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Blood Drive & Marrow（骨髓）Registration
“These patients deserve a chance at a normal happy future and they rely on the kindness of the strangers to make that happen.”
— Daisy, Isabelle's Mother
Isabelle is the daughter of Daisy and Saman Mirzaei. In January 2014 Isabelle, 12-year-old, was diagnosed with a genetic blood disorder, beta thalassemia. Isabelle's body is unable to produce healthy red blood cells. As a result, Isabelle has been receiving blood transfusions (输血) every 4-6 weeks since she was 13 years old. A lifetime of regular transfusions can lead to serious medical problems. Her only chance at a normal, healthy life is to have a marrow transplant. Isabelle is only a child, so doctors have started a search for an unrelated marrow donor through The Match Registry. The Mirzaei family asks that you consider helping patients like Isabelle by registering to be a marrow donor and give the gift of life, the gift of blood.
Held at Wiley Hall
Wednesday, March 26
Behind Heathman Dormitory/Butterfield Rd.
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Don't forget to bring your driver's license or another form of identification when you donate.
Visit www.ribc.org to make an appointment, Sponsor Code 3390.
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Marrow Donors: ●18 to 44 years old ●in good health ●give a swab(化验标本)of your cheek cells for marrow typing ●FREE—sponsored by Michael's Fund |
www.ribc.org 800－283－8385
The Rhode Island Blood Center distributes blood products to hospitals in Rhode Island and Southern New England.
“This way, everyone.” said the young Bahamian as he led the way to the boat. As the boat moved over the waves, I thought back eleven years to my first island visit via a cruise ship. As we landed, I noticed a sign advertising swimming with dolphins. I looked at my mother; she knew exactly what I wanted, but I was too young. “Maybe some other time,” she said. I think everyone knows that those four words usually translate to never. It made me, a little boy, depressed for many days. From that day on, it was my dream to swim with those gentle creatures.
Now, after 15 minutes of travelling, we reached the Sanctuary Bay. As we arrived, I saw the gray creatures showing off their unique talent before my eyes. We were led off the boat, past a back building. Our guide told us we would have the pleasure of spending the next 90 minutes with Kaholo, a young male, and Robola, the largest female, who is quite famous for having played the lead in the film Zeus and Roxanne.
My father and I were joined by four others and followed the man once more. He told us to jump into the water while he let the dolphins into that part of the bay. For the first 20 minutes, we could go anywhere and touch the dolphins as they swam by.
Kaholo and Robola must have known I was their biggest fan because they swam towards me as if I had had fish. After the introductory period, they jumped over our heads. I got a hug and kiss from Robola, and also learned how to have Kaholo talk to me.
This was by far the most magical experience of my life. Next time your parents say “Maybe some other day”, have faith in them. Your dreams are important to them too, and they will do whatever they can to make it possible, because dreams can come true.
It is widely acknowledged that it is by no means an easy task to bring up a child well. And our ancestors already understood it well. As an old proverb says, “It takes an entire village to raise a child.” That is being quoted more and more often these days. And I'm pleased about that.
Parents need to be involved in their children's education in many ways. Helping children with homework and studying, going on a field trip, teaching a craft or coaching a child's sports team are all great ways to be involved with your child's education. And don't forget to communicate with teachers—they need and respect your input. Studies show that children learn more and schools function better when parents and schools work together.
Communities can help children create and achieve new goals. There are other ways such as helping with homework. reading to a child, coaching a children's team, providing emotional support, helping solve problems and building self-esteem（自尊）. Kids need role models and advisers can be role models by sharing their experiences and wisdom.
Businesses can also help shape our children's future—invite a class from your local school to visit your workplace. You may be providing a glimpse that opens a new world of possibilities. Show students what goes on during a typical day. Give a mini course for students: how products are made; how machinery works. You may have a developing electrician, a teacher, a nurse, or even a newspaper reporter on your hands.
It really does lake an entire village to raise a child. So share the responsibility－and the joy—of bringing a child to his or her full potential.
A team of engineers at Harvard University has been inspired by Nature to create the first robotic fly. The mechanical fly has become a platform for a series of new high-tech systems. Designed to do what a fly does naturally, the tiny machine is the size of a fat housefly. Its mini wings allow it to stay in the air and perform controlled flight tasks.
“It's extremely important for us to think about this as a whole system and not just the sum of a bunch of individual components,” said Robert Wood, the Harvard engineering professor who has been working on the robotic fly project for over a decade. A few years ago, his team got the go-ahead to start piecing the components together. “The added difficulty with a project like this is that actually none of those components are off the shelf and so we have to develop them all on our own,” he said.
They engineered a series of systems to start and drive the robotic fly. “The seemingly simple system which just moves the wings has a number of interdependencies on the individual components, each of which individually has to perform well, and then has to be matched well to everything it's connected to,” said Wood. The flight device was built into a set of power, computation, sensing and control systems. Wood says the success of the project proves that the flying robot with these tiny components can be built and manufactured.
Wood says the design offers a new way to study flight mechanics and control at insect-scale. Yet, the power, sensing and computation technologies on board could have much broader applications. “You can start thinking about using them to answer open scientific questions, you know, to study biology in ways that would be difficult with the animals, but using these robots instead,” he said. “So there are a lot of technologies and open interesting scientific questions that are really what drives us on a day to day basis.”
Below is some advice on how to prevent cancer:
Eat blueberries
Aside from being a healthy and delicious snack, the blueberries contains pterostilbene, which has important colon(结肠) cancer-fighting. . Blueberries also offer a large dose of vitamins C. So at breakfast, try to take in a cup and a half of blueberries in your cereal or yogurt, or mixed with other berries.
Relax
? Find ways to relax and you may reduce your chances of developing cancer. Purdue University researchers tracked 1,600 men over 12 years and found that half of those with high levels of worry died during the study period. Only 20 percent of the optimists died before the study were completed, while 34 percent of the extremely anxious men died of some type of cancer.!
Break a Sweat
. In a study of 29,110 men published in The International Journal of Cancer, men who exercised just once a week had a percent lower risk of prostate cancer than men who didn't work out at all. The better the frequency and intensity of the exercise, the bigger the reduction in risk, according to the study.
There's no question that secondhand smoke kills, A recent American Journal of Public Health study showed that nonsmokers working in smoky places had three times the amount of carcinogen（致癌物）in their body than nonsmokers working in smoke-free locations. What's worse, their levels of the carcinogen rose 6 percent for every working hour. Many states have banned smoking in all workplaces, bars and restaurants. The message is clear: Do whatever you can to avoid the cloud of smoke.
A. Breathe clean air B. But it has more good C. Get away from disease D. Do you feel stressed or worried E. Do you have a health check regularly F. Even a small amount of exercise can offer major cancer-fighting benefits G. Instead of stressing about the past or future, focus on the present and have a rest |
Some years ago on a hot summer day, a little boy decided to go for a 1 in the lake behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the 2 water, he ran out of the back door. He flew into the water, not3 that an alligator （鳄鱼）was swimming toward the 4. His mother in the house was 5of the window and saw the alligator 6 it got closer and closer. In fear, she ran toward the water, yelling to her son as 7 as she could.
Hearing her voice, the little boy became 8 and made a return to swim to his mother. It was too9.Just as he reached her, the alligator 10him. From the shore, the mother grasped her little boy by the arms just as the alligator grasped his legs. The alligator was much 11 than the mother, but the mother was much too struggling to let the boy go. A farmer happened to drive by, heard her 12raced from his truck, took aim and13the alligator.
14 after weeks in the hospital, the little boy15 His legs were scarred by the animal and, on his arms, were 16scratches where his mother's fingernails scratched. A newspaper reporter, who 17 the boy, asked if he would show him his18 The boy lifted his pant legs. And then, with obvious 19 he said to the reporter, “Bot look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my mom wouldn't let me go. They are my mother's 20 for me.”
Human tower-building, or castell（叠人塔）, is a great team sport. This kind of sport can organize (hundred) of individuals to work together to climb several meters up to the air. The lower can involve as many as 400 people and reach a (shock) height. The world record for the (tall) tower belongs to the team Minyons de Terrassa, which defeated competitorshalf a meter during the event in 2015.
The unusual tradition dates back to the 18th century and. as CBS News reported, the 26th competition(take) place in Catalonia, Spain not long ago. (win) the event, a team called Colles assembled to build the most complex castells. The (construct) process was only half the battle. the Colles achieved their maximum height, they then had to take apart themselves without toppling over（倒掉）.
According to Times of Malta, (rough) 20,000 people gathered to witness competition. This year the Castellers de Villafranca team was crowned victorious, marking their eighth win in a row.
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During the last summer holiday, I went on a journey to Beijing, that I visited the Great Wall and the Palace Museum. Much to their surprise, there were so much visitors in all the scenic spots that I had to push my way through the crowd. To be honesty, I had a hard time all the way and didn't find the visit enjoyable or worthwhile at all.
As far as I am concerning, many people have the same experience, so I think that the number of tourist in some popular places of interest should be limited. In an addition, it's better for us travel at different time periods. Only on this way can we enjoyed the beautiful scenery there.
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