内容摘要：The other way cicadas use numbers, or math, is in their cycles. They stay underground either 13 or 17 years, both prime numbers. Those big and odd numbers are likely an evolutionary trick to keep predators from relying on a predictable emergence.

The other way cicadas use numbers, or math, is in their cycles. They stay underground either 13 or 17 years, both prime numbers. Those big and odd numbers are likely an evolutionary trick to keep predators from relying on a predictable emergence.

The survey polled youth ages 16-21. Fifty-three percent of respondents listed “pay/money” in response to the question, “If you were to consider joining the U.S. Military, what would be the main reason(s)?”Seventy-two percent chose “possibility of physical injury/death” in response to the question, “What would be the main reason(s) why you would NOT consider joining the U.S. Military?”

Prior to the recent uptick in recruits, military servicessevere restrictions on in-person recruiting mandated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the low unemployment rate and stiff competition from private companies able to pay more and provide similar or better benefits.Kuzminski said modernizing recruitment efforts was a major factor in improving the numbers. Instead of relying on recruiting centers in strip malls, for example, she said there has been a push over the last 20 years to “think about capturing American youth where they exist online and not just in person.”

Another barrier to recruitment has been the number of potential recruits who are qualified for enlistment. According to the most recent Defense Department data available, 77% of youth 17 to 24 years oldfor military service without some type of waiver for issues such as weight, drug abuse or mental health.

Military officials and experts have pointed to prep courses intended to help potential recruits meet academic and physical military standards as helping to solve this issue. The Army launched its

in August 2022. The Navy began its own program, theBut Medcalf noted that with most of her patients in recent years, microcheating involves texting or messages on social media. And it can be a slippery slope.

As relationship norms evolve and terms like “polyamory” come out of the shadows, liking or commenting on a photo may seem fairly innocuous. Many couples don’t care, Medcalf said, but people who do shouldn’t feel bad for it.“There isn’t a right and wrong in relationships,” she said. “It comes down to preferences.”

Even if a specific action has not been discussed and forbidden, trouble arises when it takes away energy from your primary relationship, she said.“It’s cheating if your partner doesn’t like it, or doesn’t know about it, or wouldn’t like it if they knew about it,” she said.