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(SUKAN) "Jungle Cat" Muhammad Aiman Cannot Wait To Unleash His Talent In 2019
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"Jungle Cat" Muhammad Aiman is craving for action in 2019. However, for the Negeri Sembilan-born athlete, patience is key — simply because he wants to finish the year undefeated.
"I want to battle three to four times [this year], and hopefully remain undefeated in all of them," the 23-year-old bantamweight athlete said.
"That's my main goal, and I'm in really good shape right now. I cannot wait to return in the cage."
Aiman is coming off yet another strong year at ONE Championship, having recorded two victories and suffered a single defeat in 2018.
The Bali MMA representative was victorious against Cambodia's Rin Saroth in March, and then submitted previously-unbeaten Chinese juggernaut "Rock Man" Chen Lei via rear-naked choke in September.
He fell short against Japan's Shuya Kamikubo in November – a defeat which ended his three-bout win streak.
Although "Jungle Cat" tasted defeat, it does not stress him too out much.
"I just want to think about 2019 for now — nothing much in detail, but just think about what a year it could be," he said.
"That defeat against Shuya was alright. I was sad for a while, but I handled it pretty good. At times, you get a bit depressed and just want to stay home, but I wasn't too devastated with it."
The promotion's bantamweight division is stacked with world-class talents such as Muin Gafurov, Dae Hwan Kim, former titleholder Bibiano Fernandes, and ONE Bantamweight World Champion Kevin "The Silencer" Belingon.
Aiman is not too sure who he will square off against next, but one thing is for certain — only tough battles lie ahead.
"Honestly, I don't know who I'd face. There are a lot of tough guys out there and I don't want to call anyone out," he explained.
"I know it's only going to be tough matches from here, but I'm happy because I like tough situations. I think I'm on their level, and all I need to do is train harder and stay safe."
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NORFOLK – The city has compiled a Budget Toolkit on their website that includes all the city's budget resources in one place.
The toolkit includes links to documents, videos and interactive budget tools as well as a schedule of upcoming budget discussions and meetings.
Norfolk has subscribed to the online budget tool, Balancing Act. It allows residents to view and interact with the proposed budget.
Users of the tool can increase or decrease spending, share their own version of a proposed budget, and leave comments.
The only catch is that the budget must balance. For every change in spending or revenue, there must be an offsetting change elsewhere.
So users can lower taxes on the website, for example, but must lower spending or raise revenues somewhere to balance the budget.
To speak about Norfolk city budget issues in person, residents can attend the Public Budget Hearing at 6 p.m. on April 10 at Granby High School. This is the only public hearing on the budget, and the only time residents will be able to address council members directly during a public forum on budget items.
City Council has planned several work sessions to discuss the FY2020 Proposed Budget. City Council does not accept public comment during any of its work sessions.
The public hearing scheduled for 6 p.m. May 7 in City Council chambers deals only with real estate reassessments.
As always, residents may express comments or concerns directly to their City Council member, using the contact information found here or by calling 757-664-4268.


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The purpose of this suggested compliance plan is to provide guidance and best practices for prescribers of opiates and benzodiazepines. Compliance with OARRS is required. In addition, urine drug testing (UDT) among pain management physicians, OBGYNs, psychiatrists, and orthopedics is a useful tool that can not only assist in diagnostic and therapeutic decision making, but can also be used as a personal risk reduction tool for those physicians prescribing pain medications. Please ensure proper compliance with your state's requirements regarding continuing education, registration, licensing, and all other activities associated with pain management clinics. This compliance plan is limited to best practices for UDT only; it should not be construed as legal advice.
Obtain a signed agreement with the patient requiring the patient to submit to occasional drug screens. This agreement should clearly state that no prescriptions will be written without drug testing upon request. This agreement should also include a representation and warranty on behalf of the patient that all prescription medications will be taken only as prescribed and directed and that in no event should any medication be shared, sold, or otherwise given to a third party.
The Ohio State Board of Pharmacy maintains the Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System (OARRS), a prescription monitoring program designed as a treatment tool to assist healthcare professionals in identifying and preventing the misuse of controlled substances. OARRS is a web-based system available to prescribers, pharmacists, and their delegates. Prior to initially prescribing or personally furnishing an opioid analgesic or a benzodiazepine, the prescriber must request an OARRS report that covers patient information for at least the previous year. Further, the prescriber must make periodic requests for patient information from OARRS if the treatment continues for a period greater than ninety days. These periodic requests must be made in intervals not exceeding ninety days and must continue until the course of treatment ends. Upon retrieval of the OARRS report, the prescriber is required to assess the information and make a notation in the patient's medical record that the report was received and assessed. In the unlikely event that an OARRS report is unavailable, the prescriber must make a notation in the patient's medical record the date that the report was requested and unavailable.
The following prescribers are subject to OARRS requirements: physicians authorized to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine, or podiatry; dentists; advanced practice nurses holding certificates to prescribe; and physician assistants holding certificates to prescribe. Optometrists holding a therapeutic pharmaceutical agents certificate are required to register for OARRS, but are only required to run an OARRS report if they have reason to believe that a patient may be abusing or diverting drugs. Those prescribers who practice primarily in an Ohio county that adjoins Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana, or Michigan must also request the adjoining state's information through OARRS. A delegate may run an OARRS report on behalf of the aforementioned prescribers in order to satisfy the requirements of the law. Delegates are required to have their own OARRS account as running a report under the prescriber's name is prohibited. It is important to note that delegates may not interpret results of an OARRS report.
Because an OARRS report contains Personal Health Information (PHI), it must be used and stored in a manner that ensures appropriate confidentiality by all healthcare professionals. An OARRS report may be shown to the patient; however prescribers may not provide patients with a copy. Patients who wish to have a copy of their OARRS report may obtain one directly from the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy. Prescribers may also discuss the report with another health care professional who is treating the patient or dispensing a prescription to the patient; nevertheless, the report cannot be given to another healthcare professional.
The only OARRS requirement for the patient's medical record is a notation that the record was received and assessed. Therefore, prescribers may choose to view the report through the web-based system, save the report electronically, or print it. If a report is saved or printed, it may be incorporated into the patient's medical record, stored in a separate file in the medical office, or shredded.
The OARRS report is unavailable.
While prescribers are allowed to incorporate the OARRS report into patients' medical records, it is not recommended due to the risk of inadvertent disclosure. Medical records are often duplicated for other medical professionals, insurance companies, patients, and even law firms. Such duplication with an OARRS report could place the employee or the medical office at risk for criminal prosecution. If an office does choose to keep OARRS reports with patients' medical records, the office should use care to avoid including the OARRS report in any medical record duplications. These offices should use a filing mechanism that either flags the OARRS report or segregates it completely. Offices should also take steps to ensure that if a patient is shown an OARRS report, the patient does not leave the office with it. Finally, offices should not release copies of OARRS reports to law enforcement officers. Law enforcement officers can obtain their own report.
Evidence based practice and case studies suggest that all pain patients should be subject to UDT upon the initial visit. The purpose of this UDT is fourfold: (i) results will provide physicians with objective information of drug misuse prior to prescribing any medications; (ii) initial drug testing can be used to reduce "physician shopping behaviors"; (iii) results may identify the need for further assessment; and (iv) to obtain a baseline result for future compliance testing.
Prior to adjusting a patient's dosage or medication, it is recommended to test the patient to ensure compliance with the first line of treatment. Use results to assist with clinical decision making.
Perhaps one of the most important tools for checking the patient's adherence to his or her prescribed medications is the unannounced UDT. This should be done at least twice a year at a follow-up visit. Results should be monitored for consistency with the patient's prescribed medication. This UDT should be performed prior to issuing a prescription for continuation of treatment.
Please note that abnormal results may have multiple meanings and will require additional follow-up. A UDT that is negative for prescribed medication may indicate diversion, but it could also indicate several other scenarios: (i) the patient ran out of medication prior to the UDT due to increasing the dosage or frequency of administration; (ii) the patient is taking less medication than originally prescribed; or (iii) the patient may have tampered with the sample to cover up illegal drugs or illegally obtained prescriptions. A UDT that is positive for medications and substances that have not been prescribed can signal patient related issues and may require referral to an addiction specialist if this is not the prescriber's area of expertise. Always run a check with your state's prescription monitoring program or prescription tracking tool anytime you receive an abnormal or unexpected result.
Physicians must take care to conduct an appropriate examination, arrive at a diagnosis and purpose for which a controlled substance is utilized, document the examination, diagnosis, and the purpose of the prescription in the patient's record, as well as record the medication, dosage, and frequency of administration. Failure to follow federal and state regulations related to prescribing of controlled substances and failure to properly document a patient's record may result in discipline, up to and including, loss of your professional license. As such, it is recommended that physicians regularly utilize UDT as a tool to ensure that patients are not misusing, abusing, or selling their prescriptions. Regular UDT is a best practice to help protect your professional license.
For more information, contact the Healthcare Law team.
"Personally furnish" means the distribution of drugs by a prescriber to the prescriber's patients for use outside the prescriber's practice setting. This does not include the administration of drugs.
Pennsylvania does not currently have an active prescription drug monitoring program. If such a program becomes available, providers in counties adjoining Pennsylvania must also request information from Pennsylvania. In Kentucky, a physician assistant is not considered a prescriber. As a result, any Ohio physician assistant that needs to access the prescription monitoring program in Kentucky will need to do so through a delegate account.
Currently, physician assistants holding certificates to prescribe and advanced practice registered nurses are not permitted to personally furnish controlled substances.
O.R.C. 4729.99(J)(1) reads: "Whoever violates division (A)(1) of section 4729.86 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. If the offender has previously been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of division (A) (1), (2), or (3) of section 4729.86, that person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree." O.R.C. 4729.86(A)(1) states "No person in divisions (A)(1) to (10) or (B) of section 4729.80 of the Revised Code shall disseminate any written or electronic document the person receives from the drug database, except as necessary in the investigation or prosecution of a possible or alleged criminal offense.
See generally (Chou, et al, 2009; Cone, et al 2008), (Antoin and Beasley, 2003), Urine Drug Testing in Clinical Practice: The Art and Science of Patient Care (Gourlay, Heit, and Caplan).


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Egg Farmers of Canada announces the creation of a research chair in public policy
University of Waterloo's Bruce Muirhead will lead national research on industry policy and the value of supply management
OTTAWA, November 14, 2014 – Egg Farmers of Canada is pleased to announce a new partnership with the University of Waterloo, establishing Bruce Muirhead as the industry's first-ever research chair in public policy.
"We are delighted to be working with Professor Muirhead. With the creation of this Chair, we hope to continually elevate the calibre of the dialogue on supply management and ensure that any future policy decisions that could affect supply managed commodities are as informed as possible," said Tim Lambert, Chief Executive Officer of Egg Farmers of Canada.
Prof. Muirhead will be developing a research program in public policy that relates to the current and future challenges faced by Canadian egg farmers, providing historical context to the growing conversation about the value of supply management for all Canadians.
"This Chair will allow me to fully engage in the discourse surrounding supply management and its obvious benefits to Canadian consumers and processors, as well as farmers," said Bruce Muirhead.
"This approach is increasingly important given Canadian involvement in various trade negotiations where supply management needs to be understood for its value and benefits to the entire food chain."
Egg Farmers of Canada's contribution to the University of Waterloo will serve these goals by investing in students, research and dialogue around public policy issues.
"Partnerships like this are a valuable element of transformational research at Waterloo. This chair will stimulate high-quality research and international dialogue that will, in turn, generate new knowledge to serve the needs of the egg farming industry," said D. George Dixon, vice-president, university research, University of Waterloo. "This collaboration underscores the significance and impact of research at Waterloo, and I congratulate Bruce and Egg Farmers of Canada on their success."
Bruce Muirhead is associate vice president, external research, and a professor in the department of history at the University of Waterloo. He has written extensively on Canadian trade negotiations since the Second World War, as well as Canadian politics, diplomacy, economic and international development. His recent work, funded by the Norwegian Research Council, has focused on the evolution of Canadian agricultural policy and on supply management in particular, which he views as a most sensible and rational system governing certain types of agricultural production.


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How investing in girls' education could return billions in GDP
11 million girls may not return to school after the COVID-19 pandemic.
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For every dollar invested into girls' rights and education, developing nations could see a return of $2.80, according to a new report.
Targets to improve girls education are included in the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, signed by world leaders in 2015.
Around 130 million girls worldwide were out of school before COVID-19, according to UNESCO, and more than 11 million may not return to classes.
Making sure all girls are finishing secondary education by 2030 could boost the gross domestic product (GDP) of developing countries by 10% on average over the next decade, a report said on Tuesday.
Every $1 spent on girls' rights and education would generate a $2.80 return - equivalent to billions of dollars in extra GDP, according to the study by rights group Plan International and financial services firm Citi's Global Insights team.
"COVID-19 recovery plans that prioritise investment in girls' education and well-being will help communities and economies build back better and stronger," said Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen, chief executive of Plan International.
Every $1 spent on girls' rights and education would generate a $2.80 return.
Image: Plan International and Citi's Global Insights team.
Some 130 million girls worldwide were already out of school before COVID-19, according to the United Nations cultural agency UNESCO, which said more than 11 million may not return to classes after the pandemic.
How can Africa prepare its education system for the post-COVID world?
COVID-19: 4 ways education can support Africa's immediate and long-term recovery
What will higher education in Africa look like after COVID-19?
Girls are more likely than boys to miss out on school, U.N. children's agency UNICEF says. Many families choose to invest in sons over daughters, while violence, poverty and child marriage also impact their access to education.
The new report, which was based on a study of eight developing and emerging-market nations including India, Egypt, Uganda, Bolivia and Laos, called for a "holistic" approach with measures spanning education, health and violence-prevention.
Some low-income countries could struggle to ensure that all girls are completing their schooling within the next decade, the report said.
But it noted that the target is included in a set of ambitious development goals signed by world leaders in 2015, and that boosting women's inclusion could help increase well-being and prosperity across wider society.
"Eradicating barriers to girls' education and development may hold the key to achieving many of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals," said Andrew Pitt, Citi's global head of research, in a written comment.
The study was welcomed by women's rights group Equality Now, which said more action was needed to tackle gendered barriers to education.
"The ability to complete formal schooling as a child is critical to economic, social and political success as an adult," lawyer Alexandra Patsalides at Equality Now told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
"When girls are shut out of these opportunities, it means a generation of women are also negatively impacted," she said.
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» Newsroom » Why Not Both? How Double Degrees Can Improve Employability
Why Not Both? How Double Degrees Can Improve Employability
"I always envied those people who had one thing they were interested in or one thing they were good at, because the path was very clear for them."
The envy of Emily Campbell, 22, is an envy shared by many, particularly students who are unable to choose between passions and pull the trigger on a specific career path.
So, Emily enrolled in a double degree at the Australian National University (ANU), embarking on a Bachelor of Engineering, majoring in Mechanical and Materials Engineering, and a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Spanish and minoring in Philosophy.
"Even when I was in college, I was trying to decide between a double major in Maths and a double major in English, which I don't think is a normal problem to have," she laughed.
"I've always been pulled both ways, so the option of being able to do two [degrees] really appealed to me."
Though some might not immediately see the career Emily's hoping to patch together with her degrees (Philosophical Spanish Engineer?), she said she's been presented with the perfect combination after four years of study: Humanitarian Engineering.
It's a role that will allow her to head overseas and use her engineering skills to better people's lives.
"Because of my Arts [degree], I have much better writing skills, which people always underestimate the need for in engineering, better communication skills and, obviously, learning a language is a useful skill in itself," she said.
The study of Spanish, meanwhile, gives her the "cultural knowledge" to tackle another nation's issues. Ultimately, she believes, her Engineering degree gives her the scientific know-how for the gig and the Arts degree is giving her a "life education".
Emily said she sometimes encounters those who are skeptical of her subject selection, but is heartened by industry professionals who say she's making herself appealing to employers.
Thankfully, her family was encouraging from the get-go.
"My grandpa was a doctor and my mum is a lawyer and my auntie did an arts degree when she was at uni," she recalled.
"My grandpa always said that my auntie was the only one who got an actual education."
The double degree has already "paid off", as Emily put it, even though she's still a year away from graduating, thanks to a tantalising overseas placement.
"This summer coming up, I'm going to Peru for three months, to work for an organisation called WindAid; they set up wind farms in rural Peru," she explained.
"It's kind of exactly what I was thinking when I chose Spanish; it's led to this and hopefully in the future it will lead to other things."
But that's if Emily's passion for accumulating knowledge ever subsides. Even as we chat, she muses about a third potential degree.
"I've been really surprised about how important economics and business is to humanitarian engineering," she said.
"So much of what happens in developing countries is only viable because it's financially viable or someone has set up a business around it, and so often the hurdles are surrounding that thing."
For someone who could never see a path ahead, Emily is about to become the most specifically-trained humanitarian engineer in all of Peru.
This article was originally published on Student Edge.


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MENEZES VOWS TO COME BACK FIGHTING AFTER EARLY BATH AT FUJI
Gustavo Menezes has promised to 'come back stronger' in the next round of the FIA World Endurance Championship, after his bid for a fourth consecutive top three finish in sportscar racing's premier global series came unstuck in challenging conditions at Fuji Speedway last weekend (12-14 October).
Contesting the headlining LMP1 class for the first time this year, Menezes has indisputably been one of the stars of the inaugural FIA WEC 'Super Season' with Rebellion Racing. Indeed, the talented young American arrived at Fuji – nestled in the foothills of Japan's imposing Mount Fuji and steeped in motorsport history – sitting second in the drivers' standings, just two points shy of the lead. Buoyed by his and team-mates Mathias Beche and Thomas Laurent's breakthrough LMP1 victory two months earlier at Silverstone, Menezes had his sights firmly set on more silverware in the 6 Hours of Fuji, round four on the 2018/19 FIA WEC calendar.
In evidence of his raw pace, the highly-rated Santa Monica, California native lapped fastest of the trio in two of the three free practice sessions around the demanding 2.83-mile, 16-turn track, just 0.029s adrift of former Le Mans 24 Hours winner and World Champion Neel Jani in the sister Rebellion-Gibson R-13 prototype.
Menezes and Laurent subsequently joined forces in qualifying to put the No.3 car third on the grid in the high-calibre field, and the 2016 FIA WEC LMP2 Champion, Le Mans class-winner and 'Revelation of the Year' took to the wheel for the race's opening stint. In front of 52,800 enthusiastic spectators, he immediately went on the attack, defying the gloomy conditions to make a bright start as he outfoxed Rebellion stablemate André Lotterer to pinch second place into Turn One.
Holding station inside the top three, Menezes pitted to change over to slick tyres on lap 15 as the circuit began to dry, but a prolonged safety car intervention shortly after – to clear away debris on the main straight – would unfortunately prove to be his undoing.
The difficulty in maintaining tyre temperature at reduced speeds can make running on dry weather rubber on a damp track surface a recipe for disaster – and so it would transpire, as an uncharacteristic error saw the 24-year-old Williams-Harfield Sports Group protégé lose control just under an hour in and make hefty contact with Fuji's unforgiving barriers.
Thankfully, Menezes was able to walk away unscathed, but the damage to the car meant it was game over on the spot. Already focussed on fighting back, the erstwhile Jim Russell Driver Scholarship Award winner is determined to make amends when the fiercely-disputed campaign resumes at China's Shanghai International Circuit on 16-18 November.
"I'm fine – just disappointed in myself and sorry for the team," he candidly reflected. "Mistakes like that shouldn't happen, but it did. We lost a lot of tyre temperature behind the safety car, and I was trying to get a little bit back when I unfortunately caught some wheelspin over the bump at the exit of Turn One. I lit up the rear wheels and from then on, I was simply a passenger."
"Being out on slick tyres in the wet, I should have thought about it more. It's a shame because it's a lot of points to lose, but these things happen sometimes in racing, particularly in conditions like that. On the positive side, we're still in a good position championship-wise, and we'll just have to come back stronger in Shanghai."
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Henry Aaron attended all three days of the Supreme Court's hearings on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and provided daily commentary on the Brookings Up Front blog. Aaron summarized the events of each day while providing insight into each sides' oral arguments.
Read about the second day and the first day of the hearings.
Shortly afterwards, Verilli ended his presentation on Medicaid with a peroration meant to wrap together all four of the issues on which the court heard arguments. In the name of judicial restraint, Verilli called on the justices to leave to the political process the final disposition of the Affordable Care Act. The message was that the bill was crafted to achieve an important and emotionally compelling end—the extension to the uninsured of the personal freedom that flows from the knowledge that illness will be treated. If the American people find the ACA wanting, Verilli argued, they can say so at the ballot box. He urged the court to forbear from substituting its well for that of the electorate.
Mr. Verilli's "lucky me" comment expressed his justifiable fatigue after having argued three of the four issues on which the court was hearing arguments. It also came at the end of a segment during which, paradoxically, the tone was generally favorable to the government's position—that the Medicaid extension is constitutional—even as Mr. Verilli was pushed around fairly roughly by Justices Scalia, Roberts, and Alito. The issue was whether the power granted to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to cut off all federal funding for Medicaid to any state that did not agree to extend Medicaid coverage as specified in the Affordable Care Act constituted "coercion." The potentially coercive power arises because the law authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to cut off all Medicaid funds to a state that refuses to extend coverage as called for in the Affordable Care Act. That is not coercive, said Mr. Verilli, because the coverage extension is a veritable gift to the states, as the federal government will be covering all of the costs of the extension for a few years and then covering 90 percent ever after.
Justice Breyer, interceding almost as joint counsel for the government, argued that although the HHS secretary has the power to withdraw all funds if the states do not comply, it would be legally unreasonable to do so and could therefore be challenged under the Administrative Procedures Act. In addition, numerous past Medicaid extensions carried similar requirements and have never triggered such action by the HHS Secretary. The HHS Secretary could and probably would withhold funds for the newly-added categories of Medicaid beneficiaries if the states refused to enroll them, but going further would not occur—or, if it occurred, would not be sustained, Breyer maintained. Besides, such blanket withholding of funds has never occurred.
Of course not, responded Justices Scalia and Roberts. The fact that the threat has never been carried out doesn't mean that the power to cut off funds is not coercive; it just means that the states knew that they had a fiscal gun to their heads. Furthermore, they argued, the fact that the law currently promises to cover virtually all of the costs of the extension does not bar Congress from cutting back the federal match at some time in the future. Verilli struggled, inexplicably, with this latter point, failing to note that Congress is always free to cut back, increase, or modify matching percentages or conditions attached to federal matching funds and that this is never regarded as legally impermissible.
Another colloquy occurred around a question posed by Justice Alito on whether the federal government could offer matching funds linked to a requirement that the states do things that the federal government is constitutionally barred from doing. The relevance of this extended exchange was not clear, as the Medicaid provisions of the ACA do not ask the states to do anything that is constitutionally barred to the federal government.
The morning session was devoted to the question of what should be done with the rest of the law if the individual mandate is declared unconstitutional. There were three positions.
The plaintiffs argued that if the mandate goes, the whole law should go. The reasoning is that the mandate is connected to the rate bands (the limits on how widely premiums are permitted to vary based on age and other characteristics) and mandatory issue, which are in turn connected to subsidies and the exchanges, and so on. If all of the linked provisions go, one is left, counsel Paul Clement argued, with an "empty shell." Rather than do that, the whole bill should go.
The government's position was that if the mandate is declared unconstitutional, then the rate bands and mandatory issues should be invalidated, but nothing else! Needless to say, this position proved hard to defend. What is the principle or bright line that distinguishes the provisions to be left standing from those that are invalidated? None was forthcoming.
Since neither the government nor the plaintiffs were prepared to argue for severability—leaving the rest of the bill standing if the mandate is invalidated—the court appointed a lawyer—an amicus—to argue that position.
As the questioning proceeded, it seemed clear to me that the government's position was untenable. Indeed, it is quite possible that the government did not expect to win, but was using the argument to show how the comparatively unpopular and legally controversial mandate is linked to the very popular and clearly constitutional rate bands and mandatory issue provisions, thereby improving chances to preserve the individual mandate.
Thus, the real dispute is the mandate. If the mandate is declared invalid, will the whole bill be left standing or swept away? In various exchanges among the justices, the rationale for each position was pretty clearly stated.
For the liberals, the position is: Many of the provisions are clearly unrelated to the mandate and can go ahead without change even if it is invalidated. For the provisions that will be affected if the mandate goes, problems may arise, but they can function more or less well. If problems demand attention, Congress can deal with them as they arise. Furthermore, congressional intent to allow severability can be inferred because many provisions of the bill take effect long before the mandate does. Judicial restraint requires that the court disturb stated congressional intent as little as possible.
For the conservatives, the position is a virtual mirror image of the liberals' stance. If the mandate is invalidated, many elements of the bill will not work as intended. To allow the rest of the bill to stand would not be judicial restraint, but judicial activism, as it would mean that the court is giving the green light to a bill that deviates from congressional intent. Justice Kennedy, a potential swing vote, articulated this position pretty forcefully. To be sure, Congress can enact changes to the law, but it would be cleaner to clear things away and let them start anew.
Several of the justices expressed concern about getting into a provision-by-provision consideration of which provisions are so close to the mandate that they should be invalidated if the mandate falls. That led to an amusing exchange in which Justice Kagan quipped that such an effort should cause Justice Scalia no problem as he believes in strict textual interpretation. Combing through the bill might cause his clerks some headaches, she allowed. Justice Scalia replied that giving his clerks headaches didn't bother him at all.
Going into these hearings, I had thought that the law was likely to be sustained, probably by a wide margin. That view rested on what I thought were the extremely powerful decisions by two conservative appellate court judges, Sutton and Silberman, that would prove persuasive to Justice Scalia, and that if he voted to sustain the law, Justices Roberts and Kennedy were likely to do so as well. I had also speculated that those on the losing side of the mandate issue might invoke the Tax Anti-Injunction Act to delay a decision and a loss.
Listening to three days of oral arguments has made those theories untenable. It appears quite unlikely that the justices will use the Anti Injunction Act to delay a decision. Justices Scalia and Alito consistently indicated impatience with the governments arguments on the mandate and Medicaid. Their question made it seem likely that they would oppose severability. While impressions during oral arguments are notoriously unreliable as guides to final votes, I should be most surprised if either Justice Scalia or Alito (or Justice Thomas, who preserved his durable record of silence during public oral arguments) votes to sustain the individual mandate or the Medicaid extensions. The decision, as many others expected from the beginning, looks to be in the hands of Justices Roberts and Kennedy. It also seems quite likely that there will be multiple opinions, since there are four separate issues that were argued orally and various line-ups are possible.


In this post, I will briefly what you what DSS means and how to apply which automatically means meeting up the requirements for NDA DSS.
The DSSC is a 9 month intensive military training for professionals drawn from various disciplines to serve as officers in the non-combat services of the Army, Navy and the Air Force. They are not combatant personnel, they are trained mostly for administrative purposes in the force.
Don't get it twisted, they grow in ranks too but have limits, they cannot get to the highest level of the force except the NDA graduates that passes through the norma 4 to 5 years in NDA pending on the course.
See the list of available courses in the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Direct Short Service Course (DSSC) and requirements.
(a) Applicants must be a Nigerian as defined in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
(d) One of the application requirements is that the applicant must be at least 1.68m in height.
(e) Applicant must be medically and physically fit.
(h) Also, applicants must possess a valid certificate of state of origin.
(i) Applicants must not have been convicted by any competent court of law.
(j) Last but not the least, applicant must be recommended by at least 2 recognizable referees who must attest to the applicant's character and integrity. Serving military personnel must be recommended by their commanding officer.
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The independent effects of exercise and estrogen on lipids and lipoproteins in postmenopausal women
Obstet Gynecol. 1994 Feb;83(2):167-72.
S R Lindheim 1 , M Notelovitz, E B Feldman, S Larsen, F Y Khan, R A Lobo
1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles.
Objective: To assess the effects of a moderate exercise program with and without oral estrogen replacement on levels of lipids and lipoproteins in postmenopausal women.
Methods: One hundred one postmenopausal women were randomized into four groups: control or sedentary (N = 20), exercise alone (N = 25), estrogen replacement using 0.625 mg conjugated equine estrogen (N = 28), and exercise supplemented with conjugated equine estrogen (N = 28). The exercise groups were placed on a moderate exercise program. Following baseline testing, each group returned at 3 and 6 months for cardiorespiratory fitness testing and serum lipid and lipoprotein profiles.
Results: We found a significant decrease in systolic blood pressure (P < .05) in all treatment groups. The maximum oxygen uptake increased by 9.0 and 7.8% in the exercise and conjugated equine estrogen/exercise groups, respectively, compared to the other groups (P < .05). These responses were seen at both 3 and 6 months. Total exercise time (time spent on the treadmill until exhaustion during testing) significantly increased in the exercise group by 21% (P < .01). Exercise alone was associated with significant decreases in total cholesterol (5.2%, P < .05), triglycerides (2%, P < .05), and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (10%, P < .01), and a significant increase in the high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol-LDL ratio (17.2%, P < .01). Significant changes were noted in these values, as well as increases in HDL cholesterol (16 and 14.8%; P < .01) and apolipoprotein A1 (25.6 and 26.5%; P < .001) in the conjugated equine estrogen and conjugated equine estrogen/exercise groups, respectively. However, there were no differences in the changes observed in the conjugated equine estrogen groups with versus without exercise. No direct correlation was seen between measures of exercise performance and the changes seen in lipids and lipoproteins.
Conclusions: Estrogen therapy alone had the greatest beneficial effect on lipids and lipoproteins. Exercise alone resulted in a significant reduction in cholesterol, triglycerides, and LDL cholesterol, and an increase in the HDL-LDL ratio. However, combined conjugated equine estrogen and exercise did not demonstrate an added improvement in lipid metabolism. Physical fitness levels increased in the exercise groups, but not in the control group or the estrogen-alone treated women.
Blood Pressure / physiology
Estrogen Replacement Therapy*
Estrogens, Conjugated (USP) / therapeutic use*
Lipids / blood*
Lipoproteins / blood*
Oxygen Consumption / physiology
Physical Fitness / physiology
Postmenopause / physiology*
Estrogens, Conjugated (USP)
Lipoproteins