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  1. Renault Argentina will launch the new generation of the Sandero and Logan before the end of the year. The hatchback and sedan for Segment B (boy) will be manufactured in the Cordoba plant of Santa Isabel, to supply our market. These models are also produced in Brazil, where they were released for sale last July (see note). And now an Autoblog paparazzo got the first images of the Logan and Sandero 2020 in Argentine territory. The video published below was sent to info@autoblog.com.ar by Sebastián G. It shows the work that Ludmila Productions is doing for the recording of the local commercial. The location chosen for filming is Route 82, in the viewpoint of the section that connects Cacheuta with Potrerillos. It is one of the most spectacular roads in Argentina. In the images you can see the most important novelty of the Sandero / Logan 2020 range: the new Logan with “Stepway” aesthetics, with raised suspension, black fenders and a higher center of gravity. Luckily, for the first time, all versions will come standard with stability control (ESP). At least that is what happened with the range configuration in Brazil. To know the configuration and prices for our market we will have to wait for the local launch. Almost there. All data for the Brazilian market was published in this section of Autoblog.
  2. How many times you have broken a blush into a thousand pieces for having it misplaced? How many have you opened a makeup base canister without having finished the previous one? How many have you found cosmetics that had not yet been lost in the bottom of the drawer? It has happened to all of us ... but we don't want it to happen anymore. ADVERTISING inRead invented by Teads That is why in EL PAÍS Showcase we have prepared a selection of items that will serve to order and organize all your cosmetics perfectly and thus have them all controlled. You will stop wasting them, you will use them all and you will make up more, better and much more at ease. How many of these do you need? Chests of drawers and lockers Lipstick display With 6 compartments of different sizes and heights, two drawers and a small shelf, this smooth plastic design is one of the most practical solutions. Both for its small size and for its easy cleaning, as well as for the four colors in which it is available to fit any dressing table. Its large storage capacity and the possibility of rotating it 360 degrees has made this methacrylate display one of the best selling organizers of the platform. Of course, it is also one of the most shared on Instagram. In addition, it is easy to assemble and disassemble and can accommodate more than 20 products and 30 pencils.
  3. “If my community asks for it, I would accept to be ordained a priest,” Enrique Materecco, a 70-year-old married Bolivian man, who participates in the synod on the Amazon and represents the example of one of the most controversial points of the assembly: the possible exception to celibacy. In the synod on the Amazon that began on Monday and that will end on October 27 will discuss one of the suggestions that communities have made in the preparation meetings for participants to debate and that has been the cause of enormous criticism and even of threats of ruptures. “Affirming that celibacy is a gift for the Church, it is requested that, for the most remote areas of the region, the possibility of priestly ordination be studied for elderly people, preferably indigenous, respected and accepted by their community, even if they already have a constituted and stable family, with the purpose of assuring the Sacraments that accompany and sustain the Christian life ”, reads in the controversial point 129. And this is the case of Enrique Matereco Pofueco, elderly, indigenous of the Mojeño people, respected by the community, a kind of “pastor” for the three communities of Bermeo, territory of the province of Moxos, in the Bolivian department of Beni, where There is not a single cure. Efe entered Matareco in the Plaza de San Pedro, because he is one of the participants in the synod on the Amazon, among experts, bishops, religious. “Here I have come to cooperate in this synod. We also do our part. And it is also necessary that we, as indigenous people, help those who are helping us, ”he explains. Matereco is also a youth animator, he spends a lot of time with the youth of his community and every Sunday he goes to nearby towns to celebrate the liturgy of the Word "because they have no one to celebrate it." "We are three, my brother, another partner and I, who serve these communities", walking on foot the leagues that separate their locality Bermejo and the towns of Fatima, Argentina of Mojo and Santa Rita. "When Mass is celebrated there are about 20 or 30 faithful but if not, only five come and it hurts to close the chapel and that's why I make the effort," he explains. For this reason, he reveals that he had already spoken with the parish priest of his area, of this possibility of being able to become what the church calls “viri probati”, a married man and ordained priest, and what the ultraconservative wing of the Church puts on . “I had told my pastor there that he would accept, but it depends on the community and not on me. I would accept it, "he says, since" it is necessary "because" there is no one to celebrate the sacraments; communion, marriage, baptism ... " Pope Francis would ask him to "pray for us those who are far away in a corner, but that we do not forget what we have to do as Catholics." He explains that he will remind the participants that the synod means “good walk” and that before the natives of his region “walked well, but now you can't. They do not let us pass. There is everything wired there. ” “We have to ask permission to go fishing. We used to live in peace before, ”he explains and argues that they have always taken care of the forest“ so that nobody spoils it ”because“ the indigenous people have never destroyed our territory ”.
  4. Almost 3 months ago the news of the price cut by Intel in its processors jumped, where there was talk of up to -15% of the price according to which models. Months went by and this reduction was not considered effective, but now and interestingly after the launch of Cascade Lake-X and the new Xeon 2000, Intel announces a price reduction in some processors of its ninth generation. Intel leaves Cascade Lake-X, Xeon 2000 at almost half Intel-Cascade-Lake-X-intro At the end of last week we already announced the great price cut of Swan's in relation to its range of Cascade Lake-X and Xeon 2000 processors, where the cost had been reduced by its highest average to almost -50%. The funny thing about all this is that the 9th generation of its desktop gaming processors had not touched on this aspect, especially considering that Zen 2 is already on the market and is literally devouring the 9000 series in sales. Today's announcement releases doubts about what Intel is going to take to counter AMD and stop, at least in part, the sales bleeding they are taking. But to understand the reason for this measure, we have to understand what the real substance of this matter is. As sure that we have seen all in the main stores, Intel launched several variants of its processors, where we could find models K, KF and F. The last two have the peculiarity that the processor that includes said tag in its name will not carry a graphics card iGPU inside, being disabled, but physically if it remained in the die. This was done to take better advantage of the wafers, where as we said, the most complicated part of manufacturing for Swan was precisely the iGPU, which was lowering the success rate of chips in the company. Therefore and partly following the trend of AMD in gaming processors, Intel decided to sell these processors without iGPU, obtaining greater profitability per wafer.
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  7. Yamaha Collection Hall, an itinerant exhibition that will be seen in several events organized by the brand in Europe and, unfortunately, will not be open to the public. Any important brand worth its salt should have a museum where it shows its most mythical bikes and with which it is most proud either for the achievements made in competition or because they were very well received on the street. If KTM opened the doors of its Motohall to the public on May 11, it is now Yamaha's turn to inaugurate its Yamaha Collection Hall, an itinerant show that will be seen in several events organized by the brand in Europe and that, Unfortunately, it will not be open to the public. Motorcycles from 1961 to the present In this Yamaha museum, opened on September 25, authentic jewels of the Iwata brand are shown from 1961 to the present. Some of the oldest motorcycles in the exhibition are the Yamaha MF1 of 1961, the Yamaha YL1 of 1969 or the Yamaha YAS1 of 1968. There are also motorcycles as special and poorly seen as the Yamaha XJ650 turbo that was first shown in 1986, although it was never released. The Yamaha MT 03 Concept is another of the rough diamonds that those who are lucky enough to match this Japanese brand exhibition will see. Among the most mythical motorcycles we can see the Yamaha YZE750 with which the former driver Stephan Peterhansel won the Dakar almost 30 years ago, in 1991. The Superbike world champion with Ben Spies in 2009, the Yamaha YZF-R1, is another saved bonbon of the sample. Nor can we ignore the Yamaha YZ450F of the 2006 MX World Championship run by Everts and that also gave the title of Enduro of Le Touquet in 2015 to Adrien Van Beveren. In the act of presentation were present figures of the world of Motorcycling such as Stephan Peterhansel, Giacomo Agostini, Christian Sarron or Stefan Everts. Nor could missing personalities of the brand such as Lin Jarvis, managing director of Yamaha Motor Racing, Mandy Kainz, manager of the Yart Yamaha EWC Team and Ferry Brouwer, founder of the Yamaha Classic Racing Team.
  8. Flooded with depressing headlines and even worse forecasts, it is easy to forget that in many ways the world today is better than ever. Since 1990, almost 1.1 billion people left through their own means of extreme poverty. Today the poverty rate is less than 10%, the lowest level in history. In almost all countries, people are healthier and better educated than ever. But, as the Goalkeepers report just published by the Gates Foundation underlines, economic tightness remains the norm for many people in the world who still face major obstacles to building a healthy and productive life. This applies especially to the poorest residents of the Sahel region, in sub-Saharan Africa. The Sahel countries are among the last in the world in the Human Capital Index, which measures the effect of health and education on the productivity of the next generation of workers. According to this report, a child in Chad is 55 times more likely to die in the first five years of life than another in Finland. Nearly half of Chad's residents live below the poverty line, only 50% of children attend school, and only 15% of sixth grade students can read a simple story. Add to poverty climate change, wars and forced displacement, which make it even more difficult for families to invest in their development. To ensure that all people (not only those who have been lucky enough to be born under comparatively privileged geographical, gender or socioeconomic conditions) can realize their potential, governments must invest more in the formation of human capital. This implies strengthening educational systems so that the inhabitants can obtain the skills they need to prosper economically. And it also means guaranteeing access to quality health services and nutrition. Just as poor nutrition and other health problems reduce productivity for adults, children have a difficult time learning (not to mention becoming healthy and productive adults). But, in order to make the most of these investments, in addition to general initiatives, services adapted to the needs of girls and women are also needed, from family planning to childhood and adulthood. These services can extend the schooling of girls, so they will gain the knowledge and skills they need to have an effective participation in the workforce. By allowing girls and women to choose to delay pregnancy and upbringing until they are ready, these services not only contribute to the empowerment of women, but also promote economic progress. The health and education of mothers are transferred to families, especially because women tend to invest in children a greater proportion of their income. Through this channel, health services aimed at women end up helping to raise living standards and break the cycle of poverty, while encouraging wider economic development. To help countries realize these benefits, in 2017 the World Bank created the Human Capital Project, which works to catalyze investments in health and education and guide them towards providing equal opportunities for prosperity to all people. The Bank is also collaborating with its partners to increase by 50% the general provision of resources to the creation of human capital in Africa by 2023, with special emphasis on fragile and war countries. In 2017, the World Bank created the Human Capital Project to catalyze investments in health and education and guide them towards the provision of equal opportunities Our experience working in difficult contexts shows that, to maximize these investments, countries must apply an integrated multisectoral strategy, adapt interventions to the needs of each community and involve all stakeholders, from religious leaders and health workers to Mothers and husbands. A good example is the Women's Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Project in the Sahel (SWEDD), which is supported by the United Nations Po[CENSORED]tion Fund, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other partners for development The SWEDD project works closely with the Sahel Governments to help them provide health and nutritional support, promote gender equality, improve the quality of schools and create social safety nets. In support of this process, innovative initiatives have been undertaken in a wide variety of countries, from Benin to Ivory Coast. In Burkina Faso, married men or married couples attend more than 1,600 "husband clubs" where they learn about the importance of family planning and the more equal distribution of household chores. In Mauritania, the SWEDD project works with community and religious leaders to help reduce gender discrimination, violence against women and child marriage. In Chad, training programs with SWEDD support provide women with work-out skills, such as driving tractors or installing solar power generation systems. And in Mali, the project distributes bicycles to facilitate girls' school attendance and helps midwives provide crucial health services before, during and after childbirth in poor areas, which reduces maternal and child mortality. In order for the world to continue improving, not to mention achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, it is necessary that poor countries such as those of the Sahel reinforce their foundations of human capital. It will not be easy, but experience shows that with sustained investment, good coordination and an inclusive strategy, it is possible. Annette Dixon is vice president of the Human Development area at the World Bank Group. Hafez Ghanem is vice president of the World Bank for Africa.
  9. According to data provided by the National System of Conservation Areas of Costa Rica, (SINARC), the country currently has 25.4% of its territory under protection, where about 6% of the planet's biodiversity and more than 50% is forest cover protected by law. Reaching these figures, which place Costa Rica as an example in the care of its nature, needed the owners of private farms to understand the value of conservation and that the decision to go towards sustainable tourism would be correct. The twenty-seven national parks and the one hundred and thirty-two state and mixed protected areas have made tourism one of the main engines of the Costa Rican economy. In 2018, revenues from this activity represented between 9% and 10% of gross domestic product (GDP). In addition, the three million tourists who receive each year directly employ 8% of the po[CENSORED]tion. The heart of America also has forty-four biological corridors, strategically located between protected areas or national parks, which allow connectivity between ecosystems. In the biological corridor between the Tenorio Volcano National Park and the Miravalles Volcano National Park is the private nature reserve “Tapir Valley”, which has more than one hundred hectares, where the jaguar, puma and danta, (the Mesoamerican tapir) , species in danger of extinction due to deforestation and indiscriminate hunting, they travel through the forest during the night, only perceived by the registration of the traps. Several of the areas destined for sustainable tourism in the country are carbon neutral, that is, they manage to balance greenhouse gas emissions with carbon sequestration or sequestration thanks to the dense forest vegetation, which releases oxygen into the atmosphere. An example is Sensoria, land of senses, in the north center of the country, in the province of Guanacaste. It is a private area of one hundred hectares, with paths between trees over forty meters high whose ages exceed two hundred years. In that tropical rainforest, light only permeates by two or three percent. But at some point along the route, before reaching the blue waterfall, hikers can come across what the Ticos call "forest miracles." They are clear in the forest that increase green leaves and photosynthesis. A few days ago, the thin waist of America, as defined by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, received the “Champions of the Earth” award in New York City, the highest distinction of the United Nations Organization (UN) for Your commitment against climate change. Costa Rica is a perfect ally in the fight against climate change. It is an open-air biodiversity laboratory with its eight hundred species of birds such as the red and green macaw, the toucan and the blue butterfly, among others; and more than one hundred amphibians and frogs among them red-eyed frog, the emblem of Costa Rica. It is a magnet that attracts tourists from all over the world. It is the place to experience "pure life", even if only once in a lifetime.
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  11. Ford Argentina announced today the presale of the Mustang 2020. The restyling of the sixth generation of the classic muscle-car will be officially launched at the end of the year, but it is already possible to reserve it. The new Mustang now has more power, new transmission and more equipment, but the great novelty is that it dropped in price and changed the commercial strategy: now it costs 80 thousand dollars (before, 95 thousand) and will be offered only by the Direct Selling system to customers This modality will allow the buyer to start the operation through the official website of Ford Argentina and continue it directly with the Pacheco headquarters. The delivery of the vehicle and the maintenance service will be carried out at the dealer chosen by the customer. In this way, dealers will no longer have stock of Mustang units. The available vehicles will always be safeguarded in Pacheco and will be sent to the dealer when the purchase has been completed. There will only be some units on display in different cities, on an itinerant basis. With this commercial strategy, Ford Argentina managed - in large part - to cut the 15 thousand dollars of price with respect to the previous model. Saving is produced, in good proportion, by an adjustment in commissions. According to sources from Ford dealers, in a traditional sale the margin corresponding to the dealer ranges between 12 and 14%. By direct sale, the concessionaire keeps less than 5%. The value of 80 thousand dollars, in addition, will serve to sincere what was already happening with the Mustang. The last pre-restyling units that were in stock were sold with significant discounts. The same is happening with its historic arch-rival, the Chevrolet Camaro, which has sales of more than 25 thousand dollars (it is also awaiting the arrival of a redesign). However, the official price reported by GM Argentina is still 95 thousand dollars for the Coupé (103 thousand for the Convertible). After the move of Ford, we must see if GM - once again - follow the steps of the creator of the segment. But enough of financial analysis, what about iron? The new Mustang GT 2020 retains the V8 5.0 atmospheric gasoline engine, but it worked to improve performance. The power increased from 421 to 466 hp and the torque climbed from 530 to 570 Nm. In addition, the six-speed automatic transmission was replaced by a new ten-speed transmission (with torque converter and steering wheel cams). The traction, as appropriate, remains rear. In addition, the Mustang 2020 comes with many new equipment. For the first time, it has a fully digital dashboard and multimedia system with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. More news: ADAS driving assistance systems, including Autonomous Emergency Braking. The 2020 Mustang will be released for official sale in December, but it is already in presale. All details are reported in the release and the files to download from here below.
  12. Same color, almost same texture. The fake burgers of Beyond Meat have landed in Spain after the success harvested in the United States, where this company has been released on the Stock Exchange with a revaluation of 163%. This vegetable substitute, with a somewhat sweeter taste and without the typical juice that falls when biting a vaccine burger, is already considered one of the best achieved examples of “lying meat”. Not only does it yearn to gain a foothold in the market, it also promises to improve human and animal health and reduce environmental impact. "Who said meat has to come from cows?" Reads the product presentation video. Beyond Meat (beyond meat, in Castilian), which also produces sausages and substitutes of shredded and minced meat - without soy and gluten-free - is neither the first nor the last company that has launched into the veggie world. So have fast food giants like McDonald's or Burger King. There is cake for everyone: the appetite for alternative meat products increases and this market is expected to reach 4.5 billion euros by 2020 worldwide, according to Lantern consultancy. The demand is driven by vegetarians, vegans and especially flexitarians (who consume meat sporadically). Alba Santaliestra, president of the Scientific Committee of the Spanish Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, says that products based on plant ingredients represent a “great way” to achieve a healthier diet, but advises that their elaborations are homemade as far as possible. "Products from plant foods are increasing in supermarkets, and under the claim 'of plant origin', the consumer believes they are healthier, but they are also processed foods," he warns. "Sometimes it is very difficult for the consumer to discern whether they are nutritionally adequate." Estefanía Erro, Marketing and Commercial Director of the National Center for Technology and Food Safety (CNTA), explains that these new hamburgers are usually made from vegetable proteins mainly from soybeans and peas, to which ingredients such as oil are added of coconut, cocoa butter, vegetable fibers, aromas and dyes. The difference with those of tofu or other vegetables, he explains, is that they seek a sensory experience similar to that of meat so that we cannot distinguish them. "Obtaining a fibrous texture from vegetable proteins has become one of the biggest challenges for the food industry," he says. Although I have not yet arrived in Europe, there is already a vegan hamburger capable of bleeding. It is the one that produces the American start-up Impossible Foods. Your secret? Leghemoglobin, a protein contained in legumes that participates in the symbiosis between the plant and nitrogen fixing bacteria. “It is used as an additive to give a color and flavor similar to that of meat,” explains Sandra González, an R&D researcher at CNTA. "However, to achieve it in a sustainable way, it is necessary to resort to a genetic modification of a yeast, which includes the gene responsible for the synthesis of soy leghemoglobin." Therefore, in the EU they are prohibited. In the last 50 years, global meat consumption has skyrocketed, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), an evolution fostered both by the increase in po[CENSORED]tion and the improvement in purchasing power. Today, developing countries boost consumption, but industrialized countries are still the ones who eat the most meat. This August, the international panel of experts that advises the UN on climate change (IPCC) warned that the current food model is unsustainable and urged the world po[CENSORED]tion to change their diets. In 2018, Spaniards reduced their meat intake by 2.6% compared to the previous year, in line with the decline that began in 2008, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. However, per capita consumption remained high: 46.19 kilos in 2018 (12.6 kilos of them of chicken), compared to the recommendation of no more than 26 kilos of WHO. According to Alma Palau, president of the General Council of Official Associations of Dietitians-Nutritionists, this decrease registered in Spain is due to greater consumer awareness rather than price - meat usually loses weight in the shopping basket in times of crisis at be more expensive compared to other foods. "Consumption is reduced by the constant message that it improves our health and that of the planet," he says. In 2015, WHO stated that processed meats such as hamburgers or sausages increase the risk of cancer, and that red meat is probably carcinogenic. Palau recalls that the recommended consumption is 500 grams per week (two or three servings), “mostly white meat, and two or three servings per month of meat
  13. Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975 and thus formed an empire that generated a fortune estimated at USD 107,000 million. After leaving the presidency of the company, he currently spends most of his time trying to change the world through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, although he is no longer the richest man in the world. The documentary series "Bill Gates under the magnifying glass" produced by Netflix shows the millionaire and philanthropist on his most human side. As can be seen in the publication, the foundation created in the year 2000 invests nearly USD 5 billion each year in American public education, in helping women, supporting family planning for the most disadvantaged groups and in childhood vaccination campaigns. The foundation that Bill directs with his wife Melinda is the largest and most influential in the world not only for its large budget, but also for the relevance of the projects it undertakes. Its main objective is to improve the living conditions of disadvantaged minorities in the United States, but many others have their focus beyond the borders of the country of origin of the founder of Microsoft. And something that makes this series very clear is that Bill Gates might not have had the philanthropic sense so developed had it not been for his wife Melinda, who supports the workload and decision making of the foundation. As if that were not enough, Gates also has the complicity of Warren Buffett, another American billionaire and American philanthropist who has been friends for decades and who has amassed a fortune close to USD 80,000 million in the world of investments and finance, of agreement with information from the Xataca portal. More than a decade ago Buffett announced that he will gradually donate 99% of his fortune to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a decision that reflects his commitment to philanthropy. Gates and Buffett maintain - during the footage - several conversations that demonstrate the firmness with which they intend to undertake those projects that can have a positive impact on the opportunities of the most disadvantaged groups in the poorest or developing countries, many of them in Africa. In some African countries, 12% of children die with less than 5 years due to diarrhea, a disease that has been eradicated for decades in advanced countries. Another example of the unfortunate conditions in which Africa is lived is Nigeria, which in 2018 uprooted India as the country with the largest number of people living in extreme poverty - more than 99 million - which together with exclusion, the Gender inequality, corruption and violence make it a favorite place for traffickers. And what about the sanitary conditions. This is how Bill Gates has dedicated himself to helping these disadvantaged po[CENSORED]tions, with a strategy that allows him to recruit engineers, inventors and researchers capable of proposing original ideas, such as a toilet that does not require energy or a system of sewage, or sewage treatment. The documentary shows some of these solutions, and almost all of them resort to the filtering of excrements in a more or less elaborate way. But one of them proposes a different approach that uses the combustion of feces to extract water vapor from them and facilitate their processing.
  14. BMW Group Argentina launched last August two brand new SUVs in Argentina: the new generations of the X4 and X5 (see equipment and prices). And one of these novelties has just entered the Autoblog garage: the X4 xDrive30i. It is the “entry-level” version of the second generation of the SUV with Fastback body for Segment D (medium). This X4 (generation G02) comes to complement the offer of the other BMW medium SUV: the new X3, which we already tested in Autoblog (read review). This X4 already offers in Argentina an M40i xDrive sports version (354 hp, 134 thousand dollars) and next year the most extreme version of all will arrive: X4M Competition (510 hp), which we already drive in the United States (read review) . In the critique of the Peugeot 308 S Allure Plus that was published earlier this morning (read note), Orly Cristófalo said a great truth: a very common complaint from readers is that we almost never test the entry-level versions. The “verdá de la milanesa” is that, in this blog, we test the cars we can, not always the ones we want. It is common that brands, when patenting the press units, always choose the most equipped versions. It is a practical matter. When showing the car in a note, it is easier to say: "The base version does not have this or what you see here, in full." On the contrary, it would be more complex to say: "In the full version, imagine that it also has this and this that you cannot see in this base unit." The point is that now we have the opportunity to try another unit of “entry to range”. It is the X4 xDrive30i. It has a 2.0 turbonaftero engine (252 hp and 350 Nm), eight-speed automatic transmission and all-wheel drive. However, I am spoiling you a piece of criticism. Its price is nothing "base": $ 94,900. The full critique of the "most po[CENSORED]r of the X4" (note the ironic quotes) will be published next week.

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