Sweden to raise hurdles to gaining citizenship

Starting in June, Sweden will require that people have lived in the country for 8 years, earn a modest income and pass a test to gain citizenship. Successive governments have tightened migration rules ...

Commentary: Half of U.S. adults are falling short on financial literacy skills. What can be done about it.

More than half of U.S. adults lack basic financial skills. A new Massachusetts bill aims to change that for the next ...
Daily Mail

Eggheads viewers were stunned when baffled quiz experts could not answer this basic sports question - but do you know the answer?

Every good pub quiz team needs a sports expert - and if you've clicked on this article, there's a good chance that's you. The role the designated sports expert plays is critically important. Sure, ...
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Marshall Islands Test Crypto for Universal Basic Income as Cash and Banks Fall Short

Add Decrypt as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Marshall Islands used Stellar for universal basic income disbursements last month. It sent citizens USDM1 as a savings ...
GitHub

basic-programs

A collection of basic JavaScript programs with corresponding unit tests, created to practice and understand how to write and run unit test cases using a testing framework.
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Basic Knowledge Showdown: Test Your Brainpower

Put your knowledge to the test in this fun and challenging Basic Knowledge Showdown! From trivia questions to quick-thinking challenges, see how much you really know. #TriviaChallenge #BrainTeasers ...
Salon

ICE recruits struggling to pass fitness test with 15 push-ups and 32 sit-ups

More than one-third of recruits at ICE’s training academy in Georgia have failed the agency’s basic fitness test, slowing efforts to hire and deploy 10,000 new deportation officers by January, ...
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Expert Claims That Failing This Basic Test at Home Could Lead to Early Death

I’ve been a couples therapist for 30 years: Any of these 6 phrases is a red flag in relationships Trump Invokes ‘Golden Share’ to Block U.S. Steel Plans for Illinois Plant Princess Kate Is a Vision in ...
Washington Examiner

Disastrous test scores show schools need to get back to basics

The Nation’s Report Card, released last week, shows the K-12 school system as bad and getting worse. A record 32% of high school seniors cannot read proficiently, and almost half cannot do basic math.
The New York Times

Reading Skills of 12th Graders Hit a New Low

High school seniors had the worst reading scores since 1992 on a national test, a loss probably related to increases in screen time and the pandemic. Their math scores fell as well. By Dana Goldstein ...
Electronic Design

Basic Op Amp Circuits with Quizplanation (Download)

Basic Op Amp Circuits with Quizplanation (Download) Download the PDF of this blog, where Andy recommends favorite resources for basic op amp circuits and includes a portion of TI's AN-20.