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Examine all the parts, and learn their name and function. If you are in a class, the instructor should review this with the class. If you are learning how to use a compound microscope on your own, you may have a diagram that came with your microscope which provides this information. Place your microscope on a clean, level surface near an electrical outlet. Always carry your microscope with two hands. Hold the arm with one hand, support the base with your other hand. This will require plugging it into an appropriate outlet. The switch is usually located on the microscope's base. The electricity illuminates the components in a compound microscope. Make sure your power source is appropriate for your microscope. Commonly, compound microscopes require a 120-V power source. The head holds the optical elements, which include the eyepiece and eyepiece tube, the nose piece, and the objective lenses. It is also known as the body of the microscope. The arm connects the head to the base. There are no lenses on the microscope's arm. The eyepiece, or ocular, is what you look through to see the object beneath the microscope. The eyepiece tube holds the eyepieces in place. The nosepiece holds the objective lenses. The objective lenses are the main lenses of the compound microscope. There can be 3, 4 or 5 lenses on a compound microscope, depending on its level of complexity. The arm provides support for the microscope's head. The base holds up the microscope and provides the stage to place samples onto. The base also contains the focusing knobs (both fine and coarse). The focusing knobs may be either separate or coaxial (meaning the coarse focusing knob is on the same axis as the fine focusing knob.) The stage is where you place the slide holding the specimen. You can use a mechanical stage when working with higher magnifications. Make sure to use stage clips should when you adjust stages manually. The compound microscope provides its own light sources for optimal viewing. These light sources are in the base of the microscope. Light enters the stage through the aperture, which allows the light to reach the slide. The illuminator provides light for the microscope. Typically, the illuminator uses low-wattage halogen bulbs. Lighting is continuous and variable. A condenser collects and focuses the light from the illuminator. It's located beneath the stage, often together with the iris diaphragm. The condenser focus knob moves the condenser up and down to adjust the light. The iris diaphragm is located below the stage. Working together with the condenser, the iris diaphragm controls the focus and quantity of light provided to the specimen.

summary: Familiarize yourself with the microscope. Turn the microscope on. Inspect the head and arm. Examine the base. Learn about light sources.

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It's a good idea to find one with something that says "Baby's First Christmas" as well as the year on it. Make sure to write the year you gave the ornament to you child somewhere on the ornament! That way, they can put it on their own Christmas tree! If you wrote the years on the ornaments, they can even look at them all and say "Wow, I got this when I was three years old!"

summary: On your baby's first Christmas, go and buy an ornament for them. On Christmas day, give it to your baby from either yourself or Santa Claus. Every year, buy another Christmas ornament and give it to your child from Santa Claus. Once your child moves out of the house, give them their collection of Christmas ornaments.

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Avoid throwing any documents that have things like account statements, legal documents, or credit card and social security numbers. Instead, get a paper shredder to destroy the documents so other people can't steal the information. Once the papers are shredded completely, you can throw the scraps away as usual. If you have important documents that you can't get rid of, such as birth certificates, social security cards, or living wills, store them in a fireproof safe to protect them from any damage. Paper trays have multiple tiers so you can separate different types of documents. Pick a vertical paper tray if you don't have a lot of space, or a horizontal tray if you have some room to spare. Put the organizer near the edge of your desk so you can reach it easily throughout the day and grab what you need. Label each of the tiers so you know where certain documents should go. You can buy paper trays from office supply stores. Paper trays also work great for holding folders or notebooks. Designate a section of your desk to stay clean so you have room to spread out if you need to. Wall pockets are plastic trays that have multiple compartments to file documents and folders. Put a wall pocket near your desk so you can remove papers from your desk and reduce clutter. Make sure the different compartments are labeled so you don't get confused later on. Wall pockets can also be hung on the back of your door. Find a place on your wall that has enough space for a bulletin board and put one up. Organize the bulletin board into sections where you can pin items, such as documents, receipts, sticky notes, and memos. Keep the most important documents visible and stack older ones underneath. Many cubicles already have walls that you can put thumbtacks in. Use differently colored thumbtacks for each type of document you hang. For example, you may hang memos with blue pins and receipts with red ones. You can also pin personal photos if you don't have space for them on your desk. Get file folders in various colors and sort your documents so similar ones all share a single color. For example, you may put different types of expenses in red folders and income forms in green folders. Label the tabs on the folders with what type of document is inside. Once you have your documents organized, put them in a filing cabinet in a paper tray so you can find them easily. You can also attach colored labels to the tabs of file folders if you don't want to buy multiple colors. If you want to cut back on the amount of paper you're using, try writing any of your notes or schedules on your computer. Create folders on your computer and sort your documents into them, or use an online program to organize your files. Once a file is outdated, delete it so it doesn't clutter up your computer. Backup any important documents on a cloud storage site or external hard drive so you don't lose them if your computer ever crashes. If you have a scanner, you can upload physical documents onto your computer so you can get rid of the paper documents.
summary: Shred any documents you don't need that have personal information. Sort papers into a paper tray if you need to keep them on your desk. Hang a wall pocket if you want to keep papers off your desk. Hang a bulletin board so you can easily glance at papers and memos. Color-code folders so they're easy to recognize. Try storing memos and schedules digitally to avoid using paper.