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U.S. Stocks Move Sharply Lower On Disappointing Earnings News

Following the pullback seen in the previous session, stocks have shown another notable move to the downside during trading on Friday. The major averages continue to give back ground after ending Wednesday's trading at their best closing levels in well over a month.




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Disappointing Earnings News Leads To Sell-Off On Wall Street

Stocks moved sharply lower over the course of the trading day on Friday, extending the pullback seen in the previous session. With the steep drop on the day, the major averages continued to give back ground after ending Wednesday's trading at their best closing levels in well over a month.




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Disappointing Earnings News May Weigh On Wall Street

The major U.S. index futures are currently pointing to a lower opening on Friday, with stocks likely to extend the pullback seen in the previous session.




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Disappointing Earnings, Economic New May Weigh On Wall Street

The major U.S. index futures are pointing to a sharply lower open on Wednesday, with stocks likely to give back ground following the rally seen in the previous session.




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Hosted VMware environments and recovery solutions in IBM PureApplication Platform, Part 3: Building a disaster recovery solution with PureApplication Software

With the release of IBM PureApplication Platform and PureApplication System firmware V2.2.3, you can create automatically configured hosted VMware environments for more flexibility on how you run and manage your workloads. This series of articles provides a step-by-step guide for users of the PureApplication Platform W1500, W2500, W3500, and W3550 models to work with these advanced capabilities. In Part 3, you set up disaster recovery and learn how to perform three different disaster recovery procedures.




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Disabled people want disability design—not disability dongles

People with disabilities want to be participants in design, not recipients of design




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What this writer learned about looking ahead and planning for disasters

Bina Venkataraman, author of The Optimist’s Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age, studies the art of looking ahead for solutions during dangerous times. It's a skill she honed while working on the Ebola Task Force for former U.S. president Barack Obama.




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Family wants answers about how son with disability was injured in care home

Eden Camac, who has a complex disability, broke both hips and his left leg while at a supported accommodation facility. An ambulance was not called until 10 hours after the incident and his family wants to know what went wrong.




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How much is a prayer worth? For Christians surviving a disaster, the answer is about $4.30

Thoughts and prayers don't usually come with a price tag attached, but a study finds they have a different value for different people, depending on religious observance.



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Wheelchair dancing brings joy, challenges perceptions about disability

It's a 73-year-old event, but for the first time, wheelchair dancers have taken to the stage at the Mackay Eisteddfod in north Queensland, to the audience's delight.



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Police conducted a re-enactment of Gerard Ross's 1997 disappearance




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Police urged to apologise to man with disability prosecuted for 'doing nothing wrong'

A man with a disability was strip searched and prosecuted after a false claim he was photographing children at a beachside suburb, leading to calls for an apology from WA Police.




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NDIS delays leave disabled clients waiting as purpose-built home sits empty for eight months

A purpose-built home for people with a disability in Mount Gambier has sat vacant for eight months despite having clients ready to move in.



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Vincent O'Dempsey charged with murder over cold case disappearance

Police allege Mr O'Dempsey killed Vincent Allen, who was last seen alive in 1964. His body has never been found.




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Federal election 2019: Voters with a disability say the electoral process lets them down

As the Federal election draws closer, disability advocates call for changes to ensure people with disabilities have a better voting experience.





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Foul play not ruled out in disappearance of Thea Liddle, missing for six months

Police search a Mooball property as they investigate the disappearance of 42-year-old Thea Liddle who has been missing since October.




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Sydney disability carer faces charges over alleged 'intimate and sexually abusive' videos of children

A disability carer has been charged with 16 offences including counts of producing child abuse materials, after an investigation into a care home in Sydney's west.




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Police arrest two men over disappearance of Bingara man Darren Royce Willis

Two men are arrested over the disappearance and suspected murder of a New South Wales man who has been missing for almost a decade.



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'We're used to chaos and disaster': Tasmanian family waits out COVID-19 in the slums of Mozambique

Jessica and James Brewer are volunteering in a Mozambican slum for the fourth year running, only this time they are expecting a child, parenting a toddler and dealing with the challenges of coronavirus.



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South Australian man Ryan Chambers immortalised with new mural 13 years after disappearance

Ryan Chambers disappeared 13 years ago. Today his face, frozen in time, adorns the side of a shop in South Australia's Riverland, imploring people not to forget the young man who hasn't been seen or heard from since.




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Extinction Rebellion protesters in Melbourne CBD accused of brushing off disability concerns

Extinction Rebellion protesters say they will take on board concerns that their demonstrations are disproportionately affecting people with disabilities, as police use power tools to separate activists in Melbourne and Brisbane.




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The Geelong family facing deportation from Australia due to their son's 'minor' disability

After suffering a stroke as a baby, Adyan bin Hasan's left hand is weak. And while it doesn't stop the five-year-old playing basketball and cricket, his disability is the reason his family's permanent visa application has been rejected.




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Toowoomba honours avid runner Roger Guard a year after MH17 disaster

Family and friends have gathered in a Toowoomba park to unveil 'Roger Guard Lane' named after the avid runner and popular doctor who was killed along with his wife Jill twelve months ago in the MH17 disaster.




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Photographic portrait project alters realities for people with disabilities

A photographic project that combines health and the arts is helping people with disabilities to produce digitally altered self portraits that powerfully tell their stories




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AUSLAN interpreters in spotlight during year of disasters and pandemic

Auslan interpreters have been in high demand this year as they convey critical and life-saving information to the deaf and hard of hearing community.



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Nightingale inner-city development proposed for Ballarat amid fears of urban sprawl 'social disaster'

A prominent urban researcher warns that Ballarat is heading towards a "social disaster" unless it can curb urban sprawl.





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Disability advocates slam lack of accessible housing in push for universal standards

Disability advocates renew their push for local councils nationwide to ensure that new housing is universally accessible to address what they describe as a critical shortage of accommodation.






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NDIS cut-off at 65 leaves older people with acquired disabilities in world of pain

The NDIS cuts off at 65, so anyone who gets an acquired disability has to make do with an aged care supplement. This is not enough, according to a family caring for a quadriplegic.




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Poland's presidential election ditched at last minute after coronavirus threw process into disarray

Following months of turmoil, including calls by nine former presidents and prime ministers for voters to boycott, the May 10 postal ballot will not go ahead.







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Australians turning natural disaster related-trauma into art






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Emu gold mine disaster still leaves hearts broken three decades after fiance's death

The fiance of a 27-year-old man killed in one of Australia's worst mining disasters is still heartbroken, saying the "pain is still there" on the 30th anniversary of his death.




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Tourists arrive disappointed to find Pink Lake isn't pink. Scientists say they can change that

A team of scientists in Western Australia will investigate how to turn an iconic lake pink in a project believed to be an Australian first.






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PM says Victorian official's comments comparing Captain Cook to coronavirus 'very disappointing'

The Prime Minister weighs into the debate on a tweet by Victoria's Deputy Chief Health Officer while the state's Premier says there are "far more important matters to talk about".




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From natural disaster comes art creatives face fire, flood and drought trauma head-on

Australian creatives who have lived through devastating natural disasters turn their trauma into beautiful pieces of art.




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Federal election 2019: Why living in a big electorate can be a disadvantage

The NSW regional electorate of Cowper has the largest number of voters in the country, the latest Australian Electoral Commission elector count reveals.




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William Tyrrell inquest hears person of interest Bill Spedding was with his wife on day of disappearance

Whitegoods repairman Bill Spedding tells an inquest into the disappearance of William Tyrrell he was having coffee with his wife on the day the toddler vanished, before revealing the "devastating impact" of the police investigation on his life.




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How police investigating William Tyrrell's disappearance wrongly targeted Bill Spedding

The whitegoods repairman who became the chief suspect in one of Australia's biggest child abduction mysteries reveals for the first time how the ordeal "shattered" his life.




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Students with disabilities leaving WA schools because of 'poor resourcing, training'

Dozens of children with disabilities are being pulled out of West Australian schools by parents who say they are not getting enough support in the classroom.