Yangtze River 'Giant Toilet Bowl' of Asia

Yangtze River 'Giant Toilet Bowl' of Asia

With a record-high dumped wastes of 30.5 billion tons, the Yangtze River in China can be considered as a "giant toilet bowl" of Asia as waste production and illegal dumping in the area continue to worsen. Xinhua news agency reported the recent case of industrial, farming and human waste production in China has doubled compared a couple of decades ago with a 3.1 percent increase or 900 million tons of added trash being thrown in the river.

Experts are predicting the situation of Yangtze getting polluted will be more alarming in the coming days with the presence of Three Gorges dam trapping a bulk sewage that makes the river unsafe and may cause all possible threats to human health, particularly those living near the vicinity.

Even the Asian Development Bank was anxious about the fate of the Yangtze River and pointed fingers at the industrialization and urbanization activities as culprits to its pollution. It said the river has reached its alarming levels calling the proper authorities to do something about it. Based on the study of the Yangtze River Water Resources Commission, 2006 posted a seemingly high sewage dumping after its alert waste levels were raised by less than five percent.

Earlier this month, a Swiss-China report said the enormous pollution brought about by too much dumping in the Yangtze can be resolved if the Chinese government will be aggressive enough to take initiatives in restoring the river.

Fishing activities and survival of the unique species living in bodies of water were greatly affected by the waste dumping in Yangtze. In time, it is feared that the other sea creatures like the white-fin dolphin and sturgeon will totally be extinct.

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Different Types Of Toilet Seats To Enhance Your Bathroom

Different Types Of Toilet Seats To Enhance Your Bathroom

I have recently been trying to redesign my bathroom, but to keep the existing appliances and give the whole bathroom a bit of an over haul and makeover. When you start doing a little bit of research you actually find that there are lots of accessories and upgrades that you can do to modernize your bathroom, and here are just a few.

Replacement toilet seats are one of the best ways to give that tired looking toilet a new lease of life. Most toilets come with a plastic seat as standard, but there is a facility to upgrade to wooden ones in varying colors and made from a variety of timbers. If wood is not for you then there are plenty of durable plastic or decorative seats to choose from. Some of the decorative ones are quite elaborate and features images of shells, animals and even people on. If your Kids have their own toilet in their bedroom, then a cartoon character decorative toilet seat could be the one to choose.

One particular type of toilet seat that has become extremely popular is the soft close toilet seat. These have a built in mechanism that prevents the toilet from slamming shut when dropped, and allows it to gently and smoothly close. This is fantastic in the evening or at night when the toilet seat clatter of wake up the whole family.

There are also electronic bidet seats which can be used as replacement for your existing one, turning your whole toilet into an elaborate multifunctional bidet that will allow for warm water washing and drying, and often a built-in deodorizer as well. The heated toilet seat function is one that I particularly enjoy, especially on those cold winter nights.

In addition to toilet seats that are replacement bath panels, taps, shower screens and curtains, shower heads, and toilet roll and bath towel holders that can make your bathroom feel new and more exciting.

Giving your bath room a freshen up does not need to cost you a fortune. A couple of hundred dollars may be all that is required to have a few aftermarket accessories to your home. This is a small price play when you consider the many thousands of dollars it would cost to replace your bathroom suite with a brand new one, and potentially more money if you need to bring in plumbers and electricians to do some of the work for you.

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History of Paper Clips

History of Paper Clips

Paper clips are a fairly simple invention which was invented thousands of years back by early ancestors who had first worked with iron or tin. It is infamously hard to work with steel especially when little items such as wire for these clips are to be produced.

In fact, these clips were not invented before the 1830s, it was the year when John Ireland Howe, an American doctor invented a machine that produced pins with solid head. Before that, pins were made by hands that were not affordable by many seamstresses at a time when most of the clothing was handmade.

Clips (paper) and paper pins are fairly different but at the same time they both have a common purpose, for keeping items clipped or pinned together in an organized manner. After the successful marketing of pins at only a few cents per packet instead of expensive handmade pins, the demand for pins for holding bundle of papers together became unquenchable.

The first turned clip was made after many years in the end of 1867, it was the Fay paper clip also called the Cinch paper clip. It was a small length of wire forming the spine of clip between each bend. The patent was registered in 1867 to Samuel Fay but this paper clip was not extensively available until the beginning of the next century.

On the other hand, there was another design known as Wright paperclip that was invented by Erlman Wright was patented in 1877, however it was also marketed in that same time. The Wright clip was marketed specifically as a replacement object for stitching pages and holding newspaper together.

A paper clip called Gem paper clip was produced in England during the early 1880s, this is the version which is most common nowadays with two round ends, it was first imported to the US in 1892. This clip was never patented in England and the Cushman & Denison company obtained a trademark on the name in 1904.

According to a popular folklore, a Norwegian named Johan Vaaler invented paper clip in 1899 and registered a patent in 1899 in Germany and in 1901 in US. Vaaler had truly designed his clip (paper) and registered for the patents in that year, sadly his designs were not successful and did not worked as there was no torque applied when the clips were held together resulting the clip come lose.

Since many are unaware of Fay and Wright or even the English origin of Gem paperclip, Vaaler was incorrectly declared the inventor of paperclip. The real inventor of the paperclip is the American - Samuel Fay.

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