Friday, January 24, 2020
Seniors Driving Essay -- Elderly Drivers Dangers Driving Old
Seniors Driving      Courtney Caldwell, a writer for Road and Travel Magazine, stated in one of her articles that, â€Å"My mother, insisted her driving skills were as sharp as ever. However, after a few life-threatening trips to the grocery store as her passenger, I knew she had to stop driving. She was driving dangerously close to the curb, her reaction time was poor and she was missing stop signs and traffic lights. Her driving was so bad that I forbade my 32-year-old adult daughter to ever ride as a passenger with her†. (roadandtravel.com) Ms. Caldwell is referring to her mother, an elderly widow, who must drive, as she has no other means of transportation.      In America today, more and more people are driving each day. Currently, there are more cars on the road now, then at any point in America’s past. With all of this new traffic, more and more accidents occur everyday. The group second most responsible for these accidents is the group of drivers age fifty-five and older. â€Å"Currently these people make up twenty five per cent of the driving population, and account for eighteen per cent of current auto accidents†. (aarp.org) With all of these accidents, there is still no restrictions or limitations placed on a person, age fifty-five and over’s license. It is my opinion that, at the least, restrictions should be placed on licenses for all people age fifty-five and older.      Currently across the United States, there are very few laws regarding the elderly and driving. In Florida a new law states that people over the age of sixty-five must pass a road test. Florida is the only state to implement such a measure. With the exception of Florida, every other state still puts its elderly drivers at risk.      John Nelson the president of the American medical association said that, â€Å"A woman in her eighties in good health may be a safer driver than her twenty year old grandson who happened to be on pain medication for an injury†.(aarp.org) As we age, our bodies age too, and as a result of that we lose some of the most important senses that we use to drive. The most important sense to drivers is vision. â€Å"More then fifty per cent of people age fifty-five and older have some sort of problem with their eyesight†.(aarp.org) These problems can make it difficult to see at night, and it can cause them to have difficulty judging distances. Another useful sense... ...is program might be successful at teaching senior citizens how to abide by the traffic law, that is all it does. It still does not prevent senior citizens from getting into accidents.      As more and more drivers are on the road each day, we need to be ever cautious of our fellow drivers. One such group of drivers is those who are aged fifty-five and older. Since they are getting older, their ability to drive safely has diminished. Senior citizens are also more likely to be severely injured or killed in an auto accident. By age, they are the second biggest accident group. Studies have proved that the 55 ALIVE driver-training programs were not effective in reducing the number of traffic crashes. Therefore, license restrictions are the answer. The times of day that senior citizens drive and the distances they can drive should be limited. Senior citizens that choose to continue driving should also be made to undergo routine medical exams to test their vision and hearing. An attempt should also be made to expand the ability and lower the cost of public transportation. By doing this, we can protect the lives of our senior citizens, and reduce the number of accidents on the road.
Thursday, January 16, 2020
Sample for Meeting Minutes
Minutes of Meeting of Events Organizer Team Date: 1 Nov 2012 Time: 12: 00 p. m. Venue: Bilik Kuliah 2, PBPI Present: 1. Phang Yuen Jun 2. Juani Eyat Juleng 3. Tiang Leh Mei 4. Tan Hooi Gia 5. Kanagah A/P Raman 6. Siti Fatimah Abduh Razak 7. Yap Paul Yin 8. Sam Chee Xin In attendance: Madam Nadiah bt Zainal Abidin 1. 0 Objective Determination The team discussed about the objectives and event to be held. As a result, the team decided to organize a new year party for 2013. 2. 1 Event Description Title: 2013 New Year Celebration Party Objectives: To celebrate and welcome the new year with UTeM big family and the community * To promote the interaction between UTeM citizens and non- UTeM citizens * To promote and introduce UTeM to the community Venue: Main Hall, Main Campus, UTeM Attendee: Anyone (Al l UteM Citizens and outsiders) 2. 0 Roles Distribution in the Team The roles of the team were determined according to individual’s willingness and team’s agreement. The roles dis tribution is as below: Chairman: Siti Fatimah Abduh Razak Secretary: Tiang Leh Mei Treasurer: Tan Hooi Gia Food and beverage: Juani Eyat Juleng (decide the menu)Set Designer: Phang Yuen Jun Event Planner: Kanagah A/P Raman Publicity: Sam Chee Xin Sponsorship: Yap Paul Yin 3. 0 Other items to be discussed and decided The chairman asked the team members to do research on their individual role’s corresponding tasks. For the coming meeting, each of the members is able to propose his or her plan for the food menu, set design, events and publicity. They need to plan for the budget for each related field too. 4. 0 Date of next meeting The next meeting will be scheduled on 8th Nov 2012, 11am at Bilik Kuliah 2, PBPI. 5. 0 Closing addressThe chairman summarized the decision made in the meeting and thanked the advisor and the team members for having commited themselves to the project. The meeting was adjourned at 1:00 p. m. UTeM Events Organizer Team-2013 New Year Celebration Party AGEN DA Date: 8th Nov 2012 Time: 11:00 a. m. Venue: Bilik Kuliah 2, PBPI Order of business: 1. Chairman’s address 2. Minutes of the previous meeting 3. Matters arising out of the minutes 4. Reports from each sub-committees: * Food and beverage * Set Designer * Event Planner * Publicity * Treasurer * Sponsorship 5. Special business 6. Any other business 7. Date, time and place of next meeting 8. Close
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
All About Paraître
Paraà ®tre is a very common and useful French verb that means to look/appear/seem. It is irregular in conjunction and can be used impersonally. Examples ofParatre in Use  Paraà ®tre can be followed by an adjective, infinitive, or prepositional phrase:   Tu parais bien heureux   You look very happy   Cela paraà ®t à ªtre une erreur   That seems to be a mistake   Une lueur a paru dans ses yeux   A gleam appeared in his eyeParaà ®tre can also mean to make an appearance:   Il na pas paru à la rà ©union   He didnt appear (show up) at the meeting   Je dà ©teste paraà ®tre en public   I hate appearing in publicParaà ®tre is usually conjugated with avoir as its auxiliary verb in the compound tenses, except in the context of publishing, in which it is often conjugated with à ªtre:   Cet article est paru mi-juin.   This article was published in mid-June.   Le nouveau Petit Larousse est paru.   The new (edition of) Le Petit Larousse is out. Using Il parat Il paraà ®t is an impersonal construction that means it seems in the global sense (like, they say or the word is) and can be followed by an adjective or a subordinate clause.1) Il paraà ®t adjective is followed by de infinitive, and may also be modifed by an indirect object pronoun:   Il paraà ®t important dessayer   It seems important to try   Il ne paraà ®t pas essentiel dy aller   It doesnt seem essential to go   Il me paraà ®t ridicule de courir   It seems ridiculous to me to run   Il ne nous paraà ®t pas logique de faire à §a   To us it doesnt seem / We dont think its logical to do that2) Il paraà ®t que is followed by a subordinate clause in the indicative:   Il paraà ®t quil va pleuvoir demain   It seems like / They say its going to rain tomorrow   Il paraà ®t que nous devons refaire ce travail   It seems / The word is that were going to have to redo th is work3) Il paraà ®t may be modified by an adjective before que, in which case the verb in the subordinate clause may be in the indicative or subjunctive, depending on what the adjective requires:*   Il paraà ®t important que tu le fasses seul   It seems / Apparently its important that you do it alone   Il paraà ®t clair quon ne peut pas gagner   It seems clear that we cant win*That is, if the expression would need the subjunctive without paraà ®t then it also needs it with paraà ®t: il est important que subjunctive, thus il paraà ®t important que subjunctive4) When il paraà ®t que is modifed by an indirect object pronoun, it is equivalent to it seems (to me, to us, etc):   Il me paraà ®t important que tu comprennes   It seems to me that its important that you understand (I think its important for you to understand)   Il nous paraà ®t sà »r quon va gagner   It seems certain to us / We think its certain that were going to win   Il nous paraà ®t quil peut venir   It seems to us / We think that it he can come5) Il ne paraà ®t pas que requires the subjunctive:   Il ne paraà ®t pas quil vienne   It doesnt seem that hes coming; He doesnt seem to be coming   Il ne paraà ®t pas quon puisse gagner   It doesnt seem like we can win Expressions with paratre    à ce quil paraà ®t - apparently   paraà ®t-il - apparently   il paraà ®t que oui - so it seems   il paraà ®t que non - apparently not Conjugations    je parais   tu parais   il paraà ®t   nous paraissons   vous paraissez   ils paraissent
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