[pic] Robert Gerard "Bobby" Sands (9 March 1954 – 5 May 1981) was an Irish volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army and member of the British Parliament who died on hunger strike while imprisoned in HM Prison Maze. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. During his strike he was elected as a member of the British Parliament as an Anti H-Block/Armagh Political Prisoner candidate. His
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Kaival Patel Lit 088 Self and Society in Chinese Literature Zuyan Zhou December 4‚ 12 Change is Constant In a 1999 Chinese comedy-drama film‚ Shower‚ the director Zhang Yang explores the many facets of the Chinese economic revolution. The story follows a father and his two sons through the economic ups and downs facing China. The aging father‚ Mr. Liu‚ and his mentally challenged younger son‚ Er-Ming‚ operate a bathhouse in Shenzhen‚ China. After receiving a fabricated card in the mail‚
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Investigation into Succession in Sand Dunes. Scientific Knowledge: Succession is a long-term direction of change in the composition of a community‚ brought about by the organisms themselves. Primary succession occurs when a community develops on bare/uncolonised ground‚ which has never had vegetation growing on it. A good example of primary succession is that of succession on sand dunes. Secondary succession occurs on ground that has previously been colonised but is now available because
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“The People of Sand and Slag” by Paolo Bacigalupi is a story set in the far future about how humans can adapt to survive in the most outrageous conditions. The concept of alienation plays a major role in the story itself. It is very difficult for the audience to be able to comprehend what the characters feel and go through. In “The People of Sand and Slag”‚ the world is run by corporations who hire their own military in order to defend their own base. One of these corporations has three guards that
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Sand dunes are a very important part of the ecosystem. They hold many plant and animal species‚ some of which are even endangered or on the verge of extinction. People of the community and non-profit organizations have been trying to preserve the sand dunes for many years. Sand dunes are destroyed by winter storms and hurricanes. But that is just part of nature. People destroy sand dunes. When people walk on sand dunes‚ they leave weak spots. The wind picks up the sand and carries it out to sea
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Debate Given the carbon costs the Athabasca Tar sands should not be allowed to continue production. Not only will the cost rise when there is little oil left but the tar sands also create a lot of pollution. If they are not careful the cost is going to get outrageously high because they will eventually have to pay for some of the damage they cause with all the pollution they make. If they continue it will ruin the environment around the oil sands and they will hurt the environment in many other
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1.0 Summary This experiment is conducted to determine the liquid permeability of porous media. The apparatus used in the experiment is the liquid permeameter. The liquid used in this experiment is water. Three membrane samples of different thickness (0.1‚ 0.2‚ 0.3 cm) are used as the porous media. The determination of the permeability is carried out using elevated pressure test. Each sample is tested for 5 times at different values of pressure gradient which are 5‚ 10‚ 15‚ 20 and 30 psi. In order
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Assignment 1 Sands Corporation A report submitted to‚ Prof. Mukul Vasavada and Prof.Danesh Gojer By Rohit Sirohia Roll No. 51220 To Vice President Sands Corporation From Rohit Sirohia Subject: Report on the selection of site for new plant. Respected Sir‚ I am submitting the report on the selection of the site for the new plant required by the company to meet the demands of the new government contract. The two options for the site that is Kimberly street and Hampton have
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Situation Analysis Sands Corporation manufactures parts for machinery of Aircrafts‚ automotive and agricultural equipment. Started in 1943‚ Sands Corporation has successfully set up 3 plants employing a total of 2750 workers. All the plants have almost reached their full production capacity as a result‚ due to the increasing Government contracts‚ shortage of land and labour in the existing plants‚ Sands Corporation needs to set up a new plant. No other leasing space is available. Thought the government
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for Shrinkage/mm A 15 15.2 B 50 50.8 C 25 25.4 D 29 29.4 E 25 25.4 Dimension for shrinkage (mm) = (1.5/100) x Nominal Dimension + Nominal Dimension Source:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casting_%28metalworking%29 Metal Casting a Sand Casting Manual for Small foundry volume 2.pdf 1.2 Height of the Sprue Starting from principle of conservation of Energy (Bernoulli’s equation) Since; we are working with absolute Pressure at pouring basin surface‚ therefore P1 =
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