We hope you had a memorable year in residence! Students must move out of their residence hall within 24 hours of their last exam. Please read the following information carefully to ensure a smooth move-out.
Prepare for Move-out Inspection
Housing staff will conduct move-out inspections. Charges may be assessed for any cleaning, missing items or damages (beyond normal wear and tear) that were not reported at move-in.
Prepare your room for the inspection by following the items below.
● Remove all personal belongings you may have brought in.
● Remove all trash.
● Vacuum or sweep the floor, including underneath the beds.
● Restore your room to its initial condition at check-in (including furniture set-up).
Forward Your Mail
Once you have moved out, Housing Services will no longer be taking mail on your behalf. Please empty your mailbox and update your mailing address prior to your departure. Failure to update a forwarding address will result in mail being returned to sender.
Check Out and Return Your Keys
On move-out day, students are limited to two people to help them move out. They may park in residential parking zones with a temporary move-out loading permit.
Residents must return all keys to the Housing Services Office drop box. Do not leave your keys in your room or rely on your friend to return them for you. Delays caused by doing so will result in additional costs.
As 17-year-old Norwood drove through St. Peters-burg, Florida, last February, the laughter and chatter from the four teenage girls inside her car quickly gave way to screams. As they approached a crossing, another car T-boned them, sending their car sailing into the yard of a nearby home, coming to a stop only when it crashed into a tree.
As smoke rose from the other car, a bystander shouted, "It's about to blow up! Get out!" Shaken, but otherwise OK, she crawled (爬行) out through the window. Along with two of her friends, who'd also managed to free themselves, she ran for her life.
But halfway down the street, she realized that her best friend, Simmons, wasn't with them. Norwood ran back to the car and found Simmons passed out in the back seat. She threw open the back door and pulled her friend out, avoiding the broken glass as best she could. She dragged Simmons a few feet to safety and laid her on the ground. "I checked her pulse." Nothing." I put my head against her chest." No sign of life. "That's when I started CPR (心肺复苏术)."
Had the accident happened a few weeks earlier, she might not have known what to do. But Norwood, who wants to pursue a career in medicine, had earned her CPR certificate just the day before. Kneeling on the lawn and looking down at her dying friend, Norwood knew she had precious little time to practice what she'd learned. She started pumping Simmons's chest and breathing into her friend's mouth in hopes of filling her lungs with the kiss of life. No response. And then, after the 30th try, Simmons began coughing and gasping for air. The CPR had worked! Soon, the ambulance arrived and rushed Simmons to the hospital, where she received treatment for a cut in her forehead. And then she heard how her best friend had saved her life. "I wasn't shocked," Simmons told CNN. "She will always help any way she can."
A famous springboard driver was defeated by his competitor in the finals of a world championship, offering congratulations to the winner and waving a tearful goodbye to the audience.
It is common in the athletic world. Sportsmen spend the best part of their lives on hard training and competitions. When it becomes evident that they are on the decline they still make great efforts to give their best so as to bring a satisfactory end to their career.
Chances to compete for the championship are few and far between. Life is short. Still shorter is the time for an athlete trying to win games. An athletic contestant really feels that there are so few opportunities and time flies. He treasures every minute, makes full use of it and tries to grasp any chance coming his way. He gets as much as he gives, winning honors not only for himself but also for his country.
To participate and to win——that is the Olympic spirit. It finds expression in the weak daring to challenge the strong, and the strong searching forever better performance. Ever better—the ideal always makes a sportsman forward. He will do everything he can for it, never relax, never give up. It is said that none of the competitors can avoid being defeated—even the best is bound to be defeated by someone still stronger. This is the rule of sports—thousands of losers set off one winner who in turn will eventually be replaced by someone on the honor list. However, he is always trying to do the best he can. When the time comes and he knows he can't, he will step down happily to give place to the younger winner, aware contentedly of the fact that he has done his best for the "ever better" records of the Olympic Games. He will say proudly that he has not lived his youth in vain.
As a young child, I was painfully shy. I'd watch other children play in the park, wishing I could join them, but I was too scared to approach. Eventually, my mother would come to the rescue. She'd ask the other kids if I could play, too. Today, I feel comfortable giving public lectures in large halls and having conversations in small groups, but I still tend to avoid situations in which I'm expected to spend time with a roomful of strangers.
There could be many reasons. For one thing, I might be carrying some childhood fear of rejection. But beyond that possibility, one likely element is that I tend to underestimate how much people like me after I meet them, as most of us do.
A new research paper reports that the common concern that new people may not like us, or that they may not enjoy our company, is largely unfounded.
Erica Boothby of Cornell University and her colleagues conducted a series of studies to find out what our conversation partners really think of us. In doing so, they discovered a new cognitive illusion (认知错觉) they call "the liking gap": our failure to realize how much strangers appreciate our company after a bit of conversation.
The researchers observed the gap in a variety of situations: strangers getting acquainted in the research laboratory, first-year college students getting to know their dormitory mates over the course of many months, and community members meeting fellow participants in personal development workshops. In each circumstance, people consistently underestimated how much others liked them. For much of the academic year, as dormitory mates got to know each other and even started to develop enduring friendships, the liking gap persisted.
The data also revealed some of the potential reasons for the illusion: we are often more severe with ourselves than with others, and our inner critic prevents us from appreciating how positively other people evaluate us. Not knowing what our conversation partners really think of us, we use our own thoughts as a proxy (代理人). This is a mistake, because our thoughts tend to be more negative than reality.
For most people, life has become a burden on their shoulders, and its weight is growing heavier and heavier, until one day they can't carry it anymore. So how can we design a life that is less complex and more meaningful? With minimalism (极简主义). The following ways will assist you in your journey to living a simper yet fuller life.
Most people's living space is filled with things that are never used and don't contribute to their well-being. Separate the ones you do need from the ones you don't, and throw the latter right into the dustin — or better, give them away to people who might actually benefit from them.
Appreciate all the amazing things you already have. We constantly compare ourselves to others who seem happier, more beautiful and more important than us. We try our best to imitate those we envy. We need to stop comparing and accept ourselves for who we are, with all our imperfections. Take a moment to appreciate what you have.
Do one thing at a time. Minimalist living actually means making the most out of each and every moment. We're usually carrying out different tasks at the same time. So whatever we are doing, our mind is partly wondering somewhere else.
Develop mindfulness. Thus you need to develop mindfulness. Mindfulness means fully attending to what's happening in the present. There are many ways one can do so. Perhaps the most common way is to sit for about 30 minutes somewhere comfortably with your upper back straight and pay full attention to your breath as it's coming in and out through your nose. In this way, you won't be distracted by your thoughts.
A. It is about enjoying life more with less.
B. Stop consuming products you don't need.
C. Yet no matter how much we try, we always fail.
D. Get rid of things that don't serve your happiness.
E. minimalist living requires a calm and undisturbed mind.
F. Stop multitasking and concentrate on a single thing at a time.
G. Unfortunately, our minds are filled with worries in our busy lives.
My family moved into our home nine years ago. We live on a corner, and the entire side of the yard is enclosed by a 1 built rock wall. The front of the house though is another 2 because instead of a wall along the sidewalk, the rocks appear to be just 3 up onto the dirt.
We did the best we could and called this area our 'rock garden'. Whenever we had leftover flowers or plants, I would 4 them out front, just to bring some 5 to the arca.
Last summer I reached the end of the rock garden and found a tiny little plant that 1 could not immediately 6 , we didn't plant it. We decided to let it 7 growing until we could 8what it was.
Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the 9 plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. It was skinny. I decided to 10 it along and weed around it. As I pulled rocks to get to the weeds, I noticed something 11 . The sunflower had not started where I saw it 12 . It actually had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to 13 the sun.
That's when I realized that we should stand tall like the sunflower and the environment will begin to 14 us. We will find a way to go under or around our big 15 in order to reach our desires.
As costume drama A Dream of Splendor (attract) many audiences this summer, the way the heroine Zhao Pan'er makes tea also garnered (获得) much attention. Heytea, Chinese boutique teahouse chain, (recent) launched new flavored tea drinks (base) on the recipe from TV show.
China, home of most of the world's tea. also (have)a series of customs (concern) tea making and tae choice according to the seasons.
The most recommended one is green tea, for its character is "cold" in traditional Chinese medical theories, (suit) to soothe the restlessness caused by hot summer.
Apart it, Chinese green tea has many family members with beautiful and (poem) names, such as Yunwu, literally means cold and mist.
