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Mijn vrouw ontgaat veel, maar niet de belofte dat halverwege het tochtje vanuit het verpleeghuis een ijsje wacht.

Abortus na 22 weken zonder medische noodzaak? Het mag al, maar ziekenhuizen zijn er huiverig voor. Dat gaat wellicht veranderen

Al langere tijd bestaat de kritiek dat te weinig ziekenhuizen abortus aanbieden in week 22 of 23 van de zwangerschap als er geen medische noodzaak voor is. Zulke late abortussen zijn emotioneel zwaar, ook voor zorgverleners. Enkele ziekenhuizen hebben zich nu gemeld voor een proef die hier verandering in brengt.

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Microsoft rolls out Windows Search updates and they're... quite good

Microsoft has made good on a promise to make Windows Search less of a chore to use, making tweaks to remove "promotional content" from web results and options to focus on local results. The changes are currently limited to Windows Insiders in the Experimental channel. March Rogers, partner director for product design for Windows at Microsoft, stated that they were on their way when Microsoft announced the Windows 11 26H2 update, and the scope of the changes will delight Windows Search users who are tired of the service's occasional unreliability and inaccuracy, and the clutter of its interface. While Microsoft said it has reduced the likelihood of the service crashing, it also said there was "more work underway." Still, even going by what is in the Experimental channel (which could easily change between now and release), it looks like the updates are a considerable improvement on what users have had to endure until now. For starters, the results are clearer, it is easier to see where a hit came from, and promotional content has been removed from web results ("Web results show the most relevant answer, instead of first showing related products and promotions"). Plus, there are now settings to choose whether web and Microsoft Store results are shown alongside local results – you'll find them in the Search area of the Privacy & Security page in the Settings app. Local results are prioritized when they are a better match, typos are better tolerated (Microsoft gave the example of "utlook" finding Outlook), and there's support for two-character file searches. The Windows Insiders update is free of the word "Copilot." Microsoft tinkered with Windows Search improvements in 2025, but a Copilot+ PC was required to use them. The service itself has long been the punchline to many a Windows joke: there was the high-CPU usage incident of 2019 and the empty results page of 2020, for example. This time around, Microsoft has taken the surprising step of deprioritizing "promotional content" while also improving the user experience. It would have been better not to have had "promotional content" in the first place, but this is a positive step. We took a look on a PC with the Experimental channel and, after setting a Feature flag to access the updates, we were impressed. Perhaps we had low expectations based on what had gone before, but, freed of cruft, the results were clearer, and the whole experience snappier. Microsoft did not say when the updates would reach general availability. However, Windows 11 26H2 or perhaps before would be a safe bet. ®

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Plaza Hotel

Hindley Street, Adelaide CBD
The Plaza Hotel was formerly the Grand Coffee Palace and was owned and occupied by Michael C Billett. It was opened by Mr JSP Stutley on 7 March 1891. In 1907 it was almost
‘wholly rebuilt’ with exterior alterations and additions carried out to the value of £3,300.
Council approved these plans on 11 March 1907.
Subsequent alterations and additions were carried out in the 1930s and 1940s by architect Hubert H Cowell. These involved internal alterations and installation of services as well as
shop front alterations to cater for the change in the building use: from Coffee Palace to, in 1938, a hotel when it was known as the Grand Hotel. In 1941, part of the hotel was used as
a furniture shop. From 1957–59 further internal alterations were undertaken as more shops were opened and it was at this time, 1959, that the hotel became known as the Plaza Hotel.
In 1992, the building was used at the ground floor level as a series of shops. The hotel has continued to be remodelled in accordance with social changes that have been reflected in
licensing regulations.
Hubert Cowell was the son of architect Henry J Cowell. Hubert was articled to his father and in 1903–1906 practised architecture in South Africa. On his return he was appointed Town Clerk and Surveyor for the Corporation of Thebarton before joining his father and brother in the partnership of Cowell & Cowell. In 1917 he became a Fellow of the South Australian Institute of Architects serving as Councillor, Honorary Secretary and between 1929–1931 as
President. In 1937 he won the South Australian Housing Trust’s architectural competition for designing its first Trust homes. Between 1937 and 1945, Cowell was responsible for the
design and supervision of more than 2000 homes for the South Australian Housing Trust. He retired in 1966 as Michael Page describes as ‘one of the last survivors from the colonial and Federation eras of architecture.’

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Young Street, Parkside, South Australia

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