With Amazon’s immense reach comes responsibility‚ as well as opportunity. Now the largest online retailer in the U.S.‚ with over $60 billion in sales in 2012‚ this e-commerce giant connects buyers and suppliers from across the world. In many ways‚ Amazon can be seen as a greener option than traditional storefront retailers because it does not need to operate physical locations. Also‚ Amazon’s transportation logistics and distribution center efficiencies may reduce the lifecycle energy use of consumer
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Peter Willetts: “Transnational actors and international organizations in global politics” (2008) 1. Introduction -> international relations should no longer be regarded as ‘states’ interacting with each other: = from realist to pluralist approach = international relations and global politics as the interaction of: - states or governments - transnational companies (Nestlé‚ Shell‚ Ford‚ …) - national NGOs - IGOs (UN‚ NATO‚ EU‚ …) - INGOs (Amnesty International‚ WWF‚ …) 2. Problems with
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Introduction Glastonbury festival Of Contemporary Performing Art is one of the most known music festivals in the world. The festival it self takes part in worthy farm which is a dairy farm during the year; is in the region of Somerset which is situated in southwest England. The festival from 1981 has been organised by the local farmer and site owner Michael Eavis (Martin‚ 2009). Micheal Eavis is also the owner of Glastonbury Festival LTD the company that is in charge of the organization and the
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radiation doses. Campaigners against nuclear power say that the studies show that people will be living with the devastating consequences of the disaster for decades‚ possibly centuries‚ to come. Rianne Teule‚ a campaigner on nuclear issues at Greenpeace‚ told IPS: "This is a problem that will not go away in a few years‚ it will be here for hundreds of years to come. "The new studies confirm that the problems‚ as presented in 2006 by the World Health Organisation and International Atomic Energy
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Evaluate the principle of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in achieving global security. Though its inception since 2005 has been a benchmark in creating cooperation on mass atrocity crimes‚ the R2P doctrine faces significant limitations in achieving global security. R2P has been called upon by critics to be an imperialist doctrine‚ which would justify overextension of the dominant states into domestic affairs of smaller states. The inability of the P5 states to act in the interests of global
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Profit maximisation has been one of the main aims of the firms. The generally accepted view is the long run will wish to maximize profit. Marginal Cost and Marginal Revenue can be used to find the profit maximising level of output. Marginal cost is the addition to total cost of one extra unit of output. Marginal revenue is the increase in total revenue resulting from an extra unit of sales. Economic theory predicts that profits will be maximised at the output level where marginal cost equals maginal
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An Analysis of A Civil Action A Civil Action is a movie based on a real life case that took place several years ago. Several families of Woburn‚ a small town‚ were alleging that chemicals spilled by local plants had contaminated their drinking water. Reckless‚ careless dumping of chemicals at a tanning plant‚ they discovered‚ must have caused the chemical spill. This contamination‚ they believed‚ caused several children of the town to become sick with leukemia and eight of the children died;
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Social‚ Ethical and Legal Implications of Genetically Modified Crops There is considerable evidence documenting the role of genetically modified products as a sustaining food source. Products of genetic engineering are steadily winning the world community’s favor. According to the research conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)‚ consumption of genetically modified products is constantly growing in the majority of countries. However‚ genetic engineering in general
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use of chemical sprays or artificial fertilizers. They are free from genetic modified ingredients‚ preservatives‚ artificial sweeteners and colours‚ and other additives and flavorings‚ hence are all natural and delicious. According to a report by Greenpeace in Hong Kong‚ Vitasoy and some famous dairy producers also tagged as "green products"‚ because the product does not contain genetically modified ingredientsAs most of my other reviews‚ I bought this on offer. The price is about S$2.50 for 2 packs
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Advantages Cloud computing relies on sharing of resources to achieve coherence and economies of scale similar to a utility (like the electricity grid) over a network.[2] At the foundation of cloud computing is the broader concept of converged infrastructure and shared services. The cloud also focuses on maximizing the effectiveness of the shared resources. Cloud resources are usually not only shared by multiple users but are also dynamically re-allocated per demand. This can work for allocating
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