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But existing oil deposits are running out, according to the Slovak cabinet in its Report about Security of the Slovak Republic for 2014. Regardless, Slovakia has usually depended on crude oil imports for more than 99 percent of its supply.
"Local extraction of crude oil compared to consumption is almost negligible", the report states. "A trend of its gradual reduction up to the total exhaustion of oil deposits, roughly about 2020, is expected."
During about one hundred years of the oil drilling in Slovakia, 3.8 million tons of crude oil have been extracted. Last year Nafta, the company which drills for oil in Slovakia, produced 9,000 tons of crude oil and that was about 1,000 tons less than the previous year. Nafta confirmed a gradual reduction of oil extraction as well.
"In the territory of Slovakia we can see a trend of gradual decline of extracted hydrocarbons and most of our deposits are at their depletion," Monika Feráková, spokeswoman of Nafta, told the vEnergetike.sk website, adding that this is a region that has a hundred-year history of drilling.
But Nafta is working on prolonging oil extraction in Slovakia by more exploration activities and making extraction more effective.
"For some deposits it is possible to prolong extraction by even eight to 10 years, so what the exact year [when Slovak oil deposits would be depleted] cannot be specified," stated Feráková.
Slovakia has routinely imported 99 percent of its annual oil consumption and it has come exclusively from Russia, being transported via the Druzhba pipeline. Last December Slovakia signed an inter-governmental agreement with the Russian Federation about oil supplies and oil transit via Slovakia. The agreement is valid to 2029 and based on it Russia should supply Slovakia up to 6 million tons of crude oil annually while the same amount will be transited westwards via Slovakia.
The reconstructed oil pipeline Adria/Barátság, with an annual capacity of 6 million tons that opened in February, will enable transport of crude oil to Slovakia from the region of the Mediterranean.
The project that will interconnect oil pipelines in Slovakia and Austria via the Bratislava-Schwechat pipeline should also serve for diversification of Slovak oil supplies.
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The Municipality has adopted Contract Management By-law no118-128 and its amendment, which provides for measures to:
- Promote compliance with applicable laws that address bid-rigging;
- Ensure compliance with the Loi sur la transparence et l'éthique en matière de lobbyisme (RLRQ, c. T-11.011) and the Code de déontologie des lobbyistes (RLRQ, c. T-11.011, r.0.2);
- Prevent acts of intimidation, influence peddling or corruption;
- Prevent situations of conflict of interest;
- Prevent any other situation that could compromise the impartiality and objectivity of the bid solicitation process and resulting contract management;
- Provide a framework for the making of any decision that has the effect of authorizing the amendment of a contract;
- Encourage the rotation of potential counterparties with respect to contracts involving an expenditure of $25,000 or more, but less than the threshold adjusted by ministerial regulation requiring the public call for tenders.
To view the by-law, click here
Anyone intending to enter into a contract with the Municipality is invited to read this by-law and to inquire with the Director-General and Secretary-Treasurer if they have any questions in this regard.
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If we were having our favourite hot beverage together, I would look at you and roll my eyes. No, not at you, of course, but at my scattered brain. Apparently, I wrote this post last year in August:
"Is it just or is anyone else out there trying to do a ton of stuff and can't get anywhere?
Well, I am sure I do get somewhere, but my scattered mind never seems to see the results just what I haven't managed to do. So today I am going to concentrate on what I have achieved, and not what I still need to do.
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I quite like the post and the video, however, never posted it. I just forgot everything about it. When I came back today to do some of my blogging here, I found it and just shook my head.
If we were having our favourite hot beverage together, I would make sure you have a fill-up and sit comfortably. Then I would tell you that I would like to use this space for some diary-style posts but am worried I am not keeping them up.
Over the last decade, I have started and stopped several blogs, and I feel like I am not capable of keeping things going. But then I would remember that I am determined to change my story. I am not quite sure where I got that idea from. Maybe from one of those motivational TED talks.
The thing is whenever I start worrying about anything, I am not able to do, I think to myself: That's my past story. I am now changing it and start something new. Yes, you are right, it doesn't always make the worry go away, but mostly it makes me concentrate on what I want to do not what I don't want to do.
If we were having our favourite hot beverage together, I would hope you told me: You can do it! And if you would, I would smile. Then I would ask if there is anything you struggle with. Maybe you would tell me, and I would listen. I'd offer you a brownie or cookie and ask some questions, so I really understand what your problem is. And when you would finish, I would lean back in my seat and let you know that I believe in you. We can do it!!!!
If we were having our favourite hot beverage together, we would sit in silence for a while and watch the sky through the front room window. Maybe you'd ask what else I want to write about. I'd let you know that my family and I try to become more climate-friendly and have changed a lot of our habits over the last couple of years. I would let you know that self-care is still a big topic for me. You might remember that I started this blog with self-care ideas two years ago.
I also pondered to put my book reviews on here as The Bee Writes on Wordpress is more for music and climate topics in general. There is also Bee Wordless on Blogger, which is for photography and Bee Poetic & Writing on Tumblr is for poetry. I would ask you what you think of having this network of blogs over several blogging platforms. Do you think that's a good idea?
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We ensure good environmental performance by making sure that our mills operate according to the environmentally permitted conditions. We use the best available technology and invest in reducing our environmental impact and improving our material and energy efficiency.
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The bioproduct mill concept developed by Metsä Fibre significantly reduces the environmental impact of a pulp mill. The key criteria for choosing equipment for the Äänekoski bioproduct mill were energy efficiency, low water consumption, and the minimisation of emissions. As a result, although the new bioproduct mill's capacity is nearly triple that of the previous mill at Äänekoski, its sulphur and particle emissions are on a clearly lower level. The mill produces its own bioenergy so that pulp production does not generate any fossil-based carbon dioxide emissions at all, and the emissions to waterways have been minimised with the best available technology. This is one example of our ambition to renew and develop Metsä Fibre's operations in a sustainable way.
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BEVERAGE CONTAINERS. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Requires manufacturers, distributors and dealers offer refillable beverage containers and bottles for sale. Requires that every beverage container sold, or offered for sale after designated date, have refund value established by distributor of not less than 5 cents. Requires container indicate refund value. Provides for payment of refunds either at dealers' place of business or its immediate vicinity or designated redemption centers. Specifies handling fees for dealers and redemption centers. Prohibits manufacturer from requiring deposit from a distributor on nonrefillable containers. Contains definitions, specified exceptions, conditions, and other matters. Provides violations are infractions punishable by fine. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local governments: This measure could have a fiscal effect both on the state and on local governments. It could: (1) reduce litter cleanup costs, (2) reduce solid waste disposal costs and reduce fees for trash collection, and (3) have both positive and negative impacts on state and local tax revenues. The net impact of the measure's fiscal effect cannot be predicted.
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Compare UK to Spain and Ireland to Spain ferries on the following routes:
- Plymouth to Santander ferry. Brittany Ferries. 19hrs 30mins. Infrequent crossings.
- Portsmouth to Bilbao ferry. Brittany Ferries. 1day 4hrs and 30mins. Up to 3 crossings per week.
- Portsmouth to Santander ferry. Brittany Ferries. 1day 0hrs and 15mins. Up to 3 crossings per week.
- Cork to Santander ferry. Brittany Ferries. 1day 2hrs and 30mins. Up to 4 crossings per week.
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Almost 65 million tourists headed to Spain in 2014, making it one of the most visited countries in the world. The ideal way to explore Spain must be by car or public transport. So why not take a ferry to Spain and really have your holiday your way. You'll also have the chance to discover unspoilt parts of the country and escape from the typical holiday hot spots.
With its many sea ports like Barcelona, Santander, Bilbao, Cádiz, Malaga and Balearic Islands among others, taking a ferry to Spain is an ideal way to enjoy the sun, superb food, local wine, monuments and hospitality.
All around the Spanish coast there are splendid beaches, historic ports along the Bay of Biscay and the Bay of Cádiz (also one of the oldest cities of Europe), lush green valleys at the Picos de Europa, which are among Spain's highest peaks, rising abruptly from the sea, and dotted with quaint mountain villages. Spain's climate varies, being more rainy in the north and hotter and dryer in the south. Any time of the year is a good moment to visit Spain, although July and August can be very hot.
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There are Spain ferry sailings from Algeciras to Tangier and Ceuta (North African enclave); Málaga and Almeria to Melilla (North African enclave); Barcelona, Valencia and Alicante to the Balearic Islands; and Cádiz to the Canary Islands.
By train, the AVE high speed rail service connects Madrid and Seville in 2hr 15m -stopping at Ciudad Real, Puerto Llano and Córdoba- and also Barcelona and Seville in 5hr 30m -stopping in the mentioned places, Madrid, Zaragoza and a few more.
By car, motorways are well-maintained and connect Spain north and south - some of these are toll roads. Main roads between major cities are fast and well-maintained.
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As well as spending time in the magnificent cities of Barcelona, Madrid and Seville there are other cities that worth a visit, like the ancient Spanish capital of Toledo. The city is dominated by the magnificent cathedral and Alcazar and is proud of its collection of paintings by El Greco, who lived and painted in Toledo.


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What is justice? What is beauty? What is the right thing to do? What is real? How can I be sure of what I know? In this philosophy class, students cultivate and refine critical thinking by considering fundamental questions such as these. While the questions in the course pique students' intellectual curiosity, the emphasis is not on the answers, but on the process of rigorously addressing these puzzling issues.
Students explore the methods philosophers use to develop and assess potential solutions. They learn to actively listen to other students, evaluate arguments, formulate their own arguments in a clear manner, and defend their conclusions against objections. Through discussions, activities, readings, and short essays, students develop the analytical-reasoning skills needed to ask challenging questions and be better thinkers across disciplines.
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How can a concrete boat float? How do you build the strongest bridge with the lightest building materials? Physics, the science of matter and its motion, helps answer these questions and more. In this course, students learn principles of mechanics; electricity and magnetism; and aerodynamics, and apply them to engineering design projects.
Concepts are introduced and reinforced through hands-on activities, lectures, class discussions, and practice exercises. Students will participate in design challenges and experiments, which may include building trebuchets to learn about projectile motion, designing and launching rockets to learn about aeronautics, or constructing roller coasters to learn about energy conservation. They may also explore rocket science, orbital motion, and the challenges of space travel. Students carefully analyze data they collect and write reports about the projects.
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Time-corrupted notices can appear on workouts when the workout timestamp becomes out of sync with your phone's system clock.
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Trek the Himalayas with Coppafeel and Fabulous Magazine
Since we started our blog, over 7 years ago, the support and kindness we have received is and has always been so overwhelming. Sometimes we often have to sit back and pinch ourselves that we have the opportunity to share our lives and experiences as two mums to our beautiful M, with you all. We also appreciate that blogging has given us a wonderful platform to reach so many amazing people, so that we can help those who need us the most.
In the past we have taken part in fundraising challenges for excellent causes, from Danceathons, to climbing Snowdon, to Spartan races to Kirsty's truly amazing London Marathon last April.
I cannot begin to describe to you all that feeling of pride when K ran around the corner outside Buckingham Palace, just seconds away from the finish line. Both M and I jumped the barriers and were given the opportunity to run those last few feet alongside her, before leaving her to cross the finish line and claim her medal. What an inspiration my wife is, I am one lucky woman!
So it got me thinking about this year. Kirsty was in need of a much needed break and I was desperate to take on a huge challenge. We talked about it extensively and knew we wanted to raise money in aid of Breast Cancer, a disease which has affected our family, friends and work colleagues greatly in the past 10 years but more so in recent years. K also experienced a scare a few years ago when she noticed a lump in her breast, which thankfully was not breast cancer, but we experienced that agonising wait for the results and witnessed the devastation as we saw women return to the hospital waiting areas, having been given a diagnosis.
So I knew who I wanted to raise money for, but how was the next question.
Then it came to me one day whilst I was scrolling through my Instagram, a post from Giovanna Fletcher (@mrsgifletcher), calling for people to sign up to a once in a lifetime fundraising trip to trek across the Himalayas with Coppafeel!, Giovanna herself, Brooke Vincent, Fabulous Magazine and 99 other amazing fundraisers, as part of their 10 year anniversary. So I thought to myself, just give it a go, fill in the application form, see what happens, life is too short. I didn't even tell Kirsty at first, I just filled in the application, sent it off, then mentioned it later, it was very unlikely that I would be chosen any way.
Fast forward 6 weeks, I'm at work and the mobile starts to ring and I don't recognise the number. Now I don't usually pick up calls whilst at work, or numbers I don't recognise but something made me answer;
"Hi I'm Emma, how are you? I'm calling because you recently applied to take part in the trek across the Himalayas with Coppafeel. We've had a huge response with over 800 applications. . . "
Ok, so this is my rejection call, 800 people!
". . . We were very impressed with your application and we would love you to join us on the trip."
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My heart jumped into my throat and I was lost for words. At first all I could muster was; Oh My God, and, of course I would like to go! Yes!
I just couldn't believe what I was hearing.
After the call I jumped to my feet, I had tears rolling down my face and I was shaking uncontrollably. I picked up the phone to call Kirsty but she had only just come home from the hospital following another painful endometriosis episode and had fallen asleep on the sofa. My colleagues just stared at me, wondering what was going on!
About 45 minutes later I managed to speak to Kirsty and it all suddenly became real. The huge challenge I was hoping for was mapped out before me and there was no turning back.
So this is where you, our lovely readers come into the picture. Over the next 5 months I need to raise £3000 for Coppafeel! Which goes towards the vital work they are doing to educate both men and women about the early signs and symptoms of breast cancer. They encourage everyone to check your breasts and pecs at least once a month, either whilst in the shower or getting dressed, in the hope of catching breast cancer in the early stages. Grab your Boobs or Check Your Pecs!
Over 11,500 women die from breast cancer in the UK each year, of which 75% could have been caught earlier with the correct education and 25% of these deaths could have been prevented. More and more men and women who have learnt about Coppafeel are now receiving regular check-ups or checking at home.
Even if you have the slightest worry about the signs or symptoms of breast cancer, please go to your GP or Doctor for a more detailed examination and do not take no for an answer.
If you can spare £1 or more to help me smash this £3000 target I would be so grateful to you. Equally, if you are able to help me fundraise through spreading the word to your family, friends and contacts that would be greatly appreciated. If you would like to get involved and are willing to help me raise money through bake sales or sponsored events, please get in touch, as I would like this total to go sky rocketing!
I have an exciting raffle prize that I will be announcing in the coming weeks, so keep an eye out for that also!
Please find the link to my Everyday Hero fundraising page here:
I will be keeping you all up to date with my training and fundraising progress on a regular basis, so please keep coming back as much as you can.
All of the money you donate will be sent directly to the Coppafeel charity and will not contribute towards the cost of my accommodation or travel directly, this is funded by Coppafeel and Fabulous Magazine.


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Hero dog saves owners in Golders Green fire
PUBLISHED: 17:59 12 June 2017 | UPDATED: 11:23 13 June 2017
A brave dog alerted its owners who lived in the flat above Kay's kosher supermarket to the fire, but perished in the smoke.
A family friend fundraising for victims of the Golders Green fire has described how a dog, Daisy, bravely rescued a pregnant girlfriend and her boyfriend from inhaling toxic fumes or perishing in the flames.
Lorenzo Romero-Borrett, who has launched an online crowdfunding page, described how Daisy woke his best friend Alex Gibson and his pregnant girlfriend, Charlotte Perren, at around 7.32am yesterday morning.
While his friends were saved, the dog who saved their life inhaled too much smoke and died.
Lorenzo wrote on his gofundmepage: "In the confusion, his dog, Daisy, tragically died from smoke inhalation whilst saving their lives, which allowed them to alert the other residents of the building, further saving more lives."
He added: "My friend's home was destroyed and he lost all his possessions, including all his clothes, all his furniture, and all the DJ equipment he uses to make money to provide for his family."
Lorenzo has so far raised more than £400 for anyone affected by the fire to start to rebuild their lives.
Donors have been offering money, baby clothes, and even a cream leather sofa to help people who have lost everything.
Police have reported that no one has died, but people were treated for smoke inhalation.
Officers are still investigating the fire, which lasted from the early morning to late evening yesterday.
Three people were rescued from the kosher supermarket on Princess Parade and 25 people were evacuated before the Fire Brigade arrived.
All of the ground floor of the supermarket and a large section of the first floor was alight, and more than 95 firefighters and officers tackled the fire.
There were 15 fire engines and an aerial ladder platform from stations including Hendon, West Hampstead, Finchley and Mill Hill fire stations were at the scene.
Officers from Barnet are working closely with colleagues from the LFB to establish the cause of the fire.
They say that due to the extensive damage caused by the fire, this is expected to take some time.
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Lovely 1930s Ivory Lace and Cornflower Blue Silk Tiered Skirt Full Length Gown
Product Description
Vintage 1930s dress in a simply darling ivory lace and cornflower blue silk. This charming piece offers a classic 30s silhouette, with a sleek cut, fluttering sleeves with shoulder cutouts, and a sleek tiered ruffle skirt. The wide peaks and divides the bust, and then travels around to the back as a self fabric sash to be tied as a wide bow. The bodice above is a rich ivory. Seventeen silk tiers make up the skirt. This dress fastens with snaps down the side.
Bust: 33"
Waist: 28"
Hips: 37"
Length: 53"
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Material: Lace, Silk
Condition: Good Minus
This dress presents beautifully and is clean and ready to wear. There is subtle darkening to the lace under the arms. The rhinestone buttons are all missing some of the rhinestones. There is shattering to the lining silk at the under the arms, but this issue is internal only and does not show when worn. The far left side of the attached waist ties is strained with a small split where it meets the dress due to being tied too snugly. There are some faint age spots on the back of the ivory. The bottom tier has a water mark in the front. I find no other issues to note.
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I found this tag on Beaucoupbooks blog & with how much I have been listening to music lately – I had to take part in it. I think this is really fun & I get to show you a side of me you guys might not know. I mean…you learn a lot about a person through the music they listen to.
- Put your music on shuffle and list the first 15 songs to play (no cheating)
- Tag 10 others to do it as well.
Here's my playlist on Spotify! 🙂
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) – The Proclaimers
Take Care – Drake
Freedun – M.I.A.
Ohio is for Lovers – Hawthorne Heights
wHo – Zayn
Back to Sleep REMIX – Chris Brown
Do You Remember – Jay Sean
Hands Down – Dashboard Confessional
Don't Stop Believin' – Journey
Forever and Always – Parachute
She Don't Love Me – Zayn
Reinventing Your Exit – Underoath
MakeDamnSure – Taking Back Sunday
One, Two Step – Ciara
Malibu – Miley Cyrus
Well, that's my playlist. What do you guys think of my songs? Any you love? Any you hate? Let me know in the comments. Also, EVERYONE is tagged so…go, go, go.
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- The Playlist Shuffle Tag - June 2, 2017
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VANCOUVER - A female priest has been elected as the new bishop for an Anglican diocese that serves the Vancouver area and the Sunshine Coast.
Rev. Melissa Skelton was elected Saturday on the third ballot, with four nominees remaining.
The Seattle priest was among eight candidates for bishop of the Diocese of New Westminster and replaces the diocese's eighth bishop, Michael Ingham, who retired in August after 20 years at the helm.
Skelton is the first female bishop to head the diocese and will be ordained in March.
The Diocese of New Westminster became the centre of controversy in 2003, when it decided to bless same-sex unions.
The issue led several conservative Anglican leaders around the world to break ties with the diocese, one of 30 dioceses of the Anglican Church of Canada.
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A later on around the globe (ODI) is a sort of constrained overs cricket, performed between two parties with by and large reputation, wherein each social gathering appearances a settled number of overs, now and again 50. The Cricket World Cup is performed in this structure, which is as a last resort held at standard interims. One day all in all fits are as consistently as possible known as obliged Overs Internationals (LOI), paying little regard to the way in which that this in all cases term may in like path search for bearing from Twenty20 generally fits. https://arysports.tv/quetta-gladiators-team/
They are principal fits and considered the best customary of summary A, constrained overs contention. The general one-day sport is a late-twentieth-century advance. The major ODI was performed on 5 January 1971 among Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket floor. Correctly when the significant three days of the 1/3 test had been washed out officers made courses of action to offer out the fit and, rather, play a sporadic one-day entertain complete of forty eight-ball overs per join. Australia won by 5 wickets.
ODIs have been played in white units with a red ball. Inside the late 1970s, Kerry Packer masterminded the enemy World game-plan Cricket contenders, and it demonstrated a fundamental number of the features of over the long haul all things considered cricket that are incredibly standard, including shaded dress composes, matches played amidst the night underneath floodlights with a white ball and dull sight shows up, and, for TV articulates, two or three automated camera edges, impacts enhancers to get sounds from the players on the pitch, and on-reveal pictures. The central of the suits with shaded pieces of clothing was at one time the WSC Australians in wattle gold versus WSC West Indians in coral pink, performed at VFL Park in Melbourne on 17 January 1979.
This drove not best to Packer's Channel 9 getting the TV rights to cricket in Australia yet furthermore recognized players general being paid to play, and fitting all around specialists, never again requiring occupations outside cricket. Quetta Gladiators Team Players List Suits performed with shaded units and a white ball made to wind up more standard after some time, and the utilization of white woolen pieces of attire and a red ball in ODIs achieved 2001. In the fundamental the laws of cricket sharpen. Regardless, in ODIs, every social event bats for a settled number of overs. In the start of ODI cricket, the extent of overs used to be when in doubt 60 overs for every perspective, and suits have been in like path played with 40, 45 or fifty five overs for every point of view, alongside now it has been constantly settled at 50 overs.
The thought for a one-day, kept 50-over cricket event, was once at first performed inside the introduction strong of the All India Pooja Cricket rivalry in 1951 inside the little city of Thrippunithura in Kerala. It is recognized to be the mind insignificant one of KV Kelappan Thampuran, a past cricketer and the key Secretary of the Kerala Cricket affiliation. The as time goes on compelled over cricket redirection was once later uncommonly made and played between English zone packs for the crucial perspective on 2 could 1962.
Leicestershire beat Derbyshire and Northamptonshire beat Nottinghamshire in excess of sixty five overs in the "Midlands Knock-Out Cup", which Northamptonshire continued winning seven days eventually later. The running with a year, the primary full-scale one-day contenders between first class packages used to be played out, the mallet out Gillette Cup, gotten by technique for Sussex. The proportion of overs used to be passed on down to 60 for the 1964 season. Class one-day cricket other than began in England, when the John player Sunday League was begun in 1969 with forty over matches. Each these question have held tight each season seeing that commencement, regardless the sponsorship has changed.
There is right now one 50 over contenders, which is known as the Royal London One-Day Cup. The standard controlled Overs around the globe (LOI) or One-Day around the world (ODI) support was once performed in Melbourne in 1971, and the quadrennial cricket World Cup started in 1975. Most by far of the "packaging" updates, reminiscent of shaded pieces of clothing, were along these lines of World procedure Cricket, a "revolt" plan showed outside the cricketing establishment with the guide of Australian business visionary Kerry Packer. For fundamentally more little print, see history of cricket.
Twenty20, a compacted sort of one-day cricket with 20 overs for each side, was once adequately played in England in 2003. It has checked extraordinarily chic, and a few Twenty20 matches were performed between national get-togethers. It evacuates two or three climbs to the ordinary genuine rules of cricket, including the enhancement of a "bowl-out" (essentially like a request shoot-out in football) to pick the conceivable consequence of tied fits, which was in this way appropriated for an ideal Over.
One hundred-ball cricket, an additional kind of one-day cricket with 100 transports for each edge, will dispatch in England in 2020. It is proposed to similarly merge diversion time and should need to pull in another watchers. It rolls out extra improvements as per the typical laws of cricket, together with the choice of one 10-ball over which is beat down a few sticks through each and every side other than to 15 trademark 6-ball overs.
An ODI is tried through two social events of eleven vivacious gamers every last.
The Captain of the part convincing the hurl decides to both bat or bowl (discipline) first.
The social event batting first sets the objective rating in a solitary innings. The innings props up close to the batting side is "full scale" (i.E., 10 of the eleven batting gamers are "out") or the whole initial part's appropriated overs are refined.
Every last bowler is compelled to pounding down a couple of sticks a most vital of 10 overs (less due to rain-lessened suits and in any occasion most regularly no a couple of fifth or 20% of the aggregate overs per innings). Thusly, each social event must breaker no under 5 capable bowlers (both submitted bowlers or all-rounders).
The get-together batting second undertakings to achieve more undeniable than the objective rating with inspiration to win the match. In addition, the side pounding down a couple of sticks second undertakings to bowl out the 2d assembling or impact them to disable their overs previously they achieve the objective rating with inspiration to win.
In the event that the proportion of runs scored with the guide of each get-together is equivalent when the second workforce loses every last one of its wickets or handicapped people every last one of its overs, by then the amusement is communicated a tie (paying little respect to the measure of wickets lost through both get-together).
The place distinctive overs are lost, for instance, in view of merciless condition stipulations, by then the entire proportion of overs might be lessened. Inside the beginning of ODI cricket, the gathering with the less demanding run regard won (see standard Run charge approach), at any rate this maintained the second workforce. For the 1992 World Cup, an elective procedure was utilized of with no weight sitting over the fundamental gathering's most exceedingly appalling overs (see best Overs framework), in any case that maintained the essential social event.
In perspective of reality the late Nineties, the objective or result is for the most part controlled by the Duckworth-Lewis (DL) process, which is a methodology with unquestionable technique. It mulls over the way in which that the wickets close by acknowledge a material work in pacing the run-cost. In various words, a workforce with more wickets close by can play in a general sense more compellingly than the get-together with less wickets close by.
Right when deficient overs are played to apply the Duckworth-Lewis structure, a fit as a fiddle is communicated no results. Head one-day fits, curiously inside the last times of most major competitions, could have two days set aside, with the genuine target that a result should in like way be possible on the "hold day" if the essential day is washed out—either by procedure for playing another beguilement, or through continuing with the match which was once rain-burst in.
The main DL-approach regardless had a few ordinary flaws. For example, Tony Lewis, a boss among the most formulators of this system prominent after the perfectly healthy among India and Kenya all through the 1999 World Cup held in Bristol, that the typical method gave an out of line potential to the staff looking for after scores in excess of 350 keeps running in a 50 overs encourage (and correspondingly rankings in different codecs). In like way, the system was once reexamined and a fresh out of the container new assortment was once moved in 2004.
There was at one time an other such change made which was first executed on 2009. Off late (as up to 9 August 2018), the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) process is, in a manner of speaking, utilized, which is a change of the DL-technique asked by utilizing Prof. Steven Stern. It was first executed over the scope of the 2015 World Cup. A hero among the most essential changes made to DLS from DL framework was once sorted out on a critical examination by strategy for Prof.
Stern that a staff with higher run cost of their essential stages has a more prominent risk to get to an absurd rating than a workforce with dynamic starter run cost, regardless more wickets close by. On record that the redirection uses a white ball instead of the dull red one used in top notch cricket, the ball can progress toward getting the opportunity to be recolored and difficult to peer in light of the way that the innings advances, so the ICC has utilized particular standards to help save the ball playable.
Most beginning late, ICC has made utilizing two new balls (one from each end), the misty method that was utilized inside the 1992 and 1996 World Cups so every ball is utilized for best 25 overs.Previously, in October 2007, the ICC affirmed that after the 34th over, the ball would be supplanted with a cleaned heretofore utilized ball. Sooner than October 2007 (other than 1992 and 1996 World Cups), only a solitary ball can be utilized amidst an innings of an ODI and it was up to the umpire to pick paying little respect to whether to change the ball.


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When we normally think of Atlanta things like southern hospitality, all time rap and R&B greats, and sweet tea on a summer's day.
But there's also a strong economy and job market that has been improving in recent years.
Here at Zippia, we like to take a closer look at local economies to understand what jobs and industries are doing better than others. We think this helps job seekers and people thinking of moving to the area for a job know what to expect.
So we set our sights on uncovering the best industries within Atlanta. After examining all the available data, we arrived at this list of the five best industries for jobs in Atlanta:
Read on to see how we determined which industries rise above the competition to become the best of the best.
We believe that the data never lies or that it at least lies a lot less than any one person's opinion. So we went on a mission to collect as much data as we could about the Atlanta job market.
At the end of the day, we were able to find the following, relevant criteria for determining the best industries:
The sources of data include the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Department of Labor.
Stress level is an index created by self reported statistics from people in the industry.
For a detail table of the data, check out the bottom of the post.
For now, carry on to learn more about why the various industries are so great for jobs.
Average Salary: $83,270
Relative Availability: 1.44
Stress Index: 383
The combination of the second highest average salary of any profession in Atlanta and the most relative availability make the Tech industry the best available around town.
However, there's a relatively high amount of stress at these jobs, but not enough to scare job seekers away.
Average Salary: $41,610
Relative Availability: 1.06
Stress Index: 218
While people with sales jobs don't get nearly the same as people in the tech industry, they don't have anywhere close to the same level of stress (fourth best overall).
So while you won't need to spend as much time in school for a sales job relative to a tech job, you can at least breath while you're there.
Average Salary: $47,850
Relative Availability: 0.94
Stress Index: 203
The education industry includes professions like education admins and librarians. They are the kind of jobs that require a lot of education and can be kind of hard to obtain.
But, the pay is above average and the stress level (minus the screaming kids) isn't that bad. So, overall, jobs in education are pretty envious.
Average Salary: $103,790
Relative Availability: 1.16
Stress Index: 449
While everyone loves to hate lawyers, they're happy to take money to the bank. People in the legal profession average the highest salary of any industry.
But that ubiquitous hate does play a toll on you, people in the legal profession report a very high level of stress.
Average Salary: $37,090
Relative Availability: 1.25
Stress Index: 353
Rounding out the top five best industries in Atlanta are freight and trucking jobs. These jobs pay the least of any industry in the top 5, but make up for it the availability of jobs and a relatively low level of stress.
There you have it; the tech industry is the best industry to be in if you live around Atlanta. Even if it's not silicon valley, there are still a fair amount of jobs available for computer geeks and data analysts floating around.
On the other end of the spectrum, the farming industry ranks as the worst in Atlanta mostly due to bad pay and scarcity of jobs.
All of that to say, try to stick to a computer and air conditioning if you can — it's the best around.
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Regulation of the Extracellular Matrix
I wanted to invite you to join us for an educational webinar based on Regulation of the Extra Cellular Matrix onWednesday, September 25, 2013 at 8:00 pm. This will be done online hosted by Dr. Donna Embree, head of Energetix education. (she also does a lot of our educational events)
Topics Covered:
– The crucial role of regulating the Extracellular Matrix for optimal health
– How to add homotoxicology to a functional, nutritional or bioenergetic practice
– Preview of NY BEM class
– 2014 College dates, locations and materials
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text: Anne Majot is a nurse and a midwife. She also has a master in hospital management and is graduated from the Solvay Business School where she got a 3rd Cycle degree in Management of Public Institutions. She followed several trainings in the field of quality: tools and management. She has been a member of the HELHa-Quality Cell since its creation. Thanks to her diverse background, she is open-minded, has a critical sense and an ability to adapt. Though being very rigorous she keeps a very human approach.


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Omar Lee's family has a reason to be thankful this Thanksgiving
STRATFORD—At some point during Thursday's Thanksgiving Day rivalry football game between Stratford and Bunnell, one of the Red Devils players is likely to find his mom in the crowd and offer up a simple wink.
She will return that wink and know that everything is alright in the world. Her world. His world. Their world.
A little more than 15 years ago, though, nothing was quite right.
In fact, at first glance, nobody could guarantee the family that anything would ever be right in their world ever again.
That was the day Omar Lee—a freshman football player at Stratford High—was born.
Lee spent this past fall on the freshman football team at Stratford.
After Thursday, he'll turn his attention to his first high school basketball season and come spring hopes to join the Red Devils track program, as well.
During a Florida spring in the year 2004, however, the only focus was on keeping Lee and his mother alive.
"I went to a regular visit at my OB-GYN and she sent me to the hospital," Lee's mother Shana Serrano said. "They didn't tell me what was going on at first."
She was soon diagnosed with toxemia and preeclampsia, which started to cause her kidneys and liver to fail.
Things got so bad that her Connecticut-based family flew to Florida where Shana would be given her last rights.
"The day I turned six months (pregnant), they gave me a shot," she said. "I had Omar the next day. I had an emergency C-section, and flat-lined a few times."
Born three months early, and weighing in at one pound, 14 ounces, Omar Lee's future, and his mother's, was in the hands of some Fort Myers-based doctors and whatever higher power was out there to help.
"I was so scared I was going to lose him," Serrano said. "I didn't even see him for 48 hours. I couldn't touch him. I just had to look at him in the incubator."
For three months, Lee's home was the hospital where he was born.
Doctors prepared the family for all the things that could go wrong, that Lee could develop cerebral palsy and be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life; maybe have troubles talking or even breathing.
"It's kind of scary knowing all that," Lee said. "I don't even feel like that's me. It's kind of insane. But I feel thankful."
Lee and his mother survived the ordeal and soon enough her son grew into your typical little boy.
A former volleyball and basketball player at Harding, Shana Serrano and Omar's birthfather were both athletes, so it seemed natural for her son to gravitate to athletics.
"Omar is a very fast runner," she said. "The goal is education first. Sports are second. If he gets injured playing sports, he's got to have that education to fall back on."
Six years ago, the family moved back to Connecticut.
Shana said Omar hit a growth spurt this summer and he's hit 5-foot-11, 150 pounds.
And every time she gets to watch her boy take the field, or hit the court, or just run down a track, she knows how lucky she and her family are this Thanksgiving.
"For me, I definitely didn't do it on my own," she said. "There is a higher power somewhere and he's watching over Omar. I'm blessed and I'm happy he's having fun doing it. I'm happy to see him as this healthy kid."
At some point, Omar will spy his mother up in the stands and offer up a wink.
"If he winks at me, I know he's good and when I wink back, he knows I'm good," Serrano said. "We have a really good relationship. But we can't stop here. We've got keep pushing forward."


text: The Branding Committee is responsible for oversight of the development and delivery of the Chamber's overall brand, as well as establishing and driving the brand of the Richmond business community. The committee focuses on disseminating to the region the contributions (jobs, service, innovation, economic development, etc.) of the business community—with an emphasis on Chamber members, of course. Ken Wayland – Chair President, Free Agents Marketing Megan Angstadt Richmond Flying Squirrels Davia Archer Capital One Erin Bagnell Richmond Region Tourism James Crenshaw Gather Michele Satterlund McGuireWoods Consulting Lisa Sims Venture Richmond


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Me: Are we still on track for the completion of the Shift? How much of the Earth's energy, negative or positive, play a part? I'm wondering if all these shootings that have taken place are related to the polar shift—the anxiety, stirring up everyone's emotions and energy. Does it?
Erik: Yes. Yes. Big time. They don't know how to react to this shift, because, you know, it's not something that comes to you and says, "Okay, now the Earth is going to change its vibrational quality, and you are going to feel it subtly. If you're not fully aware of it, you'll have more anxiety; you'll feel paranoid. It's like having a bad drug trip, but –"
Me: Stay away from guns.
Erik: So, it's hard for some people to make it, and it's surprising, this change. We're really kind of in the middle of it. When I say "in the middle of it," I don't mean that if zero is the ground, and ten is up in the sky, and we're at the number five, and we still have five paces to grow up. Think of a mountain. Zero is on one side of the ground, the valley of the mountain. Five is at the peak, and then ten is on the other side of the mountain. We've already gone up. We've made all of these changes, and now we need to settle in and get used to our new surroundings and kind of—
Jamie (to Erik with a horrified laugh): Don't! You use some strange metaphors!
Erik: It's like a fat person losing a lot of weight, and then they go shopping again, but they still see themselves as a fat person and unattractive and all this, but they're fucking beautiful not matter what size they are. But they still go for the size 22 pants when they're really a size four. You know, there's this adjustment period, and so now we're going from 5 to 10 to adjust.
Me: Oh, okay.
Erik: So, around 2015—
Jamie: 2015. Three years! No, 2 years!
Erik: —we'll really be in the groove of what this change in vibrational quality gave us as being human. A lot of this psychic energy will be more accessible. People will have way more coincidences, but now they won't be seen as odd. People like Jamie won't be seen as different.
Jamie (giggling) I'm fine with that!
Erik: So, we have a little bit more to grow into, and we'll just call them the ones who don't want to adjust, who still want to see themselves as being fat, and they're going to have a hard time with their environment and their surroundings.
Me: Yeah, the shooters and people like that, right?
Erik: Yeah. And normally, if you have a hard time, you don't lie there quietly and take it. You speak up. You act out. You rage out. And this is why we need to start embracing these people and helping them psychologically adapt rather than keep up this fucking punishment shit.
Now given the Boston Marathon bombing, this doesn't set right for me. No adjusting to The Shift is no excuse to kill and maim.
Me: What about energetically? It seems like the whole root is energetic. Can't we help them energetically?
Erik: Completely!
Me: Can we help them energetically as a collective? It's going to be impossible to say, "Come here. Let me do some energy healing on you" to every troubled person. We're not there yet as a society.
Erik: Yeah. That's why I love to tell people to focus their time and effort they use on energetically healing someone—focus to the center of the Earth—
Me: Yeah, and then let that energy radiate from the Earth's core to the soles of the feet of everyone.
Erik: Yeah. Every person will receive that energy, and if you want, you can specifically focus on those who are having a hard time adjusting. Send it to the core of the Earth, and let the Earth radiate that out.
Me: Exactly. We might save a lot of lives that way. What about wars? Will that get better when everything settles in?
Erik: There's always going to be war. As long as Earth can maintain that lower vibrational emotions—anger, hurt, pain, jealousy, pride. People in spirit actually have a lot of pride, like they say, "Oh, we have Earth that has that! They have that there. It's attainable," whereas stuck in Heaven, that's not attainable. So as long as Earth maintains that energy, there's always going to be war. It's unnecessary war; I'll give you that. Totally unnecessary. I don't care what the fuck it's about, it's totally unnecessary.
But there's going to be that one that can woo and get people to follow there ass and create a war and do all kinds of fucked up shit. But what I can say is that they'll be shorter, less relevant. They'll be smaller, but for the world to really have a united, peaceful front—that's a fucked up thought. I mean, yay, utopia! But you get that shit when you die. You came to Earth to have this rough-edgeness. So, it's going to be there somewhere on the Earth. It's just not going to be as prominent as it was.
Given Erik's advice, I think we should all take a moment out of our day, everyday, to practice this healing technique. Link it to some daily task like brushing your teeth so you'll remember.
I just heard that Jamie is hosting another online class May 15th about how to protect yourself while communicating to spirits. It's a 5:00 PM CDT. It's $20. SIgn up here


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Gary Dourdan: "Music is the Way"
Belinda Otas | Telling it like it is!
Gary Dourdan's journey has been nothing but interesting. From making music videos with Janet Jackson, acting in theatre to playing music with bands in NYC in the early 1990's. He has also enjoyed various acting roles in TV soaps/series, his most popular to date as Warrick Brown in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Dourdan's most recent role on the big screen was that of a seductive chef in the US hit romantic comedy, Jumping The Broom. In his own words, Gary Dourdan on music, movies and fatherhood.
Belinda: Was it a scary decision to leave the show, when it is still so highly revered and what have you been up to?
Gary Dourdan: I think it was catharsis. I had done 8 years and I had a lot of success on the show. I thought it was a great time to do something else and fulfill my life in other areas. It takes its so much time to shoot the show but now I have a great deal of time and there are a lot of projects that I'm working on right now. At the time, whenever any new step is taken, it is a bit of trepidation but I know it was the right choice to move on. I have been doing some films, working on some music projects and some traveling, back and forth to France and other parts of Europe.
Belinda: What are some of the most significant experiences you had while on CSI, which have stayed with you?
Gary Dourdan: I have had so many extraordinary experiences on and from the show. I won three awards from the show: a Screen Actors Guild Award and two NACCP Awards, and I was so proud of them, the show, and working with some fantastic people. Working with great directors like Quentin Tarentino and myself as a writer and director, I learnt so much. So I took away a great deal of experience and knowledge that I gained working behind the scene and in front of the camera for so many years. With what I'm doing in the industry right now, it helps me tremendously and I'm thankful to have had those experiences. It makes it a lot easier when I'm working on my own project.
Belinda: Some people have no knowledge of you as a director, so what kind of films would you like to direct and work on?
Gary Dourdan: We are working on a short film project right and we are doing some music videos. A lot of the things I'm doing right now within music are directly connected to my work in films. So, we are doing this at the same time as we are recording songs with several artists in my studio and we are directing the videos with my company, Temple of Thoughts Music. It's been busy lately.
Belinda: You were currently in the film, Jumping the Broom, what was the experience of been back on the big screen after the popularity of CSI and with the high quality cast of the film?
Gary Dourdan: We have Angela Basset, Paula Patton, Laz Alonso, Bishop TD Jakes and some really great people. It was fun to work with Mike Epps, he is so talented. We were up in a remote village in Canada, we got to know each other and everyone was devoted, from the crew, executive level at Sony, it was such a positive experience and everyone was so good and beautiful, inside and out, I can't say enough about everyone. And to have this film as number three right now at the box office in theUS, is a really great thing. I'm very proud to work around positive people, who have good things to give in front of the camera and behind it.
Belinda: You are a DJ, vocalist and play the guitar, where does the passion for music come from?
Gary Dourdan: My uncle was a saxophonist for Sister Sledge and he gave me my first instrument when I was 12/13 and I continued to study music and picked up the guitar when I was 17. I have been playing the piano since I was about 12. My older brother played the flute and now, owning a recording studio. If I didn't have a band, certainly I would play the instruments to record music myself. I just have to express myself in some kind of way otherwise, I get very, very complacent and destructive if I'm not expressing myself and my passion for music is directly connected to my brother and my uncle and I'm very proud to have played music with my uncle and still do. We did some great work with DMC about a year ago, when he released his solo album, some poetry and a single, speaking about the Gulf War and it was inspired by the Jimi Hendrix, Machine Gun song.
Belinda: Do you write your material and what kind of issues/subjects or challenges do you deal with through your music?
Gary Dourdan: Yes, I write all the music but I also collaborate with other people. In terms of subjects, I talk about politics a lot but I would say some of the things that come up are things in our social circles. There are certainly things out there which are positive and inspire other people to do good. And there are a lot of good kids out there to. It's about working with them and trying to cure any kind of prejudices and racism and these days with technology and how fast things are moving, it is possible to do that. There are a lot of things we cannot take for granted. We can know each more now, than we ever have. And it is about taking advantage of that. So, a lot of my music is about expressing that, love and some of the discretions of the past and present and what's going on that needs to be changed. Music is the way to express all of these and some of the things going on in my mind and heart. It has certainly kept me sane, being able to express that through music.
Belinda: In the music industry, the lyrics and videos are getting daring. How would you describe the current state of music in the US and globally?
Gary Dourdan: Well, working in any industry, there is going to be a lot of fluff and a lot of riff raff. Every now and again, you will see artist who will break new grounds, tell the truth and be real and is ahead of the game. But there will always be the general mediocrity in the arts. I don't pay attention to that. I look for the more discerning artist, someone who really can express and share.
Belinda: Who are some of the discerning artists you admire and respect?
Gary Dourdan: There's a lot of interesting stuff happening right now and I have been doing something with Mos Def and Ayo, and so may artists who are cross pollinating, film and music, Queen Latifah, Common. It's great to know these people and work with them. Mike Epps is doing music and comedy as well and he is so talented as an actor, rapper and musician. There are people, I also want to work with like Run DMC's Darryl, who is talented and a legend. And people I have known for years and spent time with, like Seal and Lenny Kravitz and I'm still very proud to be their friend, support them. They really inspire me also and there's Keziah Jones, who is a tremendous talent.
Belinda: You have two projects coming up soon, Fire and Cooley T, what kind of films are they?
Gary Dourdan: They are feature films, one is an action film and the other is comedy. Cooley T was a lot of fun and it was shot in New York. A great friend of mine is directing the project and I told him that would come back and do it and we are a having a lot of fun. Fire is the action film and I got a chance to drive around Berlin and did my own stints and it was a great deal of fun.
Belinda: When you say, it's not about liking the acting more than the music, what do you mean and how do you balance both aspects of your career without one dominating the other?
Gary Dourdan: I'm generally interested in the arts and I'm also a photographer and refer to myself a bit of poet. I'm not Saul Williams by any means but I like to express myself through the art. So what I mean by that is giving 100 percent of myself as an artist.
Belinda: You have been described you as an alternative musician. What does it mean to be an alternative musician?
Gary Dourdan: Well, if they mean alternative to bad and crappy music, that would be cool but I really don't know what alternative means either.
Belinda: How would you describe your genre of music?
Gary Dourdan: I would say I am coming from a very soulful place and I have some rhythm, so you can say, I have got rhythm and blues. I'm a funky person, so you could say I play a bit of funk music. I like rock, I grew up with rock and I listen to it, so you could say that I'm rocking out. These are elements of music I grew up with and was inspired by. From Marvin Gaye to Jimi Hendrix to Led Zeppelin to Coltrane to David Bowie and many more, influence my music.
Belinda: You lived in France for a while, how does that society, compare to life in the US?
Gary Dourdan: I have to say I pick up along the same lines that my forefathers and mothers have done. As black Americans going to France and seeing a whole diaspora of African heritage, being accepted legitimately as an American artist doing American art forms in Paris and being encouraged even more to do my music, I really have to thank the French country for that. They have given me so much inspiration and encouragement as an artist and put me on more stages. Coming to America, even Americans are slow to know what the French have known for some years about art and black American art forms. I think America has a lot to learn from that type of encouragement in the arts and it's something we are tying to do over here in America, appreciate the artist that we have and give them greater stages to play on and encouraging people to support them because that is what the longevity of the artist really depends on, the support of people going out to see these artists and the plays.
Belinda: How do you deal with the controversial things about you in the media?
Gary Dourdan: It's something that is more of the American market types, to take shots and put out negative things and blow them out of proportion and try to have that define me as a person. Yes, things have happened but it's magnified. It doesn't define me and they are great experiences. It's all just more publicity.
Belinda: You are also a father, what's the experience of fatherhood like with your busy schedule?
Gary Dourdan: Actually my kids are busier than I'm. They are going to school and are very connected to things that are going on around them and their school work schedule, I have to beg to call them up to say hey guys can we get together? My daughter is 12, and my son is 9, and they have a busier social schedule than I do.
Belinda: What should people expect from your album?
Gary Dourdan: I think they should just expect it to be me. It's not made up of 20 different people trying to write my song. Everything comes from my experiences as an artist and every aspect of the music is something I bring forth, so you should expect the truth.


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Although ME/CFS was not listed as one of the chronic conditions* reported in a recent study of the differences in how older and younger people live with multiple chronic conditions (MCC, >2 co-occurring chronic conditions), there still were interesting findings. The study was performed by Mary L. Adams, MS, MPH and published in Preventing Chronic Disease, a CDC publication, and republished on Medscape.com, a site for health care professonals.
The study was robust, with over 200,000 records examined. Naturally, there were differences arising from life lessons learned and also from lifestyle choices, like smoking tobacco and obesity. Typically, MCCs increase with age, resulting in increasing Medicare costs. The study measured disability status, quality of life measures, chronic conditions, risk factors, and access to health care.
Surprisingly, people younger than 65 represented the majority (>60%) with MCCs. Among adults with two MCCs there were significant differences by age group in 18 measures, indicating that adults younger than 65 were worse off than adults aged 65 or older. Results were similar whether diabetes, depression, hypertension, high cholesterol (which could also be risk factors) were included.
Most uninsured adults are younger than 65 years, and younger adults with MCCs were more likely than older ones to report a cost barrier to their health care in the past year. Younger adults with MCCs were also less likely to report a recent routine check-up than adults aged 65 or older with MCCs. Taking preventive health measures, like seeing a healthcare practitioner or eating real food, is a learned skill and one I hope to teach through this blog.
Annual medical care expenditures for chronic conditions in adults aged 18 to 44, 45 to 64, and 65 or older with MCCs were similar at approximately $9,000 for those with 4 or more chronic conditions and approximately $4,000 for those with 2 or 3. Frankly, this surprised me. I probably spend $9,000 in out of pocket costs when I add up just my supplements and the costs associated with my service dog, The Divine Miss Em, like food, toys, and gear (just kidding).
Consistent with common sense, people with 3 or more chronic conditions and those with CVD (cardiovascular disease) or diabetes [OR ME/CFS] were more likely to report poorer quality of life than those with fewer or different chronic conditions. This analysis did not compare age groups and could have been influenced by higher rates of depression in younger people.
Differences in reported quality of life could also result from different contexts, because younger adults are more likely to be employed than older adults. For example, interpretation of activity limitations may depend on age, employment status, or both. However, even when controlling for measures including employment status and depression, these age differences remained for 14 measures representing a range of outcomes. The results may also reflect the direct or indirect impact of other factors such as smoking or obesity that are also higher among younger adults and may affect health and disability status.
An unexpected finding was the high rate of cognitive impairment among younger adults with MCCs. This could result from lower rates of other chronic conditions or factors such as lack of sleep, side effects of medication, or use of illicit drugs and may not be associated with future risk of dementia. Whatever the cause, being cognitively impaired may affect someone's ability to self-manage other chronic conditions. Younger adults were also more likely than older ones to report risk factors that can increase the chance of developing additional chronic conditions in the future.
Age-related differences in MCCs using hospital discharge data indicated, for example, that among adults 18 to 44 years, depression and substance abuse were most common. This old-young comparison study's results, which did not collect information on substance abuse, are consistent with the earlier finding by showing that depression was more common among working age adults with or without MCCs. Along with depression, risk factors of obesity and smoking were also higher among younger adults with and without MCCs. Whatever the cause of the differences, results highlight the current impact of MCCs on younger adults as opposed to Boomers. This study also supports the finding that teenagers now are the first generation to be less healthy than their parents.
How do you feel about this? Do you think a younger person with ME/CFS has a harder time than someone over 65?
*MCCs were based on up to 12 chronic conditions (heart disease, stroke, asthma, arthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, high cholesterol, cognitive impairment, diabetes, depression, chronic kidney disease, cancer other than skin, and hypertension).


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Posted by Tiglath from 018.d.012.mel.iprimus.net.au (220.127.116.11) on Monday, January 06, 2003 at 4:53AM :
A secular form of Nationalism is only possible in nation states that have a relatively homogeneous religon and sects.
e.g. America and Australia.
A religiously based identity is usually adopted by religious and sectarian groups people from within the same nation state.
e.g. Iraq and Yugoslavia.
It is usually the Western powers in their drive for profit and control that foster religious and sectarian divisions within the same nation state.
Proof is in the wording.
Question : Why is it that the Western Press labels the Protestant-Catholic conflict dispute in Northern Ireland a SECTARIAN dispute, whereas the Bosnian War gave birth to the word ETHNIC cleansing?
Answer : The West uses its media to exacerbate by dividing and conquering the people of former Yugoslavia but uses a unifying word to show that the people of Northern Ireland are essentially the same, but religiously estranged.
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Although League of Legends champions Kindred and Rek'Sai recently received reworks, they could be tweaked again in an upcoming patch.
Kindred is getting a slew of buffs for every skill except of her ultimate spell, according to the latest PBE update. The numbers show that her base attack went up to 57, her AD ratio for her Q went up to 75 percent, her W's missile travel speed went up as well as its duration, and her E got cheaper in mana costs down to 50 at all ranks.
It seems like Kindred's new makeover wasn't really enough to put her in the good graces of junglers. If the words of Counter Logic Gaming's Joshua "Dardoch" Hartnett hold any weight, he certainly thinks Kindred leaves much to be desired. This seems like Riot's attempt to make Kindred more viable in the jungle, to create a new carnivorous breed.
On that same note, Rek'Sai will also receive some changes to offset a rework that made her a bit more vicious than before. The idea was to make her a predator rather than a tank, and in that pursuit Riot also lifted her up a bit by boosting her base damage to 57.5 and armor growth of 3.75.
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Today we see what a day is like for stay at home mom Calleen and her two kids Daniel-4 and Reagan-2 as she balances day to day activities with specialist appointments.
My day starts with the ringing of the alarm clock; my least favorite sound in the world. Why my husband can't turn it off on the mornings he doesn't have to go into work is something I just can't figure out. Every 8 minutes afterwards it continues to go off. Shut the darn thing off!! At 630 he finally does.
I'm almost back to sleep when I hear the door open to the kids room. It's Daniel and he wants his morning glass of milk. I'm lucky this morning that he has slept this late. I get him a glass of milk and convince him to lay back down for a little while.
Daniel is back and climbs in bed with me. 5 minutes later, Reagan joins us for some cuddling time.
I turn on a short movie for the kids while I start breakfast. Daniel has been begging for pancakes so that's what's on the menu today. While they're cooking I start the 7 loads of laundry I will do for the day, and empty the dishwasher. I get the kids settled down to the table with their food, then take my husband Paul in a stack of pancakes to the bedroom. Breakfast in bed for him, oh how nice of me. Really I have an ulterior motive, waking him up. I glance longingly back at the bed. I stayed up way too late last night! I hurry back to the dining room as now Reagan wants something, and so does Daniel, oh and I better flip those pancakes before they burn. Frequently I feel pulled in about 10 different directions and like I just can't satisfy anyone. I also remember that I need to give Daniel his medicine. While I'm getting that, Paul comes in looking for more pancakes. Success! My evil plan worked!
Next I head to the kids room to strip Daniel's bed for the 3rd day in row. One day they need to make a pull up for little boys that will last all night long! I grab a grapefruit and a granola bar for breakfast; no time to sit and eat, and the pancakes are cold by now anyway.
Trying to hurry to get everyone dressed. If I hurry I'll have enough time to go to Arctic Oasis and work out before Daniels appointment. Crap, Daniel has fallen back asleep in the recliner. The medicine he is taking makes him sleepy. I go into my room to get dressed and discover that Paul is also back asleep! Well, he has been working a lot lately. I revamp my plans and wake Paul up, then ask him if he could have Daniel up and ready by the time I get back from working out. He mumbles out a response that which I accept as a yes.
I get Reagan ready and we're off! As I realize that it's 930 I think about how it's going to be a short workout today..
I've been on the Elliptical for 20 minutes. Reagan is over near the equipment with a friend she has found but I'm afraid she's going to get hurt. I jump off of the machine and by the time I get back to it the program and all of the info I had is gone. Of course. Oh well, I did it to be a short work out right?
I go and get Reagan from where she has been playing. She's not very willing to leave and fights me to put her shoes on. She's also wet herself. I call Paul as we rush home and to tell him we're on our way and so he can have Daniel ready. We arrive home and I hurry to change Reagan's entire outfit. Daniel is up and getting dressed all by himself. Hurray!!! I throw another load of laundry in. Time to shower? Forget it. I'll just have to stay far away from the office staff.
We leave for Daniel's visit to the ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat) doctor. We spend 20 minutes filling out paperwork while visiting with a friend who happened to be there as well. They call us back and we tell us that Daniel will have to have tubes put in his ears. As were leaving the room to schedule his surgery we notice there's something on the floor. What is it? Reagan has pooped her pants and a piece has dropped on the ground. If only the nurse hadn't noticed it….
Paul cleans it up as I herd the kids down the hallway. We schedule Daniels surgery for a week and a half away and they say, "That will be $536, after the insurance, and it's due that day". Sometimes you wonder why you have insurance. If we didn't have it, they would give us a break on the price and we'd probably pay just a little bit more.
On our way home we drive past what will be our new home, Paul hasn't seen it yet. On the menu for lunch is PB&J. My family seems to have a love affair with PB&J. They usually eat it at least once a day, Paul Included! It's easy so I'm not complaining. Paul decides he wants Brats instead so I throw those in the broiler. I fill the dishwasher and start another load of laundry. I grab some leftover stir fry and oh good there's the leftover tapioca pudding! The kids watch a movie while Paul and I go over the calendar.
My sister calls to say hi but we're still in the middle of going over the calendar. I have a quick talk with her and hang up. Things keep interrupting! The kids have run off to play.
Paul wants some help with some paperwork he's filling out, and the kids want me to play with them. My back is killing me and it needs to rest. I help Paul while trying to get the kids to look at books or something else quiet while we are busy with the paperwork. Shoot! Reagan found the rest of the tapioca pudding and now it's all over the floor! I clean it up. Daniel comes in and falls asleep on our bed. I manage to talk Reagan into laying on her bed and eventually she falls asleep too.
Time to help Paul get ready to go to (National Guard) Drill. I really need to rest my back but I help him get ready and cart all of his stuff down to the car and say goodbye. He might or might not be coming home tonight, he doesn't know yet. I go to lay down so I can rest my back and then the phone rings. If you have a bad back you know that getting up and down can be agony! I get the phone and it's Paul, he's forgotten something and needs me to bring it to him once the kids wake up. Although I would love to say no at this point (didn't I just do for him last night?) I say yes and lay back down. I'm trying not to take anything for my back until night because once it makes my back feel better I do something stupid. I fall asleep reading a book. The kids and I all wake up about the same time.
I get the kids shoes and socks back on, take pull ups off from nap, and drive out to the base. I decide on the way home that I'm going to be bad and let the kids watch another movie. It's over my quota for the day but my back really needs to rest. I feed them some leftovers as they watch the movie and I munch down on leftover coconut chicken.
I get the kids dressed for bed and get them their vitamins and medicines. I feel like a pharmacist dispensing all of this! We have family prayer and I tuck them in bed. Daniel has been complaining the entire time leading up to bed but once he's there is good and goes to sleep. Reagan gets in her bed willingly but as soon as I am out of the room she sneaks into the kitchen and breaks out the bread. (Which I find all over the next day). I get her back in bed and take a muscle relax because by now, my back is starting to spasm. I lay down with my book surprised that I'm not drowsy.
I text Paul to see if he is coming home tonight. He says he is but it will be a while. I'm done with my book so I try to go to sleep, finally nodding off around 1130.
Paul comes home and wakes me up so he can talk to me. Of course I'm rather incoherent, the medicine has finally kicked in.
There goes that blasted alarm again!!