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Dear Senator PROPER_NAME, When did voting not become about the people? An electoral college is only reassuring that your vote is the only vote that counts, but why mislead the people? Changing the voting system to popular vote will give all of us that reassurance we need, such as knowing our voices are being heard. There are 538 electors deciding our country's fate compared to 5 million citizens who have a fair understandment of the presidency. Even though keeping the electoral college may prevent some citizens voting for the wrong person, we still have some smart people who can vote for themselves. In the 2000 U.S. pressidential race, Al Gore recieved more individual votes than George W. Bush from the popular vote but Bush won the electoral votes, recieveing 271 votes and Gore got 266. This was the only presidential election where the popular vote was not counted. What about the states who only have 1 or 2 representatives? Wyoming only has 1 representative who represents 500,000 voters compared to California's whopping 35 million voters and 55 representatives. Some of these smaller states are not getting their fair vote because their states population. Florida, New York, Texas and California have over 20 representatives to represent each state; how is that fair to the neighbor states with 2-3 representatives? " The electoral college is unfair, outdated and irrational. " - Paragraph 14 from Source 2: The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong. If you want the peoples voices to be heard, get rid of your voting backup . Sincerely, PROPER_NAME

Although some sciencetists belive the face was an alien artifacet photograpging cydonia. NASA when marz global surveyor became a priority. The nasa people though it was a good idea beacuse of the tax payers. Nasa photograph the face as we could get shot at. Mosly the land form was owned by allies. The capition noted a Huge rock. NASA unveiled the image for all to see. The face on marz has became a pop icon. It has starred in a hollywood film. There must have been a drgee of suprise among missions contollersback at the jet propulison lab when the face apperared on their montions. RAdio talk shows says that the alies haunted the gorgoey stores checkout lines 25 years, some people think it wasnt always haunted. Missson again its not always easy to spot a face on the surfce. The people think when people go to space the alies thake them and put there faces on the surfsace and makes it all stay there. Most people dont belive its the aliens that are doing this. in 2001 the image spans. 1.56 meters comapred to 43 meteres per pixel in the best viking photot. Most pictures you bring back often shows but mosly they never do the alies dont wnat people taking back what they did. On april 8th 2001 a cloud lesss summer day in cydonia marz golbal surveyor drew close enough for a second look. we had to roll out the spacecraft 25 dreggs to the center of the filed view. The team capturd an extardoiary photot using a good camra. I think that its kinda cool that people go out there to see the faces on the plants. I would aloso like to see hown they would do that. i would bring home so many pictures of all the faces on the suface. It would rally be cool if they picture really shows. some people would really like to see the faces on the earth or surface. The most biggest of the people are when the people bring back lots of the pictures to show and to sell. when you look on the website to see what people had said about it when they went to see it. Most people lie about the alies but you never know what you would see when you to up with NASA.YOu never know what you are going to see.

Is the Facial Action Coding System really worth it to put it in schools and other places. This new idea can tell how you're feeling by just the scan of your face. There is alway error in such things known as technology. The idea of a scanning machine can tell how I feel seems a little different. I don't believe this type of machines should be in our schools. I feel like this could cause confusion anf distrut form kids who don't like it. Sometimes kids like to keep to themselves and don't want some tecaher walking around taking pictures. How do we know if this is truly right. lets say that some kids get areading that they're happy or super sad when really they don't feel like that at all. There's to much error to have happen that it just doesn't seem worth it. If this has actually never been trieed on a living human who says it works. How do we know that Mona Lisa really felt like that. She can't tell us that she's dead. With schools we need to worry on more important stuff. at times we seem to wonder why we lose out on so much money this just doesn't seem like a good investemnt. There is to much that can go wrong and not enough that can go right. Maybe later on if this was perfected but for now I don't support this. Maybe one day this will work out I just don't see it anytime soon becoming the next big thing.

Dear Mr. Senate, I believe that we should change the Electoral College to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. I think we should change it because it's unfair to voters, you can't trust that the electors will vote for who you want to vote for, and then there is the 'disaster factor'. First off, the Electoral College is unfair to voters. As Bradford Plumer pointed out in the article, The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong,"The electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning,focusing only on the tight races in the 'swing' states."So basically what he is saying is that if one state already has a lead and the canidate has no chance of winning he isn't going to focus on them. The canidate is only going to focus on the states where he has a chance of swinging the vote towards him(hence the term swing states).For example during the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the canidates at all. Second of all, you cant trust that the electors that you vote for are going to vote for the president you want. For example, what if you want to vote for Obama and so you vote for the elector that says he will vote for Obama, but then when its time to vote the elector changes his mind and s/he votes for Romney instead. Now what? You put your trust in one person and s/he didnt vote for who you wanted. Now you might have to wait another four years to have a chance of getting a different president. Last but not least, one of the single best arguments against the electoral college is what we might call the 'disater factor'. In the article, The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong,it states,"Consider that state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people. Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy. In the same vein, 'faithless' electors have occasionally nrefused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please." The oppsong claim states that we should keep the electoral college. Some reasons stated in the article, In Defense of the Electoral COllege: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President,are,"A dispute over the outcome of an ELectoral College vote is possible-it happened in 2000- but it's less likely than a dispute over the popular vote. The Electoral Colllege requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. The winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates-as we saw in [2012's] election- to focus their campaign efforts on the tossup states. The elctoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states (by population) lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution. The electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast."

The elecotral college was a good solution many years ago to have a compromise between the election of President by Congress and to have the election of President by popular vote. Today, we have found flaws in the system. To begin with, we fought many years to make voting right equal no matter your race, sex, or wealth. Shouldn't we keep that in mind, it would be more fair if everyone's individual vote counted. We shouln't have to let soemone vote for us. After we made this an equal country we should keep it that way. In addition, some states have more people than others and if they only get a certain amount of voters not everyone really gets a say in the election. Therefor, if everyone gets their own vote the in the election the winner is truely who the citizens want to win. The number of electors can't make everybody in the state happy. Also, the "My vote counted" stickers you get after you vote aren't completly true in this system. Next, we even have a name for what might happen... the disastor factor. You can't garuntee that the elector you vote for will elect who you want to really win. In this case you could elect oppent and not even realize it. If everyone's individual votes counted that would be solved, you know exactly who you are voting for. In conclusion, the electoral college was a good idea many years ago. It made many years of voting easier but, now we see the flaws in it. The best way to elect the leader of our country is to have everyone have an equal vote.

The author suggests that studying Venus is very worthy despite all the dangers that come with it. The author wasn't fooling around when he said that there were "dangers." There most certainly is, ranging from no spacecraft surviving to erupting volcanoes. There is ninety-seven percent carbon dioxide that spreads across Venus. Venus also has the hottest surface temperature out of all of our solar system with eight-hundred degrees Fahrenheit. The atmospheric pressure is ninety times greater than Earth. There are clouds of corrosive sulfuric acid floating around, which is most likely why no spacecraft has survived the landing for more than a few hours. Happily, no man was sent in those spacecrafts. Erupting Volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighitng all attack Venus. But, Venus used to be covered in oceans, and could have possibly supported various forms of life. It still has many features that include: valleys, mountains, and craters. Venus can also sometimes be our nearest option for a planetone option. As long as you have imagination and innovation, you can see all the flaws and dangers Venus has. But you can also look past them and take a risk at seeing another planet that could have possibly carried life, and still has erupting volcanoes. Venus is a worhty pursuit despite of all the dangers it has.

I bleive that driverless cars should be developed because we are at a new age in time and we need to upgrade. To start upgrading the world lets strat with new technology in the cars that we drive. In the world we live in today we drive ordinary cars that were made for ordinary people. Lest beging looking at the companies that are making the cars, are they great at manufacturing, is their reputation high, and are they expected to make the world a better place, Yes. Many futurists said that in order to have smarter cars we would have to have smart roads as well. IN the 1950s, GM created an test track with an electric cable that sent radio signals to a recieverat the front of the car. Others have tried this, but they had a different mathod. Engineers at barkeley used magnets with alternating polarity, such as sensors. we ues sensors today to give human like senses to an object. I believe the number one reason for putting sensors on an car was to see if they could make a car drive as if a real human was in side controlling it. If the car was always driving by itslef wouldn't the driver get very board and lose focus off while in traffic. Yes they would, which is why they have decided to put in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays for drivers that get distracted easily. These heads-up specialties are a great use of our technology because we have created them to help us with our new technology, we are a technology reliant community.

I think that the technology to read the emotion expression of the students in the classroom is valueable. It can show how people really feel and waht types of emotions they have at that time. This can aslo help people when they are drawing pictures to see what moods they have in their pictures .Yes I think that this well be helpful this can help people in the further when they are making pictures and they want the picture to have a certain mood. One good example that they use in the storie would have to be when they tell about the that the "Mona Lisa is 83 percent happy , 9 perecent disgusted , 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry." I think that can come to good use like how do they know all of this form one picture. An how can this one 3-D computer do all of this on a picture . How can the computer tell the model of your face and how can they tell all 44 major muscles in in your body . They also tell how you can do is your self by looking in the mirror . An thy give you you the steps to try it out youself and what you need to do. I think that this computer is going to be good use for people thta studie pictures for a living it can tell them thing that they would not be able to see with there eyes. The storie tells about the muscles called orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus and what it dose to the picture . An you cant do this on your computer at home and that it wont be able to handle it .An your facial muscles not only expresses emotions. In conclusion I think that this would be good to have in a class room setting. I thin that this would rely help people that want study this kind of thing in collage . An it would be as geat idea to put it in schools so that they can start when they are in school and it can help them if thats what they want to do they get done with school. I that this 3-D computer will come in good uses on other old pictuers to tell the mood in the pictures.

NASA's mars globe surveyspace craft revealed the face of mars is a mesa (intro) ,scientists found it was just another martian mesa(2). A few days later NASA unveiled the image for all to see. The caption noted a “huge rock formation . . . which resembles a human head . . . formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth.” The authors reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars(3). on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing . . . a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all.(7) Nevertheless, on April 8, 2001—a cloudless summer day in Cydonia—Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look. “We had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view,” said Garvin. “Malin’s team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera’s absolute maximum resolution.” Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo(10). What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa—landforms common around the American West. “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 mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars.”(12).therefore there is no alien life forms on other planets.

In my opinion, I think that the development of driverless cars could be a great thing for people today. As long as they're completely safe to our environment, this invention could be very helpful. With the technology helping with transportation and safety, nothing but positivity should come from this invention. When I talk about the safety, there could be many benefits from the driverless cars. First, With the sensors they talk about in paragraph 4 and 5 to help prevent accidents with pedestrians or bad snow wether, driverless cars could save more lives from accidents that occur with careless pedestrians, drunk drivers, and ice on roads. In addition, in paragraph 6 when the passage gets into the antilock brakes to assist the drivers control whats going on more when they're behind the wheel but, with driverless cars contianing this ablility could benefit safety of passengers and others around them even more. Lastly, when the passenger is comming towards danger there are all kinds of signals that warn the passengers on whats happening like for example the vibration of a seat belt which was stated in paragraph 7. With all of these things I've stated about the driverless cars safey I dont see anything going wrong as long as the things about the saftey in the passage are true. Another thing about driverless cars are that they can be extremly helpful to some very busy passengers. When car crashes happen it can be because of a driver not paying attention, drunk drivers, or drivers that are trying to multi task and the driverless cars can help prevent these accidents. In the passage that I've read, It says things about entertainment of the driver, or "wouldn't drivers get bored witing for their turn to drive?". The reason why most of the accidents occur today is because drivers are being occupied by other things so with statements like the previous one I've showed I dont nessicarily agree. I think that it would be more helpful for drivers, especially ones with children or babies to he able to attend to their children or whatever it may be thats important without having to worry about having to steer a car or watch the road. In addition, with the saying "dont text and drive/die" drivers wouldn't really have to worry about this because with the driverless car attending to everything with transportation, the passenger shouldn't have a problem with being occupied with their phones or whatever it is they need to do to keep themselves busy. Also, with the law talking about thinking that the safest way to do things is with a human driver, I dont really agree with that either because, most car accidents that occur are because of the human drivers. Comming to my conclusion, as I've stated before, I believe that driverless cars could have a positive impact to the future because of the saftey it can provide and the help it could bring. Driverless cars could save more lives, make things easier on a busy parent, and make sure that people more safe on the road.

In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursiut despite the dangers it presents.In chapter four the author claims this statement by saying in the text; "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life,just like Earth." He added,"Today,Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth."The author says this without fear and despite the non-surviving atmosphere in Venus.He is saying there is still a chance to get this done.In the text it says that Scientists have been trying to study Venus and it has all come down to frequent failure. This text is basically saying that Venus may be the next Earth but they need to experiment on the fossils and earth soil to know that for sure. The author claims this by saying there are so many unique features to this place, why don't we go check it out and make this accomplished. In chapter seven,the author says,"NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus."They have come up with other protocols for space launch to this planet. They are trying every possible way to get to this planet to experiment and study the land and see if there might be a possible way humans can even land on the planet. This claims the effort of human beings trying to conquer and fullfill this dream of going to this planet to study, and to make final thoughts about their conduct of carrying out this research and experiment. Stll looking to see if there is a possibility on living there or at least knowing how they can survive an hour on this planet to experiment.The main causes and reaons are maybe if anything were to happen to Earth we have a second option, and that can be Venus. If humans can live on it maybe cars and trucks can operate there as well. This article convinces man to explore and expand their ability to find out new things and find possible ways to accomplish something. Something as big and great as this going to Venus to make a full conclusion or experiment to if they can have humans living or going there . Like the author says in chapter eight "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself,but also because 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 the very edges of imagination and innvoation." The author claims this saying we should not let the dangers of anything limit our human ability. This article is about not limiting what you can't see , go for it and find out.What we can't see does not mean it can stop us.

Reasons Why We Shouldn't Use This Technology! The idea in which we can read human emotions is not an easy thing to do. The amount of time, technology, and effort is extraordinary. The fact that we achevied this goal in technology is outstanding! However to most this feat as great as it is could seem actually pointless with only some good things about it. I personally believe that its not something society really needs at this time. Sure this technology advancement can be used in some situations. In fact one of the biggest things this could be used for is to basiclly replace the polygraph system. The Polygraph test could be obsolete compared to this technology.+ This technology breakthrough can be used by law enforcement to determine whether or not someone is telling the truth. This could make procicutions faster and even hopefully more efficent. Humans instinctivly hide away from their emotions. They divert them by thinking of other things. But for one to hide their expression is not that simple however. To some this tecchnology could possibly come off as a breach of privicy. No matter how great this opurtunity could be. The flaws that thing thing could have are quite emense if you think about it. To have something be able to read you like a book almost just by a facial expression must be difficult. The algorithms are extremely complex as stated in paragraph 7. One simple misread of this algorithim could sevearly change the outcome. This technology could truly be revolutionary for man kind. However this may only truly have one use. And that is to replace the Polygraph Test. Otherwise there may truly be no use for it besides for curiosity. That is why I stand against this technology. That as well as it could possibly be a breach of privicy. This technology could invade simeones personal life. That is truly the main reason I disagree with this.

I don't care what google does for driverless cars, I think they may be good for a small town such as Berne, but there are a lot of cons to this whole issue. I think it would be fun to have cars we don't have to drive ourselfs but an issue with that is what if we do get into an accidnet in a bigger city. I'm nuetral on this topic because they aren't truly driverless ars if they still need a driver. I don't particularly care if we get driverless cars or not. Kids have been waiting to get their license for generations, if we get driverless cars does that mean the age of legal driving decreases? Would children be able to drive, if so that's not too fair. Those kids would miss out on learning these skills to drive that everyone else had to learn. I don't know if driverless cars is a bad thing or a good thing, but I'd rather stick to my littly chevy car. I say this becasue, I have to stay awake for either car. If i were to have a car that drove itself, I'd sleep in the back of my car until i had reached my desination. But if I'm needed to navigate through rough areas then I'd rather drive the whole way to my desination. I understand that these cars would give you a form of entertainment to keep you occupied while in the vehicle, but I'd fall asleep and wouldn't wake up when the car needed me. It is handy though, a car like this, but one would have to wonder the cost of a car like that. Probably something none of us could afford to buy. But it would be nice to not have to worry about other cars, although when you come to a stop, although it has sensros on the car, does it sense the other driverless car? What if that car in the other line isnt't driverless and the driver decided to wave you along and let you go first, what would the car do? Does it truly function probably at an intersection? I dont particularly care about this kind of car, I learned how to drive and I'd rather just do that. Although thus driverless car sounds safer, I'm sure it would make less mistakes than I do, I don't quite trust it. Reason being is the issue with other drivers at an intersection, or the age of legal driving, then the not paying attention part of sitting in that car. If your car is navigating itself, do you really trust where you're going?

Do you think aliens are real? If they are can they make landforms and make them look natural? IN 1976 NASA captured a photo on Mars that looked like a face. Some people thin that aliens made the face. I know that the face is not made by aleins and is a natural landform. The reasons I know this is because there are things like this that happen on Earth. Also NASA says that the face was only shawdos that made it look like a face and they also sent other ships with better cameras to take pictures. First is that things like this happen on Earth too. The Grand Canyon was a natural thing that happened. Landfroms are common in the west U.S. Rock formations hapen everywhere on earth. Also NASA says this is the equivalent to a mesa. People still did not belive it was natural. Another reason I know this is natural is because NASA says that the eyes, nose, and, mouth where only shawdos and where not there. People still belived that is was aleins. NASA sent another space ship up to mars to take pictures. So they sent the Mars Global Surveyor up. It can takes picture up to 10 times better than the Viking 1. Last is the Mars Globoal Surveyor. It flew over cydonia and snapped a photo that was 10 times better than the Viking 1. In the photo you can see that it is only a rock formation. Also in the photo you can see it has not dark spots that where the eyes,nose,and mouth as you can see in the Viking photo. You can still see a what appears to be a mouth in he rock though. In 2001 the MGS took a photo and it has no markings that llok like a face. In conclusion the face on Mars was proven wrong by Nasa's Mgs. The face is not real and it was only a formation with shadows.Aliens did not make the face. With better technology you can see that the face is not there and aleins did not make it.

I am about to tell you about the best job ever. I think that being a Seagoing Cowboy would be a fun job because you get to travel the world. You also get to see new places likeLondon, France, and even paris. I know why luke loves his job as a Seagoing Cowboy. Because the author made it sound like the best job u can get as an 18 year old boy and travel the world too. Also the author got lukes friend get luke to come with him to the amazing journey as a seadoing cowboy. That is why I think luke likes his job as a Seagoing Cowboy. I know more reasons why people should go join this program. Because it would be awusome to travel the world like that on a boat all around the world. Those are reasons it would be cool to travel the world. those are the reason why I think luke and I would love to be a Seagoing Cowboy. someday I think I will be seagoing cowboy but if iI pray on it maybe it will come true and I will be a a happy that my dream came true to be a Seagoing Cowboy and I hope I will see you there too.

In " The Chellenge of Exploring Venus" The author suggests that studying Venus is a wrthy persuit despite the dangers. Venus has value not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also becuase humans curiosity likely led us into many equally intimidating eneavors One hink tha the author suggests that stufying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dengers it presents, is that many mission was unmannned and for good reason, since not spacecraft survived the landing for more that a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challening planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us. Another reason that the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy persuit despite the dangers, is that. Aa thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more Challengingare the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 greater that what we experience on our own planet. In conclusion studying Venus is dangerous, because the weather is too much for us; there are temperatures that our body can't support or recist. Also Venus is not touched down in more than three decades, so that can be very dngerous for humans to experiment Venus.

My position on driverless cars is I think that the idea of getting into a car and your not controlling it is very dangerous. What if the car brake and you cant control it.?And I feel that someone can get heart or even worser Die from a driverless car. In the article it says, The driverless car can steer, acclerate, and brake themselves. I feel that people should not trust these new cars cause the car can easily brake or you bump something and the car go out of control. In 2013, BMW announced the development of ''Traffic Jam Assistant.''. And It says that it's a special touch sensor that make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel. Now I like that idea that it's a button that you could push to keep the driver to control the wheel. I like that idea because if the driver fall asleep the wheel will keep control. I can honestly say the driverless car will be a very risky decision to choose. It's okay because the car can atleast steer for you if you need to answer a phone call or eat a snack. In paragraph 8 in the article it says, Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver? If the driver is sick or has a broken leg or something the car can go to the store or wherever the person want the car to go. But then again how is the car going to get the items or whatever the person needs its difficult. But I believe that the cars they have now are perfectly fine they dont't need to be making cars that will probally get us injured.

` Driverless cars would be a good thing. It would be a big step in technology. Take some risks out of being on the road. It would also save some money. A car that drives itself would be a great achievement. To begin, if the car drove itself then it wouldnt be as dangerous. When people are drunk they wouldnt wreck because of them being careless. The car can take over and have heads up display. Somthing not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone. This makes that a safety feature, and safety is a big concern. Secondly, The car can save gas money. With the car driving the proper speeds and everything the car wouldnt waste gas. Sergey Brin foresees that the cars would use half of the fuel in todays taxis and offer more flexibility than a bus would. The cars would be a good change for the world and the environment. Finally, The cars would be a big jump in technology. It would be a big advancement. Radars used to be a big deal now anyone can get them. There are already some cars that can already drive themselves a little but there not ready for the streets. Tesla thinks in 2016 they will release a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time. Mercedes benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020. Every day we get closer to having an automated car. I think the automated cars would be good. The roads would be safer. Cost less money than spending gas all the time. It would be easier to drive the car. The car could be easier to learn. Overall the driverless car is a great idea.

Cars are an everyday thing, you need them to get to work, to school, to pick up your kids, but what happens when the cars drive themselves? People have long dreamed of cars that drive themselvs, but most people dont know that google has had them sence 2009. Those cars arent compleatly independent, they need a persion to control them, or rather "help" them, like on high trafic areas, or around crashes. there are many advantiges and disadvantiges to the automatic car, but should we have them? Well, there are many reasions we should. Its no surprize that every single car is as save as phisicly posable. At google, there cars have drove half a million miles without a crash. thats because every car is compleatly loaded with sencers to keep that from happening, let alone the persion in control of the car. another amazing feature this car has is that you can not use the automatic drive without both hands on the wheel, so the driver must pay atenton. That also makes it imposable for texting at the wheel. Its no secret that aoutmatic cars are the future, with its advanced safty features and its convenence. All this car really needs is suport. Tons of people are compleatly against this idea of cars driving themselvs, but they have no reason to. Its safer, and easyer. This car will only get better with time, so hopefully, everyone will come around in time. so know you know what happens when cars can drive themselves, the real question is, will my story drive you?

Gas is harmful to mother nature. The use of Gas has increased more and more every year. have you ever came to think what can we do to prevent, or help the reduction of fossil fuels? in the united states and around the world people everyday are helping to reduce the amount of polution that goes into the air we breath. communities and legislators are acting on this important cause for our globe. The earth is our home and we need to take more care of it. Fellow citizens what can we all do to fight polution? think about it... would it be that bad limiting car usage? we can spend more time getting healthy, like takeing a jog to the nearest fast food place to eat a burger, going to publix to buy the milk, or maybe to pick up your sibling from school? what if one day out of the week you instead of takeing the car to go to school you can easily walk or take a bus anything can help out the enviorment. Don't you get tired on waiting on red lights or on slow going traffic? you see walking you dont have to be in so much congestion on the road. You can walk with family,friends,your dog or even to spend quality time with yourself to get away from home. limiting car usage can relive stress and stop you from being so tense.

Self driving cars? I am against having driverless cars. Something could go wrong. Our teens growing up wont even know how to drive or the importance of driving. Its just another way for the people in our society to be lazy. I dont think that we should have driverless cars because anything could go wrong. The driver might miss their turn to take over the car and they could crash. There could be something that goes wrong with the computer system, and the car just goes out of control. It could go swerving all over the street and driver might not be able to take control of the wheel. There could be anything that goes wrong, and like the article said who do we blame for it? The driver or the manufacturer? When our teens grow up and start to drive and everything they wont even know the importance of driving. Its gonna be like they only need to learn the little basic stuff because most of the time the car will be driving its self. I think its importanat that they drive on their own so that they will have expierence with driving. Teens should know that driving is really importanat. Also self driving cars will give teens an excuse for texting and driving. The people in our society is lazy they dont like to do anything. Most people hate having to drive. That just gives everyone another reason to be lazy and not have to do anything. You can easily just sit in the acr and let it drive you. Plus i feel like it would take up alot of gas. THe people woul probably even forget how real driving actually is. There will be more laziness. Thats just some of the reasons why I think that we shouldnt have driverless cars. Yes, there are some positive things about having them, but i dont think thatys even right to have them at all. No teens learning the importance, More lazy people, possibly more accidents also. I just think that we should keep it how it is now, people driving their cars.

Many people in today's world depend on cars to get them places. They don't realize the effects cars have on our environment and how much better things would be if we limited car usage. There is many other ways of transportation that are much easier and better for our world. I believe car usage should be limited because it will cause less pollution, it will take away stress, and it will save people money. When cars are used, they release chemicals into the air which causes pollution. Pollution is not good for our air and wears down our atmostphere. Global warming has always been a serious matter with the amount of people who drive cars so if we cut back on the car usage, it would decrease the amount of pollution going into the air. In Source 2 it shows an example of how Paris had intesifying smog because of these cars. They banned cars for a couple days and the smog level dropped. Also in source 2 it says " Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of france". When cutting down on car usage, it helps many things and can help you stay healthy and feeling good. Another major reason we should cut down on car usage is that it will take away a lot of stress us humans have. In source 3, buisnessman Carlos Arturo Plaza said " It's a good opurtunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." Imagine your driving down the road and some guy pulls in front of you without a blinker and you almost hit him, you get all mad and stressed out that you almost hit him. Road rage is very common in drivers and we could decrease that stress with limiting car usage. Also if you were to get into a car accident, that gives you so much stress which affects your everday life. To buy a car, you need lots of money. You need to buy the car, then buy insurance etc. Why don't just save your money instead of buying a new car when you could just use some other form of transportation. In source 4 it states, " .. Cash strapped Americans could not afford new cars, and the unemployes weren't going to work anyways." This shows that many people don't have the money to buy a car, why spend you money on a car that is not needed instead of buying something else. Cars are not mandatory, you can get to places many other ways and could save lots of money. Also you could save money on gas if you didn't have a car. In conclusion, limiting car usage will only result for the better. There is plenty of other ways of transportation that aren't as harming and expensive as cars are.  

There is a growing movement in lots of western countries to do less driving. In Bogota, the capital city of Colombia, a "Day Without Cars" has been established. It is an annual event where residents of the city are banned from using cars, and violators are fined. In Paris, residents were banned from using their vehicles for about week due to toxic emmisions, widely blamed on diesel fuel. In Germany, a development neighborhood called Vauban was created and has a strict policy on parking. Car-sized garages, and street parkin are banned, requiring residents to pay an extra 40000 dollars to purchase a parking space in the neighborhood. These ideals are even spreading to America. Driving will emit toxins into the air, called greenhouse gases. These gases rise into the air, but are trapped by the ozone layer into our atmosphere and make the Earth warmer. This is a bad thing because the Arctic will start to melt and sea levels would rise. Now, vehicles are not the sole cause of this episdemic, but they are a large contributor. In Beijing, China it is said to be so polluted due to tailpipe emmisions that one would get sick if they were to go outside without a mask on to stop from breathing in the chemicals. In Paris, France the airborne toxins reached to a level just under the amount of chemicals in the air of Beijing. The city officials of Paris had to ban use of automobiles for about a week to rid the air of the poisons. If caught, vialotors were fined 22 euros (31 dollars American). This worked suprisingly well, and since the air cleared up, peoplpe are allowed to use their cars again. The Vauban in Germany is a neighborhood that has made it extremely difficult to own a vehicle. While vehicle ownership is permitted, car-sized garages are not included in the homes, and parking on the street is prohibited. If a resident wishes to park their vehicles, they must spend 40000 extra dollars along with the house for a space in a large garage at the edge of the development. This has all lead to cleaner air and happier, healthier people. It is a well known fact the walking and cycling helps a person stay in shape. It keeps the heart flowing regularly, helps keep the lungs exercised, and keeps leg muscles strong ad healthy. If these ways of transportation are exhibited more often, and vehicles used less, we will not only have cleaner air, but a healthier human population. Walking can also help the brain work with the body to relieve stress, which puts people at less of a risk for heart disease. These factors are essential to producing a healthier population, which could let people live longer, and encourage them to do meaningful things that could benefit other parts of the world. The Internet has also been helpful in keeping people connected with friends and loved-ones without the need of driving to see them. It is possible to to center where you live around places to buy food and necessary supplies, as well as close to your workplace, all in walking distance. Even if that is not possible, finding a bus or public trnasportation route is always an option. It is less expensive than gasoline (tax included), car insurance, and any other expenses that might come with a privatly-owned vehicle. It is also less likely to get into an auto-accident when using public transportaion, and if it does happen it is not your responsibility to pay for the insurance deductible. All these factors and alternative transportaion methods can help to improve life for all people than it is with so many privately-owned vehicles. The private owning of vehicles is convienient, but is still a hazard to the genearal health of our population. It poisons the air, and gives people an excuse to not walk or ride their bycyles as much, which can diminish their physical health. If we start to use privately owned vehicles less, however, it will promote the general welfare of our people. It is possible to cut the use of these vehicles short and preserve, even raise, our standards of living.

Twenty five years ago NASA Viking 1 spacecraft was looking for somwhere to land on Mars for Viking 2 when it sppoted a showdow that looked like a face. The enoemous head was nearly two miles from end to end. The facewas just a natural landform. Only few scientists believe the Face was an alien artifact. But the article states that when NASA unvieled the image for all to see, the caption that went with it noted a " huge rock formation... which resembled a human head... formed by shadows giving an illution of eyes, nose, and mouth." Also in the article it says the author even reasoned "it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention on mars". The fact that when the face appeared on the Jet Propultion Lab monitors was short lived also proves that it wasn't a alien because if it was they would have probably started doing test and research on it right away or if not right away then soon. On April5, 1998, when Mars GlobalSurveyor flew over it for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team took a picture ten times sharpper than the orginal photo revealed it was just a natural landform. There was no alien monument. Of course not everyone was happy. It's much cooler to have it be a alien artifact than a natural landform. People weren't giving up. The face is located 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter of April 98' when the camera on bored of MGS had to peer through clouds to see the face. Skeptics said the alein markings were hidden by haze. Mission controlers prepared to look again. The article states that "we just don't pass over the face very often". On April 8, 2001, it was acloundless summer day; the Mars Global Surveyer drew close enough for a second look. In the image things were three times bigger than the Vikings one so you could easily see if there were shacks or small airplanes. What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or messa. These are landforms common around the American West. This all proves that the so called "Face on mars" was just a landform and not from alien artifacts. The shadows from the landforms made it appear to look like a face but it was just a cauincedince.

Would you want a software to track your emotions? Facial Action Coding System is now enabling a computer to identify human emotions. This would allow your computer to read students emotions by weighting the different units to identify mixed emotions. As proven by Dr. Huang who studied human anatomy using the muscles to precisely convey emotions, I think this is a great idea. First, by using Facial Action Coding System this will allow teachers and staff to know how a student is feeling during a test, or assignment. If a teacher knows how someone feels when taking an assignment they might go easier on the student in class, and give them extra chances to do the assignment at another time. Teachers don't always know what a student is going through. Every student is prepared to be ready for a test in a certain way. Some students often take a longer time than others. The recognition of a facial espression could easily tell a teacher how they were feeling about it all along. Secondly, most students go through a lot at home, or even in school. Many students are diagnosed with many mental stabilities such as ADHD, ADD, anxiety, and so on. The guidance administration can help a student who has these mental stabilities by seeing how they feel while they do assignments, and tests. Seeing how a student feels would give them the chance to get help, and have them seperated from the room to help them focus on certain things. Not all students will come out about how they feel; Some keep to themselves and don't want to talk about there problems. Finally, a computer seeing how you feel could make your day better. If your computer sees that you are sad it might put up a funny ad to make you laugh. If your computer sees that you are angry it might put up a calming, or soothing ad. If your computer sees that you are faking a smile it might put up something that will make you turn your fake smile into something real. Like Dr. Huang stated " Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication. So computers need to understand that, too." In conclusion, the new technology called the Facial Action Coding System that enables computers to identify human emotions is a good idea. This will allow students to have a better shot on there assignment, or test in school. Usuing this will often give students more of a reason to smile, and feel more comfortable.

In the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars" it says that it seems to be a face on mars,but there is not. The "face" that we see on is just a natural land form. We can tell that by many ways. Some ways are that in 2001 we see a picture of the so called "face of mars" closer and see it is not something created by aliens. One way we know that the landform on mars is not made by aliens is that; scientist took a sharper photograph of the "face" in 2001. NASA states,"What the picture actually shows is the martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West." The scientist prove that the "face" is just a landform. Also the article tells us that hollywood makes up a lot of these things about there being aliens. In paragraph five it says,"The "Face on Mars" has since become a pop icon. It has starred in a hollywood film, appeared in books,magazines, and radio talk shows..." Hollywood makes up things like this to make us beleave in something just for them to make money. Now on the other hand this could be true. Aliens could of put it there. The article even states,"Some people think the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars-evidence that NASA would rather hide..." There is a chance however," Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an achient civilization on Mars." In the article it does state that there could be a "Face" on Mars made by aliens, but facts prove that the "Face" is just a natural landform. The picture took in 2001 proves alone that it is only a landform. So for now we know that Marvin the Martian isn't flying around building ancient civilizations.

Is one of your biggest fears driving, or getting in a really bad car accident. Either way when it comes to driving yourself or a driveless car there is still a possibility. '' In fact none of these cars developed so far are completely driverless.'' Another thing that came from this passage was ''This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires. so this means you still have fault even if your car was driving itself because you could've took control. Next, if the car is driving annd has a malfunction then this could cause issues for everyone else driving with them. So one thing that you might ask is well they have sensors that will keep everyone safe. But we all know you need batteries for those things and they wouldn't last forever. So all this does is prove another point, and that is that the driver of this car needs to be alert the whole time while in this vehicle. The one thing that we all know is that people aren't going tto pay that much attention to the road, they are just going to be facinated by the car. So this just shows that this will just cause more danger to themselves and the people around them. Then, we haven't even talked about how these car respond to emergence vehicles that are driving fast down the street with lights and sirens. Then we don't even know how long it takes for the human to regain control of the car. Do they have to pull the car over, or hit a switch, if so is there a delay such as 10 seconds or so. A known fact is that more police officerss die every year from driving lights and siren down the street on their way to something and die because of someone not paying attention. So if humans can accidently hit each other and sometimes kill each other then why would we want driverless cars doing the same thing. Now we're going to talk about if the car took gas or electricity or both. The car seems like it would be helpful in certain areas, for example people with fatigue. they coulb be tired feeling like they're about to fall asleep. they have a car driving itself to the location. But who says the car can get them there without loosing gas or electricity. Then they don't know where they are and theycould hitch hike but they won't know where to go. So now they have to take risk and dangers with these cars. In conclusion I think that these cars arre dangerous but helpful in some areas. The cars are hazardous when it comes to stoping for emergency vehicles because we know to pull off the the right side of the road but a computer might not. Then you have a possibility of the cars having a malfunction and crashing into things killing everyoune. But he car can save lives when it comes to drunk drivers and drivers falling asleep at the wheel. Those are my opinions on the United States on having driverless cars on the roadways.

If we limit our car usage throughout the year we can cut the rate of carbon dioxiod we produce by 1/2! That will save uor trees, animals, and even our own lifes in the future. Also the ablity to save as many fossil fuels we have remaining cause everyone knows we are starting to run completly out and can not creat any more. By doing this we save time and energy and creat a healthy envirnment. If we slowly progress the fact that we are only using our automobiles 345/360 days a year will cut back our usage for fossile fuels by 15%. This whole thing is point less how they have us in here for two days im missing my education. We could have finished this in one day and had the rest of the week to get back on the track of learning. I've missed both days of weight lifting, algebra, and my world history that i do not want to fail again! If their are any people actually gonna sit down and take the time to read this then DO NOT DO THIS NEXT YEAR . They are giving us cold lunches. ham and cheese and an apple, I am 16 years old and my body needs proper food. I wouldnt be complaining if they served actual breakfast. but because of Michelle Obama and her healthy diet rule they surve us 1 poptart in the moring. How does the school board expect us to last from 7:05-12:15 on a pop tart? then expect us to get A's, we are more focused on lunch than anything else. I am about done so if you have the time to read this even though this does not count. Bring PROPER_NAME a big Mac from mc donalds, SCHOOL_NAME, (idk area code but its in LOCATION_NAME)  

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have technology in your classroom, not just any technology but technology that can read your emotional expressions? I mean some of us "older students" would be completly against this whole technology argument. I am completly against this Facial Action Coding System, I mean it could be a great idea for younger kids but honestly who would want a computer to basically figure out what their emotions are for that day? Honestly I think its going to be a waste of time and honestly a waste of money lets just be honest! What type of school system is going to buy this "technology". The world of technology changes everyday, It changes when you're not even thinking about it. We use technology everyday from phones,to cars, and so many more. This is taking technology to a whole other level, this computer can detect rather you're happy or sad, depressed,mad. The crazy part about this whole situation to me is it feels like you're being watched. In pararaph 6, second setence, it states this "For example, if you smile when a web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. It continues to say "But if you frown the next ad will be dufferent. The fact that a classroom computer can tell all of this information is just UNBELIEVEABLE! The fact that a school would be interested in buying this technology but won't by proper school supplies to help their children is also unpredictable, VERY unpredictable. I am just thinking what if, you know the feeling you always get in your gut when something isn't sitting right with you? yeah that feeling .Well what if this whole technology is a good turn out but could end up being a scam, what if the whole server gets hacked, I mean I can go on all day about this Technology. I'm now worried about the kids. but its only my opinion and I can only voice so much about this whole Facial Action Coding System. I Also feel like this system isn't fit for schools, Especially if they are considering puttin this in an elemetry school. Maybe they should put this in a college/university, a hospital so that people can get inspirational quotes. So there are pros and cons about the whole technology, but for it to be at a school with MINORS I'm just going to have to pass and be against it. Some students just like me or even younger might completly disagree or agree about my argument. I mean it do have good things about it such as; detecting if you're happy or sad, but the con about that is how will a kid even understand exactly how they feel, yeah everyone knows how they feel and everyone know their own emotions, but to have a computer detect it for you? what since does that make. And to even furter it in my opinion it's putting psychologists, counselors, doctors out of business If this computer/technology can do ALL of this, than whats the point of wasting money to see a professional? Yes, I am against it.

Cars will always remain useful and important because it is one of the best ways of transportation and everything is centered around them. Even though they are causing an obsurd amount of pollution. This can be reduced if cities start making changes such as repairing broken hazardous sidewalks, relocating attractions like malls, restaurants and gyms closer to the towns cars would be used drastically less. Some places in the world have already began making these changes and have even went as far as making a whole "car-free" day. In europe passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions and it will continue to rise unless cars begin to be used less frequently. If every city builds their stores and attractions closer to the communities instead of on the "outskirts" of towns then there would be no need to use a car. Everyday an increasing amount of people ride their bikes to their job, out to eat etc. Weather it be for health and excersise or just the preferred mode of transportation it is probably the best alternative to a car due to how quick a bike is. An upscale community of about 5,500 residents in Germany has gone ahead and began making remarkable changes toward limiting car use. In this community they have basically made the streets free of cars. Parking in the street, driveways, and home garages are banned you can only park in a parking garage which they have placed around the town or you can buy a space for $40,000 that includes a home of course. People that live in this enviroment actually prefer it and some have even said "im much happier this way" as opposed to using cars in the traffic jammed streets all the time. Another city which has began to pave the path for future designs is Bogota. Every year for the past 3 years the capitol of Columbia has banned all cars for a day in attempt to promote and popularize alternative of transportation and reduce economic problems like smog. People in the city love this idea and almost all participate rain or shine. Since they have this great idea many parks and sports centers have resulted from it and a lot of sidewalks have been re-paved. Finally, All people should make an attempt to better their cities and speak out to people who can make it happen. Cars are not the future, they are causing many bad things to happen and should be used much less frequently. Places all over the world are realizing this and are already participating in the reduced use of cars.  

Venus is rather uninhabitable, or is it? Although dangerous, one would not say uninhabitable, as that implies it is impossible. the author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" Discusses how it is perfectly plausible, and even worth it! That is, only if we have the correct equipment to do so. Now while there are dangers, such as sulfiric acid clouds, metal melting heat, earthquakes, lightning strikes, volcanoes, and the mechanism shattering atmospheric pressure (Paragraph 3), you may ask "Why go through the trouble if the conditions are so horrible?". The reason is that it was so much like earth long ago, oceans and rock formations, even theoretical life! NASA is helping with this idea via brainstorming for ideas to study venus, the first is to hover above it, avoiding all the surface problems, and still being close. The only issue, as provided by the author, wouldnt work, because while they would be in the air, the clouds would be too thick to allow anything, thus rendering the idea useless. Another NASA idea is to use different electronics, like simpler models, and having them TAILORED for venus, such models lasted up to 3 weeks even! If those do not work, instead of moving foreward in our electronics, NASA would move back, back to the 1940s with mechanical computers, levers and gears computing what a normal computer could quicker and better, but while the mechanical option is slower, it is MUCH more durable. With all of these ideas, I feel the author did an outstanding job supports this idea, and I support it whole-heartedly, it may be possible in the coming years, as our technology rapidly evolves, so do we, what do you think?

MOO! There are many animals a seagoing cowboy has to care for and deliver. I Luke Bomberger was asked by my friend Don Reist to try out the program. Being a seagoing cowboy is a lot of fun, you can do a lot of things as one. You help people in need by giving them things they need. There are many reasons to join the seagoing cowboy program. I started out by heading to Greece, and I turned eight-teen. I was old enough to be drafted then, but when my draft board figured out I was on a cattle boat they said to keep doing it as my draft service. When I was discharged I had made nine trips. I had went to Europe and China when I was a seagoing cowboy. I had fallen once, but I didn't go overboard. During your trips you have to care for the animals, by feeding them and giving them water. When you're not working, you can do many things, like play games, read, and even fence. You can also see some places off the boat. When I was little I used to help out on my aunt's farm. It helped prepare me for being a seagoing cowboy. I had a lot of fun being a seagoing cowboy, because there were so many things to do. You should be a seagoing cowboy, because you will be able to care for many animals, and you can see other countries. You can also play games to pass the time between trips. Being a seagoing cowboy would be the time of your life. You could help others while having fun yourself. It is a great program that helps others. There are many reasons to join the program, like the ones I just mentioned. You can spend your time having fun, or you can just try it out to see if you like the program. You might end up how I started, by trying it out and end up liking it. You should join the program, because it helps people in need. In the future there might be other programs like this one.

My dream job was to become a scientist. I finally accomplished my goal, but it was a lot of hard work. Being a scientist is not an easy job! I had learned about "Unmasking the Face on Mars," and now i have to interview with Mrs. Sally Backbone because she thinks the face was created by aliens when I beg to differ! Ms. Breadwill here to do an interview with Mrs. Backbone, because she thinks "Unmasking the Face in Mars" was made by aliens. I've did some research and i have all the answers to your questions Mrs. Backbone. Let's Get Started! " Few scientist believe the Face was an alien artifact and i think they are right" said Mrs. Backbone. " Well your certainly not wrong Mrs. Backbone, but cheif Jim Garvin told us " We photographed the Face as soon as we could get a good shot at it, plus what about in the years of 1998 and 2001." replied Ms. Breadwill. I immedeitly showed Mrs. Backbone the photos that were taken in the year of 1998 and in the year of 2001 and she was speechless. Mrs. Backbone had another question for Ms. Breadwill (me). I told Mrs. Backbone to let all the questions she needed to answer be said. Mrs. Backbone told me that The Face on Mars was located at 48 degrees south martain latitude. Ms. Breadwill shook her head and replied " Your wrong, because the scientists and I studied and found out that The Face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martain latitude." Mrs. Backbone was once again speachless and i think i seen her roll her eyes. " Mrs. Backbone how are you feeling?" Ms. Breadwill commented. Mrs. Backbone simpliy sighed and said " Can we move on to the last question?" Mrs. Backbone had one more question, and i was hoping it wasn't too hard since I have been answering all her questions correctly. Mrs. Backbone said, " the Face is not a natural landform and I still believe there is an alien monument. I sighed and told her she was wrong once again. She yelled " How?!" I simpliy told her On April 5, 1998 when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Micheal Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing... a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." I also told her on April 8, 2001-a cloudless summer day in Cydonia-Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look. They had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view." She asked me ''Was that all?'' Ms. Breadwill told Mrs. Backbone one last thing and it was " What the picture actually shows is the Martain equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West." Mrs. Backbone had all her questions answered, so I believe that my work here is done! I am Ms. Breadwill,and I am a scientist at NASA. If you need questions answered about the Face on Mars, then I am the one to help you. I will answer all your questions whether they are easy or very difficult. I believe I am the best scientist in all America.

Informing citizens about the advantage of limiting car usage. Is a greatt thing to do. why you think limiting car usage is a great think. Becase car case airpolluton. limiting car usage stop airpolluton. Also a huge way to gate people to walk ,ride bike,and workout. First,in passage one showe that life can still go on whtout the ues of car. This is clear when Rosenthal write in paragharp three "when I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way". this show that the prason is mush happier whitout he/she car. This clarey show that limiting car usage can make you lass tense on the stree. Next,driving car can hrat the air and cause airpollution around us. In source two it inform that France was full of smog cause by car. This is cleary in paraghap 9, when "Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals". this qoute show how car caese the air in paris to smog also caeseing airpollution in other citys. This evidence show that limiting car usage can stop airpollution and better think of  the plant. To add on to on day without the use of  car is a good think. where everyone stop use there car gust of one day. This is show in source three where car-free day is big hit in bogota. this clear in when selsky write in paraghap 4, "It'sv a good  opportunit to take away stress and lower air pollution,"said businessman car

Lately I've been hearing these rumors about driverless cars. Come to find out that its not even a rumor; Its true. Just the sound of driverless cars sounds so cool right? I mean just think about it, no more driving! Well it does sound cool but, let this thought of driveless cars really sink in. First, i know that all these action movies has the floating cars, driverless cars, and all that other decent stuff but, i didn't think they would really try to make this happen. Driverless cars do sound pretty intresting but, is it safe? I mean accidents are still going to happen but, when they do who will we know who did it. If our generation doesn't learn how to drive cars no more than that would make us less adapatable then normal. It's unecessary to build driverless cars. There will be no excitement at all for the ones who just got their license. How will we get to where we need to be on time if we are in a rush. Next, making driverless cars would cause mayham. Realize that if a car could drive itself then that would make people less prepaired for when an accident might occur. Since the car is driving itself this means that drunks won't get introuble because they not driving so a persons drunk and they get in a ccidnet you can't blame the drunk driver because he wasn't driving so then when court come around its just gone be a room full of curious people still trying to figure out who to blame. Also this means that any age would have acces to an vehicle. Imagine waking up to your 3 year baby gone and your car. It's three in the morning and your baby just driving your car down the street. In conclusion having driverless cars can be a factor in safety and money. Next thing you know people gone start comig up with dumb ideads like pets that speak English. Some things are just unecessary, we need to invent things that people need not want. Maybe driverless cars aren't as bad. I just lied they are bad.

In the article the author supports this idea explaning first how Venus is often referred to Earth's twin. Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms to density and size. In the difference in seep mean that sometimes we are closer to, Mars and other times to Venus. The author says that on Venus surface, temperatures average over 800 deggrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on Earth. In the article the author says that Venus has the hottest temperatures of any planet in our solar system. In Venus weather present additional impbnediments like for eripting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes. The author is putting examples of how imaging a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling venusian landscape. Just for the jets airplane travel at a higher altitude to fly ovwer many storms or anything thats going on and see how things happen why they happen and is there a pattern an which way they happen. But if it works than the researchers can not take samples of rocks and gas or anything else. Therefore the sicentists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get more closer up. NASA is working on other approaches to study Venus. Anotherproject is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers. the Author gives examples on how NASA is trying to study Venus.

Dear, State Sentor I think the electoral college should be changed and people old enough to vote should be able to chhose who they want to be president. I think people should be able to choose who they want to be prsident because. And he start destroying the economy and he starts taking away things that some people need to survive or maintain. One reason I think citizens should be able to choose who they want to be prsident because what if someone gets elected as president and for example he or she decides to begin a marshal law in the whole united states. Then he starts putting a chip in evevyones body and we get told when to eat and when not to eat. Then he or she starts to put us in concentration camps and we get paid 2 cents a hour and killed if we dont cooperate. Another reason I think citizens should be able to choose who they want to be president is because. Its not fair to people cause that would be like a citizens vote doesnt even count and the government doesnt really care about what citizens think and they dont care about how we feel. Then if the wrong person gets elected and he or does something no one likes everybody gone be mad cause they didnt for that to happen. Finally I think citizens should be able to vote for who they want to be president is because I honestly dont think the government doent care how anybody feel. And The Electoral college avoids the problem of elections in which no canidate recieves a majority of the votes cast. The electoral college method for selecting presidents may turn off potential voters for a canidate who has no carrying their state. Now you see why I think people should be able to choose who they want to be president. I hope you enjoy reading my letter and i hope you see where im coming from and what im talking about. 

The Electoral college is a very important part in the constitution allowing the citizens of the United states as well as congress voting as well. This usally would seem fair but to some it seems like it does not matter what the people vote but what congress and the electoral college vote on. Im going to side with the keeping on the college. The reasons i want to keep the college is the simple fact that it lets states electors decide on whom they want to vote for. The college itself has 538 electors and in order for a memeber of the republicans or democrates to become president they would need more then half those votes 270 to be exact. You do have a word in this say when you vote for your canidate your actually voting for its electors not the person whos gonna be president. For me i believe that those who want to remove the electoral college possibly look at is as it being unfair. But its actually a fair voting system. Consider how many people are in the United states. If every single persons vote would be tallyed it would take a massive longer time to tally up the votes. Also another reason why they think its not fair is each state might have a higher percentage of one party like more republicans and less democrats. I think that in a way most people dont really have a party so their vote goes unjudged and they choose who they want in the office. Lets take a more indepth look on why people want the electoral college being removed.  They say that under the electoral college system voters vote not for the president but for a state of electors, who in turn elect the president. They believe that over 60 percent of voters prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. Apparently this years voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could lose the presidency. Heres the peoples best argument against the electoral college is what they might call the disaster factor. The American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for much worse. Consider that state legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy.(So that a popular vote for Kennedy would not have actually gone to Kennedy.) In the same vein, "faithless" electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate. This Mr Senator may seem like alot of words to you but this is actually talking about changing the electoral college so that the people word would seem more important to them instead of voting for electors. So i believe we need to keep the college and avoid the possibilty of the peoples word going it a bit higher then what it already is.

The time of the founding fathers is long gone. Times have changed which means we have to change our way of thinking. Our way of voting. The Electoral Colege needs to be replaced by popular vote elections because the Electoral College discourages people from voting for their prefered president, influences future presidents to ignore some states, and does not clearly reflect the views of the American people. Initially, by keeping the Electoral College individuals are less incentivised to vote if they know there is little chance it will do anything. "Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election" (Source 3, 23). However, by implimenting popular vote, many more people will want to vote knowing that even if their side does not get the majority vote in the state, it still counts for something. Also, from that same source it says "The advocates of this position are correct in arguing that the Electoral College methos is not democratic in a modern sense." (Source 2, 15). So one would have to ask if the source is even reliable if it contradicts itself. In addition, even if they usually vote "candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the 'swing' states." (Scource 2, 13). This shows that states with more electoral votes will have more power over the people. Clearly, the Electoral College is a problem and popular vote is a much better way to vote. Furthermore, because some states old more power than others wen it comes to elections, presidents often ignore the "smaller" states looking only for votes. For example, "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 markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad." (Source 2, 13). Candidates are not interested in the states, in the people, who do not give them enough votes. This is why the Electoral needs to be abolished and replaced with popular vote elections. Moreover, just because a president wins the campaign, does not mean that the candidate won the people's votes, it only means that he won the Electoral College's votes. For example, in the 2000 election and the 1888 election, one party won even though majority of the votes went to the other. In the 2000 election, even though Gore had more popular votes than Bush, he still lost because he had fewer electoral votes. This shows that there is something broken in the system. Something that can't be changed and needs to be replaced. As you can see, popular votes are the way to go in such an important election like the presidential one with so much on the line. In conclusion, the Electoral Colege needs to be replaced by popular vote elections because the Electoral College discourages people from voting for their prefered president, influences future presidents to ignore some states, and does not clearly reflect the views of the American people. The Electoral College might have been good in the past however, now it just complicated the process and is unfair.

I think the use of Facial Action Coding Symstem is an great way to identify students emotions. I believe that most students in classrooms become sod or lonely when he/she is doing work that the student doesn't understand. So with the facial action symstem it can interact with students to change their emotions from sad to happy. It can help change emotions by showing different thing on the computer screens,for and example a student can be sad and the facial regonition can see that he/she is sad and then put something thats joyful on the screen. The computer can tell if the a student is pretending to be happy or sad by your mucles. Pretending to be happy or sad will cause the symstem to bringout the student real emotions. Most students try to act sad to bring atttion to themselves. If a student appears sad to another student the other students tends to comfront him/she in the wrong way.

the idea of tis computer is great because this way we could stop kids from being too depressed and go to suicide. this can also help people realize if youre actually helping a studen or child actually happy for them ot to fake a smile. the facial scanner would be a great invention so you help someone whob is sad before they chose their last option. this machine would help thousands who suffer from depression because it could sense it so it could tell us that we need to see whats going on and how we as friends or even people they dont talk to much help make a difference. i think this could help the teen suicidal rate go down because many do it because they feel alone so if it could pick that up we could talk to them about it and help them. so therefore this computer recognition idea shoulld be sold everywhere to helpothers realise how they can or what they an do to help or realize that people have feelings too.

The "face" is just a land form. You might ask why or maybe even how. Well one if NASA keeps saying that there is nothing there its just a face then yeah its just a land form shapped like a face. NASA would get a lot of money if they found some life form on a planet so they wouldnt keep it quiet. There are many land forms that look like that. So if the MGS on the planet kept looking it would find more land forms that looked like that. If it was an alien how is it still alive. All living things need water to survive. So wheres the water at? Also the people found beter cameras to use to take the picture. It was much clearer and you could tell it was just a land form. Michael Malin an his team messed up the first time because when they took the picture it was winter and very cloudy on the Red Planet. The camera lense had to look through shallow clouds to see the face. So some people said the alien face was hidden by haze. So Micheal Malin and his team tried again in April 8, 2001 to take another picture. It was perfect because it was a cloudless summer day in Cydonia. The picture was clear perfect nothing could have told you that, that was an alien face. Some even said it looks like something here on earth. Either a pyramid in Egyptian time or maybe even a mountain. You can make up myths and say that its an alien face, but all the facts say that its just a land form. The land form that looks like a face. It is the "face" that helped NASA look closer at there pictures and work on there camera work. The "face" has helped people learn more about the night sky and the planets and even the world. But the "face" is just a land form.

The reality of driverless cars being on the road is getting closer and closer everyday. Technology is advancing and people's dreams of driverless cars are no longer fantasies. Driverless cars could change the world. But I do not support the idea that the driverless car will make driving safer because they are not truly driverless and require way too much human assistance and also need many new laws so that they can be implemented into society. One reason as to why I do not support driverless cars is because they're not truly driverless. Sometimes the car requires the person it is transporting to drive because the car has come across a situation in which it cannot handle or is not smart enough to handle. In paragraph 7, the author states " But all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents." Even if the driverless cars make it on to the roads, they will still require people to have the knowledge to drive and also require people to stay alert at all times waiting for the car to run into a problem it can't handle. And if that is the case then people should just always be in control of their vehicles. Another reason why I do not support driverless cars is because of all the legal conflicts they will cause. Lawmakers would have to think of new laws that they believe are going to work even with driverless and regular cars. Car accidents are going to happen no matter what and when they do people will not take responsibility for the crash and will look to blame the car manufacturer which leads to many lawsuits against those companies. In paragraph 9, the author states,"... New laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident". The author then goes on to say, " If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault, the driver of the manufacturer?" Many of these cases can be avoided if driverless never made it to the road. And in the case of an accident the driver can be held accountable most of the time. In conclusion I still do not support the development of driverless cars. I believe they require too much assistance to even be called driverless, and they also require a lot of change in road laws for them to even be on the road. Also I believe that they would not integrate well enough with people who do not own a driverless motor vehicle. Another reason also as to why I do not support them is because they would take the pleasure that a lot of people get out of driving. Hopefully in the near future the technology being used in the development of these cars is largely improved or that people will see that driverless cars are not a necessity in the world and the idea will be dismissed altogether.

My reasons to join the Seagoing Cowboys are listed below. You should join and meet new people you never knew about. It would be a great story to tell kids. You would feel good about helping people and be happy that when they have children it was because you had saved the parents of the kids. You should join the Seagoing Cowboys because it is an oppurtunity of a lifetime and can change many peoples mind. You will get to see things you never get to see. Everyone can be able to help people in trouble and meet other people different from you. If you join the Seagoing Cowboys you will know new things and learn new skills. You can also teach them your language and learn theirs. You will also be able to do things that you never done before. When you join and go on trips, you can do cool things to use as a conversation starter. You can also learn stories and legends from around the world and tell it to your hometown. You can make people envious and make them wanna go the trip as well. You can also speak of things you never thought of doing and did it. So in the end, you have learned about why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys from Luke's side. I talked about how it is an oppurtunity of a lifetime,how you can learn new things,and how you can talk about your amazing trip and incounter with people. This would be an amazing oppurtunity. Saving people like that with no pay is good thing to do.

In the first paragraph, the first sentence kind of threw me off a little bit, because when you say it like the paragraph did then it makes it sound bad knowing other people emotions. like if I was sad or upset, and I was trying to hide it, I wouldnt want other people knowing it. Say I was at a family dinner and something happened, then I wouldn't want the rest of my family knowing that I am upset. Yes, some of the arguments in the article can be good like, " a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." Thats great but honestly I dont think this would be the best thing in the world. The article asks us "Does your exspression in the mirror suggest an emotion?" Of course it does, just sometimes we may not know what kind of emotion it is. Sometimes you may not be able to tell it on your face but you can definitely feel it. Other people do not need to know what is wrong with you, rather you are upset, sad, angry or happy. If you have a smile on your face, thats great, the other person thinks your happy even if you arnt. If I want someone knowing what I am feeling, I am going to tell them. I dont just want them or some computer reading my muscles in my face and telling me what emotion I am feeling. Technology these days are getting to be way to much. Kids don't need to be told by a computer. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. Huang predicts. "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." What if the computer messes up the facial exspression and does something "different" to try to "help" that kid, but honestly the computer detected the wrong facial exspression and changed the lesson for the kid, when he really understood it. This is why I dont think this is such a good idea, because sooner or later computers and technology are going to be running the world and later need updated or something and mess evereything up for our upcoming generations.

The Electoral College has many flaws. One of the main ones is that it is unfair.  They should get rid of it because of the unfairness and go to popular voting. The reason this is unfair is becasue of the "winner-take-all system" and how people arent really voting for president but for the slate of electors. The first reason this is unfair is becasue of the "winner-take-all system". The system is where the electors that chose the winning president gets rewarded when really it was from popular vote. Then it picks who your state's representing candidate will be based on the preident that won.( Source 1: What is the electoral college?) Wouldnt you think that the reason we vote for president is to get a reward and satisfaction of your candidate winning? But no thats not how it works instead it's the electoral collge that gets an award instead. The second reason why it is unfair is beacause when we go every four years to vote for our new pesident we aren't really voting for them we are voting for the slate of electors. In Source two it mentions Bob Dole saying to abolish the electoral collge and most people will agree with that. It's unfair and not right to people that truly care. It also mentions how some states had most of their people voting for someone else that didnt win because the electoral college took over and voted the other way then popular vote." It's the elctors who elect the president not the people."( Sourse3: In Defense of the Electoral Collge: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President) To conclude this mess of being unfair these are the main reasons why people  would love to get rid of the electoral collge and go to poular vote because it is unfair dealing with the "winner-take-all system" and we aren't really voting for the president but instead the slate of electors.  

Since the invention of the first automobiles, negative impacts such as greenhouse gases, and other enviromental effects have plauged the world in a very short amount of time. Some people are taking action, like in certain cities such as Vauban Germany, paris and Colombia, by taking efforts to reduce the use of cars for transportation. Ultimatly, as people begin the shift from autombile transport; certain economic, enviromental, and societal advantages will benifit the world we live in today. In Vauban germany, residents of the town are starting to take efforts in the first of "car-free" societies. To most people this idea could seem unpractical, but car free living can be very benefitial, to the enviroment and daily life. For instance, people in Vauban claim that they feel very tense when they own, and have to drive a car to and from places that they have to work. The layout of these cities like vauban, are unique because they are very dense, unlike the urban and suburban towns of america. This makes walking and biking a more easy method of transportation without having the negative effects of green house gases. In Bogota Colombia, residents are also realizing the the benefits that come with no cars, in wich they have a car- free day that spawns a whole new way of life. The new methods of transportation then become centered around bikes, walking, and other methods of non poluting trasnportation. This also leads to a benefit on the economy, by having 118 miles of bicycle paths built, new walking paths, resturaunts, and shopping districts being created. In Paris, near-records pollution caused by smog, forced city leaders to take action, banning all cars in a 2 day period; and fining all violators of this new ban. This limited congestion in the capital by 60%. Free public transit was also issued for the exception of the ban, even though almost 4000 drivers were fined and some had their cars impound; which certainly helped the number of pollutants on the streets. The smog cleared enough on monday, to where all odd numbered plates were free of the ban on tuesday. These notacable enviromental effects were so substantial in such a short amount of time, that it could spawn a whole new wave of car banning cities to help thier local enviroment. If every city was based around this ideal, it would help their local enviroment, ultimatly helping their economic industries. Globally, this would make a huge change in the world wide market and decrease greenhouse gases. The United States is also seeing a change in the amount of people that are buying fewer cars and driving less. These kinds of trends will ultimatly benefit the society if continued, by limiting carbon emissions. Although this would hurt the car industry, it would help other parts of the economy like agriculture and ocean based fishing, by helping these ecosystems to produce more effectivly. Places like New York also have bike-sharing programs, which would have a impact on people's health too. Most people do not realize the postitive effects that daily exercise can have upon yourself. For example; if every person in New york walked to where they work every morning; new york would experiance a wave of healthy, happy, individuals. Even large car companies like ford are stating that pedestrain, bicycle, and public trasprotation save time, lower emissions and improve safety. Overall, benifits of reducing car transportation is too great to be ignored. It is a step in the right direction that people are taking action and rising up for the greater good of their local towns and spreading awareness by these actions. Our future could go either way, we can continue on this path and do whats right for the enviroment, or neglect the earth we live on and face the consequences.        

The program Seagoing Cowboys that you should join is a perfect idea to spend vacations. This program is where you help people that were affected for World War ll. Why should you join?. You sould join because you will help wonderful people that they didn't have anything to do with this war. You also can have the benefit of sightseeing like the sea, beautiful place from Europe, and a lot of unique places. Another reason why you should join the program is that if you help people you can have a good degree for college and the feeling of being proud of yourself. The people will be thanking you so much that our God will also thank you. In the two months that you be helping you can make some new friends. The final reason that you should join the program is that besides helping, and sightseeing you can have fun in the Cattle-boat playing some games and sports like tennis, baseball, volleyball, tennis tournoments, and a lot of games more. for relax you can read whittling for helped you pass the time. In conclusion you should join this program because you will have something that make you feel like a winner and a champion that's why you should join not just for having fun is because you want to be proud of yourself.

Going to Venus would be extremly dangerous. With a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Venus's clouds have highy corrosive sulfuric acid. Temperatures are over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Venus's atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater then what we have here on Earth. Venus could be worth visiting. Astronomers say that Venus once was the most Earth-like planet. Venus was probably covered with large oceans. Venus could have supported many forms of life. It is simply to dangerous to land on venus. Even 30 miles above Venus's atmosphere is dangerous. Although it is survivable by humans, having the right equipment for the job is key. Most metals would melt right away if they were to get close to Venus. Silicon carbide has been tested in a chamber of simulation of Venus's atmosphere. It lasted up to three weeks in the chamber. Going to Venus would be extremly dangerous, but it would be worth trying to find out if there was actually any living life on Venus. Any sample from Venus's ground would be outstanding. It is just simply to dangerous for that to happen.

Dear state senator I think having popular votes would be better 3 reason why I say this is because Electoral Colleges has selection of electors witch makings them vote for the President/Vice President. The second reason why i pick popular is because when it is Electoral Colleges voters vote not for president but for slate of electors and thats who picks the president. The last reason why we should vote by popular is because Electoral College is unfair. To start off with why we should have popular votes is because Electoral Colleges process consists the selection of the electors and has a meeting with the electors where they vote for the President and Vice president. Electoral Collegeonly consists of 538 electors but majority of 270 is required to elect the President. Another reson why i picked popular voting is because with popular votes the citizens are voting for who they want to be their President and who they want to be their Vice President but in Electoral College electors pick and vote for who they think would be the best President for instance if you lived in Texas and want to vote for John Kelly you would have to vote for slate 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kelly in Electoral College but in popular voting you could  vote for anyone you wanted to and not someone who pledged that person. The third reason why popular voting would be better is because Electoral College was unfair, outdated, and irrational and had lack of democratic and is also a turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their states like them knowingtheir votes will have no effect witch makes them pay less attention to Electoral College voting. This is all the reason why the state senator should choose populae voting over Electoral College voting.          

Today in the world, are you happy? Happy with how the world is growing up and acting or ashamed on how it is pleading to those who live in it to finally change for the better which isn't happening. Yet some children of mother nature or of the universe do believe that only living off of the non-materialistic ideas in life can help you get farther. However many people take pride in indulging on the sins that used excessively can't get them out of the hole they were forced into. Sterotypical people who contradict themseleves or those whom tend to be hypocrytes for that they don't understand always fail to stand for the better. I believe, that in all honesty, no one should be happy with the location of where they stand in society. Due to how far technology has gotten not even within the past two centuries, it must be stopped as a whole. Now let's actually discuss our main objective to throw out the window. The topic to fully dive into, based upon facts and personal opinions, Can stopping the mechanical reproduction of automobiles truly help the world out? Just think about it, what are the possibilies that are being entitled within this topic in particular; but most importantly is there any way the upcoming generations can switch everything or everyone around, to change the mindset of all of the billions of people living on the planet to make it up for the better since we all know the way we are heading is not the place we should go? How fast or slow can this idea be put into place? The world we now know is indeed needing to be resureccted based alone on how much harm we have caused within the past few centuries. If you rely on technology too much doesnt that hurt yourself even more in the long run? Strategies or new found plans should be taken into consideration based on the facts presented and dismissed in the past because the way we are living and teaching those those who are newly born, should know that the world around them isn't right anymore, and direly needs help to improve. The society we are now dealing with, needs to play a new game or the world will end in more corruption than originally thought would happen. In all, isn't it good sometimes, to think about what is wrong and what you could do to help out? Now just sit and think to see where your own mind could lead you. Down the path were the world is once again healthy and happy? Or the path of destruction? The path of destruction can lead to many implications based on health, or survival of the fittest, based on social status or skills gained in a hard cold world mostly dependent on how or when you grew up, due to how society changes over time. Scientists know based on their own work that the atmosphere can only handle so much pollution until it gives out and the world as we do know, learn, and live with can die. Do you want to see the slow demise of where you live, the place where is the only home known to man of the human species? Seeing death upon the streets due to failing natural health means, does it not actually hurt the heart to see such things? Plus car's do take too much space needed for other necesisties such as more room or storage to live a basic daily life in. Yes we may have the technology to fix natural things artificially but does it make it right to think that it will work? Cars cause pollution, pollution cases for health issues, health issues lead to over crowding at the hospital with disease, work load increases and those who work will tire and then eventually get sick themselves for which the most able to achieve end for this ongoing process could be death. Now do you understand where I might be getting at? Being sick mentally or physically is just the first step into a change in mind where all can go to hell and break loose or done in a good way, could change the future generations to restart where we all began. This is all just the basics of the wrong path imagine what could happen if nothing is done to stop the hurting and resume the healing. Although that is the begining of an era that could happen due to stupidity or greed could you do us all a favor and imagine a realistic dream of what could happen if we dropped technology as a whole? All the metals could be recycled for greater purposes! Cars will lead us to see a whole new or happier society where socializing could be the end of all problems. Our health will be in tip top shape, everyone will finally understand what it could mean to live in harmony. Money not spent on transportation could be saved for greater purposes similar to expenses for your child's college maybe even for the advancement of useful environmentally friendly sciences to be learned or help funded or whichever other purpose you can think of. Yes one bad point is that many jobs could be lost but there is always back up plans that you could create for the worst case scenario. However, otherwise society will be happy and health issues should decrease if many of us chose to instead walk or use a bicycle to our destination, so isnt that a better dream to dream? "Keep Moving forward" as stated by Walter Disney, can that dream not be achieved by any means to increase the chances of a world where anything is possible to demand or chase after? Failure doesnt mean to give up but to rather keep trying to improve the ratio of failing to succeding. Cars may be important now, but in an alternate universe, what if they were never invented? In conclusion these familes who are giving up their main source of transportation unless required, they are doing the right thing by taking the first step into a new way of life. Giving up cars is giving up the chance to accidentally hurt those by made a bad desicion. Althought depleting these choices of actions will or should decrease if this topic remains to be included as a new trend for a lack of better word majorly helpful to whose with crime records of the possibility of earning. Fighting with reason is better than to not fight at all. If your standing and doing nothing to help the environment around you, then don't you think you should consider the consequences for future generations down the road? Consider both sides of the argument, which is right or which is wrong to proceed with? The happier life versus the hurting of the world? I can only do nothing but act upon myself to show that what is going on is a coincidence merely to the fact that you are here reading my words. Can my words help from afar or not at all can only be determined by yourself. So be wise and consider, do you chose left for healing or right for hurting?      

Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit because scientists believe that one day humans can learn to live and adapt on it. Venus may have well been the most earth like planet in our solar sytem. Although Venus has it's own challenges and risks, scientists are still discussing further visits to its surface. Astronomers are fascinated by Venus. Venus is sometime call the "Evening Star", because it is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. In our solar system Venus is actually a planet, the second planet from our sun. Venus may seem a pretty simple planet to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has been proved a very challenging place to study closely. Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closet in distance too. Venus is a very difficult planet to study and that is probably why not a single spaceship has touched down on it in more than three decades. Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenge planet for humans to study. What's challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. A thick atmosphere of carbon dioxide blankets Venus. The temperature average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit on the planet's surface. The atmospheric pressure is 90 times larger than what we expeirenced on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans have faced on Earth. Despite all the challenges and risks, why are scientists so fascinated by this planet? They believed that long ago Venus was probably covered largely with oceans. Today Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has faamiliar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. Scientist somehow believed that Venus could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. With all the challenges and risks, Venus is still and will be a worthy planet to study because one day us humans can live and breathe on it. One day it can be exactly like Earth. They don't call Venus Earth's twin for no reason. Despites the danger it presents, Venus is a worthy pursuit.

The driveless car has its pros, and its cons. My position on the it is positive rather than negative. The driveless car has many features and positive perks. But it still has its bad perks. Driveless cars come off to me as a pretty good idea and i support the idea. Driveless cars come off to others as a bad idea to invest time and effort on. But the Driveless cars also have their pros. Driveless cars would change the amount of fuel we use by decreasing the amount by half, not only that its saving half our fuel it is also a great way for our technology to advance leading to other inventions that could just keep improving our everyday technology. Driveless cars would also be a way to prevent people from drunk driving or even just normal wreaks.Driveless cars would be good for new drivers would dont know the roads or where they are going. Drivless cars can be a harm, or just a plain bad idea. Some people may want cars to continue being the same, or they just may not trust technology. Driveless cars could be a bad idea considering that technology could crash or fail at any point and time.Driveless cars would consume lots of materials, and cost a lot per car made. Driveless cars dont seem to be that bad of a idea to me. Driveless cars would help new learners know the road, or even teach them a little about it. They may be a fortune when making them, but its a great way to conserve our fuel. They also could lead to other inventions for improving our future. Driveless cars can be a good and bad idea for the future. Although, advancing our technology with driveless cars would be a pretty great improvment, but not only a improvment but a great way to teach young drivers the rules of the road and how to drive. They driveless car would be a perfect innovantion for our future and whatever else it inspires.

I believe that using this technology to read students' emotional expressions is a bad idea, most people hide their emotions for a reason. Whether its struggle in class or things happening at home, they'll talk about it if the teacher can help but its best to keep those things to yourself and figure out how to deal with it or talk to a professional about those things. In some cases it may help, some people might become dimented or tormented by something on their mind and make rash discisions that harm themselves and others around them. The new technology would probably be very expensive and difficult to implament and gain the permission from parents and school officials who may be confused about it. Many schools are struggling with money and financial issues and there are far more important things to do and invest on rather than spending money on technology that may not even work 100% and only add on to problems. Can we actually "calculate" emotions like math or something? How can computers recognize facial movements humans use to express how we feel? Each human has their own smile and their own unique way of showing their emotions. How can a computer that doesn't have its own intelligence or will discern how a human actually feels? Humans can simply look at someone and tell how they are feeling on the surface but humans also hide things deep within their mind. Most people who trully hold someone dere and care about them can tell when a person is hiding something through more than just facial expressions and facial movements. They can tell how a person feels by the way they are speaking and the way they move their body or thourgh physical changes throughout their body. I think its nearly impossible for computers to access how a person feels at a moment, whether in class or physicalogical treatment. I believe that only humans and close companions can truly discern how a person is trully feeling, there's just something thats unique to certain people that people around them can feel. A certain atmosphere that people carry and only people close to them can truly understand. Not even specifically trained people can 100% judge how a person is feeling so how could a computer thats not living do it?

Some people think that the "Face on Mars" was created by aliens. Yes I can see what perspective they're comming from because the "Face on Mars" was up in space and space isnt just like a place here or there its our galaxy. Who knows what's going on up there everyday? Many people, even scientists believe that the "Face of Mars" was indeed infact created by aliens. Then there was this article about the "Face on Mars" it was called, "Unmasking the Face on Mars". It stated that many people had the thought that aliens did in fact create the "Face of Mars" and NASA even had scientists go on a mission to unravel the truth about the "Face on Mars" with evidence. It stated exactly from the article, "The camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face. Perhaps, said skeptics, alien markings were hidden by haze." Yes that is great that they were concluding the fact that maybe perhaps alien markings were hidden by haze but they're not sure it was just an assumption. But around April 5,1998 it stated from the article that, "Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on JPL web site, revealing... a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." That is evidence that the "Face on Mars" was in fact a landform. In conclution many people still think that the "Face on Mars" was created by aliens. NASA even had special missions for the curiousity with the planet and its Face. Many evidence was found through those missions and concluded that it was a landform. Even though many assumed that the " Face on Mars" was created by aliens, an image on the JPL website reveals evidence of a natural landform of the "Face of Mars".

Studying Venus, Huh? I agree, but it'll be too dangerous and very risky. But before that lets learn about Venus and whats its about. Tune in to find out! In the article it states, "Venus, sometimes called the "Evening Star," is one of the brightest planets in the night sky, making it simple to catch in the night. In our solar system, Venus is right next to our sun. Venus is ovbisouly simple to see, but very hard to study it. Venus is called the Earth's twin, becuase of their size and density, density meaning how big and large it is. Venus goes at different speeds then the other planets." Now that you know somethings about Venus according to my sources, lets get into it if you should study it or not. Personally based on what I read, I would agree to study it up close. But, it'll be very dangerous. NASA is going to have to do a lot of work to get job done. It's not going to be easy, you can't just go up there and expect to study a large, massive planet. A lot of stuff goes into doing these type of things. Venus according to the article, "Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. Beyond high pressure and heat." So, you can't just go up there with just any type of vehicle, spaceship, etc your going to have to do some serious moding... just an insane type of transpotportation to go up there. In the article it sates, "NASA is working on other approaches to study Venus." They've tested some models an they actually worked. They just need to do little to a lot more work and the job will be done. To me, I feel like NASA can do it, I mean what can't they do. They think the impossible and create the impossible. Whoever are the people going up there... make it happen! Therefore, I know it's a tough task, but I know they can do it. I mean, like I said, what can't NASA do. They think the impossible then do the impossible.

Yes useing this new technology for facial action coding system can help identifing human emotions. Just like looking at a freiends face you can tell what they are feeling and how they are. Reading a person emotions can be helpful in most case seeing if they are having a good day or have a bad one or just a regular one. By looknig at a face can tell a whole lot about that perosn. The system identifing your face just by the muscular parts moving. In pargraph 7 it tell's you to look in a mirror by raiseing your lips at corners of your mouth, then squint your eyes slightly, and holding that raise the outer parts of your cheeks up toward your eyes this shows you are happy. the process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D model of the faced and looking at all 44 major muscles. It has classified all 6 major emotions in a person/human happiness, suprise ,anger,disgust,fear, and sadness an associsated ech iwth the characteristic movements of the facial muscles. This technology an aslo tell when a person is lieing there are muscles called orbiculais oculi pars palpabraeus that makes crows feet arounf your eyes but in a false smile the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic witch is a major different muscle and to experts when a smiling politican or celebrity isn't being truthful. Having this new techology in the world opens up lots of ne thing for reading a students or persons emotion they help with a lot of thing and reading the mona lisa smile or tell if she was not happy reading rach muscle was terific example on how this new system could work.

In the article the author believes that we need to try to see more of Venus, however, going to Venus is very dangerous. Many people believe that the trip to Venus would be too dangerous given the real dangers on the planet. The author gives us both sides of the argument as to if we should keep trying to go to Venus or if we need to stop and focus our time on something less dangerous. We do have the chance to see what Venus holds because of the technology we have in todays world. It would be a very major accomplishment if we could get a person to land on Venus. Venus is a dangerous planet, we do not know what is under the "carbon dioxide blankets". The author of this article says that although Venus is 97% covered in a thick atmosphere, we still hve a chance to see what is under it. One way the author included was to send a hovering vehicle to Venus and have it take pictures of the planet 30 miles abover the land. Although they do say that because of the thick carbon dioxide you would not see anyhting because the lights we have will more than likly will not be bright enough. Yet the author still believes there is a soultion to that problem and all the other ones I might add. At the end of paragraph 5 the author says "Not easy conditions, but suriviable for humans." you see the author says that it is "around 170 degrees Fahrenheit and the air pressure is close to sea level on Earth " and it seems unlikly for a person to be able to handle the 170 degree heat let alone the air pressure. Then the author goes on to tell us that we can use a hovering car, still it is a good idea but again the pictures would not be clear at all, which would defete the idea of a hovering car. There are many good and bad things about sending things up to try and get a look at Venus, and the author seems to think there is more good than bad. They do tell us that NASA is working on taking new approches to study Venus, like he said " some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chos of Venus" and if that is true then we may be taking a step in the right direction. Winding down the author says that " striving to meet the challenges presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also becuase human curiosity will likly lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." this quote proves that we are going to want to try and see more planets but if we can not get close enough to one of the closest planets around us, how are we supposed to get any further. The author makes many good points in this article, we should try to go to Venus, maybe not send a person up there right away, but we need to see what Venus has in store. The universe is bigger than just our solar system, if we can not even find a way to see Venus how are we going to go anywhere else. The author shows us both sides of the argument and the good that could come from going to Venus is just amazing. It could even be the greatest accomplishment in a long time.

If you waych the news chaces are you probelly hear about cars weither it be from car accidents, to drunk driving, to pollutents from cars. And everyone is in uproar about how do we stop all this stuff from happening well it could as simple as using cars less often. This maybe sound shocking to most people who drive but maybe if we use our cars less there would be less accidents or drunk driving and not to mention less greenhouse gasses. Did you know that 50% of greenhouse gas comes from cars in car-intesive areas in the United States. Thats right 50% of those greenhouse gasses come for your car. I'm not saying we should stop driving cars in general but make an effort to use them less. Like in Bogota Columbia they have a day dedicated to not driving cars and instead using public trainsportation. From doing this they improved there sidewalks, reduced traffic and even upscale restaurants and shopping centers sprouted up. And every year everyone is happy and very ethustiastic about the day. Not only does the less usage of cars make people happy it also makes the likelyhood of car accidents very low since there are no cars on the road.

The Electoral College is a system that must be changed. It is a system that takes away the people's vote in a sense. As it originated from the Founding Fathers, it is as well an outdated system, that could have a drastic overhaul. The Electoral College could be thought of as ruining portions of this democracy, granting the people to vote for a president. There could be great error introduced to such a way of selecting people for such positions. Therefore, I stand vehemently on the side that the Electoral College must change, granting the people and the government a cleaner, more reliable form of election by three contentions: it removes the thought of there being an improper ratio of electoral votes to popular votes; it is too easy for fraud to occur in the system; and because of how irrational and unfair it is. The first reason why the Electoral College must be changed in favor of a popular vote system is because of how there is such a margin of error introduced in its existence. The opposition may argue that a popular voting system may have equal, if not a greater chance of error, but that is very inaccurate. In a popular voting scenario, things are about as basic as possible. Election results are taken directly from the people of each state, and the results are then combined and compared, in turn selecting someone into office. In contrast, the Electoral College is far more complicated, resulting in more things to go wrong. For instance, a notable example is the 2000 election between Gore and Bush. In this scenario, Gore received a larger number of popular votes, as Bush won the Electoral College. The whole practice of the Electoral College introduces so many variables to the equation, that it would just be very irrational to use such a system. Continuing, the next reason why the popular voting system should replace the Electoral College is by the chance of "fraud" in such a form of election. The members of the Electoral College could be anyone. Now, this may not be thought of as fraud, however it could as well be thought of as fraud of the system. These members of the College could potentially curve the results of an election. For instance, in the 2000 election, members did not stay true to the one candidate, resulting in the possibility for in improper ratio of votes between the Electoral College and the populus. A counter of this argument may be how often this sort of thing may occur. The 2000 election was the first election since 1888 that had a similar problem. However, this sort of thing should never occur. There should never be an occasion of a problem occuring in something as substantial as a presidential election. My final contention is regarding how irrational and unfair the entire Electoral College is. In this, there is a type of winner-take-all system set in place. This means that, in most states, if a candidate wins the state, they take the Electoral College for the state. Because of this, candidates mainly focus on campaigning in states that they have a clear chance of winning. This is extremely unfair for many voters in the states that these candidates do not even visit. They would have no evidence of what to vote on in election. This could also change an election, with disastrous results. For example, in the 1976 election, a mere few thousand different votes in both Ohio and Hawaii could have led to a tie in the election. Ties are often fatal in the Electoral College system, as delegations in Congress determine a winner of the election. A counter to this claim may be how the winner-takes-all system encourages more campaigning in the toss-up states, where close attention is set upon the campaigning individuals. However, this still does not change the fact that other states are not receiving the proper amount of campaigning to prove a fair election. In summation, the Electoral College must be changed in favor of a popular vote form of election by three previously stated contentions. First, it provides the chance for there to be disastrous results in an election. These results may consist of there being a tie, or an improper ratio of popular votes to electoral votes, as seen in the 2000 election. To continue, my second contention is regarding how there is a chance of corruptness and disagreement in an election. With the Electoral College in place, anybody could technically become part of the College, and there may be a dispute between what member is for what candidate and such. This could be very confusing for the voters. And finally, the entire system of the Electoral College is plainly unfair and irrational. This results in the election being unfair to certain states that did not receive proper campaigning for particular candidates, as it allows candidates to choose which states they would like to take part in campaigning with. In all, the Electoral College is a jumbled, confusing mess of election and governmentation.

NASA has been wanting to explore our sister planet, but doesn't know how to make a vehicle capable of surviving Venus's atmoshperic differences from Earth. The author explains his claim of how it's a worthy pursuit that needs time and focus to happen. They strengthen their claim by describing the climate and dangers, differences in technology made to suvive it's conditions, and alternatives to exploring Venus. The author of the passage first describes Venus. They describe how it's different from Earth and how that provides a challenge to NASA. The author brings in the atmospheric differences (such as what it's made of and the pressure), temperatures, geological, and weather differences. NASA has to take all of these into mind and adapt to it so they can explore the planet safely. Since Venus is so different from Earth, NASA has to make vehicles that'll withstand the atmosphere and pressure of it. The author describes how they've come up with a blimp-like vehicle to explaore Venus safely for up to three weeks. The author explains how that could be a problem as well, seeing as how the blimp couldn't reach the ground to collect anything for NASA to study when they get back. The author understands that NASA is working on alternatives to get closer to the surface of Venus so they can study it more. The author tells us how they've come up with different technological methods to get closer to the surface without damaging a vehicle or expensive equipment. They bring up a piece of electronic equipment made of silicon carbide that lasted for up to three weeks in the conditions of Venus. That detail gives us insight on how close NASA is to safel exploring the suface of the sister planet. Exploring the surface of Venus has become a big focus for NASA. The author wants to give us insight of how challenging and dangerous it is, but also how they're working on making it possible with different pieces of equipment that's stable eough for the atmosphere of Venus. They do that by describing the climate and dangers of Venus, the differences needed to be made in technology to survive the conditions, and the alternatives that can be used to explore the surface of Venus safely.

Have you ever seen a smog cloud before? Or even been a city that has a really high level of it? It's typically caused by the vehicles, and how much that they're used in the area that you happened to be in. There are some places that have days where your not aloud to drive. There are some places that people don't even own cars, and places where people only go by bus, bike, car pooling, or train. But there is one thing we notice about all of these people, and the places that they live in when they have people consistently going by other means, and not using their car. It's been a problem that has been up in the air for the longest time, and people are starting to do something about it, and probably without even knowing it. The city of Vauban, Germany is pretty normal. it consist of normal homes, normal people, and just normal everyday life. Except for two things. "Vauban's streets are completely "car-free"-except the main throughfare" (Parragraph 2, Source 1). Even if you owned a car, "there are only two places to park-large garages at the edge of teh development, where a car-owner buys a space, for fourty-thousand dollars, along with a home" (Parragraph 2, Source 1). The other crazy thing about this town is that Vauban is "home to five thousand-five hundred residents within a rectangular square mile " (Parragraph 6, Source 1). Their town is free of the green house emissions that are caused by passanger cars. It's there way of smart planning, and other cities are starting to try to find ways to become cleaner, and better at being somehow like Vauban. People here say that it reduces the stress of driving, and traffic jams, and makes life simply easier by not driving. But imagine if you were banned from driving in a place where you were used to driving everyday. Paris decided that "after days of near-record pollution, they would enforce a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city" (Parragraph 10, Source 2). some 4,000 drivers were given a fine of thirty-one dollars, and there were twenty-seven cars impounded due to disobeying the ban. however, after 5 days of this ban going in to effect, "Congestion was down sixty percent in the capital of france" (Parragraph 14, Source 2). The people driving isn't really the problem, it's the fact that "France has a tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline" (Parragraph 16, Source 2) and they're saying that becuase it makes up such a higher percentage of vehicles in France compared to the rest of Western Europe that it's causing their smog levels to go up higher as well. Gradually the smog lifted off of the city of paris, and they were finally able to start letting certain amounts of cars back on the road without fines. There are some places that they have days that are car free? In the Latin-American city of Bogota, they have a day that's car-free. "Millions of columbians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work" (Parragraph 20, Source 3). They only face a small fine of twenty-five bucks if they decide to drive, but msot people don't have to worry if they don't have a bike or don't want to walk. Buses and taxis are still aloud on the roads. Even on the days where "gray clouds dumped occasional rain showers on Bogota, the rain hasn't stopped people from participating" Parragraph 22-23, Source 3). It's not just 5,500 people who don't do it, there are seven million people in the capital city who don't drive. It's been going on since the 1990s. The city has planned, and made efforts to have these days so that they can also take part in the reductin of the emiisions of green house gases. "The city has seen the construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths; and uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth ones" (Parragraph 27-28, Source 3). Many places are trying to encorporate designs in to their cities to do these things, and to become better at traveling in means other than your personal vehicle. but even without our knowledge, people are starting to limit car usage without being told to, it's just inch by inch. People are beggingin to drive less, and "America's love affair with its vehicles seems to be cooling" (Parragraph 32, Source 4. however in the past few years, americans have bught fewer cars, and "the number of miles driven in the United States peaked in 2005 and has dropped steadily therafter" (Parragraph 32, Source 4). reseachers are intrigued that car ownership per household had gone down,  three to four years before they noticed this. This pattern continuing, which they believe it will, would "have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the enviroment" (Parragraph 34, Source 4). Other odd things have changed too. "There has been a large drop in the percentage of sixteen to thirty-nine year olds gettign a license. "A study last year found that driving by young people decreased twenty-three percent between 2001-2009" (Parragraph 41, Source 4). Plans are being put in action to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, and to put more ways into cities for people to travel alternatively to their normal going by car. The way that we're building cities, new suburbs, and things like that are beginning to incorporate other ideas from around the world to help not just everyone including yourself, but also the enviroment itself. Meeting new people really isn't all that bad, and traveling by bus, train, transit, taxi, car pooling, bicycling, tram, trolley, walking, skating or even the interesting inventions we see by people all the time. There are many different ways that you can avoid having to drive your own car. It isn't a hassle. It's also a stress reliever, and helps you not get worried about how your going to avoid that five o'clock rush hour traffic jam that you have to sit and yell at people in. Not only does it probably save you money not having to buy gas every couple of days, it also helps you and the enviroment. Breathing cleaner air helps you to live longer than breathing air that has all that smog, and nastiness in the air. Your city is only a step in a new direction, and it's only a matter of how you want to do it. There's optoins, like you hear in the insruance commercials, that you can take and be just fine. There's a lot of advantages to the limiting of car uses, and the car-free days. It's just on you whether or not you want to take that route, make a change in your daily habit, and find that simple way to limit your car usage.

Advantages of limiting car ussage is if citizens limit their car usage there will be cut on greenhouse gas emissions, lower stress levels, and improve safety. Limiting car ussage will help reduces greenhouse gases and also reducing smog. Limiting car usage improve safety because  there won't be any cars on the roads. To begin with limitng car ussage will lower smog levels. "In Paris on cold and warm days hve caused a warm layer of air that trapped car emssions." In France diesel is favored over gasoline. in france sixty-seven percent of the vehicles are diesel so diesel fuel was to blame. After five days of intensifying smog congestion was down sixty percent. In addition to lowering smog levels. limiting car usage is a good way to lower stress. Buisnessman Carlos Arturo Plaza said "it was a good way to take away stress and lower air pollution."as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife. Then limiting car usage will help improve safety because there won be cars on roads so you cant get hit. a study last year found that young people driving decreased by twenty-three percent between 2001 and 2009. people have said they are interested in getting their drivers license but it's not a priority. Finally Limiting car ussage will help lower smog levels by people taking public transport,car pooling or walking. limitng car ussage will helplower stress levels and spend time with people. ;imiting car usage will also improve saety since there will be less cars on the roads.

Acording to the text it's basicly talking about venus and how it's closer to the earth nd how venus is actually a planet. While venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examin more closely. And it says that venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size. In space terms humans have sent mumerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world. I think that Venus is the most populer planet that every one talks about and it seams that is is the closest planet to the sun. Venus and Mars our other planetary neighbor that are closer to the sun. NASA is a big company that works with other company to get more information about earth. NASA is working on other approcaches to studying Venus, carbide have been tested in a chaber simulater to see if it would bring eany effect. Lerning about Venus had helped me a lot and to know more about earth and about the sun and uther planets around Venus. Our travels on earth and beyound should not be limited by dangers and dounts but should be expand to meet the very edges of imaginatoin. Another thing is that you shold never stop dreming and never stop biliving in your self and enything is posibel if you put your mind to it.

My name is Luke and I have just graduated from high school. I had two part-time jobs. I worked at a bank and a grocerey store. It was 1945, World War II had just ended in Europe. I just had my friend, Don Reist, ask if I wanted to go to Europe on a cattle boat and we would be known as that Seagoing Cowboys. He told me that 44 nations joined together to form the UNRRA. They hired "Seagoing Cowboys" to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas. I couldn't say no, because I knew this was an opportunity of a lifetime. Don and I went over to Europe and many other countries and noticed they were left in ruins. Both of us signed up. Don and I did what we could to help out over in Europe and the many other countries in poverty after the war. Here are some reasons that I think you should join. You get to help lots of animals, mostly cattle. Don and I got our seaman's papers and boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster. We ended up with a cargo of 335 horses plus we had enough hay and oats to feed them. Caring for the animals kept me busy. They had to be fed and watered two or three times a day. Bales of hay and bags of oats were pulled up from lower ships. Also all of the stalls had to cleaned. On my second trip I served as watchman. My job was to check on the animals every hour. Sightseeing was a huge plus for me. We went to Europe and China. My favorite place we visited was seeing the Acropolis in Greece. We rode a gondola in Venice, Italy. Did you know they have a excavated castle in Crete? The last thing we saw was the Panama Canal in China. It wasn't all serious work, we also got to have fun. Don and I played games to pass time. We played baseball, volleyball, table tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and many others. I'm grateful for the opportunity and that I took it. It made me more aware of people of other countries and thier need, instead of focusing on my needs or other people focusing on their needs. This is why I think that you should take an oppurtunity like this if you have a chance."

Can a computer system percieve emotions of humans? The software that perseives the emotions of others has improved accurate descriptions of people. The Facial Action Coding System has percieved the emotions of Mona Lisa and has tryed to accuratly grade the percentage of each emoition from the picture. The program bases off of 6 basic emotions which fall in to more complicated catagories. According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles no only expresses emotions, but also may help produce them. The program is going off of the physical emtion but not the mental emotion the person is having. This flaws the percentages overall. Being another individual you can see what the persentages are and agree with them by looking at the picture in person. The mental emotion of someone may be a lot diffrent then what they are expressing physically. In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding System may be a bit flawed but has improved accuracy quite a lot. Even here is says, according to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles no only expresses emotions, but also may help produce them. The system is very accurate when scanning others.

Yes, Facial Action Coding System is great way to see how students feel, because not everyone shows there emotions. FACS is going to help many students when they show how they feel. For example, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, Dr. Huang predicts. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." It will help to develop better ways for people and computers to communicate. How FACS works it starts with a 3-D model of a persons face it will have 44 muscles in the model and they have to move like human muscles. FACS technology will show a persons emotions like happy, mad, surprised, angry, sad, and scared. It will know when you move a muscle, and it can detect what emotion the person is doing. For example, "your frontalis lateralis muscle (above your eyes) raises your eyebrows when you're surprised; your orbicularis oris (around your mouth) tightens your lips to show anger". This Technology is safe and will be very useful for many people. In conclusion, FACS will develop more and it will help many students in school, home, and just in general. This technology will be very useful and very productive. Facial Action Coding System will develop better ways for people and computers to communicate.

Have you ever wanted to get a chance to explore beautiful and foreign lands? Well then, joining the Seagoing Cowboys would definitely be the job for you. I, Luke Boberger, am a former Seagoing Cowboy and I have crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and have crossed the Pacific Ocean twice to help those affected by World War II. Being a Seagoing Cowboy was a great adventure, but it was also more than that. It opened up the world to me. If you join the Seagoing Cowboys, you get to see, and sometimes visit, amazing and beautiful places. When myself and the crew first set sail from New Orleans to deliver 335 horses to Greece, I couldn't wait to get there. I saw the Acropolis in Greece, and it was beautiful! When delivering animals to these foreign lands, I also got the side benefit of seeing a lot of Europe and China. I got to take a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, explore an excavated castle in Crete, and I marveled at the Panama Canal on my way to China. By joining the Seagoing Cowboys, you get the important, but rewarding, job of caring for those in dire need. When I joined the Seagoing Cowboys, I had no idea the happiness you receive from helping those who need help. By delivering food supplies, animals, and even more, you make these people's lives a lot more easier. You are giving them food, animals to make into food, and animals to help with work. Helping these citizens really opened my eyes to the rest of the world. The final thing I'm going to tell you about is having fun. When I was on the ship, and the animals and supplies had been delivered, we had fun on the ship. It wasn't the reason I had joined, but it is definitely a joyous side benefit. Us cowboys would play baseball and volleyball games where animals had been kept. We also held table-tennis tourneys, fenced, boxed, read, and whittled to pass the time. It's amazing what you can do when you're bored on a nearly-empty ship! These are the reason why I believe that all able and willing men need to join the Seagoing Cowboys. You get to see wonderful lands. You also can have fun on the ships. Most importantly though, you get to help those in need. It's amazing that doing a job like this can make such an impact on people's lives. Join the Seagoing Cowboys!

There are so many new techinologies in the world, such as diverless cars and many more technologies. Science and technology have advanced so the cars can sense and drive by themseleves. In the article "Driverless cars are coming," there are some postive and negative aspects of the diverless cars such as Sensing the world, Driving and assisting the driver, but beside that should we or not have driverless cars. We should have driverless cars. Diverless cars are easy to use and any age group can use them. The cars can sense and warn the driver about the dangers and that will increase the safety of the drivers. In the article it states that " Futher improvements in sensors and computer hardware and software to make drving safer are also leading to cars that ca handle more and more drving tasks on their own." In this line it tells us that these cars will handle more than just driving. In fact it will also take care of the safety of the driver. Do we really need driverless cars. Is technology taking over. If we really think about it do we even need driverless cars. If we have cars that don't need drivers to drive them that means some peoples will be out of there jobs. So does it mean in the future the cars will make humans more lazy and jobless. No, we don't need driverless cars, because we are making people more careless. In the article it states " The combination of all this input is necessary for the driverless car to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel." In this line it tells us that the car will mimic the skill of a human. Who will asure us about our safety in the car. Who will we blame for the technology. In the article it states " laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident." In this line it tells us that we still need laws that will cover the liability in case of a accident and one more thing to think about who will take in charge of the accident the car company or the driver if an accident happens. In conclusion, there are some negative and postive aspects of driverless cars such as who will take in charge of an accident. An negative aspects of driverless cars is that if those cars come in the market, what will happen to the drivers who drive the cars and earn from driving an car such as taxi drivers. An postive aspect will be that the new driverless cars will insure the safety of the passengers and they will not be distracted. So there are many good and bad aspects of driverless cars.

Imagine a world with driverless cars,how choaic would that be? Driverless cars should not be devolped and or enhanced further than they have been already. One major idea that could be unreasonable to owning and selling driverless cars would be the cost. Second, we have the law and accidents that still we be involved with these machines. Lastly the safe concerns and the alertness of a human driver in the car. To conduct a project this big there has to be a large amount of money involved. They are still doing test on these computer driven cars, which means there has to be money coming from some where. Where would this money come from? If the car manufactours have the idea of driverless cars as big as they plan money will play a huge role in it. The article says that the cars may not be as driverless as we would assume, so it would outragous to buy a car that was over priced to do a few extra things a normal car would not normally do. Safety is a huge concern when talking about these type of "smart" cars. " We have to interpret driving the driving fun in a new way" Says Dr. Werner Huber a BMW project manager driver. Driving should not be fun, driving should be about staying as safe as possible and getting to where you need to be. Some manufacturers talk about using "heads-up display" where displays such as a movie playing would turn off when the car required the human driver to talle over. Living in the twenty-first century many people know that technology can malfunction and could crash at any giving moment. If a law is broken who is to blame for it? The car or the human inside that is relying on the car to not malfunction? If the laws on traffic do change new laws will be set in their place. There would need to be laws about libility in case the smart car does malfucntion. With that being said using a smart car could cause a lot of attention if there was an accident involving one. A good thing about the cars would be that to sale them they would need to be covered by the manufactors. So if they could fix all the bugs as of right now and get laws passed about safety these typer of cars would not be a terrible idea. Is the world with driverless cars something that is really a good idea? The cost will be an on going problem, atleast until they started selling at a good rate. As well as the accidents and safety involved with the using or testing a driverless car. Many laws and insurence would have to change and be made for these types of cars and would take some time. As is the driverless cars should not be produced further. If there was more testing and promised insurence and safety along with the car it would be more realistic.

Did you know that there is a progarm called the Seagoing Cowboys? The Seagoing Cowboys is a program for cowboys that ride the waves caring for animals. They care for animals that live on a land that just got destroyed. There are a bunch of stories about their history. They have been on the most dangerous assignments. First of all, there is a reason that you should join. That reason is to save a lot of animals. Another reason that you should join this program is that this is right after World War 2, so animals need foof and water. There is an organization called the UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) and there is only so much that group can do. On the other hand, about this Seagoing Cowboys program, you can go anywhere in the world like Europe or China. You have to make sure that you have enough supplies on the boat to care for the animals. LIke if u have horses, then you would have hay and oats. You can also take as many animals as your ship can hold. One of the boats had 335 horse and still had enough hay and oats to feed them. For the record, one more reason that you should join the Seagoing Cowboys is that you get to go site seeing when ever you want. You could go see a national landmark while you are on the job. I remember this one person that was a Seagoing Cowboy, he went to Greece. The toughest part of this job was going over a bunch of water and getting the animals back to where they belonged. It would be so cool to be a Seagoing Cowboy. To sum up my findings, I thought that this passage was a great example o fa job to do if you love animals. I hope people consider this job. For th future, do whta you think is right and never give up if you wnat to go sme where. You should always follow your dreams even if you don't want to, cause one day that dream might come true.

I'm with dirverless cars, think about the many accidents that could be avoided, perhaps elderly people. Not all elders are put in retirement homes, some are still behind the wheel and they are still driving, they're the cause of many accidents that bring them to their death and other innocent deaths. If an older person or people in need couldn't drive, they'd be better off with a smart car that can drive itself and alert you when the car needs help, which would only require a small amount of help. The articles states that "none of the cars developed so far are completely driverless. They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves." We are on the verge of geetting these cars to drive themselves in the near future! However almost everything you do weather it's bad or good, everything has a consequence. The article says that in "California, Florida, Nevada, and the district of Columbia, have led the country in allowing limited use of semi-autonomous cars." Of course the law wouldn't allow it until its safe around pedestrians, schools, etc. "If the technology fails and someone is injured who is at fault--the driver or the manufacturer", as the article states, you can't fully rely on these self driving cars. They can cause an enormous amount of damage in the world if something goes wrong. Police and ambulance don't want to have to deal with these smart cars hitting pedestrians out in the world, it'd be terrible, this is why it has to be perfect! The smallest issues have to be fxed, everything bad in it does. Smart would probably sell for more, and a lot of people would be interested in buying these cars, companies selling these cars would make good money. We're not far from these cars entering and roaming the world, they'd be everywhere and replace old human driving cars. My conclusion is that cars should be able to be used by people until they are safe enough! But there is still a large amount of work left to make these cars drive themselves. There is going to be some problems throughout the way but if people put their minds to it, they can accomplish and find a solution to the problems they'll find along the way. It'd be less accidents, most of the accidents that occur today are mainly the drivers fault, they don't pay attention to the road and they focus on other things, thus resulting in an accident. Texting, calling, and drivng wouldn't be as bad as it is now, if someone had a smart car and had it on autopilot mode they'd be able to make quick calls or text someone without having to worry. The smart car would avoid tons of accident, the only problem would be the technology, if it fails, then it's not your fault at all. However if you failed to pay attention then it'd be your fault, which is more likely to happen, humans are clumsy and despicable these day.

Dear State Senator, we should not keep the Electoral College. I'm in favor of changing to election by popular vote for the president of the united states. The electoral college is unfair. It's outdated and irrational. Many people prefer election by popular votes. Voters should be satisfied with their vote diectly towards the president. They shouldn't have to be upset if they choose candidates and those candidates choose someone else as president. One of my reasons is because under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for the slate of electors, who in turn elect for the president. The electors can be anyone not holding public office. Depending on the state, the electors are picked by state conventions, sometimes the state party's central committee, and sometimes the presedential candidates themselves. The electoral college isn't the best way to handle elections because it is the electors who elect the president, not the people, which to me sounds unfair. Voters can't always control who their electors will vote for and voters do get confused sometimes about the electors. So if you really agreed on one president, chances are that might not be the president who's gonna be elected because the electors can choose the other person running for president instead. The electoral colllege is unfair. The electoral college consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 elector votes is required to elect the president. Richard Nixo, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the AFL-CIO all agreed on abolishing the electoral act. According to a Gallup poll in 2000, over sixty percent of voter would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. This year voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could again lose the presidency. Voters don't want the popular vote winner to lose the presidency but because of the electoral college it can happen. When you vote for a presidential candidate you are actually voting for a slate of electors. Lets say that the state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors. Those electors can always defy the will of the people. Faithless electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whoever they pleased. Why on earth would they do such a thing. They should care about what voters believe in. In 1960, people who favored seperation based on race in the Louisiana legislature nearly actually succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors so that they would oppose John F. Kennedy. This means the popular votes would not have actually gone to Kennedy. That is not fair. Candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning. They focus only on the tight races in the "swing" states. State Senator, I'm in favor of changing to election by popular votes because it's fair. The electoral college should stay in the past and should'nt be used anymore. The best way is for the election by popular votes. Voters should be satisfied with their vote directly towards the president. Electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and decided to vote for whoever they wanted. Selfish much? People shouldn't have to be upset if they choose candidates and those candidates choose someone else as president. These electors should consider what the people want. I believe Elections by popular votes for president of the united states is the best option.

The auther is intsted in learnig was venus once a planit like ours. he also clamis the venus long ago was a planit covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life and that venus shas features that are analogus to those on earth. travling to venus can be hard espusaly sence there is a thick could srounding the surface of the planet and you cant see the surface of the ground and none of the air crafts have ever maniged to stay alive long enoff. The Nasa is working on other approches that could help out in studing venus for example some simplified elctoncs made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos venus's surface and lasting for three weeks in such a condition. They are also looking into using old technology called mechanicl computers these devices were first envisioned in the 1800s and payed an important role durning ww ll. These cumputers actualy dont need eletroncs at all. Modern comuters are enormously powerful, flexible and quick but tend to be more delicate. By using these old computers that use mechanic parts can be made more resistant to pressure heat and other forces.

Are driverless cars safe? Cars have been around for many decades and more to come. Cars are used in peoples everyday life. Cars are developing in many ways. I think driverless cars are not developed because; it's not completely driverless,It's challenging, and the car isn't advance. Frist, driverless cars are not completely driverless. In the text it says,''this means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires.'' If the car isn't completely driverless there is no point on getting a car like this. This car can only handle driving functions up to 25mph. This mean the driver needs to keep hold of the wheels. Secondly, the driverless car is challenging. It means it's hard to drive. Driverless cars are dangerous. It's not even driverless completely. This type of technology is sometime too advance for people. In the text it says, ''drivers have to steer,accelerate, and brake themselves.'' The driver is doing all the work. Lastly, the driverless car isn't that advanced. In the text it say,''none of the cars developed so far are completely driverless.'' This car tells you bthe simplest thing. In the text it says,'' it notify the driver when there's a work zone and accident.'' This car isn't really that helpful. The driverless car isn't developed. You still should have a hand of the wheel. This is not yet completely driverless. This car tells you the simplest thing and not advanced. Why would anyone want a car that just tells you the simplest things that you can tell form just looking up at the road.

Imagine getting off work on a Friday at five o'clock, there's no bumper to bumper traffic, no horns honking at each other, and no stressful commutes home. This is unimaginable for people who reside in the U.S., but people in parts of Europe live like that every day. There are many advantages to cutting down on car usage. One advantage to this cut would be that you would be saving money. Many people who drive tend to get in accidents or get pulled over by police for speeding. These incidents are very costly and come with repercussions if you don't pay them. Another way you would be saving money is not having to pay for gas. Gas may be only $2.00 for now, but when those prices go on that incline again it becomes very costly to fill up the tank. If you can't afford to fill up your tank then you will be putting wear and tear on the car which leads to more more money being spent to maintnance it. Alternate transportation that's more cost efficient is taking the city bus. It costs about $1 to get from point A to point B where it would cost you about $6 in gas to get you to the same place. You could also purchase a bicycle to take you where you need to go. Maintnancing a bike is a lot cheaper than a car. A second advantage that limiting car usage has is that it eliminates pollution. A car gives off sound, light, and air pollution which all effect our ecosystem whether you notice it or not. The U.S may not have as much air pollution as other countries but with the increase in car purchases it could get worse. I'm not saying youn have to completely get rid of your vehicles, but maybe the license plate bill may work. Every other day only license plates that begin or end with odd numbers could drive, and on the days the odds can't drive we allow the plates with the even numbers to drive. People could car pool with co-workers on the days that whoever has those plates can drive. We just need to start taking percausions on our car usage. In the car free test cities people are overall happier because they aren't so stressed worrying about being late due to traffic or getting in an accident. Driving can be extremely stressful especially with the many things that can distract people so easily. These distractions can lead to accidents or just more stress. " 'When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way' said Heidrun Walter, mother of two, as she walked verdant streets where the swish of bicycles and the chatter of wandering children driwn out the distant motor."(Source 1, Paragraph 3, Lines 4-11) This quote puts an image in my mind that is happy and stress free. Imagine how happy you would be if everything was conviently close to youer home and you could enjoy walks or biek rides places with your kids. People should take a moment and think about ehat life without depending on cars would be like. Would you be healthier, happier, or not? Just take into consideration how you would live and be if we didn't have to rely on cars.

Should we limit car usage ? The debate on weather or not we should limit car usage have being going on for years now and it is still going on to this day. The reason being that cars play a major role in our society and most people can't get throught their daily routines without one. Cars play a mojor role in our society but they do also play a mojor role in poluting the environment. In Europe cars are responsible for about 12 percents of greenhouse gas emission.... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the united states. This has a mojor impact on our enivironment espicially the atmosphere, the exhaust that our vechiles put out are being taped in the atmosphere which is why we have global warming. Cars put out so much of this stuff that the ice glacies  melting, temperatures rising and drought throught areas in the world but thats doesn't mean that even thow they cause so much damage we dont have to rid of them. Granted, vechiles are responsible for getting us to our destinations form point A to point B, we depend on these machines wheather it is to get to work, school  transporting the sick..ect. Our daily lives have a certain time range depending on how fast and how much time we can spend on a certain objective, car limit the amount of time it would take us to walk or bike thus giving us more time durnig the day. they come in really helpful in emergences too such as when someone is need to be rushed to the hospital. Therefore limiting car usage would be the best idea. Paris has more smog that any other europen capitals, so they enforced a partil driving ban to clear the air of global city after a week smioglevels went down cangestion was down by 60 percent it was thhat bad that it even rivaled bejing chian. The smog cleared enouf to rescind the ban for ood numberes plates on tuesday. So you can see that limiting our car usage can have greately help our eniviroment and thus making it last longer.                                                                                           

The technology to read the emotional epressions of students is very unecessary. i believe its unecessary because, that would be too much information to be giving a computer. a computure dont need to know students faces & emotions, its used for technology only. The first reason why i say no because the computer already holds enough information about students like their full name, birthday, location & more. Students feelings & emotions shouldnt go on a computer. In the article, the author mentioned that the computer will study your face muscles too see if you are confused, happy, sad, etc. That would be holding too much information about a child or teen & you never know whats going on or whos waching behind tha computer screen. Also, Its not a computers business on how a student is feelings. its a computer, not a person. its no llke the computer can do something about their emotions. Thats a teachers job with seeing how a student is feeling, not a compters. Though it is a good idea to come up with, i will still disagree with this invention/idea. a computer should not have that much info on someone period. also, you never know who may be watching behind the computer screen.

Venus, otherwise known as the "Evening Star," is one of the more challenging planets to examine closely in our solar system. While this plant is often called Earth's twin, it is vastly different in terms of environment and hospitability. Despite being the closest planet to Earth at times, no spaceship has touched down on Venus in over thirty years. The dangers presented by Venus are many, but the author greatly supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite these dangers. The author supports this claim by stating that the insight to be gained is significant and by offering methods for obtaining these insights despite the danger that is readily appearant. Venus is one of the most challenging planets to examine due to its very extreme environment. Paragraph 3 of the article is all about the extreme environment that Venus presents. Venus has temperatures over 800 degress Fahrenheit, an atmospheric pressure 90 times greater than that on Earth, erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and other obstacles that prove challenging for scientists to overcome. Additionally, Venus has clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in the atmosphere which prove to be challenging to scientists. These dangers may seem impossible to overcome, but scientists have been developing new methods to further their knowledge of Venus. NASA is one organization that has been developing particularly interesting ideas about how to further study Venus. They are considering a blimp-like vehicle that would float above the suface of Venus to meet the challenges presented. This blimp would avoid the poor conditions of the Venusian landscape by floating some thirty miles above the surface. Conditions around the blimp would still be slightly hot, but the pressure and toxicity would be similar to that on Earth. These conditions are not ideal, but they would be sufficient enough to study Venus further. Another one of NASA's ideas is to use mechanical computers to study Venus. These mechanical computers do not require electronics, and they would be more resistant to the poor conditions of the surface. These new innovations in the study of Venus is what makes the dangers tolerable and the study worthy. According to the article, astronomers are interested in Venus because it was likely the most Earth-like planet in the solar system at one point. Venus used to be covered in oceans and supported life. Additionally, Venus still has features that are similar to Earth's such as a rocky sediment with valleys, mountains, and craters. Insight into the Venusian landscape would further allow astronomers to determine how closely related Earth and Venus were. The author also states that humans should not be limited by their fear to go out and explore. In the final paragraph of the article, the author describes how human curiosity will lead humans into many intimidating expidentures. However, the author believes that travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited simply due to danger, and humans should travel as far as their innovation will take them. The author of this article supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers by stating the insight to be gained from further exploring Venus and by presenting new methods that are making new insights possible. The danger of Venus is extensive due to the high temperatures, extreme atmospheric pressure, and wild weather patterns. These obstacles are being dealt with though by new ideas from scientists at NASA. One big idea from NASA is the idea to use a blimp to observe Venus from above the surface. Another idea of theirs is to use materials that would be able to withstand the extreme conditions of the Venusian environment. All this is in the hopes that futher insight will be made on the planet that once was the most Earth-like planet in the solar system.

Imagine being in a classroom that moniters your every emotion, where even if you are paying attention, the teacher would think you are not. For students, this would be a tough world to live in. In "Making Mona Lisa Smile", the auther Nick D'Alto writes in a way that gives an impression that the Facial Acting Coding System is perfect; however, the truth is far from it. The author makes a series of points to show why this Facial Action Coding System would work well, and its many uses in a classroom. On the other hand, the author does not address the Facial Action Coding System's shortcomings. In the first paragraph, the author says that the Mona Lisa is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. The question arises: how is it possible to be happy and angry at the same time? Machines can not, and will never be able to understand a human mind, and a human heart. Students in classrooms will not appreciate this technology because it will convey emotions differenct from what the students are actually going through. In paragraph 3, the author describes how the machine picks up on emotions of people. The author says that he has classified six basic emotions. However, there are a vast majority of emotions that are not included in the Facial Acting Coding System. For example, what would the results looks like if someone feels jealous? Furthermore, the author says the emotions are associated with characteristic movements of the facial muscles.Therefore, the results would be squewed if one or more of the facial muscles are used to express two completely different emotions. Students could be accused of being sad, while in actuality, they are just tired. In paragraph 4, the author says that even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression, the facial expressions for each emotion are universal. Again, the Coding System only uses 6 emotions, so it can not be accurate. The author also says that the software can identify mixed emotions, but fear and happiness can not be mixed emotions. Hence, the Facial Action Coding System is not accurate. In paragraph 5, the athor says that humans would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happiness. This is because humans don't assume what a person is thinking, but the Facial Acting Coding System will and since the system will not be accurate, it could wrongly accuse an innocent person of an emotion. Paragraph 6 talks about computers being able to understand emotional communication, while paragraphs 7 and 8, shows us how to encode a smile. By following the three steps given, it is farely easy to fake what the machine would think is a genuine smile. Computers may be able to read certain emotions, but humans can always outsmart them. The Facial Action Coding System is going to be a huge waste of money if it is employed in schools because students will find ways to deceive the system. Lastly, paragraph 9 tells us that humans unconsciously imitate another person's facial expressions. With that being said, if someone shows a certain emotion, people that see that emotion would imitate it. This further skews the results of the Facial Action Coding System. The Facial Action Coding System is simply not accurate; it does not cover a wide range of emotions and it can simply be deceived. Furthermore, students would unconsciously imitate other students, which would the Facial Action Coding System would interpret as an emotion. Hence, there is no value in using the Facial Action Coding Sytem to read students' emotional expressions.

Will Nasa make the hover ship work? Will we get to discover more about venus? Is this all really worth this? Will they all make it out alive? In the text the author states vebus is called a "Evening star" which is one of the brightest points of lights in the night sky, wmaking it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. The text also states Venus is second planet from our sun. Which means venus is simple to see from the distant ,but safe vantage point of earth, it proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. Venus is earth "twin" venus is the close planet to earth in terms of density and size. The author also states humans sent numerous spacecrafts to land on this cloud-draped world. None of the single spaceship had survived. The spaceship would never last more than a hour on venus. This is why venus is a challengin planet for humans to study and find more about The text states Venus is coverd with a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets. In the text is also says even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus's atmosphere. This planets is dangrous this is why most thing can't touch this planet. The text says these condition are extreme. This planet is hard to get on,but this won't stop them for trying to find a away to get on this planet. This might take years to find a away. Im sure they will come up with many ideas or maybe have to find a way to get on this planet. it will be a challenge for them, but nothing will stop them from trying. In the text Venus is called our sister planet ,but is so inhospitable secientisit still try to get on this planet. The athuor also states astroonomers are fascinated by venus because it may ha ve been the most earth like planet in our solar system. It also states Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary vist. This planet may be dangrous. but that doesn't mean they will give up just because they may have failed in the past. The text states Nasa has one particularly complling idea for sending humans to study venus. In the text they are going to try and make a hovering car so they wouldn't have to touch the group and the people inside will be safe . They are also look for more way to make it to Venus. The "Evening start " will take years to get on ,but that will not stop them from trying to get on Venus. Venus has maybe thing humans would like to find out about and it seem like a good planet to study. Venus is extreme dangrous,but it will not stop humans from getting on this planet. This search to get on this planet will not stop and go on for a while. Nasa has maybe good way of trying to get out to venus and getting stuff and coming back safe. Im sure they will test this machines or ships before sending humnas out there or they would just die. Nasa is looking at old stuff and trying to see what they can add. They even look back to see what they use and how can they add stuff to this. Nasa will keep going no matter what gets in there way.

(BENNGING)Luke was brave and went out to sea.He knew he might not come back but he still did it.He wanted to be a seagoing cowboy then he had to out into the sea. His friend helped him out alot so now he is a brave soilder like his friend. (MIDDLE)Luke didn't want to go out at sea at first but now he does because he is not scared because he in brave and did his job.He got to where he was going the day after the World War ll.Luke was lucky that he made it alive because the boomed cloesed to where he was going to. (MIDDLE) Luke was also brave because he wanted to go out at sea even if his friends and family didn't like it.He was very brave and now he is in the army protecting the world from danger and harm. His friend made a good choice and I would the samething if I was Luke's friend. (MIDDLE) My middle is that you can always have a friend but is that friend your true friend.If it is then you will know and they will be there to help you anything that you need help with.Just like Luke's friend helped him when he needed help the most.That is what friends are for to help out their friends who need their help. (END)That you can't do by yourself it takes two people to be friends and Luke and his friend did what they had to and they did it bravely and as a team of friendship.

Venus may be easy to spot in the nightsky, being nicknamed the "evening star," but it's not so easy to examine. There have been attempts to land spacecrafts on the planet; however, none have survived more than a couple hours. There are many factors that contribute to the difficulty of exploring Venus, but that won't stop NASA from trying to get as much information that they can get. The author thinks that it would be beneficial to explore Venus, but is it really worth trying to explore the planet despite all of the difficulties? What factors exactly make the exploration of Venus so difficult? Although Venus may once have been "the most Earth-like planet in our solar system," it no longer appears to be that way. According to the article, the atmosphere is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide, and the clouds contain highly corrosive sulfuric acid. Also, the average temperature is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. These conditions are nothing like ones that are found on Earth. This environment would crush a submarine and would liquify metals, as stated in paragraph 3. Along with the atmospheric difficulites, weather difficulties also present themselves. The article states that volcanoes, earthquakes, and lightning strikes would be a danger to anything looking to land on Venus's surface. With all these difficulties, how was NASA planning on examining the planet? NASA wanted to study the planet from above. They want to send a vehicle to hover over Venus in order to avoid the ground conditions, as stated in paragraph 5. However, this would limit the amount of information NASA could collect about the ground conditions of the planet and would restrict them from bringing back any samples. Overall, I don't think think it is worth trying to explore Venus with all these difficulties, and I don't think the author did a good job supporting the idea that it would be beneficial. If anything, I think the author explained why trying to explore Venus would be nothing but harmful. In the artcle, the author discusses the dangers of trying to explore Venus much more than the benefits we would gain. The author provides no imput as to why we should explore the planet other than the fact that curiosity is what lead people to wanting to explore it in the first place. If people took the time to explore everything they were curious about, nobody would have a life and imaginations would be pointless.

What in the world?...Aliens , there is no way aliens could have done this. Aliens may not be mythical creatures but if that is so , they would not have the ablity to create a planet. I as a scientist believe that Mars came from the atmistsphere and the many things that hang around in space or maybe it came from the sun or another planet. ''I can asure you aliens built this planet''! Do you have proof? ''Well I saw a picture''. Explain to me what the picture appeared to be.''It was a ''huge rock formation . . . which resembles a human mouth.'' It may have looked as if it were a face but that does not mean in anyway shape or form that it was an aliens creation. People often say things like this to be heard or recognized and it works. So of course you will hear things like this but you have to take it into your own hands as well as NASA did. I am a scientist and i do not know everything but, aliens sound outregeous. I still have to do some researching too but, I will figure it out. The ''Face of Mars'' became a pop icon.''It has starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows even haunted a grocery store checkout lines for 25 years!'' Now as I told you , people say these things to be noticed but only an intelligent person would really look over it before speaking on it. Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars. Finally we found out that there was no alien monument after all , after flying over to Mars to take pictures. ''I still will not give up on what i beileve in I beileve aliens created Mars but alright. The Mars Global Surveyor has already proven it my dear, no alien creation.

Technology is advancing at a rapid rate and is consuming our lives. With the new software created by Prof. Thomas Huang and Prof. Nicu Sebe, computers are now able to recognize human emotion. This technology can be useful for various things. The software can make video games more realistic, it can give more insight on psychology, and it can even be useful in classrooms. Often, children in classrooms do not understand certain things, but may be too shy to ask questions. With the emotion recognition, teachers will be able to tell who is understanding the topic and who is struggling. Another way the software can be helpful to classrooms is that if it shows a child is upset about something, but tries not to show it, that may be a clue that they're struggling with something outside of class. When a child is in a bad state, they will most-likely not try in their classes, but if a teacher could talk to them and help them, it could be a good way to get the child to vent and relieve the pressure from themselves, causing their grades to go up. Lastly, the software can help teachers notice bullying. Many times kids get let off the hook for bullying someone because, "they were just kidding around", "we're buddies", but that is not really the truth. If the emotional recongition software is installed in schools, teachers will be able to notice if a kid out of a group of people is feeling uncomfortable while the other kids are laughing. Stopping each of these problems will allow the children to make better grades, be less stressed, and hopefully enjoy school. Technology is a big piece of this generation and it has come a long way and has helped society a lot. The advancements in them are drastic and they continue to become more useful to society. The emotional recognition software can help make many impacts on this world to make it become a nicer place. Using the software in classrooms would be an awesome start.

The use of the technology Facial Action Coding System in the classroom is useful and can help improve the students learning by knowing their emotions like if they are bored or interested in the lesson. By knowing the students emotions at all times, the teacher can how to improve the lesson and even help a student who may be sad, but is not telling anyone. This technolgy could prove to be very valuable in the classroom because it is able to detect if the student is understanding the lesson and if he is not then the the the classroom computer can modify the lesson,''A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored''. Knowing the students emotions can be benefical to the teachers and students because that way they know how to help them if they are stuck on a problem or are sick and have to go to the nurse. By having this technology in the classroom it will improve the students education and test scores because the teacher will know if they are struggling on a certain subject or equation, which then allows the teacher to help the student improve their skills in the certain area or subject. Using this technology will make students excited for school because they know they will get additional help, now that they can read their emotions and the teacher will know how to approch them if they need help. Even though the teacher might have a hard time telling a student's emotions by their facial expression,now they got some help from the Facial Action Coding System which reads facial expressions to find your emotion. Not only can it tell your emotions , but it can calculate the percent like 80 percent happy and 20 percent sad.

Evaluating Expressions is Effective I believe that the Facial Action Coding System would be beneficial to read students' emotional expressions. Having the capability to detect students' emotions through computers can have many positive outcomes, such as promoting ads, increasing learning comprehension, and graphic design improvements. The use of this technology having the abililty to read one's emotions, can be valuable in the fact that it can promote ads more efficiently. In paragraph 6, they say, "For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different." This phrase prevails how if the computer can detect your emotions, it can also detect how you feel about a promotion. This will help sell more products for companies, and help buyers get information on what they are actually interested in. This new software will also come in handy in increasing learning comprehension. It states in paragraph 6 that Dr. Huang says, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This statement makes logical sense, in the fact that a student may be able to understand his or her work better if a Facial Action Coding System computer is available. This could possibly increase literacy rates, simply due to the fact that a computer can detect facial expressions. Another reason that these new devices are beneficial is because they can improve graphic designing. This makes video games, video surgery, graphic models, and other animated subjects more realistic. Dr. Huang also states, "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication, so computers need to undertand that, too." Although the technology can be very valuable in the classroom, it can have a downside, however. Having Facial Action Coding System computers can result in miscommunications. Paragraph 3 states, "Eckman has classified six basic emotions--happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness." A student learning a lesson on a computer may have a frown on their face because they are having a bad day. The computer may pick up this emotion, and mistake it for not understanding what is being taught. All technology is capable of having mishaps. This new device may not be guaranteed to be 100% accurate at all times. Overall, the value of using this technology to read students' emotional expressions can be unbelievably useful. The pros of using this new software, tremendously outweigh the cons. I believe that students having this resource would create positive outcomes in the long run.

What Lies Ahead It will be a scary day when driverless cars become the new normal. Imagine roads filled with cars, but the drivers are like unalert zombies. Sure having cars that drive themselves sounds splendid, but would the benefits really outweigh the cons? For many people learning to drive and getting their license is a huge milestone. It is like one step closer to becoming an independant adult. I can't imagine teens growing up and never learning to drive. That would be like not learning to swim! Driving is a skill that people need to aquire even if driverless cars become popular, because machines fail. You can't always depend on machines to be accurate all of the time. You might be thinking that machines don't make mistakes as often as humans, but humans are the ones that make the machines. What happens if you are riding in a driverless car and it just stops working? Will you just sit there and wait to die? In the passage it says that most driverless cars aren't actually driverless, they need assistance from humans. The fact that the car does most tasks like steering, accelerating, and braking makes it easy for humans to get distracted. Most people get distracted by their cellphones alone! If they thought they could totally rely on the car to do what they needed, they would probably be totally unaware of their surroundings. There is a reason that only a few states allow the use of semi-autonomous cars. The laws are written for cars that are controlled by humans. The laws in place currently would not be suffecient for self driving cars. Sure the laws could be changed, but who gets to decide what the guidless to self driving cars should be? Human brains are easily adaptable, but machines need to be programmed. What happens when a car faces a situation that it isn't ready for? Also, what happens if someone hacks into the car's system and makes it malfunction? There could be a computer virus that would cause all the cars in the world to crash. Although I do think there are lots of cons to driverless cars, I do acknowledge the benefits. Early versions of semi-driverless cars have been somewhat successful by driving half a million miles without a crash. However, that doesn't mean that totally autonomous cars will be successful. I think certain feautres on cars like cruise control are a huge benefit, but I don't know if I'm willing to trust machines to take the steering wheel yet. Who knows, maybe fifteen years from now I will own my own driverless car, but there are some huge advances that need to be made first.

I personally believe that, the landform in the moon is actually a landform not a "face". I say that because due to some of the information from the argument in this passage. The landform in the moon is not a face because, scientist have proven actual facts on this topic. "Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the first image appeared on a JPL website, revealing a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." In addition, i also believe that there is no way face could just randomly appear inside of the moon monument because, I think there are no sure thing as aliens. And i think that no humans were even exsistent by the time that monument happened. "And so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a puicture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos." Also, scientist 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. In conclusion, i still strongley feel as if the moon dosent have a face i just feel like it was all a mistake or an imagination.

This author has included a lot of information on why we should visit Venus. Yes I think we could visit Venus as the author said. He put in a lot of detail and a lot of thinking into this article. The author had a solution on how we could get there and how we would survive some of the conditions that are on Venus. He/she has an idea on how the mission would go. The author stated that we could go to the top of Venus because we are less likley to die due to the fact that the heat is very intense on this planet. It also says that we don't really have to land, but just to hover about 30 miles or so above the ground so we don't get burnt up. Another solution the author put out is, that the people that are visiting could use some equipment similar to the stuff they had back in the 1940s during WWII. The author said the equipment would not be destroyed like the modern things that we have like computers, radars, and other things that are in a spacecraft. Venus can sometimes be the planet that is the nearest towards us, so it could probably be a short trip to be going there rather than going to Mars. Also the author states that Venus could have been once a habital planet a long time ago. More details are that the fact Venus is Earths twin. He/she stated that it is the closet planet to our planets size with the same density and size. That is a good statement by the author. Apparently NASA is working on how to get to Venus via spacecraft. The author also states that NASA is making their electronics out of this "silicon carbide" material. Apparently they put it in a chamber with conditions similar to Venus and it lasted for about 3 weeks. We can conclude that this is a good material, but in my opinion I don't know if that's a lot of time because, they might need to study a lot of things that are on this devil planet. I think that we could make it to Venus and survive a potential death. We could some day walk on Venus if we had the right materials for a spacesuit and a helmet. The author once again stated that there is a spot for us go on so we don't get completely burnt up in the process. We just need to find or create something that could be resistant to the heat that is on Venus. I like the idea of going to Venus because it seems impossible, but really anything could happen if we had the right people and protection for this mission.

The future is almost here. But it is not going to be a good one. Those driveless cars are going to be a harm. It is going to destroy this world. The cars of of the futre are going to look cool and all that but are not good for people to frive.The driveless cars that are coming are going to be to expensive, not safe, and complicated. First, these driveless cars are going to be very expensive because they're going to be to advanced and the people are who made tthem are going to want to charge alot. Those people inventing them going to spend alot of money trying to fix the roads and the cars so they are going to hope to get that money all back by making these cars. Like in the article it states that "...General Motors created a concept car that could run on a special test track." So what the qoute says is that if they make a car that is advanced and cant run on a regular concrete road, then they will have to build a road that the car can be on. For that to happen the people who built the car will have to pay extra to make a road that is good for the car and they will have to test it. So going through all that will cost alot of money. These cars they talk about will also need alot of upgrades which will also cost money. so if a peerson wants to buy the car will pay extra just because the car has extra things like upgrades on the motor, sensors and other stuff. Also in the article it says "Google's modified Toyota Pruis uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror,..." So here in this qoute it says some things that they put in or updated in the car. So with all this construction of road and updating things in the car is all going to cost for the person who will buy the car. So thats why these cars will not make it because they will be ti expensive. Then, anoher reason why im against these cars is because they are not going to be safe for the people. If they get this car it is like still driving because they still have to be ready incase of something happens. Like if there a accident they have to take control or if theres traffic they have to take control. In the article it says that "The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel." So if the driver has to keep a hand on the wheel they mine as well just drive it. Because what they are saying there is that the car could lose its function and drive of the road. So this car is not safe. Finally, the driveless cars are going to be to complicated. Becuase the car is going to have to much on it and the people are not going to know how to work it. Also people when they are in a driveless car they dont want to do anything because its supposed to drive itself but the person has to keep a a hand on the wheel and be alert and be ready to take over at anytime. And all the sensors and GPS and other gadgets is going to be alot to control. If the sensors break what are they going to do nothing because they did not build the car and they will have to go to like a certain car shop cause not anyone will be able to fix a sensor like a break or any other thing in a regular car. In the article it says that it has "four automotive radar sensor, a GPS reciever ..." So for all that to work the oerson will have to learn to work it and learn to fix incase of it being damaged. So with all these reason of why im against the driveless cars i should of changed your mind maybe. thes cars are not going to be successful because they will be to expensive, not safe, and complicated, So with these three reasons people will not buy these cars. Because they are all reasonable.

I think having a "driverless cars" will be a good idea. Thats because I see more good in the things it can do than bad. Here i will list out a couple of why there should driverless cars. The first reason I see why its good because the manufacturers has test the driverless cars. The result of it was that the car drove more than half a million miles with out crashing. Which is said in pharagraph two. This clearly means it is capable of being a driverless car becasue it could travel so far with out an accident. Next the driverless cars also has a bunch of features that will help it to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel. The car features that the car will or more likely have is sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS reciever, and lastly a inertial motion sensor. Becasue of all of those the statement that says it can mimic a human at the wheel could be or is true. This information was found in pharagraph four. Lastly the senors can cause the car to apply the brakes and reduce power from the engine which allows a better responce and control compared to a human driver. Thats not the only thing the car can control. The car can also steer and accelerate by themselves. The catch the car will notify the driver when the road needs human skills. Meaning it will need a driver to actually take control when it is going through work zones and around accidents.Due to that program the driver still needs to stay alert, aware the surroundings, focus on the road and is ready to take over at any moment when a situation appears. To notify the driver the seats of the car will vibrate when it about to back up into an object. To announce the driver when to take over the driverless car will have flashing lights on the windshield or have a heads up display. Those are the reasons why i believe driverless cars is a good thing. Due to all the alarm systems telling the driver when to take over this might prevent texting a driving. Also that is a step forward to becoming more advanced. So as time goes on automakers or known as the manufacturers will continue to fix problems that the car might have making it better and safer. Sooner or later it will be a perfect highly advance car in the future. The first step is always the hardest because no one knows what it will do.

The auther well supports his idea by giving us detals and information like the Venus is called the " Evening Star" in the story is says that the venus is one of the brightest point of the light in the night sky" also it says" that the different speeds means that sometimes we are closer to mars then other venus" earths pervious mission was unmanned maybe this explanes the issues in more than three decades, A think armospjere on the planets surface 97 percent carbon dioxdie blankests venus. the auther it letting us know the reader that the challenge of exploring venus it that their are many dangers that they dont know but that they shouldnt worry about them. in the story is says " our travels on earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doudts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation" The auther tells us that NASA is working on other approaches to study venus for expamle it says " some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the choas of venus" . back then in the 1800s those devices were first envisioned and played an important role in the 1940s during the world war one. After reading this passage i think that the auther did good in evaluating his idea of venus he he gave us details, information, and what the devices were used in the past and that it was used in the world war one venus it that their are many dangers.

Driverless cars are in the near future of the 21st century. Every street will be covered with smart cars. But every idea must have a problem to it. People are wondering if these cars are safe, and are they? I believe that these cars will danger our future in the 21st century. I turned 16 on March 1, 2016 and I will be able to get my licence on June 1. Like most every teen I am excited to be on the road driving my own car, but having driverless cars around could stop that. Growing up with driverless cars could lead to a generation of teens not learning how to drive and I believe that learning how to drive is a great way to learn responsibility. It also shows that the teen is growing up and becoming an adult, so it is like a step or passage to adulthood. In paragraph 9 it tells of problems with the law. It states that if there is an accident who would take the blame for the cause of the accident, the driver or the manufactuer. If the driver takes the accident to court, the person can say it was the cars fault and that the manufacturer is at fault because they came up with the technology. If the manufactuer takes the accident to court they could say that the driver wasnt paying attention when they should have been. This whole situation can go both ways but I would favor the driver more than the manufactuer. Having a smater car can be dangerous at times. The whole article states that the car would be doing almost everything on its own. This could produce a problem if there is an accident. If someone got hit and it ended up hitting in a place that damaged the technology, the car could start up in flames and the person could be trapped because the technology is broken. The person might die becasue the car was so reliable on the technology and doing its own things. In conclusion, I feel like it is a horrible idea to produce driverless cars. They can bring many problems to the world, like not learning how to drive, legal situations and relying on technology to much. The smart cars don't bring safety, they bring problems.

Yes school should have technology to read sudetnts emotional expressions. Why? Because if they do they can help with so many problems it may also prevent fights from happening. Now some people may say that this is a breach in students privec but just imangin all the harm we can prevent from happeing if schools do invole this into thery system. Teachers and faculty members can be able to tell if a student is going throug a hard time and can help them, they can also see if studetns where to fight and be able to keep them apart from one another. Also having this system may eaven stop school shootings. If schools where to have this they can see if studetns are about to hurt a lot of students and faulcaty but will be able to add extra securtity,and police and get the student the help that they need. So in conclusion do i think that people shold use this syestom to protect schools and helpl students? Yes because if we do we can stop having to worry about childern going to school with out having to worry about if they will see them again. So these are the main reason why schools should to help protect our futor in our kids and have them live in a better world.

Its a landfrom i tell you. But still people don't think it is a landfrom. Its a landfrom there is proof that it is. This eassy is going to explain that it is a landfrom i hope you change your mind and belive me on this. So what it looks like a face many things have that don't mean there is aliens. Yes, it would be cool if there were aliens but there not as far as we know there not. How many things have we thing was a face but was some thing else? For exampal there was a toy in my brother room that look like a human face in the dark but it was a pokemon. So why can't these be some thing that looks like a face. They took a lot of photos of it. But that don't mean its a face. NASA figered it out that it was a landfrom the have a very good camira. on paragrafh seven it says,"Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appered on a JPL web site, revealing...a natural landfrom. There was no alien monument afther all." See there is your proof.

Dear Senator, I am strongly in favor of keeping the Electoral College because it not only is more efficient than popular vote, it is also smarter. The Electoral College is a fool-proof way of not disputing the outcome of who gets to be in it. It avoids problems by the canidates not recieving majority of the votes cast in the election. Everyone who is in the Electoral College was cast there for a reason by the popular vote. You also must know that the system has its faults. There aren't many of them but i believe that they are needed to keep the College going and allowing it to vote the right way instead of the wrong way. All in all, i do hope that you are also in favor of the electoral college and if you aren't,  hopefully this letter will let your mind sway towards being in favor of it. First of these reasons, there are more problems with popular votes than electoral vote and have a fool-proof way of keeping disputes in the low. The Electoral College is less susceptible to problems if the poular votes are used to elect the college. In Defense of the Electoral College:Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing a president, in the first reason it says that, "...The winning canidate's share of the Electoral College invariably exceed's his share of the popular vote." Secondly, Having an Electoral College avoids run-off elections, where the problem is cause by each canidate that is running to not get any of the majority of the votes. To put it in more simple terms, In some cases there have been ties by the popular vote, or very close ties. In The same article as mentioned in the above paragraph provided the example of one time that this has happened. " Nixon and Clinton both had a 43 percent plurality of the popular votes, while winning a majority of the Electoral College." The Electoral Colege breaks the tie in the poular votes because they reduce the pressure of having run-off elections. The states have a "winner-take-all" system, so that when the elections come, the president of those who are voting for him in the electoral college get to be with that president. The larger states recieve more attention from the canidates, so the popular vote getting tied up also does not happen very often. Last but not least, it is incredibly important to know how the Electoral College works because if you do not, then you will not know how effective of a sytem it is. In What is the Electoral College? it states that, "The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president." The popular vote can get tied up pretty easily, but it is a lot harder for the electoral votes to get tied up because only 270 votes are needed to elect the president. The popuar vote actually elects the College. "...But each party selects a state of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee.." and this quote was selected from I defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the president . The electoral college is trusted to vote for the president that they believe will make the best decisions for our country. Even thought this might be a really improved method on picking our president, it still has faults. In what's wrong with the electoral college, is saying that "The most worrying prosepct is the tie in the electoral college....in that case the elction would be thrown to the H.O.R., where state delegations vote on the president." If this ever does happen, MAny people in the senate or house of representatives would have to vote and would have to rake on responsibilty of the as many as 500,00 voters. As you know, it is important to keep the best desicions of your country in mind , while thinking about your citizens that you are representing. The electoral college answers the questions of having disputes and arguments over who becomes preseident. It is an efficient way of keeping a fool-proof outcome and avoid run-off elections. You also now have some knowledge of how the electoral college worls, if you didn't have any before. Yours Truly, A citizen         

Driverless cars: are they really safe? There are many points to go with the postitive and negative things about driverless cars. Both sides have very important points to make. There are, however, many more negatives than positives. Three negative points that will be discussed in this essay are: driverless cars would increase the amount of legal conflicts between car manufacturers and drivers, driverless cars would worsen the amount of car malfunctions and put many people in danger, and there is an increased risk of car crashes if driverless cars are used. To begin, driverless cars would increase the amount of legal conflicts between car manufacturers and drivers. If a driverless car were to fail to do a task correctly, that mistake could result in an accident. This accident would then bring up the question, "who is at fault?" When this question surfaces, many drivers will blame the car manufacturing company, bringing up the point that the car itself failed and not the driver. When this point is brought up, many car manufacturing companies will have to fight lawsuits and have to appear in court. This court showing would result in a large conflict for the company and for the driver, seeing as many people outside of the issue would take sides. The issue would become a large problem for the world, and would be easily settled if driverless cars were not mad to begin with. Also, driverless cars would increase the amount of car malfunctions that could happen on the road, resulting in an increased danger when going out on the roads. Driverless cars could malfunction in many ways. For example, they could fail to alert the driver when they need to take over, they could fail to communicate that something is wrong with the car itself, or they could fail to drive correctly. Each of those malfunctions could cause serious problems on the road, and put many people in even more danger than they are already in. Although there are many more malfunctions that could happen with a driverless car, they could all be prevented if driverless cars were not let out on to the streets. The third point is that driverless cars increase the risk of car accidents. Car accidents happen in many ways. If a driver is distracted, if a car malfunctions, if there is a road block, etc. With driverless cars, many drivers will become more distracted, feeling as though they dop not need to watch the road at all and can do whatever they please. However, that is not the case. With a driverless car, people need to be on a higher alert than they would with a regular car: making sure the car does not malfunction, and keeping an eye out for the worst. If a driver were to become too distracted, they would not be watching the road closely enough, and are putting many lives in danger. If the car were to try and get the driver's attention for assistance through an area the car felt it could not drive through, the driver would be too distracted and the car could crash. To conclude, there are multiple negative effects driverless cars would have if they were used. Driverless cars would increase the amount of legal conflicts between car manufacturers and drivers, driverless cars would worsen the amount of car malfunctions, resulting in many lives put in danger, and with driverless cars there is an increased risk of car crashes. Driverless cars are a bad idea, and should not be put on the roads. They put many people in danger. Driverless cars: are they really safe?

There is a saying that goes as this; "You can't make everyone happy." One would typically use this saying if an action they make improves the situation for one person, but creates a worse situation for another. However, if Professor Thomas Huang's new 'Facial Action Coding System' proves to be what he says it can be, then Huang believes that there actually is a way to make everyone happy, even in the school setting. The implementation of technology able to read the emotional expressions of children in the classroom is valuable for both the teachers and the students. Inside a school classroom, there is no doubt that it is hard to please everyone. Therefor, when a student becomes disengaged from the lesson, they often become bored and fall behind in the class. After-all, all students learn differently, so it is inevitable that some of the students will become disengaged. However, with his new technology, Professor Huang predicts that the "classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored...then it could modify the lesson" (Paragraph 6). With this technology implemented, anytime a student starts to fall behind during the lesson, the computer could make slight adjustments to the teacher's plans to help redirect the student back on track. It is common knowledge that the more a student falls behind in a class, the harder it becomes to catch up, which in turn makes the student fall behind even more. It is a viscious cycle that all stems from a day of not paying attention that could be averted by this technology. This technology could also help both students and teachers in a long-term manner. In paragraph 7 of the article, it is revealed that this new technology could "even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one" (Paragraph 7). Say there is a classroom without an emotion-sensing computer. In the classroom there is a student who, behind the fake smile is dealing with something that they cannot tackle on their own. The teacher never notices, and the child goes on without help. Now imagine if there was a computer in that class. Once it sensed the troubling expressions on the child's face, it could flag down the teacher and alert him or her to the students problem, resulting in the child getting the counceling he or she needs. In an extreme case, this classroom technology could end up saving a life. The amount of improvement a classroom could see if this technology was implemented correctly would be immeasurable. The system could prevent students from falling behind in class because they cannot relate to how the teacher is teaching, and the technology could see through fake expressions hiding more troubled thoughts. With this sort of system, it may actually be possible to "make everyone happy."

Have you ever wondered what it is like in Venus and how we might be able to study more about it. Studying Venus closely is worth the risk for more information on Venus. With the information it could lead scientists into making better technology to explore mars or other planets. The exploration could also be our backup Earth if the current Earth in inhabitable. With all the risk it may not be possible to explore Venus but if you are determined to find the answers then it could be possible. There would be all sorts of information if we studied Venus closely. There are a lot of problems but it is still possible. There are a lot of people that wants to know more about Venus. For example on paragraph 4 it states that, "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." This is stating that Astronomers know that one day Venus will change and humans will be soon able to land on it without much difficulties. The information just from Venus could even help us explore other planets and solar systems far from our solar system. With the information we could possibly find another earth-like planet faster or easier. On paragraph 8 it states, "...but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." This quote is stating that our curiousty will soon take us over and eventually humans will do anything to findout more about Venus or anything in general. I believe that someday we will be able to find the truth about Venus and more information or data that can help us with exploring other planets. All of us have thought of what will happen if the current Earth we live on is destroy or inhabitable. Well our 2 options are either Mars or Venus, if we knew more of the planet Venus and how it behaves. On paragraph 4 it says that, " Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." This is stating that Venus could return or we can make it return to how it was originally and possibly live on it. This is a good reason I think Venus will be able to accept humans and find more facts and informations. In conclusion we have wondered how things are in Venus. We even wanted to know what would happen to humans if they went to Venus. There would be lots of information if we visited and came back perfectly. With all those information we got from visiting Venus it could help us with other difficulties from different planets. The Venus we know as of right now could be different as we learn more about it and find a way to change it closley to Earth.