Archive for October, 2009

I understand that an Afro-American person invented traffic lights,true ?

Anyone with info regarding the humble traffic light system and its original concept and inventor , much appreciated.
This is wikipedia answer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_light
Modern pattented then yes
Was he the original inventor then no as it had alredy been used in london england with gas lamps.
On 10 December 1868, the first traffic lights were installed outside the British Houses [...]

How do I gain control of these 3 year olds?

I’ve been a preschool teacher for 3 years and have worked and volunteered in many elementary schools. The preschool I am teaching at now has got the most out of control 3 and 4 year olds I have ever had to deal with. During preschool, I am teaching 12 students (I have one teacher’s aid) [...]

Question to all you flight attendants ???

From my experiences as a pilot, cell phones do not interfere with air traffic control nor do they cause any disturbances on the navigation systems. When I flew with my flight instructor he would always have his cell phone on. I knew this one time when we were flying, he was talking on [...]

Why do the police have so much power?

I read daily about officers shooting unarmed people and brutally beating those they’ve arrested. They usually get off with a slap on the wrist at most. In my own town, the police don’t handle real crime issues very well (there was recently a woman stabbed to death and dumped in an area near main street!) [...]

Why do I catch the images of a surveillance camera with the converter-box system?

With the new converter box system, my TV set gets a channel it never used to get before, "WNYE-2" which only shows alternating views of Times Square, The Brooklyn Bridge at Centre Street, The F.D.R. at 155th Street, the Staten Island Express at Vooley [...]

Why do I catch the images of a surveillance camera with the converter-box system?

With the new converter box system, my TV set gets a channel it never used to get before, "WNYE-2" which only shows alternating views of Times Square, The Brooklyn Bridge at Centre Street, The F.D.R. at 155th Street, the Staten Island Express at Vooley [...]

Injection System Failure warning light on Fiat Doblo?

Hi, this light used to go off when the engine started. Yesterday, I switched on the engine, and after a few seconds it cut out. After driving the car, came to a junction, cut out again. This time the warning light came on and stayed on until I reached my destination. When I restarted the [...]

What input and output devices would you use for Air Traffic control System? Compare and contrast alternatives,

First off, I’m not a tech guy so I don’t know the ins and outs of how one would go about approximating ATC systems on a home computer.
There are some points to think about though. ATC radar scopes aren’t square, they are round. Most ATC sims use square scope represetnations which [...]

Will Give 30 points when reach level 2 if answer these thanks!?

1. Which is NOT a part of the highway transportation system? (1 point)
people
vehicles
streets
towns
2. What are the two categories used to explain the basic costs of mobility? (1 point)
crash and noncrash costs
vehicular and non-vehicular costs
mobility and non-mobility costs
cost-benefit ratios
3. In the United States, the total cost of motor-vehicle [...]

Oral Presenatation- On Text messsaging while driving.?

Oral Presenatation- On Text messsaging while driving.?
I want to talk about Text messaging While Driving.Can anyone tell me if this is enough information should I include anything else. I live in NYC. I got only 3-5 minutest to talk about it.
Any opinion would be great. THANK YOU.
Text Messaging While Driving
SOURCES:
www.switched.com
www.nytimes.com
www.news.com/
I’m doing my Oral Presentation on [...]