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    What is the Enigma? The Enigma is a type of code that the Germans used to message each other without any interference from the Allies. It was created in 1923 by Arthur Scherbius, but was first used by the German military in 1928. It was thought to be an unbreakable code because there was trillions of countless possibilities within it. What is the Bombe? During World War 2 many top mathematicians and problem solvers were recruited to decode Enigma. They ultimately created the machine called

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    The film Falling Down Falling Down is a film about a man who we know very little about (at the start) apparently trying to get home to see his family, it is his little girls birthday. The film opens with the camera coming out of his mouth and showing his face then the rest of his body, you notice that he is wearing a white shirt and tie. It then moves around the scene showing you that he is very hot and stuck in a traffic jam, it shows the people in the cars around

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    Title- Dharmshala: an Enigma! Keywords- Dharmshala, Katoch dynasty, himachal, Dalai Lama, Gurkha, Dharmshala cricket stadium, DIFF, Dharmshala international film festival, tekking, mountain climbing, Triund, Dal lake, Bhagsunag temple, Kangra valley, Naddi, Masrur, Chamunda temple, Mcleodganj. Summary- A beautiful, awe-inspiring place to be at! Dharmshala has an enigma attached to it. The charm of nature, aura of Buddhism, bliss of its gloriously rich culture! From cricket to films, to adventure

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    In ‘The Great Enigma: new collected poems’ written by Tomas Tranströmer and translated by Robin Fulton, Tranströmer uses storms in a number of his poems to communicate ideas. In ‘A Winter Night’ (p68) Tranströmer uses two storms in conjunction to communicate the idea of global consciousness. In ‘Downpour over the Interior’ (p88) Tranströmer uses a storm to show how the past and the present are linked, and also demonstrates the idea of global consciousness. To help convey these ideas, Tranströmer

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    MEDICARE AND THE COST ENIGMA ISSUE/PURPOSE Medicare is a valuable part of health insurance in the United States. Although it is a popular program, it will face a number of financial issues and challenges in the future. BACKGROUND In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson created Medicare under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act in order to provide health insurance to people aged 65 and older, without regard to income or medical history. It also includes people under 65 with permanent disabilities

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    Unraveling the Enigma Code breaking was a crucial part of the secret efforts of the allied forces during World War II. Though modern day code breaking is a feat which can be achieved by means of using advanced technology, during World War II, code breaking was a vital and dangerous endeavour. The Nazi’s Enigma code was one of the most difficult and essential ciphers to unscramble. The Bletchley Park code breakers actually created what was considered the first prototype of a computer for the purpose

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    The Enigma Machine and How it Worked.-Ibrahim Rashid What is the Enigma Machine: The enigma machine was a coding device that was used by the Germans during World War 2 to write, send, and decipher encrypted messages. How did it work: The enigma machine was a very complicated device. On the inside of the machine there were three rotors that contained all 26 letters of the alphabet. What would happen was that when someone would press a letter on the keyboard, a different letter would pop up on

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    The Enigma Machine World War II was a time of many technological advancements in the world. Among these advancements was the creation of the atomic bomb and semi-automatic rifle. Yet arguably the most important advancement was the Enigma, a cipher machine used by the Germans. A cipher is a way of encrypting messages, which is especially important in war. Enigma gave Germans’ confidence in the secrecy of their messages and plans, so they sent all of their messages using Enigma. This machine made

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    Morality, morals, standards, are they compatible in all times and societies. Will morality be similar in twenty years’ time or a hundred years? Interchangeable words or distinct words? Does Morality evolve over time or our perspectives of morality are modified over time. Societies establish are moral standard and corrupted by time, or have people infused morals into society? What is morality, is morality, what is normal or what we are taught? Humans are unstable and durable creatures, we are molded

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    viewer on how the Nazis communicated using a machine called enigma, it also shows an accurate depiction of Bletchley Park and the work of cracking enigma and the things they did to ensure that nobody found out about their work, and it also accurately focuses on Alan Turing and his work on creating a machine to instantly crack messages. The Nazis used the extremely complex enigma code for communication purposes. The British worked on cracking enigma at Bletchley Park and were very

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