 or so milea above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vechicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfreindly ground conditions by staing up and out their way."" This may seem like a good idea but it has its flaws. hovering over the clouds would make it difficult for them to collecet any rocks or anything to sudy and it would also be hard to view the floor and write descriptions of what has been seen.

Even though Venusis a very interesting planet and it shares alot of Earths characteristics I believe that there wasnt enough evidence to support the idea that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. If there was actually ideas and details that would make it seem like it is possible for there to be a safe and sucessful exploration instead of ideas that have a slight chance of working I would have agreed.",4
"that we should change the election by popular vote for the president of the united states. The reason why its better to change the vote because it is easier to vote for the president. Back then the the people didn't get treated equal it was the seperate race and that it was by state law. That during the electoral collegeit was unfair to other people but that did change when they change by voteing the president. In 2012 the people voted for obama it was 61.7 of the people who voted for the president and they compared it to rommey votes it was 51.3 that voted for him. its better to vote during the electoral college because the votes is mostly by gae 18 and above to vote.

the electoral college it stores some of the weight in the political balance in that large state. In electoral college is the method of selecting the president my turn off potential voters for the candidate who has no hpe of carrying their state-democrats in Texas. back in 1960 segregationists in louisana legislature nearly secceeded in replacing the democratic electors. The most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. if the vote is a tie they move it would be thrown to the huse of representatives where the state delegations vote on the president.

when the president give thrie speech it helps them so see what they have done and the people have voted is it much easier to see how they be able to see who is going to be the next president. that they said electoral college is unfair,outdated,and irrational.                           ",2
"You should join the Seagoing Cowboys program for many reasons. One reason that you should join is because it is an opportunity of a life time. Another is becasue you get to help people. A side benifit of that is that you get to see Europe and China. It will also open your eyes to be more aware of people in other countries and their needs.

If you join the Seagoing Cowboys program you will get an opportunity of a lifetime. In the article Luke said that he couldn't say no on joining the program because he knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime. You also would get to help people in need from World War ll. You would also have the benifits of seeing Europe and China. In the article he said ""Besides helping people, I had the side benifit of seeing Europe and China......"". Last but not least it will open your eyes and make you more aware of people in other countries and their needs. At the end of the article Luke claimed that being a Seagoing Cowboy made him more aware of people of other countries and their needs.

In conclusion you should join the Seagoing Cowboys because you will be living the opportunity of a lifetime .You will also get to help people that need help after the disasters of World War ll. It will open your eyes to the people of other countries and their needs too. As well as letting you see Europe and China, while you are working! Please consider joining the Seagoing Cowboys and help around the world.               ",2
"looking at Luke's point of view it would be a good thing to be a Seagoing Cowboys.

One reason why you should join the program is that as what is said in the article is, ""UNRRA hired ""Seagoing Cowboys"" to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas.""

Someone who wants to help people and animals would want to sing up.

One details form the article that supports Luke's claimsis as what Luke said, ""But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventur for Luke Bomberger.

It opend up the world to him.

""I'm grateful for the opportunity,"" he says.

""It made me more aware of peoeple of other countries and their needs.""

Over all if you are somone who likes and wants to help people and things this is what you need to sing up for.

It can as said in the article, ""It opened up the world to him."" And it can do the same for you.",2
"Have you ever thought of joining the

""Seagoing Cowboys.""

Like Luke Bomberger he thought it was an amazing program. Seagoing Cowboys take care of live stock that are being shiped to countrys or states. Luke Bomberger was asked to join with his friend Don Reist Luke could not give up this amazing opertunity so he toke it. Luke Bomberger decided to become a Seagoing Cow boy.

The year was 1945 World War ll had just ended in Europe and many outher contries. The army had just sent some Seagoing Cowboys. The Cowboys were sent to help restore food supplies and animals. 44 nations joined together for the UNRRA. The UNRRA hired ""Seagoing Cowboys."" Luke and Don signed up to help with rebuilding Europe.

Luke signed up for the trip to go to Greece he turned 18 befroe going there. Besides going to places you would have the benifit of seeing sites such as Acroplis in Greece, or taking the gondola ride in venice Italy, a street with water. A Seagoing Cow boy also has very long trips to get to places somtimes like when Luke toke two weeks to get to the Atlantic Ocean or when it took a month to get to China. Seagoing Cowboys also have to care for thre animals and might run out of food to give them on one of there trips. A Seagoing Cowboys has thre advantages and their disavantages.

Seagoing Cowboys would have to leave their familys behind but they new that they would see them again. Seagoing Cowboys had a lot of fun on the trips that they came back from droping of the animals. They like to play games such as table tennis,fencing,boxing,reading,whittling,and games. The games helped pass time until they got home to see there familys. One night Luke sliped and broke some ribs his crew would not let him work until he healed up. Seagoing Cowboys are like your family that is away from home.

When your part of the crew you have your own little family. When you go to what all the bad things in the world are you want to help them out . When Luke was done created awarness and that stayed with him. Luke hosted a number of internathinal students and exchange students visitors for many years. So go out there to help the people who really need it.   ",3
"As a scientist for NASA I think that their was not piece of aliens left and that they did not form the face of Mars.The face of Mars had been growing over the faces of year and if aliens left it behind as an artifact then why would it still be growing and getting bigger.It something that is forming on its own to show that maybe one day there will be life on Mars.They have send Space craft into space 3 times already they where in the year of 1976,1998 and 2001,Each time that they have taken the picture from space everything has came back a little bigger each time so it must have something that the planet is doing.

They had to roll the spacecraft 25 degress to center the face in the field of view,each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1,56 meter,compared to 43 per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo.If there were objects in the picture like an airplane on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramides or even small shacks,you could see what they were!There for there is no evidence of a alien anywhere.

Researcher think that it is forming something that forming from the planet nothing else not aliens or anything because they have not left anything there and if they where forming it we would know because the images would show someting or some king of evidence.I think that it is something to show that there will be lfe on Mars and the planet is suddenly forming something that will keep us living and we have air and water to drink and to have a way of building thing.

Mars could be forming by Aliens because it could be there sign to have humans come to their planet and it could be safe we don't know.We have to find something that is going to prove to us whatever is forming this could be a god thing or a bad thing.NASA thinks that it is something that is forming that is going to bring life to the plant,They believe that its going to help but it could be Aliens trying to put us in danger.When we get evidence of something true then we will have the real answer to what we need .

Right now I think that it is something that i just forming onto the planet that is going to bring air that we can breath and water that we can drink I think that the face is a sign that scienctist need to go over there and try something new or find out some more imfromation about everything that is going on.The people that have put in work thinking it is aliens there is no prove of that and untill we do don't think that.Its a sign that one day there will be life on Mar's.   ",3
"Yes I am with the value of using this technology to read students emotional expressions.

I am with it because it would get to know the students better and make them into a better person. It could also help you be on task more and not be distracted by the little things you see.

I see it could help from these evidence in the artical because right here it says ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored"". In that sentance it is saying that a classroom computer is knowing when a student is confused or bored I think if a computer knew exactly when that was I think it would be pretty cool. Going into the computer and the computer knowing what you are and who you are and how you deal with your life is pretty rare to do.

Another way I strongly agree on is for instance you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on there face right?

of course but image a computer doing the same thing. Dr. haung ovserves that artist such as da vinci studied a human anantomy to hlep them paint facial muscles precisely enought to convey the most important emotions. Others think on how you feel the first day is how you will feel the 2nd day and then its just gonna keep going until you need or get help. What if somebody was getting mentily abused from somebody cruel and rude and they did not say anything to anyone. Well thats why we got the computer to help us out and it would tell us how it really felt on who they are.

Helping others out could really benefit somebodys life in alot of ways. Techology would really need more and more advice from other companys. in paragraph 3 it says "" The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face and all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles"". Im that sentace it is talking about more of the muscles than computers.

Then test on the humans to see if they are showing ""emotional expressions"". You may be able to test there musscles and if they are hard and twich alot it shows that they are lieing or if they just relax and let it go through like you should it would show the truth.

A conclution of this is that my opinion i think we should have it around earth because I think we as people need to help others if they are having bad problems with there lives so thats why we need the computer to test them out and see how they are doing with it. Dr Paul Echman has classified six basic emotions of happiness , suprise , anger , disgust , fear or sadness and this computer could tell you what you are if you would do the test. ",3
"Twenty five years ago something funny happened around Mars. NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling the planet snapping pictures of possible landing sites for Viking 2, then it spotted a shadowy likeness of a human face. An enormous head nearly two miles from end to end. It seemed to be staring back at the cameras on Viking 1. These photos were taken from the region of the Red Planet called Cydonia.

Viking 1 took a picture of something call a butte or mesa. They're most common in the American West. It's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on mars. Their is one in the Snake RIver Plain in Idaho.

On April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos.

""As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 rimes larger than the pixel size. If there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!"" said Jim Garvin.

The picture actually shows is the Martian Equivalent of a butte or mesa. This landform is most common in the American west. ""It reminds me most of the MIddle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,"" says Jim Garvin.      ",1
"With the advancement in technology in the world we live in today, there should be no surprise of a car with the capabilities to drive itself. Though it does give technology yet another human job, driverless cars should be manufactored. I do not believe they should be maufactored for the average person though. Driverless cars should be manufactored for the blind, elderly, or anybody who does not have the driving capabilities that most have.

Driverless cars should be manufactored for the elderly. Very few people above the age of 70 have the driving capabilites and safety they once did when they were younger. For this reason, a driverless car would be ideal and safe for them to use for transportation. The driverless car would be a safe and effective transportation method for the elderly, this is one reason why driverless car should be manufactored.

Another reason the driverless car should be manufactored is how it will help the fight against drunk driving. With the computer at the wheel, and not the drunk driver, this could prevent from an accident or even a death. Though they could take control of the wheel, the computer system could be capable of recognizing such danger with the sensors, and take over for safety. The driverless car would be good to develop so that it could help in the fight against drunk drivers and other intoxicated drivers.

My final reason that the driverless car should be developed is so that the handicapped could have an easier time with transportation. The blind, the wounded, and the deaf all have their diffuculties with transportation. With the advancement in technology and cars, this would make it easier for them to get from one place to another. With the technology driving for them, they won't have to worry about there disability affecting them. With a safe driverless car developed, the handicapped community would get a better way of transportation.

In conclusion, technology is not always meant for fun. When the technology can greatly improve the life of the eldery or handicapped, it should be developed or used. When the technology can keep other drivers on the road safe from intoxicated driving, it should be developed and used. The driverless car can do all of the above, which is why it should be developed and used.     ",4
"Do you think that the face was created by aliens or is it just a landform? I belive that it was just a natral landform and its just one of them illusions that looks like something but its not. In the passage it said that NASA had unvield the image for everyone to see with the caption ""huge rock formation... which resembles a human head...formed by shadows giving the ilusion of eyes ,nose,and mouth

NASA believed that people would pay more atention to mars acording to the article "" The authers reasoned it whould be a good way to engage the public and attract atention to mars."" ""it certanily did"" the faceof mars has become a pop icon it was in hollywood films ,books,magazines,raido talk shows even in haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25

In conclusion peope today still believe that it was created by aliens but I still believe that its just a landmark on a diffrent planet. What do you belive? Was it aliens or is it a landmark?",2
"When first reading over this article we can see many valid points within this arguement to help support the idea in which is that venus is a worther planet to explore as long as you look past the many dangers you will encounter doing so. We can see very helpful details to this claim such as in paragraph 3 where it is stated Venus with a thick atmosphere of almost 97% carbon dioxide has one of the most corrosive atmosphere's in the solar systerm. As well as a average tempature of over 800 degrees fahrenheit and a atmospheric pressure of over 90 times stronger than that of earths. As you can see very valid points to the danger you will face to researching this waste land of a planet so why would someone waste such good time and resources for research on a planet we may never even get to inhabit? Which is where paragraph 4 comes in stating reasoning such as the sister planet to earth could have supported life so long ago and to find such evidince would be ground breaking not only for human kind, but as well as mother nature itself. ",2
"The first reason is because i probabably less challenging to the people the vote reguraly because they can do i on their opinion and nobody elses. This is because how the votes are scored normally is how the people voed and how many they each have this type of voting process works where they have their opinion on what each person thinks instead of just voting. As you can see using this type of voting is a lot easier for people so it not as is as just putting and vote you can use your opinionss as well as voting.

The Second source states that how and why is the Electoral College the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong. This is probably because of how much they want this system to work instead of all different types of votes they can just have it all as one as a whole which would make it a whole lot easier on all the people that do vote. Then when they do vote they know how to express why they are voting and how they are voting to see how much easier it i to vote this way. As you can see voing this way could help he cause of opinion could help people and cause people to change their ideas in many different ways.

To end , The Electoral College is alot easier because it helps with easier voting and lets people state things instead of making it complicated you can make it easier and give a good explaination of why and how it makes it easier on the people that will vote with the new Electoral College to make things easier on their part for many reasons.    ",2
"Limiting car usage will most definitly lead to an overall better economy due to several reasons. Less car pollution will clean up the air, there wouldnt be much traffic and people will take local buses and taxis so that would reduce emissions. All around the world, differant countries are doing things to limit car usages and they definitly work.

In Germany, there is a community called Vauban where cars are not permitted unless you pay for a $40,000 parking space. This is helping lower emissions and they have noticed a differance. There are stores and resturants that are in walking distance to the people so they do not need to worry about long distances. When people have necessitys right near them, the only thing they would ever have to worry about is getting to work, but there are taxis and buses that can do that for you so there is no need for a car.

Differant places around the world are also limiting the uses of cars. In Paris, they enforced a partial driving ban to clear up the smog. What they did was made it so odd and even liscence plate numbers would switch off each day so that it would cut the number of people driving in half. If you get caught driving with the banned liscence plate number for that day then you would have to pay a 22 euro fine. Traffic went down nearly 60 percent because public transit was free of charge for the days cars were banned. About a week later, the French party decided that the smog had cleared up enough for them to lift the ban.

In other countries there are special days in the year where cars are not aloud. In Bogota, Colombia, there is a certain day where all cars are banned and only buses and taxis are permitted and violators would face a $25 fine. Many other cities and counties are seeing that these days would help clear pollution and they ar very intrieged by it and more than 118 miles of bicycle paths have been made since the mid 1990s. Many diffrant parks and sports centers have been built across the city and upscale shopping districts and resturants also bloomed.

Many people are finally realizing one of the biggest pollution emissions and are trying to cut back on the number of cars on the road. Everybody should try carpooling or taking public transits and taxis instead of driving thier own cars. It would drasticlly reduces smog as proved by many differant countrys car limitations. Even once a year if they had a day where noone drove, there would probably be a noticable differance in the pollution levels but noone will know for sure until it happens.    ",3
"Everywhere we go we see everyone's face and facial expressions. They could either be good or bad. But what if you had a computer to tell what emotion they were going through if you did not know?

Prof. Thomas Huang and his partner have created an algorithm to depict what emotion a person is having. This technology is very valuable because we have never seen something like this before, it can even read emotions on a persons face from a painting. It uses all 44 major muscles in your face and depending on what muscles a person is using, they can depict what emotion you are going through. For example the author states in paragraph 3 that, ""your frontalis pars lateralis muscle (above your eyes) raises your eyebrow when you're surprised; your orbicularis ori (around your mouth) tightens your lips to show anger"".

In conclusion, this technology could end up being the next big thing just because of the simple fact that it is very new and could be used later on as part of something bigger. This technology could even end up changing how we think as humans and the way the world works today.",1
"The author said the studying Venus is the worthy pursuit despite the dangers. The Venus was the closet planet to the earth and the closet in the distance. In Venus there are 97 percent carbon dioxide and hightly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus atmosphere, and Venus is the hottest surface temperture than any other planet in our solar system.

First, the author said Venus was the closet planet to the earth and the closet in the distance. Earth,Venus, and Mars orbit the sun at the diferent speed. Sometime the earth are closer to the Venus because Venus is sometimes right around the corner. Human has sent numerous spacecraft to land on cloud-darped world. The mission was unmanned because the numerous factor contribute to Venus's reputation to study.

Second, in Venus there are 97 percent carbon dioxide and hightly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus atmosphere. Tempeture average over 800 degrees fehenheit and atmosphice pressure is 90 time greater than our planet. It is dangerous for human's environmant because it would crush a submarine accustomed to divided the deepset parts of our ocean.

Next, the authour said Venus is the hottest surface temperture than any other planet in our solar system. Venus is hight pressure and heat,Venusain geology and weather present impediments like erupting volcanoes,power earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on it surface.

Then, the author said some features that are anologous on Earth. It has surface on rocky sediment, such as valleys, mountains, and craters. The National Aeronatics and Space Administration has senting human to study Venus. They found that Venus would avoid the ground condition by staying up and out of their ways if they fly over many storm. At the thirthy-plus miles above the surface, temperture would be toasty at around 170 degrees fehenheit, but the air pressure would be closed to the sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth level. It survivable for human.

finally, the author also said Venus from a ship orbiting safty far above the planet can provide only limite insight on ground condition because most of light can't penetrate the dense atmosphere, redering standard form of photography and videography ineffective. Challenge presented by Venus has value because curiosity wil likely to lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors.

In conclution, the studying Venus is the worthy pursuit despite the dangers. The Venus was the closet planet to the earth and the closet in the distance. In Venus there are 97 percent carbon dioxide and hightly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus atmosphere, and Venus is the hottest surface temperture than any other planet in our solar system. the author said some features that are anologous on Earth. the author said some features that are anologous on Earth. The author our travels on Earth and beyund should npt be limited by dangers and doubts bu should be expanded to meet the very edges of imgination and innovation.                ",2
"Who wouldn't want a driverless car? They're the next big thing and all everyone wants to be is seen with one of those cars. However, are driverless cars really that good? Can you assure your safety and other passengers safety? I think we shouldn't use driverless cars and put our trust in them. First, the system can malfunction. Second, they're not that helpful. Third, they'll cost a fortune.

Driverless cars aren't all that safe. Driverless cars are just like hybrids and any other cars. They can easily break down in the middle of no where. Why would you put you're trust in a computer controlled car? Remember that anything can go wrong. Next, driverless cars aren't really ""driverless"". According to the passage you still have to stay alert on the road for accidents, construction, and etc. Sure they alert you when you're going to run into something and brake themselves and accelerate, but you still need to stay intent for when to take control of the car. The ""driverless"" car can't do everything on it's own. Lastly, do you really think those car are going to cost like any other car? Well you're wrong. Driverless cars would probably be the last thing your budget could handle. Driverless cars would cost thousands of dollars with all the sensors, cameras, and GPS all included. They even have laser beams that makes a 3-D model of the cars surroundings. Now that's fascinating. I see why you would want an driverless car.

Driverless cars are great and everything, but i don't think they're worth it. First, the car can malfunction. Second, they're not that helpful. Finally, they'll cost a fortune. They're trying to get in our heads making the car seem cool and the next big thing, but come on let's be honest. All they really want is our money. A human programmed the car, and what do all humans do? Mistakes, we all make mistakes.Think about it, would you really spend thousands of dollars on a car that you can't put you're trust or safety in completely? ",3
"sould we keep the elecoral collage or should we change it to election by how many popual votes for being the president of the unioted states.

what is the callage electoral ?

the electoral collage is a compromise between electing a president by voteing in congress and election of the president by how many popalar vote for qualified as to be a president.

teh electoral has many process such as meeting of the electors where they vote for president and vice president, and the counting of the electoral votes by congress.

oto be elected for president u need to have a majority of 270 electorals votes cause the electoral callage consists of 538 electors under the 23rd amendment of the constitution, the district of columbai is allocated 3 electors and trated like a statte for purposes of the electoral collage.

pretty much each candidate running for president in any state has his or her own group of electors.

any president thats running for election is held every fore years on the tuseday after the first monday in novermber.

most states have a winner-take-all system that awards all electors to the winninfg presidential candidate.

elctoral collage they're not alone according to a gullup poll in 2000, taken shortly after al gore thanks to the quirks of the electoral collage won the popular.

the problem with electrola collage is that under the electoral collage system, voters vote not for the president , but for a slate of electors who in turn elect the president.

thje singel best argument against the electoral collage is whtat we might call the disaster factor. we consider that state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electtors.

perhaps most worrying thing is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. and the election would br thrown to the house of representatives, where state delegations vote on the president.

at the most basic level, the electoral collage is unfair to voters. because of the winner-take-all system in eavh state, bcandiadates dont spend time in state they know they have no chance of winninf-g, focusinfg only on the races in the swing states.

collage method of selcting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state.

voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think that a sinle vote may decide a n election.

in my conculesion we should change the election by who has most popular votes for the president of the untied states, because it make more scence the election always go by votes and who ever have the most votes is elected for the president of the untied state. the eletoral collage system wasnt that good to many things going on i mean like it was kinad of good but not better then election on popaler votes.    ",2
"The aurthor suggested studying Venus is worthy but it does come with a lot of dangerous things. The author knows that venus isn't really the safest to be in and knows the danger it has but it's also the closest planet to earth. They call Venus and earth twins becuase they have same density, size, and occasionally the closest in distance too.""Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its prximity to us"". People in NASA take a lot of time and a lot of risks in outer space but it also helps learn and understand the Earth and some parts outer space.

""At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to sea level on earth. Solar power would be plentiful and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans"". NASA is still studying Venus, have some simplified electronics and are being tested."" Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades"".

They create new things to help us travel and explore to get their safe. Earth is very different to the other planets of course so that's why we need the right materials to do the experiment and the right people. NASA needs people that are highly trained and went to school to study and knows everyhting. Also someone who has been working in simliar type of things so like experience so we can continuing studing Venus. Venus is worthy to study for ,the author says dispite the dangers becasue everyone knows theirs going to be dangerous things but it's worth to keep studying for and learning and putting technology on Venus. ",2
"Driverless cars can still be dagerous because it still needs to be more advance in technogly. It still needs more to be safe. Theres a lot more to be checked for the car to drive itself. Cars are not yet ready to perform to drive itself or you being in the car controlling it.

The cars should have more sensors to be safer in the roads. And lot more smarter, it has to have a lot of control when driving in the high speed roads. Driverless cars has to have immedantly brakes and if it doesnt it may cause some serious damage to the car. May cause an accident.

Why you have to be in the car if you are not driving. If your going away for a long trip you should be driving instead of the car itself driving. Driverless car can miss under stand signals or stop working. The sensors can cause problems to it. It can be risky for the car driving you where you want to go.

If your in the car by your self and going for a long trip it would be boring. You would fall asleep easily and when your not paying attention and the car driving itself can cause some serious problems. Think about you falling asleep and up ahead a sign says constructions workers up ahead and the car alerts you and you still asleep you may cause a accident.

Waiting on the law should be another 5 to 10 years to check all driverless cars can do great in the roads.

And all states should agree take more time. Driverless cars technogly is risky because you so use to driving youself and now they think that their company of their cars are ready. And when passengers and pedestrians get in an accident cause of the technogly who fault is it?",3
"Making a claim is something we do almost everyday in our lives. Many are proven false or true, many are too absurd to ever be true, many don't have actual support, and quite a few are actually good claims. A majority of these come from science, as claims are usually just explanations there, but there are some that are more in line with what we think is a claim. Some of those are for stuff like space, time, other galaxies, even other planets in our solar system. In this case, we're looking at a claim about why people are trying to learn about Venus, the ""Evening Star.""

Firstly, how about the claim itself, and how well does it end up? The claim is stating that Venus is a worthy target for studying, despite any of the dangers. The most suitable answer to this is curiosity. ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system."" That is some pretty good evidence, and a later part in the article the claim is made in states that it will likely lead us into many other endeavors that are as equally intimidating. Good evidence, reasonable claim, it's all there.

Secondly, what else supports the claim, as well as my claim on it? Our past is still full of mystery, and yet we still pursue it. The past of another planet taking that role isn't too far off the charts. The last paragraph states that we will be led to more endeavors because of our curiosity, not just because we met the challenge. ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."" We do it because we want to, because of how nature works. We set our goals, then strive to meet them. Even if the goals weren't set by ourselves, a goal is a goal, and striving to meet them is the best we can do.

Finally, what dangers are looked at, and what are some solutions? The article puts the dangers of Venus pretty well. Venus is inhospitable, with a very thick atmosphere, over eight hundred degrees Fahrenheit at the surface, and much more pressure than the deepest parts of our oceans. What we have come up with to get past this so far is to stay a safe distance away and study the surface. New oppurtunities open up as machines get made out of different metals that melt harder, using different boards for electronics, or even going back to early technology and using stuff like gears. Mechanical parts don't need electricity, compared to the stuff we use today.

So, yeah, that about wraps up the stuff related to that claim. Venus may be inhospitable, but that doesn't stop our curiosity from asking questions and our determination from trying to answer those questions. The claim about Venus being a worthy pursuit? It turns out well, and is definitely a really interesting question to ask. While we may not think about other planets often, it is definitely very interesting to learn about places like this Evening Star.                                  ",4
"Dear State Senator,

I agrue in favor of keeping the Electoral College, for this reason it wouldhave to be the fact that it is a much easier method electing presidental canditates. At times I know it can be unfair to most of the voters around the nation but this way is more easier than it might already seem. Instead of the people voting for which they think is the new president, it would be more likely the electors who elect the president for the state. These slate of electors are trusted to vote for the party's nominee. For some states it wouldn't be just random it be either democratic, or republicians. When having the electors it wouldbe possible to be the winner of the electoral vote but not the national popular vote.

For the president's chance of winning having an Electoral College will exceed his share of popular vote. An example would be the election backin 2012, Obama had 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared 6to what Romeny had because most of the states awarded the eletoral votes on the winner-take-all basis, can get a chance of having victory in winning the electoral vote. But there would be a possible chance of having a tie against the states.

Another reason for this debate would have to be the reason that the candidates themseveles have to get the regional appeal from the states. For Romeny that gave him an opporunity but had little to offer. He no electoral votes in the states that he knowshe will win. For this unsuccessful result, Romeny only had regional appeal there for he was less likely to successed in the southern region. For other states that felt as if their votes didn't count, so there for assumed that Romeny had little interest, leading to the thought of an unlawful candidate. Swing states on the other hand have a chance of making it. The reason for that being is voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign knowing that they are going to decide the election. On avergae they are are thought of as the most thoughtful voters (the result is that they have recieved more information and attention from the candidates.

Electoral Colleges balance the weight in political balance that larger states lose virtue of the Senate. For Obama he won that vote based on the amount of electoral votes he recieved from Florida was 29. Also 3 from the state of Wyoming. In other reasons, larger states recieve the most attention from the candidates than the small states do.

Based on the information I have provided you in this statement, I will concluded that sometimes this method can be a little complicated to most voters in the U.S. For the reason is that most of the smaller states remain unseen by the candidates of the elections but sometimesend up winning thepopluar vote for the candidate they chose. In the beginning in starting the Electoral College was held by our founding fathers of this great nation. There for this methodshouldremain as it should. Thank you for your consideration.

Yours Turely, PROPER_NAME   ",4
"The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because,One,it can help the teachers keep track of what the emotions of their students are,Two,it could benefit not only a classroom,but a whole school to know what each student is feeling and what their reaction might be and,Three to see how students express how they feel about a certain thing in school without showing emotion on the outside of their faces,in other words to see what kind of bad emotions they hold on the inside, and prevent something bad from happening.

First this technology can be very useful for teachers to help their students out,by being able to see how their students are feeling. Sometimes students in schools don't get to much attention from teachers,but with the help of this technology,all teachers have to do maybe in the morning,when students arive to a classroom,check a computer that will help them know what their students are feeling. According to this article it states,""a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored"" which means not only does the teacher have to look at a computer everyday,but if the teacher tells the students to each get on a computer,The teacher doesn't do anything because the computer will let them know.

Next,the benefit could be for schools with this new technology beacause it can help them keep track of students who maybe are not having a god day,or who are very excited and happy. Another benefit to the school is that they can put this technology in each of their classrooms and it works as if it was another proffessor in the class. In this article it also states,""then it could modify the lesson,like an effective human instructure"",which clarifies that this could be a help for teachers and that way schools wouldn't have to worry much about their students having issues with their emotions or tough days they have.

Finally, this technology can also help teachers and staff, not only see the emotions students have on the outside,but on the inside. Students will never tell a teacher when they are feeling very mad or angry or what actions they want to take,therefore if a teacher notices those expressions on a students face, they will know how to deal with their situation. In the text it also states,""most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication"",which means this technology can read what emotion a student might be feeling inside.

This new technology can be very useful in schools and in classrooms, so I would say that since it can read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom,its very valuable. These were some of the reasons why this new technology can be very valuable and very helpfull as well so this technology has a big impact for a classroom with students in it who have emotional expressions.",5
"NASA has found a face in Mars. Many say its just natural, but others say its from aliens. A few reasons people say it was created by aliens is its in an odd place, and it has unusal shadows.

One reason that people say aliens created this face on Mars is because where the face is located on Mars is a particularly odd spot. In paragraph 8 it says ""The Face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April '98 a cloudy time of year on the Red planet."" Also in paragraph 9 it says ""It's not easy to target Cydonia,"" says Gavin. ""In fact, it's hard work."" Mars Global Surveyor is mapping spacecraft that normally looks straight down and scans the planet like a fax machine in narrow 2.5 km wide stripes.""

Another reason is it has unsual shadows for example in paragraph 1 it says ""When (the Viking spacecraft) it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face. An enormous head nearly two miles from end to end seemed to be staring back at the cameras from a region of the Red planet.",2
"Senator,

I have many reasons to respectfully agree and disagree for the placement of your Electoral College. In many ways I know you have your reasoning for why you belive our country needs our Electoral voters, but it some cases others such as me don't belive that we do. I fully respect your decisions as Senator, but I would like to shed some light upon the situation, from the people's views.

For about 3 years now, I have been researching how the Electoral College works. Upon discovering many news and magazine articles, I noticed that many people are not in favor of the final, decided stage of election. In my eyes I see that I am not getting my full rights and potential as a voter and a legal citizen as I should be granted. Instead, I am voting for other people to vote for me, and I think that is unfair to myself, and my fellow U.S. citizens. I do not believe that all Americans are educated in the field of knowing that they are not getting the majority vote, and that the Electoral College is.

Aside from my doubts in the way this situation works, i discovered and realized that the Electoral College is a more organized and aforable way of deciding things. In the winner-takes-all stand point as most people call it, some voters take advantage of the voting system and choose someone running for President based upon look, appeal, or ethnicity. In situations such as this, I do believe it is important for an Electoral College to step in, for the pure fact of too many random and unthought choices.

My overall decision Senator, would be that the popular vote of the people would be more respectful as a group, than as a seperate election diferentiating between the people, and the Electoral College. With our votes we are deciding who we want to run our country, and who we want to make decisions that are best for us. With other people deciding our views on how to run our government, we are not getting what we want or need. Senator, I leave you with this, is it about the people's rights, or the people's thoughts on the unknown?                                                    ",3
"Presidential elections provides the United States of America with an opprotunity of unification. The process of choosing the next leader of the United States always brings the people of the country together knowing that all of them play a role in the election. This is present in the popular vote, a vote consisting of the general population. However, the popular vote is not always accurate, as anyone of any background can vote as long as they hold proper citzenship. The electoral college on the other hand, is a process that serves as a compromise between Congress and the rest of America. The fact of the matter is, the electoral college is beneficial to the presidential election because it unifies Congress and the people of America, and is part of the country's roots.

To begin with, the electoral college, more than anything, unifies the people. The electors were once, as everyone in the nation is, an average citizen. According to Bradford Plumer the electors chosen, ""...depend on the state. Sometimes state conventions, sometimes the state party's central committee, sometimes the presidential candidates themselves."" On top of that Bradford indentifies the electors as, ""...anyone not holding a public office."". Bradford Plumer illustrates better than anyone that the electors chosen are average citizens who think the same as the rest of the general population while still keeping in mind that Congress must also be represented. Knowing this, the working-class people of America, and Congress can rest easy knowing that the electoral college process will make the decision that is best for the nation as a whole. This decision making, whether directly or indirectly, unifies the country. In 2012 more than three-fourths of the nation tuned in to watch the presidential election; in the end being one of the most watched televised elections in the country's history. This number includes Congressmen. This shows that the decision making process of the electoral college brings all the people of the nation together to decide on the choosing of the coutries next leader.

The general population, though average citizens, are somtimes not as qualified as Congress to make unbiased, beneficial decisions on behalf of the rest of the country. However, knowing that the next President could be a part of Congress, sometimes sways the decision in favor of a particular candidate. In this paradox of the qualification of Congress and the average citizen, the electoral college is used to fill the void. The electoral college has been used since the founding of the country. The founding fathers of America (George Washington, Ben Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, etc.)must have developed the electoral college process for some reason. According to the Office of the Federal Register, ""The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens."" More than anything the electoral college is a mutual and nuetral process that represents something inbetween the biased politics of Congress and the average citizen. The average working class person is the greatest example of American integrity. This person shows that in this great nation, if you set a goal and are willing to work to acheive that goal, it can be acheived. Why strip this moral that has represented the United States of America since its first years?

While there have been a few flaws in the electoral college throughout history, this decision making process still unifies the people of America and is still, most importantly, part of its roots. More than anything, the electoral college process represents the two sides of the country: Congress and the average working class citizen. So, rest easy knowing that the next election, there is a process between Congress and average working citizens that works to make the decision that is best for the people of this great nation, the United States of America.            ",4
"The Face is a natural landform not a structure created by aliens because scientists have confirmed it. Many people still don't belive it's a natural landform. I have the following three reasons why I know that the Face is a natural landform. Reason one: the Martian mesa is a common landform around Cydonia. Second reason: after the picture was uploaded to the JPL web site they confirmed it was a natural landform. Last reason: what the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa landforms.

First reason: the Martian mesa is a common landform around Cydonia. As it says in paragraph two "" The face appeared on their monitors but the sensation was short lived."" Also on paragraph wo it says "" Scientists figured it was just another Mrtian mesa, common enough around Cydonia."" Cydonia is a red planet with an abundant amount of Martian mesa's.

That's why i know the face is just a Martian mesa but confusing enough to be taken as an act that aliens might of done.

Second reason: after the picture was uploaded to the JPL web site they confirmed it was a natural landform. On April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia the people waited anxiously to see if it was alien made or a natural landform. On paragraph seven it says "" Thousand of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing... a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all."" On April 5, 1998 it was confirmed that the face was just a natural landform not an alien monument as people thought.

Last reason: what the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa landforms. On paragraph twelve it says "" What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa landforms common around the America west."" It also says on paragraph twelve "" It reminds me most of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars."" For those reasons I know that the face is a natural landform.

The face is a natural landform not an alien structure because scientists confirmed it. I know this for the three following reasons. Reason one: the Martian mesa is a common landform in Cydonia. Reason two: after the picture was uploaded to the JPL web site it was confirmed it was a landform. Third reasom: what the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa landforms. For those three reasons I know that the face in Mars is a natural landform not a monument created by aliens as people belive or want to believe.      ",4
"To start, people use cars everyday to go to work, drive their kids to school, or just going out somewhere. Some people instead of using a car to get somewhere in close distance they ride a bike or walk there. Like poeple use cars for long distances like going to work, visiting someone that might live in a different county than you. Limiting car usage is an advantage because it allows you to get more exercise, doesn't cause more pollution, and causes less traffic on the road.

Moreover, limiting car usage is an advantage because it allows you to get more exercise. When you need to go to a store thats right down the street, instead of taking a car; jog, walk, or ride a bike over there so you can get a breathe of fresh air. Walking to the store to get a few things allows you to stay in shape and not get tied down or lazy. When you drive a car your sitting down the whole time and not really moving besides moving your foot back and forth for the gas and brake, and moving your arms to turn the steering wheel. If you sit around all day and watch TV or you work all day and you have to sit down to work, walking somewhere instead of driving loosens up your legs because you've been sitting all day long.

Continuing, limiting car usage is an advantage because it keeps you from letting more pollution into the air from the smoke of your exhaust. Every day there is a ton of smoke from cars exhaust going to the air and polluting it even more. Smoke from cars exhaust has made most of the ozone layer around the Earth disappear because the smoke has rotted it away. The summers have been hotter and the winters have been extremely cold, record breaking almost every year because the ozone layer can't protect us from that as well anymore. Breathing in the smoke from cars exhaust isn't good for us either because it goes into our lungs. Breathing in smoke into your lungs can give a person cancer possibly.

Nevertheless, limiting car usage is an advantage because it causes less traffic. There is always an accident on the highway, side street, and neighborhood everyday because of traffic. When your in traffic its usually stop and go and someone might not brake in time or expect it and slam right into the back of you without you knowing and give and injury or kill you because of the traffic. Some people are very tense behind the wheel of a car and the slights little thing can startle them and make them have an accident. Some people get annoyed sitting in traffic and try to race through it at high rates of speed and maybe loose control and crash into someone. You hear about car accidents injuring people every day on the news because of traffic, most of the time its on the highway.

Without a doubt, limiting car usage is an advantage because it allows you to get more exercise, it keeps you from putting more pollution into the air, and causes less traffic on the road.

For those people who live close to a school, store, or work, take a bike or walk there instead using a car. Another plus to walking or riding a bike instead of driving is you will be saving money because you won't have to pay for gas.                                    ",4
"The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dnager becuase the atmosphere is almost 07persent carbon dioxide. Venu is a very hot place.""On the planet;s surface, temperature average over 800 degrees fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than we ecperience.""On Venu's the condition are far more ectreme than anything us humans have encounter on earth .

As the student reads in the passage its say that ""Venus has the hottest surface temperatur of any planet in our solar system "". Many of the people reading this think that it is hot on earth but what we dont relize is that Venus is ver hot. Many of the people in the world think that Mercury would be the hottest because it is closer to the sun . Why are scientist even discussing further visits to Venus? Why the scientist are even discussing furth visits is because astronmers say that they are fascinated by Venus because it is well known for its Earth-like planet .       ",1
"The Face on Mars is just a landform. NASA scientists figured out that it was just another Martian mesa which was common around a region of Mars called Cydonia. Cydonia is the region of Mars where the Face was located.

Scientist said that the Face was just huge rock formations that resembled a human head. The defenders of the NASA budget wished that there was an ancient civilization on Mars. NASA decided to look again because they felt it was important to tax payers. On April 5,1998 Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time. They snapped a picture that revealed what was only a ntural landform. Some people still didn't believe and said it could be clouds blocking out evidence. On April 8, 2001, a cloudless summer day Mars Global Surveyor flew close enough for another look. They captured a high-quality photo with maximum solution.

If there were objects in the 2001 picture you could see what they were. What the picture shows is the Martian form of a Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. They were common around the American West.",3
"Would you ride in a driverless car? Car manufacturers are getting closer and closer to making driverless cars. Some cars are already steering, accelerating, and can brake themselves. I mean why not driverless cars next. Driverless cars sound awesome and I am all for it!

Driverless cars could help many different people. It can help the elderly, mentally diasbled or crippled drivers. Manufacturers have already begun testing driverless cars and improve upon them everyday. Google has been working on this for a while. Some of their smart cars have driven half a million miles without a accident. Although, Google's smart cars aren't totally driverless this is real progress that shows they are very close to the real thing. Audi, Mercedes, and Nissan say they can have driverless cars as early as 2020.

Driverless cars are just what the name implies. Cars with no drivers. There has been much progress made on the idea of driverless cars or as Google calls them smart cars. Imagine in 2020 going to movies with your friends with nobody in the front seat. I am ready for smart cars and I think you are too! Will you be cool enough to ride in a smart car?   ",2
"If we were to limit our usage of our motor vehile's we'd salvage & try to repair our earth's polution problem. If we could switch over from using cars to bikes or any way of transportation not run on gas or anything that cause's damage to our O-zone , then i believe people would become healthier & more fit from the exercise of getting from one destination to another. Using motor vehicles is a lazy way of getting from place to place. but if we can comit to not using them or even just some days you dont drive then I believe we could help today's obieceity atleast a little bit.

If we could even limit driving in the big rural city's where everything is closer than in urban areas. I understand using motor vehicles to get from one far destination to another but their & back every single day is just destroying our earth. Polution is another effect driving does to the earth. In the German suburbs they have given up cars , people could learn some things about them. Their putting in effort to help save our earth from polution & other harmful things that come from driving so much for decades & decades.

I would love to live in a healthy & clean environment if we could work together to stop polution & damage to our O-zone perminantly. I love my life & would not want to end it any time soon. We were given life to enjoy ourselfs & be happy. Not to destroy oursleves along with it. Driving only causes polution & damage their are people that live in such poluted area's they cant leave their house because its bad that theyll get extremely sick. if we could chane that not only our world would be better but civilation as well.    ",2
"The use of this technology should not be used by student ins a classroom.

This interface would be new and it would bring more worries to students who are already struggling with normal class and normal tools, so adding this would make all things worse. Maybe for some students in their finals years in college, it would be a great idea, but for now, and with what most students are doing in class, it's uncalled for.

To start things off, most students would more than likely play around with the tool, worrying about the wong people, or just simply not atke the thing serious, which isn't their fault. Students are in a point inf their life where some are just either trying to make it out, or go to a nice university to pursue their careers, and a high-skilled tool isn't something they should have. If anything, this should be used for something more serious than to check what the Mona Lisa was thinking about.

Furthermore, students should be able to try and guess what certain people are thinking when they forwn, or make an oblivious face. A new piece of technology is too advanced for students right now and it's very uncalled for. Students wouldn't be recieving the same way of learning that they're used to, with some struggling more than others, it can become a real problem.

Lastly, it's not needed. Majority of students don't need a new set of tech just to figure out someones facial expressions and or moods. Humans already have the ability to observe and determine on what someone can be thinking and so on. THe new piece of technology is better off saved for a future where it will more than likely be used by not only students, but society as we know it.",2
"I think that the electoral votes should not decide who the president is. This is a nation where people have the right to vote, and the fact that the votes of the people don't even matter is not right. What is the point in even voting if our vote doesn't count, what is the point in the candidate giving speeches to the people if it's all just for nothing. The popular votes are the ones that should be counted twards who becomes the president. People all over the country are told to vote, or are guilted into voting becomes it's a right that we should be happy and proud to have but then the vote that we put on the ballot doesn't make a difference, it's the electoral votes that really matter. What makes them more important than us. The electoral votes are not democratic.

Yes the electoral college does somewhat ballence out the big states from the little states (based on population) but that still doesn't matter. If over 50% of the United States votes for one person but then they lose to someone with a little more electoral college votes then are they really our president, we the people didn't vote for him so then why is he allowed to be our president. The founding fathers gave us the right to vote but the truth is that the vote isn't really real. I think we should just change it so that the people are the ones that get their votes counted because you can't tell us to go voted and then not even let it mean something. Being able to vote is one of the things that we have that most other countries don't have, but the reality is that our vote is disregarded and somebody else makes the vote for us.

Do you think that people are going to want to vote for someone if it is basically just a waste of time. If the votes actually counted I bet a lot more people would go to the polls. People would be more interested in the speeches and wanting to listen to their views if they knew that their vote was important to the candidate. In 2012 only about a half of the people who were eligible to vote didn't and that number could keep getting lower if we don't change it. The younger generation doesn't care right now because they already know that their vote doesn't matter.

The electoral votes only have five reasons as to why they should stay.

Certain of outcome

-Incase of dispute over the outcome

Everyone's president

-Requires candidate to have trans-regional appeal

Swing states

-Winner-take-all method awarding electoral votes

Big states

-Balances the small states and the big states (population)

Avoid run-off elections

-Avoids both candidates havingno majority

The electoral votes don't seem to be very American. The whole electoral college system is confusing and as said in the passage ""Can voters control whom their electors vote for? Not always. Do voters sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate? Sometimes. If we were to have a vote (and the peoples votes actually counted) that asked people if they want to keep the electoral college or get rid of it I bet over 50% of the people in this country would want to get rid of it.    ",4
"The face of the natural landform is that when mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Cemera team snapped ten time sharper than the original viViking photo.

Introduction: First thing happened is the scientists beliebed that the Face was an alien artifact, photographing Cydonia became a priority for NASA when Mars Gobal Surveyor arrived at the Red Plannet in September in 1997.

Body: Then in April 5,1998, when

Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydinia for the first time, when Michael Malin and his friend Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. When the Face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April 1998, the cloudy time of your on the Red Plannet.

Conclution: The controller prepared to look is again, but its not easy to target Cydonia'' Said Garvin ''that's hard working'' And the clooudless summer day in Cydonia Mars Global survejor drew close enough for a second look. but it's 25 degress to center the Face in the field.

In 2001 the span was like 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per fixel in the best in 1976 Viking Photo.

In there Thousands of anxious web surfer were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing....... The natural landfor. There was also no alien monument after all. finally they know where is the landform common around the American West.",2
"This face has been the talk of NASA and the talk of headlines for quite sometime. The topic has been argued many times and there are many different opinions on whether or not its a face or a natural landform. What do you think?

The discussions of this being a face are all over the place, poeple believe that ailens have caused this ""face"" on Mars surface. There are three different pictures, one from 1976, one from 1998, and one from 2001. In the first pictuere you see a outline of a face and a mouth, but back in the 70's the quality of technology wasn't very advanced. In the first photo, due to poor quality, it is just a land mass that has trhe outline of a face. There is no form of life on Mars, otherwise, NASA would have detected in years ago. In the article it says that the camera that was used to capture the 1976 photo only had 43 meters per pixel, in other words meaning that there's almost no way in telling what the first picture was or resembled.

In 1998 and 2001, you can see the picture more clearly due to the advancement in technology you clean clearly see that there is no outline or resembalance of a face. The Face is nothing but a landmass, the scientific name: A mesa. In the '98 photo the picture is foggy and unclear because it was winter on Mars and they had to take a photo through a cloud. When the photographs began to be released online there was many observations but many realized it was infacr not a face.

After all the questions blew over, Directors began putting images and shots into movies which again started raising talk. In movies or films there are special effects people that are able to enchance photos and clips. So most of the photographs and clips are not actually NASA recorded and theres a good chance most of them had been edited to make more money on a film or movie because people want to know more about myterious things like this.

Concluding with what i said at the beginning, the pictures we see are nothing more than a mesa. Science it to greatly advanced now and if there was any form of life on any other planets NASA would atleast have an idea of it. I don't believe this is an alien artifact, because Mars cannot support life.          ",4
"I am against this Facial Action Coding System because how diffcult it will be for these teacher to put this modification in every school and computer. How long would it take for this project to happen, will it work, going through all this can be a problem, why would we need all this if we can ask one simple question to all the students ""Are you ok?"" Even if the school wants this we will need to take each of the students picture and modify it into a ""3-D computer model program"" as said in paragraph 3 we have 44 major face muscles which they will need to go into to that program and modify it. Every kid has mixed emotions one day they can be happy one day they can be sad, angry, and or stressfull. This Program can not improve or prove how us students are feeling, We would be happy and the computer program pops up with anti-depression pills, Computers are like us humans we mess up sometimes and we arent always right.

Like what i said we can ask the students directly without any expensive computer programs, with one little questions ""are you ok?"" ""Are you doing fine?"" ""For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on his/her face. we won't be needing these 3-D facial modifications, sometimes people can be smilling but deep inside they could be mad,sad, angry,glad. I don't think it matters about the face it matter about the heart, nobody can tell how you're feeling with just a face. If you're watching a sad movie and you're crying your happy but sad at the same time how can a computer program no that you're really not sad but happy. Just be cause our muscles movement proves how we feel it can be impossible for this Program to work in the future, it may sound like a good idea they can test but we have billions of people millions or schools how can this one program improve a school yes it shows and might help but how can it be possible.You can have 40 people in one room and have a computer look at there faces and see if they are mad,sad,or happy. They all will have

a straight face, In my opinion "" We as in humans can tell and sometimes not tell if he/she is happy or sad

But computers can't tell either but one thing we can say in my previous sentence."" Ask ""Are you OK?"" thats easy as that.

In my statment, Computer are advancing but they go farther where they learn humans constitics, It will be scary where we look into the webcam feeling happy and it tell us to go out side how ask why you are happy. Being paranoid as we humans are we would report this to somebody we dont want to be messed around with, we just wanna be ourself and not want others to know how you're feeling, If where sad or even depressed we have friends and family to help us, Why should a computer tell us how our friend is feeling and if they need help where we can do it ourselves. If computers are smarter than us how are we going to improve more. As i close my statement against The Facial Action Coding System (FACS) these computer will not help or even improve with our life style just go in a class and ask ""How everyone is doing"" and there's your answer.",4
"Dear State Senator,

We should be able to keep the Electoral College because it hasn't caused any harm when it comes to electing president or vice president. As stated in the article, ""The Electoral College is a provess, not a place."" It's a compromise between the election of the president voted by congress and the citizens.""

The Electoral College is where meetings are held to establish who our Presidents and Vice presidents are. As stated in the article, ""The Electoral College has 538 electors and a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President.""

Each candidate that want to be President that's running in one's state has their own group electors, as stated in the article. ""The electors are generally picked by the candidates political party, state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are.""

WE should be able to keep the loft because it has a definite outcome when our president is elected. According to the article, they're five good reasons why we should keep the Electoral College. ""1) certainty of outcome, 2)eveyone's President, 3)Swing states, 4)Big states, 5) avoid Run-Off Elections.

In conclusion, I believe that we should keep the Electoral College because of the positive affects i think it has when electing Presidents.            ",2
"The face on mars is a rock formation. No aliens made it. We have seen it and belive that it is just a mesa. And we dont want to freak people out. Some people are against nasa and sa that it is aliens. Here is why

In 1976 are satilite the viking 1 was orbiting mars and takeing pictures of the planet. When we looked at them we noticed this one. A picture of a face on mars. When we noticed it eas just a mesa in the face. When some people herad about it they thoght it was aliens who made that. We then told them that it was just a mesa that when the shadows hit it it made it look like a face. And that nasa's budget wish there was an ancient civleization on mars. Ther is some like this one in the west. ONe is the middle butte in the snake river plain of Idaho. Some people say that nasa is hideing that there is life on mars and they say there is not.

So that is why we are telling people that it is a mesa. We don't want them to freak out that aliens excicst when they do not . We also wish there was an acient civilization on mars. In conclusion it s just a rock formation. That was there for a long time that shadows made us think it was a face. ",3
"Dear Florida State Senator,

The Electoral College has been used to vote forever. The College has 538 electors and the number for each state is dependent upon the population. Therefor, some believe it is out dated but others do not because it prevents ties and prevents a candidate from the South or North from over powering the other whom ever it might be in that case.

The Electoral College has been in operation since well before 1888. in this time the only time it was even close to being a tie as stated in source two paragraph four ""... a tie would have occurred if a mere 5,559 voters in Ohio and 3,687 voters in Hawaii had voted the other way.""(Plumer). Yes, it may have been a close call but it did not happen and it doesn't say it might not ever happen just that it didn't. without the Electoral College what would of happened in 1968 with Nixon and then again in 1992 with Clinton, they both tied with their competiters far as popularity goes. If it wasn't for the Electoral College they would of had to make up some tie breaker that could possably been rigged or unfair to either one of the candidites.

The way the Electoral College is set up no one can win by staying in their own comfort zone one might say. For instants in the campaign Romney was in, him being from the South and being well known there it did not give him an overwhelming advantage over his competing candidtes. As stated in source three paragraph five ""No region (South, Northeast, ect.) has enough electoral voters to elect the president""(Posner). If the Electoral College didn't do this than yes, their could be a descrepence. The Electoral College does have its flaws but what or whom doesn't.

Yes, the Electoral College might seem out dated but it still works and will work for many years down the road. It prevents ties which is a big deal and it prevents popularity in a certain part of the United States from giving a major upper hand. Next campaign look at where the Candidate go and where they don't, then look at the number of electoral votes able to get from those states.

Sencerly,

Florida resident    ",3
"In the article "" The challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author supports the possibility of the exploration of venus despite it's concerns. Venus is a planet in our solar sytem that we haven't been able to examine closely, but are

striving toward. Some believe Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents, some do not. However the author supports this idea beacuse it is the most earth like, there was possible life in the past, and it is the nearest option for planetary visits.

In addition, venus might have been earth like so this gives a reason to support this idea. In the article "" The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" it says, Long ago Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth."" Venus has various similarities to Earth such as valleys, mountains and craters. This makes us beiliove that thier could possibly be a chance to reconstruct it and make it availible for human life.

Furthermore, there could have been life on Venus in the past, so this is another reason someone would support exploring Venus. In the article "" The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" it says, Long ago Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth.""

The possibility that there was life on venus drive people like this author and scientist to want to know more and find away to reguvinate Venus. If it is possible then there will be more possibilities for the human race.

To continue with, it could benefit scientist and also give another safety net for space travlers. In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author says,""Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit."" It also says,""The options for making such a mission both safe and scientifically productive."" The author sees all of the possibilities that can be made with Venus in our control.

To conclude, the author supports this idea beacuse it is the most earth like, there was possible life in the past, and it is the nearest option for planetary visits.

Some may argue that the author contridicted himself for bringing in the negatives about exploring Venus. However, he took in consideration of all the negatives and positive to make his conclusion that Venus is worth the challenges. ",3
"Who likes driving? Everyone has once though of cars that drive themselves. Although it sounds good, Im against the development of driverless cars. Driverless cars can be risky, expensive, and its against the law. Its not worth fighting for.

First, driverless cars are too risky. It is dangerous to be in a vehicle that you can't control. If you were to be in a driverless car and something goes wrong do you even know what to do? Its like any other electronic that may need to be charged and things that charge have the possibility of blowing up. It's not like a motorized car with common mistakes it'll be something most mechanics haven't seen before, and would have to refer you to someone else who may be far and expensive.

Second, it would be very expensive. Smart cars are expensive and these are even smarter cars. In the article, it said ""Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020."" which are expensive branded vehicles and that makes driverless cars cost even more. The newer the more expensive. Also, if your driverless car needs repaired then it will be very expensive because not many mechanics will have the parts and the experience for these cars.

Last, because it's a law. It's a law for a reason and there must have been problems with this before for this law to have been put in place. In the article, it said, "" In most states it is illegal to even test drive computer-driven cars"" so why would they be safe to put on the road?

Although driverless cars sound fun, it is not worth it. I'm against driverless cars. Driverless cars can be risky, expensive, and they are against the law. These vehicles will cause havoc on the roads. Do not support driverless cars.",3
"Who would want to sit in the driver's seat but not drive, and just watch the car moving by it self, and just looking stright a head and not do anything. That would be so boring. just talking about and thinking about sound really boring. I don't think that ""driveerlss car"" should be invented for many reason.If people

are going to invent a driveless car, the people who used to drive would be bored, and if there is a driveless car why would anyone need to practice how to drive a car? ""Why would anyone want a driverless car that still meeds a driver? whouldn't drivers get bored waitng for their turn to drive?"".

If the driver is not driving for a while then they would not know when to contoal the car and they would dose off for the rest of the way, and

they would also forget that they were driving. If there is going to be a driverless car than why would we need car? The driverless car would not know when there is an emergency or anything else that is going on.

It would onlt know the things that it's prgram for, and it is also counting on human to control them. But why would anybody want a car that is going to take over the 90% of the driver's job and the driver gets only 10% of the driving? Not only do they driver not get to drive they also don't get to do anything but to hold the whilee the whole time.    ",2
"There are many advantages when you limit your car usage. By limiting your car usage you will have to choose a diffrent way of transportation and thats often walking or riding a bike. Those two choices of transportation are often used as stress relivers. Also you dont have to worry about traffic or having to rush out of work for the gym beacause you have all ready got in a little excrise

For exapmle in source 3 ""car-free day is spinning into a big hit in bogota"" it says "" It's a good opporunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,"". Also when limiting your car usage people often turn to walking, or biking as i've stated before. when a city has a high populltion of walkers and bikers they will have to start making public places closer. As stated in ""source 1"" (¶ 6) "" In this new approach, stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway.""When walking you can get a really nice excrise in when getting from place to place and riding a bike can also get your legs in shape. While siting in a car all day dosent help you out at all it's only polluting the air and has you on your butt all day. Less car driving can also mean less car wrecks.

Often people are late to work because of rush hour. As stated in ""source 2"" (¶14)""Congestion was down 60 precent in the capital of france"". while riding a bike you dont really have to think about traffic. Another problem with driving is parking the less cars the less you'll have to worry about a parking space.        ",2
"I do not approve to let people use any type of technology to read emotions. That is when it gets weird and people ask why are you feeling this way. This can sometimes lead to the student getting even sadder or madder than they were. If they are left alone and no one knows what is wrong, they will be fine.

To start off, expressions can not forsure tell what that person is feeling. I have seen people so mad but continue throughout their day like everything is fine. Plus, if that student is just doing a fake smile, that does not mean that they are really happy. The FACS can not read emotions but reads the emotions it thinks you are feeling because of what your facial expression is.

Therefore, to end my argument, in paragraph 9 it says that contracting your smile muscles can help you feel slightly happy. This means it can make you SLIGHTLY happy but not enough to classify yourself as happy and I do not approve to let people read emotions. It is unnecessary and we should be researching something better than this.               ",2
"Driverless cars are an innovative creation that are slowly entering the world.

Their creators are working hard to improve them so that their passengers can be comfortable, but more importantly safe.

Big companies like Google, General Motors, BMW, and Tesla are looking into the science of driverless cars.

They are finding new functions in driverless cars that normal cars don't offer.

This new technology could be a huge step forward for mankind in the science world.

In my opinion, driverless cars are a great idea that can provide many benefits for its users.

One reason that engineers are so interested in driverless cars is because they could better the entire transportation system of the world.

Sergey Brin says he sees a future where self-driven cars provide a taxi system, and no one has to own their own car.

These taxis would provide the passengers with more freedom than a bus or train would, and they would use less than half of the fuel that taxis today use.

Of course, this is just what Brin envisions, but the sooner engineers work towards that goal, the sooner it will be achieved.

Scientists and engineers are adding more sensors to cars to imitate a human driver.

Sensors have provided more safety for drivers since the 1980s.

Sensors can ""apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone"".

Already, we see technology being created that can control a car better than humans can, ultimately providing more safety.

Also, these sensors could prevent accidents, such as braking the car before hitting a pedesetrian that the driver didn't see.

Sensors provide a sort of cushion to fall back on in the case that a driver becomes distracted.

In 2013, BMW created a car that can do many tasks by itself, letting the driver relax.

Many people fear that the cars could get out of control, but as with the ""Traffic Jam Assistant"" that BMW created, drivers can still take control of the car.

When the car realizes that there are difficult conditions ahead, it notifies the driver to let them take over, providing the utmost safety.

Some car companies are working to creat in-car entertainment that would instantly turn off when the driver needs to take over.

This feature is a better alternative to texting or calling someone or a phone, and could actually provide more safety as well as being a source of entertainment.

Driverless cars are also beneficial in the fact that they could eventually provide transportation for people with disabilities.

For example, blind people can not drive, which many see as a struggle for day to day life.

With driverless cars, blind passengers wouldn't have to drive, and therefore could have more freedom with traveling.

The same idea applies to those with other impairments, such as a broken limb or a mental illness.

Driverless cars are far from being ready for the average personn to use in daily life, but they are slowly getting there.

The overall concern for manufacturers are the safety of their passengers.

In times to come, driverless cars could actually provide more safety than human driven cars.

Not only that, but they could also make transportation for all people less of a task.",4
"Driverless cars are the future of the world. They have beeen part of a larger dream since as far back as science will take them. Now with the innovation and creativity we have a driveless car is just what we need. Driverless cars can help drivers be more safe. It can even put the law of never texting and driving at ease since the driver technically won't be driving the car. With the driverless car accidents themselves could be a thing of the past.

Driverless cars are a good thing because they can take the stress of drving away from the driver. The driver can just sit back and enjoy the ride to wherever they please. With the driverless car staying up on the road and drinking endless energy drinks while on the open night road will be no more. These cars are the future. The best part about this innovationnal project is that it is a comfortable experience. The driverless car can assist the driver and minimize the rate of being in an accident.

The driverless car may take away the feeling of driving but, it is a much better and safer way for a person to travel. An example would be a man coming home from a long day at work. He is very tired and wants nothing more than to get home. The man starts his car and then begins to drive home but his eyes are too heavy and he falls asleep at the wheel for just a few short fatal moments. Before the man can react he crashes into a tree and never returned home. With a driverless car the man could simply have put the car on auto and told the car to alert him when it is his turn to drive. Whem it is his turn to drive the car quickly responds and the man wakes up from his short nap and drives a few short miles and the process repeats.

The driverless car is the future of innovation and an all around good thing. It can help many people just like the tired man coming home from work or just the lazy driver who doesnt feel like driving. Driverless cars are here to stay and should be avalible to all.        ",3
"Driverless cars are coming out really close to use! I think they will be a really good advantege because they can be helpful for disabled people, they can help get around serority(old) people and a really good advantege for people that hate driving during the night part of the day and even for long trips. I wouldn't consider myself as a person agenst or with the driveless cars, because in my point there are good and bad things about these cars. Would you trust a driveless car to drive you around?

Places like Florida, Nevada, California, and direct columbia have let people drive these cars around there city because they believe that they would be able to work and would like to be know for were the car was used at.

Acorrding to the book it says that ""The law belives that more states will follow as soon as the cars are aproved and safe."" Automakers are continuing on fixing the problem that are willing to be solved be for they are aproved. The BMW company has tried to make a driveless car but can out different from what they expected.

The driveless cars are not that bad, i mean the help you drive around. They icluded a GPS, a Dubbed LIDAR for a 3-D car surrounding. The have also reduced the engine power and applyed brakes on the individual wheel which allows better respones and contral then a human diver could. The BMW company made a car close being to the driveless car, the car can function up to 25mph but has a sersor made to make sure that the driver keeps hold of the wheel. In fact the car can steer, it can accelerate and brake by its self but it is also desigined to navigate the road ahead to tell the driver when it requires human skilld, it will navigate working zones and even accidents. So most of these cars still requiere human skills and are not ready yet have earned the driveless car name.

Some cars have considered using carmeras to watch that the drive is focued on the road. The GM has requested vibrating seat's for the driver, which could be a bad idea to put in a driveless car that they dont even know if it is ready to work on it's own without kill or having someone injurd yet. Most of the thing included to the cars can be displayed but something not avalible to the drive is texting will drive that is a system featured of the safty.

Driveless cars sound like a fun thing to try out but we'll never find out if its really safe to use, even when they announce it and say it is. I still think there is a good side and a bad side to it because the only word to know about something and to test it is if its same for us to trust. Most companys like Nissan, Mercedes, Benz, Audi have said that they would have a car that can drives themselves by 2020, but i would belive that Mercedes would have a driveless car ready by 2020, but would behard to belive in right? We just have to wait and find about till car companys have more progress and information for us about the cars, which i hope soon because i would really like to try out this drivelss car, wouldn't you like to try it out?",3
"Venus is a planet in our solar system and is one of the closest to Earth. The harsh conditions on Venus's surface make it dificult to explore though. But scientist are eager to do this because Venus might have had life a while back. It might have had oceans too to support life.

Venus's conditions are so harsh that no space craft sent to the planet survived the landing for a few hours Venus has a thick atmosphere that is almost 97% carbon dioxide and is one of the hottest planets in our solar system. Its average temperature is about 800 degrees Fahrenheit. That's not all though, Venus also has acid rain and errupting volcanoes. It is truely a harsh planet.

However, NASA had an idea for sending humans to study Venus. This may sound like a crazy idea, but NASA will make sure the conditions will be safe enouph for humans be safe and study Venus. They could make a a blimp-like vehicle hovering about 30 miles above the surface of Venus. At that height, the temperature would be about 170 degrees Fahrenheit and the air pressure would be simular to sea level on Earth. These conditions are a little rough, but survivable for humans.

There could be many new discoveries found on venus. It may be a hard task, but maybe one day, we could find a new discovery that could change the world. Who knows what we will discover on our next mission to Venus.      ",2
"Dear state Senator,

The Electoral College doesnt give the most equal way to pick the president by the U.S. citizens. the citizens may pick the electors who decide on the president that they want to vote for, but that doesnt always mean the electors will always follow through with their promises and be true to their citizens or the citizens might be confused to which elector they truthfully want to vote for. because of the electoral college, some states never get to see campaign ads or even get to see the presient visit their state becuase the cnadidate running for president knows which states he's winning before the election even begins so he only campaigns in the states he will need to win over.

The Electoral College needs to be abolished, the citizens of the U.S. deserve to have a popular vote system instead of the haywire system of the electoral college because the way the election depends more on electoral votes rather then popular votes,

In 2000, Al Gore recieved the popular vote in the election but recieved 266 electoral votes, while George Bush recieved 271 electoral votes but lost the popular vote. the winner of the election was George Bush, it didnt depened on the fact that he lost the popular vote by the citizens, it only depended on the fact that he won the electoral votes, voted by qualified citizens of each state which is ridiculous because the citizens get a say in it too, they deserve to choose. Why do they need the popular vote system if they wont use it in the elections if the electoral votes win? because they want to make it seem like the citizens get to vote for a president but truthfully, the     ",3
"Do you know that venus has similar features like earth? Venus is called the¨Evening Star,¨ because it is one of the brightest light in the sky. Also, did you know that venus is the second planet for the sun. Venus is like eath is has the same surface, mountans and much more.

This is to say that venus and earth used to look just alike back in the day but ass the years went by earth became more and more detailed,unlike venus In The Story¨ The Challenge of Exploring Venus¨, It states that ¨ Today venus still has some features that are analagous to those on earth.""Without that being said venus and earth were once sisters until the other planets.

However, NASA has thought about sending humans to venus to study the planet,because no one else will. The text states ¨NASA´s is the possible solution to hostle conditions on the surface of venus wouls allow scientists to float above the fray¨. Which means the NASA want to be the first to send the humans up to study on the planet without landing on it.

Which means to make this happen the would need to figure out how the would make it up here in the text it says ¨ However peering at venus at aship obiting or hovering safely far abave the planet can provide only lines in sight.

In Conclusion, venus and earth are alike in many way but venus has unknown things thta NASA wants to discover and bring back to earth                    ",2
"I am for the development of smart/driverless cars. I have chosen to support these cars because they will use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer more flexibility than a bus, they can sense the road and dangers better, and the cars require little human attention.

Firstly, the cars will potentially replace taxi services. I think this will be a great idea because while you would still have to pay for the service, there is no human element of error. If there is an element of error, however, you will be the one at fault because you are the only passenger and driver. I believe the replacement of the traditional taxi service is a good thing.

The smart cars are good at sensing dangers on the road ahead. Because the cars have technology that can even start to turn on the brakes before the driver can, the driver will be safer and does not have to respond as quickly. The ""Traffic Jam Assistant"" is a good development because the driver must still remain alert but the car does most of the work.

Lastly, I think the smart cars are a good idea to develop because they allow the driver to be safe in a vehicle that they are not in full control of. A project manager driver from BMW, Werner Huber states, ""We have to interpret the driving in a fun new way."" I think that if the developers of the smart car add a type of entertainment to help the passenger stay interested, then the driver will still be alert.

I believe the development of the smart car is a good idea because people will not have to take a taxi anymore, the smart cars are more reliable, and the smart cars will require less attention from the driver. I believe that the smart cars will do a good job on the road and that there are very few risks if they are tested correctly. ",4
"After reading this article, I have grown a nutreal side of this topic. The reason why is becuase I found a liking for the discovery, but there is also some things that I dislike as well. This tech can become useless and useful in many situations.

One reason why this is a good piece of technology is for court cases or things such as that. People could check if a persons emotions are set of fear, anger, sadness, and other emotions as well. If this technology becomes advaced we could see if a person is lieing just by their facial actions. This could help court cases become justified and more crimes solved.

A reason why this is bad is due to people and their privacy. I would like it to be scanned just to see my emotions, many people would agree with me on this as well. People who could get their hands on this could use it too much or go over the top with this tech. Also, since there is people who probobly don't like this type of technology, they would throw a fit it they would have to use it.

Also another reason why this is bad is the portablity of this technology. For this to work they would need a high end computer to check someone, and not everyone can just wheel in a computer like that and check someones emotions out of the labatory. This technology is usless without a lab becuase you need a lot of tech to do this expierment on someone.

Another reason why I partly side with this technology is for old painting, such as this article explains. The artcile talks about finding the emotions of one of the most world wide known paintings in the world, the Mona Lisa. We could find out people emotions from years ago, dating back from the first detailed paintings. This could also work on not just paintings, but old photos. Imagine seeing what emotions people had in pictures from World War 1 or other wars. Seeing this could bring a new sight into history.

One of my most favorite reasons why we need this is for classrooms. Many people get bored in school, so this computing could help out. The article claims that it could tell if a student is bored or confused, and could change the way the lesson is in seconds. This could help kids out with learing and could future their education. But with that computers would have to understand if a student is making a face to confuse the computer into thinking the kid is confused or not, because we all know that one student that would play with the computer to mess up peoples education for the day.

Another bad reason for this is becuase people could fake their emotions. Many people know how to act on stage, so they could easily do that to a computer to fake their emotions. This could trick computers to doing things that it really shouldn't. This means that this technology could become tricked, making it usless in many situations.

A good reason for this is for advertising. The article states that ads can be modifyed to show things that make you happy and could make you purchase it. If you see a ad you don't like you won't get ads like those anymore, insted it will supply ones that will possibly make you happy, if you still don't like those ads, the process will repeat will you do find a interesting ad. This could lead to higher sales, but also lower sales.

Lastly, my final reason is how hard it will be to access this tech. It states in the article that a home PC will not be able to handle to algorithims to understand facial emotions. Many people will not be able to expirement with this nor use it at all. So this technology will not be know to the public unlike other technology.

All in all, this technology will recive mixed opinions, manly due to the fact that people will not be able to get their hands on it unlike phones, laptops, PC's, and consoles. This item can be very useful, but needs to be polished to be absolutely useful in every situation. This technology will grow as long as they work hard enough to make this tech one-hundered percent useful in this world.",4
"For me this would be really useful in my math class, I tend to not be truthful when the teacher askes me if I understand what she had just said manily because I don't like to rase my hand. If we had this in school, in the classrooms the teachers could just go back and look at the computer and see if we are really understanding what she is explaining. I feel as if everyone could pass if the teacher knew what everyone was understanding and if she needed to stay on a topic a little while longer. Not only would this come in handly for school related things but if a teenager or kid was smiling all the time but really felt down the teachers would know and could talk to the person on the side. It could help prevent school shooting, suicide, self-harm, being afread of not passing and more. This could really take mankind to the next leavel and push us further, mentaly.

This could save milloins of lifes if we brought this into schools. people could fix there grades and not be ashmed of not knowing the answers to the questions. "" The proces begins when the computer constructs a 3-D compurer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Movment of on or more muscles is called an action unit."" ""Eckman has classified six basic emotions- happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness, and then associated each with characteristic movments of the facial muscles. For exaple, your frontalis muscle."" therefore teachers could tell if we dont understand a topic, pulling us aside later on before moving on and letting us get extra help. They could pull us aside and ask us if everything was going alright at home if we look really upsed or sad, anger, or even disgust.

We could change lifes if we get this, there wont be school shootings and it could be more safe for kids to go to school and we wouldn't feel like it could be our last day. We as students have the right to feel safe, to feel like we can acomplish what we need to acomplish without feeling ashamed. This could be a new start to a new begining. ",3
"Dear Mr. Senator,

The peope of American should let their voice be heard. Why should we rely on the electoral college to pick our prisendent? In fact if you're going to rely on the electoral college to pick our next president why let civilized American citizens vote? I would say it is time for a change and let the American people's voice be heard. It seems as if the passage is more in favor of elections based on the electoral college votes. The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. At the most basic level,the electoral college is unfair to voters because it's a winners takes all system. The electoral colllege consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect your president. The elctoral college is anachronism and it's time we should be open minded and look in to the future and rely on the Americans votes we should not rely on 538 people to vote for the millions of people we have in America. Even if we had a combination of  the popular vote with elctoral college that would make it more fair than just having the electoral college pick the president they want in office. Instead of relying on this piece of history lets rely on bring cheap clothes,food,and gas prices back.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ",2
"Technology is expanding at an alarming rate. One year the car is just becoming an idea and decades later they already have plans on making that same idea better. When the car was first made people were skeptic about how it would work and how people could afford them, now many people own cars and people are proffessionals on how they work. Over the course of the cars history many things have been added and many things have been changed, Adding new and additional features such as a driverless feature seems like a great idea once it is perfected. Tests need to be made so that the car can perform every task over and over again without a mistake. Basically I'm saying the driverless car feature has to be perfect in every way before these cars are put out on the market. Completely driverless cars would revolutionize the world in a great way due to the facts that someone could get a ride if they are in an emergency situation, unable to drive, or just need to multitask on the way to work! Being in a completely driverless car would make life easier for people to get from point a to point b or anywhere else.

Before driverless cars should become legal many different safety tests should be made. Making sure that the car is one hundred percent safe is the number one priority and should be taken seriously. If all future requirements for this car are made then these cars could be a start to something phenominal.",2
"Driverless Cars Are Coming

If the factories made driverless cars I think they would be dangerous, because you can be sitting back on your phone while the car is driving for you thinking it's safe. Then out of no where your car crashes because it made a signal that there was a work zone ahead but you were to busy on your phone and you crash. That's dangerous, also what if the cars way of getting the drivers attention doesn't work when it is needed and there is a big crash, that is even more dangerous.

It can also be a good thing to invest in because of the special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel. Some people will ignore that because they feel that they safe because of the driverless car. That is not the case it is almost driverless but not fully, because you still have to keep your eyes on the road and listen for the signals the car gives you. You still have to drive the car and watch for precausions. The GM has developed a seat that vibrates when the car is in danger of backing into something, that is a good thing for reversing and parralel parking. The car also announces when the driver should be prepared to take over, they are also considering putting flashing lights on the windshield so the car can be seen better at night. The driverless car also has a camera built into it so it can watch the driver and make sure he or she is focused on the road at all times. but the driver also has to watch the road.

I would not recommend this car to people who are lazy or does not pay attention to signs because it would be putting other people in danger because of their lack of attention. I think this car deserves a class to be tooken before you are allowed to get the car to make sure you meet the requirements. This car can be a danger to the world or a great and safer way to drive for the world, it all depends on you.       ",3
"As the years have gone by, technology has significantly improved. Computers, iPads, and phones are just a few examples. I have to admit, sometimes I really hate having technology around. People become so absorbed in their technology that they lose touch with real people. But what about driverless cars? I believe that we should not have driverless cars.

In the article, ""Driverless Cars Are Coming,"" the narrator states that, ""They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills..."" However, there lies an important problem in this statement. What if the person in the car is not paying attention? If people today talk on the phone and text while driving, the they most certainly will do the same when they are not driving. Sure the article says that, ""...the car watches the driver,"" but a person can just ignore alerts and attention grabbing attempts from the car. Another problem is drunk drivers. If they drive drunk now, they will be a drunk passenger in the future. As soon as a human needs to take control, then we are back to the same problem as drunk driving now. Or, the drunk passenger could ignore the alert to drive altogether. I understand that in the future, cars may not need any human assistance at all, but the transition will be slow and if both human driven and driverless cars are on the road, I argue that a human driven car is safer. Yes, a driverless car will follow the rules of the road, but humans often do not. There have already been reports of Google cars getting into crashes because they were following the laws. However, a human driver may be able to react quickly enough to another driver.

In conclusion, human driven cars are safer than driverless cars. The transition to everyone having a driverless car will be slow, and therfore driverless cars will have to drive with human driven cars. They may follow the rules, but humans are unpredictable. Also, more people stay alert while actually driving a car rather than being a passenger. The age of driverless cars is not something we should look forward to, but rather something we should be wary of.",4
"Nowadays, with gas prices skyrocketing, along with prices of new cars, it is logical for any person to invest their time in the use of public transportation or carpooling. As you can see in this passage, many countries have already begun to take a stand to protect our planet by limiting car usage to reduce the amount of gas emissions. America as a country needs to find a way to get involved as well.

In Vauban, a city in Germany almost all homeowners have given up their cars and turned to bicycling and walking to get where they need to go. Paris upholds a fine where people who have even-numbered license plates are allowed to drive on Monday's and odd-numbered plates on the next day. If a motorist did not abide by this rule they were forced to pay a $31 fine. Also, in Bogota, Colombia, the nations capital participate in an annual ""Day Without Cars"". Only buses and taxis were permitted and violaters faced $25 fines.

In America, transportation is the second largest source of gas emission, us as a country to take a stand to change that and protect our planet. With the rise in new technologies of things like cellphones and smartphones, cellphones now have car-pooling apps where it's as easy as clicking abutton to find a ride to work without driving your own car. It's also beneficial to you because you don't have to spend your money on gas, tolls and other fees. It's very simple to catch a ride on a bus or train as well, its cost efficient and good for the enviroment. Getting rid of your car altogether is beneficial in more ways than one. You don't have to worry about the cost to maintain your cost for things like repairs and insurance. And of course, you dont have to spend as much as $200 a month on gas.

Countries around the world have begun to use their resources to limit the amount of car usage. In just simple ways like carpooling or taking a bus or a train, each person can help in making a change to our world to save our atmosphere from pollution.    ",3
"Having driveless cars could be a bad thing for people. They can ruslut in some bad issuses. They're not as good as regular cars because they're not as safe, if you get in a reck the company might blame you for the accident and not the car, and finally the car would take the joy out of driving for people who love to drive.

The driveless car isnt as safe as a regular car. The driveless car runs on ""sensors"". As the text says, ""Without the option of smarter roads, maunfactures turned to smarter cars- but how much smarter did the cars need to be? For starters, they needed a whole lot of sensors."" This is showing that the cars would need a lot more sensors which isn't safe at all. The sensors could malfunction and then when people go to drive, they put their lives in hands of these cars. They even say the car would have people take over sometimes, ""This means the hunan driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires."" People might start thinking they could do other things now that they wouldn't have to drive. They might read, text, watch videos, or maybe even just sleep. When the car needs the human to take over, the human might be distracted, and then they crash. The car wouldn't be safe. Not one bit

The companies value their proccess of their driveless cars and will pin the blame of the failure on someone else. If you got into a reck and the car was destroyed, who do you think they're going to blame? ""If technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?"" They will, of course, blame the car for sure but most of the blame would pinned on the driver for not being ""too alerate"" or ""not focused enough"". People shouln't have to worry about that kind of law suit on their hands, but most likely they will.

Finallly, some people have a passion for cars, they love building them, driving them and, just everything about them. If people start selling drivless cars, instead of the normal cars, they wouldn't be doing what they love anymore. Their passion would be gone. ""The imformation from these sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on indivdual wheels and produce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone."" This is showing that the driver wouldn't have to do anything besides sit there and watch, how boring does that sound? People love to drive and for most cars is their passion, driveless cars would just take that right away.

In conculsion, making a driveless car would just be a bad idea because it wouldn't be as safe, if they reck, it'll be pinned on you, and it would be taking the fun out of driving away. ",4
"I believe that the so called face on Mars is just a landform. One reason i believe this is because everytime we took a picture of the ""face"" it looked different. This is because the shadows are at different lengths throughout the day. It also looks different each time because the cameras where becoming more advanced and the images are having less and less pixels.

The reasons i believe that the landform on mars is a landform because shadows change how the object looks, the cameras were bad and were very pixelated making parts of the photograph look blurry, and mesas are very common in Cydonia. Like on Earth shadows can make objects look like something they aren't. Like I said mesas are very common in the area so there is a good chance that it is a mesa.

Because of this information thats supports the claim that the face is a mesa i believe that the claim is true. The technology over the time of taking the photos became more advanced therefore the cameras were able to take less pixelated images. When the last image was posted to a website in 2001 many of the people who thought the landform was a face or an alien artifact stopped believing. One scientist said that if there where buildings or aircraft on the surface that cameras would show if it was real or fake.",2
"The electoral college is a very controversial topic.  It has been debated by important figures like Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and Bob Dole (Plumer).  While some people agree with Bradford Plumer and say that we should abolish this method, others stand behind Richard A. Posner, wanting to keep the electoral college.  Although the electoral college restores some of the weight in larger states, it is a very unfair method for voting on our president.  The electoral college allows someone to win the presidency who did not win the popular vote, and, if a tie occurs, the outcome is demeaning to larger states.

The electoral college does have a favorable trait.  It restores some of the weight in the political balance that larger states (by population) lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution (Posner). The senate only appoints 2 representatives per state, no matter how large their populations are.  The electoral college gets rid of this problem, assigning representitives to states based on population.

While that aspect of the electoral college is beneficial, it may be the only thing.  The electoral college is an extremely unfair method.  Just take the 2000 election, for instance.  Al gore won the popular vote but, thanks to this flawed method of selecting our president, lost the presidency (Plumer).  This was uncalled for.  If someone wins the popular vote and is wanted as president by the majority of people, then they should be president.  Our president is a position of the utmost importance.  We should have a leader that the majority of the people want.

Not only is the actual process unfair, but if there ever happens to be a tie it's even worse.  In the event of a tie in the electoral vote, the election is passed on to the House of Representatives, who then have the state delegations vote on the president (Plumer).  However, the catch is that each state gets only one vote (Plumer).  This means that the single represenative from Wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, would have as much say as the 55 representatives from California, who represent 35 million voters (Plumer).  This process is extremely unequal and should not be allowed.  Everyone should be able to have equal representation and play a part in critical decisions like this one.

All in all, the electoral college is unfair and people despise it.  According to a poll in 2000, over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now (Plumer).  The electoral college, while it may restore some of the weight in larger states, is detested all across the United States.  The person with the popular vote doesn't always win, and, in the event of a tie, the process is even more unfair than the actual method itself. The electoral college is an awful process that the majority of people don't want.  So why is it still here?            ",5
"Are cars becoming more of the past and less of the future? People arent driving as much as they used to, and might be of some benifit to our everyday life. Places like Germany, Paris, Columbia and more are joining up to use less cars and use more  pedestrians, public transportation, bycycle, ect to form a connected way of transportaion to save money, save resourses, lower polution percentages and improve safty.

According to the passage ""In German suburb, life goes on without cars"" written by Elisabeth Rosenthal "" passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissionsin Europe. And up two 50 percent in some car-intesive areas in the United States."" Imagain what would happen if we reduced the car rate use in just the US. We could conserve a large amount of fuel. That can be used for public trasportation, and also reduceing the price per gallon. It can also protect our enviromet. Alowing us to protect wild life, and breathing in chemicals that shouldn,t be inside our bodys. Just by doing this it could greatly effect or life lives in a positive way.

This means for a new way of live. A connected network that relies on everything and everyone doing there part. In doing so, it provides a safe and money saving enviroment. First of all you dont have to worry about paying those incompetent car bills. And you dont have to pay insurence for the car. Second you save money not paying for gas every week. alowwing yourself to move from place to place in your community, by public or comercial transportaion, or even bike riding is good, and safe. you dont have to wory about hitting somone or something. Or mabye someone hitting you. this could cause less trips to the hospitals and prevent less death. In the passage written by Elisabeth Rosenthal it says "" public transit was free of charge from friday to monday, according to the BBC"" So as you can see limiting car use is very effective, efficiant, and enviromently safe.

This is also a time savior. No worries about your car breaking down, cause riding the bus ensures you that ist regularly checked and regulated. walking asrrues you that its exercies so there is no need to waste time. All around limiting car use is better for life. You save money, help the enviroment and the communites wich you live in, and improves safty. So I ask you are you willing to not drive?      ",3
"The idea of driverless cars is an incredibly hot topic at the moment. Although it may have some downsides, they are out weighed by the good. Becuase of this the idea of driverless cars is a good one. As a matter of fact this idea has and is already being tested. The year of the driverless car may be arriving sooner than you think.

Driverless cars have already became some what of a reality. Many different companies have been working on different ways to make cars that could drive independently. However, they have all either been to costly or the ability to actually make it work the way the car was designed may have been out of reach. But Google has been able to find a way to work around these problems. ""Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009""(2). These cars are in actually able to drive by themselves but they still require human drivers to take over at certain times. Some may not view this as a huge acheivement but it actually really is. This allows for safer driving and it could possibly cut down on accidents arround the world. This because it would allow for human intervention in emergency sittuations. As well as a way for people to get to there destinations safer without the imediate worry of being to tired to drive or other hazardous driving conditions.

While all these things are great it still has a few down sides to it. For example, ""if the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufaturer? That is why it is best that these driverless cars are not 100% driverless. This will give people a chance to prevent an accident if their car mualfunctions. Also, some people believe that drivers may get board while wating for their turn to take over and drive when needed. Some manufacturers have already answered this question. As an attempt to keep the driver from getting board, some manufacturers plan on, "" bringing in-car entertainment and information systames that use heads-up displays""(8). These display will be instantly turned off when the driver is need to drive.

Driverless cars is a very controversal topic. There are in deed a few down sides to this idea but many people are working to eliminate them. The amount of good that ""could"" come from driverless is greater than the bad.If we are able to actually work out most of the kinks about these driverless cars, then it would help to cut down on a ot of car accidents arround the world. As well as maybe even boost our technicological capablities accross the board. Then who knows what could be created next.",4
"In the article the author describes a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions and tell people what that person is feeling.

The Facial Action Coding System should be used to read students' emotional expressions because it could help them with their work if they do not inderstand something and the teacher cannot make it any easier for the student.

While others think that this new technology is a bad idea, others think it is a good idea. The text states, ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored... It could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."" This proves that this technology could help students with their school work if they did not understand it.

Others say that the new technology coul dbe used to make computer animated characters more expressive. The article states, ""The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive-- for video games and for video surgery."" This proves that this technology can make people happier by just making others smile.

The Facial Action Coding System should be allowed in school and other public places. It would help people understand what everyone else is feeling and if they need someone to comfort them. The new technology should be allowed to make others around them happier then they were earlier. It will make everyone's life easiler because then they will not have to hold in their feelings and they can just talk to the people they feel they can trust.",3
"Venus is important for many different reasons. Not only is Venus Earth's ""twin"", it is also the closest planet to Earth in denisty and size. In the article the author belives that studying Venus despite the many dangers it brings is very much worth it. I will talk about why he is correct.

The author of this article suggets that studying Venus is worthy of our time because it could help us learn about it and it's past. Also the planet is the most geologically similar to Earth in our entire solar system. In paragraph 4 the author states, ""Long ago, Venus was probably covered largley with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth"". This quote shows that learning about Venus told us that in it's past it was capable of sustaining life. I belive also that the author is correct in saying that we should study it more because, if Earth every came to where it was not able to sustain life, we could look into moving to Venus because it was capable of sustaining life. Despite these dangers that he presented such as a very high tempature, exploring more into Venus is very important.

In conclusion, I believe the author was correct in saying that we should look more into Venus becasue we could learn about it past and it's capability of sustaining life in the future. That is why Venus is so important not just to the author but also to NASA.",3
"Absolutely Yes, you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. Why? Because it helps living animals and creatures. Livings things that me and you see every day. So you may be thinking why would I want to do this? Or why should I do this or maybe even what is in it for me? Well, I'm just going to answer those questions with one word,HAPPINESS! You might not know what I'm talking about but, you'll catch on later.

So, earlier in the passage you heard about me persuading you to join the (SGCP).

Well, now I'm going to tell you why. You should

join because there are animals such as;horses,young cows,and mules that need your help.There was a World War II in Europe where all these animals lived and they need help. Many of things where destroyed and people and countries where left to ruins. so, 44 nations joined together to make a group/union, called UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration). That group hired us the Seagoing Cowboys to take care of the animals.

So, I've giving you details of why and what I'm persuading you to do now I'm going to tell you how helping will be good for them and how it might

bring you happiness afterwards. It might bring you happiness, which it should because you will know that you did something good to help someone or thing else. If you are not happy and feel as if you were used and not getting anything you should stop and think about that because somethings wrong.I say that because you just did something amazing for something that has nothing to do with you which means you clearly have a great heart.

Next, I will be explaining what type of things you will be doing if you join the SGCP. So first of all, if its your turn to be the night watchman or women your job will be to check on the animals every hour. Secondly, the stalls always have to be cleaned, so some one will have to do that. Thirdly ,caring for the animals is a big part also so you have to make sure that the animals are watered and fed two or three times a day.

So you have

heard what I was trying to persuade you to do and why. Next you heard why you should do what i was trying to persuade you to do. Third you heard how helping will make you happy and help someone/thing else.

Fourth what type of things you will be doing if you help. Then, lastly all the details from each pragraph. Now you know why I want you to join the SGCP. ",4
"Seagoing Cowboys

Imagine being on a boat, on your way to help people and animals. Well, you can take that opportunity right now! Sign up to become a segoing cowboy. This will give you the opportunity to help animals, go sight seeing, and travel.

Firstly, becoming a seagoing cowboy helps animals. You can feed horses,cows,and mules. You also help these animals cross oceans to get to other countries. This helps me infer that people that like animals will also like this program.

Secondly, there is sight seeing. I took a gondola ride in Italy. I also saw the panama canal and Acropolis in Greece while doing the program. From this I can infer that people would like this part of the trip.

Lastly,you get to travel places. Some of these places include China, Greece, Italy, and much more. Also, you get to travel on big boats. This helps me infer that people that like adventures would have a good time doing this program.

Overall,you should become a seegoing cowboy because you get to help animals, go sight seeing, and travel. This is a great opportunity for everyone. Sign up to become a seegoing cowboy today!",2
"Students can be dificult to understand some times and you may not know how they are feeling weather thats happy, sad, angry, or confused. Now there is a techonology called Facial Action Coding System that enables computers to indentify human emotions and it can be used for many differnet purposes. One way that has been introducesed to use it is by letting teachers use it to read students emotions. I think if we used it in class room settings, in schools, and for students it would be very valuable to their education.

For instance say a student is not under standing the concept of the lesson the teacher is teaching the Facial Action Coding System will be able to detect that the student is confused and the teacher can see that and go back and explain it again or they can work one on one with the student. Another way it could be helpful is if a student isn't being their usaual self and isn't focusing on their work the Facial Action Coading System can tell you if they are feeling sad or angry and the teacher can confront the student about it and maybe help them with that problem so they can get back to being focused in class.

The Facial Action Coding System can also tell if emotions are being faked or if they are real. It can do this by useing a little bit of anatomy by looking at which muscles are being used in the persons face. In a real smile the muscles called orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus make crow's-feet around your eyes. But in a fake smile, the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major and the risorius. This can be seen sometimes without FACS, (Facial Action Coding System).

That can be used in situations like for say a student seems like they are doing fine with the material being taught in class or just seems happy but the teacher can't tell. They can use the Facial Action Coding System technology to determine wheather they should confront the student about it or not. If a teacher understands what their students are feeling they can change their teaching methods if needed to help their students succed in class. Some times the student may just be bored of the subject and it may be because of the way the teacher is teaching it, but if the teacher knows that they can spice it up a bit to make the material more enjoyable for that student to learn.

I think the use of The Facial Action Coding System would be very valuable in class rooms not for just the teacher, but also for the students because the teacher will be able to curve the way they do things for the better of the students education. This will also help the teacher build a healthy relationship between their students , because they will be able to better unerstand them. The more the teacher better understands their students the more they can help them recieve a great education.  ",4
"Dear Mr. Senator,

I believe that the way our elections are run are not what is best for the United States. The Electoral College is changing the way that we originally set out to vote and is making things unfair for the citizens who vote. I propose that the Electoral College is taken away all together in order for elections to be more fair, and more like the original intention of the U.S. With most states following the winner takes all idea, the winner of the general public may not be the candidate that wins the elections. These times are rare, but they happened before there is nothing that is stopping them from happening again.

A lot of voters who are not very well educated may not even understand what the electoral college is or what they are actually voting for when they vote. Instead of voting for the candidate that they want as the next president, they are voting for a group of electors that decide who will win. Sometimes, the electors that are assigned to that candiadate will not vote for them. This process also seems to disriciminate against the less populated states because they don't have as much a say in the college and are often forgoten in the rush of propaganda and aren't really aware of who they should pick and why they should pick them. In The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong by Bradfor Plumer, Plumer explains that one of the best arguments against the Electoral College is that the rate of disaster is so high. In 2000, there was a elctoral crisis based upoun the Electoral College, because Al Gore recieved more individual votes, but George W. Bush still won the election.

Another reason that this process is so unstable is the way that it makes voters feel about voting. In large states, where this a majority of either republican or democrats, voters may think that if they are in the minority, and the other party will surely win the election, what's the point of voting. If there was no Electoral College, the votes that they put in could contribute to the greater pool of that parties voters, while with Electoral College the votes are pointless and basically disapear. That, to me, is robbing the citizens of the U.S. of thir right to vote. According to Richard A. Posner, the Electoral College restores some of the weight that the large states hold in a presidental election. However, the large states may not have all of one party and those other votes can really make a difference.

Some argue that a few votes can not do a lot and that the Electoral College is a far more organized way to conduct the voting. But every vote counts, and if every voter understood why they were voting for who they were voting for then the president may be a majority favorite. It seems unfair that the president of the United States, the most important man in the country, is not truely picked by the voters, but by the Elctoral College. The Office of the Federal Register says that the electors that are selected are chosen by the candidates political party but that stae laws differ on how they are specifically selected. This way does not seem like the best way of performing the task and I can see how it results in issues. Trusting the weight of the United Stated on the the backs iof only 538 electors is not the most stable way to perform an election. Why trust a select group with this descion if the whole United States can contribute to it?

I think that it is criticall that we change the idea of an Electoral College to the idea that all of the people in the United States are able to contribute equally to who should be the next president based on what they believe is right. Bradford Plummer believes that one of the most worrying thoughts is that there will be a tie with the electors. If that were to occur the elction would fall into the hands of the House of Representitives, resulting in all the states, no matter what their population is, having the same amount of votes, casuing a president that may be very far away than what the majority of the United States actually wants. This may seem unlikely but in fact there have already been many close calls. In 1968, only 41,971 votes would have deadlockes the election. In 1976 a tie would have happened if 5,559 voters in Hawaii, and 3,687 voters in Hawaii had voted the other way (The Indefensibel Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong, by Bradofrd Plummer.) A tie may occur and if it does, A lot of citizens would be very upset that the president did not win by popularity, but by the Electoral College.

There are many reasons that the Elctoral College is unfair to the voters of the U.S. State inequality, diaster, ties, and people loosing the urge to vote. The list goes on and on and if this doesn't make you see what is wrong with this system than I don't know what will. I hope you take this information to good use and use it to tear down this unfair system once and for all. If we really want to be a democracy, than we have to do away with this system. Many of Americans believe that this is the best way and several have published interesting papers on that topic that may chaneg the minds of people who are still for it. I hope this dream to get rid of the unfair and terrible system that is the Electoral College is accomplished soon.

Sincerely,

A Concerned Citizen    ",6
"Dear State Senator

I know you have been thinking about if we should still use ""Electoral collage"" or changing to election by ""popular vote for the president of the United States."" I am here to inform you that i believe that keeping the Electoral College may still help us. By having Electoral College you can swing states and biggers states.

To begin with, keeping the electoral college may be a good idea. When having you could swing states. In the passage ""In Defense Of The Electoral College:Five Reasons To Keep Our Despised Method Of Choosing The President"" the passage states that ""The winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates""(paragraph 20) The qoute is explaining that by having candidates from toss up states, the voters would help the elections. The voters would actually be interested in the electon and pay attention to what is happening. Having voters from toss up states may help decide the election.

Second, Keeping Electoal College may benefit us in many ways. If we keep Electoral College than we would bring in bigger states. In the passage its states that "" The Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states (by population) lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the senate decreed in the constitution."" (paragraph 21) The quote is explaing that when there is a bigger state involved then the larger states would get the most attention from any presidential candidates. Being a larger states give people more of a advantage. An example they gave in the paragraph 21 (5. big states) it explains that ""the popular vote was very close in florida(in 2012); nevertheless obama, who won that vote,got 29 electoral votes."" the example was explaining that since florida was bigger we got more votes so that lead to Obama winning.

In conclusion,thats why i believe we should keep Electoral College. Electoral Collage would swing states, and involve big states.    ",3
"venus is the closetst planet to the earth in terms of density and size and occasionally.i think that studying in venus is a worthy pursuit despte the danger because venus is the second planet in our solar systerm that is mean that the sun is really cose to that planet is is really haot in this planet .""each previous mission was unmanned ,and for good reason ,sin no spacecraft survivedthe landing for more than a few hours.in the article""a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blanckets venus.""

the national aeronautics and space administration has on particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study venus.NASSApossible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of venus would allow scientists to float above the fray.the planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such

as valleys,mountains and craters.

The author supports the idea that studying venu is a worthy pursuits despite the

danger it because on the planet surface temparature average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what

we esperience on our own planet.""studying in venus is

worthy pursuit despite the danger ike the say in the article that imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roilling venusian landscape for an exemple some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of venu surface.""

More importantly resaech cannot take samples of rock ,gas or anything else from a distance .many reaseach are working on innovation that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of venus.striving to meet the challenge presented by venus has value ,not only because of insight to be gained on the planet itself but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors.

However peering at venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmospher rendering standard forms and photography and videography ineffective .",2
"Splash, splash, splash what do you think of that sound every night just before you go to bed. This is what the Seagiong Cowboys hear every night. Caring for animals all day on a boyt can be very hard work, but it is alway fun and intergetic work. It is the most exciting adventure you could ever do in your life time, so just try it. When I first heard about the trip it was like th emost amazing thing ever.

Never before in my life had anything seemed so great. The trip wass fantastic, just all the scenery and things you saw. You get to meet and be with other Cowboys. You learn to trust and like to be with animals. It just so I would really advise you to at least try it and see how you like it at sea for so long.

You get pulled in right away whoever you are old or young. There are games such as table-tennis tournaments,fencing, boxing, and the cowboys also play baseball and volleyball in the stalls where there aren't any animals in. You could also read, or wittle to help pass the times when you didn't have anything to do. You aso have a lot of oppertunities to do diferent jobs aound the bout.

When I was on my second round giong along with the Seagiong Cowboys I surved as a night watchman. When you get this job you have to go around every hour and check on the animsls and see if they are all right. While diong this I slipped and fell which was a scarey thing because I wa sheaded strait for the edge of the bout. Lucky me I was caught and only had a brocken rib.

You can also become a very well know person if you do oit right. I am so thankful I went to help, as I said, "" I'm grateful for the opportunity,"" ""It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs."" I have helped so many international students and and exchange visitors for years. This trip has made my life such a bliss since I agreed to sign up for that trip to take care of the animals while they get shipped across the ocean from place to place and to time.

As I have been telling you just try to and juust see how you like it. When I came oout of high school I was working two part- time jobs and had a best freind named Don Reist. When he came up to me and askekd me if I would do it I couldn't say no. I knew this would be my only chance in a life time. So why don't you try this, or if you don't like it tey something else. Just just do what your heart tells you to do, and be happy.  ",4
"Many people today are accepting the idea of limiting car usage around the world. Though cars are an excellent way to get around they might not be the best for the enviorment. In a city in Germany, Vauban is home to many residents who do not own a car. In fact 70% do not have one and 57% sold a car to move there. These people aren't only seeing an environmental effect but also they seem more happy.

Pollution is also a problem when it comes to motor veichles. When Paris had a record day of pollution they decided to take action and inforced a partial driving ban. In just five days, congestion in France was down 60%. As you can see limiting car usage is already benefitting many and the more we turn to it the most likely we are to be living a more happy and safer life.

In places such as Bogota, Colombia there are days called car-free day. These days only buses and taxis are only allowed, so some people just bike, hike, or skate. The ultimate goal is to reduce smog and stress. Some Colombian cites are joining in on the event as well making this a growing imporvment campaign. This day has made many imporvments to the way of life, making the city look cleaner, cutting traffic time, and creating upscale shopping districts.

When it comes to America we can already see a decrease in car usage from 2005. If this number continues we will see beneficial environmental chages. Though the car industry will probably will be hit hard they already are discussing a plan to partner with telecommunications industry. They want to create safer public transportation and by doing so they would be saving time and conserving our resources.

There seems to be more advantages than disadvantages when it comes to limiting  car usage. I feel when everyone gets the idea that a safer and cleaner world is in the best intrest of everyone. then we will be taking the right steps to a new and better life.            ",3
"Cars have been around for ages now, people are constantly making new modles to make them better. But what were to happen if we took them away and we only relied on walking or riding bikes. There are three reasons why I blieve this would be a benefit for everyone. Picture it, a world without cars.

People believe cars to be a necessity, so they will be able to get from place to place but there are advantages to limiting the usage of cars in certain areas. For one it would reduce the amount of greenhouse gas, source 1 tells about a suburban town where there are no cars. It states that only 12 perecent of greenhouse gas emits in europe while in america it is up to 50 perecent. While Paris bans driving because of all the smog, statistics from source 2 show that Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter.

Following that, limiting the usage of cars can lower stress levels. In Bogota, Colombia they begin their 'Day without cars' for the thirs year straight. The citizens of Bogota were very coopertive of this. The mayor tells how even ""The rain hasn't stopped peole from participating"". Source 3 informs how even businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza rode a two seater bicycle with his wife and how he believes ""It's a good way to reduce stress and lower air polution."", as they countinue their newly found tradition other cities in colombia such as Cali and Valledupar join in on the event. Looks like Colombias program is starting to spread for the better.

Finally, bringing it back home to America on the advantages on limiting car usage. President Obama shares his plan to reduce the emission of greenhouse gas. Sources from article 4 tell how Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and how fewer are getting their license as the years go by, statistics show a large drop in the amount of 16 to 39 year olds getting their license. this article also tells how sociologists believe that if this countiues it will be beneficial for the enviornment. New York being one of the most populated states has a new bike-sharing program as well as car-sharing programs to help contribute to lessen the pollution and emission of greenhouse gases.

In Conclusion, while cars have been and are a great asset limiting the use of them could greatly benefit every one by using lessening stress levels, lowering pollution, and reduce the amount of greenhouse gas. Looks like we're already headed in the right direction.    ",4
"I would like you people out there to come and join our program the Seagoing Cowboys, I gunratee you will have a great time. We go to many different countries to have a amazing adventure and very wonderful time with friends or family. We nation named UNRRA your about to find out what is that Nation, that nations was make to help countries recover ther food supplie which was lost, and animals decreasing. Almost 44 nations come together to make that ONE nation.

This program is

life time decision you can't miss it for anything. If you like animals well you need to come on this trip we have animals on board with us to take them oversea, We have many unique animals on with us

the passage states that they are horses; young cows; mules; pigs, However we just don't leave them in the boat with no feed or water or shelter we help those animals we feed them everyday, We keep them clean and there living areas clean so they wont get ill or get any kind of disease to spend to the another animals.

So I want you to join our program why wouldn't you join so we can save those animals from

getting any diseases or dieing from hungrier, or thirst. We just not there for the animlas for the countries too, We go to many fun and exciting countries. Have you ever wanted to go to a countries so bad? Well we can take you there, too sight the Magnificent things in life. ",3
"Now there hasnt been real information on the existence of aliens or any other lifeforms of that kind. Stories behind those creatures are usually made up by many people. We dont have any evidence as to seeing or taking pictures of any aliens or UFO's. So why would aliens be on Mars?

Due to the fact that researchers have identified that the ""Face"" is juast a mesa, I think is safe to say that there are no alien life forms on mars and there never was.

Nasa has very good cameras that are way better than the ones in 1976. They can zoom in way more and take 3-D images as well. if there were aliens living on there you would be able to see UFO's and a whole lot of aliens on the planet. And if there were Egyptioan style pyramids or even small shacks you would be able to see them to. The ""Face"" is a martian equivalent to a butte or mesa as scientifically proven by scientist.

Another reason as to why the mesa on mars is a landform and not some alien made artifact is that in the article it said that there were shadowns giving off the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth. ""Its a good way to enage the public and attract attention to mars"", as said in the story. Also making the Face a pop icon also would make more people think that there really is life on mars without any real evidence. The face appeared on movies and magazines, which made more and more people follow this trend of life on mars.

The final reason as to why the object on mars is just a landform and not an alien made thing is that on a cloudy, wispy day, the photo was taken. Making it seem like the aliens did it on purpose. But, scientist took the photo again on a less cloudier day and found out that is was just a landfrom after all. when they shot it with their better camera, it showed that is was just made by mars just like earth makes its own lanforms sometimes. So it seems as though technology from back then just wasnt updated enough to get the job done.

Ultimately, the reason that evryone thought that there were life on mars is because technology wasnt as evolutionized as it was in 2001 compared to 1976. With the technology today, we would be able to find out right away if there were actually life on mars. So in conclusion, there is not life on mars and there never was.                 ",4
"i dont think that having driverless cars would be a great idea. i think this because there could always be something that could go wrong if your going at high speeds such as if you were to hit a bump then the steering wheel would jemp in a certain direction which could cause for an accident. also if there was an accident resulting in injury or death who would be held accountable for that? the driver or the manufacturer of the ""self driving car""? i feel like it would also be alot safer to be driving and ready and focused instead of having to pay attention to the road only a certain amount of time and directing your attention towards something else. i also feel as if it would be safer to have a driver in the car because what if you may see something that the car cant like something coming to the side of you and the car didnt react quick enough.",2
"Over the course of years new technologies have been inveted to better our life style. there have been inventions like trains,airplanes and boats to better our transportion; however there is one transportion vehicle that has spun up many contriversies. The automobile or ""car"" as most people call it has spanwed more harm than good; rates of pollution have risen and smog can be found almost anywhere. Limiting the usage of cars should a solution due to the advantegs of reduced pollution, less green house gas and it could even make a person happier!

As most industrial inventions cars do produce tons of smog due to Diesel fuel a chemical found in cars. Smog has been such a issue that the city of paris actully had to enforce a law that would ban cars for a few days. This law was so stressed that any one caught driving would bee fined 22 euros in which converted in dollars would add up to 31 dollars. Paris had more smog than any other european capital; they had about 147 micrograms compared to London on the other hand which only had 79.7. With such high numbers of micrograms the intnsity of the smog worsend causing the extreme idea of baning cars. This example should be a reason on why we should reduce the usage of automoblies so that extreme measures are not acted on; but more importanly the possibility of having pure of cleansed oxygen.

In alliance of having minimum pollution safety is aslo one advantge that reducing driving may enhance according too Bill Ford executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company; stated that the plan of reducing usage of cars did bring a safer world for pedestrians not only does is bring about safety but it does conserve natrual resources like oil that may take hundreds of years to replenish. We need to keep in mine that as inhabitants of earth we must care and vaule every natrual resource. We only have one planet and we must protect it. Reducing driving has been such a triaumph that a mother of two even said ""When i had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way"" once again this statment only poves that reducing the usage of automobiles is a better life style for all.

All in all reducing driving does bring some great advantges and should really be consider as a plan to make the world a better place. this plan should be acted upon all over the world.             ",4
"Is keeping the Electoral College a good ideal mr/ms senator? Well if you ask me i say no. Why have it? Say the article voters vote not for the president, but for the slate of electors but who elect the president. Because of the winer takes all system in each state it's unfair to the voters and it's unfair to me so changing the election by popular votes for the president of the united states would be best.

To begin with Having popular votes instead of keeping the electoral college will be better because keeping it will only cause more trouble i say. Why? Well the electoral college is know for being the ""Disaster Factor"" Sad cause not only they have a bad name for there self the Americans are also most worried about the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. Because of the focusing only on the tight races in the ""swing"" states candidates hardly or mostly dont have time to put up any campaign ads. The stress of worring about the electoral college can be tuff, they dont even have to put any signs or ads. Crazy cause it's just this one process thats only counting of the electrol votes for congress.

In concusion the Electroal College consists of 538 electorals. Say the article only 270 eletroals are required to elect the president. In the article the system allows for much worse, but wrose as the election crisis in a century? Well i think so! Not even think i know so. Electors have refused to vote for their party's candidate and cased a deciding vote for whomever they please. It's all happening, everything i said in the begining...about the trouble. Why the senate gets to choose the vice president? why cant the qualified citizens choose for there selfs. That whole area needs some enjustments before they start chooseing for people.         ",2
"Driveless cars can be very dangerous. The reasoning to make these cars is kind of crazy to think about, waking up in the morning knowing that you don't have to drive all the way to work. Sounds pretty good right? But there are some downsides that come in to affect when concerding getting one such as the accidents they could cause, the money it takes to make, fix and to buy, and the history of drivless cars such as what companies that made them so far and if they have been sucsesfull or not.

One of the main reasons that driveless cares shouldn't be made anymore is the risk of accidents. That is where the technology kicks into play like passage 4 states ""Without the option of smarter roads, manufacturers turned to smarter cars, but how much smarter did the cars need to be?"" This is th first question that comes to mind when thinking about these cars. Is there a way that these cars become to smart on thier own which causes accidents to occour such as the car taking over the sterring from the driver or when it is driving its self is it going to know when to brake or not.

The biggest reason why drivless cars should not be made is the money. This car could not be afforable in our world today with all the upgrades and new technology. Plus it would be way more money to get a ""smart car"" fixed then it would be to buy one, but the big factor of the money issue would be making them and how much it would be to put all that technology and software in to the cars and all the body work and sensors it would just be way to much money for the ordinarary man to afford.

Last but one of the key factors into why this ""driveless"" car should not be made anymore is the history of these vichles. Passage 3 states it best ""Many futurists believed the key to developing self-driving cars someday wasn't so much smarter cars as smarter roads."" This is why when manufacturers of Google who made the first smart car said that it would be nearly impossible to make anymore smart cars unless there is something done to the roads.

All of these reasons are just a few of why the production of these driveless smart cars should stop. They would not help us in the world as much as they think they would.                  ",4
"In the atricle ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" the outhor describes about how a new technology called Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify humans emotions. I rather not be scanned by a computer to tell me my emotions. I don't think the Facial Action Coding System is valuable.

The first reason that I think we shouldn't have computer scanning are face because we need privacy . I wouldn't want a computer scanning me to see if I was happy, sad, tired, or mad. Example of the computer testing someone "" She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. Also there's no need to know there emotions some people don't want you to.

Second reason is that I wouldn't want to pay for it. Some students couldn't afford it. Others could buy it but why would they they are at school to learn not know other peoples emotions. Example what the emotion scanner would do "" if you smile when a web ad appears on your screen, a similarad might follow. But if you frowm next ad will be I different."" This shows me that you don't need it because all it shows your emotions anwhat kinds ads other sruff that could help you. There's no point for this if it nots helping you with school activities.

Third reason is whats the point of having this. It does benefit a liitle bit by changing stuff the computer to change our mood. Example of this ""According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them."" But rather than that it doesn't help us. It doesn't help us get good grades, doesn't show us what to do in class, and doesn't help your teachers eitheir.

So in this article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" where they other talks about compter showing your emotions isn't valubale to any school. The Facial Coding System is just showing your emotions not helping you in school. Its also probably very expensive some people couldn't afford it. Thats why I think its not valuable or needed in a school.      ",3
"Many people would say that the Face that we are seeing is created by aliens. That is not true. Skeptics believe that the alien markings were hidden by a haze. But, the truth is that it is just a natural landform, the camera would have showed if it wasn't, and the same thing is common around the American West.

The face is just a natural landform. Even on April 5, 1998 when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time the team got pictures that were ten times sharper than the ones from the Viking. They revealed that the Face was a natural landform, not an alien monument.

The pixels in the camera would show everything. Even one of my fellow peers Garvin said that if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were. Garvin also said, ""As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size."" In 1976 each pixel covered 43 meters, in 2001 each pixel covered 1.56 meters. That just goes to show you that there is no way that it could be created by aliens.

The pictures have shown that the Face is similar to a butte or mesa. Those landforms are common around the American West. Garvin said that it reminds him most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. ""Which is a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same heigh as the face on Mars,"" says Garvin.

The face that we are seeing is not created by aliens. It is a natural landform. The pictures have made the evidence very clear. The Face is just a butte or mesa. So don't believe what those skeptics tell you, they don't know the real truth.",3
"Imagine a world where people have lost all desire to do things for themselves. With these new driverless cars approaching, our world could end up like that. Although the idea of a driverless car may seem great, it could also be very dangerous. Development of these cars is not the best idea because people will become too dependent on them and technology is bound to have some sort of issues at some point.

Having a car that drives people around all the time seems like a great idea, but the reality of it isn't so great. If people get these driverless cars then they will become dependent of them. Having these cars throughout generations would mean at some point, no one will even have to know how to drive. That could be very dangerous if a car malfunctions. What can a person who doesn't know how to drive do if their self-driving car stops working?

At some point, technology is bound to malfunction. Even the passage mentions that there is a possibility that the technology could fail. If it does, who would be to blame? Could you blame the driver for not knowing how to drive? Or could you blame the manufacturer for making the faulty vehicle? Someone could seriously get hurt. The possibility of it all makes this ""dream car"" sound even more dangerous than it already does.

The idea of a driverless car seems too good to be true. With something that seems that amazing, there must be some downfalls. In order to prevent some of those downfalls, such as people becoming extremely dependent on the cars and the possibility of the cars' technology failing, people shouldn't continue with this development. The stage they have the driverless cars at currently is a perfect stage. A human should always be in the car and alert in case of an emergency. ",3
"The question of, ""should the development of these cars should continue or not"" is actually a pretty good question. The fact that this is fairly new and raises some questions like, ""will is be safe, will it be better to use than a regular car, and how far in development can this actually provide us with?"" We can really predict the futuce, but we can be able to know what might happen based on what we know right know.

Google, and most likely other car maker company, are trying to make this driveless car a reality. But how will they go about doing this? First, it's good to mentioned that it is not yet completely driverless. It runs with sensors and cameras to see the area around it, along with GPS to guide it where ever you want to go. Comes with many other things that is ""to minic the skill of a human at the wheel"". Why is that important? That's important because that's what makes the car to be driverless. They have. Basic idea and model and it works perfectly fine. It mentioned, ""their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash"" and they are still finishing the final product. More things are going to be added on to make sure it is 100% safe to be in.

Is it better than a person? Well i think that it could become better than a human driver. Humans can crash into things all by accident, just because they went to fast or press the gas on fowards instead if backwards. Many things can happen on the driver's fault. Minus any accident outside of control, like a tree had fallen down on your car, the driverless in theory could serve as a way to decrease crashes or accidents. If it works the way it should, the mostion sensors and cameras could detect things and hit the brakes before anything happens. Although it isn't completely driverless, meaning it mentioned in the article, ""they can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but are desIgned to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills"" and even if it isn't yet completely driver less, when the designers and creators finnally make it for there is not need for human assistants, the car could theoretically be safer than a human driver. Did you accidentally ran your car to someone else's? The driverless car sure didn't. Did you fall into a hole you didn't see? The driverless saw that from GPS and sensors p and avoided it already. Just things that can enhance the car to make it safer to be holding a baby or really elderly person in.

Why is this good for us? Well, imagine that the world is now use to this ""driverless car"" and is safest thing because of it's enhancers. People could hop in one and go anywhere knowing that they will be safe and arrive safetly. It is just more convinant to have, when being on auto-poilet, you can do anything you wish like calling someone when needed to, play games on a screen that could be provided, any more entertainting things that destract you with the boring, yet safe, ride. It it mentioned ""some manufacturers hope to do that by bringing in-car entertainment and infirmation systems that use heads-up displays. Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over- something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone.""

The idea of having a driverless car is actually a great idea once you think about it. With many upgrades and remodels, the car can and will be safe to use. It can be better than a normal human driver, and the options and things it can do to give us during the ride is a lot more than a person driving himself. This car will be the best thing that could happen to the roads and transportation.",5
"Being a Seagoing Cowboy is lots of fun. If you like animals you get to spend hours and hours with them. You get to play games to pass the time when your going back home. There is things to see so go sightseeing. You will be overseas so don't go if you get seasick.

When you are a Seagoing Cowboy you get to see things you might have never seen before. In paragraph 5 it says Luke got to tour a ecavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to china. He also saw the Acropolis in Greece. You get to see these things maybe once in a life time.

Seagoing Cowboys get to spend a lot of time with animals. The animals are mules, horses, and etc. You have to care for them all the time. You have to take them to the places they need to be. It says in paragraph 3 that you get plenty of oats and hay.

When you have free time you can play games to pass the time. In paragragh 8 it says that the crew men play baseball, volleyball, table-tennis tournamnets, fencing, and boxing. They play these games in empty holds where animals have been housed. The fun things to do are thoses. So being a Seagoing Cowboy is fun to.

That is why being a Seagoing Cowboy is fun and cool. When your a Seagoing Cowboy you get todo all this cool stuff like sightseeing, games, animals, and you get to be overseas. People might not like this job but I personaly think it sounds

fun. So come be a Seagoing Cowboy today.",3
"Dear State Senator,

There is arising conflict on whether or no to abolish the electoral college system. It has it's pros and its cons but reasonablly, the cons out-do the pros. The electoral college needs to be taken over by popular vote in Presidential elections. It creates a more biased vote in the sense that the electors vote may oppose yours. On another note, the disaster factor is a negative factor of the electoral college.

First, in the electoral college, you will never be 100% that your states' electors will vote in your favor. By doing a popular vote, voters will be ensured that their vote is literally counting towards the candidate. For example, If you lived in Florida and wanted to vote for Mitt Romney, you'd vote for him. The electors may vote for Obama and just ignored the winner-take-all strategy and vote for Obama. In a sense, the electors may pay attention to the winner-take-all strategy. The problem is that in past elections, the popular vote has had majority and the electors vote for the minority.

Secondly, a flaw of the electoral college is the disaster factor. It is pretty much when a majority votes for a candidate and the electors give the minority vote. If the popular vote was to occur, then the candidate the majority wanted would've got elected.

To conclude, the electoral system should be removed because it is biased and popular vote will be more ensuring and 100% true. On my behalf, popular vote will be much better for everyone .

Sincerely,

Tj Gries                    ",3
"Would you like to go on a life changing adventure? People should go to Europe and see what amazing things they learn, and what they didn't know about Europe.

Plus, if a best friend of yours asked you to go to Europe with him ,you knew that it would be an opportunity of a lifetime.

But you will never know if you don't go. People should go because you get to spend time off of work and just relax and hang ou twith the family. Go to just enjoy the precious time with your family there.

Just go and get out there and adventure because you might have teenagers in the house who's always on their phones, well here's your chance to change that around to getting them off their phones and get outside and play more often.

In conclusion, families should just go to whatever place they want to go. To have fun and just get out there and have the time of your life. Instead of just getting out of the house to go to the movie theater. Whatever advetnure you made, that awareness will always stay with you.",2
"There are some big conversations and conspiracys. The Face on Mars is one of the many conspiracied theories. Though some say it is an alien landform or a natural land form. Either way I think it is a natural landformation.

People many have a strong theory, but it many not always make sence. The Face on Mars is a total natural landformation. NASA's scientist have not found any signs of aliens on the planet Mars. The article states that not many scientists believe that there was an alien artifacts on Mars. Scientists also say that it is hard to track Cydonia and to get a clear image on the face.

The face has to be a natural landformation because most of the wierd landforms on Earth may look like ancient aliens did it but it was not. Scientists have not proved that aliens are real and that all wierdly amazing artifacts are from them. Aliens are not real although there are shows about them being real, but those are all conspiracies. The conspiracies may look real and sound real but they are just trying to get people's attention to hear them out and to convice them that aliens are real.

Scientists say that our minds are tagated to find faces in objects. We see all kinds of shapes in the cloudy skys because our minds are trained to do that. The Face on Mars is just one of the many things that we can find a face in a natural landformation. The article states that the landforms are also common near the American West on Earth. Garvin says ""It reminds me mosr of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. That is a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars.""

In conclusion, there are big conversations about the Face on Mars. Some many think it is an ancient alien formation, but others say it is a natural landformation. Scientist have a hard time tracking down Cydonia and also taking pictures of the face. Aliens have not been proven to be out in outerspace, so therefore it cannot be an alien formation. This Face on Mars is an natural formation because there are similar landformation on Earth near the American West and also in Idaho. Whether it is an alien formation or a natural one I am saying that the Face on Mars is just another natural fanominon. ",4
"You may wonder why you haven't seen people using their cars lately. This is because those citiznes have realized the advantages of limited car usage. There are many valid reasons why using a car is not the way to go when it comes to transportation.

In Elisabeth Rosenthal's article ""...Life Goes on Without Cars"" she talks to Heidrun Walter who has amited to the fact ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,"" citizens become happier when they aren't using a car as a way of transportation. Life without cars can make you happier, isn't that what everyone want - to be happy? And this is just one way to do so.

There are more advantages to limited car usage than you think. We prevent smog ""Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog..."" We all hate how annoying smog can be, so all we have to do is the stop using cars as much and we won't see the thing we hate anymore. Even if you think that your city will only be prevented from smog, others will as well.

While there are disadvantages to the fact of not having a car, but isn't there more advantages to not having an Earth to live on? That's right, if we treat the Earth like we are now and using cars so much out ""home"" will be destroyed all thanks to humans like us. In Robert Duffer's article about smog bans he states ""After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city"", so if we take the example of Paris we can stop pollution and prevent losing our home.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ",3
"40 years ago, on mars, NASA caught a picture of a huge rock formation that looked like a face! Many thought it was evidence of life on mars while scientist thought it was just another a natural landform. After all it was just a natural landform that was shaped like a face and shadows that made the eyes, nose, and mouth.

First, Scientist just figured that it was just another Martian mesa, common around cydonia, but the only thing that was unusual was that the shadows made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh. But, beside the shadows they still believe it is a natural land form. So they reveiled they photo for the world to see how cool it is.

But, It was taken the wrong way. Even though the said it was natural landforms, others believed it was life on mars. It became popular quickly. It was in books, magazines and even Hollywood films. Since everyone thought it was life on Mars scientist had to prove them selfs and take it one step closer.

Next, scientist had to go up in Space with Mars Global Surveyor to photograph Cydonia. On April 5, 1998 the Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time. Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Carmera snapped a picture the best they could. Jim Garvin said"" We photographed the Face as soon as we could get a shot."" After looking at the photo, JPL website revealed that....it was just a natural landform.

However, that did not stop the people who believed that it was a sign of life on Mars. They said "" the Face of Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April '98."" Since it was cloudy around that time of year maybe you couldn't see all the alien markings because they were hidden by the clouds.

Then, Scientist decided to take a better picture with no interuptions or anything in the way. So, on a cloudless summer day in Cydonia in 2001,The Surveyor captured an amazing photo. ""Malin""s team captured an extradorinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution."" said Garvin. ""Each pixle in the 2001 image spans to 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meter per pixle in the best 1976 Viking photo.""(Unmasking the Face on Mars)

In conculsion, The face on Mars is a natural landform. Scientist took 3 photos to prove it. Others may still believe that the face is life on Mars, but scientist have proven it is just another natural landform on Mars.                        ",4
"The program is sepcial and is appreciated because of the work it has done. It did a special

thing to this world and is still appreciated to this day for the program's great efforts to help people and regions.

The UNRRA is amazing!!!

You should join because there is a lot of adventures, I went across the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affected by World War 2!!! More than anything we help people, We went to Europe when the war ended to help people because many of the cities were in ruins.You also get to meet many people, 44 nations came together to form UNRRA, which stands for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.

This is why you should join me and the UNRRA because we care about people, you could make a lot of friends, and there is a lot of adventure. I know some people don't have in interest in those things, but it is really exciting for people that are interested in these things.       ",3
"""Car-free""

Many drivers around the world are deciding to take a break from driving and have now decided to ""think green."" Although some may disagree that this could be helpful toward the enviroment there is evidence that says it is helpful. Some may not see the point and think that this new epidemic is inconvienient but maybe they just are not educated about these new ideas.

Throughout the globe multiple cities have found ways to use some forms of public transportation, riding bicycles, and even walking to get themselves where they need to go. For example, Bogota, Colombia has a ""car-free"" day every year where only public transportation is avalible. Like Enrique Riera said in paragraph 26 the people of this city in Colombia are a part of this great change that encourages others to join in. The author also states in paragraph 28 that there is new parks and sidewalks which would have a positive affect on the attractiveness of their city.

Imagine having a ""car-free"" day everyday of the year. That is exactly what a new city in German has done. Vauban, German was built in 2006 as a suburb with no real streets or parking spaces. Citizen of this new city only have to places to park their cars, in a large garages outside of town with a space costing $40,000 or in their home. As said in paragraph 3 most of the families in Vauban do not own a car and more than half sold their cars to move into the ""car-free"" city. Most of the citizens feel less stressed and more relaxed  about no longer having a car also.

Surely you're thinking ""What about the U.S.? They're one of the most powerful countries in the world they must have some insite on this new trend."" As a matter of fact they do. The U.S. has slowly started to take a break from the automobile. More and more of the new generations have decided to not get their driver's licenses. In most big cities in the U.S. such as New York most of their citizens do not own a car and rather just walk or use other transportation due to traffic. It can be easier just to walk somewhere rather than to sit in a car thats bascially parked due to such bad traffic. In other parts of the U.S., there is a new trend of car-pooling which can not only have a positive impact on the enviroment but can also save you money. In paragraph 43, even Bill Ford, executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company, agrees that less use of a car can have a positive impact.

Overall, the reduction of private vehicle transportation can help reduce the negative affects on the enviroment and on other aspects of life such as stress level. Multiple countries have started to join in this new world-wide idea of how to make this world a better enviroment for the future and most all of them have contrirbuted having others try it out. If we all are willing to give up a little for one thing it can make a big difference for everyone in the world's future.    ",4
"If everybody limited car usage, the whole population would save a ton of money. Insead of having to pay for gas, we will be able to pay for more things to provide for ourseleves and our families. We would be able to buy more of what we want; clothes, shoes, food, drinks, housing, taxes. We would save so much money because we wouldnt have to pay for gas anymore.

We will be able to walk or bike to all of the stores, work-cites and recreation facilities. It will only take a couple of minutes to get where we would need to be. We wont have to use a highway or interstate to go to the mall or ball field. Also, we will be getting more exercise. By walking and bikinng, we arent sitting and being lazy. Instead, we will be healthy and active everyday.

If we cut car usage out, people wont have to worry about money. Nobody will be labeled as ""poor"" or ""homeless."" Everybody by then should have enough money to have a house, a job, food and money to pay the bills. Crime will then go down because nobody will have to rob or steal for foood, money, or posessions. Everybody will have enough money to get what they want, on top of the money they get from working.

Instead of spending money on cars, we can spend that on neccesities. We will be able to walk, bike or use the public transportation given to us. We would be better off without cars because there would be little to any deaths caused by automobiles. Nobody will have to be scared of dying or scared of not being able to make/have enough money.    ",2
"Venus is called the ""Evening Star"" although it is a planet not a star. Venus is the secound closet to the sun and the closet to Earth. Venus is a challenging planet to studay because of its features. Venus has clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid. Venus is also hot enough to melt many metals. Venus temperature is averge 800 degrees Fahrenheit, which is 90 times hotter than Earth. A spaceship that lands on Venus could not last for more than a few hours because of the conditions. Even under these dangerous conditions scientists today are studying ways to safely study Venus.

Venus it is the closet we have to another Earth. Like how Venus use to have oceans and supported some type of life. Even today, the article claims that Venus has things like valleys, mountains, and craters. Since Earth is becoming older and weaker because of human activities, we would need something that is more Earth like. Other than Mars, Venus is the closet planet to Earth. Venus has the weather that Earth has like earthquakes, volcanoes, and lighting.

Even though Venus is dangerous it will still be the best thing to go to since Earth is getting older and weaker because of how long Earth has been living and also because of human activities. I think if scientists researched Venus and found ways to put technology on Venus to discover its features. NASA has made simplified electronics made of silicon carbide. Then scientists even suggested hovering over Venus, but it would still be hot at 170 degrees Fahrenheit. They could find ways that humans could adapt to the planet or they could find ways to make Venus even more Earth like.               ",2
"Is this something that kids in History class want to hear their teacher talk about? How Mona Lisa felt? I do not think so , but an art class might want to hear about it.

This should not be taught in a history class. This should be tought in an Art room setting. Like Painting class or Drawing class. The reason I say that is because painting and drawing are alike in some ways. In painting you use paint to ""draw"" your assignment. In drawing you use a pencil,sharpie,or a marker to draw your assignment.

If this was a requirement in History class,this subject would be very boaring and irrelevent in so many ways. But in Art since Leonardo da Vinci painted this there could be an entire lesson on it. Then the teacher could have the students draw/paint Mona Lisa

So I think it should not be tought in any other class than Art. The reason I say that is a lot of kids have at least seen this painting one time in their life. And if they take Art they will learn about it. So there is no sense in wasting time in other classes when they will just learn about it in Art class. I do not think some kids would like to have their emotions read on some type of computar software.   ",1
"In ""The challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author gives alot of examples and support on why venus should be explored. Although the dangers might be to dangerous for anyone to physically be on it, the author shows how we can avoid making contact on the planet and how we could gather information of the planet. In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author gives us many examples on how NASA can study Venus without being harmed.

The author mentions all of the dangers Venus comes with. For example, the author mentions the atmosphere being 97 percent carbon dioxide. (paragragh 3 line 1). In this case the crew on the ship will have to be very careful because if they are exposed to the carbon dioxide in the atomosphere, they will suffocate to death. Another danger the author mentions is the planets surface tempeture and the atmospheric pressure. The surface is 800 degree's Fahrenheit and the stmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on Earth. These dangers are very serious and will be very harmful if any human comes in contact with it. After naming all of the dangers Venus presents, the author gives many examples on how to solve the issues.

In the story, the author supports his idea of studying venus by listing examples on how to avoid the dangers. For example, he mentions how NASA is compelling an idea for humans to study Venus. NASA's compromise is to allow scientists to float above the planet. The author gives us readers a mental picture by having us imagine the scientists floating about the surface of Venus studying the atmosphere and the surface itself. The author lists how the scientists would feel in the blimp like vehicle icluding the tempeture and pressure level but states they would be able to survive the climate.

NASA is also working on some electronics to withstand the pressure and heat of Venus. For example, NASA has made elctronics out of silicon carbide, which has been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface, that can withstand the climate for three weeks. That would be enough time to gather the information the scientists need and return the gadgets home safely. Another project is looking back at old technology called mechanical computers. These computers were used in the 1940's during World War II. These computors are ran by gears and levers and does not require any other electronics. This importanat computer can be very helpful because it can withstand the heat and pressure in the atmospher of Venus. These examples can help persude other scientists to want to do research on Venus and not be effected by the other dangers.

In conclusion, the author showed me that studying Venus is worthy enough to study. The author lists many percautions on how to prepare for the rough climate the scientists will face. The examples the author gives on how NASA is working on getting scientists on venus with new technology is phenaminal. The author gives us a life lesson by stating that dangers in the world should not hold anyone back and that people need to get out and explore. In ""The Challenge of Exploring Venus"" the author gives the readers many examples on how NASA can study Venus without being harmed.                  ",4
"Imagine being able to detect how other people are feeling. even when they are trying to hide their emotion. New software has been developedthat improves accuracyi in perceving the emotions of others. This new sofeware, the facial action coding system, has promising applications for a variety of industries.

I think this technology is cool but i also feel like its a waste of money and time and i feel like its not important. I also think that using this machine on students is wrong. They need to give the students their own privacy. This machine doesnt really serve a purpose other than reacing facial expressions and emothions, you canj do that without the use of the machine thats why i think its pointless. i feel as though this is more of a game or toy then a useful technology.

As you can see, i do not favor the technology and i dont its vailid or useful at all for many different reasons.   ",2
"If Venus is so inhospitable, why are scientists even discussing visits to the planet's surface? Yes, Venus sounds like a planet worth visiting and exploreing. But Venus is dangerous and sending people down to the surface is risking their lives.

The atmosphere on Venus is toxic and unbarable to humans. Venus's atmosphere is made up of ""almost 97 oercent carbon dioxide. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosivr sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere""(3). This tells us that is it likely for a human to die if they go to Venus. Their ships would burn up because of the clouds and they would be left on the planet to die within a few minutes. Venus's atmosphere has ""temperatures [that] average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheris pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet""(3). This tells us that if we send people to Venus the ship will burn up with them inside. and because of the atmospheric pressure, the ship would be crushed and so would everything in the ship.

Venus's geology and weather present more dangers for humans. because Venus's atmosphere is 800 degrees Fahrenheit, ""Venus has the hotest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system""(3). This shows us that no matter what, even if the ship makes it to the surface, it would burn up and so would the humans. the temperature of Venus is very deadly to humans and their ship and equitment. Venus also has additional dangers because of its weather and geology, ""like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface""(3). This tells us that Venus has even more dangers on the surface than just in the stmosphere. Scientist wouldn't even be able to send a probe down to scan the land and get photos of the surface or atmosphere because it would get struck by lightning and be destroyed.

Scientists are talking about sending people to Venus even if it risks the persons life. Long ago, ""Venus was probably covered laregly with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth""(4). This tells us that Venus could have be abke to support human life. Humans could have been able to explore Venus and send probes there to get pictures. But something happened to the surface and atmosphere and it all changed for the worst, and now human can't get close enough to the planet to get pictures of the surface because of the clouds of above it. Venus's suface similar to Earths because, ""The planet has a surface of rocky sidiment and includes fimiliar features sush as valleys, mountains, and craters""(4). This tells us that long ago Venus was just like Earth, they had very similiar fetures and had bodies of land. Venus could have been another planet that could have supported life. This also tells us that Venus could be a very beautiful planet that is worth exploring, but is it really worth a persons life?

Overall, Venus is dangerous and sending people down to the surface is risking their lives. The atmosphere on Venus is toxic and unbarable to huma. Venus's geology and weather present more dangers for humans. Even though Venus's surface and atmosphere is dangerous for humans, scientist are still talking about sending people to Venus. Venus is a challenge for humans to survive, let alone, a chellenge to explore. ",4
"Hi, I'm Kelvin and I go against this technology to read students emotional expressions. This is totaly BS, Dr. Huang and Pro. Nicu made this really cool software called the Facial Action Coding System. Calculating emotions is diferent from coding your face with a 3-D mode of your face that could barely even look like you. Plus there are more than the basic six emotion everbody has. It is still a very cool idea but not for us students.

Dr. Huang said that every facial emotion is universaly the same in paragraph 4, but some people can feel emotions without making that facial emotion on thier face. This software can be an evasion of privacy for students who would not like to be disterb by this software showing it to your teacher and then the teacher would call or give you a private lesson in school. Mixed emotions are even more complecated for the software to know. There are 44 major muscles in our faces are realy cool but, technology is not yet advanced for this to be true. And the Mona Lisa could just be happy.

How can this ""Facial Action Coding System"" even tell the Mona Lisa is 83 percent happy. The technology is not advance enough to say what emotions we have. How can this software even know the emotions we have on a picture. The Mona Lisa is a painting not a picture, so that cannot be corect. Da Vinci Code is something different from Dr. Huang's emotion algorithms. Communication doesn't have to do anything with the software, but maybe us the students.

And finaly this stuff can't be used in public, who is going to use this sofware than the school. Video games are mostly the freedom of choice for most people . And emotional communication will still need to wait for technology to advance. Who is even gona use this. People do not caare what think about us the students. Making privat lessons based on our faces isn't a good idea. Many bad culd use this software to invade privacy from others.

And this is my reasons why I think this software sucks and should never be used.",3
"Many plantes in our galaxy have been studyed by NASA many times. NASA studys even other galaxy light years away too, but thay cant study plant that far away llike thay study here. Take venas for expmal. Venus is one of the plants that can be study up close to our plant and also vary simler to our plant many diffent ways. Here are some way that make venus worth study to despite the dangers.

To began with, Venus size and density are vary closely related and has a vary thick atmosphere like we do but, Venus is to much for us to handle. Venus atmosphere is almost 97 percent carben dioxide and over 800 degrees fahrenheit which is remarkable for plant to be that hot.

Next was trying to get a drone into the atmosphere of Venus but it so dense and hot that is makes liquefy metals. There alwas volcanoes, powerful earthquakes and lot of lighting happing.

Last NASA thinks there might have been life on it and blue oceans like ours by studying the features on Venus. Studing Venus from 30 plus miles is still hot around 170 fahrenheit whis is still to hot for humens.

In conclusison, NASA still dont have the most information on Venus as thay like consider we can only study from a ship orbiting safely away from Venus so we can only get a insight what venus is like.",2
"There are many differant reasons why you should participate in being a seagoing cowboy. These reasons are the following: you are helping people, you are helping their country, and you are helping spread peace.

The first reason that you should consider being a seagoing cowboy is that you are helping other people. You are helping them by bringing them cattle or other farm animals. By delivering farm animals to them you are helping them by giving them a food source. The people you help can eat eggs from chickens or drink milk from cows or even just kill the animals for food. Sometimes you might even just be delivering someone their pet that they shipped to safety therefore reunighting those people with their beloved pets. People can also use wool from sheep to make clothes or rope. That is how you are helping people.

The second reason is that you are helping those people's country. You are doing this by helping their economy. By delivering farm animals to them you are not only giving those people food and materials for themselves but, those people can sell them. By selling food, drinks, and materials or clothes those people are helping their economy and elderly people who cannot care for such animals. They wouldn't of been able to help their economy is they didn't have the animals to produce goods. That is how you are helping their country.

The third and final reason why you should be a seagoing cowboy is because you are spreading world peace. You are spreading world peace by giving another country something they need. If you help a country and its people they are going to take that as an example. They might help another country. Then, that country will help another and it will just keep on going like that. That is how you are spreading world peace.

That is why you should become a seagoing cowboy. You will not only help the countries in need but, also you will be helping their people and maybe even the world. ",4
"If you would like to be a Seagoing Cowboy please read this article.

You may not know what a Seagoing Cowboy is but that is why I'm hear to explain. Seagoing Cowboys get to experience what it's like to tavel to different countries, learn respinsibility, and learn about cultures they might never even heard of. We would like you to be our newest Seagoing Cowboy. After your first trip you might even want to invite your friends to become a Cowboy too.

Seagoing Cowboys see new places, because of the work that they do. They must take food, animals, and supplies to countries who can not grow and thrive after tragic accidents. In the passage Luke Bomberger and his friend Don Reist become Seagoing Cowboys and work together on a boat traveling to Europe. In Europe the people had just fought in World War II and had no food or supplies, not even animals. So the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration sent supplies and animals on a ship to help the people in Europe.

Seagoing Cowboys learn responsiblity by taking care of the animals and crew members on board their ship. In the article Luke must take care of horses, young cows, and mules by giving them water and food, cleaning the pens, and pulling hay and supplies from the lower decks. Seagoing Cowboys not only take care of animals they have to watch out for one another. In the passage Luke was almost knocked overvoard but thankfully a strip of metal caught him and his crewmates pulled him back aboard.

The people who do sign up to become Seagoing Cowboys get to travel around the world and learn about new cultures, eat new and interesting foods, and even get to see amazing landscapes and structures. In the passage Luke got to see the Panama Canal, a castle in Crete, and even spend time in China and Europe. Luke took nine trips from one place and back again-that's the most of any Seagoing Cowboy.

Seagoing Cowboys have great experiences. They learn new thingss and see new places. Plus who doesn't love working with animals. It would be a great experience and lots of fun to be a boy or man to travel to new countries and learn new things. We hope to see you on our next trip and have a great time.        ",4
"Venus is often referred to be Earth's twin. They are different distances from the sun, but astronamers have figured out that Venus may of been able to have many life forms just like our planet earth. For example is says in paragraph 4 Venus has some features that are simular to Earth's such as Venus has a rocky sediment surface, and also have very familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and even craters. All spacecrafts that were put on a mission to land on Venus where failures, but with each failure we may get a bit closer to getting to our goal of getting to Venus.

Venus is very much worth the dangerous pursuit. Venus is a facinating planet such as Earth, since earth is now the only planet with perfect temperature for life and Venus apears to of had the same ability to have life on it as well. We all have therorys of why Venus got the way it is to day and is no longer able to have life on it, but the only way to get on answer is so try out best to get there to do the research. Such as we did to Mars with

the rover ""opportunity."" But Venus is going to be very tricky to get on since there is so much carbon dioxide and Venus's average range of surface temperature is around 800 degrees Fahrenheit (Paragraph 3) and the apmaspher can crush and liquefy a submarine.

With all this information I hope you see my reasoning for thinking Venus is a very fasination planet to explore in the future years, But as i said it will be very dangerous and absoulutly take an extream amount of time before we acomplishment it. After it is done we can cellibrate, even know the only people that will be cellibrating will probably only be the scientist that did it.",3
"I think that the Face is a natural landform not a sign of the aliens. Don't get me wrong, there is a possible that life on an other planet but I don't think this one. When we sent the photos out to the public , we knew it would be a popular decisions in the media. Yes, people are aloud to have an opinion on this topic. The public just took the pictures the wrong way.

One, yes the landform does look like a face like design but people don't think of the shadows

any affect of how the pictures can look as. Let take the Mona Lisa, to make her a relistic, Leorado used shades and shadows to make her look like person. When people see face like things, they start to form a face. Well, since our anccients used that for surival. Two, people think of the Face like

the

Spinx in Egpyt and how ""alien"" built that momuent.

Some people don't think about how the moon has landforms , but that doesn't mean life lives on the Moon. Since the Moon has crater, but still there is no life on it. On Mars, there is not a lot of oxygen or water to support a species. Yes, people can say that they can require different natural rescources, but would they really?

The landforms can form on planet without living like mountains, craters, and cliffs.

I think that people overlooked this landform and made it more than it really is.The Face was just meant to be a picture that can show the beauty of Mars. NASA

likes that the public is

supporting

our studies of Mars and still wants the support to continue. Life on Mar is a case we can close.",3
"The use of driverless cars is something very controversial in todays times. Years ago there wasn't enough technological advances to have cars that can be driven by a computer. I believe that the use of computer driven cars is a bad thing. When one of these cars are on the road there is a chance that there could be a wreck but if that did happen who would be at fault? A person could have been driving and caused a wreck but they could say the computer was at fault. This would let people get by easier when they cause car accidents. There could be obstacles that the car misses when driven by the computer. The computer may not have seen a car in front of it and kept driving. There would be no way of knowing what happened and who would be at fault. Most states dont have laws concerning the cars and some dont even allow you to test drive them.

""In most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars."" This means that states have made it illegal to even test the cars. This shows that they would be dangerous because if there are laws against it there is no way that they are safe. Yes there is no way of telling if normal cars are comepletly safe but, there is no one but the human driver at fault in a normal car. The owners of niormal cars can't say that a computer was driving the car at the time because if wouldn't be possible.

""Even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. If the technology fails and some one is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?"" This means that the cars, if legalized would have to have another law just for them to say hwo would be at fault if an accident happened and someone was injured. It could be the manufacturer or the driver but there would be no completely positive reason for one or the other to be at fault.

If there ever was an accident and somebody was killed by the car. For any other person there would be an investigation. Say the human in the car was drunk. The person could say the computer was driving at the time and there would be no way of knowing if the person was telling the truth or not. What if the law said the manufacturer was at fault? They could have let someone who was guilty of a crime go and charged the company that made the car. How would that be fair to the family that lost someone? It wouldn't be that is why the driverless cars are a bad idea.

There are many reasons for one to say they would be good, but do the good outweigh the bad? If there is a reasonable doubt that the cars would be unsafe, or that they are illegal in most states, they should not be allowed out on the roads because nobody knows what could happen until it does happen. There would be laws for this specific type of vehicle but how accurate would the punishments be if something bad happened because of the car. It wouldn't be equal to that of a driver of a normal car because the smart cars have two options for who to blame. There would never be any way to be sure that the person blamed was the one at fault. That is why the new smart cars being invented should not be allowed on the streets, they are just not safe enough yet.      ",4
"Fourty-five minutes and counting wait for the traffic to move at least a fraction of an inch so I can tell myself that we're making progress. I can understand 2 minutes, 5 minutes, even 10 minutes but 45 minutes! Might as well turn the engine off. I honestly dont understand why fellow citizens, including myself, just change there life style into a ""car-free"" one. There are many advantages from limiting your car usage, and I'm starting to believe that I should  take my own advice on that.

Source 1 states that in Vauban; Germany, residents have given up their cars. It's completely car-free, except for the main thoroughfare where the tram to downtown Freigbur runs, and a couple of streets on one edge of the community. 57 percent of the population mioved there to get rid of their cars. ""When I had a car, I was always tense. I'm much happier this way.""

Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and most importantly, a mother of two kids rather live in a place without cars. She doesnt ever have to worry about a tragedy were her kids ever getting into a car accident. Vauban, completed in 2006, ia an example of a growing trend happening all over the world, creating a movement called ""smart planning"". In this new approach, stores are placed a walk away, on a main street rather than a mall along some distant highway. It gives us and advanges to buy things whenever we want without having to spend money on gas.

(Source 2) The same thing is happeneing in Europe. Paris has enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. On Monday motorists with even- numberes license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same will apply the next day for the odd-numbered  plates that follow .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ",2
"Don't you want to help someone and wake up in the morning feeling good because you know that you saved lifes. Or seeing all different

parts of the world. Or maybe you can meet new people and make more friends. You can do that by joining the Seagoing Cowboys program. You will have a blast meeting new peole and making new friends.

It dosen't matter were you are you can always have something fun to do. You can take a gondla ride in Venice, Ital, a city with streets of water. Or you can tour an excavated castle in Crete and marveled ath the Panama Canal on your way to china. But thats not the most important thing to do. The most important thing to do is help and save peoples lives. You can only do that when you are finished or taking a break. You can always have fun on the ship too. Like if you finished taking the animals to their countries you can play games like baseball, and volleyball games. Or table-tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and also games.

Once you start the Seagoing Cowboys program you can't stop. You can have all sorts of different dutties on the ship. There is something for every one. You better be perpared because you can see some really scary things. Like for example, some countries just finished with their wars so they can look really bad. But you can always help thoose people in all sorts of ways. But most of all is that you help and they know you care. So don't you want to help people and save lives. If you do you can always join the Seagoing Cowboys program.

Don't you want to join and have the time of your life today. The Seagoing Cowboys program is very important to the people. They will be truly grateful of what you did or what you will do. They need your help and they need it bad. why would'nt you want to join its really fun and you get to see the real world. You will really care about the people and they will really care about you. So don't you want to come sign up today and have the time of your life. they will really thank you and I bet you will thank them too.                     ",3
"Many people have car where they live. The thing they don't know is that when you use a car alot of thing can happen like you can get in accidet or the smoke that the car has is bad to breath on if someone is walk but in VAUBAN,Germany they dont have that proble because 70 percent of vauban's families do not own cars,and 57 percent sold a car to move there. Street parkig ,driveways and home garages are forbidden on the outskirts of freiburd that near the French and Swiss borders. You probaly won't see a car in Vauban's streets because they are completely ""car free"" but If some that lives in VAUBAN that owns a car ownership is allowed,but there are only two places that you can park a large garages at the edge of the development,where a car owner buys a space but it not cheap to buy one they sell the space for you car for $40,000 along with a home. The vauban people completed this in 2006 ,they said that this an example of a growing trend in Europe,The untile states and some where else are suburban life from auto use this is called ""smart planning"". The current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailes the passengee cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and up to 50 percent in some car intensive in the United States. I honeslty think that good idea that they did that is Vaudan because that makes cities denser and better for walking and in VAUBAN there are 5,500 residents within a rectangular square mile. In the artical David Gold berg said that ""All of our development since World war 2 has been centered on the cars,and that will have to change"" and i think that was very true what David Gold said because alot thing we need cars to do we can go anyway were with out cars beacuse some people are a very lazy to walk to place thats why they alot of people use car and i think that it was a good idea that that they did that in VAUBAN so people can see how we really don't need car to go to place from place because we can walk from were we need to go or we can ride bycles with out the use of a car. It good that they are doing that if you thik about your help the earth in way and thats a very good thing to. In the United states ,the Environmental protection Agency is promoting what is called ""car reduced""communtunties,and the legislators are starting to act,if cautiously. Maany experts expect pubic transport serving suburbs to play a much larger role in a new six years federal transportation bill to approved this year. In previous bill,80 percent of appropriations have by law gone to highways and only 20 percent to other transports. There many good reason why they should do this.    ",3
"In my opinion, you should become a Seagoing Cowboy. As a Seagoing Cowboy, you get to explore many new places such as the Atlanic Ocean, new places in the United Stated, and China. To cross the atlantic ocean from the eastern coast of the United States, it only takes around two weeks, and about a month to get to China.

Caring for animals always kept me busy. They had to be fed and watered two or three times a day. Bales of hay and bags of oats had to be pulled up from the lower holds of the ship we were traveling on, and all of the stalls had to be cleaned. Helping out on my aunts farm helped prepare me for hard work, but not for all of the dangers of the sea. Takes my word for it, being a Seagoing Cowboy, was one of the best expiriences of my life, and I know you would enjoy doing it too. ",2
"Cars have been an issue to our community for a very long time. Car usage has been a problem to our pollution and emission. Limiting car usage would be able to help eliminate the smog that is polluting. There are beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment. May there be many ways that limiting car usage could be an advantage to us.

In Bogata, Columbia, barely any Columbians use cars as a transportation. Most people hike, bike, skate or take buses. There's such thing as a car-free day because, the whole main goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. """"It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,"" (Selsky, Paragraph #24), limiting car usage would be less stressful by not having to worry so much about cars. People have been fined for causing accidents due to the smog in the air from cars in Paris. Delivery companies even lost renevue when cars were being made. New communities are becoming less dependent on cars. In Germany, areas for cars to be parked are limited, suburbs are becoming more compact and accessible to public transportation. Limiting the car usage would avoid traffic jams, accidents and even death. Cars will never really become a thing that will just disappear into thin air.

If all people did was use cars as transportation, there would be no way in getting that exercise and fresh air you're supposed to get. Due to pollution, it wouldn't be fresh air if everyone keeps driving all the time. Once in awhile, riding your bike or taking walks to places that are nearby where you're staying, would be a healthy decision. Instead of being lazy, walk to wear you're supposed to be.

Advantages in limiting car usage is endless, many reasons come to show that car usage should decrease. Car usage is causing a lot of smog in our air, traffic jams, accidents and etc. If United States had the opportunity to do the ""car-free"" day, it would show our community how much decreasing our car usage would be like. ""After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city."" (Duffer, Paragraph #10), shows to show that limiting car usage should most definitely become a thing.    ",3
"Ever wonder why we havent really been to Venus, yet? Well now here's ur answer why! In the last paragraph of this story the author says ""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travles on earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation"" which proves my point that the author supports the idea of leaning more about Venus. The author tells us how worthy Venus discovers will be depite all the danger the author has talked about int this story. Venus was Earth twin because Venus was the closet plant to Earth, size and in density. NASA has sent spacecraft to Venus so we could discover the mysteries of Venus but sadly the spacecarft were destroyed and thankfully they were no men in any of the spacecrafts that were destroyed. These are one of the reasons why going to Venus is dangrous. In the seven paragraph it states that ""NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions. Another project is looking bcak to an old technology in the 1800s""

You can see that NASA has been busy studying ways to get an man on Venus despite all the dangers. The author supports this story really well, he/she gave us the why and why not so good job author.",2
"The new technology that has been developed, about how computers can now identify human emotions is something that could really benefit students. The technology that has now been developed to read emotional expressions could be very valuable in a classroom because every student has their own type of learning style, it could help teachers develop new teaching styles, and could help the students academic wise.

Different kinds of students learn different ways, there are people who learn visually, there are people who learn by repetition, and there are peoople who have to physically do it. I am more a visual learner, I like to see how things are done, and then I learn how to do it myself, but everyone is different. Since everyone has different learning styles, the teachers can't do all of them and since students don't really like to speak up because tehy're shy or another reason they'd rather stay quiet and not learn the material. By using this facial action coding system, teachers and administrators could see how they could apply more lessons to students, different learning styles.

If this kind of technology was available for students at school it could help improve student and teacher interactions. Like Dr.Huang said ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored"" I know their are some teachers that teach certain ways that students get bored with, and since they find the material boring they would rather not listen. With this technology it could help teachers spice up their lessons and interact more with the students.

Finally, if this type of programming were to be accepted in school environments I think it would help on a major scale. Think about how much more engaged students would be, because they are understanding what they are being taught. And if a student likes, and understands what they are learning it could help them do better on assignments, quizzes, tests. And what kind of teacher isn't happy seeing that all of their students are getting good grades, and the parents would be happy to see that their pupil is doing good in school.

So as you can see by including this kind of software in schools, there could be an increase in learning, student and teacher interaction, and academic wise. The facial action coding system could be a big step in the school system, that could really turn out benefiting everyone in a good way.",4
"Dear State Senator,

After experiencing the dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote in 2000 I realized that the Electoral College is an old fashioned and unfair voting system for our next presidents. The vote of all United States citizens should be taken account but with each state only getting a single vote it is highly inethical for a state with 500,000 voters like Wyoming and a state with 35 million voters like California having the same amount of votes.

The candidates who of course want to win will want to spend there time campaigning in states they think they have a chance of winning over but what about states that they do not think will vote for them? States like South Carolina and Rhode Island during the 2000 campaign didn't even see the candidates at all. This all because of the winner take all system established in the Electoral College.

There are people who still support the electoral college but on what end? They say it has a more certainty of outcome but there have been past cases where the electoral college almost hit a tie. In my opinon the odds of defult outcome in Electoral College is the same as the odds there would be in popular vote for the United States

Past presidents like Bod Dole, Richard Nixon, and Jimmy Carter even agreed to destory the Electoral College. If even presidents want to abolish the Electoral College then what is stopping us from doing so. It's time we make a change to this irrational way of voting and start valuing the opinons of each United States citizen. The only way to do this is to start having direct elections and stop using the Electoral College way of voting. I am positive that this will have a positive affect on how people look up to the government because it will finally make them feel that the government values there opinons.

Thank you for your time and consideration,

PROPER_NAME                           ",4
"The Face on Mars was at first just a shadowy likeness of a human face. Yet, as we focused more and more into the Face the more superficial it became. Is it a Martian? Is there life on Mars?

Well, from the evidence given, it is very likely that the superstions are false, and the Face is just a landform.

The Face was captured again on April 5, 1998 by the MOC which gave a sharper photo. That alone was enough proof to show that the Face is just a landform. Even though it was very cloudy around Mars around that time, it would still be difficult to pass over the Face. The MOC scans over the planet with narrow 2.5 km-wide strips which would make it very hard to miss over the Face.

Lastly on April 8, 2001 NASA captured an extraordinarry photo of the Face. It was a cloudless, summer day which squelched all objections of it being too cloudy around Cydonia to capture a good photo. Each pixel in the photo spans 1.56 meters, whereas the best photo in 1976 only had 43 meters per pixel. The photo was so spectacular that you could zoom in 3 times the pixels size, so even if there were life, small shacks, or pyramids on Mars, you'd be able to see them.

In conclusion, the Face on Mars is just a landform. the 2001 photo gives enough evidence that even if there were life or monuments on Mars you would be able to see them. The photo in 1998 was also a good photo, so good that it would be hard to even miss over the Face. Also, even if there were life on Mars NASA would have no reason to hide it, it would help their company more than it would be a detriment to it. The article states, ""What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or messa--landforms common around the American West.""    ",3
"Good afternoon, Mr. or Mrs. state senator.

I am writting this letter to you in regards of trying to persuade you to help change the election of the president of the United States. For many years, we the people , have fought our way towards freedom, and your assistence has been with us for a very long time, but if we the people have managed to fight for our freedom, than I beleive that we also have the power to choose our president. We can't just have a president based on congres's opinion, we all have different opinions. That is why we all stand as one and decide who we vote for. Instead of having 270 people vote for our president, why dont we have thousand's of people vote for our president.

We decide what is good and bad for us, not congress . Many people ,ie Richard Nixon, Bob Dole, the US Chamber of Commerce, and the AFL-CIO have all agreed on to abolish the electoral college. As the passage say, in 1960 segregationist nearly succeded in replacing democratic  electors with new ones. that means the they might have despise Kennedy, one of our most succesful presidents. After all, the electoral college is unfair to voters, besides the electoral college is pretty old. We are living in the future, where we learned from our ancestors mistakes not just about life but also about politics.  Most people consider the electoral colege as outdated or as an anchronism. By YOU helping US, we could abolish the electoral college.

Thank you for your time from PROPER_NAME ",2
"I believe that the use of this technology would be valuable, as long as students sign off or allow their emotions to be detected by this software. It could be valuable to find learning plans and lessons for all students, so their learning is more interactive for them and more interesting. It could also help detect things such as depression and try report that to a parent or counselor to try and improve their situation. Eventually the software could become so advanced that it could detect suicidal thoughts, in which case, could save lives. But alas, students would have to be okay with this technology being used on them, otherwise it's an invasion of privacy.

A professor by the name of Dr. Huang at Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois is working in collaboration with Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam. Dr. Huang taught a computer what facial muscles equal what emotion. If this software was implemented into school computers, I wouldn't see a problem with that. By implementing this software students could have a more interactive learning environment or a more interesting learning experience overall. But there are still flaws in this software, a student would be able to manipulate the software into only teaching them about a certain subject that they partcularly like. So the software needs more advanced fake emotion detection, and needs to teach things that ""seem"" boring because its still vital information humans need to live. If someone were to dislike math, but really like science and they were never taught math at all, the person would be unable to succeed in life due to this software failing.

If this software is implemented, it should not be used often. Although it can help the learning environment it can also hurt it. While I support the software being used in a learning environment, I do not condone this being put onto personal computers for financial gain or marketing purposes. ",3
"The age of cars has come to a grinding stop. Atleast, That's what the general consensus of these 4 articles seems to be. Although current youth do not see car buying as a major thing in their lives right now, it is highly unlikely it will remain as such because of the structure of an average american lifestyle.

Cars are a massive staple of the world and hold many things together and allow for fast, easy, convenient travel. The young people of today do not currently have to use cars to get where they are going because of many factors such as friends with cars, human powered forms of transportation - such as bicycles, skateboards, etc.-and parents with cars. Once these children move away from home to a college or to a job elsewhere they will need a car to maintain a normal lifestyle. We are currently in a second baby-boom, this means that there are many young people that do not need cars and thus do not have one, swaying the data away from the ""car culture"". While it is true that some people are trying to reduce their ""carbon footprint"" by driving less and using public transportation, the number of them is very small and irrelevant when compared to all people in the world. Cars maintain a large amount of appeal that cannot be found in any other form of transportation: This appeal is that it is your vehicle, to do whatever you want with and be free, it is also easy and convenient to get from place to place, it is a place to hang out with your friends and/or a significant other, it is also faster than any other form of transportation short of a helicopter or plane. Cars have so many benefits that people will not just quit driving because of increased carbon emissions, most of which is not entirely the fault of cars.

While cars do put out a large amount of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, that amount is inconseqeuntial compar3ed to the massive amou nts of carbon dioxide emitted by volcanos and by other human creations. One volcanic eruption emits around the same amount of carbon dioxide in a few hours as the entire country of America does in 10-15 years. Cars are not the true issue here, the main reason carbon dioxide is on tthe rise is because of the lack of trees and worldwide deforestation. All plant life can convert carbon dioxide into oxygen during photosynthesis, this means that more plant life equals less carbon dioxide. Instead of trying to reduce the number of cars in the world and make life harder on many people, the focus of the world should be to increase the amount of vegetation in the world so as to counterbalance the number of cars in the world.

Cars have long been an important factor in the world social, political, and economical structure. Before the second World War, Fuhrer Adolf Hitler decided that his people needed a cheap, basic car so as to increase Germany's economic prowess. Due to this vision Volkswagen, The people's car, was started. Volkswagen marked the start of cheap, affordable cars for everyday people. Although Germany lost World War II, their technology and ideas diffused to much of the world thanks to American and Soviet research. Their idea of a people's car spread around the world and the 1950's marked the start of massive sprawling suburbs that relied on personal vehicles to get to and from work, the store, school, or anywhere outside of the suburbs. This was a totally new type of lifestyle; It wasn't urban life where you could walk or ride a bus wherever you needed, and it wasn't rural where you made everything by hand and didnt travel often. No, this was something entirely new that was brought about because of the advent of cheap affordable personal transportation. Now everyone can get to work relying on only themselves and not bus drivers or train operators, people have a new sense of freedom afforded them by this magnificent new machine, the car.

The same ideas and principles that made cars such an important part of culture and life in the 1950's still remain in our lives today. Cars will remain an important part of world culture until another form of trasportation is easier, more convenient, and/or cheaper. A car gives its driver a fast, freeing, and flexible form of transportation unparalleled by anything today. Car use should not be limited, it should be encouraged.

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"We need to keep the Electoral College because it keeps the elections fair. It keeps them fair by allowing the states to be proportionaly represented. Also it makes sure there will not be run-off elections and keeps the presidential candidates from favoring one region.

The Electoral College keeps the election fair because all states are represented proportianly to the population of the state. This allows for the smaller states to have a more impactfull vote on the president. Since each state is represented equally the election is more fair than if just a popular vote was taken. This system is called unfair by some because they think that their vote is not being heard. This is not true because in source one it says that when you are voting for a president, you are actually voting for who your electors are going to vote for. So if you vote say demcratic, thats a vote going toward the elector voting democratic in turn him or her voting democratic for the president.

If the president was elected by a popular vote, there is a risk of run-off elections as shown in case three when Nixion had 43 percent of the popular vote but won the Electoral College allowing for a fair winner to be elected. If we continue to use the Electoral College a clear winner will always be produces, but if we go by popular vote a run-off election can occur. Some people may say that the Electoral College is unfair because the winner of the popular vote may not win because of the Electoral College vote and that is not true. If the president was elected by popular vote he or she who is running can just go for the big states, win them over and all smaller states are left with no signifigant say in the election.

If the Electoral College was not used it would allow presidental candidates to favor different regions making it seem like he or she was just the souths president or the norths ect. So with the Electoral College it makes the candidates branch out to try and win more states that they usually would not try to appeal to. In source two the speaker says ""The electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance winning. This statement is not true because the Electoral College forces the cadidates to branch out to get more votes. And if the runner knows he or she won't win that state why spend money and other reasources on a rewardless cause.

When all is considered about keeping the Electoral College the only answer should be to keep it. It keeps the election fair by giving smaller states a bigger impact. It keeps run-off elections from taking place, and makes the candidates branch out to other states.    ",5
"It's very fun and educational to travel. Luke was a solider in World War 1 and he was stationed in Europe,during this time war was going on and this wasn't the best time to visit there. But it's a more safe invorment and is known for it's history including the ""World War 1"". When you've had a lot going on at work, just want to do something nice for the kids,or even just tired of the weather a vaction is perfect for many reasons such as the ones I've mentioned. It's also very easy to become stressed and overwheled by work and school;its just best to take a break for it all. You can just go to a beach on an tropical Island or a jungle then come back to a fresh start ready to go,before you know you'll already be planing your next trip back or somewhere esle. You'll also get to meet new people around the world maybe you'll decide to move there. These are simple reasons why its great to travel hopfully you'll concider it.",1
"For someone who does not believe in aliens, this is only but a mere coincidence. We have no facts to prove that it WAS made by aliens, furthermore there being a whole civilization of aliens living on mars. There are many landforms as this one on Mars, and even on Earth, that happen to show some type of face, or object that would rather look man-made or even ""alien"" made. Just because there is a landform that has a shape, and look of a face, doesn't neccessarily mean that there is a life-form living on Mars. For there to be some type of life-for on Mars, yes, it would most benefit NASA, by finding out what is that life-form, how its living, and so on. But for someone to think that alien life-forms made this landform of a face, you can't really say that aliens have done so without having the proper information that shows, ""aliens"" have done so.

In 1976, from the photograph, we can say that yes, it does look like a face. But at this time, technology wasn't at it's highest. Since technology hadn't been as high tech as it is now, we could assume that, of the photo were taken now, yes, it'd be much more different, more defined. More so, there had been more photos taken on April 5th, 1998, with photos sharper than the original, being said that there had been no alien monument after all.

To conclude this argument, you could still go on saying how aliens are real, and how they created this landform. But in reality, no one has the facts to prove that an alien life-form had created this landform. No one has the facts to prove there are alien civilizations on Mars. I only say this because there has not yet been facts, or any information involving alien-life forms or ancient civilizations on mars. Maybe in the future, there will be signs of some type of life-form on Mars, or very odd, peculiar objects that we may find somewhat weird, or, out of the ordinary. It is only, but a matter of time before NASA does find something very odd and out of the ordinary, on any planet, in our solar system.",4
"In mostly every city all around the world, we can find cars. Its become a common thing now. But there are a few cities or countries that are going car-free. There are advantages to limiting car usage.

Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States. In Vauban, Germany, residents are suburban pioneers, and they have given up their cars. They're allowed to own cars, but there's only one place to park: large garages at the end of the developement. Unfortunately, car-owners have to pay $40,000. So, 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move there. This city is an example of a growing trend in Europe, the United States and elsewhere to seperate suburban life from auto use.

While there have been efforts in the past two decades to make cities denser, and better for walking, planners are now taking the concept to suburbs. In this new approach, stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway. In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency is promoting ""car reduced"" communities. Many experts expect public transport serving suburbs to play a much larger role in a new 6-year federal transportation bill to be approved this year according to David Goldberg, an offcial of Transportation for America, a fast-growing coalition of hundreds of groups in the United States.

After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforcewd a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. Motorists with an even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or pay a fine. The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the next day. Almost 4,000 drivers were fined and 27 people had their cars impounded for their reaction to the fine. Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France. Cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions. Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals. Luckily, the smog cleared up enough that day so the ruling French party could rescind the ban for odd-numbered plates the next day.

President Obama's goal is to curb the United States' greenhouse gas emissions. Recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, drving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by. This has left researchers to think: Has America passed peak drving? According to an analysdis by Doug Short of Advisor Perspectives, an investment research company, the number of miles driven in the United States peaked in 2005 and dropped steadily since then. Part of the explaination is that unemployed Americans weren't going to work anyway. If the pattern persists, it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, jsut behind power plants.

With all these changes, people who stopped car commuting as a result of the recession may find less reason to resume the habit. The end of car culture may be on its way. It's not such a bad idea, after all. Bicycles and walking from place to place also promote health and fitness. Breathe happy, live healthy. That's the way to do it.    ",3
"Do you remember the space trip to Mars? Well, another debate is brewing: Should we go to Venus or not? There are two perspectives on this issue. They are the people that want travel Venus (the author), and the people that don't want travel to Venus. There are two inherant issues too. They are the need for futher space exploration, and safety. The author has provided enough information on both sides of the argument, but he thinks that studying Venus is a ""worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.""

This first inherant issue, according the author, is crutial. The people wanting to travel to space believe that we need to go to Venus because it is the planet closest to Earth, in characteristics and in distance. There have been attempts to go the Venus, but everytime the spaceship lands it only survives for a few hours. They believe that we need to get up on Venus and study it. There is only so much we can do from Earth, and right now it's not enough. The author has a lot of evidence supporting the need for space exploration such as ""Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."" (paragraph 8) The author beleive that all of the risks he list in the article doesn't matter becayse we need to take risks sometimes.

The first inherant issue, according to people who don't want to explore Venus, is also a vital part of the arguement. They believe that we have already tried going to Venus, it failed, and why try again. They believe that we have enough information from what we can do on Earth, why do we need to know everything in the universe? They believe that we have already found enough information that we need to know.

The second issue is safety. According to NASA, they have a solution for getting a spaceship to Venus carefully and safely. ""Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans."" (paragraph 5). NASA has a soultion for the safety issue that was recently brought to their attention. The people who want to go and explore Venus now believe that this is one of the final steps toward actually getting off of the ground. If NASA trains astronauts well enough, tries to simulate the conditions on Venus, and everything works well; there is noting holding them back. The author expresses his support for the innovation NASA invented. The author thinks that this the object of the future.

The second issue, according to the people who want to stay grounded on Earth, is important for both sides to recognize. The people in the second perspective say it is not safe to go to Venus. We have tried it unmanned, and the unmanned spaceship counldn't live there for longer than a few hours, so it is too dangerous. ""On the planet’s surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth..."" (Paragraph 3). This quote helps support the second perspective for wanting NASA to kept its space ships from going to Venus. As the quote says, Venus is a very dangerous planet.

In conclusion, the arguement is still ongoing, and doesn't seem to have a clear answer. I believe the stasis lies between finding a need for going to Venus, that isn't just the need for exploration, and a proven safe way to get and stay on Venus. The two perspectives are the author and the people opposing the author. The two issues are is there a need for exploaration and the safety of going to Venus. Therefore, with all the evidence provided to you, you can make a clear decision about if you want NASA going to Venus, or if you want NASA to stay grounded, but the author believes that you should side with him in support of Venus exploration. ",4
"Studying the planet Venus is not the easiest task. The planet has very high surface temperature. They can be as high as eight hundred degrees fahrenheit. The planet also has high atmospheric temperatures. Along with these high temperatures, the planet has volcanoes and earthquakes.

Scientists have sent probes to Venus but lightning strikes them and can destroy them. Even though these have been destroyed, that does not men that we should stop sending them. Humans are filled with so much curiosity so we are not giving up yet. NASA has an idea that can allow scientists to hover the fray.

this woukld aloow us to explore the plaet and learn more about it while not losing equipment or human lives.

NASA'si dea is amazing, however there are some complications that are currently stoping them from pursuing this. Scientists would not have the clearest view of the planet from a safe distance. This woud make photographing the planet difficult. They also would be unable to take samles of the rock and other substances of the planets surface.

We should not let this get us down though. THese are onky chalanges that our very intelligent scientists will one day be able to overcome. There is so much that we do not know about this planet that is in our solar system. It is evident that our scientists reserch and invent technologies that will someday help us to view this planet and other planets as well. We shall not let fear and dangers get in the way or marvelous discoveries.               ",3
"The road to the truly autonomous car

Wouldnt you want a car that can drive by itself? Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009. Their cars had driven more than half a miliion miles without a crash.

In 2013, BMW announced the devolopment of ""Traffic Jam Assistant."" the car can handle driving functions at speeds up tp 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel. They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills ,such as navigating through work zones and around accidents. This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situations requires. This necessitates the car being ready to quickly get the drivers attention whenever a problem occurs.

GM has devoloped driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object. The google car simply announces when the driver should be prepared to take over. Other options under considerartions are flashing lights on the windshield and other heads-up displays. Manufacturers are also considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road. While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver.

Tesla has a projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time. In 2020 the cars that would be able to drive by themself are Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan. Wouldnt you like a car that could drive by itself?                                                                           ",1
"Today I've been called to the NASA facility to discuss a certain topic. I am unaware of what this all about. As I enter the doors to the room where the meeting will take place, I see my fellow coworkers with the same confused expression. Our boss, who is usually quite loud, is unusually quiet, giving us the idea that this is very serious. As he clears his throat, everyone finds a seat and settles down. I take a seat in the back right corner so that I can see everyone expressions during the meeting.

""Hello,"" our boss says loudly, starting his speech, ""and welcome. I apologize for this unexpected meeting. Trust me, I wasn't very thrilled to be here either. But I have gotten some unexpected images from Viking 1. It is very... strange. So without further adue...."" He takes a remote like thing and turns on the projector, showing an image on the wall. As I look around the room from my corner, I see a number of expressions, some confused, some amused, some even a bit worried. But one expression stands out. A new guy, I'd say he's been here for about a few weeks, is two seats next to me, mumbling something under his breath. I give him a strange look. He seems frightened. As his mumbles get louder, more people start to stare. ""Th-The aliens did this.. I... I know it!"" The room bursts into laughter. I give a few chuckles as well. I mean, come on now. Aliens?

""Alright, alright. Settle down now. Have some respect. Let him give his point of view,"" the boss says. I guess he has a point. As the room gets quiet again, all the attention goes towards Mr. New Guy. He begins speaking. ""You guys think it's funny, but think about it! If you think that in the WHOLE universe, we are the only form of life, you're ignorant.""

Is this guy serious?

""Everyone knows that aliens are smart! They could've easily built that landform to mock humans!""

I can't take this nonsense anymore. I casually raise my hand, waiting for the majority to acknowledge it. When I feel that I've gotten enough peoples attention, I begin to talk. ""Listen. I understand that we may not be the only life form in the universe, but do you really think that aliens built that? You said it yourself man. It's a landform. A natural landform."" I slowly get up and make my way to the wall where the image is being displayed. ""Do you see this?"" I point the ""eye"" of the landform. ""This is a shadow. Nothing more, nothing less. As well as this other ""eye"" and the rest of the darkness making it seem like this landform has a face. It's just the angle of Viking 1 and where it was when the picture was taken. It just so happens that it looks like a human face. Now I agree, it is kind of weird. But Viking 1 takes a lot of photos. Don't you think there would be at least a few pictures with aliens making it? Sorry man, but your theory just isn't adding up."" There is a small appause as I walk back to my seat.

Mr. New Guy doesn't look very happy. He looks a bit relieved though. ""Well,"" boss starts speaking, ""I suppose we have our answer already. Just a simple landform. Alright guys. You all are dismissed. Have a nice night."" He begins packing his things. I get up and head out. As I get in the car I sigh. ""Well, that was a waste of time.""",2
"The electoral college is how presidents get elected. But when people vote for president they do not dierectly vote. The electoral collge does not work and is irrational. It does not help anyone and can cause a candidate to lose the presidential election. It just does not work anymore.

The ellectoral college does not work. ""The Indefensible Electoral Collge: Why even the best-laid defense of the system are worng"" By Bradford Plumer says "" The single best argument against the elctoral college is what we might call the disastor factor"". They are talking about how Al gore got the popular vote yet George bush won. This is a prime example how the electoral college doesnt work. The voters were cheated into there win. This just shows how unfair it is. ""The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defense of the system are worng"" By Bradford Plumer says ""Can voters control whom their electors voe for? Not always.""

This basically says it is possible for u to have no input in what u vote for. If your vote does not count then why should u vote. The system doesnt work and needs to be tossed. The whole point of americas goverment is that your voice matters but apparently the electral collge is free from the rule.

The electoral college is out of date acorrding to the article. ""In defense of the electoral collge : Five reasons to keep our despised method of chhosing the presidant"", says "" The elctoral College is widley regradred as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of selecting a presidant out to be [Overruled} by declatring the candidate who recives the most popular votes the winner"". This article speaks the truth. Being a democratic like america the people rule and if this method is not democractic then off with it. It does not benifit us and will do more harm then good. ""In defense of the electoral collge : Five reasons to keep our despised method of chhosing the presidant"", says"" The electoral collge avoids the problem of elections in which no candidte recieves a mojority of the votes cast."" But that should be the reason one is elected. If they are most popular than why do they not get the vote. If they did the best campainge they should get the victory.

The electoral college is old and illogical. It is tired and needs to be replaced. AMerica is a new country and americans like new things. Change may not all ways be fun but it may be right. WHy should americans go through this hell anymore. Elctions are you as an individual trying to get the one who you approve into office. This is wjhy the electoral college is old and needs to retire. For america.            ",4
"In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smiles,"" the author tells us how this new technology called the Facial Action Coding System allows computers to recognize human emotions. For many that would be shocking and interesting. This news has certainly peaked my interest. This new technology could be a major breakthough in many cases. The author gave us many examples to go off of but their are so many more. I believe that this Facial Action Coding System can be used for good when it comes to internal or personal problems, helping to improve students learning process', and to improve the overall way we communicate with our computer.

This new technology as I hope, can be used to solve many issues. When it comes to internal or personal issues or problems that occur, it can be quite stressful or upsetting some times. We could use this technology to read the emotions of a student and identify the changes in there mood. This technology, as Dr. Eckman said in the passage, can detect happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. Suppose a student's family member was in a car accident. This technology could identify that something wrong has happened by the sadness on the student's face. Suppose a student suffers from depression. We could code these computers to not only identy emotions but again, alert to us that something is wrong. This, in turn, allows the student to get proper treatment and help.

Another way that this new technology could help, as Dr. Huang stated, is if it could recognize when a student becomes bored or confused. This is a sure fire way to help thousands, if not millions of students stay focused in school and learn. When the program recognizes the students boredom or agitation or confusion, it could make things simpler or change the way they are learning to best keep them entertained and on board. A lot of students in my very own school are hit with such boredom that they doze off in class. With this new technology that can change.

Have you ever had times where you got frustrated because your computer wouldn't cooperate or do the right thing you requested? I sure have and it is quite often. This Facial Action Coding System could help in those situations as well. If more emotions are put into this system it could detect and find a way to change those emotions if negative. They have technology where you can command your computer or device with your voice, but sometimes that does not work either. This new technology combined with the voice commands could help us communicate or requests and objectives clearly so the computer can understand. Although our devices may not be flesh and blood, they do indeed have brains. Uncapable of many things, but never the less it has a control center. We could better communicate with our devices through this new technology.

This technology, like I have described, can have many good and positive uses. I'm sure you could come up with many just as well as the rest of us. As technology advances we learn to accept it and adapt to it. We use it in everyday life. As you can see, I believe this technology could improve humanity and student's lives by identifying problems and finding ways to fix them, improve learning process', and better our communication with computers and such devices.",5
"To get from point A to point B, whether it be from home to the park or from school to the movies, the logical answer that pops up in everyone's mind seems to be a car. Automibles such as cars and motorcycles are widely used and are integrated into every part of society. But do automobiles really need to be so rooted into everything people do as a society? Cars and motorcycles create a myriad of problems such as congestion and smog. Some societies even legally limit their community's automobile usage to attempt to correct some essential problems. Limiting automobile usage is important, because not only is it practiced globally with tremendous success, but it also largely reduces pollution caused by diesel fuel and brings to light issues within communities and accounts for their resolution.

Automobiles are thought of as a daily commodity in most urban countries, but there are some societies in which usage has been reduced or even eliminated entirely and the positive results may be shocking. In the suburban city Vauban, Germany, residents have given up automobiles for a chance at a life free of traffic sounds and stress. This experimental journey within the town has acheived these and so much more. Their streets are essentially car-free and the lack of garages and parking space allows for up to 5,500 people to live in a single rectangular square mile with any necessary stores within walking distance (Source 1 Par 6). Simlarly-yet on a much smaller scale, Bogota, Columbia has initiated a car-free day in an attempt to eliminate the area's pollution as well as reduce stress. The day is on its third year and has done as hoped. Additionally, Bogota's once pitted and uneven sidewalks have been since replaced and made much smoother, and the city has introduced parks and sports centers, new restaruants, and new shopping centers which are blossoming and thriving (Source 4 Par 28). these changes have created a society both happy and strongly bonded. As wonderful as these positive shifts in society are, limiting autombile usage can do even more.

A limit in automible usage can also benefit communities by reducing pollution-seeing as a large majority of air pollution is created through the release of diesel fuels into the air. Paris, France legally banned personally autombile use throughout the city in order to rid the city's air of harsh pollutants (Source 2 Par 10). France experiences a combination of cold nights and warm days that trap the emmisions from cars, scooters, and motorcycles (Source 2 Par 15).  By significantly reducing the amount of diesel fuels rising to the air to be trapped, the smog had cleared enough within mere weeks that the city was able to entirely lifted the ban. This is a major example of the advantages limiting car usage entails.

Altogether, limiting automobile usage is key to improving society and has myriad advantages such as creating a more bonded and pleasant community and reduces environmental hazards like pollution. Creating vehicular limits is a promising way to change the world as we know it for the better.    ",4
"Driveless cars can be a positive thing and also a negative thing in some ways.One positive thing that its says in the passage is the sensors had become more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers.one negastive thing about the driveless cars that its says in the passage is that if the tecnology stops working is it your fault or the manufacturer.I think the cars or more on the positive sides

The passage says""further improvements in sensors and computer hardware and software to make driving safer are also leading to cars that can handle more and more driving tasks on their on"".The manufacturer had made it easier on the drivers to be way more safer.The passage also says that ""the car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph,but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel"".GM has developed driver`s seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object.The only negative thing if the technology fails and someone is injured,who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer.

My opinion about the driveless car is positive for many reasons.one positive thig that it says in the passage is the sensors had become more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers.Another positive thing that it says in the passage is that further improvements in the sensors and computer hardware and softwareto make driving safer are also leading to cars that can handle more driving taskon their own.The only bad trhing about the car is if the tehcnology stops working who`s fault is it?Driveless cars can be a positive thing and a negative thing.",3
"The author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions by a computer software that can regonize your emotions. The software was created by Prof. Thomas Huang. The software can identify 6 emotions. It can tell if you're happy, surprised, angry, disqusted, fear, or even sad. The software has a video imagery that can trsck your facial movements by identifying a type of emotion.

This type of technology can read art from thousands of years ago. It could even help theatre students practice their facial expression for plays. This software shows creativity of this invention. This software can also help psychologists by showing the true result of their patient's emotion and diagnosing them correctly. This software program can do wonders for big technology in this world.

The software identifys each of every emotion by sudden movement in the face area. For example tightening your lips could identify anger. Or for another example raising your eyebrows can be identifyed as a surprised emotion. This program matches with your characteristic movments of the facial muscles allowing the program to identify a sort of emotion. Any movement of the face can trigger any set of those 6 basic expressions. ",2
"Sometimes things need to change but not in this case. Im in favor of keeping the Electoral College, normally in situations like this you have to choose one way or the other. Not with this, the electoral college is a compromise between election of the president by vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote as stated in Source one. I know that wasnt enough to convince you so let me explain my reasons why i think we should keep the electoral college. My reasons are certainty of outcome and it can avoid run-off elections.

To begin I think that we should keep the Electoral College because it gives us certainty of an outcome. One of the reasons why this is possible is because there is a total of five hundered and thirty eight votes and thats an even number so it can happen. Many people might say what are the chances of that happening. Well it actually happend a few years ago back in two-thousand. One of the reasons for this as stated in Source three paragraph eighteen is ""that the winning candidates share of Electoral College invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote."" As an example from the article Obama recieved 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney, because almost all states award electoral votes on a winner takes all basis. I hope that this information has been able to push you to my side a little more but were still not done. This is one of my reasons why I think that we should keep the Electoral Vote.

Finally I think that we should keep the Electoral College because it can avoid any run off elections. This is good because it solves the problem of elections in which no canadite recevies a majority of the votes cast. Some people might try to convince you and ask you what are the chances of this happening and has it ever occured before? Well I can answer both yes it can happen and it has twice, ounce in nineteen sixty eight with Nixon and a second time in nineten ninty two with Clinton. Both had a forty three percent pluarity of the popular votes, while winning a majority of the Electoral College. Also some people might argue that the Electoral college might turn down potential voters. But knowing the vote isnt going to effect anything, such as Republicans in Texas or Democrats in California they have less incentive to pay attention to a campaign then to care if there president were to be picked. As stated in Source three paragraph twenty three ""this is why voters in Presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think that a single vote can decide an election. Hopefully this has convinced you to keep the Electoral College. This is my final reason why I think that we should keep the Electoral College.

I think that we should keep the Electoral College because it gives us a certainty of an outcome and also it avoids run off elections. I know there are alot of decisions to be made and many things to consider but without this Electoral College we are in big trouble and more problems than you can fathom are going to happen. But in the end this is your decison hopefully you make the right one.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ",4
"the electoral college is pretty bad. you should make the vote go by poplar demand instead of electoral college. one reason is because many people diont understand how it works thus more inclinded not to vote.

everyday pelple want to know whats going on in their government and you erase the fact and make them think the electoral college is the answer. you have to go back to making popluar vote a thing, trust brhu. once in a while ytheir are times when popluar vote wins but electoral loses, this is bad becuase many people like it more but only a few electors  care about really voting. whkle everyone really wants to win others dont reqally know. so mr presidnet make it so that people can vote betteryou nederrd to not respond to my letter just know that u read it. if u make po;luar vote better more popel would use iyt thus making the countrty an  better place. you alsol need tol think of all the familys that need to understadn what the electoral college is. it is a much harder and complex method thna popluar vote.

another reaspon is the complexity of the big states vs. small states. when they are bigger and they have lees things than when they are bigger. if ou have that cponundrum it makes it very hard. man this essay is getting hard to type. i really want to sleep/. but thats what people who wouldd be voting =for the electoral college would say. they need to be much more carefluol in the way the orgaize their thinking and the way that they controilmathe ranking of stsate vs popluation vs electorla college for these reasons here i think that we should make the elcetorla collger iilleagla and punishable by death. we should switch the the polpuar vote . it would be muich betetr to make it that way and people will eb much more inclined to vote.    ",2
"Empty streets,with eerily devoid traffic jams is an example of what happens when a city bans car usage. Cleaner air, and less stress are two of the many reasons why the idea of limiting car usage is becoming popular. Many cities are taking place in what they call a "" Car-Free Day"" in which they participate in a day without cars. Taxis and buses are permitted only, with the goal to promote alternitive transportation. Bikers covered the streets and hikers flooded the sidewalks as a result of car-free day. Violators were faced with fines of $ 25.

A day without cars is considered part of an improvement to many cities. Cars cause major damage to the world around us, smog is one of the many reasons places like Paris are reducing their car usage as well. Car usage reduction has beneficial implications for the enviorment we live in. Paris is a testimony to that statement. With smog polluting the global city, Paris was forced to create a partial driving ban to clear the air. WIth France favoring diesel fuel over gasoline, Paris had more smog than other European capitals. Therefore, Paris decided to make motorists with even-numbered license plates leave their cars at home. Same with the odd-numbered license plates the following day. Reuters claim that up to 4,000 drivers were fined, and 27 car owners had their vehicle impounded due to their reactions to the fines. After the ban was implemented, the smog had cleared enough for the French ruling party to remove the ban off of odd-numbered plates the next day.

Car reduced communities are finding that being less dependant on cars is helping by drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Less pollution is a major goal being achieved by this concept of reduced car usage. "" It's a good oppertunity to take away stress and lower air pollution."" Carlos Arturo Plaza commented as he rode his two-seat bicycle with his wife.

Fellow citizens it is our responsibility to stop pollution, take a stand by reducing your car usage. Ride your bike to school or work instead of driving. Walk to places near by and give your car a break. Consume less gas, stop choking your city. Make an impact today, put your car away. Global pollution is adding to the problems of our global warming today.    ",3
"Venus is a planet that for a fact humans could not live on because of the gases in the atmosphere. Scientist continue to study Venus to gain more human knowledge of the planet. The conditions of the planet are not survivable for humans because the planet does not hold enough oxygen for humans to live and the temperature of the planet is extremely high for a human. The pressure of Venus is pretty flabergasting if it would crush a submarine. Studying Venus is a good thing to gain knowledge about even if there are dangers that comes with it.

Learning more information about Venus would allow the study of Venus to become easier for explorers. The author supports the idea of studying Venus is a worthy pursuit because he talks about the good things and bad things that you can encounter when it comes to Venus. He gives a significant amount of details for the reader to use when they want to know something about Venus. He also allows the reader to know that there are many challenges that comes when facing the planet Venus. When the author says 97 percent carbon dioxide lets the reader know that it is basically impossible for a human to live there.

The author helps the reader understand mostly why humans could not and would not want to live there. The planet surface averages over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the pressure is 90 times greater than our planet Earth's. The environment of the planet could liqufy metals and could crush a submarine. Although Venus sounds fun to study I dont think it would qualify for the living conditions for humans because of the lack of amounts of oxygen, and thats is what we need.

In the last ten to twenty years, researchers have been trying to find a planet that humans could possibly live on. Venus would not qualify for humans to live on because of the high amounts of gases and high amounts of pressure. Even though the anothor believes that humans could possibly live on Venus I think humans could not. The author supports the idea that studying Venus is worthy by stating facts and adding detail with them.

Gaining knowledge about venus comes with good and bad information your going to encounter, especially if your a researcher. The author did a great job of using information and backing it up with details. I think studying Venus is a good thing to know more information about but it comes with a lot of dangers that humans could not handle just because we are humans. The physical conditions of human would be a lot worse just thinking about if we lived on Venus.",4
"The articles explain that the limited use of cars or automobiles is to our advantage. Two reasons that support this theory is that one you won't have to stress about buying a car and making sure everyone has one, and second you will help to protect the environment from the harmful gases of automobiles.

The limitation on cars may have its advanatges because, among the billions of people on this earth many of them own cars. Many vehicles give off harmful pollution gases to the environment and can cause many endangering problems to people as well. Evidence from source 2: ""Paris bans driving due to smog"" can support the following... ""After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a parial driving ban to clear the air of the global city."" This evidnce supports the fact that there was enough smog in the air that led to the prohibition of cars for a limited time. This is to the people's advantage because they were now able to breathe fresh air instead of smog. Another piece of evidence also comes from source 2: ""Paris bans driving due to smog"" ""Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five days of intensyfying smog...[The smog] rivaled with Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world."" This evidence shows that smog causes pollution which is harmful in many ways. It also shows just how much of a difference just five days of limitation on vehicles can help reduce pollution. So the sooner people can see what banning cars can do to their health and well-being then maybe they will see what the love and cherish so much, can actually be hurting them.

Car limitations may be the best thing yet for America and other places in the world. By banning cars we could reduce a lot of stress and the worry about the payments and supplying the vehicle with gas. Evidence that can support this comes from source 4: "" The End of Car Culture""  ""the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was in January 1995....recession, because cash strapped Americans could not afford new cars, and the unemployed weren't going to work anyway."" This explains that many Americans cannot even afford cars. So they go about their days just fine taking public transportation or receivin rides from friends. So by banning cars we could actually reduce the stress of not having a car or making the payments on them... plus we would have better health. Out of the estimated 7 billion people on this earth, it is not guranteed that all of them around the ages of 15 and above are equipped with a a vehicel of their own. Evidence from Source 4: ""The End of Car Culture"" can support the following "" What most intrigues me is the rates of car ownership per househols and per person started to come down two to three years before the downturn,"" Thi just goes to show you that not only are cars bad for the enviornment and people's health but, they are bad financially for people to maintain and keep up. The automobile is what changed America back in the day. But it is causing some damae to us now.

Car limitations have some advanatges that are probably very beneifcial to us. We may think that cars are our only way of transportaion and that you need them to survive but, that is not necessarily true. Cars are great but up to a certain extent.            ",5
"""Travels on Earth should not be limited by dangers and doubts."" The author supports this claim well through the article to lead readers to believe that they should expand their imagination and innovation.

Venus is one of the best planets to observe over all the other planets. It is dangerous, but is the closest planet to Earth and is referred to as Earth's ""twin."" People have sent spacecrafts to Venus before to see the conditions, but have only lasted a few hours. People are smart enough to realize that humans could not handle the conditions on Venus. This does not mean that people should stop trying, because there are already some solutions to solve this problem.

It is a challenge, despite how close the planet is to Earth. The fact that Venus is so inhospitable makes astronomers want to solve the problem of the conditions even more. What also makes them fascinated is that Venus once use to be the most like Earth. The author states, ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system."" Scientists predicted that Venus was most likely full of oceans and various life forms, just like Earth. This is another reason that scientists want to find out about the mysterious planet.

NASA already has ideas of how humans could study Venus. ""NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray."" What the author means by this statement is that humans need to avoid the bad ground conditions and stay above them, like airplanes fly above storms. This means that humans could survive the conditions about thirty feet above the planet while observing it. The problem is there is limited eyesight. The author states, ""Many researches are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus."" NASA has already found a way to observe from afar, and researches are still working on ways to increase what humans know about Venus. By using this statement, the author is stating that people are being very cautious about the dangers, and would not allow a person to risk their life by going on a spaceship to Venus. NASA will wait unless they are sure that the machines can take the conditions.

The ideas that researches from NASA have so far include, simplified electronics made of an element called silicon carbide. The author wrote, ""Electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions."" More projects include, mechanical computers that had an important role in World War II. People find it shocking that these old compters could help find more about Venus. ""These devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all. Modern computers are enormously powerful and quick, but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions."" It is a risk to go to Venus, but the precautions, technology, and science that are being used to solve the problem of the inhumane conditions could make it safe to observe Venus.

The claim the author made about studying Venus despite the risks is proven by what he states in the article. He stated solutions to the risks and dangers of Venus. He stated why Venus is an important planet to observe. He wrote how NASA is still researching ways to solve the condition problem. If there is a solution out there to study Venus that will be safe to humans, then the risks on Venus matter a lot less. This statement is especially true since what is on this planet could lead to major discoveries and is scientifically productive. The author states, ""Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors."" Humans observe risky things all the time, including the depths of the ocean. People have solved many dangerous problems, but still continue to find intimidating endeavors, because humans are curious, imaginative, and innovative. Venus is the nearest option for a planetary visit. The discovery of what is on this planet could lead humans to amazing discoveries that could not be found out if humans play it safe. The author claims this statement in the article and proves that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. ",5
"Ever wonder what is like if every one stop using their cars? Imagine how the world would be now. The earth would be clean, we dont have to be worring about the air pollution no more. Many countries are eliminating cars and making people walk to work, school and the mall or somewhere else. In Vauban, Germany every one has given up their cars, the streert parking, parking lot, and garages are forbidden. Almost everyone goes walking or they ride their bicycle. Vauban is a ""car-free"" city. Many people sold their cars to move in Vauban, so that they can live peacefuly and not be so stress over a car. Cause of this idea almost every country is starting to do this. This will help the world to be a better place.

In Paris,France, they have ban driving due to smog. Paris has been recording the pollution and they have realize that it got out of controlled. People who drives motocycle they would be fined, they would have to pay $31. Almost 4,000 drivers were fined according to the agency. Car traffic when down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five days of intensifying smog. Diesel fuel makes up 67 percent of vehicles in France. Paris has more smog that any other European capitals. Scientists have found that Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter, that is the highest compared to London and Brussels. Now the smog had cleared enough because of the ""car-free"".

In Bogota,Colmbia, Car-Free day is spinning into a big hit. People that live in Colombia hike,bike,skate or take buses due to the Car-Free. It has been three years that Colombia have been doing these. They banned cars except buses and taxis in the capital city of 7 million people. Their goal is to remove smog and to promote alternative transportation. Colombians that dont not participate and use their car will get fined and they would have to pay $25. Carlos Artura Plaza says ""It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower pollution"". He rides his two-seated bike with his wife every day when they have Car-Free day. Other cities from Colombia decide to participate on this event. This campaign had started in the mid-1990s, over 118 miles of biclyce paths have been created.

In recent studies, Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes. Last yera a study was found that young people driving has decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009. In USA there has been a large drop in percentage of 16 to 39 years olds getting a license. In other states like New York, they have a program that you get to share bikes. If other countries satrt doing the Car-Free day campaign it will help the Earth, there wouldn't be no more smog and air pollution.    ",2
"In the article, the author suggests studying Venus is, despite the dangers, a worthy pursuit. The author supports the idea of studying venus more by explaining how beneficial it would be to people for them to know more about another planet.

As said in paragraph eight, the author states that human curiosity will lead to ""imagination and innovation"". The author has already explained in paragraphs five to seven NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) is already creating possible solutions for how to be able to learn more about the planet that involves either machines or people. One example is allowing scientists to float above the planet but still be able to study it from afar so they will have a lower chance of being harmed or injured during the travel. Another solution would involve innovation so machines could last longer on the planet's surface so the machines would be able to contibute to more knowledge of the plant.

It is true that Venus is a worthy pursuit. It is difficult, almost impossible, to reach Venus and gain more information than what is already known. Therefore, to be able to develop a machine that can last much longer than a few hours after landing, or to be able to send scientist to Venus safely without incident or injury, it would be a great accomplishment.",2
"I am in the Seagoing Cowboys program and you should be too.

You take care of cattle that are shipped over seas. Some people are proud of me some people are not. The text states, ""UNRRA hired Seagoing Cowboys to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped over seas.""

We take not only cattle but supplies like food supplies. We took these to help. We help countries that were in ruins. The text states, ""It was 1945, World War II was over in Europe, and many countries were left in ruins.""

The text also states, ""To help these countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more.""

I turned 18 befor we got to greece.

Which means I can join the military.

They let me keep doing what I was doing for survice.

The text states, ""Luke turned 18 which means he can be drafted for military survice.""

The text also states, ""When my draft board learned that I was on a cattle-boat trip, they told me to just keep doing that for my survice.                               ",2
"i would want the electoral vote to be changed or to change the election by popular vote. Because the electoral college does have some things in it that are procieved as wrong and people want to change about it. And honestly i think i would be alot better if it was just the popular vote because then mre people would be satisfied with who their president is. Knowing that its someone they voted for ad not someone in which the electoral college votes for and decides to make the president. some presidents win the popular vote but still lose the presidency because they didnt get enough electoral votes. I would prefer a direct vote from popular votes.

I dont think it is that much fair if someone wins the popular vote but still dosent get picked to be the president because of the electoral college. In the electoral college voters dont vote for the president they vote for the state electors and thats not want they should be voting for they should be able to directly vote for the president that they want.    ",2
"Hello, I'm PROPER_NAME and I will show you why you should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. if you want to go to many unique places around the world and help people in need while doing it, this is the program for you.

Bonuses of joining the Seagoing Cowboys program from the article is,'' Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China, but seeing Acropolis in Greece was special.'' Other reasons to participate is after the animals have unloaded, the cowboys would play baseball and volleyball in the stables where the animals were. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, writing, and games will also help pass the time. You will be opened up to a whole new world.

While your onboard you will have to work hard keeping the animals healthy and clean up the stables every day. You will have to know that you will have to take risks and possibly get hurt, but wouldn't you rather die or get injured helping someone than not helping them at all.

Join the Seagoing Cowboys program today, and help somebody who has lost everything in their life. You will see that this is an opportunity of a lifetime.   ",2
"DOES ELECTORAL COLLEGE WORK?

I think is the electoral college is important  that is established it in the constitution in the country . the security in the person. for good electoral gollege have much progress congressional , election and vote .no easy. the diferent  person think the ideas diference through. they think easy the working realize and think delit and no just election and vote for person is going tramp and the diferent person think is no just that president have more the time stablished is incorrect other person necesity have oportunities in be elector.

The electoral college is popular for used.''Abolishing the electoral college! They're not alone; according to a Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly after al gore-thanks to the quirks of the electoral college-won the popular vote but lost the presidency , over 60  porcent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. the dirent argument in united states '' the single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor'' te united staste have diferent forms the using electoral college sometimes state conventions, sometimes the state party's central committee, sometimes the presidential candidares themselves.''the senate would choose the vice-president. the diferent senator's popular did diferences electoral college in parts of the united states. example : ''Nixon, Jimmy carter, bob Dole, the U.S camber of commerce, and the AFL-Cio all.''

One example ''republicans in california. knowing their vote will have no effect , they have less incentive to pay attention to the campaigh than they would have if the president were picked by popular vote.... but of course no voter's vote swings a national election, and in spite of that, about one-half the eligible American population did nvote in (2012)election''. In electoral consist in vote that person going is necessary much candidate for fine electoral college "" the electoral college consts of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president."" The electoral collage is ver important in big responsability for status."" After the presidential election, your governor a 'certificate' of scertainment' listing all of the candidates who ran for president in your state along with the names of their respective electors."" the responsability the electoral college is better status. the candidate is going election and promosion for going electives'' However, maine and Nebraska each have a variation of '' proprotional representation..''

In conclusion, the text electoral college is import for status. The electoral college is big method of selcting that using very good for election in candidate and president and diferent causes no required. In the electoral college requires president and candidates for diferent region. So region have president or candidate that proportion benefic and help for person much through. the united statates is country in much posibilies where using better the electoral college . where going good the through and using more democratic.                    ",1
"You may think it was created by aliens, but can you really support that?

From what scientists have researched, they found many evidence to support their conclusion.

Some people do think it is the work of aliens, but many people have more resonable explanations.

That they can support from evidence they have either seen, watched, or heard about, that make it a valid explanation.

First off, scientists thought it could possible be just another Martian mesa, because they were common around Cydonia.

Most of all they wouldn't send pictures and information out to the public without being possitive about their discoveries.

Escpecialy if they knew how big of a pop icon it would turn out to be.

It has starred in Hollywood fils, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows, and even in a huanted grocery store checkout line for 25 years.

I do however understand your resoning for thinking it was created by alliens because...

Even though Martian mesa's were common in Cydonia, this one had a unusual shadow that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh.

Many people also thought the allien marking were hidden, because of haze.

Sense it was a cloudy time of the year for the Red Planet.

In the end the scientist concluded that it really was the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa.

Butte and Mesas are also very common around the American West.

Garvin says ""It reminds me most of a Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.""

""That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars,""",3
"Many people have cars its there way of transportation however there are places where there is no need for a car, and not having a car has its advantages.

In source 1: in German suburb, life goes on without cars says that ""vauban streets are completly car free."" the reason for this is that there streets are filled with bicycles and the wandering children drown out the occasional distant motor. In the United States the Enviromental Protection Agency is promoting ""car reduced"" communities. the reasoning of this is because there is less space for parking. The United States are promoting new communities that are less dependant on cars. there saying private owned cars by the burgeoning middle class are chocking cities. :80 percent of appropriations have by law gone to highways and only 20 percent to other transport.

Source 2: Paris bans driving due to smogs says that driving is poluting the air because of the feums and littering. The people who did not follow the order of leaving there cars at home ""suffer a 22 euro fine because there banning the cars to clean up their citie streets from all the pollition. Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of france from banning the cars. the pollution on diesel fuel was bad and there ar 67 percont of diesel vehicles in france.

Source 3: car free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota. Transportation for them was they biked,skated or took buses to work during a car free day leaving the streets of his capitol city eerily devoid of traffic jams this has been the third year that cars have been banned for that day. the goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. when you did not do as they said and violated it would be a 25 dollar fine. when it rained it still didnt stop the people of bogota from participating in what they where trying to acomplish "" its a good opportuninty to take away stress and lower air pollution"" said businessman carlos. from banning cars and stuff for proventing smog parks and sports centers also have bloomed thoughout the cities. reducing car use has hepled with pollution and has brought many opportuinuties aroud your comunity.

Source 4: the end of car culture president Obama ambitious goals are to curb thr United states greenhouse gas amissions was unveiled last week. over the years that go by many Americans have been buying fewer cars ,driving less and getting fewer license. with less car use there are being a culture shift. the less use of cars provent car crashes people dieing and smog and more public areas beacuse there is more space.

Reducing use of cars has alot to offer and its is good for the community. it really comes down to how your feel about the situation accuring.    ",2
"This process doesnt need to make a huge change just some where it can be fair to vote. As it was stated canidates never spend time with other states and they feel their votes dont really count during the election. I think it would be better if the canidates would vist every state and talk to them about what changes would be made if theyre the president.

The state legislatures are more responsible than us as voters so probably our vote doesnt really matter. Also the elctoral college truly dont pay attention to the problems about the votes and states that dont have a spark of hope that arent effected by the election but in elections it gives the chance as voters to express that political knowledge and background who would be best as our president.

Other than that the other side of the argument is reasonable too. Theyre good outcomes to it like the voter most of them upstate really pay close attention to the election they take all this information on each canidates to know who to vote and they are the most thoughtful during it. The Electoral College is not only for the president when you vote its for the elctors so its important to choose the right president.

In Conclusion, its kinda in between on wanting to have it or not like theyre pros and cons on keeping it.                                                                                          ",3
"Would you make a choise to do the Seagoing Cowboys program? Well if I were Luke I wouldn't go beacuse there are alot of other things he could do. He could stay in his home town and do the job he already has.

If I went I wouldn't be able to see my family every day. I like to have an oportunity to see my family a lot like you do most of the time. We go play cards and go out to eat all the time. When you aren't with your family for a while, don't you get scared? I like my family and I have them by my side to help me with what I need.

If I went on the trip and started a job on there, I could probly make more money than working at a store. It would help me with things like getting a new car because I would have a lot more money. I could make a lot of money but it is a dangerous job. I could die from it if something goes wrong with the boat or if I fall off the side of the boat. Would you really risk your life just to make more money and buy nicer things for my family? I know I wouldn't.

If I were on the boat, I wouldn't have much of anything to do. I would have my friend but what could I do with my friend. I would be awake while my friend would be asleep. If we were up at the same time we couldn't plat football or anything like that. So that means we couldn't do a lot of things to do together.

After thinking about it I still wouldn't chose to go on the Seagoing Cowboys program. Think about all the things I talked about. I wouldn't be able to see your family. I can probly make more money but risk your life. I can't do anything on the boat. So I would not chose to go on that trip.",2
"It was me and my other scientist friends in the lab discussing the ''The Face on Mars'' I told them it was just a enormous rock that was two miles long that's all we usullaly see things like this and they kept responding it does have a mouth, head, and eyes so what should we think. All the scientist now believes that the face is an alien artifact but it is not and here is why.

In May 24,2001 twenty five years ago when it happen. Our sister ship took a picture of a shadowy likeness of a human face. There's not an actual human face on the planet Mars then I told them there are two keywords likeness and shadowy. Then my friend Ben said a few days later NASA unveiled the image , but then I quote it was a huge rock formation which rembles a human head formed by shadows giving illusion of human parts.

Then in April 5 1998, when Mars Global Surveyour flew overv Cydonia for the first time and there people took ten times better images and said it was just a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all. Then my friend Ben started to understand until his friend Jeff said April,1998, a cloudy time of year on the Red Planet . The camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy, white clouds to see the face. They say they were alien markings were hidden by haze.

Finally I told him that it was just a big old rock with shadows covering it. And other scientist say it is just another enormous rock.",3
"Why would you want to limit car usage. When you use your car people are making money. People need a car to far away places fast. cars are expensive, thats because people keep adding on to it and making it more fancy and of corse its going to be more expencive.

If you limit cars most gas stations would be going out of bussniess and car places. gas stations buy the gas for cars to use yeah the gas is expensive but we need it and car dealerships would have so many cars they wouldnt know what to do with them cause no one would but them because there car would be limited to use so there car would be brand new. yes people are losseing alot of money from cars but its worth it cause we need to get places. if you make cars fancy yeah your going to have people to want to buy it but thats because you want them to buy it cars are killing the envirnment up though because the gas the people tearing into there grass people dont relize it but cars should just be used to get places and then stay there and then when there done go home. i mean if they can make a car that can scene if there drunk and wont start i would buy that car because it would tell you not to drive becaus eyou are drunk that will slove so many deaths and drunk driver accident problems. instead of making cars fast and look slicker and nicer and have the car talk to you with blootooth thats just dumb in my opion i wish they would just make cars more reasonable with things that really matter than just look nicer and more for rich people alot of people can afford cars so they should lower all prices and they would make more money becaus emore stuff will be sold like the drunk deceter car     ",1
"Luke has a certain point of view on convincing others to participate in this program.

Luke has this point of view because he thinks the trips were fun on board and he feels it opened up the world to him.

It also made him more aware of the other peoples needs in other countries.

The awarness stayed with him and thats why he feels this way about other people participating i the program.

In the story it states that ""Luke also found time to have fun on board.""

I think this helps his point of view because he is convincing others to go on this fun trip.

The text also states that these fun activities or games helped them pass time.

Luke's point of view might of changed by having fun and thats a part of why he is convincing others to participate.

In the text Luke said ""It opened the world to him.""

The text states that he was grateful for the oppotunity.

It also stated that it made him more aware of people of other countries and their needs.

The passage says that the awareness stayed with him.

Why he is convincing others is because he is trying to say that this trip will open the world to you and make you relize other peoples needs in different coutries.

Luke's point of view convincing others to particapate is to show that he had a fun time doing it and he had a more understanding or awareness of peoples needs in other countries.

He is also convincing you becasue he said that the awarness stayed with him.

This changes the point of view by saying if you participate in the program then this awerness will stay with you and make you want to convince other people to participate.

In conclusion Luke wants to convince you to participate in this program and relize the needs of people and to also convince other people to join the program becasue of what learned and what you understand know from the program.",2
"Luke's point of view is convincing others to participate in the seagoing cowboys program. His experience with the program had opened up the world to him and he has experience some exiting events. As seen in paragraph 9 it says '', It opend up the world to him"". It also says ''it made me more aware of people of other cuntries and there needs"". I like that Luke had aggread to go on the trip and that he is engoing it after he broke his ribs because that means he has a good spirit. I did injoy this story and people shuld participate in the program.

Luke's participation in the progran hays allowed him to experince adventures and visits to many unique places. Such as when he saw the Acropolis in greesce was special. He also saw Europe and China. There took about two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China. Luke also saw Italy with streets of water. He is a lucky person to see those great places.

Luke is likes the program good all its good things. So i whould go and other people shuld to.         ",2
"The article

""The Challenge of exploring venus"", venus is sometime called the evening star beause it is closer to the earth and also he brighet points of the light in the night sky. Venus is the second planet from our sun and also humans are curious about studing venus because venus still has some features that analogous to those on earth, also venus won't be more of a risk instead the challenge of going there to see. The author support is idea of studying venus by explaning that venus still has some feature that are anlaogus to those on earth and it allows scientists to float above the fray.

The author supports is idea of studying venus by explaning that venus still has some features that are anlataogus to those

on earth. in the article it shows that the venus is the same thing as the earth surface, venus was coverd largely with oceans and it could have supported varrious forms of life, just like earth. In the article is stated that venus has the hottost surface temperature of any planet in our solar system even through mercury is closer to our sun. Studying venus is a good idea because it make them look for futher history or information about it. in the article, in paragapnh 4 it says that "" the planet has a surface of rocky sediment and inclides familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters"". This explains that venus can be consudered by studing it because of all this featureand how safety they as the earth it self.

The author also supports is idea of studying venus by explaning that it allows the scientists to float above the fray despite the dangers. In the article it shows that the NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of venus would allow the scientists to float as they want to, for example a vehicle hovering over venus would aviod the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and going out of their way and they will all be safe without any danger or any conditions on their way. Furthermore, the researcher can't take samples rock, gas, or anything else, from the distance so they are seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand that ""venus would need to get up close and despite the risks or maybe we should think of them as challenges"". mordern computers are enornously powerful, flexible and quick but tend to be more delicate when the physical conditions comes. This explains that

with all this equpiment listed here it can be made useful for any conditions on there way and have their own safety.

The author supports this idea of studying venus by explaining that venus still has some features that are analogus to those on earth and it allowas the scientists to float above the fray. Striving to catch up with the challenge of venus has values not only that of more opporunity of seeing or curious about the earth and not to be afriad of the risk but instead let make explorates by our ideas and imaginations.                ",3
"Emotions are what you feel on a daily basis sometimes you can be happy and something you can be sad. In this passage ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"" students from the University of Illinois collaborated with Prof. Nicu Sebe from the University of Amsterdam. They developed better ways for humans and computers to communicate. The technology to read emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because it can how how the student is feeling and it can help see if the student is enjoying what it is learning.

One facial expression can give it all away of how you are feeling. Facial Action Coding System can identify mixed emotions, each expression that is being made is compared to a neutal face that is not showing any emotional. If a student is having a bad day or something is wrong with them the software will instantly let them know how they are feeling. As in the painting ""Mona Lisa"" they were not sure what her emotions ""she's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disguested, 6 percent fearful and 2 percent angry.""

Another reason it is valuable is it can help see if a student is enjoying what it is doing. For example in the passage it says ""A classroom computer coul recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored."" If that were to happen it would be able to modify the lesson such a effective human intructor.

The use of technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. Examples of why it is vaulable are while a student is working on a lesson the computer can find out how a student is feeling and seeing if a student is enjoying what he or she is learning.                               ",3
"Informing fellow citizens about the advantages of limiting car usage. In paragraph three it state, ""As a result, 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here. ""When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,"" saide Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two, as she walked verdant streets where the swish of bicycles and the chatter of wandering children drown out the occasional distant motor."" What this statement is saying is that if you do not own a car or those who have sold their car(s), life will propably be less stresstful. You won't have to worrying about wasting money that you can be using on food and things for your children, on gas. One less thing to worry about. This is one of many other advantages of limiting car usage.

In paragraph fourteen it states, ""Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog...[The smog] rivaled Benijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world."" This statement means that car traffic has gone done in a big amount of percentage, not only in the capital of France but in cities of big population. This one other advantage of limiting car usage.            ",2
"How the author support his suggests that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents is, venus is one of the brightest point of light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to sopt.

Venus is the secoynd planet from our sun.

Venus is also referred to as Earth's twin, Venus is also the clostest planet in distance.

Venus is sometimes right around the coner in space terms, humas have sent numerous spacecraft to land in the cloud-draped world and no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours.

Venus has not been touch by any spaceship for more than three decades.

The article also said, ""on the planet's surface, temperatures averge over 8-- degrees fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on earth; such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving in the deepest part of our oceans and would liquefy many metals.""

At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth.

Solar power would be plentiful and radiation would not ecceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans.

These are the reasons why the author suggested that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it present.",1
"In this aricle , the author its trying to you take you to Venus with all the danger. For explain, in paragaph 1 it say that ""Venus is simple to see from distant but safe vanage point of earth, it has proves a very challenging place to examine more closely "" its is ever challenging visting, trying to do go and rescreach on a plant where you dont know anything about it.

Venus is the twin of earth, right around the corner. In the pharagh 2, it say, ""humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud draped world."" Every previous mission was unmanned. You may be asking yourself why , because no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours . They belived thats why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus. Its a really challeng for plant for human to study.

One of the challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acis in Venus atmosphere. On planets surface, temperatures avarage over 800 degrees , and the atompheric average 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar systems.

Let me tell you this , long ago Venus was probably covered largely with and COULD

have supported various froms of life, just like Earth.

Venus can be save to resreach but what person would want to do at ?

NOT EASY CONDITIONS , FOR HUMANS!   ",2
"The Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. This new software has a promising applications for a variety of industries. ""Can we actually calculate emotions, like math homework?"" ""How can a computer recognize the subtle facial movements we humans use to express how we feel?""

The process begins when the computer constructs a three-dimensional computer model of the face. All forty-four major muscles in the model must move like a human muscle. Movement of one or more muscles is called an ""action unit."" The facial expressions we use for each emotion is universal. The software can identify mixed emotions.

The software is the latest innovation from Professor Thomas Huang. Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate. He then relies on his pyschologist Dr. Paul Eckman, the creator of Facial Action Coding System. He has classified six basic emotions like happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness.

In the article ""Making Mona Lisa Smile"", it tells us how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. ""Why would they want this?"" Some students could use this software on there computer to use for when they have no one to talk to, to use for homework like instead of looking it up on the internet they could say,""hey computer what is two plus two."" This could be the next siri, but on the computer.

For students in a classroom to use this software could be valuable. The article, the psychologists, and the professor tells us the good things about this software. The Facial Action Coding System, we can use it for anything. You can also use it for anamonical information.

The Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Yes, we can actually calculate emotions, like math homework. The computer can recognize your emtions through software and through a special program Dr. Paul Eckman created. ",2
"Hello my name is Luke Bomberger and, welcome to the Seagoing Cowboys program, you can't stand animals getting hurt or even worse so join the program to save the little critters. Now don't just sit there lying on the sofa, come help us save animals and the plants, so they both don't get hurt.

Being a seagoing cowboy is much more than an adveture, it opens up everyones world world. Here at the program, we have all sorts of fun, volleyball,baseball, and even table tennis tournaments and more.

You can be 18 because when me and my friend were here I just turned 18 and I was here that is how I got my start, we got here August 14 the Pacific war had just ended. We headed for Greece with a cargo of 335 horses plus enough hay and oats to feed them.

In 1945 i have made nine trips the most of any seagoing cowboy, it was not brevity to cross everywhere to where i needed to go, I also toured Canal on his way to China. It took two weeks to croaa the Alantic ocean form the eastern coast of the united states and a month to get to get to China.

We need more people to help us with this program, so why don't you just join us already come on it will be fun.   ",2
"I am for the value of using this technology to read students emotional expressions. This would be a gret way of futher advancing techology by starting this on the students in the classroom. "" A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"" Dr. Huang predicts. With this technology being able to read the emotionjs of the student, the it could be able to modify the lesson to further intrest the student. A computer that knows when youre happy, suprised, angry, disgusted, scared and sad sounds pretty cool, right? Most people would say so, this advancement in technology is amazing, but people may not be able to afford it. This would be great in classrooms because most teacher dont know that a child does not get the subject if the child does not say anything about it. With this technology we can help the children learn better and easier in the classroom.",2