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while the largest built weighed around 13‚000 tons. A dragline bucket system consists of a large bucket which is suspended from a boom (a large truss-like structure) with wire ropes. The bucket is manoeuvered by means of a number of ropes and chains. The hoist rope‚ powered by large diesel or electric motors‚ supports the bucket and hoist-coupler assembly from the boom. The dragrope is used to draw the bucket assembly horizontally. By skillful manoeuvre of the hoist and the dragropes the bucket is
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end of a two-part articulated arm. They are typically mounted on the back of a tractor or front loader. The section of the arm closest to the vehicle is known as the boom‚ and the section which carries the bucket is known as the dipper or dipper-stick (the terms "boom" and "dipper" having been used previously on steam shovels). The boom is generally attached to the vehicle through a pivot known as the king-post‚ which allows the arm to slew left and right‚ usually through a total of around 200 degrees
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to create an illusion that he had left. As soon as the door opened‚ he rushed inside and pushed the man on the couch. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! … Three shots rang in the air. He was done. He was free. A smile dashed across his cheeks‚ but after turning around to leave‚ he saw Maria. She stood in awe with tears cascading down her face. His heart sank. There was only one thing to do now… BOOM! Not only was he free‚ but he was
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wanting to start a family‚ have a nice peaceful life‚ and forget about war. This boom began in 1946‚ when a record number of babies–3.4 million–were born in the United States. About 4 million babies were born each year during the 1950s. In all‚ by the time the boom finally tapered off in 1964‚ there were almost 77 million “baby boomers‚” making up almost 40 percent of the nation’s population. The baby boom and the suburban boom went hand in hand. By 1960‚ suburban baby boomers and their parents comprised
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subprime mortgages. Basically‚ people were lent mortgages they had no realistic chance of repaying. Mortgage companies and banks were left with a series of bad debts they had to write off. (see: Subprime crisis[->1]) · Lack of Capital reserves. In the boom years‚ banks pursued a reckless dash for growth. This meant lending a high % of deposits. Therefore‚ when they suffered bad losses. They had no reserves to call upon. This led to a dramatic drop in bank loans which had ripple effects throughout the
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Rhyming with Big Fish Little Fish Objective: Students will be able to recognize rhyming words and will be able to produce them. TEKS: English Language Arts and Reading‚ Kindergarten (b) Knowledge and skills. (2) Reading/Beginning Reading Skills/Phonological Awareness. Students display phonological awareness. Students are expected to: (C) orally generate rhymes in response to spoken words (e.g.‚ "What rhymes with hat?"); (D) distinguish orally presented rhyming pairs of words from non-rhyming
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corner is Malcom X Boulevard and Quincy Street‚ Bedford-Stuyvesant‚ Brooklyn. The set of Sal’s Pizzeria plays a major role in the movie. Sal the owner is an Italian man running a business in an all-black neighborhood. The scene of Sal smashing Radio’s boom box shows how things can escalate on an extremely hot day. The camera angle makes Radio Raheem appear bigger than he is. Along with the
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Bollywood is a portmanteau of Bombay and Hollywood‚ the center of the American film industry. Marathi television and Marathi film industry are also based in Mumbai. Along with the rest of India‚ Mumbai‚ its commercial capital‚ has witnessed an economic boom since the liberalisation of
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Problems 1. A uniform 25 kg bar‚ 6.0 m long‚ is suspended by a cord as shown. What is the tension in the cord? 270 N 2. A boom hinged at P is held stationary‚ as shown in the diagram below. If the tension in the supporting cord‚ attached three-quarters of the way along the boom from P‚ is 720 N‚ what is the weight of the boom? 2160 N 3. A uniform beam 6.0 m long‚ and with a mass of 75 kg‚ is hinged at A. The supporting cable keeps the beam
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