Oklahoma, one of America's Southwest Region, is full of fascinating history. While much can be learned about the state's past by visiting larger urban areas like Oklahoma City, the state capital, and Tulsa, those in the know will include at least a few smaller towns on their travel plans.
Guthrie
Guthrie was Oklahoma's first state capital and a focal point of the Land Run of 1889, an important event that saw thousands of settlers rushing to claim land across the Southwest. Guthrie Historic District is one of the best-preserved collections of Victorian-era architecture in the United States and encompasses over 2,000 buildings, including the Oklahoma Territorial Museum and Carnegie Library, home to fascinating exhibits about Guthrie's early years.
Ardmore
Ardmore became an important hub for the nation's oil boom of the early 20th century. Its downtown retains much of its historic charm and early wealth, including the Santa Fe Depot, built in1915, which now houses the Greater Southwest Historical Museum. The Ardmore Public Library, dating to 1905, is another significant site that has been well-preserved, as is the Colcord Building, constructed in 1894 and one of Oklahoma' s oldest standing structures built with steel (it's now a luxurious 4-star hotel under Hilton's Curio brand). Be sure to also head out into the surrounding Arbuckle Mountains and nearby Lake Murray for a scenic drive.
Pawhuska
Pawhuska is the heart of the Osage Nation and played an important role in Oklahoma's oil boom. The town's fascinating past is enshrined in landmarks like the Osage Nation Museum, established in1938, and the oldest tribally owned museum in America, which describes Osage history, art, and culture vividly; while the 1914 Constantine Theatre is a striking reminder of early 20th-century entertainment that continues to host performances.
At just 18 years old, Khalifa Aminu from Kano, Nigeria, has proved himself as an amazing inventor, with his sensory glasses designed to help the visually impaired (视障人士).
The glasses are fitted with infrared sensors (红外传感器) that can "see" obstacles in the user's path, warning them about possible dangers without the need for traditional walking sticks or guide dogs. In their current form, the glasses let out a beeping sound when an object is nearby, helping users move past it safely. Aminu is now working on making the glasses even more effective, particularly in low-light and nighttime conditions.
Aminu's journey into the world of invention began in childhood. He started small, building a canoe (独木舟) as his first project, and quickly realized that his creations could be used to solve real-world problems in his community. This love for invention has led him to create various innovations such as a radio station, a bomb detector and an automatic water sprayer for farmers.
As for how Aminu came up with the idea of his latest creation, Aminu explained, "I grew up in an area where there are visually impaired people, and I understand what they're going through. This is why I began the process for a technology-based solution for them."
The glasses have received positive feedback from testing. In a recent trial, a blind man was highly impressed by their effectiveness. "He suggested several improvements, like a wireless switch, smaller parts, and lenses for better usability," Aminu explained. "These suggestions will be carried out in future versions, but the challenge remains the lack of materials and resources for further development."
Luckily, in June, Aminu's invention caught the attention of Nigeria's National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, suggesting a bright future for him in further innovation and mass production. "My ultimate dream is to build a global company that continues to develop innovative technological solutions not only for Nigeria but for the world," said Aminu.
What do you do with your old clothes? You might throw them away, or if you want to be more environmentally friendly, you could sell or donate them. No matter what you choose, it's always been your responsibility to deal with them. However, a new California law could shift this responsibility to clothing producers.
This pioneering law, called the Responsible Textile Recovery Act, is targeted to set requirements for producers of clothing, towels and bedding. It requires them to develop and fund a statewide program for reusing, repairing and recycling their products. The law could help address the long-standing pollution caused by the textile (纺织) and fashion industries, noted The Guardian.
Since 1960, the amount of textile waste in the US has grown nearly tenfold, reaching over 17 million tons in 2018, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency. A shocking 85 percent of textiles end up in landfills where they send out harmful gases and chemicals into the environment. As a major polluter, the fashion industry accounts for about 10 percent of global carbon emissions (排放), more than international flights and shipping combined, according to the United Nations. The rise of "fast fashion", which produces cheap, low-quality clothing meant to be worn only a few times, has significantly worsened this environmental crisis.
The serious pollution drove Democratic state senator Josh Newman, who drafted (起草) the Responsible Textile Recovery Act, into action. He communicated with all sectors of the textile industry to prevent opposition.
Some worry the law could make shopping more expensive and impact small and medium-sized brands. However, Newman said people shouldn't notice any price increases, estimating it would cost producers less than 10 cents (0.7 yuan) per item.
The program is expected to begin as early as 2028 in the hope of making the industry more sustainable (可持续的). It could also open new opportunities for green production and consumption while creating more than 1,000 green jobs.
Writing out the same word again and again may bring back bad memories for some, but handwriting can boost connectivity across brain regions, some of which are involved in learning and memory, a new study shows.
In the study, psychologists Audrey and Ruud, both at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, stuck electrodes (电极) on the participants' heads. They asked the participants to type out or hand write with a digital pen words that appeared on a computer screen. Sensors in a cap recorded electrical brain activity. Then the psychologists looked for when two brain areas are active with the same frequency of electrical waves at the same time. This result can reveal the connectivity among different regions across the brain.
With handwriting, the researchers saw increased activity, specifically in low frequency bands, not only in the expected motor areas but also in others associated with learning. These low frequency bands have previously been shown to support memory processes. When the team compared the two tasks, they realized that handwriting —but not typing —increased the connectivity across parietal (顶叶) brain regions, which are involved in sensory and motor processing, and central regions, many of which are involved in memory.
"Even when the movements are very similar, the activation seems much, much higher in handwriting," Audrey says. "It shows that there's more involvement of these brain regions when you're handwriting, which might give you some specific advantages."
These findings suggest that there are distinct processes of brain activation happening while a person types or writes. This boost of stimulation of handwriting facilitates learning because these particular waves between these areas are involved in memory formation and encoding (编码) .
And although handwriting may help with learning processes, typing is often easier, faster and more practical. "Students and teachers alike should therefore consider the task at hand to decide to hand write or type," Audrey says. Despite the need for more studies to determine the best learning strategy, experts say that handwriting shouldn't be left behind in the digital age. "Schools need to bring in more writing into curriculum design," Ruud says.
The easiest way to love yourself is to treat yourself like your own BFF (Best Friend Forever). 16 Quite simply, this means you need to recognize your own self-worth and live your own life as honestly as you can. Read on to learn some strategies so you can embark on a journey of loving yourself.
17Negative thoughts often come from outside people whose opinions we value and from whom we seek love and acceptance. Trace down the core of those negative thoughts and tell yourself a different story. Think about what you would say to a close friend who said those things about themselves.
Accept your flaws as part of who you are. Everything you've done and everywhere you've been is a part of who you are. 18 Instead, accept that they're all parts of the same whole. When you love yourself, you love all of you because you wouldn't have the good without the bad.
Focus on your effort rather than the result to control perfectionism. If you expect yourself to be perfect for ever, you'll never be pleased with anything you produce. 19 Try to appreciate the work you put into completing a task, rather than looking for flaws in what you done.
Practice gratitude for good things. Its human nature to see negative things as bigger and more important than positive things, but this also does tremendous damage to your self-esteem. When you find yourself focusing on negative or less favorable events in your life, immediately try to name 3 to 5 things that you can be grateful for. 20
A. This can lead to low self-esteem.
B. Pay attention to negative thoughts.
C. Let go of negative thoughts about yourself.
D. Self-love isn't about fixing all the "bad" things about yourself.
E. Look for the positive side even when bad things happen to you.
F. Usually, it might seem like it's easier to love others than to love yourself.
G. Actually, it's tough to build healthy relationships if you don't love yourself first.
I was at the grocery shop21 last-minute items for Easter dinner when I 22 from the corner of my eye the most wonderful flower I had ever seen. It was, as I later learned, a peony (牡丹).
I was so23 that I was going to buy myself flowers. I'd24 done this before. On the way home, I wondered why I had never really been25 to any flowers before.26 , I'd been on this earth for over half a century.
27 in England, my immigrant (移民) family viewed flowers as 28 since survival was our priority. Dad worked on the railways, and Mom, before her 29 , worked in a factory. Our small garden was filled with vegetables30 flowers, as Mom and Dad often said, "These will keep us alive if we can't get them from the 31 ."
We also built an underground oven (烤炉), where Mom and Dad would make flatbread (薄面饼). The smell of this flatbread32 us and anchored (使扎根) us to our lives in England. When Mother's Day came, Mom would say, "Why waste money on flowers? They'll just die. Buy shoes or coats instead." So, we kids made food for her at home. My mother 33 years ago after a long illness. If she were still alive today, she' d probably 34 her head at me for buying flowers.35 , I still wish I'd had the chance to show her this beautiful flower and buy it for her on Mother's Day
China's newest type of carrier rocket, the Long March 12, 36(make) its maiden flight on Saturday night, 37 also marked the debut mission of the Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Center.
Four liquid oxygen-kerosene engines on the rocket's first stage roared with dazzling flame at 10:25 pm. After flying a short while, two satellites separated from the rocket 38 entered their preset orbit, marking the success of 39 launch mission.
The Long March 12 is the first Chinese rocket with a diameter of 3.8 meters. By 40(compare), most Chinese rockets have a diameter of 3.35 meters, a standard 41(wide) that was set in the 1960s considering constraining factors in rail transport. Standing 62.6 meters tall, equivalent to the height of 22 42(story) of a standard residential building, the two-stage model is the second 43(high) in all Chinese rockets, only exceeded by the 62.8-meter Long March 5.
The new model will 44(effective) improve China's capability 45(send) spacecraft to a sun-synchronous orbit and deploy satellite networks in low orbits, the Shanghai academy noted, adding that its research and development started in May 2020 and finished in June this year.
The high regard for Chinese writing system can be seen in the development of Chinese character as an art form, known as Chinese calligraphy, Chinese culture.
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