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3 High-Yield ETFs for Selling 0DTE Covered Calls and Maximizing Income 3 High-Yield ETFs for Selling 0DTE Covered Calls and Maximizing Income Earlier in January, I profiled a series of three ETFs from Roundhill Investments that stood out for their weekly distributions and use of a 0DTE (zero-day-to-expiry) options selling strategy. 0DTE options are contracts that expire on the same day they are traded, meaning there’s no overnight risk. These options have gained popularity among traders because of structural mispricing, allowing investors to harvest daily income—though at the cost of higher turnover, frequent position management, and increased exposure to sudden market swings. The Roundhill ETFs I previously covered used index options, which are European-style (meaning they can’t be exercised early) and cash-settled (meaning no actual shares change hands at expiration). They also used FLEX options, which are customizable contracts that trade over the counter instead of on a traditional exchange. But if you don’t want to outsource the strategy to an ETF provider, you can do it yourself using three unique ETFs that offer 0DTE contracts, letting you run an active covered call strategy on your own terms. Here’s a look at each of these ETFs and the potential income you could generate by selling 0DTE covered calls on 100 shares. 1. SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE:) has the lowest premiums of all three ETFs, and for good reason—the underlying isn’t as volatile. However, the trade-off is that SPY is a solid ETF to get stuck holding if you do get assigned. As of February 24, SPY trades at $600.25 per share, meaning 100 shares require a capital outlay of $60,025. With this, you can sell the SPY250224C00601000 call option for a $0.61 premium, which expires the same day. This option is slightly out of the money (OTM) and nets you around $61 after commissions. That translates to a daily yield of 0.10% against your capital outlay. If this rate were consistent and reinvested over the 252 trading days in a year, it would annualize to approximately 29.17%. Of course, this can fluctuate significantly, and there’s always the risk of getting assigned if SPY closes above the strike price. A good rule of thumb is that the delta of the sold call represents the approximate probability of assignment—the higher the delta, the more likely you’ll be forced to sell your shares. ​ 2. Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) ​Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:) offers significantly higher premiums than SPY, largely because the is a narrow index of just 100 stocks, heavily concentrated in mega-cap tech, which has been extremely volatile in recent years. At the time of writing, QQQ trades at $523.50 per share, meaning 100 shares require a capital outlay of $52,350. With this, you can sell the QQQ250224C00524000 call option for a $1.20 premium, netting $120 in premium income. This translates to a daily yield of 0.23% against your capital outlay. If this rate were sustained and reinvested over 252 trading days, it would annualize to 78.07%. As always, this assumes consistent premiums, which won’t always be the case. And since QQQ is more volatile, there’s a higher probability of getting assigned, especially if tech rallies unexpectedly. 3. iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) This one is my personal favorite for selling 0DTE covered calls, mainly because of its much lower share price. Right now, iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSE:) trades at $217.69 per share, meaning the total capital required for this strategy is just $21,769—a fraction of what SPY or QQQ demand. The underlying index also works in your favor. Small caps are more volatile than the , which translates into higher option premiums for covered call sellers. At the moment, you can sell the slightly OTM IWM250224C00218000 call option for a $0.28 premium, netting $28 in income per contract. This results in a daily yield of 0.13% against your capital outlay. If this rate were sustained and reinvested over 252 trading days, it would annualize to 38.25%. The only real drawback is that IWM isn’t the ideal small-cap index to get stuck holding. It’s not terrible, but it lacks an earnings filter, meaning some of its holdings have poor profitability and lower quality compared to other small-cap indices. Source link #HighYield #ETFs #Selling #0DTE #Covered #Calls #Maximizing #Income Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Book Club: Read ‘We Do Not Part,’ by Han Kang, With the Book Review Book Club: Read ‘We Do Not Part,’ by Han Kang, With the Book Review Welcome to the Book Review Book Club! Every month, we select a book to discuss with our readers. Last month, we read “Orbital,” by Samantha Harvey. (You can also go back and listen to our episodes on “Small Things Like These,” “James” and “Intermezzo.”) Humanity has a funny relationship with history: We never quite know what to do with it. Let the past be the past, some say. If we don’t learn from history, we’re doomed to repeat it, others counter. But history doesn’t care what we want; it will make its presence known, whether we like it or not. That’s certainly the case in the Nobel laureate Han Kang’s new book, “We Do Not Part.” The novel, which was translated by E. Yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris, is a ****-sitting quest gone surreal. The story follows Kyungha, a writer and documentarian who is summoned to a hospital in Seoul by her close friend and former collaborator, Inseon. Inseon, it turns out, has sliced off her fingertips while working in her carpentry workshop. She’s now stuck in the hospital undergoing a painful treatment that will keep her bedridden for weeks. Worried about her **** parakeet, Ama, who was abandoned at home in the emergency and has most certainly run out of food, Inseon asks Kyungha to travel to her house and care for the bird. The only issue? Inseon’s house is hundreds of miles away, on the island of Jeju, and there’s a blizzard barreling toward it that will soon cut off access to the area. Despite the perilous trip, Kyungha makes it, but once there, she doesn’t just find the bird. She also finds an apparition of Inseon, who has a devastating history to tell. Transforming real life into a haunting dreamscape, “We Do Not Part” is about grief, tragedy, the weight of the past, and the painful but essential work of remembering, delivered by one of the most electrifying writers working today. (Han’s 2016 novel, “The Vegetarian,” won the International Booker Prize and was recently named one of The New York Times’s Best Books of the 21st Century.) Source link #Book #Club #Read #Part #Han #Kang #Book #Review Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

How Einav Zangauker Became Netanyahu’s Fiercest Foe How Einav Zangauker Became Netanyahu’s Fiercest Foe More hostage releases were set to unfold over the following days, but the 2023 deal soon collapsed: Israel blamed ****** for reneging on the terms of the agreement by attempting to release three corpses instead of three living female hostages. Members of Israel’s war cabinet argued in closed meetings that Israel should overlook the infraction and maintain the cease-fire, to save as many hostages as it could. “I thought that it was right to continue implementing the deal in any way possible,” Gadi Eisenkot, a retired general and member of the war cabinet, told the investigative news show “Uvda” last year. But Netanyahu and his broader security cabinet overruled them. That night, Israel resumed its bombing campaign in Gaza. “That was my first breaking point,” Einav told me. “I remember thinking, How do I peel myself off the floor?” That winter, Einav met with Netanyahu for a second time since the attacks, along with relatives of other hostages. “We will do everything in our power to bring your loved ones home,” he told them again. When the families pressed him on what he meant by “everything,” Netanyahu waffled, according to Einav. “That’s when the thought started to nag at me that something bad was happening,” she told me. Einav disagreed with the few families at that meeting who called for preventing humanitarian aid from entering Gaza. Einav knew from Ilana that what little food the hostages received came from the aid packages, and a blockade would also hurt everyday Palestinians, which she found morally wrong. But Netanyahu “seemed to back those families, after telling us something completely different,” she told me. “I realized that his war goals” — to eliminate ****** and bring back the hostages — “were on a collision course.” Gil Dickmann, whose cousin was among those captured from Kibbutz Be’eri, recalled paying attention to Einav at that meeting. “She had a no-********* attitude,” he said. She told me that she was the last to speak, and she informed Netanyahu that just as her vote gave him a mandate to lead, she would “take that mandate away.” In the months before that meeting, “We had a sense that we were being played, but we didn’t know by whom,” Dickmann said. “Then, as time passed, it became clear who the biggest player of all was. It became clear that the person responsible was Netanyahu.” By then, several hostage families had begun to protest outside the I.D.F. headquarters near Begin Road. They hoped to intercept politicians and security chiefs as they drove into the compound. The first to do so was Avichai Brodutch, a pineapple grower from Kibbutz Kfar Aza whose wife and children were captured from their home. Days after the attacks, he set up a chair and a hand-drawn sign: “My family is in Gaza.” He was soon joined by Hadas Kalderon, whose two children and ex-husband, Ofer, were also held hostage by ******. Kalderon and a handful of other women formed a group called the Mothers’ Guard. Einav occasionally drove by with her daughters and offered her support, but she initially shied away from public action. As she put it, “I was still under the influence of the Bibi-ist cult.” The Brodutch and Kalderon children were returned as part of the 2023 truce deal. Hadas and Avichai now devoted themselves to their children’s rehabilitation. So Ifat Kalderon, Ofer’s cousin, took over the Begin Road guard with a handful of other relatives and supporters. In February 2024, Einav, still anguished after the meeting with Netanyahu, decided to sleep outside the defense headquarters until Matan returned. Kalderon and the other women arranged a tent and blankets for her and offered their sympathies. Once the police ordered her to remove the tent, she joined the rest of the group at Begin. Source link #Einav #Zangauker #Netanyahus #Fiercest #Foe Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Warzone Prioritizing Verdansk Over Avalon Proves They’d Rather Recycle Than Innovate Warzone Prioritizing Verdansk Over Avalon Proves They’d Rather Recycle Than Innovate Warzone will do anything to stay in its comfort zone, and fans are extremely furious about it. Activision seems to have lost its edge over the years, which has resulted in the downfall of the Call of Duty franchise. Call of Duty Warzone has been going through a rough phase. Image Credit: Treyarch Call of Duty games are not what they used to be. The multiplayer is riddled with microtransactions and pay-to-win strategies, whereas the single player fails to create a compelling narrative. The cause for the recent criticism is Activision’s decision to prioritize Verdansk over Avalon, which is a newer, fresher map. Warzone fails to impress fans yet again The updates fail to bring innovation. Image Credit: Treyarch Warzone will introduce one of its widely celebrated maps, Verdansk, back into the game instead of going with Avalon, which is a newer map. The decision to bank on nostalgia instead of innovation proves that the developer does not want to work hard towards building something better; it would rather just keep bearing the fruit of its past successes. By doing so, the developer is at risk of losing credibility since fans are already on to its sly schemes. This laid-back attitude is not going to prove beneficial in the long run and will cause serious problems. Activision is running away from any risky endeavors like including a new map because it wants to keep monetizing on its tried and tested formulas over and over again. Grain of Salt: Avalon may potentially be postponed from its original late 2025 release or completely canned for Warzone because of Verdansk’s return. pic.twitter.com/zcHBoFnfML — Hope (@TheGhostOfHope) February 27, 2025 Why are they so against having multiple BR maps? — Clarity (@ClarityFPS) February 27, 2025 We were all bored of Verdansk. We will be bored of it again in no time. Bring out Avalon (maybe with less water). — heff (@heffstar) February 27, 2025 Avalon could offer players an opportunity to explore new areas and could also bring in a fresh meta to the game. Reintroducing an old map is not always the best way to move forward, especially when the game’s player community is against it. Warzone is riddled with a lot of other problems as well. Live-service games thrive on new content The developer needs to put in more effort. Image Credit: Treyarch It is very important for any live-service game to keep coming up with fresh and exciting content to keep its player community intact. Failing to do so results in players losing interest in a game, which eventually results in a decline in the player count. Nostalgic elements do work well a lot of times since a lot of old players get a chance to relive their memories in a better way; however, it is also important to see what the player community wants at a particular time. The criticism against Warzone is largely that the developers are not ready to innovate. It would rather just recycle previous stuff rather than come up with new things in the game. This could make the experience of playing the game monotonous. What do you think about it? Let us know in the comments below. Source link #Warzone #Prioritizing #Verdansk #Avalon #Proves #Theyd #Recycle #Innovate Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Emini S&P, Nasdaq, and Dow Hit Critical Support in Thursday Sell-Off Emini S&P, Nasdaq, and Dow Hit Critical Support in Thursday Sell-Off Emini S&P, Nasdaq, and Dow Hit Critical Support in Thursday Sell-Off Source link #Emini #SampP #Nasdaq #Dow #Hit #Critical #Support #Thursday #SellOff Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

On the Japanese Coast, a Carefully Restored Modernist Marvel On the Japanese Coast, a Carefully Restored Modernist Marvel By Design takes a closer look at the world of design, in moments big and small. IN 1919, THE Czech American architect Antonin Raymond and his wife and creative partner, the French-born American artist Noémi Raymond, traveled to Tokyo to help Frank Lloyd Wright construct the Imperial Hotel. While working on the project, they decided to set up their practice in Japan, where they remained — apart from a stint in the United States during and after World War II — until 1970. One of Antonin’s protégés, Junzo Yoshimura, who is said to have developed an interest in architecture after his father took him to the Imperial Hotel as a teenager, would later popularize Japanese Modernism in the United States, creating a house for the garden at New York’s Museum of Modern Art and two buildings for the future vice president Nelson Rockefeller’s family estate in Pocantico Hills, N.Y. But Yoshimura achieved most of his success in Japan; by the time of his death in 1997, at age 88, he was responsible for the schematic design for a wing of Emperor Hirohito’s palace in Tokyo as well as several dozen private houses across the country, including a three-bedroom weekend home in the cliffside town of Atami on the Pacific, where, at the request of the beauty mogul Hatsuko Endo, he carpeted each space in a different color. Five years ago, Naoki Kotaka, 39, a writer and curator with a background in architecture, and his high school friend Aimi Sahara, 39, the founder and designer of the women’s denim brand Tu Es Mon Tresor, became art advisers for a wealthy Japanese private equity investor in his 50s. On behalf of their client, who lives in Tokyo and asked not to be named, they acquired paintings by such artists as Jean-Michel Basquiat and David Hockney, and a fragment of “We the People” (2011-16), the Danish Vietnamese artist Danh Vo’s 250-piece copper replica of the Statue of Liberty. They soon realized that they would have to find somewhere to put this growing collection. The investor had recently purchased a mountain lodge by Yoshimura in Nagano prefecture that is still being renovated. Then the property in Atami, about 60 miles southwest of Tokyo, came on the market. At first, their client was reluctant: The house, which was built in 1977, was smaller than he wanted. But Kotaka and Sahara saw an opportunity. By furnishing the space with rare midcentury pieces, most of which they would buy at auction or source from galleries in Milan, São Paulo, Paris and New York, they could place Yoshimura in a new context — as an influential Japanese architect, but also as part of an international network of Modernists, including the Raymonds and Wright, as well as Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Before signing the deal, Endo’s son, whose family often visited the house, made Kotaka and Sahara promise that their client wouldn’t tear the place down. Despite not being designers themselves, Kotaka and Sahara ended up returning the 3,240-square-foot, two-story structure to its early glory with, Kotaka says, “repainting and some partial carpentry fixes.” After consulting with a few historians, architects and craftspeople, they also retiled the upstairs bathroom, recarpeted the floors using Yoshimura’s preferred mill and added contemporary art by the painter Alex Katz and others to make the house, which now functions as an event and exhibition space — and, to a lesser extent, a weekend retreat, for the duo sometimes as much as for their client — feel new again. “YOSHIMURA CARED ABOUT people and how they’d enjoy their life here,” says Kotaka on a hot afternoon this past September. While he sets the dining table, Sahara emerges from the open kitchen with grilled freshwater eel and rice for lunch. As with a lot of the house’s décor, Yoshimura designed the nine-foot-long wood table and the hooded cotton light above it specially for the space. Here and in the adjacent living area, pale green wool carpeting and earthy furniture — a jacaranda coffee table and yellow armchair and sofa set by the mid-20th-century, Portuguese-born Brazilian designer Joaquim Tenreiro; a wrought-iron guéridon by the French minimalist Jean-Michel Frank; and a bamboo-and-enameled brass lamp by the Swiss architect Pierre Jeanneret — suggest a kind of anachronistic lounge life. As soon as they arrived, Kotaka and Sahara took down the fabric wall treatments and removed the 1980s leather furniture that made the sun-dappled rooms feel dark. “It was more like a bar where you’d drink ******** and smoke cigars,” he says. “We wanted it to be a bit brighter.” Elsewhere, they mostly left the existing colors alone. From the foyer, where they hung a 1968 red enameled steel wall cabinet by Perriand to match the carpet, a corridor leads to a blue study and a main bedroom in calming mustard green, or “sand,” as Kotaka calls it, with a bed and dresser by Yoshimura and a pair of upholstered gray Isamu Kenmochi chairs from the 1970s. “We didn’t want to add too many things that would evoke the reality of a lived space,” says Kotaka. “It’s more blank.” Next to the primary bathroom — whose floors are also carpeted — is a ******-tiled room containing Endo’s original hooded hair dryer. “Her Hitchcock salon,” says Kotaka, pointing at the now purely decorative device. If you tried to use it, he adds, “you’d probably rip off your head.” Upstairs, past a blue-tiled bathroom and a guest room with a tweed Tenreiro armchair overlooking the sea, what was once the children’s bedroom has become a skylit den with red carpeting, a built-in sofa and two wooden stools by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret. When guests come over, they either hang out here or outside by the barbecue pit. But the clearest intervention is in the kitchen. The old cork tiles on the floor were replaced by ceramic ones with a Pac-Maze-like motif by the American artist Andrea Zittel, who made them for her own home in California’s Mojave Desert, and the former maid’s room is now part of the pantry. “Andrea’s installation became a really good tool for us to unify these spaces,” says Kotaka. Except for a bouquet of sunflowers and eucalyptus arranged in an oxblood vase on the counter, the most striking object in the kitchen is a grubby ****** apron hanging from the oven door that reads, “Maybe broccoli doesn’t like you either.” In a house this well considered, it stands out. By way of explanation, Sahara pulls out two more aprons and a marble rolling pin, which they got at the 2022 auction of Joan Didion’s estate. “My favorite writer,” she says with a smile. What started out as a place to store art has become a house in which to live with it. “It’s sort of like walking into a closet and trying on someone else’s original Margiela,” says Kotaka. “We’re engaging with pieces you’re not normally allowed to engage with.” Photo assistant: Hiroki Nagahiro Source link #Japanese #Coast #Carefully #Restored #Modernist #Marvel Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

As the E.P.A. Withers, Will Its Museum Follow? As the E.P.A. Withers, Will Its Museum Follow? In a city where world-class masterpieces sit in marble temples that line the National Mall, the small museum devoted to the work of the Environmental Protection Agency, tucked away in a federal building near the White House, has not exactly inspired much fanfare. But as President Trump and Elon Musk slash and burn their way through Washington’s federal bureaucracy, this humble tribute to the E.P.A.’s mission of curbing pollution and fighting climate change somehow remains open — perhaps as a symbol of resilience, possibly because nobody knows that the museum exists. The National Environmental Museum and Education Center, as the E.P.A. museum is known, opened in 2024 on the ground floor of the imposing William Jefferson Clinton Building North on Pennsylvania Avenue. The space is small but bright, in contrast with the drab exhibit in a nearby federal building that served as a beta version of the museum while the permanent one was being designed. With the Trump administration threatening potentially huge staff and budget cuts, the museum could soon come to serve as a testament to a hobbled, diminished agency. “It was really a labor of love,” said Stan Meiburg, who served as acting deputy E.P.A. administrator from 2014 until 2017. Dr. Meiburg recalled that the inspiration for a tribute to the E.P.A.’s work came after Gina McCarthy, the E.P.A. administrator at the time, toured an environmental museum during a 2015 visit to Japan. “That was really all it took,” Dr. Meiburg recalled in an interview. “People were tremendously enthusiastic about it.” Some still are. State Senator Nate Blouin, Democrat of Utah, was in Washington last summer, with a little time before his flight back home, when he “stumbled across” the museum — and found himself delightfully surprised. “I thoroughly enjoyed wandering through the space and even came across an exhibit that gave a shout-out to Salt Lake City’s public bike program,” Mr. Blouin wrote in an email. “It would be a shame to see the work that was already done honoring the country’s environmental achievements be scrapped over political posturing.” What may be posturing to Mr. Blouin has been a show of force to Mr. Trump and his supporters. A short walk from the Clinton North building is what used to be the headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development, which in January became the first target of Mr. Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency. The agency’s headquarters have been shuttered, with signage either covered up or removed, its work force thrown into chaos. Agencies across the executive branch are facing similar cuts, as well as mandates to comply with the president’s executive order to cancel all diversity initiatives — and an administration-wide initiative to remove references to climate change in agency communications, including websites. Lee Zeldin, the new E.P.A. administrator, is a close ally of President Trump who ran unsuccessfully for the New York governorship in 2022 and has no evident experience in environmental conservation. Mr. Zeldin has canceled some $60 million in contracts tied to what a news release described as “wasteful D.E.I. and environmental justice initiatives,” using an abbreviation for diversity, equity and inclusion. The agency’s new “Powering the Great American Comeback” initiative aims to promote automotive manufacturing, artificial intelligence capacity and energy production — goals not generally considered to be within E.P.A.’s purview. Mr. Zeldin also celebrated the president’s renaming of the Gulf of Mexico as “the Gulf of America” by promptly changing the name of the E.P.A.’s division focused on that region. Mr. Zeldin has expressed eagerness to work with Mr. Musk, praising recent federal dismissals, and has hired industry figures, including a formaldehyde lobbyist, to the top ranks of the E.P.A. Still, an official who works at the E.P.A.’s headquarters was cautiously sanguine. “I think I’m still feeling out new leadership,” the official said, requesting anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press. He said that the new E.P.A. officials had not been “quite as openly cruel and dismissive” as new political appointees in other agencies — or the E.P.A. appointees who served during Mr. Trump’s first term. E.P.A. press officials did not respond to a request to comment. Even as pillars of the federal government topple around it, the small E.P.A. museum stands. Access is free, but not without barriers. First, there is the entrance door, so heavy and unyielding that it is all too easy to assume that the building is closed. Eventually, a gesticulating guard indicates otherwise. Inside, an airport-style security check awaits, with separate bins for laptops and bags — this is, after all, a federal building. For better or worse, there is no gift store. On a recent afternoon, the E.P.A. played host to half a dozen or so students from the George Washington University. Their professor, a public health expert, stood near the museum’s entrance handing out worksheets. Inside, the students were greeted with a story that had unfurled largely before they were born: the creation of the E.P.A. by President Richard M. Nixon in 1970; the Love Canal toxic waste crisis of 1978, in western New York, which gave rise to the Superfund remediation program; the 1982 protest in Warren County, N.C., against the dumping of contaminated soil in a ****** community; the federal response to the Deepwater Horizon oil well blowout off the coast of Louisiana in 2010. Perhaps understandably, the displays don’t have much to say about the chronic underfunding of the Superfund program. Nor about the numerous controversies that saw Scott Pruitt, Mr. Trump’s first E.P.A. administrator, forced out of his position in 2018. Dr. Meiburg, the former E.P.A. official, said he hoped that the Trump administration would realize Republicans and Democrats alike needed clean air and water — and that the president’s relentless cost cutters would keep the E.P.A. museum open because it was a testament to that work. “You keep this museum because it tells the actual story,” he said. “It’s not a partisan story.” Source link #E.P.A #Withers #Museum #Follow Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Why ‘Emilia Pérez,’ a Film About Mexico, Flopped in Mexico Why ‘Emilia Pérez,’ a Film About Mexico, Flopped in Mexico “Emilia Pérez,” the movie about a transgender ******** cartel leader whoreconciles with her past, enters the Academy Awards on Sunday with 13 nominations, the most of any film this year. It is also the most nods ever for any non-English language film. The film has already won several accolades, including best comedy or musical at the Golden Globe Awards. In Mexico, the reception has been exactly the opposite. It has been widely criticized for its depiction of the country, the minimization of the cartel violence that has ravaged so many and the few Mexicans involved in its production. Comments about Spanish by its French writer-director, Jacques Audiard, which some saw as denigrating the language, and by its lead, Karla Sofía Gascón, about Islam and George Floyd, stoked the discontent in Mexico and made matters worse. “Emilia Pérez” wasn’t released in ******** theaters until Jan. 23 — five months after its debut in France and two months after its U.S. release. In Mexico, theaters showing the film have been largely empty. Some unhappy moviegoers have even demanded refunds. An online ******** short film parodying the French roots of “Emilia Pérez,” on the other hand, was a hit. “Emilia Pérez” has been the fodder of many social media memes. And it has been denounced by the families of victims of violence in Mexico. “It has become a real disaster,” said Francisco Peredo Castro, a film expert and a history and communications professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. A main critique of “Emilia Pérez” is that it trivializes Mexico’s ongoing struggle with organized crime. There have been more than 460,000 homicides since 2006, when the president then declared war on the cartels. The movie is a musical, with glitzy song-and-dance numbers, including lyrics about bodies disposed of in acid. “We should keep things in perspective and say, ‘We’re not going to sing or dance about this subject,’” said Artemisa Belmonte, 41, who became an activist after her mother, three uncles and a cousin disappeared in 2011 in Chihuahua state, a region hit hard by the drug war. More than 100,000 people have vanished in Mexico since 2006, according to government data. Ms. Belmonte wondered if Hollywood or the European cinema industry would dare to make musicals about the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. During a news conference before the film’s release in Mexico, Mr. Audiard said he apologized if he handled a delicate subject “too lightly.” In a different interview, he said that “cinema doesn’t provide answers; it only asks questions, but maybe the questions in ‘Emilia Pérez’ are incorrect.” (He has also said that he didn’t study Mexico much before making the film.) Netflix, which bought the U.S. distribution rights for “Emilia Pérez” at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, declined to comment. It recently announced a $1 billion investment to produce series and films in Mexico over the next four years. David Chelminsky, the director of Zima Entertainment, which distributed the film in Mexico, said in an interview that he had never had a film in his career generate such hatred in the country. “All criticism is valid, but there was a very virulent, very aggressive criticism that didn’t leave room for other opinions,” he said. “So people who liked the film or who wanted to see it preferred to stay a little bit on the sidelines because there were constant attacks against anyone who came out to say, ‘I liked it.’” He suggested there were tinges of xenophobia and transphobia in some critiques. Not all Mexicans have condemned the movie. Guillermo del Toro, a three-time Oscar winner, said that Mr. Audiard was “one of the most amazing filmmakers alive” and that his view of Mexico was “hypnotic and beautiful.” Elisa Miller, another acclaimed ******** filmmaker, said it was “nice” to serve as an adviser on ******** matters for Mr. Audiard. After a recent showing at a Mexico City theater, Alberto Muñoz, 37, a visual designer, said he understood the concerns about the movie but also appreciated its technical qualities. “It’s an entertaining movie,” he said. But Ms. Belmonte, whose relatives disappeared in Chihuahua, said that after streaming the film while in California for Christmas, she was so troubled by it that she created an online petition in January calling for a halt on awards and its release in Mexico. “The movie has been successful with people who have not experienced disappearances,” Ms. Belmonte said. While she understood Mr. Audiard’s defense that the film is fiction, Ms. Belmonte was also disturbed at the way the Emilia Pérez character shifted from being a notorious cartel leader to a champion of the disappeared. Critics have also taken issue with the lack of ******** talent in front and behind the camera. “Emilia Pérez” was largely shot on French soundstages because, Mr. Audiard said, he preferred the controlled environment. Adriana Paz is the only ******** performer who plays a leading character. Mexicans felt slighted when the film’s casting director said that while crew members searched for actors in Mexico and other Latin American countries, they decided to go with the best options, even if they were not ********. Mr. Audiard has said that they wanted *******-name stars in order to be able to finance the film. Mexicans have also pointed to the accents of the lead actresses: Zoe Saldaña, an American of Dominican descent who has won awards for her performance and is up for an Oscar for best supporting actress; Ms. Gascón, who is from Spain and has lived and acted in Mexico; and Selena Gomez, an American of ******** descent who worked to regain her Spanish fluency for the film. (Ms. Gascón is the first openly transgender actress to be nominated for an Oscar.) After Eugenio Derbez, a well-known ******** actor and filmmaker, called Ms. Gomez’s pronunciation “indefensible,” she apologized, saying “I did the best I could with the time I was given.” In Mexico City, some audience members laughed during a recent screening when the Ms. Saldaña and Ms. Gascón’s characters used ******** colloquialisms. “The dialogues are completely inorganic — what the characters are saying doesn’t make sense,” said Héctor Guillén, 26, a ******** screenwriter and producer. (Ms. Gascón has said she is “more ******** than cactus.”) Given the controversy surrounding the movie, he said, “in a few years this movie will be one of the biggest embarrassments of European film.” But Mr. Peredo Castro, the professor, questioned why the backlash against “Emilia Pérez” was so strong, arguing that there were 120 years’ worth of depictions of Mexicans in “insensitive” and “insulting” ways. He pointed not only to “greaser” films of the early 1900s that featured Mexicans as villains, but recent music genres, telenovelas and shows (scripted and reality) that glorified narco-trafficking. And he said the ******* American and European film industries have frequently looked at Mexico through the lens of misery. Mr. Peredo Castro said “Emilia Pérez” had been released at a time of upheaval under President Trump, who has repeatedly targeted the United States’ biggest trading partner over fentanyl and migration. The criticisms, he said, have “greatly exacerbated the sensitivity” of Mexico at being the center of attention for violence, drugs and corruption. In response to “Emilia Pérez,” Camila Aurora, a ******** trans content creator, made the short film parody, “Johanne Sacreblu.” Filmed in the streets of Mexico City with ******** performers using stilted French accents and stereotypical attire, it has gained 3.2 million views on YouTube in a month and was released in some theaters. “Emilia Pérez,” on the other hand, has drawn tepid audience numbers. Since its debut in Mexico and through last weekend, it has made $832,000 with about 210,000 tickets sold, according to figures from the ******** National Chamber of the Film Industry. In comparison, “Captain America: Brave New World,” which came out three weeks later, sold 2.9 million tickets through last weekend. On Sunday, Ms. Belmonte, who created the online petition against the film, said she had no plans to watch the Oscars, even though she considers it her Super Bowl, a must-see annual event. This time, she said, “I’ve lost the desire.” Source link #Emilia #Pérez #Film #Mexico #Flopped #Mexico Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF: Key Things ********* Investors Should Know Before Buying Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF: Key Things ********* Investors Should Know Before Buying If the Vanguard ETF (VFV) doesn’t give you enough large-cap U.S. equity exposure as a ********* investor, Invesco NASDAQ 100 Index ETF (QQC) is one of the most popular alternatives. This ETF is essentially the ********* version of the Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:), offering exposure to the , but there are a few subtle differences to be aware of. Here’s what you need to know before putting your money into it. QQC: The Basics The Invesco NASDAQ 100 Index ETF (QQC) tracks the Nasdaq-100 Index, which is built around three key rules: it only includes stocks listed on the Nasdaq exchange, it selects the 100 largest non-financial companies, and it excludes banks, insurance firms, and other financials. The index is market-cap weighted, meaning larger companies make up a ******* share of the portfolio, which helps explain why a few mega-cap stocks dominate the ETF. Because of these criteria, the index has naturally become heavily concentrated in technology stocks, with over 50% of its weight in the sector. This stems from the dot-com ***** and beyond, when many of the biggest tech companies chose to list on the Nasdaq instead of the NYSE, reinforcing the exchange’s reputation as a hub for growth-oriented, tech-heavy businesses. The top holdings in QQC feature all of the Magnificent Seven stocks: Apple (NASDAQ:), Microsoft (NASDAQ:), Nvidia (NASDAQ:), Amazon (NASDAQ:), Tesla (NASDAQ:), Meta (NASDAQ:), and Alphabet (NASDAQ:). However, not all of them are technically considered tech stocks. Apple, Microsoft, and Nvidia fall under the technology sector, but Amazon and Tesla are classified as consumer discretionary, while Meta and Alphabet are in communication services. In fact, there’s only one stock in the entire Nasdaq-100’s top 10 that isn’t a tech or tech-adjacent company—Costco (NASDAQ:). QQC: Currency Risk QQC gets its exposure to the Nasdaq-100 Index by holding a U.S.-listed ETF, the Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF (NASDAQ:). This means that its 0.20% management expense ratio (MER) includes the 0.15% MER charged by QQQM, with the remaining 0.05% going to Invesco Canada. Since QQC holds a U.S.-denominated ETF, it introduces currency risk. This can manifest in two ways: USD appreciates against CAD: If the strengthens relative to the , then all else being equal, the price of QQC would rise. This is because the underlying assets (QQQM shares), denominated in USD, become more valuable in CAD terms. CAD appreciates versus USD: Conversely, if the CAD strengthens against the USD, the price of QQC would fall, all else being equal. This decrease occurs because the value of the underlying USD assets would be lower when converted back to CAD. Personally, I prefer to leave currency risk in place because, historically, when stocks drop, the USD tends to rally as investors move to safe-haven assets. This can help reduce overall volatility for ********* investors. Plus, over the long run, predicting currency movements is a guessing game, making hedging less effective. However, if you want pure Nasdaq-100 returns without currency fluctuations, you can use QQC.F—the same ETF but with currency hedging. It achieves this by using derivatives to neutralize USD/CAD movements, but be aware that this introduces slight drag, which can make it underperform in the long run. QQC: Foreign Withholding Tax You probably already know this, but it’s worth reiterating—********* ETFs that hold U.S. stocks lose 15% of their dividends to foreign withholding tax. The only way to avoid this tax is by holding a U.S.-listed ETF like QQQ or QQQM inside a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP). But for most investors, the brokerage currency conversion fees make this not worth the hassle. The good news is that QQC’s dividend yield is already low, so the impact of withholding tax is minimal. Nasdaq-100 companies tend to prioritize reinvesting in R&D or buying back shares rather than paying out dividends. That said, the small dividend QQC does pay is still subject to foreign withholding tax. In 2023, the ETF distributed a total of $0.79186 per unit. Of that, $0.60835 came from capital gains, $0.04483 was return of capital, and $0.15961 was foreign income—the only part subject to withholding tax. The actual withholding tax applied worked out to just $0.02093 per unit, which isn’t worth stressing over. But don’t be surprised when you see this deduction on your distributions—it’s just part and parcel of owning U.S. stocks through a ********* ETF. Source link #Invesco #NASDAQ #ETF #Key #********* #Investors #Buying Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

A Disruptor Asks, Is New York Finally Ready for ‘DOOM’? A Disruptor Asks, Is New York Finally Ready for ‘DOOM’? Barking Doberman pinchers behind chain link fencing and performers who looked like they came straight from the Berlin club scene made the ultracool ******* performance artist Anne Imhof infamous. But last week, at her first rehearsal for “DOOM: House of Hope” at the Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan, there were no dogs in sight. There were still those impossibly beautiful performers, though, many very young. They were sprawled on the floor of one of the Armory’s rehearsal spaces, sitting at the piano, testing out bits of movement, or rehearsing lines from marked up copies of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” — the new project’s starting point. Belying her works’ fierce, sometimes aggro aesthetics, Imhof was a gentle, observing presence, not so much directing the performers but asking them how they wanted to proceed — utterly unlike the strict rigor of, say, a ballet rehearsal. “I count on chance and accidents and things that are not planned,” the 46-year-old Berlin-based artist told me. “There has to be enough openness to it that the performers have agency.” Imhof burst onto the scene at the 2017 Venice Biennale, when her unsettling installation in the ******* Pavilion won the coveted Golden Lion award. “For those of us not living in Germany, or Europe, she came out pretty fully formed with that piece,” said RoseLee Goldberg, the founder and director of Performa, the New York biennial that has been evangelizing performance art for more than 20 years. “It was a powerful takeover — she grabbed the reins of what’s possible in performance in a large setting with a big audience.” Starting March 3 through March 12, New York audiences will have a rare opportunity to see Imhof’s work when she stages her biggest performance to date in the Armory’s 55,000-square-foot drill hall. Despite the amorphous vibe of the rehearsals, there was a subterranean feeling that something big was emerging. Around 50 performers will reimagine Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy over the course of three hours. It will feature 26 Cadillac Escalades parked on a floor designed to resemble a school gym, a Jumbotron with a countdown clock and a pirate radio station playing on the vehicles’ radios. The performers include skateboarders, dancers from the American Ballet Theater and “flexers” — practitioners of a form, part dance hall, part hip-hop, that emerged in Brooklyn in the late ’90s. Imhof, known for her deep commitment to collaboration, sees her role as providing a scaffold for creative types, many of whom she’s worked with for years, to make their own decisions. Instructions for performers might be: “Hold a pose until you are bored with it,” or “move until the gesture is pathetic or ridiculous and then push on further past that point.” For all the uncertainty built into Imhof’s method, it is remarkably intricate, even more so in this cavernous space. “This time we have a script, we have a show book, we have a dancing score, we have a ballet score, we have a score that looks insane because it’s just my drawings of where everyone is supposed to be,” Imhof said. “It’s very much a score, like it’s a SUPER score, like it makes me crazy how much score there is,” she added, laughing. Multiple performers will take on the roles of Romeo and Juliet simultaneously, and the casting is pointedly gender bending. “I’m making images that I actually want to see,” she said. “I want to see two women dancing the parts of Romeo and Juliet. I want to see a gender fluid ballet.” In another twist, the piece will start with the main characters’ deaths and move toward the beginning of the story — “I like that we are turning the whole thing around and making the dynamic something more hopeful,” she said. That hopefulness is certainly a departure from the mood of “Faust,” her Venice Biennale piece. Viewers entered the 1938 Fascist-coded ******* Pavilion through the back door, flanked by those infamous dogs. Once inside they encountered performers enacting strange, ritualistic activities, setting fires, masturbating, singing or engrossed in their cellphones beneath the glass and steel floor. At points during the five-hour event, they emerged from the claustrophobic space to walk, sing, and scream among the crowd, with industrial music pounding in the background — what one critic described as a “catwalk show from hell.” The aesthetic drew from corporate architecture, Balenciaga and the Berlin nightclub scene; it was filled with a distinctly 21st-century youthful malaise. The pavilion was packed during its run; lines were up to two hours long. Critical reaction was wildly enthusiastic, though some were put off by the photogenic quality of the work — was it too Instagrammable to be serious art? — while others were skeptical of its refusal to make a clear political statement. As Judith F. Rodenbeck, a professor of media and cultural studies at the University of California, Riverside, recalled in a conversation, “It was hard to tell if the alienation and aggression was supposed to comment on fascism or what have you, or if it was just borrowing its aesthetic.” In 2021, Imhof’s “Natures Mortes, Tableaux Vivants” turned the massive Palais de Tokyo in Paris into a multilevel concert stage. She filled it with her own paintings — her devotion to the medium continues to drive her work — as well as work by other artists, from Théodore Géricault to Rosemarie Trockel. “DOOM” is not Imhof’s first foray in New York — she presented “Deal” at MoMA PS1 in 2015, in which figures performed abstracted, physical “transactions” involving a vat of buttermilk and 10 rabbits, surrounded by Imhof’s etchings and a video piece. (Klaus Biesenbach, who was the director of MoMA PS1 at the time, is the curator of the Armory show.) “It was somehow too early for me to face the U.S.,” Imhof said. “If I had known America better, I would never, ever have done a piece like that. It flew in Europe and in France — they were like, oh, rabbits — but here animal rights activists were putting my name all over the internet.” This time she hopes will be different, not least because she has lived in New York and Los Angeles during the past several years. She has also done research at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and the Getty Research Institute, where she dug into American ballet, the city’s dance scene, performing arts history, and dance criticism, all of which has shaped “DOOM.” The “Americana” factor is turned up to eleven. Posters promoting the project around town represent the star-crossed lovers’ families as high school mascots — a tiger and a wolf in team hats. The set design evokes a prom that has been crashed by a phalanx of tanklike SUVs, a vehicle that Imhof associates with presidential motorcades and U.S. car culture. At one point, the corps de ballet will be line dancing. The music will echo and quote from Bach and Mahler but also rap, Jim Morrison and Frank Sinatra, in a score composed by Imhof and her collaborators. Despite the title, which seems to point to the anxiety many Americans feel now — Imhof insists that it’s not a direct response to President Trump, not least because she began working on the piece more than three years ago. “The wolves and the lions were originally going to be dressed in red and blue, and I realized, no, that’s not going to work, it’s too strong of a statement. I don’t want to come to America and be loud about American politics.” That said, she added, “I’m pretty aware that I’m a woman in a privileged position in terms of my career and the opportunities that are open to me, but American politics still affects me in very specific ways,” especially in the administration’s repressive actions toward the trans and ****** communities, to which she and many of her collaborators belong. Imhof has developed deep relationships with those collaborators scattered across Europe and the U.S., including Ville Haimala, a veteran of the electronic music duo Amnesia Scanner; the multidisciplinary artist and choreographer Jerome AB; the actor Levi Strasser (from “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes”); Sihana Shalaj, a model based in Stockholm and Paris; and Josh Johnson, a William Forsyth dancer and choreographer. New faces include Talia Ryder, who starred in “Matilda” on Broadway; Jacob Madden, a classically trained pianist; and Devon Teuscher, a principal dancer with American Ballet Theater. And then there is Eliza Douglas, the American painter, Balenciaga model and former romantic partner of Imhof, who has been integral to her work for the past nine years — as performer, musician, singer and composer, costume designer and casting director. Her own paintings have been prominently displayed within Imhof’s installations. (Not in “DOOM,” though, which doesn’t include any art or sculpture — “I didn’t want objects,” Imhof said.) Douglas and Imhof met in Frankfurt in 2015, when Douglas was a student at the Stäedelschule, the art academy from which Imhof had graduated. She invited Douglas to her show “Angst” at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin. “I had this funny feeling that I was auditioning,” Douglas told me. The two started dating, and the collaboration developed organically. “It was so woven into our life. We would be sitting around in our living room, and I would do something strange, and she would like it, and it would become part of the work,” Douglas said. “I was always kind of performing for her.” The intimacy of their connection even when their romance ended allowed Imhof to remove her own body from the stage, she said. “Eliza basically took my part, and she was so good,” Imhof explained, “it shifted for me — I could give away the idea of being this figure inside of the performance.” She is happy to hand over the reins when making her work, a quality that results in a remarkably non-hierarchical environment where performers decide their own path forward. “Why should I insist on being some singular artistic genius?” David Velasco, a writer and the former editor of Artforum, says a strength of the work is how the performers seem to relate to one another. “I can always tell in Imhof’s work that they are in actual communion,” he said. “What’s revealed is cool to watch unfold.” Perhaps that notion of collectivity is the political thrust of Imhof’s art: “I’m working with people as I dream the world would work,” she said. “I don’t think a performance can effect a total paradigm shift, but I think it can open up the possibility for people of seeing themselves as part of something.” Source link #Disruptor #Asks #York #Finally #Ready #DOOM Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Five former US defense secretaries assail Trump's military firings as reckless – Reuters Five former US defense secretaries assail Trump's military firings as reckless – Reuters Five former US defense secretaries assail Trump’s military firings as reckless ReutersOpinion | Trump’s Decision to Fire the JAG Generals Gives the Game Away The New York TimesTrump Nominates Dan ‘Razin’ Caine to be Joint Chiefs Chairman Department of DefenseNo More Female 4-Stars: Franchetti Firing Leaves Top Ranks Filled by Men Military.comFormer defense chiefs denounce Trump’s ‘reckless’ Pentagon firings The Washington Post Source link #defense #secretaries #assail #Trump039s #military #firings #reckless #Reuters Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

She Felt Fine. So Why Had She Lost So Much Weight? She Felt Fine. So Why Had She Lost So Much Weight? The 67-year-old woman slipped off her shoes before stepping onto her doctor’s scale. At her home, in Maplewood, N.J., the bathroom scale had documented the same 25-pound weight loss she and her internist now saw. It happened suddenly, over the past few months. Initially she blamed a bout of Covid-19 that she picked up during a trip with friends to Morocco three months earlier. But that seemed unlikely: The illness felt like no more than a bad cold and lasted only one week. It wasn’t as if she were wasting away, and she rather liked the way she looked at this new weight. Still, she hadn’t been dieting, so it worried her. Just a few weeks earlier, a friend lost weight unintentionally like this and was diagnosed with metastatic *******. By the time she got to this appointment with her primary-care doctor, the woman, an emergency-room physician, had already done some investigating. She saw her ob-gyn, who gave her the all-clear. A recent colonoscopy and mammogram were normal. Still, she wanted to hear what her internist, Dr. James Rommer, would make of her unintended weight loss. Rommer had known the woman for many years. He saw her before her left-knee replacement surgery the previous year; not long afterward, she called to tell him that her blood pressure was high. He started her on a blood-pressure medication and had increased it at each of her follow-up visits. She didn’t feel sick, the patient told Rommer. She had no nausea, no stomach pain. Her appetite was good. Maybe she was a little more tired than usual, but that could be left over from the holidays, she said. Her blood pressure was elevated but otherwise her exam was normal. Rommer agreed the weight loss was concerning; patients don’t usually lose weight by accident. He outlined his plan: For the weight loss, he would order some basic lab tests — blood count, chemistries, liver and thyroid studies. And for her new and persistent high blood pressure, he would look for a couple of unusual tumors that can raise blood pressure by putting out excessive cortisol or epinephrine, the fight-or-flight hormones made by the adrenal glands. If all that was normal, he would get a CT scan of her chest, abdomen and pelvis to make sure he wasn’t missing anything. A Life-Threatening Deficiency The patient was at the gym the next morning when her phone rang. Rommer’s voice was grave as he explained the unexpected finding from her lab tests. Her liver and kidney results and blood counts had been normal. But her cortisol, which Rommer had thought might be elevated, was practically undetectable. That could be dangerous. He asked if she felt safe to drive. Cortisol is one of the body’s most powerful stress hormones. It acts on nearly every organ in the body, helping to maintain normal function after episodes of physiological stress such as illness or surgery. When the body is unable to produce adequate amounts of cortisol, recovery from any type of stress can be difficult and sometimes impossible. Deficiencies of the hormone can be life-threatening. Hearing this unexpected result, the patient’s first thought was that there had been a lab error. She felt fine, she told Rommer. Patients with adrenal insufficiency, as it’s called, usually notice muscle weakness and wasting. They have nausea and vomiting. She had no such symptoms and was in the middle of her usual workout. Rommer insisted that she needed to be seen immediately. This was an emergency. The patient showered and changed out of her sweaty gym clothes and arranged to see an endocrinologist, Dr. Marie Nevin, who worked with a close friend and was located in nearby Morristown, N.J. Nevin greeted the patient cheerfully. First order of business, she told the patient, was to double check the abnormal lab result. Again the woman’s cortisol level was dangerously low. Another hormone, called adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), which triggers the release of cortisol, was also low. They would have to figure out why these two hormones were so out of whack, and the patient would have to be started on daily doses of hydrocortisone to replace the cortisol her body wasn’t making in adequate amounts. But before starting treatment, it was important to find out if the cortisol was low because the adrenal ****** simply wasn’t making it or if it was because of the low ACTH. The patient was given an injection of ACTH, which should prompt the adrenal glands to release very high levels of cortisol. An hour later the cortisol level was higher, but still not as high as it should be. That suggested that both the adrenal glands and the pituitary ******, which makes ACTH, were not working properly. Nevin sent off tests to see if other pituitary or adrenal hormones were affected. They weren’t. She also looked for the most common causes of these kinds of disorders. Was this some type of autoimmune issue? She sent tests to look for the kinds of autoantibodies known to attack these parts of the body. All negative. There were diseases that could affect the adrenal or pituitary glands: H.I.V., tuberculosis and tumors that, because of their size or their unregulated secretion of hormones, might disrupt those organs’ function. Dozens of tubes of blood were filled and sent off to a variety of labs. She had none of the disorders that could cause this dramatic drop. An M.R.I. of the brain showed a tumor on the pituitary, but it was tiny. Further testing showed it wasn’t producing any hormones at all. It was what is known as an incidentaloma, too small and inert be the cause of her symptoms. The Medicine Works Nevin was puzzled. She had seen her share of patients with adrenal insufficiency. They looked sick: tired and listless with weak and painful muscles; their blood pressure was sometimes so low they could hardly stand up. None of that was true for this patient. She looked physically fit. Her blood pressure was high, not low. It was true that she had lost weight, but the overall picture didn’t fit. Still, she believed the lab results. She scanned the literature for other possible causes of her patient’s sluggish glands. She found a couple of case reports of patients who developed adrenal insufficiency after a Covid-19 infection. Could the patient’s bout with Covid a few months earlier be the culprit? The timing was right, but there was no way to tell at this point. The patient did well on the twice daily hydrocortisone treatment. She started regaining her lost weight, and her mild fatigue subsided. She asked the doctor if she was going to have to be on this medication forever. Nevin told her that she probably would. At least that was true for most patients with adrenal insufficiency. After two weeks on the hydrocortisone, the patient started having trouble sleeping. She reduced the dose and suddenly she could sleep again. When the sleeplessness returned a few weeks later, she cut the dose again. All this occurred nearly a year ago. The patient continues to take a small dose of the hydrocortisone every day. Strangely, her high blood pressure improved, and she was able to stop the hypertension medications. Nevin tells me she still doesn’t understand why. Nor did Nevin understand why this patient was not as sick as most who have adrenal insufficiency. Her hypothesis is that the deficiency was discovered early. Because the symptoms are vague, patients with critically low stress-hormone levels can elude diagnosis for months, sometimes years. A few months after this diagnosis, a newly published study showed that 14 percent of people with Covid-19 developed adrenal insufficiency that often improved on its own over time. As with so much about this virus, why the deficiency occurs, or why it resolves, is still not well understood. While there is no way to know for certain if it was the Covid infection that caused the patient’s adrenal insufficiency, both she and Nevin, inspired by the recent study, plan to try to get her off the medication sometime this year. It will be a slow process — but from the patient’s perspective, totally worth it. Source link #Felt #Fine #Lost #Weight Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

PS4 and Xbox One Are Dead Weight, and Activision Is Letting Them Sink Call of Duty 2025 PS4 and Xbox One Are Dead Weight, and Activision Is Letting Them Sink Call of Duty 2025 New reports suggest that the upcoming Call of Duty 2025 title is still being developed for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Not sure what Activision is cooking up but this doesn’t sound good. We know that developers have to balance new features and supporting older hardware, but the old gen consoles are a decade old at this point. Old gen is more than a decade old now. | Image Credit: Treyarch As we move further into the current console generation, the cracks in this approach are becoming more and more impossible to ignore. If newer titles like CoD 2025 are going to sacrifice features, then is it really worth it? Even the new Avalon Warzone map may be delayed or cancelled because of this. Activision needs to drop support for old gen consoles Gamers won’t forgive any sacrifices that CoD 2025 makes.| Image Credit: Treyarch Warzone players have been looking forward to the release of Avalon, the new battle-royale map. But if this new leak from X user @TheGhostOfHope is to be believed, we may not see it at all. The leak suggests that Avalon’s late 2025 release date has potentially been postponed, or cancelled entirely, “because of Verdansk’s return.” Grain of Salt: Avalon may potentially be postponed from its original late 2025 release or completely canned for Warzone because of Verdansk’s return. pic.twitter.com/zcHBoFnfML — Hope (@TheGhostOfHope) February 27, 2025 And then there’s the new report by CharlieIntel that the Call of Duty 2025 title will still be released on last-generation consoles like the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. That has immediately gotten fans questioning if current gen games should still be developed with last gen consoles in mind. Doesn’t it just hold back what developers can do? Despite being over a decade old, the PS4 and Xbox One are still in millions of homes. Sony and Microsoft extended their support for these consoles longer than expected, mainly due to the problems during the launch of the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. According to an estimate made by GamingBolt in 2024, millions of gamers still log into their PS4s and Xbox Ones. Call of Duty 2025 could still release on PS4 and Xbox One, per sources. Supporting last-gen in 2025 is a wild decision, but the game is in development for the old consoles from what we’ve heard. This may be a reason as to why there can’t be two big maps in Warzone at same time. pic.twitter.com/mfkmOR65Fz — CharlieIntel (@charlieINTEL) February 27, 2025 Should new games cater to the massive last-gen audience or push gaming forward with the full capabilities of modern hardware? It seems to us like Activision is choosing the former. And as much as it has problems, we can kinda understand it. This massive install base is likely why Activision is hesitant to abandon last-gen, despite the compromises it forces on new games. The Series S has been accused of holding back current gen, old gen is probably worse Image Credit: Activision The biggest issue with continued last-gen support is the technological limitations. PS4 and Xbox One hardware simply can’t keep up with the new technologies that we’ve seen in the last decade. Features like ray tracing, high frame rates, and larger, more detailed maps are either downgraded or outright impossible on older systems. Activision’s decision to continue supporting last-gen consoles may seem like a way to keep the game accessible to a larger audience, but it could backfire in the long run. If Call of Duty 2025 is forced to make sacrifices in graphics, performance, and map design, we know what the online hate train can get like these days. At some point, Activision will need to make a decision. If Call of Duty 2026 or 2027 finally drops last-gen support, we may finally see the franchise fully invest into newer technology. Larger and more detailed maps, improved AI, better physics, and faster load times could become the new standard. At what point does supporting old hardware become a burden rather than a benefit? Source link #PS4 #Xbox #Dead #Weight #Activision #Letting #Sink #Call #Duty Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

3 Video Games You May Have Missed in February 3 Video Games You May Have Missed in February If you’re the sort of person who feels nostalgia for picking out CDs from your dashboard visor, making long-distance calls on your Nokia brick phone or scarfing down a slice of pizza while tinny rock music blares into the quiet night, the appeal of a game like Keep Driving is obvious. Set in the fantasized memories of nascent adulthood in the early 2000s, Keep Driving is a fun, low-stakes adventure about hopping in a car and going on a long drive somewhere, or nowhere in particular. Your ostensible task is to make your way to a music festival a few towns over. In order to simulate the hazards you’ll encounter along the way, the game cleverly retrofits classic card game mechanics. A virtual deck of cards, each card with its own thematically appropriate skill — “Drive Fast” uses extra fuel to clear obstacles — will help you make it past slow-moving tractors, flocks of sheep and even distracting rainbows. You’ll fight exhaustion and a perpetually depleting gas tank. You’ll pick up an assortment of hitchhikers. You might even choose to get drunk and party, crashing your ride and winding up in rehab. All these surprises and disasters are the kinds of experiences that texture and support a rich and interesting life. Although Keep Driving has a profoundly hopeful message, it also captures the raucous plasticity and vivacious drive of youth, reminding us that we all once wound up stranded without gas on the side of an empty road. — Yussef Cole Urban Myth Dissolution Center Reviewed on the PC. It is also available on the PlayStation 5 and Switch. Azami Fukurai, the high-strung heroine of this Japanese visual novel, has a problem: She sees ghosts. At least that’s what she thinks until she follows up on a Tokyo advertisement and visits the Urban Myth Dissolution Center, where she hopes to find a remedy for her onerous gift. When she meets the director, a cerebral young man in a wheelchair, she learns that the hazy apparitions she sometimes glimpses are not wandering shades but “vestiges of persons and objects that existed and are retained everywhere.” The director convinces her (using a bit of financial leverage) to join his detective agency, which specializes in matters that fall outside the purview of traditional police work. Azami’s investigations enmesh her in the personal lives of those who have been affected by things that seem to defy ordinary explanation — a livestreamer who sees a ghost in a mirror; a woman terrified by a man who creeps around her apartment at night. But what gives this game a special flair is that it’s really about the battle against misinformation. Again and again, Azami watches how social media latches on to sensational stories and then amplifies rumors, biases and half-baked theories. I wished the game’s episodes involved less backtracking. A little bit of editing could have gone a long way in delivering a punchier experience. But while not all of the game’s plot twists are created equal, its skeptical bent mitigates its languors to some extent. — Christopher Byrd While Waiting Reviewed on the PC. For those who have been bored, frustrated or even anxious when killing time, the often-charming, sometimes-perplexing While Waiting offers a tantalizing series of wait-based minigames. Here, biding time isn’t a chore. That’s because the narrative arc of one’s life feels true. At the beginning of 100 short experiences, I was born a boy. The birth included a lemming-like line across a bridge before I was dropped through clouds that flowed like water. As a child, I reclined warily, hoping for sleep yet haunted by ghosts. As a soccer goalkeeper, I found a ray gun in the sky to shoot targets. My reward was being hit in the face by the ball. I should have concentrated on the pitch. Each scenario is timed. Although you can just sit and relax with a fidget spinner, the player really should accomplish a few tasks before time is up. When you’re hanging out in a cafe watching for a bus, the rain dripping down the window inventively turns into a Space Invaders-style game. During class, you avoid the teacher by unhurriedly crawling on the floor. It’s kind of a version of Pac-Man, if you were a slow loris. Likely inspirations for While Waiting include the WarioWare series, but this art is never lurid. A delicate pen-and-ink art style features minimalist yet endearingly convincing facial expressions in a game where you must often decipher an objective as the clock ticks down. — Harold Goldberg Source link #Video #Games #Missed #February Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Land’s End lighthouse fog alarm sounding ‘all day, all night’ Land’s End lighthouse fog alarm sounding ‘all day, all night’ People living near Land’s End have been advised to buy earplugs due to a lighthouse’s on-the-blink fog alarm. Longships Lighthouse has been sounding a loud beep every 13 seconds for the past week. The National Coastwatch Institution Gwennap Head said on social media the ***** had been sounding “all day, all night” and “a set of ear plugs might be a good investment”. A tourist visiting the spot told the BBC it was “the noisiest sunset I’ve seen so far”. Trinity House, which manages more than 60 lighthouses across the ***, said there was an issue with the “audible hazard warning signal” on Longships. The company is making plans to send technicians to fix the fault. The high-pitched electronic beep is usually only heard during foggy conditions, most clearly at Land’s End, and also by residents of places around the coast including Sennen and Cape Cornwall. A spokesperson said: “It will likely be an issue with the visibility sensor not functioning as expected. “The hazard warning signal indicates diminished visibility in the area, such as fog.” The weather conditions have not been foggy this week. Longships Lighthouse, a 35m (115ft) tower, was built in 1875 and is about 2km (1.25 miles) off Land’s End. It was manned by resident lighthouse keepers until it became automated in 1996. Since then it has been monitored and controlled from Trinity House’s planning centre in Harwich, Essex. David Hocking, of Land’s End Landmark, said the continuous beeping was “a bit of a talking point and conversation starter” in the area. Source link #Lands #lighthouse #fog #alarm #sounding #day #night Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross celebrates its fifth anniversary with the 5th Anniv Holy War event The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross celebrates its fifth anniversary with the 5th Anniv Holy War event New Liones Defensive War PvE mode More characters join the fray Several limited-time events to participate in The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross is celebrating its fifth anniversary with the 5th Anniv Holy War Festival, bringing new content, special events, and valuable rewards for everyone. Netmarble’s latest update introduces a new PvE mode, a powerful new hero, and a series of events designed to keep you engaged throughout the celebration. The biggest update during The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross’ fifth-anniversary celebration is Liones Defensive War, a new PvE mode where you’ll defend the Castle Wall of Liones against invading monsters. This mode requires strategic planning, as battles use a preset deck with 12 heroes, with four active in combat at any time. Alongside this, the 5th Anniv Holy War Festival introduces [Blackened Wings] Angel of Despair Mael, a Dark-attribute UR hero. You’ll have the chance to obtain Mael through the Prelude to Doom special draw, where he is guaranteed at 900 mileage. Other UR heroes like [Eternal Sun] Escanor the Indomitable and [Broken Balance] Chaos Arthur are also available in the lineup. In addition, the event brings a generous check-in calendar, offering up to 220 free draws through the Special Draw event and Book of Heroes III rewards. Furthermore, three guaranteed UR heroes can be obtained at different mileage milestones. If you’re looking to strengthen your team, this is the perfect time to do so. Get even more freebies by redeeming these 7DS Grand Cross codes! The Wish Box Event offers even more rewards, including 200 Diamonds, 100 Special Tickets, upgrade materials, and exclusive hero costumes. Completing missions in the Book of Heroes will grant extra items such as UR Evolution Pendants and Super Awakening Coins. Other special battles and minigames include the Whack-a-Hawk event and Boss Parade. Beyond the anniversary event, the update expands the Four Knights of the Apocalypse story, following Percival’s journey to Liones. Clearing the new chapter unlocks Artifact Cards. Finally, two new Holy Relics for the ****** King and Jericho have been introduced, obtainable through Demonic Beast Battles. Visit The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross’ official website for more information. Source link #Deadly #Sins #Grand #Cross #celebrates #anniversary #5th #Anniv #Holy #War #event Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

West Coast Eagles star Harley Reid named as Ambassador for NBL finals series West Coast Eagles star Harley Reid named as Ambassador for NBL finals series West Coast star Harley Reid’s overwhelming popularity has seen him sign up as the face of a third sport with the number one draft pick now a NBL Finals Ambassador. Reid took the AFL by storm in his first season after joining West Coast as the most hyped No.1 pick ever. Such is his position in the game, Reid was contracted as an ambassador for the Caulfield Cup during Victoria’s Spring Racing Carnival and was on course to help promote that event. Camera Iconharley Reid was an Ambassador for the Caulfield Cup. Credit: Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images Reid has now been signed as NBL Finals Ambassador despite him not even being able to attend Saturday night’s semfinal between Perth Wildcats and Melbourne United. He will be in Bunbury playing for West Coast in a practice match against North Melbourne when the Wildcats and United clash at RAC Arena. Reid signed up alongside social media influencers Dan Gorringe, Jacquie Alexander, Jadé Brycki, Georgie Hansen and Kevin Achampong. NBL marketing manager Ben Jenkins said having the Eagle working to promote the finals was massive for the league. “Harley Reid’s incredible popularity and passion for basketball made him a no-brainier for us to engage with as an NBL Finals Ambassador. As a big fan of the NBL, Harley will help promote and fuel the energy of the Finals to his highly engaged audience,” he said. Camera IconHarley Reid in action. Credit: James Worsfold/Getty Images Reid attended multiple Wildcats games during the regular season at RAC Arena. Players from both West Coast and Fremantle were regularly sitting courtside as the Wildcats surged into third spot on the NBL ladder. Reid and Wildcats superstar Bryce Cotton are both considering where they will play beyond their current contracts. Cotton is in the final year of his contract at the Wildcats and won his fifth NBL MVP award. Reid’s deal expires in 2026 and he is expected to attract massive offers throughout the AFL. Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell sat next to Reid at Tom Barrass’ wedding this month, sparking instant speculation about their conversations. But Reid’s off-field value is also immense, as shown by the NBL deal. Last year, publicist Max Markson declared Reid’s off-field brand was already worth $10million as companies lined up to recruit his services. Source link #West #Coast #Eagles #star #Harley #Reid #named #Ambassador #NBL #finals #series Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Tropical cyclone smashes into French Indian Ocean island, bringing 100-mile-an-hour winds Tropical cyclone smashes into French Indian Ocean island, bringing 100-mile-an-hour winds Tropical cyclone Garance made landfall on the French Indian Ocean territory of Réunion on Friday, packing gusts of 166 kilometers (103 miles) per hour. Garance – the equivalent of a Category 2 Atlantic hurricane – made landfall on the northern coast of the mountainous island, France’s meteorological agency said. Garance is the strongest storm to hit the territory, located about 400 miles off the coast of Madagascar, since Tropical Cyclone Firinga in January 1989. Authorities issued a purple cyclone warning, their highest level, for the entirety of the island as the storm is packing a punch and bringing heavy rainfall, gusty winds and powerful waves to the territory. That was later lowered to a red warning. Winds could gust over 200 kilometers (124 miles) per hour and rainfall totals could exceed 200 mm (7.8 inches). Conditions are expected to remain dangerous through Friday and will begin to improve Saturday. Réunion lies about 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) to the southeast of Mayotte, another French territory off the east coast of Africa, which suffered destruction likened to an atomic bomb after Cyclone Chido ripped through the archipelago in December, flattening entire neighborhoods and killing at least 31 people. The government of French President Emmanuel Macron came under heavy fire for its handling of the cyclone – the strongest storm to hit the area in more than 90 years. Macron faced jeers from locals as he visited the poverty-stricken territory in the storm’s aftermath, but told them they should be “happy to be in France, because if it wasn’t France you’d be 10,000 times even more in the s***.” For more CNN news and newsletters create an account at CNN.com Source link #Tropical #cyclone #smashes #French #Indian #Ocean #island #bringing #100mileanhour #winds Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Vivo T4x 5G India Launch Date Set for March 5; Colour Options Teased Vivo T4x 5G India Launch Date Set for March 5; Colour Options Teased Vivo T4x 5G India launch date has been finally announced. Recently, the company had teased the price range and key features of the upcoming phone. The phone is claimed to have the largest battery in its segment. Meanwhile, several expected specifications of the smartphone, including the display, chipset, camera and build details, have leaked online. The anticipated handset will succeed the Vivo T3x 5G, which was introduced in the country with a 6,000mAh battery. Vivo T4x 5G India Launch Date Confirmed The Vivo T4x 5G will launch in India on March 5 at 12pm IST, the company confirmed in a press release. It will be available for purchase in the country via Flipkart, the Vivo India e-store and select offline retail stores. In the promotional poster, the phone appears in a purple and a blue colourway. It has been tipped to come in Pronto Purple and Marine Blue shades. Previous reports claimed that the Vivo T4x 5G will likely carry a dual rear camera unit including a 50-megapixel primary sensor. Earlier teasers suggested that the phone may get a 6,500mAh battery. The handset is expected to be powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 7300 SoC. Vivo has teased that the T4x 5G will support AI features. Earlier reports suggested that the phone will come with support for features like AI Erase, AI Photo Enhance, and AI Document Mode. The smartphone has been tipped to be equipped with an IR blaster and military-grade durability. The Vivo T4x 5G will likely be priced in India under Rs. 15,000. The preceding Vivo T3x 5G with 128GB storage support starts at Rs. 12,499 for the 128GB option, while the 6GB and 8GB variants cost Rs. 13,999 and Rs. 15,499, respectively. The existing handset has a 6,000mAh battery with 44W fast charging support, a Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 SoC, a 6.72-inch full-HD display, a 50-megapixel dual rear camera unit, and an 8-megapixel front camera. Affiliate links may be automatically generated – see our ethics statement for details. Source link #Vivo #T4x #India #Launch #Date #Set #March #Colour #Options #Teased Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Bitcoin: Selloff to Deepen? $74K in Sight Unless Bulls Reclaim $82K Convincingly Bitcoin: Selloff to Deepen? $74K in Sight Unless Bulls Reclaim $82K Convincingly Bitcoin: Selloff to Deepen? $74K in Sight Unless Bulls Reclaim $82K Convincingly Source link #Bitcoin #Selloff #Deepen #74K #Sight #Bulls #Reclaim #82K #Convincingly Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Sheffield Shield: Western Australia opener Cam Bancroft in line for first match since horror collision Sheffield Shield: Western Australia opener Cam Bancroft in line for first match since horror collision Cam Bancroft will return from a serious shoulder injury for Western Australia’s crucial Sheffield Shield clash with New South Wales next week, if he gets through training, The West can reveal. Source link #Sheffield #Shield #Western #Australia #opener #Cam #Bancroft #line #match #horror #collision Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Is your mobile banking down? Lloyds, TSB, Nationwide, First Direct and Halifax issues hit thousands Is your mobile banking down? Lloyds, TSB, Nationwide, First Direct and Halifax issues hit thousands Well, that isn’t exactly we needed on payday – Lloyds, TSB, First Direct, Halifax, Nationwide and the Bank of Scotland are all down, with the banks acknowledging issues with their online and mobile banking. The problems started at around 7.40am GMT, when notable spikes appeared on Downdetector for Lloyds Bank, Halifax, TSB, Nationwide and First Direct. Most of the problems are related to mobile banking, with some unable to log into apps and others reporting problems with payments. Fortunately, since then the number of reported issues has dropped, but a number of the banks – including Nationwide and First Direct – have acknowledged problems and say they’re urgently working on fixes. Still having issues with your mobile and internet banking this morning? Here’s all the latest news on a ****** Friday for banking… The latest news A major mobile and internet banking outage has hit six major *** banks Lloyds, TSB, First Direct, Halifax, Nationwide and Bank of Scotland all affected Many have acknowledged problems and are working on fixes Source link #mobile #banking #Lloyds #TSB #Nationwide #Direct #Halifax #issues #hit #thousands Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

What we know about Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa’s death as cause remains unknown – CNN What we know about Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa’s death as cause remains unknown – CNN What we know about Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa’s death as cause remains unknown CNNScattered Pills Found Near Body of Gene Hackman’s Wife as Inquiry Continues The New York TimesOscar-winner Gene Hackman, wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog were dead for some time, warrant shows The Associated PressGene Hackman, Betsy Arakawa’s harrowing 911 call revealed: Caller tears up begging for help Yahoo EntertainmentGene Hackman, wife found dead in sprawling Santa Fe estate: what the investigation tells us so far Fox News Source link #Gene #Hackman #wife #Betsy #Arakawas #death #remains #unknown #CNN Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

What we know about the deaths of the film star and his wife What we know about the deaths of the film star and his wife Getty Images Gene and Betsy (file image from 1991) US investigators are trying to establish how Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, died after the discovery of their bodies at their home in the US state of New Mexico. Here is what we know so far about the death of a Hollywood legend known for such films as The French Connection and The Conversation. Warning: this article contains details some readers may find upsetting. How were the deaths discovered? The bodies of the couple and one of their dogs were found by police on Wednesday at their home in Santa Fe in the US state of New Mexico after a maintenance worker called emergency services. A recording of the 911 call obtained by the BBC shows the emotional caller telling a dispatcher how he found the two bodies. Hackman, 95, was discovered in a side room near the kitchen while Arakawa, 65, was found in a bathroom, at the property on Old Sunset Trail in Hyde Park. The couple appeared to have been “dead for quite a while”, said Sheriff Adan Mendoza. Arakawa’s body showed signs of “decomposition”, and “mummification” in the hands and feet, a sheriff’s detective said. Hackman’s remains “showed obvious signs of death, similar and consistent” with those on his spouse. A ******* Shepherd dog owned by the couple was found dead in a bathroom closet near to Arakawa. Listen to the 911 call after two bodies found at Hackman residence How might they have died? No cause was given in police statements immediately after the announcement of the deaths. The authorities reported no signs of injury but deemed the deaths “suspicious enough” to investigate and did not rule out foul play. Near Arakawa’s head was a portable heater, which the detective determined could have been brought down in the event that she had abruptly fallen to the ground. Carbon monoxide and toxicology tests have been requested for both Hackman and Arakawa. The local utility company found no sign of a gas leak in the area and the fire department detected no indication of a carbon monoxide leak or poisoning, according to the search warrant. The warrant suggests police may have a working theory that “some kind of gas poisoning” happened but that they do not know yet and are not ruling anything out, Loyola Marymount University law professor Laurie Levenson was quoted as saying by the Associated Press. A prescription bottle and scattered pills lay on the bathroom countertop close to Arakawa’s body. Hackman was discovered wearing grey tracksuit bottoms, a blue long-sleeve T-shirt and brown slippers. Sunglasses and a walking cane lay next to his body. The detective suspected that the actor had suffered a sudden fall. Why are the deaths considered suspicious? The circumstances of their death were deemed “suspicious enough in nature to require a thorough search and investigation”, the search warrant says, because the worker who called emergency services had found the front door of the property open. However, the detective observed no sign of forced entry into the home. Nothing appeared out of place inside. “There was no indication of a struggle,” said Sheriff Mendoza. “There was no indication of anything that was missing from the home or disturbed, you know, that would be indication that there was a crime that had occurred.” Two other, healthy dogs were discovered roaming the property – one inside and one out. What do we know about time of death? All we know is that two maintenance workers, one of whom called the emergency services, say they last had contact with the couple two weeks earlier. The two workers said they had sometimes conducted routine work at the property, but rarely ever saw Hackman and Arakawa. They had communicated with them by phone and text, primarily with Arakawa. What do we know about the couple’s health? Hackman’s daughter Leslie Anne Hackman told Daily Mail Online that her father had been in “very good physical condition” despite his age, and had not undergone “any major surgeries” in recent months. “He liked to do Pilates and yoga, and he was continuing to do that several times a week,” she said. “So he was in good health.” The couple, married in 1991, had had a “wonderful marriage”, she added. “I give credit to his wife, Betsy, for keeping him alive,’ she said. ‘[Betsy] took very, very good care of him and was always looking out for his health.” Source link #deaths #film #star #wife Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Dwarda ******: RAC helicopter dispatched to a suspected car rollover in Dwarda Dwarda ******: RAC helicopter dispatched to a suspected car rollover in Dwarda It’s believed the woman is in serious condition. Source link #Dwarda #****** #RAC #helicopter #dispatched #suspected #car #rollover #Dwarda Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]