From Touching he Void Backgraund Joe Simpson’s book "Touching the Void" was publised in 1998; translated into 23 languages and achieved sales of 500‚000 across all editions. When Joe Simpson and his friend Simon Yates decided to go climbing in Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes‚ he wouldn’t imagine he would caught up in the most spectacular survival story. Fallen into a crevasse after Yates cuts the rope during an accident he was left for dead‚ but his will to survive was stronger than the
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The most recent feature film by Gaspar Noe‚ Enter the Void‚ is a visually gripping film. Like a rollercoaster from the afterlife‚ this psychedelic melodrama(2) takes you through one’s perspective of death and what happens after your final breath. Noe has absolutely outdone himself in this masterpiece of cinematography. Much like his film‚ Irreversible‚ the camera soars through the air above Tokyo twisting and twirling from character to character and building to building. Shot entirely in first
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FACTS: SS/Alicante‚ belonging to Compania Transatlantica de Barcelona was transporting two locomotive boilers for the Manila Railroad Company. The equipment of the ship for discharging the heavy cargo was not strong enough to handle the boilers. Compania Transatlantica contracted the services of Atlantic gulf and Pacific Co.‚ which had the best equipment to lift the boilers out of the ship’s hold. When Alicante arrived in Manila‚ Atlantic company sent out its floating crane under the
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Discuss Simon’s decision to cut the rope. When Simon was in the position where he either could cut the rope and one of them or both live or not cut the rope and both of them die‚ he thought about it for a long time. He didn’t know what had happened to Joe‚ he thought he had just passed out‚ or was stuck to something‚ but he didn’t think further about it‚ and that he could have been hanging of a clip 40 meters to the ground. Therefore he took a chance by cutting the rope‚ but when he went further
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Basics: • Relies on its structure for its effect: ○ The parallel accounts of the same incident told by the two different people involved from their own perspectives. First person point of view from two different standpoints. Exploring: How does the writer help the reader to appreciate the physical impact of the accident? • The use of first person pronouns emphasises the personal nature of the account‚ and the active nature of the piece is demonstrated by
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C1 TOPIC 1 – THE EARTH’S SEA AND ATMOSPHERE THE EVOLUTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE. Phase 1 – Volcanoes gave out gases. 1) The Earth’s surface was originally molten‚ it was very hot. 2) Eventually the surface cooled down and a bit crust formed. Volcanoes kept erupting. 3) Volcanoes gave out gases: CO2‚ water vapour and small amounts of other gases. (water and oceans formed) 4) The early atmosphere: mostly CO2‚ with no oxygen. 5) The oceans formed when the water vapour condensed.
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CONTRACTS CONTRACT a meeting of minds between 2 persons whereby one binds himself‚ with respect to the other‚ to give something or to render some service (ARTICLE 1305) GENERAL PROVISIONS (Arts. 1305-1317) Distinguish an ordinary Contract: a.) from a Contract of marriage b.) from an obligation c.) from an imperfect promise d.) from a pact e.) from a stipulation a.) from a Contract of marriage ORDINARY CONTRACT 1. The parties may be 2 or more persons of same or different genders
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a) The first contract should be between the Ramirez family and Majestic Developers‚ inc‚ as they are the parties involved. (b) The consideration on the Ramirez family side is their 250-acre farm and on Majestic Developers‚ inc the consideration is three million million dollars. (c) What should be included in the contract should be; the parties‚ (2) the price‚ (3) the subject matter of the contract‚ and (4) the time of performance of the contract‚ also the contract should address the small fence
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DYJR7EAdvertisements of Bilateral Contracts Are Not Usually Offers Case Coelho Vs The Public Services Commission 1. Brief Facts/ Case Summary The applicant‚ Mr Meredith Coelho was a health inspector under the town Board Tanjung Malim and he applied for the post of Assistant Passport Officer in the Federation of Malaya Government Oversea Missions as advertised in the Malay Mail newspaper dated 1957. The terms and conditions of the selection are as stated below: * Serving Assistant passport
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Touching the Void Joe and Simon are mountain climbing in the Andes‚ when Joe has a terrible accident. Here are two accounts by Joe and Simon of what happened. Joe’s account I hit the slope at the base of the cliff before I saw it coming. I was facing into the slope and both knees locked as I struck it. I felt a shattering blow in my knee‚ felt bones splitting‚ and screamed. The impact catapulted me over backwards and down the slope of the East Face. I slid‚ head-first‚ on my back. The rushing speed
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