Dealing With the Impact of Modern Gadgets on our Lives Whether we like it or not‚ electric appliances and gadgets have occupied a major position in our day to day lives. Though they were invented to make life better for us in the first place‚ it is an undeniable fact that many of the gadgets have a negative influence upon the quality of our lives in some ways. As we cannot live without them in this modern world and they are a necessary evil‚ we have to find ways to reduce the negative impact of
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PIRACY IN SOMALIA AND ITS INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS In the past few years‚ pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia have received a great deal of public attention. According to the London-based International Maritime Bureau‚ there has been an “unprecedented increase” in Somali pirate activity in the first 9 months of 2009. Until September this year 147 incidents were reported off the Somali coast and in the Gulf of Aden (separating Somalia and Yemen)‚ compared with 63 for the same period
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Roles and Implications of Technology in Building Relationships 2.1 Technology Facilities CRM It is important to understand that Customer Relationship Management is about relations between people. People‚ not companies‚ do business. Business existed long before computers and the technology boom in the last decade. Thus CRM was not invented with the invention of computers. The good practices of relating with your customer did not become obsolete with the introduction of technology‚ though
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The Implications of Anti-Depressants on Todays Society November‚ 20th/2013 PSYC-1200-015 The Implications of Anti-Depressants on Todays Society Depression is a mental/mood disorder or now known as a biological disease‚ which is widely described as a persistent low mood behavior‚ and is usually accompanied by low self-esteem and or by a loss of interest in normally enjoyable activities. So why are doctors prescribing medication that enables the same
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A Positive Approach Towards the Future The issue of mandatory school uniforms has taken on several debates over the past decade; it is believed that this issue will plague public schools for decades to come. Students who wear uniforms feel a sense of being superior with their fellow classmates. This feeling of being part of a group boosts morale and individual confidence‚ thus leading to higher grades. Children will be more focused in a uniform classroom. There is no more distraction as to what
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Americanization as a Positive Trend Chan Park April 03‚ 2008 HO# 2003399 Critics and people in general describe the word Americanization as the wide spread influence of the United States of America’s culture into other countries; influences that merge and/or affect other countries traditions and their people’s lives and behaviors. While the entire world is being globalized‚ the American culture has and is taking an important roll in this process. Americanization helps to bring peace all over
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interdependence would lead to more shared interests‚ which would help to grow economy and create both wealth and solidarity. The spread of market-orientated policies and individual rights promised to improve the well-being of billions of people. However‚ this positive perspective on globalisation has been strongly criticised by many socialists who see globalisation as the latest stage in the development of international capitalism. They have been argued that globalisation is westernization by another name‚ that
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ABSTRACT This paper examines the Tax Implications of E-Commerce. The issue of e-commerce and its tax implications continues to receive a high level of attention because of the fast growth of e-commerce activities. In the emerging global economy‚ e-commerce has increasingly become a necessary component of business strategy and a strong catalyst for economic development. The integration of information and communications technology (ICT) in business has revolutionized relationships within organizations
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Positive Psychology An Introduction Martin E. P. Seligman Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi A science of positive subjective experience‚ positive individual traits‚ and positive institutions promises to improve quali~. ’ of life and prevent the pathologies that arise when life is barren and meaningless. The exclusive focus on pathology that has dominated so much of our discipline results in a model of the human being lacking the positive features that make life worth living. Hope‚ wisdom‚ creativity‚ future
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The marketing strategy of slavery as a “positive good”‚ which Calhoun crafted for southern Democrats and the South as a whole‚ insisted that the institution was actually beneficial for blacks. Calhoun argued that since blacks were inferior‚ slavery operated as a civilizing agent which improved the conditions of slaves. According to Calhoun‚ “Never before has the black race of Central Africa‚ from the dawn of history to the present day‚ attained a condition so civilized and so improved‚ not only
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