Very little has been written about the visionary‚ predominantly British architectural movement‚ Archigram‚ since it first came to prominence in 1960. Of the scant texts available (of which many are in Japanese‚ as opposed to English)‚ the authors generally attempt to describe this radical form of architecture only in terms of its designers/innovators - Ron Herron‚ Michael Webb‚ Warren Chalk and Dennis Crompton - and the ways in which it differs from the pre-existing traditions. The fascination of
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Questions for Discussion 1. Oryx and Crake includes many details that seem futuristic‚ but are in fact already visible in our world. What parallels were you able to draw between the items in the world of the novel and those in your own? 2. Margaret Atwood coined many words and brand names while writing the novel. In what way has technology changed your vocabulary over the past five years? 3. The game "Extinctathon" emerges as a key component in the novel. Jimmy and Crake also play "Barbarian
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Genetic Engineering / Advantages and Disadvantages During the latter stage stages of the 20th century‚ man harnessed the power of the atom‚ and not long after‚ soon realised the power of genes. Genetic engineering is going to become a very mainstream part of our lives sooner or later‚ because there are so many possibilities advantages (and disadvantages) involved. Here are just some of the advantages : * Disease could be prevented by detecting people/plants/animals that are genetically prone to
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Design and Cinema Design and Cinema Form Follows Film Edited by Belkıs Uluoğlu‚ Ayhan Enşici‚ Ali Vatansever CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARS PRESS Design and Cinema: Form Follows Film‚ edited by Belkıs Uluoğlu‚ Ayhan Enşici‚ Ali Vatansever This book first published 2006‚ edited by Cambridge Scholars Press 15 Angerton Gardens‚ Newcastle‚ NE5 2JA‚ UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Copyright © 2006‚ by Belkıs
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Postmodernism‚ Hyperreality and the Hegemony of Spectacle in New Hollywood: The Case of The Truman Show Michael Kokonis After the screening of The Matrix on its first release‚ a dear cousin of mine‚ film connoisseur and avid fan of classical movies‚ spontaneously made the following comment: “This is an entirely new cinema to me!” If anything‚ The Matrix is a clear marker of cultural change. A film with state-of-the-art production values like this is bound to elicit in us the belated realization
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Could gene therapy be too much for us to handle? Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) Introduction The title for my Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) will be ‘Could gene therapy too much for us to handle?’ I have chosen this for my project because gene therapy is advancing every day in modern medicine‚ and has brought up many ethical‚ legal and religious issues throughout various communities. Consequently‚ it is a topic which raises much debate within society. Due to the arguments
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PM 595 Project Risk Management Course Project The Human Genome Project Submitted by Rodney A. Lee Instructor – Keith Bluestein August 15‚ 2011 Table of Content Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………….3 The Human Genome Project ……………………………………………………………..4 Decision Tree ……………………………………………………………………………..5 Decision Tree 1 ……………………………………………………………………...6 Risk Identification …………………………………………………………………...........6 Decision Tree 2 ……………………………………………………………………
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Genre: Close Study of Dystopian Genre The dystopic novel evinces a strong theme common in much science fiction and fantasy fiction‚ the creation of a future time (usually)‚ when the conditions of human life are exaggeratedly bad due to deprivation‚ oppression or terror. This created society or ‘dystopia’ frequently constructs apocalyptic views of a future using crime‚ immorality or corrupt government to create or sustain the bad quality of people’s lives‚ often conditioning the masses to believe
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6 5 4 3 2 1 Test 1 PART ONE PAPER 1: READING Answer keys PAPER 1: READING Test 2 Part 1 (questions 1–2) 16 C C A Part 1 You are going to read three extracts which are all concerned in some way with communication. For questions 1 – 6‚ choose the answer (A‚ B‚ C or D) which you think fits best according to the text. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. _________________________________________________________________________________ What’s it like being a
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Module 7 Film/television genres Objectives: In completing this module‚ you will be able to: - understand and apply different approaches for analyzing genre: formalist‚ audience analysis‚ and ideological. - understand the history and evolution of advertising and the forces shaping that history - devise different genre analysis activities for use in the classroom - understand and analysis characteristics of different types of genres for the genres described in this module - present specific
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