The fate of the Affordable Care Act is in the hands of the Supreme Court once again — and whether it lives as is or crumbles might depend on a justice who believes the heart of the law to be unconstitutional.
Justice Anthony Kennedy is the traditional swing vote, and his views on the latest death threat to the law colloquially known as Obamacare will most likely predict how the court rules.
The fate of the decision could also rest with conservative Chief Justice John Roberts, who previously sided with the liberals to uphold the law.
The high court's decision could be handed down as soon as Monday and is expected to be delivered sometime before the end of the month.
This latest challenge puts Kennedy in a particularly vexing position.
Just three years ago, he voted against the government and opined that the heart of the Affordable Care Act — its individual mandate requiring individuals to purchase some form of health insurance or pay a penalty — was unconstitutional. Kennedy read his dissent from the bench with a palpable display of emotion after Roberts joined the liberals to save the law.
"It amounts to a vast judicial overreaching," Kennedy said of the 5-4 decision that upheld the mandate's penalty as a tax.
Now Kennedy might be the one to save a key provision of the law. This challenge, King v. Burwell, has the potential to cripple the law and throw its future into highly uncertain territory in the 36 states in which the federal government provides subsidies for low-income people to buy health insurance. And Kennedy and Roberts are again the justices to watch.
"They're going to be the swing votes," said Jonathan Adler, a professor at Case Western University School of Law and one of the lawyers instrumental in forming the challenge.
"And I expect them to vote together, whichever way they vote."
The challengers in King v. Burwell are focusing on four words in the statute that they say suggest the federal government can't subsidize health insurance in the 36 states that refused to set up their own exchanges. Those four words are in Section 1311 of the law, which establishes insurance exchanges. That section states that subsidies should be issued to plans purchased "through an Exchange established by the State under Section 1311" of the Affordable Care Act.
Chief Justice John Roberts, left, and Justice Anthony Kennedy before President Obama's State of the Union speech in 2013.
Kennedy was the justice targeted by both the challengers and the Obama administration during oral arguments in March. And each side saw points in which it thought he was leaning its way. In one exchange, he seemed to worry about the coercing effects a decision against the healthcare law would have on states to set up their own insurance marketplaces.
During another, he said the challengers "may prevail" on the "plain words of the statute," even though he acknowledged a "serious constitutional problem if we adopt your argument."
Chris Walker, an assistant professor at the Michael E. Moritz College of Law who clerked for Kennedy, told Business Insider that Kennedy could go either way.
"A lot of the questions he was asking were about federalism, and federalism is something he cares deeply about," Walker said.
On the flip side, near the end of the oral argument, Kennedy asked Solicitor General Donald Verrilli — who represents the Obama administration — about how much authority the IRS should have in interpreting a law passed by Congress, as Slate's Dahlia Lithwick noted. It was the IRS that interpreted the law to allow subsidies in states with exchanges set up by the federal government.
Kennedy questioned whether Congress really meant for the IRS rather than the states to make a decision with potentially billions of dollars at stake.
"[I]t seems to me a drastic step for us to say that the Department of Internal Revenue Service and its director can make this call one way or the other when there are, what, billions of dollars of subsidies involved here? Hundreds of millions?" Kennedy said during the oral arguments.
"So you've got these bookends," Walker told Business Insider. "At the beginning, he seems very concerned about the federalism argument. And at the end of the argument, he seems to be concerned about executive power and congressional interpretation. So it's difficult to figure out where he stands."
The states and counties that will be affected by a ruling against the Obama administration.
Roberts is much harder to figure out, and Supreme Court observers say they're entirely uncertain which way he'll lean. On one hand, he upheld the law last time. On the other hand, he's viewed as generally pro-business in his decisions, and multiple businesses and organizations have issued briefs on the side of the administration in this case.
Complicating things is the fact that Roberts spoke just two meaningful times during the oral arguments. That was as often as the number of times he opened his mouth to crack a joke at one of the lawyers involved in the case.
Kennedy has been more of a talker. In fact, just three weeks after the arguments, he appeared before Congress and said something that some observers viewed as possibly tipping his hand. He said, in a general sense and without mentioning the Affordable Care Act, that the judiciary should decide cases without worrying about external factors like congressional gridlock.
That comment spurred speculation that he might not have any qualms about dismantling Obamacare even though lawmakers might not ever come together to fix the law.
But even Adler, one of the legal minds behind the King challenge, said those comments didn't raise his hopes.
"Those comments in Congress were normal," Adler said. "I don't think anyone thinks the court's decision will be affected by Congress."


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The city of Rome has a famous rose garden, which occupies a gentle slope on one side of the Circus Maximus with a fine view of the ruins of the Palatine hill. Created in 1950 on land that was a Jewish cemetery until 1934, the walkways of the garden are laid out in the form of the candelabra "the Menorah", a symbol of the Jewish faith, to remind visitors of the sacred nature of the ground.
The garden is divided into two parts; the upper part of the garden contains a collection of more than 1,200 roses of all types, from the oldest to the most recent species, and the lower section is dedicated to cultivating roses which are submitted for the Premio Roma, an annual competition for the best rose.
The Premio Roma was judged on 21 May and the lower garden then opened to the public from 22 May until 30 June.
The entrance to the garden is free.
See photos of the rose garden at www.wantedinrome.com, left-hand column of the home page, photo galleries.
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Regional Director of Service for the Southeast United States and Northern Latin America (to include the Caribbean). I currently lead a team of 8 District Managers who lead a combined team of 112 Field Service Engineers. During the last 4 years, my organization has led North America in numerous Operational Metrics. I assisted in developing a strong program for leadership development within my organization. Of the 8 Managers, 4 of the managers were trained from our ranks of field engineers within the last 6 years. My region receives an average NPS score of 62%. I am currently leading a team to define and develop new roles that have a greater impact on our customers and provide an opportunity for advancement for our field engineers.


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Pa·tience (pāSHənst) noun. the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset. Patience is a Virtue.
It was a great time, a week-long trip to the Midwest. We were out of town seeing family and friends. It was very relaxing to the point of distraction. As we drove to ORD, we mused about just what a great trip it had been. I was heading home with an important early meeting the next day. Spouse had planned some extended time away to visit more family in Michigan. Time to Kiss & Fly. She went to her gate. I went to mine. It was Sunday and all was right with the world (so far).
About 30 minutes after wheels up, it occurred to me that the spouse had the car keys to the one car at the airport I was arriving at. My spouse also had the only set of house keys with us on the trip. Thought to myself, "Oh Gosh darn-it", I am at a bit of a disadvantage here, (not in exactly those words but you get the idea).
The good news? It wasn't raining and there were options. Okay, got through to the Spouse and explained the predicament. The spouse was going to call the locksmith, from Michigan, on my behalf. Before I could explain that it wasn't necessary, yep my phone re-booted.
Took the car service home - $75. Sat on the front porch, on my black roller bag, realizing the world was spinning around at 25,000 mph and really not caring much. We had about :90 minutes of daylight left.
My neighbor walked by and I used their cell phone to call my spouse to exchange mutual pleasantries. Then I called the locksmith. The locksmith, of course, could help me for a premium fee on Sunday late afternoon. Okay, it seemed like a solution was finally in sight. The locksmith arrives, the same one who installed the original locks on the house, with about 45 minutes of daylight left. Ah, how good that hot shower was going to feel!
He got there and said, "Hmm, I have never seen these before". After about :30 minutes of "lock-smithing" he was not able to gain entrance. I thought, "Gee golly gosh, we have some really great locks on our house. Not even the locksmith can get past them". Indeed, how truly fortunate we were!
So, slowing down, we (the locksmith and I) enjoyed a beautiful sunset all the while I contemplated which window to break to gain entrance. And it was a beautiful sunset! It was an amazingly beautiful celestial canopy, a unique tapestry of spectacular colors and hues, a veritable cornucopia of colors designed specifically for this time and this place. Even the lock-smith was impressed.
My phone rang, yep that same demon possessed phone that was about to put me over the edge. It was my spouse calling to exchange more mutual pleasantries and to remind me that it would be preferable not to break any windows. (What we used to call in the "old days" a real bulletin!). I reminded my spouse that we had both been up since o-dark hundred and that after such a long and rewarding day how much I was looking forward to that hot shower.
Then it occurred to me, Stop, Focus, Think and Study the windows. What? Study the windows. I thought "Well Gosh darn-it here", we did have excellent Pella windows with great locking mechanisms, guaranteed to keep out whatever you don't want in, (short of breaking the window). While the apologetic lock-smith looked on, I studied the windows. "Which one doesn't belong here"?
And sure enough, they all pointed the same way except for one window. That window was over the kitchen sink. It as well off the ground, but being tall it was no problem for me to reach. All we had to do was to carefully loosen up the outside screen and Viola! I called my spouse from the landline inside the house and said to ignore any process servers headed in their direction as it was all a big misunderstanding.
1. Slow down. If you have the tendency to rush around and try to hurry things up, want things done immediately and can't wait for things to take their natural course, STOP.
2. Practice delaying gratification. When you want to reach for that quick solution, stop and think about it first. You can save yourself some aggravation.
3. Practice thinking before you speak. At times we blurt out the first thought that comes into our heads without considering the consequences. If we're patient, pause and go over what we want to say, we can avoid hurting or offending others.
4. Make patience your goal for an entire day. Make a concerted effort to take your time and think about everything you do, be mindful and live in the moment. Developing patience is much like physical exercise because it requires persistence and effort.


There were always some scavengers aboard a catch -townless wanderers who roamed the Hunting Ground on foot, scratching up pieces of Old-Tech. Salthook was no exception; at the end of a long queue of dejected townsfolk stood a group more ragged than the rest, with long, tattered coats that hung down to their ankles and goggles and dust-masks slung about their grubby necks.
She spoke so softly that only Tom and Katherine heard her, and as they turned to look she suddenly sprang forward, whipping out a long, thin-bladed knife.
He flung himself at the ladder and scrambled eagerly upwards, determined to be the one to capture the would-be assassin. He could feel his heart pounding with excitement. After all those dull years spent dreaming of adventures, suddenly he was having one! He had saved Mr Valentine's life! He was a hero!
The girl was already heading along the maze of high-level catwalks which led towards the furnace district. Hoping that Katherine could still see him, Tom set off in pursuit. The catwalk forked and narrowed, the handrails only a yard apart. Below him the work of the Digestion Yards went on regardless; no one down there had noticed the drama being played out above their heads. He plunged through deep shadows and warm, blinding clouds of steam with the girl always a few feet ahead. A low duct caught her head-scarf and ripped it off. Her long hair was coppery in the dim glow of the furnaces, but Tom still couldn't see her face. He wondered if she was pretty; a beautiful assassin from the Anti-Traction League.
He ducked past the dangling head-scarf and ran on, gasping for breath, fumbling his collar open. Down a giddy spiral of iron stairs and out on to the floor of the Digestion Yards, flashing through the shadows of conveyor belts and huge spherical gas-tanks. A gang of convict labourers looked up in amazement as the girl raced by. "Stop her!" yelled Tom. They just stood gawping as he passed, but when he looked back he saw that one of the Apprentice Engineers who had been supervising them had broken off his work to join the chase. Tom immediately regretted shouting out. He wasn't going to give up his victory to some stupid Engineer! He put on an extra spurt of speed, so that he should be the one who caught her.
Ahead, the way was barred by a circular hole in the deckplate, ringed by rusty handrails—a waste chute, scorched and blackened where clinker from the furnaces had been tipped down. The girl broke her pace for a moment, wondering which way to turn. When she went on, Tom had narrowed her lead. His outstretched fingers grabbed her pack; the strap broke and she stopped and spun to face him, lit by the red glare of the smelters.
She was no older than Tom, and she was hideous. A terrible scar ran down her face from forehead to jaw, making it look like a portrait that had been furiously crossed out. Her mouth was wrenched sideways in a permanent sneer, her nose was a smashed stump and her single eye stared at him out of the wreckage, as grey and chill as a winter sea.
"Why didn't you let me kill him?" she hissed.
The girl scrambled up, and he saw that a crossbow-dart had gone through her leg just above the knee. She clutched at it, blood welling out between her fingers. Her breath came in sobs as she backed up against the handrail, lifting herself awkwardly over it. Behind her, the waste-chute gaped like an open mouth.
The police were closer now; Tom could feel their footsteps drumming on the deck. The girl glanced past him, then heaved her wounded leg over the handrail, crying out at the pain. "No!" pleaded Tom again, but too late. Her ragged greatcoat snapped and fluttered and she was gone. He flung himself forward and peered down the shadowed chute. A cool blast of air came up at him, mingled with the smell of mud and crushed vegetation; the smell of the speeding earth beneath the city.
She had jumped! She had jumped right out of the city to her death!
He would have to remember that name, and say a prayer for her to one of London's many gods.
Shapes loomed out of the drifting smoke. The policemen were advancing cautiously, like watchful crabs, and Valentine was with them, running ahead. In the shadows under a gas-tank Tom saw the young Engineer looking on, shocked. Tom tried to smile at him, but his face felt frozen, and the next moment another thick swag of smoke had folded over him, blotting out everything.
Tom felt a big, gentle hand on his shoulder and then -he was never sure quite how it happened—a twist, a shove, and he was pitching over the handrail and falling, just as Hester Shaw had fallen, flailing wildly for a hold on the smooth metal at the brim of the waste chute.
he thought, and it was more amazement that he felt than fear as the black throat swallowed him down into the dark.
MUD! He sat up, gasping. He wasn't in the Third Class dormitory at all. He was lying on a great humpbacked mound of mud, on the edge of a deep trench, and in the thin, pearl-grey light of dawn he could see the girl with the ruined face sitting nearby. His horrible dream of sliding down that fire-blackened chute had been true: he had fallen out of London, and he was alone with Hester Shaw on the bare earth!
He moaned in terror, and the girl glanced quickly round at him and then away. "You're alive, then," she said. "I thought you'd died." She sounded as if she didn't much care either way.
Tom scrambled up on to all fours, so that only his knees and his toes and the palms of his hands were touching the mud. His arms were bare, and when he looked down he saw that his bruised body was naked to the waist. His tunic lay on the mud nearby, but he couldn't find his shirt at all, until he crawled closer to the scarred girl and realized that she was busily tearing it into strips which she was using to bandage her wounded leg.
He pulled his tunic on. It was tattered and filthy from his fall down the waste-chute, full of rents that let the chill Out-Country air through. He hugged himself, shivering.
Valentine pushed me! He pushed me and I fell down the shaft into the Out-Country! He pushed me… No, he can't have done. It must have been a mistake. I slipped, and he tried to grab me, that's what must have happened.
Hester Shaw finished her bandaging and stood up, grunting at the pain as she pulled her filthy, blood-stiffened breeches on over the wound. Then she threw what was left of Tom's shirt back at him, a useless rag. "You should have let me kill him," she said, and turned away, setting off with a kind of furious limp up the long curve of the mud.
Tom watched her go, too shocked and bewildered to move. It was only when she vanished over the top of the slope that he realized he didn't want to be left alone here; he would prefer any company, even hers, to the silence.
He flung the torn shirt away and ran after her, slithering in the thick, clagging mud, stubbing his toes on fragments of rock and torn-up roots. The deep, sheer-walled trench yawned on his left, and as he reached the crest of the rise he realized that it was just one of a hundred identical trenches; the huge track-marks of London stretching ruler-straight into the distance. Far, far ahead he saw his city, dark against the brightening eastern sky, wrapped in the smoke of its own engines. He felt the cold tug of homesickness. Everyone he had ever known was aboard that dwindling mountain, everyone except Hester, who was stomping angrily after it, dragging her injured leg behind her.
"Leave me alone!" she snapped.
Tom stared at her, and before he could stop himself his eyes filled with stinging tears. He hated himself for looking like a fool in front of Hester Shaw, but he couldn't help it; the shock of what had happened to him and the thought of being abandoned out here overwhelmed him, and the hot tears flooded down his face and cut white runnels through the mud on his cheeks.
Hester, who had been on the point of turning away, stopped and watched, as if she wasn't sure what was happening to him. "You're crying!" she said at last, quite gently, sounding surprised.
"What?" Tom's voice was all wobbly from weeping. "Mr Valentine would never do something like that!
"You're lying!" said Tom again. But he remembered those big hands thrusting him forward; remembered falling, and the strange light that had shone in the archaeologist's eyes.
"He pushed me!" murmured Tom, amazed.
See? See what he's really like?
Then she turned away and started walking again.
"I don't need anybody," she said fiercely.
she scoffed. "Valentine is the law in London. Isn't he the Lord Mayor's favourite? Isn't he the Head Historian? No, he'll kill me unless I kill him first. Kill you too, probably.
She mimed drawing a sword and driving it through Tom's chest.
The sun was rising, lifting wreaths of steam from the wet mud. London was still moving, visibly smaller since the last time he looked. The city usually stopped for a few days when it had eaten, and some part of Tom's brain that was not quite numb wondered idly, Where on earth is it going?
But just then the girl stumbled and fell, her bad leg crumpling under her. Tom scrambled to help her up. She didn't thank him, but she didn't push him away either. He pulled her arm around his shoulders and hauled her up, and they set off together along the mud ridge, following London's tracks into the east.


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The whole Open Networking revolution is really about transforming how infrastructure is built, and changing the dynamics from switches and protocols to the business applications, says Kumar Srikantan, President and CEO of Pluribus Networks.
If you think about this, it's no different that what has happened in the world of mobile devices. Android and iOS are not really about mobile telephony but rather a platform for other applications.
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Drama As Police Nab 4 Girlfriends To Notorious Kidnappers In Katsina
Posted by Samuel on Wed 15th May, 2019 - tori.ng
Some ladies said to be the girlfriends to some notorious kidnappers in Katsina state, have been nabbed by the police.
Some two weeks after hoodlums abducted a Daura high chief, the Katsina State police command said on Wednesday that the whereabouts of Alhaji Musa Umar, still remain unknown.
Gunmen kidnapped Umar who is the Magajin Gari Daura from his Daura residence on May 1, 2019, but the presidency hinted last week that some arrests had been made in connection with the abduction.
However, speaking at a press conference in Katsina, on sundry abduction issues in Katsina State, the Police Public Relations Officer, Gambo Isah, regretted that there has not been further developments concerning the matter.
According to him, "apart from what was said at the presidency, there had not been any new developments concerning the abduction of the Daura district head.
"But I can assure you, we are working very hard towards seeing that the district head is rescued alive and we shall keep you posted."
He noted, however, that an unspecified number of suspects were arrested last March in connection with the abduction of 80-year-old Hajiya Maistiyari, mother of one of the wives of Governor Aminu Bello Masari.
The abductors reportedly released the woman few days after she was kidnapped.
"It is true that we have made several arrests in connection with the incident but the suspects have been moved to Abuja. The Force Headquarters will make further pronouncements on the issue," the PPRO said.
He also confirmed the arrest of four women described as "informants, girlfriends and cooks" to some of the bandits operating in Katsina State.
He identified those arrested in what he called a sting operation as
Bilikisu Abubakar, 20; Rasikat Amadi, Sulie Dairu, 45, and Rakiyat Yusuf, 20.
"The women were recently arrested in a sting operation and police investigation showed that the women always visited Rugu forest to attend to the needs of the bandits including sleeping with them and they are believed to have strong ties with some leaders of the bandits who are on the police wanted list," he said.
One of the suspects, Bilikisu Abubakar, confirmed her relationship with one of the bandits, adding that she often followed him on some of his field of operations.
The police also arrested one Shuaibu Abubakar, of Zamane village, Birin-Magaji in Zamfara State, believed to be a supplier of foodstuff to the bandits at the Rugu forest.
The police said that Abubakar was arrested while driving a Toyota pick-up van with registration number XQ 120 YEM, loaded with six bags of rice and 25 jerry cans of vegetable oil, through Rugu forest to Zamfara State.
On related issues of kidnappings and banditry, the PPRO said: "On 13, May, 2019, the command succeeded in bursting and arresting a notorious syndicate of armed robbery suspects that have been terrorising Mani local government of Katsina State.
"On 26, April, 2019, the syndicate armed with dangerous weapons, attacked the residence of one Yushau Mansir of Yantsari village in Mani local government area and robbed him of the sum of N580,000, inflicting injuries on him.
"In the course of investigation, one of the suspects abandoned his phone through which the police were able to trace and arrested the some other members of the syndicate."
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Q: iTunes very slow since library moved to NAS drive I am running iTunes 12 on a Mac Mini (OSX El Capitan).  Previously I was using a USB external drive to hold my library.  I have upgraded to a Synology NAS drive with RAID so that I have redundancy in the disks.
My iTunes library has now moved onto the NAS.  Since I did this iTunes is running very slow.  It takes around 20 minutes just to open, hangs frequently and is slow to update the metadata on music files.
The Mac Mini and Synology NAS are connected to the same router using a Gigabit ethernet connection. I store the iTunes ITL file on the local drive (SSD).  I have a mapped network share from the Mac to the NAS using SMB (which I find to be more reliable than AFP).
Any ideas how I can speed it up?  Surely Gigabit ethernet speeds are faster than USB 3?

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The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission has released a guide for would-be cryptocurrency creators and investors; but a over a year on from the heady peak of the ICO craze, is it too little, too late?
The SEC's newly released guide to initial coin offerings features five main points, many of which will already be familiar to anyone keeping up with the SEC saga.
This one is hardly a surprise, however, it may be the first time that it has been stated officially by the SEC. Up until now all we had to go by were the 'unofficial' utterings of SEC figures at various talks and conferences.
Another somewhat obvious statement, however, the vague wording present here suggests the SEC might not be completely sure on what qualifies as a security and what doesn't.
This is one aimed specifically at the 'utility' tokens out there, such as the recently reviewed Bitcoiin (B2G). When the New Jersey Securities Bureau slapped a cease and desist order on the B2G team, they responded by claiming they had no obligation to the Bureau due to the B2G token being a utility token, and not a security.
The final point suggested by the SEC perhaps shows just how nebulous the entire space is right now. If 20% of the SEC's big ICO guide is dedicated to 'ask questions', then maybe they don't actually have much to say on the matter to begin with.
The difference between the cryptocurrency space this year compared to last year is night and day. In January of 2018 over $1.5 billion was raised via ICOs within the space of thirty days.
Fast forward to 2019, and that number stands at $30 million – a 98% drop off in twelve months. As is often the case with regulators, the SEC appears to be closing the stable door after the horse has bolted. That said, the process of reigning those horses back in (by ordering mass refunds, for example) could yet prove to be a messy one.


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My son, Tobias, is coordinated. He intuitively knows how to throw and catch a ball. He can defend a goal. He can dance. He can run forever (seemingly) and not get tired. He does not eat or covet desserts to excess. He loves fruit and eats his vegetables without question. In other words, he is an incredibly healthy kid.
He also takes medicine for acid reflux. And he gets angry easily. He is often unkind to his sister and has to be asked multiple times to do simple tasks. Sometimes he hits. Other times, he has very little regard for his toys or other things at home. He wants to Minecraft almost all of the time. In other words, he is an incredibly healthy kid.
Healthy is a synonym for human.
If I only ascribe the positive and judgement-based aspects of being healthy to myself or others, then anything outside of those things is un-human. I am saying that being healthy can only be one thing or only can be expressed in one way. It is more than that.
Being healthy is doing what you need at the time when you need it. It is opening up yourself to all of the possibilities in front of you. It is learning from your own experience and making choices based upon that new knowledge. To be healthy is to be honest about your needs and accepting that you don't have to be perfect to be you.
I may not always make the right choices in terms of my diet or exercise. I may not moderate my intake of alcohol. I may not always sleep enough. But, so long as I am authentic within those decisions, I will be healthy.


I have been anticipating a week when I will have enough time to go to the gym, to plan our family meals, and when my kids stop needing me to mediate/entertain/prepare food for them. First it was going to be in the weeks between my semester and when the kids got out of school. Then it got pushed back to being the week after Christmas…the week of New Years…when my step-dad gets out of the hospital….when my youngest graduates college and we win the lottery.
Yesterday I took matters into my own hands.
I woke up my teenage daughter, put her in charge of the early bird 6 year old, donned my workout clothes, decided the world could wait an hour for me, and went to the gym for spin class. A setback or two later and I got to class when it was half over. I worked hard and stayed an extra 10 minutes after the class was over to make up for being late. I walked out of that room, toward the front door of the gym, out into the cold sunshine and to my car feeling relief. Stress had melted away. Guilt for not going to the gym was no longer valid. I was motivated to eat better so as not to have wasted my sweat. It was totally worth neglecting my family and finding the kids had made a mess in the kitchen with their "breakfast". Exercise therapy.
This week…this year I will not be waiting for my to do list to be checked off, for the laundry to be finished, or for my kids to not need me (that might not ever happen – I'm pretty awesome). Instead, I will put me first…at least a few times a week. Life happens. My only goal/resolution for 2013: Stop waiting for the situation to be perfect and give myself some priority.
I am not a golfer but I love the concept (and the name) of getting a do-over. I have not failed in my attempts. I have let other challenges take priority so I stalled. But here I am again ready to get back on track. I will start from where I am.
Last week I posted about drinking water and I have been. *pat myself on the back* One of my friend's pointed out that when the weather is (California) chilly it takes more of an effort to remember to drink enough water. I made the effort and it paid off. I was peeing every 30 minutes during our family party, but it paid off.
This week I am taking some time to stragtegize. I want to set some goals for myself along with some rewards. I am going to plan specifics on how/when I will get my exercise. I wish I could say I am going to do some meal planning, but, being honest here, we will see.
There are still a few Christmas goodies hanging around. I'm avoiding them. I won't be indulging in ice cream like I have this past week. My husband is taking me out to look for a bike today. I haven't owned one in ages, but I am excited at the possibility.
Oh I love this time of year. As I write, my house is in transition and a bit of disarray. It is the transition of normal every day to Christmas beautiful. Almost everything comes down and Christmas cheer goes up. Quite a transition. I wonder every year if it is worth it, and when it's all done, I decide it definitely is.
It got me thinking…about me. I'm in a period of transition. I'm in a bit of disarray but as I continue, I find I am more and more pleased with what I see. It's taking a lot of work, but is rewarding when I put in the hard work…sometimes it's really hard! My pj's are all getting loose on me, as are my jeans. I even fit myself into my size 12's…easily. Rewarding!
This morning I weighed in at 162.2, down a few and losing inches. This is the motivation I need to get me through this time of year. I'm not missing out, I'm using constraint and having a taste. I'm bookending. If I know I'm going out for an event, I minimize my calories earlier and after for a day or two. I always have a protein shake in the morning – healthy fast food with minimal calories. I've kept tempting food out of the house. Our leftover from Thanksgiving pies went to hubby's work to share with co-workers, and out of my house! I'm doing this!
Merry Christmas blessings to you all.
Does the holiday eating frenzy have you singing the blues instead of "it's the most wonderful time of the year?" You can enjoy the holidays without packing on the pounds.
First of all, have reasonable expectations. It would be very difficult to lose weight during the holiday season, so instead, aim to maintain your weight. But don't be fooled – this doesn't mean to eat whatever you want for the next month! Follow these three tips to help you start January at the same weight you are right now.
At parties, survey the entire spread first. Take small portions of your favorite dishes, and skip the ones you can live without. Bulk up your plate with vegetables and fruits if you're still hungry. Remember, the holiday season is about celebrating and enjoying good times with family and friends. It's okay to enjoy your favorite holiday dishes, just choose small portions and take the time to savor each bite.
Balance out the heavy holiday meals with healthy ones. Don't let one Christmas party indulgence derail your intentions to eat healthy overall. If you overeat at one meal, go light on the next one. Try lightening up your everyday breakfasts and lunches during this season to help compensate for extra calories.
Amp up your exercise. If you're already a regular exerciser, increase your workout time and intensity to help offset extra calorie intake. Adding just one extra mile to your morning run will only take about 10 minutes and will torch an extra 100 calories! If you don't typically exercise, try adding extra physical activity into your daily routine. While out doing holiday shopping, park at the farthest parking spot, and take an extra lap around the mall before you get started. Plan family activities that get everyone moving. Instead of riding around the neighborhood in your car to check out the Christmas lights, bundle everyone up and head out on foot. The calories you burn will just be an added bonus compared to the fun you'll enjoy together.
If you're looking for a healthy holiday menu for your next celebration, check out our eMeals Clean Eating Holiday Menu. Our Healthy Lunch Plan is also available to help you stay on track during the noontime hour.
Being prepared with healthy foods I enjoy makes a big difference. The past few days I have also done well at not making exceptions to my no sugar rule, exceptions like "…but I'm at Disneyland" or "…it's late and I haven't eaten yet" or "…but I organized this ice cream social" or "…hey look, there's a delicious cookie within reach". The other thing that helped was my friend, Heather. She volunteered to keep me accountable and I've been reporting in to her (and she to me for that matter). Knowing that someone is paying attention to my sugar intakes ensures that I pay more attention to what I'm eating.
I ate better this week and did good at skipping treats, but my workouts…not so great. For several reasons I didn't get to a spin/cycling class and I haven't gone to Mandy's Friday workout in too long. I went ten days between my last 2 workouts. Yesterday at Mandy's class was so much more difficult than usual…and I think she may have been going easy on us! I was prepared to step on the scale (a day late) and be disappointed again because of my lack of exercise these past 2 weeks. Instead I was pleased….
I lost FOUR POUNDS this week!!!
The morale of my story this week is: It matters what you eat! Sometimes I think we (well, I) pretend that as long as I/we exercise then we're doing fine. My month or so of gaining weight shows that is not the case. It's the basic principle of calories in versus calories out. Simple as that. Miserable as that.
My semester starts on Monday and my boys go back to school, too. I'm already trying to plan out my workouts and packing lunches. Stupid planning. Losing weight is so much more work than gaining weight, but I suppose if it was easy there'd be a lot less fat people. I'm working on decreasing the number of fat people by one.


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Reposted from CSz Portland, and written by Patrick Short.
In 2014, I had the honor of performing as Master of Ceremonies at the Annual Customer Service Banquet for the Port of Portland and PDX, our airport.
310 people from 65 companies attended; they were honoring the Customer Service Superstars nominated from each of the companies who do work at the airport – airlines, government agencies, rental car companies, parking and transportation, retail, restaurants and services. The Port of Portland has an employee group that coordinates customer service across all of the companies – treating each customer as a client of all of the companies, whether they are at that moment or not. It's a holistic approach, and as a frequent consumer of PDX services, I can attest that it works. The airport is frequently voted the Best in America.
At the end of the event, I transformed into a referee and CSz-Portland performed our ComedySportz® show, themed on customer service. It was a rocking good time, but the most important and affecting part of the night came earlier.
The Port of Portland had received an email, through Huntleigh USA, from a woman in Aurora, CO, complimenting a Huntleigh skycap, Moses San Nicolas, on his wheelchair service. Let's read the note:
Gary Wolf
Huntleigh USA
7535 NE Ambassador Place
Suite A1
Dear Mr. Wolf:
I hope you will take the time to read this letter, as one of your employees needs to be recognized for the help he provided to me and my sister, Denise, on a trip we took from Portland to San Francisco on 10/1/13. This was the hardest trip either my sister or I had ever taken, for you see, I was bringing my 52 year old sister home to California to die. As her little sister and the nurse in the family, I had the hard task of flying from Colorado to Portland, packing my sister's life up in a suitcase, and bringing her home, where the rest of the family was waiting. She really did not want to go, and we had to term this trip as "just a visit" to her, because she was scared and nervous about flying home, and could not handle the fact that she would not be coming back to Oregon, her home since 1984. I think that deep down she realized, though, that she needed help in the final days of Stage IV lung cancer, which she was diagnosed with back in May 2013. She was kind of being forced to give up control of her life. She was very, very sick, and could not longer walk, and was using oxygen.
We had had a bad day so far on 10/1/13, as it was an extremely stressful day what with getting her packed, getting her dressed, getting her to the car, getting to the airport. She told me many times in the car that she did not want to go, and I was feeling guilt and fear as my mission to bring her home included kind of take her choices away from her when she had been independent for so long.
I brought the rental car back to the underground garage, and the rental car people were nice enough to call me a skycap. And into our lives, pushing a wheelchair, walked Moses San Nicolas. I realize that we could have gotten anyone, but I feel that getting Moses was the first stroke of luck Denise and I had had since I got there. He showed up, and took immediate control. I had no idea how he did it, but he managed to get my sister in a wheelchair, both of my sister's suitcases, and her oxygen concentrator, from the garage into the airport. All of the sudden, a huge weight had been lifted off of me, as I had worried the whole way to the airport how I was going to manage getting everything into the airport. More importantly, he talked to us and calmed us down. I think that he could sense that we needed a distraction. He told us about his family, where he was from, his life. He asked my sister and me for our names, and he talked to my sister at length about her diagnosis, where we were going, why going home for treatment was a good thing. He was the best distraction my sister and I could have asked for. He stopped to allow her to smoke, one of her favorite pastimes, and she was grateful. He never once judged her, or told her she shouldn't smoke. He was an extremely calming presence for both of us. He got our IDs, got us our boarding passes, got us through security, got us to the gate, all the while talking about everything, asking questions, maintaining calm. He even gave my sister a badge he had with his first name on it, which Denise stuck into her purse. Denise told him that she was really nervous about going home, and then told him how much he calmed her down and make this trip seem more "okay". He left us safely at the gate. My sister was mad that I only tipped him $15 and not $20!
My sister died peacefully on October 14th, at home, with her family all around her. We told our whole family about how lucky we were that Moses came into our lives for a short time. In the few days before she got very sick, we talked about writing a letter to you about Moses, and she wanted me to do it immediately, so she could sign it. Time got the best of us, and we never did get to write the letter than I am writing to you now. After she died, I went through her purse and found the name tag that Moses had given her, and it reminded me of how he touched her life in her last few weeks. The last picture taken of my sister is in the wheelchair, in the parking garage, with Moses standing next to her. She insisted that I take it, and then would not allow any more pictures of herself after that.
I don't know that Moses knew what impact he had on our lives that day. Being a skycap, I am sure, cannot be easy. Dealing with the public, I know from my 20 years as a nurse, has its' ups and downs. But he really made a difference to me that day, and more importantly, he showed genuine kindness and compassion to my sister, and for that, I will always be grateful. He made this sad trip just a little happier for me and Denise.
I hope you will be kind enough to give him a copy of this letter, so he can know that he is appreciated by me and my family. I hope you will confirm that you received this email. I also sent it through the website to the corporate office.
Renee N Gorkin, RN, BSN (on behalf of me and Denise Malaspina)
The Port flew Renee in for the banquet so that she could give Moses the additional $5. Denise's two children, who live in the Portland area, were also there. This was a very moving event, and a terrific reminder that we usually don't know much about other people's struggles; meeting them where they are is important. I hope every customer service professional takes this to heart. (It would help if customers took it to heart, too.) I need to be reminded of this all the time. I hope you don't mind me reminding you.
RENEE GORKIN AND MOSES SAN NICHOLAS
Here is a video reminder from a church in Arkansas, called "Get Service", that reinforces the concept rather nicely. Serendipitously, this arrived in my Facebook feed from my cousin Cindy Maynard while I was writing this post. Meant to be, yes?
Patrick Short flew to DC the morning after the event and got royal treatment from Southwest Airlines and TSA employees who had been at the event. He realizes that it can't happen every time, but it was pretty cool nonetheless. The email was reprinted with the permission of Renee Gorkin, Moses San Nicolas, CSz Portland and the Port of Portland.
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A day after Edward Snowden told NBC News that he'd tried to raise concerns about the NSA's spying programs internally (and quietly) before going public, the whistleblower and the Obama administration have different accounts of what steps he actually took.
On Thursday, the government shared with the Washington Post a single email from Snowden, dated April, 2013, that in their view raised "no concerns about any particular NSA program or law." The government released the email earlier on Thursday, presumably to push back at Snowden's claims on Wednesday.
"If the White House is interested in the whole truth, rather than the NSA's clearly tailored and incomplete leak today for a political advantage, it will require the NSA to ask my former colleagues, management, and the senior leadership team about whether I, at any time, raised concerns about the NSA's improper and at times unconstitutional surveillance activities...it will not take long to receive an answer."
The question at issue is whether Snowden tried to reform the government's spying programs through internal means before making a big splash in the press, a topic of focus on last night's interview. NBC's own reporting uncovered a single email — presumably the one obtained by the Post on Thursday — corroborating his story. On Wednesday, NBC said they had a pending FOIA request out on Snowden's additional correspondence. However, U.S. officials told the Post that the single email is the extent of the written record of Snowden's complaint.
In response, Snowden told the Post that the officials were omitting written missives to "NSA compliance officials," among other things. As the Huffington Post notes, the NSA said as recently as six months ago that there was no paper trail to Snowden's claims that he raised matters internally first.
In the single email we do have, Snowden asks the following legal question of the agency's General Counsel, pertaining to information on legal authority that he was given during a training session: "I'm not entirely certain, but this does not seem correct, as it seems to imply Executive Orders have the same precedence as law." The response: "Executive orders . . . have the 'force and effect of law.' That said, you are correct that E.O.s cannot override a statute." As one observer noted, it seems Snowden was trying to get an official answer, on the record, as to whether the power of presidential orders outweighs established law. It does not seem to address NSA issues, but it may or may not be his only correspondence.


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Philip Ward Eldred at Pearl Harbor: December 7, 1941.
A single war episode illustrates so much of the attitude of the credit union officer to his institution, that it deserves a place in this narrative. This story came from the supervisor of federal credit unions in Hawaii.
The office of the Hawaiian Air Depot Federal Credit Union (operating today as Hickam Federal CU) was located in the corner of one of the large hangars at Hickam field, a primary objective of the Japanese bombers at Pearl Harbor. The records of the credit union were kept in a safe and two large steel lockers.
Friday, December 5 was pay day, and all that day and Saturday morning, December 6, members had streamed into the office, leaving deposits and payments with their passbooks for posting and distribution a few days later. At noon Saturday, the treasurer banked the five thousand dollars received and went to his home in Honolulu. From there, he saw the Japanese attack, seven miles away, the next morning. During the attack the former treasurer, P.W. Eldred, who lived near the field, made a desperate attempt to reach the credit union office and remove the credit union records. He was riddled with machine gun bullets while running towards the hangar, which was blasted by hundred-pound bombs a few minutes later. One of the bombs penetrated directly into the credit union office, exploded, blowing the steel desks, the safe, and the chests to pieces. Over 90 percent of the passbooks were destroyed.
The Hawaiian Air Depot Federal Credit Union was the first and only credit union in America to come under the enemy's fire. Day after day members came to the new office of the credit union, re-established immediately after the raid, and, one after another, signed new notes and had new passbooks issued. By January 7, 230 new notes had been obtained on $58,390 of outstanding indebtedness, and 400 new passbooks had been issued covering $74,000 in shares. The members willingly approved the action of the directors transferring all surplus to a special reserve, passed up a dividend, and reopened for business. Not a single member refused to sign a new note. The credit union rose, phoenix-like, from the ashes of Hickam Field, and within the incredibly short period of thirty days, was doing business again after having nearly every vital record completely obliterated. The former treasurer, when he knew that death was raining from the skies, gave up his life in a heroic effort to protect the credit union records. He was the symbol of the high courage with which the credit unions fought the war for the preservation of the democracy of which they are so important a part.
--Roy Bergengren, "CRUSADE", pg. 352
AMERICA'S CREDIT UNION MUSEUM, 420 NOTRE DAME AVE, MANCHESTER, NH, 03102
603-629-1553 INFO@ACUMUSEUM.ORG


Pointers to an event report, results, target lists, etc., and entry forms are available below.
If you have any further questions, please contact the Tournament Secretary: David Bruce (head-to-head@dib-online.info).
A brief event report is now available.
"Presentation of awards and Post-event notes" [~182K] [A4 folded to A5; the printed copies are on peach-coloured paper] summarizes the weekend as a whole — presenting the award winners, highlighting record and shooting award claims, acknowledging various helpers, noting lost property, etc.
For each category, a "Final results" booklet [A3 folded to A4 — except for that for Women / Compound, which is just a double-sided A4 sheet] details the respective ranking round scores, individuals'/teams' resulting seeding, their Olympic round head-to-head match scores and progression, and final rankings.
Sunday's two booklets (Recurve teams [~657K], Compound teams [~624K]) are on golden yellow paper.
On the day, we used the totals declared (and signed for) by archers and scorers. While subsequently double-checking all addition, however, a number of miscalculations were identified. These results show the corrected scores.
Please notify me of any amendments (e.g.: change of division / bow style; corrections to registration / contact details) at the earliest opportunity, so that we have time to take them into account. In particular, this event is heavily oversubscribed, and we have a waiting list for Saturday's individual head-to-head. Please let me know me as soon as you can if you are no longer able to shoot on either or both days so that I can give waiting archers the greatest possible notice when places become available.
contact the tournament secretary directly on 01684 892139 or by email.
contact us via the GNAS office at Lilleshall NSC on 01952 677888 / fax 01952 606019.
contact us on mobile phone 07792 483027.
"Tournament summary" [~152K] [A4 folded to A5; the printed copies are on pale blue paper] contains various administrative / logistical notes and summarizes basic details such as judges, rounds, awards, etc.
this is not possible for Sunday's booklet [~344K] [yellow paper], however, since I am quite deliberately leaving team — and hence target — allocation as late as possible (Saturday afternoon/evening).
Note: Team GB members Naomi Folkard, Helen Palmer and Alison Williamson and GB Paralympic Team members Anita Chapman, Maggie Parker and Kathy Smith have asked whether it might be possible for them to shoot together as part of their preparation for the team events at the Athens 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Given the high profile and importance of these events, the organizing committee are keen to support them in this way, and we are therefore examining how best to accommodate their requests without unbalancing the competition unduly. Again, this will depend on the pool of competitors, which can be known only at the last minute.
otherwise, the same content formatted for six A4 pages [~246K] might prove more convenient (just the entry form page [~124K] is also available by itself).
The closing date for entries was Friday 11th June 2004, thoughRecurve teams [~[an error occurred while processing this directive]] I am prepared to consider late entry requests for a few more days (subject of course to places being available — see below).
Part of the head-to-head.dib-online.info site; this page updated 2004-08-01 by dib.


DENVER -- You've probably seen some of the colorful scenes of the American West and other legendary artworks, but what are the stories behind them?
You can now see the art and artifacts, and get the "back story" behind some of these pieces.
It's part of a new exhibit at History Colorado. Executive director Steve Turner joined Deborah Takahara to talk about it.


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Turkmenistan: In order to ensure uninterrupted power supply to consumers across Turkmenistan, the country is planning to create a ring power system with new transmission lines and substations to be built.
The power system of Turkmenistan's Dashoguz province has recently been strengthened with new transformer stations and high-voltage power lines, increasing availability of electricity to cities and villages and significantly reducing its losses, reports Trend.
Other planned projects include building a double-circuit 220 kV transmission line with a 220 kV substation that will integrate energy systems of Akhal and Balkan regions, as well as a single-circuit 500 kV transmission line and a 500 kV substation in Balkanabat city, and additional 500 kV and 200 kV substations and power lines to connect them to Dashoguz city.
Turkmenistan sells electricity to Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey, and is considering prospects of exporting to the markets of the Caucasus, and Central and South Asia.


Recent weather conditions for Port Hilford showed that it was broken clouds, with a high of 1.67 degrees and a low of -0.57 degrees. Wind was at 4.47km from the , with gusts of 8.05km. The sun will rise at 04:04 EST and set at 18:05 EST.
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Bellahouston Harriers
Club Roles
Men's Records
Brian Goodwin 10k
2 Mile TTs
John McGough Mile
Braid Hills race
Posted in News, Race Reports on Nov 24, 2019
Iain Morrison is able to reflect on times racing past and present as he recounts his recent experiences at the Braid Hills race.
It would be easy to be nostalgic about the Hare and Hounds Braid Hills race, I ran it several times in the 1980s, I even have a rare photograph from 1984 complete with old school Heriot Watt vest, an ill-advised haircut, UK hand-made Reeboks and short shorts. One of my old Uni lecturers was running on Saturday – now in his 70s, as was the legendary YP, a man who knew how to run and socialise, still going but trailing at the back and politely apologising to officials for making them wait. An old training partner of mine as a kid, Gavin was there too, along with his mum, who was always present at cross country races cheering us on and watching over our gear.
But she wasn't really there to support her son (though his v50 return is going well) but rather Calum, her grandson running for Stirling Uni. This is the nub, whilst much of running has a concerningly aging demographic and a general reluctance to run cross country, the Braid Hills race has bucked that trend by providing a unique atmosphere that attracts University clubs from all over the UK, as well as club runners. It's a hugly popular event that has constantly reinvented itself, always improving and is full of vitality and innovation.
To widen interest and attracting more students, a single loop race (roughly 5k) was added, men and women run together, and it was probably the first race in Scotland to have a non-binary category and prize. It's a wonderfully individual race too – a cross country race that doesn't stick to the rules – you need trail shoes, not really a hill race but you still have to climb up to the trig point.
Before the start, by chance I had placed my rucksack on the ground next to the group of present-day Heriot Watt runners and we got blethering as we made our final warm up preparations and wished each other luck.
The course follows paths that are at the edge of the two Braid golf courses. Its quite a rush at the start – the paths are narrow and hemmed in with drystone walls, rock, steep slopes or spikey gorse bushes. Everyone is keen to get going as the alternative would be to get stuck behind, unable to overtake. Its mainly a good quality gravelly track, but volcanic rock and pockets of heavy mud mix things up a bit. It is almost an impossible race to pace and those who do well are rewarded for their risk taking, starting fast, negotiating the very steep downhill section immediately below the summit (there were a few tumbles) and maintaining form when tired, as the loop rolls round back to the start of the second lap where the process repeats.
Having the 5k first means that there is a tradition of those early runners jogging round the course, offering support and in particular congregating at the top of the hill – it's a welcome, noisy and colourful site, particularly on a dull day which had rendered the panoramic city views monochromatic in comparison, My Harriers vest isn't recognised by many and I get a couple of "come on St Andrews" and "come on Scotland" callouts.
Personally whilst far down a quality field I was pleased enough to pick up a few places on the second lap though couldn't muster enough of a sprint at the end to match the Glasgow Uni student that I had been running alongside and she sped past just before the line. I was completely gubbed.
It was good to catch up with the Heriot Watt runners at the end. There were some cracking performances, Finn had finished 7th in the men's category, whilst Rhona, still smiling was 4th in the women's despite having had a fall and cut both her knees. (Used the water from my water bottle to clean as much mud out the wounds as possible). This is a particularly high-quality race particularly at the sharp end. It was won by sub 14-minute 5k runner and UK international orienteer Kris Jones from Kevin Wood who had been second in last year's Scottish National XC. First woman was Jemima Elgood another exceptional runner with one of the top times for 10k in the UK this year. Looking at the profiles of some of these top athletes it was interesting how so many had a welcome maverick approach to racing mixing cross country, hills and mountain races with track and parkruns. My type of runner.
I had to go soon after the race, but the young made a weekend of it - tea and home baked cake back at the Kings Buildings, an evening ceilidh, haggis neeps and tatties and accommodation organised on the couches and floors of Edinburgh Uni students flats – all included in the £7 race entry fee. Wonderful to take part in this remarkable event that is better than ever (even if it made me feel very old and slow!}
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Daniel Vann-Victorino's '17 pursuit of medical school is a team effort at Dominican.
Since he was young, the chemistry major in the Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics knew that a career in medicine was his destiny. His grandmother is still a nurse. His mother works as a pathology clerk. They have had a great influence on him.
"I kind of grew up in a hospital," Daniel says.
Currently, Daniel is shadowing a Kaiser Permanente physician after being accepted into the Dominican Kaiser Permanente Scholar Mentors Program. The mentorship program provides a unique opportunity for undergraduate students to see firsthand the responsibility and role of a physician. The program is designed to advance interest in primary care and surgical medicine while encouraging each student to truly excel in their pre-med work.
Last semester, Daniel received through Dominican's Careers and Internships Services an Enterprise Internship Grant* after completing an internship last summer at the Advanced Surgery Medical Center in Salinas. He was able to shadow a handful of doctors, including anesthesiologists, nurses, and an urologist. He observed a lipectomy, cystoscopy, and carpal tunnel surgeries.
"The internship solidified what I wanted to do, which is to help people in ways they can't help themselves," Daniel says.
In addition, Daniel supplemented his 24-hour-a-week internship experience in Salinas by taking a phlebotomy training course in San Jose. His goal is to become certified so he can work in the field before taking the MCATs and applying to medical schools. Daniel's top choices for med school are UC Davis, UCSF, UC Riverside, UCLA, and Arizona's Mayo Clinic.
Daniel credits the time he spent in Dominican's Torch Leadership Program for helping develop his intellectual skills. He particularly appreciates the support of its director, Dr. Henry Shreibman.
*Both Dominican University and Daniel would like to thank Enterprise Rent-A-Car for their donation which helped support him during the internship.


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The Molossus (; also known as the Molossian hound, Epirus mastiff) was a breed of dog from Ancient Greece.

History
The Molossus were dogs that were kept by the ancient Greek tribe and kingdom of the Molossians, who inhabited the region of Epirus.

The Molossus were famous throughout the ancient world for their size and ferocity and were frequently mentioned in ancient literature, including the writings of Aristophanes, Aristotle, Grattius, Horace, Lucan, Lucretius, Martial, Nemesianus, Oppian of Apamea, Plautus, Seneca, Statius, Ovid, and Virgil. The Molossians issued silver coinage with an image of a Molossus as their emblem.

It is sometimes stated in books and magazines, particularly in Continental Europe and North America, that all mastiff-type dogs are descended from the Molossus. This theory states that the breed's progenitors arrived in Molossia from Asia and were eventually discovered by the Romans who employed large numbers as guards for the Roman Army; this theory speculates that the various mastiff breeds found throughout Europe descend from dogs left behind by the Romans. This theory has been questioned by many experts who state it relies on guesswork and lacks historical evidence, and that mastiffs likely developed elsewhere.

Another story is that in the course of his military conquests Alexander the Great discovered some giant dogs in Asia that impressed him so much that he sent some home; as the son of a Molossi princess these dogs became associated with his mother's people and that it was from these dogs that all mastiffs descend.

It seems most likely that Molossi kept two distinct types of dogs, one a hunting dog with a broad muzzle which resembled something in between a Great Dane and a heavily built Saluki, the other a large livestock guardian dog. Aristotle in his History of Animals wrote "In the Molossian race of dogs, those employed in hunting differ in no respect from other dogs; while those employed in following sheep are larger and more fierce in their attack on wild beasts." He also added that dogs that are born of a mixed breed between the Molossian and the Laconian dogs are remarkable for courage and endurance of hard labour.

Polycrates of Samos imported Molossian and Laconian dogs to the island.

According to Greek mythology the goddess Artemis gave to Procris a dog, Laelaps, that never failed to catch its prey and from this dog derived the Molossian and Laconian hounds.

Modern kennel club classification
A number of modern kennel clubs, including the Fédération Cynologique Internationale, group the distinct mastiffs with livestock guardian dogs as a single type they call "molossoid". It has been theorised that this confusion is due to mistranslations of ancient texts and assumptions based solely on size.

See also
 List of dog breeds
 List of extinct dog breeds
 Molossus of Epirus

References

Extinct dog breeds
Dog breeds originating in Europe


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Q: While Zooming and Pinching map , Google map is moving I have referred all the below mentioned but nothing helped me. My requirement is if we double tab or zoom in or zoom out ,map and entered image should not move like Uber,Carrem.I am new to IOS. I have placed the code,Can anyone help me,
Zoom in the center of the screen - Google Maps iOS SDK Swift
Google Maps SDK iOS - prevent map from changing location on zoom
How to setCenter mapview with location in google maps sdk for iOS
#import "ViewController.h"
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                                                        longitude:46.676199
                                                             zoom:14];
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self.mapView.settings.myLocationButton=TRUE;

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