MANILA, Philippines — Chery Tiggo coach Aaron Velez is tempering his expectations for Eya Laure and four other rookies when they open their 2023 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference campaign against defending champion Creamline on June 27 at FilOil EcoOil Centre in San Juan City. The league unveiled its schedule for the midseason tournament with Chery Tiggo and Creamline headlining the triple header opening day at 6:30 p.m. in Pool A. '[We're] anxious [and] excited,' Velez told Inquirer Sports.

https://sports.inquirer.net/514327/chery-tiggo-anxious-excited-as-rookie-laden-team-gets-tested-right-away-by-creamline

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The first sods are turning on La Trobe University's newest campus space in the heart of Shepparton. The refurbishment of the existing campus and major building extension will improve the study experience for hundreds of local students, enabling more enrolments in areas of critical regional shortage, such as nursing, teaching and business. Funding for this significant campus redevelopment has included a $5 million Commonwealth Government contribution, with the remaining $15 million funded by La Trobe as part of a major regional investment plan.

https://www.miragenews.com/shepparton-campus-redevelopment-kicks-off-1045924/

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Courtesy of Paramount Pictures The opening night slot at the South by Southwest Film and Television Festival has often celebrated movies that balance spectacle and story equally: films like Jordan Peele's  Us  and the Daniels'  Everything Everywhere All at Once , movies that earned awards and box office in equal measure. That trend seems sure to continue with  , the new film from writers/directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. Equal parts ensemble comedy and fantasy adventure,  Dungeons & Dragons  is poised to be a celebration of the roleplaying franchise for fans and newcomers alike.

https://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/2023-03-10/reinventing-the-fantasy-movie-with-sxsw-opening-nights-dungeons-and-dragons-honor-among-thieves/

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A device has been created that could carry out Clinical Breast Examinations (CBE). The manipulator, designed by a team at the University of Bristol and based at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory , is able to apply very specific forces over a range similar to forces used by human examiners and can detect lumps using sensor technology at larger depths than before. This could revolutionise how women monitor their breast health by giving them access to safe electronic CBEs, located in easily accessible places, such as pharmacies and health centres, which provide accurate results.

https://www.miragenews.com/robot-advances-early-breast-cancer-diagnosis-1096711/

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Going backwards: How NDIS workforce arrangements are undermining decent work and gender equality warns deteriorating conditions for the quarter of a million workers supporting the scheme - which is increasingly reliant on digital platforms, third-party intermediaries and independent contractors - risk undermining its long-term survival. The Centre for Future Work's report calls for comprehensive reforms to protect NDIS workers, 40% of which are casuals. Bolstering NDIS working standards would also make the scheme work more effectively for participants - and taxpayers - through reduced wastage and increased accountability.

https://www.miragenews.com/ndis-undermined-by-declining-disability-worker-1089740/

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Authorities are investigating after a man was shot and killed in a west Houston parking lot on Tuesday.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/man-shot-killed-in-west-houston-parking-lot/video/1b75c61d745bc688101f193bad620f52

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Strong ( STRONG ) traded 2.4% lower against the U.S. dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 17:00 PM Eastern on July 24th. Over the last seven days, Strong has traded down 5.1% against the U.S. dollar. One Strong token can now be purchased for about $5.36 or 0.00018404 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges. Strong has a total market cap of $741,577.78 and approximately $26,366.23 worth of Strong was traded on exchanges in the last day. Here's how other cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day: KILT Protocol (KILT) traded down 3.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/07/24/strong-strong-price-hits-5-36-on-major-exchanges.html

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On Friday, March 17, Thomaston-Upson school and district leaders and School Resource Officers participated in Gang Awareness Training led by Special Agent Ken Howard of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's Gang Task Force. This training was made possible due to the joint efforts of T-U Superintendent Dr. Larry Derico and Upson County Sheriff Dan Kilgore. Gang awareness training focuses on awareness and knowledge. It gives school personnel the information needed to identify students who may be involved in or even influenced by gang activity and establishes a proactive rather than a reactive approach to school district safety.

http://fun101fm.blogspot.com/2023/03/thomaston-upson-school-participates-in.html

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S Korea-Thailand-drug S. Korea, Thailand seize illegal drugs enough for over 2 mln people SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's customs agency said Tuesday it has carried out a joint crackdown on drug smuggling with Thailand and confiscated 72 kilograms of illegal drugs, an amount enough to be used by 2.15 million people. The Korea Customs Service (KCS) and its Thai counterpart conducted the operation from March through June and seized 47 kg of yaba, a combination of methamphetamine and caffeine, 12 kg of meth, and several other types of drugs by detecting 49 smuggling attempts.

https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/001/0014075148?sid=104

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Freestone Capital Holdings LLC lessened its holdings in shares of Cardinal Health, Inc. ( NYSE:CAH – Get Rating ) by 23.7% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 70,310 shares of the company's stock after selling 21,811 shares during the quarter. Freestone Capital Holdings LLC's holdings in Cardinal Health were worth $5,405,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the business.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/06/05/freestone-capital-holdings-llc-has-5-41-million-holdings-in-cardinal-health-inc-nysecah.html

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A fast-moving blaze burned through 5,200 hectares in the Bega Valley, destroying some of the first homes of this fire season. The Prime Minister visited the bushfire-hit area just 24 hours after the vicious fire, which also destroyed three homes. Memories of the black summer fires still linger in the community, which is facing what is predicted to be a horror season ahead. Anthony Albanese was on the fire ground, praising the efforts of local volunteers. "We can smell, we can see the impact that these fires are having, and that would be having a triggering response for people who went through such a traumatic time during the summer of 2019 2020," he said.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/prime-minister-visits-bega-valley-after-bushfire/video/3c2f2eb634f4304f771f211005197732

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The purpose of this meeting summary is to detail the outcomes of the Reform for Outcomes Program Quarterly Meeting. This is a joint meeting between the Independent Advisory Council and Disability Representative Carer Organisations, which took place on Friday 4 August 2023. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss and feedback on the progress of the Reform for Outcomes Program. Earlier this year, the Minister for NDIS outlined a range of key reforms to deliver better outcomes for people with disability and help secure the ongoing sustainability of the NDIS.

https://www.miragenews.com/reform-for-outcomes-program-quarterly-meeting-1070140/

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I tried to enable secure boot on BIOS. However, it failed and my screen just went black all the time when I start my PC. After a quick research I tried to reset CMOS my removing the battery and putting it back after few minutes and it solved the black screen problem and also fully reset my BIOS. Now this is the problem that I'm facing. I enter the desktop and was surprised that all my files was rollbacked to 2021. I thought my SSD got corrupted however I found out that my SSD made a 'new' partition that only contains data from the day I bought the SSD until October 2021 and use it as the windows boot up location while my main data from before was changed from local disk C: to F: and this new partition became Local Disk C: for some unknown reason.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/786191/windows-booting-up-on-wrong-drive-after-resetting-cmos/

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Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) / STOCK MANILA  -The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will ask the Court of Appeals (CA) to reconsider its decision overturning the regulator's denial of the rate hike petitions of power distributor Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) and units of conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC). 'The ERC, with its counsel, the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG), will determine the best legal recourse following the joint decision, including the filing of a motion for reconsideration of the CA's joint decision,' ERC said in a statement on Thursday.

https://business.inquirer.net/410119/erc-set-to-ask-ca-to-revisit-decision

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Reaves W H & Co. Inc. lowered its stake in shares of BCE Inc. ( NYSE:BCE – Free Report ) (TSE:BCE) by 5.3% in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 2,356,442 shares of the utilities provider's stock after selling 132,227 shares during the period. BCE makes up approximately 3.8% of Reaves W H & Co. Inc.'s portfolio, making the stock its 8th biggest holding. Reaves W H & Co. Inc. owned about 0.26% of BCE worth $105,545,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/08/14/bce-inc-nysebce-shares-sold-by-reaves-w-h-co-inc.html

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MANILA, Philippines — Generally fair weather will continue on Tuesday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Monday. Luzon, including Metro Manila, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with a chance of localized thunderstorms, Pagasa weather specialist Veronica Torres said. Generally fair weather will likewise prevail over the entire Visayas and Mindanao with a chance of rain due to localized thunderstorms. No gale warning is currently raised in the country's in-land seas and surrounding seaboards, but moderate to rough seas are expected over the northern, eastern, and western seaboards of Luzon.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1748916/generally-fair-weather-to-continue-prevailing-over-ph-on-tuesday-pagasa

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As put by Senior Sergeant Phil Ruddell, Waikato Road Policing: Three people tested over the legal limit following morning checkpoints in the Hamilton area. Police conducted checkpoints in Hamilton Central on Seddon Road and Tristram Street, and Dinsdale on Newcastle Road. Three people on their way to work tested above the legal limit (250mcg), with two over 400 mcg and one of those being more than twice the limit. "This is a reminder that as a community we have a responsibility to ensure we drive safely at all times and do not take any unnecessary risks - getting behind the wheel after drinking is one of those risks not worth taking," "If you are stopped by Police, no matter where or what time of day or the reason, you can expect to be breath tested.

https://www.miragenews.com/disappointing-results-after-hamilton-morning-1087833/

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi places his hands on his heart as a gesture of respect as he leaves after a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) United Nations, United States — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday accused regional rival Saudi Arabia of betraying the Palestinians by seeking to normalize relations with Israel. 'The initiation of a relationship between the Zionist regime and any country in the region, if it is with the aim to bring security for the Zionist regime, will certainly not do so,' Raisi told a news conference as he attended the UN General Assembly.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1834799/iran-president-says-saudi-ties-with-israel-would-betray-palestinians

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VNET Group restated their maintains rating on shares of PulteGroup ( NYSE:PHM – Get Rating ) in a report released on Wednesday morning, Benzinga reports. PHM has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Barclays upped their target price on PulteGroup from $75.00 to $86.00 in a research report on Wednesday. Royal Bank of Canada increased their price objective on PulteGroup from $54.00 to $68.00 in a research report on Wednesday. KeyCorp increased their price objective on PulteGroup from $51.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/04/28/pultegroup-nysephm-given-maintains-rating-at-vnet-group.html

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With the ability to map dozens of biomarkers at once, a new method could transform testing for conditions including heart disease and cancer. Currently, many diseases are diagnosed from blood tests that look for one biomarker (such as a protein or other small molecule) or, at most, a couple of biomarkers of the same type. The new method, developed by scientists at Imperial College London in a research collaboration with Oxford Nanopore Technologies (Oxford Nanopore), can analyse dozens of biomarkers of different types at the same time.

https://www.miragenews.com/nanopore-sequencing-offers-hope-for-1091306/

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