process and the indicators we chose were also analysed and checked by independent auditors and stakeholders. Further information on this aspect can be found in the Back-up chapter starting on page 90. The period under review extends from March 31‚ 2011‚ when the previous report went to press‚ to February 15‚ 2012. The indicators presented relate to the 2011 calendar year. All information provided relates to the Volkswagen Group. If any information relates to individual Group brands only‚ this is expressly
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Do we truly have free will? It is the ability to make a decision without hindrance. Human nature‚ neuroscience‚ everyday life are contributing factors in free will. Human nature deals decisions that focus on the awareness of the conscious mind. For instance‚ free will enables humans to control and carry out their own decisions. Contrary to Freud’s belief‚ free will is dependent upon personal “motives‚ convictions‚ and intentions.” To specify‚ external forces do not completely establish human behavior
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31 July 2013 Do Animals Really Have Emotions? Animal emotion is a difficult and controversial subject. Scientific research is confirming what humans intuitively know: that animals have feelings and able to experience diverse types of emotions. Skeptics believe there are no possible ways animals can have emotions. They refuse the idea animals experience happiness or any other type of emotions as anthropomorphism; which occurs when humans project their own characteristics or behaviors to animals
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When do vertical mergers create value? This paper studies the market reaction to vertical mergers and explores the many rationales for vertical integration proposed in the industrial organization literature. Abnormal returns for vertical merger announcements are positive until the late 1990s‚ and turn negative afterward. Acquirers suffer most of the losses. We find support for the most fundamental insight in the industrial organization literature‚ namely‚ that vertical mergers generate the greatest
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proposition of the ‘male gaze’ has been applied to feminist studies of the media. “One thing I really envy about men‚ ’ a friend once said to me‚ ’is the right to look ’ (Dyer 1982) Johnathan Schroeder posited ‘...to gaze implies more than to look at- it signifies psychological relationship of power‚ in which the gazer is superior to the object of the gaze.(Schroeder‚ 1998)’ Keeping this in mind‚ in Laura Mulvey’s article ‘Visual pleasure and narrative cinema’‚ she proposes that the male gaze is paramount
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Going Back To School After Fifty It has been so long since I have been in a classroom environment that it is a bit intimidating and exhilarating. I do believe I am up for this challenge. Going through my elementary and junior high years I had
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want you to be… united and happy! I love you all!" After what he said‚ he went to bed followed by his loyal dog named Rocco. I remember seating in the living room with my cousins talking about grandpa and his adventures when we heard Rocco barking out loud. Something was different about his bark; it was like he was crying. My whole family ran into my grandpa’s room and we found him asleep (that’s what we thought). Rocco was lying by his side with his head and ears down. My uncle went to check if grandpa
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BRIEF COMMUNICATION Synthesis and antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles with different sizes ´ ´ ˜´ ˜ G. A. Martınez-Castanon Æ N. Nino-Martınez Æ ´ ´ F. Martınez-Gutierrez Æ J. R. Martınez-Mendoza Æ Facundo Ruiz Received: 29 January 2008 / Accepted: 22 May 2008 / Published online: 2 July 2008 Ó Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008 Abstract Silver nanoparticles with different sizes (7‚ 29‚ and 89 nm mean values) were synthesized using gallic acid in an aqueous chemical reduction
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The problem of free will refers to the examination of whether or not we as conscious beings have control over our own actions. French philosopher Paul Henri Thiry‚ Baron d ’Holbach argues that all acts are caused by past events and conditions‚ a belief known as determinism. Physical laws shows us that all events in time are determined by prior events‚ but the belief in free will implies that our actions are results from what we perceive as choice‚ are undetermined random events in time. Therefore
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Maggie McDevitt English 1551 Richard P Logan 5 December 2012 Size is Not Beauty How does one define beauty? Billboards‚ posters and pictures of models that reflect what society defines as flawless surround us. We see tall‚ thin girls and tall‚ thin‚ muscular men. As we look at them‚ their beauty is only on the outside. Behind the majority of models’ poses are people who suffer greatly with their image. There needs to be a balance between health and beauty. The drastic measures that
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