Process philosophers hold the popular belief that the future is undetermined, open - a clean slate, so to speak. ... To these philosophers, neither the future nor the past can be changed or altered because, according to the philosophers of the manifold, neither past or future really exist - time is always now, always occurring in the present. ... Time has no history or future because it simply exists. ... Humans regret the past and fear the future because they are swept up and bound by their own impositions of time. ... This calendar represents sixty years, beginning with year one, ending wit...

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Lady faces her past in order to move towards the future and confronts David by informing him that she carried his child. Once she has done this, she gained a certain empowerment to grasp her life and live it to a fulfilling degree. Once she discovers she will bear new life, the past is unimportant and the future is promising. ... I"m alive once more! (135)" Their mutual love for each other yielded life and happiness once they found the answer to their question of existence. ...

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Cryonics is the study and practice of keeping a newly dead body at an extremely low temperature with the purpose of preserving and hopefully restoring it to life at some future date; perhaps decades or even centuries later (Alcor Life Extension Foundation, 1993, p. 60). ... Once the body has been delivered to a cryonics facility, "cryoprotective perfusion" is performed to replace the patient's blood with a kind of antifreeze made of glycerol, mannitol and other ingredients, which help protect cells from damage caused by freezing. ... Cryonicists envision tiny, microscopic machin...

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Interestingly, Kubler-Ross calls attention to American society's increasingly depersonalized approach to the aging and dying, and notices that our reliance on technology and machines is "our desperate attempt to deny the impending death which is so frightening and discomforting to us- to ultimately avoid "[reminding] us once more of our lack of omnipotence, our own limits and failures, and our own mortality- (Kubler-Ross 23). ... Parents eagerly assume that their children are too young to understand or handle the truth of their future and zealously use a combination of euphemisms and lie...

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Although the Grierson house was once standing on the "most select street", it is now there alone in an urbanized neighborhood with "garages and cotton gins" around it (81). ... People could also lose reality because they are afraid that things might possibly change in the future. ... When his body is found, it appeared he was once in "an embrace" (88). ... It is evident that when trapped in a life controlled by others, people are left confused about making future decisions of their own. Once the controlling people have died, where do we turn for instructions? ...

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My grandfather reached the point where he did not have the strength to perform the activities that he once enjoyed doing such as fishing and socializing with his friends. ... The knowledge that I have gained will be beneficial to others and me in the future. ... The plans that once included retiring, traveling, or just relaxing, are no longer an option. ...

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The "Garden" can only be reborn once the evil (Claudius) is eliminated. ... Her fate is the future of Denmark, if the rottenness is not wiped out. ... Once Hamlet kills Polonius, he is no longer the grieved party "My thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth" (Ivv67). ... Death, decay, and disease no longer control Denmark's future and Hamlet is able to die in peace. ...

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(Act III, SCENE iii, page 133, l. 73-79) At that time Catholics (the majority of Europeans) believed that there were four places a soul could go once it had left the body: Heaven, Hell, Limbo, and Purgatory. ... (Act IV, scene VII, page 185, p.164-165) Although there is no textual evidence to support that Ophelia commits suicide, since the play supports that she has drown"d, it really seems that she can not see any good destiny to her future life. Her future life would be only death. ... "That skull had a tongue in it, and could sing once" (Act V, scene i, pag...

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He once said that you must learn how to die, before you learn how to live. ... This is not often that people that once had a strong relationship with each other will reunite after such an extended period of time, and when it does it is a wonderful reunion. This reunion of Mitch and Morrie reminded me of a friendship that I once had with someone when I was growing up. ... By reading about their meeting after seven years without contact I was reminded of this friendship that I once had and it made me desire to reunite with this friend. ... Hopefully in the near future I will once again bring ba...

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" In order to understand EPR, let's first delve into some background information, then examine future trials and applications, and finally explore some implications to medical research that has the potential to save thousands of lives every year. ... Once the patient is in a suspended state, a surgeon will try to repair the wound within an hour. ... So today, we have learned the background of hypothermia in relation to the procedure and past trials, future trial regulations and procedure, and its implications. ...

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Mitch Albom is a reporter who was once a student of Morrie's in college, but has slipped into the popular morals of society. ... Once Morrie realized that he did not have all the time in the world, it became very clear to him that he needed to put his focus into things that truly mattered. ... Once Mitch realizes that there is no worth in the cycle, it becomes clear to him that the real meaning in life comes from the intrinsic. ... However, perish applies in Mitch's life because if he doesn't find love and value in his life, then he will have had his past and future perish. ....

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Do we only live only once, or do we return after death and experience many different lives? ... Scientists speculate that even the people who lived during the New Stone Age (10,000B.C.E - 5,000B.C.E) believed that once a person died, their journey had not yet concluded. 250 million Hindus and 150 million Buddhists are brought up with an understanding of re-birth, which briefly means that our spirit is continuous and requires more than one physical life to attain to a state of purity . ... According to the subjects the purpose of this realm was to allow them to plan their next life, to literal...

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Almost everyone has made an awful thing once in life. ... The statement goes completely opposite the way that Socrates portraits unrighteousness yet it still gives a hope to people, in order to make right decisions in the future. ... It's best to live like there is no tomorrow because no one knows what's future going to be like. ...

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I have no hope for the future, no hope for survival, no hope for happiness. ... Stories show of how suicidal patients once convinced euthanasia was right for them, after much caring talk with a physician changed their mind, had their hopelessness relived, and spent the last months of their life becoming closer to friends and family. ... Always remember, once the death decision is made, there is no turning back....

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John Kotre's How Memory Speaks describes memory as: "A scene we experience for a moment-and only once-remains clear in our minds for a lifetime, yet we forget the looks of things we see and touch almost every day." ... Once Claudia reaches adolescence, she too learns to hate herself, as if racial self-loathing is a necessary part of maturation. ... Does memory provide a means to integrate ourselves into a future of our own devising or does it chain us to an unchangeable past? ...

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Having lost most of his weight, his skin had tightened across his once plump, jovial face. ... His bright, blue eyes that once seemed to sparkle with light now seemed to be just a flickering glow. As I touched his once soft skin, I could feel that it had become flaky and dry. ... I knew that he understood that he his memory and life lessons would help us through our own future, personal struggles. ...

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We all have experiences of being sick at least once. ... If these patients agree to donate their vital organs to future patients after physician assisted suicide, it is also beneficial to hospital, future patients, and the donators themselves. ...

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Throughout the novel Richard is forgetful and delirious, thinking things that are in the future are in the past, and having vivid memories of performing actions that have never happened. ... Then once Richard mixes Xanax and Ritalin, and gets high from their mixed effect, he feels better than he has felt in a long time. ...

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He underlines here the idea that only the gods know what happens after death so, it would once again, be foolish to fear what one does not know. ... All of us should examine or reflect on our past experiences in order to direct and control our lives in the future. ...

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In most cases of everyday life, death is viewed as an evil as us individuals have something to live for such as experiences and the future in which death would just be taking away from us. ... 'Once we decide not to prolong one's dying, whether we actively intervene to cause death or passively allow the person to die makes no moral difference.' ...

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As medicine continues to grow and become more advanced, we as a country are forced to address many issues as they pertain to our future within healthcare as a whole. A few of these issues include healthcare reform, stem-cell research, abortion, and Medicare and Medicaid coverage. These topic...

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During a study done comparing suicide rates to cancer diagnoses in California between the years 1997-2006, finding showed that there was a total of 1,168 reported suicides in 1,123,528 cancer patients. The study found that cancer patients had a 2.3 times higher suicide rate than the general population. Half of these suicides happened within the first two years of diagnosis (Nasseri et al. [Page 1]). If assisted suicide were legal, people would not have to go to extremes or take brutal measures to end their suffering. ...

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The debate whether physician assisted suicide should be legalized is not likely to be resolved in the near future, but with assisted suicide being legal in Oregon, the issue will definitely be studied and tested (Leone 15). ...

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In turn, this will encourage future requests for euthanasia. ... This meaning that once euthanasia is legal in one state or country people from neighboring areas will take advantage of the process. ...

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