Bridge

• We don't use Fresh & Raw as a publicity stunt, we truly don't make any money off of it.
• The Fresh & Raw Tour created an opportunity for the entire system to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in a fun way.
• Bridges loved visiting her local Shuckin' Shack for meals, but when she learned of the Fresh & Raw Tour, she was excited to attend.
• Having survived both lymphoma and leukemia, any opportunity to support the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is something she's interested in.

• Manufacturers are responding by integrating technologies such as advanced air filtration systems and adaptive suspension systems into their products.
• Suspension component manufacturers have been investing in smart manufacturing technologies to enhance efficiency, minimize human contact, and maintain production continuity even during unforeseen disruptions.
• This compressed air is used in the suspension system of the vehicle, thereby offering an improved and efficient driving experience.
• The automotive suspension industry is continuously witnessing growth with innovations in materials, design, and technology in this region.

• But that’s OK, because everyone already walks around with a dictionary – not the one on your phone, but the one in your head.
• Just like a physical dictionary, your mental dictionary contains information about words.
• Language is part of what makes humans special, and I believe everyone deserves the chance to use their words with others.

Your mental dictionary

• While a physical dictionary is helpful for shared knowledge, your personal mental dictionary is customized based on your individual experiences.
• What words are in my mental dictionary might overlap with the mental dictionary of someone else who also speaks the same language, but there will also be a lot of differences between the content of our dictionaries.
• You add words to your mental dictionary through your educational, occupational, cultural and other life experiences.
• By now, you might be envisioning your mental dictionary as a book with pages of words in alphabetical order you can flip through as needed.

Using your mental dictionary

• One reason why your mental dictionary can’t be like a physical dictionary is that it is dynamic and quickly accessed.
• In one study, researchers mapped the time course of word retrieval among 24 college students by recording their brain activity while they named pictures.
• It’s the feeling when you know what word you want to use but are unable to find it in that moment.
• One proposed reason for this increase is that they’re due to an age-related disruption in the ability to turn on the right sounds needed to say the selected word.

• This is commonly seen in aphasia, a language disorder that often occurs after injury to the language centers of the brain, such as stroke, or neurodegeneration, such as dementia.
• There are also treatments like phonomotor treatment that focus on strengthening the selection and production of speech sounds needed for word production.
• Remember that the words you use and the mental dictionary you have are part of what make you and your voice unique.

Nichol Castro does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

• Today, The Nature Conservancy unveiled the winners of its 2023 Photo Contest, featuring images that help connect us to the power and the peril of the natural world – with closeups of creatures great and small, painterly landscapes in all seasons and amazing scenes of exploration on land and sea.
• The 2023 grand prize will be awarded to Tibor Litauszki from Hungary, for his underwater photo of a newt eating freshly-laid frog’s eggs.
• Photographers from all walks of life helped give voice to nature by showing us what mattered to them,” says Alex Snyder, 2023 Global Photo Contest Director and Judging Coordinator.
• “Whether you’re a scientist collecting data in the field or a photographer capturing the wonder of the natural world, we are all conservationists,” said Meg Goldthwaite, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer of The Nature Conservancy.