When sperm whales need a nap, they take a deep breath, dive down about 45 feet and arrange themselves into perfectly-level, vertical patterns. They sleep sound and still for up to two hours at a time between breaths, in pods of 5 or 6 whales, presumably for protection. No one knew whales slept vertically until a 2008 study documented the behavior. And no one captured really good photography of it in the wild until 2017. French photographer Stephane Granzotto was documenting sperm whales in the Mediterranean for his book on the creatures when he came across these sleeping whales.
When sperm whales need a nap, they take a deep breath, dive down about 45 feet and arrange themselves into perfectly-level, vertical patterns. They sleep sound and still for up to two hours at a time between breaths, in pods of 5 or 6 whales, presumably for protection. No one knew whales slept vertically until a 2008 study documented the behavior. And no one captured really good photography of it in the wild until 2017. French photographer Stephane Granzotto was documenting sperm whales in the Mediterranean for his book on the creatures when he came across these sleeping whales.
Molly Brett (English, 1902-1990)
"Maypole Dance" Animals dancing around a Maypole.
Some "Pods" are already in trials for real jobs: running between warehouses, hauling logs from forests and delivering goods for Lidl, a supermarket group
The idea started in Italy.
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Hospitals turn to snorkel masks to ease respirator overload
Five interconnected geodesic domes contain carefully mixed recipes emulating the relative presence of ozone, particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide which pollute London, New Delhi, San Paolo and Beijing. Starting from a coastal location in Norway, the visitor passes through increasingly polluted cells, from dry and cold locations to hot and humid. Pollution Pods has been commissioned by NTNU as part of Climart a four-year research project that examines the underlying psychological mechanisms involved in both the production and reception of visual art using these findings in an attempt to unite the natural sciences to the visual arts.
Kumbuka, one of ZSL London Zoo's western lowland gorillas, holds out his hand for his favourite snack, brown rice. The zoo's gorilla troop are very partial to the highly nutritious rice that keepers scatter over the enclosure to encourage the apes to forage.
For a while, Williams lived out of his car and kept a journal on a laptop. Once he fell behind on the car payments, he took shelter in a dumpster. The situation hit him hard.
Williams came up with the idea while resting in one of the only safe places he could find: a dumpster. He'd even drawn up the plans for a self-contained survival pod — a 6-foot by 6-foot structure with a single bed and a chemical toilet.
Chen signed on, and they formed a company to start working on a prototype pod. They also envision other applications — FEMA could use them for emergency housing, and airports could rent them to travelers with long layovers.
Todd Heisler/The New York Times
City Moves to Stop Foraging in Parks
By LISA W. FODERARO
The rising cost of food has led to an increase in foraging in city parks, according to New York officials say. At right, Leda Meredith leads foraging tours in Prospect Park.
California in My Mind
By JEFF GORDINIER
Memories of
grilled shrimp, vinyl records and surf culture pull a writer back to the
Orange County coast of his youth. How do the beach towns of today hold
up against those memories?
Urban foragers go dumpster diving in Amsterdam
We follow a group of dumpster divers as they go scavenging at a market in Amsterdam. They can afford to buy groceries but say this is a lifestyle choice aimed at saving the planet.
Where Fish Outnumber Phones
By GISELA WILLIAMS
A remote Indonesian archipelago - long an in-the-know spot for snorkeling and diving - is now attracting travelers looking to unplug from the modern world.
Some US cities are taking a cue from Europe and moving their dumpsters underground. http://cnn.it/2hwljvh
positive interlocking
Dumpster divers rummage
EuroVox | 03.03.2008 | 05:30
Dumpster Divers Make a Statement Hunting For Food
There are different reasons to become a dumpster diver. Some of the night owls searching supermarket bins are just looking for cheapfood. Others are trying to make a political statement about our wasteful society.
Report: Julia Reinecke
rummageReport: Julia Reinecke
verb [I + adverb or preposition]
to search for something by moving things around carelessly and looking into, under and behind them:
She rummaged in/through all the drawers, looking for a pen.
rummage noun [S]
I had a rummage around/about (the house), but I couldn't find my certificate anywhere.
a sale of a mixed collection of things that people no longer want, especially in order to make money for an organization
skip (CONTAINER) UK
noun [C] (US TRADEMARK Dumpster)
a large metal container into which people put unwanted items or building or garden waste, and which is brought to and taken away from a place by a special truck when requesteddive (MOVE DOWN)
verb [I] dived or US ALSO dove, dived or US ALSO dove
1 to jump into water, especially with your head and arms going in first, or to move down under the water:
Look at those children diving for oysters over there!
They ran to the pool, dived in, and swam to the other side.
Mark dived off the bridge into the river.
The submarine dived just in time to avoid the enemy attack.
See also nosedive.
2 to swim under water, usually with breathing equipment
3 to go down very quickly:
The plane dived towards the ground and exploded in a ball of flame.
The goalkeeper dived for the ball (= tried to catch the ball by jumping towards it and falling on the ground.)
dive
noun [C]
the best dive of the competition
The goalkeeper made a valiant dive for (= jump towards) the ball, but couldn't stop it going in the net.
diver
noun [C]
a person who dives as a sport, or who works or searches for things under water using special breathing equipment:
He was a diver on a North Sea oil rig.
diving
noun [U]
interlocking
adjective
firmly joined together, especially by one part fitting into another:
This jigsaw puzzle has 1000 interlocking pieces.
The fish has strong jaws and sharp interlocking teeth.
interlock
verb [I or T]
to fit together firmly:
The edges interlock to form a tight seal.
v., -locked, -lock·ing, -locks. v.tr.
To become united or joined closely, as by hooking or dovetailing.
n. (ĭn'tər-lŏk')
snorkel
(snôr'kəl)
n.
To dive using a snorkel.
Dumpster diving (known as skipping in the UK)[1][2] is the practice of sifting through commercial or residential trash to find items that have been discarded by their owners, but which may be useful to the dumpster diver.
The dumpster diving term originates from the best-known manufacturer of commercial trash bins, Dempsey, who use the trade name "Dumpster" for their bins,[3] and the fanciful image of someone leaping head first into a dumpster as if it were a swimming pool. In practice, the size and design of most dumpsters makes it possible to retrieve many items from the outside of dumpsters without having to "dive" into them.
2月中旬，美國記者知道加州當地有一位陳榮良醫師，
pod
2 [often with modifier] a detachable or self-contained unit on an aircraft, spacecraft, vehicle, or vessel, having a particular function:the torpedo’s sensor pod
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POD
dumpster
US trademark
forage
(fôr'ĭj, fŏr'-)
n.
v., -aged, -ag·ing, -ag·es. v.intr.
noun [C] (US TRADEMARK Dumpster)
a large metal container into which people put unwanted items or building or garden waste, and which is brought to and taken away from a place by a special truck when requesteddive (MOVE DOWN)
verb [I] dived or US ALSO dove, dived or US ALSO dove
1 to jump into water, especially with your head and arms going in first, or to move down under the water:
Look at those children diving for oysters over there!
They ran to the pool, dived in, and swam to the other side.
Mark dived off the bridge into the river.
The submarine dived just in time to avoid the enemy attack.
See also nosedive.
2 to swim under water, usually with breathing equipment
3 to go down very quickly:
The plane dived towards the ground and exploded in a ball of flame.
The goalkeeper dived for the ball (= tried to catch the ball by jumping towards it and falling on the ground.)
dive
noun [C]
the best dive of the competition
The goalkeeper made a valiant dive for (= jump towards) the ball, but couldn't stop it going in the net.
diver
noun [C]
a person who dives as a sport, or who works or searches for things under water using special breathing equipment:
He was a diver on a North Sea oil rig.
diving
noun [U]
interlocking
adjective
firmly joined together, especially by one part fitting into another:
This jigsaw puzzle has 1000 interlocking pieces.
The fish has strong jaws and sharp interlocking teeth.
interlock
verb [I or T]
to fit together firmly:
The edges interlock to form a tight seal.
interlock
(ĭn'tər-lŏk')v., -locked, -lock·ing, -locks. v.tr.
- To unite or join closely as by hooking or dovetailing.
- To connect together (parts of a mechanism, for example) so that the individual parts affect each other in motion or operation.
To become united or joined closely, as by hooking or dovetailing.
n. (ĭn'tər-lŏk')
- A mechanical device that prevents a component from functioning when another component is functioning or situated in a particular way.
- A stretchy fabric knitted with interlocking stitches by alternating sets of needles on a circular knitting machine.
vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)
- 使連鎖;使連結;使連扣
vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)
- 連鎖;連結;連扣
inter・lock
━━ v. 組み合う［わせる］, 噛み合う［わせる］, 抱き合う［わせる］; 連動にする; 【コンピュータ】インターロックする ((必要な条件が満たされるまで装置や機構の状態を固定すること)).
━━ n. 
連結, 連動; スムース織の織物; 【コンピュータ】インターロック.
interlocking directorates 役員兼任制.
連結, 連動; スムース織の織物; 【コンピュータ】インターロック. interlocking directorates 役員兼任制.snorkel
(snôr'kəl)
n.
- A breathing apparatus used by swimmers and skin divers, consisting of a long tube held in the mouth.
- A retractable vertical tube in a diesel-engine submarine that contains air-intake and exhaust pipes for the engines and for ventilation, permitting extended periods of submergence at periscope depth.
To dive using a snorkel.
[German Schnorchel, from dialectal, nose (from its resemblance in shape to a nose).]
snorkeler snor'kel·er n.Dumpster diving (known as skipping in the UK)[1][2] is the practice of sifting through commercial or residential trash to find items that have been discarded by their owners, but which may be useful to the dumpster diver.
2月中旬，美國記者知道加州當地有一位陳榮良醫師，
pod
2 [often with modifier] a detachable or self-contained unit on an aircraft, spacecraft, vehicle, or vessel, having a particular function:the torpedo’s sensor pod
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POD
dumpster
Pronunciation: /ˈdʌmpstə/
Definition of dumpster
nounOrigin:
1930s: originally Dempster Dumpster, proprietary name (based on dump) given by the American manufacturers, Dempster Brothers of Knoxville, Tennesseeforage
(fôr'ĭj, fŏr'-)
n.
- Food for domestic animals; fodder.
- The act of looking or searching for food or provisions.
v., -aged, -ag·ing, -ag·es. v.intr.
- To wander in search of food or provisions.
- To make a raid, as for food: soldiers foraging near an abandoned farm.
- To conduct a search; rummage.
- To collect forage from; strip of food or supplies: troops who were foraging the countryside.
- Informal. To obtain by foraging: foraged a snack from the refrigerator.
[Middle English, from Old French fourrage, from forrer, to forage, from feurre, fodder, of Germanic origin.]
forager for'ag·er n.- forage
- [名]1 [U]（牛馬の）飼料, まぐさ, 飼い葉；（軍馬の）馬糧 forage crops飼料用作物.2 [C][U]飼料集め, （軍馬の）馬糧徴発；食べ物捜し.3 [C][U]略奪.━━[動...
- forage cap
- （歩兵の）略帽.
- forager
- [名]馬糧徴発隊員；略奪者.
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