[生活美語] 同學有看過Bag to Earth*這種廚餘回收袋嗎?
在溫哥華第一次見到!
這些袋子完全都是用裝廚餘的可生物分解紙做的;這種由可再生材料製成的紙張為堆肥過程添加了所需的營養,因而使得有機食物的垃圾循環更具效率。透過連結可以閱讀更多有關袋子的資訊:https://www.bagtoearth.com/about
The bags are made entirely of biodegradable paper and are used to hold kitchen waste/food scraps (廚餘). This makes the organic food waste cycle more efficient as the paper, made from renewable and sustainable resources, adds needed nutrients to the composting process. You can read more about the bags here: https://www.bagtoearth.com/about
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在台灣,我們使用塑膠袋裝廚餘。而這些袋子會被回收、還是被燒?我們多少的廚餘會變成肥料或是用來餵豬?這個過程的效率如何?我們應該如何做以減少食物浪費並降低回收過程的環境成本?這些是當探討環境污染時,我們應該思考的一些問題。
In Taiwan, we use plastic bag to hold our kitchen waste. Are these bags recycled or burned? How much of our kitchen waste is turned into fertilizer or pig feed? How efficient is the process? How can we reduce food waste and lower the environmental costs of our recycling processes? Some questions to think about when discussing environmental pollution.
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Key words:
•kitchen waste/food scraps 廚餘
•biodegradable 可生物分解的
•compostable 可堆肥的
•compost 混合肥料;堆肥
•organic fertilizer 有機肥料
https://www.gardeningchannel.com/compost-vs-fertilizer-explained/
•plastic particles 塑膠顆粒
•nutrients 營養素
•the composting process 堆肥的過程
•renewable and sustainable resources 可再生及永續資源
•raw materials 原料
•eco-certification 環保認證
•contaminate 污染
•environmental sustainability 環境永續
•forest management policies 森林管理政策
•enrich garden soil 使花園的土壤更肥沃
•pig feed (n.) 豬食、餵豬吃的
•reduce garbage 減少垃圾量
•lower production costs 降低生產成本
•incinerate 焚燒、焚化
•bury in a landfill 埋在垃圾掩埋場
•the food waste problem 食物浪費問題
•food self-sufficiency 食物自給自足
•waste treatment 廢物處理
•economic incentive 經濟誘因
*Bag to Earth 這個商標可能是出於 Give back to Earth (回饋地球) 或 Return to the soil (回到土地)的概念。
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相關文章:
Bag to Earth
https://www.bagtoearth.com/about
Bag to Earth makes composting a pleasure
https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/courier-archive/living/bag-to-earth-makes-composting-a-pleasure-yes-really-3107819
In Taiwan, leftover food scraps help farmers sustain porky appetites
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/mar/23/taiwan-food-waste-pork-production-farming-recycling-environment
Taiwan’s food waste must be addressed
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2019/12/01/2003726744
同時也有23部Youtube影片,追蹤數超過361萬的網紅Dan Lok,也在其Youtube影片中提到,"Do You Work Well Under Pressure?" Is One Of The Most Uncomfortable Interview Questions. Level Up Your Skills And Confidence To Nail Any Interview Qu...
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- 關於key resources 在 Milton Goh Blog and Sermon Notes Facebook 的精選貼文
- 關於key resources 在 Dan Lok Youtube 的精選貼文
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Requirements
- Minimum Bachelor degree in business administration, Human Resources or related field
- At Least 1-2 years of Senior HR working experience
- Analytical and goal oriented
- Good communication, influencing and interpersonal skills
- Good understanding of HR
- Attention to detail and good judgement
- Have your own laptop is a must
- Having a broad networking skill is an added advantage.
Responsibilities
- Determine current staffing needs
- Source candidates on social networks and niche platforms (e.g. Github, Behance) - Advertise jobs internally and externally
- Review job applications to identify high-potential candidates
- Prepare quarterly and annual hiring plans (if any)
- Resolve employee relations issues and address grievances (if any)
- Liaise with hiring managers to understand each position’s expectations
- Track key recruiting KPIs, including time to fill and source of hire
- Prepare the job offer letter and agreements for candidates
- Calculate the Monthly salary of the employees (MST)
- Handle the company’s monthly grocery needs
职位:HR 专员
薪资:RM 2,200 – RM 5,500 月薪
工作要求
-工商管理,人力资源或相关领域的最低学士学位
-至少有 1-2 年的高级人力资源工作经验
-分析和目标导向
-良好的沟通,影响力和人际交往能力
-对人力资源有很好的了解
-注重细节和良好的判断力
-必须拥有自己的笔记本电脑
-具有广泛的人脉资源(附加的优势)
职责范围
-确定当前的人员需求
-在社交网络和细分平台(例如 Github,Behance)上寻找候选人
-在内部和外部发布招聘需求
-审查职位申请以识别高潜力的候选人
-制定季度和年度招聘计划(如有)
-解决复杂的员工关系问题并解决申诉 (如有)
-与招聘经理保持联系,以了解每个职位的期望
-跟踪关键的招聘关键绩效指标,包括填补时间和聘用来源
-准备求职信和候选人协议
-计算员工的月薪(新马泰)
-处理公司每月的杂货需求
福利待遇
-每年的员工评估,起薪空间高
-年假、病假
-补贴(医疗 高达马币 150 每月、交通费(如若工作需求)、邮寄费、员工福利费等) -社保(EPF、SOCSO、EIS)
-友好的工作环境
-提供培训
-靠近 Ampang Park Lrt Station (交通方便)
key resources 在 Milton Goh Blog and Sermon Notes Facebook 的精選貼文
How to Be Truly Wise?
“Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever. But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run back and forth, and knowledge shall be increased.”” (Daniel 12:2-4 WEB)
The Bible is clear that there is resurrection from the dead. Those who are born twice will only die once, whereas those who are only born once will die twice.
The righteous will be raised to enjoy eternal life in glorified bodies, whereas the wicked who reject Jesus Christ will be raised back from Hell at the end of time to receive a sentence of condemnation, before being cast into the lake of fire.
“Those who turn many to righteousness” refers to those who win souls for God’s kingdom through sharing the Gospel. Upon believing and confessing Jesus Christ as Lord, a person receives the righteousness of God, becoming as righteous as Jesus is.
Soul winners will shine (in honor and glory) as brightly as the firmament and as the stars within it. They are doing the most important work, for the salvation of mankind and the unification of God and man is God’s greatest desire!
Wisdom here is directly linked to winning souls, just as we see a similar idea in the Book of Proverbs:
“The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.” (Proverbs 11:30 WEB)
It is wise to win souls because you will receive eternal rewards in return. There is no better use of your precious time than to share the Gospel, resulting in the salvation of souls. This activity has the largest return on investment for your time, benefiting God, others, and yourself.
The archangel Gabriel told Daniel that in the end times, “knowledge will be increased”. However, knowledge does not necessarily translate into wisdom.
The problem today is that there is so much knowledge available—both true and false. We are inundated with fake news, false doctrines, and so many distracting resources of knowledge that clamor for our attention.
The knowledge we must equip ourselves with is the knowledge of God and of Jesus Christ.
“Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,” (2 Peter 1:2 WEB)
As we grow in these, grace and shalom peace are multiplied unto us. There is no better use of your time, especially if you want to be used by God as a soul winner. Get into the Word every day. Through it, God will shape and train you to be effective at soul winning.
“Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16-17 WEB)
Want to be wise? The Scriptures are the key to becoming wise in the godly way. The wise will shine brightly forever, and there is nothing more precious than godly wisdom. It makes Abba God so pleased to see you treasuring His wisdom!
What are eternal rewards? I don’t know of any other resource that talks about this topic, except for my book “Sandcastles Don’t Last Forever”. It was the first book I ever wrote, and it holds a special place in my heart. In these last days, the messages in this book are more relevant than ever, so I recommend that you read it: http://bit.ly/sandcastlesdontlastforever
key resources 在 Dan Lok Youtube 的精選貼文
"Do You Work Well Under Pressure?" Is One Of The Most Uncomfortable Interview Questions.
Level Up Your Skills And Confidence To Nail Any Interview Question With The Resources From The Dan Lok Shop: https://workingunderpressure.danlok.link
Do you work well under pressure? - How can you answer this interview question confidently? Watch this video to find out what to avoid and what to do when the interviewer asks this interview question. Then, share this video with a fellow job-searcher.
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key resources 在 李根興 Edwin商舖創業及投資分享 Youtube 的最讚貼文
史丹福大學知識分享: 做生意的九大元素 - 《Business Model Canvas 商業摸式圖》
如何定立及優化你的 Business Model Canvas 商業摸式圖?
做生意,你要認識你嘅 Business Model Canvas 商業模式圖,有九格。
肺炎第四波開始有減退嘅跡象, 等佢過咗之後,一連幾場星期六,我會在 Paragon Co-work Space 搞下做生意分享早餐會,大家交個朋友???? 互相俾下意見睇下盤生意有乜可以做好啲。
地點是觀塘 Paragon Co-Work Space。約3小時。
對象: 管理層/生意經營者/創業者,每場限4位。
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全文內容:
做生意,你要認識你嘅 Business Model Canvas 商業模式圖,有九格, 逐個逐個同你講。
肺炎第四波開始有減退嘅跡象, 等佢過咗之後,一連幾場星期六,我會在 Paragon Co-work Space 搞下做生意分享早餐會, 其中一場會講 Business Model Canvas,人少少,4位,大家交個朋友。講下你盤生意點善用 Business Model Canvas 嘅九格。
我2016及17, 連續兩年代表Cyberport 帶團去 Stanford Business School 有個創業 bootcamp ,教授 Baba Shiv and Sarah Soule 話創業做生意,你要了解自己嘅 Business Model Canvas.
(1) Value Propositions 價值主張
做生意,你先要知道你幫到人啲乜? 你有乜樣好過人? 點解人哋要揀你? 新啲? 快啲? 平啲? 靚啲? 型啲? Why you?
我做商舖基金,就係幫人哋用少啲嘅資金, 分散風險, 買舖唔使煩,提升回報。
Paragon Co-Work Space 就希望係東九龍集中火力,以幾個center 發揮協同效,提供畀創業者最優越嘅營商空間。
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你呢? 你嘅 Value Propositions 價值主張係乜呢?
(2) Key Activities 關鍵活動
要帶出以上嘅價值主張,你每日應該做緊啲乜? 生產? 研究? 客戶服務? 解決問題? 建立平台聯繫客戶, 由佢哋自己交易? Whatever...
記住喎,你做嘅嘢,應該係帶到價值主張 key value preposition 畀你嘅客人。而唔係講一套做另一套, 花咗啲時間係無聊,人客都唔care嘅活動上。
Now you know why 我日日拍商舖片,已經拍咗二千幾條, 因為我最重要就係日日要睇舖。
(3) Customer Segment 目標客群
邊個係你班客呢? 大眾市場? Niche market? 男人/女人/成年人/學生哥?
個個都可以係你嘅客,but who is your primary customer? who is your most important customer? 主要及最重要客戶? 你要搞得好清楚,when in conflict,邊個利益行先?
我成日都話如果你係揸住港幣八百萬以上流動資產(非物業),能夠投資最少三百萬以上喺商舖基金,你就係我 primary customer 你嘅利益行先。
你盤生意呢? Who are your customers? Who is your primary and most important customer?
(4) Channels 通路
你點樣搵到、掂到你班客呢? 班客又點識你、點搵你、點俾錢到你呢? 分五個階段: (1) 認知 Awareness (佢先要識你),(2) 評估 Evaluation (再諗過計過), (3) 購買 Purchase (俾錢), (4)傳遞 Delivery (你提供產品或服務),(5) 最後,售後服務 Aftersale Service,希望滿意回頭再幫襯。
你盤生意嘅掂到個客嘅Channel 係乜呢?
(5) Customer Relationships 客戶關係。
你點樣同你個客戶保持關係呢? One-on-One? 或 ATM 咁, 機械式,用電腦? 建立個客戶 Community 社群 , 或者大家一齊俾 idea 共同創造 co-creation?
好似我咁,做咗我嘅商舖投資者,全部都會同我one-on-one有個whatsapp group,任何問題,我都即時回答。任何商舖最新發展, 內幕消息,同埋我哋買咗乜舖沽咗乜舖,我都會即時同佢溝通。 唔單止舖,佢哋好多個人投資同生意,得嘅話我都會提供我嘅意見及幫助。 佢畀得錢我使,我梗係第一時間幫佢。 Paragon co-work space 老闆都係我投資者之一, 佢幫我,我幫佢,當然我都想幫佢宣傳下Paragon Co-Work Space ?
你同你班客嘅關係又係乜呢? 會唔會幫襯咗你,其實你都唔知佢係邊個,大家根本冇溝通過呢?
(6) Key Partners 關鍵合作夥伴
你點叻都好,你自己做唔曬所有嘢。 你日常要同邊個多合作,改善關係,先能夠做到更好呢? 有效同供應商夾得好啲,生意會唔會易做好多?
我成日講笑咁講,我「真正」老闆其實係全港各大小地產經紀, 我日日都要擦佢哋鞋, 因為如果經紀唔畀荀盤我,我這行馬上唔駛做。Fit 馬都變跛馬。同經紀夾得好? Fit 馬變飛馬。
你呢? 你同 key partners 又夾成點?
(7) Key Resources 關鍵資源。
做你以上咁多樣嘢,你需要咩資源呢? 錢? 人? 知識? 廠房?
知道要乜,咁喺邊度搵呢? 點樣提高營運效率? 盡量用少啲資源,做多啲、做快啲呢?
如果我只是一個普通炒家, 大部分炒家都只係需要一個司機(揸佢周圍睇舖),一個秘書(安排日常工作雜務),一個會計(管理好盤帳,交少啲稅),3個人就搞惦,炒幾十億貨都係三個就夠。
但一商舖基金嘅話, 受證監會監管, Responsible Officers 持牌人起碼要有兩個,Compliance Officer 又加多個,再加財務/會計監管,再加 License Representatives 又要考牌,年年續牌, 成立基今日要開曼群島 Cayman Islands 註冊, 律師/會計/基金行政費用一大堆,成本馬上大升。 咁你做生意就要自己計,值唔值得呢?
你呢? What are your key resources? 點搵? 無又點呢?
(8) Cost Structure 成本結構
你做生意嘅成本架構係乜呢? 你最貴嘅成本喺邊度? 大部係 Fixed Costs 固定成本? 或大部分係會隨着你嘅生意額上落 Variable Costs 呢 ?
老實說, 我公司同事們嘅老底(底薪)唔算高, 但佢哋嘅收入會隨著我哋嘅基金每季嘅表現 ,來分花紅。 因為我要班同事們及我哋嘅投資者大家利益一致。 基金賺錢,大家分多啲。基金蝕本,大家都無花紅。This is our cost structure! 你呢?
(9) 以上所有嘢都係支出,最後當然是收錢啦 - Revenue Stream 收益流。
你點收錢呢? 每件收? 每月收? 每次使用收?月費、年費? 版權費、 顧問費 、廣告費、利息、佣金? 係預繳、現金交收、或做完先收數? 會唔會有難尾? 送貨如送米,收數如乞米? 收入係唔係個個月都要有? 重複性購買? 或餐搵餐食餐餐清? 你係做緊農夫定獵人?
我自己嘅商舖基金會收首次認購費, 每個月會收管理費, 同埋間舖賣咗出街之後賺錢,會收表現分紅 performance fee. 賺就收,唔賺就唔收。 之前嗰兩項叫做「維皮」, 表現分紅先至係我哋嘅肥豬肉。你呢? 錢從邊道嚟,點嚟呢?
記住做以上12345678一啲都唔難, 免費嘅話,十萬個人搵你做。 最難嘅係第九,收錢。 但其實收錢都唔難。 你可以支出100蚊,收得廿蚊。蝕80蚊,咁你要繼續的話可能要不斷地「籌錢」, 吹水吹到以後個餅好大, 希望有投資者畀你錢繼續燒。咁下期你可能支出200蚊,收入80蚊, 感覺收入大升,但其實可能仲蝕多咗。 今時今日,好多初創企業就係咁。 收入係多咗,但蝕得更多。
無話對與錯,大有大做細有細做,做生意你可以專注「籌錢」,亦都可以專注「賺錢」。我選擇「先賺錢、再籌錢」,因為賺到嘅錢係自己嘅,籌錢嘅錢係欠人嘅, 感覺真係好唔同! 我自己做商舖基金,就係exactly 「先賺錢、再籌錢」, 如果憑我自己能力都未能夠賺錢,我邊有資格去籌錢,幫客人搵更多錢呢?
記住,最好嘅生意應該係收入多過支出, 而且多過好多,持續地多, 咁你就本事! I like this business.
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(3) Customer Segment 目標客群
(4) Channels 通路
(5) Customer Relationships 客戶關係
(6) Key Partners 關鍵合作夥伴
(7) Key Resources 關鍵資源
(8) Cost Structure 成本結構
(9) Revenue Stream 收益流
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Prey พากย์ไทย แปลไทย เนื้อเรื่อง
Prey is a first-person shooter video game developed by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game was released worldwide on 5 May 2017, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
In Prey, the player controls Morgan Yu while exploring the space station Talos I, in orbit around Earth–Moon L2, where they had been researching a hostile alien species called the Typhon. As the Typhon escape confinement, the player uses a variety of weapons and abilities derived from the Typhon to avoid being killed by the aliens while looking to escape the station. The player gains access to areas of the station by acquiring key items and abilities, eventually allowing the player to fully explore the station in an open world setting.
Arkane's Prey is largely unrelated to the 2006 game Prey developed by Human Head Studios, and is considered a reimagining of the intellectual property set in a wholly new narrative. While Prey 2, a sequel to the 2006 game, had been planned by Human Head, it fell into development hell following transfer of the intellectual property from 3D Realms to Bethesda Softworks, and was eventually cancelled in 2014. Arkane's game does not use any of the planned sequel's assets, and only incorporates the previous game's name and the broad theme of the protagonist being hunted by aliens. Arkane built Prey as a spiritual sequel to System Shock, providing the player with several potential means of progressing within the game.
Prey is a survival horror first-person shooter with role-playing and stealth elements set in an open world environment. The player takes the role of Morgan Yu, a human aboard a space station with numerous species of hostile aliens known collectively as the Typhon. The player is able to select certain attributes of Morgan, including gender, and decisions made by the player that affects elements of the game's story. To survive, the player must collect and use weapons and resources aboard the station to fend off and defeat the Typhon. According to creative director Raphaël Colantonio, the station is completely continuous rather than having separate levels or missions, at times requiring the player to return to areas they previously explored. The player is also able to venture outside of the station in space and find shortcuts connecting parts of the station. Colantonio also stated that the aliens have an array of different powers that the player character can gain over time; one such alien has the ability to shape shift into everyday items, such as a chair.
The game has multiple endings, according to lead designer Ricardo Bare; the endings fall into three major narrative structures depending on how the player broadly interacted with the station and surviving humans, but Bare said there are "tons of little permutations" based on specific events.