...Unit 2: International Measures and Conversions Objective: At the end of this chapter, the reader should be able to: * Define measurement systems * Define metric system * Convert values from metric to metric system * Convert values from metric to American system and vice – versa. * Convert temperature values. 2.1. Introduction: International Standards for measures and conversions were felt as a need, as the international trade between the nations started to increase. With the increase of the trade, the disputes between the buying and selling nations started increasing, as these nations employed different standards of measures. The interpretations of the business contracts varied from nation to nation and this factor started hurting the international trade. Hence to counter the fact that the weights and measures are different in different countries, a set of internationally accepted standards for measures and conversions were needed. The international standards should be enough to give single guidelines for the measures and conversions as well as reduce any points of conflicts. To reduce the points of conflicts the international trading community moved on to the metric system of measures and conversions. In the modern times the measurement and conversions have also been in use. 2.2. Measurement Systems: We can define “Measurement” as a set of integers assigned to a characteristic of an object or an event, which should create a system that...
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...History and origins of rock seremban Batu Seremban also known as Stone Selambut or Serembat . game This traditionally favored by girls . It is usually played in group of two or more persons . Objects such as glass marbles , rubber seeds, chunks medium sized gravel or other pieces of circular objects can used in this game . These objects are known as pods. Batu seremban games are usually played at leisure - on the front porch , in in the home or anywhere as long as there is a flat floor surface . player should also sit on the floor so that it is easier to play. in the game Batu Seremban , There are several stages or different way of celebrating the fruit . The game will start with a simple first stage , where a piece of called the fruit of the use, up to a more difficult level or The top level of the eight named fruit . How To Play . Seremban stone game has its own way of play . as Other games , batu seremban also called as fruit rank . Overall, batu seremban has eight stages to be passed by before the players wins. A fruit : * All fruit should be dispersed , whereby the position of all the pieces are not touching each other . * A huge fruit will be the mother, and the mother should dilambungkan into the air. * At the same time , a piece on the floor to be collected . * This process will continue until all the pieces on the floor already collected . Two fruit : * Getting the two pieces played...
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...overgrown woods path leads to an entrance marked with a bent iron gate attached to stone pillars and delineated by a wire fence. Marlboro Cemetery is located in Lamoine, Maine off Route 204 (called Partridge Cove Rd) approximately 4.4 miles from the intersection of Rt 184 and 204. Turn left onto Lydia's Lane, drive approximately 0.1 miles. There is a path to the cemetery on the right. The cemetery is named Marlboro Cemetery. Marlboro is a village which was incorporated into the town of Lamoine. Although a number of gravestones do display Christian symbols, there seems to be no obvious church or religious affiliation represented, leading me to deduce this cemetery was used by all town members. There are a total of twenty two surnames represented with no prevailing ethnicity. Wives are buried with their husbands showing this is a patriarchal society. Most stones are crafted from the local granite with a few different types unrecognizable to me. Surnames Represented in Marlboro Cemetery (QTY) | Bowden (2) | Bragdon (6) | Closson (1) | Corey (1 + 1 Dog) | Ford (5) | Frye (1) | Gilbert (2) | Grover (1) | Ham (1) | Hodgkins (38) | Kelly/Kelley (5) | Kulich (2) | Martin (1) | McIntyre (7) | Mosley (5) | Pettingill (1) | Remick (3) | Smith (3) | Stratton (1) | Thompson (1) | Whiting (1) | Wilbur (4) | | | Deaths by Age Group | AGE | #...
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...The B&O Railroad By: Jaime Lewis For: Professor Knutson November 26, 2013 CON 101 Abstract The construction of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad started in July of 1828. The city of Baltimore came up with the idea to build this railroad from Baltimore to Ohio because of the competition throughout the popular seaports in the United States. Baltimore was already a popular city, but adding a train that could carry people as well as goods would make more people travel to Baltimore, and other places along the train’s route, bring goods into Baltimore, and help keep Baltimore alive. The B&O railroad was always expanding. The railroad is best known for being the first railroad in the United States that used a steam locomotive. B&O Railroad Why was there a need for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad? The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was built due to competition throughout the main seaports in the United States. Due to the fact that Baltimore is at the top of the Chesapeake Bay, it had many advantages over other ports. Another way for goods to be transported from Baltimore all they way to Ohio was a great idea for Baltimore, therefore causing the plan for the B&O Railroad. During this time Baltimore was flooding with business. They constantly had ships coming into the harbor as well as trucks riding the highways. Baltimore was (and still is) such a popular and thriving city, so the railroad made sense to help keep business, and the city, alive. Baltimore had to...
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...Mystery of the Pyramids Week 4, Assignment 1 Hum111 Professor Nancy Barlar 3 November 2013 Mystery of the Pyramids There have been many theories regarding how the pyramids at Giza and how they were constructed. Most experts agree that they were constructed as burial monuments for pharaohs, but “how” these ancient people constructed monuments of such great size without modern machinery is a mystery which is still being debated. In the next few paragraphs I will be taking you into a look into the mystery that surrounds this highly debated subject. The Aztecs, Mayans, and ancient Egyptians were three very different civilizations with a span of almost the other side of the world away from each other, but with very large similarities to the way that they built the pyramids. However, out of these three ancient cultures, the Egyptians stand out as the people recognized for the classic pyramid design. Massive monuments with a square base and four smooth-sided triangular sides, raising to a point. The Aztecs and Mayans built their pyramids with tiered steps and a flat top. The Egyptians probably chose the distinctive form of the design for their pharaohs’ tombs because of their solar religion, for the ever associated sun god Ra, which is considered the father of all pharaohs and was said to have created himself from a pyramid=shaped mound of earth before creating all other gods. The pyramid’s shape and standing (location) is thought to have symbolized the sun’s rays...
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...FBI Case Study 9/16/14 Saran Voleti Critical Facts: 1. The FBI is “an intelligence-driven and a threat-focused national security organization.” It has both intelligence and law enforcement responsibilities. ( http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/quick-facts) 2. The FBI’s mission is “to protect and defend the United States against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats, to uphold and enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and to provide leadership and criminal justice services to federal, state, municipal, and international agencies and partners”.( http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/quick-facts). 3. Headquarted in Washington, the FBI has 35,344 employees. It has 56 field offices and 380 other offices in the US .It also has 60 offices in foreign...
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...remote places in the world. With their land enlarged by overuse, islanders now draw on a revival of their culture to attract visitors. I intend to tell about this small island off the coast of Chile named Easter Island. Easter Island, submerged volcanic mountain range in the eastern Pacific Ocean, is located 500 miles South of the Tropic of Capricorn, and 2,200 miles West of Chile. This area is located were it is swept by strong trade winds. Because of his, the island remains warm through out the year. As you know, Easter Island is small. To be exact it has an area of 64 square miles about the size of Washington D.C. Easter Island’s population as grown a lot since diseases spread to most of the island in1877. Some of the remaining people left for South America, and the island was left 110 people. The population grew throughout the years in 1955 it was 990, in 1980 it was 1,842 and in 1989 it was 2,095. As many people have traditions, at parties and other celebrations, Easter Island has its own. They paint their bodies, the chant, they dance and the sing songs of their forbears. Each September, flocks of sooty terns come to nest on tiny islets about a mile off the shore. Since ancient times, there have been ceremonies to celebrate the birds’ arrival and to choose the birdman. The birdman competition is where each clan selected a representative to swim to the islets where the birds nested. They are to find and egg and swim back the first one back with an unbroken egg becomes...
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...The mystery of Easter Island has puzzled humanity for years. Easter Island is the world’s most remote inhabited island (“The Mystery of Easter Island”), but a group of people managed to sail there and establish a society that created about 900 stone statues across the island ("Easter Island -- World Heritage Site -- National Geographic”). Over the years, scientists have discovered many facts about the people of Easter Island and their achievements, and have been able to create several plausible theories. However, none can fully explain the mystery that is Easter Island. 1. Facts Easter Island lies roughly 1,289 miles from the nearest inhabited island and 2,182 miles from the nearest continental point (“Easter Island”). The earliest settlers of Easter Island were Polynesian, though none know where exactly they sailed from (“Mysterious Places: Explore Easter Island in Words and...
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...Imperial | 1 millimetre [mm] | 0.03937 in | 1 centimetre [cm] | 10 mm | 0.3937 in | 1 metre [m] | 100 cm | 1.0936 yd | 1 kilometre [km] | 1000 m | 0.6214 mile | | Imperial | Metric | 1 inch [in] | 2.54 cm | | | | 1 foot [ft] | 12 in | 0.3048 m | | | | 1 yard [yd] | 3 ft | 0.9144 m | | | | 1 mile | 1760 yd | 1.6093 km | | | | 1 int nautical mile | 2025.4 yd | 1.853 km | | Metric | Imperial | 1 sq cm [cm2] | 100 mm2 | 0.1550 in2 | 1 sq m [m2] | 10,000 cm2 | 1.1960 yd2 | 1 hectare [ha] | 10,000 m2 | 2.4711 acres | 1 sq km [km2] | 100 ha | 0.3861 mile2 | Imperial | Metric | 1 sq inch [in2] | 6.4516 cm2 | 1 sq foot [sq ft] | 144 in2 | 0.0929 m2 | 1 sq yd [yd2] | 9 sq ft | 0.8361 m2 | 1 acre | 4840 yd2 | 4046.9 m2 | 1 sq mile [mile2] | 640 acres | 2.59 km2 | Metric | Imperial | 1 cu cm [cm3] | 0.0610 in3 | 1 cu decimetre [dm3] | 1,000 cm3 | 0.0353 ft3 | 1 cu metre [m3] | 1,000 dm3 | 1.3080 yd3 | 1 litre [l] | 1 dm3 | 1.76 pt | 1 hectolitre [hl] | 100 l | 21.997 gal | Imperial | Metric | 1 cu inch [in3] | 16.387 cm3 | 1 cu foot [ft3] | 1,728 in3 | 0.0283 m3 | 1 fluid ounce [fl oz] | 28.413 ml | 1 pint [pt] | 20 fl oz | 0.5683 l | 1 gallon [gal] | 8 pt | 4.5461 l | USA measure | Metric | 1 fluid ounce | 1.0408 uk fl oz | 29.574 ml | 1 pint (16 fl oz) | 0.8327 uk pt | 0.4731 l | 1 gallon | 0.8327 uk gal | 3.7854 l | Metric | Imperial | 1 milligram [mg] | 0.0154 grain | 1 gram [g]...
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...Length |1 millimetre [mm] |0.03937 in | |1 centimetre [cm] |10 mm |0.3937 in | |1 metre [m] |100 cm |1.0936 yd | |1 kilometre [km] |1000 m |0.6214 mile | |1 inch [in] |2.54 cm | |1 foot [ft] |12 in |0.3048 m | |1 yard [yd] |3 ft |0.9144 m | |1 mile |1760 yd |1.6093 km | |1 int nautical mile |2025.4 yd |1.853 km | Mass |1 milligram [mg] |0.0154 grain | |1 gram [g] |1,000 mg |0.0353 oz | |1 kilogram [kg] |1,000 g |2.2046 lb | |1 tonne [t] |1,000 kg |0.9842 ton | |1 ounce [oz] |437.5 grain |28.35 g | |1 pound...
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...Shehan World Civilizations 1: History103 Samson Tsahiridis October 15, 2012 Ancient Engineering Ancient civilizations are credited for many inventions and engineer advancements that have been perfected and still used today. These advances have laid a foundation for today’s way of life; convenient, efficient, and technology improving faster than ever. Introduction of roads, domestication of animals, and the use of ships are all examples of engineering used to increase power, efficiency, and the quality of life. With the use of roads, ships, and calendars, civilizations were able to improve their economy, increase their power, increase population, and expand their power. Roads Romans The Roman Empire’s success was greatly due to the extensive paved road system built, connecting virtually the entire empire. The Appian Way was built in 312BCE, one of the earliest Roman road built. The network or road would eventually consist of over 55,000 miles of road, with a width of 20-40 feet, depending on the amount of traffic and use of the road. Built mostly by soldiers, the use of these roads greatly empowered the Roman Army. Unaffected by weather, quicker deployments, and faster distribution of communication, supplies, and food were possible, increasing efficiency. Post houses to tend or change horses were located every ten to fifteen miles along the routes, while Inns to accommodate travelers, and were located every twenty to thirty miles, increasing the distance...
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...phase began about 2900BCE with excavation of two concentric circular ditches. Inside the perimeter, fifty-six evenly spaced holes ( the Aubrey holes ) were dug and filled with chalk , while a northeasterly line of sight to the horizon was established from the center across a pointed upright ( the heel stone ) outside the ditches. About 2400BCE eighty-two coffin-sized stones of grey-blue dolerite, weighting about two tons each , were transported from the quarries in the pressely mountains of Wales and erected in a double ring of thirty-eight pairs, with six extra stones defining the northeast approach axis. The third final phase involved transporting thirty-five lintels and forty sarcen stones weighting up to twenty tons each. These were erected in a circle of thirty uprights enclosing five trilithons arranged in a U-shape to focus on the avenue , the axis leading northeast toward the heel stone. Knobs left on the tops of the uprights fit into socket holes carved into the undersides of the lintels , so that the stones lock together in a mortise-and-tenon joint when correctly...
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...McDowell had considered attacking the Confederate right flank east of Union Mills, but after Tyler’s actions, McDowell was sure that Beauregard had strengthened his right flank. McDowell’s assessment of Tyler’s actions led him to search for a way around the Confederate left flank, near the Warrenton Turnpike. The narrow Stone Bridge carried turnpike traffic across Bull Run, but McDowell believed the bridge was heavily mined and sent engineers farther north, looking for another crossing point. McDowell’s engineers found two favorable crossing sites on Bull Run north of the Stone Bridge. The first, Poplar Ford, was a mile north of the bridge, and the second, Sudley Ford, was two miles north of the...
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...8 Chapter 1/ Activity 1 1. The Anasazi were the ancestors of the modern Pueblo People. Archaeologists have said they were the people who farmed the Four Corners. The Anasazi civilization was located in the Four Corners region of the Colorado Plateau, Southern Utah, Northern Arizona, and Northwest New Mexico. They later shifted the population to the Rio Grande Valley and the Mongollon rim. 2. Traditionally they had a matrilineal government, but many modern Pueblos were organized into clans and governed by clan elders. Other research shows that communities were formed with small villagers surrounding them. 3. No one knows what language they spoke. The culture was widespread in that time and location, so it is more than likely that different languages were spoken at different times. 4. They wove textiles from cotton, and they wove their clothing from looms. They made blankets, shirts, robes, aprons, kilts, breechcloths, socks, and belts using various vegetal fibers, animal hair, and human hair. They also made thick roves using split feathers or fur strips wrapped around a yucca fiber core. Matted fiber from juniper bark was used for diapers and menstrual pads, and for insulating sandal-clad feet during cold weather. They wore sandals, moccasins, and some snowshoes. Animal could have possibly provided material for some clothing. Necklaces, earrings, bracelets, arm bands, hair combs, and pins were made from wood, bone, shell, coral, and stone beads made of...
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...with myself to follow a physical fitness program to work toward the following goals: Specific or short term goals 1. Reduce my time from a 10 minute mile to a 5 minute mile 2. Increase burpees able to complete from 10 to 15 3. Increase plank time from 30 seconds to 1 minute 4. Lose 20lbs in by May 13, 2013 General or long term goals 1. Reach and maintain a healthy body weight and BMI 2. Complete a 5K 3. Reduce risk for preventable obesity related conditions 4. Improve self-esteem and confidence B. My program plan is as follows: Components Frequency Activities CRE MS ME F BC Intensity Duration M T W Th F Sa Su Crossfit X X X X X 70-90% 60 min X X X Jogging/walking or swimming X X 55-70% 60 min X X X Yoga X X X X 50-60% 30 min X X C. My program will begin on March 11, 2013. My program includes the following schedule of mini goals. These mini goals are “stepping stones” for me to achieve one of my main goals from Section A. For each step in my program, I will give myself the reward listed. MINI GOAL DATE REWARD Complete 2 full weeks of program March 25, 2013 5 new songs on ipod 10lb loss March 31, 2013 New workout outfit Complete 3 miles April 5, 2013 New running shoes 25 burpees May 13, 2013 New yoga mat D. My program will include the addition of physical activity to my daily routine (such as walking to class): 1. Take stairs instead of the elevator 2. Park farther away from the entrances 3. Go dancing once a week E. I will...
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