Suzanne wants to lose 20 pounds before her honeymoon to hawaii. although she realizes that being thinner will make her feel stronger and healthier, she has a weakness for ice cream. she's not sure that she will be able to give up the short-term pleasure of indulging in an ice-cream cone for dessert today in exchange for the long-term benefits of weight loss. suzanne appears to be in which of the following stages of change?
a) maintenanceb) contemplationc) preparation/determinationd) action/willpower

The answer is b) contemplation

Explanation:

She is in the second stage of change the contemplation. Contemplation is the stage in which people intend to change in the next six months. They are more aware of the pros of changing, but are also acutely aware of the cons.  This weighing between the costs and benefits of changing can produce profound ambivalence that can cause people to remain in this stage for long periods of time.

cassius, casca, and their allies plant false documents to manipulate brutus to join their cause to remove caesar. after doing so, they visit brutus at night in his home to persuade him of their views. there they plan caesar's death. brutus is troubled but refuses to confide in his devoted wife, portia. on 15 march, caesar's wife, calpurnia, urges him not to go to the senate. she has had visionary dreams and fears the portents of the overnight storms.

the answer is b) ''i hereby express my profound remorse together with my sincere mourning ''.

the reason being that although all of the options provided are valid the main idea of the speech by prime minister junichiro koizumi is to express his and japan's current antiwar pledge.

he states that 59 years had passed since the war, he acknowledges the 3 million japanese that lost their lives during the war and those countries who were affected by their decisions, as well as the way japan intends to develop relationships across the globe however all of this can be summarize to how japan as a whole regrets the war and its consecuences.

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