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Joseph asks…
Do you think the USA can free itself [any time soon] from dependence on oil and fossil fuels?
I have several questions, I guess. I recently received an email forwarded to me that spouted off about all the oil we could get squeezed out of the USA ground, if we would just dig up our wild lands. It so outrages me that people still want to tear up our land to harvest a NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE! Why can’t we just get off the bandwagon, and modernize? And think of the jobs it would create while we help our own situation.
Let’s GET REAL, people, and face the facts. Why would anyone advocate the desecration of the wild natural beauty of USA country, existing still pristene for our enjooyment, in favor of sucking a NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE out of it? Can you see the futility of such a cause?
Whether it be oil, or gas, or coal – to obtain any at all is another scar upon our land! And, once our future generations HAVE harvested all to be had, then what? Because when it’s gone, it’s gone. Do we again wait till the last minute to solve a problem, after it becomes a crisis? Again, futility.
Wouldn’t it be much more realistic to put all this “campaigning” effort into emails backing the generation of RENEWABLE energy? This century could see the beginning of use of our great technology to create multi-avenues of a variety of energy sources — intelligent sources — with availability of such energy well into the future, for our children? Why should we again wait until the last minute to develop a solution to what is a known future problem?
And, the bonus: at the same time, for one source, we find a method of destroying our garbage by recycling a large amount of it back into a useable energy — just one of the benefits. Then we don’t need to bury it in the ground, or dump it in our oceans.
Try Googling for yourself into websites for these realistic renewable energy proponents, and remember this: if there was NO OIL, we would not need to go to war, one after another. Why? Because we would not need to FIGHT for something that should, in the end, be a useless commodity, not an exhausted one.
Oil is dirty, even for engines – and besides that, it is 100-year-old technology we should be far ahead of, by now. Given the capabilities of our society, any fossil fuels are antique! Yet we still use them. Wow! – boggles the mind. Can you respond or elaborate (please be courteous)? I want to hear what people have to say on this.
The Expert answers:
Yes. If most American homes had solar electric, solar hot water and residential wind turbines it would put a big dent in use. Most systems are connected to the grid, local power companies buy your excess power during the day, and supply you at night and in bad weather. Voltage goes up as temperature goes down with Solar PV, so cold is good as long as you have a sunny day. My Prius get’s great gas mileage, saves a lot of gas and money. Ford has the same system Chevy is making the volt electric hybrid. Replacing incandescent bulbs with CFL makes a huge difference in usage. Better insulation can really cut your home heating costs as does new tech air conditioners. Warehouses and commercial buildings that install lights that go on and off as people pass by save a lot. Hydo power saves. Hydrogen Cells are in development. Windmills are great, Condensed Solar Plants that are long trows that concentrate the sun and heat oil that heats steam and runs conventional commercial generators are proven technology. Oil has a hold on the USA government and their lobby staff and PR departments spend a lot of time trying to make sure alternatives get little attention. Then we have walking, Bicycle paths, better public transportation. Sure we could make a huge dent in oil use. Renewable Energy Technology and implementation could be a huge boom for USA business and economy too. Who doesn’t want it? OIL. Oil rules the USA. We need to change that.
Carol asks…
i think i has aspergers syndrome but im not sure?
I have a inactive social life. I’m 16 and only have a social group in school I can understand jokes. However I noticed I don’t look at people when I talk to them, at all. I stand oddly, one foot tucked behind the other at a right angle. I single mindedly approach tasks, which is a problem. If I get told to empty the dishwasher I don’t think to load it. If I get told to empty the bin It doesn’t cross my mind to empty the recycling bags. I excel in maths and science but generally do well in school. As a child i was really interested in ancient Egyptians- I could reel of endless facts right now. Now I really enjoy Maths and physics- loads. I look forwards to the lessons and am fascinate by them. I watched a film called Adam and googles asperger’s, I seem to tick most of the boxes on symptoms. Also as a child I was kind of a social recluse, and still am I guess, although it’s been brought to my attention and I feel ashamed. I did an online test and got the score that said asperger’s. However I wouldn’t like to go to the doctors, what if I’m wrong? I’ll feel stupid. I don’t know where to put my arms when i walk- and sometimes i do this rub-palm-of-one-hand-with-thumb-of-other thingy that i didnt notice until recently. My mum got angry at me recently because she said im always asking ‘why’. why do i have to put this cream on for eczema and not this one. why do i have to wear a coat it seems warm in here and the windows are open, and many more questions. i didnt even realise she was frustrated until the outburst.
Maybe im a hypochondriac or something, i daren’t tell anyone incase i dont have it, then ill feel bad. but if i did it would explain so many things then i wouldnt have to be ashamed about not having a social life, sometimes forgetting to do jobs and the way i stand, not look at people, or sometimes not know wy theyre angry. God, it sounds worse when i type it- but still. Also i remember some things vividly but forget others in a matter of hours. i couldnt tell you what i did first thing yesterday but i sometimes remember odd things vividly- like where i sat on a tram once. Im intimidated by the idea of seeing a GP on my own but im not going o tell any family members either, and as i said i only have friends in school.
The Expert answers:
You say you take the tests and test positive, but there are some things that you are not talking about here that are aspergers.
Although you are quiet and have two things that are quirkly standing or the thumb palm thing, that isn’t sick in and ot itself.
As far as memory glitches sometimes that is very common at your age due to hormones, and you will probably have a resurgence of that in latter life if you don’t get your hormones tested and treated now. Remember that.
I am thinking you are over thinking all this and if you need to find a school psychologist to test you, then do that, so you will stop worrying.
From what you have said here, the way you communicate, and the rest, youdon’t sound like you have it at all.
If you ask a lot of questions, and learn from the answers, than there is nothign wrong wit hthat either, it is intelligent. That your parents may get frustrated with that is common also, and you should learn to research out yoru own answers as much as possible. Compare products, ingrediants,etc.
I thnk you are so concerned that you will not be happy until someone trained tests you and finds you are just fine, and probably exceptional.
Best wishes for you and yours
Sandy asks…
i feel bad working @starbucks because i think theyre lying about their fair trade policies, their environmenta?
environmental policies, and their worker treatment policies. they made me go to a workshop called “Starbucks experience” yesterday…i had to drive for 45 minutes there, spend $12 on parking fees…okay well lemme put it this way, i spent more getting there than what i made in the measly couple hours.
the class teacher said something of the like, “don’t feel bad about starbucks exploiting latin american workers…we use fair trade…well we don’t pay them much but we pay them more than other companies do” …I couldn’t believe that all the other workers there were lapping that one up…
some dingbat sitting next to me told everyone that she wanted to work at Starbucks because they are good to the environment…uhm maybe theyre better than some companies, but when i work there, the only thing the baristas are recycling is milk cartons…nothing else. pretty much. I’m the only one who puts my plastic cups in the recycling bin…in fact I was chastised once by a shift supervisor for doing it…she told me, “come on you don’t have to do that…i need you on the bar”
and worker’s treatment? better than most , but when you talk the talk, walk the walk. I make 8 dollars an hour and live in an area where the bottom line 1 bedroom apartment in a so so area is at least 1300 a month. they give me around 20 hours when I asked for full time, and give me irregular, ever changing hours so it is near impossible for me to find a second job. free drinks doesnt pay my bills, ok
i’m wondering how people can truly believe such lies like what the class teacher was saying, how “we pay them fair trade” …uhm she’s insinuating that starbucks pays every farmer fair trade wen in reality, isn’t it more like 5-10% of all their purchased coffee?
is it true that if howard schultz split up all his 1.1 billion net worth among all the workers, every barista would be a millionaire??
lee you are brainwashed. if i were to split ur veins, u would bleed coffee. wheres ur proof of how many starbucks workers there are world wide, including the farmers who work for $3 a day to provide $4 lattes?
The Expert answers:
They are insidious and evil, I wouldn’t buy their product if you paid me. Do a seach on their reputation and count the lawsuits….
Sharon asks…
Please Help! I can’t afford my textbooks for college?!?!?
I can’t get a job either, I’ve been searching for over a year and a half,but no one will give me a job despite the fact that I’m a straight A student with excellent credentials. I’m 17 and I’m going to be starting my first year of college in two weeks! The school still hasn’t processed my financial aid either, and I know I’m definitely supposed to get financial aid because our EFC was 0. My family has no money at all, and right now there is no food in our house. I’m starving, and I spend my days collecting cans to get money. This isn’t a joke, I know it sounds crazy,but its real, and I need help because I don’t think recycling cans at 5 cents each will give me the $800 I need for my textbooks?
Any helpful answers will be apperciated. Thank you.
The Expert answers:
You need to call financial aid to get that process going. I’m concerned that there may not be time to get all the aid stuff done before classes start, and if you don’t have it done by that time, will they let you attend class, or will you be dropped? So you need to contact them immediately, and find out what’s up.
Don’t buy textbooks yet. First, go to the first session of each class. Make sure you really need all the books listed for the class. Only after the first session do you purchase the books.
Try to get the books used. That’ll save you a lot of money. And for any book that will only be used for a short time, or infrequently, see if you can either 1) share it with another student so you split the cost or 2) if they have it on reserve at the uni library (and if not, ask the prof if it can be placed on reserve).
You can buy books online, from other students, and even from the college book store.
Nancy asks…
Is the quran nothing more than mohammad practicing plagiarism?
Muslims proudly quote several passages in the Koran 30:48; 24:43, as scientifically accurate explanations of the hydrologic water cycle. My question is: given the fact the Bible had already fully documented the hydrologic water cycle 1600 before the Koran in Job 36:27-28, and 3 other passages (Eccl 11:3; Job 26:8; Eccl 1:6-7), doesn’t this proof Muhammad merely copied the scientific facts of the hydrologic water cycle directly from the Bible? (Clouds hold water: Eccl 11:3; Job 26:8; Rivers recycle water: Eccl 1:6-7; Evapouration: Amos 9:6)
Hey Banana – can you answer the question or not? I think not!
Samir – zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Jesus did not claim to be a prophet – he claimed to be GOD Himself. According to the quran this is blasphemy and contraditory to the teachings of mohammad. How can you accept Jesus and claim he was God’s prophet when he contradicted the quran by claiming to be God?
The Expert answers:
Don’t read Koran, It is for bad people. See what does they do with Human: http://www.faithfreedom.org/gallery.htm
Susan asks…
If you could choose how you would die…?
…from the following options, which would you choose?
1. You are a Vietnamese sweatshop laborer who spends 12 hours a day stuffing polyester into the lining of generic coffins that are sold to Americans at an outrageous profit, none of which helps you as you only make 20 cents an hour. One day, you are feeling more exhausted than usual so you decide to take a nap in one of the coffins. Due to the near weightlessness of you emaciated body, however, no one notices that the coffin is any heavier with you in it and they load it into a shipping container to be sent out. After 8 days at sea, praying for a speedy death, the cargo ship carrying you collides with an American cruise ship whose captain was too distracted by the hand job he was receiving from a hooker on cocaine to navigate his own boat. Your container falls off the ship and you are turned upside down, forced to stand on your head in the cramped coffin. As you feel an ice cold sensation on the top of your head, you realize the coffin is filling with water.
2. You work for a company that specializes in processing recycled materials. Your job is to operate a grinding machine that reduces recycled glass bottles into small granules to be melted down. One day, a vat holding alkaline hydrogen peroxide used to treat recycled paper springs a leak and starts pouring down into the glass pulverizer. You run to shut the machine off but slip on the spill, sliding underneath the railing and straight into the machine, sinking into the pit of alkali and glass shards. The machine undergoes emergency shut down after taking in your leg. You are submerged past your head in hydroxide and no one is going to find you. Thrashing about only digs the glass further into your skin.
3. You are put into a giant glass sphere and launched towards the sun. There is exactly 1 year worth of food, water, and air in the sphere and at the rate it is moving, it will be that long before it reaches the sun. You are in a helmet and straight jacket to prevent you from committing suicide, and each day the sphere draws closer to the sun and grows a little hotter. There is no waste management system in the sphere.
4. You are the son a French nobleman born out of incest in the year 1638. Due to the fact that your mother/aunt is your father/uncle’s sister, you are born with paranoid schizophrenia and suffer from horrible hallucinations. Believing this is God punishing them for their sin, they chain you up in a dungeon to hide their shame. One day, you break the chain and escape into the forest, becoming the scourge of the townspeople. As you grow older and your hallucinations grow worse, the cuff around you neck becomes tighter and tighter, slowly cutting off your circulation.
The Expert answers:
Jesus….ummm….i dunno…..but you should probably get a gig brainstorming gruesome deaths for horror movies.
Maria asks…
Does the FAA check your personal PLEASE HELP home Internet history?
I am a gay teen and my mother is against it. We live with her boyfriend, who works in the FAA Oklahoma. She tells me that they check home Internet connections and that if I have anything on my computer. It will show up, along with my history, and he will lose his job. Now to me this seems a little far fetched, even unconstitutional. Needless to say I am still frightened of the fact of him losing his job, not the fact of my history. He is an I.T. If this helps I also use “Eraser” to erase my Internet history recycle bin, an unused harddrive space once a week. Please help me!
The Expert answers:
Not only is being gay not a crime, but the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) does not have the jurisdiction to access anyone’s internet history. Only investigative branches (FBI, CIA, etc) would be able to get the green light to do that. And they certainly aren’t going to waste time and resources on looking at a gay teen’s internet history just because his mom wants them to.
Employers also don’t check the background of non-family members when deciding to hire or fire someone.
Sandra asks…
R-22 cost question? HVAC?
Hi HVAC/Service people,
How much does a can of R-22 cost?
How much will the recycled can of R-22 cost in 2010?
Both 30 lb.?
I’m trying to get a job, and need the facts to sell my skills 🙁
i think the cost of service calls are about to go up too then
The Expert answers:
I believe the R22 is running about $185 right now. Starting in 2010, manufacturers of HVAC equipment will no longer be allowed to manufacture Equipment using R22. The new refrigerant is R-410A which is currently available. The price of R22 will continue to rise as stocks deplete.
Robert asks…
why do we have to pay taxes?
Nobody likes to pay taxes.
And because of that many do not understand why paying taxes is important. Or maybe they don’t want to understand.
One way I explain it to people is to say that it is like paying your dues to an organization you belong to. Those who get more benefits out of being a member of that organization have to pay higher dues, hence, progressive taxation. Could rich people become rich in Mexico which has lower taxes than the United States? I suspect it’s a lot harder to become rich in Mexico than it is in America. I hear the rich people in Mexico don’t like to pay taxes either. Since they pay less taxes than their rich counterparts in the United States, the Mexican government cannot do too much for it’s poor people. So the poor Mexicans risk their lives to come north where they find it much easier to get a job in this wealthy land, a land that is still the wealthiest on the planet, I think.
But here is another way to explain taxes:
At work, I often do snow peas and crab rangoon by myself. I work at a Chinese restaurant. On those rare occasions when someone helps me do those two side jobs, I notice that the jobs get done a lot faster. The more people you have helping you do something, the faster it goes and the easier it is. The same holds true when I recycle at the local recycling plant. The work goes a lot faster and a lot easier when my dad helps me to do it even though he is 78 years old.
So the more people who pay taxes, the easier we can accomplish those things that need to be done, like Social Security, Medicare and defense, the less sacrifice each person has to contribute to the cause. The more people taxed, the less our individual taxes have to be, the less of a sacrifice. Shared sacrifice.
Shared sacrifice. That’s what it’s all about. That’s what taxes are all about. I understand there was a time in the history of England when they tried to take care of the poor, and do what needed to be done, without taxes or with low taxes. As an alternative to taxes, society encouraged people to give to charities. It was voluntary. One problem with that was that not everyone would volunteer. In fact, most people didn’t. I suppose a lot of people talk about doing good deeds, but when it comes to opening their pocketbooks, things get more dicey.
So the sacrifice was only shared by a small few. The result of this was a tremendous increase in crime even though there were harsh penalties for criminals. In fact, there is one story about pickpockets robbing a crowd of people that were watching a pickpocket get hung. Desperation has a way of making people do things that they think they would never do. Well, while they have some money they think they would never do those things and therefore judge those who do those things harshly.
So it doesn’t work to try to pay for everything the government needs to do by having bake sales.
Now, one solution to taxation that is often proposed is to cut spending. Many of those who propose that solution do not feel that they benefit from government spending. They do not feel like they are part of the underclass that does benefit from government spending, the underclass which they harshly judge as being lazy, uneducated, immoral and criminally oriented.
This was essentially the solution imposed by Governor Arnold Schwardzeneger of California. He cut spending and refused to raise taxes. And I think an odd thing happened after that. His popularity went way down. In fact, I think his disapproval rating grew higher than his approval rating. But how can this be? The underclass is the minority in California. Apparently the majority of Californians do get some benefit out of government spending. They didn’t realize it until after the governor’s cuts began to be implemented. I suspect his most unpopular cuts were cuts in Medicaid spending.
Back during the Clinton administration, political analyst David Gergen, a Republican, made a very salient point. Most government spending actually benefits the middle class, not the underclass, Gergen said. And, in America, the middle class are still the majority.
I have heard many Republicans argue that we can spend our money a lot better than the government can. Well, I don’t know if that’s necessarily true. Not too long ago, the average family had a credit card debt of about $10,000 or more. That doesn’t sound wise to me. Of course, that figure may have changed somewhat due to the great recession.
And hopefully the middle class will continue to be the majority in the United States. It may not if we keep cutting taxes. If we keep cutting taxes we may wind up like Mexico.
But getting back to shared sacrifice. Since the more people we have paying taxes means less taxes that each individual has to pay, the more taxpayers you have to collect from, the better. Well, the federal government can collect from a lot more taxpayers than the state of Missouri. The bigger tax pool of the federal government should lower the tax burden on each individual taxpayer’s back. However, I’m fairly certain that federal tax rates are higher than the tax rates of the state of Missouri even if you account for all taxes, not just income taxes or payroll taxes.
On the other hand, it was not really particular states which started Social Security and Medicare, the two most popular government programs. If left up to the individual states, those two programs would not exist. Also, while the Constitution does put defense in the hands of the federal government, I suspect most state governments are very glad that is the case and that they don’t have that massive financial burden to contend with.
So while the federal government takes more of your individual paycheck than the state, the federal government does a lot more for you.
I suspect the reason why it took the federal government to start these very needed programs for the elderly is because the fed has a much larger tax pool to collect from than individual states. In other words, the federal government is able to spread the sacrifice for the costs of these programs among almost 300 million people currently, while the state of Missouri can only spread that burden among maybe 10 million people. But don’t quote me on the population of Missouri.
Shared sacrifice. Some call it socialism. Call it whatever you want. But if you try to cut Social Security and Medicare, you are going to see the Tea Party on steroids. President Reagan tried to cut Social Security. Didn’t work. President Bush II tried to partially privatize Social Security. Didn’t work. So you can call it socialism. I call it….reality.
The Expert answers:
I believe you are incorrect. Governor Schwarzenegger was put in place due to highly unpopular governor, and ran on a platform of jobs, reduce taxes.
Since then, AB32 has become his ugly baby, he and his buddy maldonado and villiers were the 2 republican votes needed to provide the 2/3 margin producing the 8 billion$ tax increase in CA in 2008 (to bridge the budget gap — guess what, it is back again). His unpopularity has led to NO endorsement for Brown or 140milliondollarwoman, whatever her name was.
He is unpopular because he did NOT lower taxes, lower spending. He did implement furlough days, but those still get counted as days worked for pensions. The voters then voted against a tax extension of those tax raises in 2008 — so they will expire. Like his political and acting careers respectfully.
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Thomas asks…
Do you think the USA can free itself [any time soon] from dependence on oil and fossil fuels?
I have several questions, I guess. I recently received an email forwarded to me that spouted off about all the oil we could get squeezed out of the USA ground, if we would just dig up our wild lands. It so outrages me that people still want to tear up our land to harvest a NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE! Why can’t we just get off the bandwagon, and modernize? And think of the jobs it would create while we help our own situation.
Let’s GET REAL, people, and face the facts. Why would anyone advocate the desecration of the wild natural beauty of USA country, existing still pristene for our enjooyment, in favor of sucking a NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE out of it? Can you see the futility of such a cause?
Whether it be oil, or gas, or coal – to obtain any at all is another scar upon our land! And, once our future generations HAVE harvested all to be had, then what? Because when it’s gone, it’s gone. Do we again wait till the last minute to solve a problem, after it becomes a crisis? Again, futility.
Wouldn’t it be much more realistic to put all this “campaigning” effort into emails backing the generation of RENEWABLE energy? This century could see the beginning of use of our great technology to create multi-avenues of a variety of energy sources — intelligent sources — with availability of such energy well into the future, for our children? Why should we again wait until the last minute to develop a solution to what is a known future problem?
And, the bonus: at the same time, for one source, we find a method of destroying our garbage by recycling a large amount of it back into a useable energy — just one of the benefits. Then we don’t need to bury it in the ground, or dump it in our oceans.
Try Googling for yourself into websites for these realistic renewable energy proponents, and remember this: if there was NO OIL, we would not need to go to war, one after another. Why? Because we would not need to FIGHT for something that should, in the end, be a useless commodity, not an exhausted one.
Oil is dirty, even for engines – and besides that, it is 100-year-old technology we should be far ahead of, by now. Given the capabilities of our society, any fossil fuels are antique! Yet we still use them. Wow! – boggles the mind. Can you respond or elaborate (please be courteous)? I want to hear what people have to say on this.
The Expert answers:
Yes. If most American homes had solar electric, solar hot water and residential wind turbines it would put a big dent in use. Most systems are connected to the grid, local power companies buy your excess power during the day, and supply you at night and in bad weather. Voltage goes up as temperature goes down with Solar PV, so cold is good as long as you have a sunny day. My Prius get’s great gas mileage, saves a lot of gas and money. Ford has the same system Chevy is making the volt electric hybrid. Replacing incandescent bulbs with CFL makes a huge difference in usage. Better insulation can really cut your home heating costs as does new tech air conditioners. Warehouses and commercial buildings that install lights that go on and off as people pass by save a lot. Hydo power saves. Hydrogen Cells are in development. Windmills are great, Condensed Solar Plants that are long trows that concentrate the sun and heat oil that heats steam and runs conventional commercial generators are proven technology. Oil has a hold on the USA government and their lobby staff and PR departments spend a lot of time trying to make sure alternatives get little attention. Then we have walking, Bicycle paths, better public transportation. Sure we could make a huge dent in oil use. Renewable Energy Technology and implementation could be a huge boom for USA business and economy too. Who doesn’t want it? OIL. Oil rules the USA. We need to change that.
Donna asks…
i think i has aspergers syndrome but im not sure?
I have a inactive social life. I’m 16 and only have a social group in school I can understand jokes. However I noticed I don’t look at people when I talk to them, at all. I stand oddly, one foot tucked behind the other at a right angle. I single mindedly approach tasks, which is a problem. If I get told to empty the dishwasher I don’t think to load it. If I get told to empty the bin It doesn’t cross my mind to empty the recycling bags. I excel in maths and science but generally do well in school. As a child i was really interested in ancient Egyptians- I could reel of endless facts right now. Now I really enjoy Maths and physics- loads. I look forwards to the lessons and am fascinate by them. I watched a film called Adam and googles asperger’s, I seem to tick most of the boxes on symptoms. Also as a child I was kind of a social recluse, and still am I guess, although it’s been brought to my attention and I feel ashamed. I did an online test and got the score that said asperger’s. However I wouldn’t like to go to the doctors, what if I’m wrong? I’ll feel stupid. I don’t know where to put my arms when i walk- and sometimes i do this rub-palm-of-one-hand-with-thumb-of-other thingy that i didnt notice until recently. My mum got angry at me recently because she said im always asking ‘why’. why do i have to put this cream on for eczema and not this one. why do i have to wear a coat it seems warm in here and the windows are open, and many more questions. i didnt even realise she was frustrated until the outburst.
Maybe im a hypochondriac or something, i daren’t tell anyone incase i dont have it, then ill feel bad. but if i did it would explain so many things then i wouldnt have to be ashamed about not having a social life, sometimes forgetting to do jobs and the way i stand, not look at people, or sometimes not know wy theyre angry. God, it sounds worse when i type it- but still. Also i remember some things vividly but forget others in a matter of hours. i couldnt tell you what i did first thing yesterday but i sometimes remember odd things vividly- like where i sat on a tram once. Im intimidated by the idea of seeing a GP on my own but im not going o tell any family members either, and as i said i only have friends in school.
The Expert answers:
You say you take the tests and test positive, but there are some things that you are not talking about here that are aspergers.
Although you are quiet and have two things that are quirkly standing or the thumb palm thing, that isn’t sick in and ot itself.
As far as memory glitches sometimes that is very common at your age due to hormones, and you will probably have a resurgence of that in latter life if you don’t get your hormones tested and treated now. Remember that.
I am thinking you are over thinking all this and if you need to find a school psychologist to test you, then do that, so you will stop worrying.
From what you have said here, the way you communicate, and the rest, youdon’t sound like you have it at all.
If you ask a lot of questions, and learn from the answers, than there is nothign wrong wit hthat either, it is intelligent. That your parents may get frustrated with that is common also, and you should learn to research out yoru own answers as much as possible. Compare products, ingrediants,etc.
I thnk you are so concerned that you will not be happy until someone trained tests you and finds you are just fine, and probably exceptional.
Best wishes for you and yours
George asks…
i feel bad working @starbucks because i think theyre lying about their fair trade policies, their environmenta?
environmental policies, and their worker treatment policies. they made me go to a workshop called “Starbucks experience” yesterday…i had to drive for 45 minutes there, spend $12 on parking fees…okay well lemme put it this way, i spent more getting there than what i made in the measly couple hours.
the class teacher said something of the like, “don’t feel bad about starbucks exploiting latin american workers…we use fair trade…well we don’t pay them much but we pay them more than other companies do” …I couldn’t believe that all the other workers there were lapping that one up…
some dingbat sitting next to me told everyone that she wanted to work at Starbucks because they are good to the environment…uhm maybe theyre better than some companies, but when i work there, the only thing the baristas are recycling is milk cartons…nothing else. pretty much. I’m the only one who puts my plastic cups in the recycling bin…in fact I was chastised once by a shift supervisor for doing it…she told me, “come on you don’t have to do that…i need you on the bar”
and worker’s treatment? better than most , but when you talk the talk, walk the walk. I make 8 dollars an hour and live in an area where the bottom line 1 bedroom apartment in a so so area is at least 1300 a month. they give me around 20 hours when I asked for full time, and give me irregular, ever changing hours so it is near impossible for me to find a second job. free drinks doesnt pay my bills, ok
i’m wondering how people can truly believe such lies like what the class teacher was saying, how “we pay them fair trade” …uhm she’s insinuating that starbucks pays every farmer fair trade wen in reality, isn’t it more like 5-10% of all their purchased coffee?
is it true that if howard schultz split up all his 1.1 billion net worth among all the workers, every barista would be a millionaire??
lee you are brainwashed. if i were to split ur veins, u would bleed coffee. wheres ur proof of how many starbucks workers there are world wide, including the farmers who work for $3 a day to provide $4 lattes?
The Expert answers:
They are insidious and evil, I wouldn’t buy their product if you paid me. Do a seach on their reputation and count the lawsuits….
Sharon asks…
Please Help! I can’t afford my textbooks for college?!?!?
I can’t get a job either, I’ve been searching for over a year and a half,but no one will give me a job despite the fact that I’m a straight A student with excellent credentials. I’m 17 and I’m going to be starting my first year of college in two weeks! The school still hasn’t processed my financial aid either, and I know I’m definitely supposed to get financial aid because our EFC was 0. My family has no money at all, and right now there is no food in our house. I’m starving, and I spend my days collecting cans to get money. This isn’t a joke, I know it sounds crazy,but its real, and I need help because I don’t think recycling cans at 5 cents each will give me the $800 I need for my textbooks?
Any helpful answers will be apperciated. Thank you.
The Expert answers:
You need to call financial aid to get that process going. I’m concerned that there may not be time to get all the aid stuff done before classes start, and if you don’t have it done by that time, will they let you attend class, or will you be dropped? So you need to contact them immediately, and find out what’s up.
Don’t buy textbooks yet. First, go to the first session of each class. Make sure you really need all the books listed for the class. Only after the first session do you purchase the books.
Try to get the books used. That’ll save you a lot of money. And for any book that will only be used for a short time, or infrequently, see if you can either 1) share it with another student so you split the cost or 2) if they have it on reserve at the uni library (and if not, ask the prof if it can be placed on reserve).
You can buy books online, from other students, and even from the college book store.
Sandy asks…
Is the quran nothing more than mohammad practicing plagiarism?
Muslims proudly quote several passages in the Koran 30:48; 24:43, as scientifically accurate explanations of the hydrologic water cycle. My question is: given the fact the Bible had already fully documented the hydrologic water cycle 1600 before the Koran in Job 36:27-28, and 3 other passages (Eccl 11:3; Job 26:8; Eccl 1:6-7), doesn’t this proof Muhammad merely copied the scientific facts of the hydrologic water cycle directly from the Bible? (Clouds hold water: Eccl 11:3; Job 26:8; Rivers recycle water: Eccl 1:6-7; Evapouration: Amos 9:6)
Hey Banana – can you answer the question or not? I think not!
Samir – zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Jesus did not claim to be a prophet – he claimed to be GOD Himself. According to the quran this is blasphemy and contraditory to the teachings of mohammad. How can you accept Jesus and claim he was God’s prophet when he contradicted the quran by claiming to be God?
The Expert answers:
Don’t read Koran, It is for bad people. See what does they do with Human: http://www.faithfreedom.org/gallery.htm
Helen asks…
If you could choose how you would die…?
…from the following options, which would you choose?
1. You are a Vietnamese sweatshop laborer who spends 12 hours a day stuffing polyester into the lining of generic coffins that are sold to Americans at an outrageous profit, none of which helps you as you only make 20 cents an hour. One day, you are feeling more exhausted than usual so you decide to take a nap in one of the coffins. Due to the near weightlessness of you emaciated body, however, no one notices that the coffin is any heavier with you in it and they load it into a shipping container to be sent out. After 8 days at sea, praying for a speedy death, the cargo ship carrying you collides with an American cruise ship whose captain was too distracted by the hand job he was receiving from a hooker on cocaine to navigate his own boat. Your container falls off the ship and you are turned upside down, forced to stand on your head in the cramped coffin. As you feel an ice cold sensation on the top of your head, you realize the coffin is filling with water.
2. You work for a company that specializes in processing recycled materials. Your job is to operate a grinding machine that reduces recycled glass bottles into small granules to be melted down. One day, a vat holding alkaline hydrogen peroxide used to treat recycled paper springs a leak and starts pouring down into the glass pulverizer. You run to shut the machine off but slip on the spill, sliding underneath the railing and straight into the machine, sinking into the pit of alkali and glass shards. The machine undergoes emergency shut down after taking in your leg. You are submerged past your head in hydroxide and no one is going to find you. Thrashing about only digs the glass further into your skin.
3. You are put into a giant glass sphere and launched towards the sun. There is exactly 1 year worth of food, water, and air in the sphere and at the rate it is moving, it will be that long before it reaches the sun. You are in a helmet and straight jacket to prevent you from committing suicide, and each day the sphere draws closer to the sun and grows a little hotter. There is no waste management system in the sphere.
4. You are the son a French nobleman born out of incest in the year 1638. Due to the fact that your mother/aunt is your father/uncle’s sister, you are born with paranoid schizophrenia and suffer from horrible hallucinations. Believing this is God punishing them for their sin, they chain you up in a dungeon to hide their shame. One day, you break the chain and escape into the forest, becoming the scourge of the townspeople. As you grow older and your hallucinations grow worse, the cuff around you neck becomes tighter and tighter, slowly cutting off your circulation.
The Expert answers:
Jesus….ummm….i dunno…..but you should probably get a gig brainstorming gruesome deaths for horror movies.
Nancy asks…
Does the FAA check your personal PLEASE HELP home Internet history?
I am a gay teen and my mother is against it. We live with her boyfriend, who works in the FAA Oklahoma. She tells me that they check home Internet connections and that if I have anything on my computer. It will show up, along with my history, and he will lose his job. Now to me this seems a little far fetched, even unconstitutional. Needless to say I am still frightened of the fact of him losing his job, not the fact of my history. He is an I.T. If this helps I also use “Eraser” to erase my Internet history recycle bin, an unused harddrive space once a week. Please help me!
The Expert answers:
Not only is being gay not a crime, but the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) does not have the jurisdiction to access anyone’s internet history. Only investigative branches (FBI, CIA, etc) would be able to get the green light to do that. And they certainly aren’t going to waste time and resources on looking at a gay teen’s internet history just because his mom wants them to.
Employers also don’t check the background of non-family members when deciding to hire or fire someone.
William asks…
R-22 cost question? HVAC?
Hi HVAC/Service people,
How much does a can of R-22 cost?
How much will the recycled can of R-22 cost in 2010?
Both 30 lb.?
I’m trying to get a job, and need the facts to sell my skills 🙁
i think the cost of service calls are about to go up too then
The Expert answers:
I believe the R22 is running about $185 right now. Starting in 2010, manufacturers of HVAC equipment will no longer be allowed to manufacture Equipment using R22. The new refrigerant is R-410A which is currently available. The price of R22 will continue to rise as stocks deplete.
Mary asks…
why do we have to pay taxes?
Nobody likes to pay taxes.
And because of that many do not understand why paying taxes is important. Or maybe they don’t want to understand.
One way I explain it to people is to say that it is like paying your dues to an organization you belong to. Those who get more benefits out of being a member of that organization have to pay higher dues, hence, progressive taxation. Could rich people become rich in Mexico which has lower taxes than the United States? I suspect it’s a lot harder to become rich in Mexico than it is in America. I hear the rich people in Mexico don’t like to pay taxes either. Since they pay less taxes than their rich counterparts in the United States, the Mexican government cannot do too much for it’s poor people. So the poor Mexicans risk their lives to come north where they find it much easier to get a job in this wealthy land, a land that is still the wealthiest on the planet, I think.
But here is another way to explain taxes:
At work, I often do snow peas and crab rangoon by myself. I work at a Chinese restaurant. On those rare occasions when someone helps me do those two side jobs, I notice that the jobs get done a lot faster. The more people you have helping you do something, the faster it goes and the easier it is. The same holds true when I recycle at the local recycling plant. The work goes a lot faster and a lot easier when my dad helps me to do it even though he is 78 years old.
So the more people who pay taxes, the easier we can accomplish those things that need to be done, like Social Security, Medicare and defense, the less sacrifice each person has to contribute to the cause. The more people taxed, the less our individual taxes have to be, the less of a sacrifice. Shared sacrifice.
Shared sacrifice. That’s what it’s all about. That’s what taxes are all about. I understand there was a time in the history of England when they tried to take care of the poor, and do what needed to be done, without taxes or with low taxes. As an alternative to taxes, society encouraged people to give to charities. It was voluntary. One problem with that was that not everyone would volunteer. In fact, most people didn’t. I suppose a lot of people talk about doing good deeds, but when it comes to opening their pocketbooks, things get more dicey.
So the sacrifice was only shared by a small few. The result of this was a tremendous increase in crime even though there were harsh penalties for criminals. In fact, there is one story about pickpockets robbing a crowd of people that were watching a pickpocket get hung. Desperation has a way of making people do things that they think they would never do. Well, while they have some money they think they would never do those things and therefore judge those who do those things harshly.
So it doesn’t work to try to pay for everything the government needs to do by having bake sales.
Now, one solution to taxation that is often proposed is to cut spending. Many of those who propose that solution do not feel that they benefit from government spending. They do not feel like they are part of the underclass that does benefit from government spending, the underclass which they harshly judge as being lazy, uneducated, immoral and criminally oriented.
This was essentially the solution imposed by Governor Arnold Schwardzeneger of California. He cut spending and refused to raise taxes. And I think an odd thing happened after that. His popularity went way down. In fact, I think his disapproval rating grew higher than his approval rating. But how can this be? The underclass is the minority in California. Apparently the majority of Californians do get some benefit out of government spending. They didn’t realize it until after the governor’s cuts began to be implemented. I suspect his most unpopular cuts were cuts in Medicaid spending.
Back during the Clinton administration, political analyst David Gergen, a Republican, made a very salient point. Most government spending actually benefits the middle class, not the underclass, Gergen said. And, in America, the middle class are still the majority.
I have heard many Republicans argue that we can spend our money a lot better than the government can. Well, I don’t know if that’s necessarily true. Not too long ago, the average family had a credit card debt of about $10,000 or more. That doesn’t sound wise to me. Of course, that figure may have changed somewhat due to the great recession.
And hopefully the middle class will continue to be the majority in the United States. It may not if we keep cutting taxes. If we keep cutting taxes we may wind up like Mexico.
But getting back to shared sacrifice. Since the more people we have paying taxes means less taxes that each individual has to pay, the more taxpayers you have to collect from, the better. Well, the federal government can collect from a lot more taxpayers than the state of Missouri. The bigger tax pool of the federal government should lower the tax burden on each individual taxpayer’s back. However, I’m fairly certain that federal tax rates are higher than the tax rates of the state of Missouri even if you account for all taxes, not just income taxes or payroll taxes.
On the other hand, it was not really particular states which started Social Security and Medicare, the two most popular government programs. If left up to the individual states, those two programs would not exist. Also, while the Constitution does put defense in the hands of the federal government, I suspect most state governments are very glad that is the case and that they don’t have that massive financial burden to contend with.
So while the federal government takes more of your individual paycheck than the state, the federal government does a lot more for you.
I suspect the reason why it took the federal government to start these very needed programs for the elderly is because the fed has a much larger tax pool to collect from than individual states. In other words, the federal government is able to spread the sacrifice for the costs of these programs among almost 300 million people currently, while the state of Missouri can only spread that burden among maybe 10 million people. But don’t quote me on the population of Missouri.
Shared sacrifice. Some call it socialism. Call it whatever you want. But if you try to cut Social Security and Medicare, you are going to see the Tea Party on steroids. President Reagan tried to cut Social Security. Didn’t work. President Bush II tried to partially privatize Social Security. Didn’t work. So you can call it socialism. I call it….reality.
The Expert answers:
I believe you are incorrect. Governor Schwarzenegger was put in place due to highly unpopular governor, and ran on a platform of jobs, reduce taxes.
Since then, AB32 has become his ugly baby, he and his buddy maldonado and villiers were the 2 republican votes needed to provide the 2/3 margin producing the 8 billion$ tax increase in CA in 2008 (to bridge the budget gap — guess what, it is back again). His unpopularity has led to NO endorsement for Brown or 140milliondollarwoman, whatever her name was.
He is unpopular because he did NOT lower taxes, lower spending. He did implement furlough days, but those still get counted as days worked for pensions. The voters then voted against a tax extension of those tax raises in 2008 — so they will expire. Like his political and acting careers respectfully.
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Daniel asks…
Does “not recycling” create more jobs?
Isn’t it all sorted at the dump anyway? By not being so fastidious about sorting plastics and cans into bins and bags, are we ensuring jobs for other Canadians?
By the way, I strongly side with recycling/refurbishing of electronics, appliances, and other labour-intensive products I may have forgot to mention. You may, though. Throwing them out is a waste of energy and resources.
The Expert answers:
Depending on ones local city policies – below minimum wage jobs are the usual result of green recycle waste sorting sites. Undocumented Workers are the usual “non-personnel” doing the work.
Sandy asks…
How does recycling relate to job security and or work ethics?
For class I needed to choose a topic to persuade people with. I chose recycling, after that we had to reach into a container and pick out the type of audience we’d be talking to. My topic was a group of people who are members of the United Auto Workers, composed of people who work for the Steering Axle plant in Livonia, MI. I need to relate job security and work ethics to recycling.
The Expert answers:
Unless a company is directly associated with recycling or relies on recycling for it’s raw material source, it has nothing to do with job security.
In addition, the choice to recycle has to do with personal ethics, not work ethics.
Sharon asks…
Why don’t we open more Recycling Plants to Create Jobs?
I’m just wondering?
In the United States, we consume so much, and create so much recyclable waste every day. Why don’t we open more local recycling plants? It seems we could accomplish this in three steps.
1. Promote this new recycling boom through social media, tv ads, bumper stickers, etc., with the basic message that recycling can help save America in these hard times by creating jobs through harvesting, re-manufacturing and redistributing a resource that we are currently rich in.
2. Create more recycling drop off and pick up points. When I’m walking down the street, down the beach or in the park, and I see a beer can laying around, I have the desire to pick it up and take it to the nearest recyclables receptacle. Problem is, there usually isn’t one anywhere near. So what am I going to do? Pick up this beer can that I found and carry it around with me until I happen upon a recycling bin? No. I believe most people have had this happen to them at least once if not many more times and it greatly discourages recycling outside the home. On top of this, many people in suburban areas have to fight with their local government to get recycling pick up at their house, while trash pick up is readily available everywhere.
3. Invest Federally and Privately in Opening and Maintaining New Recycling Plants. Whether we access the starving building industry or simply convert old, unused factories, opening new local recycling plants with provide jobs to plant workers, receptacle gatherers and alot more. If necessary, bring on the subsidies
Seems to me, through serious promotion of the economic benefits of recycling more to provide the resource to open to plants and factories and create jobs, we can kick into motion a solid economic cycle.
So, someone please tell me why this isn’t being done?
Thanks,
Andrew
The Expert answers:
There would be all sorts of places open IF there was a real market for the product. Without someone to buy this stuff, at the price it would have to be sold, it won’t work.
Jobs are created when a product is needed and someone will pay for it.
Donna asks…
How can i get a job at a recycling plant?
And also what kinds of jobs do they have there?
The Expert answers:
Link below is for Waste Management, a large company. If you want something smaller, maybe start your own business buying aluminum cans or copper.
Linda asks…
Have does recycling save and create jobs?
The Expert answers:
Recycling doesn’t only help the environment, it also helps out the economy. The government has to hire people to work at the recycling plants, creating jobs for people in that community.
Maria asks…
What would happen if they stopped giving refunds for container recycling?
would homeless people get jobs?
would people recycle if they were told it was manditory punishable by fine.
would we be saving $?
The Expert answers:
I have no clue what you are talking about. Everything I want to get rid of goes into the dumpster I rent by the month. I live in the country with no taxpayer funded garbage pick up. I recycle nothing but aluminum cans. I compost organic garbage for the garden.
Charles asks…
why is obama recycling all the old dogs for top posts?
he is just recycling Washington insiders for different jobs in his admin. where is the change gonna come from?
The Expert answers:
Would it be better if he hired only inexperienced people who have no idea how things work in Washington? Obama is going to need to be able to govern and administer the government properly, and it’s a good idea to have some people around him to help him do that.
Mary asks…
What are some things my recycling club can do?
For the past years my school had recycling clubs that just fail.
I’m thinking its because they’re not doing their job of recycling and/or they’re ONLY recycling.
I’m looking for some projects that the students can do like clean up the beach…
do you guys have any other ideas?
The Expert answers:
You may use: My Best Recycling Idea
Besides recycling the plastic containers, you can improve your work or home environments by bringing live potted plants indoors.
Major items needed:
One empty plastic gallon container. Tree Top Apple Juice is preferred, or equal in shape.
One empty plastic ½ gallon container. Langers All Pomergranate Juice is preferred or equal.
Directions: Lay the plastic gallon container on its side so the front label is facing up. Place the empty plastic half gallon container on the label and with a sharpie pen outline the bottom on the Tree Top label and with a sharp knife carefully cut the outline. Insert the half gallon into the hole until it rest on the back label of the gallon container. Then mark and cut approximately one inch above the cut on the ½ gallon to complete your planter container. Remove and drill several ¼ inch holes on the bottom of the ½ gallon cut container for drainage.
Fill the cut ½ gallon planter with one inch of gravel before putting in good potting mix soil and live growing plant. If you make two or more you can pour the water back and forth and not waste the water with the nutrients.
Go to NASA’s Clean Air Plant Study for the top ten plants that cleans the indoor air better than the rest. Http://www.zone10.com/tech/NASA/Fyh.htm
David asks…
Is working at a plant recycling car batteries bad for your health?
My friend might be getting me a job working at some kind of recycling plant. The job is a “smelter” i believe? From what he explained they are just preserving the lead in the car batteries to recycle them? Is this a safe job? I mean obviously anything can be dangerous, but as long as you take precaution is it safe? He mentioned that they are tested for lead every month, so it kind of got me a little freaked out lol.
The Expert answers:
Only if you drink the battery fluid
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Ruth asks…
Does “not recycling” create more jobs?
Isn’t it all sorted at the dump anyway? By not being so fastidious about sorting plastics and cans into bins and bags, are we ensuring jobs for other Canadians?
By the way, I strongly side with recycling/refurbishing of electronics, appliances, and other labour-intensive products I may have forgot to mention. You may, though. Throwing them out is a waste of energy and resources.
The Expert answers:
Depending on ones local city policies – below minimum wage jobs are the usual result of green recycle waste sorting sites. Undocumented Workers are the usual “non-personnel” doing the work.
Charles asks…
How does recycling relate to job security and or work ethics?
For class I needed to choose a topic to persuade people with. I chose recycling, after that we had to reach into a container and pick out the type of audience we’d be talking to. My topic was a group of people who are members of the United Auto Workers, composed of people who work for the Steering Axle plant in Livonia, MI. I need to relate job security and work ethics to recycling.
The Expert answers:
Unless a company is directly associated with recycling or relies on recycling for it’s raw material source, it has nothing to do with job security.
In addition, the choice to recycle has to do with personal ethics, not work ethics.
Donald asks…
Why don’t we open more Recycling Plants to Create Jobs?
I’m just wondering?
In the United States, we consume so much, and create so much recyclable waste every day. Why don’t we open more local recycling plants? It seems we could accomplish this in three steps.
1. Promote this new recycling boom through social media, tv ads, bumper stickers, etc., with the basic message that recycling can help save America in these hard times by creating jobs through harvesting, re-manufacturing and redistributing a resource that we are currently rich in.
2. Create more recycling drop off and pick up points. When I’m walking down the street, down the beach or in the park, and I see a beer can laying around, I have the desire to pick it up and take it to the nearest recyclables receptacle. Problem is, there usually isn’t one anywhere near. So what am I going to do? Pick up this beer can that I found and carry it around with me until I happen upon a recycling bin? No. I believe most people have had this happen to them at least once if not many more times and it greatly discourages recycling outside the home. On top of this, many people in suburban areas have to fight with their local government to get recycling pick up at their house, while trash pick up is readily available everywhere.
3. Invest Federally and Privately in Opening and Maintaining New Recycling Plants. Whether we access the starving building industry or simply convert old, unused factories, opening new local recycling plants with provide jobs to plant workers, receptacle gatherers and alot more. If necessary, bring on the subsidies
Seems to me, through serious promotion of the economic benefits of recycling more to provide the resource to open to plants and factories and create jobs, we can kick into motion a solid economic cycle.
So, someone please tell me why this isn’t being done?
Thanks,
Andrew
The Expert answers:
There would be all sorts of places open IF there was a real market for the product. Without someone to buy this stuff, at the price it would have to be sold, it won’t work.
Jobs are created when a product is needed and someone will pay for it.
William asks…
How can i get a job at a recycling plant?
And also what kinds of jobs do they have there?
The Expert answers:
Link below is for Waste Management, a large company. If you want something smaller, maybe start your own business buying aluminum cans or copper.
Maria asks…
Have does recycling save and create jobs?
The Expert answers:
Recycling doesn’t only help the environment, it also helps out the economy. The government has to hire people to work at the recycling plants, creating jobs for people in that community.
Thomas asks…
What would happen if they stopped giving refunds for container recycling?
would homeless people get jobs?
would people recycle if they were told it was manditory punishable by fine.
would we be saving $?
The Expert answers:
I have no clue what you are talking about. Everything I want to get rid of goes into the dumpster I rent by the month. I live in the country with no taxpayer funded garbage pick up. I recycle nothing but aluminum cans. I compost organic garbage for the garden.
Paul asks…
why is obama recycling all the old dogs for top posts?
he is just recycling Washington insiders for different jobs in his admin. where is the change gonna come from?
The Expert answers:
Would it be better if he hired only inexperienced people who have no idea how things work in Washington? Obama is going to need to be able to govern and administer the government properly, and it’s a good idea to have some people around him to help him do that.
James asks…
What are some things my recycling club can do?
For the past years my school had recycling clubs that just fail.
I’m thinking its because they’re not doing their job of recycling and/or they’re ONLY recycling.
I’m looking for some projects that the students can do like clean up the beach…
do you guys have any other ideas?
The Expert answers:
You may use: My Best Recycling Idea
Besides recycling the plastic containers, you can improve your work or home environments by bringing live potted plants indoors.
Major items needed:
One empty plastic gallon container. Tree Top Apple Juice is preferred, or equal in shape.
One empty plastic ½ gallon container. Langers All Pomergranate Juice is preferred or equal.
Directions: Lay the plastic gallon container on its side so the front label is facing up. Place the empty plastic half gallon container on the label and with a sharpie pen outline the bottom on the Tree Top label and with a sharp knife carefully cut the outline. Insert the half gallon into the hole until it rest on the back label of the gallon container. Then mark and cut approximately one inch above the cut on the ½ gallon to complete your planter container. Remove and drill several ¼ inch holes on the bottom of the ½ gallon cut container for drainage.
Fill the cut ½ gallon planter with one inch of gravel before putting in good potting mix soil and live growing plant. If you make two or more you can pour the water back and forth and not waste the water with the nutrients.
Go to NASA’s Clean Air Plant Study for the top ten plants that cleans the indoor air better than the rest. Http://www.zone10.com/tech/NASA/Fyh.htm
Sandy asks…
Is working at a plant recycling car batteries bad for your health?
My friend might be getting me a job working at some kind of recycling plant. The job is a “smelter” i believe? From what he explained they are just preserving the lead in the car batteries to recycle them? Is this a safe job? I mean obviously anything can be dangerous, but as long as you take precaution is it safe? He mentioned that they are tested for lead every month, so it kind of got me a little freaked out lol.
The Expert answers:
Only if you drink the battery fluid
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Ruth asks…
Do you think the USA can free itself [any time soon] from dependence on oil and fossil fuels?
I have several questions, I guess. I recently received an email forwarded to me that spouted off about all the oil we could get squeezed out of the USA ground, if we would just dig up our wild lands. It so outrages me that people still want to tear up our land to harvest a NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE! Why can’t we just get off the bandwagon, and modernize? And think of the jobs it would create while we help our own situation.
Let’s GET REAL, people, and face the facts. Why would anyone advocate the desecration of the wild natural beauty of USA country, existing still pristene for our enjooyment, in favor of sucking a NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE out of it? Can you see the futility of such a cause?
Whether it be oil, or gas, or coal – to obtain any at all is another scar upon our land! And, once our future generations HAVE harvested all to be had, then what? Because when it’s gone, it’s gone. Do we again wait till the last minute to solve a problem, after it becomes a crisis? Again, futility.
Wouldn’t it be much more realistic to put all this “campaigning” effort into emails backing the generation of RENEWABLE energy? This century could see the beginning of use of our great technology to create multi-avenues of a variety of energy sources — intelligent sources — with availability of such energy well into the future, for our children? Why should we again wait until the last minute to develop a solution to what is a known future problem?
And, the bonus: at the same time, for one source, we find a method of destroying our garbage by recycling a large amount of it back into a useable energy — just one of the benefits. Then we don’t need to bury it in the ground, or dump it in our oceans.
Try Googling for yourself into websites for these realistic renewable energy proponents, and remember this: if there was NO OIL, we would not need to go to war, one after another. Why? Because we would not need to FIGHT for something that should, in the end, be a useless commodity, not an exhausted one.
Oil is dirty, even for engines – and besides that, it is 100-year-old technology we should be far ahead of, by now. Given the capabilities of our society, any fossil fuels are antique! Yet we still use them. Wow! – boggles the mind. Can you respond or elaborate (please be courteous)? I want to hear what people have to say on this.
The Expert answers:
Yes. If most American homes had solar electric, solar hot water and residential wind turbines it would put a big dent in use. Most systems are connected to the grid, local power companies buy your excess power during the day, and supply you at night and in bad weather. Voltage goes up as temperature goes down with Solar PV, so cold is good as long as you have a sunny day. My Prius get’s great gas mileage, saves a lot of gas and money. Ford has the same system Chevy is making the volt electric hybrid. Replacing incandescent bulbs with CFL makes a huge difference in usage. Better insulation can really cut your home heating costs as does new tech air conditioners. Warehouses and commercial buildings that install lights that go on and off as people pass by save a lot. Hydo power saves. Hydrogen Cells are in development. Windmills are great, Condensed Solar Plants that are long trows that concentrate the sun and heat oil that heats steam and runs conventional commercial generators are proven technology. Oil has a hold on the USA government and their lobby staff and PR departments spend a lot of time trying to make sure alternatives get little attention. Then we have walking, Bicycle paths, better public transportation. Sure we could make a huge dent in oil use. Renewable Energy Technology and implementation could be a huge boom for USA business and economy too. Who doesn’t want it? OIL. Oil rules the USA. We need to change that.
Carol asks…
i think i has aspergers syndrome but im not sure?
I have a inactive social life. I’m 16 and only have a social group in school I can understand jokes. However I noticed I don’t look at people when I talk to them, at all. I stand oddly, one foot tucked behind the other at a right angle. I single mindedly approach tasks, which is a problem. If I get told to empty the dishwasher I don’t think to load it. If I get told to empty the bin It doesn’t cross my mind to empty the recycling bags. I excel in maths and science but generally do well in school. As a child i was really interested in ancient Egyptians- I could reel of endless facts right now. Now I really enjoy Maths and physics- loads. I look forwards to the lessons and am fascinate by them. I watched a film called Adam and googles asperger’s, I seem to tick most of the boxes on symptoms. Also as a child I was kind of a social recluse, and still am I guess, although it’s been brought to my attention and I feel ashamed. I did an online test and got the score that said asperger’s. However I wouldn’t like to go to the doctors, what if I’m wrong? I’ll feel stupid. I don’t know where to put my arms when i walk- and sometimes i do this rub-palm-of-one-hand-with-thumb-of-other thingy that i didnt notice until recently. My mum got angry at me recently because she said im always asking ‘why’. why do i have to put this cream on for eczema and not this one. why do i have to wear a coat it seems warm in here and the windows are open, and many more questions. i didnt even realise she was frustrated until the outburst.
Maybe im a hypochondriac or something, i daren’t tell anyone incase i dont have it, then ill feel bad. but if i did it would explain so many things then i wouldnt have to be ashamed about not having a social life, sometimes forgetting to do jobs and the way i stand, not look at people, or sometimes not know wy theyre angry. God, it sounds worse when i type it- but still. Also i remember some things vividly but forget others in a matter of hours. i couldnt tell you what i did first thing yesterday but i sometimes remember odd things vividly- like where i sat on a tram once. Im intimidated by the idea of seeing a GP on my own but im not going o tell any family members either, and as i said i only have friends in school.
The Expert answers:
You say you take the tests and test positive, but there are some things that you are not talking about here that are aspergers.
Although you are quiet and have two things that are quirkly standing or the thumb palm thing, that isn’t sick in and ot itself.
As far as memory glitches sometimes that is very common at your age due to hormones, and you will probably have a resurgence of that in latter life if you don’t get your hormones tested and treated now. Remember that.
I am thinking you are over thinking all this and if you need to find a school psychologist to test you, then do that, so you will stop worrying.
From what you have said here, the way you communicate, and the rest, youdon’t sound like you have it at all.
If you ask a lot of questions, and learn from the answers, than there is nothign wrong wit hthat either, it is intelligent. That your parents may get frustrated with that is common also, and you should learn to research out yoru own answers as much as possible. Compare products, ingrediants,etc.
I thnk you are so concerned that you will not be happy until someone trained tests you and finds you are just fine, and probably exceptional.
Best wishes for you and yours
Mandy asks…
i feel bad working @starbucks because i think theyre lying about their fair trade policies, their environmenta?
environmental policies, and their worker treatment policies. they made me go to a workshop called “Starbucks experience” yesterday…i had to drive for 45 minutes there, spend $12 on parking fees…okay well lemme put it this way, i spent more getting there than what i made in the measly couple hours.
the class teacher said something of the like, “don’t feel bad about starbucks exploiting latin american workers…we use fair trade…well we don’t pay them much but we pay them more than other companies do” …I couldn’t believe that all the other workers there were lapping that one up…
some dingbat sitting next to me told everyone that she wanted to work at Starbucks because they are good to the environment…uhm maybe theyre better than some companies, but when i work there, the only thing the baristas are recycling is milk cartons…nothing else. pretty much. I’m the only one who puts my plastic cups in the recycling bin…in fact I was chastised once by a shift supervisor for doing it…she told me, “come on you don’t have to do that…i need you on the bar”
and worker’s treatment? better than most , but when you talk the talk, walk the walk. I make 8 dollars an hour and live in an area where the bottom line 1 bedroom apartment in a so so area is at least 1300 a month. they give me around 20 hours when I asked for full time, and give me irregular, ever changing hours so it is near impossible for me to find a second job. free drinks doesnt pay my bills, ok
i’m wondering how people can truly believe such lies like what the class teacher was saying, how “we pay them fair trade” …uhm she’s insinuating that starbucks pays every farmer fair trade wen in reality, isn’t it more like 5-10% of all their purchased coffee?
is it true that if howard schultz split up all his 1.1 billion net worth among all the workers, every barista would be a millionaire??
lee you are brainwashed. if i were to split ur veins, u would bleed coffee. wheres ur proof of how many starbucks workers there are world wide, including the farmers who work for $3 a day to provide $4 lattes?
The Expert answers:
They are insidious and evil, I wouldn’t buy their product if you paid me. Do a seach on their reputation and count the lawsuits….
James asks…
Please Help! I can’t afford my textbooks for college?!?!?
I can’t get a job either, I’ve been searching for over a year and a half,but no one will give me a job despite the fact that I’m a straight A student with excellent credentials. I’m 17 and I’m going to be starting my first year of college in two weeks! The school still hasn’t processed my financial aid either, and I know I’m definitely supposed to get financial aid because our EFC was 0. My family has no money at all, and right now there is no food in our house. I’m starving, and I spend my days collecting cans to get money. This isn’t a joke, I know it sounds crazy,but its real, and I need help because I don’t think recycling cans at 5 cents each will give me the $800 I need for my textbooks?
Any helpful answers will be apperciated. Thank you.
The Expert answers:
You need to call financial aid to get that process going. I’m concerned that there may not be time to get all the aid stuff done before classes start, and if you don’t have it done by that time, will they let you attend class, or will you be dropped? So you need to contact them immediately, and find out what’s up.
Don’t buy textbooks yet. First, go to the first session of each class. Make sure you really need all the books listed for the class. Only after the first session do you purchase the books.
Try to get the books used. That’ll save you a lot of money. And for any book that will only be used for a short time, or infrequently, see if you can either 1) share it with another student so you split the cost or 2) if they have it on reserve at the uni library (and if not, ask the prof if it can be placed on reserve).
You can buy books online, from other students, and even from the college book store.
Betty asks…
Is the quran nothing more than mohammad practicing plagiarism?
Muslims proudly quote several passages in the Koran 30:48; 24:43, as scientifically accurate explanations of the hydrologic water cycle. My question is: given the fact the Bible had already fully documented the hydrologic water cycle 1600 before the Koran in Job 36:27-28, and 3 other passages (Eccl 11:3; Job 26:8; Eccl 1:6-7), doesn’t this proof Muhammad merely copied the scientific facts of the hydrologic water cycle directly from the Bible? (Clouds hold water: Eccl 11:3; Job 26:8; Rivers recycle water: Eccl 1:6-7; Evapouration: Amos 9:6)
Hey Banana – can you answer the question or not? I think not!
Samir – zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Jesus did not claim to be a prophet – he claimed to be GOD Himself. According to the quran this is blasphemy and contraditory to the teachings of mohammad. How can you accept Jesus and claim he was God’s prophet when he contradicted the quran by claiming to be God?
The Expert answers:
Don’t read Koran, It is for bad people. See what does they do with Human: http://www.faithfreedom.org/gallery.htm
Sandy asks…
If you could choose how you would die…?
…from the following options, which would you choose?
1. You are a Vietnamese sweatshop laborer who spends 12 hours a day stuffing polyester into the lining of generic coffins that are sold to Americans at an outrageous profit, none of which helps you as you only make 20 cents an hour. One day, you are feeling more exhausted than usual so you decide to take a nap in one of the coffins. Due to the near weightlessness of you emaciated body, however, no one notices that the coffin is any heavier with you in it and they load it into a shipping container to be sent out. After 8 days at sea, praying for a speedy death, the cargo ship carrying you collides with an American cruise ship whose captain was too distracted by the hand job he was receiving from a hooker on cocaine to navigate his own boat. Your container falls off the ship and you are turned upside down, forced to stand on your head in the cramped coffin. As you feel an ice cold sensation on the top of your head, you realize the coffin is filling with water.
2. You work for a company that specializes in processing recycled materials. Your job is to operate a grinding machine that reduces recycled glass bottles into small granules to be melted down. One day, a vat holding alkaline hydrogen peroxide used to treat recycled paper springs a leak and starts pouring down into the glass pulverizer. You run to shut the machine off but slip on the spill, sliding underneath the railing and straight into the machine, sinking into the pit of alkali and glass shards. The machine undergoes emergency shut down after taking in your leg. You are submerged past your head in hydroxide and no one is going to find you. Thrashing about only digs the glass further into your skin.
3. You are put into a giant glass sphere and launched towards the sun. There is exactly 1 year worth of food, water, and air in the sphere and at the rate it is moving, it will be that long before it reaches the sun. You are in a helmet and straight jacket to prevent you from committing suicide, and each day the sphere draws closer to the sun and grows a little hotter. There is no waste management system in the sphere.
4. You are the son a French nobleman born out of incest in the year 1638. Due to the fact that your mother/aunt is your father/uncle’s sister, you are born with paranoid schizophrenia and suffer from horrible hallucinations. Believing this is God punishing them for their sin, they chain you up in a dungeon to hide their shame. One day, you break the chain and escape into the forest, becoming the scourge of the townspeople. As you grow older and your hallucinations grow worse, the cuff around you neck becomes tighter and tighter, slowly cutting off your circulation.
The Expert answers:
Jesus….ummm….i dunno…..but you should probably get a gig brainstorming gruesome deaths for horror movies.
Chris asks…
Does the FAA check your personal PLEASE HELP home Internet history?
I am a gay teen and my mother is against it. We live with her boyfriend, who works in the FAA Oklahoma. She tells me that they check home Internet connections and that if I have anything on my computer. It will show up, along with my history, and he will lose his job. Now to me this seems a little far fetched, even unconstitutional. Needless to say I am still frightened of the fact of him losing his job, not the fact of my history. He is an I.T. If this helps I also use “Eraser” to erase my Internet history recycle bin, an unused harddrive space once a week. Please help me!
The Expert answers:
Not only is being gay not a crime, but the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) does not have the jurisdiction to access anyone’s internet history. Only investigative branches (FBI, CIA, etc) would be able to get the green light to do that. And they certainly aren’t going to waste time and resources on looking at a gay teen’s internet history just because his mom wants them to.
Employers also don’t check the background of non-family members when deciding to hire or fire someone.
Lizzie asks…
R-22 cost question? HVAC?
Hi HVAC/Service people,
How much does a can of R-22 cost?
How much will the recycled can of R-22 cost in 2010?
Both 30 lb.?
I’m trying to get a job, and need the facts to sell my skills 🙁
i think the cost of service calls are about to go up too then
The Expert answers:
I believe the R22 is running about $185 right now. Starting in 2010, manufacturers of HVAC equipment will no longer be allowed to manufacture Equipment using R22. The new refrigerant is R-410A which is currently available. The price of R22 will continue to rise as stocks deplete.
Linda asks…
why do we have to pay taxes?
Nobody likes to pay taxes.
And because of that many do not understand why paying taxes is important. Or maybe they don’t want to understand.
One way I explain it to people is to say that it is like paying your dues to an organization you belong to. Those who get more benefits out of being a member of that organization have to pay higher dues, hence, progressive taxation. Could rich people become rich in Mexico which has lower taxes than the United States? I suspect it’s a lot harder to become rich in Mexico than it is in America. I hear the rich people in Mexico don’t like to pay taxes either. Since they pay less taxes than their rich counterparts in the United States, the Mexican government cannot do too much for it’s poor people. So the poor Mexicans risk their lives to come north where they find it much easier to get a job in this wealthy land, a land that is still the wealthiest on the planet, I think.
But here is another way to explain taxes:
At work, I often do snow peas and crab rangoon by myself. I work at a Chinese restaurant. On those rare occasions when someone helps me do those two side jobs, I notice that the jobs get done a lot faster. The more people you have helping you do something, the faster it goes and the easier it is. The same holds true when I recycle at the local recycling plant. The work goes a lot faster and a lot easier when my dad helps me to do it even though he is 78 years old.
So the more people who pay taxes, the easier we can accomplish those things that need to be done, like Social Security, Medicare and defense, the less sacrifice each person has to contribute to the cause. The more people taxed, the less our individual taxes have to be, the less of a sacrifice. Shared sacrifice.
Shared sacrifice. That’s what it’s all about. That’s what taxes are all about. I understand there was a time in the history of England when they tried to take care of the poor, and do what needed to be done, without taxes or with low taxes. As an alternative to taxes, society encouraged people to give to charities. It was voluntary. One problem with that was that not everyone would volunteer. In fact, most people didn’t. I suppose a lot of people talk about doing good deeds, but when it comes to opening their pocketbooks, things get more dicey.
So the sacrifice was only shared by a small few. The result of this was a tremendous increase in crime even though there were harsh penalties for criminals. In fact, there is one story about pickpockets robbing a crowd of people that were watching a pickpocket get hung. Desperation has a way of making people do things that they think they would never do. Well, while they have some money they think they would never do those things and therefore judge those who do those things harshly.
So it doesn’t work to try to pay for everything the government needs to do by having bake sales.
Now, one solution to taxation that is often proposed is to cut spending. Many of those who propose that solution do not feel that they benefit from government spending. They do not feel like they are part of the underclass that does benefit from government spending, the underclass which they harshly judge as being lazy, uneducated, immoral and criminally oriented.
This was essentially the solution imposed by Governor Arnold Schwardzeneger of California. He cut spending and refused to raise taxes. And I think an odd thing happened after that. His popularity went way down. In fact, I think his disapproval rating grew higher than his approval rating. But how can this be? The underclass is the minority in California. Apparently the majority of Californians do get some benefit out of government spending. They didn’t realize it until after the governor’s cuts began to be implemented. I suspect his most unpopular cuts were cuts in Medicaid spending.
Back during the Clinton administration, political analyst David Gergen, a Republican, made a very salient point. Most government spending actually benefits the middle class, not the underclass, Gergen said. And, in America, the middle class are still the majority.
I have heard many Republicans argue that we can spend our money a lot better than the government can. Well, I don’t know if that’s necessarily true. Not too long ago, the average family had a credit card debt of about $10,000 or more. That doesn’t sound wise to me. Of course, that figure may have changed somewhat due to the great recession.
And hopefully the middle class will continue to be the majority in the United States. It may not if we keep cutting taxes. If we keep cutting taxes we may wind up like Mexico.
But getting back to shared sacrifice. Since the more people we have paying taxes means less taxes that each individual has to pay, the more taxpayers you have to collect from, the better. Well, the federal government can collect from a lot more taxpayers than the state of Missouri. The bigger tax pool of the federal government should lower the tax burden on each individual taxpayer’s back. However, I’m fairly certain that federal tax rates are higher than the tax rates of the state of Missouri even if you account for all taxes, not just income taxes or payroll taxes.
On the other hand, it was not really particular states which started Social Security and Medicare, the two most popular government programs. If left up to the individual states, those two programs would not exist. Also, while the Constitution does put defense in the hands of the federal government, I suspect most state governments are very glad that is the case and that they don’t have that massive financial burden to contend with.
So while the federal government takes more of your individual paycheck than the state, the federal government does a lot more for you.
I suspect the reason why it took the federal government to start these very needed programs for the elderly is because the fed has a much larger tax pool to collect from than individual states. In other words, the federal government is able to spread the sacrifice for the costs of these programs among almost 300 million people currently, while the state of Missouri can only spread that burden among maybe 10 million people. But don’t quote me on the population of Missouri.
Shared sacrifice. Some call it socialism. Call it whatever you want. But if you try to cut Social Security and Medicare, you are going to see the Tea Party on steroids. President Reagan tried to cut Social Security. Didn’t work. President Bush II tried to partially privatize Social Security. Didn’t work. So you can call it socialism. I call it….reality.
The Expert answers:
I believe you are incorrect. Governor Schwarzenegger was put in place due to highly unpopular governor, and ran on a platform of jobs, reduce taxes.
Since then, AB32 has become his ugly baby, he and his buddy maldonado and villiers were the 2 republican votes needed to provide the 2/3 margin producing the 8 billion$ tax increase in CA in 2008 (to bridge the budget gap — guess what, it is back again). His unpopularity has led to NO endorsement for Brown or 140milliondollarwoman, whatever her name was.
He is unpopular because he did NOT lower taxes, lower spending. He did implement furlough days, but those still get counted as days worked for pensions. The voters then voted against a tax extension of those tax raises in 2008 — so they will expire. Like his political and acting careers respectfully.
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Carol asks…
Does “not recycling” create more jobs?
Isn’t it all sorted at the dump anyway? By not being so fastidious about sorting plastics and cans into bins and bags, are we ensuring jobs for other Canadians?
By the way, I strongly side with recycling/refurbishing of electronics, appliances, and other labour-intensive products I may have forgot to mention. You may, though. Throwing them out is a waste of energy and resources.
The Expert answers:
Depending on ones local city policies – below minimum wage jobs are the usual result of green recycle waste sorting sites. Undocumented Workers are the usual “non-personnel” doing the work.
Susan asks…
How does recycling relate to job security and or work ethics?
For class I needed to choose a topic to persuade people with. I chose recycling, after that we had to reach into a container and pick out the type of audience we’d be talking to. My topic was a group of people who are members of the United Auto Workers, composed of people who work for the Steering Axle plant in Livonia, MI. I need to relate job security and work ethics to recycling.
The Expert answers:
Unless a company is directly associated with recycling or relies on recycling for it’s raw material source, it has nothing to do with job security.
In addition, the choice to recycle has to do with personal ethics, not work ethics.
Steven asks…
Why don’t we open more Recycling Plants to Create Jobs?
I’m just wondering?
In the United States, we consume so much, and create so much recyclable waste every day. Why don’t we open more local recycling plants? It seems we could accomplish this in three steps.
1. Promote this new recycling boom through social media, tv ads, bumper stickers, etc., with the basic message that recycling can help save America in these hard times by creating jobs through harvesting, re-manufacturing and redistributing a resource that we are currently rich in.
2. Create more recycling drop off and pick up points. When I’m walking down the street, down the beach or in the park, and I see a beer can laying around, I have the desire to pick it up and take it to the nearest recyclables receptacle. Problem is, there usually isn’t one anywhere near. So what am I going to do? Pick up this beer can that I found and carry it around with me until I happen upon a recycling bin? No. I believe most people have had this happen to them at least once if not many more times and it greatly discourages recycling outside the home. On top of this, many people in suburban areas have to fight with their local government to get recycling pick up at their house, while trash pick up is readily available everywhere.
3. Invest Federally and Privately in Opening and Maintaining New Recycling Plants. Whether we access the starving building industry or simply convert old, unused factories, opening new local recycling plants with provide jobs to plant workers, receptacle gatherers and alot more. If necessary, bring on the subsidies
Seems to me, through serious promotion of the economic benefits of recycling more to provide the resource to open to plants and factories and create jobs, we can kick into motion a solid economic cycle.
So, someone please tell me why this isn’t being done?
Thanks,
Andrew
The Expert answers:
There would be all sorts of places open IF there was a real market for the product. Without someone to buy this stuff, at the price it would have to be sold, it won’t work.
Jobs are created when a product is needed and someone will pay for it.
Mark asks…
How can i get a job at a recycling plant?
And also what kinds of jobs do they have there?
The Expert answers:
Link below is for Waste Management, a large company. If you want something smaller, maybe start your own business buying aluminum cans or copper.
Laura asks…
Have does recycling save and create jobs?
The Expert answers:
Recycling doesn’t only help the environment, it also helps out the economy. The government has to hire people to work at the recycling plants, creating jobs for people in that community.
Charles asks…
What would happen if they stopped giving refunds for container recycling?
would homeless people get jobs?
would people recycle if they were told it was manditory punishable by fine.
would we be saving $?
The Expert answers:
I have no clue what you are talking about. Everything I want to get rid of goes into the dumpster I rent by the month. I live in the country with no taxpayer funded garbage pick up. I recycle nothing but aluminum cans. I compost organic garbage for the garden.
Sharon asks…
why is obama recycling all the old dogs for top posts?
he is just recycling Washington insiders for different jobs in his admin. where is the change gonna come from?
The Expert answers:
Would it be better if he hired only inexperienced people who have no idea how things work in Washington? Obama is going to need to be able to govern and administer the government properly, and it’s a good idea to have some people around him to help him do that.
Paul asks…
What are some things my recycling club can do?
For the past years my school had recycling clubs that just fail.
I’m thinking its because they’re not doing their job of recycling and/or they’re ONLY recycling.
I’m looking for some projects that the students can do like clean up the beach…
do you guys have any other ideas?
The Expert answers:
You may use: My Best Recycling Idea
Besides recycling the plastic containers, you can improve your work or home environments by bringing live potted plants indoors.
Major items needed:
One empty plastic gallon container. Tree Top Apple Juice is preferred, or equal in shape.
One empty plastic ½ gallon container. Langers All Pomergranate Juice is preferred or equal.
Directions: Lay the plastic gallon container on its side so the front label is facing up. Place the empty plastic half gallon container on the label and with a sharpie pen outline the bottom on the Tree Top label and with a sharp knife carefully cut the outline. Insert the half gallon into the hole until it rest on the back label of the gallon container. Then mark and cut approximately one inch above the cut on the ½ gallon to complete your planter container. Remove and drill several ¼ inch holes on the bottom of the ½ gallon cut container for drainage.
Fill the cut ½ gallon planter with one inch of gravel before putting in good potting mix soil and live growing plant. If you make two or more you can pour the water back and forth and not waste the water with the nutrients.
Go to NASA’s Clean Air Plant Study for the top ten plants that cleans the indoor air better than the rest. Http://www.zone10.com/tech/NASA/Fyh.htm
Maria asks…
Is working at a plant recycling car batteries bad for your health?
My friend might be getting me a job working at some kind of recycling plant. The job is a “smelter” i believe? From what he explained they are just preserving the lead in the car batteries to recycle them? Is this a safe job? I mean obviously anything can be dangerous, but as long as you take precaution is it safe? He mentioned that they are tested for lead every month, so it kind of got me a little freaked out lol.
The Expert answers:
Only if you drink the battery fluid
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Lisa asks…
Does “not recycling” create more jobs?
Isn’t it all sorted at the dump anyway? By not being so fastidious about sorting plastics and cans into bins and bags, are we ensuring jobs for other Canadians?
By the way, I strongly side with recycling/refurbishing of electronics, appliances, and other labour-intensive products I may have forgot to mention. You may, though. Throwing them out is a waste of energy and resources.
The Expert answers:
Depending on ones local city policies – below minimum wage jobs are the usual result of green recycle waste sorting sites. Undocumented Workers are the usual “non-personnel” doing the work.
George asks…
How does recycling relate to job security and or work ethics?
For class I needed to choose a topic to persuade people with. I chose recycling, after that we had to reach into a container and pick out the type of audience we’d be talking to. My topic was a group of people who are members of the United Auto Workers, composed of people who work for the Steering Axle plant in Livonia, MI. I need to relate job security and work ethics to recycling.
The Expert answers:
Unless a company is directly associated with recycling or relies on recycling for it’s raw material source, it has nothing to do with job security.
In addition, the choice to recycle has to do with personal ethics, not work ethics.
Thomas asks…
Why don’t we open more Recycling Plants to Create Jobs?
I’m just wondering?
In the United States, we consume so much, and create so much recyclable waste every day. Why don’t we open more local recycling plants? It seems we could accomplish this in three steps.
1. Promote this new recycling boom through social media, tv ads, bumper stickers, etc., with the basic message that recycling can help save America in these hard times by creating jobs through harvesting, re-manufacturing and redistributing a resource that we are currently rich in.
2. Create more recycling drop off and pick up points. When I’m walking down the street, down the beach or in the park, and I see a beer can laying around, I have the desire to pick it up and take it to the nearest recyclables receptacle. Problem is, there usually isn’t one anywhere near. So what am I going to do? Pick up this beer can that I found and carry it around with me until I happen upon a recycling bin? No. I believe most people have had this happen to them at least once if not many more times and it greatly discourages recycling outside the home. On top of this, many people in suburban areas have to fight with their local government to get recycling pick up at their house, while trash pick up is readily available everywhere.
3. Invest Federally and Privately in Opening and Maintaining New Recycling Plants. Whether we access the starving building industry or simply convert old, unused factories, opening new local recycling plants with provide jobs to plant workers, receptacle gatherers and alot more. If necessary, bring on the subsidies
Seems to me, through serious promotion of the economic benefits of recycling more to provide the resource to open to plants and factories and create jobs, we can kick into motion a solid economic cycle.
So, someone please tell me why this isn’t being done?
Thanks,
Andrew
The Expert answers:
There would be all sorts of places open IF there was a real market for the product. Without someone to buy this stuff, at the price it would have to be sold, it won’t work.
Jobs are created when a product is needed and someone will pay for it.
Michael asks…
How can i get a job at a recycling plant?
And also what kinds of jobs do they have there?
The Expert answers:
Link below is for Waste Management, a large company. If you want something smaller, maybe start your own business buying aluminum cans or copper.
David asks…
Have does recycling save and create jobs?
The Expert answers:
Recycling doesn’t only help the environment, it also helps out the economy. The government has to hire people to work at the recycling plants, creating jobs for people in that community.
Sandy asks…
What would happen if they stopped giving refunds for container recycling?
would homeless people get jobs?
would people recycle if they were told it was manditory punishable by fine.
would we be saving $?
The Expert answers:
I have no clue what you are talking about. Everything I want to get rid of goes into the dumpster I rent by the month. I live in the country with no taxpayer funded garbage pick up. I recycle nothing but aluminum cans. I compost organic garbage for the garden.
Mandy asks…
why is obama recycling all the old dogs for top posts?
he is just recycling Washington insiders for different jobs in his admin. where is the change gonna come from?
The Expert answers:
Would it be better if he hired only inexperienced people who have no idea how things work in Washington? Obama is going to need to be able to govern and administer the government properly, and it’s a good idea to have some people around him to help him do that.
John asks…
What are some things my recycling club can do?
For the past years my school had recycling clubs that just fail.
I’m thinking its because they’re not doing their job of recycling and/or they’re ONLY recycling.
I’m looking for some projects that the students can do like clean up the beach…
do you guys have any other ideas?
The Expert answers:
You may use: My Best Recycling Idea
Besides recycling the plastic containers, you can improve your work or home environments by bringing live potted plants indoors.
Major items needed:
One empty plastic gallon container. Tree Top Apple Juice is preferred, or equal in shape.
One empty plastic ½ gallon container. Langers All Pomergranate Juice is preferred or equal.
Directions: Lay the plastic gallon container on its side so the front label is facing up. Place the empty plastic half gallon container on the label and with a sharpie pen outline the bottom on the Tree Top label and with a sharp knife carefully cut the outline. Insert the half gallon into the hole until it rest on the back label of the gallon container. Then mark and cut approximately one inch above the cut on the ½ gallon to complete your planter container. Remove and drill several ¼ inch holes on the bottom of the ½ gallon cut container for drainage.
Fill the cut ½ gallon planter with one inch of gravel before putting in good potting mix soil and live growing plant. If you make two or more you can pour the water back and forth and not waste the water with the nutrients.
Go to NASA’s Clean Air Plant Study for the top ten plants that cleans the indoor air better than the rest. Http://www.zone10.com/tech/NASA/Fyh.htm
William asks…
Is working at a plant recycling car batteries bad for your health?
My friend might be getting me a job working at some kind of recycling plant. The job is a “smelter” i believe? From what he explained they are just preserving the lead in the car batteries to recycle them? Is this a safe job? I mean obviously anything can be dangerous, but as long as you take precaution is it safe? He mentioned that they are tested for lead every month, so it kind of got me a little freaked out lol.
The Expert answers:
Only if you drink the battery fluid
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Richard asks…
Do you think the USA can free itself [any time soon] from dependence on oil and fossil fuels?
I have several questions, I guess. I recently received an email forwarded to me that spouted off about all the oil we could get squeezed out of the USA ground, if we would just dig up our wild lands. It so outrages me that people still want to tear up our land to harvest a NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE! Why can’t we just get off the bandwagon, and modernize? And think of the jobs it would create while we help our own situation.
Let’s GET REAL, people, and face the facts. Why would anyone advocate the desecration of the wild natural beauty of USA country, existing still pristene for our enjooyment, in favor of sucking a NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE out of it? Can you see the futility of such a cause?
Whether it be oil, or gas, or coal – to obtain any at all is another scar upon our land! And, once our future generations HAVE harvested all to be had, then what? Because when it’s gone, it’s gone. Do we again wait till the last minute to solve a problem, after it becomes a crisis? Again, futility.
Wouldn’t it be much more realistic to put all this “campaigning” effort into emails backing the generation of RENEWABLE energy? This century could see the beginning of use of our great technology to create multi-avenues of a variety of energy sources — intelligent sources — with availability of such energy well into the future, for our children? Why should we again wait until the last minute to develop a solution to what is a known future problem?
And, the bonus: at the same time, for one source, we find a method of destroying our garbage by recycling a large amount of it back into a useable energy — just one of the benefits. Then we don’t need to bury it in the ground, or dump it in our oceans.
Try Googling for yourself into websites for these realistic renewable energy proponents, and remember this: if there was NO OIL, we would not need to go to war, one after another. Why? Because we would not need to FIGHT for something that should, in the end, be a useless commodity, not an exhausted one.
Oil is dirty, even for engines – and besides that, it is 100-year-old technology we should be far ahead of, by now. Given the capabilities of our society, any fossil fuels are antique! Yet we still use them. Wow! – boggles the mind. Can you respond or elaborate (please be courteous)? I want to hear what people have to say on this.
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Yes. If most American homes had solar electric, solar hot water and residential wind turbines it would put a big dent in use. Most systems are connected to the grid, local power companies buy your excess power during the day, and supply you at night and in bad weather. Voltage goes up as temperature goes down with Solar PV, so cold is good as long as you have a sunny day. My Prius get’s great gas mileage, saves a lot of gas and money. Ford has the same system Chevy is making the volt electric hybrid. Replacing incandescent bulbs with CFL makes a huge difference in usage. Better insulation can really cut your home heating costs as does new tech air conditioners. Warehouses and commercial buildings that install lights that go on and off as people pass by save a lot. Hydo power saves. Hydrogen Cells are in development. Windmills are great, Condensed Solar Plants that are long trows that concentrate the sun and heat oil that heats steam and runs conventional commercial generators are proven technology. Oil has a hold on the USA government and their lobby staff and PR departments spend a lot of time trying to make sure alternatives get little attention. Then we have walking, Bicycle paths, better public transportation. Sure we could make a huge dent in oil use. Renewable Energy Technology and implementation could be a huge boom for USA business and economy too. Who doesn’t want it? OIL. Oil rules the USA. We need to change that.
Thomas asks…
i think i has aspergers syndrome but im not sure?
I have a inactive social life. I’m 16 and only have a social group in school I can understand jokes. However I noticed I don’t look at people when I talk to them, at all. I stand oddly, one foot tucked behind the other at a right angle. I single mindedly approach tasks, which is a problem. If I get told to empty the dishwasher I don’t think to load it. If I get told to empty the bin It doesn’t cross my mind to empty the recycling bags. I excel in maths and science but generally do well in school. As a child i was really interested in ancient Egyptians- I could reel of endless facts right now. Now I really enjoy Maths and physics- loads. I look forwards to the lessons and am fascinate by them. I watched a film called Adam and googles asperger’s, I seem to tick most of the boxes on symptoms. Also as a child I was kind of a social recluse, and still am I guess, although it’s been brought to my attention and I feel ashamed. I did an online test and got the score that said asperger’s. However I wouldn’t like to go to the doctors, what if I’m wrong? I’ll feel stupid. I don’t know where to put my arms when i walk- and sometimes i do this rub-palm-of-one-hand-with-thumb-of-other thingy that i didnt notice until recently. My mum got angry at me recently because she said im always asking ‘why’. why do i have to put this cream on for eczema and not this one. why do i have to wear a coat it seems warm in here and the windows are open, and many more questions. i didnt even realise she was frustrated until the outburst.
Maybe im a hypochondriac or something, i daren’t tell anyone incase i dont have it, then ill feel bad. but if i did it would explain so many things then i wouldnt have to be ashamed about not having a social life, sometimes forgetting to do jobs and the way i stand, not look at people, or sometimes not know wy theyre angry. God, it sounds worse when i type it- but still. Also i remember some things vividly but forget others in a matter of hours. i couldnt tell you what i did first thing yesterday but i sometimes remember odd things vividly- like where i sat on a tram once. Im intimidated by the idea of seeing a GP on my own but im not going o tell any family members either, and as i said i only have friends in school.
The Expert answers:
You say you take the tests and test positive, but there are some things that you are not talking about here that are aspergers.
Although you are quiet and have two things that are quirkly standing or the thumb palm thing, that isn’t sick in and ot itself.
As far as memory glitches sometimes that is very common at your age due to hormones, and you will probably have a resurgence of that in latter life if you don’t get your hormones tested and treated now. Remember that.
I am thinking you are over thinking all this and if you need to find a school psychologist to test you, then do that, so you will stop worrying.
From what you have said here, the way you communicate, and the rest, youdon’t sound like you have it at all.
If you ask a lot of questions, and learn from the answers, than there is nothign wrong wit hthat either, it is intelligent. That your parents may get frustrated with that is common also, and you should learn to research out yoru own answers as much as possible. Compare products, ingrediants,etc.
I thnk you are so concerned that you will not be happy until someone trained tests you and finds you are just fine, and probably exceptional.
Best wishes for you and yours
Chris asks…
i feel bad working @starbucks because i think theyre lying about their fair trade policies, their environmenta?
environmental policies, and their worker treatment policies. they made me go to a workshop called “Starbucks experience” yesterday…i had to drive for 45 minutes there, spend $12 on parking fees…okay well lemme put it this way, i spent more getting there than what i made in the measly couple hours.
the class teacher said something of the like, “don’t feel bad about starbucks exploiting latin american workers…we use fair trade…well we don’t pay them much but we pay them more than other companies do” …I couldn’t believe that all the other workers there were lapping that one up…
some dingbat sitting next to me told everyone that she wanted to work at Starbucks because they are good to the environment…uhm maybe theyre better than some companies, but when i work there, the only thing the baristas are recycling is milk cartons…nothing else. pretty much. I’m the only one who puts my plastic cups in the recycling bin…in fact I was chastised once by a shift supervisor for doing it…she told me, “come on you don’t have to do that…i need you on the bar”
and worker’s treatment? better than most , but when you talk the talk, walk the walk. I make 8 dollars an hour and live in an area where the bottom line 1 bedroom apartment in a so so area is at least 1300 a month. they give me around 20 hours when I asked for full time, and give me irregular, ever changing hours so it is near impossible for me to find a second job. free drinks doesnt pay my bills, ok
i’m wondering how people can truly believe such lies like what the class teacher was saying, how “we pay them fair trade” …uhm she’s insinuating that starbucks pays every farmer fair trade wen in reality, isn’t it more like 5-10% of all their purchased coffee?
is it true that if howard schultz split up all his 1.1 billion net worth among all the workers, every barista would be a millionaire??
lee you are brainwashed. if i were to split ur veins, u would bleed coffee. wheres ur proof of how many starbucks workers there are world wide, including the farmers who work for $3 a day to provide $4 lattes?
The Expert answers:
They are insidious and evil, I wouldn’t buy their product if you paid me. Do a seach on their reputation and count the lawsuits….
David asks…
Please Help! I can’t afford my textbooks for college?!?!?
I can’t get a job either, I’ve been searching for over a year and a half,but no one will give me a job despite the fact that I’m a straight A student with excellent credentials. I’m 17 and I’m going to be starting my first year of college in two weeks! The school still hasn’t processed my financial aid either, and I know I’m definitely supposed to get financial aid because our EFC was 0. My family has no money at all, and right now there is no food in our house. I’m starving, and I spend my days collecting cans to get money. This isn’t a joke, I know it sounds crazy,but its real, and I need help because I don’t think recycling cans at 5 cents each will give me the $800 I need for my textbooks?
Any helpful answers will be apperciated. Thank you.
The Expert answers:
You need to call financial aid to get that process going. I’m concerned that there may not be time to get all the aid stuff done before classes start, and if you don’t have it done by that time, will they let you attend class, or will you be dropped? So you need to contact them immediately, and find out what’s up.
Don’t buy textbooks yet. First, go to the first session of each class. Make sure you really need all the books listed for the class. Only after the first session do you purchase the books.
Try to get the books used. That’ll save you a lot of money. And for any book that will only be used for a short time, or infrequently, see if you can either 1) share it with another student so you split the cost or 2) if they have it on reserve at the uni library (and if not, ask the prof if it can be placed on reserve).
You can buy books online, from other students, and even from the college book store.
Susan asks…
Is the quran nothing more than mohammad practicing plagiarism?
Muslims proudly quote several passages in the Koran 30:48; 24:43, as scientifically accurate explanations of the hydrologic water cycle. My question is: given the fact the Bible had already fully documented the hydrologic water cycle 1600 before the Koran in Job 36:27-28, and 3 other passages (Eccl 11:3; Job 26:8; Eccl 1:6-7), doesn’t this proof Muhammad merely copied the scientific facts of the hydrologic water cycle directly from the Bible? (Clouds hold water: Eccl 11:3; Job 26:8; Rivers recycle water: Eccl 1:6-7; Evapouration: Amos 9:6)
Hey Banana – can you answer the question or not? I think not!
Samir – zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Jesus did not claim to be a prophet – he claimed to be GOD Himself. According to the quran this is blasphemy and contraditory to the teachings of mohammad. How can you accept Jesus and claim he was God’s prophet when he contradicted the quran by claiming to be God?
The Expert answers:
Don’t read Koran, It is for bad people. See what does they do with Human: http://www.faithfreedom.org/gallery.htm
Linda asks…
If you could choose how you would die…?
…from the following options, which would you choose?
1. You are a Vietnamese sweatshop laborer who spends 12 hours a day stuffing polyester into the lining of generic coffins that are sold to Americans at an outrageous profit, none of which helps you as you only make 20 cents an hour. One day, you are feeling more exhausted than usual so you decide to take a nap in one of the coffins. Due to the near weightlessness of you emaciated body, however, no one notices that the coffin is any heavier with you in it and they load it into a shipping container to be sent out. After 8 days at sea, praying for a speedy death, the cargo ship carrying you collides with an American cruise ship whose captain was too distracted by the hand job he was receiving from a hooker on cocaine to navigate his own boat. Your container falls off the ship and you are turned upside down, forced to stand on your head in the cramped coffin. As you feel an ice cold sensation on the top of your head, you realize the coffin is filling with water.
2. You work for a company that specializes in processing recycled materials. Your job is to operate a grinding machine that reduces recycled glass bottles into small granules to be melted down. One day, a vat holding alkaline hydrogen peroxide used to treat recycled paper springs a leak and starts pouring down into the glass pulverizer. You run to shut the machine off but slip on the spill, sliding underneath the railing and straight into the machine, sinking into the pit of alkali and glass shards. The machine undergoes emergency shut down after taking in your leg. You are submerged past your head in hydroxide and no one is going to find you. Thrashing about only digs the glass further into your skin.
3. You are put into a giant glass sphere and launched towards the sun. There is exactly 1 year worth of food, water, and air in the sphere and at the rate it is moving, it will be that long before it reaches the sun. You are in a helmet and straight jacket to prevent you from committing suicide, and each day the sphere draws closer to the sun and grows a little hotter. There is no waste management system in the sphere.
4. You are the son a French nobleman born out of incest in the year 1638. Due to the fact that your mother/aunt is your father/uncle’s sister, you are born with paranoid schizophrenia and suffer from horrible hallucinations. Believing this is God punishing them for their sin, they chain you up in a dungeon to hide their shame. One day, you break the chain and escape into the forest, becoming the scourge of the townspeople. As you grow older and your hallucinations grow worse, the cuff around you neck becomes tighter and tighter, slowly cutting off your circulation.
The Expert answers:
Jesus….ummm….i dunno…..but you should probably get a gig brainstorming gruesome deaths for horror movies.
Charles asks…
Does the FAA check your personal PLEASE HELP home Internet history?
I am a gay teen and my mother is against it. We live with her boyfriend, who works in the FAA Oklahoma. She tells me that they check home Internet connections and that if I have anything on my computer. It will show up, along with my history, and he will lose his job. Now to me this seems a little far fetched, even unconstitutional. Needless to say I am still frightened of the fact of him losing his job, not the fact of my history. He is an I.T. If this helps I also use “Eraser” to erase my Internet history recycle bin, an unused harddrive space once a week. Please help me!
The Expert answers:
Not only is being gay not a crime, but the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) does not have the jurisdiction to access anyone’s internet history. Only investigative branches (FBI, CIA, etc) would be able to get the green light to do that. And they certainly aren’t going to waste time and resources on looking at a gay teen’s internet history just because his mom wants them to.
Employers also don’t check the background of non-family members when deciding to hire or fire someone.
Nancy asks…
R-22 cost question? HVAC?
Hi HVAC/Service people,
How much does a can of R-22 cost?
How much will the recycled can of R-22 cost in 2010?
Both 30 lb.?
I’m trying to get a job, and need the facts to sell my skills 🙁
i think the cost of service calls are about to go up too then
The Expert answers:
I believe the R22 is running about $185 right now. Starting in 2010, manufacturers of HVAC equipment will no longer be allowed to manufacture Equipment using R22. The new refrigerant is R-410A which is currently available. The price of R22 will continue to rise as stocks deplete.
Lizzie asks…
why do we have to pay taxes?
Nobody likes to pay taxes.
And because of that many do not understand why paying taxes is important. Or maybe they don’t want to understand.
One way I explain it to people is to say that it is like paying your dues to an organization you belong to. Those who get more benefits out of being a member of that organization have to pay higher dues, hence, progressive taxation. Could rich people become rich in Mexico which has lower taxes than the United States? I suspect it’s a lot harder to become rich in Mexico than it is in America. I hear the rich people in Mexico don’t like to pay taxes either. Since they pay less taxes than their rich counterparts in the United States, the Mexican government cannot do too much for it’s poor people. So the poor Mexicans risk their lives to come north where they find it much easier to get a job in this wealthy land, a land that is still the wealthiest on the planet, I think.
But here is another way to explain taxes:
At work, I often do snow peas and crab rangoon by myself. I work at a Chinese restaurant. On those rare occasions when someone helps me do those two side jobs, I notice that the jobs get done a lot faster. The more people you have helping you do something, the faster it goes and the easier it is. The same holds true when I recycle at the local recycling plant. The work goes a lot faster and a lot easier when my dad helps me to do it even though he is 78 years old.
So the more people who pay taxes, the easier we can accomplish those things that need to be done, like Social Security, Medicare and defense, the less sacrifice each person has to contribute to the cause. The more people taxed, the less our individual taxes have to be, the less of a sacrifice. Shared sacrifice.
Shared sacrifice. That’s what it’s all about. That’s what taxes are all about. I understand there was a time in the history of England when they tried to take care of the poor, and do what needed to be done, without taxes or with low taxes. As an alternative to taxes, society encouraged people to give to charities. It was voluntary. One problem with that was that not everyone would volunteer. In fact, most people didn’t. I suppose a lot of people talk about doing good deeds, but when it comes to opening their pocketbooks, things get more dicey.
So the sacrifice was only shared by a small few. The result of this was a tremendous increase in crime even though there were harsh penalties for criminals. In fact, there is one story about pickpockets robbing a crowd of people that were watching a pickpocket get hung. Desperation has a way of making people do things that they think they would never do. Well, while they have some money they think they would never do those things and therefore judge those who do those things harshly.
So it doesn’t work to try to pay for everything the government needs to do by having bake sales.
Now, one solution to taxation that is often proposed is to cut spending. Many of those who propose that solution do not feel that they benefit from government spending. They do not feel like they are part of the underclass that does benefit from government spending, the underclass which they harshly judge as being lazy, uneducated, immoral and criminally oriented.
This was essentially the solution imposed by Governor Arnold Schwardzeneger of California. He cut spending and refused to raise taxes. And I think an odd thing happened after that. His popularity went way down. In fact, I think his disapproval rating grew higher than his approval rating. But how can this be? The underclass is the minority in California. Apparently the majority of Californians do get some benefit out of government spending. They didn’t realize it until after the governor’s cuts began to be implemented. I suspect his most unpopular cuts were cuts in Medicaid spending.
Back during the Clinton administration, political analyst David Gergen, a Republican, made a very salient point. Most government spending actually benefits the middle class, not the underclass, Gergen said. And, in America, the middle class are still the majority.
I have heard many Republicans argue that we can spend our money a lot better than the government can. Well, I don’t know if that’s necessarily true. Not too long ago, the average family had a credit card debt of about $10,000 or more. That doesn’t sound wise to me. Of course, that figure may have changed somewhat due to the great recession.
And hopefully the middle class will continue to be the majority in the United States. It may not if we keep cutting taxes. If we keep cutting taxes we may wind up like Mexico.
But getting back to shared sacrifice. Since the more people we have paying taxes means less taxes that each individual has to pay, the more taxpayers you have to collect from, the better. Well, the federal government can collect from a lot more taxpayers than the state of Missouri. The bigger tax pool of the federal government should lower the tax burden on each individual taxpayer’s back. However, I’m fairly certain that federal tax rates are higher than the tax rates of the state of Missouri even if you account for all taxes, not just income taxes or payroll taxes.
On the other hand, it was not really particular states which started Social Security and Medicare, the two most popular government programs. If left up to the individual states, those two programs would not exist. Also, while the Constitution does put defense in the hands of the federal government, I suspect most state governments are very glad that is the case and that they don’t have that massive financial burden to contend with.
So while the federal government takes more of your individual paycheck than the state, the federal government does a lot more for you.
I suspect the reason why it took the federal government to start these very needed programs for the elderly is because the fed has a much larger tax pool to collect from than individual states. In other words, the federal government is able to spread the sacrifice for the costs of these programs among almost 300 million people currently, while the state of Missouri can only spread that burden among maybe 10 million people. But don’t quote me on the population of Missouri.
Shared sacrifice. Some call it socialism. Call it whatever you want. But if you try to cut Social Security and Medicare, you are going to see the Tea Party on steroids. President Reagan tried to cut Social Security. Didn’t work. President Bush II tried to partially privatize Social Security. Didn’t work. So you can call it socialism. I call it….reality.
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I believe you are incorrect. Governor Schwarzenegger was put in place due to highly unpopular governor, and ran on a platform of jobs, reduce taxes.
Since then, AB32 has become his ugly baby, he and his buddy maldonado and villiers were the 2 republican votes needed to provide the 2/3 margin producing the 8 billion$ tax increase in CA in 2008 (to bridge the budget gap — guess what, it is back again). His unpopularity has led to NO endorsement for Brown or 140milliondollarwoman, whatever her name was.
He is unpopular because he did NOT lower taxes, lower spending. He did implement furlough days, but those still get counted as days worked for pensions. The voters then voted against a tax extension of those tax raises in 2008 — so they will expire. Like his political and acting careers respectfully.
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Carol asks…
Do you think the USA can free itself [any time soon] from dependence on oil and fossil fuels?
I have several questions, I guess. I recently received an email forwarded to me that spouted off about all the oil we could get squeezed out of the USA ground, if we would just dig up our wild lands. It so outrages me that people still want to tear up our land to harvest a NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE! Why can’t we just get off the bandwagon, and modernize? And think of the jobs it would create while we help our own situation.
Let’s GET REAL, people, and face the facts. Why would anyone advocate the desecration of the wild natural beauty of USA country, existing still pristene for our enjooyment, in favor of sucking a NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE out of it? Can you see the futility of such a cause?
Whether it be oil, or gas, or coal – to obtain any at all is another scar upon our land! And, once our future generations HAVE harvested all to be had, then what? Because when it’s gone, it’s gone. Do we again wait till the last minute to solve a problem, after it becomes a crisis? Again, futility.
Wouldn’t it be much more realistic to put all this “campaigning” effort into emails backing the generation of RENEWABLE energy? This century could see the beginning of use of our great technology to create multi-avenues of a variety of energy sources — intelligent sources — with availability of such energy well into the future, for our children? Why should we again wait until the last minute to develop a solution to what is a known future problem?
And, the bonus: at the same time, for one source, we find a method of destroying our garbage by recycling a large amount of it back into a useable energy — just one of the benefits. Then we don’t need to bury it in the ground, or dump it in our oceans.
Try Googling for yourself into websites for these realistic renewable energy proponents, and remember this: if there was NO OIL, we would not need to go to war, one after another. Why? Because we would not need to FIGHT for something that should, in the end, be a useless commodity, not an exhausted one.
Oil is dirty, even for engines – and besides that, it is 100-year-old technology we should be far ahead of, by now. Given the capabilities of our society, any fossil fuels are antique! Yet we still use them. Wow! – boggles the mind. Can you respond or elaborate (please be courteous)? I want to hear what people have to say on this.
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Yes. If most American homes had solar electric, solar hot water and residential wind turbines it would put a big dent in use. Most systems are connected to the grid, local power companies buy your excess power during the day, and supply you at night and in bad weather. Voltage goes up as temperature goes down with Solar PV, so cold is good as long as you have a sunny day. My Prius get’s great gas mileage, saves a lot of gas and money. Ford has the same system Chevy is making the volt electric hybrid. Replacing incandescent bulbs with CFL makes a huge difference in usage. Better insulation can really cut your home heating costs as does new tech air conditioners. Warehouses and commercial buildings that install lights that go on and off as people pass by save a lot. Hydo power saves. Hydrogen Cells are in development. Windmills are great, Condensed Solar Plants that are long trows that concentrate the sun and heat oil that heats steam and runs conventional commercial generators are proven technology. Oil has a hold on the USA government and their lobby staff and PR departments spend a lot of time trying to make sure alternatives get little attention. Then we have walking, Bicycle paths, better public transportation. Sure we could make a huge dent in oil use. Renewable Energy Technology and implementation could be a huge boom for USA business and economy too. Who doesn’t want it? OIL. Oil rules the USA. We need to change that.
William asks…
i think i has aspergers syndrome but im not sure?
I have a inactive social life. I’m 16 and only have a social group in school I can understand jokes. However I noticed I don’t look at people when I talk to them, at all. I stand oddly, one foot tucked behind the other at a right angle. I single mindedly approach tasks, which is a problem. If I get told to empty the dishwasher I don’t think to load it. If I get told to empty the bin It doesn’t cross my mind to empty the recycling bags. I excel in maths and science but generally do well in school. As a child i was really interested in ancient Egyptians- I could reel of endless facts right now. Now I really enjoy Maths and physics- loads. I look forwards to the lessons and am fascinate by them. I watched a film called Adam and googles asperger’s, I seem to tick most of the boxes on symptoms. Also as a child I was kind of a social recluse, and still am I guess, although it’s been brought to my attention and I feel ashamed. I did an online test and got the score that said asperger’s. However I wouldn’t like to go to the doctors, what if I’m wrong? I’ll feel stupid. I don’t know where to put my arms when i walk- and sometimes i do this rub-palm-of-one-hand-with-thumb-of-other thingy that i didnt notice until recently. My mum got angry at me recently because she said im always asking ‘why’. why do i have to put this cream on for eczema and not this one. why do i have to wear a coat it seems warm in here and the windows are open, and many more questions. i didnt even realise she was frustrated until the outburst.
Maybe im a hypochondriac or something, i daren’t tell anyone incase i dont have it, then ill feel bad. but if i did it would explain so many things then i wouldnt have to be ashamed about not having a social life, sometimes forgetting to do jobs and the way i stand, not look at people, or sometimes not know wy theyre angry. God, it sounds worse when i type it- but still. Also i remember some things vividly but forget others in a matter of hours. i couldnt tell you what i did first thing yesterday but i sometimes remember odd things vividly- like where i sat on a tram once. Im intimidated by the idea of seeing a GP on my own but im not going o tell any family members either, and as i said i only have friends in school.
The Expert answers:
You say you take the tests and test positive, but there are some things that you are not talking about here that are aspergers.
Although you are quiet and have two things that are quirkly standing or the thumb palm thing, that isn’t sick in and ot itself.
As far as memory glitches sometimes that is very common at your age due to hormones, and you will probably have a resurgence of that in latter life if you don’t get your hormones tested and treated now. Remember that.
I am thinking you are over thinking all this and if you need to find a school psychologist to test you, then do that, so you will stop worrying.
From what you have said here, the way you communicate, and the rest, youdon’t sound like you have it at all.
If you ask a lot of questions, and learn from the answers, than there is nothign wrong wit hthat either, it is intelligent. That your parents may get frustrated with that is common also, and you should learn to research out yoru own answers as much as possible. Compare products, ingrediants,etc.
I thnk you are so concerned that you will not be happy until someone trained tests you and finds you are just fine, and probably exceptional.
Best wishes for you and yours
Donald asks…
i feel bad working @starbucks because i think theyre lying about their fair trade policies, their environmenta?
environmental policies, and their worker treatment policies. they made me go to a workshop called “Starbucks experience” yesterday…i had to drive for 45 minutes there, spend $12 on parking fees…okay well lemme put it this way, i spent more getting there than what i made in the measly couple hours.
the class teacher said something of the like, “don’t feel bad about starbucks exploiting latin american workers…we use fair trade…well we don’t pay them much but we pay them more than other companies do” …I couldn’t believe that all the other workers there were lapping that one up…
some dingbat sitting next to me told everyone that she wanted to work at Starbucks because they are good to the environment…uhm maybe theyre better than some companies, but when i work there, the only thing the baristas are recycling is milk cartons…nothing else. pretty much. I’m the only one who puts my plastic cups in the recycling bin…in fact I was chastised once by a shift supervisor for doing it…she told me, “come on you don’t have to do that…i need you on the bar”
and worker’s treatment? better than most , but when you talk the talk, walk the walk. I make 8 dollars an hour and live in an area where the bottom line 1 bedroom apartment in a so so area is at least 1300 a month. they give me around 20 hours when I asked for full time, and give me irregular, ever changing hours so it is near impossible for me to find a second job. free drinks doesnt pay my bills, ok
i’m wondering how people can truly believe such lies like what the class teacher was saying, how “we pay them fair trade” …uhm she’s insinuating that starbucks pays every farmer fair trade wen in reality, isn’t it more like 5-10% of all their purchased coffee?
is it true that if howard schultz split up all his 1.1 billion net worth among all the workers, every barista would be a millionaire??
lee you are brainwashed. if i were to split ur veins, u would bleed coffee. wheres ur proof of how many starbucks workers there are world wide, including the farmers who work for $3 a day to provide $4 lattes?
The Expert answers:
They are insidious and evil, I wouldn’t buy their product if you paid me. Do a seach on their reputation and count the lawsuits….
Laura asks…
Please Help! I can’t afford my textbooks for college?!?!?
I can’t get a job either, I’ve been searching for over a year and a half,but no one will give me a job despite the fact that I’m a straight A student with excellent credentials. I’m 17 and I’m going to be starting my first year of college in two weeks! The school still hasn’t processed my financial aid either, and I know I’m definitely supposed to get financial aid because our EFC was 0. My family has no money at all, and right now there is no food in our house. I’m starving, and I spend my days collecting cans to get money. This isn’t a joke, I know it sounds crazy,but its real, and I need help because I don’t think recycling cans at 5 cents each will give me the $800 I need for my textbooks?
Any helpful answers will be apperciated. Thank you.
The Expert answers:
You need to call financial aid to get that process going. I’m concerned that there may not be time to get all the aid stuff done before classes start, and if you don’t have it done by that time, will they let you attend class, or will you be dropped? So you need to contact them immediately, and find out what’s up.
Don’t buy textbooks yet. First, go to the first session of each class. Make sure you really need all the books listed for the class. Only after the first session do you purchase the books.
Try to get the books used. That’ll save you a lot of money. And for any book that will only be used for a short time, or infrequently, see if you can either 1) share it with another student so you split the cost or 2) if they have it on reserve at the uni library (and if not, ask the prof if it can be placed on reserve).
You can buy books online, from other students, and even from the college book store.
Nancy asks…
Is the quran nothing more than mohammad practicing plagiarism?
Muslims proudly quote several passages in the Koran 30:48; 24:43, as scientifically accurate explanations of the hydrologic water cycle. My question is: given the fact the Bible had already fully documented the hydrologic water cycle 1600 before the Koran in Job 36:27-28, and 3 other passages (Eccl 11:3; Job 26:8; Eccl 1:6-7), doesn’t this proof Muhammad merely copied the scientific facts of the hydrologic water cycle directly from the Bible? (Clouds hold water: Eccl 11:3; Job 26:8; Rivers recycle water: Eccl 1:6-7; Evapouration: Amos 9:6)
Hey Banana – can you answer the question or not? I think not!
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Jesus did not claim to be a prophet – he claimed to be GOD Himself. According to the quran this is blasphemy and contraditory to the teachings of mohammad. How can you accept Jesus and claim he was God’s prophet when he contradicted the quran by claiming to be God?
The Expert answers:
Don’t read Koran, It is for bad people. See what does they do with Human: http://www.faithfreedom.org/gallery.htm
Susan asks…
If you could choose how you would die…?
…from the following options, which would you choose?
1. You are a Vietnamese sweatshop laborer who spends 12 hours a day stuffing polyester into the lining of generic coffins that are sold to Americans at an outrageous profit, none of which helps you as you only make 20 cents an hour. One day, you are feeling more exhausted than usual so you decide to take a nap in one of the coffins. Due to the near weightlessness of you emaciated body, however, no one notices that the coffin is any heavier with you in it and they load it into a shipping container to be sent out. After 8 days at sea, praying for a speedy death, the cargo ship carrying you collides with an American cruise ship whose captain was too distracted by the hand job he was receiving from a hooker on cocaine to navigate his own boat. Your container falls off the ship and you are turned upside down, forced to stand on your head in the cramped coffin. As you feel an ice cold sensation on the top of your head, you realize the coffin is filling with water.
2. You work for a company that specializes in processing recycled materials. Your job is to operate a grinding machine that reduces recycled glass bottles into small granules to be melted down. One day, a vat holding alkaline hydrogen peroxide used to treat recycled paper springs a leak and starts pouring down into the glass pulverizer. You run to shut the machine off but slip on the spill, sliding underneath the railing and straight into the machine, sinking into the pit of alkali and glass shards. The machine undergoes emergency shut down after taking in your leg. You are submerged past your head in hydroxide and no one is going to find you. Thrashing about only digs the glass further into your skin.
3. You are put into a giant glass sphere and launched towards the sun. There is exactly 1 year worth of food, water, and air in the sphere and at the rate it is moving, it will be that long before it reaches the sun. You are in a helmet and straight jacket to prevent you from committing suicide, and each day the sphere draws closer to the sun and grows a little hotter. There is no waste management system in the sphere.
4. You are the son a French nobleman born out of incest in the year 1638. Due to the fact that your mother/aunt is your father/uncle’s sister, you are born with paranoid schizophrenia and suffer from horrible hallucinations. Believing this is God punishing them for their sin, they chain you up in a dungeon to hide their shame. One day, you break the chain and escape into the forest, becoming the scourge of the townspeople. As you grow older and your hallucinations grow worse, the cuff around you neck becomes tighter and tighter, slowly cutting off your circulation.
The Expert answers:
Jesus….ummm….i dunno…..but you should probably get a gig brainstorming gruesome deaths for horror movies.
Paul asks…
Does the FAA check your personal PLEASE HELP home Internet history?
I am a gay teen and my mother is against it. We live with her boyfriend, who works in the FAA Oklahoma. She tells me that they check home Internet connections and that if I have anything on my computer. It will show up, along with my history, and he will lose his job. Now to me this seems a little far fetched, even unconstitutional. Needless to say I am still frightened of the fact of him losing his job, not the fact of my history. He is an I.T. If this helps I also use “Eraser” to erase my Internet history recycle bin, an unused harddrive space once a week. Please help me!
The Expert answers:
Not only is being gay not a crime, but the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) does not have the jurisdiction to access anyone’s internet history. Only investigative branches (FBI, CIA, etc) would be able to get the green light to do that. And they certainly aren’t going to waste time and resources on looking at a gay teen’s internet history just because his mom wants them to.
Employers also don’t check the background of non-family members when deciding to hire or fire someone.
Helen asks…
R-22 cost question? HVAC?
Hi HVAC/Service people,
How much does a can of R-22 cost?
How much will the recycled can of R-22 cost in 2010?
Both 30 lb.?
I’m trying to get a job, and need the facts to sell my skills 🙁
i think the cost of service calls are about to go up too then
The Expert answers:
I believe the R22 is running about $185 right now. Starting in 2010, manufacturers of HVAC equipment will no longer be allowed to manufacture Equipment using R22. The new refrigerant is R-410A which is currently available. The price of R22 will continue to rise as stocks deplete.
Donna asks…
why do we have to pay taxes?
Nobody likes to pay taxes.
And because of that many do not understand why paying taxes is important. Or maybe they don’t want to understand.
One way I explain it to people is to say that it is like paying your dues to an organization you belong to. Those who get more benefits out of being a member of that organization have to pay higher dues, hence, progressive taxation. Could rich people become rich in Mexico which has lower taxes than the United States? I suspect it’s a lot harder to become rich in Mexico than it is in America. I hear the rich people in Mexico don’t like to pay taxes either. Since they pay less taxes than their rich counterparts in the United States, the Mexican government cannot do too much for it’s poor people. So the poor Mexicans risk their lives to come north where they find it much easier to get a job in this wealthy land, a land that is still the wealthiest on the planet, I think.
But here is another way to explain taxes:
At work, I often do snow peas and crab rangoon by myself. I work at a Chinese restaurant. On those rare occasions when someone helps me do those two side jobs, I notice that the jobs get done a lot faster. The more people you have helping you do something, the faster it goes and the easier it is. The same holds true when I recycle at the local recycling plant. The work goes a lot faster and a lot easier when my dad helps me to do it even though he is 78 years old.
So the more people who pay taxes, the easier we can accomplish those things that need to be done, like Social Security, Medicare and defense, the less sacrifice each person has to contribute to the cause. The more people taxed, the less our individual taxes have to be, the less of a sacrifice. Shared sacrifice.
Shared sacrifice. That’s what it’s all about. That’s what taxes are all about. I understand there was a time in the history of England when they tried to take care of the poor, and do what needed to be done, without taxes or with low taxes. As an alternative to taxes, society encouraged people to give to charities. It was voluntary. One problem with that was that not everyone would volunteer. In fact, most people didn’t. I suppose a lot of people talk about doing good deeds, but when it comes to opening their pocketbooks, things get more dicey.
So the sacrifice was only shared by a small few. The result of this was a tremendous increase in crime even though there were harsh penalties for criminals. In fact, there is one story about pickpockets robbing a crowd of people that were watching a pickpocket get hung. Desperation has a way of making people do things that they think they would never do. Well, while they have some money they think they would never do those things and therefore judge those who do those things harshly.
So it doesn’t work to try to pay for everything the government needs to do by having bake sales.
Now, one solution to taxation that is often proposed is to cut spending. Many of those who propose that solution do not feel that they benefit from government spending. They do not feel like they are part of the underclass that does benefit from government spending, the underclass which they harshly judge as being lazy, uneducated, immoral and criminally oriented.
This was essentially the solution imposed by Governor Arnold Schwardzeneger of California. He cut spending and refused to raise taxes. And I think an odd thing happened after that. His popularity went way down. In fact, I think his disapproval rating grew higher than his approval rating. But how can this be? The underclass is the minority in California. Apparently the majority of Californians do get some benefit out of government spending. They didn’t realize it until after the governor’s cuts began to be implemented. I suspect his most unpopular cuts were cuts in Medicaid spending.
Back during the Clinton administration, political analyst David Gergen, a Republican, made a very salient point. Most government spending actually benefits the middle class, not the underclass, Gergen said. And, in America, the middle class are still the majority.
I have heard many Republicans argue that we can spend our money a lot better than the government can. Well, I don’t know if that’s necessarily true. Not too long ago, the average family had a credit card debt of about $10,000 or more. That doesn’t sound wise to me. Of course, that figure may have changed somewhat due to the great recession.
And hopefully the middle class will continue to be the majority in the United States. It may not if we keep cutting taxes. If we keep cutting taxes we may wind up like Mexico.
But getting back to shared sacrifice. Since the more people we have paying taxes means less taxes that each individual has to pay, the more taxpayers you have to collect from, the better. Well, the federal government can collect from a lot more taxpayers than the state of Missouri. The bigger tax pool of the federal government should lower the tax burden on each individual taxpayer’s back. However, I’m fairly certain that federal tax rates are higher than the tax rates of the state of Missouri even if you account for all taxes, not just income taxes or payroll taxes.
On the other hand, it was not really particular states which started Social Security and Medicare, the two most popular government programs. If left up to the individual states, those two programs would not exist. Also, while the Constitution does put defense in the hands of the federal government, I suspect most state governments are very glad that is the case and that they don’t have that massive financial burden to contend with.
So while the federal government takes more of your individual paycheck than the state, the federal government does a lot more for you.
I suspect the reason why it took the federal government to start these very needed programs for the elderly is because the fed has a much larger tax pool to collect from than individual states. In other words, the federal government is able to spread the sacrifice for the costs of these programs among almost 300 million people currently, while the state of Missouri can only spread that burden among maybe 10 million people. But don’t quote me on the population of Missouri.
Shared sacrifice. Some call it socialism. Call it whatever you want. But if you try to cut Social Security and Medicare, you are going to see the Tea Party on steroids. President Reagan tried to cut Social Security. Didn’t work. President Bush II tried to partially privatize Social Security. Didn’t work. So you can call it socialism. I call it….reality.
The Expert answers:
I believe you are incorrect. Governor Schwarzenegger was put in place due to highly unpopular governor, and ran on a platform of jobs, reduce taxes.
Since then, AB32 has become his ugly baby, he and his buddy maldonado and villiers were the 2 republican votes needed to provide the 2/3 margin producing the 8 billion$ tax increase in CA in 2008 (to bridge the budget gap — guess what, it is back again). His unpopularity has led to NO endorsement for Brown or 140milliondollarwoman, whatever her name was.
He is unpopular because he did NOT lower taxes, lower spending. He did implement furlough days, but those still get counted as days worked for pensions. The voters then voted against a tax extension of those tax raises in 2008 — so they will expire. Like his political and acting careers respectfully.
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James asks…
Could this idea start a mass recycling movement?
I think that everyone is waking up to the fact that we’re killing the planet around us. Just look at the millions spent in advertising “go green” themes in ads, t-shirts, magazines, etc…
Why not bass a bill for mandatory recycling in all public schools across America?
I went to a small 3-A high school in Texas, and that school alone went through over 800,000 Styrofoam trays at its cafeteria year. Not to mention what the total amount of paper and plastic wastes it must have totaled.
Imagine if a number up to ten times that size could be recycled in paper, plastics, and other recyclable resources. This would also provide jobs to help stimulate the economy and would have a tremendous effect on the way Americans think about recycling and the wasteful lifestyle we live. Granted the government probably wouldn’t be able to think about that kind of spending for some years to come, it may be able to help just in time.
Do you think it could work?
The Expert answers:
I like it. Consider a twist. Consider a bill that requires each school to have a student project that looks at “greening the school”. Instead of requiring recycling, teach reclying. You might be surprised at where kids take this idea. It might not only recycle, but it might lead to reducing total energy consumption at that school. Call this a “Quality Enhancement Component of Education” a hands on learning experience. Again, I like your idea!!
Carol asks…
Recycling a bit useless?
Well first of all I’m all for Global Warming, recycling and such. So please don’t get any Ideas…
Now whats the main point of recycling? To not have to make more from scratch, reduce usage of materals (as in the creation of them. Like the resources need to make them, power, gases and soforth.)
Then, there’s the fact that the same thing when they use, say a plastic bottle and make it into something else, (plastic bag, wrapping, etc…) They use mostly the same resouces to make ’em in the first place. So why invest in so many commercial adds, programs, and companies to do the same as the ones are all ready there? Then there’s use of EVEN more resources when they create new buildings for that very reason. Same with paper, wood, etc. They will continue to chop down trees regardless of recycling. They can’t just stop all that, as it will remove lots of jobs.
Again, I’m just trying to create a disscusion, not an arguement. I’m all for the Earth’s health, while at the same time I’m no tree hugger.
BTW I’m 12. 🙂
The Expert answers:
I like the environment. Many things can be made from recycling. Pencils from tires and CDs. Your question confused me a bit, but i get what your saying. When one door closes another one opens. People are always trying new ways of making electricity and recycling. I came up with an idea of rubbing socks against a trampoline and connected to a wire that would go in to a machine to collect it. Then i scraped the idea because it wouldn’t make too much energy.
Ruth asks…
who wants to hearsome facts about men?
1. men like to barbecue men will cook if danger is involved
2. men who have pierced ears are better prepard for marriage. theyve expereinced pain and bought jewelry
3. marrying a divorced man is ecologically responsible. in a world where there is more women than men, it pays to recycle
4. men are very confident people. sually they are so confident that when they watch sports on tv, they think that if they concentrate they can help their team
5. men love to be the first to read the newspaper in the morning. not being the first is upsetting to their psyches
6. the way a man looks at himself in a mirror will tell you if he can ever care about anyone else
7. a good place to meet a man is at the dry cleaner. these men usually have jobs and bathe
8. men love watches with multiple functions, preferably ones that have a combination addrese book, telescope, and piano
9. men are sensitive in strange ways if a man has built a fire and the last log does not burn he will take it personally
The Expert answers:
Thanks – those were good “juan s”… (ones…) get it????
Thomas asks…
The job market is really sad in my area can anyone tell me where there is a good place to move to?
I know I am going to hear the same old line, go back to school. The fact is on my current wage and hours it is not possible. Plus age is a factor. I have a good work record which might be spread out in too many different directions. I have worked residential and commercial construction and I have 20 years union experience in manufacturing where I was in a leadership role for most of the years. Instead of making more money I am working for what I made in 1991, the bottom line is I have to survive. Everytime I apply for a job they say my resume looks good and that I am skilled but in the precise field they desire. Am I over the hill and should I be considered for the death sentence? I am sick of being downsized and recycled.
The Expert answers:
Here is something you can do from anywhere in the United States or Canada:
I have an online/offline retail business. We sell hundreds of products and also have many well-know partner stores including Barnes and Noble, Sony Music, Office Max, Eddie Bauer and more. The nice thing about being online is that it doesn’t have the huge start-up costs of traditional business.
My website is:
www.jewel.mychoices.biz
Check it out and if you are interested in a franchise we can discuss it further. There is a link on the top of the page you can use to contact me or you may send me an email if you prefer.
Mary asks…
who knows more facts about men?
men like to barbecue. men will cook if danger is involved
men who have pierced eras are better prepared for marriage. they’ve experienced pain and bought jewelry
marrying a divorced man is ecologically responsible. in a world where there are more women then men, it pays to recycle
men are very confident people. usually they are so confident that when they watch sports on television, they think that if they concentrate they can help their team
men love to be the first to read the newspaper in the morning. not being the first is upsetting to their psyches
the way a man looks at himself in a mirror will tell you if he can ever care about anyone else
a good place to meet a man is at the dry cleaner. these men usually have jobs and bathe
men love watches with multiple functions, preferably ones that have a combination address book, telescope and piano
men are sensitive in strange ways. if a man built a fire and the last log does not burn, he will take it personally
men are brave enough to go to war, but they are not brave enough to get a bikini wax
men have an easier time buying bathing suits
women have two types of bathing suit available to them: depressing and more depressing. Men have two types: nerdy and not nerdy
women take clothing much ore seriously than men. Men never walk into a party and say ‘oh, my god, I’m so embarrassed…get me out of here. There’s another man wearing a black tuxedo.’
Most men hate to shop. That’s why the men’s department is usually on the first floor of a department store, two inches from the door
If a man prepares dinner for you and the salad contains three or more types of lettuce, he is serious
The cocoon to butterfly theory only works on cocoons and butterflies
When four or more men get together, they talk about sports
When four or more women get together, they talk about men
Not one man in a beer commercial has a beer belly
Men who can eat anything they want and not gain weight should do it out of sight of women
Getting rid of a man without hurting his masculinity is a problem
‘get out’ and ‘I never want to see you again’ might sound like a challenge. However, one of the most effective calls is, ‘I love you. I want to marry you. I want to have your children.’
Only men who have worn a ski suit understand how complicated it is for a woman to go to the bathroom when she’s wearing a jumpsuit
Men are self-confident because they grow up identifying with superheroes
Women have bad self-images because they grow up identifying with Barbie
When a woman tries on clothing from her closet that feels tight, she will assume she has gained weight. When a man tries something form his closet that feels tight, he will assume the clothing has shrunk
Male menopause is a lot more fun than female menopause. with female menopause you gain weight and get hot flushes. With male menopause you get to date young girls and drive motorcycles
Men forget everything; women remember everything. That’s why men need instant replays I sports. They’ve already forgotten what happened
Men would like monogamy better if it sounded less like monotony
The Expert answers:
More man facts……..
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Adam was created first to give him a chance to say something.
Men are like dog turds; the older they get, the easier they are to pick up.
Definition of a man with manners — he gets out of the bath to pee.
Why do men whistle when they’re sitting on the toilet?
Because it helps them remember which end they need to wipe.
Men are like lava lamps.
Fun to look at, but not all that bright.
Why do men buy electric lawn mowers?
So they can find their way back to the house.
Men do too get PMS:
Penis Malfunction Syndrome.
Pre-Middle aged Syndrome.
Post Macho Syndrome.
William asks…
Are These Facts True About Men???
Men like to barbecue. Men will cook if danger is involved.
Men who have pierced ears are better prepared for marriage. They’ve experienced pain and bought jewelry
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Be careful of men who are bald and rich; the arrogance of “rich” usually cancels out the nice of “bald.”
Marrying a divorced man is ecologically responsible. In a world where there are more women than men, it pays to recycle.
Men are very confident people. My husband is so confident that when he watches sports on television, he thinks that if he concentrates he can help his team. If the team is in trouble, he coaches the players from our living room, and if they’re really in trouble, I have to get off the phone incase they call him.
If it’s attention you want, don’t get involved with a man during play-off season.
Men like phones with lots of buttons. It makes them feel important.
Men love to be the first to read the newspaper in the morning. Not being the first is upsetting to their psyches.
All men look nerdy in black socks and sandals.
The way a man looks at himself in a mirror will tell you if he can ever care about anyone else.
Don’t try to teach men how to do anything in public. They can learn in private; in public they have to know.
Men who are going bald often wear baseball caps.
All men are afraid of eyelash curlers. I sleep with one under my pillow, instead of a gun.
A good place to meet a man is at the dry cleaner. These men usually have jobs and bathe.
Men love watches with multiple functions. My husband has one that is a combination address book, telescope and piano.
All men hate to hear “We need to talk about our relationship.” These seven words strike fear in the heart of even General Schwarzkopf.
Men are sensitive in strange ways. If a man has built a fire and the last log does not burn, he will take it personally.
The Expert answers:
Ok, first off, as a grown up tomboy, i’ve been the “go between” for years for all my guy friends. I’ve always told them the truth so now i’ll share my answers with ya 🙂
Yes, all men will risk life and limb to BBQ, and I will gladly eat most anything off a grill, lol.
No, guys with ear rings are usually trying to be stylish so in my experience they’re higher maintenance than me and I can’t handle that.
I know plenty of nice rich bald guys and snooty poor bald guys too, hair has nothing to do with nice, but money can make ANYONE an @$$hole.
Um…i’ve done it but never thought of it that way. I just saw it as a “he came pre-trained” situation, lol. Even though it did require a LOT of retraining, his ex is a BI@TCH!
YUP! They think they are responsible for the wins/losses of every team of every sport and they act like complete morons to “influence” the outcome. Enjoy the show, it’s great free entertainment 🙂
Cleaning house in lingerie always trumps sports, especially if the smell of something baking is filling the air. You REALLY want to get some attention, wear team colored lingerie or dress up like a cheer leader 🙂
ANY ELECTRONIC DEVICE amazes them. The more flashes, buttons, sounds, etc. THE BETTER!
…no man I know reads anything but the sports or comics, and that’s only if they get the paper.
I’m gonna go with yes and trump that with it shouldn’t happen EVER!
….um no? Most guys I know are looking at their flaws and trying to fix them or make them less noticable. Does that mean they’re lookin out for us?
Don’t try to teach them period. They already think they know how and even if they don’t, they’re gonna say they do and keep doing it their way til they learn better on their own – personal experiece here hun.
Yup, that’s a given. Like a hat doesn’t attract attention to them more…. *sigh*.
I just use it in front of them to make them cringe, lol, and I never really wear makeup. But to see em squirm…. You bet I will >:) *evil laughter*
You run the risk of dating a “secretary” that way, who says that they are picking up their own laundry and not that of their boss?!
Again, the more bells and whistles, the longer it keeps their attention, which is good for us, it means we can leave them in one place and find them still there when we are done with our own projects/shopping/chores.
They like them better than “i’m leaving you” “i hate you” or “it’s not you it’s me”
Yes, strangeness is a man trait in itself. It’s adorable and puzzling at the same time. But again, it’s a cheap source of entertainment for the rest of us.
Hope this helps.
Jenny asks…
Have you read through the offcail accounts of 911?
I don’t assign blame to anyone, nor to I claim to know how or exactly why. What I know for a FACT is that the 911 commission was a half baked farce. The fema report was inconclusive and the NIST report lol lol referred to how great a job the fema report did on subjects like building 7 which the 911 commission completely left out, and the fema report admitted there needed to be further investigation. Of course that is not impossible, because most of the evidence was destroyed. I am not talking about from the collapse either. It was recycled. Hauled away by a company called “Controlled Demolition”
O MY GOD did someone really say that the NIST report did a good job explaining how the plains brought down the buildings? You my friend have a lot of research to do. Starting with building #7 not hit by a plane. And please don’t give me this horse shit that the towers fell on it, I have researched it. Look at the building in between #6 it was burring and a totally wreck, did it fall? No
The Expert answers:
Yep, there are inconsistancies that will NEVER be resovled.
If America and the world knew the truth about what happend that day, our imagine in the international community would be obliterated.
That’s why we’ll NEVER know what really happend that day.
Maria asks…
When did you find out 911 was an inside job?
Sheeple People who refuse to accept the fact that the U.S. Government had their hand in the Terror Attacks of 911 are just plain ignorant. It’s impossible for Jet fuel or Kerosene to melt iron…LOOK AT THE PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS. Also if the floors collapsed causing a chain reaction it would have taken well over 90 seconds for the buildings to come down. They came down at free fall speed….9 seconds. There is no logical argument here. Explosives were pre-planted in the building. Case closed! Some idiots will argue that the fires were raging hot inferno’s…however if that was the case then why were there people standing in the holes where the planes impacted waving for help? Their clothes weren’t even burnt. Here we are talking about the biggest crime scene in the history of the United States…and what did Guilani do?
He scooped up all the evidence and got rid of it as fast as he possibly could. Sent overseas to be recycled? I doubt it…my guess is they dumped it all in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
If any of you people would for one second look at the evidence…it’s a common tactic for a country to injure or attack itself and then blame it on the enemy. Then we can go get em. There is even a name for it…it’s called.. “Pretext for Military Intervention” Why don’t all you wonderful wise little kids tell me why NORAD didn’t scramble any fighters to escort the hijacked planes down? They didn’t miss 1, but all 4!! Anytime a commercial airline goes off course without explanation, within 10 minutes, fighter jets are supposed to escort them down. Especially the air space over the Pentagon! Hmmm. How convenient. You think it was because Bush ordered Cheney to take control over NORAD the same morning of the attacks? Did you also know that the WTC changed owners about six months prior to the attacks? Did you also know that the buildings were worth more if destroyed than standing? That Larry Silverstein is the man who cashed out on the scam…walking away with billions?
Did you know that there was a flurry of activity on Wall Street prior to the attacks, and the majority of the trading was “Put options” on the doomed Airlines stock? Did you know that there were multiple explosions heard inside the buildings from all kinds of firefighters, police officers and witnesses? Did you know that WTC Building 7 fell at approximately 5:30 p.m.? That the building did not suffer any major damage, but it somehow blew up into a fine pile of dust? Do you Morons even know what propaganda is? Do you know that it is also a well known and effectively used tool for the government to pull the wool over your eyes? Well, don’t say we didn’t warn you when your asking yourself 5 years from now “How could this happen?” It’s sheeple people who make it easy for the government to do whatever they want. Educate yourself and open your eyes folks. This is real, and there are more than just a couple of us who think so. Go to google and type in Terror Attacks of 911…have look
The Expert answers:
Hey torrey……..your explanation is pretty elementary. What about the 47 steel columns in the middle of WTC 1 and 2. And by your estimates, you are saying that the steel was weakened at ever beam at the very same time because the video clearly shows the building coming down in an asymmetrical fasion.
By the way, to the poster who said that experts told him the plane knocked the building down. Sorry, but even NIST and FEMA said that the planes didn’t do nearly enough damage to the structure fo the building……you should do more research. Seriously.
To anwer the question….2 years ago i found out 9/11 was an inside job. I had kept hearing about it and decided to finally look at the facts……my conclusion (as many others now have) is that the official story is false. The science doesn’t add up. The facts dont add up. The timelines dont add up.
After WTC was hit….why were there no jets scrabbled until after the pentagon was hit? WHY?
Michael asks…
Would you continue to hire this person to help you clean your place?
OK, the facts are: She was using a knife the other day to do a dirty job (really dirty) and she put the knife back in with the clean cutlery (luckily I grabbed it before it would be missed). She dumped some papers of mine into the recycling that were semi-important and had my name/address on it – something I never do because you never know who could use that info.
The previous job she did cleaning a family member’s apartment – and I had to redo some of it because it was not up to the landlord’s expectations (which were pretty high but not impossible).
She’s a friend and we get along with each other. I don’t have any other family or friends able to help me clean. The alternative is to hire somebody I don’t know for cleaning jobs – but not sure I like to trust strangers. Most of the time I can do it myself – but some jobs are too big to comfortably handle alone.
I have spoken to her about these things, but the fact is her style is “just get it done” and she’s not detail-oriented, if you know what I mean.
The Expert answers:
If you want to keep the friendship, just tell her that you’re going to have to lay off of having a helper for a while. Then after some time passes, hire someone new (you can do a background check on them and get references prior to hiring), and then if she finds out and questions it, just tell her you hated to ask because she seemed really busy.
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