Dont’a Hightower says goodbye to football. The 33-year-old linebacker announced his retirement on Twitter and wrote an emotional statement on theplayerstribune.com website thanking his franchise, the New England Patriots: “Today I am officially retiring from the NFL I know these announcements always feel bittersweet, but I can’t think of a better story than the one I wrote in New England.A decade, three Super Bowls, two Pro Bowls, and the birth of my son—and all of that ’cause I played for a franchise. How many people have a story like that?” The American played for the Patriots for nine seasons in the NFL and was able to celebrate three Super Bowl wins with the team. Most memorable is his strip sack once morest Matt Ryan in the 2017 Super Bowl once morest the Falcons, which started the most legendary comeback in NFL history.
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March 22, 2023
Serco announces its cooperation with Speak to promote the mental health of university students
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Serco announced.SercoAbout its cooperation with the Emirati Mental Health Platform, to talkWithin a university program that aims to support the mental health of students to qualify them and help them develop in the future.
The program aims to provide mental health services and counseling to more than 10,000 university students. A series of digital seminars is scheduled to be launched for a number of universities in the UAE within the program to cover various topics. These include time management, exam pressure, public speaking anxiety, self-care, and self-compassion, as well as stress and anger management, coping strategies, and more.
Commenting on the collaboration, Phil Maleme, CEO of Serco Middle East, said: “As part of our broader Emiratisation goals, we wanted to support young people locally before they take their first steps on the career ladder. The partnership with Takalam aims to provide the necessary resources and tools for young people to support their mental health, in addition to arming them with valuable skills to benefit from in the future.”
For her part, Khawla Hammad, CEO of Talk platform, said: “As a company committed to making a positive impact in our communities, we are grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with Serco with the aim of enhancing the university environment to support and empower students, as well as prioritizing mental health.”
Response to the Job Creation Law, the Labor Party Will Hold a National Work Strike
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
JAKARTA, Waspada.co.id – The Labor Party plans to challenge the Job Creation Law as well as a national strike following the Indonesian Parliament passes the Job Creation omnibus law. The Labor Party The Labor Party will submit a judicial review to the Constitutional Court by means of a formal test or a material review of the Job Creation Law in the near future.
“Regarding this ratification, the steps that will be taken by the labor party and trade union organizations, farmers and other working classes are that within the next one week we will conduct a judicial review to the Constitutional Court both for formal and material tests,” said Labor Party President Said. Iqbal, Wednesday (22/3).
In addition, the Labor Party and trade union organizations will carry out a parliamentary review request. The Labor Party believes that revisions to the Job Creation Law can still be carried out by means of continuous action at the DPR RI.
“So the action is no longer going to the palace but to the DPR RI. Because parliament can do a review. The action will start next Tuesday. It will be done every week,” said Iqbal.
Furthermore, the Labor Party is preparing for a national strike. The plan is for the national strike to take place between July and August instead of respecting the months of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr.
“While preparing for the national strike, we will submit a lawsuit to the Constitutional Court,” said Iqbal.
The Labor Party will also reject the Job Creation omnibus law by holding a long march on the Bandung – Jakarta walk in mid-April 2023. Along the way, workers will raise a million petitions of support for the omnibus law to be cancelled.
Next, the Labor Party will spread a white cloth 1 kilometer long for the signing of the omnibus law. The unfurling of the white cloth will be carried out in various industrial areas throughout Indonesia.
“Later on white cloths from all provinces that have been signed will be spread around the Palace to show the government that the people want the Omnibus Law on Job Creation to be cancelled,” said Iqbal.
It didn’t stop there, the Labor Party threatened to punish political parties that passed the Job Creation Law. Because according to him the policy is far from the spirit of people’s welfare.
“We will campaign not to vote for political parties that support the omnibus law. Don’t vote for a president who is pro omnibus law,” said Iqbal.
It is known, the DPR has officially approved the draft law (RUU) concerning the Stipulation of Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perppu) Number 2 of 2022 concerning Job Creation to become law. The determination was made at the 19th plenary meeting Session Period IV for Session Year 2022-2023.
Deputy Chairman of the DPR Legislative Body (Baleg) Muhammad Nurdin explained, the Job Creation Perppu should be the same as Law Number 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation. However, inside there are at least five payload material changes. (wol/republic/man/d2)
Between birth rate and mortality, what is the situation in France?
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
The Institut National d’Etudes Démographiques (INED) has just published a report on mortality and birth rates in France, three years following the start of the global Covid-19 crisis. Where is France in terms of birth rate? How can the observed slowdown in life expectancy be explained? The analysis of the report makes it possible to know more regarding these two questions.
France will reach 68 million inhabitants in 2023 thanks to birth and death rates, but for how long?
France would have passed the milestone of 68 million inhabitants on 1is January 2023with an increase of 217,000 people in 2022. This increase is the result of two complementary phenomena, on the one hand of a surplus of births in relation to the number of deaths, and on the other hand to the migratory flux, with more entries than exits from the territory. But gradually, the gap between births and deaths is narrowing, a phenomenon that should be confirmed in the years to come.
According to INSEE estimates and projections, the number of deaths should thus become higher than the number of births from 2035. However, the fertility rate would be stable at around 1.8 children per woman, but insufficient to ensure generational renewal (guaranteed for a fertility rate greater than or equal to 2.1 children per woman). In terms of life expectancy, it continues to progress, but to a lesser extent. In 2070, it might reach 88.7 years, i.e. 6 years more than in 2019.
The impacts of Covid-19 on the birth rate and mortality in 2022
If births are maintained, deaths are increasing slightly, with 5,000 additional deaths in 2022 compared to 2021. If the year 2020 had seen a decline in life expectancy, in connection with the Covid-19 pandemic, the indicator has recovered a few colors since, but without catching up with the level of 2019. Life expectancy for women in 2021 was 85.2 years and 79.3 years for men. In general, life expectancy has not progressed much in recent years, for several reasons:
- The Covid-19 epidemic, which has hit the elderly hard;
- Winter epidemics of seasonal influenza with significant mortality each winter except the two winters marked by Covid-19;
- The impact of the heat waves of previous summers.
If Covid-19 seems to have played a major role in mortality and life expectancy, has it also impacted fertility? The number of births has been falling continuously since 2010, and this trend has not been interrupted by the health crisis. Births fell sharply during the confinements to resume a more normal rhythm therefollowing. If some specialists had projected a baby boom in the months following the confinements, the situation turned out to be quite different.
Fertility and birth rates are stagnating in France
The Covid-19 crisis seems to have had a profound impact on French demography, at the two extreme ages of life, with more deaths among the elderly, and fewer births of children. And the resumption of a normal situation at the end of the health crisis does not seem complete. Each year, the gap between the number of births and the number of deaths is reduced, suggesting that soon a net population deficit.
After decades of demographic growth, France seems to be heading towards a plateau, then towards a decline in population, which might reach a reduction of 110,000 people by 2070. The arrival of the baby-boom generations to the retirement, uncertainties regarding the future (economic, political, ecological) are all factors capable of explaining the evolution of demographic indicators. The impact of infections and epidemics is also major, both Covid-19 exceptionally, but also more regularly each winter the seasonal flu.
Estelle B., Doctor of Pharmacy
Sources
– France 2022: the gap between births and deaths is narrowing. ined.fr. Accessed March 21, 2023