A First Amendment Junkie By: Susan Jacoby Susan Jacoby (b. 1946)‚ a journalist since the age of seventeen‚ is well known for her feminist writings. “A First Amendment Junkie” (our title) appeared in the Hers column in the New York Times in 1978. It is no news that many women are defecting from the ranks of civil libertarians on the issue of obscenity. The conviction of Larry Flynt‚ publisher of Hustler magazine—before his metamorphosis into a born-again Christian—was greeted with unabashed
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now briefly look at two techniques for finding objects in images. First‚ we look at segmentation of a given image into a small number of regions based on a distance threshold. Then we look at a matched filtering approach to detecting objects‚ called template matching. Object Segmentation We can extend the region-growing algorithm to detect objects in color images. The basic algorithm must be modified to compute distance on the YUV or Lab coordinates. In addition‚ a raster scan of the pixels can detect
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What is bed bug? Bed bugs also known as Cimex lectularius are tiny‚ brownish-red colored‚ flat insects that feed off the blood of humans and animals while they sleep. Bed bugs are voracious eaters and find their prey‚ humans by seeking out carbon dioxide (CO2) in our breath and heat from our bodies. The adults can be seen by the naked eye‚ but nymphs; which is the immature bed bugs are seen by microscope and later become visible as they enlarge and gorge themselves on blood Bed bugs bite humans
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INTRODUCTION Pill bugs are most typically found in an outside environment and studies suggest that they prefer to live in a certain environment. This certain environment is moist‚ and in order to remain most it is most likely dark and cool as oppose to dry and hot. That is why most often when you turn over a large rock that hasn’t been disturbed in a while you will find pill bugs making shelter underneath of it. When pill bugs cannot have a habitat that provides them with enough moisture they
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Pressure Ulcer Prevention Capstone Project Milestone # 4: Pressure Ulcer Prevention Introduction Pressure ulcers continue to be a prevalent issue in the health care system and causes “pain‚ slow recovery from morbid conditions‚ infection and death” (Kwong‚ Pang‚ Aboo‚ & Law‚ 2009‚ p. 2609). In the field of nursing turning and repositioning patients is a well-known nursing intervention to prevent development of pressure ulcers. However‚ many hospitals and facilities still neglect to apply
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Pressure ulcers are common among the elderly. They can occur at any age under such as a person being bedridden. There are preventive measures that can be taken to avoid pressure ulcers. Some pressure ulcers are unavoidable no matter what preventative measures are taken. The fact remains that the majority of pressure ulcers can be avoided if preventative measures are taken. Nurses and other staff members sometimes do not do enough to prevent pressure ulcers. “The vast majority of pressure ulcers are
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ABSTRACT Pill bugs live in an outside environment where they are able to get the necessary amount of energy from organic matter. This environment is where water and organic matter is plentiful. In there natural habitat‚ pill bugs are found in dark‚ damp places. Living in moist places is important for pill bugs so they can take in enough water‚ and if water is not available‚ they group together to prevent water loss. Pill bugs most often live in dark places because they have a negative photo taxis
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To prepare questions and answers for The Understanding Conflict Resolution Workbook This paper has been prepared for Laura Kavanagh Lecturer of Psychology By Jai Acharya Course title Understanding Conflict Resolution. Dated 13.3.2013 Q1. What do you understand by the term conflict? Defined by the oxford dictionary conflict is a term ‚ which is to be in a state of opposition Or a clashing of opposed interests. The notes in the conflict resolution workbook it states” conflict
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Gaston the Lonely Bug Parents happiness is to have a family‚ and not to be lonely. Not all parents have an easy life‚ full of happiness and joy. There are those families that are happy‚ but there are also families with a broken home. The children of that broken home are the main victims of the struggle between the parents. In this short story “Gaston” by William Saroyan‚ the father is symbolized as the bug Gaston. This story takes place around a table‚ in the fathers apartment in Paris. The characters
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based on Climate‚ Light‚ and Surface Abstract Pill bugs‚ (also named sow or potato bugs) are terrestrial crustaceans that consume decomposed leaves or other plants. In the lab performed on September 24‚ 2010‚ animal behavior of the isopods was recorded‚ specifically in the climate that they preferred. Various climates situations such as Light vs. Dark‚ Hot vs. Cold‚ and Wet vs. Dry were tested and observed. The results came back with the pill bugs favoring dark‚ wet environments. However the data
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