As social animals, we largely define our sense of self, our identity, in relation to others. This can be inclusive, "I'm similar to these people", or exclusive, "I'm not like those people". For most of us, our individual identity becomes an amalgam of all the different subgroups we identify with.

Now, pretty much the earliest group we get sorted into and identified by is based on our biological sex, which is normally determined/assigned at birth using our external genitalia. Once that happens, we start getting socialized to think of ourselves as belonging to one group or the other and how to present that identity in socially acceptable ways. For most of us, that works fine. For some, they feel like there is a mismatch between their physical characteristics (sex) and the social expression of that sex (gender) and their internal sense of which group they should belong to.

Ultimately, there is no objective, measurable criteria by which to judge a person's identity, because it is in their own mind. We can only look at what they say and do to determine how "legitimate" their identity claims are.

Boeing and Airbus have about an equivalent number of aircraft in service, and both the 777 and 787 utilize FBW, as well as Embraer. So, the majority of commercial aircraft in service are FBW.

Modern jetliners use what is called "fly-by-wire". There's no direct mechanical connection between the flight controls in the cockpit and the control surfaces on the wings and tail. When the pilot makes a control input, computers interpret that input according to the control law that is currently in effect and then move the control surfaces appropriately.

Editorial bias has been the norm through most of our history. Knowing who is reading your paper is important to know, because that is how you court advertisers. And catering to those readers is how you increase circulation so that you can charge those advertisers more.

Now, for most of the 2nd half of the 20th century, this bias was, for the most part, confined to the opinion pages. The hard news sections tended to avoid editorializing in their stories. However, in the digital age, the economic pressure is just too great to not cater a lot more blatantly to viewers/readers.

No, there is no minimum. It's completely dependent upon the contract that defines the terms.

I think where you're getting wrapped around the axle is that you are imagining co-owners as being able to exercise the full rights of ownership independent of each other, and this is not the case. In this situation, there is usually a contract that exists that will define the rights of each co-owner, how decisions about the property are made, how disputes will be resolved, etc.

Your definition is fine, it's just important to remember that ownership isn't just socially accepted, it's legally defined. And because it's legally defined, we use the law to place limits on what owners can and can't do with their property. This may be for either moral or practical reasons, but the limitations still exist.

Most TV shows are produced, at least in part, by a television network. Due to the cost of production, the network wants it to be exclusive to them in order to generate ad revenue from the broadcast. After a few seasons, there is a back catalog of episodes that can be sold to other broadcasters for re-airing. This allows the producers to earn more revenue from the program even after no new episodes are being produced.

Gas turbines produce soot, just like any other engine.

Insulin resistance is a precursor to diabetes. Insulin rises and falls in response to blood glucose levels. Depending on what and how you eat, those blood glucose levels may not fall enough, and you can eventually put yourself in a situation where the amount of insulin needed to get your body to use blood glucose gets so high that your pancreas can no longer produce enough.

Ahhh. There's too much internet these days.

In any place that serves the public: hotels, shops, restaurants, bars, etc. there are front rooms and back rooms. The front rooms are the places accessible to everyone, where the customers usually do their business. The back rooms are only accessible by staff. These are rooms like offices, storage rooms, etc. The cultural concept of the back room is that any business conducted there is out of the public eye and therefore secret.