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    School of Engineering‚ Technology and Maritime Operations THE DESIGN OF A SMALL SCALE PELTON TURBINE RIG FOR USE IN A LABORATORY Abstract Contents Introduction Aims and objectives The aim of this project is to design a simple Pelton wheel rig for experimental use in a university laboratory. The final design should be able to be built with the equipment and resources at the university and be able to be operated with the most basic knowledge of water turbines. This report

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    Elizabeth

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    instead of the mind". There is also the question of her succession as she is yet unmarried and her death without heir would mean the throne falling back into Catholic hands. She has many suitors but she eventually rejects them all. And aided by Sir Francis Walsingham she manages to kill all her enemies and ascends the throne as the "Virgin Queen".’ (Synopsis from amazon.com) Cast of Main Characters: Cate Blanchett Elizabeth Christopher Eccleston Duck of Norfolk Joseph Fiennes

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    Alphonse Bertillon Alphonse Bertillon was the first to truly create the scientific method of criminal identification. Born in 1853‚ Bertillon was from Paris France and came from a family of scientific background. His father‚ Dr. Louis Adolphe Bertillon‚ was a distinguished physician‚ statistician‚ and the vice president of the Anthropological society of Paris. Bertillon’s grandfather was also a well known naturalist and mathematician. (Ashbaugh‚ 1999). Bertillon was a poor student and lacked

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    barred from meeting in the ‘men only’ parlor to discuss and spend time with her fellow scientists—due to her gender. Her reasons behind her hesitation to sharing her research was due to the fact that she felt her fellow scientists—namely James Watson‚ Francis Crick‚ and Maurice Wilkens—wanted to ‘play games for fame and fortune‚ without doing the work’ by the research-proof method she so cherished. It was baffling to Franklin that these so called ‘men-geniuses’ were credited and such when they seemed to

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    Tiong Lay. The company name of YTL is derived from the founded name‚ Yeoh Tiong Lay. After 33 years‚ which is in year 1988‚ the corporation was passed the post of Managing Director to his elders son‚ Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr. Francis Yeoh Sock Ping. Under the leadership of Dr. Francis‚ the corporation successfully grew up from one listed entity to five listed companies‚ such as Power International‚ Cement‚ Syarikat Pembinaan‚ Land & Development‚ Hotels‚ E-solutions as well as SV Carbon. YTL Corporation’s

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    named the “Henry System”. Fingerprints are formed in full detail before birth and remain unchanged throughout life unless they are affected by a deep seated injury. A method of classifying fingerprints and research in this field was initiated by Sir Francis Galton and Henry Faulds independently at the end of the 19th century. In 1900 a committee was appointed by the Home Secretary to enquire into methods of the ’Identification of Criminals by Measurement and Fingerprints’. What changed? This proposed

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    Rosalind Franklin was an English chemist who in 1951‚ started working on on studying DNA by using a technique called X-ray diffraction. Her expertise was the X-ray diffraction mostly of proteins and lipids in a solution on DNA fibers. Franklin and a student‚ Raymond Gosling‚ took pictures of DNA and made the observation that there are two forms of DNA; the “A” form‚ which is dry and the”B” form‚ which is wet. One of their pictures of this observations‚ known as Photograph 51‚ became famous and was

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    One of my activities that I am passionate about is basketball. I will use my basketball experience to add to St. Francis’ tradition of community‚ pride‚ and excellence by contributing effort to St. Francis. I know my level of effort really well because I have experienced a combination of bad and great effort in basketball. These examples helped me realize what I need to do to excel not just in basketball‚ but in school‚ and generally in life. One example is that one basketball game I was tired‚

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    The speech that the Pope gave to Congress was very powerful. He reached out to many valuable arguments. I believe that Pope Francis touched a lot of strong key points. He makes people think about these elements that are forceful throughout our whole nation. He always delivers a great message to everyone of the Roman Catholic faith. There are many key points that are very effective within Pope Francis’s speech. His effectiveness within speech tells us that the Congress members of this nation‚ all

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    Jeannette Francis explains how “South Korea has the highest rate of cosmetic procedures per capita in the world” and it is due to the K-Pop Effect. K-Pop is Korean pop music that features guy singing groups and girl singing groups that are “known for their …trend setting fashion and flawless faces; those big eyes‚ high noses and slim jawlines - features not inherently Korean.” K-Pop idols are “also known for the amount of plastic surgery they get” and the influence they portray to their teenage

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