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Customer Orientated Hot Water Load Management
CUSTOMER-ORIENTATED HOT WATER LOAD MANAGEMENT by Andries Stephan Wilken Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Engineering (Electrical) in the Faculty of Engineering UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA September 2001 “FOR THE LORD GIVES WISDOM, AND FROM HIS MOUTH COMES KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING.” - Proverbs 2:6 - Author: A.S. Wilken Study Leader: Prof. G.J. Delport The reader will be introduced to the South African electrification crisis and the benchmarks set by Eskom
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Collection of Death Poems
Death By APOORVA tomar I know it's natural And can't be stopped. It is mastered by thee And has to be But I still cry When the dear ones die It's their love and company And the sweet memories of their smile& tears Which remain in the heart for years & years It's their whispering in our ears Which makes me cry When dear ones die Death Desired By Johnson Cherian The glint of tear
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Compare the Theoretical Internal Moment with the Measured Bending Moment for a Beam Under Various Loads
Objective The objective of this experiment is to compare the theoretical internal moment with the measured bending moment for a beam under various loads. Introduction and Background Theory Definition of a Beam Members that are slender and support loadings that are applied perpendicular to their longitudinal axis are called beams. Beams are important structural and mechanical elements in engineering. Beams are in general, long straight bars having a constant cross-sectional area, often classified as to
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Ginsberg’s Poem
Alan Ginsberg has written the first poem I have read that has actually moved me, inspired me. When America was read aloud in class, it was hard for me to hide the smirk etching it’s way across my face, caused of course by my admiration for counter-culture, left wing beliefs, and general insubordination. America’s history has much that is not to be proud of, yet, finding materials created in certain eras that do not support
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Love Poem
Frederic Nims describes the clumsiness of his love with material objects and contrasts this with her gracefulness with people to convey his love for her even with imperfections. One of Nims central ideas for his poem focuses on the clumsiness of his lover. He uses imagery to help convey the poems meaning such as in the first three words of the poem starts with, ТMy clumsiest dear, . . .У Right off the bat,
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Guns Germs and Steel, Theories Explained.
The book Guns, Germs, and Steel is about how many different things attributed to the succession of societies versus the destruction of other societies. The book starts out with the author, Jared Diamond, in New Guinea talking to a New Guinean politician named Yali. Yali asked Diamond “Why white men developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea where we black people had little cargo of our own?” Diamond was determined to
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Litereary Poem Notes
Literary Terms for Poetry 1. Alliteration: The repetition of initial consonant sounds 2. Assonance: The repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables 3. Blank Verse: Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter lines 4. Concrete Poem: A poem with a shape that suggests it's subject 5. Consonance: the repetition in two or more words of final consonants in stressed syllables 6. Couplet: A pair of rhyming lines usually of
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John Masefield's Poem Sea Fever
John Masefield's poem "Sea Fever" is a work of art through the use of rhythm, imagery and many multipart figures of speech. The meter in "Sea Fever" follows the movement of the ship in rough water through the use of iambs and spondees. Although written primarily in iambic meter, the meter varies throughout the poem. The imagery in "Sea Fever" suggests an adventurous ocean that is fascinating to all five senses. Along with an adventurous
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Assess Whether You Believe That Representations of Women in Men’s Magazines Such as Loaded and Fhm Are offensive and in Poor Taste.
For those who have not taken the time to read a selection of men’s magazines they may associate them with pornography or sport. Since the mid-90s, a crop of very successful magazines aimed at young men has emerged, spearheaded by the controversial Loaded. It is important for me to establish early on in this essay that men’s magazines such as loaded and FHM, are general lifestyle magazines; the modern men's magazine is about sports and
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Gunning for Improvement
Gunning for Improvement “Guns are no more responsible for killing people than the spoon is responsible for making Rosie O’Donnell fat.” Found on a bumper sticker, this saying and others reveal the rift between Americans dealing with gun control legislation. Debates about the second amendment, and what the founders meant when they put it in the bill of rights, have been discussed at high frequency. The problem in question is what gun laws, or lack
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Smart Guns; Are They Dumb Technology?
Smart Guns 1 Running Head: Smart Guns Smart Guns; Are They Dumb Technology? A look at the technology of smart guns and an examination of their potential effects on society. William Shipman UI 319-01 March 15, 2006 Smart Guns 2 Smart Guns; Are They Dumb Technology? Everybody has felt the gut wrenching emotion induced by news stories of children being shot. Whether suicide, accidental shooting, or school shooting these are tragedies that touch nearly everyone.
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Analagy of a Poem
Leaving Home Linda Pastan, the author of To a Daughter Leaving Home, uses the transition in childhood of learning to ride a bike as an analogy to the pain a parent feels when their child grows up and leaves home. There are many moments in this poem that show the stages of a child’s growth and separation from his or her parent. Learning to ride a bike parallels the different stages of a child’s life
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Comparing Two Poems
Comparing Two Poems The comparison between two poems are best analyzed through the form and meaning of the pieces. “Mother to Son” and “Harlem (A Dream Deferred)” both written by the profound poet Langston Hughes, depicts many similarities and differences between the poems. Between these two poems the reader can identify his flow of writing through analyzing the form and meaning of each line. Form and meaning are what readers need to analyze to
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Gun Control Issues
Gun Control Issues With the Second Amendment giving American citizens the right to bear arms, and approximately fifty percent of Americans owning some form of a firearm, issues involving the ownership and possession of guns have led to heated debates in American society. Most notably is the issue of gun control. Many feel that the some form of gun regulation is necessary in order to lower the level of gun related violence in the country.
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Use of Prosody in the Selected Poems of Gwendolyn Brooks and Langston Hughes
Poetry has a role in society, not only to serve as part of the aesthetics or of the arts. It also gives us a view of what the society is in the context of when it was written and what the author is trying to express through words. The words as a tool in poetry may seem ordinary when used in ordinary circumstance. Yet, these words can hold more emotion and thought, however brief
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Public Opinion on Gun Control
Public Opinion on Gun Control The twentieth century was a time of many political assassinations and violent shootings. A nation in shock mourned the deaths of President John Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. At the end of the twentieth century the nation endured rising rates of violent crime, with young people frequently involved as victims and perpetrators and often armed with guns. Between July 1992, and June 30, 1999, there
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Gun Control
Gun control in the United States has been a controversial issue for some time now. So much so that the Supreme Court even refuses to address this issue directly. Gun control really boils down to the the Second Amendment of the Constitution. Many people have different interpretations of the Second Amendment and the trenches are dug in deep on this issue. The Second Amendment can not provide the right to bear all types of arms
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Why Is Anti Gun-Control Necessary?
The banning of firearms in America is an illegal act, and degrades the values this country was founded on. They not only play a vital role in many people’s lives, but are useful tools, fun to use, and can protect people from harm. Our founding fathers wanted us to have them to protect ourselves from the government, and would be disgusted at our government’s current abuse, and overall disregard of the constitution of the United
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Gun Control Vs. Gun Rights
Gun Control vs. Gun Rights The second amendment states “ The right of the people to keep and bear arms”. What does that mean to us, basically and person in the United States is allowed to own and keep a fire arm in house. Gun control advocates believe that right does not extend to ownership of military-style firearms that are otherwise known as assault weapons. To curb gun-related violence certain checks are made, such as
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Comparison of Emily Dickinson Poems
Emily Dickinson’s poems, “I” and “VIII”, are both three verses long and convey the irony and anguish of the world in different ways. By paraphrasing each of Dickinson’s poems, “I” and “VIII”, similarities and differences between the two become apparent. Putting the poem into familiar language makes it easier to comprehend. “I” and “VIII” are easier to understand after they have been translated into everyday language. In main concept of the first verse of “I”
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Gun Violence in the Inner City
GunViolence in Metropolitan Areas In the United States National Vital Statistics report written by AM Minino in 2002, it was indicated that annually there are about 30, 000 people who die because of firearm injuries. And within the United States 28, 663 deaths have been caused by gunshots and these are mostly suicidal acts. Some of the facts in the report say that next to suicides are homicides with the use of guns and the
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Poem Analysis
Preparation Choose a poem or song. Familiarize yourself with the historical background of the piece. Duplicate copies of the graphic organizer for each student. Download and duplicate one copy per student of the printed primary source version of the chosen piece. Or, arrange for the class to view the document on screen. Decide how students will hear the song or poem. Poems or song lyrics may be read aloud, and recordings of songs may be
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Guns Need to Be Controlled
Guns Need to be Controlled It was a typical day in Las Angeles when two suspects attempted to rob a Bank of America in North Hollywood. Loaded with assault rifles and armor piercing bullets, the suspects started shooting at everything that moved. Dave Butler a former LAPD officer said “the police officers who arrived on scene first were at a huge disadvantage” because they only had their standard-issue 9 millimeter Baretta’s and 15 bullets each.
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Guns Germs Steel
Guns, Germs and Steel Jared Diamond, author of the Pulitzer Prize Winning, National Best Selling book Guns, Germs and Steel, summarizes his book by saying the following: “History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples’ environments, not because of biological differences among peoples themselves.” Guns, Germs and Steel is historical literature that documents Jared Diamond’s views on how the world as we know it developed. However, is his thesis that environmental
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Comparing Two Poems
For this assignment I have decided to work on two poems. The first one being ‘There is a garden in her face by Thomas Campion and the second ‘She walks in beauty’ by George Gordon and Lord Byron. I will be deconstructing both poems and commenting on them with reference to the techniques used by the author when writing them. The first poem by Campion has a Sesta Rima form, meaning a six line stanza
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