2023年5月14日 星期日

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Hip-hop's got a message real stealthy: To teach the world to be mad healthy!

As hip-hop marks its 50th anniversary, there's a part of its history that's not always told: A mission to create public-health raps.




State legislators are seeking to make puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and gender reassignment surgery illegal for children Changing states

ECONOMIST.COM


Some American lawmakers want to ban medical treatments for transgender children


  An algae bloom in southeast Florida has grown so large, it's visible from space.

You can see Florida's state-of-emergency level algae bloom from space
An algae bloom in southeast Florida has grown so large it’s visible from space. A NASA satellite snapped an image of the algal bloom in early May as it fes
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 Trained as a botanist, Anna Atkins developed an interest in photography as a means of recording botanical specimens for a scientific reference book, British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions. This publication was one of the first uses of light-sensitive materials to illustrate a book. Instead of traditional letterpress printing, the book's handwritten text and illustrations were created by the cyanotype method. Atkins printed and published Part I of British Algae in 1843 and in doing so established photography as an accurate medium for scientific illustration. 

http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/1507/anna-atkins-british-1799-1871/

Sneaky Judges Find Their Pianist

By MICHAEL COOPER
The Polish musician Rafal Blechacz was chosen to receive the $300,000 Gilmore Artist Award, given every four years to an unsuspecting pianist deemed worthy of a great career.

 

Writing laws to catch patent trolls, individuals who buy up lots of vaguely worded patents and then use them to extract cash from unsuspecting victims, without endangering everyone else is hard. Having tried once before, America's Congress is having another go. The Innovation Act looks set to become law by the end of the year http://econ.st/1iDMzSa

 

 

A Sophisticated Instagram Alternative

By ROY FURCHGOTT
Maybe Instagram's privacy blunder took the bloom off the rose, but that's no reason to stop sharing photos through social media as Instagram alternatives like Tadaa continue to emerge.

 

 

A Stealth Tax Subsidy for Business Faces New Scrutiny

By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH and LOUISE STORY
Many companies are borrowing money for projects using tax-exempt bonds called qualified private activity bonds, costing federal taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.

U.S. Aides Believe China Examined Stealth Copter

By MARK MAZZETTI
Officials believe Pakistan let Chinese engineers photograph the remains of a helicopter used in the Osama bin Laden raid that was equipped with classified technology.



American Airliner Tries Out Biofuel

Biofuels have gotten a bit of a bad reputation. They take away valuable
agricultural products that could be used to fill empty stomachs and can be
difficult to deliver to market. Could a biofuel made from algae change
that?

The DW-WORLD Article
http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=ew07hfI44va89pI3




Sapphire Energy, which says it's producing the chemical equivalent of gasoline from algae, has come out of stealth mode, announcing that it raised $50 million from investors including Arch Rock Ventures and Venrock.


Tourists playing Wednesday along the shore in Qingdao, which has been hit with a near-record bloom of green, stringy algae the Chinese call
With Surf Like Turf, Huge Algae Bloom Befouls China Coast

By ANDREW JACOBS

Qingdao, one of China's biggest seaside destinations, has been hit with a near-record algae bloom, leaving its popular beaches covered in a green, sticky muck.


To Save Olympic Sailing Races, China Fights Algae
By JIM YARDLEY
In the city of Qingdao, thousands of people are mobilized to clean up an algal bloom choking the coastline and threatening to impede the competition. 【明報專訊】山東青島綠藻(滸苔)大面積氾濫事件現已驚動中央，昨日青島市面氣氛緊張，市內各個主要路口都有公安和武警駐守巡邏。




block,
n.
    1. A solid piece of a hard substance, such as wood, having one or more flat sides.
    2. Such a piece used as a construction member or as a support.
    3. Such a piece upon which chopping or cutting is done: a butcher's block.
    4. Such a piece upon which persons are beheaded.
    5. One of a set of small wooden or plastic pieces, such as a cube, bar, or cylinder, used as a building toy.
    6. Printing. A large amount of text.
    7. Sports. A starting block.
  2. A stand from which articles are displayed and sold at an auction: Many priceless antiques went on the block.
  3. A mold or form on which an item is shaped or displayed: a hat block.
  4. A substance, such as wood or stone, that has been prepared for engraving.
    1. A pulley or a system of pulleys set in a casing.
    2. An engine block.
  6. A bloc.
  7. A set of like items, such as shares of stock, sold or handled as a unit.
  8. A group of four or more unseparated postage stamps forming a rectangle.
  9. Canadian. A group of townships in an unsurveyed area.
    1. A usually rectangular section of a city or town bounded on each side by consecutive streets.
    2. A segment of a street bounded by consecutive cross streets and including its buildings and inhabitants.
  11. A large building divided into separate units, such as apartments.
  12. A length of railroad track controlled by signals.
  13. The act of obstructing.
  14. Something that obstructs; an obstacle.
    1. Sports. An act of bodily obstruction, as of a player or ball.
    2. Football. Legal interference with an opposing player to clear the path of the ball carrier.
  16. Medicine. Interruption or obstruction of a physiological function: nerve block.
  17. Psychology. A sudden cessation of speech or a thought process without an immediate observable cause, sometimes considered a consequence of repression. Also called mental block.
  18. Slang. The human head: threatened to knock my block off.
  19. A blockhead.

v., blocked, block·ing, blocks. v.tr.
  1. To shape into a block or blocks.
  2. To support, strengthen, or retain in place by means of a block.
  3. To shape, mold, or form with or on a block: block a hat.
    1. To stop or impede the passage of or movement through; obstruct: block traffic.
    2. To shut out from view: a curtain blocking the stage.
    3. To stop the passage of (a motion or bill) in a legislative assembly.
  5. To indicate broadly without great detail; sketch. Often used with out: block out a plan of action; block out stage movements.
  6. Sports. To impede the movement of (an opponent or the ball) by physical interference.
  7. Medicine. To interrupt or obstruct the proper functioning of (a physiological process), especially by the use of drugs.
  8. Psychology. To fail to remember.
  9. To run (trains) on a block system.
v.intr.
  1. Sports. To obstruct the movement of an opponent.
  2. To suffer a mental block. Often used with on: I blocked on his name.
phrasal verb:
block out
  1. To cover over so as to be illegible: block out sensitive information from a document before releasing it.
  2. To repress (a traumatic event, for example) from conscious memory.
idioms:
go on the block
  1. To be offered for sale.
out of the blocks
  1. From a starting position, as in a race or contest: The company has in the past been slow out of the blocks to adapt to consumer tastes.
put on the block
  1. To offer for sale.

[Middle English blok, from Old French bloc, from Middle Dutch.]

SYNONYMS block, hide, obscure, obstruct, screen, shroud. These verbs mean to cut off from sight: a tree that blocked the view; a road hidden by brush; mist that obscured the mountain peak; skyscrapers obstructing the sky; a fence that screens the alley; a face shrouded by a heavy veil. See also synonyms at hinder1, obstacle.


blocker block'er n.

blocker


名
  1. 〔成功・目的達成などを〕妨げるもの［要因］
  2. 閉塞物、遮断物、遮断薬
  3. 荒地型
  4. 〈俗〉〔ソフトウェアなどの〕作業自体ができなくなるバグ、非常に致命的な欠陥◆システム全体がクラッシュしたり、処理中のデータが失われたりする最悪の不具合。◆【類】show-stopper
Puberty blockers, also called puberty inhibitors, are gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists, which inhibit the action of testosterone and are used for a variety of medical purposes. These include treating children whose puberty started abnormally early (precocious puberty), children with idiopathic short stature to promote development of long bones and increase adult height,[1] and transgender children, to stop the development of features that the child considered their wrong sex,[2][3][4] with the intent to provide transgender youth more time to explore their identity.[5] In adults, GnRH agonists are used in the treatment of endometriosis[6], prostate cancer[7][8] and to reduce testosterone levels, with the intent of reducing recidivism, among men with histories of committing sex offenses.[9]

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 青春期阻滯劑，也稱為青春期抑製劑，是促性腺激素釋放激素（GnRH）激動劑，可抑制睾丸激素的作用並用於多種醫學目的。 這些措施包括治療青春期異常早期開始的兒童（性早熟），特發性矮小兒童以促進長骨發育並增加成人身高[1]，以及變性兒童，以阻止其認為自己性別錯誤的特徵的發展。 ，[2] [3] [4]，目的是為跨性別青年提供更多時間探索他們的身份。[5] 在成年人中，GnRH激動劑用於治療內膜異位症[6]，前列腺癌[7] [8]，並在有過性犯罪史的男性中降低睾丸激素水平，以降低累犯率。[9]



alga 

Pronunciation: /ˈalɡə/ 

algae  

/ˈaldʒiː/ /ˈalɡiː/)

plural noun
very simple, usually small plants that grow in or near water and do not have ordinary leaves or roots

bloom1

(blūm) pronunciation
n.
    1. The flower of a plant.
    2. Something resembling the flower of a plant: “Her hair was caught all to one side in a great bloom of frizz” (Anne Tyler).
    1. The condition of being in flower: a rose in full bloom.
    2. A condition or time of vigor, freshness, and beauty; prime: “the radiant bloom of Greek genius” (Edith Hamilton).
  3. A fresh, rosy complexion: “She was short, plump, and fair, with a fine bloom” (Jane Austen).
    1. A waxy or powdery whitish to bluish coating on the surface of certain plant parts, as on cabbage leaves or on a plum or grape.
    2. A similar coating, as on newly minted coins.
    3. Grayish blotches or streaks on the surface of chocolate produced by the formation of cocoa butter crystals.
    4. Chemistry. See efflorescence (sense 3).
  5. Glare that is caused by a shiny object reflecting too much light into a television camera.
  6. A visible, colored area on the surface of bodies of water caused by excessive planktonic growth.

v., bloomed, bloom·ing, blooms. v.intr.
    1. To bear a flower or flowers.
    2. To support plant life in abundance: rains that made the yard bloom.
  2. To shine; glow.
  3. To grow or flourish with youth and vigor.
  4. To appear or expand suddenly: White vapor bloomed from the side of the rocket's fuel tank.
v.tr.
  1. To cause to flourish.
  2. Obsolete. To cause to flower.
[Middle English blom, from Old Norse blōm.]
bloomy bloom'y adj.
SYNONYMS bloom, blossom, efflorescence, florescence, flower, flush, prime. These nouns denote a condition or time of greatest vigor and freshness: beauty in full bloom; the blossom of a great romance; the efflorescence of humanitarianism; the florescence of Greek civilization; in the flower of youthful enthusiasm; in the flush of their success; the prime of life.

bloom2 (blūm) pronunciation
n.
  1. A bar of steel prepared for rolling.
  2. A mass of wrought iron ready for further working.
[Middle English blome, lump of metal, from Old English blōma.]

gran·ule (grăn'yūl) pronunciationn.
  1. A small grain or pellet; a particle.
  2. Geology. A rock or mineral fragment larger than a sand grain and smaller than a pebble, between 2 and 4 millimeters in diameter.
  3. Astronomy. One of the small, transient, brilliant markings in the photosphere of the sun.
  4. Biology. A cellular or cytoplasmic particle, especially one that stains readily.
[Late Latin grānulum, diminutive of Latin grānum, grain.]

bloom2


━━ n. 【冶】塊鉄.

bloom1



--> ━━ n. ((集合的)) 花; 開花期, 花［真っ］盛り; （顔の）健康色, サクラ色; （果実・葉などの）蝋粉(ろうふん).
come into bloom　咲き出す; （才能などが）花開く.
in (full) bloom　花が開いて［満開で］.
in the bloom of　…が真っ盛りで.
out of bloom　盛りを過ぎて.
take the bloom off　…のつや消しになる, だいなしにする.
━━ v. 咲く［かせる］; 栄える.
bloom・er　━━ n. 〔俗〕 ＝boner; 花の咲く植物; 最盛期にある人.
bloom・ing　━━ a., ad., n. はつらつとした; 〔英話〕 途方もない; 花の咲いている; 最盛の; 途方もなく; 【電子工】焦点ぼけ; 【物】反射防止膜.


blue-green algae Show phonetics
plural noun
a poisonous type of plant that grows on the surface of lakes in warm weather


 
stealth
noun [U]
movement which is quiet and careful in order not to be seen or heard, or secret or indirect action:
These thieves operate with terrifying stealth - they can easily steal from the pockets of unsuspecting travellers.
It would seem that some politicians would prefer to use financial stealth rather than legislation to produce change.
The weapons had been acquired by stealth.

stealthy
adjective
stealthy footsteps


"My mother knows I shy away from posing for photos, so she stealthily snapped this shot while I crossed the river, one careful step at a time."

Quote:
"A valet, of stealthy step, thence conducted me, in silence, through many dark and intricate passages in my progress to the studio of his master." — Edgar Allan Poe, "The Fall of the House of Usher"
stealth·y (stĕl'thē) pronunciation
adj., -i·er, -i·est.
Marked by or acting with quiet, caution, and secrecy intended to avoid notice. See synonyms at secret.

stealthily stealth'i·ly adv.
stealthiness stealth'i·ness n.



unsuspecting

Pronunciation: /ʌnsəˈspɛktɪŋ/
Translate unsuspecting | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish
adjective
  • (of a person or animal) not aware of the presence of danger; feeling no suspicion:anti-personnel mines lie in wait for their unsuspecting victims

Derivatives

unsuspectingly
adverb

unsuspectingness
noun
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