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Super Bowl LVII is upon us, but it’s not just football fans who are gearing up for the big game. Various companies are targeting the football field, aiming to reap substantial profits from their high-profile, multi-million dollar advertisements featuring famous stars.
A typical 12:30 a.m. spot costs around $7 million this year. That’s up from $2.5 million in 2010, according to Timothy Calkins, a marketing professor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, who tracks the numbers annually. He says the costs only go up from there.
“If you do the 00:60 second spot, we call that $14 [million]let’s put $2 million in production…$2 million in social media…and $2 million in other promotions,” he said, for a grand total “easily $20 [million].”
Businesses don’t wait for their return on investment to materialize. Calkins said advertisers “should already be taking advantage of this [their] investment before the game really begins” by generating enthusiasm.
“It’s not just about releasing a teaser. A lot of advertisers are going to announce that they have a Super Bowl ad, then they’re going to announce that they’re going to use a particular celebrity, and then they’re going to announce that they’re going to pitch that creative idea,” Calkins said.
Bud Light (BUD) turned to Miles and Keleigh Teller to attract next-generation audiences. The two shared the ad in which they are featured on TikTok and received 1.5 million views in one day.
Bud Light teams up with Miles & Keleigh Teller to show how its iconic beer is “easy to drink, easy to enjoy” as the brand embarks on a new era (courtesy Bud Light)
Additionally, General Motors (GM) and Michelob ULTRA have decided to work with Netflix (NFLX).
Will Ferrell stars in a General Motors commercial that will air during the game. In the co-branded campaign, Ferrell drives GM electric vehicles through various Netflix shows, including Stranger Things, Love is Blind and a Squid Game.
Meanwhile, Michelob ULTRA featured a beer tap protruding from a golf bag with a television. On screen, Netflix’s new documentary, Full Swing, shows a short clip from the show, which is set to debut on February 15.
Allen Adamson, co-founder of marketing and branding consultancy Metaforce, said the two companies were likely trying to differentiate themselves.
“By trying to get closer to the hip side of Netflix and the current buzz among consumers, regardless of the program, advertisers hope to get out of the sea of equality where everyone is doing the same thing.”
Another partnership this year is the collaboration of Molson Coors (TAP) with sports betting platform Draft Kings (DKNG). Consumers are encouraged to bet on spot details before the game for a chance to win a grand prize of $500,000.
Calkins calls these partnerships, when done right, the “holy grail” of marketing.
And, of course, M&M’s is causing a stir even before its advertising with its splash campaign. In the teaser, Maya Rudolph, their new spokesperson, explains that M&M’s are changing their name, Ma&Ya’s, replacing the famous “Spokescandies” of the brand.
Many think it’s a huge publicity stunt, but it works, according to TV measurement and analytics firm EDO, which says viewers who saw the ad are 88% more likely to engage. with the M&M brand than the average M&M ad last year.
Captured by Yahoo Finance (Screenshot from ‘Ma&Yas YouTube)
Other consumer giants, including Kraft Heinz (KHC) and Hormel Foods (HRL), are forgoing in-game ads and launching game-themed products instead.
Kraft Heinz introduced the limited-edition LVII MEANZ 57 ketchup bottle, giving fans a chance to ditch the traditional Super Bowl Roman numerals.
Hormel Foods partnered with a small brewery, Modist Brewing Co., to create a limited edition HORMEL Chili Cheese Brew that sold out almost immediately.
Adamson said traditional packaged foods no longer stand out on the big screen like they used to.
“These traditional packaged foods, the staples, are really struggling here with social media where people are just sharing the extraordinary… No one is sharing a bottle of ketchup or a can of chili on social media. They really have problems in a world of social media. They did better when people were tied to their couches and had to watch commercials because there was no alternative.
Brooke DiPalma is a reporter for Yahoo Finance. Follow her on Twitter at @BrookeDiPalma or email him at [email protected]
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Phoenix Group (LON:PHNX) had its price objective lowered by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from GBX 857 ($11.20) to GBX 846 ($11.05) in a report published on Monday, ThisIsMoney.Co.Uk reports. The brokerage currently has an overweight rating on the stock.
A number of other analysts have also issued reports on the stock. Barclays reduced their price target on shares of Phoenix Group from GBX 664 ($8.68) to GBX 657 ($8.58) and set an equal weight rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, September 3rd. Deutsche Bank reissued a hold rating on shares of Phoenix Group in a research report on Tuesday, September 3rd. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reissued an outperform rating and issued a GBX 820 ($10.71) price target on shares of Phoenix Group in a research report on Friday, August 9th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. The company currently has an average rating of Buy and an average price target of GBX 777.60 ($10.16).
LON PHNX opened at GBX 689.10 ($9.00) on Monday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 671.06 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 689.40. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 38.77, a current ratio of 0.19 and a quick ratio of 0.09. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.97 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.84. Phoenix Group has a 52-week low of GBX 537.50 ($7.02) and a 52-week high of GBX 735.20 ($9.61).
Phoenix Group (LON:PHNX) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 7th. The company reported GBX 3.70 ($0.05) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of GBX 11.70 ($0.15) by GBX (8) (($0.10)). On average, analysts predict that Phoenix Group will post 2655.0001417 EPS for the current year.
The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 30th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 15th will be given a dividend of GBX 23.40 ($0.31) per share. This represents a yield of 3.47%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 15th. Phoenix Group’s payout ratio is presently 0.81%.
In related news, insider Jim McConville sold 34,514 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 696 ($9.09), for a total transaction of £240,217.44 ($313,886.63).
Phoenix Group Company Profile
Phoenix Group Holdings, a closed life assurance fund consolidator, acquires and manages closed life and pension funds primarily in the United Kingdom. It operates through four segments: UK Heritage, UK Open, Europe, and Management Services. It also provides financing services. The company was formerly known as Pearl Group and changed its name to Phoenix Group Holdings in March 2010.
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Fentanyl: Dealing with Chronic Pain
Updated: Sep 27, 2019
Many of you know that I suffer from chronic pain due to many injuries and illnesses. I have been managing pain for more than 40 years and, unfortunately, in the last stage of treatment options. I remember clearly when my last pain doctor threw up his hands and said there was nothing else to be done. I left his office and tried working with a doctor who had a time consuming and expensive approach that failed to manage my pain for more than a few days. But it was his referral that led me to a doctor that understood the different causes of pain and the different types of treatment. What makes him a great doctor--and I have found this to be a common trait in the best docs --is that he is curious. His desire to understand and fix a body that is uniquely broken helped him create a treatment plan that allows me to live a somewhat normal life.
He assembled my current plan which is a combination of a Fentanyl patch and a unique physical therapy program developed by a Colorado doctor to treat stress-related pain. Through this program my doctors have learned how much of my sympathetic nervous system is damaged, to uncover an undiagnosed traumatic brain injury and to dig deeper into how each of my illnesses might play a role in creating pain. For example, I am having increasing problems with headaches. My neurologist leaped to migraines since I’ve had then before. But my pain doctor saw the area where the headaches were focusing and subscribe traction (not a favorite approach) but we will see how it works.
Deciding to take Fentanyl was not an easy decision. I have taken every pain medication such as Percocet, but it has been a long while since any of these medications had any effect. My approach had long been to work through the pain. But having gotten to a point where I was bedridden and not wanting to live made me give this protocol a try.
As my pain has been under control for quite some time using this therapy, I began to wonder whether I still had such a strong pain problem. And thus, I was not paying as close attention to my medication as I should. I ended up running out of patches and not being aware that I was walking around without one for several days. When I figured out what was going on I hurriedly went to get a refill and was reminded again how much this drug is managed. I could not get my normal amount because suddenly my doctor needed to sign a form from our insurer and his office was closed for the day. I could feel the pain beginning to take hold of my body and told my pharmacist to get me whatever amount he could. So, I paid the normal amount for half the number of patches (god forbid that Mylan not make their money).
Unfortunately too much time had passed and even though I had the patch on I went through a full-on pain episode that lasted for two days (you know the kind where they ask you to name your pain number and you are at a 10+). It was the first time I understood how a person could add another patch just to try to reduce the pain and end up in an overdose. This is what happened to Prince. I was alone as my husband who does a good job of monitoring my Fentanyl was out of town. (He couldn’t reach me once the pain cycle began.) It was a bad situation.
After I began to return to normal, I thought about whether I was addicted to the patch. I don’t think I am, but I now know that I can’t handle the real pain any longer. I had become used to having a certain level of pain all the time but now my mind and body is used to a low level of pain. To go back to any higher level would have such a negative effect on my life that I’m not sure how I could tolerate it. So, I worry not about addiction, but that because of the opioid epidemic I could lose access to my Fentanyl or that the manufacturer would increase the price so much that it could be unaffordable. I do feel strongly that this type of pain reliever should only be given to those of us that are disabled with pain. And I do feel that people have to learn to tolerate a certain amount of pain, so they don’t get started down this path too early. And I believe that anyone that is on a pain management protocol should also be seeing some type of mental health professional who can watch for signs of addiction and help with the emotional issues that generally accompany chronic pain.
We are clearly not dealing with this issue from a macro level which is necessary if we are going to achieve real results. And that’s why we need to have a comprehensive public health care system. The piecemeal approach where drug manufacturers and insurers are in control will not stop our growing number of health care crises. And we can’t continue forcing people to stay in jobs where they are over-worked, under-payed with no path to a better opportunity just to get mediocre health care benefits.
As for me, I’ll continue to pray that no one takes away my Fentanyl patch. And I hope that doesn’t make me an addict.

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Barcelona provide Lionel Messi future update amid claims post-Copa celebrations hinted at summer exit
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Barcelona president Joan Laporta has spoken out over Lionel Messi’s future with the club, on the back of last night’s Copa del Rey triumph.
Barca run riot
Ronald Koeman’s men were of course back in action a little over 24 hours ago, in the finale of the latest edition of the Spanish cup.
The Blaugrana headed into proceedings as favourites, despite a damaging 2-1 Clasico defeat to Real Madrid last weekend.
Opponents Athletic Bilbao, on the other hand, were aiming to avoid a 2nd heartbreak in the space of 10 days, having been put to the sword by Real Sociedad in the rescheduled 2020 Copa finale just last week.
When all was said and done in Seville, though, Barca’s class simply proved too much, en route to as one-sided a tournament showpiece as one could possibly imagine.
Goals from Antoine Griezmann, Frenkie de Jong and Lionel Messi (2) eventually saw Barca emerge on the right side of a 4-0 scoreline.
The highlight of the night came in the form of Messi’s first strike, after the Argentine lodged his latest entry for the Puskas award in starting and finishing a stunning move from inside Barcelona’s half:
MAGIC FROM MESSI! 🤯🙌
A moment of absolute genius, vintage Barcelona, and they’re now well on their way to picking up another Copa del Rey trophy 🔵🔴 pic.twitter.com/SWWOhMEIkB
— Premier Sports 📺 (@PremierSportsTV) April 17, 2021
Whilst the Argentine’s latest magical performance took centre stage during Sunday’s clash itself, though, on the back of the full-time whistle at the Estadio La Cartuja, it was Messi’s future which swiftly grabbed the headlines.
The Blaugrana captain’s contract is of course due to expire in the summer, with little suggestion having been forthcoming to this point that Messi is prepared to pen fresh terms.
In turn, when a host of Barca’s stars queued up to pose for photos alongside the 33-year-old and the Copa trophy last night, many construed the scenes as pointing towards an imminent Camp Nou exit:
They all wanted a trophy picture with Messi 📸
— B/R Football (@brfootball) April 17, 2021
One individual, however, who has evidently not yet given up hope of convincing Messi to remain in Catalunya, is Joan Laporta.
Speaking in a post-match interview after watching his side clinch their 31st Copa crown, the recently reappointed Barcelona president was drawn on the subject of the 6-time Ballon d’Or winner’s future.
And Laporta went on to reveal his confidence that Messi, in fact, intends to stay put:
‘Leo is the best player in the world and has a very strong bond with the club. I’m convinced he wants to stay and we’ll do everything in our hands to make sure he does.’
‘Today he could see he is backed up by a great team who are capable of playing beautiful football.’
Barcelona president Joan Laporta is confident Lionel Messi will stay at the club next season after delivering a vintage performance in their Copa del Rey final win over Athletic Bilbao.
— Sky Sports (@SkySports) April 18, 2021

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Gov commissions construction of interchange projects worth over N5bn
Gov commissions construction of interchange projects worth over N5b
Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State has today Thursday, commissioned the construction of Kofar Kaura and Kofar Kwaya interchange projects worth N5.8 billion
According to Governor Masari, the project was to alleviate difficulties being faced by people plying the ever busy routes in the metropolis.
He said they have paid 70 per cent of the total amount to the contractor handling the project.
“The contractor of these two particular projects would have no excuse because already, we paid in advance 70 per cent of the total cost.
“And we had made adequate provision that if the contractor can perform magic and finish this in one day, he will have his remaining money ready for him.
“My appeal to the contractor and the consultant is about the quality of work, especially draining water from the roads because this is very important for the roads to last longer and be beneficial to the people of Katsina state,” Masari said
He said the State Government had spent over N5 billion for the provision of drainage to tackle erosion within the Katsina metropolis.
Speaking earlier during the groundbreaking ceremony of the projects, the Commissioner for Works, Housing and Transport, Tasi’u Musa Dandagoro, explained that the two interchange projects cost N5.8 billion.
“Kofar Kaura is awarded at the cost of N2,906,277,281.25, while that of Kofar Kwaya is at the cost of N2,808,076,031.25 and would complete for 12 months.”
Representative of Triacta Construction Company assured of quality and timely completion within the timeframe of 12 months.

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As my Facebook newsfeed again erupts in the latest outrages (real or hyped) I have been reflecting on the larger picture that fuels our responses as people who believe the Bible is the inerrant Word of God and trust Jesus as the only source of salvation.
Many times, we have been looking around at “our” country with one eye closed I fear.
Remember the “good old days” of our Founding Fathers who had regular Bible studies together and founded this “Christian nation?” We just can’t look at the fact that many of the founders believed in God as watchmaker, that Jefferson was a humanist who had taken a razor to his Bible to “fix” it. Some of the Founders had put their faith in Christ, and most of them admired Biblical principles, and those principles were good for our country. But if you were not white and male the picture was different.
But we fixed that right? Civil war, emancipation, suffrage. So then we have the “good old days” for sure, right? But keep the eye closed that might see systemic segregation, child labor, exploitation.
So now these are the “better days”, right? But still one eye must be closed. We still have racism, just more hidden, we have abortion, we still have the poor, and our culture is further and further from the Good Book.
So the liberal side says the old days were bad and now we’re progressing. The conservative side celebrates the old days and says these new days are bad.
I think both are right. This is a sinful world, and it has been. We live in a sinful country because we are a country full of sinners.
What we call “lawlessness” today is just the latest manifestation of what happens when man lives for himself and doesn’t make Christ the center of his life. As a church we need to spend less time trying to fix politically what can only be fixed through Jesus. We need to proclaim the good news. Living in a democracy (or democratic republic, or however you want to put it) our well being as a country depends on reaching as many people as possible with the Good News of Christ’s love, life, death, and resurrection for our forgiveness and redemption.
We, as followers of Christ, need to remember that the old days were sinful too, just in different ways. Our society has always abided evil, because man in his heart is evil.
Don’t look back at the days of slavery or racism and say that those were better because abortion wasn’t legal.
Don’t look at today with its abortion and anti-immigrant hatred and say its better because we’ve become more tolerant and enlightened.
Our hope is not in princes, presidents, laws, or morality. It is in the risen Christ who transforms us out of our selfishness and wicked hearts. Our whole world is in trouble, and always has been. That’s why Jesus came. That’s why He has placed us here. To be lights in the midst of this crooked and perverse generation.
Footnote: Because some will try to twist this, let me say that I am not arguing against Christians voting, or advocating for truth in politics. I’m not against standing up against unjust laws. But if we place that as our primary strategy, we are missing the heart of Christ and the means to truly change our world. Christ’s redemption.


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A Huge Big Thank you
To Margaret Driver for all your help today
I couldn't get to everyone without your support
the fun the craic, and the entertainment.
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To all the Carlow ladies for the fantastic selection of home baking
You surpassed yourselves with the warm welcome and wonderful hospitality
To my Sister Sandra for all your help
and to everyone who came,
I hope you all had a great day.
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The colours are just beautiful.
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I will pop the photos up tomorrow,
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Thank you for my lovely flowers and tray of homemade cakes,
Garreth say's thanks for his bag of sweets
I will be seeing most of you on Tuesday evening.
So enjoy the rest of the weekend

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High folding safety performance
The prefabricated house is a new type of light steel composite board with a reasonable combination of material and steel structure. It can play a very good security role, the specific data is strong earthquake of level 7 or above and 12-level typhoon resistance, which is very difficult for ordinary housing. Therefore, prefabricated houses are widely used in earthquake-stricken areas such as Wenchuan and Japan.
The cost of prefabricated houses is relatively low. Due to some of the characteristics of actual activities, the cost is very low compared to some brick houses, and the recovery can be relatively strong during the service life. According to statistics, generally movable rooms can be reused in six round trips. We can also understand the data, the overall cost of housing activities is relatively high.
Short folding cycle and fast speed
In addition, the construction of prefabricated houses is very fast. In general, the installation team can install more than 500 square meters per week, which is hard to imagine in the traditional construction field, such buildings will not produce construction waste. There is no doubt that this will also play a good role in protecting the environment and meeting current needs.
Prefabricated houses, under the conditions of deductions, also allow people to choose appropriate housing activities will increase their recognition, which is also a reason for the increasing potential of market-based housing.


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Roger Bjன்rnstadt, chief economist at the LO, accused Norges Bank of treating the tax rate “incorrectly”.
– They contribute unnecessarily to higher interest rates, says Bjornstadt
He receives some professional support from Professor Steiner Holden.
– I do not think it is necessary or desirable to raise interest rates as announced by Norges Bank, says Holden.
Norges Bank announced on Thursday that there will be no interest rate hike now, but the rate hike they announced in March is stable:
They announced that seven interest rates could be raised by the end of next year, so the core interest rate will increase from 0.75 today to 2.5 per cent by the end of 2023.
– They argue that high inflation is a major reason for the announced interest rate hike. I think this is the wrong monetary policy because wage creation in Norway handles such inflation, says Bjன்rnstadt.
– Not right
He says Norges Bank sees more of what is happening abroad.
– Norges Bank contributes to stifling job growth in Norway due to imported inflation. This is not the right monetary policy.
– If this is not clear in the order of Norges Bank, my message to the Government is that they should clarify the order.
– Are you saying that Norges Bank pays very little attention to the current situation in Europe and the economic situation in Norway as a result of the Ukraine war and gives more importance to the international economic situation?
– Yes, they warn that the interest rate for that type of price increase will increase. Such an interest rate policy is not correct. If Norges Bank thinks so, the order should be changed because they do more harm than good.
Calls for political debate.
– We are experiencing a completely extraordinary situation with inflation coming from international conditions, not the Norwegian economy. It is important that Norges Bank receives a clear message on how to handle such inflation within the inflation target.
Power and War
Norway has had a management target of 2.5 percent inflation since 2001. The inflation target is effective from March 2018 Fixed at 2 per cent.
He points out that the Solberg government was on the mandate of Norges Bank before changing this in 2018; One should not act on “individual, temporary obstacles” in price growth. It was replaced by the goal of greater productivity and employment.
– We should not oppose the current type of inflation, which is short-lived and has no major basis in the Norwegian economy, but is largely related to the effects of the war. Power shortages in Ukraine and Europe.
– Political influence?
– But was that word removed in 2018?
– Yes, but we need to look at shifting towards higher production and employment as a goal, which does not speak in favor of combating inflation as we see it now.
– It may appear when you suggest something unnecessary; Political Influence on Norges Bank’s Interest Rate Setting?
– No, but must have political influence over the objectives of determining interest rates – Order. It is the duty of the government to set targets for prudent monetary policy that considers wage creation to deal with inflation so that we can get more employment.
– It would have been different if we had been like many other countries where you have a wage solution that does not take into account the negative aspects of inflation. But in Norway, wage solutions are an important tool, meaning that there is no need to use the same level of interest rate changes as the price growth regulator.
Bjørnstad says the interest rate should not be as high as Norges Bank plans.
– If the inflation we are currently experiencing appears to be temporary, he says we do not need all the interest rates that Norges Bank is planning.
Get the professor’s support
Steiner Holden, professor and head of the Department of Economics at the University of Oslo, says he has for some time supported Bjornstadt’s professional values, but he disagrees with Norges Bank’s criticism.
– I agree with Bjornstadt that job growth in Norway should not be hampered by import inflation, says Holden:
– In a situation where import inflation is high, it is important not to place too much emphasis on reducing inflation. A central bank that places too much emphasis on the inflation target could raise interest rates too much, and this could significantly weaken the economy.
He also believes that Norway does not need all the interest rate hikes announced.
– I do not think it would be necessary or desirable to raise interest rates to the extent announced by Norges Bank. Norges Bank’s interest rate path is consistent with the assumption that employment will continue to be high. I expect Norges Bank to cut the interest rate path if higher interest rates and other factors contribute to weaker employment growth than expected.
– Do you support him in his professional message, but do you believe Norges Bank will handle the challenge of imported inflation?
– I agree
– I agree that one should not impede employment growth due to imported inflation. I think Norges Bank also agrees with that, but the difference is that they expect more job opportunities.
He argues that uncertainty is currently high and that this is due to the different weights of what is important in interest rate estimates.
– Norges Bank writes that higher interest rates will ease pressure on the Norwegian economy, but employment will remain high. At the same time; If they raise interest rates as they are now, it will lead to a very weakening of employment growth. So, Bjørnstad has a good point.
பொருளாதாரystein Dørum, chief economist at the Norwegian Enterprise Federation (NHO), disagrees.
– I think Bjørnstad is wrong. Norges Bank will review temporary changes in inflation. They have to worry about long-term growth in inflation, so there will be balanced growth in the economy.
Doram says the uncertainty is too much.
– In all likelihood, Norges Bank has missed out and Roger may be right, raising interest rates lower than the central bank’s interest rate forecast in a couple of years. But today there is no reason to criticize Norges Bank’s interest rate policy.
– Choose not to stick yet
He points out that the central bank estimates core inflation at 2.5 percent and registered unemployment at 2.0 percent.
– They believe that there is good growth and high efficiency utilization in the Norwegian economy and they hope that it will continue. They believe inflation will be higher than the target during this period. But they still choose not to stick to announcing further interest rate hikes, Doram says they could have done.
Protects against interest rate hikes
Norås Bank spokesman Bård Ove Molberg says they choose to refer to what is stated in the assessment. Norges Bank Monetary Policy and Financial Stability Committee Following the recent interest rate results of Norges Bank, especially these two categories:
“Inflation management needs to be forward and flexible so that it contributes to higher and more sustainable production and employment, as well as resists the structure of financial imbalances.”
“Monetary policy is comprehensive. The group’s assessment is that stabilizing inflation around the target in the short term indicates a further rise in key policy rates. Rising interest rates will ease pressure on the Norwegian economy, but employment is expected to remain high. Indicates that interest rates will rise gradually.
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This is a CS:GO video that may change your life aka my first ever stream highlights. If you are interested to see some of the best moments of my live csgo sessions then here you have it. Have fun!
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NIVIRO – The Guardian Of Angels [NCS Release]
Wayne Jones – Retro
Robin Hustin x TobiMorrow – Light It Up (feat. Jex) [NCS Release]
Aaron Kenny – The Curious Kitten
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The Netherlands began accepting euthanasia in 1984 and legalized it in 2000. While experts estimate 60% of assisted suicide cases are not reported, figures show that in 1999, fifteen years after it was accepted, doctors helped 2,216 Dutch patients die. Polls find that an overwhelming majority of the Dutch believe euthanasia should be available to suffering patients who want it. Numbers of reported assisted deaths increased by 13% in 2009, 19% in 2010, 18% in 2011 and 13% in 2012 to a reported 4,188 deaths which is more than 3% of all deaths. The 2012 report also stated that the practice expanded to include 42 people with dementia and 13 people with psychiatric conditions.
The Right to Die-NL organization founded in 1973, has been at the forefront of making euthanasia widely available in the Netherlands. This organization has created mobile euthanasia teams to help patients die at home. They also are advocating for legislation to make euthanasia available to anyone over age 70, sick or not. Some think the Right to Die-NL organization may now be going too far. Critics charge that the “right to die” could quickly become "the duty to die" pressuring the terminally ill to take their own lives when they believe they have become a burden. They say the elderly will be afraid to enter hospitals for fear of being euthanized. And in fact it happened that a woman was euthanized because she didn't want to go to a nursing home.
Theo Boer, an ethicist and former nine- year member of one of the five Euthanasia Review Committees in the Netherlands that oversees euthanasia cases, is saying that doctors, politicians and the review committees need to re-evaluate the euthanasia law. Boer has evaluated more than 4 thousand cases of euthanasia and says that it is often given to people who still had some time to live. The latest euthanasia figures for the Netherlands show that nearly one in seven deaths are at the hands of doctors. Despite their reports, the review committees have not have been able to halt these progressions.
Furthering the expansion of euthanasia to include children began in the mid-1990s. Two court cases regarding euthanasia of infants became the catalyst for the Groningen Protocol, a document providing guidance for both judges and physicians. Of the 200,000 children born in the Netherlands every year, about 1000 die during the first year of life. For approximately 600 of these infants, death is preceded by a medical decision regarding the end of life.
The answer may be found if we examine the successes and failures of the countries and states that have legalized euthanasia. Where better to begin than with the Netherlands where it all started?
The Netherlands is not alone. Having passed the law in September 2012, Belgium is now the third jurisdiction to legalize euthanasia. Doctors are euthanizing an average of five people every day – with a 27% surge in one year. Where euthanasia began as a way of dealing with the "hard cases" it has now expanded to include children, people with dementia, people with psychiatric issues, loneliness, and for those who are just "tired of living"
Germany is presently debating the legalization of euthanasia. It currently permits doctors to cease life-extending treatment or to administer powerful and dangerous sedatives at a dying person‘s request, but assisting a suicide is still a crime at this time.
According to the Oregon government report of January 22, 2014 there were 71 assisted suicide deaths and 122 prescriptions for suicide in 2013; 69% were aged 65 years or older, the median age was 71 years. The prescribing physician was present at the death in 8 of the 71 deaths. Only 2 of the 71 people who died by assisted suicide received a psychiatric evaluation. Is it ethical then to allow people who are in physical or emotional pain to make personal life and death decisions?
In the US, Oregon was the first to pass a physician-assisted suicide law in 1997 and claims to have never extended its dispensing beyond those with terminal illness in its 17 years. Since then, a total of 1,173 people have had DWDA prescriptions written but just 752 patients have died from ingesting the prescribed medications.
If quality of life is subjective, how can any law concerning euthanasia be objective? Once you give physicians the right, in law, to cause death, ethical boundaries prohibiting the intentional killing of human beings are forever changed. The result is what we have seen in the Netherlands and Belgium where euthanasia began as a way of dealing with the “hard cases” and has now expanded to include euthanasia for children, people with dementia, people with psychiatric issues, loneliness and for those who are “tired of living”.
If pain and suffering are the primary focus for accepting euthanasia then are there other ways to address these needs? This will be addressed in part III.
Yet according to an Oregon Public Health report, written in September of 2010, Oregon’s suicide rate is 35 percent higher than the national average. This increase does not take into account the number of deaths under assisted suicide act because the state does not recognize it as suicide. Whereas the law sees assisted suicide and euthanasia as an exception, public opinion is shifting towards considering them rights, with corresponding responsibilities on doctors to act. A law that is now in the making obliges doctors who refuse to administer euthanasia to refer their patients to a ‘willing’ colleague. And under Oregon’s law a doctor is not able to protect a depressed patient if they choose assisted suicide.
Jeanette Hall, was terminally ill and wanted to die by assisted suicide in 2000, but her doctor convinced her to try medical treatment. She has been in remission for many years and says she is happy to be alive today.
The Oregon assisted suicide act is not limited to terminally ill people. 2013 saw a significant increase in assisted suicide deaths related to "other illnesses" to include chronic conditions such as diabetes.
The three most frequently mentioned end-of-life concerns were: loss of autonomy (93.0%), decreasing ability to participate in activities that made life enjoyable (88.7%), and loss of dignity (73.2%). Other reasons were: Losing control of bodily functions, inadequate pain control or concern about it, burden on family, friends/caregivers and financial implications of treatment. All but one of these concerns relate to the quality of life and do not address the original purpose for euthanasia which was to alleviate pain and suffering for terminally ill patients with a short time to live.
In part 1 of this article, Euthanasia Debated, we reviewed some pros and cons of the practice of euthanasia as a means of ending the suffering of someone with terminal illness. We left with the question, “Are these practices a compassionate advance in the field of medicine or a decline in the values of modern society?


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history of herbal medicine
In historical records, the study of herbal plants started in the last 5.000 on the Sumerians, who had used herbal plants for medical purposes, such as laurel, a plant fragrance, and hollyhock. The people of Egypt from 1000 BC. known to have used garlic, opium, castor oil, coriander, candy, color / plant indigo, and other herbal plants for treatment. At the time of the Prophet SAW, he uses herbal medicines such as habbatussaudah which is still widely used to treat some diseases such as increasing stamina, prevent allergies, blood pressure control sugar levels in the blood, breaks up kidney stones, etc..
In Ancient documents also mention the use of plants / herbs herbs, including plants mandrak (poisonous), vetch, a plant fragrance, wheat, barley, and wheat hitam.Buku about herbs from China was recorded around the year 200 BC which contains 365 medicinal plants and the use of -use of these herbal plants, among others mentioned including ma-Huang, who introduced efedrina to modern medicine. The Greeks and ancient Romans did use herbs for healing.
As written in the notes Hippocrates, Galen, especially the practice of the Greeks and Romans in herbal medicine to be a reference in the implementation of the treatment in the west at a later date. Greek and Roman practices in connection with a drug, such as those preserved in the writings of Hippocrates and - especially-Lover, which provided polapola for later western medicine. Hippocrates advocated the use of simple herbs, such as healthy air, fresh and clean, reasonable rest and diet. While Galen advocated the use of large doses of drug mixtures including plants, animals, minerals and herbs.
Medical experts Greeks are Europeans who first made reference uses of medicinal plants, De Materia Medica. In the first century after AD, Dioscorides wrote a summary of over 500 plants, which become a reference during the 17th century. Equally important for herbalists and plant experts found the book of the Greeks, Theophrastus Historia Plantarum, written in the 4th century.

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Cisco Systems changes heighten focus on earnings
- Cromwell Schubarth, Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal
Then he admitted Flip was a flop, and he flattened the video unit.
He followed by offering early retirements to those over 50 to cut costs.
Now Chambers is undoing much of the bureaucracy he put in place in recent years.
All of this has increased focus on the San Jose, Calif.-based networking giant's May 11 earnings report and on answers Cisco execs give to analyst questions afterward. This is a huge story in the tech world and in the Triangle, where Cisco Systems employs more than 4,000 people in Research Triangle Park.
Wall Street expects Cisco (Nasdaq:CSCO) to post lower third quarte earnings (37 cents a share vs. 42 cents a share last year) despite increased revenue ($10.87 billion vs. $10.4 billion last year).
Citigroup reiterated a hold rating with a $20 price target on Cisco after the streamlining announcement, but lowered estimates for the fourth quarter and full year, saying the stock is "stuck in limbo."
"While valuation near historic lows likely limits downside, we believe the shares will remain range-bound until investors gain confidence in Cisco's ability to execute its turnaround plan and are comfortable with a reset growth and margin trajectory," Citigroup analyst John Slack wrote.
Cisco stock has lost about a third of its value in the past year, closing Thursday at $17.49, up 2 cents on the day.
Before Cisco announced its new streamlined organization on Thursday, Bloomberg reported that frustration with the company's bureaucracy had led to recent exits of top execs.
"They’ve got a culture that frustrates talented people," Robert Ackerman, the founder of venture firm Allegis Capital, told Bloomberg. "They’ve got a lot of talented people feeling like they’re beating their head against the wall."
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Animal company also can help people to preserve acceptable ranges of happiness regardless of the presence of temper signs like anxiety or depression. Having a pet can also help folks obtain health objectives, such as lowered blood strain, or psychological targets, similar to decreased stress. There is proof that having a pet can help a person lead an extended, more healthy life.
Failure to comply with these pointers, provide cheap look after a pet, or observe all local and state ordinances could result in disciplinary motion, including termination of the resident pet proprietor’s housing contract. & Waters, C “Associations between age, parity, hormonal therapy and breed, and pyometra in Finnish canines”, Veterinary Record, 143, pp. . When a domesticated animal reproduces, another animal comes into the world who will need care and help. Since the assets to take care of animals are limited, each animal birth leads to it being tougher to look after all of them. Most pet animals devour foods of animal origin, which will cause the suffering and deaths of other animals.
How Does a Doctor Diagnose a Pet Allergy?
However, as a result of animals can sometimes carry other germs that can make individuals sick, it’s all the time a good suggestion to practice wholesome habits round pets and different animals, including washing your palms before and after interacting with them. isn’t any proof that a canine, cat, or different domestic animal can transmit COVID-19 to people. Out of an abundance of warning, all of those sources recommend completely washing your hands after coming into contact with a pet and to reduce your interplay with domestic animals in case you are constructive for COVID-19. We are carefully monitoring updates from these dependable sources and can continue to maintain our community knowledgeable. Yes, however due to the minimal risk, USDA, CDC, AVMA, and others usually are not recommending pets be examined for COVID-19 at this time.
Our pets will miss us when we return to work. Here’s the way to prep them for it
Veteran who may benefit from having a skilled companion animal to apply. Our aim just isn’t only to offer prime quality, compassionate care for our patients, however to provide homeowners with information on how to keep their pets pleased and wholesome. We encourage you to browse our site, notably the informational articles. The finest veterinary take care of animals is ongoing diet and downside prevention, so turning into educated about preventative pet care is important to the continued success of your animal’s health. If you could have any questions, name or e-mail us and we’ll promptly get again to you.
Shelter insurance policies should mirror the complementary goals of preserving pets and their people together, reuniting lost pets with their households, and discovering new properties for pets who’ve misplaced theirs. Just as importantly shelter insurance policies shouldn’t create obstacles to homeowners reuniting with lost pets. Shelters ought to have, and liberally make use of, discretion to scale back or waive return to owner charges. While shelters could rely on these and other charges for earnings, the cost of caring for, rehoming or possibly euthanizing an animal is commonly greater than the lost income. Sending the animal home is frequently the better outcome for the pet, the household and the shelter.
Their inside clocks acknowledge when we normally eat dinner, when we typically play, and even the strange, amorphous time of evening when the humans scoop their poops. And if I strive anything shady – sleeping in on a Saturday, for example, as an alternative of promptly doling breakfast out at 6 a.m.
There are additionally inanimate objects that have been saved as “pets”, both as a form of a game or humorously (e.g. the Pet Rock or Chia Pet). Some wild animals are kept as pets, corresponding to tigers, despite the fact that that is illegal. Keeping animals as pets could also be detrimental to their well being if sure requirements are not met. An necessary issue is inappropriate feeding, which may produce clinical results. The consumption of chocolate or grapes by canines, for instance, could show fatal.

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ABU, ZARIA TO SETTLE KADUNA GOV. TAX EVASION CASE OUT-OF-COURT
A Tax Tribunal sitting in Kaduna State on Thursday granted a request by the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, to settle the four-year-long case of non-remittance of Pay-As-You-Earn tax, amounting to N6 billion, out of court.
The Kaduna State Board of Internal Revenue had on January 16, 2014 instituted a case against the ABU for failure to remit the PAYE tax from 2007 to 2012.
Counsel to the revenue service, Mr Francis Kozah, prayed the tribunal, chaired by Umar Adamu, to ask the institution to pay all outstanding arrears, including interest and penalty as stated by law.
Kozah, however, told the tribunal that ABU had earlier requested for an out-of-court settlement and that the board had agreed to hear them.
He said that the sitting was scheduled for the first week of December.
He also informed the tribunal of the change of nomenclature from Kaduna State Board of Internal Revenue to Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service.
This followed the passage of the Kaduna State Tax Codification and consolidation Law in 2016.
Counsel to ABU, Mr M Garba, requested that the case be adjourned for four weeks to allow the parties sit and resolve the dispute.
Responding, the tribunal chairman regretted that the case had been on hold since January 2014 due to the non-constitution of the tribunal.
Adamu said that if the parties failed to settle the issue, the tribunal would take a decision to proceed to hear the matter.
He then, adjourned the case to the second week of January 2019, adding that the parties would be notified of the substantive date in due course.
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Those of you who know my story, know that we battled infertility for almost 4 years. We went through one failed IVF and then 3 months later discovered we were pregnant. The doctors told us it couldn't happen naturally, but God had other plans. My pregnancy went great until 21 weeks, when I found out the baby had died. I delivered our precious daughter Zoe Renae stillborn (due to cord death) on Oct. 8, 2004. Thankfully, the Lord blessed us with 2 more daughters, Brooklyn (4) and Sydney (2 1/2.) Through this difficult time in my life the Lord led me to write a book about my journey and the journey of other women who have overcome infertility to become mothers. I am honored that these women would entrust me with their story and can't wait for you to read about them. If you've happened upon my blog from Kelly's Korner, I am glad you stopped by. I am thrilled her story will be a part of my book. The book will chronicle women who have become mothers through adoption, IVF, embryo adoption and healing. My prayer is that it will provide hope to those that are struggling with infertility.
I will keep you all updated with a release date. Thanks for stopping by.

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There’s something utterly moving about stories of second chance at love and healing hearts that learn to love again, but add to that equation a sexy tattooed rockstar who knows what he wants and will do anything, risk his own heart being broken, to get the woman he loves, and you have magic.
We met Katelyn and Harrison in Forever My Girl, Katelyn being Liam and Josie’s lifelong friend whose husband’s death brought them back into each other’s lives, and Harrison being the drummer in Liam’s band. From the moment they laid eyes on each other, we knew there was an immediate connection between them, and even under those tragic circumstances, we wanted to hope that there would be a chance for them somewhere in the future.
“I’m a widow with two children and he can have his pick of any woman he wants, why would he want me and my baggage?”
For almost a year, Harrison has admired from a distance the woman who stole his heart from the moment he met her, turning his affections into actions, offering her help whenever she or her daughters needed him, but never quite making his intentions known and giving her the time to mourn her husband. Katelyn did not fail to notice the sexy drummer in her life, everyone in her life encouraging her to move on with her life and give love another chance, but she does not feel ready to date again. She still perceives herself as married and as attracted as she may be to Harrison, she won’t allow herself to admit it or embrace her budding feelings for a man who is not her Mason.
“He’s not my type and I love my husband, whether he’s here to love me back or not.”
Through frequent flashbacks into her past and the life she shared with Mason since she was fifteen, we watch her sorrow holding her back and keeping her heart in a past that she’ll never have again. But the more time she spends with Harrison, the more her body starts betraying her and eventually she can no longer deny their physical attraction, regardless of the objections based on his rough stereotypical image of a rocker that her mind uses to fight her growing feeling for him. Every time they are around each other, her body fails her a little bit more each time, with a lingering look, a fleeting touch, a stolen kiss, and soon her heart is a battlefield of conflicting emotions.
“He’s the quintessential rocker and doesn’t fit my life. I don’t care that the way he looks at me makes me feel wanted. I don’t care that the way he looks at me makes me feel desired. I don’t care that the way he smells makes me want to crawl into his skin until I’m enveloped in his scent. I don’t care because he’s not Mason.”
Harrison’s willingness to wait for her to be ready for love again and to finally give him a chance to prove his feelings to her, as well as his eagerness to take care of her and her daughters, are heart-wrenching at times. Her hot and cold attitude towards him occasionally makes him doubt himself and his fear of rejection every so often discourage his efforts, but he never gives up. He is determined to show her what she is missing out on, but most importantly, how much he truly wants them to become a family.
“She doesn’t want me. I’m nothing but a distraction. I’m not the man she thinks she needs to help raise her kids. I don’t fit the mold, the stereotype of the All-American husband.”
When Katelyn lets herself feel again at last, love finally heals the remaining shards of her broken heart and opens her life to a future she never even hoped to have again.
Both prequels in this series, Forever My Girl and the novella My Everything, were beautifully executed stories in their own right, but this book sets a new standard in well-roundedness and flawless balance of elements, giving us a realistic and poignant account of a young widow’s battle with herself and her reluctant second attempt at romance. We watch her inner struggle, we hear her fears, doubts, reasons for not giving in easily to her body’s demands, and we cannot help but want her to be happy again. It is hard to blame her for not wanting to move on and put her past behind her when we are also shown the life and the dreams she once shared with her late husband, knowing she never expected to have to start all over again.
“What does he see when he looks at me? Does he see what I see? Does he see a single mom with two very young girls; a woman so broken and in pain because her husband was taken away from her far too early?”
We are also given a hero who never yields, never lets her rejection discourage him from believing in them and in the growing bond being forged between them. There is also overwhelming emphasis put on the wellbeing of the children in the story, the attachments between adults and children being developed at their own pace and independently from the romantic storyline. This only adds to the overall completeness of the story, making the love connection between Katelyn and Harrison even more special and well-earned.
“I know she doesn’t want me the way I want her, and I’d rather be her friend than not have her in my life at all.”
I truly loved this book. I became invested in every single character because the perfect picture we could so easily envision for them was impossible to resist. This very emotional but much sexier instalment of the Beaumont series could theoretically be read as a stand alone novel, but knowing Liam and Josie’s story as well is preferable.
“I could live a day without water if I was granted the permission to just stare at her.”


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New for this year’s event is Gullfjordungen Downhill. It’s an urban downhill-inspired race which might be Norway’s first?
We promise you a race with steep biking, road gap, sketchy sections, and biking inside a building (and we're pretty sure that this race is something different). AND YES, did we mention stairs? We have them too!
Junior (under 18).Athletes under 18 years must have a signature from parents to enter our events. Read more here : https://portal.ekstremsportveko.com/Home/Policy. Send it to the head of MTB
- Downhill bike/full-suspension bike
- Full face helmet
- Knee pads
- Elbow pads
- Back protector/body armor
REGISTRATION / SIGN UP
Registration opens: Open
Registration closes: Closes 26th of June.


Architecture can be beautiful. It can be impressive. It can even be thought-provoking. But have you ever thought of buildings as having the potential to be green?
A new wave of architectural design has been formed in recent years, in response to a growing move towards sustainability in all walks of art and business. Green architecture uses the earth’s natural processes as inspiration to create buildings that are kind to the planet. From rooftop gardens to rain barrels and solar panels, this has bred unbridled creativity and innovation in the architecture sector – that’s as well-meaning as it is impressive.
Let’s take a closer look at exactly what green and sustainable architecture is, how it benefits the environment, and how it has changed the future of architectural innovation.
What is sustainable architecture?
In the simplest terms, the definition of “green architecture” refers to buildings which are created and designed with the health of our planet in mind. Whether it’s a new structure, or just adaptations to an existing construction, for a building to be considered “green” it should be energy efficient and environmentally friendly.
These designs use the earth itself as a “macro model”, by using natural and sustainable materials for construction, or by using natural forms of energy, such as solar power. Working with and alongside the planet, instead of against it is key. So who decides whether or not a building is “green”? A project deemed sustainable should take environmental concerns into account at every stage of the process – from the initial planning to the finishing touches. Often, materials are recycled and used within green architecture, and the siting of the building is also a key consideration.
Construction has always been one of the primary sources of pollution and energy usage on our planet, and although environmental awareness is not a new topic, it’s only in recent years that real legislative changes have been made, forcing the construction industry to rethink its practices. There has been an international increase in awareness and sensitivity to eco issues, which has, in turn, led to the celebration and encouragement of sustainable architecture. The environmental movement picked up real momentum in the 80s and 90s, leading to the formation of several recognized groups; including Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace. A significant development during this time was the 1994 establishment of the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standards, which first issues many of the terms green architecture uses as its foundation today.
Famous examples of green architecture
Let’s take a look at green architecture in action. From hotels to apartment complexes and offices, green principles can be adopted to improve and enhance any building. Here are some of the most recognizable and celebrated examples of sustainable buildings from around the world.
The Bird’s Nest, Beijing – This stadium in Beijing hosted the 2008 Olympic Games and showcased sustainable architecture in the process. It is composed of eight stand-alone buildings, which are self-contained – this allows natural ventilation of the stadium, without the need for massive amounts of energy and equipment.
World Trade Centre, Bahrain – This visually stunning, 240m tall building uses wind turbines to generate its power. The turbines form a bridge between the two towers, fixed to face the Persian Gulf, ensuring maximum wind flow. It won the LEAF Award for its use of technology in 2006.
Oasia Downtown Hotel, Singapore – This hotel was designed by celebrated environmental architecture firm WOHA. The building of 27 floors is covered with plants, resembling an enormous, vertical garden. It’s also ventilated by natural wind, and HVLS (High Volume Low Speed) fans are included as sculptures in the sky gardens.
Kurilpa Bridge, Brisbane – Sustainable design doesn’t just apply to buildings and homes. This bridge in Australia was built in 2009 and holds the status as the biggest solar-powered transportation bridge anywhere in the world. The sun powers its LED lights, and 86 solar panels produce a whopping 90% of the energy needed to keep the bridge running. Perhaps most importantly, this bridge has set a precedent for cities around the globe to follow.
Adrere Amellal, Egpyt – Situated at the foot of the White Mountain, in the heart of Egypt’s desert, this remote resort uses its surroundings as inspiration. The walls are hand-built from clay and stone, and water is sourced from a nearby spring.
How is sustainable architecture better for the environment?
When thinking about green walls and rooftop gardens, it would be easy to dismiss green construction as a fad. It’s true; these buildings can be whimsical and beautiful – but they also represent an essential development within the architectural industry. The way that buildings have been constructed in the past is unsustainable and harmful to the environment. In the early 21st century, more than half of the world’s resources were taken up by the construction of buildings of all kinds. Also, 20-30% of greenhouse gas emissions and 40-50% of landfill deposits were as a result of the building industry. All of this energy and waste takes a heavy toll on the environment; making sustainable architecture a necessary and inevitable development rather than a frivolous one.
So how exactly does green architecture benefit the environment? Let’s take a look at some of the main ways.
Alternative energy sources – Many green homes and buildings supply their power or use sustainable resources, reducing the strain on the planet’s materials (which are rapidly running out). Solar, hydro and wind power are popular choices.
Conservation of energy – Green buildings are designed to minimize energy loss in some ways. They should prevent the escape of hot and cold air, and materials used for insulation are created using responsible chemicals which prevent humidity, mould and condensation problems. Laminated glass is also used to conserve heat.
Re-usage of materials – There are now companies which provide salvaged materials from demolition sites, which can be re-used to construct green buildings. This practice reduces waste, saves money and eradicates the need to source and forge new materials.
Considerate location choice – green buildings should be built in areas where there is existing construction to build upon, therefore reducing materials and labour needs, and should never be built somewhere it will have a detrimental effect on the surrounding environment. Animal habitats, natural drainage systems and trees should all be left intact and undisturbed.
The belief that “nature knows best” is at the heart of the green architecture movement – that the natural environment of a building can be used to improve it. Think recognizing and making use of the way the light falls in an area, or taking advantage of nearby rock formations and wind patterns.
Here are some more common features of green architecture:
- Natural ventilation systems
- Renewable power sources
- Non-toxic and non-synthetic materials
- Locally obtained building materials, such as wood and stone
- Responsibly harvested materials
- Re-use of older buildings
- Water-saving plumbing
- Efficient space usage
- Use of salvaged materials
Let’s take a look at some of the main features of green architecture in more detail.
One particularly notable – and recognizable – feature of sustainable architecture are green roofs, where plants and greenery are placed on top of a building. They might look beautiful, but what’s their actual purpose? The benefit of these roofs is that they lower the overall temperature in the building as well as making the surrounding air quality better. Of course, they also add vibrancy and improve the appearance of grey urban areas.
The easiest way to understand the principle of a green roof is to think of it simply as a rooftop garden. As well as insulating, the plants help with natural drainage and can provide a small habitat for urban animals – effectively combatting the rapid habitat depletion in cities.
Solar panels both save energy and cut energy bills, so are a popular choice when considering power sources for environmentally conscious buildings. In the early days of solar panels, some designers found them to be an eyesore – they are large and quite obtrusive. The development of solar shingles, which integrate directly into a roof and also protect the structure itself, are a subsequent and promising development.
Harvesting of rainwater
Saving water has a hugely beneficial environmental impact; water can be used in the building itself and to irrigate any gardens. These systems can vary hugely in appearance, size and price, but the collection tends to take place underground and out of sight to preserve the building’s aesthetics.
Like a green roof, a green wall is essentially a garden – however, this time it’s vertical. Green walls also help to improve the air quality of busy, polluted cities and add a splash of colour, bringing nature into the urban landscape and combining the two. They can also create a sense of privacy. More importantly, though, they help to thermally insulate that building and also cool down the surrounding air through photosynthesis and evapotranspiration.
Where possible, sustainable buildings use whatever material is naturally surrounding the site (think about the Adrere Amellal example). Materials should be salvaged or from local sites. Wood, and in particular bamboo, is a common choice. Steel and aluminium should be avoided because they need to be manufactured; increasing energy and labour costs, as well as energy consumption.
How has sustainability changed the future of architecture?
We have moved on from times when buildings needed to be built quickly and cheaply at the expense of everything else. The importance of environmental issues and the prevalence of green buildings has meant that education in architecture is changing. It is now the architect’s prerogative more than ever before to think sustainably as the first port of call when designing a new structure. These days, it is necessary for all buildings to concern themselves with sustainable standards such as green roofs and LEED standards.
These changes extend into the future. Universities now give students the opportunity to not only design and create buildings, but to learn more about the sourcing of materials and the handing over of the site to the community. It is hoped that this new generation of architects will continue to pioneer an environment-first approach and that hotels, schools offices and urban spaces will be built in more and more sustainable ways.
This commitment has led to some progressive movements, such as Architecture 2030: an initiative which aims to make all new buildings carbon neutral by 2030. It is the hope that greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced and the global average temperature will be kept down. As we can see, rather than a bonus – building sustainably has become the norm. However, it isn’t all plain sailing. Such significant changes take a while to infiltrate through an entire industry, and some architectural habits have been hard to break.
What challenges lie ahead?
Although green architecture has made major headway, there is some way to go. The industry as a whole must become more socially responsible and ethical for us to fully reap the benefits.
Governments continue to regulate and legislate green standards – but they must equally encourage innovation and creativity as a way to solve unprecedented problems.
Advances in technology will also help to facilitate green building solutions in the future. Currently, much of the start-of-the-art technology required to build truly sustainable structures is expensive and requires a huge investment, creating an instant economic gap in certain areas.
Green architecture also has a responsibility to keep responding to the needs of its inhabitants, and balancing these needs with environmental requirements. Research has found the most successful of these buildings stimulate multiple senses – as well as sight; they need to find a way to engage with inhabitants through touch, smell and sound. This consideration will help to deepen the public understanding of sustainability – as it stands, a widespread belief that climate change is out of our hands.
We must all get behind it, from architects to inhabitants, if sustainable and green architecture is to become the future.


LONDON, December 22- Arsenal will be without forward Alexis Sanchez for the entire festive period after he received a setback in his recovery from a hamstring injury, manager Arsene Wenger revealed.
“Sanchez, I think he will be back around January 10. For the Christmas period, don’t count him,” Wenger told reporters at the Emirates Stadium after his side’s 2-1 win over Manchester City.
Sanchez had been due to make his return against City after missing three games with a hamstring problem sustained in the 1-1 draw at Norwich City, but Wenger said he had suffered a “very slight” setback in training.
“He was planned to be on the bench tonight (Monday) and he’s so keen that he got a little pain,” Wenger said. “We didn’t take a gamble at all.”
Arsenal’s win left them two points below Premier League leaders Leicester City and four points above third-place Manchester City.
Chile international Sanchez looks set to miss league games against Southampton, Bournemouth and Newcastle United, as well as Arsenal’s FA Cup third-round tie at home to Sunderland on January 9.


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The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is serious about fixing our traffic problem by lessening the number of cars on the road.
Major thoroughfares under the jurisdiction of the MMDA no longer have number-coding window hours under the expanded Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP), and this has been going on for quite some time now. After the most recent Metro Manila Council (MMC) meeting, however, it has been decided that the coding hours will be made uniform throughout the entirety of Metro Manila. That means the coding scheme will be in effect from
The existing window hours when cars aren’t prohibited from using the road in Parañaque (7am-9am; 4pm-7pm), Malabon (7am-10am;3pm-7pm), San Juan (7am-10am; 3pm-7pm), Manila (7am-10am; 3pm-8pm), and Valenzuela (7am-10am; 3pm-8pm) will no longer be in effect. Makati’s coding hours (7am-7pm) will now be until
According to MMDA general manager Jojo Garcia: “We have agreed to standardize the ‘no window hours’ scheme on national roads and roads listed as Mabuhay Lane.” He added that members of the MMC have also agreed to amend their existing number-coding schemes and traffic codes implemented in their jurisdictions. The MMC, composed of Metro Manila mayors, is the policy-making and governing body of the MMDA.
That said, MMDA spokesperson Celine Pialago clarified that the Metro Manila mayors have yet to sign the approved resolution and publish it in major newspapers before implementation. After this, motorists will have to wait for local ordinances to be amended, and that might still take some time, too.
There you have it. Keep visiting Top Gear PH for updates, so that you’re not caught unawares and this happens.


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Tutorial with example
In today’s DAX Fridays video I will show you how to round time, prices and numbers using ROUND, ROUNDUP, ROUNDDOWN, INT, TRUNC, ODD, EVEN, MROUND, FLOOR and CEILING. Rounding numbers, time and prices is a very useful skill as it will give you more control of your dataset and the accurancy in which your numbers are presented.
We are going through the functions in this order:
01:01 Round to the nearest number with ROUND
02:37 Round up to the nearest number with ROUNDUP
03:16 Round down to nearest number with ROUNDDOWN
04:11 Round down prices to the nearest integer with INT
05:00 Remove decimals from the number with TRUNC
05:48 Round up to the nearest odd number using ODD
06:11 Round up to the nearest odd number using ODD
07:43 Round prices to the nearest 0.05 of a euro cent with MROUND
08:58 Round down prices to the nearest 0.05 of a euro cent with FLOOR
09:23 Round up prices to the nearest 0.05 of a euro cent with CEILING
10:56 Round time to the nearest hour with MROUND
11:45 Round up time to the nearest 15 minutes with CEILING
12:31 Round down time to the nearest 15 minutes with FLOOR
Download example file:
Link to Power BI file: here.
There are two CEILING functions in DAX, with the following differences:
- The CEILING function emulates the behavior of the CEILING function in Excel.
- The ISO.CEILING function follows the ISO-defined behavior for determining the ceiling value.
The two functions return the same value for positive numbers, but different values for negative numbers. When using a positive multiple of significance, both CEILING and ISO.CEILING round negative numbers upward (toward positive infinity). When using a negative multiple of significance, CEILING rounds negative numbers downward (toward negative infinity), while ISO.CEILING rounds negative numbers upward (toward positive infinity).
The return type is usually of the same type of the significant argument, with the following exceptions:
- If the number argument type is currency, the return type is currency.
- If the significance argument type is Boolean, the return type is integer.
- If the significance argument type is non-numeric, the return type is real.
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A lai is a poem to be sung, detailing an adventure or a romance. The oldest known lais were written by Marie de France in the tweflth century court of Henry II. Verses are written with eight syllables, and often detail a narrative of King Arthur and other Celtic heroes. Provence's lyric love songs were also known as lais.
Zooming forward to the fourteenth century of England, comprable poetry was composed under the name of Breton lays--the most well-known example being Geoffrey Chaucer's The Franklin's Tale. Since then, historical ballads are often still called lays.
NTC's Dictionary of Literary Terms by Morner & Rausch

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