Kilometres per hour

Wiping the sleepies out of my eyes, I quickly glanced at my alarm clock – 5 am. “Good, I’ve got plenty of time,” I thought to myself. As quietly as possible, which never works when I am trying to, I quickly grabbed a bowl of cereal for breakfast. Checking my list and grabbing my gear I headed out to wait for a taxi in the cool fading morning. I could taste the excitement, or was that the humidity? That day began like all the other missionary kid tubing trips down the Davao River in the Philippines

the United Kingdom set the maximum speed at 10 kilometers per hour. However, it is important to note that the reasoning behind the speed limit could have been different from the modern speed limits reasoning. In the 19th century, technology advancement in the transport industry was at infant stages, therefore, the lawmaker could not image a huge machine traveling at a relatively high speed. This means that a speed of 10 kilometer per hour could be a low speed when modern technology is considered

the falling object m has been cancelled out.” (http://www.astronomynotes.com) “To calculate its average speed you divide the distance travelled by the time it takes to travel that distance. The speed is usually measured in kilometres per hours (km/h) or, in the case, metre per second (m/s).” (Science World 10, Macmillan – P. Stannard and K. Williamson) Hypothesis: That the acceleration for a falling object towards the surface of the Earth is said to be 9.8 m/s/s. This is justified by the research

THE 50 MPH MAN: The Story of Ted Jensen ~ The story of the most EXTRAORDINARY man to ever live starts at the most ORDINARY place: the bus stop. 25-year-old Ted Jensen sat on a rusty bench in the pouring rain, waiting for his bus to come. He was about to go to a job-interview in the city, but his luck would change soon enough. The dirty old bus came into view, seeming to drive much faster than the speed limit. Ted noticed that something was wrong, but before he could think of what it was, the bus

The company President of Peregrine Trucking has decided to make saving fuel, a primary focus on the continuous efforts to become leaner and more efficient. Any type of fuel savings will have a direct impact to the bottom line of profitability. This additional income can be better utilized towards additional investments that will lead to sustainability and the goal of having a green supply chain. Strict government regulations, customer requirements, pressure from environmentalists, and requests

speeding down a highway. One sign passes the driver announcing the speed limit; "75 miles per hour." Then another sign. Soon the driver is passing the signs so fast that he or she cannot read the signs. A cop is sitting in his or her vehicle, waiting for someone to go zooming past. Suddenly, an object flashes in front of the vehicle. The radar gun is blinking fast – 242 mph. The vehicle was going 242 miles per hour in a 75. With a flick of a switch, the cop's lights are flashing, and sirens are blaring

Assignment 1: Argument Mapping Student: Dilyara Khusnutdinova Professor: Pamela H. Lewis PAD 520 Strayer University January 23, 2013 1.Create an argument map based on the influence diagram presented in Case 1.3 and complete all the criteria provided in the exercise, beginning with this claim: “The U.S. should return to the 55- mph speed limit in order to conserve fuel and save lives.”   Include in the map as many warrants, backings, objections, and rebuttals as possible. “The U.S. should

the affect. The car also can be identified by measuring in mass because this is where people will be sitting. As you can tell, it will be a lot of weight. As the ride begins to move out of the station, it goes at an approximate speed of 10 miles per hour. Although it looks like you will be heading straight towards the erupting lava in the volcano, you will actually be going under

Moments of Similarities and Differences “Desperation Forced a Horrific Decision”, by Dennis Cauchon and Martha Moore, is a USA TODAY published article showing her audience some unknown information about the people who jumped from the towers on 9/11. “Leap”, by Brian Doyle, is about the people who jumped on 9/11 but with a different emotional appeal and facts to it. Although, Doyle’s work was a poem he decided to set it up in a similar structure that “Desperation Forced a Horrific Decision”. Without

save by going 75 MPH on the highway as opposed to going the posted 70 MPH speed limit saves you a total of 46 seconds for every 10 miles you travel. That means that there is a total of three and a half minutes that is saved over the course of a five hour long trip. These staggeringly unrealizable numbers that are shown are evidence that speeding only increases your chances of causing a crash on the road and not decrease the time you spend on it. Also by the laws of physics a average sized car takes