Square mile

Have you ever trained for a 5k? In training you have to keep track of where you run and what speed you were going at, imagine one day you went out to practice running the 5k and made it in 45 minutes! When you get home you notice you forgot to turn on your running log, all that work and nothing to show. That’s how it was for early sailors, they had trouble keeping track of how fast they were going, when it changed , and where they sailed. To solve this they had a Traverse Board an early…

According to business insider America is the world’s 10th most prosperous nation. Consequently, why should America compromise their success by sticking with an unconventional system of measurement? It is for this and many other reasons why the U.S.A should convert to the metric system. The metric system is a multinational unit of measurement in both the real world and the science field. It is not only renowned but also easier to use overall. Ultimately, the time for the metric system has finally…

- On September 16 my brother and I attended the gym. For my warmup I ran a mile to get my blood flowing. I ran my mile in 8:45. Since my goal is to lose 10 pounds by the end of the semester I need to make sure I work on my cardiovascular health. After our warmup we hopped on the elliptical. We did the elliptical for 8 minutes. After we finished doing the elliptical we went in the sauna for 10 minutes. Starting weight is 245lbs. - On September 17, I decided to go to the gym before I had to work…

"But he was able to understand one thing: making a decision was only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision" (Coelho 70). This quote from Paul Coelho's novel The Alchemist reflects on that idea that when someone decides to take risks and persevere, they will discover so many opportunities and uncover their own character. Just like the protagonist,…

to eat it all by himself. Billy’s parents always thought he ate too much pizza, but they never told him. Billy had to make a blueprint of his pizza. Only he couldn’t find blue paper so he just decided to draw it. He drew a huge gigantic circle 6 miles long, but on 6 inches on the paper. There needed to be cheese, pepperoni, sausage, pineapple, oranges, fish, chips everything you could think of was going to go on that pizza. All Billy needed was to get dough and all the things he need on the…

children will be free the noise (Mayesky, 2015). Space requirements: My ideal infant classroom would be for 8 infants between ages between 6 weeks to 12 months. It would have a proximity of 500 sq. feet where each child should have a minimum of 35 square feet of usable indoor floor space and 30 sq. feet of sleeping space per child. I should have a minimum 2 feet between the cribs. Also, we would provide a napping area that is separated from the playing area and a quiet area for snoozing…

A Description of the Problem For the problem-solving report, we have a 4x4 grid that we have to find as many rectangles as we can. The rectangles that can be found on the 4x4 grid ranges from 1x1 rectangles to a 4x4 rectangle. According to MathisFun.com a rectangle is, “a 4-sided flat shape with straight sides where all interior angles are right angles (90°). Also opposite sides are parallel and of equal length. Example: Another factor we have to consider is the lines provided on the 4x4 grid…

Akkadian. It says, On Triangles, written by Sudines. And the spell? It’s a theorem that can find the length of the hypotenuse of any right triangle. It’s amazing, but it’s not witchcraft.” Using the chalk he sketched out two square frames, each filled with different shapes. “The square frames are equal in size, but there are different shapes in them. Does everyone agree?” He didn’t wait for the crowd to reply, and instead labeled each side of a shape as a, b, or c. “So each side is either one of…

in 2013, after 7 months of training, I went to Nijmegen, Holland to take part in 'Vierdaagse Nijmegen '. It is an international road marching event which attracts tens of thousands of people from around the world. It consists of marching over 100 miles around the city over a 4 day period. Completing Nijmegen is one of my greatest achievements to date. My ultimate ambition is to join the RAF as an Officer after finishing education. I believe that by going into higher education I am…

buildings are huge and there are so many people. I am standing on the corner of W 47th street and Broadway, standing in front of a Starbucks. I should probably find a hotel.. I pull my phone out of my pocket and pull up google maps. I find the Night Time Square right down the road just past 7th Ave is only about $88 a night, so I grip the straps of my backpack and start walking. I walk past the Phantom of Broadway store and take a quick peek inside and notice all of the broadway shirts and other…