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Yer'B'day;
March 25 at 4:48pm
Robin u shud no that i dont celebrate "holidays" anymore, this is including B'days, but since u r my 1 and only I will make an exception and wish you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY coming up on March 30,.....(my u r getting old!)
Jus kiddin
Anyways, hoping you will do like me and celebrate (your) life everyday!
Dont we know how precious it is and how lucky we are to be alive! Reason enough to celebrate everyday, no?
Wishing you much happiness, joy and peace.
Ma
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Robin Demers
March 30 at 2:24pm
THANKS IT DOES MEAN THE WORLD TO ME THAT I CAN MAKE YOU SPLURGE AGAINST YOUR BELIEFS HAHHHAHHHAHAHAAH....WELL JUST WHEN I START NOT CELEBRATING THEM YOU GOT THE "30TH" RIGHT LOL
AND IM NOT GETTING OLDER I STOP GROWING AT 25 LOL....
I HAVE A BUSY DAY AHEAD OR I WOULD WRITE MORE...I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ..FOR REMEMBERING
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Well Robin you should know that no one in my family was ever big on celebrating holidays, birthdays or aniversaries, particularly my mother. She said herself she stopped celebrating our birthdays when we (the kids) all turned 16 yrs old. ...maybe that is where I derrived my beliefs about not celebrating holidays. They were no big deal when we were growing up.
While I am on the subject of my mother, I know the executrix of her will gave you $1,200 out of MY inheritance money. I know you and others think I should just be quiet and be greatful for whatever money I did get,($1,377 total) ....but I dont feel that way for a variety of reasons I wont get into now, but just so you'll know, I am challanging the executrixs' handling of the will through the courts. Some are of the mind that if the executrix wanted you to have some money out of my mothers will, she should have given it to you out of her own portion, which as you know was disproportunately large compared to everyone elses.
So not only did the errant executrix wrongfully divert some of my inheritance money, by doing so she WIDENED the stress-gap between you and me and she should have known it would do that. How are we ever going to get along with people like her working against us?
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
eWaste: A Growing Problem of National Concern
A Rather New National Problem that is of Growing Concern; e-waste
From the pages of the National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL) website.
Cradle to Grave Electronics Management
NCSL has long recognized that technology and technology equipment are important and essential to US participation in the global economy. NCSL has long recognized the need to manage solid waste in an environmentally, economically, and politically acceptable manner. As outlined in its Solid Waste Management policy, NCSL believes that source reduction and recycling offer the most economically and environmentally sound methods for dealing with a significant percentage of the solid waste stream.
An ever growing segment of the solid waste stream is comprised of discarded electronic equipment. Such electronic waste or e-waste is entering the national waste stream at an increasing rate due to a number of contributing factors. These include the expanding pervasiveness of electronics, rapid technological advances and the subsequently shorter lifespan of electronics technologies and a large inventory of obsolete electronics.
The exponential growth of this segment of the waste stream has brought a new urgency to the discussion of electronics life-cycle management. According to the International Association of Electronics Recyclers (IAER) approximately 3 billion units will be scrapped during the rest of this decade. However, only a small percentage of the scrapped units are being recycled according to recent studies. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has estimated that in 2003 alone, about 50 million existing computers became obsolete; of these, one source estimates, only a small percentage were recycled. Also urgent, is the need to take steps expeditiously to limit the effect of hazardous substances on public health.
NCSL supports efforts to increase the amount of electronic material that is removed from the waste stream and diverted from landfills. The disincentives for reuse and recycling of such electronics scrap or e-scrap must be examined and mitigated by all relevant stakeholders. NCSL encourages the full cooperation and assistance of the federal government in state efforts to promote responsible product stewardship and encourage the development of an infrastructure necessary to support the widespread recovery of a broad range of electronic equipment. Any legislative or regulatory action taken at the federal level must recognize the importance of a state-federal partnership in managing the current stream of end-of-life electronics and promote future product stewardship of electronic equipment.
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Well, so, that is two new words I have learned so far this year! "e-waste," and, from watching too much C-SPAN,... "micro-banking."
Things arent looking very good and I am not feeling very well at all these days.
Howe' yu all doin? Better'n me, I hope.
Please cut and paste this link into your web-browser to see and sign a petition, "Not in My Backyard,";
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/563365059?z00m=19752825
From the pages of the National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL) website.
Cradle to Grave Electronics Management
NCSL has long recognized that technology and technology equipment are important and essential to US participation in the global economy. NCSL has long recognized the need to manage solid waste in an environmentally, economically, and politically acceptable manner. As outlined in its Solid Waste Management policy, NCSL believes that source reduction and recycling offer the most economically and environmentally sound methods for dealing with a significant percentage of the solid waste stream.
An ever growing segment of the solid waste stream is comprised of discarded electronic equipment. Such electronic waste or e-waste is entering the national waste stream at an increasing rate due to a number of contributing factors. These include the expanding pervasiveness of electronics, rapid technological advances and the subsequently shorter lifespan of electronics technologies and a large inventory of obsolete electronics.
The exponential growth of this segment of the waste stream has brought a new urgency to the discussion of electronics life-cycle management. According to the International Association of Electronics Recyclers (IAER) approximately 3 billion units will be scrapped during the rest of this decade. However, only a small percentage of the scrapped units are being recycled according to recent studies. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has estimated that in 2003 alone, about 50 million existing computers became obsolete; of these, one source estimates, only a small percentage were recycled. Also urgent, is the need to take steps expeditiously to limit the effect of hazardous substances on public health.
NCSL supports efforts to increase the amount of electronic material that is removed from the waste stream and diverted from landfills. The disincentives for reuse and recycling of such electronics scrap or e-scrap must be examined and mitigated by all relevant stakeholders. NCSL encourages the full cooperation and assistance of the federal government in state efforts to promote responsible product stewardship and encourage the development of an infrastructure necessary to support the widespread recovery of a broad range of electronic equipment. Any legislative or regulatory action taken at the federal level must recognize the importance of a state-federal partnership in managing the current stream of end-of-life electronics and promote future product stewardship of electronic equipment.
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Well, so, that is two new words I have learned so far this year! "e-waste," and, from watching too much C-SPAN,... "micro-banking."
Things arent looking very good and I am not feeling very well at all these days.
Howe' yu all doin? Better'n me, I hope.
Please cut and paste this link into your web-browser to see and sign a petition, "Not in My Backyard,";
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/563365059?z00m=19752825
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