...‘Blessing’ By Imtiaz Dharker The skin cracks like a pod. There never is enough water. Imagine the drip of it, the small splash, echo in a tin mug, the voice of a kindly god. Sometimes, the sudden rush of fortune. The municipal pipe bursts, silver crashes to the ground and the flow has found a roar of tongues. From the huts, a congregation: every man woman child for streets around butts in, with pots, brass, copper, aluminum, plastic buckets, frantic hands, And naked children screaming in the liquid sun, their highlights polished to perfection, flashing light, as the blessing sings over their small bones. I want to start off with a question: Blessings: do we take them for granted? Benjamin Franklin once said, “When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water”. This quote reveals the way in which humans take things for granted and then realise its value once it disappears. In this poem, a burst water pipe in the Dharavi slum of India causes great excitement for inhabitants as they are often lacking access to it. A theme that DIRECTLY relates to the text is that of “We do not fully appreciate an item until it becomes rare”. In the arid conditions of Mumbai, water is viewed as a precious commodity and every single drop of the liquid is considered a miraculous blessing. Water is like currency, it’s like money. In a hot country in that kind of climate, it’s like a gift. Dharker uses a combination of literary techniques in order to...
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...A Gaming PC Simon Slangen simonslangen.com This manual is intellectual property of MakeUseOf. It must only be distributed in its original form. Republishing parts of this guide, albeit altered, is prohibited without prior consent of the owner. How To Build How to Build a Gaming PC This page intentionally left blank 2 SimonSlangen.com How to Build a Gaming PC Table of Contents A Short Introduction.................................................................................................................. 4 The Components of a Gaming PC ........................................................................................... 6 Video Card .............................................................................................................................6 Processor .............................................................................................................................11 Motherboard .........................................................................................................................13 RAM .....................................................................................................................................15 Power Supply .......................................................................................................................17 HDD’s and DVD-RW’s ......................................................................................................... 18 Case and Casemodding...
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...The significance of features of custom rom in android phone A thesis proposal Presented to Chief Edwin Casila Professor In partial fulfilment of the requirement for the Degree Information Technology Presented by: Imperial, Melchor B. DEDICATION I dedicate my research work to my family and many friends. A special feeling of gratitude to my loving parents, Marife and Larry, whose words of encouragement and push for tenacity ring in my ears. My sisters Laarnie and younger brother Joebert and Eugine have never left my side and are very special. I also dedicate this research and special thanks to my many friends and church family who have supported me throughout the process. I dedicated also this research to my loving and sweetest girlfriend, Cristine Mercado for your love and encouragement, for the support and still by my side. I will always appreciate all they have done, especially Mr. Angle Kenneth Aspa for helping me develop my technology skills. I dedicate this work and give special thanks to my Professor Chef. Edwin T. Casila for many hours of teaching us and making me laugh always. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I wish to thank my classmate who were more than generous with their expertise and precious time. A special thanks to Ms Anzano , my Professor for his countless hours of reflecting, reading, encouraging, and most of all patience throughout the entire process. I would like to acknowledge and thank my school...
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...User Guide EVGA nForce 780i SLI Motherboard 780i 3-Way SLI Motherboard EVGA ii nForce 780i SLI Motherboard Table of Contents Before You Begin… ..................................................................................................... ix Parts NOT in the Kit .................................................................................................ix Intentions of the Kit ...................................................................................................x EVGA nForce 780i Motherboard..................................................................................1 Motherboard Specifications...................................................................................... 1 Unpacking and Parts Descriptions...............................................................................4 Unpacking ................................................................................................................ 4 Equipment ................................................................................................................ 4 EVGA nForce 780i SLI Motherboard ....................................................................... 5 Hardware Installation ....................................................................................................9 Safety Instructions.................................................................................................... 9 Preparing the Motherboard .........
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...2 The latest version of this guide can always be found at http://nofilmschool.com/dslr 2010-2012 Ryan Koo This document is licensed under Creative Commons, so the following freedoms apply. However, I would request you do not email this PDF to a friend; instead, please send them to http://nofilmschool.com/dslr where they can get their own copy of the guide for free. Thanks very much. You are free: to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work to Remix — to adapt the work Under the following conditions: Attribution — You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). Noncommercial — You may not use this work for commercial purposes. Share Alike — If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. You can find out more about this license at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ nofilmschool.com/dslr 3 Most people would charge good money for this guide, but I’m giving it away free. In return, I ask that you please help support NoFilmSchool! You can do this via the following: Share the guide If you have a blog or website, please write a post telling others about NoFilmSchool (and the DSLR Guide)! If you don’t have a website, please share NoFilmSchool via Facebook, Twitter, or any other social network. Also, be sure to friend us on: Facebook...
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...NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SILCHAR Bachelor of Technology Programmes amï´>r¶ JH$s g§ñWmZ, m¡Úmo{ à VO o pñ Vw dZ m dY r V ‘ ñ Syllabi and Regulations for Undergraduate PROGRAMME OF STUDY (wef 2012 entry batch) Ma {gb Course Structure for B.Tech (4years, 8 Semester Course) Civil Engineering ( to be applicable from 2012 entry batch onwards) Course No CH-1101 /PH-1101 EE-1101 MA-1101 CE-1101 HS-1101 CH-1111 /PH-1111 ME-1111 Course Name Semester-1 Chemistry/Physics Basic Electrical Engineering Mathematics-I Engineering Graphics Communication Skills Chemistry/Physics Laboratory Workshop Physical Training-I NCC/NSO/NSS L 3 3 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 13 T 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 P 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 2 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 6 0 0 8 2 C 8 6 8 5 6 2 3 0 0 38 8 8 8 8 6 2 0 0 40 8 8 6 6 6 2 2 2 40 6 6 8 2 Course No EC-1101 CS-1101 MA-1102 ME-1101 PH-1101/ CH-1101 CS-1111 EE-1111 PH-1111/ CH-1111 Course Name Semester-2 Basic Electronics Introduction to Computing Mathematics-II Engineering Mechanics Physics/Chemistry Computing Laboratory Electrical Science Laboratory Physics/Chemistry Laboratory Physical Training –II NCC/NSO/NSS Semester-4 Structural Analysis-I Hydraulics Environmental Engg-I Structural Design-I Managerial Economics Engg. Geology Laboratory Hydraulics Laboratory Physical Training-IV NCC/NSO/NSS Semester-6 Structural Design-II Structural Analysis-III Foundation Engineering Transportation Engineering-II Hydrology &Flood...
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