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In a study published in Nature Human Evolution, researchers led by David Wahl from the U.S. Geological Survey looked at an ancient hieroglyphic inscription found at Naranjo—a Maya city that was located 20 miles south of Witzna, in what is now northern Guatemala. The text reveals a series of successful military campaigns against a neighbouring kingdom, including one called Bahlam Jol, which once belonged to Naranjo. The inscriptions says that the city “burned for the second time....

A half-century after the first TV dinner was born, the food industry is approaching its long-sought dream of supplanting the unpaid labor of people like the Mullins in the final, and arguably most profitable, step by which a cow gets turned into meat loaf. Increasingly the acres of Corian countertop in America’s Versailles-quality kitchens are used not for chopping or whisking but for dumping takeout containers onto plates. For those who even bother with plates....

Prices for everything but bread, salt, gas, coal and a handful of other staples will soar. Yeltsin’s chief economic adviser expects them to double. The former Russian economics minister says they will quadruple. And Soviet newspapers predict that prices for scarce items like lemons could multiply by a factor of 25. At the same time, state stores are to be privatized, but how that will be coordinated is unclear. Most wage ceilings have been removed, raising fears of hyperinflation....

Season 1 of Star Wars: Andor on Disney Plus has finally dropped, and perhaps the only downside to it is that fans now have what is likely a nearly 2-year wait ahead of them before they get to see more. With Diego Luna’s Cassian Andor seemingly reaching the point where he’s finally ready to take the fight to the Empire, many are surely curious as to how things will go from here....

Because of their struggles, Packers coach Mike McCarthy said he’s “not worried about the football team” and is “just focused on the next step.” McCarthy, who has been the Packers coach since 2006, has come under harsh scrutiny this season. He fired back at critics on Monday in a defiant speech that teetered on arrogance. “Let’s just state the facts: I’m a highly successful NFL head coach,” McCarthy told reporters during his weekly press conference....

Line: Packers -7, Total: 49.5 Line movement: The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook opened Green Bay -4 when it posted the first Week 1 point spreads in town back in April. Other than a momentary half-point downward tweak when Jordy Nelson went down with a season-ending knee injury, the line has moved consistently in the Packers’ direction. Micah Roberts, though, believes the spread will drop ahead of kickoff. Visit our odds page for updated spreads and totals for NFL Week 1....

We transition now to mention the Packers are currently 1-2 and tied for the last in the NFC North, one game behind the Bears and Lions. Still, if the Packers can win Sunday at Chicago (1 p.m. ET, Fox), they will end September no worse for wear, really. They will have humbled the Bears for a fifth straight time at Soldier Field, and they will have sent a message that they will still be tough to knock off in the North....

Filipino boxing icon Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao responded to Floyd Mayweather Jr’s challenge by saying that he is willing to fight the undefeated American boxer, the local media reported Wednesday. Pacquiao’s response came in reply to Floyd’s message on his Twitter account, in which he called on Pacquiao to “step up punk”, Xinhua reported. “Manny Pacquiao I’m calling you out let’s fight May 5th and give the world what they want to see,” Mayweather tweeted....

The Padres traded the All-Star closer to the Angels as part of a six-player deal late Friday. San Diego will receive four minor leaguers: infielders Taylor Lindsey and Jose Rondon and pitchers R.J. Alvarez and Elliot Morris. Minor league pitcher Trevor Gott is headed to the Angels with Street. The swap was announced after the Padres’ home loss to the Mets. “In this particular deal, we felt like it was something we had to move on given the talent we acquired,” Padres vice president/assistant general manager A....

Paige went on to say that she has a long career ahead of her and predicted big things ahead in 2020. Many hopeful fans took that as a possible tease she could be returning to the wrestling ring. Paige was forced to retire in 2018 due to a neck injury. Her mother recently said on Twitter that a return to wrestling just isn’t in the cards. She told one fan that the results could be catastrophic if Paige were to wrestle again....

It was a surprise mid-Test press conference by the Australian captain on day two when India declared for 622 for seven. Paine said that they did get some plans wrong, but there was nothing as worrying as a disagreement. “We always have discussion post game but in terms of being on a different page, no. I think we are pretty clear on what we’re trying to do. Yesterday afternoon - and to be fair probably the first hour in the morning then the first hour after lunch we got it slightly wrong,” said Paine....

Tendulkar played in an era when world cricket still had ferocious fast bowlers and green tops (when India toured abroad), and bowlers still dominated batsmen with frequent hundreds being a rarity. Right from his debut series, Tendulkar faced many fearsome fast bowlers on difficult wickets. And he dominated them all. Be it Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Courtney Walsh, Curtly Ambrose, Allan Donald, Shaun Pollock, Shoaib Akthar or Dale Steyn, Tendulkar managed to score runs against the best of the best in his 24 glorious cricketing years....

What Is the React Context API? React is a component-based library. Its applications comprise different components that work together. In some cases, your application needs to share data across these components. For instance, you might want to share the username of the current user from the Login component to other components in your application. Context makes it easier to share the username by eliminating the need to pass data through each component in the component tree....

Real Madrid are readying a world record £85m bid for Wales international Gareth Bale, 23, but Tottenham are insisting they will not sell their star man at any price. What’s the story? The amount of outlets carrying this means it must have some heat to it. Real Madrid want to team Bale with Ronaldo and Di Maria with perhaps Suarez up front to give them an attack with devastation written all over it....

Arsenal sit two points clear at the top of the Premier League table following the weekend’s latest domestic action and Arsene Wenger’s men look in a good position to record their first trophy in just under ten years. Much of the club’s fantastic form has been down to a settled back four and the growing central defensive partnership between Laurent Koscielny and Per Mertesacker. However, the growing maturity and consistency of goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny has also been a major contributing factor and this season the Polish number one has established himself as one of the league’s best players in his position....

Interesting points from Divinch, but I can’t help but feel like we’re missing pieces of the picture. Most everyone I know, regardless of whether or not they purchased the map pack, felt that it was a massive rip off. I won’t dispute that raising the price another $5 might have still ended with similar sales results, but at what point does Activision need to draw the line? Not oblivious to the media coverage and the general negative response to the choice to price the map pack at $15, Divinch gave some of his own insight into the price hike and how it affected sales:...

Carlo Ancelotti is such a genial figure that revenge would never be a motivation but there is no doubt he will be itching to prove to Real Madrid they were wrong to dismiss him after winning La Decima, the Copa del Rey, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup. No recent Real coach had the team playing with such effortless fluidity as the Italian but coming up short in la Liga ultimately saw him sacked....

20th January, 2013 is a date that Iker Casillas will never forget, because that was the last time he started for Real Madrid in a league match. For the eighth month running, Casillas has had to watch from the bench as Diego Lopez goes from strength to strength, consolidating his position as Madrid’s first choice keeper. It can never be easy for any player to suffer silently in the shadows while his direct competitor basks in the limelight, nor is it easy when you have fallen out with your manager, who just happens to be Jose Mourinho....

Will there be a Chess-Matt for Les Bleus, Lions and Devils? The Blazers, as the Croats are known for designing their shirts, seem to have had the worst program to date. The victory over the two-time world champion Argentina, as well as the host of the World Cup - Russia, speak of the strong psyche of the team. Two wins in penalty shootouts are also a major success. The French Blues went through the group stage, after which they won against a weak Argentina and a depleted Uruguay who were missing Cavani....