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There is no question that the driverless car is a technological advancement in today's society. However there is a very, very importanat question that has yet be completely answered. The question is this; is the full use of a driverless car a necessary technological advancement? The answer is yes to this important question, as the driverless car is a necessary technological advancement. The first reason is the infinite possibilities taht a driverless car offers that would benefit society. The second reason is the safety that a driverless car could offer if it's completed fully. Both of these reasons in support of the driverless car could benefit society in many ways. The technological advancement of the driverless car is a necessary one and would benefit society. The developmentment of a driverless car would offer infinite possiblities that would provide many important benefits. One such benefit is that the driver would have the ability to both rest and relax. some may argue that the driver should never be resting and relaxing when at the wheel. However, if the driverless car was completely developed then there wouldnt be a need for the driver. A car driving itself while the driver relaxes is a better alternative than a tired sriver. Also, as mentioned in the passage, if every car was driverless, the transportation efficiency / speed would excel. If every fleet car was on the same system, the transportation would be both efficient and flawless, There's a common saying that computers do not make mistakes no matter what circumstance. Of course, if a car is driverless then it will be on a completely computerized system. Think of a car that makes no mistakes. Would this not result in much higher saftey? Think of a driver that makes no mistake. Would this not result in a much higher saftey? A common person would want the highest safety that they have while they are driving. Unsafe driving is a result of driver mistakes, so what if the driver made no mistake. The answer to the concern of unsafe driving is the driverless car, without a doubt. Use of driverless cars would definitely be the safest way of transportation that is possible. Clearly, the development of a driverless car is one of society's very great technological advancements. The question still remains that the devlopment of driverless car a necessary technological advancemnt. The answer to this question has yet to be determined to the point where it'S certain. People will continue to develop their own answer, until the question is fully answered for them. The answer to the question is yes, as the devlopment of driverless cars is necessary. The use of a driverless car would provide infinite possibilities in today's very problemed transportation world. Also they would provide maximum safety to those wh are being transportated in the transportation world. The technological advancement of the driverless car is a necessary one and would benefit society.

I will be telling you about a story called "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves." I think it is a good story. In the story it tells about a boy who signs up with his friend to be in a cattle boat job in the passage it said " The UNRRA hired "Seagoing Cowboys to take care of cows,horses,mules,and more over seas. Luke and Don signed up for the job." Luke got to go all around the earth and deliver cattle. Lukes job on the boat was to check the cattle every hour. Luke got to go all around the world and see amazing places they had allot of free time so they visited many places. Luke visited greece luke got to see the Acropolis. They saw China,Europe,Italy,and more. Luke got to stay in these places and got to see many things. Luke liked the job working as cattle delivers. In conclusion Luke had allot of fun and Luke got to see allot of things in other countrys. I think it was a good story. At the end of the story Luke says "I'm grateful for the opprotunity. It mad me aware of people in other countrys." I hope that you saw Lukes point of view and it convinced you to be in the Seagoing Coyboy in the program.

While driveless cars a cooler driving yourself may be a bit more safer. Everyone knows a driveless car is awesome but has anyone ever thought about the cons of getting in a driveless car. A driveless car are like a little computer so what happends when it fails on you. Technology isn't always reilable. If the technology fails and some one gets injured who is to be blamed? Cars still need human assistance for what they can't do. Some cars can steer , accelerate, and brake themselves , but no car can navigate you through work zones and around accidents. Why would we want a driveless car that can't drive its self? Traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. Although driveless cars are cooler for humans safety should be our first certain. We as humans have more of a say so of who protects us and technology isn't always reliable. They're alot of things that can go wrong if some one is injured but no one to blame.

Dear State Senator, I do not like the Electoral College. The Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational. It's basically a winner-take-all system in each state. Especially with California it represents 35 million voters and if they are really close and have a tight margin the winning side of the votes takes it all, which means all the 55 representative votes go for that one side. getting rid of it would be fantastic because we could have other options on having a better vote system that is more accurate and fair to the the people/voters. First of all, an example of this could be Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney. Like almost all cases award electoral votes on a winner-take-all, even a very slight plurality in a state creates a landslide electoral-vote victory in that state. Thr popular vote was very close in Florida; nevertheless Obama, who won that vote, got 29 electoral votes. A victory by the same margin in Wyoming would net the winner only 3 electoral votes. Secondly, this is not the greatest way to vote because first the voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, which in turn elect the president. If you lived in Texas, for instance, and wanted to vote for Kerry, you'd vote for the slate of 34 Democratic electors won the statewide election, they would go to Congress and Kerry would get 34 electoral votes. Perhaps most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. In that case, the election would be thrown to the the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president which wouldn't be what the voters want in some cases. Third, according to the Al Gore-thanks to the quirks of the electoral college- won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of the voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. Next election the voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner couldagain lose the presidency. And yet, the electoral college still has its defenders. The Electoral college is not the best way to choose, it has minimum chances of succeeding in the future. I think a direct vote would work the best for the voters but yet the the electoral college has its cons. Conclusively, the Electoral College is not the best way to vote. By a bare minimum margin of votes, it could cost the election for the other canidate. The bigger state could be a catastrophy and it would be unfair. Last, the Electoral College is irrational, outdated, and unfair for the most part with its winner-takes-all.

The " Unmasking the Face on Mars" was NOT created by Aliens. The Face on Mars is just a natural landform. It's just a natural landform because the Face on Mars looks just like a natural face, there is no eveidence that Aliens have been on the planet Mars, and some Scientist from NASA is only saying its an alien artifact because it'll benefit NASA in the long run. The Face on Mars looks just like a natural face. Also, its just a natural landform. In paragraph 3, it restates, "huge rock formaton . . . which resembles a human head . . .." The illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth, which was created by shadows. So, the Face on Mars has human characteristics. NASA is only saying its life, and also saying the face was created by Aliens because itll benefit them in the long run. In paragraph 3 it even says, " The authors reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars." Then in paragraph 4 it restates, "It certainly did!" Meaning, the engagemnet to the public and on Mars worked. Now, that NASA discovered the Face on Mars, it has become a pop icon, starred in Hollywood films, and ETC. There is no evidence that Aliens have been on the Planet Mars. It says the Face on Mars resembles a rock formation. Then. the shadows gave it eyes, nose, and a mouth. It says nothing about Aliens creating the Face . Although few scientist believe the Face was an alien artifact, many still believed it was a real Human Face. When, the MOC team snapped a picture . . . thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a website called JPL. The JPL website revealed a natural landform. Finally, there was no alien monument after all. In conclusion, The Face on Mars is a just a natural landform. First, The Face on Mars looks just like a natural face, there is no evidence that aliens have been on the Planet Mars, and NASA is only saying the face was created by aliens beacuse it'll benefit them in the long run. So. there is no way Aliens could have possibly created The Face on Mars. What do you think ?

Self-Driving Cars are Amazing, But too Risky I believe that self-driving cars would be pretty amazing technology. But when it comes down to it, how trustworthy are they? Considering the fact that you're leaving your safety to a computer. What problems could arise? A few problems for a self driving car are that it could have a malfunction, it could cost more too repair, and who do you blame on a crash if it were to happen? Your car could easily have a malfunction. Maybe the gps could take you to the wrong location and you're in a hurry. Maybe it could not drive how it's supposed to. It could go to the other side or the road or run off the road. A self-driving car could possibly cause crashes. This goes back with leaving your safety, your children's safety, your family's safety with a computer. A self-driving car could cost more to repair than a normal car. These cars would have to all have built-in gps systems, sensors to know what's around them, and sensors to know if there is something on the windshield. Since normal cars have drivers to manually do all this stuff, it only makes sense for all this to be very expensive. Extra parts that are not in a normal car could cost more to replace since they are not in as high demand. Who do you blame on a crash if it happens? Nobody will know for sure. Is it the other drivers fault or is it the maufacturer of the self-driving car's fault? These are all major if questions. Also, if you are injured in a crash, who will be around to call the ambulance if you're alone and unable to get to a phone? These cars just seem too dangerous and too risky to trust. A few problems for a self driving car are that it could have a malfunction, it could cost more too repair, and who do you blame on a crash if it were to happen? The idea seems great, but also scary. I do not believe these cars should be manufactured mostly because of safety issues. there are just too many to be able to trust the car.

" During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markests didn't get to see the candidates at all."-Bradford Plumer. Are society is relaying on this electoral college system, when we don't even know who are those electors. I agree, that we should change our election to a popular vote because people get often confuse to whom their voting for, and it might lead to picking the wrong person that would be helping leading this country. On the other hand, the people that agree on keeping the electoral college system say that " when you vote for a presidential candidate you're actually voting for a slate of electors." The majoredy of citizens don't even  know who their voting for, imagine their going to be more lost and eventually ending up voting for the wrong person. The electoral college should be remove for good which will allows to have a stable society. The Electoral college dosen't allow the candidates to come and visit the states. So, you don't even now who you're voting for." In 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly suceeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy." What's the point of having privileges to vote, when the segregationist who elect electors are against the president you voted for. What's happen to having free rights, and be able to vote for who you want, and  knowing that he or she would suceed and  lead our country to the right path. By having the electoral college system it is getting rid of those rights. Also the "2000 fiasco" was known as the biggest problems we had in the century. Are goal is improving our country not deteriorating it. If we change our election to a popular vote we wouldn't even be in this mess. Citizen who agree on keeping the electoral college system say that "electoral votes induces the candidates as we saw in 2012's election to focus their campaign efforts on the toss-up states." What wrong with all the states? Are we not part of this country to? Their focusing all their attention on the states that they would be recieving their votes from. Their not even giving other states an opportunity of getting to know their candidates and what their offering to are country on improving it. Another, example is that the electoral college votes relay on larger states. They do that because they know that all their votes are going to come from the bigger states but that's incorrect they should relay on the whole country completely of getting their votes from. In conclusion, the        

If you join the Seagoing Cowboys program you get to see new things everyday and do new thing everyday! It is probably one of the best jobs in the world. You should join the Seagoing Cowboys program because of the experience! You should join the program because of the experience, the things you see, and its more than a ordanary job. This program is a once in a life time experience. Not everybody has this opportunity in their life time. You get to see new things everyday. This job is way different than a ordanary job. With this job there are a lot of things you get to do that can't do anywhere else. You get to travel across the country. You can go to Greece,Europe,China, Venice, Italy and many more. With this program you get to go to places you might never get to go to ever. This program is a once in a life time experience because of the things you get to do and see everyday. It is probably one of the best programs in the world. You should really should join this aweasome group!

A lot of people don't know that this techonolgy nowadays could determine the way you feel, it could determine the emotions that peope feel. It also shows the emotions or feelings of others. People probably think that this some type of joke or laugher kind of way when its not there really is techonology nowadays that could detect it. There's probably many ways people can detect to read the emotional expressions of students. Some ways that you probably didn't even know of. A lot of people wonder how this works they don't really know that one easy way to show emotion or to show how you feel is by looking at them and looking at their actions. Once you have already seen them and that they are feeling some kind of way that's when you realize that there is something going on or that their sad or happy or that they are just going through stuff. People know that by the facial expressions on their face. They say that us as humans perform the same impressive "calculation". Some people struggle or have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried,sad,etc. This would be one easy way students can detect emotions. Parents probably disagree about using technology when showing their emotions. Not just parents but maybe some students wouldn't like it either but if they think about it instead of waisting your time just guessing what their emotions are you would know if they use the proper techonology. They had made a process that began when the computer constructed a 3-D computer model of the face and it showed that all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Another interesting thing that they discovered was that Dr. Paul Eckman was the creator of FACS (Facial Action Coding System). He had classified six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. It also associated each with characterestic movements of the facial muscles. They invented somethIng else called video imagery, the new emotion software is that they track facial movement. As you can see its so easy to see their emotions or how they feel. They even show different weighting of units. The author says that the Mona Lisa demonstrates is really to bring a smile to peoples face while it shows how much the computer can do. It would be really strange if a computer can tell you if your happy or sad. In my opinion parents and students should get the idea of using techonology its way easier to detect peoples emotions instead of just guessing or thinking you know how they feel. They shouldn't have a problem trying to make the place better.

There are many pros to the proposition of having a "driverless" car sometime in the future. People can have a more reliable transportation system. These cars would sooner or later replace public transportation systems. There are also many cons to this situation, and this is why I am againt this car. Let me explain to you why. In the passage "Driverless Cars Are Coming" it explains the pros and cons for having this car around. One good thing about the car is that it would run on half of the fuel that is used today. But, these so called "driverless" cars aren't really even driverless. In the passage it tells us that these cars can't drive through complicated traffic isssues, roadwork, and can't pull out of driveways. I for one think that this can be very dangerous. People could easliy forget that these cars aren't meant for things like that. There is also a possiblity of the car malfuntioning on the road. Later on in the passage it says that in many states research on "driverless" cars are illegal. There's good reasoning behind this. These cars can't be on the road until they are proven safe. Some people might complain about this, but overall its about being safe on the road. There are still a possiblity that this car could end up on the road some day, but there would have to be new laws made for driving on the road. There's still one question that I ask. Whose fault will it be when someone gets into an accident while the car malfunctions, yours or the manufacturer's?

Cars are one of the most iconic things about American culture. America "is the birthplace of the Model T; the home of Detroit; the place where Wilson Pickett immortalized "Mustang Sally..." (source 4) From Mustangs to trucks America has it all and we, as a people, think of cars as a necessity in life and we see them all around us everyday. So what if our car usage was limited? It mght not be as bad as you think. Reducing our usage of cars has advantages such as bettering the environment and improving the structure of a city. Reducing our use of the car would have numerous positive effects on the state of the environment around us. "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gs emisions in Europe...and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States." (source 1) The pollution has gotten so bad in cities like Paris that they have even gone so far as to "...enforce[d] a partial driving ban to clear the air..." (Source 4) The havy car usage that we are accustomed to increases the amount of these harmful gases in the environment. "...emisions from an increasing number of private cars owned by the burgeoning middle class are choking cities." (source 1) Reducing our usage, or even completely eliminating it, would improve our environment drastically and help maintain and lower the amount of pollution in the air. There have been pioneering cities who have already started banning cars, even for just a day, like Vauban, Germany and Bogota, Colombia. The residents of  Vauban, Germany have done something no one before them has, they have given up their cars. 70 percent of the residents there don't even own a car anymore and have said that they are much happier this way. While some may say that the elimination of cars might be detrimental to car comapnies, there have been companies, like Ford, who have "partner[ed] with the telecommunications industry to create cities in which 'pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and oublic transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emisions,a nd improve safety'" (source 4) In this town of Vauban, Germany public transportation has been made more accessible eliminating the need for a car, and in turn has made places like shopping malls more accessible on main roads. In Bogota, Colombia there has been a car-free day where people find other means of transportation like biking, walking, or buses to get around for the day. "The goal is to promot ealternative transportation and reduce smog." (source 3) Other Colombian cities, Cali and Valledupar, have joined Bogota in this event, also having a car-free day. This day has made changes throughout the city improving sidewalks, reducing traffic, openingv new shooping districts, and even constructing 118 miles of bicycle path. The effects of the reduction and elimination of car usage can be seen in these citys' sturctures and the improvements that have been made. The limiting of car usage has been shown to be helpful to the environment and helps to better the structure of a city and like Bogota, Valledupar, and even Paris we should all take into consideration the positive effects that limited car usage would have on us.                        

The idea or ideas of a driverless car system do not seem all that smart. With a driverless program there is a lot of high maintance that comes along with building these cars. Even though the idea of new technology is great you also have to think about the counter acts of these machines also. With all the new improvements to technology you would think that having a driveless care would be the ideal future. In return you have to think about how much it cost, safety percussions,liability and more. In most states it is illegal to test drive auto-produced cars on mainroads leading to other citizens. Of all states that do not have a illegal ban on testing these cars are still trying to figure out if they will be safe enough. mean while they are testing these cars on open roads whicch could cause multiply accidents on the way. There are many ways to test the saftey of these cars. Some of which are sensors. The car could have every sensor possible,but since it is a computer made engine things could still go wrong in the processing. The car could mouthfunction while the person is driving and an acciedent could happen because the software didnt meet up to code. Not only is there safety risk with having a auto-driving car think of the cost. Radars alone are over two hundred million dollars. Thats just for one car so for manufactures to have to make multiply cars at that price would be outrages. The manufactores also would have to pay for all of the other driving made things. Sensors,radars, engines, safety equipment and more cost over the normal amount if it were just manual cars. 90% of the car would rely on the computer programing and 10% would actually really on the human. That 10% can be a tricky thing because if something were to go wrong in the programing the driver would have no control or be aware of what is happening or how to control the car is it stops working. Another downside of having a computer programed car to rely on is the upgrading. Most new equipment that would be provided for the car would be high end. The programing would have to be updated regularly in order for the car to manufacture right. Most people wouldnt have the time nor money for the constant upgrading. As the years go on people would learn less and less how to drive so if the computer programing would happen to stop working then the driver would be completely lost and would have no idea how to control the car. This can cause many dangerous situtations. The car and possibly people could wind up damaged from the messed up manufactruing. In the end even though cars that would drive themselves would be a cool thing it is also very dangerous. It is okay to have all the high end equipment for cars,but they should be driven by humans not computers. It wil be a lot more safer for everyone involved.

Cars are usually in most peoples every day lives. We drive them to work, school and many other purpises. Cars have been around for over one hundred years but are people really ready to limit car usage? In a lot of cases around the whole entire world the answer is yes. Their are many reasons to own an autimobile, however their is a lot of reasons not to own an automoile as well. A main topic now around the globe is the enviornment. Not all cars are going to kill the environment but if you put too many cars in one area it can weakin an environment, this is including cities. Cars can cause a substance called smog which is terrible for the environment or a local residence such as a city or town. As a matter of fact Paris as inforced a partial driving ban to clear the smog of its city. Beijing, China is probrobly one of smogs worst victims. It is known as one of the most polluted citys in the entire world! Sadly, cars are a huge part of the creation of smog. Smog is horrifically bad for the environment for a huge reason, and that reason is not being able to breathe. Cars take up a lot of space in towns and cities across the entire globe. These areas are packed with roads, that take up many space of the area. Imagin what it would be like with no streets, turnpikes, roads in general. If you did imagine a world without roads you would see nothing but fields, trees, wildlife of every sort. If not wildlife you would see uncrowded cities with buildings that are close and not so hard to get to. People are adopting this idea around the entire world. These cities are easy and very managabel to go through. The environment is unbeleivably clean in these cities and make life in generall less of a hastle. This may not be the way of the future but it is a great idea! Every car has a bad side to them. Not on the car itself but what it can do to you. Cars make a lot of people angry. How do cars make people angry you might ask? Their is a thing in the car community called traffic. If you drive a car chances are you have been in traffic before. Traffic can cause anger which some people like to call road rage. Sadly a lot of people have lost their lives to road rage by getting into car accidents. Car accidents take the lives of many people in the world. A lot of things can take peoples lives but cars cause some of the most deaths in the world. It is not true that a world withot cars would be more safe but the fact is, cars can be a very dangerouse tool. People use cars almost everywhere in this world but the question still remains, are people ready to limit car usage? Many people have their opinions about car usage and we may never know the answer to this question. If you think about it we have only been driving cars for a little over one hundred years. Us humans have been living on this earth for thousands of years and have been driving cars for only a little over one hundred. Cars are being more produced now than ever and I think will stay progressing for the future years to come. In reality most people need a car to live their lives. The way things are looking like now, chances are needing a car to live a normal life is going to progress in the folowing years of the future.  

Well for the facial expression software it is a good way to look at someones faical expression. In the story there are many ways to look at someone and then they know how you feel. its all in your facial muscles they move on the way you feel. by the way the software can look at art to find out how they would feel. its a spectacular way to look at technology. The feeling of sadness can be shown when your frowning. the muscles on your face can make a frown. The way the computer software works is by scanning the muscles on your face. so you frowning causes your muscles to move and create a frown. the way of scanning is just a little process and then your done. Say for the expression of happiness it can be scanned. the computer will track the way you look and the muscles on your face. the smile on someones face can be detected by the scanner. The smile actually uses less muscles than the frown. the smile can be felt as a feeling and that is one way people who do drama perform. The facial expressions are a unique thing for everyone and it is a good thing for people to feel in its correct moments. the scanner can detect them from the muscles on your face. also the way you can be also used to be shown just like the mona lisa smile.

The story of Making Mona Lisa Smile is about a Prof named Thomas Huang making a computer that can tell your emotions and the way you are feeling that day. You might not be the mood for anything and the computer can tell when your bored or not feeling anything it will modify the way it work so you will be in a better mood i think its great. Beacuse kids might not fall asleep in class as much if thcomputer sees it and will fix it and it will help whats wrong with people. Part of me say its a bad idea becuase most people dont like talking about their emotions so that will make things worse if a computer does it and feel their emotions . Its pretty cool through how it can read your face and all 44 major muscles on your face. I would say no to it becuase i myself and like telling my emotions about things and dont a computer telling me about them

The technology that they have could be used for some things that could benfit like using them a day care center or even in the classroom.How are certain people going to react to children and teenagers being watched by a computer.some people can use this technology to use in a daily to recognize peoples feeelings. The technology that can tell in a classroom setting that if a student if depressed,angry, or any type of emotion that can be calculated like math. Teachers can tell if a student is paying attention or being bothered by emotions in the classroom. Many parents or gaurdians will not like ther students to be watched and studied through the Facial Action Coding system. Some would say that there is going to be no type of privacy in the classroomeverybody is going to be wathed. Some people want to hide their emotions and not show them, they wsant to have privacy. Some people will like this dor some reasons beacuse teachers would like to see if some students are feeling stressed in the classroom setting. Maybe the Facial Action Coding System can see if people are getting angry then might get into an agrument or even start a fight. Teachers will be able to check if somebody is going through an emotional time during that time. This can help us to tell the emotions of a friend how they are feeling. They are trying to get computers to learn human emotion and express it back For example the program detected that the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci was 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. Some drama coaches could benefit from this for they can tell if thier students are doing a good job that the program can tell if they are using emotions.

Well, I think that driverless cars can be useful but also not needed. They are useful for many reasons. They can drive without your help almost and you can sleep and such if needed. Texting and driving wouldn't be a big issue with the driverless car. It's also a good transportation way for people that ride bikes more often. Most people don't pay attention to the roads as much as they should. I think they aren't really needed because half of the population is so lazy they would take advantage of it. Some people wouldn't pay attention and would cause wrecks. People won't the defensive driver they need to be with the driverless cars. The car will be safer for most becasue of the whole texting and driving situation. As shown in paragragh 8 " Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over--- something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone. In this way, the in-car system is actually a saftey feature, and saftey is a big concern. I think that driverless cars are more useful the unuseful to humans. I think we should have the oppurtunity to drive them but if roads become even more unsafe then they should be taken away.

Driverless cars are an exciting look into the future of technology. They will make transportation easier and help the enviroment with less fuel use. Google cofounder, Sergey Brin, stated that, "The cars he forsees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus". With more organizations like Google and General Motors creating technology for driverless cars they will become safer and be used everywhere. Safety is a big concern with driverless cars but the safety is becoming a reality with these machines. The article says, "Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash" which shows that the self driving cars are becoming safe and efficent. Many states are worried if a driverless car will keep drivers, passengers, and pedestrains safe. The driver will always remain in the car and will be able to take control if anything does go wrong so cars will remain as safe as they were before. Once the techonolgy is more advanced and manufacturers are ready to release a driverless cars the safety features will be able to keep all road users safe. While safety is a big concern of lawmakers and all individuals, the technology of these cars will be able to keeps everyone safe and worry free. The cars being developed today are not completly able to run on their own and require a human to remain at the wheel and ready to take control. The self-driving cars can do many things on their own. "They can steer, accelerate, and brake thenselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills". Driverless cars will make it easier for users but it is a necessity for the driver to make sure they can take over when needed. This need for the driver to be ready will continue to decrease as the technology increases. Different features in the cars make sure the driver is alerted to take over. These features include a vibrating seat, flashing lights, sensors in the sterring wheel, and other "heads-up displays". The driverless cars are constantly improving but for now the driver will have to stay engaged in the road, which is good thing for the safety of these machines. The technology in these machines could make it possible for handicapped people to drive. A solidier who lost a leg or a blind person could transport themselves with the benefit of a driverless cars. Driverless cars present new posibilites with the technology and the ease of transportation. Safety is a large issue with the car driving instead of the human but the advanced technology will make that problem obsolete. Self-driving cars are an exciting new posibility that will make this world a better place with easier transportation.

"Making Mona Lisa Smile" is about how a computer can detect emotions from a picture or person. In this passage, the author explains how this new software is able to detect emotions. "New software has been developed that improves accuracy in perceiving emotions of others." This new software is called Facial Action Coding System. The passage states, "This new software, the Facial Action Coding System, has promising applications for a variety of industries." The software detected in the Mona Lisa painting that she is "83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry." There are specific steps on how this software works. "The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face." The software detects emotions like happiness, sadness, anger, fear, disgust, and surprise. "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal." Most people can tell how their friend is feeling based on their facial expression. The passage says," By weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions." The new technology is surprising. The text states, "According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them." New technology is able to detect human emotions, even when the person is hiding them. " To an expert, faces do not lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a "smiling" politician or celebrity is not being truthful." The computer software can detect human emotions from paintings, picture, and in person.

Imagine if we found a face on the red plant Mars. Well we did and I will tell you what happend in NASA durring this. The face is a land form like the one in Idaho. The shadows are giveing the illusions of a face. And the Mars Orbiter Camera found out that it is a land form. This "Face" is just a land form wy can you guys not see that. It looks and has the same formations as the rock formation in Idaho. They both are the same hight and they both look alike. Don't forget that it looks alot like butte or mesa. This "Face" was confurmed A few days later after NASA unveiled the image for all to see. "The caption noted a huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." Lets not forget that the "Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos." "Revealing... a natural landform." There is no alien monument after all. There is no alien artifact because it has the same apperenses than the butt or mesa in Idaho. And the shodows are giving the illusion of a face. And the Mars Orbiter found that it was a natural landform.

Advantages of limiting car usage is less car polliution from the gases released from the car and also better health from using other ways to get around such as walking or riding a bike as a form of excerise. To begin with limiting car usage opens up other new options If you don't depend on a car so much. More money In your pocket because you not paying for gas nor keep the car maintance up no more. The more you drive the more you polluting your air from the chemicals from the tail pipe of your vehicle hiking , biking , or skating are easy simple excerise you can you for transpertation. You'll know your environment better from exploring It these methods are better for the earth. In some cities such as New York they've started a bike sharing program and Its skyrocketing bridge and tunnel tolls reflect those new priorities, as do a proliferation of car-sharing programs across the nation. As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was In January 1995. All these charges, people who stopped car commuting as a result of the recession may find less reason to resume the habit. Teens of this generation Is starting to organize their summer jobs and social life around where they can walk or take public transportation or car pool with friends.  People all around the world are starting to realize the benefits of reducing car usage and taking contol of the situation.  

Dear Mr. State Senator, I am writing this lettter to talk about how the Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational. First, the Electoral College is unfair to voters. Second, there could be a tie in the electoral vote. Last, the voters are merely voting for the slate of electors rather than the president. Those are my points on why to take away the Electoral College. To start this off the Electoral College is unfair to the voters. Because of the "winner-take-all system in each state", the candidates don't take time to go to other states that they know they will lose, they only really focus on the "swing" states. For example, during the 2000 campaign, seventeen statesdidn't see the candidates in their state at all, also 25 of the largest media markets had not seen a single campaign ad from a candidate. Also it's unfair because voters don't really know who to vote for because they see no campaign ads and candidates don't show up to their state and tell them what he/she is running for. That's why the Electoral College is unfair to voters of the presidential election. Second, there could be a tie in the electoral vote. In the case of the tie it would go straight to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote for the president. By this the House's decision is no where close to that of the people in their state. The election is omly a few swing voters away from catastrophe. That's why it is bad if the vote ends in a tie. Lastly, the voters are merely voting for the slate of electors rather than the president. For instance, if you "lived in Texas and wanted to vote for John Kerry, you'd vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry." The worst part is that the electors could be anyone you don't even have to hold a political position to be an elector, they could be very biased and narrowminded. That's why the Electoral College is unfair. In conclusion Mr. Senator the Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational because it is unfair to voters, there could be a tie in the electoral vote and the voters are merely voting for a slate of electors and not there president. So Mr. Senator I would like for you to take this into concideration and Abolish the Electoral College!                  

I don't think completely driverless cars are a good idea at all, for many different reasons. The price on those cars would be an outrageous amount that only rich people would be able to afford. A driverless car is also just another way for people to be lazy, someone is always trying to invent something just so people can do less work and I think that's honestly really stupid. I don't think it would be very fun to have a driverless car anyways, all you would do is sit in a car until you get where your going. In my opinion it's more fun to drive at your own speed and physically on your own. It's like everyone wants the world to run on robots! What fun is that though? I don't see why anybody would want to depend on a robot to do literally everything for them, thats just no fun. Besides right after they make these driverless cars they're going to be on to the next invention trying to make something even better than the last, along the way making the world an even lazier place.

I know many people believe that the face on Mars was created by ancient alien beings. I believe this face was a natural formation that was created by natural forces on the planet Mars. I will be laying out the possibilities on how this land formation looks like a human face. First, when we take a look at the land formation the first thing most people would see is a face. This is an illusion formed by shadows giving an alomst human face, the shadows clearly give an illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth. Secondly when Nasa took a picture zoomed up much closer to the image of the face it was actually showing the Martain equivalent of a butte or messa. These are all very common, natural landformations on our planet. They used a digital image 3 times bigger then the pixel size. So if there was anything like a airplane, egyptian-style pyramids, or a small shack they would be able to spot it and see what it is. In conclusion, I know many people believe that the face on Mars was created by ancient alian beings. I believe this face was a natural formation that was created by natural forces on the planet Mars. This is an illusion formed by shadows giving an almost human face. Secondly, they used a digital image 3 times bigger then the pixel size. So if there was anything like a airplane,egyptian-style pyramids, or a small shack they would be able to spot it and see what it is. I believe this was a natural formation created by natural forces on the planet Mars.

Their is a group of people called the Seagoing Coyboys, they are a very unique group of people who travel all over the world and experience alot of different things. One thing that they experience is what other people need and some places can inform you about many different things like animals and rare animals. Their also can be dangerious parts of this job allthough it sounds fun. You are taking a big risk traveling over seas alot and dealing with the weather and the ocean waves. There may also be a chance of taking care of animals like feeding them and caring for them to keep you bussy. The Seagoing Cowboys is a very amazing job to have. People should join the Seagoing Cowboys because it will be very interesting depending on what type of person you are. If you are an explorer and you dont have any moey to travel if you get a job like this you will go places that you never even heard of before. Maybe you like going through rough weather like hard rain or 20mph wind for example. If you do like weather like that then this is the job for you because you travel over seas alot thats why the name of the group is called Seagoing Cowboys. Also when you turn 18 you will be old enough to join the military service. You can also have fun when your in the Seagoing Cowboys they play sports like baseball, tennis, basketball, and they also have reading clubs adn writing clubs. I would join the Seagoing Cowboys if I could. Just think about it, why wouldnt you. Its a very unique group of people and they go on adventures and they have fun also what more could you ask for. There is one thing though, when you travel to far places it will take long periods of time like weeks.

Driveless Cars can be good and bad to anyone. It all just depends on the person. Whether they think the car is good or not. In my opion the idea of Driverless Cars is a good idea. It is a good idea because in the article it says that the drivers will get an alert to when they have to take control over the wheel. In paragraph 5 it states "Special touch sensors make sure the drivers keep hold of the wheel." The car isnt dangerous or anything. The car will be safe and smart. In paragraph 2 it says that "Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash." maybe we could reduce the amount of car crashes per year. Yes , there is some negative results but what are the chances? People want a safer car and about half of the world will accept the Driverless Cars. It has more positives results than negative. "Sensing the World"? the cars have sensors that detect a problem around the car. In this article it said that sensors arent new. Sensors should be a problem to the people since they have been out. Also in the article it says " The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone." This statement means that the car is safe for drivers. Not just for the drivers but for the car too. It would be a great improvemnt. This is why i accept the Driverless Cars. It is a good plan on the future and to people that text while driving. Not only will we have a safer world but we will also have people safe in the cars.

Driverless cars. Look at that word. Does that sound right to you? I wouldn't say so. Sounds just a bit scary if I would say so myself. I dont know, maybe i just dont understand how you could have the audacity to let no one drive a car. That just sounds so wrong. I understand its monitored but its still a huge risk. It says the car is actually being controlled but not by any sort of human. So who takes blame for a wreck. The non driver. Its just dangerous. What happens when it has a glitch and hits someone or something? WHat if measurements are off? Or there was a mistake and the wasn't completely finished? So many different problems could come from 'Driverless Cars.' There is still a human in the drivers seat but what if the humans to late to react? Or there is nothing the human can do? Another problem would be laws. So many would have to be changed. From street signs, speed limits, to railroads or streetlights. Or consquences of car crashs, or wrecks. If the car is doing something wrong and gets stopped by a cop, is the cop going to talk to the car and ask it for its license and regestration? Its just a silly idea and i cannot believe its probably actually going to happen. The world is losing it. I strongly disagree with the idea of a car being driven with out.. being driven. Im sure there are pros to this idea but in my eyes the cons out weigh pros by a ton. Its just dangerous.

Look around, how many cars do you see? Ten? Twenty? Thirty? In the United States most family's own cars, to get around town and transport themselves places. So what would happen if the United States banned cars? What do you think would happen and what do you think people would say or feel about it? In Vauban, Germany is an experimental district on the outskirts of Freiburg, near the French and Swiss border. Unlike the Marion County there are very few, or no cars, which means no accidents, no stress, and no money wasted on gas. Some of Vauban's citizens have said "When i had a car i was always tense, I am much happier this way." What if our communities were like that? Do you think morale would be higher and that people would be more laid back? Every day on the news theres a story about car pileups, and accidents on the highway and blockage on roads. The Enviromental Protection Agency is promoting "Car reduced communities" and legislators are starting to act on it. Many experts expect public transport serving suburbs to play a big role in the country soon, Says Elisabeth Rosenthal of the New York Times. Paris, France one of capitals of the worlds most polluted cities enforces a partial driving ban to help clear the air of the city. Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter compared to 114 in Brussels and 79 in London. On mondays motorists with even numbered license pklates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22 euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd numbered plates on the next day. Almost 4,000 drivers were fined on the first day and 27 cars were impounded due to the reaction of the drivers. Some say thats easier to imagine than a car free community, but is it truly easier on the people? People blame diesel fuel because France has a tax policy that favors diesel over regualar leaded gasoline, and due to that diesels make up 67% of the vehicles in the country. In Bogota, Colombia there is a car free day every year, where Colombians, hiked, biked, skated or took buses to get around. It was the third year of the event and the goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog and pollution. The turnout was very large, despite gray clouds that dumped occational rain on the participators. Businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza says "Its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower pollution", and for the first time two other cities joined in on the day, the cities were "Cali, and, Valledupar". Parks and sports centers have bloomed throughout the city and uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced with even smooth sidewalks. So is driving really worth destroying the enviroment? Maybe you could try walking to work sometime, or riding a bike. These cities tried it so should yours.

The face on Mars is in fact a natural landfom. The NASA and other scientist have proved that. I have evidence that it is infact a natural landform and i will share that with you now. The face on Mars is infact a natural lanfrom. I know this because in paragraph 12 it states "what the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or messa-landforms common around the American West. That is evidence that the face is a natural landform and that it isn't an alien. Another peice of evidence stated in paragraph 12 is "it reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho",says Garvin. "That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated messe about the same height as the Face on Mars. There is my evidence which roves the face is a natural landform. It does not indicate aliens. The face is in fact common around the American West. They found this out by using a camera at maximum resolution.

Everyone says bigger is better. I don't believe that. When you go for something too big, many things could go wrong. A perfect example would be trying to develop a "smart" car. This would consist of making a car with a driverless driver, where the driver doesn't have to drive or pay attention at all. I don't think there should be driverless cars because it is too expensive, very dangerous, and if something does go wrong, who is too blame? One reason we should not have driverless cars is because it is too expensive. It says in the text, "These smart-road systems worked suprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical" (Paragraph 3). In order for us to have smart-cars, we need smart-roads. And just as I quoted up there, it is simply too expensive. Aside from the financial part of driverless cars, the technology is not all where it needs to be. Making them very dangerous. It says in the text, "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents. This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires" (Paragraph 7). This makes them dangerous because as soon as the driver becomes off-alert something bad could happen. Then, if they do not fix the problem by themselves, someone could get hurt. Which is why the driverless cars can be very unsafe, along with so many bad, unseen things happening. Driverless cars make the roads unsafe. And because of this, if something does go wrong and someone gets hurt, who is too blame? It even asks this question in the text when it says, "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-- the driver or the manufacturer?" (Paragraph 9). Who would be considered responsible and why? Adults who wrote this don't even know. This would cause a lot more fights and court cases. Or if they establish a law, would it effect the outcome on who would buy the car? To prevent all this from happening is another reason why we do not need smart-cars. They says driverless cars will make driving safer. However, all I am seeing is reasons not to even try to make them. First, they are way too expensive. Second, they are too dangerous. And third, who is to blame if someone gets hurt? These are all reasons I believe we do not need to make or produce smart-cars.

Truthfully i don't really think this kind of technology would actually work. A persons emotions are determined by that person only. A computer no matter how many upgrades it has could never fully understand a persons emotions or even how they feel for that matter. A person can have many facial exprecions. They can show many feelings from happiness to saddness,from frustration to anger. If you look hard enough you can tell how someone is feeling by looking at their face but you don't need a computer to do it for you. Yes some computers are advanced enough to be able to tell how a person is feeling but they can never actually know what emotion they have. Sometimes faciale expercions can be unpredictable but if you pay attention you will be able to tell how someone is truly feeling. It mostly takes more then technology to tell how a person is feeling. It takes a real person with real eye's to really see. If somehow the kind of technology that can be able to tell how a person is feeling through facial expresions was developed then that would be impressive. However no matter how advanced the tech could be i believe that only real people posses the real ability to tell how a person could feel. That is how i feel about the facial expression examining technology being developed.

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In my opinion i really believe that its a great idea to have driverless cars because they are more safer then an original car. In the text it says that these cars have driven more than half million miles without a crash. And yes they are expensive but still yo can save up om money or even get a good job to buy one im sure you can get it from somewhere cheaper. These computer driven cars are also great for people that have injuries such as a broken leg or even people who cant drive. You can drink and dont have to worry about getting into a car crash. In the text it asked why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver? Well thats not the case. either way it goes you will need someone to ride in the car because how do you exspect to go to your location? if you needed to go to the docter and you didnt feel like driving then here your driverless car that will drive you there for you. Get it now? So yes i beileve that this driverless car is worth it for the people who dont like to drive but always busy or people who cant drive or even people who are injured. im not saying everyone dont like to drive but i know people who dont like do drive. I even heard people say that they wished they had someone who can drive them places for them. Im not even driving yet and i beilve that this driverless car is something important that people should buy.

One part if me thinks that we should have driverless cars but another part of me thinks that we shouldn't. What if something goes wrong with the driverless car or what if the car doesn;t go the way that you want it to go or what if you crash? Do you just blame it on the car like its the cars problem or is it the persons problem? What if it your car gets damaged badly can they fix the driverless car and will they have parts for it? I also idea because what if you have to call someone or text someone and its something important. I think they're also good for navigation. You could just tell the car where you want to go and it will take you there. It could probably cause less accidents because its ran by a computer and usually the people fault foir the accidents but what if the computer just stops working? Does that mean that the car just stops working? Before they realise the car I think that they should have better technology first. The technology now is amazing but I don't think a computer can be smart enough to drive a car just yet. In the future I definaltyu think that they are going to have Google cars that drive themselves.That is my opinion on the driverless cars.

"Here we go again, sirens." "How many accidents is that now, three in less than a week?" Car accidents are increasing by the minute as decades pass. Drivers are losing their lives each and everyday, familes are greiving over loses, friends, siblings, relatives are being lost due to drunk drivers and young teens just now starting to drive. The air pollution is also getting worse because of vehicles that are used everyday to get from point A to point B, gas prices are rising and sometimes you cant even get to places sometimes because theres so much traffic in the street! We can prevent many of these problems by simply limiting the use of time people spend driving . U.S. citizens should have a right in the dispute people are having over this topic. Should the U.S. limit the use of vehicles being used everyday? Yes. Millions of dollars are wasted everyday for people need gas in their vehicles to get to where they're going. Money that could be used to feed their familes or money that also can be used to buy clothes and other necessary things. There are Amercian citizens that live on the streets or in alleys that are in desperate need of clothes, food or even a home & here we are spending it on something that can be replaced by something as simple as walking or riding a bike to where you need to go. Every year there are more and more car accidents being reported and the number keeps increasing. Teens that are in highschool and are just now driving on the roads are one of the top main causes on car accidents, another main cause of accidents are drunk drivers. Americans like to go to parties or gatherings or even just bonfires with friends sometimes and they drink recklessly. Then when time comes for them to leave, they get in their cars intoxicated, driving to wherever they need to go and boom! Their reactions just werent quick enough or they werent paying as much attention as they would driving sober and they crash into anything that came their way. Injuries were made, a life or maybe more than one was lost all because of a mistake that was made earlier that day. Another reason why cars should be limited is air pollution. If cars are needed to be used on and everyday basis they should make them more "enviornmentally friendly". Some gases in gasoline are toxic and/or flamable. Gasoline can drip on something without you knowing and the tinest spark could ignite something so simple, that could turn into a burning fire. Your belongings could be burned to ashes or your car could even blow up into flames. Then money is needed to repair the damage or valuables that couldnt be replaced could be gone. The burning of everything could also release toxins into the air and cause sicknesses in some or could damage our ozone layer more then it already is. Im not saying people should be banned from every using vehicles again, but it would help greatly if the usage is limited up to a certain point or instead of destroying, it could be used to benefit our enviornment; even leave it neutral. Americans need to understand that there is more to life then sitting and letting things happen for you. Go for walks, take hikes, rollerblade, plan a bike ride through the park with the family, theres more to life than cars and vehicles. Sure its nice to go somewhere without having to walk but sometimes its good to have family outings and its also refreshing and fullfilling to feel the crisp, cold air hit your skin, walking outside the house on a cold day.

Twenty Five years ago, something oddly strange happend on Mars. The NASA spacecraft, Viking 1 had caught a photo on the red planet that had a very strong identical look to a human face. Many scientist thought it was the work of aliens but here are some facts to prove that this theory is incorrect. Through the process of movie films, books and other things people used to explain this phenonmean, and through scientifical evidence. When the news spread about the strange human face on Mars, many people became interested in the fact that aliens could have been responsibel for this event. To surpise the face on Mars has become a popular icon, with many Hollywoodfilms, books, magazines, and even talk shows. This greatly increased the number people going with the idea that aliens could be the cause of this but this idea is false. In the atricle "Unmasking the Face on Mars", it talks about on April 5,1998 that the Mars Global Surveyor was launched over Mars to check the so called alien monument. While using the Mars Orbiter Camera, Micheal Malin and his crew used his ten time sharp vision to scan the "alien monument" and found out it was just a natural lanform. Even though the scince had proved that the strange face on Mars was just a landform, not alot of people were convinced. However, Science once agian came out to prove once and for all that it was indeed a landform. Using the camera again, Michael Malin and his crew caluclated the picture of the landform while using maximum resoltion and their result was amazing. The photo on Mars and a photo on earth had proved that the Mars face was just a butte or mesa landform. Infact, these are common in the American West! There will always be arugements around the world, but these facts prove that the Mars Face is just a landform. All the movies, books, and magizines can be be true and interesting to belive, but the science in it all proves that this whole "alien monument" and that Mars has a face, is all far-fetched.

Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents. Exploring Venus could be challenging because of it's geology and critical living conditions but study of scientists and astronomers are fascinating it similar as the planet we live in which could be a worthy pursuit despite the danger. Venus is the closet planet to the Earth and it is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. Venus is a chllenging place to examine. Venus's temparature and atmospheric pressure is more than the Earth it could be a risky place for a human being to survive or live at but besides danger on this planet, Venus once maybe was one of the planet that is most likely Earth a long time ago. In the articles "The Challenge of Exploring Venuse" it states that "On the planet's surface temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure sis 90 times greter than what we experiene on our own planet." this concludes that Venus is a dangerous place to survive at because it's near to the sun too. In the article "Venus has the hottest temperature of any planet in our solar system, Even though Murcery is closer to sun." this defenses the claim of danger on Venus is. It also causes erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes as well. Besides all danger Venus is somehow a worth pursuit, " The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and carters. Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a plantery visit," this tells that it also have so many features as like Earth. Venus has to get up close and personal despite the risks for making the misson safely for scientist to product. As like many scientist are working on thier mission for Venus through the specific devices they've made to approch for studying Venus. NASA also has been working on it for a while. Venus is a worthy prusuit despite the dangers it presents and tells us about in the article. Exploring Venus and challenges that might explorers would face through the exploraion. A human could accomplish any thing while living on Earth easily traveling from one corner to the other corner of the planet. On Venus human has dangerous living conditions but scientists study might worths more than the danger and in future there are easy and safe ways for explorers to aknowledge about the "Evening Star".

The ship was going back to the main land and we had just gone threw a bad storm,luckily not many had gotten hurt. I walked back to the to the other man who having a boxing match. "So, what are you doing when we get back on land?"Don asked. "I'll hopfully convince some young men to join the program. Last time I didn't get lucky."I told him. "Get ready cause we are almost hitting land." Don told me. I got of the boat and smelled the fresh air of New York. I had rented a home their to live in while I got some men to participate in the program. I put my stuff in the house, took my keys, got in the car, and rode of into the city. Once I got there i started to walk around and found a group of men by an abandon building. "Hello there I would like to talk to you about a program called the Seagoing Cowboys-" The boys interupted me and started to laugh. "Wow there we aren't to do some silly Cowboy thing. What are we going to go riding aroung town on ponies?"one boy said. All the others started to laugh while the boy started jumping around yelling "he ha". "This is a serous matter and I would like you boys to listen."Luke said frusterated. "Whatever."the boy said rolling his eyes. "After WW ll many countries in Europe were left destruction cause of the war. So 44 nations joined together and created UNRRA who hired "Seagoing Cowboys". Seagoing Cowboys took care of animals that were shipped overseas. It isn't only that it's also an opportunity for you to go out and see how other countries work. I think you people might like it yourself."I said but none of the boys seemed interested. "No thanks."they said and walked away. Except one boy. "Uh, can you tell me more about this program you are talking of?"He asked with wide eyes seeking more information. "Ok well I went to this one place where I......"I told him more and more about how exicting it was. I later learned the boy's name was Billy and Billy was the first one who sighned up. The next week me and Billy looked and looked through the city to find any other young men who wanted to join. We only found ten. Later that week I called Don and asked him where he was at. "I'm somewhere near you."He said. "What do you mean?"I asked then I heard a knock on the door, "Sorry I'm gonna have to talk later someones at the door." But it didnt matter cause he had already hung up. I opened the door and there was Don. "How did you get here so fast and still call me I mean there is no such thing has phones that aren't conected to walls! Or are there?"I wondered. "Nah could never happen," Don said, "I'll rented the house next door." "What really?!" "Yep I'm here to help." "Great cause i need alot."I said. The next day Don and I met up with Billy. "Billy this is Don." I said. "Don this is Billy." "Ready Billy."Don said. "Sure am."He responeded. That whole week we worked really hard to get people to join the program. Two months later and we were already nearly 200 hundred people."Ok tomorrow I'm suposed to turn in the forms with all the names."I said. "Where do we turn all of them in?"Billy asked while eating bannna. "New Jeresy.'I told them. "Here we go!"I said.

The author supports that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers represents. Venus is a planet closest to Earth. It's conditions are far more extreme than anything human encounter on Earth. Venus may be the most Earth-like plannet in our solar system. Venus has more characteristics than Earth does. Veus conditions are far more extreme than anything human encounter on Earth. Venus has the hottest surface of any planet in our solar system. The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. It is crazy imaging Venus having way more pressure than Earth. The text sasy, "Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupying volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes." This shows that Venus has many powerful climate changes. The author states this becaue, he wants to inform us how dangers Venus can be, but yet so interesting and gives readers want to know more of it. According to the article, Venus may be the most Earth- like plannet in our solar system. The text says, "Often referred to as Earth's twin." Venus is closest planet to earth in terms of density and size. This shows that people may know Venus as a different version as Earth. This relates that the author supports the idea of studying Venus is worthy because it is very similar to Earth, so why not study it and explore it? The author may think that Venus can be somewhere people can survive in and look more forward to. Venus has way more characteristics than Earth does. The author stated how it is the hottest surface temperature, more powerful climate cahnges, more atmospheric pressure, etc. Venus is a unique planet. The author want us to invest more to Venus, because it has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. Venus has dangers it despites, but can be so interesting to invest more on. The author thinks Venus may be the most earth-like plannet in our system. It is like Earth's 'twin'. So, if it's similar to Earth, why not look more forward to studying Venus. It is important to know what's surrounded in Earth.

I think the Facial Action Coding System should be used to read how students are feeling because it would help teachers communicate with their students. The computer can see if the students are into the subject or are confused. This would make the computer help with troubled students by changing the work into a something easier than the previous work. The amount of missing work would go down if the Facial Action Coding System were to be installed into students' computers. Like I said in the first paragraph, the computer would help students by giving them something that they would actually get. The struggle for students would be reduced with this \ technology. Most students don't ask a teacher for help because they might not be feeling it and they would get behind. This is where the Facial Action Coding System would to play. The student who is emotionally frustrated or simply confused would be helped with easier problems on their work. I myself sometimes have problems like this and I think the technology would help me and other students. Some students might not be comfortable with their face being scanned but after a while of receiving help they would realize that it is worth it. I believe that more students would show up to school if this technology were to be installed. They would see how much easier it is to learn by showing their expressions. It just might make them smile.

Driverless cars will be helpful for people in the future. There are many pros to a driverless car, if the cars can be made and used then they could help give parents and kide more freedomes. Driverless cars can help with safety on the roads. Driverless cars could give parents and kids more freedom. They could do this by allowing the parents more free time, because they wouldnt have to find the time out of their schudule to drive their child to a friends house or to a move. The car could pick up the kids and then the kids could text or call their parent to let them know that they have gotten to the place safe. This could also help with being on time, The car would come around the time that it was told so kids would not be able to say they were late because they lost track of time. For the kids, they would have more time to make plans and to hang out with friends. They wouldnt have to wait on a parent to get to their house to pick them up, because their parent is at work. The cars could also help with car pooling if needed they could find the fastest rute to pick up everyone in the group. These are some of the reasons that driverless cars could give parent and kids more freedom. Driverless cars could also help with safety. For example it would help with drunk driving. The cars are driverless so the intoxenanated person would not be driving, and it would get the person home safely and without putting other people in danger. These cars could also help in dangerous weather, instead of people driving the same speeds in bad weather the car could take them a good speed for the condutions on the road. Driverless cars give parents and kids more free time and can help keep the roads safe. Kids could do more things with their friends, parents could have somemore time to themselves relaxing at home, there would be a decrease in drunk drivers, and it would help keep people safe in bad weather. This is why driverless cars will be halpful in the future.

Dear State Senator, MONTH_DAY_YEAR In this essay I will be explaining why the Electoral College shouldn't be kept,and why we should do a popular vote instead to determine the president of the United States. In my opinion we should do a popular vote because we U.S. citizens know what we want. The Electoral College may know what they want for themselves as a unit but honestly I think that the United States should stick to a popular vote. In an article I read called "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses are wrong" by Bradford Plumer it states that state legislatures can technically be picking electors that will always defy the will of the people. I notice this to be very unfair because if electors are always going to defy what we say and want why should we vote. Isn't one of America's #1 catch phrases " power to the people " well in this case it seems to be " power to the Electoral Collage ". In this article it also states that in many cases  " faithless " electors have ocassionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please! So if the electors can choose for whomever they please why can't we. I also think that the Electoral College is unfair because of the winner-take-all system. Candidates don't have to spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning in. While they go to the states that they know they have a absolute chance of winning in and take those winning votes. So in this case I have to agree with Bob Dole: Abolish the Electoral College! I also think its wrong that voters can't always control who their voting for because we all the freedom to our own opinions and in the process of the Electoral Collage they are basically just throwing all opinions in the trash. They obviously don't care and I see this as completely irrational and unfair. I know that may use the Elecotoral Collage as a way to keep everyone calm but I think if they were to let the people vote they wouldn't have to be worried about us not being calm because that's us getting what we want and therefore why are we going to complain. I also consider the Electoral Collage electors high class. So in this case they are going to want to vote for the benefit of them, I think this is unfair to the lower-income families because if the electors choose a president that is going to want to take all the benefits away from lower-income families how are they going to live? How are they going to survive."Remember " power to the people". Sincerely, PROPER_NAME  

This world should have self driving cars. I believe that self driving cars will be way more safer than having humans drive. One reason I believe this is because there are many deaths due to drunk drivers. Another reason is becasue people can also cause many accidentys by texting. My last reason is because you would not have to worry about as many deaths due to all of these things if we just had a self driving car. I believe that google should continue to make self driving cars. My first reason that we should continue to create a self driving car is because that there have been many deaths and accidents every year. If we create a self driving vehichle we would not have to worry about that. One reason we would not have to worry about that is because this car has eyes we dont have. This self driving vehichle can see a an overview map of traffic in front of us. It also makes the car come to a sense for you to drive if they can not handle the situation. Self driving cars are needed in this world. they are needed because it is so much safer than having someone texting while driving and causiung a big accident that can cause death. Another reason thta we really need self driving cars bis because lots of people get tired of driving overtime and people have a tendency of falling asleep on the road. Don't you want to sit back and relax and not have to cause an accident? Well you can if you allow the study of self driving vehichles. I know that people have featr of losing there life but they wouldnt have to fear losing there life if there not driving. This planet needs cars like this because instead of a drunk driver causing deaths to family members they could just sit back and let this self driving car takeover. Another reason why we all need self driving cars is because you could just do anything in your car, such as eating, drinking, and texting. Don't you want that instead of losing your life? We should allow self driving vehichles to take over. I believe that google should really continue to make these cars. I gave you all of the reasons and most of them contain of keeping your life. Don't you want that? You will be more safe and not have to worry about crashing and buying a new car. We should allow it to happen becasue it's all true. People die every day from a car accident so just let this happen.

Driverless cars coming soon are they dangerous. Having driverless cars can be dangerous to both drivers and pedestrians. Manufactures could go under. Drivers would have to be alert at all times and the car would need to be quick on response to road conditions. If we were to have driverless cars it would present a huge hazord not only to the sdrivers but to pedestrians walking. Can be harmful to drive if the breaks go out and the car wouldnt stop. Say that someone is driving down the road and they have an electrical problem. Well the person or persons in the car may not know about it until its too late and the car is on fire or spinning out of control. Can be harmful to pedestrians because the car could lose control and maybe hit them. Say if a little kids ball goes out into the middle of the street and a little kid runs after it how would the car know to stop. It wouldnt so in that case the kid would get hit and then whos faul;t would it be the divers or the person who made the car. Having driverless cars would hurt manufactures because if they are too expensive then people wont buy them so they wouldnt be making money. If an accident was to occur who would be at fault. Some may argue the diver for buying such a car. Others may argue that the manufature didnt make it right and it needs better saftey features. If they get so many complaints then people stop buying them and then there bussiness wouldnt be making money so it would go under. In the passage it states that it means that divers would have to remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires. This is talking about when you have to go through work zones and or around accidents that the driverless cars dont know how to navigate thrtough such road conditions. IT states that the car would need to be quick enough to alert the driver and get his/her attetion. "What if the car isnt quick enough?". Then we come back to the situtaion about getting into accidents and who is to blame. All in all having smart cars or driverless cars is a huge hazord and is very dangerous not only to the passengers but also to pedestians. Having such cars could put bussinesses and manufacturs under. We would be having the risk of something going worng all the time.

I believe that there are many advanteges of limiting car use, people should ride bikes more or walk to places that are near by instead of driving it helps clean the world of all the pollution in the air. Walking or riding a bike instead of driving to places that are close enough helps prevent the build up of smog, also you save money on gas. Second it helps lower pollution that is in the air and helps lower peoples stress, and last it helps to conserve energy, lower emmissions and improve saftey. If it is ever necesery to use a car, try car-pooling or get a taxi instead of driving yourself. Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of the greehouse gas in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car intensive areas in the United States. If people who live near stores would use bikes and would walk to the store instead of driving it would help minimize the expansion of smog. After five days of the partial driving ban in Paris the capital of france congestion (traffic) went down 60 percent, the smog rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world. Also an advantage for limiting the use of cars is you save on the money you would spend on gas. you would be able to spend it on yourself or on important things like bills and groceries. Second it helps lower pollution that is in the air and helps lower peoples stress levels. Peoples stress levels will come down due to the exercise they will be doing instead of driving, for exmaple in Bogota, Colombia parks and sports centers have bloomed through out their city, also not having to worry about if they they have enough money for gas will help the stress go down. Last but not least a few other advanteges are it helps to conserve energy, lower emmissions and improve saftey. It conserves the fossil fuels that are running out fast due to many people driving. It also helps lower emmission from the cars that people drive aroud the United states and the world, which pollutes the air and then creates smog. And it helps improve safety by haing less car sccidents and people being run over by cars. It will help by making the death rate of accidents go down. In conclusion I believe these reasons are why there are advantages to limiting car usage, walking or riding a bike instead of driving to places that are close enough helps prevent the build up of smog, also you save money on gas. Second it helps lower pollution that is in the air and helps lower peoples stress, and last it helps to conserve energy, lower emmissions and improve saftey.       

Do you want to help others? Would you like to visit some amazing places too? Then you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. I, an experienced Sea Cowboy, can tell you firsthand of the amazing places you will see, and get some good karma for helping others! This is a hard job, cleaning out animal stalls, feeding animals, and being the watchman are a few things you will do. But, it is all worth it when you put smiles on the faces of the people you'll help, and when you see stunning landscapes and places. Don't worry though, caring for animals isn't all you will do! You will have time to play games with your fellow Sea Cowboys. Whittling, playing cards, reading, volleyball and other fun things can be played when you are returning the ship after the animals have been unloaded. It will be like an adventure, and for some, it will be a much deeper experience. So, what are you waiting for?! The Seagoing Cowboys program is always glad to recruit another dedicated Sea Cowboy. Join us today, and you will get the most rewarding and exciting experience of your life!

Even though driverless cars are coming in the near future and have alot of postive and nagative aspects in my opinion I support the devlopement for driverless cars. To convey why Driverless cars are a good thing is becasue is can save alot of time and fossil fuel and is a lot more convient. For instance when the author states that, "The cars he foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and far more flexibity than a bus. This line states how driveless cars can change the world for better and are going to be more aparant then riding the bus. Some more interesting facts about the smart cars that makes me more support it is when the passage talks about the Driving and the Assisting. For instance author talks about how,"Traffic Jam Assistant." "The can handle driving functions at the speeds up to 25 mph, but special touch senseors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel." I think this is a good thing becasue it makes driving more alot more safe for the driver, but at the same time does not sacrifice the drivers control of the car and it will alert you if you need to take control of the car, which I think is very important so there won't be any accidents. To argue why would you need a driverless car if you can just drive yourself is an very improtant question. Driverless Cars can be helpful and can maybe even save your life if you come across some reckless driver on the road. For example when passage states how, Some manufactures hope to do that by bringing in-car entertiainment and information systems that use heads-up displays. Such displays can be turned of instantly when the driver needs to take over-something not avabilable to drivers trying to text with a cell phone." This line describes how the driverless Cars have many safety features and can be automatical turned off just in case of emergencys, which makes it even more convenient and alot safer for the driver. To summerize my argument on selfdriving cars is that I think it's going to be a huge advancement for humanity and will improve our lifestyles for the better. The features in the passage that describes these smart cars such as the heads up dsiplay, which is entiretantment system and information system which, can be turn off automaticaly in case of emergencys. Also the Antilock brake and driver assitance, which can save a lot of lives. These safety features are going to make driverless cars a sucess. Driverless cars are going to be aparent part for the future and will imporve the way we drive and our action as well and save many lives.

Have you ever wondered how we could try to prevent a big problem with teens in this country? Yes, teens may have a lot of problems that need attention including drama, drugs, alcohol, and bullying. But the biggest of them all, which people sometimes try to hide, would probably have to be suicide. With this new technology it could help find the ealy signs of a teen about to do self harm, and that's just one thing that this technology could help. Wondering what this new technology is? Facial Action Coding Systems, it could help our schools in many ways but here are just a select few of them, by making students be more productive, by keeping students out of trouble, and ultimately by helping prevent self harm. My first point is that this new technology can help students be more productive. As said in paragraph 6 lines 6 through 8 this program could recognize when a student is getting bored with the lesson just by the way the mucles are strained on the students face and change the lesson up a little bit to make it more appealing to learn just like an effective human instructor. People may argue that this will just make our students get even more distracted and make trouble with out an instructor.Which comes to my next point. This program can also help keep our students out of trouble. If this technology keeps changing the lesson so the students don't get bored or distracted then that will keep them on task instead of carrying on with their friends and causing a ruckus in class. which will then lead to higher test scores and just an over all better education for the students.Which then people may also argue that with the automation and not as much human confrontation it could make our students feel alone and think about making bad decisions as in self harm or even harm to others. My last and most strong point would be that this technology could help prevent self harm within the student body which is a huge problem with teenagers these days. This technology can help detect early signs of depresion and many other mental illnesses. Which would be amazing because then the students that would need help would get the help that they needed before they make a bad decision as in self harm. Yes people may say that technology is taking over the world and that it is a horrible thing, but with the students/kids these days thats all that they really rely on and no it's not a good thing but nor is it a bad thing. If we can keep changing technology and improving it to help more and more people all over than why don't we? So as I conclude this essay I would have to say yes this technoloy will more than likely do very well in our schools, and more than likely after a while something else better will come along and take its place but for now this would probably be the best decision for this country and the students to help them be more productive, by keeping them out of trouble, and ultimately by helping prevent self harm.

Venus is believed to have been an Earth-like planet at one point in history. Astronomers assume that Venus once had large oceans and other forms of life. They think this because Venus stilll has features such as rocky valleys, mountains, and craters. Venus is a very hot planet and will be very diffucult to explore, but this author suggest we do it anyways despite the dangers for various reasons. One of many, The author states that exploring venus will lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. He says, "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limted by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." Another way the author encourages exploring Venus is by mentioning NASA's mission that would allow scientist to hover around the surface of Venus in a blimp-like vehicle. Lastly, the author describes the mission as dangerous but is still encouraging it by metioning that while on the blimp-like vehicle, it'd still be 170 degrees and the pressure would still be intense, which isnt very suitable, but still safe enough for our species. All in all, it seems as though the author believes that this great challenge would be a big accomplishment for us. in paragraph 2 he says, "Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite it's proximity to us.

"People are generating a revolutionary change, and this is crossing borders," said Enrigue Riera in excerpt 3: Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota. Limiting car usuage is opening doors to breathing in fresh air rather than filling it with toxins from thousands driving everyday. A day without a car can and will have beneficial implacations for the enviroment along with carbon emissions. Excessive amounts of space is taken up of nothing but parking spaces. Limiting the mobility by vehicle can allow you to be in walking distances from everything you would generally need a car to get too. You normally go outside to "get some fresh air," but if you think about it is it really all that fresh with how much we are polluting our own home? The Enivromental Protection Agency is promoting "car reduced" communities. The legislators are starting the act cautiosly but willingly. 80% of appropriations have gone to highways and only 20% to other tranportation. In excerpt 1: In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars, David Goldburg, who is an official of Tranportation for America, states that "All of our development since World War 2 has been centered on the car, and that will have to change." Limitation of car usuage can uphold stress reduction along with a happier and easier way of going about your day. Just think, you aren't all cooped up in a car, stuck in traffic, making you late for work or something needed to be attended. Instead, you are getting a daily dose of excerise with some fresh air that you have helped arise by taking a breather and letting go of what society has gotten you attached too. "Different things are converging which suggest that we are witnessing a long-term cultural shift," said Mimi Sheller, in excerpt 4: The End of Car Culture. Reading that statement over allows me to think.. maybe that is for the best; a change.

There are many conspiracies that the face was created by aliens but none of those conspiracies have evidence to back them up.From most information scientists have gathered they collected the information that it was just a natural landform. There is no evidential proof that aliens even exsist and many other things in space are created by natural landforms.When the web surfers surfed the web thet foiund the JPL image and it "revealed that it ewas a natural lanform.There was no alien monument after all." There was also very similar rocks in the Amerucan West that formed naturally as well and that showed the the space rock can be formed the same way the other rocks were formed. As Garvin says in the article "it reminds me most of Middle Buttle in the Snake River Plain of Idaho," "That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars." This means that this is not the only rock and there are other very similar one's that's why it is percieved to be a natural landform because if it was formed by aliens how did they do it very similar to the other's?"If it looks like the other one's that it is easier to say that it is a natural landform. Not that it is just easy to say but the aliens theory is just not as thought out nor' does it give as much fatual evidence as the real reason which is in fact that the "Face of Mars." is createc by natural landforms.

Cars are a life line and much used tool for people on day to day commutes. Can we live without i? In Vauban Germany there is a town that does not own one car. How do they get around then? They city trans and running. the reason is the cars are spouing out tons of green gasses. Its not only in Vauban either. This is a trend world wide in most suburbs. Does everyone agree with this no car trend? After Paris recived a near record pollution they banned driving in the city. On some days the city would allow odd licence plates. On other days the city would allow even number plates. Near 4,000 drivers were given a 31$ (22-euro) fine. This cleared the smog over a period of time. What was the effect on the city after words? Smog cleared from the city vassly but. Citizens were able to freely use the transit without cost. There wwere acceptions to plug in cars and viecles holding more than three people. On the other side of the world people in Bogota Colombia created and set a carfree day. On this day people Hiked, Biked, and took buses to destinations. This was a ecelent strategy to promot alternative transportation and reduced pollution for this large city of 7 million. People who did not go along with the day were fined 25$. Now to more close by cities Cali and Valledupar have joined the event. This has been amazing for upcoming local city buissnessis. Also reconstruction on side walks and parks. What about the largest car loving cuontry, America? Well it seems the trend has effected us as well. Although there are no limits the driving has seemingly cooled over the years. This will be a long term cultral shift with companies like Ford and Mercedes calling hemselves mobility companies. When someone does drop the habbit it is hard to pick up again. Even driving by young people has dropped 23%. These changes have changed the pollution rate and many more car related problems. There mabey a time where traffic jams no longer exist.   

The Face that is on Mars was not made by aliens it's just a natural landform. "The caption noted a "huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth" (NASA 1). The Face is not really a face it just looks like a face. The face on Mars is just a natural land form because it's just a shadow giving an illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth, it's just another Martian mesa just that this one has unusual shadows, and NASA took a picture that the Face just looked like a landform here in America. The Face on Mars is just a natural land form because it's just a shadow giving an illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth. "The authors reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars" (NASA 1). NASA is just trying to get Mars attention. NASA didn't take a really good picture in 1976, but then later on they did and they saw it was just a natural landform. The Face on Mars is just another Marian mesa just that this one has unusual shadows. "Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh" (NASA 1). The Face on Mars just had wierd shadows that made it look like a face. The Face is not an alien artifact it's just a landform. The Face on Mars looks just like a landform here in America. "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa—landforms common around the American West" (NASA 1). It just looks like a landform in America. The Face looks like Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho (NASA 1). The Face is not an alien artifact it's just a natural landform. Some people think the Face on Mars is an alien artifact but its not. It's compared to many landforms here in America. The face on Mars in the first picture just had really unusual shadows that made it look like a face. The Face on Mars just had some unusual shadows that made it look like a face. In a better picture it just looks land a natural land form. The face on Mars is just a natural land form because it's just a shadow giving an illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth, it's just another Martian mesa just that this one has unusual shadows, and NASA took a picture that the Face just looked like a landform here in America.

Can't Hide your Emotions Now A new software that is capable of perceiving your emotions? Yes, it is a new software that can tell what your emotions are by your face experision. The new Facial Action Coding System should be invented. People can figure out what actally that person is feeling. Better ways for humans and computers to commnicate. The system can classifiy six basic emotions happiness, anger, surprise, disgust ,fear, and saddness. Also, it can help people that has disablities that can't speak their emotions. Who ever thought that by a new software we could even figure out emotions behind images. The software is the lastest innovation from Prof. Thomas Huang, of the Beckman Institute. Facial Action Coding System enabled on Mona lisa painting of Leonardo da Vinci's. They have discoverd witht the system that she is 83 percent happy,9 percent disgusted,6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. At least that what accorded to some new computer fotware that can recongnize emotions. Facial Action Coding System process began when the computer constucted a 3-D computer model of the face.44 muscles in the model must move like human muscles."action unit" is movement of one or more muscles. This software can get a great impact. The facial expressions for each emotion are universal oberbes Dr,Huang,'even though indiciduals often show yaring degrees of expression. By weighting the different units,the software can idetify mixed emotions. Experts can use that to show and help themselves state how others feel. On the other hand, we can already tell how a person or friend is feeling. Most of us would have trouble actually looking or describing each faical trait that conveys happy,worried,etc. Sometimes we can tell if our friends are scared or sad just by the way they express themselves. Maybe Facial Action Coding System is a waste of money and time to make it. We can already state how others feel by their eye or mouth expression. Better ways for people and computers to communicate. The system classifiys six basic emotions happiness,surprise,anger,disgust,dear and sadness. The new software could helps experts find out how people that can't speak to know their emotions. This is why I am for it to able the Facial Action Coding System.

Studying Venus is worthy despite,because Venus could also be like earth. Venus can have water as earth does. Vanus is greater then what we experience.Mars,and Venus can all be alike Earth. In this next i will be supporting my claim. Exploring Venus would be excellent for us. We could have an other world to live on.The author states that "Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life." The author also states that "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." These quotes will support my claim. One day people will find Venus as earth.Venus will be like earth one day,so as mars. The planet Venus once has water, but it has rocky sediment,valleys, and mountains. The challenge for Venus to become the next earth will be hard. I choose the best quotes to support my claim that studying Venus is despite.

Car usage is very popular in this world we have come to know. It used for many means of transportation like going to work, school, social events, or just simply going shopping or hanging out with friends. Those are some up sides to having  and using a car. But they are some down sides as well. I will be explaining the down sides of using a car as well as the advantages of limiting car usage. My first reason in this topic that i have chosen to tell you about are "Car-free" cities. what are Car-free cities? well the name says it all is a new project they are working on in europe of this city who is car free. This new city has no cars, no street parking, no driveways or or home garages. Why do they exist? well the obvious answer is to minimize car pollution that are creating green house gases and are polluting the air and more places can adopt this idea and have more "car-free" cities so we can save the planet and ultimately save our selves from extinction because we did not know how to maintain our planet clean. Also a thing a like about this new "Car-free" city is that  theres a main street where theres all the stores at a walking distance like how great is that? u can just take a ten to twenty minute walk and go shopping for anything like grocerys, shoes, clothe, restaurants instead of driving to a mall along some distant highway and ultimately that is where everybody is so hanging out with your friends and meeting all up in one place is at a walking distance and if you dont have any friends well you make new friends at this main street because that is where everybody is. Another great reason for considering less car usage is less traffic. Who does not like less traffic? everybody hates traffic is slow, boring, and annoying. Now if we have less traffic that means we have less commute time when trying to get to work if you have a job that is far from your home and that means you get to work sooner and on time and hopefully get a raise because you feel like you dont get paid anough to do what you do. Also if we have less traffic we have less commute time and what does that mean? well it can mean multiple things like having more time to sleep because you dont have to worry about waking up early to beat the morning traffic like my mom and plenty of other people do. At the end of the day you will be able to get home quicker so you can spend more time with your family and do stuff you usually cant because of the time you spend at traffic. My last reason is a very important reason and it is simply "safety". Think about it, it is simply just common sense. if they are less cars in the road at one time then the chances of car accidents decreases. Now i dont know about you but that sounds like a win win to me. One theres less accidents so theres less people in the hospital so they dont have hospital bills to worry about and less accidents means less traffic as well. And also if you ban the cars for a day or have one of them "car-free" cities you have less drunk drivers; one because they dont have a car so they will probably just drink at home and two if the bar or where ever is that there going to drink is close enough then they can just "walk" there sober and "walk" back to the house drunk instead of being in a car a causing a fatal accident. Ultimately i feel that the usage of cars should be limmited because of many reasons. This reasons are as follows. Less car pollution. living in a car-free city so you are able to walk everywhere. Less traffic, less commute time, having more time to do stuff. and last but not least the safety of drivers. personally i think we should supervise the usage of automobiles and have more "car-free" cities and have days where car usage is baned or restricted by some amount.

The curiousity about Mars has been going on for centuries. People say that there is or once was life on Mars, and now they are saying that there is a face on Mars. Humans all around the world have questioned whether the "Face" was created by aliens or just a natural landform. Well calm down earthlings, it's just a natural landform. In 1976, Viking 1 took photos of Mars and found a huge rock formation that remebled a human head with shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth. This was soon to be known as the "Face on Mars". People made a huge deal out of it. The "Face on Mars" appeared in books, magazines, and radio talk shows. Some people even say it appeared in haunted grocery store checkouts. On April 5, 1998, NASA's MGS flew over Cydonia, the siting of the face, to snap more picture to reveal that the Face was just a natural landform and nothing more. The majority of people accepted this statement, but there was a select few people who say that aliens made the Face. The Face Theorists weren't satisfied with it being just a landform and tried to find evidence to prove NASA wrong. The Face Theorists found out that the location and date of the April '98 photo was during a cloudy winter. Skeptics said that the alien markings were hidden by the haze. Three years later, NASA proved our skeptical theorists wrong again. With advanced technology, the right location, and the right season, NASA got the clear picture of the Face they needed to show that it was just a landform. NASA even suggests that it may be a butte or mesa. Sorry Face Theorists, but NASA has crushed your dreams multiple times. The "Face on Mars" is just a landform. Nothing more and nothing less.

I Believe That the popular vote for the president of the united states is the best way to go by for voting. I read from the Story that The Electoral College system votes for a slate of electors,who in turn elect the president. But each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee,and the trust is rarely betrayed. Being that the electoral college group has the most The most best-laid defense it can also be wrong. I Honestly think that you should conisder changing it to popular vote,i would consider what i read from the passage,That this year voter can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could agian lose the presidency. what i am trying to proove is that popular vote is the best choice for the presdiednt's votes. Most worrying in the prospect pf a tie im the elcetoral vote,due to the election would be thrown to the house representives,where state delegations vote on the president. As also read in the story given that many voters vote one party for president and another for congress,The house election can hardly be expected to reflect the will of the people. popular vote dosent has as much as problems or shall i say minor set backs as Electtoral College has.                                                             

Driveless cars would be hard to control because even though it alerts you when you need to take control iy would still be hard. some people might wanna sleep while the robot drives and so they can't drive. We don't even need these cars we can drive ourselves people are just to lazy to drive. The only people that should be able to drive these cars are people that can't drive a normal car or that can't get there linsense but it don't matter cause you have to drive it yourself still. I think these cars are pointless if you wanna make a robot controlled car you should'nt have to drive it at all. it's not like we need it anyway people can drive themselves it's not like your walking if your too lazy to drive a car that's bad. I wouldn't trust a robot driving a car anyways thats too scary that could easily crash the car. they're not smart enough to drive it because they don't have the common sense that we do. if two robot car and driving they will be thinking the same and just crash into eachother we can't even get our computer technology to work and now we want them to drive us places. The cars go over half a million miles without a crash but a lot of people drive half a million in they're lifetime so your pretty much expecting a crash at least once in your lifetime. Soon enough we are gonna be so us to these cars that the teenagers won't even know how to drive a normal one. There will just be so many more crashes then they're are now because remote controlled robots are controlling it. Thats like a big r/c car without a remote I know i would trust that.

There are some positive aspects of driverless cars that can put you on the pro side of the idea of driverless cars. Thhere are also many cons of the idea that can put you againt it. Although the idea of another source of technology that can do something for you sounds good, I am against the development of this idea. I think the driverless car would be a bad idea for multiple reasons. The first reason why i think this car is a bad idea is because of safety. If something goes bad and the driver is not paying attention then it could result in a very bad accident. The second reason i think its a bad idea is because it may give a driver a mindset that makes them think they do not have to pay attention to the road and their surroundings, leading them to doing things like sleeping, texting, or eating. If a situation occurs that puts you in danger and you are doing one of those three things; or anything else; it could result in a terrible accident. While on the other hand although eating, sleeping, or texting can ocurr commonly, driving a regular car decreases the chances of any of those things occurring resulting. There could also be a higher chance of mechanical issues resulting in a crach or accident. I also think the driverless car would lead to a lot of people in the world being lazy. Because of safety, mechanical issues, and laziness I think the driverless car would be a bad idea. It is better to keep our roads safe for everyone from children to adults. Overall I think we should stick to cars that require a driver.

Dear senator, if I may speak for the people I think that the Electoral College was a great idea thanks to the founding fathers. The concept of every state in the United States of America and the people in the states have the power and decison over chosing the commander and chief. The fact that the founding father created the Constitution and the amendments is right because look at where we are today in history. The US is so strong and civilized because of the Constitution it keeps us heading in the right direction. Back to the keeping the Electoral College and its voting system. The right to vote is a great power and acknowledgement. The people go to vote and then the state counts the the votes and which ever candidate gets the most votes recieves the electoral votes which is separated between the states. This is a grat thing because every right full human being has a chance to make a difference. If the winning candidate was only chosen for popular votes then it would be uneven and unfair then mobody would want to vote. Dont you think mr or miss senator that if the founding fathers thaught about this many years ago and they saw us today they wouldsay what a great idea and concept we came up with. The founding fathers thaught about the right of the people and thats what counts. The Electoral College is a smart way to give the people there right to vote and chose who will make things better. THe candidate has to appeal to the people as the right guy to run the United States and can help improve the economy. The electoral college is not to make things harder it is to make things right and even for everyone. SOme states have little populations so they get less electoral votes compared to others states with huge populations they get more electoral votes cause they have more people voting which is fair for everyone. In the end the Electoral Collge is a efficient and non problematic solution to voting for a president or candidate. The other fact is that the Electoral College provides a certain winner. The candidates have to go out and speak with the people and explain what they want to change and improve in the United states. The candidate have to prove they are worthy and capable of creating a better tomorrow. For example Barack Obama has created millions of more jobs for people and has brought up our economy. Since the crash in the economy he has done an amazing job in creating a better tomorrow for the people. How did Obama win well its the cause of the popular vote of the state and then which every person votes and then the winner get the elctoral votes of the state that is 538 divide between the states. The people did there job in listening and watching the candidates and how they can make us stronger. Mr or miss senator I would like you to think how would you feel if the you where a founding father and what would you want the us to be like in the future and how you can achive that and the peoples right. The facts are all here the founding fathers and how they came up with this idea and the diddnt even know what wuld be the out come but in the end the right to vote and how every single human being makes a difference in chosing the president of the United States and commander and chief makes every person valuable to tomorrows out come. My honest opinion mr or miss senator is that we should keep the Electoral collge cause it is based on peoples right which is most importan and that why the constitution is based on the peoples right. The amendments where thought up as just an idea on a paper and when we make it a concept in the United States Government it makes us the people who and what we are today. To answer the question 'Does the Electoral College Work"? Well the answer is Yes, cause it is based on every persons vote which means "peoples Rights". If I may take one more minute of your time mr or miss senator to say "Human rights are the main idea and thats what we are all based on" Thank you for your time in reading my arguement and why we should keep the Electoral College in place." Do what is for the people and by the people" Thank you mr or miss senator.

I think the driverless car is a bad idea, because if and when someone is injured in a car wreck who is to blame. you can make a law about that, but its just gonna turn into an arguement with everyone who is paying attention to it. If a driver is injured in a car wreck with the dreiverless car the person to blame is the manufacture. the manufacture put this car into the world and said it was safe and the "most of the time" nothing will happen. If the driverless car comes out into the world, its gonna be ran off some sort of technology back at the manufacture, if so its gonaa be hackable by anyone who is smart enough to do so, or if someone who works for the manufacture wanted to they could hack it them selves and get a lot of people hurt just by turning it off or turn the direction its going a little bit. they may even be a little mishap in the driverless car and the manufacture just skip it and move on later that mishap may get a bunch of people killed or injured.

In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. I don't believe that this technolgy can help read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom because it is not as useful as you might think. For example, say you were a student in class and you had a crush on someone in your classroom. Would the computer come out to everyone in the class that you have romantic feelings toward someone inside you? That would be very embarassing. It would also seem to be a breach of privacy in my opinion. If someone prefers to keep their emotions to themselves, then they wouldn't feel very comfortable with a computer in the same room as them that would be able to read their facial expressions and ultimately their emotions. Also, it will most certainly be very expensive. A computer of that type of quality would likely cost schools thousands of dollars. That's way over most schools' budgets. Facturing in that computer would cause huge spikes in the electricity bill and ultimately cause schools to shut down because they can't pay their bills. Especially if those computers are in every classroom. That would not be very cost effective for most schools in the first place. In addition to that, it's not very practical. It is almost certain to start to malfunction because of the many different complex emotions that humans have and the sheer amount of students' emotions that the computer would have to keep account of. It will most likely not work after one or two classes. To recap, I don't really believe that this type of technology should and/or will be used in a classroom setting. There are too many things to account for. There are so many different emotions that even as us humans can't detect that well, let alone a computer that us as humans made! Also, the likely cost of this technology will be extremely pricey and not a lot of schools will be able to afford the computers nor want them in the first place.

Detecting Emotions New software has been developed that improves accuracy in percieving the emotions of others. The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom could be valuable, or it could be a waste of time, depending on how you look at it. Technology has been upgraded throughout recent decades, and most recently, technology has taken a different approach. The software is the latest innovation from Prof. Thomas Huang, in collaboration with Prof. Nicu Sebe. Dr. Huang and his colleagues are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate, but is this really a better way to communicate? It comes down to the facts. The computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face, and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles. Everyone has different ways of expressing emotions, and not everyone feels the same emotions. Thinking that a computer could possibly detect your emotions is a bit silly, to some, and valuable to others. So what makes it silly to some? You can probably tell how a friend is feeling by the look on their face, you can talk with them in person. Having physical contact is very important when it comes to emotions, using a computer to detect, sounds a bit far-fetched. Schools have teachers, and school counselors, so that students can talk express how they feel. Some people don't see why this feature could possibly be useful in a classroom. There are many issues going on in the world, much worse than trying to figure our expressions. So, why aren't we using this tchnology, and these smart people to work on something more important? Imagine a computer that knows when you're happy or sad, what would you need it for? Human communication is very important, using a computer to detect how you feel is simply a waste of time, in some opinions. Making faces can reveal so much about the science of emotion. On the other hand, what could the Facial Action Coding System be useful for in classrooms? Students may be able to use this feature in physiciatry studies. Students may also use this feature in art classes to really capture what the artist was depicting in the work. For instance, this new software was able to create percentages of Mona Lisa's emotions. The latest innovation in computer software may be very useful for art classes, knowing how a person may be feeling in a painting may help students to depict the artists work, a bit better. As humans, we can tell how someone may be feeling by the look on their face, or the look in their eyes. Most of us would have trouble trying to describe what facial expressions convey being happy, besides a smile. The computer can make exact percentages on each emotion you may be feeling. However, a computer cannot feel, cannot have sympathy, and cannot understand many things about humans. Reaching the final conclusion is up to you. Is a computer being able to identify your emotions useful in classrooms, or not?

How could a computer help improve a student's time in class? The new Facial Action Coding System developed by Prof. Thomas Huang enables computers to transfer human facial expressions into emotions. This is a valuable technology system for teachers and students to help improve learning and teaching inside of a classroom. The new technology could greatly improve student learning inside the classroom. In the passage Dr. Huang predicts that "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." Such a technology could help teachers and students both. This would enable the teacher to slow down the lesson to help students catch up and learn or this could help teachers impliment new strategies to keep students focused and interested in learning. A teacher could possibly be able to tell if students are confused or bored but with this new system a teacher could be fully able to control the class and keep students attention. Another way that the new Facial Action Coding System could help is to see what students understand a topic and what students need extra help, one on one with a teacher. This would help improve a students time in class by making the student more efficient and also could help teachers become more efficient with time. "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." By having a computer in class a teacher could use the time with the students more effectively and this would translate into better homework and test grades from the students. In addition to just helping students with the class the system would allow teachers to see if a student is sad or upset and the teacher would be able to try to improve the students mood. A student who could be helped emotionally at school will value the new system and all of the capabilities of such system. In online classrooms where the students do all work on a computer, the computer could generate strageties for each individual student based on a students emotions and facial expressions. "If you smile when a web ad apears on your screen, a similar ad might follow." This would allow a computer to give students a better opportunity to learn at the pace that suits that student on that particular day. This could also allow the instuctor of the class to institute different styles of lessons and more entertaining ways of learning the content of the class. All of the capabilites of the new Facial Action Coding System are extremely valuable to not only students but also teachers. Being able to learn better within the classroom will be greatly valued by students and also teachers. Also a more direct learning experience with a better connection from teacher to student. Finally, better strategies for teaching and learning could be developed with the new technology system. All of the possibilities are very valuable to students in a classroom. Let's improve the education of students.

The author supports his idea on why we should study Venus despite the dangers it presents is because acording to the story Venus is often referred to as Earth's "twin." Another thing the article says is that Venus is the closest planet to Earth beause of the density and size. Venus also used to be covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life. I think we should study Venus despite the dangers because it used to be the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. We can also study it so it can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, but it will take a while to get there. There are also downsides like how will people live in Venus if it is too hot for us to live there or it'll still be hard for researchers to study Venus because researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else because they cannot touch the ground otherwise they will burn. There may be some solutions to study Venus a little bit more because according to NASA they have an idea in which it involves a vehicle. It will look like a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. The vehicle will be hovering over Venus to avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. Although the temperatures will be around 170 degrees Fahrenheit and the air pressure will be a little strong, it will still be survivable for humans. Those are the reasons on why I agree with the author suggesting that we should study venis despite all the dangers the planet has.

In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," The author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using the details, I believe that driverless cars could be a good idea. They could malfunction and cause an very bad car accident, they aren't realiable because in some states they arent allowed to test car that run alone, and it would be animosity between the citizens and manufacturers. First and formost one reason I believe that the car would be an bad idea today is because the makings of the so called "driverless" cars could happen to have a glitch in the system and break. For emaple, In the article it states "These smart-road systems worked surprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical". This quote states with before making that cars they would have to fix and upgrade things, but they are making these smart cars without doing so. In taking that action the car could stop working whenever which wouldn't be safe for us espically with the major highways and intersections we have on busy streets. Another reason the driverless cars would not be safe for us, is because you can't depend on them to function properly. In the text it states, "Presently traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. As a result, in most sates it is illegal even to test computer driven cars, Calidornia, Nevada, Flordia, and the district of columbia have led the country in allowing limited use of semi-autonomous cars". In this quote it shows that not many states in the U.S. truely believe that these cars are safe itself. You can tell because they don't test the cars and without tests the cars it is no true evidence that they're safe it drive in. Lastly, I believe the driverless cars aren't safe is because it would cause drama and animosity between the citizens and manufacturers. For example the article quotes " If the techology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?" This part of the article shows that when an accident ocurrs with the "driverless" cars the court of law, policie officers, or the makers of the model won't know who to put the blame on for the cause. That is a bad idea because also in the text it states, " Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over". I took this quote into consideration because it could be an very bad incident and the driver blames the incident on the car but the investigators wouldn't know who to put the blame on. Either the driver becasuse they could have turned the funtion off before the incident happened and they were in control the whole time, or the manufacturers because theu driver may have tried to turn the function off to take control of the car but it malfunctioned which causes it to stop working. These are my reasons on why to not use driverless cars and keep the nice ones we have. The models that we drive in today work well and may have bad functions, but they are functions that can be fixed in an auto shop. Or the parts of the car can be found in an autopart store.

The laws have changed. We now have days where we cannot use our cars for the day. We can only get around using buses, a local taxi, bikes, walk etc,. Would this benefit us or would it not? Some cities and countries around the world are banning cars. Instead they would like to use public transportation, a biciylce, or maybe your own two feet to get around. I believe that this topic is reasonable and I agree. The United States is considering this law of not having to use our cars for a day or two each week so we can get out in the fresh air or try out some new transportation for personal knowledge of more ways to get around. The paper, The End of Car Culture, states that "recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by." Assuming, we are already shifting into a lifestyle of not having a car for a day or two. To me, this would benefit the country because of our high obesity rate. If more people ride their bikes to places or walk places, this will give them more exercise opportunities and help them lose weight in a more constructive way. Just riding your bike or walking a mile to the grocery store a day can definitely help someone out. Speaking of helping things out, how about the environment? The article, Paris band driving due to smog, states that "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." Robert Duffer also states that Paris uses Mondays to be deicated ro even-numbered license plates are ordered to leave their cars at home and the next day odd-numbered license plates were ordered to keep their cars home. The diesel fuel in Paris was hurting the environment so that is why they banned cars. Here in the United States I believe that the car pollution is also hurting our environment. Riding bikes and walking places is a good activity for everyone to do. Most of us, except the 2% of people in America, have trouble with money. Riding bikes around and walking to a friends house or to the store, would definitely help our money situations. Not having a car two days a week means we do not have to get gas as much, which would save us money. Using a taxi would be useful too but, not as much becuase the money adds up also. Not using cars can completely help our community and country in so many ways. Banning cars for a day or two sounds like a fantastic idea. Being able to go out and get fresh air and get some exercise would be great for our country. Less pollutions, less money and more constructive activities for getting around to places. All sounds like a good idea to me. Let's see if the United States takes action.     

Switching Sides Have you ever heard of the man on the moon? Well Mars has a similar thing. They both ,at the time, had formations that looked like human faces. Some think it was made by aliens or some other superior being. However, the reality of it is that its just a natural formation that looks like a face. That part can be nocked out when you zoom up on it. The lines and basic formation of the mesa,the face, are too natural to be made by an intelligent species. Finally, if there was some marks or sign that it was created by aliens it would have shown up on the image due to the high resolution. We are looking farther then we should with this natural formation. At the moment the most recent picture from 2001 completly exterminates any facial recognition. You can see natural lines that run across the mesa and the higher elevation of certian areas. The eyes are just a steep hill that geos to the top. While the mouth seemingly isn't even there anymore. You can see the worn away parts indicating that its been there for quite awhile. The shadows aren't even there at the time which creates the distictive features. It bearly even looks like a face anymore. I was talking about the NATURAL lines that appear on the mesa. The lines on the mesa are to distictive to be created. If something made it they would have wanted smooth edges as well as an even ditch. If they tried to recreate the natural look it would have looked faulty and unbeliveable. The species would have completly deformed the hill exposing its true colors. Also what reason would they have for creating a random face with the possibility of no one ever seeing it. There is no point to it. Finally, the final reason for it not being alien-made is if there was marking on the mesa giving reason to believe it was created be aliens they would have been shown. If any wierd symbols showed up on the screen we would have seen it and still release the image. Why would we hide this from the world if it would increase the amount of funding we get from companies. You can study the image for hours, but not find a single symbol anywere on the image. The camera would have picked it up and we would have studied it. The mesa was not created by aliens if only looks that way to us because are minds are hardwired to find faces. Its much easier to remember a face rather than a name. Everything about the image is natural it wasn't put there for some unnoticable reason that we can't comprehend. It just existis thats all... nothing more nothing less. No aliens had anything to do with this mesa.

Some people think being a Seagoing Cowboy is boring but I can tell you that they are wrong. Being a Seagoing Cowboy is a amazing opportunity for everyone because you can travel around the world. You can see countries like Greece, China, and other countries. You can see marvoules land marks like the Panamal Canal, and you can see important countries like Acropolis, Greece and Venice, Italy the city of water. You also can meet other people around the world, and help the people in need. As former Seagoing Cowboy said '' I'm grateful for this opportunity.'' The next reason why you should be a Seagoing Cowboy is becuse you can see animals that you have never seen before. You can also take care of them until you reach the country that there supposed to be in. The next reason is that you can eat foods in other countries. You also can also be one of the reasons why some of the destroied countries are now one of the best countries in the world. Then you can learn more about the country and the animals you took care of. Then here is the last reason why you should be a Seagoing Cowboy, you can also use up your free time. Seagoing Cowboys like to have fun they play games like Baseball and Volleyball. Then in the empty rooms were the animals were housed is now a Baseball field, a Volleyball court, a Table-tennis room, a Fencing stadium, a Boxing ring, and other games. You also can read books and whittle in your alone time. So you see being a Seagoing Cowboy is not boring it's fun, and a great opportunity of a life time.

I think people should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program, because you can have a lot of fun. You will have lots of fun and get to do rodeo on some cows yeha. You can ride those big horses and go really fast. I went to a program kinda like this before and rode big horses and fished and rode boats. I got to playin the mud and it was funny and felt really weird. I went in swamps and saw some gators but nun in bad. I even got to see my uncle John deer is cow out of the farm. Haha it was so funny . You guys do should go to camps like these there very fun. You have the best food out there too. Fish, crab, spaghetti , gators, rabbits, squarles, and shrimp. That food is the best food in the world. You can eat anywhere you like. Bring your friends family anyone and enjoy that great food. Oh almost forgot you can bring your sleeping bags, tint, pillows, blanking, or whatever, because you gone be sleepin in cabin. Don't worry though because it be extra warm in there. I enjoyed the last time I slept in a cabin. I slept a few nights and then one night I heard monster creeping on me and I peed down my leg. I really think you will want to go to that camp with the Cowboys. It will be really great and you get to ride horses and eat amazing food and sleep in a cabin. If you love to camp and go crazy then this is where you need to come. The Seagoing Cowboys. I gerinte you will have fun. There al;so pools and ponds and stuff that you can have fun in. These people travel for long time at time sol you'll be there for awhile.

Driverless cars are a negative aspect in the near future. Most people buy a vehicle so they can be in control of where they are going, how fast they're going, etc. Personally i would not prefer a machine taking me places all day. Driverless vehicles may have a technical difficulty which could result in an injury, or worst case scenario, a fatality. Not only is it endangering the operator and surrounding individuals, but also the manufacturer due to reliabilty regulations. In reality, driverless cars is a cool topic to think about, but are they completely independent? The answer to that is no, well at least for now. Driverless vehicles use a bunch of different sensors, lasers and computers to figure out which way is which and to understand their surroundings. Although the programming of these smart cars remain quite complex, they still lack the ability to handle situations such as backing out of a drive way, going through construction zones, and what to do if there is an accident ahead. You might be thinking "So what happens if the vehicle doesnt know what to do?" If a smart vehicle doesnt know what to do in a situation, it allows you to take over, thus making driverless vehicles not completely driverless. Don't worry though, the vehicle alerts you in multiple ways if there is an issue in which you need to take into consideration, such as blinking lights on the wind shield, the drivers seat vibrates and talking to you through the speakers. The vehicle only pays attention if you pay attention, they have sensors in the steering wheel to make sure you have your hands on the wheel at all times, and a camera above watches you to make sure you keep your eyes on the road. The driverless vehicle can also be very dangerous. Almost one hundred percent of the time, machines/computers have some sort of mishap or technical difficulty quite often. Some may be worse than others but most of the time they always malfunction. So why would you want a possible death bound machine taking you to your everyday day errands? Supposedly that is a risk people are willing to take. They should sop with the production completely and stick with the modern day transportaion. Having a smart vehicle drive you around all day without having to invest any effort at all would be heaven, but it is just not possible right now. Some time or another the operator will always have to take over because smart cars are unfortunately not smart enough. driverless vehicle is false advertisement. They should be titled "Assisted smart vehicle" or something of that sort. If they are going to continue manufacturing these vehicles then they should at least keep them off of the market until they have worked out all of the flaws. Driverless vehicles are a good idea, but remain a complete disgrace to the world of transportation. Some people actually enojoy driving, and these machines dont allow you to do that. Driverless cars also propose great dangers to everyone in them or around them. Although they can be helpful to some people such as disabled individuals, we should stick with modern day transportation.

My opinion on the driverless car is a big two thumbs up, I think these cars are a big stepping stone in the world of technology, letting us advance to create more useful creations to help our daily lives. Driverless cars can help evolve our future, at least our future in technology, and help us create more wonderful inventions. The best part is the cars that Sergey Brin sees in the future will not even use as much fuel that we use today, it will only require half that amount. I believe it to be very fascinating that for a car to be smarter it will need many sensors all over it. This way the car would be able to copy a human's skill at the wheel. The sensors attached to the car will allow it to apply brakes whenever danger is coming up ahead. We are unfortunately very lucky to have that ability to attach sensors onto the car to provide it the intelligence of driving on it's own, since back then we never had any sensors, computers, or mapping made by google. Recapping my opinon on these driverless cars, I would like to say that they are great to have for transporting people who can't drive and delivering packages or whatever else they need to be used for. One more thing about having driverless cars is that it's useful for parent's, while the car drives to their destination, they will be able to take care of their children without having to stop the car. Lastly, I would like to sum it up and say that driverless cars coming to the future will have everyone is shock, especially by how amazing we have advanced in time.

First off, the technology to read emotions of students in a classroom is valuable. For good side of things, this technology created by Professor Thomas Huang can make a whole class smart and can speed up the progress while things go. Second, what the technology helps with the students is when the students are confused or bored then that comupter is going to be able to recognize that face and really help the student out like a teacher would be able to do. This can save time and will have more students understand subject even more. The technology would be able to calculate almost any emotions Lastly, these technology that Professor Thomas Huang owns is very helpful for the societyand for schools. SInce now that Professor Thomas Huang's technology can calculate the tiniest emotions, it can support us dramatically. This will be very valuable to classrooms, students, and teachers around the world.

Dear Senator In the year 2000 there was a presidental election. The two canadate runnning were Bush and Gore. In that election there was a problem, Gore had won the votes of the people but Bush had won the votes of the the Electoral votes. Now the question is asked who should win, should the person who had the most votes from the people win or the person who had the most votes from the Electoral College win? This is something that has been going on for a long time, does the Electoral College over rule the people? This is an importain question that we the people should be asking, do we realy pick the persendent or does the Electoral College pick it and we are just there for show? The Electoral College is an out dated sistem that we keep because the goverment wants there to be a clear winner, but we know that is not what the people the people want the right to dicide. The Electoral College was established by the founding fathers and made as a "compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualifies citizens." The Electoral College vote on the President and the Vice President. It has 538 members and for there to be a winner a canadate, has to get a majority of 270 electoral votes. Your states allotment of electors is equal to the number of members in its Congressional degation. The problem here is that there is 300 million people in this contery and only 538 people get to vote on who is going to be president. Also most states have a Winner takes all system were the winner of the majority gets all of the votes. For example florida has 29 electoral votes so if one canadate get 15 which is the magority he will get all 29. Because of this there is not an acurate repisentaion of what the state thinks. The last reason it is not a good system is because the people's votes do not matter. In the 2000 election Gore had won the peoples votes and Bush had on the Eletoral votes. now Bush became president even tho Gore had won with the people. The biggest problem with the Electoral College is the fact that it over rules the people. If the Eletoral College wins it does not matter how many people vote for the other person running it will not matter. Now the question is acked, What is the point of voting if it does not matter who we vote for only the Electoral College votes matter?®    

There are many advantages of limiting car usage and today ima tell you a few reasons why that is true. Time after time day after day we use our cars or motorcycles to get from point A to point B some may think that by driving from point A to point B is harmless but im here to tell other wise. Driving your car or motorcycles everday to work causes pollution in the air it makes the air we breath nasty an unhealty it even causes the temputure to rise which is a big no no the antarticle will melt an rise sea levels. So limiting car usage makes the air a little cleaner an healtier to breath Limiting car usage even helps you save a little extra money cause with gas prices so high it aint cheap to get from point A to point B it cost more to travlel. In some places they even offerd free transport from friday to monday which is great! who wouldnt want free transport i mean whats better than saving money an helping the pollution decrease making the air more freasher an clean. Atfer days of near record pollution paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city those who refused to obey were fined 22 euro($31) other got the vechials impounded The less cars on the street the less likley accidents are to happpen sometimes the roads are just to pack an squished you can braley get by thats why many car accidents happen with the car free day makes everyone a little more safer. since the car free day the parks and sports centers have bloomed many peopel are out having a good time riding thier bikes an enjoying the fresh air they dont have to worry about cars hitting them or wasting gas an polluting the air. In the untied states the enviromental protection agency is promting car reduced communities. many experts expect public transport serving suburbs to play a much larger role in a new six-year federal transportation bill. Americans are buying fewer cars drving less and getting fewer licenses each year goes by.

you should join the Seagoing Cowboys becuase the Seagoing Cowboys travel all around the world helping others around the world. If you love adventure or going all arouund the world seeing every unique thing about other countys this is the job for you. some support if you dont belive we will travel or see almost every corner of the world here is some text to help. "The cattle-boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small town boy," he says "besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special," he says. "So was taking the gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water." luke also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China. If these reasons dont convince you to join i dont know what will. Any body can join. will you take the one in a life time chance will you join us?

Have you ever dreamed about exploring space? I know I have when wierd shapes or forms appear on things and places in our solar system people believe it aliens or a foriegn species that we know nothing about. Like in 1976 a global surveyor named the Viking snapped a photo of a landform that look likes a face on the planet called Cydonia. Humans always argue among each other over the fact whether it was made by aleins or just a natural landform. It's and natural landform beacause it could of been caused from a piece of another planet branching of and crashing, or regular elements acting apon the planet itself. Our solar system is huge there is alot of planets, and more uknown things humans do not know about. Many things can be floating around in outer space from other planet bigger or smaller. The peice of that planet or object broke off of could had of entered Cydonia atmosphere, and caused that landform to exist. Many things have difrent ways of cleansing, and many other different ways of doing things. We do not know if the planet Cyndia caused the unsual lamdform itself from amy kid of element storms and much more. The planet Cyndia is very rare with the landform it has own it there could be many more planets and unknown things that have rare landforms about them in the big solar system,

In my opinion I believe that the use of this technology is great because in the text it was stated that "a classroom computer could recongnize when a student is becoming confused or bored" and since mosts students dont like to speak up maybe the teacher can ask them after class if they understood the subject or the lesson that day. But everything has an opposing side. This could also not be a benefit because maybe if someone has a private feeling saying maybe like a crush and the computer states something like "in love" maybe thats something they wanted to keep for themselves. well mainly that would depend on the teacher you have or if she/he will tell anyone but id doubt it. Some feelings are also really difficult to understand like maybe the computer can bring the wrong emotion or mis calculate how you are feeling. " the facial expressions for each emotion are universal," according to Dr. huang.

The President should be chosen by popular vote. By letting the people choose who sould be their President they are able to get what they want, not what Congress thinks they want. The Electoral College system is old news and now that we are in 2015 there are all sorts of new things going on. The Electoral College system is just too much and seems like a hassle that can be made easier by having qualified citizens vote for their President. Under The Electoral College system voters are voting for electors who choose the President for them. I feel that the people should be able to put in their votes and the man (or woman) who has the majority of the votes should be the President. I am aware that choosing the President is a big deal but by doing this, things are much easier and more efficent. What I am trying to say is that the Electoral College system is way too flawed and complicated to be good for us. I feel as though the Electoral College system is unfair, and irrational. Electors have been known to refuse to vote for their party's canidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever. Richard Nixon validated only his oppenent's electors as well. People can take this system to advantage easily and obuse it to get what they want. By choosing the President through popular vote it is very difficult to mess up the amount of votes for one person. You can keep supervision on the voting stands and make sure nobody puts in more than one vote for one person and also monitor the people who sort the votes. People are very selfish and only think of themselves and thats why you shouldn't have other people go and vote for the party's canidate. The Electoral College system was made when thinking out of the box wasn't a good thing. The Electoral College system is unfair for voters and outdated.

I am going to try to convince you to become a seagoing cowboy. I belive you should become a seagoing cowboy because this is something that helps out other people. Also, sometimes us people in america can get very selfish and need to do things for other people. And I belive that God would want you to do this. In the text it states,"The cattle boat trip was the experince of a life time for a small town boy." In paragraph 5 it also states,"Besides helping people I had the experince of seeing Europe and China." Doing this would keep you busy. But in paragraph 8 it says "Luke also had time to have fun on board." This also would be somthing you could do to serve our country. Doing this would be a very good experince to have. You would have a lot of time to get to know the other people on board. For those reasons and more it would be very good for you to become a seagoing cowboy.

An idea for driverless cars does sound appealing. It can improve the intelligence of today's cars by giving them a mind of their own. However, these cars may seem like a decent idea for the future, but they can prove to be really difficult. Quite a few problems can arise from this phenomenon. The development for these driverless cars should cease pretty soon. In the future, driverless cars are supposed to become a new thing. These cars will have the ability to function on their own and drive itself, which will not really require the driver to handle it. Although this seems like a nice thought, this is quite an issue already. Creating driverless cars can create laziness in lots of people. Assuming that this creation is titled 'driverless', many people will think that they do not have to do anything. This will raise the laziness in some people if this driverless car becomes available. This invention is not a good idea. As well as it can raise laziness in people, it can quite possibly cause the driver to use it to his/her advantage in inappropriate ways. There is a law that says the driver must be held responsible for any mistakes he/she makes while on the road whether the car is automated or not. The driver will be at fault regardless if any acident is to happen. Even though this law exists, people will still make excuses for their mistakes. If an accident occurs, the driver may use the car as an excuse to avoid any responsibilities, such as court cases if anything is damaged. With such an invention as great as this, someone is most likely going to use it as a scapegoat for their mishaps. This just gives people a reason to avoid being guilty for what they did. It is said that the car is supposed to maintain its commands and make driving easier. These driverless cars are supposed to work almost efficiently for everyone. However, accidents are still likely to happen. Even if these cars are supposed to work well, things can go wrong. Perhaps the car may somehow malfunction while on the road. If this happens, it will put the driver and other people on the road, driving or walking, at an extreme risk. If a malfunction in the car is to occur, accident and death rates will increase. This is extremely unsafe for drivers in the future. It sounds great to have a car that can drive itself in the future. Maybe it might raise the intelligence of some drivers. Nevertheless, the possibilities of this new car going wrong should not be ignored. These cars cannot be 100% perfect at all times after its release. It can be unsafe and extremely inaccurate and should not become an invention in the future.

Dear state senator, i have sent you this letter to tell you that we should not abolish the Electoral College, the Electoral College has many benefits when voting for president. The Electoral College is widely regarded as an anchorism, a non-democratic method of selecting a president. In 2012 the election for president, Obama recieved 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to Romneys 51.3. Because most states award electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis, the slightest plurality in a state can cause a landslide electoral-vote victory in that state. Though a tie is possible because the total number of votes is 538, it is very unlikely. The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. No state has enough electoral votes to elect a president. The voters in toss-up states are more likely to be the thoughtful voters. A large state will recieve more attention from presidential candidates in a campaign than a small state does. The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast.

Dear state senator, I urge you to vote in favor of changing to election by popular vote to select the president of the United States. I urge this to pass for three particular reasons. First is because of the factor that electors could defy the will of the people or the peoples word, Second is because of the event of a it would already be handed over to the House of Representativese, and third is because of the winner takes all system. To begin with the electors have and most likley will again defy the will of the people and the peoples word. For example, In The source The indefensible Electoral College: Why Even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong. By: Bradford Plumer, He states that back in 1960 segregationists in the Lousina legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who opposed president J.F.K. Likewise electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's canidate and vote for who ever they want. Next, is the most worrying, the prospect of a tie in the votes of the Electoral College. If this were to happen the election would be decided by the House of representatives where the state delegations would vote on the president. Since each state only has one vote a representative from Wyoming representing 500,000 wouldn't have as much say as the reps. from California who represent near 35 million people. In 1976 a tie would have occured if 5,559 voters in Ohio and 3,687 voters in Hawaii had voted for the other side, only a few voters away from catastrophe. And Finally, The Electoral College is unfair to voters because of the winner takes all system. in each state canidates dont spend time in states that they know they have no chance of winning. They focous most of their time in the swing states. During the 2000 campaign seventeen satates didn't see the canadates at all including Rhode Island and Sotheren California. Voters in 25 of the largest media markets didnt get to see a single ad. If anyone has a good argument to put their fate in presidency in the hands of a bunch of swing voters in Ohio, they are far away from the white house. And once again state senator I urge your vote towards changing to election by popular vote to select the president of the United States. Because First, is the factor that electors could defy the will of the people or the peoples word, Second is because of the event of a tie it would already be handed over to the House of Representatives, and third is because of the unfair winner takes all system. Please consider all of the previously stated aspects Signed, PROPER_NAME              

My claim is going to be on the negative aspect on driverless cars. The one of the reasons that I am going to use is road problems. Also the next problem that I am going to be talking about is a pass for the drivers crime on a crash. The next thing I am going to talk about is the finacial rate. These are the most troubling thing that are running around in my mind. The first of the many problems is the road problems that can hurt any one on the road. If there is a sewer problem in the middle of the street that the city workers are working on the driverless cars won't have a way to detect the workers. Yes they might install a camera or a sensor to indicate that and alert the driver, but it can alert him to late and the result on that is there is already a crash. Also the car can't tell whether their is a red light or a green light it can only go to the direction it was programed to go to. There can be many more problems that anyone else can say that I'm not saying and think to your self's "why do they need to alert you before the car doesn't know how to drive a certain way". The second reason for the negative aspect of the driverless cars is the passes on a crash. I think that if a person is going to court for getting in a crash because of his driverless car. I am not saying that he should get punished for buying that car, but they should understand that that they should be watching the road. And if someone says that the were sleeping while the car was driving they should go to jail for it. Their might be a worst punishment for it, but they should already know the bad side of the driverless car is not a game. The last reason i am going to talk about is the finacial rate. Well I should call it money problems for everyone, but I wanted to sound smart. The company will have to sell them expensive prices because of the hardware, software, and other technology that is being combined with the car is not cheap. The people that would want to buy or rent it would have to do alot of work just to buy the car. Buy alot of work I mean he has to win the lottery and still work to still make payments on the car. There is alot more reasons but i leave it up to the different people that are going to write about it. I hope to the people that read this that there is a positive and a negative side to everything. But it is your life but make the right choices and make sure don't make any mistakes. And i wish you the best and the wish you good luck out there in the driverless car world.

Ever since the very first cars were available for purchase it seems that everyone has wanted one. Well not so much anymore. People have very well evolved from the need of a car. We find different ways to get to school and work without a car. This is good for our planet and i'm sure mother Earth is thanking us for it, but in ten years from now will people even know what a car is? Cars can play a big role in someone's life, it even has the power to take it away. In Bogota, Columbia a car-free day took place and buinessman Carlos Arturo Plaza said, "It's a great opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." Driving is something that takes years of practice to perfect and it should not be taken lightly. How much a state pays in repairs in damages caused by car accidents must be huge! So what would happen if no one drove anymore? What it be a change for good? Less and less people are driving today as our world is changing. Accroding to Doug Short, the amount of miles driven by a person has dropped 9 percent. Many people find it more difficult to own a car and fill it with gas and have to drive somwhere. They would much rather live in a place where they can just walk to work. The use of a very advanced internet is a good way to keep in touch with friends without having to get off your couch! Cars have a really big effect on the air pollution and it is really starting to hurt our Earth. Paris has recently had a near-record pollution. Paris had 147 of micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter! This goes for show what kind of effect a car's exhaust can do. By people resiting the need to drive anywhere and even owning a car, it is going to help with controlling the smog prdocued and hopefully help keep our Earth alive! So overall by limiting car use and by people taking the bus or riding their bike, our Earth can remain healthy. Also by limting the use of cars we can use those costs and apply it somewhere more useful and possibly save lives! Of course cars can be good, but their bad seems to cancel out what little good they do indeed. Our world we live in is changing and people are straying away from cars. In ten to twenty years who will even know what a car is?

In this passage the author claims many ways and benefits of visiting and exploring our sister planet venus. He claims that venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density, size and it is the closest to Earth in distence. He also claims that even thogh it will be dangerous and difficult to explore venus there are already many scientist trying to figure out ways to make it safe and less of a risk. The authors claims in this passage does support the idea of studying venus despite the dangers. Through out this passage the author describes how simular venus is to earth. In Paragraph 4 he states that venus may have once been just like Earth a long time ago. The author states that many Astronomers beleive that Venus could have once been covered up by large oceans and could have supported various life forms. Venus has many features that Earth also has. Venus has features like valleys, mountains, and craters like earth. The author claims that venus can be our nearest option to visit when space exploration is possible. It would be better to visit a place that could have once been just like Earth that is close. The author claims that many scientist are already finding and testing new and safe ways to get close enough to Venus to explore it. In Paragraph 5 the author states that NASA has a possible solution to the hot temerpatures of Venus. NASA would make it so scientist would be able to float above Venus from a distence. The temperatures would still be around 170 degreed Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be like the sea level on Earth. They would not be the easiest conditions to work in, but a human would be able to survive in these conditions. In conclusion, the authors claims that the idea of studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers is a good idea. The author backs his claim up with many facts such as Venuses simularites to Earth. The authors claims do support his ideas thoughout the passage.

If I had to chose between against or for the idea of a driverless utopia. I would be in the middle. But since there is no middle, well I'm more leaning on against driverless cars. many people say it at first. the feeling of riding this mechanical beast, to and fro, from A to B. and I could see it being boring to drive a driverless car, that needs a driver to still remain alert. I mean why have the name 'driverless' in there in the first place? might as well call it the extremly 'cautionary' car. now I'm gonna pull evidence from the text but forgive me if the evidence sounds choppy. "human skills, such as navigation through work zones and around accidents. this means the human driver must remain alert". "the Google car simply announces when the driver should prepared to take over". "GM has a developed drivers seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object". "while the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver". my point is that these cars may drive themselves, but to a certain extent. in the end of the day, the driver has to have some modest of self control on the car. cause god knows how much chaos this would have on society itself. just imagine cars slamming against eachother, with innocents inside. or just going off a cliff and into a ditch. computer and codeings can only do so much, before its overencumbered. but also imagine the laws in place. how long and arduose the process it would be. making sure that the bill does not lean towards the individual as well as the manufacturer. "if the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?". and reading paragraph 10 "Automakers are continuing thier work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved" I get the feeling of, We'll cross the bridge when we get there, syndrome. look if your gonna cross it. Good luck, cause that is a very, very long bridge. some laws and bills take ten years before it finally goes to all the goverment branches. maybe even more, cause we are talking about bills that deals with innocent lives. everyone going to be scrutinizing this. or loving this. but I'm confindent that there is going to be a long debate over this. and there has been incedents where laws have been revoked. So if there was an accident that did occure, people are going to think "maybe not". but hey who knows, I might be completely wrong. And I am okay with the idea of chilling while you car takes you to the mall or something, and no accidents ever occured. which would be cool. But I doudt that. But furtune favors the bold, so lets see what happens.

The author uses many things to describe about studying venus. First, the author describes that Venus is the second planet from our sun, Second, he says that Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of destiny and size, and occasionnally the closest in the distance too. Finally, he describe that NASA is also on other apporaches to studying Venus. First, the author describe that Venus is the second planet from our sun. While Venus is simple to see from the distant, but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging to place to examine more closest. Venus is the closest planet from the sun so it has more powerful than the other planet. Next, the writer says that Venus is the closet planet to Earth in terms of destiny and size, and occasionnally the closest in the distance too. Earth, Venus and Mars, the other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speed. They all had a different speed from the sun. These difference speed mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other time to Venus. Venus is sometimes right a round the corner. In space terms, humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud drap world. each pervious has unnamed, for some good reasons, spacecraft survived the landing for more then a few hour. This issue explain why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. Finally, the writer describe that NASA is also on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplied electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions. Another project is looking back to an old technology called machanical computers. By comparison, systems that use machanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat and other forces. In conclusin, the author uses many things to describe about studying venus. He uses so many good things to study about Venus, describing that Venus is the second planet from our sun, the closest planet to Earth in terms of destiny and size, and occasionnally the closest in the distance too. He also describe that NASA is also on other apporaches to studying Venus. A lot of people study about Venus.

If you where in World War 2 you would be scared and/or sad. If your house got destroyed and so did your farm it is ok if the Seagoing Cowboys where there. If you joined the Seagoing Cowboys you could help a lot of people and yourself. I strongly think that you should join Luke in the Seagoing Cowboys program. The Seagoing Cowboys program is a program for boys. In order to join the Seagoing Cowboys program you had to be a boy. You where in the Seagoing Cowboys program for as long as you wanted but, the highest was 9 trips. They take care of all types of animals and you get to go all over the world and see many different things. First thing you do is to go over the seas. Next you find where you need to go so you can go and help the area that have animals. Second you have to help people and animals by taking them to a safe place and trying to help them with everything you have. Lastly you go back to find more or go to a new place to help new people. Helping is a good thing for all people but, you can also look around the places you are. For example, you get to go to Greece and help cargo 335 horses and all so look at the place. Lastly you could get many items to bring back to remind you of going and helping the people that need it the most and by going somewhere fun. If you join the program then you get to meet many different people and try many new things. But, going only for fun is not the main reason. The main reason of going is to help people, animals, and other things. It is World War 2 at the time and many animals and people are trying to help them selfs but, they can't and that is why you should help them and join the Seagoing Cowboys program. These are all my reasons talking about why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. If you joined this program you could help many people and also help yourself in many ways. I extreamly think that you should join the Seagoing Cowboys in there adventures and having the experience of your life helping many people in need. Just remeber next time you hear someone lost ther barn or farm the Seagoing Cowboys will always help.

My trip as a Seagoing Cowboy was exciting, tough, and unbelievable. My trip wasn't hard or demanding as it may sound. I actually had a very good time. I never thought I would go to a different country but it happend an i'm glad I went. My trip was very exciting, may not sound very exciting but it was. As a Seagoing Cowboy I got to take care of the animals on the ship. You may wonder why would there be animlas on a ship, that is because it was 1945, World War II was over in Europe, and many countries were left in ruins. To help these countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more, 44 nations joined together to form UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration). When we were't watchig over the animals we got to play different kinds of sports like volleyball, tennis, and baseball. My trip was also very exciting because we got to see different places we have never seen before. My trip was unbelievable because I got to see places i've never seen before. One of the places I got to go see was the Acropolis. I've never got to see the Acropolis before but now i have seen it in person. Another unbelivable thing I got to do was ride the Gondola ride to Venice, Italy, an city streets with water. The last thing I got to do was vist the excavated castle in Crete, and marveled at the Panama Canal on my way to China. The reason my trip was tough was because I got to be a gaurd all night. I chose to be a night they didn't chose me I chose them. The job wasn't so bad, it was tough because I had to make sure the animals were feed three times a day. I also had to watch and make sure that nthing was strange and I had to make sure there was't any invaiders. I also had the job of making sure to tell the captian the weather reports. Not really a hard job, if you like having all the pressure on you its a good job for you. The big thing was that if you got your jobs done, you bacisally get free time like to play sports for just hangout with your friend(s). I think most people would love to be a Seagoing Cowboy. I don't judt say that but i trually think that most people would love it. If you like feeling like you rule the ship or you own the ship then this would be a great job for you.

The article " Driverless Cars Are Coming" poses both the positive and negative aspects of the developement of driverless cars. The developement of these cars does seem useful but it seems that they would cause more prolems than solutions. The public transportation system is fine as it is. The developement of these driverless cars poses a lot of potenetial issues. Some of these issues include safety and the law. Driverless cars could pose safety issues. The technology could fail and cause potential disasters. Driverless cars in regards to the law could cause trouble. The article gives the example " If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?" New laws would be needed to cover liability in case of an accident as such. A lot of the traffic laws would need to change to fit the new way of transportation as well. Although the negative aspects out-weigh the positives, there are still some good things about the developement of these cars. One thing the article mentions is that they would only use about half of the fuel today's cars do. While that is a good thing these cars still pose greater problems. They say they will be safer, but what if the technology fails? This type of technology puts people at risk. In conclusion, these driverless cars of the future are potentially dangerous. They would cause problems with the law and they pose safety concerns. Their developement poses little to no positive aspects. The world would be better off if they ceased the developement of these cars.

Many people struggle with reading peoples emotions. In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile " by Nick D' Alto writes that the Facial Action Coding System is valuable for students in classrooms. While many may agrue that the Facial Action Coding System are not valuable, In fact it is. For example, being able to detect how other people are feeling, develope better ways for humans and computers to communicate, and lastly the computers could modify the lessons based on the how the students are feeling. First, the Facial Action Coding System is valuable for detecting how people are feeling. Alto writes, " Imagine being able to detect exactly how other people are feeling, even when they are trying to hide their emotions. New software has been developed that improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of others" . This quote shows that when a person is confused on what the other person is feeling , this machine will help someone know exactly how the other peron is feeling. Second, the Facial Action Coding System is valuable for developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate. Alto writes," Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for human and computers to communicate". This quote shows that this machine is not only detecting facial emotions but it is a great way for humans to comunicate with computers. Thirdly, the Facial Action Coding System is valuable for Modifying the lessons based on how students are feeling. Alto writes," A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored...Then it could modify the lesson" . This quote shows that the computer could pick up if one of sudents is getting confused , bored ,etc. and it could modify the lesson so that the student will not be confused or bored anymore. The Facial Action Coding system is valuable to have in a classroom , Although many say its not, These three reasons is why having the Facial Action Coding System is valuable in a class room. In the world today many people struggle knowing what someone is feeling so they know wheather to help them or not so this machine could really help someone in the future. " whoever thought that makeing faces could reveal so much about the science of emotions".

Twenty five years ago something happened on Mars. In 1976 we discovered that there was a unusual face on the planet of Mars. The landform was located 41 degrees north martian latitude. The face on Mars is a landform because there was no alien monument. And also scientists believed that the face was an alien artifact. I know this because in the article it states, "The caption noted a huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." This shows that there is no alien activity on Mars and that there's just shadows that forms the human shaped head. Twenty five years ago NASA found a human shaped head on the planet of Mars. People believed that alien activity caused the head but what really was was shadows that formed the head. Then in 1998, and 2001 NASA and scientists upgraded to a new high resolution image to figure out it wasn't formed by aliens.

The use of technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom are valuable. It's valuable because it can detect when the students are bored, or confused with the subject they are learning or the lesson the teacher is teaching, If the Facial Action Coding System is used in classrooms it could possible help more students because the system could notify the teacher on who might be having trouble or major difficulties. I claim that the value of using the technology to read students' emotional expressions would be good. Evidence to back my statement up is " Most humans communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication." More evidence to back my statement up is "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." Which I believe that woudl be a wonderful source for not only students that are confused about something they are learning, but for the teachers too because it would help them know when a student is struggling, or is not really interested as much as they should be. The use of this technology to read the emotional ecpressions of students in a classroom is valuable. Evidence that can be use to prove that the statement is correct is "A calssroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." More evidence to show that the statement is true is "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor. I believe that the Facial Action Coding System does indeed show some value in a classroom. In conclusion, the technology would be a magnificent value to classrooms. It would help a ton of students that might be affraid to ask for help, or to tell the teacher that they aren't really learning from the way the teacher is teaching a lesson because it doesn't excite them as much. Which would be a great idea to bring FACS (Facial Action Coding System) to school classrooms.

Authors that present a well-developed, convincing argument can have a large influence on their reader's thoughts. In the passage, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author explains the different reasons as to why Earth, as a whole, should further study the planet of Venus, alotting all its difficulties. While the kinks of being able to go to Venus are still being worked out, this author gives insight as to why this barren planet is still important. The first idea the author had was related to the atmosphere of Venus. "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the coulds of higly corrosive sufuric acid in Venus's atmosphere." In Paragraph 3, the author does not give a higly convincing argument. Humans need oxygen to live, so how is it expected for them to survive on a planet that has little to no oxygen? It is not possible to change the chemical makeup of an entire planet. The argument displayed by the author is not credible in any way and does not give any reason as to why one would want to continure research in this area. The next problem that Earth faces in studying Venus is that temperatures on this planet exceed 800 degrees Fahrenheit, a temperature found nowhere on Earth. This temperature is beyond the maximun limit that human can edure, which leaves behind the compelling factor of wanting to study more of this sister planet. The author also states, ". . . and the atmospheric pressure is 9 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme that anything humans encounter on Earth." If the conditions of Venus are so bad, why should we be expected to study more of this planet. Similar to the carbon dioxide in the air, there is no way to change the temperature and pressure of an entire planet. Once again, the argument given by this author is not convincing. The author uses an idea proposed by NASA for humans to study Venus. They say that they could use hovering vehcles such as a blimp to fly over the planet, somewhere around 30 miles high. While 30 miles is a long way abover the planet, the temperature would still be around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, which is not ideal for reseachers. "Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans." If studying a planet is as difficult as the author is saying here, then Venus should be abandoned because even if NASA was able to study it, there is obviously no way that the planet will ever be suitable to live on. The author's arguments so far have all been a lost cause. The author does explain that Venus may have been previously similar to Earth-like conditions, including oceans to support forms of life. He states that it has similar features to Earth such as valleys, mountains, and craters. While this may be too, Venus has come a long way in that it is no longer able to sustain life. Even if it previously was similar to Earth, that means that it has gotten worse over time, which says that from here on, it will continue to grow worse. Proven by the author, Venus's conditions are far too extreme for the technology we have today. This planet is increasingly too dangerous to be explored, therefore the research toward it should be abandoned, and pushed more toward studying other plants, or even other solar systems in order to find another sutiable planet for humans to comfortably live on.

Why author suggests that studing Venus a worthy.I think author wanted to say, If people could not live Earth anymore, We could live Venus. Because referred to as Earth's "twin," Venus is the clotest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the clotest in destance too. But Venus's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees, it is 90 times greater than what we experience on the Earth. I don't think we could live there.But NASA has one particulary compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus, not easy comditions, but survivale for humans. Author saids strining to meet challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also becaus human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet te vary edges of imagination and innovation. So this article was author explain Venus's good points and bad points. If we need move another planet, In my opinion Venus is better than any planet. Venus is close and similar to Earth.

The value of using this technology to read students emotional expressions is an extremely smart idea. They see if they were confused or not. This software could help kids understand their assignments easier, explain more things throughly, and break the subject down into smaller sections. The way that this software could help kids understand their assignments easier is that it could read their emotions while they're taking notes and the teacher says something they don't understand. The software could then read that emotion of confusion and show them a simplier way to understand it. Thus making the lesson easier to understand so they could actually do their work right instead of doing it completely wrong. Another way that this software could help students understand things better is that it could explain more throughly. For example, a student could be sitting in math class and taking notes. The kid might not understand what the teacher means as he's talking about a specific formula. The software could reconigze the look and explain it better to the sudent so that they understand what they meant. The last reason why this software could be useful is that it could break down in the lesson into smaller sections. A kid could be completely lost on what he's learning about in science and they're overwhelmed by everything together. The program could reconigze the confusion of the kid. It could then break the whole lesson apart and explain it one step at a time so could make more sense to them. In conclusion, this software could do amazing things to help students understand and comprehend a lesson better than anything else. While this program will probably never be available for my education, it would be amazing asset for future students. The software could make it easier for assignments to be understood, explain a lesson further than the teacher did, and break lessons down into smaller sections. This software is the future for our world's education.

Venus, Earth's "twin" sister is a extordinary planet that may have been the most earth like planet in our solar system according to paragraph 4. It is also stated that Venus may have probably been covered largely with oceans that could support all form of life. Due to the dense atmosphere and toasty temperatures around 170 degrees fahrenheit. It has been impossiple to let alone land on venus but even taking samples of Venus's rock, gas, or anything else from a distance. Many drones have been sent there to gather information about Venus according to paragraph 2. Each mission to land on Venus has ben unmanned due to the problem of no spacecraft not being able to survived the landing for more than a few hours. Even with all these issues with venus, stated in paragraph 7. NASA is still working on other approaches to studying Venus because again it is a extordinary planet that is said to have been suitible for all forms of life. Finding out what happend to make Venus be in the state it is right now would help the human race from stopping Earth from becoming like Venus. There has been many ideas to get a view on venus ground conditions such as peering from a orbiting ship but that would only give a limited insight due to the dense atmosphere. On paragraph 6 it is stated "Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus". That just goes to show you how landing on Venus or even getting the smallest bit of sample of it is a worthy pursit despite the risks and dangers of it. The curiosity of the human race is a powerful thing, Even though Venus is described as a dangerous planet. One day we will figure out the secrets Venus hold and perhaps even have a human land on the surface as well, until then we will just keep on working on more innovations that will one day allow us to get the insight of Venus.

The author does not effectively support his suggestion that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. He believes that Venus has more value than just a rocky surface that is completely inhabitable by humans right now. Although the author provides multiple details that relate to his suggestion, he provides even more details that contradict his idea. One way the author contradicts his suggestion is by telling us about the unmanned spacecraft that have been sent to Venus. He tells us how there have been multiple spacecraft sent to Venus but none have survived for a long period of time. For example, in the text the author states, " No spacecraft has survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades." This excerpt from the author's article completely contradicts his idea. He says that Venus is a worthy pursuit, but how is he supposed to convince readers this when at the same time he is saying that no spacecraft has been sent to Venus for more than thirty years. The author also contradicts his idea of the value of exploring Venus by describing the planet. In paragraph three the author says that Venus has ninety-seven percent caron dioxide and has clouds that contain highly corrosive sulfuric acid. He also states that Venus has the hottest surface temperature in our solar system and would liquefy many metals. These details do not help his idea at all. They just show how much more inhabitable and worthless Venus would be to explore. It would be a waste of time and money to study a planet that humans wouldn't be able to even live on. One final way the author does not effectively support his claim is by giving us details about the challenges humans would face even if we were able to make it to Venus. He says that photography and videography would be ineffective and that researchers wouldn't be able to take samples of rock, gas, or anything else while hovering safely above the planet. So even if humans were able to make it to Venus safely, it would be extremely difficult to research Venus. It wouldn't be worth it to spend time and money on an expedition to Venus that wouldn't even allow us to gain knowledge. The author does give a good point to why Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. He says that Venus was once like Earth long ago and that it was probably covered in oceans and supported various forms of life. He describes the value of returning to Venus as "indisputable." However, he does not give enough evidence to support this claim. He only gives one piece of evidence on why Venus is a worthy pursuit and that is that Venus is closely related to Earth. But throughout the whole article, it seems he is constantly contradicting his statement. The author could have more effectively supported his claim that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents by providing details that will outweigh his examples of the dangers and challenges that Venus presents.