Jocasta – one woman‚ two characters ‘The Infernal machine’ by Jean Cocteau is based on the Greek tragedy ‘Oedipus the King’ by Sophocles. This play is a modern adaptation‚ almost in the form of a farce‚ of the Greek tragedy. The main plot of the play is exactly the same as that of Sophocles’ play‚ but Jean Cocteau has added a new style or touch to the story‚ through which he has attempted to turn it into a comedy. The character of Jocasta‚ who was the wife and mother of Oedipus‚ is the most prominent
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age of machine. Machine has acquired a high priority in the modern era. It has come to occupy a place of major importance in the life of man. In all spheres and walks of life machine comes to the aid of man. Right from the time of waking up in the morning till going to bed at night‚ man continues to make use of some machine or the other. In short‚ machine has come to stay as an indispensable instrument of considerable assistance to man at every step. Countless are the uses which machine has conferred
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965‚ originally designed as a temporary emergency measure‚ quickly suspended the use of all literacy tests‚ as well as good character requirements. Congress believed that enacting the voting rights act was necessary because it enforced the pre-existing 15th and 19th amendments. As President Lyndon B. Johnson stated after signing the voting rights act on August 6th‚ that day was “a triumph for freedom as huge as any victory that has ever been won on any battlefield”. Not
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TOPIC: MACHINE TOOLS India stands 13th in the production and 6th in the consumption of machine tools in the world. The country is set to become a key player in the global machine tools industry with substantial increase in manufacturing of high end machine tools. The Indian machine tool industry has approximately 1000 units in production of machine tools‚ accessories/attachments‚ sub-systems and parts. Threefourth of machine tool producers in India are ISO certified. The market for machine tools
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was a no show. It is said that the patrons became restless and from this karaoke was born. In the same decade Daisuke Inoue invented the first coin operated karaoke machine. He made a business out of it and started renting his karaoke machines out to restaurants and bars. It is from this very first machine that the modern karaoke machine was developed (Wu). Today karaoke can be found as a way to entertain people everywhere from a local bar down the street‚ to weddings‚ birthday parties‚ and even
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“The Machine” The computer age has certainly changed everyone’s lives. The majority of people have joined their selves to machines for better and for worse in many cases‚ it has become the only acceptable way to communicate. According to “The Machine stops” short story written by E.M Forster‚ the lives of individuals are controlled by a machine that works under the surface of the earth. We are in a logic forced into agreement to gain knowledge of computers; otherwise opportunities will continue
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Special electric machines have a large field of application and actual requirements for electromechanical systems clam new and very performing solutions. There are a lot of papers on this subject‚ but anytime is mandatory to do something else to help users to develop high level systems. Main intention of the authors for this paper is to present a modality to analyze and to design a new solution of electric machine only trough finite element method. Actually‚ the users are asking for very performing
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Vending Machines Thesis Statement: By looking at studies of in-school vending machines you can see that they are becoming a true problem. This is important because vending machines are lowering education standards and are contributing to the obesity epidemic. Introduction “Can I go to the vending machine?” This is common questions teachers are asked everyday in the class room. In-school vending machines have shown to be a problem for years now. Food sold out of school vending machines should
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Rotor machine From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Rotor machines) Jump to: navigation‚ search A series of three rotors from an Enigma machine‚ used by Germany during World War II In cryptography‚ a rotor machine is an electro-mechanical device used for encrypting and decrypting secret messages. Rotor machines were the cryptographic state-of-the-art for a brief but prominent period of history; they were in widespread use in the 1930s–1950s. The most famous example is
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In The Machine Stops‚ E.M. Forster projects life years from now where people live underground with extreme technological advances. Also‚ people live separated in little rooms where they find a variety of buttons they can press in order to perform any task they desire. They do not communicate with people face to face as often as we do now. Without a doubt‚ their society is very different from ours. All of the inhabitants are used to living along with the Machine and it is hard for them to imagine
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