Biking is an amazing family activity, but finding a route that can accommodate a wide-range of ages can be a challenge.
Lee McNeil and his family are crazy about biking. They have seven children, from 4 to 24 years old. When looking for a route, they look for enough protection from traffic, good surface condition, easy access and interesting views.
With that in mind, here are some great routes for biking with your whole family, as are suggested by McNeil.
Iron Horse Trail
This is the McNeil family's favourite ride. The route is 26 miles and goes through the 2. 1mile Snoqualmie Tunnel.
"Beautiful views, the thrill the tunnel, and places to stop and watch the rock climbers make it special," McNeil said. "All our kids have taken their turn at braving the black tunnel bravely for the first time, which we celebrate it at the end of the ride. "
How to get there: If you prefer, check //bit. ly/Mlt9y4 for more information.
Centennial Trail
The Centennial Trail runs for 23 miles from Snohomish to Bryant. The trail is wide and smooth, and is safe for kids as it is off the roads. A nice stop is Lake Cassidy east of Marysville. A dock on the lake is fun to explore. It also has picnic tables and washrooms for a convenient lunch time stop.
How to get there: The trail can be accessed from a number of trailheads. For a map, go to //bit. ly/L5qCeY.
Cascade Trail
The Cascade Trail follows an abandoned Burlington Northern railroad grade for 23 miles between Sedro-Woolley and Concrete. Because it's on a railroad grade, the slope is gentle and it makes for an easy family ride.
McNeil said it is a "beautiful ride up the Skagit Valley, with lots of places to watch wildlife along the river. "
How to get there: Go to //bit. ly/PR4wOW to see a map showing the trail, parking areas and bus stops .
Other good choices
Snoqualmie Valley Trail: //l. usa. gov/nWGWO
Guemes Island: //bit. ly/LJ3RxL
Burke-Gilman Trail: //l. usa. gov/s33li
Windows are hard. They are particularly hard in northern countries like Sweden, where during winter the days are short and the sun is very low in the sky. Window design in cold climate is a technical balancing act. You want it big to get the light, but you want it small to minimize the heat loss. But there is so much more that windows have to do for our social and emotional well-being.
A recent study published in Buildings and Cities looks at the many roles that windows play and the way people use them, exploring daylight, the visual connection to the outside and the role of windows in the home during the day and night. Windows do much more than just provide light and air: "Windows represent an enjoyment of the home and fulfil much more than physical needs. They must allow sufficient personal control over fresh and cool air, sound, sunlight, street lighting and privacy. "
The study authors, Kiran Maini Gerhardsson and Thorbjorn Laike, interviewed occupants living in multi-family dwellings. Windows turned out to be very important for occupant comfort, for visual connection to the outside. But they also had to be able to be screened for privacy; sometimes these conflicted. Sometimes the sill height was important. One occupant, Dmitry was going to add some frosted film to the bottom of his window. "I don't want to see the faces of others when I'm sitting down, but when I'm standing and see their faces, I can wave to them," he said.
Interviewees preferred daylight to artificial light for many reasons, including as a time indicator, and "because it varies, increases room brightness and improves mood". Our bodies need the change from red to blue and back to red.
The authors conclude windows serve many functions that go beyond just light and air and should be designed accordingly. "There is much more to such experiences than the satisfaction of physical needs. Perceiving a room to be enough daylight, adequately pleasant and spacious seems to be equally essential, and a view of the world outside brings information to inhabit-ants. However, windows also need to prevent people outside from peering in moderate bright sunlight during the day. "
A nightmare plot turned into a miracle-like rescue in Colorado on Sunday. Three children aged 4 to 11 years old were playing on the icy pond at The Addison at Cherry Creek apartments. Suddenly they fell in and were sinking in the freezing water. Dusti Talavera, who lives at the apartment complex, was looking out her window when she saw the kids fall in. Talavera, 23, said she did not hesitate to put on her shoes and rush to the pond, which is 15 feet deep.
"Before I realized it, I was on the pond pulling the two kids out, and that was when I fell in the pond for the third kid," Talavera said during a press conference on Monday. Two of the kids were saved and Talavera began to pull a 6-year-old up to the surface, but was struggling. That was when a 16-year-old male, identified as the cousin of the 6-year-old, jumped in to help.
As deputies (警官) rushed to the scene, they heard that people were out of the pond, but one was not breathing. Deputy David Rodriguez immediately began chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, CBS Denver reports. Two other deputies, Blaine Moulton and Justin Dillard, also assisted. She was rushed to Children's Hospital and was breathing and had a pulse.
"Seeing her breathe was a massive relief," said Dillard. The girl has been transferred to Denver Health, and as of Monday was in serious condition, but expected to survive, according to CBS Denver.
Most Famous Libraries in the World
Trinity College Library
Designed by Thomas Burgh, the library is the largest in Ireland. Construction on the Long Room, the library's 65-meter-long main hall, began in 1712 and lasted 20 years. The original structure only had books on the lower level, but when the library's shelves were filled in the 1850s, the ceiling was raised to accommodate even more books. Today the Long Room holds 200,000 of the library's oldest books.
Stuttgart City Library
Opened in 2011, the German library is a splendid light-gray cube consisting of glass blocks designed by Eun Young Yi. Inside it, you'll find an airy central room, above which sits a multi-story stepped reading room lined with bookshelves. The library towers over the nearby buildings.
Library of Parliament
Taking the form of a Victorian Gothic chapter house complete with 16 flying buttresses, the 1876 Library of Parliament is one of Canada's prized architectural treasures — it's on the ten-dollar bill. Architects Thomas Fuller and Chilion Jones took inspiration from the British Museum Reading Room for the structure, lining the central hall with delicate wood shelves and wood carvings.
Rampur Raza Library
Founded in the late 18th century, the Indian library is home to a massive collection of Islamic and Asian texts and objects. The pink structure that houses the collection today was built in 1904 by Nawab Hamid Ali Khan as a mansion of Indo-European style, The Rampur Raza Library was later shifted to this grand building in 1957.
As a senior year student, you may have so many pressures coming from so many directions that you can't figure out what to do first.
When you have many things to do and a lot of demands on your time, you can lose sight of what's important. One of the best ways to see the big picture – what you want out of life – is to lay out your goals.
Pressure Points and How to Deal With Them
Confused or overwhelmed -- . Discuss your concerns with a friend, parent or teacher. They may help you find solutions to your problems and worries.
Being too hard on yourself – ease up, take a break and do something you enjoy. Daydream, read a book, go out with friends – anything that helps you relax.
Problems, problems, problems – recognize your limits. It's too stressful to try to deal with all your problems at once.
Goal-Setting Tips
It's important to remember that goals belong to you – not to your parents, your teachers, or your friends. After you've set your goals, identify the skills you have to achieve those goals. , do some research. Try the library, your guidance adviser and teachers, and other people who could help you.
. If your goal is something you no longer want, change it. Identify the barriers to getting your goals. Consider ways to overcome them. Don't get depressed by a big, long-term goal – see what steps you can take to achieve it and set those steps down as short-term, "do-able" goals.
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A. Too much to do B. If you're not sure what skills you'll need C. talk to someone you trust D. Goals exist to serve you E. Balancing goals in life F. Choose what's most urgent and set aside the rest until later G. As long as you know what skill is important and what isn't |
Your first day anywhere can be tough. As a supply teacher, I had one such experience when I was 1to work at a special education school.
When I received the call asking if I was available that day, a wave of 2rushed over me. I'd never taught in a special school before, but I 3pulled myself together and drove to the school. On the way there, I had 4about everything I couldn't do.
As I 5, I was greeted by the head who 6me there was "nothing to worry about", but I was feeling anything but! I was told I would teach key stage7by their parents, the children began to show up. I tried to 8my anxious feelings, although a few drops of 9 were noticeable.
The whole class, a total of 8 with various special needs, arrived by 9: 30. Contrary to my 10, as the day went on, my 11levels went down. The children were expressive, unique and passionate, though there were times that left me slightly 12by their screams.
As the day ended, I can 13 say it was one of the best experiences of my teaching career. I hope anyone will 14working at a special school and allow the passion of the children there to 15their love of teaching.
Chinese carmakers are taking the lead in developing the intelligent cockpit (驾驶座舱), is becoming a key part of the modern driving experience.
Intelligent cockpits combine smart technologies with (vary) driving functions, such as voice recognition for vehicle commands and the entertainment and navigation (导航) systems.
According to a report (publish) by patent research firm PatSnap last week, globally there have been 193, 000 patent applications related intelligent cockpits.
Of those, China owns 82, 300 applications, accounting for 42. 56 percent of the total and (rank) first worldwide. It means that the country has become the (much) important market for intelligent cockpit technology, according to the report.
Japan ranks (two) with 31, 900 patent applications and the United States follows with 19, 300. The patent applications of the top three nations account for around 70 percent of the total.
A representative from PatSnap has said the three countries represent the development trend of the automobile industry to a certain degree as they (be) the three largest auto producers worldwide.
It can (see) that under the global trend of autonomous, connected, electric and shared vehicles, the intelligent cockpit has become one of the vital development (direction) of the future of mobility, the report said.
Eugene Pugliese, a heroic firefighter in New York, would not have imagined that after more than three decades, the little girl he once saved would track him down and express her appreciation in person for what he had done for her.
That was a bitterly cold December afternoon. Pugliese was fixing a broken pipe in the SoHo neighbourhood when he was approached by a man who said there was a fire down the block. Pugliese followed him, taking off at a sprint(快速奔跑). The man guided him to the sixth-floor apartment that was blowing out thick smoke, and Pugliese went in without hesitation.
Upon entering the smoky apartment, Pugliese noticed and rescued a woman who then said her child was inside the apartment. The woman kept screaming, "My baby Taylor! My baby Taylor!" So Pugliese went back inside, crawling(爬) through the burning room and blinding smoke, and found a young girl who was unconscious. Immediately, he rushed her down the stairs and gave her mouth-to-mouth to bring her round. To Pugliese's relief, she woke up and started to cry. Then she was taken by ambulance to hospital for further examination.
Soon, the touching story made headlines in the local newspaper. People were full of praise for Pugliese's bravery. But he just said "I was just in the right place at the right time". After that, Pugliese didn't see Taylor ever again, but he always thought of her and wondered how she was going.
Taylor, now a registered nurse in Alexandria, Virginia, has never forgotten him, too. She has kept the newspaper article documenting her being rescued by Pugliese from a burning New York apartment since she was a child. As she got older, she wished she could find Pugliese and thank him face to face—a desire that grew stronger after she became an emergency room nurse, as she learned how rare it was to hear from patients she met on the worst days of their lives again.
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A chance came recently when Taylor was appointed to help in a New York emergency room for weeks.
Finally, the day of meeting came and Taylor went to Pugliese's place in excitement.
