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You’d be forgiven for not noticing that the car above is a Toyota Prius, writes Brian Byrne. But to motor racing fans in Japan it is the last of a what has been a hero series of Priuses for a decade. Its predecessor car made a debut win at the 2013 Fuji 500 in Japan’s Super GT Series, the top level of auto racing in that country. It was the first ever win for a hybrid-engined car in the series. While the hybrid part of the car’s powertrain was close to factory standard for the Prius of the time, the internal combustion part was not — it was a howling 3.4 V8. There were to be three generations of the Prius GT, the last with a 5.4 V8 and hybrid electrification. With many podium wins and places down the decade, Toyota pulled the plug on the car after the 2021 season. From now on, apr Racing who operated the Prius GT for the carmaker, will be running a new car based the Lexus LC 500h. But a decade of Prius GTs turned road Prius owners in Japan into very proud people, ready...

  Fasciation on KniphofiaFasciatum on plants is not as uncommon as you might expect as it is generally overlooked or perhaps unseen within the overall density of a garden. One might say you can’t see the wood for the trees! (Apologies). Botanically speaking, fasciation is the  malformation of plant stems commonly manifested as enlargement and flattening as if several stems were fused. Any occurrence of fasciation may be due to several possible causes, including hormonal, genetic, bacterial, fungal, viral and environmental causes. Fasciation is not contagious, but in those instances where bacteria have caused fasciation it can be spread from infected plants to others from contact with wounds on infected plants and from water that carries the bacteria to other plants. This example of fasciation in the flower stem of a Kniphofia species is I believe the first I had seen and warranted an image being recorded for these who are interested in such things. I included a second stem from th...

APAKAH   PENYAKIT MATA KERING? Mata kering adalah satu keadaan di mana terdapat kekurangan air mata untuk melembabkan dan menyuburkan mata. Air mata adalah perlu untuk mengekalkan kesihatan mata dan untuk memberi penglihatan yang jelas. Mereka yang mengalami mata kering adalah disebabkan oleh pengeluaran air mata yang kurang ataupun mempunyai air mata yang tidak  berkualiti. Mata kering adalah satu masalah biasa yang kronik dialami terutamanya di kalangan orang dewasa yang lebih tua. Masalah ini boleh mengakibatkan gangguan pada permukaan mata dan seterusnya menyebabkan gejala yang kurang selesa serta memberi kesan terhadap kualiti hidup. JIKA MATA ANDA : Kemerahan Sakit Berasa Gatal Terdapat Sensasi Benda Asing Anda mungkin menghidapi penyakit mata kering. Mata anda mungkin juga akan sensitif kepada cahaya, air mata mengalir, atau penglihatan menjadi kabur. GEJALA PENYAKIT MATA KERING : Lebih kerap dilihat pada;                         Wanita dan Golongan Tua. SIAPAKAH YANG BERISIKO M...