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The Lenovo Legion Tower 5i gaming PC, which is powered by the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 graphics card and 16GB of RAM, is available from Lenovo for just $855.

Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. Don’t fret about your airfare budget if you’re planning an international trip and trying to pinch pennies. Just plan ahead and study the best times to book. While you can often find great deals year-round thanks to regular flash sales from the biggest airlines, you can’t always rely on the timing. In these situations, it’s good to look at wider booking trends and the seasonality of your destination when deciding how far in advance you should book.  When is the best time to buy international flights?...

You sit down at your computer, push the power button just like you do every day, and... nothing happens. Maybe the computer doesn't turn on at all, or it could power up but shut right back down. As far as you're concerned, there's nothing obviously wrong here, so why won't the computer just start?Before you start panicking or looking for a new laptop to buy, let's first rule out this isn't something you can't fix yourself. Here are some troubleshooting steps to take that can help narrow down the issue.To read the original post in PC Mag, click here. 1....

  By Noelani Kirschner As the climate crisis worsens, it will affect women and girls more than men and boys, studies show. During times of conflict and crisis — such as after a natural disaster or during mass migration caused by water shortages and crop failures — women and girls are at a greater risk of experiencing gender-based violence, including along migration routes and in refugee camps. In the 2014 Solomon Islands flash floods, for example, roughly 90% of casualties were women and children. According to UNICEF, this high percentage (PDF, 10MB) is because cultural norms in the country dictate that women stay...

Memorizing word lists and testing on them doesn’t really work very well. Here are lots of websites that will make student academic and domain-specific word study more relevant and sticky. I’ve collected them into various categories–pick what works for you: Context Clues Game Context Clues Millionaire Flashcard Stash–collect words, view sentences and images Friendly Letter Maker Main Idea Battleship The Patchworker Using a table of contents Web-based Mad Libs Word Balloons Word Central—Merriam Webster Word Games Grammar Contraction Practice Feast of Homonyms Grammar games Grammar Gorillas Grammaropolis Plural Nouns Short Vowels Suffix Match Poetry Glossary of Poetry Terms Poetry Engine...