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• 60out Escape Rooms, Los Angeles’ most popular and award-winning immersive entertainment company, today announced that its new HHLA location is open to the public.
• It houses five rooms in total, with three currently available to play now—THE SMURFS™, Casino Heist II, and Hotel on Road 66—and the remainder to open by the end of the year.
• Spanning more than 7,000 square feet, the new location showcases THE SMURFS™, Casino Heist II, Hotel on Road 66, and Titanic II.
• 60out HHLA hours are Monday through Friday from 10am to 10pm, and Saturdays and Sundays from 10am to 12:30am.

• LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Following the groundbreaking unveil of a luxury cartoon series by C.K.
• McWhorter and the McWhorter Foundation, designed to inspire minority youth towards financial literacy and entrepreneurship, the initiative has received widespread acclaim for its innovative approach.
• McWhorter, the visionary behind the project, expressed his enthusiasm about the series' hopeful success and future plans.
• Our mission to blend luxury, entertainment, and education into a powerful tool for empowerment is just beginning," McWhorter stated.

• When approaching how to support the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families, there is a tendency in favour of strengthening and empowering mothers, rather than fathers.
• We analysed data from around 150 First Nations fathers about the support they needed.

Doing away with negative stereotypes

• In Australia, there has been a particularly cruel characterisation of Indigenous fathers as deviant, distant, and/or drunkards.
• These harmful characterisations were reflected in a 2016 cartoon by Bill Leak of an Aboriginal man unable to recall the name of his son.
• They are often disciplined, devoted and sober, and want to be positive role models for their children.

More support needed

• Our research found more than 60% of Indigenous dads surveyed indicated needing further support.
• These were finances, social services, housing, and the ability to spend more time with their children.
• One of the fathers expressed frustration at the lack of available social services, wanting more support in general.

What needs to be done?

• This means examining the social and economic circumstances that can affect a person’s life, from their housing situation through to feeling included in society.
• There is a pressing need for additional investigation into how best to support Indigenous fathers and Indigenous men.
• There are also positive flow-on effects to others, as found by researchers Lyndon Reilly and Susan Rees:
  If you have strong Indigenous fathers, you will have strong Indigenous families.
• If you have strong Indigenous fathers, you will have strong Indigenous families.

• Leonard Collard has previously received funding from organisations such as the Australian Research Council, state and federal as well as other funding bodies.
• Dr Collard is a member of the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council.

• With numerous enhancements and new features, Meshy-2 aims to push the boundaries of creative possibilities in 3D modeling.
• Meshy-2's Text to 3D represents a significant leap forward, featuring improvements in geometry, texture, and style.
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