...acclaimed as the solution for a clean energy alternative. It burns cleaner than both coal and oil. There are vast quantities located in several shale formations domestically, in the United States (U.S.). Natural gas is an odorless, colorless hydrocarbon composed mostly of methane found deep in the earth in formations known as shale. In mid-1997, George Mitchell, an independent prospector made a discovery that would change the natural gas exploration industry for the twenty-first century. (Hinton, 2012). The modification of the well completion technology known as hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and horizontal drilling allowed the oil and gas industry the ability to tap into natural gas reserves trapped in shale deposits miles beneath the earths’ surface. (Hinton, 2012). Mitchell found that forcing fracking fluid at extremely high pressure into the shale formations created fissures in surrounding rock releasing the hydrocarbons and capturing them in the well head. The fracking fluid, also referred to as slick water, is made up of water, chemicals, and sand. Heywood (2012) reports that members of the energy and commerce committee of the U.S. House of Representatives said that between 2005 and 2009 the oil and gas service companies were using over 2,500 fracking products with 750 different chemicals. Some of these chemicals are harmless including salt and citric acid. However, some are extremely hazardous to include benzene, arsenic lead, and methanol. The exact makeup of the fluids...
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...One of the themes that emerges from Shakespeare's comedy All's Well That Ends Well is the conflict between old and new, age and youth, wisdom and folly, reason and passion. As one critic points out, a simple glance at the characters of the play reveals an almost equally balanced cast of old and young. "In performance it is apparent that the youth of the leading characters, Helena, Bertram, Diana and Parolles, is in each case precisely balanced by the greater age of their counterparts, the Countess, the King of France, the Widow of Florence and the old counselor Lafeu."1 Indeed, the dialectic between youth and age is established in the first act as the Countess sees a mirror of her former self in Helena's love sick countenance in scene three when she exclaims "Even so it was with me when I was young," and Bertram's worthiness to the ailing King of France in the previous scene appears to hang upon his youthful resemblance to his deceased father. As the King explains, "Such a man might be a copy to these younger times,/Which followed well would demonstrate them now/But goers-backward" [I.2. 49-51]. Like so many literary youths of his day, Shakespeare went backward for his source material for All's Well and based the play on Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron. Boccaccio's early sixteenth-century story revolves around Giletta of Narbona, the daughter of a wealthy and respected physician. Giletta, like Helena (the daughter of the deceased--and indigent--Gerard de Narbonne), falls in love...
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...Oil, the staple that provides energy for just about everyone on earth today, is a current hot topic of discussion among politicians, engineers, scientists, environmentalists, and everyday citizens. Oil has been around since ancient times but oils potential was never realized until the nineteenth century. Is oil starting to be overrun by environmentalists? How long will current oil reserves last? Is oil currently the best and most efficient means of energy production? Should we worry about expanding oil production around the world? These questions and many more are dominating the conversations of energy producers and politicians worldwide. The oil we use today is a byproduct of ancient fossilized organic material. Most oil deposits are found where ancient oceans, seas and lake beds existed. As material such as: zooplankton, algae and other organic materials fell to the floor it was trapped under mud and sand. The speed at which the organic material covered the floor did not allow for its proper decomposition before it was covered with layers of sand or mud. Over time, the areas were buried under sedimentary rock, which caused extreme pressures and heat. This heat and pressure exerted as time passed developed the crude oils we see today. The quality and composition of the crude oil varies based upon the hydrocarbon makeup of the petroleum. Petroleum was first used to provide kerosene for lighting in the mid nineteenth century. Demand for the less expensive...
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...Hydraulic Fracturing: Is the Risk Worth the Reward? Are they willing to risk their health for wealth? That is the question on everyone’s mind in North Dakota right now. North Dakota residents are scratching their heads and asking, “is the money that oil and gas development is providing to our state important enough that we are willing to risk the health of our families”? Why is there a risk? Because the oil companies are not satisfied with reaching oil only a few hundred feet below the surface. Oil and gas companies are interested in retrieving the oil and gas from a layer of shale and dense rocks at depths of 10,000 feet. The oil companies are retrieving the oil and gas from the shale and rock using a method known as hydraulic fracturing (fracking). This method was developed over 60 years ago. The process of fracking injects water, sand, and chemicals through a cement casing or tubing into shale and dense rocks, cracking the shale and rocks to open the pores, allowing the oil and gas to flow more freely to the surface (Svoboda). Even though the oil companies are using less invasive chemicals, leaving behind fewer toxins, they are still using chemicals with health risks attached such as ethylene glycol. The other health concern today is the dumping of wastewater that comes from the fracking process. There were more than 1,000 reported spills or illegal dumps of wastewater and other drilling fluids in 2011, just in the state of North Dakota. This contaminated water has to go...
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...has numerous causes, and if it is not solved, the effects could be drastic. Fracking starts by a well being drilled, vertically and horizontally, into the ground around one to two miles or more in order to obtain natural gases and oil (Lallanilla). Then, the well is drilled and is covered in steel or cement. After being drilled and covered, a water mixture is...
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...Term Paper: Wells Fargo in Ireland | | | | | | Wells Fargo was founded in 1852 by Henry Wells and William G. Fargo and opened for business in the gold rush port of San Francisco. Wells Fargo offered banking (buying gold and selling paper bank drafts as good as gold) and express delivery of the gold and anything else valuable. By the 1860s, Wells Fargo earned everlasting fame and its corporate symbol, the stagecoach. In 1888, Wells Fargo became the country’s first nationwide express company. By 1918, Wells Fargo was part of 10,000 communities across the country, however that year the federal government took over the nation’s express network as part of its effort in the First World War and Wells Fargo was left with just one bank in San Francisco eventually expanding in 1923 to two banking halls. In the 1980s, Wells Fargo expanded into a statewide bank, became the seventh largest bank in the nation, and launched its online service. In the 1990s, Wells Fargo returned to its historic territory throughout the Western, Midwestern and Eastern states. Today, Wells Fargo provides banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance through more than 9,000 stores, 12,000 ATMs, and the Internet (wellsfargo.com), and has offices in more than 35 countries to support the bank’s customers who conduct business in the global economy. According to Forbes.com, as of May 2013 Wells Fargo’s market cap was $201.35 billion. Wells Fargo’s global...
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...that can infiltrate and contaminate habitat, waterways, and even the drinking water that people and wildlife depend on. There are several evidences that I found to address the problem of water quality and quantity caused by drilling and hydraulic fracturing. First of all, there have been reports of flammable methane migrating into local drinking water supplies, and spills of drilling fluids and contaminated water are believed to have killed livestock, fish and other aquatic life in ponds and streams. Fracking operations can also require several million gallons of water, which must be withdrawn from nearby wells, lakes, rivers or industrial or municipal systems, leaving insufficient water for other important uses. Moreover, Shortly before midnight, April 19, 2011, residents near Leroy Township, Pennsylvania, were jolted by a frenzy of activity. A natural gas well on a nearby farm had blown out, spewing thousands of gallons of toxic water and chemicals over fields and into a tributary of the Susquehanna River. Nearby families evacuated as first responders scrambled to rebuild a failed earthen berm and mobilize a fleet of vacuum trucks to keep the liquid from spreading. No one was quite sure how to stop the roughly 10,000 gallons of toxic wastewater that ultimately spilled, so, as the waster rushed out, local officials waited 11 hours for a specialized team to fly in from Texas. The disaster was one of at least four major spills and accidents that have struck Pennsylvania...
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...Research Based Argument Paper David Odenweller 05/04/2014 Welcome to the machine Hydraulic fracturing has become one of the key issues of our time, due to the important part it plays in our nation’s ambitions for a clean and sustainable energy future. Due to recent technological advances in horizontal drilling techniques, the vast natural gas reserves found within the shale formations underground in the United States have become easily accessible. Responsible development of these resources is believed to be key to a sustainable financial, and environmentally prosperous future for America. However, recent environmental and health concerns beg to differ, and question whether these new developments pose more of a threat to americans than they are worth. Nature sustains life on our planet. Humans have developed an organization of society that runs on machines. What does it take to run the machines that power our world? Our society also runs on money. So anything that plays into the running of our society must must invariably be tied to how it profits the people in charge of running things. How does it benefit us as a whole? This question is larger than the debate which this paper addresses, yet it is valid in that it is an overarching theme that drives the situation behind the issues within. A big part of what our economy has deemed is important in order to sustain the current level of comfort that we have been sold is largely based on non-renewable energy sources such as...
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...Financial Analysis of Wells Fargo Bank Analyze the company’s mission and vision statements against the performance of the organization. Then, evaluate how well the company lives out its mission and vision statement. Provide support from the organization’s performance in your evaluation. The mission statement of Wells Fargo, like most other banks, centers around getting as much money and financial obligation from each individual as possible. “We want to satisfy all our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially.” To further clarify that mission Wells Fargo says, “We believe our customer can save more time and money if--- after carefully shopping around and comparing choices --- they bring all their financial services to one trust provider.” Wells Fargo has lived up to its mission statement by becoming the nation’s largest financial institutions, serving one in three U.S. households and employing over in 500 working Americans. Regardless of the growing size, scope and reach, Wells Fargo common visions and distinct values form the fabric that holds the company together. As a team member of Wells Fargo, I can say it doesn’t matter what my responsibility is, or my titles, the business of the company is what I work for. Wells Fargo is one of the few American companies doing business for longer than 150 years under its founding name and in its original line of business: banking. Banking has changed in many ways through the years...
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...The core of assisted living care is individual support. Facilities use an Individual Service Plan (also called a care plan) approach based on the person's daily care requirements. Before move-in, a resident and their family meet with the selected assisted living facility staff to develop a comprehensive, customized care program based on the individual's interests, needs and desires - many times referred to as an assessment. The Individual Service Plan helps define the services provided, in addition to the costs associated with such services. Understanding the specific services offered and the costs associated with each service will help you make a more informed decision when selecting a facility. What is a Care Plan Assessment? Care assessment A care plan evaluation is key to quality care and the strategy for how the staff helps the individual. It lays out what type of care and the time increments administered by each staff member, in addition to additional costs associated with the services. An assessment regularly reviews the resident's care and revised as needs change. It gathers information about how well the resident is able to care for oneself. It measures the person's functional abilities: how well a person walks, talks, eats, dresses, bathes, sees, hears, communicates, comprehends, and recalls. The assessment also defines a person's habits, activities and relationships so that the staff can better assist the resident in living comfortably and feel at home...
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...CSR makes companies responsible for looking after the needs of their stakeholders, makes companies take steps to protect the environment, improve people's livelihoods, motivates employees and increases organisations' effectiveness and efficiency. Multinational state they are practising CSR. Yet their activities have caused much harm to stakeholders. Shell's activities in Nigeria have caused severe health risk to families’ drinking water containing high levels of carcinogens (BBC, 2011). This study is important as it is seeking to understand to the extent to which Shell's CSR practices have been effective. With this statement you will discover a summary associated with crucial regions of effect as well as chance, particular towards the CSR facets of the actions: – Atmosphere as well as durability – gas and oil procedures...
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...Argue whether or not "Simple living" would be beneficial or, even, possible in modern society In this contemporary society, simple living is an uncommon practice. However, making one’s life simple requires consistency, determination, and demanding practice. Everyone perceives the meaning of simple living differently since it is a deliberate way of living. For example, some people are willing to forgo everyday amenities such as cell phones, televisions, and the internet whereas some others are not, but instead are ready to give up things like expensive cars, jewelries, large homes, and so on. Although, downsizing one’s life requires people to do without certain things, it’s satisfying and rewarding since it helps to reduce expenses and consumption, alleviate stress and hassles in life, and improve the quality of life. Simplifying one’s life makes one refrain from frivolous spending and excessive consumption, which will consequently increase savings so that expenses can be met on time. One would be well-budgeted to meet unforeseen circumstances. Moreover, most people do not know the difference between needs and wants. For instance, a Mercedes Benz, which is a luxury good could be considered a basic necessity in this modern society. Everyone needs the basic necessities, that is, food, water, clothes, and shelter to subsist. However, reducing unnecessary possession and consumption on these necessities would be of a great deal of help. For example, instead of eating outside...
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...Simple living The term ‘Simple Living’ is introduced in the text ‘Simple Living, Recession-Style’ by Elizabeth Scott. The idea is to “pare down and get rid of all the extra “stuff” that we think we need, but don’t.” By getting rid of what does not really serve us, one can enjoy the important things in life, such as relationships and family. By not getting distracted by unimportant things, one can focus on becoming a better person and getting “a better understanding of “who we really are.”” Elizabeth Scott is very positive to the idea of simple living. She was introduced to it in ‘Simple Abundance’ by Sarah Ban Breathnach. She says this way of living could result in less stress, stronger relationships, and a more meaningful life. It is not all, that choose this way of living themselves, a lot of people are opting it out of necessity. They need to save money, due to the fact of financial problems. She makes it clear that the experience of living with less, may feel hard when not voluntarily chosen, but family togetherness will still be the end result. Judith Levine is also very positive towards the idea of simple living. She has written the book ‘Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping’, in which she describes how she and her partner did not buy anything unnecessary for a year. In the interview she explains how thinking about ones choices also is a part of simple living, for instance instead of buying biodiesel one can buy biofuel made from plan cellulose. Judith Levine introduces...
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...Another incentive to increase the minimum wage is the fact that living costs simply do not add up for minimum wage workers. That is to say, the current minimum wage simply does not match the current living wage for most of these Americans. A living wage is essentially the income necessary for a person to provide for themselves or their family. In a 2014 article for CUNY’s New Labor Forum, Peter Dreier recalled the introduction of the term “living wage” itself removed stigma attached to low-wage workers because it revealed the problem not as a situation of people who are in poverty due to bad decisions and lack of intelligence or motivation but rather as a situation where mothers, fathers and children’s can’t even make the means to meet their basic physiological needs despite working full-time, (Dreier, 2014). Economists calculate recommended living wages based on the cost of living in a given area and the housing size as well if it is a single parent household. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the current minimum wage was determined by amendments passed by the Fair Labor Standards Act in 2007 that proposed it would be incrementally be raised to $7.25 per hour effective on July 24, 2009, (U.S. Department of Labor). This rate has not increased since then despite ever-increasing living costs and despite the fact that productivity has risen, where productivity is measured by how much output can be produced in an average hour of work. According to analyst Lawrence Mishel...
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...As per the assignment I not only had to be compassionate to my loved ones but to every living thing, I do have to admit that it took a little more effort than I initially thought but it felt awesome at the end. Compassion is being able to act on a level of being able to feel what the other being is feeling and not judge, mistreat, or act on the defensive side towards them. 2. I began my day by getting up early, took a shower and had breakfast. I then went to feed my dog and gave him water as well as dessert treats and played with him a little bit afterwards, the joy that he was getting from it made me really appreciate how much he really likes me and is there for me no matter what, that includes not playing with him more often or offer him treats. I then decided to go the extra mile and went to visit my parents and not only that, I got my friend to help me out and paint their living room. They had been asking for such a long time that paint job that I took matters into action and did that, went to the store with my mom and helped her chose a new living room set. She was almost in a stage of shock about so since I rarely spend time with her. I also took her to eat at her favorite place and went back home. My parents are seniors, therefore, it’s very difficult for them to move stuff around the house, so I helped moved furniture around the house and hang pictures in the newly repainted living room. I felt even better because my mom cooked me my favorite dish for dinner and even...
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