The Pelton wheel is a water impulse turbine. It was invented by Lester Allan Pelton in the 1870s. The Pelton wheel extracts energy from the impulse of moving water‚ as opposed to its weight like traditional overshot water wheel. Although many variations of impulse turbines existed prior to Pelton ’s design‚ they were less efficient than Pelton ’s design; the water leaving these wheels typically still had high speed‚ and carried away much of the energy. Pelton ’s paddle geometry was designed so that
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Identify any environmental trends that affect the manner in which the market place operates When considering Ireland are we there yet? We must look at the environment in which it must sell. “Over the past two years‚ the number of travel apps has surged along with mobile’s popularity. Last year‚ an estimated 17‚000 travel apps crammed the virtual shelves” (Washington post.com) shows the ever competitive travel app market. This competition will make it hard for any individual app to be successful
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Poetic Sound Devices Practice “Poetry is old‚ ancient‚ goes back far. It is among the oldest of living things. So old it is that no man knows how and why the first poems came.” Confound the cats! All cats--away— Cats of all colors‚ black‚ white‚ gray; By night a nuisance and by day— Confound the cats! All cats‚ always. I dreamed a dream next Tuesday week‚ Beneath the apple-trees; I thought my eyes were big pork-pies‚ And my nose was Stilton cheese. Big Balloons Bounce into the
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Current WBC Silver welterweight titlist Amir Khan (31-3‚ 19 KOs) had disclosed to reporters the possibility of a match with fellow Briton Kell Brook (35-0‚ 24 KOs) next year on the condition that the latter must fight higher-end opponents first to build up their faceoff‚ as per Bleacher Report. The 28-year-old Bolton native also mentioned about a potential bout with Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao in Dubai also next year. As his practice‚ he referred to himself in the third person again saying that
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SIR SYED AHMAD KHAN A GREAT MUSLIM REFORMER Following their crushing of the revolution of 1857‚ the British consolidated their secular rule in the Indian subcontinent‚ which marginalized‚ if not totally ignored‚ religion‚ particularly Islam. The whole of India suffered in the backlash‚ but the consequences were most devastating for the Muslims. It was at this critical juncture that Syed Ahmad Khan (1817-1898) gallantly came forward to counter the threat‚ and to defend the Islamic faith and
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of Mumbai island of Maharashtra‚ India on the time of the Hindu-Muslim riot in 1893. Young Rizvan Khan spent most of his time in their house with his Muslim mom and brother. Their house was nothing special compared to any other houses is the area. They had stairs and wood for walls. He also spends time in his mentor’s house who taught him things in books and about life. After the death of his mother‚ Khan was sponsored by this brother to live with him and his wife in beautiful San Francisco‚ California
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The Aga Khan University Hospital‚ Karachi Organization Accredited by Joint Commission International Fact Sheet Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) is the principal teaching site of Aga Khan University (AKU) in Karachi‚ the first private international university in Pakistan. The University is an academic centre of Aga Khan Development Network‚ a group of development agencies‚ institutions and programmes that work primarily in developing countries of Asia and Africa. AKUH started operations in
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Infradian rhythms are biological rhythms that last for more than 24 hours. They are controlled by the hypothalamus‚ an endogenous pacemaker which requires input from exogenous zeitgebers so the rhythm can run correctly. An example of an infradian rhythms is the mentstrual cycle. This is controlled by the pituary gland which is an endogenous pacemaker. The pituary gland releases hormones which cause an egg in the ovaries to ripen and produce oestrogen. Whilst it is known to be biological due to its
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SIR SYED AHMED KHAN: HIS LIFE AND CONTRIBUTION Sir Syed’s vision and his laborious efforts to meet the demands of challenging times are highly commendable. The dark post 1857 era was indeed hopeless and only Sir Syed could penetrate through its thick veil to visualize the Nation’s destinies. He rightly believed that the past had its merits and its legacies were valuable but it was the future that a society was called upon to cope with. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (1817-1898) was a great visionary‚
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would have a similar reaction toward Autumn Rhythm when first seeing it. When I had my first look at the piece‚ I was overwhelmed with the movement and the energy that seem to break out from the image. However‚ I am a little confused about the title and the actual piece itself. Why use such neutral colors to describe a season that is usually so full of color? Is there a hidden image that I should be looking for? Why is this piece entitled Autumn Rhythm? The pure chaos of this painting also makes
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