Essays on Walkway

Accidents occur in different ways and different times. They occur unknowingly, and the victims are often caught unawares. The Hyatt Regency accident could be considered an accident, which is due to the negligence of the structural company and the building managers. This is because the whole accident began with the failure of a single screw to hold on to the whole walkway. The accident could have been avoided through constant maintenance of the building by the responsible authority who could check the building for any threats such as loose screws and weak materials to hold on. The structure the ...

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Kansas State University is one of the strongest universities in the Mid-West. It has a beautiful campus filled with many green trees and breathtaking views. However, when it turns dark the campus’s unique features are changed into dangerously dark corners, and hard to navigate dim sidewalks. The reality is that the lighting infrastructure used on the campus has not been adequately updated to reflect the campus’s growth, the increase in on-campus activity after dark, or the changes in society that demand light in order to ensure safety. I, therefore, propose that the campus needs to double the ...

Plato’s philosophical works show a link between perception and reality in human beings.

Most of the items discussed in the Allegory provide the readers with a better understanding of how they correspond to their lives. After a close oversight of what Plato plots out in his discussion, one tends to understand the different perspectives he aimed to expose. The Allegory of the Cave talks about a group of people who lived their entire lives in caves. All through their lifetime, they did not know about the light, and their exposure to fire and sculptures created by another group opened up their minds to new discoveries. Using the interpretations and symbols, Plato seeks ...

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Classical theatre in Japan contains few performances forms: Kyogen (lyrical drama), Bunraku (puppet theater), Noh and Kabuki (which is a form of popular theatre). The word “Kabuki” can be interpreted in two ways. First one says that this word comes from three different words: ka (singing), bu (dancing), and ki (acting). This seems to be truth, as Kabuki as a performance includes all this three elements. Kabuki is a rich blend of dance, music, mime, and costuming spectacular and staging, it has been the most popular Japanese theatrical form for about four centuries. According to Japanese scholar Masakatsa Gunji’s words, ...

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Stanley Park is a public park covering 1,001-acre land in Canada. The park is located in downtown Vancouver and is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean waters. Stanley Park is established in a land that was originally inhabited by indigenous people, long before colonization by the British. After colonization, the park that was blessed with abundant resources become home to aboriginal settlers. When the city recuperated in 1886, it was turned into the prime park of Vancouver. The name “Stanley” comes from a British politician, Lord Stanley, the governor general of the area at that time. The unique thing about Stanley Park ...

The renowned Steel Bridge is a double deck structure that has a vertical-lift and is also known as through-truss. It goes across the Willamette River in the city of Portland in the United States and was opened in 1912, so it recently celebrated its 100th anniversary. The bridge has the dual function of carrying rail and bicycle traffic on its lower deck whilst the upper deck is dedicated to road traffic. This innovative arrangement makes the bridge extremely innovative and the fact that it has an independent lift continues to emphasise its prominence as the second oldest vertical lift bridge in ...

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On 17th July, 1981 114 people were killed while 216 others injured when the skywalk collapsed in the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. 1600 people had gathered to watch and participate in a dancing competition when the skywalk collapsed. People had decided to occupy the walkways in order have a better view of the dancing competition. The second level walkway held about forty people; the third had more than forty people while the fourth had about sixteen. The fourth flow which was suspended directly above the third flow collapsed on the latter which also collapsed, landing on the lobby ...

Hinduism religion is popular among the Indian community both in India and abroad. This religion has several splinter groups, which practice more or less similar religious practice. I learnt a number of lessons about Hinduism when a paid a visit at Murugan Temple of North America. At the time of my visit, I found three people in the temple. All the people present at the time of my visit were male adult probable at the age of 30s and 60s. The temple attendant was wearing a white robe whereas the rest of the people were dressed in shirts and trousers. The temple ...

When designing various projects for a client, an engineer is concerned with different aspects of the design. For instance, the aesthetic value of the design is very important to the engineer. Other factors that concern the engineer are the durability of the product and the cost effectiveness in both the design and production processes. However, and without belittling the importance of these factors, safety is ultimately the major concern of the engineer. Safety as a factor is incorporated into all designs, for both the client and the environment (including other people who might not necessarily use the product but stand in ...

The rotting, dilapidated brown house stood in front of me as cold shivers run down my spine. The walkway that led to this scaring house were cracked, dandelions and weeds poking out of these cracks. Vast red roses grew wildly in thick batches along the walkway. Vines formed freely forming a twisted maze while its tentacles that extending to the rooftop. At a closer look, one notices some black decay on the wall as a result of neglect. I could see tiny black spiders threading their prey in the many cobwebs that covered the corners of the front door. Surely, this house ...

It started with the bullfighting. I had never been a fan of the sport itself; indeed, I had never really considered it; but there I was, in Valencia, watching the matadors wave their flags at the heads of the bulls. I had never seen anything like it before, and it was an image that will be seared into my brain as demonstrative of my time in Spain for the rest of my life. There is so much to say about bullfighting. There is a rich history of bullfighting in Spain and Portugal, but everyone seems to have an opinion about ...