The Good‚ Bad and Ugly of Fracking There is a gold rush going on right now. Man is breaking the earth‚ looking for natural gas. It’s a mad scene‚ with hucksters on every side of the issue. There is a lot going on underground and that process is called Fracking. The word alone can stir up controversy. The process of extracting natural gas through hydraulic fracturing or “fracking‚” might summon in someone’s imagination an environment and damaged communities. Natural gas hides from sight it is invisible
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Social Media: Is it Good or Bad? It is incredible that only fifteen years ago‚ people were still using the postal services as their primary source for communication. Although the United Postal Service has not gone out of business‚ people are switching over from the old fashion stamp and letter to e-mails‚ social media sites‚ and instant messaging as a more convenient way of exchanging information. In just a few years‚ the usage of social media sites‚ like Facebook and Twitter‚ has been increasing
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Girls just want to have fun; but often they don’t think about the consequences. Rebecca Martin’s feature article "Girls Gone bad" utilises specific techniques in order to persuade the reader to share her point of view. The issue of modern teenage girls losing respect and misbehaving is shown through the conventions of anecdotes and omission of detail. The reader is made to feel that parents must regain control over there teenage daughters‚ before society is damaged. Anecdotes play a pivotal role
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I’m sure that most women would agree that Aunt Flow’s visit every 28 days isn’t exactly the highlight of our month. On top of the fact that it is super inconvenient‚ it comes along with aches‚ pains‚ cramps‚ expenses‚ and lets not forget those mood swings. I can’t say that I have ever met a woman who said that she had an enjoyable menstrual cycle. I obviously wasn’t around when this happened‚ but I can only imagine the excitement that arouse during the release of birth control pills. Not only
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Have you ever wondered if the Crusades were a good thing or a bad thing‚ maybe it is in between? The Crusades are 9 holy wars between Roman Catholics and Sunni Muslims from the 11th century to the 13th century. Now today i’m going to show you what happened during the crusades good‚ bad‚ and in between. But overall I think that the crusades were a good thing in Europe. Now‚ the reason why I think that the crusades were a good thing is because it brought the eastern trade industry into Europe. Document
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Modern Technology – Good or Bad? As I scroll through the daily Facebook status updates of all my friends‚ I noticed yet another friend of mine declared her yearning for an Iphone‚ promoting and ranting the many uses of it and how will the gadget improve her life. Notifications and ringtones indicate the overflowing of messages and emails into my inbox. One particular email catches my attention. Rather than the usual advertisements and spam mails‚ this one is special‚ bearing the title: “Modern Technology
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hospital I came home to just two siblings‚ an older brother and an older sister‚ not so bad. Throughout the years the family kept growing‚ and growing‚ and growing. Today there are eight of us‚ four boys and four girls. There are a million characteristics that separate brothers from sisters; some good‚ some bad‚ and others are just plain weird and annoying. The Good To begin with every sibling has his/her good qualities. I can always go to my brothers just as fast as I can go to my sisters if I ever
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Outline Thesis: Human nature proves to be both good and evil because they’re dependent on strength despite individual experiences‚ showing that a person’s destiny can only be decided by themselves. Body Paragraph #1: Topic sentence- Good or evil human nature is hard to identify due to the fact that many people do not understand the conceptual terms of good and evil. Support for good‚ quote-“The universe is a good creation of God‚ and sees no evil in it. It is a cosmos-an orderly harmonious
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Online Dating: The Good and the Bad “Want to meet hot singles in your area?” Not a day goes by without encountering one of these advertisements on the internet. These advertisements can be seen on almost every page on the web‚ from dictionary websites to social networking websites such as Facebook. With many different behaviours resulting from online dating‚ this essay will explore three different positions on online dating: complete rejection‚ middle ground‚ and acceptance. Many people reject
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“dumb” down societies. Whether you believe this idea is solely based on your discretion‚ but there is one man who took the time to analyze this collective supposition deeply. Steven Johnson and his written work Everything Bad Is Good For You looked at the effects from popular media from an alternative perspective. Looking past the arguments of morality‚ Johnson calls attention to the progressive complexity in cultures seen in the past thirty years through elements such as video games‚ television‚
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