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They will have successes in the future, and while you understand that what they're feeling now is very real and upsetting, it will fade with time. You can advise them to use positive affirmations instead of negative self-talk and remind them that rejection is an opportunity to grow and learn.

One of the worst mistakes we can make as friends is to try to make someone feel better by overshadowing (弱化) their experience with our own. But you had better not cover it with your own. This can make them feel like their feelings are ignored. Don't tell them to "just get over it" either.

When a person has suffered a rejection, it can feel like that is the only thing happening in their life at the moment. While it's okay for someone to focus on a rejection a little bit, turning completely inward and wallowing is a slippery slope into depression. Take them to a movie or for a hike. Spend an afternoon in your favorite shops trying out new looks or volunteering for a cause you both feel passionately about.

A. You can relate to your friend's experience.

B. You can help them improve the bad situation.

C. Being rejected can feel like the end of the world.

D. Get your friend out of the house to do something they enjoy.

E. Your friend has a right to feel upset in this moment of rejection.

F. When they're nervous, they can't see that good things are still possible.

G. Remind your friend that what they're feeling now will eventually pass.

One explanation for the dead weightloss is a mismatch between desirablity and feasibility(可行性). Consider a gadget that is useful(high desirability) but difficult to set up and time-consuming to use(low feasibility). Researchers have found that givers usually focus on desirability, and receivers are more aware of feasibility. Your friend who bought you a fancy wearable fitness tracker probably thought it was a really cool and helpful gift; to you, it seems like a major headache to figure out, requires an app download and a monthly cost, and offers data that will very likely make you feel terrible about yourself. That's why it is still sitting in your drawer in its original package.

Another happiness-killing mismatch can be between the receiver's first reaction (反应) and their long-term satisfaction. As Anna Goldfarb noted in The Atlantic a few weeks ago, givers tend to look for "reaction-maximizing (最大化) gifts" (such as the wife's over-the-top reaction to the car) as opposed to "satisfaction-maximizing gifts." Once the giver is not present to see the receiver's reaction, the receiver might not actually be that excited about socks with her best friend's face on them.

Someone looking for a big reaction might want to buy a wildly expensive gift, which causes its own emotional problems. In the worst cases, they may even be trying to control you, or trick you into doing them a favor later. Either way, receiving a gift that's too nice might make you feel guilty (愧疚的). According to one 2019 survey from Compare Cards, 46 percent of respondents felt guilty for being unable to give a gift worth as much as the one they received.

In truth, the biggest benefit to most gift giving is to the giver herself. Generosity is truly away to buy happiness. As my colleague Michael Norton and his co-authors showed in the journal Science in 2008, although spending money on oneself is weakly related to happiness, spending money on others significantly raises the giver's well-being (幸福). Neuroscientists have shown that charitable giving to others provides pleasure in one of the same ways that alcohol and certain drugs do. (Maybe this is the real reason Santa is so joyful.)

Sora is not the first of its kind. Google, Meta and Runway are among the other companies to have developed similar technology. But the high quality of videos displayed by OpenAI—some released after CEO Sam Altman asked social media users to send in ideas for written prompts surprised observers.

A photographer from New Hampshire posted one suggestion, or prompt, on social media. The prompt gave details about a kind of food to be cooked, gnocchi (意大利团子), as well as the setting, an old Italian country kitchen. The prompt said, "An instructional cooking session for homemade gnocchi, hosted by a grandmother, a social media influencer, set in a rustic (土气的) Tuscan country kitchen." Altman answered a short time later with a realistic video that showed what the prompt described.

The tool is not yet publicly available. OpenAI has given limited information about how it was built. The company also has not stated what imagery and video sources were used to train Sora. At the same time, the video results led to fears about the possible moral and social effects.

The New York Times and some writers have taken legal actions against OpenAI for its use of copyrighted works of writing to train ChatGPT. And OpenAI pays a fee to The Associated Press, the source of this report, to license its text news file. OpenAI said in a blog post that it is communicating with artists, policymakers and others before releasing the new tool to the public.

The company added that it is working with "red teamers", people who try to find problems and give helpful suggestions, to develop Sora. "We are working with red teamers-express in areas like misinformation and hateful content—who will be adversarially (对抗地) testing the model," the company said. "We're also building tools to help detect misleading content such as a detection classifier that can tell when a video was generated by Sora."

The partners of this DIY design make the inventions to promote the joys of mechanical engineering and inspire creativity in others.

On Make It Extreme, they transform everyday objects and vehicles into extreme versions of themselves, pushing creative boundaries in the process. They build and design their projects, film and edit the entire process, then finally showcase the results.

"By passionately crafting furniture, engines, tools, toys and vehicles while using our imagination, we try to offer innovative solutions to various mechanical challenges," explains Mavros, "We've shared this passion since our early years, and now, through our channel, we share it with millions of other people in an easily understandable way."

For its 100th video, Make It Extreme introduced the Monotrack bike, constructed entirely from recycled and old materials. They utilized a 100cc two-stroke engine from an old scooter (摩托车), cutting the sidewalls of a used car tyre and fitting it around a recycled motor. The bike reflects their commitment to sustainability and creativity, purely for the joy and curiosity it brings.

"The idea for the Monotrack bike came from an old wartime photo where we saw a similar vehicle," says Mavros, "Our crea                                                                                tions are often inspired by things we've encountered before. For example, the Monowheel, where a person sits inside a huge wheel, was inspired by similar vehicles from decades ago, and our tank chair stemmed from the idea of creating an accessible adventure vehicle for people with limited mobility."

Make It Extreme now has almost two million subscribers who are eager to tune in every month to see the partners' latest invention. And Mavros promises that 2024 will see them create their most daring project yet.

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The poem is written by Rudyard Kipling. In this poem, a father talks of several values and advises his son to live with moderation and constraint (克制) to continuously maintain calm and avoid overreacting. The poem is full of positivity for personal growth in difficult times. Anyone struggling with a lack of desire in life can still benefit from it.

The Laughing Heart

The poem advises readers to take control of their own life and make the most of their time. At the beginning of the poem, Charles Bukowski talks about how one shouldn't let others take their "light" out of them. Bukowski says that once you begin to show up for your own life, "amazing" things will begin to happen to you. The Laughing Heart, which focuses on risk and making decisions in life, is attractive to youth as it serves as an encouragement to them to stand up for themselves in difficult times.

Fifth Grade Autobiography

Through the poem, Rita Dove discusses the good memories of her most significant life influences as a child. By using language and pictures, she recalls how great and significant her family is as she looks at a photograph. Based on Dove's poetry, an excellent activity would be to ask children to select a photo that's significant to them and write their own Fifth Grade Autobiography.

The Rose That Grew From Concrete

The poem is about achieving our life goals despite the challenges we experience along the road. In this poem, Tupac Shakur compares himself to a neglected rose who went from being a marginalized (被边缘化的) teenager to one of the most influential singers the world has ever known. The poem will inspire readers to focus and realize their dreams.

Be Like Dad

Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.

I was in my study on a cold Sunday in May 2020 when I glanced out the window and saw my dad's car parked in our driveway. He was walking from my front door to his car, about to leave. Why would he drive all the way to my house, only to turn around and leave? Had the doorbell stopped working? I raced downstairs, opened the door and yelled "Dad! What are you doing?" I shouted.

My dad lives forty minutes away, and I hadn't seen him since COVID-19 because we were following the health-department guidelines to self-isolate and not leave the house, so it's strange that he would show up.

He smiled and pointed beside the door, where I could see a bright yellow begonia (秋海棠) plant.

"I know it is Mother's Day, but... I'm not a mother," I was puzzled.

My dad smiled. "But I think you should get flowers, too, my dear son." With that, he winked and drove off.

That evening, I called to thank him and told him how touched I was that he had driven such a long round trip just to leave begonias on my doorstep.

That's when he let me in on his little secret. It turns out I wasn't the only receiver of an act of kindness from him. To keep away from the loneliness during epidemic he decided to do acts of kindness to remove the social isolation (隔离，孤立), and it made him so happy to see the smiles on people's faces.

"But why?" I continued.

It just had started a couple of weeks before, when a friend of his was having a tough day and called him to talk about it. He knew she loved ice cream, so after ringing off, he went straight to the grocery store, bought a huge ice cream, drove to her house and left it on her doorstep. Then he called from the driveway to tell her to look outside.

"She just beamed when she saw it. I don't think leaving her a million dollars would have made her happier."

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After listening to story after story like this, I was inspired.

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1. 表达感谢；

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Dear Lucas,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

Beijing film festival announces winners of Tiantan awards, and director Long Fei receives the Best Feature Film award for Gold or Shit.

The 14th Beijing International Film Festival was held Friday night, announcing the winners of its top honor, the Tiantan Award, during (it) closing ceremony.

Among the three Chinese films nominated in the final (select), director Long Fei's Gold or Shit, a comedy describing a down-and-out man's unwelcomed return to his hometown, (sweep) three awards: Best Feature Film, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Screenplay.

Director Long said, (actual), he had felt stressed before finishing shooting, but now he was greatly (encourage) after receiving such an honor. Huang Jia, the scriptwriter of Gold or Shit, shared interesting behind-the-scenes story, telling the experiences of raising money, being advised to cast non-famous performers, but later being surprised (learn) investors (投资方) had convinced stars Hu Ge and Gao Yuanyuan to play the (lead) characters.

The movie marks actor Hu's first attempt into comedy after two decades in the acting industry. Hu quoted a line from the film, where a character says "It's always shining if it's gold", to express his excitement about the movie, overcame many obstacles as the script came to life.

Doctors told Aldo he'd never3 again, and his life changed completely in an instant. But Aldo was not4. He insisted on studying. Meanwhile, with the help of his5. Guy Roman, he worked for his recovery and struggled to6 the tough times. In 2018, Guy successfully trained him to walk across the graduation stage to7 his college diploma by using an exoskeleton (外骨骼). The crowd8 as he went up the steps to the stage. People were greatly inspired by Aldo's courage and9.

Aldo never stopped trying to take the next10 for a bigger goal. He11 it again! In 2021, wearing his exoskeleton, he walked on his own two feet with Guy's help to accept his master's degree in biomedical engineering. He called it one of the unforgettable12 in his life, and he hopes to use his new degree to expand and develop technologies to help people with special needs like him gain13. Aldo also wants to14 others not to stop working toward their goals, no matter how15 they may seem.

Sally Lyubomirsky, a researcher of positive psychology, provides a clear description of happiness. combined with a sense that one's life is good, meaningful and worthwhile.

People's levels of subjective (主观的) happiness are influenced by both internal factors and external factors, according to the authors of the book Culture and Psychology. These include their natural personality traits, the quality of their relationships with others, the society they are a part of, and their ability to meet their basic needs.

In an article published on Iran Public Health, three researchers show how twin studies have suggested that genetic factors count for 35-50 percent of happiness. The study also mentioned two genes that may have an effect on happiness, which may help explain the genetic base of happiness in the future.

From the perspective of economics, Ted Pettinger, said that factors affecting happiness can include income, quality of work and quality of consumption. Among them, proper income is key. He believes that at low levels of income, increasing income is generally agreed to increase happiness as it allows a person to buy necessary goods and services such as health care and education.

The truth is that happiness itself is different for everyone, so everyone defines it differently and pursues it in a variety of ways.

A. Several important factors contribute to a person's happiness.

B. In general, happiness is significant to people.

C. With the income, people can have the food, shelter and necessary education.

D. According to her, happiness can be described as the experience of joy or positive well-being,

E. However, after certain income levels, rising income contributes little to overall happiness.

F. More than that, experts in medical fields found that genes might influence happiness.

G. But what exactly is happiness and how can one achieve it?

The research team believes their method succeeded because they used a relatively simple machine learning approach. The AI was provided with a set of statistical features based on the team's knowledge of earthquake physics (地震物理学), and then instructed to train itself using a five-year database of earthquake recordings. Once trained, the Al provided its prediction by listening for signs of incoming earthquakes within the background sounds in the Earth.

This work is clearly a milestone in research for AI-driven earthquake prediction. "You don't see earthquakes coming," explains Alexandros Savvaidis, a senior research scientist who leads the Texas Seismological Network Program (TexNet). "It's a matter of milliseconds, and the only thing you can control is how prepared you are. Even with the 70% accuracy, that's a huge result and could help minimize economic and human losses and possibly improve earthquake preparation worldwide."

While it is unknown whether the same approach will work at other locations, the researchers are confident that their AI algorithm could produce more accurate predictions if used in areas with reliable earthquake tracking networks. The next step is to test artificial intelligence in Texas, since UT's Bureau TexNet has locations and over six years worth of continuous records, making it an ideal location in 300 earthquakes for these purposes.

Eventually, the authors hope to combine the system with physics-based models. This strategy could prove especially important where data is poor or lacking. "That may be a long way off, but many advances such as this one, are what moves science forward," says Scott Tinker, the bureau's director.