A conservative value to use for a solar panel’s generating capacity is 10 watts/sq. ft. This represents a panel conversion efficiency of about 12% which is typical. That means that for every kW you need to generate‚ you’d need about 100 sq. ft. of solar panels. If the sun would shine 24 hours a day‚ you could put up 100 sq. ft. of panels and you’d have enough to power an average home. But as we all know‚ the sun doesn’t shine all the time. The sun is only available during the day and the amount
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Book Report NAME: Bailey Barnes TITLE: Someone Named Eva AUTHOR: Joan M. Wolf GENRE: Realistic Fiction # of PAGES: 200 Citation: Wolf‚ Joan M. Someone Named Eva SETTING: The exposition begins in Lidice‚ Czechoslovakia at Milda’s home. Then it changes to Puschkau‚ Poland at a training camp to become perfect German citizens‚ then to Furstenberg‚ Germany where she lives then back to Lidice‚ Czechoslovakia where she finishes growing up. POINT of VIEW: First
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Li-Young Lee’s‚ “The Gift” unquestionably communicates several ideas‚ some rather direct‚ and others buried within the rhetoric and composition of the poem. Although the meaning (of the poem) may be left to interpretation‚ one of the most prominent concepts of the story‚ in my belief‚ is the gift of love and consequent tradition of offering it to loved ones. In the beginning of the poem‚ the narrator describes his father comforting him in the painful situation of removing a metal splinter from his
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recurrent hardships of Woody’s life--fire disasters and the erratic behavior of his mother (Cray‚ 3-17). Woody’s mother had a very significant impact on his lifestyle. Although his father sang and played a little on the fiddle‚ it was his mother’s singing and piano playing that kindled Woody’s appreciation for music. When times were rough for the family‚ the folk songs his mother played would be increasingly melancholy (Cray‚ 13). Later‚ when Woody began to play his own music‚ many of these songs remained
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I am helpless and powerless. I have failed in my duties of caring for my Queen. I have allowed her to slowly suffer in her tormented mind; I have allowed her spirit to crumble and her soul to be lost forever. I am simply a servant of my Queen; I have tended and comforted her since she married into the Macbeth house. Where as many young girls are worried about their pre-arranged marriage; so too was my lady until she saw Macbeth and swore that she had fallen in love. I have been there by her side
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Yi Li Park Lab: a comparison of Biotic and Abiotic factors of two different fresh water ecosystems in Yi li park Shanghai Research Question How are these two different man made ecosystems similar? Are the Biotic and abiotic factors in this manmade pond similar? Aim The purpose of the investigation is to observe the biological factors at the two man-made
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Ji-Li is really sad because she is told not to do the audition‚ and she is trying to hide these emotions. When this occurs‚ she comes home really excited. She tells everyone how the Red Guard wanted her to do the audition. Her family tells her that her family’s background will not pass the tests needed to pass to be a red guard. “I did not say anything. Putting down the half-eaten bun‚ I walked to the mirror on the big wardrobe that divided the room and pressed my forehead against its cool surface
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Is silence considered a valuable‚ acceptable way of raising a child in the Hasidic Jewish faith? Danny’s father seems to believe that in this way he teaches his son the importance of soul and compassion over intelligence. Silence is the lack of audible sound or presence of sounds of very low intensity. By analogy‚ the word silence can also refer to any absence of communication or hearing‚ including in media other than speech and music. Chaim Potok’s working title for The Chosen could may have been
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American voice is characterized by themes of hard work‚ unity‚ and diversity. There are three particular pieces of work that support my characteristics towards the American voice. The three pieces of evidence are two poems entitled “ I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman‚ and “I Too Sing America” by Langston Hughes and the third piece of evidence is Barack Obama’s speech from the Democratic National Convention in 2004. The American Voice is represented by the theme of hard work. This is demonstrated
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roles of black women in a racist and male dominated society. Besides revealing the hurt caused by racial discrimination and segregation to the black women‚ she has also described their inner psychological world twisted by the dominated white society” (Li-Li‚ WANG). Furthermore‚ Maggie is also another significant character. Twyla and Roberta detested Maggie and thought Maggie deserved all the hate and suffering. Most importantly‚ “Recitatif” is a “work exposing society’s unspoken racialized codes” (Stanley
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