At the midMay in 2018, the 69 yearold amputee(被截肢者) Xia Boyu finally stood proud on two artificial legs on the peak of Mount Qomolangma, a symbol showcasing to the world the power of1.
More than 40 years ago, Xia2 both of his feet to frost bite after lending his sleeping bag to a team member during the trip to climb Mount Qomolangma.
Even though artificial legs were not 3 in China at the time, Xia strongly 4that he would one day fulfill his 5 dream and so, before that day came, the best thing to do was to6 himself by training constantly. Three years later he finally got his new legs, which enabled him to 7 his sports career.
However, fate once again took a 8 turn when he was in his 40s. In 1993, illness developed on the stumps(残肢) on his legs, which required 9 third of his lower legs be amputated. Three years after that, he was diagnosed with lymph cancer.
Over the years, Xia never gave up his dream of climbing Mount Qomolangma. 10 to his final successful climb in 2018, he had tried four other times to climb to the summit, but each time Lady Luck gave him the 11.
The last time he 12 his dream was in 2016. The then 67yearold was only 94 meters from the summit, but a snow storm 13 his way. Taking his team members' 14 into consideration, Xia made the 15 decision to go back.
On May 14, Xia felt 16 and a strong sense of fulfillment 17 in him, standing on the peak of the highest mountain in the world.
"The key is to focus on your dreams, instead of the 18 you encounter along the way. I didn't regret anything that I had done and accepted everything that life had 19 me, but I never stopped fighting against 20," Xia said, stressing that fulfilling one's dream has nothing to do with age, disability or the thoughts or expectations of others, but a firm belief in yourself.
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If you're on an authorized leave from your studies, or you're switching schools and you're not studying, you can't work off campus. You can only return to work once you're back to studying.
Applying for a Social Insurance Number
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An important drug that serves as the backbone of treatment for most childhood cancers, has become increasingly rare, and doctors are warning that they may soon be forced to consider rationing doses(定量供应剂量)．
There have been longterm shortages of certain drugs and medical supplies in the United States for years, but doctors say the loss of this medication, vincristine(长春新碱) is leading to lots of problems, as there is no appropriate substitute. "This is truly a sad situation," said Dr. Yoram Unguru, a doctor at the Herman and Walter Samuelson Children's Hospital at Sinai in Baltimore. "Vincristine is our water. It's our bread and butter. I can't think of a treatment for childhood cancer that doesn't use vincristine." Shortages of the drug will likely affect children throughout the country, he said, forcing doctors to make difficult decisions. "There is no substitution for vincristine that can be recommended," Dr. Unguru said. "You either have to skip a dose or give a lower dose or beg or borrow."
Vincristine is one of the drugs used to manage leukemia, the most common childhood cancer. The Children's Oncology Group, a group of researchers at hospitals and cancer centers, has made recommendations for changing clinical trial treatment rules involving vincristine, including checking the hospital's supply before trial enrollment, and considering using half the dose if the full amount is not available.
"We are all disappointed," said Dr. Michael Link, a doctor at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Without vincristine, many children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia will still be cured, "but this is a difficult disease to treat in general, and with one hand tied behind your back, it makes it much more difficult，"Dr. Link said.
Until earlier this year, there were two suppliers of vincristine: Pfizer and Teva. In July, Teva made a "business decision to discontinue the drug," according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Since then, Pfizer has been the only supplier, and the company lately has been experiencing troubles with production. "Pfizer has experienced a delay, and we are working closely with them and exploring all ways to make sure this important cancer drug is available for the patients who need it," the FDA said. Jessica Smith from Pfizer said the company would speed up additional shipments of the drug over the next few weeks in an effort to make up for Teva's withdrawal from the market.
Over the southern hemisphere's summer, mercifully now at an end, Australia burned under a pitiless sun. Bush fires down the continent's eastern part consumed 46 macres of countryside, destroying homes, taking lives and driving rare animals towards extinction. To many Australians, the satellite pictures showing huge amounts of smoke drifting off to the east over the Great Barrier Reef seemed a threat to life in an age of manmade warming.
It turns out that high temperatures were doing great damage under the water as well. This month comes news that exceptionally warm seas have led the Great Barrier Reef, the world's biggest coral system, to suffer its third mass bleaching in five years. The bush and the reef: Australians almost define themselves by these two ecosystems, which once seemed boundless.
Coral bleaching takes place when sea temperatures rise sharply, causing the coral polyps that make up reefs to spray the algae(海藻) that generate their food via photosynthesis(光合作用). Without the coloured algae, coral soon dies, leaving the complex colonies a ghostly white. Reefs can recover from occasional bleachings: the fastestgrowing corals regenerate in a decade or so. But mass bleachings on the Great Barrier Reef are becoming ever more frequent. And the run of recent bleachings had already killed off relatively heatintolerant coral species. What is striking this year is that for the first time the bleaching extended to the southern part of the reef. There, closer to the pole, waters should be cooler. But not this year.
The biblical rains that put out the bush fires have also helped to lower water temperatures over the reef. The rains are proof to climatechange deniers that recent fires, droughts and floods are simply part of the natural cycle. They point with delight to the bush springing back to life. Yet while important habitats depend upon fire to regenerate, this summer's fires, exceptionally, destroyed temperate rainforests too. Regarding the reef, the deniers play down the damage and insist on the ability of "nature to fix nature". That is despite the accumulated effect of successive bleachings from which reefs struggle to recover.
The bush fires threw the prime minister, Scott Morrison, off balance. Holidaying in Hawaii made him look out of touch, while his Liberal Party's cosy links to oil, gas, coal and ironore interests came under closer inspection. Mr. Morrison's official "representative" to the Great Barrier Reef, Warren Entsch, a Queensland politician, points out that "bleached corals are not dead corals" and predicts that many will recover. Although he admits climate change is a concern, he once complained that "forcing" youngsters to be worried about it is a form of "child abuse". Most Australians care both about climate change and about the Great Barrier Reef—but not enough, alas, to call their government out over such ambivalence.
Deo had grown up barefoot in Burundi, but for a peasant boy he had done well. He was twentyfour. Until recently he had been a medical student, for three years at or near the top of his class. But he had spent the past six months on the run.
He had one friend who had seen more of the world than East Central Africa, a fellow medical student named Jean. And it was Jean who had decided that New York was where he should go. Deo was traveling on a commercial visa. Jean's French father had written a letter identifying Deo as an employee on a mission to America. He was supposed to be going to New York to sell coffee. Deo had read up on coffee beans in case he was questioned. Jean's father had also paid for the plane tickets. A fat booklet of tickets.
He had heard of French soldiers behaving badly in Rwanda, and had even caught glimpses of them training militiamen(民兵) in the camps, but waking up and seeing a white person in the next seat wasn't alarming. No one called him a cockroach(蟑螂). No one held a machete(大砍刀)．
A voice was speaking to him. He turned and saw a policeman who seemed friendly. Deo spoke to him in French, but the man shook his head and smiled. He asked a question in what Deo guessed was English. Then a woman who had been sitting nearby got up and walked over French, at long last French, coming out of her mouth. Perhaps she could help, the woman said in French. Deo thought, "God, I'm still in your hand." She arranged to sit next to him on the flight to New York and asked him lots of questions. Deo wanted to pay her back for helping him. So he tried to answer her questions. They talked most of the way to New York. After such long solitude(独处)，it felt wonderful to talk.
When he reached Immigration the agent stared at Deo's documents, then started asking questions in what had to be English. There was nothing to do except smile. The agent went off and came back with another man. He introduced himself to Deo in French. His name was Muhammad. He said he came from Senegal. Muhammad asked Deo the agents' questions and also some questions of his own. For the agents, he asked Deo, "Where are you coming from？" When Deo said he had come from Burundi, Muhammad made a pained face and said to him in French, "How did you get out？"
There was no time even to attempt an answer. The agents were asking another question：Deo's visa said he was here on business. What business?
Selling coffee beans, Deo told them through Muhammad. Just keep smiling, Deo told himself.
How much money did he have?
Two hundred dollars, Deo said with pride. The cash had been a gift from Jean. Exchanged for Burundian francs, it could have bought a lot of cows. But neither Muhammad nor the agents looked impressed.
Where was he staying?
Jean had told him he'd be asked this. A hotel, he said.
The agents laughed. A week in a hotel on two hundred dollars?
In 1994, airport security wasn't what it soon would be. Muhammad said something in English to the agents. His words must have been the right ones, because after a few more questions, the agents shrugged at each other and let him through, into America.
He had no idea what he'd do next. After six months on the run, he was in the habit of not looking ahead. And what was there to fear？What could the man in the booth up ahead do to him? Whatever it might be, he'd already seen worse. God had taken care of him so far. And still was taking care of him, it seemed. As this seriouslooking stranger, Muhammad, walked him out of Customs, he said that Deo could stay with him in New York City. But Deo would have to wait here for three hours. Muhammad worked at the airport as a baggage handler. He had to finish his shift. Could Deo wait three hours?
"Only three hours？" said Deo. "Of course！"
The term "organizational culture" refers to the norms and values of an organization, which together make the personality of the company. These values and norms are shared by people working throughout the organization. They govern the way employees interact with each other, within the workplace. Therefore, improving organizational culture is the need of the hour, as people want to work for a company that enables them to keep a balance between their work and personal life. The organizations that treat their employees well and provide a good working atmosphere have shown an increase in the productivity of their employees. As a result, the attrition rates(损耗率) are also lowered, which saves a company the costs spent in hiring and training the employees. So, a healthy organizational culture is a winwin situation for the management, the customers, the shareholders and most importantly, the employees themselves.
When it comes to improving organizational culture, training your employees in the right way is an important step towards improving your organization's work culture. When your employees know how to do things in the right way and what the company expects from them, the rates of conflicts and errors can be brought down significantly. In addition, through the right training, your employees will become enthusiastic and be interested in working as a team and improving the work atmosphere as a whole. Then a productive environment will be created.
Another good way to bring about positive changes in the culture of the organization is by analyzing the existing culture and comparing it with the expectations of your employees. Bring changes accordingly. You can also organize discussions with your team members and talk about matters related to the current culture of the organization. Try to bring about the changes you find justified.
Conflicts are an unavoidable part of any organization and have direct bearing on the health of its culture. How they are handled is an indicator of the common organizational culture. Therefore, when conflicts do arise, the management must settle them quickly and kindly, in case they become worse over time. More importantly, an unmistakable and just conflict resolution mechanism should be created. If employees feel they are all being treated equally, they are more likely to accept their mistakes and the judgment of the management.
Since the organization is a collection of people, cooperation is a must to attain the objectives. Team building is vital in this respect and the management must show the willingness or intention to involve employees in this process. They may be fun activities, like sports, games or serious ones. At the end of the day, such exercises strengthen the team spirit and the employees' loyalty towards the organization, because cooperative teamwork proves a healthy organizational climate.
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●Organizational culture refers to a set of norms and values of an organization. ●These norms and values determine the interpersonal in the workplace. |
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On March 30，2020, the Ministry of Education announced that the national college entrance examination, or gaokao, would be held on July 7 and 8, which is usually held on June 7 and 8.
Wang Hui, director of the ministry's Department of College Students Affairs, said the postponement is mainly to ensure the fairness of the exam. As senior high school students have been taking online courses during the epidemic(流行病), many rural students who lack internet access might feel disadvantaged, so the delay is to ensure they will have more time to prepare for the exam at school, he said.
This is the first time in 17 years that China has adjusted the date of the college entrance examination.
According to the announcement, standard Chinese language and mathematics tests will be on July 7, which are mandatory exams for all students.
On the morning of July 8, students would either take the test for social sciences(history, political science and geography) or natural sciences(physics, chemistry and biology), depending on their highschool subjects. Foreign language shall be the final subject.
Further arrangements will be announced to the public later.
The examination postponement could be regarded as an adjustment due to the coronavirus outbreak, said Li Jiasheng, a senior high school teacher at Beijing No.4 High School, the Paper reported.
"It gives us more time to make up for the suspension of classes due to the outbreak." he added.
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