The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English defines stasis as‚ “inactivity; stagnation; a state of equilibrium” (Thompson 1360). In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World‚ equilibrium is achieved through the three political doctrines of community‚ identity‚ and stability. Firstly‚ the sense of community in Brave New World is achieved through the common worshipping of the new God‚ “Ford”. On alternate Thursdays‚ it is mandatory that Bernard Marx attend Solitary Service. During this ritual‚ soma is
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Natural Fiber Geotextiles Dr Muhammad Mushtaq Mangat www.mushtaqmangat.org Natural Fiber Geotextiles As old as human history Ziggurat in the ancient city of Dur-Kurigatzu (now known as Agar-Quf) The Babylonians 3000 years ago constructed this ziggurat using reeds in the form of woven mats and plaited ropes as reinforcement Great Wall of China The Great Wall of China‚ completed circa 200BC‚ utilized tamarisk branches to reinforce mixtures of clay and gravel
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jets that struck the wheel eventually morphed the once flat-faced vanes into hemispherical cups. He also noticed that one wheel was turning faster than the other‚ and after observing he found that the wheel had come loose and displaced slightly on its axle so the jet was striking the inside edge of the cups and leaving the other end of the cup travelling in the opposite direction‚ which is how he came up with the ‘splitter’ between the cups. He was granted his first
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Zachariah T. Ms. Katherine S. English 10A 10 January 2013 Kukri – The Knife of Nepal The kukri or khukuri has been the weapon of choice for Nepalese soldiers since at least the 1600’s and has been extensively used as an all-purpose knife in the Indian cultures. This knife has been used for everything from a reaper of bamboo‚ wheat‚ and barley‚ digging furrows‚ cutting up meat and vegetables‚ to the unique‚ effective fighting knife with an established reputation of being irreplaceable for chopping
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It’s the looks that define a Marcos GT‚ and have done since its launch in 1964. Stylist Dennis Adams’ genius was in creating a car that resembled a schoolboy’s fantasy doodle on an exercise book but then making it real. A hit with the ‘in crowd’ in the 1960s and early ’70s – film director Sam Wanamaker had one‚ as did Rod Stewart and many other celebs – it’s always appealed to people who want to be seen in something different. But‚ crucially‚ it is also a true driver’s car‚ one that evolved from
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high precision and investment. Therefore‚ in 1984‚ sophisticated manufacturing facilities for the machining of intricate components were set up. Currently‚ critical components like engine blocks‚ sump‚ transmission case‚ axle housing‚ hydraulic lift cover‚ front axle support and centre housing are all being machined most successfully in-house at MTL from local sourced castings. In 1992‚ the company was privatised. The employees joined hands and took over the management by winning an open
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A Regenerative Braking System Using ‘KERS’ a device used to recover‚ otherwise wasted energy. I. Abstract -Kinetic Energy Recovery System or simply ‘KERS’ is a system developed to recover a modest amount of energy during braking of an automobile or a locomotive. This system tries to harvest energy which is otherwise wasted. KERS works on the principle of Regenerative Braking‚ which uses the braking energy to rotate a flywheel connected to the differential( in an automobile) through a gear mechanism
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TOTAL PRODUCTIVE MAINTENANCE | PROJECT REPORT ON TOTAL PRODUCTIVE MAINTENANCE-AN EVALUATIVE STUDY | MBASIKKIM MANIPAL UNIVERSITYLC CODE:249PROJECT PERIOD:JAN-JUNE’2012 | | | ASHOKE KUMAR RUJ | STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LTD | | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Objective: The study aims at churning out the existing maintenance Practices in Durgapur Steel Plant‚a sister unit of Steel Authority Of India Ltd(SAIL) and project to modern Total Maintenance Practices(TPM) with all
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On August 9‚ 2000‚ Bridgestone/Firestone‚ Inc. officially announced that it was recalling 6.5 million of its Wilderness AT tires‚ most of which had been installed on Ford’s popular SUV‚ the Explorer. It was reported that Explorers equipped with Wilderness AT tires had been involved in a large number of rollover accidents on the USA high way leading to more than 170 deaths and over 700 injuries‚ and more than 40 deaths in the other countries. After August 2000‚ Ford announced a recall of more than
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and in some part of the world‚ gearbox is also known as transmission. Merriam-Webster defines transmission as: an assembly of parts including the speed-changing gears and the propeller shaft by which the power is transmitted from an engine to a live axle. In other words‚ transmission refers to the gearbox that uses gears and gear trains to provide speed and torque conversions from a rotating power source to another device [2]. A car transmission has a number of gears that can be put together in different
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