Your Questions About Recycling

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* The FAA’s Flight Intercept procedures that have been in place since the 70’s (and might have prevented 9/11) were changed by Donald Rumsfeld in June 2001.

* “Experts” claimed WTC Building 7 was damaged by falling debris from WTC Building 1 and WTC Building 2, YET WTC7 was NEVER mentioned in the 9/11 Commission Report.

* In regards to the Pentagon strike (thought to be the most highly secure, highly defended building in the world): only a few FRAMES of footage of ONE security camera overlooking the Pentagon was released to the public. There are over 20 different security-surveillance cameras overlooking the Pentagon and footage from all of those are CLASSIFIED. Why? And why release the footage that they did release?

* FEMA had also established a staging area in Manhattan on 9/10.

* The CIA, FBI, and/or Secret Service all had offices in WTC Buildings 5,6 7. They had a TOP SECRET vault below those buildings. When FEMA S&R teams reached the vault the vault door was cracked open and the vault was COMPLETELY EMPTY.

* The steel and other material from the buildings at Ground Zero were transported to Asia where they were melted down and recycled within weeks of 9/11. The company responsible for the cleanup was called CONTROLLED DEMOLITION INC. Don’t believe me? Look it up.

* NUMEROUS put options were placed on the American and United Airlines Stock during the week leading up to 9/11.

* NUMEROUS put options were placed on the stocks of companies who had offices in WTC 1 and WTC 2.

* On 9/11 Military Exercises/War Games called for almost all of the fighter jets in the north eastern quadrant of CONUS (Continental United States) airspace to be located far enough away that it would take over an hour for them to reach New York and Washington, D.C.

* About 4-5 of the hijackers were under the surveillance of MOSSAD and the FBI during the months prior to 9/11.

* It’s been almost EIGHT YEARS SINCE 9/11 AND BIN LADEN HAS YET TO BE FOUND!!

* Look up OPERATION: JAWBREAKER

* There are WAY MORE FACTS to be mentioned here, but I’m tired.

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* Kurt Sonnenfeld

The Expert answers:

Why would I scold you? – You are working instead of doing nothing with your life 😀 Be proud and it happens. Work is hard on life, plus no one has any idea how tough it is working at a fast food place…I mean sometimes I wonder how you guys cope with the heat and the rush, pressure everything that goes along with fast food places – I mean it’s in the name ‘fast’ and as you said no one understands how time just flys by. It can be very depressing and dull, like your life is not heading anywhere, people may say ‘but you’re working your ass off, that’s admirable’ and yes it is, but at the same time, you want to be happy and the environment is like SIGH! So I completely understand.

Now, this can go two ways, if you put it on your CV then one they may just look and say ‘Oh kool, she’s done service before.’ or ‘lets find out how she was as a employee before we hire her, what happened with her previous job I wonder’. Another is that you don’t put it, which is fine, as long as you have enough other work experience but then you will have a gap in the CV and be asked ‘so what did you do between X and X?’ which then you will have to explain it away with a very good lie, or tell the truth – if the truth then you will come out as someone who deceives people and by hiding that fact on CV would make them suspicious as to why.

My opinion, put it on your CV, why implicate yourself. In my experience, it’s highly unlikely that Starbucks will investigate when all they need is someone experienced in customer service. If you have experienced and have the skills/personality they are looking for, they won’t bother. In my experience, those who get checked e.g. Calling previous employers is for those going for high end jobs, they get checked thoroughly. For the job you’re going for, I doubt it will get that serious. They might ask why you want to work at Starbucks than your old fast food place and why you left to which you can reply that you want to expand your horizon and want to experience a change, that you want to get as much as experience as you can in different areas of customer service before working up to management and such (you don’t have to really wanting to, just pretend you’re into service). This is also where you can talk about Starbucks – their mission statement (employers like people who are aware of their mission statement) go to their website and find out what their mission statement is, then talk about how you believe in the statement and how it relates to your work ethics. Next, you don’t have to know the history of Starbucks, though won’t hurt, but don’t get your head all filled up with too much info then it will just seem like you studied well to answer well, be genuine, talk about their staff policy – again go to their site and find out what they do to motivate staff, what their team work ideas/motto is etc. And talk about how you would like to be a part of a team that does X and X. You can check out recent news about Starbucks, if it’s good like their involvement in recycling/environment sustainability etc. And how you have a lifestyle that fits into being environmentally friendly etc. Just small stuff like that – not big huge information about who started Starbucks or what year it launched etc. Keep it recent and keep it relative to your interests and skills!

Put the experience on your CV and if by any chance you get asked about what happened, be honest but not too honest, leave the personal feelings aside and just say that you were ready to start a new journey and you are sorry that you had to end your journey there but it wasn’t without lessons, you learnt a lot there and you just wanted to develop what you have learnt in a new environment, you want to grow!

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This is a “loaded question” to answer. Let me explain a few facts about Plasma TV’s (actually any Plasma screen, not just TV screens) in as plain english as I can. The European communiity has limited sales of Plasma display devices through 2009, that is that begining in 2010 no member nation in the European Community will allow new sales of these products. Many of the Asian communities are planning to follow Europes example, only the USA has not publicaly stated any conformance in the future.

The reason is hazardous wastes & power consumption. The Plasma screen is actually lot’s of (lot’s depends on screen size and resolution) tiny light tubes, similar to flourescent lights. The phosphor used inside (creates the colored light you see in a picture) is considered hazardous especially in landfills. This along with the leaded (lead metal) solder (and other metals used in the Plasma) are difficult to recycle (expensive to recycle too). In addition to the recycling difficulties and hazardous components (hazardous when placed in a landfill) a Plasma device, especially a TV, uses much more power to operate than an LCD TV. Early large Plasma TV’s had problems with overheating due to the power consumption.

Google “RoHS” or “Restrictions of Hazardous Substances” for more information about European Community and some Asian countries (like China) restrictions of hazardous materials being sold to consumers.

Job Market? Anything that is priced right will sell however, the post sales support (warranty service/repair and out of warranty service/repair) is very minimal at best. The actual Plasma screen (not the electronics or internal cabling) can only be repaired in the factory of origin (special tooling/equipment needed) and financially, it’s less cost to scrap a defective panel than to attempt a repair. This post sales service “reality” encourages scrapping (landfill) of defective products.

Lot’s of ethical issues surrounding Plasma products with the lack of service/repair AND the amount of hazardous materials used in these devices, as well as our country not having any controls for hazardous components.

Good luck!

The Expert answers:

I can’t see you getting into trouble.

If it makes you feel uncomfortable doing so but you need to do this, you can always highlight the fact that you are doing it to help the environment and you take pride in keeping your school clean.

Things like this can seem embarrassing now, but the people that were strong enough to do good things like this without caring what others think are the people I see now are the happiest and most successful in life now that we are all adults.

So do it and hold you head up high.

I think its a wonderful idea and you are a wonderful person!

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The Expert answers:

This is not a yes/no question. There is WORK available, and it will pay, but not necessarily in the scale you want. Anyone can do yardwork. Anyone can collect aluminum for recycling. The greatness of the United States is that you can fill any need for profit if you apply yourself.
But if you want a regular position with comfortable pay and benefits, no. There are not enough for everyone. Somebody has to OWN the business to hire the ones with “jobs”. They are the risk takers, and profit earners.

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Recycling saves trees. This critical fact, one of the first environmental lessons many children learn, cannot be overstated. Half the Earth’s forests are gone, and up to 95 percent of the original forest area in the U.S. Has been cut down.

Recycling protects wildlife habitat and biodiversity. Using recycled materials reduces the need to chop down, extract, process, refine and transport natural resources such as timber, crude petroleum and mineral ores. As a result, destruction of forests, wetlands, rivers and other places essential to wildlife is also reduced.

Recycling lowers the use of toxic chemicals. Making products from already refined waste materials reduces — and often avoids altogether — the need for manufacturers to use toxic chemicals, essential when using virgin materials.

Recycling helps curb global warming. Using recycled materials cuts down on the energy used in the manufacturing process, dramatically reducing emissions of greenhouse gases and other air pollutants. For example, recycling one ton of glass results in energy savings of more than 300 percent and lowers carbon dioxide emissions by 3.46 tons.

Recycling stems the flow of water pollution. Making goods from recycled materials generates far less water pollution than manufacturing from virgin materials. Turning trees into paper uses more water than any other industrial process in the U.S., dumping billions of gallons of wastewater — contaminated with pollutants such as chlorinated dioxin — each year into rivers, lakes and streams. Paper recycling mills don’t pollute the water nearly as much, and almost always use less of it. In addition, some recycling plants use treated wastewater for the manufacturing process.

Recycling reduces the need for landfills. Toxic pollution from landfills — including cyanide, dioxins, mercury, methane, hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid and lead — escapes into the air and leaches into groundwater.

Recycling reduces the need for incinerators. Municipal waste incinerators spew out all kinds of air pollutants; in addition they produce contaminated ash. And they are often located in urban neighborhoods where they seriously threaten the health of the community. Keeping paper, glass, plastic and metal out of incinerators by recycling them cuts both how much incinerators pollute and how harmful the emissions are.

Recycling creates jobs and promotes economic development. A study by the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission found that recycling added about $18.5 billion in value to the economies of 12 Southern states and Puerto Rico in 1995.

Cities may profit by selling recyclables. While landfills are always dumping grounds for municipal money as well as garbage, cities with high recycling rates can actually make money selling recyclables when markets are good.

Buying recycled products contributes to the demand for more recycled products. This will, in turn, save even more resources, reduce more pollution and protect more people’s health. On the other hand, as the size of the market grows, recycled products will cost less.

The Expert answers:

Looking back on my own childhood where my parents didn’t let me or my brothers work either, I think your mom and dad are right to some extent.
Just remember that your parents are looking out for your best interests. Getting a job will seem cool at first but after while it can become a big distraction taking away what should really be important, your childhood and your education.

If what you really want is money than have a talk with them and express the fact that you would like an allowance or a larger allowance if you are already getting one.

If you just want to work for experience (or to impress your friends) there are plenty of constructive things that you can do instead of “getting a job”.

When I was your age to get around not having a job I created my own. What I did was collect all of the neighbors recycled bottles and turned them in for the deposit. The only schedule I had was my own and I made about $40 a week.

Good luck.

The Expert answers:

Have you considered vehicle detailing? Apartment cleaning? Maybe try calling real estate offices and offer cleaning homes before they sell or cleaning places that were rented and people are moving out. What about yard clean up/debrie removal? How old are you now? If you could clean up previous rented houses or yards you might be able to keep the stuff and recycle it (then you might make some cash) Recycled items in bulk make a lot of money. Keep me updated you are doing great for a young business person. Email me please at: sagaquainc@yahoo.com

The Expert answers:

Wow..way too much right wing radio, bro…way! Do you really think that $850 billion dollars, a fair portion of that tax breaks, actually vanished into thin air? That’s seems to be the story here. The fact here is…NO money ever disappears…none…zero…ziltch! All cash gets spent seven to ten times, and ALL cash becomes income, profits, investment capital, savings and finally taxes. This is called the velocity of money…the faster it gets spent the more economic activity there is. Buying, selling and production is the name of the game. No cash money…no buying, no selling, no production….the definition of a recession.

Let’s imagine that no cash was added to the economy. The ‘economy’ would have dropped to a lower level of equilibrium where cash, sales and production once again meet. More people would have been laid off and the downward cycle would begin again. The ‘stimulus’ put a floor under the economy…a robust jobs bill would ramp up the economy putting hundreds of thousands of Americans back to work, plus in the end we’d have a far better general infrastructure on which a first world economy is based.

Conclusion: Doing nothing during this world wide downturn would have dropped the economy into a giant black hole….that didn’t happen. In fact, corporations, banks and insurance companies are making more money now than ever. A jobs bill would recycle these profits down to the general public….the definition of prosperity. You sure don’t hear that from the right wing radio dummies…too bad, eh?