The Controversial Process of Fracking: A focus on the Karoo: Lauren Bennett (g12b1123) The process of hydraulic fracking involves sand and specially treated water (with chemicals)‚ being blasted down on to rock crevices‚ at extremely high pressures.1 This is done in order to literally open the rock up‚ thereby releasing the natural gas that is present in them. This process‚ however‚ has recently become more intense. As a means to be able to drill in to the rock a great deal
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Standardised Testing Name: Institution: Abstract This paper explores two published books that touched on pros and cons of standardized testing in schools. Popham‚ (2001) and Sacks‚ (1999) suggest that through pros a student will have to pass certain tests to determine that he or she has acquired proficiency in various fields of study. According to the two authors‚ in cons the students who have mastery of the content‚ don’t show in the test; it mostly promotes teachers to teach tests and evaluate
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used company products and bootlegged them to where people can use it for free or for the people’s own use. So a discussion has gone up recently about which one is better Net Neutrality or no net neutrality. Me personally‚ I say go net neutrality. Coming from a poor family it’s hard enough to pay the bills‚ and then you
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Some of the pros include: Vaccines can save children’s lives‚ the ingredients in vaccines are safe in the amounts used‚ major medical organizations state that vaccines are safe‚ adverse reactions to vaccines are extremely rare‚ vaccines protect the “herd”‚ vaccines
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The great problem of gentrification is that it only benefits people with money and leaves the poor to suffer in another location in which they can afford. Having an insight in gentrification taking over New York City‚ I‚ Abida Samia view the story of Dasani and her family as great qualitative and quantitative evidence that shows the side effects of gentrified neighborhoods on children and families. Yet‚ Sidrah Z. agrees to disagree. She believes that gentrification‚ although does make it hard for
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optimal (best) choices under conditions of scarcity (McConnell‚ Brue‚ & Flynn‚ 2012). Scarce economic resources mean limited goods and services. Scarcity restricts options and demands choices. Because we “can’t have it all’‚ we must decide what we will have and what we must forgo. At the care of economics is the idea that “there is no free lunch”. You may be treated to lunch‚ making it “free” from your perspective‚ but someone bears a cost.
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time periods. The two stories both have their pros and cons of the society that is being portrayed in the text. The pros of the societies in the stories are found more in “The Voter” than in “Tribal Scars”. This mainly has to do with the fact that the society in Achebe’s story was based in a more recent time which allowed for the society to be more far and democratic and this would be the most noticeable pro throughout the stories. Another pro for “The Voter” would be that almost all of the
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the decades die for the right to vote. Many generations of Americans of every gender‚ race‚ religion‚ and ideology have marched and struggled and died to secure this fundamental freedom. Yet we have a system where the winner can lose (qtd. in “Pros and Cons of the Electoral College System” 25). This specific scenario has occurred multiple times in the most significant election in the United States. In fact‚ in the history of presidential elections‚ the loser of the popular vote has won
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teens‚ but adults too. Texting and driving has its pros and many consequences. First‚ texting and driving had become a major distraction for teen and adult drivers. Texting and driving is a cause of many vehicle accidents. In the article‚ “The Dangers of Texting and Driving‚” the author states that
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Exercise 2‚ page 27 a. I think women are better listeners than men. | Pro (yes‚ for‚ good) | Con (no‚ against‚ bad) | 1. Women are nurturing by nature. | 1. Tend to get too emotional. | 2. Like to listen and be supportive. | 2. Don’t see a problem in sharing your personal issues with others. | 3. Care to know all details and facts‚ no matter how long it takes. | 3. Will tend to feel they know it all. | 4. Will give advice based on personal experiences. | 4. Can often talk endlessly
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