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| Monday, April 14th, 2008 | | 3:13 pm |
Recycling forward that did not cite the source
If You Must Use Plastics, Select Recyclable Plastics!
Tip of the week for Monday, April 14, 2008
Tip: If You Must Use Plastic Bottles…Use Recyclable Plastics
For the environment's sake, it's best to reuse water bottles and avoid plastic packaging, choosing glass, metal, paper or ceramics instead. But when plastics are the only choice, look for options with recycling codes. To find a plastic container’s recycling code, look on the bottom of the container. You will find the “Chasing Arrow” symbol with the number code in the center.
If you must use plastic…
In terms of recyclability, the best items to choose are those with numbers 1, 2, 4 and 5 in the center of the chasing arrow. Of these, #1 and #2 are most commonly recycled.
Avoid these plastics….
Avoid plastics with the numbers 3, 6 and 7 in the center of the chasing arrow.
These are generally not recyclable. PVC's manufacture and incineration release dioxins, which are carcinogens and hormone disruptors. In contact with foods, especially hot, fatty foods, PVC can also release chemicals such as adipates and phthalates, which have been shown in mice to cause birth defects and damage to the liver, kidneys, lungs and reproductive systems. Polycarbonate plastic can release bisphenol A, a suspected hormone disruptor, into liquids and foods it touches.
Please see a breakdown of the specific codes below.
Breakdown of Codes
Safe and RecyclableAvoid, Not Recyclable
1: PET or PETE (polyethylene terephthalate)
2: HDPE (high-density polyethylene)
4: LDPE (low-density polyethylene)
5: PP (polypropylene)
7: PLA (polyactide)3: VINYL or PVC (polyvinyl chloride)
6: PS (polystyrene)
7: PC (polycarbonate)
Remember, the best codes to choose from are 1, 2, 4 and 5. | | Thursday, March 27th, 2008 | | 4:31 pm |
| | Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 | | 2:06 pm |
Earlier today I was in a public washroom, glad to be alone. A woman entered another stall, and I could hear her grunting. It's silly how people can be concerned about making too much noise, or stinking up the place. I suppose it's because of those idiots (not a word I throw around) who say things like "man, it smells like sh*t in here," and subsequently cast shame upon the person who went through the natural process moving their bowels. Really, be happy for them, their body is ridding itself of waste, in a normal and healthy way, something to be applauded, not ostracized.
Anyway, when drying my hands I smiled to myself and thought "Good for you. You take that dump." | | Monday, March 24th, 2008 | | 11:47 am |
New favourite thing
Are you ready? Here goes.
Finding beauty in new places.
Recent examples include- in people as you get to know them better, as well as our physical environment. Thanks.
What's yours? | | 10:26 am |
You know when you're having a personal thought, or have have something weighing on your mind, then you tell somebody about it, and it turns out you've only shared because they were next to you? Then for some reason you regret it? It could be because you are simply not prepared to divulge such a personal matter (ie in a professional relationship), or it's none of their business, or they have a big mouth?
That's so silly.
Let's know our audiences, people.
(Blogs don't count. Right? Crap.) | | 9:30 am |
Confidence
I'm having an overload of life lessons
Seeing/hearing/feeling things happen, that may have happened before
But are now being absorbed differently.
Emotions are running rampant. I don't know what most of them mean, some of the time.
Or what some of them mean, most of the time.
[What happened to my vocabulary :( ]
-People
-Places
-things
in that order.
Do you ever have an inner monologue that you can't wait to write? Then, by the time you sit, it may still be percolating somewhere in your head, but your access has been blocked by something new? This is the latter.
What I meant to share, had to do with confidence. You'll have a better day. It hurts not to have, but there is a way to trick yourself into it by being around people that do, and accepting the influence of their attitude.
Whatever great feats they accomplish, have nothing to do with you. And it's selfish of you to compare yourself. Really. It's not about you. Their story is about them, and if it's so effing great, let it inspire you to be more, and mean more to yourself. | | Monday, March 10th, 2008 | | 12:06 pm |
from careerbuilder.com
I'm on the list...
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Did You Know These Jobs Exist?
By Rachel Zupek, CareerBuilder.com
Do you ever wonder whose job it is to do some of the less desirable things in life? If you think about it, there’s a job doing almost anything, no matter how exciting, disgusting or just plain weird it may seem.
For example, remember when you stuck your wad of gum underneath the seat of a roller coaster so you wouldn’t choke? That sticky mess didn’t just disappear – a gum buster scraped it off, using a special steaming tool that removes gum stuck to various surfaces.
Think about all those times your golf ball didn’t make it over the water. Did you think the fish ate them? Nope, a golf ball diver, who scours the depths of bodies of water on golf courses to find lost golf balls to refinish and resell, got it.
Many Americans dominate the corporate working world, but don’t forget about those who took the road less traveled. Through photography in her books, “Odd Jobs” and “Odder Jobs,” Nancy Rica Schiff portrays people working jobs you probably won’t find in the Sunday classifieds.
They aren’t your run-of-the-mill doctors, lawyers and the like. Some are simple, some complex; some are common, some one in a million – but one thing’s for sure – they are all (extremely) unusual.
Here are 20 odd jobs portrayed in Rica Schiff’s books.
1. Breath odor evaluator
What they do: Odor judges smell nasty morning breath or breath “insulted” with strong scents, like garlic or coffee. They rate the breath on a scale from one to nine, one being the worst. To test odor-reducing products like gum or mouthwash, they smell the breath again and assign it a new rating.
2. Diener
What they do: Prepare cadavers for the pathologist before autopsies are performed in hospitals.
3. Ribbon candy puller
What they do: After a heated combination of sugar, corn syrup, water and coloring agent has cooled, batches of different colors are laid out side by side. Someone then pulls the candy thin until it’s about an inch wide. The final product is a multicolored hard candy.
4. Ocularist
What they do: In short, they paint artificial eyes. It sounds easier than it is, since as with real eyes, no two are exactly the same.
5. Flatulence smell-reduction underwear maker
What they do: Create underwear that protects against bad human gas for people who suffer from gastrointestinal problems. The underwear is made with various materials and filters to help remedy hydrogen sulfide gases, the main offender in foul smells.
6. Beer tester
What they do: Taste – and spit out – beer all day to approve new and existing flavors.
7. Crack filler
What they do: Using a silicone sealant, they repair the wear and tear inflicted on monumental structures, like Mount Rushmore.
8. Ball tester
What they do: Assess basketballs, footballs, volleyballs and soccer balls for air-retention, inflation, roundness, weight and reboundability.
9. Video game tester
What they do: For eight hours a day, five days a week, a group of males and females of all ages play video games. They repeat levels, games and characters, looking for any bugs and/or glitches in the software.
10. Tampon tester
What they do: Check all sizes of tampons for absorbency and cord strength in accordance with Food and Drug Administration standards. Most testers check up to 125 pieces per day.
11. Gold reclaimer
What they do: Scour old teeth for fillings, melting the gold from them with broken gold jewelry into tiny gold pellets, which are then resold to jewelers.
12. Dog sniffer
What they do: Once a week, they analyze the odor of dogs' breath to test the effect of the animals' diet on their teeth. Breath is graded on a scale of zero to 10 and is categorized as sweaty, salty, musty, fungal or decaying.
13. Potato chip inspector
What they do: Search for overcooked or clumped chips to discard as they come down the assembly line.
14. Porta-potty servicer
What they do: Like regular restrooms, portable toilets need maintenance, too. Once a week, service workers clean these single-stall facilities to achieve certain standards of sanitation.
15. Barbie dress designer
What they do: Fashion designers at Mattel Toys, the company behind Barbie, create hundreds of new styles for Barbie and her ever-expanding entourage.
16. Wax figure maker
What they do: Mold wax to create figures, often for, but not limited to, the human form. Figures are often made in the likeness of people who have achieved historical or celebrity recognition.
17. Safecracker
What they do: When combinations are lost or forgotten, safecrackers use their ears and fingers to open the safe.
18. Wig maker
What they do: Put simply, they make wigs, but the process is anything but simple. First, wig makers create a plastic model of the wearer’s head and hairline, and then they transfer the mold onto a padded canvas similar to the client’s general head size, covering it with wig lace. Using a needle, they knot and pull thousands of hairs, one by one, through the mesh cap. Once all the hairs are in place, the wig is styled to the wearer’s preference.
19. Paper towel sniffer
What they do: Paper towel manufacturers prefer their products to be odorless before, during and after their use. Naturally, paper towel sniffers ensure that once a paper towel is used, there is no noticeable scent.
20. Foley artist
What they do: Use whatever they can find to create and record the noises used to make the sound effects in films, like heavy footsteps, rolling thunder or creaking doors.
Rachel Zupek is a writer and blogger for CareerBuilder.com. She researches and writes about job search strategy, career management, hiring trends and workplace issues.
== | | Saturday, January 26th, 2008 | | 11:15 am |
Winter's new Upper West Side apartment is very Plateau :D | | Thursday, January 24th, 2008 | | 9:36 am |
The Downside of Online Networking
The Downside of Online Networking
by Megan Lau
MSN Lifestyle
Don't let modern conveniences distance you from your friends.
In this age of online social networking, it is remarkable when friends manage to get together face to face. In fact, it’s remarkable when ‘friends’ have actually ever met in ‘real life’. MySpace and Facebook have made collecting friends a hobby. With so many ‘friends’, it’s hard to keep up. But your real friends, those you met in the sandbox or roomed with in your first year of college, are the ones suffering from your emotional relationship ADD.
More and more of the women and men that I talk to these days are telling me how much they miss meeting up with their friends. Their work lives are taking over their free time and all they can do to keep in touch is send an email once in a while or post a message on their MySpace wall. They accept or extend invites via online exchanges but tend to back out at the last minute, using social network websites as a buffer for real confrontation. I’ve experienced it myself and I think it’s time to end this flakiness.
Why It Happens
Yes, perhaps wireless technology is bringing us together in more immediate ways (I can now talk to my friend in Kenya while at the breakfast table) but it’s also distancing us from the people closest to us. With email, the amount of time that it takes for two people to arrange a coffee date has exponentially increased. It might require a number of exchanges over a week:
“Let’s meet for coffee and catch up next week”
“Perfect – where?”
“I’m free Mon-Fri”
“Tuesday at four?”
“Doctor’s appt – can we reschedule for Wednesday at Café Barney’s?”
“Perfect – call me to confirm.”
In the meantime, a week has passed when you could’ve met at some point if you’d started with a simple phone call. If the email invitation is sent to an address rarely checked, it might take even longer. Ultimately, email and instant messaging allow us to make phoney emotional gestures with no intention to ever follow up.
A Plethora of Plans
So what happens when you don’t actually speak to your friend and you’re not sure if they’ve received your text message? Well, you can’t be entirely sure if your plans are still on. As a result, many people make several plans for one night just in case their original arrangement falls through. Sure, we all party hop so that we can see as many people in a night as possible but double booking is another matter.
It’s hugely inconsiderate to make plans with someone you know is setting aside time for you and then cancel on them at the last minute because something else came up. People who are guilty of this usually cancel on the people most loyal and closest to them, because they know these people are more likely to forgive them for flaking.
So if you’re someone who always has ‘backup plans’ consider this: would you book three vacations at once and then cancel the two vacations you don’t want to take the morning of your departure? Of course not, you’d end up paying for all three in full. Make a commitment to one plan. If it falls through, you might spend the night at home. Trust me, it won’t kill you.
Empty Gestures
If there’s anything that we’ve lost in gaining the convenience of text messaging and voice mail, it is the capacity for spontaneous and sincere gestures between friends. In the online world, declaring your relationship to the world by changing your profile status from ‘single’ to ‘attached’ has become the equivalent of getting together with your girlfriends to dish about the new guy you’re dating. This not only diminishes your opportunities to talk up your exhilarating new relationship, but it prevents your friends from sharing in the excitement.
I’m guilty of the empty gesture as well. If I realise that I haven’t spoke to my friend Jessie in a few weeks, I’ll give her a call when I know she won’t be available to pick up. I’ll leave a vague message about when I can be reached and say that we should meet up for coffee sometime. This way, the ball is in her court and if she doesn’t call back, well, I’ve done my part. What I failed to realize until recently though, is that it’s my responsibility to put forth the effort to catch her when she’s actually at home. My answering machine message doesn’t count as real interaction with my friend.
Bottom line is, don’t use computers or answering machines as replacements for genuine gestures of friendship. It comes across as insincere and it’s hurtful.
_____________________________________ | | Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 | | 9:21 am |
My dad is the best guy I know. | | 9:08 am |
Why I'm mad at Pop Culture
"Is Paula heading for a meltdown?
By Amber Dowling
2008-01-17
Britney may have a new rival for worst comebacks
On the surface, Paula Abdul seems to be getting it together: we’re seeing a more subdued version of the 80’s pop princess on Idol, and her new single (produced by Idol co-judge Randy Jackson) sparked massive industry interest in the former diva’s potential comeback.
...
Could this be another Britney train wreck waiting to happen? Probably not, but with the negative press does anyone really blame celebrities for turning to drugs and alcohol? Let's hope for a success story on this one..."
Condemning "negative press," and writing "hoping for a success story" -in- negative press, somehow just doesn't add up. | | Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 | | 4:18 pm |
Rest in Peace Heath Ledger.
(Why does this shit keep happening?) | | Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 | | 1:59 pm |
Today in the fog, McGill looks likes a castle. | | Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 | | 11:32 am |
Yesterday, someone asked if I was 21.
Today, I'm 24.
Oy :) | | Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 | | 12:17 pm |
I still love marketing. | | Monday, December 10th, 2007 | | 5:17 pm |
It turns out Fantasia from American Idol plays the lead in The Color Purple, which I saw on Broadway the other day. Thanks for checking in. | | Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 | | 12:01 pm |
In your opinion, which charitable organization is the most in need of funding?
(Thank you for including a website. This will not necessarily be in time for the holiday season) | | Monday, November 19th, 2007 | | 8:24 pm |
There is a hole in my heart left by the people I have loved and lost. | | Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 | | 11:15 am |
"The Canadian dollar continued its meteoric rise Wednesday, breaking through the US$1.10 barrier in overseas trading."
Debt makes me very uncomfortable. I'm happiest with a zero balance on my credit cards. Since my trip(s) oversea(s), the balance is somewhere else. Lately, I've been leaving myself with almost no disposable income. Any superfluous earnings go directly to combat Visa and co.
Once upon a time, when I was working in New York (and Edita was in Chile :( ) My stay was cut short, as were my chances with Zoom Media (not this again Mandelker! Ok, fine.) I purchased $637USD for close to $900CAD. Today, $637USD is worth $581CAD.
Do you know about me and New York? Our relationship, I mean. I know many people will claim it's their favourite (or favorite) place, and "let's go shopping," but I don't swing that way. NY and I are not like that. And I can vote there bitches. *snap snap snap*
It's not a contest.
At least the bitches can go shopping.
(They're not all bitches. Case in point: My LAMB shoes just arrived <3)
In conclusion: My $900 (which would be a nice chunk off the credit card) is now worth $581.
It seems silly to use it now, as $581. But I don't know the future of our dollars, if I should hang on to them and they'll increase in value, or if it's better to bite the bullet and take the loss, because the longer a balance remains on the cc the more interest will have to be paid.
And our poor exports etc. | | Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007 | | 10:19 pm |
 August 28 1925 - October 23 2007 I took this picture in June. It was my last visit while he was still living at home. All subsequent visits tooks place at the hospital, where he was admitted in mid July, and never came out. Bye Grandpa |
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