Technical brief Rainwater harvesting Part of a series of WaterAid technology briefs. Available online at www.wateraid.org/ technologies January 2013 Introduction Where there is no surface water‚ where groundwater is deep or inaccessible due to hard ground conditions‚ or where it is too salty‚ acidic or otherwise unpleasant or unfit to drink‚ another source must be sought. In areas that have regular rainfall‚ the most appropriate alternative is the collection of rainwater‚ called
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Mesopotamia was the birthplace of the world’s earliest known cities. The Mesopotamians developed one of the earliest writing systems‚ along with mathematics and astronomy. Later on developments of this great civilization include the wheel and the sail. They also divided time units into sixty parts which led to the concept of our 60 second minute and 60 minute hour. So this great culture has done so much for humanity‚ so lets look closely at what they left behind and see which artifact best summarizes
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Journal 5 Estras Essay Estra uses all of the features listed in the book. The debate over team name has long been a controversial issue and he shows his position against it many times. Estra also uses plausible reason and support to back up his statement against the use of certain team names. Estra also know what objections people have and he does a nice job of refuting them clearly. The sentence Estra uses to support his examples is “while politically powerful ones who bite back are left alone
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Procedure: -Liquid bromine was placed in a jar and covered Observations: When first placed in the jar the original color of bromine was red-brown. As it began to diffuse its color changed from dark brown to a lighter brown until it becomes a yellow-like orange color. As it was diffusing liquid bromine changes its state to gaseous. With an odour given off smelling similar to household bleach. Even though the diffused gas had reached the top of the jar some amount of liquid bromine remained at the
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curiosity. Therefore‚ when Zeus presented Pandora to Prometheus’ brother‚ Epimetheus‚ he accepted her‚ disregarding Prometheus’ warning that the gift was a trap. After Epimetheus and Pandora were married‚ they were given a jar from Zeus. Zeus instructed Pandora to never open the jar and to not given into
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Within the recent adventure to the AIC‚ there was one piece that wholly struck out with great interest which demanded to be analyzed. That piece was the Polychrome Jar with Rainbow Macaw and Floral Motifs (Ascension Number: 2006.749)‚ which was done by an Acoma Pueblo artist with no given name‚ in New Mexico during the 1880s. The piece on its own merit features a wide variety of floral designs as well as some birds in either in flight or sitting. Around the piece itself‚ there are some smaller and
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of Cinderella with four anecdotes sharing how others can go from poverty to riches or gritty reality to fantasy. Sexton changes her happily ever after ending by satirizing the message the story gives. By doing so‚ Sexton would like the reader to know the difference between a fairy tale and reality. Anne Sexton deconstructs the ending of her retold fairy tale by using sarcasm to change the reader’s expectations of the story and myth. Setting up the poem with little anecdotes of unexpected reality‚
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incomparable and like no other. Obama is known to use three main manipulative devices in his speeches. His effective use of Anaphora‚ Anecdotes‚ mixed in with his own personal style. The effective use of these devices captivated his audience and could possibly make him one of the best public speakers in political history. Barack is best known for his use of anecdotes‚ he always finds a way to connect the point
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Living with Strangers Every community has unwritten rules that only fellow citizens understand. These rules have inspired the American novelist and essayist Siri Hustvedt to write the essay “Living with Strangers” in The New York Times in 2002. The essay is about the cultural differences she had to deal with when she moved from Minnesota - where people are accused of being a snob if they don’t greet everyone they meet - to New York - where people live rather isolated lives and greeting strangers
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to deliver the message was the powerful diction choice‚ anecdotes‚ and rhetorical appeals. Her choice of diction gives a very powerful negative attitude towards maliara. An example of this is found in paragraph six when Kobusingye says “generating vicious” and also “sometimes erupting in violence.” By using harsh and cold to the soul words it helps create a hateful feeling towards malaria helping her argument. Secondly‚ her use of anecdotes defines how she dealt with malaria and knows the awful things
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