The ACC announced Tuesday that its 18-team men’s basketball conference is going back to playing an 18-game league schedule. The conference had played a 20-game league schedule since the 2019-20 season, a move that seemed destined to stick following last year’s additions of SMU, Stanford and California. And yet, here we are. Where we are is uncharted territory for the ACC. While the SEC and the Big Ten are enjoying record levels of success, the ACC hasn’t placed more than five teams in an NCAA Tournament since 2021. If not for North Carolina’s highly controversial inclusion in the First Four…
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Key Takeaways Definition of Inside Sales: Inside sales refers to engaging customers remotely through phone calls, emails, and video conferencing, contrasting with traditional face-to-face outside sales. Advantages for Businesses: This sales strategy allows companies to reach a broader audience while being cost-effective, as it eliminates travel expenses and maximizes efficient use of resources. Importance of Technology: Utilizing CRM tools and other sales technologies enhances lead management, performance tracking, and communication, significantly optimizing the sales pipeline. Sales Techniques: Effective inside sales techniques such as cold calling, follow-ups, and video presentations are vital for nurturing leads and increasing conversion rates. Challenges to…
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Image source: Unsplash The average kitchen drawer is a museum of impulse buys. Corn peelers, banana slicers, avocado cutters—all promises of convenience that, more often than not, sit unused and gather dust. These single-use gadgets may seem helpful at first, but over time, they end up clogging your drawers, wasting money, and collecting grime. As 2025 approaches, there’s no better time to take a hard look at what’s in your kitchen. The space you save and the functionality you gain by eliminating one-trick tools is well worth the effort. Even better, today’s market offers clever, compact alternatives that do the…
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In a world where technology evolves at lightning speed, staying competitive means staying informed. For Cisco partners, success hinges on having the right tools, training, and insights to deliver exceptional value to customers. Enter Black Belt Academy—a game-changing enablement platform that goes beyond traditional training. Designed to empower your team and drive measurable growth, Black Belt Academy has become a cornerstone of partner success within the Cisco ecosystem. With an impressive community of over 7,500 unique partners and 53,000+ active learners annually, it’s adoption continues to soar—proving that knowledge truly is power. The Black Belt Academy Value Proposition: Your Growth…
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg predicts a future where AI will understand you so well that different AI personas will become your “friends.” In a new interview with podcaster Dwarkesh Patel, Zuckerberg said that he thinks “the average person wants more connectivity, more connection that they actually have,” and thinks AI chatbots trained to have different personalities could help fill that void. “The average American, I think, has fewer than three friends, three people they’d consider friends, and the average person has demand for meaningfully more, I think it’s like 15 friends,” Zuckerberg told Patel. (He was likely referring to a…
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Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, left, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, appears on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican shortly after his election as the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, Thursday, May 8, 2025. —Photo by Associated Press World leaders welcomed the election on Thursday of Robert Francis Prevost, who as Pope Leo XIV, becomes the first leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics from the United States. Here are key reactions: Article continues after this advertisement American pride “Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was just named Pope. It is such an…
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NIH Director Jayanta Bhattacharya, left, and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speak before a news conference at the Health and Human Services Department on April 22. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images The National Institutes of Health will use information from federal health insurance programs Medicare and Medicaid to create a “real-world data platform” to determine the cause of autism, the agency announced this week. The Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement on Wednesday that the NIH would team up with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services…
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I’ve had my fair share of battles with PDFs.
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The 2025 NCAA women’s lacrosse tournament begins this weekend, with games getting underway on Friday at on-campus sites. The 29-team field features 15 automatic bids and 14 at-large selections. Boston College is the sport’s reigning champs and the Eagles will try to become the first team to repeat as national title holders for the first time in a decade. Standing in their way however is the undefeated North Carolina Tar Heels, who have already bested BC twice this season. The rest of the field includes talented players, interesting storylines and a handful of teams with real chances to contend for…
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Dynamic moves, crystal clear animation, and quirky audio resounding as characters move on the screen—my childhood was a coffee table book of games.