Traffic calming

His father, besides himself, told his son to “Buck up, and take it like a man.” Not exactly words of comfort. With the shots prepared, I began the process of calming the boy down. I explained I was the “Best Shot Giver” and my shots were practically painless, and to prove it, we were going to play a game. While he lay on his stomach, he was to sing the “ABC Song” really fast. His goal was to beat me by getting…

There are a number of police officers and police departments that employ the community policing philosophy in order to help members of the community that they serve daily. One example of a police department employing the community policing philosophy would be the Columbia, South Carolina Police Department. They feel that because of the many issues around the country today has brought policing issues to the forefront of the public dialogue and has created an unlike of trust between the community…

to fourteen weeks in a training program in which police recruits go through the physical and mental challenges that will prepare them for day to day situations on the job site. Once they are in the academy they are taught skills in civil rights, traffic control, first aid, self-defense and the use of firearms. Every police officer must be shot by a Taser gun in the academy as well. The people who successfully complete the physical agility test will be invited to a written examination that same…

In movies or books, people often describe a defining moment as when they figure out who they are, and what goals they want to reach in the long run. Going to college, having nice things, and living at the beach, are my long term goals in life. For the past few years, I have wanted to pursue a career in sports rehabilitation therapy. The next step, in order to achieve that goal, will be to obtain a college degree. Depending upon where I chose to go to college, I may be able to fulfill…

ADD Natural Remedies - Herbals Passionflower Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) can be effective in calming children with ADHD. Those sixteen years of age and older should take 100 to 200 mg twice a day. Children ages ten through fifteen should take 50 to 100 mg twice daily. Children under ten should be given 25 to 50 mg twice daily. St Johns Wort If your child is depressed, Saint-John’s-wort (Hypericum perforatum) may help. Children ages ten through fifteen should take 5° to 150 mg…

(Mehta et. al., 787). In the aforementioned experiment, researchers defined low, moderate, and high levels of noise to be 50, 70, and 85 decibels respectively, and used ambient noise stimuli such as recordings of cafeterias, construction noise, and traffic. The…

the extension of the square. To enclose the square, a high density of trees should be planted along all sides of the proposed Mill Square. Increasing Accessibility Spring Street would be closed during special time. To increase the accessibility, traffic volume from Main Street to Spring Street should be accommodated from and provide parking lots, a new road called Square Road is proposed along the south and west sides of the proposed square. The road is two lanes (22 feet) with one side…

Planning and Building a Healthy, Active City Toronto is perhaps the densest and fastest growing city in Canada. Housing Canada’s oldest university, the Toronto stock exchange, as well as 2.6 million residents, it is constantly evolving and growing to meet its citizens’ needs. Recently, Toronto is looking to evolve into a more active city in hopes of promoting a healthy, active lifestyle. In addition, the city hopes to reduce carbon emissions and environmental impacts through the discouraging of…

My family and I decided to leave on a late Friday evening. We had driven all night and extremely exhausted even with all of us taking turns driving. I was currently running on no sleep with four Monster energy drinks in my system. I thought the traffic wasn’t going to be as bad at night rather as in the morning, but it was. There were tons of semi-tractor trailer trucks, and everybody on the road had…

There is an old Hebrew Proverb that states, "Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time". There is more truth to this that one would like to admit. We live in a time where we rush from place to place never taking the time to think about the happenings around us. It 's the so called rat race, as we often hear it dubbed. The endless, self-defeating, or pointless pursuit of what? We are so wrapped up in our day to day activities that we do not stop to…