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Colleges have long tried to bring diversity of all sorts to their student bodies, and they have raised concerns over whether the SAT, once seen as a test of merit, can be gamed by families who hire expensive consultants and tutors. Higher scores have been found to correlate with students from wealthier families and those with better-educated parents.

It will be offering around 200 products - including around 30 of its own private label and organic products such as honey, oil or spices - during the initial trial in the Paris area.

Lifeguards from the Australian Lifeguard Service were preparing for a training session when someone noticed two swimmers having trouble. A lifeguard used a drone to drop rescue pods to save the swimmers.

The percentage of those living in poverty rises to 77% among refugees. There are over one million living in eight camps, like the ill-named Beach camp. 53% of people in Gaza have no job and unemployment skyrockets to 70% among the youth. The UN Palestinian refugee agency, (UNRWA), has warned that humanitarian conditions are worsening, in spite of Israel having allowed a 13-million-euro cash infusion from Qatar to pay civil for servants and electricity.

Digital-health startups have struck a chord with consumers concerned about rising out-of-pocket healthcare costs, Goodwater Capital Managing Director Eric Kim said in the WSJ article.

Microwave technology was originally used as a radar to help locate enemies during World War II. The ability of microwaves to cook food was discovered by accident. While conducting research on microwave radar technology, an engineer at defense contractor Raytheon Co. noticed that a candy bar in his pocket had melted. This led to the realization that microwave equipment could be repurposed to heat and cook foods. Later that year, Raytheon filed the first patent for a microwave oven. The first commercial microwave was manufactured in 1954 and was about the size of a refrigerator. Today, more than nine in 10 U.S. households own a microwave oven. The technology is one of many military inventions that have shaped the American kitchen and kitchens worldwide.

Beginning next week, the state Health Department will have new legal authority to expand the supply and demand for medical cannabis in New Jersey.

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For the first two years of the pathway, when compared to a control group of similar patients not on the pathway, SCOOP patients experienced fewer visits to the emergency department (34% vs. 54%), fewer hospital admissions (23% vs. 34%) and fewer readmissions (18% vs. 32%). Correspondingly, cost savings for pathway patients was estimated on average to be more than $1,500 per patient. The total cost savings for 207 SCOOP patients thru Oct. 31, 2018, was more than $319,000.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's likely return to power for a second term will likely be positive for his country's growth, according to economists and investors.

“We’ve created a collaborative nexus for APT’s members to unite and solve common problems that are currently limiting the adoption of 3-D printing — and more broadly, new concepts in digitally-driven production — at a large scale,” adds Haden Quinlan, program manager of APT.  Many also consider Boston the epicenter of 3-D printing innovation and entrepreneurship, thanks in part to several fast-growing local startups founded by MIT faculty and alumni.

These experts also say that, as with a physical wall, tech alone won’t address the underlying causes of mass immigration or drug smuggling. No matter how sophisticated the technology is, they say, there are always workarounds such as bribes and tunnels.