Unwelcomed visitor
April 27, 2009
The lizard (or whatever it is) that greeted me this morning.
Here’s a picture of what greeted me when I walked into my office today. Of course I did the manly thing and called Animal Control. Well, that is after a friend suggested that it might be poisonous. Poisonous or not, I DO NOT mess with any creature that creeps, shrieks or crawls.
UPDATE: Animal Control never showed up.
Akhenaton
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Recycle!
April 27, 2009
656 lbs of Paper loaded and ready to go
The 90 degree temperature today was incentive enough for me to do my part to help thwart Global Warming. Today I took 656 pounds of paper from my office to a local Recycling Mill. That is in lieu of the regular trash receptacle.
It is estimated that using recycled material to make paper products saves between 40 and 60 percent of the energy that it takes to create paper products from raw material.
The recycling of 1 ton of paper material will save about 3 cubic meters of landfill space.
This is about the size of a common bathroom or utility room at 8 foot long by 8 foot wide with 8 foot ceilings.
The United States EPA has found that using recycled materials in paper production causes 35 percent less water pollution and 74 percent less air pollution; however it does produce a polluting by-product called sludge.
Paper usage and waste is seen in massive amounts in the business world with American businesses generating enough paper to circle the globe 40 times every day.
Destination- World Recycling in Cheverly, MD
You can take the initiative to help reduce this waste by recycling and reducing your usage of paper products by using used scrap paper for notes, bringing a washable cup for your coffee and using cloth towels for clean ups instead of paper towels.
Source: environment-green.com
Akhenaton
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Virginia Tech- two years later…
April 16, 2009
Today marks the two year anniversary of the Virginia Tech Massacre. On the 17th, the day after that tragedy, Poet and Activist Nikki Giovanni delivered a soul-stirring speech that offered hope and consolation at a time when it was sorely needed.
Her speech centered on prevailing in the aftermath of the April 16th tragedy, while touching on recurrent worldwide tragedies like children dying of AIDS (among other things). Read my account of the Virgia Tech Tragedy and Giovanni’s speech here
Akhenaton
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