...three decades ago comics were not much in vogue in India. The selection that was available was in the form of imported digests and books like Tintin (originally French private detective), Asterix and Obelix (superheroes of Gaul, erstwhile France), Archie and Commando (war stories of World War II) etc. A costly product for an average Indian, these comics were rather available to the children of the wealthy. The change came in the mid ’60s when a leading newspaper publication house of India launched Indrajal Comics. It was the first serious effort directed towards the evolution of comic culture in India. Well within the buying capacity of middle class children, Indrajal Comics made foreign comic heroes like “Phantom- the ghost who walks”, Mandrake the magician, and Flash Gordon household names in India. The immediate success of Indrajal Comics gave a further boost to the indigenous comic industry and in 1967 came the educational comics series called Amar Chitra Katha (Immortal Picture Stories) by Anant Pai, who is also considered the father of Indian comics. A welcome change, Amar Chitra Katha effected a fusion of the rich treasure of folk tales and exploits of mythical and legendary characters in comics. Each of the comics in this series was devoted to a person or event in Indian history, religion and mythology. Anant Pai conceptualised all of these and wrote the scenarios for most of them. With over 70 million copies sold in the last 40 years these comic books are regarded as internationally...
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...THE PLAY *Old man shuffles in,coughing and ill looking* Old Man:*smiles tiredly* Well,it looks like it’s almost time,but not quite.*looks thoughtfully* How about I talk for a bit,then? Keep you all a bit entertained before I have to leave. *walks around* Old Man:I have seen a lot of things in my time but my most dreadful memory was the time when I was forced the flower. #FLASHBACK# * A couple of dudes surround this one dude* Kid in the periphery(1): Well look at what the cat just dragged in. Kid in the periphery(2): Yeah, a humongous cat. Kid in the periphery(1): Exactly. Look at what this feline monstrosity brought in. Kid in the periphery(1): Ah,yes. Catasaurus now what do we do with you?*evil smirk* Kid in the periphery(2):Eat the flower! Kid in the periphery(1):Yeah. Eat the flower! Old Man Now Young Man: But why should I? Kid in the periphery(1): Because, I said so. That’s why. Old Man Now Young Man:Frankly speaking,that does not fit in my ‘Good reasons to eat flowers’ policy. Kid in the periphery(2):Eat the flower! Eat the flower! Eat the flower! Kid in the periphery(1): Eat.The.Flower. Old Man Now Young Man: But really what use is it?i mean- Kid in the periphery(1),Kid in the periphery(2) & Kid in the periphery(3):*move around the kid in a circle with menacing looks* Eat the flower! Eat the flower! Eat the flower! #end of flashback# Old Man Now Young Man: As you may have guessed, I ate the flower....
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...Most people think that the world is a Wheel of Fortune and we have no choice other than staying passive to its consequences. Machiavelli employs “fortune” in The Prince in a very distinct way. He suggests that despite the inevitable power of fortune, humans can resist it. He proposes two analogies for understanding the human situation in the face of events. Fortune is analogized as a ruinous river or a woman who likes young and aggressive men. Throughout my paper, I will argue how Machiavelli’s depiction of Lucrezia in The Mandrake Root is an allegorical equivalent to the discussion of fortune as a woman in chapter 25 of The Prince. The first parable between discussion of fortune as a woman and the depiction of Lucrezia arises when Machiavelli states that “Fortune is the arbiter of one half of our actions, but that she still leaves the control of the other half, or almost...
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...HIS 102 December 7, 2012 Film Review of Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to stop worrying and Love the Bomb Plot Summary: The class was asked to review the film Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to stop worrying and Love the Bomb. The movie was a satirical comedy about nuclear weaponry and what could happen if the wrong person pushed the wrong button. At the core of the film was the story of top-ranking men of the United States and the Soviet Union who had become so destabilized by their inferiority complexes, they dared to use nuclear war as a way to supplement their short-comings. Ironically, the movie was made during a time when the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union was, perhaps, at its worst. To the politically-aware, the film could have seemed rather untimely. The film was a ridiculously exaggerated take on Cold War attitudes, with the primary focus being the satirical theory of mutual assured destruction (MAD). Even though MAD was a realistic threat during the time, the film made it seem trivial and funny. The film opened with the mid-air refueling of a long-range bomber with obvious sexual overtones. After that, the movie shifted into gear when General Jack D. Ripper became mentally unhinged and sent bombers to attack the Soviet Union. The subject of the movie was Dr. Strangelove, a mysterious, wheelchair-bound German scientist whose mechanical arm was always on the verge of a Nazi salute. Loaded with...
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...around six million Jews. The holocaust started because of an ingrained antisemitism which means that one is prejudice against Jews because of a certain ethnic, religious, or racial group. The Germans, as well as many other groups of people believed that Jews were evil and that they did work with the devil. Germans believed that the plan of the Jews was to enslave Christians. The Holocaust and World War II both ended in 1945 and they both made a great impact on architecture in that decade. Holocaust museums and memorials, as well as synagogues gave way to jews so that they had a way to express themselves in physical architecture and also to share the emotional impact that The Holocaust affected them. Mandrake the Magician, The first superhero created and to be recorded in 1934, after Mandrake the Magician came Superman. Superman was thought up and created in 1933 but came to the comic books in 1938 which then sparked the beginning of superheroes and was and still in the most well known, and loved superhero to this day. Superheroes and Comics were then very popular in the 1940s. Between 1939 and 1941 Detective Comics and All-American Publications as well as Marvel Comics created popular superheroes such as Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, the Atom, Hawkman, and Aquaman, Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner, and Captain America. After World War II, superheroes lost popularity which was the beginning to the end of “The Golden Age.” Although the comic book era did leave...
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...In this film, what I got from the filmmaker is that he was trying put forth a point about how no matter how much those around you persuade you to conform to what they want, a man can have power and stay as caring and selfless as was with no power or money. Longfellow Deeds was a young poet, writing on postcards for a living from Mandrake Falls, Vermont. When Martin Semple, a family member of Deeds, dies in a motor accident, Deeds is left with Semple’s twenty million dollar fortune. Deeds has always lived in Mandrake Falls so when this fortune falls into his lap, he packs up his tuba and moves to New York, a place he has never ever been. This is where new things begin to happen in his life and it becomes a test of trust, honesty, and love. The end of this movie had a positive impact to me. I did not really expect Deeds to turn and become so generous all of a sudden. I mean I understand how heartbroken he was when he found out that Mary Dawson was really Babe Bennett, the woman writing about Deeds in the paper, and not in a very upbringing way either. I was impressed with how well Deeds turned himself around in such a bright way. He was basically pushed down and had greedy people wanting his money the entire film and after finding out that heartbreaking news, he turned it into a good thing and gave his money to those in need of it. With that being said, I did have a positive reaction on the film once it was over. I feel that the filmmaker was trying to make the film a twist...
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...1. Heterogeneous Systems Support Not only should cloud management solutions leverage the latest hardware, virtualization and software solutions, but they should also support a data center's existing infrastructure. While many of the early movers based their solutions on commodity and open source solutions like general x86 systems running open source Xen and distributions like CentOS, larger service providers and enterprises have requirements around both commodity and proprietary systems when building out their clouds. Additionally, cloud management providers must integrate with traditional IT systems in order to truly meet the requirements of the data center. Companies that don't support technologies from the likes of Cisco, Red Hat, NetApp, EMC, VMware and Microsoft will fall short in delivering a true cloud product that fits the needs of the data center. 2. Service Management To productize the functionality of cloud computing, it is important that administrators have a simple tool for defining and metering service offerings. A service offering is a quantified set of services and applications that end users can consume through the provider — whether the cloud is private or public. Service offerings should include resource guarantees, metering rules, resource management and billing cycles. The service management functionality should tie into the broader offering repository such that defined services can be quickly and easily deployed and managed by the end user. 3. Dynamic...
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...to vouch for them, like a dominate male figure in their life. These witches included women who were old, poor, unprotected, single or widowed, and kept a pet very close to them. Anyone who kept a cat, frog, pig, raven, goat, wolf, goose, crow, bat, or mouse as a pet was usually accused of being a witch. Witches were classified as either Black Witches or White Witches. Black Witches were the “evil” witches who wanted to harm people, physically or practically, and would practice forbidden arts. White witches were the helpful witches. They had knowledge of plants and herbs passed down generations. They would use the plants and herbs to make ointments and potions that would try to cure ailments. Some herbs these witches would use are mandrake, datura, monkshood, cannabis, belladonna, henbane, and hemlock. Many of these herbs had psychedelic...
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...Linux darling of large companies throughout the world, Red Hat's innovations and non-stop support will have you coming back for more. SUSE - Novell-owned SUSE Linux is stable, easy-to-maintain and offers Novell's 24x7 rapid-response support for those who don't have the time or patience for lengthy troubleshooting calls. And, Novell's consulting teams will have you meeting your SLAs and making your accountants happy to boot. Mandriva - For US-based executive or technical folks, Mandriva might be a bit foreign. This incredibly well-constructed Linux distibution hails from France and claims extreme acceptance in Europe and South America. It is, as its website claims, a worldwide Linux provider. Its name and its construction derive from the Mandrake Linux and Connectiva Linux distributions. Xandros - If you prefer a Linux distribution with a Microsoft connection, Xandros is the one for you. Rumors aside, Xandros and Microsoft collaborate in what's known in...
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...What is the purpose of the command interpreter? Why is it usually separate from the kernel? Answer: It reads commands from the user or from a file of commands and executes them, usually by turning them into one or more system calls. It is usually not part of the kernel since the command interpreter is subject to changes. 2.6 What system calls have to be executed by a command interpreter or shell in order to start a new process? Answer: In Unix systems, a fork system call followed by an exec system call need to be performed to start a new process. The fork call clones the currently executing process, while the exec call overlays a new process based on a different executable over the calling process. 2.7 What is the purpose of system programs? Answer: System programs can be thought of as bundles of useful system calls. They provide basic functionality to users so that users do not need to write their own programs to solve common problems. 2.8 What is the main advantage of the layered approach to system design? What are the disadvantages of using the layered approach? Answer: As in all cases of modular design, designing an operating system in a modular way has several advantages. The system is easier to debug and modify because changes affect only limited sections...
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...Arellano University College of Arts and Sciences 2600 Legarda st. Sampaloc Manila Library Research Submitted to: Mrs. Acibo Submitted by: Dalia B. Sabucor I. Introduction II. Presentation of Data III. Conclusion IV. Insights Gained V. References I. Introduction Drama Throughout the middle ages, drama and theater only dealt with sacred subjects, such as biblical stories. Profane drama was either unheard of or only performed in burlesque. Classical dramatists were virtually unheard of in the middle ages. All the great dramatists of antiquity, such as the Greek playwrights Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Euripides, and the Roman comedy writers such as Plautus and Terence, were only discovered by humanists in the Renaissance. Although classical drama is more read and studied in the modern period than other classical literature, in the Renaissance it was a distinct last place to epic poetry, lyric poetry, and philosophy. So drama isn't well represented in Renaissance literature. The first dramatist to imitate classical models in Italy was Giangiorgio Trissino, who was a wealthy humanist with an encyclopedic knowledge. Among other things, he was famous as a Neoplatonic philosopher and poet. He, like many others, attempted to write an epic poem, L'Italia liberata dai Goti (Italy Liberated from the Goths) which, though it's a poem about Justinian's reconquest of Italy, is mainly an encyclopedia of...
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...BUS 309 WK 6 Quiz 5 Chapter 6 - All Possible Questions To Purchase Click Link Below: http://strtutorials.com/BUS-309-WK-6-Quiz-5-Chapter-6-All-Possible-Questions-BUS3096.htm BUS 309 WK 6 Quiz 5 Chapter 6 - All Possible Questions 1. In 2009 the FDA was empowered to regulate 1. Alcohol 2. Candy 3. Pornography 4. Cigarettes 1. Every year, consumer products electrocute approximately 1. 100 people a year 2. 200 people a year 3. 400 people a year 4. 600 people a year 1. The court case that established consumers’ rights to sue the manufacturer of products was 1. Roe v. Wade 2. Griggs v. Palmer 3. MacPherson v. Buick Motor Car 4. Brown v. Board 1. In 1972 Congress passed the 1. Consumer Produce Recall Act 2. Consumer Product Safety Act 3. Consumer Recall Liability Act 4. Consumer Product Liability Act 1. Had air bags been standard equipment in 1974, how many deaths might have been prevented? 1. 70,000 2. 80,000 3. 90,000 4. 100,000 1. When did a government agency begin testing candy for its potential to choke children? 1. 1987 2. 1997 3. 2000 4. 2003 1. Iacocca used to say “Safety doesn’t…” 1. Hurt 2. Sell 3. Corrupt 4. Produce 2. Cigarette fires are responsible for how many serious injuries a year? 1. 2000 2. 4000 3. 6000 4. 7000 1. The claim that a product is fit for its ordinary use is 1. An implied warranty 2. An explicit warranty 3. A condition of sale 4. A consumer risk 1. When manufacturers and retailers...
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...174). These topics were widely discussed in books at the time that Shakespeare created King Lear, and the playwright was likely influenced by the ideas (Jorgensen 14). Various publications examining Shakespeare’s works feature the possession of eternal life as evidence against human’s supremacy in the world, as men lack an innocence that animals hold, and simultaneously, have an unceasing peril for which animals need not have concern. Laurie Shannon uses the final term in Lear’s description of man as “poor, bare, forked” to expound the immorality of humans as presented by Shakespeare throughout the play. This statement contradicts the conventional commendation for human uprightness, concentrating instead on the image of the “’legs’ of the mandrake root and the split tongue of devilish speech” that reveal the failure to rise toward holiness (170). Shakespeare not only uses Lear’s assessment of man to emphasize human inferiority, though; he also clarifies that Lear himself is a sinner, through which he comments further on the human position relative to...
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...so there must be a global program (the operating system ) that handles all types of errors also , by having errors processed by the operating system, processes need not contain code to each and correct all the errors possible on a system .error detection of errors caused by noise or the others impairments during transmission from the transmitter to the reciver . error correction is the detection of errors and reconstruction of the original , error-free data . Question2: How could a system be designed to allow a choice\switch of operating systems from one to another? What would the bootstrap program need to do? Consider a system that would like to run both windows xp and three other distributions of Linux (e.g. redhat, debain , and mandrake ).each operating system will be stored on disk .during the system boot-up a, special program (which we will call the boot manger) will determine which operating system to boot into .this means that rather initially booting to an operating system , the boot manager will first run during system startup .it is this boot manager that is responsible for determining which system to boot into . typically boot managers must be stored at certain locations of the hard disk to recoginized b/w system startup . boot manager often provide the user with the selection of system to boot into boot managers are also typically designed to boot into to a default operating system if no choice is selected by the user . In order for computers and users to interact...
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...was admired by the Royal police, ironically uncle was taken away on his own boat. While Naomi talks about every family member in the picture, when it comes to Stephen a sense of jealousy is in her tone. Clearly back in Japanese culture they value male over female, “A male child at last” (Kogawa 24). This reminds me of eastern cultures such as Arabs, Chinese, Indians and etc. that used to abort unborn or premature babies once they find out their gender. Nowadays, many cultures still do favor boys over girl because they believe that boys are more useful to the society. Clearly Stephen is precious to the family as Naomi describes her father as a magician and Stephen as a magic trick “Father in a black suit with his hair slicked back like Mandrake the Magician’s, holds Stephen up like a rabbit in a hat.” (23). Also the fact that Naomi’s got fragmented over time by aunt Emily, Stephen and grandparents moving to different cities reminds me of my own family. Similar to Nakanes and Katos one of the reasons my family got fragmented over time was because everyone moved to different countries and cities overtime. The beginning of the novel gives an insight of Nakanes and Katos family. A family picture briefly describes their beliefs, values and tensions. It is understood that all of the marriages were arranged in the family except Naomi’s parents marriage. Even though the fact that their marriage wasn't arranged upset Mr.Nakanes, but the birth of his grandson satisfied him, “ But then...
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