Balancing current and future water demands between competing uses (including ecosystems and their services) will become an issue.

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And like some other boating hubs, local officials aren't eager to add more berths when there are so many other competing uses for the city's limited waterfront property.

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MSCI's Barra, a competing firm, uses 12 factors.

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And competing aircraft manufacturer Airbus uses similar lithium ion batteries on their A380 superjumbo jet.

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Redman uses the example of customer billing to develop a business case that helps data quality make the cut among competing priorities.

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For conference calls and chats, Tiki's Intelligent Speech Mode uses voice isolation to bring your voice to the forefront while noise-canceling technology simultaneously reduces unwanted, competing background noise such as computer fans, keyboard typing and ambient sound.

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