Aristotle (Image: Wikipedia) The pursuit of pleasure is often treated as one of life’s simplest goals, but Aristotle offered a more measured view of what it means to live wisely. In his Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle wrote: “The man of practical wisdom aims at avoiding pain, not at attaining pleasure.” The statement appears in his discussion…
Georgia artist Eddie Owens Martin In 1957, eccentric folk artist Eddie Owens Martin returned to his rural roots near Buena Vista, Georgia, and began turning a seven-acre family property into a colourful world of painted totems, geometric designs and tall masonry walls. Over the next 29 years, Martin, who called himself “St. EOM”, built six…
Target said sorry for its Halloween costume (left) after backlash that it looked like caricature. Target acknowledged and corrected its mistake after one of its children Hallowen costume triggered a massive outrage. The retain giant said it had pulled down the costume from sale after social media users pointed out that the circus clown evoked…
Laysan Island’s ecosystem was devastated after rabbits introduced in 1903 stripped away native vegetation When German immigrant Max Schlemmer brought a small number of domestic rabbits to the isolated Pacific atoll of Laysan in 1903, he hoped to create a profitable meat-canning business. He also saw the animals as a source of entertainment for his…
ICE explains why CPT is not meant for only international students. As US universities started pausing CPT (Curricular Practical Training), which is a temporary work authorization for F-1 students, triggering confusion over the future of international students in the US, Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued another memo clarifying and doubling down on the new restrictions….
An elevated, high-definition view of the newly protected landscape surrounding the Mimbres River in southwestern New Mexico. Conservationists and state officials in New Mexico have completed a deal to buy nearly 11,000 acres of ecologically rich land along the Mimbres River, permanently protecting an important desert watershed and creating the state’s newest public conservation preserve….
Social media commentators raised a question as to why there are so many new rules for H-1B visa program but none for H-2B Among a bunch of new changes that the Donald Trump administration is bringing to the H-1B visa program, the Department of Homeland Security also wants to provide greater scrutiny of third-party placements….
PC: Intentional incisions on Neolithic Obsidian arrowheads from Central Anatolia: A techno-functional and iconographic approach For nearly nine thousand years, a set of Anatolian arrowheads has been quietly guarding a secret. Archaeologists working at Tepecik-Ciftlik, a Neolithic settlement in Cappadocia, central Turkey, have identified eleven newly recognised obsidian points bearing deliberate, hand-cut incisions, bringing the…
Jonathan Thomas has been dismissed and arrested A second Habersham County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been fired and arrested in less than a month after an internal audit found he allegedly used the department’s automated license plate reader system to track someone with whom he had a personal relationship. Former deputy Jonathan Thomas, who joined…
Mentmore Towers, the mansion that became Wayne Manor in Batman Begins, is now at risk of being seized. (Photo: SWNS) The real-life Wayne Manor from Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins, Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire, is at the centre of a preservation battle after the Grade I-listed mansion was served with a formal repairs notice. The property…