Hurting...

More police officers have died by suicide this year so far than in the line of duty. NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill said the department was in the throes of a "mental health crisis."

For us, we are hurting right now," he said. "We’re all feeling it and we’re all trying as best as we can to come up with initiatives to do more."

Police official said the department is bringing in outside resources to work with officers. He told WNYC-FM the department is also "looking to get peer counselors so cops at each level, if you are in crisis, you can go talk to someone at your level that will have the training."

We're only human.   Just a thought.

Shortage...

The discontinuation of immediate-release (IR) Adalat capsules and shortages of some other nifedipine products has led to supply issues in parts of the UK.

The 5mg and 10mg Adalat capsules were the only form of IR nifedipine available, as well as the only licensed treatment for Raynaud’s syndrome, until both strengths were discontinued by manufacturer Bayer.

Commenting on the discontinuation in June, the NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service (SPS)advised that patients with Raynuad’s syndrome on Adalat IR capsules could be switched to a similar dose of a modified-release (MR) nifedipine preparation.

Bayer discontinued its own MR nifedipine products – sold as Adalat Retard – last year, while it expects its three strengths of Adalat LA prolonged-release tablets to be out of stock until 2021.   

Another supplier is in the process of launching a replacement IR preparation, which it expects to be available by early September. 

Chiesi reported in May that its Adipine 10mg and 20mg MR tablets were experiencing a “bulk supply issue with raw ingredients and an increase in demand” following the discontinuation of Adalat.

Olive...

Long life expectancy can be achieved through some simple lifestyle changes, such as not smoking, regularly exercising, and eating a healthy diet. 

 Over the last few years the Mediterranean diet has been shown to be beneficial to boosting longevity. The Mediterranean diet comprises of lots of legumes, fish, fruits and vegetables.

French scientists found that old people who regularly used olive oil for cooking, salad or with bread had a 41 per cent lower risk of stroke, compared to those who need consumed it.

A study carried out by researchers from Barcelona in Spain found a key mechanism by which virgin olive oil protects the body against breast cancer. 

Olive oil has also been found to maintain healthy cholesterol levels.

Curve...

It’s official -- the yield curve has now definitely inverted, meaning that one of the most reliable signals of an impending recession is now flashing warning signs.  

An inverted yield curve means that investors expect interest rates to fall, which typically happens in a contraction. It tends to take  12 to 18 months.   

It’s even possible that the yield curve could be giving a false signal.   For now, U.S. economic data such as retail sales and jobless claims are holding up reasonably well.

This suggests that a U.S. recession, if it comes, will be part of a world slowdown. Americans tend to think of their own markets and their own consumption as the driver of both booms and busts. That may not be true this time around.

Instead, any recession may be made in China. In recent years, China has contributed more to global growth than any other country, and it was projected to do the same in the years to come.

Everest...

The Nepalese government proposed new requirements for climbers and guides to get permits to climb Mount Everest, following a deadly season on the world's highest mountain.

The proposed rules include requiring a climber to have reached the summit of at least one peak above 21,325 feet (6,500 meters), and requiring a guide company to have at least three years experience organizing high-altitude climbs and charging a minimum to clients to avoid low-budget operations getting to the mountain.

"I think they're all good proposed changes and hopefully will prevent inexperienced climbers or inexperienced guide companies from getting up onto the mountain and getting in trouble," Garrett Madison, the founder of Madison Mountaineering, told ABC News.  

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Inversion...

Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the markets may be wrong this time in trusting the yield curve inversion as a recession indicator.

"Historically, it has been a pretty good signal of recession, and I think that's when markets pay attention to it, but I would really urge that on this occasion it may be a less good signal," Yellen said on. "The reason for that is there are a number of factors other than market expectations about the future path of interest rates that are pushing down long-term yields."

The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was at 1.623% on Wednesday, below the 2-year yield at 1.634%, causing the bond market's main yield curve to invert and send markets plummeting.

The bond market phenomenon is historically a trusty signal of an eventual recession; however, Yellen said this time may be different.

Owe...

Singles often love having access to someone who is passionate and fun loving desiring the same from them.

On a purely physical level, most are going to enjoy their affairs with pationate individuals.  You’re bringing out  inner tigress, and unlocking full desires.  The many nights of passion is going to be unbelievably great. No one owe the other any thing.

When men  date a single women, men are usually pressured into taking the relationship into a whole new level that is coupled with commitment, cost, burden and loss of individuality. Some guys are not up for that. 

But for those who are free spirited, they are just out to seek solutions to their unmet emotional needs.    Can you spot one?

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