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The time you spend at the office may be the most stressful part of your day, but it doesn't have to be. You have a greater ability to shape your office environment than you may realize. Take breaks throughout the day. It will help clear your mind an

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I didn't see it then, 我当时没有觉察, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. 但是事后证明，从苹果公司被炒是我这辈子发生的最棒的事情。 The heaviness of

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The New Age of Nuclear Power By Spencer Reiss / Originally published in Wired . Get ready for the mass-produce, meltdown -proof future of nuclear energy 1 A team of Chinese scientists advising the Bei

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A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no c

22 life throws a brick at your head

life throws a brick at your head A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street， going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw

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Bicycle Mayor Program Shows Promise in Mexico City Her position is not official, but Areli Carreon of Mexico City is a mayor. She may be the bicycle mayor, but to her it is an important position. She works to make people in one of the worlds most con

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Online Education Helps Students, Teachers in Small Towns 网络教育——小城镇学生与教师的好帮手 As rural towns struggle to adjust to economic changes and face global competition in man

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So how can we slow the head down? 那我们该如何减缓头部的向下移动？ A gigantic helmet. So with more space, you have more time, and this is a bit of a joke, but some of you may have seen this. 可以佩戴巨型头盔。空间变大，缓

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I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It fr

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月薪那么高的工作无人想做

There is a job available in the small New Zealand town of Tokoroa, but no one wants it. The job is for a doctor and it pays US$265,000 a year. For the lucky doctor who takes the job, there is no night work, no weekend work, and house prices in the ar

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Cyclists in Paris are to be allowed to ride through some red lights in a bid by the mayors office to get more people on their bikes. 在巴黎骑自行车的人将被允许闯一些红灯，市长办公室此举是为了鼓励更多的人骑自行车。

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To make the numbers easier to grasp, they have provided an alternative way to express them. 为了让大家更好理解这些数据，他们提供了另一种表述方式。 They calculate how long it would take for prices to double, if inflation per

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The head of Russia's Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov revealed that the plane crash was the result of a terrorist attack, and that explosives were used to orchestrate it. According to our experts, a homemade explosive device equivalent to

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So I know you're probably thinking, okay, that's cool, 我知道大家现在大概会想，好吧，看着挺酷的， but how do we use any of this stuff for the built environment? 但是我们怎么把它应用到生产环境里？ So I've started