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Challenging the traditional diversity narrative with Jonathan Ashong-Lampley | WIRED Smarter

Jonathan Ashong-Lamptey is a globally recognised authority on Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace. Join him at WIRED Smarter where he spoke about how businesses everywhere can challenge the traditional diversity and inclusion narrative to fit a model they can actually use. ABOUT WIRED SMARTER Curated by WIRED’s award-winning editorial team, WIRED Smarter gathers the disruptive minds across business, technology, retail, finance and politics to investigate how innovation, technological advances and world events are changing the way we interact with customers.




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How a Nat Geo Photographer Selects the Best Images from a Shoot

Steve Winter has been a contributing wildlife photographer with National Geographic for over 20 years. As a wildlife photographer, Steve always has tons of photographs to sift through, and eventually whittle down. Watch as Steve lays out how he actually goes about choosing the perfect photograph.




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VFX Artist Breaks Down Oscar-Nominated CGI

The five films nominated for an Academy Award this year for visual effects were each selected for their own unique reasons. Kevin Baillie, a VFX artist who was worked on some of Hollywood's biggest movies, breaks down the visual effects in this year's Oscar nominees.




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Doria Robinson Discusses the Disproportionate Impact of Climate Change

Doria Robinson, executive director of Urban Tilth, discusses how climate change disproportionately impacts communities of color and low-income populations. She shares her experiences with urban farming, which can ease the strain on global food chains, enrich and enliven communities, and help communities feed themselves without having to rely on massive agricultural networks.




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The Vaccinate Virginia Contact Center: Answering a call for all

The Vaccinate Virginia Contact Center: Answering a Call for All




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Autocomplete Interview - Paul Rudd & Jonathan Majors Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions

'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania' stars Paul Rudd and Jonathan Majors take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the internet's most searched questions about themselves. How did Paul Rudd become Ant-Man? How did Jonathan Major prepare for Creed III? Why is Paul a Kansas City Chiefs fan? Can Jonathan sing? Paul and Jonathan answer all these questions and much more! 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania' is in theaters now. Director: Joe Pickard Director of Photography: Matt Krueger Editor: Matt Colby Talent: Paul Rudd, Jonathan Majors Producer: Katherine Wzorek Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi Associate Producers: Brandon White, Paul Gulyas Production Manager: Peter Brunette Talent Booker: Lauren Mendoza Camera Operator: Lucas Vilicich Audio: Cassiano Pereira Production Assistants: Ariel Labasan, John Brodsky Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen Assistant Editor: Billy Ward




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How Fat Bears Bulk Up To Hibernate (And Why We Love To See It)

Ready for 'Fat Bear Week?' Park ranger Felicia Jimenez and wildlife biologist Dr. Michael Saxon join WIRED to talk to us about all things brown bear bulk, from how they fish for tens of thousands of calories a day to the evolutionary reasons behind their salmon snacking prowess.




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Antony Blinken on National Cybersecurity and an Evolving State Department

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sits down with WIRED Contributing Editor Garrett M. Graff to talk about emerging technology, cybersecurity, and how the State Department is evolving to meet a new set of challenges. Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey Director of Photography: Charlie Jordan Editor: Louis Lalire Host: Garrett Graff Guest: Antony Blinken Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi Associate Producer: Brandon White Production Manager: Peter Brunette Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark Camera Operator: Ben Finkel Sound Mixer: Elijah Sutton Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds




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Correlated excitonic signatures of individual van der Waals NiPS3 antiferromagnet nanoflakes

Nanoscale Horiz., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NH00390J, Communication
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Vigneshwaran Chandrasekaran, Christopher R. DeLaney, Cong Tai Trinh, David Parobek, Christopher A. Lane, Jian-Xin Zhu, Xiangzhi Li, Huan Zhao, Marshall A. Campbell, Laura Martin, Edward F. Wyckoff, Andrew C. Jones, Matthew M. Schneider, John Watt, Michael T. Pettes, Sergei A. Ivanov, Andrei Piryatinski, David H. Dunlap, Han Htoon
Optical spectroscopy on individual nano-flakes of NiPS3 2D-antiferromagnet reveals correlated excitons arising from entangled charge, spin, orbital, and lattice degrees of freedom, similar to bulk NiPS3 but at a completely different energy range.
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Siddaramaiah slams central govt for injustice, says Karnataka deserves fair share of tax returns

“We are in a federal system and we’ve accepted that. The constitution is in effect today. But just because we’re in a federal system, the central government should not inflict injustice on Karnataka” said Karnataka CM




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The national creators awards: Padma 2.0!

The award show underlined the power of regional digital content creators in shaping new, transparent narratives and inspiring millions




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Signature sambar, very long dosas and delicious filter coffee

Coimbatore’s legendary Annapoorna Hotel can teach marketers a lesson or two




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Rejuvenating the millet market in rural India

Millets, a staple in farmer households, hold out a huge ‘value-added’ opportunity for start-ups, local biz




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Accurate determination of ultra-trace rare earth elements by LA-ICP-MS/MS and its application to cassiterite for effective elimination of Gd and Tb false positive anomalies

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00271G, Paper
Ming Yang, Wu Wei, Yue-Heng Yang, Rolf L. Romer, Shi-Tou Wu, Tao Wu, Li-Feng Zhong
This study reports a new method for in situ determination of ultra-low REE contents in cassiterite by LA-ICP-MS/MS with an O2 and mass-shift detection strategy to avoid Gd and Tb anomalies.
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Development and application of reference and routine analytical methods providing SI-traceable results for the determination of technology-critical elements in PCB from WEEE

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, 39,2809-2823
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00235K, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Giancarlo D'Agostino, Marcus Oelze, Jochen Vogl, Jean-Philippe Ghestem, Nicolas Lafaurie, Ole Klein, Daniel Pröfrock, Marco Di Luzio, Luigi Bergamaschi, Radojko Jaćimović, Caroline Oster, Johanna Irrgeher, Shaun T. Lancaster, Anna Walch, Anita Röthke, Lena Michaliszyn, Axel Pramann, Olaf Rienitz, Timo Sara-Aho, Oktay Cankur, Derya Kutan, Johanna Noireaux
Development and test of five reference analytical methods and six routine analytical methods providing SI-traceable results of twenty technology-critical elements in end-of-life PCB materials.
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Optimization of informative variables selection for quantitative analysis of heavy metal (Cu) contaminated Tegillarca granosa using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, 39,2824-2831
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00084F, Paper
Xudong Huang, Xiaojing Chen, Guangzao Huang, Zhonghao Xie, Wen Shi, Shujat Ali, Leiming Yuan, Xi Chen
The KMRCD algorithm successfully selected 50 informative variables from the 1520 variables in the LIBS spectra.
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Trace element determination by femtosecond LA-ICP-MS in 10 mg extraterrestrial geological samples prepared as lithium borate glasses

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, 39,2728-2736
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00275J, Paper
Yan-Hong Liu, Ding-Shuai Xue, Wen-Jun Li, Zhong-Qiang Wang, Yan Liang, Shun Guo, Bo Wan
This method involves precise trace element determination in X-ray fluorescence (XRF) lithium borate glass prepared from 10 mg extraterrestrial geological samples using femtosecond LA-ICP-MS.
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Sodium nanoferrite-based solid phase extraction: a green method for the simultaneous determination of cadmium, copper, and lead

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, 39,2884-2892
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00210E, Paper
Saima Perveen, Aysen Hol, Jameel Ahmed Baig, Syed Tufail Hussain Sherazi, Khalil Akhtar, Sajjad Hussain, Fahad Abbasi
A solid phase extraction (SPE) methodology utilizing sodium ferrite nanoparticles (Na2Fe4O7-NPs; SF-NPs) is presented for the simultaneous determination of heavy metals (HMs) via flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS).
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An ensemble model for rapid quantitative determination of vanadium (V) in petroleum coke by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, 39,2841-2855
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00300D, Paper
Hongkun Du, Tengfei Sun, Shaoying Ke, Dongfeng Qi, Wei Zhang, Juan Wei, Bing Yang, Hongyu Zheng
Precise detection and analysis of trace elements in materials are critical for various industrial applications.
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Accurate determination of ultra-trace REEs in seawater using a membrane desolvation Q-ICP-MS coupled with an online automatic separation system

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, 39,2870-2883
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00240G, Paper
Ji-Hao Zhu, Feng-You Chu, Feng Liang, Xian-Ying Luo, Qiang Liu, Quan-Hui Xu, Wei Yu, Yong-Chun Li, Jiang-Gu Lu, Yun-Xiu Li, Yan-Hui Dong, Huai-Ming Li, Jun Zhao, Cai Zhang
A highly precise method, based on a traditional Q-ICP-MS coupled with an online automatic separation system and membrane desolvation sample introduction device, was developed for accurate determination of ultra-trace REEs in seawater samples.
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Hydrophobicity induced graphene oxide based dispersive micro solid phase extraction of strontium from seawater and groundwater prior to GFAAS determination

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3JA00445G, Paper
Maria Sebastian, Saikrishna Devulapally, Sk. Jayabun, Noorbasha Nagula Meeravali, Shekhar Raparthi, A. C. Sahayam
A novel graphene oxide (GO) mediated dispersive micro solid phase extraction method is developed for the extraction of ultratrace level strontium (Sr) from seawater and ground water. This method involves...
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A new concept for correction of instrumental isotopic fractionation in MC-ICP-MS using a pair of monoisotopic elements: a critical evaluation

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00117F, Paper
Open Access
Andrii Tupys, Klaudia Tetfejer, Ludwik Halicz, Ewa Bulska, Jakub Karasiński
In this research work, we investigated the possibility of using mixtures of monoisotopic elements (93Nb/89Y, 165Ho/159Tb and 209Bi/197Au) as calibrators for accurate determination of isotope ratios by multicollector mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS).
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A single-stage purification method for the precise determination of zirconium isotopic composition in geological samples by double spike MC-ICP-MS

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00332B, Paper
Lanping Feng, Chen Wang, Yan Han, Wen Zhang, Jing-Liang Guo, Lian Zhou, Zhaochu Hu
A simple, fast and efficient column separation method for extracting Zr from geological sample matrices using DGA resin.
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Robust determination of low Ti contents in zircon using LA–ICP–MS/MS with NH3 reaction gas

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00304G, Paper
Junlong Niu, Shitou Wu, Yueheng Yang, Hao Wang, Chao Huang, Lei Xu, Liewen Xie
Compared with the single quadrupole (SQ) mode, Triple Quadrupole (TQ) method is more robust for determining low Ti contents in zircon at high spatial resolutions (laser spot size <20 μm), making it useful for the analysis of complex zircon grains.
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Determination of boron isotopic compositions in five fractions of soil boron: traces of the environmental behavior of boron in soil

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00286E, Paper
Xuejun Chen, Qingcai Xu, Li Yan, Xiaodong Hao, Xiaochen Guan, Xiaopeng Han, Aide Sun, Zhiqun Chen, Lihua Liu, Zihao Zhu
A stepwise extraction method established for boron isotope measurement of five fractions in soil boron showed their feathered isotopic signals.
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Investigation of direct simultaneous uranium isotopic determination and age dating of micrometer-sized uranium particles by laser ablation – multi-collector ICPMS

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00280F, Paper
Anne-Claire Humbert, Fabien Pointurier, Amélie Hubert
The proposed method offers to the analytical community an alternative technique for uranium particle aged dating more widely available than LG SIMS. Moreover, working on μm-sized particles reduces issues with laser-induced fractionation.
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Sensitive and Rapid Determination of Iodine/Calcium Ratio in Carbonate Rock Samples by ICP-MS Based on Solution Cathode Glow Discharge Sampling

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00264D, Paper
Xuan Wang, Xing Liu, Lanlan Jin, Zhenli Zhu, Junhang Dong, Pengju Xing, Linjie Chen, Yuanhui Geng, Jingwen Zhang, Hao Tong, Hongtao Zheng, Min Zhang, Shenghong Hu
The iodine-to-calcium ratio (I/Ca) in carbonate rocks has been extensively used to indicate marine oxidation states. However, the low-iodine and high-calcium characteristics of carbonate samples pose challenges in achieving rapid...
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Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS): calibration challenges, combination with other techniques, and spectral analysis using data science

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00250D, Critical Review
Dennis Ferreira, Diego Victor De Babos, Mauro Henrique Lima-Filho, Heloisa Froehlick Castello, Alejandro C. Olivieri, Fabiola Manhas Verbi Pereira, Edenir Rodrigues Pereira-Filho
Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) is a versatile and powerful analytical technique widely used for rapid, in-situ elemental analysis across various fields, from industrial quality control to planetary exploration. This review...
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India flooded with unsafe fixed dose combination drugs

Many unapproved FDC formulations contain banned, restricted, or never approved drugs




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Hallucinations linked to differences in brain structure

The effect was observed regardless of whether hallucinations were auditory or visual in nature, consistent with a reality monitoring explanation.




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‘Cervical cancer can possibly be eliminated’

India lagging behind in implementing cervical cancer vaccines in its national immunisation programmes, says Dr. R. Sankaranarayanan, Special Advisor on cancer control




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IISc receives its single largest private donation of Rs 425 crore

The unique school and the 800-bed multispeciality hospital on campus will create ‘physician-scientists’




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Compulsory rural service: Nearly 2,000 senior resident doctors in Karnataka await specialist counselling and posting

They say they wrote their exams in May and have been living with uncertainty for the last two months




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Chikkamagaluru district hospital facilitates organ donation of 17-year-old brain-dead student

Rakshitha, a native of Somanahalli in Kadur taluk, suffered a head injury on September 18 after a fall while getting off a bus in Chikkamagaluru




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Donations at only skin bank in Karnataka nearing 200

The bank, set up in association with Rotary Ashirvad, has been able to meet about 63% of the demand by patients for skin. It is now receiving requests from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and Odisha




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Punjab National Bank - Price Sensitive Information/Disclosures




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The Performative Nature of Social Media Activism

This year has been a whirlwind, but if there’s something we all have in common – aside from living in the midst of a pandemic – it is our mutual exposure to a new age of activism. Modern social movements have transitioned online, much like the rest of our lives. With social media platforms remaining at the forefront of online communication, it has become more important than ever to reevaluate why and how we use these platforms, especially as they pertain to social movements.

Instagram, with its incredibly platform-specific-spread, has mini slideshows of infographics. Twitter and Facebook both have catchy headlines and quips, bites of information from a wide range of credible and not-so-credible sources. Almost every form of social media has a way to disseminate information in bite-size chunks; that function is central to its purpose as social media. This is fine, except when it comes to activism.

There are two sides to online activism: there are those who want to appear like they care about a cause, and there are those who actually do. A lot of the former tend to fall into the brand/celebrity/influencer category.




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Mapped: Facebooks Path to Social Network Domination (2008-2020)

Facebooks Path to Global Social Network Domination
From just a few thousand users in 2004 to 2.7 billion monthly active users (MAUs) in 2020, Facebook is by far the worlds largest social network.

But its massive global footprint did not grow overnight. While Facebook is the most popular social network in many countries, this traction didn’t happen overnight. And in other places, it still has not quite taken off.

To see Facebooks path to domination, we mapped each countrys most popular social network from 2008‒2020. The data was tabulated by Vincenzo Cosenza at Vincos.it by examining annual traffic data from Alexa and SimilarWeb.

Facebook Grows From the Americas to Southeast Asia
What famously started as Mark Zuckerbergs late-night intoxicated project called Facemash—a hot or not type website for students at Harvard University—soon evolved into the worlds predominant social network.

Before 2008, the social network landscape was populated by social network pioneers such as Myspace and Hi5. Googles Orkut was the most popular network in Brazil and India, and Friendster found a foothold in Southeast Asia.

But the Facebook wave came in earnest. By 2009, the social media giant took the title of most popular network for the bulk of the Americas, Europe, South Asia, and Oceania, with Orkut in Brazil being the sole holdout until 2011.




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Unsaturated coordination modulation and enlarged pore size in nanoflower-like metal organic frameworks for enhanced lithium–oxygen battery performance

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12,30591-30600
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA06346E, Paper
Lingwen Zhao, Juanjuan Feng, Adeel Abbas, Hao Sun, Chunlei Wang, Hongchao Wang
Unsaturated coordination modulation alters the discharge path and increased pore size accelerates ion exchange and oxygen transport, synergistically improving the electrochemical performance of LOBs.
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Recyclable microcellular rubber foams with superior photothermal performance via constructing Fe3+ heterodentate coordination between epoxidized natural rubber and polyaniline

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12,30486-30497
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA06543C, Paper
Jingyi Zhu, Yukun Chen, Patrick C. Lee, Shuidong Zhang
Developing recyclable microcellular rubber foams with excellent photothermal conversion ability can reduce resource waste and harvest solar energy to alleviate environmental pollution and the energy crisis simultaneously.
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Synthesis of a Cu@ZnO1−x/Al2O3 catalyst with high-density ZnO1−x–Cu interfacial sites for enhanced CO2 hydrogenation to methanol

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12,30692-30706
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA05801A, Paper
Yunshuo Wu, Haiqiang Wang, Zhongbiao Wu
The development of catalysts with high-density interfacial sites is crucial for enhancing catalytic performance.
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Ultrahigh energy storage in multilayer BiFeO3–BaTiO3–NaTaO3 relaxor ferroelectric ceramics

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12,30642-30654
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA04324C, Paper
Rhys Montecillo, R. R. Chien, Cheng-Sao Chen, Po-Hsien Wu, Chi-Shun Tu, Kuei-Chih Feng
The rising challenge of high-density electric energy storage has accelerated the research of electric energy-storage capacitors due to their high power density and voltage resistance, excellent temperature stability, and environmental friendliness.
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Understanding the crucial roles of natural clinochlore in reinforcing Li–S batteries

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12,30655-30666
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA05849F, Paper
Yumei Qin, Yashuai Pang, Chujie Zeng, Xue Li, Pengfei Wang, Yan Meng, Guangfeng Zeng, Yunchen Ge, Xiang-Long Huang
Random dendrite growth and the severe shuttle effect of lithium polysulfides are major obstacles to exploiting dependable high-capacity Li–S batteries.
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Top20 International Locations To get a International Partner And As to why

Articles Use Communication Tools So why Choose Zoosk For International Dating? The most beneficial Locations To Seek Out Love — And Lust — Depending on Science If you’re looking at ladies for marriage, you better strive single russian women your fortune with deliver order woman sites. In the listing supplied above, you can actually pick […]




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Avast Antivirus Alternatives

Avast is mostly a reliable piece of software to safeguard your laptop or computer and keep the files protect. However , when you wish more features and improved spyware and adware detection rates, there are best online virtual space other options on the market. This article will check out several avast alternatives that provide better […]




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Alternative party Board Examination

Board analysis is a vital part of successful business organizing. However , it might be difficult meant for accounting and finance groups to make time to whole the process provided the regular mesure of financial reporting and ad-hoc examination. Therefore , it could be helpful to consider utilizing a alternative party to carry out the […]




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Zeenat’s Mantras, women in advertising and the Awe Economy

Day two of advertising festival Goafest, saw Zeenat Aman share how she adapted to the mobile screen, the industry debating gender stereotyping in ads and more




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Bruhat Soma wins Scripps National Spelling Bee title in tiebreaker

Bruhat Soma, a 12-year-old seventh-grader from Tampa, Florida, beat Faizan Zaki by ninewords, to win the title




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International Day of Yoga: NYC’s Times Square transforms into yoga haven

The event, organized by the Consulate General of India in New York in partnership with the Times Square Alliance, saw about 10,000 participants




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Hindi cinema dominates India’s Oscar submissions

Selected from a pool of around 29 Indian language films, Lapata Ladies will represent India on the global stage.