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    Moving and Handling

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    Arega Arutiunian NVQ level 2 - Moving and Handling . How to Transfer a Weak Patient from Bed to Chair/Wheelchair . Lying in bed for a long period of time is generally depressing and boring for most patients. Being transferred on a chair enables the patient to execute some slight movements that is beneficial in improving circulation. As for being transferred on a wheelchair‚ it serves as a way to transport a weak patient on hospital areas ‚ to the bathroom or in the lounge room . First

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    Moving About Inertia: What is Inertia? Inertia is a property of matter that causes it to resist changes in velocity (speed and/or direction) (Rouse‚ 2005). Basically Inertia is a word we use when we talk about matter and movement (Unknown Author‚ Unknown Date). This idea goes all the way back to Sir Isaac Newton‚ a great physicist. In Newton’s first law of motion it is stated that: 1. An object at rests tends to stay in rest 2. An object in motion tends to stay in motion A great example

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    that with knowing the four idols it will bring up a clear understanding of the human mind and bring light to us all. The idols of the mind create a false image where nothing can be seen in its full potential and truth. The first Idol is Idols of the Cave causing a “false mirror” of outlooks where nothing can be seen to its full potential and truthfulness. People have trouble seeing the beacon of light of tunnel because of having a specific “education‚ habit‚ and accident” that allows one not to see

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    Plato's Allegory of the Cave

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    Prompt: Define Plato ’s “Allegory of the Cave”. What is the central message? Is he describing education alone? Where does politics come in? Plato is known to many as one of the most influential and greatest philosophers to have lived. Plato represents his idea of reality and the truth about what we perceive through one of his famous writings‚ “The Allegory of the Cave”. The philosophical writing is in the form of an allegory‚ which is “a story in which the characters and situations actually represent

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    limits of reason and morality. Having freedom equals having the power to think‚ to speak‚ and to act without externally imposed restrains. As a matter of fact‚ finding freedom in order to live free is the common idea in Plato with "The Allegory of the Cave"; Henry David Thoreau with " Where I lived and What I lived for"; and Jean Paul Sartre with " Existentialism". Generally‚ Plato‚ Thoreau‚ and Sartre suggested that human life should be free. They differ in what that freedom is. Plato thinks it is found

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    When discussing “Allegory of the Cave” it is important to know what it is all about and it why it took place. Prisoners are chained and can only see darkness. They are facing a black wall and are projected to figure out what is real in life and what is not. They are not able to turn their heads. Plato wanted the people be aware of what is going on around them. There are puppets that are behind the walls that are showing shadows. The prisoners can only see the shadows and not the real objects. The can

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    The cave in the allegory basically represents believers of empirical knowledge. As a child‚ I was easily susceptible to this form of knowledge. I was known as “the quiet one” or the girl that always keeps to herself. The biggest cause of this is the way I have been brought up. Growing up as an only child and a female in a Guyanese household to immigrant parents‚ I have been taught ways of life that are very contrasting to the ways of life that are taught in Canada. The society where my parents came

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    Cave of Forgotten Dreams

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    c Cave of Forgotten Dreams Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) is a documentary created by German director Werner Herzog. The film is shot in 3-D and takes place in the Chauvet Cave found in the south of France. The film speaks of the earliest known cave paintings‚ as well as other evidence of Paleolithic life. Known to create perplexing and extremely pensive documentaries‚ Herzog takes his audience on a journey never before seen using 3-D. He transforms what

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    Moving and Handling

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    Unit 4222 - 232 Moving and Positioning Individuals in Accordance with their Care Outcome 1 1)When you are required to assist people to move or help to reposition people it is important to understand the related anatomy and physiology‚ anatomy being the physical structure of the body and physiology the normal functions of the body. When a muscle contracts it pulls the bones at a joint in the direction that it is designed to move‚ when supporting moving and positioning activities it is important

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    Shadow Spinner Characters

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    “Often in the old tales‚ the humblest creatures turn out to be more powerful than you ever would expect.” (pg.169) In the novel Shadow Spinner by Susan Fletcher‚ there are three characters who are humble‚ unfavorable and weak in the beginning‚ yet develop into most significant‚ favorable and powerful characters by facing hardships throughout the novel. Marjan is a protagonist and crippled orphan storyteller. She evolves from feeble and unfavorable girl to the most significant heroine

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