An academic with expertise in flying and psychology wants to change the way young people learn to drive. In 2021, young drivers under 26 made up just 14 per cent of total drivers on NSW roads, but sadly represented almost a quarter of the state's road fatalities, according to Transport for NSW . This is partly due to inexperience, but differences in brain development and psychological profiles also play a major role. We know that young brains are still developing right up until the age of 25, and that young people are more likely to take risks when making decisions and tend to have a sense of invincibility.

https://www.miragenews.com/tech-not-solution-for-speeding-young-drivers-1094403/

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PacWest Bancorp said late on Wednesday it was in talks with potential partners and investors about strategic options after shares of the Los Angeles-based lender and several other U.S. regional banks tumbled amid fears of a worsening banking crisis. In a statement, PacWest said it had not experienced any unusual deposit outflows since the sale of First Republic Bank to JPMorgan Chase & Co was announced on Monday. The planned sale of its $2.7-billion lender finance loan portfolio remained on track and once completed would increase its common equity tier one ratio from 9.

https://business.inquirer.net/399243/pacwest-confirms-strategic-options-talks-after-us-bank-shares-plunge

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The Southern Company ( NYSE:SO – Free Report ) – Analysts at Seaport Res Ptn raised their FY2024 earnings estimates for Southern in a report released on Wednesday, September 13th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst A. Storozynski now anticipates that the utilities provider will earn $4.05 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $4.03. The consensus estimate for Southern's current full-year earnings is $3.60 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Southern's FY2025 earnings at $4.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/09/15/fy2024-earnings-forecast-for-the-southern-company-issued-by-seaport-res-ptn-nyseso.html

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Domestic travel in Australia has rebounded far quicker than the gradual recovery in international travel as the sector recovers from shutdown during the pandemic. Unfortunately, this has been accompanied by high levels of disruption in the local travel market. Travellers have increasingly faced surging airfares, frequent flight delays and misplaced luggage in the past year, as the sector struggles to cope with the spike in demand. Other disruptions include labour shortages and extreme weather events.

https://www.forbes.com/advisor/au/travel-insurance/aussies-take-out-domestic-travel-insurance/

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Russian President Putin addresses schoolchildren with outstanding academic achievementsRussian President Vladimir Putin attends the Talking of What Matters open lesson, as part of the Russia - Land of Opportunities platform projects, at the Senezh Management Lab in Solnechnogorsk, Moscow region, Russia, 01 September 2023. EPA/MIKHAEL KLIMENTYEV/SPUTNIK/KREMLIN POOL MANDATORY CREDIT

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ben Phillips' childhood memories include basketball games with friends, and neighbors gathering in the summer shade at their St. Louis housing complex. He also remembers watching men in hazmat suits scurry on the roofs of high-rise buildings as a dense material poured into the air. 'I remember the mist,' Phillips, now 73, said. 'I remember what we thought was smoke rising out of the chimneys. Then there were machines on top of the buildings that were spewing this mist.' As Congress considers payments to victims of Cold War-era nuclear contamination in the St.

https://www.mymotherlode.com/news/national/3233438/government-should-pay-compensation-for-secretive-cold-war-era-testing-st-louis-victims-say.html

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Reinhart Partners Inc. lowered its holdings in Americold Realty Trust, Inc. ( NYSE:COLD – Free Report ) by 5.8% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 665,389 shares of the company's stock after selling 40,923 shares during the quarter. Reinhart Partners Inc. owned about 0.25% of Americold Realty Trust worth $18,930,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/07/12/americold-realty-trust-inc-nysecold-shares-sold-by-reinhart-partners-inc.html

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28th anniversary of Srebrenica genocideA Bosnian Muslim woman prays during a funeral ceremony for thirty newly-identified Bosnian Muslim victims, at the Potocari Memorial Center and Cemetery, in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11 July 2023. The burial was part of a memorial ceremony to mark the 28th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, considered the worst atrocity of Bosnia's 1992-95 war. More than 8,000 Muslim men and boys were executed in the 1995 killing spree after Bosnian Serb forces overran the town.

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MANILA, Philippines — Several domestic flights were canceled on Monday due to inclement weather caused by Typhoon Betty (International Name: Mawar). As of 11 a.m., the state weather bureau last spotted Betty 475 kilometers east of Calayan, Cagayan. It affects parts of Northern Luzon, with heavy rainfall forecast in the eastern portion of Babuyan Islands, the northeastern portion of mainland Cagayan, and Batanes. In an advisory, the Manila International Airport Authority listed the following canceled flights: Philippine Airlines (PR) PR2932/2933 Manila – Basco – Manila PR2198/2199 Manila – Laoag – Manila Cebu Pacific (5J) 5J 196/197: Manila – Cauayan – Manila 5J 404/405: Manila – Laoag – Manila 5J 504/505: Manila – Tuguegarao – Manila 5J 506/507: Manila – Tuguegarao – Manila CebGo (DG) DG 6177/6178: Manila – Masbate – Manila Meanwhile, in a separate statement, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has so far reported no damage or casualties in its operated airports.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1776270/flights-canceled-due-to-bad-weather-3

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How the Cuban Missile Crisis inspired It's a Small World, and a cat tune sung by Peggy Lee had racist undertones – Arwa Haider traces the unexpected stories behind a century of Disney classics, decade by decade. has always been the true key to the Magic Kingdom. Around a century ago, Walt Disney declared his musical ethos to his team : "We should set a new pattern, a new way to use music – weave it into the story so that somebody doesn't just burst into song." Disney music feels woven into our life stories, too; its vast repertoire seeps into our consciousness from infancy; it casts a spell through our adulthood.

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230622-the-darker-side-of-disney-songs

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Perkins Coie Trust Co increased its holdings in shares of Raytheon Technologies Co. ( NYSE:RTX – Get Rating ) by 9.0% during the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 24,550 shares of the company's stock after acquiring an additional 2,027 shares during the period. Perkins Coie Trust Co's holdings in Raytheon Technologies were worth $2,404,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of RTX.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/06/22/raytheon-technologies-co-nysertx-shares-purchased-by-perkins-coie-trust-co.html

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East Gippsland Shire Council has voted to adopt a Rural Land Use Strategy at its Council Meeting held on Tuesday25 July 2023. The adoption marks a significant milestone in Council's efforts to support East Gippsland's farming communities and protect our agricultural land for future generations. The strategy comes after significant public consultation and a review of the draft strategy after it was first considered at a Council meeting in early June and then deferred for one month. Mayor Cr Mark Reeves emphasised the pivotal role farming plays in sustaining the local economy and character of East Gippsland and the need to preserve agricultural land for the future.

https://www.miragenews.com/east-gippsland-shire-approves-strategy-to-1055716/

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(LEAD) N Korea-key anniversary (ATTN: ADDS details, assessment by unification ministry official in last six paras) SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- North Korea will hold a grand ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the armistice of the Korean War, state media reported Tuesday, including celebrations that will bring its first known official foreign guests in years. North Korea is set to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Korean War armistice, signed July 27, 1953, this week. The North refers to the conflict as the Great Fatherland Liberation War and the day of the armistice signing as Victory Day.

https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/001/0014089264?sid=104

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The fate of the Great Koala National Park hangs in the balance as a new carbon accounting method divides conservationists.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/defeat-from-the-jaws-of-victory-civil-war-inside-the-environment-movement-20260806-p60lz4.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

CrowdStrike ( NASDAQ:CRWD – Get Rating ) had its price objective lifted by research analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group from $159.00 to $167.00 in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, The Fly reports. The Goldman Sachs Group's price objective would suggest a potential upside of 6.00% from the stock's current price. Other research analysts have also issued research reports about the company. Barclays cut their price target on CrowdStrike from $165.00 to $162.00 and set an 'overweight' rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, April 5th.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/06/01/crowdstrike-nasdaqcrwd-given-new-167-00-price-target-at-the-goldman-sachs-group.html

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(3rd LD) builder-biz suspension(3rd LD) Gov't seeks 10-month biz suspension for GS Engineering over parking garage collapse(ATTN: ADDS GS' stance in penultimate para) SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- The land ministry said Sunday it will push for a 10-month business suspension for GS Engineering & Construction Corp. over the collapse earlier this year of a parking garage blamed on a lack of reinforcing rods in columns supporting the garage. On April 29, the roof of an underground parking garage at an apartment complex collapsed while being built by the major builder in Geomdan-dong in the northwestern city of Incheon.

https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/001/0014154501?sid=104

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MANILA, Philippines — The United States Army will launch Javelin missiles — widely considered as a symbol of Ukraine's defense against Russia — for the first time in the Philippines as part of live-fire drills in the ongoing Exercise Salaknib with its local counterparts. So far no other details on the tests to be conducted on March 31 were provided by the Philippine Army. But this year's 'Salaknib' (Ilocano for shield), a major exercise between the Philippine Army and US Army Pacific (Usarpac) since its launching in 2014, is the largest ever, with 3,000 participating troops from both sides.

https://globalnation.inquirer.net/212032/us-army-to-launch-javelin-missiles-in-joint-exercise-with-ph

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Jose Mari Chan —JOSE MARI CHAN/FACEBOOK The '-ber' months have arrived, and with them, the customary stories and memes about Jose Mari Chan. But recently, the music icon made headlines, not for his enduring songs that signal the beginning of the holiday season, but because of a piece of advice he gave aspiring young musicians.In the Sept. 1 episode of 'Fast Talk with Boy Abunda,' Chan pointed out that the changes in technology and the music landscape have made it harder to make a living out of music alone.

https://entertainment.inquirer.net/518951/should-artists-keep-day-jobs-and-just-do-music-on-the-side-vehnee-saturno-weighs-in

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Northeast Financial Consultants Inc lowered its position in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF ( NYSEARCA:VUG – Get Rating ) by 3.8% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 699,690 shares of the company's stock after selling 27,282 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Growth ETF comprises approximately 10.1% of Northeast Financial Consultants Inc's holdings, making the stock its largest holding. Northeast Financial Consultants Inc owned approximately 0.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/06/06/vanguard-growth-etf-nysearcavug-position-lowered-by-northeast-financial-consultants-inc.html

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CEBU CITY, Philippines – A disco in a village fiesta in Alegria town, southwestern Cebu became witness to a bloody altercation that claimed the life of a 30-year-old man on Tuesday dawn, May 2. Police in Alegria arrested a 33-year-old suspect who was accused of killing another man along the National Highway in Barangay Madridejos, Alegria around 2:30 a.m. The suspect was identified as Joel Lendio, a resident of the neighboring town of Malabuyoc while the victim was Randy Devila. The crime happened right outside the venue where a fiesta-related disco was being held, said Police Captain Alexius Tangub, Alegria Police Station chief.

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/501964/fight-outside-disco-in-alegria-turns-bloody-1-dead

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