Australia's skills training system needs to be transformed so that it reflects the needs of a dynamic economy and students can embark on lifelong learning. This transformation needs to put students at the heart of the skills training system. That's the ambition set out in a new policy statement released by the Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA), the peak body representing independent providers in the skills training, higher education, and international education sectors.

https://www.miragenews.com/australias-skills-training-system-unveils-2030-1044965/

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Los Angeles Fire Station 39 Van Nuys, California (July 4, 2023) THE VICE PRESIDENT: Well, good morning to all of you. And Happy Fourth. It was so important to us to be able to, as a symbol of the gratitude we have for the work that you do every day, to come here on our day of independence to thank you all. I was just sharing with some of the leaders: My husband, Doug — his brother just retired as a firefighter in Santa Cruz. So it's personal to us, as well as professional. My entire career I've been so honored to work with California firefighters.

https://www.miragenews.com/vice-presidents-remarks-at-la-fire-station-39-1041223/

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UV Baby Green Lancers forward Nathan dela goes for a layup during their game in the Dodong Junie Martinez CESAFI Pre-Season Tournament in Bogo City. | Contributed photo CEBU CITY, Philippines — The City of Bogo Science and Arts Academy Trailblazers are inches away from hoisting the 'Sir Dodong Junie Martinez' CESAFI Pre-Season Tournament after winning all their elimination round matches on Saturday, September 2, 2023, at the Don Celestino and Cultural Center.   The Trailblazers opened their campaign with a thrilling victory against the   University of the Visayas (UV) Baby Green Lancers 67-63.

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LONDON: Bond investors can't rely on credit ratings to give them a fair assessment of the climate risk they're exposed to and should brace for 'trouble ahead,' according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). From within the big three credit rating companies - Moody's Investors Service, S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings - warnings have already been issued, but these have gone largely unnoticed, IEEFA, a US-based non-profit organisation, said. Inside the industry, 'alarm bells have been sounding for months,' said Hazel Ilango, an energy finance analyst focused on debt markets at IEEFA.

http://klse.i3investor.com/web/blog/detail/kianweiaritcles/2023-08-23-story-h-241926569-Bond_investors_warn_of_trouble_brewing_over_climate_risk

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(VOVWORLD) -The Government is proceeding with its plans to promote low-carbon tourism and industries in accordance with the concept of the Bio-Circular-Green (BCG) Economy Model. According to Deputy Secretary-General to the Prime Minister and Acting Government Spokesperson Anucha Burapachaisri, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has encouraged both the public and private sectors to organize tourism activities that reduce carbon emissions toward sustainable development. The BCG model focuses on keeping a balance between the promotion of economic growth and the protection of nature and the environment to safeguard both the ecosystem and human security.

https://vovworld.vn/en-US/news/government-proceeds-with-its-plans-to-promote-bcg-tourism-and-industries-1186639.vov

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*Editor's Note: Welcome to season two of Mike Farragher's "TAYSHT" series, his column and podcast exploring Irish America's culture and food. You can read the previous installment here . Legendary Celtic rock greats Barleyjuice are back with ' The Old Speakeasy ." Founder Kyf Brewer has been on the rock scene for over four decades, fronting the bands The Ravyns (MCA) and Company of Wolves (Polygram/Mercury), as well as recording four solo albums. His original Barleyjuice songs such as "Weekend Irish," a rollicking sendup of the Irish festival scene, "What's Up Yours?," "Get Your Irish On," and "Celtic Girl" have been featured in movies, TV shows, and radio programs.

https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/barleyjuice-taysht

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Understanding how people judge organizations, especially after organizational wrongdoing, is a complex puzzle-but a consequential one. New research from the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business sheds light on the intriguing ways that people do so. In the paper " Do Companies Think and Feel? Mind Perception of Organizations ," published August 16 in Cognitive Science, Simone Tang , assistant professor of organizational behavior at the Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration , and her coauthor explore how people attribute human qualities to organizations by attributing "minds" to organizations-and how that may influence their opinions after organizational wrongdoing.

https://www.miragenews.com/research-explores-effects-of-anthropomorphizing-1095144/

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MOSCOW, May 20 — Malaysia recognises the high quality of Russian grain and plans to start purchasing it for the production of animal feed, Malaysian Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu told Sputnik. 'Undoubtedly, Russian grain has among the best quality as Russia is the main world exporter. Therefore, Malaysia is considering Russian grain as one of its potential resources for animal feed that help to stabilise the affordability of the poultry supply in the country,' Mohamad said.

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MANILA, Philippines — Despite requests from his family and even President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. himself, a lawyer of suspended Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. said the representative will not come home from abroad until the government grants 'certain requests' regarding his security. Teves' lawyer Ferdinand Topacio refused to disclose details of the requests Teves made to Speaker Martin Romualdez and only said they wanted to explain to the speaker 'the complete situation with respect to the security concerns of Teves.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1751344/teves-still-wont-come-home-says-lawyer

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Arden Trust Co reduced its stake in shares of Pfizer Inc. ( NYSE:PFE – Free Report ) by 27.0% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 41,149 shares of the biopharmaceutical company's stock after selling 15,256 shares during the quarter. Arden Trust Co's holdings in Pfizer were worth $1,509,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of PFE.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/09/24/arden-trust-co-has-1-51-million-position-in-pfizer-inc-nysepfe.html

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Barbie movie screening in Dubaiepaselect epa10793740 A boy takes a photo of his friend in front of a Barbie movie poster prior the screening of the film 'Barbie' on the biggest cinema screen in the Middle East at Roxy Cinemas at Dubai Hills Mall in the Gulf emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 10 August 2023. Roxy Cinemas host a Barbie Blowout Party in celebration of the UAE release of the film which is available for the age 15+. The film Barbie has been banned in Kuwait and faces calls of ban in Lebanon because it is promoting 'sexual deviance', according to the Lebanese culture minister.

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Fibromyalgia, a condition that causes persistent widespread pain and fatigue, may be linked to a heightened risk of death as a result of vulnerability to accidents, infections, and especially suicide, suggests a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published in the open access journal RMD Open. The findings prompt the researchers to call for regular monitoring of patients' physical and mental health to minimise these risks. It's not clear what causes fibromyalgia, but its prevalence is increasing, say the researchers.

https://www.miragenews.com/fibromyalgia-increases-risk-of-death-1044162/

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Five-year-old girl dies after Frecce Tricolore jet crashes near TurinPolice and emergency services gather at the site of a plane crash near the airport of Caselle, Turin, northern Italy, 16 September 2023. A plane of the Frecce Tricolori, the aerobatic demonstration team of the Italian Air Force, crashed in the area of Turin's Caselle airport. The pilot escaped by parachuting while a five-year-old girl died in the crash. The aircraft crashed at the bottom of a runway, involving a car, according to initial reports.

https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/091/0009509851?sid=104

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Henry Schein Inc.’s stock fell 3% early Tuesday, after the provider of dental and medical supplies’ fourth-quarter earnings came in short of expectations,.....

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Officers are appealing for public assistance following an aggravated carjacking in Deer Park in February. Investigators have been told two unknown males approached the victim while he was parked on Davitt Drive on 28 February. It is believed the victim has fallen asleep in his vehicle about 1am when he was awoken by two male offenders. It is alleged the unknown offenders repeatedly punched the victim in the face, while yelling "where are your keys?" at him. It is believed the victim exited his vehicle before falling onto his driveway.

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This file photo taken in March 2018, shows the busts of five Korean independence fighters erected at the Korea Military Academy, in northern Seoul. (Yonhap) The Korea Military Academy on Thursday announced it would relocate the statue of Gen. Hong Beom-do, a prominent figure in Korea's independence history, amid the intense ideological debate stirred by the plan.The debate centers on whether Gen. Hong joining the then Vladmir Lenin-led Soviet Communist Party in 1927 is a legitimate enough reason to remove it from the institution in Nowon-gu, Seoul, even in light of his notable role as an independent fighter throughout the Japanese Occupation of Korea from 1910 to 1945.

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The last few weeks—no, the last few months—have been tough for the people running ShippingCart, the overseas cargo forwarding service of LBC Express which, since its launch in 2015, has attracted a strong and loyal following. The service offers clients the convenience of shopping on overseas e-commerce sites and having their goods forwarded to a US warehouse, from which the items are shipped via LBC to buyers in the Philippines. But things suddenly went south in November of last year when the company decided to shift their operations to a new warehouse in Portland, Oregon, as their lease on their Hayward, California warehouse was expiring and would not be renewed by the lessor.

https://business.inquirer.net/395099/biz-buzz-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel

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There are a few calm and picturesque moments like this one in "Dredge", but the mutant nocturnal fish tend make things a little more sinister. — Photo: Team17/dpa BERLIN: You have one responsibility, and it's an important one: Take to the seas in a fishing boat to supply an entire island with fresh fish. But what makes "Dredge", a new game for PCs and consoles, different is that the fish you're trying to catch also turn into dangerous mutants. The fish-catching part itself is not complicated.

https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2023/05/14/review-039dredge039---the-eeriest-fishing-trip-you039ll-ever-take

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Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri and his cast recently got together to talk about their upcoming film, The Kashmir Files. In an interaction with The Free Press Journal, t...

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