Your Questions About Recycling

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Compared with other Soviet-dominated countries in Europe, East Germany had a high standard of living. Compared with free, western European countries, East Germany had a poor standard of living. And, of course, East Germans had none of the individual freedoms and human rights that were common throughout the West. The combination of economic and political disadvantages is why so many East Germans kept on trying to escape to the West.

However, to put the best possible light on East Germany in this period, here are some factors in which it might have seemed – at least to some people — superior to the West. East Germany prioritized elements in daily life such as education, healthcare, housing, and employment. Education was thorough: but heavily tilted toward technology; and also closely supervised by political officers in an effort to spread propaganda, effectively a program to brainwash students into believing in the superiority of the communist system. Healthcare was universally available and ‘free’: but the same was true for most western European countries; and East German medical practices and facilities were less advanced than those in the West. Housing was provided to everyone: there were no homeless people; however, the quality of housing was markedly inferior to western norms. There was no unemployment in East Germany: everyone of working age had a job; but many jobs were sinecures, not truly required for the functioning of the economy, provided merely to maintain statistical full employment; liberty to change jobs was limited; and high performers were not adequately compensated.

Sports of all kinds were heavily promoted by the East German state, as a means of gaining prestige in international competitions. East German athletes won a hugely disproportionate number of medals at Olympic games, well ahead of the much larger West Germany. There were, however, very strong suspicions of systematic doping by East German athletes, particularly using anabolic steroids to enhance performance. The doping was carried out, secretly but fully authorized by the government, under State Plan 14.25.

East Germany was one of the first countries to introduce a nation-wide recycling program, SERO. However, this was not due to environmental concerns; it was to conserve scarce resources. In fact, environmental pollution by East German industry was, by western standards, very dire.

The cost of many goods in East Germany, as a percentage of average monthly income, was very high indeed. Here are some examples (but from 1989, not 1984): –
Color TV: West Germany:38% / East Germany:588%
Washing machine: 48% / 365%
Car(VW Polo/Trabant): 1143% / 11765%
Beef,1 kg: 0,7% / 1%
Jeans: 3% / 15%
Women’s shoes: 4% / 14%

The people were not free to choose their government. In elections the ballot paper given to voters contained only one candidate: the person chosen by the Communist party. To vote “yes”, the voter simply took the ballot paper, made no changes, and dropped it into the voting box. To vote against the chosen Communist candidate, the voter had to cross out the candidate’s name, then take the ballot paper to a separate, public voter box. To vote “no” in this fashion was considered an act of defiance. At the least, any person voting “no” would be put under close surveillance by the Stasi (Secret police): one could also expect to be demoted at work, or expelled from college.

East Germany did allow around 1,000 people per month to emigrate legally (as opposed to attempting to escape, at risk of death). Most legal emigrants were retired or sick people, judged to be of no further productive use to the East German economy. However, it could also be dangerous to apply for an emigration permit. For example, in early 1984, Pastor Wolf Quassdorf was jailed for attempting to emigrate; and numerous people were arrested for putting a sign with the letter “A” (for ”ausreisen”) in their windows.

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I struggle with this same problem!!! Here are some possibilities:

1. Baby-sit!
2. Idk if there are these in Texas, but where I live, a teen can get a job waving those signs on the side of the road that are for new model homes and housing developments
3. Making stuff and selling it
4. Helping other moms with chores around their house
5. Ask your parents friends or adults you know if they have any small “jobs” you can do for them
6. Recycle and turn it in for money!

Hope this helps!!!! If I think of more I’ll try to post them!
Good Luck! 🙂

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In my opinion, I think you are asking your question in the wrong place. Due to current financial situations for everyone I think it might be best for you to go out and ask the community this question. What services you can do for them and what do they think you are worth.

Example: Send out a flier with your contact info on it explaining your idea or what you are trying to do. Ask them what kinds of jobs they need to have done around their homes or community and how much they think it would be worth for you to do it.

You might even goto the local churches or even the government center or agency.

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David hytmen claims he’s a critic, but after seeing him here on multiple occasions as well as the answers he gives, i’m very skeptical. The fact that this answer seems copy-pasted makes me even more apprehensive. PC piracy is rampent, but this goes for movies and music as well, and people without gaming pcs can do this, so i would think it’s even more rampant. People play on PC because it does offer better visuals, and many mods are perfectly legal: some developers even offer kits to the public.

Tangent aside, if you’re looking for budget parts, go for a radeon graphics card. You should be able to find an HD 7700 series for much less than 100 during a newegg sale. That’s usually the bottleneck for running games. Also, if you can buy two 4-gig sticks of ram so your computer runs in dual-channel mode: it’s slightly faster. Good luck.

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First off you say you want to serve in “this war”. I assume you mean Afghanistan. We are supposed to be leaving Afghanistan in 2014. That is 2-3 years from now depending on the month we actually pull out. You haven’t actually joined the military yet. Give 6 months to a year for your application, sitting in DEP and waiting for your ship date. Then basic. Then tech school. These can vary in lengths but I’m going to use SEAL’s as an example. 2 months for basic training, 2 months for BUD/s prep, 3 week intro to BUD/s, each of the three phases is 7 weeks. Then you are off to other training like static line jumps, sere etc. All in all it takes well over a year to become qualified. Then pre deployment training with your unit. That takes a couple of months. This doesn’t include any extra wait time for waivers or if you get recycled in a class. Now its been 2+ years. Now I’m not all knowing. I just want you to see that you could pick the most dangerous combat job there is and it would still be possible that you will never serve in “this” war. Obviously training times for different branches and different special forces differ but you get the idea. We are the US though and undoubtedly you will get to go somewhere sooner or later.

As far as advice goes, this decision is yours and yours alone. Would Army special forces satisfy you in the way that being a Navy SEAL would? Is having a good back up better than having the best 1st choice? If you want to be a SEAL then do it. Yes the odds aren’t in your favor but up to 10% of BUD/s classes graduate. Why couldn’t that be you if you have the determination?

Some things to think about are the fact that the Navy has jobs that aren’t always on ships like EOD and FMF corpsmen. Of course if there are Marines on ship (which there always are) then their corpsman can be with them. Even SEALs are regularly deployed on ships so that they can be close by if they are needed. Chances are if you are in the Navy you will be on a ship sooner or later no matter who you are.
The Army will guarantee you won’t be on a ship but it still won’t guarantee that you will get the job you want or even that you will deploy.

Sorry I don’t have an answer here but like I said it is your decision to make. Hope I gave you something worth thinking about. Good luck to you.

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To get this typed in glass verses plastic into the yahoo question search i hope it helps.
Q Is it true that the EU obliges us to change from glass to plastic bottles?

A No, it is not true. No one is obliging us to change from glass to plastic bottles. And certainly no such agreement was reached during negotiations.

Statements made to the effect that we will be obliged to change to plastic bottles and that consequently we will have a mountain of plastic to deal with, are not correct. In fact, they are also misleading.

First, a background to what exactly we are talking about.

One of the sources of waste comes from beverage bottles. We discard mineral water plastic bottles, beer cans and glass bottles from imported beer and wine.

On the other hand, with regards to soft drinks, for a number of years now, Malta has only allowed soft drinks to be bottled in re-useable glass bottles, metal containers or kegs.

This ban on plastic has the effect of limiting waste because we use less plastic bottles. Instead, we use glass bottles that can be re-used thanks to an efficient deposit-and-return system that encourages us to return glass bottles for re-use.

When we return our bottles, we get our deposit back. And it is estimated that this system also keeps some eighty million plastic bottles out of the waste stream. From an environmental point of view, therefore, this system works well. If anything, it needs to be extended to all types of drinks, not just soft drinks and to all types of bottles, not just glass.

However, the ban also has the effect of protecting our local soft drinks industry against competition because in practice it blocks imports of soft drinks.

As a result, it also has the effect of limiting consumer choice. Maltese consumers are limited to soft drinks that are made in Malta. At a price. Statistics show that Malta is one of the most expensive places for soft drinks. The price of the category of drinks that comprises soft drinks is thirty percent (30%) higher in Malta than it is in the EU. Prices in Malta are even higher when compared to wealthier countries such as Luxembourg, Austria, Italy, Spain and France. And, of course, higher than all candidate countries. Soft drinks are only more expensive in Scandinavian countries.

Of course, competition is likely to push prices down.

This is where the EU comes in. If you are part of the EU, or if you are part of a free trade arrangement with the EU for that matter, then you must allow free trade. There can be no restrictions to free trade. This applies both in the context of membership and even in the context of a free trade arrangement with the EU. You either have free trade or you do not. In free trade you cannot keep out competition by banning plastic bottles.

Which is fine if we want free trade with the EU. But free trade can here conflict with environmental protection if all types of bottles are freely allowed to be sold without any consideration for what happens to their packaging.

Unless something is done to prevent the potential damaging impact. And something can indeed be done. For instance, under EU law you cannot just dump plastic bottles into the waste stream. Plastic should be recovered, separated from other waste and recycled. On this point, Malta negotiated a transitional period until the end of 2009 to reach a minimum 15% recycling target for plastic.

Specifically on the use of plastic bottles, during negotiations Malta first requested to maintain its beverage container packaging regime and therefore effectively retain its ban on imported soft drinks. This request was not accepted because the EU argued that Malta could still address waste problems using other means. It was possible to ensure that lifting the ban would not lead to an increase in waste.

It was therefore agreed that Malta would keep the ban on plastic bottles until the end of 2007. This would give the Maltese authorities enough time to adapt the beverage container packaging regime and it would give local industry enough time to adjust to competition.

There are different models that can be used for a system that prevents bottles from ending in the waste stream. The deposit-and-return system that we use today is one such system which can be safely retained.

But consistency dictates that any new system should be all-inclusive and not just limited to locally-produced soft drinks. It should cover all types of bottles, not just glass.

Along with a mandatory deposit-and-return system, fiscal measures may be introduced to favour one type of packaging over another on the basis of its impact on the environment. In our case, this would mean that any eco-tax would be higher on plastic bottles than on glass bottles. This could encourage consumers to buy glass bottles and pay less tax. As a result, it would also lead to less plastic bottles being used.

The next step is for this new regime to be designed. Clearly there will need to be consultation with stakeholders. And serious political will is required to give the environment the priority it deserves, especially if local industry decides to switch from glass to plastic.

But the experience of other countries shows that, provided that they are implemented effectively, these systems can work. And you can have free trade in drinks without a mountain of plastic bottles.

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The fact that you are going to take back a man that has disrespected you so much and hurt you in the past because of hard economic times speaks volumes about your personality. Take yourself out of the equation and put instead a daughter you love dearly, what would you advise her? , what would you tell her about the man that she is thinking of bringing back? . I’m sure you will tell her that it’ll be DejaVu all over again with him. The lies, the deceptions and the headaches will be with her forever, right? You need to reinvent yourself again, and this time be good at it, don’t recycle what you already discarded. Even though you’re going thru a rough period, you will get over it, but please don’t start with old baggage. Let the past where it belongs and don’t make things worse than what they are. You have made bad choices when it comes to picking a mate, do not repeat the same mistakes again. Meet new people, look for different career options, be more social, read books that will help you become a better person. Hopefully you’ll find the right path in your life, you have the brains and the motivation. Some people say “I am one step away from becoming someone better”, instead of saying, “today I will make step number one on changing how I live my life” Similar idea but with a ddifferent approach. Best of luck.