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    1. According to Adichie‚ how is Africa often described? According to her‚ Africa is often described as a place of beautiful landscapes and animals with incomprehensible people fighting senseless wars‚ dying of poverty and aids. It is a continent of catastrophes where people are pitiful illiterate aborigines who have no possibility of being human equals. They are unable to speak for themselves and are waiting for foreigners to save them. All in all‚ Africa is a lowly continent with nothing more but

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    Dimensions of Happiness [Positive Psychology] takes you through the countryside of pleasure and gratification‚ up into the high country of strength and virtue‚ and finally to the peaks of lasting fulfillment: meaning and purpose (Seligman 2002‚ p. 61). According to Seligman‚ we can experience three kinds of happiness: 1) pleasure and gratification‚ 2) embodiment of strengths and virtues and 3) meaning and purpose. Each kind of happiness is linked to positive emotion but from his quote‚ you can see that in

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    The state of nature according to Locke is “a state of perfect freedom to order their actions and dispose of their possessions and persons as they think fit... without asking leave or depending upon the will of any other man.” For Locke‚ the state of nature is where humans exist without an established government or social contract. In a since the state of nature is a state of anarchy‚ of no order. What John Locke believed about the state of nature was that if men could act in a positive way‚ they

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    According to the American Nurses Association (ANA) (2012)‚ an APRN is defined by the Nurse Practice Act and is governed by the board of nursing. Given that there are large variations between related state statutes‚ rules‚ and regulations for the APRN‚ it is important that the APRN have a clear understanding of their scope of practice defined by those laws and regulations. Legal authority to prescribe has been granted to NPs in 50 states and the District of Columbia. Independence among the NPs prescriptive

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    1. P. F. Strawson sees the free will debate a clash between “optimists” and ‘pessimist” States these positions. According to P. F. Strawson an optimist is a person who believes that the fact that they know does not prove determinism to be false and that the fact that they know doesn’t threaten determinism. Optimists are those who acknowledge the existence of freedom in this sense is compatible with the truth of determinism. The optimist believe that the facts as we know them don’t show determinism

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    point is that they are real.That’s the whole point”(Turkle 266). Even though the robot toys would never die and always be energetic‚ they are all fake. Robots provide the perfect work to human beings. They still not real and only exist in the virtual world. Robots have no demands which is different to the real animals. They are setting by human beings. Humans create robots and make them functional for the whole society. In other words‚ technology makes society lose authenticity which is totally different

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    Although their primary industry is the Photographic & Optical Equipment/Supplies Manufacturing they also apart of many others including The Manufacturing sector‚ Machinery Manufacturing‚ Semiconductor Equipment manufacturing‚ Control‚ Electromedical‚ measuring & navigational Instruments manufacturing‚ and Electromedical‚ Electrotherapeutic & X-Ray Apparatus Manufacturing. In 2015 67% of their sales went to imaging products‚ 19% of their sales went to precision equipment‚ 8% of their sales went to

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    Packaging is attractive? 12345 3). Do you purchase goods as advised by your family or friends? 12345 4). Do you think the products offered by leading brand are always better? 12345 5). Do you select products according to your life style? 12345 6). Do you like the Color of Packaging? 12345 7). Color of Packaging matters you in purchasing a product? 12345 8). Do you like beautiful backgrounds? 12345 9). Do you Prefer the

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    According to Porter (2001) the internet is an enabling technology that can be used within the context of a good business strategy in any industry. Although the Internet alters industry structures and levels the competitive ground often dampening profitability in the industry‚ it can be used to encourage and promote greater profitability if properly implemented. The five forces that impact competitiveness which are outlined in Porter’s 1980 work are: barriers to entry‚ threat of substitutes‚ bargaining

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    Everyone responds to conflict according to their values People react to conflict due to their values. In the novel ‘Every Man In This Village Is a Liar’ Megan Stack has allies who make an oath to protect her at all cost. A person’s values may also include‚ they would never physically hurt another person and they are against it then in times of conflict due to their values despite whether it is a physical conflict or something else they wouldn’t resort to physical harm. Another major conflict issue

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