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Tired of Waiting, Apple Cancels $1B Irish Data Center

Originally announced in February 2015, Apple is giving up on trying to build the new facility.




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Microsoft Puts a Data Center on the Sea Floor

Microsoft realizes you can use the sea as a giant heatsink and save a small fortune in cooling costs.




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Intel's First Dedicated Graphics Cards to Launch in 2020

The high-end discrete graphics cards will reportedly target the PC gaming market and data centers, putting pressure on AMD and Nvidia. Intel hired a former AMD exec to lead the effort.




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Hackers Sold Remote Access to Major Airport for Only $10

The access was being sold on a Russian-language marketplace. The affected airport system was available on the open internet and may have been secured with a weak password.




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Facebook Chooses Singapore for $1B Data Center

While it won't be ready until 2022, it will create hundreds of jobs, run on 100 percent renewable energy, and be the first data center to take advantage of a new StatePoint Liquid Cooling system that promises a 50 percent reduction in water use.




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Report: Chinese Spies Infected Apple, Amazon Using Tiny Chips

Bloomberg says People's Liberation Army operatives added tiny, nefarious microchips to server motherboards made by Super Micro and used by Apple and Amazon, among others. All three companies pushed back hard on the story.




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Snag a Dell PowerEdge T30 Server for $299

Use the coupon code below to get this $788 server for less than $300.




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Google Secures 549M Gallons of Groundwater to Cool Servers

South Carolina grants Google permission to pump up to 549 million gallons of groundwater every year to cool servers at its Berkeley County data center.




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Spend After-School Aid on School Choice for Military Families, Think Tank Argues

The Heritage Foundation says current federal programs supporting things like after-school centers don't work and their funding should be redirected for education savings accounts.




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Education Funding Bill Progresses in House After School Safety Money Restored

The House appropriations committee voted Wednesday to advance a bill providing a slight funding increase for the U.S. Department of Education, bringing overall funding to about $71 billion.




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These Students Are Already Solving Problems for Local Businesses

An after-school program in North Carolina teaches teenagers to collaborate and problem-solve by tasking them with real work-world problems drawn from their community.




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The Role of After-School Environments in Students' Academic Performance

A research-practice partnership examines how urban after-school programs can support positive youth development.




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Strengthening After-School Programs by Building a 'Knowledge Neighborhood'

A community-based organization's partnership with researchers creates a 'knowledge neighborhood' supporting after-school programs.




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After-School Learning

Parents rate homework help, physical activity, and healthy snacks at the top of the list when choosing after-school programs for their children, but access to hands-on activities in STEM is gaining a following.




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After School

Students whose peers in afterschool programs would intervene when students misbehaved were less likely to misbehave themselves, according to new research from Pennsylvania State University published in the American Journal of Community Psychology.




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After School

A new study suggests working together is something that after-school providers can improve on.




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What Is the Healthy Afterschool Movement?

Three ways that the burgeoning healthy afterschool movement can be a leader in incorporating social, emotional, and academic development, as explained by Daniel Hatcher.




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Student Killed During Activities After School in North Las Vegas

Authorities say the single victim of a shooting this week at a high school in North Las Vegas, Nev., was an 18-year-old student.




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After-School Programs Keep Learning Going With Student Data

Through a city-school partnership in Nashville, Tenn., after-school programs are using data to tailor lessons to students' learning needs.




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After-School Programs Enter Career-Tech Space

A pair of after-school programs in Portland offer high school students a glimpse of what it's like to work in building design and construction.




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How After-School and Summer Programs Can Turn a Student Around

Elev8 Baltimore sees the impact relationships and out of school time programs have on one student's life.




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Briefly Stated: Stories You May Have Missed

Education Week catches you up on the week gone by with a thoughtful look at recent news in K-12 education.




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After-School Programs

After-school programs can help schools support students' reading and math achievement, social-emotional development, and their likelihood of graduating high school, finds a research analysis.




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Who's Doing the Teaching After School Lets Out?

Faced with a push for academic programming, after-school providers are deploying new strategies to train and recruit effective educators.




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Do You Want to Write About Your Experience Teaching Online After School Closures?

Educators are invited to write about their experiences teaching online in the age of COVID-19.




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New Breed of After-School Programs Embrace English-Learners

A handful of districts and other groups are reshaping the after-school space to provide a wide range of social and linguistic supports for newcomer students.




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Gay teacher ousted from Catholic school after 23 years




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Coronavirus Upends After-School World

With schools shut down, social distancing in place, and parents at home, after-school programs are laying off staff and switching gears to meet families' needs.




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How to prepare (your graphs) for flu season

The flu season has started here in the U.S., and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data it has caused 214 deaths in the first week of 2020. Is this number higher, or lower, than usual? When does the flu season start, and how long does [...]

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Pisces Horoscope for May 9, 2020

Your swift action will solve your longstanding problem. Today, seek the blessings of your elders before going out of the house, as it will benefit you. Joyful time with family and friends Erratic behaviour of your darling might make your mood upset. Travel undertaken for business purpose will prove to be beneficial in the long run. You might feel annoyed by your spouse due to off mood. Today, you can feel good by helping a friend.




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European Qualifiers for World Cup: who is through?

Belgium, England, France, Germany, Iceland, Poland, Portugal, Serbia and Spain have won their groups to join Russia in the finals, with the eight play-off teams now also confirmed.




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Goal records tumble in World Cup qualifiers

These European Qualifiers set new records for overall goals scored in FIFA World Cup preliminaries and for the highest-scoring individual and team campaigns.




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European Qualifiers: World Cup play-off draw

The draw for the FIFA World Cup play-offs has been made: Northern Ireland v Switzerland, Croatia v Greece, Denmark v Republic of Ireland, Sweden v Italy.




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World Cup play-off hopefuls in profile

Switzerland, Italy, Croatia, Denmark, Northern Ireland, Sweden, Republic of Ireland and Greece are in Europe's FIFA World Cup play-offs – UEFA.com looks at their credentials.




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Where to watch the World Cup play-offs

Supporters all over the world can enjoy expansive coverage of the European play-offs for the 2018 FIFA World Cup thanks to UEFA's broadcast partners.




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Buffon announces retirement with European caps record

Gianluigi Buffon won his 175th and final Italy cap on Monday, a record for a European. Could that soon be under threat, though? We check out the top ten.




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Qualifying top scorer: Eriksen finishes third

Poland striker Robert Lewandowski finished top scorer in the European Qualifiers with a record 16 goals ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo, Romelu Lukaku and Christian Eriksen.




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Denmark, Sweden, Swizterland, Croatia win play-offs

Denmark overwhelmed Ireland to claim Europe's last FIFA World Cup berth after Sweden ousted Italy to follow Switzerland and Croatia through.




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Europe's World Cup hopefuls: November friendlies

Russia laid down a marker with an entertaining draw against Spain while Germany twice came from behind to deny France. Check out how Europe's FIFA World Cup hopefuls got on.




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Six European teams in Pot 1 for World Cup draw

The 32-team line-up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia is complete, with holders Germany, Portugal, Belgium, Poland and France joining the hosts in Pot 1 for the draw.




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Have we met before? World Cup head-to-heads

Who has played who in the eight FIFA World Cup groups? UEFA.com reads the auguries for the 14 European sides who will be competing in next summer's finals in Russia.




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World Cup contenders: March friendlies

Europe's FIFA World Cup hopefuls continued their preparations this month.




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DSHA Expands Loan Program to Help Non First-Time Buyers

The Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA) has announced an important change to its homebuyer program that will allow qualified non first-time homebuyers to purchase a home in Delaware using a low, 30-year fixed-rate home loan.




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FREE Website Links Renters and Landlords in Delaware

Governor Jack Markell, Delaware State Housing Authority, and their partners are pleased to announce the launch of a free housing locator website providing information about rental housing across the First State.



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FREE Website Links Renters and Landlords in Delaware

Governor Markell and the Delaware State Housing Authority announced the launch of a free housing locator website providing information about rental housing across the First State.



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  • Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017)
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2012 Conference On Housing Hosted By DSHA And Governor Jack Markell: A Successful Discussion On All Things Housing

Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA) along with Governor Markell and their partners today held the 2012 Governor’s Conference on Housing. The event brought together over 400 housing professionals and residents from throughout Delaware and surrounding states to discuss important issues in housing ranging from homeownership, affordable rental housing, special needs populations and other hot topics. Attendees had the opportunity to discuss regional, state and local perspectives on today’s affordable housing climate, and the event provided strategies to address current and future housing needs.




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DSHA’s Loans for Heroes Helps Delaware Veterans Find a Place to Call Home in the First State

Loans for Heroes, which provides veterans with reduced mortgage rates, has funded $3.3 million in mortgage loans since it launched in May of 2012.




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DSHA Awarded $5.1 Million To Create Housing For The Disabled

Delaware awarded $5.1 million to create and sustain 170 units of affordable housing over five years for persons with disabilities through the Section 811 Project Rental Assistance Demonstration Program.




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Delaware to Assist Manufactured Homeowners

The new Manufactured Housing Assistance Program (MHAP) has been made available through Delaware Homeowner Relief — a partnership of the Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA) and the Delaware Attorney General’s Office.




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Delaware Offers Tax Credit for First-Time Homebuyers

Governor Jack Markell joined Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA) Director Anas Ben Addi and other federal, state and local officials to celebrate Delaware Homeownership Month and to announce a new program that will allow first-time homebuyers to claim a credit on their federal income taxes.



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  • quality of life
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