Maryanne Morella Vicki L. Kennedy Written Communications 1 January 29th‚ 2013 The Harmful Effects of “Fracking” The practice of extracting oil from deep underground rock by injecting it with acid is called hydraulic fracturing‚ or “fracking.” The process involves drilling a vertical tunnel‚ sometimes thousands of feet under the earth’s surface‚ until oil or natural gas is found. Next‚ horizontal tunnels are created to pump in water containing erosive chemicals. Fracking is banned in many
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The Internet (or internet) is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private‚ public‚ academic‚ business‚ and government networks‚ of local to global scope‚ that are linked by a broad array of electronic‚ wireless and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries an extensive range of information resources and services‚ such as
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Is Gaming Harmful for Teenagers? Adults‚ think that children‚ who are in teenage period‚ should focus on their studies rather than gaming on computers or electronic devices. However‚ they still favor their kids to enjoy such healthy leisure-time activities like playing football‚ tennis‚ badminton‚ etc. There are different kinds of activities for young people‚ and video games seem to be one of the most favorite ones of almost teenagers. Playing video games can be good and can be bad to a certain
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What Is A Secret Cult The question has often been asked by various groups and people: what is a secret cult? A cult can be said to emanate from great and excessive admiration or belief in a person or idea. This could be manifested in rituals‚ praise songs‚ chants and worship. It is an unquestionable practice that may be difficult to dislodge even with superior argument. Secret cult could therefore be defined as a set of practices‚ belief system or idea whose essence is known only to the inner
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Harmful effects of pesticides The term pesticide covers a wide range of compounds including insecticides‚ fungicides‚ herbicides‚ rodenticides‚ molluscicides‚ nematicides‚ plant growth regulators and others. Among these‚ organochlorine (OC) insecticides‚ used successfully in controlling a number of diseases‚ such as malaria and typhus‚ were banned or restricted after the 1960s in most of the technologically advanced countries. The introduction of other synthetic insecticides – organophosphate (OP)
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Biofuels: Mandating Harmful Consequences Energy is the common currency of all living things; something all species need. While plants rely directly on the sun for energy‚ humans rely on an array of sources like wind‚ fossil-fuel‚ water‚ solar‚ and more recently biofuels. Of these biofuels‚ which are fuels obtained directly from living plant matter‚ ethanol and biodiesel are the most commonly used. These two sources are typically used to fuel cars‚ trucks‚ aircraft‚ and small-engine machines. Biofuels
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and eventually the world. This revolution assisted life but also made life more difficult as well. Gender roles were changed‚ products were made more efficiently and many jobs were created. This also meant that people lived in cramped houses‚ air pollution levels were high and people died of or suffered illnesses from working in factories. This essay will be discussing whether the Industrial Revolution has done more harm than good. The role of each gender was changed due to the Industrial Revolution
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that the Internet provides people with a lot of valuable information. Others think accesst to so much information creates problems. Which view do you agree with? Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion. The essay: The internet is the global information system.Nowaday‚ the internet play a crucial role in the life. The Internet gives many helful tools for the user‚ however‚ it also has a lot of disadvantages. Firstly‚ the Internet help people in the whole wrold can connect together
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criminals might start using their camera phones to take pictures of your credit cards and pin numbers when you are checking out at a store. Because most cell phones are also equipped with e-mail‚ these pictures along with upskirting pictures can end up on the internet in a matter of seconds. There aren’t any laws protecting potential victims which makes it hard to prevent camera phone crimes. I think that the new technology in cell phones is scary‚ but it is also a reality. Many people have cell phones
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When is the last time you used the Internet? Maybe 1 minute‚ 30 minutes‚ 45 minutes ago. The things we can do on Internet are so technologically advanced that we use it for different reasons such as Facebook and Twitter which all require the internet. The Internet is a technology used by almost everyone around the world. This technology makes it possible for people to access valuable information through millions of sites that have been created by people willing to share there personal knowledge.
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