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Restrictions of freedom
The reasons for involuntary internment
According to §6 of Act No. 576 on Healthcare, health-related services and on the amendment and supplementing of certain laws of 22 September 2004 (HHS), inpatient care can be provided without informed consent if:
- the person has a mental illness or symptom... |
There was a great piece in The New York Times last week on vegetable consumption in the U.S. The article was prompted by a recent CDC study, which found that only 26% of Americans eat three or more servings of vegetables per day; disappointing news but hardly a surprise.
Most of those interviewed in the article take a ... |
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In our ongoing exploration of underworld gods, we have come across all sorts of animal divinities. The ultra-modern Japanese still venerate Namazu a vast chthonic catfish god. Contemporary Inuits worship Sedna, walrus/cetacean goddess of the col... |
Imager shows cross-sections of everyday objects – analog version
GE shows how their body imaging technology can take detailed pictures of insides without cutting, using fruit, a baseball, engine motor, and violin to demonstrate.
Many body imaging devices follow a principle called tomography (the 'T' in CT, PET and SPEC... |
Dementia in Parkinson's disease (PDD)
by Kurt Jellinger
While people with Parkinson’s disease have a higher risk of developing dementia than those without Parkinson’s disease, the majority will remain unaffected.
Parkinson’s disease is known as a movement disorder. The movement disorder is due to dopaminergic neurons m... |
Just recently it was reported that biologists from the University of Nevada at Reno have been routinely observing unusually large goldfish in the pristine waters of Lake Tahoe in Northern California. This phenomenon has caught the attention of the California State Fish and Game Department who have instituted routine pa... |
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Senate Oil Savings’ Greatest Hits
The Best Provisions to Cut Our Consumption
SOURCE: AP/Mark Humphrey
Oil, oil, everywhere, but not a drop for fuel. This is the stark view of Gulf Coast residents who see a 24,500 square mile oil slick menacing their shores. The devastating BP oil disaster has clearly increased the urge... |
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Fills the space
between two objects, generally to prevent leakage between the two
objects while under compression. Gasket material saves money by allowing less
precise mating surfaces on machine parts which can use gasket
fill irregularities. Gaskets are commonly produced by cutting from
sheet gasket materials, such as... |
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backward and forward both run to need may they ,faster run to are computers If
A Turing machine is fine for reasoning about computers, but it's not
an ideal model for building them. Some more practical components of
reversible logic were introduced in the 1980s by Edward F. Fredkin
and Tommaso Toffoli, who were then wo... |
What is an Advance Directive?
None of us, but especially seniors, is immune to serious illness or injury. When these conditions are so severe that death is imminent, it is important that doctors, family, and friends know your wishes in those situations. One way to share your wishes is through an advance directive.
Adva... |
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Ever hear of the Bacterial Flagellum? Upon electron microscope examination, it looks very much like a machine!
In fact, it bears a strong resemblance to an outboard motor, you know, the kind you see on the back of those small aluminum-fishing boats.
Any way, the Bacterial Flagellum is what scientists ... |
A Java Runtime Environment (JRE), version greater than 1.6, is required to run Jython and GeoScript. Chances are your system already has a JRE installed on it. A quick way to test is to execute the following from the command line:
% java -version java version "1.6.0_26" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_26-b... |
Swaziland is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. It is bordered to the north, west, and south by South Africa and to the east by Mozambique. Swaziland has a varied geography from mountains along the Mozambique border to savannas and rainforests. The government system is a monarchy. The chief of state is th... |
Shallow Water Surface Drifters
In response to NOAA/COP funded research needs for high resolution Lagrangian analysis of Florida Bay interior basin flow fields, a shallow water drift buoy was designed and developed by AOML and RSMAS in Miami, Florida.
Primary design guidelines required a device capable of operating in w... |
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Newfoundland and Labrador
Genealogy & History
BOOK - A History of Newfoundland
By Judge D.W. Prowse
Originally published by MacMillan and Company, London, 1895
Thi... |
A very popular species of sweet cherry. Large purplish-black cherry. Ripens early. (Pollinate with Bing or a different sweet cherry variety.) (zones 5–8)
Excellent for the home orchard, the Black Tartarian cherry tree produces fruit with a sweet, rich, full bodied flavor. Begins bearing fruit 3-4 years after planting a... |
"The Road Not Taken" Word Cloud
The Road Not Taken
"The Road Not Taken" is a poem by
Robert Frost, published in 1915 in the collection Mountain Interval,
it is the first poem in the volume and is printed in italics. The
title is often mistakenly given as "The Road Less Traveled", from
the penultimate line: "I took the ... |
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Hong Kong is a unique city and there are plenty of interesting facts about Hong Kong. Below you’ll find Noel Coward and his noon day gun, as well as sardines and skyscrapers in our selection of facts about Hong Kong.
- Hong Kong’s official name is the tongue twisting Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, or Hong Kon... |
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The oldest form of runic scripts, Elder Futhark is named for the first six runes in its alphabet, F, U, Th, A,R, and K. It was used in the North West of Europe from around the second to the eighth centuries AD and has been found on numerous artefacts ranging from jewellry and amulets to tools, weapons and the ever-popu... |
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White Roofs or Green Roofs? By Ian Montangees
The Difference Between White Roofs and Green Roofs in Terms of Their Positive Contribution to Global Warming Reduction – by Ian Montangees
A number of people have asked about the difference between green roofs and white roofs in contributing to global warming reduction in a... |
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Facts About Poisons
Children are naturally inquisitive and love to explore their world. Infants tend to put everything in their mouths and toddlers grab whatever looks interesting. Adolescents may experiment with drugs and other mind-altering substances. Consider these facts about poisonings in the United States:
Each ... |
What GIS does
One common misconception is that a GIS is simply a computer package to make maps. While maps are one product of a GIS, there is much more
that a GIS can do. GIS has become recognized as a tool of unlimited potential.
At the most basic level, a GIS manages information about locations and their physical rel... |
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Definitions and Services
According to the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) 2004 Household Food Security Report, nearly 650,000 Missourians experience food insecurity – approximately a third of them also experience hunger. This means that their access to enough food is limited by a lack of money and othe... |
Sunday 19 May
Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus)
What’s the World’s Favourite Species?Find out here.
Marabou stork fact file
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Marabou stork description
With its huge, ungainly stature, balding pink head and enormous wedge-shaped bill, it is easy to see why many consider the Marabo... |
By Serena Gordon
MONDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Pediatric food allergies, which can sometimes be life-threatening, are increasing at a dramatic rate in the United States, new research shows.
But the study authors aren't sure if the rise in reports of food allergies reflects an increase in actual prevalence or if b... |
Submitted to: Veterinary Parasitology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: October 1, 2000
Publication Date: N/A
Interpretive Summary: Sarcocystis neurona is a single-celled parasite of companion animals. It causes a fatal neurologic syndrome in horses in the U.S., called eqine protozoal... |
By Madonna Behen
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- The recently approved drug vemurafenib (Zelboraf) has been hailed as a breakthrough in the treatment of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. But roughly one-quarter of patients who take the medication develop a troublesome side effect: secondary skin cance... |
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Oxford Classical Texts
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
Oxford Classical Texts (OCTs), or Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis, is a series of books published by Oxford University Press. It contains texts of ancient Greek and Latin literature, such as Homer's Odyssey and Virgil's Aeneid, in the or... |
Classification of Burns
What are the classifications of burns?
Burns are classified as first-, second-, or third-degree, depending on how deep and severe they penetrate the skin's surface.
First-degree (superficial) burns
First-degree burns affect only the epidermis, or outer layer of skin. The burn site is red, painfu... |
Tips for Eating More Fruit
The USDA offers these tips on adding more fruit to your diet:
Choose fresh fruits, fruit juices and frozen, canned or dried fruit. Don't buy fruit canned or frozen in heavy syrups and sweetened fruit juices.
Eat whole fruits rather than fruit juices because whole fruit has more fiber and is m... |
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C-Section Babies May Be More Likely to Fail First Hearing Test
TUESDAY, June 12 (HealthDay News) -- Infants delivered by Cesarean section are three times more likely than babies delivered vaginally to fail their first hearing test, which is performed shortly after birth, new research from Israel finds.
However, the res... |
Microclimates allow application of coatings
Merrimack Station, a power plant in Bow, N.H., owned and operated by Public Service of New Hampshire (PSNH), burns 4,000 tons of coal a day, as it generates enough power to satisfy the energy needs of one-third of New Hampshire's population. The fly ash produced during the co... |
Trees of Life
A Visual History of Evolution
written by Theodore W Pietsch
John Hopkins University | ISBN 9781421404790
Hardback – 376 pages
Member’s price: $82.80
Usually ships within 2–11 business days.
For the past 450 years, tree-like branching diagrams have been created to show the complex and surprising interrelat... |
An alternative to salt-based water softening
Although the varied climatic conditions along California's Central Coast, home of Hahn Family Wines, are ideal for the growing of grapes, the water underground, which the vintner uses for closed-loop heat-cleaning of fermenting barrels and bottles, is mineral-rich and scale-... |
HERE. Drawing just the top face allows a focus on the eyes, and the beginning of a school year is a good time to declare goals.
1. You can download my template with paper lines already on it HERE. Printing on cardstock will be the easiest to work with.
2. Start by drawing the eyes in pencil, just above the paper. Follo... |
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Experts from around the country gathered at the Aspen Ideas Festival this past week to tackle some difficult issues—the economic crisis, overpopulation, threats to democracy. But the panel I sat on asked perhaps the thorniest of questions, and one that we seem to return to again and again: What is the goal of parenting... |
These energy saving tips will show you how to reduce your impact on both the environment and your energy bills.
1. Turn out the lights when you leave a room. This is probably the easiest thing you can do to save energy – just flip the switch on your way out.
2. Turn off electronic devices when you are not using them. T... |
What is the basic foundation for a family unit? A family is more than a household unit. In the Bible, every family represented a microcosm of the community within which it lived. Therefore, when families failed, the community itself failed. In times of crisis, families were relied upon to support and strengthen the com... |
Giuseppe Donati invented the modern 10-hole ocarina.
Although oceanography has been recognized as a formal scientific discipline for only 150 years, the quest for this understanding and its practical application to commerce and war - often unwitting - goes back much further.
History of the odometer.
In the late 19th ce... |
The King Palm tree is native to Australia, but can be grown and cared for in any tropical or sub tropical area where the temperature does not drop below freezing. This popular landscaping palm is also known as the Alexander or Alexandra palm. The King Palm grows quickly and while it can start as an indoor plant, it wil... |
An introduction to the nature and needs of students with mild disabilities: mild mental retardation, behavior disorders, and learning disabilities
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-275) and index.
- Language: eng
- Physical Description: xvi, 283 p. ; 27 cm.
- Edition Info: (paper)
- Behavior disorders in chil... |
What are congenital hand differences?
Babies born with hands that are different than the normal hand have a congenital hand difference.
What causes congenital hand differences?
The upper limb is formed between four and eight weeks after the sperm and egg unite to form an embryo. The embryo develops an arm bud at four w... |
World Wetlands Day – Healthy forests, healthy wetlands
01 February 2011 | News story
Wetlands, such as mangroves, peat forests and freshwater swamp forests, are home to a wealth of biodiversity. To mark this year’s World Wetlands Day on Wednesday 2 February, IUCN is highlighting the role and importance of forests in we... |
With all this talk about differentiation in the classroom, teachers are searching for ways to have more one on one time with students. Time that is needed to support tiered lessons, collaborative learning, enrichment and remediation. There is a promising new classroom model called “flipping your classroom“ that is crea... |
American logistics spacecraft. Study 2005. Spacehab's Apex design provided a family of launcher-neutral maneuverable spacecraft that could be used for resupply of the ISS and return of payloads to earth.
The Apex design was available to both commercial and government markets. The Apex vehicles were available in three d... |
Creator of Hank D and the Bee. Environmental cartoons found in/on: Yes! magazine, PBS's Urban Conversion, Center for Media and Democracy, Greenpeace, Planetsave, NaturalPapa, Elephant Journal and more…
Originally posted on RedGreenandBlue.org on 1/20/09
Between 2006 and 2007, the Southern Nevada Water Authority in Las ... |
Our government textbooks tell us that nobody in the ancient world had ever crossed the Atlantic before Columbus. But the voyage of the Mayflower only took 60 days. Are we honestly to believe that no one had ever previously taken the 60 day trip in all of human history? The great civilizations of ancient Egypt, Babylon,... |
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Job interview questions overview
Interview questions are based on skills contained in the job criteria. Interviews are designed to get a complete, integrated analysis of each candidate. Candidates are expected to demonstrate their skills to the required standard for each of the job criteria in their answers.
There are ... |
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The sun’s energy is an incredible bounty. The energy contained in solar rays make their way through our filtering atmosphere and is critical to life on this planet...
and is fundamental to human survival. It can also provide for our comfort.
The use of the sun’s power in solar energy design is usually identified in 2 c... |
The Bavli, Chulin 60:2, says (in my own loose translation):
Rabbi Shim'on ben Pazi noted a contradiction: [B'reshis 1:16] says, "God made the two big luminaries" and "the big luminary… and the small luminary".
The moon said to God: "Master of the world, is it possible for two kings to use one crown?"
He told her: "Go d... |
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In 1997 the newly elected Labour government was quick to take measures against teenage motherhood. In 1999 they published a seminal document which became hugely influential in shifting both the public's and policy makers' ideas of the 'problem' of teenage pregnancy. The report was underpinned by a dr... |
“Throughout the history of the United States, public officials have used the rule of law to deny equal opportunities to African Americans.”
Strong language, almost shocking in its clarity. It’s how Elaine Gross of ERASE Racism begins her January “Message from the President.”
ERASE Racism is a regional organization (bas... |
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Teaching Children About Money
Children with developmental disabilities benefit like their mainstream peers when they learn basic facts about money, spending and saving. Early le... |
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Hot Weather Gets Scientists' Attention
Originally published on Wed July 11, 2012 5:30 am
RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:
Across America people are sweltering through extreme heat this year, continuing a long-term trend of rising temperatures. Inevitably, many are wondering if the scorching heat is due to global warming. Scientis... |
Proverbs 8 - Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible
Christ, as Wisdom, calls to the sons of men.
The will of God is made known by the works of creation, and by the consciences of men, but more clearly by Moses and the prophets. The chief difficulty is to get men to attend to instruction. Yet attention to the w... |
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You can't touch it, but it affects how you feel. You can't see it, but it might be there when you look at yourself in the mirror. You can't hear it, but it's there when you talk about yourself or when you think about yourself.
What is this important but mysterious thing? It's your self-esteem!
What Is Self-Esteem?
Self... |
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| Risk Factors
The cerebellum is located in the lower part of the brain, towards the back. It plays a role in body movement, eye movement, and balance.
A cerebellar stroke occurs when the brain’s blood supply to this area is interrupted. Without oxygen and nutrients from blood, the brain tissue quickly dies. This resul... |
Many things just seem to come naturally to some people. Maybe you know a girl who's a natural at sports — put her in a uniform and she's off and running. Some people are naturals at playing an instrument; it's like they were born knowing how to count in 4/4 time. Others are naturals at math; give them a test on theorem... |
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kottke.org posts about pimovie
Pi, God, and apartment supercomputers Jul 18 2005
The New Yorker recently ran a feature on how a couple of mathematicians helped The Met photograph a part of The Hunt of the Unicorn tapestries. That same week, they ran from their extensive archives a 1992 profile of the same mathematician... |
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Punctuated equilibrium and molecular clocks?
Dr. Peter Gegenheimer
PGegen at UKans.nolospamare.edu
Fri Sep 4 18:37:39 EST 1998
On Wed, 2 Sep 1998 15:16:45, Johnjoe McFadden <j.mcfadden at surrey.ac.uk> wrote:
> Punctuated equilibrium and molecular clocks?
> The punctuated equilibrium hypothesis of Gould and Eldridge, i... |
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Principal Proposed Natural Treatments
Bruising and bleeding both occur because of damage to blood vessels. When a vein, artery, or capillary is torn or cut, blood flows out into the vessel's surroundings; if the escaped blood is contained within the tissues directly under the skin, we see a bruise.
While all of us brui... |
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