Good morning Mrs Njapha‚ teachers‚ parents‚ students and to the class of 2016. It is really an honor for me to be addressing you at your speech day function today. When Mrs Lategan asked me to be the guest speaker at this function I was initially pretty nervous was I going to be funny‚ interesting or inspiring. Afterall the last time I spoke at a public function was at my sister’s wedding and considering they were family it wasn’t a tough crowd to please. Standing here on the podium gives me an immense
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Is Wind Power Good or Bad ? A major issue in today’s world is finding an alternative energy source. Fossil fuel has been used for a very long time because it is a cheaper way to produce energy. Fossil fuel is a problem because it is non-renewable‚ which means it will eventually run out and this has us looking for another alternative for energy. That is why some people turn to wind power but‚ its a debate whether wind power is a good or bad alternative. It is a possibility but there are some
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Kamkwamba was born in a family of relative poverty and relied primarily on farming to survive. According to his biography‚ The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind‚ his father had been a rough fighting man who changed after discovering the Christian God. A crippling famine forced Kamkwamba to drop out of school‚ and he was not able to return to school because his family was unable to afford the tuition fees. In a desperate attempt to retain his education‚ Kamkwamba began to frequent the library. It was at
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Wind energy is intermittent by its nature; it is very consistent on an annual basis but varies significantly over shorter time scales and as a result it is necessary to have flexible back up generation sources on standby to cover any sudden drops or increases in its output which adds significant cost to the running of a stable electricity grid (Kessides and Wade 2011) (Hirth and Ziegenhagen 2015). This is because of instantaneous electrical generation and the consumption must remain balanced at all
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humans for profit is a controversial topic. The one contributor of society that one would find astonishing to find opposing vaccines is doctors. One such doctor that found‚ in his experience‚ vaccines to be ineffective and arguably harmful is Dr. Harold Moskowitz. In a detailed argument published in 1983 in the Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy‚ Moskowitz uses detailed scientific evidence and personal anecdotes of cases he has handled to present his case on the ineffectiveness of vaccines
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The authors‚ Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s‚ main purpose through Inherit the Wind is proving that humans hold the right to think. Henry Drummond is vital in this discovery because of his firm belief that one should hold this right. Drummond’s hero archetype is the cause for his strong feelings‚ and he succeeds when convincing the audience of his beliefs by revealing the contradictions underlying his witnesses’ inherited religious beliefs. Henry Drummond arrives in Hillsboro as an atheist
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simultaneously with a decrease in pressure or a decrease in the fluid’s potential energy. • states that the faster a fluid (such as air or water) flows over a surface‚ the less pressure the fluid exerts on that surface. How it affects cars Wind tunnels for good aerodynamcs. The goal of the vehicle designer is to minimize this effect on a vehicle. There are a few ways to do this. 1) Minimize the total frontal area of the vehicle. Obviously a dump truck has to push more air out of the
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are considering investing in a wind turbine to create electricity for your home‚ you’ll likely spend some time researching how they work and if this investment is worth it. Like other environmentally-friendly options‚ there are many pros and cons of wind energy to weigh against one another. Pros •The creation of wind energy is "clean". Unlike the use of coal or oil‚ generating energy from the wind doesn’t produce pollutants or require any harmful chemicals. •Wind is free. If you live in a geographical
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Political Perspective Gone with the Wind is the romantic drama depicting the love triangle among Scarlett‚ Rhett and Ashley. The movie takes place in Atlanta‚ specifically‚ Tara‚ the O’Hara plantation in northern Georgia‚ during the 1860-1870s. The movie starts out at the brink of the Civil War‚ knowing that war can break out at any moment. Upon watching this movie for a second time‚ I took a closer look at the political and historical aspects of the movie. I noticed quite a few things about
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The Divine Wind Explain the meaning of the title. Refer to the plot and characters of the novel. Literally the words “Divine Wind” can be translated as “Kamikaze” in Japanese. The title refers to the very end of the book‚ where Japanese troops attacked the Australian coast. This bombing was very brutal and dozens of corpses lay in the ocean. In general the title can be connected to the relationships in the book. The Australian protagonist is In love with a Japanese girl‚ called Mitsy‚ who lives
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