It's been awhile since I've stripped the copy protection off a Commodore 64 software package. This weekend I had a reason to. I should point out a couple things as preamble. First, my parents insisted I would not rot my brain with games (much), so we had a lot of educational titles for our C64, and second, my wife is a high-school English teacher. I kept a number of packages from back then and one of them was a secondarily acquired copy of DesignWare's The Grammar Examiner from 1984, something like a mashup between a board game and Strunk and White's Elements of Style , where you get to edit a fictional newspaper and fix all the typos and bad punctuation in your quest to become editor-in-chief.

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Shares of Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc ( NASDAQ:HCCI – Get Rating ) have been given an average rating of 'Buy' by the five brokerages that are covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy recommendation. The average 12-month price target among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $42.25. A number of brokerages have issued reports on HCCI. Robert W. Baird raised their price objective on shares of Heritage-Crystal Clean from $42.

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The Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District is excited to launch its new Strategic Plan 2023-2028. The Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District Strategic Plan 2023-2028 has launched After months of consultation and development with staff, community, patients and consumers, the Plan is a comprehensive guide for the delivery of care over the next five years. Supported with six strategic directions and 29 objectives, the key focus areas of the plan include: Closing the gap in health equality and life expectancy for our Aboriginal communities Taking action towards a more sustainable future through value based healthcare initiatives, and strengthening the financial and environmental sustainability of our Local Health District.

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Jacobs & Co. CA trimmed its holdings in shares of AT&T Inc. ( NYSE:T – Get Rating ) by 3.4% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 346,414 shares of the technology company's stock after selling 12,011 shares during the quarter. Jacobs & Co. CA's holdings in AT&T were worth $6,668,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in T. Albert D Mason Inc.

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Turkey's official inflation rate slows to 38.2% in JunePeople exchange their money at an exchange office in Istanbul, Turkey, 05 July 2023. According to the data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute, Turkey's official inflation rate slowed to 38.2 percent in June. EPA/ERDEM SAHIN

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Last week, the Council of Economic Advisers, in coordination with the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the Council on Environmental Quality, hosted a roundtable discussion on climate modeling for risk management applications. The meeting brought together leaders of U.S. climate modeling centers with academic experts on climate risk, representatives from the insurance, reinsurance, and catastrophe risk modeling industries, Federal and state financial regulators, and representative from Federal agencies tasked with managing climate risks.

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FILE - In this March 16, 2020 file photo, a delivery worker rides his bicycle along a path on the West Side Highway in New York. New York City was ordered Friday, July 7, 2023, to temporarily delay new minimum pay standards for food delivery workers after being sued by Uber Eats, DoorDash and Grubhub. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) FILE PHOTO

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PubMatic, Inc. ( NASDAQ:PUBM – Get Rating ) CFO Steven Pantelick sold 15,000 shares of PubMatic stock in a transaction on Friday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $18.18, for a total value of $272,700.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 12,595 shares in the company, valued at $228,977.10. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website . Steven Pantelick also recently made the following trade(s): On Wednesday, May 31st, Steven Pantelick sold 6,141 shares of PubMatic stock.

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Funeral in Yekaterinburg for Rostislav Zhuravlev, a Russian photojournalist killed in UkraineRussian soldiers carry the coffin and a portrait of late photojournalist Rostislav Zhuravlev during his funeral ceremony in Yekaterinburg, Russia, 28 July 2023. Rostislav Zhuravlev, who worked as a correspondent for RIA Novosti news agency, died during shelling at an area near the frontline in Ukraine on 22 July 2023, the agency reported. He was reportedly killed in a bombardment that injured at least three other journalists in Ukraine's southeastern Zaporizhia region.

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(LEAD) POSCO Holdings-Q2 earnings guidance (edited)(LEAD) POSCO Holdings Q2 profit narrowly beats forecast(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES throughout; ADDS image) SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- POSCO Holdings Inc. on Tuesday reported that its second-quarter operating profit had narrowly exceeded expectations due to "normalized" sales and higher product prices. Its consolidated operating income came to 1.3 trillion won (US$1 billion) for the April-June period, down 38.1 percent from a year earlier, South Korea's top steelmaker said in a regulatory filing.

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S.A. Mason LLC lowered its stake in shares of Simplify Interest Rate Hedge ETF (NYSEARCA:PFIX – Free Report) by 41.7% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,263 shares of the company's stock after selling 905 shares during the period. […] The post Simplify Interest Rate Hedge ETF (NYSEARCA:PFIX) Shares Sold by S.A. Mason LLC first appeared on Daily Political .

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Opindia.com, in a freewheeling conversation with Dr Ashwath Narayan, Karnataka Minister, attempts a snapshot of pre-election mood in Karnataka | OpIndia News

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Kyle Kuzma will be a free agent when the league's annual offseason shopping period starts next week. Kuzma has declined his $13 million player option with the Washington Wizards for next season, a person with knowledge of his decision said Tuesday, meaning he will be a free agent. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because neither side disclosed the move. ESPN first reported Kuzma had declined the option. The move was not a surprise: Kuzma had said to The Washington Post and The Athletic in December that he was not planning to exercise the option, and given what he will command on the market, his decision makes sense.

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FILE PHOTO: Tap water comes out of a faucet in New York, June 14, 2009. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/File Photo Nearly half of US tap water samples contain toxic 'forever chemicals,' substances used in hundreds of household items from cleaning supplies to pizza boxes to which broad exposure can carry serious health risks, according to a new study. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) study tested tap water samples from more than 700 residences, businesses, and drinking-water treatment plants across the country for the presence of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl chemicals known as PFAS.

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Live, Thursday nights at 9PM ET on vocnation.com, it's WCW Retro! Join WCW's Stro Maestro for a special look back at all things professional wrestling, including WWE, NXT, AEW, and … a look back at WCW! This week: Howard Morgan from IN THE ROOM fills in, in Stro's stead. Call in (914) 338-1885! VOC Nation takes you behind the scenes of your favorite moments in pro wrestling history. Notable show hosts include legendary pro wrestling journalist Bill Apter, former WWE/TNA star Shelly Martinez, former WWE and AWA broadcaster Ken Resnick, former WCW performer The Maestro, former TNA Impact talent Wes Brisco, Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Brady Hicks, independent pro wrestling and Fireball Run star Sassy Stephie, and more! Since 2010, VOC Nation has brought listeners into the minds of the biggest stars in pro wrestling and entertainment.

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His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani left Friday Berlin, following a working visit to Germany.

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By Tina Meketa , University Communications and Marketing USF has become the first university in Florida and one of just a handful of universities in the nation to join a new network that connects research institutions with historically black colleges or universities (HBCUs). The new agreement, facilitated by the Tougaloo College Research and Development Foundation (TCRDF), allows the USF Institute of Applied Engineering (IAE) to partner with HBCUs in their efforts to secure research funding and contracts with the federal government, especially the U.

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The Sapporo Snow Festival draws 2.39 million visitors, with an organizer saying attendance has recovered to pre-pandemic levels after the removal of coronavirus...

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A man lights candles during a pro-Israel solidarity rally in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. (Hannes P Albert/dpa via AP) NEW YORK — The Jewish diaspora awoke to horror Saturday in what was supposed to be among the most festive times on the Jewish holiday calendar. The attacks by the militant group Hamas came after the end of Sukkot, a weeklong celebration to commemorate the harvest season and the time Jews lived in the desert after being freed from slavery in Egypt. It also came as Jews in the United States were gearing up to celebrate the holiday of Simchat Torah, which marks the beginning of a new annual cycle of the reading of the scrolls and is celebrated in Israel a day earlier.

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