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"When the poppy was first adopted as the symbol of remembrance it was shortly after the end of the first world war, when almost every family in the land still felt the raw grief of the time. In an utterly unintended way the remembrance customs now serve to sanitise war and even to make the military option a respectable political option."

Wearing a poppy was a pledge of peace. Now it serves to sanitise war


It’s time to change British remembrance traditions to refocus on how we…


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More kids getting drunk on hand sanitizer

There's been a nearly 400% increase in poison control calls related to children ingesting hand sanitizer in the last five years.

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Do Hand Sanitizers Really Cut Down on Illness?

By KAREN WEINTRAUB

Targeting the use of hand sanitizers can reduce the risk of colds, flu and other diseases.

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Daily Highlights Tuesday, January 1, 2008

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Samuel Pepys
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It's possible that if Samuel Pepys (pronounced peeps) had known that the diary he inaugurated on this date in 1660 would still be read today, he would have been more discreet. Scholars learned much about Restoration society through Pepys' candid and vivid observations. His personal life was also covered in lusty detail, including his thoughts about his wife, his friends and himself. Pepys' failing eyesight forced him to close his diary on May 31, 1669. It was first revealed to the public some two centuries later; in 1983 the first unabridged version of the diary was released.

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"I find my wife hath something in hergizzard, that only waits an opportunity of being provoked to bring up; but I will not, for my content-sake, give it." — Samuel Pepys, in his diary, June 17, 1668

Aspiration and Intestinal Hazards

MEGA Brands Recalls MagnaMan Magnetic Action Figures; Ingested Magnets Pose Aspiration and Intestinal Hazards

全球第二大積木玩具生產商Mega Brands宣佈召回一批中國製造的磁鐵玩具。
這家加拿大廠家星期一（3月17日）表示，這批玩具裡面的小磁鐵可能脫落，一旦小孩吞下，可能對呼吸道或消化道造成嚴重損害。
這次被召回的玩具包括專供六歲以下幼兒的玩具，還有可活動人物模型，總數達240萬件。

sanitize

ˈsanɪtʌɪz/

verb

verb: sanitise

1. make clean and hygienic.

derogatory

make (something) more palatable by removing elements that are likely to be unacceptable or controversial.

"a sanitized version of his career"

giz・zard

1. A modified muscular pouch behind the stomach in the alimentary canal of birds, having a thick lining and often containing ingested grit that aids in the breakdown of seeds before digestion.
2. A similar digestive organ found in certain invertebrates, such as the earthworm.

[Alteration of Middle English giser, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *gicērium, from Latin gigēria, cooked entrails of poultry, probably from Persian jigar, liver.]

━━ n. （鳥の）砂嚢(さのう); （昆虫などの）前胃; 〔話〕 （人の）胃.
 stick in one's gizzard　〔話〕 心苦しい, 重荷である.

ingest
verb [T] SPECIALIZED
to eat or drink something:
The chemicals can be poisonous if ingested.

ingestion
noun [U]嚥入或將食物、藥品等送入身體消化的動作或過程。某些細胞能將細菌或異物包圍吞噬。digest (EAT)
verb [I or T]
to change food in your stomach into substances that your body can use:
I find that I don't digest meat easily.
Sit still and allow your meal to digest.

digestion Noun [C or U]
when your body digests food, or your ability to digest food:
a poor/good/strong digestion
Discover how eating raw food helps balance your body and aids digestion.

digestive
adjective
the digestive process