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There really are apps for everything-- and some could end up saving your life.

Skin Vision

You will have to pay for this digital skin check app, either on an ad hoe (随时) or a subscription basis, but with an estimated fifth of skin cancers going undiagnosed during lockdown, it could be well worth it. You simply take a photo of any suspicious spot with your phone and you'll then receive a risk indication from Skin Vision within 30 seconds.

St John Ambulance First Aid

An app like this is more useful for saving someone else's life than your own, but arguably it's a necessity on your smartphone. It gives advice in dealing with emergencies ₉ including choking, allergic reactions and performing CPR. You don't have to have an internet connection in order to use it.

What3 words

This free download is one of a growing number of smartphone apps that could mean the difference between life and death. What3Words divides the world into 3x3 metre squares, giving each one a unique combination of three words. This allows emergency services—or anyone else you give the location to—to reach you. Used by the vast majority of emergency services in the UK, not to mention other control centre around the world, it has been credited with saving thousands of lives.

WhatsApp

Lots of us use WhatsApp for messaging and calling, but do you know it also has a Live Location feature that can let a loved one know your whereabouts in case you're in danger? You simply press the + key in a chat, select ^u Location, and then press ^a Share Live Location, which enables any participants in the chat to see your location in real time for the duration you choose.

Cooking is Chris Spear's passion. He's been professionally cooking since he was 16、Over the years, he worked for big restaurants and reached a point where he had almost 100 employees reporting to him. That's when he missed flexibility and wanted to be more creative. So, he quit working for restaurants and set up his own catering (餐饮) company, Perfect Little Bites in Frederick, Maryland.

Spending long hours in the kitchen doesn't tire Spear, but he had often been concerned that becoming an independent chef would make him feel lonely. Spear said he wanted to find an arrangement that would be beneficial to all such groups but didn't cost them any money. That inspired him to found Chefs Without Restaurants, an online resource for chefs.

Now he has a Facebook group where he can post information about, for instance, a potential customer who wants to arrange a dinner in a given location and within a certain price range, and he can offer interested chefs more information. Customers can also benefit from this network. Spear is building a website where customers will be able to check out profiles of the Chefs Without Restaurants members, learn about their specialties and see what kinds of events they can cater, large or small.

Sharon Streb, owner of Oil & Vinegar Frederick which introduces cooking ideas and chefs to their customers, said small businesses should help one another succeed. "When other chefs and businesses come to my store, they get in front of our customers and hopefully we get in front of their customers. That's a win-win for both of us, "she said." It's tough out there for a small business ₉ and not a lot of small businesses succeed. It's important that we can work together and be successful, both of us."

That's the goal for Spear, who wants to carve out a space for independent chefs on the food map in the area.

Fed up dads are desperate for a revolution when it comes to parenting traditions—with millions of men wanting to spend more time with their new-born children. Shock new statistics show that almost two thirds of dads would be keen on taking much more time off work to spend with their children when they are first born.

Yet, while 62% of fathers say they want to use shared parental leave laws to get a more even split (份额) with mums, almost none of them have actually done so. A study from the University of Birmingham suggested that a number of factors are getting in the way. It pointed to workplace culture, social expectations and financial pressures all being serious barriers to progress.

Since April 2015, parents have been able to share up to 50 weeks to leave and 37 weeks of pay. Estimates suggest only one percent of couples have used the rules, suggesting old habits are proving hard to shift. Interestingly, mums are more lukewarm when it comes to change. A survey showed 41% of mums are open to a more equal split of time—but 42% are opposed to using the new laws. Only just 27% of dads are against the idea.

The survey findings come from a research by Legal & General. It surveyed over 1, 000 UK parents with children up to the age of 16. It found, particularly among Generation Z—the newest and youngest age group of parents, 69% would like to split their parental leave either equally or more evenly. That compares to 54% of millennia ls (千禧一代).

It's clear that there's a strong appetite in the UK to make use of shared parental leave and that this far outweighs the current use of the scheme (方案).

Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier has been in the spotlight in recent years, as scientists have undertaken a multi-part international project to study the vast glacier from all angles. The urgency comes from observations and analyses showing that the amount of ice flowing from Thwaites—and contributing to sea level rise—has doubled in the past three decades. Scientists think the glacier could witness even more dramatic changes in the near future.

This image pair demonstrates the changes that have occurred since the start of this century. The first image shows the glacier's floating ice tongue on December 2, 2001. The second image shows the glacier on December 28, 2019. Both images show the glacier where it exits the land in West Antarctica and stretches over the Amundsen Sea as thick floating ice. Ice that originates on land can raise sea level if it is delivered to the ocean at a faster rate than it is being replaced inland by snowfall. The flow speed of Thwaites has been increasing, while inland snowfall has not changed significantly.

In the past ten years, the tongue has continued to break and separate from the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf. By the time the 2019 image was acquired, the main tongue had declined greatly, and the ocean in front of Thwaites had become filled with floating ice.

Thwaites pours about 50 billion tons of ice into the ocean each year. That amount is nothing to sneeze at. But for the time being, it's" still a relatively small amount of sea-level rise." said Ted Scambos, a scientist at the University of Colorado. ^"What the satellites are showing us is a glacier coming apart said Ted Scambos." Every few years a new area seems to be letting go and speeding. Like taffy (太妃糖) being stretched out, this glacier is being drawn into the ocean.''

Some people have a dependency on an afternoon nap. It can also help them feel more alert (机敏的) for the afternoon ahead. Even Boris Johnson supposedly favors a power nap during his work day. Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein ₉ and Leonardo Da Vinci were all famous nappers.

Napping is a great way to feel more rested and alert—and some research shows it can benefit our cognitive function. If you need to be alert right after waking up, so-called "power naps" of 10-30 minutes are recommended.

While short naps are great for increasing energy, longer naps are more beneficial for learning. According to the research, they improve activation of the hippocampus—an area of the brain important for learning and memory.

It's possible that they help the brain clean up sleep-inducing (诱导睡眠的) waste products that would otherwise hold up brain activity, and that they refill the brain's energy stores. Short naps may also help improve your attention by letting particularly sleepy areas of the brain recover, hence preventing instability in the brain's networks.

Although napping has many positive short-term effects, they are not recommended for people who suffer from insomnia (失目民症). Because naps decrease sleepiness, they may make it harder to fall asleep when going to bed in the evening. For instance, if the best performance is needed instantly afterwards, don't nap, as it may take some time to fully wake up.

A. But many more prefer not to.
B. It is to catch up on lost sleep.
C. How has napping become so popular?
D. Naps should also be avoided in some situations,
E. Why short nap are so beneficial is not well understood.
F. However, you may want to consider how long you have to nap.
G. A one-to-two-hour nap benefits both motor skills and memory abilities.

Residents and emergency workers recovering from destruction caused by deadly tornadoes on December 10 in Kentucky recently had some support from White County. As many throughout the region 1 swiftly to provide aid to the affected communities, Cleveland police officer Justin Baldwin was among those 2to help.

Baldwin 3 to take a carload of supplies to Kentucky for the relief efforts and told his coworkers about his 4 on Monday before leaving. As word of his plan 5 beyond the police department, strangers started donating money, supplies and their time to the 6 . Water bottles, snacks and large cans of vegetables, as well as a(n) 7 amount of monetary (货币的) donations 8 . The officer also 9 to see what was needed most in Kentucky. Then he went and bought four or five hundred dollars' worth of children's medicine.

By last Thursday, Baldwin had to 10 seats out of a 15-passenger van（面包车）to load the donations for 11 in a weekend trip. May field High School has been turned into a distribution center to provide 12 Baldwin decided that would be the 13 place to set up his van to reach people.

Baldwin stayed in Kentucky for three days, 14 by the amount of generosity he witnessed in the county. Multiple trucks were waiting to come in—people were very generous and a lot of people had felt a 15 to do something.

For many people, bookstores remain an important part of the cityscape. They provide quiet and comforting spots for you (refresh) the mind and body. But can you imagine it is like to have a contemporary bookstore in an ancient village, deep in the mountains?

(found) in the city of Nanjing in 1996, Librairie Avant-garde is a well-known bookstore brand in China. Since its ( establish ), it has explored a cultural and creative business model, whose themes range from cultural salon or coffee and art gallery elements of film, music, lifestyle and fashion.

One of its branches in Chenjiapu village in Lishui city, Zhejiang province, (cover)300 square meters with about 30, 000 books and related products. The store, located in a corner of the village, receives up to 50, 000 visitors during the busiest travel season, with income this year already (hit) 1.5 million yuan ($234, 600).

The bookstore in Chenjiapu has become  must-see attraction. Chenjiapu (it) is being praised as a demonstration zone for closing urban-rural development gaps and achieving common prosperity (繁荣).

The latest development efforts and achievements, including its "Cliff side bookstore, show how the area is (gradual) realizing its green, common prosperity dream, in line with the major concept that "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets (资产)