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    Abstract: The main objective of the study is to determine the concern of the consumer with respect to the issues related to the environment‚ usage of eco-friendly products‚ knowledge related to the issues related to the environment and recommendations to use methodologies to save environment. The result of the study aims at spreading the awareness related to the environment and to promote the use and buying of eco-products and to understand the use of the concept of green computing in our day to

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    The Effects of Disarmament on “Former” Nuclear and Small Power Relations Neil Kelty August 12‚ 2010 POLS-Y 375 The invention and widespread proliferation of nuclear weapons has forever altered the international landscape and world leaders’ approach to conflict. Today‚ prominent political leaders attempt to create an ideal environment that allows the diverse international community to co-exist in one system without the constant threat of major conflict. However‚ while some leaders attempt

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    ABUSE OF POLICE POWERS IN PAKISTAN With intervening dictators and historical autocracy‚ it is now after sixty five years of independence that Pakistan has evolved to a culture “partially” democratic. The military and police institutions must function under rule of law in order to uphold legitimate separation of powers. The Oxford Dictionary defines the term Police as‚ “the civil force of a state‚ responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the maintenance of public order.”1 With

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    Is power central to our understanding of politics? In what way does Foucault’s concept of power alter conventional understanding of politics? The notion of power had a time honoured status in the history of political science. The concept of power has gained prominence in the recent times especially with emergence of Behaviouralism as a method of studying politics. It focuses on the study of politics as a process or activity with an interdisciplinary approach. The debate on the centrality of the

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    The Power of Laughter

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    Introduction "Laughter is the best medicine." This saying has been transmitted generation after generation. They say‚ every human being is entitled since birth to have a right and a privilege to laugh explosively‚ show mirth‚ joy‚ or even scorn with a smile and chuckle. It has been a natural part of life that is innate and inborn. Even the infants maximize their birthright of smiling and enormously laughing at the early stage of their lives. Studies and researches show that laughter is a

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    1. What are the consequences of power? Power has both positive and negative consequences. These consequences are given below: Positive consequences: Organizational alignment: Powerful CEOs can align an entire organization to move together to achieve goals. Negative consequences: Destroy organization: English historian John Emerich said the phrase‚ “Power tends to corrupt‚ and absolute power corrupts absolutely” & also warned that power is inherently evil and its holders are not to

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    Davenport S. & Parker D.’s statement (as above) explores the concept of the ‘separation of powers’ doctrine and how this is embedded within the ‘Commonwealth Constitution’. It also states that Australia is a ‘constitutional democracy’. To address the meaning of this statement it is important to separate the statement into individual questions. What is a constitutional democracy? What is the doctrine of separation of powers? And lastly‚ what are the three parts that make up the separation of powers doctrine

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    Thoughts about future power generation systems and the role of exergy analysis in their development Noam Lior * Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics‚ University of Pennsylvania‚ 297 Towne Building‚ 220 South 33rd Street‚ Philadelphia‚ PA 19104-6315‚ USA Abstract In face of the likely doubling of the world population and perhaps tripling of the power demand over the next 50 years‚ this paper (1) presents some thoughts on the possible ways to meet the power demands under the

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    Power Definition 1. Ability to cause or prevent an action‚ make things happen; the discretion to act or not act. Opposite of disability‚ it differs from a right in that it has no accompanying duties. 2. Law: (1) An instrument transferring or vesting legal authorization. (2) The ability conferred on a person by law to determine and alter (by his or her own will) the rights‚ duties‚ liabilities‚ and other legal relations‚ of himself or others. Types of Power In any organization‚ management and

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    In his concept of the panopticon‚ Foucault adopted Jeremy Bentham’s prison design as a metaphor for modern disciplinary power. According to Foucault‚ discipline is invoked through an individual’s consciousness of permanent visibility and surveillance‚ resulting in compliant and self-policing behaviours as if constantly being watched (Nettleton‚ 1997). Engrained in this concept is Foucault’s notion of discourse‚ where he asserts that power is fabricated through language and practices‚ acting as leverage

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