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The new brand identity provides greater awareness, clarity and consistency among the 24 regional workforce organizations.
West Palm Beach, FL (PRWEB) February 10, 2014
Workforce Alliance today launches its new name, CareerSource Palm Beach County, as part of a new statewide brand identity to better align Florida’s nationally recognized workforce system and improve customer awareness and use of the system’s services and resources.
Starting today, the state’s workforce policy and investment board, Workforce Florida, becomes CareerSource Florida. Each of the state’s 24 regional workforce organizations also will begin using the new brand with regional identifiers. As a member of the CareerSource Florida system, Workforce Alliance is now CareerSource Palm Beach County.
“The new statewide brand provides greater awareness, clarity and consistency among the 24 regional workforce organizations and CareerSource Florida. It enhances the ability to leverage our resources to improve the system’s efficiency and effectiveness, while maintaining the flexibility to develop workforce strategies and programs to best meet local needs,” said Steve Craig, CareerSource Palm Beach County president and chief executive officer.
The new brand is the result of extensive market research and input from employers, career seekers, workforce professionals and community partners throughout Florida. Prior to the rebranding initiative, there were 25 brand names for the state and local workforce organizations as well as numerous other brands associated with the system and its career centers. Research showed the multiple names contributed to the lack of awareness among both employers and career seekers of the system’s employment and training services.
As CareerSource Palm Beach County, the organization’s commitment to providing outstanding customer service remains a top priority. A comprehensive package of no-cost services is available to help employers compete in today’s challenging marketplace, including recruitment/assessments/referrals of qualified candidates; space and staff assistance for screening/interviewing candidates; and grants for training new or existing employees. On average, more than 14,000 visitors each month receive help from the specialized services at two career centers in West Palm Beach and Belle Glade, and employers through its Center for Business Excellence in Boca Raton. Career centers offer classes and facilities for job search, career development and consulting along with grants for job skills training – all at no cost to career seekers.
About CareerSource Palm Beach County
CareerSource Palm Beach County, the nonprofit organization chartered by the state to lead workforce development in the county, has assisted nearly 30,000 residents in finding employment ranging from entry level positions to the executive suite during its last program year, representing a local economic impact of $489 million in annual wages. This is a record employment number for the third consecutive year. More information on programs and services is available at careersourcepbc.com or any of the career centers:
--Central Career Center: 3400 Belvedere Road, West Palm Beach, 33406; 561-340-1060
--West Career Center: 1085 S. Main Street, Belle Glade, 33430; 561-829-2040

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- Spend $100+, get a $15 gift card. Spend $200+, get a $30 gift card. Gift cards will be expedited the week after MDSW and can be used anytime after that!
- The FIRST 25 orders over $100 get their choice of free gift: a Home Row Fiber Co merino skull notions zipper pouch, or an O-Wool enamel pin.
The O in O-Wool is for organic! O-Wool is based in South Jersey and is owned by Jocelyn Tunney and is run in conjunction with long-time employee Claire Crawford.
Our yarns are spun, dyed, and finished in the USA. Some of our vendors are hyper-local – about 30-45min drive from our studio. The fiber used for our yarns is certified-organic, and our manufacturers are guided by organic processing standards.
We currently have 7 yarns.
- O-Wash is an organic washable worsted-spun wool yarn. Available in Fingering, Sport, Worsted, and Chunky. Available in 36-46 colors depending on yarn weight.
- Classic Worsted is an aran-weight woolen-spun classic wool yarn. Available in 29 colors.
- Local is a single-ply woolen-spun worsted-weight 50% wool/50% alpaca. The alpaca fiber in this yarn is sourced locally – a 1hr radius of Philadelphia.
- Balance is the perennial favorite of the O-Wool line, but it won’t be restocked well until Fall 2021. It’s a 50% wool / 50% cotton worsted-weight yarn, and we have approx. 24 colors currently available.
Our FAQ about our product is here: https://o-wool.com/pages/faq
And “Our Story” in more detail is here: https://o-wool.com/pages/our-story
Covid hit our supply chain really hard, and after a year of having very little inventory, we will be restocked in time for MDSW!
I (Jocelyn) own a small hobby farm and informal animal rescue. I signed my young former-racehorse up for a competition on May 1st – foolish me. So I’ll be available hit or miss on Saturday May 1st, but will be completely available for customers on Sunday May 2nd.
I’m happy to take photos of color combos for you and help however I can to make your virtual shopping experience as personal as possible.
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Margery Erickson has been a member of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen since 1991. She is a Master Artisan in the area of hand weaving and specializes in wearable art. She creates most of her fabric by hand dying warps that are between 20 and 30 yards long and uses bamboo, tencel, cotton chenille and wool yarns.
Her formal education includes a degree in Social Science from Penn State and a Masters degree from Millersville University in Special Education. She has been designing and making clothing since she was 13. In 1990 she took her first weaving class at the Manning’s in East Berlin, PA. Other weaving instruction continued through workshops and home study courses. She believes practice and perseverance helped her become an accomplished weaver.
In addition Margery is an accredited T’ai Chi Chih instructor, and a retired educator.
In her words:
“When I was a teen I enjoyed sewing my own clothes, creating a unique style. In my mid thirties I saw someone weaving fabric. If I could weave I could create my own fabric to sew.
One weaving class, one loom, one yard of fabric… Changed my life!
Fiber for spinning, knitting, and weaving is hand dyed in small quantities. Each color combination is very limited. Some fiber is hand spun into yarn and can be purchased.
Most of the fabric is made from hand dyed, hand woven bamboo, tencel or cotton yarn. Each item is either one of a kind or limited edition. These colorful fabrics are woven for easy care and a soft touch.
We also rescue pre-owned fiber equipment, recondition if needed and make it available for purchase at affordable prices.”

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Entering into 2022, China National Intellectual Property Administration released new Guidelines for Trademark Examination and Trial which slightly revised the previous Guidelines.
Regarding examination and trial on non-use cancellation cases, the adjustments in the Guidelines mainly include:
1. Examination on the goods:
Ø For a registered mark attacked based on a claim of three-year non-use, the Guidelines explicitly require the use on the specifically designated goods. Valid use evidence on one or a part of the designated goods may maintain the registration for other similar goods/service according to China’s Classification of Goods/Services.
Ø In some circumstances, the goods actually in use are not identical with the goods designated in registration. In such case, the new Guidelines indicate that if the goods in use do not belong to any standard descriptions according to China’s Classification of Goods/Services, while the goods in use and the goods as designated and registered are the same in essence, or the goods in use belong to a subcategory of the goods as registered, the actual use evidence may be recognized as valid use.
Ø Due to changes of China’s Classification of Goods/Services from time to time, the new Guidelines also indicate that if the goods as registered and the goods in use belong to similar goods/services according to China’s Classification of Goods/Services either at the time of trademark approval for registration or examination on non-use cancellation case, the actual use evidence can maintain the registration for goods similar but without specific evidence of use.
2. Use of trademark by OEM
The new Guidelines specifically recognize the use evidence of OEM use as valid use evidence.
3. The following situations cannot be regarded as trademark use based on the Chinese Trademark Law:
Ø Publication of the trademark registration information or the statement issued by the trademark registrant on the exclusive right to its registered trademark;
Ø Lack of use in public commercial fields;
Ø Use of the registered mark by changing its main part and distinctive characteristics;
Ø Only transferring or licensing without actual use;
Ø Symbolic use only for the purpose of maintaining trademark registration.

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Around the world's vineyards
The World Atlas of Wine - Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson
Written by the world's most authoritative wine duo, the unparalleled clarity and detail of the maps remain core to the Atlas. Each of the 200 wine region maps has been thoroughly researched and updated.
Reflecting the happenings over the last six years in the world of wine, the pages devoted to the New World show a lot of changes. New additions include: California (Rutherford, Oakville, Stag's Leap), Australia (Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Limestone Coast), New Zealand (Central Otago, Martinborough), South Africa (Constantia). The South American section receives a complete revamp.
In Europe the dynamism of the new Old World is in evidence, with Sicily, the Douro, Greece and Germany all receiving extra pages. In Spain, Toro makes an appearance and Austria's hotspots, Wachau & Kremstel, fall under the spotlight.
With new illustrations and photographs throughout, this is the must-have book and reference work for all wine enthusiasts.
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All it took was a few seconds long story for Taylor Swift fans to go into maximum anticipation mode. The American singer announced on her profile that she will release four new songs on Thursday night (16).
“In celebration of The Eras Tour I am pre-releasing four brand new songs tonight at midnight,” said the artist in the post.
“Eyes Open”, “Safe and Sound”, “If this was a movie” and “All of the girls you loved before” will be released
🚨🚨🚨 MY GOD!
Taylor will release FOUR new songs today including “All Of The Girls You Loved Before”! pic.twitter.com/fYg2ZegQuZ
— Taylor Swift Brazil 🕰 (@taylorswiftbr) March 16, 2023
After launching in mid-October “Midnights” , Taylor’s tenth studio album, the singer announced a new US tour. The tour is the first since 2018 and should feature hits from different periods of the artist’s career.
At first, 26 shows had been scheduled in the United States between March 17th and August 5th of the next year. The high demand, however, made the number of scheduled presentations rise to 52.
(Posted by Carolina Farias)
Source: CNN Brasil
I’m Robert Neff, a professional writer and editor. I specialize in the entertainment section, providing up-to-date coverage on the latest developments in film, television and music. My work has been featured on World Stock Market and other prominent publications.

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Belkin 5-Port USB-C Multimedia Hub (F4U092BTSGY)
- USB-C multimedia hub allows you to connect multiple peripheral devices to your laptop
- USB-A, USB-C, HDMI, Ethernet, and SD card ports let you connect your laptop to a range of peripherals and devices like 4K 30Hz monitors, projectors, SD cards, and more
- Data transfer speeds up to 5Gbps allows fast upload and download of photos, videos, music, and more
- Also supports pass-through charging up to 60W
- Belkin USB-C Multimedia Hub
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Of the 603 reviewers who responded, 558 would recommend this product.
Averages based on how reviewers feel this product performs.
- Just what you need for your legacy devices- May 4, 2019
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This is just this dock I needed to connect my legacy USB devices and HDMI too. This dock is small and easy to take with you in a laptop bag, but expands your connections and also charges you laptop at the same time. when you connect the laptop power cord to the dock and the dock to the laptop you can continue to charge the laptop if you need to. I'm very happy with the convenience it affords me at home, in the office or on the road. The dock includes a cat 5/6 input, 2 USB ports, an HDMI connection, multi SD card reader and a USB-C port for charging the laptop. This is a one stop shop for all of your common plug ins and it works great.Yes, I would recommend this to a friend.
- Solid Hub- May 24, 2019
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I'm a bit of a gamer. I have a gaming laptop that I take with me for mobility purposes but that I also use for playing games when I'm at home. I use a much nicer keyboard and mouse at home. Enter the Belkin USB-C Hub. I run basically everything through this and plug it directly into my laptop's USB-C port essentially as a docking station. With the HDMI and Ethernet support I can get stronger connection speed with WiFi and hook up to a larger monitor as well. This device works perfectly for this. The only thing holding me back from 5* is some sporadic input lag, but not a large enough problem unless you intend on being a professional at eSports.Yes, I would recommend this to a friend.
- Works perfectly, nice slim design.- May 7, 2019
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This Belkin USB-C multimedia hub works perfectly for my needs. I’m able to have my peripherals, monitor, keyboard and mouse, ready to go on my desk so that all I need to do is plug the hub into my laptop and everything works perfectly. The hub has a minimal, well designed look with good port placement. I love the size of the hub which allows me to easily pack it with my laptop when going on business trips. The hub supports pass-through charging, which is a must have, and it works well. I’m really happy with the overall performance of this hub, I know I’ll be putting it to good use over the next few years and being Belkin, I’m sure it will hold up well.Yes, I would recommend this to a friend.


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12 August 2019 (9:20 am EDT)
As we wrote in the previous post, US stock futures fell with big margins on worries about strife escalation in Hong Kong.
There has not been much recovery in these numbers and now we are looking at a highly negative opening in US stock markets today.
Despite that, major US indexes are expected to trade with their last two sessions’ trading range. As seen on daily charts, major indexes had a gap up opening last Thursday and traded within the same range on Friday. Today also, the same trading range is expected to be in play for these indexes.
For bigger intraday range levels, check our Pivot Trading page where daily support and resistance levels are provided. These levels are:
- Pivot Levels for Dow Jones
- Pivot Levels for Nasdaq 100
- Pivot Levels for Russell 2000
- Pivot Levels for S& P 500
Expect US stock markets to open lower but trade sideways within the previous range. Dow Jones is safe in this range as long as the index trades above 26,000. The risk of a negt8ave trend will arise only if Dow Jones falls below this support level.


The UK government has announced that it will begin testing self-driving trucks on public roads in Britain next year. Tests of self-driving trucks in Europe have been ongoing for the last two years, and now the Tory-DUP led coalition government have agreed to introduce the revolutionary technology that looks set to transform the transportation industry.
In a statement confirming the commencement of the testing next year, it was disclosed that the self-driving trucks will be wirelessly linked, which allows them to synchronize braking and accelerating in a technique which is known as 'platooning'.
In simple terms, what this means is that in a large convoy of trucks the human driver in the front vehicle controls the braking and acceleration of all the trucks, the synchronized braking enables lorry's to drive much closer together than what would perceived to be safe with human drivers. The system significantly reduces wind resistance, which subsequently reduces fuel consumption.
UK transport minister, Paul Maynard said the cutting-edge technology could curb congestion issues on Britain's motorways and more importantly improve safety in the long-term, but stressed that the technology in the self-driving trucks must be subjected to intensive and stringent testing. Maynard said: "Advances such as lorry platooning could benefit businesses through cheaper fuel bills, and other road users thanks to lower emissions and less congestion. But first we must make sure the technology is safe and works well on our roads, and that's why we are investing in these trials."
The UK government has voiced its support on self-driving lorry testing since 2014, and has been buoyed and encouraged by successful trials which have been conducted across Europe. Similar testing programs have been launched in both the US and Japan.
Former chancellor George Osborne declared last year the self-driving trucks would be the UK in the 'fast lane' as the government sent the feelers out for tenders on the project. However, many leading truck manufacturers expressed their reluctance to sign-up to the trials. Several major players said they saw no need to try out the technology on UK roads and insisted they were more focused on conducting further tests in their home markets.
The UK government responded by giving £8.1M to Transport Research Laboratory to conduct the trials, using Dutch lorry manufacturer DAF Trucks, Germany global delivery colossus DHL and UK tech firm Ricardo.


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Many Americans refrain from talking about sexual orientation and gender identity or expression because it feels taboo, or because they’re afraid of saying the wrong thing. This glossary was written to help give people the words and meanings to help make conversations easier and more comfortable.
- Human Rights Campaign
Ally | A person who is not LGBTQ but shows support for LGBTQ people and promotes equality in a variety of ways.
Asexual | The lack of a sexual attraction or desire for other people.
Bisexual | A person emotionally, romantically or sexually attracted to more than one sex, gender or gender identity though not necessarily simultaneously, in the same way or to the same degree.
Cisgender | A term used to describe a person whose gender identity aligns with those typically associated with the sex assigned to them at birth.
Gender dysphoria | Clinically significant distress caused when a person's assigned birth gender is not the same as the one with which they identify. According to the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the term - which replaces Gender Identity Disorder - "is intended to better characterize the experiences of affected children, adolescents, and adults."
Gender-expansive | Conveys a wider, more flexible range of gender identity and/or expression than typically associated with the binary gender system.
Gender expression | External appearance of one's gender identity, usually expressed through behavior, clothing, haircut or voice, and which may or may not conform to socially defined behaviors and characteristics typically associated with being either masculine or feminine.
Gender identity | One’s innermost concept of self as male, female, a blend of both or neither – how individuals perceive themselves and what they call themselves. One's gender identity can be the same or different from their sex assigned at birth.
Gender non-conforming | A broad term referring to people who do not behave in a way that conforms to the traditional expectations of their gender, or whose gender expression does not fit neatly into a category.
Intersex | An umbrella term used to describe a wide range of natural bodily variations. In some cases, these traits are visible at birth, and in others, they are not apparent until puberty. Some chromosomal variations of this type may not be physically apparent at all.
LGBTQ | An acronym for “lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer.”
Non-binary | An adjective describing a person who does not identify exclusively as a man or a woman. Non-binary people may identify as being both a man and a woman, somewhere in between, or as falling completely outside these categories. While many also identify as transgender, not all non-binary people do.
Pansexual | Describes someone who has the potential for emotional, romantic or sexual attraction to people of any gender though not necessarily simultaneously, in the same way or to the same degree.
Queer | A term people often use to express fluid identities and orientations. Often used interchangeably with "LGBTQ."
Questioning | A term used to describe people who are in the process of exploring their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Sexual orientation | An inherent or immutable enduring emotional, romantic or sexual attraction to other people.
Stealth | A person who lives their life in their affirmed gender and chooses not to disclose or reference their birth assigned gender.
Transgender | An umbrella term for people whose gender identity and/or expression is different from cultural expectations based on the sex they were assigned at birth. Being transgender does not imply any specific sexual orientation. Therefore, transgender people may identify as straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, etc.

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In a small archaeological site in northern Guatemala has drawn the attention of the researchers after the discovery of 1,500-year-old Mayan altar. The historic finding took place in a temple at the La Corona archaeological site, which is basically a forest region and quite close to the borders of Mexico and Belize.
Tomas Barrientos, the co-director of excavations and investigations said the altar carved out of limestone and after weighing they found that it is almost one ton. In addition, he said that the artefact has shown some textures that indicate towards the exact features of La Corona's ruler King Chak Took Ich'aak.
Barrientos explained that the ancient leader could be seen in the altar while "sitting and holding a sceptre from which emerge two patron gods of the city."
The researchers believe that the 1.46-meter by 1.2-meter slab also includes hieroglyphic Mayan inscription, corresponding to May 12, 544. Further excavation process also allowed the archaeologists to determine that King Chak Took Ich'aak of the Maya city of Tikal has governed the nearby city of El Peru-Waka some 20 years later.
As per Barrientos, these pieces of ancient evidence indicated that the Kaanul dynasty had developed a political movement in La Corona, which has been a site for the archaeologists to determine the relationship between the powerful kingdom of Calakmul and historic region.
However, Barrientos said that such political movement, which was based around alliances with small cities surrounding Tikal ahead of the final victory push, allowed Kaanul dynasty or the Serpent Kingdom to defeat their Tikal "arch rivals" in 562 and thereafter rule the Mayan.
Researchers also found evidence of a royal marriage between a princess from the Serpent Kingdom and a King of La Corona. While talking quite dramatically, Barrientos added that "This altar shows us a part of Guatemala's history and in this case, around 1,500 years ago, I would call this the historical Mayan version of Game of Thrones."
He also stated that the altar "fills in the gaps" and "pieces together the puzzle" the political commitments of Mayan culture. Barrientos said, "It's a high quality work of art that shows us they were rulers entering into a period of great power and who were allying themselves with others to compete, in this case, with Tikal," and La Corona was the location, "where the most important historical Mayan political movement began to take shape."
It is quite challenging for the archaeologists to investigate a place, particularly the remote Mayan Biosphere Reserve, as the region is constantly facing several issues related to drug trafficking, activities by illegal ranchers and looters. There were many pre-Columbian monuments, which are now damaged due to the forest fires.
AFP reported that Gladys Palala, the Culture deputy minister said the concerned authorities are trying to counter encroachment by criminal groups surrounding Peten, which is an area ripe with "archaeological remains." She also added, "Wherever you go and excavate, you find (something). It's an eminently archaeological area."
Recently the National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology in Guatemala City unveils the ancient Mayan altar, which will go on display to museum visitors.

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CNS) — The eight Catholic bishops of Florida have written to Gov. Ron DeSantis urging him to stay the Nov. 7 execution of James Dailey at the Florida State Prison in Starke.
“While we urge you to stop every execution and end the use of the death penalty in Florida, this case of a veteran with evidence of innocence is especially alarming,” wrote the bishops.
Dailey was sentenced to death for the 1985 murder of 14-year-old Shelly Boggio, but another man, Jack Pearcy, has signed a sworn affidavit that “he, and he alone, was responsible for the tragic death of Boggio,” the bishops said in their Oct. 21 letter to DeSantis.
“No physical evidence ties Mr. Dailey to the crime; however, the Florida Supreme Court refuses to allow him to present new evidence proving his factual innocence,” they wrote. “The direct killing of the innocent is always wrong and an intrinsic evil.”
The letter, released by the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops in Tallahassee, was signed by: Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami; Bishop Felipe J. Estevez of St. Augustine; Bishop Gerald M. Barbarito of Palm Beach; Bishop John G. Noonan of Orlando; Bishop Gregory L. Parkes of St. Petersburg; Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice; Bishop William A. Wack of Pensacola-Tallahassee; and Auxiliary Bishop Enrique E. Delgado of Miami.
“Florida leads the nation in death-row exonerations. Florida makes more mistakes than any other state in sentencing innocent people to death,” the bishops said, adding that “there is strong evidence that James Dailey’s death sentence was yet another failure of justice.”
If carried out, his execution will be Florida’s 100th since the reinstatement of the death penalty in the 1970s. This is the third death warrant signed by DeSantis, who is Catholic.
Florida is “a national outlier” in its high numbers of death sentences, death-row population and executions, the bishops said. “This use of the death penalty wounds our society by allowing a devaluation and coarseness of life in our community.”
“As Pope Francis has stated, and as the catechism has been updated to reflect, the death penalty is ‘inadmissible’ due to modern penal systems,” the bishops wrote.
“At certain times in history, the teachings of the church did not exclude recourse to the death penalty when it was the only means by which to protect society and guilt was properly determined,” they continued. “Today, however, alternative sentences, such as life without parole, are severe punishments through which society can be kept safe.”
Such alternatives “do not degrade us by ending yet another life — perpetuating, rather than ending, a cycle of violence,” they said.
In the days leading up to Dailey’s execution, if it is not stayed, dozens of prayer vigils throughout the state are planned, the bishops noted.
“Floridians will gather in prayer for Ms. Boggio’s family, for Mr. Dailey, for everyone affected by violent crime, for an end to the use of the death penalty and for you in your difficult position,” the bishops told DeSantis.
“You have the support of the church and the majority of voters in Florida who support alternatives to the death penalty in ending this cruel and unnecessary practice immediately,” they said.
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The European Union recently concluded a two-day summit with Africa and pledged US$170 billion aid package to African countries in an effort to push back against Chinese influence.
Beijing has made major inroads into Africa, however, since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a significant departure in China’s Africa policy.
Amid the burgeoning criticism related to the debt trap diplomacy, China has now been investing less in the continent, the Hong Kong Post reported.
At the last Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Meeting that took place a few months back, President Xi Jinping pledged about US$40 billion worth of investments for Africa, a third less than Beijing’s previous commitments.
Even with regard to the Chinese loans, there was a significant drop in the number compared to the previous years.
According to the data given by John Hopkins University, Chinese loans amounted to US$7.6 billion in 2019 as compared to US$29.5 billion in 2016.
Beijing has been nevertheless offering assistance in the realm of other assistance programme such as the COVID-19
vaccines. Notably, COVID-19 vaccines have also been a sore point in the relations between EU and Africa because of the bloc’s refusal to waive intellectual property rights that would have allowed for cheaper production in African countries.
In a bid to highlight the cooperative, anti-colonial narrative in the China-Africa relationship, President Xi has underlined Europe’s colonial history with Africa.
In contrast, he noted that “over the past 65 years, China and Africa had forged unbreakable fraternity in our struggle against imperialism and colonialism”.
He also referred to phrases like the “big family of Belt and Road cooperation”.
Europe, alarmed by China’s deepening engagements in Africa, is hoping to reassert its influence on the continent through massive development assistance, targeting particularly the telecommunication sector.
The assistance is a part of the Global Gateway Initiative (GGI) that was unveiled by the EU last year as an alternative to the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
This involves a range of projects such as green energy initiatives, disaster relief and the improvement of the public health infrastructure.
The projects also aim to improve digital connectivity and build new transport links.
Telecommunications would also receive a special focus under the initiative and EU proposes to build a US$6.8 billion high-speed satellite communication network which will also include Africa.
European representatives have also been visiting the continent, for instance, EU Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager recently visited Abuja where she announced a substantial support for Nigeria’s digital economy and emphasised a “human-centric, democratic governance framework” for technology.
Incidentally, the Nigerian government had imposed a national ban on Twitter after the social media platform had deleted a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari threatening a violent crackdown on secessionists only to revoke its later.
On its part, China has maintained good relationship with African dictatorships for the past 15 years.
A number of authoritarian governments in Africa limit or block internet use.
While, EU leaders look to project democratic values, such as freedom of expression and communications together with the economic aid.
Significantly, according to a report by Foundation for Investigative Journalism, Nigerian government officials, including the President’s Chief of Staff visited Beijing to learn more about the Great Firewall, China’s nationwide cyber-censorship and surveillance – just before the ban was imposed.
The EU and US are increasingly alarmed by China’s aggressive investment in the African continent.
For the past two decades, Beijing has used its deep pockets to fund massive infrastructure projects in the region.
Differentiating itself from China’s approach on the continent, EU will emphasise sustainability and transparency in the projects that it plans to pursue in the area.
They have reiterated that they will not forgo principles such as labour, environmental and anti-corruption standards in their projects unlike Chinese financing which has no conditions attached.
As per plans laid out in the GGI, Brussels is also eyeing a secure international submarine fibre cable connecting the EU with Africa along the Atlantic Ocean coast.
The new connections will foster the digital sovereignty of the two continents by diversifying existing links and ensuring the highest infrastructure and cyber security standards.
This clearly depicts the growing unease of EU with China’s expansion of digital connectivity with parts of Africa.
On the other hand, Chinese telecom provider Huawei Technologies is nearing completion of a cable project linking Asia with Eastern Africa.
Charles Michel, President of the European Council, appealed to African leaders to collaborate on the principles of “mutual respect and shared interests as equals”.
EU hopes to bring about consensus with the African Union leaders for a “common future, as closest partners and neighbours”.
This is a clear effort on the part of the EU to provide the African continent an alternate to Chinese coercive ‘support regime for African development’ which would involve ethical investments and challenge China’s deep inroads in the continent.


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It was kind of fun trying to come up with a decent headline for today’s article. Tips are in the news a lot, lately. Servers, and others who receive tips, don’t like handing out a portion of their tips to other co-workers and especially not to the “house” (management). Now, we find that they don’t like “tipping out” to the big house, either! It’s not like we didn’t know this, but apparently, the CRA is just starting to take notice!
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If your restaurant pools or shares tips, charges automatic gratuities, or receives a tip-out “to the house”, this article could save you thousands of dollars.
If you’re like most restaurateurs, you probably think that the Canada Revenue Agency’s only concern about tips and gratuities is that servers report them on their personal income tax returns. While the CRA is concerned about this, now, they are even more interested in restaurants that fail to report certain types of tips.
The CRA’s policy on tips and gratuities can be found here. The rest of this article may shock you.
Most restaurateurs know they lose the cost of the pilfered product, but few understand that they may be responsible for the sales and income taxes (plus penalties and interest) that would have been incurred had the stolen product been sold. Significant tax liabilities often arise from sales (and income) tax audits of restaurants and bars. This can occur anytime purchased wine, beer and liquor is not sold, and one of the most common (and largest) causes of these items not being sold is theft and fraud.

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Rosneft signs offtake contract with Kurdistan regional government of IraqBusiness & Economy February 21, 10:15
Defense Ministry reports fifth S-400 regiment put on combat duty in Moscow regionMilitary & Defense February 21, 10:02
UN chief calls late Ambassador Churkin 'uniquely skilled diplomat'World February 21, 8:01
Vitaly Churkin’s sense of humor will be remembered by his UN colleagues — Ban-Ki-moonWorld February 21, 7:59
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Russian UN envoy Vitaly Churkin’s death is big loss for Russia, premier saysRussian Politics & Diplomacy February 20, 22:52
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BEIRUT, August 26 (Itar-Tass) —— The people of Syria would not allow the hostile conspiracy masters to reach their goals, no matter what price they might have to pay for that, Syrian President Bashar al-Asad told Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Chairman Alaeddin Boroujerdi in Damascus on Sunday.
In his words, the Syrian events presented a threat to the entire region. This conspiracy targets at Syria, which is a cornerstone of the Middle East, the president said.
Boroujerdi noted that Iran supported the Syrian government and people and was holding consultations with its brothers in Damascus on the initiatives it had and would put forth on international and regional levels. He described Syrian security as a part of national security of Iran.
The parliamentarian informed the Syrian administration about the initiative Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans to present at a summit of the Non-Aligned States on August 30-31.
The SANA Syrian news agency said Boroujerdi held negotiations with Syrian Vice-President Farouk Al-Shara, who appeared in public for the first time since Arabic television channels claimed his flight to Jordan.
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al-Mualem set two conditions for starting a dialog with the opposition at the Sunday meeting with Boroujerdi.
The Syrian opposition must stop fighting and say ‘no’ to external interference in internal affairs of the country before the dialog with the authorities starts, he said.
Mualem said the negotiations could start only Syria had rid of terrorist gangs. In turn, who keeps contact with opposition factions said that Iran had an objective view of the Syrian events.
Early this month the Iranians expressed their readiness to receive delegations of the Syrian government and the opposition in Tehran for elaborating a political deal towards settling the crisis and restoring national accord. Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said the inter-Syrian dialog was bound to form a national unity government. He said nothing about the role Syrian President Bashar al-Asad might play.


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Educational Foundations (EDEF) Professor Brent Edwards’ article, “World Bank Influence on Policy Formation in Education: A Systematic Review of the Literature,” has been published in the Review of Educational Research, ranked #1 in the world by Journal Citation Reports (JCR)*. This article follows his book, Rethinking World Bank Influence: Governance Reforms and the Ritual Aid Dance in Indonesia, released in May.
From the Abstract
The World Bank has been called the most influential organization in education reform globally. While much literature has been produced about the World Bank, the field of education lacks a systematic discussion of what has been reported about how the World Bank influences policy formation at the country level. Through the conduct of a theoretically informed systematic literature review of 70 publications, this article clarifies and provides examples for the numerous ways that the World Bank influences policy formation. The article concludes by suggesting areas where research on the World Bank can be improved, namely, through more explicit attention to the theoretical and methodological approaches employed. The goal of this review is to encourage scholars to be more specific in their conceptualizations and discussions of World Bank influence, to go beyond general claims of policy imposition or agenda shaping.
About the Author
Dr. Brent Edwards Jr. is the EDEF Graduate Chair and Professor of Theory and Methodology in the Study of Education. His research focuses on the global governance of education; education policy, politics, and political economy with a focus on low-income countries; and democratic and socially just alternatives to dominant education models. His work has been published in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Japanese. He received his PhD in International Education Policy from the University of Maryland.
*Journal Citation Reports’ (JCR) rankings in the education and educational research category include 267 peer-reviewed scholarly journals from around the world. JCR ranked journals by their 2021 impact factor, which is the total number of 2021 citations of each journal’s 2019 and 2020 articles, divided by the journal’s total number of articles published during those two years. For the fifth year in a row, Review of Educational Research (RER) is first in the rankings.


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Listen to two new songs from The Strokes
The Strokes may not have fully enjoyed making their new album, Angles, but the end result is a series of tracks that may add up to equal one of the best albums of 2011.
Now, thanks to our buddies at our favorite Seattle radio station, , you can check out two new songs from the album, “Machu Picchu” and “Taken For A Fool.” Personally, when I first heard “Machu Picchu” a few weeks back, I immediately thought it should have been the first single. However, an argument that the song isn’t “Strokes-y” enough was used and, as ridiculous as it sounds, I had to concede.
But you should check the songs out and hear for yourself. And then get your money ready to buy Angles when it hits stores on March 22nd.
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Gosek Wins, Sitterly Champ
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Joe Gosek won the battle, but Otto Sitterly won the war.
Gosek won Saturday night’s Novelis Supermodified feature at Oswego Speedway, while Sitterly earned his fifth championship at the half-mile asphalt oval.
Dave Danzer finished second in the race with Dan Connors Jr., Pat Lavery and Sitterly rounding out the top five.
Kreig Heroth won the small-block modified feature.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 tries again to make history at second attempt and Crew Dragon spacecraft could be visible over the UK shortly after take off
SpaceX Falcon 9 is set to take off on Saturday night and may be visible in the skies over Britain.
The launch was originally planned for Wednesday, May 27, but was cancelled due to unsafe weather conditions.
A SpaceX spokesperson said it was the strength of the magnetic fields in the atmosphere which made it unsafe to launch and could have triggered lightning if it went ahead.
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text: About a year ago, I bought my brother a meat grinder for his birthday. We had taken a cooking class together and make some breakfast sausages so we were inspired. Not to mention, his fiance has a health condition which requires her to limit her sodium intake which means she can't eat store-bought sausage. However...a year later, they still haven't used it! The main reason is because they're having a hard time figuring out which sausage casing to use and where to find casing generally speaking. Any suggestions of what to use or where to look? Thanks!

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Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Project Falls Short Of Target
On November 2016, Prime Minister launched the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana project (PMAY) – Gramin with the aim to build 10.2 million houses in rural areas by March 2019. The target was split equally between 2017-18 and 2018-19.
However, data from the Ministry of Rural Development suggest that the scheme’s performance has been less than stellar. In 2017-18 it had a success rate of 57.5 percent. As opposed to the target of 5.1 million houses, the government was able to complete 2.93 million houses under PMAY (G).
The same year it also completed another half a million houses which had been pending under the erstwhile Indira Awas Yojana (IAY). If both are clubbed together (3.4 million), then the government’s success rate in rural housing schemes rises from 57.5 percent to 68.6 percent.
Right now the challenge before the government is to double the speed of construction in order to complete the remaining 6.6 million houses before March 2019. To achieve this target, the Centre has to nudge states such as Assam and Bihar, which have been lagging behind in implementing the scheme.
The government seems to be confident of achieving the target before the deadline. The target of completing one crore Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana project (G) houses by March 2019, is easily achievable as it is expected that 60 lakh (six million) houses where the first instalment has already been released and work is in progress, will get completed by June 30, 2018. The effort of the department is to try and complete one crore houses by Dec 31, 2018, even though the target is March 3, 2019, the Ministry of Rural Development said.
In 2015 the Prime Minister had also launched a scheme called “Housing for All by 2022″ for those living in urban areas. Also known as the Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana project –Urban, this scheme is projected to build 12 million houses by 2022.
However, the progress of PMAY (U) has been slow. According to available data, only about 10 percent of the projected number of houses has been completed. Of the 4.65 million houses which were to be built, 350,000 were completed till March 22, 2018. The government claims that it has built an additional 170,000 houses that were pending under the erstwhile Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme.
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Scott A. Wirtz, a Defense Intelligence Agency civilian, died on Jan. 16, following a terrorist attack in Manbij, Syria, while supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, the Department of Defense confirmed.
Wirtz, 42, a native of St. Louis, was assigned as an operations support specialist since February 2017, and served on multiple deployments. Operations support specialists manage, guide, and oversee human intelligence collection operations enabling DOD to meet national security information requirements.
“We are deeply saddened by the loss of this patriot,” said DIA Director Lt. Gen. Robert P. Ashley, Jr. “This is a stark reminder of the dangerous missions we conduct for the nation and of the threats we work hard to mitigate. As President Lincoln described on the fields at Gettysburg, this officer gave the last full measure of devotion”
Wirtz served in the U.S. Navy and as a Navy SEAL. His military awards and decorations include the SEAL Insignia, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Rifle Marksmanship Ribbon and Pistol Expert Medal. His DIA awards include the Secretary of Defense Medal for the Global War on Terrorism.
Wirtz was one of four Americans killed in the incident, DOD said in its public statement.
“We are thankful for the dedicated men and women of DIA who continue to put themselves in harm’s way to keep the nation safe,” Ashley said. “Our adversaries never grow tired, so our mission to provide seamless battlefield intelligence, which includes the deployment of DIA personnel to combat zones, never stops.”


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Someone asked me an interesting question yesterday. The question: “What is it you really want? To be rich or to be happy?” I started to answer but they shushed and told me not to answer straight away, to sleep on the question and then answer it soon after waking up from sleep in the morning. Not sure why it was important to answer soon after waking up in the morning, but here I am. I’ve slept on it. I’ve just watched a clip from Breakfast at Tiffany’s. I’ve never seen the movie. I’m thinking about putting it in the Netflix queue but not convinced yet. It seems like it might be a little bit overwrought with emotion and sappy and I don’t like things that force me to feel emotional, especially if the emotion is overwrought with sadness.
In any regard, after watching the clip I realized something important. I realized that I don’t want to spend the rest of my life being depressed because I don’t have money to afford a 10-bedroom mansion or because I’m not extra-ordinarily talented or extra-ordinarily beautiful or in any way exceptional.
I am going to be 38 years old in just a little over 2 months from now. I’ve spent the last 2 decades being depressed because I’m not what I’ve always wanted to be. I’m not the most beautiful woman in the world. I don’t have the sexiest figure. I’m not more talented than everyone in everything. I am not rich and important. I’ve been torturing myself since I was 12 years old. I’ve always wanted to be more. I have never been satisfied with just being me and it has resulted in decades spent trying to escape the reality of who I am to chase the fantasy of whomsoever I’ve thought it would be better to be. It was always one person or another but never myself that I have considered special; and I have been tortured by wanting to be special not by my own estimation but in the eyes of the world.
I don’t want to continue to torture myself. I can’t allow another decade to pass with me refusing to be happy unless and until I catch whatever it is I’m chasing. I might never catch whatever it is I’m chasing and in that case, if I refuse to be happy otherwise then I will never be happy; or else I might catch it and die a day later. Meanwhile the people I care about are suffering. They are suffering by having to worry about me every day. They are suffering by feeling like they are not enough reason for me to see value in life and to be grateful for each day that I get to spend with them. By lowering the quality of my own life I lower the quality of theirs; and because I am center of my household my thoughts and my feelings control the thoughts and feelings of everyone else. Obviously my husband and my son don’t generally feel too happy or too positive because I am never happy or positive, and whatever I feel they feel.
So what do I want to care about most, my misery over being poor or the happiness of my family, myself included? I don’t like being poor, and I won’t stop trying to change my financial circumstances, but I don’t want to continue putting money concerns ahead of everything. I want to be happy and healthy; and I want the people I love to be happy and healthy. That is more important to me than having millions of dollars. In fact that is more important to me than the fact that I have no money. That we are all alive and well and have each other is not something to take for granted because it is not something that will last. I want to learn to measure the value of each day in the time I get to spend with the people I love, not in how much money I have made.

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The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) director, James Comey, has been waging a war against effective cryptography. Although he can’t beat math he’s hellbent on trying. To that end, he and his ilk have proposed schemes that would allow the government to break consumer cryptography. One of those schemes is call key escrow, which requires anything encrypted by a consumer device be decipherable with a master key held by the government. It’s a terrible scheme because any actor that obtains the government’s master key will also be able to decrypt anything encrypted on a consumer device. The government promises that such a key wouldn’t be compromised but history shows that there are leaks in every organziation:
A FBI electronics technician pleaded guilty on Monday to having illegally acted as an agent of China, admitting that he on several occasions passed sensitive information to a Chinese official.
Kun Shan Chun, also known as Joey Chun, was employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation since 1997. He pleaded guilty in federal court in Manhattan to one count of having illegally acted as an agent of a foreign government.
Chun, who was arrested in March on a set of charges made public only on Monday, admitted in court that from 2011 to 2016 he acted at the direction of a Chinese official, to whom he passed the sensitive information.
If the FBI can’t even keep moles out of its organization how are we supposed to trust it to guard a master key that would likely be worth billions of dollars? Hell, the government couldn’t even keep information about the most destructive weapons on Earth from leaking to its opponents. Considering its history, especially where stories like this involving government agents being paid informants to other governments, there is no way to reasonably believe that a master key to all consumer encryption wouldn’t get leaked to unauthorized parties.


3000 lumens make the LV-7392A ideal for larger education spaces like lecture halls.
The LV-7392A offers XGA resolution, 3000 lumens, HDMI™ and powerful 10W audio. It is ideal for corporate and education environments that need excellent performance, easy setup and low running costs.
Native XGA resolution ensures crisp detailed images and with 3000 lumens brightness, the LV-7392A Advance Portable projector is ideal for use in well-lit spaces, such as the classroom or laboratory.
The high 2000:1 contrast ratio and Auto Iris, which automatically adjusts to changing light conditions, ensures vivid image quality, with deep blacks and rich colours, no matter the environment. Canon’s 1.2x zoom projection lens delivers great results, wherever you need.
For true portability, the LV-7392A includes a range of automatic features that make setting up the projector easy, even for the first-time user. Simply plug-in the input source and Auto Input Search will automatically identify the signal and adjust the settings. Auto Keystone Correction will also detect any projector tilt and correct image distortion.
Built-in audio enables sound to be played through the powerful internal 10W speaker. Alternatively, you can connect to external speakers, if available, using the line-out connection. A microphone connection lets speakers add a commentary during presentations or while projecting videos, even where there is no audio equipment. HDMI™ input makes it possible to project high quality images from digital sources.
A long-life lamp of about 6,000 hours (in Eco Mode), together with the 3-layer long-life air filter, which lasts about 5,500 hours, greatly reduces maintenance time involved – as well as making better use of resources. In standby the projector’s power consumption is just under 1W and it also runs quietly in Eco Mode, at just 29dBA, to minimise noise during presentations.
The projector can be controlled and managed through the RJ-45 network port. This lets you switch the projector on or off, change settings and also monitor lamp usage and status, remotely. Ideal for integrating into room control systems and connecting to the corporate LAN, the projector also supports PJLINK™.
For peace of mind, password protection prevents unauthorised use of the projector, while the Control Panel Key Lock enables trouble free operation by locking buttons so they can’t be accidentally pressed during the presentation.
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|Lens Shift||6 : 1 (fixed)|
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|Projection Distance Coverage||1.1m – 10.5m (2.9m – 3.5m for 100” image)|
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Ringo Starr and His Allstar Band
July 11, 2010 at 7:30pm
Legendary Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band to heat up the summer at DPAC, Durham Performing Arts Center on Sunday, July 11, 2010.
Since beginning his career with The Beatles in the 1960s, Ringo Starr has been one of the world’s brightest musical luminaries. He has enjoyed a successful and dynamic solo career as artist, singer, songwriter and drummer, an active musical collaborator, and as an actor. Drawing inspiration from classic blues, soul, country, honky-tonk and rock ’n’ roll, Ringo continues to play an important role in modern music with his solo recording and touring.
Y Not Starr’s album slated for release on January 12, 2010. Produced by Starr it promises to be his most personal album yet. Ringo is joined on Y Not by old and new friends including Paul McCartney, with whom Starr sings on Y Not’s stunning first single, “Walk With You,” a moving new song about the power of friendship.
For his performance at DPAC Ringo will perform 12-14 of his hits plus songs from his band.
Ringo Starr All-Starr Band:
Edgar Winter is a multi-talented singer, songwriter, keyboardist and saxophonist whose smash hits include "Frankenstein" and "Free Ride". He may best be remebered for his work with the Edgar Winter Group as he captured an era in pop history and redefined the possibilities of fusing blues with rock.
Rick Derringer is an American guitarist, vocalist and producer. Derringer was just 17 when his band The McCoysTM recorded the No.1 hit "Hang On Sloopy" in the summer of 1965. Since then his long career has flousrished experimenting in varied genres including rock, blues, jazz and christian formats. Derringer’s may be best known for the hard rockin’ hit "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo".
Gary Wright visionary songwriter, performer and all around musican has spent more than thirty years shattering conventional ideas about how to make chart topping rock hits. Wright is best known for his classic hits “Dream Weaver”, “Love is Alive”, and “Really Wanna Know You”. According to Wright, his best known song “Dream Weaver” was inspired by literature on Hinduism and India, given to him by George Harrison.
Richard Page the lead singer and bassist in 1980s pop rock band Mr. Mister which amassed two consecutive Hot 100 #1’s hits with the singles "Broken Wings" and "Kyrie" . Since then Page has penned songs for the likes of Kenny Loggins, Madonna (Golden Globes and Grammy nominated song, "I’ll Remember" from With Honors), Josh Groban, Celine Dion, Chaka Khan, Donna Summer, Dionne Warwick, The Pointer Sisters, Meat Loaf, Patti LaBelle, Hall & Oates, BB Mak, Bill Champlin, Al Jarreau, Leona Lewis and many others.
Wally Palmer, rhythm guitarist, harmonica player, singer, songwriter of the new wave group The Romantics. The Romantics were made popular for its power pop anthem "What I Like About You," which reached #49 in the US. The band became as well known its signature look featuring bouffant hairdos and skin-tight red leather suits.
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Latitude: 52.4161 / 52°24'57"N
Longitude: -0.5653 / 0°33'54"W
OS Eastings: 497676
OS Northings: 280756
OS Grid: SP976807
Mapcode National: GBR DX7.FX2
Mapcode Global: VHFNV.5J0P
Entry Name: Pear Tree Cottage and Attached Outbuilding to Left
Listing Date: 31 July 1987
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1356568
English Heritage Legacy ID: 359898
Location: Lowick, East Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, NN14
Civil Parish: Lowick
Traditional County: Northamptonshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northamptonshire
Church of England Parish: Lowick St Peter
Church of England Diocese: Peterborough
ROBBS LANE (North side)
Pear Tree Cottage and attached outbuilding to left
House and attached outbuilding. Datestone E/JA/1747, partly raised late C18. Squared coursed limestone; outbuilding is part timber framed. Collyweston and Welsh slate roofs. Originally two-unit plan.
Three storeys. Two-window range of C20 casements, in late C18 sash openings, under wood lintels. Central C20 casement to second floor. Central six-panel, part-glazed, door under wood lintel, has arched hood. Ashlar gable parapet and brick stacks at ends. Front roof raised early C19. C18 outbuilding attached to left has central C20 door under wood lintel. Remains of ashlar gable parapet to left. Rear wall is close-studded timber framing with brick infill.
Interior not inspected but house noted as having remains of open fireplace with bressumer. Ancient espalier pear tree on gable.
Listing NGR: SP9767680756
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.
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On Saturday, September 27th 2014, SportMedBC held its Annual General Meeting at Fortius Sport & Health in Burnaby.
SportMedBC staff presented their program reports as we looked back at the 2013-14 year.
SportMedBC co-founder Dr. Jack Taunton was honored during the AGM just days after being inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame.
SportMedBC’s Board of Directors for 2014-15
· Dr. David Cox (Chair)
· Anthony Findlay (Vice Chair)
· Dr. Joseph Stern (Treasurer)
· Dr. Ben Sporer
Along with the AGM, SportMedBC members and attendees were able to attend Fortius Sport & Health’sComplete Concussion Update.
The two-hour discussion covered a variety of topics, including the effects of concussions, baseline testing and post-concussion treatment.
A big thanks to everyone associated with SportMedBC – the Board of Directors, the management team and the dynamic community of medical and paramedical practitioners who make up our network, along with the team at Fortius Sport & Health who helped make Saturday, September 27th a great day!

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Homeschool Odyssey – Central Florida
Orlando is a city built for whimsy and adventure, and our Homeschool Odyssey captures the best of it! Have a “blast” at Kennedy Space Center with exclusive STEM programs or get your feet wet with an aquatic encounter at SeaWorld Orlando. Explore your wild side as you safari through Wild Florida or look for gators during a thrilling airboat ride.
Our Odyssey highlights some unique Orlando experiences, but there’s much more to see and do! Check out Chocolate Kingdom, suit up for iFly Indoor Skydiving or build excitement at Legoland. Don’t forget to make some magic at the big theme parks while you’re in town! We’ll help your family see and do it all!
Wild Florida – There is so much to experience at Wild Florida! You can visit more than 200 native and exotic animals inside our Alligator Park, eat unique swamp delicacies served at the Chomp House Grill, and get WILD with the animals during one of the interactive animal encounters. You can also explore a part of the pristine marshland that hasn’t changed from when early pioneers settled in the 1800’s. If you take an airboat tour, you can catch a glimpse of eagles, turkeys, wild boar, roseate spoonbills, and alligators.
Leadership Training – Leaders are developed and mentored by everyone around them. In this group setting, discover how leaders develop, how careers are influenced, and what the most important elements of becoming a top-notch leader.
The Kennedy Space Center – Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex℠ is organized into Mission Zones — allowing you to weave your way through the U.S. Space Program in chronological order: Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Shuttle and beyond!
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Afternoon Madame Tussauds
Evening Andretti Indoor Karting & Games
Dinner as a Group
All day Wild Florida: Includes 1-hour airboat tour, gator demo,
BBQ lunch, and Wildlife park admission
Evening Leadership skill building for a competitive edge
All day Kennedy Space Center Program and Admission
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Ripley’s Odditorium SKELETONS: Museum of Osteology
Chocolate Kingdom Medieval Times City Walk
WonderWorks Pirates Cove Miniature Golf iFly
Legoland Outta Control Magic Comedy Dinner
Universal Studios Florida Island of Adventure Volcano Bay
Crayola Experience Busch Gardens Florida beaches
Blizzard Beach Typhoon Lagoon Disney Springs
Magic Kingdom Animal Kingdom Epcot
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text: Greetings. In this meetup you will learn hands-on studio lighting techniques. This class is a sure portfolio builder and skill builder. You will learn how to setup equipment, lighting quality, diy lighting, color gels, posing the model, how to make studio light look like natural lighting and much more. You will also be able to bring a model and ideas for personal shoots. Time to have fun with lighting.


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It Has been one of my favorite things to look forward to do after school or during the summer to work and help my dad on the farm! I belive that it is one of the best things for a child to have the a ability to learn and work on the farm. When I am at the farm or driving a big tractor I feel so greatfull for the world and the inviroment around me. I feel greatfull for the air and the beautifull havest that I am willing to help with. I have worked on the farm since I was little and will never stop having the same love for it as I do now!
I love to dance!!! I feel like I can express my feelings through my actions. When I am on stage I almost feel unstoppable. Since a youngling I have earned many awards and and have had many great experiences through dancing that I know its become part of me, and I can never get through a day without a rythm going through my feet.


How one of YouTube's biggest channels thinks about content, audience, and YouTube (feat. Ash Karbasfrooshan)
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The methyl cation, or CH3+, molecule was found in a young star system in the Orion Nebula.
The discovery reveals the chemical processes that could give rise to alien life.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has detected a key carbon molecule in space for the first time: methyl cation (pronounced cat-eye-on).
The methyl cation, or CH3+, molecule can promote chemical reactions that form more complex carbon molecules — crucial building blocks for life.
Scientists have theorized that methyl cation could lay the foundations for organic chemistry, and possibly life, across the universe.
But nobody had detected the molecule beyond our solar system until scientists pointed the Webb telescope at a young star system in the Orion Nebula, a giant star-forming region located 1,350 light-years from Earth.
There, in a ring of gas, dust, and rock orbiting a star — material that may someday coalesce into a planet — Webb spotted the first alien methyl cation known to science.
"While we have hypothesized for some time methyl cation existed in the universe, it was purely theoretical until now," Els Peeters, an astrophysicist at Western University, an expert in interstellar molecules and star formation, and a member of the team that made this discovery, said in a press release.
"We can only now prove its existence thanks to the awesome capabilities of the James Webb telescope. This is a remarkable discovery," she added.
Webb's sensitivity to light helps it detect new molecules
The Orion Nebula is visible to the unaided eye under very dark skies, but it takes a powerful telescope to identify the molecules that make it.
While scientists have used other telescopes, including Hubble, to study the Orion Nebula, only Webb has the power to detect methyl cation. That's because Webb analyzes wavelengths of a type of electromagnetic radiation called infrared light coming from distant objects in space.
That's a treasure trove of information for astronomers, because each chemical element emits and absorbs light at specific wavelengths. By picking apart the infrared light shining from a star or nebula, Webb can tell scientists exactly what chemicals are present there. That's how it can detect water vapor, for example, or sand-like particles in a distant planet's atmosphere.
An international team of scientists spotted the signature of methyl cation in the wavelengths Webb captured from this distant star in the Orion Nebula. They published their findings in the journal Nature on Monday.
"This detection not only validates the incredible sensitivity of Webb but also confirms the postulated central importance of CH3+ in interstellar chemistry," Marie-Aline Martin-Drumel, a researcher at the University of Paris-Saclay and another co-author on the paper, said in a NASA press release.
Destructive UV radiation may actually help the early chemistry of life
Some scientists wouldn't have expected to find methyl cation in the ring of material, or "protoplanetary disk," where Webb spotted the critical carbon molecule.
That's because, according to NASA, the region is being constantly bombarded with powerful UV radiation, which is known to destroy complex organic molecules.
The discovery of methyl cation there suggests that UV radiation may actually be the source of energy needed to form this particular molecule in the first place. Then, eons later, the methyl cation could help form the more UV-sensitive complex carbon molecules needed for life.
That could explain how the building blocks of life appeared on our planet. Long ago, when Earth was just a protoplanetary disk, it too was bombarded with heavy UV radiation.
"This clearly shows that ultraviolet radiation can completely change the chemistry of a protoplanetary disk. It might actually play a critical role in the early chemical stages of the origins of life," said lead author of the study, Olivier Berné of the French National Centre for Scientific Research in Toulouse.
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The number of homeowners behind on their mortgages rose during the second quarter of 2011, according to a report released by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Thursday.
Early-stage delinquencies, which count mortgages that are between 30 and 59 days delinquent, increased 0.4 percent in the second quarter, the report said.
The rise in early delinquencies is the product of seasonal effects, sluggish economic growth, and rising unemployment. Separate data released on Thursday revealed that gross domestic product in the second quarter grew an anemic 1.3 percent, and the unemployment rate remains at 9.1 percent.
More serious delinquencies--mortgages that are 60 or more days delinquent--and delinquent mortgages to bankrupt borrowers also increased slightly in the second quarter after falling for the previous five quarters.
Even though the number of completed foreclosures dropped more than 30 percent from last year, it is expected to edge up as a large number of foreclosures work through the process and foreclosure alternatives exhausted, the report noted.
New mortgage modifications also declined 18.1 percent overall, although the number under the government's Home Affordable Modification Program grew.
Another government mortgage program, the Emergency Homeowners' Loan Program, sunsets on Friday. The program was set up under last year's Dodd-Frank financial-reform law to grant unemployed or underemployed people zero-interest loans to pay their mortgage debts, but it got off the ground too late and had too many restrictions to have much of an effect.


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A Handbook of Statistics
by Darius Singpurwalla
Publisher: Bookboon 2013
Number of pages: 79
A Handbook for Statistics provides readers with an overview of common statistical methods used in a wide variety of disciplines. The book focuses on giving the intuition behind the methods as well as how to execute methods using Microsoft Excel.
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by Ryan Martin - University of Illinois at Chicago
Table of contents: Statistics and Sampling Distributions; Point Estimation Basics; Likelihood and Maximum Likelihood Estimation; Sufficiency and Minimum Variance Estimation; Hypothesis Testing; Bayesian Statistic; What Else is There to Learn?
by Borek Puza - ANU Press
A book on statistical methods for analysing a wide variety of data. Topics: bayesian estimation, decision theory, prediction, hypothesis testing, hierarchical models, finite population inference, biased sampling and nonignorable nonresponse, etc.
Statistics is used in almost every field of research. We will learn about subjects in modern statistics and some applications of statistics. We will also lay out some of the background mathematical concepts required to begin studying statistics.
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This compendium of probability and statistics offers an instruction in the central areas of these subjects. The focus is overview. The book is intensively examplefied, which give the reader a recipe how to solve all the common types of exercises.


text: A rare case of visual loss as the presenting feature of a central arteriovenous malformation involving the vein of Galen is reported. A 5-year-old girl with a history of deteriorating vision for the past 6 months was examined. Ocular examination showed a left hemianopia, left optic atrophy, and dilated vessels of the right optic disc. MRI revealed a massive deep-seated central arteriovenous malformation involving the vein of Galen. The mechanism of visual loss is likely to be a combination of ischaemic optic atrophy associated with a steal phenomenon and direct compression of the right optic radiation.


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The books Southern indie booksellers are recommending to readers everywhere!
A delightfully silly picture book highlighting the differences between cats and dogs, Cat Dog follows a cat who is busy chasing a mouse around the house, while the dog…stays asleep all afternoon. A quirky, entertaining book for all cat and dog lovers.
Cat Dog by Mem Fox, (List Price: 17.99, Beach Lane Books, 9781416986881, October 2021)
Reviewed by Jen Minor, Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
A square or a frog? orange or an oval? The way things seem really is all about perception. For fans of Brendan Wenzel’s They All Saw A Cat comes this fun new story of perspective that will have young readers laughing and thinking and saying ” Again! AGAIN!”
Circle Under Berry by Carter Higgins, (List Price: 15.99, Chronicle Books, 9781797205083, September 2021)
Reviewed by Angie Tally, The Country Bookshop in Southern Pines, North Carolina

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One of those abducted by bandits and sebsequently rescued by security agencies in Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State on Sunday has narrated how they were kidnapped.
Auwal Salihu, a teacher, said 84 students and 3 teachers were ambushed by the gunmen on Saturday night.
According to him, they were on their way back from maulud celebrations held at a village called Un guwar AlKasim when the attackers flashed lights at them and surrounded them with guns.
- 80 abducted Islamiyya students, 4 others rescued in Katsina
- Gunmen abduct many students in another Katsina village
He said: “We were coming back when, of a sudden, the attackers flashed searchlights at us and surrounded us with guns.
“I told the students to disperse and this gave some of us the opportunity to hide.
“But because I was wearing dark clothes the attackers mistook me for one of their own. I held two students and we laid face down. Only few of the students had scratches on their bodies.”
Salihu thanked Allah the Almighty and security agencies, especially the army, police and vigilantes, for their timely response that led to their rescue.
He added: “All of the 84 students and 3 of us teachers have been rescued unhurt.”
Early Sunday police in Katsina State said they had rescued the abducted Islamiyya students after a gun duel with the abductors.
A statement issued by the spokesman of the Katsina police command, SP, Gambo Isah, said that the command received a distress call at about 10pm Saturday that some students of Hizburrahim Islamiyya, Mahuta had been abducted.
Upon receipt of the report, the DPO led operations Puff Adder, Sharan Daji and a Vigilante group to the area and engaged the bandits into a fierce gun duel.
The statement reads in parts: “Subsequently, the teams succeeded in dislodging the bandits and rescued all the 84 kidnapped victims and recovered all the twelves rustled cows.
Daily Trust reports that at least 80 students of an Islamiyya school in Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State were on Saturday night abducted by gunmen.
The students were abducted on their way back from Maulud celebrations at a village called Unguwar Alkasim.


We’re just 2 weeks away from the first leg of the 2013 Korean Triple Crown and, while the contenders for the KRA Cup Mile will most likely have already made their final appearance before the big race, former Korean Derby winners are on show at both Busan and Seoul this weekend.
Ebony Storm (Buster’s Daydream) was the longest shot on the board when he won the 2008 Derby.
While he’d never win another Stakes race, he’s gone on to become a solid handicapper over the years and, now 8 years old, will make his 50th start in Busan’s feature race on Sunday.
He’ll have his work cut out to win the 1400 metre contest but few would back against him getting in the money.
One horse that will be favourite this weekend is 2012 Korean Derby and Minister’s Cup winner Jigeum I Sungan (Ingrandire) as he heads the field in Seoul’s Sunday feature, the Listed Sports Donga Cup.
The double-Classic winner won’t have things all his own way against a line-up that includes competent performers such as Magnifique (Menifee) and Singgereounachim (Exploit) but should be seeing them off.
Here’s what’s happening where and when:
Friday March 22
Busan Race Park: 11 races from 12:00 to 18:00
Jeju Race Park: 9 races from 13:30 to 17:30
Saturday March 23
Seoul Race Park: 12 races from 11:00 to 17:40
Jeju Race Park: 9 races from 12:30 to 17:20
Sunday March 24
Seoul Race Park: 11 races from 11:00 to 18:00
Busan Race Park: 6 races from 12:50 to 17:00


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Wednesday April 25, 2012 at 4:00pm
Five classes. 213 students. One event. It's time for MEAMapalooza 2012!
There will be toys, games, engines, passive dynamic walkers, autonomous mobile robots, chess sets, a custom radio-controlled submarine, music, food, and much more!
We will be taking over the second floor of the Towne building this Wednesday, April 25th from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. to give the students from the following classes a chance to display the products of their creativity, engineering skills, and very hard work:
101 - Always a treat, the results from this semester's class are certainly no exception. On display will be some amazing toys, games, and other creations, along with an array of incredible press-fit objects, dynamic 3D printed objects, and much more.
201 - This semester we have seen the well-known Stirling engine take on forms never before imagined. We will be running live demos of these amazing little machines, so be sure to dust up on your thermodynamics!
248 - The final project in the MEAM Sophomore labs has focused on passive dynamic walking. You won't want to miss this.
501 - When it comes to advanced CAD and machining, this is the best of the best at Penn. This year, the class has explored the boundaries of the 3D-printed form, created machined works of art from blocks of Aluminum, custom machined a pair of absolutely stunning chess sets, and together they have designed and built what could possibly be the world's most amazing remote-controlled submarine.
520 - The students in this year's Introduction to Robotics class have programmed a robotic arm to paint with light and play golf, and now they are programming autonomous mobile robots to navigate a slalom course with no human intervention. This is yet another event you won't want to miss.
As you can see, it's been a busy semester, so please come out to share in the excitement and see what Penn's amazing engineers can do - I can guarantee that you won't be disappointed! And please feel free to pass this along to anyone that you think might be interested.
This event is being brought to you by the following instructors and teaching assistants: Jonathan Fiene, Peter Szczesniak, Christine Kappeyne (101), Michael Lautman (101), Adam Libert (101), Paige Willoughby (101), Sydney Jackopin (201), William McGill (201), William Price (201), Nikolay Vladimirov (201), Philip Dames (248), Michael Kofron (248), Nick McGill (248), Yash Mulgaonkar (520), Haofang Yuan (520), Lucas Hartman (501), and Nick Parrotta (501).


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When citizens travel the roadways within the Village, whether it be for work, shopping and dining, or a picnic in one of the parks, they will have a pleasant ride. Well maintained, visually appealing and safely traversed roadways are assured through proactive maintenance practices, traffic management, and stringent construction procedures and guidelines. The Village has 224 lane miles which include residential and commercial roadways, as well as unpaved roadways in the rural area of the Village. In addition, the service area manages the availability of the Right-of-Way (ROW) for utilities by overseeing non-Village construction activities through the issuance and administration of ROW permits.
For further information, please contact John Wannigman, Public Works Roads Manager at 303-708-6139.

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About Artist: HANK WILLIS THOMAS is a photo conceptual artist working primarily with themes related to identity, history and popular culture. He received a BFA in Photography and Africana studies from New York University and his MFA/MA in Photography and Visual Criticism from the California College of Arts. Thomas’ monograph, Pitch Blackness, was published by Aperture. He has exhibited throughout the U.S. and abroad including, the International Center of Photography, Galerie Michel Rein in Paris, Studio Museum in Harlem, Galerie Henrik Springmann in Berlin, and the Baltimore Museum of Art, among others. Thomas’ work is in numerous public collections including The Museum of Modern Art New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Brooklyn Museum, The High Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. His collaborative projects have been featured at the Sundance Film Festival and installed permanently at the Oakland International Airport, The Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, The Oakland Museum of California, and the University of California, San Francisco. He is also and a recipient of the New Media grant from Tribeca Film Institute and New Media Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography for his transmedia project, Question Bridge: Black Males. Recent notable exhibitions include Hank Willis Thomas at the Cleveland Museum of Art and Repetition and Difference at the Jewish Museum in New York.
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Tino is one of the characters from Pop'n Music 11.
The ally of justice gallantly applies the green plains!
But the boy's name was absolutely an unknown mystery.
Rival evil sumo team "Mouko Han" are fighting against the settlement!?
Tino is a fair-skinned boy, wearing a blue animal hood. He wears a blue Mongolian gown with yellow segments, and a pink ribbon. He also wears silver shoes. He is seen riding a silver blue horse with a white mane.
- Tino shares his birthday with Nice Guy.


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Oxycodone goes by the trade name OxyContin. Other street names used to refer to Oxycodone are oxy, OC’s, oxycet, oxycotton or hillbilly. Oxycodone hydrochloride or simply Oxycodone is a pain reliever prescribed in the United States to treat pain. OxyContin is usually prescribed to relieve severe pain that results from injuries, arthritis and cancer. Oxycodone comes in tablet form of 10mg, 20mg, 40mg or 80mg. The color and size of the tablets vary according to dosage.
In recent years, the prevalence of abuse and addiction to prescription drugs has been on the rise. This is because these drugs can be easily obtained through a prescription. Oxycodone features among the most abused prescription drugs in the United States. Statistics from the United States department of justice show that more than 13 million Americans abuse the drug. In addition, there are one hundred thousand hospital admissions every year for misuse of painkillers.
Oxycodone belongs to a group of drugs known as opioids. Other infamous and illegal drugs in this category include heroin, codeine, morphine and fentanyl among other drugs. Opioids have some chemical characteristics in common. Usually, they interact with the opioid receptors found in the human brain.
As mentioned earlier, Oxycodone is a pain reliever that is also an opioid. Pain relievers are safe when taken under prescription or for a short time period. Normally, pain relievers have a euphoric effect besides the fact that they relieve pain. As such, they can be easily misused in a case where they are taken in large quantities other than the prescribed amount or when they are taken without the guidance of a doctor. Abusing pain relievers can lead to addiction, overdose and in some cases, death.
There are different brand names used to refer to Oxycodone. For instance, OxyContin as mentioned above, is an oxycodone-based drug usually prescribed for pain treatment. There is also Percocet, a combination of oxycodone and acetaminophen which is an ingredient in Tylenol. Percocet is prescribed to relieve pain at different levels whether mild or severe. Roxicodone is another oxycodone-based drug. It is a quick release formula of oxy. It is used to treat moderate or severe pain. In most cases, Roxicodone is given to patients prior to surgery and for pain management after. Roxicodone goes by the street name roxi’s while Percocet is known as percs.
OxyContin tablets are designed to be swallowed whole because they have a controlled-release feature. However, since abusers are aware of this, they chew or crush the tablets to overpass the release feature. The crushed tablets can be snorted as a powder or dissolved in water then injected.
Abuse of Oxycodone cuts across all age groups. In the United States, addiction starts from people aged 12 years and above. Nonetheless, the abuse of the drug is prevalent among high school students particularly among seniors.
There are risks involved in oxycodone abuse. Those who abuse the drug will probably develop drug tolerance. Tolerance means they have to continue taking the drug in large amounts in order to get the high they felt at the first point of abuse. This leads to abusing higher doses to achieve similar effects. In the long run, users develop physical dependence on the drug and eventually become addicted. When such people decide to cease using the drug, they may experience withdrawal charges.
Given that oxycodone is a prescribed pain killer, a question of its legality is bound to arise. Oxycodone is classified as a Schedule II substance by the Controlled Substance Act, an act that provides for the classification of drugs based on their addictive capabilities. In other words, Schedule II substances are drugs that have a high risk or potential of being abused. Heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine are other drugs in this category. Scientifically, oxycodone is made by the modification of thebaine which is an organic chemical contained in opium. As a result, it is designated as an opioid. Essentially, oxycodone could be viewed as a semi-synthetic opiate.
Substances classified under Schedule II are illegal. Therefore, it is illegal to abuse OxyContin. The classification of Oxycodone as a Schedule II drug is warranted since it is a very potent drug and it offers very needed pain relief to many people especially those dealing with painful conditions and terminal illnesses. Oxycodone may have a definite medical purpose but it has a high case scenario of potential abuse which is why it is classified as a Schedule II drug.
Normally, people who find themselves abusing Oxycodone start out by taking a prescribed amount. Unfortunately, their bodies develop tolerance to the drug. It is very easy for a person to transition from using oxycodone to abusing it.
Overall, abusing the drug can have serious consequences on an addict. There are severe psychological and physical effects that are a result of its abuse. It is unfortunate that despite the risks, people continue abusing the drug. The euphoric effects become too much for a person to let go. It is necessary to be able to recognize when someone is addicted to Oxycodone because this can save their life. An opioid addiction is dangerous because there is a high likelihood of overdosing. Treatment for Oxycodone addiction is available, usually beginning with a medically managed detox and a good treatment program. Treatment is crucial because an oxycodone overdose can be fatal. The drug depresses an individual’s respiration and blood pressure leading to seizures, comas or a cardiac arrest.
In conclusion, abusing oxycodone is illegal though it is used in the medical community. In today’s society, this information is crucial because it helps governments and law enforcement agencies create programs and policies to combat its abuse. In a time when prescription drugs are becoming the highest cause of addiction, Oxycodone should be treated in the same measure as is meted against the so called ‘dangerous’ drugs like heroin or cocaine. Oxycodone is an extremely addictive drug. Being derived from opiates actually makes it similar to morphine and heroin.


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Uma Devi was the screen name of Indian playback singer and actress-comedienne, Uma Devi Khatri, who is often called the 'first woman comedienne of Hindi cinema'.
She arrived in Bombay (Mumbai) at the age of 13, having run away from home, and knocked on composer Naushad’s door. She told him that she could sing and that she would throw herself in the ocean if he didn’t give her a chance. He auditioned her, and hired her on the spot.
She made her debut as a solo playback singer, in Nazir's Wamiq Azra (1946), working with legends like Naushad Ali, soon she signed a contract with the producer-director A.R. Kardar, who used Naushad as music director, and went on make a place for herself amidst music stalwarts like, Noor Jehan, Rajkumari, Khursheed and Zohrabai Ambalewali.