GREAT VERMONT CORN MAZE
Come early, spend the day. Select one of the top mazes in America. 16 acres of fun, new maze design and surprises every year, miles of pathways, bridges, emergency exits, Kid Village, views, Barnyard Golf, 100 of underground tunnels, petting animals. Open Aug. l through early Oct. 1404 Wheelock Rd. , N. Danville. TEL: 802 -748- 1399.
LINCOLN PEAK VINEYARD
Named Vermont's star wine producer in American Wine, 2013. Come to taste our wines, enjoy a glass, and walk in the vineyard. We make something for everyone — dry to sweet—entirely with grapes we grow. 142 River Rd. , New Haven; 3 miles north of Middlebury. 802-388-7368.
BENNINGTON MUSEUM
Celebrating the creativity of Vermont across time with diverse art, rich history and innovation. The museum houses the largest public collection of paintings by folk artist Grandma Moses, l8th century paintings and furniture, a 1924 Martin Wasp. motorcar, works by Bennington Modernists including Jules Olitski, Paul Feeley and others. 75 Main St, Bennington. TEL: 802-447-1571.
BENNINGTON POTTERS
A Vermont tradition for 66 years! Take a free tour of the factory just behind our home style store at 324 County St. , downtown Bennington. Shop from our full line of original design dinner ware, bake ware, mugs and more; furnishings for the home; everything for the table. Store and factory open Mon. -Sat. 9:30-6pm, Sun. l0-5 pm. TEL:800-205- 8033.
HIDDEN SPRINGS MAPLE
Take a free, guided tour of our maple canning room, taste our different grades of maple syrup and shop for a variety of local products including maple syrup from a number of local farms, gift baskets, arts and crafts. 23 Westminster Rd. TEL: 802- 387-5200.
American workers have cut the number of hours they spend in their jobs since 2019, but no group has cut down its time on the clock more than young, high-earning men whose jobs typically demand long hours.
The top-earning 10% of men in the U. S. labor market worked 77 fewer work hours in 2022, on average, than those in the same earnings group in 2019, according to a new study of federal data by the economics department at Washington University in St. Louis. Over the same three-year period, the top-earning 10% of women cut back time at work by 29 hours.
High-earning men in the 25-to-39 range who could be described as "workaholics" were pulling back, often by choice, says Yongseok Shin, a professor who co-wrote the paper.
"These are the people who have that bargaining power(议价能力)," Dr. Shin says many workers have had the power over their employers in a tight job market. "They have the advantage to decide how many hours they want to work without worrying too much about their life. "
Before the pandemic(疫情), Eli Albrecht, a lawyer in the Washington, D. C. , area, says he worked between 80 to 90 hours a week. Now, he says he puts in 60 to 70 hours each week, sharing Zoom school(上网课) duties for two of his young children with his wife. He says he enjoys family time.
As high-earning workers in the U. S. cut back, low wage workers increased their hours, according to Dr. Shin's research. The bottom-earning 10% of working men worked 41 hours more in 2022, on average, than in 2019. Women in the lowest earning group lifted their hours worked 52 hours more last year compared with 2019.
Astronomers have taken the first ever image of a black hole, which is located in a distant galaxy( 星系). The black hole is 500 million trillion km away and was photographed by a network of eight telescopes across the world. It was captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT).
The announcement was made in Washington, Brussels, Santiago, Shanghai, Taipei and Tokyo. Details have been published today in Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Prof Heino Falcke, of Radboud University in the Netherlands, who proposed the experiment, told BBC News that the black hole was found in a galaxy called M87. "What we see is larger than the size of our entire Solar System," he said. "It has a mass 6.5 billion times that of the Sun. And it is one of the heaviest black holes that we think exists. It is an absolute monster, the heavyweight champion of black holes in the Universe. "
The image shows an intensely bright "ring of fire", as Prof Falcke describes it, surrounding a perfectly circular dark hole. The bright halo is caused by very heated gas falling into the hole. The light is brighter than all the billions of other stars in the galaxy combined - which is why it can be seen at such distance from Earth. The edge of the dark circle at the center is the point at which the gas enters the black hole, which is an object that has such a large gravitational pull( 引 力 ), not even light can escape.
"It is remarkable that the image we observe is so similar to that which we get from our theoretical calculations. So far, it looks like Einstein is correct once again. " said Dr Ziri Younsi, of University College London - who is part of the EHT collaboration.
Chinese scientists were involved in the observation through a telescope in Hawaii. They were also highly involved in follow-up data processing and theoretical analysis, said Shen Zhiqiang, head of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Shanghai Astronomical Observatory and a member of the EHT international team.
Shanghai and Taipei were selected as two of the cities to hold news conferences, together with Washington, Brussels, Santiago and Tokyo, a recognition of China's contribution.
"In the fields of astronomy, radio astronomy, and space astrophysics, China has made a significant contribution to this global project," Falcke said.
Confucius( 孔子), a famous teacher, was a politician and philosopher( 哲学家) who lived in "Spring and Autumn Period". During his lifetime, he planted the seeds for China's complete change by teaching thousands of people. Today, he is thought to be one of the world's greatest teachers.
Confucius grew up in a poor family. As he grew up, Confucius worked to help his mother earn money. When he wasn't working, he would read. His favorite thing to do was to learn. His mother saw this and did her best to help him learn. One day, rich families noticed how smart he was and offered him jobs counting their money and keeping track of their crops.
Confucius did this until he was 30 years old, but he always wanted to do more.
He didn't like the way rulers treated their people. He wanted to find a way to help people who were less fortunate than he was. Later, he founded the philosophy "Confucianism". Confucianism states that by educating yourself, loving your family, and respecting tradition you could become a better person. Confucius believed a person could achieve these things by practicing self-discipline(自律). For the rest of his life, Confucius traveled and taught the people of China about self-discipline and the importance of education. He even opened China's first school that taught both the poor and the wealthy as equals. Although he became very famous among China's lower classes, the rulers of China never accepted his teachings. Eventually, his philosophy of self-discipline helped China unite under one ruler and finally find peace. Today, Confucius is celebrated all over the world for his philosophy of education, equality, and peace over war, money, and injustice.
Every summer holiday, there are always many drowning accidents. Especially, swimming in the wild is extremely dangerous. Surprisingly, in many drowning accidents, a large proportion(比例) of drowning deaths are able to swim.
The main reason is that people who can't swim have a fear of water and
But the person that can swim is otherwise. and likes to enter water, appearing occasionally so nervous for unusual condition, if nobody rescues, accident may happen.
Don't make the mistake of thinking that drowning deaths are mostly swimmers. The truth is that the vast majority of accidental drowning are those who cannot swim. An extra skill will give you an extra chance to save yourself in the event of an accident.
The improvement of swimming skills lies in practice. The only proper place for practice is a swimming pool with coaches and ambulance people present.
Good advice to prevent drowning:
A. Common swimming strokes(泳姿)are breaststroke, freestyle, and backstroke.
B. He is not afraid of water
C. Most accidents happen right there.
D. they don't want to go near dangerous waters.
E. Master swimming skills and never swim in the wild.
F. However, we cannot think learning to swim is useless for this reason.
G. Swimming is good for your health.
From the moment my husband brought home a box of six chicks at the start of the pandemic, our nine-year-old, Sophie, hasn't let them out of her sight. She1 them Trixie, Captain Flint and so on and was very2 when we wouldn't let them sleep in her bed.
Sophie takes at least one chicken everywhere we let her and has done incredible( 难以置信的) things with her3 . One hot day, she wanted to take Captain Flint to the4 . I wasn't so sure about it: Could chickens5 ? Sophie balanced a stick on her river tube(游泳圈) for Captain Flint to rest on, and the two 6 slowly down the river.
Naturally, Sophie7 a chicken for Halloween and convinced(说服) us Trixie had to come. The reactions from neighbors were extremely8 . "Wait, is that a(an)9 chicken you're holding?"
The chickens are teaching us about love as well as loss and10 . Sadly, Captain Flint faced an unfortunate11 after a hawk attack. We had a chicken funeral( 葬 礼 )，said a few words about what a12 chicken she was, and thanked her for the joy she brought to our lives before we13 her.
The chickens brought a small sign of joy back to our lives. In a few short months, they have taught us to14 situations we can't change and find15 where we can. I am so grateful.
Du Dengwen, 56, measures with his (foot) the long and dangerous mountain roads (run) through the countryside. The place (sit) in the northwest of Central China's Hunan province. Du has delivered( 投递) mail and goods to the villagers from their loved ones, most of have migrated( 移 居 ) to the cities for a living.
For the past thirty years, he has brought joy to the mountain residents, because it means(letter) or parcels are coming their way.
Du joined the local post station March 1990 and was
(immediate) serving more than 5,000 residents in 13 villages away in the woods.
His family advised him (give) up and find another job. But, Du had clearly had close friendship with the local villagers and refused to give up on his difficult job.
Although Du will retire soon, he says: "If villagers need me, I will keep(work) for them. "
