decided to trespass on to California’s highest bridge‚ and take a selfie. In the process of taking a selfie‚ the unidentified woman accidentally fell sixty feet of the Foresthill Bridge‚ landing on a trail below. Paul Goncharuk‚ a friend says “they we’re taking a picture on the bridge‚ and then the big bolts that are holding the beams together‚ she stepped on them kind of weirdly and lost balance and fell backwards”. The Foresthill bridge is the highest bridge in the state of California‚ and measures to
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Balls Bridge and Truss Bridges: A Brief Historical Overview Nathan Holth Foreword: I composed this brief and informal overview of truss bridges and Balls Bridge to put this beautiful historic bridge ’s history and significance into context. A version of this document with full-color photos is available on my website ’s Balls Bridge Page located at www.historicbridges.org/ontario/balls/index.htm which also has more information and photos. The general truss bridge information in this document was
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picked up my phone I knew something was wrong. The tone of my friend Danny’s voice sounded very grave and worn. The reason why followed in lowly uttered words. “CJ is in the hospital.” In sort of a daze I rushed to the hospital and found a way into the Intensive Care Unit. There in the bed was my friend with two broken arms and internal damage to his kidneys. At his side sat his mom. When I asked what happened‚ she said that Cj was hit off of Brooks Bridge by a drunk driver. A thirty-foot fall into the
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Truck Drawing 12 * Truck Considerations 13 * Testing Rig Drawing 16 * Testing Rig Considerations 17 Background Research Information 18 * Four Factors Distinguishing all Types of Bridge Structure 18 Exploration of Bridge Structures 20 * Types of Span 20 * Materials 21 * Three Travel Surface Configurations 22 * The Different Structural Types 23 * The Different Types of Trusses 30 Initial Conceptual
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A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings By Gabriel Garcia Marquez A Critical Analysis Callora‚ Hanna Krishna S. AB English 2 English 12 TTHS 4:00-5:25 Setting The story is set in a coastal area and it opens with an ongoing rainfall that has turned the world gloomy and gray. Everyone in this town was feeling sad because of the state of the beach and the stench of rotten fish. It was March and the rain had made the light weak during daytime and replaced the glimmer of the sands of the
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Coping With Unfamiliarity Being uncomfortable and uneasy about a new situation are one of the great emotions about trying something new. In the story “The Old Man Isn’t There Anymore” by Kellie Schmitt‚ the author describes her difficulties in acclimating to Chinese culture and her unfamiliarity of her new neighbors; therefore‚ when she is faced with attending a funeral of someone she barely knows‚ her anxiety comes to the forefront. This story is an amazing guide for anyone looking to go outside
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2013 Tones of Love Poems Pablo Neruda and Billy Collins both wrote poems about love; however‚ they each create individual tones through literary devices and relations. Neruda employs imagery and uses similarities between the speaker and his lover to create a serious tone‚ while Collins instead creates a satirical tone using metaphors and separating the narrator from his beloved. In “XVII‚” Neruda employs imagery such as words like “dark‚” “secret‚” “soul‚” and “shadow” to create a tone that demonstrates
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The Scarlet Letter Tone Thus far in “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne he has made it clear the tone he has taken towards Pearl Prynne‚ Roger Chillingworth‚ and the Puritans as a whole. Hawthorne portrays his tone by his use of diction and syntax. Hawthorne’s view of Pearl is exceptionally adoring. There are several places this is made clear. He claims that her "beauty shined through the gorgeous robes" (Ch. 6) and there was a "circle of radiance" (Ch. 6) that shone about her. As the
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In Hamlet by William Shakespeare there are many tone shifts in the first act. In Act 1 Horatio tells Marcellus and Barnardo why they are in constant preparation and says “In the most high and palmy state of Rome‚ A little ere the mightiest Julius fell‚ The graves stood tenantless…” (I.i.124-127) This shows a tone of caution and fear‚ many is worried about an invasion. In the second scene the Queen and King questions Hamlet about why is he still grieving and he says “That can denote me truly. These
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Ben Ling Mr. Jensen Honors English 11 12 February 2007 Their Eyes Were Watching God: Tone/Mood Analysis She got up that morning with the firm determination to go on in there and have a good talk with Jody. But she sat a long time with the walls creeping in on her. Four walls squeezing her breath out. Fear lest he depart while she sat trembling upstairs nerved her and she was inside the room before she caught her breath. She didn’t make the cheerful‚ casual start that she had thought out
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