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    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Summary The Fellowship of the Ring is the first book in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. This story is set in the world of Tolkien’s invention‚ known as Middle Earth. A specter of evil is looming over Middle Earth as the Dark Lord‚ Sauron‚ seeks to consolidate his already immense power‚ by reclaiming the One Ring that he has lost. Most of his power is held in this ring. With this power‚ he can enslave Middle Earth and unleash an incredible evil with

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    The story of the Ring of Gyes is most simply a story about a Shepard named Gyes who finds a ring with a special power. There was an earthquake on his property and it left a big opening in his land. Gyes eventually when in to this opening on his property finding a hallow‚ bronze horse with a dead man wearing nothing but a golden ring. Gyes took this ring and wore it to a gathering of Shepard’s. While there he turn the ring on his finger and became invisible‚ and the shepherds around his started to

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    Happiness and the Good Life What is the relation between living a good life and being happy? To many‚ the good life is a financially prosperous life‚ and happiness lies in the possession of wealth. Worldly success is what counts‚ and anyone who is not ‘successful’ in the usual sense is counted a ‘failure.’ Others strive for a life based on honor and public recognition. A good life is made up of hobnobbing with the right people in the right settings‚ and happiness is a matter of gaining respect

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    opens up thousands of life opportunities and allows us to enjoy all of the material comforts and luxuries. It is also not wrong to say that money could make us happier‚ if our basic needs are fulfilled. However‚ two novels‚ The Great Gatsby by F. Fitzgerald and The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare‚ suggest that wealth is not the best indicator of a “good life”. In other words‚ there are other important factors‚ such as love and affection‚ which together compose a good life. According to both

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    Philosophy and the Good Life Socrates’ belief was that he was called on by the Gods to live his life examining others and himself. He believed the necessity of doing what one thinks is right even in the face of universal opposition‚ and the need to pursue knowledge even when opposed. "I became completely convinced‚ to the duty of leading the philosophical life by examining myself and others."¹ Socrates believed that to desert this idea was ridiculous and would make his life absurd. Socrates

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    Music200- Homework 2 The Ring of the Nibelung (The Ring of the cycle) is a cycle of four epic operas by the German composer Wagner. Wagner wrote the libretto‚ which is the text used in an extended musical work such as opera‚ and the music in 26 years‚ from 1848 to 1874. The Ring of the cycle has 4 different operas in it‚ which are The Rhine Gold‚ The Valkyrie‚ Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods. Wagner intended to create an allegory criticizing the moral‚ political‚ social and economic values

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    Amish It is different from person to person what you think is a good life. I believe it to be the same in Amish cul-ture. Still the general picture tells us that good life for most Amish people is to follow the rules which decide how the Amish must live. Those rules are named the “Ordnung.” As an example referring to the Ordnung you are not allowed to make use of electricity‚ cars or other modern facilities. Following and living by these rules the Amish people believe in and are sure that you

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    powers; he was gifted to endure the power of the ring better than others. Frodo takes up the initiative and volunteers for the quest that forms the fellowship of the ring. Frodo and the fellowship of heroes encountered many deaths threatening obstacles during their quest to Mordor. Frodo shows his patience and willingness to face all problems as he is determined to do away with the ring. As Fordo understands that the negative power of the ring is increasing as time passes‚ it will have corrupt

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    Liesegang Rings Experiment

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    | Contents Introduction 2 Abstract 2 The Chemistry behind Liesegang Rings 3 Safety considerations 4 Procedure 1a 5 Results 6 Analyses 7 Procedure 1b 8 Results 10 Analyses 12 Procedure 1c 13 Results 14

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    IT/242 Adam Moneypenny Ethernet or Token Ring •Saguaro Federal has mainframes for all of its banks and businesses. Must the company use the Ethernet or Token Ring protocol? Explain your choice. Why is this choice appropriate? In this scenario the best protocol to use would be a token ring because the token ring protocol is mainly used in mainframes. Token Ring uses a token method to go to each work station or main frame that are typically set in a ring or at least all connected together. The way

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