“Saturday Climbing” by W.D. Valgardson Study Questions Before reading the story and working on the study questions‚ read the handout entitled “An Introduction to Rock Climbing.” 1. Valgardson opens the story by placing one of the main characters‚ Barry‚ in a predicament. Why is he in that predicament? Find all of the words/phrases that describe how Barry feels in this first section. He got himself into that predicament because he was looking for an activity to do with his daughter that
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SYNOPSIS OF STAIR CLIMBING ROBOT Abstract: The goal of our project was to design a robot that would climb starirs in a skillfull‚ calculated and efficient manner. Climbing a set of stairs is not a new challenge for robots‚ in fact it is often a common obstacle used by designers to showcase the robot’s skills. Their function as modeled after human movement. The smaller scaled robots‚ such as mine‚ usually use the bruete force method and are not able to successfully climb stairs. In the present
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There was a loud clunk as some bright white lights flashed on and broke through the darkness under the canvas sack. I could make out a few shadows‚ but other than that the material was too thick to see through properly. Did I mention my mild claustrophobia? Either way‚ I was scared. More than scared. If it was one thing I’d leant in my profession‚ it was exposure to fear didn’t always create tolerance. Dr Crane had kindly proven that. I could hear Alexandra breathing harshly to my right‚ but the
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Have you ever had a feeling that you were meant to do something ? That you couldn’t have been made for any other purpose in this world... For me ‚ that was cheerleading. It was my second year at rochester and I had been in dance but quit when school came around. I felt a little out of place‚ or maybe more than a little but my cousins went there so I had someone at least. My mom had talked to my aunt and she said that Courtney was starting cheer and I could be on the older girls team as well
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“Come on Haley are you going to go paintballing with us or not? “ my mother invited with slight anger in her voice. “Yes I will go with you but it’s on you if I get hurt.” I jokingly respond. I made the choice to go paintballing because I’ve always wanted the experience to go and to prove to my mother that it’s dangerous. We drive down a narrow gravel road to a big grassy field with a small shack near the parking lot. I take a nice deep breath through my nose and smell the country fresh crisp air
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1 We loaded up the trunk of the 450 SL Mercedes; it was large enough to hold all of our diving gear‚ and to my surprise‚ the three of us were more than comfortable in the champagne convertible. I certainly was. Mark‚ my older brother‚ was in the front seat‚ even so‚ the better view of Giselle was all mine and – damn‚ if she did not look hot driving that car. Only Southern California could offer the fantasies that came to life for us on a regular basis. We had backstage passes to rock concerts
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completely different from writing in high school. Writing has never been my forte but I have managed to learn some new things and relearn some old things. My first writing assignment was a literacy narrative. I had no knowledge of this topic. Once the professor explained to the class what a literacy narrative was‚ I started to think about what I could possible write about. This was my first writing assignment in six to seven years‚ therefore I was immensely concerned regarding how it would turn out.
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Becoming Airborne Lub-dub‚ inhale. Lub-dub‚ exhale. My heart was pounding as if I had been running on a treadmill for a straight hour. Sometimes it pounded through my brain‚ other times out my throat. My stomach was clenched and buried somewhere near my ankles. It was hard to breathe. It was hard to breathe because my biggest fear was standing right in front of me. And the stupid thing is‚ my fear stood still. “One ride on the Wild One‚ Monica. Just one ride and you’ll get the funnel cake you
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I casually walked down the stairs‚ and I saw something on the table. Confused at what it was‚ I walked closer. It was a shiny‚ small‚ white slip of paper. When I got closer‚ I realized it was a ticket to the Bulls game. My head exploded like a balloon. My face lit up like a light bulb because of how happy I was. I never went to a Bulls game before and I was really excited. I liked the Bulls a lot and I had a lot of Bulls clothing except I never really watched any of the games and I didn’t know many
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A lot of people I wouldn’t say that they’re racially insensitive they just don’t know better. I think that’s one of the things that I’m really thankful that I come from New York and that I grew up with all of these strange cultures around me. I think that helps me understand people better. Yeah. Paxton: You talked a bit about how you were located really close to the projects. Now did you have friends in the projects? David: Yeah. Oh yeah. Oh man. Josiah Daniels. My good friend Josiah Daniels
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