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    character of the Lord of the Rings‚ he is the centre of attention‚ even when he is not in the scene. He does not share the characteristics of traditional heroes‚ for he is presented as an ordinary Hobbit‚ neither fast nor strong nor particularly smart. He is not adventurous as he himself admits to Gandalf at the beginning of the tale. ‘I do really wish to destroy it! cried Frodo. ‘Or‚ well‚ to have it destroyed. I am not made for perilous quests. I wish I had never seen the Ring! Why did it come to me

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    at first glance‚ but actually conveys a multitude of information to the audience. The opening sequence is comprised of three scenes‚ the first and third scenes being longer‚ while the second‚ middle scene is much abbreviated. These three scenes‚ the ring‚ the theatre sign‚ and present day LaMotta‚ help suggest the three act structure of the film’s overall narrative; LaMotta’s early boxing career and life‚ his post-championship boxing career and life‚ and his post boxing life. Between the first and

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    roll‚ but even the trilogy’s art director doesn’t know what will appear on screen at tonight’s world premiere in Wellington. Mr Massey‚ who had a hand in restoring the Hobbiton movie set on the Alexander family farm near Matamata for The Lord of the Rings prequels‚ will see his work on the big screen for the first time at The Embassy Theatre in Wellington tonight. ’’It’s always hard to know what to expect‚ because you know what’s been shot but not what’s been put in‚’’ Mr Massey said. ’’My job is to

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    gold ring on the ground‚ and bade Juan pick it up and wear it on his finger. The ring was of pure gold‚ and it had on it initials that Juan could not understand. “Keep that ring carefully‚ for it will be of great use to you‚” said the snake. “Consult it for anything you want‚ and it will advise you how to proceed to obtain the object of your desire.” (5) After thanking the snake for its gift‚ Juan set out on his travels. He never worried about his food from day to day‚ for from his magic ring he could

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    unique challenge to the condition monitoring community due to the rotating axes of the planet gears and the time-varying transmission path of the vibration signals depending on the location of the fault. The planet gear meshes simultaneously with the ring and the sun gears and the contact occurs on the opposite flanks of the planet gear tooth‚ which causes the crack (modelled here as a slot) to open in one of the meshing tooth pairs and close in the other‚ with slightly different mesh stiffness values

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    UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN Faculty Course : : Engineering & Science Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Mechanical Engineering Year 3/ Semester 1 Unit Code Unit Title : : UEME3133 Mechanics of Machines Year/ : Semester Session : Lecturer : Experiment 1 : Epicyclic Gear Train 1. Objectives • • • • • • • To understand the working principle of epicyclic gear system. To calculate gear ratio of the epicyclic gear system. To determine the input power and output power of the epicyclic gear system. To

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    force board‚ is the ring in the middle accelerating? What are the forces acting on the ring‚ and what is the net force acting on the ring? Is gravity acting on the ring? Why isn’t the ring in free fall? If we dropped the force board‚ how would the horizontal and vertical components of the acceleration of the ring change? The ring does have acceleration. However‚ it does not move because all the forces acting on the ring cancel each other out leaving a net force of 0. The ring is not considered to

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    out his ring from his pocket. “Should I have given the ring to Gandalf?” Bilbo thought. “ I should have told Gandalf that I have the ring.” While Bilbo was too distracted by his ring he didn’t notice the sound of running feet. Bilbo was still deep in thought when he looked up. Bilbo soon noticed that these mysterious elves he has never seen before were circulating around him. These mysterious elves have swords and arrows ready to shoot at Bilbo. Bilbo quickly gained focus and put on the ring that he

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    only many things worth a great value‚ but also the ring that her father had bought her mother. When Shylock learns of his daughter not only deserting him and robbing him‚ but taking such invaluable and prized possession as the ring‚ he is utterly heartbroken. After trading the ring for a monkey and marrying Lorenzo‚ Jessica is faced with a deep moral guilt in Act 5‚ Scene 1 when exposed to how Portia feels after tricking Bassiano to give the ring away while she was disguised. In Act 5‚ Scene 1

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    The term “topology” in networking refers to the configuration of cables‚ computers‚ and peripherals. The six common used topologies in networking are: bus‚ star‚ ring‚ mesh‚ tree‚ and hybrid. The three major topologies that I will be discussing further in detail are: bus‚ star‚ and ring topology. Bus topology is probably considered the easiest of the network topologies. In a bus topology‚ the devices are connected to a central cable called the bus. The bus cable carries the transmitted message

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