Mile

five things that running had taught me. First, I have to overcome some difficulties before reaches my destination. When I planning to run the marathon, the first mile is always the hardest for me. I cannot imagine myself successfully to run to the end. Every step is a challenge for me, physically and mentally. It feels like the longest mile, but I always stick to finish regardless. Second, I cannot stare at the mileage consistently. My mind would start doubting and produce negative thoughts…

wanted nothing more than to go home and rest. But, unfortunately, my calendar reminded me that I had eight miles to run. So I proceeded to run down the driveway. After only a few steps, the struggle began. My legs felt like lead and only kept getting worse. They seemed to move in slow motion. My heart, however, had not received that memo and was pounding away as if I was in full sprint. A couple miles in, my skin burned from the mixture of dried chlorine and sweat. It was way too hot, and,…

an official Hazard Watch for Mount St. Helens. On March 27, a crater had formed through its summit ice cap and had grown 1,300 feet in diameter. Four days later, instruments set up by volcanologists that used lasers placed in a mountain ridge six miles away to record change picked up volcanic tremors, which meant that magma was on the move. In April, laser equipment detected changes in the mountain’s profile- an ominous swelling bulge forming between the fissures (Mary Bagely). Laser…

controversy about her sanity. The governess is insane because she sees things that other characters cannot see, experiences paranoia due to harmless ghosts, and designates her thoughts regarding the ghosts as more important over the welfare of the children, Miles and Flora. The governess stands alone in her perception of ghosts, and this makes her insane. The initial rejection of the governess’s perspective happens when Mrs. Grose, Flora, and the governess are at a lake and repeatedly exclaims…

friendship equally as much in Looking for Alaska. Miles wants to leave Florida to seek his Great Perhaps and find friends.Even though his friends introduce him to booze and mischief, they also accept him for who he is. Point: Friends are suppose to be their for you through all the good times and the bad, Miles is thankful that he has finally found people who he can connect with and and who trust and stand by each other, unifying them as one. Miles arrives the day before the first day of school…

Now, Sara Miles book “Take This Bread” had many differences and similarities. Sara Miles grew up as an atheist, which is an interesting key point to her journey to becoming a Christian (Miles xiii). Religion was very point blank in her book. Her parents were obviously atheist, her grandparents were very religious, but what about her? How did she become the avid Christian she is today? First it is important to talk about religion and how that affected her and shaped her into the person she is…

Written In Takumi Hikohito Point Of View I was in Miles Halters and Chip Martins dorm room playing a race car game on mute and listening to Chip Martin on the phone with Alaska's boyfriend Jake .Then Miles Halter walked in and said, “How long has he been on the phone” And I said “Dunno. He was on when I got here twenty minutes ago. He must have skipped Smart Boy Math. Why are you scared Jake’s gonna drive down here and beat you up for letting Alaska leave campus go?” He left the room and…

Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis “Summertime” by George Gershwin in a song from the opera Porgy & Bess. Gershwin composed Porgy & Bess in 1934. The libretto was from DuBose Heyward’s novel Porgy. Over time it become a widely known opera and one of the most frequently performed operas. Many great pieces of music were in Porgy & Bess but “Summertime” was one of the most well-known pieces to come from the opera. Because its melody is so strong and its cords so complex, it became one of the most…

Everyone believes that the reason you cannot see a ship as it gets farther from the shore is because of the curvature of the Earth. The supposed circumference of the earth is a little less than 25,000 miles. That would make the curvature of the earth 8 inches for every mile (Harley 1). There have been many studies and experiments done throughout the centuries that prove that this curvature would be disprove the possibility of a curved earth. There was a study called the conducted in the…

However currently we are not able to provide transportation. So you will have to choose from one of our fantastic options. Mercury- The first planet on our list is the closest to our Sun and it is 3*10^23 kg large. It is a total of 35 million miles from the Sun. Mercury has a large range of temperatures at night from 100 kelvin to a warm 700 kelvin during the day. One day on Mercury is equal to 58 days on Earth and a year is equal to 88 days. Mercury has one solid lithosphere that covers the…