DMSF marks 38th anniversary

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DAVAO Medical School Foundation Inc. (DMSF) marked 38th Founding Anniversary and Intramurals from August 6 to 8, 2014.

The three-day celebration, dubbed as 'One Goal, One Mind - Together in Making the Community Better," was well attended by students and faculty members who gamely participated in the line-up of fun activities.

"We are very glad, very happy as we celebrate the 38th founding anniversary of our school. Very thankful sa parents, awardees, relatives and friends for the full suport, faculty, admin and staff, president of the council, of course the board of trustees," shared Jonathan A. Alegre, Md, president of DMSFI in an interview.

A mass was held last August 5 at the Amphitheater, located at the newly-constructed building of the school.

Then, on August 6, an interfaith service was held, followed by the opening of different booths and bazaar, while hundreds joined in the blood-letting activity.

Students from different levels also participated in the academic competitions like essay writing contest, impromptu, oration, storytelling, poster-making and quiz bowl.

Other events included board games, dart and table tennis.

Highlight of the founding anniversary was the Recognition Ceremony held last August 7 where students who excelled academically were cited.

Alegre added that they are proud to say that they remain competitive because for the past years they already produced a number of graduates who are now serving in government offices, graduates who topped the exams and extended much effort in helping out the community.

"Usa ang DMSF sa top ten dental schools in the country. Aside ana, makita nimo ang atong mga graduates nga naghupot sa mga dagkong posisyon karon sa gobyerno," Alegre added.

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Inslee withholds judgment on who should run Spokane medical school – Fri, 05 Sep 2014 PST

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OLYMPIA Gov. Jay Inslee said hes keeping an open mind about which state university should operate a medical school in Spokane, but he has no problem with the two schools using state resources to make their case to thepublic.

Asked Thursday whether the University of Washington or Washington State University should run a new school to train physicians in Spokane, Inslee said other questions are more important to answer first. Among them are the true need for additional doctors, the most cost-effective solution and the effects any new system would have on the current five-state consortium to train

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OLYMPIA Gov. Jay Inslee said hes keeping an open mind about which state university should operate a medical school in Spokane, but he has no problem with the two schools using state resources to make their case to thepublic.

Asked Thursday whether the University of Washington or Washington State University should run a new school to train physicians in Spokane, Inslee said other questions are more important to answer first. Among them are the true need for additional doctors, the most cost-effective solution and the effects any new system would have on the current five-state consortium to train doctors that UWoperates.

I do not go into it with any preconceived notions, Inslee said during a news conference during which he also discussed public school funding and the stateseconomy.

Both universities are lobbying legislators for control of a new medical school that would be based at Spokanes Riverpoint campus. UW wants the state to expand the current WWAMI program that trains doctors for Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho, adding as many as 320 graduate medical students by the end of this decade. WSU wants the state to approve a new medical school under its control, with an emphasis on recruiting and training physicians in Spokane and underserved ruralareas.

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Voters to decide whether hospital tax district is approved

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A new medical school, an expansion of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, is bringing a lot of change to Hidalgo County.

Now the county is pushing to create a hospital district that taxpayers must first approve.

"Travis County just passed a measure in a similar way because they are getting a new medical school and if you look at where all the medical schools are located right now across the country there is a hospital tax district that is in place," Edinburg City Manager Ramiro Garza said.

Garza said it just makes sense to pass the tax and the Edinburg City Council agrees.

They passed a resolution in support of the new taxing district this week.

"We are really trying to push for the passage of it because we really feel like it's going to change the dynamics of our region, our economy with a new medical school," Garza said.

The taxing district would help create the UT-RGV Medical School.

Garza said the funds will also help absorb costs for indigent care which the county currently pays for with money from the county's general fund.

Home owners will be footing the tax.

It'll be eight cents per $100 of value on a home.

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Newark Liberty Int. Airport, New Jersey USA – Riding the Airtrain and Boing 747 – Video

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Riding the Airtrain from Terminal A to B, Flying with British Airways and the Boing 747 from Newark Int. Airport U.S. to London Heathrow UK Soundtrack: Anitek "One Way Ticket ft. Tab DSpliff"

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Mature Parkland drowns inexperienced Liberty in field hockey

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Parkland's water torture-style field hockey patiently stalked Liberty throughout the first half Thursday

The omnipresent Trojans (3-1) drizzled the Hurricanes' end, dripping home only two goals in 20 minutes despite controlling the action.

Pass. Pass. Shot.

Pass. Shot. Save. Rebound. Shot. Save.

Pass. Pass. Pass. Shot. Goal.

Like a shark circling its prey, the Trojans taunted Liberty with consistent but largely unfulfilled surges.

In the second half, those drips turned into a deluge as Parkland scored six times to rout Liberty 8-0 in an early-season separation game. The faucet became a fire hose.

Parkland outshot Liberty 17-5 and recorded a 10-2 edge in penalty corners.

"I think they're going to probably challenge for their division," Liberty coach MK Omdahl said. "They're very talented. They outplayed us they beat us to the ball. Their passes were spot-on. They looked really good."

Liberty (0-3) began the season with narrow losses to a pair of local contenders 2-1 against Colonial League power Moravian Academy and 1-0 against Northampton. Despite starting three freshmen and two sophomores, Liberty opened the season with promise.

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3rd party candidates could tip key Senate races – Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, Sports

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By CHARLES BABINGTON Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - A pizza deliveryman in North Carolina, a "libertarian cop" in Kentucky and an Alaska candidate - but not the one who was expected - hope to do what a Kansas businessman did this week: shake up Senate races as third-party candidates, an often-dismissed lot.

Greg Orman isn't a household name, but he's getting attention now. The independent Senate candidate in Kansas fared so well in his third-party bid to unseat three-term Republican Sen. Pat Roberts that the Democrat in the race, Chad Taylor, abruptly canceled his candidacy on Wednesday. With that, conservative Kansas landed on the list of conceivable, if improbable, Democratic gains in the national battle for Senate control.

Republicans must pick up six seats in November to win the majority, and the new uncertainty over Roberts' fate complicates their drive.

Kansas Republicans, worried about Orman possibly consolidating anti-Roberts sentiment, challenged the legality of Taylor's withdrawal. The Kansas secretary of state said Thursday that Taylor's name must remain on the ballot.

Orman's case is unusual. Most third-party candidates have no chance of being elected themselves. But in a handful of extremely tight races, including North Carolina, Alaska, Georgia and Kentucky, third-party candidates could help decide who wins and which party controls the Senate in the final two years of Barack Obama's presidency.

Third-party candidates are chiefly a worry for Republicans. Many of these long-shot hopefuls are libertarians who tend to appeal to conservative voters, who otherwise might lean GOP.

The biggest impact by a third-party Senate candidate thus far came in Kansas. As Roberts was fighting a bitter GOP primary against Milton Wolf, Orman aired ads that declared "something has to change." In one, he looked over at a muddy tug of war between Republicans and Democrats and asks: "You guys accomplishing anything? Didn't think so."

Orman briefly ran for the Senate as a Democrat in 2008, when he says he voted for Obama. And he says he might caucus with Democrats in Washington if elected this fall. These details could help Roberts in a state that has elected only Republicans to the Senate since 1932.

Established Republicans are quick to note that most third-party candidates become nonfactors, winning minuscule portions of the vote.

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