Americanist phonetic notation uses fortis and lenis . German linguists call the distinction fortis and lenis rather than tense and lax. In addition, stressed vowels before lenis consonants may be longer than those before fortis consonants. Davies was born at 6 Denmark Terrace, Fortis Green, north London, England. These fortis and lenis stops may have been distinguished by either voicing or gemination. Herman Daems is Chairman of the Board of Directors of BNP Paribas Fortis. The US$98.3bn bid from RBS, Fortis and Banco Santander was 9.8% higher than Barclays' offer. Fortis Insurance Belgium would be reintegrated in Fortis Holding. Fortis started its health care operations from Mohali where first Fortis hospital was started. BEL was approximately 70% owned by Fortis Inc., a Canadian investor-owned distribution utility. CMC also exported the Lancer Fortis to the Middle East. Fortis v. United States, 2006 U.S. App. They also saw patients at the Fortis Hospital, where Rajesh headed the dental department. The Lancer Fortis made its debut in Taiwan in August 2007. Another notable examples is Fortisakharof, a creative duo consisting of Rami Fortis and Berry Sakharof.