Problem: Article: If washing and soaking the container don't work to absorb the odor, you can place absorbing agents inside the plastic container that will absorb bad smells. Salt is one such substance that can be used to absorb odors. Add a large pinch of salt to the inside of the container and leave it in a clump in the middle. Then cover it with the lid and leave it overnight. Just make sure to wipe out the salt before you use the container. Newspaper can also absorb bad odors left inside plastic containers. Take several sheets of newspaper, then tear and crumple them and place them inside the container with the lid on. The paper should soak up the bad odors if you leave it there for 24-48 hours. Wash the container after taking out the newspaper, since the newspaper may be dirty. Coffee grounds are great at absorbing odors. After making the morning coffee, place the used coffee grounds in the plastic container. Used coffee grounds work better than fresh ones. Put the lid on and let the grounds sit in the container for about a day until the odor is gone. Place the open plastic container outside on a sunny day. The sun has great odor-fighting abilities, and leaving the container open will allow the container to air out. If you aren't able to put the container directly outside, you can also just put it on a sunny windowsill. Vanilla extract has a powerful, pleasant smell that can mask the bad odor of your plastic container. To use vanilla extract, put a few tablespoons of water in the container along with a few drops of extract, then shut the container. You can also pour the vanilla on a cloth, put the cloth in the container and close the lid, leaving the vanilla to permeate the container for several hours.
Summary: Absorb the odor using salt. Place crumpled newspaper in the container. Use coffee grounds. Put the container in the sun. Use vanilla extract.

Problem: Article: Physical abuse can take many forms and some of them may not be immediately obvious. You are being physically abused if you: have bruises, cuts, welts, and other types of unexplained injuries have injuries on your body that look like a hand print or another object, such as a belt wear inappropriate clothing to cover up injuries, such as a sweatshirt on a hot day live in constant fearfulness or feel like you have to be on alert at all times flinch when you are touched miss school or work often due to injuries Emotional abuse can show up in a number of different ways. Pay attention to the way that you are treated. You may be being emotionally abused if you: feel anxious or fearful about doing something wrong because you are afraid of how someone will react if they are disappointed feel like you want to withdraw because someone has made you feel worthless display extreme behaviors, such as being either extremely demanding or extremely passive are not attached to your parent or parents (in children) feel like you have to act older or younger than you should, such as by caring for your siblings or sucking your thumb (in children) Sexual abuse also has some distinct signs that you can look for. This form of abuse is most common in children. You may be suffering from sexual abuse if you: have ever been asked or forced to do something sexually that you were not comfortable doing or did not want to do avoid a specific person because of the way he or she interacts with you have a hard time sitting or walking due to abuse have knowledge of sexual acts that you should not do not want to get undressed in front of people have an STD or have gotten pregnant at a young age are planning to run away from home Sometimes it can be difficult to recognize abuse within a relationship. However, there are some clear signs that you may be involved in an abusive relationship. You may be in an abusive relationship if you: feel like you have to go along with everything your partner says always have to check in with your partner are eager to your partner are worried about making your partner jealous or upsetting him or her often get harassing calls from your partner
Summary: Watch for signs of physical abuse. Recognize signs of emotional abuse. Look for signs of sexual abuse. Determine if you are in an abusive relationship.

Problem: Article: It's good to know how to do things in the typical ways, especially so then you can subvert that thinking. By doing things in a way other people don't expect you'll demonstrate that you can think on your feet. That is one way people seem to judge cleverness. For example: if your professor gives you an essay assignment, ask them if you could do a creative option. Demonstrate how your option fulfills the requirements while going above and beyond. (If you're taking a class on short stories, ask if you could try your hand at writing a short story of your own using what you've learned in class, and write a follow-up piece examining your own work.) This is also about doing the unexpected. If you always go by the rules or do things exactly as you learned them it doesn't mean you're not smart, it simply means that people aren't going to see you as clever. So, don't rely on your particular intelligence and typical ways of doing things. This step ties into not always going by the book, because a lot times you'll need to think outside the box to do that. To be clever you will need to come up with creative solutions to problems. Re-conceptualize the problem. One thing that people who use creative solutions do effectively, is to re-imagine a problem. To practice this skill, take an obvious choice (like writing a plain old essay) and re-imagine how else you might approach the essay so that you still get the same information across, but in a different, more engaging way (telling a story orally, creating a collage or painting). Daydream. It turns out that daydreaming is actually incredibly beneficial to boosting creative problem-solving. The process of daydreaming helps you to form connections and recall information. This is why a lot of your best ideas may come out during the shower or right before you go to bed. If you're having difficulty with something, take a little time out to daydream. Chances are, by relaxing and letting your brain roam free, you'll come up with something creative that works. Brainstorming is another great way to foster creativity, especially in a group. Present the problem and have people give whatever ideas come into their head without passing judgement on these ideas. Have people add to the ideas as they come. You can do this on your own too, as long as you make sure to keep judgment out of the process. Fear is one of the biggest obstacles to creative thinking, which is one big aspect of cleverness. The more creative and workable your solutions and ideas, the more people will believe in your abilities. Ask yourself things like: what happens if you lose your job? what if you lose your best customer? what if you fail your class? what if the publisher doesn't buy your book? The answer to any of these questions can either free you up from fear, or it can show where you need to work on your solutions, which in turn will open up opportunities and further ideas. When you're coming up with ideas and potential solutions, don't open them up for criticism until they're more formed. Criticism and the fear of criticism can be a big creativity killer, which can kill your cleverness, too. When you're out of the brainstorming stage and better able to evaluate the ideas, that's when you get feedback and take criticism. Having problems and opportunities that are ill-defined and super vague can make it incredibly difficult to come up with punchy or creative solutions and ideas. Even if issues and things you need to deal with come to you without parameters, set some for yourself. Setting "imaginary" or "pretend" parameters can foster your ideas. For example, if you're working on a project for work pretend that you're out of money, how do you accomplish your task without it? Pretend you can't follow the rules, written or unwritten, how would you do things different? Pretend there's a fast time limit on coming up with your solution (say a 5 minute time limit)? What can you come up with in that short period of time? For example, Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham because of a challenge from his editor to come up with a full book in under 50 different words. That restriction helped him come up with one of the best known Dr. Seuss books.
Summary:
Don't always go by the book. Think outside the box. Consider the worst that could happen. Set parameters.