...Santa Clarita, California (CNN) -- Drag racing may have been involved in the fiery crash that killed "Fast & Furious" actor Paul Walker on Saturday, an investigator said Monday. Investigators got a phone call tip Sunday suggesting that another car was at the scene when the 2005 Porsche Carrera GT, driven by Walker's racing team partner, slammed into a light pole and burst into flames, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Richard Cohen told CNN. "Naturally, from an investigative standpoint, we need to find out if that is one of the issues," he said. Even if drag racing was not involved, investigators are looking at the possibility that another car veered in front of the Porsche and caused the crash, Cohen said. Actor Paul Walker dies Actor Paul Walker dies Witness: Walker was not drag racing View scene of Walker's deadly car crash Jim Torp, a car enthusiast who was at the charity event that Walker attended before the wreck, said he doubted drag racing was involved. Walker was smiling as he got into the Porsche minutes earlier. Torp thought he heard a blast in the distance before the car slammed into a light pole, he said. "What the first explosion was, I don't know if their tire blew up, because it sounded like a tire blew on the car," Torp told CNN Monday. Tire skid marks on the asphalt near the crash site, which indicate a car was doing doughnut spins, also are being looked at, Cohen said. It has not been concluded that they are related to the Walker wreck...
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...1/27/2016 CARFAX Vehicle History Report for this 2005 NISSAN 350Z ROADSTER: JN1AZ36A55M760083 For Personal Use Only Vehicle Information: No accident / damage reported to CARFAX 2005 NISSAN 350Z ROADSTER VIN: JN1AZ36A55M760083 ROADSTER 3.5L V6 FI DOHC 24V REAR WHEEL DRIVE Standard Equipment | Safety Options 2 Previous owners 3 Service records available Personal vehicle 130,424 Last reported odometer reading Worth $90 more than retail book value This CARFAX Vehicle History Report is based only on information supplied to CARFAX and available as of 1/27/16 at 5:16:33 PM (EST). Other information about this vehicle, including problems, may not have been reported to CARFAX. Use this report as one important tool, along with a vehicle inspection and test drive, to make a better decision about your next used car. Price Calculator™ Adjust the value of this 2005 Nissan 350Z Roadster based on the information available in this report 1) Retail Book Value 2) CARFAX Price Adjustment™ + $90 $ Enter retail book value here 3) Adjusted Retail Value Begin by entering the retail book value Above retail book value Ownership History Owner 1 Owner 2 The number of owners is estimated Year purchased 2005 2015 Type of owner Personal Personal Estimated length of ownership 9 years 6 months Owned in the following states/provinces California California Estimated miles driven per year 14...
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...release of the 2012 Nissan GT-R in December 2011 has people just aching to get into the driver seat. However it is Chevrolet with their ZR1 Corvette who says they will have the last laugh. The new GT-R is said to be just as fast and twenty thousand dollars cheaper than the ZR1. Nissan hit the supercar scene in 2009 with a tremendous bang and didn’t stop there. They felt the need to bring back the king of cars after the production of the GT-R Skyline was terminated in 2000. The GT-R 34 was the king of cars in Japan and most of Europe. With its twin turbo charged inline six all-wheel-drive platform there were few cars that could even try and contend. We all love to drive our cars, whether it’s for back and forth trips to the super market or for those weekend getaways people love to drive. For those who live to drive or drive to live the 2012 GT-R is the car for you. With its sleek styling, 520 brake horse power, its all-wheel-drive platform, and the newly upgraded launch control it really doesn’t get any better than this. Some people may contend that the slightly more expensive ZR1 takes the cake with its 620 horse power and being able to achieve over 200 miles per hour. With its zero-to-60 time being 3.4 seconds, it falls just behind the GT-R by four tenths of a second. They are equally matched in the quarter mile. With all this said the GT-R is the true driver’s choice. It cost less and you get a lot more bang for your buck. Choosing the GT-R over the ZR1 would...
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...A grand tourer (Italian: gran turismo) (GT) is a performance or luxury automobile capable of high speed or spirited long-distance driving. The most common format is a two-door coupé with either a two-seat or a 2+2 arrangement. The term derives from the Italian phrase gran turismo, a tribute to the tradition of the grand tour, used to represent automobiles regarded as grand tourers, able to make long-distance, high-speed journeys in both comfort and style. The Grand Tourer, Grand Turismo, Grand Routiere, or GT terms are the most misused and abused terms in motoring.[1] According to author Sam Dawson, "the ideal is of a car with the ability to cross a continent at speed and in comfort yet provide driving thrills when demanded" and it should exhibit the following:[1] "Ideally, the GT car should have been devised by its progenitors as a Grand Tourer, with all associated considerations in mind." "It should be able to transport at least two in comfort with their luggage and have room to spare - probably in the form of a two plus two (2+2) seating arrangement." The engines "should be able to cope with cruising comfortably at the upper limits on all continental roads without drawbacks or loss of useable power." The design, both "inside and out, should be geared toward complete control by the driver." Its "chassis and suspension provide suitable handling and roadholding on all routes" during travels. Grand tourers emphasize comfort and handling over straight-out high performance...
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...My research question is how super cars can improve their aerodynamics. I will talk about a specific brand of super car, Nissan GTR. The Nissan GTR is the only car which needs to pay the luxury tax in Nissan. Because Nissan GTR’s price is more than a hundred thousand dollars. It is a powerful super car and has a special name called god of war. The reason that makes the Nissan GTR runs so fast is it take full advantage of the air power. This technology is called aerodynamics. The new 2015 Nissan GTR changed its normal headlights to a Multi-LED Headlights. It has a system called Adaptive Front lighting System to control these four LED lights. The lights will turn together when the car is cornering. Between these two headlights there is a big spoiler. The spoiler is creating down force to keep the car on the ground. The vents behind the front fenders are not only creating more down force but also cooling the brakes. There is a big grille between two headlight can get more air to cool down the engine. The cooling system is very important for a powerful car. The new GTR has a 3.8-liter Twin-turbocharged V6 Engine. This engine is hand-assembled by a single technician in a dust-free, temperature-controlled clean room. The GTR has a 6-speed sequential dual-clutch transmission. It can shifts as quickly as 0.15 seconds. These two part are the most important things in the car, like the heart. Because of these two part, the GTR can speed up from 0km/h to 100km/h for about 3.8 second. A...
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...Home > Reviews > Nissan > GT-R > 2015 Nissan GT-R / GT-R NISMO - First Drive Review Shopping Tools Advertisement 2015 Nissan GT-R / GT-R NISMO FIRST DRIVE REVIEWarrow VIEW PHOTOS (146) | COMMENTS (63) 2015 Nissan GT-R / GT-R NISMO Godzilla and MechaGodzilla. NOVEMBER 2013 BY JOHN LAMM MULTIPLE PHOTOGRAPHERS 97 52 Nissan GT-R fans, you can chill out or relax—or even chillax, if that’s your thing. It’s true that the standard 2015 GT-R is slightly toned down, but it’s not as though the automaker chiseled off the supercoupe’s hard edges. Think of them instead as sanded down by microns, an ever-so-slight reversal of course enabled by the fact that there now exists the baddest-ass Godzilla the world has ever seen: the new GT-R NISMO. As for that “softening,” it isn’t necessarily a bad idea to tame the all-wheel-drive supercoupe a bit. Remember that current GT-R customers are advised they needn’t take their car to the dealer because of the uncouth noises it makes. Here’s what’s different for the non-NISMO car: The suspension gets new spring rates, revalved shocks, a softer, hollow 34-mm front anti-roll bar, and bushings that are softer in the vertical plane. New tires—measuring 255/40-20 up front and 285/35-20 at the rear, and still branded as Dunlop SP Sport Maxx GT 600 DSST CTTs—have stiffer sidewalls and are said to be not so much softer as more...
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...textbook of Elementary and Intermediate Algebra. The graph is going to show a triangle region that would be shaded. This is where I would have to write the inequality to describe the region. When looking at the graph it will show the number of refrigerators. This will be shown on the graph as “x” axis and the number will be “p” for television for the “y” axis. The points on the graph are going to show on the graph as (0,330) and (110, 0) these numbers are given to determine on how the slope is going to be placed on the graph in which will be known as the slope form. (Part A.) p = y1-y2 / X1-x2 = 330 – 0 / 0-110 = -3/1 the slope is -3/1 or -3 Y – y1 = p(x – x1) Y – 330 = - 3 / 1(x-0) Y = - 3x/1 + 330 -3x/1 +330 = y expression switch by place the y on the right hand side -3x/-3 = y/-3 – 330/ -3 divide each equation by -3 and cancel out like terms -3y = 1x + 110 -3y + 1x < 110 330 – 0 = -3 This will be known as the Point Slope Form. 110 – 01 This would be the slope -3/1. (0,330) (110, 0) Having these calculations will give me the point slope form for the linear...
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...Labour (workers per week) | Output (toys per week) | 1 | 10 | 2 | 30 | 3 | 60 | 4 | 100 | 5 | 150 | 6 | 210 | 7 | 260 | 8 | 300 | 9 | 330 | 10 | 350 | (X-axis = labour , Y-axis =Output) (b) Average Product of Labour (APL) APL = Output/Labour Labour (workers per week) | Output (toys per week) | (Output / Labour)APL | 1 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 60 | 20 | 4 | 100 | 25 | 5 | 150 | 30 | 6 | 210 | 35 | 7 | 260 | 37.14 | 8 | 300 | 37.5 | 9 | 330 | 36.67 | 10 | 350 | 35 | (X-axis = labour , Y-axis =APL) Labour (workers per week) | Output (toys per week) | Marginal Product of labour MPL | 1 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 60 | 30 | 4 | 100 | 40 | 5 | 150 | 50 | 6 | 210 | 60 | 7 | 260 | 50 | 8 | 300 | 40 | 9 | 330 | 30 | 10 | 350 | 20 | (c) Marginal product of labour (MPL) : MPL = Change in Output / Change In Labour (X-axis = labour , Y-axis =MPL) Labour (workers per week) | Output (toys per week) | Average Product of Labour APL | Marginal Product of Labour MPL | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 60 | 20 | 30 | 4 | 100 | 25 | 40 | 5 | 150 | 30 | 50 | 6 | 210 | 35 | 60 | 7 | 260 | 37.14 | 50 | 8 | 300 | 37.5 | 40 | 9 | 330 | 36.67 | 30 | 10 | 350 | 35 | 20 | (d) Relationship: Marginal Product and Average Product Figure [ 1 ](X-axis = labour , Y-axis =TP/APL/MPL) Figure ...
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...overlap 2) When the car left the house Steps for solving: 1) 360degree/60=6degree (The minutes need moves 6degree every minute) 2) 360degree/12/60=0.5degree (The hour needle moves 0.5degree every minute) 3) At 9 o’clock 360*3/4=270degree 4) If the two needles overlap x minutes later 6x=270+0.5x 5) X=540/11 6) Answer: The two needles overlap at 9 o’clock 49 and 1/11minutes Second answer solution: 1) The car moved for 28/88*60minutes so it started moving at 540/11-28/88*60=540/11-210/11=330/11=30minutes 2) The car started moving at 9 o’clock 30 minutes Problem 2: there is a rectangle with sides that has a ratio of 1:2. The short side’s length is increased by 10cm while 5cm is reduced from the longer side. The new rectangle is 50% larger than the one before. Solve for the original side that was shorter than the other. 1) X=shorter side of the original rectangle 2) New sides are (x+10)cm and (2x-5)cm 3) X>0, x+10>0, 2x-5>0 x>5/2 4) (x+10)(2x-5)=3/2*(x*2x) 2x2-5x+20x-50=3x2 X2-15x+20=0 (x-5)(x-10)=0 5) X=5,10...
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...(E) On Speaker The beep sound is produced by the frequency of the electric signals. The following shows a way to generate a tone of certain frequency using C program statements. #include <p18f4520.h> #include <delays.h> void main () { char i = 0; //declarations ADCON1 = 0x0f; TRISE = 11100000; PORTE = 0; for (i=0;i<500;i++) { PORTEbits.RE2 = ~PORTEbits.RE2 // toggled wave Delay10TCYx(10); //????? PORTEbits.RE2 = 0; Delay10TCYx(1); } for (i=0;i<250;i++) { PORTEbits.RE2 = 1; Delay10TCYx(1); PORTEbits.RE2 = 0; Delay10TCYx(4); } Here is a way to generate a tone of certain frequency continuously for a certain duration using C program statements. //------------------- speaker_freq_dur.c --------------------- //--- Plays a pitch thru a speaker and lights an LED //- Set up: > Attach a piezo speaker between ground and D6 (pin 12) // > Wire an LED from D7 (pin 13) thru a 330 ohm resistor to gnd //---- Here we define a function called “play_pitch” void play_pitch(int freq, int duration){ int i; // Create variable for counting iterations long period; // Create floating point variable long pulse; // Create floating point variable long cycles; // variable for number of cycles (duration) period = 1000000/freq; //Calculate period pulse = (period / 2 ); //Calculate pulse cycles = duration * (freq / 1000.00); for(i = 0; i < cycles; i++){ // Loop for number of cycles digitalWrite(6, HIGH); // Set speaker Pin high ...
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...David Burianek Robert Morehouse Christian Morality REL-330 11 April 2014 Same-sex Marriage: Church and State Whether homosexuality is a matter of biological wiring of the human mind or a learned choice is not relevant to this paper. What are relevant are the perception, acceptance, and possibly tolerance of homosexual love, and whether the next logical step in the expression of this love (marriage) has a place in our society and our relationship with God. The American Constitution created a separation of State and Church in order to establish a fair governance of the people, regardless of their religious beliefs. The intent of the ideal of separation of church and state also prevents one form of religion from dictating and overpowering other belief systems. Worldwide we now have a system of democratic norms that, in theory, prevent the establishment of an unfair constraint on human happiness. What is at the heart of this debate over allowing and recognizing the union of same-sex couples? The gay community, the current government and even public opinion see the choice of recognizing same-sex marriage the as a question of equality. Why do the religious institutions reject same-sex marriage as a view of equality? After all, most of the western religions denounce homosexuality and same-sex marriage as being a violation of the religious norms held by each belief system. Let us begin with the gay community’s views regarding same-sex marriage. The gay community sees the rejection...
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...Management 330 Exam 1 Study Guide Soft skills - focus on the human side of projects, organizational behavior theories provide insights into group work, and we draw from these to establish best practices for difficult project situations, such as dealing with an under preforming team member. Hard skills – focus on the work to be done in the projects, includes clarifying what is to be produced, developing a list of tasks to produce the end product, and tracking the progress of that work. Project – a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique project, service, or consultant. Projects vs Business Processes – Unique output and a beginning and an end Team – more than one person can complete, variety of skills Manager – leader Team Member – execute project tasks, produce deliverables, participates Sponsor – middle man for team and organization Client – the end user, the needs Resource Manager – provide resources and people Triple constraints – scope (functionality and quality), resources (costs), time (schedule) Framework Initiate -> Plan -> Execute <-> Monitor -> Close Scope Statement Mission(what/when), justification(why), assumptions(high-level), communication(channel), documents(where will they be kept), stakeholders(who), signature SMART – specific, made to deliver, agreed up on, realistic, time-framed Work breakdown structure – a deliverable-oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team...
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...ihn aber nie persönlich kennengelernt. Um die Flut an Informationen zu bewältigen, müssen sie gebündelt und vereinfacht werden. Die Mediengesellschaft kreiert deshalb eine Art Stellvertreter. Ein solcher Stellvertreter ist das Image Erste Definition Ein Image ist die „Gesamtheit der Voststellungen, Einstellungen und Gefühle, die eine Person im Hinblick auf ein Obkekt (Person, Organisation, Produkt, Idee) besitzt“ (Fuchs et al. 1978, S.330) 1. Eigenheiten von Images nur selten wahrhaftig -werden interessenbezogen u. zielgruppenorientiert konstruiert ---> schliesst Objektivität oder Wahrhaftigkeit aus -müssen nicht wahrhaftig sein sondern nur für zutreffend gehalten werden -Goffman: Image als Image einer Person -jeder Mensch ist bestrebt gegenüber der Öffentlichkeit einen guten Eindruck zu machen, also ein Image aufzubauen und dieses aufrecht zu erhalten Bsp: mehr Schein als Sein: man versucht beispielesweise selbstbewusst, cool und ruhig zu wirken... ist aber unsicher und aufgeregt --->das nach außen aufgebaute Image ist nicht wahrhaftig können starke faktische Wirkung entfalten: -Images sind zwar oft fiktiv, nehmen aber dennoch Einfluss auf die Realität, da sie als vorkonstruierte Bilder („pictures in our head“) auf die Wahrnehmung der Wirklichkeit einwirken -die Entscheidung gegenüber einem Objekt richtet sich nicht danach wie das Objekt tatsächlich ist sondern danach wie das...
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...7. How important is the concept of “race” for understanding contemporary Malaysia? Introduction The concept of race as defined by Rex and Mason is “an essentially biological concept based on distinctive sets of hereditary phenotypical features that distinguish varieties of mankind” (1986, p. 189). In Malaysia however, race is oftentimes used to mean ‘ethnicity’, which is incorrect as ethnic groups are sub-divisions of a particular racial stock differentiated by history and cultural practices (Rex and Mason, 1986, p. 189). Nevertheless, the concept of race is an important one in understanding how it has shaped the politics and society of Malaysia. In this essay I will explain how Malaysia’s colonial past and affirmative action policies has contributed to the formation of a society divided along racial lines and how that has created racial tensions among the ethnic groups of Malaysia. Malaysia which touts itself as a ‘plural society’ is a country constituted by different race/ethnic groups, the three largest being the Malay, Chinese and Indian groups. As of 2010, the Malaysian population consists of 28.3 million people, with 91.8% Malaysian citizens. The Malaysian citizens are made up of 67.4% bumiputera (translated as ‘son of the soil’, a group composed of predominantly ethnic Malays along with various other indigenous tribes and native groups), 24.6% Chinese, 7.3% Indians and 0.7% Others (Department of Statistics Malaysia, 2010). With so many different ethnic groups within...
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...ASSESSMENT 3: Evaluation of business case The case study presents a successful vehicle manufacturing company, Toyota Australia (Toyota), as it evaluates radical strategic options in light of contracting sales and no sign of improvement in future. Established in 1958 in Port Melbourne, Australia (Toyota Australia n.d.), Toyota became very successful locally and started to look for opportunities overseas. It made its first shipment abroad in 1986. By 2011, Toyota became the largest exporter of manufactured automobiles in Australia, exporting 73% of vehicles overseas. However, in 2013, as GM-Holden, a competing Australian vehicle manufacturer, announced complete shutdown of its operations by 2017, Toyota was facing existential threats both at home and abroad. In 2013, there were only three vehicle manufacturers in Australia. However, Toyota’s main competitors were not the Australian, but overseas car producers. Starting in 2005, Australia embarked on signing the Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with Thailand, the ASEAN counties, and New Zealand (Australian Trade Commission n.d.), as a result exposing local manufacturers to significant competition. Increased competition from the overseas car manufacturers eroded the revenues of all local producers. Toyota also had to reduce its production volume and operate at an unprofitably low capacity utilisation rate. In an effort to improve its competitiveness in 2012, Toyota launched a Toyota Australia Future Business Transformation, a cost-cutting...
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