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Mummies in the Americas Belong to a Vanished Civilization

In a comprehensive study, researchers have mapped the spread of indigenous settlers throughout the Americas, from their first steps off of the Bering Land Bridge some 16,000 years ago to their sudden disappearance in the 15th century. That’s when Spanish and Portuguese explorers all but wiped them from the face of the Earth. Drawing the..

May 25, 2019

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Buhari’s Words Leave Investors Confused on Path to Nigeria’s Foreign Exchange Policy

Nigerian president didn’t mention new policy in speech Sunday Central bank had said foreign-exchange steps due ‘within days’ Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s Sunday speech has left foreign-exchange traders with little clue as to the fate of the naira. Far from clarifying the government’s approach on the currency, following central bank Governor Godwin Emefiele’s pledge last..

May 25, 2019

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You are almost definitely not living in reality because your brain doesn’t want you to

Every cognitive bias exists for a reason—primarily to save our brains time or energy. I’ve spent many years referencing Wikipedia’s list of cognitive biases whenever I have a hunch that a certain type of thinking is an official bias but I can’t recall the name or details. But despite trying to absorb the information of..

May 25, 2019

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Findlay man won 1st Indy 500

By The Associated Press Few knew what to expect when they converged on Pressley Farm that May morning, not even the reporters who arrived at the sprawling banked oval for the first International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race. Now, 105 years later, The Associated Press is making its original Indy 500 report available. Using antiquated verbiage —..

May 25, 2019

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Registration Is Now Open For Both IGC Shows

Registration is now open for The Eastern Show for IGCs and IGC Show Chicago, event organizers just announced. Quick-click registration takes only minutes at the event websites, www.EIGCshow.com and www.IGCshow.com, which detail everything planned for the summer industry gatherings. At both events, the trade show, three keynotes and Tuesday evening’s party and concert are all free…

May 24, 2019

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New Title & Description Lengths for Google SEO in Search Results

If you haven’t given your title and description meta tags some love lately, it might be a good thing you procrastinated… there are new title and description lengths in the Google Search Results.  Google has increased the width of the search results for nearly all users (although they could roll it back at any time)…

May 24, 2019

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COMING SIMORGH LAUNCH?

It seems Iran is going to launch a satellite into orbit soon, but the question is when. As I noted recently, Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan told the Majlis that Iran would conduct a space launch during the festivities to mark Iran’s revolution, which should run from 1-11 February. Other Iranian officials, however, have suggested that Iran..

May 24, 2019

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Church Work: Last Words

This is another post in a Friday blog series for people who serve/volunteer/work in any kind of ministry setting. It’s a series about the practical things we face in ministry, as well as why doing these things matter. The following is a guest blog by Eddie Sharp on how he goes about writing a funeral and caring for a..

May 24, 2019

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Integrity is everything for a CFO

“You have to be mindful of operating within the law at all times as a CFO in the public sector, because it’s your career on the line,” says Rendani Sadiki, Department of Rural Development and Land Reform CFO. “Colleagues may make requests that are outside the ambit of the law, but you have to explore..

May 24, 2019

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On the Polls – the general election campaign so far

Claire Byrne for Ceann Comhairle: there was only one winner from last night’s televised leaders debate and that was the Laois woman. It was always going to be thus because of the format and the fact that Byrne is a chairwoman who takes no nonsense, as those who check out her RTE Radio One show..

May 24, 2019