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When a 12-year-old boy with a rare type of cancer was bullied at a gas station, he took the high road. As a video of these kids taunting the young man goes viral, he’s taking the opportunity to educate others. His message is having a powerful impact on viewers! It’s also reminding us to practice kindness toward others in our daily lives. Devarjaye “DJ” Daniel is battling an incurable form of spine and brian cancer, but he has hopes and dreams for his life beyond survival. He’s currently in the process of being sworn into as many law enforcement agencies as an honorary police officer as he can. By doing this, he hopes to bring more awareness to cancer in children, according to KTAL. Originally, his goal was to reach 100 law enforcement agencies. However, over 800 have sworn him in! Unfortunately, dressing in uniform as a 12-year-old sometimes makes the young man with cancer a target for bullies. The young man’s father, Theodis Daniel, explained to the Houston Chronicle that this has happened more than once. “Every time they see him in his uniform he gets a lot of laughs, some of them may ridicule him and make jokes about him,” he said. Unfortunately, some people make fun of DJ’s uniform. This young man has a rare form of cancer and his dream was to be a police officer so Houston ISD made him an honorary officer pic.twitter.com/uFeQyHnJVG— Crime Net (@TRIGGERHAPPYV1) July 12, 2024 However, this time, the kids who bullied the boy with cancer are learning a lesson. After watching the video of DJ being harassed, more and more viewers are rushing to support the young man in the comments. Meanwhile, the bullies are receiving a fair amount of criticism for their behavior. One of them even called DJ to apologize! Of course, the 12-year-old isn’t interested in any kind of retribution. Instead, he simply hopes that these kids will know better for next time. “Honestly from that video, I would just tell them to stop being mean and before you post something you must ask permission,” he said. “You never know if you are going to post something and might get in trouble for it, so what’s the point of posting it anyway.” Screengrab from X You have to admire this boy’s wisdom and courage in the midst of everything he’s facing! Keep spreading your inspiring message, DJ. You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post Bullies Recorded Mocking Little Boy With Cancer — But He’s Turning It Into A Powerful Lesson appeared first on InspireMore.

As Paul says in Galatians 6:9, let’s not grow weary in doing good, for in due time, we will reap a harvest if we don’t give up.

Franz Ferdinand is a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 2002. Known for their sharp post-punk revival sound and catchy lyrics, the band quickly gained international acclaim with their self-titled debut album released in 2004. This album included hits such as “Take Me Out” and “The Dark of the Matinée,” which played significant roles in defining the indie rock scene of the early 2000s. Franz Ferdinand’s music is characterized by their clever use of guitars and distinct dance-rock elements, making their sound instantly recognizable. Over the years, the band has released several albums, including You Could Have It So The post Complete List Of Franz Ferdinand Band Members appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.

When you look up at the 200 billion trillion (ish) stars, you probably don't think about adding another – but NASA aims to launch an artificial "star" over the USA before the end of the decade.From Earth, stars appear to have variable brightness based on a number of factors, including how distant they are, what type of star they are, and what stage those stars are at in their life cycles. Getting very precise measurements of these parameters can help us figure out, for example, how fast the universe is expanding by looking at how far away they are, and how much the light has become redshifted on its journey to us.For these sorts of projects, you need to know very precisely how bright a star is, and this is where having an artificial star comes in handy. The Landolt mission – named for astronomer Arlo Landolt – will provide one for us when it launches in 2029, as it places a calibrated light source into orbit at a distance of 35,785 kilometers (22,236 miles) from the Earth. “The goal is to be able to figure out, for other planets orbiting other stars, whether they too could have oceans where life could presumably arise and live,” Jamie Tayar, assistant professor of astronomy at the University of Florida,  explained in a statement. “For each star, you need to know exactly how much energy is coming from the star, and exactly how far away the planet is, and so on.”     The artificial star, really a CubeSat, will be in a synchronized orbit over the US during its first year. The idea is that the "star" will send send a known emission rate of photons back to telescopes on Earth. Here, astronomers will observe the artificial star next to the space object they are interested in, allowing them to assess its brightness."The Landolt mission will allow us to re-calibrate the brightnesses of millions of stars," Peter Plavchan, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy at George Mason University, explained in a paper on the project. "Such measurements can only be achieved by a space-based orbiting artificial star, where the physical photon flux is accurately known. Consequently, Landolt will enable the refinement of dark energy parameters, improve our ability to assess the habitability of terrestrial worlds, and advance fundamental constraints on stellar evolution."It is hoped that the mission could help identify habitable zones around stars, with the ultimate goal of finding another planet harboring life.“There are so many big questions in astronomy: How did we get here? Are there other planets like ours? Do aliens exist?” Tayar added. “But those are really hard questions, and so to answer them the measurements have to be really good, and they have to be right.”

Power lines are a great place to look if you are in need of birds or shoes. It's not unusual to see a group of small birds, or a larger bird, apparently relaxing on wires used to transfer electricity over long distances to consumers. So why do they do this, and how come they don't get electrocuted? The "why" is fairly simple to explain. The wires offer a nice perch from which birds can view their surroundings for potential predators or prey, with their views unobscured by the foliage of trees. As for why they don't get electrocuted, the answer is that many of them do. One 2014 study estimated that between 0.9 and 11.6 million birds are killed by electrocution in the US every year. Larger birds like raptors are at particular risk, as it increases the possibility of them touching two wires, or a wire and a grounding source. One 2016 study by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Forensics Laboratory looked at 417 electrocuted raptors, finding that nearly 80 percent of fatalities were bald or golden eagles.However, the reason why birds mostly don't get electrocuted is because they took the trouble to evolve the ability to fly, and access the power lines using this ability. Had they climbed onto the power line via a ladder, and not worn appropriate insulative clothing for birds, they would be fried like the rest of us.Birds perched on a single power line are not killed because they are not grounded."The birds are not forming a connection between the power line and the ground, so they're not connecting the circuit," Will Babb of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources' Division of Wildlife explained to Cincinnati Enquirer. "But if we were to touch a power line while standing on the ground, we'd complete the circuit, and bad things would happen."             Imagine you are pushing a whole load of balls up a mountain range and along a long path at the top. The balls continue along this ridge until they reach the other end, and roll down the path, converting gravitational potential energy to kinetic energy. If you were to create another path along the ridge that leads down the mountain more quickly, they would of course roll down it rather than wait for the path at the end of the trail. In the same way, a grounded, electrically conductive object that touches a live electrical wire provides another path for electricity to flow through. So if birds touch a wire and a utility pole at the same time, it can provide a path to the ground, which is very bad news for the birds. Or they can touch two wires simultaneously if they are big enough, allowing electricity to flow, which is again very bad news for the bird. All “explainer” articles are confirmed by fact checkers to be correct at time of publishing. Text, images, and links may be edited, removed, or added to at a later date to keep information current.  

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