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TRAFFIC ALERT - Closure of the Right Lane on I-95 NB for Pavement & Rehabilitation Project

Christiana/Wilmington --

The Delaware Department of Transportation's (DelDOT) contractor, Diamond Materials will begin preliminary work prior to the paving of I-95 northbound/southbound from Churchmans Road to Christiana River Bridge.

On Monday, May 4, 2020, the right lane will be closed to motorists for approximately two weeks on I-95 northbound between Exit 5A/Route 141 southbound and Exit 5B/Route 141 northbound. This lane closure is necessary to replace a section of curb and guardrail in advance of the upcoming paving project. [More]




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TRAFFIC ALERT - Daytime Lane Closures for Milling and Paving Route 1A/Rehoboth Avenue

Rehoboth --

Location: Route 1A/Rehoboth Avenue (Drawbridge over the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal) from Atlantic Avenue to 5th Street, Rehoboth.

Dates and Times: 6:30 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. on Monday, May 4, 2020, pending weather.

Traffic Information: DelDOT announces to motorists that as part of the Rehoboth Drawbridge project that the contractor will be milling and paving on Route 1A/Rehoboth Avenue with intermittent lane closures. [More]




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TRAFFIC ALERT - Closure of South Little Creek Road for Crossroad Pipe Replacement

Dover --

Location: South Little Creek Road between Horsepond Road and Bayside Drive, Dover.

Times and Dates: 6:00 a.m. on May 11, 2020 until 3:00 p.m. on May 14, 2020, pending weather.

Traffic Information: DelDOT announces to motorists that South Little Creek Road will be closed for the removal and replacement of a crossroad pipe for better drainage. [More]




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TRAFFIC ALERT - Wilmington Utility Relocation Project to Impact I-95

Wilmington --

The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) and the City of Wilmington are collaborating on a water line relocation project beginning Friday, May 8, 2020 and will require travel lane changes on I-95 for the next several weeks. Three drinking water transmission mains servicing City residents and businesses will be relocated from underneath the 10th Street Bridge which spans the interstate to an underground trench that will be dug under I-95.

This work will impact both the northbound and southbound lanes. [More]




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TRAFFIC ALERT - UPDATED: Closure of Route 71/Red Lion Road for Sewer Installation

Bear --

Location: Route 71/Red Lion Road between Route 72/Wrangle Hill Road and Willow Oak Boulevard, Bear.

Times and Dates: 7:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. each day, starting on Monday, May 18, 2020 until Friday, May 22, 2020, pending weather.

In the event of inclement weather, the contractor may also use Saturday, May 23, 2020. [More]




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TRAFFIC ALERT - Closure of Route 141 NB and Exits for the Installation of Waterline and Repairs to the Ramps

Newport --

DelDOT announces to motorists that their contractor will be closing Route 141 Northbound at Exit 3A and Ramps on Friday, May 15, 2020 and Saturday, May 16, 2020 for the installation of the waterline and repairs to the ramps. In the event of inclement weather on Friday, the closures will start on Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 17, 2020.

The following closures will occur at 8:00 p.m. on Friday, May 15, 2020 until 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 16, 2020

Route 141 Northbound at Exit 3A/I-95 Northbound

Exit 5B/I-95 Northbound to Route 141 Northbound

Exit 3B/Route 141 Northbound to I-95 Southbound

Exit 5B/I-95 Southbound to Route 141 Northbound

Exit 5/I-295 Southbound to Route 141 Northbound

Detour Routes:

Detour Route for Route 141 Northbound to Exit 3A/I-95 Northbound

Motorists will take the ramp from Route 141 northbound to I-95 northbound and take the ramp to Route 4 and continue straight onto Adams Street. [More]




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Sizable Decline in Processing Time to Obtain Citizenship in Australia

Based on the data of the Australian Home Affairs Department the time to process applications seeking Australian citizenship was reduced by 10 percent during 2019. Achieving Substantial ProgressIt has moreover, confirmed that the number of approvals…




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Positive Impact of Significant Investor Visa Program in Australia

An expert report, analyzes the reasons of the Applicants of Significant Investor visa Program prefer to arrive in Australia.The FocusThere is a focus on the international competition level that exists for High Net worth individuals, apart from the factors…




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Immigration is a Major Contributor of Population Growth in Australia

Based on the recent data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics immigration is an important contributor towards population growth in Australia.The StatisticsLast year the growth in Australian population was 1.6 percent and by the year end its…




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Bill presented in Indian Parliament seeking dual citizenship for Indians

A Member of the Indian parliamentarian introduced a Bill seeking allowing the dual citizenship for overseas nationals who are of Indian origin. Under the present laws, Indians must renounce Indian citizenship when they acquire citizenship of a foreign…




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Queensland Issues Nomination Criteria and Skilled Occupation List

The State of Queensland has released a new QSOL and nomination criteria for migration program in the present year. The highlights are:Onshore ApplicantsIn order to obtain the 489 visas applicants must be living in the regional areas of Queensland for…




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Australia's Expanded Working Holiday Visa Will Benefit Indians

Australia aims to grow the ''Working Holiday Maker'' visa program to thirteen nations, along with India, to hire workers to the Australian regional areas to resolve the labor shortages especially on farms, David Coleman, Immigration Minister, said…




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Australia Report - High Demand for Skilled Workers

There is a high Demand in Australia for all categories of skilled workers, as per a recent report of Deloitte. It says that many jobs are unfilled and also that the employers cannot find workers possessing the required skills. Vacancy rates are…




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Canada Inspires Australia to Focus on Regional Immigration

The minister accountable for maintaining Australia's population levels is watching to Canada for motivation to shift more immigrants to regional areas. Alan Tudge aspires to follow Canada's success in providing provinces a more prominent role…




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Please Use Public Transit For Essential Trips Only

Please use public transit for essential trips only. When you need to get to work, to the grocery store or pharmacy, or to other critical destinations, we’re here for you. If your trip isn’t essential, please stay home and leave the seat for a healthcare worker or someone who needs critical access.

 

If you are feeling sick, please do not take public transit or visit public facilities. For more information on the state's response to the Coronavirus, visit de.gov/coronavirus.

 

Thank you.




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Face Coverings Required on Public Transportation

Governor Carney’s State of Emergency declaration, starting Tuesday, April 28, requires the wearing of face coverings on public transportation until further notice.  To comply, passengers* must wear face coverings when riding any DART bus, fixed route or paratransit, or SEPTA train, and while waiting at a bus stop or train station with others.  Those not wearing face coverings will not be allowed to board the bus or train.  Please continue to practice social distancing. Thank you for your cooperation.

*children 12 years and under are not required to wear a face covering nor are individuals who are unable to wear a face covering due to a medical condition; children ages 2 and under must not wear them.




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801 Regulations of the Delaware Council on Police Training

DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY: Delaware Council on Police Training




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4463 Licensing and Registration of Operators of Public Water Supply Systems

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES: Division of Public Health




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Australia Launches A Tourism Campaign for the UK After its EU Exit

Australia has involved the tourism chiefs to launch a huge UK advertising campaign on Christmas Day with the aim of reversing the decline of visitors from Britain which is linked to uncertainty over its exit from the EU.  The Campaign and the…




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Unique experiment! Yogi Adityanath govt offers sugar in lieu of cash to sugarcane farmers

Talking to FE, principal secretary, excise and sugar industry and cane development, Sanjay R Bhoosreddy said this arrangement has been made in face of the lockdown.




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Power demand: Forecasts wide off the mark, PLFs seen falling further

During FY12-17, a cumulative generation capacity of 99,209 MW was added against a target of 88,537 MW, outpacing the growth in demand and resulting in a declining trend of PLFs.




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Coronavirus relief: SEIS sops for services exporters to continue

Through the SEIS, the government offers domestic exporters duty credit scrips at 5-7% of the net foreign exchange earned, depending on the nature of services.




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Vodafone Idea pays Rs 1,367 crore towards licence fee, spectrum usage charge

While for the latter the companies, including Vodafone Idea, have sought the facility to pay in installments spread over some 20 years which is currently before the SC, there's been no such demand for current payments.




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Largest Tech FDI: Facebook buys 9.9% stake in Reliance Jio for Rs 43,574 crore

According to Credit Suisse, Facebook's investment will accelerate Jio's digital monetisation drive wherein RIL transferred Rs 1.08 lakh crore of debt from Jio to Jio Platforms.




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Why Reliance Jio won’t be able to offer discounted services to its users – Explained

Other telcos may face the heat in the long term by the nature of partnership which over time may see their high-end subscribers moving on to Jio's network just by the brand pull of WhatsApp.




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WhatsApp’s 400 million subscribers in India give JioMart crucial edge

The partnership between Reliance Retail Whatsapp - inked on Wednesda -and could mean more competition for the likes of BigBasket and Grofers and others like Amazon and Flipkart looking to get a share of the food and groceries pie.




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Relief Package 2.0: Wait gets longer as govt puts together a larger response

India is among the last set of nations to face the Covid-19 outbreak, but the longer it takes to shape its economic response, the costlier its interventions will be, according to industry executives.




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Firms get relief from IBC for six months, ordinance soon

While the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed borrowers a three-month repayment holiday for term loans, keeping insolvency proceedings in abeyance would be an additional breather for borrowers who may default on loan repayments thereafter.




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Tracking Covid: City-wise mortality worrying

Part of the explanation can be higher co-morbidity in certain cities and also a shortage of critical equipment like ventilators.




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Falling crude: State-run OMCs may report Q4 inventory loss of Rs 33,000 crore

As retail prices of petroleum products are mapped with international rates, the steep fall of global crude prices in Q4FY20 meant that by the time refiners sold their products after processing crude, retail rates had fallen.




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Franklin Templeton debacle to hit investors very hard

The regulator had also observed that mutual funds should not depend totally on credit rating agencies but should do their own assessments.




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Polio vaccine could beat Coronavirus: Dr Robert Gallo, HIV co-discoverer

Dr Gallo and Dr Chumakov briefly talk about research showing non-specific protection from vaccines such as BCG, measles and other live attenuated (weakened) vaccines.




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India to suffer significant contraction, requires Rs 10 trillion stimulus: Former CEA Arvind Subramanian

Speaking at the Indian Express e-Adda from the US, Subramanian said that distribution of food and cash are the two key tools India should be using to help people tide over the crisis.




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Reliance Jio’s net profit up 73% in Q4

Jio's voice volume at 876,340 million minutes registered an increase of 6% compared to the preceding quarter. Usage per customer at 771 minutes, per month registered a rise of 1.4% sequentially.




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Power package: Rs 90,000-crore credit line to fund discoms afresh, but with strict riders

States need to undertake to clear departmental dues, fast-track subsidy release to receive first tranche of Rs 45-k cr; show evidence of action to get the balance




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Grand plans: Rs 53k-cr rights issue to help RIL lighten balance sheet

Conglomerate hopes to become debt-free this year




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Online Express Adda: Key Covid strategist, AIIMS chief Guleria is guest today

The Indian Express will host its second online Express Adda with Dr Guleria, also internationally renowned pulmonologist, on Monday, May 4.




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Fresh infusion: Jio Platforms gets $750 million from PE firm Silver Lake

The Silver Lake infusion values it at an equity value of Rs 4.90 lakh crore.




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Highest mortality, low testing: Central team’s note to Bengal as it leaves state

While praising the state on some counts, including increasing daily testing from 400 to 2,410 per day between April 20 and May 2, it also flagged the non-cooperation of the state bureaucracy.




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Tracking covid: Rate of doubling of cases rising sharply

A state-wise comparison shows that the states with the highest cases like Delhi, Maharashtra and Gujarat still seem to be doubling every 10 days.




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Vizag gas leak: At least 9 die, over 300 hospitalised

Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has constituted a high-level committee to probe into the gas leak and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 1 crore to each of the families of the nine who lost their lives.




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Economic Relief Package 2.0 soon, possible to raise $60 billion by listing govt bonds overseas: CEA KV Subramanian

In an interview to India Today channel, the CEA said: “About $4 trillion of money tracks these (global) bond indices. India is expected to get a weight of around 1.5-3%. Even if you take 1.5%, that translates into $60 billion.”





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Accessing Excel files using LIBNAME XLSX

If you have been using SAS for long, you have probably noticed that there is generally more than one way to do anything. (For an example, see my co-author Lora Delwiche’s blog about PROC SQL.) The Little SAS Book has long covered reading and writing Microsoft Excel files with the [...]

Accessing Excel files using LIBNAME XLSX was published on SAS Users.




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Working remotely? A list of 5 ways to spend your down time

As many of us are learning to navigate the changing world we are living in amid the COVID-19 outbreak, and as we care for our loved ones, friends, and our community, many of us now find ourselves working and studying from home much more than we did before. As an [...]

Working remotely? A list of 5 ways to spend your down time was published on SAS Users.




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Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery – Using Python and REST APIs for SAS Visual Analytics reports

With increasing interest in Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), many SAS Users want to know what can be done for Visual Analytics reports. In this article, I will explain how to use Python and SAS Viya REST APIs to extract a report from a SAS Viya environment and import it into another environment.

Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery – Using Python and REST APIs for SAS Visual Analytics reports was published on SAS Users.




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Spotlight on SiriusDecisions: Artificial Intelligence

Kerry Cunningham of SiriusDecisions talks about how AI can power the B2B revenue engine




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Spotlight on SiriusDecisions: GDPR

GDPR comes into force on May 25. Here's a timely look at its impact on B2B marketing and sales functions with Julian Archer of SiriusDecisions




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Beneficiaries Welcome Karnataka's Relief Package, Congress Says Not Enough

The coronavirus relief package announced by the Karnataka government for different economic sections has largely been welcomed by the beneficiaries, whose incomes took a severe hit because of the...




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Tamil Nadu Can Sell Liquor Online, High Court Orders Shops to Shut

The Madras high court has ordered the Tamil Nadu government to close all liquor shops in the state, saying the social distancing protocol implemented to stem coronavirus growth are being violated. It...