When was the last time you visited a museum in     1     almost every collection could be touched? American lawyer Mitch Dudek built a private museum where visitors can have direct contact with all the exhibits on display in the ancient city of Suzhou.

The museum     2     (name) Six Arts because it is about the six senses and stimulating all of your senses. You can touch things. You can smell things. It’s different from other     3     (museum). Founded in 2018, the four-storey museum now houses more than 40, 000 Chinese antiques     4     (date) back to the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911),     5     another 60, 000 items stored in warehouses (仓库).

Having never seen or used such items in his own country, Dudek is filled with strong     6     (admire) of the delicate designs and complicated carvings of these old items. “I think they are just beautiful, and I should collect them,” said Dudek, adding that these items may be ignored once     7     (random) packed in the warehouses, but they could shine again through restoration.

“As more and more Chinese understand and offer me some of their old belongings, collections in the museum have become more     8     (vary) and abundant. Now I plan to invite scholars and craftsmen     9     (discover) more cultural and historical stories behind them,” he said.

“The collections not only help revisit old times but also present     10     sense of beauty,” said Xu Yun, a visitor from Shanghai.

Formed in 2002, the China International Search and Rescue Team (CISAR) brings help and hope to those     1     lives are changed by natural disasters.

The team carried out     2     (it) first international rescue mission in 2003. It was the first time that a Chinese team had worked outside China, and the team won high praise for their     3     (brave) and skill. The list of people     4     whom help has been given ever since is long. The team     5     (treat) more than 3,000 people who were injured in the 2006 earthquake in Indonesia, and spent several months     6     (give) aid to over 25,000 victims of the 2010 floods in Pakistan.

Rescue workers are trained to find people, treat injuries, and hand out food, water, and other supplies. There is     7     (usual) no electricity or water after a disaster and diseases and accidents may appear.     8     (save) lives, rescue workers have to work day and night, and sadly they must also bury     9     dead, which means they have to be strong in both body and mind. And they’ll have to take     10     (effect) measures in action. The members of the CISAR are always ready to go wherever help is needed.

7 . Have you heard of Creative Growth? The Oakland institution offers a professional studio space where adult artists with developmental, mental and physical disabilities can create work. It also provides gallery exhibitions, representation, guidance, a community of likeminded artists and a safe space in which to grow. The late Judith Scott, whose artwork lit up the Brooklyn Museum in a retrospective(回顾展)last year, was a Creative Growth artist who suffered from down syndrome(唐氏综合征)and hearing loss.

“It’s the best facility for local adult artists living with disabilities,” Jonah Olson, an artist and former teacher in Creative Growth’s printmaking studio said. “ The amount of work they produce and the quality of it are remarkable.”

Olson, who now lives in Los Angeles, is a member of the band L.A. Takedown. Along with his bandmates, Olson decided to use the opportunity to expose Southern California to lesser known contemporary outsider artists, living and working just a few hours up north.

“I’ve had an interest in outsider art for a long time,” Olson explained. “You make art as a child and the reasons for doing it now, in my case, are no different now from what they were then. It’ s very basic. Intrinsic (本质的). I think that’s what drew me to art made by people with developmental disabilities.”

The show, a survey of the space’s better-known and lesser-known names, loosely revolves(围绕) around themes of art and music. “Not a lot of the recent artwork specifically is about music, but we are grouping the work around the idea of being in the cities of L.A. and Oakland.” Olson said.

The artists of Creative Growth will be on view throughout the month of August, coupled with musical performances and film screenings organized by L.A. Takedown. All proceeds from the month will benefit the artists and space. The money will be used to improve the condition of the studio and for the development of the artists. “L.A. doesn’t really have a place like Creative Growth,” Olson said, discussing his hopes for the show.

8 . One of the key tasks for leaders at GE (General Electric) is to look after the company’s resources. We watch how money is spent and protect the company’s assets(资产) .We make efficiencies(效率) and fight to find funding for new ideas. We care about the health and welfare of our employees,and work to keep them safe all over the world.

Where we sometimes fall short-I am sure this is true of most organizations-is with time.I don’t think we manage time as well as we could. We have meetings that include too many participants,some of whom don’t need (or want) to be there. Too much time is spent at the start of meetings passing around information that could be shared in advance. Some meetings go on longer than they need to, and don’t always result in real actions, or decisions.

Leaders make personal decisions about how to distribute their own time,and this affects how others and particularly their teams have to spend their time. I’ve asked people in my organization to think ahead-what can be done individually or beforehand. We need to think about the impact every time we occupy time, or create work, for others.

Wasting time contributes to a competitive disadvantage. It keeps us from doing things that matter and meeting deadlines. One solution we’re working on at GE is adopting a “FastWorks” mindset. This is a lean start-up concept we developed to better understand pain points, quickly test product or service hypotheses(假设) and to understand if a proposed solution is right. We used this approach to develop our GuardEon circuit breaker in less than half the time it would previously have taken and went to market 3 years sooner.

If you are like me, you have your best days when you accomplish things. The worst days are when we spend time doing things without results, and you come away feeling you have wasted time. We don’t mind working hard, but we want to get things done. The old saying went something like “time is money,”In today’s world, it’s more like “time is speed and focus, and speed and focus is money.”We are more successful if we are focused and spend our time doing the things that matter.

9 . 4 Best Basketball Camps in the USA

PGC Basketball Camps

For the last few decades, PGC (point guard college) basketball camps have helped thousands of players improve a variety of skills. While the name may have you believe it's for point guards only, that's not the case.PGC basketball camps operate in a number of different states and they have over 100 camps all over the country.While many of the PGC basketball camps are aimed at youth in high school and college athletes,there are also the Skills Academy camps for those as young as the 4th grade.

Nike Basketball Camps

Nike offers introductory camps, shooting camps, overnight camps, day camps and many more. There are even camps that let you work with former or current NBA and WNBA players. One of the best things about Nike camps are the quality of coaching and instruction you will get. They also operate in nearly every state,so no matter where you are, there is likely a Nike basketball camp close. These Nike camps are also great for all ages.

NBC Basketball Camps

Since the early 1970s, NBC(Northwest Basketball Camp) has been among the world leaders in the space.Whether you are in elementary school, junior high or high school, there is an NBC basketball camp for you. These camps are offered across the USA,as well as in Canada and even the UK. The camps they offer include clinics.team camps, overnight camps, and college prep camps, just to name a few. They aim to provide you all of the tools you need to succeed in basketball and in life.

The National Basketball Academy

The National Basketball Academy (also known as TNBA) partners with NBA teams like the Bucks and Pacers to provide camps, clinics, and training for basketball players of all ages. TNBA operates in Milwaukee,Orlando. Houston. Indiana, and Cleveland. It also operates in many other nations around the world such as Brazil, France, Argentina, and Spain. These camps and clinics range from a single day to multiple weeks. They also host various tournaments(锦标赛) so you can show off the skills you have learned.

10 . National Museums in London

British Museum

Address: Great Russell Street, London WC1, England, UK

Attention schedule: daily 10:00- 18:00

One of the best museums of the world, British Museum, founded in 1753, has around 7 million objects and presents over two million years of human history. Take the history of the 5 continents illustrating every place of the world. World-famous objects such as the Rosetta Stone, Parthenon sculptures, and Egyptian mummies are visited by up to six million visitors per year.

Design Museum

Address: 28 Shad Thames London SE12YD

Attention schedule: daily 10:00- 17:50

The museum was founded in 1989 and became the first museum of modern design in the world. It offers inspiring insights into the world of design with exhibitions on fashion. architecture, furniture, transport and digital design. Alongside its cutting edge program of permanent exhibitions, the museum also hosts a variety of talks and family activities.

Natural History Museum

Address: Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD, UK.

Attention schedule: daily 10:00- -17:45

Created in 1881, the Museum has more than 70 million objects with areas of botany; mineralogy, paleontology and zoology. Other treasures from the Museum's unique exhibitions can be seen across its many permanent galleries, which include one of the world's most impressive dinosaur skeletons(骨架). There are also exciting after-hours events featuring early morning yoga, silent discos practice and plenty of interactive activities.

Victoria & Albert Museum

Address: Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL

Attention schedule: daily 10:00-17:30

The Victoria & Albert Museum is the world's leading museum of art, design, and performance, representing more than 3,000 years of human creativity. Founded in 1852, one of its main attractions is the architecture of the museum, carvings and designs of great artists. In recent years, the V&A has undergone a dramatic program of renewal, expansion and restoration.