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Is Twitter a tech company or a news service? - 0 views

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    In this case mobility and globalization are working hand-in-hand to make Twitter's job harder. The ISIS, a terrorist group, has been posting inappropriate material on Twitter. Because Twitter is an international social site, ideas and news can spread like wild fire. This causes disturbing images, posted by the ISIS, to have a larger sphere of influence. Twitter's job is to stop and suspend accounts related to ISIS. This leads us to the question many have been asking; Is Twitter a tech company or a news service?
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$50M PetSmart distribution center set to open in Berks County | Lehigh Valley Business - 4 views

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      I have driven past this area many times on trips to see my family in NJ.
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      How many other distribution centers does PetSmart own in PA, the US, and around the world? 
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      What are the situation and site factors that make this place a good investment for PetSmart?
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      According to Wikipedia, "A distribution center for a set of products is a warehouse or other specialized building, often with refrigeration or air conditioning, which is stocked with products (goods) to be redistributed to retailers, to wholesalers, or directly to consumers."
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      Evidently, distribution centers are crucial in the retail service industry.  The existence of these buildings in our cultural landscape (one of our geography themes) suggests that our society is partly driven by consumerism. I believe that the US would be considered a stage 5 country according Rostow's economic development theory due to our nation's ability to produce and consume material goods.  These distribution centers also suggest that our globalized society (another theme!) values time and money; many business owners and consumers want their products in an instant.
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      For further information about the importance of distribution centers in the service industry, see this Forbes article about Walmart "fighting" to be successful in China ... http://www.forbes.com/sites/walterloeb/2013/11/06/how-walmart-will-fight-to-be-successful-in-china/  Any connections?
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Vision of Humanity - 0 views

  • The world's leading measure of national peacefulness, the GPI measures peace according to 22 qualitative and quantitative indicators.
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Forced Migration Online - 3 views

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    What's one new idea you learned from this resource? How would the world be different if people weren't forced to migrate or people weren't restricted in their movement?  Post your comments, APHUG. Let's get a discussion going! 
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    One new idea that I learned from this resource is that, regarding population, "One of every six people on earth is an adolescent" and also that "Children and adolescents constitute some 50% of all refugees assisted by UNHCR." This idea shows that forced migration greatly influences young people because young people are a major group who make up the group of refugees that get help from the UNHCR. The world would be different if people weren't forced to migrate or if people weren't restricted in their movement by containing less safe environments because terrorists could come into a country more easily. If people weren't forced to migrate, more land areas might be more sparsely populated.
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    If people weren't forced to migrate, some cultures would thrive while others might not survive at all! In Europe today, there are many strict immigration laws that try to limit the amount of immigrants from many countries in Africa and Asia. One reason that these laws are so strict is to try to preserve the culture. So imagine what it would be like if there were no immigration restrictions at all! The culture in Europe would become mixed and intermingled with the cultures of countries all over the world. That's not necessarily a bad thing, it would just be different. Also, because of the idea of increasing globalization, the cost of migrating is decreasing (relatively), so the intervening obstacles are also decreasing. This makes it easier for more people to migrate if they are looking for economic opportunities. And when they do move, they will bring their culture with them. The land they leave behind, if enough people move, will then be deprived of the previous inhabitant's culture. So overall, many different cultures would be greatly affected if there was no restriction on immigration.
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