A longtime faculty member and research leader in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences will serve in the newly created role of associate director of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station. Beth Gugino, who currently serves as assistant dean for graduate education in the college - a position she will maintain - begins her new duties effective Oct. 1. She will continue to report to Blair Siegfried, associate dean for research and graduate education and director of the experiment station.

https://www.miragenews.com/gugino-takes-new-role-to-boost-ag-sciences-1095345/

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foreign securities-Q2 tallyInstitutions' foreign securities holdings up in Q2 SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean institutions' investment in foreign securities edged up in the second quarter of the year on the back of an advance in the value of overseas stocks and investment, central bank data showed Friday. The outstanding value of foreign securities held by local institutional investors stood at US$373.43 billion as of end-June, up $3.3 billion from three months earlier, according to the data from the Bank of Korea (BOK).

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MANILA, Philippines — A total of 913 infections of COVID-19 were recorded by the Department of Health (DOH) from Feb. 27 to March 5, which is higher than the registered number the previous week which was only 832. Based on the DOH's latest weekly COVID-19 bulletin, these infections translated to a daily average of 130 cases, ten percent higher than the 119 daily average recorded from Feb. 20 to 26. Despite the higher number of infections, no new infections were tagged as critical or severe, with active critical or severe COVID-19 admissions at 395.

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The action vehicles and stunt professionals on the new James Bond film pushed the most powerful Land Rover ever made to extremes. A new video gives a taste of

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If you're enjoying this article, you'll love my daily morning newsletter, How To LA. Every weekday, you'll get fresh, community-driven stories that catch you up with our independent local news. L os Angeles County is in the process of setting up CARE Court, a new state-mandated program that could create new ways for people suffering from serious mental illness to get the treatment they need. But there are challenges, including the question of how to staff it. The idea for CARE Court is that people struggling with an untreated illness, like schizophrenia, could be referred to a court-ordered care plan that a county health worker or even a family member could initiate.

https://laist.com/news/how-to-la/la-county-officials-push-care-court-hiring-forward-and-other-headlines

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An outside invasion was repelled by the home forces in another successful edition of the Gisborne Masters snooker tournament over King's Birthday Weekend. On Cossie Club tables described by some as among the best in the country, local cuesters Kasi Lelea and Bill Raggett prevailed after section play and championship 32 knockout games. Lelea (off a 15 handicap) and Raggett (25)  made their way through a minefield of players to book their spots in the best-of-three-frames final. There, Lelea proved too good, winning 2-0 to claim the championship title.

https://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/sport/local-lelea-rules-tables-at-gisborne-masters

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(From left) Philip Evangelista, LJ Reyes. Images: Instagram/@niceprintphoto LJ Reyes and her non-showbiz fiancé Philip Evangelista show their affectionate side in a casual prenup photoshoot in New York, US, which was released three months after their engagement . Reyes looked like a blissful bride-to-be in the laidback prenup shoot in New York in her white tank top and trousers, while Evangelista wore a striped shirt and white pants, as seen on Nice Print Photography's official Instagram post on Saturday, Aug.

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Police officers prepared to be deployed to provide security for the ASEAN Summit march during a show of force in Jakarta, Indonesia Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations meetings will open Tuesday in the Indonesian capital Jakarta under tight security. The absence of U.S. President Joe Biden, who typically attends, adds to the already somber backdrop of the 10-state bloc's traditional show of unity and group handshakes. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

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Mai Sato grew up in Japan, where the death penalty has mainly been applied for murder, and where it's long signified 'justice' for the victims' families. She never doubted the existence or the necessity of the death penalty as a form of criminal punishment, but having spent the past two decades in countries without the death penalty, her sensibilities about what constitutes justice have changed, as well as her understanding of the social and political functions that the death penalty serves. Now, she takes the view –  together with more than half of the countries in the world  – that the death penalty is unnecessary for all crimes, including intentional killing.

https://lens.monash.edu/@politics-society/2023/03/13/1385536/human-rights-violations-the-death-penalty-and-flaunting-international-law

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Braintrust ( BTRST ) traded down 0.6% against the U.S. dollar during the one day period ending at 15:00 PM E.T. on April 22nd. One Braintrust token can now be purchased for about $0.82 or 0.00002962 BTC on popular exchanges. Braintrust has a total market cap of $65.63 million and approximately $569,662.55 worth of Braintrust was traded on exchanges in the last day. In the last seven days, Braintrust has traded down 7.7% against the U.S. dollar. Here is how similar cryptocurrencies have performed in the last day: KILT Protocol (KILT) traded 3.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/04/22/braintrust-price-down-7-7-over-last-week-btrst.html

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(LEAD) S Korea-ASEAN-FM talks (LEAD) S. Korea pledges to expand partnership with ASEAN, bolster cooperation with Japan, China(ATTN: CHANGES headline; UPDATES with details of ASEAN plus three meeting from para 6; ADDS photo)By Chang Dong-woo JAKARTA, July 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea seeks to strengthen its partnership with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) under the goal of elevating their ties into a comprehensive strategic partnership next year, Seoul's top diplomat said Thursday.

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CEBU CITY, Philippines –After its successful maiden professional boxing fight card, Money Punch Fight Promotions wants another slam bang affair this August. Money Punch Fight Promotions of Aussie-German boxing patron Christian Faust targets the last week of August as the tentative date for its second professional boxing fight card. Faust made the announcement after the highly successful eight-bout card that headlined its banner boxer, Elmo 'Money Punch' Traya, who defeated Chinese WeiWei Liu for the World Boxing Foundation (WBF) Australasian super lightweight title via an eight-rounder split decision.

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Ti Gong The 25th Shanghai International Film Festival will run from June 9 to 18. The 25th Shanghai International Film Festival will run from June 9 to 18, followed by the 28th Shanghai TV Festival, which will take place from June 19 to 23. Tickets for this year's festival will go on sale on ticketing platform Taopiaopiao starting from 12pm on June 2. Two hours after that, movie buffs can also purchase tickets at 41 local cinemas, including the Shanghai Film Art Center, UME International Cineplex, Paradise Warner Cinema City and Wanping Theater.

https://www.shine.cn/feature/entertainment/2305262136/

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LEGAZPI CITY — The local government in Albay suspended classes in some towns and cities due to a scheduled power interruption on Friday, May 12. In an advisory on Thursday, Albay Gov. Edcel Greco Lagman said classes at all levels in public and private schools were suspended in Sto. Domingo, Malilipot, Legazpi City, Daraga, Camalig, Manito, and parts of Tabaco City, Jovellar, Guinobatan, and Bacacay to prevent heat-related incidents and other medical conditions. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) earlier announced that they would conduct a preventive maintenance operation from 6 a.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1768324/classes-in-albay-suspended-due-to-power-outages

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MANILA, Philippines—Juan Gomez de Liaño has signed with the Seoul SK Knights in the Korean Basketball League. The Knights announced the acquisition of de Liaño on Tuesday. Seoul described de Liaño as a player 'with high resilience and strong defense and can digest both point guard and shooting guard positions.' The Knights are coming off a seven-game series loss to Rhenz Abando and the Anyang KGC in the KBL Finals. The KBL is de Liaño's third overseas league since turning pro in 2020. He first played for the Earth Friends Tokyo Z in the Japan B.

https://sports.inquirer.net/515166/juan-gomez-de-liano-signs-with-kbls-seoul-sk-knights

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Jeffrey Adams/National Wildlife Federation Volunteers can devote as little as 10 minutes per week to observing the behavior of birds in their neighborhoods. Smog and wildfire smoke aren't just hard on human lungs — they can be harmful for birds, too. A new initiative created by UCLA and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County will use community science to learn more about the effects, with a goal of developing strategies to help birds cope with wildfires, air pollution and climate change.

https://www.miragenews.com/new-initiative-invites-californians-to-study-1049141/

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Rico Luginbuehl drives 77 alpacas and lamas during the "Alpabzug" from the Griesalp area back into the Kiental valley in Switzerland, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. (Peter Schneider/Keystone via AP)

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ASUNCION — Paraguayans are readying to head to the polls on Sunday in what could be the biggest electoral challenge to the ruling conservative Colorado Party in over a decade and with the country's near 70-year ties with Taiwan potentially at stake. The landlocked South American country of under 7 million people will start voting from 7 a.m. (1100 GMT) with the distant favorites, ruling party candidate Santiago Pena, a clean-cut economist, and veteran opposition lawyer Efrain Alegre. The ballot marks the sternest challenge in a decade for the Colorado Party, which has dominated Paraguayan politics since the 1950s and ruled for all but five of the last 75 years, but has been hit by a slowing economy and graft allegations.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1763058/paraguayans-head-to-the-polls-with-taiwan-ties-at-stake

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Waldron Private Wealth LLC boosted its position in shares of NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE – Free Report) by 11.4% during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 16,141 shares of the utilities provider's stock after purchasing an additional 1,654 shares during the period. Waldron Private Wealth LLC's holdings in NextEra Energy were worth $1,244,000 […] The post Waldron Private Wealth LLC Increases Stake in NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE) first appeared on Daily Political .

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