Biking
Roll to new destinations with Nature Bound biking trips! We offer both road bike and mountain bike trips. On a typical beginner road biking trip, we will cover no more than 15 paved miles. On a mountain biking trip, we will cover no more than 5 trail miles.
Hiking Backpacking
A typical beginner hiking trip includes a hike in and out of the woods lasting between 5-8 miles. A typical backpacking trip involves hiking about 5-10 miles into the woods while carrying all camping gear in backpacks, spending the night camping, and hiking 5-10 miles out of the woods the next day.
Rock Climbing
We offer two types of climbing—bouldering and top roping. Bouldering consists of free climbing shorter heights or boulders without the use of a rope. Top Rope Climbing involves climbing taller rock structures while connected to a rope that is attached to the ground.
●Please pre-register so that we know to expect you. Registration for trips is located in room 1050 of the Student Recreation and Activities Center.
●Pre-trip meetings are essential for all participants. Trip Leaders plan all aspects of the trip. They should make sure that participants know and understand the dangers associated with a specific trip at the end of the meetings. If a participant doesn't attend a pre-trip meeting and doesn't contact the Trip Leader prior to the pre-trip meetings, he will not be allowed to attend the trip.
Shirley Raines makes the homeless community in Los Angeles's skid row(贫民区) neighborhood feel human. She is the founder of Beauty 2 The Streetz, a nonprofit that provides free food, clothing, hair, and makeup services to the homeless. And Shirley is now the CNN Hero of the Year.
In 1990, Raines' 2-year-old son Demetrius passed away from accidental poisoning while at his grandma's house. This event created a lot of pain for Shirley Raines. The pain lasted for many years. And she did not know what to do about it. She struggled to understand what her purpose was in life. Until one day. . .
Six years ago, Shirley visited skid row with a friend from church who asked her to volunteer. She met a lot of homeless people and realized how much help they needed. Not just in finding a home, but in finding themselves and their own worth and beauty.
Shirley started to volunteer each Saturday. As she got to know the homeless, they often praised her makeup, hair, and style. She started to offer to make up" the homeless. They loved it, she loved it, they loved her and she loved them. She found purpose. So she started an outdoor beauty salon to serve the homeless, which took most of her spare time.
Raines started sharing her efforts on Instagram with photos and even live-streaming some of her events. Things took off. She formed her nonprofit, Beauty2 The Streetz, and her followers quickly began donating to grow Shirley's impact. Her followers grew to over 200,000 people, including many beauty professionals such as licensed hairstylists, barbers, make-up artists. Many of them regularly donate money to keep the services rolling. Others donate their time to help Shirley serve the homeless.
Shirley's boldness, courage, and desire to take action have led to making a real impact on people's lives. And she also served as a role model and inspiration to others.
According to a study done by University of Michigan, shopping to reduce stress was 40 times more effective at giving people a sense of control and shoppers were three times less sad than those only looking at items.
More than half of the 1,000 consumers surveyed by Credit Karma, head researcher of the study, said they have shopped to deal with feelings of stress or depression. About 48 percent of men and 31 percent of women who have stress shopping said they had purchased alcohol when stressed. About 82 percent of women spend on clothing compared to 52 percent of men. Women also lead shopping for jewellery, 42 percent, compared to 22 percent for men.
In some sense, stress shopping can actually help you live a healthier life by making sure that your blood pressure is lowered. The survey found 82 percent had only positive feelings about their purchases and that the positive mood was long-lasting. However, stress shopping, for many, could grow into a drive that uses up money, causes conflict, and therefore adds great stress to life.
Despite the in-time joy from purchases, stress shopping never proves along-lasting cure to stress or depression. Actually it needs to be avoided anyhow. Whether you're purchasing Christmas presents or buying groceries, having the items you need written down will provide you with brightness while shopping. Reward yourself for sticking to your list and you'll be more likely to commit to it.
In addition, always think about what you struggle with most financially. Do you spend too much money at the mall? Eating out? Vacations? Make a list of where your money is going and take necessary steps to resist your desire. For example, if you spend too much money on dining out on weekends, stuff your cupboard with food on Friday. So you'll be more likely to stay in and cook. And you need to give up the need to keep up with others. Everyone's financial situation is different and comparison may lead to debt and dissatisfaction with what you already have.
A team of researchers at ETH Zurich has the perfect long-lasting solution to our fog problem. They have developed a very thin and gold-based transparent coating that can transform sunlight into heat, which can be applied to glass to prevent it from fogging.
The special coating is developed using titanium oxide(氧化钛) and gold particles. It selectively absorbs infrared(红外线的) radiations from the sunlight and creates a heating effect that is powerful enough to keep fog away from the surface of glass. The coating basically employs heat to stop fogging. The coating absorbs a large part of the infrared radiation, which causes it to heat up—by up to 8℃.
Previously, products like anti-fogging sprays create a very thin film of water on the surface to remove fog. The problem with such surfaces is pollution. Along with water, the sprays also soak up dirt, dust, oil, and various other dirty substances, and just a little dirt on the surface makes it useless. However, the new coating repels(排斥) water. Furthermore, the coating is significantly thinner, which makes it more transparent as well as flexible. It is heated passively and requires, during daytime, no additional energy source.
Gold might be expensive, but the researchers stress that their coating requires so little that the material costs remain low. Their coating is produced with standardized and readily scalable(可称量的) methods, all cost-effectively. However, although this product can work at very low levels of solar irradiation, it does rely on a certain amount of light.
The researchers will develop the coating further for other applications. In the process, they will examine whether other metals work just as well as gold. There is no need to fear, however, this would cause a car or a building to heat up more in the summer. The researchers have already filed a patent. Hopefully, this groundbreaking product will soon be available on the market.
Language is part of our daily lives, no matter where we live in the world. Similarly, music is a part of many people's lives. Here are some of their similarities.
Both language and music have a writing system
Similarly, we use notes to keep a record of music. Just as you are reading this collection of letters on the paper and find meaning in it, musicians read notes and create meaning in the form of music which we can hear. By reading pieces of text or music, we are able to share experiences through time. For example, we can read the ideas or hear the composition of someone who lived hundreds of years ago, which is really quite exciting.
You can make a good guess at where someone is from by listening to the language they use. In the same way, we know that styles of music are different around the world, which gives us the opportunity to explore many different cultures through their music and providing us with music for every situation.
Both share emotion
How do you know that I am angry? Of course, you may be able to see it in my face, but you will know for sure through my words. Music can show you exactly how the composer was or is feeling, and allows us to share that emotion. When you feel happy, you might want to sing and dance to a happy song.
A. Both vary with culture.
B. Different culture makes different music.
C. Similarly, music can sound angry, sad or happy.
D. Both language and music play a huge role in our lives.
E. In English we record language using the alphabet, which is a collection of letters.
F. We use music to express emotions, combining it with language in form of lyrics.
G. In contrast, you have probably also listened to sad music when you feel down.
Eleven days ago my brother was in an accident. We do not1know the full story, only knowing that he was on an electric scooter (电瓶车) and flew off, 2on his face. He had a head injury and we had no idea if he was going to3. Twenty years ago we lost our mom to a head injury so it was really4because I know what the worst can be.
My partner and I went to the hospital to5my stepmother at my brother's bedside. My brother looked much better than I feared, so I started feeling6. Then he7the nurses while they tried to clean him a little. So they sedated(打镇静剂) him in8of the recovery of his brain.
He was9the next day but his personality was off, 10severe brain damage. But I11to wish for good luck and just thought of him living12. I just worked on feeling gratitude for his health and13.
He was14a few days later. Yesterday, he had a doctor's15to do some routine examinations about two thirds of the way between our homes, so he took a bus the rest of the way and I16him up at the bus stop. He got to see my new home and play with my cat and we17old family pictures. His18was 100% back to normal!
He needs to rest and not19for a few months, but he is going to be fine. He has learned a few life lessons and the20of cherishing life.
A slow train in Southwest China having own study room has attracted much attention from netizens. Train No. 5609/5610, which runs between Chongqing, and Xiushan county, (be) a public welfare "slow train".
In some carriages, some (seat) have been replaced with desks and chairs next to the windows to transform them into "study carriages" for passengers in need.
Students from nearby schools (frequent) take the train between school and home. The trains are their "school buses", many passengers can complete their homework.
On train No. Z150, which runs between Guiyang and Beijing, a (transform) "book bar" carriage has been welcomed by college students. There are nearly 400 universities and colleges in the cities along the line, (make) train No. Z150 the first choice for most students on those campuses.
2015, the train's dining car has been open for free at night to provide returning students a lending library, free tea and other services. These (thought) measures by the railway department are a welcome comfort for passengers needing a relaxing place to continue their studies.
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2．只允许修改10处, 多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Two years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic broke off in my city. Locking down in the school, we received great help and support from our teachers and medical workers. After entering the university, due to the repeatedly outbreaks, we were not allowed leave the campus freely. Although we missed out on lots of experiences, but we tried to have fun in our own way. We held a event called Free Hug", which aimed to show encourage to strangers on campus. I wear a mask and hugged many people that day. I were exhausted after standing for hours, but I knew their hearts were closer to each other.
