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Global Test Shows America's Literacy, Numeracy Problems

The 2017 results of the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies finds that America's adult workforce is no more skillful in reading, math, or digital problem-solving than it was five years ago.




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Amazon Launches a Battery-Powered Echo (in India)

It's called the Echo Input Portable Smart Speaker Edition and offers up to 11 hours of use on a single charge.




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The Circle: The Best Show You're Probably Already Addicted to

On Netflix's social-media-based reality show, contestants live in the same building but in separate apartments, communicating via an Alexa-like voice assistant and chat system.




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Lockdown: औरंगाबादेतून बीड, परभणीत ‘नो एन्ट्री’; प्रशासनासमोर नवा पेच

उत्तर प्रदेश, कर्नाटक प्रशासनाचाही विरोध




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Epson PowerLite 1795F Wireless Full HD 1080p 3LCD Projector

What's thin, light, and bright, with 1080p resolution? Epson's PowerLite 1795F Wireless Full HD 1080p 3LCD Projector, a highly portable model good with data-heavy images and excellent with video, but packing soft audio.




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How We Test Projectors

Projectors have evolved in recent years, adding features like 3D and support for higher-resolution input. Here's an overview of our latest lab tests, designed with today's projector innovations in mind.




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Swallowed AirPod Still Works After...Retrieval

If this was a review, these AirPods would definitely earn a passing grade.




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Deals: Apple Watch, Overpowered Gaming Desktop, LG G8 ThinQ

The Apple Watch Series 3 GPS plus cellular smartwatch is down to just $229, Walmart's Overpowered gaming desktop is only $699, and the LG G8 ThinQ smartphone is just $500.




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Apple's Future Growth Is Built on Services and Wearables

Apple reported a whopping $65 billion in revenue in Q3. The tech giant's growth is largely due to its Apple Watch and AirPods sales, along with recurring subscriptions from its ever-expanding portfolio of services.




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Arthur W. Page Center awards scholar grants to learn how corporations listen

The Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication announced the recipients of its 2020 Page/Johnson Legacy Scholar Grants. This year’s call will fund 12 projects that examine “organizational listening,” its role in successful corporate communications and the consequences of when companies don’t listen.




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Engineering alumnus endows graduate fellowship in memory of late wife

Mark Alpert made a generous gift $200,000 in memory of his late wife, Claire, to establish the Mark E. and Claire L. Alpert Graduate Fellowship in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Penn State.




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How We Test Drones

We do a lot of product testing in the friendly confines of PC Labs, but drones call for wide open spaces, so we take them out in the real world for test flights. Here's what we look for.




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Drone Regulations: What You Need to Know

If you own a quadcopter or are planning to buy one, you should be aware of FAA rules for flying outdoors. Here's everything you need to know about owning and flying a drone for fun.




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Download the UEFA Futsal Cup finals programme

Get the lowdown on the last four and all you need to know about the event in Zaragoza in the official programme.




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Download the UEFA Futsal EURO review now

The official UEFA Futsal EURO 2018 review contains in-depth tactical analysis, interviews and all the stats from the finals in Slovenia.




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Clowns, corruption and the gospel

Dressed as clowns and carrying posters, students of OM Brazil’s missions training protested against corruption in São José dos Campos on 23 March.




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'Freedom to grow in ministry and leadership'

Brazil’s mission training programme provides practical experience and cross-cultural knowledge for participants heading overseas.




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Here's How Many Teaching Jobs Could Be Lost in Each State in a COVID-19 Recession

There could be an 8.4 percent reduction in the U.S. teaching corps, and some states could see reductions as large as 20 percent, according to a new analysis by the Learning Policy Institute.




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Fin24.com | How not to be safe and sorry

Another rate cut, another sign that a fixed-interest investment may be a bad place to be right now. But many investors remain unconvinced.




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Fin24.com | Capital growth still disappoints

Although cash should still be seen as a "trashy" asset class, investors do not have many other places to park their money, says an analyst.




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Fin24.com | Money markets: low risk, secure

But often invested in for the wrong reasons.




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Fin24.com | How the fund managers do it

Money market fund managers need to pre-empt interest rate movements.




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Fin24.com | How to avoid a trip to the CCMA

Businesses can avoid workplace disputes and CCMA hearings by taking a number of precautions, labour experts say.




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Fin24.com | How to avoid e-filing mistakes

Sars' online system has made tax submissions simpler, but business owners need to take care when filing returns online.




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Fin24.com | Uptick in business owners seeking jobs

There has been a notable increase in the number of black entrepreneurs seeking to re-enter the corporate world, say recruitment agencies.




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Fin24.com | Cash flow: Kingdoms of cash

Critical investors are able to determine company’s cash earnings.




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Fin24.com | Dividends: Reaping what you know

The table shows 100 companies finished 2009 on dividend yields in excess of 5%.




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Application window for EURO 2020 tickets closes

Following huge interest from across the world, the window for UEFA EURO 2020 ticket applications has closed.




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European Qualifiers for UEFA EURO 2020: how it works

Twenty sides will earn finals places via qualifying groups, with four coming through a new play-off system.




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How the 2020/21 UEFA Nations League will line up

The four leagues for the 2020/21 League Phase have been confirmed following an adjustment to the format.




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UEFA Nations League: all you need to know

What is it? How will it work? Why does UEFA believe that it will improve the quality of national team football? Find out here.




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Fellowship through football

OM Chile's newly-created sports ministry experiences God's faithfulness in its first football game.




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'How do I find hell?'

Every week OM Chile goes out to share about Jesus in creative ways. Recently, armed with maps and backpacks, they asked passers-by for directions.




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Fellowship beyond borders

Marloes Achterveld, from the Netherlands, shares about falling in love with the people of Curarrehue in southern Chile during OM Chile's Intensive Missions Training.




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I Study How Teachers Collaborate Online. Here's How They Can Do It Better

Researcher Robin Anderson shares what happened when one online community of teachers tried to unlearn their deficit mindsets together.




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How Teachers Talk About Educational Disparities (Data)

In a national survey, we dug into how teachers use language to make sense of disparities in student outcomes by race and income level.




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Flipped Classrooms May Exacerbate Student Achievement Gaps. Here's How

Flipped classrooms have been getting attention as a way for teachers to find more time for activities and individual support during the regular school day, but a new study cautions that the model could trade short-term gains for wider achievement gaps.




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The Deficit Lens of the 'Achievement Gap' Needs to Be Flipped. Here's How

Does a student have a fixed or a growth mindset? That's the wrong question for us to measure, argues researcher Dave Paunesku.




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Study: Teachers May Need Training in How to Deal With Parent Harassment

A new study shows that teachers with negative parental interactions are more likely to have such experiences. How can teachers deal with parental harassment?




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First Food Deserts, Now Book Deserts, Deprive Poor Students, Study Finds

'Food deserts' have long been a concern. But what happens when poor young children have little access to "food for the mind"?




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Dads Shape Their Kids' Education in More Ways Than You Know, Research Says

Though much of the parent involvement research focuses on mothers, emerging studies show involved fathers can significantly improve their children's educational progress, too.




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Breaking Down the Myths That Lead Young Students to Miss School

A new study finds one intervention cut early absenteeism by 15 percent by correcting common parent misconceptions about attendance.




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Man Sentenced for 2016 Georgetown Murder and Rape

Attempted rape and child pornography charges also lead to prison A 25-year-old man who rented a room in a home in Georgetown was sentenced in Superior Court for beating and raping a woman who lived in the home, and for killing another man. In October 2016, Juan Tovar Cruz returned to the house on Wilson […]



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Guilty Plea In 2018 Middletown Shooting Death

Other defendants face prison time for weapons, assault, and strangulation charges A 17-year-old from Middletown pleaded guilty to charges in Superior Court for the fatal shooting of another teenager. Derrick Caudle pleaded to Murder Second Degree and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony for the 2018 killing of Todd Dorn, 18, […]



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Attorney General Jennings Joins Lawsuit Opposing Trump Administration’s Rule Allowing Prolonged Detention of Children

Attorney General Kathy Jennings today announced that she is joining a lawsuit opposing the Trump Administration’s new rule circumventing the Flores Settlement Agreement, which has governed the treatment of children in immigration custody since 1997. In the complaint before the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, the coalition argues that the rule eliminates several critical protections […]



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Racketeering Judgment Against Massage Parlor Owner; Murder Conviction in 2012 Cold Case

Prison time for other defendants on murder, weapons, racketeering, drug, and sexual abuse charges The operator of a criminal enterprise run out of several massage parlors he owned throughout the state, was found liable of 3 violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (R.I.C.O.) statute. The State alleged that Da Zhong Wang, 55, formerly […]



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  • Attorney General Kathy Jennings
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Workers’ Compensation Rates Decrease Third Year in a Row

DOVER, DE – Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro is pleased to announce that there will be another decrease in workers’ compensation insurance rates, effective December 1, 2019. “I am delighted to approve a decrease in workers’ compensation rates in Delaware for the third year in a row,” stated Commissioner Navarro. “These continued decreases mean significant […]




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Delaware 2017 Veterans’ Stand Down: September 22nd

When/Where: Friday, September 22, 2017 -Starting at 9am – 2pm. Schutte Park, 10 Electric Avenue, Dover, DE  19904 We would like to invite Delaware Veterans to attend our annual Stand Down event this year. Community and VA Services will be provided to all veterans. Federal, State and local service providers will be helping with housing, medical, dental, […]




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Delaware Division of the Arts to Honor 18 Artist Fellows at Annual Reception and Award Ceremony August 30

Dover, Del. (August 15, 2017) – The Award Winners XVII reception and award ceremony will be held at the Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover on Wednesday, August 30 from 5 – 7 p.m. The event will feature special performances by three of the eighteen 2017 Individual Artist Fellows. Attendees can experience the work of […]



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Delaware Awarded STEP Grant Funds for Third Year in a Row

Wilmington, DE – For the third year in a row, the Small Business Administration (SBA) has granted a State Trade and Export Promotion (STEP) award to Delaware’s Department of State. This year’s award totals $221,713 and will be used to support the state’s efforts to assist Delaware companies in entering and developing markets overseas. The […]