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    concerning why humans‚ especially civilized ones like the Empire‚ inflict pain rather than reason. As a consequence‚ he harasses the girl as a form of self-denial in believing he‚ a fatherly figure‚ is incapable of such acts. Similarly‚ in an analogy‚ Coetzee compares the girl to an unexplored landscape of which is “only a surface across which I hunt back and forth seeking entry”. This image created by the phrase “hunt back and forth” expands the foreign divide between barbarians and the Empire through

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    advocation of the unification of all Slavic people throughout Eastern Europe (Kohn 9). A person is considered Slavic if they belong to one of the many people groups in Eastern Europe (modern day Poland and Ukraine)‚ Western Russia‚ and the Balkans (Coetzee 124). Pan-Slavism sought to unite the Slavic peoples that had been oppressed for centuries by the Austro-Hungarians and the Ottoman Turks. Serbia was the main proponent of Pan-Slavism in the Balkans as it sought to unite the Slavs in the area after

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    In Waiting for the Barbarians‚ the line that divides the so called ‘civilized’ from the ‘barbarians’ is shown as deeply ambivalent. Illustrate this with examples and discuss the larger implications of this portrayal. J.M. Coetzee unravels the complexities behind the concepts of ‘civilised’ versus ‘barbaric’ in his book Waiting for the Barbarians. These concepts are reflective of the larger ideas of “Self” and “Other”‚ and are shown to be problematic in its definition. In the novel‚ the ever present

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    The film Blood Diamond directed by Edward Zwick‚ we see three important ideas. The ideas are the child exploitation in countries that are struggling‚ the importance of family through hard times and the destructive nature of wealth and greed and what it can do to people. These are all portrayed in the film but can be easily related back to real life. The children in the film Blood Diamond are constantly being exploited‚ from the young ages of only 8 and up they are taken‚ abducted from family

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    References: Au‚ Y. & Kauffman‚ J. (2008). The economics of mobile payments: Understanding stakeholder issues for an emerging financial technology application. Electronic Commerce Research and Applications‚ 7‚ 141–164. Coetzee‚ G.‚ Kamau‚ K. & Andrew N.‚ (2003). Taking Banking services to the people: Equity’s Mobile Banking Unit. Nairobi. Kenya.

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    Psychological Association. (2002). Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct. Washington‚ DC: Author. Altmaier‚ E.M. & Hansen‚ J.C. (2011). The Oxford Handbook of Counseling Psychology. NY: Oxford University Press Betan‚ E.J.(1997) Coetzee‚ M. & Jacobs‚ H.R. (2006) Career Counselling and Guidance in the Workplace. Cape Town‚ South Africa: Juta and Company Corey‚ G Corey‚ G.‚ Corey‚ M.S. & Callanan‚ P. (2003). Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions. (6Th Ed) CA: Brooks/Cole Dryden

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    The lingering presence of guilt when most folks are presented with a dish that has formed from the basis of an animal seems to have only increased with the mounting knowledge of how a large number of animals are treated‚ whether it is for product testing or for human consumption. The expectation that animals‚ especially those raised in a slaughterhouses‚ live a tranquil‚ cruelty-free life would seem a bit far fetched to me‚ yet it is difficult to deny that the deplorable conditions shown in exploitation

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    Hossbach‚ F.‚ Hossbach Memorandum‚ New Haven‚ CT‚ Yale Law School‚ http://avalon.law.yale.edu/imt/hossbach.asp‚ (accessed 3 September 2012). Burrin‚ P.‚ Hitler and the Jews: The Genesis of the Holocaust‚ Geneva‚ Switzerland.‚ 2000. Coetzee‚ F.‚ and Shevin-Coetzee‚ M.‚ The Worl in Flames: A World War II Source Book‚ New York‚ Oxford University Press.‚ 2010. Evans‚ R.‚ Lying About Hitler: History‚ Holocaust‚ and The David Irving Trial‚ New York‚ NY‚ Basic Books.‚ 2002. Fleming‚ G.‚ Hitler and the

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    As a feature of the way toward building up a personality an individual will encounter a few character emergencies (Marcia‚ 1980). James Marcia (1980) revealed that these emergencies add to the advancement of a strong‚ characterized personality – a term which he suggests as "personality accomplishment." There are various identity attributes that have a tendency to change contingent on the personality status that an individual possesses. The securing‚ or lessening‚ of these identity attributes can

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    Cimotte J‚ Aiken L‚ Douglas S and Evans W (2012) Nurse Staffing‚ burnout‚ and health care associated infection. National Institute of Health Author Manuscript 40(6): 486-498. Cingel‚ M (2009) Compassion and profession care: exploring the domain Coetzee‚ S and Klopper‚ H (2010). Compassion Fatigue within Nursing Practice A Concept Analysis. Nursing and Health Sciences: 12‚ 235-243. Foster‚ D (2013) How the Cs Relate to Clinical Leaders. Nursing Times. Available from: http://www.nursingtimes.net/

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