Today we share the analysis shared by the newspaper El Universal about the sad reality that Colombia is a country without a merchant marine so that we reflect on the loss of our oceanic and maritime consciousness and that despite having two coasts, in the Pacific Ocean and in the Caribbean Sea, 98 thousand square kilometers of maritime extension, around 53 port terminals and docks, terminals on the high seas, does not have a merchant marine.
The merchant marine is the set of ships, boats and other ships that are engaged in maritime trade, tourism or recreational activities, which are manned by non-military sailors and who pay taxes to the country where they are registered, where their flags are.
According to figures from the Colombian Association of Shipowners (ARMCOL), 80% of the main ships that work in the country are registered in other countries and, therefore, do not pay taxes in Colombia and a similar percentage of ships and yachts that circulate in Colombian waters, They are also registered abroad. Most Colombian flagged ships are tugs and minor artifacts.
In the latest Transport in Figures report from the Ministry of Transport, published last year, there are only 23 main ships registered in the country (more than a thousand tons of gross weight), which reveals the low interest of the government in registering ships with the Colombian. flag (You may be interested: Hyundai Hope, the largest container ship that has arrived in Cartagena).
In favor of the Colombian flag
The merchant marine is another weak point that confirms the urgent need to develop public policies in favor of the maritime sector, which for years have been demanding from those who engage in this type of activity.
“The nationality of a ship brings reciprocal advantages if the flag State so determines, in leading countries, the shipowner can access a series of incentives through specific supports that translate into qualitative and quantitative increases in their fleet, for therefore, the logistics chain derived from shipping the industry is also compatible ”, indicates an ARMCOL document.
In addition, the State does not pay freight to foreign shipping companies and job creation is promoted since the crew, 80%, must be born in Colombia, in accordance with national legislation.
To make the full potential of the Colombian flag visible, maritime companies and institutions have joined together since 2016 to commemorate Merchant Navy Day, every June 8, with spaces for the participation of the actors in the sector.
Diana Osorio, director of the Entremar institution and promoter of Merchant Marine Day, indicates that “it has been a great effort to bring together the sector’s stakeholders to speak, debate and propose what is needed for there to be a regulation that favors the navy Colombian merchant. ”
He added that in this scenario of discussion the support of Senator Iván Darío Agudelo was obtained, who attended the celebration last year and decided to support the sector from the Sixth Committee of the Senate.
However, Osorio emphasizes that to be visible and supported by the Government, the will and participation of more actors is required. “In general, we are always the same ones that promote debate spaces in favor of the Colombian merchant marine and general policies in favor of maritime affairs, that is vital to make us visible.”
Abroad, references to the importance of a merchant fleet for the national economy abound. Bolivia, for example, which has no exit to the sea, has a specific policy around its merchant marine, which registers about 30 ships.
Colombia had a merchant marine
The Grancolombiana merchant fleet, created in the middle of the last century with Colombian, Venezuelan and Ecuadorian capital, marked a moment of glory for the merchant marine in the country, since it promoted the export of local products such as bananas, cotton and coffee, which paid minimum quantities in freight and came to employ more than 2,000 Colombian sailors. Its fleet became 45 ships. (Also read: Colombia improves the times in the shipment of merchandise of foreign trade).
“It began to decline with the economic opening in the 90s, we let the years go by and it was never renewed, now our fleet is very small and it is very difficult for us to reach that level again, so the best option is to register ships with the Colombian flag ”, Explains the director of Entremar.
The merchant fleet was established on June 8, 1946 and it is in honor of this that the date of the Merchant Navy Day was designated.


text: What is a dropped kerb A dropped kerb enables vehicles to cross the public pavement (footway/verge) to access a private driveway. It allows safe, off-road parking and could add value to your property. The dropped kerb access area remains part of the public highway and is maintained by the council. Utility apparatus, such as electricity and phone equipment within this area is maintained by the utility company such as Virgin Media and Scottish Power. The dropped kerb and access across the footway do not become part of your land and must not be used for parking vehicles, as overhanging or obstructing a public footway is an offence. Requirements for dropped kerbs Driveway and planning considerations: To qualify for a dropped kerb, you'll need space for a driveway on your property with a minimum size of 5.5 meters long by 3 meters wide to accommodate vehicle parking. The driveway must be in place before a dropped kerb can be constructed. Standard dropped kerbs are 3.6 meters wide, with an additional 0.9 meters on each side for transition curbs. The entire area from the kerb to your property will be strengthened to take the weight of a vehicle. Strengthening involves excavating and rebuilding the footpath to an appropriate thickness, often using concrete slabs. Any existing street furniture or utility equipment will need to be moved at your own expense. If you request an extension to an existing dropped kerb, the existing section won't be automatically renewed. Renewing the entire area will incur additional costs. Please contact us before applying to discuss your options. Planning permission might be required if you request a dropped kerb on a classified road (typically major roads). Application To request a quote for a dropped kerb, please contact our contractor, Tarmac. Telephone 0800 023 2334 Email firstname.lastname@example.org Process Tarmac will assess your request and provide a quotation outlining the next steps, including form submission and payment options. Once the process is complete you will receive an invoice from Knowsley Council, with a unique reference, and details on how you can pay. Once we’ve received payment, we will instruct Tarmac to proceed with the works. Please note that we may decline certain requests if the driveway lacks sufficient parking space, has visibility concerns, or could negatively impact parking for surrounding properties. Each request is evaluated individually, and the cost reflects the specific details of your property. Access protection markings An access protection (h-bar) marking will not be included in your dropped crossing quote unless you request it. Find out more about requesting this marking here. Using your own contractor If you decide to use your own contractor it’s your responsibility to make sure that they: Apply to us for Section 171 permit before they start any work, you will need to give them the reference number we gave you when we approved your request. To apply for a Section 171 permit, contact email@example.com. Hold public liability insurance of at least £10 million, which indemnifies you and us. Employ trained and accredited workers in line with the codes of practice in the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991. Accept and keep to any conditions which we set, for example saying that work can only take place during certain times, and any costs relating to this. Accept a two-year maintenance period after the work is done, the contractor and you will be responsible for any claims. Give us update notices confirming when the work has started and finished, and the registration of all reinstatement dimensions. Give us 20 days notice before the work starts. Plan the work out properly, and complete it efficiently. Construct the works to the requirements set out in the Highways Construction Details. Before any works commence, you must contact the council at firstname.lastname@example.org for an inspection quotation. The authority is required to check all the works and there is a charge for this service. This charge differs depending on the extent of the works.

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How do we ensure that any investment in healthcare AI provides the best possible value? Consider these three principles.
Investing in new digital technology to drive healthcare transformation is big business these days and much of this effort is being directed toward artificial intelligence (AI) platforms. One industry analysis suggests a 40% annual global growth rate in AI investment through to 2021 and the number of companies offering healthcare-specific applications is growing by the day.
However, even with these impressive predictions, you can’t discuss digital investment without also considering how it will deliver value in various forms (cost, productivity, outcomes, etc.) and for various audiences (patients, care providers, insurers, etc.) In fact, the health and life sciences industry is undergoing a radical shift towards value-based outcomes – maximizing patient health outcomes per dollar spent.
This begs a vital question: How do we ensure that any investment in healthcare AI provides the best possible value? And that doesn’t just mean value to the organizations providing care services, but also value to taxpayers and, crucially, to patients and citizens.
This is not an easy question to answer, but there are at least some basic principles emerging which will help to better frame the problem and to guide those all-important investment decisions being made across the industry. In clinical practice, our aim is always to improve the quality of diagnosis through more effective treatment leading to better outcomes. In that same spirit, here we offer three principles to consider when assessing the value of your next AI investment in healthcare.
Diagnosis – Are we addressing the root cause or just treating symptoms?
Our first principle is perhaps the most obvious: What is the diagnosis and which business value drivers are we seeking to influence? Traditionally, this has revolved around the need to make or save money through cost optimization, process efficiency or organic growth. AI is certainly well-placed to support such initiatives. But increasingly, the problem in healthcare is one of managing constraints. In the UK, for example, emergency hospital admissions have increased by 14% since 2010, but nursing numbers have remained static and even started shrinking.
So, the question then becomes how we can free up more valuable human time to care for the sick and vulnerable without destabilizing a health system. For example, we might invest in advanced clinical decision support, using neural network techniques applied to vast quantities of clinical data, to improve accuracy and speed of diagnosis. Alternatively, we could invest in cognitive virtual agents to undertake many of the routine, predictable and transactional activities of the healthcare workforce such as booking appointments, relaying information and providing coaching or lifestyle advice.
Another way of looking at this question is this: Are we attempting to target the “submerged part of iceberg” in healthcare, i.e. high volume/frequency interactions, where a tangible and certain improvement can be delivered in efficiency and access and quality and experience, for carers AND patients?
The Healthcare AI Iceberg: Where You Target Investments
If an AI-enabled approach to routine interactions could save even 5-10% of the time of the medical and nursing workforce, just think how that would translate into extra capacity to cope with rising demand and more complex caseloads. In asthma care, for example, a chronic disease that will soon affect more than 400 million people globally, we have estimated that almost 10% of care and welfare costs could be avoided through automated proactive communication with sufferers. This would free up the time of scarce health workers to better service unmet and growing demand.
Prescription – Therapy for the future or short-term pain relief?
The treatment needed for long-term sustainable improvement in healthcare is often tied to digital technology. Today’s healthcare digital exemplars act and think like entrepreneurs – using agile adoption, fast experimentation and continuous improvement to drive their technology vision. This is especially true when investing in technology that is still maturing and has yet to prove itself fully in terms of return on investment. So, the ability to start small and scale out over time is crucial.
In considering the principle of scalability, there are some key questions to ask: How long will it take to deploy the AI solution into a production environment and what resources are needed to get it up and running? Will the solution offer self-learning, allowing it to grow with the business and improve over time? How flexible is it in terms of deployment – is it highly specific to a single care process or disease state, or is it portable enough to integrate with any number of local processes and multiple use cases? And will it offer the opportunity to replicate or remove whole end-to-end processes, including dynamic fulfilment of requests for users, across hundreds or potentially thousands of interactions simultaneously?
If the answer to any of these questions is no, then the ability of the solution to scale with the healthcare system is likely to be compromised, as all of these elements are required in order to provide a solution that can sustain in healthcare over time. Aspirin or ibuprofen can provide temporarily relief for a badly sprained ankle, but the pain will return without a comprehensive pain management regimen; the same idea holds true when planning scalability for healthcare AI.
Outcome – Will the patient not just survive but continue to thrive?
Not all technology investments will target hard financial metrics as part of their value case. Many electronic health records interoperability programs, for example, are considered necessary to drive quality and safety improvements. Our third guiding principle is therefore to consider the non-financial impact of investing in AI.
This is a broad principle and will differ with each organization’s goals and priorities, but wherever they are starting from, one key question should always be asked: How does this impact the patient? The importance of user experience in healthcare has gained momentum in recent years, so the acceptability and usefulness to the patient must be paramount. Even professional-to-professional interactions, facilitated by AI (e.g. diagnostic support, predictive bed planning and nurse rostering) will all have implications for patients that should be viewed as a positive improvement in their health journey. More crucially, where patients and citizens are exposed directly to the AI solution, such as via a virtual cognitive agent, then the experience needs to be at least as good as a similar human interaction, otherwise it will be roundly rejected.
However, user experience is only one area of non-financial impact to consider. Others might include the ability to leverage the AI solution as a catalyst for business transformation, perhaps by creating new opportunities to serve the population and to provide innovation in delivery. Doing the same things you’ve always done slightly faster or cheaper is one thing, but to re-envision a whole service built around an entirely different perspective of healthcare’s fundamental purpose is something quite different.
More broadly, we can judge any investment in AI by the wider value which might accrue to health systems. Does it offer advanced analytics to help us understand what works and how to improve through deep customer insight (e.g. sentiment analysis)? Can we use it to cross-sell or promote other products or messages that would benefit our communities (e.g. patient self-activation and preventive care)? And does the investment represent real market differentiation and reinforce our brand identities as caring, supportive bodies that have the best interests of a healthy, thriving population at heart?
Conclusion: A healthy prognosis through investment for the future
Healthcare as a whole has never shied away from taking advantage of technology for the benefit of clinical or patient care if the business case is strong and the goals are sound. Investing in AI adds a slightly different lens to the industry’s view of tech, because of its potential to be truly groundbreaking in its impact on health outcomes and hospital operations. Embracing the three principles we’ve outlined here when we weigh up the returns on our future AI investments will go some way to ensuring that we succeed in delivering the best value possible in healthcare.


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Jet set to Cable Beach Club Resort & Spa for a weekend of beach club bliss, where the setting is chic and the vibe is buoyant. An all new revolution for the Australia Day weekend.
Picture the exotic beach clubs of the Mediterranean - glamorous swimwear, European board shorts, kaftans, music, and flowing beverages.
Celebrate Australia Day poolside at Club Cable with an exotic cocktail bar, a fresh mix of poolside beats, a bevy of eclectic entertainment, and a stylish poolside setting primed for an exclusive group of beach club party goers. Sip a freshly shaken cocktail while floating in the pool, lounge about and mingle poolside, and immerse yourself in the beats from our special guest DJ.
And in the Mediterranean the party doesn’t end there, so kick back and kick on to the after party.
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Saturday 25th – Monday 27th January
Club Cable – Cable Beach Club Resort & Spa, Broome
Event package is $990 per person. Limited tickets available.
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Actors Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra, who are rumoured to be dating each other, were spotted at the Mumbai airport on Tuesday. The duo flew out of the city for a New Years’ vacation. Kiara Advani was the first to arrive at the airport and she cheerfully posed for the paparazzi too. The actress was soon joined by Sidharth Malhotra. The couple is rumoured to be heading to Maldives, where they will celebrate the New Year together.
Sidharth was seen sporting a green jacket with black pants, while Kiara was clad in a pink coat and hoodie. The two showed their passports to the security guard and then headed inside the airport, while waving at the photographers.
As soon as the video was posted on online their fans started flooding the comment section with hearts.. One person wrote, “They are so cute. The low-key yet so cute couple. Shershaah dekhne ke baad se toh yeh dono aur pyaare lagne lage hain (After watching Shershaah, I find them even cuter together). I hope they never break up.” Another fan wrote, “ab ye dono bhi gup chup shaadi karege (Now these two will have a hush-hush wedding).” While one said, “The Cutest on-screen and off-screen couple of Bollywood.”
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The speculation about Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani being more than ‘just friends’ was fuelled further during the promotions of their film Shershaah, which was a biopic on Param Vir Chakra awardee Captain Vikram Batra. Since the film’s release in August, Sidharth and Kiara have been receiving a lot of love from the audience. While some fans made sketches for them, many created Instagram Reels of their favourite scenes from the movie.
In an earlier interview with Bollywood Bubble, Sidharth addressed his equation with Kiara and what he likes about her. He also revealed the one thing he would like to ‘change’ about their equation: “What I like is that off-camera, her demeanour is unlike a film-actress, she has a sense of regular person to herself, which I appreciate and admire because I’m a regular off-camera, which is cool and easy. About change, it’s a very harsh word to use…I would not like to change anything, she’s a fabulous actor. Okay what I would change is…that she doesn’t have a love story with me.” Sidharth had responded to a fan who said that they wanted to see him and Kiara in a ‘hardcore’ romantic film. He said that ‘hopefully’ they would return with a love story. He also praised Kiara, saying that she brings in ‘a great amount of emotions’ .
Speaking about their equation, Kiara had earlier told in a statement, “As a co-star, Sidharth is extremely driven and focused. He loves to prep a lot and does a lot of readings. That’s very similar to the way I like to work on a film. So, in that sense, we got along very well. As a friend, I’d say he is one of my closest friends in the industry. I think, even as a friend, he’s full of life and always fun to be around.”
Kiara and Sidharth have not confirmed their relationship but continue to charm fans with their offscreen romance. Kiara is often snapped by the paparazzi arriving at Sidharth’s house. Recent buzz suggested that Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani are all set to make their romance official next year. While the couple is not exactly planning a wedding, Sidharth and Kiara are keen to announce their love to fans.
On the workfront, both Kiara and Sidharth were seen together in Shershaah. The film turned out to be a success for both of them. Currently Sidharth Malhotra is busy with his action film Yodha, which stars Disha Patani and Raashii Khanna and Thank God with Ajay Devgn and Rakul Preet Singh. On the other hand, Kiara will be seen in Jugg Jug Jeeyo with Varun Dhawan, Neetu Kapoor and Anil Kapoor. The actress is also acting opposite Ram Charan in director Shankar’s upcoming project.

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Webinar: Trowers Tuesday - Flexible working
Tuesday 19 October 2021
11:30am - 12:15pmRegister here
Please join us at our webinar on Tuesday 19 October 2021 at 11.30 am, when we will be talking about flexible working.
We are delighted to be joined by barrister Rachel Barrett from Cloisters. Rachel has a varied employment practice and regularly appears in the Employment Tribunal for employers and employees. She recently represented Alice Thompson winning £185,000 in a sex discrimination case against her former estate agent employer, a widely reported case which has reignited the conversation around flexible working.
As we move into the next phase of the pandemic and many are returning to the workplace, flexible working requests (and associated grievances and claims) are on the rise. It’s important that employers deal with these requests properly and understand the risks of getting it wrong. We'll also be looking at the current Government consultation on making flexible working the default. If you would like to complete our survey on the consultation click here.
There is opportunity to submit questions on the registration page. Please note, the register button will take you to an external Zoom page.
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News for Turfcare Professionals . Spring 2021
Good things come to
those who wait
Toro fleet for Hainault Golf Club.
It was a deal a couple of years in the making for Hainault Golf Club in Chigwell, Essex, as it changed machinery brands and settled on a large fleet with Toro and Reesink, and it was worth the wait according to course manager Paul Selbie.
Choosing a new machinery brand and partnering with a new distributor are two big decisions, requiring research and demonstrations, and it can take time to be sure it’s the right move for the future of the club.
But actually, Paul says, the decision to commit to Toro and Reesink Turfcare was a straight-forward one, made with no hesitation: “This was my first machinery fleet deal at Hainault. I appreciate it’s a big thing to step away from what the club and team have known and relied on for a long time, but with the previous machines well-overdue an upgrade, it was the right time to present all the options to the team.
“Everyone was involved and while I had used Toro previously, no one else had,” Paul continues.” The feedback was really interesting from the demos and it brought everything to the table, not just the performance of the machines, but the bigger picture. For example, was Reesink the right distributor, was Richard Freeman the right contact and would the support and back-up be there?
The Reesink team was really involved in demoing the Toro machines with us and you could clearly see this was important to them. Richard made it feel like the beginning of a long-term relationship, it certainly wasn’t just a deal to him.
Course manager, Hainault Golf Club
Paul says the machines ability to cope with the two courses which are both hilly, parkland and tree-lined, led the team to unanimously conclude that Toro suited the lay of the land and performed very well. And while there could have been better machines out there for certain aspects of course maintenance, what couldn’t be bettered was the whole package and the deal was done in 2018.
So why the delay in the process? Well, that comes down to factors out of Paul’s control such as renegotiating the lease of the land, Paul says: “We had to press pause and while it was frustrating, it was worth the wait to receive them in 2020 of all years.”
We’ve had the time to get to know the machines, their capabilities and can confirm that Toro really does exceed in terms of efficiency. That counted and meant that despite a reduced work force the course was in excellent shape when we opened back up again after lockdown.
Course manager, Hainault Golf Club
Included in the order are two Toro Greensmaster TriFlex 3400 mowers, two Greensmaster 3250-D mowers, two Reelmaster 5610-D mowers, a Groundsmaster 3500-D mower, the Groundsmaster 1200 towed rotary mower, a Workman GTX utility vehicle and a GreensPro 1260 greens roller.
Paul says: “It is a fleet predominantly focused on frontline machines, but with further investment plans in place for the next couple of years, that won’t be the case for long. Business is good, the course is presenting really well and we’re planning on putting Toro through its paces with some improvement projects so we’re in a positive place with some exciting things to look forward to.”
To talk to someone about how the Toro range could suit your course and the finance options available, call 01480 226800
News around the greens
Gullane and Toro partnership to hit 25 years
Gullane Golf Club in Scotland has signed its latest renewal agreement with Toro, taking its partnership with the brand to 25 years in a relationship claimed to have produced putting surfaces as close to perfection as nature will allow.Read full story >
Electric power for Dore and Totley Golf Club
Dore and Totley Golf Club is the first club in South Yorkshire to take delivery of Toro’s all-electric Greensmaster eTriFlex 3370 triple mower. The machine was selected to join the all-Toro fleet and continue its drive on economy, productivity and efficiency which has resulted in a course members are proud to be associated with.Read full story >
Latest Toro innovation for Royal Norwich
Royal Norwich continues to invest in the latest innovation from Toro. The club in Norfolk has taken advantage of the electric power revolution Toro spearheads with the delivery of a Workman GTX electric utility vehicle, alongside Toro’s latest pedestrian mower, the Greensmaster 1026 and is the first club in the country to order Toro’s new NozzAlert Flow Monitoring System with Multi Pro 5800-D sprayer.Read full story >


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A memorial to the drowned valley of Tryweryn has been vandalised for the second time in two days.
On Tuesday, a passerby discovered that the Cofiwch Dryweryn paintwork on the A5 between Llangollen and Corwen had been covered in Nazi swastikas.
The original message was then repainted, but the memorial has now been attacked again.
The graffiti was painted to copy the original slogan which appeared in 1963 in Llanrhystud near Aberystwyth.
Writer Meic Stephens painted the slogan to mark the drowning of the Tryweryn valley, which saw the forced evacuation of the village of Capel Celyn near Bala .
The destruction of the village was opposed by much of Welsh society, including 35 of the country's 36 MPs.
For many years, the Llanrhystud memorial remained unique, but attempts to demolish it by an unknown vandal earlier this year led to dozens of copycat works appearing across Wales, including the one on the A5.
Cllr Mabon ap Gwynfor, who represents the nearby ward of Llandrillo/Cynwyd, said: "It's a sad state of affairs when people clearly don't know their own history and the reasons why people paint the Cofiwch Dryweryn graffiti.
"We need to better inform and better educate people about the history of Wales and why this is happening now.
"Having said that, the last time someone defaced a memorial to Tryweryn, it resulted in dozens of replica memorials popping up all over Wales.
"It's likely that this will encourage others to paint similar slogans to show that we won't forget and Tryweryn will always be in our minds."
Paul Evans spotted the latest vandalism when he drove past the memorial on Wednesday afternoon and stopped to take a picture.
He said: "I'm absolutely disgusted that someone would keep doing this."

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Enlist™ Corn, Enlist™ Soybeans Successfully Complete FDA Review
Regulatory Success Continues for Enlist™ Weed Control System
INDIANAPOLIS - December 08, 2011
Dow AgroSciences LLC announced today that the company has been notified by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the agency’s consultation has found both Enlist™ corn and Enlist™ soybeans to be in compliance with the legal and regulatory requirements that fall within the FDA’s jurisdiction.
The Enlist™ Weed Control System, an innovative combination of herbicides and herbicide-tolerant traits in elite corn and soybean germplasm, is designed to meet the emerging weed control challenges facing farmers while sustaining beneficial farming practices, and will be introduced once all regulatory approvals are secured.
“With a significant rise in glyphosate-resistant and hard-to-control weeds in 2011, farmers need new technology to address their weed control challenges in a sustainable way,” said Joe Vertin, global business leader, Enlist Weed Control System, Dow AgroSciences. “This step forward in the regulatory process indicates the strong foundation of science and stewardship supporting the Enlist system and the innovation it represents.”
The FDA consultation is a voluntary step as part of the overall federal deregulation process which entails a scientific review by both FDA and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Based on submitted information, the FDA has indicated it is their understanding that the Enlist corn product is not materially different in any respect relevant to food or feed safety from corn varieties currently on the market. A similar understanding relates to Enlist soybeans not being materially different in composition, safety, and other relevant parameters from soybean-derived food and feed currently on the market. The company has previously received United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registration for 2,4-D choline, which is a key component of the herbicide solution for the Enlist system.
About Dow AgroSciences
Dow AgroSciences, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, is a top-tier agricultural company providing innovative agrochemical and biotechnology solutions globally. The company, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, has sales of $4.9 billion. Learn more at www.dowagro.com. Follow Dow AgroSciences on Facebook and YouTube or subscribe to our News Release RSS Feed.
™ Enlist is a trademark of Dow AgroSciences LLC. Components of the Enlist Weed Control System have not received regulatory approvals; approvals are pending. The information provided here is not an offer for sale. ©2011 Dow AgroSciences LLC
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- Dow AgroSciences Responds to USDA Announcement on Regulatory Status of the Enlist Weed Control System
- Dow AgroSciences Receives U.S. EPA Registration for Sulfoxaflor
- Dow AgroSciences, Monsanto Cross-License Advanced Corn Trait Technology, Designed to Provide Exceptional New Tools for Weed and Insect Management
- Dow AgroSciences Opens New Facility at Global Headquarters
- Enlist E3™ Soybean Brand Announced


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Incontinence is a common medical condition that affects the nerves and muscles in the pelvic area, which allow the body to control its own bowel and bladder movements. Incontinence may be a result of a medical condition or an injury, or it may be a symptom of a more serious condition. There are many causes of incontinence, including age and illnesses. To learn more about the causes and treatment options, take a look at Clinical Training Courses from Tidal Training Clinical Training Courses
In addition to medical treatments, incontinence can be a result of food or drink. Consuming too much water can lead to an urge to go and result in a concentrated urine that irritates the bladder. In order to improve your bladder control, you should limit your intake of acidic foods and beverages. Keeping a diary of your food intake will help you identify patterns between foods and incontinence.
Several physical changes in the body can cause incontinence, including the development of a new baby. The uterus stretches to accommodate the expanding baby, and this causes the bladder to become less capacious than it was before pregnancy. As pregnancy progresses, this decreases the capacity of the bladder, resulting in leakage problems. Incontinence may also be the result of weak pelvic floor muscles, which support the pelvic organs.
The main symptom of incontinence is urine leakage. This leakage may be a constant stream or a single event. The amount of urine that leaks can vary in size, frequency, and cause. Some people may experience nocturia, or nighttime leaks. It is important to determine the cause of incontinence. You can also seek medical advice and treatment if you experience these symptoms regularly.

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NGD: Godin A6 Ultra
I wasn't sure if I should post this here or in acoustic since this guitar does both but I figured this sub forum has a bit more traffic.
So this guitar is actually not for me but for my wife. We're in a rock band and she plays acoustic guitar. Recently though, she grew dissatisfied with her guitar and we were hunting for a replacement. Her requirements were a bit difficult to meet:
-A tiny body (she's tiny herself so a dreadnought looks ridiculous on her and she sings and moves around a lot on stage so a big bulky guitar was out of the question)
-A big acoustic sound (these two requirements are a bitch when they're put together)
-low feedback (we can get pretty loud on stage)
With those requirements, it's a damn good thing we like Godin and live in quebec where they're slightly cheaper because we really didn't have a lot of options... especially under 1000$
The pictures aren't great.
Here are the specs from the website:
16" fingerboard radius
25 1/2 " Scale
1 11/16 " nut width
Chamber Silver Leaf Maple body
Solid Cedar Top
Godin GHN1 Humbucker
Custom Godin under Saddle Transducer and custom preamp with Volume, Mid, Treble and Bass controls as well as independent volume, treble and bass controls for the Humbucker.
2 output jacks: electric & acoustic mix
For a guitar with so many options, it is really straightforward (which is a bonus since my wife is not tech savvy). The top and bottom sliders are the volume control for the two pickups. The middle sliders are EQ for the piezo and the two knobs are bass and treble for the magnetic pickup.
It has two outputs. If you have only one cable/channel, you plug into the top output and it blends the two pickups, adjustable to taste with the sliders.
If you want to be fancy, when you plug into the two outputs, it splits them one in each. So magnetic to pedals and an amp and piezo to the mixer
A small downside is that the piezo is noticeably quieter than the magnetic pickup. Not a big deal though...
The guitar feels a bit like a telecaster but with a chunkier neck. A bit wider than a strat neck but not much thicker.
The unplugged sound is not as powerful as a regular acoustic but it's definitly louder and better sounding than an unplugged electric. A bit like a hollowbody.
We tried it in the jam space with the rest of the guys and we didn't get any feedback at all, even at earplug levels.
When you plug it in, the magnetic pickups is a bit muted. Perfect for jazz tones but you need to tweak it if you want anything rocky.
Actually you guys can hear for yourself
I recorded this quickly so please don't make fun of my playing.
It's basically one rhythm track and one lead track. Both tracks are actually an acoustic sound and an electric sound.
On the rhythm track, the magnetic sound is going to fade in because I wanted to hear the piezo just by itself for a bit.
There is no EQ on any acoustic tracks. There is a jazz chorus VST on the rhythm magnetic and the slash amplitube VST on the lead magnetic track with a bit of delay.
Please note that I didn't change any settings. No EQ, no knob tweaking, no compression, I just loaded the VST and left as is.
I panned the tracks so we could get an idea of each individual sound.
We bought it for 850$ CAD new at the archambault on st-catherine street in montréal
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Unfortunately, the smaller 48-inch model, which would be perfect for a gaming den, is not available in Singapore.
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Federal judge to look into whether NOPD training in compliance with consent decree
A public hearing is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon to allow a federal judge to see if NOPD training efforts are in compliance with the department’s consent decree.
The decree is a set of rules put in place by the Department of Justice to improve the integrity of the New Orleans Police Department.
Last month, federal officials in charge of overseeing the consent decree for the NOPD made some of their findings public. The federal officials say they are seeing progress in the department's complying with federal regulations.
Five years ago the Department of Justice launched an investigation on NOPD practices following Hurricane Katrina. About two years ago, the consent decree was enacted and it demanded sweeping changes in the department in several areas, including how officers are trained.
“We've increased the length of academy training provided to recruits from less than four months and 600 hours to over six months and 880 hours of training,” said NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison in January on the first day of NOPD Class 172’s academy. “New recruits also receive approximately four months of training in the field when they finish the academy.”
“It's now more important than ever to have the best people, the best training and the best equipment,” said Mayor Mitch Landrieu also at the first day of NOPD Class 172’s academy. “That's why we're investing more than 12 million more dollars in the consent decree to completely transform NOPD and look at every option to put more officers on our street.”
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BROWNSTOWN, Ill. — Brian Shaw was able to do something that no one else has been able to do for three races, defeat Mike Harrison. Shaw dominated Friday night at Fayette County Speedway, leading all 25 laps, claiming his first $1,000 checkered flag of the 2014 DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals season.
Mike Harrison continued his hot streak by grabbing the pole position for the feature event. Harrison’s grip on the top spot would be short lived as Brian Shaw, who started to his outside, rocketed past him on the race’s opening lap.
Harrison came under fire early, eventually losing second place to Rusty Griffaw. With most of the front runners using the high-line around the track, Harrison had trouble making his way back to Shaw to challenge for the lead.
Harrison would eventually overtake Griffaw for second with less than 10 laps to go, but Shaw had already built an insurmountable lead. Shaw led every lap of the feature event, defeating Harrison by a straightaway, en route to capturing his first win of the 2014 DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals season at Fayette County Speedway.
Ken Schrader, Rusty Griffaw, and Levi Kissinger rounded out the top five. Heat race winners were Griffaw, Schrader, Shaw and Harrison.
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The Duchy 20 Race once again took place at the
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Squadron has traditionally helped with the water stations at this event and Hayle Runners once again asked for their support. On a grey, wet and windy morning, 200 runners took part in the race.
Cadets manned four water stations along the route which started at Pool, Redruth, and consisted of 2 loops of road running, the
first loop of 13 miles followed by a slight shorter second loop of 7
miles. Perfect timing for runners preparing for the London
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cadets filled up as required. Hayle
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The war between good and evil has raged for centuries. Mankind pays little heed, unaware of a prophesy predicting the Antichrist’s birth by a descendant of the Nephilim. When small town cop, Reyna Blair, learns she is destined for an unspeakable future, all Hell breaks loose in Purgatory, Texas.


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The Committee to Protect Journalists praised Petrushova and Respublica for exposing government corruption and political cronyism in Kazakhstan, a state where the media is routinely censored and frequently harassed.
Since Respublica’s inception two years ago, Petrushova and her staff have uncovered numerous accounts of alleged government corruption and secret financial dealings of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Respublica’s pioneering investigative journalism spurred other news media to pursue the newspaper’s leads.
Shortly after Petrushova, 36, reported that Nazarbayev had secretly stashed some $1 billion of oil revenue into a Swiss bank account, she and her staff began to receive anonymous threats.
In one instance, Petrushova found a decapitated dog hanging by the office window with a screwdriver plunged into the body to pin the message, “There will be no next time.” Petrushova found the dead dog’s head at her home.
Three days later, Respublica’s news office was firebombed, completely destroying the building. Petrushova and her staff relocated their office, and she hired a bodyguard to watch over her family, including her two young sons.
Last September, Petrushova fled to Moscow, where she continues to report and edit for the Almaty-based newspaper. Despite her self-imposed exile, Petrushova said attempts at intimidation will not deter her from her work.
“It’s just like it was in the time of the Soviet Union,” Petrushova said.
CPJ and other media watchdogs say that, although Petrushova has endured harassment and gruesome anonymous threats, many independent journalists in Kazakhstan face even greater obstacles.
The U.S. State Department’s 2002 Human Rights Report on Kazakhstan cited several instances in which “the government harassed and monitored independent and opposition media, and [consequently] many journalists practiced self-censorship.”
Not included in the State Department’s report is a more recent example in which independent journalist Sergei Duvanov was badly beaten and imprisoned on a statutory rape charge, which his supporters say is a government set-up.
Kazakhstan currently has no major independent Internet provider, newspaper, or television station; most media outlets are owned by the government or private companies, which, many press watchdogs say, are controlled by government loyalists.
Despite the official resistance to independent media, Petrushova said many members of parliament and others within government bodies appreciate the “important reasons to discuss [more sensitive, controversial] subjects.”
“I know many deputies of Parliament and bureaucrats read our newspaper closely,” she said. “In private comments, they say: ‘keep your chin up!’ If they could say that publicly, that would be a great help.”
Petrushova says that journalists can get accustomed to living under pressure.
“What is impossible to get used to is when the authorities in a country, in our country, in this case, from psychological pressure move on to the physical pressure and they use invented pretexts to put journalists behind bars,” she told Voice of America on Nov. 20.
Speaking at the CPJ awards ceremony in New York, Petrushova said she has learned to accept the fear of reprisals in order to expose government corruption.
“Like hundreds of my colleagues in other countries around the world, I fear for myself and my sons.”. However, she said, “I am even more afraid that my children will have to live in a totally corrupt society. I fear they will have to lie, to offer bribes, to grovel.”


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What is watercooling?
Compared to aircooling, cooling components with water is more interesting in some areas. First, because of its physical properties as a heat transfer fluid, water conducts heat better. Then, water is denser than air: to cool an equivalent amount of heat, less water is needed. The heat generated by components such as the processor and graphics card is thus evacuated more quickly by watercooling.


Intel Core i5-8259U vs Core i5-8269U
Comparing Core i5-8259U and Core i5-8269U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Core i5-8259U and Core i5-8269U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
Information on Core i5-8259U and Core i5-8269U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
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Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-8259U and Core i5-8269U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
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Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-8259U and Core i5-8269U are enumerated here.
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Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-8259U and Core i5-8269U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
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APIs supported by Core i5-8259U and Core i5-8269U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-8259U and Core i5-8269U.
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Let's see how good Core i5-8259U and Core i5-8269U are for gaming compared with game system requirements. Remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect real performance inaccurately. Also, your gaming PC must have a decent enough GPU to perform well.
i5-8259U satisfies the 100% minimum and 98% recommended requirements of all games known to us.
i5-8269U satisfies the 100% minimum and 97% recommended requirements of all games known to us.
Competitors of Core i5-8259U from AMD
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Core i5-8259U from AMD is Ryzen 5 3550H, which is slower by 1% and lower by 12 positions in our rating.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to Core i5-8259U:
Competitors of Core i5-8269U from AMD
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Core i5-8269U from AMD is Ryzen 5 3550H, which is faster by 1% and higher by 3 positions in our rating.
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Advantages of Intel Core i5-8259U
1.9% better performance in benchmarks
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Cheaper ($54 vs $719)
Higher boost clock speed (4200 vs 3800 MHz)
Higher base clock speed (2600 vs 2300 MHz)
So, which one is the better CPU?
Technical City couldn't decide between Intel Core i5-8259U and Intel Core i5-8269U. The differences in performance seem too small.
Should you still have questions on choice between Core i5-8259U and Core i5-8269U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
We picked several similar comparisons of processors in the same market segment and performance relatively close to those reviewed on this page.


UPU Supporting Posts, and The USA USO
Sandra Bonfigli, from the Procurement Unit of the UPU Development Cooperation Directorate, outlines how the UPU is distributing key safety equipment for postal workers in least development countries:
- The role of the UPU in responding to natural disasters
- Distributing personal protection kits to various countries
- How the UPU partnered with another UN agency to overcome difficulties such as airport closures and air cargo shortages
Then Paul Steidler from the Lexington Institute joins Ian Kerr to discuss the Universal Service Obligation (USO) in the USA:
- Current obligations on the US Postal Service
- How USOs are defined (or not defined!) in the USA
- Defining a letter
- Frequency of delivery
- Could parcels become part of the USO?
- Pharmaceutical deliveries
- Is there political will to reach a compromise?
- Postal reform and losses in the letters service
- Regulatory relief in other countries
- Political barriers to reform or regulatory relief
- Viability of the letters service
- The possibility of reducing the number of delivery days per week
- The post office network
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Situated right below the lower terminus of the Motta Naluns cable car, the Bellaval hotel offers you fine cuisine and a modern spa area.
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B&B Hotel & Appartements Chasa Valär is located in the centre of Scuol in a typical 300-year-old Engadine-style building, and offers non-smoking rooms and apartments with free WiFi.
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This small but beautiful hotel is in the picturesque village of Zernez - the main base for trips to the Swiss national park, only 30 minutes from St. Moritz, Scuol, Klosters and Livigno.
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Located Scuol’s historic part, Hotel Conrad offers spacious rooms with traditional pine wood furniture. Facilities include a traditional Engadine restaurant and there is a bus stop just 165 ft away.
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This is a youth hotel, with the level of service of such category of hotel (no towel, single beds, narrow rooms...) It's good value for money in Switzerland, but pretty expensive compared to international standard.
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As in a dream I hear the harsh tones. Is the man speaking to me, I wonder. Why is he laughing? I feel so weary, I long to be alone.
Now the voice has ceased; the steps are receding. All is silent, and I am alone. A nameless weight oppresses me. I feel exhausted, my mind a void. Heavily I fall on the bed. Head buried in the straw pillow, my heart breaking, I sink into deep sleep.
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Angus Sampson net worth: Angus Sampson is an Australian actor, director, writer, producer, and voice artist who has a net worth of $500 thousand. Angus Sampson was born in Sydney, Australia in 1979. As an actor he starred in the television series Greeks on the Roof in 2003. From 2010 to 2011 he starred as Zach Hannigan in the TV series Spirited.
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“The Tea Party represents a movement away from conservative social politics,” he says. “I’ve never heard anyone bring up gays at the rallies, except to say they should be welcome in the Republican Party.”
The only people genuinely concerned with whom Whiteside sleeps with are his growing cadre of gay fans, whose letters he publishes on his website, ChaseWhiteside.com. Answering questions on everything from the future of journalism to his own circumcision, Whiteside offers as much honesty as the Tea Party members he talks to on camera.
In his typically frank manner, Whiteside says he’s grown weary of covering the Tea Party and hopes to transition to long-form filmmaking. Whiteside and Stoll, who is straight, have already made a documentary about the 2009 ballot initiative that ended marriage equality in Maine.
“If I reach a point where I’m known so much that I won’t be able to do the interviews, that’s OK,” Whiteside says. “We’ve had a hard time getting funding for larger projects, but it’s our hope to move on to those as soon as we can.”
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Managing director Nick Samuel said operating profits are currently running ahead of group expectations after double digit sales growth in the first quarter, to the end of April. The strong sales performance has continued into May.
Hobbs was founded in Hampstead in 1981 by husband and wife team Yoram and Marilyn Anselm. In December 2002, the business was bought by the management team, backed by Barclays Private Equity. BPE holds 80% of the shares, with the remaining 20% held by the management.
Profits for the 53 weeks to end-January, its first full year since the buyout, were virtually doubled, at £8.5m pre-tax, and look set for a further big leap this year. Sales were ahead by 32% to £51.6m and the business is making early debt repayments of £1m. Operating margins surged to 16.3%.
Samuel said: 'The founders did a tremendous job, creating a business worth £30m. But now it has moved on to a new phase.' He has no plans to float or sell the company for the next couple of years at least.
'We are only 15 months into what was a five-year plan, so there is no pressure for an exit.'
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Dustin is an Integrity Music Artist, Song Writer and Worship leader, who has a desire to see the nations ignited with a passion for worship. With an unyielding love for God and His people, Dustin has been able to cross denominational lines with his music. He has an attitude that gives God all the glory, and that attitude transcends age, race, color and creed.
Dustin is a husband and father of three, who grew up in a Pastor’s home and has been in church his whole life. He has seen the joys and challenges of working and growing up in the church, but his dedication to seek the face of the God has caused him to rise as a voice to the nations that increase the value of God in other people’s eyes.
Dustin has been and continues to be connected to a local church and is continually inspired by his Pastor, the congregation that he worships with, and his own personal journey with God. His songs range from adoration to warfare, but the message is the same, the Lord alone is worthy of praise. He believes that when people see God for who He really is, they can’t help but worship loudly and extravagantly.
Dustin has an international appeal and has impacted nations such as Uganda, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, Japan, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. He has released independent albums including Healing Waters, Open the Floodgates, Everything Inside Me and You Are the Fire which has been re-released with Integrity Music as Rushing Waters. In addition, he has done teachings on a variety of topics such as Worthless Worship, Are You God Conscious? and Function Before Title.
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Duchess Catherine is due to give birth at the end of the month, but there's now speculation the world's newest royal might actually arrive much sooner than first thought.
And it's all thanks to a recent flurry of activity outside the Lindo Wing at the Paddington-based St. Mary's Hospital.
People Magazine reports there are now temporary parking restrictions in place outside the prestigious facility. The signs, now on South Wharf Road, restrict parking from April 9 to April 30 for an "event".
What's more, crowd barriers have also been set up - that's where media and royal enthusiasts will gather in anticipation of the royal bub's arrival.
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As previously reported, the staff at the hospital have also painted the railings outside the maternity ward.
And while this mightn't seem like a big deal, royal baby watchers will know that's where the royal couple will debut their third child to the world just as they did following the births of Prince George in 2013 and Princess Charlotte in 2015.
It's also where Princess Diana debuted Prince William and Prince Harry.
The fresh paint job is so the rail looks picture perfect come crunch-time.
Arthur Edwards, a royal photographer for The Sun, posted a photo progress-shot of the iconic location to Twitter:
Kate, 36, and Wills, 35, have stayed pretty tight-lipped on the details surrounding their third child, other than confirming the new arrival is due sometime in April.
There was speculation that Duchess Catherine's due date could fall "on or around" St George's Day on Monday, April 23rd.
St George's Day is celebrated by Christian denominations around the world and honours the Feast of Saint George.
"There's no certainty with due dates of course but the Duchess is working off a date around St George's Day and it would be a lovely patriotic coincidence if he or she were born then," an insider explained to The Sun.
"Or if she's very late, as she was with George's birth, she could even make it a very special wedding anniversary present to William, as they celebrate seven years of marriage on the 29th April," the source continued.
Like Prince George and Princess Charlotte, Kate and William have reportedly decided not to find out the gender of their baby, The Sun also reports.
But if these latest developments are anything to go by, could the due date be even sooner?
To prepare royal watchers for Baby Cambridge, the Duke and Duchess have set up a website dedicated to Royal Baby updates, which you can follow here: https://www.royal.uk/baby
We'll be watching with an eagle eye!
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Go Auto buys 1st US stores, acquiring Mercedes & Toyota dealerships in Washington state
Another Canadian dealer group is making moves in the United States.
Canada’s Go Auto, a family-owned dealer group based in Edmonton, has made its first U.S. acquisition, announcing Wednesday it has purchased Washington state’s Mercedes-Benz of Bellingham and Toyota of Bellingham.
Not only are these Go Auto’s first U.S. store, they represent the group’s first acquisition outside Canada.
“We are excited to build on the success of Mercedes-Benz of Bellingham and Toyota of Bellingham and work towards establishing a Go Auto network across North America,” Go Auto president Phil Abram said in a news release.
“Our passion for business extends into the communities we operate, and we are thrilled to become a part of the Bellingham community,” Abram said. “This is just the beginning of our diversified and strategic growth plan as we look forward to further expanding our footprint in 2023.”
Rob Hourani, the general manager of the Bellingham stores, added: “We would like to personally thank every customer of ours for supporting us over the years. We are confident you will continue to receive the same level of service you are accustomed to going forward.”


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Allow me to paint you a picture:
He shuffles forward on stiff legs, his arms occasionally jabbing out in slow, tired fashion. There is a man standing across the cage who advances and strikes him. A blow to the head. He staggers, but still shuffles forward, like something undead. Twice more he is struck in the head. With the third blow he goes stiff, like a corpse already in the grip of rigor mortis. He topples backwards like a stricken tree, to lay rigid and unmoving.
Sound familiar? Well, it should. It was the main event of UFC Fight Night in Abu Dhabi between Roy Nelson and Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira. (Watch the carnage here.) It was a fight that, bottom line, shouldn’t have happened. Nogueira has suffered the most knockdowns (8) in UFC heavyweight history, and his previous knockout losses to Frank Mir and Cain Velasquez proved that Big Nog’s formerly armor-plated chin was becoming vulnerable. So why put him in the Octagon with one of the most devastating right hands in the UFC?
This kind of thing has become common in MMA.
MMA promotions have made it a habit to put beaten and tired legends of the sport in fights that they can’t hope to win. Look no further than Nelson vs. Nogueira, Overeem vs. Mir, Cro Cop vs. Mir/Schaub/Nelson. The UFC assumes that fans want to see these fights, but really, only a certain kind of fan wants to see these fights — the same fans who would gladly watch George Foreman and Muhammad Ali go at it again. One more time. For old times’ sake.
Let me preface this by saying that I am a HUGE Dan Henderson fan. I still sit and watch old clips of Henderson wasting some of the greatest welter-, middle-, light heavy-, and heavyweights of all time. Henderson knocking out Fedor Emelianenko with an uppercut from behind is still one of the greatest performances in MMA history in my book, but let’s be real — Dan Henderson, 43, is old to be fighting at the top level in the UFC. Sure, others have had success at that age, and Henderson just picked up another come-from-behind win over Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at UFC Fight Night Natal. However, Henderson lost three in a row before that, including a knockout loss via vicious head kick to Vitor Belfort.
Henderson’s supporters will say, “Don’t count him out. If he connects with that big right he could win.” They’re dreaming. Henderson will be fighting for the first time in years without Testosterone Replacement Therapy. He doesn’t know how his body will respond to intense training minus TRT. But experts agree that the users of testosterone therapy are…let’s just say reduced, after they suddenly stop using.
Then there is Cormier.
Apart from being nearly a decade younger than Henderson, Daniel “DC” Cormier is coming off of, well, no losses. Ever. The former Strikeforce Champion is undefeated in 14 fights and, prior to his move down to light heavyweight, he was the #2 heavyweight in the world. You need only look at the purple face of Patricks Cummins after his 79-second bout with DC at UFC 170 to see how hard Cormier hits.
To beat the unbeaten Cormier, Henderson has to put on the best performance of his life. At 43 years old and after dropping TRT, that seems awfully far-fetched.
Henderson should have been given the chance to take his TRT-less body for a test drive before facing elite competition. And ideally, Henderson should have been offered a grappler as his next opponent, who, worst-case scenario, could have submitted him without damaging a brain that has already taken a beating. No one wants to see Henderson with Cro-Cop-esque twitches.
So why would the UFC put Dan Henderson in the Octagon with Daniel Cormier?
The UFC is sacrificing Dan Henderson as DC’s first legitimate test at light-heavyweight, because Henderson has name value and he draws viewers — not because the matchup is competitive. Watching Henderson fight is nostalgic. It reminds us of better days when we actually liked the LHW champ, Randy Couture was (literally) spanking Tito Ortiz, CagePotato was but a little CageSpud, Pride existed, and Don Frye was still shooting his mouth off…well, some things never change.
Someone (you know who you are) needs to comes to their senses and stop sacrificing legends for viewers. Put them in the Hall Of Fame where they belong and treat them with the respect they deserve.


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Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 will come west on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC this fall. Bandai Namco also revealed several new features for the game.
In addition to the Wall-run system’s return, Ultimate Jutsu, Awakening, and Drive type battle systems will be in Ultimate Ninja Storm 4. New combination Ultimate Jutsus include the Hyuga Clan Ultimate Jutsu, featuring Neji, Hinata, Hanabi and Hiashi. Hanada, Hinanta’s younger sister, is a playable character, but Hiashi is only available in the combination Ultimate Jutsu.
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Nanogenerators for Harvesting Sonic Wave and Biomechanical Energy
Developing novel technologies for wireless nanodevices and nanosystems are of critical importance for sensing, medical science, defense technology and even personal electronics. It is highly desired for wireless devices and even required for implanted biomedical devices to be self-powered without using battery. Therefore, it is essential to explore innovative nanotechnologies for converting mechanical energy (such as body movement, muscle stretching), vibration energy (such as acoustic/ultrasonic wave), and hydraulic energy (such as body fluid and blood flow) into electric energy that will be used to power nanodevices without using battery. We have demonstrated novel approaches for converting nano-scale mechanical energy into electric energy by piezoelectric zinc oxide nanowire (NW) arrays. The operation mechanism of the electric generator relies on the unique coupling of piezoelectric and semiconducting dual properties of ZnO as well as the elegant rectifying function of the Schottky barrier formed between the metal tip and the NW. Based on this mechanism, we have developed DC nanogenerator driven by ultrasonic wave, fiber nanogenerator driven by tiny mechanical movement, and muscle driven nanogenerator for energy harvesting. Finally, a new field on nano-piezotronics is introduced, which uses piezoelectric-semiconducting coupled property for fabricating novel and unique electronic devices and components.
 Z.L. Wang “Self-powering nanotech”, Scientific American, 298 (2008) 82-87.
 Z.L. Wang and J.H. Song “Piezoelectric Nanogenerators Based on Zinc Oxide Nanowire Arrays”, Science, 312 (2006) 242-246.
 X.D. Wang, J.H. Song J. Liu, and Z.L. Wang “Direct current nanogenerator driven by ultrasonic wave”, Science, 316 (2007) 102-105.
 Yong Qin, Xudong Wang and Zhong Lin Wang ”Microfiber-Nanowire Hybrid Structure for Energy Scavenging”, Nature, 451 (2008) 809-813.
 R.S. Yang, Y. Qin, L.M. Dai and Zhong Lin Wang * “Flexible charge-pump for power generation using laterally packaged piezoelectric-wires”, Nature Nanotechnology, 4 (2009) 34-39.
 Top 10 future technologies by New Scientists: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126921.800-ten-scifi-devices-that-could-soon-be-in-your-hands.html?full=true
 Research supported by DARPA, BES DOE, NSF, NASA and Emory-Georgia Tech CCNE from NIH.


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To whiten the natural tooth shade, bleaching is suggested. It is a common procedure in cosmetic dentistry, and a number of different techniques are used by dental professionals. There is a plethora of products marketed for home use to do this also. Techniques include bleaching strips, bleaching pens, bleaching gels and laser tooth whitening. Bleaching methods generally use either hydrogen peroxide or carbamide peroxide which breaks down into hydrogen peroxide.
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Bone grafts. This procedure involves using fragments of your own bone, synthetic bone, or donated bone to replace bone destroyed by gum disease. The grafts serve as a platform for the regrowth of bone, which restores stability to teeth. New technology, called tissue engineering, encourages your own body to regenerate bone and tissue at an accelerated rate.
A dental implant (also known as an endosseous implant or fixture) is a surgical component that interfaces with the bone of the jaw or skull to support a dental prosthesis such as a crown, bridge, denture, facial prosthesis or to act as an orthodontic anchor. The basis for modern dental implants is a biologic process called osseointegration, in which materials such as titanium form an intimate bond to bone. The implant fixture is first placed so that it is likely to osseointegrate, then a dental prosthetic is added. A variable amount of healing time is required for osseointegration before either the dental prosthetic (a tooth, bridge or denture) is attached to the implant or an abutment is placed which will hold a dental prosthetic.
Your dental team will remove all plaque and tartar from your teeth. You will also be shown how to remove plaque successfully yourself, cleaning all the surfaces of your teeth thoroughly and effectively. This may take a number of sessions with the dental team. A good oral care routine at home with brushing and interdental cleaning is the most important thing you can do to help prevent gum disease getting worse. Affordable Family Dentist Minto Camden NSW – Campbelltownden
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It is possible to have gingivitis and not notice any signs or symptoms, so regular visits to the dentist are vital in determining a patient's specific risk level. The dentist is the primary-care provider of the mouth and will be able to provide all of the facts and information necessary in diagnosing the disease and taking steps in curing or reversing gum disease.
Even those teeth whitening products made by reputable companies such as Crest, Plus White and others tend to get reviews that aren't exactly glowing. Again, digging into these reviews, we find plenty of low ratings from those who expected miracles -- teeth whiteners can't remove 15 years' worth of stains no matter what they claim, only a professional hygienist can do that. People with realistic expectations tend to be the happiest. Fortunately, this isn't our first rodeo: we were able to cut through the hype and the fakes to recommend the teeth whitening products that you can trust and that will really work.
Dental implant surgery is a procedure that replaces tooth roots with metal, screwlike posts and replaces damaged or missing teeth with artificial teeth that look and function much like real ones. Dental implant surgery can offer a welcome alternative to dentures or bridgework that doesn't fit well and can offer an option when a lack of natural teeth roots don't allow building denture or bridgework tooth replacements. Find a Dentist in Louisville KY, Cosmetic, TMJ, Implants top3d
A root analogue implant is usually fabricated from zirconium dioxide (zirconia), although titanium can be used. Zirconium dioxide is doped with small amounts of yttria, which results in a material with improved thermal, mechanical, and electrical properties, and enhanced fracture toughness. In addition, zirconia is more esthetic in form and color, with no discoloration visible through gums. Cosmetic Dentistry - London Cosmetic Dentists londonsmile.co.uk Video
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Once you have applied the whitening gel, either in strips or tray form, you can turn on the blue LED light and hold it against your teeth. Some kits have a light you can bite down on so that you don’t have to hold it in place, while others require you to sit still and hold the light in place as it works to cure the whitening gel. Most teeth whitening kits have LED lights that provide up to 460 nanometers of light, but it will vary from kit to kit. The light doesn’t just help to cure the whitening gel; it actually helps activate the ingredients in it to provide the whitest smile possible. Best Dentist Implants London

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