(@articles_in_English).pdf
129.2 KB
#superarticle
💆♂Toxic Stress: A Slow Wear And Tear
The most effective prevention for toxic stress is to reduce the source of the stress. This can
be tricky, especially if the source of the stress is the child's own family. But parent coaching,
and connecting families with resources to help address the cause of their stress (sufficient
food, housing insecurity, or even the parent's own trauma), can help.
📰@articles_in_English
💆♂Toxic Stress: A Slow Wear And Tear
The most effective prevention for toxic stress is to reduce the source of the stress. This can
be tricky, especially if the source of the stress is the child's own family. But parent coaching,
and connecting families with resources to help address the cause of their stress (sufficient
food, housing insecurity, or even the parent's own trauma), can help.
📰@articles_in_English
❤6👍3
(@articles_in_English).pdf
328 KB
#superarticle
👨🦳👵What is the secret of a long life?
The Japanese island of Okinawa is the front runner. At 58 centenarians per 100,000 people, it has
the world's highest proportion in this age group, with Sardinia and Iceland not too far behind. All
three are relatively isolated island communities, which leads to less genetic variation amongst
inhabitants. In these places, the result has been a predisposition towards a longer life. Of
course, members of such communities usually share a particular environment, too, but this alone
cannot explain longevity. Gerontologists have emphasised the importance of regular exercise, so
anyone aiming to reach a century should not underestimate this.
📰@articles_in_English
👨🦳👵What is the secret of a long life?
The Japanese island of Okinawa is the front runner. At 58 centenarians per 100,000 people, it has
the world's highest proportion in this age group, with Sardinia and Iceland not too far behind. All
three are relatively isolated island communities, which leads to less genetic variation amongst
inhabitants. In these places, the result has been a predisposition towards a longer life. Of
course, members of such communities usually share a particular environment, too, but this alone
cannot explain longevity. Gerontologists have emphasised the importance of regular exercise, so
anyone aiming to reach a century should not underestimate this.
📰@articles_in_English
❤6👍3
(@articles_in_English).pdf
181.9 KB
#superarticle
✍Tool for ancient writing
There were also disadvantages associated with the use of quill pens, including a lengthy
preparation time. The early European writing parchments made from animal skins required much
scraping and cleaning. A lead and a ruler made margins. To sharpen the quill, the writer needed a
special knife (origins of the term “pen-knife”.) Beneath the writer’s high-top desk was a coal stove,
used to dry the ink as fast as possible.
📰@articles_in_English
✍Tool for ancient writing
There were also disadvantages associated with the use of quill pens, including a lengthy
preparation time. The early European writing parchments made from animal skins required much
scraping and cleaning. A lead and a ruler made margins. To sharpen the quill, the writer needed a
special knife (origins of the term “pen-knife”.) Beneath the writer’s high-top desk was a coal stove,
used to dry the ink as fast as possible.
📰@articles_in_English
👍3
(@articles_in_English).pdf
148.6 KB
#superarticle
👨⚖Paul Nash
Nash was educated at St. Paul’s School and the Slade School of Art, where he met Dora
Carrington. Unlike some of his contemporaries at the Slade School, Nash remained untouched by
the two post-impressionist exhibitions organized by Roger Fry in 1910 and 1912. Instead, he was
influenced by the work of William Blake. He also became a close friend of Gordon Bottomley, who
took a keen interest in his career.
📰@articles_in_English
👨⚖Paul Nash
Nash was educated at St. Paul’s School and the Slade School of Art, where he met Dora
Carrington. Unlike some of his contemporaries at the Slade School, Nash remained untouched by
the two post-impressionist exhibitions organized by Roger Fry in 1910 and 1912. Instead, he was
influenced by the work of William Blake. He also became a close friend of Gordon Bottomley, who
took a keen interest in his career.
📰@articles_in_English
👍1
(@articles_in_English).pdf
175.8 KB
#superarticle
🏙Caral: an ancient South American city
Huge earth and rock mounds rise out of the desert of the Supe Valley near the coast of Peru in
South America. These immense mounds appear simply to be part of the geographical landscape in
this arid region squeezed between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes mountains.But looks deceive.
These are actually human-made pyramids strong evidence indicates they are the remains of a city
known as Caral that flourished nearly 5,000 years ago.
📰@articles_in_English
🏙Caral: an ancient South American city
Huge earth and rock mounds rise out of the desert of the Supe Valley near the coast of Peru in
South America. These immense mounds appear simply to be part of the geographical landscape in
this arid region squeezed between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes mountains.But looks deceive.
These are actually human-made pyramids strong evidence indicates they are the remains of a city
known as Caral that flourished nearly 5,000 years ago.
📰@articles_in_English
👍5
(@articles_in_English).pdf
229.1 KB
#superarticle
🏞Nature works Polylactic acid
As Nature Works PLA polymers are more oil- and grease-resistant and provide a better flavor and
aroma barrier than existing petroleum-based polymers, grocery retailers are increasingly using this
packaging for their fresh foods. As companies begin to explore this family of polymers, more
potential applications are being identified. For example, PLA possess two properties that are
particularly useful for drape fabrics and window furnishings.
📰@articles_in_English
🏞Nature works Polylactic acid
As Nature Works PLA polymers are more oil- and grease-resistant and provide a better flavor and
aroma barrier than existing petroleum-based polymers, grocery retailers are increasingly using this
packaging for their fresh foods. As companies begin to explore this family of polymers, more
potential applications are being identified. For example, PLA possess two properties that are
particularly useful for drape fabrics and window furnishings.
📰@articles_in_English
👍1
(@articles_in_English).pdf
234.1 KB
#superarticle
👻🏙Bodie: America's most famous ghost town
Strengthening walls, repairing roofs, and replacing smashed windows. Spiller and his team rebuild
walls using pine similar to the native Jeffrey pine that was originally used without constant attention,
most houses would fall apart. Nearby towns similar to Bodie have already disappeared because, for
one reason or another, they weren’t maintained.
While the staff work to preserve the site’s empty look, a variety of natural life lives on in the remains
of the town. California ground squirrels tunnel into the shrub- covered earth, feeding on meadow
grass and bitterbrush. Coyotes- and from time to time a mountain lion, bobcat, or bear- amble
through the town. As people left their homes in Bodies and no one else moved in, the houses
became popular havens for species that thrive in the empty places, such as deer, mice, snakes, and
lizards.
📰@articles_in_English
👻🏙Bodie: America's most famous ghost town
Strengthening walls, repairing roofs, and replacing smashed windows. Spiller and his team rebuild
walls using pine similar to the native Jeffrey pine that was originally used without constant attention,
most houses would fall apart. Nearby towns similar to Bodie have already disappeared because, for
one reason or another, they weren’t maintained.
While the staff work to preserve the site’s empty look, a variety of natural life lives on in the remains
of the town. California ground squirrels tunnel into the shrub- covered earth, feeding on meadow
grass and bitterbrush. Coyotes- and from time to time a mountain lion, bobcat, or bear- amble
through the town. As people left their homes in Bodies and no one else moved in, the houses
became popular havens for species that thrive in the empty places, such as deer, mice, snakes, and
lizards.
📰@articles_in_English
👍4❤2
(@articles_in_English).pdf
124.6 KB
#superarticle
🐢The Tuatara of New Zealand
Tuatara can live in remarkably dense populations. Most tuatara islands have 50- 100 tuatara per
square hectare - so an island of only 10 hectares may have a population of hundreds. Larger islands
with many seabirds and invertebrates, which tuatara eat, may have greater densities. The largest
population is on Stephens Island, where there are estimated to be as many as 2,500 per hectare in
some places, and a total of at least 30,000. The total number of tuatara on all the islands is
estimated to be between 50,000 and 100,000.
📰@articles_in_English
🐢The Tuatara of New Zealand
Tuatara can live in remarkably dense populations. Most tuatara islands have 50- 100 tuatara per
square hectare - so an island of only 10 hectares may have a population of hundreds. Larger islands
with many seabirds and invertebrates, which tuatara eat, may have greater densities. The largest
population is on Stephens Island, where there are estimated to be as many as 2,500 per hectare in
some places, and a total of at least 30,000. The total number of tuatara on all the islands is
estimated to be between 50,000 and 100,000.
📰@articles_in_English
👍1
(@articles_in_English).pdf
268.5 KB
#superarticle
🌱🍵A Brief History of Tea
While tea was at this high level of development in parts of Asia, information concerning the then
unknown beverage began to filter back to Europe. Earlier traders had mentioned it, btit were unclear
as to whether tea should be eaten or drunk. The first European to personally encounter tea and write
about it was Portuguese - Portugal, with her technologically advanced navy, had been successful in
gaining the first right of trade with China.
📰@articles_in_English
🌱🍵A Brief History of Tea
While tea was at this high level of development in parts of Asia, information concerning the then
unknown beverage began to filter back to Europe. Earlier traders had mentioned it, btit were unclear
as to whether tea should be eaten or drunk. The first European to personally encounter tea and write
about it was Portuguese - Portugal, with her technologically advanced navy, had been successful in
gaining the first right of trade with China.
📰@articles_in_English
👍2🔥2
(@articles_in_English).pdf
190.2 KB
#superarticle
🇦🇺Australia's Megafauna Controversy
Mammals, combined with observations of people who still practise a traditional huntergatherer
lifestyle, reveal an unexpected paradox and suggest a further possible explanation as to what
happened. Using a mathematical model, It was found that a group of 10 people killing only one
juvenile Diprotodon each year would be sufficient to bring about the extinction of that spaces within
1,000 years. This suggests that here, as in other parts of the word, the arrival of humans in lands
previously inhabited only by animals created a volatile combination in which large animals fared
badly.
📰@articles_in_English
🇦🇺Australia's Megafauna Controversy
Mammals, combined with observations of people who still practise a traditional huntergatherer
lifestyle, reveal an unexpected paradox and suggest a further possible explanation as to what
happened. Using a mathematical model, It was found that a group of 10 people killing only one
juvenile Diprotodon each year would be sufficient to bring about the extinction of that spaces within
1,000 years. This suggests that here, as in other parts of the word, the arrival of humans in lands
previously inhabited only by animals created a volatile combination in which large animals fared
badly.
📰@articles_in_English
👍7❤3
(@articles_in_English).pdf
122.4 KB
#superarticle
🧍♂🔖Developmental Tasks of Normal Adolescence
The adolescent must establish adult vocational goals. As part of the process of establishing a
personal identity, the adolescent must also begin the process of focusing on the question, 'What do
you plan to be when you grow up?1 Mid-adolescents must identify, at least at a preliminary level,
what their adult vocational goals are and how they intend to achieve them.
📰@articles_in_English
🧍♂🔖Developmental Tasks of Normal Adolescence
The adolescent must establish adult vocational goals. As part of the process of establishing a
personal identity, the adolescent must also begin the process of focusing on the question, 'What do
you plan to be when you grow up?1 Mid-adolescents must identify, at least at a preliminary level,
what their adult vocational goals are and how they intend to achieve them.
📰@articles_in_English
👍3
(@articles_in_English).pdf
185.2 KB
#superarticle
♻️Answers Underground
Clearly, storing large amounts of gas underground raises environmental fears.
Environmentalists argue that more research is needed on potential storage sites, such as oil
and gas reservoirs and coal seams unsuitable for mining, to ensure that they offer long-term
solutions. The World Wide Fund for Nature Australia has argued that the primary risk of
underground storage is that dangerously large volumes of carbon dioxide might escape and
people become asphyxiated.
📰@articles_in_English
♻️Answers Underground
Clearly, storing large amounts of gas underground raises environmental fears.
Environmentalists argue that more research is needed on potential storage sites, such as oil
and gas reservoirs and coal seams unsuitable for mining, to ensure that they offer long-term
solutions. The World Wide Fund for Nature Australia has argued that the primary risk of
underground storage is that dangerously large volumes of carbon dioxide might escape and
people become asphyxiated.
📰@articles_in_English
😁4
(@articles_in_English).pdf
127.8 KB
#superarticle
👩🦱Katherine Mansfield
Mansfield rapidly grew discontented with the provincial New Zealand lifestyle, and with her family.
Two years later she headed again in London. Her father sent her an annual subsidy of €100 for the
rest of her life. In later years, she would express both admiration and disdain for New Zealand in her
journals.
📰@articles_in_English
👩🦱Katherine Mansfield
Mansfield rapidly grew discontented with the provincial New Zealand lifestyle, and with her family.
Two years later she headed again in London. Her father sent her an annual subsidy of €100 for the
rest of her life. In later years, she would express both admiration and disdain for New Zealand in her
journals.
📰@articles_in_English
👍1
(@articles_in_English).pdf
143.4 KB
#superarticle
🐜Insect decision-making
The way insects put into effect collective decisions can be complex and as important as the
decisions themselves .At the University of Bristol, in the UK, Nigel Franks and his colleagues studied
how a species of ant establishes a new nest. Franks and his associates reported how the insects
reduce the problems associated with making a necessarily swift choice. If the ants’ existing nest
become suddenly threatened, the insects choose certain ants to act as scouts to find a new nest.
📰@articles_in_English
🐜Insect decision-making
The way insects put into effect collective decisions can be complex and as important as the
decisions themselves .At the University of Bristol, in the UK, Nigel Franks and his colleagues studied
how a species of ant establishes a new nest. Franks and his associates reported how the insects
reduce the problems associated with making a necessarily swift choice. If the ants’ existing nest
become suddenly threatened, the insects choose certain ants to act as scouts to find a new nest.
📰@articles_in_English
👍1
(@articles_in_English).pdf
238 KB
#superarticle
🌊Keeping the water away
The Dutch, for whom preventing floods is a matter of survival, have gone furthest. This
nation, built largely on drained marshes and seabed, has had several severe shocks in the
last two decades, when very large numbers of people have had to be evacuated. Since that
time, the Dutch have broken one of their most enduring national stereotypes by allowing
engineers to punch holes in dykes. They plan to return up to a sixth of the country to its
former waterlogged state in order to better protect the rest.
📰@articles_in_English
🌊Keeping the water away
The Dutch, for whom preventing floods is a matter of survival, have gone furthest. This
nation, built largely on drained marshes and seabed, has had several severe shocks in the
last two decades, when very large numbers of people have had to be evacuated. Since that
time, the Dutch have broken one of their most enduring national stereotypes by allowing
engineers to punch holes in dykes. They plan to return up to a sixth of the country to its
former waterlogged state in order to better protect the rest.
📰@articles_in_English
👍1👏1
(@articles_in_English).pdf
173.1 KB
#superarticle
⛴A New Voyage Round the World
We have then a man of myriad and colourful parts, and perhaps not always the easiest of sailors to
get along with because of his arrogance and hot temper. But to dwell on these aspects today is to
miss the point: it is A New Voyage Round the World that should provide the most illuminating and
entertaining of Dampier’s legacies. Above all, the text is studded with some wonderfully colourful
expressions, and readers will enjoy some of the finest descriptions of storms in the English
language, and the liberal wit throughout.
📰@articles_in_English
⛴A New Voyage Round the World
We have then a man of myriad and colourful parts, and perhaps not always the easiest of sailors to
get along with because of his arrogance and hot temper. But to dwell on these aspects today is to
miss the point: it is A New Voyage Round the World that should provide the most illuminating and
entertaining of Dampier’s legacies. Above all, the text is studded with some wonderfully colourful
expressions, and readers will enjoy some of the finest descriptions of storms in the English
language, and the liberal wit throughout.
📰@articles_in_English
👍1
(@articles_in_English).pdf
184.6 KB
#superarticle
💡Why good ideas fail
As part of a marketing course, two marketing experts comment on a hypothetical case study
involving TF, a fiction retail giant specializing in home furnishing. The experts give concrete solutions
and advice to assist students.
📰@articles_in_English
💡Why good ideas fail
As part of a marketing course, two marketing experts comment on a hypothetical case study
involving TF, a fiction retail giant specializing in home furnishing. The experts give concrete solutions
and advice to assist students.
📰@articles_in_English
👏1
(@articles_in_English).pdf
181.3 KB
#superarticle
🎶🧏🦻When people are deaf’ to music
Music has long been considered a uniquely human concept. In fact, most psychologists agree that
music is a universal human instinct. Like any ability, however, there is great variation in people's
musical competence. For every brilliant pianist in the world, there are several people we refer to as "
tone deaf". It is not simply that people with tone deafness (or' amusia") are unable to sing in tune,
they are also unable to discriminate between tones or recognize familiar melodies.
📰@articles_in_English
🎶🧏🦻When people are deaf’ to music
Music has long been considered a uniquely human concept. In fact, most psychologists agree that
music is a universal human instinct. Like any ability, however, there is great variation in people's
musical competence. For every brilliant pianist in the world, there are several people we refer to as "
tone deaf". It is not simply that people with tone deafness (or' amusia") are unable to sing in tune,
they are also unable to discriminate between tones or recognize familiar melodies.
📰@articles_in_English
👍3
(@articles_in_English).pdf
285.8 KB
#superarticle
🏜How to find your way out of a food desert
As fresh food stores leave a neighborhood, residents find it harder to eat well and stay healthy. Food
deserts are linked with lower local health outcomes, and they may be a driving force in the health
disparities between lower-income and affluent people in the US. Until recently, the issue attracted
little national attention, and received no ongoing funding for research.
📰@articles_in_English
🏜How to find your way out of a food desert
As fresh food stores leave a neighborhood, residents find it harder to eat well and stay healthy. Food
deserts are linked with lower local health outcomes, and they may be a driving force in the health
disparities between lower-income and affluent people in the US. Until recently, the issue attracted
little national attention, and received no ongoing funding for research.
📰@articles_in_English
❤2👍1
(@articles_in_English).pdf
136.3 KB
#superarticle
😱Fear of the Unknown
Innovation has become a major concern of American management. Firms have found that it is
increasingly difficult to redesign existing products or to produce them more economically. The stars
of American business tend today to be innovators such as Amazon (the internet bookstore) and Wal-
Mart (the supermarket chain) which have produced completely new ideas or products that have
changed their industries.
📰@articles_in_English
😱Fear of the Unknown
Innovation has become a major concern of American management. Firms have found that it is
increasingly difficult to redesign existing products or to produce them more economically. The stars
of American business tend today to be innovators such as Amazon (the internet bookstore) and Wal-
Mart (the supermarket chain) which have produced completely new ideas or products that have
changed their industries.
📰@articles_in_English
👍1
(@articles_in_English).pdf
128.6 KB
#superarticle
🏯Fishbourne Roman Palace
Local people had long believed that a Roman palace once existed in the area .However, it was not
until 1960 that the archaeologist Barry Cunliffe, of Oxford University, first systematically excavated
the site, after workmen had accidentally uncovered a wall while they were laying a water main .The
Roman villa excavated by Cunliffe's team was so grand that it became known as Fishbourne Roman
Palace ,and a museum was erected to preserve some of the remains .This is administered by the
Sussex Archaeological Society.
📰@articles_in_English
🏯Fishbourne Roman Palace
Local people had long believed that a Roman palace once existed in the area .However, it was not
until 1960 that the archaeologist Barry Cunliffe, of Oxford University, first systematically excavated
the site, after workmen had accidentally uncovered a wall while they were laying a water main .The
Roman villa excavated by Cunliffe's team was so grand that it became known as Fishbourne Roman
Palace ,and a museum was erected to preserve some of the remains .This is administered by the
Sussex Archaeological Society.
📰@articles_in_English
👍1