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CT News Junkie | New England Governors Write Congress And Urge Action on Bill To Curb Opioid Addiction What is a qualifying physician - Find information on how to qualify for a physician waiver to prescribe or dispense buprenorphine under the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 (DATA 2000). Under the  Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 (DATA 2000) , qualified physicians may apply for waivers to treat opioid dependency with approved buprenorphine products in any settings in which they are qualified to practice, including an office, community hospital, health department, or correctional facility. A “qualifying physician” is specifically defined in DATA 2000 as one who is: Licensed under state law (excluding physician assistants or nurse practitioners) Registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to dispense controlled substances Required to treat no more than 30 patients at a time within the first year Qualified by training and/or certification

The FBI defines terrorism as, “‘the unlawful use or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives. “

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"For we let our young men and women go out unarmed in a day when armor was never so necessary. By teaching them to read, we have left them at the mercy of the printed word. By the invention of the film and the radio, we have made certain that no aversion to reading shall secure them from the incessant battery of words, words, words. They do not know what the words mean; they do not know how to ward them off or blunt their edge or fling them back; they are a prey to words in their emotions instead of being the masters of them in their intellects . . . . We have lost the tools of learning, and in their absence can only make a botched and piecemeal job of it." Dorothy Sayers

Arthur Browne, in  “One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York”  (Beacon Press), seamlessly weaves together three compelling and timely narratives: the untold story of the city’s forgotten first black police officer, Samuel J. Battle; the poet Langston Hughes’s struggle to complete Mr. Battle’s biography (the book draws heavily on Hughes’s own revealing unpublished manuscript); and an inspirational portrayal of how one man influenced history. (Mr. Browne and his book were the subject of a  recent Metropolitan article .)

Brown Skin Took me a long time to love and appreciate my “Brown skin”.   Growing up in the projects and finding myself in a predominately “white” high school was not shocking to me or my system.   You see I didn’t know I didn’t like my “Brown skin”.   As a child I had a “Barbie Doll”, she was thin had long blond hair and pretty little pink lips.   Hell I thought that “beautiful”.    Needing my hair to be bone straight I wouldn’t use grease because I wanted it to “move” like my “white” cohort members.   I vividly and painfully remember coming out of the shower one day singing, “I can’t get off my horse…” with the towel wrapped around my wet hair.   I was swinging my head around as if the towel was my hair when all of a sudden to my horror, my brother had snatched that towel off my head and replied to my melody with, “you shouldn’t have never got up there.”   He was so “Black” and down with “Pubic Enemy”.   He understood what it meant to not have any of his mentors on “posta

   It is good for us to have trials and troubles at times, for they often remind us that we are on probation and ought not to hope in any worldly thing. It is good for us sometimes to suffer contradiction, to be misjudged by men even though we do well and mean well. These things help us to be humble and shield us from vainglory. When to all outward appearances men give us no credit, when they do not think well of us, then we are more inclined to seek God Who sees our hearts. Therefore, a man ought to root himself so firmly in God that he will not need the consolations of men. When a man of good will is afflicted, tempted, and tormented by evil thoughts, he realizes clearly that his greatest need is God, without Whom he can do no good. Saddened by his miseries and sufferings, he laments and prays. He wearies of living longer and wishes for death that he might be dissolved and be with Christ. Then he understands fully that perfect security and complete peace cannot be found on ear

   Lucifer vs Satan , are they one in the same? God created Lucifer good in his original state, but Lucifer became evil by his own designs. Devil – an evil spirit Demons – take possession of wicked men and are subject to the devil; Lucifer the light bearer – The misconceptions between Lucifer and Satan, as the exact same entity or name, started with the misinterpretations of the Gospel by various sectors. Lucifer is a name that was mentioned only once in the KJV or King James Version of the Bible, specifically in Isaiah 14:12. However, in Hebrew, the literal translation for his name would mean ‘to shine’ or ‘to bear light.’ Satan – an adversary – the devil, god of this world, must obtain permission from God before acting on any human being. Contrary to mass belief, Satan and Lucifer are two different names and are not the same exact entities. This is the current misconception that many Bible believers have come to know for many generations

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Why is the new year a catalyst for new resolution?  Do we give up mid year and resolve to behave, eat, lie, steal, and cheat with the understanding that we can clean up tomorrow or on January 1?