CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the study It is estimated that one-fifth of the World’s population currently lives on less than a dollar a day (Annan‚ 2001). It is also estimated that around one-third of the people living in developing countries continue to live in ‘income poverty’ by earning less than one US dollar per day. This affects children and so nearly 12 million children die each year before their fifth birthday. This brings in the issue of human capabilities such as being
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Ry Hayler Great Moments in Art Last Supper Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper is a particularly well known painting to say the least. The painting depicts the last supper being shared by Jesus Christ and his 12 disciples. The painting represents the moment when Jesus Christ tells his disciples that one of them will betray him. The painting was made using a technique known as fresco‚ which caused the painting to deteriorate quickly. The painting was eventually restored and has been copied
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Regina (Rottman) V Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2002] 2 AC 692 [2002] UKHL 20 House of Lords 16th May 2002 Lord Nichols of Birkenhead‚ Lord Hoffman Lord Hope of Craighead‚ Lord Hutton and Lord Rodger of Earlsferry The powers of the police to search and seize property from private premises with an arrest warrant issued under S.8. of the Extradition Act 1989 . Whether the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 ss. 17‚ 18 and 19 or common law powers to search and seize extends to
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became a full-time lawyer‚ however‚ during his second year of practicing law‚ he began experiencing fits of emotion‚ mainly rage and moments where he just could even. A series of tragic events struck him aswell‚ the loss of his uncle in Battle of Metropolis‚ the bankruptcy of his law firm‚ and crippling depression. This causes Nick to attempt suicide by jumping off a building. However‚ Nick discovers that he could fly when he realizes he does not hit the ground. Over a period of the next 2 years‚ Nick
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being the savior of a city called Metropolis. In every comic book‚ movie‚ or action figure ever presented to the public‚ Superman is a handsome‚ strong man who can defeat all odds at all times. The movie Superman was a success‚ showing how the superhero saved lives and yet lived a humble life. As one watches the movie‚ though‚ he might notice the many similarities between the plot of the movie and the story of Christ’s coming. Superman‚ savior of the city Metropolis‚ mirrors the Savior of the world
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Fitzgerald). It is that “flicker” that has attracted “restless” men and women eager to be free of the scrutiny of the country and move to the city. Reinforcing Fitzgerald’s suggestions‚ Iris Marion Young‚ in City Life and Difference wrote that the metropolis fosters “an attraction to the other‚ the pleasure and excitement of being drawn out of one’s secure routine to encounter the novel‚ strange‚ and surprising” (266 Young). Unlike a life lived in the country‚ in the urban area‚ due to the culture
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it follows naive Amelie in her quest to be an anonymous saint and inadvertently finding love along the way. It’s happy‚ bright and quirky‚ it might also make you want to escape to France immediately. Also look out for Delicatessen. 2. Metropolis (1927) Metropolis (Restored Authorized Edition) A silent German film. Yes please. I’m not exaggerating when say this is a captivating‚ timeless film with the most beautiful music and it’s difficult to believe that it came from the twenties. It was only
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op/kinetic movement. Because this was made from industrial hoses suspended from a steel frame‚ the piece has a fluid shape. People enter the sculpture and see how it shifts shape and light with them. Another favorite was the Metropolis II‚ which was made by Chris Burden in 2006. The Metropolis II
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The special historic and social-economic background of Hong Kong forms its own identity‚ which is different from other regions like mainland China‚ and makes it a specific imagined community‚ which is accord with Benedict Anderson’s theory of imagined community. Whereas‚ it is under discussion whether since the reunification in 1997‚ Hong Kong has been gradually transformed into a part of China in terms of culture and identity and‚ thus‚ will no longer be a separated imagined community in the future
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Bomb the Suburbs!. Using whatever methods they can‚ illegal or not‚ they both worked to achieve their dreams and send their message to the world. They managed to pull people out of the blasé outlook mentioned in Georg Simmel’s scholarly essay The Metropolis and Mental Life. One of the most prominent situations where an artist’s dream pulled people out of the unconcerned manner in which they carried themselves was the 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers by Philippe Petit. High-wire walking
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