"Oedipus Wrecks" is a successful appropriation of the Greek tragedy in that it uses the same themes as the play in a modern context. The film is an appropriation rather than an adaptation because elements of the original play’s plot and characters have been used in a different setting to create new meaning and explore the themes in a different way‚ in this case a parody of the original‚ rather than using the same story and characters and presenting it in a different frame‚ such as a novel instead
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The Chase‚ Maryland‚ train wreck occurred at 1:04 p.m. on January 4‚ 1987‚ on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor main line in Chase‚ Maryland‚ at Gunpow Interlocking‚ about 18 miles northeast of Baltimore. Amtrak Train 94‚ the Colonial‚ from Washington‚ D.C.‚ to Boston‚ crashed into a set of Conrail locomotives running light which had fouled the mainline. Train 94’s speed at the time of the collision was estimated at about 108 mph. Fourteen passengers on the Amtrak train were killed‚ as well as the Amtrak
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European Handball – goal shooting European handball is a unique‚ high intensity sport which is best described as a combination of netball‚ soccer and basketball. Two teams with seven players per side verse each other. In order to earn points‚ the handball must be thrown into the goals; this demonstrates the skill of goal shooting which will be the main focus of this report. Characteristics of basketball are seen in the rule that the player must bounce the ball while running. Defending is a common
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Research‚ Vol. XI‚ No. 4‚ 2012 Pre-Training‚ During-Training and Post-Training Activities as Predictors of Transfer of Training * Research Scholar‚ Karunya University and Assistant Professor (Senior)‚ VIT University‚ Vellore 14‚ Tamil Nadu‚ India. E-mail: umapricilda.j@vit.ac.in ** Professor‚ Karunya School of Management‚ Karunya University‚ Coimbatore‚ Tamil Nadu‚ India. E-mail: susan.chirayath@gmail.com Uma Pricilda Jaidev* and Susan Chirayath** Training is one of the most frequently used
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Training Evaluation and the Transfer of Training Genoveva Gonzalez-Jaquez MAN4350 370187 September 22‚ 2012 Professor Willie R. Williams ABSTRACT After companies determine through their HR departments that their employees need training to strengthen or acquire certain knowledge‚ attitudes and skills inherent in the successful development of a particular job‚ the next step would be to determine what type of training is better suited to the needs of the company. In addition‚ they should determine
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Group 3 2/9/14 GEOG 133 ONLINE The European Realm It is very difficult to determine the boundaries of Europe. A few characteristics that allow geographers to classify the boundaries of Europe include things such as culture‚ religion‚ and ethnicity just to name a few. Geographers can create boundaries based on cultural beliefs that are shared or similar to other groups. When comparing Eastern Europe to Asia‚ there is a very distinctive difference between the two countries that allows for the
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European Parliament History Founded in 1952 as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and renamed the European Parliamentary Assembly in 1958‚ it became the European Parliament in 1962. The first direct elections took place in 1979. The current MEPs were elected during the 2009 elections and will serve until 2014. The evolution of the Parliament is closely linked to a succession of treaties culminating in the current Lisbon Treaty. These treaties define the
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Exceptional customer service is delivered by exceptional people. Before we can be sure that we are meeting the needs of our customers and providing quality service‚ we need to be able to retain‚ develop and invest in employees first. The programs and training that I would like to implement are employee incentives programs‚ which will consist of both financial and non-financial incentives‚ and a mentor program which in and of itself serves as a non-financial incentive in that it gives employees more responsibility
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A Lesson Learned One day my mom and I was out and enjoying a nice day together; then all of the sudden in a blink of an eye things go from great to horrible. On April 14‚ 2009‚ turned out to be one of the worst and scariest days of my life. I had to learn a extremely hard lesson a extremely hard way. On April 14‚ 2009 my mom and I had went to Jackson to pick up some Easter pictures‚ and we had stopped to get something to eat. We finished eating dinner and pulled out into traffic. The traffic
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The European Union (EU) is a family of democratic European countries‚ committed to working together for peace and prosperity. It is not a state intended to replace existing states‚ but it is more than any other international organization. The EU is‚ in fact‚ unique. Its member states have set up common institutions to which they delegate some of their sovereignty so that decisions on specific matters of joint interest can be made democratically at European level. This pooling of sovereignty is also
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