English Language Club The Bridge Franz Kafka I was stiff and cold‚ I was a bridge‚ I lay over a ravine. My toes on one side‚ my fingers clutching the other‚ I had clamped myself fast into the crumbling clay. The trails of my coat fluttered at my sides. Far below brawled the icy trout stream. No tourist strayed to this impassable height‚ the bridge was not yet traced on any map. So I lay and waited; I could only wait. Without falling‚ no bridge‚ once spanned‚ can cease to be a bridge. It was toward evening
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overwhelmed yet astounded at the same time highlighting the sheer power of nature and the effect it has on our lives. Much like this event‚ one of the biggest aspects that Dillard addresses and looks into‚ if not the main aspect‚ in Pilgrim at Tinker Creek specifically‚ the chapter The Present is whether or not the world and nature have a higher purpose and meaning in the everyday lives of people. This chapter specifically deals with the importance of the present and what it may add to the idea of life’s
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The bridge in San Francisco Since it was built in 1937 more than 16‚000 have jumped to their death. It is a site where most people have committed suicide than anywhere else in the world‚ in 2004 there were 24 deaths from this bridge. In my research reading I found that the bridge had a note at the entrance saying ‘CRISIS COUNSELING. There is hope make the call. The consequences for jumping from this bridge are fatal and tragic’ The people in the film spoke of how suicides of friends had affected
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RELIABILITY ANALYSIS OF PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BRIDGE GIRDERS: COMPARISON OF EUROCODE‚ SPANISH NORMA IAP AND AASHTO LRFD A. S. Nowak‚ F. ASCE University of Michigan‚ Ann Arbor‚ MI 48109-2125 Nowak@umich.edu Chan-Hee Park YonseiUniversity‚ Seoul‚ Korea chpark@yonsei.ac.kr J.R. Casas University of Catalonia‚ Barcelona‚ Spain casas@etseccpb.upc.es Abstract The objective of this paper is to compare the reliability level of prestressed concrete bridge girders designed using three codes: Spanish
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Ruby Bridges Shelbi- Ruby Bridges played an important part in the Civil Rights Movement. Ruby was born September 8‚ 1954 in Tylertown‚ Mississippi. A year later‚ her family moved to New Orleans‚ Louisiana. At that time‚ people wanted to keep blacks and whites separate because whites didn’t think that blacks were as good as them. For example‚ blacks and whites had separate drinking fountains‚ blacks had to sit in the back of buses‚ and blacks and whites each had their own separate schools. Ruby was
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The modern woman can be perceived to be the product of the woman before the 1950s. The woman before the 50s-experienced plenty of struggles when it came to exercising her rights. She did not have the freedom to vote‚ take part in the technical field or be involved in leadership. Furthermore‚ the woman from the minority group were the ones mostly affected because of racial discrimination. The woman was confined to her household; responsible for keeping the house in order and taking care of the children
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Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Computers & Industrial Engineering 54 (2008) 513–525 www.elsevier.com/locate/dsw An integrated AHP–DEA methodology for bridge risk assessment q Ying-Ming Wang a b a‚* ‚ Jun Liu b‚ Taha M.S. Elhag c c Institute of Soft Science‚ Fuzhou University‚ Fuzhou 350002‚ PR China School of Computing and Mathematics‚ Faculty of Engineering‚ University of Ulster at Jordanstown‚ Shore Road‚ Newtownabbey‚ Co. Antrim BT37 0QB‚ Northern Ireland‚ UK
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In Anne Trumbore’s “Spite” dramatic point of view and juxtaposition of the mother’s screams with the math problem characterizes the narrator as someone who feels unloved. She distances herself from her mother in the opening paragraph. In this excerpt the author describes the incident as‚ “A thirty-five-year-old woman with multiple sclerosis fell while taking a shower. She screamed for her husband. He did not hear her (1)”. This paragraph‚ including this specific line‚ are delivered in 3rd person
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parents‚ or teachers bend the truth to protect a child’s emotions and innocence. In the following poems‚ “A Barred Owl” by Richard Wilbur and “The History Teacher” by Billy Collins‚ both poets state a situation where an adult provides an explanation for a child by withholding the truth. Nevertheless‚ both poets use rhyme scheme‚ tone‚ and detail to execute their point. In “A Barred Owl” Wilbur includes an ABC rhyme scheme to symbolize the child’s innocence as one is in grade school. The poem contains
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The Great Horned Owl When I was going up in Minnesota‚ I would often travel to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area located in the northern part of the state. This area is approximately 150 miles of the most beautiful and calming National Forests in the United States. This is where I had my first interaction with an owl. I heard it before I was able to finally see it. I remember trying to sleep at night and hearing the loud “hoot‚ hoot‚ hoot‚ hooooo” as it kept me awake. My dad had to tell me what
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