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Little League World Series Sunday TV schedule (8/18/24): Free live streams, times, TV channels, dates | Watch LLWS online for free
[ad_1] The 2024 Little League World Series, which matches up 10 regional champions from the United States and 10 champions from around the globe to compete for the under-12 baseball championship, continues on Sunday, August 18, 2024, at the Little League complex in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The tournament concludes on August 25. The Little League Classic ... -
Germany vows continued Pacific presence to ‘protect the international order’
[ad_1] PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii—A lower-than-expected defense budget for 2025 won’t affect Germany’s military presence in the Indo-Pacific region “in any way,” and will not stop the country from meeting its pledge to spend 2% of its gross domestic product on defense, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Wednesday. Standing on the deck of the German ... -
The D Brief: More aid to Ukraine; NATO to up military goals?; Gaza pier running again; China’s latest aircraft carrier; And a bit more.
[ad_1] New: The U.S. is soon sending $225 million in more military aid to Ukraine. It’s the 59th such drawdown from the Defense Department’s munitions and equipment stockpiles in almost three years, the Pentagon said while detailing some of the deliveries Friday morning. Like so many before, this latest package focuses on air defense and ... -
From Paper to Cloud: Transforming Your Accounting with Xero
About Xero By providing small business owners with online accounting software, Xero is able to connect them with their numbers, their bank, and their advisors at any time. Since its founding in 2006, Xero has grown to become the market leader in cloud accounting in New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom. The company currently ... -
What Educators Need to Know about Generation Alpha
[ad_1] On a recent walk after spending a day working with middle school teachers on engagement strategies, I was listening to the “We Can Do Hard Things” podcast. The guest, Allison Russell, was talking about the emotional intelligence of young people and mentioned that she’d just learned that her daughter was part of Generation Alpha, ... -
Pentagon presses Congress to enable AUKUS’ next stage
[ad_1] The Pentagon has unveiled plans for the next stage of the U.S. defense-technology pact with Britain and Australia, including loading AI on submarine-hunting planes and launching exercises to test out unmanned gear. This second “pillar” of AUKUS will aim to develop a host of new technologies, including AI and autonomy, electronic warfare, hypersonics, and ... -
UFP Industries launches TimberBase B2B marketplace
[ad_1] UFP Industries Inc. is launching B2B marketplace TimberBase. The company supplies products primarily manufactured from wood, wood and non-wood composites, and other materials. UFP Industries generates annual sales of $7.6 billion and is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It has launched TimberBase.com, a B2B marketplace for buying and selling lumber and building materials. UFP ... -
Defense Business Brief: DIU in India; armor deal; shutdown watch, and more…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI—The Pentagon’s innovation arm is going international. Doug Beck, the new head of the Defense Innovation Unit, arrived in New Delhi to co-host an event with his Indian counterpart, Vivek Virmani, the chief operating officer for Innovations for Defence Excellence in the Indian defense ministry on Nov. 8. The India-U.S. Defense Acceleration Ecosystem, ... -
Students Are Busy but Rarely Thinking, Researcher Argues. Do His Teaching Strategies Work Better?
[ad_1] Students can be excellent little actors in a traditional classroom, going through the motions of “studenting,” but not learning much. At that critical moment when a teacher chalks a problem on the board and asks everyone to write out an answer, for instance, one kid might stall by sharpening a pencil, another might doodle ... -
Only 3D printing can get the Navy’s submarine plan back on track, admiral says
[ad_1] The U.S. Navy must 3D-print more parts if it is to build three submarines per year, a top program manager said Wednesday. Rear Adm. Jonathan Rucker, the Navy’s lead buyer for attack submarines, said additive manufacturing has become essential for meeting construction schedules—and then keeping those new subs operating. “Absolutely we need to have ...