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Fourteen states have adopted some portion of the American Bar Association's Uniform Guardianship Act, which tries to define competency by functional abilities rather than a blanket medical diagnosis. These laws are designed to make it easier to define competency objectively. They also facilitate tailoring guardianships or conservatorships to specific needs. But such arrangements are still difficult to accomplish in practice. Erica Wood, associate staff director of the ABA's commission on legal problems of the elderly, says that in many cases, "the judge virtually gives over his or her decision to the doctor, who is usually not a specialist...
...chorus of Bon Jovi’s “Living on a Prayer” is never very melodious, but is belted out with a fair amount of gusto and no thought for intonation. And though we can now all sing along to at least a good portion of “Killer Queen,” a random survey of the staff would probably not yield the answer to the question, “Is this Holst or Shostakovich...
...Beige Book had it that the recessionary woes that have long afflicted the manufacturing sector began in June and July to spread elsewhere - it?s not the smart bet yet. Because while the drop in the July PPI was dominated by a 5.3-percent decline in the crude goods portion of the report - and that was in turn dominated by falling energy prices, namely a 17.7-percent drop in gasoline prices, the biggest one-month rate of decrease in 15 years. The "core" rate, which excludes those volatile food and energy numbers, was actually up 0.2 percent for the month...
...trot out one part of a study of virginity pledges published last year by Peter Bearman of Columbia University and Hannah Brueckner, now of Yale University, that found students who took pledges delayed their first sexual encounter by an average of 18 months. Pro-abstinence folks conveniently neglect the portion of the study that followed the same students through their early sexual activities and found they were less likely to use birth control and thus more likely to put themselves at risk for STDs and unwanted pregnancies. What's more, the study concluded that as the number of virginity pledgers...
...prohibition on development, informally known as the “Loose Moratorium,” has been in effect for a large portion of the Riverside neighborhood since Oct. 2000. As originally approved, the moratorium would last for 18 months—until next April...