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Microsoft Adds CRT Effects to Windows Terminal

Now we're typing with scan lines!




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Microsoft to Go 'Carbon Negative' by 2030 to Combat Climate Change

Microsoft originally sought to become a 'carbon neutral' company, meaning it could generate carbon emissions as long as it offset them through other means, but "in short, neutral is not enough to address the world's needs," says Microsoft President Brad Smith.




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Pablo Escobar's Brother May Be Scamming Users With Foldable Phones

On Monday, Pablo Escobar's brother started to take orders for a second foldable phone at the low price of $399. However, users who bought the first foldable phone from the company say their orders have yet to arrive. Instead, what they got was a book and a pamphlet.




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Minimal Twilio PHP API Send SMS

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Send SMS messages using the Twilio API
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This package can be used to send SMS messages using the Twilio API...

Read more at https://www.phpclasses.org/package/11620-PHP-Send-SMS-messages-using-the-Twilio-API.html#2020-04-19-01:34:29




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Simple PHP Web Terminal Emulator

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Display the output of terminal commands in a page
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This class can display the output of terminal commands in a page...

Read more at https://www.phpclasses.org/package/11627-PHP-Display-the-output-of-terminal-commands-in-a-page.html#2020-04-26-20:23:19




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Behrend historians say COVID-19 diaries might be useful to future researchers

We're living through a moment that will be written about in history books. Personal journals, blogs and oral histories could help shape the narrative, according to historians at Penn State Behrend.




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Using data to maximize hospital resources

As a student in Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology, Steve Ney learned critical skills, from coding to data design and architecture. Today, he applies that foundation in his "dream job" as a healthcare data analyst for Geisinger Health, where he uses those skills to help produce visual outputs for doctors and staff to utilize in caring for patients.




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Brandywine, Tyler Arboretum offer online discussion group during pandemic

Penn State Brandywine’s Sustainovation Team has partnered with Tyler Arboretum to host an online discussion club for podcasts, offering a creative solution for the local community to stay connected during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.




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Penn State Brandywine recognizes academic achievements

Penn State Brandywine has recognized students who have earned academic honors. Their accomplishments were celebrated through a virtual academic recognition website, which included a video message of congratulations from Chancellor Marilyn J. Wells. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the annual ceremony that is usually held on campus was held in a virtual format.




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Human Development and Family Studies faculty net $3,000 grant for workshop

Faculty from six campuses were awarded a grant from Penn State’s Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence to seek a multi-campus approval as a Certified Family Life Educator program.




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Books: Delusion, guilt and misplaced loyalty in Philippe Sands’ examination of the Nazi past

The Ratline: Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive




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Student submits entry for 'Get Out the Count' video challenge

A rising Penn State senior has submitted a video to a national contest promoting the 2020 Census, which includes several other Penn State students and University President Eric Barron.




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Communications alumnus' latest thriller focuses on college admissions scandal

Penn State alumnus and author Paul Levine's latest novel, "Cheater's Game," focuses on the college admissions scandal.




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Reducing greenhouse gas emissions using microwave plasma technology

A multi-disciplinary collaborative relationship, developed between Penn State EMS Energy Institute researchers and a Pittsburgh-based start-up company, may hold the answer to reducing global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while also paving the way to disrupt the chemical and material industries.




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EESI EarthTalks panel to focus on energy education in post-pandemic world

Susan Brantley, director of the Earth and Environmental System Institute, and Lee Kump, John Leone Dean in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, will lead a panel discussion on the future of energy education at 4 p.m. Monday, May 18, via Zoom.




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Warming Midwest conditions may result in corn, soybean production moving north

If warming continues unabated in the Midwest, in 50 years we can expect the best conditions for corn and soybean production to have shifted from Iowa and Illinois to Minnesota and the Dakotas, according to Penn State researchers.




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Health care workers at St. Joseph battle the COVID-19 pandemic

Penn State Health St. Joseph has moved swiftly to tackle the COVID-19 crisis, converting portions of its hospital as COVID-19 clinics, applying tried-and-true methods and learning on the fly.




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We are family: COVID-19 brings Hershey Medical Center front-line staff together

The staff of Hershey Medical Center is one of only several academic hospitals in the country with specialized infrastructure and and training geared around offering care during a contagion outbreak. But they have another advantage, too. “We are all a family,” says one doctor. “And we look out for one another.”




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Contact Tracing Task Force works to limit the spread of COVID-19

Faculty and students at Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State College of Nursing have launched a Contact Tracing Task Force in an effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.




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The Medical Minute: Heightened risk of child abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic

Reports of suspected child abuse have declined in Pennsylvania since the onset of social distancing guidelines. But experts in the Penn State Center for the Protection of Children say this does not correlate with an actual decline in abuse cases.




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Microsoft Closes Ebook Store, Will Refund All Purchases

The books category has disappeared from the Microsoft Store and you'll no longer be able to access purchased or rented ebooks from July. Expect a full refund, though.




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Missing Idaho kids' uncle died of blood clot in Arizona

A pulmonary blood clot killed the brother of an Idaho woman who’s facing charges in the disappearance of her children — a case that attracted worldwide attention with revelations of her doomsday beliefs and connection to three mysterious deaths




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Men arrested in killing of Family Dollar security guard after face mask dispute

The U.S. coronavirus death toll has surpassed 77,000.




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Schuylkill Speaks: Senior Bria Nickerson has heart and mind for criminal justice

Bria Nickerson turned her love of true crime television into a passion for criminal justice. During her time at Penn State Schuylkill, this administration of justice major has distinguished herself in the classroom and as a campus leader, earning her this year's Student Life Chancellor's Award for Student Leadership for contributions to the improvement and advancement of campus life.




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Schuylkill Speaks: Senior Dominique Varra discovers enthusiasm for ornithology

When she began the biology program at Penn State Schuylkill, senior Dominique Varra thought she wanted to study plants. But after conducting field research studying gray catbirds with Luke Redmond, assistant professor of biology, she has discovered a passion for ornithology. And all of her accomplishments have inspired the next generation of scientists, chiefly her five-year-old daughter Hayden, who hopes to follow in her mother’s footsteps.




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Schuylkill Speaks: Senior Tara Laubenstine continues Penn State family legacy

Tara Laubenstine comes from a long line of Penn Staters. When she began her college search, she knew exactly where she would apply and eagerly wait to be accepted. This week, she will graduate with her bachelor’s degree in business with a minor in psychology, after which she will pursue a career in human resource management. She made the most of her college experience by becoming involved, and with graduation on the horizon, Laubenstine sat down to speak about her college experience and offer advice to the incoming class.




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Students With Disabilities Fear Fallout From College Admissions Scandal

Allegations that some students lied about having disabilities so they could get special accommodations on college entrance exams have the disabilities community worried about a backlash.




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Penn State Law Civil Rights Clinic files amicus brief in Supreme Court case

The Penn State Law in University Park Civil Rights Appellate Clinic recently filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court. Biel v. St. James, a religious liberty case that was granted certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court.




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COVID-19 online roundtable to examine disease’s impact on international affairs

The Coronavirus and International Affairs Roundtable, taking place 9:30 a.m. Friday, April 17, via Zoom, will bring together experts in law and international affairs from Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North America, and the Caribbean to discuss the broader impact of COVID-19.




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Penn State Law event sponsors become supporters of students during pandemic

When Penn State Law in University Park transitioned its annual Careers in the Law event to a virtual one due to COVID-19 concerns, Assistant Dean of Career Services Magen Mihok offered the sponsoring firms a choice: to receive a full refund of their registration fee, or to consider a donation to Penn State Law’s Future Fund to support students impacted by COVID-19. The result was a true embodiment of the "We Are" spirit.




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Penn State Law professor authors immigration chapter in COVID-19 legal textbook

Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, Samuel Weiss Faculty Scholar and Clinical Professor of Law at Penn State Law in University Park, has written a chapter on immigration law in a new legal textbook covering issues surrounding the current global COVID-19 pandemic, published by Columbia Law School.




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Center for the Performing Arts picks proposals for inter-domain courses

The Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State, through a program funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, has selected five proposals for the development of inter-domain courses that include the performing arts at their cores.




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Behrend virtual cabaret: Maribeth Miller




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Behrend virtual cabaret: Emily Green




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From Puerto Rico to Penn State: A journey to becoming a student marshal

Daniela Claudio Pagán, a graphic design senior from Puerto Rico, has been named the College of Arts and Architecture's 2020 student marshal.




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New Kensington family of ‘Nittany Neighbors’ support each other during pandemic

The Nittany Neighbors program created at Penn State New Kensington in response to the coronavirus pandemic is testament to the fact that, as campus director of student affairs Theresa Bonk said, "we are a family, and like any family, we take care of our own."




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New Kensington student-athletes recognized for academic, athletic performance

Penn State New Kensington student-athletes from seven varsity sports teams were recognized virtually for academic and athletic performance during the 2019-20 academic year.




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Penn State Wilkes-Barre presents academic awards

Penn State Wilkes-Barre held its 31st annual Celebration of Academic Excellence event on April 30. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s ceremony was held in a virtual format.




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'The Vagina Monologues' coming to Penn State Beaver on Feb. 13

Penn State Beaver students will give a special performance of Eve Ensler’s "The Vagina Monologues" at 5 p.m. Feb. 13 in the Penn State Beaver auditorium. The event is open to the public.




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Penn Staters collaborate to donate food, offer support during pandemic

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to impact communities throughout Pennsylvania, Penn State staff members are fighting food insecurity by donating to food banks and organizations across the state.




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Which IoT Companies Do People Most Mistrust? (Hint: Facebook)

The Internet of Things promises synergy between devices, but convenience comes at a cost: security. Users are (rightfully) wary to trust major tech companies with their information. A Google Survey poll found 48 percent of respondents distrust Facebook's involvement in IoT.




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How to Set Up and Optimize Your Wireless Router for the Best Wi-Fi Performance

Follow these simple steps for configuring your router and wireless network the right way.




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SpaceX's Satellite Internet Plans for Mid-2020 Launch in the US

The company's goal is to launch six to eight additional batches of satellites over the next months so that the broadband service has sufficient coverage for the US market.




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U21 EURO semi-final preview: Germany v Romania

Team news, coaches' views, form guide and key stats as Germany meet Romania.




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U21 EURO semi-final preview: Spain v France

Spain take on France in a heavyweight semi-final – here's all you need to know.




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St. Pachomius

St. Pachomius can justifiabley be called the founder of cenobitic monasticism, monks who live in community. Even though St. Antony the Great was the first to go into the desert to live a life of seclusion pursuing evangelical perfection, he lived a heremitic life, that is, a primarily solitary life.Pachomius first started out as a hermit in the desert, like many of the other men and women in the third and fourth centuries who sought the most radical expression of Christian life. There he developed a very strong bond of friendship with the hermit Palemon. One day during prayer, he had a vision in which he was called to build a monastery, and was told in the vision that many people who were eager to live an ascetic life in the desert, but were not inclined to the solitary life of a hermit, would come and join him.  His hermit friend, Palemon, helped him to build the monastery and Pachomius insisted that his cenobites were to aspire to the austerity of the hermits.However, Pchomius knew that his idea was a radical one, because most of the men who came to live in his monastery had only ever conceived of the eremitic lifestyle. His great accomplishment was to reconcile this desire for austere perfection with an openness to fulfilling the mundane requirements of community life as an expression of Christian love and service. He spent most of his first years as a cenobitic doing all the menial work on his own, knowing that his brother monks needed to be gently inducted into serving their brothers in the same manner.  He therefore allowed them to devote all their time to spiritual exercises in those first years.  At his death, there were eleven Pachomian monasteries: nine for men and two for women.The rule that Pachomius drew up was said to have been dictated to him by an angel, and it is this rule that both St. Benedict in the west and St. Basil in the east drew upon to develop their better known rules of cenobitic life. St. Pachomius died in the year 346.



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Crisis Group Releases Landmark Report on al-Qaeda and the Islamic State




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Philanthropist Frank Giustra Donates </br>$1 Million for Crisis Group Fellows

The International Crisis Group is honoured to announce the creation of the Giustra Fellowship for Conflict Prevention, made possible by a generous gift of $1 million from Canadian businessman and philanthropic leader Frank Giustra through The Radcliffe Foundation. Mr. Giustra has been a long-time advocate for Crisis Group, providing transformational financial support since joining its Board of Trustees in 2005.




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In Memoriam, Ambassador Wu Jianmin 1939-2016




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An architect explores using his passion in missions

For years, Gustavo, an architect from Central America, felt drawn to working in the Arabian Peninsula. Then, on a short-term trip, he saw what it could be like to use his profession overseas.