The play Inherit the Wind‚ was written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee to inform its readers about the injustice of a law that limited the freedom of an ordinary citizen. This play is based upon actual events that happened to an individual‚ John Scopes‚ in Dayton‚ Tennessee during the 1920’s. This famous "Monkey Trial" not only allowed people to begin to accept new theories about the origin of man‚ but also showed that they did not have to limit themselves in other areas of life. In the
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Karl Marx once said‚ “Religion is the opiate of the people.” The play Inherit the Wind written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee‚ helps us as readers expose and learn from problems in our society. This play teaches us that arrogance of your religion could lead to your own demise‚ and the addiction to your religion could cloud your mind‚ as well as that these sort of religious problems are still prevalent in our society. Becoming arrogant about one’s personal opinions and beliefs can be destructive
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Winding Up for the Pitch…of What? The Wind-up Bird Chronicle is the surreal tale of Toru Okada‚ an unemployed man hunting for a missing cat. Over the course of his search‚ Toru encounters all manner of supernatural and spiritual phenomenon‚ a host of fascinating characters and discovers very much more than the absconding feline. This is a story about moving from a position of numbness to a position of feeling. At the outset‚ Toru is completely devoid of passion. He is not worried or excited
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Summary: Reserve Margin Planning in a Wind-Hydro-Thermal Power System A detailed analysis for the power system operation planning is the foremost matter to keep the reserves margin. The reviewed journal paper includes the considerations on wind speed forecast uncertainties‚ system load forecast uncertainties‚ ramp rates of thermal units and spinning reserves. Also‚ instantaneous‚ fast and slow reserve margin at each hour of the planning period is analysed. Thermal plant is the dominator of power
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Comparison and Contrast essay This comparative essay will compare two poems. “Ode to the west wind”‚ by Percy Shelley and‚ “Do not go gentle into that good night.” The two poems are similar in several ways. Something important that both poems have in common is that they are both written in Terza rima‚ an old 3 lined scheme used by Dante in his divine comedy. “Terza rima” means that the rhyme scheme of both poems follows the pattern: ABA BCB CDC DED EE. Moreover‚ both poems talk about death
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Center‚ University of Iowa‚ Iowa City‚ IA 52242-1527 Prediction of Wind Farm Power Ramp Rates: A Data-Mining Approach In this paper‚ multivariate time series models were built to predict the power ramp rates of a wind farm. The power changes were predicted at 10 min intervals. Multivariate time series models were built with data-mining algorithms. Five different data-mining algorithms were tested using data collected at a wind farm. The support vector machine regression algorithm performed best
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Wright’s book A Short History of Progress the consequences of peoples’ choices are explored and utilized as a warning to change the course humanity is currently taking. Through Wright’s sentiments in his work‚ Diane Cardwell’s article “Off Long Island‚ Wind Power Tests the Waters” can be viewed as a representation of the central message of this piece. This is apparent through its discussion of progress in regards to the environment and
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Compare how the relationship between man and nature is shown in ‘Wind’ and ‘Spellbound’ In his poem ‘Wind ’Ted Hughes describes a menacing storm that strikes a house in a deserted‚ unpopulated area and the storm’s destructive effect on the land. His use of personification‚ similes‚ metaphors‚ alliteration‚ and creative imagery creates an atmosphere of danger of nature’s rage that certainly changes into an atmosphere of defeat and helplessness. In contrast the poet for ‘Spellbound’ makes you think
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“Cost‚ Price‚ and Risk Factors associated with Wind Energy” Cost Components Associated with Wind Energy Cost components of wind projects are determined by development‚ construction‚ and operation of the project. Most of the time there are two main factors involved with the cost of wind energy projects: the complexity of the site such as location and topography. Also the likely extreme loads of the operation. Other important components such as wind resource assessment and site analysis expenses
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Text Analysis Wind in the Willows extract – Kenneth Grahame The extract from Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame is a text which has ideas and themes relating to the concept of journey. A related text which also has ideas and themes relating to the concept of journey is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Both of these texts are related not only because they both relate to journeys‚ but also because they both contain physical journeys. Although the reason for journey differs
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