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Apathy: Encyclopedia - Apathy
Apathy is the lack of emotion, motivation, or enthusiasm. Apathy is a psychological term for a state of indifference — where an individ...
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Apathy: Encyclopedia Ii - Apathy - Apathy In Common And Religious Terms
Contrary to common belief, clinical diagnosis of "apathy" does not indicate laziness — but in common use the correlation is rather dire...
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Apathy: Encyclopedia Ii - Apathy - Apathy In Common And Religious Terms
Contrary to common belief, clinical diagnosis of "apathy" does not indicate laziness — but in common use the correlation is rather dire...
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Culture Of New Zealand: Encyclopedia - Culture Of New Zealand
The culture of New Zealand is a fusion of Maori culture and that of the descendants of the early British colonists and later settlers, ma...
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Laziness: Encyclopedia - Laziness
Laziness is the lack of desire to act or work in general or to do an act or work that is expected of the person. The general tendency to ...
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Detachment: Encyclopedia - Detachment
Detachment is a state in where a person becomes separated from his or her environment and its influence. It is an important principal in ...
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Apatheism: Encyclopedia - Apatheism
Apatheism is a portmanteau (a haplology combining apathy with either atheist or theist) for the position that God may exist but is of no...
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Recluse: Encyclopedia - Recluse
A recluse is someone in isolation who hides away from attention of the public, a person who lives in seclusion from intercourse with the ...
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Character Album: Encyclopedia - Character Album
Character is an album by Dark Tranquillity, released in 2005. The corresponding single, Lost to Apathy, was their first EP released in ne...
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Axiom Band: Encyclopedia - Axiom Band
Axiom is a grindcore/crust punk band. Their releases include: "Impaled By Chaos" and "Apathy and Privilege" (which also includes a spoken...
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Fatigue: Encyclopedia - Fatigue
Fatigue may refer to:
Fatigue (physical) - tiredness in humans
Fatigue (material) - failure by repeated stress in materials
Fatigues (un...
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Xtort: Encyclopedia - Xtort
Xtort is industrial rock group KMFDM's seventh album, released in 1996. It is one of the few KMFDM albums that Raymond Watts did not appe...
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Voter Fatigue: Encyclopedia - Voter Fatigue
In politics, voter fatigue is the apathy that the public can experience when they are required to vote too often.
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Inhibited Sexual Desire: Encyclopedia - Inhibited Sexual Desire
Inhibited sexual desire (ISD), sometimes called frigidity, sexual aversion, sexual apathy or hypoactive sexual desire, refers to a low le...
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Culture Of New Zealand: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of New Zealand - Introduction
While British culture predominates within the country, Maori culture is increasingly being identified with New Zealand, due to haka displ...
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Culture Of New Zealand: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of New Zealand - The Three R's
The three "R's" of New Zealand culture are Rugby, Racing and beeR. This cultural image probably has its origins in colonial agricultural ...
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Culture Of New Zealand: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of New Zealand - Kiwi
Culture of New Zealand - The word.
Kiwi (usually capitalised) has been applied to and adopted by New Zealanders as a nickname for thems...
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Culture Of New Zealand: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of New Zealand - Attitudes
The remoteness of many parts of New Zealand and the distance of the country from much of the developed world meant that things that were ...
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Culture Of New Zealand: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of New Zealand - Arts
Due to the small population base and a lack of arts funding sources, many artists have struggled to sustain themselves economically, even...
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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor: Encyclopedia Ii - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor - Method Of Action
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor - Basic understanding.
In the brain, information is passed between two neurons (nerve cells) via...
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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor: Encyclopedia Ii - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor - List Of Ssris
Many drugs in this class are familiar through advertising, including the following:
(Trade names in brackets)
citalopram (Celexa, Cipram...
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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor: Encyclopedia Ii - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor - Adverse Effects
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor - General side effects.
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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor: Encyclopedia Ii - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor - Criticism Of Ssris
SSRIs have been the focus of much controversy. Some feel that SSRIs are prescribed by overzealous doctors or psychiatrists in cases where...
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Culture Of New Zealand: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of New Zealand - Introduction
While British culture predominates within the country, Māori culture is increasingly being identified with New Zealand, due to haka disp...
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Apatheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Apatheism - Another Point Of View
A different source for Apatheism is given at this web site, Apatheism, Allognosticism, and the American Religious Landscape. Combining ap...
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Culture Of New Zealand: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of New Zealand - Kiwi
Culture of New Zealand - The word.
Kiwi (usually capitalised) has been applied to and adopted by New Zealanders as a nickname for thems...
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1000 Homo Djs: Encyclopedia Ii - 1000 Homo Djs - Discography
1000 Homo DJs - Releases.
Apathy (1988, 12" single)
Supernaut (1990, 12" single, CD EP). CDEP includes the Apathy single
1000 Homo D...
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Politics Of Belarus: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics Of Belarus - Problems Of Democratization
Of the 346 deputies to the Belorussian Supreme Soviet elected in 1990, fourteen were still vacant three years later, owing to voter apath...
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Pick's Disease: Encyclopedia Ii - Pick's Disease - Characteristics
Symptoms may include a decline in social behavior (including disinhibition, tactlessness, and breaches of interpersonal etiquette), emoti...
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Crimestoppers: Encyclopedia Ii - Crimestoppers - Why
The authorities, to include the police, can not always solve every crime on their own. Forensic science and investigative skills are vita...
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Canadian Republicanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Canadian Republicanism - Current Opinion
In recent years senior Canadian Cabinet ministers such as John Manley and Brian Tobin have expressed their republican views while serving...
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Hyperthyroidism: Encyclopedia Ii - Hyperthyroidism - Signs And Symptoms
Major clinical features in humans are weight loss (often accompanied by a ravenous appetite), fatigue, weakness, hyperactivity, irritabil...
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The Body Buffy Episode: Encyclopedia Ii - The Body Buffy Episode - Arc Significance
This episode is a significant departure from the Glory storyline, being an intense character study. However, Joyce's death has a devastat...
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Hyperthyroidism: Encyclopedia Ii - Hyperthyroidism - Signs And Symptoms
Major clinical features in humans are weight loss (often accompanied by a ravenous appetite), fatigue, weakness, hyperactivity, irritabil...
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Donkey Vote: Encyclopedia Ii - Donkey Vote - House Of Representatives
Preferential voting is used in House of Representatives elections and in elections for most Australian lower house elections. This system...
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Grunger: Encyclopedia Ii - Grunger - Politics
Though it is a generalization, grungers do not tend to be as politically motivated as the punks and hippies were. Whereas the hippies wer...
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The Rules Of Attraction Film: Encyclopedia Ii - The Rules Of Attraction Film - Plot
The film takes place at the fictional Camden College, a liberal arts school somewhere in New England.
In the opening sequence, we are int...
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Tone Scale: Encyclopedia Ii - Tone Scale - Details Of The Scale
The basic mechanism of the scale involves a person as they approach and react to Pain. As a person approaches pain, they become more anta...
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Direct Democracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Direct Democracy - Arguments Against Direct Democracy
A fundamental objection to direct democracy is that the public generally gives only superficial attention to political issues and is thus...
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Airship Italia: Encyclopedia Ii - Airship Italia - Rescue Effort
An international rescue effort followed, but was bedeviled by incompetence, apathy and political interference on the part of the Italians...
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Election Promise: Encyclopedia Ii - Election Promise - Broken Promises
A great number of election promises are broken. Many regard this as a severe issue that disaffects people from the entire political proce...
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Captain Harlock: Encyclopedia Ii - Captain Harlock - Summary Of Storylines
The basic story of Harlock has been told many times over and in many different media. Though there are slight variations each time, the e...
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Rollo May: Encyclopedia Ii - Rollo May - Quotes By Rollo May
"Hate is not the opposite of love. Apathy is."
"If we admit our depression openly and freely, those around us get from it an experience o...
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Animation In The United States In The Television Era: Encyclopedia Ii - Animation In The United States In The Television Era - The Decline Of Animation
The 1960s saw a decline in the entire animation industry that affected the medium as a whole for over twenty years. The cartoon creations...
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Producerism: Encyclopedia Ii - Producerism - Position On Religion And Social Issues
Although primarily economic in emphasis, Producerism has a perspective on social issues as well, namely that the traditional values of th...
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Granta: Encyclopedia Ii - Granta - Rebirth
During the 1970s the publication encountered financial difficulties and increasing levels of student apathy and as a result had to be res...
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Hard Code: Encyclopedia Ii - Hard Code - Examples And Utilities Of Hard Code
Hard code - Product code.
A program that has a unique product code always checks its maker's website to be sure that it hasn't been bla...
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John Grierson: Encyclopedia Ii - John Grierson - Social Critic
Like a number of other social critics of the time, Grierson was profoundly concerned about what he perceived to be clear threats to democ...
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Kitty Genovese: Encyclopedia Ii - Kitty Genovese - The Reaction
The story of Genovese's murder became an almost-instant parable about the supposed callousness, or at least apathy to others' plight, of ...
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Health Issues And The Effects Of Cannabis: Encyclopedia Ii - Health Issues And The Effects Of Cannabis - Effects On Mental Health
Health issues and the effects of cannabis - Behavioral effects.
It is sometimes observed, and generally stereotyped, that systematic ch...
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Hades: Encyclopedia Ii - Hades - Other Usages
In Dungeons & Dragons, Hades is one of the seven lower planes of existence. More commonly referred to as the Gray Wastes, the plane i...
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Extinction: Encyclopedia Ii - Extinction - Human Attitudes On Extinction
Extinction - Extinction in species other than Homo sapiens.
Because humans are a reasonably intelligent species capable of abstract tho...
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Thor Marvel Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Thor Marvel Comics - Thor In Other Continuities
Thor Marvel Comics - Ultimate Thor.
The Ultimate Marvel Universe version of the mighty Thor is either the son of Odin sent to Midgard (...
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Hades: Encyclopedia Ii - Hades - Other Usages
In Dungeons & Dragons, Hades is one of the seven lower planes of existence. More commonly referred to as the Gray Wastes, the plane i...
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Protein-energy Malnutrition: Encyclopedia Ii - Protein-energy Malnutrition - Prognosis
In children, the mortality rate of protein-energy malnutrition varies between 5% and 40%. The lower mortality rates are observed in child...
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Irish Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Language - Irish In Education
The Irish language is a subject compulsory in schools, and has been since Ireland gained independence. In modern days, the language is de...
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Amerika Tv Miniseries: Encyclopedia Ii - Amerika Tv Miniseries - Social Criticism
Amerika criticized American society in the 1980's, implying that apathy and an unwillingness to defend freedom on the part of many citize...
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Thor Marvel Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Thor Marvel Comics - Thor In Other Continuities
Thor Marvel Comics - Ultimate Thor.
The Ultimate Marvel Universe version of the mighty Thor is either the son of Odin sent to Midgard (...
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Irish Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Language - Irish In Education
The Irish language is a compulsory subject in schools in government funded schools in the Republic of Ireland and has been so since the e...
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Irish Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Language - Irish In Education
The Irish language is a compulsory subject in schools in government funded schools in the Republic of Ireland and has been so since the e...
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Affectless:
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AFFECTLESS Making no pretense of feeling or reaction to anything. The common condition of 20th century mankind. Magicians encountering...
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Trigunas:
Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Trigunas
The Trigunas Just as the doshas are the essential components of the body, the three gunas - Satwa, Rajas and Tamas - are the th...
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Siamese Dream: Encyclopedia Ii - Siamese Dream - Singles
"Cherub Rock" was released on 7" with "Purr Snickety", and on 12"/CD with "Pissant", "French Movie Theme" and an unlisted drunken karaoke...
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Culture Of Fear: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Fear - Variations On The Thesis
Several different social commentators have offered a Culture of Fear thesis, each with a distinctive emphasis. They may be categorised al...
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Chromotherapy: Encyclopedia Ii - Chromotherapy - Meaning And Use Of Colours
Alternative healthcare providers who practice colour therapy often relate the seven colours of the colour spectrum to specific areas of t...
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Bach Flower Remedies: Encyclopedia Ii - Bach Flower Remedies - List Of Bach Flower Remedies
The Dr. Edward Bach Centre, which established the Bach Flower Research Programme, presents this list of the thirty eight remedies discove...
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Clinical Depression: Encyclopedia Ii - Clinical Depression - Treatment
Treatment of depression varies broadly, and is different for each individual. Various types and combinations of treatments may have to be...
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Tacitus: Encyclopedia Ii - Tacitus - Biography
Tacitus's works contain a wealth of information about his world, but details on his own life are lacking. Even his praenomen (first name)...
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Direct Democracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Direct Democracy - Direct Democracy In The United States
In the United States, ballot measures and their corresponding referenda are widely used at the state and sub-state level. There is much s...
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Depersonalization: Encyclopedia Ii - Depersonalization - Useful Resources
Depersonalization Community - Depersonalization Support Site
Support site for those suffering from depersonalization and derealization.
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Bach Flower Remedies: Encyclopedia Ii - Bach Flower Remedies - Use
Each remedy is used alone or in conjunction with other remedies, and each flower is believed by advocates to impart specific qualities to...
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Stoicism: Encyclopedia Ii - Stoicism - Quotations
Collection of various Stoic quotes:
Epictetus:
“Wherever I go, it will be well with me.”
"When I see a man in a state of anxiety, I ...
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Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - Washington - History
Prior to the arrival of explorers from Europe, this region of the Pacific Coast had many established tribes of Native Americans, each wit...
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Health Issues And The Effects Of Cannabis: Encyclopedia Ii - Health Issues And The Effects Of Cannabis - Thc And Cannabinoids
Health issues and the effects of cannabis - Biochemistry.
The main component of cannabis that interacts with the brain and produces all...
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Garfield: Encyclopedia Ii - Garfield - Themes And Settings
Usually, the standard setting is Garfield standing on a table or floor, always flat. Occasionally, Garfield ventures elsewhere and when g...
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Chromotherapy: Encyclopedia Ii - Chromotherapy - History
Several findings indicate that colour and light have been used for health treatments since the beginning of recorded time. Colour therapy...
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Direct Democracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Direct Democracy - Direct Democracy In Switzerland
In Switzerland, single majorities are sufficient at the town, city, and state (canton and half-canton) level, but at the national level, ...
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Garfield: Encyclopedia Ii - Garfield - Video Games
Garfield was also transported into video games, the first being a never-released Atari 2600 prototype, in 1983.
Other titles:
Create Wit...
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Health Issues And The Effects Of Cannabis: Encyclopedia Ii - Health Issues And The Effects Of Cannabis - Legal And Political Constraints On Open Research
In many countries, experimental science suffers from legal restrictions because cannabis is illegal. Thus, cannabis as a drug is often ha...
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Garfield: Encyclopedia Ii - Garfield - Overview
Garfield had its debut on June 19, 1978, which is also considered Garfield's birthday. Comic strips on June 19th depict the cat celebrati...
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Tacitus: Encyclopedia Ii - Tacitus - Literary Style
Tacitus's writings are known for their instantly deep-cutting and dense prose, seldom glossy, in contrast with the more placable style of...
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Garfield: Encyclopedia Ii - Garfield - Books
Garfield - Numbered Paperbacks.
These books, generally released twice a year, contain reprints of the comic as it appears in newspapers...
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Tacitus: Encyclopedia Ii - Tacitus - Works
Five works ascribed to Tacitus have survived (or at least: large parts thereof). Years are approximate, and the last two (his "major" wor...
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Tacitus: Encyclopedia Ii - Tacitus - Studies And Reception History
From Pliny the Younger's 7th Letter (to Tacitus), §33:
Auguror nec me fallit augurium, historias tuas immortales futuras.
I p...
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Garfield: Encyclopedia Ii - Garfield - Production And Criticism
Like many comic strips, Garfield is not exclusively drawn and written by its creator. Jim Davis's company, Paws Inc., employs cartoonists...
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Tacitus: Encyclopedia Ii - Tacitus - The Sources Of Tacitus
Tacitus was able to consult the official sources of the Roman state: the acta senatus (the minutes of the session of the Senate) and the ...
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Clinical Depression: Encyclopedia Ii - Clinical Depression - Types Of Depression
Major Depression, or, more properly, 'Major Depressive Disorder' (MDD) is characterized by a severely depressed mood that persists for at...
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Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - Washington - Geography
Washington is bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west, Oregon to the south (the Columbia River forming most of this border), Idaho to th...
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Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - Washington - Economy
The 2003 total gross state product for Washington was $244 billion, placing it 11th in the nation. The per capita income was $33,332. Sig...
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Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - Washington - Law And Government
Washington has 49 Legislative Districts, and elects one Senator and two House members from each district. The majority party is the Democ...
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Stoicism: Encyclopedia Ii - Stoicism - Stoic Ethics And Virtues
The ancient Stoics are often misunderstood because the terms they used meant different things in the past than they do today. The word st...
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Stoicism: Encyclopedia Ii - Stoicism - History
Stoicism first appeared in Athens in the Hellenistic period around 301 BC and was introduced by Zeno of Citium. He taught in the famous s...
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Direct Democracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Direct Democracy - Electronic Direct Democracy
Even before the predominance of the Internet, electronic constituent assemblies (ECA) were designed and used effectively. The ECAs combin...
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Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - Washington - Education
Washington - Colleges and universities.
State universities
Central Washington University
Eastern Washington University
The Evergreen S...
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Direct Democracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Direct Democracy - History
Direct democracy was first experimented with in the ancient Athenian democracy of ancient Greece (beginning circa 508 BC (Finley, 1973)),...
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Clinical Depression: Encyclopedia Ii - Clinical Depression - Books
Clinical depression - Books by psychologists/psychiatrists.
Beck, A. T., Rush, A. J., Shaw, B. F., Emery, G. (1987). Cognitive therapy...
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Clinical Depression: Encyclopedia Ii - Clinical Depression - Relapse
Relapse is more likely if treatment has not resulted in the full remission of symptoms.4 In fact, current guidelines for antidepressant u...
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Clinical Depression: Encyclopedia Ii - Clinical Depression - Signs And Symptoms
According to the DSM-IV-TR criteria for diagnosing a major depressive disorder (see also: DSM cautionary statement) one or both of the fo...
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Clinical Depression: Encyclopedia Ii - Clinical Depression - Mania And Hypomania In Depression
The DSM-IV classifies depression and bipolar disorder as separate illnesses, but researchers such as Hagop Akiskal MD of the University o...
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