Prescription pharmaceuticals tend to have some pretty weird and wonderful names: Bremabecestat, Vepoloxamer, Nexbolizumab, Orilotimod. They sound more like characters from sci-fi films than something you'd want to ingest. So where the hell do they come from?
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Stockton, Calif. - University of the Pacific Men's Basketball Head Coach Ron Verlin has announced the hiring of Dwight Young as an assistant coach.
"We are excited to add the recruiting talents of Dwight to our staff," said Verlin. "His 17 years of experience in AAU basketball will be a great asset for Pacific Men's Basketball. He has contacts all throughout the country, but his connection to the Bay Area will help a lot in recruiting underclassmen."
"I am very excited to be joining the Pacific basketball staff," said Young. "Pacific has a rich basketball history that is respected nationwide. Coach Verlin's vision for the future of the program is sure to bring excitement to the University and Northern California. It is an honor to have the opportunity to be a part of that and represent the University." ?
Young comes to Pacific from Modesto Christian High School, where he was the assistant head coach for the last two years. He helped Modesto Christian HS to a 29-4 record last season and a berth in the Open Division State Playoffs. He has over 17 years of experience as a basketball coach, trainer and program administrator within the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU).
He has also been the Northern California Regional Director for Phenom Camp. It is a premier invitation camp for the top junior high and high school players in the country.?
Young graduated from Oregon State in 1993 with a B.S. in Communications and Economics. He lives in Mountain House with his wife Khaleedah, and his three children, Krystal, Dwight Jr. and Molly.
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WASHINGTON ? American citizens born in Jerusalem cannot claim Israel as their place of birth on their passports, a federal appeals court in Washington ruled Tuesday.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously declared unconstitutional a 2002 law that required the State Department to record Israel as the birthplace of Jerusalem-born citizens despite a long-standing position in the executive branch of strict neutrality toward sovereignty of the disputed city.
At stake in the case was a question of governmental authority over foreign policy: Does the president have the sole right to decide on what terms foreign nations are recognized?
Though the United States has recognized the sovereignty of Israel since it declared independence in 1948, no president has ever taken a position on Jerusalem. Israel considers the city its political and spiritual capital, while Palestinians seek to make East Jerusalem the capital of a future country.
The case was brought by the family of Menachem Binyamin Zivotofsky, now 10, born to American parents in Jerusalem. When his mother applied for a passport for him with the birthplace as "Jerusalem, Israel," the U.S. Consulate listed only "Jerusalem."
Zivotofsky was born weeks after Congress passed the passport provision in September 2002 as part of a foreign relations appropriations bill.
But when President George W. Bush signed the law, he issued an executive statement asserting that the policy on Jerusalem, if construed as mandatory rather than advisory, would "impermissibly interfere" with the president's constitutional authority in matters of foreign affairs.
The secretary of State has never enforced the policy, arguing that it intrudes upon presidential powers.
The Court of Appeals agreed in its ruling, stating that the law was a political act that infringed upon the president's exclusive recognition power in the Constitution.
The law "is not, as Zivotofsky asserts, legislation that simply ? and neutrally ? regulates the form and content of a passport," Circuit Judge Karen Henderson wrote in her opinion. "Congress plainly intended to force the State Department to deviate from its decades-long position of neutrality" toward Jerusalem.
Several groups swiftly decried the decision.
The Anti-Defamation League, which combats anti-Semitism, wrote in a statement that it was "deeply disappointed" by the news.
"The court has effectively given a stamp of approval to the offensive State Department policy that singles out Israel for 'special' treatment," it wrote.
In a statement, the Orthodox Union, an umbrella group of Orthodox Jewish congregations, called Jerusalem "the eternal and indivisible capital of the State of Israel" and said it would support an appeal of the ruling to the Supreme Court.
Congress has long demanded recognition of Israel's sovereign control over Jerusalem. In 1995, it passed a law requiring that the United States move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, an act that has since been suspended on a semiannual basis by the president for national security reasons.
The Zivotofsky case has already visited the Supreme Court once, to determine whether it was a "nonjusticiable political question" rather than a legal one. In 2012, the high court held that the case could be tried.
alexei.koseff@latimes.com
The Sprint Vital is now more than just a phone featured in a simple leaked video -- it's a reality. The Now Network has publicly unveiled the ZTE-made device, confirming it's on course for a June 14th release for $100 with a two-year commitment. The specs are all there as well: as expected, the device will boast a 5-inch 720p IPS panel, Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, a 13MP rear camera paired with a 1MP front-facing cam, 2,460mAh battery, NFC, 8GB internal storage and microSD support for up to 64GB. On paper, it's not too bad for a solid mid-range device, but how will the final product turn out? We imagine we'll find out soon enough.
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