Mile End

Berry College Many people how beautiful the grounds of Berry College are, but what they don’t know is there are 26,000 acres of them. The length of the hiking, biking trails is stated at 40 miles, but that is just the service roads and main trails. If you get off the main trails at Berry you can get lost, and end up in a different county; that is what I did. It was a beautiful autumn day, a day that only November in Northwest Georgia could provide. You could see your breath in the morning and…

twilight of such day as sunset fadeth in the west / which by and by black night doth take away / Death’s second self, that seals up all in rest” (ll. 6-8), which is indicative of the end of a day. Mentioning the night is crucial in this stanza, as death is normally characterized by darkness. Shakespeare makes allusions to the end of one’s life by using imagery of bare trees and the setting sun. Delving further into what this means, both of these occurrences are also uncontrollable by man. There…

Jack-in-the-Box and went straight to bed. Day 2: We set off for universal studios the next day after we checked out of the paradise pier at 6:00 am. Although it was only 35.6 miles we wanted to get there early so we could hit everything their. We had a blast and at around 5:30pm we headed for the golden gate bridge which was 376.2 miles away from universal studios. We arrived at around 10:00pm and we saw such beauty in our eyes as we looked at it through the night. We…

first passenger train to use Amtrak’s new inland Cascades Line. Though the reason for the crash has not been determined, officials have said that speed was a major factor. At the time of the incident, the train was travelling at 80 miles per hour, well above the 30 mile per hour speed limit on the bridge. Furthermore, data from the train’s data recorder reported that the emergency brake was never manually activated, indicating that the train engineer made no effort to slow the train before the…

father's wish. Herbert was at the door at the end of the story, but not in his regular human form. He was a zombie looking, person because he had been dead for 10 days and buried for 7 days. As author W.W. Jacobs shows how sad the family is because they have just lost their son and they then realize that they still…

finish. During the middle of the race I felt like I was going to die and I wanted to give up. I decided not to give up or else all my hard work at the practices were for nothing. I believed I could finish this with a decent time. As I jogged towards the end I started seeing people stop and just walk, which made me even more determined to beat them. A couple of 100 feet away from the finish line I heard my coach yell to keep going so I started to run faster. As I was running I felt something wet…

detail and nuance about Miles, Janine, Tick and David, while continuing to weave the intricate tapestry that is Empire Falls. Tick hates her step 0father to be and refuses to dine with him. She comes to the Grill on Thursday nights when her mother is busy at the Silver Fox's fitness club. Tick would much prefer to live with her father, viewing her mother's relationship with the Fox as rather vacuous. It is also clear that Janine has some lingering feelings, if not for Miles, at least for their…

the way. Columbus’s mathematical calculation are off too. He miscalculated the size of the earth to be one degree of latitude to equal 59.5 miles. He calculated Japan to be closer than it actually is, therefore going closer to Cape St. Vincent.Reduced the actual miles to 16,305 miles from 21,600 a 25 percent error. The distance Columbus calculated is 3,080 miles the actual distance is 7,313. His math being off everytime he uses the dead reckoning system it will put him off course about 22…

Beam bridges, are also known as girder bridges. They are one of the oldest and most common bridges. They are held up by river banks or piers at both ends. Box girders and trusses can help a beam bridge stay up and be stronger. Highways overpasses are normally beam bridges. The first person to build a beam bridge is not known. Although, the first beam bridges were built in ancient times. Some of the first beam bridges were built in Rome. Some of the most famous beam bridges are the Manchac Swamp…

front. I am one of them usually in the top three. Half of a mile in the pain starts aching everywhere.…