By Matthew Gault Published February 11, 2025 | Comments (0) | Chief Navy Counselor Horace Henry, Chief Navy Counselor Wesley Lewison IX, and Lt. Thomas Stone speak to recruiting prospects during the Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Conference held in Baltimore. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Meghan McDonough The U.S. Military is pulling out of a 40-year-old STEM event in Baltimore as part of its campaign to abandon DEI programs and push back against a perceived wokeness among American troops. The Becoming Everything You Are Conference (BEYA), once called the Black Engineer of the Year Award Conference, has been running in Baltimore for four decades. Its a place that fosters students pursuing STEM degrees and gives them a chance to mingle with colleges and employers. According to its organizers, BEYA got the Pentagon 300 recruits last year. Now it wont get any. Even organizer Tyrone Taborn told Stripes that the government was set to spend $1.5 million to participate in the event. On Monday the cancellations rolled in and officials from various branches at the Pentagon pointed to a January 31 memo from the Pentagon titled Identity Months Dead at DoD that officially ended the U.S. militarys involvement with anything related to cultural awareness. Tabron told Stripes he was baffled. BEYA is the major recruiting activity for everybody, and they put all their money behind this. Its such an ecosystem, he said. Were not even DEI, unless you want to say theres too many Black people or too many Hispanic people coming to the eventwe just cant figure it out.Military contractors also pulled out of the event at the last minute. Booz Allen Hamilton, the Naval Nuclear Laboratory, and Elon Musks SpaceX also canceled. The U.S. Military has been suffering from a recruitment crisis over the past few years. Its a complex problem with a lot of different factors, but one of them is that a future-focused military needs smarter, more STEM-focused recruits. Its hard to convince those kinds of people to sign up for military service when they could take a six-figure job working for a tech company. BEYA and conferences like it are prime recruiting grounds for those kinds of candidates.The Army met its recruiting goals in 2024 and, so far, has set a good pace in 2025. To hear Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth tell it, thats all because of President Donald Trump. Weve already seen it in recruiting numbers. Theres already been a surge since President Trump won the election, Hegseth said during his confirmation hearing. According to Hegseth and Trump, no one wants to join the military anymore because its too woke. Concerns about the Army being, quote, woke, have not been a significant issue in our recruiting crisis, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth told PBS. They werent at the beginning of the crisis. They werent in the middle of the crisis. They arent now. The data does not show that young Americans dont want to join the Army because they think the army is wokehowever they define that. The real reason young people werent joining the military is multifaceted. Twenty years of losing foreign wars was part of it. Then there was a pandemic. Add to that the increased divide between military and civilian families and recruiting standards that most American recruits couldnt meet. Prohibitions against tattoos, certain hairstyles, and the use of psychoactive drugs (including those commonly prescribed for ADHD and depression) all drove down numbers.A lot of kids also werent physically fit enough or academically capable of passing the entrance tests to get into the military. And its on this last point that the Army has made a lot of progress. Starting in 2022, the Army offered what it calls the Future Soldier Prep Course. This is a 90-day intensive training regime that gets recruits physically and academically ready to enter basic training. Its training for the training. And its working. The Army hit its 2024 recruiting goal in September of that year. About a quarter of the candidates had been through the Future Soldier Prep Course.Another reason the Army saw a surge in recruits last year? Women. More than 10,000 of 2024s Army recruits were women, thats up 20% from the previous year. Its easier for them to get in. They tend not to have criminal records and perform better on the entrance exams. Theyre also more physically fit. About 70% of the people who tried to join the Army, failed, and had to go through the Future Soldier Prep Course to get into shape were men. Daily NewsletterYou May Also Like By Matt Novak Published February 10, 2025 By James Whitbrook Published February 10, 2025 Allison Stanger, The Conversation Published February 10, 2025 By Lucas Ropek Published February 7, 2025 By Matt Novak Published February 7, 2025 By AJ Dellinger Published February 7, 2025

If youre in the market for a new gaming monitor, consider going with something a bit ahead of the curve. Dell has a 34-inch curved monitor as part of a limited time deal and you can save 25% of your purchase. Get it? This curved gaming monitor is ahead of the curve? Yeah you get it. Anyway, the monitor is normally priced at $400, but after the discount, its down to only $300. Thats a whole $100 youre saving right off the bat.See at AmazonFully Immersed GamingA curved monitor is one of those things you kind of need to see in person to understand the true benefit. The Dell 34-inch monitor is curved at 1,800R to better reflect the natural shape of our eyes and perception of the world. When the monitor is positioned correctly, it can give you a more immersive gaming experience than any flat monitor ever could. This is a milder curve than other 1,500R and 1,000R monitors on the market, so its a great entry point into curved displays if youre not sure theyre for you.The Dell curved gaming monitor is capable of 144Hz over its DisplayPort 1.4 ports and its two HDMI 2.1 ports, with support for AMD FreeSync to avoid screen tearing. It has fast 2 ms response times and a display resolution of QHD 1440p, which is perfectly adequate for a display at this size of 34 inches. The color range the monitor is capable of looks pretty good for the price point. Its multiple ports make it ideal for PC and console gamer. The display has four SuperSpeed USB 3.2 generation 1 ports for versatile connectivity.To properly light your desk space while gaming, this Dell monitor has a uniquely designed downlight built in. This can provide ambient and desktop illumination to let you see just enough of your keyboard and mouse in low-light setups. This can help ensure you can see what youre doing while remaining focused on the game at hand.Ven fans in the back of the monitor keep air flowing through the screen so heat can dissipate properly, preventing the display from overheating.The screen is on an height and tilt-adjustable stand. This way you can position the monitor perfectly for your comfort, allowing you to play for longer, extended periods of game time.A curved display can drastically improve your gaming experience, immersing you more into what you play. Right now, Dell has its 34-inch curved monitor as part of a limited time deal. You can save $100 on this curved display over at Amazon, bringing the price down from $400 to just $300.See at Amazon

Malvern Pool House / Klas Hylln ArchitectureSave this picture! Hide Film for Klas Hylln ArchitectureArchitects: Klas Hylln ArchitectureAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:201 mYearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2024 PhotographsPhotographs:Hide Film for Klas Hylln ArchitectureManufacturersBrands with products used in this architecture project Manufacturers: PetersenTeglMore SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!Text description provided by the architects. Malvern Pool House by Klas Hylln Architecture is a visually stunning companion to an Arts & Crafts inspired home, perched on a hilltop in rural Warwickshire, housing a swimming pool and a sequence of relaxation rooms. The new addition comprises two interconnecting volumes of clay brick, minimal in appearance, yet materially rich and exquisitely detailed. Sweeping views across the Malvern Hills are balanced with a vast, light-filled volume with a cathedral-like diagrid ceiling that appears to float above the swimming pool.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!A nine-meter-long skylight floods the space with more daylight, or on a clear night is spliced with starlight. A natural mineral scent, a result of the water's interplay with the clay brick, fills the air. The ancillary building houses necessary showers and dressing rooms, and connects to the main house, while protecting a courtyard to the north. Malvern Pool House invites relaxation and rejuvenation. It is a sensory oasis of light and water, an exquisite retreat from the world while retaining a dialogue with the land, and its deer, geese, and hares that inhabit the surrounding fields.Save this picture!The primary oblong (63m2) is all about the elements and is angled specifically to best connect with the landscape. It houses the 1.4m deep pool whose water extends to the perimeter walls and a vast south-facing window, to seamlessly flow into the view. The white-washed diagrid glue-laminated ceiling adds an effortless, calming, monastic quality. The secondary volume (38m2) strengthens and shelters a rectilinear farm courtyard to the north, a space now defined thanks to the careful design of the new buildings. It is a simple mono-pitch volume, housing ancillary functions such as showers, changing rooms, and a small separate meditation area, connected to the main house through a new timber fin glazed link. The space defined between the two volumes (32m2) is the relaxation area, which binds the spaces together. Below the ancillary volume and the relaxation area is a basement plant room and the overflow tank, as well as a wine cellar (68m2). Through the glazed link, back in the main house, an old snooker room has been re-purposed into a new games room and gym (58m2).Save this picture!Structurally it is deceptively simple; the complex technical elements are well hidden. What isn't visible in Malvern Pool House are any of the services, so often the downside of the swimming pool. Instead, these have been cleverly cast into accessible (and maintainable) voids under the water, while an ingenious ventilation system is incorporated into the steel ring beam supporting the roof. Its energy efficiency is also striking: an indoor pool is energy greedy and humid in its very nature. Klas Hylln's solution is a super-insulated airtight structure (350mm of insulation to the roof, 300mm of insulation to the walls, and 200mm to the ground) dramatically reducing heat loss and energy demand. The combination of masonry and timber coated to provide further resistance is robust and will withstand the humidity for decades to come.Save this picture!Klas Hylln says: "The space is a sensory experience. We think it is visually stunning, but the experience comes to life in person - it's about all the senses, acoustics, temperature, tactility, and the smell of water on brick which gives off this very pleasant mineral, almost monastic scent. The air handling unit is the beating heart of this, ensuring a constant temperature at about 29 degrees and humidity at about 55%. We love the interplay with the natural surroundings and the joy of being part of the landscape. And it backstrokes only here as you stargaze into the cosmos for a spot of night swimming".Project gallerySee allShow lessProject locationAddress:Warwickshire, England, United KingdomLocation to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.About this officeMaterialBrickMaterials and TagsPublished on February 11, 2025Cite: "Malvern Pool House / Klas Hylln Architecture" 11 Feb 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1026588/malvern-pool-house-klas-hyllen-architecture&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

Beton Eisack Headquarters Renovation / Pedevilla ArchitectsSave this picture! Gustav WilleitArchitects: Pedevilla ArchitectsAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:4200 mYearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2023 PhotographsPhotographs:Gustav WilleitManufacturersBrands with products used in this architecture project Manufacturers: Gessi, Berker, GSI, VitrA Lead Architects: Armin Pedevilla, Alexander Pedevilla More SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!Text description provided by the architects. During an expansion from 2002, the headquarters of the Beton-Eisack company in Klausen had been supplemented by a striking office building by architects Armin Blasbichler and Matthias Rainer, which ever since prominently forms the entrance to the company grounds in a levitating manner. The aim of the current project was 20 years later to create functionally efficient and pleasant spaces that would meet the company's changed needs while providing an appropriate stage for the concrete that is being developed and produced by the company. Fundamentally new is a space for seminars and other events.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The building is accessed through a spiral staircase that rearranges the entrance situation in a central location. A future- and demand-oriented mix of open-plan and individual offices with various meeting options for staff and managers extends over two floors of the levitating volume.Save this picture!Two inner courtyards and a number of cupola-like skylights significantly improve the daylight situation and sound insulation compared to the existing building, creating a contemporary working atmosphere. Both inner courtyards also create noise-protected outdoor areas for the employees, as the concrete factory is not only busy, but also located right near the Brenner motorway.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The project is an identity-forming headquarters that interprets the transformation 2002-2022 according to the motto "from grey to green" and carries it out by utilizing various concrete technologies. The existing grey concrete shell is retained unchanged due to its established "brand message". Characteristic of the interior, on the other hand, is the predominant use of green-pigmented lightweight concrete with a variety of surface structures, as well as black steel and glass.Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessProject locationAddress:Klausen / Chiusa South Tyrol, ItalyLocation to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.About this officePedevilla ArchitectsOfficeMaterialsGlassConcreteMaterials and TagsPublished on February 11, 2025Cite: "Beton Eisack Headquarters Renovation / Pedevilla Architects" 11 Feb 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1026656/beton-eisack-headquarters-renovation-pedevilla-architects&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

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Nick Harauz walks you through how easy it is to produce clean, natural-sounding podcasts with one-click using the new Voice Enhance plugin, powered by game-changing AI tech. In this tutorial we cover:* Multiple ways to use Voice Enhance* Discover the 3 model options & what they mean* Use other CrumplePop effects with Voice Enhancer for tricky audioSupports Adobe Premiere Pro and Audition, Avid Media Composer and Pro Tools, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, GarageBand, and Logic.// C H A P T E R L I S T //00:00 Introduction 00:24 Previewing the Original Podcast Audio01:05 Applying Voice Enhance01:25 Previewing the Result02:35 Changing the Basic Settings03:37 Looking at Problematic Podcast Audio04:01 Adding Voice Enhance to the Audio Track05:54 Applying Echo Remover before Voice Enhance07:04 GoodbyeFor more CrumplePop tips and training, visit borisfx.com or join the Discord channel.// U S E F U L L I N K S //Find out what CrumplePop has to offer: https://borisfx.com/products/silhouette/ // D I S C O R D C H A N N E L //https://www.borisfxdiscord.com/ #borisfx #audio #ai

In this video Ill show you how I create a landscape scene in blender.Free Water shader Add-on https://chuckcg.gumroad.com/l/sxbcnw?layout=profile Models I use https://chuckcg.gumroad.com/ Get the project file: https://www.patreon.com/posts/flooded-lands-122006081 Rocky surfaces tutorial: https://youtu.be/tCCNi_vx4A4 Water shader tutorial: https://youtu.be/0SJ-__0gK_k Characters: https://youtu.be/TxN9HJmDoEU HDRI from polyhaven

Nipping negative repetitive thinking in the bud has the potential to stave off numerous mental health disorders.Think Eeyore and Piglet. Cheerful Piglet is a chronic worrier, coping with anxiety; glum Eeyore mulls over everything that might go wrong, sinking into depression. But both struggle with repetitive negative thoughts.People who think this way often have trouble with maintaining their own well-being and relationships with others, says Thomas Ehring, a psychologist at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. They repeatedly keep thinking about [something] without it being constructive.Clinicians typically address negative thoughts, such as worry and rumination, as part of a treatment plan for many diagnosed disorders, including depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, insomnia, suicidal ideation and other ailments. But formal diagnoses are not necessary to help people overcome this distressing way of thinking, experts argue.The specifics of the stressor matter less than peoples tendency to get stuck in endless doom loops, says psychologist Michelle Moulds of the University of New South Wales in Sydney. In fact, given its prevalence across disorders, clinicians should consider targeting negative thinking directly, write Moulds and Peter McEvoy, a psychologist at Curtin University in Perth, Australia, in February in Nature Reviews Psychology.We can look beyond diagnoses, Moulds says, and ask what is it for this particular person that is keeping them stuck?Getting a diagnosisFormal diagnoses for mental health disorders were rare up until about half a century ago. But in 1980, the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel, or DSM-III, established thorough diagnostic criteria for a wide range of mental health disorders. The latest iteration is over 900 pages long and covers over 500 diagnostic categories.This has become the mainstream way of dealing with poor mental health. Look at disorders as our main unit of analysis, Ehring says.The current system is premised on the idea that most patients will present with a single disorder. That diagnosis should then guide treatment. In reality, most people struggling with mental health problems meet the diagnostic criteria for multiple disorders. And even when two people receive the same diagnosis, they may experience strikingly different symptoms.Shared symptomsThose shortcomings have prompted many researchers to turn their attention to what are called transdiagnostic factors, or symptoms that seem to transcend diagnostic boundaries. Those factors can include avoidance tendencies, interpersonal challenges, attentional biases and repetitive negative thinking.Researchers in this emerging field remain divided: Should they combine conventional and transdiagnostic approaches? Or to do away with conventional diagnoses altogether and simply treat those overarching transdiagnostic symptoms?Sponsor MessageRegardless of where one lands in that debate, recent advances in understanding and measuring repetitive negative thinking make the factor an ideal case study into what a transdiagnostic treatment approach could look like in the future, say Moulds and others.Identifying repetitive negative thinkingTo identify individuals prone to repetitive negative thinking, some experts are starting to utilize scales that focus not on the content of persistent thoughts but their underlying patterns. The Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire, for example, asks people to rate statements, such as, The same thoughts keep going through my mind again and again or I keep asking myself questions without finding an answer, on a scale from 0 for never to 4 for almost always.In tandem with those efforts, several therapies have emerged in recent years that target repetitive negative thinking directly. Such therapies shift the trajectory of a talk session, says psychologist Edward Watkins of the University of Exeter in England. Watkins helped develop one such therapy, known as Rumination-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or RFCBT.For instance, imagine two patients. One has been diagnosed with depression and is fixated on how hopeless they feel. The other has been diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder and cannot stop worrying about how the germs on their hands can make them sick. A clinician trained in traditional cognitive behavioral therapy will often help patients understand their specific mental health diagnosis by working through the unique content of their thoughts.A clinician trained in the RFCBT, meanwhile, does not need a formal diagnosis to deliver care. Rather than exploring why something might have happened, or the deeper significance of the event, therapies that target negative thinking help patients shift to more actionable questions, such as how they can do something about it, Watkins says. In other words, transdiagnostic approaches seek to modify how people think, regardless of what they are thinking about.Warding off mental health issuesThe long-term hope is that identifying and treating those prone to repetitive negative thinking could protect such individuals from developing more serious mental health challenges in the future, Moulds and McEvoy write. This research is nascent but promising. For instance, in one study of roughly 250 teens and young adults who scored high on screenings for repetitive negative thinking, half the group received training to restructure such thought patterns while the other half did not. Those receiving the training showed lower levels of self-reported anxiety and depression symptoms a year after the intervention, researchers reported in March 2017 in Behaviour Research and Therapy.Transdiagnostic approaches to care recognize that people do not fit into discrete diagnostic categories for mental health, Watkins says. Nor must such approaches be limited to mental health disorders. With mounting research showing how stress impacts the body, such as by increasing inflammation or blood pressure, clinicians could consider common physical and mental health factors in tandem. Its emerging that [long-term health] is not just transdiagnostic between mental health disorders but transdiagnostic between mental and physical health, he says.If you or someone you know is facing a suicidal crisis or emotional distress, call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988.

Nature, Published online: 11 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00445-0The biochemist introduced the first heel-prick tests for newborn babies in Spain, protecting infants from life-changing metabolic conditions.

Nature, Published online: 11 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00446-zResearchers create precise 3D patterns with water.