Women weave a culture of resistance and agroecology in Ecuador’s Intag valley In Ecuador’s lush tropical Andes, Silvia Vetancourt multitasks, her hands maneuvering crochet needles with swift precision as she navigates the rocky path to the old town of Plaza Gutierrez. “We like ... 04/25/2024 - 4:31 am | View Link
Infinite Possibilities to hold rock-painting event Infinite Possibilities is holding a rock-painting event to commemorate Sexual Assault Awareness Month, which is April. Those interested should show up to the grassy area between the Henry A. Dennis ... 04/24/2024 - 5:00 pm | View Link
South Koreans turn to rocks as pets It seems that we are back in the Stone Age as South Koreans take to ‘pet rocks’ to combat loneliness and burnout. 04/24/2024 - 12:26 am | View Link
South Koreans are finding solace in pet rocks. Here's why The therapeutic advantages of pet rocks surpass mere symbolism. Numerous South Koreans express experiencing calmness and tranquility while engaging with their pet rocks, whether through conversation, ... 04/22/2024 - 8:36 pm | View Link
Stone Age: Why South Koreans are buying rocks to fight loneliness South Korea is one of the most overworked countries in the world with reports of loneliness and burnout among the young. So how are they tackling their daily stress? Well, the answer may ‘rock’ you ... 04/22/2024 - 4:03 pm | View Link
Pet Rock USA. Availability. 1975–February 1976. Pet Rock is a collectible toy made in 1975 by advertising executive Gary Dahl. They were rocks packaged in custom cardboard boxes [1] complete with ventilation holes and straw bedding imitating a pet carrier. [2] 04/24/2024 - 4:04 am | View Website
Hard Sell: A History of the Pet Rock | Mental Floss By Jake Rossen | Aug 22, 2019. Amazon / Amazon. Keep Watching. Read More. You may have heard the story of the Pet Rock, the Mexican beach stone that could be purchased in bulk for less than a... 04/24/2024 - 1:19 am | View Website
Pet Rocks! The Most Hilarious Toy Fad of the 70s | The ... Cover of a Pet Rock box. Along with the ubiquitous yellow “Smiley” that gets a nod in Forrest Gump (1994) and “mood rings” which purported to contain a magic stone that changed color depending on your mood, the “Pet Rock” was one of the crazier fads of the decade. Funny thing is, people loved them — and they made their inventor a ... 04/23/2024 - 7:28 pm | View Website
The Rise and Fall of the Pet Rock: A Look Back at the 1975 ... The Pet Rock, a simple rock with googly eyes glued on and nestled in a cardboard box with a bed of straw, became an instant sensation and cultural phenomenon. Despite its humble origins, the Pet Rock became a symbol of the absurdity and excess of the era, as well as a testament to the power of clever marketing and the fickle nature of popular ... 04/23/2024 - 4:29 pm | View Website
The Pet Rock Captured a Moment and Made Its Creator a ... April 1, 2015, 12:50 AM. 2:03. Gary Dahl, originator of the Pet Rock, holds Pet Rock items in 1976. San Francisco Chronicle/AP Photo. -- Gary Ross Dahl devised the perfect pet. No messes. No allergies. No effort. Just pure, simple solidarity. 04/22/2024 - 11:04 pm | View Website
The sails of Paris’ iconic Moulin Rouge windmill have collapsed overnight for the first time in the 134 year history of the cabaret club.
The accident is believed to have occurred at 2 a.m. local time, less than an hour after the venue’s last show had ended, according to the club owners.
It’s not just U. S. universities where the Israel-Hamas war is a touchy topic. This week, an American professor has sparked controversy in Malaysia after criticizing the Southeast Asian nation’s official pro-Palestinian stance on the conflict during a visiting lecture.
“A country whose political leaders advocate a second Holocaust against the Jewish people will never be a serious player in world affairs, and will certainly never be a friend or partner of the United States,” Bruce Gilley, a professor of political science at Portland State University, said during a keynote address at the University of Malaya on Tuesday, according to a now-deleted post on X in which he quoted himself.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis has a confession to make. “Sometimes I watch the footage from my speeches and I always look much taller than everyone else around,” the 6-ft. 1-in. Greek Prime Minister says with a wry smile, buckled up in the back seat of his car in a pressed blue shirt and black hoodie.
It’s easy to let high stress steal our full attention. Often, high stress leaves us vulnerable to a dysregulated, unproductive state. This means we need reliable resources we can connect to in order to renew and maintain our mental, emotional, and physical energy, and to help us recover from work stressors that, left unchecked, can make us vulnerable to burnout.
As a burnout researcher, my work has been focused on pinpointing the most reliable and effective resources people can connect to in order to protect themselves from burnout.
“We are all at risk of manipulation online right now.”
So begins a short animated video about a practice known as decontextualization and how it can be used to misinform people online. The video identifies signs to watch out for, including surprising or out of the ordinary content, seemingly unreliable sources, or video or audio that appear to have been manipulated or repurposed.
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Though it may not look like it, this 50-second video is actually an election ad—one of three that Google will be rolling out across five European countries next month in advance of the European Union’s June parliamentary elections.
Venice, the historic Italian city known for its canals, would like to draw a balance between its residents who live there and help to keep the place running and its visitors, an important source of economic revenue but increasingly also a burden on social services and the livability of the city.
In recent years, the balance has shifted: in the 1970s, Venice had some 175,000 residents; as of last year, its population dipped below 50,000—and the number of tourist beds outnumbered residents for the first time.