Heaven's Gate

Over the last decades, electronics industry had a tremendous growth and became a main pillar of the overall world’s economy. Electronic mobile devices are replacing the conventional ways people used to interact and perceive information, and created unprecedented uses that don’t have conventional counterparts: health and fitness trackers, smart watches and virtual assistants to name a few. The sustained advancement of the semiconductor silicon based technology is the key driver of the performance

Many college students can afford to raise the cost of tuition. “A 2009 study by public agenda for the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation reveals that 31% of 22 to 30-year-old college dropouts stated their major reason for leaving college was their inability to afford the education.” (Grand Canyon University). It is proven that if kids didn't have to pay for tuition, then

The suspension bridge is a very popular type of bridge all over the world. It’s hard to build but can be built in a lot more places than an arch or beam bridge. Scientists do not know when it was invented. They believe it was near the 15th century. Whom it was invented by is also unknown. A suspension bridge can span distances from 2,000 to 7,000 feet, longer than any other type of bridge in the world. It is a very unique bridge. A suspension bridge is a bridge with the weight of the deck supported

The Golden Gate Bridge is “considered to be one of the best and most beautiful examples of bridge design” (Poel and Royakkers 110). Unfortunately, this bridge is also "the US's most popular place to commit suicide" (110). Due to this fact, bridge designers decided that they needed to consider the option of installing some sort of suicide prevention system. Before any decision was made, the ramifications of both implementing a system and not implementing one had to be considered. Deciding whether

The Collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge The Tacoma Narrows Bridge is perhaps the most notorious failure in the world of engineering. It collapsed on November 7, 1940 just months after its opening on July 1, 1940. It was designed by Leon Moisseiff and at its time it was the third largest suspension bridge in the world with a center span of over half a mile long. The bridge was very narrow and sleek giving it a look of grace, but this design made it very flexible in the wind. Nicknamed the

Jane Addams, a pioneering social worker, helped bring attention to the possibility of revolutionizing America’s attitude toward the poor. Not only does she remain a rich source of provocative social theory to this day, her accomplishments affected the philosophical, sociological, and political thought. Addams was an activist of courage and a thinker of originality. Jane Addams embodied the purest moral standards of society which were best demonstrated by her founding of the Hull-House and her societal

Henry Louis Gates’ admiration and following of great civil rights movement leaders, including his mother, seems to show that he has an optimistic position on history and social change in his book “Colored People”. Throughout the beginning chapters he is shown growing up noticing the contract between his mother’s view and the rest of the Colemans. She would stand up to white people. He admired her spark and vitality, whished to grow up in a world where he can see his mother treated with the respect

This report goes into detail the collapse of the Westgate Bridge, located in Melbourne, Australia. What was meant to be a bridge that joined two sides of the city of Melbourne, lead to Australia’s worst workplace disaster in history, with a death toll of 35. Included in this report is a history of the planning of the bridge, the events that lead to the collapse, as well as the collapse itself and how it happened. Also covered are the ethical issues portrayed by the companies working on the construction

essay, “Don’t Jump”, the mania from the sensation of her dropping from a precipice. The fall would have resulted in certain death if not for the attached cable halting her torso, SPLAT! Suggesting in the essay, “That jumping-off San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge would be a lovely way to go” (Roach, 2001). There are people that are desperate in life and choose this picturesque setting; the beauty of protruding boulders stippled within the grass covered hills; the silhouette of San Francisco pasted against

Though, the EIR does not provide a number for Car ownership rate, they do provide an approximation of the mode share at a.m. and p.m. peak hours; the data further reinforce the idea that the Plan Area must have a high rate of car ownership. In the Table IV.D-3, the mode share is illustrated as, “Person trips with auto, transit, and others[non-motorized modes such as walking and bicycling] on a weekday basis.” Under the existing condition plus plan, auto has about, “39.6% out of 21,240 persons during