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Thursday, November 15, 2018
What is that Smell?
We’ve all been there. We walk into our office on Monday morning and something doesn’t smell quite right. You look around thinking maybe you left a muffin in your drawer or a candy bar melted after the power outage, but you find nothing. Since it’s not that bad and it comes and goes you spray air freshener in your cubical and press on. But the smell get worse throughout the week and you aren’t the only one smelling it anymore. What is that smell? Where is it coming from?
We’ve all been there. We walk into our office on Monday morning and something doesn’t smell quite right. You look around thinking maybe you left a muffin in your drawer or a candy bar melted after the power outage, but you find nothing. Since it’s not that bad and it comes and goes you spray air freshener in your cubical and press on. But the smell get worse throughout the week and you aren’t the only one smelling it anymore. What is that smell? Where is it coming from? Indoor air quality is an important component to keep employees healthy and productive. Symptoms of deficient air quality can present in many different ways such as fatigue, headaches, difficulty focusing, and soreness of the nose, lungs, throat, and eyes. These symptoms can be early warning signs for problems that lead to longer lasting health issues. One indicator of poor air quality or that something un-sanitary is growing in your office building is a foul smell.
Smell is a strong indicator that something somewhere has gone awry. Foul odors are also one of the most difficult things to diagnose in a large office environment. Many times a maintenance manager or a building maintenance company will call an industrial hygiene firm to come out and perform some air tests. A good industrial hygienist will come out with several pieces of equipment and begin sampling the air. Typically they will need to take at least one sample in the infected area, one sample outside the infected area, and one sample outdoors.
These different samples allow them to compare the infected area sample with what is in the air “normally” inside and outside. Sometimes they take more than one sample in the infected area. In cases where the mystery smell more resembles a musty odor, then the hygienist might pull up a piece of carpet to see if there is any mold growing underneath. If they see anything that is suspicious looking on the surface then they should take a “surface sample.” This sample will give the lab something to analyze besides just spores in the air.
Many factors play a role when it comes to air quality. Bacteria do produce odors and when there is adequate buildup of certain bacteria then there will be smell. Identifying why those particular bacteria have become prevalent in any situation is the job for an industrial hygienist. People often try to clean odors with bleach. While bleach will kill the surface bacteria, it does not penetrate deep and kill the root cause of the bacteria. Indoor air quality is a catalyst for airborne pathogens and should be taken seriously within every office environmentIf you start smelling mystery smells contact an environmental, health and safety firm to perform tests in your office building. To find a firm near you click here.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR I just moved from Chicago to Tulsa, Oklahoma. I have two dogs and am a car enthusiast. Safety in today's work environment is a passion of mine.
We’ve all been there. We walk into our office on Monday morning and something doesn’t smell quite right. You look around thinking maybe you left a muffin in your drawer or a candy bar melted after the power outage, but you find nothing. Since it’s not that bad and it comes and goes you spray air freshener in your cubical and press on. But the smell get worse throughout the week and you aren’t the only one smelling it anymore. What is that smell? Where is it coming from?
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
The Maker of Maps - a metaphorical tale
Way back, back further even than before the time of your future dreams, there was a Map Maker who was regarded as the finest maker of maps in the city. His maps were known throughout the land, and people would travel for many days to have a map prepared by the Map Maker.
One day, a foreign dignitary visited the Map Maker's shop, and at the dignitary's request the Map Maker prepared him the most exquisite of maps made of the finest parchment, with the rarest inks. The Map Maker worked late into the night, ignoring mealtimes and calls for bed. In the morning, the dignitary called to pick up the map as arranged and he was delighted.
Reverently he unrolled the map out on the Map Maker's desk. Beneath their eyes desert lands unfurled in gold, while green-brown forests and peaked mountains lay before them. Delicate lines marked out contours, latitudes and longitudes, and exquisite letters showed the locations of towns, villages and cities.
"Map Maker" said the dignitary, pointing to a deep blue river on the map, "tell me of this area here".
"Sire" replied the Map Maker "I know not of these areas I draw. My maps are drawn from the words and the maps of others who have gone before me." And he took the dignitary to a room at the back of the shop that contained books from travellers, hand drawn maps, sketches, and all manner of paper and record.
The dignitary hid his disappointment well, but soon after he left, the Map Maker began to hear disturbing stories. That people were saying that they could not trust his work. Saying, that if he simply put together his maps from other peoples work then however fine they were, how could anyone guarantee their accuracy? How could anyone who used them know that they would simply not get lost?
Over the weeks, he noticed a slowing down of business, until his customers had almost stopped coming in their entirety. Now, this sorely vexed the Map Maker, for not only was this how he made his living, but he was a deeply proud man, proud of both his art and his reputation. And it pained him to the core of his being that his maps might not actually be as good as he had always believed them to be. So he resolved to discard his work and to discard his books and his drawings, and venture out into the world himself, and learn his art again anew.
So, he sold his shop, his fine pens and his parchments. He sold his rare ink and his gold leaf, his books, papers and records. With the proceeds from the sale, he paid of his servants and was about to put the remaining money in the single bag he had packed for his journeys when he had a thought. This thought came unbidden, and he knew not from where, but it seemed important to him somehow.
"If I am to start out anew then I must go out into the world as much as a new born child as I am able. Only then will I be able to immerse myself deep in my art".
And so he gave the remainder of his money to a beggar outside the shop, and he left his shop and he left his city. As he walked passed the city gates with only his clothes and his bag he turned back to look, and it seemed to him as if he was leaving a strange place.
Many days he wandered and there was much fear in his heart, for he had no maps to guide him now. But many days there was much joy too, as he took to sketching with the simple pencils and paper he had brought with him for the task of relearning his art. And sometimes he measured, and drew maps, and sometimes he just sat, deep in a silence. And it would seem to him afterward, that it was at these times that he was most deeply immersed in his art, and that it was in this inner sense of silence that he learned the most.
As he learned to survive, to trade his physical labour or his skills as an artist for food, the days when he felt fear grew less, and the days when he felt joy, grew more. He came to know the pleasure of rain on his skin, the soft sound of birdsong as the sun rose in the mornings. He came to learn the ache of muscles worked hard during a long day. He came to appreciate the bright crispness of a winter's day, the newborn colours of spring, the warm joy of summer and the red-gold quiescence of autumn. He discovered the joys of a simple welcome and of hospitality, of a giving and receiving, motivated only by a common humanity.
As he wandered, his muscle grew hard, and his body lean and tanned. His face became lined and radiated a peace and a gentle silence that filled the people he met with quiet awe and reverence. Yet none of this he noticed.
When he came to a new town, he would tell the people there of his travels, and he would illuminate his stories with pictures and maps of his own making, drawn both on paper, and in the air with his arms as he told his tales. And he started to notice a strange thing; that when he came into a new place, people seemed to know him, and to have been waiting eagerly for his arrival. Audiences would gather to hear of his travels, and he would leave behind maps and pictures for the people, never taking them on with himself in his journey but always starting out anew with fresh pencils and plain paper.
As he continued to wander, he came to realise that the maps he carried in his memory would guide him better than the maps he drew on paper, because they could change, and in winter, would have snow and ice, and in summer, fields and desert. So he started to tell his audience that they did not need his maps, that the maps that they carried in their heads were much more useful, because they would change, but only the children seemed to understand, and so he would still leave maps and pictures for the townsfolk wherever he wandered.
Time went on, and although he had not forgotten why he had left the city, his purpose became less and less important to him.
Over time, he noticed that people seemed to treat him differently. The children would rush toward him still and clutch at his clothes, begging to hear his stories, and the adults would welcome him into their homes, offer him work and give him food, but there was a change. There was an air of hushed reverence and deference in their treatment of him and gradually this came to trouble him. One day he stopped at a village that he knew well, and the people of the village welcomed him with their usual love and respect, but he asked of them "Why this change? For many years now I have travelled, and I've come through your village, and you have always welcomed like a brother, but this, this is different. Why do you now treat me like a…?" and he paused, lost for the word.
"Magus, you do not know?" asked one villager. The answer troubled him further, and he shook his head, so the villager lead him to the village meeting hall. There, inside, and surrounded by people, lay one of his maps, left behind from a previous visit. The villagers parted to let him through, and he approached the map, only to notice the most curious thing. When he was here last, he had drawn a map of the land in winter, with snowcaps and frozen lakes. This, this was a map of the land in summer, all green fields and flowing rivers. He peered closer, and was surprised to see movement. If he looked closely enough, he could see the meeting hall. And if he looked closer still, he could swear that he could almost see into the hall itself, and see himself standing surrounded by the awed villagers. He laughed out loud.
"Do you see, Magus?" the villager asked.
"I see nothing" said the Maker of Maps, kindly, "I see only what I have told you all along, but only the children understood." and with that, he picked up the map, and tore it into little pieces. He turned to the villager, placed his hand upon the villager's head and asked "And who has the best map, now?"
"Do you see, Magus?" the villager asked.
"I see nothing" said the Maker of Maps, kindly, "I see only what I have told you all along, but only the children understood." and with that, he picked up the map, and tore it into little pieces. He turned to the villager, placed his hand upon the villager's head and asked "And who has the best map, now?"
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Adam is an NLP practitioner and Hypnotherapist, as well as a mental health nurse with over a decades experience. He is passionate about the use of language to effect change, and about the ability of people to maximise their own potential. link: Hypnosis MP3s and CDs
Illustrated maps is nice and easy way to find ways
Let's start with a small definition of illustrated maps: It's said that illustrating maps are best described as the product of a creative and skillful combination of geography, architecture and information crafted properly. It presents the community, campus or facility and is the visual expression of the brand.
Here is a short description of precisely what are illustrated maps: It's actually explained that illustrated maps are rightly described as the system of a inspiring and competent pairing of geography, architectural mastery plus information and facts crafted properly.
With the assistance of the map you may find a ideal impression of grounds, local community as well as the brand . Can you believe it? Well I certainly do: What I feel is illustrated maps definitely will help any individual considerably, and I have got a really good experience of it and may enjoy to talk about the same with you.
Past year I was searching for a home in a decent place, however caused by my working conditions I didn't get a lot of time to go to different places, hence I asked several of my good friends to get pamphlets/catalogs of new ventures in their locality/areas. I collected close to six to seven catalogs that covered all the essential information and facts about the location, community and also the facilities it provided. Everything was illustrated so clearly that any layman might comprehend as well as could, and come to a suitable decision. This is precisely what I did. I compared all the good plus bad points and was in a position to choose. Today I am totally pleased to have a residential home which isn't just the perfect, but even has the best places nearby. The just reason of obtaining the proper offer was that all the catalogs contained excellent illustrating maps with the required features.
It is critical that the illustrated maps you model should fix the motive as well as describe factors clearly, regardless of how you sketch it. Illustrated maps are becoming a fantastic edge in modern day life. Illustrated maps are of immense assistance for individuals who tour to distinct places and destinations constantly. Not just various region, but its even used for the advancement of a firm. You can widely see location maps printed on letter heads of corporation or visiting cards of general folks also . It is simple and easy for the buyers to get the place where the firm is located. Actually the house warming cards, wedding cards have location maps printed on its back side.
Ideas of Illustrated maps are:
Illustrating Towns: Facilitates to find the best tourer locations, medical centers, universities, schools, resident places, Commercial areas and so on.
Illustrating Campus: It becomes simpler to find the best campus in university or business with these kinds of maps. Different areas: It normally reveals which is the perfect place to reside or suitable for doing any firm.
Resorts: These maps aid you to get the perfect resort where you could have fun with your family members or pals. It is best to relate these kinds of maps to look for the path or location.
There are already a lot of conditions where people misguide guests if they request help to locate various ways, thus if perhaps we carry a map with us the possibilities of getting misguided lowers a lot, regardless of if perhaps we have a language barrier etc. So the summary is: To get to destinations, you can certainly refer to illustrated maps that helps you save time as well as efforts as well. It's a necessity in each stream.
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Maps and Posters and Art
Maps and poster maps have always been popular. There are many examples of such items being collector items and / or works of art. With todays sophisticated production means, the door is open for a much wider array of this popular wall hanging.
Have you ever seen the pleasure and amazement on the face of a small child when he or she is shown their first map or atlas? I know my three children, when first getting interested in books, loved browsing through the many atlases that we owned. To be able to visit any place on the planet with just a turn of the page was truly fascinating to them. I think this experience with maps and atlases turned them into the world travelers they are today.
Children of today certainly miss out on that experience with the dominance of GPS’s, computers, I-Phones, Kindles and all the other high-tech gadgets that exist today and that are slowly replacing books. Nothing electronically today however, can compare to spending an hour or two with a well laid out atlas. And with the GPS becoming more and more common, displacing the old fold up (or fold out) car map, a certain amount of exploring fun is missing from our lives.
How great is it to get lost in some strange city or town, open the glove box, pull out the map, lay it on the hood of your car, fighting the wind , working your way painfully from where you are to where you want to be and then attempting to fold the map back into its original configuration. Often an impossible last for those persons endowed with two left thumbs. A lot of the time, the map ended up back in the glovebox a tangled, crumpled mess, waiting for the next victim.
However, maps and posters depicting places you have visited or a place you live in are always a conversation piece. Many people like to look at a framed map or a poster depicting a city, a town or a place they have been and identify a place they have stayed or the home of a friend or some well known landmark. A friend of mine has a poster map of the area of Canada he lives, under a glass on the counter of his business. About two out of three people will view the map with interest and spend a few minutes identifying where they live. Try and do that with a GPS.
Maps and poster maps are colorful, educational, sometimes works of art and are great for wall hangings. Maps are a means for conveying geographic information and are a universal medium for communication. Old maps provide much information about what was known in times past, as well as the philosophy and cultural basis of the map, which were often much different from modern cartography. Maps are one means by which scientists distribute their ideas and pass them on to future generations. Today’s maps, in a poster style, can be produced in 3D (see http://www.earthplaces.ca/) making them artistically pleasing as opposed to the old style of 2D or flat maps.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Michael Trigg owns a number of businesses in Vancouver, British Columbia including http://www.earthplaces.ca/. He has written several books including a self help book on financing and several children's books.
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