Greenies, Go Word Press

I love Word Press blogs, Greenie Brothers and Sisters, don't you. I just don't know how to work them, but try my friends above, and they will do the work. You will reap all the benefits.

Guilliana and Bill

The Author of this post is Rory Reilly Have y’all ever seen that show Guilliana and Bill on Style? We got direct tv at the house a few months back and we’d never had that channels before and I’ve since become obsessed! They’re just the cutest couple and they’re just as normal as anyone else even though they’re famous. I think it’s so cool that they’re able to share all their fertility struggles because it’s something so many people go through and never talk about. I wish I knew how to help them because all of their issues make me so sad – it’s always sad to see a couple who wanted a baby but couldn’t have one – but I can’t. I love reality shows but I really like the ones that aren’t just people fighting or competitions for some type of horrible prize and that’s what this one is. Style actually has a lot of great shows and I really like the Tia and Tamera show, too, because it takes me back to the girls of my childhood!

E-Waste Recycle Event in the South Bronx

Picture: Lower East Side Ecology Center has E-Waste Recycle event in the South Bronx.



On Saturday, January 28, 2012, the Lower East Side Ecology Center ran an E-waste recycling event outside on Brook Avenue, by East 140th St and Brook Park, in the South Bronx, in cooperation with the Friends of Brook Park organization. The event was also hosted by Tekserve Corporation, a retailer and repair center for Apple computer products. Volunteers from the Friends of Brook Park helped in the logistics for the event and encouraged people to donate their used electronic and computer equipment (E-waste) for recycling. Some residents went by and stopped, trying to find out if the group was giving away things, and then were told that no, it was to collect old electronics. The event educated people that electronics have toxic materials in them and have to be disposed of properly. Christina Romero of the Center led a team of workers who are graduates of the Green City Force program. The workers helped to load E-waste onto pallets, since much of the stuff was heavy, like old CRT computer monitors and televisions with tubes. Christina explained that the old televisions have 4 to 10 pounds of lead in the glass in their screens, in order to shield viewers from the X-rays used in the cathode tubes. Flat screen TVs and monitors do not have lead in them, but do contain mercury, another toxic chemical. Materials in computers and electronics can also be valuable, like the gold that can be recovered from their electronic circuit boards. For many years, the Lower East Side Ecology Center has had events to collect old electronics and to have them collected by a licensed electronics recycler. These events are citywide and have been held in other parts of the Bronx and Harlem. Recycling of E-waste has always been an important concern because improperly disposed waste can cause toxic pollution. Another problem is that E-waste is exported to poor countries, where people process it without safety equipment and can easily become sick from it. Now the Center is opening up its own warehouse to store, refurbish, and reuse electronics and computers. They are holding a celebration and open house for their new warehouse at 469 President St. (by Nevins St.) in Gowanus, Brooklyn on Saturday February 4th, from 12:00 pm to 4 p.m. This is a chance to drop off your E-waste, and tour the facility. Light refreshments will be provided and all are welcome. The warehouse is located by the N, R, and D subway lines, near the Union St. station. There are good reasons to refurbish and reuse computers. Many computers can be reused by people to connect to the Internet after being cleaned of old information and having an operating system reinstalled. The new warehouse is 13,000 square feet, and has smaller air-conditioned areas for office activity and training. There is a loading dock and the capability to stack four pallets of electronics equipment on top of each other, and the warehouse will be open to accept electronics equipment from Tuesday through Saturday. For more information on future activities and events, see the Center’s Web site at http://www.lesecologycenter.org or call (212) 477-4022.

Personalize Your Thumb Drives with Pexagon

Find out about Pexagon technology. You get to personalize your thumb drives. This is a great way for Harlem and Bronx NY dudes to promote their techie products. Give out thumb drives with your sales, and have your business logo on them.

Just Signed Up for Google Plus

I just signed up for a Google Plus account. It's pretty exciting because my posts on blogger are linked to the Google Plus account. I hope it helps my Search Engine Optimization (SEO). After all, we all live in the Internet Empire of Google and we need the Google Search Engine to help us get are message across to the public.

Express Script Does Not Stay with Walgreens

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Walgreens for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

The news is that Express Scripts is not going to stay with Walgreens Pharmacy and continue as part of its pharmacy provider network. Walgreens and Duane Read are not part of the Express Scripts network as of January 1st 2012, because the negotiations between Walgreens and Express Scripts failed.  This has caused a huge amount of disruptions for customers on the Express Scripts network, who can no longer go to their usual Walgreens pharmacy.  What is the explanation?  Apparently, Walgreens did not want to raise prices, but Express Scripts as the middleman on pharmacy supplies, wanted to raise the prices to Walgreens.  Walgreens was offering plenty of savings to customers through 90-day supplies of medications.  Keep in touch on these issues by going to Walgreens on Twitter or also see Walgreens on Facebook.

Caught in the middle on this are US military families that are covered by the military health insurance called Tricare.  Walgreens wanted to sign a guarantee with Express Scripts that Walgreens drug prices would be as low as the lowest prices at other pharmacies on the Express Script network.  Still, Express Scripts refused to sign on to this.

This is a very upsetting situation for the customers that for years have been going to the same Walgreen pharmacy and now have their situation in flux.  Walgreens is helping by offering the Prescription Savings Club at Walgreens at a lower rate of only $5 for individuals and $10 for families.  This club covers hundreds of generic drugs and brand name drugs at a cost of only $1 or less per week for each person.  Walgreens is thus able to continue doing business with these customers on generic drugs and many brand named drugs.

Please note that this problem only affects patients that have their insurance coverage for prescriptions managed by Express Scripts.  This may sound complicated, but it is because Express Scripts acts as a health care system middleman between the pharmacies and the patients.  Express Scripts makes more and more money, but the customers don't usually see this.  The motive of Express Scripts is to force patients to use their mail order pharmacy.  This can make it difficult for patients who need drugs on short-term notice.

 

Make My Technology Work

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Contest Factory for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

OK, I admit that I am behind the times.  And it has nothing to do with being a greenie.  It is because I am behind the times, and I really need to win this Pimp My Cube Contest

I doubt that I'm the only one with a backward office cube.  You should know that the contest period is from 12/5/11 at 12:00PM to 1/31/12 at 12:00PM.  Pimp My Cube is offering great prizes including a grand cube makeover prize worth over $1200.  Enter this contest, upload a video, and have your friends and neighbors go online to Pimp My Cube and vote for your video.  That will increase your chance of winning a prize.

To start with I am not exactly an Energy Star guy.  If I were, I would use a cute little Mac laptop, the latest model.  In fact, I use a big computer box that is still using the Windows XP operating system.  That brings up an interesting question: are the newer operating systems like Windows 7 more or less energy efficient than Windows XP?  In any case, I tend to do my computing on a slow basis, and I don't have enough RAM to do any fancy graphics or play any cool games.  If I am just typing MS Word or Excel documents I am OK, but if I have to start working with Adobe Photoshop, Flash, etc, I could be quickly out of luck.  The best thing that could be said about my office setup is that I share a printer, so I save some energy that way.  But my work cubicle, really a shared long ledge is not decorated or pretty at all.