Tuesday, September 27, 2011

How do I download free channels from the wii shopping channel?

I want to download the internet channel, but I can't because I need to update my wii which will delete my homebrew channel. Is there a way to get the internet channel, without using the wii shopping channel?|||Go here and join. You will learn how to do everything that is possible with your modded wii.





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Are shopping totes really better for the environment than brown paper or plastic bags?

With all the craze of celebrities using shopping totes and retail clothing stores that supply them, are shopping totes better for the environment? I've looked at these "This is not a plastic bag" totes and I wonder "Aren't these too made of non-environment friendly materials? If say, one of these shopping totes lasts me a year, how much damage does making this bag do to the environment, versus the damage a year's worth of plastic bags from the grocery store do to the environment?|||Good point. If you recycle your plastic bags, that should be just as good as using a tote, right?|||yes they are|||The plastic bag has to go to the dump and never completely decompose even after you recycle it, the tote made of natural fiber; will redily decompose.|||A good quality "shopping tote" should last you much longer than a year, especially if you repair it in the off chance that it should break. You can also use other multi use bags than just the newly popular totes. Backpacks make good bags for small trips. By using reusable bags for shopping, you also have the option of buying used, making your own out of scrap fabric, or using organic cotton...all of which are better than constant consumption of either paper or plastic single use bags.|||I'm not sure where these "totes" are coming from or how much noxious gas is put in the air during production...





I usually fuse old grocery bags together, sew them up and make my own tote bags... This way I am pretty sure it's better for the environment.|||A good heavy duty cotton tote should last a a long time, if it's only lasting a year it was probably a cheap piece of garbage from China.|||Totes are for a long time use. Brown bags are friendly and are reusable for different new use of paper. Plastic last for ever and barely decay. Best to avoid plastic.|||In the mantra Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, they are listed in that order for a reason. If you use a re-usable bag, you are reducing the amount of disposable bags, as well as reusing the same bag over and over, Then, after you have used your re-usable bag for years and years and it's time has come, you can recycle it. Disposable plastic shopping bags really are horrible and are actually being banned in some parts of the world. Besides the fact that plastic takes millions of years to decompose, the use vast amounts of oil to produce, pollution is created when the bags are made, and the energy it takes to deliver and ship these bags to the stores causes more emissions that contribute to global warming. Also, a large amount of plastic bags become litter, then drift to sea. There, many animals, especially turtles, mistake the bags for jellyfish, eat them and choke and die.





I love my reusable bags and keep them in my car and near the front door so I don't forget to bring them to the store!|||Paper, Plastic, or Canvas??





Paper, Plastic or Canvas??? This is a question we face with every trip to a store but what is the Best choice? It is easy to say that a reusable canvas tote is the best choice but is it really the best choice? Actual carbon-footprints vary depending on the sources of the bags. Recycled plastic bags are showing up in many markets. Most paper bags are post-consumer recycled paper (not usually from "trees" directly.) Canvas tote bags are costly(compared to plastic or paper) and are mostly made in China under questionable working conditions. When we add up the materials(new canvas), the construction(underpaid workers in bad working conditions), add a huge PLASTIC graphic on the side and shipping across the world, then canvas tote bags get very expensive for the environment and for humans.





To be the MOST eco-friendly, just re-use the bags you already have and save the environmental expense of making new tote bags. Double or triple the old plastic bags and double up on paper bags and they will last through a hundred shopping trips. Or, you could re-use a pair of old jeans and make a tote that will last as long as you do.





At the very least look for bags made of re-used materials (Canvas from sails or denim from old jeans maybe) by someone in your neighborhood.





Beware of any eco-friendly ideas that require the purchase of a new item! Every new item including tote bags require a manufacturing process that adds to the over all problem. Right now, being green is a fad that inspires people to buy more, more, more....in the future being green will mean buy less, use less, and use what you have until it is worn out. When you buy stuff you are feeding the FAD...when you actually start re-using what you already have then you are MAKING A DIFFERENCE!





BTW, I got my Free Tote Bag from Yahoo Answers and it arrived in a PLASTIC BAG and has a huge plastic graphic on the side and it is "Made in India"!|||Yes...why? Because plastic comes from trees, and the more plastic we use, the less trees we cut down. And, plastic bags blow freely and get caught in trees and stuff.|||Permaculture Answer:





The Short Answer YES use re-useable tote or any other bags. It is a green issue, not a fashion statement. If you already have any old tote bags, rucksacks etc, no matter what they are made of, that will carry shopping use these. Using what you have is by far the greenest option. Use them to their death, it is even greener. Check your cupboards and use what you have first.








The Reasons Why?: Or The Long Answer





The scale of the use of plastic is a major environmental problem. Plastic production is highly unsustainable, presuming that we are talking about the oil based plastics and not the new bio-starch products. Plastic carrier bags are ephemeral so they are quickly disposed of. The chances are that the bag will end up in landfill after one use.





Plastic Bags: There are a lot of reasons given why people 'like' plastic bags. However, they still never decompose no matter how many times you use them. This is compounded when people tie their rubbish into plastic bags and thousands of other such filled plastic bags are piled on top of each other iin landfill sites. So if you must use plastic, re-use as many times as possible then take them supermarket to be recycled.





Biodegradeable Bags/Bioplastics: Polylactic acid (PLA) a biodegradable polymer derived from lactic acid. These vegetable based bioplastics biodegrades quickly under composting conditions and does not leave toxic residue. However, bioplastic have own environmental impacts caused by manufacturing and disposal of end product. Charges will be levied for plastics and bioplastics as the Government are having to pay landfill penalties. You will be charged for these impacts and taxed but on the plus side biodegradable bags (from potato and corn starches) are a new thriving industry





Paper Bags. Great if singly composted. In land fill can take years for layers to decompose. Still an organic material. But there is cost of production, costs to environment of pulp trees (monocultures, loss of habitat, etc) costs of recycling/disposal. Again you will have to pay for these production costs and disposal costs and taxed.





Recycle the cardboard boxes at the store to carry your groceries home or just pack into the boot of your car without bags and then carry in from the boot.





France is banning plastic bags 2007 others are moving towards it. The most effective is taxing plastic bag use. If we do not take action we will be taxed as the Irish are for using plastic bags. Effective as a decrease of 90% plastic bag use in Ireland.





http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2鈥?/a>





Whilst cotton bag production is also unsustainable it is generally used many many more times, generally for a number of years. And are not non-biodegradable. People do not tend to tie their other rubbish into a cloth bag to send it to landfill. Cotton bags will compost in any home composter. Therefore a reused bag made of cloth clearly does not have the same detrimental effect on the environment as a reused bag made of plastic (or many). The environmental impact of plastic bag disposal is magnified because of the number of the bags that are used.





Willow is highly sustainable, from willow coppice and returns to the ground without trace. A wicker basket would be the obvious thing, to cut down on this massive use on single-use plastic carrier bags. Willow can be grown on sewage outfall which as we know is an environmental pollutant. There are no ENVIRONMENTAL costs of processing/production of a willow basket. It is a local economy that does not use heat, beat or treat. It could be grown in the supermarket car park dealing with the waste from the toilet block. In Permaculture we call this zoning and edge. It also demonstrates redundancy of function when used in sewage treatment. Willow is highly sustainable, from willow coppice and returns to the ground without trace.





Perhaps the best solution is to LIMIT YOUR CONSUMPTION OF EVERYTHING.





Think about what you are buying first and how the packaging will be disposed of:


Use your local butcher who will wrap in paper.


Buy fruit and vegetables from local growers it supports your local economy. There are usually lots of recycled cardboard boxes at Farmer's markets.


Buy from the local baker wraps in paper.


Buy milk in glass bottles or recyclable plastic.


Avoid pre packed foods and processed foods. The packaging is excessive.





Ensure you recycle metals, plastics, glass and cardboard.


Compost green waste.





There will be hardly anything left to go to landfill.

How do you prepare for your grocery shopping?

-Do you reference a supermarket catalogue?


-Do you look at various retailers鈥?catalogues before shopping to determine where to shop?


-Do you take your catalogues with you when shopping as reference?


-Do you single out catalogue products that are on special?


-Do you collect coupons to redeem in the supermarket?


-What else?|||To save time and money, I keep routines:


1. multiple store shopping to save money but keep quality - buy fresh food at local grocer, buy non-perishable or expensive items in super center and Costco, oriental food at oriental store.


2. No coupon clipping since it's time consuming, and it doesn't save much if you have picky eater (ex. my 4 yrs old son...) Instead, I purchase grocery alternately in two grocery stores with my grocery saving card to get the specific coupons when they compete.


3. I do use catalogues weekly (PDF file). I check the catalogues (grocery store website) for sale items and make shopping list on-line ( http://www.grocerysurf.com ) since it keeps track of my purchase and give me reminders.


4. Things to take with me -


Cellphone (to access my shopping list)


Store saving card


Credit card


kids


Platic bags (store offers discount if you bring your own bags)|||Here are some great tips!





http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/8031133/most_efficient_way_to_grocery_shop.html

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|||I keep a running grocery list. If I run out of something, it gets added to the list. I shop about 4-5 times a week. Every morning I check the list and make another one of things I need that day and cross them off the master list. The other stuff can wait. If there's a sale or if I have coupons that are about to expire, then I'll buy stuff that I don't need that day, but were on the waiting list. Then I make a mini-list on a post-it note on my wallet and head out the door! And I don't impulse shop, I only buy what's on the post-it note.





It really helps to keep food costs down.|||Sometimes I make a list but that's it. I shop at stores that have good meat and produce. Sales arent' really relevant unless I happen to notice something I use alot is on sale.|||As I am currently of the double income no kids variety my grocery shopping is very disorganised. I don鈥檛 go regularly, I don鈥檛 check catalogues and I just grab what I think I might need. As a consequence I often end up with too much of one thing and not enough of another! I don't collect coupons but I probably should because I know I could spend less than I do.





My mother really had it down pat when I was a kid though, she always knew exactly what was on special before we got to the supermarket and still does, normally because she keeps an eye out for catalogues in the mail.


She tends to stick with the one supermarket as it is closest to where she and Dad live. She writes lists, plans all her meals in advance and always has every ingredient to hand when she needs it!|||I generally don't look at the sale papers first. I sit down and go through my cookbooks and plan out the meals for the next two weeks, make a list of items I need, categorize them on my list, search through my coupon organizer, then take off to the store.|||I don't really do any of that, I just go where the wind takes me! And get whatever I think I need!|||#1: usually i walk around the stores.. in ALL the ayle.. (duno how to spell) and see if i nid anything.. if i do i just put it in the trolley..





#2: i just write down wat i want..|||I read the grocery ads in the Sunday paper to see what's on sale.


Then I make a list based on my needs and interesting items on sale.


I flip through my coupon box.


Then I go shopping.


I try not to buy things that I don't need just b/c they are on sale. I wind up not eating it and that makes me mad. I like to consume as little as possible and stick to needs v/s wants.|||I generally go to two different markets, one that does a lot of advertising, where I like their meats and deli better, and another that does not advertise a lot, but has better selection and prices on fresh produce, and most other things.


I go through the one's weekly flyer and see what's on sale, and make a list.


I then plan my weekly menu around those items.


If either store has a great sale on things that are not perishable, but that I use, I try to stock up.


I will only use coupons if they are for things that I normally buy, I won't typically use them just to use them.


The market that does a lot of advertising gives out coupons books that are simply for an amount off total purchase, and I like those.


I don't usually take the flyer with me, to shop, as long as I have made my list!


I hope this helps!!!

How do I become a security guard for a shopping center ?

I was wondering how I become a security guard for a shopping centre.


Like what certificates and qualifications do I need? And where can I get them?


|||What I did: approach an officer I knew and somewhat jokingly ask if they were hiring. The answer was yes.





He told me to go talk to his boss, who interviewed me, and basically hired me shortly after. I underwent a background check, went to the sherriffs to be fingerprinted, got some thingy notorized (About $50 if I remember)





After hiring I got pepper sprayed (mind blowing pain) so I could carry it, got beat on the arms to learn how to defend myself (part of a $150 course I paid for half of) and a bunch of other crap.





I was paid $7.065/hr, minimum wage at the time to walk around the mall with a 10 pound belt in the most uncomfortable boots ever.|||yes

How do I find a list of establishments in shopping centers in Las Vegas?

I need to send a letter out for work. I am looking for a list of all establishments located within certain shopping centers, like Boca Park and the Green Vallet District.|||For a full list, go to this site.


http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com %26gt;"VEGAS INFO" %26gt;Attractions %26gt;Shopping %26gt;click on any shopping center for the web site %26gt;the web sites have a full list of all stores and phone numbers for each..|||Fashion show mall is cool


try the strip|||Yellow Pages on line.|||That would be a LONG list. Shopping here is a major tourist attraction and full fledged sport.





Need to limit the area or the type of shopping.





Boca is a "district" with a lot of strip centers scattered over several blocks.


The Green valley "district" is on the other side of the Valley and has "The District" next to and around green valley resort.





It would help if you gave an indication of where they will be staying.





we have a list of the malls on or near the strip

How much weight can a shopping cart hold?

I found a metal shopping cart at the end of my street My friends and I want to ride around in it (and act like complete idoits) but we don't know how much weight one can take. The bottom seems to be a bit rusty but it appears to be quite stearty. What is the maxumin weight a shopping cart can hold? Could it hold two people?|||all i can say is make sure you're paid up on your life insurance before you start riding that thing out in the street.|||try it and tell us...by the way yall might wanna stay outta traffic

What do you think putting kids inside of the shopping cart?

Not in the kids' seat.


I mean in the shopping cart where you put grocery and other stuff.





I think it's against the manner, but what do you think?|||I personally think its gross. I put my groceries in the cart and someone else is putting their kid and their dirty shoes in there.|||Too easy for them to fall out that way. If they are to big for the seat in front, they need to walk.|||I dont see anything wrong with it..As long as ur not smuching the kid..|||as long as they sit on their butts its fine. I dont let my kids stand up, i never leave them unattended and i waited until they were old enough to listen before i let them sit in the back! I have seen a little one fall out of the back but she was like a year old and i thought that was irresponsible!|||I put my daughter's car seat with her in her seat in the big part, as her car seat's safety instructions specifically said not to put the seat in the front like most parent's I see do.|||It's better than having them running around breaking glass jars of spaghetti sauce open!|||i think that if you have several children under 4 or 5 and there isn't one with several seats, then it is okay but not preferred. otherwise they ought to walk.|||Too easy for them to fall out and crack their heads. I wouldn't.|||I don't have kids but when I do I see no problem with it because it doesn't matter.





To the person who said that you put the groceries in the cart.... um sorry sweetie but there are much grosser things to worry about.


Those carts have been outside others peoples hands have been on that cart.


A kids tennis shoes don't do anything.





Plus what do you have to worry about if your food is covered?|||My daughter goes in the back when it is very crowded or if shes having a bad day. I just went grocery shopping at Walmart and it was insane in there (in the middle of the day!) my 3 year old is sitting in the back where I can see her and keep an eye on her at all times. If its one of those days where she really should have just stayed at home, but couldn't cause I need some food in my house, yup shes in the cart. Easier for everyone in the store. As for "dirty feet" where you put your food, all food comes in containers or can (and should be) be put in bags (veggies/fruit).|||I let my daughter do it all the time. I don't see a problem with it.|||Well I ALWAYS go shopping with my sisters, since we run an orphanage they go shopping with us, the 21 children plues our five. Most of our children walk but the littlest sit inside the seat and in the basket we each have to hold a cart only one cart is used for the food, two carts filled with kids! Normally I would only use the seat but there are so many young children in our home, that you know, to many children to look after. Such busy days I have.|||it is un safe to put kids in the carts they can fall out and crack there heads and carts and tip very easley at times i just don't think its safe





Im a cart pusher at a walmat store i see this all the time|||Actually, they are probably the safest in the cart if they are sitting. Standing there they are probably the worst off.