Deadline, Dead zones

Life in Obamacare’s Dead Zone

By INARA VERZEMNIEKS

Excluded from the Affordable Care Act because of politics, thousands of poor Americans grapple with the toll — physical and psychological — of being uninsured.

Dead zone (ecology) - Wikipedia

Dead zones are hypoxic (low-oxygen) areas in the world's oceansand large lakes, caused by "excessive nutrient pollution from human activities coupled with other factors that deplete the oxygen required to support most marine life in bottom and near-bottom water. (NOAA)."^[2

Deadline - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadline

Deadline(s) or The Deadline(s) may refer to: Time limit. Contents. [hide]. 1 Novels and short stories; 2 Comics; 3 Film and TV. 3.1 Film; 3.2 Radio; 3.3 Television.

截止期限，最後限期. Can they finish this before the deadline? 他們能不能在最後期限之前完成這項工作？

morale booster

Wooed by Donald Trump, Taiwan Trembles A2 The phone conversation with President Tsai was a morale booster, but many Taiwanese now fear the island, and not the U.S., will bear the brunt of Beijing’s ire.

booster 

Pronunciation: /ˈbuːstə/ 

NOUN

1A device for increasing electrical voltage or signal strength.

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2The first stage of a rocket or spacecraft, used to give initial acceleration and then jettisoned. 1944

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3Medicine A dose of a vaccine that increases or renews the effect of an earlier one:boosters at five-year intervals are recommended[AS MODIFIER]: a booster injection

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4[IN COMBINATION] A source of help or encouragement:job fairs are a great morale booster

4.1North American A keen promoter of a person, organization, or cause.

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5North American informal A shoplifter.

vinyl (1939). Vinyl albums have out-sold digital downloads for the first time ever

Wonderful

翻譯年糕

Vinyl albums have out-sold digital downloads for the first time ever

INDEPENDENT.CO.UK

25-35 year-olds are the most voracious consumers of vinyl, taking home 33% of sales. Companies are adapting to cater to their needs

How millennials are warping the vinyl industry

It is not nostalgic 50-somethings who are responsible for the vinyl boom

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vinyl (1939)

ˈvʌɪn(ə)l/

noun

1. 1.

   synthetic resin or plastic consisting of polyvinyl chloride or a related polymer, used for wallpapers and other covering materials and for gramophone records.

   "the vinyl is cut to size with a craft knife"
2. 2.

   CHEMISTRY

   of or denoting the unsaturated hydrocarbon radical —CH=CH₂, derived from ethylene by removal of a hydrogen atom.

   "a vinyl group"

Flash, Batman, Superman, and Superwoman

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Jim Delligatti, Big Mac, The Big Mac index

The Wall Street Journal

The original price for McDonald’s Big Mac was 45 cents in 1967, compared with an average of about $5 today. The fast-food chain put the Big Mac, invented by franchisee Jim Delligatti, on its national menu in 1968.

Jim Delligatti, Who Invented the Big Mac, Dies at Age 98

Jim Delligatti, who livened up McDonald’s menu by inventing the Big Mac, died earlier this week at his home in Fox Chapel, a suburb of Pittsburgh, his…

WSJ.COM|由 JAMES R. HAGERTY 上傳

Washington Post
“The Chinese eat Big Macs at 9 a.m. It’s crazy.”

Olympic athletes are gorging themselves on free McDonald’s
The fast-food restaurant is the most popular place in the Olympic Village.

WASHINGTONPOST.COM|作者：JOSH PARTLOW

The Big Mac index, also known as Big Mac PPP, is a survey done by The Economist magazine that is used to measure the purchasing power parity (PPP) between nations, using the price of a Big Mac as the benchmark.

What is the Big Mac index? | Investopedia

Human microbiome

There Is No ‘Healthy’ Microbiome
The same microbes can be helpful allies or dangerous threats.
NYTI.MS|由 ED YONG 上傳

Caltech scientists, led by Sarkis Mazmanian, have discovered for the first time a functional link between bacteria in the intestines and Parkinson's disease.

Parkinson’s Disease Linked to Microbiome | Caltech

Gut bacteria play a major role in the symptoms of Parkinson's disease.

CALTECH.EDU

Tending the Body’s Microbial Garden

As we learn more about the trillions of microbes we carry around, some scientists want to nurture the good and weed the bad. 

Microbiome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbiome

A microbiome is "the ecological community of commensal, symbiotic, and pathogenic microorganisms that literally share our body space." Joshua Lederberg ...

‎Introduction - ‎Case studies - ‎Effects on cognition - ‎Human microbiome

Human microbiome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The human microbiome (or human microbiota) is the aggregate of microorganisms, amicrobiome that resides on the surface and in deep layers of skin, in the ...

人類微生物群系（Human microbiome）又稱為正常菌群（Normal Flora）是某些微生物與宿主在長期的進化過程中形成共生關係，對生物體無害的一類細菌。它們包括細菌，真菌，和古菌。有項研究指出，一個人類個體上的微生物的細胞總數可達奇宿主細胞總數的十倍之多^[1]。

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microbe[mi・crobe]

• 発音記号[máikroub] [名]微生物；（特に）病原菌

microbe warfare
細菌戦.

［フランス語←ギリシャ語mīkrós（小さい）＋bíos（生命）］

mi・cró・bi・al, mi・cró・bic

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Bonsai and Penjing

Top 10: Chinese Penjing trees - Bonsai Empire

www.bonsaiempire.com › Inspiration › Top 10's

Bonsai is a Japanese word, but the art of growing these trees originates in China, where it is called "Penjing". Penjing are often landscapes (where "Bonsai" are ...

Penjing - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penjing

Penjing also known as penzai tray landscape, potted scenery, potted landscape, or miniature ... Generally speaking, tree penjing specimens differ from bonsai by allowing a wider range of tree shapes (more "wild-looking") and by planting ...

Bonsai take years of dedication, and they survive longer than those who nurture them.

Photos of Historic Bonsai Masterpieces

There is a Japanese white pine bonsai tree that is nearly 400 years old at the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum in Washington D.C. But age is not the only...

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