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  2. Alternate care site - Wikipedia

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    The Javits Center in New York City has been used as an ACS during the COVID-19 pandemic.. An alternate care site (ACS) is a medical treatment facility established in a non-traditional setting during a public-health crisis (or other event causing strain on local medical resources) as a means of providing additional capacity to deliver medical care within a given area.

  3. Homer Lane - Wikipedia

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    Homer Lane's Little Commonwealth influenced the foundation of Alexander S. Neill's Summerhill School. Lane's foremost disciple was his patient, Alexander S. Neill. Neill claimed that he was particularly impressed by Lane's ideas about an experimental self-governing community for young delinquents since it eliminates the negative effects of ...

  4. Patch Adams - Wikipedia

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    Patch Adams. Hunter Doherty " Patch " Adams (born May 28, 1945) is an American physician, comedian, social activist, clown, and author. He founded the Gesundheit! Institute as a not-for-profit in 1989.

  5. Massachusetts health care reform - Wikipedia

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    The Massachusetts health care reform, commonly referred to as Romneycare, [1] was a healthcare reform law passed in 2006 and signed into law by Governor Mitt Romney with the aim of providing health insurance to nearly all of the residents of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The law mandated that nearly every resident of Massachusetts obtain a ...

  6. List of Australian federal courts and tribunals - Wikipedia

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    Australian Landcare Council. Australian Learning and Teaching Council. Australian Loan Council. Australian Maritime Defence Council. Australian National Council on Drugs. Australian Pharmaceutical Advisory Council. Australian Political Exchange Council. Australian Procurement and Construction Ministerial Council. Australian Research Council.

  7. Commonwealth of Nations - Wikipedia

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    The Commonwealth of Nations, often simply referred to as the Commonwealth, [4] is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire from which it developed. [2] They are connected through their use of the English language and historical-cultural ties.

  8. Public Service Act - Wikipedia

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    The Public Service Act of the Philippines, also recognized as Commonwealth Act No. 146, is a Philippine law that was signed into law by President Manuel L. Quezon on November 7, 1936, which overseeing public services in the country. Originating in 1936 during the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the Act's primary goal is to regulate and oversee ...

  9. Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations - Wikipedia

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    The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of 56 sovereign states, referred to as Commonwealth countries. [1] Most of them were British colonies or dependencies of those colonies. No government in the Commonwealth exercises power over the others, as is the case in a political union. Rather, the Commonwealth is an international ...