..."Euthanasia means as an action which aims at taking the life of another at the latter's expressed request. It concerns an action of which death is the purpose and the result. "This definition applies only to voluntary euthanasia and excludes the non-voluntary or involuntary euthanasia, the killing of a patient without the patient's knowledge or consent. Some call this "life-terminating treatment." Euthanasia can be either active or passive. Passive euthanasia allows one to die by withholding or withdrawing life supporting means. This is a tricky area because ordinary and extraordinary means of supporting life come into the picture. Ordinary means such as nutrition and hydration are never to be withheld since they are one's basic right in order to survive. However, one is not obliged to use extraordinary or 'disproportionate' means to sustain life. Due to complexity, each situation needs to be looked at individually when discussing extraordinary means. However, as a rule, one can discontinue "medical procedures that are burdensome, dangerous, extraordinary, or disproportionate to the expected outcome." One cannot intend death by withdrawing or withholding treatment, but should, however, obey God and let one die a natural death. To withdraw a treatment as a condition worsens is letting one die and not a direct killing. In this case, it is the disease that is killing and not the one who withdraws the treatment. Active euthanasia or' mercy killing' pertains to the Dr. Kevorkian’s'...
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...rectangle. If you look at its profile, it is a triangle. The design is for the capacity. There is a red plastic zipper on the top. Red is a main color of the pen bag. It is two double, and the materials are different. The outside is the soft plastic, and the inside is the hard cotton. If it is dirty, you can clean it with water, or wipe it with wet rag. If you have time, you can try to make a pen bag. It is very easy, and making one does not need much time. Firstly, you need to find some materials. You can use the old curtain, or bed sheet. If you want to make a new one, you can buy the fabric in the Wal-Mart. If you want a simple style, you can choose a pure color fabric. If you want a Korean style, you can choose a calico. Another thing you need is fusible interlining. You can buy the zipper when you buy the fabric. They should be in the same place in the Wal-Mart. The quality of the zipper is very important because its importance reflect the quality of the pen bag. The color of the zipper has better be similar as the fabric, or same as the main color of the fabric. You need some strings which color is same as the zipper. Moreover, we start to make a pen bag. You cut two cloths as 22*18 cm, and cut the fusible interlining in the same way. Then you iron them separately, one cloth with one fusible interlining. The edges of the fabric are folded inwards about 0.7cm, and stable with secure with pins. The next step is a litter difficult, which you have to sew the zipper...
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...for, make sure the team has an above average small forward. Small forwards are without a doubt the most important position in basketball due to their great dominance. A great small forward will be able to lead you and your NBA team to the championship due to their great versatility. This has been demonstrated to us many times in history. For example, the past thirty teams to win the championship have had the best small forwards. Every position in basketball is important, but the small forward is continually the most influential player on the court. Small forwards are the most versatile players in the NBA. The reasons why a Small forward is so versatile is because on average they are around 6’8, which is very beneficial for all the things they need to do. They are right in the middle of the other positions because of their height and skills, meaning they do just about everything on the court. Small forwards need to have the ability to dribble around defenders to score, as well as having the basketball IQ and ability to pass the ball to open teammates. A small forward is such a versatile position in basketball because they share qualities of each other position. Just...
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...happens unexpectedly, people respond in different ways. Anything small can impact something big. In the book, The Tipping Point, small expected and unexpected events lead to significant changes. This book by Malcolm Gladwell contains numerous examples of how little things can make big differences. Significant changes can occur from the slightest of impacts; these impacts can be caused intentionally, can be caused unintentionally, and, in the end, can cause epidemics. Minor, unintentional events can have big impacts on a society. First, sometimes events happen accidentally and cause big changes, like the flu for example. Gladwell states,“The ones causing the epidemic to grow —the ones who were infecting two and three and...
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...Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff Abstract This book report is about Richard Carlson’s book, “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…and it’s All Small Stuff”. The book explores how small the small things can cause stress to people, and gives advice on how to combat those small things. Carlson (1997) describes different ways to calm down during the hectic, day-to-day life, and how to remove stress by changing your perspective about things. Carlson offers 100 different sections of advice, organized in chapter formats. Carlson teaches the reader to look at life another way and gives relevant examples on how to do this to eliminate daily stress. Carlson gives such advice as to “live in the present moment” and “to make peace with imperfection”, among other stress reliving advice. Carlson’s main objective is to shift the reader’s paradigm on what is really important in the day-to-day life and how changing your thinking can greatly impact your life. The book “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…and it’s all Small Stuff” by Richard Carlson was a very profound book to read. It was both eye-opening, and an effective reminder that negative or bad things that happen to us can’t always be taken too seriously. We go about our lives and react to things, treating things as a constant emergency and don’t stop to think what that reaction may cause. This is the biggest point that Carlson tries to makes in the book, in that how we relate to our problems...
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...important to develop and maintain a small group in my current ministry setting. As a youth pastor I feel that students need to have small group times to get to know their peers better and further their own relationship with Christ. Small groups would allow for students to open up to one another and express themselves. Students would be willing to open up and talk about current issues that they are facing. They could do this with other teens and the group leaders. I think that by having a small group it also allows the student to take what they are learning and then learn to apply it to their life. Having a group of individuals to talk with might help them in the application aspect of what they are learning. Putting together a successful small group ministry is tough but the ministry itself would be rewarding. One thing that I believe to be true is that, “the best ministry generally doesn’t occur during a group’s meetings so much as between the meetings.” –Carl George. Think about all the lives that could be reached by the disciples that are being created through a small group ministry. I could see the church growing drastically because of people going out and putting into action what they learned from a small group setting. Communicating with other believers is key to maintaining and nurturing your faith. If you look at Jesus he maintained a small group of 12 that were the disciples. Jesus taught them and strengthened their faith so that they could go out into the world...
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...Ms. McMullin English 10 Honors 29 February 2024 Asleep vs. Awake, Alive, and Living What if someone was to say stop thinking for yourself, stop saying what you want to say, stop looking around and truly live? What would be people's responses? Would they actually stop doing those things, or would they realize that they haven't been living for themselves, thinking for themselves, or using their own voice? These are the questions that no one seems to think of and about. In Fahrenheit 451, no one thinks for themselves, says things they really mean, or truly live. These questions are what people like Francis Bacon, Clint Smith, Michelle Kuo, Karen Swallow Prior, and Ray Bradbury want to help people answer and start doing. To be spiritually and mentally awake and alive we must think and do things ourselves, take time to enjoy the small things, and experience and learn life lessons....
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...Once upon a shop: Jeanette Winterson Modern society and modern life with a modern market. The small and private owned little shops, we’ve seen them all. In every town, every city, right next to the big grocery stores Tesco or Sainsbury’s they are located; unable to compete with these international and wide-spread super-markets. Stores with irresistible low prices and kilometre wide range of food variants, such as Jeanette Wintersons’ vegetable shop” Verde”, which she writes about in her personal essay” Once upon a shop”, aren’t able to cope with. An analysis of “Once upon a shop” shows which challenges small private shows have in the food industry today, and through Jeanette Winterson’s argument-tation we get an insight into her attitude toward the subject and what she advocates for. As modern people we might take it as “that’s how the market works”, but Winterson’s see the domi-nance of big food chains as a problem. Her personal essay is an advocating essay where she ex-presses her opinions about food industry and how it has changed. Thereby, it is interesting to take a look at how she argues. Is her arguments present in a way that works advocating and actually makes the reader think and act different in proportion to the food industry? If you look at her way of arguing, then the most prominent element in the argumentation is her way of using own experiences and making it clear to the reader that it is her own view on the situation, which is clear when she writes: “We...
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...throughout their lives and how much they value the little things they have. The movie takes place in Tehran, where people are very poor. However, living such a simple life and having just enough to survive symbolize the closeness of the family and neighbors, and the people in the town at whole. All the people in this neighborhood are very poor and they struggle to live, but they also learn a lot this way. They help each other a lot, children do work around the house, and the neighbors help each other with small things that mean a lot to them, like a handful of nuts. The man that works in the grociery store let people take food and pay him back later when they can. Smart things are very important for the people in this neighborhood and this is why they value life so much. The little children Ali and Zara feel priviledge to be bale to go to school and study. They don’t take that for granted like kids here in USA and other modern countries. Ali stays home and helps his mom when she sick instead of going out and playing with his friends, while his sister takes care of the baby. Ali also goes with his father to the rich people’s neighborhood to help him find a job so they can make some extra money. Ali and Zara learn so much about life and so many values at such a young age. They know the price of small things in life and they don’t take anything that they have for granted. The pen that Ali gives to his sister Zara makes her so happy, she...
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...way to design anything, however, |1. This quote is very encouraging to me because when I meet | |and just as there are alternate ways to fold a piece of paper |something frustrated, I always believe that there are some | |into an envelope, so there are alternate ways to make paper |manners to figure out the problem. For example, when I did the| |bags”. |math question, there is definitely have two or three ways to | | |solve the problems and get the same answers. In my point of | | |view, the author keep reminding his main idea “there is no | | |perfect thing on the design”, that’s why people, designers or | | |inventors can have the space to improve their design or | |Chapter 8：Design out of a Paper Bag |things. Under the circumstances, there always come out the new| |SMALL THINGS CONSIDERED |things and new ideas to promote their product, design and so | |（Why there is no perfect design）by Henry Petroski |on. | |, P. 100 | ...
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...of showing movies. However, when it comes to what sets the two of them apart, in both successful and unsuccessful ways, the experience that happens at each of the companies differs greatly. Part Two: How Studio C effectively incorporates good customer service. 1. Don’t sell stuff…sell experiences: As mentioned in my first paper, Studio C is unlike any other movie theater in that there is a Bistro and full bar inside for the customers to enjoy along with their movie. Prior to a place like studio C, the only place people could eat full entrees whilst watching a movie was at home on their couch. That is an experience that Studio C holds in high regard. Another thing that they do that allows for a great experience is the fact that it is in such a small and intimate building, that is always staffed the perfect amount so that a worker is always around if you need anyone. Most theaters seem to have only a few people for tickets and then for concessions, but at Studio C there are employees that circulate the lobby, theater, and even regular bathroom checks to make sure that the facility, and its people are taken care of. 2. Engage in mass customization and try to make the customers product unique: This theater makes great strides in allowing for lots of different customization options on and off the...
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...stitch in time saves nine" "A stitch in time saves nine" Is a proverb which literally means that a small tear in a cloth or garment can be corrected or remedied if attended to in time . But if ignored this small tear may widen leading to more work or the garment may have to be discarded. We all love stories – Isn’t it. Now I will tell you a story LEAKING ROOF The pouring rain just stopped. John’s house was collapsed. John was very sad because all his things were drenched and now he has no house to live. His friend Peter came and enquired and suggested John “you should have repaired the roof before it collapsed”. Then John answered “I too though like that. But when there is no rain there is no need to repair. When there is rain it leaks, then it is not possible to repair. Finally today it collapsed.” So John lost all his property. Everything drenched in water and became useless. We too have the same concept about our sins and work. So friends what did we learn from this story. Had John repaired the roof the day it started leaking, his house wouldn’t have collapsed. Had he not postponed the repair work for tomorrow, his house would have been saved. This proverb warns us against neglecting small faults or imperfections which may lead to big troubles . Time waits for no one , so we should never put off till tomorrow something which can be done today . Opportunity knocks on our door but once and if we fail to open the door...
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...the good things that can happen to you throughout the day, you don’t really notice how many small things there are that can have a positive effect. Small things on their own aren’t much, but when you start to add them up they can become something huge. For instance, playing fetch with my Labrador Buddy, or giving in to that craving of chocolate and enjoying every bite are very small things in the grand scheme of things, but take either out of my life and it would be a tragedy. Every once in a while something happens that is clearly a big good thing, but they don’t happen often enough to really get you through that daily grind. For instance, my mom recently celebrated her 70th birthday after a year when she had a pretty serious health scare, and celebrating that milestone with her and my family was huge. Being able to see her turn a year older was a great feeling, and feeling like I might lose her was really scary. The day she had her surgery was another big one. Seeing her wake up and smile after everything went well was one of the good moments of the past year that stands out to me the most. These are the moments that make you feel stronger as a person and make you realize how close you are to your family. The little things don’t hit you so powerfully though. Over the course of my 21 day experiment I noticed that things like the smell of a good candle, eating a home cooked meal, and just enjoying a great workout always make me happy, but were the sort of things that I was...
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...Assess the functionalist view that a small amount of crime is useful to society There is a long running argument between sociologists about the existence of crime and deviance and whether or not it can benefit societies in some ways. Many of them in the functionalist point of view argue that it can however, there are many, for example Marxists and feminists, which would argue that it doesn’t benefit anyone. Durkheim, the ‘founding father’ of functionalism believed that a small amount of crime in a society is necessary toward creating a perfect society, due to the three functions or outcomes that crime induces upon its occurrence: boundary maintenance, adaptation and change and social solidarity. Boundary maintenance is the effect that crime has upon the conformers within the society in which they see or hear about a crime and then know where the boundaries of their actions lie, due to the reaction of the authorities from the crime carried out and from the severity of the punishment given to the law-breaker, acting almost as a deterrent of crime toward the wider society. Adaptation and change is an outcome of a crime and is what can be done to prevent that crime from happening, as it perhaps show that parts of the society and community are flawed and need to be adjusted so that everybody can live better lives and not think they need to break the law to get the things they want or deviate from the consensus values to get what they want either. A large scale crime, for example...
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...first thing I considered before creating my car was the wheel size that I would use. After a bit of research, I came to the conclusion that using large back wheels and small front wheels would be most effective. I got this idea from the unique looking drag racing cars that have small front wheels and large back wheels. The reason for this is because during acceleration, the large wheels at the back can take advantage of the weight transfer during acceleration. The wheels at the front were made small due to aerodynamics. Since the small wheels at the front puts my car at a slope, air resistance will be greatly minimized. The second thing I had to consider was what type of rubber bands to use. I had access to large thin rubber bands, small thick rubbers bands and small thin rubber bands. I decided to use three small thick rubber bands tied together so that they acted like one giant rubber band. The reason I did this was because I felt that a small thick rubber band could store far more energy than a large thin rubber band or small thin rubber band if all of them were to be pulled 10 cm. If what I believed was true, then my car would make the maximum distance using the rubber bands I had. I also tied the three rubber bands together so that the energy would be increased. Three rubber bands allowed me to pull the rubber bands farther back without them snapping which also ultimately gave my car more stored energy, allowing it to travel farther and faster. The final thing I had...
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