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    Sometimes Ordinary is Extraordinary Toilet paper. To some‚ it is just a thankless object‚ but to me‚ it is a precious commodity. Years before I discovered a blank canvas and paintbrush‚ toilet paper was the medium I used for my artistic creations. You see‚ my mother would allow only one Barbie doll‚ and this doll had only one outfit. A boring Barbie doll was not acceptable to an imaginative 4-year-old girl‚ so I came up with a clever solution! I started to design my doll clothes using omnipresent

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    refuse treatment. If you do not have the capacity to make the decision‚ a surrogate decision maker can do so for you as long as they are acting your values‚ wishes‚ and morals. If you were to have an end-of-life document‚ this would make things much less complicated for said decision maker. Some would argue that is morally wrong to refuse ordinary treatment versus extraordinary treatment‚ this has been the topic for many articles and conferences. Is it morally acceptable to let a patient refuse

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    and others use body modification procedures to create themselves a unique persona‚ the man with two faces‚ Sam Alexander‚ was born an average man. His unique characteristics were the result of a personal disaster. Sam Alexander – An Ordinary Man Becomes‚ Extraordinary Alexander had aspirations of becoming an actor‚ so in his 20’s he began to pursue a career in show business. He was promoted to Chicago’s Shubert Theatre and his career path began to take shape. While the details are somewhat vague‚

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    seeking redemption. Raskolnikov believes that by the law of nature‚ men have been divided into two groups of “ordinary” and “extraordinary”. Raskolnikov believes that “ordinary” people’s purpose is to just exist‚ in order to form the world and the society. The second group is those who are “extraordinary” and a step above those who are simply ordinary. Raskolnikov cites such “extraordinary men” as Newton‚ Mahomet‚ and Napoleon. He tells us that Newton had the right to kill hundreds of men in order

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    Discuss how "political time" is different than ordinary time‚ in terms of resistance groups. For instance‚ the resistance fighters in Viet Nam fought first the French‚ in Indochina‚ then the Americans‚ from 1945 until 1975‚ for thirty years. How is it possible to motivate subordinates to fight that long? “Political time” differs from that of ordinary time in the amount of time it takes to reach an end result. As ordinary time may take anywhere from a few days to several years‚ “political time”

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    The Jarrett family from the movie Ordinary People have a variety of issues. Complicating matters is the complex‚ tangled nature of these issues. To combat these issues we need a clear plan. In the absence of a clear plan there would be a great deal of floundering about. Floundering which would likely end in opening hurts we can not resolve. Therefore let us be clear about what we are setting out to accomplish. Step 1 – Access Causes First we must look for the root causes of the turmoil

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    Discuss the differences between a substance abuse program (SAP) in prison and a program in the outside community. Discuss the differences between coerced and voluntary treatment. The readings address the use of coerced counseling in the prison system and that successes are dependent upon acceptance or willingness to adhere to the group’s counseling goals. What devices are available to ensure the success of counseling provided inside the institution? How do we judge the system’s effects on crime prevention

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    is especially true in the treatment of mental health patients. For patients unable to adequately express their feelings verbally‚ the best approach is to allow them to speak through their art. This is especially true of children who often have problems talking about their painful experiences. Art therapy is a form of psychotherapy. Through the use of artistic expressions and other diagnostic procedures‚ doctors will be able to more accurately treat patients. The patients’ artistic expressions — through

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    In times of conflict‚ ordinary people do extraordinary things. During times of conflict‚ we see how ordinary people can do extraordinary things. It is when we are placed in such situations‚ similar to Najaf in ‘The Rugmaker of Mazar-Sharif’ that we see these things reveal themselves. Najaf experiences‚ life threatening situations during the war and experiences the effects of the tragedies. Extraordinary acts of humanity are also seen when people of opposing views of the conflict come together

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    Terminal Illness ALS can be considered as a terminal disease if the patient is expected to develop a fatal outcome within a period of 6 months. During the initial stages of ALS‚ the lesion tends to be localized‚ but this would not help to determine the duration for which the patient would survive. During the end-stages of the disease the muscle denervation becomes extensive and spreads to various parts of the body. One of the important factors in determining the outcome and also the terminal nature

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