escutcheon, "a black mark on the escutcheon OF OUR COUNTRY." cancel culture, sanitation, shield, waive, oil plume, shild law, unsanitary, sanitized, waiving cancellation fees

A prominent Republican is seeking to shield the party from paying Donald Trump’s legal bills.

Mr Bean and Blackadder star Rowan Atkinson says "it is scary for anyone who's a victim of that mob", referring to cancel culture


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Rowan Atkinson: Cancel culture is like 'medieval mob looking for someone to burn'
Mr Bean and Blackadder star Rowan Atkinson says "it is scary for anyone who's a victim of that mob", referring to cancel culture.
• Starbucks, KFC, Pizza Hut, others closed across Wuhan
• Disney resorts closed in Shanghai and Hong Kong
• Major hotel chains and airlines waiving cancellation fees

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“I saw my husband die before my eyes.” — Anita Chanko, whose husband was hit by a sanitation truck in Manhattan in 2011. His death was shown on an episode of "NY Med" without his family’s permission.



30 Tons of Debris Left at Occupy LA Camp
Sanitation crews find everything from CDs to mattresses at the city hall site.

Overheard: Royal Reality

Prince William's marriage to Kate Middleton is the biggest royal occasion since his parents, Prince Charles and Lady Diana, wed 30 years ago. Economically speaking, British people should hope it is at least 30 years till the next one. Just as in 1981, the U.K. faces an unemployment problem, high inflation and low consumer confidence. Moreover, household incomes, adjusted for inflation, have fallen over the past year for the first time since, you guessed it, 1981, according to Distinction Asset Management.

At least, soon-to-be Princess Catherine will be shielded many of the realities of contemporary Britain. Not least, according to the OECD, if she were an average British wife, she would spend 83 minutes a day cooking and cleaning, four times as long as William's 21 minutes. Thank goodness for domestic help, eh?

Computers Seized From Home of Blogger in iPhone Inquiry
By BRIAN STELTER and NICK BILTON
Gawker Media suggested that the action, part of an apparent investigation into the sale of a next-generation iPhone, violated California’s shield law for journalists.

BP Settlements Likely to Shield Top Defendants
By IAN URBINA
To receive compensation from BP’s $20 billion fund, businesses and individuals will likely have to waive their right to sue the company and other major defendants.

 這段插曲記載在凱薩琳‧艾森堡（Katherine Ashenburg）的著作《乾淨：不衛生的洗澡歷史》（Clean: An Unsanitised History of Washing ）裡。雖然他們的行徑在今天會引人側目，然而在十七世紀的歐洲，不會有人覺得稀奇。當時人們不僅很少洗澡，大多數人還覺得洗澡十分危險。根據那時的專家所 言，倘若蘇利公爵匆匆結束洗澡，後來又沒有好好休養，就會有嚴重的健康風險。http://case.ntu.edu.tw/blog/?p=13776#more-13776

 書名的翻譯有問題，起碼有一義指:  這是本關於洗澡(毫無預先"消毒")的歷史。

cancel

verb

UK 

 /ˈkæn.səl/ US 

 /ˈkæn.səl/

-ll- or US usually -l-

 

B1 [ I or T ]

to decide that an organized event will not happen, or to stop an order for goods or services that you no longer want:

They had to cancel tomorrow's game because of the bad weather.

The 7.10 train to Budapest has been cancelled.

to cancel a magazine subscription

sanitise/sanitize
 derogatory make (something) more palatable by removing elements that are likely to be unacceptable or controversial: (as adjective sanitized)a sanitized version of his career

shield,

(shēld)
noun

• 1a broad piece of metal or another suitable material, held by straps or a handle attached on one side, used as a protection against blows or missiles.
• a sporting trophy shaped like a shield, consisting of an engraved metal plate mounted on a piece of wood: team captain Ben Hall collected the winners' shield
• a US police officer’s badge.
• Heraldry a stylized representation of a shield used for displaying a coat of arms.

• 2 a person or thing providing protection:a coating of grease provides a shield against a brasive dirt
• a protective plate or screen on machinery or equipment: a face shield is sometimes an integral part of a safety helmet
• a device or material that prevents or reduces the emission of light or other radiation: water is a relatively good shield against cosmic rays
• a hard flat or convex part of an animal, especially a shell: the horseshoe crab’s armour forms a huge domed shield

3 Geology a large rigid area of the earth’s crust, typically of Precambrian rock, which has been unaffected by later orogenic episodes, e.g. the Canadian Shield.

n.

1. A broad piece of armor made of rigid material and strapped to the arm or carried in the hand for protection against hurled or thrusted weapons.
2. A person or thing that provides protection.
3. A protective device or structure, as:
   1. A steel sheet attached to an artillery piece to protect gunners from small-arms fire and shrapnel.
   2. Physics. A wall or housing of concrete or lead built around a nuclear reactor to prevent the escape of radiation.
   3. Electronics. A structure or arrangement of metal plates or mesh designed to protect a piece of electronic equipment from electrostatic or magnetic interference.
   4. A pad worn, as at the armpits, to protect a garment from perspiration.
   5. A sanitary napkin.
4. Zoology. A protective plate or similar hard outer covering; a scute or scutellum.
5. Something that resembles a shield, as:
   1. An escutcheon.
   2. A decorative emblem that often serves to identify an organization or a government.
   3. A police officer's badge.
6. Geology. The ancient, stable, interior layer of continents composed of primarily Precambrian igneous or metamorphic rocks. Also called continental shield.

v., shield·ed, shield·ing, shields. v.tr.

1. To protect or defend with or as if with a shield; guard. See synonyms at defend.
2. To cover up; conceal.

v.intr.
To act or serve as a shield or safeguard.

shield law
n.
A law that protects journalists from being compelled to reveal confidential sources of information.

unsanitary

Pronunciation: /ʌnˈsanɪt(ə)ri/

adjective

not sanitary:the unsanitary conditions in the orphanage

escutcheon

/ɪˈskʌtʃ(ə)n/

noun

1. 1.

   a shield or emblem bearing a coat of arms.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   
2. 2.

   a flat piece of metal for protection and often ornamentation, around a keyhole, door handle, or light switch.

sanitation[san・i・ta・tion]

• 発音記号[sæ`nətéiʃən]
• [名][U]公衆衛生；衛生設備, （特に）下水設備.

sán・i・tàte

[動](他)…を衛生的にする.

[Middle English sheld, from Old English scield.]

shielder shield'er n.

sanitation - definition of sanitation by The Free Dictionary
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The study and application of procedures and measures designed to protect public health, as in the provision of clean water and the disposal of sewage and ...

What is a underwater oil plumes? In: Science [Edit categories]

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It is pretty much what it sounds like. It is a stream of oil coming out of the bottom of the ocean. It forms a plume or feather looking stream as it moves toward the surface of the water. They can occur naturally, but many are the results of drilling for oil.