Avery was born on April 3

    My daughter Avery was born on April 3.  During my pregnancy, I spent a very happy time at LINC school.  Thanks to my teacher Joseph and all my friends.

    Here are some pictures of Avery~

The 2nd day--At hospital

The 3rd day-- discharge from hospital

The 7th day--See the pediatrician

Recycling items

How to dispose different waste items? Is it a garbage, recycling or organic waste? The City of Toronto publishs some guidelines for the disposing of waste and revises them from time to time. To dispose the waste in a proper way, we should read the newest guideline.

But sometimes,  after reading the newest guideline, I am still confused about how to dispose a waste item.  Fortunately, I can always search the internet and find some useful information. The following materials are from the website of city Toronto.

Beverage and food containers

Rinse clean and recycle

• Plastic bottles and jugs (lids on)
• Milk/juice cartons and boxes (put plastic tops and straws in garbage)
• Glass bottles and jars (put lids in garbage)
• Aluminum cans
• Plastic food jars, tubs and lids (e.g. margarine, yogurt, ice cream, sour cream containers)

• Metal cans (place lid inside can and pinch closed)
• Cardboard cans (e.g. frozen juice, refrigerated dough, chips, nuts, powdered drink mix – put plastic pull-off strips in garbage; place metal ends inside cardboard can and pinch closed)
• Aluminum trays, pie plates and roasting pans

Home and personal product containers

Rinse clean and recycle

• Plastic bottles (lids and sprayers on)
• Aerosol cans (empty; put caps in garbage)

• Metal paint cans & lids (separate lids from cans)

Foam polystyrene and plastic retail shopping bags

Rinse clean and recycle

• Food and protective packaging (e.g. drinking cups, egg cartons, meat trays, takeout food containers, electronics packaging)

• Plastic retail shopping bags without drawstrings, metal detailing or hard plastic handles (remove receipts: place all plastic bags in one retail or grocery plastic bag and and tie handles together)

Paper

Not contaminated with food or chemicals

• Bags, rolls, junk mail, writing/computer paper, envelopes, window envelopes
• Shredded paper (put in clear plastic bag and tie closed)
• Gift wrap, cards (no ribbons, bows, foil wrap)
• Newspapers, flyers, telephone directories, magazines, catalogues, soft/ hardcover books (remove plastic covers, liners, over-wrap and put in garbage)

• Boxboard boxes (e.g. cereal, tissue, detergent, egg cartons – flatten; remove liners, plastic windows and put in garbage)
• Corrugated cardboard (clean, unwaxed, flattened; pizza boxes must be empty; remove plastic over-wrap from pop/water cases and put in garbage)

No

"Top Bin Sins"

(food item goes in Green Bin, wrap goes in garbage)

• Propane cylinders
• Clear plastic food containers, drinking cups
• Plastic blister packs
• Medical waste
• Tools, scrap metal
• Toys

• Clothes, shoes, carpets, curtains, bedding
• Small appliances, electronics
• Cassettes, CDs & DVDs
• Batteries
• Plastic pails, plastic paint pails (with or without metal handles)
• Binders (e.g. three ring)

Other items that don’t go in the Blue Bin

• Dryer sheets, baby wipes, make-up pads, cotton tipped swabs, dental floss
• Hair, pet fur, feathers, wax, wood pieces, cigarette butts, wine corks, vacuum bags/ contents, fireplace and BBQ ashes
• Hazardous waste: propane/helium tanks & cylinders, batteries, compact fluorescent light bulbs (Must not be put in recycling or garbage; take to Drop-off Depot.)
• Plastic: make-up jars, caulking tubes, food storage containers, motor oil jugs, plant trays, flower pots, plates, glasses, cutlery, packing peanuts
• Plastic (clear): fruit and vegetable containers, takeout food containers, moulded bakery item trays

• Plastic (bags/wrap): plastic over-wrap (on pop cartons, water bottles, toilet paper), bags holding flyers, dry cleaning, milk (outer and inner), produce, bread, sandwich and plastic food wrap
• Glass: drinking glasses, dishes, cups, crystal, window glass, light bulbs, mirrors, pottery, pots, pans
• Metal: scrap metal, coat hangers, pots, pans, small appliances
• Aluminum: foil food wrap, potato chip bags, metallic gift wrap
• Other paper products: waxed cardboard, waxed paper. Note: Soiled tissues and napkins go in the Green Bin.
• Wood: pieces, flooring, crates for fruit

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Household Hazardous Waste

Proper disposal of items like propane tanks, batteries, pesticides, oil, etc. means taking these items to a Drop-off Depot. These types of items must never be put in recycling or garbage.

• Corrosive such as car battery acid and drain cleaners that will eat away at material and injure skin.
• Flammable such as lighter fluid, turpentine and gasoline that can ignite.
• Explosive such as aerosol containers that may explode if incinerated or stored above 50 degrees Celsius.
• Poisonous such as cleaning fluids, pesticides and medicines that can be poisonous or lethal, even in small quantities, to adults, children and pets.

Chesterfield

Chesterfield: n.

Pronunciation:  /ˈtʃɛstəfiːld/

Forms:  Also chesterfield.(Show More)

Etymology:  < the name of an Earl of Chesterfield in 19th cent.

 

 1. A kind of overcoat.

1852    G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes III. i. 32   Chesterfield, Benjamin, Taglioni, and Macintosh are sumptuary nobodies; and Nicol is only tolerated in his most gossamer form.

a1889    J. Albery Dram. Wks. (1939) II. 521   Great blue Chesterfield I had, I now use as a pea-jacket.

1907    English Gentleman Feb. 1   The Chesterfield and other over~coats will also be somewhat shorter than last season.

1968    J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 38   Chesterfield.‥ This coat is a fly-fronted, single-breasted, straight coat, often with a velvet collar. It is now used as a description of a similar straight coat but it is sometimes double-breasted and more tailored.

 

2. A stuffed-over couch or sofa with a back and two ends, one of which is sometimes made adjustable.

1900    Westm. Gaz. 30 Jan. 10/2   The club room, charmingly furnished with chairs and Chesterfields upholstered with blue cretonnes.

1919    C. Orr Glorious Thing vi. 67   ‘Is that the book?’ asked Nannie, drawing in the Chesterfield, and motioning to him to sit down beside her.

1927    Chambers's Jrnl. 641/1   Both were seated, Jimmy in the chair facing him, and Betty on the chesterfield.

1954    Jrnl. Canadian Linguistic Assoc. 1 i. 16   Chesterfield seems to be in general use throughout Canada, though the usual American sofa is also known and used. Almost everywhere in the United States chesterfields are cigarettes and nothing more.