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Harvest Days
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Harvest Days has returned bigger and better than ever. This family-fun event falls on 7th 8th, October from 10:00 a.m.to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday and 11:00 a.m.to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. This year's event includes a two-day silent auction (拍卖) , staged in the Firehouse. Bid (投标) on a variety of heritage pieces inspired by objects preserved in the museum's collection. Also, up for bid are a variety of museum passes, experiences, art, wine, beer, and more. All the money will benefit the museum through the work of the Landis Valley Associates.
Tickets will be available at the front gate.
Used to celebrate the harvest of a year's hard work, Harvest Days is Landis Valley's oldest and largest family event. Come for demonstrations, exhibits, live music, and children's activities. Taste varieties of apples and watch them become apple butter and drink. Witness wool go from sheep to clothes. Pick a pumpkin of your very own and then decorate it. All of these and more are packed into two fun-filled days.
This year's event offers food demonstrations, such as apple butter, processing pork, bake oven and heart h cooking; craft demonstrations, such as coopering, blacksmith, leather, brooms, millinery, weaving, woodwork; craft sales, such as jams jellies, potteries, soap, candles.
Food will be available for purchase on site. Free parking.
LOCATION: Landis Valley Village Far m Museum
ADDRESS: 2451 Kissel Hill Road, Lancaster, PA 17601
CONTACT: 717-569-0401
A year ago, I started working out with a personal trainer and the results were obvious. The reflection in the mirror was fit and strong, with a narrow waist. This month I'll be celebrating my 74th birthday, but I feel more like I'm about to turn 40.In fact, I'm in the best shape of my life. And I'm here to tell you that it's never too late to make changes. If I can do it in my early 70s, then you can do it too.
I haven't always felt so body confident. As a busy working mum I had the same hang-ups as so many other women. In my forties I fell into the trap of trying to do it all. I raised my daughter Laura, now 43, while working as a NHS clinical leader, which left me feeling stressed and exhausted. By 50 I'd reached breaking point. I ended up breaking down in the doctor's surgery. And I was signed off work with stress-related depression.
I began to do a lot of soul searching. My burnout had set me on a completely different path. Around this time, my approach to my health was also shifting. So many women hit 50 thinking that's it and they're done, but for me it felt like a new beginning.
I enrolled in a gym and learned how to use the equipments. Over the next few years, I went to the gym roughly twice a week. Sometimes I didn't want to go-but at the end of every session I always felt better.
I wrote and self-published a book called Journey to Chocolate about my seeking for a more balanced and satisfying life. I started eating "clean" with lots of fresh fruit and vegetables, avoiding processed food and not drinking alcohol from Monday to Thursday. The changes to my diet made me feel more energetic and alert. I slept better, and managing my weight was much easier.
On November 8th, a tornado, the most powerful in the past 70 years, hit Jersey, causing great damages to the area and leaving the residents in great panic.
"Suddenly, the windows of the waiting room exploded in and dragged everything inside. My cars have been completely destroyed by branches and fences, and my garden is completely gone. There's no furniture, no fence; everything has been thrown everywhere. At first there was lightning but then a strange noise and strange darkness came over the whole house. It was like being in a scary scene in the movie The Wizard of Oz." Ashleigh Quail-Charleston, a Jersey resident, told the Bailiwick Express after the tornado that struck overnight on November 1-2 during Storm Ciaran.
The consequence looked like a bomb had gone off: cars hit, roofs with holes, windows broken. "A huge tree leans drunkenly against a block of flats. Piles of branches are piled optionally and pavements are covered with pieces," said Chris Stone at BBC Radio Jersey. The tornado was powerful and exceptionally rare, caused by a severe thunderstorm that had sent out intense lightning and huge hailstones described as "ice bombs". The Tornado and Storm Research Organization (Torro) and Jersey Met Office revealed the tornado left a trail of damages 8 km long across the island, and rated its intensity as T6 on an international scale of tornado power.
According to Torro records, this was the most powerful tornado to strike anywhere in the British Isles or Channel Islands since December 7th, 1954 when a tornado struck west London, leaving tremendous devastation, with Gunnersbury railway station torn apart, roofs torn off houses and one car even thrown through the air.
Tornados during Storm Ciaran also hit Sompting in West Sussex and Loders in Dorset. One resident in Loders, Sophie van Hensbergen, described the moment, saying, "The tornado struck with a very, very powerful whistling sound and the windows looked as though we were in a car wash."
Time is running short to address climate change, but there are possible and effective solutions on the table, according to a new UN climate report released in March.
Only swift, dramatic, and sustained emission (排放) cuts will be enough to meet the world's climate goals, according to the new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) , a body of climate experts that regularly summarize the state of this issue.
"We are walking when we should be running fast, "said Hoesung Lee, IPCC chair, in a press conference announcing the report in March. To limit warming to 1.5℃ above preindustrial levels, the target set by international climate agreements, annual greenhouse-gas emission will need to be cut by nearly half between now and 2030, according to the report. It calculates that the results from actions taken now will be clear in global temperature trends within two decades
"We already have the technology and the know-how to get the job done, "said Inger Andersen, executive director of UN Environment Programme, during the press conference. "Stopping climate change will still be complicated, and long-term emission cuts may largely rely on technologies, like carbon dioxide removal, that are still unproven at scale. In addition to technological advances, cutting emission in industries that are difficult to transform will involve many factors. "
But in the near term, there's a clear path forward for the emission cuts needed to put the planet on the right track. There are some of the tasks with the lowest cost and highest potential to address climate change during this decade, such as developing wind and solar power, cutting methane (甲烷) emission from fossil-fuel production and waste, protecting natural ecosystems that trap carbon, and using energy efficiently in vehicles, homes, and industries.
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Steller or Northern Sea Lions are sometimes confused with California Sea Lions but are much larger and lighter in color. Males may grow to 11 feet in length and weigh almost 2,500 pounds. Steller Sea Lions are light brown to reddish-brown in color. They have a boxy, bear-like head and a very thick neck.
Stellers are not often seen in bays or rivers. Steller pups are born on offshore islands from mid-May to mid-July and weigh 35—50 pounds. Then they spend roughly equal amounts of time hunting and nursing pups on land. Pups usually nurse for a year, but some in Alaska continue to nurse for up to three years. During the breeding season, males do not leave their territories.
They hunt schooling fish, squid, rockfish, and occasionally salmon. In turn, they are hunted by killer whales, white sharks, and sea elephants.
The current population of Steller Sea Lions is about 40,000 along the entire Pacific coast. There is great concern about this species. The western Aleutian stock has dropped by 80 percent in the last 30 years. In 1997, the western stock in Alaska was listed as endangered. However, researchers believe possibilities include a decline in specific species of fish they eat, competition with commercial fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska, and possible hunting by killer whales. Drowning, being caught in nets, and gunshots are other reasons for the Stellers' decline. Stellers are protected under the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
A. Steller Sea Lions cat a variety of fishes.
B. Reasons for this decline are not known.
C. The male has a thick neck and looks like a lion.
D. They spend about half their time on land and half in water.
E. Mothers stay with pups for one to two weeks before hunting at sea.
F. They forbid the killing, harming or disturbance of any sea mammal.
G. Females are much smaller, growing to 9 feet in length and weighing up to 1,000 pounds.
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Two new residents in Aarwangen, a small village in Swiss, filed complaints with the village council about the constant ringing of cowbells. They asked for the cows' bells to be 1 at night so they could sleep.
Long-term residents, and the village's remaining farmers were 2 . They thought it was a(n) 3 on their traditional culture. "We want to 4 and maintain our lived traditions in the future," they say.
Cowbells have been used in rural Switzerland for centuries. They were once useful for 5 cows on the hill side in summer. Farmers say they can 6 each individual cow by the sound of its own bell. 7 , in modern times, many farmers have switched to using electronic chips 8 bells.
Over the past few decades, many new 9 have arrived here from large cities. They are less 10 to the agricultural way of life.
This year's battle is not the first time residents have 11 cowbells. In 2015, a Zurich appeals court 12 a farmer to remove the bells from his 27 cows from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., since they were safe in a small farm and keeping the neighbors 13 .
Next month, Aarwangen's villagers will gather for a public meeting to vote on the 14 of their bells. They will decide how the sound of the bells can 15 without breaking noise pollution laws.
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Dunhuang, located in Northwest China's Gansu Province, is an important stop on the ancient Silk Road. What does Dunhuang look like today?
From Dec. 5th to 8th, the micro-variety show, (title) "The Dunhuang You Don't Know", was released on social media platforms. Since the show released, the video series (receive) millions of views online.
The show, was produced by the art program center of the China Media Group, focused the modern way of lives in Dunhuang, showcasing the inheritance and development of traditional Chinese culture. Dunhuang is renowned for (it) numerous natural and cultural heritages. From the renowned Mogao Grottoes to the Crescent Spring, Chinese people are familiar with Dunhuang's magnificent beauty. Yet, the micro series takes the audience on a journey (discover) the uncovered, vivid and energetic modern lives of Dunhuang. The show guided viewers through the Mogao Grottoes and related exhibitions, (provide) insights into the historical and cultural significance behind fine pictures on the walls.
In recent years, with the rise in the (popular) of the guochao trends, contemporary artists have transformed Dunhuang's age-old art into creative cultural products. In this video series, the distinctive beauty of Dunhuang has (real) captured people's attention.
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Dear Tracy,
Sincerely yours,
Li Hua
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On a Saturday afternoon, my friend's eleven-year-old daughter Jenny and I wound our way through the crowd at the State Fair of Texas. Her dad, along with my husband, followed behind. Seconds later, we arrived at the section of the fair that I dreaded (畏惧) more than searching for a place to park: the midway rides. As the loudspeakers shouted "I Will Survive", potential victims passed us like a tornado.
Jenny looked up at the windsurf ride with her eyes wide open. I was confident that she, like my children when they were her age, would bypass the twisting, terrifying, multi-story mechanical arms and continue walking elsewhere.
I was wrong.
"Will you go on this ride with me? "she asked.
"Um, sure, "I answered while glancing up at the people who were suspended upside down.
"How bad could it be? "I asked.
"Not bad if rides don't make you sick, "Jenny said.
I could have made up an excuse for not to risk my life. Or I could have admitted my possibility of motion sickness. But, earlier that morning, I had challenged myself to try something new each week. I was ready to push myself out of my comfort zone. Jenny stared at the ride, eager to experience the same thrill as the brave group of riders in front of us, I couldn't say no.
We bought two tickets. After climbing into our seats, an attendant reached up, pulled down the bar, and locked it in place .The ride lifted us slowly and then turned us over like the blueberry pancakes. Staring at the ground directly below us, I wondered why I had decided to wear flip-flops (人字拖) . I wondered when my new health insurance would kick in. My stomach upset. The ride touched down finally. Her dad and my husband were waiting for us at the exit. "How was it? "they asked.
"Fine. No big deal, "I said, even though my head was dizzy. Jenny walked ahead of us and convinced me to keep taking chances and sample more rides.
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"Oh, look at the pirate ship! " she said.
On the way to the car, I sent my son a video of me on the first ride filmed by my husband.
