Sunday, November 9, 2008
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
Worth sharing ...
Where do you put your bag?
This is a very interesting article - I never thought of it this way!!!
Have you ever noticed gals who sit their handbags on public toilet
floors - then go directly to their dining tables and set it on the
table? Happens a lot!
It's not always the 'restaurant food' that causes stomach distress.
Sometimes "what you don't know 'will' hurt you"!
Read on...
Mum got so upset when guests came in the door and plopped their
handbags down on the counter where she was cooking or setting up food.
She always said that handbags are really dirty, because of where they
have been.
Smart Mum!!!
It's something just about every woman carries with them. While we may
know what's inside our handbags, do you have any idea what's on the
outside? Shauna Lake put handbags to the test - for bacteria - with
surprising results. You may think twice about where you put your
handbag.
Women carry handbags everywhere; from the office to public toilets to
the floor of the car. Most women won't be caught without their
handbags, but did you ever stop to think about where your handbag goes
during the day?
I drive a school bus, so my handbag has been on the floor of the bus a
lot," says one woman. "On the floor of my car, and in toilets."
"I put my handbag in grocery shopping carts, on the floor of the
toilet while changing a nappy," says another woman "and of course in my
home which should be clean."
We decided to find out if handbags harbour a lot of bacteria. We
learned how to test them at Nelson Laboratories in Salt Lake, and then
we set out to test the average woman's handbag.
Most women told us they didn't stop to think about what was on the
bottom of their handbag. Most said at home they usually set their
handbags on top of kitchen tables and counters where food is prepared.
Most of the ladies we talked to told us they wouldn't be surprised if
their handbags were at least a little bit dirty. It turns out handbags
are so surprisingly dirty, even the microbiologist who tested them was
shocked.
Microbiologist Amy Karen of Nelson Labs says nearly all of the
handbags tested were not only high in bacteria, but high in harmful
kinds of bacteria. Pseudomonas can cause eye infections, staphylococcus
aurous can cause serious skin infections, and salmonella and e-coli
found on the handbags could make people very sick.
In one sampling, four of five handbags tested positive for salmonella,
and that's not the worst of it. "There is fecal contamination on the
handbags," says Amy. Leather or vinyl handbags tended to be cleaner
than cloth handbags, and lifestyle seemed to play a role. People with
kids tended to have dirtier handbags than those without, with one exception. The handbag of
one single woman who frequented Nightclubs had one of the worst contaminations of all.
"Some type of feces, or possibly vomit" says Amy. So the moral of
this story - your handbag won't kill you, but it does have the
potential to make you very sick if you keep it on places where you eat.
Use hooks to hang your handbag at home and in toilets, and don't put
it on your desk, a restaurant table, or on your kitchen countertop.
Experts say you should think of your handbag the same way you would a
pair of shoes. "If you think about putting a pair of shoes onto your
countertops, that's the same thing you're doing when you put your
handbag on the countertops" - your handbag has gone where individuals
before you have sneezed, coughed, spat, urinated, emptied bowels, etc!
Do you really want to bring that home with you? The microbiologists at
Nelson also said cleaning a handbag will help.
Wash cloth handbags and use leather cleaner to clean the bottom of
leather handbags.
THIS IS WORTH SHARING ! ! !
This is a very interesting article - I never thought of it this way!!!
Have you ever noticed gals who sit their handbags on public toilet
floors - then go directly to their dining tables and set it on the
table? Happens a lot!
It's not always the 'restaurant food' that causes stomach distress.
Sometimes "what you don't know 'will' hurt you"!
Read on...
Mum got so upset when guests came in the door and plopped their
handbags down on the counter where she was cooking or setting up food.
She always said that handbags are really dirty, because of where they
have been.
Smart Mum!!!
It's something just about every woman carries with them. While we may
know what's inside our handbags, do you have any idea what's on the
outside? Shauna Lake put handbags to the test - for bacteria - with
surprising results. You may think twice about where you put your
handbag.
Women carry handbags everywhere; from the office to public toilets to
the floor of the car. Most women won't be caught without their
handbags, but did you ever stop to think about where your handbag goes
during the day?
I drive a school bus, so my handbag has been on the floor of the bus a
lot," says one woman. "On the floor of my car, and in toilets."
"I put my handbag in grocery shopping carts, on the floor of the
toilet while changing a nappy," says another woman "and of course in my
home which should be clean."
We decided to find out if handbags harbour a lot of bacteria. We
learned how to test them at Nelson Laboratories in Salt Lake, and then
we set out to test the average woman's handbag.
Most women told us they didn't stop to think about what was on the
bottom of their handbag. Most said at home they usually set their
handbags on top of kitchen tables and counters where food is prepared.
Most of the ladies we talked to told us they wouldn't be surprised if
their handbags were at least a little bit dirty. It turns out handbags
are so surprisingly dirty, even the microbiologist who tested them was
shocked.
Microbiologist Amy Karen of Nelson Labs says nearly all of the
handbags tested were not only high in bacteria, but high in harmful
kinds of bacteria. Pseudomonas can cause eye infections, staphylococcus
aurous can cause serious skin infections, and salmonella and e-coli
found on the handbags could make people very sick.
In one sampling, four of five handbags tested positive for salmonella,
and that's not the worst of it. "There is fecal contamination on the
handbags," says Amy. Leather or vinyl handbags tended to be cleaner
than cloth handbags, and lifestyle seemed to play a role. People with
kids tended to have dirtier handbags than those without, with one exception. The handbag of
one single woman who frequented Nightclubs had one of the worst contaminations of all.
"Some type of feces, or possibly vomit" says Amy. So the moral of
this story - your handbag won't kill you, but it does have the
potential to make you very sick if you keep it on places where you eat.
Use hooks to hang your handbag at home and in toilets, and don't put
it on your desk, a restaurant table, or on your kitchen countertop.
Experts say you should think of your handbag the same way you would a
pair of shoes. "If you think about putting a pair of shoes onto your
countertops, that's the same thing you're doing when you put your
handbag on the countertops" - your handbag has gone where individuals
before you have sneezed, coughed, spat, urinated, emptied bowels, etc!
Do you really want to bring that home with you? The microbiologists at
Nelson also said cleaning a handbag will help.
Wash cloth handbags and use leather cleaner to clean the bottom of
leather handbags.
THIS IS WORTH SHARING ! ! !
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Digital Story Telling
I just learnt how to make a video in Photo Story. All you need is: the software (Photo Story 3), Windows Media Player 10 (or up), some images and music. The Photo Story wizard is easy to use - all you need to do is follow the steps.
Find a link to download Photo Story 3 on: http://bardwired.wikispaces.com
Looking for images? Go to http://www.flickr.com/
Watch this space: my first "wonderful creation" will be on the blog soon.
Find a link to download Photo Story 3 on: http://bardwired.wikispaces.com
Looking for images? Go to http://www.flickr.com/
Watch this space: my first "wonderful creation" will be on the blog soon.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Choose the right font style
When you type text you can either choose from a Serif or a Sans Serif type. Times New Roman is an example of a Serif style and Arial is an example of a Sans Serif style. Use the Sans Serif style for headings/titles and the Serif font for large chuncks of text eg. letters/reports.
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