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    [Setting: Doug’s room in the hospital- a mirror] [Doug is standing away from the mirror‚ muttering somewhat nonsensically] Doug: Dunno why; I’m not a poof- why would I wanna talk about my feelings‚ and my repressed emotions? [Whilst saying the two reasons in a mocking manner‚ Doug makes air quotations to reinforce how against the idea he is] Doug: Bloody useless shrinks just wanna turn everyone into pussies- that’s the only reason ya stressing about a pissy little poem; don’t wanna be a wimp. Coz

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    The technique of mirror therapy was introduced by Dr. Ramachandran and it can be applied to the rehabilitation of phantom limb patients by improving physical movements. The illusion of movement in the affected body part and leads to muscle activity in the inactive phantom limb along with activity in the brain associated with that body part (Arya 2016). This is due to the role of mirror neurons‚ cells in the premotor cortex and inferior parietal lobule‚ which are stimulated when observing and physically

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    melt much fast. Icy area decreases critically (2.7± 0.6 % each year in this decade). Many buildings‚ houses‚ offices‚ oil pipelines‚ gas pipelines are built on permafrost. Ice melting will make many people in dangerous situations or lose their house; we will lose many important constructions. Ice melting also affects sea level. Satellite photography indicates that the global sea level raised 3.1 ± 0.7 mm from 1993 to 2003. Now‚ there are many archipelagos that have sunk into sea such as in Pacific

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    Annie Baker’s Circle Mirror Transformation is a comical play about aspiring actors. These actors meet in a community center for acting class. The world of the play is believable that it could be taking place right now. In this center‚ the actors meet regularly to learn how to act. Their teacher is slightly unorthodox in her methods. While she never really conveys how to act‚ she continually has them exercise. With seemingly unrelated routines for acting‚ her exercises invoke thought by the participants

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    For your third Individual Project‚ you will be writing an essay of 1‚000 words or more about two additional poems from the assigned reading list. Please select two works from the list of fifteen—excluding the one you already reflected on in Part A of the Phase 3 DB assignment—and answer the questions below. Again‚ be sure to begin your paper with an engaging introduction and clear thesis statement‚ develop each point in the body of your paper using examples and quotes from the poems‚ and conclude

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    Baba sat Amir on his lap and explains his idea of sin and says “When you tell a lie‚ you steal someone’s right to the truth” (18). To Baba there is only one sin‚ and this sin is theft. Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner is about a wealthy Sunni Muslim boy Amir that is raised in Afghanistan. Amir lives with his father Baba‚ Ali the servant and Ali’s son Hassan. Amir’s mother passed giving birth to Amir and Amir blames himself for his mother’s death. He struggles to gain a relationship with his father

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    Character Sketch – Alice ("Mirror Image") The character of Alice in Lena Coakley’s "Mirror Image" is insecure and uncomfortable. Alice is going through a change; a change brought on by a devastating car crash which left her clinging to her life in an unresurectable body. Alice becomes the first patient to ever receive a brain transplant‚ giving her a completely new appearance. Although Alice is entirely aware of this‚ she is still extremely confused about the new changes‚ which seem to surround

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    psychologist‚ developed the English translation which we now know as “empathy.” (Stueber‚ 2013) Mirror neurons are neurons in the brain that cause humans to unconsciously imitate the actions of others. (Alford‚ 2014) Mirror neurons were discovered in 1980 by Neuroscientist Giacomo Rizzolatti. (Winerman‚ 2005) Mirror neurons exist in both humans and animals this makes it easy to do ethical research on mirror neurons. An example of mirror neurons working is when you see a street performer and

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    Sylvia Plath’s poem “Mirror” and Gwen Harwood’s poem “In the Park” explore the concept of loss diversely. Plath’s poem surrounds the distress regarding the inevitability of aging and its impact while Harwood’s poem explores how the truth cannot be hidden when faced with motherhood. In the opening verses of “Mirror‚” the narrator commences its narration by declaring itself neutral. It announces it has “no preconceptions” and without bias or emotions it will metaphorically “swallow immediately” what

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    Economic Competition: Should We Care about the losers? Only if you’re doing it wrong Jonathan Wolff is the head of philosophy at the University College of London. In one of his pieces titled‚ Economic Competition: Should We Care About The Losers‚ he particularly focuses on the economic wellbeing on individuals whom interests may be in danger within economic competition. After discussing several subcategories within economic play‚ Wolff believes that we have a moral obligation to help those that

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