The pulleys come with a "set screw," which is a screw that tightens down and grips the motor shaft. The machine shop people used a grinder to make a flat spot in the motor shaft for the set screw. ... So then the motor shaft turns the tubing and the tubing turns the axle. ... I needed them to turn with the axle when the motor turned it. ... Other things are attached to the body with cable ties or screws. ...

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When and athlete turns the tibia and the femur can work like scissors grinding against one another and shearing the A.C.L. ... Common places for the grafts to be taken from are the iliotibial tract, patella tendon, and hamstring, while the graph can be stapled, screwed or both. ... The bone grafts are then placed in small groves and then stabilized with screws (normally made of titanium) in the tibia and femur. ... They are reattached by either staples or screws and washer to keep the new A.C.L. stable. ...

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We had to take the whole gun apart and screw the barrel off, and then put another barrel on. ... We had to take the whole gun down, screw the barrel off, put a new barrel on, then loosen it three clicks, it was a pain. ... In August 1942, when the United States was just beginning to turn its peacetime strength into military power, the British and Canadians actually made a small amphibious test raid across the Channel. it was aimed at the small French port of Dieppe. ... By then they felt that the tide of the war had turned. the Russians had stopped the Germans at the Russian city of Stalingrad...

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Material: Alloy spring steel Modulus of rigidity, G = 4100 Mean diameter of a coil, D= 62mm Diameter of wire, d = 8mm Outer diameter of spring coil, D0 = D +d = 70mm Total no of coils, n1= 18 Height, h = 220mm No of active turns n= 14 The dimension of spring is fixed according to the research done by ; Associate Professor Dr.Lakshmana Kishore, Mechanical Department, GIET, India. ... Nuclear energy production helps in lowering global warming and in this in turn can lead to more demand for stainless steel. This in turn can really turn us away from needing fossil fuels such as coal and petrole...

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What is A Robot WHAT IS A ROBOT The term robot comes from the Czechoslovakian wordfor "forced labor," invented by Karel Capek. Karel Capek used robots in his plays and had them look and behave like people. Today, the word "robot" is harder to define b...

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"It's my turn! ... She sped down the hallway, grabbed her jacket and backpack, ran through the kitchen, picked up her sneakers in her hand, executed a 90-degree turn while slipping her shoes on, ran out the door, got to the bus stop just as a bus was pulling up, got on the bus, and was home free. ... "Because life desperately wants to screw me over!" ...

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She is skilled at image-making, " the images themselves are important for what they tell us of her sense of being victimized and victimizer but more significant than the actual image is the swift ease with which she can turn it to various uses- (Uroff). ... The images themselves are important for what they tell us of "her sense of being victimized and victimizer but more significant the actual image is the swift ease with which she can turn in to various uses- (Uroff). ...

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But he forgot he is a father, and no father I have seen who screws his daughter's life and marriage for his own selfish needs. ... David Your mind is screwed due to alcohol. ... After two minutes Derek came down, he saw me with the police mobile and got angry with me, asking me "who called you", I did not answer, he turned his face to Rizwan holding his hand and asking him to take his father away and lock him up. ...

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Han Nolan in my view is a wonderful author, she has written books that reflect on the harsh problems people face in their lives. Nolan is the author of "Born Blue" which tells the story of a child growing up and making her life a mess. Janie was four years old when she had almost drowned. As she was swimming in the Gulf of Mexico and her mother was paying her no attention, she had managed to wander out too far and a current had took her under. Due to that incident and the fact that her mother was heavily into heroin she was placed into a foster home that she had considered to be the "sti...

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Thanksgiving Chicken I awoke early Thanksgiving morning, half asleep and mostly naked. I blundered through my room searching for some warm article of clothing to help me combat the cool autumn chill that had so conveniently set itself up in my room. Stumbling up the stai...

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Some leverage has to be applied, and ironically, that leverage turns out to be the unfortunate Mr. ... Along with a person of a secure background, one who has saved up a bit of money, in all likelihood-meaning one who has a good screw (James Joyce 40. ...

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It turned out, fucking up was a really good experience." ... In one heated exchange, the WebTV team said the Xbox guys were clueless because they didn't have the presence of mind to include screws in their estimate of the cost of the console. ...

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Such beliefs like "there is no room for complaining/be strong at all costs", "failure is not an option", "pulling ones own weight constitutes doing a good job", and that "you're only as good as your last screw-up" are common ideologies in policing with these unwritten codes that become a part of everyday life on the job. ...

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Society's Game Baseball, the only constant in life. Ideals and institutions may crumble, but baseball will remain. Throughout modern time, baseball has been present in America's history. Another constant in life is that people will always watch baseball. They will pack the stadiums by the thousands to boo, hiss, cheer and scream at the players. ...

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The Parable of the Matrix Preface A parable can be a thing of beauty. Upon listening to the story, the listener's intuition is prompted to find meaning. So very often, a single parable can hold more than one truth depending on the experiences one brings to it. Like a diamond, a parable's q...

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1 "The air around him seemed to buzz, and the eye contact he made with me was so direct and intense that I wondered if I had ever really looked anybody in the eye before. That stare was unrelenting-he didn't indulge in the brief glances away that most people use to soften the force of thei...

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The Life of Vlad Tepes, otherwise known as Vlad Dracula, is a life shrouded in mystery and terror. Dracula was born in 1431 in Transylvania; a western Romanian principality bordered by the Carpathian Mountains. His mother, the Princess Cneajna, schooled young Vlad. His father, Vlad II was given the ...

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Most cases come with screws, case feet, power cord, and expansion inserts. ... These signals are used along with a change to the way the power switch works, as part of the "Soft Power" feature that enables features such as allowing the operating system to turn off the PC. ...

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The Condition of Man in The Heart of Darkness and The Lord of the Flies "Man is a fallen being. He is gripped by original sin. His nature is sinful and his state perilous-(Golding, "Fable-, The Hot Gates and Other Occasional Pieces, Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, 1965, page 61). This quote by William Golding sums up his view of the soul of mankind. This feeling is shared by many authors, especially modern ones. ...

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(Emmanuel Radnitsky 1890-1976) Armed with his exotic new persona, Man Ray broke from the cocoon of his early life. One day at Stieglitz's he heard about an ongoing series of art classes and lectures sponsored by the Ferrer Modern School, which had just moved to a brownstone building at 63 East 107t...

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Evil Macbeth EVIL MACBETH Darkness in our society is indicative of evil. For instance, a black cat, a dark night, a dark place are all symbols of evil. There are only a few good people out there today. In Macbeth William Shakespeare proves to us that there is evil in all of us but in the end the...

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