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...trends that have spawned a fast-growing industry of consultants, accountants, and legal and p.r. specialists. All but six of Britain's top 100 companies now publish details of their environmental or social policies. Some firms, including Total's European rivals Shell and BP, are even making ethics a focal point of their marketing. "Profits. Principles. Or Both?" reads the tag line in a series of recent Shell ads that advocate striking a balance between affordable energy and the social and environmental costs of providing...
That, in a nutshell, seems to be the key to guiding kids into an ongoing and lusty love for cooking that lasts well beyond the holidays. The parents who succeed at this are the ones who make both the kitchen and the pleasures of food focal points of family life all year round. The benefits are huge: there's more help in the kitchen and quality time together, kids acquire a skill with long-term payoffs, plus there's good food...
...powerful focal point for political activity by engaging people who are passionate about politics but have not had the opportunity to intersect with the IOP,” he said...
...they have spawned a fast-growing industry of consultants, accountants and legal and p.r. specialists. All but six of the U.K.'s largest 100 companies now publish details of their environmental or social policies. Some firms, including Total's European rivals Shell and BP, are even making ethics a focal point of their marketing. "Profits. Principles. Or Both?" reads the tagline on a series of recent Shell ads. The big question, as Dairon suggested, is whether all this marks a tangible change in the way corporations behave, or whether it's simply "greenwash," a p.r. exercise designed to make firms...
...This is actually considered slow, but because the light is crammed into such a short time, the intensity of light is very high. Because of that high intensity, there is high power at the focal point,” he said. “For example, normally, light will pass through a window, but in our case, our light will stop in the cell at the focal point and cause damage. Outside of the focal volume, there is no collateral damage. Thus, damage is confined and we don’t have to cut anything...