Collapse of Lotus Riverside Block 7 Large quantities of earth were removed and dumped in a landfill next to a nearby creek; the weight of the earth caused the river bank to collapse, which, in turn, allowed water to seep into the ground, creating a muddy foundation for the building that toppled." Collapse of Lotus Riverside Block 7 The collapse of Block 7 at Lotus Riverside (a 13-story apartment building) in 2009 is an accident that killed one person. Lotus Riverside () is a residential apartment complex located in Minhang District, Shanghai, China. On June 27, 2009 at 5:30 Am UTC+8, Block 7, one of the
Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening them is Dalí's first use of an elephant with long flamingo legs, found in his later compositions such as "The Temptation of St. Anthony". The elephant carries on its back an obelisk, inspired by Bernini’s "Elephant and Obelisk" in Rome's Piazza Santa Maria sopra Minerva. The bayonet, as a symbol of the stinging bee, may represent the woman's abrupt awakening from her otherwise peaceful dream. This is an example of Sigmund Freud's influence on surrealist art and Dalí's attempts to explore the world of dreams in a dreamscape. The elephant is a distorted version of the Piazza della Minerva sculpture