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Organizing in August
The Closet:
Start with a clean slate. Pull out everything (yes, everything) that's currently in your closet.
Pull out Clothes you love and wear at least once a month AND clothes you love and wear at least twice a year (special occasion wardrobe). Your wardrobe should always make you feel good about yourself. If you don’t love it or wear it often, it doesn’t belong. This is your keep pile
Grab a large plastic garbage bag and dump everything (yes, everything) not in keep pile into it. Bring it to your local charity organization first thing in the morning or dump it now.
I've condensed this for the sake of space, but you can read it all here: http://www.getorganizednow.com/organizing-article-happy-clothes-closet.html?nl
It will explain about other categories such as clothes you haven't worn because they need repair. Lots of more info here
Kaiser Permanente is warning the curious about watching the eclipse with the naked eye. Dr. Lee Schelonka, a Kaiser Permanente Ophthalmologist, didn't mince words when he said it's "dangerous." "I know what staring at an eclipse without proper protection can do to the human eye," he wrote on the health care provider's website. "If you're in the path of totality, it is safe to look at the total eclipse with your bare eyes - although I don't recommend it. Even in the path of totality, there is only a two-minute period when you can safely look directly at the eclipse, and the path of totality for the total eclipse is only 80 miles wide. That's a small window for safe viewing. "It's not safe to look at the partial solar eclipse with just your bare eyes," he continued. "And no, stacking three sunglasses on top of each other won't be enough protection either. You need specially made eclipse glasses designed and tested to have enough safe filtering of the sun's light in order for you to look at the eclipse." You can look indirectly with a pinhole projector that you can make yourself. NASA has a number of designs on its website, including one made with a cereal box. Or grab a kitchen colander - that casts images of the eclipsed sun onto a screen at least 3 feet away. What can happen when you look directly at the sun? You're essentially cooking your retina, the delicate, light-sensitive tissue deep inside the eyeball. Solar radiation can kill those cells. Hours can pass before you realize the extent of the damage. Seconds are enough for retinal sunburn. And unlike with the skin, you can't feel it. The damage can be temporary or permanent. If you can't witness the total solar eclipse in person, you can still see it online or via TV. Here are some of the viewing options: (All times EDT) • NASA will offer hours of coverage online and on NASA Television beginning at noon. It plans livestreaming of the eclipse beginning at 1 p.m. with images from satellites, research aircraft, high-altitude balloons and specially modified telescopes. • CNN coverage will include reporting from Oregon, Missouri, Tennessee and South Carolina. In partnership with Volvo, CNN also plans two hours of livestreaming, 360-degree coverage accessible in virtual reality through Oculus headsets beginning at 1 p.m. • The PBS science series NOVA is planning a quick turnaround with an hourlong eclipse documentary at 9 p.m. • The Science Channel will broadcast its live coverage from Madras, Oregon, from noon to 4 p.m., with commentary from educators and astronomers from the Lowell Observatory. • David Muir will anchor ABC's two hours of live coverage, with correspondents reporting from viewing parties across the country. NBC also plans live coverage, with Lester Holt hosting special reports at 1 and 2 p.m. featuring correspondents reporting from Oregon, Illinois, Wyoming and South Carolina. Shepard Smith will break into typical broadcasting on Fox News Channel from noon to 4 p.m. to update viewers on the eclipse. • The Weather Channel is kicking off its live coverage at 6 a.m. and continuing throughout the day with dispatches from seven locations.
From Wallace:
Safety Tip for the Day:
How to View the 2017 Solar Eclipse Safely
- Looking directly at the sun is unsafe except during the brief total phase of a solar eclipse (“totality”), when the moon entirely blocks the sun’s bright face, which will happen only within the narrow path of totality (https://go.nasa.gov/2pC0lhe).
- The only safe way to look directly at the uneclipsed or partially eclipsed sun is through special-purpose solar filters, such as “eclipse glasses”) or hand-held solar viewers. Homemade filters or ordinary sunglasses, even very dark ones, are not safe for looking at the sun; they transmit thousands of times too much sunlight. Refer to the American Astronomical Society (AAS) Reputable Vendors of Solar Filters & Viewers page for a list of manufacturers and authorized dealers of eclipse glasses and handheld solar viewers verified to be compliant with the ISO 12312-2 international safety standard for such products.
- Always inspect your solar filter before use; if scratched or damaged, discard it. Read and follow any instructions printed on or packaged with the filter.
- Always supervise children using solar filters.
- Stand still and cover your eyes with your eclipse glasses or solar viewer before looking up at the bright sun. After looking at the sun, turn away and remove your filter — do not remove it while looking at the sun.
- Do not look at the uneclipsed or partially eclipsed sun through an unfiltered camera, telescope, binoculars, or other optical device.
- Similarly, do not look at the sun through a camera, a telescope, binoculars, or any other optical device while using your eclipse glasses or hand-held solar viewer — the concentrated solar rays will damage the filter and enter your eye(s), causing serious injury.
- Seek expert advice from an astronomer before using a solar filter with a camera, a telescope, binoculars, or any other optical device. Note that solar filters must be attached to the front of any telescope, binoculars, camera lens, or other optics.
- If you are within the path of totality (https://go.nasa.gov/2pC0lhe), remove your solar filter only when the moon completely covers the sun’s bright face and it suddenly gets quite dark. Experience totality, then, as soon as the bright sun begins to reappear, replace your solar viewer to look at the remaining partial phases.
- Outside the path of totality, you must always use a safe solar filter to view the sun directly.
- If you normally wear eyeglasses, keep them on. Put your eclipse glasses on over them, or hold your handheld viewer in front of them.
Note:
If your eclipse glasses or viewers are compliant with the ISO 12312-2
safety standard, you may look at the uneclipsed or partially eclipsed
Sun
through them for as long as you wish. Furthermore, if the filters
aren’t scratched, punctured, or torn, you may reuse them indefinitely.
Some glasses/viewers are printed with warnings stating that you
shouldn’t look through them for more than 3 minutes at
a time and that you should discard them if they are more than 3 years
old. Such warnings are outdated and do not apply to eclipse viewers
compliant with the ISO 12312-2 standard adopted in 2015. To make sure
you get (or got) your eclipse glasses/viewers from
a supplier of ISO-compliant products, see the American Astronomical
Society
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