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Blogging is popular because everyone has some opinions that they want to express to a larger audience. Everyone has an idea they would like to share with others. The more difficult side of blogging is figuring out how to easily share it in an effective manner. This article can help you to accomplish your blogging […]
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The UFC’s final card of 2020 looks to be one of the year’s best. During the UFC 255 broadcast, the entire UFC Vegas 17 fight card was revealed, which includes a six-fight main card headlined by Leon Edwards taking on the surging Khamzat Chimaev in a welterweight bout. The event takes place Dec. 19 at […]
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Excessive calcium contributes to harmful inflammation in ischemic stroke, and targeting it may provide doctors with a new way to improve patient outcomes, new research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine suggests. Petr Tvrdik, Ph.D., has found that immune cells called microglia are flooded with waves of calcium in the wake of ischemic […]
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Jim Kirsh initially thought his family-owned foundry in southeastern Wisconsin might stay busy during the pandemic. Kirsh Foundry Inc, a cluster of buildings nestled in Beaver Dam, a city of 16,000 about an hour’s drive from Milwaukee, entered the year with a bulging order book, thanks in part to a big customer bringing casting work […]
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After hitting an all-time high of around $19,700 per in late 2017, the price of a single Bitcoin dipped sharply before bottoming out around $3,200 in December 2018. The volatile cryptocurrency got hot again over the summer and after riding a few peaks and valleys, it’s been mostly full steam ahead ever since. As of […]
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A cold snap will hit the UK today with winds and gales up to 75mph expected. Scotland will experience strong winds, with a Met Office yellow weather warning in place. The colder temperatures come after multiple weather warnings were put in place this week. The weather in the UK had already turned colder on Thursday, […]
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Former UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua has definitely seen better days. In a rematch from their first fight that ended in a split draw, Shogun suffered a lopsided loss to Paul Craig at UFC 255 after he tapped out from strikes in the second round. While that was only Rua’s second loss in […]
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Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a novel targeted therapy, called POMHEX, which blocks critical metabolic pathways in cancer cells with specific genetic defects. Preclinical studies found the small-molecule enolase inhibitor to be effective in killing brain cancer cells that were missing ENO1, one of two genes encoding the […]
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Global shares edged higher and the dollar perked up on Wednesday as further positive COVID-19 vaccine news more than offset concerns around the stubbornly high global infection rate. The MSCI World index was up 0.1% at 1206 GMT, just shy of the previous session’s record high. U.S. stock futures, meanwhile, pointed to a higher open […]
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Mozilla was one of many internet giants that in 2017 announced roadmaps detailing plans for killing off Flash. In yesterday’s post, it wrote: “On January 26, 2021 when we release Firefox version 85, it will ship without Flash support, improving our performance and security.” Mozilla has been working toward this end goal for a while, […]
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