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Time of India
2 days ago
- Sport
- Time of India
"UGA is still one of my top schools": 5-star LB Tyler Atkinson keeps Bulldogs high on his list
Image Source: Atlanta Journal Tyler Atkinson, a five-star linebacker, recently visited the University of Georgia and still loves the Bulldogs. Atkinson had a talk with Dawg Post and mentioned that, "The visit overall was really good! t was definitely an official visit I will never forget. My family really enjoyed their time on this visit as well. UGA made sure everything went smooth for th em, too. UGA is still one of my top schools. I feel like the relationship at UGA is real just like the relationships I have developed at my other top schools as well." The fans of Georgia are ecstatic since Atkinson is a significant prospect in the 2026 recruiting class. Atkinson Tyler's unforgettable official visit to Georgia Tyler Atkinson, one of the best linebackers at Grayson High School, made his first official visit to Athens. "Even with this being my 15th visit, I still saw and learned some new things, which is crazy to me," Atkinson said. "It's like a movie you have seen over and over, but there is always something new that pops out. I spent most of my time with Coach Schumann, Coach T-Rob, Coach Smart, and the defensive staff. The entire staff showed me how important it was to them that I stay home and play for the Dawgs." He added, "This visit was special because it was my official. All the officials I have taken and plan to take are special, though. These visits could potentially be the last visit that I take to that particular school." by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Free P2,000 GCash eGift UnionBank Credit Card Apply Now Undo His family loved the warm welcome from Georgia. Tyler was a star in his junior season, accruing a total of 166 tackles and 13 interceptions. But other schools, namely Clemson and Ohio State, are also interested in him. Georgia also must continue to work hard to acquire Tyler, who has the capability of making their defense even better. The friendly nature of the Bulldogs keeps them among his favorite picks. Also Read: FIFA Club World Cup 2025: Chelsea triumph over Los Angeles FC amid sparse attendance; Boca Juniors, Benfica play out draw Georgia's strong 2026 recruiting class grows The 2026 recruiting class of Georgia is ranked fifth in the nation, which demonstrates the fact that Coach Kirby Smart is great at recruiting super players. They have 17 players already committed. Getting Tyler Atkinson, the No. 6 overall player and top linebacker, would make this class even stronger. Georgia has a history of turning linebackers like Jalon Walker and Roquan Smith into stars, which Tyler likes. The Bulldogs keep meeting top players, like wide receiver Craig Daindridge and defensive lineman James Johnson, to stay strong in recruiting. Their 2026 commits are: 4-star Wide Receiver Vance Spafford 4-star Cornerback Caden Harris 5-star Kicker Harran Zureikat 5-star Punt Returner Wade Register 4-star Offensive Lineman Zykie Helton 4-star Cornerback Justin Fitzpatrick 4-star Defensive Lineman Carter Luckie 4-star Wide Receiver Ryan Mosely 4-star Safety Jordan Smith 5-star Quarterback Jared Curtis 3-star Offensive Tackle Graham Houston 3-star Offensive Lineman Zachary Lewis 4-star Tight End Lincoln Keys 3-star Safety Kealan Jones 3-star Defensive Lineman Seven Cloud 4-star Safety Zech Fort 3-star Wide Receiver Brady Marchese. This mix of players shows Georgia wants a strong team. Adding Tyler would make their defense one of the best. Game On Season 1 kicks off with Sakshi Malik's inspiring story. Watch Episode 1 here
Free Malaysia Today
5 days ago
- General
- Free Malaysia Today
When bosses thrive on humiliating employees
Some managers use shouting and humiliation as tools to enforce compliance or assert their authority. (Envato Elements pic) PARIS : From offices to construction sites, toxic management poisons many professional environments with behaviour like shouting, humiliation, inappropriate comments and more. However, a study conducted by researchers at the University of Georgia (UGA) is challenging our understanding of this phenomenon. This kind of abusive behaviour does not always signal a loss of control, owing to stress or tiredness, for example. Some managers use it as a carefully calculated strategy. This insight came to Szu-Han Lin, professor of management at UGA's Terry College of Business, while watching 'Hell's Kitchen'. In this television show, two teams of chefs compete for a position as head chef in a restaurant. This all takes place under the watchful eye and, above all, the harsh comments of British chef Gordon Ramsay. Over the course of the episodes, we see him yelling, humiliating, and sometimes even insulting the contestants – for hours on end. Millions watch this spectacle without batting an eye. Lin, however, saw it as a subject of study. Her team interviewed 100 supervisors from various sectors, including construction, nursing and retail. Then, in a second phase, 249 other managers were monitored daily for two weeks. The questions were simple: why do you mistreat your employees? And how do you feel afterward? When abuse becomes a management tool Their answers are insightful but disturbing: some supervisors openly admit to using shouting and humiliation as management tools to enforce compliance or assert their authority. And unlike those who crack under pressure, these managers feel no guilt. Worse still, they feel a sense of satisfaction. Researcher Szu-Han Lin was inspired by the 'bad behaviour' of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. (Fox pic) 'If they engage in these behaviours with a goal in mind, like boosting compliance or preserving their identity as leaders, they're satisfying an emotional need,' Lin explained. This discovery challenges decades of research on the subject. 'We have been studying abusive behaviour in the workplace for 20 years, and we have known it always has bad outcomes for performance and productivity,' the researcher said. 'But we also know that people keep doing it. 'We assumed that if managers engaged in these behaviours, they'd feel bad and it would always have a negative effect on them. But that's not the case.' For Lin, this new awareness must change the way managers are trained. 'It's important for leaders to recognise they may have motivations for acting abusively to help them find better leadership tools,' she explained. 'You may want your followers to listen to you, or you may want to make sure you establish your role as a leader. That's fine, but there are other ways to achieve that.' Regardless of the motivations, managerial mistreatment remains counterproductive, as it destroys motivation instead of stimulating it. 'If you engage in abusive behaviours, it will always lead to negative outcomes. No one will be motivated at all,' Lin concluded. It's a lesson that should give pause to anyone who thinks that authority goes hand in hand with brutality.
Scientific American
13-06-2025
- Health
- Scientific American
Fire Ant's—Here's How to Avoid It
Warnings of a potentially dangerous invasive ant have popped up on news sites and social media this week. You'd be forgiven for thinking a new threat had arrived. But this insect, the Asian needle ant (Brachyponera chinensis), is no newcomer—just a master of remaining inconspicuous. The ant is getting attention after University of Georgia (UGA) entomologist Dan Suiter issued a warning that its sting can be remarkably painful and sometimes cause a serious allergic reaction called anaphylaxis. The ant is not new or spreading any faster than it used to, Suiter says. Rather, as a UGA Cooperative Extension entomologist, he's been getting calls about people being stung by the ant and needing hospital care. With summer in full swing, the insect is active, and people are likely to be in the woods or in their gardens where they might encounter it, prompting Suiter to raise awareness of the species. 'By this time last year, I had fielded three calls of people who had been stung by an Asian needle ant—they knew it was an Asian needle ant—and suffered anaphylaxis,' Suiter says. The problem, he adds, is that the insect is small, black and nondescript. 'You're not thinking that 'this tiny little creature right here could have consequences if it stung me.'' On supporting science journalism If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today. The Asian needle ant is native to Japan, Korea and China. It arrived in the U.S. around or before the 1930s, probably in ships carrying plants and livestock 'before we even realized that is a great way to spread things around,' says Theresa Dellinger, a diagnostician at the Insect Identification Lab at Virginia Tech. It's not clear precisely where the ant has spread within the U.S., but it's plentiful in the Southeast and appears to range as far north as Massachusetts, according to sightings on the community science app iNaturalist. It's not often seen farther west than Missouri, probably because it's not well-adapted to arid conditions, Dellinger says. Studies have found that when Asian needle ants move into an area, they outcompete native ants, reducing ant diversity. These ants don't lay down pheromone trails to lead their colony to food, so you won't see them marching in a line like the little black ant (Monomorium minimum). Instead, when an Asian needle ant finds food, it will return to its colony, pick up another worker and physically carry it to the jackpot, says Christopher Hayes, an entomologist at North Carolina State University. And unlike fire ants, Asian needle ants don't build big nest mounds. Instead they love nesting in damp wood, such as fallen logs or wet mulch. While they aren't particularly aggressive, they will sting to protect their nest, making them a danger to the home gardener. Their sting is initially more painful than a fire ant sting, Hayes says, but also irritatingly persistent, like fiberglass under the skin. The pain can also come and go. Hayes's two-year-old son recently got a sting. The little boy was fine after a few minutes, Hayes says, but then woke up after midnight that night crying about the pain again. In their native range, Asian needle ant bites are associated with a 2 percent risk of anaphylaxis compared with a 0.5 to 1.5 percent risk from the bites of fire ants, Hayes says. So how should you react if you see a suspected Asian needle ant on you? Gently flick or brush it off, Hayes and Suiter say. If it does sting you, try to capture the ant for identification purposes if you can (though it will probably scurry away too quickly). If you start to experience hives, swelling of the lips or tongue or difficulty breathing, get to an emergency room because these symptoms are signs of anaphylaxis. If you suspect you have Asian needle ants on your property, you can snap a good photograph or collect an ant or two with tweezers to submit to your county agricultural agent for identification, Suiter says. There are no centralized entities mapping out the ants' spread, but Suiter says he hopes more public attention will spur more scientific research. Identification is particularly important for those who have had allergic reactions to bee and ant stings in the past. 'If people have a family member that suffers from anaphylaxis and knows it, and they carry around an Epipen,' he says, 'somebody like that needs to know what this ant looks like.'
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Georgia football offers trio of international recruits
The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to three-star edge rusher Gustaf Henriks Ras, who is a member of the class of 2026. Georgia is the 10th Division I program to offer Ras. The 6-foot-4, 235-pound edge rusher also plays tight end for his high school. Ras is unique because he is from Stockholm, Sweden. He plays football for RIG Academy and is the top ranked recruit in Sweden. He's ranked as the No. 69 edge rusher in the class of 2026. Advertisement Ras has recent scholarship offers from Liberty, Boise State, South Carolina, Ole Miss and more. He is an impressive athlete with a long wingspan. Ras grew up playing ice hockey. Georgia Bulldogs football recruiting offer Ras impressed Georgia coaches at UGA's camp and was one of multiple international prospects that Georgia offered. The Bulldogs also offered one of Ras' high school teammates in Adrian Bekibele. More on Adrian Bekibele Bekibele is a three-star recruit in the class of 2026 as well. He plays defensive line and has good size. The 6-foot-4, 290-pound defensive lineman is the No. 110 player at his position in the class of 2026. Advertisement Bekibele is Sweden's second-best recruit behind Ras. The three-star has excellent mobility at his size. UGA offers Marvin Nguetsop Georgia offered 6-foot-7, 275-pound German defensive lineman Marvin Nguetsop, who is a member of the class of 2027. The Bulldogs offered Nguetsop after impressing in camp. Michigan later offered the talented defender. This article originally appeared on UGA Wire: Georgia football offers two Swedish defenders, one German DL
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Ant species with deadly sting rises across 17 U.S. States including GA and SC
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF)- Sightings of a potentially deadly invasive species are spreading across the United States. They've been spotted in at least 17 states including Georgia and South Carolina. This ant species has been around since the 1930s, but now it's becoming known as a 'medical pest'. It is the Asian Needle Ant, and it could be your next stinging nightmare. The Asian Needle Ant looks just like a regular ant, but a professor from UGA says there is one thing that makes it different. 'But it makes them a little bit different is that some people get stung by it. They can. They can incur. They can experience anaphylaxis, which can be a life-threatening condition. So we thought, you know, last year I had numerous cases of people who had contacted me as an extension entomologist, and numerous people who had contacted me who had been stung by this and suffered anaphylaxis and wound up in the hospital,' said Dr. Dan Suiter, UGA Orkin Entomologist. And he says that they mainly live in hardwood places. 'And they live in logs. So, if you've got firewood, for instance, keep the firewood up off the ground, because if that wood gets in contact with the ground, ants will actually move up into the wood and you'll bring them inside and maybe get stung by them. If you're gardening and you're picking something up that's been laying there for a few days. Pick it up and look underneath it. See ants on it, just kind of brush them off. Get them identified.' Dr. Suiter says if you think you have some in your yard, put a couple in your jar and send them to Richmond County Extension Coordinator, Campbell Vaughn, who can identify 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
