On October 15, 2003, Schiavo's feeding tube was removed. Six days later, following the passing of "Terri's Law", Florida Governor Jeb Bush sent the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to remove Schiavo from the hospice. She was taken to a hospital, where her feeding tube was surgically reinserted. [30] (8th paragraph from the bottom of news story) Part of the legislation required the appointment of a guardian ad litem, Dr. Jay Wolfson, to "deduce and represent the best wish ...

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Both the state government of Florida and the U.S. Congress made use of extraordinary measures to support the Schindlers. Earlier, in October of 2003, when the Schindlers' final appeal was exhausted, the Florida Legislature passed "Terri's Law,"[40] giving Governor Jeb Bush the authority to intervene in the case. Bush immediately ordered the feeding tube reinserted. Michael Schiavo opposed the Governor's intervention, and was represented, in part, by th ...

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After her death, Schiavo's body was taken to the office of the medical examiner for Pinellas and Pasco counties. The autopsy, led by Dr. Jon Thogmartin, occurred on April 1, 2005. Thogmartin also arranged for specialized cardiac and genetic examinations to be made. The official autopsy report[58] was released on June 15, 2005. Examination of Schiavo’s nervous system revealed extensive injury. The brain itself weighed 615 g, only half the weight expected for ...

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Schiavo came home to her family in September; however, after becoming overwhelmed with her needs, the family sent her back to the College Park facility. In November, Michael took her to the University of California, San Francisco for an experimental procedure involving the placement of a thalamic stimulator implant in her brain. The experimental treatment took several months but was unsuccessful. Michael returned to Florida with her in January 1991 and admitted her to the Mediplex Rehabilitation Center (specializing in brain injuries) in Bra ...

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After the failure of challenges to Michael's guardianship and to the ruling on Schiavo's end-of-life wishes, the Schindlers adopted the position that Schiavo was not in a PVS and began to challenge that diagnosis in court. Schiavo's parents claim that their daughter did not meet the definition of a persistent vegetative state, and was in a "minimally conscious state" instead. Her parents argued that at times her actions indicated responses to external stimuli, not instinctive or reflex behavior. For example, the Schindlers claimed that their ...

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In October 2002, on remand by the Second District Court of Appeal, an evidentiary hearing was held in Judge Greer's court to determine whether new therapy treatments could help Schiavo restore any cognitive function. ÄIn preparation for the trial, a new computed axial tomography scan (CAT scan) was performed, which showed severe cerebral atrophy. An EEG showed no measurable brain activity. The court viewed a six-hour tape of Schiavo and concluded ...

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Reform Judaism - History. In 1836 several members of the Synagogue of Bevis Marks in London requested the introduction of such alterations and modifications as were in the line of the changes introduced in the Reform synagogue in Hamburg and other places. The congregation conceded and took steps to insure greater decorum at the services. In 1839 they made a second request, advocating a diminution in the length and number of prayers, a more convenient hour of service on Sabbaths and holy days, sermons in En ...

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On September 11, 2003, the Schindlers petitioned the court to forestall removal of the feeding tube to provide for "eight weeks' therapy." Accompanying the petition were four affidavits from members of the Schindler family and one from Dr. Alexander T. Gimon. At the hearing the Schindlers' counsel read into the record additional affidavits from three speech professionals and two nurses. One of the nurses, Carla Sauer Iyer claimed in her affidavit that her initial training in 1996 consisted solely of the instruction, "do what Michael S ...

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Reform Judaism - History. Some of the earliest Reform rabbis to settle in Israel included Rabbi Judah Leon Magnes, who was the first Chancellor of the Hebrew University and in 1938, became its President. Rabbi Meir Elk, who graduated from the liberal Breslau Rabbinical Seminary in Germany, founded the Leo Baeck School in Haifa, which today is one of the most renowned educational establishments in the country. The first Reform synagogue in Israel is th ...

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On March 26, 2005, Bob and Mary Schindler announced that their legal options had been exhausted. The next day, Schiavo was given the Anointing of the Sick ("Last Rites"). In accordance with the Catholic ritual of Viaticum, she received the Eucharist for the last time; it had been administered to her once through her feeding tube just before it was removed. The Eucharist, according to the teaching of the Catholic Church, can be received under the consecrated species of bread (referred to as the host) or wine. As her tongue was too dry to receive a small piece of the host, she received under the species o ...

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The organizational bodies for Reform Judaism globally are: the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) in North America the Movement for Reform Judaism in Great Britain the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism in Israel The political and legislative outreach arm of Reform Judaism in the United States is the Religious Action Center (RAC). The RAC is operated under the auspices of the Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism, a joint instrumentality of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and the URJ. In Israel, public and legal advocacy for Progressive Judaism i ...

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On the morning of February 25, 1990, at approximately 5:30 a.m. EST, Schiavo experienced cardiac arrest and collapsed in the hallway of their St. Petersburg apartment. Firefighters and paramedics arriving in response to Michael's 9-1-1 call found her face-down and unconscious in the hallway outside her bathroom. She was not breathing and had no pulse. Attempts were made to resuscitate Schiavo, and she was defibrillated several times while she was transported to the Humana Northside Hospital. There, in order to keep her alive, she was intubat ...

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Drug tests can be divided into two general groups. The first group is the kind most people are familiar with. This type of testing involves the donor giving a sample of some bodily fluid or hair to an employer, doctor, law enforcement official, or a medical testing center. This is normally a sample of urine, blood, hair, or saliva/ oral fluid. After collection from the donor, the sample is sealed with a tamper-evident seal and sent to a laboratory for analysis. The primary advantages of this type of test are accuracy, legal defensibility, an ...

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Jewish principles of faith - Monotheism. Judaism is based on a strict unitarian monotheism, the belief in one God. The prayer par excellence in terms of defining God is the Shema Yisrael, "Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One", also translated as "Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is unique/alone." God is conceived of as eternal, the creator of the universe, and the source of morality. God has the power to intervene in the world. The term God thus corresponds to an actual o ...

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The Gemara and the Mishnah together make up the Talmud. The Talmud thus comprises two components: the Mishnah - the core text; and the gemara - analysis and commentary which “completes” the Talmud (from gamar גמר,: Hebrew "[to] complete"; Aramaic "[to] study"); see Structure of the Talmud. The rabbis of the Mishnah are known as Tannaim (sing. Tanna תנא). The rabbis of the Gemara are referred to as See also:

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The analysis of the Amoraim is generally focused on clarifying the positions, words and views of the Tannaim. These debates and exchanges form the "building-blocks" of the gemara; the name for a passage of gemara is a sugya (סוגיא; plural sugyot). A sugya will typically comprise a detailed proof-based elaboration of the Mishna. Every aspect of the Mishnaic text is treated as a subject of close investigation. This analysis is aimed at an exhaustive ...

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The distinctive character of the gemara derives largely from the intricate use of argumentation and debate, described above. In each sugya, either participant may cite scriptural, Mishnaic and Amoraic proof to build a logical support for their respective opinions. The process of deduction required to derive a conclusion from a prooftext is often logically complex and indirect. "Confronted with a statement on any subject, the Talmudic student will proceed to raise a series of questions before he satisfies himself of having under ...

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However, recent scholarship, especially by Professor Judith Hauptman reveals that the Tosefta draws on source material earlier than the later material in the Mishnah. It may well be that parts of the Tosefta predate the Mishnah. The Tosefta has been translated into English by Rabbi Jacob Neusner and his students. They have also produced a commentary. ...

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According to Jewish Law, the Written Law must be transmitted from a written source, and the Oral Law orally. Therefore, it was forbidden to write down the Oral Law in any form, other than for notes. The Babylonian Talmud (Hagiga 14a) states that there were either six-hundred or seven-hundred orders of the Mishnah. Hillel the Elder organized them into six orders to make it easier to remember. Over time, different traditions of the Oral Law came into being, debating what the laws or their rulings were. Further, (according to the ...

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A common misunderstanding is that sodomy laws only target gay people. Most sodomy laws target both heterosexual and homosexual acts, including oral sex and anal sex. Although these acts are not exclusively homosexual, the laws against them are selectively enforced primarily against homosexuals. Frequently, religious beliefs are responsible, if not cited for the existence of sodomy laws. Some sodomy laws include all homosexual or all non-coital sex, including oral sex, frottage, tribadism, and masturbation. Historically, heteros ...

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Supreme Court of Delaware - Motions. Motions are normally handled in chambers by a motions justice. Arguments on motions are uncommon. Supreme Court of Delaware - Oral argument. While the Court's appellate jurisdiction is mandatory, it is not required to hear oral argument. Approximately 60-75% of its decisions are rendered on briefs. If a case involves a novel question of law or the justices desire clarification, oral argument is called. Each attorney in oral argument is given 20 minutes to present its side, except for ...

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The Tannaim operated under the occupation of the Roman Empire. During this time, the priesthood of the temple became increasingly corrupt, many belonged to the Sadducees, and were seen by the Jewish people as collaborators with the Romans, whose mismanagement of Judea led to riots, revolts, and general resentment. Throughout much of the period, the office of the High Priest was rented out to the highest bidder, and the priests themselves extorted as much as they could f ...

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Tannaim, Tannaim - The origin of the Tannaim, Tannaim - Prominant Tannaim, Tannaim - The Nesi'im, Tannaim - The generations of the Tannaim, Tannaim - Before the destruction of the Second Temple, Tannaim - The generation of the destruction, Tannaim - Between the destruction of the Temple to the revolt of Bar Kokhba, Tannaim - The generation of the revolt of Bar Kokhba, Tannaim - After the revolt, Tannaim - Compilers of the Mishnah, Tannaim - External link

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