Workshop Series
The workshop is designed for shy parents of shy children，with the unique emphasis on teaching specific methods of building your child's self-respect and social comfort level, while at the same time building your own. Participants are chosen before being admitted to the workshop to help make sure the workshop is a good fit for your needs.
Where: Karman Executive Center, Bellevue, Washington
When: From 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, from November 8th to 12th
Fee: $435
Intensive Training
The workshop is intended to meet the needs of adults who are unable to attend the Workshop Series due to distance or scheduling limits. It'll help you learn the basic skills that help overcome shyness. Be prepared to come to class early and set aside time for homework on Saturday night.
Where: Karman Executive Center, Bellevue, Washington
When: Saturday & Sunday in spring
Fee: $1,150
Shake Shyness
Shy children need our help. In this class, we'll cover the basics - the origins of shyness, methods of overcoming shyness, social skills you can teach in your home, and tips for working with teachers to help your child fit in at school, etc.
Where: Karman Executive Center, Bellevue, Washington
When: From 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm, from November 16th to 18thFee: $95
Skills Training
This is a special class for adolescents designed to teach social skills shy people are afraid to use. We'll cover everything from how to start conversations with strangers to ways to you're your nerves when you do. You'll learn what makes some people more popular than others and simple things you can do to feel more like you fit it.
Where: Karman Executive Center, Bellevue, Washington
When: From 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm, on December 18th
Fee: $75
In most cases, people pick the easiest way out: the path of least resistance. Yet, it is the hard choice—the path of most resistance--that is more beneficial and provides most success in the long run. How do these paths differ? What are the dangers of an easy life? What are the rewards for a hard life? How do you start taking the path of most resistance?
Taking the path of least resistance means choosing the easiest available option, with little regard for its long-term consequences. For example, you eat whatever you like, whenever you like, and in whatever amount you like. It may feel nice at first but all of them have a very steep price. In that case, it's guaranteed obesity. Most people in modern world follow this path and this is why so many people struggle with a lack of self-discipline, good habits, etc.
The path of most resistance is about choosing the option that will lead to more personal growth, even if it means suffering in the early stage of the process. For example, it may cost you a lot to quit watching TV for hours on end. But over the long term, you'll free up a lot of time that will lead to a more satisfying life than that of a couch potato. At first sight, this approach is unappealing. It requires effort and loss of pleasure, and leads to potential suffering. Yet, on the other side of all that lies a world of more confidence, self-discipline and mental resilience(恢复力). In the end, they more than make up for the fleeting superficial pleasures.
We're lazy by nature. Some may point out that it was because of this tendency that we now enjoy so many wonders of technology that people in the past would kill to have. But ask the same individuals praising laziness if they would be happy living a life where everything is given to them the moment they think about it. They would have zero hardships, no objective in life and no obstacle to overcome and no wise human would want such an existence.
The world may have a new supercontinent within 200 million to 300 million years as the Pacific Ocean shrinks and closes.
Researchers at Curtin University in Australia and Peking University in China used a supercomputer to model the evolution of Earth's tectonic plates(地质构造板块) and the formation of a future supercontinent. Their findings were published in the journal National science Review.
"Over the past two billion years, Earth's continents have collided(相撞) together to form a supercontinent every 600 million years，known as the supercontinent cycle. This means that current continents are due to come together again in a couple of hundred million years time," said lead author Dr. Chuan Huang, a research fellow in Curtin's Earth Dynamics Research Group and the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences. ;
The team's simulation showed that due to the fact that Earth has been cooling for billions of years since its formation, the thickness and strength of the tectonic plates beneath the oceans have reduced over time. As a result, the formation of a new supercontinent is more likely to happen by the closing up of the Pacific Ocean. Reducing by a few centimeters per year, the Pacific Ocean's current reach of 10,000 kilometers will close up in less than 300 million years.
"The resulting new supercontinent has already been named Amasia because some believe that the Pacific Ocean will close when America collides with Asia. Australia is also expected to play a role in this important Earth event, first colliding with Asia and then connecting America and Asia once the Pacific Ocean closes," Huang said.
Changes in the distribution of continents and oceans will cause changes in climates, "particularly when ocean currents are stopped by continental collision, or new ocean currents are formed when continents break apart," said study coauthor Zheng-Xiang Li, distinguished professor in Curtin's School of Earth and Planetary Sciences. "Earth, as we know, will be completely different when Amasia forms. The sea level is expected to be lower, and the vast interior of the supercontinent will be very dry with high daily temperature ranges. "
Researchers expect more earthquakes as the continental plates collide. Surrounded by a new super ocean, the newly formed supercontinent will also have decreased biodiversity.
Scientists are still trying to understand Earth's supercontinent cycle, which is driven by heat and gravity. The research team wants to establish how Earth's tectonic plates started and when the first continents formed, as well as what kicked off the supercontinent cycle. "We are only starting to look at the entire Earth system, from its core to its atmosphere, as a closely linked system that evolved together," Li said.
Mark Twain was dismissive of those people who think it is possible for someone to learn how to write a novel. "A man who is not born with the novel-writing gift has a troublesome time when he tries to build a novel," he said. "He has no clear idea of his story. In fact, he has no story. "
British writer Stephen Fry puts it another way. He says that successful authors are those who know just how difficult it is to write a book.
These days, however, technology is making the life of an author a little easier. For Michael Green, a US data scientist-turned-novelist, the need to use technology to simplify and streamline the writing process came when he was in the middle of writing his first book.
With 500 pages of a complex story written, he recalls that the process became difficult to manage: "I had all these documents on the deeper aspects of the world I was creating. I was worried about not being able to keep track of it all. That is when I switched into my more data science-minded approach to solving a complex problem with a lot of different places. "
The end result was that Mr Green created Lynit, a digital platform to help authors plan and weave together the many elements that form a story, such as the themes, characters and major events. " Once the authors get a new idea that they want to bring into the story, with Lynit they are able to input it into a natural framework," he said, "As new ideas come in, they change, maybe by creating new nodes (节点) and new relationships. "
Once the book has been published, technology is also playing an ever-increasing role in publicity and connecting with readers. Websites and apps from specialist firms allow authors to participate in live question-and-answer sessions with their readers.
Michael Green believes technology will become even more important as a new generation of tech-savvy(精通技术的) writers become more well known. "What I'm finding with Generation Zand even younger writers is that they are looking for technology to give them guidance," he said. "They see it as a tool to learn and grow with rather than extra work. "
How did you feel on the last day of term? Perhaps you were excited for an upcoming holiday, or grateful because morning lie-ins were now possible. Whatever you felt, you probably weren't bored. However, as the weeks keep going, boredom may come close to you quietly.
Then, what benefits can boredom bring? When you feel bored, your brain is simply struggling to find something that matters. If there's nothing to be found, your mind will begin to "wander" or we can say "daydream". Scientists have found that daydreaming gives your brain the space to solve problems and work through things that are on your mind. You may come up with some wonderful ideas when daydreaming.
Sandi Mann, a senior psychology lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire, believes that a slower pace of life and learning to love boredom could not only lead to an explosion of people writing and painting masterpieces but also thinking about "creative solutions" to work problems. "Boredom is one of the most creative forces—there are benefits to doing nothing. Relieve yourself. Embrace boredom and your mind will occupy itself," she says. "You could end up painting or writing a masterpiece. "
Many people find boredom to be an uncomfortable feeling. That's OK—with practice, you can learn to "sit with" that feeling and to use it to find fun and meaningful activities to do. There's a difference between feeling bored from time to time, which we all do, and feeling uninterested in things over a long period. If that happens, you can talk to a trusted adult for help, from whom you may get more advice.
A. In addition, don't confuse boredom with other emotions.
B. Allow yourself to be bored and see it as something good.
C. It can also contribute to imagination, ideas and creativity.
D. Believe it or not, it actually can be good for you to be bored.
E. Learning how to accept and respond to boredom is important.
F. Gradually, you will embrace boredom and become interested in it.
G. Don't turn on the TV or reach for a device at the first sign of boredom.
Now Merda spent another couple of hours wandering among the endless orange trees. No 1 of civilization, so he re-entered the woods and soon found himself in swamp(沼泽) water.
He labored for hours as the sun 2 . Tall, thick grasses and thorns blocked his way; mud and water 3 his boots. He tried to navigate by the sun but kept losing it. Each time he picked out a 4 or chose a beeline course, he became 5 lost again after just a few minutes.
Darkness was falling when at last he re-emerged onto the shore of the lake. The water was surprisingly cold, especially as it deepened. Merda started out paddling strongly for the opposite 6 , drinking lake water to ease his awful thirst. He swam on, but some strange 7 prevented his progress. He was a good swimmer, yet he 8 kept diverging (偏离) from his goal. It was maddening, but he 9 to give in to emotion. The sun disappeared and the stars came out, and still he struggled. And that's 10 he saw the alligator (短吻鳄).
Before he could swim a stroke, before he could 11 out a scream, the creature struck like a snake. It sank its teeth into Merda's forearm, and 12 him underwater.
Merda went into 13 mode. He threw his other arm around the alligator's middle, grabbing at its belly. Merda resurfaced, 14 for air, but just as quickly the alligator yanked(猛拉) him under again. Merda felt the flesh of his arm 15 away as the arm was cut off. The creature disappeared into the darkness, carrying Merda's forearm with it.
No pain yet, only terror. Then he realized he was the only one who could get himself out of this. He positioned himself up against the trunk of the tree and waited for dawn.
Zhen Shisheng is a man with hearing loss and speech difficulties. his physical difficulties, Zhen has lived a meaningful life, thanks to his interest and talent in and enthusiasm for the traditional Shanxi art of fahua ware.
Fahua ware, which is mostly made in the south and east of Shanxi, is the porcelain version of cloisonne(景泰蓝), the design elements are separated by copper wires. Porcelain featuring these techniques (fire) at lower temperatures with the different colored glazes and enamels applied to individual areas created by the slip lines.
When (recall) his experience to learn the techniques to make this Shanxi handicraft with a history of hundreds of years, he said, "When you lose some abilities, you would cherish all the others (leave) to you," Zhen said in sign language. "Only when you apply all your senses and abilities to your subject of work can you (possible) succeed. "
Zhen learned the craft from his father, who is master fahua ware craftsman in a porcelain factory. Zhen's creativity and innovation are demonstrated in the (free)of using lines and glaze colors, as well as the selection of patterns and images for decoration.
The hardest part of learning to make fahua ware is that the fahua techniques (lose) for about 300 years, and today's revival of the art has been made through artists' painstaking research into ancient documents and (exist) museum exhibits, as well as their own imagination. And he believes this cultural heritage can be passed down to future generations.
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Dear Amanda,
Yours;
LiHua
"In the end, you may lose your self-care skills," said the doctor. I was twenty-seven and had multiple sclerosis (MS)(多发性硬化). I wanted to accept the news, but right now all I could think of was ending this office visit. I took a quick look at Tracy, my best friend, who began to cry softly. I hugged her close to share her sadness. We said goodbye hurriedly and left.
I was in the building business with my dad, who taught me all things. I spent most of my time working at building sites. I was not afraid of myself but I was afraid that I would let my family down because they count on me so much.
A few weeks later, I read an article about a man named Pat in Sports in the local paper. It was a lucky thing that had come my way. Pat was a coach at the state college, and had conquered MS with the help of a strict diet. At last, I found Pat. Pat and I met and talked for hours about diets and working out. After that, we became close friends. These eight words repeated in my brain: You can do it, Jason. Never give up!
l started a special diet and a workout plan designed for MS patients, and stuck to it. There were plenty of dark days when I had to ask Tracy to help me finish dressing, but thanks to the love and support, my recovery took shape.
Finally, I felt ready to set a goal for myself. The challenge came in the form of natural bodybuilding. I had played football in high school and college, and I was certainly no stranger to the weight room. I began working out hard with a trainer six days a week. He put me through different weight exercises. A few months later, all the hours of sweat and training brought me to a competition that included one three-minute performance.
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I found myself standing on a stage in a packed hall where my family and Pat were.
Before we left to celebrate at a nearby restaurant, my dad came over.
