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Construction of Turkmen section of Kazakhstan-Iran railway completed – Cihan News Agency

Construction of Turkmen section of Kazakhstan-Iran railway completed Cihan News Agency The construction of the Turkmen section of the new “North-South” railway which would connect Kazakhstan and Iran has been completed, according to the Turkmen…

Source: en.cihan.com.tr

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Environmentalists fear Kazakhstan Olympic bid

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The International Olympic Committee will meet on Monday to decide the shortlist for the 2022 Winter Games. Oslo, Beijing and Kazakhstan’s Almaty remain in the running. Kazakhstan has the…

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NEO – Central Asia Musical Chairs for America’s Air Force

– Victoriya Panfilova – Due to the loss of the Manas airbase in Kyrgyzstan, there are negotiations to use of Uzbek territory for U.S. military facilities.

Source: www.veteranstoday.com

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Leading Kazakh bank eyes foreign expansion – Financial Times

Leading Kazakh bank eyes foreign expansion Financial Times Kenes Rakishev, a prominent Kazakh businessman who is set to become one of KKB’s top investors as part of the deal, said the bank would seek to become a leader in the financial sector of…

Source: www.ft.com

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This column will change your life: how to think about writing

The key thing to realise, Pinker argues, is that writing is “cognitively unnatural.” For almost all human existence, nobody wrote anything; even after that, for millennia, only a tiny elite did so. And it remains an odd way to communicate. You can’t see your readers’ facial expressions. They can’t ask for clarification. Often, you don’t know who they are, or how much they know. How to make up for all this?


Pinker’s answer builds on the work of two language scholars, Mark Turner and Francis-Noël Thomas, who label their approach “joint attention”. Writing is a modern twist on an ancient, species-wide behaviour: drawing someone else’s attention to something visible. 

Source: www.theguardian.com

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High Marketing IQ: Learn From Today and Optimize Tomorrow

…To be competitive and successful in today’s cutthroat markets, companies must access historical data from previous campaigns, track activities in real time through a campaign, and compare changes in performance and results before embarking on a new campaign in the future. This means making intelligent, data-driven decisions based on in-depth reporting and thorough analysis.

Sound easy? Maybe not, but it can be when marketing teams are equipped with the most up-to-date marketing automation solutions to track, measure, and optimize all leads. But finding the right technology can be challenging.

For example, Google Analytics can provide reports on website activity and PPC performance, while voice-based marketing automation tools can track all phone leads from various initiatives. When marketing automation and analytics solutions are combined, the reports are more detailed and the insights extracted are more valuable. In other words, decision makers will have a much higher marketing IQ….

Source: www.business2community.com

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If You Use WordPress, You Need to Know About This Button

Click the ‘Clear Formatting’ button in WordPress and pasting text becomes painless. How did we not know about it?

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500 Startups’ newly released fundraising documents will keep you from ‘getting screwed’

The program released today a set of free legal documents for startup founders it calls “KISS,” or “keep it simple security” — it’s attempt at a play on the “keep it simple, stupid” mantra.

Source: venturebeat.com

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Professor aiding Kazakhstan in switching native language to Latin alphabet | The University of Kansas

RT @hnycombinator: Professor aiding Kazakhstan in switching native language to Latin alphabet http://t.co/OmT7XMxNJy (cmts http://t.co/dIfP…

Source: news.ku.edu

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Nintendo Patents Eye-Tracking Tech Bringing 3D to 2D Displays – Road to Virtual Reality

Nintendo has always danced to a tune all its own. Refusing to accept the status quo in the often relentless inevitability of the gaming world has lead to both incredible successes (introducing natural motion with the Wii) to abject disasters (the Virtual Boy), in either case though the Japanese gaming giant usually intrigues with its… Read the full article …

Source: www.roadtovr.com

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