Artennial celebrates tradition of artistic excellence at UChicago
Four innovative UChicago Arts organizations will celebrate their anniversaries（周年纪念日）during Artennial, a celebration of the tradition and future of artistic excellence at the University of Chicago.
Contempo
Devoted specifically to the performance of new music, Contempo—formerly known as the Contemporary Chamber Players—is one of the most successful new music groups in the nation. Now in its 60th season, Contempo bas earned a reputation for outstanding performances of music by living composers.
Court Theatre
Starting its 70th season, Court Theatre is devoted to creating innovative productions of classic plays. Through main stage productions, audience enrichment programs and cooperation s with UChicago, it re-examines, re-imagines and renews classic texts that raise questions that show the human experience.
The Renaissance Society
The Renaissance Society is an independent, non-collecting museum of contemporary （当代的） art located on the campus of UChicago. Founded in 1915 to encourage a greater understanding of culture, it presents exhibitions, public programs and publications that advance the ideas and expressions of our time.
The Smart Museum
Celebrating its 50th season, the Smart Museum is a perfect museum for encounters with art. As the fine arts museum of UChicago, it is home to thought-provoking（发人深省的） exhibitions and a delicate collection of ancient, modern and contemporary art from across the globe. Joining hands with scholars, it has established itself as a pioneering model of what a 21st-century academic art museum can be.
A woman, who was given a virtual reality headset （虚拟现实耳机） experience for her 103 * birthday, chose a walk along a local cliff（悬崖） path—just near her care home. Joyce Penfold put on the headset and treadmill（踏车）combination which can transport people around the world or universe. She was given the opportunity with help from the University of Plymouth's ‘Generating Older Active Lives Digitally' program.
Joyce was previously given the chance to try the ROVR, choosing to take a virtual trip to the seaside in Godrevy, Hayle. There she saw a lighthouse in the sea. She liked the technology so much the GOALD team gave her another go at her 103vl birthday party at Tresillian House. That time she chose Maker Heights, just 63 miles from her Falmouth retirement home.
"Usually the only time I go out is when my daughter takes me out, and the furthest we go is just a few miles, for a coffee perhaps and a good old chat," said Joyce.
The team at the University of Plymouth is attempting to study how technology impacts on the health and well-being of older people. The headset works with an omni-directional （全方向的）treadmill, which allows the user to move in any direction—this gives users the chance to move around freely in a virtual environment as if they were actually there.
"I wasn't totally surprised because she does accept everything that's new. I think she was over 70 when she took her first aeroplane flight, so nothing puts her off," said Joyce's daughter, Maria Blagden.
"We're really interested in the use of technology to support physical activity for older adults, and for us this technology has a lot of potential in that regard. As people walk on the treadmill, they get to explore the virtual worlds, and having a range of places to be explored creates a motivation （动力） to be active," said Dr. Hannah Bradwel1, Digital Health Research Fellow for UoP's GOALD project.
Humans aren't very good listeners. Not compared to some spiders （蜘蛛）, anyway.
Orb-weaver spiders don't have ears, but in 2022, researchers found the arachnids （蜘形钢动物）use their webs as external eardrums（鼓膜）. The spider silk acts as a super-sensitive listening tool, capable of detecting noises from up to ten feet away, and this knowledge of spiders presents a big opportunity for humans to transform our own sound engineering, according to the research led by Ron Miles, a mechanical engineer at Binghamton University.
The human experience of hearing is determined by air pressure in our ears. In response to pressure changes, our eardrums vibrate （震动） at different frequencies that send electrical signals to our brains, which distinguish the sounds. Microphones were built to imitate human eardrums, similarly vibrating in response to pressure changes. But to make the microphone more powerful and sensitive, they need to be larger-a reality that doesn't agree with the general desire for smaller and more transportable technology. "In this case, you should think about how small animals do it," says Miles.
Spiderwebs are less affected by changes in air pressure. Instead, they vibrate in the airflow created by a sound wave, allowing the arachnids to "hear" by feeling that movement—and even locate the direction of the noise.
Miles found that spider silk registered sounds between 1 hertz（赫兹）and 50 kilohertz—a much wider range than the 20 hertz to 20 kilohertz that humans can hear. By applying this sort of sound system to a microphone, man can make it quite a bit smaller without paying a price.
The research presents a new point for a variety of advances in sound technology. Miles and others are working to develop new instruments, which might help teat hearing problems in babies. And spider silk-inspired sound systems may enable researchers to pick up on other sounds outside the human ear's range—such as low-frequency noises that predict the formation of tornadoes （龙卷风）, which scientists can use to track the storms.
A large-scale analysis （分析）of nearly 1,000 scientific studies has shown just how closely human activity is tied to public health. The findings suggest environmental changes caused by human activities are making the risk of infectious （传染的） disease outbreaks all the more likely. The biodiversity （生物多样性） crisis—which has let some one million plant and animal species at risk of extinction—is a leading driver of disease spread, the researchers found.
"It could mean that by changing the environment, we increase the risks of future pandemics （流行病）,"said Jason Rohr, a co-author of the study and a biologist at the University of Notre Dame.
The analysis studied at least one of five "global change drivers" affecting wildlife and landscapes on Earth: biodiversity change, climate change, habitat loss and change, chemical pollution and the introduction of non-native species to new areas. The researchers collected nearly 3,000 data points related to how each of these factors might impact the seriousness of infectious disease outbreaks.
Their conclusions showed that four of the examined factors—climate change, chemical pollution, the introduction of non-native species to new areas and biodiversity loss—all increased the likelihood of spreading diseases, with the latter having the most significant impact. Disease and death rate were nearly nine times higher in areas of the world where human activity has reduced biodiversity, compared to the levels expected by Earth's natural variation in biodiversity.
One global change factor, however, actually reduced the likelihood of disease outbreaks: habitat loss and change. But here, context is key. Most habitat loss is linked to creating a single type of environment—urban （城市的） ecosystems—which generally have good sanitation（卫生）systems, reducing opportunities for disease outbreaks.
The new work adds to past research on how human activity can cause the spread of disease. The research signals the need for public health officials to remain watchful as the effects of human-caused climate change arise.
Whether they're upset at you or they just need to release, it can be difficult to know how to help someone you care about when you're not speaking face to face. Thankfully, there are some effective ways to relieve a person's anger over text.
● Find out why they're upset. It'll be easier to calm them down if you know why they're angry. Read their texts carefully to understand their point of view, and ask clarifying （阐明性的） questions if you're unsure what's made them so upset. It'll also make them feel better knowing that you're listening to them in no hurry.
● Use empathetic （共情的） statements that confirm their points of view. Usually, angry people will start to cool off if someone tells them their feelings are understandable. Acknowledge（认可）the other's feelings. Be empathetic towards them. At least tell them that you understand where they're coming from. It will likely ease the situation.
● Offer a solution. See if there's anything that can be done to settle the situation. Ask permission first so that your loved one doesn't feel like you're ignoring their feelings. Then, offer a solution that applies to the situation they are upset about. If they are angry at you, don't focus on being right or getting back at them.
● Reread your responses before you hit "send." Avoid sending the first thought that comes to your mind, especially if you are stressed, or angered by the text they sent you. Try to remember how much you care about this person and choose your words carefully. This will help you avoid sending an angry text yourself.
A. Calm them down.
B. Recognize their perspectives.
C. Apologize if you made a mistake.
D. Dealing with an angry person over text is no easy task.
E. An angry person may be especially sensitive to what you say.
F. Instead, try to come to an answer that makes you both happy.
G. It'll help you rise to the situation if you know the exact reasons.
While visually impaired（受损） runners usually use human guides, Thomas Panek became the first to complete the race supported by dogs, making history at the New York City Half Marathon. Three dogs—Westley, Waffle and Gus—each 1 him for a third of the race.
Thomas told CNN that though he 2 the support of human volunteers, he missed the feeling of 3 . In 2015, he established the Running Guides programme 4 dogs to support runners. When selecting his partners for the New York race, he chose siblings （兄妹） Waffle and Westley to join Gus, his full-time guide dog. "The 5 is really important. You can't just 6 the harness （系带） and go for a run with these dogs," Thomas explained. "You're training with a team whatever kind of 7 you are, and you want to spend time together in that training camp."
Each dog sets its own 8 —Westley runs an eight-minute mile, while his sister Watle can 9 the same distance in six minutes—and helps Thomas 10 obstacles （障碍物）. Gus was chosen to run the final 11 of the race and 12 the finish line with Thomas. He 13 from his duties as a guide dog at the end of the race, which meant he would leave the track field forever. "It's a little 14 for me because he's always been there with me," Thomas said.
After the race, Thomas commented that guide dogs gave people like him the 15 to do whatever a sighted person does, and sometimes, even ran a little faster than them.
Huzhou, a city in the north of Zhejiang Province, （be） home to brush pen-making since the Qing Dynasty. There was very long time when an excellent Hubi was representative of social position and the desire of all men of letters. But now the art of making brushes is at risk.
The key （reason）for the danger include the hard learning experience of making brush pens, poor working conditions, low profits on brush pens and lower income of workers. Last year, Huzhou had less than 30 brush pen technicians aged below
40. That number now is believed to be even （low）. Most of the technicians have already passed the age of retirement, but are staying in their positions because, them, the factories would have no one to make brush pens.
the Ministry of Education has required elementary and middle schools to start calligraphy classes to save the Chinese tradition, has in turn brought many orders for pens, the increase in orders is bittersweet. （actual）, Huzhou doesn't lack orders at all but skilled technicians to make the brush pens.
So what ranks first on the list of solutions is to get people （know） the meanings and thoughts behind the techniques. If the entire society considered our workers as （respect） technicians, maybe the conditions would become better.
Pip, once a poor boy living in the forge with Joe, a blacksmith, was now a London gentleman. Yet, a question—"Who made me a gentleman, Miss Harvisham or somebody else?"— was bothering him. He didn't find out the answer until one night, an unwelcome visitor came to his house.
That night, Pip was reading alone at the top of his house near the river when he heard footsteps on the stairs. Remembering that the staircase lights were blown out, the gentleman took up his reading-lamp and went out to the stair-head.
"What floor do you want?"
"The top, Mr. Pip." said a voice from the darkness.
The lamp Pip held over the stairs in terror lit up a man's face. He didn't recognize it, but the expression on it showed that the owner was pleased to see Pip. The man was dressed warmly but not elegantly. He had long grey hair and his skin was brown from spending a lot of time outside. Pip guessed he was about sixty.
Taken inside, the man looked around the room and smiled at what he saw. Then he did something strange. He held both of his hands out to Pip. Thinking he might be mad, Pip stepped back, which made the man confused, pushing his hands through his hair.
The man sat down in a chair near the fire. Suddenly Pip knew who he was! The hungry convict in the marshes! The then-convict now looked at Pip with great affection, but Pip could feel none for him.
"You acted nobly to help me, a prison-breaker with an iron ring on a leg sixteen years ago, Pip," the convict continued, "I have never forgot it!"
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The scene of helping him jumped before Pip's eyes. "A gentleman? How have you done so well?" asked the convict. |
