...NewVen Ltd Summary Business Plan Sagar Raisoni [pic] NewVen’s Business plan Executive summary NewVen is an Oxford based company, which plans to sell, install and maintain photovoltaic cells. Photovoltaic’s is a method of generating electrical power by converting solar energy into usable current electricity using semiconductors that exhibit the photovoltaic effect. Photovoltaic’s method employs solar panels on the roof or on the walls of the house, which are composed of a number of cells containing a photovoltaic cell. The UK is setting itself a mandatory target of ensuring that 15% of our energy consumption comes from renewable sources by 2020, there has never been a better time to invest in micro generation. (On the brink of a bright future,2010) [pic] http://www.bettergeneration.com/the-feed-in-tariff-is-kick-starting-a-solar-boom2100608.html PricewaterhouseCoopers released an analysis of the solar PV markets across Europe and emphasizing the UK market. PwC claims that there will be substantial increase in the installation of Solar PV in the next ten years, but there are a number of obstacles to overcome. In order to captivate this potential growth, individual firms and government must focus on the five big barriers: consumer awareness, upfront funding, and consistency of policy, access to capital and UK skills shortage. The above graph explains the rise of PV if all the five barriers are overcome. (Better generation Ltd, 2009) There are three...
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...‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore Revision Guide ------------------------------------------------- Act I Scene 1 ------------------------------------------------- Plot Summary: * ------------------------------------------------- The Friar and Giovanni discuss Giovanni's incestuous love for his sister, Annabella. * ------------------------------------------------- The friar, formerly Giovanni's teacher when he studied at the university of Bologna, warns him of the seriousness of his sin, but Giovanni claims his passion remains beyond his control. * ------------------------------------------------- The Friar believes that Giovanni, a good student of logic, uses logic to prove something sinful to be virtuous. * ------------------------------------------------- The friar warns him that others who used logic ‘‘to prove / There was no God ... / Discover'd ... the nearest way to hell.’’ * ------------------------------------------------- When Giovanni begs for his advice, the Friar urges him to fast and pray, which Giovanni agrees to try, though it fails to rid him of his incestuous love. * ------------------------------------------------- He believes himself fated to love his sister and to pursue her love. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Commentary: * ------------------------------------------------- Attempting to justify incest theoretically. * ------------------------------------------------- ...
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...But nivolumab releases this check on the immune system’s normally voracious appetite for anything it doesn’t recognize, so the body’s own defenses can preferentially recognize tumor cells as targets. In the study submitted by the company to the FDA, 15% of patientsshowed some shrinkage or complete disappearance of their tumors. What makes this drug different from other cancer treatments? Unlike surgery, chemotherapy, radiation or the anti-cancer drugs that interrupt specific signals that tumor cells use to survive, nivolumab doesn’t target the tumor itself. Rather it focuses on the environment in which the tumor lives, unleashing the immune system so it can recognize cancer cells more easily. “This drug doesn’t treat cancer; it doesn’t kill cancer cells so you can’t inject it and expect cancer to melt away immediately because it won’t,” says Allison. But when it’s combined with tumor-targeted treatments, what it could do is lower the risk of recurrent...
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...devices. * It gets its power supply from what is known as a P1. * It supports the 20 and 24 pin power connectors. * It has a soft power switch which is in front of the computer which doesn’t let the computer cut power instantly and allows normal OS shutdown process. * The power switch on the back kills power immediately. Wake on LAN feature: * Configured in CMOS * Any keyboard or network activity while the computer is in standby will repower the system. BTX form factor: * Has a 20-24 pin P1 power connection. * Better airflow for better cooling. * CPU heat sink fins and memory modules are installed parallel so they don’t block airflow. NLX form factor: * Supports riser cards * Riser cards are also known as daughter boards. Communication busses: * Appear as copper tracings. * Connects components * Allows delivery of power and data. * The system bus is the fastest and connects motherboard to CPU. Expansion Slots: * 8 bit ISA which was used in early computers * 16 bit was the next generation. * There is also PCI, PCIx, PCIe, and AGP. * AGP was used for an alternative for videos. The summary of this video was about the information of motherboards and the information you need before purchasing one for the job you will need to use it for. It also mentioned the factors of ATX, BTX, and NTX and told you the difference between the 3 and which one is better. I didn’t see much in...
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...documents of our predecessors often influences the generations after them. Documents like the the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut which influence our Constitution or the English Bill of Rights which influences our Bill of Rights are good examples of this practices. But perhaps one of the the most famous United State use of this is the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence has many similar ideas on the government and its relations with it citizens from John Locke’s Social Contract. One similarity both documents share is the mention of unalienable rights, god given rights that cannot be taken away. The Social Contract states “we retain the right to life and liberty, and gain the right to just, impartial protection of property.” and while the Declaration of Independence is very similar with it inalienable rights, the exact quote is “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”. The difference within these sets of our inalienable rights is most likely due to the time period in which each document was created. John Locke wrote the Social...
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...4 Assignment 1 NT1110 07/20/2013 Video 1.04 Summary This video talked about the differences in the different form factors motherboards as well as the similarities. It explains for those of us who prefer to build our own systems that we should select our motherboard before buying the tower and after we have selected the CPU. It also explains about the different types of connectors found on motherboards. List Of Topics, Terms And Definitions * Motherboard – The most important consideration, the size and shape is determined by form factor * ATX Form Factor – Replaced the AT form factor, ATX is smaller, easier to work on, better organization, has support for a wide variety of I/O devices, usually has is the P1 20 pin or 24 pin power connector, on the older ATX form factor motherboards were connected via the PS/2 connector at the back of the case, the newer ATX form factor motherboards connected keyboard and mouse via a USB, usually has between two and four DIMM slots, has either PCI E Oren AGP slot but not both, usually has 2 40 pin IDE slots, and usually 1 to 2 serial ATA slots. The ATA form factor was the first to introduce the soft power switch on the front of the computer; the soft power switch does not immediately cut power but instead allows the computer to go through the normal shutdown procedure. There is however a power switch on the back of the computer, flipping the switch immediately kills power. Another important feature is the Wake on LAN function...
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...Teacher and Author: Teaching Middle and High School Using Literature Sandra Coleman Grand Canyon University RGD 545 Professor Karen Foster February 27, 2008 Teaching Middle and High School Student Using Literature Outline: I. Short Stories a) Activating Prior Knowledge b) Responding to the Selection c) Short Story Selections 1. Suggested Activities to use with Various Groups II. Oral Tradition Literature – Tall Tales and Folktales a) Analyze characteristics and plots of Folktales and Tall Tales b) Understanding Hyperbole c) Writing a Tall Tale d) Selections of Oral Tradition Literature III. Novel Studies a) Previewing the novel b) Defining and Understanding Elements of c) Character Analysis d) Problems and Solutions of the story IV. Historical Fiction a) Activating background/prior knowledge b) Setting a purpose for reading c) Writing about historical fiction V. Realistic Fiction a) Evaluating Realistic Fiction b) Responding to the selection c) Distinguishing between Fact and Opinion d) Summarizing the Story Chapter 1 – Short Stories: A short story is, like the name...
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...Stand-Alone Summary of “Professions for Women” In “Professions of Women” Virginia Woolf is addressing a group of women seeking employment in a workforce predominant by men. Woolf explains the struggle all women writers face, and that is to break out of the conventions society has for women: being pure, and graceful, and without a mind of their own. Woolf claims that in order for a woman to be a writer one must overcome a few obstacles that are inflicted upon women writers. One obstacle in her success is “The Angel in the House.” This angel represents the ideal woman. Thus, the angel is the woman writer’s subconscious, which is brought on by generations of an oppressive Victorian society. It was the angel intruding on her when writing her reviews, and was the angel that wasted her time waiting for her to fail. The angel is a set back to the woman writer. Woolf describes the angel as: sympathetic, charming, unselfish, pure, beautiful, and graceful. All examples of the attributes stereotypical woman should consist of. Ultimately, the only way for a woman to write a successful review is to kill the angel. Woolf did just that. The angel now killed, she had overpowered her first hurdle. Woolf had her mind set on bigger, better things. She had enough of writing reviews about famous novels that were most likely written by men, so she became a novelist. A novelist, Woolf explains, is to have the state of mind of one who is “unconscious.” When that state is reached, Woolf claims...
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...booming technology and ever shifting gender roles, the gradual erosion of traditional gender definitions is evident. The timeline showing the chronology of shifts in portrayal of women in media is crucial to demonstrate how traditional gender definitions are slowly deconstructed over time. Having made her first debut in the early 1960s, Barbie brought the message “Girls can be anything” to the age of a new generation of girls and women (Boomen, 2009). It is important to note that despite claims that she symbolizes the ‘cultural plastic’ phenomenon, Barbie has revolutionized girl’s doll playing (Boomen, 2009). Before the invention of Barbie, girls were still playing with baby dolls that aimed to foster domestic skills and to prepare them for stereotypical future roles as mothers (Boomen, 2009). Acting as a counter opposite to the former girls play, Barbie is not a doll for girls to simulate and practice motherhood on. In fact, Barbie acts as a platform for girls to freely create and project on her any identity they wish to take on, only to be limited by their creativity. In summary, Barbie is not confined to the traditional social expectations of women. Beneath her seemingly stereotypical idealistic exterior, she is an independent career woman with estimated eighty professions, ranging from a presidential candidate to a nurse (Boomen, 2009). Barbie does not engage in domestic duties and as stated by Lord, motherhood definitely wasn’t Barbie’s area of interest (Boomen, 2009). Subsequently...
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...Haiyan Piao Michaela Vargas English 120 May 9, 2012 As a human being As a human being, people who agree with euthanasia should shame on their ignorance about evolution of human kind. I know that this would be quiet mean to say, but I will be willing to blame them for our future generation. Important thing that people should keep in mind for human kind is that we obviously could not have been evolved as an intellectual human without respecting of human life. Since primitive era, human kind has kept trying to develop the human value by improving our livings; technology has made human living better and more convenient. As technology has become tremendously beneficial to us, our value of lives became more noble and precious, however, the convenience that human created is now ironically threatening human value. As I will discuss in this essay, I strongly disagree with euthanasia that would weaken and sicken human soul. There is no doubt that euthanasia will be spoiling human kind. At least if you are human being, you should consider about our next generation. If we accept euthanasia, we would confront with three major problem; confronting with protests held by religious people ,abusing the law, and devalue of human life. The term “euthanasia” comes from the Greek words “good death”. The general idea of euthanasia is comfortable death for someone who wants to die either voluntary or non-voluntary (Goel Vaibhav, 2008). Despite of the origin of the...
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...The euphyphro dilemma states that does god command an action because it is good or does an action become good when god commands it Kierkegaard stated we must believe and have faith in god even if his actions seem unethical and we have no way of explaining them his will supercedes ethics regardless of his morality however religious speakers estate that god is a perfect being therefore in essence he cannot will evil so the morality of god is absolute and always correct. It was argued by Plato that good is independent of god’s will god only commands what is good however this suggests that goodness does not originate from god instead goodness is a standard derived from something else and god simply enforces this standard this isn’t supported...
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...Manners and Chivalry: Dead in Society? Thomas James Composition 1 Mrs. O’Connor 28 November 2013 Abstract Manners and chivalry in society have become a thing of the past. Today’s new technologies and peer pressure and marketing schemes of corporations, combined with lack of parent intervention have negated the skills. From the move of women into the workplace and to their full equality, men have lost their gentleman attitude toward the female species. In combination with lack of proper family time and negative detrimental media output, it has altered the way our youths act in society. Furthermore, turning our whole way of life as it used to be into something where we ask ourselves “do I want to bring a child into it?” Manners and Chivalry: Dead in Society? A glance through history tells of days of women and gentleman and the well-known romantic courtships of history. Evolution of modesty in relationships of past, to the present open sexually explicit relationships displayed on television, have desensitized the worlds youth perspective on moral behavior. Has the gift of technology, and a hectic life’s work schedule, taken the parent away from the home so much, that kids are teaching other kids habits that parents don’t condone? The time has come for society to pull back on the reins on socially and morally unacceptable behaviors. Chivalry, defined by Merriam Webster’s dictionary, states “An honorable and polite way of behaving, especially toward women” (Webster). This is a...
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...Table of contents Executive summary 2 Problem 2 Purpose 2 Scope 2 Introduction 3 Advantages of wind power 4 Environmental effects 5 Emissions 5 Ecological footprint 5 Conclusion 7 Recommendation 7 Executive summary The report provides an analysis of the nonmarket issues of the wind power market and provides information relating to wind power projects in Canada. The report aims to help communities balance local concerns with wider environmental needs, thereby allowing the benefits of renewable energy to be realized through careful design and consultation. Additionally, it also provides a profile of a major wind power company in Canada. Problem Electricity generation produces more pollution than virtually any other single industry in Canada. Pollution, air quality, acid rain, nuclear waste and global warming are the unwanted side effects of traditional power production that endanger the environment. Every day, many fossil fuel consuming contraptions spew out gases that pollute the environment. However, when the fuel supplies for these devices run out, they will grind to a halt. To prevent this, Canada needs to find an alternative to unstable and polluting energy sources. Purpose The purpose of this report is to examine wind energy as alternative energy source and effectiveness at reducing emissions by replacing power generated from fossil fuels. Scope The report will examine wind power as an alternative energy source and nonmarket issues. Wind power usage in Canada...
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...unforgotten feud, that ruined the lives of all; while no one even knows how it started. Romeo and Juliet's lives/ marriage was ruined by the hatred between their parents. It all started with the feud. No one knows exactly how it started, but it has been a tradition that has lasted for generations until death due us part. Or in this case the death of their children. There are different versions on how the feud started. Like they both...
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...Many authors have enjoyed writing about historical events and found much money in doing so. Redemption is no different in this aspect. Mr. Lemann goes to write about the accounts of a struggling Mississippi governor during the period after the Civil War known as Reconstruction. This governor must face the issues of racism first hand and try to protect the black community that he has political power over from the terror of the white men who are out to kill them while dealing with a wife who is only concerned with the monetary value of her husband’s job. While this book, and many others, have high reviews and some strong support behind them from their readers, Redemption is nothing more than a glorified textbook with a more focused time line and characters than a normal text book....
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