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For admission purposes, most higher education institutions require students to take standardized tests. Rural North Carolina students often do not have ready access to test preparation as urban students do. Since 2012, a program called ASPIRE--ACT Supplemental Preparation in Rural Education--has successfully prepared students for standardized testing at a fraction of the price.
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35312
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Making a positive impression went both ways, as Les Huber revealed how a reunion with an old friend yielded realization of her importance to local schoolchildren and a union in holy matrimony has lasted for over two decades.
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35313
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The author noted that attacks closing down the electric grid are most likely to occur in Hollywood reel life. The unlikelihood of it occurring in real life was asserted by coordination efforts by the federal government, the responsibilities of grid security, requirements developed by a non-profit organization certified by the federal government, and best practices to prepare for and prevent attacks.
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35314
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How to secure house and home was offered by advice: cost efficient window and appliances, Energy Star-certified air conditioners, a properly installed generator, quality exterior lighting, and the latest in LED bulbs.
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35315
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What is regarded as newsworthy, whether personally or in the pages of Wilmington DE’s Morning News, was relayed in this quintet of stories shared by writers native and not. Newsworthy topics included buildings and an electric cooperative with personal historic value and “fish out of water” style experiences on a bench and in a Central NC town.
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35316
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In response to May being National Electrical Safety Month, Michael E.C. Grey offered this cautionary tale: contact with a live wire turned deadly for four young men helping neighbors with removing a metal porch from a mobile home.
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35419
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What is regarded as newsworthy, whether personally or in the pages of Wilmington DE’s Morning News, was relayed in this quintet of stories shared by writers native and not. Newsworthy topics included buildings and an electric cooperative with personal historic value and “fish out of water” style experiences on a bench and in a Central NC town.
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