He renames this idea of fate as the "Destiny-machine", which can be described as a vast and elaborate system that society organized as a machine. The following quote elaborates his idea about the Destiny-machine. "Rather than a metaphysical fate, I have associated this network of circumstances with the structures of modern urban life, where every trace can be followed up by the surveillance society" (289). ... People are constantly being watched and their fates seem to be controlled by this so-called Destiny-machine. ... In the battle between society and Wanley, the societ...

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Pablo PicassoI have researched into Pablo Picasso, and have found one of his linoleum cuts. The linoleum cut is called 'Still Life under a Lamp' (1962) it is the most brilliant example of Picasso's one-block linoleum cuts. It represents well, too, highly decorative turn his vision took in his last d...

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Most importantly, with the emergence of the "Boom" writers of the 60s to the early 80s, three common conflicts developed in Latin American literature: good vs. evil, nature vs. urban progress, and civilization vs. barbarism. ... The workers are slaughter and "become cut off all around like an onion being peeled by the insatiable and methodical shears of the machine guns."8 This also demonstrates another common theme in the "Boom" literature: the good guy rarely wins. ... The second conflict that emerged pitted nature vs. urban progress. ... The rest of the air contamination comes mainly fr...

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SEATTLE Welcome to Seattle! This paper will give the reader an detailed look at many important aspects of the city and what its like there. We will be looking at everything from the arts scene to the political structure to economy and current industries, and much more. There's a lot to cover so le...

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More specifically, these problems included: monocropping and overspecialization, excessive intensification, dependence on external inputs (fertilizers, pesticides, animal feed concentrates, machinery, irrigation equipment), large scale deforestation, salinization, erosion, compaction, fertility loss of soil, heavy rural-urban migration (56% in 1956, 28% in 1989). ...

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Part I: Provide a history of the formation of the constitution and of early American government through Jefferson's Presidency. Conclude this section with a description of the structure of American government [all branches] and politics at that time. The history of American government starts several year before there was even an American government with a series of events mainly between the British colonies and Great Britain developing into problems that would cause a change of power to the colonists themselves. Under British rule colonists were required to feed and quarter British so...

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A suburbanite's nightmare. This was the Bronx. Adversity can lead to futility, or spawn creativity. As history has always shown, society's oppressed adapt, and make the best out of the worst situations. MCing, Grafitti, D-Jaying, and B-boying, were all created in the Bronx. ...

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Released in 1927, "Metropolis" is a silent science-fiction film directed by Fritz Lang, the famous German Expressionist filmmaker. The setting is that of a futuristic dystopia, with soaring skyscrapers, flying cars, and an intricate system of roadways. The city is divided into two distinct halves, t...

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Such was the popularity of these machines that a programme called jukebox jury started. ... Who's enemies, whether they were the Daleks' or the Cybermen', very scary and the concept of a time machine fascinating, yet fun. ... The Rolling Stones were a catalyst for all angry urban youths'. ...

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In 1997, the company introduced its Starbucks Barista home espresso machine featuring a new porta-filter system that accommodated both ground coffee and Starbucks' new ready-to-use espresso pods. ...

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WordsWorth Interview with Arundhati Roy Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things (Random House, 1997) is living the dream of most first time novelists. When she finished the book, which took almost five years to write, she hoped to get it published by a small publisher in her native land of India. Fate thought differently. When she brought the manuscript to an Indian editor he immediately loved the book and saw a marketing potential far larger than Ms. Roy had hoped. ...

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Such items as dishwashers, microwaves, washers and dryers, personal computers, fax machines, and modems have allowed us to save valuable time, but it does not come without a cost. ... Background of Black Power In the decade of the 1960's America there were riots and rebellions in cities and urban centers. ...

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American Prohibition "After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacturing, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation there of, or the exploitation there of from the US and all its territories subject to the jurisdictio...

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The Great Starvation of Ireland I. The starvation in Ireland: 1845-1852 Over the years, the people of Ireland have suffered many hardships, but none compare to the devastation brought by the Irish potato famine of 1845-1857. A poorly managed nation together with ideally wicked weather condit...

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Heat Wave: Pointing Fingers By Nelson Gord University of Illinois at Chicago Professor Perry Duis History 255 November 19, 2003 The summer is usually a time for people to go outside and enjoy the fresh air and br...

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The Industrial Revolution changed all that; with new machines, factories grew up. People moved to the factories and urban centres grew up around them. ... Alvy is clearly wedded to urban life, and engages with the life of the street. ...

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Nature of State Intervention In general it can be said that the Bangladesh state is a soft state, which caters to diverse, fragmented and often contradictory interests e.g. international capital, donor government, the rural rich, the urban middle class, and certain state functionaries e.g. the army, the police force, bureaucracy etc. ... Practically however, apart from a few urban sectors,the picture which emerges is quite different. ...

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He is driving on his way to a Lions Club luncheon through Ilium's black ghetto, still smoldering from recent riots, and then through a section gutted for urban renewal. The urban destruction he sees outside the car reminds him of the scene after the firebombing of Dresden. ...

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THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY Brief economic history During the 1960s the South African economy expanded at an annual average rate of 5,5 percent and experienced average inflation of 2,4 percent. This compared with annual growth of 5,0 percent in industrialised Organisation for Economic Corporation and Development (OECD) countries and inflation of 2,9 percent. Dollar per capita income grew 73 percent during the decade. The 1970s were turbulent years internationally and the domestic economy grew by only 3,2 per cent per annum (versus 3,4 percent in OECD countries). Relative economic performan...

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Gun Control The basic premise of the constitution is to allow people to the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Someone else cannot take one's right to life. However there are times when people try. When that time comes, the victim must have a way to protect himself. A handgun ca...

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In urban areas the officer may be making field contacts in crime-infested neighborhoods while, in more rural districts, the officer may be making contacts hours away from the nearest law enforcement assistance. ...

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Before and throughout the five-year plans Stalin's propaganda machine created an image of Stalin following the Leninist' path, ridiculing the rightists who were bringing back capitalism' whilst further damaging the leftist world-wide revolution' for being irresponsible and unpatriotic. ...

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For over four-hundred years, New York City has been a thriving city sought out by those wishing to better their lives. New York City is situated in a prime location and has been drawing people from all over the world since its grassroots with the Pilgrims who settled Manhattan Island. New York City's business oriented leadership was enough was enough to draw people from all walks of life. The new people who entered the city helped develop New York City's enormous multiethnic population, and was sustained because they needed each other. Opportunity was abundant in New York City, ...

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During the 1990s, literature on the international political economy was dominated by the idea of globalization. Dramatic decreases in transport costs and the rise of fast and cheap telecommunications technology have made geography less relevant and facilitated massive increases in global trade and new forms of multinational production. Whether or not such developments are good or bad is a topic of ongoing political debate. Some argue that an expanding global economy provides new opportunities for the developing world to integrate into global markets and to achieve rapid rises in living standar...

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The twentieth century really begins before the end of the nineteenth century. Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1887 was felt by many to represent the end of an era. An end-of-century stoicism, and a growing pessimism among writers and intellectuals, may be traced to several sources, not least the publica...

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