What is fracking? Fracking‚ formally known as Hydraulic Fracturing‚ is the process of drilling straight down into the earth‚ then drilling horizontally to create cracks in the ground. A combination of water‚ sand‚ and added chemicals are pumped at a high pressure to expand and hold the cracks open to extract the gas. It is a technique that has been used in the United States for over 60 years‚ and many more to come (Bierstedt 641). The thing many people are concerned about is fracking’s effect on
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BUSINESS PLAN [Type the document subtitle] AKNOWLEDGEMENT May ALLAH bless us with such kind of dedicated teacher in future. Thanks to Sir____________‚ under his dynamic guidance we are able to express our-self. And we are now at the stage to complete our project. And finally we are thankful that He cooperated with us. All the work we have done is due to the skill we required from you. We have tried our best to provide you the precise data and
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the ground and is not biodegradable. • The waste fluid is left in open air pits to evaporate‚ releasing harmful VOC’s (volatile organic compounds) into the atmosphere‚ creating contaminated air‚ acid rain‚ and ground level ozone. • In the end‚ hydraulic fracking produces approximately 300‚000 barrels of natural gas a day‚ but at the price of numerous environmental‚ safety‚ and health
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Throughout history‚ there have been a number of criminals who have committed crimes of all kinds‚ especially murder. Despite the horrible things these people have done‚ one cannot help but be amazed at the bizarre mentality of one specific criminal: the serial killer. The way that these people have the ability to just kill multiple people without an ounce of remorse and show no humanity whatsoever has been mind-blowing to people for decades. What leads once perfectly normal people to such extreme
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William Christopher Handy (W.C. Handy) was born on November 16‚ 1873‚ in a log cabin built by his grandfather. The town was called Florence‚ Alabama.He was considered the “Father of the Blues.” His parents were Elizabeth Brewer and Charles Barnard Handy. His father was a pastor and much of Handy’s musical style was influenced by the songs he sang and played in church. His father‚ however‚ believed that musical instruments were tools of the devil (Wikipedia). This inspired Handy even more to play a
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Chapter 3 – Data Visualization Chapter 4 – Summary Statistics Data Mining for Business Intelligence Shmueli‚ Patel & Bruce © Galit Shmueli and Peter Bruce 2010 Data Visualization • “A picture is worth a thousand words” • Data visualization and summary statistics help condense data • Effective presentation • Supports data cleaning (identify missing values‚ outliers‚ incorrect values‚ duplicates) and exploring (combine some groups) • Helps identify suitable variables • Mandatory initial step for
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Amanda Mueller MBA6018 – Data Analysis Unit 3 Activity 1 January 23‚ 2013 Practical Application Scenario 1 In 2010‚ Playbill Magazine contracted Boos Allen to conduct a survey aimed at determining the average annual household income of Playbill readers. 300 readers were randomly pulled and sampled from the list of customers provided by Playbill Magazine. From that sampling effort‚ Boos Allen was confident that the population average household income is $119‚155 and that the population
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Industry Analysis Firms in funeral industry operate funeral homes‚ cemeteries and crematoria. This includes the management of funerals‚ cremations and burials. The financial performance of the Funeral Directors‚ Crematoria and Cemeteries industry is strongly influenced by the number of deaths in Australia each year. This statistic has risen stably over the past five years but the baby boomers are driving the trend of funeral. Within the next decade‚ Australia’s death rate is set to increase from
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Contents (Don’t bother editing the contents – I’ve found a cheat way to do it – Leroy) About Auto-Excellence Performance Overview Performance against Objectives within the Business Plan How we met Objectives from the Business Plan Major Diverges from Business Plan Objectives Financial Analysis Performance against Competitors Director’s Review Finance Review Marketing Review Human Resources Review Operations Review Future Implications (only if we
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Overview: Chapter 2 Data Mining for Business Intelligence Shmueli‚ Patel & Bruce Core Ideas in Data Mining Classification Prediction Association Rules Data Reduction Data Visualization and exploration Two types of methods: Supervised and Unsupervised learning Supervised Learning Goal: Predict a single “target” or “outcome” variable Training data from which the algorithm “learns” – value of the outcome of interest is known Apply to test data where value is not known and will be predicted
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