Q: All international students are required to have health coverage. Your university will provide you will information about how to buy insurance through them. Costs vary, but coverage usually runs around $500 (CAD) annually. While many international students reside in university housing, there might not be available space or you might prefer to rent your own accommodations. Arranging housing beforehand is less stressful than rushing to find a place to rent after arriving in Canada. There are a variety of online search tools that you can use to find rentals near your university.  Your university’s department of residential life can also help you arrange housing. If you don’t manage to arrange a rental or campus housing, your most affordable option is to stay at a student hostel until you find a permanent rental. Winters in Canada are no joke. At the very least, you’ll need a heavy coat, hat, gloves, and scarf. Sweaters, long underwear, and other warm clothes will also come in handy. Winters in eastern Canada are particularly harsh. While western Canada’s climate is milder, it still gets cold. Canada boasts a host of natural gems and world-class cities, such as Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal. Take breaks from hitting the books to explore all that Canada has to offer. Arrange weekend trips with friends, take day trips by bus, and take advantage of any excursion opportunity that comes your way.
A: Purchase health insurance through your university. Arrange housing accommodations before you arrive. Pack plenty of warm clothes. Set aside time to tour Canada’s cultural capitals and natural wonders.

Article: Whorls are rows of branches that grow from the trunk at approximately the same height. Counting whorls is an option for conifers, or evergreen trees, but isn’t very useful for broadleaf trees, like oak or sycamore. This method isn't as accurate as counting the rings, but it's a way to estimate the tree's age without having to kill or injure it.  Conifers produce whorls annually at regular intervals. Deciduous, or broadleaf trees, produce them irregularly, making it difficult to get an accurate count. It’s also easiest to count the whorls of a young conifer. You might not be able to see the top of a tall, mature conifer, and there would be more irregularities in its growth patterns. At the base of the tree, look for a row of branches that grow at the same level, a bare length of trunk, then another row of branches. These rows are the whorls; count them until you’ve reached the top of the tree. You might see single branches growing between whorls or 2 whorls spaced closely together. These are irregularities that might indicate an injury or unusual weather conditions that year, so don’t count them. Check beneath the first row of branches for evidence of prior growth. Look for knots in the trunk and stubs where branches once grew, which you’ll count as additional whorls. For instance, suppose your tree has 8 recognizable whorls. Beneath the first row, you can see a few stubs that emerge from the trunk around the same level. There's also a row of 2 or 3 knots under the stubs. You’d count the stubs and knots as additional whorls, so your total count would be 10. The tree germinated and grew as a seedling for a few years before it started sprouting woody whorls. Add 2 to 4 to your whorl count to factor in this early growth. If your whorl count was 10, your final age estimate would be between 12 and 14 years.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Count whorls to estimate the age of a conifer. Count the rows of branches growing at the same height. Include any stubs or knots at the bottom of the trunk. Add 2 to 4 years to account for seedling growth.

Problem: Article: Smiling more and incorporating laughter into your daily life has a positive impact on your overall well-being. Smiling and laughter is also contagious, so you may be able to influence the moods of those around you.   Smiling and laughing can also help to decrease stress. When you are smiling and laughing, your stress levels decrease, similar to the way that exercising causes your body to release feel-good chemicals called endorphins. When you consciously make an effort to smile and laugh daily, you may become more resilient to life's challenges. Being more resilient in difficult situations can help you to feel happy and be more successful. Perhaps the easiest way to cease frowning so much is to relax your forehead when you feel tension in your face.  You can even massage between your two eyebrows using your index and middle finger when you feel your brows furrowing. You may be frowning and furrowing your brows because you are having issues with your sight.  This may be forcing you to squint or frown.  If you have been having headaches lately, your vision is blurry, or your sight has changed, consider seeing an eye doctor.  They will be able to prescribe glasses, contacts or perhaps even Lasik surgery if necessary. If possible, keep a mirror on your desk at work to monitor your expression and correct it if you see yourself frowning.  If you are currently in school and there is a mirror in your classroom, try to situate yourself in sight of it.  When you are at home, sit near a mirror as well. Don't stare at yourself constantly.  Look occasionally to ensure that you are not frowning. Practice facial expressions in the mirror.  Practice smiling and then resting your face.  Repeat the process for a few minutes. Your family and friends can be particularly helpful in assisting you on your quest to stop frowning.  Communicate to them this wish and ask them to tell you when you are frowning.  Frowning may have become so natural to you that you do not even realize that you are doing it. Since you can't see your face unless you are in front of a mirror, as your friends to let you know when your face develops a scowl. You might say to them “Hey, I have noticed that people tell me I frown a lot, but I don't even notice I'm doing it.  Can you tell me when you see me frowning so I can learn to stop doing it?” When you are at home, and even while you are sleeping, you can train yourself to stop frowning.  Take a piece of clear plastic tape and place it between your eyebrows.  This will create a barrier on your skin to prevent you from frowning using your eyebrows.  You might be frowning during your sleep as well, so this will begin correcting the issue even when you are not awake. Try not to put the tape on any of your eyebrow hairs so that you don't cause irritation when you take the tape off. Though practicing facial expressions will assist you in your efforts to frown less, sometimes it is necessary to fake it until you make it.  Actively encourage and remind yourself to smile throughout your day.  Smile when you see someone walking past you. Smile when someone makes eye contact with you. On particularly sunny days, you may be forced to squint to protect your eyes from the harmful rays of the sun, which can cause you to frown.  However, consider wearing sunglasses to prevent yourself from furrowing your brow.
Summary: Remind yourself that smiling and laughter is good for body and soul. Relax your forehead. Consider getting glasses. Keep a mirror on your desk. Enlist the help of others. Place tape on your forehead. Smile. Wear sunglasses when outside.

Q: When they start to yellow because of cooler temperatures and less water, they are ready to cut. Be gentle to avoid harming the bulb. Dry it and store it in a cool dry place, just as you did before you planted the bulb. It should be kept cool and dry for 6 to 8 weeks before you plant it again.
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Start to water the plant less as you get close to removing the bulb. Make sure you remove and store the bulbs before the first frost, and before temperatures reach 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10 degrees Celsius). Cut the leaves back to 2 inches above the bulb. Remove the bulb and roots from the soil. Clean the bulb with water.