Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings Trilogy J.R.R. Tolkien is one of the most influential fantasy writers of all time. He has been referred to as the “father” of modern fantasy literature. Tolkien was an English writer‚ poet‚ philologist‚ and a professor at Oxford University. He has written The Hobbit‚ The Silmarillion‚ the famous Lord of the Rings trilogy‚ and more. The Lord of the Rings has inspired literature‚ artwork‚ music‚ film‚ videogames‚ and television. In The Lord of the Rings trilogy‚ Tolkien
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“JAVA RING” ABSTRACT A Java Ring is a finger ring that contains a small microprocessor with built-in capabilities for the user‚ a sort of smart card that is wearable on a finger. Sun Micro system s Java Ring was introduced at their Java One Conference in 1998 and‚ instead of a gemstone‚ contained an inexpensive microprocessor in a stainless-steel iButton running a Java virtual machine and preloaded with applets (little
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KING ARTHUR A legend is a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition. Over time‚ a legend becomes commonly accepted as true. While legends usually elevate the main characters to heroic proportion‚ the best of them have a basis in fact. Often times‚ a legend changes over time in order to keep it fresh to new generations. Legends are told to teach and to inspire. They are told to entertain and pass down tradition. Perhaps no legend has reached a wider audience than that of King Arthur
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What is a Tree Ring? Trees are organisms in the plant kingdom that appear to be so simple to us but are very complex in their habitat. The tree trunk is the biggest stem and the trunk possesses many branches which again have stems on them. Leaves are found on almost all the branches and stems of trees. Leaves are present on the top of the tree while the roots found at the bottom take the nutrients from the ground. All plants including the trees have a central medullary region or Pith region made
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CHAPTER-1 INTRODUCTION The Java Ring is a stainless-steel ring‚ 16-millimeters (0.6 inches) in diameter that houses a 1-million-transistor processor‚ called an iButton. The ring has 134 KB of RAM‚ 32 KB of ROM‚ a real-time clock and a Java virtual machine‚ which is a piece of software that recognizes the Java language and translates it for the user’s computer system. At Celebration School‚ the rings have been programmed to store electronic cash to pay for lunches‚ automatically unlock
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The character‚ Lise‚ from the story “The Ring” by Isak Dinesen‚ is a very childish and naive character. She is married to “the love of her life”‚ Sigismund‚ he is much older than her at the age of 24‚ her being only 19. They have been fighting to be married for many years‚ since she was the age of 9‚ her coming from a rich family‚ and her parents disagreeing that she should not marry under herself. We are shown multiple times‚ that she is not only immature‚ but she is naive at what life holds and
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Token of Love- the shiny “pricey” little thing Wedding Ring Culture is a way of life. It is something that refers to the expressive side of human life. It can be an object‚ a behavior‚ a symbol‚ interpretation or belief. Culture is that invisible bond that ties people of certain community together. It is a system of knowledge shared by a relatively large group of people. It is an accumulated experience which is socially transmitted. Culture consists of patterns and is passed from generation to generation
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The Legend of Suriyothai For the film assignment‚ I decided to take a deeper look into the fascinating culture of Thailand. The film I watched and analyzed‚ The Legend of Suriyothai‚ was based on the true story of heroic Queen Suriyothai and the many sacrifices she made for her country. This story of loyalty‚ betrayal‚ and war portrayed many Thai cultural values and beliefs along with several universal messages. The legend of Suriyothai‚ directed by Chatrichalerm Yukol‚ was one of the largest
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I think the basic point of the video was to symbolically compare the actual Ring of Fire‚ the horseshoe shaped area lined with volcanoes and earthquakes that line the Pacific‚ to an actual "ring" that starts at one place‚ goes through a transition‚ and comes back "full circle" to start anew. Three main themes in the video were "Life is Reappearing"‚ "Paradise and Catastrophe" and "Creation and Destruction"; all deal with starting at one point‚ moving around in a circle‚ continuing the cycle over
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The Ring of Fire is an area where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. In a 40‚000 km (25‚000 mi) horseshoe shape‚ it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches‚ volcanic arcs‚ andvolcanic belts and/or plate movements. The Ring of Fire has 452 volcanoes and is home to over 75% of the world’s active and dormant volcanoes.[1] It is sometimes called the circum-Pacific belt or the circum-Pacific seismic belt. About 90%[2] of
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