Know Your Plastics:

Remember:

Safer choices are coded: 1, 2, 4 and 5. 

Avoid 3, 6 and most plastics labelled 7.

Safe to use for Foods and Drinks:

Code 2: HDPE (High-Density PolyEthylene)

• Code 2: HDPE (High-Density PolyEthylene):
  • Qualities: Thick, Opaque.
  • Common usage: Milk, Water jugs, Juice bottles, Detergent, Shampoo, Motor oil, Toys.
  • Limit using HDPE. It can be recycled.

Code 4: LDPE (Low-Density PolyEthylene) 

• Code 4: LDPE (Low-Density PolyEthylene): 
  • Qualities: Soft, flexible. 
  • Common usage: Grocery store bags, Plastic Wrap, Garbage bags. 
  • One of the safer plastics. Can recycle it. Limit over using nonetheless.

Code 5: PP (Poly Propylene) 

• Code 5: PP (Poly Propylene):
  • Qualities: Hard but flexible.
  • Common usage: Ice cream, Yogurt containers, Drinking Straws, Syrup bottles, Salad bar Containers, Diapers.
  • One of the safer plastics, but be sure to recycle wherever possible.

Safe for Water Bottle or Soft Drink Container:

Code 1: PET OR PETE

• Code 1: PET OR PETE (Nylon):
  • Qualities: Thin, Clear
  • Common usage: Bottles for Water, Soda, cooking oil, peanut butter.
  • Safe for one-time use. Should not be reused or heated. Can be recycled once into new secondary products such as fabric, carpet or plastic lumber.

Risky Plastics NOT Safe for Food and Drink:

Code 3: PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) 

• Code 3: PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride):
  • Qualities: Rigid or Flexible.
  • Common usage: Bibs, Mattress covers, Commercial-grade plastic wrap, Food and Detergent containers.
  • Avoid it: Manufacture of PVC creates Dioxin, a potent carcinogen that contaminates humans, animals, and the environment. PVC also contain Phthalates to soften it. Causes male reproductive problems and birth defects. PVC is not easily recycled.

Code 6: PS (PolyStyrene) 

• Code 6: PS (PolyStyrene):
  • Qualities: Rigid.
  • Common usage: Styrofoam Coffee cups, Meat trays. Opaque plastic spoons and forks.
  • Avoid it: PS leaches styrene, a known neurotoxin with other harmful health effects.

• Code 7: Other:
  • Contains: INCLUDING POLYCARBONATE, BIOPLASTIC AND ACRYLIC
  • Avoid it: This number basically means “everything else.” Don’t heat or reuse bio-plastics unless they are expressly designed for that. Use of #7 plastic is at your own risk since you don’t know what could be in it.

Rolling Vocabularies:

Thinking distance:

the distance travelled by car in the time the driver reacts to a particular situation.

Braking distance:

the distance travelled by car as the brakes are engaged and the car comes to a stop.

Stopping Distance:

Thinking distance + braking distance.

Factors affecting thinking distance:

weather, drugs, alcohol, speed.

Factors affecting braking distance:

weather, grip, speed.

Birthstones according to Months:

Garnet: January                               

Amethyst: February                         

Aquamarine: March                      

Diamond: April                            

Emerald: May                                   

Pearl: June                                     

Ruby: July                                      

Peridot: August                               

Sapphire: September                      

Opal: October                              

Topaz: November                           

Turquoise: December                       

In case of confusion about Green gems:

Names of Basic Yoga Poses:

1. Downward Facing Dog:
   body should form a triangle with your butt at the top and your hands and feet flat on the floor. DON'T DO IT TOO MUCH.
   
2. Mountain Pose:
   stand with feet together and hands by your sides.
   
3. Raised Hands Pose:
   Stand with feet together and place your hands together above your head.
   
4. Corpse Pose:
   Lay on the ground on your back with your arms resting at your sides.
   
5. Cobra Pose:
   While lying on your stomach, place your hands flat on the ground by your chest and press upwards, arching your back, and pressing your pelvis into the floor. DON'T DO IT TOO MUCH.
   
6. Standing Forward Bend:
   From a standing position, reach your hands towards the ground, and grasp your legs. (folding yourself in half)
   
7. Awkward Chair Pose:
   Your knees should be bent at a 45 degree angle, with your butt sticking out behind you, and your hands should be in the air above your head.
   
8. Upward Facing Dog:
   While lying on your stomach, place your hands by your shoulders and press upwards to form a straight line from shoulder to wrist
   
9. Garland Pose:
   A deep squat position where your knees point outwards, and your butt is beneath knee level. Your hands should be clasped in front of your body in a "praying" position.

Colour Theory Basic Vocabularies:

 

 

Primary colours: colours that can't be made from other colours.

e.g. [Red Blue Yellow]

 

Secondary colours: colours that are created by mixing primary colours. 

e.g. [Green Orange Purple]

•  Green = Blue + Yellow,
•  Orange = Red + Yellow,
•  Purple = Red + Blue.

 

Tertiary colour: a colour made from mixing primary and secondary colours together. 

e.g. Yellow-Orange, Red-Orange, Red-Purple, Blue-Purple, Blue-Green, Yellow-Green.

 

Complementary colour: the opposite of a colour on the colour wheel.

Complementary Colour Wheel

here,

• Red - Green,
• Blue - Orange,
• Yellow - Purple / Violet

Analogous colours: any three colors side by side on the colour wheel. 

e.g. Green, Blue-Green, Yellow-Green

 

Warm colours: expresses passion, liveliness. 

e.g.  [Red Orange Yellow]  

Red, Red-Orange, Orange, Yellow-Orange, Yellow.

 

Cool colours: expresses calm, peacefulness. 

e.g. [Violet/Purple Blue Green] 

Red-Violet, Violet, Blue-Violet, Blue, Blue-Green, Green, Yellow-Green

 

Value: the varying degrees of dark and light

 

 

Countries with their same Capital Names: (+ ishes)

Countries with same Capital name:

1. Andorra - Andorra la Vella 
2. Djibouti - Djibouti  
3. Guatemala - Guatemala City  
4. Kuwait - Kuwait City   
5. Luxembourg - Luxembourg  
6. Mexico - Mexico City 
7. Monaco - Monaco  
8. Panama - Panama City    
9. San Marino - San Marino  
10. Singapore - Singapore City 
11. Vatican State - Vatican City 
    

Countries with almost same Capital name:

1. Algiers -  Algeria
2. Brazil - Brasília
3. Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo
4. El Salvador  - San Salvador
5. Guinea-Bissau  - Bissau 
6. Maldives - Malé 
7. São Tomé and Príncipe - São Tomé
8. Tunisia - Tunis