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'I know that God was looking for me'

The healing of her son, and one worker’s patient witness, leads an Argentine women to repent and accept Christ as her Saviour.




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Sharing God's Word through colouring books

Team members in Buenos Aires see a hunger for God's Word in a children's home and start using Bible-story colouring booklets to teach the kids.




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From practicing English to sharing God's love

One young woman’s life is transformed by God’s grace after years of investment by OM workers in an English ministry in Buenos Aires, Argentina.




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The UAE's X-factor

Churches are alive and thriving in the most surprising places.




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They couldn't put me in a box

A single woman tells what it's like to serve God in the Arabian Peninsula.




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News24 Business | Malls, retail spaces hammered by Covid-19, but online shopping gives warehouses a boost

Of the three commercial property segments, the industrial market is the strongest performer in terms of activity, an FNB Commercial Property Broker Survey found.




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News24 Business | TAKE A LOOK | SA's biggest landlord to turn Bedfordview office park into luxury apartments

Growthpoint Properties will spend R200 million to convert its 35 000 square metre Riverwoods office park into a resort with luxury apartments.




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News24 Business | Mall's well that ends well: Shopping centres starting to fill up again – FNB study

The number of "ghost town" malls that were ubiquitous throughout South Africa in the past two years is declining as the demand for retail space strengthens.




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News24 Business | SA's priciest rentals: Here's what you'll get if you cough up R300k per month

A survey shows a mansion in Constantia, Cape Town can fetch R290 000 per month, while on the Garden Route, one can pay up to R55 000 per day for short-term holiday rentals.




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News24 Business | PICS | Looking to rent? Here's what you'll get for R20 000 a month, and where

The rental market is recovering, including in higher rental brackets. and estate agents reveal what you can get for R20 000 a month.




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News24 Business | Yes, it's more expensive to rent – but increases are still below inflation

There was positive rental growth in all provinces despite tenants feeling the pinch due to challenging economic conditions, according to the latest Payprop Rental Index.




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News24 Business | Say hi to 'Sandton 2.0', as swanky suburb beefs up security with artificial intelligence

While some were writing Sandton's obituary during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, when the work-from-home phenomenon became the norm, others - like its property owners and businesses - were planning its revival.




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Q&A: 'HumIn Focus' series considers the societal value of higher education

The next episode of "HumIn Focus," a web series from Penn State’s Humanities Institute, will focus on “Teaching Humanity: The Social Value of Higher Education.” It premieres at 9 p.m. on Oct. 24 on WPSU TV and will be available for streaming.




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Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters -- Oct. 22

As part of our regular "We Are!" feature, we recognize 15 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.   




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News24 Business | Lindt melted own 'excellence' claim in US lawsuit: reports

In a bid to dodge a US lawsuit, Swiss chocolatier Lindt & Sprungli has scuppered its own claims about the excellence of its products — a cornerstone of its marketing strategy.




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News24 Business | 'Food inflation has all but disappeared': Bidcorp flags record trading, 'excellent' SA result

Shares of Bidcorp, the food services giant founded by Brian Joffe, jumped almost 5% on Tuesday after it reported a record revenue performance for the four months to end October, including an "excellent" result from SA.




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News24 Business | Filipino giant says Maersk unit holds SA 'hostage', will appeal Durban port interdict

ICTSI said it will use all legal channels to make sure that a Maersk subsidiary, "is not successful in holding the Durban port, and indeed the South African economy hostage to their interests".




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News24 Business | SA arm of Ivor Ichikowitz's Paramount defence group files for business rescue

The South African operations of defence and aerospace company Paramount filed for business rescue amid a dispute with a drone manufacturer from the United Arab Emirates.




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News24 Business | Motsepe's SOLA Group wins first round in Renergen rights battle

An application to suspend development of the solar farm has been rejected, but another seeking more permanent relief is yet to be decided on.




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News24 Business | Deepfake drama's latest twist: Watchdog probes claims that agents have been lying about licence

SA's financial regulator is investigating allegations that agents of online brokerage Banxso, whose licence has been suspended, contacted clients claiming it has been "cleared".




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News24 Business | GEPF says its annual investment return is 'satisfactory' - but write-offs climb

The Government Employees' Pension Fund delivered a return of 4.9% on investments for its members in the year to end-March.




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Response: 'Reading Logs' Can 'Kill Students' Love of Reading'

Mary Beth Nicklaus, Beth Jarzabek, Jennifer Casa-Todd, Jennifer Orr, and Leah Wilson contribute their thoughts on the use or nonuse of reading logs to document student reading at home.




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Don't Overlook Vowels in Reading Research




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'Getting Reading Wrong'




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Lucy Calkins, Creator of Reading Workshop, Responds to 'Phonics-Centric People'

One of the giants of the literacy world is grappling with the recent push for the "science of reading"—and responding to critics who say her early reading program doesn't align to evidence-based practice.




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There Is No 'Reading War'




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Reading Workshop 'Unlikely to Lead to Literacy Success,' Researchers Say

A new report from Student Achievement Partners claims that the popular reading program from literacy giant Lucy Calkins doesn't align to evidence-based practice. The review is the first in a new series that will evaluate reading programs against the scientific research base.




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State Chiefs Champion 'Science of Reading' at Literacy Summit

At a roundtable discussion in Washington, D.C., leaders advocated for states to play a stronger role in championing science-backed instruction and translating research into practice, focusing on levers like teacher training, certification, and system-wide professional learning.




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Tennessee Seeks New Teacher, Principal Requirements in 'Science of Reading'

The Tennessee department of education is proposing unsually comprehensive legislation that will require all current and new K-3 teachers, and those who train them, to know evidence-based reading instruction.




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Biases Can Hurt Boys' Reading

Children adapt their attitudes toward reading to conform to their classmates' perceived gender stereotypes, in ways that put boys at a disadvantage, according to a new study in the journal Child Development.




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Reading Instruction 'Keeps Parents Up at Night': Advocates in Wis., Calif. Push for Changes

As schools apply more scrutiny to the methods and materials they use to teach early reading, educators and parents in some states have started to form new advocacy efforts—trying to pressure states and districts to adopt new approaches to teacher training and evaluating materials.




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National Education Policy Center, Deans' Group Take Aim at the 'Reading Wars'

The National Education Policy Center and Education Deans for Justice and Equity released a joint statement on Thursday, claiming that "there is no settled science of reading."




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Lucy Calkins Says Balanced Literacy Needs 'Rebalancing'

A recent document signals a major change in instructional theory from the Reading Workshop creator, who previously pushed back on "phonics-centric people."




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Plitidepsin: a Repurposed Drug for the Treatment of COVID-19 [Commentary]

Finding antivirals to reduce coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) morbidity and mortality has been challenging. Large randomized clinical trials that aimed to test four repurposed drugs, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir-ritonavir, interferon beta 1a, and remdesivir, have shown that these compounds lack an impact on the COVID-19 course. Although the phase III COVID-19 vaccine trial results are encouraging, the search for effective COVID-19 therapeutics should not stop. Recently, plitidepsin (aplidin) demonstrated highly effective preclinical activity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Its antiviral activity was 27.5-fold more potent than that of remdesivir (K. M. White, R. Rosales, S. Yildiz, T. Kehrer, et al., Science, 2021, https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2021/01/22/science.abf4058). Plitidepsin, a repurposed drug developed for the treatment of multiple myeloma, targets the host translation cofactor eEF1A. Plitidepsin has shown efficacy in animal models and phase I/II human trials. Although plitidepsin is administered intravenously and its toxicity profile remains to be fully characterized, this compound may be a promising alternative COVID-19 therapeutic.




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'I have no choice!'

OM France and local churches reach out to women enslaved by human trafficking in one of France’s largest cities.




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God's perfect timing

David’s role on the Riverboat is to act as a homeless man. In reality, he is acting out a familiar life he used to lead.




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Sharing God's love through literacy

"At the end of the class, over tea and mini-cakes, we take time to get to know them, to help them with administrative tasks or to discuss Bible stories," shares Louise.




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COVID-19 Has Left Thousands of After-School Programs in Jeopardy

Six in 10 programs worry they will have to shut down permanently, a survey finds—and that was before so many districts announced fall remote-learning plans.




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As Schools Recover After COVID-19, Look to New Orleans

Hurricane Katrina taught the city lessons that apply to education across the nation now, writes economist Douglas N. Harris.




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Here's How to Implement the 'KLEWS' Strategy in the Classroom (Video)

In Queens, N.Y., Maria Katsanos' 3rd grade class conducts scientific explanations through the "KLEWS" strategy—identifying what students already know, what they're going to learn, the evidence, their wonderings, and scientific words and concepts.




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A Classroom Strategy for Math: Have Students 'Notice and Wonder' (Video)

This elementary routine encourages students to make sense of a math problem by listing what they both notice and wonder about the given information.




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A Classroom Strategy: Choreograph Students' Movements (Video)

A former dancer uses her choreography skills to plan her students' movement through the classroom.




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News24 Business | PODCAST | SA Money Report: Navigating racial discrimination and SA's property game

In this week's episode of SA Money Report we examine how racial discrimination impacts the property market and interrupts economic growth.




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News24 Business | PODCAST | SA Money Report: The curious case of the Public Protector's renewable energy probe

In this week's episode of SA Money Report, Fin24 investigative reporter Jan Cronje delves into Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's curious investigation of the country's push for more renewable energy.




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News24 Business | PODCAST | SA Money Report: The oil mother lode and the battle off SA's shores

This week, SA Money Report drills down into the 'game changing' oil find off the coast of Namibia, and how this factors into the recent court battles over seismic blasting on the SA West Coast.




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News24 Business | PODCAST | SA Money Report: Untangling 'blackmail' and vindication at the AG's office

This week SA Money Report discusses how well-respected Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke recently faced a barrage of allegations from an employee who also allegedly attempted to blackmail her, and how she ended up being vindicated.




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News24 Business | PODCAST | SA Money Report: Probing why eThekwini's taking the nuclear option in Eskom divorce plan

This week SA Money Report tries to understand eThekwini's surprising plan for nuclear power, and whether the ANC's RET faction has a hand in things.




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News24 Business | PODCAST | SA Money Report: How deep do Markus Jooste's attachment issues go?

In a very special Steinhoff edition of SA Money Report, we examine the SA Reserve Bank’s recent surprise moves against former CEO Markus Jooste.




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News24 Business | WATCH | 'Every man for himself': Why this farmer says there's a need for mental health help

Bayanda Maseko lost 2 000 chickens and more than R100 000 he invested in his farm in 2022, all because of load shedding.




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A young girl's struggle

A young girl in Bangladesh finds comfort in education in the midst of tragic circumstances.