2019年9月7日 星期六

Vaping, vape, E-Cig, electronic cigarettes, vape explodes in his face E-cigarettes increase risk of HEART ATTACK by a third


Their lungs look like they've been ravaged by a disease.

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Hundreds Of Patients Who Vaped Are Showing Up In Hospitals With Respiratory Distress
In Britain, a third of smokers say they have not tried vaping because they are worried about its safety, but this attachment to a known evil is self-defeating


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ECONOMIST.COM

Vaping is better than smoking, but not necessarily good for you
From the archive



Not enough people know about the dangers of vaping

Worrying
Daily Mail
He was left with second degree burns.



Man loses 'seven teeth' after vape explodes in his face
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT
DAILYMAIL.CO.UK


An unarmed black man was pointing a silver vape smoking device at police when officers shot and killed him in southern California, authorities said, triggering two nights of protests.





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 vape, E-Cig, electronic cigarettes
Educate yourself on the side of E-cigs you rarely hear about.

The Dirty Truth About E-Cigs
E-cigs are taking the world by storm, but not much is known about the negative side effects of vaping. It's commonly thought that electronic cigarettes are safe, but is this true?
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vape 

Pronunciation: /veɪp/ 

informal




VERB

[NO OBJECT]
Inhale and exhale the vapour produced by an electronic cigarette or similar device:I’d rather people vaped indoors than smoked outside[WITH OBJECT]: many smokers have started vaping e-cigarettes to help them cut down(as noun vaping) there’s concern that young people may take up vaping as a lessharmful alternative to smoking
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NOUN

1An electronic cigarette or similar device:I’ve been using a vape now for 15 weeks
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1.1An act of inhaling and exhaling the vapour produced by an electronic cigarette or similar device:my cravings went away as soon as I took a vape
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Derivatives






vaper

NOUN

Example sentences

Origin

1980s (in reference to an experimental 'non-combustible' cigarette): abbreviation of vapouror vaporize.
Vaping has already cemented itself into the zeitgeist. Everyone from Kevin Spacey's character in the US political drama, House of Cards, to Cara Delevingne, Johnny Depp, Snoop Dogg and dancers in a recent Lily Allen video enjoy vaping. But is it as safe as you think?

Vaping is ever more popular, but is it a smoking cure or a new hazard?
As the latest figures show that young people are turning away from...
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  Vapor Boomtown

With little regulation, Oklahoma City has become an e-cigarette boomtown where "vapers" flock to vapor shops to buy the smoking alternative products, which include nicotine liquids.
Smoking is falling in most rich countries, but "vaping" is rising. In Europe 7m people are thought to be using e-cigarettes, which vaporise a solution containing nicotine without the toxins from burning tobacco. Sales of e-cigs in America may treble this year, according to figures from Bonnie Herzog of Wells Fargo, a bank http://econ.st/1bMgxzg


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2019年9月6日 星期五

Walkman, instant noodle, Ramen


The Sony Walkman is back

看了這篇，才知道 Sony 的  Walkman ，傳到各國，都另有稱號。
這是有趣的故事，instant noodle和 Ramen 的阻力，似乎少些。

  • Ramen, a Japanese dish of noodles served in broth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_noodle



And now for the Back Story on …

Portable music

Masaru Ibuka just wanted to listen to his favorite opera music on business trips. Back in 1979, he didn’t have many options — there was no stereo audio device small enough to be practical on a plane.
But since he was the co-founder of Sony, Mr. Ibuka could get what he wanted. So the Sony designer Norio Ohga built him a slimmer version of the company’s Pressman cassette-tape player.
The Walkman in Paris in 1988.  Frédéric Reglain/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
The result was introduced in Japan on this day 40 years ago as the Sony Walkman, weighing in at less than a pound (the Pressman weighed 3.8 pounds).
The device came to the U.S. in 1980 as the Sound-About. In Australia and Sweden, it was called the Freestyle, and in Britain it became the Stowaway.
But it was Walkman that stuck, and sales skyrocketed. In 1986, “Walkman” even entered the Oxford English Dictionary.
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2019年8月30日 星期五

“Woke” companies



Even socially liberal companies prefer Republicans—but not as much as their less “woke” peers do
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“Woke” companies really do contribute more to Democrats than their peers do
But they still prefer Republican candidates overall
Woke
Being Woke means being aware.. Knowing whats going on in the community

(Relating to Racism and Social Injustice)
Person 1: Stop bringing racism into everything
Person 2 : Your clearly not woke
Definition of wonk
noun

  • 1 North American informal, derogatory a studious or hard-working person:any kid with an interest in science was a wonk
  • a person who takes an excessive interest in minor details of political policy:he is a policy wonk in tune with a younger generation of voters
  • 2 Nautical slang an incompetent or inexperienced sailor, especially a naval cadet.
Derivatives

wonkish

adjective

Origin:

1920s: of unknown origin















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woke - Urban Dictionary

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The act of being very pretentious about how much you care about a social issue.

Woke - Wikipedia

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Woke /ˈwoʊk/ as a political term of African American origin refers to a perceived awareness of issues concerning social justice and racial justice. It is derived from the African-American Vernacular English expression "stay woke", whose ...

Woke | Definition of Woke by Merriam-Webster

https://www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › woke

Woke definition is - aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice). How to use woke in a sentence.
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