U.S. Army Relaxes Rules On Beards And Turbans in Military

 Posted on August 23, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  262 words  |  Kelle Repass

U.S. service men and women who wish to wear a turban, beard or hijab for religious reasons will be able to gain approval thanks to revised uniform regulations that aim to better accommodate religious minorities serving in the military. The revisions — outlined in a memorandum signed by U.S. Army Secretary Eric Fanning earlier this week — allow brigade-level commanders to approve religious accommodations, Reuters reports. In the past, the authority to approve such accommodations rested with the Army secretary. [Read More]

What it's like to walk away from a job at Google to pursue a career in stand-up comedy

 Posted on August 23, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  402 words  |  Patria Henriques

The Georgia Tech graduate had spent the past eight years working in user experience (UX) design at tech companies including Yahoo and Google, but now she was giving up her coveted career in tech to pursue her passion: comedy. Cooper recently chatted about her decision to quit Google with journalist Kara Swisher and former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo — who once pursued a career in standup comedy himself — on Recode's latest Recode Decode podcast. [Read More]

What to do if your 100th talking stage fails

 Posted on August 23, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  302 words  |  Billy Koelling

You have been ghosted…again. But this is what you can do; We all know how talking stages go, you meet someone new, you start talking to them, you keep talking and going on dates, video calls, asking each other deep, intrusive and sometimes irrelevant questions and then it all comes crashing down. Silence. Distance. Without reason too, you keep checking your phone hoping they will call you but you called them before and your last text was unreplied, you even double texted. [Read More]

Why We Do It: Photographers on the Passion That Drives Them

 Posted on August 23, 2024  |  14 minutes  |  2880 words  |  Tandra Barner

The people who make up today’s thriving photographic community are our eyes to the world. Whether established artists and journalists or passionate emerging voices, they inform us, they inspire us, they amaze us, they put our world in the broader context of history. But that community also faces great challenges — dwindling sales, increased competition and a fragile trust in photographers’ mission to inform. Too often, those factors can make those of us in that community, photographers and photo editors alike, lose sight of what drive us. [Read More]

Why You Should Trust Science on Vaccines, Climate Change

 Posted on August 23, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1696 words  |  Martina Birk

From vaccinations to climate change, we make decisions every day that implicate us in scientific claims. Are genetically modified crops safe to eat? Do childhood vaccinations cause autism? Is climate change an emergency? In recent years, many of these issues have become politically polarized, with people rejecting scientific evidence that misaligns with their political preferences. When Greta Thunberg, the youthful climate activist, testified in Congress last month, submitting as her testimony the IPCC 1. [Read More]

'We're Both Naked. You Just Have to Go With It'

 Posted on August 22, 2024  |  10 minutes  |  2017 words  |  Patria Henriques

For this conversation, Kristen Wiig and Jon Hamm reunited only two weeks after appearing together on “Saturday Night Live” — Wiig, a regular on the show from 2005 to 2012, joined the Five-Timers Club as the host, and Hamm, her co-star in “Bridesmaids,” appeared as a special guest. The pair had plenty to celebrate: This past season, Wiig starred as a would-be socialite trying to claw her way into the in crowd on Apple TV+’s “Palm Royale. [Read More]

"I Am Not Gay" Actor Denies Claims

 Posted on August 22, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  180 words  |  Patria Henriques

Gotterba said the Hollywood star had been romantically involved with his ex-pilot - but Travolta has hit back at the suggestion, saying there is no truth in the rumour. The actor told The Daily Beast this week: "This is every celebrity's Achilles heel... It's just about people wanting money. That's all. It happens on many levels." Travolta added that he's grown used to rumours surrounding his personal life and he's now largely unaffected by such speculation. [Read More]

10 Ways to Boost Your Emotional Resilience, Backed by Research

 Posted on August 22, 2024  |  14 minutes  |  2775 words  |  Tandra Barner

Ever dealt with a really difficult situation? We’ve all had our emotional resilience tested. Sometimes it feels like you just want to give up. How do the toughest people summon the will to keep going? Steven Southwick and Dennis Charney have studied resilient people for over 20 years. They spoke with Vietnam prisoners of war, Special Forces instructors and civilians who dealt with terrible experiences like medical problems, abuse and trauma. [Read More]

5 diseases you never knew African Velvet Tamarind (Awin) could treat

 Posted on August 22, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  298 words  |  Patria Henriques

Popularly known as Awin in Yoruba, Icheku in Igbo and Tsamiyar kurm in Hausa, Velvet Tamarind is a seasonal fruit with a sweet and tangy taste. African velvet tamarind is the fruit of a native West African tree called Dialium Guineense. Popularly known as Awin in Yoruba, Icheku in Igbo and Tsamiyar kurm in Hausa. It is a seasonal fruit with an orange pulp that has a sweet and tangy taste and a velvet shel. [Read More]