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    The Love Chase Painting

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    Child Shall Lead Them painting is approximately 3’x3’. The Love Chase is a five-part series that consists of two 6’ x 5’ and three 3’x4’ paintings. The paintings are dated in 1869. And A little Child Shall Lead Them and The Love Chase are both oil-on-canvases completed during the nineteenth-century in Sacramento, California. Although, And A little Child Shall Lead Them appears to be done in the Romantic style, it incorporates Neoclassical through subject matter. The Love Chase also…

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    the process of hydraulic fracturing when drilling for oil in the ground, commonly called fracking. The film looks at many different ways that fracking for natural gas, oil, and other minerals in the ground occurs and tries to address the concerns surrounding the process that were said to be happening in the anti-fracking film Gasland. Gasland was made by Josh Fox. Who was upset because he didn’t get all the money that he was promised by an oil company. So he basically made up a whole bunch of…

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    Oil Palm Deforestation

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    Oil palm is a fast and easy way to diminish poverty in areas with severe poverty, however can lead to severe deforestation as well as desertification as a result. Developing countries could use oil palm as great starting point to help grow their country as long as they do not get too enticed that they rely solely on oil palm production. Oil palm is an important crop for the first world that has had a big impact on the global market, the environment, as well as social implications on…

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    development of the expansive oil fields throughout the state. Under the tradition of the common laws adopted by the British the land right was under private ownership; yet the land and mineral rights could be sold independently of each other, which the Osage Nation took full advantage of during the rise of the petroleum economy (Reese and Loughlin, 93). Petroleum created a distinct challenge to these laws because oil can be removed underground by accessing the same oil deposits from various…

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    help further company profits. The team reviewed all aspects within the corporation by analyzing their strengths and weaknesses as well as analyzing outside variables such as: opportunities and threats. ExxonMobil is the strongest standing Gas and Oil Company. The corporation has grown to become one of the highest-ranking within the industry. XOM has proven to value research & development (R&D). The company takes pride in their operational management system as well as their employees. They have…

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    The most unique type of art in this collection would have to be the painting titled Exotic History by Harry Widman. The craft is an oil on canvas that can be seen at the PCC campus of Rock Creek at building seven on the left side. The painting shows of three shadow figures of women painted in an abstract way makes it unique which is how all art is. Exotic History has a distinct visual style that work with one another to captivate the viewer, and get them to contemplate the meaning behind the…

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    Natural Gas Fracking Essay

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    energy supply for at least a century. He backs these claims by listing examples of recently discovered natural gas basins in the United States and abroad and by showing that the current gas supply has already put downward pressure on oil prices. The result of lower oil prices makes many products more affordable and improves the global economy. He posits that by switching from “dirty” coal to cleaner burning natural gas to generate electricity, the environment will improve by reducing…

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    Feed Flow Rate Essay

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    4.2.4 Effect of Feed flow rate (Fgr) on Product Distribution An increase in the flow of gas oil means an increase in the velocity of the gas oil feed, also a decrease in the residence time of the gas oil in the riser; hence a rise in the conversion of gas oil and yields of the products is expected(Akpa et al. 2010). When the flow rate of gas oil is increased, there is an increase in the heat inflow into the reactor, rate of cracking reactions are high, feed also spends less time in the reactor…

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    Painted in 1880, The Storm, by Pierre-Auguste Cot, is an oil painting currently on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Two subjects, a youthful woman and man, are the central focus of this work. The Storm is notable not only for its subject matter, but also for the striking way in which it is depicted; the technical mastery of Cot is evident in the well-rendered, linear style, and the dynamic and atmospheric nature of the painting inspires a greater sense of interest in the viewer. The…

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    Gilded Age DBQ

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    Beard depicts The Standard Oil Company which was a massive monopoly in its time (Doc 4). Monopolies dominate the market for a single object and can manipulate the pricing, as well, which can leave many citizens paying for overpriced products. John Rockefeller, founder of The Standard Oil Company, became extremely wealthy due to the growth of his business. Through horizontal and vertical integration, The Standard Oil Company gained control of 95 percent of the country’s oil industries by the…

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